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The annual Five Towns Community Succos Fair brought families from across the community to Andrew J. Parise Park in Cedarhurst from Sept. 29 through Oct. 1. The three-day event, hosted by the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC and Community Chest South Shore, featured rides,
games, food and entertainment for children and families celebrating Sukkot. Live shows were held each afternoon at 1 and 3 p.m., adding to the festive atmosphere. The event offered residents an opportunity to enjoy the holiday together while supporting community organizations and
businesses. With activities running from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, the fair attracted families throughout the Five Towns for an afternoon of fun, entertainment and holiday celebration. The fair provided families with an opportunity to celebrate Sukkot together while enjoying a variety of
activities close to home. The annual event has become a community gathering during the holiday, bringing residents from across the Five Towns and surrounding areas for an afternoon of entertainment, recreation and celebration. — Melissa Berman
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40 years of the Rock Hall Country Fair
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The Rock Hall Museum’s Country Fair will return for its 40th year on Oct. 17 and 18, combining its annual fall festivities with a celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary. The fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 199 Broadway in Lawrence. The event is hosted by the Town of Hempstead and benefits the Friends of Rock Hall, the volunteer organization that supports the museum and its programming. This year’s fair will have a special focus on the American Revolution and the history surrounding the nation’s founding, a theme that museum Director Amy Vacchio said is particularly fitting for Rock Hall. The historic house dates to about 1767, predating the United States, and the Martin family, who lived at Rock Hall during the Revolutionary War, were Loyalists to the British Crown. “We were made for this,” Vacchio said of the museum’s connection to the 250th anniversary. “The house predates our country, and the exhibit is a fabulous exhibit about loyalties during the American Revolution, and how divided really Long Island was.” A new Revolutionary War exhibit, titled “Which Side Are You On?” will be on display in the museum’s new educa-
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Lauri Vale, right, demonstrated how to weave on a loom at the 39th annual Rock Hall Museum Country Fair last October. tion center during the fair. The exhibit explores the divided loyalties on Long Island during the Revolutionary War and offers a different perspective on the founding of the United States. The fair will also feature historians and artisans portraying the 18th century. The featured program will be “Many Faces of the Continental Army,” a living-history reenactment group that will discuss the 250th anniversary of American independence and different aspects of the Revolutionary War, including events that took place on Long Island.
Vacchio said the programming is intended to give visitors an opportunity to learn about the Revolution while enjoying the traditional activities that have made the Country Fair a community staple. The fair will feature a country band, vendors, historic demonstrations, family activities, crafts, food and refreshments. Visitors can also tour the historic Rock Hall Museum and learn more about the property’s history. Doug Sheer, president of the Friends of Rock Hall, said the event typically
draws about 1,000 people each day. “It’s a lot of fun, and people come to both get entertained and to learn,” Sheer said. “You can always take a tour of the museum or go to presentation to everything from making food in colonial days, working on handicrafts, or view historical objects.” The fair has become an annual tradition for families throughout the Five Towns, the Town of Hempstead and Long Island. Vacchio, who grew up in the Five Towns, said she remembers attending the fair as a child and has helped coordinate it for the past 26 years. “People come down with their children and grandchildren,” Vacchio said. “I remember coming here when they were kids, and I think it’s a great, nostalgic and just wonderful thing people look forward to every year, including myself.” Sheer said the fair also introduces new visitors to the museum. “People have a lot of fun picking pumpkins, buying apple pies and participating in perennial favorites,” he said. “People may come to the fair, but they may be seeing Rock Hall for the first time, and that’s always great because that’s the ultimate purpose.” For Vacchio, the 40th anniversary is also a tribute to the museum’s former director, Linda Barriera, who started the Country Fair four decades ago. “It’s a labor of love for me,” Vacchio said.
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Children at Gan Chamesh, the Chabad of the Five Towns preschool, learned about Yom Kippur and one of the holiday’s traditions: refraining from wearing leather shoes. To bring the lesson to life, students took part in a hands-on Yom Kippur shoe store featuring a variety of footwear, including large and small shoes, leather and non-leather shoes, sandals and high heels. The children measured their feet, tried on different shoes and “purchased” footwear from the store. They also felt pieces of leather and matched shoe-box covers with the appropriate boxes. The interactive activity helped the children connect their classroom learning with the traditions and meaning of Yom Kippur. — Melissa Berman
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Children at Gan Chamesh, the Chabad of the Five Towns preschool took part in a hands-on Yom Kippur shoe store.
Giants team with Rock and Wrap It Up! to fight hunger
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Former New York Giants defensive tackle and Super Bowl champion Jay Alford joined local Ford franchise owners and Giants representatives at Trader Joe’s in Hewlett to help collect and transport food donations for veterans through Rock and Wrap It Up!’s Veteran Farmers Market. The volunteer effort brought together sports, business and community partners to support the Cedarhurst-based nonprofit’s ongoing effort to combat food insecurity among veterans and other community members. Alford, who played from 2007 to 2010 and was part of the team’s 2008 Super Bowl championship, helped load donated food into trucks before it was transported to Rock and Wrap It Up!’s pantry in Inwood. “It’s always a good thing, and it makes me feel good,” Alford said. “For me, coming from an inner city, I understand what people tend to have less of. For me to be in this position to help and give back, it means the world.” Rock and Wrap It Up! founder Syd Mandelbaum, a Cedarhurst resident, said the organization has recovered food from Trader Joe’s in Hewlett for its Veteran Farmers Market three times a week for the past six years. “The food donations have helped us feed over 100,000 hungry community members,” Mandelbaum said. The organization distributes recovered food through its pantry in Inwood, where veterans can shop for fresh food and other
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The New York Giants and Tri-State Ford partnered with Rock and Wrap It Up! to pickup food donations from Trader Joe’s in Hewlett to the Veteran’s Farmers Market on Sept. 24. necessities. Mandelbaum said the Veteran Farmers Market typically serves between 10 and 15 veterans during a distribution, with volunteers helping shoppers fill their bags. The Sept. 24 volunteer effort marked the first time Giants personnel and Ford franchise owners participated in the food pickup. The Giants and Rock and Wrap It Up! have maintained a relationship for 25 years, according to Mandelbaum. The Giants have previously worked with the organization at MetLife Stadium, where food from games and other events has been recovered and distributed to people in need. Mandelbaum said the partnership expanded during the FIFA Club World Cup, when Rock and Wrap It Up! coordinated food recovery from seven games at the stadium, collecting more than 50,000 pounds of food. The organization also received about 60,000 bottles of soda.
The nonprofit has relationships with both the Giants and New York Jets, as well as churches and other community organizations that help distribute recovered food. “This is an event where Tri-State Ford wanted to do with their owners, their franchisees, and we said, of course,” Mandelbaum said. “Our pantry is a very wellknown pantry now, and it’s involved with veterans.” John Billard, president of Your Local Ford Stores, said the partnership reflects the growing need to address food insecurity. “Food insecurity is more prevalent than ever, which is why Your Local Ford Stores are stepping up to make a difference,” Billard wrote in a statement “Together with the NY Giants, we’re proud to partner with Rock and Wrap It Up to help feed veterans in our community.” For Alford, the event was another opportunity to give back to people facing
Former New York Giants defensive tackle and Super Bowl champion Jay Alford helped pack the trucks and hand it out at the pantry in Inwood. difficult circumstances. He said he volunteers when his schedule allows, including with homeless shelters and Boys & Girls Clubs. “Coming from a big family, it always hits home whenever they reach out to me,” he said. “So it’s never an issue with them. Always fun.” For Mandelbaum, the event demonstrated how partnerships can turn surplus food into meaningful support for the community. “It’ll get the word out of the pantry, helping veterans,” he said, “and more importantly, it’ll help the Giants out, and that’s what we need to do.”
Hewlett Football celebrates 100 years versus Sewanhaka By AIDAN WARSHAVSKY awarshavsky@liherald.com
The Hewlett Bulldogs will celebrate 100 years of football at the high school field on Oct. 9 at 6 p.m. with a “blue out” game, wearing an all-blue uniform combination. “Come help us celebrate the tradition of Hewlett Football!” John Palladino, head coach for the Bulldogs wrote in a text message to the Herald. From their time as the “Blue Jackets,” running around Hewlett Elementary School’s fields in their football gear, to becoming the Bulldogs, the program has had its share of highs and lows. In the 1940s, the then-Woodmere High School football program held a Nassau County record: 26 consecutive losses, from 1944 to 1948. The program took a step forward in the late 1950s. Lee Mitchell, a senior linebacker in Hewlett’s class of 1961, shared a 72-minute video on YouTube titled “Hewlett HS Football Highlights ~ 1958-1960,” with footage by Dick DeVuono’s father, a fellow teammate. Mitchell and DeVuono were captain their senior year, along with Dick Rosen. “We should have been undefeated in 1960,” the video’s description read. “We tied the first game, lost by a TD or less the next three games with one or more TD’s called back in all four games, and then blew everyone out by around 30 points a
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Hewlett Varsity Football will be celebrating the school’s 100 years of football on Oct. 9 as the team takes on Sewanhaka High School. game in the last four games.” Some might remember the days when homeroom teacher Toni Robin volunteered as a columnist for the Nassau Herald. In the Oct. 23, 1975 edition, Robin wrote about how Hewlett braved a torrential downpour to defeat Valley Stream South in a game dedicated to Drew Cascardi. After falling to the Great Neck South Rebels in an intra-league championship showdown on Nov. 6, 1982, the returning players went undefeated in 1983. That same year, the team presented a Hewlett superfan known as Lenny — a World War II veteran — with his own jersey. Becoming the Bulldogs In 1990, the Blue Jackets began a unique run in high school sports. Jay Iaquinta, a well-respected Lynbrook and Maritime
College coach, joined Hewlett’s staff, and, as Herald writer Mike Hanin wrote and made the Bulldogs a cohesive force. In 1992, The Bulldogs played their home games on fields in Lynbrook. In October, the team knocked off Elmont, Sewanhaka, and Great Neck North, where Hewlett surrendered its first points of the season — a field goal. Shawn “Primetime” Dwyer ran for more than 240 yards and two touchdowns. The Bulldogs went 6-2 that year despite rough locker room conditions, no homecoming game on their home turf, and a schedule that included playing five of its first six games on the road. Hewlett would fall to a dominant Garden City team — which secured their 28th consecutive win in the contest — in the Big Four Champi-
ons semifinal, 28-13. “Anyone who considers themselves [any] kind of Hewlett football fan must attend this game,” Hanin said in a Nov. 19 column before the big game. The Bulldogs’ 1994 team was headlined by Matt “Air-Margulies” Margulies, a 6-foot-4, 235-pound quarterback who drew comparisons to Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino. He was recruited by dozens of schools, including Purdue, Duke, Lehigh and Rutgers, before suiting up at quarterback for Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire. From 1996 to 2014, The Bulldogs were a county champion once and Big Four Champions — teams that win their quarterfinal matchup — 11 times. In one game, defensive end Cory Ziskind, scored two defensive touchdowns, had two fumble recoveries, three tackles and two sacks. Ryan May, who graduated from Hewlett in 2020, played for the bulldogs from 2014 to 2019. He was a water boy for the varsity team from 2010 to 2012. Now 23, May said he remembered going to games, most notably, a matchup between the Bulldogs and the Lawrence Golden Tornadoes. “I specifically remember being in the locker room before a Hewlett-Lawrence playoff game and looking at all the players thinking they felt like adults,” May said. “At the time, I couldn’t wait to be one of them.”
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Storm warning: Long Island should take stock
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wo weeks ago, a storm with no name sat off our coast for three days and reminded us how little it takes. It was a September nor’easter, the kind of system older Long Islanders might once have shrugged off as just a wet, windy weekend. This one sent wind gusts past 80 miles per hour in Montauk and pushed as much as two feet of water into coastal streets with a near-full-moon tide. Freeport residents raced to move their vehicles before high tide, and some Long Islanders paddled kayaks down roads they normally drive to work. The Long Beach Branch of the LIRR went dark. Nearly 112,000 residents lost power at some point. And we got off easy. The storm stayed offshore. If it had tracked a few dozen miles closer, we would be writing a very different editorial. Some things went right, and they deserve recognition. Anyone who lived through Tropical Storm Isaias in 2020 remembers hundreds of thousands of households in the dark and an outage-reporting system that collapsed when people needed it most. This time, PSEG had more than 850 workers in the field, plus nearly 300 brought in from off the island. Most customers had power restored in short order. Village crews, volunteer firefighters and highway departments worked
through the night clearing roads and pumping streets. Those men and women earned our thanks. A fall storm that never made landfall is yet another wakeup call to the South Shore’s vulnerabilities that we have known about since Hurricane Sandy: low-lying roads that flood with every strong tide, storm drains that back up instead of draining, aging bulkheads, and a single rail branch that cuts off a barrier-island city whenever Reynolds Channel rises. Which brings us to our elected officials. In the days after a storm, Long Island’s politicians are everywhere: touring flooded streets, standing beside downed trees, promising action. Their concern is real. But the photo opportunity is the easy part. The money that would have kept those streets dry is won or lost months earlier, in budget negotiations in Albany, in committee rooms in Washington, and in the unglamorous back-and-forth with federal agencies over which projects get funded first. That’s where our representatives need to be fighting, all year long. Resilience funding doesn’t go to the region that suffered most. It goes to the region whose delegation shows up, makes the case relentlessly and doesn’t let the issue drop when the skies clear. Long Island’s members of Congress, state legislators and county officials should treat
flood mitigation, drainage, bulkhead replacement and grid hardening as a standing priority, not a talking point that surfaces every time the water rises and fades once it recedes. Voters can hold them to it. With Election Day weeks away, candidates for Congress, the State Legislature and local office will be knocking on doors and filling mailboxes. Ask them, specifically, what they plan to do about flooding and the power grid. Which projects will they fight for? How will they get them funded? What have they already delivered? A candidate who can answer in detail has been doing the work. One who can only talk about the last storm probably hasn’t. Long Islanders would like to see results on the ground: raised roadways and upgraded drainage in the neighborhoods that flood first, bulkheads that are replaced before they fail, and hardened transit infrastructure that doesn’t shut down every time the tide runs high. Local governments have homework, too. Residents shouldn’t learn that their street floods by finding their car underwater. The next storm may have a name. It may track closer to shore, or arrive when the moon and tides line up worse. The nor’easter gave us a warning at a relatively low price. Our leaders’ job is to make sure we heeded that warning, and that work starts now, in the quiet months, long before anyone needs a kayak.
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risk of side effects, including rash, fever or headache. Residents who touch a broken bait, or whose pet chews a bait, should wash the affected area with soap and water and contact Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222. Residents should not attempt to remove a bait packet from an animal’s mouth. The county’s rabies vaccination program is intended to reduce the spread of rabies among wildlife and help protect residents and pets from exposure. Residents with questions can contact the Nassau County Department of Health at 516-227-9663 or visit the county’s Raccoon Rabies Control Program webpage. — Melissa Berman
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EHS hosts walk & talk aimed to break suicide stigma By MELISSA BERMAN Episcopal Health Services brought together health care professionals, patients, families and community members in Far Rockaway on Sept. 30 for its third annual Suicide Prevention Awareness Walk & Talk, an event focused on breaking the stigma surrounding mental health and encouraging people to seek help. The event began at the St. John’s Episcopal Hospital Community Garden at 327 Beach 19th Street, where participants gathered for remarks, resources and activities before walking toward the boardwalk and back to the hospital. The event promoted connection, mental health and suicide prevention awareness. Dr. Tanya Barros, vice president of Behavioral Health Services at EHS, said the event is intended to make mental health and suicide prevention part of everyday conversations. “Awareness just opens the door,” Barros said. “The goal is for people not to suffer in silence.” Barros said stigma, shame and discomfort can prevent people from talking openly about how they are feeling or asking for professional support. “We really want to spread awareness,” she said. “We want to remove the stigma, remove the shame and have conversations without judgment.” Rather than a traditional lecture or
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Episcopal Health Services hosted their Third Annual Suicide Prevention Awareness Walk & Talk in Far Rockaway on Sept. 30. panel, the event allowed participants to walk, talk and make connections outdoors. Barros said that informal environment can help people feel more comfortable approaching behavioral health professionals. “It’s not a lecture, it’s not a panel,” she said. The walk also provided an opportunity for people to connect with others who may have personal experience with mental health challenges. “We’re building connection to the community,” Barros said. “We’re building trust and assets.” EHS provides behavioral health services through a team of social workers, psychiatrists, counselors and peer specialists. Services are available not only to
people experiencing a crisis, but also to those dealing with relationship problems, grief, separation, divorce and other life transitions. Barros emphasized that people do not have to wait for a crisis before seeking help. “You don’t always have to be in some sort of psychiatric or psychological distress or crisis,” she said. “It’s always nice to have someone at the other end of the board and just to hear different perspectives.” Dr. Andrew Riggert, an EHS psychiatrist, said starting a conversation can be one of the most important steps in suicide prevention. “The more we talk about this, the more comfortable people are with talking
about it,” Riggert said. Riggert said warning signs can include withdrawing from activities someone once enjoyed, changes in sleeping or eating habits, neglecting personal care and appearing unusually sad or disconnected. He encouraged loved ones to focus on emotions rather than confronting someone about their behavior. “Hey, you seem really off. I’m here to listen,” Riggert suggested saying. “Are you upset about something? Are you sad or down? Let’s talk.” He also stressed that asking someone directly about suicide does not plant the idea in their head. “A lot of people have reported that the doctor or my friend or my parents asked me,” Riggert said. “That’s kind of what I needed was to just say yes.” For people uncomfortable speaking face-to-face, Riggert pointed to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which provides call and text support for people experiencing emotional distress or a crisis. EHS also offers confidential behavioral health services, including virtual sessions, evening hours and interpreting services. Its Community Mental Health Center can be reached at 718-869-8822 to schedule an intake. Riggert said people struggling should remember they are not alone. “You will feel less alone, and the less alone you feel, the better you’re going to feel,” he said.
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Holocaust survivors from the Five Towns and surrounding communities gathered at the Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation & Nursing Center on Oct. 1 for a Sukkot luncheon.
Holocaust survivors gather for annual Sukkot feast By MELISSA BERMAN mberman@liherald.com
For the sixth consecutive year, Holocaust survivors from the Five Towns and surrounding communities gathered at the Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Woodmere on Oct. 1 for a Sukkot luncheon filled with food, music, prayer and fellowship. More than 20 survivors attended the annual community event, which was held beneath the facility’s sukkah. The afternoon included a three-course kosher meal, a talk from Rabbi-in-training Israel Abrams and traditional music and singing. Survivors also had the opportunity to shake the lulav and etrog, a central Sukkot tradition. For many of the survivors, the gathering offered more than a holiday meal. It provided an opportunity to leave their homes, reconnect with friends and participate in a communal celebration in a setting designed to accommodate their needs. “My sukkah is your sukkah, and my home is your home,” Cathy Byrne, gerontologist at Five Towns Premier said. Byrne helped establish the annual tradition and welcomed the survivors to the facility, which has partnered with the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC to host the luncheon each year. “It’s beautiful, and every year, I say to Lisa the night before, ‘Pray for the sun,’” Byrne said, referring to Lisa Barnett, director of social work at the Gural JCC. “It’s raining, we bring sweaters, we have heaters, half the time we’re inside, half the time we’re cold. And today, the sun was good, and it is beautiful.” The partnership between the Premier and the Gural JCC gives survivors an opportunity to celebrate Jewish holidays together while also introducing them to a kosher rehabilitation and nursing facility in the community. Five Towns Premier’s sukkah is handicap accessible, making it easier for older adults with mobility challenges to participate. The facility also works with the syn-
agogue and community to accommodate the needs of Holocaust survivors, including those receiving long-term or end-oflife care. Barnett said the event gives survivors an opportunity to experience joy and connection outside their homes. “It’s so meaningful. It’s joyful,” Barnett said. “It provides an opportunity to do something a little bit different than just coming to the JCC field, though that’s beautiful as well, and to be connected to the bigger community.” The Gural JCC provided round-trip transportation in handicap-accessible vans for the survivors. A new transportation grant through UJA-Federation also allows the JCC to arrange taxi service for survivors who live outside its traditional service area. “For us to offer them this at this stage of their lives is very important,” she said. “They’ve enjoyed so much hardship and service, that right now it’s all about providing them with joy and happiness and contentment.” The luncheon also highlighted the importance of maintaining connections as the number of Holocaust survivors declines. The JCC continues to serve survivors while expanding its work with second- and third-generation descendants through programs that preserve and share family stories. Barnett said the JCC will continue its programming “up until the very last survivor,” while also ensuring that the stories of survivors are carried forward. During the luncheon, Abrams spoke about Sukkot as a “time of happiness” and encouraged the survivors to embrace joy and accept the circumstances God has placed before them. For Barnett, the most meaningful part of the afternoon was watching the survivors engage with one another, sing and respond to the music. “Just looking at the expressions on the survivors’ faces and seeing them engage with each other and also being moved by the music and clapping,” she said, is her favorite part of events like the luncheon.
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