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CareConnect halting policy renewals soon

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Northwell subsidiary will honor plans through 2018, but not add any more

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN CareConnect is no longer writing or renewing individual policies for 2018 and will stop writing and renewing group policies on Nov. 30 this year, Northwell Health announced on Friday.

Northwell Health said CareConnect, its insurance subsidiary, will honor all existing health insurance policies through their remaining terms, including group policies that continue into 2018.

Richard Miller, the senior vice president and chief ďŹ nancial ofďŹ cer of Northwell Health, said CareConnect aimed to provide easier and more aordable healthcare. But while the insurance company was not sustainable, Miller said Northwell still intends to focus on the “health of the people of our community.â€? “Although an insurance company proved unsustainable under current conditions, we will wind

down CareConnect in a way that protects New Yorkers as we continue to develop our strategy of population health and value-based care,� Miller said.

The company said it worked with the state Department of Financial Services to create the wind-down plan.

The decision comes about a month after New Hyde Park-based Northwell Health announced that CareConnect would shut down and drop out of the Aordable Care Act marketplace.

CareConnect has 126,000 policyholders, including individuals, small businesses and other groups, with most of them on Long Island.

The company said at the time that these people will remain covered as they are transferred to new providers.

Northwell Health noted its payment to the ACA’s risk-adjustment pool worth $112 million, which is about 44 percent of the Continued on Page 99

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Village of Great Neck Mayor Pedram Bral (left) shakes hands with Christopher Capace, the senior development director of AvalonBay, which opened a luxury apartment complex on East Shore Road. See story on page 2.

Making memories at the Gold Coast Arts Center

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN At the Gold Coast Arts Center on Monday, a screen ashed clips from iconic duos in ďŹ lms like “The King and I,â€? “The Odd

Couple� and “Casablanca.� In between clips were discussions and, at one point, the audience sang along to songs from the Rat Pack.

What made this program dierent from others in the

past was the audience it engaged. “It’s part of an ongoing effort to engage people living with dementia and their care partners with cultural arts in Continued on Page 99

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Local leaders celebrate LED lights spark opening of AvalonBay debate at meeting Luxury apartment complex in Great Neck commended VGN board still intends to move forward

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Local officials celebrated the opening of the AvalonBay Great Neck apartment complex last Thursday, describing it as a great development helping bring new people into the village.

Village of Great Neck trustees gave AvalonBay final site plan approval in December 2014 to build the complex, which features nearly 200 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments at 240 East Shore Road.

The five-story Avalon Great Neck complex, overlooking Manhasset Bay, also features landscaped courtyards, a heated pool, residential lounge and fitness center. AvalonBay representatives said 145 of the 191 units are occupied. One-bedroom apartments start at $2,925 a month.

“We typically don’t get a chance to have a celebration like this on Long Island very often,” Christopher Capace, the senior development director of AvalonBay, told residents and officials.

“These projects are incredibly complex.”

The property, once owned

by Commander Oil, was home to a petroleum storage facility with storage tanks nearly six stories high. Developers ultimately treated and removed contaminated soil on the property before transforming it into the luxury complex.

Mayor Pedram Bral told attendees that he welcomes residents to the complex and that they “made the right choice” in choosing both the village and the apartment complex.

“I’m hoping we hear good news from each other and we further enrich the community,” Bral said.

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Village of Great Neck trustees reiterated on Tuesday at a sometimes contentious board meeting that they intend to go forward with the installation of LED lights throughout the village, with Mayor Pedram Bral saying the board had carefully weighed the decision.

Patti Wood, the executive director of the Grassroots Environmental Education Group, said that using daylight-like lighting and blue-white lights can have an impact on the circadian rhythm and health. She also recommended using yellow and warmer lights.

“This is serious stuff. We are involved in public health issues,” PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN Wood said. “We are a community that is overburdened already by environmental hazards and this Christopher Capace, senior development director for Avayet another one.” lonBay, speaks before a group of Great Neck locals around is just Officials said that in the two sunset. years since they introduced the early on. But now, he said, it idea of LED lights throughout may represent the start of a new the village, they have consulted studies, fielded concerns and era for the area.

“It probably is the most am- held multiple meetings. e typically don’t Bral said that the board has bitious project to date,” Barbach get a chance to have said in an interview. “You are seeing the beginning of new opa celebration like portunities in Great Neck as a this on Long Island result.”

The village rezoned the very often. These property over a decade ago to alprojects are incredibly low townhouses and homes, but that stalled due to a court chalcomplex. lenge, former Village of Great Neck Mayor Ralph Kreitzman Christopher Capace, said.

SENIOR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR But seeing the Avalon Great OF AVALONBAY Neck, which was first proposed during his administration, come Robert Barbach, the Village to life has been very satisfying. of Great Neck’s building super“We had a vision for this and visor for both administrations then it fell away,” Kreitzman said involved with the project, said in an interview. “So we were remost of the complications were ally happy when it came back.”

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also reviewed various emails and studies. He said that concerns raised at the meeting were nothing they had not heard before and that many of the studies were not relevant to the LED light discussion.

“To start talking about circadian rhythm and decreased melatonin and breast cancer and to show studies that really do not do anything except create fear is very disturbing,” Bral said.

Joshua Rosenthal, a Huntington-based doctor who is board certified in otolaryngology and sleep medicine, disagreed with the mayor.

He said that the main issue with the street lights is that they cannot be dimmed.

Bral said that isn’t the case, pointing out that the village can put a shade behind the lights to keep them from bleeding into the homes.

“For you to come and say that we haven’t done our job without even coming to the meeting once, it’s really insulting. So if you know your facts, discuss facts,” Bral said. “If you Continued on Page 109

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Mayor Pedram Bral addresses a resident at a village board meeting.

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Patient gets her ‘Day in Manhasset’ Young girl flown in by Great Neck-based Gift of Life for surgery celebrates her second chance

BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I Six-year-old Roxana Gashi came from Kosovo to New York in August for a life-saving heart surgery and will leave with a host of memories thanks to Gift of Life International.

The Manhasset Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club helped Zana, as she is affectionately known, have a Day in Manhasset, wandering up Plandome Road last Thursday on her last day in New York.

Gift of Life founder and Manhasset Rotarian Robbie Donno said Zana and her father, Emrulla, enjoyed the afternoon, stopping at Villa Milano for a pizza lunch, Adelina Salon Boutique for a fresh haircut, Matty’s Toy Store for a few trinkets, including a toy cash register she chose, and Chocolate Works Manhasset to end the day on a sweet note.

Donno said Villa Milano coowner Don Bekteshi and Adelina Salon owner Adelina Papo both spoke Albanian and were able to communicate with Zana and her father, who speaks some English,

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Roxana Gashi, 6, spent a “Day in Manhasset” Sept. 28, wandering down Plandome Road to four local businesses for star treatment after her heart surgery in August. during their visit.

Chocolate Works Manhasset owner Stephanie Solomon of Roslyn helped Gashi create her own chocolate treats and sent home candy from the shop for the girl and her three siblings.

Emrulla said he can see the

difference in his daughter since the surgery Sept. 6 at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn. Before, he said, she was often lethargic and slept poorly, but on Thursday, she was a typical giggling little girl.

“They saved my daughter

visit, but the group made trips around the area to see the Statue of Liberty and the South Fork for a warm end-of-summer day.

“For the people that come here, that’s the most requested sight to see,” Donno said. “We don’t understand what that impact is because we’re used to it.”

Manhasset Rotary President Kavi Misrilall watched with joy as a former recipient of two heart surgeries from Gift of Life International 26 years ago.

Misrilall said when he was 2 and 4, he received open heart surgery funded and sponsored

by Rotary clubs in Trinidad where he was born as well as a PHOTO BY AMELIA CAMURATI Suffolk County Rotary club. The two groups coordinated with Gift of Life International and Emrulla Gashi helps his secured the funds for the necesdaughter Roxana decorate a sary surgeries. chocolate bar at Chocolate “My life goal was ultimately to join the Rotary Club of Works Manhasset Sept. 28.

Manhasset as they founded Gift and gave back the smile to my of Life International, so it really family,” Emrulla said. “Now we was a goal of mine to be a part are ready go back home with a of that club, and it’s a privilege new life.” to become the president of the Emrulla and Zana stayed Rotary Club that helped save my at the Ronald McDonald House life and other kids’ lives,” Misin New Hyde Park during their rilall said.

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Sterling, Astoria merge, plan layoffs Two banks come together to improve service; Lake Success location to lose 91 workers

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Sterling Bancorp and Astoria Financial Corp. on Monday announced the completion of their merger, which company officials said will create a stronger regional bank but cost 230 workers their jobs.

According to a regulatory filing with the state Department of Labor, Sterling National Bank will eliminate 25 positions, while Astoria Bank will lose 205 positions.

One Astoria Bank Plaza in Lake Success will lay off 91 workers and One Jericho Plaza, in Jericho, will lay off 95 workers.

The layoffs are planned for Dec. 29, according to the notice.

Linda Dunbar, a spokeswoman for Sterling Bancorp, said affected workers were notified before the company filed a WARN notice on Sept. 26.

Under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, or WARN act, companies with 50 or more full-time employees must file a 90-day notice

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Following a merger with Sterling Bancorp, Astoria Bank sites across Long Island, including this one in Williston Park, will now be known as Sterling National Bank. of planned layoffs.

Since the stock-for-stock merger agreement, worth $2.2 billion, was announced in March, Dunbar said in an interview, the companies carefully looked over their operations.

“Since then we’ve been looking very diligently at what was

the best configuration,” Dunbar said. “It’s really about how do we take these two banks and put them together in the best way possible for the clients and in a way that continues our strategy.”

Dunbar said the merger is expected generate $100 million in annual cost savings due to orga-

nizational and staff changes.

Sterling would not say which jobs are being eliminated.

Representatives from Sterling also said that the companies aimed to improve their offerings, expand their network of locations and create a regional bank that serves the need of both commer-

cial customers and consumers.

“The completion of this transaction brings the best of Sterling and Astoria together, allowing us to expand our market place, to provide clients with an expanded network of locations, client-centric solutions and enhanced expertise at the new Sterling,” Sterling Bancorp President and CEO Jack Kopnisky said in a statement.

The combined bank will have approximately $30 billion in assets, according to the company, and will serve New York City, Westchester County, the Hudson Valley, Long Island and Northern New Jersey.

The combined company will use the Sterling Bancorp name, with its subsidiaries operating as Sterling National Bank.

“The consummation of the merger with Sterling creates a stronger institution for our shareholders as well as providing our clients with enhanced products and services tailored to their needs,” Monte Redman, president and CEO of Astoria Financial Corp., said in a statement.

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The bill’s introduction was promptsays he does not think the tax plan President Trump outlined last month will pass ed by overturned corruption charges in Suozzi’s backyard: the case against former because it lacks bipartisan support.

“I don’t think the tax package is going state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to happen,” he said Friday in a sit-down and his son that accused Skelos of offerinterview with Blank Slate Media. “I don’t ing political assistance to companies in think anything is going to happen unless exchange for payment, and the case accusing former Assembly Speaker Sheldon people reach across party lines.”

Suozzi said he intended to write an op- Silver of receiving illegal payments from ed article opposing the president’s tax plan law firms.

“It was clear they got the money, it was and was particularly unhappy about any move to drop the federal tax deduction for clear they were getting the clients referred, in the case of Silver,” state and local taxes. he said. “It was clear Trump’s plan with Dean Skelos’ calls for cuts in corson … [but] the ofporate taxes, fewer ficial act was not debrackets for indifined.” vidual taxpayers The convictions and an increase in of Skelos and Silver the standard deducwere overturned on tion. But it omitted appeal after a U.S. many details, includSupreme decision ing which tax breaks narrowed the defiwould be dropped. nition of an “official Democrats have asact.” sailed the plan as a There have been giveaway to the rich other areas where that will run up the Suozzi has looked deficit. for bipartisan comA bipartisan approach has been U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) promise. In August, he wrote an opinion one of Suozzi’s maarticle with Pennsyljor principles since the freshman representative took office in vania Republican Ryan Fitzpatrick on the January. He is vice chair of the Problem Problem Solvers Caucus’ five-point plan Solvers Caucus, a group of 20 Republicans to fix health care. Initially, the plan was and 20 Democrats that works to forge bi- tossed aside by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. partisan solutions to problems.

“But now it’s coming back again,” Suozzi was one of 34 former and current members of Congress, both Democrat Suozzi said. “Patty Murray and Lamar Aland Republican, who signed an amicus exander are starting up again and they’re curiae brief urging the Supreme Court to going to be using our template,” referring end partisan gerrymandering. The court to the Democratic senator from Washingheard arguments on Tuesday in the case, ton and the Republican senator from Tenwhich may determine whether partisan nessee, respectively.

He also said the caucus had previously gerrymandering can violate the Constitudiscussed working together on taxes and tion.

“It is half Democrats, half Republicans, infrastructure.

To forge these relationships, Suozzi before the United States Supreme Court, to try and change partisan gerrymander- said, he has spent much of his free time ing in America,” he said. “That’s taking ac- in Washington meeting as many people tion that could have an impact … that will as possible from both parties. He held a change the country. That will hold people fundraiser with Democratic Reps. Jimmy Panetta of California and Josh Gottheimer accountable.”

One piece of legislation that would of New Jersey. He attends a workout class need bipartisan support is the Close Offi- in the morning with members of both parcial Acts Loophole Act, which Suozzi intro- ties and has practiced for the Congressioduced. The bill would fight corruption by nal football game, where congressmen will tightening the definition of “official acts” take on the Capitol police.

“I’m constantly working to build relaby politicians.

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Town of North Hempstead officials announced plans to establish an advisory board about regulating gas-powered leaf blowers at a crowded public hearing last Wednesday after concerns were raised about a proposal regulating gas leaf blowers.

The proposal before the Town Board would ban gas-powered leaf blowers between June 1 and Sept. 30. It would also prohibit the use of leaf blowers and other motorized landscaping tools before 8 a.m. or after 7 p.m. on weekdays, and before 10 a.m. and after 5 p.m. on holidays and weekdays.

The law would not apply to homeowners using their gas-powered blowers and not go into effect until June 2019, officials said, in order “to give time for the battery powered equipment to improve.”

But some of that may very well change, Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said.

“The changes that I have in mind are going to include environmentalists with landscapers on the advisory board so that we can work together to come up with something that would be beneficial to the environment, but also take into account the challenges that our landscapers face,” Bosworth said.

Currently there is no exact timeline on the committee’s formation.

The meeting was packed with landscapers, residents and some medical professionals, with every seat filled and

dozens of people standing on the side or just outside the meeting room.

Landscapers and business owners argued that switching to battery- or electric-powered blowers would add several hours of work, which would require the additional costs to be passed to consumers.

Many also argued that their equipment meets professional guidelines when it comes to noise and environmental requirements, and that most issues residents experience come from unlicensed operators.

“I must stress that this ban is not just affecting landscapers, but all contractors and homeowners that require the removal of many different types of debris from their properties,” said Aldo Calabrese, a co-owner of a Port Washington-based landscaping company and officer of the North Hempstead Business Association.

Dr. Bonnie Sager, the co-founder of the Huntington Citizens Appeal for Leafblower Moderation advocacy group, said that while she supports landscapers, leafblowers are spewing toxic chemicals and excessive sound into the air.

Sager argued that battery-powered leafblowers could reduce these hazards, get the job done and help the environment.

“The legislation proposed is a fair and reasonable compromise for all and we ask council to vote on it as soon as possible to ensure the safety and health of your residents and the landscape worker,” Sager said.

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Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care opened up in Great Neck Plaza on Monday.

Urgent care center opens in G.N. Plaza

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN A new urgent care center opened in Great Neck Plaza on Monday, adding a medical facility affiliated with Northwell Health to the area.

The center is a partnership between Northwell Health Venture Operations and GoHealth Urgent Care, which opened their first center together in 2014. They have since opened nearly 40 facilities.

“It was critically important for us to be able to launch a center that is truly world class and provide a patient with everything they would come to expect in an urgent care center,” Adam Boll, the vice president of Northwell Health Venture Operations, said in an interview.

This opening follows the unveiling of a similar facility in Port Washington in September and

one in Roslyn last year.

Urgent Care representatives said that they have had their eyes on Great Neck for more than a year because finding an ideal place in the area can be hard. But when a storefront became available in the Gardens at Great Neck shopping center within walking distance of the train station, representatives found the location was ideal.

“We tend to like to locate our centers where people live their lives,” Sarah Arora, the New York market president for GoHealth Urgent Care, said in an interview.

Krisha Billini, the operations manager at the Great Neck facility and other locations, said people coming in can be treated for things like flu, fractures and splinters. The staff can also use IVs, prescribe medications and transfer emergencies to other facilities, she said.

The center has four treatment

rooms and is equipped with X-ray machines and screens to quickly display what issues a patient may have. Each facility has a medical doctor, physician’s assistant, radiologist and others on staff.

They typically can see dozens of people a day.

“We’re not an emergency room, but we’re also not a primary care physician’s office,” Arora said. “The rule of thumb that we go by is that if it’s not life threatening, we can take care of it.”

And Jakia Zaman, a radiological technologist at Great Neck’s urgent care center, said one of the biggest lessons one can learn working there is to never underestimate someone’s symptoms.

“We take every sign and symptom seriously,” Zaman said, noting that a patient could be developing something like pneumonia.

Boll said that the center, like the others, uses an online check-

The Women’s Group of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock and the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset are co-sponsoring Candidates Night at 6:15 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset.

Due to the early start, sandwiches, coffee, tea and desert will be served.

NYAV Crew has agreed to record the event. This will make the debates available to a much larger audience.

Schedule for the Evening: 6:15 to 6:30 p.m.: Greetings and refreshments 6:30 to 7 p.m.: David Adhami (R) and Ellen Birnbaum (D), Candidates for the Nassau County Legislature, District 10 will respond to questions.

7 to 7:30 p.m.: David Redmond (R) and Wayne Wink (D), Candidates for Town of North Hempstead Clerk will respond to questions.

ing and registration system. This allows patients to reserve a time and see current wait times.

Additionally, he noted, the center has access to Northwell’s records and can immediately transmit digital images to its radiology department.

“It’s been a tremendous collaborative effort over the past number of years,” Boll said.

Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends.

7:30 to 8 p.m.: Zefy Christopoulos (R) and Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D), Candidates for Nassau County Legislature, District 11 will respond to questions.

8 to 8:30 p.m.: Judi Bosworth (D) and Steve Nasta (R), Candidates for Supervisor of the Town of North Hempstead will respond to questions.

8:30 tp 9 p.m.: Richard DeMartino (R) and Lee Seeman (D), Candidates for the Town of North Hempstead Council, 5th District will respond to questions.

Mallory Nathan (D) and Richard Nicolello (R) had both agreed to participate in the forum. Unfortunately, Mallory Nathan just had emergency heart surgery and therefore is unable to attend. League of Women Voters rules prohibit an “empty chair” debate, so their segment was cancelled.

Any questions call league member Judy Jacobson at 516627-0831.

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Dean Skelos and justice in Nassau

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he federal appeals panel decision last week overturning the 2015 corruption convictions of former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam Skelos, may just be a temporary setback for prosecutors seeking to root out the culture of corruption in Albany. Or not.

The appeals panel’s decision, which followed a similar ruling for former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, was based on a finding that the judge’s explanation of an official action was too broad in light of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrowed the definition of a corrupt act.

But panel members made it clear that they believed the government’s evidence was still sufficient to establish that there had been a quid pro quo arrangement in three schemes – all of which took place in Nassau County.

Federal prosecutors said that just as they have done with Silver they intend to move quickly to retry Skelos and are confident they will obtain convictions based on what Joon H. Kim, the acting United States attorney in Manhattan, said was “overwhelming evidence.”

If nothing else, the appeals panel’s decision once again reminds voters in New York State in general and Nassau County in particular of the corruption that pervades county and state government — just in time for elections that include the county executive, all 19 members of the county Legislature and leadership of the Town of North Hempstead.

Congressman Tom Suozzi, a Democrat, has taken a small step

in the right direction by introducing a bill with Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, a Pennsylvania Republican, to broaden the definition of “official acts” by elected officials.

The legislation makes sense, but making sense doesn’t seem to carry much weight with Congress these days.

In New York State, the Legislature continues to do nothing about the so-called LLC loophole, which permits companies doing business with the state to give unlimited amounts of money to the campaigns of elected officials.

The largest user — or abuser — of this loophole just happens to be Glenwood Management, a New Hyde Park-based developer that relied on both Skelos and Silver for hundreds of millions of dollars in tax subsidies for luxury office and residential buildings, mostly in New York City, low-interest, tax-exempt bond financing and favorable rent regulations.

Not so coincidentally, Glenwood and its affiliates have also been the No. 1 campaign contributors in the state, making at least 1,834 contributions worth $13.2 million between 2000 and 2014 to both Democrats and Republicans.

While perfectly legal, the LLC loophole is corruption nonetheless.

Making matters worse is the enormous growth in independent expenditure groups spending unlimited amounts of money on behalf of candidates contributed by donors whose identities are unknown — at least to the public.

The groups can support particular candidates, they just can’t co-

ordinate with them. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, know what I mean.

Both Skelos and Silver were accused of going even further and taking money for themselves or in Skelos’ case, his son Adam, who received a $20,000 payment from Glenwood.

Skelos was also accused of using his position to help AbTech, a company for which his son worked, to win a $12 million storm water treatment contract from Nassau County.

The accounts of Skelos’ schemes are once again moving to the forefront at a time when the issue of corruption is playing a central role in the race for county executive between former state

Sen. Jack Martins, a Republican, and Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran, a Democrat.

Martins more or less kicked off his campaign for county executive by joining other Republican legislators in calling for the resignation of Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, a day after Mangano and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervior Joe Venditto, both Republicans, were indicted on charges of political corruption.

Martins has since touted his ability to bring back honest government in Nassau County, while tying Curran to a political consulting firm involved with controversies surrounding New York City

Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Bit his narrative has run against a large obstacle — Skelos.

Curran’s campaign has pointed out that the day after Skelos was arrested, Martins blocked a motion from Democrats to remove him from power. And a day later, he signed a letter reaffirming his support for Skelos, saying “I don’t think he let anyone down.”

Martins’ success at the polls could hinge on his ability to convince voters that his ties to Skelos are overstated and he is not part of a culture of corruption in Nassau County.

We hope the outcome of that effort is a just one.

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ALL THINGS POLITICAL

Nassau County hurricane prep part II

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ight after Hurricane Irma, I flew down to St. Thomas as part of the advance team for All Hands Volunteers to help set up their disaster response relief effort.

I have been involved with AHV since 2005, when I volunteered with them in Biloxi, Miss., after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. I became so passionate about the work they do I joined their board.

Later, when Hurricane Sandy hit Long Island, I helped start Project Long Island to help Long Beach recover.

What I have learned through AHV has me very concerned about the well being of Nassau residents if we were to be hit with a Hurricane similar to Harvey, Irma, Jose, or Maria.

When a disaster, similar to the recent spate of Hurricanes, hits communication systems, power and transportation, then available information on government services quickly falls into a time warp.

Lose the internet and we are

back to communicating as if it were the 1980’s (the only problem is there aren’t any more payphones around).

If cell service and telephone lines go down, like what we’re seeing throughout Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, communications will be set back to roughly 1900, when the telephone was in it’s infancy and a novelty.

Loss of electricity, along with roads being washed out, which is currently the status of most of the Caribbean islands that received direct hits from the recent wave of hurricanes, sets us back to living like it’s the 1700’s.

When I was in St. Thomas, and briefly Puerto Rico, I spoke at length with FEMA, the Marines and the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency.

I learned the best form of disaster communication to disseminate information during a hurricane is currently AM radio. St Thomas has an AM radio station called WSTA 1340, that FEMA storm-hardened, and made sure

ADAM HABER All Things Political was able to broadcast throughout Hurricane’s Irma and Maria.

It was a lifeline to help first responders find those in danger and report live wires from down electricity poles.

Since a large part of St. Thomas’ electric grid is powered by solar, many downed power lines were still live and one man got electrocuted. WSTA 1340 helped educate locals not to touch any wires, which helped to save additional lives.

If the 50 inches of rain in Houston, or sustained Saffir-

Simpson Scale Category 3 winds of 111+ mph winds from the recent string of hurricanes hit Nassau County, it would be a disaster of epic proportion.

We need to create several storm-hardened AM radio transmitters with a broadcast signal of a roughly five-mile radius throughout the County.

Emergency information, reports of problems and calls for help are local, as emergency information varies just a few miles apart. What residents need to do to be safe could be vastly different depending on whether you are in Bayville or Long Beach.

Trees could cause the most damage in one part of Nassau while flooding or a major environmental issue could be the problem somewhere else.

What I did learn from FEMA is FM radio receivers, which don’t need an internet connection, are already embedded in most cell phones and still work when cell service is out.

Currently the FM receivers aren’t activated in all Smartphones because cell phone car-

riers have little financial incentive to do so (because they profit handsomely from streaming data).

Legislation pushing cell phone carriers to activate emergency FM radio receivers in all cell phones during times of duress is necessary, and will save lives in a natural disaster.

Another issue is properly coordinating evacuation ahead of a massive hurricane. Every community should have access to an active list of emergency shelters, all stocked with at least a threeday water supply.

A similar chaotic situation to the nightmare in Florida, when over 6 million residents were simultaneously told to evacuate before Hurricane Irma, would be mitigated if people knew where to go ahead of time.

Saving lives in any natural disaster takes proactive planning. Right now Nassau County has no viable coordinated plan to protect our community. One needs to be put in place and shared with residents immediately.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

The argument for angels in our lives

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y husband and I were driving back home after services on Yom Kippur Eve. I was trying not to quarrel with him, what with the solemnity of the night and all — but it wasn’t easy.

“I’m telling you, I just don’t want to take this car into Brooklyn for your family’s break-fast tomorrow,” I told him.

“Why not? You agree with me that it’s the better car for city driving.”

“I used to agree, until that indicator light showed up on the dashboard.”

“What indicator light?”

“That one right there — with the oil can and the exclamation mark!”

“Oh, they’re exaggerating.

It’s not serious. We’ve got another hundred miles before I need to do anything about it.”

“You keep saying that, but tomorrow we’re going to be stuck in traffic on the BQE, up in the air, not an exit in sight — and I know that’s when the engine’s going to give out. I’m not going

at all if you insist on this car. I don’t know why you couldn’t just change the oil already!”

“You’re just cranky because you’re hungry, Judy.”

“Of course I’m cranky! It’s Yom Kippur! Why are we fasting, anyway? It’s a terrible idea!

Have I ever, once, been a better person when I was hungry?”

“You make a good point,” said my husband; and he turned off the road home, stopping the car directly in front of the local diner. “What should I get you?”

“Whatever you want. I can’t think straight enough even to order; I’ll just stay in the car.”

I decided to distract myself by thinking about the rabbi’s sermon. She had pointed out that, in the High Holy Days’ Torah portion, Abraham is about to slaughter his son, Isaac (at God’s behest) until “angels of the Lord” show up at the very last minute to stop him.

“They are there to stop Abraham from making a terrible mistake,” the Rabbi told us. “Imagine, what if angels showed up in our lives, stopping us before we

JUDY EPSTEIN A Look on the Lighter Side made terrible mistakes?”

History would sure look different, I thought. A little closer to home, I would never have eaten that food-cart hot dog that torpedoed an entire weekend in the 1980’s.

Indeed, that entire decade could have used a little more scrutiny. The frizzy hair, the shoulder pads — What were we thinking?

And I never would have worn those fancy stiletto heels — at least, not to that party in the Hamptons garden where

the paving stones were exactly one stiletto-heel’s-width apart. I spent all night sinking into and then wrenching my feet out of the ground. Where were my angels then?

Ouch, stiletto heels! My feet hurt just thinking about them. Or maybe the problem was my highholy-day shoes, which weren’t much better.

Just then, my husband gets back in the car with his purchase, and turns the key. There’s a click, and then nothing. Click-nothing, again.

The battery has died.

“That’s great — just great!”

I say. “How are we going to explain that our car died, going home from services, in front of the diner?”

“It could be worse,” says my husband.

“How could it be worse?”

“You could be a Rabbi, having to explain all that.”

I laugh in spite of myself. It reminded me of the joke about the assistant rabbi who decides to play hooky on Yom Kippur, and takes himself for a round

of golf instead of attending his synagogue’s services.

An angel spots him, however, and rats him out to God. “I’ll handle this,” says the Holy One, Blessed be He. Next thing you know, the Rabbi has hit a hole in one.

The little angel is outraged!

“You said you’d take care of that guy, and instead you give him the best golf day of his life?”

“Think about it,” says God. “Who’s he gonna tell?”

So okay, I’m not a rabbi. I’m still cranky, though.

Eventually, we called the AAA; they came and got us started; we left the car at our local garage, and got dropped off at home in time to have soup, at least, for a nightcap.

Here’s the surprising part. In the morning, when the garage folks came in, they saw our car, and fixed not just the battery, but the oil, too.

In other words, it was finally fit for the drive to Brooklyn…and all because the battery died!

It’s enough to make a cynic believe in angels. Almost.

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OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Hate on L.I.: Yaphank’s Bund, the KKK

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n the 1960s, Alabama Gov. George Wallace proclaimed: “Segregation today, segregation tomorrow; segregation forever.”

Views like that from Southern hatemongers prompted Chuck Thompson’s book, “Better Off Without Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession.”

Yet, Northerners should not be smug.

We are all products of our socialization; racism and prejudice do not have geographical boundaries.

Charlottesville, the statues/ monuments controversies, and NFL players “taking a knee” during the anthem, have made this a time of “for a major racial reckoning,” states Yale scholar David Blight.

How, then, do we Long Islanders — situated among the most highly educated and affluent people in the world — address not only the history of hate in our region, but, also, continuing manifestations of it.

One hopes that the sense of decency in people makes them receptive to “teachable moments.”

Indeed, a hallmark of Dr. King’s approach to reform was his belief that there was goodness in every person that could be tapped for peace, justice and a “beloved community.”

I especially refer to Dr. King for this topic because the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize announcements are made when this column is printed (Oct. 6).

Dr. King continues to be relevant for Long Islanders, or any people in our nation, as they prepare to address our time “of major racial reckoning.”

At Hofstra University, where I teach, we have the marvelous Wachtel Archives (donated by Lucy Wachtel to honor her late husband Harry (of Great Neck and Roslyn Heights).

He was one of two white folks who served on Dr. King’s board of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Hofstra’s Wachtel Archives provide a powerful lesson for all of us from Dr. King’s Nobel Prize in 1964. Harry was in charge of arranging the trip, and his documents show that Dr. King insisted on taking a side trip to Stockholm to visit the great scholar Gunnar Myrdal.

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field King had long been impressed by Myrdal’s significant 1943 study, “An American Dilemma.”

Dr. King always highlighted Myrdal’s view that everyone had a right to expect more of Americans because of the nation’s noble history of explicit and written commitments to democracy and human rights – more than any nation in the history of the world.

The goal was to stir Americans to hold a mirror to their own society so they could focus on the gaps between their principles and their practices, between their words and their actions.

In brief, to live up to the

great promises of American democracy.

So, why do people fall short of our standards? In part, the explanation is that people everywhere are fallible, often prisoners of the present because of limited or distorted experiences, and lack of historical perspectives.

Close to home on Long Island, the KKK had huge revivals during the 1920s, especially in Suffolk, but also in Mineola and Freeport. Yaphank was a center for overt Nazi support during the late 1930s.

We are not done with such assaults on American values.

Yaphank groups recently have been challenged by New York’s State Attorney General. A year ago, the KKK “Exalted Cyclops” claimed LI as a key center.

He exclaimed: “We’re the only organization right now standing up for Whites, upholding the second amendment of the Constitution . . . . We’re trying to restore America to what it used to be.”

I could detail goose stepping, Nazi flag-carrying,“Heil Hitler”saluting white racists and Klansmen (KKK were often anti-Semitic, and anti-Catholic, as well as

anti “Negro.”)

But taking a line from Melville’s Bartleby: “I prefer not to.”

Once should be enough for any of us to see Bund/KKK photos, or visit the Holocaust museums.

A vivid viewing of those past horrors should stay with people of conscience forever, and it should impel them to address the hate mongers and killers.

[See below for a few sites where you can examine some of these abuses.]

Dr. King who visited Long Island often, especially Great Neck and Roslyn, set up an Institute for Nonviolent Training (something I was invited to experience). For Dr. King, nonviolence was not merely a political strategy; it was a way of life.

Harry Wachtel brought Dr. King to Hofstra to deliver the 1965 graduation address. On October 5, 2017, we launched a new Institute for Peace Studies.

Martin Luther King, Jr’s leadership guides our path forward.

Unfortunately – at home and abroad – the need for inclusion, equality, peace and justice continue as huge challenges.

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PULSE OF THE PENINSULA

Soldiers, martyrs on altar of gun rights

D

onald Trump loves all things “biggest.”

Like the charge he gets over the United States being hit by the biggest climate catastrophes in history, Trump probably took a measure of delight at the “biggest” mass murder in US history – at this writing 59 dead and 527 injured in just a few minutes at the hands of a 64year old white male spraying bullets with a military-grade assault rifle from 32nd floor of the Mandalay Hotel on an open-air folkmusic concert attended by 22,000.

Like shooting fish in a barrel.

In fact, there have already been 521 mass shootings in the 477 days since the Pulse Nightclub massacre in Orlando, the last record holder, drawing no remark from Trump. But this one is one for the record books.

Trump, predictably, evoked prayer and called for flying “our great flag” at half-staff. “God lives in the hearts of those who grieve.”

Sure, that will salve the loss of loved ones. And to the wounded,

numbering more than 500? “I pledge to you our support from this day forward.”

What does that mean, when he is doing his best to take away health care from tens of millions, when any concept of health care he advocates would remove mental illness from the list of required conditions covered under Obamacare?

Who pays for the multiple surgeries and rehabilitation to save and restore victims’ lives?

Imagine the tone he would have taken if the murderer was Muslim or a terrorist or a foreigner.

Trump will do his best to deflect from this tragedy, say “this is not the time” to consider sensible gun restrictions, he will call for greater security (police state), shift responsibility onto the hotel, say that 33,000 deaths a year is the “price of freedom” and move on to tax so-called “reform” aimed at furthering the redistribution of wealth to the already ridiculously wealthy and politically powerful

KAREN RUBIN Pulse of the Peninsula like the NRA. Trump, the Republicans and the NRA would have us be soldiers and martyrs, terrorized and dying on the altar of gun rights. In the same way as he never criticizes Putin, he will never go against the NRA. Will he be a leader and call for sensible gun violence prevention measures that are supported by 80 percent of Americans including overwhelming majorities

of gun-owners and NRA members, like universal background checks?

Of course not. Trump has already overturned Obama orders desperate to stem gun violence, including barring people who are deemed “mentally incapacitated” from buying a gun.

Instead, the Gun Lobby – the NRA and its gun manufacturer masters – knowing they have an dufus ally in the White House and a complicit Republican majority in Congress (even after Congressman Scalise was shot and his Republican compatriots at baseball practice fired on), are pushing to ease what little gun regulations there are, for example, opening up the floodgates to the use of silencers so that innocents can be even easier prey and police would have an even harder time locating a perpetrator.

In four minutes, 1,600 rounds fired, dozens die, hundreds face lifelong injury (and how are injuries and recovery paid for with the dismantling of health care?).

The gun lobby now is enthu-

siastically pushing for “Concealed Carry Reciprocity,” which would overrule any state’s gun restrictions to the weakest states laws.

New York State’s tough restrictions would be nullified.

There is so much that could be done and should be done if Congress really cared to stem terrorism and tragedy and promote public health and safety: universal background checks, restoring the ban on assault weapons and mega-ammo magazines; requiring gun holders to register (after all, you have to register to vote) and universal background checks; regulating online sales and ending the gun-show loophole, banning people on the Terror Watch List from buying guns, ending Stand Your Ground.

And easing access to mental health care. And while you are removing the ban suppressing pediatricians Hippocratic oath and freedom of speech to counsel parents to lock away their guns; overturning the Dickey AmendContinued on Page 95

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KREMER’S CORNER

Donald Trump the divider in chief

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onald J. Trump has been President for the past nine months.

He frequently refers to President Abraham Lincoln, compares his actions to Mr. Lincoln, and occasionally gives credit to Harry Truman.

If the President spent more time studying Lincoln he might learn about the great line uttered on the eve of his unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. Senate. His remark was “a house divided against itself cannot stand.”

Lincoln eventually became the national face of the Republican Party, and his words and deeds gave that party the basis for its existence.

While the President is not really a Republican, he has become the unwanted face of the party and, to their utter dismay, he may well be tearing the party apart to the extent that it will take them decades to recover.

One recent NBC survey showed that there are more people who call themselves

“Trump voters” than “Republican voters.”

If the Republicans are meek enough to let Mr. Trump block their priorities and bludgeon their reputation that is their problem.

On the other hand, should Senate Leader Mitch McConnell and the House Speaker Paul Ryan sit by idly as their leader tries to tear apart the America we know and love?

Look back at the political landscape since Donald Trump rode down his gilded escalator to announce his candidacy.

His campaign was based on his appeal to the working-class citizens of our country, but at the same time he gave a wink and a nod to the racists, NeoNazis and all the other sick factions in our country.

Stating that he had no idea who Ex-Klansman David Duke was, even though he was a visible Trump supporter, turned out to be the first hint of the dark side of this President. From those very early days until the

JERRY KREMER Kremer’s Corner present, one man with an ugly agenda has torn the melting pot that we call America, apart.

Many Democrats will concede the fact that Barack Obama didn’t turn out to be the uniter that they had hoped he would be.

Obama was a passionate and articulate spokesman during his time in the White House, but like many of his predecessors, he never hit that one chord

that brought all of this country together.

In fairness to President Obama, he had the ability to soothe the feelings of the country in times of stress, but the last true uniter was probably John F. Kennedy.

Think about the fact that since Jan. 20, America hasn’t had one day without some Trump happening that divides Americans from Americans.

Whether it is his ugly use of the Tweet or a random remark somewhere in the country, he has created a steady drumbeat of division, group-by-group or person-by-person.

While his supporters often say they welcome his random utterings, the rest of the country is forced to absorb one slander after another.

Perhaps the lowest level to which the President has sunk is his remarks about the Charlottesville, Va. tragedy.

To proclaim that “both sides have good people” gave us a shocking look into the soul of a

person who holds the most important job in the world.

His latest Alabama speech where he deliberately inserted himself into the American football scene is another example of how Mr. Trump finds every way possible to create tension and anger.

Some people think that President Trump believes in the adage “divide and conquer,” but millions of Americans before him sacrificed their lives for our country because they believed in a united America.

There is no doubt that there are still many Americans who believe that Mr. Trump is in the right place at the right time.

It may take a world catastrophe or a national happening to jolt them out of their stubborn support for this President, but no one wants that to happen.

We just have to hope and pray that the country stays in one piece until 2020.

A VET’S VIEW

Port VFW chief deserves medal

J

ohn Chalker deserves another medal.

He has a bunch under glass at his Port Washington home. The medal he deserves now is for resurrecting Port Washington’s Henderson-Marino VFW Post 1819, which seemed destined to close before he became its commander in early 2006.

On Sept. 14, there was a photo op at the post on Mohegan Avenue in Manorhaven to mark the near-completion of its renovation, helped by a $20,000 grant from the Farmingdalebased nonprofit Rebuilding Together Long Island. Volunteers refurbished the meeting room with new sheetrock walls, wiring and lighting, and a 25-foot ramp. Chalker, 64, who spent 32 years as a Port Washington Police patrolman before retiring in 2013, is stepping down as post commander.

“It’s a whole new building,” he said, “so it’s time for me to go. We have a pulse. I turned it around. I’m not leaving the post but I’m not going to hold an office anymore.”

Chalker has led a charmed life.

He said he has survived 14 cancer-related surgeries stemming from his work in 2001-02 at Ground Zero after 9/11.

In 2005 at age 51, while a National Guard sergeant with the Fighting 69th Infantry Regiment in Manhattan, he was mustered for service in Iraq.

Chalker also had served three years of active duty stateside from 1970-73, and had deployed as an NG in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm to Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait in 1990-91.

Riding in a convoy in May 2005 in the right rear seat of a Humvee that contained three other soldiers, Chalker’s left foot was injured in an IED blast.

He finally had surgery on it this past Sept. 1 at Northport VA Medical Center.

“If it was any bigger of a bomb, I’d be dead,” Chalker said. “It blew right under me.”

Fortunately Chalker was sitting on an expired police vest panel and had put another panel on the floor under his feet;

JIM SMITH A Vet’s View they absorbed the shrapnel.

“The bomb [blast] smashed my foot so flat it got rid of the arch,” he said. So when he returned to the U.S., he was a village cop with an actual flat foot!

“It was like hammering my foot with a sledge hammer,” he said. “I took some sand and shrapnel in my fingers and bled a little but it was nothing serious. The other guys weren’t hurt. It’s something you never forget. When I see a cop now, I tell him thanks. I can’t be the only soldier saved by the cops

[who donated the vest panels].”

Chalker said initially doctors told him they couldn’t guarantee a good result if they performed surgery, so he used pain-killers to cope until he could no longer stand it. “I had to get the surgery,’ he said.

He had joined the Glen Cove VFW in 1999 and transferred to Post 1819 in 2005.

“It was sad,” he said of the post then. “It was disorganized, the paperwork and files hadn’t been maintained. There was a raccoon infestation, electrical problems, pavement problems…It was in the process of coming up for a vote to sell it…I brought energy. I was a younger man. I felt the survivors of Marino and Henderson wanted vets to use the building.” (The post was formed in 1930, named to honor local World War I casualties Pvts. John Michael Marino and William E. Henderson.)

“I cleaned out the building,” Chalker said. “I felt it was a crime to let it go, an insult to those families who had donated the property.” He said he got donations from the Peter and Jeri

Dejana Family Foundation to convert the heating system from oil to gas, replace plumbing, update appliances, redo the bar area and landscape the property.

“Members pitched in,” he said.

“We raised funds, got donations.

I did a lot of the work myself.”

He said member Jerry Tedeschi secured the latest $20,000 grant after seeing a message about it from the Nassau County VFW commander.

“When I was on my rounds,” Chalker said of his days as a patrolman, “I’d see a guy wearing a [military] cap while I was on patrol and start talking to him.

He’d decide to join. The Vietnam vets had a bad taste in their mouths from the prior cadre… the World War II guys who alienated them by insulting them, belittling their service…I told the Vietnam guys ‘It’s a whole new ballgame; it’s all ours now, the WW II guys are dead. It’s what we make of it.’ ” The post continues its VFW mission.

“We’re a fraternal, patriotic, political organization,” Chalker Continued on Page 95

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READERS WRITE

NYC mayoral race: David versus Goliath

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ny discussions about Republicans regaining control New York City Hall may be wishful thinking. It is a battle between Staten Island-Brooklyn state Assembly member Nicole Malliatokis (David) and incumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio (Goliath).

As of April, 2017 there are 4.496,115 active registered voters in NYC. This includes 3,100,356 Democrats; 470,185 Republicans; 780,226 Blanks (no declared party affiliation); 103.585 Independence; 17,992 Conservative; 13,253 Working Family; 3,602 Green; 1,414 Womens Equality; 183 Reform and 1,226 other registered voters.

Any Republican running for Mayor of NYC in 2017 would need both name recognition and $30 million dollars to compensate for this overwhelming six-to-one Democrat to Republican deficit.

A media buy of several million per week over the next seven weeks, several dozen direct mail pieces, phone banks and a door to door vote pull operation would be required to remain competitive.

All of the above will have to be supplemented by millions more from independent Political Action Committees.

Malliatokis currently lacks the financial resources to pay for this. This is needed to offset DeBlasio’s potential millions in independent expenditures from various municipal labor unions and other pay-for-play special interest groups.

They have all benefited during his first term in office and are looking for four more years of the same.

Incumbent Mayor de Blasio starts off the general election contest as the odds on favorite to win.

This is despite GOP candidate Nicole Malliatokis’ excellent knowledge and ability to articulate her views. She can only get her message out by relying on speaking events and free press with a very limited campaign budget.

The last Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg barely won a third term in 2009 against Democrat Bill Thompson.

He spent over $160 million to overcome a citywide five-to-one Democrat/ Republican voter registration advantage.

Over the past eight years, this enrollment gap has grown to a six to one Democrat/ Republican registration advantage.

The previous losing 2013 GOP Mayoral candidate Joe Lhota clearly has a fraction of the financial means of Bloomberg making his race impossible from the start.

Democrats will rally around their party’s nominee for mayor in 2017, like they did in 2013. They want a friend in City Hall when running for re-election in 2018.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, state Assembly Speaker Carl Hastie, state Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, state Senate Democratic Independent caucus leader Jeffrey Klein along with senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand will all be on board.

Despite their ongoing feud, even Gov. Andrew Cuomo will support de Blasio for

a second term.

They will be joined by numerous other Democratic Party public officials including 59 state Assembly members, 22 state senators and 12 Congressmembers from NYC as well as virtually every municipal labor union.

All will provide endorsements, financial support including either hosting fund raisers or making direct campaign contributions. They will collectively supply thousands of volunteers for phone banks and door to door get out the vote operations.

In the 1990’s, Republican Mayor Rudy Guiliani had a record seven Republican out of 51 NYC Councilmembers.

They included Mike Abel, Alfonse Stabile and Thomas Olgibene of Queens, Charles Millard and Andrew Eristoff of Manhattan, Martin Golden of Brooklyn and Fred Cerillo of Staten Island.

They developed a working coalition with then Democratic NYC Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr. and more moderate Democratic councilmembers.

Mayor Bloomberg had only three Republican out of 51 NYC Councilmembers.

Current NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark – Vivervito and virtually all of today’s generation of Democratic councilmembers are far more liberal and antibusiness.

There are only a handful of GOP elected officials to assist Mayoral candidate Malliatokis . Virtually all are from her home base of Staten Island. This predominantly middle class borough

still remains competitive for Republicans despite a 2 to 1 Democrat to Republican voter registration advantage.

Staten Island Democrats tend to be more moderate than those from the rest of NYC and are more likely to cross party lines to vote Republican.

GOP Congressmember Dan Donovan (11th CD), state senators Andrew Lanza (24th SD) and Marty Golden (22nd SD) along with Assemblymember Ron Castorina (62nd AD) represent either Staten Island and/or Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

There is also Staten Island Borough President James Oddo along with NYC Council Minority leader Eric Ulrich from Queens as well as Staten Island councilmembers Steve Matteo and Joseph Boreilli from Staten Island.

The rest of NYC is solidly represented

by Democrats Malliatokis may be able to increase the number of voters who identify with their Cuban, Greek or Italian (who are unhappy about the Christopher Columbus statue controversy) heritage to vote for her on either the Republican or Conservative Party ballot.

Crossover Democrats, who voted for former Presidents Reagan and Bush Senior in the 1980s, former Sen. D’Amato in 1980-1998; former Gov. Pataki in 1994-2002, former Mayor Giuliani in the 1990s along with Mayor Bloomberg in 2001, 2005 and 2009 continue to move out of town, retire out of state or succumb to old age.

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College campus statistics Help in getting on rape sad but very true rid of old meds

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n the Sept. 29 issue of the Blank Slate Media newspapers, Lauren Block of Manhasset challenged my findings about rape on college campuses.

While I question her statements and her sources, I don’t want to get into the weeds on whose studies are valid and whose conclusions are logical.

However, I would be remiss if I didn’t cite the following.

One in five women and one in 71 men will be raped at some point in their lives.

This from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.) Focusing in on college rapes, one in five women and one in sixteen men are sexually assaulted in college. (Same source.)

Even to Block, this should come as no surprise.

We live in a male-dominated culture, example, a president who brags about “grabbing pussy.”

The upshot of this sad episode was that Billy Bush got fired and Donald Trump was elected president.

More data comes from the Center for Public Integrity (winner of two Pulitzer Prizes) which did a one year study on sexual assaults on campus.

Their conclusion — “Students found responsible for sexual assaults often face little or no punishment from school judicial systems while their victims lives are frequently turned upside down…”

This might explain the underreporting of this heinous crime.

But my most irrefutable evidence is that only between 2 percent and 8 percent of rape charges brought against men on college campuses turn out to be true.

Block then argues that as a mother and grandmother she is “not comfortable with even the lowest number of that range.”

As a father and grandfather myself, I, too, am not happy with even one innocent male being punished for a crime he did not commit.

But, here too, Block, conveniently, omits the source of my statistics.

As well she might, since they come from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

So, maybe Ms. Block should be arguing, not with me, but with the F.B.I. The one statement made by Block which I cannot refute is: “Dr. Sobel despises President Trump…” Guilty as charged!

And why wouldn’t I loathe a misogynistic, xenophobic, narcissistic, pathologically lying man with a character disorder?

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

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n Sept. 17, the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District cosponsored the Shed the Meds pharmaceutical take back event as an opportunity for the community to dispose unwanted and expired medications in an easy and environmentally safe manner.

The co-sponsors supporting this effort were Reach Out America, Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition, North Shore Action, Nassau County Police Department, Northwell Health, and the Boy Scouts.

Some 107 cars dropped off their medications at the District “drive thru” and we collected approximately 400 pounds of medication. Each car received a prepaid addressed envelope from the District to safely mail back

medications throughout the year.

The outpouring of appreciation for having this event only solidified the opinion that this is a very needed service to the community and one which we will be repeating next year.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Steve Blank and the Great Neck News for their generosity and contribution of a full-page ad in their paper.

Their commitment to our community clearly had a huge impact on our success.

Commissioner Patty Katz Commissioner Jerry Landsberg Commissioner Steve Reiter Letters Continued on Page 94

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Town going for $200K lighthouse grant North Hempstead board authorizes application to help fix Stepping Stones Lighthouse

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N The Town of North Hempstead authorized the preparation and submission of an application for a $200,000 grant for the Stepping Stones Lighthouse last Wednesday, potentially adding more cash toward its restoration.

Once it’s gone, we lose that piece of history.

Alice Kasten PRESIDENT OF THE GREAT NECK HISTORICAL SOCIETY,

The application will go to the U.S. National Park Service’s National Maritime Heritage Grant Program, which has awarded grants to state governments, nonprofit organizations and other entities for lighthouse and ship preservation, educational programs and other maritime projects.

The $200,000 was at the upper limit of what an applicant could request for a preservation project in 2017, according to the grant program‘s website.

If the grant is approved, it would come atop hundreds of thousands of dol-

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD

lars already set to be invested in repairing the structure.

Currently, repairs are estimated to cost at least $4 million.

The Town of North Hempstead previously secured a $165,000 National Park Service grant to fix the Stepping Stones

Lighthouse, which was built in 1877.

Town officials also allocated $520,000 in the town’s 2017-2021 capital plan towards Stepping Stones.

The lighthouse will also have a $100,000 New York State Assembly grant to work with, as well as a $100,000 grant

awarded to the Great Neck Park District.

This development follows a long joint effort by the Town of North Hempstead, Great Neck Park District and Great Neck Historical Society to raise funds to save and restore the lighthouse.

The town acquired ownership of the lighthouse, about 1,600 yards off the Kings Point shore, from the U.S. Coast Guard in 2008.

While the Stepping Stones Lighthouse technically does not need to be restored to serve its fundamental purpose as a beacon to mariners, lighthouse advocates said replacing it with a simple metal beam sacrifices its historical and educational value.

“Once it’s gone, we lose that piece of history,” Alice Kasten, president of the Great Neck Historical Society, said in a previous interview, noting that the lighthouse was an important piece of the region’s early economic development. “We are rapidly destroying the remnants of history on this peninsula.”

The historical society, Great Neck Park District and Town of North Hempstead are co-hosting a 5K race on Oct. 22, beginning and ending at Steppingstone Park in Kings Point, to raise money and awareness about Stepping Stones Lighthouse.

G.N. Plaza to host car and street fest

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N The 33rd Annual United Capital Corp. AutoFest and Street Festival is coming back to Great Neck Plaza on Sunday, Oct. 15 – and bringing a small fleet of new attractions with it.

Jay Corn, an organizer of AutoFest, said attendance at the festival once peaked at 35,000. While the event has faced more competition in recent years, Corn said it may speed ahead.

“We’ve held our own and I think this year we’re going to have a bigger turnout than in recent years for a number of reasons,” Corn, the vice president of the Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District, said in an interview.

One of the big reasons is the presence of several new cars, including David Palter’s 1933 Auburn Boattale Speedster and Howard Kroplick’s 1948 Tucker, one of only 51 ever built.

“Those two cars alone, you’re looking at over $2 million worth of automobiles,” Corn said. “These are really exceptional cars.”

Kroplick, the Town of North Hempstead historian and a collector of antique cars, said the 1948 Tuckers were essentially pilot production cars that were never sold due to a monthslong fraud trial.

At the time though, they were branded as “the car of tomorrow,” featuring

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GREAT NECK PLAZA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

A sampling of cars from a previous AutoFest and Street Fair. three headlights, an advanced engine and an emphasis on safety, he said.

“It’s a fun car to own, and I’d like to share it with people,” Kroplick said.

There will also be a special guest appearance from the original Batmobile featured in the 1960s “Batman” TV show

starring the late Adam West and a host of other vehicles that have not visited Great Neck Plaza.

Corn said the new entries may be coming because of an “in it to win it” contest. Owners of pre-registered cars have a chance to be entered into a draw-

ing, where the first place winner will get $500, while the second and third place winners will get $300 and $200, respectively, Corn said.

“This year, we seem to be getting some new entries that we haven’t seen before,” Corn said.

In addition to the cars, this year’s festival will debut a mini ferris wheel, a rock climbing wall and 50-foot slide. There will also be a daylong performance from dancers at the To The Pointe!-Katya’s Dance Studio, a petting zoo and pony rides.

The Meade Brothers, a local cover band that has played songs from the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival and other classic groups, will also return.

Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender said that whether it is the cars, music, food or family-friendly activities, there will be something for everyone.

“The AutoFest and Street Festival is always a highlight event for our village,” Celender said.

The festival, co-sponsored with the Metropolitan Commercial Bank, will stretch down Middle Neck Road toward Maple Drive, Bond Street and Grace Avenue.

It will run from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 15. The rain date is Sunday, Oct. 22.

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Curran slams Nassau County deal

BY LU K E TORRANCE Laura Curran, the Democratic candidate for country executive, has denounced a deal made between Nassau County and the municipal union.

“When it comes to keeping things hidden, operating without transparency, and picking winners and losers with taxpayer money, yesterday takes the cake,” Curran said of the deal at a news conference last Thursday in Mineola. “I thought I’d seen everything.”

Chief Deputy County Executive Rob Walker signed a deal to increase longevity bonuses paid to municipal union members and guarantee no layoffs through August of next year.

Longevity payments to union members have remained static since the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, which oversees the county’s finances, imposed a wage freeze in 2011.

In a Sept. 26 letter to CSEA President Jerry Larichiutta, Nassau County Attorney Carnell Foskey said that Walker had gone too

far.

“The terms of this [Memorandum of Agreement] exceeds the ordinary terms and usual substance of a MOA,” Foskey wrote.

Typically, Foskey said, a MOA is used to agree on the interpretation of a particular provision in a collective bargaining agreement or provide clarification of a particular provision. It is not used to expand or modify an existing agreement.

In 2014, NIFA agreed to modify the 2011 wage freeze with the CSEA, but these modifications did not include restoring the longevity payments. Foskey said that the agreement made between Walker and the municipal union was in essence an amendment, and would need approval from both the Legislature and NIFA before it went into effect.

For Curran, Walker’s actions were just another example of a corrupt act by a county official that has eroded residents’ trust in government.

“This is the same Rob Walker that admitted under oath at the Skelos trial that he was under investigation by the U.S. attorney’s

office for corruption,” Curran said.

Walker has acknowledged that he was under investigation over the awarding of contracts but he has not been charged with any crime.

Curran said she had no plan to lay off police officers or other municipal union members if she is elected county executive.

“But I also know that it wouldn’t be legal for me to sign an agreement with them now to make these kinds of promises,” she said.

She also said the timing of the agreement was suspicious, coming “just days before these unions announced support for my opponent.”

Jack Martins, the Republican candidate for county executive, received an endorsement from the CSEA a few days earlier. But Martins’ spokeswoman, Mollie Fullington, said there was no deal to secure the union’s support.

“The implication is absurd,” she said.

The county’s contracts with unions expire at the end of 2017.

PHOTO BY LUKE TORRANCE

Laura Curran addresses the press in front of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building.

Curran, Martins present visions at debate

BY LU K E TOR R A N C E The race for Nassau County executive has seen Democrat Laura Curran and Republican Jack Martins lobbing the occasional accusation at one another. But none of that vitriol was on display Tuesday night when the two candidates held a debate at Sands Point Preserve.

“We have two candidates we can be proud of, and I can’t say we’ve always had that opportunity,” moderator Peter Forman said at the end of the debate.

About 100 residents attended the debate at the Hempstead House, a Tudorstyle castle that was once the summer residence of the Guggenheim family.

Although billed as a debate, there was little actual back-and-forth between the candidates. They took turns answering questions provided by Forman, and only once was there a rebuttal.

Forman started the debate by saying the election winner would have a tall task ahead.

“The first question is a joke: why would you want this job?” Forman said, which drew laughter from the candidates and the audience.

From there, Forman quickly dived into the questions, some of which were submitted by the audience. The night was dominated by two issues: fixing the county’s budget and eliminating corruption.

“We’ve had administrations from both parties that have failed to deal with

PHOTO BY LUKE TORRANCE

Laura Curran speaks while Jack Martins looks during the debate at Sands Point Preserve. this issue,” Martins said of the budget.

Among his proposals was to cut overtime for county employees in half, which would save the county $60 million a year.

Both candidates called the amount of time the county has spent under a financial watchdog, the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, “embarrassing.”

One way to help balance the budget would be to reform the property assessment system in the county. Both agreed that the assessment system was broken, but disagreed over how it should be fixed. Martins wanted the towns to do the assessment but Curran said that

would not happen.

“Unfortunately, the towns don’t want it,” she said. “This is an idea that has been floated and failed.”

Instead, she wants to hire a credentialed assessor and hire a staff that would be able to reassess every year.

Both were in agreement that the county should put its financial books online, and each called for more transparency to root out corruption and restore public trust.

“This is an easy decision to make,” Martins said. “But it’s also about putting meetings online. We have to go further.”

The candidates shared similar views on how to make the county more attractive to companies and young people.

Both called for better infrastructure, with Curran in particular calling for improved public transit via ferries and buses. But both acknowledged that such projects will not be possible until the county gets its budget in order.

When it came to corruption, Martins said the county’s Board of Ethics was not sufficiently staffed and funded. Curran said that she would limit the amount of money that can be donated to political campaigns by people who do business with the county.

“This is the issue of the campaign, I think,” she said.

Martins disagreed.

“I just take issue with one thing… the issue of campaign, as much as it’s about corruption, as much as it’s restoring public trust, it has to be about fixing this county going forward, and the finances in this county,” he said.

It was one of the few moments of clear disagreement between the two candidates.

As the attendees made their way to the exit, several people said that they did not have a clear favorite and that both made good points during the debate.

“They were both extremely professional and gave us hope for the future of Nassau County,” said Georgia DeYoung, chair of Sands Point’s Historic Landmarks Preservation Committee.

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SCHOOL NEWS

COMMUNITY NEWS

Temple to honor 6 members 34 seniors Merit

commendations

PHOTOS COURTESY OF TEMPLE ISRAEL

Manny Bardash, Van Frankel, Lila Bernstein-Schoen and Alexander Schoen, Rachelle and Dr. Ebby Ohebshalom.

Temple Israel of Great Neck will present its highest religious recognition to six members of the congregation on Simhat Torah, the holiday celebrating the Torah, on Friday, October 13.

Being honored at the holiday service will be Lila Bernstein-Schoen and Alexander Schoen, Rachelle and Dr. Ebby Ohebshalom, Van Frankel, and Manny Bardash, all residents of Great Neck and longtime mem-

bers of the congregation.

The Schoens have served on numerous congregational committees. She is the vice president supplier management for Morgan Stanley and Mr. Schoen is the director of sponsored programs at NYU Winthrop Hospital. The Ohebshaloms immigrated to the United States from Iran, eventually settling in Great Neck. Dr. Ohebshalom, a physician, is in private practice.

Manny Bardash and Van Frankel were instrumental in the founding of Hatzilu, an organization that brings food and other assistance to the Jewish poor, in the 1970s. They have been bringing aid to Jewish members of the community for more than 40 years.

Temple Israel of Great Neck, the region’s largest Conservative Jewish congregation, is located at 108 Old Mill Road.

Thirty-four seniors in the Great Neck Public Schools have been named Commended Students in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSP), placing them among the top ranks of high school juniors nationwide.

To achieve this honor, they placed among the top 50,000 of the more than 1.6 million juniors who took the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Each commended student received a Letter of Commendation in recognition of exceptional academic promise. Although commended students do not continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships, some become candidates for scholarships sponsored by corporations and businesses.

“The young men and women named commended students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success,” a NMSP spokesperson said. “They represent a valuable

national resource. Recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation.”

North High Commended Students North High’s Commended Students are: Simona Fine, Lauren Hakimi, Sasha Hakimian, Noah Okin, Jade Pan, Hong Tam, Ashley Yu, and Elaine Zhang.

South High Commended Students South High’s Commended Students are: Hannah Chang, Katelyn Chang, Shao Chen, Jacob Glueck, Clara Goldberger, Nicole Hu, Times Hwang, Grace Jiang, Jessica Ye Jiang, Shawn Kang, Nurin Keshwani, Daniel Kim, Noah Kniesly, Jenny Li, Derek Lin, Yuhan Liu, Wendy Mo, Alexandra Rigos, Patrick Shen, Michelle Song, Richard Song, Michael Sun, Cindy Wang, Aaron Yam, Ava Zhang, and Michael Zhang.

Great Neck Social Center men and women will discuss anything and everything that goes on all over the globe. Moderated by Janet De Winter, Martha Cohen, Martin Bomser and others. No charge.

Veterans Social Club Veterans meetings on the second Friday of the month at 2 p.m. with spouses, family and friends. Refreshments are courtesy of Atria Great Neck.

Plan Ahead for Flu Shots! Wednesday, Sept. 27, flu shots will be done at the Social Center between 11:00a.m. and 3:00p.m. To reserve a place, phone Janet or Kelly at 311.

The Great Neck Social Center is located at 80 Grace Ave. in Great Neck.

Thursday Morning Movies Dates and details

Womanspace Autumn Events Womanspace Lively Discussion returns on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. Back to Memoir Writing starts on Mondays at 1 p.m.

Easy Meals to Make at Home The Cornell Cooperative Institute sends Mae Bennett every month to make home life easier with her delightful and nutritious food ideas.

The World in Depth Thursdays at 2 p.m., lively active

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Great Neck North High School and Great Neck South High School. (Top photo from Google Maps).

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Spinners, Little Anthony in Westbury

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ive Nation will present The Spinners and Little Anthony & The Imperials at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Sunday, Oct. 8 at 6

p.m.

Sophisticated, up-tempo R&B with precision choreography defines a Spinners show.

With over 60 million records sold in their illustrious career, the mighty Spinners have performed for Presidents, received six Grammy nominations and have appeared on television too many times to count.

This legendary group holds 18 Solid Gold Top 40 Hits. Their top 10 hits include “Then Came You,” “Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl,” “Cupid,” “The Rubberband Man,” “Could It Be I’m Falling In Love,” “I’ll

Be Around” and many more.

The Spinners will be joined in concert by Little Anthony, whose powerful vocal range coupled with his many ageless songs transport the audience to a place where timeless music lives on forever.

Backed by the original Imperials, Anthony’s Top 40 Hits include “Tears On My Pillow,” “Shimmy, Shimmy KoKo Bop,” “Goin’ Out Of My Head,” “I’m On The Outside (Looking In),” “Take Me Back” and “Hurt So Bad.” Tickets to the concert can be purchased by visiting Ticketmaster.com, calling 800-745-3000 or by visiting the Westbury box office.

For more information, go to www. thetheatreatwestbury.com.

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LEO’S Join Us For

The top seven events

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Stage Production: “La Boheme” Saturday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 8 at 3 p.m.

La Boheme, the passionate, timeless and indelible story of young artists in Paris, depicts the joys and sorrows of love and loss with their true meaning revealed in the simple things that make up everyday life.

Where: Madison Theatre at Molloy College 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre Info & Tickets: (516) 323-4444 • madisontheatreny.org

All Throughout the Month Serving Leo’s Famous Breakfast Saturday & Sunday 8-11:30AM Friday Only 25% Off Entire Lunch or Dinner Check

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Betty Buckley Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30-9 p.m. and 9:30-11 p.m.

Cash Only • Alcohol not included • Lobster Dishes & 14 oz. Black Angus Steak not included.

Not available at the bar • Coupon Must Be Presented At Time of Ordering • Expires 10/12/17 • Dine In Only Good for parties of 8 or less • May only be used on day specified. Not to be combined w/any other offer.

Saturday Only 25% Off Entire Lunch or Dinner Check

Where: Tilles Center for the Performing Arts 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville Info & Tickets: (516) 299-3100 • tillescenter.org

Cash Only • Alcohol not included • Lobster Dishes & 14 oz. Black Angus Steak not included.

Not available at the bar • Coupon Must Be Presented At Time of Ordering • Expires 10/12/17 • Dine In Only Good for parties of 8 or less • May only be used on day specified. Not to be combined w/any other offer.

Sunday Only 30% Off Entire Dinner Check Cash Only • Alcohol not included • Lobster Dishes & 14 oz. Black Angus Steak not included.

Not available at the bar • Coupon Must Be Presented At Time of Ordering • Expires 10/12/17 • Dine In Only Good for parties of 8 or less • May only be used on day specified. Not to be combined w/any other offer.

Monday Only 30% Off Entire

Tuesday Only 30% Off Entire

Lunch or Dinner Check

Lunch or Dinner Check

Cash Only • Alcohol not included

Cash Only • Alcohol not included

Lobster Dishes & 14 oz. Black Angus Steak not included.

Not available at the bar • Coupon Must Be Presented At Time of Ordering • Expires 10/12/17 • Dine In Only Good for parties of 8 or less • May only be used on day specified. Not to be combined w/any other offer.

Lobster Dishes & 14 oz. Black Angus Steak not included.

Not available at the bar • Coupon Must Be Presented At Time of Ordering • Expires 10/12/17 • Dine In Only Good for parties of 8 or less • May only be used on day specified. Not to be combined w/any other offer.

Wednesday Only 25% Off Entire

Thursday Only 25% Off Entire

Lunch or Dinner Check

Lunch or Dinner Check

Cash Only • Alcohol not included

Cash Only • Alcohol not included

Lobster Dishes & 14 oz. Black Angus Steak not included.

Not available at the bar • Coupon Must Be Presented At Time of Ordering • Expires 10/12/17 • Dine In Only Good for parties of 8 or less • May only be used on day specified. Not to be combined w/any other offer.

Lobster Dishes & 14 oz. Black Angus Steak not included.

Not available at the bar • Coupon Must Be Presented At Time of Ordering • Expires 10/12/17 Dine In Only Good for parties of 8 or less • May only be used on day specified. Not to be combined w/any other offer.

190 Seventh St., Garden City 742-0574 • www.leosgardencity.com

American stage, film and television actress and singer Betty Buckley, who won a Tony Award for her role in the original Broadway production of “Cats” and iconic version of the song “Memory,” will perform Story Songs, winner of the 2016 Broadway World Cabaret Award for Best Show.

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The Chapin Family Live in Concert

Saturday, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m.

Landmark on Main Street and the Gold Coast Arts Center present this concert event that brings together family and friends of the late Harry Chapin, whose enduring legacy reflects the successful musical career of this Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist.

Where: Landmark on Main Street Jeanne Rimsky Theatre, 232 Main St., Port Washington Info & Tickets: (516) 767-1384 landmarkonmainstreet.org

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Musical: “Carrie”

Saturday, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 8 at 3 p.m. (ongoing performances through Oct. 22) October brings out the scary like Stephen King’s “Carrie,” the story of an awkward teenage girl with telekinetic powers who wreaks havoc on everyone and everything in her path after being humiliated by her classmates at the high school prom.

Where: Cultural Arts Playhouse, 170 Michael Drive, Syosset Info & Tickets: (516) 694-3330 • culturalartsplayhouse.com

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The Spinners and Little Anthony

Sunday, Oct. 8 at 6 p.m.

Grammy Award-winning R&B group, The Spinners, who brought us classic songs such as “Then Came You,” “Working My Way Back to You,” “I’ll Be Around” and “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love,” joins Little Anthony, whose own Top 40 hits include “Tears on My Pillow” and “Goin’ Out of My Head.”

Where: NYCB Theatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info & Tickets: (516) 247-5211 thetheatreatwestbury.com

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Blue October Thursday, Oct. 12 at 8 p.m.

The Texas-based band known for their shimmering melodies and heartstring-pulling lyrics will perform their emotionally-charged and magnetic music, including successful songs like “Into The Ocean,” “Home,” “Calling You,” “Say It” and “Fear.”

Greater Port Washington Business Improvement District Presents

PORT WASHINGTON RESTAURANT WEEK

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15– SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22 Prix Fixe $2500*

*Gratuity, Tax and Beverages not included * On Saturday, October 21, the Prix Fixe Menu is only offered until 7pm

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS Ayhan’s Shish-Kebab Restaurant ⦁ Bareburger Bosphorus Café Grill ⦁ f.i.s.h. on main Finn Mac Cool’s ⦁ Frank’s Pizza Gino’s Pizzeria & Restaurant ⦁ Guajiro Restaurant Hana ⦁ Harbor Q ⦁ La P’tite Framboise Bistro Louie’s Grille & Liquors ⦁ Mi Ranchito Grill ⦁ Mojito Café O’Hara’s Ale House & Grill ⦁ Port Thai Place Rosso Uptown ⦁ Sullivan’s Quay Toscanini Ristorante Italiano The Wild Goose ⦁ Wild Honey on Main ⦁ Yummy Gyro

Where: The Space at Westbury, 250 Post Ave., Westbury Info & Tickets: (516) 283-5566 • thespaceatwestbury.com

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Author Event: “Historic Crimes of Long Island”

Friday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m.

Award-winning local author and historian Kerriann Flanagan Brosky will discuss and sign copies of “Historic Crimes of Long Island: Misdeeds from 1600s to the 1950s,” which reveals that beyond the idyllic countryside and suburban communities of Long Island lies a murky history of murder and mayhem.

Where: Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington Info: (631) 271-1442 • bookrevue.com

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Get Your Skates On!

THE TOP EVENTS FOR KIDS FOR THE COMING WEEK

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he Rise of the Jack O’Lanterns

• SKILL DEVELOPMENT ICE HOCKEY CLINIC • FALL/WINTER ICE HOCKEY HOUSE LEAGUE (Ages 6-18)

Friday, Oct. 6 through Sunday, Oct. 8, 7-10:30 p.m. (ongoing through Oct. 29)

Columbus Day 10/9 12:45 to 2:45 Addt’l Public Skate Sessions Our Birthday Parties Are The Best $

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Returning for the sixth year on Long Island is the most iconic, truly unique and family-friendly fall event, Rise of the Jack O’Lanterns, featuring 5,000 hand-carved, illuminated pumpkins creatively arranged along a scenic walking path and set to a musical score. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

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Where: Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury Info: 516-333-0048 or oldwestburygardens.org

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lood Manor Presents Crypts of the Coliseum

Friday, Oct. 6 and Saturday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 8 at 6 p.m. (ongoing through Oct. 31) Long Island’s premiere haunted house attraction kicks o this week with 5,000 square feet of themed rooms, corridors, and a labyrinth of passageways designed to maximize one’s fear. Blood Manor is not recommended for children under the age of 14, who must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Where: NYCB Live, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale | Info: 516-231-4848 or nycblive.com

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all Festival at Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery

Saturday, Oct. 7, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

This environmental fair celebrates autumn with a petting zoo, pumpkin patch, castle bouncer, live animal encounters, music, food, games and more.

Where: Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery 1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor Info: 516-692-6768 or cshfishhatchery.com

AKooky Spooky Halloween

Saturday, Oct. 7, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (ongoing through Oct. 28) “A Kooky Spooky Halloweenâ€? is a merry musical about a ghost who’s afraid of the dark. On this journey to ďŹ nd spook-tacular promise, Abner and company learn the power of helping others.

Where: Theatre Three 412 Main St., Port Jefferson Info: 631-928-9100 or theatrethree.com

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This fun-ďŹ lled, family event will include Halloween trick-or-treats, a costume parade, live music, jumbo garden games, pumpkins for sale, pony rides, potato sack races, face painting, watercolor demonstrations and a Halloween bounce house.

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TV host to talk NYC politics at G.N. temple On Friday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m., Errol Louis will be the guest in the pulpit at Temple Emanuel of Great Neck. He will offer the talk, “Inside City Hall & Beyond.”

Louis is the political anchor of NY1 News, where he hosts “Inside City Hall,” a nightly prime-time show about New York City politics, on which he interviews top political and cultural leaders, including Mayor Bill de Blasio and ex-mayors David Dinkins, Rudy Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg; Gov. Andrew Cuomo and ex-governors George Pataki, Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson; and dozens of city, state and federal officials.

Louis also serves as a CNN contributor, providing on-air commentary on key events from presidential primaries to Election Night. He writes frequent-

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Louis has moderated more than two dozen debates between candidates for mayor, public advocate, city and state comptroller, U.S. Senate, state attorney general, and recently was a questioner in the final presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

He writes a weekly column for the New York Daily News on a range of

political and social affairs and was recently ranked No. 30 on the list of the 100 most powerful people in New York City politics.

Louis serves as director of urban reporting at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, where he has taught political and investigative reporting to dozens of students. He is also co-editor of “Deadline Artists,” a two-volume anthology of America’s greatest newspaper columns published in October 2011.

Louis’s talk is preceded by a brief service. Following his talk, there will be a Q & A. Refreshments will be served. All members of the community are invited to attend.

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FALL GUIDE

Fall to bring events, exhibits to museum

BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I all is creeping over Long Island, and the Nassau County Museum of Art is ready with a host of events and exhibitions for the upcoming season.

Executive Director Charles Riley said he was excited for the Manes Family Art and Education Center, named for museum trustee Dr. Harvey Manes of Old Westbury, to host classes and an exhibition series called Master Class.

The first installment features the work of artist and teacher Josef Albers alongside some of the pieces from his students. Albers’ students include Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Serra, Eva Hesse, Audrey Flack, Robert Mangold, Sol LeWitt and many more well-known artists.

“There are certain times in art history when a great artist was a great teacher, and that great artist had amazing students who then became art stars,” Riley said. “When you look at the roster of his pupils, it’s this amazing list of people who became stars.”

Riley said future installments will focus on Auguste Rodin, Hans Hoffmann, John Baldessari and Stan Brodsky, among others.

Adult classes will be offered in the center’s two classrooms on a wide variety of subjects, including watercolor painting, fiber arts, iPhone photography and portrait drawing.

Classes for children include the art of drawing, stop-motion animation and iPad drawing as well as a class about building a portfolio for high school students to send to colleges and a kids sam-

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pler course, which combines traditional art making and technology.

The center will also offer courses for children and young adults with Autism with Mollie Bassett. A full schedule of classes can be found online at nassaumuseum.org.

The schedule, Riley said, has been printed in both English and Chinese and he is working on a Korean version as well.

While the outside of the center is currently a drab white, former graffiti artist turned international star Kenny Scharf will be livening up the exterior with spray paint Oct. 26 through 29.

Visitors are welcome to watch the work during the three days, which will take place on two exterior walls of the building, but are asked to respect Scharf’s space.

Super Family Sundays will run through Nov. 5 with a special Halloween event Oct. 29. During the Enchanted Forest event, the museum’s grounds are transformed into a family-friendly Halloween wonderland from 1 to 4 p.m.

The museum will also offer Sketching in the Galleries from 1 to 2 p.m. Oct. 24 and a brown bag lecture with museum docent Riva Ettus discusses the New York, New York exhibit, running through Nov. 5, which features a 3-D model of a Manhattan alleyway complete with delivery truck and trash can fire.

“It’s different artists takes on how to get New York on a canvas or into a sculpture,” Riley said. “It’s a very vibrant show with all kinds of history and art history in it. It’s a lovely show for a lot of people who aren’t the typical artsy kind of people.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART

The Nassau County Museum of Art has a plethora of family-friendly fall events and exhibitions.

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OCTOBER “Blade Runner 2049” (Oct. 6; R; sci-fi thriller): The long-awaited sequel to “Blade Runner” brings back Harrison Ford as the missing Rick Deckard and Ryan Gosling as the rookie blade runner in search of him.

“The Mountain Between Us”

(Oct. 6; action/adventure/drama): Kate Winslet and Idris Elba star as plane crash survivors forced to make their way through an icy wilderness to survive.

“The Foreigner”

(Oct. 13; action thriller): Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan lead this thriller about a father grieving after his daughter dies in a terrorist attack.

“Goodbye Christopher Robin”

(Oct. 13; PG; biography/family/history): Domhnall Gleeson and Margot Robbie star in this biopic about A.A. Milne, who created the Winnie the Pooh stories.

“Breathe”

(Oct. 13; PG-13; biography/drama/romance): Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy star

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in this true story about polio-stricken Robin Cavendish, who remains determined to help the disabled.

les lawyer who takes on a life-changing case with ethical dilemmas attached.

“Only the Brave”

“Three Billboards Outside “Wonder Wheel” (Dec. 1; PG-13; drama): Ebbing, Missouri”

(Oct. 20; PG-13; biography/drama): Josh Brolin, Miles Teller and Jeff Bridges play the Granite Mountain Hotshots, real-life firefighters who fought a 2013 Arizona blaze.

“Wonderstruck”

(Oct. 20; PG; drama/family/mystery): Simultaneous stories about a midwest boy and a girl in New York 50 years prior starring Julianne Moore, Oakes Fegley and Michelle Williams.

“The Snowman”

(Oct. 20; crime/drama/horror): Michael Fassbender plays a detective on the hunt of the Snowman Killer, a serial killer who strikes on the first snowfall of winter.

“Suburbicon”

(Oct. 27; R; crime/drama/mystery): Matt Damon and Julianne Moore star as a couple who get caught up in the dark side of 1950s suburban life.

(Nov. 10; comic drama): Frances McDormand plays a mother who takes bold moves when there are still no suspects in her daughter’s murder.

“Murder on the Orient Express”

NOVEMBER “A Bad Moms Christmas” (Nov. 3; action/adventure/comedy): Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn are back playing bad moms – this time dealing with the stresses of the holiday season.

“Thor: Ragnarok” (Nov. 3; action/adventure/fantasy): Chris Hemsworth, Cate Blanchett and Mark Ruffalo lead the cast in this new Marvel adventure as Thor takes on Hulk.

“Roman Israel, Esq.” (Nov. 10; crime/drama): Denzel Washington stars in this drama as a Los Ange-

“All the Money in the World”

(Nov. 10; crime/drama/mystery): Kenneth Branaugh, Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer star in this remake of the Agatha Christie novel about a murder on a lavish train ride.

(Dec. 8; crime/mystery/thriller): Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Spacey and Michelle Williams star in this thriller involving the 1973 kidnapping of J. Paul Getty’s grandson in Rome.

“Justice League”

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”

(Nov. 17; action/adventure/fantasy): Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot are back as Batman and Wonder Woman as they team up for the first time to battle evil forces.

“Thank You for Your Service” “Wonder” (Nov. 17; PG; drama): Julia Roberts and (Oct.27; R; biography/drama/war): Miles Teller portrays a soldier dealing with PTSD after returning home from the Iraq war.

From writer/ director Woody Allen, the story of a middle-aged carousel operator and his wife in 1950s Coney Island with Kate Winslet leading an all-star cast.

Owen Wilson star in this heartwarming story about a boy with facial differences who attends a mainstream school for the first time.

“Coco” (Nov. 22; animation/adventure/comedy): Alanna Ubach, Benjamin Bratt and Edward James Olmost lend voices to this animated feature, an extraordinary journey through the Land of the Dead.

“Darkest Hour” (Nov. 22; biography/drama/history): Gary Oldman stars as Winston Churchill during the early days of World War II.

“Molly’s Game” (Nov. 22; biography/drama): Jessica Chastain plays an Olympic skier involved in the high-stakes world of poker in this drama that also features Idris Elba and Kevin Costner.

(Dec. 15; action/adventure/fantasy): Perhaps the most eagerly-awaited film of the season, this second installment in the Star Wars sequel trilogy stars Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Laura Dern, Mark Hamill and the late Carrie Fisher in her last film role as these interstellar heroes continue the epic journey that began “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.”

MOVIE THEATRES Herricks Theatre 3324 Hillside Avenue New Hyde Park 516- 747-0555

AMC Loews Roosevelt Field 630 Old Country Road Garden City 516-741-4008

AMC Loews Raceway 1025 Corporate Drive Westbury 516-745-6937

United Artists Theatre at Westbury 12 7000 Brush Hollow Road Westbury

Bow Tie Manhasset Cinemas 430 Plandome Road Manhasset 516-627-7887

Port Washington Cinemas With early winter releases including the Will Smith fantasy-crime drama “Bright” (Dec. 22), Alexander Payne’s dramedy “Downsizing” (Dec. 22) with Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig, an untitled Paul Thomas Anderson film starring Daniel Day Lewis in what may be his final film, and the Christmas day release of “The Greatest Showman,” a musical drama inspired by the life of P.T. Barnam that stars Hugh Jackman, the rest of this year’s films should keep movie fans enthralled through the start of red carpet season and ending with the final statues presented at the 90th Academy Awards in 2018.

116 Main Street Port Washington 516- 944-6200

Soundview Cinemas, Inc. 7 Soundview Market Place Port Washington 516- 944-3900

Bow Tie Roslyn Theater 20 Tower Place Roslyn 516- 621-8488

Port Washington Cinema 116 Main Street Port Washington

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FALL GUIDE

color me cozy

Warming Up Your Home with Autumn Colors The colors in our home affect our mood, sense of calm, and even appetite! Use color to create a desired effect in one room or throughout your whole home.

CREATING A WELCOMING FOYER…

CREATING A DECADENT DINING ROOM...

Using a happy yellow color like Banana Cream (SW 6673) can make any foyer feel welcoming. The neutral yellow invokes feelings of optimism, hope, and fun. The color yellow increases mental activity and is energizing, the perfect way to set out for the day!

For a dramatic, invigorating dining room, use a deep red like Stolen Kiss (SW 7586). The color red is bold, timeless, and elegant. The dining room is where we go not only to nourish our bodies, but also our hearts as we share the table. Red is known to stimulate appetites and conversation. Use a deeper red and lighter accents to avoid being overwhelmed by this powerful color.

CREATING A TRANQUIL BATHROOM… For a spa-like sense of natural calm, use a green paired with light gray and white accents.

Green symbolizes renewal, growth, and harmony. A calming green like Clary Sage (SW 6178) is rejuvenating, refreshing, and balancing. In the autumn this color reminds us of the spring that is to come with change, rebirth, and emergence.

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CREATING A COZY FAMILY ROOM…

INFORMATION AND PHOTOS COURTESY OF SHERWIN WILLIAMS, PORT WASHINGTON

Brown is often overlooked and underused. Reminiscent of security, resilience, and dependability, a robust brown like Turkish Coffee (SW 6076) can create a cozy and soothing space. Brown gives off a relaxing vibe. In a family room, brown will invite everyone in to chat and snuggle up. To use brown effectively, contrast the color with light neutrals, whites, and brighter colors. When paired with a bright color such as a light blue, the brown will appear richer.

CREATING A SPICY KITCHEN… Like its cousin red, orange is also known to stimulate appetite! The color orange is known as the “social” color, as it promotes lively conversation in your home. Orange will bring laughter, celebration, and warmth into your kitchen. This soft yet strong color can be cozy in burnt tones, and modern in more bright, crisp tones. Cavern Clay (SW 7701) is a great way to spice it up!

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hair trends INFORMATION AND PHOTOS COURTESY OF NUBEST SALON AND SPA

SMOKEY BROWNS Whether it’s a blunt fringe, short layers, dip-dye or a whole new shade of hair, the new season brings with it the perfect opportunity to test out the most coveted hairstyles and hair trends sported by celebrities and street-style stars.

This season was especially good in taking fun, inventive ideas to the forefront, from playing with multiple textures to new incarnations of just plain old pretty looks. Warm blondes, smoky browns, and icy platinum is the way to go. Smoky browns, add instant warmth to your look, making it the perfect way to transition your summer sun-kissed hair into fall.

PIXIE CUT

CURLY HAIR

Then, there’s the pixie cut — a modern-day version of Mia Farrow’s classic pixie, only this updated version feels ultra-fresh and carefree. It’s kept soft by not blunting the perimeter of the hairline around the head, and the layers are slightly longer on top.

The resurgence of curls is such an exciting trend. If you have curls, be sure to embrace them. Curls are more fun to work with because you can create a variety of different looks with curly hair.

People with long, medium-length and even hair should work with their natural texture as opposed to fighting against it, because it has become trendy for hair to have a more insouciantly undone look, as opposed to the painstakingly stylized and perfected look that once reigned supreme, which allowed little room for variation or customization.

THE LOB HAIRCUT The lob has been wildly popular for years, but 2017’s rendition is a bit different. This mid-length style has a lot more layers. It’s a fun, stylish way to take your lob to the next level. Take the plunge with one of this season’s biggest trends: Contour Coloring along with the lob.

Contour Coloring highlights certain sections of the hair to extenuate your facial features. It can give more definition to bone structure and enhance a chiseled effect.

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halloween party

Throw a hauntingly good Halloween party alloween is a special day that delights children of all ages and helps adults feel like kids at heart. Few people want the fun to end once trick-or-treating is over. By throwing a Halloween party, revelers can continue celebrating well into the evening.

When hosting a Halloween party, it helps to determine who will be in attendance before making any plans. Parties that include children should be P.G. in nature, and hosts should ďŹ nd the right balance between scary and fun. While you want to have a certain measure of the macabre, make sure you don’t send young guests home with nightmares. Reserve gruesome decorations and details for adult-only parties.

Halloween parties do not necessarily need to be ghoulish to be fun. Try a glittery

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Tasty, themed treats are an important part of any Halloween party.

gala masquerade party or decorate exclusively in orange and black. Classically eerie parties may feature ravens and crows, or they can be subtlely spooky with red candles and heavy curtains.

Many people can’t wait to dress up for a Halloween party, even picking out their costumes months in advance.

Still, not everyone feels comfortable donning a costume. To welcome all guests, don’t make costumes mandatory. One way around this is to set up a Halloween Disguise Table full of accessories that anyone can borrow and use to alter their appearance. Goofy glasses, strange hats, adhesive mustaches, or masks can be fun. If someone didn’t feel comfortable dressing in full costume, he or she may be more apt to pop in a set of plastic fangs or put on a spinning bow tie.

Food is an integral part of any party and can enhance Halloween soirĂŠes. Candy is a pivotal component of Halloween and you

can play o that theme at your party.

Set up a candy bar full of appropriately hued candies of all shapes and sizes. Put them on display in clear glass or plastic canisters so they add to your Halloween dĂŠcor.

Some people like to get creative with Halloween cuisine, crafting foods into items that may look like parts of the body or other symbols of the holiday. Cookie cutters can turn sandwiches, desserts, biscuits, and many other foods into dierent shapes.

However, foods also can be made a tad more spooky simply by renaming them or presenting them in interesting containers. Why not serve punch out of a ďŹ sh aquarium? Other beverages can be housed in jugs or old bottles and labeled “potions.â€? Use laboratory instruments, such as petri dishes, vials and beakers, to serve snacks.

A Halloween party makes for a fun night, and there is no limit to what hosts can do when planning their scary soirĂŠes.

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apple picking all is the perfect time for apple picking with so many varieties to choose from. Each apple has its own time for ripeness. “Apple growers take daily walks through the orchards and look for signs of ripeness, like color, how easily the apple comes off the tree and of course the taste,” says Kristin Kraszewski of Hank’s Pumpkintown. “Ripe apples will start to fall off the tree, so noticing a few apples on the ground around the tree is a signal that the tree is ready to be picked,” she adds. What’s the right way to pick an apple? Step one is to twist the apple 3 times; step

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two is to lift the apple so the bottom faces the sky; step three is to gently pull the apple from the tree; and step four is to carefully place the apple in the picking bag to avoid bruising. Apple pickers should be mindful of the marked rows and always be respectful of any taped off areas. Sometimes the rows with the most apples are not necessarily ready and guests of the orchard risk taking home a bag full of tart apples. Before visiting any orchard, Kraszewski always advises checking the website for pricing, rules as well available varieties as they differ from farm to farm.

INFORMATION PROVIDED BY HANK’S PUMPKINTOWN

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pumpkin picking he fall season has many traditions and one of them is pumpkin picking. Whether you’re picking a pumpkin right off the vine, or choosing one from a roadside stand, you want to make sure that your choice is perfect. Lee Itzler, of the Elwood Pumpkin Farm, says “Choosing a pumpkin is a very personal choice. Some like them big and bright orange. Others choose a smaller, pale yellow pumpkin. We grow 13 varieties on our farm so there is something for everyone.” Medium pumpkins are great for carving and smaller ones are best for cooking.

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weight and color. Next, choose a pumpkin that is not overly ripe. If it feels soft and squishy, it’s best to leave it. Itzler adds, “You can knock on the pumpkin with your knuckles; a hollow sound indicates that it is ripe and ready to be picked.”

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5th Annual Oktoberfest Celebration at Eisenhower Park www.nassaucountyny.gov

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Fall Family Festival Presented by Planting Fields at the Arboretum www.plantingfields.org

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ebrants who are unlikely to be mistaken for Fred and Ginger anytime soon recognize the important role music plays in Oktoberfest celebrations. While some may mistake it for polka, the music played at Oktoberfest celebrations is actually German oompah. Those skittish about stepping in may want to wait until they (and their friends and family also in attendance) have finished a stein before taking to the dance floor. · Get home safe. Arrange transportation home before attending an Oktoberfest celebration. Such celebrations tend to be rowdy, and the lively spirit of the festival can make it easy for revelers to lose track of how many steins they have hoisted throughout the day. To ensure everyone arrives home safely, revelers can assign a designated driver from their group or arrange for a taxi or ridesharing service to take them to and from the festival so no one feels the need to get behind the wheel.

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Sunday, October 29

Sunday, October 29 @ 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 14, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Manhasset Fall Festival

CONCERTS/ ORCHESTRAS

Diwali Festival: Kathak, Bhangra, & Beyond

Series: Mark Valenti performs the music of classical composer

Strathmore Vanderbilt Country Club www.manhassetfallfestival.com

BABYLON CHORALE

Friday, November 3

www.babylonchorale.org P.O. Box 492, Babylon 516-799-4974

NEA Jazz Masters: Celebrating 100 Years of Dizzy and Monk

Saturday, October 14 and Sunday, October 15, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

The 34th Annual Oyster Festival Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park www.theoysterfestival.org

Saturday, October 14 (Raindate Sunday, October 15) @ 3:00 p.m.

Newsday Flick and Treat Festival www.newsdayevents.com

Saturday, October 17

Saturday, December 9, 8:00 p.m.

Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church 666 Albin Avenue West Babylon, NY $20 General Admission $15 Senior/Student

CHILDREN’S ORCHESTRA SOCIETY

Wednesday, November 1 Monthly Jazz Jam

Saturday, November 4 through Sunday, November 12 Oasis: Photo Exhibition by Jing “Joy” Hu

Sunday, November 12 Interactive Meistersinger by Opera Pomme Rouge

Friday, November 17 Astoria Big Band: Memories of Jazz in Queens

Saturday, November 18

Sunday, October 29 @ 7:30 p.m.

Film: Beauty and The Beast

LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET www.landmarkonmainstreet.org 232 Main Street, Suite 1, Port Washington 516-767-1384 Check website for concert times, pricing and ticket availability Afternoon T.E.A. designed for the 55+ crowd.

Conversations from Main Street public affairs series.

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Saturday, October 14 Martin Sexton Trio

Sunday, October 15

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Wednesday, November 29

Wednesday, October 18

Friday, October 13 @ 7:00 p.m.

The Moth StorySLAM: Fakes!

Sunday, October 15, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

33rd Annual Great Neck Plaza AutoFest and Street Festival

Discovery Finalists and Winner Concert 239 Cold Spring Road, Syosset Open to the public and free of Charge

Friday, December 1 through Sunday, December 10

Colin Hay (Former frontman of Men at Work)

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Student Recital 239 Cold Spring Road, Syosset Open to the public and free of Charge

Friday, December 1

Saturday, November 18 @ 3:00 p.m.

GREAT NECK CHORAL SOCIETY

Fall County Fair at the Sands-Willets House www.cowneck.org

Saturday, October 21, 2017 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Fall Family Freshwater Fishing Festival Hempstead Lake State Park www.parks.ny.gov

Saturday, October 21, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

2017 NY Open TKD Championships and Korean Cultural Festival at Mitchel Field www.nyopentkd.org

Saturday, October 21, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Claws, Paws, and Scales Pet Education and Adoption Fair at the Mineola Memorial Library

Sunday, October 29, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Dog Festival At Old Westbury Gardens www.oldwestburygardens.org

Sunday, November 5, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

I Love Chocolate Fest Old Bethpage Village Restoration www.obvrnassau.com

Tuesday, November 7 through Tuesday, November 14 Gold Coast International Film Festival www.goldcoastfilmfestival.org

Saturday, November 18 and Sunday, November 19, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

2017 Native American Feast Presented by Garvies Point Museum www.garviespointmuseum.com

Saturday, October 14 @ 3:00 p.m.

Student reital 239 Cold Spring Road, Syosset Open to the public and free of Charge

Gods, Beasts and Men: Exhibition by Visual Artist, Steve Palermo Fairy Tale: World Music from Korea

Sleeping Beauty (kids)

Thursday, October 26 An Intimate Evening with Rickie Lee Jones

Saturday, November 4 Marin Mazzie & Jason Danieley (Gala & concert only)

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Friday, November 17

Sunday, December 3 @ 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 18

Winterfest: Chamber Music Recital 239 Cold Spring Road, Syosset Open to the public and free of Charge

Holiday Concert: Performance includes portions of Handel’s “Judas Maccabaeus.”

US Merchant Marine Academy 300 Steamboat Road, Kings Point

Saturday, December 16 @ 6:00 p.m.

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Saturday, December 9 @ 3:00 p.m.

Sunday, October 22

49th Annual Winter Concert 239 Cold Spring Road, Syosset All concerts and recitals are open to the public Tickets $20 each (Senior and Student discount 1/2 price)

www.greatneckparks.org 14 Arrandale Avenue, Great Neck 516-482-0355

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Film: Silence

Max Weinberg’s Jukebox Manhattan Comedy Night

Sunday, November 19 Mark Nizer’s ScienceSplosion (kids)

Saturday, December 2 Classic Albums Live Presents: The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sunday, December 10 Cherish the Ladies: A Celtic Christmas

Friday, December 15

Friday, October 13 @ 8:00 p.m.

Suzanne Vega: Solitude Standing & 99.9F

Film: Silence

Saturday, December 16

Saturday, October 14: @ 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

An Intimate Evening With Bettye LaVette Afternoon T.E.A., 2 PM

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Sunday, October 15 @ 2:00 p.m.

Friday, October 13

Friday, October 20 @ 8:00 p.m.

Carnegie Halls Neighborhood Concerts: George Gee Swing Orchestra

Film: Sophie and The Rising Sun

Wednesday, December 13

Saturday, October 14: @ 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Marcie Passley

Sunday, October 15

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Sunday: October 15 @ 7:30 p.m.

Film: Silence

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Wednesday, October 18

Sunday: October 22 @ 7:30 p.m.

Artist-Presenter Dialogues

Film: Sophie and the Rising Sun

Saturday, October 21

Friday, October 27 @ 8:00 p.m.

Betsayda Machado y La Parranda El Clavo

Film: Beauty and The Beast

Sunday, October 15 @ 2:00 p.m.

Series: NYC pop/jazz vocalist Cody Childs

Sunday, October 22

Saturday, October 28, 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Fragrance of the Moon Night IV

Film: Beauty and The Beast

Wednesday, October 11 JayCee Driesen

Wednesday, November 8 Estilo Jazz With Style

Wednesday, November 15 Linda Ronstadt Covers: The Early Years

Wednesday, December 20 David Glukh Duo Conversations from Main Street

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Thursday, December 14 St. Rocco’s Church, Glen Cove

Saturday, October 21

NYCB THEATRE AT WESTBURY

Four Way Street – Live at the Kahuna, Huntington

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Saturday, November 4 The Muckrackers Video Releast Party – Live at the Kahuna, Huntington

Saturday, November 11 Brat Pack – Live at the Kahuna, Huntington

Saturday, November 18 Gnarly Karma – Live at the Kahuna, Huntington

Saturday, October 7 @ 3:00 p.m.

Westbury Food Truck Festival Presented

by WBAB and WBLI

Sunday, October 8 @ 6:00 p.m.

The Spinners and Little Anthony & The Imperials

Thursday, October 19 @ 8:00 p.m.

MINEOLA CHORAL SOCIETY

The Price is Right Live – Stage Show

www.mineolachoralsociety.org P.O. Box 651, Mineola 516-294-1175

Saturday, October 21 @ 8:00 p.m.

Hot Autumn Nights: Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone and More!

Sunday, December 17 @ 3:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 26 @ 8:00 p.m.

Nassau Pops Symphony Orchestra Christmas Concert at Chaminade High School 340 Jackson Avenue. Mineola

Southern Rocktober Fest with Molly Hatchet, The Outlaws & Black Oak Arkansas

Friday, October 27 @ 8:00 p.m.

Movin’ Out Plays The Stranger and Tramps Like Us Plays Born to Run

NORTH SHORE POPS ORCHESTRA

Darcy Novick Presents: 15th Annual Long Island Comedy Fest

Sunday, December 3 @ 7:00 p.m.

Friday, November 10 @ 8:00 p.m.

Colors of Christmas: Peabo Bryson, Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Sunday, December 9 @ 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, November 12 @ 8:00 p.m.

Todd Rundgren

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Sunday, December 10 @ 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, November 16 @ 8:00 p.m.

Dick Fox’s Holiday Doo Wop Extravaganza

An Evening with Deepak Chopra – The Future of Wellbeing

Saturday, December 16 @ 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 18 @ 8:00 p.m.

Sinbad

Almost Queen

Wednesday, November 22 @ 8:00 p.m.

Sirius XM Presents the Brian Seltzer Orchestra’s 14th Annual Christmas Rocks! Tour

Sunday, December 17 @ 12:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

A Garfield Christmas

Thursday, December 21 @8:00 p.m.

Tony Danza

Friday, December 22 @ 8:00 p.m.

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A Sal “The Voice” Christmas featuring Sal Valentinetti & Friends

Monday, November 27 @ 8:30 p.m.

NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM

Sunday, Novemer 27 @ 7:30 p.m.

Joe Biden

Tuesday, November 28 @ 7:30 p.m.

Celtic Thunder

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Wednesday, November 29 @ 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 4 Saturday, December 2

Sunday, October 29 @ 8:00 p.m.

Kirk Franklin & Ledisi: The Rebel, The Soul & The Saint Tour

Thursday, October 12 @ 7:30 p.m.

Priscilla Presley and Me

Saturday, December 2 @ 8:00 p.m.

Dominican Village, Amityville

Saturday, November 4 @ 8:00 p.m.

Jackie Mason

Saturday, October 28 @ 8:00 p.m.

www.northshorepops.org PO Box 920, Huntington (516) 574-3059

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Saturday, October 14 @ 8:00 p.m.

PLANTING FIELDS AT THE ARBORETUM

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Friday, October 13, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

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David Houston Performs – Murder, Madness and Poe

Thursday, October 19, 26 and November 2 @ 2:30 p.m.

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Music at the Mansion – Elena Urioste & Michael Brown

Saturday, December 2, 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Deck The Halls Gala

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Saturday, November 4 8pm Concert; 6:45pm Guided tour of Westbury House; 7:30pm Pre-concert talk; Dessert reception following the concert Three is Company Eleanor Valkenburg, soprano, Barry Crawford, flute, Eugene Moye, cello, and guest artists . Works by Ravel, Mozart, Beethoven and others.

Chanson Madecasses by Ravel, Trio for flute, cello, piano by Beethoven and more.

SANDS POINT PRESERVE CONSERVANCY www.sandspointpreserveconservancy.org 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point 516-571-7901 Check website for ticket availability and pricing

Thursday, October 12 @ 8:00 p.m.

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Ethan Usoskin

Thursday, December 14 Hoffman & Katz

December 9 @ 7:00 p.m.

Not Quite Christmas Cabaret

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Friday, October 20 @ 8:00 p.m.

Anders Osborne and Jackie Greene with guest Cris Jacobs

Saturday, October 28 @ 8:00 p.m.

Alive! ‘75, Judas Priestess, Snakes & Arrows

Saturday, October 28 @ 1:00 p.m.

Darlene Grahams Family Monster Mash

Thursday, November 2 @ 8:00 p.m.

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood

Wednesday, November 8 @ 8:00 p.m.

Puddles Pity Party

Thursday, November 9 @ 8:00 p.m.

Rodrigo Y Gabriela

Friday, November 10 @ 8:00 p.m.

Get the Led Out

Wednesday, November 22 @ 8:00 p.m.

Twiddle

Sunday, December 10 @ 8:00 p.m.

Winger

THE PARAMOUNT www.paramoutny.com 370 New York Avenue, Huntington 631-673-7300 Check website for ticket availability and pricing

Friday, October 13 @ 7:00 p.m.

Rhett and Link

Saturday, October 14 @ 7:00 p.m.

Tracy Morgan

Thursday, Octobter 19 @ 8:00 p.m.

Jonny Lang

Friday, Ocotber 20 @ 8:00 p.m.

Back to the Eighties Show

Saturday, October 21 @ 8:00 p.m.

Psychedelic Furs

Sunday, October 22 @ 8:00 p.m.

Kevin James

Thursday, October 26 @ 8:00 p.m.

Yngwie Malmsteen

Friday, October 27 @ 8:00 p.m.

Ambrosia

Saturday, October 28 @ 8:00 p.m.

Howard Jones

Sunday, October 29 @ 8:00 p.m.

www.seniorpops.org P.O. Box 1473, Melville 516-414-1831

Tuesday, October 31 @ 8:00 p.m.

www.thespaceatwestbury.com/ 250 Post Avenue, Westbury Check website for ticket availability and pricing

Sunday, October 8 @ 7:30 p.m.

Halestorm

Thursday, October 12 @ 8:00 p.m.

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The Allmost Brothers Band & Freebird

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Thursday, October 19 @ 8:00 p.m.

Blue October

Friday, October 13 @ 8:00 p.m.

O El Amor & Decadia

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Thursday, November 2 @ 8:00 p.m.

Chase Rice

Friday, November 3 @ 8:00 p.m.

Dee Snider

Saturday, November 4 @ 8:00 p.m.

Dennis Deyoung

Sunday, November 5 @ 7:00 p.m.

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Tuesday, November 7 through Sunday, November 12

Monday, November 6 @ 8:00 p.m.

Peter and the Starcatcher

Rich Chigga

Saturday, November 11 @ 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, November 7 @ 8:00 p.m.

Eli Young Band

Lucie Arnaz

Wednesday, November 8 @ 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 18 @ 2:00 p.m.

The English Beat

Click Click Moo

Thursday, November 9 @ 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 18 @ 8:00 p.m.

Skid Row

Trio Solisti

Friday, November 10 @ 8:00 p.m.

Jessies Girl

Sunday, November 19 @ 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 11 @ 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 3 @ 2:00 p.m.

Film: La Favorite Film: La Fille de Neige

Carlos Mencia

Tuesday, December 5 @ 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, November 12 @ 8:00 p.m.

Adelphi Concert Band

Brit Floyd- Pink Floyd Tribute

Thursday, December 7 through Sunday, December 10

Monday, November 13 @ 8:00 p.m.

Freshmen Showcase

King Crimson

Friday, December 8 @ 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 14 @ 8:00 p.m.

Adelphi Jazz Ensemble

Saturday, December 9 @ 7:30 p.m.

Culture Club

Adelphi Chorale Holiday Concert

Wednesday, November 15 @ 8:00 p.m.

Culture Club

Saturday, November 18 @ 8:00 p.m.

Jim Breuer

Tuesday, November 21 @ 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 10 @ 3:00 p.m.

Swing’n The Holidays with The Jive Aces

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Dark Star Orchestra

Friday, December 1 @ 8:00 p.m.

Paula Poundstone

Saturday, December 2 @ 8:00 p.m.

Squeeze

Wednesday, December 6 @ 8:00 p.m.

Mat Franco

Thursday, December 7 @ 8:00 p.m.

Marshall Tucker Bank

Saturday, December 9 @ 8:00 p.m.

Hot Tuna

Sunday, December 10 @ 8:00 p.m.

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

Friday, December 15 @ 7:30 p.m.

Theresa Caputo

Adelphi World Music Ensemble

Saturday, December 16 @ 2:00 p.m.

Staged Reading of A Christmas Carol

Dream Theater

Friday, November 24 and 25 @ 8:00 p.m.

Monday, December 11 @ 5:00 p.m.

BALLET LONG ISLAND

Thursday, October 12 @ 7: 30 p.m.

Sunday, November 19 @ 2:00 p.m.

Bleachers

The Martial Artists And Acrobats of Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

www.balletlongisland.com 1863 Pond Avenue, Ronkonkoma 631-737-1964

Saturday, October 14 @ 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 25 @ 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday, October 25 @ 11:00 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.

So You Think You Can Dance – Live Tour

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Ghosts, Goblins & Witches

Sunday, October 15 @ 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 2 @ 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 28 @ 1:00 p.m.

Alonzo King Lines Ballet

Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour

Ghosts, Goblins & Witches

Saturday, October 21 @ 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 9 @ 8:00 p.m.

Smokey Robinson

Jonny Mathis Christmas

Wednesday, November 15 @11:00 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.

Friday, October 13 @ 8:00 p.m.

Blondie

Sunday, October 22 @ 7:00 p.m.

Mystic India

Thursday, October 26 @ 7:30 p.m.

Rita Rudner & Brad Garrett

Saturday, October 28 @ 8:00 p.m.

Genteman’s Guide to Love And Murder

Peter and the Wolf

THEATRE ADELPHI UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Saturday, November 18 @ 1:00 p.m.

Peter and the Wolf

Saturday, December 16 @ 1:00 p.m.

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live: King for a Day!

Aupac.adelphi.edu 1 South Ave, Garden City 516-877-4000

Saturday, November 4 @ 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 14-Sunday, October 15

Ted Sperling Presents George and Ira Gershwin’s “Of Thee I Sing”

Best of Broadway

Straight No Chaser

Friday, October 20 @ 11:00 a.m.

Friday, December 22 @ 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, November 5 @ 7:00 p.m.

WindSync Lcture/Demo

New York Bee Gees

Irma Thomas, Blind Boys of Alabama, Preservation Hall Legacy Qunitet

Friday, October 20 @ 7:30 p.m.

Friday, November 10 @ 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 22 @ 3:00 p.m.

Thursday

Blue Oyster Cult, Jefferson Starship

An Afternoon with Bruce Hornsby

Friday, December 29 @ 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, November 15 @ 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 25, 1:00 p.m.

WFAN Presents Francesca: A Night To Remember

Student Recital

Friday, October 27 @ 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 8, 15 @ 2:30 p.m.

Friday, November 17 @ 8:00 p.m.

Adelphi Symphony Orchestra

The King and I

Crystal Gale & Lee Greenwood

Saturday, October 28 @ 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 18 @ 8:00 p.m.

Film: La Forza del Destino

Saturday, October 28, November 4, November 11@ 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, November 5 @ 2:00 p.m.

Kiss Me Kate

Gobsmacked!

Film: Faust

Saturday, December 16 @ 8:00 p.m.

Blood Sweat and Tears with Bo Bice

Tuesday, December 19 @ 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, December 28 @ 8:00 p.m.

Matisyahu Jim Norton

TILLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LIU 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, Box Office 516-299-3100 Tillescenter.org

Sunday, October 29 @ 4:00 p.m.

WindSync Performance

The Nutcracker Act II

Wednesday, December 20 @ 11:00 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.

The Nutcracker Act II

BROADHOLLOW THEATRE COMPANY AT ELMONT/ BAYWAY ARTS CENTER AT ELMONT 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont 631-581-2700 www.broadhollow.org Check website for pricing and ticket availability

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FALL GUIDE Continued from Page 48

Strong lead up to Gold Coast film fest

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N

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he Gold Coast Arts Center will be hosting a wide array of new programs this fall, in their lead up to the Gold Coast International Film Festival in Novem-

ber.

Regina Gil, the director of the Gold Coast Arts Center, said this fall’s programs provide both high quality and quantity. They range from a program aiming to help those with memory loss through music and film to speaking with the grandchildren of Winston Churchill and Frank Sinatra.

“It’s quite an extraordinary array of events,” Gil said.

The fall’s events began with The Making Memories series on Monday, Oct. 2, where those with memory loss and their caretakers can come together to spur memories and conversation.

Caroline Sorokoff, the associate director of the Gold Coast Arts Center, said that it does so via a combination of film clips, live music and guided discussion.

“It’s really a great program for people with memory loss,” Sorokoff said.

They will be hosting two more of these events – Making Memories at the Movies on Nov. 8 and Making Memories with Music on Dec. 4, both starting at 11:30 a.m.

At the Landmark on Main Street, the Gold Coast Arts Center will also be co-presenting the Chapin Family in Concert on Oct. 7 at 8:00 p.m. It’s one of the few times where the entire family gets together to perform, organiz-

ers said.

Then there’s the 50+ Comedy Tour on Saturday, Oct. 14, the second year it will be at the Gold Coast Arts Center. The show aims to cater to a middle-aged audience with local comics.

Paul Anthony, the producer and creator of the Long Island Comedy Festival who is hosting the event, previously said that they saw a need for this kind of show.

“Well, people are getting older. No one’s getting younger,” Anthony said in a previous interview. “We saw a need for the 50+ Comedy Tour.”

This year’s roster includes Peter Bales, a professor of comedy at Queensborough Community College, Steve Lazarus, who has hopened for Kevin James and Lewis Black and Les Bayer, an East Meadow resident who utilizes a banjo in his routine.

Following that is a discussion with Leslie Bennetts, a journalist and the author of the Joan Rivers biography “Last Girl Before Freeway: The Life, Loves, Losses, and Liberation of Joan Rivers” on Oct. 29 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Helping kick off the Gold Coast International Film Festival is the opening of a gallery on Nov. 5 focusing on Tony Vaccaro, a photographer who captured the European front and later became a renowned for his fashion and lifestyle photos.

“Underfire: The Untold Story of Tony Vaccaro,” a documentary focusing on the photographer’s life, will accompany the exhibition, as will a Continued on Page 70

Sunday, October 29, November 5, November 12 @ 2:30 p.m.

Kiss Met Kate

Wednesday, November 1 @ 2:00 p.m.

Kiss Me Kate

Friday, November 3 at 8:00 p.m.

Kiss Me Kate

Saturday, November 25, December 2, December 9 @ 8:00 p.m Crazy For You

www.goldcoastfilmfestival.org 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck 516-829-2570

Tuesday, November 7 through Tuesday, November 14 Gold Coast International Film Festival

Wednesday, November 8 @ 11:30 a.m.

Making Memories at the Movies!

Monday, December 4 @ 11:30 a.m.

Making Memories with Music!

Sunday, November 26, December 3, December 10 @ 2:30 p.m.

JOHN W. ENGEMAN THEATRE AT NORTHPORT

Crazy For You

www.johnwengemantheater.com 631-261-2900 250 Main Street, Northport 631-261-2900 Check website for showtimes, pricing and ticket availability

Wednesday, November 29 @ 2:00 p.m.

Crazy For You

Friday, December 1 @ 8:00 p.m.

Crazy For You

CULTURAL ARTS PLAYHOUSE www.culturalartsplayhouse.com 625 Old Country Road, Plainview 516-694-3330 Check website for showtimes, pricing and ticket availability

Now through Sunday, October 22 Carrie The Musical

Saturday, November 4 through Sunday, December 3 Fiddler on the Roof

GREAT NECK HOUSE www.greatneckparks.org 14 Arrandale Avenue, Great Neck 516-482-0355 Residents only with valid park card

Friday, October 13 @ 8:00 p.m.

Film: Silence

Saturday, October 14 @ 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Film: Silence

Sunday, October 15 @ 2:00 p.m.

Series: Doo Wop/Oldies Harmony Sister Act, Twin Gold

Now through Sunday, October 29 Gypsy

Thursday, November 9 through Sunday, December 31 Annie

LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET www.landmarkonmainstreet.org 232 Main Street, Suite 1, Port Washington 516-767-1384 Check website for concert times, pricing and ticket availability Afternoon T.E.A. designed for the 55+ crowd.

Conversations from Main Street public affairs series.

Both series free, no tickets required

Saturday, October 14 Martin Sexton Trio

Sunday, October 15 Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton (of 20 Ft from Stardom)

Wednesday, October 18 Colin Hay (Former frontman of Men at Work)

Sunday, October 22 Sleeping Beauty (kids)

Sunday: October 15 @ 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 26

Film: Silence

Friday, October 20 @ 8:00 p.m.

An Intimate Evening with Rickie Lee Jones

Film: Sophie and The Rising Sun

Saturday, November 4

Saturday, October 14 @ 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Marin Mazzie & Jason Danieley (Gala & concert only)

Film: Sophie and The Rising Sun

Friday, November 17

Sunday, October 15 @ 2:00 p.m.

Max Weinberg’s Jukebox

Series: NYC pop/jazz vocalist Cody Childs

Manhattan Comedy Night

Sunday: October 22 @ 7:30 p.m.

Film: Sophie and the Rising Sun

Friday, October 27 @ 8:00 p.m.

Film: Beauty and The Beast

Saturday, October 28, 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Film: Beauty and The Beast

Sunday, October 29 @ 2:00 p.m.

Series: Mark Valenti performs the music of classical composer PHOTOS COURTESY OF GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER

GOLD COAST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Sunday, October 29 @ 7:30 p.m.

Film: Beauty and The Beast

Saturday, November 18 Sunday, November 19 Mark Nizer’s ScienceSplosion (kids)

Saturday, December 2 Classic Albums Live Presents: The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sunday, December 10 Cherish the Ladies: A Celtic Christmas

Friday, December 15 Suzanne Vega: Solitude Standing & 99.9F

Saturday, December 16 An Intimate Evening With Bettye LaVette

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FALL GUIDE Afternoon T.E.A., 2 PM

Wednesday, October 11 JayCee Driesen

Wednesday, December 27 through Sunday, December 31 Once Upon A Snowflake

Wednesday, November 8 Estilo Jazz With Style

Wednesday, November 15 Linda Ronstadt Covers: The Early Years

Wednesday, December 13 Marcie Passley

Wednesday, December 20 David Glukh Duo

SMITHTOWN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS www.smithtownpac.org 2 E. Main Street, Smithtown 631-724-3700 Check website for showtimes, pricing and ticket availability

Now through Sunday, October 22 Conversations from Main Street Mindfulness: Finding Balance in a Stressful Day

Man of La Mancha Saturday, November 11 through Sunday, January 21 Oliver!

LONG ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

TILLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LIU

Wednesday, November 15, 7 PM

www.licm.org 11 Davis Avenue, Garden City 516-224-5800

720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, Box Office 516-299-3100 Tillescenter.org

Saturday, November 4 through March 7, 2018

Thursday, October 12 @ 7: 30 p.m.

Bleachers

Mouse on the Move

Friday, October 13 @ 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, December 12 – January 25, 2018

Blondie

Happy as Clams – the Musical Check website for pricing and ticket availability

Saturday, October 14 @ 8:00 p.m.

So You Think You Can Dance – Live Tour

Sunday, October 15 @ 7:00 p.m.

Alonzo King Lines Ballet

Saturday, October 21 @ 8:30 p.m.

PLAZA THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS

Smokey Robinson

Sunday, October 22 @ 7:00 p.m.

34 Forest Avenue, Lynbrook 516-599-6870 www.plazatheatrical.com Check website for pricing and ticket availability

Mystic India

Sunday October 15, 2017 @ 7:00pm

Sunday, October 29 @ 4:00 p.m.

Fiddler On The Roof

Saturday, October 28, November 4 @ 11:00 a.m.

Rapunzel

Sunday, October 22, October 29, November 5 @ 2:00 p.m.

Fiddler On The Roof

Friday, November 10 @ 11:00 a.m.

Willy Wonka

Saturday, November 11, November 18, 2017 @ 11:00 a.m.

Willy Wonka

Sunday, November 12, November 19 @ 12:00 p.m.

Willy Wonka

Saturday, November 25, December 2 @ 11:00 a.m.

Pinkalicious

Sunday, November 26, December 3 @ 12:00 p.m.

Pinkalicious

Saturday, December 9, December 16 @ 11:00 a.m.

Charlie Brown Christmas

Thursday, October 26 @ 7:30 p.m.

Rita Rudner & Brad Garrett

Saturday, October 28 @ 8:00 p.m.

Genteman’s Guide to Love And Murder Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live: King for a Day!

Saturday, November 4 @ 8:00 p..

Ted Sperling Presents George and Ira Gershwin’s “Of Thee I Sing”

Sunday, November 5 @ 7:00 p.m.

Irma Thomas, Blind Boys of Alabama, Preservation Hall Legacy Qunitet

Friday, November 10 @ 7:30 p.m.

Blue Oyster Cult, Jefferson Starship

Wednesday, November 15 @ 7:30 p.m.

WFAN Presents Francesca: A Night To Remember

his November will mark the 22nd anniversary of the opening of Landmark on Main Street, the elementary school turned theater that has attracted a number of notable musicians, comedians and performers to Port Washington.

“We’ve been around since 1995 and we’ve built a reputation as a high-quality performing arts venue,” Laura Mogul, Landmark’s executive director, said.

Mogul has only been a part of the theater for the last two and a half years, and gives her predecessors a lot of the credit for building up the venue’s status among performers.

“Musicians love playing here, the sound and the audience and the way they play here,” Mogul said. “Everyone gives the place very high marks, and what goes around in the performers community comes around.”

This autumn will bring a number of performers to the Landmark, particularly of the roots rock and folk variety. That is because Steve Lurie, who books acts for the Landmark, is especially connected in those areas of music. He attracts many of the acts that pass through Port Washington to his annual Clearwater Music Festival in Croton-on-Hudson, for which he serves as director.

The Landmark scored a major coup when it had Cry, Cry, Cry, a “singer-songwriter supergroup” perform a sold-out show last month. Mogul said it would not have happened without Lurie’s efforts and the group’s love for the venue.

“We’ve had each of the band members separately, they knew the venue and they loved us,” she said. “So they said, ‘We’ll make [the Landmark] our Long Island stop.”

T

The venue has won rave reviews from performers for its acoustics and sound system. But it has also proved popular with audiences. Mogul said the schoolhouse-feel of the Landmark – it was once an elementary school auditorium – puts people at ease. And the cozy confines make it an intimate place to view a performance.

“No matter where you sit, even in the balcony, you’re never more than 40 or 50 feet from the stage,” Mogul said.

“You feel like the artists are singing or speaking to you.”

Among the events offered in the coming months is Afternoon T.E.A., a series of shows on weekday afternoons where tea and the performance are free.

Mogul said the series started due to a request from senior citizens who live in the building.

“When the building was converted from an elementary school, the classrooms were turned into senior citizen apartments,” Mogul said. “They requested a program that would appeal to them.

So we started screening classic movies and serving free cookies, and then it expanded to musical performances.”

When asked to pick which shows she was most excited for this fall, Mogul said it was impossible to decide.

“I have to give the mom answer and say I love all my children equally,” she said. “But I like the ones that are a little unexpected.”

One such performance will be Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton, who will perform a mix of progressive rock, psychedelic soul and African, Caribbean and Middle Eastern rhythms on Oct. 15.

Mogul is also excited for the appearance of the Chapin Family band on Saturday, which she said was a “major coup.”

Crystal Gale & Lee Greenwood

Saturday, November 18 @ 8:00 p.m.

Gobsmacked!

Sunday, November 19 @ 2:00 p.m.

The Martial Artists And Acrobats of Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

Saturday, November 25 @ 2:00 p.m.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Saturday, December 2 @ 8:00 p.m.

Scrooge

VANDERBILT MUSEUM

Scrooge

BY LU K E TOR R A N C E

Friday, November 17 @ 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 10 @ 12:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 17 @ 12:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 23 @ 11:00 a.m.

Fall at Landmark to feature rock, folk

Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour

Saturday, December 9 @ 8:00 p.m.

Jonny Mathis Christmas www.vanderbiltmuseum.org 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport 631-854-5579

PHOTO COURTESY LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET

Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton will perform at the Landmark on Main Street on Oct. 15.

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FALL GUIDE

family fun

Apple Picking

SEVEN PONDS ORCHARD

ELWOOD PUMPKIN FARM

LENNY BRUNO FARMS

65 Seven Ponds Road, Watermill 631-726-8015

FORT SALONGA FARM

WICKHAM’S FRUIT FARM

www.elwoodpumpkinfarm.com 1500 East Jericho Turnpike, Huntington 631-368-8626

www.lennybrunofarms.com 740 Wading River, Manorville 631-591-3592

www.wickhamsfruitfarm.com 28700 Main Road, Cutchogue 631-734-6441

GLOVER FARMS U-PICK PUMPKINS

MAY’S FARM

www.fortsalongafarm.com 30 Meadow Glen Road, Northport 631-269-9666

GREENLAND FAMILY FARMS www.greenlandfamilyfarms.com 17155 County Road #48, Cutchogue 631-734-5791

HANKS PUMPKINTOWN www.hankspumpkintown.com 240 Montauk Hwy., Watermill 631-726-4667

HARBES FARM AND ORCHARD www.harbesfamilyfarm.com 5698 Sound Ave, Riverhead 631-369-1111

HAYDEN ORCHARDS

WINDY ACRES FARM

633 Horseblock Road, Brookhaven, 631-286-7876

www.maysfarmny.com Rt. 25A, Wading River 631-929-6654

3810 Middle Country Road, Calverton 631-727-4554

GREENLAND FAMILY FARMS

MILK PAIL

www.greenlandfamilyfarms.com 17155 County Road #48, Cutchogue 631-734-5791

www.milk-pail.com 1346 Montauk Hwy, Water Mill 631-537-2565

HANKS PUMPKINTOWN

ROTTKAMP’S FOX HOLLOW FARM

WOODSIDE ORCHARDS www.woodsideorchards.com 729 Main Road, Rt. 25, Aquebogue 631-722-5770

Pumpkin Picking

561 Hulse Landing Road, Wading River 631-929-1115

WOODSIDE NURSERY & GARDEN CENTER

LEWIN FARMS

www.woodsidegardenandnursery.com 134 East Woodside Avenue, Patchogue 631-758-1491

www.lewinfarm.com 812 Sound Avenue, Calverton 631-929-4327

MILK PAIL www.milk-pail.com 1346 Montauk Hwy, Water Mill 631-537-2565

F&W SCHMITTS FAMILY FARM www.schmittfarm.com 26 Pinelawn Road, Melville, NY 11717 631-271-3276

www.hankspumpkintown.com 240 Montauk Hwy., Watermill 631-726-4667

2287 Sound Avenue, Baiting Hollow 631-727-1786

HARBES FARM AND ORCHARD

WINDY ACRES FARM

www.harbesfamilyfarm.com 5698 Sound Ave, Riverhead 631-369-1111

3810 Middle Country Road, Calverton 631-727-4554

KRUPSKI’S FARM 38030 Route 25, Peconic 631-734-6847

www.wickhamsfruitfarm.com 28700 Main Road, Cutchogue 631-734-6441

LEWIN FARMS

COLONIAL SPRINGS FARM

www.lewinfarm.com 812 Sound Avenue, Calverton 631-929-4327

www.colonialspringfarm.com 201 Main Avenue, Wheatley Heights 631-643-4829

WICKHAM’S FRUIT FARM

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FALL GUIDE MONSTER MASH PUPPETS AT LONG ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

Haunted Houses/ HalloweenInspired Events

www.licm.org

Month of October 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Free with admission

NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART Enchanted Halloween: A Family Friendly Forest Adventure www.nassaumeseum.org One Roslyn Drive, Roslyn Harbor 516-484-9338

ADVENTURELAND PUMPKIN PARK www.adventureland.us 2245 Broad Hollow Rd, Farmingdale 631-694-6868

Sunday, October 29, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

$10 per family

BAYVILLE SCREAM PARK

NYZ APOCALYPSE

www.bayvillescreampark.com 8 Bayville Avenue in Bayville 516-62-Ghost

www.nyzapocalypse.com 450 Commack Road, Deer Park 631-392-4700 Saturdays, 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Check website for ticket pricing and packages

Open now through Saturday, November 4 Check website for hours and ticket pricing

DARKSIDE HAUNTED HOUSE www.darksideproductions.com 5184 NY-25A, Wading River Check website for daily hours

F&W SCHMITTS HAUNTED HOUSE OF MELVILLE www.schmittfarm.com 26 Pinelawn Road, Melville, NY 11717 631-271-3276

Month of October Fridays and Saturdays, 7:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.

Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays and October 31, 7:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.

RISE OF THE JACK O’LANTERNS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 THROUGH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 7:00 P.M. – 10:30 P.M OLD WESTBURY GARDENS www.therise.org Returning for the sixth year in a row on Long Island is the most iconic, truly unique, family-friendly fall event, RISE of the Jack O’Lanterns! Come see 5,000 hand-carved illuminated jack o’lanterns creatively arranged along a scenic walking path and set to a musical score designed to bring out the fall spirit in visitors of all ages! The RISE is the only event in the country which carves 5,000 fresh REAL pumpkins EACH WEEKEND! See over FIVE DOZEN intricately carved 100+ pound pumpkins on display and iconic multi-pumpkin structures that consist of dozens of illuminated jack o’lanterns assembled into life-sized pieces of art.

GARVIES POINT MUSEUM www.garviespointmuseum.com 50 Barry Drive, Glen Cove 516-571-8010

Saturday, October 28, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Halloween Bat Craft $5 per participant in addition to museum admission.

Film: Animal Adventures: Bat Adventures (30 min.)

HAUNTED HALLOWEEN AT COE HALL www.plantingfields.org

Thursday, October 26 through Sunday, October 29, 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. $20 non-members $10 members For the first time ever Coe Hall opens its majestic doors to present you with Haunted Halloween Nights. Celebrate Halloween and embrace it as your own as you explore this Haunted House, which will thrill you with exciting special effects, frightening ghosts, live music from Jack Kohl, and performances throughout each evening.

OLD BETHPAGE VILLAGE RESTORATION HAUNTED TALES AND TRAILS www.obvrnassau.com 1301 Round Swamp Road, Old Bethpage 516-527-8400

Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Check website for pricing

RESTLESS SOULS HAUNTED HOUSE COMPLEX www.restlesssoulsli.com 301 W Hills Rd, Huntington Station Check website for ticket pricing and packages

HALLOWEEN AT THE ANDREW STERGIOPOULUS RINK

HORSE ABILITY’S HAUNTED HAY BARN

Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays October 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28,29

www.greatneckparks.org 65 Arrandale Avenue, Great Neck 516-482-0355

www.horseability.org 223 Store Hill Road, Old Westbury 516-333-6151

RISE OF THE JACK O’LANTERNS AT OLD WESTBURY GARDENS

Tuesday, October 31

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Nights, October 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28,29

Kiddie Walk, 12:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Free event, all welcome

Tuesday, October 31 Haunted Mansion, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Free event, all welcome

Tuesday, October 31 Public Skating Sessions: free with costume 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

All welcome

HAUNTED HATCHERY www.cshfishhatchery.org 1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor 516-692-6768

Saturday October 28, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. $6-Adults $4-Kids

Tickets: $13 per person

GATEWAY’S HAUNTED PLAYHOUSE www.gatewayshauntedplayhouse.com 215 South Country Road, Bellport Check website for daily hours

www.therise.org www.oldwestburygardens.org 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury,

Friday, October 6 through Sunday, October 29, 7:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Children 2 and Under: Free, Children 2-13: $22, Adults: $26 Phone: (516) 333-0048

LONG ISLAND AQUARIUM

HEMPSTEAD HOUSE HAUNT: DANTE’S INFERNO

www.longislandaquarium.com 431 E Main St, Riverhead 631-208-9200

www.sandspointpreserveconservancy.org 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point 516-571-7901

Friday, October 27, 8:00 p.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Wednesday, October 25 through Tuesday, October 31, 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Masquerade Ball for Adults: $69.95

Saturday, October 28, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Bats, Barnacles and Broomsticks – Free with aquarium admission

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SANDS POINT PRESERVE HALLOWEEN BALL www.sandspointpreserveconservancy. org 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point 516-571-7901

Friday, October 28, 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

SANDS POINT PRESERVE FAMILY HALLOWEEN PARTY www.sandspointpreserveconservancy. org 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point 516-571-7901

Sunday, October 29, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Members: $10 per car Non-Members: $20 per car Includes parking

SPOOKY FEST AT CENTER FOR SCIENCE TEACHING AND LEARNING www.cstl.org 1450 Tanglewood Road, Rockville Center 516-764-0045 October 14, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 $10 for non-spooky attractions only; $15 for all-inclusive attractions (includes scary, and non-scary)

SWEETBRIAR HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR www.sweetbriarinc.org 62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown (631) 979-6344

Friday and Saturday, October 20 and 21, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. $10 children $5 adults

UNITED SKATES OF AMERICA ZOMBIE SKATE www.unitedskates.com 1276 Hicksville Road, Seaford 516-795-5474

Friday, October 13, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

ADVENTURELAND AMUSEMENT PARK

Admission: $12 Skate Rental: $5 Rollerblade Rental: $5

www.adventureland.us 2245 Broad Hollow Road, Farmingdale 631-694-6868

UNITED SKATES OF AMERICA HALLOWEEN WEEKEND SKATE

October 7, 14, 15, 28, 29: Park opens @ 11:30 a.m.

October 8, 9, 10, 21, 22: Park opens @ 11:00 a.m.

www.unitedskates.com 1276 Hicksville Road, Seaford 516-795-5474

Friday, October 27, 6:30 p.m. -9:00 p.m.

Glow in the Dark Public Skate

Saturday, October 28, 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.; 3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m Public Skate Hip Hop and Top 40 Public Skate

Sunday, October 29, 12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Public Skate

YAPHANK TRAIL OF TERROR www.yaphanktrail.wixsite.com 65 Main Street, Yaphank

Fridays and Saturdays October 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28 $10 per ticket

Indoor/ Outdoor Entertainment ACTIVE KIDZ LONG ISLAND activekidzlongisland.com 200 Robbins Lane, Jericho 516-621-6600

Open daily at 11:30 a.m.

Check website for attraction pricing

ADVENTUREPARK AT LONG ISLAND www.longislandadventurepark.org 75 Colonial Springs Road, Wheatley Heights

Now through Monday, November 27 Open for General Admission Fridays 3:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., Saturdays 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. and Sundays 9:00 a.m.

– 10:00 p.m.

Are you ready for the best climbing and zip line adventure New York has to offer?

The Adventure Park provides family fun for ages 7 and up. This aerial forest adventure is fun, exciting and safe for all participants.

We provide a harness and equipment and give you a safety briefing that demonstrates how to climb and zip line in the park. There are 10 separate trails of varying levels of difficulty. Each trail has zip lines but primarily consist of “bridges” between tree platforms made of rope, cable and wood configurations creating over 140 unique challenges.

You will develop skills, endurance, and confidence during your time in the Park.

ANIMAL FARM PETTING ZOO AND FAMILY PARK www.afpz.org 296 Wading River Road, Manorville 631-878-1785

Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Adults: $14.50 Children (2-16): $12.50 (Children under 2 - free) Seniors (65+): $12.50 Rates are subject to change November schedule varies; check website for hours

BASEBALL PLUS www.baseballplusny.com 400 Duffy Avenue, Hicksville 516-827-5009

Monday - Thursday: 2:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

BAYVILLE ADVENTURE PARK www.bayvilleadventurepark.com 8 Bayville Avenue, Bayville 516-624-7433 Check website for hours and attraction pricing

BOOMERS FAMILY FUN CENTER

Visit www.northhempsteadny.gov/ Arts-Cultural-Venues for an interactive map and all arts, culture and venue information in the Town of North Hempstead.

www.boomerslongisland.com 655 Long Island Avenue, Medford 631-475-1771

Friday: 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Saturday: 11:00 a.m. -10:00 p.m.

Sunday 11:00 a.m. -9:00 p.m Check website for attraction pricing

BOUNCERS AND SLYDOS www.bouncersandslydos.com 1835 New Highway, Farmingdale 631-752-2324 Call for daily schedule

BOUNCE TRAMPOLINE SPORTS www.bounceonit.com 310 Michael Drive, Syosset 516-762-1300 Check website for daily hours Open Bounce: 30 Minutes: $15 60 Minutes: $20 90 Minutes: $25 120 Minutes: $30

GALACTIC JUMP N GLOW (must be 48” or taller to participate) Every Friday & Saturday 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

60 Minutes: $23 90 Minutes: $27 120 Minutes: $32

Toddler Time: 1 Child + 1 Adult: 15 Each Additional Child: $10

Sensory Bounce Monday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

60 Minutes: $12 90 Minutes: $18 120 Minutes: $24

CHUCK E. CHEESE www.chuckecheese.com Delco Plaza 11-15 Hanover Place, Hicksville 516-433-3343

Sunday through Thursday 11:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Friday 11:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.

Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

COLD SPRING HARBOR FISH HATCHERY & AQUARIUM www.cshfha.org 1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor 516-692-6768

Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Members: Free Children Ages 3 – 12: $4.00 Children 2 & Under: FREE Adults: $6.00 65 and Over: $4.00 Explore the largest living collection of New York State freshwater reptiles, fishes and amphibians. The Hatchery is a fun place for your family to spend an afternoon together. In October and November, check out the centuries old process of egg taking and fertilization.

COUSINS PAINTBALL www.cousinspaintball.com Calverton, NY 631-698-6230

Open every Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Call for pricing and special offers

DAVE AND BUSTERS www.daveandbusters.com Mall at The Source 1504 Old Country Road, Westbury 516-542-8501

Sunday through Thursday 11:30 a.m. -Midnight Friday and Saturday 11:30 a.m.-2:00 a.m.

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Open daily 10:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.

www.frozenropes.com 575 Underhill Blvd, Syosset 516-364-7473

Aquarium Tickets

FUN 4 ALL PARK www.fun4allpark.com 200 Wilson Street, Port Jefferson 631-331-9000

Wednesday through Sunday: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

FUN STATION USA Funstationusa.com 40 Rocklyn Avenue, Lynbrook 516-599-7757

Friday 3:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Saturday 11:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Unlimited Ride Bracelet (All Day Pass) Monday thru Friday $12.95 — Includes: Helicopter-CarouselTurtles-Maze (must have socks) $15.95 — Includes: Bumper CarsHelicopter-Carousel-Turtles-Maze (must have socks) Saturday and Sunday $14.95 — Includes: Helicopter-CarouselTurtles-Maze (must have socks) $17.95 — Includes: Bumper CarsHelicopter-Carousel-Turtles-Maze (must have socks) Price per Ride per Person Helicopter — $2.00 Turtle Train — $2.00 Carousel — $2.00 Bumper Cars — $3.00 (44 inch height requirement) Laser Tag — $5.00 (48 inch height requirement) Roller Coaster Simulator — $5.00 (48 inch height requirement) Flight Simulator — $6.00 (48 inch height requirement) Maze — $4.00 (must have socks) UNLIMITED USE FOR THE MAZE ONLY

GLOW GOLF www.opryglowgolf.com 630 Old Country Road, Space 0503-A, Garden City 516-747-3682

Hours when school is in: Monday through Friday: 4:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Hours when school is out: Monday through Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Check website for pricing details

HIGH VELOCITY PAINTBALL www.hvpaintball.com 235 South Fehr Way, Bay Shore 631-242-2096 Monday: Private groups only Tuesday: Closed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 6:00 p.m.

– 10:00 p.m.

Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Sunday: 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

LONG ISLAND AQUARIUM www.longislandaquarium.com 431 E Main St, Riverhead 631-208-9200

(Includes Exhibition Center admission) Children (3-12) $21.00 Adults (13-61) $27.95 Seniors (62+) $23.50 Children 2 & Under FREE Aquarium Tickets (Includes Butterflies, Bugs & Birds admission) Children (3-12): $22 Adults (13-61): $29 Seniors (62+) : $25 Children 2 & Under FREE Butterflies, Bugs & Birds Exhibit ONLY Children (3-12): $8.00 Children (3-12): $6.00 (Aquarium Only Members) Adults (13-61): $10.00 Adults (13-61): $8.00 (Aquarium Only Members) Seniors (62+): $8.00 Seniors (62+): $6.00 (Aquarium Only Members) Children 2 & Under: FREE

TRINITY WWW.TRINITYRESTAURANT.COM

TUESDAYS

$10 TACOS

GLASS OF WINE WITH ANY PASTA DISH

3 TACOS BEEF OR CHICKEN RICE AND BEANS

Wednesday

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY

FREE

LONG ISLAND PUPPET THEATRE www.lipuppet.com 10 Heitz Place, Hicksville 516-932-5469 Check website for showtimes and pricing

LONG ISLAND LASER BOUNCE www.Lilaswerbounce.com 2710 Hempstead Turnpike, Levittown 516-342-1330 Check website for all attraction information and pricing

LONG ISLAND SPORTS COMPLEX www.longislandsportscomplex.com 103 Mill Road, Freeport 516-546-0900

LONG ISLAND SPORTS HUB www.lisportshub.com 15 Eileen Way, Syosset 516-364-4000

FREE DOMESTIC DRAFT WITH ANY BURGER

MATT GUILIANO’S PLAY LIKE A PRO www.playlikeaprobaseball.com 1745 Expressway Drive North, Hauppauge 631-342-9033 Monday through Thursday: 12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Friday: 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Batting Cage Pricing: Tokens: $3/each Token Card (50 tokens): $75 Token Card (25 tokens): $50 ½ Hour: $50 1 Hour: $85 Peak ½ Hour Rental: $70 Peak 1 Hour Rental: $120 Check website for all other rental information

SATURDAY SUNDAY

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Friday: 2:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m.

Saturday: 12:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Sunday: 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

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Thursday: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. -2:30 p.m.

Friday: 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., 3:3- - 5:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Saturday: 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. And 8:15 p.m. – 10:15 p.m.

Saturday, November 4 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Try-Hockey-For-Free Day Online mandatory registration www. usahockey.com Resident Child/Senior: $5 Resident Adult: $7 Non Resident Child: $7 Non-Resident Adult/Senior: $10 Child/Senior $5 Adult $7 Check website for additional resident pass pricing Skate Rental: $5 Seasonal Locker: $100 Friday night admission for teen night: Residents: $8 Non-Resident: $10

NASSAU COUNTY AQUATIC CENTER www.nassaucountyny.gov Eisenhower Park, Merrick Avenue 516-572-0501

Member Hours: Monday-Friday: 6:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Saturday: 6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Sunday: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Non-Member Hours: Monday – Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Adult (age 18 and over) Nassau County Resident /Leisure Pass $7 Adult (age 18 and over) Nassau County Resident w/out Leisure Pass and NonResident Rate: $20 Children (age 4-17) Nassau County Resident /Leisure Pass $5 Children (age 4-17) Nassau County Resident w/out Leisure Pass and NonResident Rate: $13 Children ages 3 and under Nassau County Resident /Leisure Pass Free with paying adult Children ages 3 and under Nassau County Resident w/out Leisure Pass and Non-Resident Rate:N/A Person with Disability, Senior Citizen (age 60 and over), Veteran, Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Volunteer Firefighter, Auxiliary Police Nassau Resident with a Leisure Pass: $4 * *N/A/ for Nassau County Resident without a Leisure Pass and Non Resident

PUMP IT UP GREAT NECK www.pumpitupparty.com/great-neck-ny 225 Community Drive, Suite 250, Great Neck 516-466-7867

NASSAU COUNTY AQUATIC CENTER Eisenhower Park, Merrick Avenue 516-572-0501 www.nassaucountyny.gov Built in 1998 for the International Goodwill Games, the Nassau County Aquatic Center in Eisenhower Park is widely recognized as one of the finest swimming facilities in the U.S. It regularly hosts major swimming and diving competitions, as well as local high school events and swim clubs, and over the years, dozens of U.S. and world swimming records have been set at the Aquatic Center. But the facility also hosts thousands of Nassau County residents of all ages, who make the pool and Health Club part of their regular exercise regimen.

SLOTS A LOT RACEWAY

www.riverheadraceway.com 1797 Old Country Road, Riverhead 631-842-7223 Check website for calendar of events

www.slotsalotraceway.com 1100 Hempstead Turnpike, Franklin Square 516-253-5379 Monday and Tuesday Closed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 3:30 pm. – 8:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Check website for pricing information Slots-A-Lot Raceway is Nassau County’s oldest and largest racing venue. The racing facility opened in 1997 and features three 150+ foot tracks. SlotsA-Lot Raceway has the only mini drag strip on Long Island! Slot car racing is the sport of racing electronically-powered remote control cars on a slotted track. Perfect activity for a rainy day or anyday!

SAFARI ADVENTURE

STATION SPORTS

www.thesafariadventure.com 1074 Pulaski Street, Riverhead 631-727-4386 Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Open Play Pricing: 3+ Years: $14.95 Under 3: $9.95 Infants/Crawlers/Adults: Free

www.stationsports.com 25 Depot Road, Huntington Station 631-673-1830 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 2:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Friday: 2:30 p.m. -9:00 p.m.

Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Sunday: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

SKY ZONE

STRIKE FORCE SPORTS

www.skyzone.com 269 Route 25A, Mount Sinai 631-938-1420 Check website for daily hours

www.strikeforcesports.net 450 B Commack Road, Deer Park, NY 11729 631-242-1197

Q-ZAR www.qzarny.com 151 Voice Road, Carle Place Monday through Thursday: 10:00 a.m.

– 9:00 p.m.

Friday: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Sunday: 10:00 a.m.- 9:00 p.m.

General Admission $7/game Exclusive Game $11/game Check website for discounts and special pricing

RIVERHEAD RACEWAY

Thursday: 6:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m.: Friday: 5:00 p.m. -11:00 p.m.

Saturdays: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

10:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.(16+ only) Sunday: 12:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Check website for session pricing

THE GRAVITY VAULT www.gravityvault.com 40 Melville Park Road, Melville 516-777-9255 Sunday: 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday: 12:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

TURF ISLAND

CANTIAGUE PARK ICE RINK www.nassaucountyny.gov 480 West John Street, Hicksville 516-571-7056 Public Session Hours: Daily 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Skate Rental $5 Skate Sharpening $8 Public Session Admission (subject to change) Resident Adult $8 Non Resident Adult $22 Resident Child $6 Non Resident Child $15 Resident Senior, volunteer firefighter, volunteer ambulance corps, police auxiliary units, persons with disabilities and veterans $4

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY ICE RINK www.nassaucountyny.gov Open now through March; call for hours Fees (daily): Resident Adult with Leisure Pass: $8.00 Adult without Leisure Pass: $22.00 Resident child (17 & under) with Leisure Pass: $6.00 Child (17 & under) without Leisure Pass: $15.00 Veterans, Seniors, Firefighters, Ambulance Corps, & Auxiliary Police with Leisure Pass: $4.00 Skate Rental: $5.00

www.turfisland.com 3573 Maple Court, Oceanside 516-543-4345 Check website for hours and programs

FREEPORT RECREATIONAL CENTER

INDOOR ICE RINKS

ICELAND

ANDREW STERGIOPOULOS ICE RINK

www.icelandlongisland.com 3345 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park 516-746-1100 Fridays: 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. (All Ages Session) Admisson: $9.00 Ages 9 & Under: $7.00 Skate Rental: $5.00 Teen Night (Ages 11+): 8:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

Admission: $10.00 Skate Rental $5.00

www.greatneckparks.org 65 Arrandale Avenue, Great Neck 516-487-2975 Monday: 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. -2:30 p.m.

Wednesday: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.,12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

www.freeportny.com 130 E. Merrick Road, Freeport 516-377-2314

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FALL GUIDE Saturdays (All Ages Session) 12:00 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Admission $9.00 Ages 9 & Under $7.00 Skate Rental $5.00 Sundays: (Children’s Session) 11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Admission $9.00 Ages 10 & Under $7.00 Skate Rental $5.00 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

All Ages Session Admission $9.00 Ages 9 & Under $7.00 Skate Rental $5.00

ICEWORKS 175 Underhill Blvd., Syosset 516-496-2277

LONG BEACH ICE ARENA www.longbeachny.gov 150 West Bay Drive, Long Beach 516-705-7385

NORTHWELL HEALTH ICE CENTER www.islanders.nhl.com 200 Merrick Ave East Meadow 516-441-0070 Check website for Daily Open Session Schedules $11 Adults (13+ years old) $9 Children (6-12 years old) $5 Seniors/Military $5 Skate Rental Free (Under 5 years old)

PORT WASHINGTON SKATING CENTER www.pwskating.com 70 Seaview Avenue, Port Washington 516-484-6800 Saturday and Sunday: 2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday: 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Friday: 2:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

All Age Admission: $8 Skate Rental: $4

SUPERIOR ICE RINK www.superioricerink.com 270 Indian Head Rd, Kings Park 631- 269-3900 Wednesday 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p. m. and 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Friday Night with DJ 8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Saturday 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Sunday 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Adult: $9 Children: $7 Friday Night: $11 Friday Night Rental: $4 Seniors and Under 3: $5 Skate Rental: $4

THE RINX AT HIDDEN POND www.therinx.com 660 Terry Road, Hauppauge 631-232-3222

Call for Daily Open Sessions Monday through Friday: Adult: $11 Senior: $5 Children 11 and Under: $8.50 Friday Night: $13.50 Weekend: Adult: $12 Senior: $6 Children 11 and Under: $9.50 Friday Night: $13.50 Skate Rental: $6

TOWN OF OYSTER BAY SKATING RINK www.oysterbaytown.com 1001 Stewart Ave, Bethpage, NY 11714 516-433-7465 Open through April 8, 2018 Monday: 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Wednesday: 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Thursday: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Friday: 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday: 1:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

General Admission Prices Under 2 years old – FREE 2-4 Years – $3.00 (resident); $4.00 (nonresident) 5-17 Years – $5.00 (resident); $8.00 (nonresident) 18 years and over – $6.00 (resident); $10.00 (non-resident)

Senior Citizens (60 and over) – $4.00 (resident); $5.00 (non-resident) Veterans, Volunteer Firefighters & Aux. Police – $4.00 (resident); $5.00 (nonresident) Skate Rental: $4.00 per session Skate Rental Discount Book of 10: $35.00 (Above Requires Proper I.D.) Multiple Admission Discount Books Available (Book of 10): 5-17 years – $42 (resident) $64 (nonresident) 18 years and over – $50 (resident); $75 (non-resident)

ROLLER HOCKEY RINKS HOT SKATES ROLLER RINK www.hotskates.com 14 Merrick Road, Lynbrook 516-593-1300 Call for daily hours Daytime and Thursday Night Admission: $11 Friday and Saturday 7 p.m. Admission: $12 4-Wheeled (quad) Skate Rental is always $4.00 (size juv 10 thru adult 14)

UNITED SKATES OF AMERICA www.unitedskates.com 1276 Hicksville Road, Seaford 516-795-5474 Check website for daily calendar of events

Come Taste Our Fresh, Fun, Delicious Sushi!

PARTY ROOM AVAILABLE FOR YOUR SPECIAL EVENT! Seating for over 150 guests 15% OFF ENTIRE CHECK (Dine-In and Take-Out) With Coupon - Expires 10/31/17 Max. 8 People or $40 Discount Cannot be combined w/any other offer.

Not incl. holidays. New Hyde Park location only.

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BA R SU SHI BA R H IB AC HI C A T E R IN G FU SI ON CU ISI NE

Experience the best Japanese on the North Shore

Come in and enjoy our ALL YOU CAN EAT (served on Sundays only)

• Adults…$25.95 • Children…$15.95 (Under 4 feet)

HIBACHI & SUSHI YA RESTAURANT 2311 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 Tel: 516-741-2288 / 516-741-2298 • Fax: 516-7441-2988 www.hibachisushiya.com

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FALL GUIDE BOWLING ALLEYS AMF BABYLON LANES

Thank You to our customers for voting us #1 Japanese Restaurant on the North Shore

www.amf.com 430 Sunrise Highway, Babylon (631) 661-6600 Check website for pricing; hours subject to change Monday 4:00 p.m. - Midnight Tuesday 4:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.

Wednesday 4:00 p.m. - Midnight Thursday 4:00 p.m. - Midnight Friday 3:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Sunday 11:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

AMF EAST MEADOW LANES www.amf.com 1840 Front Street, East Meadow (516) 794-1111 Check website for pricing; hours subject to change Monday 5:00 p.m. – Midnight Tuesday 5:00 p.m. - Midnight Wednesday 5:00 p.m. - Midnight Thursday 5:00 p.m. - Midnight Friday 3:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.

AMF GARDEN CITY LANES www.amf.com 987 Streetewart Ave., Garden City (516) 222-0808 Check website for pricing; hours subject to change Monday 5:00 p.m. - Midnight Tuesday 5:00 p.m. - Midnight Wednesday 5:00 p.m. - Midnight Thursday 5:00 p.m. - Midnight Friday 3:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.

Sunday 11:00 a.m. – Midnight

AMF PLAINVIEW LANES www.amf.com 500 Old Bethpage Road, Plainview (516) 433-9595 Check website for pricing; hours subject to change Monday 5:00 p.m. - Midnight Tuesday 5:00 p.m. - Midnight Wednesday 5:00 p.m. - Midnight Thursday 5:00 p.m. - Midnight Friday 3:00 p.m. - Midnight Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Sunday 11:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

AMF SHERIDAN LANES

OPEN 7 DAYS 3365 Hillside Avenue • New Hyde Park, NY 11040 516-747-3377 • SushiRepublicNY.com @SushiRepublicNY

www.amf.com 199 E Jericho Turnpike, Mineola (516) 741-3444 Check website for pricing; hours subject to change Monday 4:00 p.m. - Midnight Tuesday 4:00 p.m. - Midnight Wednesday 4:00 p.m. - Midnight Thursday 4:00 p.m. - Midnight Friday 3:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.

Saturday 11:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.

Sunday 11:00 a.m. – Midnight Discover America’s place to play at AMF Sheridan Lanes! AMF Sheridan offers bestin-class bowling and awesome anytime fun—featuring 44 all-star lanes situated across three playing areas, plush laneside seating, dynamic video walls, new scoring systems, an all-new interactive arcade, and an on-site Pro Shop. Every big game gets better when you’re watching it at AMF Sheridan’s full-length sports bar, complete with flat-screen TVs, an impressive selec-

tion of beer and cocktails, and an inventive lineup of signature dishes. Perfect for casual outings, after-work gatherings, birthday parties, and corporate events, AMF Sheridan offers convenient laneside service and class-leading entertainment that is always ready to roll.

AMF SYOSSET LANES www.amf.com 111 Eileen Way, Syosset 516-921-7575 Check website for pricing; hours subject to change Monday 4:00 p.m. - Midnight Tuesday 4:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.

Wednesday 4:00 p.m. – Midnight Thursday 4:00 p.m. - Midnight Friday 3:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Sunday 11:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

BOWLERO www.bolero.com 2183 Jericho Turnpike, Commack (631) 499-7722 Check website for pricing; hours subject to change Monday 4:00 p.m. - Midnight Tuesday 4:00 p.m. - Midnight Wednesday 4:00 p.m. - Midnight Thursday 4:00 p.m. - Midnight Friday 3:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.

Sunday 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.

FARMINGDALE LANES www.farmingdale lanes.com 999 Conklin Street, Farmingdale 516-249-4300 Check website for pricing; hours subject to change Monday 9:00 a.m. - 12 midnight Tuesday 9 a.m. - 12 midnight Wednesday 9 a.m. - 12 midnight Thursday 9 a.m. - 12 midnight Friday 9 a.m. - 1 am Saturday 9 a.m. - 1 am Sunday 9 a.m. - 12 midnight

HERRILL LANES www.herrillanes.com 465 Herricks Road, New Hyde Park 516-741-8022 Check website for pricing; hours subject to change Monday to Friday – 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.

Saturday – 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.

Sunday - 8:30 a.m. - Midnight

MASSAPEQUA BOWL & LOUNGE www.massapequabowl.com 4235 Merrick Road, Massapequa 516-541-8000 Check website for pricing; hours subject to change Sunday through Thursday 9:00 a.m.11:00 p.m.

Friday and Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.

STRIKE 10 LANES DEER PARK www.strike10lanesdeerpark.com 849 Long Island Avenue, Deer Park 631-667-7750 Check website for pricing; hours subject to change Sunday 12:00 p.m. – Midnight Monday 12:00 p.m. – Midnight Tuesday 12:00 p.m. – Midnight Wednesday 12:00 p.m. – Midnight Thursday 12:00 p.m. – Midnight Friday 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m.

Saturday 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m.

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parks 5 fun things to do at the park day at the park is one of the simplest and most cost-effective activities people can embrace as they look to enjoy the great outdoors.

Few things are better than a warm, beautiful day spent in the park. Parks attract millions of visitors each year. Many men, women and children view a visit to the park as a great escape. While it’s perfectly acceptable to visit a park and spend the day napping on a patch of green grass, there are many additional activities that outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy when visiting a local park.

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3 HIT THE TRAILS Many people visit parks to go hiking. You might find your park has a series of hiking trails right on the property.

Pick up a park map and figure out in what direction you plan to set off.

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HAVE A PICNIC Pack a lunch, a blanket, a book and some sports equipment and head to the park for a picnic with family and friends. Let the kids play while the adults sit back and enjoy some casual al fresco dining.

TAKE IN THE WILDLIFE Parks are home to local wildlife, and those who want to catch a glimpse of that wildlife can head to the park in the early-morning hours when crowds should be light and things relatively quiet. Take inventory of the various bird species you see, or watch for deer or scurrying chipmunks. Kids can have fun sketching park animals.

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HAVE A IMPROMPTU GAME Hold an impromptu game. Invite friends and family members to join you at the park and divide into two teams before playing a couple of innings of softball, volleyball or kickball.

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EXPERIMENT WITH GEOCOACHING Geocaching is a hobby in which individuals use latitude and longitude coordinates to pinpoint hidden caches. Inside boxes or containers they may find clues to another cache or even some small trinkets.

Geocaching can be an interesting way to incorporate science and global positioning lessons into a fun outdoor activity.

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FALL GUIDE PARKS

EISENHOWER PARK

MANOR PARK

SHEPHERD LANE PARK

AERODOME PARK

Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow 516-572-0348

Cumberland Avenue, Great Neck 516-482-9264

Shepherd Lane, Roslyn Heights

EUGENE NICKERSON BEACH PARK

MANORHAVEN BEACH PARK

West Shore Road, Port Washington

ALVAN PETRUS PARK 1390 Port Washington Blvd., Port Washington

ALLENWOOD PARK Allenwood Road, Great Neck 516-487-4360

BAY PARK Marjorie Lane, East Rockaway 516-571-7245

BAXTER POND PARK

Lido Beach 516-571-7700

158 Manorhaven Boulevard, Port Washington 516-767-4618

FIREFIGHTERS PARK

MARTIN “BUNKY” REID PARK

Grace Avenue, Great Neck 516-829-2691

Broadway & Urban Ave., Westbury 516-338-2787

FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL AT CANNON PARK

MARY JANE DAVIES GREEN

Hillside Avenue, Floral Park

Plandome Road, Manhasset

MERRIMAN PARK

GATEWAY PARK

Pine Street, Port Washington

MEMORIAL (ATHLETIC) FIELD

BLUMENFELD FAMILY PARK

Prospect Avenue and Brush Hollow Road, Westbury 516-869-6311

Main Street, Port Washington

GERRY POND PARK

BROADWAY TOWN PARK

Main Street and Paper Mill Road, Roslyn

Shore Road 516-572-0200

Broadway at Old Courthouse Road, Garden City Park 516-739-6738

CANTIAGUE PARK 480 West John Street, Hicksville 516-571-7056

CAPTREE STATE PARK

Fairview Avenue, Great Neck 516-773-3420

MILL POND PARK

GREAT NECK PARK DISTRICT

175 West Shore Road, Port Washington

Tullamore Road at Somerset Avenue, Garden City

PINE STREET PARK

UDALLS POND PARK

Pine Street, Port Washington

Beach Road and West Shore Road, Great Neck

65 Arrandale Avenue, Great Neck 516-487-7665

Northern Bourndale Road & Brookwold Drive, Manhasset

Carle Road at Broadmoor Lane, Carle Place 516-338-2789

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY PARK Searingtown Road, Roslyn 516-571-8113

CLINTON G. MARTIN PARK 1601 Marcus Avenue, New Hyde Park 516-869-6311

CREEK PARK (DANIEL J BERG MEMORIAL)

631-581-2100

HEMLOCK PARK

RICHARD PROVOST PARK

Mulberry Avenue, Garden City

Nassau Boulevard and Meadowfarm Road, New Hyde Park

I-PARK 1251 Union Turnpike, New Hyde Park

RAVINE PARK

JOHN D. CAEMMERER PARK

Ravine Road, Great Neck

Wentworth Avenue and William Street, Albertson

RIDDERS POND PARK

JONATHAN L. IEPI FIREFIGHTERS’ PARK Grace Avenue, Great Neck 516-829-2691

KINGS POINT PARK 74 Redbrook Road, Kings Point 516-482-9257 Pembroke Avenue, Great Neck 516-482-9502

LARGE CIRCLE PARK

CUTTER MILL PARK

Devonshire Drive and East Park Circle, Garden City Park

DONALD STREET PARK Donald Street, Roslyn

THE PARK AT EAST HILLS 516-621-5600

Marcus Avenue and Meadowfarm Road, New Hyde Park

ROBERT MOSES PARK 631-669-0470

ROSLYN ROAD PARK Sagamore Avenue, Roslyn 516-627-0590

LAKEVILLE PARK

Great Neck Road, Great Neck Great Neck Road, Great Neck 516-829-5428

THOMASTON PARK

TULLAMORE PARK

HECKSCHER STATE PARK

CHARLES J. FUSCHILLO PARK

Lower Main Street, Port Washington 516-883-6566

NORTH HEMPSTEAD BEACH PARK

PLANDOME POND PARK

225 Bryant Avenue, Roslyn Harbor 516-571-8130

SUNSET PARK AND JOHN PHILLIP SOUSA BANDSHELL

Hewlett 516-571-7821

CARLE PLACE MEMORIAL PARK

CEDARMERE PARK

Kings Park 631-269-4333

GRANT PARK

Shore Cliff Place, Great Neck

631-423-1770

SUNKEN MEADOW PARK

Susquehanna Avenue, Great Neck

HARBOR HILLS PARK

CAUMSETT STATE PARK

38 Steppingstone Lane, Great Neck 516-487-9228

Shore Road and Harbor Road, Port Washington

West Islip 631-669-0440 Carle Road and Westbury Ave, Carle Place

STEPPINGSTONE PARK

MANHASSET PARK DISTRICT 62 Manhasset Avenue, Manhasset 516-627-7711

SEARINGTOWN POND PARK Dogwood and Searingtown Road, Searingtown

SENATOR JOHN D. CAEMMERER PARK Wentworth Ave and William Street Albertson

MANHASSET VALLEY PARK

SENATOR MICHAEL J. TULLY PARK

Northern Boulevard, Manhasset 516-572-0290

1801 Evergreen Avenue, New Hyde Park 516-869-6311

UPLAND PARK Bates Road and Soundview Drive, Great Neck

VILLAGE GREEN & ROSE GARDEN Middle Neck Road, Great Neck 516-482-0181

WANTAGH PARK Merrick Road, Wantagh

516-571-7460 WHITNEY POND PARK Northern Boulevard & Community Drive, Manhasset 516-869-6311

WILSON PARK 211 Westbury Avenue, Mineola 516-746-9374

WOOLEYS LANE PARK Wooleys Lane and Oxford Boulevard Great Neck

WYNGATE PARK Wyngate and Shoreward Drive, Great Neck

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bike trails Safety tips for cyclists

BIKE TRAILS Hither Hills State Park, Montauk Bethpage Sate Park Bikeway Belmont Lake State Park Path Caumsett State Park Shared-Use Path Cedar Creek Park Path Cold Spring Harbor Eisenhower Park Glen Cove Esplanade Heckscher State Park Hempstead Lake State Park Hither Hills State Park Jones Beach State Park Boardwalk Kings Park Bike Trail Massapequa Preserve Mitchell Field Shared-Use Path Sunken Meadow State Park Boardwalk Wantagh County Park

BIKE GROUPS Concerned Long Island Mountain Bicyclists www.climbonline.org Huntington Bicycle Club www.huntingtonbikeclub.com Long Island Bicycle Club www.libike.org Massapequa Park Bicycle Club www.massparkbikeclub.org Suffolk Bike Riders Association www.sbraweb.org

all road trips might be most often associated with driving vehicles, but plenty of cyclists also take to the roads when the leaves begin to change colors. Fall weather is tailor-made for road trips, and cyclists often embark in droves to see beautiful fall foliage in accommodating weather.

Though the majority of drivers respect cyclists’ right to occupy the same roads as cars and trucks, cyclists still must take steps to ensure their own safety when hitting the road this fall.

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Learn local laws When going on a cycling road trip, it’s important that cyclists learn the local laws of each town they plan to visit. Laws can vary from state to state, so it’s best that cyclists familiarize themselves with the laws so they know what motorists will be expecting of them in each town they ride through. Some towns may not allow cyclists to ride side by side, and drivers in such towns might not be accustomed to riders who aren’t riding single file.

Protect yourself, your fellow riders and drivers by learning and adhering to local laws at all times.

Ride with traffic Drivers in the United States will expect cyclists to be on the right side, traveling with traffic. In addition, laws typically mandate that cyclists do just that. If you must leave the right side of the road, whether it’s to make a left turn or pass another rider, only do so after confirming it’s safe. Use appropriate hand signals to alert motorists, and let riders in front of you know you plan to pass on their left as well.

Wear a helmet at all times Wear a helmet all the time, regardless of how short a trip might be. A cyclist can suffer severe head injury if they are involved in an accident and are not wearing a helmet.

Make sure your helmet fits snugly and provides adequate protection. · Don’t wear earphones or earbuds. The popularity of portable music players and smartphones with Internet connectivity had led many cyclists to listen to music while riding. But cyclists should never wear earphones or earbuds while riding, as doing so can compromise your hearing and alertness.

Some cities, including New York City, allow cyclists to wear a single earbud, but even the New York City Department of Transportation rec-

ommends riders avoid such devices as a safety measure.

Avoid sidewalks Pedestrians have a right to walk on sidewalks, and cyclists over the age of 12 should stick to the roads.

Kids riding smaller bikes may be safest riding on sidewalks, but parents should make sure youngsters never reach speeds that could pose a threat to their safety as well as that of the people walking on the sidewalks.

Be patient with motorists Cyclists heading out on road trips should anticipate some traffic and build that into their riding schedules. Cyclists put their own safety at risk when they hurry through busy intersections and traffic jams. When approaching a crowded intersection, never pass a car on the right, as motorists might be on the verge of making a right turn and likely are not expecting to be passed on the right by a car, much less a bicycle. Be patient when riding in heavily trafficked areas, remembering to keep an eye out for aggressive, impatient drivers looking to get out of traffic as quickly as possible

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Autumn special at Sands Pt. Preserve

BY LU K E TOR R A N C E ith the cool, crisp winds of autumn blowing across the North Shore, now is as good a time as ever to visit Sands Point Preserve.

“The Sands Point Preserve … embodies the North Shore’s opulent Gold Coast history, and now it is also a public park with year-round programs and gorgeous grounds for visitors to enjoy,” Beth Horn, managing director for the North Shore Conservancy, said.

The 216-acre park on the shore of Hempstead Bay contains three mansions, gardens and several miles of trails for hiking. Dogs are welcome on the trails, and there are several picnic locations with views of the mansions or the Long Island Sound.

“We have nature programs for children and adults,” Jana McDonough, the preserve’s marketing and public relations director, said. “There’s something for everyone.”

But the main attractions are the three mansions. The property was purchased by Howard Gould, son of railroad robber baron Jay Gould, in 1900.

He built the original structure on the property, Castle Gould, modeled after Ireland’s Kilkenny Castle. But the 100,000-square-foot castle was deemed insufficient by Gould’s wife, so another mansion, Hempstead House, was built.

Gould sold the property in 1917 to mining tycoon David Guggenheim, who built a third mansion on the property: Falaise, meaning “cliff ” in French, as the house was situated on a bluff.

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events in the Preserve. The 40-room home is the host of a number of events throughout the year, from weddings to fundraisers. It has also been used as a set for films like “Scent of a Woman” and “Malcolm X” and television shows like “Gotham.”

The mansion will undergo a transformation this month, turning from a historical site into a haunted estate.

“Halloween is huge at Hempstead House,” Horn said. “We completely redesign the mansion. This year’s theme is Dante’s Inferno … it is not for the faint of heart, we do not allow children under 12.”

The haunted house will have tours between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. on six nights at the end of the month: Oct. 25, 26, 27, 29, 30 and 31.

For younger children, the preserve will host a family Halloween party on Oct. 29 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Pets in costume are encouraged to come.

The main event of the Halloween season will be the the Halloween Ball, which includes a haunted tour, dinner and a cabaret show. Proceeds from the event will benefit the preserve.

Castle Gould is only accessible for private events. But tours of Falaise, which is furnished to look as it did when Harry Guggenheim lived there, continue through November. Tours run Thursday through Sunday and are $10 per person over 12.

“Harry Guggenheim was a fascinating man,” Horn said. “He was into aviation, horse racing, he was an early funder of rocket design. The tour is interesting because you learn so much about the Gold Coast and the impact of the family.”

Botanical Gardens/ Nature Preserves/ Arboretums/ Bird Santuaries BIRD SANCTUARIES CENTENNIAL GARDENS AND BIRD SANCTUARY www.fpvillage.org One Floral Boulevard, Floral Park 516-326-6300 Open daily Noon to 5:00 p.m.

COLD SPRING HARBOR STATE PARK www.parks.ny.gov 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor

GARDEN CITY BIRD SANCTUARY www.gcbirdsanctuary.org 181 Tanner Road, Garden City 516-808-2153 Open Wednesday through Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. weather permitting.

OYSTER BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE www.fws.gov/refuge/Oyster_Bay Open Daily, year-round

THE JOHN P. HUMES JAPANESE STROLL GARDEN 347 Oyster Bay Road, Locust Valley 516-676-4486

PECONIC LAND TRUST www.peconiclandtrust.org 296 Hampton Road, South Hampton 631-2833195

ARBORETUMS BAILEY ARBORETUM

www.ny.audobon.org 134 Cove Road, Oyster Bay Cove 516-922-3200 Monday- Friday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

www.baileyarboretum.com 194 Bayville Road, Locust Valley 515-801-1458 Open Daily No Admission Fees, No Parking Fees Fall/Winter Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

UPLANDS FARM SANCTUARY

BAYARD CUTTING ARBORETUM

THEODORE ROOSEVELT SANCTUARY & AUDUBON CENTER

Cold Spring Harbor Open Daily Dawn to Dusk

WERTHEIM NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE www.fws.gov/refuge/elizabeth_a_morton Open daily, year-round

BOTANICAL GARDENS CLARK BOTANIC GARDEN www.clarkbotanicgarden.org 193 I U Willets Road, Albertson 516-484-2208 Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Founded in 1969, Clark Botanic Garden is a 12-acre living museum and educational facility. We are dedicated to understanding and appreciating the world’s plant life through horticulture, education and research. Collections at the garden include native spring wildflowers, conifers, roses, perennials, daylilies, wetland plants, rock garden plants, herbs, butterfly plants, medicinal plants and over a dozen collections of particular plant families.

OLD WESTBURY GARDENS PHOTO COURTESY OF SANDS POINT PRESERVE

516-333-0048 Westbury House and Gardens Open Daily except Tuesdays through October 31 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m November 1- November 19 Open Saturday and Sunday Gardens - 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

House - 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Gardening by the Book A Celebration of Rare Botanical Volumes Writer and historian Arete Warren will discuss and share illustrated volumes about gardening, dating from the 17th–20th centuries. All are from the Garden Club of America Library, of which Ms. Warren is chairman. A buffet lunch on the West Porch will follow. Thursday, October 19, 11am $22/$20 member. Advance tickets required

www.oldwestburygardens.org 71 Old Westbury Road, Westbury

www.bayardcuttingarboretum.com 440 Montauk Highway, Great River Tuesday – Sunday 10:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.

Winter Hours November 1 – March 31 Tuesday – Sunday 10:00am-4:00pm Park hours and facility operations are subject to change.

HOFSTRA ABORETUM www.hofstra.edu/arboretum 129 Hofstra University, Hempstead 516-463-6623

LIU POST COMMUNITY ARBORTEUM www.liu.edu 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville

PLANTING FIELDS ARBORETUM STATE HISTORIC PARK www.plantingfields.org 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay 516-922-9200 Park Hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 p.m. daily $8 per car until November 18 Self-Guided Visits to Coe Hall October Weekends Only: Members and Children under 12: Free Non-Members: $5

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TACKAPAUSHA MUSEUM AND PRESERVE

CALEB SMITH STATE PARK

www.friendsoftackapausha.org Washington Avenue between Merrick Road and Sunrise Highway, Seaford 516 571-7443 Open Thursday through Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, established in 1965, has been enjoyed by generations of Long Islanders. The Tackapausha Preserve is an 84-acre tract of glacial outwash plain that serves as a wildlife sanctuary. It consists of wet, deciduous woods, swamps, streams and ponds, and a small well-drained grassy area reminiscent of the Hempstead Plains. A variety of small mammals and 170 species of birds have been observed at the preserve in the spring.

581 West Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown (631) 265-1054

CHARLES T. CHURCH NATURE PRESERVE Frost Mill Road, Mill Neck 516-671-0283

FOX HOLLOW PRESERVE www.northshorelandalliance.org White Oak Tree Road, Laurel Hollow 516-626-0908 Open sunrise-sunset

GARVIES POINT MUSEUM AND PRESERVE www.garviespointmuseum.com 50 Barry Road, Glen Cove 516-571-8010 Adults: $3.00; Children 5-12 years: $2.00 Days and Hours of Operation: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

HOFFMAN NATURE PRESERVE AND WILDLIFE CENTER www.hoffmancenter.org 6000 Northern Boulevard, Muttontown 516-922-3290 Check website for monthly nature walk dates. $5

LONG ISLAND HERITAGE TRAILS www.longislandheritagetrail.com

LOUIS C. CLARK SANCTUARY 8 Valentine’s Lane, Old Brookville 516-626-0908

MASSAPEQUA PRESERVE East Merrick Road, Seaford, NY 11783 516-571-7443

MUTTONTOWN PRESERVE 25A west of Jericho-Oyster Bay Road, Muttontown Lane, East Norwich 516-571-8500

SANDS POINT PRESERVE www.thesandspointpreservancy.com 27 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point 516-571-7901 Now through Wednesday, November 1 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Preserve is $10 per car or free for members of the Sands Point Preserve Conservancy. Walk-in admission is $4 per person

SWEET BRIAR NATURE PRESERVE www.sweetbriarnc.org 62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown Preserve: Open 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. everyday Vivarium: Open 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. daily (In Season)

WELWYN NATURE PRESERVE 100 Cresent Beach Road, Glen Cove, NY 11542 516-676-1474

THEODORE ROOSEVELT SANCTUARY AND AUDOBON CENTER www.ny.audobon.org 134 Cove Road, Oyster Bay Cove 516-922-3200 Monday- Friday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Vineyards ANTHONY NAPPA WINES www.anthonynappawines.com 2885 Peconic Lane, Mattituck 774-641-7488 Year round 4 days a week, Friday to Monday from 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m July 4th through Labor Day: Thursday to Monday from 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.-

BAITING HOLLOW FARM VINEYARD www.baitinghollowfarmvineyard.com 2114 Sound Ave, Calverton 631-369-0100 Monday, Thursday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Friday: 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

BEDELL CELLARS www.bedellcellars.com 36225 Main Road, Cutchogue 631-734-7537 Sunday - Thursday 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Friday and Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

BRIDGE LANE WINE www.bridgelanewine.com 35 Cox Neck Road, Mattituck Friday-Monday: 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

CHANNING DAUGHTERS www.channingdaughters.com 1927 Scuttlehole Road, Bridgehampton 631-537-7224 Open daily 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

CLOVIS POINT VINEYARD AND WINERY www.clovispointwines.com 1935 Main Road, Jamesport 631-722-4222 Continued on Page 68

Change in season brings new wines all is a time of change and a time to prepare for cooler weather. Activities are shifting from outdoors to indoors and people are transitioning in every aspect of their lives, including their choice of food and wine.

Fall wines tend to reflect the signs of the season, both in color and in taste. Madelyn Kaelin, an associate at Clovis Point Vineyard, says “People in the fall are changing their eating habits. They are looking for something that is at room temperature and reminds them of the season.” Lighter foods, like fish and chicken are often paired with white wines and remind us of summer. However, full-bodied whites and light-to medium-bodied reds are the perfect complement to cooler weather and fall harvest foods.

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Wines that are best for autumn may contain higher levels of tannins than those consumed in the summer months. The tannins add an extra layer of warmth that is enjoyed more during this season. Many choose a cabernet, beaujolais or a syrah but rosé wines, due to their versatility, can be enjoyed all year long.

Harvesting of the grapes also happens in the fall. “Now through the end of October is the time for harvesting,” Kaelin adds. “We keep an eye on our vineyards to make sure that the grapes are growing correctly. It’s important to get grapes off the vine before the first frost or your vintage is ruined.”

Visit one of the many vineyards on Long Island and enjoy the season’s wonderful and aromatic offerings.

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FALL GUIDE Continued from Page 67 Monday through Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

COFFEE POT CELLARS www.coffeepotcellars.com 31855 Main Road, Cutchogue 631-765-8929 Thursday – Monday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

CROTEAUX VINEYARDS www.croteaux.com 1450 South Harbor Road, Southold 631-765-6099 Friday – Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

DILIBERTO WINERY www.dilibertowinery.com 250 Manor Lane, Jamesport 631-722-3416 Monday and Thursday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Friday and Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Sunday: 11:00 a.m – 6:00 p.m.

HARMONY VINEYARDS www.harmonyvineyards.com 169 Harbor Road, St. James 631-291-9900

November through April: Thursdays by appointment Friday 5:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Saturday 1:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.

Sunday 10:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

KONTOKOSTA WINERY www.kontokostawinery.com 825 North Road, Greenport 631-477-6977 Call daily for hours

LIEB CELLARS www.liebcellars.com 13050 Oregon Road, Cutchogue 631-734-1100 Open daily 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (except Thanksgiving, Christmas)

MACARI VINEYARDS www.macariwines.com 150 Bergen Avenue, Mattituck 631-298-0100 Monday – Thursday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Friday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

24385 Main Road, Cutchogue 631-734-7070 Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

MARTHA CLARA VINEYARDS www.marthaclaravineyards.com 6025 Sound Avenue, Riverhead 631-298-0075 Monday through Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

MATTABELLA VINEYARDS www.mattabellavineyards.com 46005 Main Road, Southold 631-655-9554 Thursday – Monday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. *Sunday and Monday close at 5:00 p.m.

McCALL WINES www.mccallwines.com 22600 Main Road, Cutchogue 631-734-5764 Call daily for hours

OSPREY’S DOMINION VINEYARD 44075 Main Road, Peconic 631-765-6188 Monday through Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

PALMER VINEYARDS www.palmervineyards.com 5120 Sound Avenue, Riverhead 631-722-9463

Sunday - Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

PELLEGRINI VINEYARDS www.pellegrinivineyards.com 23005 Main Road, Cutchogue 631-734-4111 Monday – Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

PULGLIESE VINEYARDS www.pulgliesevineyards.com 34515 Main Road, Cutchogue 631-734-4057 Sunday – Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

RAPHAEL WINERY www. raphaelwine.com 39390 NY-25, Peconic, NY 11958 631-765-1100 Open Daily 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

SANNINO BELLA VITA VINEYARD www.sanninovineyard.com 1375 Peconic Lane, Peconic 631-734-8282 Now through Oct. 31: Open Daily 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

November through April: Thursday 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Friday through Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

SHERWOOD HOUSE VINEYARD www.sherwoodhousevineyard.com 1291 Main Road, Jamesport 631-779-2817 Monday – Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

SHINN ESTATE VINEYARDS www.shinnestatevineyards.com 2000 Oregon Road, Mattituck 631-804-0367 Sunday – Thursday: 10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Friday – Sunday: 10:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

SPARKLING POINTE www.sparklingpointe.com 39750 County Road 48, Southold 631-765-0200 Open Daily 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

THE OLD FIELD VINEYARDS www.theoldfield.com 59600 Main Road, Southold 631-765-0004 Thursday – Monday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

WOLFFER ESTATE VINEYARD www.wolffer.com 139 Sagg Road, Sagaponack 631-537-5106 Open Daily 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

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FALL GUIDE Long Island Breweries BARRAGE BREWING COMPANY www.barragebrewing.com 32 Allen Blvd., East Farmingdale 516-986-8066 Thursday and Friday: 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Saturday: 1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Sunday: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

BARRIER BREWING CO. www.barrierbrewing.com 3001 New St., Unit A2 Oceanside Wednesday and Thursday: 4:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.,.

Friday: 3:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Saturday: 12:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

THE BREWERS COLLECTIVE www.thebrewerscollective.com 1460 N. Clinton Ave., Unit C Bay Shore Thursday: 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Friday: 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Saturday: 3:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

DESTINATION UNKNOWN BEER CO. destinationunknownbeercompany.com 1 South Chicago Ave., Bay Shore.

631-485-2232 Wednesday and Thursdays: 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Friday: 4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Saturday: 1:000 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

GARVIES POINT BREWERY www.garviespointbrewing.com 1 Garvies Point Rd., Glen Cove 516-815-1999 Friday: 3:00p.m. – 9:00 p.m Saturday: 12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Sunday: 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

GREAT SOUTH BAY BREWERY www.greatsouthbaybrewery.com 25 Drexel Drive in Bay Shore 631-392-8472 Wednesdays through Fridays: :00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Saturday: 12:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

LITHOLOGY BREWING CO. www.lithologybrewing.com 211 A Main St., Farmingdale 516-962-0585 Tuesday and Wednesday: 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Thursday: 5:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Friday: 3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Saturday: 12:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

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he popularity of beer continues to grow due to the increasing number of microbreweries and now more than ever, beer drinkers are becoming more adventurous. Just like wine, there are seasonal varieties that allow the consumer to try something different. Seasonal beers may incorporate holiday specific flavors and just like wine, they may be paired with specific foods. Summer beers are often light and refreshing, winter beers are known to be dark and complex, and fall and spring beers fall in between.

Beers this season focus on spices of autumn in addition to the syrupy flavors of maple and of course pumpkin.

The flavors of pumpkin beer highlight the taste of nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice. It is a beer that has a more dessert like feel and every year, they are being released earlier and earlier. Pumpkin beers to try are Blue Moon Pumpkin Harvest Wheat, Shipyard Pumpkinhead, Saranac Pump-

www.longirelandbrewing.com 817 Pulaski Street in Riverhead 631-403-4303 Monday through Friday: 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Saturday: 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

MONTAUK BREWING CO. www.montaulbrewingco.com 62 S. Erie Ave., Montauk 631-668-8471 Open daily 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

MOUSTACHE BREWING CO. www.moustachebrewing.com 400 Hallett Ave., Riverhead 631-591-3250.

Thursday and Friday: 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Saturday: 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Sunday: 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

PORT JEFF BREWING COMPANY www.portjeffbrewing.com 22 Mill Creek Road in Port Jefferson 1-877-4PJ-BREW Open Daily 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

SAND CITY BREWING CO. www.sandcitybeer.com 60 Main St., Northport. sandcitybeer.com 631-651-2766 Monday through Thursday: 3:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Friday and Saturday: 12:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

SPIDER BITE BEER CO. www.spiderbitebeer.com 920 Lincoln Ave., Unit 5, Holbrook.

631-942-3255 Thursday: 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Friday: 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Saturday: 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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Don’t forget about the always popular Oktoberfest beers that are inherent to this season. This type of beer is also known as Märzen, derived from the German word March, which is when it was originally brewed back in the 1800’s. The beer was kept in caves for the cool temperature which helped to maintain its stability during the summer heat. The full-bodied, malty taste of this beer has a copper hue. Oktoberfest beers to try are Samuel Adams Oktoberfest, Harpoon Oktoberfest, Spatan Oktoberfest, Dinkel Acker Oktoberfest, Brooklyn Oktoberfest and Paulaner Oktoberfest.

Whether you are watching a football game, or enjoying dinner with friends, try one of the flavorful fall beers.

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Caroline Sorokoff, the associate director of the Gold Coast Arts Center and festival director of the Gold Coast International Film Festival, said this year’s festival – spanning from Nov. 7 to Nov. 14 – will feature more than 80 movies.

Those movies will include a mix of older films, new short and featurelength movies, foreign films and others currently under consideration for Academy Awards, Sorokoff said.

“We try to appeal to and represent the various populations within our region,” Sorokoff said.

One of the films is a 60th anniversary screening of Pal Joey, where Frank Sinatra won a golden globe for his role as Joey Evans on Nov. 11 at Soundview Cinema. In addition to the screening, his granddaughter Amanda Lambert will be in attendance.

Another highlight comes on Nov. 12 with the screening of “Dare to Be Different,” which gives a behind the scenes look into the early days of the WLIR radio station.

“This is a Long Island story, so it’s going to be a really fantastic event,” Sorokoff said.

Darkest Hour, a British war drama featuring Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill during World War II, will also be screened at the Soundview Cinema on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. There, Edwina Sandys, Churchill’s grand-

daughter, will host a question and answer session.

Another highlight Sorokoff noted is a film focusing on David Ben-Gurion, the founding father of Israel, on Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. His son Alon BenGurion will also be fielding questions about his father.

The film festival will also kick off a new Science on Screen program, Sorokoff said, with a screening of a biography of renowned inventor and actress Hedy Lamarr.

“A filmmaker has put together this really loving tribute and fascinating story from the film legend angle and the scientist and inventor angle,” Sorokoff said.

Sprinkled between this are dozens of classes, Gold Coast Arts Center Regina Gil said, in topics like fencing, ceramics, painting, film and robotics— to name a few.

“In terms of classes that we offer, we have always been in the forefront of the latest and greatest in terms of education and how to teach those classes,” Gil said.

“You name it, we’ve got it,” she added, noting that the programs help develop abstract thinking and problem solving skills. “Creativity is not just about painting. I’m very proud of the offerings we have here.”

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museums 20TH CENTURY CYCLES MUSEUM

ISLIP ART MUSEUM

www.20thcenturycyles.com 101 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

www.islipartmuseum.org 50 Irish Lane, East Islip 631-224-5402 Open Thursday and Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM & CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND APPLIED ARTS

LONG ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

www.theaamuseum.org 110 North Franklin Street, Hempstead 516-572-0730 Wednesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

CENTER FOR SCIENCE TEACHING AND LEARNING www.cstl.org 1 Tanglewood Road, Rockville Centre 516-764-0045 Exhibits open daily 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Preserve open daily 9:00 a.m. – Sundown

COLD SPRING HARBOR WHALING MUSEUM www.cshwhalingmuseum.org 301 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor Tuesday through Friday: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Adults: $6 Seniors (62+): $5 Children (Ages 4-18): $5 Children (Ages 0-3): Free Admission; If participating in an event, $5.

Members: Free Active Military with ID: Free

GARVIES POINT MUSEUM AND PRESERVE 50 Barry Drive, Glen Cove 516-571-8010 www.garviespointmuseum.com 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. These will include pottery-making using ancient methods, primitive fire-building and on-site open fire cooking with samples (including our famous popcorn soup).

Authentic Native American food displays with sampling; artifacts and tool technology including drilling in stone, face painting with natural pigments, and spear throwing using an atlatl. Films about Native American culture will be shown throughout. Try your hand at making a dug out canoe! Hands-on activities during the weekend will be on-going Activities are appropriate for all ages.

Activities are held both indoors and outdoors.

Participants can also take this opportunity to view the museum’s exhibition hall, which explores Long Island Native American culture and archeology, as well as New York State and Long Island geology. Fee: $8.00 for adults. $5 for children 5-12. Children under 5 years of age are free with parent. Note: Rain or Shine.

CRADLE OF AVIATION MUSEUM www.cradleofaviation.org 1 Davis Avenue, Garden City 516-572-4111 Open Tuesday through Sunday, 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Admission Rates Museum Adult $15 Child/Senior* $13 Museum includes aviation museum galleries and Junior Jet Club Planetarium & Dome Theater Shows Adult $9 Child/Senior* $8 Museum and Show Combo Adult $20 Child/Senior* $18 Combo includes the museum and a single Planetarium or Dome Theater show. *Children ages 2-12, Senior Citizens 62+, Military Personnel, Volunteer Firemen & Non-Ambulatory Visitors Other Options Junior Jet Club $2.50 Nunley’s Carousel $2

GARDEN CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM www.gardencityhistoricalsociety.org 11th Street Garden City 516-746-8900 Thursdays 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

GARVIES POINT MUSEUM AND PRESERVE www.garviespointmuseum.com 50 Barry Drive Glen Cove 516-571-8010 Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Adults: $4 Children 5-12 years: $2 Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Check website for calendar of events 2017 Annual Native American Feast Saturday & Sunday, November 18 and 19, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL & TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY www.hmtcli.org 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove (516) 571-8040 Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays 12:00 p.m – 4:00 p.m.

Preferred Donations: Adults: $10 Seniors: $5 Students: $4 Wednesday, October 18: 25th Annual Tribute Dinner Sunday, October 22: Special Exhibit: “Heroes of the Holocaust” By 3D Pop Artist Charles Fazzino

HUNTINGTON ARTS COUNCIL www.huntingtonarts.org 213 Main Street, Huntington 631-271-8423 Call or check website for all program details

www.licm.org 11 Davis Avenue, Garden City 516-224-5800 Open Tuesday through Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

General Admission: $13 Visitors over 65: $12 Members: Free Children under 1: Free Check website for daily calendar of events The idea for the Long Island Children’s Museum started as a dinner conversation in 1989 between a group of Long Island educators, artists and business people—parents all. They wondered “Why didn’t Long Island have the type of institution they visited often on their family travels across the country?”

Conversation led to commitment that has produced a nationally recognized community asset. The permanent museum opened on February 27, 2002.

Long Island Children’s Museum is now home to 14 hands-on, interactive exhibit galleries, a 140-seat theater and four classroom-size learning studios.

Indoor and outdoor gallery spaces are interdisciplinary, age-appropriate and intergenerational, fostering independent and cooperative exploration, and encouraging concept development and skills building.

LONG ISLAND SCIENCE CENTER www.lisciencecenter.org 11 West Main Street, Riverhead (631) 208-8000 Saturdays 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Starting July 4 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday $7 per person

MARITIME EXPLORIUM www.maritimeexplorium.org Port Jeff Harbor 101 East Broadway Port Jefferson Phone: 631-331-3277 Open Year Round Wednesdays – Sundays 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. $5 per person; members and children under 1 are Free.

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MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARMOR www.museumofamericanarmor.com 1303 Round Swamp Road Old Bethpage 516-454-8265 Wednesday through Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

NASSAU COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER www.ncfiremuseum.org One Davis Avenue, Garden City Proudly protected by the Uniondale Fire Department 516-572-4177 Open daily Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Open Mondays that fall on holidays and school breaks.

Adult: $5 Child: $4 Special Discount*: $4 *Senior Citizens 62+, Volunteer Firemen & Non-Ambulatory Visitors

NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART www.nassaumuseum.org One Roslyn Drive, Roslyn Harbor (516) 484-9338 Hours of Operation Tuesday - Sunday, 11:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Museum Store Tuesday - Sunday, 11:00 a.m.4:30 p.m.

Docent-Led Exhibition Tours Tuesday - Sunday 2:00 p.m.

Docent-Led Mansion Tours Saturdays 1:00 p.m.

Docent-Led Family Tours Sundays 1:00 p.m.

Family Art Activities Sundays 1:30 p.m.

Admission Fees: Adults $12 Seniors (62+) $8 Students $4 Children (4-12) $4 Museum Members Free Nassau County Museum of Art Tuesday - Sunday, 11:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Museum Store Tuesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Docent-Led Exhibition Tours Tuesday - Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

Docent-Led Mansion Tours Saturdays at 1:00 p.m.

Docent-Led Family Tours Sundays at 1:00 p.m.

Family Art Activities Sundays at 1:30 p.m.

Modern Dreams: Art of America Now through November Sunday, 5, 2017 2011, 50 minute BBC film Tuesday-Saturday: 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m.* Sunday: 11 a.m., 12 p.m.* *with exceptions for special programs Family Sundays Now through Sunday, November 5, 2017

Sundays, 1-4 p.m.

Family Tour at 1 p.m., Art Activities, 1:30-4 p.m.

Not offered on Oct. 29 Sketching in the Galleries Tuesday October 24, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Brown Bag Lectures Riva Ettus Thursdays, October 19, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Gallery Talk with the Curator Constance Schwartz Sunday, October 22 at 3:00 p.m.

Super Family Sunday Halloween Event Enchanted Forest Free Style NY Sunday, October 29, 1-4 p.m.

Winter Art & Nature Walk North Shore Land Alliance Sunday, November 5 at 11:00 a.m.

Rain or shine

NASSAU COUNTY POLICE MUSEUM www.policeny.com 1490 Franklin Ave Mineola (516) 573-7620 Call daily for hours

STEINBERG MUSEUM OF ART AT HILLWOOD www.liu.edu 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville 516-299-4073

TACKAPAUSHA MUSEUM AND PRESERVE www.friendsoftackapausha.org Washington Avenue between Merrick Road and Sunrise Highway, Seaford 516 571-7443 Thursday to Sunday from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Museum Admission: $2, children ages 5 - 12; $3, adults and teenagers; those under 5 years of age are admitted free when accompanied by a parent.

THE AMERICAN AIRPOWER MUSEUM AT REPUBLIC www.americanairpowermuseum.com 1230 New Highway, Farmingdale (631) 293-6398 Tuesday through Sunday 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Adults: $10 Senior Citizens (65+) and Veterans with proper ID: $8 Children (4-12) $5 Children under 4: Free

NEW HYDE PARK MUSEUM ww.newhydeparkmuseum.org 1420 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park 516-515-1837

OYSTER BAY RAILROAD MUSEUM www.obrm.org Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay 516-558-7036 Open seasonally on Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

POLISH AMERICAN MUSEUM www.polishamericanmuseum.com 16 Belleview Avenue, Port Washington 516-883-6542 Wednesday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

RAILROAD MUSEUM OF LONG ISLAND www.rmli.org 4th Street at the Tracks: Greenport 631-477-0439 Griffing Avenue at the Tracks: Riverhead 631-727-7920 Riverhead Open Saturday and Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Greenport Open Saturday and Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Adults (13+): $10 Children (5-12): $5 Children under 5: Free

THE AMERICAN GUITAR MUSEUM www.americanguitarmuseum.com 1810 New Hyde Park Road, New Hyde Park 516-488-5000 Free admission

UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE MUSEUM www.usmma.edu/museum U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Great Neck 300 Steamboat Road 516-726-6047

MILL NECK MANOR HOUSE www.millneckmanorhouse.org 40 Frost Mill Road, Mill Neck (516) 628-4243 Tours are available to the public by appointment only once a month on Sundays.

Adult: $25 per person Senior 55+: $20 per person Students (ID required): $15 per person Children (12 & under): $5 per person Groups (10 +): $20 per person

NYIT de SEVERSKY MANSION www.nyit.edu/deseversky Northern Boulevard, Old Westbury Call for tour information and rates

OHEKA CASTLE www.oheka.com 135 West Gate Drive Huntington 631-659-1400 Tour begins at 11:00 a.m. daily by reservation only Adults: $25 Seniors: $20 (Ages 55+) Hotel Guests: $15 Students: $15 (ID Required) Children: $5 (Ages 12 & Under) Lunch Tour: $50

OLD BETHPAGE VILLAGE RESTORATION www.obvrnassau.com 303 Round Swamp Road, Old Bethpage 516-571-8400 Wednesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Adults: $12 Children (5-12): $78 Children under 5: Free Senior Citizens and volunteer firefighters: $8 Check website for event information

WANTAGH RAILROAD MUSEUM www.wantagh.li/museum 1700 Wantagh Ave, Wantagh (516) 826-8767 Sundays 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. now through mid November Check calendar for daily events

SCIENCE MUSEUM OF LONG ISLAND www.smli.org 1526 N. Plandome Road, Plandome 516-627-9400 Call or check website daily for calendar of events and pricing

Mansion Tours

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PLANTING FIELDS, COE HALL www.plantingfields.org 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay 516-922-9200 Weekends Only Now through

THE SANDS POINT CONSERVANCY: FALAISE AND HEMPSTEAD HOUSE www.sandspointpreserveconservancy. org 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point 516-571-7901 Falaise: Now through Sunday, November 19: Thursday, Friday and Saturday: 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. $10 per person Hempstead House: Wednesday: 2:00 p.m.

Most Saturdays and Sundays: 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. $10 per person

SANDS-WILLETS HOUSE www.cowneck.org 336 Port Washington Blvd.

Port Washington, NY 11050 516-365-9074 Tours of the Sands-Willets House are

offered on most first and third Sundays of every month, June through October, at 2:00 PM sharp, and at other times by appointment.

SUFFOLK COUNTY VANDERBILT MUSEUM www.vanderbiltmuseum.org 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport 631-854-5579 Now through Sunday, October 29 Thursday – Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Adult: $13 Senior/Student (Student ID or Age 62+): $12

THEODORE ROOSEVELT MANSION TOUR www.nps.gov 20 Sagamore Hill Road, Oyster Bay 516-922-4788 Wednesday through Sunday Access to the Theodore Roosevelt Home is by guided tour only. Sameday tour tickets can be purchased on a first come, first served basis from the Visitor Center which opens at 9:00 A.M. Tickets are limited in number, sales begin at 9:00 A.M. and generally sell out between 10:00 A.M. and 12 Noon.

Sunday Brunch 11:00 to 4:00pm Freshly Squeezed Juice Cocktails, Eggs, Country Breakfast Salads & Sandwiches

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PLANTING FIELDS, COE HALL 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay 516-922-9200 www.plantingfields.org Planting Fields, the former estate of insurance magnate William Robertson Coe Standard Oil heiress Mai Rogers Coe and is one of the few remaining Gold Coast estates on Long Island’s North Shore that retains its original 409 acres as well as its historic buildings and landscape. Rolling lawns, formal gardens, hiking trails and specimen plantings, as well as the Camellia Greenhouse and the Main Greenhouse, with its unique seasonal displays, are a treat for visitors year round.

Coe Hall contains many original pieces and furnishings once belonging to the Coe family, including the restored Louis XVI Reception Room. The mostly Elizabethan style interior of the Tudor Revival mansion is a showcase of artistry and craftsmanship in its wood and stone carvings, ironwork, 13th – 19th century stained glass windows and original commissioned murals by American artists Robert H. Chanler and Everett Shinn.

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Bringing the outdoors inside CREATE TEXTURE Using different materials is a wonderful way to update the bedroom this season. Wood is a strong trend that can be used throughout. Wallpaper made of tactile wood slats compliment the wood furniture. The grains and natural colors of the wood are a nod to the outdoors, creating a sense of warmth. Sumptuous duvets and crisp white linens are trending for fall.

WARM DINING ROOMS The dining room is a place for family and friends to gather and this season it is all about comfort. Lush fabrics, in pops of color to accent the neutral tones, are used for upholstery.

Modern industrial lighting creates a warm environment as do soft-fold Roman linen sheers covering windows. Natural elements of the outdoors, such as concrete and steel, can be brought inside for a beautiful, updated look.

NEUTRAL COLORS For family room relaxation and informality, the calming neutral color scheme inside reminds us of the changing season. Stone and metal add an organic feel to the room.

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all is in full swing and nothing excites chefs more than freshly harvested produce and seasonal shellfish.

Brightly colored parsnips, apples, squashes, figs and corn are now in season. October marks the beginning of truffle and wild mushroom season and these highly coveted and luscious ingredients can be incorporated into comforting dishes like risotto and pasta dishes.

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MOUTHWATERING MEALS A dry aged steak, paired with creamed spinach and mashed potatoes, is the perfect choice for dinner as the evenings turn brisk. Mouthwatering braised short ribs, served with pommes puree, are other culinary delights for the season.

SOULFUL SOUPS Cool and crisp days and nights call for hearty and comforting foods that warm the heart and nourish the soul. Soups are a constant this time of year with many different varieties. French onion soup gratinee, topped with melted cheese, is a luscious and flavorful soup.

Butternut squash and corn chowder soups are creamy and richly satisfying.

DELICIOUS DESSERTS Fall is peak carrot season and the carrot is a versatile vegetable. They can be roasted, braised, steamed or sautéed but many love carrots baked into muffins quick breads and cakes. Scrumptious carrot cake, with tangy cream cheese icing and walnuts, is the perfect ending to any autumn meal.

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Brooklyn Nets vs. Philadelphia 76ers Through Tuesday, Oct. 31 Blood Manor Presents Crypts of the Coliseum: Long Island’s Premiere Haunted Attraction FOREST HILLS STADIUM 1 Tennis Place, Forest Hills www.foresthillsstadium.com Friday, Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m.

WFUV and Madison House Presents The National NYCB THEATRE AT WESTBURY 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury (516) 247-5205 • http://www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Saturday, Oct. 7 at 3 p.m.

Westbury Food Truck Festival Sunday, Oct. 8 at 6 p.m.

The Spinners & Little Anthony and the Imperials THE PARAMOUNT 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Friday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m.

1964 — The Tribute Friday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m.

Rhett & Link’s Tour of Mythicality THE SPACE AT WESTBURY 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516)283-5566 www.thespaceatwestbury.com Friday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m.

The AM/FM Show with 45RPM and Wonderous Stories Sunday, Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m.

Halestorm Thursday, Oct. 12 at 8 p.m.

Blue October LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1, Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 • www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Saturday, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m.

The Chapin Family Live in Concert ADELPHI UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 1 South Avenue, Garden City (516)877-4000 • www.aupac.adelphi.edu Saturday, Oct. 7 at 2 p.m.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s: Idomeneo TILLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | LIU POST 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville (516) 299-3100 • www.tillescenter.org Friday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m.

Herbie Hancock Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30-9 p.m and 9:30-11 p.m.

Betty Buckley in Story Songs Sunday, Oct. 8, 3-5 p.m.

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Family Tour at 1 p.m.; Art Activities at 1:30 p.m.

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“Glamour Icons”: Celebrates fragrances and cosmetic packaging as an art form through the work of award-winning designer Marc Rosen.

Through Sunday, Nov. 5, Tuesday-Saturday screenings at 11 a.m., 12 and 1 p.m.; Sunday screenings at 11 a.m. and 12 p.m.

Film: “Modern Dreams: Art of America” (2011, 50 min. BBC film) THE ART GUILD 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset www.TheArtGuild.org Second Thursday, Oct. 12, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Sip & Sketch: Live model, all, levels, no instruction, short and long poses. Bring a snack and/or beverage.

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Sessions in Hempstead House: Original Concerts CLARK BOTANIC GARDEN 193 I. U. Willets Road, Albertson (516) 869-6311 • www.clarkbotanic.org Sunday, Oct. 15 at 1 p.m.

Fall Garden Getaways with Pat Sommerstad: Comprehensive information about the 35 public gardens in the NYC area Fee: $10 members; $12 non-members. To register, call Maria Morgan at 516-484-8603.

Wednesday, Oct. 18, 9:30 a.m. departure returning at 7 p.m.

Trip to Kykuit & Union Church in the Hudson Valley To register and for more information, go to www.clarkbotanic.org or call 516-484-2208.

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Fall Family Festival / $20 per vehicle FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT JENNIFER LAVELLA AT (516) 922-8678 OR EMAIL JLAVELLA@PLANTINGFIELDS.ORG LONG ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM 11 Davis Avenue, Garden City (516) 224-5800 • www.licm.org Monday, Oct. 9, 2-4 p.m.

Sailing on the Seas: Assemble Your Own Floating Ship Ages 3 and up. Free with museum admission.

Tuesday, Oct. 10 and Thursday, Oct. 12, 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. stART (Story + Art)

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Monster Mash Puppets Ages 3 and up. Free with museum admission.

Wednesday, Oct. 11, 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Music and Movement Ages 5 and under. Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members).

Friday, Oct. 13, 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Kids in the Kitchen: Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies Ages 3-5. Material fee: $5 with museum admission ($4 LICM members) Saturday, Oct. 14 and Sunday, Oct. 15, 3:30-5

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Messy Afternoons Ages 18 months to 4 years. Free with museum admission.

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove (516) 571-8040 • www.hmtcli.org Wednesday, Oct. 18, 6 p.m. (reception), 8 p.m. (program) 25th Annual Tribute Dinner Location: Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation, Old Westbury BJ SPOKE GALLERY 229 Main Street, Huntington (631) 549-5106• www.bjspokegallery.com

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At Heckscher Park, Huntington World class carnival, international food courts, live entertainment, hundreds of vendors, craft beer and wine tent, children’s activities and farmer’s market.

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OKTOBERFEST AT EISENHOWER PARK Saturday, Oct. 7-Monday, Oct. 9, 12-5 p.m.

Eisenhower Park Kite Field, 1899 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow Free event featuring tractor rides, a pumpkin maze, live music, German food and beverages, bounce houses and vendors.

OPENING OF THE BARGAINS + BLESSINGS THRIFT SHOP Saturday, Oct. 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (on subsequent Thursdays and Saturdays) Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, 147 Campbell Ave. at Center St., Williston Park A shared ministry with the Church of Saint Aidan.

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General Exercise Group for All Cancer Survivors, 12:30-1:15 p.m.

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Main Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 2 Wednesday Film Matinee at Main Wednesdays at 2 p.m. in the Main Library. Refer to the Library newsletter or website for information on the films scheduled.

Great Neck Park District the film stars Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson.

Sunday @ 2: Victor Starsky Sunday, October 1 at 2 p.m., local opera singer, Victor Starsky, performs at Great Neck House. Admission to Great Neck House requires a park card.

Harvest Festival 2017 Bring the whole family to Harvest Festival in the Village Green, Monday, October 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine. For more information check www.gnparks.org or call (516) 482-0355.

Weekend Movie: “Silence” (2016) Friday, Oct. 13 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 14 at 5 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Great Neck House. Directed by Martin Scorsese,

(516) 482-0355.

Halloween Happenings in the Park District Halloween will be spook-tacular at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink.

There will be special Halloween public sessions on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 3-5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Admission is free if you are wearing a costume.

Also at the Parkwood Sports Complex, the Kiddie Walk from 12:30-7 p.m. and the Haunted House, 6-9 p.m. For more information call (516) 482-0355.

Sunday @ 2: Twin Gold Sunday, Oct. 15 at 2 p.m. Twin Gold performs doo wop and oldies favorites at Great Neck House.

Parkwood Tennis Center Enroll now for Parkwood Tennis programs including lessons for children, Tiny Tots (3-6 yr. olds), Junior, Junior Intensive, Adult, Women’s Intensive Training, Cardio Tennis.

Call Parkwood Tennis Center at (516) 829-9050.

Nature Program: Fall Seasonal Stroll Saturday, October 14 at 11 a.m. at Kings Point Park. The focus will be autumn leaves. Meet in the first lot at the Steamboat Road entrance. Register by 10/7 at www.gnparks.org or call (516) 482-0355. Children under age 16 not permitted to attend.

Defensive Driving Classes at Great Neck House Great Neck House continues to offer Empire Safety Council Defensive Driving classes on the first Saturday of every month. The classes run from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Upcoming classes are Oct. 7 and Nov. 4. To register or for more information, call Great Neck House at 482-0355.

Birthday Parties in the Park District Book your child’s next birthday celebration at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink or at Steppingstone Park.

Choose one of our unique birthday packages which includes a private party room, 2 party hosts, invitations, pizza, cake, and lots more. For more information or to reserve a party call

Try Hockey-for-Free Day Come down to the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink on Saturday, November 4, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., for “Try-Hockey-for-Free Day”.

Everyone who would like to participate must sign-up on line at www.

USAHockey.com. There is limited space available so don’t delay, signup today!

Great Neck Community Calendar 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 remaining Wednesdays in the month, the group gathers for breakfast at 8am in the boardroom of TD Bank at 2 Great Neck Rd. For more information, visit their website at www.rotaryclubofgreatneck.org or Facebook page at rotaryclubofgreatneck. To arrange for your visit as a guest or if interested in becom-

ing one of their weekly speakers, please email rotaryclubofgreatneck@aol.com or call 516-487-9392.

New members are welcome. For more information, go to www.gnsocialcenter.org or call Joan Keppler at (516) 487-5844.

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.

TUESDAYS WITH REAP The Retired Energetic Active People group meets every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cumberland School, 30 Cumberland Ave. in Great Neck. Call 441-4949 for more information. Schedule subject to change.

GREAT NECK SOCIAL CENTER The Great Neck Social/Senior Center located at 80 Grace Ave. in Great Neck hosts a full calendar of events every month that includes Tea Times, Lunches, Game Days, Discussion Groups, Health & Wellness Lectures, Tai Chi, Reading Groups and more.

SUMMER ARTS CAMP AT THE GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER The Gold Coast Arts Center continues to bring fun and creative activities to children through their Summer Arts Camp, which runs from July 5 to August 25 and includes Crafts Camp, Music for Film, Acting for Film, Ceramics Camp, Musical Theatre, Broadway for Film, Drawing & Painting, Applause Act-

ing, 3D Art, Dance, Dance, Dance, Chess Camp and Cartooning. The programs are for children ages 6-9 and 9-14. To register, call 516-829-2570 or got to www.goldcoastarts. org.

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Silverstein’s 1st school day

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Come be entertained at the Faculty Recital on Oct. 26.

Great Neck’s Silverstein Hebrew Academy administrators, teachers and staff greeted eager students as they began their first day of the 20172018 school year.

In an effort to prepare Hebrew Academy students for the 21st century landscape, the academy has implemented several initiatives, officials said.

Among them is the integration of technology in every aspect of a Hebrew Academyy student’s education, from coding software, apps and websites to using SmartBoards to help students engage with their daily classroom material.

In addition, students are learning how to use iTaLAM as part of a new digital blended learning environment based on the successful TaL AM program, a Hebrew language and Jewish heritage curriculum. iTaLAM is re-inventing the world of Hebrew language and Jewish heritage education by transforming the well-established and highly successful TaL AM print program into an engaging, interac-

District faculty recital on Oct. 26 Mark your calendars for the Great Neck Public Schools District Faculty Recital to be presented on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m., at South High School, tive, personalized, and adaptive digital experi- 341 Lakeville Rd. At this annual event, there ence. will be instrumental and vocal Elementary school students also received Chromebooks as part of the school’s program to differentiate instruction, helping students develop better Hebrew language skills and further their research and writing skills.

music performed by the district’s talented faculty and friends.

Tickets at the door are $5 for students and seniors, $10 for adults (suggested donations).

Proceeds will benefit the Music Scholarship Fund.

The Village School has again been named a W!SE Blue Star School having excelled on the W!SE Financial Literacy Certification Test, marking the ninth time the school earned this award, which will be presented in November.

The award is for the 2016– 17 academic year.

W!SE gives its award criteria as: “A school, testing more than 10 students, must have achieved an 80 percent passing rate on our Financial Literacy Certification Test and have a majority of students on a given grade level take the test.”

Jeffrey Bernstein, Village School social studies/economics teacher, said, “We had 13 out of our 15 economics students take the test achieving a school average of 81. Two students were unable to take the test due to a scheduling conflict.”

David Anderson, W!SE executive vice president, said of the Village School: “We are proud of your students’ accomplishment and of your teachers who helped them become Certified Financially Literate. You have given

your students vital knowledge about their personal finances and provided them with the tools they need to become financially capable young adults.”

The Certification Test, designed by W!SE (Working in Support of Education) on behalf of the New York Financial Literacy Coalition, reflects the New York State Education Department’s economic curriculum on finance. It evaluates students’ knowledge of banking, savings, investing, credit, insurance, and money management, and also gauges their ability to manage their own finances.

The New York Financial Literacy Coalition works with nonprofit organizations, financial service firms, teachers, school administrators, and parents.

The W!SE program, developed in 2003 in Queens and the Bronx, has expanded nationally and has been widely recognized for its success, including receiving the US Treasury Department’s John Sherman Award for Excellence in Financial Education.

Village School School TV wins awards wins award

Great Neck Public Schools Television (GNPS/TV), for the third year in a row, took top awards from the Alliance for Community Media (ACM) and also earned a special award at the Broadcast Awards for Senior High (BASH).

The district won two ACM 2017 Hometown Media Awards that were presented at a ceremony in Minneapolis in August.

Awards were for Best Broadcast of a Performance or Concert (for the South High School production of the opera, Carmen) and for Best Film (for the 2016 film, Spaghetti Dinner, an annual South Middle School event).

BASH presented GNPS/TV with a special Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of their longstanding commitment to broadcast programs. South Middle, in particular, was honored for having the longest media program in a public school.

The program began when the school opened in 1958, under the leadership of Vera Larner who taught TV and radio classes. The BASH ceremony was held in June, at Southold High School.

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Robert Zahn, GNPS/TV producer/director, holds the BASH Lifetime Achievement Award. With him are Miguel Marquez, CNN national correspondent (left), and Drew Scott, News 12 anchor (right).

Robert Zahn, district educational cable TV producer/director, said, “The ACM awards not only recognize educational programs, but combine Public Access TV and government channels throughout the country, making the competition extremely challenging. Both the ACM and BASH awards are a true testament to the outstand-

ing work that our students do every day, as well as a statement about the wonderful school district and our Board of Education that allow them to thrive.”

For information about GNPS/TV and its student-produced programming, please contact Mr. Zahn by e-mail at rzahn@greatneck.k12.ny.us, or by phone at (516) 441-4676.

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G.N. temple to hold county exec forum Martins and Curran to participate in question-and-answer session on Oct. 15

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N Democrat Laura Curran and Republican Jack Martins will come to Temple Israel in Great Neck for a question and answer session on Sunday, Oct. 15, as the two make their campaign pitches for county executive.

The program, scheduled for 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., will allow audience members to address candidates with questions. The forum is sponsored by the Temple Israel Men’s Club as well as the Great Neck Democratic Club and Great Neck Republican Club.

Steven Markowitz, president of the Great Neck Democratic Club, and Marc Katz, president of the Great Neck Republican Club, who are both Temple Israel members, will moderate the session.

“It’s not a formal debate,” Katz said.

“They’re going to respond to questions from the audience and the opponents will have a chance to respond to that answer.”

“We don’t know what questions will be asked, but that adds to the spontaneity of the event,” Katz added.

Jack Martins, a Republican, and Laura Curran, a Democrat, are running for Nassau County executive.

When asked a question, the candidate will have three minutes to respond.

The opponent will have two minutes to respond to that answer, if he or she

chooses.

It has not yet been decided whether the questions will come from submitted index cards or raised hands, but Katz

and Markowitz said the former is more likely.

Markowitz said that this year’s event shares many similarities with last year’s event, where state Senate candidates Elaine Phillips, a Republican who ultimately succeeded Martins, and Democrat Adam Haber fielded questions.

Similar to last year, there are two nonincumbents running for an open seat, he said. But the county’s issues, like corruption and financial woes, are different.

“Running for the state Senate is obviously a lot different than running for county executive,” Markowitz said.

Curran, a two-term Nassau County legislator from Baldwin, began as a New York City-based reporter and served on the Baldwin Board of Education from 2011 to 2014.

Martins represented North Hempstead and parts of Hempstead and Oyster Bay as a state senator from 2010 to 2016. He also served as the mayor of Mineola for eight years.

Further information about the program is available by calling Temple Israel at 516-482-7800.

Northwell takes lead in breast cancer care This article is reprinted from last week’s edition, in which it carried an incorrect headline.

BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I During Dr. Karen Kostroff ’s 32 years at Northwell Health, she has seen many innovations in breast cancer care and surgery.

Originally from Great Neck, Kostroff said as chief of breast surgery, she is responsible for all issues relating to breast surgery in the Northwell system, and she runs a breast tumor board, a system-wide teleconference with doctors from a number of disciplines to get many medical opinions on one case without having the patient book multiple appointments.

“Breast is a field where it involves a radiologist to a pathologist to a surgeon to a medical oncologist to a radiation oncologist to a plastic surgeon to a geneticist,” Kostroff said. “We present topics that are what’s new and innovative every time we meet, but we also discuss complex breast cases.

That allows us to have all the specialties give their opinion not only at individual hospitals, but discuss it system-wide.

“It would be very hard for all

PHOTO COURTESY OF MONTER CANCER CENTER AT NORTHWELL HEALTH CANCER INSTITUTE

Northwell Health Chief of Breast Surgery Dr. Karen Kostroff, left, said the health system has a number of innovations to offer breast cancer patients. these smaller hospitals to have that level of expertise everywhere.

This way, a patient really benefits and can have a really high level of analysis of their individual situation.”

This year, Northwell introduced a technique called seed localization, Kostroff said, allowing new options when a lesion needs to be removed but can’t be felt.

Previously, patients would have a guide wire placed on the day of the surgery, but Kostroff said her team now has the ability to place prior to the surgery date a clip that emits a radio frequency picked up in the operating room.

“It’s nicer for the patient because they don’t have a wire, which adds anxiety to the day of the surgery, and they don’t have to

have a wire sticking out of them until we take them to surgery,” Kostroff said.

Kostroff said one of the greatest recent advancements in the breast surgical field is a nipple sparing mastectomy, or hidden scar surgery. Instead of incisions on the front of the breast that often leave scarring and make many survivors self-conscious, Kostroff said the incision can be hidden under the fold of the breast.

During the procedure, Kostroff said the surgeon removes all the breast tissue through the incision, and a plastic surgeon replaces the tissue with an expander or implant the same day. While the surgery is more challenging and lengthy, Kostroff said it achieves the same result as previous techniques.

“It’s almost a cry of joy for the patient that we can progressively make people whole again,” Kostroff said. “It’s nice to get to that level of innovation and expertise. It makes all of what we do a faded memory.”

After surgery, Kostroff said an abdominal block is used for pain management, allowing many patients to leave about 48 hours after surgery compared to the typical four days later.

Northwell also offers the cold cap program, allowing patients in

chemotherapy to wear a cold cap with ice water running through it to reduce the chance of hair loss.

Though Kostroff said it does not work for every patient, they have seen some women have success with the program.

After the tumor is removed, Kostroff said the tissue is typically discarded, but Northwell has developed in the last year the Tumor Donation Program, which delivers fresh tissue to the Feinstein Institute the same day as the surgery for research.

“The scientists can study fresh tissue rather than an animal model, which allows them to look for more effective drugs, less toxic treatments,” Kostroff said.

The most important step for catching breast cancer early on is self-exams and regular mammograms, Kostroff said. Northwell offers 3D mammograms, which Kostroff said are 30 percent better than 2D imaging.

“Most of the time, there’s one of two ways a woman would determine she has breast cancer, either going for routine imaging or feeling something,” Kostroff said.

“On Long Island, we’re fortunate that people are pretty good about going [for regular mammogram appointments], therefore a lot is found by screening.”

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Don’t count on those Trump tax cuts

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hope that all of you lowincome and middle-income readers aren’t rushing out to spend the tax savings that Donald Trump has promised in his so-called tax “reform” proposal. Because, like previous Trump promises, this one is just another empty lie.

Unless, of course, your taxable income is north of $418,400. Or you and your spouse are planning to die and leave an estate of more than $10,490,000. Or you are subjected to the alternative minimum tax because you’re taking so many tax deductions.

Or you run one of the 1.7 percent of the sole proprietorships, partnerships or S corporations that generate more than 40 percent of all pass-through income and will get a huge windfall when your tax rate is cut from 39.6 percent to 25 percent.

But I suppose most of you reading this are not in these exalted income brackets, and most of you small business operators are already paying less than the proposed 25 percent tax rate for “pass-through” businesses. So,

no tax breaks for you.

Moreover, since we are living in Nassau County and paying high state and local taxes which will no longer be deductible, we should be justifiably concerned that our federal income taxes may actually rise.

No tax cuts for us.

And don’t believe Mr. Trump’s claim that “I’m doing the right thing and it’s not good for me, believe me.”

This claim is truly unbelievable. If you fall for that one, I’ve got a bridge or two to sell you.

The tax plan would provide a windfall to hedge fund managers, corporate executives, real estate developers and other members of the 1 percent.

And we don’t have to see those tax returns Mr. Trump refuses to disclose to know that he and his family would benefit “bigly” from this proposal.

The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has given a preliminary estimate that the plan could cost more than $2 trillion over the next decade.

Despite this, the deficit

hawks in the Republican party, always ready to jump on any Democratic proposals that might raise the deficit, are conspicuously silent.

However, we can expect that Republicans will soon be showering us with promises that the tax cuts will spur fantastic growth and, somehow, pay for themselves.

Any such claim would be based on the same supply-side economic theory that was advanced for previous Republican tax cuts.

Now, as then, there is no factual basis for such “voodoo economics.” It didn’t work then, so why should anyone expect it to work this time?

As for all those loopholes that Mr. Trump promises to close, the swamp creatures are already swarming around Washington lobbying to preserve the preferential tax breaks so beloved by their clients.

Keeping in mind that the Republicans in Congress are in bed with the business world, including the Trump Organization and the rest of the commercial real estate industry that depend

on these exclusions and deductions, you know how this is going to turn out.

Given this enormous loss of tax revenues, where is the money for Mr. Trump’s trillion dollar infrastructure program that’s supposed to provide millions of jobs going to come from?

Meanwhile, the swamp creatures can also be found in the Trump administration itself spending your taxes.

The latest examples include Tom Price, the health and human services secretary, who resigned under pressure after racking up at least $400,000 for chartered flights, some of which appear to have been for personal, not government, purposes.

And Steve Mnuchin, who is still serving as Treasury secretary, tried to use a government plane for his European honeymoon on the pretext that he needed the plane’s secure communications.

Also, Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, is moving into a $25,000 soundproof officewithin-an-office, seemingly intended to shield him from

climate science, where he will be scheming to eliminate existing protections that ensure the cleanliness of our air and water.

While all this is happening, the American citizens of Puerto Rico continue to suffer because of the inadequate response of the federal government to the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Maria.

Over the weekend, Mr. Trump, in his typical fashion, unleashed a deluge of tweets in a trademark attempt to deflect responsibility for his administration’s failure to provide adequate aid to Puerto Rico.

However, “his” three-star general has conceded that the federal government was not doing enough and that more personnel and resources were needed.

So even if you’re lucky enough to get a tax cut, you had better hold on to the money.

More storms are coming, and you won’t be able to count on the federal government to help.

Jay N. Feldman Port Washington

DeRiggi-Whitton gives pols a good name

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first met Delia DeRiggi-Whitton in 2014 when her legislative district was redrawn to include Port Washington.

As a passionate advocate for her district, Delia wanted to learn as much about Port as she could. Since then, she has

become a fixture in town and has secured grants for the Port Washington Library and the Manorhaven Streetscape project.

Delia is a voice of fiscal responsibility in a legislature can be sometimes be anything but.

She is committed to protecting our environment and passed legislation to ban fracking waste products from contaminating our water supply.

But mostly, Delia is passionate about people. Be they seniors, people with disabilities,

veterans, families struggling with addiction or health issues, Delia is there. Delia cannot see someone in need and not try to help. She is a true public servant, in it for us, not herself.

I am proud to call Delia a friend and even prouder to call

her my Nassau County Legislator. I urge everyone to vote this Nov. 7, and to vote to reelect Delia Deriggi-Whitton as our county legislator.

Larry Greenstein Port Washington

NYC mayoral race: Hate on L.I. Yaphank’s David versus Goliath OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Bund and the KKK

Continued from Page 16 San Antonio Spurs coach, Greg Popovich, said that “people need to be made to feel uncomfortable” so they are stirred to become active and caring citizens.

According to Ta-Nehisi Coates, many parts of our nation, North, as well as South, are still mired in “trenchant bigotry.”

“What’s Next?” Hofstra’s Peace Fellows, working with faculty and community folks offer much encouragement. On October 13, these Hofstra’s students will

be honored, along with Harry Belafonte,

by Peace Action New York as the 2017 outstanding campus group.

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Continued from Page 18 There has been no successful GOP outreach to Caribbean, Hispanic, Asian or other new immigrants along with middle class African Americans.

Outside of Staten Island, Bay Ridge Brooklyn and several orthodox Jewish neighborhoods, there are few pockets of Trump voters to count on.

Once the GOP loses any incumbent, they are rarely able to reclaim the district. Bloomberg will go down in the history books as the last Big Apple Republican Mayor prior to his change in party enrollment to blank several years ago.

Perhaps 2017 GOP Mayoral candi-

date Malliatokis will provide coattails to reclaim the Bay Ridge Brooklyn City Council seat for Republicans.

This seat open seat being vacated by Vincent Gentile represented the last GOP NYC Councilmember elected from Kings County.

It was held by GOP Council Minority leader Angelo Arculeo who served from 1962-1982 and Martin Golden who won the seat back one last time serving from 19982002.

Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a long time historian of NYC municipal government)

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More evidence of Trump being unfit

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nother month has begun with a cluster of events that lead us to remind us to question the priorities of this most irregular presidency of recent memory.

We awake to find that the most deadly mass casualty shooting has occurred in Las Vegas overnight. How does refusal of our lawmakers to get a handle on the failure to achieve rational gun control?

Trump’s incendiary attitude toward North Korea, and his most recent criticism of attempts of our Secretary of State to negotiate an agreement when

the most reasonable approach would seem to support avoidance of a war of words, in the most vulgar of terms.

The neglect of preparation for the most destructive hurricane in 90 years to hit Puerto Rico. Trump’s ignorance of the status of that island, and of some significance, our responsibility toward that part of our nation.

Instead of immediately calling for attention to the very evident consequences, he devoted days of criticism to the protests of football players to impress his base.

By the time he focussed his

attention on the plight of over 3 million of our citizens by ordering the distribution of huge amounts of all necessary food, water, medicines, equipment piled on piers, the situation was desperate.

He blamed the disorder on the citizens rather than ordering the deployment of military personnel and equipment that is so effective in such circumstances.

The ludicrous evidence of his ignorance was expressed as he noted that Puerto Rico is an island surrounded by an ocean!

The announcement that the removal of regulations promulgated by President Obama is

moving apace in Trump’s determination to remove many necessary improvements created by his predecessor.

Appointment of needed public administrators for many agencies has been grossly neglected, and the choice of Cabinet Secretaries has revealed their unsuitability for their positions. And have you noticed the numbers of White House staff that have been fired?

And by the way, how many days has our overworked new president been away, and thea cost of transporting and protecting his jaunts, including rallies at which his repetitious self ag-

grandizement has made him happy.

It is so obvious that his behavior and his priorities have increased the divisions in our society.

Beyond that, his language and ignorance mark his unsuitability to serve as the president.

He has seriously destroyed the concept of truth and the assurance that his word is his bond.

Let us hope that investigations of malfeasance will ultimately bear fruit and we can start to recover.

Esther Confino New Hyde Park

Martins priorities Martyrs on altar of gun rights on ethics wrong PULSE OF THE PENINSULA

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his Sunday’s Newsday published an interesting article by Robert Brodsky.

Brodsky reported, “In an interview last week, Martins said Singas ‘has demeaned the role of her office’ by advocating for ethics law changes that do not involve criminality.”

Since when is it demeaning to advocate for ethics reform?

Perhaps Martins is more concerned about colleagues, and even family, who may no longer be able to receive county con-

Continued from Page 16 ment to allow research; requirtracts once disclosure is manda- ing federal dollars for military and police weaponry be “smart tory.

Everyone knows our coun- guns” (like smart phones) to turn ty government is rife with cor- the industry around.

You can never know who will ruption.

A vote for Laura Curran rep- become a murderer – how ofresents a vote against corrup- ten do you hear people say, “Who tion and patronage. Please join would have believed”, “He was me this Election Day, Nov. 7, in such a nice man”.

But there is one common deelecting Laura Curran our next nominator for all these tragedies: Nassau county executive. the ease with which individuals

Tina Rothpearl, JD can obtain weapons of mass deRoslyn struction. ISIS has already invited would-be terrorists to take advantage of lax gun laws.

You can’t stop every act of terror – but it is plainly clear that in-

cidents that involve other weapons like knives and machetes and even cars, do not have the same lethal success of assault weapons.

Consider how much of our GDP goes to security in order to protect the “freedom” of gunowners but take away the security, freedom, and the very lives of everyone else.

Just look at the money we spend to safeguard our schools that could otherwise go to actually teaching. Now hotels, amusement parks, churches, shopping malls, and concert venues will also have to allocate their operating budgets.

Think of the rights we allow to be trampled in order leave

unrestrained the 2nd amendment: 1st amendment rights of free speech and assembly and 4th amendment right against unreasonable search and privacy.

Would that they value voting rights as highly.

Trump, who has already proved himself incompetent as a leader and who condones police brutality and torture and tells rallies, “Your 2nd Amendment is safe with me,” will do nothing beyond tweet his prayers and attack his critics.

Yes, this is one for the history books. The question is will it be surpassed? Thanks to the utter lack of sensible gun violence prevention, it is all too easy to do so.

A VET’S VIEW

Port VFW chief deserves medal Continued from Page 17 said. “We advocate for veterans benefits and rights. We do community service – dedicating parks, showing up at parades and ceremonies, speaking to kids at schools.”

Most VFW post commanders serve a year or two. Chalker’s being in charge so long is unusual.

“I was doing a pretty good job,” he said, “and they just let me run with it. Nobody else wanted it. I got the first black

member, the first woman, the first Latino, the first Oriental.

And they’re younger and inspired to do things. It’s running well. I get a psychic reward out of helping vets. I think a lot of members felt that from me…But it’s time for a change. Somebody will take it. I’ll force the issue.”

(Senior vice commander Andy Tollefsen is the odds-on favorite.)

Whoever does should give Chalker a medal.

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Martins unwilling to reform money in politics

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ermit me to expand upon the letter in the Sept. 29 issue from Ms. Renee Haber, in support of Laura Curran in the pending election for Nassau County executive.

Beginning in late 2015, I was part of a small group of then state Sen. Martins’s constituents who spoke with him and his Chief of Staff several times – in person in his office as well as by conference call – about the harmful effect on the electoral process from anonymous “big money,” urging him to sign a letter than being circulated by state Sen. Boyle, a Long Island Republican, advocating a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Sen. Martins acknowledged that he considered fund raising the most unpleasant part of running for office and seemed not unsympathetic to the general concept but, over the weeks-long course of the discussions, presented various reasons why he could not sign the letter.

In what proved to be the final contact in March 2016, he explained that he was reluctant to sign letters or petitions because they could turn out later to contain language, or to imply commitments, with which he could not agree.

We then proposed that, if he could not sign the letter, at least he could make known his objections to Citizens United, perhaps by submitting a Letter to the Editor of The New York Times or Newsday,

or at least by stating them clearly in campaign appearances and other speeches in the course of the next election.

Mr. Martins seemed to agree with that suggestion, but weeks went by without any sign of such a statement.

I consequently wrote a letter to Newsday (to my regret, it was not published) protesting his lack of followthrough; out of courtesy, I sent a copy to his chief of staff.

That elicited an angry phone call from him asserting that our group had “gotten what we wanted” with Mr. Martins’s ostensible agreement.

Notwithstanding that protest, though, it became clear to all of us who had made the effort to persuade him that, as

Ms. Haber pointed out, Mr. Martins was “a regular part of traditional pay-to-play politics” that depend on large donors to finance their campaigns and elect them to or keep them in office.

It is my firm conviction that all Nassau County voters who share the widespread dismay over the corruption of our democracy by the unlimited, unidentified campaign contributions enabled by Citizens United should turn out at the polls on Nov. 7 to cast their votes against Jack Martins and big money, and for Laura Curran for county executive.

Robert I. Adler Port Washington

Once unthinkable, war with N. Korea now possible

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he Chinese, like everyone else with the possible exception of Trump, know that an all out nuclear war would be the end of the world.

I am assuming that there are controls in place to prevent Trump from using nuclear weapons. I have to believe that.

I am convinced that the Chinese also

consider the nuclear option off the table.

Why then are the Chinese seemingly reluctant to put significant pressure on North Korea?

Wouldn’t it be nice, the Chinese speculate, if the entire Korean peninsular were communist. How can this be achieved?

Perhaps Trump will unwittingly help

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us achieve this goal, they muse? (For appearance sake China has agreed to apply some pressure but I am not at all convinced that the Chinese will follow through).

China is not pleased seeing American military presence in South Korea, as we weren’t either when the Russians put missiles in Cuba.

Thus the Chinese are hoping that our unstable leader will make some non-nuclear military mistake against North Korea.

Whatever damage it may cause, it won’t be enough to prevent North Ko-

rea’s Army from entirely occupying South Korea.

They have the fourth largest standing army in the world. The 40,000 or so American troops stationed in South Korea would be taken prisoner and subsequently used as bargaining chips for their release.

All this may seem far fetched. Were it not for our irrational president i would never have considered writing this article.

Theodore Theodorsen Manhasset

Martins silence on Trump tells a story

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his is a letter I sent to Jack Martins one year ago who was then our state senator.

After losing his bid for Congress he’s now trying for Nassau county executive, but nothing has changed about his record or his deafening silence about now President Trump, our dividerin-chief.

Please join me in opposing his election to Nassau county executive, and voting for Laura Curran.

Mr. Martins, Your silence in the face of Donald Trump’s racism, sexism, xenophobia, and ignorance is deafening. I have written to you repeatedly, in particular when the Trump rally took place in Patchogue

on the block where Marcelo Lucero was murdered by racist teens, and you did not have the respect to reply to my question about this.

Your record in the NYS senate has been to oppose women’s right to choose as well as to deny rights to LGBT people.

I know you have a reputation as a “decent man”, but it’s your record as a legislator that matters. Your failure to speak out against your party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Trump’s continually hateful rhetoric is equally deafening. You cannot claim the mantel of conciliator when you fail to speak out against such evil.

Dr. Nancy Braman Port Washington

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Business&RealEstate Retirement communities right for you?

Somewhere along the line people retire and either stay in place for the balance of their lives or move permanently to another location either in or out of state, possibly closer to their children.

Some will downsize to a smaller home, ranch or consider a homeowner association, condo, co-op, independent or assisted facility or possibly the necessity of a nursing home.

For the most part, downsizing can enable most to just “turn the key” and go to work the next day or go out to play.

No worries about shoveling snow, fixing the roof or leaks in the plumbing or the general maintenance necessary to up keep a home. However, some will and do prefer a retirement community, 55 and older or one that caters more to really active individuals; not like the retirement community of your parents.

More baby boomers are reaching retirement age and, as one might expect, they’re not content to settle for their parents’ retirement; boomers are instead looking for retirement communities that will cater to their active lifestyles and foster their sense of community.

Developers are noticing this shift and tweaking their communities to better suit the needs of boomers, who now number some

75 million individuals-currently representing one-quarter of the U.S. population and exceeded only by millennials.

Retiring boomers are specifically looking for communities near city centers, in part because many are still choosing to work in some capacity after retiring-not for them the bucolic retirement communities miles from town that were so admired by their parents’ generation.

Personal fitness has emerged as another top priority for today’s seniors, with more of them opting for indoor group fitness classes and hiking rather than more leisurely activities like golf-their parents’ game.

Group fitness classes might be popular because the need for community is important to this demographic, especially for those who live alone.

In fact, some baby boomers are creating their own retirement communities with an emphasis on mutual sharing and caring.

Resident-created retirement solutions can take on many formsfrom shared homes to co-housing communities, where people settle in one neighborhood and agree to care and watch out for each other.

Finding the home and community of your dreams isn’t easy, and for some it may take a lifetime.

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch But with these new possibilities, baby boomers will have choices that fit their specific needs and lifestyles. The big question will be to determine how much savings you have to purchase and figuring in life expectancy, you don’t want to run out of money.

So one needs to be a bit more on the conservative side, when making a decision as to what lifestyle wants to have in the future, unless you are part of the 1 percent club and money is no option!

However, many may want to leave a nice nest egg for their children and grandchildren, if you have any, but then again, it all is predicated on your personal situation.

Planning becomes imperative, when thoughts are about

moving, when, where, how much, how far away, etc.

Some of you will have already planned way in advance and already own a second home that you can retire to and that fits you perfectly.

But for the vast majority of couples and singles, thinking about a second home to retire to, maybe in many ways too far ahead to give it any serious consideration. But as they say, “time flies when you are having fun.”

However, health situations arise out of nowhere, when previous plans that were made have to be changed or adjusted to the new current situation.

Fifty Five and older retirement communities offer an excellent social environment with a vast array of activities, from tennis, exercise, Tai Chi & Yoga classes, a clubhouse w/pool, card games, golf, 1-2 day excursions to nearby destinations; you name it, you will probably find what you are looking for.

If you are a social butterfly and thoroughly enjoy new relationship and are very gregarious then searching out these types of environments will be the most advantageous for you.

However, if you desire a more private quieter atmosphere, then most likely a home, HOA, in possibly a gated community might

work best or a condo or co-op.

Check out the amenities to match with whatever things you may be into, hobbies, activities etc.

Most importantly, it will be a huge move, so go visit and make some appointments with the management to a take tour of a few places to get a feel of whether or not you feel comfortable and will fit in with your new surroundings.

You might want to ask if there are any places that you could rent for a week or longer, maybe even for the winter to see if you will be happy there.

You don’t want to purchase something, that a few months or a year down the line you may become uncomfortable and unhappy with that most crucial decision.

Check things out thoroughly, because you probably will not be moving again and want to live your life and have the most enjoyment in your semi or full retirement.

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17 indicted for heroin smuggling

BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said Wednesday that 17 New York members of a major narcotics organization were indicted by a grand jury for allegedly selling and trafficking cocaine and heroin through Nassau and Suffolk counties as well as Queens and upstate New York.

The defendants — Lyonel Beaubrun, 41, of Rosedale; Kervin Etienne, 36, of West Hempstead; Jean-Luc Theodore, 35, of Valley Stream; Jaksem Phileppe, 42, of Far Rockaway; Musheer Reid, 34, of Brooklyn; Emmanuel Lemite, 38, of Rosedale; Ebony Johnson, 36, of Brooklyn; John

Beaubrun, 38, of West Hempstead; Naeemah Smith, 37, of Rosedale; Sandra Marseilles, 38, of Rosedale; Sully Botello, 33, of Central Islip; and Ashley Cumbo, 27, Bellerose — are charged with various crimes in the eight-count indictment, including operating as a major trafficker, criminal possession of a controlled substance and conspiracy, all felony charges.

Lyonel Beaubrun is additionally charged with operating as a major trafficker and faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted.

Singas said many of the defendants are related.

“The arrests and indictments are another clear example of exceptional investigative work performed by numerous

law enforcement agencies,” Nassau County acting Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said. “A clear message is being sent to these drug dealers that we have no tolerance for this type of illegal activity and that we are focused on keeping our children and families safe no matter where you reside. The large quantities of these illegal narcotics being distributed is concerning and we have been able to take another organized narcotics ring and its members off the streets.”

As a result of the search warrants executed Tuesday, investigators seized approximately three and a half kilograms of cocaine, four ounces of heroin, approximately $115,000 in cash, two de-

faced guns, money counters, kilogram presses, packaging equipment, a Porsche, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and a Richard Mille watch, authorities said.

In total, approximately five and a half kilograms of cocaine and approximately $190,000 in cash was seized during the year-and-a-half investigation.

According to a news release from Singas, Etienne, Lyonel Beaubrun and another relative founded the operation, supplying large quantities of cocaine and heroin to 14 others. The drugs were allegedly stored at various houses in Queens and Nassau counties after allegedly being transported from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix to John F. Kennedy Airport

in false-sided suitcases.

Singas said the county’s Special Operations and Narcotics Bureau began the investigation in March 2016.

The defendants, several of whom are related, allegedly distributed narcotics at the kilogram level with profits estimated at $50,000 to $75,000 per week. The group allegedly supplied major dealers in Long Island, New York City, upstate New York, Chicago, Maine, Maryland and Virginia.

Twelve of the defendants were arrested and arraigned before Supervising Judge Christopher Quinn Tuesday, four defendants are awaiting arraignment, and another defendant has yet to be apprehended.

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Sold Price: $900,000 Date: 08/18/2017 4 beds, 3 Full baths Style: Split # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 75x110 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $12,610 MLS# 2944220

Great Neck Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $980,000 Demographics near Great Neck, NY Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 10,143 7,535 38 3 81,778 39,915

County 1,361,350 4,744 41.3 3 98,401 42,949

11 Paddock Lane, Great Neck Sold Price: $1,485,000 Date: 08/12/2017 5 beds, 3 Full baths Style: Contemporary # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 58x147 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $24,731 MLS# 2942610

57 Maple Drive, Great Neck

114 Wooleys Lane, Great Neck Sold Price: $1,130,000 Date: 08/09/2017 3 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 69x157 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $15,211 MLS# 2941264

Sold Price: $1,485,000 Date: 07/14/2017 4 beds, 3 Full/1 Half baths Style: Mediterranean # of Families: 1 Lot Size: .151 acre Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $18,685 MLS# 2930474

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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Restaurant week coming back to Port Washington

BY LU K E TORRANCE

PHOTO FROM GOOGLE MAPS.

CareConnect, as seen in East Hills.

CareConnect to halt writing new policies Continued from Page 1 company’s small-group health plan revenue.

The company also said it never received a promised reimbursement of $150 million from the federal government.

The risk-adjustment program redistributes funds from plans with lower-risk enrollees to plans with higher risk ones.

This aimed to push companies into insuring more people and spread financial risk, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, which studies healthcare issues.

In 2016 CareConnect had a net loss of $157.9 million despite a near tripling

of premium revenue from $127.5 million to $360.8 million.

Consumers looking for replacement coverage on the individual market can begin shopping in November for 2018 health coverage. Replacement coverage in the small group market could be found with the NYSOH Small Business Marketplace, the company said, now through Nov. 15 for coverage beginning on Dec. 1.

Anyone seeking more information can contact the state Department of Health, the state’s official health plan market place, online at www.nystateofhealth.ny.gov or at 1-855-355-5777.

Marianne Dalmonte, executive director of the Business Improvement District, loves Port Washington and wants others to share that love. To draw visitors to the peninsula, Dalmonte started Restaurant Week in 2015 to give people the chance to experience the area and sample its food.

Now in its third year, Restaurant Week in Port Washington will be held from Sunday, Oct. 15, through Sunday, Oct. 22.

“What we’re trying to do is showcase our community, get people coming who are not residents,” Dalmonte said. “But it also gives residents the opportunity to try a restaurant if they haven’t or go back to one of their favorite spots.”

This year, 22 restaurants will participate, covering a range of cuisine from Asian, Italian, Middle Eastern, French, Irish and Latin American to standard American fare. Each of the participating restaurants will offer a three-

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WILD GOOSE

The Wild Goose, one of 22 restaurants participating in Port Washington’s Restaurant Week. course meal for a fixed price of $25.

Dalmonte said she had eaten at all 22 restaurants, but was excited for visitors to try the new restaurants that have popped up since last year.

“The Wild Goose, La P’tite Framboise Bistro is new, Port Thai is new,” she said. “I am very excited about them joining us, and hopefully next year there will be even more.”

Dalmonte said she believed that visitors to restaurants might return to

shop.

“Surrounding communities will come into town to dine, and they might see a storefront that looks interesting,” she said. “And then two weeks later they will come back and see what it’s like inside.”

A full list of the participating restaurants and the menus that will be available at each establishment during Restaurant Week can be found at portwashingtonbid.org/restaurantweek.

Making memories at Gold Coast Arts Continued from Page 1 the community,” said Marcy Rhodes, a social worker who facilitated the program.

This was the opening day of the “Making Memories” series at the Gold Coast Arts Center in Great Neck, a program geared towards those with memory loss and their care partners. Organizers said it aims to be a rich entertainment experience that spurs memories, conversation and togetherness.

“People need to be connected, families need to be connected, and the socialization changes as people develop memory loss and other symptoms,” Rhodes said.

Rhodes helped begin this program in 2015 at the Cinema Arts Center and in 2013 at the Heckscher Museum of Art, both of which are in Huntington. She said she got involved because in her practice, she recognized people don’t always use community resources enough and that science shows a program like this could help.

“We know that music and laughter are really wonderful stimulants for language and sparking memories,” Rhodes said.

Rhodes and Caroline Sorokoff, the

associate director of the Gold Coast Arts Center, said that these programs typically start small. But there is a need for these programs, they said, and it is more a matter of letting people know the program exists.

“We know that there’s a demand for programs like this,” Sorokoff said. “It’s just a matter of getting the information out and reaching the people that would be most interested in it.”

Regina Gil, director of the Gold Coast Arts Center, said the program was several months in the making. While it took some time to put together, she said it fits perfectly with the arts center’s mission.

“The arts don’t just exist in a vacuum,” Gil said. “This is one of those cases where we will be enriching the lives of those people and their caretakers.”

The center will host two more events this year – Making Memories at the MovPHOTO COURTESY OF THE GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER ies on Nov. 8 and Making Memories with Music on Dec. 4, both starting at 11:30 a.m. The theme for the November event, Locals attended the Making Memories at the Movies program on Monday. which corresponds with the Gold Coast 2018, but the final schedule is still being Coast Arts Center, located at 113 Middle International Film Festival, will likely be Neck Road in Great Neck, encourages inset. veterans because it is close to Veterans The program, which requires patrons terested patrons to reserve their spots by Day. to RSVP, costs $5 per person. The Gold calling 516-829-2570.

There will be programs throughout

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‘Trailblazer’ Deena D’Urso attends Long Lesser dies at 87 Island contractors event

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Deena Lesser, a longtime commissioner of the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District and former mayor of Thomaston, died on Tuesday. She was 87.

Her daughter Julie Barkan described her mother as a “trailblazer” in the Great Neck area, who had always been dedicated to helping her home town and the idea that people can effect change.

“There wasn’t anything my mother couldn’t see her way through,” Barkan said. “She believed that people make things happen.”

Lesser served in numerous capacities for the Town of North Hempstead, Village of Thomaston and the Great Neck area. She served as the mayor of Thomaston from 1989 to 1992, as town clerk from 1992 to 1997 and as a commissioner of the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District.

Steve Reiter, a commissioner for the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District, described Lesser as someone instrumental in rebuilding the district’s plant and in the sewer district’s consolidation with the Village of Great Neck.

She also helped prevent the organization from being dissolved, Reiter said.

“When you think about women like that

State Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso attended the Long Island Contractor’s Association breakfast meeting.

The keynote speaker was MTA Managing Director Veronique “Ron-

nie” Hakim who spoke about MTA projects.

Special guests were Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran and state Sen. Jack Martins.

Sen. Phillips sponsors ‘H20 for Puerto Rico’ Deena Lesser and the impact they’ve had on local and town government, it’s just amazing what they’ve accomplished over the years,” Reiter said.

She also served as deputy commissioner for community services and as an assistant to four town supervisors between 1999 and 2015, including Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth.

Barkan said that while working in town government, Lesser helped forge Project Independence, worked on educational programs for family and domestic abuse and wed

countless people.

“One of the favorite parts of her job as town clerk was getting to marry people,” Barkan said, adding that her signatures are also on both of her daughters’ birth certificates.

Lesser was born on April 11, 1930, and grew up in Brooklyn. She later moved to Little Neck, East Meadow and then Great Neck in the 1960s.

Before becoming the mayor of Thomaston, she was also on the village planning board from 1987 to 1991 and served as a village trustee from 1981 to 1987.

Senator Elaine Phillips, in partnership with Long Island Cares, is sponsoring “H2O For Puerto Rico,” a bottled water donation drive to aid victims of Hurricane Maria in need of clean drinking water.

“As Long Islanders we know first-hand the importance of safe drinking water and have made it our priority to protect our sole source water aquifers for future generations,” Phillips said. “Right now, millions of residents of Puerto Rico are in dire need of clean drinking water following the devastation from Hurricane Maria. My office is partnering with Long Island Cares for an ‘H2O for Puerto Rico’ campaign to

Garden volunteers honored

collect bottled water for our fellow Americans.

Just as communities all across Long Island came together to support those in Florida and Texas, I am confident residents will unite once again to aid Puerto Rico’s need for water.”

The drive will run until Dec. 31 and has a goal of 2,400 bottles.

Patrons can drop off bottled water at Phillips’ office, located at 252 Mineola Boulevard in Mineola, or donate water online by going to her website and clicking on the donation logo on the homepage.

Additional partners and drop-off locations will also be listed on Phillips’ website.

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Council Members Lee Seeman and Peter Zuckerman and Town Clerk Wayne Wink honored 25 volunteers of Clark Botanic Garden last week.

The volunteers work in a variety of capacities and locations at the garden, from the rose garden to the greenhouse to other specialty gardens throughout

Clark.

Also on hand were Parks and Recreation Commissioner Jill Weber, Deputy Parks Commissioner John Darcy and Town Horticulturist Bonnie Klein.

The volunteers received a citation, followed by a breakfast that was sponsored by Ardito’s Deli of Mineola. Volunteer Leslie Meyers works throughout Clark Garden.

(left to right front row): Town Horticulturist Bonnie Klein; Parks and Recreation Commissioner Jill Weber; Council Member Peter Zuckerman; Supervisor Judi Bosworth; Leslie Meyers; Council Member Lee Seeman; Town Clerk Wayne Wink; and Deputy Parks Commissioner John Darcy.

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HS HOMEWORK CLUB TUTOR: The Waldorf School of Garden City is seeking a High School Homework Club tutor to supervise and assist students during afterschool hours. The ideal applicant will be able to tutor in multiple suject areas, but those with expertise in a specific subject are welcome to apply. Previous tutoring experience required.

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PART TIME MEDICAL TECHNICIAN needed for a local Ophthalmology office. Fast paced medical practice. On the job training provided. Experience with Word & Excel would be helpful. Please email your resume and cover letter to: IT_mgr@drjindra.com

SITUATION WANTED AIDE/COMPANION With a sunny personality seeking position to care for the elderly. Experience with dementia, alzheimers, recovering stroke patients and sundown syndrome. Excellent references available upon request. Call Marcia 347551-1720 BABYSITTER AVAILABLE: Monday through Friday, my house or yours.

Bilingual English and Greek. References. Please call 516-707-0083 CARE GIVER: NEED A COMPANION or nursing assistant for your loved ones at home or in a health care facility? Call 516-410-9943 for a NY State certified nursing assistant with excellent references !

CERTIFIED HHA, PCA seeks weekday position Monday through Friday, live in or live out. 17 years experience with Parkinsons, Alzheimers, dementia, cancer patients. References available upon request. Call Doreen 516-302-7564 CHILDCARE/ELDER CARE / HOUSEKEEPING Available 5-6 days a week, live in. Experienced in Childcare & Elder Care. Light cleaning, cooking, laundry. References available. 30 yrs experience. Please call Phyllis 917-412-3418 ELDER CARE/CARE FOR THE SICK; honest, dependable, hard working and patient. Excellent references. Serious persons please call Miss Eugene at 917-658-6095 HOUSE CLEANING AVAILABLE any day, flexible times. Good references. 25 years experience. 516770-5776 or 516-286-5148 MATURE CARING WOMAN seeks position in child care, elder care, housekeeping. Available full time, part time, live in, live out. Excellent references. Please call 516-5654802 SENIOR HOME COMPANION: reliable, native educated English speaker seeking part time work, flexible hours, mature man, experienced, excellent references. Errands, doctor appointments, recreational activities.

Leave message. Ed 917-226-5343

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Attractive Jewish Female

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718-763-8919 MARKETPLACE GARDEN CITY GARAGE SALE Friday & Saturday 10/6 & 10/7 9am to 3pm 26 St. James St. South Clothes, books, housewares, electric heaters, Christmas items.

Something for everyone.

No Previews! RAIN DATE: Oct. 20, 9-3pm

BOOKS BOUGHT Old, Used & Rare Top $$$ Paid For Your Books 516-345-8983 INVITED ESTATE SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Estate & Tag Sales Online & Live Auctions Cleanout & Moving Services Home Staging Services Appraisals 516-279-6378 www.invitedsales. com Email: tracyjordan@invitedsales.com

TAG SALE

MARKETPLACE MOVING SALE GARDEN CITY Saturday, October 7th 9am to 4pm 115 Euston Road Indoor/outside Kitchenware, small appliances, Christmas decorations, children’s desks and other furniture, linens and bedding, large area rugs, records, DVDs, BBQ, hammocks, outdoor items, China, porcelain and crystal.

PRIVACY HEDGES FALL BLOW OUT SALE. 6’ Arborvitae (cedar) reg. $149 NOW $75. Beautiful, nursery grown. FREE installation/ FREE delivery. Limited supply! ORDER NOW! 518-536-1367 www. lowcosttrees.com WALNUT FARM DINING ROOM table. 41” wide, 78” long, 30” high.

Includes 2 sleeves. Excellent condition. No chairs. Picture by request.

Best offer. 516-410-6300

WANTED TO BUY LOOKING TO BUY! Oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-3861104 or 917-775-3048 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www. iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

ANTIQUES WANTED GREAT PRICES PAID Bronzes, Paintings, Sterling Silver, Rugs & All Contents

917-817-3928

AUTOMOTIVE

FALL FAIR Sunday, October 15 12:00 pm 5:00pm Sponsored by The Garden City Historical Society 109 Eleventh Street Garden City, NY 11530 (on the grounds of the Museum) Featuring: Philip Weiss, appraiser $10 item Max 3 items (no jewelry or furniture) Select vendorsShop for sales at A.T. Stewart Exchange Consignment Shop. Info call 516-746-8900

TOYOTA TACOMA: 2001 EXT pick up truck. 6 cylinder, automatic.

Excellent cab. 4WD. New tires.

151k miles. $2,100. Call 315-6815997

TAG SALE Saturday, October 7 and Sunday October 8. Something for everyone. 10am to 4pm 516-747-4956

DONATE YOUR CAR to Wheels For Wishes, benefitting Make-aWish. We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible.

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PETS

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PET SERVICES A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-971-3242 DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE? HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away. Dog walking also available. Pet CPR & first Aid Certified. Numerous referrals and references. Limited availability. Book early! Annmarie 516-775-4256 MYA’S K9 CAMP Full Service Pet Care Professional Dog Grooming Training Boarding Walking EFT Pet Therapy Therapeutic Healing GC Resident 516-382-5553

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APARTMENT FOR RENT WESTERN NASSAU COUNTY Beautiful ground floor, one bedroom apartment available. Private entrance, full kitchen, full bath, central air, private parking, very close to LIRR. $1,500 includes all.

Non-smokers, no pets. Background checks required. Available immediately. NO BROKERS. Email: DREAMTONITE@ aol.com

ROOM FOR RENT MINEOLA: Large furnished room, private entrance, share bath, own TV, microwave and fridge, A/C. No pets/smoking. $735 month all utilities included plus 1 month security. References required. 516747-5799

OFFICE SPACE GARDEN CITY 1565 FRANKLIN AVE Large Windowed Offices in newly built professional suite. Conference room, reception, copier, pantry included. Call 516-248-3048

OFFICE SPACE

OPEN HOUSE

NEW HYDE PARK: 6 Tuxedo Ave., first floor, 1500 sqft, private entrance. Please call for details. Owner 516-650-4880 or 516-456-1599

LAUREL Saturday, 10/7 1:00-3:00 3690 Great Peconic Bay Blvd Custom 3000 sf Brick Ranch with deeded beach rights! This home features LR, FDR, Family Room, EIK, MBR w/Bath and additional 3 BRs and Bath. Large laundry room. Walk up attic. $799,000 MLS #2939085 Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623

WILLISTON PARK 1300sf. office space avail on Hillside Ave. Prof building, parking lot, close to RR & parkways. Full commission paid.

Call Tony 516-248-4080.

VACATION RENTAL

KINGS PARK

THE HEART OF MIAMI BEACH: 2 Bedroom Condo for rent in February and March. Close to all with ocean and bay views. Master suite with bathroom and second bedroom with bathroom. Pool/Jacuzzi and private gym in building. Serious interest. Please call 347-386-2051

NEW CONSTRUCTION

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

LOTS FOR SALE FARM ESTATE LIQUIDATION! OCTOBER 14! 16 Tracts. Cooperstown, NY. 5 to 28 acres from $19,900! Ponds, streams views, apple orchards. Terms avail.

Call 888-905-8847 to register.

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OPEN HOUSE BAITING HOLLOW Sunday 10/8 1:00pm-3:00pm 701 Bluffs Drive Soundfront Condo w/ panoramic views. Amazing sunsets. Fully furnished. 2016 total renovation heat, new windows, granite kitchen, insulation, CAC, Baths & hardwood floors. 2 BRs, 2 Baths.

Amenities Pool, Tennis & Beach. $575,000 MLS#2956222 Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623

SHARE YOUR NOVENAS CALL NOW 516.307.1045

$849K Brand New Homes On private cul-de-sac (Kings Court) Use 28 Old Northport Rd For GPS Smithtown CSD #5 3240 sq ft, 5 BR, 3.5 Bths, Hardwood Floors throughout, Fireplace, Crown Moldings, Central Air, 9 ft Ceilings, SS Appliances & Granite Counters

OAKWOOD BUILDING GROUP, INC. Contact 631-269-4063

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY oakwoodbuildinggroup@verizon.net

OUT OF TOWN REAL ESTATE JAMESPORT 375’ of Waterfront. Location! Location! Spectacular Views.

140’ of sandy bay beach. Boat dock on property. Cape with 3 BRs. Living Room w/Stone Fireplace. Bring your architect. REDUCED ! $1,995,000.

Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623

Advertising Sales Executive Blank Slate Media Blank Slate Media, a fast-growing chain of 6 award-winning weekly newspapers and website, is looking for an energetic, service-oriented professional with good communications skills to sell display, web and email advertising.

Earn up to $60,000 in the first-year representing the 6 Blank Slate Media publications and website as well the 5 publications and 1 website owned by Blank Slate’s sales partner, Litmor Publications.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and service-oriented sales professional with good communication skills.

Requirements: Minimum of 2 years outside sales experience.

Newspaper sales experience a plus. Must have your own car.

• Opportunity to sell both print and online programs • A collegial, supportive sales team • Award-winning editorial coverage • A separate newspaper for each community allowing advertisers to target their markets, and you to provide the most cost-effective way to advertise • Represent media that produce superior response for clients Compensation • Draw versus commission • Health insurance • Paid vacation, sick days & holidays

To apply, e-mail your resume and cover letter to sblank@theislandnow.com or call Steve at 516-307-1045 x201 for more information.

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JAMESPORT Privacy with a view!

Adirondack Contemporary on 1.5 acres set amongst the treetops.

Borders preserved land in the back and pond in front. 3 BRs, 2.5 Baths.

Stone fireplace, CAC, HW floors, 10’ ceilings. 30x24 detached garage/workshop with 8’ overhead door. Close to Jitney stop & town.

Must See! Reduced! $749,900.

MLS#2951222. Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623 RIVERHEAD Rolling Woods. Beautiful home in Beach Community.

Grand entrance, LR, DR, Great Rm /Fireplace, Large EIK, 4 BRs, 4 Baths, MBR w/Ensuite & WIC, unfinished bonus room, 2.5 car garage, full basement/workshop & outside entrance, CAC. Parklike grounds.

Deeded beach.

REDUCED! $690,000. Colony Realty, Dolores Peterson 631-413-7572

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SERVICES BOOKKEEPING SERVICES performed by Big 4 experienced accountant for individuals and small businesses. Professional.

Competitive.

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PROFESSIONAL WRITING ASSISTANCE Professional writing assistance with college essay, student curriculum vitae, employment resume, applicant cover letter and LinkedIn profile. Contact: rgreco8888@gmail.com for more information.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES *Handyman & Remodeling *Kitchen Installations *Furniture Assembly *Finish Carpentry *Minor Electrical & Plumbing 25 year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Call BOB 516-741-2154 GEM BASEMENT DOCTOR: One stop for all your home improvement needs! Basement, bathroom & kitchen remodeling, carpentry, crown, wainscoting molding, closets, doors, windows, sheetrock, painting, siding, decks power washed, stained and built. 516-623-9822 LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard. 646-9967628

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MASONRY All types of stonework Pavers, Retaining Walls, Belgium Block Patios, Foundations, Seal coating, Concrete and Asphalt driveways, Sidewalks, Steps. Free Estimates Fully Licensed & Insured #H2219010000 Boceski Masonry Louie 516-850-4886 SKY CLEAR WINDOW and Restorations Inc. Window Restorations, Outdated Hardware, skylights, Andersen Sashes, new storm windows, wood windows, chain/rope repairs, falling windows, fogged panes, mechanical repairs, wood repairs, restorations, all brands. Call Mr. Fagan, 32 years experience. 631-385-7975 www.skyclearwindow.com

PAINTING & PAPERHANGING JV PAINT HANDYMAN SERVICES Interior-Exterior Specialist Painting, Wallpapering, Plastering, Spackling, Staining, Power Washing. Nassau Lic#H3814310000 fully Insured Call John 516-741-5378

PARTY HELP LADIES & GENTLEMEN RELAX & ENJOY Your Next Party! Catering and Experienced Professional Services for Assisting with Preparation, Serving and Clean Up Before, During and After Your Party Bartenders Available. Call Kate at 516-248-1545

TUTORING AP BIOLOGY tutor using the Campbell or Sadava books. I use the test banks to show you what you are weak in. Will test you on each chapter or topic and review results with you. If you read the chapters and review with me, this is a pathway to a 5! Ephraim Himelstein. 516-384-9865. ephraimhimelstein@gmail.com ENGLISH TUTOR: Diane Gottlieb M.Ed., M.S.W. SAT/ACT, College Essays, AP, Regents, ELA Test Prep, Reading comprehension and writing proficiency. 917-599-8007 or email: dianegot@gmail.com LongIslandEnglishTutor.com Providing one-on-one professional support to build confidence, knowledge and skills in every student.

MATH TUTOR Middle School Math Teacher at a local district available to tutor your child at reasonable rates in all Math through Algebra CC. A Garden City resident who has enjoyed working with children for many years. Flexible scheduling and location. Please call 516-395-5280 MATH TUTOR: TEACHING CONTENT, CONCEPTS & UNDERSTANDING Experienced tutor available for SAT (I and II), Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calc, AP Calc and Statistics. Call Richard (MS,MBA) 516-567-1512 or email: rschiller@molloy.edu

TUTORING

SERVICES

MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, PreCalc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314

1-866-We Junk It: All phases of rubbish removal & demolition. Residential, commercial, construction sites, kitchens, bathrooms, clean-ups, attics, basements, floods, fires. All size dumpsters. Same day service.

Fully insured. Bob Cat Service. www.1866wejunkit.com 516-5411557

ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ year experience Critical Reading, Writing, Grammar, Essays. Lynne 625-3314 SPANISH TUTOR: CERTIFIED and currently employed High School Spanish Teacher. Experienced in all levels of Spanish including: Middle School, High School Spanish Levels 1-5, AP Spanish & College Level Spanish. Experienced with tutoring Chaminade students and most school Districts. Will provide references from other parents. Excellent results. Please phone 516-655-8194 or email: mmiller@emufsd.us SPANISH TUTOR: There is a difference. Over 30 years of teaching and tutoring all levels, flexible scheduling, periodic contact with child’s teacher if required. Experienced, dedicated, flexible, collaborative, William Cullen, M.A. Spanish. Call/text 516-5098174 wdctutor@aol.com

INSTRUCTION PIANO LESSONS By Ira Baslow.

Experience the joy of playing the piano. Private lessons in your home, free no-obligation piano lesson, all levels, all styles, all ages. Beginners a specialty. 516-312-1054 www.iwantmypianolessons.com

CLEANING SPARKLING CLEANING SERVICES Offices * Homes * Apartments Own Transportation Free Estimates Experienced with excellent references from many satisfied customers! Call or Text: 516-669-2909 SPRING INTO ACTION LET US CLEAN YOUR HOUSE WINDOWS GARDEN CITY WINDOW CLEANING Home Window Cleaning Service by Owner Free Estimates Inside & Out Fully Insured 25 Years Experience 631-220-1851 516-764-5686 STRONG ARM CLEANING: Residential and commercial cleaning specialist, post construction clean ups, shipping and waxing floors, move ins and move outs. Free estimates. Bonded and insured. 516538-1125 www.strongarmcleaningny.com

A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts. Boxes available. Free estimates. www.ajmoving.com 516741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405 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.

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Legal Notice Great Neck Water Pollution Control District RESOLUTION NO. 06-2017 September 28, 2017 Upon motion duly made by Commissioner Landsberg, seconded by Commissioner Reiter and unanimously carried, the following resolutions were duly adopted: RESOLVED, that the next annual election of the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District shall be held on the 5th day of December, 2017 and that the polls be open for the receipt of ballots at such election from one o’clock in the afternoon until nine o’clock in the evening of said day at the following places: South: Great Neck Water Pollution Control District 236 East Shore Road, Great Neck North: Great Neck House, 14 Arrandale Avenue, Village of Great Neck and it is further RESOLVED, that the office to be filled by said election and the term thereof is as follows: OFFICE—COMMISSIONER TERM—THREE YEARS; and it is further, RESOLVED, that pursuant to Town Law Section ß215(20) (a) all candidates for the office of Commissioner of the District, to be voted for at such election, shall file their names with the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners at District Headquarters located at 236 East Shore Road, Great Neck, New York no later than the close of the business day at 4:00 p.m. on November 6, 2017 and (b) such nominations shall be submitted in petition form subscribed by twenty-five (25) registered voters of the District; and it is further RESOLVED, that no person shall be entitled to vote at such election unless he or she is a registered voter with the Nassau County Board of Elections, who shall have resided in said Great Neck Water Pollution Control District for a period of thirty (30) days next preceding such election: and it is further RESOLVED, that only those persons who are registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections on or before the 23rd day prior to the date of such election shall be entitled to vote at such election, and it is further RESOLVED, that qualified voters of the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District must vote at their designated polling places; and be it further RESOLVED, that absentee ballots will be available pursuant to Town Law ß213-b.

The Board directed that the election notice be forwarded to the Great Neck News for publication.

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Nominations open for Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards

BY A DA M S C H R A D E R The Viscardi Center is accepting nominations for the 2017 Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards.

The international honors, first given in 2013, recognize exemplary leaders within the disability community and their contributions. The awards were created to remember Dr. Henry Viscardi Jr., who wore prosthetic legs and served as a disability adviser to eight U.S. presidents.

“Each year, recipients are talented and dedicated individuals who have touched countless lives around the world,” said John D. Kemp, president and CEO of the Viscardi Center in Albertson. “They are proof that with passion and perseverance, anything can be accomplished.”

Past nominations have included individuals with disabilities who work in academia, health care, government, and nonprofit and corporate sectors.

PHOTO COURTESY THE VISCARDI CENTER/ FACEBOOK

Bob Dole, left, and John Kemp, right.

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole and Sherwood D. Goldberg, senior adviser for Asian affairs at the Center for Naval Analysis, will co-chair the awards selection committee.

Nominations must be received

by Oct. 20. Recipients will be announced at an event in New York City in December. Visit ViscardiCenter.org to submit a nomination.

LED lights spark debate in VGN Continued from Page 2 don’t know facts, don’t create fear.”

“I’m not creating fear. This is a scientific fact,” Rosenthal replied. “Do you know how melanopsin works? It works with the blue light spectrum!”

“Please don’t yell,” Trustee Norman Namdar said.

“But you’ve been speaking in the same tone to me,” Rosenthal said.

Judy Rosenthal, no relation, a Great Neck resident who has long expressed concern over LED lighting, also questioned the village’s transparency about the lighting project.

She said that the smart system coming with the in-

stallation, for example, was not properly disclosed to residents. She said the potential for surveillance should raise alarms.

“There is a great reason to be concerned for the lack of information that’s being disclosed, you’ve got new technology going up, and Village of Great Neck residents have no awareness of this,” Rosenthal said.

Rosenthal added that the village’s consultant, RealTerm Energy, has another motive.

“It was discussed and said that it was a pilot study that was being held with Great Neck and I would not like for residents to get the wrong information,” Bral said. “And the fear mongering must stop. Please.”

COMMUNITY NEWS

Churches to raise funds for natural disaster relief At the request of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Reverend John Barres, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, authorized an additional special second collection last week to assist those suffering from the seemingly unprecedented number of natural disasters.

The collection can be taken up in the 133 parishes of the Diocese of Rockville Centre the weekend of Oct. 7 and 8 or the weekend of Oct. 14 and 15.

The Church in the Caribbean, especially the Diocese of St. Thomas, and the six dioceses of Puerto Rico and Cuba have suffered significant devastation.

The Church in Mexico also experienced substan-

tial damage due to the earthquake, in several dioceses, some of which are the poorest in the country. “We pray in solidarity for all those who are suffering in these days,” said Barres.

To contribute to the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s Natural Disasters Fund, parishioners are asked to contact their local parish or they can send a donation to the Finance Office, Diocese of Rockville Centre, P.O. Box 9023, Rockville Centre, NY 11571-9023.

Checks should be made out to the Diocese of Rockville Centre. “Natural Disaster Collection” should be marked on the memo section of the check.

For more information call 516-678-5800, ext. 221.

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Sports OUR TOWN

Where are gyms for our minds?

I have been working out conscientiously all summer long at the John Ondrush Golf Fitness Academy in Syosset.

I have no doubt that I am stronger, more ďŹ&#x201A;exible and have better balance. My golf ďŹ tness trainer is Ryan Moresco and each session we go from machine to machine working out diďŹ&#x20AC;erent parts of the body.

I start out on the Octane, which is a lateral motion machine and go to the cushioned walls doing leg swings to loosen the hips.

We proceed to walk through various hip and leg stretches and then get to medicine ball work, TXR exercises, and the Rip Trainer designed to add distance to your game.

You stay at each station for

about ďŹ ve minutes and by the end of the hour you begin to feel a little like Rory McIlroy but not quite as rich.

As I go through my training sessions with Ryan I often think that I should create a mental gym with machines which would give my patients time to work on various parts of their mind in order to obtain psychological strength.

Kind of like going through the stations of the cross in church but without any mention of the cruciďŹ xion.

I mused about this to Ryan and he then called my bluďŹ&#x20AC;. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doc, that actually sounds like a good idea. Why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you do it.â&#x20AC;?

After giving it some thought here is what I came up with. This

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Players working out in the Ondrush golf gym.

DR. TOM FERRARO Our Town kind of mental workout could be used not only for athletes but for business people as well.

Every athlete or business person of course has varying needs.

Some may have to cope with anger, others anxiety, some are lazy, some go too fast, others have poor focus, poor self esteem, etc.

So here is the model for my mental gym. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s call it â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dr. Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mental Gym Workout.â&#x20AC;?

Station #1: The Dream Machine. Symbol, a couch. The Drill: A ďŹ ve minute review of a dream you want to achieve within two years with a written copy produced by the end.

Station #2: The Focus Machine. Symbol, blinkers. The Drill: Create a plan that you would use to achieve your dream which includes a budget. Give a written copy by the end if ďŹ ve minutes.

Station #3: The Action Machine: Symbol, a ticking clock.

Drill: Set up deadlines for each part to the action plan and post the deadline on the bathroom mirror.

Station #4: The Courage Machine. Symbol, a pair of red boxing gloves. Drill: Discussion with the therapist/trainer which results in a mantra you can repeat to self like â&#x20AC;&#x153; I can do this.â&#x20AC;?

I remember that Sammy Davis Jr. would kiss his ring and chant â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a star. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a starâ&#x20AC;? before he walked on stage.

Station #5: Self Belief Machine. Symbol, a mirror. Drill: discuss your most signiďŹ cant achievements and consolidate them in to a single phrase to memorize. (What I always use is the statement â&#x20AC;&#x153; I have won college torunaments.â&#x20AC;?)

Station #6: The Drive Machine: Symbol, a tear drop. Drill: Discuss the pain or losses or deprivation of childhood that is fueling your ambition. Without past loss you would have no drive at all. Any high achiever has a past which contains torment and loss and shame.

Station #7: The Risk Machine. Symbol , a big cushion.

Drill: Discuss the way in which one can comfort oneself or obtain solace after failed actions.

Station #8: The Winning Machine. Symbol, an ice cube. Drill: Permission to get focused and cool and quiet while you play.

One must be able to tap into a feeling of being separate from the

opponents in order to win. Jack Nicklaus was the best at that.

Station #9 The Pride Machine: Symbol, a man walking with shoulders back and head held high. The Drill: Instruction in body language and how to walk tall and with pride.

Research done by George Kelly shows that when you walk with pride you actually begin to feel proud and dominant. This attitude helps both in sports and in business.

Station # 10: The Aggression Machine. Symbol, the teeth of a snarling tiger. Drill: You are here given permission to defeat your opponent. When he was just a child Tiger Woodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother would tell him â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go out there and kill them all.â&#x20AC;? When you are given permission to be aggressive you usually become a winner.

Station #11: The Celebration Machine. Symbol, a trophy.

Drill: discuss the ways in which you will enjoy your victory and thereby integrate and digest your achievement.

Now all this may sound like a silly exercise in fantasy. Who in the world would go to a Mental Gym to obtain psychological strength on a weekly basis?

Well it may be that the reason no one has gone to one of these mental gyms yet is because no one has ever built one. But like in the ďŹ lm â&#x20AC;&#x153;Field of Dreamsâ&#x20AC;? the saying is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;build it and they will comeâ&#x20AC;?.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Mann 9/11 charity golf outing a success

The Mann Charitable Foundation recently hosted its 10th annual golf outing at Fresh Meadow Country Club in Lake Success, NY on Sept. 11.

The event was dressed in red, white, and blue decorations and signage in honor of those who lost their lives on that historic day. And, upon arrival at the

club, the Foundation provided golfers with a luxurious golf locker as a gift. Jeff Mann, founder of the Mann Charitable Foundation, personally greeted and welcomed all of the golfers as well.

The outing featured some of the biggest names in the New York fashion and real estate scenes.

After the outing the Foundation had a stirring tribute, reading, and flag ceremony by the Manhasset Lakeville Fire Department, one of the many local fire departments who arrived on scene on that day in 2001.

The after party immediately following was set up like a south beach club with white furniture and outdoor seating. The outing’s honorees—Joanne Podell, Gabe Hernandez, and Bruce Madnick—were all presented with awards during the festivities. And there was an incredible spread of food with steak and lobster bars, a raw sushi station, pastas, top-shelf alcohol, and an extensive des-

sert table.

The after party also featured a silent auction, with incredible prizes ranging from Grammy tickets to an invitation to the Golf Masters in Augusta, Georgia.

There was plenty of memorabilia auctioned off as well, and a raffle with a $1500 cash prize at the pro shop. And, before the event was over, attendees took part in a chipping and putting contest.

The Mann Charitable Foundation, founded 20 years ago in memory of Irving and Marion Mann, funds research for geriatric diseases, and ultimately seeks to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. This year, the outing raised money for Crohn’s and colitis disease, breast cancer, liver cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease research.

For more information about the event and the Mann Charitable Foundation, visit: http://www.manncharitablefoundation.org.

SCHOOL NEWS

G.N. student’s poetry in contest’s top 10 This spring Andrew Sheen, a tenth grader at Great Neck South High School, reached the top ten in his grade division in a poetry contest sponsored by Creative Communication.

Andrew’s poem, “The Show,” was selected from thousands of entries as one of the ten best in his grade division in spring this year. The contest was held for students in kindergarten to ninth. The top 10 writers in each division (grades K-3, 4-6,7-9) each receive special recognition in the poetry anthology “A Celebration of Poets.”

Each top ten winner also receives a complimentary copy of the anthology and a $25 check. Poems are selected for their literary merit, creativity and social significance.

Creative Communication sponsors this contest to offer a creative outlet that

honors the youth. Often the efforts of young writers are unrecognized and they lose their motivation to express themselves.

Creative Communication awards thousands of dollars to schools each year in classroom supplies with its Classroom Rewards Program to further encourage young people’s writings, and over the past 20 years has given over $1 million grants and awards to students, schools, and teachers. Teachers, parents, and students alike have been pleased with the impact this contest has on student writers.

The upcoming poetry contest deadline is Dec. 6, 2017. Not every entry will be accepted for publication. Poems of high merit will receive an invitation to be published in an anthology.

To enter, go to www.poeticpower.

com. Students may enter one original poem of 21 lines or less.

For more information about the con-

test, contact Tom Worthen at Creative Communication, (435) 713-4411 or send an email to ccsupport@poeticpower.com.

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