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Senator’s foes slam request for Dec. 6 vote, multiple petition challenges By N o a h M a N s k a r Republican Jack Martins’ request last week to push back the 3rd Congressional District election threw another twist into an already closely watched, highprofile race. The Old Westbury state senator asked a federal judge Aug. 19 to push the general election to Dec. 6 from Nov. 8, arguing that having only a month after the court-ordered Oct. 6 primary would give Democrat Tom Suozzi an unfair advantage and violate a federal law aimed at protecting overseas military voters. Lawyers for Martins and Philip Pidot, his primary opponent, will argue the issue in Albany on Aug. 30. But Pidot, Suozzi and Michael McDermott, the Libertarian candidate to replace Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington), united on Sunday to slam Martins’ request, casting it as his latest effort to win elections

in court rather than at the polls. They also called it an attempt by Martins to insulate himself from any harm the Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, might cause his campaign at the top of the Nov. 8 ticket. “It’s time for Jack Martins to put on his big boy pants,” Suozzi said at the Greenvale Townhouse Diner. “This is an election about important issues, and it’s time to talk about the issues and actually have a debate and let the people decide who they think the best candidate is, instead of playing these weaselly maneuvers that he’s been using over and over again.” Pidot won the right to compete in a Republican primary in a court battle after the state Board of Elections ruled in May that he lacked the 1,250 signatures required for the June 28 GOP primary in the district stretching from northeast Queens to northwest Suffolk County. Continued on Page 77

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East Hampton study could give biz solution to G.N. By J oe N i k i c

hiring a consultant to study its downtown business areas. In October, East Hampton An East Hampton Town Board member, Sylvia Overby, hired a Massachusetts-based said the Great Neck peninsula firm, Dodson & Flinker Inc., to could benefit from following in conduct studies of the town’s her municipality’s footsteps in five hamlets in an effort to

identify areas of the business districts that could be improved. “We have a business committee, and that committee, working with the Planning Continued on Page 77

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Atria G.N. seeks to aid Film brings stars memory-loss patients to Saddle Rock

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The Atria Great Neck senior living community is seeking to convert its second floor into a memory-care facility for patients with Alzheimer’s, dementia and other mental health conditions. Representatives from Atria appeared at last Wednesday’s Great Neck Plaza Board of Trustees meeting seeking to modify its current conditional-use permit to allow for renovations for the proposed memory care facility. “We looked at the market. We looked at what we typically are doing,” said Atria’s planning director, Michael Waleryszak. “And we see this as a perfect example where there’s a local need and we’re trying to fill that need.” Peter Mineo, the attorney representing Atria Great Neck, which is located at 51 Great Neck Road, said the proposal seeks to convert the building’s second floor into the memorycare facility. Mineo said that while the number of residents living in the building would decrease from 171 to 162, the number of units would remain the same. Ryan Sprau, the senior vice president of operations and process management for Atria, said the company has converted some of its other facilities across the country to provide memory care services over the past eight years. Sprau said that Atria wanted to provide seniors with more services and was “focused on keeping people’s minds active and their bodies moving.” Waleryszak said that on top of the addition of a memory-care facility, the proposal also seeks to improve the aesthetics of the building and create more space

The stars were expected to make their way through the Village of Saddle Rock this week. A feature film starring Scarlett Johannson, Kate McKinnon of “Saturday Night Live’’ and Ilana Glazer of “Broad City” was scheduled to film scenes for “Rock That Body” at 160 Grist Mill Lane. Mayor Dan Levy said the village has an appealing look that attracts movie producers to film in the area. “We do everything we can to make it look beautiful and that’s why people come here,” Levy said. “My objective when I became mayor was to make this a more sought after village on the Great Neck peninsula, and I think we’re getting there.” The film was expected to film on Wednesday and Thursday. Levy said the film crew would use some of the neighboring streets and the village’s

parking lot during the two-day period. He said that Johannson, McKinnon and Glazer were all expected to be on set during the film period. The film, which is expected to be released in June 2017, is about a male stripper who “ends up dead at a Miami beach house during a bachelorette party weekend,” according to an IMDb summary. Levy said a crew had been setting up at the home on Grist Mill Lane and turning it into a Florida home with palm trees and various tropical plants for several days before filming began. He also said that he could not disclose the fee received for allowing filming to take place in the village. The film also stars Jillian Bell, from the Comedy Central show “Workaholics,” and Zoë Kravitz, the daughter of the musician Lenny Kravitz.

ning programs to actually bring the people out of their rooms and interact with others,” he said. Trustee Pamela Marksheid said she was concerned about residents living on the second floor and questioned what precautions Atria Great Neck was taking to ensure their safety while on the outside deck. Waleryszak said there would be adequate fencing and a pergola on the deck to keep residents safe. “We’re very, very careful Continued on Page 23

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for residents to interact. One of the building’s two first floor patios, he said, would be raised to the second floor so memory care residents could enjoy an outdoor garden area. Waleryszak said this would open up 1,055-square-feet of floor space, which would allow for a first floor multipurpose room for parties or events and a larger common room on the second floor. “When we create these, we create a core that’s more of a common area and we are run-

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Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition interns present research from summer laboratory studies By J oe N i k i c For the past 12 years, the Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition has been sending high school students to laboratories and research facilities across the Northeast to study environmental links to breast cancer and breast cancer prevention. On Monday night at the Great Neck House, seven of the coalition’s research program students presented their findings while interning at various research facilities. Laura Weinberg, president of the Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition, said when students show up on their orientation day, they look like “deer in the headlights” when told what they’d be researching. But once they return from their internships, Weinberg said, that all changes. “They come back from these laboratory experiences like scientists,” she said. This summer, Kayla Lieb and Stacy Okin, who attend North Shore Hebrew Academy in Great Neck, interned with Dr. Laura

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Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum with students from the Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition’s Students & Scientists Breast Cancer/Environment Research Program. Vandenberg at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Lieb and Okin conducted biological research on endocrine disrupting chemicals and their effect on the mammary gland. Those chemicals can interfere with hormone systems and cause cancerous tumors or other

developmental disorders. Lieb and Okin discussed Bisphenol A, or BPA, which is commonly used in plastics and has been linked to breast cancer, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Lieb said an important part of their work was to inform the

public on chemicals in products that have adverse effects on women and their children. “It’s important because the general population does not know nearly as much as we need to,” she said. “Personally, I didn’t really know any of this until I went to this amazing internship.

“Chemicals are a billion dollar industry and it’s not going to take one person to change something, it’s going to take a lot of people and a lot of science research done,” Lieb added. Lisa Levine, vice president for education of the coalition, said in 2012, the coalition began sending students to “green chemistry” labs. “Green chemistry is a relatively new science that actually looks at replacing some of these chemicals with safer alternatives,” Levine said. This summer, four students interned at Dr. Richard Gross’ green chemistry lab at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Elan Itschakov, who attends North Shore Hebrew Academy, Mohammad Samroz and Adrian-James Gevero, who attend Sewanhaka High School, and Dorothy Liu, who attends Great Neck South High School, all interned at Gross’ lab. Itschakov conducted biological research on developing safer alternatives to toxic surfactants, or compounds that lower Continued on Page 87

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Harley-Davidson reignites bid Suit filed against to move from G.N. to NHP Hain

Motorcycle dealer submits study of controversial Jericho Turnpike store By N o a h MaNskar A Great Neck motorcycle merchant has revved up his bid for a New Hyde Park dealership again this month, 10 months after it caused an uproar among neighbors. The Harley-Davidson dealership and service center Amir Jarrah proposed for 1324 Jericho Turnpike would not harm the surrounding area, according to a study of traffic, noise and other issues neighbors and village officials raised at a public hearing in October. Jarrah submitted the study by VHB Engineering of Hauppauge about three weeks ago. He sent a $10,000 deposit to the village, which will use the money to hire its own experts to review the study, village Deputy Mayor Lawrence Montreuil said. It is the first forward motion

The site of a proposed Harley-davidson motorcycle dealership at 1324 Jericho Turnpike. on the 16,000-square-foot plan since it caused an outcry at a public hearing in October 2015. “It’s progress, and we hadn’t heard from them from a long time, so now that we have we can resume the process,”

Montreuil said. Jarrah deferred questions to the experts who conducted the study. Architect John Notaro declined to comment. Jarrah’s attorney and engineer did not

return phone calls seeking comment. Jarrah wants to move his current Miracle Mile HarleyDavidson dealership at 1215 Northern Blvd. in Great Neck to a brand-new 8,000-squarefoot motorcycle showroom and 6,200-square-foot basement repair shop at the current site of Miller Brothers Plumbing & Heating. Construction would take about a year. About 65 residents at the hearing last year were concerned about motorcycles making an area already inundated with noise from trains, helicopters and airplanes even louder. Some also said HarleyDavidson’s clientele and events such as a “bikini bike wash” would damage the village’s character, noting the dealership would be across the street from a church and less than a quarter mile from a school. Continued on Page 86

By J oe N i k i c Lake Success-based organic and natural product supplier Hain Celestial is facing potential legal and financial troubles after announcing late Monday that it would delay releasing its fourth quarter and 2016 fiscal year finances due to a review of its accounting. Following the announcement, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP announced Tuesday that it filed a class-action complaint against the company on behalf of those who purchased shares of the company between Nov. 5, 2015, and Aug. 16, 2016. According to a news release, the complaint alleges that during the time period, Hain Celestial “failed to disclose material adverse facts regarding the company’s business and prospects, which were known to defendants Continued on Page 76

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Dem poll puts Suozzi up by 16% Shows former county exec with 52-36 advantage over state Sen. Jack Martins By N o a h M a N S k a r Republican Jack Martins has some ground to make up if his party is to capture 3rd Congressional District, according to a Democratic poll released Thursday. Democrat Tom Suozzi leads Martins, an Old Westbury state senator, 52 percent to 36 percent in a survey of 401 likely voters in the Democratic-learning North Shore district. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee commissioned the poll from Global Strategy Group, a prominent Democratic polling and political strategy firm. The poll, the first published so far in the 3rd District, indicates Martins “faces a difficult uphill climb this November” to take the seat out of Democratic hands, said Bryan Lesswing, a DCCC spokesman. It also shows the presidential race casting a shadow over the district. Democrat Hillary Clinton

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in 2013, than Martins, who is serving his third term in the state Senate. Martins and Suozzi are set to face off in the Nov. 8 general election, but Martins will first face Philip Pidot in a court-ordered GOP primary on Oct. 6. Suozzi beat four other Democrats in a June 28 primary. The poll comes well before the start in late September of $1.1 million worth of TV ads the National Republican Congressional Committee has booked on Martins’ behalf. The buy could help Martins increase his name recognition in the North Shore district stretching from northeast Queens to northwest Suffolk County. The GOP has also enlisted House Speaker Paul Ryan (RWisconsin) to stump for Martins later this month. NRCC spokesman Chris Pack and Martins strategist E. O’Brien Murray did not return calls or emails seeking comment on the poll.

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County Dems seek role in contracts By J oe N i k i c Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran (D-Baldwin) filed a bill Tuesday with the county clerk’s office that would require all 19 county legislators to vote on contracts exceeding $3 million. Currently, the Legislature’s seven-member Rules Committee is the only panel required to vote on any contracts submitted to the county. “This will give every legislator an opportunity to vet these same contracts, ask tough questions and vote,” Curran said. “And it will allow each legislator’s constituents more opportunity to hold them accountable and that will only make our government more transparent and more worthy of trust.” Speaking in front of the Nassau County Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola, she said a $12 million county contract with Arizona-based AbTech Industries, which led to the conviction of former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, on federal corruption charges, was one of the key moments that led

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Cuomo pushes 3rd track as part of larger initiative

Will help link Long Island Rail Road to transit hubs By Noah MaNskar While its detractors call it an unjustified infringement on their lives, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that the Long Island Rail Road’s third track project is a necessary part of a “seamless transportation system” the New York City region desperately needs. Together with a second track on the Ronkonkoma branch — scheduled to be completed in 2018 — the project is part of a multibillion-dollar plan that will better connect the LIRR to modernized transit centers and infrastructure the state needs to remain economically competitive, Cuomo and Tom Prendergast, chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, told state and local lawmakers in Hauppauge. “These are two tracks on the

Long Island Rail Road, part of a much larger system, bringing you to the east side of Manhattan, bringing you to LaGuardia, bringing you to a Penn Farley, which is a much better new modernized train station,” Cuomo said. “So it’s all in that context. It’s not about just one piece of the puzzle. It’s the entire system we’re putting in place.” The LIRR has finished laying track between Central Islip and Ronkonkoma, the first phase of the $387 million, 18-mile second track that will extend from Ronkonkoma to Farmingdale, Cuomo and Prendergast announced Monday. That project and the third track, planned to run 9.8 miles on the LIRR’s Main Line between Floral Park and Hicksville, both aim to give trains a path around breakdowns and other problems

that rankle commuters throughout the railroad system. The second Ronkonkoma track will double the branch’s offpeak service, and, as Cuomo and the MTA have said since January, the third track will create the capacity for more eastbound trains during rush hours. A third track becomes even more crucial with that “reverse commute” in place, Prendergast said, as the corridor becomes a bottleneck for the four LIRR branches that run on it. “We’re really constrained. If one of the tracks is out, you’re absolutely crippled, so it’s even more so with those other projects in place,” Prendergast said. “So it’s critically important to Long Island Rail Road, especially going forward into the 21st century if Long Island wants to remain the economic engine that it is.” Continued on Page 23

Firefighters quickly contained an electrical fire that started on the second floor of a house in Roslyn Heights last Wednesday night, but it was too late for some of the resident’s cats. Manuela Gattasse, who teaches special education at Pace University, was eating dinner late Wednesday evening at her home at 218 Garden St. when she heard two of her 21 cats crying on the second floor. Gattasse rescues cats and searches for permanent homes for them.

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KNOCKEd ME dOWN, iT WAS SO THiCK. i THOUGHT i WAS GOiNG TO PASS OUT.” — MAnUELA gATTASSE

Gattasse noticed “a strange smell,” she said, “but I didn’t know what it was.” An ambulance was first on the scene. No one was injured in the fire, but one firefighter said he saw a lifeless cat in the bedroom and another scampering away. The bodies of three cats were recovered inside the house. Gattasse said one of them had been adopted and was scheduled for placement with its new owner on Thursday. An animal rescue volunteer, Joanne Contegiacomo, said seven cats had been found, but

11 were still missing. She and volunteer Heather Mancuso were conducting a search on Thursday for more cats inside the house. When Gattasse opened the door of the bedroom she uses as a home office, she said, “The smoke almost knocked me down, it was so thick. I thought I was going to pass out.” Gattasse’s son Andrew ran to a neighbor’s house and dialed 911, and they waited outside with their 9-year-old dog and one of the cats. A representative from Roslyn Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 told Gattasse the cause of the fire was electrical. Gattasse said she believed power strips in her office would keep electrical circuits from overloading. The house was built in 1961, according to land records on file. A file cabinet containing documents and paperwork from work was recovered, but there was extensive damage from flames and water to extinguish the fire, a Roslyn Fire Department spokesman said. The cost of the damage will be determined by State Farm Insurance, which insured Gatasse’s home. Gattasse said some cats may have escaped when firefighters ran into the house. She is asking neighbors for help recovering them. To adopt one of the rescued cats, call Joanne Contegiacomo at 516-652-8008.

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Don’t reward Martins’ tactics If chutzpah and hypocrisy were an Olympic event, Jack Martins’ request to delay the general election for the 3rd Congressional District until Dec. 6 would be a safe bet to win gold. Martins asked a federal court judge for the delay last week after another federal judge ruled that Martins had to face Glen Cove Republican Philip Pidot in a Republican primary to be held on Oct. 6. The Old Westbury state senator is arguing that holding the general election on Nov. 8 would give military personnel serving overseas only 32 days to cast their absentee ballots rather than the 45 required under federal law. This concern for counting every vote is commendable. But coming from Martins, it is kind of like the man who kills his parents and asks the court for mercy because he is an orphan. Martins, with the energetic backing of the Nassau County Republican Party, has for the last three months waged a relentless battle in state and federal court to keep Pidot from opposing him in a primary, an effort that would have disenfranchised thousands of registered Republicans who sought an alternative to the party-backed candidate. This effort was led by John Ciampoli, an election lawyer who was named county attorney in 2009 to gerrymander the district maps of the Nassau County Legislature. Ciampoli was so successful in his effort that Republicans are virtually assured a majority in the Legislature until 2022 — despite Democrats’ lead in the county in registered voters. And Martins’ effort to keep opponents off the ballot has not been

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limited to Pidot. He has also challenged the petitions of Tom Suozzi, a former Nassau County executive who won a five-way Democratic primary and then filed petitions to also run on a Fix Washington line, and LIberterian nominee Michael McDermott. The state Board of Elections ruled last week that Suozzi had enough signatures to be on the Fix Washington line during the general election. A court earlier ruled on McDermott’s behalf. Accommodating Martins’ newfound concern for counting every vote would mean the opening of polling stations a second time in two months, costing taxpayers millions of dollars. Two years ago, 1,012 people — about 0.2 percent of the district’s 485,000 active registered voters — cast ballots overseas. It is unknown how many of the 1,012 people needed more than the 32 days now available to cast their votes. Apparently, Martins’ oft-expressed call for eliminating government waste does not extend to elections in which he is a candidate. Moving the election to December would also mean asking election-fatigued voters to return to the polling booths in the middle of the holiday season, a month after a general election headlined by Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. During the last presidential election year in 2012, more than 270,000 people cast their votes in the 3rd Congressional District. Given the emotion generated by the Trump and Clinton campaigns the turnout could be even more. Martins’ legal machinations would be asking everyone who

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votes in November to return to the polls in December. Or perhaps not. In 2014, during a nonpresidential election season but with other races on the ballot, only 164,000 people voted in the 3rd Congressional District. There is no way to predict how many people would actually vote on Dec. 6. But short of a deadlock in the House after the November election, we can safely assume turnout will be far lower than if the election is held on Nov. 8. Perhaps this is what Martins is hoping for. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the official

campaign arm of Democrats in the House, released a poll last week showing that Suozzi led Martins by 16 percentage points. Nearly 4 in 10 voters in the poll also said that Martins’ continued support of Trump makes them less likely to vote for Martins. Martins has been carefully calibrating his support for Trump for months, presumably out of concern for his own election prospects. He said in May — before the Republican nomination was decided — he would support whoever was the Republican nominee, including Trump. In August, he said he would vote for Trump, but not endorse him, whatever that means.

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Moving the election to December would allow Martins to distance himself further from Trump if Trump loses in the general election — and perhaps closer if he wins. And if off-year election results — which usually favor Republicans — are a guide, the lower turnout would also favor Martins. All of which would reward Martins for his months of partybacked obstruction and penalize 3rd District voters. We hope the court has the sense to see through this, grants a waiver on the overseas ballot law and keeps the election on Election Day.

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pROFESSOR’S pERSpECTIvE

Handling of lochte should worry you

f you threw a party and a drunk guest broke a glass and urinated in the bushes, would you pull out a gun and demand money? If this miscreant then claimed he was robbed, would you take his friends hostage until they called him a liar and paid a hefty ransom? Of course, no reasonable person would detain people at gunpoint for a petty misdemeanor, then demand “restitution” under circumstances that would amount to extortion in any First World country. But this is what Brazil basically did during the Olympics to American swimmer Ryan Lochte and three teammates, after a brouhaha at a Rio de Janeiro gas station. Lochte was unfairly railroaded by Brazilian authorities and made to look like a Brian Williams-level fabricator by the U.S. media, when the reality is he made a stupid mistake and told an exaggerated story. A similar situation could happen to anyone. Lochte’s woes began after a night of partying, when he and teammates stopped at a gas station. Apparently unable to find a bathroom, the swimmers relieved themselves on the building’s side. Lochte also slightly damaged a small advertisement probably given free to the station.

There’s no dispute Lochte created a mess — literally and figuratively. The 32-year-old, three-time Olympian should have known better. But his crime was “truly minor,” according to Benjamin Moore, a New York City-based criminal defense attorney and adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School. “Based on my analysis of the Brazilian law, the biggest offense Lochte could have committed was vandalism.” Given that, what happened next seems heavy-handed. Security guards brandished guns; video footage and witnesses confirm this. The guards demanded money and the swimmers forked over $50. That sounds a lot like a robbery. Lochte did himself no favors when he publicized the altercation and initially tried to sanitize the story by omitting his own bad behavior. But, Brazil authorities looked equally silly for doggedly investigating it, even though the gas station owner declined pressing charges. Apparently, protecting Rio’s already bad reputation takes priority over solving murders. Unable to interrogate Lochte, who quickly skirted out of Brazil, police grabbed his teammates.

MARK GRABOWSKi

Professor’s Perspective Only after the swimmers allegedly confessed that Lochte lied and one paid an $11,000 fine, they were allowed to go. Doesn’t that sound like a shakedown? “Pulling those kids off the plane and threatening them with prosecution was poor form on the part of the Brazilians and smacked of the sort of Banana Republic-ism Brazil should avoid,” Moore said. “The image was worsened when [a swimmer] basically paid a ransom to be released.” It’s understandable if this is all news to readers. That’s because, even before all the details were known, the media had already convicted Lochte.

Many of the same journalists who invariably are skeptical of American police claims whenever a criminal dies just accepted the notoriously corrupt Rio police’s version of events without hesitation. Jezebel, a popular blog that crusades against victim-blaming, labeled Lochte an “international supervillian.” A Washington Post columnist who still vehemently defends disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong wondered, “Is there anything worse, in any country, than a bunch of entitled young drunks who break the furniture and pee on a wall?” Social media piled on the media’s counter factual narrative. Why the double standard? Because we like to see celebrities fail. “Having handled high-profile cases, I’ve learned that there is often a great deal of schadenfreude when celebrities are involved, especially on social media but also in the legal system,” Moore said. “In spite of — rather because of — their notoriety, famous people do not get the benefit of the doubt. Hence, an issue that is truly minor ... was amplified because of who these guys are.” While we may never enjoy Lochte’s fame — or infamy — we could find ourselves in his shoes. That’s why what happened is so

concerning. In contrast to our media’s overblown response, the government’s was underwhelming. U.S. officials seemingly raised no objections while another government detained, harassed and ultimately extorted Olympic heroes who hadn’t even been charged with a crime. In fact, the U.S. Olympic Committee apologized to Brazil. If a dispute arises while traveling abroad, what help can ordinary citizens expect from their government? America’s inaction speaks louder than words: Don’t count on Uncle Sam to bail you out. Instead, count your Benjamin Franklins. As the USA Today observed last year in a story on police’s custom of extorting Americans abroad, “The cliche of the corrupt foreign cop spotting an American driving in a rental car, and shaking the tourist down for a bribe, endures.” Now that the world knows the U.S. government is complicit in this, its citizens are more likely to be targeted. Consequently, American tourists might be wise to keep Carnival off their itinerary. Mark Grabowski is a lawyer and professor at Adelphi University in New York who regularly writes on current events.

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A national cure for Trump ‘Trauma’

as there ever been an American election when so many major party leaders disavow their own Presidential candidate? Democrats have been able to save money and time because so many leading Republicans and Conservatives have already made powerful opposition arguments against their party’s nominee. Still, Trump “Trauma” represents a serious threat to the health of our nation and the world. We have been experiencing the equivalent of a Trump “stroke” that places all of us in a “near-death” crisis situation. Like any serious personal health crisis, our “body politic” is at risk because we must deal with the most ill-informed, unqualified, irresponsible candidate ever of a major party (Republicans and Conservatives are saying that, in unprecedented numbers). Even worse than the Trump “stroke,” he represents a contagion that could cause a human epidemic

that subverts democracy everywhere. The disease, “contagion,” metaphor should alarm all of us because it will need ongoing attention even after the Trump stroke gets the equivalent of hospital “trauma” care. We can end first-stage, Trump “trauma” on Nov. 8, but there will still be much to do to restore our nation and others to health. I do not rule out that Trump, himself, even at age 70, can move to a better situation (perhaps benefitting from therapy). However, because of Trump’s horrors already — of language, views, and lies, we will continue to need to deal with the harm “his cesspool of aggression” has been doing even to his supporters. Trump’s irresponsible grandiosity and dangerous views are so off the scale of American Presidential politics that we have all been stained and diminished by him. For how long? We owe it to his supporters,

MiCHAEl D’iNNOCENzO Out of Left Field during the rest of the campaign, and after Nov. 8, to reach out to them and help them return to our celebrated civil society. Many Americans, as Bernie Sanders also showed (in far more constructive ways), are frustrated and have grievances. Among Trump’s failures has been his magnifying of citizens’ deep emotional concerns without providing realistic proposals. He continues to inflame irratio-

nal behavior by playing the “catastrophic fear” card. Because of Trump’s extremism and distortions, many of his supporters are reflecting disconnections with reality, as described by Thomas Frank in “What’s The Matter with Kansas?” And, so, it will be incumbent on President Hillary Clinton (working with Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Republicans) to restore civil discourse and to address concerns of the 90 percent who have been losing ground the past few decades (during administrations of both Parties). We face serious problems and we need an American President who is a serious leader. In future columns, I will try to address ways to deal with many of our challenges. America is already great in many respects, but our nation relishes reform, change and progress. Permit me to return to dealing with how to cure the Trump “Trauma.” We have a good model in

how Long Island’s superb hospitals deal with stroke patients in their “Trauma Centers” (beyond, even, regular Emergency Rooms). For near-death emergencies, like a stroke or the Trump campaign, rapid, skilled, knowledgeable response is needed. That’s why patients are rushed to hospital Trauma Centers, where they get prompt attention and evaluation from skilled neurologists, cardiologists, MRI radiologists (among others); swift attention is imperative to save lives and restore health. Failure was rampant throughout our society in not dealing with the Trump “Stroke” soon enough. Consequently, the health of our body politic has been severely endangered. Although Trump regularly disdains experts (people who base views and actions on reliable data), the cure of his excesses, although belated, is well underway. Never before have so many leadContinued on Page 19

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A LOOK On THE LIgHTER SIdE

Beware: This car is alarmed, dangerous

o we really need car alarms? I had to have one because the dealer insisted, as a term of my lease… but right from the get-go, it was nothing but trouble. Even before I could get it off the lot, it went berserk, honking and flashing and wailing away, bringing everyone in the dealership at a dead run. “What’s the problem?” growled my salesman, fingers in his ears to stop the noise. “Where’s the thief?” panted the service manager, brandishing a tire iron. There, at the center of the commotion, was... me, standing in front of my own new car, futilely waving my remote alarm key, pushing every button with no success. “Hi, everybody,” I said sheepishly. “Just trying to get into my new car.” “Here, give me that,” said my salesman, taking the keys. He pushed one button. The car instantly silenced itself and unlocked. “Good luck!” everyone yelled,

as I finally drove off. That alarm never behaved. Sometimes it barked and clicked but refused to open. Other times it would click and bark, but nothing was locked. Either way, more often than not, it regarded my own key in the ignition as a violation, and set itself off. It got so my toddler would see me reach for the alarm key and mutter his own little “dammit.” I brought that car back to the dealer time and again. “The alarm must be broken,” I’d tell the technicians. Every time, they would disagree. “It’s working perfectly,” they assured me. “But perhaps you could spend a little more time with the instruction book?” Good idea. That book is more than 100 pages long, filled with sentences like “For optimal use of automatic timing device, activate subsequence A…”! I’d have better luck looking up a few car thieves, and asking them for help. I wonder, for instance, how a thief would handle the timer. My alarm gave me exactly 30 seconds, after getting out and

JuDy EPSTEiN

A Look on the Lighter Side closing my door, to race around the car, open, and close anyone else’s — or it would take matters into its own hands, and set itself off. My problem was, — the whole reason I needed the car — I had two small children that I drove around with, every day. And there is nothing you can do with a small child in 30 seconds, let alone getting him into or out of a car. “Come on, sweetie, quit fooling around with the seat belt right this second and get out of the car! Why? Because if you don’t let

Mommy shut the door, we’re going to hear— ” “WhooooooOOOOOOOOP! H O N K ! WhooooooooOOOOOOOOP! HONK!” “Dammit!” Any attempt to hustle them only insures that whatever you had hoped to accomplish in 30 seconds will now take ten minutes and 30 seconds, to allow for the screaming tantrum first. Oh, well. At least it will drown out the alarm. Even when I was alone with the thing, it’s a menace. I’m sitting in my car, trying to start it with the ignition key — I must be a burglar! It went into a full Code Four, and trapped me inside. Ignition locked out; doors locked; no way to start the car to either turn off the alarm or re-set it; power windows all the way up… I couldn’t even yell out for help. Thank goodness for my cell phone. I used it to call my husband: “I need your help..” “Judy! What’s wrong?” “I’m trapped...”

“Where are you? Honey, I can’t hear you, someone’s car alarm is going off!” “It’s me, with the car alarm!” “Just tell me where you are, and I’ll come get you.” “I’m inside the car, in the driveway! Stick your head out the front door and you’ll see!” I can’t imagine what purpose this feature serves. Frankly, if someone tries to steal my car in the middle of the night, and does not succeed, I want him to get away. The last thing I need is to come downstairs in the morning and find some criminal, trapped in my car for eight hours, desperate to escape. And if the point of a car alarm is to draw attention to somebody stealing it, I can tell you, no one turns a hair. So is there really any need for it to go on and on? As far as I’m concerned, if the alarm is still going after five minutes, you can have the car. The whole neighborhood will thank you. Just do me one little favor – would you let me out, first?

KREMER’S CORnER

A never-ending presidential race “Are we there yet?” Anyone who ever ridden in an automobile with a child, has heard that question repeatedly. Somehow, after following this year’s presidential election on a daily basis, I keep wanting to ask “Is it over yet? Regardless of whom you support, this has been one tough election for the voters. Keep in mind that the race to the White House has been in the news for almost 18 months. We have been bombarded with cable news shows that feature every major and minor detail of the campaign. I am so tired of hearing “Breaking News” repeated 24 hours a day, especially when most of the news isn’t important and often is just plain silly. And those talking heads! Every channel assembles a panel of so-called experts who are there to support their candidate, along with one or two people who actually know what

they are talking about. Some of the surrogates for the candidates must have been hired off the street, because they know nothing about politics, and have been given talking points. Some of the better-known advocates open their mouths and spew crazy theories about either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. One of the latest is former Mayor Rudy Guliani who insisted that candidate Clinton is suffering from some ailment and “you can look it up on Google.” So, I went to Google and found ten items contradicting everything Guliani said. On the flip side of the coin, columnist after columnist has offered a theory that candidate Trump has some form of emotional condition that disqualifies him as a candidate. None of these columnists has any type of degree that makes them an expert. I have my own thoughts

JERRy KREMER Kremer’s Corner

about this election, having won 13 contests of my own, to keep my seat in the state Assembly. Donald Trump may be the first major outsider to seek the White House in over 75 years, but he is also the worst candidate I have experienced in my long years of exposure to politics. Every day that Hillary Clin-

ton makes a mistake, Donald Trump somehow finds a way to get into trouble and he becomes the headline. I have a hard time watching Trump speak to an all-white audience and make an appeal for the black or Hispanic vote. During the Republican debates, he managed to insult the Romney people (Mormons), the Bush people (old establishment Republicans) and Ted Cruz who had over 500 delegates pledged to him. Trump doesn’t seem to realize that once you insult every group or person on the planet, you can’t walk back your comments. I have heard every excuse for why Trump keeps changing his campaign team. His backers say it is because there is a new team for each stage of the election. No candidate for the White House has ever had a revolving team, with one group leaving and another

group coming in. The answer is simple. No one can work for Donald Trump because he doesn’t listen and thinks he is the last word on everything, such as “I know more about ISIS than the generals.” While I am a supporter of Hillary Clinton, she makes me cringe on a daily basis on the email issue and the many ways she handles it. She never seems to have a consistent story about the emails and then wonders why some voters don’t trust her. She is, on her own, one of the more qualified people to ever run for the job, but she gets a big “F” for her failure to put controversial issues behind her. I have not been to my doctor in a while but I guess there is no cure for election fatigue. There may be 80 or so days left until Election Day, but I keep asking myself “is it over yet?”

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REAdERS WRITE

3rd track questions still unanswered

hy? And How? Two very simple questions the answers to which should precede any major undertaking. This is especially true when the proposed undertaking is a mega-project that will cost billions and disrupt the lives of several communities for years to come. However, since the Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Long Island Rail Road’s surprise announcement of their plans to resurrect the third track project this past January, they have been unable to answer these two very simple questions. With respect to the why, in a letter dated February 3, 2016, the mayors of the Main Line Villages asked why was this project necessary in light of LIRR President Nowakowski’s already announced seven-point proposal to improve operational efficiencies along the Mainline including grade crossing eliminations In the six months that have followed, despite repeated requests, the MTA/LIRR has been unable to answer this question, If the MTA/LIRR cannot explain why they need to undertake this project, then they should not ask the residents along the Mainline to accept the inevitable disruption to their lives that this project will entail. With respect to how, we have been asking the MTA/LIRR for months for basic details about this project.

Despite numerous meetings, the MTA/ LIRR has not been able to provide us with any detailed plans concerning the project. Nonetheless, despite the lack of a detailed plan, the MTA/LIRR is proceeding at an alarming speed with the environmental review process. Beveridge & Diamond, the attorneys hired by Floral Park and Garden City, have pointed out that the MTA/LIRR‘s failure to define the project is denying the impacted communities the ability to meaningfully participate in the environmental review process. Under New York’s State Environmental Quality Review Act, it is our right, as an affected community, to participate in the environmental review process. The hastily prepared scoping document lacked essential and fundamental information from which a meaningful review could be conducted by the public, as required by SEQRA. In the absence of a detailed plan, the SEQRA process is premature and the MTA should develop their plan first and then restart the SEQRA Process. The second part of the how question is: How is this mega project going to be funded? In my most recent prior Mayor’s Message I pointed out that “In the absence of knowing anything about a funding source, the project, thus far, has been allowed to proceed under New York State’s SEQRA process.

Conveniently, and very likely not coincidently, this has allowed MTA-LIRR to select itself as the SEQRA lead agency overseeing the review of its own project. However, if this project is receiving Federal Funding, the review would need to proceed under the Federal National Environmental Policy Act, with a federal body acting as the lead agency, ensuring a neutral, objective review.” Well, the MTA/LIRR recently answered the funding question and, amazingly, stated that they are going to forego federal funding of this project. While that decision conveniently allows the MTA/LIRR to maintain exclusive control over the environmental review process under SEQRA, it has incredibly significant implications. As a result of the MTA/LIRR’s decision to forego federal funding, will Long Island commuters face substantial fare increases to fund this project? How can the MTA/LIRR ask commuters to endure significant fare increases when the MTA/LIRR cannot even articulate a justifiable reason for this project? Or perhaps more importantly, if the MTA/LIRR begins this project without a dedicated funding source, will there be available funds to complete construction? If this project is begun and then the MTA/LIRR has to suspend work while it seeks funds to complete the project, the im-

pact will be devastating. Unfortunately, the MTA/LIRR is getting a free pass from the media on Long Island. In fact, if local leaders are brave enough to raise questions they are attacked. In a recent editorial, Newsday accused Hempstead Town Supervisor Anthony Santino of practicing a “particularly cynical brand of politics” when he raised questions about the impacts that the third track project will have on Floral Park. Newsday must have a very odd definition of “cynical.” By raising these very legitimate questions, Supervisor Santino was certainly not being cynical. Rather, he was effectively representing Floral Park and other communities and rightfully demanding answers before the MTA/LIRR spends billions of dollars on a mega-project that will disrupt the lives of his constituents - all for a project the MTA/ LIRR cannot even explain why they need to undertake. By any reasonable definition, asking hard questions and demanding answers before billions of dollars are spent and communities are jeopardized by the actions of a bloated and inefficient bureaucracy, is not cynical — it is the way local government is supposed to work. Mayor Tom Tweedy Village of Floral Park

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READERS WRITE

Time for a change in Plaza leadership

s a long-time resident of Great Neck Plaza, I am dismayed by the incompetence shown by the mayor of the Plaza. Each election year she remains unopposed. Is this because she has created a “cushy” job for herself? She gets a full-time salary, with perks to her husband’s firm, free dining in the plaza, etc. Does she ever pay for goods and services in town? Occasionally, Mayor Jean establishes committees. I volunteered to be on one that was to make the Plaza better for the aging popula-

tion in Great Neck. I learned after the first meeting, if you questioned the mayor about her “projects,” it was an exercise in futility. When asked about the traffic circle on Barstow Road, she immediately curtailed any conversation. Is this traffic circle not a living memorial to the mayor? Yet the traffic and visibility, or lack of is not monitored! For years the parking conditions and traffic on Welwyn Road has been horrendous. Despite multiple requests, letters to the editor, complaints about the conditions by Shop Delight, Mayor Jean refuses to have law enforcement personnel monitor this

area. Instead, she doubles the cost of meter fees and assigns traffic enforcement officers to ticket cars. Would it not be proactive to be an advocate for safety on Welwyn Road? The Plaza has so many empty stores, terrible traffic conditions and inadequate parking. Rather than curtailing traffic on Welwyn Road, the mayor is creating a park adjacent to the Post Office. How lovely it will be watching cars double and triple park, view the busses that are unable to make the turns, and ingest the fumes coming from the vehicles. These are some of the virtues of Mayor

Jean’s reign. Mayor Jean dances at concerts in the park, promotes Thursday night dining in the Plaza as there are invariably multiple photo opportunities and free dinners for the mayor and her guests. Is there not someone in this community who has the dedication, time, and desire to restore the great to Great Neck? Clearly, with Mayor Jean, the town is running itself. What is the cost of her salary and all the perks she receives to the residents of Great Neck Plaza? Marilyn Hoffman Great Neck

Desperate Trump’s makeover Time to put an

esperate Donald is now in the third iteration of his campaign. A year’s fumbling has not brought evidence that he is any more prepared or suited to lead our country than the day he announced. Among his new staff is an ultra right exponent of the vilest innuendoes of conservative practitioners. After a year of listening only to his own voice, so convinced that he can improve every problem with such an evident lack of the detailed knowledge that becoming the leader of the most powerful country in the world must confront, his early enthusiastic followers have discovered his weaknesses. His constant trial and error approach, and his promises, un-

supported by real plans and policies, have aroused strong doubt and disbelief. The arrogance in declaring that his instincts are superior to those of highly credentialed experts are ludicrous. They have increasingly come to cast doubt on his competence, and have pronounced that his knowledge is totally deficient. His campaign staff has been proven to be meager and disorganized. They have constantly had to make embarrassing excuses for some of his most outrageous statements. Of late, his regrets are unconvincing and insincere. He regrets that he is losing adherents, not that he is apologizing for disgraceful insults heaped upon his opponents and every sector of our population.

In a new book,(August 23, 2016),”Trump Revealed,” by Kranish and Fisher, based on Washington Post authoritative reporting, there is ample evidence that he has spent his life dissembling, defrauding, and leaving a trail of failed ventures that harmed thousands. He has over the years changed his voting registration, indicating either that he has changed his basic principles or because it suited his desire to gain undue influence on officials. Ironically, after all these years of self-aggrandizement, he seems unable to name any actual friends, relying mostly on his immediate family for support and advice. Esther Confino New Hyde Park

Ignoring G.N.’s heritage

oes everyone realize that the Town of North Hempstead only stipulates, for construction of a garage, a three-foot setback from the property line? I learned this when I found that the owners of the property behind me, on which the house and garden have been eliminated in pursuit of a larger house, had excavated to within 12 inches of my property line and had consequently shredded tree roots.

It’s clear that Great Neck has limited regard for its architectural heritage but I cannot believe that the community supports the wholesale desecration of neighborhood ecosystems. I grew up in Great Neck and we used to care about the environment. Great Neck? Great Wasteland. Melanie Miller Great Neck

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end to bullying

nother case of bullying has happened again and this time with a young seventh grader named Daniel Fitzpatrick, who attended Holy Cross Catholic Academy in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. He took his life at his Staten Island home on Thursday Aug. 11. This 13 year old had so much to live for and yet the bullying took its toll. I truly grieve with his family and offer my heartfelt prayers. I myself can relate to this child because as a young child in the ‘50s and early ‘60s I was a victim of bullying and other children making fun of me because of my severe stuttering problem. Even when I would walk down the street of my neighborhood, kids would imitate my speech impediment and some would even call me stupid. If this happen today with the social media outlets like face book

and the internet, I think that might be too much for me to handle. I have been employed as shipping manager for 36 years at Northeast Plumbing in Mineola and serve as a lector at St. Anastasia’s Church in Douglaston, and I am Grand Knight of St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus council #5911. I survived because I had people who cared about me but there are many that have not survived because a lot of people have not made the effort to help. In my opinion more needs to be done for those children who are victims of bullying and teachers and parents must be more involved or more children might take their lives. And to the parents of Daniel may our Lord help you in this most painful time. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Mineola

G.N. pedestrians in need of lessons

fter navigating my car on Middle Neck Road this summer, I firmly believe pedestrians are in need of a “Defensive Crossing the Street” course. Whatever happened to cross at the green and not in between, especially not diagonally. Crossing pedestrians, iPhones

glued to their ears, are totally oblivious to cars that could easily cause great bodily harm. In the event that a concerned driver honks lightly they are totally outraged at having their conversations interrupted! So Sorry! Judith Zivotsky Great Neck

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Why so many in GOP oppose Trump?

n response to my letter, Dr. Wayne Roth, again, makes several points which I challenge. I stand by my charge that Trump’s knowledge of this country’s history and Constitution is quite limited. I concede that most Americans were not aware that using the phrase “America First” was unwise since the “America First Committee” was a pro German group formed prior to World War II. If we give Trump a pass on this, where were his advisors? Obviously not doing their job. Further proof of Trump’s limited knowledge was revealed when he met with Republican House members and expressed admiration for Article 12 of the Constitution. Sorry, Mr. Trump. Our Constitution has only seven Articles. One of his defenders was quick to point out that Trump was confusing Articles with amendments. One may think of this as trivial, but what about Trump’s pronouncements on freedom of speech and Muslim exclusion? These clearly violate the 1st and 14th amendments. But Mr. Trump has been a businessman all his life — not a lawyer or politician. Therein lies the problem. It’s not because of love for attorneys that most presidents and Congresspersons have been lawyers, but because the work they do entails a knowledge of the law. To quickly answer a few of Dr. Roth’s other questions, I do admire George Soros and I am not a proponent of Sharia law. As to which is worse...Sharia Law or

Jim Crow, I find them both reprehensible. Dr. Roth then offers a gratuitous lesson on Aristotle and ad hominem arguments. Let me inform him that as a college professor for 45 years, I know about both. This critique had to do with my questioning of Ann Coulter as a reputable source. Other than members of her immediate family and Dr. Roth, I can’t imagine anyone taking her seriously. She has several best-sellers to her credit and she appears regularly on TV talk shows, but it is the outrageous nature of her remarks which keep her in demand. Many of Dr. Roth’s questions on foreign policy are commendable and indicate that he has done his homework. When we get to his attacks on Hillary Clinton, not so much. He complains about the fact that Hillary hasn’t held a news conference in over 250 days so let me suggest the following. Hillary should promise to meet with the press on the same day that Trump releases his tax returns. Liberal commentators are sure that they contain combustible information. Why else is he hiding behind a fabricated tax audit excuse? Dr. Roth also asks why Clinton hasn’t appeared on Sean Hannity’s FOX news network show? The answer is simple. It’s because he is a bully who isn’t on the air to enlighten, but to present his own very partisan opinions. I listen to Hannity both on radio and TV and would advise Hillary not to appear with him. Next, Dr. Roth mentions that Hillary

has “neurological problems, and “episodes of delirium and confusion.” At first, I attributed these allegations to the “vast right wing conspiracy,” which, yes, does exist and has been out to get Hillary for decades. But then I googled Hillary’s medical records as well as Trump’s. What I learned was that there are charges of “fraud” and “leaks” regarding Hillary. Dr. Lisa Bardack states that Hillary is “in excellent health” She continues: “I have recently been made aware of allegedly ‘leaked’ medical documents ...with my name on them. These documents are false, were not written by me, and are not based on any medical facts.” Trump’s letter from his long-time physician looks like something Trump himself wrote. This is a topic requiring additional research which can be debated over the next few months. I now come to the critical question for Dr. Roth. What do all of the following have in common? Senators: Susan Clark of Maine, Mark Kirk of Illinois, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Ted Cruz of Texas, Jeff Flake of Arizona, Dean Heller of Nevada. Governors: John Kasich of Ohio, Larry Hogan of Maryland, Charlie Baker of Massachusetts; Party Elders: Jeb Bush, former Florida governor, Mitt Romney 2012 Republican nominee for president, George H.W. Bush former president of the U.S., Larry Pressler three-term governor of South Dakota, Vin Weber six-term Congressman from Minnesota, Gordon Humphrey for-

mer senator from New Hampshire, Chris Shays former Congressman from Connecticut; Party Insiders: Meg Whitman CEO of Hewlett Packard, Hank Paulson former Secretary of the Treasury, Marx Racinot former Chaiman of the Republican National Committee, Christine Todd Whitman former governor of New Jersey, George Will conservative commentator, Charles and David Koch Republican donors, Charles Krauthammer conservative broadcaster, Brent Scocroft, national security advisor to Presidents Bush and Ford; Security Experts: Michael Chertoff Director of Homeland Security under George W. Bush. Guessing that they’re all Republicans gets you no points. Guessing that these are folks who won’t endorse Donald Trump is the correct answer. Now a follow-up. When was the last time so many party luminaries could not bring themselves to pull down the lever next to the candidate’s name? And why are these malcontents abandoning the choice of their party? Gordon Humphrey stated: ”Trump is a sociopath who has no “feelings of guilt, shame or remorse.” And Sally Bradshaw, a Jeb Bush advisor pointed out that her party had nominated “a total narcissist, a misogynist —a bigot.” Are all of these Republican Party leaders traitors to the cause, or is there something so dangerous and reprehensible about Donald Trump as to make him persona non grata among the party faithful? Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

Martins, Schimel seize National cure needed a piece of pristine forest for Trump trauma

here was a recent article about dredging a river of silt which most likely came from agriculture areas and is being dumped, to the displeasure of many, on the shore of the Long Island Sound. It seems that it instead should be taken back and be spread on the fields from which it came to replenish them. That would partly reduce the need for more fertilizer creating a bigger mess. Another situation is the run-off from agriculture areas flowing into one of the great lakes causing large algae blooms. There are thousands of different ecosystems on the surface of the Earth and deep in the oceans. Many of them are being destroyed by human activity. I awoke this Monday morning down deep in the dark gloom of part of what is happening politically in Nassau County. Part of which is the situation of state Sen. Jack

Martins’ and state Assemblywoman Schimel’s role in seizing a piece of pristine forest. Court decisions have been handed down to prevent it from happening. The last I heard is that Gov. Cuomo signed an executive order overriding the courts decisions. It is such a discredit to him but that is his style. In other words, they are going to cut down those trees by hook or by crook. In my mind, Sen. Martins is tipping the scale more and more against himself. Greed seems to be his main driving force. He is doing everything he can not to have any opposition in his latest political goal: to disqualify both Philip Pidot and Tom Suozzi. In other words, muscle them out. Is he not man enough to honestly and honorably compete in a proper manner? I have noticed how he does things for quite some time. Charles Samek Mineola

Continued from Page 15 ers of a candidate’s party denounced and renounced him. This is the equivalent of the medical experts making a diagnosis in the Trauma Room. It would take several books to detail the testimony against Trump’s many abuses. Here is one major diagnosis: “50 Prominent Republicans Call Trump a National Security Risk” (page 1, New York Times, 8/9/16). Extensive efforts by the political equivalent of medical experts will be enough to cure the immediate “Trump Trauma” on November 8. As with any stroke trauma, continuing monitoring, altered life choices, and lots of support from friends and family are essential to go forward in good health. Kudos for many citizen writers to Blank Slate newspapers; they have gone public to testify against the

Trump contagion. Please join me in celebrating North Shore concerned citizens (among others): Esther Confino, Diana Poulos-Lutz, Hal Sobel, Herbert N. Steinberg. You all deserve a place on the honor role of service to democracy. Those attentive, informed citizens are our equivalent of the great 19th century civil rights leader, Theodore Dwight Weld’s “American Slavery: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses.” As in a court of law, we in a democracy live with the confidence that evidence matters, that when so many responsible people bear witness, there will be a tipping point to justice. Trump “Trauma” will begin to fade Nov. 8, but we need to start preparing now for extended reversal of the terrible contagion that he initiated.

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Another MTA project without funding

he recent appointment of former U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary John D. Porcari as interim director of the Gateway Development Corporation without billions in accompanying significant financial resources is little more than a press release. Previously in his career, Pocari served as Chairman of the Moynihan Station Development Corporation. Since the 1990s, there has been little real physical progress in construction of the promised new NYC Amtrak Station located in old 33rd Street 8th Avenue Farley Building Post Office. Why should anyone not believe that the Gateway Tunnel will suffer the same fate? The proposed $24 billion Gateway Tunnel project may end up dead just like its predecessor — New Jersey Transit’s Access to the Regions Core. The recent announcement by U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary James Fox that up to $4 billion in Federal Transit Administration New Starts funding might become available to help fund the proposed $24 billion Gateway Tunnel project still leaves a

shortfall of $8 billion in federal and $20 billion in total project costs. There is no guarantee that these funds will actually be authorized and appropriated by future sessions of Congress and signed into law by future Presidents. The project would have to complete a competitive U.S. DOT Federal Transit Administration New Starts process, which takes several years before being approved under a Full Funding Grant Agreement. One year after the Gateway Tunnel project was first announced, there are still unresolved issues. All of the parties involved including U.S. DOT, Amtrak, Federal Rail Road Administration, New Jersey and New York have yet to finalize ongoing discussions to support the actual legal creation of the Gateway Development Corporation. This body would actually manage funding from various sources along with construction. U.S. DOT Secretary of Transportation Fox, Senators Booker and Schumer still need to actually deliver $4 billion in FTA New Starts Funding over the coming years and

somehow find another $8 billion to fully fund the $12 billion federal share. Governors Cuomo and Christie still have failed to identify and secure the specific source for the irrespective $6 billion financial contributions to the project. There are no significant dollars programmed in the new Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act for Gateway. It is wishful thinking that the US DOT FTA New Starts program and Amtrak can come up with $12 billion for Washington’s share of this project. This legislation now affords rail and mass transit eligibility for FTA New Starts funding. The largest FTA New Starts Full Funding Grant Agreement was $2.6 billion for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Long Island Rail Road east side access to Grand Central Terminal. Federal Railroad Administration Financing Loans generally never exceed $1 billion. There are dozens of other potential U.S. DOT FTA New Starts projects being championed by many of the other 98 Senators and 435 Congress members. The requests far exceed any available

current or future New Starts funding. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New Jersey Transit, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York City Department of Transportation and others from the Metropolitan New York Region all have their own respective projects competing against each other and the Gateway Tunnel for billions in New Starts funding over coming years. Amtrak still needs billions to fully implement real high speed rail on the northeast corridor between Washington, New York City and Boston. This doesn’t include routine State of Good Repair, Safety, fleet equipment replacement and upgrades to the East River Tunnels. The New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund is still insolvent. Moody’s Investor Services previously questioned the ability of New Jersey to come up with its $6 billion share of the project cost. Others question how New York can find $6 billion for its share as well. Larry Penner Great Neck

Port parents must protect kids from toxic poles

s the school year approaches, parents of students who walk to school along Port Washington Boulevard south of Campus Drive should be aware of the highly toxic chemical leaching from the new utility poles that have been installed on the sidewalks. The chemical leaching from the poles, pentachlorophenol (known as “penta”), has been banned in 26 countries because of its acute toxicity. Workers handling the poles are provid-

ed with special gloves to prevent any possible contact with the chemical. However, there is nothing to protect kids who may inadvertently touch or brush against the poles as they walk to and from school. Splinters from the poles can introduce the chemical directly into the bloodstream. Penta’s breakdown products and contaminants are ranked among the most potent cancer agents. An EPA draft review of penta found

“extraordinary risks associated with typical exposure that a child might experience in communities across the United States that are dotted with pentachlorophenol-treated utility poles.” And last October, the National Toxicology Program of the National Institutes of Health released its new report on carcinogens and described penta as a chemical that increases risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in studies in humans and causes tumors in the liver and other organs in laboratory mice.

So far, the utility company has declined requests to place warning signs on the poles, or to wrap them to prevent accidental exposure to pedestrians. Therefore, parents must make certain their children understand the dangers of the chemical, and try to change their child’s route to and from school to avoid the toxic poles if at all possible. Doug Wood Port Washington

Haber real deal, right Buying stocks for long choice for state Senate term a wise move

’ve lived in Manhasset Hills for over 40 years. Raised my kids here, taught here, and always loved this area. I’m a widow and would love to be able to stay here. I’ve seen politicians come and go — and can see who doesn’t really care-but talks the talk. Adam Haber is the real deal.

Why did Trump avoid draft? In the Great Neck News, August 12, Michael D’Innocenzo criticizes Trump as arrogant and stupid. Among the charges he makes against Trump he writes that Trump got five deferments to avoid serving in Vietnam.

ver the years i have often heard that I’ve walked with him and saw how he on the average the stock market really listens and cares. He’s in this for the rises about 10 percent per year. right reasons. The implication is that were you We should appreciate him because we need him! Please vote for Adam Haber for to “buy and hold” Dow Jones Industrial-type stocks over a long period of time that you the New York State Senate. Thank you. could pretty much count on your portfolio Maxine Moss rising, on average, 10 percent per year. Does past history bear this out? Manhasset Hills Curiosity finally got the best of me so i recorded the year end closing DJIA for the past 30 years to study this. From 1986 to 2007 the 21 years ending just before the serious recession of 2008 the DJIA did indeed rise at the rate of just a hair My question: is that charge of avoid- under 10 percent per year. ing Vietnam service true and if it was what But what would have happened to your reasons did Trump give? portfolio had you not cashed in 2007 but held on until 2015. Kenneth Stier, Jr. Then the annual Dow Jones increase for Great Neck the entire 29- year period would have been

a bit under 8 percent. Still not bad, especially having weathered the worst recession since the stock market crash of 1929. Suppose you had invested $10,000 30 years ago. It would have been worth $74,000 by 2007, just before the recession. On the other hand had you held on through the recession until 2015 your portfolio would have been worth $92,000. It is interesting how little this severe recession would have affected your long-term investment. Of course inflation reduces the actual purchase power of the results but on the other hand you would also have received considerable dividends during this period. Theodore Theodorsen Manhasset Letters Continued on Page 73

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PuLse oF tHe PeNiNsuLA

obama backs, GoP undermines parks It is beyond infuriating that Republicans, who every four years call themselves the “Party of Lincoln,” can claim the Clean Air and Clean Water acts and the EPA which were signed when Richard Nixon was president, and that on this, the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, we all can thank President Theodore Roosevelt, a (Progressive) Republican, for America’s “best idea” — our national park system. That’s because these are under attack by today’s Republicans — the party of Donald Trump. Today’s Republicans bear as little resemblance to the party of Lincoln or Roosevelt as George Wallace to the Democratic party. Republicans are so infuriated by the 22 national monuments and preserves Obama has designed during his time in office using his powers under the Antiquities Act (265 million acres of public lands and waters — more than any administration in history), that they have tried to repeal it and take the power to preserve lands from for the use of all Americans, equally, into

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the hands of greedy developers (a la Donald Trump). Trump is probably thinking, “Donald J. Trump will be the president who dispatches the $19 trillion national debt — I only need to sell off Yellowstone, and maybe Yosemite.” As New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof noted in his annual paean to the national parks, fresh from his hike along the Pacific Crest Trail, the most democratic place in America isn’t the voting booth, but the national parks. “Even in the Great Depression, an impoverished America

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could afford to work on building paths like the John Muir Trail, yet today we can’t afford to maintain them properly,” Kristof writes. “Our predecessors pretty much invented the idea of national parks and wilderness trails, bequeathing us an inheritance of incalculable wealth. And on our watch, as we mark the 100th birthday of the National Park Service, we’re squandering it.” Our national parks system are overwhelmingly popular — indeed, the number of annual visits to non-local parks (not even counting if New Yorkers climb the Statue of Liberty), equates to one per person. According to a study by Linda J. Bilmes and John Loomis published in US News, the national park system is valued at $92 billion a year, but total revenue, including Congressional appropriation comes to a mere $3 billion a year. Meanwhile, Congress has cut its funding for NPS by 15 percent over the last 15 years (after factoring inflation), while its backlog of overdue maintenance projects amounts to $12 billion a year (and rising).

“Consequently, the agency is fighting an uphill battle to keep parks pristine and unspoiled as visitor numbers climb and climate change stresses natural resources in the parks.” Despite opposition from Republicans — or perhaps because of it — Obama has during his tenure designated more national monuments using his power under the Antiquities Act than any prior president. Obama not only has saved natural treasures for generations to come, but has used the designations to tell a more complete story of America’s heritage, so that more of our community can feel the same sense of pride. Obama designated monuments honoring black Americans (Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument), Hispanics (Cesar Chavez National Monument ), workers (Pullman National Monument, Illinois), women (Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument, Washington, D.C.), and the latest one, LGBT Stonewall National Monument, New York. “Stonewall will be our first national monument to tell the

story of the struggle for LGBT rights. I believe our national parks should reflect the full story of our country – the richness and diversity and uniquely American spirit that has always defined us. That we are stronger together. That out of many, we are one. That’s what makes us the greatest nation on earth. And it’s what we celebrate at Stonewall — for our generation and for all those who come after us,” Obama said at the ceremony. Meanwhile, the National Park Service and national park system has been under assault by Republicans, who not only have tried to repeal the President’s power under the Antiquities Act, but regularly introduce bills to remove impediments to private/corporate access and use of federal lands. “This includes three dangerous new bills that would allow millions of acres of national forests to be auctioned off by the states for mining, logging, drilling, road construction and more. This would happen with no regard for current environmental protections, and could cut off acContinued on Page 76

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Municipal officers society recognizes North Hills clerk

Feinstein researchers get grants

Marianne Lobaccaro to receive plaque at Sept. 13 conference in Saratoga

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Marianne Lobaccaro. School on Sept. 13 in Saratoga. She said the association helps in her role with North Hills because she can stay up to date on ever-changing state

mandates and changes in law. “I think continued education is very important in order to perform the job to my greatest ability,” she said. “[That] as-

Two scientists at Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institute for Medical Research were awarded five-year grants from the National Institutes of Health to continue their research in bioelectronic medicine and sepsis, the healthcare company announced Thursday. Dr. Kevin Tracey, Feinstein Institute’s CEO and president, received a $3 million grant, while Dr. Ping Wang, Feinstein Institute’s chief scientific officer, received a $2 million grant from the NIH. The grants are part of the NIH’s Maximizing Investigators’ Research Awards, or MIRA. “These NIH awards to the Feinstein Institute reflect the outstanding research environment, and the shared commitment to creating knowledge to cure disease,” Tracey said in a statement. “We look forward to seeing the outcomes of this basic research Continued on Page 76

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North Hills’ village administrator, Marianne Lobaccaro, was recently recognized as a Credentialed Municipal Finance Officer for her experience in government service. Lobaccaro was given the title by the New York State Society of Municipal Finance Officers after three years as administrator and clerk-treasurer for the village, and a combined six years in local government. To receive the credential, she had to meet requirements in continuing education regarding financial responsibilities and municipal law and then be reviewed by a committee, according to a news release from the organization. She will be formally presented with a plaque and pin to recognize the credential at the New York State Conference of Mayors Annual Fall Training

pect is critical in your success in working for a village.” Lobaccaro has been involved with the organization for seven years and is one of over 400 members throughout the state, the release said. The organization was formed in 1956 to serve as a forum for town officers to meet and help improve their performance in government and recognize them for professionalism in their positions, the release said. “We get together and we share our experiences to help perform our job and improve on our abilities,” Lobaccaro said. “It’s just to help serve the communities better.” Lobaccaro also serves as second vice president of the Long Island Village Clerk and Treasurers Association, and will soon be moving into the first vice president position, she said.

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Atria G.N. seeks to aid 3rd track piece of larger plan memory loss patients Continued from Page 2 with how we handle this,” he said. Atria Great Neck’s executive director, Christine DeLeo, said the second floor currently has 33 apartments mixed between studios and two-bedrooms, but after the proposal would have 35 apartments, with 21 one-bedroom and 14 “shared” apartments. Waleryszak said memory-care unit bedrooms are typically smaller than typical rooms to promote interaction between residents and employees in the building. He also said Atria Great Neck was in the process of applying for a license to operate the memorycare facility, and until it receives that license, it cannot open. Aaron Mactay, of RMS Engineering, conducted a traffic study and found that Atria Great Neck’s 149 parking spaces, 77 of which are for the village and 72 are for the senior living community, were adequate for the proposal. Marksheid said she had an issue with the study being conducted on three days during the week after Memorial Day.

“My concern is that you picked three days within the same week to make this study without doing different times and different weather conditions, like winter, so I think the week you picked might not really show the true impact,” she said. Mactay said that typically a time is picked to conduct a study, then it is determined whether or not it was typical of what would be found on “any given week.” Village officials requested that the applicant return at the Sept. 7 meeting with more detailed information on the number of units and residents that will live on each floor and a schedule of how long the renovations and construction are expected to take. Mayor Jean Celender of Great Neck Plaza said she also wanted to take a tour of a different Atria senior living community with a memory care facility so she can get an idea of how it operates. The next board meeting is on Sept. 7.

Continued from Page 13 The LIRR is using a new machine to lay the second Ronkonkoma track that places railroad ties 10 times faster than workers can, keeping the project on schedule and saving the MTA $2.4 million. Critics of the third track say they are skeptical the project would get done in the estimated three years and stick to the estimated $1.5 billion cost. But Cuomo touted the machine and his “design-build” scheme, in which private contractors handle the design and construction of large projects, as evidence that his ambitious building initiatives will get done on time and on budget. “We’re going to do it faster than ever before, and better than ever before, because people are being inconvenienced every day that we don’t do it,” Cuomo said. “That has to be the attitude, and that is the new attitude, and you see it being evidenced all across the system.” The projects also play into Cuomo’s $100 billion infrastructure plan he announced this year that extends throughout the downstate region, he said. The Ronkonkoma project

includes a revamped station at Republic Airport in Farmingdale. Cuomo’s $4 billion renovation plan for LaGuardia Airport includes an AirTrain from the LIRR’s Willets Point station — a proposal some transit advocates say will not make getting to the airport any faster. Commuters from Long Island to New York City will eventually arrive at Grand Central Terminal and a renovated Penn Station, expected to cost $3 billion. Outside the rail system, Cuomo said he plans to revamp the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and the Triborough Bridge. Specifics for those proposals have yet to be released. An environmental study for the third track is underway. A final “scope,” an outline of the study that incorporates and responds to public comments, is due out this week, the MTA says. Third track critics say Cuomo and the MTA have failed to show a need for a project that will gravely disrupt their everyday lives with loud construction and lasting impacts on traffic and property values. Local officials have also decried what they

call a lack of transparency and specifics in the project’s early stages. Mayor Thomas Tweedy of the Village of Floral Park said he shares Cuomo’s goal of modernizing the LIRR, but he thinks the railroad must make incremental changes to its existing infrastructure before taking up a “megaproject.” While it’s good that the railroad is doing some projects such as the second Ronkonkoma track and a train yard in Huntington, Tweedy said, there are still other smaller pieces the LIRR should prioritize. “New work is not investment in infrastructure,” he said. “New work can augment what you have, but infrastructure are the signals are the rails are the equipment. That’s what needs to be upgraded first.” Cuomo on Monday said the state has “lost literally decades” to opposition to projects such as these. Property values and economic development could suffer if they don’t go through, he said. “You will suffocate Long Island if you don’t do this,” Cuomo said.

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New greens for town mini golf course By J oe N i k i c The Harbor Links miniature golf course in Port Washington will be getting a makeover to replace its old surface. The North Hempstead Town Board unanimously voted at Tuesday’s board meeting to approve a contract with Garden City-based Parsons Commercial LLC to install a new carpet on the 18-hole course. A board resolution states that Parsons Commercial was chosen because it is “party to a contract with Nassau County for the type of services needed by the town.” The work at the miniature golf course is not to exceed $32,237.11, officials said. Also at the meeting, the board voted to place alternate side parking restric-

tions on Jefferson Street in Port Washington after residents complained of too many commuters parking on their street and taking spots away from residents. Town Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio said the town has been looking to fix the issue for over a year and met with residents from Jefferson Street in November 2015 to discuss what should be done. “Some of the residents that are here tonight reached out to me via email and said that the parking on their street had a lot of commuters parking there and there really wasn’t any place for residents to park, they were blocking driveways and just creating a safety hazard,” De Giorgio said. The approved ordinance establishes alternate side of the street parking from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday on the east side of Jefferson

Street and from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Tuesday and Thursday on the west side of the street. The parking restrictions are not enforced on holidays or weekends. De Giorgio said the town sent a traffic engineer to study parking on the street and the engineer found that there were a high number of commuter cars. She also said prior to Tuesday’s vote that she would make a recommendation to the board based on what the majority of residents on the street preferred. Some Jefferson Street residents appeared at the meeting stating that they supported the proposal. Other residents from the street, who said they did not have driveways or parking garages, said the restriction would make it more difficult for them to park. After hearing public comment, De

Giorgio said that 10 residents had voiced support for the proposal in total, and seven residents opposed it. She also said that if the board sees that the restriction is not working, then it will make amendments. “We try to come up with something that makes sense,” De Giorgio said. “If we implement the restriction and we see in six months that the restriction is not working or it’s making the situation worse, we will rescind it and we will try again.” Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said that it sounded as if the issue has plagued the street for decades and the board needed to try and find a solution. “I think this is a good faith effort to give this a try,” Bosworth said. “In the meantime, I think it’s better to try something and to go forward with it.”

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he Adelphi University Performing Arts Center announced a 2016-2017 season that features entertainers from the worlds of dance, music and theater as well as a variety of productions by students. Tickets are now on sale. AUPAC is turning back the clock and turning up the music to kick off our ninth season with a celebration of 90 minutes of disco hits such as “Turn the Beat Around,” “Celebrate, Good Times,” and “Last Dance.” Disco Inferno: a ’70s Celebration on Sept. 16, will feature a cast of Broadway’s finest. This dance party will continue with an after party as we open “Club AUPAC” in the Olmsted Theatre for a night of drinks and dancing featuring Long Island favorite, DJ Karin Ward, spinning more disco hits. Returning this season is the Larson Legacy Concert Series, carrying on the legacy of the creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Rent” and Adelphi alumnus Jonathan Larson, by showcasing the next generation of musical theatre composers and lyricists. Featured artists are Sam Salmond on Sept. 25, and César Alvarez on Feb. 19, 2017. Making its AUPAC debut, is a world champion a cappella quartet comprised of four versatile, award-winning vocalists, Crossroads Quartet, Oct. 1. They have performed in Germany, France, Finland, the U.K., Spain and across the United States. In the spring, Adelphi will be the epicenter of the a cappella scene with SingStrong NY, a weekend-long, international charity a cappella festival, Feb. 10 to 12, 2017. Highlights include five different concerts and two days of classes with leading edge a cappella pop, jazz, doo-wop, barbershop and even beatbox artists— all performing with nothing but the human voice. Professionals, high schools college groups are all encouraged to participate. Proceeds support local music programs and the fight against Alzheimer’s. Journey into the world of new musicals based on best-selling children’s books with Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School, October 2. Now that Junie B. has been going to school for over one-and-a-half years, who better to write the book on everything you need to know? From bus rules to band-aids, carpools to cookies, Ju-

nie B. and friends deliver the definitive word on surviving and thriving in style. Other family-friendly events include Grammy Award-winners The Okee Dokee Brothers, Nov. 5, Twinkle Tames A Dragon, The Musical, Feb. 4, 2017, and The Lightning Thief, April 2, 2017. On Nov. 18, many will instantly enjoy Jarrod Spector & Kelli Barrett — This is Dedicated: Music’s Greatest Marriages. Recently-married Broadway veterans Jarrod Spector (“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” “Jersey Boys”) and Kelli Barrett (“Doctor Zhivago,” “Wicked”) are often asked “what’s it like to be married to a fellow artist?” Bringing to life the greatest songs birthed from the greatest marriages, the two attempt to answer the question. From Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and Alan and Marilyn Bergman to Sonny and Cher to Beyonce and Jay-Z, the themes of love, heartbreak, triumph, and despair infuse not only these incredible songs but also the storied partnerships themselves. Classical music audiences will appreciate the acclaimed chamber music ensemble Trio Solisti, Nov. 19 and Feb. 17, 2017, for its 12th year as ensemble-in-residence. The ensemble has forged its reputation as “the most exciting piano trio in America,” according to The New Yorker. Other classical ensembles this season include American Brass Quintet, Oct. 8, and Chiara String Quartet, Oct. 28. On Dec. 16, spend an evening at the Celtic Tenors Christmas concert. With an international reputation and just over a million album sales under their belts, The Celtic Tenors offer something truly unique — the skill, range and ability of world-class tenors combined with the personality and fun of genuine artists. Matthew Gilsenan, James Nelson and Daryl Simpson are comfortable in all genres from classical and folk to Irish and pop, bringing you on a far-ranging musical voyage with their renditions of Irish folk classics and favorite Christmas tunes. Audiences learn about the rich culture of The Habana Boys as they conclude their North American debut tour on March 12, 2017.

Direct from Cuba, the high energy group of four classically-trained tenors and their band will feature music from Opera to Broadway, Motown and Pop hits — and Latin hits from their home in Cuba. For April 7, 2017, the world-renowned Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company will present a mesmerizing performance. The program will include several Paul Taylor works. The Taylor/Adelphi history spans six decades, with Paul Taylor teaching at Adelphi in the early ’60s. Tony Award-winning entertainer Billy Porter will bring his latest show to the Westermann Stage at AUPAC on April 21, 2017. Porter was most recently seen in the critically acclaimed Shuﬄe Along on Broadway, and is best known for his Tony and Drama Desk Award winning performance in Kinky Boots. During this show, the versatile and altogether irresistible Kinky Boots star appears where his talents shine brightest—center stage, performing a heartfelt selection of songs, including his own, drawing on a wide spectrum of styles and emotions. Among other shows that will be undoubtedly popular is our ongoing series of Opera and Ballet screenings with some of the biggest stars of the opera world in performances from the world’s top opera houses and festivals: Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot, September 11, Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, September 24, Serge Diaghilev’s Les Ballets Russes, October 9, Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, October 22, Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Trovatore, October 30, and Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet, November 12. AUPAC is one of Long Island’s premier cultural arts venues for entertainment of all kinds. Visit aupac.adelphi.edu for details on these events and numerous others coming to the venue. Information and tickets are available at The Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at (516) 877-4000 or boxoffice@adelphi.edu. Regular box office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. The box office is also open two hours before most scheduled performances.

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Culture Club is an English band that were formed in 1981. The band comprised Boy George, Roy Hay, Mikey Craig and Jon Moss. They will appear at the NYCB Theatre at Old Westbury. Where: 960 brush Hollow Road Westbury Info: (516) 247-5200 • venue.thetheatreatwestbury.com

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Rascal Flatts is an American country trio, and Kelsea Ballerini is an American country pop singer and songwriter. They will appear at Jones Beach Where: 1000 Ocean parkway, Wantagh Info: (516) 221-1000 • www.jonesbeach.com

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Charles Esten is best known for his role as Deacon Claybourne on ABC’s Nashville , and he previously appeared on the improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? He will appear at the Paramount in Huntington. Where: 370 new york Ave. Huntington, new york Info: (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com

Bruce hornsby and the Noisemakers with special guest Gill landry Wednesday, August 31 at 8 p.m. Almost three decades after winning a Grammy for Best New Artist and launching one of contemporary music’s most diverse careers, Bruce Hornsby still makes joyful noise as he discovers clever and expansive ways to chronicle dynamic musical snapshots of his often generously collaborative journey. Where: Tilles Center. 250 post Ave., Westbury Info: (516) 283-5566 • www.thespaceatwestbury.com

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Neil Berg¹s 100 Years of Broadway

Saturday, August 27 at 8 p.m. The show will feature songs from Broadway musicals over the past 100 years. The event is free and is part of the The Summer 2016 Concert schedule at Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre. Where: The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, Eisenhower park Info: (516) 572-0348

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From 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Saturday, August 27 at the Old Westbury Gardens. With bagpipes, caber tossing, and highland dancing, the Scottish Games is one of the highlights of our season. Special Games admissions: $20.00 adults; $18.00 over 62; $8.00 children (ages 7-17) and members; children ages 6 and under free.

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Two travelers undertake the construction of a gigantic bridge, one woman stops at nothing to board a flight to London, a man timetravels in order to teach himself guitar, a mother breaks her son away from his video games... These are only a few of the hilarious, heartwarming, and thought-provoking stories you’ll see at this year’s Summer Shorts screening!

It’s 1962 Baltimore and the lovable plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire – to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true her life takes on more challenges. Now showing at the Smithtown Center for Performing Arts. www.smithtownpac.org for ticket information.

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Get nose-to-nose with Clifford the Giraffe, the resident gentle giant at Long Island Game Farm. Hand-feed him a healthy snack on the brand new raised platform encounter and learn some fun facts about this majestic creature, presented by the animal education staff. www.longislandgamefarm.com

Visit goldcoastfilmfestival.org or call 516-829-2570 for tickets. Tickets $15/$10 for students when purchased in advance, $20 at the door.

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At the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium. Have some fun with sprinklers, bubbles and fun activities! 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Activity is free with admission, $6 adults, $4 children and seniors. www.cshfishhatchery.org

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There’s nothing like a day at The Adventure Park at Long Island! Within seven beautiful acres of woodland you will find our amazing aerial forest park. There are lots of platforms, ropes, trails and more. You will love the experience of “adventure in the trees.” Ages seven to adult. longislandadventurepark.org

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The Huntington Arts Council Main Street Gallery recently announced “Beyond the Veil” Juried Portrait Show featuring Kevin W. McEvoy. The opening reception was last Friday at the Main Street Gallery, 213 Main Street, Huntington. The exhibition is on display through Saturday, September 10. This is a free event, and all are welcome to attend. Juror Kevin W. McEvoy spoke to the artists submitting work to enter the “Beyond the Veil” exhibition. “Authors, poets, mythologists, theologians, and artists have for millennia pondered the disparity between the inner world of humanity and the outward surface,” McEvoy said. “The visual art of portraiture is an extraordinarily powerful exploratory tool by which we reconcile or expose the chasm between the inner and outer workings.” The artists chosen for this show are: Larry Aarons, RoseAnn Albanese, Andrea Attias, Marlene Bezich, Joanne Biller, Debra Bonewald, Kathy Cunningham, Vicki Dollin, Jim Finlayson, William Graf, Donna Grossman, Jan Guarino, Gerry

Hirschstein, Shelley Holtzman, David Jaycox Jr, Alison Lovett, Linda Magliato, E. Craig Marcin, Jeanette Martone, Terence McManus, John Moore, Michelle Palatnik, William Pardue, Joan Rockwell, Barbara Silbert, Herbert Slapo, Angela Stratton, Lewis Testa, Kathleen Ullman, Allison Wieland, Troy Wilkerson and M. Ellen Winter “A mastery of craftsmanship and poetic statement is found in the portrait works of the exhibiting artists in the Beyond the Veil exhibition at the Huntington Arts Council,” McEvoy said. “As a portrait artist, it was my honor to jury the entrants to this show, and a joy to witness that Long Island artists are standing on the shoulders of the artistic giants who came before them.” The opening reception will have opportunity to congratulate the artists and meet Kevin. The gallery will close at 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 2 and be closed Saturday, Sept. 3 through Monday, Sept. 5 in celebration of Labor Day. For more information on the Main Street Gallery and the Huntington Arts Council, visit huntingtonarts.org or call 631-271-8423.

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East Williston Union Free School District ••••••••• 11 Bacon Road, Old Westbury , NY 11568 • 516.333.1630 • www.ewsdonline.org

SuPERiNTENDENT Of SCHOOlS Dr. Elaine Kanas (516) 333-3758

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BOARD Of EDuCATiON PRESiDENT Mark Kamberg

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ptos WHEATlEy PTO ExECuTivE BOARD wheatleypto@gmail.com co-President: Diane cumming 739-3260 cummingclan@optonline.net co-President: Gabrielle karikas 743-2000 gdkarikas@gmail.com vice President: Debbie Soleimani 909-1400 Secretary: Denise Deodato 690-3453 treasurer: Dana katz 241-2324 Member-at-Large: Jasmine o’connell, 383-7707

110 east Williston avenue east Williston, Ny 11596 Phone: (516) 333-6860 Principal: James Bloomgarden bloomgardenj@ewsdonline. org

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PTO COORDiNATiNG COuNCil ExECuTivE BOARD:

treasurer: Diane cumming, 547-0855

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Secretary: Mary kasparian, 850-6897

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vice President: alexandra Meirowitz 877-5959

vice President: Marion Lindenhauer 742-9882

Secretary: Lisa rockfeld, 782-4306

treasurer: tara Mccleary, 917-796-9265

Past chair: christine conte, 902-4225

treasurer: Gloria huang, 917-226-6122

Secretary: Denise Deodato, 690-3453

North Side Pto Liaison: rochelle Siskind, 917-566-3200

Member-at-Large: Lisa Sklow, 662-9829

Member-at-Large: Denise tercynski, 457-6241

Willets road Pto Liaison: Michelle klee, 220-6091

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North Shore Early Childhood Center’s Grand Opening Tuesday, September 6, 2016 North Shore Early Childhood Center Please call for an appointment to come tour our new facility, ask questions and find out more about our exciting programs, 516-365-7944. Our Center provides child care for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old. At NSECC our mission is to provide a loving, safe, nurturing and educational program for children and their families. Our focus is on providing a stimulating early care experience which promotes each child’s social, emotional, physical and cognitive development. We will assist with building the foundation for your child’s joy of learning and exploration.

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Great Neck Public Schools •••••••••••••••••••••• 345 Lakeville Road, Great Neck , NY 11020 • 516.441.4000 • www.greatneck.k12.ny.us

SuPERiNTENDENT Of SCHOOlS dr. Teresa prendergast 516-441-4001 tprendergast@greatneck.k12.ny.us

PRESiDENT Barbara Berkowitz

bberkowitz@greatneck.k12.ny.us

JOHN l. MillER GREAT NECK NORTH HiGH SCHOOl

viCE PRESiDENT Lawrence R. Gross

lgross@greatneck.k12.ny.us

WilliAM A. SHiNE GREAT NECK SOuTH HiGH SCHOOl

TRuSTEE Donald L. Ashkenase

dashkenase@greatneck.k12.ny.us

villAGE SCHOOl 614 Middle Neck road Great Neck, Ny 11023 Phone: (516) 441-4900

35 Polo road Great Neck, Ny 11023 Phone: (516) 441-4700

341 Lakeville road Great Neck, Ny 11020 Phone: (516) 441-4800

Bernard Kaplan

Susan Elliott

ElizABETH MElliCK BAKER SCHOOl

JOHN f. KENNEDy SCHOOl

lAKEvillE SCHOOl

69 Baker hill road Great Neck, Ny 11023 Phone: (516) 441-4100

1a Grassfield road Great Neck, Ny 11024 Phone: (516) 441-4200

47-27 Jayson avenue Great Neck, Ny 11020 Phone: (516) 441-4300

Sharon Fougner

Ronald Gimondo

bkaplan@greatneck.k12.ny.us

sfougner@greatneck.k12.ny.us

selliott@greatneck.k12.ny.us

rgimondo@greatneck.k12.ny.us

Stephen Goldberg

sgoldberg@greatneck.k12.ny.us

Phyllis Feldman

pfeldman@greatneck.k12.ny.us

TRuSTEE Monique Bloom

mbloom@greatneck.k12.ny.us

RiCHARD S. SHERMAN GREAT NECK NORTH MiDDlE SCHOOl 77 Polo road Great Neck, Ny 11023 Phone: (516) 441-4500

TRuSTEE Susan Healy

shealy@greatneck.k12.ny.us

GREAT NECK SOuTH MiDDlE SCHOOl 349 Lakeville road Great Neck, Ny 11020 Phone: (516) 441-4600

Gerald C. Cozine

Dr. James Welsch

SADDlE ROCK SCHOOl 10 hawthorne Lane Great Neck, Ny 11023 Phone: (516) 441-4400

PARKvillE SCHOOl 10 campbell St. New hyde Park, Ny 11040 Phone: (516) 441-4350

Eric Nezowitz

Debra Shalom

gcozine@greatneck.k12.ny.us

enezowitz@greatneck.k12.ny.us

jwelsch@greatneck.k12.ny.us

dshalom@greatneck.k12.ny.us

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Great Neck Public Schools •••••••••••••••••••••• 345 Lakeville Road, Great Neck , NY 11020 • 516.441.4000 • www.greatneck.k12.ny.us

ADulT lEARNiNG CENTER 105 clover Dr., Great Neck, Ny Phone: 516-441-4950

Pta / Pto / Ptsa officers uNiTED PARENT-TEACHER COuNCil ExECuTivE BOARD Presidents: Joanne chan, 238-6855 Sarah Moss, 660-1206 executive vice Presidents: Michelle ahdoot, 850-6424 angela Pian, 646-338-3637

Erinn Hatwood Director of Adult Basic Education COMMuNiTy EDuCATiON 30 cumberland ave., Great Neck, Ny Phone: 516-441-4949

vice President: robin Fleishman, 466-6133 communications: Meewon choung, 829-4688 hyun Soo Na, 499-4476 treasurer: kevin Sun, 808-295-9536 recording Secretaries: rebecca Sassouni, 423-2599 Grant toch, 917-721-5150 corresponding Secretary: hui Liu, 917-912-8208 JOHN l. MillER NORTH HiGH SCHOOl PTO pto.northhigh@ greatneck.k12.ny.us

Samantha Tarantola Director of Community Education

co-President: Joyce cheung, 917-887-4850

co-President: Moji Pourmoradi, 319-6199

co-President: carol valic, 354-1914

WilliAM A. SHiNE SOuTH HiGH SCHOOl PTSA info@gnshs-ptsa.org

co-President: Louisa Zeppieri, 361-3860

President: Miriam kobliner, 829-3444 villAGE SCHOOl PTSA cgordon@greatneck.k12.ny.us President: christine Gordon, 225-3533 RiCHARD S. SHERMAN NORTH MiDDlE SCHOOl PTSA nmsptapay@gmail.com co-President: Linda cheung, 917-566-7612 co-President: Pargol khadavi, 532-0945 co-President: Lori Beth Schwartz, 917-596-3702 SOuTH MiDDlE SCHOOl PTA ptasouthmiddle@gmail.com co-President: Lisa carbone, 829-8606

ElizABETH MElliCK BAKER SCHOOl PTO pta.emb@greatneck.k12.ny.us co-President: Margo Berkowitz, 917-650-4614 co-President: Debbie Doustan, 482-1286 JOHN fiTzGERAlD KENNEDy SCHOOl PTO jfkpta@gmail.com co-President: Mar Green, 310-625-2335 co-President: Bita hendizadeh, 445-5493 co-President: Debbie Nassimi, 319-2766 lAKEvillE SCHOOl PTA pta.lakeville@greatneck.k12.ny.us

co-President: hallie Mohel-cardinale, 220-8958 co-President: Dora Wu, 917-353-0840 SADDlE ROCK SCHOOl PTA pta.saddlerock@ gmail.com co-President: Debbie kerendian, 728-2020 co-President: Melissa Zargari, 850-2555 SEPTA C.H.i.l.D septa@greatneck.k12.ny.us co-President: ron kosinski, 857-2041 co-President: helene trontz, 917-848-0453 PARKvillE SCHOOl PTO parkvillepto@gmail.com co-President: rhina Baires, 840-1951 co-President: Maria condello, 698-6564

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Herricks Union Free School District •••••••••••••• 999B Herricks Road, New Hyde Park NY 11040 • 516.305.8900 • www.herricks.org

SuPERiNTENDENT Of SCHOOlS Dr. Fino Celano (516) 333-3758 fcelano@herricks.org

BOARD Of EDuCATiON PRESiDENT Nancy Feinstein nfeinstein@herricks.org

CENTER STREET SCHOOl 240 center Street Williston Park, Ny 11596 Phone: (516)305-8300 Principal: Brennen Bierwiler bbierwiler@herricks.org

BOARD Of EDuCATiON viCE PRESiDENT Christine Turner cturner@herricks.org

DENTON AvENuE SCHOOl 1050 Denton avenue New hyde Park, Ny 11040 Phone: (516) 305-8400 Principal: Mary Louise haley mhaley@herricks.org

BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE Jim Gounaris jgounaris@herricks.org

SEARiNGTOWN SCHOOl 106 Beverly Drive albertson, Ny 11507 Phone: (516) 305-8500 Principal: elizabeth Guercin eguercin@herricks.org

BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE Brian Hassan bhassan@herricks.org

HERRiCKS MiDDlE SCHOOl 7 hilldale Drive albertson, Ny 11507 Phone: (516) 305-8600 Principal: Joan keegan jkeegan@herricks.org

BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE Juleigh Chin jchin@herricks.org

HERRiCKS HiGH SCHOOl 100 Shelter rock road New hyde Park, Ny 11040 Phone: (516) 305-8700 interim Principal: Dr. James a. ruck jruck@herricks.org

Parent teacher association officers DiSTRiCT COuNCil Of PTAs co-Presidents: Laura andreacchi, Debbie tan

CENTER STREET SCHOOl PTA ExECuTivE BOARD

vice-President, Programming: Gina McLaughlin

vice-President, Special events: Norka Grisel Fuertes

recording Secretary: Matilda Polanski

vice-President Fundraising: Stephanie visconti

corresponding Secretary: Silvana Dunphy

vice-President Special events: christine Liu

honorary vice-Presidents: elizabeth Guercin, Linda Mcelroy

council Delegates: Georgia Gounaris, kerry ko, roni Lagamjis, cathy Larock, kathy o’Donnell and Patti Jahelka

honorary vice-President: Mary Louise haley

immediate Past President: Genara DiGirolomo, kelly Woods recording Secretary: Nicole Barba

vP Special events: Megan Maggio

recording Secretary: Shaheda Quraishi

vP Ways and Means: Mayumi takatani and Jean kruger

corresponding Secretary: christine Lee

treasurer: Stacy Lambros

treasurer: amaris Dedona

recording Secretary: Madeline Svitak

council Delegates: Glenna rubin, yang Lieu, Deborah carreca, Donna Profetta, kaitlin Lee, Josephine cimino

co-Presidents: teresa Santosus and kathleen Napolitano vice Presidents: kam Johal, Gina McLaughlin, Dorothy Gootman Past President: ilene haase treasurer: Michelle haller vP committee chair Liaison: recording Secretary: Brenda tannenbaum corresponding Secretary: Nanette Marchelos Past co-President: Jodi Nagle SPECiAl EDuCATiON PTA co-Presidents: tammy Smiley and Judy olson vice-President: Stanly a. Mathew and Jenny yang honorary vice-Presidents: roberta hopkins, Susan Saban, Stephanie knowles, Jed herman

Jodi Dodge vP Membership: Stephanie helgeson

corresponding Secretary: Barbara Baur-rizzo council Delegates: Melissa thorp, Stephanie Maiman, Jenny haddock, Jenny rolston, eva eng

SEARiNGTOWN SCHOOl PTA ExECuTivE BOARD co-Presidents: Genara DiGirolomo and kelly Woods

DENTON AvENuE SCHOOl PTA ExECuTivE BOARD

vice-President, Fundraising: Jessica tam

treasurer: Stefania Grillo

co-Presidents: Maria Bono and Deana Nissen

vice-President, Membership: Grace yen

council Delegates: Susan Boduch, Joyce Stoner Braun, Lauren Jones

vice-President, Membership: anila khan

vice-President, Programming: Miriam altman

Past Presidents: rosemarie Brautigam, Patricia troiano Secretary/Legislative Liaison: rajul Gajaria

treasurer: Maryann cardone council Delegates: annette yorke, Dawn talassazan, Nimisha Makwana and alexis kliafas

HERRiCKS HiGH SCHOOl PTSA ExECuTivE BOARD co-Presidents: Debbie imperatore, rosemarie Polo vice President Ways and Means: tBD vice President Membership: Georgia Gounaris

HERRiCKS MiDDlE SCHOOl PTA ExECuTivE BOARD

vice President Programming: vera Lopez

co-Presidents: Francesca hughes and Madeline Svitak

honorary vice Presidents: andrew Frisone, Bryan hodge

vP Fundraising: Patty tsahas

Past Presidents: Brenda tannenbaum, Nanette Marchelos

vP Programming: etoile Zisselman vP Membership: kristine Puvogel honorary vP: Joan keegan and tom aird treasurer: Beatriz rapa corresponding Secretary: Megan Maggio

treasurer: henry Zanetti recording Secretary: kam Johal corresponding Secretary: kathy o’Donnell council Delegates: Patty tsahas, Betty Nichols, Nikki Lolis, Jill Wagner, Maria Bono

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Manhasset Union Free School District •••••••••••• 200 Memorial Place, Manhasset, NY 11030 • 516-267-7700 • www.manhassetschools.org

SuPERiNTENDENT Of SCHOOlS CHARLES CARDILLO (516) 267-7700

ccardillo@manhasset.k12.ny.us

BOARD Of EDuCATiON PRESiDENT REGINA RuLE

regina761@optonline.net

BOARD Of EDuCATiON viCE PRESiDENT ANN MARIE CuRD amcurd.manhassetboe @gmail.com

SHElTER ROCK ElEMENTARy SCHOOl

MuNSEy PARK ElEMENTARy SCHOOl

MANHASSET SECONDARy SCHOOl

27a Shelter rock road Manhasset, Ny 11030 Phone: 516-267-7455

one hunt Lane Manhasset, Ny 11030 Phone: 516-267-7405

200 Memorial Place Manhasset, Ny 11030 Phone: 516-267-7600

BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE CARLO PRINzO

BOARD Of EDuCATiON BOARD MEMBER PATRICIA AITKEN

carlomanhasset@gmail.com manhasset1@optonline.net

executive President: Lisa Grygiel, lisagrygiel@manhassetsca.org, 570-0448

executive Secretary: katie Lane klane210@gmail.com, 869-3316

Shelter Rock Elementary Munsey Park Elementary Manhasset Secondary Principal Principal Principal roBert J. GecZik JeaN keNDaLL Dr. DeaN SchLaNGer jkendall@ manhassetschools.org

dschlanger@ manhassetschools.org

csamanhasset@aol.com

Manhasset school Community association, Inc. executive treasurer: kathleen Broderick, executivetreasurer@manhassetcsa.org, 627-7129

rgeczik@ manhassetschools.org

BOARD Of EDuCATiON BOARD MEMBER CHRISTINE MONTEROSSO

Liaisons to the SCA Board of education: Pat aiken, manhasset1@optonline.net, 225-7752 Board of education: regina rule, regina761@optonline.net, 627-0672

School presidents:

caSa: arda haratunian, saharatun@aol.com, 627-0235

high School President: Jeanette reilly, bjbc40@aol.com, 869-5711

PaSe: Bianca DeGaudenzi, bdega@optonline.net, 379-5902

Middle School President: Whitney Godfrey, godwhit@aol.com, 627-1232

SePta: Blanca Mckenna, blancamckenna@gmail.com, 917-749-5102

Munsey Park President: Noreen LaBenne, noreenlabenne@mac.com, 627-3185 Shelter rock President: Leslie Fleck, leslieannfleck@gmail.com, 570-6980

SePta: Joanne thalheimer, rjjb@verizon.net, 627-6761

College Arts Admissions

College Counseling in the Visual and Performing Arts Dance • Musical Theatre & Drama • Film • Instrumental & Vocal Music • Audio Recording & Production • Theatre Technology & Production • Visual & Graphic Arts RESUME • ESSAYS • REPERTOIRE LISTS

Michele Zimmerman 516-353-6255 CollegeArtsAdmissions@gmail.com www.CollegeArtsAdmissions.com

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HOME GROWN IN THE HOME POOL At Long Island Aquatic Club, we believe every child on Long Island could be a scholarship winner, an Olympian or a lifelong swimmer if they get the right start. Dave and Ginny have earned their stripes as two of the top coaches in the U.S.A. by making sure kids are taught from the beginning the right way to swim.

Bilingual German After School Program New York State Accredited Program Low Tuition Minimum Age: 4 Years No Previous German Necessary Classes Meet Once a Week Playgroup Age 4-5 From 4:30-6:15 Kindergarten Age 5-6 Other Classes Ages 7-15

THE GREAT 8 IN SYOSSET AND GARDEN CITY What happens in just eight classes? Magic. What does magic look like? • • • • •

Kids get excited and have fun They WANT to go swimming and learn Your child learns from 2 to 4 different strokes Your child feels confident and proud Your child makes swim friends who they love to race and learn with • One great summer leads to a lifetime of swimming

Four convenient locations in the Greater New York area: Ridgewood, Queens; Manhatten, NYC; Franklin Square, Garden City For registration information go to:

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THE GREAT 8 IN SUMMER 2016 EIGHT LESSONS FOR $184 Sign up for the Great 8 in Syosset or Garden City today. This is the Home Pool. We grow swimmers in Long Island and we take care of our kids. Visit longislandswimschool.com or call 516-378-8467. Long Island Swim Club has programs for children ages 1-18 at all levels of swim skills.

Or call:

212-787-7543 WELCOME TO THE 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR Leading Young Men into Manhood – Now and Always

Club and Women’s Guild, which facilitate For over 60 years, parental involvement, school donations, Holy Cross High School and an array of popular school and has been committed to community events throughout the educating the hearts and school year. minds of young men. It Holy Cross is home of student has been quite the champion, Nicholas Simone ’16 who journey for us to grow won this year’s Chemical Education and learn with our Committee’s 21st Annual Research students and we are Poster Session Award for New proud to continue York. We are also home to a great moving forward in a fun, deal of college and professional athletes, such as Dean engaging, and positive direction. Our size and Marlowe ’10, #29 of the Carolina Panthers and Devon dedicated faculty and staff help young men Cajuste ’11, #86 of the San Francisco 49ers, as well as reach their potential through a value-based top business executives and researchers. education, discipline, and solid instruction in a During this Year of Mercy, we continue to plan to secure, safe environment. do more than ever for our community and hope you Holy Cross High School and your family will join our winning team! has enhanced core teaching To have your son become a Knight for a and learning programs, Holy Cross – Day visit our website, choose the Admissions tab, and technology, and added even We’re all boys, click the left-sided option entitled Tours, Visits, and more extracurricular clubs mission-driven, Knight for a Day. and organizations to our at all times! already robust activity list. To view all of the wonderful Holy Cross happenings, Additionally, we boast our visit us on the web at holycrosshs.org or on Facebook at two successful parent groups, the Fathers’ Holy Cross High School, Flushing Queens.

26-20 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11358 718-886-7250 ext: 558 • www.holycrosshs.org

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Mineola Public Schools ••••••••••••••••••••••

121 Jackson Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501 • 516-237-2000 • www.mineola.k12.ny.us

SuPERiNTENDENT Of SCHOOlS Michael p. nagler, Ed.d. 516-237-2001 mnagler@mineola.k12.ny.us

BOARD Of EDuCATiON PRESiDENT Christine Napolitano cnapolitano@mineola.k12.ny.us

BOARD Of EDuCATiON viCE PRESiDENT Margaret Ballatyne Mannion, Ph.D.

BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE Nicole Matzer nmatzer@mineola.k12.ny.us

mballatyne@mineola.k12.ny.us

HAMPTON STREET SCHOOl 10 hampton road Mineola, Ny 11501 (516) 237-2200 Principal: Margarita Maravel Grades Pre k-2 e-Mail: mmaravel@mineola.k12.ny.us

MEADOW DRivE SCHOOl 25 Meadow Drive albertson, Ny 11507 (516) 237-2400 Principal: Dr. Suecaryl Fleischmann Grades: Pre-k - 2 e-Mail: sfleischmann@mineola.k12.ny.us

ptAs

JACKSON AvENuE SCHOOl 300 Jackson avenue Mineola, Ny 11501 (516) 237-2300 Principal: Janet Gonzalez Grades: 3-4 email: janetgonzalez@mineola.k12.ny.us

BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE Cheryl Lampasona

BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE Brian Widman

clampasona@mineola.k12.ny.us

bwidman@mineola.k12.ny.us

MiNEOlA MiDDlE SCHOOl 200 emory road Mineola, Ny 11501 (516)237-2500 Principal: andrew casale Grades: 5-7 e-Mail: acasale@mineola.k12.ny.us

MiNEOlA HiGH SCHOOl 10 armstrong road Garden city Park, Ny 11040 (516) 237-2600 Principal: Dr. Whittney Smith Grades: 8-12 e-Mail: wsmith@mineola.k12.ny.us

Parent teacher associations

hampton Street co-President: Daniela Sleeper, 236-4249

Meadow Drive co-President: kim troche, 448-8746

SePta co-President: colleen torres, 917-453-1464

hampton Street co-President: Joanna Sousa, 567-6120

Middle School co-President: Michelle Martin, 917-921-0708

SePta co-President: angela Wasserman, 833-7755

Jackson avenue President: Georgette Strobel, 917-846-4041

Middle School co-President: Lisa Morrison, 316-7141

District council Pta co-President: tara Bridges, 647-4199

Meadow Drive co-President: amy Levine, 741-2404

high School President: Patricia Schneider, 739-5153

District council Pta co-President: cina Palumbo, 790-7068

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42 health, wellness & beauty • News Times Newspapers, Friday, August 26, 2016

Lessons learned from Rio Olympics By D r . toM F e r r a r o Sport Psychologist The Rio Olympics have come and gone but the afterglow remains. The world was witness to more than 10,000 of the most beautiful and fittest athletes on earth. We got to see the beauty of Chinese Wu Minxia in synchronized diving, Michael Phelps and his six-pack abs and the smile of Jamaican Usain Bolt. These athletes all have luminescent skin, pearly white teeth and a glow of joy about them. Despite years of grueling workouts they all seemed so healthy. Perhaps there is something to be learned as we think about all those Olympians who tried to going ‘faster, higher, stronger.” The reward for all their effort transcends money, fame and gold medals. The real reward is seen in how they all look and how they feel. And the word that comes to mind is happiness. Baron Pierre de Coubertin gave rebirth to the modern Olympics in 1894 by emphasizing that these Olympians were not mandated to win but rather to fight hard, not to conquer but to engage in the struggle. It doesn’t take a genius to see that the benefits of all those hours of training is in becoming more fit, more healthy and more attractive.

ming or long distance running. The benefits are immediately apparent to everyone. You will look better, be healthier, will need less medicine and will be far less depressed. Life inevitably can be filled with disappointment and with setbacks of all kinds. But the answer to these losses and this stress will not be found at your local CVS. Gains to health or happiness cannot be purchased with money and they are not found in the drug store. They must be earned in the gym and on the track and on the court. I am constantly amazed how my sore throat or cold symptoms will literally disappear the moment I step onto the first tee and I will have no symptoms for the entire four hours I am playing golf. It may olympic athletes become beautiful and be because of the fresh air, the sun, the healthy and have that special glow. friendships or the exercise itself but I can here is an ex volley ball player from tell you that it works every time. Italy with the familiar athletic radiance I am actually surprised that more docabout her. tors don’t prescribe sport as a necessary Every athlete we saw had that unmis- treatment for most illnesses. Fresh air has long been prescribed for takable glow of good health. These benefits explain why parents TB sufferers but fresh air and exercise has willingly invest many thousands of dol- got to be one of the best things for almost lars per year to support their child’s sports any illness I can think of. The best two weeks of the year are involvement. It also explains why many adults in- the two weeks of the Olympic Games. The world watches in awe at all that vest large amounts of time, money and energy into their own sport whether that grace and beauty and will power. What these Olympic athletes teach us is golf, tennis, swimming, biking, swim-

is that amateur sport may be the most important human activity that has ever been invented. Sports are the key to happiness because they make you feel better, sleep better and look better. You may not wind up with the six pack of Michael Phelps or the incredible looks and body of Wu Minxia but that is of no importance. As Baron de Coubertin said amateur sports are not about conquest or victory or winning. What they are really about is improving you state of being, state of health and your state of mind. The Olympics reminds me of Herman Hesse’s final novel, “The Glass Bead Game,” for which he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. “The Glass Bead Game” is about an elite group who spend their entire cloistered life learning how to master the Glass Bead Game. In the novel the game itself is never really described but it’s a game that synthesizes the field of mathematics, music, art and the social sciences. The game itself is meaningless yet serves a valuable function for the culture. I think the Olympics is exactly the same. In the grand scheme of things these sports like diving, rowing, shot put or the uneven parallel bars are irrelevant to real life yet more than 3 billion viewers watch the Olympics. Continued on Page 46

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News Times Newspapers, Friday, August 26, 2016 • health, wellness & beauty ADVERTORIAL

UNDERSTANDING VEIN DISEASE by Dr. Mark Schwartz MD, FACS, RPVI

Vein disease is a common ailment that affects 30% to 50% of the adult U.S. population. Symptoms may include pain, swelling, superficial blood clots, skin changes and even ulcer formation on the lower extremities. With awareness, however, symptoms can be caught at an early stage and treatments as well as preventative measures can be taken. Typically, women are often more affected than men, but men present with more severe symptoms including skin changes and ulcer formation. A series of one-way valves control the actual flow of the blood in the veins. When valves malfunction and fail to operate properly, disease may develop. In this case, it may allow blood to leak or flow backwards especially in the lower extremities. This backward flow, called venous reflux, is what precipitates symptoms. These symptoms arise from an elevated blood pressure in the veins and may be referred to as venous hypertension. This process leads to an intense inflammatory process both in the vein wall and valves as well as the skin and underlying healthy tissue. Spider veins and varicose veins are two of the more common vein problems in which people are typically more familiar. Spider veins lie just below the skin’s surface and usually appear as red or blue blotches. They are typically not dangerous and are simply cosmetic in nature. Varicose veins also lie just below the

issue and are visually undesirable; skin’s surface but may represent therefore, many patients prefer to a more serious problem and have them treated. It is a relative require medical attention. They easy procedure and can quickly be often appear as twisted, bulging done in a doctor’s office with the or lumpy veins and are usually injection of a sclerosing agent or quite noticeable. Varicose veins topical skin laser. Varicose veins and underlying venous hypertenwith underlying venous valvular sion may lead to blood clots, insufficiency can be treated with skin damage, inflammation and minimally invasive procedures, leg ulcers if left untreated. with little or no down time and can Symptoms can often be present for many months or years withDr. Mark Schwartz be performed in the doctor’s office as well. out escalating into serious probThere are a variety of non-invasive minilems. When symptoms develop slowly, people start to accept them as part of the regular mal venous treatments that will eliminate the aches and pains associated with aging and visible effects and potentially prevent more serious health risks. These minimal invasive simply ignore their presence. In addition to the appearance of spider or procedures include endovenous radiofrevaricose veins, there are many other symp- quency ablation, endovenous laser ablation toms to watch for including swelling, discol- and ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy oration with inflammation, along with com- among others. All of the modalities listed plaints of pain, heaviness and tenderness have completely eliminated the need for along the affected areas. Some patients have painful stripping procedures that led to proa sensation of itching or burning within the longed convalescence, hospital admissions affected leg. Another complaint is restless leg and general anesthesia. All patients with syndrome. This typically occurs during the symptomatic vein insufficiency can be treatnight as the cramping leg muscles contract to ed, almost regardless of age. We have treatpush the blood out of the legs back toward ed patients as young as 16 and as old as 95. Dr. Mark A. Schwartz is a Board Certified the heart. Venous valvular insufficiency is easy to Vascular Surgeon with over 20 years’ experidiagnose because the signs and symptoms are ence in the field of Vascular Surgery and Vein readily apparent and because a diagnostic treatment. He is currently the only Vascular duplex ultrasound exam is so widely avail- Surgeon in New York State holding three able. Spider veins are mainly a cosmetic Board certifications in Vascular Surgery,

General Surgery and Phlebology (specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of venous origin). He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, is certified in vascular ultrasound interpretation and holds the RPVI degree from the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers. He has been consistently named one of America's Top Surgeons by the Consumer Research Council of America and a Top Doctor by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. Dr. Schwartz serves as the Medical Director of the North Shore Vein Center, a national training center for advanced vein treatment, where physicians travel from across the country to learn about his advanced techniques and cutting edge technologies in the management of vein disease. The Center is the largest vein dedicated facility on Long Island, where over 10,000 vein procedures are performed annually. The North Shore Vein Center is fully certified by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC). The IAC endorses expertise in the field of venous disease, certifying that the center’s procedures and processes are of the highest standards in the management of venous disease. The North Shore Vein Center is one of the first 50 centers across the country to achieve this distinction, is the only accredited facility in Nassau County, Queens and Brooklyn, and is only one of 5 such facilities in the entire State of New York to receive this recognition.

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Make your favorite recipes healthier Using nonstick cookware when preparing your favorite meals can reduce reliance on oil or butter, cutting fat and calories from your diet.

healthy diet plays a significant role in a person’s overall health. Without a healthy diet, men and women are more susceptible to disease and other potentially harmful ailments. But when many people think of a healthy diet, a lack of flavor is often one of the first things to come to mind. That’s a common misconception, as a diet that’s healthy and full of nutrients can simultaneously be flavorful. In fact, it’s easy to enjoy many of your favorite dishes in a way that makes them much healthier. Oftentimes, a few minor alterations to a recipe is all it takes to turn the dish from high-risk to healthy. Trim the fat. No one wants to eat fat, but fat isn’t entirely bad for you. Fat can help your body absorb vitamins A, D, E and K, and replacing fat with something like carbohydrates decreases how much these valuable

vitamins are absorbed. In addition, dietary fat releases chemicals in the brain that make you feel full, reducing the likelihood that you will overeat. Those are just a few of the benefits of dietary fat, which is an essential element of a healthy diet. But overconsumption of dietary fat can be dangerous, and many people simply need to trim some fat from their diets. One way to do that is to reduce how much butter, shortening or oil you use when cooking. For some recipes, you may be able to cut suggested portions of such ingredients by half without replacing them; however, for others, especially those for baked goods, these items may have to be replaced. In the case of the latter, find a suggested alternative to high-fat items, and only use half of the high-fat item listed in the original recipe. Chances are you won’t taste the difference, but your body will be better for it.

Substitute healthier fare. Substituting items is another way to turn a favorite dish into a healthier dish without altering the flavor dramatically, if at all. For example, instead of cooking with enriched pasta, purchase wholewheat or whole-grain pastas, which are higher in fiber and lower in calories. If a recipe calls for using milk, choose fat-free milk instead of whole milk. Doing so reduces your fat intake by nearly 8 grams per cup. Recipes can even be made healthier by simply cutting back on the main dish and adding more vegetables. Instead of using the recommended amount of meat or chicken, scale back and make up for it with additional vegetables, which reduces your caloric and fat intake while adding more vitamins and minerals to your diet. Change your methods. Certain cooking techniques are healthier than

others. Frying foods or cooking with fat, oil or salt is not the healthiest way to prepare a meal. Some of your favorite dishes that call for frying or cooking in oil can be just as flavorful if you opt for healthier methods like braising, broiling, grilling, or steaming. When recipes call for basting foods in oil or drippings, forgo these unhealthy options and baste foods in vegetable juice or fat-free broth instead. What you use to cook can also be healthy or unhealthy. Nonstick cookware won’t require you to use oil or butter to keep foods from sticking to the pan. This reduces the amount of fat and calories you will consume, and you likely won’t notice a difference with regards to flavor. Men and women who enjoy food and cooking their own meals can take several steps to make those meals healthier without sacrificing flavor.

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Healthy ways to speed up your metabolism

ieters are often aware of metabolism and its effect on an individual’s weight. Metabolism is a process that serves a host of important functions, including converting food and drink into energy and using energy to construct certain components of cells. For the perpetual dieter, metabolism can be a naturalborn enemy, a process that simply isn’t fast enough for dieters to lose weight. Even more frustrating, a person’s metabolism can hinge on genetics and gender. People may inherit a speedy or slow metabolism. Gender plays a large role considering men have a tendency to burn more calories than women, even while resting. Those who inherited a speedy metabolism are often the people who can seemingly eat whatever they choose without gaining a pound. But gaining a faster metabolism isn’t just for men or those who inherited a speedier metabolism at birth. In fact, there are several healthy ways to speed up metabolism.

pack on some muscle. People with more muscle tend to have a higher resting metabolic rate. That’s because muscle burns more calories than fat. According to the American Council on Exercise, each pound of fat burns just two calories per day, while various estimates suggest each pound of muscle burns between 35 to 50 calories per day. Those figures might seem insignificant, but they add up over time and someone with significant muscle can burn considerably more calories than someone without. Employ resistance training to build muscle, as such training activates muscles all over the body, increasing your daily metabolic rate as a result. Emphasize intensity. Daily exercise is great, but highintensity daily exercise will prove more effective at speeding up your metabolism. Low- or moderate-intensity workouts don’t pack the same punch as high-intensity workouts, which produce a longer increase in resting metabolic rate. Sign up for a Zumba® or spin class at your

keep your metabolism going, and the result is you will burn more calories throughout the day than you would if you ate a more traditional diet. Of course, what you eat when grazing is important, too. Choose lowfat, high-nutrient foods, and snack on fruits and vegetables instead of more popular snacks like potato chips. Grazing on unhealthy foods won’t lead to weight loss and may even cause weight gain.

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Eat more protein. Protein can serve many purposes for people trying to lose weight. Protein has a tendency to make you feel full when you eat it, reducing the likelihood that you will overeat. In addition, the body burns more calories when digesting protein than it does while digesting fats or carbohydrates. Turkey, low-fat dairy products, fish, nuts and beans are great sources of protein, which should not be all you eat but can be used as a periodic replacement for other foods that may slow down your metabolism. Stay hydrated. Your metabolism will likely slow

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eople take daily vitamin supplements for a variety of reasons. Many believe that vitamins will serve as an insurance policy of sorts should they not be consuming the necessary vitamins and minerals through their diets. Others believe that vitamin supplements will ease certain ailments or help prevent diseases, such as cancer. Beliefs such as these have helped the dietary supplements business become a billion-dollar industry. There have been many clinical studies conducted to look into the correlation between vitamin supplements and the prevention of certain types of cancer. Understanding the results can be confusing. There is no magic formula for consuming a broadspectrum vitamin supplement to

serve as a blanket remedy for preventing cancer. However, there have been some studies that show certain vitamins may help lower risk for specific cancers. For example, a recent study found women who had high levels of vitamin A and C in their bodies, whether from diet or supplement use, had fewer cases of cervical cancer compared to women with lower levels of these vitamins. Vitamin B6 has been known to have various benefits, including reducing a person’s risk of developing lung, breast and colon cancer. Those with high blood levels of B6 have a lower risk, but there is no proof that taking B6 supplements will have the same benefits. Some studies indicate that vitamin E supplements may reduce men’s risk of developing prostate cancer. Studies in the 1970s suggested that high doses of vitamin C could be an alternative cancer treatment, says The Mayo Clinic. These findings were debunked when it was discovered the research methods used to reach the conclusions were flawed. Subsequent studies did not corroborate the 1970s results. However, more attention is now being paid to administering vitamin C intravenously, which has different effects than when the vitamin is taken orally. Until clinical trials are completed, researchers cannot say for sure if intravenous vitamin C will be the new all-natural cancer cure. It is important to note that taking vitamin supplements at the suggested levels recommended should be relatively safe for most people. Individuals should not super-dose vitamins in an effort to achieve better health results. Also, people should discuss any vitamin supplement use with doctors, as some supplements may cause potentially harmful interactions with certain medications.

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Clean produce properly to avoid contaminants The demand for fresh produce has increased in recent years as more people are turning to fresh fruits and vegetables for their nutritional value. That increase in demand has forced many suppliers to import more produce from other countries, which could be putting consumers’ health at risk. Although the United States and Canada may have stringent standards for produce, many other countries do not. Less stringent regulations overseas can result in irrigation water carrying sewage, pollutants and parasites to crops, and herbicides and pesticides may be used in abundance in foreign countries where such usage is subject to little, if any, oversight. Fewer regulations means some farms pay more attention to profit than to the purity and safety of crops. The Pure Food Growers of America states that the average American consumes more

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Education quality spurs growth in Asian, Hispanic communities BY J OE N I K I C

Over the past 10 years, an inﬂux of new groups has brought greater ethnic diversity to North Shore schools, and administrators are working to foster a climate of acceptance and tolerance. The Great Neck, Manhasset, Roslyn, Port Washington, Herricks, Mineola, Sewanhaka, East Williston and New Hyde Park-Garden City Park school districts have all seen populations of minority students increase from the 2005-06 school year to the 2014-15 school year, according to state education department data. A sharp increase in enrollment by Asian students has been seen in several districts. The Herricks School District has seen the biggest change in student demographics, with the Asian population now totaling more than half of the student body. In 2005-06, the white population made up about 50 percent of the student body, but that number

has since decreased to 35 percent. The Asian student population, which accounted for 45 percent of the student body in 2005-06, now accounts for about 57 percent. The Hispanic/Latino student population has increased from 4 to 6 percent, while the African-American population has remained the same at 1 percent. Herricks Superintendent Fino Celano said that students have a lot of “empathy and respect” for each other because of the district’s diversity. “I think that’s a byproduct of the fact that we have a wonderfully diverse community,” Celano said. Kids are going through the experience of having classmates of diﬀerent ethnicities and diﬀerent religious beliefs and it really fosters a spirit of acceptance and tolerance and respect, which is a wonderful thing.” He said that the district devotes “a lot of time and energy” to Continued on Page 54

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Town follows villages by passing vape shop rules BY J OE N I K I C

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shops, said the legislation was

residential neighborhoods and aimed at protecting children exposure to tobacco prodThe North Hempstead areas where large numbers of from ucts. Town Board approved regula- children are found. “The purpose of this zonTown Councilwoman Dina tions Tuesday prohibiting ining amendment is to regulate door smoking establishments, De Giorgio, who spearheaded Continued on Page 12 such as vape shops and hookah the eﬀort to regulate vape

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North Shore School District ••••••••••••••••••••

112 Franklin Avenue, Sea Cliff, NY 11579 • 516-277-7800 • www.northshore.k12.ny.us

BOARD Of EDuCATiON SuPERiNTENDENT

BOARD Of EDuCATiON PRESiDENT

ED MELNICk

aNtoINIEttE LabattE

melnicke@northshoreschools.org

BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE

berlinerh@northshoreschools.org

gonzalezl@northshoreschools.org

Dr. hErMaN bErLINEr

Lara GoNzaLEz

BOARD Of EDuCATiON viCE PRESiDENT

sara JoNEs

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BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE

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JoaNNa CoMMaNDEr

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NORTH SHORE HiGH SCHOOl 450 Glen cove ave. Glen head, Ny 11545 Phone: 516-277-7000

NORTH SHORE MiDDlE SCHOOl 505 Glen cove ave. Glen head, Ny 11545 Phone: 516-277-7300

GlEN HEAD SCHOOl 7 School Street Glen head, Ny 11545 Phone: 516-277-7700

GlENWOOD lANDiNG SCHOOl 60 cody ave Glenwood Landing, Ny 11545 Phone: 516-277-7600

SEA Cliff SCHOOl 280 carpenter ave Sea cliff, Ny 11579 Phone: 516-277-7500

Principal: albert cousins cousinsa@northshoreschools.org

Principal: Dr. Marc Ferris ferrism@northshoreschools.org

Principal: Lori Nimmo nimmol@northshoreschools.org

Principal: Bridget Finder finderb@northshoreschools.org

Principal: christopher Zublionis zublionisc@northshoreschools.org

Parent teacher association officers NSHS PARENT-TEACHER ORGANizATiON

NSMS PARENT-TEACHER STuDENT ORGANizATiON

www.nshspto.org

www.nsms-ptso.org

co-Presidents: Mandee Zapken, Beata kosc

co-Presidents: Letizia Barbetta, Suzie cullen

vice President communications: Lisa vizza vice President Membership: Lisa albanese

treasurer: kathleen reynolds recording Secretary: elena Nikolaeva

co-vice Presidents Special events: eighth Grade representatives: Denise rieger, cindy Neugebauer Jodi cirella, valerie Lynn vice President Fundraising: ann Marie Leone

Seventh Grade representative: Suzanne Pisczatowski

treasurer: Lisa Ledden

Sixth Grade representative: Lisa coppola

co-recording Secretaries: Lorena ramnarine, Janet Ganeo

COORDiNATiNG COuNCil

corresponding Secretary: kim veiga

co-Presidents: Denise reiner, Lisa vizza, and treasurer/Secretary, Liz Wezwick

GlEN HEAD ORGANizATiON Of PARENTS AND TEACHERS www.Glenheadpto.org co-Presidents: cindy ayres, Jane Launer co-vice Presidents: Liz yiachos, Meghan Shedlick recording Secretary: Lisa colletti corresponding Secretary: claudine Gallo treasurer: Sofia Zachariadis GlENWOOD lANDiNG SCHOOlCOMMuNiTy ASSOCiATiON www.glenwoodlandingsca.org co-Presidents: Marianne Galowski and rachael Goldenberg

treasurer: claudette corn

Public relations: claudia ames

vice President events & Programs: Gina Panzarino

recording Secretary: Sarah regan

vice President Fundraising: Lauren archer vice President of communications: amanda Moynihan volunteer coordinator: renee Monte SEA Cliff PARENTCOMMuNiTy ASSOCiATiON www.seacliffpca.net

SPECiAl EDuCATiON PARENTTEACHER ASSOCiATiON co-Presidents: Deirdre cerrito, Jeanine Feuerborn vice President of outreach and advocacy: Gayle D’aversa co-vice President events and Fundraising: carolyn Peterson co-vice President – Membership: eileen Murphy

co-Presidents: Danielle Brady, Natasha Gordon

recording Secretary: Deborah ilberg

co-vice Presidents events: Natasha Difeo aand Lori kilada

recording Secretary: angela Barba

corresponding Secretary: Michael Schmitt

co-treasurers: anne Marie Macrigiane, Peggy Friedman

treasurer: anthony Stiffler

corresponding Secretary: Jenn haussel

Merchandise: cara Duffy and heather cullen

Buildings representative: effy Jable

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Port Washington Union Free School District ••••••• 100 Campus Drive, Port Washington, NY 11050 • 516.767.5000 • portnet.k12.ny.us

SuPERiNTENDENT Of SCHOOlS

KATHLEEN MOONEy kmooney@portnet.org

BOARD Of EDuCATiON PRESiDENT kareN SLoaN

BOARD Of EDuCATiON viCE PRESiDENT Nora JohNShoN

BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE aLaN Baer

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BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE Larry GreeNSteiN

BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE eLiZaBeth WeiSBUrD

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BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE chriStiNe NaDoLNe

BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE eMiLy BeyS

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JOHN J. DAly ElEMENTARy SCHOOl

GuGGENHEiM ElEMENTARy SCHOOl

MANORHAvEN ElEMENTARy SCHOOl

SOuSA ElEMENTARy SCHOOl

SOuTH SAlEM ElEMENTARy SCHOOl

36 rockwood avenue Port Washington , Ny 11050 (516) 767-4900 Principal Sherri L. Suzzan ssuzzan@portnet.org

38 Poplar Place Port Washington, Ny 11050 (516) 767-5250 Principal Barbara Giebel bgiebel@portnet.org

Morewood oaks Port Washington, Ny 11050 (516) 767-5300 Principal Bonni cohen bcohen@portnet.org

101 Sands Point road Port Washington, Ny 11050 (516) 767-5350 Principal Dr. David Meoli dmeoli@portnet.org

10 Newbury road Port Washington , Ny 11050 (516) 767-5400 Principal Pia Sanchez-Ferrante psanchez-ferrante@portnet.org

Parent organizations parent Organization presidents parents’ Council: Jennifer Mannion, jmitchmann@gmail.com Michelle Duran, michelleduran@verizon.net Schreiber HSA Meredith Steigman, meredith72@me.com alexis Siegel, alexissiegel@optonline.net WEBER MiDDlE SCHOOl 52 campus Drive Port Washington, Ny 11050 (516) 767-5500 Principal christopher Shields cshields@portnet.org

Weber HSA Julie Schissel, jules 11575@aol.com Mathieu Lanfant, lanfant@msn.com

Manorhaven pTA erica tropp, ericatropp@gmail.com ilana engel, kubes66@aol.com Sousa HSA Ba-Nhi Sinclair, banhib@gmail.com Mara Sarchese, mara_sarchese@yahoo.com South Salem HSA cathy Galanis, cgalanis@ymail.com Julie epstein, julieepstein@me.com

daly HSA Deb Danow, debro14@hotmail.com Sheryl Spring, sheryl@springroc.com

AgATE Sheila hay, sheilahay@gmail.com Dina Maiella-Marro, dinamaiella@gmail.com

guggenheim HSA cindy Moroney, cinjan@gmail.com annie thornton, anniet22@aol.com

SEpTA cara hristoforatos, cmhistro@gmail.com Danielle tane, dfour_blom@yahoo.com

SCHREiBER HiGH SCHOOl 101 campus Drive Port Washington, Ny 11050 (516) 767-5800 Principal ira Pernick ipernick@portnet.org

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Roslyn Public Schools •••••••••••••••••••••••••

300 Harbor Hill Road, Roslyn, NY 11576 • 516.801.5000 • www.roslynschools.org

SuPERiNTENDENT Of SCHOOlS aLLIsoN broWN abrown@roslynschools.org 516-801-5001

BOARD Of EDuCATiON PRESiDENT MEryL WaxMaN bEN-LEvy mwaxman@ roslynschools.org

BOARD Of EDuCATiON viCE PRESiDENT CLIFForD saFFroN csaffron@ roslynschools.org

BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE DavID DUbNEr

ddubner@ roslynschools.org

BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE aDaM habEr

ahaber@ roslynschools.org

BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE stEvEN LItvaCk

slitvack@ roslynschools.org

BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE DavID sEINFELD

dseinfeld@ roslynschools.org

BOARD Of EDuCATiON TRuSTEE brUCE G. vaLaUrI

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ROSlyN HiGH SCHOOl

ROSlyN MiDDlE SCHOOl

EAST HillS ElEMENTARy SCHOOl

HARBOR Hill ElEMENTARy SCHOOl

HEiGHTS ElEMENTARy SCHOOl

475 round hill road roslyn heights, Ny 11577 Phone: 516-801-5100 Fax: 516-801-5108

375 Locust Lane roslyn heights, Ny 11577 Phone: 516-801-5200 Fax: 516-801-5208

400 round hill road roslyn heights, Ny 11577 Phone: 516-801-5300 Fax: 516-801-5308

3 Glen cove road Greenvale, Ny 11548 Phone: 516-801-5400 Fax: 516-801-5408

240 Willow Street roslyn heights, Ny 11577 Phone: 516-801-5500 Fax: 516-801-5508

East Hills Elementary Principal MeLiSSa krieGer

Harbor Hill Elementary Principal JeSSica keMLer

Roslyn High School Principal Dr. Scott aNDreWS

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Roslyn Middle School Principal craiG JohaNSoN

cjohanson@roslynschools.org

mkrieger@roslynschools.org

jkemler@roslynschools.org

Heights Elementary Principal reGiNa coLarDi

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Parent organizations Coordinating Council Of Parent Associations roslynccpa@gmail.com co-President: Jackie Golub, jackiegolub@gmail.com co-President: amy Greenberg, amycoldstone@yahoo.com Heights Parent faculty Association heightspfa@gmail.com co-President: tania Beck, tanialbeck@gmail.com co-President: Jenna Freed, jennafreed@gmail.com East Hills Parent faculty Association easthillspfa@gmail.com

co-President: Judy camassar, trcamassar@aol.com co-President: Sam Sohmer, samsohmer@yahoo.com Harbor Hill Parent faculty Association harborhillpfa@gmail.com co-President: Lynsey Birnbaum, lynseyfriedman@hotmail.com co-President: ricki Penn, rickipenn@gmail.com Middle School Parent faculty Association rmspfa@gmail.com co-President: eva Bykov, ewbykov@gmail.com co-President: carin Silverman, carin_silverman@yahoo.com

High School Parent faculty Association rhspfa@gmail.com co-President: Jenn Disanti, jjdisanti@yahoo.com co-President: Bessie Drenis, bdrenis@aol.com Special Education Parent Teacher Association roslynsepta@gmail.com President: Deborah adler, debadler@yahoo.com Jocelyn Wasserman, jocelynwasserman@gmail.com

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Sewanhaka Central High School District ••••••••••

77 Landau Avenue, Floral Park, NY 11001 • 516.488.9800 • www.sewanhawka.k12.ny.us

principAlS

Board of Education Superintendent Dr. Ralph Ferrie rferrie@ sewanaka.k12.ny.us

Trustee Louis Curcio Franklin Square

lcurcio@ sewanaka.k12.ny.us

Board of Education President David T. Fowler Floral Park/Bellerose dfowler@ sewanaka.k12.ny.us

Trustee Laura Ferone Floral Park/ Bellerose lferone@ sewanaka.k12.ny.us

vice President David Del Santo New Hyde Park/ Garden City Park ddelsanto@ sewanaka.k12.ny.us

flORAl PARK MEMORiAl HiGH SCHOOl Principal: kathleen Sottile ksottile@sewanaka.k12.ny.us 210 Locust St. Floral Park, Ny 11001-3399 516.488.9300

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Trustee Jean Fichtl Franklin Square

Trustee Michael A. Jaime Elmont mjaime@ sewanaka.k12.ny.us

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Trustee James Reddan New Hyde Park/ Garden City Park jreddan@ sewanaka.k12.ny.us

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H fRANK CAREy HiGH SCHOOl Principal: christopher Fiore cfiore@ sewanaka.k12.ny.us 230 Poppy ave. Franklin Square, Ny 11010-3897 516.539.9400 flORAl PARKBEllEROSE ElEMENTARy SCHOOl Jamie adams, Principal 2 Larch avenue Floral Park, Ny 11001 516.434.2750

NEW HyDE PARK MEMORiAl HiGH SCHOOl Principal: richard P. Faccio rfaccio@ sewanaka.k12.ny.us 500 Leonard Blvd. New hyde Park, Ny 11040-3999 516.488.9500

Trustee Tameka Battle New Hyde Park/ Garden City Park

SEWANHAKA HiGH SCHOOl Principal: Dr. christopher Salinas csalinas@ sewanaka.k12.ny.us 500 tulip ave. Floral Park, Ny 11001-3254 516.488.9600

ElMONT MEMORiAl HiGH SCHOOl Principal: kevin Dougherty kdougherty@ sewanaka.k12.ny.us 555 ridge road elmont, Ny 11003 516.488.9200

JOHN lEWiS CHilDS ElEMENTARy SCHOOl Susan cvitkovich-Fazio, interim Principal 10 elizabeth Street Floral Park, Ny 11001 516.434.2780

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Sewanhaka Central High School District ••••••••••

77 Landau Avenue, Floral Park, NY 11001 • 516.488.9800 • www.sewanhawka.k12.ny.us

Parent teacher associations SEWANHAKA CENTRAl COuNCil Of PTAs COuNCil OffiCERS President: veronica Goldberg, 516-384-8568 First vice-President: Marie St. vil, 646-251-7753 Second vice-President: Jane chan, 516-313-8523 third vice President: theodora ridley, 516-352-5722 honorary 4th vice President: Dr. ralph Ferrie, 516-488-9800 corresponding Secretary: astride chery, 516-458-3906 recording Secretary: Sharon Woitko, 516-595-5993 treasurer: tiffany capers, 516-220-7330 Past President: Pam Naso, 516-353-8579 Elmont Memorial High School PTSA Slate Of Officers cherry redhead: President Gwendolyn Palmer: 1st vice President tiffany capers: 2nd vice President Barbara Mason-Simpson: 3rd honorary vice President kevin Dougherty: 4th honorary vice President claudia Watkins: treasurer tiria onwuchekwa: recording Secretary annette clarke: corresponding Secretary Marie Saint vil: central council Delegate elizabeth Jones: central council Delegate yasmine Beausejour: central council Delegate

floral Park Memorial High School PTSA Officers President: Lorraine Lubicich, 631-355-9952 1st vice President: kate Dorry, 384-3714 2nd vice President: Paige Dearmas, 327-9720 recording Secretary: tracy Schmid, 448-5736 corresponding Secretary: terry Maloney, 356-3288 treasurer: Lisa Lawrence, 302-8111 Principal: kathleen Sottile, 488-9300 H. frank Carey High School PTSA Officers co-President: rosel campos, 488-5540 co-President: Joann ringston, 775-8623 1st vice-President: Jane chan, 313-9523 2nd vice-President/Membership: catherine Ferrara, 414-1417 3rd vice-President: catherine Wright, 328-0170 4th vice-President/careywear: kristy Bourne-Jaime, 924-3010 honorary vice-President: christopher Fiore, 539-9400 treasurer: Denise Marchese, 488-2371 corresponding Secretary: Denise Morfesi, 483-5316 recording Secretary: Susanne roselli, 538-5846 historian: valerie Metzger, 316-7693 teacher representative: kim hoffman, 539-9423 Student representatives: ryan estes and antonia Marchese Delegate to central council: ronni Marchetti, 775-0433 Delegate to central council: Joann Schwartz, 505-0455 Delegate to central council: Darlene Graham, 354-7150

Parlimentarian: cheryl Scarry, 486-5938 Past President: vicki Gioia, 488-8385 Past President: Jessica Piork, 616-1719 New Hyde Park Memorial High School PTA Officers President: Lisa Friel, 455-6113 1st vice President: James reddan, 238-8164 2nd vice President: kathy rodgers, 804-928-1150 hon. 3rd vice President: richard Faccio, 488-9500 hon. 4th vice President: Gerri cookler, 488-9552 corresponding Sec.: annette reo, 742-4651 recording Sec.: Susan DiGregorio, 741-4676 treasurer: andrea Giattini, 652-0026 Sewanhawka High School PTSA Officers President: ann Burger 1st vice-President: Michele Zunno 2nd vice-President: yolanda chodkowski hon. vice-President: Dr. christopher Salinas (Principal) hon. vice-President: Daisy amaris (Director of Student activities) honorary vice-President: Stephanie karczewski (Student council President) treasurer: Pam Milinic Secretary: Lauren Giuffre central council Delegates: therese Morrissey, tara vandezande, Michelle Sims

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Playing tribute to the Eagles in park

Friday night’s Desert highway — Eagles tribute band — at harry Chapin theater.

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Del Satins featured at Oldies Night Aug. 26 Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano recently announced Oldies Night, featuring the Del Satins, will take place on Friday, Aug. 26 at Eisenhower Park’s Lakeside Theatre. The show will begin at 8 p.m., and admission is free. Formed in 1958 in the Yorkville section of Manhattan, the quintet consisted of Stan Zizka (lead), Les Cauchi (first tenor), Keith Koestner (second tenor), Fred Ferrara (baritone) and his brother Tom Ferrara (bass) and were influenced by R&B groups like The Heartbeats, The Dubs and The Flamingos. Today, The Del-Satins continue with original vocalists Stan Zizka, Les Cauchi and Tommy Ferrara joined by long-time members Charlie Aiello and Edie Van Buren. The group has released two CDs recently, “Still Wanderin’” in 2011 and “Voices of Velvet & Steel” in 2015. The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre is

an outdoor theatre located near parking fields 6 and 6A in Eisenhower Park. Special accommodations are available for disabled patrons, including reserved parking, easily accessible rest rooms, and a convenient reserved location on the hill. Assistive hearing devices are available for the hearing impaired. There is no formal seating at Lakeside Theatre, so concert-goers are urged to bring folding chairs. If weather conditions are doubtful, call (516) 572-0355 after 6 p.m. for updated performance information. Eisenhower Park is centrally located in East Meadow, with entrances on Hempstead Turnpike at East Meadow Avenue and at the intersection of Stewart and Merrick Avenues. For further information, please call the Nassau County Parks Public Information Office at: (516) 572-0200 or visit the Nassau County Parks, Recreation and Museum website at: nassaucountyny.gov/parks.

HealtH Update for SeniorS A Free Community eduCAtion SeminAr

HealtHy aging: tipS to living Better Recommendations for screenings and guidelines for health sometimes change as we age. Sukhminder K. Sahansra, MD, Attending Physician in the Division of Geriatrics at Winthrop-University Hospital, will discuss routine medical screenings, tips for staying healthy with nutrition and exercise, normal changes in appetite, sleep, etc., and other issues common with seniors. A question and answer period will be included. Wednesday, September 14 , 2016 1:15 PM Mineola Community Center 155 Washington Avenue, Mineola (One block south of Jericho Tpke., between Mineola Blvd. and Willis Ave.)

Admission is free, but seating is limited. Please call (516) 663-8300 for reservations.

Final FunDay to honor ‘hometown USa’ The Town of North Hempstead announced that the final FunDay Monday of the 2016 season will be “HomeTown USA” on Aug. 29. “HomeTown USA” will feature a salute to our Armed Forces and celebrate American traditions. It is part of the Town’s FunDay Monday program, which is a free senior program held at North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Monday throughout the summer. “‘HomeTown USA’ is one of our most well-attended FunDay Mondays,” Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. “It’s an exciting celebration of American traditions including a special Salute to our Armed Forces. The day is also filled with hobbies, crafts, musical performances, and even a classic car show.” The Northport VA Mobile Unit will also be at the event and equipped with eligibility specialist to explain benefits, provide

medical evaluations, and assist veterans in applying for a VA medical card. This FunDay Monday is sponsored by Northwell Health, Parker Jewish, and AgeWell New York, and hosted by the Town’s Department of Community Services. FunDay Monday offers hundreds of seniors from across the Town an opportunity to gather for games, music, dancing, entertainment, and exercise. In addition to enjoying the celebrations, seniors can participate in a variety of activities, such as Line Dancing (10 a.m.), Zumba (10 a.m.), Fitness (11a.m.), Mahjong (11 a.m.), and Tai Chi (12:30 p.m.). To reserve a time slot with the mobile unit, call (631) 261-4400, ext. 7084. Free transportation is available from various points throughout the town. For further information, or for a pickup location near you, please call 311 or call (516) 869-6311.

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THROW YOUR CHILD AN ‘ARTSY BIRTHDAY PARTY’ We offer a large variety of ‘arty party’ themes including dance, art, acting & ceramics for children of all ages! Exciting activities are led by a dynamic party leader and supported by experienced GCAC staff. Food, drinks and paper goods are all included in the packages. Go to our website at www.goldcoastarts.org or call at 516- 829-2570 to schedule your child’s dream party

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar GOlD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck road, Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • goldcoastarts.org Wednesday, August 31 at 7:30 p.m. “Summer Shorts” at furman film Series Saturday, September 17 at 8:30 p.m. The 50+ Comedy Tour Tuesday, September 27 at 8 p.m. The front Page on Broadway Wednesday, October 26 at 8 p.m. Natasha, Pieree & the Great Comet of 1812 on Broadway Thursday, November 10 during evening Gold Coast international film festival Opening Night Gala lANDMARK ON MAiN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Wednesdays through Sundays until September 4 My Mother’s italian, My father’s Jewish & i’m in Therapy! Wednesday, August 31 at 2 p.m. film: To Catch a Thief Saturday, September 10 at 8 p.m. Donovan - The Sunshine Superman fiftieth Anniversary North American Tour Friday, September 30 at 8 p.m. Betty Buckley, The“voice of Broadway” lONG iSlAND CHilDREN’S MuSEuM 11 Davis avenue, Garden City 516-224-5800 • www.licm.org children must be accompanied by an adult. Museum hours: open Daily (until September 4) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Museum admission: $13 for adults and children over one-year-old, $12 seniors, free to museum members and children under one-year-old. additional fees for theater and special programs may apply. For additional information, contact 516-224-5800. Monday, August 29 through Friday, September 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nature Maker Space come be led by our Green teens, as you explore our Backyard, LicM’s outdoor environment and interact with a variety of fun materials. Get inspired and learn about the environment. engage in gardening, nature fort building, art projects and observation stations; make mud pies and reconnect with the natural world. this series is made possible with the support of National Grid. ages: 3 and up. Free with museum admission. Tuesday, August 30 and Thursday, September 1 from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. stART (Story + Art) Join us each week as we read childhood classics and introduce new favorites; followed by literature-inspired activities and crafts.

ages 3 to 5. Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LicM members). Wednesday, August 31 from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and Friday, September 2 from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Music and Movement Join us for a musical morning that gets little bodies moving; pick up a musical instrument and add your voice to our sing along songs session. ages: 5 and under. Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LicM members). Friday, September 2 from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Kids in the Kitchen (family Series) calling all junior chefs! have fun creating nutritious, simple dishes that will inspire kids and adults to get cooking together. create tasty treats, take home recipes and enjoy your yummy creations at the end of each class. ages: 3-8. Material fee: $5 ($4 LicM members). Friday, September 2 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Pirate School with Captain Billy Bones Billy Bones is generally a Good Pirate! youngsters of all ages have a little bit of pirate in them. Like pirates, kids naturally yearn for adventure, independence and self-actualization. they love discovery, carousing and challenging authority. these traits captivate children’s imaginations and, when presented in a nurturing, non-violent environment; it’s embraced by parents. this production was created by David engel, a veteran family entertainer based in New york who has toured throughout the U.S, europe, the caribbean and asia. ages: 3 and up. Fee: $9 with museum admission ($7 LicM members), $12 theater only. Through Sunday, September 4 Traveling Exhibit - The Art of Andy Warhol combining history, creativity and the visual arts into one exhibit, visitors will explore the silkscreen process from beginning to end and learn about a leading figure of the “pop-art” movement, which began in the 1950s. Step into a working silkscreen studio, similar to Warhol’s “Factory”; create an original piece of art; dress up like the characters seen in Warhol paintings and play with toys like those collected by the artist. original artwork featured in the exhibit is from Warhol’s Myth Series; including characters familiar to children such as Mickey Mouse, Santa claus, the Wicked Witch of the West and Uncle Sam. Week-long artist-in-residence programs will supplement the exhibit experience. Sandra carrion and keith Gamache will lead hands-on public workshops and take part in a joint art exhibition at the Museum. all ages. Free with museum admission.

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Community Calendar Project independence Support & Social Group the town of North hempstead’s Project independence is reminding residents that they offer free support and social groups. call 311 or (516) 869-6311 for more information. Parents of Millennials Group Join us as we explore ways to help our 18-30 year olds move on to independence and pursue the life they want. For more information please visit: www.meetup.com/Parents-of-Millennials-Meetup-Group Trivia Challenge come see how much you know. Match wits with other great minds. you may win a prize! Last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. havana central restaurant roosevelt Field, Garden city. For more info, call (516) 676- 1976.

stop) We start and finish at the same location. routes and speeds vary depending on the group. ride is canceled if the roads are wet or temperature is below 40 degrees. Free parking in the lot till 9 a.m. and after 6 p.m. helmets and road bikes mandatory. Beginners welcome. ride at your own risk. april to November. come & meet others who are interested in your sport, you may even pick up a pointer or two from one of the veteran cyclists. contact David (Speedy) emanuel at speedyemanuel@optonline.net or 516-8409370 or 516-487-8065 before 9:45 p.m. for schedule and to confirm your participation.

Cleanup Saturday, September 24th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. In conjunction with the American Littoral Society Join thousands of volunteers just like you from argentina to vietnam who will be picking up trash from miles of beaches all over the world during the cleanup. then we all send data about the trash we collect to scientists at the ocean conservancy to determine what is polluting our water so that

2016 Annual Native American Fest Saturday & Sunday, November 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. When the autumn leaves start to turn, and the crisp fall air is here, thanksgiving is just around the corner, and it’s time for Garvies Point Museum’s Native aMericaN FeaSt. this celebration of northeastern Native american culture has been held the weekend before thanksgiving for more than 25 years.

36th Annual R. Brinkley Smithers Golf invitational Piping Rock and The Creek Locust Valley Monday, September 19 Named for LicaDD Founder, r. Singles Association Of l.i. Brinkley Smithers, the tournament’s For information on events, please call proceeds ensure that the services (516) 825-0633 or (516) 333-2851 or LicaDD provides - from screening, e-mail singlesassociationofli@yahoo. intervention and referral services, to com. recovery support, an employee assistance Program and mentoring- all your Widowed Social Group remain accessible to the individuals the group meets on the third Wednes- and families who are most affected day of the each month (except July by drug and alcohol abuse on Long and august) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at island. St. Joseph’s r.c. church on Franklin Power hitting outfielder Darryl Strawave. and Fifth Street, Garden city. berry, will keynote this event with there is a $5 fee for members and a his personal story of success and re$8 fee for non-members. For addemption. “your life can change. it is ditional information, please call (516) important to know that no matter what 481-9280. you go through, we are not a mistake we make mistakes.” Says keynote Area Cyclists unite speaker Darryl Strawberry. there are several area cyclists & cyFoursomes and individual tickets are cling groups that ride before or after already on sale and expected to sell work on Weekdays. a bigger group is out before the event. For more informore fun and a better work out. you mation, or to reserve your spot today, are invited to join the areas longest please contact cynthia Doerler at running Weekday cycling group. 516.747.2606 ext. 103 or visit LicaDD. When: Weekdays before work or after orG. work Where: Parking lot across from Great GARviES POiNT MuSEuM Neck Diner - corner of Bond Street 50 Barry Dr. in Glen cove and Grace avenue. (516) 571-8010/11 • www.garvieDescription of ride : about 15 miles spointmuseum.com in about one hour, 20 minutes (Non 31st Annual International Coastal

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Gospel meets jazz at Harry Chapin

Gospel Meets Jazz at harry Chapin theatre on saturday, starring Mistress of Ceremonies kim thompson and Everton bailey & IsoP/the Instrumental sounds of Praise.

The Great Neck News, Friday, August 26, 2016

Great Neck Library Great Neck Library 2016 Election Information Eligible voters will elect two persons to the Board of Trustees for two four-year terms (January 2017-January 2021), and one person to the Nominating Committee for one three-year term (January 2017-January 2020) to fill the seats that will be expiring in January 2017. Those elected will take office at the Library Association Annual Reorganization Meeting on January 17, 2017. Candidates: Board of Trustees For expiring seat of Josie Pizer, Nominating Committee Candidate: Rebecca Miller. For expiring seat of Varda Solomon, Nominating Committee Candidate: Varda Solomon; Independent Candidate: Doug (Gee-Kang) Hwee. Nominating Committee: For expiring seat of Michael Katz, Nominating Committee Candidate: Patrick McDonnell. Voting in Person: Monday, October 31, 2016, 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Voting Sites: For residents living north of Northern Blvd. - Station

Branch Library, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, (above Best Market), Great Neck 11021. For residents living south of Northern Blvd. – Parkville Branch Library, 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road), New Hyde Park 11040. Voting by Proxy: Proxies must be requested on a form provided by the Library. Proxy request forms are available at all Great Neck Library locations, on the Library’s website at greatnecklibrary.org, and also in the upcoming October/November/December 2016 Library Newsletter (which will be available by early September). October 21 is the last day for the Library to mail Proxy Ballots. For proxy requests received after this date, arrangements will be made by the Library Director’s Office for Proxies to be picked up in person. Completed Proxies must be received by October 28 before 5:00 p.m. at the Main Post Office on Welwyn Road or deposited in a locked box at the Main Library or any of the Library Branches before 5:00 p.m. on this date.

Voter Eligibility: In order to vote in the 2016 Library Election, you must be 18 years of age or older, a resident of the Great Neck School District and either a valid Great Neck Library Card holder by the Record Date of October 3, 2016 or a registered voter with the Nassau County Board of Elections. If you have general questions about the election, call (516) 466-8055, ext. 200. Candidate information will appear in the upcoming October/November/December Library Newsletter. Great Neck Library Election Workers The Great Neck Library will be holding its Annual Trustee Election on Monday, October 31, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. There will be voting at the Main Library and at the Parkville Branch Library. If you have been trained and approved by the Board of Elections on the Electronic Voting Machines and would like to be considered to work in the forthcoming election, kindly fill out an application form with your

name, address and phone number. A form can be found in the upcoming October/ November/December Library Newsletter, which will be available by the first week of September. Forms are also available at the Station, Lakeville and Parkville Branches. Please return the form to the Director’s Office by September 15th. Great Neck Library Closing/Cancellation Information Online Library patrons connected to the Internet are asked to check the website: www. cancellations.com for Library weather related closings/program cancellations. In order to access this service, Library District residents can log on to cancellations. com, type in their zip code or Great Neck Library and obtain information on program cancellations or Library closings. In addition, at no charge, residents can request automatic e-mails from cancellations.com when the Library has posted any information. This is a great way for Library District residents who are connected online to be advised of weather related changes in Library hours or programs.

Great Neck Community Calendar and a wonderful place to live and work. They say, “come and discover how meaningful it is to give back to the community.” For more information, visit their Facebook page, Rotary Club of Great Neck or their website, www.rotaryclubofgreatneck.org. To join with them and be a dinner participant, just call 516-487-9392 or email them at rotaryclubofgreatneck@aol.com. FREE EXERCISE CLASSES Ongoing Program - FREE Silver Sneakers Exercise Classes For All Levels: Balance, agility, strengthening, endurance and osteoporosis for eligible seniors. Monday through Saturday. Garden City, Roslyn and Great Neck. Call for more details, including seeing if you are eligible and class times, (516) 745-8050. WOMANSPACE A discussion group devoted to issues concerning women. Weekly meetings are held every Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Great Neck Senior Center, at 80 Grace Ave, Great Neck. New members welcome. For more info call Joan Keppler at (516) 487-5844.

BOOSTS LOCAL RESTAURANTS In order to show community dedication and support, Leonard N. Katz, President of the Rotary Club of Great Neck, has instituted a new dynamic to his club. They have begun to have dinner events at local Great Neck restaurants on a monthly basis.

The second Wednesday of each month will be given over to the club patronizing local establishments. As a further welcoming gesture, the club invites town residents and businesspeople to visit these restaurants with them to network and to participate in keeping Great Neck great

LIONS CLUB OF GREAT NECK Lions Club of Great Neck meets the first Monday of each month at Pearl East Restaurant, 1190 Northern Blvd., Manhasset at 12 p.m. If you would like to attend a meeting and learn more about our club, please contact fernweiss@aol.com or call (516) 829-5192. ROTARY CLUB MEETINGS The Rotary Club of Great Neck invites

residents and business people to visit its meetings for social and business networking. In alignment with the club’s motto, “They Profit Most Who Serves Best,” all are welcome to discover how meaningful and satisfying it is to give back to the community while networking through the Rotary Club of Great Neck. On the second Wednesday of each month, dinner events are held to support local Great Neck restaurants, and on all other Wednesdays, the group gathers for breakfast at 8am in the boardroom of TD Bank at 2 Great Neck Rd For more information, visit the website at www.rotaryclubofgreatneck.org or its Facebook page at rotaryclubofgreatneck. To arrange for your visit as a guest or interested in becoming one of their weekly speakers please , email rotaryclubofgreatneck@aol.com or call 516-487-9392. TECHNOLOGY COURSES REACH NEW LEVELS Olivia Lundelius, a student at Great Neck South High School, is using her computer science skills to bring technology courses to Levels. Olivia planned and taught a 5-session introductory course to Java this past spring. This summer she is teaching a 4-session class on Android appmaking using open source software from MIT. Olivia is continuing to develop her technology skills with an internship in the computer science department at Columbia University. Check www.greatnecklibrary. org/levels to learn about more computer classes at Levels.

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Great Neck Park District Budget Review and Park Budget Hearing Meetings Thursday, September 8, the 2017 Park Budget Hearing will take place at Great Neck House at 8 p.m. (The date is currently mandated by state law for the budget hearing and is subject to change). Kayak at Steppingstone-Register Now Certified instructors/guides are offering special event guided tours on Sunday, Aug. 28 from Steppingstone Park’s marina. Through Freeport Kayak Rentals, participants of all ages can take a 2-hour guided kayak tour; 8-10 a.m. or 2-4 p.m. The Junior Tour is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fee is $60 per person. All equipment (kayak, paddle and a personal flotation device) is included. Advance registration is required: www.FreeportKayakRentals.com or call 855-WEKAYAK. Skate School and Bears Hockey Registration Register for Skate School classes and Bears Hockey programs at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink. Skate School classes begin Sunday, September 25. A FREE Open House will be held at the rink on Sunday, September 18 between 12 and 1 p.m. for Bears Hockey (includes free clinic) and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. for Skate School. Free admission. Everyone is welcome to attend. Skate rental available. For skate

school 2016/2017 registration form and schedules check out our website at www.greatneckparks.org. For additional information call the skate school office (516) 487-2975, Ext. 114 or Bears Hockey, Ext. 128. Pool Season Extended The summer has been extended at Parkwood Pool. Open through September 17. Have a splash-tacular time during the remainder of summer! Get a great rate. Call (516) 487-2975; Ext. 129 for more information.

programs two weeks prior to start of program. Applications available at the Park District Office, 5 Beach Road. Call (516) 4820181 for more information. Defensive Driving Classes Great Neck House continues to offer Empire Safety Council Defensive Driving Classes. Take a class Saturday, September 3. The class runs from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. To sign up or for more information, call Great Neck House at (516) 482-0355.

New Bus Stop by Steppingstone Park A seasonal bus stop has been added to the Nassau Inter-County Express N-58 bus route at the corner of Steppingstone Lane and Sunset Road (west of Sunset Rd.) This makes it convenient for Park District residents who would like to visit Steppingstone Park this summer. The bus will run through Labor Day, Monday, September 5.

Doggie Paddle in the Bark District Sunday, September 18 bring your pooch to Parkwood Pool for the dip before the pool closes for the season! Only “Bark” District residents with a valid park card and their dogs with a Pooch Pass may attend. Not guests allowed. Call (516) 482-0355 for more information. Parkwood Tennis Center Parkwood Tennis programs begin Tuesday, September 6. Enroll now for children’s lessons, Tiny Tots (3-6 yr. olds), Junior, Junior Intensive, Adult, Women’s Intensive Training, Cardio Tennis. We also offer private and semi-private lessons. Call Parkwood Tennis Center at (516) 829-9050 for more information.

Program Assittance Applications Apply for program assistance for the fall/winter

September Events DEFENSIVE DRIVING: Saturday, September 3 9:30 am-3:30 pm

Nature Program: Walk Before Work Tuesday, August 30 at 10 a.m. walk with us through Kings Point Park before work at 7 a.m. Meet at the Steamboat Road entrance. No registration required. Children under 16 years old are not permitted to attend.

Empire Safety Council Defensive Driving Course at Great Neck House. To sign up or for more information call 482-0355. PARKWOOD FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER: Tuesday, September 6 to Saturday, September 17 Extended Pool Season. Main and wading pools open only. 3-7 pm weekdays; 11 am-7 pm weekends. Walking in Lazy River available daily 9:3011:30 am. Hours subject to change. Board of Commissioners Work Session Tuesday, September 6 10 am Tuesday, Septemnber 13 10 am The Board of Commissioners will hold a work session at Great Neck House, 14 Arandale Avenue. PARKWOOD TENNIS CENTER: Tuesday, September 6 Seasonal court time begins. Session 1 begins for Tiny Tots, Juniors, Adults, Women’s Intensive and Men’s Double League. Nonresident fees apply. Call (516) 829-9050. PROGRAM ASSISTANCE: Tuesday, September 6 Apply for fall/winter programs two weeks prior to start of program. Applications available at the Parkwood Administration Office, 65 Arrandale Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11024.

PARK BUDGET HEARING Thursday, September 8 8 pm Great Neck House, 14 Arrandale Avenue. All are welcome to attend. Call (516) 482-0355 for more info. FILM: Hello My Name is Doris Friday, September 9 8 pm Saturday, September 10 5 and 8 pm Sunday, September 11 7:30 pm Starring Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Tyne Daly; directed by Michael Showalter. Rated PG-13; runs 114 minutes. Great Neck House. Admission requires a park card. SUNDAY @ 3 SERIES: Sunday, September 11 3 pm Concert: Patti Dunham. Great Neck House. Park card required. NATURE PROGRAM: Sunday, September 11 10 am Nature at the Museum, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn. $2 parking fee applies. Register by 9/3. Call (516) 482-0355 to register. GREAT NECK HOUSE CLASSES BEGIN Monday, September 12 Classes begin for children and adults. Call (516) 4820355. FILM: Youth

Friday, September 16 8 pm Saturday, September 17 5 and 8 pm Sunday, September 18 7:30 p.m. Starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz; directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Rated R; runs 124 minutes. Great Neck House. Admission requires a park car ANDREW STERGIOPOULOS ICE RINK: Sunday, September 18 12 pm to 1 pm FREE BEARS OPEN HOUSE and CLINIC at the rink for ages 5 through 12. No hockey experience necessary. Free admission. All are welcome. Call (516) 487-2976, Ext. 114 for more information. ANDREW STERGIOPOULOS ICE RINK: Sunday, September 18 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm Skate School Open House at the rink. Free admission. All are welcome. Call (516) 487-2976, Ext. 114 for more information. PARKWOOD POOL DOGGIE PADDLE: Sunday, Sepeptember 18 12-4 pm Only Park District residents with a valid park card and their dogs with a Pooch Pass are welcome to attend. No guests permitted. Call (516) 482-0355 for more information.

Great Neck Social Center Coming Soon! Fall Courses at the Senior Center will be starting in September. They are designed especially for our active seniors and include Art, Bridge, Exercise, Folk Dancing, Biographies, Tai Chi, Yoga and much more. Sound appealing? Advanced registration is required for Social Center Courses, offered through the Community Education Program at seven sessions per course for $30.00. Fair warning! If insufficient persons sign up, the course may be canceled. In addition, if you have not registered before three days in advance of the first session, you will pay a $5. late fee. Need more information? Stop at the main office to see the catalogue, course descriptions and to register.

World in Depth What goes on in Albany, Washington, and all other capitals and continents is hard enough to understand by reading or viewing the media. Give World in Depth a shot at helping you see the light or pierce the darkness a bit. Every Thursday at 2:00.m. a group of active and savvy men and women meet to figure it out or to share notions on how to do it better. Discussion is lively, but held to the subject by one of our moderators: Janet de Winter, Jeigh Duran, or Martha Cohen. There is no charge to come and put in your own opinion. Try it! You’ll like it!

its September Defensive Driving class at the Great Neck Social Center, 80 Grace Avenue, on Wednesday, September 28th. The Session runs from 9:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. with a break for lunch. Dr. Claude Springer is the instructor, so that your need to reduce points if you have them on your license; the opportunity to save on certain fees, and the chance to keep you abreast of the latest rules for drivers will be an advantage of your taking the course. Registration must be in person, with check made to the Empire Safety Council. Need more information? Call the Center. Phone (516) 487-0025.

Defensive Driving Coming The Empire Safety Council will be holding

Mah Jongg Lovers Want to play Mah Jongg but you have no

game set? Not to worry! Come to the Center on Friday at 12:30p.m. Players will constantly rotate into next games with different players. There is no charge, so come, meet new people and have fun. Just beware: playing for money is not permitted! Please register at the main office. Veterans Social Club Meeting Friends and family of our Vets are invited to their very social and entertaining monthly meeting. This is always on the second Friday of the month, so join us on Friday, September 9th at 2:00p.m. As always, refreshments are served courtesy of Atria Great Neck.

The Great Neck News, Friday, August 26, 2016

CoMMuNity News

academy offers general, Judaic studies At the Sonia and Max Silverstein Hebrew Academy (SHA), as at all Yeshivot, there is a balancing act between general education and Judaic studies that requires constant attention. At SHA, the school’s emphasis on academic rigor and an interconnected approach to curriculum has reaped benefits in this area. The school has consistently proven its ability to navigate this philosophical tight rope—evidenced by its partnership with the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education (CIJE), a nationwide organization dedicated to preparing students to succeed in the ever-changing global society. Using hands-on approaches and extensive teacher training, SHA utilizes the tools available through CIJE to better prepare students for the 21st-century workplace. At the same time, SHA emphasizes students’ mastery of Torah and Talmudic studies, using collaborative learning and independent research, skills that are critical to success across all subject areas.

At SHA, students learn to blend millennia-old text with today’s technology. This structure of education also helps build students’ confidence and helps SHA develop the strong moral character required of students at Yeshivot across the country. It’s built on the simple premise that

rich and engaging learning environment for each child,” said Shireen Deen-Butman, the Head of School for the Silverstein Hebrew Academy. “Our teachers are committed…and trained….to individualize their teaching approaches to maximize each child’s unique learning capabilities and strengths.” There is quantifiable evidence that SHA’s methods are working. Results from 2016 7th grade English language arts and math tests show academy students scoring significantly above state averages and comparable to Great Neck School District 7th graders on the ELA exam. In terms of Judaic studies, SHA students excel as exemplified by their performance in the most recent Torah Bowl. when a student achieves and succeeds, it SHA students took top prize against Yebuilds character. shivot that have been competing in the “Each child has a different style of Torah Bowl for many years. learning. All our students will achieve For more information on the Sonia their goals, but they might get to those and Max Silverstein Hebrew Academy, goals differently. We take the time to call 516-466-8522, or visit www.shagn. understand how a child learns best and org. then use the necessary tools to create a

sen. Martins to sponsor breast cancer screenings State Sen. Jack Martins, in conjunction with NuHealth, is sponsoring a breast cancer screening program on Thursday, Sept. 8 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Great Neck Social Center at 80 Grace Avenue. Appointments are necessary and will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. On site nurses and technicians will provide a mammography, a clinical breast examination and instructions for self examination. Patients and their physicians will be notified

age 40 and over. Women who are covered by insurance, Medicaid or Medicare will have their carrier billed and must bring their information card to the screening, along with a prescription from their physician. Women 40 and older without health insurance may be eligible for the Cancer Screening Grant Program which covers the Sen. Jack M. Martins cost of screening and folof the exam results. low up if necessary. NuHealth’s guidelines Women wishing to for the program are as fol- make an appointment for lows: a breast cancer screening The program is open should call Martins’ office to Nassau County women at 516-746-5924.

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G.N. junior firefighter receives scholarship Great Neck Alert Junior Firefighter Julia Rietbroek received a $500 scholarship from the Nassau County Junior Firefighter’s Association (NCJFA). Veronica Sack of Farmingdale also received a $500 scholarship. Each year the NCJFA selects two high school seniors from Nassau County to receive this award. Rietbroek has been a member of the Great Neck Alert Junior Firefighter program since 2011 where she served as Recording Secretary and First Lieutenant.

Rietbroek recently graduated from Great Neck North High School and will attend Adelphi University in the fall to study business. The NCJFA brings together junior firefighters from across Nassau County to learn skills such as leadership and working as a team while also learning to be firefighters. It was started in 2006 with the goal of preparing teenagers to become firefighters while also providing them with community service opportunities.

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Real estate agents attend retreat The Great Neck office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage on Long Island and Queens is announced that the following affiliated sales associates recently attended the Elite Retreat, a conference held at The Breakers Palm Beach in Florida for top-performing Coldwell Banker sales professionals in the Northeast and Eastern Seaboard regions: Sandy Rosen, Lainie Charmatz and Diane Polland. The real estate professionals were invited to attend the exclusive Elite Retreat because of their sales production in 2015. As part of the retreat, they enjoyed a stay at The Breakers with views of the Atlantic Ocean. The well-appointed resort offered participants many amenities including golf on two championship courses, tennis, water activities, world-class shopping and services at the spa and fitness center. During the retreat, guests attended a welcome reception, a panel discussion that included Christophe Choo, an award-winning and top real estate professional affiliated with

the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Beverly Hills, as well as special meetings and a cocktail party and dinner with more than 200 top Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage affiliated sales associates and se-

nior management leaders from across the Northeast and Eastern Seaboard regions. “Sandy, Diane and Lainie had remarkable achievements last year. Their dedication to their clients allowed them to be

among the best real estate professionals in the region,” said Laura Rittenberg, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage on Long Island and Queens. “We are so pleased to honor these sales associates who

achieved such impressive sales results because of their strong commitment to excellence.” Rosen, Charmatz and Polland were all recognized with the Coldwell Banker® International President’s Elite award, which was presented to sales associates who ranked in the top 2 percent of the nearly 85,000 Coldwell Banker agents worldwide in 2015. Companywide on Long Island and Queens, Rosen was ranked number 1, Charmatz was ranked number 3 and Polland was ranked number 6 among sales associates in 2015. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, a leading residential real estate brokerage company in Long Island and Queens, operates 15 offices with more than 700 affiliated sales associates serving the communities of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Counties. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is part of NRT LLC, the nation’s largest residential real estate brokerage company. For more information, please visit www.ColdwellBankerHomes.com.

Irish quintet to end Plaza concert series The Village of Great Neck Plaza announced that the electric Irish quintet, The McLean Avenue Band, will be performing Aug. 30 at 8 p.m. at Firefighters’ Park, concluding the 2016 Summer Concert Series. Closing out the concert series for the second time in a row, The McLean Avenue Band will be putting on one of their eccentric trademark performances that blends the very best sounds of Irish, Country, Rock and Pop music in a soulful concert playlist. “This year’s summer concert series has taken us all over the globe with a mix of genres and performers from around the world; Latin America, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean,” Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender said. “This week, we are closing out the series with the sounds of Irish folk music, known for its crowd-pleasing medleys and uplifting, foot-stomping music.” Village officials thanked the concert’s sponsors, Mindy Greenberg, realtor, and Astoria Bank, for their assistance and support of the 2016 Summer Concert Series. From the heart of Ireland by way of Yonkers, NY, The McLean Avenue Band is well known in the Irish/Celtic scene in the Tri-State area, electrifying stages locally and globally. The McLean Avenue Band combines

traditional Irish tunes and ballads with elements of Rock, Pop and R&B music. As a result, the band has a unique ability to appeal to a broader spectrum of audiences with their renditions of uptempo chart toppers, lilting waltzes, classic rock anthem or heartfelt ballads. Consisting of some of the top musicians in their field, Padraig Allen on vocals, Buddy Connolly on accordion, Jessica Semins on Irish fiddle, Joseph Biancorosso on guitar, and Tony Ryan on drums, the McLean Avenue Band has been wowing audiences ever since joining forces. As always, in the case of inclement weather, the concert performance will be moved to the Great Neck Social Center at 80 Grace Avenue. Check with village staff at Village Hall on the day of the concert, or call its voicemail after 5 p.m. at 516-482-4500. The village will have a recorded message if the day’s scheduled concert has been moved from Firefighters’ Park to the Social Center. It will also post an announcement on our Village website, www.greatneckplaza. net, if the concert is moved indoors. Village officials thanked the Great Neck Park District and the Great Neck Social Center for their assistance and support of the concert series.

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ex principal, student to host gallery

A former E.M. Baker School principal and a former E.M. Baker School student, now a gallery co-owner, have teamed up for an exhibit of photos. Joanna Miller, Baker’s principal from 1989 to 2007, connected with her former student, Alexandra Ainatchi, at an opening reception at the Spot Under Spot (SUS) Gallery when it first opened in 2014, and then, serendipitously, on the subway in Manhattan, nearly a year ago. One thing led to another, and an exhibit was born. Ainatchi and her mother, Sharon Khazzam, are SUS Gallery co-owners.

Miller’s exhibit, titled “Journeys Beyond…,” consists of 36 photos, ranging in size from 7” x 9” to 23” x 30”, that were taken on safaris in Africa and on trips to Myanmar and India, from 2006 to 2015. “Each photo in this exhibition transports you to an entirely different world—perhaps a place you may want to visit or somewhere you may never get a chance to see,” Ainatchi said. “I’ve found that viewers seem to find a personal connection to the photos, which are all very human and tangible, even in the most exotic of portraits. The images have been taken with so much care, showing both beauty and emotion equally in photog-

Community Education to offer new Fall classes As you continue to enjoy the rest of your summer, Great Neck Public Schools Community Education is gearing up for fall. Registration is underway, with many classes, trips, and special events planned for you. We trust you’ve received your Fall/Winter 2016– 17 Community Ed catalog, and have seen our new offerings. If not, please call 516-441-4949, and one will be sent to you. New classes include: Cardio Combo, Chansons Francaise, Chinese for Travelers: Advanced Beginner, Composers and Lyricists, Everyday English Conversation, Founding Fathers: Myth or Majesty, OneNote, Public Speaking, Self Defense, and Technology for the Terrified. New class for kids: Creative Writing. New class for high school students: Pottery on the wheel and handbuilding. New trips: An Adventure in the East Village; Chelsea Art Gallery Tour; Harlem: Historical Tour & Flavors of the Caribbean Flavors; Michael Feinstein: Up Close and Personal; and Metropolitan Museum: “Jerusalem,” Luce Center, and Met Breuer. New for the canasta lovers: Canasta “Suits” Me

to a “Tee” at Harbor Links, and That’s Amore! Canasta at Il Bacco. For those with creative ambition, there’s Painting in Tune and Top This! Knitting a Hat in the Round. A fantastic evening awaits with Quintessential Wine Tasting Dinner at Lola. And you won’t want to miss the lecture presentation by Barbra Streisand. Favorite classes continue in these areas: English Language Arts and Literature; Fitness and Dance; Foreign Languages; Games and Hobbies; Home, Life, and Family; Humanities; Music and Performing Arts; and Sports. For more information on any aspect of Community Ed and to register (especially for trips and special events, which fill quickly), call 516-441-4949 or e-mail gncontinuinged@greatneck.k12.ny.us, or visit www.greatneck.k12.ny.us, (click on the Community Ed icon) for the complete catalog and online registration. Coming up—Community Ed Open House, Sept. 19 to 23. Visit our classes at no cost, tour our facilities, meet our instructors, and see what Community Ed is about.

raphy technique, as well as Joanna’s careful choice of settings and subjects.” The opening reception for “Journeys Beyond…” will be held on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. The public is welcome. The exhibit will run from Sept. 15–Nov. 3, by appointment only. To arrange an appointment, please contact Alexandra Ainatchi at alexandra@susgallery.com, or at 347395-1948. The SUS Gallery is located at 42 Middle Neck Road, in the Village of Great Neck Plaza.

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Residents urged to clean out garages The Town of North Hempstead is urging residents to clean out their garages, basements, attics and medicine chests, and take advantage of the enhanced S.T.O.P (Stop Throwing Out Pollutants) program scheduled to take place on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Michael J. Tully Park, in New Hyde Park Residents can dispose of items such as aerosols, household chemicals, pesticides, disinfectants, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, bulbs, thermostats, rechargeable and lithium batteries, TV’s and computers. Please bring oil-based paints only. Latex and water-based paints will not be accepted at the S.T.O.P. collection site. Once dried out (usually 24-36 hours after the lid is removed), those paints can be placed in a trash bag and thrown out with your regular household garbage. Oil-based paints, on the other hand, are considered hazardous, and will be accepted at any S.T.O.P. Collection Day program. The Town of North Hempstead is the first town in Nassau County to offer pharmaceutical collections, and residents have the opportunity to dispose of their unwanted or unused pharmaceuticals at each S.T.O.P. event. In addition to protecting our environment by diverting unwanted drugs from landfills and our drinking water, the program prevents dangerous pharmaceuticals from getting into the wrong hands. By bringing this service to each community, North Hempstead aims to keep its children and environment

bosworth (right) with chief sustainability officer Erin reilley safe. During the S.T.O.P. event, North Hempstead residents can also safely shred and dispose of personal documents, thereby minimizing the opportunity for identity theft, while at the same time making an invaluable contribution to the protection of the envi-

ronment. Residents are invited to shred any personal paper documents and credit cards free of charge. Any commercial business documents including home offices will not be accepted. Please note that there is a limit of six “Bankers Box” sized boxes or bags of paper per car, per event. Once the documents are shredded, they will be placed into containers and sent directly to pulping mills. Every 2,000 pounds of paper the town recycles equates to seventeen trees saved. The Town is partnering with Big Brothers Big Sisters to have a truck at the September 17 S.T.O.P. event. Big Brothers Big Sisters will be accepting gently used and working clothes, stuffed animals, electronics, toys, sporting equipment, shoes, books, small area rugs, bikes, scooters, luggage, picture frames, table lamps, bolts of fabric, silverware, glassware, dishes, and cosmetics. Residents will receive a receipt for their donation for income tax purposes. In addition to the Sept. 17 event, the final S.T.O.P. event of 2016 will be held at North Hempstead Beach Park on Oct. 30. All collection events begin at 9:30 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. For more information on the S.T.O.P. program, please call 311 or (516) 869-6311.

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Pictured along with Mangano are honorees from the Indian Independence Day Celebration, including Dr. vijay shah, Penny yogiraj sandhu, Dr. Manjul bhargava, Dr. Dattatreyudu Nori, vimal Goyal, Dr. Dipali Pandya and bina sabapathy.

Indian Independence Day celebrated Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, the Indian American Forum, India Day Parade USA and India Association of Long Island last Monday hosted a ceremony and flag hoisting in celebration of the 69th Anniversary of Indian Independence Day at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola. “I am pleased to join everyone in celebration of the 69th Anniversary of Indian Independence Day,” Mangano said. “I would

like to congratulate all of today’s honorees, who have contributed so much to their communities and who continue to serve as role models to their friends and neighbors.” The honorees from the Indian American community were: Dr. Vijay Shah; Penny Yogiraj Sandhu; Dr. Manjul Bhargava; Dr. Dattatreyudu Nori; Vimal Goyal; Dr. Dipali Pandya; and Bina Sabapathy.

Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos (left) and Matt kim of Manhasset, who will be returning to Cornell University. Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos recently selected students with exceptional talents in math, accounting, or economics from across Nassau County for internships at the comptroller’s office. The internship provides an opportunity for students to get real-world experience in both finance and government.

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Performing ‘Seussical’ at Cohen’s Patients at Cohen Children’s Medical Center and their families experienced the wonders of the stage thanks to the John W. Engeman Theater of Northport, which put on a fill-blown production of “Seussical” in the hospital’s lobby. The hospital’s lobby was transformed into an intimate theatre setting, complete with a troupe of actors in full Seuss regalia,working stage and theatrical lighting. “We couldn’t be more delighted to bring “Seussical” to Cohen Children’s Medical Center, said the theater’s managing director and owner, Kevin O’Neill, while the cast was taking its bows. “Since our earliest history, theater has been the basic form of communication — uniting its audience and providing people with the ability to share their most basic emotions. “All of us at the John W. Engeman Theater understand how difficult it must be for children and their families who are unable to experience the wonder of theater while they’re confined in hospital. That’s why we felt it was so important to bring the theater to them. It’s our hope that this is just the first of many

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wonderful shows for the young patients here to enjoy.” Following the one-hour production, sponsored jointly by Bethpage Federal Credit Union and the medical center, cast members signed colorful playbills designed especially for children. And, for those patients unable to leave their rooms, the entire performance was telecast live throughout the hospital. “We are so grateful to the John W. Engeman Theatre and our good friends at Bethpage Federal Credit Union for bringing this wonderful show to our hospital,” said Amanda Filippazzo, special events coordinator at Cohen... “All you have to do is look at the faces of these children to understand how much this means to them. We look forward to a close association on many more wonderful productions.” Many of the youngsters in the audience had never seen live theater before. When asked for her thoughts, one young lady (who sat open-mouthed through the entire production) gave the following rave review: “I really like all the actors. When are they coming back?”

County to hold blood drive on Sept. 13

Town building dept. offering mobile hours The Town of North Hempstead Building Department will be hosting a set of evening community-based office hours as well as the popular educational series, “What to Know Before Buying or Selling A Home” this fall. The mobile hours will give residents the opportunity to meet with the Town’s Applicant Advocate and the Mobile Building Department Unit, and have their questions or concerns regarding specific Building Department applications answered. Residents are asked to bring any relevant information or documentation relating to their Building Department application. Upcoming Mobile Office Hours: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Hillside Public Library, 155 Lakeville Road, New Hyde Park Tuesday, Sept. 20, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Manhasset Public Library, 30 Onder-

donk Avenue, Manhasset The “What to Know Before Buying or Selling A Home,” presentation will teach attendees how to understand which permits and certificates they will need in order to close the sale of their home. Upcoming “What to Know Before Buying or Selling A Home” Seminars: Thursday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m., Manhasset Public Library, 30 Onderdonk Avenue, Manhasset Tuesday, Oct. 4, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Hillside Public Library, 155 Lakeville Road, New Hyde Park If you have any questions, or would like more information on mobile office hours and “What to Know Before Buying or Selling A Home” seminars, please visit www.northhempsteadny. gov/applicantadvocate or call 311 or (516) 869-6311.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and the Long Island Blood Center invite residents to support a blood drive and save a life on Tuesday, Sept. 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 240 Old Country Road in Mineola. “A single blood donation may help save the lives of three people, and I encourage all who are in good health to consid- Edward Mangano er giving back this fall,” approximately one hour. Mangano said. Donors must be in Donating blood takes

good health, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be 16 years of age or older, with parental permission. Donors age 76 and older may donate blood if they meet all donor criteria and present a physician’s letter allowing them to donate. No appointment necessary. For additional information, contact the Long Island Blood Service at 1-800-933-BLOOD or visit nybloodcenter.org.

town BeachFeast event set for Sept. 17 The Town of North Hempstead announced the return of BeachFeast, a food and spirits festival that will be held at North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. BeachFeast will feature food trucks, wine and beer, a classic car show and live music along the boardwalk at North Hempstead Beach Park. “BeachFeast is a great opportunity to enjoy one last day on the beach this summer season,” Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. “I am looking forward to joining our residents and sampling

selections from delicious food vendors and enjoying music from this year’s incredible performers.” This year’s BeachFeast will feature live music by three bands. Jessie’s Girl, an ‘80s cover band, Kamellot, a classic rock band, and Tiger Rose, a Jerry Garcia Tribute band. Residents will be able to purchase an eclectic mix of culinary delights as well as spirits from vendors. There will also be a classic car show along the boardwalk and the GameTruck will provide video games for children and will be broadcasting college football games.

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A Republican voting for Hillary

t has long been recognized that trust is the glue of a democratic society. Unfortunately, in this Presidential election, distrust is the main ingredient. Hillary and Bill Clinton’s long-standing propensity to walk the legal tightrope is a persistent albatross around their necks. Her problems concerning her emails, the dubious connections between her State Department and the Clinton Foundation, and both of their speaking fees raise numerous justifiable questions about their honesty and trustworthiness. As a moderate Republican since 1972, I would have relished her defeat in this year’s election. Regrettably, a catastrophic force burst onto the scene last year. Donald Trump’s audacious comments about Mexicans, Muslims, self-respecting women, and trade stole the attention of the media and then the public. Because it would take a book to discuss and adequately dissect Trump’s numerous

preposterous pronouncements, I want to concentrate only on his position concerning Iraq. He proclaims Hillary demonstrated bad judgment when she supported George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq. Trump claims that near its start he was against the war. Did he know that Sadam Hussain was bluffing about having weapons of mass destruction? Did he disregard the fact that Sadam previously used them to kill thousands of Iraqi Kurds? Was he not suspicious about the numerous times Sadam found ways to prevent UN inspectors from doing their jobs? Should his beliefs have superseded the intelligence gathered by our CIA and many other foreign intelligence services? If there were WMD found, what would be the position of the great sage of infallible intuition? A demagogue’s “brilliance” can always

be demonstrated with 20/20 hindsight. Trump’s statements about taking Iraq’s oil as either a payment for our services and/or a means to combat ISIS defies comprehension. Iraq has billions of barrels of oil in the ground. Refineries are located in the northern, central, and southern regions of the country. The oil is transported by pipelines and tanker trucks. To protect it, thousands of troops would have to be placed in numerous scattered and vulnerable defensive positions. Apparently, a “militaristic” Trump, who idolizes famous and flamboyant generals like MacArthur and Patton, cannot comprehend that those troops could be better used to directly attack Mosul and Raqua. If, by some quirk of circumstance, our military was able to seize Iraq’s oil, would not the other nations of the world see this action as a reincarnation of imperialism? Dangerous Donald’s blinker-like con-

cepts of America First and “to the victor go the spoils” would render the USA as an outcast nation. Justifiably, sanctions could be placed on us. Trump would then have to change his motto from America First to America Only. This November the American people must choose between a woman whose legalistic luck has saved her from criminal prosecution and a bombastic self-promoting salesman with a superficial understanding of government, national security, and foreign affairs. Advisors basically make suggestions. A President must have the background, demeanor, and curiosity to make vital wellthought out national and international decisions. Hillary’s governmental experience and detailed knowledge of multiple issues trumps Trump. Dr. Alan Wecksell Great Neck

Anti-Trump GOPers Remember Al, a 9/11 victim against outsiders?

everal noteworthy Republicans have expressed their opposition to Donald Trump as the G.O.P. candidate. The reasons they give vary from their conscience concerns to fear that his temperament will be detrimental to the country.

Isn’t it just possible that they don’t want an outsider to be President of the U.S.A.? It would violate “the good old boys (and girls)” rule that government is for the politicians only. Morton Perlman Great Neck

empty storefronts hurt area in NhP I moved into the section of New Hyde Park known as the Oaks in 1994. A well maintained area that is attractive to new buyers. The store front area on the south side of Hillside Ave, east of New Hyde Park road, up to the Manor Oaks school has had vacant stores for over 15 years. This is a real eye sore on the neighborhood. When I first moved in there was a Bagel store, Pizza, Carvel and a card store. At one point there was talk of a restaurant going in. The stores that are there seem to be doing well. I do not understand how this landlord can either be so selective in who he rents to

or would prefer to take a loss year after year. I am tired of looking at these abandoned stores filled with debris and trash. Perhaps the town should offer some incentive to rent out these empty stores. When the 7/Eleven took over the gas station that had been empty for years it made a huge difference in appearance of that corner. These empty stores year after year make this neighborhood look transient and abandoned. What is the point of owning property to rent if you never rent? Jerylan Zacarese New Hyde Park

his past year I went to the funeral of my friend Al. He pasted away from Multiple Myeloma due to 9/11. He worked at the World Trade Center. You will never hear his name mentioned on 9/11 or listed at the memorial. In order for Al to be listed at the 9/11 Memorial, at the time of his death the coroner’s office must list on the death certificate that the Multiple Myeloma was due to 9/11. It is not enough that the World Trade Center Health Fund or The World Trade Center Victim’s Fund already certified Al. I hope a politician is reading this and will correct how a person is recognized for the 9/11 Memorial. Al was one of 10,000 people who are currently living with Cancer and numerous diseases due to 9/11. The World Trade Center Health Fund supports victims and first responders of 9/11 who have life ending and continuous health problems due to 9/11. If you have worked or lived in the area of the

World Trade Center on 9/11, you may be eligible for services under the World Trade Center Health Fund. The effects of 9/11 did not end on that day. Sadly, the 10,000 figure of Victims and First Responders are increasing daily. 9/11 has become a once a year remembrance day. For those of us who are living with cancer and other diseases due to 9/11, 9/11 is an every day event. We do not forget. Too many Americans and our politicians remember 9/11 only when there is a terrorist attack or politically beneficial. Even then, I think 9/11 is becoming an event tucked away in our history books. This year on 9/11, remember those beautiful souls that perished at The World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in a field in Pennsylvania. Also remember, there are 10,000 of us who are living with life-ending sicknesses due to 9/11. You will not know our names. So remember Al. Scott Matty Port Washington

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Recent Real Estate Sales in Great Neck Great Neck Real estate Market Conditions Median sales price $887,500 Demographics near Great Neck, Ny

Population Population density Median Age People per Household Median Household income Average income per Capita

City 9,972 7,503 41.4 2.9 86,722 39,686

County 1,338,712 4,702 41.2 3 97,049 42,286

27 somerset North Drive, Great Neck Sold Price: $1,155,000 date: 07/20/2016 4 beds, 3 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 166x120 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $31,001 MLS# 2854105

128 Allenwood Road, Great Neck Sold Price: $895,000 date: 07/21/2016 3 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 80x100 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $15,104 MLS# 2853544

37 Rogers Road, Great Neck Sold Price: $1,250,000 date: 07/22/2016 4 beds, 3 Full baths Style: Ranch # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 126x147 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $18,112 MLS# 2851636

10 Fieldstone Lane, Great Neck Sold Price: $1,500,000 date: 08/03/2016 5 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Contemporary # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 120x120 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $27,878 MLS# 2852321

Editor’s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in Great Neck by a variety of real estate agencies. The information about the homes and the photos were obtained through the Multiple Listing Services of Long Island. The homes are presented based solely on the fact that they were recently sold in Great Neck and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

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To move or not, to renovate or not So you are deciding to either move or renovate your domicile; but you have contemplated and mulled over everything, but are still unsure of the size of the expenditures or budget you should begin with and how to proceed. The first item on your agenda, should be a budget with a little bit of cushion, say 5-10% or more, built in to it. One must first compare the additional cost of an upgraded home with the cost of spending the necessary dollars to do a complete renovation on ones kitchen, bathrooms, windows, maybe the roof, electrical, plumbing, etc. Are you going to expand and increase the interior square footage? What will the impact be on your real estate taxes with all the planned improvements that you have in mind as apposed to just going out and finding another home with those upgrades already built in? Starting with a budget begins with figuring out and deciding first, what exactly you are going to do to make your home more livable, improved and larger. Then you must search out at least 2-3 (preferably 3) licensed, bonded & insured contractors to provide you with estimates on those planned improvements. Make sure the Insurance coverage that the company that you might use, is sufficient enough to cover unexpected tragedies that might occur and also you should ask for a certificate of insurance with your name or corporation name, if your property (residential or commercial) is owned by one, as an additional insured, so you and your home, Condo or Coop or commercial property will be covered in case of a claim and not have to worry that you now have to use your insurance to cover any damages that potentially could happen) I have seen homeowners and commercial property owners, hire or use individuals with insufficient or no coverage to perform work, to try to save money and cut costs, “Penny Wise and Pound Foolish.” The next question, one should ask is, “Show me photos and/or videos of your work that you have done previously, 3-5 maybe even 10 years ago (assuming the contractor has been in business that

long) as well as the names and phone numbers, so you can call the customers and see if they were satisfied and are still, to this day happy with the work that was completed. That being said, prices will surely vary up and down and so will the workmanship, so don’t pick the cheapest home improvement contractor to try to save a buck! Will you be using an Architect to redesign any rooms? Don’t forget, as I mentioned in last weeks article, either you or your contractor needs to file for the necessary permits and make sure you have copies as well as all the necessary and final Certificate of Completion and Occupancy or C.O.s It is a wise decision, for the work, materials and start and completion dates, to be in your contract If not then what you might find is that what you signed up for could become very detrimental to the completion of the project. Have a conversation with your contractor to come up with the needed start date as well as a deadline for completion; even so much as to possibly pay him a bonus if done within the

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specifications of your contract (your paying rent, so the sooner you are back inside your home, the sooner you will stop paying rent), but possibly, penalize him, if not completed on time based on your contractual agreement. Will you be staying in the home or moving out to a temporary rental? What will that cost be? ?? What moving company will I hire and what will that cost be? Will you even find a place soon enough to begin your renovation? Some will find this task beyond what their nerves and mindset can handle and others will have less issues, because

they have planned it all out to the “T”. Keep the following in mind when deciding when to do your renovation: 1. Consider doing your air conditioning in the colder months, when you will potentially get a lower price, because the busiest time is int he spring and summer months 2. Consider doing your new heating system in the summer, when prices should be lower too and less competition! 3. Price your Outside painting during the fall and not the spring, when everyone is so busy that your price could and many times will be higher. 4. Price your interior painting during the Spring and winter and compare 5. Try to buy your appliances wholesale, since if it is a bulk purchase, everyone will want to make a deal with you. 6. Renovating in the winter can in many instances, save a lot of money, depending on the location, because spring tends to be the busiest time of the year for contractors. Now you have done your homework, so what’s it going

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Continued from Page 21 cess to our shared public lands,” writes The Wilderness Society’s Alan Rowsome, senior director, government relations for lands. Grand Canyon National Park is celebrating its 100th birthday, but potential uranium mines and logging of old growth ponderosa pine forest just outside the boundary directly threaten water quality, human health, wildlife connectivity and cultural heritage protected by this most wondrous preserve. Because the Republicancontrolled Congress has refused to act on legislation Rep. introduced by Raul Grijalva, the Wilderness Society is calling for Obama to proclaim a Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument. Republicans have even blocked donations of land: for example, the National Park Service was set to receive 87,500 acres of pristine land in the Maine Woods from a non-profit organization started by the founder of Burt’s Bees, which would be used to designate a new national monument and, eventually, a new national park. Who is responsible for blocking the acquisition? Believe it or not, the chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, Rep. Rob Bishop (RUtah), who has led a crusade to overturn the Antiquities Act.

“When he learned that President Obama used the Antiquities Act to protect 704,000 amazing acres as the Basin and Range Monument in Nevada, Rep. Bishop called that ‘shameless.’ He even said that the Antiquities Act was ‘evil in the flesh’,” writes The Wilderness Society’s Alan Rowsome. “When he was informed that Basin and Range was home to many Native American artifacts, including cave paintings, he replied ‘Ah, bull crap. That’s not an antiquity’.” The anti-National Parks furor is bound up with climate denial and a fervent effort to shut down the Environmental Protection Agency, which is itself wrapped up in a goal of preserving the status quo for the capitalists who currently control the economy. Of course, clean, renewable energy would be a new capitalist endeavor, creating a new generation of millionaires, but that would displace the current Power Brokers whose wealth is tied to fossil fuels. But setting aside land does not only mitigate against climate change, the national parks are also victims. As Obama wrote after personally visiting two national parks: “National Parks — spectacular natural treasures that are available to everybody, not just the lucky few — have been called America’s best idea. Un-

der my administration, we’ve protected more than 265 million acres of public lands and waters -- more than any administration in history. I’ve been proud to build on the work of the giants of conservation and environmental protection who came before me, like President Lincoln who first protected the Yosemite Valley in 1864, and President Teddy Roosevelt, who spoke so eloquently about why our strength and future as a nation relied on protecting our precious natural resources. “But there is more we must do to protect our parks and to protect this planet for generations to come. Make no mistake: The biggest challenge we are going to face in protecting them is climate change...Climate change is no longer just a threat; it’s already a reality...” We have to take seriously the idea that these treasured places could be marred or lost to history. We can’t deal with it later or think that it’s somebody else’s problem. And we can’t let climate change deniers carelessly suggest that we don’t need to get serious about the carbon pollution being released into our atmosphere or that we should scrap an international climate treaty that we spent years putting together. We can’t afford to go backward.

Feinstein researchers get grants Continued from Page 22 move into clinical benefit for future patients.” His research, which is titled “Molecular Basis of Bioelectronic Medicine,” seeks to answer questions on the ability of molecular mechanisms to control inflammation. Tracey’s past research has discovered that inflammation can be controlled by targeting cytokines, or types of small proteins, and mapping the neural circuits that control their activity, Northwell officials said. Officials said the new study would attempt to understand the neural circuits’ identity and how they control immune re-

sponses. The study, officials said, will also attemp to understand cytokine mediators of inflammation and how they are necessary for disease progression. Wang’s study, which is titled “Novel Approaches to Maintaining Organ Function in Sepsis,” seeks to explain the mechanisms responsible for the regulation of white blood cell trafficking and vascular endothelial cell activation, which are two factors in inflammation during sepsis, or a life-threatening complication of an infection. “It is an honor to be identified as one of the select investigators to be a recipient of a

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And much the same as clean, renewable energy is no threat to America’s capitalist model, national parks and monuments may be communally owned and enjoyed, but are also very much part of the capitalist fabric: Headwaters Economics calculated that in 2015, non-local park visits totaled 307,247,267, spending amounted to $16.9 trillion, visitor spending (alone) supported 251,997 jobs and $8.1 trillion in income. There are whole towns, as well as tens of thousands of small businesses, that depend upon their proximity to a national park (as was dramatically demonstrated when Republicans shut down government in 2013.) This does not even take into consideration the public health benefits of national parks, the value to families, to the benefits of personal experience. Priceless to be sure, if not incalculable. Signing a proclamation honoring the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, Obama declared, “NPS parks and programs strive to tell our diverse stories, allowing us to learn from the past and help write our country’s next great chapters. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, let us thank all those who — through their dedication to the mission of the NPS — help our country build on the

legacy left by all those who came before us. As we look to the next century and embrace the notion that preserving these public spaces in ways that engage, reflect, and honor all Americans has never been more important, let us summon the foresight and faith in the future to do what it takes to protect our National Parks for generations to come.” In a prior column, I reflected about how Great Neck’s visionaries, Louise and Roswell Eldridge created the first park district in the state, exactly 100 years ago, on Aug. 14, 2016, and how, at a time when Great Neck was inhabited by the very rich on massive estates and their servants and laborers, they seemed to bring this progressive notion of setting aside land for parks that everyone could enjoy equally. I now wonder if it was a coincidence that the National Park Service is also celebrating its 100th anniversary this August. Perhaps the discussion that was swirling around leading up to the establishment of the NPS is what got them thinking, transposing the National Park Service concept to a local level. And how grateful we should be for that, and remembering this: People make a difference. Who we elect to represent us, entrust with power, makes a difference.

suit filed against hain Continued from Page 4 or recklessly disregarded by them.” Hain Celestial said in a news release that the Board of Directors’ audit committee was conducting an independent review of its financial reporting. “During the fourth quarter, the company identified concessions that were granted to certain distributors in the United States,” the release said. “The company is currently evaluating whether the revenue associated with those concessions was accounted for in the correct period and is also currently evaluating its internal control over financial reporting.” The company said it previously reported revenue when it shipped products to distributors rather than reporting it when the products were sold. After Monday’s announcement, Hain Celestial’s stock dropped nearly 27 percent on the market to $39.35 per

share. Both Manhattan-based Harwood Feffer LLP, a law firm that represents individual and institutional investors, and Manhattan-based Tripp Levy PLLC, a firm that represents individual and institutional shareholders, announced Tuesday they were investigating the situation. Hain Celestial officials said the company could not release its financial results until its independent review was completed. Officials also said the company does not expect to reach its expected revenue for the year, which it previously announced as between $2.946 billion and $2.966 billion. Efforts to reach a Hain Celestial official for comment were unavailing. Headquartered at 1111 Marcus Ave., Hain Celestial has popular brands such as Almond Dream, Terra and Celestial Seasonings.

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Study could give biz solution Continued from Page 1 Department, wanted to ask about certain problems and successes that we’ve had in East Hampton,” said Overby, who is the board’s liaison for the study. “So they had a list of items they wanted consultants to look at and comment on.” Dodson & Flinker was hired for $285,000 to study Wainscott, Springs, East Hampton, Amagansett and Montauk. Overby said the study would help the town identify how it could support and improve local businesses. “We want to make sure local businesses are supported,” she said. “For us local business is best. It means money goes within the community.” The study compiles comment from officials, business owners and residents for what they would like to see in each of their hamlets, Overby said. “What I think I’ve heard from the community participating in this is that there are certain areas in town that almost need to be redone and areas of town where people love it,” she said. “Other areas of town would like enhancements, maybe better infrastructure and a better connection with other areas.” In Great Neck, about 13 percent of storefronts in the business district are vacant. Saddle Rock Mayor Dan Levy, who is president of the Great Neck Village Officials Association, has said it was a worrisome number and that he felt the best way to find a solution was to have everyone working together. “I think we ought to come up with some ideas and call a meeting with the mayors and discuss the things we are thinking about,” Levy said. “It would be more productive.” But, he said, it was difficult to have those types of discussions without “stepping on anybody’s toes.” Overby said the hamlets being studied had similar concerns

about other communities getting involved in their business. So, she said, the town decided to split the study into separate sections specifically focused on each hamlet to prevent any disputes. Overby said that East Hampton is seeing a decrease in retail stores and an increase in businesses that provide services. “People want services, whether it’s grooming themselves or their yards or someone to help them shop,” she said. “Those are the places that are expanding.” Overby also said that the study is looking at how the Internet is affecting the town’s business districts and what it could do to fight that competition, a factor that a number of Great Neck officials have said is hurting the peninsula’s businesses. “We feel that if there’s a company out here selling products that you can get on the Internet, why would we want them there?” she said. Jay Corn, vice president of the Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District, said that if Great Neck villages hired a consultant for a business study, it may only result in a temporary solution to the problem. “My experience with the consultants is they take the lead from what the village wants them to say,” Corn said. “Then the village can justify that because they have an independent consultant who comes up with this opinion.” “After they give their report and they leave, I think things usually filter down to the way it was before they started,” he added. Corn said that the Great Neck Plaza BID already serves as a consultant to the Plaza, which has the most storefronts and businesses on the peninsula. But, he said, the BID could not promote or do any work for any villages outside of Great Neck Plaza.

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From left: Libertarian Michael McDermott, Republican Philip Pidot and Democrat Tom Suozzi, candidates for the 3rd Congressional District, slammed Republican Jack Martins’ request to push the general election to Dec. 6.

Martins’ bid for delay shakes up House race Continued from Page 1 That ruling settled a legal challenge by Pidot that spanned nearly two months and involved three separate cases filed in federal and state courts. Pidot and Martins blamed each other for dragging out the court proceedings. Suozzi, Pidot and McDermott said they don’t buy Martins’ claim that having the primary and general elections a month apart would disenfranchise overseas voters and violate a federal law, the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, that sets deadlines for the mailing of their ballots. Judge Frederick J. Scullin ordered the state and local election boards to seek a “hardship exemption” to that law. It affects 1,012 people, about 0.2 percent of the district’s 485,000 active registered voters, according to state Board of Elections numbers. A later general election would depress turnout by forcing voters to the polls a second time, giving Martins a way around Trump at the top of the GOP ticket, Suozzi said. A Democratic poll released last week showed about 40 percent of voters would be less likely to support Martins because he is voting for Trump. “This is a completely disingenuous attempt [by Martins] to abuse the court process and bend the electoral calendar to his whims,” said Pidot, a Glen

Cove fraud investigator. Martins has also challenged McDermott’s petition to run as the Libertarian candidate and Suozzi’s petition for a “Fix Washington” ballot line. Supporters of Martins allege in Nassau County Supreme Court that Suozzi’s petition is riddled with fraudulent signatures, including three from dead voters. They charge at least four Suozzi canvassers forged signatures — including one, Haig Minassian, who used the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying in court on Tuesday. Suozzi’s campaign says it fired Minassian as soon as it found out what he did, and has said the few other bad signatures should be thrown out. The state Board of Elections found the “Fix Washington” petition has enough signatures but is waiting to make a decision on its validity until the fraud case is resolved, said a Suozzi spokesman, John Conklin. In a statement Sunday, Martins and his campaign maintained that the October primary would violate the military voting law and a Dec. 6 date would afford the time necessary to get military personnel their ballots because they “are serving our country in every corner of the globe,” his campaign said. Any effect of Trump’s candidacy on Martins’ chances to win in November is “irrelevant,” said E. O’Brien Murray, Martins’ campaign strategist, in an interview. “Anything else but our mili-

tary service members is nothing but a smokescreen and an excuse for two people who have lost their elections and been rejected by voters to not step forward and fight for our military service members,” said Murray, referring to Suozzi and Pidot. Pidot, a one-time Glen Cove City Council candidate, is a major underdog in the primary. Martins was named the Republican nominee for the North Shore congressional district in March and has already attracted more than $1 million in support from the National Republican Congressional Committee for the general election. The only other time a federal court set a new general election date was in a 1982 case involving two congressional races in Georgia, according to a legal memo filed by Paul DerOhannesian II, Martins’ attorney. Holding a single congressional election a month after every other federal race is decided would be “very unusual in American politics,” and would likely lower turnout to the level of a midterm election rather than a presidential election, said Meena Bose, a Hofstra University political science professor specializing in presidential politics. “This would be a significant shift,” Bose said. Since “there are enough unexpecteds already,” she said, “I think there will be a strong push to keep the known as known.”

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FEMA awards $12.5M to repair Town Dock By St e P h e N roMaNo The Town of North Hempstead will receive $12.5 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to replace the North Hempstead Town Dock in Port Washington, which was damaged during Superstorm Sandy, Supervisor Judi Bosworth announced on Monday. The project was originally approved in April 2015 and was

set to provide funding for an engineering company to assess the dock’s damage, the release said. But after the town reviewed a 500-page report from Rising Tide Engineering, the company working on the assessment of the dock, it discovered that the overlay parking lot, concrete catch basins and other key areas were damaged, too, a news release said. “Superstorm Sandy took quite a toll on many of our parks and facilities in North Hemp-

stead, including our beloved town dock,” Bosworth said. “I thank FEMA for providing us with this funding allowing us to continue to make our town dock safe for residents to use and help to make it resilient in the case of future natural disasters.” The new dock, the release said, “will be equipped with more resilient features in order to help prepare for and withstand future storms.” The rebuilding of the dock will feature work from local art-

ists, according to the release, “aided by a $75,000 grant announced last July from the National Endowment for the Arts.” The town’s plan, the release said, is to turn the dock into an interactive park with “green infrastructure, natural and built art elements and spaces for community gatherings and art programming that connects to the area’s maritime heritage.” In April 2014, U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer called upon the federal government for fund-

ing, including the town dock, Bosworth said. The dock, which looks out toward Manhasset Bay, is equipped with a pump-out station for boats, a tie-up station and a place to moor boats. Reach reporter Joe Nikic by e-mail at jnikic@theislandnow. com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x203. Also follow us on Twitter @joenikic and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

Gerard terry hit with 8 more tax charges By N o a h M a N S k a r Gerard Terry, the once-powerful head of the North Hempstead Democratic Committee, was arrested again Wednesday and charged with eight new tax crimes. Terry, a Roslyn Heights resident, was arraigned in Nassau County Court Wednesday morning on two felony counts of third-degree criminal tax fraud for allegedly failing to file state income tax returns for 2010 and 2015 “with the intent to evade any tax due,” according to an Aug. 18 grand jury indictment. Terry was also charged Wednesday

with three more counts of tax fraud for allegedly omitting income from his 2013, 2014 and 2015 state tax returns, as well as three counts of offering a false instrument for filing, according to a felony complaint filed by county investigator Jason Jerome. The indictment and complaint indicate Terry, 62, did not file a 2015 tax return by at least April 19 of this year, eight days after his first arrest on a separate tax fraud charge and more than two months after a Newsday report revealed he had accumulated a $1.4 million state and federal tax debt since 2000 while holding six

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influenced North Shore politics for more than four decades. Nassau County prosecutors began investigating Terry after the publication of Newsday’s report and filed the first charges in April to avoid running out the statute of limitations on those earliest charges. Terry has blamed his tax problems on health problems and “self-denial,” and has maintained that he is working with the Internal Revenue Service to resolve them. But he bounced a $5,100 check to the IRS while paying $8,000 to issue a public statement defending himself, Assistant District Attorney Diane Peress said in April. Terry has lost contracts with North Hempstead, the Roosevelt Library Board, the Long Beach Housing Authority and the Nassau County Board of Elections. But his contract with the Freeport Community Development Agency is still active, and he has met with its board since he was first arrested in April, said Kimberly Labrador, the agency’s executive director. Labrador confirmed that Terry made close to $70,000 with the agency last year, as Newsday previously reported. The agency will issue its annual request for proposals for legal services next week, but Labrador could not say whether Terry would be replaced. “There’s been no wrongdoing as far as professionally when it comes to us,” said Labrador. Gerard Terry’s wife, Concetta Terry, resigned from her job as North Hempstead deputy town clerk after she was sanctioned by the town’s Board of Ethics for making omissions on her financial disclosure forms. She did not list Gerard Terry’s tax debts on forms dating back to 2006. Revelations about Terry’s tax issues led the town to implement ethics reforms, including the first-time enforcement of a 25-year-old requirement that leaders of town political committees file financial disclosure forms. It has also tasked a committee with exploring changes to its ethics code. A town spokeswoman, Carole Trottere, declined to comment on Terry’s arrest.

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help WAnTed ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Lake Success, NY. Excellent organization, multi-tasking and interpersonal skills. Data entry, answer phones, coordinate trade shows, some collections. Knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Power Point. Qualified candidates should email their resume to: tkerls@escalonmed.com CHILD CARE WANTED: Garden City family seeking child care assistance during the school year for our 9 yr old son & 7 yr old daughter who will enter grades 4 and 2 respectively. Hours vary, not fixed on a weekly basis. You may be needed as early as 7am and until as late as 5pm. Most days would include only picking the children up from School and supervising them until a parent comes home but may entail bringing them to an after school activity. Pay is generous and includes compensation for you being ready to watch our children should they be ill and unable to attend school. Must be available school vacations. Potential for summer employment as well. Experience and References as well as a car are required. Please call 917204-4470 after 5pm to discuss. CLERICAL PART TIME Sunday Front Desk Position Busy Real Estate Office. Computer knowledge necessary, phone etiquette important. Good opportunity for someone returning to work force. Call for an appointment 516-248-9494 HERRICKS SCHOOL DISTRICT: Substitute Registered Nurses needed. Applications are available in Room 205 of the Community Center, 999 Herricks Road, New Hyde Park, NY. Applications will be accepted until September 30, 2016 HOUSEKEEPER/DRIVER WANTED to help this busy family of five! Looking for a responsible, hard working, trustworthy and caring individual to keep our home in order and help manage the busy schedules of 3 kids (15,12,10) and 2 working parents. 20-40 hours a week, Garden City, some flexibility on time/days. Please call Kathy 917-757-3934

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SPANISH TUTOR: Spanish Grammar-Literature, FLACS A -FLACS B, Exam Preparation/Comps. William Cullen, M.A., Spanish, S.D.A. Chaminade HS, Fairfield University Alumnus. 516-509-8174. wdctutor06@ aol.com. References furnished upon request.

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COLLEGE ARTS ADMISSIONS: College Counseling in the Visual and Performing Arts. Dance, Musical Theatre & Drama. Film, Instrumental & Vocal Music. Audio Recording & Production. Theatre Technology & Production. Visual & Graphic Arts. Resume, Essays, Repertoire Lists. Michele Zimmerman. 516-353-6255 CollegeArtsAdmissions@gmail.com www.CollegeArtsAdmissions.com

ServiceS COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential/Commercial. Bonded/Insured. Free estimates. 516-538-1125 OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: Owner operated since 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed /insured. Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc. Please call 516466-9220 POWER WASHING SALE! Summer is here! Power washing can make it look new again wherever there is moss, dirt and air pollution. Decks, patios, outdoor furniture, siding, roofs. Lic/ins. In business over 30 years. Trained crew. Grace 516-7530268 graceroofing.com

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Legal Notice LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company ( LLC). Name: BRG Staff LLC Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on: 06/16/2016. Office location: County of Nassau Purpose: any and all lawful activities. Secretary of State of New York (SSNY ) is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: c/o BRG Management LLC, 150 Great Neck Road, Suite 402, Great Neck, NY 11021. GNN 144013 6x 8/12, 19, 26, 9/02, 9, 16, 2016 #144013

Notice of formation of New Xin Yuan LLC. Articles of organization filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on July 15, 2016. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC,505 Northern Blvd, Ste 203,Great Neck,NY11021. Purpose: Any lawful activity. GNN 143913 6x 7/22, 29, 8/05, 12, 19, 26, 2016 #143913

Notice of Formation of MedifriendRx Services NY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY on 7/14/2016. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 889 Northern Boulevard, Great Neck, NY 11021 Purpose: any lawful purpose. GNN 144014 6x 8/12, 19, 26, 9/02, 9, 16, 2016 #144014

Notice of Formation of LUXEFINDS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/7/16. Office location: Nassau County. NY Sec. of State designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and shall mail process to 1111 Marcus Ave, Unit 5A, Lake Success, NY 11042. Purpose: any lawful activity. GN #144027 6x, Aug. 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2,9, 16 #144027

Notice of Formation of Nu Chapter Consulting LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/6/2016. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 7014 13th Avenue Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228. Principal business address: 11 Liberty Avenue Mineola, NY 11501. Purpose: any lawful purpose. GNN 144042 6x 8/19, 26, 9/02, 9, 19, 26, 2016 #144042

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Town of North Hempstead— Board of Zoning Appeals Pursuant to the provisions of the Code of the Town of North Hempstead, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Zoning Appeals of said Town will meet at Town Hall, 220 Plandome Road, Manhasset, New York, on Wednesday, September 7, 2016, to consider any matters that may properly be heard by said Board, and will hold a public hearing on said date to consider applications and appeals. The following cases will be called at said public hearing starting at 10:00 a.m. APPEAL #20235 Paul Fox, variances 70-49.C, 70-50.B & 70-100.2.A(2) to construct additions to a dwelling exceeding permitted floor area, having insufficient secondary front yard setbacks and fencing forward of a front building line; S/side #110 Fairview Ave., 600’ E/ of Birch St., Port Washington, Sec. 6, Blk. 20, Lot 791, R-C District. APPEAL #20236 Stephen Bellmaine, variance 70-100.2.A(4) (a)[5] to maintain fencing exceeding permitted height; N/ side #35 South Ct., 71.38’ E/of West Ct., Roslyn Heights, Sec. 7, Blk. 309, Lot 5, R-B District. APPEAL #20237—Louis & Regina Fazio, variances 70-100.2.G, 70-102.C, 70-102.C(5)(a), and 70-102.C(2)(a)[5] to maintain a shed, and to install in-ground pool and fencing in a front yard; N/side 200 Aster Dr., 140’ W/of Tryon Ct., New Hyde Park, Sec. 8, Blk. 302, Lot 33, R-B District. APPEAL #20238 Thomas Tucker, variances 70-100.2.A(4)(a)[5] & 70-100.2.A(2) to replace fencing exceeding permitted height and in a front yard; NW/cor./of #38 Byrd Ave. & Wright Ave., Carle Place, Sec. 10, Blk. 38, Lot 10, R-C District. APPEAL #20239 Dionne Davis, variance 70-100.2.A(4)(a) [5] to maintain fencing exceeding permitted height; NW/cor./of #24 Pinetree Rd. & Cantiague Ln., Westbury, Sec. 11, Blk. 417, Lot 16, R-C District. APPEAL #20223 Harry Hristoforatos, variance 70-40.B to construct additions to a dwelling having insufficient primary and secondary front yards; NE /cor./of #21 Salem Ln. & Crestwood Rd., Port Washington, Sec. 6, Blk. 46, Lots 1-3 & 42, R-B District. APPEAL #20215 Lorraine Ciesinski, variances, 70-48, 70-49(B), 70-49(C) & 70-100.2(A)(2) maintain alterations to a dwelling exceeding lot coverage, permitted floor area and a fence forward of the front building line; SE/Cor. #136 Central Ave. & 8th Ave., Garden City Park, Sec. 9, Blk. 549, Lot 69, R-C District. APPEAL #20240 Nasir Khanzada (Applicant)/Calogero Troia (Owner)/Play-It Productions, variance 70-103.A to convert storage to offices with insufficient off-street parking; NE/cor./of #735 Port Washington Blvd. & Bar Beach Rd., Port Washington, Sec. 6, Blk. 1, Lot 147, B-A District. APPEAL #20231 R. Best Produce, Inc./C&P Real Estate Holdings LLC, variances 70-184.17(B)(2) and 70-184.17(B)(3) to erect signage within a required buffer and exceeding the permitted area; W/side #99 Seaview Blvd., 597.69’ W/of Osprey Ct., Port Washington, Sec. 6, Blk. 89, Lot 54, MPIP District. All interested persons should appear and will be given an opportunity to be heard at such meeting and/or hearing. DAVID MAMMINA, R.A., Chairman; Board of Zoning Appeals GNN 144068 1x 8/26/ 2016 #144068

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matters: Agency: Board of Trustees Village of Thomaston Date: September 12, 2016 Time: 7:30 pm Place: Village Hall, 100 East Shore Road, Great Neck, New York 11023 Subject: Bill T 1-16. A local law to amend the Code of the Village of Thomaston in relation to fees and deposits required for various applications. At said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters. Any person having a disability which would inhibit attendance at or participation in the hearing should notify the Village Administrator at least three business days prior to the hearing, so that reasonable efforts may be made to facilitate such attendance and participation. All relevant documents may be inspected at the office of the Village Administrator, 100 E. Shore Road, Great Neck, New York, during regular business hours. This proposed local law is not an “action” pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, and no environmental review is required. Dated: August 26, 2016 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Denise M. Knowland, Village Administrator GNN 144067 1x 8/26/ 2016 #144067

TOP DIAMOND LLC. Filed with the SSNY on 11/10/15. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: The LLC, PO Box 234642 Great Neck NY 11023. Purpose: any lawful purpose. GNN 144070 6x 8/26, 9/02, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2016 #144070

Legal Notice Please Take Notice The Board of Trustees of the Village of Great Neck will hold a public hearing at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, September 6, 2016, at the Village Hall of the Village of Great Neck, 61 Baker Hill Road, Great Neck, New York 11023, with respect to a proposed local law to adopt the 2016 Amnesty and Compliance Program to temporarily reduce fines and penalties associated with unpaid parking tickets issued in the Village. This local law, if adopted, shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State. Persons who may suffer from a disability, which would prevent them from participating in said hearing, should notify Joe Gill, Village Clerk-Treasurer, at (516)482-0019, in sufficient time to permit arrangements to be made to enable such persons to participate in said hearing. Dated: Great Neck, New York August 17, 2016 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VILLAGE OF GREAT NECK JOE GILL, VILLAGE CLERK-TREASURER GN #144089 1x,Aug. 26, 2016

Drove drunk, caused crash with child in car By c h r i s a Da M s An Old Westbury woman was convicted of driving while intoxicated and causing a car crash with a three-yearold child in the backseat, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced Thursday. On Wednesday, a jury found 37-yearold Ariadne Tannous guilty of two felony charges, including a violation of Leandra’s Law, which is aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child in the vehicle, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle. During the time of the incident, Tannous had a suspended driver’s license, according to the DA’s office. She was also convicted of two misdemeanor counts of driving while intoxicated. “This defendant endangered the life of her young child and every driver and pedestrian when she drove drunk on Nassau’s busy roads,” Singas said. “Leandra’s Law was enacted because

of the horrific tragedies that can occur when people drive drunk with kids in the car. It’s a miracle nobody was injured or killed by this defendant’s incredible indifference to the lives of her own child and the public.” Singas said Tannous was driving on Glen Cove Road in Carle Place in the late afternoon of April 4, 2014 when she struck a car in front of her. No one was injured, but when police arrived to investigate, Tannous was reported to be glassy-eyed with the odor of alcohol on her breath, she said. Tannous’ blood-alcohol level was found to be at least 0.20 percent at the time, more than twice the legal limit, according to the DA’s office. At the trial, the DA’s office said, Tannous said the crash occurred because she was distracted by her child in the backseat. She faces a maximum of 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison for the charges, and a sentencing date has been set for Oct. 28.

Harley-Davidson reignites bid to move to NHP Continued from Page 4 But the study by VHB Engineering says that’s not the case. Any increase in noise would be “imperceptible,” it says, and a real estate study showed the dealership “would not adversely impact property values, or the character of the community.” A model of noise levels based on studies of the New Hyde Park site and the Great Neck dealership shows the area’s average ambient noise would be less than one decibel louder, an increase most people can’t detect, the study says. Jericho Turnpike’s ambient noise level is more than 70 decibels, it says. Idling and moving motorcycles generate at least 79 decibels of noise, the study says, louder than the 65 decibels New Hyde Park’s village code allows businesses to generate during the day. But the study argues that ordinance shouldn’t apply because it is stricter than federal and state regulations, and because the dealership can’t control motorcycles running on public streets. The dealership will also have signs asking bikers to ride quietly and avoid idling, and a sign directing motorcycle traffic away from the adjacent Herkomer Street, the study says. The dealership will also run test rides only on Jericho Turnpike to avoid disturbing neighbors, the study says. Herkomer residents in October said they were concerned about bikes speeding loudly through the residential area and endangering children.

Plans also include a sound barrier along the ramp leading to the underground service center, which residents asked about last year. Noting that nine other auto repair shops or dealerships are within about half a mile of the proposed site, the study concluded the dealership would be consistent with Jericho Turnpike’s commercial development. Studies of two other Harley-Davidson dealerships near residential neighborhoods showed they “had no adverse impacts on the communities,” the study says. Jarrah said in October that his Great Neck dealership has operated near a residential neighborhood for 10 years with few issues. While he has not examined the study in detail, Montreuil said he is “not surprised” its findings favored the proposed dealership. “That’s what I would’ve expected to see, but I’d be interested to get into the detail and fully understand it,” he said last week. The village will set another public hearing on the dealership after its experts review Jarrah’s study and possibly do their own research, Montreuil said, a process that could take months. The proposal would go before the village Board of Zoning Appeals if the Board of Trustees approves it, Montreuil said. It needs a total of nine approvals from the village, county, state and Water Authority of Western Nassau County, the study says.

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Northwell stroke unit gets upgrade

Former patient donates to healthcare company for renovations after receiving treatment By c h r i s a Da M s North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset announced last Friday that it had finished upgrades to the stroke unit after receiving a donation from a former patient and his family. The center, newly named the Manuel H. and Claire Barron Stroke Unit for its benefactors, was able to expand its rooms to treat more patients and install a video monitoring system so neurologists can remotely check on patients around the clock, according to Northwell Health. The Barrons asked that the amount of the donation remain undisclosed. A release from the healthcare network said Manuel Barron wanted to give back to the hospital after he himself received treatment there for a stroke. The Barrons, of Muttontown, were present at the hospital for a recent ribbon-cutting at the newly enhanced stroke center. “Due to my wife’s quick action in recognizing the warning signs, she rushed me to the hospital where a dedicated team took fast action to deal with my stroke,” he said. “I am a survivor with no aftereffects. We are thankful for the care that I received, and wish to give back to the hospital so that they may continue to help others in need.” The 2,200-square-foot hospital unit was redesigned during

At a recent ribbon-cutting in North Shore University Hospital’s upgraded stroke unit: (from l. to r.) dr. Adam Auerbach, dr. Paul Wright, Manuel H. Barron, Claire Barron, dr. Alessandro Bellucci, Tara Laumenede, and Ken McMillan. the renovations, enhancing the look of patient rooms while making them larger and increasing the amount of beds from six to eight. The new design will allow closer contact with the stroke patients and improved care by the medical team, the release said. “We are always looking to further enhance stroke care for

our patients and the Barrons’ diagnostic techniques with state- of four in the state to receive adgenerous donation allows us to of-the-art clinical advances from vanced certification for its area of do that,” the hospital’s chair of a variety of disciplines.” care, the release said. Wright said the new technoloneurology, Dr. Paul Wright, said. Last year, the stroke unit treat“North Shore University Hospi- gy will expose patients to state-of- ed 837 patients showing symptal’s Comprehensive Stroke Cen- the-art care and reduce the time toms of cerebrovascular attacks, ter has distinguished itself from spent in the hospital. the release said. The Manuel H. and Claire other hospitals in the region by For more information about developing a new patient ‘path- Barron Stroke Unit is the first at the Manuel H. and Claire Barron CHERRY 1-8 Page - 07-11-16_Layout 1 7/12/16 PM Unit, Pagecall 1 (516) 562-3069. a hospital in Long Island and one 2:25 way’ which combines the latest Stroke

Links to breast cancer Continued from Page 3 the surface tension between two liquids, which are linked to breast cancer and are found in cosmetic products. Samroz and Gevero conducted similar research on developing safer alternatives to toxins linked to breast cancer in products. Liu, who was unable to attend Monday’s presentation, researched different materials designed for nontoxic tissue engineering. “These materials can revolutionize surgery for cancer, especially breast reconstruction surgery by making it more easier and efficient,” Weinberg said in explanation of Liu’s research. A Sewanhaka High School student, Sayo Ogunleye, interned with Dr. Mary Beth Terry at a research facility at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Ogunleye conducted research on environmental exposures and breast cancer, specifically the effect a diet can have on getting breast cancer. She said that a person’s diet can be responsible for 30 to 40 percent of can-

cers and that those with a family history of breast cancer should keep track of their omega-3 fatty acid intake. “I really did enjoy this experience. It was very interesting,” Ogunleye said. “I learned so much about research and everything.” Weinberg said the Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition has sent 52 students to internships at 10 different research facilities since the research program’s inception 12 years ago. She also said the coalition has received grants from state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel and state Sen. Jack Martins, which helped fund the student research program. Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum, whose mother died from breast cancer, attended the presentation and gave each student a citation from the county and from Schimel and Martins. “I’m always interested in hearing the new studies,” Birnbaum said. “The way all of you presented yourselves, you really are to be commended.”

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