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Lawrence High School students, faculty and administrators got into the homecoming spirit with a pep rally on Oct. 2, ahead of the varsity football team’s homecoming game against Island Trees on Oct. 3. The rally featured performances by the school’s band, varsity cheerleaders and dance
department, bringing energy and school spirit to the celebration. Class of 2027 officers served as emcees for the event, including Secretary Matthew Arce, Vice President Joel Rodriguez, Treasurer Rosmel Escorcio and President Corey Shakur Jr. The homecoming court was also recognized dur-
ing the ceremony, with Fatima Franco crowned Homecoming Queen and Carey Shakur crowned Homecoming King. Priscella Jimenez was named Senior Princess
and Julien Toombs was named Senior Prince, as students and staff celebrated the start of homecoming weekend. — Melissa Berman
Obituary
Sun and Surf’s ‘Mr. B’ leaves a lasting legacy at 86 By MELISSA BERMAN mberman@liherald.com
William “Bill” Baumert, the longtime president of Sun & Surf Beach Club in Atlantic Beach who devoted more than six decades to the area’s beachfront clubs and the people who belonged to them, died Oct. 1 from complications of a stroke, his family said. He was 86. Known affectionately as “Mr. B,” Baumert was a familiar and beloved figure at Sun & Surf, Silver Point and Breezy Point beach clubs, where he built lasting relationships with generations of members, families and employees. When a tornado tore through Sun & Surf in August, Baumert came to the damaged club and spoke with reporters amid the wreckage. He outlined plans to restore the beachfront club and was determined to see it return to its former glory. “He really cared,” his wife, Denise Baumert, of Atlantic Beach, said. “He cared about those beach clubs so much.” William A. Baumert was born in Brooklyn on May 25, 1940, and grew up in Breezy Point, Queens. He began working as a lifeguard at the Breezy Point Beach Club and eventually took on other roles there, launching a career that would span more than 60 years at the three beach clubs. Baumert also served in the U.S. Navy from 1962 to 1965, continuing what his family described as a lifelong connection to the water. Denise Baumert remembered meeting her future husband at Sun & Surf about 50 years ago. He was working behind the bar when she asked him what he did during the winter.
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Longtime President of Sun and Surf Beach Club in Atlantic Beach William “Bill” Baumert died at 86 after complications from a stroke on Oct. 1. The two eventually married and were together for more than 40 years, blending their families. “He was a great person to be around,” Denise said. “He was the most caring person ever.” Christopher Cullinan, one of Denise Baumert’s children, said Baumert was deeply devoted to his family. “Nothing made him happier than when we were happy,” said Cullinan, who lives in Massachusetts.
Baumert had nine grandchildren, and spending time with them was one of his greatest joys, family members said. “Spending time with his grandkids was his life,” said Denise Maier, Denise Baumert’s daughter, of Atlantic Beach. “He wanted to give them the world.” In statements posted on social media following his death, Sun & Surf and Silver Point described Baumert as a beloved fixture of summers at the beach. The clubs were “as much a part of Mr. B’s life as he was of theirs,” the statements said, noting that he took great pride in the relationships he developed with members over the years. To his employees, the clubs said, Baumert was more than a boss. He was a “dedicated, loyal, and caring leader” who valued the people who worked alongside him. His death came just weeks after the Aug. 20 tornado damaged Sun & Surf, including dozens of cabanas. Baumert had remained focused on rebuilding the club and preserving the place that had been central to his life. For generations of beach club members, Baumert was more than an administrator. He was a constant presence who helped create summer memories and connections. His legacy, his family and the clubs said, will continue through the generations of members, families and employees whose lives he touched. In addition to his wife and stepchildren, Cullinan and Maier, Baumert is survived by his children, Vicky Coon and Christopher Baumert, both of Thornwood, Westchester County, and nine grandchildren. A funeral Mass was held Oct. 6 at St. Ignatius Martyr Church in Long Beach, followed by burial at St. John’s Cemetery in Middle Village, Queens.
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CTeen’s marks Oct. 7 with acts of service and solidarity By MELISSA BERMAN Students from Hewlett High School, Lawrence High School and Lynbrook High School gathered at Rabbi Meir and Hadassah Geisinsky’s home in Cedarhurst on Oct. 7 for a Chabad Five Towns CTeen community service program honoring the victims of the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel three years ago and supporting Israeli soldiers. The evening combined remembrance, prayer and action, with students decorating bedazzled claw clips and engraving keychains for Israel Defense Forces soldiers. They also heard from Yehonatan Asayag, 24, a former IDF special forces soldier and machine gunner who shared his experiences on Oct. 7, 2023, and his subsequent service fighting Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Organized by CTeen, a Jewish youth organization, the program encouraged students to honor those who were killed and taken hostage while showing support for the soldiers who continue to defend Israel. Romy Fruman and Harley Moritz, sophomores at Hewlett High School who helped lead the evening, opened with reflections on the attacks, in which more than 1,200 people were killed and hundreds were taken hostage.
Bank. He said repeated raids and exposure to violence took a toll on his mental health after years of service. On Oct. 7, 2023, Asayag was in New York with his family for Shabbat dinner when he began receiving calls and messages about the attacks. Within two hours, members of his former unit were being called back to duty. Three days later, he was in Israel, reuniting with his teammates and preparing to enter Gaza. Asayag described the fear and uncertainty of entering the territory, the fighting he witnessed and the physical and emotional toll of combat. “I am a living testimony of what actually happened here,” he said. “I know what happened there. No one’s going to convince me otherwise.” Asayag urged the students not to be intimidated by accusations they may encounter in high school, college or online, encouraging them to seek reliable information and speak up for Israel. “Do not let them fool you, do not let them trick you,” he said, warning that social media can spread misleading claims about the war. He closed by encouraging the students to continue attending community gatherings, praying for soldiers and advocating for Israel, emphasiz-
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“Three years later, we still carry that with us, and we know so many of you do, too,” Fruman said. She spoke of the families, children, grandparents and babies whose lives were changed that morning, and of the responsibility to remember those who were killed and the families who waited for loved ones to return. Moritz said the students’ study of the Kindertransport, the rescue of about 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi-controlled Europe before World War II, had taught them that remembrance must be accompanied by action. “The lesson we learned from the survivors we interviewed is that remembering is not enough,” she said. “Someone has to act.” Asayag, who was born and raised in Queens and grew up traveling between New York and Israel, said he began thinking about military service as a child. He remembered asking his mother why soldiers patrolled Israeli streets but were not visible in the same way when he returned to New York. After graduating high school in 2019, he enlisted in the IDF, joining the Givati Brigade and earning a place in its special forces unit after a demanding selection process. His training prepared him for counterterrorism operations and dangerous missions in the West
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Hewlett High School Sophomores Harley Moritz, left, and Romy Fruman, right, helped organize an Oct. 7, 2023 community service evening where they heard from former IDF Special Forces Unit Soldier Yehonatan Asayag. ing that their support makes a difference to those serving. “Keep on doing the things that you’re doing,” Asayag said. “Keep on coming to events like this. Keep on advocating for Israel.”
Inwood, Lawrence-Cedarhurst fire departments, receive grant money By AIDAN WARSHAVSKY awarshavsky@liherald.com
The Inwood Fire Department and the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department were awarded $293,333 in federal funding for protective grade and equipment upgrades. Both departments applied for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program, administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help fire departments obtain necessary equipment. Inwood received more than $220,476, which will help purchase a new ambulance. Chief of Department Josiyah Green said the department’s current ambulance is more than 15 years old. He said the average cost of an ambulance is between $220,000 and $300,000. Green, whose been with the department for 11 years, five as a chief, said some of the ambulance’s cost comes from its stretcher — a power-loading stretcher, which uses an automated loading system to lift and secure patients without straining the medical crew — an $80,000 investment. “You also have your equipment that you need to keep the ambulance state certified,” Green said. “A monitor is pretty expensive, AEDs [as well], so on top of just the cost of the ambulance itself, the equipment does add up.” Green said the department received 60 calls requiring an ambulance in Septmeber. From Oct. 10 to Oct. 12, he
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Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department received more than $72,000 in grant money, which it will use the funding to replace turnout gear for its members — degraded, in part, by their many uses, including on Aug. 19, when a tanker overturned in North Lawrence. said, the department has had 15. He credited the Inwood Fire District’s assistant district manager, Melissa Rivelli, for securing the funding. Lawrence-Cedarhurst received $72,857, which the department will use to replace and upgrade turnout gear. Ex-chief Michael Beilinson said the
department will look to purchase at least 15 sets of gear and estimated each would cost $7,000. The National Fire Protection Agency, Beilinson said, recommends replacing fire turnout gear after 10 years. There are variables to that, he said, such as how active a person is in the department and the nature of the call.
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An example, Beilinson said, was on Aug. 19, when a tanker carrying gasoline overturned in North Lawrence. “Your boots absorb all that gasoline,” he said. “And the foam and stuff, that degrades the boots and turnout gear. Depending on what you encounter, that determines the lifespan of your turnout gear.”
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Main Street can’t sit out the A.I. revolution
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ast month, 50 Long Island small businesses gathered at Stony Brook university to finish something few of their owners would have imagined a year ago: six months of training in artificial intelligence. The LIA-AI Growth Academy was free to participants. It was run by the Long Island Association’s foundation, funded by Google.org and taught by Stony Brook’s technology and A.I. experts, along with advisers from the Long Island Small Business Development Center. It was open only to companies with 20 or fewer employees, and graduates received a $5,000 grant to put A.I. to work in their businesses. Long Island’s municipalities, chambers of commerce and educational institutions must find ways to replicate this terrific program. The stakes are high, because A.I. is the first technology in a long time that can favor the little guy. For most of the last century, size was destiny. A big company could afford an IT department, in-house lawyers, a finance team and analysts poring over its data, and the corner store could not. A.I. erases much of that advantage. A contractor can turn handwritten notes into clean estimates and keep three job sites on schedule. A hardware store can spot the items that are gathering dust and the ones that keep selling out. A two-lawyer firm can summarize a 200page lease before lunch. Corporations spent millions of dollars on tools that now cost a small
business a modest monthly subscription. We know the objection, because we hear it from every owner we talk to: Who has the time? Small-business owners already work long weeks. They answer the phones, make payroll, chase invoices and sweep the floor. Adding “Learn A.I.” to that list sounds absurd. But few things a business owner can do will pay off more than a few hours spent learning these tools. The time invested comes back every week — in invoices sent faster, schedules built in minutes and paperwork that no longer eats the weekend. owners don’t have to figure it out alone. The LIA should announce a second cohort, and we hope it’s much bigger. The Long Island SBDC at Stony Brook offers free one-on-one advising, and the state SBDC network now runs a dedicated A.I. program. In Nassau, Hofstra university’s Entrepreneurship Assistance Center has teamed up with the Valley Stream Chamber of Commerce on a series of practical A.I. workshops for local business owners, a model every chamber on Long Island should copy. Hofstra’s ideaHub incubator also connects young companies with mentors and student interns. Farmingdale State College has launched a bachelor’s degree in artificial intelligence that blends business and computer science, and Long Island university is building its own A.I. offerings. Nassau and Suffolk community colleges and our public libraries offer affordable continuing-education and tech class-
es. Business owners should use them. A.I.’s promise doesn’t mean we should be naïve about its dangers. The same tools that help a bakery balance its books can write a convincing scam email or clone a child’s voice to con a grandparent. Bad actors are already using A.I. for fraud, impersonation and deepfakes. Any A.I. training should also teach owners how to protect themselves from these scams. The bigger problems are not for the deli owner to solve. That job belongs to Albany and Washington. Lawmakers need to set clear rules: real penalties for A.I.-enabled fraud and impersonation, disclosure when content is A.I.-generated, transparency from the companies building these systems. A.I. will likely eliminate jobs — especially the entry-level clerical, customer-service and bookkeeping work that has started countless Long Island careers — so government budgets must account for retraining workers whose jobs change or disappear. Embracing the technology and demanding guardrails are not contradictory. They are two halves of the same responsible approach. A.I. is coming to Long Island’s economy whether Main Street is ready or not. The LIA, Hofstra and other local institutions have shown what readiness looks like. But they can’t train 100,000 Long Island small businesses on their own. That will take every town hall, chamber, library and college on the Island pulling in the same direction, and it needs to start now.
LEttER to tHE EDitoR Town should come clean on tax increases To the Editor: When is the Town of Hempstead going to stop using deceptive accounting practices to hide the fact that it’s raising our taxes? By removing Sanitation Department budgets from the town’s main budget and creating separate special district budgets, the town can raise taxes through those districts while claiming that it isn’t raising town taxes. The money and the tax burden doesn’t disappear; it’s simply moved out of the main budget, to where taxpayers are less likely to see it. What’s to stop those sanitation districts from raising taxes after Election Day? Another deceptive practice the town has used for
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decades is burying revenue labeled “miscellaneous” in its General Fund, which has now accumulated $50.2 million. The town should disclose how much of that revenue comes from the utility bills of Liberty Water, PSEG and National Grid customers. Liberty is seeking a 37 percent rate increase next year, in part because of the ever-increasing taxes it pays to the town and county — taxes ultimately paid by Liberty customers on utility property that should be tax-exempt. LI Clean Air Water & Soil has asked the town to put all tax revenue from Liberty Water into a separate fund to help finance the South Nassau Water Authority’s acquisition of the system. Had the Town done this decades ago, we could have had public water by now, like 95 percent of New Yorkers. Then there’s the sale of real property as a one-time gimmick to balance the budget, along with taking $30
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million from reserves. Neither should be used to fund recurring expenses, practices that run contrary to sound government financial management. Joe Scianablo, the Democratic candidate for town supervisor, is right to shine a light on the town’s “miscellaneous” revenue. It may be time for State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to investigate the town’s finances and expose the deceptive practices being used to conceal tax increases. Perhaps Hempstead needs its own version of the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority to bring transparency and accountability to its finances. CLAuDIA BorECkY Co-director, LI Clean Air Water & Soil Ltd. and president, Bellmore Merrick Democratic Club Merrick
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Hewlett Elementary School honored the memory and lasting impact of longtime volunteer Warren Muchnick with the dedication of a Buddy Bench on the school’s playground on Oct. 5. Muchnick, who died last year, volunteered at HES for 17 years. During that time, he regularly worked with second- and third-grade students in small groups, becoming a valued and beloved member of the school community. The Buddy Bench was donated in
Muchnick’s memory through the efforts of retired HES third-grade teacher Celina Bialt, along with former and current HES staff members, as well as Warren’s family and friends. Bialt had Muchnick in her classroom throughout his years volunteering at the school. The bench serves a special purpose, providing students with a place to sit when they may not have someone to play with. It also signals to classmates that they can reach out, invite the student to join them and help ensure that
everyone feels included. Monday’s dedication brought together Muchnick’s family and friends, current and former HES staff members and members of the school community. Among those in attendance was Sandra Pensak, a former Hewlett Elementary School principal who was part of the HES community during much of Muchnick’s time as a volunteer. Remarks were shared by HES Principal Sosnovsky, retired HES teacher Celina Bialt and Muchnick’s widow,
Wendy Muchnick, who reflected on his connection to the school and the lasting impact he had on students and staff. The HES Fifth Grade Chorus also performed as part of the ceremony. The Buddy Bench will serve as a lasting tribute to Muchnick while carrying forward the kindness, friendship and sense of belonging that he demonstrated throughout his many years at Hewlett Elementary School. — Melissa Berman
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Celina Bialt, retired Hewlett Elementary School third-grade teacher left, Heather Sosnovsky, HES Principal and Sandra Pensak, former Hewlett Elementary School principal at the Warren Muchnick Buddy Bench dedication on Oct. 5.
Bonnie Lebow. Age 73. Passed on October 1st. An angel on Earth. Gentle, kind, selfless. Never uttered a bad word about anyone. Disabled since her teens, her lifelong pain mitigated by the love and sacrifice of her devoted family: her dad Leonard, mother Eleanore and sister Jane. Loved animals... walking the Shoreline at Silverpoint with her plastic bucket and shovel... Twisting to Chubby Checker in the beach cafeteria... meatballs and spaghetti at La Sereneta... buying her favorite Beatle 45’s at Sam Goody... the latest Archie comic book... hearing the bells ring on the Good Humor Truck and chasing for a Chocolate Sundae... Bonnie’s at peace now, a little girl again. Smiling... happy.
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Endometrial Cancer program Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group has partnered with Sharsheret to create the Maidenbaum Endometrial Cancer Program as part of the company’s “From the Community. For the Community.” initiative. The new program will create a permanent support structure for Sharsheret to better assist people battling endometrial, breast and ovarian cancers. For years, Maidenbaum has worked with and supported Sharsheret, donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to the organization since they began working together more than a decade ago. In addition to funding the permanent endowment, Maidenbaum supports Sharsheret in several ways, including serving on its Tri-State Benefit Summer BBQ committee, which raises thousands of dollars annually for the organization. The 2026 Summer BBQ took place July 16 at the Woodmere Club on Long Island. Sharsheret, originally founded as a Jewish organization, supports women and families of all backgrounds and faiths who are dealing with breast, ovarian and endometrial cancers. The organization provides one-on-one support, a peer support network, financial assistance resources and help addressing side effects from cancer treatments. “We at Maidenbaum are proud to announce the new Maidenbaum Endometrial Cancer Program, a permanent endowment to support Sharsheret, one of the nation’s leading organizations supporting those dealing with endometrial, breast, and ovarian cancers,” Amy Madmon, a partner at Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group LLP, wrote in a news release. “For years we have had the pleasure of working up close with the Sharsheret team, including by helping organize their annual summer barbecue, and we have seen first-hand how impactful their work is,” Madmon wrote. “The Maidenbaum Endometrial Cancer Program will formalize our support through a permanent endowment which we hope will help increase awareness and provide vital support to
individuals and families navigating endometrial cancer diagnoses.” Elana Silber, chief executive officer of Sharsheret, said the new program represents an expansion of the organization’s work. “For more than 25 years, Sharsheret has been a trusted resource for women and families facing breast cancer and ovarian cancer,” Silber wrote in a news release. “Today marks an exciting new chapter in our organization’s history.” “With the launch of the Maidenbaum Endometrial Cancer Program, we’re expanding our reach to ensure that women facing endometrial cancer receive the same personalized support, trusted education, and compassionate care that have become the hallmark of Sharsheret,” she wrote. “We are incredibly grateful to Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group for making this important expansion possible.” — Melissa Berman
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Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group has partnered with Sharsheret to create the Maidenbaum Endometrial Cancer Program.
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Longtime Woodmere resident Judy Cohen is working to publish her late father’s memoir: “The Hidden Dog Tags: Frank Haratz’s Story of Survival.”
Woodmere’s Judy Cohen preserves father’s war story By MELISSA BERMAN mberman@liherald.com
After decades of writing stories of her own, longtime Woodmere resident Judy Cohen is turning her attention to a story she believes deserves to be told, her late father’s experiences as a Jewish American soldier captured by German forces during World War II. Cohen is working to publish “The Hidden Dog Tags: Frank Haratz’s Story of Survival,” based on a handwritten memoir her father left her about his wartime experiences. Haratz concealed his Jewish identity while imprisoned as a prisoner of war, knowing that discovery could have cost him his life. “I begged my father to write his memoirs about World War II,” Cohen said. Haratz wrote about his experiences as an 18-year-old Bronx teenager who had never traveled far from home before being drafted into the Army. While in captivity, he spoke French to establish that he was an American soldier while keeping his Jewish identity hidden. He also understood the German conversations around him. Cohen said her father rarely discussed his military service. When she once told him that his memoir lacked the sights, sounds and smells of his experiences, he made clear that revisiting those memories was too painful. “He said to me, ‘I can’t go back. I won’t go there again,’” she recalled. Cohen said she respected his reluctance to revisit the war. She held the handwritten account for 20 years before deciding to work on it herself, drawing on her experience as an author and conducting research to provide historical context. “I started to work on the memoir, and I’ve been doing it for months,” she said. She has researched locations her father mentioned in Europe and gathered photographs and background information to support his account. She also visited the Peninsula Public Library in Hewlett to seek
resources about World War II and the soldiers who fought there. The project has also revealed details about her father’s experiences that she had misunderstood. Cohen had long believed he was wounded by a gunshot but learned that shrapnel from an explosion had injured him. After recovering, Haratz transferred from the infantry to artillery, a change he believed ultimately saved his life. “He said, ‘Getting hurt was the best thing that happened to me in my life,’” Cohen recalled. Now, Cohen hopes to preserve her father’s story for her children and grandchildren, as well as readers interested in Jewish American soldiers and World War II history. “He deserves to have it done,” she said. “I knew it was going to be a tremendous undertaking, but I’m glad I’m doing this for the grandkids.” Unlike her previous books, which she self-published, Cohen hopes to find a literary agent and traditional publishing house for the memoir. She has researched agents who represent Jewish writing, military accounts and memoirs and plans to begin contacting them. Cohen spent 27 years working for the Board of Education, predominantly teaching kindergarten and mentoring new teachers. Since retiring, she has continued writing, publishing more than 1,000 stories on Medium, an online platform where writers share their work. Her first book, “Standing at Heaven’s Doorstep,” is a collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories. She later published “Teaching Young Children to Write and Read,” inspired by her years in education, and “Devin and the Devil,” a fantasy romance. Writing remains a creative outlet, she said, and she enjoys connecting with fellow writers and exploring different genres. “I really love it,” Cohen said. “I can afford to enjoy my writing and be an editor and do what kind of what I want to do.”
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month Event Knowing breast cancer exists is not enough. Join us for a seminar on breast health. Guest Speakers:
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