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Suozzi beats 4 other Dems in primary

TIP OF A CAP

Wins in Nassau, Queens for party nomination to replace Rep. Israel gress.

“We’re not going to just run to Tom Suozzi won the Demo- get a job,” Suozzi said. “We’re runcratic nomination Tuesday to re- ning to do a job, to actually try and place U.S. Rep. Steve Israel in the make the best country in the world Third Congressional District with even better than it is.”

Only about 10 percent of 6,532 votes, or 35.33 percent, setting up a likely contest with Re- 186,389 registered Democrats cast publican state Sen. Jack Martins in ballots in the district stretching from Whitestone, Queens, to Kings November.

Suozzi, a former Nassau Coun- Park in Suffolk County.

Suozzi carried ty executive, beat Sufthe Nassau County folk County Legislator portion by about 10 Steve Stern by 2,463 votes. Former North ELECTION 2016 percentage points and the Queens portion Hempstead Town Suby about 20 percentpervisor Jon Kaiman finished just nine votes behind age points. Stern, the only SufStern. North Hempstead Town folk County candidate, won 54.55 Councilwoman Anna Kaplan came percent of Suffolk’s 4,656 votes, in fourth with 2,815 votes, fol- about 33 percentage points ahead lowed by Jericho attorney Jona- of Suozzi.

In a statement Tuesday night, than Clarke with 909.

Addressing supporters at Ben’s Martins said he looks forward to Kosher Delicatessen in Greenvale, facing Suozzi in the Nov. 8 general Suozzi, 53, congratulated his op- election.

“Our next representative ponents on their “positive” campaigns and pledged to bring unity needs be someone who will focus Continued on Page 70 to an increasingly polarized Con-

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Queens electronics firm gets aid, moves to NHP

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Board members estimate the relocation project will A Queens-based business is bring a positive net impact of moving to New Hyde Park after $653 million to the county’s the Nassau County Industrial economy.

The business, Keystone Development Agency board approved an economic develop- Electronics Corporation, currently based in Astoria, manument agreement.

factures precision electronic components for devices and instruments.

The president of Keystone Electronics, Troy David, said the 60-year-old business needed to expand and considered Continued on Page 70

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Pidot tries to throw Vape shop draws wrench in Martins’ bid worries in F.P.

Judge says federal election challenge can go forward Owner tries to allay safety concerns

By N o a h M a n s k a r

By N o a h M a n s k a r

For months, state Sen. Jack Martins has been considered the chosen Republican candidate in the race to succeed Rep. Steve Israel, but a challenger, Philip Pidot, continues to put bumps in his path.

Federal District Judge Joseph Bianco on Wednesday allowed Pidot’s request to set a new date for a Republican primary in the Third Congressional District to move forward, scheduling oral arguments in the case for July 11, court records show.

While Martins is currently the Republican candidate under Nassau County Supreme Court Judge Arthur Diamond’s June 24 ruling, the state Board of Elections will not certify him for the Nov. 8 general election against the Democratic nominee, Tom Suozzi, until the issue is settled in court, said a Pidot spokesman, Bill O’Reilly.

“To us it seems like a very clear case of the right of votPhoto: youtube.com/pidotforcongress ers to choose their candidate in Philip Pidot their primary,” O’Reilly said.

The federal case extends paign is trying to disenfranchise for the nomination. This is sour a two-month court battle and GOP voters by avoiding a pri- grapes from someone who has continues Pidot’s effort to chal- mary for the congressional seat. been overwhelmingly rejected “It’s the arrogance of incum- by the voters in his home and inlenge Martins, a well-known and popular lawmaker whose con- bency where you think the rules terviewed for the nomination,” gressional campaign is endorsed don’t apply to you,” O’Reilly Murray said in a statement Monby the Republican, Conservative said. “They don’t want a primary day.

Pidot, a financial investigaso they’ve been working to disand Reform parties.

Pidot made his request Mon- appear it, disappear a primary, tor and one-time Glen Cove City and they think they Council candidate, was once one day after Diamond’s can get away with of five Republicans seeking the ruling that it would because the po- party’s Third District nominabe “impossible” to ELECTION 2016 itlitical machine on tion. put his name on the Three others dropped out Long Island always ballot by Tuesday, gets away with after the Nassau, Suffolk and primary day.

Queens GOP committees enMartins’ campaign strate- things.”

Murray said Pidot “sat on dorsed Martins in March, about gist E. O’Brien Murray said the Board of Elections would not his hands” and admitted in court two months after he launched certify Martins or Suozzi for the that he mistakenly delayed court his congressional campaign.

The state Board of Elections general election until September proceedings to force a primary. even if the case was not pending. He called Pidot a “perennial ruled May 4 that Pidot did not Pidot has called Martins, candidate” who is misleading have the required 1,250 signatures to get on the primary ballot Mineola’s former mayor, a “ma- voters.

“Jack Martins had to work chine” Republican whose camContinued on Page 59

A proposal for a vape shop drew some safety concerns from Floral Park residents Tuesday night despite the owner’s assurances that they had nothing to worry about.

“Our concern and what’s made Floral Park a very vital community is the fact that we do invest a lot in our children, and we invest a lot in their future,” village Mayor Thomas Tweedy said.

The village Board of Trustees tabled Amupam Yadav’s application to open a shop at 344 Jericho Turnpike to sell electronic cigarettes and accessories.

The 980-square-foot store would also have a lounge area with seating for about 10 people, said Yadav, who owns vape shops called Stratus Vapor in Carle Place and Manhattan.

The vaporizers Yadav sells turn flavored vegetable-based liquids, available with and without nicotine, into a water vapor used as an alternative to tobacco that can help people quit smoking, he said.

“This actually is healthier than smoking because it has no carcinogens, no chemicals, no

tar,” said Yadav, a resident of Little Neck, Queens.

Customers generally come into Yadav’s shops to try different flavors of the vapor liquid, and many sit in the lounge to taste them in a “relaxed atmosphere,” he said.

Trustees and residents, though, said they were worried about customers gathering and lingering in the lounge space, especially if Yadav were to host live entertainment at his shop.

Some residents were concerned about a vaping “culture” creating health and safety risks for the community.

A resident, Jennifer Stewart, cited a CNN article that called vaping “the latest scourge in drug abuse.”

They were also concerned about Yadav’s shop attracting minors, given that the shop would be about half a mile from the John Lewis Childs Elementary School and within walking distance of a church.

“Certainly all the different flavors make it enticing for children to try,” said Nadia Ortiz, president of the Hillcrest Civic Association.

Yadav said he would not have Continued on Page 57

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Amupam Yadav demonstrates how a vaporizer works to the Floral Park Board of Trustees on Tuesday.

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Katie’s Run brings NHP together Annual event goes beyond goal of raising funds for Ronald McDonald House

By N o a h M a n s k a r The 5K run and walk Michael and Jeanne McBride started to honor their daughter Katie has grown into a gathering that brings the whole New Hyde Park community together, Michael McBride said.

“It goes beyond us,” said McBride, the manager of the New Hyde Park Funeral Home.

“People are coming because they get to see friends, they get to see people they haven’t seen in a while. It’s like going to a wedding.”

Katie’s Run broke its own record again Sunday, with more than 1,000 people taking to the streets of New Hyde Park to raise funds for the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island.

Dozens of businesses, community organizations, public officials and families sponsored the seventh annual run, which drew runners from New York City and across Long Island.

After the 5K race and twomile walk kicked off at the New Hyde Park Funeral Home, hunContinued on Page 60

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Katie’s Run drew more than 1,000 people to the streets of New Hyde Park to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island.

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Judge urges Dolans, F.D. to settle suit

B y N o a h M a n s k a r 2013, is the second the Dolans A former fire commissioner’s lawsuit against the New Hyde Park Fire District may go to trial although a federal judge has urged the parties to settle out of court.

Judge Joseph Bianco rejected the fire district’s motion for a pretrial judgment in the suit, in which former New Hyde Park Fire Commissioner Michael Dolan Sr. and his son Michael Dolan Jr. assert that fire officials retaliated against them, ruling in March that a jury could potentially find in the Dolans’ favor.

The Dolans’ attorney, Rick Ostrove, and the fire district attorney, Maria Massucci, are set to meet with Bianco on July 27 to determine a trial date.

But in his March 10 ruling, Bianco said they should try to reach a settlement before that happens, with the involvement of a judge if necessary.

“I think that this is a case that, in my view, should be resolved but it doesn’t always happen,” Bianco said in his Central Islip courtroom.

Ostrove and Massucci did not respond to requests for comment.

The lawsuit, filed in October

have brought following Michael Dolan Sr.’s removal from the fire department in April 2013, after he and his son took 65 smoke detectors from the New Hyde Park firehouse.

The suit alleges the fire district’s five commissioners violated the Dolans’ constitutional rights by retaliating against them after Michael Dolan Sr. ran for a fire commission seat and criticized fire department members for allegedly serving alcohol to underage firefighters. It also makes allegations of malicious prosecution, false arrest and abuse of process.

The Dolans filed the federal suit about two months before Nassau County Supreme Court Judge James McCormack ruled in December 2013 that the commissioners had to reinstate Michael Dolan Sr. because their disciplinary proceedings against him were improper. The fire district’s 2014 appeal of the ruling was rejected.

Ostrove’s complaint says the Dolans want compensation and damages and for the disciplinary charges to be cleared from their personnel files.

Bianco found parts of the

Michael Dolan Sr. and Michael Dolan Jr. have sued the New Hyde Park Fire District in federal court.

Dolans’ claims unfounded but upheld others. The law required him to consider the fire district’s motion to end the suit in the light most favorable to the Dolans, he said.

The fire district denies all the Dolans’ allegations and says the commissioners acted “reasonably

and in good faith” in their official positions, according to Massucci’s response on the district’s behalf.

The district also says any damages the Dolans suffered were only because of their own “negligent act or acts and/or assumption of risk of the plaintiffs themselves,” Massucci’s response

says.

The Dolans were arrested in July 2012 and charged with grand larceny for taking the smoke detectors, which the Nassau County Fire Museum donated to a fire department program that installed smoke detectors in senior citizens’ homes, according to court filings.

Prosecutors dropped the criminal charges for lack of evidence, but the fire department chief, Robert Von Werne, brought disciplinary charges against the Dolans for taking the smoke detectors.

Upon a hearing officer’s recommendation, the board stripped Michael Dolan Sr. of his fire department membership in April 2013, but reinstated his son. Michael Dolan Sr., a Vietnam War veteran and New Hyde Park firefighter for more than 40 years, filed the Nassau Supreme Court lawsuit that August.

Michael Dolan Sr. admitted taking the smoke detectors, saying he took them to his house to protect anyone else from taking them improperly.

Fire district officials alleged that he took them without permission for his own personal gain.

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California man drove Sewanhaka says bye drunk with kid: cops to principals, trustees felonies: driving while intoxicated and en- B y G a b r i e l l e D e o n a t h dangering the welfare of a child. He also A California man was arrested early faces charges for two traffic violations.

Four people were honored for distinSingh’s bail was set at $5,000. His guished service by the Sewanhaka Board Monday morning while allegedly driving drunk through Lake Success with a next court appearance was set for June of Education at a meeting Tuesday eve29.

6-year-old girl in the car. ning.

The man, Gurnam Debra Lidowsky and Valerie AngelilSingh, 43, of Stockton, is lo, principals of Sewanhaka High School charged with aggravated and H. Frank Carey High School, respecdriving while intoxicated tively, were recognized for their decades under Leandra’s Law, which of service to the school district upon makes it a felony to drive announcement of their retirement. Liddrunk when a child younger owsky has worked in the district for 32 than 15 is in the car. years, and Angelillo for 48 years.

A Nassau County poTwo board members, Joseph Armocilice officer stopped Singh da and Joan Romangnoli, who decided at 12:30 a.m. Monday after not to run for re-election, were also prehe crossed the yellow center sented with plaques for their service to line while driving south on the district.

Lakeville Road in his black 2011 Nissan, police said.

Singh smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot eyes and was slurring his speech, police said, and he was arrested without incident.

The 6-year-old girl and her parents were also in the car, police said.

Singh was arraigned Photo: Nassau County Police Department Monday on the Leandra’s Law charge and two other Gurnam Singh, 43, of Stockton, California.

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The board president, David Fowler, said, “What I’m most proud of this board about, which Joe and Joan have been a part of, is that it’s always about the kids.

We all come from different schools, but we talk about all of the schools collectively.”

To wrap up the meeting, Superintendent Ralph Ferrie spoke about the high school graduations that took place in the district this week and last week, and he thanked all of those involved with the preparations for them.

“It is amazing how much goes into those five graduations,” said Ferrie.

The reorganization meeting for the Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education will take place on July 11.

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Ex building commish to aid transition Kevin Cronin returns to town to help Highway Department as employees retire

By J oe N i k i c With a number of employee retirements expected in its Highway Department, the Town of North Hempstead is rehiring a former Building Department head to assist with the department’s transition with new employees.

Kevin Cronin, 64, left the town in May 2014 after serving as its building commissioner for six years.

“Mr. Cronin’s expertise will help us devise a smooth transition for the Highway Department, as many of our long-time employees begin to retire,” Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. “We also hope to codify the many processes and procedures of the department so that those new employees coming on board will have knowledge of the workings of the depart-

The position pays an annual salary of $122,500, but since Cronin will only be working part-time, he will make $98,000.

Trottere said he will be working at the Highway Department four days a week.

Cronin told Newsday in 2014 that it was a personal decision to leave his town post and that he was pursuing “other interests.”

Trottere said Highway Superintendent Thomas Tiernan intends to retire soon and that Cronin is not someone the town was looking at to replace him.

Tiernan is currently on medical leave after having a knee operation.

“The town will soon begin a search for a new Kevin Cronin will work in Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth’s office. superintendent,” she said.

Trottere said the Highway Department has had ment.” as a temporary part-time looking to codify all the us plan for the future and a number of retirements A town spokeswom- administrative assistant in different processes and to see how we can im- this year and the town is procedures in the High- prove customer service,” expecting more next year. an, Carole Trottere, said Bosworth’s office.

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Nassau Community placed on probation

By J oe N i k i c Six days after its Board of Trustees gave final approval to the college’s new permanent president, Nassau Community College was placed on probation Tuesday by an independent accrediting agency.

According to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education report, NCC was placed on probation because it was out of compliance with seven of the accrediting agency’s standards, including leadership, planning and financial resources.

“It is quite serious for a college or university to be placed on probation,” a Middle States spokesman, Richard Pokrass, told Newsday.

“Many institutions that have been placed on warning or probation in the past have returned to compliance in 12 to 18 months, while some have taken a bit longer.”

“The important thing to emphasize is that the time limit is real,” Pokrass added. “During the time Nassau is on probation, the commission staff will be monitoring the situation and offering advice where necessary.”

Although NCC will remain accredited, it must file a report by Nov. 1 showing how it is address-

ing the problems.

The college’s Interim president, Thomas Dolan, said that while the report was not what the college wanted, it was expected.

“We remain accredited and that’s the most important message that we need to convey right now,’’ Dolan said. “The report was not unexpected but the time frame we have been offered is very challenging. Fortunately, we had already begun work on a task force to bring us back into compliance. We must be accredited, we will be accredited. There is no choice.”

He said he appointed a 14-person task force made up of seven faculty members and seven administrators after the Middle States Commission released its April accreditation report on the college.

“We had a good sense then of what would be required of us and we are underway in developing all of those documents,” Dolan said.

He said that students and potential students at the Garden City-based institution should not fear that the school will lose its accreditation.

“The most important message must go to our current and future students,” Dolan said. “Nassau Community College remains accredited and a viable and affordable option for all students pursu-

W. Hubert Keen ing a college degree.”

Nassau Community College officials completed the final step in selecting a permanent president last Wednesday after the school’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved the outgoing Farmingdale State College president, W. Hubert Keen, as its leader.

Keen, 71, is expected to begin serving as the college’s president on Aug. 1.

“We now have a president,” the Nassau Community College board chairman, Jorge Gardyn, said to a round of applause at Wednesday’s board meeting.

Nassau Community College has been seeking a permanent president since Donald Astrab left the position in July 2012.

Dolan, formerly the Great Neck superintendent of schools, has served as interim president since September.

Keen has served as SUNY Farmingdale’s president since 2007.

On May 12, the State University of New York chancellor, Nancy Zimpher, and the SUNY Board of Trustees approved his selection by the NCC board.

“While this opportunity is not one I anticipated, it is one I am pleased to embrace, and am honored to be entrusted with NCC’s leadership,” Keen said.

While Keen’s appointment was unanimously approved 6-0, before the vote a trustee, Anthony Cornachio, voiced opposition to Keen’s contract.

“The reason being I have severe cataracts and haven’t read it. I haven’t had time to think about it,” Cornachio said. “And the first time I was aware that the contract would be presented was today in executive session.”

Gardyn said that it was the same contract that both Astrab and Dolan were given and that the board’s counsel had explained the

contract’s details in executive session.

“I think it is essential and imperative that we have this approved now,” he said. “If we don’t, then you have single-handedly stopped the process of picking a new president.”

Vice Chair Kathy Weiss said the board needed to approve the contract because it begins on Aug. 1 and the board did not have another meeting before that date.

Since four of the trustees were not at the meeting and could not vote, the board needed Cornachio’s vote for approval.

Trustees Linda Green, Wanda Jackson, Donna Tuman and Arnold Drucker were absent from Wednesday’s meeting.

After the board went into executive session during the meeting to discuss the contract with its counsel, Cornachio voted in favor of the contract, thus finalizing Keen’s appointment.

The board also voted to amend Dolan’s contract so he can help with the transition.

He pledged his “full assistance” during Keen’s transition as the school’s president.

“I can’t say enough good things about the conversations I have had with Dr. Keen,” Dolan said.

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Clothes show U.S.’ strong British roots We will celebrate the 4th of July this and most people immediately associate Burberry with their tartan plaid check on weekend with barbecues and fireworks.

But burgers and booms don’t really scarves, trench coats and high end handtell us much about the essence of this na- bags.

The tartan print tional holiday. is taken from Scottish Independence Day clans and symbolizes commemorates the signboth authority and gening of the Declaration of tility.

Independence by ThomWhen you look at as Jefferson, John Adthese brands face to face ams, Benjamin Franklin, you can see that the Polo John Hancock and 52 brand represents youth, others. energy, movement and It begins with the risk taking. sentence “…all men are What is more risky created equal, that they Dr. Tom Ferraro than riding atop a galare endowed by their Our Town loping horse and trying Creator with certain to hit a little ball with a unalienable Rights, that long stick. among these are Life, LibThis reflects the American spirit even erty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

But the real essence of this holiday is more than the Marlboro man.

The Burberry tartan pattern symbolthat we had the courage to separate.

In 1765 the Stamp Act and the izes something older, more solid, orderly, Townsend Act created serious animos- authoritarian and upper class.

One can feel a solid British essence of ity between the colonies and the British Empire and the colonies were at war by manners and etiquette and refined culture in that pattern.

1775.

In the most famous essay on AmeriSince that time America has grown and prospered and now is the greatest can character, written in 1835, Alexis de of all world powers. We all have a deep Tocqueville suggested Americans were pride in being American with all of our ‘exceptional’ in our down to earth practicality and our energy and our naïve hopeenergy and optimism. fulness. All still true.

Thus all those fireworks.

But I can’t help but feel that we could It may prove edifying to explore some of our British heritage since most of the use some more of that old-fashioned Britsettlers who came to the American colo- ish etiquette and gentility to soften the edges. nies were from England.

Maybe then we would have less cursThis means that a large part of our ing and less anger. character on the deepest level is British.

We do well to celebrate the 4th of July What is the American character, what is the British character and how are we with barbecues and with fireworks but it doesn’t hurt to think back to our British the same?

Let’s take an anthropological excur- roots at this time of year and maybe even sion to the Americana Manhasset shop- emulate some of those British good manping center to compare an American ners. I bet it would make our daily life betbrand versus a British brand and see what ter, our business more successful and even help out with our embattled international we learn.

I am of course referring to the Ralph reputation as well.

I’ll see you soon at Ralph Lauren or Lauren store and Burberry’s.

When you gaze at a Ralph Lauren Burberry’s.

Take your pick. shirt you will see one thing, a guy on a horse playing polo. This implies lots of speed, energy and sportiness. And it’s also about the acquisition of class.

The Declaration of Independence may say ‘all men are created equal’ but Americans seem to be making great efforts to find some class.

Indeed, a polo player represents pure class and polo is referred to as the sport of kings.

When I walk down the promenade at the Americana Manhasset heading east away from Ralph Lauren you soon come upon Burberry’s a penultimate British store.

Burberry is a British luxury brand with headquarters in London. It was es- American roots can still be seen in our tablished in 1856 as a maker of outerwear British legacy.

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Cops seek man who robbed CVS in NHP

By N o a h Manskar Nassau County police are offering a $5,000 reward for information about a man who they say robbed a New Hyde Park CVS in May. Surveillance video shows the man entering the CVS store at 310 Hillside Ave. at 7:26 p.m. on May 18, where he stole more than $1,000 worth of merchandise, police said.

The man walked out of the store and ran from the scene in an unknown direction, police said.

A surveillance image shows the robber wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, a black jacket and black pants.

Anyone with information about the crime can call 1-800-244-8477 to leave an anonymous tip.

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G.N. boat tours to give history of waters

By J oe N i k i c Great Neck Historical Society president Alice Kasten said the society has always looked for ways to better educate the community on the places of interest surrounding the Stepping Stones Lighthouse.

The society’s newest idea, Kasten said, is to take people on a boat tour around the lighthouse.

“The truth is that the lighthouse is in the center of a huge amount of history,” she said.

“There are islands all around and other things all around that people don’t know about and they should be made aware of.”

On July 10 and Aug. 21, the historical society will be hosting “Circle of History” boat tours to the areas surrounding the Stepping Stones Lighthouse.

Kasten said there would be two tours each day, one beginning at 1 p.m. and the other starting at 2:30 p.m.

She said the boat tours would be narrated by a guide and will show passengers historically significant areas such as the lighthouse itself, Hart Island, City Island, the Merchant Marine Academy, the various bridges in the area and more.

“We thought this would be a good thing to do and a good thing so that people who were interested in the area can realize there is more to it,” Kasten said.

She said the society would like to take passengers to the lighthouse itself, but because it is in disrepair and unsafe, the group can only bring people close to the structure.

The lighthouse was built in 1877 and was updated in 1944.

The Town of North Hempstead acquired ownership of the lighthouse, which sits about 1,600 yards off the shore of Kings Point, from the U.S. Coast Guard in 2008 as part of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act, agreeing to submit yearly reports to the National Park Service on “any capital improvements to preserve and restore the structure within its historical accuracy.”

In April, Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth announced that the town was awarded a $165,000 National Park Service grant for the restoration of the Stepping Stones Lighthouse.

Town officials have said problems with the building include the outward shifting of the base’s foundation blocks and a

The Stepping Stones Lighthouse is the centerpiece of the boat tours, running from July 10 to Aug. 21. crack in the basement floor leading to open water.

Additionally, the brick and granite on the top of the northern side of the lighthouse are leaning outward and roof damage caused by deteriorating gutters has affected the structure significantly.

Kasten said proceeds from the boat tours will go towards matching the park service grant.

She said the society will use Port Washington Water Taxi boats for the tours, which hold up to 30 passengers including the tour guide.

Tickets cost $50 per passenger to go on the boat tour and $40 for Great Neck Historical Society members.

Those interested in going on the tour can purchase tickets by

calling the Great Neck House at 482-0355 or going to its location at 14 Arrandale Ave. While tickets are almost sold out, Kasten said the historical society is looking at adding a third day to the boat tours if there is enough interest.

She said that to add a third day the society would need to find more sponsors due to the costs of operating a boat.

Currently, Kasten said, the boat tours have received funds from AvalonBay Communities, First Capital Equities, Stepping Stone Sailing Club and Port Washington Yacht Club.

She said the tours were open to people across the town, not just those from Great Neck.

“The lighthouse belongs to all of us in the town,” Kasten said. “The ride stresses the history of the whole area around the lighthouse and we’d love to have the community support.”

She said that she hopes the immediate interest the historical society has gotten for the boat tours can lead to a continuation of the program in the future.

“We love that people are so interested,” Kasten said. “I’m sure we will do it again next year with different sites.”

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Opinion

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Ethics in Albany still an oxymoron

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et’s just call the L.L.C loophole in the state’s campaign finance laws what it is — legal bribery. Or legal extortion. Or both.

What else would you call a system in which businesses seeking legislation worth millions of dollars to them can make unlimited campaign contributions essentially outside the public’s eye to candidates for statewide office and the state Legislature?

Gov. Cuomo recently presented — but did little to push — state legislators with eight separate options to reform the L.L.C. loophole.

The legislators chose none.

This after the recent convictions of New York’s top two legislative leaders — former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) and former Senate leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Center.

Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison for receiving kickbacks, honest service fraud and extortion. Skelos received five years in prison for bribery, extortion and conspiracy.

Both cases had a strong local flavor with New Hyde Park-based Glenwood Management Corporation playing a central in the prosecution of both Silver and Skelos.

Glenwood’s chairman Leonard Litwin was named as an unindicted coconspirator in the Skelos case Cuomo appeared to excuse Republican state senators, who have consistently opposed ending the L.L.C. loophole, saying that closing the loophole would be “tantamount to political suicide for the Republican Party in the state because they believe it ends corporate money,” according to the New York Times.

“Left unsaid,” the Times added “was that Democrats, including Mr. Cuomo have feasted on the L.L.C.

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money as well.”

State law allows an individual to give as much as $60,800 a year to a candidate for statewide office, but caps corporate contribution at $5,000.

But the state Board of Elections ruled in 1991 that L.L.C.’s, limited liability corporations, which are a hybrid between a regular corporation and a partnership, would be treated like people rather than corporations.

This allowed businesses like Glendale Management to make virtually unlimited contributions to state officials by forming as many L.L.C.s as needed.

Using dozens of limited liability companies, Litwin and Glenwood directly or indirectly made at least 1,834 contributions worth $13.2 million between 2000 and 2014, according to the Gotham Gazette.

Included was $1.1 million to the New York State Senate Republican Campaign Committee and $1 million to Cuomo’s re-election bid.

Glenwood was by far the largest donor to the campaigns of Cuomo, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. Locally, Skelos received $110,000 and state Sen. Jack Martins received $45,000.

Why would Litwin and Glenwood contribute so much money?

Glenwood, which owns luxury residential towers mostly in Manhattan, benefitted by receiving up to $100 million in tax subsidies under a real-estate tax abatement called a 421-a. The program, as coincidence would have it, must be approved every four years in Albany.

Charles Dorego, a Glenwood executive, testified that the law’s continued renewal was an “abso-

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lute necessity” for Glenwood.

Without it, he said, the cost of city real estate taxes — the largest component of a luxury high-rise’s operating budget — would make building such towers unfeasible, in part because lenders would not finance them.

Glenwood also benefited from another state-administered program, using it to obtain more than $1 billion in low-interest, tax-exempt bond financing since 2000, to buy land and construct eight buildings it has put up since 2001, according to testimony at Mr. Silver’s trial.

Glenwood also depended on the governor and the legislative leaders to renew favorable rent regulations that determine when a developer or landlord can shift rent-stabilized apartments to market-rate rentals.

Not exactly most people’s idea

of the free market system at work.

This is good for elected officials and developers, but not so good for taxpayers who have to either cover the cost of the tax breaks out of their pockets or receive less in benefits from the state.

Now multiply this by all the other developers with similar incentives as Glenwood’s.

And then add in all the other industries – financial services, health, insurance and legal to name a few – whose finances depend on the votes or rulings of state officials.

To make matter worse — hard to believe as that may be — are the restrictions placed on the use of campaign contributions by state legislators. Or lack thereof.

Skelos used $762,145 in campaign contributions to pay his lawyers in his corruption trial. Silver spent $1.4 million. And that was

all legal.

We would like to think that at least most contributors expect their campaign contributions go to candidates’ political campaigns — and not their criminal defense funds.

Adding insult to injury, state law also permitted both Skelos and Silver to keep their state pensions — $95,590 a year in taxpayer dollars.

The state Legislature recently voted to strip the pensions of newly elected lawmakers convicted of corruption.

But the legislation allows Skelos and Silver get to keep their pensions.

All of which is a good argument for raising legislators’ salaries, capping their outside income, publicly financing campaigns and getting rid of the L.L.C loophole.

But guess who gets to make those decisions?

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K remer ’ s C orner

To cool or not to cool, that’s a question

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t’s finally summer. The two most basic things that we enjoy having are sunshine during the day and air-conditioning around the clock.

The weather is beyond our control.

However, when it comes to air-conditioning it is a privilege that we have and very often abuse.

In addition, if some people have their say, we may not have much electricity in the future to keep things cool.

Utility companies urge us to cut down on our use of air conditioning, but most people don’t pay attention. Many energy users will keep the air on when they leave their home, just to make sure that they will return to a cool bedroom or living room.

To keep the air flowing we need electric power and it has to come from somewhere.

Right now, we rely on either natural gas or nuclear power to generate the energy to heat and cool our homes.

There is no immediate substitute for these plants. Many of those plants are aging quickly and will have to be shut down.

So what happens then?

Environmental groups tell us that we need more solar and wind power and that those two sources will meet our energy needs.

However, if you follow the news on Long island, there isn’t much hope for either type of power.

About 10 years ago the Long Island Power Authority proposed that windmills be built out in the Atlantic Ocean not far from Jones Beach. That announcement was greeted with enormous protests.

I still remember attending two hearings on the South Shore attended by almost 1,000 people.

They complained that the windmills would kill birds and harm the fish. I learned for the first time that there was something called “visual pollution.”

The locals didn’t want wind-

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mills because somehow they would make the ocean view ugly.

Even though many of the island’s most prestigious environmental groups supported the plan, it was eventually shelved.

Last year two private companies announced that they wanted to install solar panels on large stretches of vacant land in rural Suffolk County.

Their proposals were met with all types of opposition.

Some neighbors complained that the solar panels would be unsightly.

Others argued that they would harm property values.

This past week National Grid, as part of its carbon free program, proposed that solar panels be installed around the site that once had the Shoreham nuclear power plant.

Since the Shoreham plant was closed down in 1989 and the plant dismantled, nothing has happened with that site. Among the victims of the plant closure was the local school district and the town, both of whom relied heavily on the tax revenues.

Literally, within minutes, neighbors started complaining that the solar installation would result in trees being cut down and a variety of other empty claims.

According to National Grid, the solar farm would provide clean power for 13,000 homes and generate 72 mgw of electricity.

I am all in favor of saving

trees, but we have to get our future power from somewhere.

Many of the existing power facilities in Nassau and Suffolk counties were built before 1980 and there is a need for future power sources.

The only major solar facility on Long Island is at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. It is a model for the nation and is a source of badly needed energy as a backup for that great scientific organization.

Attempts to build another power plant at the site of the Caithness plant in Islandia have been rebuffed, even though the existing facility has been praised for its clean air qualities.

Whether our residents like it or not, the island needs new and cleaner sources of energy.

We love our air conditioning and use it freely.

But if the naysayers keep up their drumbeat of opposition, it might be wise to start buying fans like they use in those hot places that don’t have air conditioning.

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Tax protests have long history

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his June, a commemorative stamp by the U.S. Post Office celebrates “Repeal of the Stamp Act, 1766.” Two hundred fifty years ago, American colonists experienced a “rehearsal for revolution.”

Colonists’ resistance to Britain’s extreme efforts to tax and regulate them contributed to fundamental American values and practices that continue to inform our politics and democracy, down to the present day.

Some of the transformative results from that pivotal experience two and a half centuries ago include: 1. Having begun with a defense of every Englishman’s right to “No Taxation without Representation,” the colonists challenged the British view of “virtual” representation, whereby members of Parliament (which included no Americans) were said to speak for the entire Empire even though few people voted for them in England.

Colonists cited their own experience with a much more democratic system of “direct” representation, emphasizing

that the representatives whom they elected to their colonial assemblies were the only ones who could tax them.

2. This was also a logical step toward the conclusion that only local representative bodies could legislate for them, not a Parliament 3,000 miles distant.

3. Initially proud to cite their rights as “Englishmen,” colonists proceeded to claim them as linked to “natural rights,” which they shared with “all mankind.”

This view was expressed by individual colonies and then in their “national” gathering at the New York Stamp Act Congress.

4. As the “contagion of liberty” spread from colony to colony (especially fostered by the newspapers and postal service that Franklin did so much to advance), the colonists, for the first time, began referring to themselves as “Americans,” not primarily New Yorkers, Virginians, or by parochial colony identities.

They were on their way toward the motto that Franklin and Jefferson would propose in 1776: E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One).

The process of protest and

Michael D’Innocenzo Out of Left Field reform, central to American life over centuries, was both deliberative and inexorable.

Although more and more began seeing themselves as “Americans,” the colonists were reluctant revolutionaries.

Their “rehearsal” for independence spanned more than a decade, and the Stamp Act Repeal experiences set the tone and principles.

Compelling factors account for that measured process.

Because of “salutary neglect” (the Mother Country’s lack of attention and systematic rule), Britain had benefited with little

investment and effort.

But the colonies benefited even more.

They became the most advanced societies in the world, with the highest standard of living for the majority (described

by Franklin as “the happy mediocrity”), and they enjoyed the most extensive self-government of any people on the globe.

Seventy to 95 percent of white male adults were able to vote in the 1760s (varying among the 13 colonies), while no people voted in most nations, and only 10 percent of male adults could vote for Parliament.

This was accidental and circumstantial.

The voting laws in the colonies were the same ones that had been used in England since the 1400s.

In “Old World” Britain voting was based on land ownership because property was scarce; thus, only the privileged could vote.

Because land was abundant in the colonies — and people were scarce — the same laws had a diametrically opposite effect; even most white men who came to the colonies as inden-

tured servants eventually qualified as voters.

We chose to highlight the outcomes of this “rehearsal for revolution” because much more space would be needed to detail the fascinating protest processes.

However, tied to the 200th anniversary of the Stamp Act saga, editors of The New-York Historical Society Quarterly agreed to publish a two-part analysis of our study: “The Role of New-York Newspapers in the Stamp Act Crisis” [Part I, July 1967; Part II, October 1967].

Our approach used the NewYork newspapers to make comparative assessments of what was happening in the various colonies, and to track the mounting three-pronged protests.

1. Constitutional and legal arguments (including “natural rights”) were illustrated at the Stamp Act Congress in New York City, and by resolutions of individual colonies.

2. The use of economic sanctions led to pressure on Parliament by British businessmen (although the term “boycott” was not yet used).

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A look on the li g hter si d e

Who are these people? Oops, they are us

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hen I was in college, my roommates and I spent countless hours over coffee and donuts, missing deadlines and deciding what to do with our lives.

We didn’t know what jobs we would get, or where life might take us, but some things we knew for sure: “I could never live in the suburbs.”

“I’m never having kids.”

“I could never marry a man who wore polyester.”

True to our principles, we found jobs and apartments in New York City; and when we went out to dinner, we were always careful about the seating.

In fancy midtown restaurants, my friends and I would insist on changing tables to get away from crying babies, asking pointedly to be seated in the “No Screaming” section.

“Who ARE these people?”

I would demand loudly — and indignantly — of no one in particular. “Don’t they hear their chil-

dren screaming? Doesn’t it bother them? At least, they should have the decency to look embarrassed!”

Eventually, I met someone and married him.

“And does he wear polyester?” my friends asked me.

“I don’t care what he wears, as long as he’ll wash it himself,” I replied.

And it’s his fault, really, that we moved to the suburbs. He did not appreciate the charm of my Greenwich Village basement apartment.

More to the point, he couldn’t see commuting an hour each way from a place where the odds were better than even of waking up with a cockroach on your face.

It was just as well. All our other friends had already moved out of the city, and we soon grew tired of renting cars just to see them.

Soon we had a mortgage of our own.

But my metamorphosis was not complete. Not until we had a baby of our own, as well.

It was months before I took

meal while it was still warm, for the first time in months.

Emboldened by my success, I ventured farther afield...to a place with cloth napkins.

It had been a bad day — the kind when the baby is teething, and nothing you try is any help.

By the time I sat down, with a friend and her baby, I was a wreck.

“Better order quick,” our waitress warned us, “the kitchen’s about to close.”

“Bring us two of whatever you’ve got, as long as there’s fries,” we replied without looking up. We were fully occupied keeping the china away from the little ones.

Eventually, I figured out that the solution was moving the high chairs away from the table. True, then the kids were perilously close to other peoples’ tables, but they were all asking for their checks, anyway, so who cared?

The children were past the stage when throwing food on the floor would amuse them, and by now I was getting pretty cranky myself.

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A Look on the Lighter Side him out in public. (Okay, it only felt that way.) But when I did, I finally saw the point of shopping malls; supermarkets; drivethrough cash machines!

Eventually, I worked up the nerve to take the baby to a diner.

I expected the worst, waiting to be pelted, by my fellow customers, with stale rolls and butter pats when he cried.

But he didn’t make a sound, and I actually got to eat a whole

I noticed a table of college kids frowning in our direction.

“What do you suppose they’re looking at?” my friend asked me.

“Who cares? Our food is here,” I replied.

At last, I discovered that re-arranging the sugar packets would amuse my child.

I had just worked out a way to eat with one hand and hold the container with the other, and he was having a lovely time picking out a couple of packets at a time and tossing them on the floor, when suddenly, the hostess swooped down on us and snatched the whole thing away.

He screamed, of course. But I didn’t bat an eyelash; I was almost done with my burger.

“I think they don’t want kids here,” my friend whispered.

I was indignant. “Then what do they have high chairs for, if they don’t want babies in this place? What do they expect, opening a restaurant in the suburbs?

Who are these people, anyway?”

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Prez pick shouldn’t define candidate

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hether it’s in politics, business, or personal relationships, there are times where we have to judge people and determine who deserves our trust.

My experience is the best way to judge someone is to look at everything they’ve already done — how they’ve conducted themselves when faced with adversity and how they have worked with others to resolve common issues.

Over the past nearly six years, I’ve actively worked on measures that cut income taxes for residents and small businesses to their lowest levels in decades (twice); repealed the MTA payroll tax for small businesses and schools; passed the property tax cap; controlled state spending; dramatically increased state education aid for our local schools; secured funding and advanced measures to protect our waters here on Long Island; enacted a paid family leave program here in New York; enhanced economic development and opportunities for workers and workforce development; fought against anti-Semitism; and enacted laws to combat the growing heroin epidemic ravaging our communities.

All of this was done without raising a single tax or fee.

Most importantly, all of these measures were achieved through bipartisanship, working across the aisle and finding common ground.

Positive results always come before partisan politics in my book.

Regardless of whether something is a Republican idea or a Democratic idea, if it’s the right idea, then let’s come together and get it done.

No one taking an honest look at my tenure as a state senator, or before that as mayor of Mineola, can say that I haven’t worked across the aisle and that I haven’t made a positive difference in what we have achieved.

Locally, I have worked with our communities, villages, towns, school districts, emergency responders, parents and students to address local concerns. Whether it’s marshaling state resources for local needs or lending my voice to a local effort, again I have been there working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to make a positive difference.

Both parties’ utter failure to work together in Washington have put this country on the wrong path.

Considering the serious issues we face, from the economy to na-

tional security, that dysfunction concerns me greatly.

People expect and demand better, and they’re right. We need more representatives that value results more than gridlock. That’s why I’m running for Congress.

The publisher of this paper recently wrote an over the top diatribe because I responded to a reporter’s question that, as a Republican, I would be voting for the Republican Party’s nominee for President.

That he disagrees with me is his right.

That he didn’t even attempt to discuss it with me himself and instead made unfounded assumptions based on his own personal views without giving my actual record any real consideration is not.

He should know better.

However you may feel about the choices this year for President, for either party, each of us has the right to choose for ourselves how we will vote and why.

Further, that choice does not and cannot be interpreted as a wholesale embrace of that person’s policies, statements, or positions.

The publisher knows that, which makes his comments and attack that much more troubling

— it is just such things that have created the hyper-partisan atmosphere so many of us despise.

The rush to judge someone based on a label or a preconceived bias. It’s the reason that Washington is mired in gridlock. And it has to stop.

Thankfully I do have a record of accomplishment.

I have been endorsed by this paper and others for my work in government and the positive results I have championed.

I have been elected and reelected because the residents of my senate district have seen those efforts and results first hand.

I will not be labeled, compartmentalized or defined by a single answer to a single question.

I am a Republican.

I believe in fiscal responsibility; I believe in opportunity for all through work; I believe in the dignity of work; I believe that we must care for those most in need and provide for them; I believe that education is a civil right but that with rights come responsibilities; I believe that we must protect our environment for our children and our posterity; I believe that opportunities in our economy must be available to all; I believe that we must develop a rational

national immigration policy; I believe that we must protect our country and our residents from the onslaught of radical Islamic terrorism; I believe in background checks for gun purchases and heightened penalties for those who would purchase and use guns illegally; I believe that we have a heroin epidemic that requires mobilization and a national effort to curtail; and I believe that there is no Republican way or Democratic way to get these things done. We must find common ground and work together. I have done so all my years in government and will continue to do so.

I am a candidate for Congress to bring my experience and abilities to addressing the pressing issues facing our nation. I am well suited to the task of working across the aisle to get results.

This paper’s publisher appears all too eager to fuel the partisan polarization that has gripped our national politics.

That’s a shame, because he knows better and our community certainly deserves a lot better than that.

State Sen. Jack Martins Old Westbury Candidate for Congress

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Money drives political decisions

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hen you listen to the constant chatter and debate around certain social issues such as guns or climate change or immigration, just to name a few, don’t you often wonder how the two sides — right and left; liberal and conservative — Democratic and Republican can have such strong opposing views of the same issue?

These issues should not be dividing us.

On the contrary; they should be uniting us but the special interests help fuel the division.

But why?

Stop wondering. Once we clear the smoke, it’s not all that complicated.

We can either believe what the lobbyist and the money interests and some politicians on both sides of the isle would like the dialogue to be about; or we can just follow the money.

Guns is a good example.

The NRA and their lackeys in Washington would like to change the debate about gun violence and make us believe it’s a 2nd Amendment issue or about terrorists or listen to the latest. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Represen-

tatives, wants to make sure that we do not deprive the Constitutional due process under the law of people who are on the government’s terrorist watch list or no fly list.

Now who would argue against due process?

But his and the NRA’s real concern is the bottom line of gun manufacturers.

The NRA and other like-minded organizations spend millions of dollars on greasing the skids and the palms of blood sucking politicians who keep the debate centered around passionate issues such as the Constitution and terrorism. However; the common dominator of gun violence; pure and simple are guns.

The loyalty that these politicians such as Paul Ryan have to their benefactors is greater than their love of country. Just follow the money.

Climate change.

I’ve scratched my head for a long time wondering how some people deny that climate change is real even though climate change is changing our world in profound ways?

The majority of the world’s scientific community will attest to

it and there is enough evidence to prove it but there are enough skeptics who say that it is not happening.

Well it’s time to follow the money again. The money interests and their blood sucking backers in Washington would like to change the dialogue and claim that climate change is caused by God and is not man made.

If you’re trying to wrap your head around climate change, don’t consult Donald Trump.

“I am not a believer,” the Republican presidential candidate said on a radio show last September. “Unless somebody can prove something to me, I believe it’s weather.”

Sadly, Trump isn’t alone.

Approximately six in 10 Republicans including two-thirds of Tea Party members and nearly 24 percent of Democratic congressmen say that climate change is a minor problem or not a problem at all.

Although 97 percent of climate scientists insist climate change is real and caused by human actions, a significant number of members in the Senate and Congress deny these atmospheric changes, ac-

cording to Think Progress.

Some conservative commentators have gone so far as to describe climate change as a “hoax.”

Why on earth would they do that?

Well it’s that sacred bottom line again.

If a business leader has a vested financial interest in fossil fuels, or is in manufacturing and his plant is spewing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere; there’s a good chance he won’t want to acknowledge the threat of climate change, because doing so would force him to address some uncomfortable questions about how he might be contributing to environmental destruction; which may impact his bottom line.

It’s a lot cheaper to hire lobbyists and grease the palms of blood sucking politicians than to “clean up” their act.

Immigration. Now there’s a complicated social issue or maybe not so complicated.

Guess what? It’s time to just follow the money again.

The blood suckers in Washington would like us to believe that immigrants are taking away our jobs. They want to protect us by

building walls; they want to stop them from coming over the border; they want to deport them.

That’s going to protect our jobs?

Wrong again my friends. It’s the titans of industry who are to blame for the lack of jobs not Mexican immigrants.

These short-sighted titans of industry who have decimated our capacity to manufacture who have decimated towns and cities across our country who no longer have industries that they once had because their jobs have been moved and given away to foreign workers. They are the culprits who are to blame.

Now why did they do that and continue to do so and why do their backers in Washington continue to want to cloud the issue and change the dialogue?

Well, because their loyalty to their contributors who only care about their sacred bottom line is greater than their love of country.

I guess we just have to keep on following the money!

Ben Oliva Mineola

A successful, finger-lickin’ good fundraiser

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hank you, thank you, thank you.

Sunday, May 22nd was Alper’s True Value Karmacue — the 8th annual BBQ festival on Irma Avenue in Port Washington. And what a enjoyable day it was!

Alpers hosted one of the largest crowds ever for this important fundraiser.

The results of the day are tallied, and the reviews for the event are unanimous — it was the best Karmacue to date!

Sam Alper opened his store in 1911 as a jewelry store, and while much has changed since, the Alpers True Value Hardware family continues to be an extraordinary example of a Port business giving back to the community.

Karmacue, the brain child of Adam Novick (a fourth generation Alper) is designed to bring the Port community together in the spirit of good “Karma”, to eat yummy BBQ for a great cause.

Alpers donates 100 percent of the proceeds of the festival (over $30,000 to date) to the Community Chest of Port Washington, a venerable Port charity.

In its 67 years, the Community Chest has helped well over 100,000 residents and given out over $5 million in grants.

The success of Karmacue is shared by many, and I’d like to take a moment now to thank you all. From the attendees, sponsors, musicians and Port Washington Crisis Relief Team volunteers to ALL

others who donated their time — I am in awe of your generosity. I especially want to thank Robyn Croutch and Michael Schwartzman, who functioned as the day’s MC and the Cook-Off’s work judge, respectively, who assisted Adam throughout the day.

A special thank you to the Town of North Hempstead for use of the Showmobile, the street closure permit and for its cooperation throughout the year.

Your ongoing support is the essence of true partnership.

I would be remiss if I did not thank the eight BBQ teams, who perfected their spice rubs, arrived at 4 a.m. and who cooked ribs for 1,000 people on their own

time.

Lastly, my abiding gratitude to Adam Novick and the entire Alpers Hardware family and staff for embracing this tradition and committing their time and energy to the People of Port.

Port Washington is a magical town, whose kindness and beauty is often lost on those who are struggling.

I count my blessings that I am surrounded by the dedication, concern and generosity of so many.

Again, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Julie Meer Harnick Executive Director Community Chest of Port Washington

Clinton, Trump have much to answer for

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was considering whether or not to write anything this week. Yet, to have my say is the democratic way.

If I don’t and do not like the outcome of things, there is nothing more that I can say.

I read the article about the New Hyde Park Fire Department; The man with a Florida address yet collecting from two fire departments, one in Suffolk County.

He is said to be so defiant about not having to abide by the

laws.

Then there is Trump running for president. It is said that two cases against his university, one filed in Texas and one in Florida were dropped after he contributed to two campaigns.

His other financial shenanigans are quite well known.

Then there is Hillary and her hubby Bill with such a murky past including the Vince Foster episode.

Hilary has her rah rah rah

supporters that think much more of having a woman president than they do of their country. Ignorance abounds.

With her as president we might find out how much of our country has been sold out to foreign powers due to contributions to her foundation.

I am not going to start on the primary voter fraud except it is not the first time voter fraud has determined an election outcome.

Most everywhere one looks

including every level in New York State one sees so much of what I am calling political prostitution.

As humans, we have free will and in a healthy state have conscience and the normal feeling of shame for wrongdoing.

Once a breach has been created within a human being one becomes like a cunning beast.

In a sense worse as Mother Nature guides and keeps the animal realm in check.

The human race has been

given a list of sins that are considered to be deadly. This may well be true.

The two presidential candidates may well come tumbling down this summer.

There may also be enough voters wanting to independently elect Bernie Sanders who is honest and arrow straight.

We will see.

Charles Samek Mineola

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Train to LaGuardia headed for trouble

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nitiation of construction for the new $4 billion plus LaGuardia Airport missed current status of the accompanying Train to the Plane project.

The original project sponsor Gov. Andrew Cuomo and supporters continue to be overly optimistic concerning building a train to the plane for LaGuardia Airport.

Success for this project is dependent upon the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Metropolitan Transportation Authority working well together.

Fifteen years after 9/11, the Cortland Street World Trade Center No. 1 IRT subway station is still several years away from being back in service.

If there are no new delays, perhaps the station will reopen by December 2018.

The PANYNJ & MTA fought for years over budget, funding sources, scope and schedule. Construction for the MTA portion of the project just started only months ago.

Everyone has long forgotten that the successful PANYNJ Air Train, which currently runs between the LIRR Jamaica Station and Kennedy Airport was supposed to continue proceeding north along the Van Wyck Expressway and connect with LaGuardia Airport.

The PANYNJ did not have suffecient funding to complete the original full scope of the project.

This original extension to LaGuardia Airport could also have connected with the LIRR and No. 7 subway line at the Mets - Willets Point Station.

Construction primarily within existing highway right of way would have eased any local community opposition from those who owned homes and or businesses adjacent to the route.

Too bad the PANYNJ choose instead to spend billions in non transportation investments during this same time period instead of completing the Air Train to LaGuardia Airport.

The estimated cost of $450 million for construction of LaGuardia Air Train is just a concept based upon a planning feasibility study.

Eighteen months have passed since Cuomo announced this project with no known progress to date.

There are no environmental documents or any preliminary design and engineering efforts necessary to validate any actual construction costs.

They will be refined as projects progress beyond the planning and environmental phases into real and final design

efforts.

Value engineering which is a process used to reduce costs will be used during the final design phase.

Unfortunately, history has shown that estimated costs for construction usually trend upwards as projects mature toward 100 percent final design.

Progression of final design refines the detailed scope of work necessary to support construction.

The anticipated final potential cost for LaGuardia Airtrain could end up several hundred million dollars above Cuomo’s estimated figure of $450 million.

Costs will be further refined by award of construction contracts followed by any unforeseen site conditions and change orders to the base contracts during the course of construction.

There will be significant conflicts when the LaGuardia Airtrain is built and open for service with connections to both the Mets Willets Point subway and LIRR stations.

Why would any Nassau or Suffolk LaGuardia Airport bound travelers with luggage attempt to squeeze in on already packed AM & PM rush hour No. 7 subway and LIRR trains?

Gov. Cuomo apparently never consid-

ered how this issue will be resolved when contemplating this project.

Cuomo in 2014 promised that the LaGuardia Airtrain would be up and running within 5 years or by 2019.

Now he has said this will occur by 2021.

To build a train to the plane from Mets - Willets No. 7 subway and Long Island Rail Road station to LaGuardia Airport within five years for $450 million as promised by Cuomo is a planners dream.

In reality it will be a nightmare for both taxpayers and riders. You can count on cost overruns in the hundreds of millions and multiyear delays in construction before reaching beneficial use.

Perhaps Great Neck News and Blank Communications can a run a contest.

Readers can guess the future opening service day date.

I’ll take April 1, 2025.

Winner gets a free ticket to ride.

Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation historian and advocate who previously worked 31 years for the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration).

Congress fails to do job, curb gun violence

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ongress is not doing their job in My question is what is so hard to pass Now there are those in Congress on that see the light. the terms of gun control. a bill that we could prevent such people a sit in protesting the lack of action passWe must stop the killing now.

We as a country have see too on the no-fly list from obtaining a gun. ing a bill that could stop some from mass many people die and a country Also added to that what average citi- murder.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. still grieves. zen needs a military style gun ?

Well I truly praise those in congress Glen Oaks Village

Thanks Manorhaven Tax protests in U.S. for vote of confidence have a long history

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hank you for votes of confidence.

We are grateful for the overwhelming support we received from the residents of Manorhaven.

Thank you for believing in our mission for open government policy and a need to change the focus from confrontation to cooperation.

We would also like to thank those who worked so diligently with us day and night during our campaign.

More important than supporters simply helping us to win an election, we have become a group of good friends and

neighbors.

We look forward to continuing our work sessions, listening to your concerns and solving problems that interfere with the quality of life we have come to cherish in our community.

It is now time for all parties to set aside political petty arguments and work together to preside over a village we will all be proud of.

Jim Avena and Priscilla von Roeschlaub Village of Manorhaven

correction The June 24 editorial “Suozzi Dems’ best pick for 3rd” gave incorrect information about North Hempstead Town Councilwoman Anna Kaplan’s legal background. She graduated from Cardozo School of Law but is not a member of the bar and has not practiced law.

Continued from Page 18 One key petition by merchants to Parliament began: “We don’t pretend to understand your American matters, but our trade has been hurt.

Pray remedy it: and a plague on you if you won’t.”

3. Mass demonstrations by the Sons of Liberty (joined by the often neglected “Daughters of Liberty”) produced crowds in the thousands, unprecedented at any previous time in America. Numbers always count.

As the renowned historian Carl Becker showed, the process of protest and revolution had a dual dimension.

First, its goal was to secure the rights of Englishmen, as colonists understood them. Learning that the liberty that they had known could not be guaranteed by the Mother Country, they reluctantly struck for independence. Along the way, the three-pronged protests continued —

and expanded — so Becker’s view of the second “Revolution” (beyond “Redcoats Go Home”) became a “Battle Over Who Should Rule at Home.”

Advanced as the colonists and their governments were in a comparative global context, Americans, affected by the 1760s Stamp Act Crisis, challenged the politics of deference and worked to replace them with more popular sovereignty at every level.

The Postal commemoration of 1766 Stamp Act Repeal is a reminder that Jefferson often referred to an expanding “Empire of Liberty,” and that Lincoln frequently cited Jefferson’s views as a continuing beacon for all who strive for inclusive democracy.

D’Innocenzo and Turner were Columbia classmates; their historical writing spans half a century. [Website cited in Mike’s previous column should be BillMoyers.com] Letters Continued on Page 53

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SEWANHAKA High School Alen Abraham Adebukola Adegbola Dina Advincula Jaime M. Advincula Meriem Aidouni Opetunde Akinfeleye Kubra Akkaya Hamza Akram Dominique A. D. Allen Dwayne A. Allen Jr. Jeannie Alonzo Jailene D. Alvarado-Barrios Estefania Alvarenga Wendy Anderson Ashley Ann-Regine Andre Arun Antony Justin Apolo Marvin Omar Argueta Jada C. Armstrong Toheed Ather Vincent Balletta Nery Benitez Deandra Renae Bennett Alvera Bhatti Estefania J. Bonilla Lesley G. Bonilla Tristan Davindra Bridgnanan Darrick Brown Rasheed Deante’ Bryan Reyna L. Cabrera Clifton Camara Novel Novelene Campbell Justin U. Campos Vladdimir Cange Giancarlo Cano Jacqueline E. Canty Domenico L. Caputo Joel Joseph Cardoz Christopher Carmant Mariah Carter Aileen Elizabeth Chara Imner Obed Charles Taichna Charles Adrianna Chavez Sobhan Chohan Rosa R. Colocho Amanda Commisso

Brittany Lynn Conrad Camilo Copete Cristian Copete Daniel Corado Jennifer Beatriz Coreas Cassandra Mikaella B. Costales Beàty Couloute Nicole Ashley Cuesta Adly Slater D. Dacius Darren Kristian Dawson Daniel R. Delahoz Alexandra Marie Deliso Ashley J. Dengel Kamau D.S. Denis Rebecca Destin Gregory Daniel DeVita Shivan P. Dharamdass Tatiana Diaz Matthew H. Dowling Daniel Drucker Andrew Dufresne Asante Gamik Dunham Norah Edouard Matthew J. Elfassy Allahjah A. Ellis Icarphens Enelus Kayla Etienne Amna Farooq Thanis E. Fernandez Julia M. Foto Laura Fragomeni Kevin A. Fuseyamore Stephanie Gallardo Samantha Rose Gallo Andrew Garcia Derrick Garcon Jonathan M. Gaviria Stephanie A. Gazza Ezana Gebremedhin Vincent Gianni Gennarelli David Sam Giannitelli Kevin R. Gilles Sarah Rose Gioia Oscar A. Giron Flores Gabriela M. Gonzalez Kytiana Gonzalez

Alisa Grant Steven F. Greene Ryan Joseph Griffith Olivia Rose Gruver Edward R. Guerra Richard Alan Guerra Daniel Gutierrez Joseph Gutierrez Parvati S. Harry Kristen Hatrick Casey A. Hayes Tyler Hernandez Zoila Hernandez Jancarla Herrera Reid A. Hetzel Dieunipher L. Hilaire Tiana M. Hoist Luke William Iandoli Ethan N. Ibanez Daniella O. Ihejirika Michael Iniguez Aroosa Ismail Rebecca K. Izzo Jessica Jaigobin Gabrielle Mary Jean-Louis Lynn-Arielle L. Jean-Louis Ezell Jefferson Jaison John Merlyn John Kayla Shanique Johnson Jamelia K. Jones Joel Varghese Jose Kimberly Y. Julien Jonathan Kanjirakattu Araspreet Kaur Daman Prity Kaur Amanda G. Kearney Kiana Medina Kerr Joshua M. Kessler Hammaad Khan Mahrukh Khan Nayab Khan Sakina G. Khan Shaheer Khan Nissy Saji Kochukanayathil Flora Koci Nitin Krishan

Michaela Lawson Jessen Leesse Elijah D. Lespinasse Ali Lokhandwala Lourdes Cristabal López Cuadra Mike Ernso Louissaint Melissa Lysse Juan C. Mahecha Fajardo Harris Malik Cindy Lakshmi Mangray Amanda Mangru Mirna Lisseth Martinez Priyanka Masih Rohit Mathew Seena Merin Mathew Ishmel Armani McCarthy Caroline M. McCay Cameron Justin McGregor Korey McLaurin Summer Jeanette Medwynter Gianna Maria Mele Ava Marie Mellen Christopher James Melton Jr. Kalema Kamilia Mendenhall Ryael Samuel Mendenhall Maryyam Mian Joshua A. Misir Diana Molina Stephen Paul Monroe Betania G. Moreno Matthew J. Mullings Edward Murillo Jr. Mehrose Naeem Khandaker Masfique Nahiyan Jeffrey T. Negrete Dakota John Nelson Matthew H. Nerys Chelsea C. Nicholas Dmitri Noel Natalia Ocampo Ana Ochoa Amarachi Winniefred Ohaeri Noelle M. O’Neil Mario Umberto Luciano

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Bevan Thomas Sam Daniel Sanchez Saverio M. Sanci Angela V. Santana Natasha B. Santana Tatyana Khrystyl Santana Katherine M. Santos Yash Sehgal Andrew Serrano Gabriel Serrano Summaiyah Sheikh Sudesh Shiwnath Malik Singh Melina A. Singh Sundeep Singh Deanna Nicole Smith James V. Sokol Rebeca Carolina Solorio David E. Somar Sonia Agnes Sony Dominick A. Soricelli Deasia C. Spence Emily F. Spring Joanna Rachel Symon Muaaz Tahir Anahi A. Tapia Christian Tenorio Madison Abria Thomas Philip Thomas Selena A. Thomas Trayvon C. Thomas-Johnson Cynthia Torres Rickee Luis Torres-Thompson Elijah Tracey Khadeza Uddin Nicole Velasquez Kimberly Velsor Steven Villarraga Glenn I. Watson Matias Weilmann Daniella K. Weinschreider Lynise Weir Bell Martha D. Williams Samuel Williams Asia Marie Winfield Huifang Zheng

Sewanhaka grads set high bar for followers

By S a r a h Minkewicz Sewanhaka High School’s class of 2016 has left a positive imprint and raised the bar for classes to follow, said Cheryl Champ, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction.

“Another school year has passed by and once again I had the fortunate opportunity to observe these fine young men and women as they have progressed through Sewanhaka High School,” Champ said to the graduating class last Saturday at

Hofstra University’s auditorium.

“This graduating class has much to be proud of as these students have excelled in the classroom, in the arts and as they have completed in various athletic arenas.”

Champ also said to the graduates that it’s important to continue “to maintain a positive attitude” as they face the many challenges ahead.

“Know though that things worth doing seldom come easy.

There will be times when you’ll want to turn around and pack it up, call it quits,” she said. “Those times tell you that you are push-

ing yourselves and that you are not afraid to learn by trying. Persist because with an idea, determination and the right tools you can do great things.”

Salutatorian Sidney SaintHilaire, who will attend Yale University in the fall to pursue a career in medicine, told his fellow graduates that there was no way he could describe his time at Sewanhaka “in literal sentences alone.”

“There are too many memories, too many conflicting emotions and too many smiling faces before me right now that plain

speech wouldn’t do them justice,” Saint-Hilaire said. “I’m still trying to process the fact that we are going to be waking up tomorrow not to get to the corner of Tulip and Covert.”

Students were also addressed by the senior class president, Christopher Melton, and the valedictorian, Merlyn John, who congratulated her fellow graduates, whom she described as family.

“No matter what challenges you face, and you will face challenges, I hope you meet them head-on with the strength, deter-

mination and perseverance you learned at Sewanhaka,” she said.

Principal Debra Lidowsky, who is retiring this year, wished the graduates success in the future. She also presented the Harold W. Wright Memorial Award to Maryyam Mian and the Anthony Dwyer Memorial Award to Elijah Tracey.

The ceremony, which was highlighted by musical performances from the senior high chorus and band, continued with the conferral of diplomas and concluded with caps being thrown into the air.

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Herricks HIGH SCHOOL Aaronson, David Lee Abbi, Sahil Acayan, Alexander Adams, Megan Elizabeth Advani, Divya Agrawal, Mridul Ahluwalia, Nikhil Ahmed, Asif Aizer, Noah Akram, Maha Choudary Alyaszadeh-Cohen, Emanuel Amarjit, Arya Vyasa An, Nicole Anilkumar, Gokul Cheriapeshathanil Apicos, Aidan Theo Araujo, Georgios Emmanuel Argitis, Panagiotis Arora, Kevin Aziz, Zaryab Babber, Pranshu Badami, Nicole Christina Badzim, Sabina Elena Bahuleyan, Anushka Baranello, Jane Anne Barbosa, Emily Pereira Barnaby, Kayla Hope Bascelli, Nicholas Steven Battista, Brittany Rose Beacco, Erik Joseph Benjamin, Jasmine Mini Bettenhauser, Adam Thomas Bhuiya, Sabreen Boneta, Joseph Borukhov, Daniella E. Bottitta, Amanda Rose Bravo, Joe Budhu, Rovita Butala, Aditi Capilupi, Matthew T. Carmody, Katelyn Rose Casazza, Stephen Louis Cespedes, Jazmin Chacko, Steven Chan, Connie Chan, Eva Chang, Andrea Chao, Jonathan Ike Chen, Chen Chen, Eric Y. Chen, Jane Jingyi Chhugani, Ayesha Jagi Chiang, Julie Choi, Sharon H. Choksey, Kush Mayur Chowdhury, Ryan Momith Christodoulou, Jamie Ellen Christodoulou, Julie Marie Chu, Andrew

Chu, June Hui Zhen Cipriano, Salvatore Clark, Jillian Claros, Ulises Cohanpour, Nicole Cohen, Matthew Tyler Cokro, Leonardo Collins, Ashley Marie Conte, Victoria Marie Cordova, Nicholas Anthony Curran, Robert John Curtin, Owen D’Arpino, James Dabiran, Naseem Dai, Zhilin Damineni, Saiteja Daniel, Michael J. Daniels, Samantha Elizabeth Dave, Udit R. DeAngelis, Julianna Hope Del Valle, Daniel DeMarco, Alexa Rose DeMarco, Laryssa Marie Desai, Ansh M. Devasia, Alvin K. Devine, Katherine Elizabeth DeVito, Daniella R. DiBattista, Caitlin Nicole Dobkin, Zoë Eva Donelan, Sean Patrick Dorman, Katherine D. Driscoll, Kevin Duggan, Thomas John Durvesh, Omar Irfan Eiber, Cole Eiber, Sam Farber, Stephanie Gayle Fitzpatrick, Brian Cornelis Franco, Dafne Fuertes, Antonio Fernando Gadze, Bianca Gallego, Andres Ganesan, Sandhya Gao, Grace Gao, Mark H. Garcia, David Alan Garcia, Sandra Gee, Alexander Garret George, Bryan Stanley George, Kayla George, Sam Ghani, Ismail Wasimul Gholomhossani, Natalie Gilani, Jibran Goel, Ayush Goldberg, Dylan Hunter Goldstein, Matthew Grau, Christopher Anthony Hahn, Grace Haider, Ali

Hamaoui, Melina J. Handa, Ishan Hanim, David Hanna, John Hareendran, Mythili Michelle Hartmann, Emily Hasan, Mahin Hattani, Dominik A. Hayes, Nyasia Terry Henderson, Gregory Thomas Henehan, Caitlin Hogan, Brianna Hogan, Matthew Horvatin, Robert Andrew Howlader, Ifaz Hsu, Rachel Hu, Andrew Huang, Maxine Huang, Nancy Hughes, Paige Ann Hwang, Paul Iacona, Christopher Anthony Inglima, Christopher Ace Iovino, Edward Michael Iqbal, Khadijah Rana Jacobson, Andrew Richard Jain, Gaurav Jellema, Alexa Nicole Joseph, Cheryl Joseph, Jensen Joshua, Shan Jun, Daniel Habeen Kalinowski, Destiny Kamat, Karishma Anil Kang, Clare Jin Kang, Seungmo Karle, Alexander Todd Kaushal, Rahul Keefe, Kayla Joan Kerimain, Nicole Khalifa, Simone Noelle Khan, Fiza Gul Khemraj, Crystal Kidwai, Mohammad Sulaiman Mazher Kim, Alex W. Kim, Colin S. Kim, Eduardo Kim, Grace Kim, Justin Yungon Kim, Paul Kim, Rebecca Kim, Samuel C. Kim, Sarah Kim, Stephanie Kohan-Anu, Avital Kopping, Samantha Erika Kou, David C. Krishnamoorthy, Vikram Kurek, Marko

Ladhani, Aneri Lee, Amanda Nicole Lee, Annabel Dayun Lee, Daniel S. Lee, Desmond Jun-Wen Lee, Jason M. Lee, Michelle Lee-Ngai, Clarissa Ariel Lennon, Maryann Elizabeth Levasseur, Jonathan G. Levine, Daniel Li, Denny Li, Natalie Lim, Soo Hyun Lin, John Lin, Joyce Lin, Steven Litos, Christina Liu, Benjamin Lomando, Alexa Dorothy Ma, Justin Macedo, Peter D. Mach, Matthew T. Mak, Michelle Hwei-Sen Malik, Belal Manetta, Christopher Anthony Mangia, Nicolas Marangelli, Giulio Marchelos, Richard Anthony Marciano, Madison Jade Marder, Justin Cole Marichal, Danielle Marie Marino, Lawrence Michael Mashavejian, Ashley Mathew, Daniya S. Mathew, Jeffin Mathew, Rachel Mathew, Serina Mazzilli, Vito Joseph McDonnell, Frankie McGreevy, Jason Miraglia, Michael Anthony Miranda, Yaylin Sthefanny Mirza, Hamza Mohan, Sanjanasree Mohsen, Melanie G. Mossolem, Fatima Moy, Andrew Mrakovcic, Nicholas Morgan Nam, Dawool Nambiar, Nevin Namendorf, Olivia Maria Napolitano, Vincent Narine, Gitanjali A. Navy, Dylan Dan Neumann, John F. Nickels, Christopher Nikas, Nicholas James Noto, Christina Marie

O’Brien, William James Om, Joseph Orland, Jared Osieczkowski, Zachary Pacura, Michael Padilla, Nicole Pagonis, Nicholas Marc Pak, Rachel Park, Raymond Patel, Bhakti Patel, Bhakti Kirtikumar Patel, Chiravi G. Patel, Hazel D. Patel, Neil Patel, Nisarg R. Peretzman, Matthew Pham, Hong-An Philip, Kris Picard, Anthony Podlaski, Kimberly Christine Polo, Anthony Robert Ponce, Sofia Poonawala, Husain Popuri, Saikiran Poulakis, Steven Preisner, Clarisse Procops, Michael Alec Pugliese, Joseph Puliafico, Betina Josephine Quintiliano, Megan Elizabeth Raher, Jake Frank Rahman, Danyal Khalil Rajagopal, Rahul Ramdass, Arianna Rampersaud, Nadia Ramroop, Devina Restivo, Peter Reynarowych, Nicholas Vasyl Rodriguez, Edward Romano, Kristen Nicole Romero, Lorenzo Luis Rontanini, Christopher John Rosario, Giselle Athena Rosales Rowzani, Natasha Roy, Tanya Russo, John Ryu, Eun Ho Sahi, Simran Kaur Samimi, Ethan Aziz Samuel, Basil Baby Sarf, Zachary Taylor Sawhney, Simar Scott, Jessica Alexandra Sedigh, Iman Sehgal, Vivak Senzer, Justin Blake Serraino, Michael Vincent Shah, Milan Rakesh

Shahipour, Stefani Athena Sharma, Kunwar Ishan Sharma, Shivani Shetty, Nikhil J. Shin, Amy Sihly, Mohamed Singh, Ajay Singh, Brianna F. Singh, Vikrant Slattery, Ryan William Slavit, Lindsay Alyssa Somrah, Joshua Jonathan Srinivasan, Janani Stalters, Courtney T. Stephen, Alex Stevenson, Brittany Sun, Vanessa Sze, Bonnie Tam, Whitney W. Tewani, Yash Thomas, Annalissa Thomas, Julie Thomas, Melissa Anne Thomas, Priyanka S. Thomas, Reenu Treesa Thomas, Sharon Thyagaraj, Jeremiah Tichauer, Jessica Nancy Tomlin, Daniel Jude Troiano, Christopher Troiano, Nicholas Paul Tsum, Jessica Tu, Eric Uday, Adarsh Vargas, Anthony Rudy Vasek, Justin Velazquez, Paola Vespe, Alexandra Vicente, Ashley Luisa Viswanathan, Ashwin Vrdoljak, Josip Walsh, Amanda Frances Weber, Kristin Elizabeth Weiss, Madison Weliky, Fiona Michelle Wong, Desmond Aun Heen Woska, Stephen James Yaghoobian, Joseph Yi, Ha-Young Yi, Jina Yousfan, Daniel Yu, Gene Jeremiah Yun, Joseph Hongik Yusupov, Sarah Ivanna Zachariah, Rachel Zhang, Emily Zhao, Brian Zheng, Steven Zhou, Raymond Arriola

Herricks class hailed for sense of ‘empathy’

By N o a h M a n s k a r Herricks High School students care deeply about their community, as evidenced by the recent walk they put on in memory of a student who died from leukemia, school Superintendent Fino Celano said.

But the sight of 100 seniors sharing a “tearful group hug” showed Celano the

students also care deeply for each other, he said.

That strong sense of empathy and compassion outside the classroom defines the class of 2016 in particular, teachers and district administrators told a crowd of hundreds at the high school’s commencement ceremonies Thursday night.

“I started to have even more hope

for the future when I realized when you acted with instinct, you acted with empathy,” Stephanie Nelson, an English teacher, said during the ceremony on the high school’s football field.

Nelson, along with valedictorian Matthew Cohen and salutatorian Ranzhounan Chen, encouraged the 353 graduates to hold onto the lessons they learned at Herricks as they navigate their changing

lives in a changing world.

Cohen said he has often been called “insane” for the amount of work he does.

But that “insanity” and drive make all Herricks students “neither standard nor common,” he said.

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NEW HYDE PARK MEMORIAL High School Anas Abbas Chrismal Bijoy Abraham Jerin Abraham Jibin Abraham Arub Ahmed Rija Ahmed Ami Ajmeri Ahmed Alami Priyanka Keva Algu Mariam Ali Musa Almiggabber Merve Altinbas Jonathan Ang Veena Anil Aidan Thomas Ayau Jordany Azcona Riyad Azeez Frank C. Bachhuber Sabrina Jean Balducci Kyle Francis B. Bangug Dominick Robert Barbaro Tyler Hayes Baron MariElena Batista Dana Battaglini Jack Ryan Belmonte Ajay Benjamin Binitha Benjamin Tahmid Bhuiyan Edwin Biju Alexandra Bongiorno Darren Christopher Bonura James Patrick Brooks Joseph Buratti Chiara Skye Cori Bushati Tyler J. Cabrera Kayla M. Caldas Sophia Carole Maria Camilli Steven Cano Lauren Carbone Nicole Caruana Mark Chambers Michael Chan Toni-Anne Chiofalo Francine Sabrina Chirinos Hyo Kyoung Choi Joseph P. Cicack Kevin Condron Angelica Del Pilar Coniglio

Jalil Argeroula Cothalis Benjamin Cradin Jana Cruz Natalie Cullen Steve Da Costa Thomas Michael Daily Sean Daly Roby Daniel- Valedictorian Meagan A. Dauble Kayla Davalos Kushal T. Delhiwala Julian DePaz Anita DeSantis Yardelis Maria Diaz Matthew F. Doering Tiffany Elizabeth Dominic Kyle Donohue John Dunn Elizabeth Duong Jeremy Elkashash Catherine S. Escobar Carlo Kristian Espejo Betsabe Espinal Nicholas Favale Zachary Jay Fazekas Athena Maria Fernandez Christina Ferrante Dean Robert Ferreira Lorenzo John Focarino Jessica Fox Ciara Gallagher Alyssa Marie Garcia Jasmine Anisa Garcia Kevin Garcia Joseph Gardella Angel George Linda George Danielle Rose Gerbe Joseph Ghotra Kimberly Gilot Vishruth Girish Hussain Gittham Hayley K. Glover Eric Gonzalez Zareen Goolcharran Elmer Granados Frederick Thomas Grim-

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Tanay Maddula Vinay Maddula Randy Mahadeo Daniella Malliae Danielle Mallick Deana Mallick Alicia Manjila Yegor C. Manoni Nicholas Manuel Marchelos Matthew J. Mastoridis Jeffery K. Mathew Meekha Mathew Reianna Mathews Henry A. Granado Medina Gina Marie Melone Adam Merzougui James Messina Maria E. Michael Ashley Miranda Jennifer A. Miter Brandon Mohan Anthony Montoya Victoria Linn Mooney Ashley Moran Sean Moran David Joseph Mshar Amal Mukalel Brendan Murnane Jillian Clare Myers Arun Nair Karthik Nair Amanda Negretti Sarah Ng Akhil Saju Njaliyathu Dennis O’Boyle Cassandra Oncioiu Michael Orlik Michael Jinsun Pak Kaynat Pal Brianna Alexa Palmieri Christina Panouis Emily Jean Park Dhara Patel Kishan Patel Nidhi Patel Nimi Patel Aaron Juwan Perkins Kevin M. Peteroy

Abir Petiwala Mareena Philip Jorge Isaac Pincay Louis J. Plomitallo Jena Esalen Poblete Cameron H. Pon Jason Priest Angela Pugliese Naomi Devorah Danube Pyle Salahuddin Qureshi David Michael Rackoff Joshua Manuel Rajan Alisa Raju Joshua Rayappa Amanda C. Rego Adriana Reyes Maika Angela S. Rivera Michael Paul Romando James Alexander Ronson Alishbah Saddiqui Christina Saji Seema Sakaria Leen Sakkijha Andrea Salmeron Richard Sam Brian Saramago Archana Senthilkumar Yasmin Seweid Apoorva Ann Shaji Yahya Sheikh Dax Shethia Armaan Deep Singh Julia Singh Kristopher Lathesh Singh Manpreet Singh Navjot Singh Suresh Singh Surjit Singh Millena Skugor John Stampfli Dylan M. Stansbury Natalie Stein Jailene Sumba Ketsia N. Surena Sunny Talreja Yogita Tandon Steven Teixeira Anisha Thomas

Anjana Thomas Ashley Thomas Goldie Saji Thomas Neesa Thomas Robin Thomas Sherah Thomas Silvy Thomas Yash Trivedi Michael Valentino Zachary Alexander Vales Beverly Varughese Tania Velin Anthony Joseph Verde Eshita Verma Krystal Vidal Alvarenga Nando Miguel Viera Jake Villacis Joseph Weiner Joseph John White Jordan Williams Carolyn Wilson - Salutatorian Abby Wizel Jamie Wong Karina Wong Joelle L. Wright Brian Wu Jared Wu Brandon Young Samantha Teresa Zebitsch Ronald Zekthi January 29 2016 Grads: Ryan Edward Dollbaum SACC Diplomas – June 26, 2016 Maurizio Gisonda Chassidy Gonzales Seriah Hicks Gregory T. Osei Gene Pagan Joanna Rivera Joshua Santana Tara Seger CDOS Diplomas – June 26, 2016 Yannis Leveski

Top grads encourage class to strive for change

By N o a h M a n s k a r Roby Daniel once thought public speaking was his greatest fear, but the New Hyde Park Memorial High School valedictorian told his fellow graduates he later learned he was more afraid of not making an impact on the world.

“I’m afraid of leaving this earth without giving back to it,” Daniel said at the school’s commencement ceremony on Sunday. “I’m afraid of not being able to say I know that I left my legacy and I’m proud of it.”

No matter the circumstances or the size of their impact, New Hyde Park Memorial’s 277 graduates should continue striving to change the world around them, Daniel and other students said during the ceremony at Hofstra University’s David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex.

“We owe it to ourselves to build a bright and successful future,” class president Daniella Malliae said. “... We will make it big. We will create change.”

A drive for change is “a fundamental characteristic” of the class of 2016, Student Council president Kyle Bangug said.

For example, Bangug and other students worked with Sewanhaka school district administrators to change the district’s school lunch program to better suit students’ needs.

The graduates should take the lessons they learned in New Hyde Park into the future and make a tangible impact on the world around them that goes beyond social media, Daniel said.

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Mineola grads depart after string of firsts B y N o a h M a n s k a r after the school board approved look at the future with apprehen- able lessons” from their peers and er frontiers to break new ground,” First to use iPads in class.

First to attend the Willis Avenue School. First to enter Mineola High School as eighth-graders.

Mineola High School’s class of 2016 was at the forefront of the school district’s biggest changes in recent years. That’s why Principal Whittney Smith called the 178 graduates “the pioneers of our district” at Sunday’s commencement ceremony at LIU Post’s Tilles Center for the Performing Arts.

“A common thread that became evident was that you did not look for the past to hold onto, but instead you looked ahead for the opportunities that lay before you,” said Smith, who is finishing his first year as principal.

The class came to Mineola High School in the fall of 2011

a consolidation plan that February incorporating eighth grade into the high school. The plan also closed all classrooms in the Wills Avenue School, the district’s newest building where Sunday’s graduates were among the first students.

They were also among the first to use iPads in school, valedictorian Katie Shi said, part of Mineola’s intiative to incorporate more technology into the classroom.

The Mineola school board president, Christine Napolitano, said she hopes the graduates leave Mineola on a “quest to be a lifelong learner,” as the district’s mission statement says, as they navigate a changing and increasingly digital world.

“Now you can most certainly

sion and fear, or you can greet this new world with excitement, confidence and an insatiable desire to be helpful,” she said.

Amid the changes, the students developed unique identities in high school by participating in myriad activities such as athletics, drama club, marching band and volunteering with the school’s Falk-Sysak Student Service Center, the salutatorian, Marissa Karasz, said.

“Whether we loved it or hated it, somewhere along the way, we found ourselves,” said graduate Aline Muller, the 2016 class president.

Their teachers, family and friends were there too, helping to “structure us into the young people we are today,” Muller said.

The graduates learned “valu-

themselves as well as their teachers, Karasz said.

For example, some took an introductory Latin class with students in every grade in their senior year, which showed them “how much we could learn from people just five years younger than ourselves,” she said.

“We’ve learned that dedication and hard work actually do pay off sometimes, and we’ve learned that trying new activities can lead to unexpectedly worthwhile experiences,” Karasz said.

The graduates will have to keep up that hard work if they are to become “modern pioneers” who will face challenges far different from the pioneers who settled America centuries ago, Smith said.

They will have to “look to oth-

Smith said, such as the oceans and the solar system, or the fields of public health, social justice, education and the arts.

“From finding water on Mars to discovering cures for cancer, the opportunities for modern pioneers are endless,” he said.

“Whatever your path, live your life with integrity and compassion for each other, and do great things.”

No matter what goals they work toward in their lives, Shi said, the graduates should always make their own happiness a priority.

“If you’re not happy with what you’re doing, it’s not worth it,” she said. “No college is worth it, no job is worth it, no relationship is worth it, no life is worth it without happiness.”

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MINEOLA HIGH SCHOOL Luqman H. Abdin Daniel Joseph Agurto Stuvey-Ann Britney Alberga Christopher Charles Alexander Christopher M. Almeida Pratibha Anand Melissa Arango Ashly Augustine Leticia Barreto Anthony John Batista Adam Beasley Sanskriti Bimal Theodore Martin Bischoff Nathan Lee Blaine Nicholas Blum Melida Daniela Bonilla Daniela Andrea Borges Michael Stanley Bowen Taylor Ann Bradley Vanessa L. Bradley Madison Paige Brady Kaylie Braun Alexis J. Brenes Kristen Heather Brenes Nickolas John Brown Kayleigh Elizabeth Bugalla Marissa Buonincontro Elizabeth A. Caccavale Christin M. Candela Benjamin A. Carbone Sasha M. Cardona Jack Q. Casolani Vitor J.P. Cavalcante Maria Cerqueira Franchesca Y. Chavez Camille Chuco-Acuna

Alisen Jean Cinar Christian James Collins Matthew James Connolly Christina Nicole Conway Catarina Costa Rodrigues Joseph Albert Cueter Douglas Jack Cutrone Syart Dalipi Taylor Rae Dalton Filipe Feitor DaSilva Parth Devang Dave Amelia Grace Dejana Hunter William Dekanchuk Geraldine A. Delgado Ryan Anthony DePalma Steven M. DePalma Marcello DePaula Briana Marie DeRosa Patrick Determann Alysia Marie DiBenedetto Paulina Hong Do Meaghan Rose Doherty Mallory Morgan Donelan Logan Michael Dunleavy Maya Marlena Estevez Emma Rose Fater Patricia Fernandez Josten A. Franco Andy E. Gaitan Briana Galimi Daniela Corinne Galimi Zoleil Maria Gallardo Nicole M. Gomes Tiago Goncalves Bryan A. Gonzalez Marvin Granados

Miguel Granados Molina Erin Gruppe Kathleen Nicole Cabrito Guda Antonio Gulinao Samantha Henrichs Brittany Ann Hernandez Gabriela Hincapie Timothy Walter Hochbrueckner Cristofer Holowat Velencia Diane Hurd Jubilee Hwang Alexandra Iannelli Lauren Anna Jenkins Linda Jin Marissa Atsuko Karasz Mankiran Kaur Kyle William Kern Michael A. King Gina Nicole Koros Matthew Alexander Kosowski Christopher Kostulias Meghan Catherine LaFaye Sean Thomas Lanfair Han Hee Lee Alec Sullivan Leitman Jessica Simone Lemli Catherine Leong Giannina Alexa Lird Rodney A. Lird Nicholas Christopher Loguercio Alejandro Londono David Lopes Vincent A. Lubrano Marc Ian Luz Alexander Maher Allan Majano

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Great Neck SOUth High School Elora N. Aclin Aaron Tyler Ahmad Jared Tanner Ahmed Reid S. Alper Katia P. Altern Tooba Alwani Gowri Abigail Anand Jonathan Arevalo Misbah Ashraf Yunus Ay Michael Ayala Emily Bae Chloe A. Barocas Christopher J. Barulic SyungHyun (Jason) Bin Emily Jewel Blank Elan Bolender Orly Bolender Jonathan Benjamin Brancato Jack A. Briamonte Daniel J. Bronstein Alexander Joshua Bruni Anthony Bubanj Luis A. Campos Danielle M. Cervi Audrey Chan Chi Kwan Eunice Chan Matthew Alec Chang Rebecca Chang Stephanie Chang Raihaan A. Charania Steven M. Chasen Anson M. Chen Anthony Chen Brandon William Chen Grace Chen Justin Chen Lucy Chen Xiang Pu Chen Edward Cheng Emily Catherine Cheung Angela Chi Sabrina Chiang Catherine Choi Celine Chook Kuwar Raj Chopra Regina Chow Samantha Chu Jacob Chung Christie H. Chung Christian James Claus Maxwell Garrett Cohn Bintu Conteh

Diego A. Cordoba Joelle R. Cruz Briana Rose Cuttino Britany D’Introno Daniel Marc Daskal Katherine Olga Dimitratos Benjamin Aaron Downes Yixuan (Kaitlyn) Du Slater Reed Dvoor Rachel Faye Faber Xi Wen Fang Ashley Farrell Sophie Feldman Brooke Elizabeth Ferber Michael R. Fiala Chloe Dana Fishbein Steven Anthony Flores Kendall Omari Francis Zai Tian Fu Alex Jovany FuentesCarranza Nicole Alexis Gany YaQi Gao Yannick M. Gata Ashlyn S. George Christopher Jack Gerhard Prachi M. Ghera Matthew E. Gigante Joshua Timothy Go Samuel Stephen Go Annabelle Hunter Golden Amber Gonzalez Debora Estela Gonzalez David Goodman John R. Gould Kelly M. Gragossian Mark Green Avuntaura Gulledge Jennifer W. Guo Judy K. Ha Adi Hahitti Steven Alfanso Hernandez Michael Ian Hershenhorn Luke H. Hoffman Kaitlin C. Hon Caroline Hong Brian Hsiang Elliot Hsu Nicole Huang Arsh Issany Joseph Jeong In Ji Caleb Jiang

Hannah John Jenice S. John Roshen John Michelle Johnson Heesun Irene Jun Dana Jung Anna Diana Kaczmarski Andrew Myles Kadish Haena Kang Janice Kang Margaret Katramados Azim Murad Keshwani Qadar Khan Tanya R. Khorti Daniel B. Kiernan Inae Kim Ji Won Kim Lance Kim Nayoung Kim Sinae Kim David N. Kimmel Lily E. Kimmel Brian Klig Andrew Platt Kochavi Jenna Kolodny Aimee Koo Ori Kopilev Eliana L. Kovacs Adam R. Krieger Melissa Lynn Krieger Anastasiya Krukova Ramya Kumar Melanie Jade Lam Ryan J. Lang Anthony Lanzilotta Jeremy D. Lau Stephanie G. Lau Andrew Lee Alexandra Lee Dae Woong Lee Jonathan S. Lee Joshua Lee Justin J. Lee Matthew Lee Rachael Lee Jordan Lempert Jared Wei Ho Leong Juan Leyva Winston Y. Li Jacqueline Filia Liao Vivian Lim Hallie Isabella Liman Vera Lin

Zhikun (Jerry) Lin Anabelle S. Liu Brandon John Liu Junzhi Liu Xing-Zhou Liu ZhuoMing Liu George K. Lolos Ashlee Low Emma Lu Bryant Lum Amanda P. Madenberg Alexandra Brooke Malakoff Daniel Anthony Martini Julia Mashall Mark Lee Maultasch Joseph J. Mazurkiewicz Edward Thomas McEntee Joshua Messite William Lawrence Miecuna Eddy D. Min Allie Rebecca Mirsky Kimberly Mishra Allyson Naomi Mittler Joseph J. Mo Alec Dalton Molina Harris Ronnie Monoson Sean Na Caryn Nahum Brenda P. Nava Annabelle Ng Samantha Ng Benjamin Ngo Damir Nisic Justin No Mia Cayla Oginski Min Hyuk Oh Ryan H. Pak Brian S. Park Robin H. Park Robin I. Park Tamir Parness Maia Natalia Pavlovic Tina Pavlovich YuYu Peng Christopher R. Penny Bryan A. Peralta Jonathan M. Perlman Landon Samuel Phillips Alexandra La Pinta Elise Abigail Poonai Christine Marie Presvelis Jahong Pu Denise Pu-Folkes

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Great Neck South High grads ready for next step

By J oe N i k i c

High school graduation ceremonies typically celebrate the achievements and successes of the graduating students.

But Great Neck South High School’s salutatorian, Annie Yang, opened last Thursday’s graduation ceremony by talking to her fellow graduates about failure.

“Just because you failed doesn’t mean you have let down everyone who was rooting for you; duped everyone who believed in you; wasted the time of everyone guiding you; that you are no longer deserving of the love others have for

you,” Yang said. “You’ve only failed when you allow one setback to hold you back from pushing yourself, from improving, from growing.”

Four hundred and sixty-three seniors from South High received their diplomas in front of a packed house of family members, friends and school administration at LIU Post’s Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in Brookville.

Superintendent of Schools Teresa Prendergast said she felt the education at South High readied students for their post-high school lives.

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New Art League photo exhibition takes a look at life on the Island

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he Art League of Long Island’s juried exhibition “The Long Island Life” asked photographers to capture the essence of what living on Long Island meant to them.

In this competitive exhibition, juror Neill Scholl selected 60 photos out of 366 images submitted.

The exhibit will be on view in the Art League’s Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery July 2 through July 24.

The artists’ reception takes place Sunday, July 10 from 1 to 3 p.m.

On Thursday, July 14 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in a lecture by Neill Scholl titled “Photography as DNA Art: Driven to Record”, the juror will discuss his work and the work of historical LI photographer Hal Fullerton. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Scholl first became interested in photography as a teenager in the 1940s.

His early work, produced during the 1950s and ‘60s, focused on New York City and its environs, often transforming the geometry

of the viewed setting into formal abstraction.

After moving to Long Island, Scholl began to concentrate on landscape photography, revealing a

strong commitment to the environment and concern with suburbanization and human encroachment on the natural wilderness.

His work is included in the per-

manent collection of the Heckscher Museum in Huntington.

In addition to his work as an artist, Scholl has promoted the arts in numerous other ways.

Most recently, he partnered with the Suffolk County Historical Society to recover and restore the glass plate negatives of early 20th-century Long Island photographer Hal B. Fullerton. As a result of these efforts, the Heckscher Museum exhibited thirty-two of Fullerton’s works from April to August of 2013.

Scholl curated, together with Peter Dicke, “Fullerton’s Long Island; The Lure of the Land,” currently on exhibit and featuring 70 large prints of Fullerton photographs in the Grand Staas Gallery of the Suffolk County Historical Society.

The Art League of Long Island is located at 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills.

The gallery is open to the public, free of charge, Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fridays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on weekends 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information about the Art League visit www.artleagueli. org or call (631) 462-5400.

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Furman Film Series: “Life, Animated”

Wednesday, July 6, 7:30 p.m.

From Academy Award® winning director Roger Ross Williams, “Life, Animated” is the inspirational story of Owen Suskind, a young man who was unable to speak as a child until he and his family discovered a unique way to communicate by immersing themselves in the world of classic Disney animated films.

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Slipknot with Marilyn Manson

Wednesday, July 6, 6:30 p.m.

The summer’s biggest heavy metal tour marches into Nassau this week when Slipknot and Marilyn Manson take the stage Wednesday at Jones Beach. In addition to making some of the heaviest and darkest music of the past decade, both headline acts have also courted controversy with their boundary-breaking stage acts. Of Mice & Men will be appearing in support.

Where: Nikon At Jones Beach Theatre, 1000 Ocean Parkway, Wantagh Info: 516-221-1000 • www.jonesbeach.com

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Friday, July 1, 8 p.m.

The Space will be alive with the sounds of Long Island’s best musicians when former Billy Joel sidemen Liberty DeVitto, Richie Cannata, and Russell Javors, reunite once again as The Lords of 52nd Street. Get ready to hear an eclectic mix of tunes from the Piano Man’s music catalog including hits and rarities.

The Lords aided in the creation of hit records The Stranger, 52nd Street, and Glass Houses.

Where: The Space at Westbury 250 Post Ave., Westbury Info: (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury.com

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Tramps Like Us Friday, July 1, 8 p.m.

Tramps Like Us brings more than 25 years of road-tested musicianship that have won this band the hard-earned distinction of the planet’s most revered Bruce Springsteen Tribute band. Formed in 1990, Tramps Like Us has performed more than 2,000 concerts and captures the classic Springsteen sound, and remains true to the spirit and energy of the music, while delivering them with the passion and conviction of the Boss. The concert is free and open to the public.

Where: The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre Eisenhower Park, Stewart Avenue and Merrick Avenue, East Meadow

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Stephen ‘Ragga’ Marley: The Fruit of Life Summer Tour

Thursday, July 7, 8 p.m.

Stephen “Ragga” Marley is the second eldest son of reggae legend Bob Marley and Rita Marley. The singer/songwriter/musician/producer has consecutively landed #1 on the U.S. Billboard Reggae Album Chart for all of his solo albums and has earned a total of eight Grammys for Best Reggae Album. With special guests Jo Mersa Marley, Rica Newell, Ranoy Gordon, Rochelle Bradshaw and Nicholas Laraque.

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Nick Di Paolo Thursday, July 7, 8 p.m.

In this day of watered down comedy Nick Di Paolo’s brutally honest performances remind us of what great stand up should be funny, socially relevant and a little bit reckless. He was twice nominated for an Emmy for his writing on HBO’s The Chris Rock Show and also has three half-hour standup specials and two a one-hour specials to his credit. Presently, he hosts one of the most popular podcasts on iTunes, The Nick Di Paolo podcast.

Where: Brokerage Comedy Club 2797 Merrick Road, Bellmore Info: (516) 785-8655 http://tickets.brokeragecomedy.com

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Harlem Renaissance Orchestra Wednesday, July 6, 7 p.m.

The 2016 Picnic Pops Summer Concert Series kicks off on Wednesday with a performance by the Harlem Renaissance Orchestra. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for an enjoyable evening under the stars. The Harlem Renaissance Orchestra’s mission is to revive the music of the Big Band Era and to preserve this music in its living form by giving recognition to some of its leading figures: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, pops Louie Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lucky Millinder, Earl Fatha Hines, Billy Eckstine, Lionel Hampton and many others.

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Monday, July 4, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Experience an Independence Day celebration like no other modern day event. Our 1861 Independence Day is celebrated in the same fashion as it was 155 years ago. There will be a parade followed by speeches and ceremonies, historic trade demonstrations, Civil War era soldiers and more.

Where: Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Rd, Old Bethpage Info: 516-572-8400 • www.obvrnassau.com

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has specialized in sport psychology for 20 years and works in the fields of golf, tennis, soccer, baseball, football, wrestling, lacrosse, figure skating, gymnastics, softball, fencing and more. He has helped professional teams, Olympians and elite young athletes learn how to manage the intense pressure of competitive sports. He appears on both TV and radio and has sport psychology columns in 5 different newspapers and has been featured in The New York Times, Wall street Journal and the London Times. Golf Digest includes him in their list of top mental game gurus in America. For a consultation see below: Williston Park Professional Center 2 Hillside Ave, Suite E. Williston Park NY 11596

Register now for this favorite event of climbers and guests. Enjoy a magical experience where you’re climbing through the trees lit up by glow attire, colored lights, laser lights music and more!

Where: Adventure Park Long Island 75 Colonial Springs Rd. Wheatley Heights Info: 631-983-3844 www.longislandadventurepark.org

016 Astoria Bank July 4th Fireworks

Monday, July 4, 9:30 p.m.

Spectators will be entertained with vibrant colors and awesome sounds simulcast to a musical array of patriotic songs. This memorable day will make a lasting impression for all Long Islanders and our visitors. Visit the website for parking fee and information. The colorful display will be performed by Garden State Fireworks and this year WALK 97.5 FM and K-98.3 FM will simulcast music during the fireworks presentation. The fireworks are included in the regular price of park admission.

Where: Jones Beach State Park Info: 516-785-1600 • www.jonesbeach.com

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onster Mini Golf

Monday – Thursday, 2:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

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.

Monster Mini Golf is an exciting indoor monster themed glow in the dark 18 hole miniature golf course that offers a host of fun activities at every turn. This is not your average mini golf course! Whether you’re visiting for the first time, or the hundredth, you feel the excitement and adventure of playing mini golf among a scary but cool monster décor with custom and animated props at every turn. Monster Mini Golf is fun for the all ages! Our courses are challenging enough for adults to navigate, yet very playable for children. Throughout your stay, you will be entertained by our own in-house crazy DJ. In addition to mini golf, each Monster Mini Golf has its own state of the art arcade game area, private event rooms and some locations even have unusual gift shops! Pricing: Little Monsters: $8.99; Big Monsters: $9.99 Where: Monster Mini-Golf Deer Park, 410-C Commack Road, Deer Park Info: (631) 940-8900 • www.monsterminigolf.com

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Gold Coast International Film Festival

SUMMER FILM SERIES WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 7:30 PM

LIFE, ANIMATED BOW TIE SQUIRE CINEMAS 115 MIDDLE NECK ROAD, GREAT NECK

“A beguiling mix of animated storytelling and narration that doesn’t flinch from exploring the emotional highs and lows that accompany a life with autism.” - The Guardian

From Academy Award® winning director Roger Ross Williams, LIFE, ANIMATED is the inspirational story of Owen Suskind, a young man who was unable to speak as a child until he and his family discovered a unique way to communicate by immersing themselves in the world of classic Disney animated films.

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

Now through August 16, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

See the Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and/or Saturn, & sometimes an eclipse, through a powerful telescope! We sometimes catch a glimpse of the International Space Station, weather permitting. Visit telescope.hereweb.com FIRST for any last-minute weather condition cancellations. *Note: The telescope will be set up on nights with clear skies.

Where: Northport Harbor Park, End of Main St. at Harbor, Northport Info: 631-486-4818 www.sites.google.com/site/sidewalktelescopeviewing

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amily Movie Night – Hotel Transylvania

Friday, July 8, starting at dusk Hotel Transylvania is a 2012 American 3D computer animated fantasy comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation. The film tells a story of Count Dracula, the owner of a hotel called Hotel Transylvania where the world’s monsters can take a rest from human civilization. Dracula invites some of the most famous monsters to celebrate the 118th birthday of his daughter Mavis. When the “non-human hotel” is unexpectedly visited by an ordinary 21-yearold traveler named Jonathan, Dracula must protect Mavis from falling in love with him before the hotel’s guests learn there is a human in the castle, which may jeopardize the hotel’s future and his career. Cost: Free.

Where: Nickerson Beach Park Lido Boulevard, Lido Beach Info: 516 571-7705 www.nassaucountyny.gov/calendar

PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES Reasonable Rates. Personal Attention.

Exceptional Photography

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T H E C U L I N A R Y A R C H I T E C T

Let’s not barbecue on the Fourth of July I don’t know why everyone thinks they have to barbecue on July Fourth?

Why not break the stereotype and make a delicious meal that allows you to enjoy your guests instead of standing over a very hot grill.

The following menu is easy to prepare, but requires a slow cooker (you can even plug the slow cooker in outside, if you have access to an outlet) and the rice is made in a rice cooker.(I plug my rice cooker in my outdoor outlet too.)

See the June 23 article in The Island Now for more information on cooking rice in a rice cooker.

The rest of the meal just requires washing and assembly.

Finish off this easy meal with store-bought ice cream and you have a new tradition for the Fourth of July.

No one will ever miss the hamburgers and hot dogs.

And, you will not miss sweating over the fire. Trust me!

Menu Serves 8 Slow Cooker Beef or Chicken in Lettuce Wraps Rice* Carrots, Spiralized Cucumbers, Sliced* Seaweed Salad* Chili Dipping Sauce* Soy and Sesame Dipping Sauce *Recipe Not Given (NOTE: Seaweed Salad and Chili Dipping Sauce are available at Asian Supermarkets, like Shin Nippon in Roslyn, H-Mart at various locations or North Shore Farms, various locations) Slow Cooker Beef or Chicken Lettuce Wraps (You may easily make this with chicken or beef, I made chicken and beef to offer a choice to my guests) Cooking Spray 1 large onion, cut into 1/2-inch slices 4 garlic cloves, crushed

ALEXANDRA TROY The Culinary Architect

1 (2-lb) boneless chuck roast or eye round roast, trimmed or 2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts 1/2 cup unsalted beef stock 1/4 cup lower-sodium soy sauce 2 tblsp Freshly ground pepper 2 tblsp brown sugar 2 tblsp unsalted tomato paste 1 tblsp white miso 1-2 heads of fresh lettuce cups, cleaned and dried 1. In a large ziploc bag, place brown sugar, soy sauce and

pepper. Add meat, and massage.

Place in refrigerator and marinate for up to 36 hours.

2. Spray sides of a 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.

Layer onion slices in bottom of slow cooker; top with garlic.

Place beef on top, and accumulated juices from the ziploc bag.

Add beef stock, tomato paste and miso. Set cooker to high and cook for 6 hours.

3. Just before serving, shred beef with 2 forks and serve.

Carrots, Spiralized 4 Carrots peeled 1. Either using a spiralizer or a julienne peeler, cut the carrots into strips. Place in a bowl and serve with another bowl of spiralized or sliced cucumbers, and a platter of fresh lettuce cups

sliced thinly 2 tbls brown sugar 1. Place all ingredients in an empty jar with a tight fitting lid.

Shake vigorously.

2. Serve alongside your meat and veggie accompaniments.

Alexandra Troy is owner of Culinary Architect Catering, a 33-year old Greenvale-based company, specializing in private, corporate and promotional parties.

For more photos and presentation follow Culinary Architect Catering on Facebook.

Soy and Sesame Dipping Sauce 1/4 cup lower sodium soy sauce 1/8 cup rice wine vinegar 1/8 cup canola oil 1/8 cup sesame oil 1 scallion, green part only

SUMMER PROMENADE NIGHTS IN GREAT NECK PLAZA ON BOND STREET Every Thursday in July from 6:30 – 10:30 PM n n n n

July 7: Gathering Time July 14: Damaged Goods July 21: Gathering Time July 28: A Pair of Quinns

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Arts & Entertainment County fireworks Calendar display on July 2 GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • http://goldcoastarts.org Wednesday, July 6, 7:30 p.m.

Furman Film Series: “Life, Animated” Wednesday, July 13, 8 p.m.

Shuffle Along on Broadway Wednesday, July 20, 8 p.m.

Furman Film Series: “The Tenth Man” Thursday, July 21, 8 p.m.

The 50+ Comedy Tour presented by GCAC and Long Island Comedy Wednesday, Aug. 3, 8 p.m.

Furman Film Series: “Little Men” LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org July 13, 2 p.m.

Afternoon T.E.A. – Vintage Bliss “Tribute to the Great Music Legends” July 27, 2 p.m.

Afternoon T.E.A. – Pat Darienzo’s Magic & Comedy Show August 10, 2 p.m.

Afternoon T.E.A. Cary Grant mini-series – film: His Girl Friday August 10 – September 4 My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy!

Wednesdays 7 p.m.; Thursdays: 2 and 7 p.m.

Fridays 8 p.m.; Saturdays 2 and 8 p.m.; Sundays 2 p.m.

August 31, 2 p.m.

Afternoon T.E.A. Cary Grant mini-series -- film: To Catch a Thief NIKON AT JONES BEACH THEATRE 1000 Ocean Parkway, Wantagh 516-221-1000 • www.jonesbeach.com Wednesday, July 6, 6:30 p.m.

Slipknot with Marilyn Manson Saturday, July 9, 12 p.m.

Vans Warped Tour Sunday, July 10, 6:30 p.m.

Sublime with Rome Monday, July 11, 7 p.m.

Def Leppard with REO Speedwagon Wednesday, July 13, 8 p.m.

Yanni Sunday, July 17, 7 p.m.

Florida Georgia Line Thursday, July 21, 7 p.m.

Gwen Stefani Friday, July 22, 7 p.m.

Josh Groban Saturday, July 23, 4 p.m.

Laid Back Festival feat. Gregg Allman, Jason Isbell, America, and Marshall Tucker Band Sunday, July 24, 7 p.m.

Darius Rucker Thursday, July 28, 7 p.m.

Heart with Joan Jett and Cheap Trick Saturday, July 30, 6:30 p.m.

Disturbed and Breaking Benjamin Sunday, July 31, 6:45 p.m.

Counting Crows and Rob Thomas Thursday, August 4, 7:30 p.m.

Brad Paisley, Tyler Farr, Maddie and Tae Tuesday, August 9, 7 p.m.

Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa Friday, August 12, 7 p.m.

Goo Goo Dolls Saturday, August 13, 7 p.m.

Blink 182 with A Day To Remember and All Time Low Wednesday, August 17, 7:30 p.m.

Black Sabbath Saturday, August 20, 3:59 p.m. through Sunday, August 21, 11:59 p.m.

2016 Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival Thursday, August 25, 8 p.m.

Jimmy Buffet Thursday, September 1, 7 p.m.

Rascal Flatts NYCB Theatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury.

(516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Saturday, July 9, 8 p.m.

Almost Queen Friday, July 15, 8 p.m.

Justin Moore Saturday, July 16, 8 p.m.

Blackstreet, Jagged Edge & Shai Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m.

Air Supply Friday, Sept. 16, 8 p.m.

Charlie Daniels Band Saturday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m.

Joe Bonamassa The Space at Westbury 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury.com Friday, July 1, 8 p.m.

The Lords of 52nd Street Friday, Aug. 5, 8 p.m.

Hot Tuna (Electric) w/Leftover Salmon Friday, Aug. 12, 8 p.m.

The Wailers Wednesday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.

Henry Rollins NASSAU POPS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 869 Willow Road, Franklin Square 516-565-0646 • www.npso.org Sunday, July 10, 8:30 p.m.

Heckscher Park, Huntington Friday, July 15, 8:00 p.m.

Greis Park, Lynbrook Wednesday, July 20, 8:00 p.m.

Village Green Park, Valley Stream Friday, July 22, 8:00 p.m.

Eisenhower Park, East Meadow Friday, July 29, 8:00 p.m.

Memorial Park, Mineola NORTH SHORE POPS ORCHESTRA PO Box 920, Huntington (516) 574-3059 • www.northshorepops. org Wednesday, July 6, 7:00 p.m.

Grant Park, Hewlett Thursday, July 14, 7:00 p.m.

Westbury Village Piazza (rain date: July 28) Tuesday, July 19, 7:00 p.m.

Clark Botanic Garden, Albertson (rain date: July 21) Friday, July 29, 8:15 p.m.

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Nassau County and TD Bank are together sponsoring “Celebrate America,” a fireworks show and concert at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre in Eisenhower Park Eisenhower Park on Saturday, July 2.

The fireworks, presented by the Long Island based Grucci family, are part of a night in Eisenhower Park which kicks off with a performance by The Steam Punk Pirates and Killer Joe and the Lido Soul Revue.

“The annual Fireworks Show and Concert here in beautiful Eisenhower Park is a great opportunity for our residents to come

out and enjoy this ‘World Class’ fireworks show,” stated Nassau Count Executive Edward P. Mangano.

The theatre area gates will open at 5:30 p.m. and the fireworks will begin at nightfall (approx. 9:30 p.m.).

Tickets are required for admission to the Theatre area and are available free of charge, at any TD Bank on Long Island, while supplies last.

There is no formal seating; visitors should bring blankets or chairs.

Space is limited and overflow will be directed to other viewing and parking areas.

Works from S. Africa on display at Adelphi Handcrafted Imports and Barnes Gallery, both of Garden City, announced last week a curated exhibit to be held at Adelphi University through July 28.

The exhibit, “Artists of Cape Town”, may be viewed at the Ruth S. Harley University Center Gallery between the hours of 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The exhibit will feature the original ceramic artwork of three artists from Cape Town, South Africa: Dragana Jevtovic, Siyabonga and Toni Burton of Zizamele Ceramics.

Every piece by Dragana Jevtovic is uniquely decorated by hand, and often includes African motives: birds, feathers and geckos.

Shunning ready-made commercial products, she mixes her own cobalt blue and tawny underglaze colors.

Her cobalt Blue Guinea Fowl design, inspired by Dutch and Chinese tradition and interpreted with a vision which owes much to her European heritage, depicts the quaint, indigenous African guinea fowl that abound in the gardens and parks of Cape Town.

Each vibrant and colorful piece, created and signed by Dragana, is a unique work of art, according to a press release.

From humble beginnings in the township of Guguletha, Siyabonga grew up surrounded by creativity.

With a father and two brothers who were passionate about art, Siyabonga’s love for painting began at an early age.

Each piece by Siyabonga is uniquely

decorated by hand and includes African themes inspired by the sunset, desert and sea of the motherland.

Toni Spiller Burton, founder of Zizamele Ceramics, hails from KwaZulu-Natal.

She studied at Michaelis School of Fine Art where she majored in Ceramics and History of Art. Toni oversees and trains a group of local artists who are members of the local Xhosa tribe.

The signature creation of Zizamele Ceramics is the Bambanani Bowl.

The design displays a group of women in colorful clothing all supporting one another by touching hands and dressed in the traditional South African head covering or scarf, very symbolic of the lovely Xhosa women.

Handcrafted Imports (www.handcraftedimports.com) was founded by Eleanor Poppe of Garden City and Etienne Pieterse of Cape Town, South Africa, to bring the works of talented artists in South Africa to the United States, according to a press release.

Through a partnership with Greg Schnoor, owner of Barnes Gallery, an extensive selection of artwork is on display and available for purchase at the gallery at 2 Nassau Blvd, Garden City. Select items are also available for purchase at the Smithsonian African Museum of Art in Washington, D.C. To view glimpses of the exhibit online, please visit art-galleries.adelphi.edu. Find us on social media: Facebook: Adelphi Exhibitions, and Twitter/Instagram: @AUExhibitions.

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County movie dates for Cedar Creek set Cedar Creek Movies in the Park will begin on Tuesday, July 5, Nassau County announced this week.

Movies will begin at sunset and films will be shown every other Tuesday from July 5 through August 16. Movie Nights at Cedar Creek Park are sponsored by Long Island’s K98.3.

Cedar Creek Park Summer Movie Night Schedule: July 5: “Book of Life” ­ PG (95 min.) starts at 8:30 p.m.

July 19: “Despicable Me 2” ­ PG (98 min.) starts at 8:40 p.m.

August 2: “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day” ­PG (81

min.) starts at 8:15 p.m.

August 16: “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” ­PG (115 min.) starts at 8:00 p.m.

Cedar Creek Park is located on Merrick Road in Seaford, east of Wantagh Avenue.

There is no formal seating at Cedar Creek Park, so movie-goers are urged to bring folding chairs or blankets.

If weather conditions are doubtful, please call (516) 572-0355.

For more information about Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums, please visit the website at: www.nassaucountyny.gov/parks or call: (516) 572-0200.

Family movie night dates at Eisenhower Family Movie Night at Eisenhower Park will begin on Thursday, July 7. All movies will begin at dusk and films will be shown every Thursday between July 7 and Aug. 25 on the giant screen at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre. Admission is free.

Eisenhower Park Summer Movie Night Schedule: July 7: “Peanuts” – G (88 min.) 8:35 p.m. start July 14: “Hotel Transylvania 2” – PG (89 min.) 8:30 p.m. start July 21: “Minions” – PG (91 min.)

8:30 p.m. start July 28: “HOME” – PG (94 min.)

8:15 p.m. start August 4: “Kung Fu Panda 3” – PG (95 min.) 8:15 p.m. start August 11: “Goosebumps” – PG (103 min.) 8:05 p.m. start August 28: “PAN” – PG (111 min.)

8:00 p.m. start August 25: “Wizard of Oz” – PG (102

min.) 7:45 p.m. start The Lakeside Theatre Family Movie Night Series is presented by the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums.

Through a sponsorship from Fresh 102.7, there are a total of eight Family Movie Nights presented on the giant screen at Eisenhower Park’s Lakeside Theatre, free of charge.

The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre is located near parking fields 6 and 6A in Eisenhower Park. Special accommodations are available for disabled patrons, including reserved parking, easily accessible restrooms, and a convenient reserved location on the hill.

Assistive hearing devices are also available for the hearing impaired.

There is no formal seating at Lakeside Theatre, so movie-goers are urged to bring folding chairs. If weather conditions are doubtful, please call: (516) 572-0355 after 7:00 p.m.

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THE HARRY CHAPIN LAKESIDE THEATRE Eisenhower Park Stewart Avenue and Merrick Avenue, East Meadow Friday, July 1, 8 p.m.

Tramps Like Us Saturday, July 2, 5 p.m.

TD Bank’s “Celebrate America” Fireworks and Show Tuesday, July 5, 8 p.m.

German American Night Friday, July 8, 8 p.m.

Disco Unlimited Saturday, July 9, 8 p.m.

Dean Karahalis and the Concert Pops Monday, July 11, 8 p.m.

“All Shook Up” by Plaza Theatrical Productions Friday, July 15, 8 p.m.

New York Revue featuring The Clusters and The Manhattan Skyline Saturday, July 16, 8 p.m.

Robert Davi Sings Sinatra Sunday, July 17, 8 p.m.

80s Explosion featuring Alisha, Somethin Fresh and Michael Live Project Monday, July 18, 8 p.m.

Harry Chapin Tribute Friday, July 22, 8 p.m.

Nassau Pops Saturday, July 23, 7:30 p.m.

FRESH 102.7 Presents Fresh in the Park Sunday, July 24, 8 p.m.

Elvis/Beatles Tribute Monday, July 25, 8 p.m.

Selena Experience Friday, July 29, 8 p.m.

Shania Twain/Tim McGraw Tribute Saturday, July 30, 8 p.m.

Oldies Show Sunday, July 31, 8 p.m.

Punjabi American Night Monday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m.

Salute to Vets with Tony Orlando and the USO Liberty Bells (6:30 p.m.)

Saturday, Aug. 6, 8 p.m.

Irish American Night Sunday, Aug. 7, 8 p.m.

Chinese American Night Wednesday, Aug. 10, 8 p.m.

42nd Infantry Division Band Friday, Aug. 12, 8 p.m.

Dr. K’s Motown Revue Saturday, Aug. 13, 8 p.m.

CBS-FM Show with Taylor Dane and

Eddie Money Sunday, Aug. 14, 8 p.m.

Pakistani American Night Friday, Aug. 19, 8 p.m.

Desert Highway Eagles Tribute Band Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m.

Gospel and Jazz Sunday, Aug. 21, 8 p.m.

Bangladeshi American Night Friday, Aug. 26, 8 p.m.

Oldies Show with the Del Satins and Classics Saturday, Aug. 27, 8 p.m.

Neil Berg¹s 100 Years of Broadway Sunday, Aug. 28, 8 p.m.

Korean American Night Thursday, Sept. 1, 7 p.m.

Victory Games Benefit ­Oldies Show Sunday, Sept. 4, 8 p.m.

Latino American Night The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Friday, July 1 and Saturday, July 2, 8 p.m.

Get The Led Out – The American Led Zeppelin Thursday, July 7, 8 p.m.

Stephen ‘Ragga’ Marley:The Fruit of Life Summer Tour Friday, July 8, 8 p.m.

Lettuce Saturday, July 9, 8 p.m.

Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes Sunday, July 10, 8 p.m.

Dweezil Zappa Plays Frank Zappa Tuesday, July 12, 8 p.m.

Michael McDonald Friday, July 15, 8 p.m.

Gaelic Storm Sunday, July 17, 8 p.m.

The Paramount Comedy Series Presents ­ An Intimate Evening with Eric Stonestreet Friday, July 21, 8 p.m.

Gin Blossoms Friday, July 22, 8 p.m.

The 2016 Summerland Tour: Sugar Ray, Everclear, Sponge & Lit! Saturday, July 23, 8 p.m.

Purple Xperience- Prince Tribute with Special Guest ­Don’t Believe in Ghosts Monday, July 25, 8 p.m.

Lukas Graham & Bebe Rexha Thursday, July 28, 8 p.m.

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A night of disco at Eisenhower Park theater Disco Unlimited will perform at Eisenhower Park’s Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre in East Meadow on Friday, July 8.

The show will begin at 8 p.m.; admission is free.

Capturing a time in music that to this day has not been matched, Disco Unlimited will exhilarate you with their powerful vocals, tight harmonies and dance grooves all coupled with a synchronized stage and light show that will turn any venue into a concert level production and the best of disco nights.

With Disco Unlimited you are getting a live, artist quality performance at every

show.

Close your eyes and you will truly believe you are listening to the original artists.

Disco Unlimited is a group of 6 unique and experienced musicians fully equipped to meet your live entertainment needs.

Much of the programming at the Lakeside Theatre is made possible through the Nassau County Hotel/Motel Proceeds Grant, which are proceeds from taxes on hotel and motel rooms in Nassau County.

Since 2006, Nassau County has re-

ceived more than $10 million from the Hotel/Motel Proceeds Grant, which also has assisted in historic building restoration and other cultural enhancements.

The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre is an outdoor theatre located near parking fields 6 and 6A in Eisenhower Park.

Special accommodations are available for disabled patrons, including reserved parking, easily accessible restrooms, and a convenient reserved location on the hill.

Assistive hearing devices are available for the hearing impaired.

There is no formal seating at Lakeside Theatre, so concert-goers are urged

to bring folding chairs.

If weather conditions are doubtful, call (516) 572-0355 after 6:00 p.m. for updated performance information.

Eisenhower Park is centrally located in East Meadow, with entrances on Hempstead Turnpike at East Meadow Avenue and at the intersection of Stewart and Merrick Avenues.

For further information, please call the Nassau County Parks Public Information Office at: (516) 572-0200 or visit the Nassau County Parks, Recreation and Museum website at: www.nassaucountyny. gov/parks.

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Gallery to host themed members’ art exhibit Huntington’s b. j. spoke gallery, located at 299 Main St., Huntington, will host members’ art in a themed group exhibition titled “Do Not Disturb” from June 28 – through Sunday, July 29. The public is invited to come and meet the artists at a free reception on Saturday, July 9 from 6 to 9 p.m.

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Summer Southern Jam with Tributes to The Allman Bros. & Lynyrd Skynyrd Featuring The Allmost Brothers Band & FreeBird Friday, July 29, 8 p.m.

Grateful Overkill- A Tribute to the Grateful Dead featuring Half Step and The Rumble Tuesday, August 2, 8 p.m.

Chevelle Friday, August 5, 7 p.m. & 10 p.m.

Saturday, August 6, 7 p.m. & 10 p.m.

Sunday, August 7, 5 p.m. & 8 p.m. truTV Impractical Jokers “Santiago Sent Us” Tour Starring The Tenderloins Tuesday, August 9, 8 p.m.

Michael Bolton Thursday, August 11, 8 p.m.

The Rising – A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen Friday, August 12, 8 p.m.

Back to the Eighties Show with Jessie’s Girl Saturday, August 13, 7:30 p.m.

Joe DeGuardia’s STAR Boxing Presents “Rockin’ Fights 25” Thursday, August 18, 8 p.m.

Envy on the Coast Friday, Aug. 19, 8 p.m.

The Bangles Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m.

Rusted Root & Toad The Wet Sprocket Tuesday, August 23, 8 p.m.

Ted Nugent- Sonic Baptizm 2016 Friday, August 26, 8 p.m.

A Decade of Soul Classic Soul & Motown Revue Featuring Prentiss McNeil of The Drifters Sunday, August 28, 8 p.m.

Charles Esten Friday, September 9, 8 p.m.

The Robert Cray Band Saturday, Sept. 10, 8 p.m.

An Evening with Little Feat Friday, September 23, 8 p.m.

The Paramount Comedy Series Presents ­ Frank Caliendo Saturday, September 24, 8 p.m.

Tanya Tucker Thursday, September 29, 8 p.m.

George Thorogood & The Destroyers Friday, Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m.

Boyce Avenue “Be Somebody World Tour” with Special Guest ­Leroy Sanchez Friday, Oct. 7, 8 p.m.

Lyle Lovett & Robert Earl Keen Saturday, Oct. 8, 8 p.m.

Game Grumps Live!

Friday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m.

Cheech & Chong Wednesday, Nov. 16, 8 p.m.

Fitz & The Tantrums The madison theatre at molloy college 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre.

(516) 323-4444 • http://madisontheatreny. org Saturday, July 16, 8 p.m.

11th Annual Long Island Comedy Festival Saturday, July 23, 8 p.m.

Nassau’s Got Talent !

GOVERNORS’ COMEDY CLUB 90 Division Ave. Levittown (516) 731-3358 • http://tickets.govs.com/ index.cfm Friday, July 1, 8 p.m.

Saturday, July 2, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

Mick Thomas

BROKERAGE COMEDY CLUB 2797 Merrick Road, Bellmore (516) 785-8655 • http://tickets.brokeragecomedy.com Friday, July 1, 8 p.m.

Kevin Brennan Saturday, July 2, 7:30 & 10 p.m.

John Ziegler Thursday, July 7, 8 p.m.

Nick Di Paolo PLANTING FIELDS Coe Hall Historic House Museum 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay (516) 922-9200 • http://www.plantingfields.org Saturday, July 2, 6 – 7:30 p.m.

Selden Brass Friday, July 8, 6 p.m.

All Shook Up, Tribute to the King Saturday, July 9, 6 – 7:30 p.m.

The Greg Smith Group Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July 17, 2 – 8:00 p.m.

Summer Garden Festival Friday, July 29, 7 p.m.

Ian Petillo & His Legacy Stompers Saturday, August 13, 6 – 7:30 p.m.

3 West Friday, August 19, 7 p.m.

The HooDoo Loungers Saturday, August 27, 6 – 7:30 p.m.

Vivaldi, By the Dolce Ensemble OLD WESTBURY GARDENS 71 Old Westbury Rd, Westbury 516-333-0048 • www.oldwestburygardens.org Wednesday, July 6, 7 p.m.

Harlem Renaissance Orchestra Wednesday, July 13, 7 p.m.

Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks Wednesday, July 20, 7 p.m.

Aurora Flores and Zon del Bario Wednesday, July 27, 7 p.m.

A Kornucopia Wednesday, Aug. 3, 7 p.m.

Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses Nassau county museum of art 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn (516) 484-9338 http://nassaumuseum.org MAIN GALLERIES March 19 – July 10 Kenny Scharf Emerging with the New York City graffiti and street art movement of the 1980s, Kenny Scharf (b. 1958) is known for his vibrantly colorful large-scale paintings and exuberantly playful installations.

His imagery draws upon pop icons, media advertising and consumer culture of the 1960s, including TV cartoon characters such as the Flintstones and the Jetsons. Curated by Director Karl E. Willers and the Museum’s staff, Kenny Scharf showcases major paintings and sculptures from throughout the artist’s career.

Highlights of this exhibition are the expansive mural Pop Renaissance that surrounds the viewer, a version of the artist’s Cosmic Cavern club-like environment, as well as a recreation of the artist’s former Brooklyn studio complete with spattered walls, painted furniture and other workspace ephemera.

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Community Calendar Project Independence Support & Social Group The Town of North Hempstead’s Project Independence is reminding residents that they offer free support and social groups. Call 311 or (516) 869-6311 for more information.

nar, Dr. Stern will take questions from the audience. Dr. Stern will explore the reasons behind our problems with sleep.

Participants will learn about practical strategies to improve both the quality and the quantity of their sleep. A sleep disorder is a medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with normal physical, mental, social and emotional functioning. According to the National Sleep Foundation, more than three-quarters of Americans do not get enough sleep

Trivia Challenge Come see how much you know. Match wits with other great minds. You may win a prize! Last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. Havana Central Restaurant Roosevelt Field, Garden City. For more info, call (516) 676- 1976.

July Events at the Irish American Society in Mineola Friday July 1, 7:30 p.m. $10. Traditional Irish and Country music session. An informal night of music, song and dancing.

Cash bar open Saturday July 9, 8 p.m. $20. Summer Dance. Music by Ireland’s own Harron and Curry. Cash bar open. Complimentary tea, coffee and scones.

Saturday July 30, 8:30 p.m. $20. An evening of song and dance with Sean Wilson. Jive Competition, Cash bar open, complimentary tea coffee and scones.

Every Saturday and Sunday we will be showing GAA games direct from Ireland on our big screen.

Sleep Disturbances Seminar Northwell Health will host a Sleep Disturbances seminar at the Elmont Public Library on July 6 at 1 p.m. The Elmont Public Library is located at 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont. The seminar is open to the public. Dr. Penny Stern will host the seminar. Following the semi-

Summer Canasta and Mah Jongg Classes The Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center is hosting summer beginner Canasta and Mah Jongg classes with instructor Judy Umansky.

Learn to play these fun and engaging games in a seven sessions. The Canasta class begins on Thursday, July 7 and runs from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Mah Jongg class begins on Thursday, July 7 and runs from 1 to 3:30 p.m. For more information and to register visit www.sjjcc.org.

Area Cyclists Unite There are several area cyclists & cycling groups that ride before or after work on Weekdays. Let’s Ride Together !! A bigger group is more fun and a better work out. I invite you to join the areas longest running Weekday cycling group. When: Weekdays before work or after work Where: parking lot across from Great Neck Diner, Corner of Bond Street and Grace Avenue.

Description of ride : About 15 miles in about one hour, 20 minutes (Non stop) We start and finish at the same location.

Routes and speeds vary depending on

Singles Association Of L.I. For information on events, please call (516) 825-0633 or (516) 333-2851 or email singlesassociationofli@yahoo.com.

Your Widowed Social Group The group meets on the third Wednesday of the each month (except July and August) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church on Franklin Ave. and Fifth Street, Garden City. There is a $5 fee for members and a $8 fee for non-members. For additional information, please call (516) 481-9280.

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the group.

Ride is canceled if the roads are wet or temperature is below 40 degrees. Free parking in the lot till 9 a.m. and after 6 p.m. Helmets and road bikes mandatory.

Beginners welcome. Ride at your own risk. April to November. Come & meet others who are interested in your sport, you may even pick up a pointer or two from one of the veteran cyclists. Contact David (Speedy) Emanuel at speedyemanuel@optonline.net or 516-840-9370 or 516-487-8065 before 9:45 p.m. for schedule and to confirm your participation.

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Hillside Public Library You may register for programs at hillsidelibrary. info/events. You need to have your library barcode number for registration.

The library subscribes to several museum passes for the enjoyment and entertainment of our patrons, holders of Hillside Library cards in good standing.

programs Movie: 10 Cloverfield Lane Rated PG-13. 103 minutes.

Friday, July 1 at 1:30 p.m.

Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr. After surviving a car accident, Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up to find herself in an underground bunker with two men. Howard (John Goodman) tells her that a massive chemical attack has rendered the air unbreathable, and their only hope of survival is to remain inside.

Ben’s close to discovering its whereabouts, as is his competition, but the FBI is also hip to the hunt.

Career Connections Reboot Camp Tuesday, July 5 and Thursday, July 7. Appointment times are: 10:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 1:15 p.m., 2 p.m. Email to schedule an appointment. This free service is open to all, but is directed to those actively engaged in a job search. Bring current resume(s) to appointment.

Book Discussion – Fresh Fiction Tuesday, July 5 at 1 p.m. and Wednesday, July 6, at 7 p.m.

The book being discussed is: Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart. Constance

Kopp has been isolated from the world since a family secret sent her and her sisters into hiding. One day a powerful silk factory owner runs down their buggy, and a dispute over damages turns into a war of bricks, bullets, and threats as he unleashes his gang on their family farm. When the sheriff enlists her help in convicting the men, Constance is forced to confront her past and defend her family — and she does it in a way that few women of 1914 would have dared.

CHILDrEN Seashore Memory Frame Tuesday, July 5 at 3 p.m.

Grades (going into): 5 & Up.

Use seashells, paint, and more to create a fun frame for your summer photos.

Registration for Hillside patrons has begun. Registration for out-of-district residents will begin Friday July 1st at 12 PM noon.

Summer Kick-off: Magic with David Fun Wednesday, July 6 at 2 p.m.

All Ages (with Caregiver/ parent). Amazing magic performed by David Fun. Lots of giggles and audience participation. Registration has begun.

Play Along Adventures Thursday, July 7 at 11 a.m.

Ages: 18months-35 months.

Stories, games, and a craft will be shared with child and caretaker or parent.

Sessions will meet on

Thursdays (July 7, 14, 21, 28 and August 11) at 11 a.m.

Must be pre-registered.

Emoji Party Thursday, July 7 at 4:30 p.m. Grades: (going into) 5 & Up. Can’t get enough emojis? Come to a party filled with emoji games, snacks, and prize. Registration for Hillside patrons has begun. Registration for out-of-district residents will begins Tuesday July 5th at 12 PM noon.

Read-to-Me (Older Readers, Grades 5-12) (Younger Readers, Ages 3-7) The first session will meet on Thursday, July 7 at 6:15 p.m. For all sessions,

pre-registration is required as the younger child has to be matched with an older reader. Sessions are as follows: Mondays – July 11, 18, 25 and August 1 and 8 at 6:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesdays – July 12, 19, 26 and August 2 and 9 at 6:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesdays July 13, 20, 27 and August 3 and 10 at 10:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Thursdays – July 7, 14, 21, 28 and August 4 at 6:15 p.m.

Reptiles on the Move Thursday, July 7 at 7 p.m.

Grades: (In September) 2 & Up. Meet a giant python snake, turtles, snakes and lizards. Children will have the opportunity to hold and touch the reptiles. Registration has begun.

Movie: Norm of the North.

Rated PG & Run Time: 1hr.

30 minutes. Friday July 8, 2016 at 4 p.m. All Ages: (An Adult must Accompany Children). Please pre-register.

Movie: National Treasure Rated: PG. 2hr. 11 mins. Action/Adventure/Comedy Friday, July 1 at 6:15 p.m.

Starring Nicholas Cage, Harvey Keitel, Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Justin Bartha, Christopher Plummer. Benjamin Franklin Gates descends from a family of treasure-seekers who’ve all hunted for the same thing: a war chest hidden by the Founding Fathers after the Revolutionary War.

YA Art Club Friday, July 8 at 5 p.m.

Grades:(going into) 5 & Up. Come help decorate our YA Room by creating a unique art project with Ms. Ambadjes. Each project will be displayed in our YA Room, and returned the following class. Registration for Hillside patrons has begun.

Registration for out-ofdistrict residents will begin Tuesday July 5 at 12 p.m.

New Hyde Park Community Calendar LIKE TO SING? The New Hyde Park Senior Chorus welcomes new members. The chorus meets Mondays 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at The Clinton G. Martin Park, Marcus Avenue and New Hyde Park Road. To join us, call 516-775-8118.

CRAFT FAIR/FLEA MARKET BONANZA Saturday, July 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Christ Lutheran Church, 300 Hillside Drive South, New Hyde Park holds a craft flair/flea market every second Saturday of the month from March through November. This event has showcased many specialty items such as jewelry, hand crafted items, holistic

health products, upcycled and repurposed home decor, and much more. We are looking for VENDORS who want to participate in our event as we look to provide high quality and unique items. For more information email us at clcnhpoutreach@gmail. com. This event is rain or shine

is no prior experience necessary to participate in the program. Volunteers do a variety of activities with children such as reading to students or helping with classroom projects. If you would like more information on this program, please call Eileen Bileski at 516-4342306.

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS FOR EDUCATION We are currently looking for community volunteers/ retirees for one or two hours a week in the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District. You will be assisting students under the supervision of a classroom teacher. There

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 516-745-8050.

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.

AARP Floral Park Chapter 5224 TUESDAY NIGHT BINGO Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #5253 will host bingo on Tuesday nights from 7 to 11 p.m. The top prize is $1,500 with additional cash prizes totaling $1,700.

Admission is $4 at the

post, which is located at 155 Searingtown Road in Albertson.

SENIOR CHORUS New Hyde Park: Entertainers Senior Chorus welcomes new members.

The group meets 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Mondays at Clinton G. Martin Park, Marcus Avenue and New Hyde Park Road. Contact 516-775-8118 for more information.

AMERICAN THEATER DANCE WORKSHOP Adult beginner ballet classes on Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Adult Ballet classes Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. are at the American Theater Dance Workshop, 999 Herricks

Road, NHP. 516-2486420.

ADVICE FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS “SATURDAYS with Sabaa”: Breast cancer and lymphedema education and tips from the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program.

Physical therapist Sabaa Mundia, a blogger for the Facebook site of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, is offering useful tips on the site every Saturday. To access the information, visit #saturdayswithsabaa and https://www.facebook.com/ adelphibreastcancerhotline.

To reach the hotline call 800-877-8077. You are not alone.

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Great Neck Library Library Closings All Great Neck Library locations will be closed on Monday, July 4 for Independence Day. Great Neck Library Petitions for Independent Candidates In accordance with the Bylaws of the Great Neck Library, on or before July 1, the Nominating Committee shall submit in writing to the Secretary the names of the nominees for the Board of Trustees and the Nominating Committee.

Independent nominations may be made in writing on a form of petition provided by the Library and returned before August 15. Petition forms are available in the Director’s Office during regular Library business hours.

Biographical information for all candidates will appear in the October/November/December issue of the Library Newsletter and online at www.greatnecklibrary.org.

Building Advisory Committee Meeting The next meeting of the Building Advisory Committee will be held on Wednesday, July 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, above Best Market. All are welcome. Please check with the Library at (516) 466-

8055, ext. 201 to confirm that there has been no change in meeting date, time or location.

Teen Summer Reading Program: Get in the Game – READ The Teen Summer Reading Program (Tuesday, July 5 to Monday, August 22) is for teens that are in grades 7 to 12 as of September 2016.

You choose the books to read, write and share book reviews, and participate in fun events. Contact Courtney Greenblatt, Young Adult Librarian, 466-8055 ext. 218.

Stop by and ask for book suggestions.

English Language Conversation for Beginners and 2nd Level at Station The Library invites all new

speakers of English to join our English Language Conversation Group. English Language Conversation meetings are held at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd floor), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza every other Tuesday. The next meeting for beginner’s is on Tuesday, July 5 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Conversations for those who have reached beyond the beginner’s level, will be held on Tuesday, July 5 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

These are small, informal groups of people that get together to have conversations in English. Various conversation topics may be chosen.

Librarian Barbara Buckley facilitates the conversations.

For further information, please call the Reference Dept. at (516) 466-8055,

Project Independence at Parkville Join us for a Project Independence Social Discussion Group on Thursday, July 7 at 11:30 a.m. and a Project Independence Men’s Group on Friday, July 8 at 10:30 a.m. at the Parkville Branch, 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road), in New Hyde Park.

Each meeting is 60 minutes.

Project Independence of the Town of North Hempstead provides services and opportunities for seniors that enable them to live independently while maintaining socially active and healthy lives. This includes being a resource for social and recreational interests.

All film matinees are now held at the Station Branch while the Main Library building is being renovated. The next film, a biography, will be shown on Thursday, July 7 at 2:00 p.m. at the Station Branch, Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, 26 Great Neck Road, (2nd level), above Best Market and Planet Fitness.

Refer to the Library Newsletter, film brochure or website for further information on the films scheduled. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Arrive early as seating is limited.

Priority seating is given to Great Neck School District residents. Please bring your Library card, driver’s license or other ID showing your Great Neck School District address.

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ing/Cancellation Information Online Library patrons connected to the Internet are asked to check the website: www. cancellations.com for Library weather related closings/ program cancellations.

In order to access this service, Library District residents can log on to cancellations.com, type in their zip code or Great Neck Library and obtain information on program cancellations or Library closings. In addition, at no charge, residents can request automatic e-mails from cancellations.com when the Library has posted any information. This is a great way for Library District residents who are connected online to be advised of weather related changes in Library hours or programs.

Shelter Rock Library ADULT pROGRAms SENIOR RAP GROUP ... for the 55+ set who have a lifetime of experiences to share! Anyone interested in joining the group is welcome. tion is lively and provocative.

Monday, July 11 at 11 a.m.

Come and join the Shelter Rock Public Library Senior Rap Group. This discussion group is led by volunteer facilitator, David Marx.

CREATIVE NEEDLES & THE ART of COLORING Friday, July 8 at 1:30 PM. Registration is not required.

Bring your projects and supplies to knit, crochet, needle- point, embroider or crossstitch. If you prefer to relax by coloring, spend some time with crayons, colored

pencils and coloring pages supplied by the library. Enjoy sharing conver- sation, crafting and creativity while “the needles fly” and “the pictures come to life”.

HOPEFUL SINGLES for ages 55 Plus Wednesday, July 6 at 3:00 PM There are no guarantees and change is always happening.

With new friends and inspirational guidance, compassion and sup- port, your journey can be easier! Be part of this group of single adults to find hope for the future.

ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAM AND EXERCISE YOUR MIND! Consider reading a new genre or books with different points of view or anything that will stimulate your imagina-

tion. Participants may begin registering by joining us on June 11 at 10 a.m. in the Community Room. If you can’t join us at that time, simply register by July 1 at the Adult Reference Desk. Materials will be provided at the time of registration. While registering, consider selecting a “mystery book” to “exercise your mind” and later share about the book at a June 11 to August 13 Book Swap with other participants on Saturday, July 9 at 10 AM. If you aren’t up to the challenge of a “mystery book” share about a recent or favorite book you’ve read.

Over the course of the program, participants are encouraged to submit reviews of the books read. Reviews submitted will be entries for raffle prizes to be given out on the final day of the program,

August 13 at 10 a.m.

CHILDREN/ YOUNG ADULT LOOKING FOR YA SUMMER VOLUNTEERS For Teens Entering Grades 7-12 Summer Recording Volunteers are invited to assist in the Children’s Summer Reading Program whose theme is: On Your Mark, Get Set. . .Read! from June 27 to August 8.

For Teens Entering Grades 6-12 Book Buddies will share picture books with children on Tuesday evenings, 7:00 to 8 p.m. on July 12, 19, & 26. New Book Buddies are required to attend a training session on either Monday, June 20 from 6 to 7 p.m. or Tuesday, June

21 from 4 to 5 p.m. Training for returning Book Buddies is not mandatory, but recommended.

CHESS PROGRAMS for Experienced Chess Players Tuesday, July 5 and August 2 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Teens will assist children in playing Chess. Registration begins on June 21 for the July session and July 19 for the August session. Teens can register in the Teen Room; Children at the Children’s Reference Desk.

HAPPY TRAIL MIX & FRUIT KABOBS Friday, July 8 from 4 to 5 p.m.

Join the TAB group and YA Librarian and create your own healthy trail mix from whole grain cereal, dried fruits and more. Then we’ll take some fresh fruit and make simple fruit kabobs. These snacks

will give you energy to Get Your Game On! Registration begins on July 1.

PAINT PARTY with Celicia Cargill from Authentic HeARTworks. Thursday, July 14 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.. Our artist will bring her artwork and in- struct you on how to paint your own original interpretation while you listen to music and enjoy light refreshments. Registration begins on June 30.

SPORTY T-SHIRT DESIGN with Elyse Pollack. Wednesday, July 20 from 7 to 8 p.m.

Bring a plain Tshirt or two to decorate. Elyse will provide paints, stencils, and designs featuring sports and summer themes. She’ll also show you how to cut t-shirts on the bottom and bead them. Registration begins on July 6.

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Mangano honors two NHP Girl Scouts

Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano congratulated 2 Girl Scouts from New Hyde Park on receiving the Gold Award — the highest award in the girl scouting program, given for leader-

ship and excellence — at a ceremony in the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola on Thursday, June 16.

The two Girl Scouts from New Hyde

Park who received the Gold Award were Kerry Jones and Robin Shum.

“It is a great year when we can honor so many Gold Award recipients from the girl scouting program here in Nassau,”

Mangano said. “All of these award recipients earned their recognition through hard work and dedication throughout the years. You should be extremely proud of your accomplishments.”

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Herricks gives awards, scholarships to seniors On Friday, June 10, Herricks High School continued its longstanding tradition of honoring members of the graduating class with a senior awards ceremony.

More than 100 awards or scholarships, sponsored by local community and school organizations, were bestowed upon students based on academic achievement, community service involvement, individual character, unique accomplishments or talents, leadership, dedication to a particular subject and other notewor-

Movin’ on up On June 21, Manor Oaks School held its “Moving Up Day.” Nassau County Legislator Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) presented citations to Student Council members Lauren Printz, Isabella Vecdchio, Vanessa DiNardo and Eliy Monternegro. He also presented The Kiwanis Award for personal growth and citizenship to Lauren Printz.

thy qualities and triumphs.

A number of local dignitaries took the time to visit the high school and formally present the distinctions, including North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, North Hempstead Town Clerk Wayne Wink, Nassau County legislators Richard Nicolello and Ellen Birnbaum, and North Hempstead Town Councilman Peter Zuckerman.

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Sewanhaka recognizes social studies students Sewanhaka High School held its first National Social Studies Honor Society induction. The sponsoring honor society is Rho Kappa. Membership in Rho Kappa provides national recognition for outstanding students.

Rho Kappa encourages an interest in, understanding of and appreciation for history, economics, humanities and social studies.

In all, 20 students, 15 seniors and five juniors met the criteria and were inducted.

In order to be eligible, students must achieve an average of above 90, be an active participant in either Sewanhaka High School’s Model United Nations or Mock Trial clubs, and show good character, leadership and dedication to the pursuit of social studies.

At the induction event, students credited their teacher, Model UN adviser and social studies Rho Kappa adviser Michael Sakowich, for his willingness to put in the time and effort with his students so that they may have success.

Herricks students participate in History Day contest Twenty students from Herricks High School and eight from Herricks Middle School represented the best of New York State at the prestigious Kenneth E. Behring National History Day competition, held at the University of Maryland during the week of June 13.

Of the 20 projects competing in the Senior Division from New York, seven were from Herricks High School.

At the high school level, Vanessa Sun, Rachel Kim and Alan Chen were awarded Most Outstanding Entry on Equality in History and placed ninth in the nation for their website, “The Freedmen’s Bureau: Standing on the River of Jordan-Exchanging Chains for Freedom’s Opportunity.”

Melissa Lau, Felisha Ma, Esme Chen and Ashley Wong were also finalists, placing 10th in the nation for their performance, “Extinction by Assimilation: Encountering the Native Industrial Schools.”

They collectively received more awards than any other high school from New York State.

The Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest is the final stage of a series of contests at local and affiliate levels.

Nearly 3,000 students from all over the world presented their research projects on local, state, national and world history at this weeklong event, which featured the theme “Exploration, Encounter, Exchange.”

Global Connections Center Street School students explored life around the world during the second annual Global Connections celebration, held on the evening of June 9. As the school’s largest event of the year, this experience provided students with opportunities to explore aspects of different cultures through presentations by performers and staff members, along with various activities. It was an evening of entertainment, multicultural learning and child-centered programs.

In April, Herricks High School students earned eight awards at the statelevel National History Day competition, while Herricks Middle School students won three.

The students spent countless hours working on their research, for which they accessed major databases in the libraries, analyzed their findings and developed meaningful and comprehensive projects.

Walk for water Following a unit on water scarcity in other countries, third-graders at Jackson Avenue School in the Mineola Union Free School District participated in a Walk for Water. Students were asked to bring in a gallon bottle of water, which they carried during the walk to represent the long distances those in other countries have to make in order to get fresh water. Following the walk, the gallon bottles of water were then donated to Island Harvest, which will utilize the water to benefit communities on Long Island.

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FLORAL PARK High School Abreu, Diomeli Albertson, Sarah Ann Alexander, Lovelle Alvarado, Samantha Amezcua, Giselle Anderson, Riley Kay Aviles, Gilberto Aziz, Zain Bachas, Shanoy T. Bateau, Jax Batista, Randolph Belsky, Carly Elizabeth Benedetto, Samantha Ann Biswas, Noor Quddus Bousaid, Dani Bowe, Erica Brandt, Christopher J. Bressmer,, Jamie Allison Briganti, Ariyana Brophy, Mary T. Bruno, Peter J. Bucchino, Andrew Burrous, William R. Byrnes, Katherine Elyse Caballes, Philson York Cal, Matthew Charles Calo, Anthony Canzius Jr., Mervyn A. Cartmell, Timothy Richard Ceraulo, Jenny Chaver, Wynny S. Choisez, Nicole Lili Chowdhury, Azmain Cirineo, Pamela Clarke, Patrick Alfonso Clune II, John J. Cohen, Jacqueline Coleman, Erica Juliette Colinet, Woodley Colon, Jordan B. Conway, Emily Rose Corbett, Joshua D. Correale, Gabrielle Couluris, Christopher Paul Cristo, Nicole Cuevas, Sara Taylor Curran, Madison Blake Dalrymple, Javan Matthew Damas, Kevin D’Amico, Julian Danyi, Samantha Darden, Kyle Robert Dat, Padmini David, Serina M.

Davidson, Rebekah DeClemente, Evan James DeJesús, Frank E. DeLaRosa, Paola Dellolio, Jessica Ann Denaro, Matthew Deol, Kamalvir DeVita, Louis DiCanio, Samantha M. DiRico, Nicholas John Donado, Julian Matthew Donovan, Kate Elisabeth Earley, Meagan Nicole Edouasie Shadner Engel, Ryan Espinal, Kate Estupinan, Nicholas Richard Fahr, Sandra M. Farrell, Madeline C. Farruggia, Marc Felicetti, Nicholas William Ferone, Jonathan Fiorenza, Emily Fitzgerald, Connor Francis, Tranell A. Gartner, Robert Gasparino, Nicholas Ghai, Sakshi Gomez, Sebastian Gonzales, Viban Gonzalez, Thomas Goss, Zachary William Gould, Alexander Grant, Kamil Greaney, Thomas John Groshans, Kimberly M. Guilliod, Emilie Hanamy, Sara Lynn Haneman, Aimee Elizabeth Harley, Damien Hendelman, Reina L. Hilaire, Kaela Hodge Rodriguez, Darlene Hodgson, Connor Holahan, Megan Patricia Howell, Lindsay Elizabeth Hunter, Brianna Lenor Husein, Melissa Priyanka Husein, Shabena Iftekhar, Ameera Inzone, Brittany Jakob, Grace Jamal, Neema James, Khristopher

Floral Park Memorial High School’s Class of 2016 celebrated their commencement ceremony on Saturday at Hofstra University.

Jayasinghe, Semini Nisakya Johnston, Dorothy Joseph, Kevin Iveten Joseph, Lauren Elizabeth Karran, Dillan Davendra Kaur, Gurkiran Keane, Tyler J. Kenna, Thomas John Keyloun, Sarah Khan, Imran King, Michaela Kumar, Reema Lalgie, Keenen Jamal Lambros, Christina Lanning, Olivia Kathleen Lascala, Raffaele J. Latham, Sara Lauria, Christopher Lee, Michelle Lehner, Katja Franziska Leonardi, Sarah Beth Leyva, Jorge Lohen, Tyler G. Longo, Tara López, Graciela N. Macena, Katrel Maickel, Gianna Mairaj, Joshua Pervaiz Maldari ,Nikkole Lauren

Martin. Mikayla Frances McAllister, Breanna McDonald, Dakota McLoone, Carroll Mealing, Tajadda Mejia, Jonathan C. Mejia-Meza, Gabriela Jose Mejia-Meza, Luis Carlos Mekhaeil, Marly Emad Nasif Melendez, Myles Antonio Miah, Yazmi Mikolajczyk, Caroline Mills, Kalei Nicole Mink, Dennis Minogu,e Mia Mirchandani, Pawan S. Monahan, James R. Monroe, Mayasa Morgan, Sarah Munro, Ryan Anthony Nardi, Matthew R. Natarajan, Meena Nelson, Kenneth Neubert, Nicholas Daniel Nicklas, Harry Nieves, Kayla Niles, Kenny Eric Nolan, Kristen Catherine O’Connor, Abigale Lynn

O’Donnell, Kaitlin Nicole Ollen, John Ordonez, Guillermo R. Ortiz, Stephanie Ost, William Joseph O’Sullivan, Shane Owens, Diamynn M. Owens, Steven J. Papile, Andrew Patel, Komal Patel, Timil Pathiranage, Pasan Persaud, Christopher Harry Persaud, Vivika A.K. Picardi, Michael Francis Piccione, Amanda Michelle Pickman, Henry G. Pierre, Nigel Powell, Samantha Power, Jack Thomas Quinlan, Thomas John Rahimy, Samir Ramirez, Arryagnni Gerandine Rana, Jaspreet Rankin, Genevieve Rattigan, Brian Joseph Reidy, Dalton Bryan Reisch, Noah J.

Rivera-Cruz, Jhonny Russell,Thérèse M. Sabino, Jonathan Santarelli, Caroline Sawicki, Matthew P. Scheer, Jason Patrick Schlechter, Emma Rose Schmid, Hannah C. Scott, Makia Danyel Shahbaz, Saba Sheehan, Maggie Sherry, Brianna Julia Shields, Nicholas Shinde, Bobby Shipsky, Jackson G. Silva, Neyra Meredy N. Singh, Adesh Siragusa, Daniel Slaney, Mark Howard Smolinski, Nicholas Martin Sollecito, Anthony Sollecito, Giovanna Stern, Philip E. Streiber, Laura Eileen Sullivan III, Thomas F. Sylvarnes, Sonje Thomas, Christian Manuel Tiwana, Manvir Tiwari, Mahesh Toppa, Rabiah Trainor, Emma Tramantana, Nicholas J. Troche, Julia Tuminaro, Courtney Tursi, Steven Joseph Tymecki, Jessica Elise Uhric, Robert Ulmer Jr., Paul Eric Valencia, Paul D. Valentine-McCollum, Shaheed Vargas, Alyssa H. Vasconez, Caitlyn Vasconez, Jacob Villegas Hernandez, Jeanette S. Viola, Salvatore Joseph Vithal, Alexandria Washington, Ayanna Genice White, Autumn Domonique Williams, Darilrique Joseph Williams, Skylar Danielle Carolyn Zacchea, Owen D. Zagajeski, William Thomas

Valedictorian to class: don’t forget world’s ‘crises’

by C h r i s A da m s In his address to the Floral Park Memorial High School Class of 2016, the valedictorian, Mahesh Tiwari, celebrated with his peers the achievement of completing another step in their education, but also noted the responsibility that lies ahead. He said this generation will confront issues such as climate change, threatened global security and the stripping of natural resources.

“As an optimist, I would like to think that humanity will always find a way, but as a pragmatist, I know that the solutions to the world’s challenges come only with hard work and collaboration,” Tiwari said. “Therefore on this day of our graduation, let us commit to collaborating, solving these crises head on.”

During Saturday’s 59th annual commencement ceremony for at Hofstra University, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and state Sen. Jack Martins gave speeches be-

fore the students, both congratulating the 244 graduates on their accomplishments.

Martins said speaking at the ceremony was bittersweet, as his time serving as senator comes to an end.

“This is the last time I’ll be able to have the opportunity to address you as a senator because I am not running for reelection this year,” Martins said. “But it has been an honor to represent this great community.”

Martins, who is running for Congress

in the Third District, said he’s been able to see graduation from different perspectives, as senator addressing the Floral Park students, and as a parent seeing his own daughter graduate from high school last year.

He listed some rules for the students to live by. Among them, he said they should never stop learning, respect everyone and not be afraid to fail.

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NHP, Mineola get top growth honors

By N o a h M a n s k a r

Vision Long Island this month hailed three projects in New Hyde Park and Mineola as progress toward “smart growth” in their communities.

The Village of New Hyde Park, the Village of Mineola and real estate developer Lalezarian Properties were among 11 winners of the nonprofit group’s 15th annual Smart Growth Awards at a June 10 ceremony honoring people and groups who have worked to grow local downtown areas.

“These projects will help revitalize not only our downtown, but our entire village,” Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss said in a statement. “Don’t be afraid to change, but please, don’t change for the sake of changing.”

The Village of New Hyde Park won the “Walkability” award for its work to slow down traffic on Jericho Turnpike, making the thoroughfare safer for pedestrians and more conducive to shopping.

New Hyde Park-based Lalezarian Properties and the Village of Mineola took the “Compact Building Design” award for One Third Avenue and the Village Green, two “transit-oriented” apartment buildings aiming to attract young professionals to the village and revitalize its downtown area.

Using a $1.25 million federal grant, village Trustee Don Barbieri worked for 12 years to finalize and implement the Jericho Turnpike project, which created rounded “bulb-out” sidewalks to shorten crosswalks and added planted medians to eliminate some left turns onto side streets.

Cars would travel 50 or 60 miles per

Photo: YouTube/Vision Long Island

Vision Long Island honored the Village of New Hyde Park’s project to make Jericho Turnpike more pedestrian-friendly. hour along Jericho Turnpike before the changes, Barbieri said in a Vision Long Island video. New Hyde Park officials have also touted the project as a way to boost commerce along the village’s main business district.

“It’ll take you five more minutes to pass through Jericho Turnpike, but it’s safer, it gets you across the street easier and in that regard I’m quite proud,” Barbieri said in the video.

Located within walking distance of Mineola’s Long Island Rail Road station, One Third Avenue and the Village Green are among five residential projects the

village has approved since 2008 as part of its Master Plan to revitalize its downtown area by attracting young professionals and new businesses to the village.

When complete, they will contain 578 apartments with amenities comparable to high-end New York City buildings, a Lalezarian Properties principal, Kevin Lalezarian, said in a video.

Mineola’s building department issued the first certificates of occupancy for One Third Avenue last month, but construction has yet to start on the Village Green at 199 Second St., which will have 14,000 square feet of retail space on its

ground floor.

“Rather than having a brain drain, you have a brain gain, and this is very important for Long Island’s future, whereas companies would like to locate here because there is an educated, young, dynamic residence base for them to hire from,” Lalezarian said in the video.

Both the Jericho Turnpike and apartment projects have had some detractors.

When New Hyde Park’s project was completed in 2014, some business owners complained that it exacerbated traffic congestion and made loading vehicles more difficult without greatly improving safety.

But others said it improved the thoroughfare’s appearance, noticeably slowed down traffic and made walking the business district easier.

Critics of Mineola’s apartment projects have said the village has approved more building than its infrastructure can handle and has been too lenient in allowing developers to get tax breaks from the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency.

The Village Green project got a package of sales and property tax discounts in November based on its estimated $132 million economic impact, despite objections from some Mineola residents and school district officials.

Strauss, though, has said the developers’ payments to the village under its development incentive zoning law have put millions of dollars in Mineola’s coffers and funded purchases and projects that taxpayers would have had to fund otherwise. The most recent example is the new amphitheater opened in Mineola’s Memorial Park last month.

Salon dream becomes reality in Floral Park

By G a b r i e ll e D e o n at h Sal Paulino always knew he wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and take over the family business. That childhood dream became a reality in 2013.

Paulino’s father, Ben Paulino, better known as Ben Peters, opened a hair salon in 1971 on Tulip Avenue in Floral Park, making it the oldest business in the area.

“He started that salon with only three chairs,” Paulino said.

In 1978, Peters moved his salon across the street to its present location at 156 Tulip Ave., purchasing the building and expanding his business.

“We were in here every day Photos courtesy of Sal after school,” Paulino said about Paulino his early days at the salon with Ben Peters first opened a salon his sister, Donna Yousef. “We were born into it. I always wantin Floral Park (above) in 1971. ed to help my dad out.”

His son, Sal Paulino (inset) now Today, Ben Peters is a fullservice salon that caters to about runs the family salon.

100 customers weekly and has a staff of seven.

Paulino said customers and staff alike have remained loyal throughout the years.

“I have one girl that has been here for 27 years and another that has been here for 29 years,” he said. “Danielle has been here since the beginning of the salon.”

Paulino attributes his father’s successful business to the longstanding relationships with staff and clients, which created a family environment.

Paulino said that while it may not always be perfect with the staff and they sometimes hit rough patches, working together for long hours has turned them into a family.

He also said that his customers have attended his family’s events, such as weddings and birthday parties.

Yousef said the customerstaff relationship is her favorite part of her job, as she has gotten to see the evolution of people’s

families from communions to sweet sixteens and weddings.

Paulino and Yousef began working in the salon in 2000 with their father, but a few years ago, his father became very sick, leading Sal Paulino to officially take over the business from his father.

But Paulino said it was not an easy task.

“The store was in rough shape because my father had been sick for about a year or two already,” Paulino said. “We had had people who were stealing from us. There were a lot of bad things happening. When I took it over, I had to put it back into shape.”

When his father became ill, he said, he had two choices. He could let the store close, or he could take over the operations and keep it running.

For Paulino, the decision was not difficult.

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READERS WRITE

Port Times used poor G.N. responds judgment in running letter to book drive

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breath of much needed journalistic fresh air swept into Port Washington over these last few months — and it has been the arrival of your new newspaper.

Long demanding a strong news and opinion source in Port Washington, The Port Washington Times has not disappointed.

Yet, we are very disappointed by something that occurred within your newspaper last week. Without even dignifying the writer’s name, you published a very personal attack against a candidate in the just concluded Manorhaven Village election.

This letter was a largely inaccurate, bilious, nasty, below the belt, and uncharacteristically personal attack against one of

the candidates for trustee, Roy Smitheimer.

We realize that we live now in The Age of Trump. That means that nasty adjectives, damning names and unsupported, non-researched accusations are all fair game in the new land we live in.

But not, we had hoped, in Port Washington.

We realize that you have a duty to publish the disparate voices of as many people whom you can accommodate.

And, you do so--and do so admirably.

You have diversity of opinions. Likewise, the writer of this obnoxious screed against Mr. Smitheimer has her First Amendment rights, too — but we are disappointed that this fine newspaper, which is the best

thing that has happened in this community in a long, long time — would agree to publish something so obviously personal.

Newspapers are not under any legal or other form of obligation to publish, verbatim, every bit of flotsam and jetsam that comes in.

We regret that you published this.

In an extremely close election, we feel that this letter of falsehoods harmed Mr. Smitheimer.

Disappointed we are, and we hope that this kind of letter — against anyone--never sees the light of another issue.

Hank Ratner Jon F. Weinstein Port Washington

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his is a letter of appreciation to the people of Great Neck.

On May 2-9 the National Council of Jewish WomenLakeville Section had a READ TO LEARN book drive.

It was a total success!

We collected over 1,000 books. There are many people and groups to thank, so here goes.

Thanks to Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Instruction Kelly Newman who allowed all the elementary school children to collect books, to all the principals of those schools including Parkville Pre-K and K who encouraged their students to cooperate, to the Great Neck Library that donated five boxes of books, to the clergy and mayors who informed their congregations and residence who donated books, to the students of North and South High who collected all the books and brought them to our store at 43 S. Middle

Neck Road.

To Mayor Jean Celender who called and was able to get a landlord to give us a store and to Mr. Khalili who gave us the store to use, to Rabbi Widom of Temple Emanuel who had delivered two bridge tables and eight chairs for our comfort and lastly to members of NCJW, Roberta Mallman, Sylvia Fassler and my co-chair Sandy Kendall who sorted, labeled and were in the store to receive books — my deepest thanks on a great endeavor.

Now we need to distribute the books to children for whom a book is a luxury.

If you are a daycare center, nursery school, hospital, clinic, psychologist, psychiatrist, pediatrician, social worker or anyone who wants books for the children, please call to arrange to pick up the books.

I say again, Great Neck is great!

Miriam Chatinover Great Neck

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Town announces FunDay dates for seniors

Supervisor Bosworth dances with a senior at last year’s Funday Monday.

Supervisor Bosworth and Town Clerk Wayne Wink with 2 seniors at a Funday Monday last year.

The Town of North Hempstead has announced the schedule for the 2016 FunDay Monday season.

This free senior program, held at North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington, takes place every Monday from July 11 to Aug. 29 and runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Organized and hosted by the Town’s Department of Community Services, FunDay Monday offers hundreds of seniors from across the town the opportunity to gather for games, music, dancing, entertainment, and exercise.

The program’s most widely attended events are the Health Fair on July 25 and HomeTown USA on Aug. 29, which honors of nation’s veterans.

Back for the second consecutive year at FunDay Monday will be a farmers’ market where seniors can purchase fresh, local fruits, vegetables and other foods, beginning each Monday at 12:30 p.m.

Also for the second straight year, there will be the Books at the Beach book club where participants will be lead in a discussion about a book selected by the town.

Discussions will take place on July 18 and Aug. 15. Registration is required.

New additions to FunDay Monday this year include: · The Hempstead Harbor Trail Walk, guided by Eric Swenson, executive director of the Hempstead Harbor Protection Committee from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on July 18 and Aug. 15.

This relaxing stroll along the trail will provide information on the rich history and great value of our beautiful shoreline. · Mindfulness Coloring will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Monday. This program allows you to fine tune your focus, exercise motor skills, release stress and anxiety, and relax and have a good time.

Advance registration for the Hempstead Harbor Trail Walk and Mindfulness Coloring is required. Please call 311.

The FunDay Monday Summer Event Schedule July 11: “Sweet Lorraine” will provide a show stopping start to the Funday Monday season!

July 18: “Jerry Costanzo and his 10 Piece Band” plays your favorite jazz tunes.

July 25: “DJ Kev” will invite you to shake it out.

August 1: “Senior Health, Education and Information Fair” Do you know someone who would benefit from the information and services at our annual Health Education Fair? Invite them to come or bring them along with you for this fun and FREE event. The Vic Vincent Group will also rock the beach.

August 8: “Dance Aloha and Elvis” Take a trip to the Polynesian Islands with the amazing Dance Aloha, and get “All Shook Up” with Elvis.

August 15: “Vince Rhodes” will have you kicking up your heels throughout.

August 22: “Stan and Edie” invite you to savor the summer.

August 29: “HomeTown USA” An exciting celebration of American traditions with crafts, hobbies, demos, musical performances, a classic car show and a special Salute to the Armed Forces. You can also come swing into Dixie with “The Banjo Rascals.”

In addition to enjoying the entertainment, seniors can participate in a variety of activities, such as Line Dancing (10 a.m.), Zumba (10 a.m.), Fitness (11 a.m.), Mahjong (11 a.m.), and Tai Chi (12:30 p.m.).

Free transportation is available from various points throughout the town.

For further information, or for a pickup location near you, please call 311 or 516-869-6311.

County adds names to vets’ Wall of Honor A ceremony held this past Saturday featured the unveiling of the names of 280 veterans added to the Walls of Honor in Eisenhower Park.

The additions bring the total to nearly 8,500 veterans whose names have been added since the Monument Committee and Nassau County Veterans Monument Fund were established in 1991.

Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano, Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves, County Legislators C. William Gaylor and Rose Walker, and N. Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth joined local veterans at the ceremony unveiling.

“The Walls of Honor were built for residents to commemorate the brave members of the United States

Armed Forces who risked, and many of whom gave, their lives in order to protect our freedoms,” said Mangano. “Together, we pay respect to all those who served our nation.”

The Walls of Honor are open to all those who have served the nation and were honorably discharged whether they served during war time or peace time.

The Nassau County Veterans Monument Fund, Inc. is a private organization that collects a $100 donation for each veteran’s name to be added to the Walls. For applications, please call (516) 804-5802. Donations can be mailed to The Nassau County Veterans Monument Fund, Inc., P.O. Box 7911, Hicksville, NY 11802-7911.

Pictured above from left to right are: President of the Vietnam Veterans of America – Chapter 82 Joseph Ingino, N. Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, County Legislator Rose Walker, Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves, Legislator C. William Gaylor and Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano

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County honors crossing guards Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano was joined by County Legislator Rose Marie Walker, Acting Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter, and several members of the Nassau County Police Department (NCPD) Crossing Guard Unit to present awards to 78 members of the Crossing Guard Unit at a recognition ceremony on Wednesday, June 8, at the NCPD Headquarters in Garden City. Mangano has proclaimed June 8 ‘NCPD Crossing Guard Day’. “On behalf of Nassau County’s 1.3 million residents, I would like to congratulate all of tonight’s honorees for their years of dedicated service and commitment to our communities as a member of the NCPD Crossing Guard Unit,” said Mangano. “Whether residents are commuting for work, religious purposes, or just for recreational reasons, Crossing Guards are always there to ensure they arrive and return safely.”

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N 3rd Recent Real Estate 1028 Street, New Sales in New Hyde Park Hyde Park New Hyde Park Real Estate Market Conditions Median sales price $547,500 Demographics near New Hyde Park, NY

Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 9,698 11,277 44.5 3 94,063 35,837

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

Sold Price: $730,000 Date: 02/03/2016 4 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Split # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 73x115 Schools: Herricks Total Taxes: $15,425 MLS# 2813655

83 Executive Drive, Manhasset Hills Sold Price: $722,000 Date: 03/18/2016 4 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Split # of Families: 1 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $9,943 MLS# 2822276

65 Wilton Street, New Hyde Park Sold Price: $300,000 Date: 11/17/2015 3 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 46x34 Schools: New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Total Taxes: $3,949 MLS# 2791270

106 Schumacher Drive, New Hyde Park Sold Price: $605,000 Date: 04/14/2016 4 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 76x100 Schools: Herricks Total Taxes: $10,483 MLS# 2823360

Editor’s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in New Hyde Park 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 New Hyde Park and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

Vape shop draws safety worries from Floral Park residents Continued from Page 2 live entertainment except for the shop’s grand opening, and would most likely not host parties at the store. Employees would scan every customer’s identification to make sure no one younger than 19 enters the store, he said.

Yadav’s other stores have seven or eight customers at a time, he said. They usually stay about 10 or 15 minutes, but some do stay longer, he said.

“If we say there was a culture of smoking which was killing half a million people a year, compared to this, vaping — if it’s considered a culture here, then it is a culture,” Yadav said. “At least it’s not killing anyone.”

Yadav’s proposal follows efforts in nearby villages to restrict where vaping businesses can operate or ban on-site vaping.

Floral Park’s Board of Trustees also tabled a decision Tuesday that would clear the way for a 36-unit apartment project at the former site of Koenig’s Restaurant on South Tyson Avenue.

Woodbury-based Questus Capital Management’s $7 million mixed-used project has the village Zoning Board of Appeals’ approval, but it needs a specialuse permit from the Board of Trustees to keep using the property at 85 S. Tyson Ave. as a parking lot.

Eight residents said they were wor-

ried the project would only exacerbate problems in an area that’s already congested and short on parking spaces.

“Parking there is absolutely critical,” said Bill Corbett, who owns a business on South Tyson Avenue. “It’s hurting people, hurting business. We just can’t expand our businesses, and it’s tough just to maintain it the way it is.”

A traffic study showed the project would not significantly affect traffic or parking because relatively few residents would bring cars to the “transit-oriented” development, located within walking distance of Floral Park’s Long Island Rail Road station, said a traffic engineer, Wayne Muller.

Muller said planners worked with local officials and the Floral Park-Bellerose school board to address safety concerns in the area.

The development will have 78 parking spaces between the lot and a firstfloor parking garage in a new four-story building, attorney William Bonnesso said.

The two-story building that formerly housed Koenig’s Restaurant will have a restaurant or retail store on the ground floor and will have two additional floors of apartments, he said.

Tweedy said the Board of Trustees will make a final decision after the village Architectural Review Board examines the project.

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The question: to rent or not to rent?

You’re sick of renting and it’s becoming expensive. You’re looking around and finding so many people are purchasing a co-op, condo or house.

You’re thinking, maybe it’s your moment to consider buying, too.

So the first step would be to begin seeking out a referral to a lending institution to provide you a pre-qualification or commitment letter.

You will need two years of tax returns, or if self-employed you will need to be in business for at least two years and provide your 1099 forms and tax returns, also for two years. You will need two to four weeks of your pay stubs, ID with photo, and information on all debts (credit cards, installment loans, mortgages or any other types of liabilities).

With that in hand, you begin your search for an experienced, knowledgeable, credible and straight-shooting broker or salesperson to assist you in your journey to find your home. You will begin your search either with a referral from a friend or business associate or, as many are doing, going online, to locate a Realtor.

You find several and interview them, settling on one or possibly two; because working and feeling comfortable with more than two agents, can become unnecessary, if you vet and interview the agents

properly.

Even exclusive listings can be shown by any Realtor by state law, and he or she can represent you as a buyer’s agent.

Remember, for most, this will potentially be the most expensive purchase of your lifetime; so you want to have the most experienced and qualified person to assist you: a broker or salesperson who will listen twice as much as he talks (two ears and one mouth) and fully understands your specific needs and wants based on your budget, towns you would consider, type of property to purchase, bedrooms, baths and condition and most importantly, your timeline for moving in.

Now you are armed and somewhat prepared with what you need to go to battle in this crazy highdemand, low-inventory, historic 40-year-low-interest-rate market.

You’re looking for yourself, with your sweetheart, girlfriend or wife and you’re finally going to pull the trigger and buy something, so you can now be your own landlord and gain the tax benefits, appreciation and freedom of owning.

It also eliminates the fear of having to move when your landlord doesn’t renew your lease, because he sees the excellent market we are currently experiencing and decides to sell.

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smells from cooking or noise from music or your parties, and don’t want to pay any more increases.

Or more devastating, he or she tells you, “my kids are moving back home and I will not be renewing your lease.”

Whatever the reasons, it is still a pain to have to find another rental, with potentially higher prices, and packing up everything while working your job or business.

The stress of it all can be overwhelming, and with your tendency to procrastinate you start to feel your blood pressure rising from the day-to-day grind of looking for and finding another place to live.

The scary realization that you must move very soon is starting to give you palpatations.

However, all of a sudden, you have an epiphany, making a deci-

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You have the money – by the way, you can use money from any retirement plan to buy your first primary residence without penalty and you can do this every two years – and the thought of owning something is becoming a more positive reality and you are starting to get excited. Are you single, bringing up your family, starting one or maybe just a five-year plan and then possibly moving up to a larger space or lastly, just moving out of state, due to the high cost of housing and taxes? Many more people are leaving New York than are moving into the state. In certain towns and locations, one must have much deeper pockets than average, as do many professionals across the Long Island area who are employed in the medical, legal or financial professions. However, the typical home in the U.S. is now selling for $225,000. As we know, in a good to superior area with above average schools in Long Island, you couldn’t buy a piece of land, let alone a home for that amount of money. So it’s survival of the financial fittest.

Yes, it is rough out there, but if you put your mind to work the money can be earned; it all depends on how motivated you are to change your financial situation and if you are willing to go back to school and learn a different trade

part time.

As I always say, “If you keep doing the same thing, expecting different results” you are in the business insanity syndrome. But, more important, look at someone who is doing what you do, five years longer than you. Get used to it, that is exactly what you will be doing. So if you don’t like what you see, what are you going to do about it?

The money is here in Long Island. You just have to make a greater concerted and committed effort to gain more knowledge, put in more time, apply what you have learned and bend down, where you will find the money. Unfortunately, 35 percent of the people are renters. That can change, if those individuals do something about it.

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Take the steps to ensure your parents have a safe and comfortable future. After all they’ve done for you over your lifetime, volunteering as a representative payee is just one way to show how much you care for and appreciate them.

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Pidot tries to throw wrench in Martins’ bid Continued from Page 2 for the North Shore district stretching from Whitestone, Queens, to Kings Park in Suffolk County.

State Appellate Division judges ruled June 17 that Pidot has 1,261 valid signatures, meaning both he and Martins have valid petitions.

But after three days of hearings, Diamond agreed with the Board of Elections that there was not enough time to create new primary ballots before Tuesday.

The federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act, or MOVE Act, also plays into the case. It requires states to send absentee ballots to members of the military stationed overseas at least 45 days before a

federal election.

New Republican primary ballots would have to be mailed by mid-July for a vote by mid-September, Pidot’s court filing says.

Martins’ lawyers have argued neither state nor federal law would allow a second primary, and there is no precedent for holding one except in cases of fraud, which has not occurred here.

Murray said Pidot also did not defend his petition signatures before the Board of Elections in May despite having two extra days to do so.

O’Reilly said Martins’ lawyers dragged out the proceedings by delaying hearings.

Pidot challenged the Board of Elections’ rejection of his petition in Nassau County Supreme Court on May 6, but Judge Thomas Adams dismissed it May 11 because of procedural issues, court records show. Pidot asked Adams to reconsider May 19, records show, but the judge rejected the request.

Pidot appealed to the state Appellate Division June 13, which he could have done after Adams dismissed his challenge the first time.

But O’Reilly said he went back to Adams because the judge ruled the opposite way in a similar case when he was on the Appellate Division bench.

Great Neck South grads ready for next step Continued from Page 30 “You are prepared and ready to move on to a life beyond South High School,” Prendergast said to the graduating seniors.

“It is indeed gratifying to know that you have matured and are ready to tackle the challenges that lie ahead as you seek and work towards your goals.”

During her speech, she thanked all of the district’s teachers for their efforts in challenging students to become intellectually mature.

“Our many gifted and talented teachers have helped our graduates to discover their abilities and develop an inquiring mind,” Prendergast said.

While life in college would be a busy, she said, the students should always remember where they came from and call their parents often just to say hello and not when they are in need of something.

South High’s principal, Su-

san Elliott, told students that there might be a lot of pressure on them to figure out where they are headed in life, but they have time to determine what career path to take.

“Not everyone has a passion with a capital P,” Elliott said. “As your life unfolds, pay attention to what you like and what you don’t.”

She reflected on her first job answering phone calls in an empty office, thinking it would be a fit for her since she was all alone and did not have much to do.

“I learned that I liked to work and I liked to be busy, so I found the busiest job I could find,” Elliott said.

South High’s valedictorian, Emily Bae, said during her speech that students might feel like all eyes are on them all the time because of social media, family and friends, but they should not try to be what other

people want them to be.

“If there’s anything I learned in high school, it’s that every external accomplishment starts from the inside,” Bae said. “I’m still trying to be a strong person, but sometimes you have to fake it until you make it.”

“Trust in your intuition and push yourself to turn your inner dream into an outer reality,” she added.

Bae said she told her friends she would avoid using clichés in her speech comparing life to a “road or path” because of all the different types of people that made up the graduating class.

“The class of 2016 is diverse and talented and everybody is different,’’ so don’t waste time living someone else’s life, she said. “There will always be someone smarter than you, wealthier than you, prettier and skinnier than you, more athletic than you, but everyone faces hardship in some way at some point.”

Annabelle Golden, one of four student speakers selected by the school to give a speech at the graduation ceremony, cited Dr. Seuss when telling her fellow graduates to be themselves and not what other people want them to be.

“As a freshmen, for the fear of not being cool, the person you are versus the person you let people see, are going to duel,” Golden said. “By the time you are a senior, I hope that you have learned, that pretending to be someone you are not, is surely acting a fool.”

Michael Shen, another graduate speaker, referred to a Chinese proverb in his speech about not limiting oneself to a single opportunity.

“I’m sure that all of you, like myself, have tripped, stumbled and maybe even occasionally fallen. And that’s OK,” Shen said.

“Here in Great Neck there is the expectation that we will succeed

every time on the first try, no matter the task or the difficulty.

Unfortunately, that is not the case in the real world.”

Haley Roach, the third student speaker, reflected on overcoming her fear of change and how attending South High made her more confident.

“This school and the people have become my family and my home away from home,” Roach said.

Lance Kim, the final student speaker, delivered a speech which produced numerous bursts of laughter from the audience about the graduates and the roles they will play in society.

“I don’t know how to do laundry, balance a checkbook or pay my taxes, but I do know one thing: the world needs us, desperately, now more than ever,” Kim said. “We are unprepared underclassmen again, and that should be the most terrifying and exciting thought ever.”

Continued from Page 49 times it can be embarrassing, but you will never know if you don’t try,” Martins said.

Laura Ferone, president of the Floral Park-Bellerose Board of Education, added to Martin’s sentiment in her speech, saying the students shouldn’t be afraid of failure, but instead afraid of

not trying. Ferone described failure as a temporary detour, not a dead end.

“If you haven’t achieved your goal, you just simply aren’t done,” Ferone said.

She touched on the definition of commencement, which she said is a unique word, meaning both a celebration and the

start of something new.

“This graduating class has forever left its imprint on the halls of Floral Park Memorial,” Ferone said. “Your very existence these past years has been woven into the fabric of Floral Park Memorial history.”

The salutatorian, Reema Kumar, spoke about the balance

that students should strive to keep as they move forward toward success. She said school is about more than just the academics, it’s about the memories.

“You have to work hard, but you also have to play hard,” Kumar said. “Never compromise your own happiness. Go outside, socialize with your friends,

be reckless.”

Kumar also served as vice president of her class and president of the Model United Nations Club.

“At the end of the day, the legacy you leave is not just the things that you accomplished, but more so in the relationships that you have built,” she said.

Valedictorian to class: don’t forget ‘crises’

Herricks class hailed for sense of ‘empathy’ Continued from Page 24 from the website Urban Dictionary: “Pretty much the most diverse school you’ve ever seen, moreover, probably the most brown school you’ve ever seen.”

As of last year, the school’s student body is 54 percent Asian, 39 percent white, 7 percent Latino and 1 percent black, according to state Education Department data.

The experience with that diversity will be an asset to the graduates, said the school principal, Samuel Thompson. “Not only does your future depend on it, but that of our community, our country and our world,” he said.

But given the district’s affluence — only 6 percent of Herricks High students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch

— Chen told the seniors they should not ignore others’ hardships or experiences that they might not understand.

“I want you to meet so many different people and be pushed so far outside of your comfort zone that you say, ‘Why? I wish I know what it was like to live on the other side of the tracks, because then maybe I’d know how to deal with this better,’” Chen

said. “Or, ‘I wish I hadn’t grown up with a silver spoon in my mouth, because that’s made me complacent and indifferent to all the suffering that occurs right in front of me.’”

Herricks became a home for Cohen and the rest of the graduates, he said: “It isn’t perfect ­— it never is — but it is ours.”

The stress of college and the challenges of the future may

make them homesick, Celano said. But he encouraged the graduates to stay confident in those times.

“Some of the professions that you will experience in the future may not even exist today, but don’t be concerned about that uncertainty, because you’re capable of doing anything — anything — in life,” Celano said.

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7th Katie’s Run brings NHP together

Continued from Page 3 dreds of people gathered at the village’s Memorial Park to see the runners finish and participate in a festival that included food, live music, raffles and children’s activities.

“It means a lot that people are keeping her memory alive, and that they respect the job that the family is doing, helping so many people,” said Eileen McBride, Katie’s grandmother.

The McBrides started the run after Katie died in 2008 of Burkett’s lymphoma, a rare childhood cancer, at age 11. They started the Katie McBride Foundation in her memory to support the Ronald McDonald House, where they stayed during Katie’s treatment.

Since the first Katie’s Run in 2010, the foundation has given more than $84,000 to the Ronald McDonald House and more than $62,000 to local charities and families in need, according to the foundation’s website.

The second-place women’s finisher, Lesli Hiller of New Hyde Park, said she has Photo by Noah Manskar seen the run grow in the four years she Katie’s Run also featured a kids’ “fun run,” a short sprint to the finish line. has participated because of the McBrides’

effort to promote it using email and social media.

Many of the runners are “friendly competitors,” she said, but they always remember the cause.

“We keep Katie in mind all the time,” said Hiller, the Nassau County Police Department Running Club’s vice president.

The McBrides have tried to make Katie’s Run a family-oriented gathering, Eileen McBride said. The event offers things many other runs don’t, such as the food and raffles, Michael McBride said. Many children in attendance also participated in their own “fun run,” a short sprint to the 5K finish line.

Faiza Zafar and Shujana Dhar of New Hyde Park said Katie’s Run lets their children get more involved in their community while getting their faces painted or playing in the bounce house. It’s also a chance to see some of their teachers from the Manor Oaks School, they said.

“It’s nice because it gets the whole community involved, and ... it helps to bring that awareness to your children, because you got to start them young,” Zafar said.

Salon dream becomes reality in Floral Park Continued from Page 50 to go to waste,” Paulino said. “I feel a lot of pride that I took something over that he built, and I’m taking it to the next level.”

According to Paulino, expanding the business that his father created has been a major goal.

Since he has taken over the business, the salon has begun selling more retail products such as shampoos and conditioners and has expanded its hair coloring business with Paul Mitchell.

He said he has been exploring more branches of business than when his father was running the salon.

Ben Peters is also a Paul Mitchell Fo-

cus salon, which is a designation that is not given to a vast majority of salons.

According to Paulino, Ben Peters is the only Paul Mitchell Focus salon in the Nassau area.

“In order to become a Focus salon, you have to service a certain amount of clients and retail sales,” he said.

But the main focus of the staff at Ben Peters is to keep the customers happy and feeling beautiful, Paulino said.

The salon is a getaway for many clients, so the Ben Peters staff tries to create an environment where the customers can relax and escape the stresses of their daily lives, Paulino continued.

Top grads tell class to strive to make change Continued from Page 26 all know that we could do more — getting off of your phones for a minute and just talking to people, offering a helping hand or a shoulder to cry on, even just giving someone a genuine smile.”

Every New Hyde Park student had to overcome obstacles to achieve their goals, Daniel said. That could mean asking for extra help or trying out for a sports team, salutatorian Carolyn Wilson said, or going in and out of classes for several months, as Daniel said he did in ninth grade.

It takes courage to get past those obstacles, Wilson said. That courage stays true to New Hyde Park Memorial’s “gladiator” spirit, Bangug said, referring to the school’s mascot.

“You all are as amazing as you are because, just like a gladiator, you have fought to become that way for your family, your friends and your teachers who believed that you could,” Bangug said.

Support from family and friends has made the graduates’ courage possible, Wilson said. Along with teachers, they helped Daniel get through the overwhelming “dark time” in ninth grade when he was afraid to go to school, he said.

The graduates should keep that courage and remember that they are not alone as they move forward into “a whole new world,” she said, referring to Disney’s animated film “Aladdin.”

“Take that leap of faith onto the flying magic carpet and fight for what you believe in,” Wilson said.

“My father always said that it only takes one bad experience for a customer to not come back,” he recalled.

For the future, Paulino said, he would like to have to more staff and stylists, in addition to attracting more customers. He said he also has aspirations to expand the store if the opportunity arises.

He said he also hopes to continue to keep his staff satisfied and content.

“If you don’t have a happy staff, you don’t have a business,” Paulino said.

As for keeping the business in the family, Paulino said his son or niece would be welcome to take over the salon if they expressed a desire to do so.

After three years of officially running his father’s salon, Paulino said he feels pride to have achieved this dream, but he said he is also aware that success of the salon is due to his father and the closeknit community that they have been a part of for 45 years.

“It was all of his late hours, never coming home, and standing on his feet that made this salon what it is,” Paulino said. “Forty-five years in business is an achievement in itself, and we’re only in business still because of the support of the people of Floral Park and the surrounding area.’’

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buyer’s guide ▼ antiques

$$ Top Cash Paid $$

“We clean and pamper your car”

Oil Paintings, Mid-Century Accessories 1950s/60s, Porcelain, Costume Jewelry, Sterling Silver, Gold, Furniture, Objects of Art, etc.

• 1 Pc.or entire estates • Premium prices paid for Tiffany, Damaged Meissen Porcelain, Bronzes, Quality Pieces Marble, etc. also

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STRONG ARM CLEANING Residential and Commercial Cleaning Specialist • Post construction clean ups • Stripping, waxing floors • Move Ins and Move Outs

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New Doors New Windows New Moldings Free Estimates

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Homeheating Heating oil Oil home

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LAMPS FIXED $ 65 In Home Service Handy Howard 646-996-7628

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No Fee For Visa/MC/Discovery or Debit Cards

• We haul anything & everything • Entire contents of home and/or office • We clean it up and take it away Residential - Commercial Bonded Insured / Free Estimates

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lawn sprinklers

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Dream-Tyme Limousine Inc. 516-735-1138

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PAINTING/POWER WASHING painting

MOVING & STORAGE INC.

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est. 1978

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Exterior Power Washing Rotted Wood Fixed Staining

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• Slate, Tile, Flat Roofs • Asphalt and Wood Shingle Roofs • Gutters & Leaders Cleaned/Replaced • Professional New Roof Installation Free Estimates Expert Leak Repairs Lic./Ins. • Local References RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL

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MOVERS

• Residential • Commercial • Piano & Organ Experts • Boxes Available

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HUGE SAVINGS on WINDOW TREATMENTS •Plantation Shutters •Pleated Shades •Wood Blinds, •Custom Drapery •Expert Installation Call Pat

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LONG ISLAND BEST TREE SERVICE

SPECIALIZING IN: Land Clearing Elevation Tree Removal Cutback Trimming Pruning Stump Grinding Taping Storm Damage Reasonable Rates • FREE ESTIMATES No Job too Big or Small

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Community Meetings Village of Baxter Estates Board of Trustees Meeting

Thursday, July 7 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 315 Main Street Port Washington (516) 767-0096 East Williston School District Board of Education Reorganizational/Business Meeting

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

Wheatley School 11 Bacon Road Old Westbury (516) 333-7804

Village of Great Neck Board of Trustees Meeting

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

Village Hall 61 Baker Hill Road Great Neck (516) 482-0019

Village of Great Neck Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting

Thursday, July 7 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 61 Baker Hill Road Great Neck (516) 482-0019 Village of Great Neck Plaza Board of Trustees Meeting

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

Village Hall 2 Gussack Plaza Great Neck (516) 482-4500 Great Neck School District Board of Education Organizational Meeting

Village of Kensington Architectural Review Board Meeting

Village of Old Westbury Planning Meeting

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

Village Hall 2 Nassau Drive, Great Neck (516) 482-4409

Tuesday, July 5 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall One Stone Hill Road, Old Westbury (516) 626-0800

Manhasset School District Board of Education Reorganizational Meeting

Village of Plandome Board of Trustees Work Session

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

Manor Oaks School 1950 Hillside Avenue New Hyde Park (516) 434-2350 Village of Manorhaven Planning Meeting Tuesday, July 5 @ 7:00 p.m.

Village Hall, 33 Manorhaven Boulevard Port Washington (516) 883-7000

Village of Mineola Board of Trustees Meeting

Wednesday, July 6 @ 6:30 p.m.

Village Hall 155 Washington Avenue Mineola (516) 746-0750 Mineola School District Board of Education Reorganizational Meeting

Tuesday, July 5 @ 7:00 p.m.

Willis Avenue School 121 Jackson Avenue Mineola (516) 237-2000 New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District Board of Education Meeting

Tuesday, July 5 @ 7:00 p.m.

Village Hall 65 South Drive, Plandome (516) 627-1748

Port Washington School District Board of Education Reorganizational Meeting

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

Schreiber High School 101 Campus Drive, Port Washington (516) 767-5805 Village of Port Washington North Board of Trustees Meeting

Wednesday, July 6 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 3 Pleasant Avenue Port Washington Village of Roslyn Estates Planning Meeting

Wednesday, July 6 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 25 The Tulips, Roslyn Estates (516) 621-3541 Village of Saddle Rock Board of Trustees Meeting

Wednesday, July 6 @ 8:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 18 Masefield Way, Saddle Rock (516) 482-9400 Village of Sands Point Planning Meeting

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

Phipps Administration Building 345 Lakeville Road (516) 441-4000

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

Manor Oaks School 1950 Hillside Avenue New Hyde Park (516) 434-2350

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

Village Hall, 26 Tibbits Lane Port Washington (516) 883-3044

Great Neck Water Pollution Control District Board of Commissioners Meeting

Village of North Hills Architectural Review Board Meeting

Village of Williston Park Board of Trustees Workshop Meeting

Thursday, July 7 @ 8:30 a.m.

District Office 236 E Shore Rd, Great Neck (516) 482-0238

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

Village Hall, One Shelter Rock Road, North Hills (516) 627-3451

Monday, July 5 @ 7:00 p.m.

Village Hall 494 Willis Avenue, Williston Park (516) 746-2193

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Employment

Help Wanted ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WANTED:The Waldorf School of Garden City seeks a highly-organized, team player to join our community as an Administrative Assistant beginning August 15th, 2016.

This is a full-time salaried, 11-month per year position. The ideal candidate should have a B.A. degree, excellent interpersonal, writing and computer skills and the ability to multi-task while maintaining discretion with confidential materials. A sense of humor is also an asset.

Interested applicants should forward a resume and cover letter to: Sabine Kully, Faculty Chair at kullys@ waldorfgarden.org To learn more about the Waldorf School of Garden City visit our website: www.waldorfgarden.org Candidates will only hear back if under consideration.

COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHER WANTED:The Waldorf School of Garden City seeks a P/T teacher to teach a high school computer science class starting in September 2016. 40 minute afternoon classes 4 times per week. B.A. required.

Interested applicants should forward a resume and cover letter to: Roland Rothenbucher, High School Chair at: RRR@waldorfgarden.org.

To learn more about the Waldorf School of Garden City visit our website: www.waldorfgarden.org CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER: Full time, NYC. Experience a must. Experienced in alteration and renovation work required. Send resume to submitresumes3@gmail. com

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CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE: Delux Transportation is seeking a highly movtivated customer service representative. We are looking for an individual with significant high volume call center experience with data entry. The individual needs good communication skills and must be able to handle a flexible schedule which may include nights and weekends. We are open 24/7. Excellent benefits. Please forward your resume and salary requirements to dawn@deluxtransportation.com

HAIR STYLE PROFESSIONALS AND ASSISTANTS: BLOW BEAUTY BAR of Manhasset seeking talented, ambitious, passionate individuals to grow with our team, always eager to learn. We are a modern upscale busy salon. Call Denise 516-365-1111

DISPLAY ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: 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 communication skills to sell display, web and email advertising. Earn up to $60,000 in the first year representing 6 Blank Slate Media publications and website as well as 5 publications and 1 website owned by Blank Slate Media’s partner, Litmor Publications.

Minimum 2 years outside sales experience required. Must have own car. Protected sales territory, salary plus commission, health insurance, paid holidays and sick days. To apply, please email resume and cover letter to sblank@theislandnow.com or call Steve Blank at 516-307-1045 x201 FACTORY​/​MANUFACTURING position, part time. Mature, dependable person for dental manufacturing company. Will train. Flexible hours, retirees welcome 516-499-8530

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NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION PART TIME Blank Slate Media, a fast-growing chain of 6 award-winning weekly newspapers and website, is looking for a person experienced in Adobe In Design to lay out newspaper pages on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Offices conveniently located in Williston Park. To apply, please email a resume and cover letter to: sblank@theislandnow.com or call Steven Blank 516-307-1045 x201 PICTURE FRAMER: Williston Park frame shop looking for a part time picture framer. Experience a plus, will train right person. Email Aiden@ mantraframing.com or call 516-7479110 RECEIVING SSI OR SSDI? Want full time work? Social Security Ticket to Work can help. Call American Works of New York, Inc. 855-2681935

Situation Wanted AIDE​/​CARE GIVER: CARING, EFFICIENT, RELIABLE Available Mon-Fri live in to care for your sick or elderly loved one. 14 years experience. Just ended 7 years with previous patient. Cooking, light housework, bathing, administer medications. References available.

Call 516-448-0502

situation Wanted situation Wanted AIDE​/​COMPANION With a sunny personality seeking position to care for your loved ones. Several years experience with dementia, alzheimers, sundown syndrome. References available. Flexible hours. Call Marcia 347-551-1720

HOME HEALTH AIDE:seeking companion​/​private job caring for the elderly. 20 years experience, doctors appointments, cooking, light housekeeping, laundry. Driver’s license. 347-869-3927 or 718-7761343

CARE GIVER: CNA AIDE looking for companion​/​aide position FT​/​PT live in. Will do light cleaning, showers, baths. Experienced with excellent references. Nursing home experience. Licensed driver w/ own car.

Please call Merlyn 516-303-3167

HOME HEALTH ATTENDANT​/​LPN CERTIFIED: Available to work & care for elderly. Live in or out. Offering Skilled Nursing Care full time or part time. Overnight also. Please call Audrey Allen: 516-444-2331

CLEANING SERVICE AVAILABLE: Houses, Apartments, Offices. Experienced, excellent references.

Reasonable rates. Reliable, dependable. Free estimates. Email or Call:LorenaJoya10@hotmail.com 516-782-3324

MOMS​​NEED HELP? GCHS graduate, responsible, energetic 18 year old young lady looking for work as a Mother’s Helper and​/​or Babysitter. I drive and have my own transportation. Hours​/​situation flexible.

References furnished upon request.

Please contact 516-398-1181

CLEANING SERVICE Portuguese woman, English speaking expert housecleaner with 15+ experience looking for 1 or 2 houses to clean in Garden City, Manhasset, Roslyn, Roslyn Heights. If you want the very best, call Isabel! 516-444-1196 Please leave message with your name, number & time of call.

EXTRAORDINARY CHILDCARE GIVER: Seeking lucky Garden City family for our beloved nanny now that our kids have grown. Highly recommended by two GC families who consider her like family. Call Dolores 516-410-8110 or Katie 516-7428779 for information.

HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR available to do any odd jobs around your home​​yard work, cleaning out & organizing garages and basements, pet sitting, party help, etc. Call Drew 516-712-5361 or 516-741-9669

Newspaper Production - P.T. Blank Slate Media Blank Slate Media, a fast-growing chain of 6 award-winning weekly newspapers and website, is looking for a person experienced in Adobe In-Design to lay out newspaper pages on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Office is conveniently located in Williston Park.

To apply please email a resume and cover letter to sblank@theislandnow.com or call Steven Blank at 516-307-1045 x201.

Requirements: Experience with Adobe In-Design and newspaper layout

NANCY’S CLEANING SERVICE Let me do the work for you! Homes, apartments and offices! Vacuuming, mopping, sweeping, organizing, etc.

Professional appearance Excellent references English speaking Own transportation Free estimates! Call or text Nancy 516-469-5517. Email: nancybenitez023@gmail.com NANNY AVAILABLE: Over 15 years experience caring for newborns, infants, toddlers and twins. Available Weekends. Excellent references upon request. Licensed driver with car. Please call 516-884-8111 NURSING ASSISTANT​/ HOME CARE ATTENDANT Nurse’s assistant available to care for the elderly.

Live in or live out. Offering compassionate home care full time or part time. Available for overnight also.

Please call 347-543-5960

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LOOKING TO BUY!

CDLA TRACTOR TRAILER Classes forming. financial aid, Pell grants, Post 911 GI Bill, job placement assistance and housing if qualified.

National Tractor Trailer School Liverpool and buffalo (Branch) 800243-9300 www.ntts.edu​​consumer information: http:​/​​/​ntts.edu​/​Programs​/​Disclosures

Tag Sale *BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900 email: store@atstewartexchange. org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org

Marketplace DINING ROOM SET FOR SALE: Brand new. Too big for apartment.

Dark wood, 4 leather chairs & 1 extension leaf. Located in Garden City.

Asking $450. Call 516-326-2496 POWER TOOLS FOR SALE: drill press, table saw, band saw, scroll saw, belt​/​disc sander, router, planer.

Reasonable offer accepted. 516621-1419

Wanted to Buy CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Up to $35 /​Box! Sealed and Unexpired. Payment made SAME DAY. Highest prices paid! Call JENNI today! 800-413-3479 www. cashforyourteststrips.com LOOK! Old clocks and watches wanted by collector regardless of condition. Highest prices paid. 917748-7225

LOOKING TO BUY! Oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-386-1104 or 917-7753048 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www. iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

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INVITED SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Friday July 8, 2016 9:30 am 213 Nassau Blvd Garden City, NY 11530 Ethan Allen furniture pieces for living room and bedrooms, wicker furniture, garage items, outdoor furniture, jewelry, collectibles, kitchen and housewares...Visit www.invitedsales.com for pictures and details !

pets

Pets For Adoption KITTENS! FREE FOR ADOPTION Adorable 7 weeks. All colors. Vet checked​/​shots. 2 male & 2 female.

Garden City. 516-984-2650

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 516-505-9717 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 PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINING Doggie Day Care Boarding Dog Walking Mobile Socialization Program Backyard Clean-up GC Resident 516-382-5553

automotive

Auto Services BEDLINERS: Apollo spray on Kevlar bedliners are now available at Haven Auto Repair. Call Eddie at 516-767-3981. The finest bedliner available anywhere for your pick up or truck.

Autos Wanted DONATE YOUR CAR to Wheels For Wishes, benefitting Make-aWish. We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible.

Call 631-317-2014 Today!

real estate for sale

Office Space WILLISTON PARK Newly renovated 1300 sf. on Ground Floor.

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Notice of Formation of Millo Accessories LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02-25-2016. Office location: Nassau County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 93 3rd Street, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY. SOUTHEASTERN FINANCIAL NETWORK, LLC, Pltf. vs. THOMAS FRISCO, et al, Defts. Index #10969/07.

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Nov. 20, 2013, I will sell at public auction at CCP (Calendar Control Part) Courtroom in the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 11:30 a.m., prem. k/a 110 Lincoln St., Garden City, NY. Parcel I k/a Lots Nos. 321 to 325 inclusive, on a certain map entitled, “Manor”surveyed April 1915 by William H. Parry, C.E. and C.S. and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau as Map No. 223, Case No. 1764 on April 21, 1915.

Parcel II k/a Lots Nos. 15 and 16 in Block B, as shown on a certain map entitled, “of Shaw Gardens, situate at Steward Manor, Garden City, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, owned and developed by the Nation Wide Home Builders Corporation, 116-120 W. 32nd Street, New York City, July 1925, surveyed by George A. Fairfield, C.E., Mineola, New York”and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau on Sept. 25, 1925 under the File No. 575, Case No. 580. Parcel III k/a Beginning at a point on the Westerly side of Lincoln St. also known as Tenth St. distant 520 ft. Southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Westerly side of Lincoln St. and the Southerly side of Stratford Avenue; being a plot 100 ft. x 100 ft. Approx. amt. of judgment is $750,000.00 plus costs and interest. Sold subject

to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

GEORGE ESERNIO, Referee.

THE MARGOLIN & WEINREB LAW GROUP, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 165 Eileen Way, Ste. 101, NY. #88736 NHP 143693 4x 6/17, 24, 7/01, 8, 2016 #143693

Notice of Formation of INFINITE INVITATIONS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/24/2016. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 56 Jeffrey Place, Manhasset Hills, NY 11040 Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Queens firm moves to NHP Continued from Page 1 relocation because of the difficulty of growing in the city.

Initially David looked into moving the business to South Carolina, but after approaching the development agency in 2013, he saw that the company might not have to go far.

“My main concern was our employees, and them being able to maintain their jobs,” David said. “[The IDA] gave us some cost certainty ideas which work for us.”

Keystone will be operating out of two spaces in New Hyde Park, a 48,759-square-foot building 50 Denton Ave., and a 21,000-square-foot building at 2040 Jericho Turnpike. The renovations to the buildings are expected to generate 15 construction jobs, according to a press release from Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano’s office. Keystone purchased one building for $8.2 million and will lease the other.

As part of the arrangement with the IDA, David’s company will receive an exemption for property taxes and instead make payments in lieu of taxes. The payments in lieu of taxes or PILOTs are for well less than what would be owed for taxes.

Joseph Kearney, executive director of the development agency, said Keystone’s plan will last 10 years, with a fixed payment on their two buildings for seven years of $252,831 per year.

For the last three years of the agreement, the tax will increase annually by a rate of 1.56 percent. The company will have the option to apply for a five-year extension of the PILOT following the conclusion of the

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF NEW HYDE PARK PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of New Hyde Park will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., at the Village Hall, 1420 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park, New York 11040, or at some other location to be hereafter designated by the Board of Trustees, in order to receive public comment upon the following: Mario Bellevue Personal Training Facility 149 Covert Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 32/94/163 Section 195-7.B. Special Uses.

A building may be erected, altered or used for any purpose set forth in this subsection only when authorized by the Board of Trustees as a special use after a public hearing: (11) Health clubs and gymnasiums At the aforesaid time and place, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.

By Order of the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of New Hyde Park Cathryn Hillmann Village Clerk-Treasurer Dated: June 9, 2016 NHP 143735 1x 7/01/​2 016

current agreement with 1.56 percent yearly increase in their payments.

A Keystone representative said company officials are ready to close on one of the buildings upon approval of the agreement.

In addition to provide financial incentive for companies to locate in Nassau County, the IDA also serves as liaison for company executives, connecting them with local laborers and unions for the renovations of the buildings Keystone will occupy.

“They [offered] it in a way where I felt like I wasn’t coming here alone and I had a group to be there,” David said. “That’s important in business, it’s not always the dollars and cents of it.”

“Nassau County is no longer fighting the exodus of jobs, but rather, we are effectively competing and attracting employers back to our communities,” Mangano said in a press release. “My economic development team continues to attract employers to Nassau County where they enjoy success due to the skilled workforce, expanded housing opportunities, low crime rate and quality of life we offer.”

David said the IDA’s assistance was crucial to his decision to move the Keystone’s operations to Nassau County.

“They gave me the cost certainty and the comfort of knowing that I have someone to work with moving forward,” he said. “I feel if there are any pitfalls they will be willing to help, and I think they’re very positive towards business.”

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Continued from Page 1 on the right priorities and can work in a bipartisan manner to deliver results,” said Martins, a former Mineola mayor who lives in Old Westbury.

“That’s what I’ve done since my first day in public service. I look forward to discussing these issues over the coming months.”

In written statements Wednesday, Kaplan, Kaiman and Stern encouraged Democrats to unite behind Suozzi to ensure Israel’s seat stays in their party’s hands.

“While we did not prevail at the polls, the fight for these critical issues — and to make Congress work for New York’s middle class families again — goes on,” Stern said.

Israel announced in January that he would not seek a ninth term in Congress. Suozzi’s victory comes despite Israel’s endorsement of Stern, his fellow Suffolk County lawmaker and friend of 20 years.

Stern, of Dix Hills, recruited Israel’s former campaign staff and had Israel appear in one of his TV ads.

Suozzi made his ability to “get things done” the cornerstone of his campaign, saying it would set him apart as a bipartisan worker in Washington. His campaign consultant Kim Devlin said that message and his emphasis on in-person campaigning resonated with voters.

“It’s very evident that voters are looking for someone who will just simply do something,” Devlin said.

Suozzi said he will maintain his focus on issues in the general election campaign. He wants to hold “town hall” events like the 16 he held throughout the Third District

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Tom Suozzi after winning Tuesday night’s Democratic primary at Ben’s Kosher Deli in Greenvale. in the primary season, but centered on specific issues rather than geographic areas.

“If it’s a positive campaign in the general election, we’re going to win this election because we’re going to win on the issues,” Suozzi said.

Suozzi aides said about 25 percent of Democrats turned out in his hometown of Glen Cove, indicating his roots there are still strong.

Suozzi thanked the city Tuesday night for its support “through thick and thin.”

The five Democrats showed few policy differences, but each touted unique proposals and credentials.

Kaiman pledged to create a national version of Project Independence, the program he started as town supervisor to help senior citizens stay in their homes as they age. Kaplan said her unique life ex-

perience as an immigrant and as the only woman in the race equipped her to best represent the ethnically diverse district. Stern championed a federal version of his Suffolk County program to turn vacant homes into housing for veterans, which Israel introduced in the House last year.

Embracing an outsider identity, Clarke said campaign finance reform is essential to progressive change on other issues and eschewed donations from special-interest and thirdparty groups.

Despite taking a large loss Tuesday, Clarke said he was glad Suozzi won. “We both have the same goal of revitalizing the Democratic Party,” he said Wednesday.

On a phone call Tuesday night, Suozzi encouraged Clarke to run for office again and offered to help his future campaigns.

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Merillon Giants trounce Glen Oaks, 11-1 Merillon Field was filled to capacity on Saturday, June 11 to see the Merillon Giants take on the team from Glen Oaks.

The Merillon Giants scored three runs in the first on a two-run single by Jimmy Weedon and a groundout by Kenny Hirschfeld.

Weedon racked up three RBIs on two hits for the Merillon Giants.

Four Merillon Giants pitchers combined for a one-hitter while striking out 14 batters. Way to go Vinay Patel, Kenny, Jimmy and Ryan Wasserman who struck out the sides in the final two innings to nail down the win.

The Merillon Giants pushed across two runs in both the third inning and the fourth.

In the third, the Merillon Giants scored on

an RBI single by Jimmy, plating Wasserman.

The Merillon Giants built upon their lead with two runs in the fourth. A basesloaded walk scored Anthony Ponzo Jr. to start the scoring in the inning. Stephen Lopez and Scotty McClellan made a few great plays in the field.

The team from Glen Oaks showed a lot of heart and played a great game. We would like to thank all the support of the fans who came out to watch the Giants play this year. Hats off the kids who had a great season going 11-1 and really coming together as a team. The coaches could not have been more proud.

Lastly a special thanks to our sponsors: Thomas Barbaro, DPM and Parker Jewish Institute.

Manhasset Crew teams honored at North Hills ceremony North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth attended the Manhasset Crew Spring Awards ceremony at North Hills Country Club on June 17 and presented certificates of recognition to the Varsity and Novice Girls Teams, and Varsity and Novice Boys Teams. Bosworth congratulated all team members and coaches on all their hard work and dedication, and thanked the parents for their support all season long. Manhasset Crew is the award-winning rowing team for Manhasset High School, having won numerous state and national championships as well as the prestigious Stotesbury Cup throughout its team’s history.

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