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Jack Martins enters county executive race

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Pledges to restore Nassau’s glory after years of scandals, instability

BY N O A H M A N S K A R Former state Sen. Jack Martins announced his Republican campaign for Nassau County executive on Wednesday, pledging to restore the county to its former glory after years of scandal and instability.

In a news conference at Mineola Village Hall, Martins said he would bring ďŹ nancial strength, transparency and safeguards against public corruption to Nassau County, as he did in the village he led as mayor for eight years. “We have the ability to rewrite our history and to make sure that we take this county and make it the pre-eminent county that it was for its ďŹ rst hundred years,â€? Martins told a crowd of about 50 village oďŹƒcials, community leaders and other supporters.

Martins, an Old Westbury resident who lost a bid for Congress last year, is the Nassau County

Republican Committee’s choice to replace the current Republican county executive, Edward Mangano, who has pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges and has not said whether he will seek re-election.

The GOP’s executive committee is set to vote to endorse Martins on Thursday, according to two party sources who are both members of the executive committee. No senior party oďŹƒcials were present at Wednesday’s news conference.

In an interview Tuesday, Martins said the decision to run was not an easy one, given the county’s political and ďŹ scal problems. But if elected, he would push to create a procedure to recall corrupt elected oďŹƒcials from oďŹƒce and impose stricter limits on political donations and gifts, he said. “You have to take the issue Continued on Page 26

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Matt Kaplan, who will be playing Marcellus, and John Brooks, who will be playing Harold Hill, in “The Music Man� on Thursday at the Jeanne Rimsky Theater at the Landmark on Main Street.

Village panel says Baxter House owner violated law

BY ST E P H E N ROMANO The Village of Baxter Estates Landmarks Preservation Commission said on Monday that the owner of the Baxter

House has violated the historic preservation law by letting the home fall into disrepair.

The commission voted 4-0 at a meeting to authorize the village’s building inspector to issue violations under the his-

toric preservation law to the home’s owner, Sabrina Wu. Jim Bradley, the attorney advising the commission, said he will draft a more formal resolution that will be voted Continued on Page 63

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Synagogues to host Port school budget anti-Semitism event set at $151 million To discuss how to handle hate on local levels

Residents to vote on it, trustees on May 16

BY ST E P H E N ROMANO

BY ST E P H E N ROMANO

Seven North Shore synagogues and the Sid Jacobson JCC are hosting a joint event on Sunday to discuss rising concerns over anti-Semitism on Long Island.

The event, Responding to Anti-Semitism in Our Community, will feature a panel of local community leaders addressing community concerns, while analyzing the current situation and offering solutions to help combat the anti-Semitism on a local level.

“People are concerned so while Jewish organizations have dealt with it on a global and national level, it became apparent that synagogues themselves weren’t fully versed on how to respond to individual events on a local level,” said Matt Harris, a board member at the Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore, where the event will take place.

The event’s panelists will include Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove); Etzion Neuer, director of community services at the Anti-Defamation League in New York; Nassau County Police Deputy Commissioner Patrick Ryder; and Karen Sloan, president of the Port Washington Board of Education.

Rabbi Jodie Siff of Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore will moderate the event.

“From a barrage of bomb threats made against Jewish community centers to a swastika scrawled on a bathroom wall at Schreiber High School, from a social media post depicting a local Jewish politician as a character from ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ to a Disney-sponsored Youtuber streaming “Death to all Jews” to our children’s phones, rising

Port Washington residents next month will vote on a $151.2 million school district budget for 2017-18 that calls for a $4.5 million increase in spending and a 1.01 percent tax levy increase.

The budget, which will be voted on by residents on May 16, calls for increases mainly in spending for health benefits, increasing staff and salary.

Medical insurance spending increased 11 percent, jumping from $19.05 million to $21.14 million.

Mary Callahan, the district’s assistant superintendent for business, said medical insurance rates increased this year.

The district allocated funds to hire two new administrators for the district, including a new elementary assistant principal and an associate administrative literary specialist, as well as a district-wide nurse and 15.4 instructional positions, some of which will split time between schools.

“We are pleased that budget strikes a balance between providing increased resources for our students and being mindful of the impact on taxpayers,”

anti-Semitism is no longer just a worldwide problem, it’s a local one, Siff said.

A string of anti-Semitic events occurred on the North Shore in the fall, beginning with a student discovering a swastika in a bathroom at Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington.

A month later in December, police investigated swastikas and the phrase “Make America Great Again,” President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan, spraypainted on sidewalks in Mineola.

Police also arrested a Plainview man for allegedly drawing more than 100 swastikas and anti-Semitic messages on the walls of buildings at Nassau Community College.

“It’s urgent that people of all faiths and backgrounds come together and work toward making our communities safe for everyone,” Siff said.

Harris said people from the synagogue have been reaching out to other community groups, developing relationships with police officials, school officials and other houses of worships.

“We’ve been going to a lot of these meetings and making contacts,” Harris said. “We’re very excited by the response from local governments and officials.”

The community response to synagogue’s outreach has been positive, Harris said, with other synagogues wanting to cosponsor the event.

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Superintendent of Schools Kathleen Mooney said.

The proposed hires include a high school English teacher, a high school art teacher and music, health, foreign language and physical education teachers, as well as general teachers.

Spending on teachers’ salaries for elementary schools increased by $1.4 million in the budget, going from $20,750,499 to $22,181,178.

The budget also calls for a $654,407 increase in spending for teachers’ salaries at Carrie Palmer Weber Middle School and Paul D. Schreiber High School — a jump from $21,333,534 to $21,987,941.

The budget allocates a $447,443 spending increase for school supervision, which includes principal and assistant principal spending, as well as spending for the two new administrative positions.

The budget calls for slight increases in spending in other areas, including programs for students with disabilities.

There is $9,372,563 allocated to non-instructional paraprofessionals, a 2.95 increase from last year’s budget.

“I think everyone was very pleased that the Board of EduContinued on Page 55

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‘This is pretty much all I think about’ Jane Breskin Zalben’s paintings will be on display for the library’s children’s room opening

BY ST E P H E N ROMANO Jane Breskin Zalben, sitting in the kitchen of her Sands Point home on a Thursday afternoon, said the last two years of her life have changed drastically after spending more than 30 years writing and illustrating.

Although she has written more than 50 books, including children’s picture books and novels, in the last two years, following her mother’s death, she has been painting more than eight hours a day.

After studying art at Queens College and lithography at the Pratt Graphics Center, Zalben began her career as a graphic designer, working for several publishing houses in New York, and then began writing books herself.

However, starting at age 5, and all through college, Zalben, who has lived in Port Washington for 39 years, focused on painting.

With her career now going come obsessed with painting. full circle and transitioning back “I wake up in the middle of to art, Zalben said she has be- the night and this is pretty much

Port Washington Public Library’s Children’s Room when it reopens late in the summer.

“It’s not the first show in Port Washington, but it’s the first show I am having of my new life, which is a shift,” she said. “It’s sort of returning to where I came from and being a painter.”

Zalben’s painting obsession is evident in her home, from the two-car garage she has turned into a studio to the walls filled with work of both present and past.

Tucked away on the right side of her home is a sun porch where she paints, as natural light beams through the windows, exposing each brush stroke on a group of paintings hanging on the wall.

“I like painting on the sun porch,” she said. “It’s all glass and I like that I am inside out even in the winter.”

About four inches of medical gauze hangs from a painting Zalben has put up in the sun porch, a new technique she incorporated after discovering an excess of all I think about,” she said.

Zalben’s paintings will be it from when her mother was in featured on the walls of the the hospital.

She said her style isn’t changing because she is tired of how she was painting, but because she’s always thinking of new ideas.

“My mind is always moving,” she said. “That’s just how it works.”

Although Zalben has been focusing on painting over the past two years, her work in publishing, especially when she was the art director of children’s books at Scribner, a publishing house, led her into writing, which she continues to do to this day.

One of her novels, “Four Seasons,” which is about a young piano player, was lauded by author Judy Blume, who called it “heartfelt, lyrical, and humorous, with unforgettable, true-tolife characters.”

Zalben has written picture books, young adult books, middle grade fiction and even cookbooks.

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Maragos’ surplus claim questioned Nassau had $39M left over for 2016, mostly from borrowing; NIFA says county has deficit

BY ST E P H E N R OM A N O Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos said on Monday that the county ended 2016 with a $39 million surplus but noted that by the county ďŹ scal control board’s standards, it had a $73 million deďŹ cit.

Maragos called the county’s surplus a “winâ€? for the county and taxpayers because expenses were “somewhat controlled.â€? “While on the surface, the county ďŹ nancials appear to have improved, the administration continued to rely on unnecessary borrowing,â€? Maragos said. “Nevertheless, the fund balance will increase, the structural gap will narrow and the NIFA presentation results will fall below guidelines.â€?

The surplus is primarily due to the $105.8 million the county borrowed, which was approved by the county Legislature and the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority, the county’s ďŹ scal control board, Maragos said.

Adam Barsky, NIFA chairman, said using borrowed money for operating expenses “creates GAAP deďŹ cits that keep the county in a control period and is one of the leading causes for the county’s county stress.â€?

George Maragos “Despite Comptroller Maragos’ announcement, the facts remain that Nassau County has a $72.9 million deďŹ cit based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principals (GAAP) and New York State law,â€? Barsky said. “NIFA remains steadfast in requiring the County to eliminate these practices and the deďŹ cit to end the state-mandated control period.â€?

Maragos said the $274 million in county reserve funds and other funds should be used. “I urge the county Legislature to use the growing fund balance to restore bus services, increase funding for youth services, reduce fees and lower property taxes, especially for seniors and veterans,� Maragos said.

Eric Naughton, deputy county executive of ďŹ nance, said in a statement that NIFA has said the fund balance cannot be used to pay for these services. “While the administration may agree with some of the comptroller’s desires, NIFA has made it very clear that the county cannot use fund balance to pay for recurring expenses such as restoring bus services or increasing funding for youth services,â€?

Naughton said. “What shouldn’t be lost is that the comptroller is showing that we have dramatically improved the structural gap. In 2014, the comptroller stated that the structural gap was $240.5 and now it is only $45.5 million.�

A NIFA spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.

Naughton said the budget for 2018 will have no structural gap and no borrowing.

Maragos said recurring revenues were lower than budgeted by $82 million and

recurring expenses were lower by $36 million.

The resulting $45.8 million negative variance, Maragos said, was reduced by more than $70 million in one-shot revenue items, $22 million in one-shot lower expense items and $62 million in operating expenses paid with borrowing, resulted in a potential $111.6 million surplus.

Maragos switched parties last year to run as a Democrat for county executive.

County Legislator Laura Curran (DBaldwin), who is also running for county executive, condemned Maragos’ announcement. “Just like Ed Mangano, George Maragos must really think taxpayers are dumb,�

Curran said in a statement. “If he borrowed $100 to pay a $20 bill, he’d expect us to believe he earned an $80 ‘surplus.’ And that’s what he’s doing now. Borrowed money — which taxpayers will be paying back for years — is not ‘a surplus.’ We need to ďŹ x the mess in Mineola, and that starts with telling taxpayers the truth.â€?

Assemblyman Chuck Lavine, who is also running for county executive, said “We have a duty as public servants to tell the truth even when it’s not popular.�

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County Dems seek tobacco age hike

BY M A X Z A H N Nassau County Legislator Arnold Drucker (D-Plainview), along with his six Democratic colleagues in the legislature, filed a bill on Monday that would raise the minimum age for the purchase of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and other tobacco products to 21.

The proposed legislation, called the Tobacco 21 bill, comes on the heels of successful efforts to pass such an age minimum in the Town of North Hempstead in November and the Village of Williston Park in March.

Suffolk County and New York City also have the age minimum in place.

“Tobacco 21 is a bill that saves lives,” Drucker said. “If one adolescent can be saved, this law is worth it.”

“We’re lagging behind on this issue,” Drucker added. “It doesn’t make sense someone can buy tobacco in some parts of the county and not others.”

Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves (R-East Meadow) said, “As with all newly introduced items, we will research and review this bill.”

The proposal mimics a measure put forward in 2014 by late Democratic Legislator Judy Jacobs, the predecessor to Drucker in the 16th District, which takes in parts of Roslyn Heights, Old Westbury and Oyster Bay. The Republican majority in the legislature, led by Gonsalves, did not allow the measure to come to a vote.

“Raising the minimum age for sale of all tobacco products to 21 means that fewer youth will ever pick up this deadly addiction in the first place,” said Patricia Bishop-Kelly, a member of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and Suffolk County Board of Health.

“Approximately 96 percent of all smokers began before the age of 21,” said Carol Meschkow, Nassau manager of the Tobacco Action Coalition of Long Island.

“Adolescent brains are uniquely vulnerable to the effects of nicotine and the younger the age of onset the greater the risk of nicotine addiction. Further compounding the matter, the brain doesn’t fully develop until the age of 25, affecting areas like critical decision making, controlling impulses and addiction,” she added.

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Nassau County Legislator Arnold Drucker (D-Plainview) speaks in favor of raising the county’s minimum tobacco-purchase age to 21 on Monday.

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Dem national chair calls for local focus Tom Perez says in Woodbury remarks county, town, village races hold key to partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future

BY N O A H M A N S K A R Local elections like those in Nassau County this year could help propel Democrats to political success on a national scale in 2018, the Democratic National Committee chairman told Nassau Democrats on Monday.

The chairman, Tom Perez, expressed optimism that Democrats could take control of the county Legislature and said the DNC would lend a hand in municipal races such as those this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The new mission of the new Democratic National Committee is not simply to help elect the president of the United States; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to help elect Democrats up and down the ticket, from the school board to the Senate,â&#x20AC;? Perez told the crowd of about 1,200 people at the Nassau Democratic Committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spring fundraising dinner in Woodbury Monday evening.

Perez was the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keynote speaker after a weeklong nationwide â&#x20AC;&#x153;unity tourâ&#x20AC;? with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Ver-

litical success. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our unity is our greatest strength as Democrats,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is Donald Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst nightmare.â&#x20AC;?

Perez touted the success of Jon OssoďŹ&#x20AC;, the Democrat who won 48 percent of the votes in an 18-way all-party primary in Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deeply conservative 6th Congressional District, as proof of the DNCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s momentum following President Donald Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inauguration.

In his travels around the country, Perez said, voters have told him they need to know more about what Democrats stand for, besides their opposition to Trump and his administration.

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Zausner inducted into tennis hall of fame Serves as president of the Port Washington Tennis Academy, tries to improve children’s lives

BY ST E P H E N ROMANO Dick Zausner, president of the Port Washington Tennis Academy, was inducted into the Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame on Friday at the Beach Point Club in Mamaroneck.

“It’s a very nice honor to be named to the hall of fame,” Zausner said. “This is all about kids and education.”

Zausner’s father, Hy Zausner, founded the tennis academy in 1966, and he began working there at an early age, before eventually taking over the academy after his father became ill.

From early on, Zausner said, he wanted to help children — not only at becoming better tennis players, but to get into college and succeed in life.

“It’s all about using tennis as a way of furthering your goals,” he said. “That’s the goal.”

The academy, which is the largest indoor tennis facility on the East Coast with 17 indoor courts and a 1/4-mile track, was created as a nonprofit facility not only to help children but Port

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PORT WASHINGTON TENNIS ACADEMY

Dick Zausner, president of the Port Washington Tennis Academy, was inducted into the Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame last week.

Washington, too.

Zausner said the academy donates to over a dozen local nonprofit organizations, including the Community Chest of Port

Washington, the Port Washing“We give many donations to ton Parent Resource Center, the many Port Washington youthPort Washington Counseling oriented organizations and also Center, the Port Washington Se- the senior center,” he said. nior Center and more.

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Port Washington since the early 1970s, was born in Manhattan and worked in real estate before taking over the tennis academy full time.

Zausner said no matter who comes to train at the academy, he and the staff always try to provide them with the best opportunities.

“Our main goal is to be able to help children earn college scholarships,” Zausner said. “We are a nonprofit organization that believes in providing as many opportunities for children that we can.”

The tennis academy primarily trains children from ages 4 to 18, but also offers a variety of adult programs as well, including singles play, doubles play and private lessons.

Tennis legends John McEnroe and Vitas Gerulaitis, both Queens natives, trained at the academy.

Having been involved in the tennis academy for over 40 years, Zausner said he will always be a part of it.

“I’ll be a part of it until I drop dead,” he said.

Sands Point adopts $11.4 million budget

BY ST E P H E N R OM A N O The Village of Sands Point Board of Trustees on Tuesday adopted an $11.4 million budget for 2017-18 that calls for a 2.4 percent spending increase and a 1.29 percent tax levy increase.

The village’s tax increase remained below the state property tax cap for the sixth straight year.

Spending will increase from $11.18 million to $11.46 million.

“I am pleased to report that the village’s tax levy increase for the 2018 fiscal year beginning June 1 will remain below the state property tax cap,” Mayor Edward Adler said in a letter to residents.

“Unlike some prior years, there are few significant swings anticipated in projected revenues and expenses from the current fiscal year’s budget,” Adler said.

The budget’s largest increase is spending on police personnel and police benefits and expenses.

The budget allocates $3.98 million for police personnel and $2.24 million in police benefits and expenses for the Sands Point Police Department — the fourth highest paid force of any village in the state, according to the Empire Center

for Public Policy.

According to a report released by the Empire Center in August, a total of 20 Sands Point police officers made an average of $166,850 as of August 2016.

“The Police Department’s budget for FY 2018 and future years will be impacted by the negotiations now underway with the Sands Point PBA,” Adler said.

“The current contract is in the final year of a four-year term which ends this May. The FY 2018 budget adds a new budget category which provides for officer retirement multi-year payouts. The Village has no control over retirement decisions by individual officers, but a new program gives officers a tax incentive for setting a retirement date more than a year in adContinued on Page 19

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Opinion OUR VIEWS

‘Free tuition’ good politics, bad law

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s a talking point in a potential run for president in 2020, the bill recently signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo for “tuition-free college for the middle class” makes a lot of sense.

But as a way of making college affordable for everyone in New York State, it is a cruel hoax aiding just a small number of New Yorkers and even then with harmful strings attached.

Yes, the Excelsior Scholarship provides free tuition to students from families making up to $125,000 a year (by 2019).

But it only applies to students who attend the State University of New York or the City University of New York.

Why not private colleges and universities?

In fact, thanks to a review process that appears to have had little or no oversight from the state Legislature it is unclear whether the state’s 150 private colleges and universities will lose students to CUNY or SUNY. Or if in the long run the finances of SUNY and CUNY will be hurt by having to rely on students’ tuition.

The program’s income limits also leave many people out.

According to The New York Times, one legislative estimate said a program called “outrageously ambitious” will reach only about 32,000 students.

Those not included are parttime students who make up a large portion of the community college population and poor students, who are expected to use the state’s Tutition Assistance Program or Pell Grants or other aid.

The Excelsior Scholarship also does not cover room and

board — the cost that is keeping many poor students out of college.

But it does pay for tuition for New Yorkers who make double the state’s median income.

The law will also hurt its recipients.

Students who receive free tuition for four years have to remain in New York for four years after graduating, or pay the money back.

Somebody offers the student more money out of state? Too bad, unless you want to repay the free tuition.

This is a stupendously bad idea that is sure to catch the attention of state legislatures across the county — to the disadvantage of college graduates everywhere.

The program, like the rest of the state budget, also fails to address the many students who are unprepared for college after graduating from public schools in New York.

Fewer than half of the African-American and Hispanic students in New York public colleges graduate within six years.

Virtually untouched in the budget are the wide disparities between school districts in school spending per pupil under an education system mostly financed by property taxes.

Under this system, spending for students in wealthier districts almost without exception exceeds those of students from poor districts.

Which means that more money is spent on white students and less on African-American and Hispanic students.

We’ll leave it up to the reader to determine whether this is intentional or not.

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This disparity is not helped by the state-mandated tax cap. In fact, just the opposite.

By requiring 60 percent of the public to approve increases in the tax levy above the state tax cap, poor districts are less like to bridge the gap in spending.

We have many concerns about charter schools.

But we understand well the desire of parents from poor districts who want to find an alterna-

tive to the under-resourced, underperforming schools where they often are forced to send their children. The first few years of school can seal the fate of a child’s performance in school and well beyond.

State Senate Republicans, many of whom owe their victories to millions of dollars from hedgefund-supported pro-charterschool political action committees, have pressed to increase the number of charter schools in the state.

Like charter schools or not, this budget is a great argument in the Republicans’ favor.

The idea of free tuition was first made popular by Bernie Sanders in his run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 and then picked up by Hillary Clinton, the eventual nominee.

We think the idea has much merit.

But what Cuomo has produced does not.

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A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Trying a day without science

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fully intended to go to the March for Science.

I set the alarm the night before.

But in the morning, something went wrong.

The alarm never went off.

“That’s odd,” I said, shaking my smart phone. “I set it last night.

What’s the matter?”

“Never mind,” said my husband. “By my watch, we can still catch the train, if we hustle.”

“Is it going to rain?” I asked him.

“Let me check my phone.

Hmm. That’s weird, there’s no forecast. Better bring extra jackets.”

We made the train with seconds to spare.

As I looked out the back window, fog blocked out the station, briefly.

But soon I was absorbed in trying to connect with friends in the city.

“That’s funny,” I said. “The phone doesn’t seem to be working, and it’s not like we’re even near the tunnel yet.”

“Is it charged? How many bars are showing?”

“It says 100%, but no bars. I don’t get it.”

I lapsed into silence, but not for long.

“Speaking of bars, have you got a snack? In all the rush, I skipped breakfast.”

My husband handed me two, from the stash he seems never to be without; he thinks I turn into a werewolf when I’m hungry.

“Hey, wait a minute,” I told him. “What are these? They look strange. Where are the ones with high protein?”

“Darned if I know,” said my husband. “All they say is ‘Dr. Wondergut’s Miracle Health Cure.

Guaranteed Healthy’!”

“But where’s the nutrition label, to back that up?” I ask. “Or a list of ingredients? We’re just supposed to take their word for it?”

But I was starving, so I ate them anyway.

They tasted like sawdust.

“Do you know where everyone’s meeting?” my husband asked.

“No, I’m supposed to call from Penn Station. I hope my phone starts working soon!”

“And will they have signs for us to use?”

“Yes. They’re going to say ‘Without Science, give back your smart phone; wifi; weather fore-

JUDY EPSTEIN A Look on the Lighter Side casts; GPS; electric lights; radio; and microwave!’”

“You know, Judy, I have to say, you keep confusing ‘science’ with ‘technology.’ Everything you’ve listed is really technology.”

“So what’s ‘science,’ according to you?”

“Well… the theory of relativity; Maxwell’s equations; the periodic table of elements…”

“Stop right there. Maybe you’re right — but the way I see it, scientific research is the goose, and technology is the golden egg. You can’t have the eggs if you kill the goose!”

Just at that moment, the lights

went out and our train ground to a halt.

“We don’t know what’s wrong,” the conductor said, “but the power has failed and our radios aren’t working. We apologize for the inconvenience.”

Then he helped everyone get safely off the train.

We went to look for a cab, but a cloudbank of fog descended; and when it cleared, the train was gone, and we were standing at a fence by a field.

“Where are we?” I asked my husband.

“I wish I knew; the GPS isn’t working! But presumably we’re still on Long Island.”

“Maybe he can tell us.”

I pointed to a man, who was plowing the field with some oxen.

When the animals stopped near our fence, I asked, “Sir, would you happen to know how we can get to the march from here?”

“March? What march? They’re not marching to war again?”

“No, no — at least, I hope not.

It’s just a March for Science.”

“And for Technology,” added my husband.

“You have to march for Technology? Why? Who’s against it?”…

“Well, I guess some people are.

They think we’re moving too fast.”

“Not fast enough for me! You take this plow, for example. I hear tell as Thomas Jefferson’s just invented a new one — one that turns over the soil, same time as it cuts.

Just think — I could get twice as much acreage done and planted.

Who wouldn’t want that? It’s a godsend!”

“You’ve convinced me,” I said.

“Now, if you could just point us toward the train…”

“She means, the water,” my husband added hastily. “Toward Long Island Sound.”

“Oh, now I get you! Just a few miles that way,” he pointed. “Can’t miss it!”

Through some miracle, the fog had lifted, just as we found the station.

“Let’s go home,” I said, collapsing exhausted onto the bench for the eastbound track. “I’ve had quite enough of A Day Without Science.”

“Or Technology,” added my nit-picker spouse.

“Just for that, you’re going to microwave the leftover Chinese food for dinner.”

“Amen.”

ON THE RIGHT

Gov. Cuomo’s presidential budget

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very time Gov. Andrew Cuomo gets the presidential bug, New York taxpayers get the short end of the stick.

In late 2011, for instance, when he thought President Obama might not be re-elected in 2012 due to Washington gridlock, Cuomo strove to prove that he could accomplish what Obama could not: raise personal income tax rates.

Candidate Cuomo in 2010 had pledged that as governor he would “veto any increase in personal or corporate income taxes or sales taxes.”

Cuomo had opposed extending the so-called “Millionaire’s Tax” that was set to expire on December 31, 2011.

He told the Wall Street Journal, “I was against it at the time, and I still am. It’s a new tax. It was supposed to sunset.

If it doesn’t sunset, it’s a tax [increase].”

Cuomo went so far as to compare his refusal to extend the tax to his father’s principled opposition to the death penalty

during his gubernatorial years.

However, Cuomo abandoned his solemn pledge and signed into law an extension of the “Millionaire’s Tax,” which actually kicks in at about $200 thousand for singles and $300 thousand for married couples, to improve his image with the National Democratic Party.

To be a serious contender for the 2020 presidential nomination, Cuomo must not only rack up a big third-term reelection victory in 2018, he must quell a primary challenge from the far left that could embarrass him as Zephyr Teachout did in 2014 when she garnered 34 percent of votes cast.

To achieve these ends, Cuomo must placate the Bernie Sanders wing of his party.

And he began that process by signing into law for fiscal year 2016-2017, a big spending state budget laden with fat.

Cuomo’s budget raises taxes.

The “Millionaire’s Tax” has been extended once again, and he approved a three-year healthinsurance tax that will cost con-

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right sumers $69 million.

A sop to a group that will have a large contingent at the next Democratic Convention, organized labor: a tax deduction for union dues.

E.J. McMahon of the Empire Center think tank, points out that this plum “is effectively a $35 million gratuity for an already privileged caste of (mostly government) workers, in this case,

mainly those drawing six-figure incomes.”

To make inroads with Hollywood’s beautiful people, Cuomo extended the $420 million annual tax credit on in-state movie and TV production — a cause favored by media companies, studio owners, producers and movie labor.

And then there is Bernie Sanders’ number one favorite: free college tuition for state university students whose families make under $125,000 annually.

Cuomo pushed for what he has called an “irrefutably smart” program so he can claim he was the first in the nation to get it done.

But few on the left or right have marveled over the plan.

New York Times conservative columnist David Brooks, while conceding that Donald Trump “sets the bar very high,” declared that “Cuomo’s free-tuition plan gets the award for the worst public policy idea of the year….”

He listed seven sensible reasons why the “Cuomo College Fi-

asco” is counterproductive.

Brooks concluded it is regressive and may actually “widen the gap between rich and poor” because the lure of free tuition will cause better prepared middle class kids to apply and “that will exclude students with lower credentials who tend to be from more disadvantaged homes.”

Interestingly, the Times editorial board agreed.

Pointing out there are a “lot of holes” in the program, the editors quoted McMahon’s comment that “Mr. Cuomo has ‘hastily reverse-engineered’ the process to get the headline he wanted.”

To buy off other interest groups, there’s billions in porkbarrel spending including $400 million more for Cuomo’s scandal-ridden Buffalo projects and $385 million for a slush fund that hands over money for projects of favored state and local officials.

New York’s $153 billion record-breaking budget was a big win for Cuomo’s presidential ambitions but a loser for taxpayers who must pick up the tab.

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OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Long Islanders march for science, survival

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here was a warm camaraderie among the hundreds of Long Islanders who boarded the LIRR for ‘The March for Science.”

I felt bolstered by the scores of Hofstra students, staff and faculty.

The warmth of friendship we shared contrasted sharply with our concerns about the overheating of our globe.

One 9 year-old carried a handmade sign that said: “THERE IS NO PLANET B!” One could have spent the entire Manhattan day along Broadway inspired by the signs alone (90 percent of them home-made — so much for the fake news that citizens are taking to the streets as pawns of paid extremists).

Any person who observed this citizens’ march would be impressed by the age and ethnic diversities.

There were folks with canes, crutches, wheelchairs and walkers.

There were very young children and infants in strollers, carriages and on the backs of their parents.

“HEAL THE WORLD” was a sign by a junior high school girl.

A group of teenagers carried

signs that read: “BOOKS NOT BOMBS!” and, every so often, they had rousing chants using those words.

It rained during part of our demonstration, but nothing dampened our spirit.

When we processed down Broadway and reached Columbus Circle, hundreds of folks lined our route, cheering and waving signs of their own.

In my fantasy, there was a feeling of being a marathon runner in “The City of the World” — although in striving for changes of policies, values and conduct we moved from the personal to the social with objectives of the utmost consequence for all, not just the marchers.

For this special occasion, I donned my red, short-sleeve, pullover sweater.

It always reminds me of the customary garb of the great social critic, Studs Terkel (his photo adorns my wall of heroes).

Every time I wear that sweater I think of that May date in 1982 when I was walking north on the Hofstra Unispan.

Coming the other way was Max Zaretsky, a leader in the Hofs-

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field tra P.E.I.R. program for elders.

He was wearing a “Terkel” red sweater.

“Max,” said I, “wish I had a Studs Terkel sweater like that to wear to the June 12 protest in Central Park against nuclear dangers.”

He immediately took off his sweater, and handing it to me, said: “Wear on June 12 and to all your future citizens’ protests.”

I am striving to keep the spirit of Max and Terkel.

It was my pleasure to chat with many people in the March, and to be inspired by the depth of their knowledge and the scope of

their empathy for others.

To be sure there were a number of partisan signs deeply critical of the 45th President.

How could there not be?

“TO ABANDON TRUTH IS TO ABANDON FREEDOM.” I felt a strong emotional response to a 2-year-old on his father’s shoulders, holding a sign (from Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax”) that read: “I SPEAK FOR THE TREES.” Walking alongside him and his dad was his mother, who carried a large hand-crafted sign that said: “UNLESS.” A young man who told me he was a college math major carried this sign: IT’S 2017, NOT 1702.”

While I was once a good math student, I had to ask him to explain.

He said he was just fooling around pushing our present year numbers back to a time when science was primitive (in the process using this year’s four digits for an earlier time — could just as easily been 1720, he said).

Among other striking homemade signs were: “RESIST THE NEW DARK AGES,” “MAKE

AMERICA SMART AGAIN” and “GO GREEN BEFORE GREEN GOES.” Two women, about my age, carried a huge sign with a picture of Earth and a large caption that read: “I’m WITH HER!” Two male college students also carried a large sign with a globe.

On their sign in hand-printing, larger than the globe size, was: “SHE’S HOT!” Some of my other favorite signs included: “A WOMAN’S PLACE IS IN THE LAB” and “SCIENCE IS NOT SILENCE.” As an ice cream lover, I relished the sign of a huge cone, topped with a large scoop and then the caption: “YOU WOULDN’T LET YOUR ICE CREAM MELT, WOULD YOU?” Many signs expressed this theme: “INVEST IN SCIENCE, NOT WAR.” Indeed, every careful student of history knows that in a democracy: “The Power of the Budget is the Power to Choose.”

It’s budget time for the President and the U.S. Congress.

How do you want them to choose?

PULSE OF THE PENINSULA

Big choices for G.N. in school election, bond vote

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he Great Neck community will have another opportunity to come out and demonstrate its support for public education and maintaining the excellence of our school district on May 16, when a revised (reduced) bond referendum to raise $68,339,262 to serve the district’s capital projects needs for the next 20 years comes up for a vote.

This is $17 million less than the original bond, which was defeated by 113 votes in February with an shamefully small turnout.

One theory is that the community, which has never before rejected the school district’s bond request, was complacent that enough voters would turn out in favor.

But the consequence of that was that the most forward looking projects to keep Great Neck on the leading edge of 21st Century Education — the building of a new Clover Drive Early Childhood Center ($6.6 million) for pre-K and to take up the kindergarten from overcrowded Baker school to serve the north end of town comparable to the Parkville Pre-K program on the south end, and a new building at Cumberland to house SEAL (Supportive Program

for All Learners, which actually generates revenue for the district by accommodating out-of-district students and Pupil Personnel Services (another $9.8 million) — were sadly scuttled.

In addition, the scope of the proposed addition and interior alternations at Baker School was reduced by $1.2 million.

It is important to recognize that while the district allocates some $4 million each year on maintenance and capital projects from the operating budget, the projects that are funded through a bond — new science laboratories and media centers; new roofs, windows, masonry, toilet rooms and air conditioning in public spaces — are too expensive to be afforded within the annual operating budget. This is largely because of the ridiculous constraints of the state’s property tax cap that limits the increase in the tax levy to whichever is the smaller, 2 percent or the CPI inflation rate, coupled with the practical matter that the people living here today should not have to shoulder the full financial burden of improvements that last 20 years.

With the reduction in the amount that is being raised

KAREN RUBIN Pulse of the Peninsula through bonding, the average home, which the county assesses at $750,000 would see a $203 increase in school taxes, beginning in 2021 when the full amount is bonded.

That amount — like a mortgage or a home-equity loan — would remain constant over the 20 years of the bond (there is no balloon payment), so in effect, would become less of a burden precisely because of inflation. I spent more than that on a dinner for four at a restaurant, with not nearly the same social or community benefit, or protecting the

investment in my home value and our future as a society.

The school district has also done the fiscally prudent thing in pursuing this bond at this time because the last bond — from 20 years ago — will be paid off in 2018. If it lapses, taxpayers will see a much bigger increase in their tax bills when the district has to go out for a new bond.

Also, interest rates are still at historic lows, though expected to rise. What is more, the district is rewarded for its excellent fiscal management with a triple A bond rating.

Since the last bond 20 years ago, the school district spends regularly on capital projects — $42 million over the last years. And in this capital program, which actually totals $77.8 million for all the scrupulously analyzed projects ($51.7 for building envelope condition critical projects and $26 million for educational and building enhancements), $9.5 million will come out of reserves.

Also, Great Neck is one of the few school districts in New York State that is actually seeing increased enrollment. This is particularly apparent at Baker school.

In 2008-9 school year, enrollment

was 6,200; the current school year has 6,507 and by 2021-22 school year, we are projected to have 6,619. The property tax cap formula does not take into account increased enrollment: while enrollment is increasing 2.7 percent for next year, the increase in the amount that can be raised from property taxes for the budget is limited to 1.26 percent.

The community will vote May 16 on the bond referendum at the same election as the school (and library) budget, as well as selecting two new board members from among six candidates running to fill the vacated seats of Lawrence Gross and Susan Healy — truly a “watershed election” as Gross noted.

As Rebecca Sassouni, running for Susan Healy’s seat, noted during the candidates’ panel on April 24, “It goes back to metaphysics: who are we, what are our values, who is involved in this community, what do we represent? These are value propositions, not only about money, but what is important about living in Great Neck. That’s what you vote on.”

See the district’s website, www.greatneck.k12.ny.us for details and answers to FAQs.

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KREMER’S CORNER

Nothing in life, including ‘free tuition,’ is free

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or the past six months, college-bound students have been going through the agonizing experience of finding the college that meets their needs and getting accepted.

This ritual ends in the next few weeks when the students awaiting final acceptances learn their fate.

Even with a final decision, these young people must face the quandary of having enough special aid to enable them to afford their chosen school.

During the first week in April, too much fanfare, the state Legislature, exhausted from days of waiting for their leaders to make last-minute deals, adopted a new budget for the coming year.

There was much good accomplished but one of the actions taken raises serious questions about whether the state

Legislature should have had more time to approve a new and dramatic higher education scholarship program.

The law that the governor approved promises to provide tuition-free education for New York college students.

On its face, the idea of freecollege tuition for every student attending a state or city university is a very progressive idea.

If a family earns no more than $100,000 a year, their son or daughter will be able to attend a state or New York City college with no tuition charges.

Like many major government programs, there is one omitted feature.

The various charges for living expenses, textbooks and travel, which could be almost as costly as tuition charges, are not included.

The program assumes that

JERRY KREMER Kremer’s Corner each eligible student will be attending college full time and will complete the degree process in four years.

Many poorer families do not have that luxury, as their college bound children can’t complete

the degree programs in that period of time.

Students who have to work during the day and attend college at night do not finish their college career in a four-year period.

That is especially the case of students who attend community colleges.

If you are able to get into this new program there is another hitch.

Upon graduating, a participant in the program must remain in New York State for a period of four years.

If you leave to take a job in New Jersey or take advantage of the abundant jobs in the tech industry in California, you lose the free tuition and it is converted into a loan.

There are plenty of jobs in this state, but they have to fit your skills.

If you are trained to work in the hospitality industry, you can’t seek work during those years at an out-of-state job.

This program does nothing for the state’s 131 private colleges.

As a college trustee, I am very much aware of the problems this law causes for the private sector.

Many smaller colleges in this state need a set amount of students to stay alive and the lure of the new program may cause some schools to shut down, depriving students of programs that no other schools offer.

Overall, the idea behind this new program is laudatory.

But the state Legislature should have taken some extra time to craft what could have been an outstanding achievement.

READERS WRITE

Drug ads help advance public health

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here’s a dangerous disease spreading amongst political and media elites — “soundbite-itis.”

It causes policymakers to advocate ill-informed policies that hurt the very people they want to help.

Exhibit A: The Washington Post, John Oliver, and state legislators are all alarmed that the pharmaceutical industry “spends more on sales and marketing than on [research and development].”

They want to impose new restrictions on drug companies’ advertising to stop this seemingly wasteful spending.

Let’s set the record straight.

When pundits and politicians speak about “sales and marketing,” the picture they paint is of direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising — the public face of Big Pharma.

In 2016, drug companies spent $5.6 billion on DTC ads.

In recent years, they spent

roughly $60 billion on R&D. Commercials featuring amorous middle-aged couples in claw foot bathtubs are a lot sexier than lab equipment and research teams, but they’re not nearly as expensive.

Admittedly, total marketing budgets exceed R&D budgets at most big drug manufacturers.

But the category of “marketing and sales” is extremely broad — it includes product sampling and communications to tens of thousands of physicians, legal and accounting fees, salaries, rent and utilities, and all post-licensure programs deemed necessary by the FDA. These nuts and bolts aren’t cheap.

For the 10 largest drug companies, marketing expenses totaled nearly $100 billion in 2013.

Additionally, R&D reported investment is only for pre-approval investment and doesn’t take into consideration post-approval

R&D expenditures, which totaled $20 billion in 2011 and have likely grown since.

In other words, companies spend roughly the same amount to create breakthrough drugs as they do to market them.

That’s a more balanced ratio than every other industry.

Pharmaceutical firms spend a higher proportion of their total budgets on R&D than companies in any other sector.

But let’s address the elephant in the room — DTC advertising.

Yes, it’s good for business (otherwise it wouldn’t exist) but it’s also good for the public health.

And no, it doesn’t make medicines more expensive.

In fact, there’s little or no correlation between a brand-name drug’s DTC advertising budget and its cost.

Heavily-advertised brands do not necessarily cost more than their less-advertised competitors.

DTC advertising helps pa-

tients get the treatments they need faster — so that they can avoid long-term health care costs.

Properly done, pharmaceutical advertising de-stigmatizes certain diseases and encourages people to talk with their doctors about problems previously considered taboo — like depression.

Additionally, DTC advertising actually helps patients receive proper treatment.

The FDA found that 87 percent of patients who requested a prescription drug by name because of an ad, actually had the condition that the drug treats.

In six percent of those visits, doctors even discovered a previously undiagnosed condition in the patient.

This isn’t to say that doctors prescribe medicines based on patients’ whims.

Only seven percent of doctors reported feeling “very pressured to prescribe” a particular advertised drug, according to an FDA

study.

And that “pressure” was more time pressure — patients came into the offices armed with more questions.

According to an FDA study, a majority of doctors feel that DTC advertising increases patient awareness and involvement, improves compliance, and enhances the overall doctor-patient relationship.

Pundits and policymakers need a dose of facts — not the alternative kind — to cure their soundbite-itis.

Drug ads help sell products, but also advance public health without affecting prices.

There’s no reason to restrict them.

Peter J. Pitts Former FDA Associate Commissioner President of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest

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Public opinion ignored in 1st 100 days

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ne hundred days into the first presidential year may be an arbitrary number by which to evaluate the progress of the nation, but it is customary to consider how well the president has taken hold of his new powers and begun to deal with his campaign promises.

Candidate Trump promised much; he felt very strongly about certain issues.

Not in any particular order, he declared that he was going to build a beautiful wall across the border with Mexico to keep out all the illegal immigrants who were flowing into the US to take the jobs that American workers were entitled to.

And, of course, Mexico was going to pay for that wall.

Not one barrier has been created.

In an embarrassing encounter with the President of Mexico, it became very clear that Mexico was not going to build the wall.

Trump suggested that he would get the money by levying some kind of tax for imports, but that has not been mentioned of

late.

He has conveniently forgotten these ideas, but has continued to ask his admirers if there was going to be a wall, to resounding cheers.

No matter that so few migrants have needed to come north because things are better in Mexico and the tide has reversed.

Now Trump, impervious to the fact that the majority of the Congress and public opinion is against the whole project, is planning on holding health care reform legislation hostage to appropriations for, at least, planning the unnecessary wall.

And Afforney General Sessions persists in declaring we need this to protect us from all the crime caused by the absence of the wall.

Congress is perhaps willing to appropriate funds only for strengthened security.

Now, although his promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, with the help of Paul Ryan and other legislators who have been dismissive of the stubborn

desire of their constituents to retain coverage, has not gotten off the ground, Trump is going to make another attempt with yet another mean and miserable version of a bill authored by Tom Price, head of Health and Human Services.

And he has announced that he will not allow for a budget that does not respect his priorities.

Of course, Trump’s third budget priority is tax reform that will mean lower taxes for large corporations and the very rich.

And this has to be dealt with quickly by a Congress returning from a recess in time to prevent shutting down the country.

Oh, I forgot to point out that lots of time had been wasted at the beginning of Trump’s tenure with such necessities of appointing the Cabinet, hiring staff for the agencies whose experts had fled, holding a few rallies for Trump to bathe in the support of his promises, followed by ostentatious signing of executive orders to undo President Obama’s regulations relating to

climate change, pollution prevention and drilling a hugely unpopular pipeline over the protests of an Indian nation.

All of this because of infighting and lack of expertise.

Reducing the power of the very protective Environmental Protection Agency and new suspicious rules relating to the secrecy of visitor lists for the White House and Mara-Lago smack of an arrogance and disregard for the feelings of the nation.

And while we are talking about disregard of public opinion, note that widespread derogation of our leaders and those abroad, with the exception of admiration of autocrats, do not engender optimism and trust.

Well, can we hope for better things beyond the 100 days?

Esther Confino New Hyde Park

Parties switched in civil rights support

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wish to thank C. Rucker of Floral Park for responding to my letter, which appeared in the Blank Slate Media papers of March 31.

I only wish that the writer had not misconstrued so much of what I wrote.

My letter dealt with Aaron Sorkin, the playwright and script-writer, whom I said was an eloquent spokesperson for liberalism in America.

Rucker charges that, in fact, it was the Republicans and not the Democrats who were the great civil rights advocates.

For example, Rucker writes: Statement: Liberals ended slavery. Wrong.

Republicans voted 100 percent to end slavery, the Dems only 23 percent for the 13th amendment.

Statement: Liberals got the blacks to vote.

Wrong. Republicans voted Yes, most Dems No. Here is where little to no knowledge of American history leads to distortion and misunderstanding.

On the face of it, Rucker is correct.

What he doesn’t understand, or chooses not to tell, is that the Democratic Party in that era was the party of slavery and plantation owners.

I apologize for getting into the historical weeds, but

there is no other way to debunk Rucker’s charges.

Lincoln was the first Republican president and his party gets credit for freeing the slaves.

(I would speculate that were Lincoln alive today he would not be voting for Donald Trump.)

In the 1860s, there were two factions within the Republican Party — the moderates led by Lincoln, and later President Andrew Johnson, and the “Radical Republicans” led by Thaddeus Stevens.

The latter group imposed harsh Reconstructionist measures on the south and attempted to impeach President Johnson.

As a result, for decades, the whites in the south voted Democratic for every office from U.S. president to municipal dog-catcher.

Hence the term — “the Solid South.”

Then, a gradual realignment of the two parties began.

In 1948, President Truman supported civil rights legislation leading to formation of the Dixiecrat Party which ran Strom Thurmond against Truman.

In the 1960s, both JFK and President Johnson favored integration, thus leading to the further alienation of Democrats in the south.

Today, it is safe to say that most of the south is in the

hands of conservative forces.

Sadly, Rucker seems unaware of these facts and, therefore, erroneously draws conclusions about which political party deserves credit for alleviating the plight of black Americans.

It is obligatory that social studies teachers make clear to their students that “the Solid South” meant the Democratic and conservative South, but today that region is largely Republican.

The views of the people remained the same, but they found a change in party labels reflected their true values.

When Rucker praises President Eisenhower for pushing through “the first Civil Rights bill in 1957,” he might have pointed out that this paled in significance to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, both of which were signed by President Johnson.

Further evidence of blacks’ allegiance to the Democratic Party today is that there are 45 members of the Congressional Black Caucus and that the first Black president was Barack Obama.

Getting history right is essential for, as is written in John 8:32, “the truth shall make you free.”

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

NICE mean in handling service detours

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ome NICE bus riders who (boarded the) n20G Great Neck bus at Flushing-Main Street (today were) confused due to (the) small Falun Gong Parade (going on) from noon to 5 p.m.

A passenger on the 7:15 p.m. n20G Great Neck bus told me that the MTA had sign(s) where MTA buses (were) pick(ing) up during (the) detour, but not for (the) NICE bus.

Even (the) n20G bus driver (was) frustrated why they (didn’t send a) supervisior to (the) Flushing-Main St bus stop.

Or why (can’t) New York City DOT, U.S. DOT and state DOT give permit(s) for NICE

bus(es) to post detour sign(s) in Queens.

This wasn’t (the) only time NICE bus riders were confus(ed) with detour change(s), especially n20G bus rider(s).

(During the) Chinese Lunar New Year Parade in Flushing (in) February, (the) NICE Bus Service Alert (misinformed that the) n20G bus’s first stop was Sanford Ave./ Parsons Blvd., but the first and last stop(s) (were) actually Bowne St. and 41st Ave., with (the) Q12 bus.

(And) on every single Little NeckDouglaston Memorial Day Parade and Great Neck Memorial Day Parade, (misinformation about the) n20G bus end(s) up making

(a) U-turn (on) Bottonwood Rd. or get(s) confuse(d) on (a) detour, especially (a) new driver.

They never sent (a) supervisior (to) Flushing either.

(The) MTA post(s) sign(s) for Q12 and Q13 bus stop(s) along Northern Blvd., but (not) NICE. During the Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade, (the) n20G bus usually go(es) on Lakeville Rd., (the) Long Island Expy. and Douglaston Pkwy. or Francis Lewis Blvd., depend(ing) (on the location of the) parade.

I have informed (the) Little Neck-Doug-

laston Memorial Day Parade organizer to contact NICE about (the) detour(s), but they never do it.

Lots of n20G and n20H bus riders are frustrated when there (are) service detour(s) affecting their bus stop(s) in Queens.

Also, NICE has never posted (a) sign for n21 bus rider(s) in Great Neck (and) Glen Cove, and there’s no bus on Sunday.

Yuki Endo Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 59

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Rachel Gilliar is right pick for school board

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am writing to encourage all registered voters in the Port Washington School District to support Rachel Gilliar in the upcoming School Board election on May 16.

Rachel is a woman of great intelligence and impeccable integrity. A lawyer by training, Rachel has had a successful and varied career as an award-winning litigator. In addition, she has been a strong advocate for children in her role as a board member of Hope.MD, a nonprofit cooperative venture between American and Iraqi military doctors providing children of war access to specialized medical care.

Rachel’s family has lived on the North Shore of Nassau County for five generations.

The mother of four young daughters,

she is known in Port Washington for her work in bringing Camp Invention, a nationally recognized one-week Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math summer camp to town.

I feel fortunate to call this remarkable woman a friend.

Our children attend Sousa Elementary School together, and I know that Rachel possesses the passionate commitment to public education needed to be a great school board member for many years to come.

Rachel will be a careful steward of our taxpayer dollars and strong fighter for equal access to an excellent education for Port’s children.

similar because both require the artist to judge when to be spare or detailed or when to lay it all out.

“There’s that kind of rhythm in writing and painting,” she said. “There’s a link there for me. It’s a common thread.”

It took a while for Zalben to find her writing style, she said, but not her painting style.

“That came naturally and I never even thought about it,” she said.

Zalben said her life would probably be a lot different if she hadn’t moved from the garment district to Port Washington, if she hadn’t begun writing at night and if she hadn’t begun painting two years ago.

“Life is like a path, I guess. You don’t know what’s going to happen,” she said.

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With the new program, the village will spread the cost of retirement pay over a few years, Adler said.

Sands Point is the only village in Port Washington with its own police department.

The Empire Center report also listed Sands Point general employees as the highest paid village employees in the

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‘This is pretty much all I think about’ Continued from Page 3 but substituting mice for their subjects.

“When I started writing my own work, I was writing at nights and on weekends,” she said. “The more I wrote the picture books, the more I wanted to write novels because I had more to say.”

Zalben said her picture book editor said she should start writing a novel, so she started after her first son was born and finished the final chapters when she was in labor with her second son.

“I feel that writing is a visual act,” she said. “It’s not just getting inside the character and being alone with them, it’s when you make the reader feel that the book is alive and they are in that world, it’s because you are visually, as an artist, in that world.”

Zalben said painting and writing are

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The budget allocates $5.27 million to village employee salaries, which include village administrators, police and water department personnel, and allocates $332,272 to employee benefits.

Village Club spending and revenues will no longer be included in the village’s budget, Adler said, because bond financing costs for capital improvements will now be included in the club’s budget.

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Schreiber places 36th in school rankings

BY N O A H M A N S K A R Seven North Shore high schools are among the 200 best in the state, according to rankings

by U.S. News & World Report released Tuesday.

Great Neck North High School is No. 21 on the annual list of New York’s top high schools, the best ranking among schools in Blank Slate Media’s coverage area. The school was 164th on U.S. News & World Report’s national rankings.

The six other schools making New York’s top 200 were Manhasset High School at No. 25, ranking 177th in the nation; Great Neck South High School at No. 30, ranking 195th in the nation; Roslyn High School at No. 32, ranking 208th in the nation; Herricks High School at No. 33, ranking 213th in the nation; Port Washington’s Paul D. Schreiber High School at No. 36, ranking 223rd in the nation; and Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park at No. 154, ranking 1,790th in the nation.

U.S. News & World Report ranks schools based on students’ performance on state tests, graduation rates, participation

in college-level Advanced Placement courses and passing rates on Advanced Placement tests. The publication reviewed more than 20,000 public high schools across the country that were eligible to be ranked based on their size.

Four area high schools were not ranked: Mineola High School, New Hyde Park Memorial High School, Floral Park Memorial

High School and the Wheatley School in the East Williston school district.

Some schools did not get rankings because they did not perform well enough on the U.S. News evaluation or did not report key data, according to the publication’s methodology.

For example, the Wheatley School has performed well in

other rankings, but was not listed because U.S. News somehow did not receive information about its state English test scores, East Williston school superintendent Elaine Kanas said.

Stephen Lando, the Great Neck school district’s assistant superintendent for secondary education, said the district’s high schools are always glad to get recognition,

but the high rankings are just “icing on the cake.”

“While we appreciate being ranked, we don’t set out to be ranked as we help students determine their course of study,” Lando said.

The U.S. News methodology may exclude certain schools that perform very highly but not quite high enough for the publication’s benchmark, Lando said. It also does not account for students’ participation in International Baccalaureate classes, for which many colleges also give credit, he said.

Fino Celano, the Herricks school district superintendent, touted Herricks High School’s repeat appearance on the U.S. News list.

“We are very proud of the achievements of our talented students, which could not be accomplished without the shared efforts on the part of our faculty, parents and Board of Education,” Celano said in a statement.

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County Democrats North Shore Action eye policing shift holds rally in G. Neck

BY M A X Z A H N In response to scores of bomb threats at JCC’s nationwide and a series of bias incidents in Nassau, County Legislator Arnold Drucker (D-Plainview) proposed a bill on Thursday that would require police to concentrate resources to prioritize the protection of houses of worship, religious institutions and dangerous stretches of roadway.

“Fighting hatred and keeping Nassau citizens safe are my main concern,” he said. “Alleviating fear and protecting the community against heinous acts of intolerance should be a top priority.”

“I’m not seeking additional funding,” he added. “Hopefully this legislation will allow police to reallocate deployment of resources so they will have a more consistent presence.”

Nassau police increased the frequency and duration of their patrolling at Jewish institutions during the religion’s high holy days in December, and intensified their policing further after bomb threats leveled at two JCC’s in Nassau earlier this year.

“This arbitrary legislation is nothing more than a partisan attempt to politicize the horrible tragedies that have occurred

in houses of worship,” Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves (R-East Meadow) said.

“It ignores the fact that Republicans have been able to bring crime down in Nassau County by over 27 percent since winning the majority.”

The Police Duties bill, which has the support of all seven Democratic county legislators, “changes the statutorily defined duties of the Nassau County police department so they are obligated to step up monitoring of houses of worship and religious institutions throughout the county and not just on high holy days,” Drucker said.

The bill also ensures increased policing at “accident ‘hot spots’ where the frequency of serious traffic accidents involving injury or death is especially high,” the bill said.

One such location, the intersection of Roslyn Road and Locust Lane, became a central concern for Drucker’s predecessor, Judy Jacobs, in 2014 after two fatal accidents occurred on the road within a month of each other.

Drucker said the additional monitoring will consist of more frequent patrols and, he hopes, regular visits by police officers to religious institutions.

“At minimum more patrol cars,” he Continued on Page 63

BY K R I ST Y O ’ C ON N E LL North Shore Action, a Great Neckbased political activist group, held its first community event at Grace Avenue Park on Sunday, giving local residents an opportunity to learn more about the newly formed group and engage with local politicians.

The group formed following President Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory with about eight women at the start, said Veronica Lurvey, a group member and Great Neck resident.

In working together to find a way to turn ideas in the realm of human rights, women’s rights and environmentalism into action, the group’s goal is to deliver information to people in a nonconfrontational way with the hope of engaging the community and empowering action, Lurvey said.

Lurvey said the group is made up of individuals with varying backgrounds, some with a history in protesting, some with political backgrounds and others from the religious community. While the group began with eight Jewish women, she said, North Shore Action welcomes all like-

minded men and women to join.

“There are so many grassroots events going on right now,” she said.

“And we all need to figure out how we are going to take this momentum and Continued on Page 62

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Port boys’ lax to face Manorhaven cleanup effort Uniondale on May 11

The Port Washington Boys Varsity Lacrosse team will play Uniondale High School in their final league game on Thursday, May 11.

Please join us in saying good bye to the 14 graduating seniors and cheer on the team.

The Senior Day presentations will take place at 4:15 p.m. before the start of the game (Game will start at 4:30 p.m.). All festivities will take place at the Turf “Pit” Field at Schreiber High School.

Alice Hoffman to talk at author luncheon Bestselling novelist Alice Hoffman will be one of the featured authors at the Friends of the Library’s 48th Annual Book & Author Luncheon on Friday May 12, replacing Anita Shreve, who has cancelled her book tour due to a medical emergency.

Hoffman will discuss her newest novel Faithful (Simon & Schuster, 2016), a soul-searching story about a young woman struggling to redefine herself and the power of love, family, and fate. Hoffman is happy to make a return visit to Port Washington, as she was featured at the Luncheon in 2008.

Hoffman joins Yale University historian Paul Freedman, who will discuss his acclaimed Ten Restaurants That Changed America. Port’s own bestselling

novelist Susan Isaacs returns as program moderator.

The Luncheon will be held at the North Hills Country Club in Manhasset from 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $75. Reservation brochures are available in the library or can be downloaded online at www.pwpl.org/fol. For further information call event registrar Mary Alice Kohs at 8839434 or email fol@pwpl.org.

Please reserve by May 3 as seating is handled on a first-come, first-served basis.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE VILLAGE OF MANORHAVEN

Manorhaven residents, along with members of the village board, helped clean up Manorhaven Boulevard, Cambridge Road and the Nature Preserve last Saturday.

Alvan Petrus park opening Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Council Member Dina De Giorgio have announced the grand opening of Alvan Petrus Park in Port Washington, a 1.5 acre community park with basketball courts, picnic benches, playground, handball court, and a walking

path.

The grand opening celebration will feature a ribbon cutting, DJ Kev Dee, a BBQ, and a community basketball game.

The event will take place on Saturday, April 29 at 11 a.m., and also include members from Hands of Change, representa-

tives from Cashin Associates and Woodstock Construction, as well as other elected officials, community leaders and local residents Alvan Petrus Park is located at Port Washington Blvd., between Sandy Hollow Road and Harbor Road.

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Winthrop and NYU Langone are joining together to make Long Island healthcare even stronger.

When two great academic medical centers combine their talents and resources, local communities can access a larger, more versatile network of world-class physicians, leading-edge facilities and award-winning nurses and professionals. Patients can find precisely the right specialist, whatever their illness or condition. And two leaders in research and training can work together to find the cures and prepare the healers of tomorrow. To learn more about this exciting milestone in Long Island healthcare, call 1-866-WINTHROP or visit winthrop.org.

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Celebrate spring at Clark Garden

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own of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board will be welcoming spring with the Second Annual Clark Botanic Garden Spring Festival on Saturday, May 6 from 12 to 5 p.m.

The festival will celebrate spring and the beauty of nature at the Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson.

The day-long event will feature: fairies on stilts from the National Circus Project, an organization that aims to encourage children to learn and have fun at the same time; the Little Art Studio running a craft tent; an exotic animal show by Nature Nick; live musical performances by Tiger Folk Music, Strummin’ & Drummin’ — a children’s music show — and Paul Helou singing children’s songs; a magician and face painter; and a garden railway train display by the Long Island Garden Railway Society.

“We are truly heralding spring’s arrival with this delightful event that offers fun activities for the entire family,” said Bosworth. “It comes at a time when Clark Botanic Garden is bursting at the seams with new growth, colorful blooms and birdsong. Don’t miss it!”

All attendees can enjoy the 12 beautifully manicured acres of Clark Botanic Garden, which includes labeled gardens, trees, ponds and streams and provides an oasis of peace and aesthetic enjoyment for all.

Clark Botanic Garden is located at 193 I.U. Willets Road in Albertson.

For more information about the Clark Botanic Garden Spring Festival and for a full schedule of events, call 311 from within the Town or 516869-6311 from outside the Town.

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New York City’s longest-running, noncompetitive presentation of the world’s best short films returns to the Madison Theatre. Join an evening of world-renowned, awardwinning short films from the past and present that represent the best in comedy, drama, and animation.

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

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New York Philharmonic Friday, April 28 at 8 p.m.

The New York Philharmonic comes to Long Island with a night of musical performances led by conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen that includes orchestral works by composers Igor Stravinsky and Richard Strauss, as well as Tansy Davies: Forest (A Concerto for Four Horns). Single Ticket Prices: $50, $80, $110 Where: Tilles Center for the Performing Arts/LIU Post 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville Info & Tickets: (516) 299-3100 or tillescenter.org

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Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man”

Saturday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, April 30 at 1:30 and 5:30 p.m., and Thursday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m.

This Tony Award-winning 1957 Broadway musical tells the story of a fast-talking traveling salesman, who cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band and plans to skip town with the loot, but winds up falling for the town librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain’s fall. The score is filled with the wonderful tunes, “76 Trombones,” “Being In Love,” “Till There Was You,” “Wells Fargo Wagon,” and the showstopper, “You Got Trouble.” Presented by The Community Synagogue. Regular tickets: $28; Premium seats: $44.

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

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Gallery Talk & Book Signing: Lesley Frowick Discusses Halston

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Sunday, April 30 at 1 p.m.

Lesley Frowick, guest curator of the museum’s current exhibit on display, Halston Style, as well as the niece and confidant of Roy Halston Frowick, discusses the life and career of the famed American designer who came to be known by the distinctive, self-styled name, Halston.

Frowick will sign her new book, “Halston: Inventing American Fashion.” Books are available at the museum store and must be purchased there for signing.

Where: Nassau County Museum of Art One Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor Info: (516) 484-9337 • nassaumuseum.org

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”Taste of Long Island” Tolerance Benefit & Silent Auction

Monday, May 1, 6-9 p.m.

Enjoy a sampling of Long Island’s best restaurants at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center’s annual benefit that includes a tasting event and silent auction this year. The Tolerance Benefit raises money in support of HMTC’s Holocaust, anti-bias and anti-bullying education programs. There will be an exciting array of auction prizes.

Where: Westbury Manor, 1100 Jericho Turnpike, Westbury Reservations: (516) 571-8040 • hmtcli.org

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Wednesday, May 3 at 7 p.m.

Come meet award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny as she discusses and signs copies of “A Great Reckoning,” the twelfth novel in her popular Armand Gamache series in which the star sleuth is on the hunt to unveil the secrets behind an old, intricate map.

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

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Barbra: The Encore Thursday, May 4 at 8 p.m.

Experience the music, the memories and the magic that is Barbra Streisand, who has recorded 52 gold, 31 platinum, and 13 multi-platinum albums in her career. In this “back by popular demand” performance, she will perform songs from her new album, “ENCORE: Movie Partners Sing Broadway,” as well as draw from her decades-long songbook of timeless classics—from “People” and “The Way We Were,” to “Guilty” and “Evergreen.”

Where: NYCB Live, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1255 Hempstead Tpke., Uniondale Info: (516)231-4848 • nycblive.com; Tickets: (800) 745-3000

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THE TOP EVENTS FOR KIDS FOR THE COMING WEEK

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Wish Is A Dream Princess Concert

Saturday, April 29 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Children can see their favorite princesses at an enchanted performance of “A Dream is a Wish: Princess Concert.” Here they will sing along to all of their favorite Disney songs—from “Let It Go,” “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes,” and “Part of That World,” to “A Whole New World,” “How Far I’ll Go,” “I See The Light” and many more.

Where: The Madison Theatre at Molloy College, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre | Info: 516-323-4444 or madisontheatreny.org

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ids and Family Program: Garden Outdoor Activities and Games Saturday, April 29, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Kids will enjoy the return of warm weather with their family and friends as they participate in self-guided activities, including letterboxing, an intriguing treasure hunt-style outdoor amusement, as well as a variety of lawn games. Equipment will provided. Instruction books will be available for pick-up at the map stand.

Fun for all ages.

Where: Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Road, Westbury Info: 516-333-0048 or oldwestburygardens.org Roosevelt Field Upper Level between Macy’s and Nordstrom, 516-248-7200 NaHoku.com

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tory Time: “The Wonderful Things You’ll Be”

Saturday, April 29 at 11 a.m.

From brave and bold to creative and clever, this rhythmic rhyme expresses all the loving things that parents think of when they look at their children. With beautiful, and sometimes humorous illustrations, “The Wonderful Things You Will Be” is a book grown-ups will love reading over and over to kids. Activities will follow the story time.

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Where: Barnes and Noble, 91 Old Country Road, Carle Place Info: 516-741-9850 or barnesandnoble.com

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Tilles Center is hosting a magical night for children and adults alike. The evening begins with a party in the Goldsmith Atrium, which will be transformed into a veritable toyland for the occasion complete with live entertainment and activities for kids. The celebration will be followed by Victor Herbert’s classic, “Babes in Toyland,” a musical that weaves together characters from Mother Goose nursery rhymes, creating a spectacular story that includes the beloved songs, “Toyland” and “Go to Sleep.” For ages 8 and up.

Where: Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville Info: 516-299-3100 or tillescenter.org

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The 2017 Arbor Day Family Festival features live music by the crowd favorite, Peat Moss and the Fertilizers, a kid’s tree climb by Wonderland Tree Care, a petting zoo, face painting, caricaturists, plant clinics, tree plantings with Smokey the Bear, and free, self-guided visits of Coe Hall. The festival is a collaborative effort between Planting Fields Foundation and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Cost: $20 per car.

Where: Planting Fields Arboretum, 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay Info: (516)922-8678 or plantingfields.org

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THE CULINARY ARCHITECT

A healthier Cinco de Mayo dinner Give me a reason to drink margaritas and eat enchiladas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cinco de Mayo, of course!

Unfortunately, most Mexican food is loaded with fat and calories.

With a few substitutions, it is easy to turn 560-calorie enchiladas into less than 240.

Substitute easy to buy rotisserie chicken for chicken sauteed in lard.

Replace full fat Monterey Jack cheese with reduced fat cheese and you have a heart healthy celebration.

Round out your meal with salsa verde, approximately 10 calories per 2 tablespoon serving, storebought salsa, also about 10 calories per 2 tablespoon serving, and fresh mango for dessert and all you have to do is say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oleâ&#x20AC;?!

MENU (Serves 4) Margaritas Salsa Verde Healthier Chicken Enchiladas Verde Salsa* Bibb Lettuce and Sliced Grape Tomatoes Mango with Chili Powder *Recipe Not Given

Margaritas (Makes 1 drink) 1 1/2 oz. Gold Tequila 1/4 oz. Triple Sec or Cointreau Juice of 1/2 lime Salt, for the glass Lime wheel, to garnish 1. Pour the tequila, triple sec and lime juice into a shaker with some cracker ice.

2. Shake well. Strain into a frosted margarita glass, rimmed with salt. Garnish with lime wheel and serve.

Salsa Verde 1 lb. tomatillos, husked 1/2 cup ďŹ nely chopped onion 1 tsp. minced garlic 1 serrano chile peppers, minced 2 tblsps. chopped cilantro 1 tblsp. chopped fresh oregano 1/2 tsp. ground cumin 1 1/2 tsp. salt, or to taste 2 cups water 1. In a saucepan, place tomatillos, onion, garlic and chile pepper.

Add cilantro, oregano, cumin and salt; pour in water. Bring to a boil

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Bibb Lettuce and Grape Tomatoes 1 head of bibb or Boston lettuce, separated and washed 1/2 pint of grape tomatoes, halved lengthwise 1. Place 2-3 lettuce leaves on each plate, sprinkle with tomatoes.

Place enchilada(s) on top.

mozzarella 4 oz. Cotija cheese 1/2 cup minced fresh cilanto 8 (6-inch) corn tortillas

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2. Using a blender, carefully puree the tomatillos and water in batches until smooth.

Healthier Chicken Enchiladas Verde 1/2 onion, chopped ďŹ ne 1 lb. boneless, skinless rotisserie chicken breasts, shredded 4 oz. 50% light Monterey Jack cheese, shredded (2 cups) 2 oz. shredded low-fat

1. In a bowl, combine shredded chicken, 2 oz. of Cotija cheese, 2 oz. shredded mozzarella and chopped onion.

2. Spread 1/2 cup salsa verde in bottom of a 13X9-inch baking dish. Stack tortillas on plate, cover with damp towel and microwave until warm and pliable, about one minute. Spread half of the warm tortillas on counter. Spread level 1/3 cup chicken mixture across center of each tortilla, roll up tortillas tightly and arrange crosswise, seam side down, in prepared dish. Repeat with remaining four tortillas and ďŹ lling.

3. Cover enchiladas with remaining sauce. Sprinkle remaining cheese evenly over top. Cover dish wit aluminum foil and bake until enchiladas are hot through, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes and serve with additional salsa verde on the side, salsa on the side, bibb lettuce and halved grape tomatoes.

Mango with Chili Powder 2 mangoes, peeled and sliced 1/8 cup of best quality chili powder 1. Place mango slices on a serving dish. Place chili powder on a plate.

2. To eat, let everyone dip their mango in the chili powder.

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Grammy winner in Port as Sweeney Todd Grammy winner Norm Lewis takes a night off from his dastardly deeds as offBroadway’s newest Sweeney Todd to spend Friday night, April 28 at the Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark.

Lewis, who stepped into the role of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Barrow Theater on April 11, is reprising a role he’s played in regional theater.

Landmark’s concert-goers can expect the same powerful voice and commanding presence that have made Lewis a star of stage, screen and television.

In May of 2014, Lewis made history as first African-American Phantom in “The Phantom of the Opera” on Broadway.

He has been seen on PBS in the Live From Lincoln Center productions of “Showboat” with Vanessa Williams, “Norm Lewis: Who Am I?” and “New Year’s Eve: A Gershwin Celebration with Diane Reeves,” as well as American Voices with Renée Fleming and the PBS special “First You Dream — The Music of Kander & Ebb.” His television credits include roles in “Chicago Med,” “Gotham,” “The Blacklist,” and “Blue Bloods,” as well as a recurring role as Senator Edison Davis on the hit drama, “Scandal.”

Lewis has received Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle award nominations for his performance as Porgy in the Broadway production of “The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess.”

Other Broadway credits include “Sond-

heim on Sondheim,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Les Misérables,” “Chicago,” “Amour,” “The Wild Party,” “Side Show,” “Miss Saigon,” and The Who’s “Tommy.”

In London’s West End, he has appeared as Javert in “Les Misérables” and “Les Misérables: The 25th Anniversary Concert,” which aired on PBS. Off-Broadway, Lewis has performed in “Dessa Rose” (Drama Desk nomination, AUDELCO Award), Shakespeare in the Park’s “The Tempest,” “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” (Drama League nomination), “Captains Courageous,” and “A New Brain.”

On film, Lewis has appeared in “Winter’s Tale,” “Sex and the City 2,” “Confidences,” “Preaching to the Choir,” and the upcoming film, “Magnum Opus.”

His solo debut album, This is The Life, can be found on Amazon.com as well as cdbaby.com.

Tickets for Norm Lewis are available through Landmark’s Box Office, 516-7676444 and online at www.landmarkonmainstreet.org.

Premium $57 (Friends $52), Select $52 (Friends $47), Standard $47 (Friends $42).

The concert sponsored by Paula Kaminsky Davis and the Fay J. Lindner Foundation.

Dim the Lights series is sponsored by Susan Isaacs and Elkan Abramowitz, Jane and Marty Schwartz, Judy and Morton Sloan, Bank of America and the firm of Capell, Barnett, Matalon & Schoenfeld.

CELEBRATE THE MUSIC OF FANNY MENDELSSOHN The Women’s Group Gala Concert honoring composer Fanny Mendelssohn will feature a performance of her music by Julliard’s Philip Sheegog and Angie Zhang.

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‘Falstaff’ as opera in TUESDAY, MAY 9, 7:30 PM concert at Hofstra CHUCK An opera-in-concert production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff will be presented by the Bronx Opera Company on Monday, May 1, at 7 p.m. at Hofstra University’s Helene Fortunoff Theater.

Favorite excerpts from Verdi’s comic masterpiece will be performed by the Opera’s cast of professional singers with piano accompaniment, under the direction and narration of Maestro Michael Spierman.

Verdi wrote Falstaff in 1893, along with librettist Arrigo Boito.

The opera is based on Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” with scenes from Henry IV, Parts I and II. Sir John Falstaff, the chubby, cowardly, bawdy, bragging, sack-drinking, lying, licentious, yet loveable everyman, attempts to solve his monetary problems by romancing two married women to gain access to their husbands’ wealth.

Watch as the female characters band together to outsmart Sir John and others who stand in the way of a happy ending.

The Bronx Opera Company is celebrating its 50th season, and has had a 20-year affiliation with Hofstra University.

Sung in English, this partially-staged

concert production brings Falstaff to life.

Tickets cost $15, $12 for senior citizens (over 65) and matriculated non-Hosftra students with ID. Members of the Hofstra community may receive up to two free tickets upon presentation of a current HofstraCard.

Children and teens under the age of 16 receive one free ticket when accompanied by an adult paying full price.

For tickets, call the John Cranford Adams Playhouse Box Office at 516-463-6644 and purchase tickets using MasterCard or Visa for an additional $3 convenience fee per order.

Or, visit the Adams Playhouse Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., and pay with cash or check.

Tickets can also be ordered online with a credit card at hofstratickets.com.

If available, tickets will also be sold at the door by cash or check only, starting 60 minutes prior to show time.

This production is presented by the Hofstra Cultural Center and Hofstra University Honors College as part of the Joseph G. Astman International Concert Series.

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Chuck Wepner’s life changed overnight when he was chosen to take on The Greatest in a highly publicized title match. It’s the beginning of a wild ride through the exhilarating highs and humbling lows of sudden fame—but what happens when your fifteen minutes in the spotlight are up? Driven by a committed performance from Liev Schreiber, Chuck is a refreshingly human tale of resilience and redemption. Elisabeth Moss, Naomi Watts, Jim Gaffigan and Ron Perlman co-star.

Visit goldcoastfilmfestival.org or call 516-829-2570 for tickets.

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Students in the LIU Post MFA program have just installed their thesis project exhibitions in Chelsea, at 511 W. 20 St., New York City.

After two years of studying in the graduate art program, six students, Susan Kelly, Isabelle Podrasky, Arwa Falenbam, Samantha Hofsiss, Victoria Pendzick and Elizabeth Jordan, are showcasing their individual works in a world-renowned art district. LIU Post Art Professor Seung Lee describes this opportunity as “testing the real water.”

The graduate art students will be exhibiting “shoulder-to-shoulder with famous artists.” Lee hopes the students receive attention from curators, collectors and directors at the event.

The students came up with the name for the show, “Anomalous,” which Kelly describes as “deviating from the norm or being different.”

This sentiment reflects the various art styles and works of everyone who is part of the show; no two pieces of art are similar.

Hofsiss, “took to the dictionary to look for a term that defined our group.” All of the artists are as unique as their works.

Though this project is a part of their degree program, Lee decided to add the element of real-world experience, moving the show from the Hutchins Gallery on the LIU Post campus to Artspace Patchogue, and finally to its current location in Chelsea. In doing this, the students get to be critical of the work they’ve done and can judge themselves against the rest of the art world. “The biggest challenge for them is how they expand their audience.” Lee places emphasis on how the art scene is globalizing, and he teaches his students how large their market is.

Visitors to the gallery can expect to see the contemporary artwork of emerging artists. A diverse array of art is featured including sculpture, paintings, ceramics, photography and graphic design work. “[The students] have their own style already, so we try to expand them,” Lee explained. The LIU Post MFA program exposes students to other mediums in art. “They can become a better painter by introducing different areas.”

The students are excited to have their work shown. “It’s a really great feeling!

We’ve all worked so tirelessly the last two years to complete these works, and now we get to show the works, in the heart of Chelsea, no less!” Kelly said. “Artists around the world strive to have their works shown in this area, and I am so honored to work along Professor Seung Lee to make this happen.”

Kelly’s art featured on display consists of stained glass and stencil works inspired by the K-Pop group EXO. As the group is touring through New York, Kelly has been advertising the show reception alongside its concert. “I’m also doing a giveaway of hand-made, screen printed ceramic pins for any fans that come by the reception.”

Kelly’s personal art style consists of stained glass, stencil work and immediacy (which means a work can be done immediately). “I started with stencil work a few

years ago, from a history of street art taught by professor Ryan Seslow, and I haven’t been able to stop since,” she said.

She has also learned to work with stained glass and develop her skill in crafting with it. “To me, the stencils and stained glass pieces work alongside one another.

The breaking up of the portrait, and use of color, and even the labor-intensive process feel similar to me. I enjoy both processes and will continue after graduation in the same fashion! Until, I completely wear myself out of them, I’ll charge forward!”

Falenbam, who is from Saudi Arabia, feels lucky to have her art on display in Chelsea because it helps her earn credit as an artist from abroad. She explained her artwork, “This art is an Arabic calligraphy that’s out of rules of Arabic writing. Also, I did combine my Arabic calligraphy design with Piet Mondrian as well.” Falenbam has studied in the LIU Post graduate program for three years and said that the faculty has guided and pushed her to develop as an artist.

“I feel proud to have my work hung up in a gallery where everybody can see it,” Podrasky said.

She explained the artist’s process as, “developing a technique and finding one’s skill when it comes to creating art, and then focusing on producing art that one is good at, and not being afraid to experiment in other areas.” Podrasky believes in the importance of hands-on experimentation when it comes to creating art, and emphasizes that much is discovered through trial and error.

Hofsiss and the rest of the graduate students have had much experience in the graduate art program in pursuing outside exhibition opportunities. “I have actually exhibited at a couple pretty important exhibitions like the Northern California Women’s Caucus for the Arts,” Hofsiss said.

The current show, “Anomalous,” is the most sentimental to Hofsiss because it is “the culmination of over two years of work.”

Showcasing her work in Chelsea as part of this travelling thesis show has been very gratifying to her.

“My work is probably the most conceptual of our group,” Hofsiss said. Her exhibition consists of a video called “Dissolve” and two photographs titled “Ejection” and “Purge.” She explained, “I discovered my process while studying with adjunct professor Shirley Wegner. She taught me to use vulnerability as a tool in my pieces.” The video is meant to convey the theme of human relationships, interaction, and identity loss. The photographs depict black liquid flowing from Hofsiss’s mouth, and are a result of her research on, “performance art and contemporary female artists using their bodies to express their emotions.” She describes these photos as being transformative and showing, “The duality and complexity that all self-aware human beings feel at all times.”

The show will be up in the SIA Gallery until May 2.

This article was originally published in the Pioneer, LIU Post’s award-winning student newspaper, www.liupostpioneer.com. The article is republished by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.

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Transcendence in a walk thru nature

BY TOM F E R R A RO Sport Psychologist Earth Day falls on April 22 each year and was established back in 1970 to celebrate mother earth in all its glory.

April 22nd was picked because it is the birthday of John Muir, the American conservationist who used his inďŹ&#x201A;uence to create protection for our national parks.

Some have credited John Muir with saving the American soul from total surrender to materialism.

Muir was a friend to Ralph Waldo Emerson, the American poet best known for his transcendental belief in the healing power of nature.

This year Long Island had an Earth Day festival at Baileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Arboretum in Lattingtown and I was lucky enough to attend. Dan Kriesberg, a science teacher from Friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academy, took a large group of us on a walking tour through the 40plus acres of woods, rolling hills, ponds and gardens of the Bailey Estate and Arboretum.

I was there on my secret mission to ďŹ nd some transcendence in the woods.

I arrived late for the tour and was anxious and worried that I would miss something. I rushed up, armed with pen, pad and camera as Mr. Kriesberg was talking about animal life at the arboretum.

He stood before a large table show-

The road less traveled at the Bailey Arboretum in Lattingtown. ing a collection of skulls of local wild life including a deer, fox, rabbit and even the shell of a box turtle.

At this point I took up my position in the back of the pack and spent the tour wandering along the trail and looking at all the diďŹ&#x20AC;erent trees including sugar

maples, large-leaved Lindenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, red maples, junipers, Oriental spruce, Easter hemlock, Flowering quince, Eastern white pine, ďŹ&#x201A;owering dogwood, magnolias, and Japanese Skimmia.

I caught up to the pack when they stopped at a foot of a large Dawn Red-

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wood imported from Szechuan, China.

I recalled seeing these kinds of trees when I visited Muir Woods many years ago.

I continued taking photos and before you know it the tour was over and I had not found any transcendence that I was aware of.

I was mildly disappointed in this but still had a pleasant time strolling through the woods.

On the drive back to my oďŹ&#x192;ce in Williston Park I thought of the poem by Joyce Kilmer which started â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest, Against the sweet earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ&#x201A;owing breast.

A tree that looks at God all day; And lifts her leafy arms to pray.â&#x20AC;?

Granted that was one sweet poem but I still felt I was missing the grand point of both Earth Day and the Bailey Arboretum.

When I feel lost like this I turn to the one good thing the internet has to oďŹ&#x20AC;erâ&#x20AC;Ś..

Wikipedia. It was there I found the Emerson essay called Nature. Emerson talked about how nature contains a perpetual presence of the sublime and how it wears the colors of the spirit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nature wears the colors of the spirit.â&#x20AC;? I like that line. When I drive my car Continued on Page 45

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Recognizing Risks In Home Care Home care aides provide a variety of services including; housekeeping and errands, companionship, assistance with bathing, dressing, meals, medication reminders and help with mobility.

Sometimes home care is provided by caregivers working on a direct basis with the client or patient in need of services. Many families that directly use the services of a professional caregiver do not realize that there are potential liabilities and tax consequences that go along with the employment of this caregiver. These consequences can be significant and have serious risks to the family receiving care.

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How to handle common pediatric dental emergencies 1. A toothache can be due to a cavity, a fractured tooth, trauma, or eruption of teeth. Clean out your child’s mouth by rinsing with warm water. Check for any impacted food and floss around the area.

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As technology has moved forward at lightspeed, the FDA has approved a treatment that can treat your toenail fungus with no creams, no pain, and no side effects. It’s called Laser Therapy and it is performed at a Podiatrist’s office, like Dr. Mary Carlson in Williston Park. Using the power of laser light, Dr. Mary Carlson can treat your toenail fungus in just a few visits. She has treated thousands of patients and they are delighted to see healthy nails grow where fungal nails used to be.

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Northwell, app aid expecting moms Northwell Health has teamed up with The Bump, a leading pregnancy brand for first-time moms, to offer Planner+, a new interactive feature within The Bump mobile app that provides expecting moms with must-know information and details about each prenatal doctor visit.

The all-inclusive mobile app, which offers a platform to schedule and sync doctor’s appointments on iOS calendars, has leveraged its innovative technology to give users access to the experts at Northwell, New York’s largest health care provider and home to more than 40,000 births each year.

Planner+ prepares expecting moms with a detailed guide to each important prenatal visit throughout her nine months of pregnancy.

The guide features appointment-specific information about the visit and what to expect, the most important questions to ask doctors and how to prepare for the appointment. With the new Planner+ feature, not only can the user easily add an appointment to

her iOS calendar, but she’ll receive a detailed guide to fully prepare for that visit.

Additionally, she’ll receive a reminder email about her appointment 48 hours before the visit that will include the detailed guide.

In addition to Planner+, of which all content is verified by Northwell Health experts, the health system’s clinical experts will be available nationally to The Bump users through the existing “Real Answers” platform.

Northwell fertility, obstetric and pediatric clinicians will contribute advice and guidance on questions from The Bump users across the country.

“The Bump’s presence nationally and in New York as a leading digital platform for expectant mothers and parents will help to further expand the reach of Northwell Health’s 11 maternity programs throughout New York City, Long Island and Westchester County, which deliver 17 percent of all babies

in New York State births and one percent nationwide, far surpassing any New York area health system,” said Dr. Michael Nimaroff, executive director of Northwell Health Obstetrics and Gynecology Services. “By teaming up with The Bump and creating a new pregnancy care management feature to the existing app, Northwell physicians can further engage users nationwide by offering them reliable, personalized information. It’s a great way to communicate our expertise with millennial parents, those who are pregnant or are looking to get pregnant.”

“For first-time moms, each prenatal visit can be both exciting and nerve-wracking,” said Julia Wang, head of digital content for The Bump. “A typical doctor’s visit lasts an average of 13 to 16 minutes. So while you may have a lot of questions, you usually only have a short period of time with your doctor. It’s not uncommon to leave the appointment without fully understanding what test is being recommended or why you’re experiencing a par-

ticular symptom. We’re thrilled to arm expecting women with all the information they need and important questions to ask their doctor so they can feel prepared, comfortable and confident during each visit.

Planner+ could not have been possible without our relationship with Northwell Health and their trusted medical experts.”

The Bump offers millennial parents and parents-to-be realtime expert advice, diverse lifestyle content and time-saving tools for mobile-first parents.

Northwell Health’s expertise in the areas of fertility, pregnancy, postpartum care, pediatrics and childhood and adolescent health continues the commitment of The Bump to provide users with the most trusted, accurate and personalized content and information available.

As part of Northwell Health’s exclusive relationship with The Bump in the New York metro area to offer Planner+, users within the region will see future app updates, making it easier to schedule appointments with Northwell physicians.

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Birdsong can turn the quietest garden into a symphony of sounds that brighten any morning and enliven the day. Here's a list of some of our favorite plants for beckoning birds or, in some cases, butterflies, which together not only bring beauty and pollinating power to the garden, but provide a wondrous treat for the ears.

1. Purple Coneflower This reliable, full-sun, purple or pink perennial not only blooms long in summertime but also offers up seeds that birds love. The plant reaches up to about 3 feet high and comes back year after year with minimal care.

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Silicosis a rare but potentially harmful disease I

n recent decades, much has been done to improve workplace safety. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration instituted one such effort by requiring protective equipment to be used in the workplace. That resolution aimed to limit silica dust inhalation, which can increase workers’ risk for a potentially harmful disease known as silicosis.

A lung disease caused by breathing in tiny bits of silica, silicosis mostly affects workers in the mining and glass manufacturing industries. People who work in foundries may also be vulnerable to silicosis. Understanding silicosis and its potential side effects can help workers protect themselves against this diseases that the American Lung Association notes accounts for more than 100 deaths per year in the United States alone.

What causes silicosis and who is most vulnerable?

Exposure to crystalline silica and silica dust causes silicosis. The ALA notes that such exposure may result from chipping, cutting, drilling or grinding soil, sand, granite or other minerals. As a result, workers who work in certain industries are most vulnerable to silicosis. These industries include but are not limited to: • mining (coal and hard rock) • construction • glass manufacturing • steel • ceramics • masonry Are there different types of silicosis?

What is silica?

Silica is a naturally-occurring crystal that is found in most rock beds. During activities such as mining, quarrying, glass manufacturing, and tunneling, silica dust can form.

Exposure to that dust can cause scarring of the lungs that can affect a person’s ability to breathe.

There are three types of silicosis, and which type a person has can affect his or her prognosis.

Chronic silicosis: The U.S. National Library of Medicine cites this as the most common form of silicosis. Chronic silicosis results from exposure to low amounts of

silica dust for more than 20 years. Trouble breathing may occur in people with chronic silicosis, as silica dust can cause swelling in the lungs and chest lymph nodes. The ALA notes that chronic silicosis appears 10 to 30 years after exposure.

Accelerated silicosis: Accelerated silicosis occurs after exposure to large amounts of silica in a five- to 15-year time period.

Swelling in the lungs and associated symptoms of silicosis will occur faster in people with accelerated silicosis than those with chronic silicosis.

Acute silicosis: Short-term exposure to very large amounts of silica can result in acute silicosis. Symptoms of acute silicosis, which can include fever, sharp chest pain and difficulty breathing, may appear suddenly. The lungs of people with acute silicosis may also fill with fluid, resulting in severe shortness of breath and low blood oxygen levels.

Can silicosis be prevented?

Workers who work in industries where exposure to silica and silica dust is a possibility should take every preventive measure possible to limit their exposure. Always

wear protective gear and clothing, which the law requires employers in certain industries provide to their employees. Smokers who work in occupations vulnerable to silicosis should quit smoking, as smoking further damages and weakens the lungs.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recommends medical examinations before accepting employment in industries where silica exposure is possible, and examinations at least every three years thereafter.

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Transcendence in a walk thru nature Continued from Page 37 in the evening Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m always comparing the color, tone and shading of the moon to the ďŹ&#x201A;at, harsh and painful color of traďŹ&#x192;c lights or street lights.

Almost everything that is manmade has a nasty and plain even monotone look.

But the colors of nature are more interesting and I think they do have some kind of spirituality to them. I was given some orchids which are now in my oďŹ&#x192;ce which are purple and pink with a bright yellow on the inside. I think this is what Emerson meant when he said nature wears the colors of the spirit.

I also like the strange unpredictability of trees. The branches go every which way and seem to ďŹ t together nicely. Compare that to the form of any building or home you look at. Buildings always look very predictable and boring. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I ever saw a boring tree.

I am not sure that I discovered any transcendence at the Bailey Arboretum but I am glad they gave me a chance to hunt for it. And I am glad that it got me to discover Ralph Waldo Emerson who is now another American poet I will have the pleasure of reading and learning from.

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Dan Kriesberg and thank you John Muir for your love of sublime in nature.

What I learned is that the only way one can enjoy something in a special or transcendent way is to arm yourself with knowledge before you go. This is where the writers and the poets come into play.

The transcendental movement took place in the early part of the 19th century and included guys like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walden Pondâ&#x20AC;?) and Walt Whitman (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leaves of Grass.â&#x20AC;?)

These poets all liked nature and solitude and quietness. I suspect it was inevitable that the movement would die out and make room for commercialism and materialism and the law of acceleration as the favored American philosophy.

Give me Walden Pond every time. It appears to be far more proďŹ table to spend ones time meditating upon on the colors and form of trees then it is to meditate upon the colors and form of your new car.

That is unless you own a vintage Alpha Romeo.

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Israelfest returns with exciting lineup of live music, food, Israelfest with exciting of cultur al arreturns ts and enterlineup tainment live music, food, cultural arts and entertainment Israelfest, the largest community celebration of Israel on Long Island, will take place on Sunday, May 7, from 12:00-4:00pm, at North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event will feature live music, dancing, delicious food, arts and crafts, and a special appearance by Consul General of Israel in New York, Dani Dayan.

Throughout the day, the event will feature activities for those of all ages, including rides and inflatables, dunk tanks and climbing walls, as well as kite making and flying, pita making, henna tattooing and Krav Maga lessons.

Guests can enjoy a food court with tasty treats, designing their own Hebrew necklaces in addition to backgammon and Kadima on the beach. The event will include the singing of the Hatikvah â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Israel's national anthem â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and a special cantors choir musical performance Israelfest is a collaboration of UJA-Federation of New York, Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center and more than 20 partner synagogues, Jewish educational institutions and Jewish youth organizations from across Long Island.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event welcomes new sponsors TD Bank and Fairway Market.

Admission and parking is free. Kosher food and Israeli products will be sold by vendors. North Hempstead Beach Park is located at 175 West Shore Road in Port Washington. For more information, visit www.sjjcc.org.

About Sid Jacobson JCC Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center, in East Hills, and its surrounding campus, the Bernice Jacobson Day School and Camp, in Old Westbury, provide a full range of cutting-edge recreational, health, fitness, educational, cultural arts and social services programs. Sid Jacobson JCC promotes Jewish identity and provides a comprehensive program based on Jewish values, traditions, heritage and culture and is committed to enriching the lives of all individuals and families in its community. For more information, contact the JCC at 300 Forest Drive, East Hills, NY, (516) 484-1545 or visit www.sjjcc.org.

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Chorus, orchestra to do ‘Elijah’at temple The fifth season of Stephen C. Widom Cultural Arts at Emanuel continues on Sunday, May 7 at 3 with Felix Mendelssohn’s “Elijah,” performed by the Mineola Choral Society Chorus & Orchestra, Thomas W. Jones, conductor.

First performed in August of 1846, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s “Elijah” is one of the great works for chorus, soloists, and orchestra.

In “Elijah,” Mendelssohn (18091847) wrote a work that pays tribute to the oratorios of Handel and the extended works of Bach, conceived in the lyrical and romantic style of Mendelssohn’s day.

Taking full advantage of the dramatic opportunities that the prophet Elijah’s story provides, he presents a work of fierce dramatic impact and conveys his interpretation in the emotion, power and intensity of his music, sometimes expressing deep tenderness and love and other times evoking images of violent fire, flood and whirlwind.

This season, the Mineola Choral Society celebrates 69 years of presenting the highest quality choral music to Long Island communities.

Conductor Thomas W. Jones joined the Mineola Choral Society in 2006.

He is also conductor of the Huntington Men’s Chorus and the Stone House Singers, a chamber choir in Park Slope.

The 65-voice chorus rehearses classical choral repertoire, as well as fine modern works in a friendly, congenial and dynamic atmosphere of shared music-making, and conveys that experience in concerts with professional soloists and orchestra for the joy and enrichment of its audiences.

Tickets for the event are $20 or two for $35.

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar NYCB LIVE/NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 • http://www.nassaucoliseum. com Thursday, May 4 at 8 p.m.

Barbra Sreisand Friday, May 12-Sunday, May 21 at various times Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents Out of This World GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • goldcoastarts.org Through April 30 at 7:30 p.m.

Festival of the Arts Student Art Show Tuesday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Film Screening: “Chuck” At Soundview Cinemas, 7 Soundview Market Place, Port Washington LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Friday, April 28 at 8 p.m.

Norm Lewis Saturday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, April 30 at 1:30 and 5:30 p.m.

“The Music Man” PLANTING FIELDS ARBORETUM Coe Hall Historic House Museum 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay (516) 922-9200 • http://www.plantingfields. org Saturday, April 29 and Sunday, April 30, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Arbor Day Family Festival $20 per car; once inside, all activities are free.

Sunday, May 7, 2-3p.m.

David Houston Performs: “The Sporting Life” $5 per person; Free for children under 12 For more information, contact Jennifer Lavella at (516) 922-8678 or email jlavella@plantingfields.org THE PARAMOUNT 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Friday, April 28 at 8 p.m.

The Paramount Comedy Series Presents: Kevin James Sunday, April 30 at 9 p.m.

Chronixx & Zincfence Redemption Wednesday, May 3 at 8 p.m.

JoJo: Mad Love Tour Friday, May 5 at 7 p.m.

Sirius XM Liquid Metal Presents: Anthrax/ Killswitch Engage “The Killthrax Tour” LONG ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM 11 Davis Avenue, Garden City 516-224-5800 • www.licm.org Saturday, April 29, 1-4:30 p.m.

Braille Fest Ages 5 and up. Free with museum admission.

Sunday, April 30 at 1, 1:30, 2 and 2:30 p.m.

All the Little Birdies Ages 3 and up. Fee $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members)

Through Sunday, May 7 Traveling Exhibit: “KLUTZ® Amazingly Immature” All ages. Free with museum admission.

Through Sunday, May 14 Exhibit: “KaleidoZone — Javaka Steptoe: Radiant Child All ages. Free with museum admission.

MADISON THEATRE AT MOLLOY COLLEGE 1000 Hempstead Avenue, Rockville Centre 516-323-4444 • www.madisontheatreny.org Friday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.

The Sixth Annual Asbury Short Films Sunday, April 30-Saturday, May 20, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. (M-Th), 12-8 p.m. (F) The Frank & Gertrude Kaiser Art Gallery at Molloy Presents... Senior BFA/BS Exhibit In the Kaiser Gallery, 2nd Floor, Public Square Sunday, May 7, 3-5 p.m.

Poetry from Far and Near: A Poetry Event at Molloy College featuring Yuyutsu R.D. Sharma In the Reception Room, Kellenberg Hall Wednesday, May 10, 6-9 p.m.

Molloy College Student Chapter, Interior Design Society’s CHAIR-ity Fundraiser At the Stark Carpet Showroom, 170 Michael Dr., Syosset Contact Marie Byrne, 516-724-5715 for more information.

HUNTINGTON ARTS COUNCIL 213 Main Street, Huntington Ongoing through Saturday, May 20 Juried Art Exhibition: “Into the Deep” NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn (516) 484-9338 www.nassaumuseum.org Ongoing through Sunday, July 9 Halston Style: The first comprehensive retrospective of the works of the American fashion designer Halston.

Sponsored by “H Halston exclusively at Lord & Taylor,” the exhibition occupies the entire museum.

Ongoing Sculpture Park Walking Trails Gardens Events FILM Ongoing through Sunday, July 9 Halston on Film: The exhibition Halston Style includes films and videos related to Halston’s contributions to the world of fashion; films are screened at various times.

For The Family Sundays, 1-4 p.m.

Family Tour at 1 p.m.

Art Activities at 1:30 p.m.

Tuesdays, May 23 and June 27 at 1 p.m.

Sketching in the Galleries with Glenna Kubit Thursdays, May 18 and June 15 at 1 p.m.

Brown Bag Lectures with Riva Ettus STEPHEN C. WIDOM CULTURAL ARTS AT EMANUEL Temple Emanuel of Great Neck 150 Hicks Lane, Great Neck Sunday, April 30 at 3 p.m.

Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History at Rice University and CNN presidential historian will present: “The Evolution of the American Presidency”

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Mineola Choral Society Presents: Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” Tickets are $20 or two for $35.

Thursday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m.

The Nathan Ackerman Memorial Speaker — Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak Admission: $40. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

For more information and tickets to any of these events, call 516-482-5701 or go to emanuelgn.org.

THE DOLPHIN BOOKSHOP & CAFE 299 Main St., Port Washington (516) 767-2650 • www.thedolphinbookshop. com Fridays at 11 a.m.

Music & More: Marilyn & her guitar For children ages 2-4 Fridays, 7-9 p.m.

Cafe Music at The Dolphin Free admission Ongoing through April 30 Alan Stein Photography on Display Sunday, April 30, 11:30 a.m.

Story Time & Craft: “Raffie Reads” with Darlene Gaffney Wednesday, May 3 at 7 p.m.

Navigating Around Technology and Teaching Children to Exist “Unplugged” $15 admission fee; call 516-767-2650 to RSVP. Bring your children. Space is limited.

BOOK REVUE 313 New York Avenue Huntington Thursday, May 4 at 7 p.m.

“The Rising” by Stephanie Doyle-Cocchi Wednesday, May 10 at 7 p.m.

“My Italian Bulldozer” by Alexander McCall Smith THE ART GUILD 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset www.TheArtGuild.org Second Thursdays: May 11 and June 8 Sip & Sketch: Live model, no instruction, short and long poses. Bring a snack and/or beverage. Call or email to RSVP. Beginners, 1-4 p.m.; Intermediates, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

TILLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | LIU POST 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville (516) 2993100 • http://tillescenter.org Friday, April 28, 8 p.m.

New York Philharmonic Saturday, April 29, 7 p.m.

Ted Sperling and MasterVoices’ “Babes in Toyland” Starring Kelli O’Hara and Bill Irwin SANDS POINT PRESERVE CONSERVANCY 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point info@sandspointpreserve.org • 516.571.7901 Sunday, May 7, 1-4 p.m.

Spring Celebration Thursday, May 11 through Saturday, May 13, 8-10 p.m.

Murder Mystery: The Hound of the Baskervilles CLARK BOTANIC GARDEN 193 I. U. Willets Road, Albertson (516) 484-2208 • http://clarkbotanic.org/ Saturday, May 6, 12-5 p.m.

Clark Garden Spring Festival For more information, call 516-869-6311

seum.org Saturday, April 29,12-3 p.m.

Founder’s Day All Ages. $2.50/child; $3 adult; members free Thursday, May 4,10-11 a.m.

A Whale of a Mom! Ages 2-5. $10 for adult plus child ADELPHI UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 1 South Avenue, Garden City (516)877-4000 • www.aupac.adelphi.edu Friday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Adelphi Jazz Ensemble Sunday, April 30 at 4 p.m.

Adelphi Chorale and Adelphi Vocal Ensemble: Echoes of America BJ SPOKE GALLERY 229 Main Street, Huntington (631) 549-5106• www.bjspokegallery.com Ongoing exhibits through Sunday, April 30 “This and That” solo exhibit of artworks created by Bert Winsberg “IN ReT-ROspect” solo exhibit of artworks created by Kate Kelly The b.j. spoke Member Artists Group Show will showcase works of up to 20 artists Continued on Page 52

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove (516) 571-8040 • http://www.hmtcli.org Monday, May 1, 6-8 p.m.

Tolerance Benefit: Made on Long Island—Tasting Event and Silent Auction COLD SPRING HARBOR FISH HATCHERY & AQUARIUM 1660 Rte. 25A, Cold Spring Harbor (516) 692-6768 • http://www.cshfishhatchery. org Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10-11 a.m.

Pollywog Adventures for Pre-Schoolers: Kids of all ages learn about the natural world.

Saturday, April 29, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Spring Festival: Environmental fair celebrates spring with kids fishing, a petting zoo, a castle bouncer, live animal encounters, music, food and games.

Adults: $6; Kids, ages 3-12: $4; Seniors 65 and up and children under 3: Free NYCB THEATRE AT WESTBURY: THE NORTHWELL HEALTH CONCERT SERIES 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury (516) 247-5205 • http://www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Saturday, April 29, 8 p.m.

Buddy Guy with Quinn Sullivan Saturday, May 6, 8 p.m.

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Gordon Lightfoot THE WHALING MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER 279 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor (631) 367-3418 • http://www.cshwhalingmu-

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Port Washington (516)767-1708 â&#x20AC;˘ www.sjcc.org/boxothee Wednesday, May 10 at 7:30 p.m.

Petersel immersed herself in modern Jewish Hungary and shares 21 stories that will make you laugh, cry and be your own best self.

Please join this interesting discussion with the author. Sponsored by Sid Jacobson JCC, Jewish Book Council, and the TBI Library Committee. For more information, contact Elyse Ingber at 516-484-1545 Ext. 144 or eingber@sjjcc.org

Sunday, April 30 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Artist Circleâ&#x20AC;? Discussion Group To RSVP or for more information, contact Katherine Criss at katherinecriss@gmail.com LINDA AND GERALD MARSDEN PARTNERS WITH THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM: SOMEHOW I AM DIFFERENT BY ALYSSA PETERSEL At Temple Beth Israel, 1 Temple Drive,

Ehud Barak to speak at Temple Emanuel Former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak, will oďŹ&#x20AC;er the Nathan Ackerman Memorial Lecture at Temple Emanuel of Great Neck on Thursday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Barak is one of the most recognizable names in Israeli politics, a man â&#x20AC;&#x153;who over a half-century career became Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most decorated soldier and held the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trifecta of top positions,â&#x20AC;? according to The New York Times.

He has served Israel as Prime Minister, Chief of General StaďŹ&#x20AC; of the Israeli Defense Forces and, most recently, as Minister of Defense, a position he took on in 2007.

In 2012, he was bestowed the United

States Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award by U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, who praised Barak for his dedication to public service: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through his distinguished military career, and the political career that followed, few people have such far-reaching and positive impacts on Israeli security and prosperity and, I have to say, on the U.S.-Israeli relationship.â&#x20AC;?

Admission to the event is $40.

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NOTRE DAME WALK FOR HUNGER In Front of Notre Dame School 25 Mayfair Road, New Hyde Park Saturday, April 29 at 12-1:30 p.m.

The Notre Dame Parish Family Mass Committee is hosting the 35h Annual Walk for Hunger.

Over the past 35 years, the parish has raised $147,000.

Dignity Memorial has donated t-shirts for all walkers.

TEMPLE CHAVERIM 1050 Washington Ave., Plainview Saturday, April 29 at 8 p.m.

Murder Mystery Night: A fun and puzzling evening as you try to figure out â&#x20AC;&#x153;who dunnit.â&#x20AC;?

The event will include raffles, a balloon pop, sangria, soda and dessert.

For more information, contact Rosemary Nucci, 516-367-6100 x101 or email info@ templechaverim.org CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR, LUTHERAN 1901 Northern Blvd., Manhasset Saturday, April 29, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

27th Annual Flea Market For more information, call the church at 516627-2430 TOP GUN KARATE AND FITNESS 1170 Northern Blvd, Manhasset Saturday, April 29, 9 a.m.-12p.m.

Free Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Self Defense Seminar For more information, call 516-365-5382

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WALT WHITMAN BIRTHPLACE HISTORIC SITE 246 Old Walt Whitman Road Huntington Station (631)351-3244 Saturday, April 29 and Sunday, April 30, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Walt Whitman Birthplace Presents the 2017 Time Machine Adventure Museum Challenge Join a historic treasure hunt and visit all 11 museums in Huntington Sunday, April 30, 2-4 p.m.

Walt Whitman Birthplace Presents the 2016 Champion of Literacy: Dana Gioia Friday, May 5, 6-9 p.m.

Walking with Whitman: Wendy Barker Saturday, May 6, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

I Love My Park Day at the Walt Whitman Birthplace: Projects will include raking, cleaning flower beds, pruning and planting.

Refreshments will be served. To register, go to www.ptny.org/events/i-love-my-park-day Wednesday, May 10, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Huntington School Art Show at the Walt Whitman Birthplace Saturday, May 20, 5-9 p.m.

A Call for the Arts: Syosset High School Art Show at the Walt Whitman Birthplace The evening will include performances by students in orchestra and band, as well as spoken word pieces.

Admission is $10 for those 12 and up, children under 12 are free. All proceeds go to Action Against Hunger and WWBA.

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CENTER FOR THE WOMEN OF NEW YORK Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd. in Kew Gardens Class cost: $10 donation per class Saturday, April 29 at 12 p.m.

30th Year Anniversary Celebration Luncheon At Douglaston Manor, 63-20 Commonwealth Blvd., Douglaston JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUN-

CIL: WALK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS At Eisenhower Park, Dogwood Picnic Area, Field #1 (entrance off Merrick Ave. by ice rink), East Meadow Sunday, April 30 at 4 p.m.

Help raise awareness about human rights abuses and learn how to help. Free event â&#x20AC;&#x201D; open to the community.

USMMA MEMORIAL CHAPEL 300 Steamboat Road, Kings Point Sunday, April 30, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

The Great Neck Choral Society presents one of Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only two masses, his glorious Mass in C, as well as his Hallelujah from Mount of Olives and Brahms.

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1579 Northern Blvd., Roslyn Sunday, April 30 at 5 p.m.

Concert: Gabriel Faureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Requiemâ&#x20AC;? performed by the Choir of Trinity Church joined by worldrenowned violinist Anton Polezhayev.

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF MANHASSET 1845 Northern Blvd., Manhasset Sunday, April 30 at 3 p.m.

Concert: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Te Deumâ&#x20AC;? (1990) and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Requiemâ&#x20AC;?

(1985) by John Rutter and Philip Stopfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Belfast Centenary Eucharistâ&#x20AC;? (2004) Monday, May 1 at 12 p.m.

The Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club 76th Birthday Celebration in the North Lounge Sandwiches, fruit, birthday cake, coffee and tea will be served.

Workshop: The Art of Bouquet Building: Given

by Nancy Gilman of Petal by Pedal, Inc., a start-up that delivers bouquets by bicycle throughout New York City.

Call 516-627-4911 for more information.

BROOKVILLE CHURCH SANCTUARY 2 Brookville Road, Glen Head, www.brookvillechurch.org Sunday, April 30 at 3 p.m.

Peace Celebration at Brookville Multifaith Campus For more information, call 516-626-0414 Sunday, May 7 at 3 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oy Fatherâ&#x20AC;?: The Musical Love Story of a Jewish Woman Cantor and a Catholic Priest Tickets: $25. For reservations, call 516-6260414 ADELPHI NY STATEWIDE BREAST CANCER HOTLINE & SUPPORT PROGRAM Alumni House, 1 South Ave., Garden City Monday, May 1, 6-8 p.m.

Feel Better and Have More Energy: Intuitive eating skills that will help improve your nutrition after breast cancer presented by Hillary Sachs, MS, RD, CSO, CDN Monday, May 22, 6-8 p.m.

Using Mindfulness and Meditation to Cope with Breast Cancer presented by Jacob Cooper, CH, LMSW, RMT For more information on both seminars, call 800-877-8077 Tuesdays from 6-7:30 p.m.

Young Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Support Group, Under 40 For more information, contact Erin Nau at 516-877-4314 ST. ALOYSIUS SOCIABLES OF GREAT NECK Wednesday, May 3 at 12 p.m.

At the Westbury Manor 1100 Jericho Tpke., Westbury Luncheon and

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Community Calendar cont’d Theatre Performance of My Fair Lady. $46 per person. Deadline is April 15 for reservations.

For more information on either luncheon, call John Hyland, 516-482-3795 ST. ALOYSIUS WOMEN’S AUXILIARY LUNCHEON Thursday, May 4 at 12 p.m.

At The Swan Club, Glenwood Landing, 90 Glenwood Road, Roslyn Cost: $50 before April 27; $55 after that date Send check payable to St. Aloysius Church to St. Aloysius R.C. Church, 592 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, N.Y. 11023 For more information, call 516-482-2770 TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD TO HOST “NOT IN MY TOWN: A UNITY & ANTI-HATE CONFERENCE” Thursday, May 4, 7-9 p.m.

At Clinton G. Martin Park 1601 Marcus Ave., New Hyde Park NHP/GCP SCHOOL DISTRICT UPK LOTTERY Friday, May 5 at 8 a.m.

At the Administration Building 1950 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park ANNUAL LONG ISLAND MARATHON Friday, May 5- Sunday, May 7 Friday, May 5, 3-8 p.m.: Sports and Fitness Expo at Mitchel Athletic Complex 1 Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Uniondale Saturday, May 6, 1 Mile Run (8 a.m.) and 5K Race (8:30 a.m.)

At Eisenhower Park,1899 Park Blvd., Westbury Sunday, May 7, Long Island Marathon, Half Marathon and 10k Race (8 a.m.), Finish Line Festival (9 a.m.-2 p.m.)

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HALL 186 Jericho Turnpike, Mineola Saturday, May 6 from 4 to 8 p.m.

Kentucky Derby Party: $15 per person NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE’S 23RD ANNUAL GLOBAL PET ADOPTATHON™ 25 Davis Ave., Port Washington Saturday, May 6 at 9 a.m. through Sunday, May 7 at 9 p.m.

Come to the world’s largest pet adoption event. In addition to hundreds of adoptable pets, there will be plenty of fun for the whole family to enjoy, including special performances by Purina’s Incredible Dog Team, fun vendors, delicious food trucks, and a Family Corner with fun activities for kids. Adoption fees are waived for the first 100 approved adopters on Saturday and for the first 50 adopters starting on Sunday at 12 a.m.

For more information, go to animalleague.org.

MAGICAL HISTORY WALKING TOURS OF MANHASSET BAY Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7 at 11 a.m.

Meet at the Town Dock’s Tug Boat, Port Washington SANDS-WILLETS HOUSE TOURS Sunday, May 7 and 21 at 2 p.m.

336 Port Washington Blvd., Port Washington THE LITTLE THEATER AT ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica Sunday, May 7 with performances at 10:30 a.m., and 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m.

10th Annual Spring Concert: Features over 100 performances by children in the com-

munity, free general admission, and great family activity For tickets, call 718-454-0100 TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM 401 Roslyn Road Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 516-621-2288 Sunday, May 7 at 10 a.m.

Rabbi Meyer to Speak on the Global Refugee Crisis at TBS Mitzvah Day Pancake breakfast at 9:15 a.m. sponsored by the TBS Men’s Club, followed by Rabbi Rachel Grant Meyer’s talk.

SPRING YOUTH SOCCER CLINICS At Michael J. Tully Park 1801 Evergreen Ave, New Hyde Park Tuesdays, from 5-6 p.m., on May 9, 16, 23, 30 and June 6, 13 or Fridays, from 5-6 p.m., on May 12, 19, 26 and June 3 and 10 (rain dates: June 20 and 30) For more information, contact Jordan Speregen at 516-719-0800 or via email: jordan@ andgosports.com NORTHPORT CHORALE’S SPRING CONCERT At Northport High School, Laurel Hill Road, Northport Friday, May 12 at 8 p.m.

Tickets available at the door: Adults $15, Seniors $12, Students $10 For more information, contact Debi at 631223-3789 or go to www.northportchorale.org PROJECT INDEPENDENCE SUPPORT & SOCIAL GROUP TRIVIA CHALLENGE Call 311 or (516) 869-6311 for more information.

Last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m.

Havana Central Restaurant Roosevelt Field, Garden City.

For more info, call (516) 676- 1976.

SID JACOBSON JCC 300 Forest Drive, East Hills, 11548 www.sjjcc.org/jll.

Fridays Shababa Fridays, 9:45-10:45 a.m.

General Exercise Group for All cancer Survivors, 12:30-1:15 p.m.

Discussion Group for All Cancer Survivors, 1:15-2 p.m.

Sundays Gentle Yoga for All Cancer Survivors, 9:3010:30 a.m.

Mondays News Behind the News, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Eat, Chat, Move!, 12:15-1:45 p.m.

Tuesdays Mah Jongg Clinic, 10 a.m.- 12 p.m.

Tuesday Lectures, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Swim Program for Strength & Wellness, 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Knitzvah: Knitting for a Cause, 7-8:30 p.m.

Wednesdays Knitzvah: Knitting for a Cause, 12-2 p.m.

Taste of Torah, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Thursdays Games Day, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Meditation, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 7, 12-4 p.m.

Israelfest Community Celebration at North Hempstead Beach Park 175 W. Shore Road, Port Washington Celebrate Israel’s birthday and enjoy live music, rides, dancing, delicious food and everything from arts and crafts and kite making to henna tattooing and beach volleyball.

Thursday, May 18, 3-5 p.m.

Shababa Cooks: Shavuot Edition in Partnership with 92YShababa Network Children ages 1-5 and their families. $25 per family/$15 member families At Bernice Jacobson Day School and Camp Sunday, May 21, 10-11:30 a.m.

Planting Day at Camp Jacobson At Bernice Jacobson Day School and Camp 340 Wheatley Rd., Old Westbury Tuesday, May 23, 10:30 a.m.

Great Stories: Shavuot Edition For children ages 1-7 years and their families At Barnes & Noble, 1542 Northern Blvd., Manhasset PORT WASHINGTON SENIOR CENTER 80 Manorhaven Blvd., Port Washington Caregiver Support Group The first and third Tuesday of every month from 2-3 p.m.

Info.: 311 or 516-869-6311 WINTHROP-UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL 200 Old Country Road, Suite 250 Mineola, NY 11501 * Winthrop-University Hospital’s Department of Neuroscience Free Support Group/Huntington’s Disease Meetings held the second Monday of the month Winthrop’s Research & Academic Center 101 Mineola Blvd., Room G-013 * Winthrop-University Hospital’s Head and Neck Cancer Care Support Group Third Monday of the month, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

1300 Franklin Avenue, Suite ML5, Garden City * Winthrop-University Hospital’s Free “Tobacco Cessation” Program Wednesday, April 26 at 5 p.m.

At the Winthrop Wellness Pavilion 1300 Franklin Avenue, Garden City For more information, call 1-866-WINTHROP (1-866-946-8476) * Why Can’t I Get a Good Night’s Sleep?”: Free community lecture as part of NYU Winthrop Hospital’s “Perspectives in Health” series Thursday, April 27 at 7 p.m.

Winthrop’s Research & Academic Center 101 Mineola Blvd., Room G-013 Saturday, May 6, 8:30-11 a.m. * Bladder Cancer Awareness Day: Educational Program At Winthrop’s Research & Academic Center 101 Mineola Blvd., Room G-013 * Winthrop-University Hospital’s Department of Urology Education Series for Prostate Cancer Patients Quarterly meetings, with the next one on Wednesday, May 10, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

At the Winthrop Wellness Pavillion 1300 Franklin Avenue, Garden City * NYU Winthrop Hospital’s Department of Neuroscience Free Stroke Risk Assessment & Stroke Awareness Fair Thursday, May 11 at 6 p.m.

Winthrop’s Research & Academic Center 101 Mineola Blvd., Room G-013 LONG ISLAND COUNCIL OF CHURCHES ANNUAL MEETING At AHRC Nassau Mansion 189 Wheatley Road, Glen Head (Brookville) Thursday, May 18 at 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Guest Speaker: Stanfort J. Perry; $45 per person For more information, call 516-565-0290 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION AT SHELTER ROCK 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset (516) 627-6560

Friday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Concert to Aid Refugee Families: Renowned Syrian singer, GAIDA will perform.

Event will raise funds for Catholic Charities and Church World Services Tickets: $25 at the door; $20 online; $10 children under 18 For more information, call 516-627-6560 or go to www.uucsr.org/GAIDA GIRLS ATHLETICS AND LIFE SKILLS MOTHER-DAUGHTER DAY OUT At the Community Synogogue of Port Washington 160 Middle Neck Rd, Sands Point Sunday, May 21 Celebrating girls and their moms, this is a one-of-a-kind shared experience where mothers and daughters join together for hands-on activities.

Choose from amongst yoga & mindfulness, cooking, art and other sessions that interest and inspire you.

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

NEW HYDE PARK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE PINK TIE FOUNDATION BENEFIT At the Crest Hollow Country Club 8325 Jericho Tpke., Woodbury Monday, May 22 p.m.

Event will support the Don Monti Foundation for Cancer Research For more information, go to www.PinkTie.org SINGLES ASSOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND At Herrill Lanes 465 Herricks Rd., New Hyde Park Last Saturdays of the month, May 27-December 20, 7-9 p.m., except in July, August and October.

For ages 25 plus. Social gathering afterwards at the Omegan Diner, 1809 Lakeville Rd. in New Hyde Park MUNSEY PARK WOMEN’S CLUB KIDS FUN RUN & FAIR Saturday, June 3 (rain or shine), Race starts at 9 a.m. sharp At Polliwog Pond, Park Ave. & Remington Road Race-day registration and t-shirt pick-up opens at 8:15 a.m. $15/child by May 19 and $20/child after May 19 through race day.

All children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult (no charge for parents/guardians).

Medals will be awarded for all participants; trophies for the top 3 girls and top 3 boys to cross the finish line.

Fair at Polliwog Pond, 9-10:30 a.m. with games, face painting, snacks and more.

The sole beneficiary of the event is Project Share.

Fore more information, call 718-347-5990 ST. PAUL’S INT’L LUTHERAN CHURCH IS HOSTING “THE LARGEST YARD SALE IN QUEENS” Saturday, June 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

262-22 Union Tpke., Floral Park $25 for the day.

Fore more information, call 718-347-5990 THE SAMUEL FIELD Y TWO WEEKDAY PROGRAMS FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Contact Amanda at (718) 423-6111 ext. 242 or e-mail asmith@sfy.org 58-20 Little Neck Parkway. Little Neck On Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Port Washington Library SANDWICHED IN Friday, April 28 12:15-2 p.m.

“Gould, Guggenheims and the Gold Coast.” Ken Horowitz celebrates and showcases the Gold Coast mansions of Howard Gould and the Guggenheims including Castlegould, Hempstead House, Villa Carola/Trillora Court and Mille Fleurs. A question and answer session will follow. Ken Horowitz is the Docent Coordinator at Falaise and a docent at the Sands Point Preserve Conservancy.

SCRABBLE Friday, April 28 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Join the game!

FILM Friday, April 28 7:30-9 p.m.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LIONEL BARRYMORE! Public Hero #1 (1935-89 min.). The ornery-yet-lovable actor, born this day in 1878, plays an alcoholic mob doctor in J. Walter Ruben’s drama, which also stars Chester Morris, Jean Arthur and CITIZENSHIP CLASS: Tuesday, May 2, 6:30-9 p.m.

Joseph Calleia.

96 min.), in which tax collector STARTING AND GROWING YOUR Lorenzo Charlton (Tony Randall) FILMS OWN BUSINESS arrives at the farm of tax dodger Sunday, April 30 Monday, May 1, 7-9p.m.

Pop Larkin (Paul Douglas) and 1:30-5 p.m.

For those who are planning to falls for the farmer’s daughter, DEBBIE REYNOLDS DOUBLE start or already own a small busiMariette (Debbie).

FEATURE. The beloved actress ness. Facilitated by SCORE Long passed away at 82 last DecemIsland. Sign up at the Information FILM ber. We remember her with two Desk, or by calling 516-883-4400, Monday, May 1, 7-9 p.m. sparkling romantic comedies ext. 136.

“THE BIRTH OF A NATION” directed by George Marshall, both released in 1959. Showgirl Maggie (2016-120 min.). In the antebelDEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS lum South, slave owner Samuel (Ms. Reynolds) demands a month Tuesday, May 2, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Turner (Armie Hammer) accepts of connubial celibacy from her an offer to use black preacher Nat Registration begins today for an new husband, Air Force sergeant Empire Safety Council class to Turner (director Nate Parker) to Joe Fitzpatrick (Glenn Ford), in subdue unruly slaves. Instead, Nat take place on Saturday, June 10 It Started with a Kiss (104 min.). from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Your orchestrates an uprising. RecomAfter a brief intermission, we check or money order for $28, mended for adults. present The Mating Game (1959-

payable to Empire Safety Council, is due at registration. For Port Washington residents only.

For discussion, “Song of Myself,”

by Walt Whitman. Copies available at the Circulation Desk.

CHESS Tuesday, May 2, 2-4 p.m.

CHESS. Join the game!

FILM Thursday, May 4, 7:30-9 p.m.

“AMERICAN PASTORAL” (2016108 min.). All-American college star Ewan McGregor and his beauty queen wife (Jennifer Connelly) watch their seemingly perfect life fall apart, as their daughter (Dakota Fanning) joins the turmoil of 1960s America.

McGregor directed this Philip Roth adaptation. Recommended for adults.]

CITIZENSHIP CLASS Tuesday, May 2, 6:30-9 p.m.

Each Tuesday. Topics include American history and government, preparing for the interview and dictation exercises. Call 516883-4400, ext. 147 to register.

GREAT BOOKS Wednesday, May 3, 2:30-4 p.m.

Manhasset/Port Washington Community Calendar PROJECT INDEPENDENCE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP Are you grieving the loss of a spouse?

Are you feeling overwhelmed with sadness and not knowing how to cope with your feelings? Learn more about the grief process and coping skills with other supportive people who are sharing the same experience. Meetings take place the first and third Friday of each month from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Located at 80 Manorhaven Blvd. Port Washington. (For those 60 and over).

Registration required. Please call 311 or 516-869-6311 to register or for more information.

MUSIC & MORE The Dolphin Bookshop & Cafe 299 Main St., Port Washington, hosts Story Time, every Friday at 11 a.m. for children ages 2 to 4. Advanced registration is required. $10 per child. 516-767-2650.

STORY-TIME The Dolphin Bookshop & Cafe 299

Main St., Port Washington, hosts Story Time, every Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. for children ages 3 and up. No registration is required.

PORT WASHINGTON & MANHASSET TOASTMASTERS Learn public speaking! A Toastmasters group makes learning to speak in public a fun and empowering experience.

From beginners to professional public speakers, the supportive learn-by-doing format encourages all participants to

take their communication and listening skills to the next level. Ongoing. Meets first and third Mondays of every month, 7:30 p.m. sharp until 9 p.m. Call 516474–1402 for more info. Toastmasters is a nonprofit organization.

CHAIR YOGA Every Friday. Eight classes for $99, 10 - 10:50 a.m.. Rolling admission.

Advanced registration and payment required. Call New Dimensions Physical Therapy, Manhasset, 516-304-5373.

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Umberto’s opens on Plandome Rd. To compete with local pizzerias

BY M A X Z A H N

A historical marker unveiled on Saturday that commemorates the journalistic contributions of William Cullen Bryant.

Press club honors William Cullen Bryant Erects sign in Roslyn Harbor to recognize Post editor

BY M A X Z A H N A historical road marker commemorating 19th-century poet and editor William Cullen Bryant’s role as an influential journalist was dedicated at his Cedarmere estate in Roslyn Harbor on Saturday, a Press Club of Long Island statement said.

A dozen people attended, including members of the board of directors at Friends of Cedarmere, a nonprofit that promotes maintenance of the property, as well as a representative from the office of County Executive Edward Mangano.

Bryant, who was editor of The New York Evening Post from 1829 to 1878, was also an attorney and civic leader.

“You could consider him one of most prominent residents of the town,” said Howard Kroplick, the North Hempstead town historian. “He helped place Roslyn and North Hempstead on the map.”

“This is a wonderful occa-

sion as we celebrate some of the history Nassau County has to offer,” Mangano said in a statement.

Born in Cummington, Massachusetts, in 1974, Bryant was admitted to the bar in 1815 but turned to letters full-time after his poem, “Thanatopsis,” gained international renown, a Press Club of Long Island statement said.

“He became so good at poetry he abandoned law,” Kroplick said.

In 1829, he became the editor of The New York Evening Post, which was “one of leading papers in the day,” Kroplick said.

“He was very influential through the paper,” Kroplick added.

In 1843, Bryant built the Cedarmere Estate where it currently stands on Bryant Avenue in Roslyn Harbor.

Cedarmere “became a magnet for writers, artists and politicians looking for his guidance and approval,” Kroplick said.

Among Bryant’s visitors were actors Edward Booth and Edwin Forrest, author James Fenimore Cooper and inventor Samuel Morse, the Press Club of Long Island said.

In 2013, a historic road marker was unveiled at Cedarmere in honor of Bryant’s varied achievements. The marker revealed on Saturday focuses on Bryant’s contributions to journalism.

“We are so proud to continue our journey of recognizing historic journalists and journalism sites on Long Island with historic markers like the one being placed in Cedarmere,” Press Club of Long Island President Chris R. Vaccaro said. “It’s been a mission of the Press Club of Long Island to pay homage to local journalism history, and we will continue to be advocates for the past, present and future of journalism on Long Island.”

Umberto’s, a pizzeria chain with a presence on Long Island that goes back 52 years, opened a restaurant on Plandome Road on Sunday.

The stretch of dining and retail places in the heart of Manhasset already plays host to Italian restaurants like Gino’s, Villa Milano and Randazzo’s.

“Let the great Manhasset pizza war commence,” said the Twitter account @Manhasset on Monday.

Known for its grandma pie, Umberto’s serves specialty pizzas with toppings like broccoli rabe and sausage as well as traditional offerings like margherita or vegetable pizza.

But Mike Di Santolo, 29, operations manager at the new Manhasset store, said customers can expect dishes they’ve never seen.

“I come from a new generation,” he said. “A lot of innovation in the tradition — that’s what I can do over here.”

Di Santolo was born in Naples, Italy, and began cooking with his mother when he was 10 years old, he said. He is a nephew of the woman married to Umberto’s owner, Umberto Corteo.

By age 20, Di Santolo owned a restaurant and pizzeria in Naples called Stuzzico. Three years ago, he came to the United States and began working as a chef at

the original Umberto’s restaurant in New Hyde Park.

“I love it,” he said. “When I’m in the kitchen, it’s like magic for me: the smell of the food, the color and the combinations.”

In addition to the chain’s usual menu of pizza, pasta, sandwiches, seafood and assorted appetizers, the Manhasset location will offer two new dishes, said Di Santolo, of New Hyde Park.

The first, spaghetti vongole, is pasta overlayed with white clams; and the second, spaghetti pomodoro, is pasta with fresh tomato, extra virgin olive oil and basil, he said.

The restaurant will serve a wine list made up predominantly of Italian bottles, and will offer both Italian and American beers.

Besides its Manhasset and New Hyde Park locations, the pizza chain has stores in Plainview, Bellmore, Lake Grove and Wantagh.

Di Santolo said the hours of the restaurant at 439 Plandome Road have yet to be determined, but for now will run from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Asked why diners should choose Umberto’s over the other Italian restaurants on Plandome Road, Di Santolo said, “the ingredient is love.”

“For me this is not a job,” he added. “That’s why they have to come over here. I’m not cooking for money. I’m looking for ‘thank you, the food was delicious.’”

Port school budget set at $151 million Continued from Page 2 cation saw the need for additional staffing, understanding the growing enrollment in the district,” Callahan said. “And people who have attended the meetings so far have been positive. I have not heard anything negative thus far.”

Callahan said the budget construction process ran smoothly, with different groups like the board’s subcommittee that handles the budget and other budget and facility committees meeting year around.

“I think the process was an exceptional one and the com-

munity also has the opportunity to be heard,” Callahan said.

‘We just asked everyone to look closely at everything.”

Residents will vote on the 2017-18 budget on May 16 from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Residents will also vote for two school board seats, as Alan Baer and Christina Nadolne said they will not seek re-election.

Port Washington residents Rachel Gilliar, Peter Smith and Dave Kerpen have filed to run for the Board of Education.

The top two vote getters will fill the seats for three-year terms.

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Rep. Suozzi visits troops in Middle East Says it’s unlikely that U.S. will be able to pull all forces from region in near future

BY N O A H MANSKAR After visiting military forces in the Middle East this month, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi said he thinks the country cannot fully withdraw troops from the region any time soon.

Suozzi, a Glen Cove Democrat, traveled for a week to Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Jordan in mid-April, visiting military officials and soldiers with two Republicans and one Democrat from the House Armed Services Committee, on which Suozzi serves.

Suozzi called the trip a “very sobering and humbling experience” that taught him about the on-the-ground reality of the military’s efforts in the Middle East.

What he saw indicated to him that the U.S. should continue and enhance its efforts to train local forces to fight the Islamic State group and other American enemies, Suozzi said.

“We can’t leave these places, because we have real enemies that will be there for some time, and this is going be a generational

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U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) visited military troops in the Middle East in mid-April. effort,” he told reporters on a conference call last Thursday.

On the trip, Suozzi met military leaders, including the commander of the U.S. Special Operations Forces in Iraq and Syria, and solders from his 3rd Congressional District, which stretches across the North Shore from northeast Queens to northwest Suffolk County.

Suozzi said he was impressed

by how calculated the military’s operations are, something he thinks the general public does not understand.

“It’s not like this cowboy type of thing,” he said. “Everything was very, very measured and responsible and intelligent in the way that people approach their jobs over there.”

Asked whether the U.S. should change the level of troops

in the Middle East, Suozzi said he is open to deploying “a couple thousand” more soldiers in Afghanistan to better protect American troops who go on patrols with Afghan units, as some military officers have recommended.

“I think we’re probably in a good spot, with a little tweaking here and there,” Suozzi said.

While the Syrian civil war did not come up much on his trip,

Suozzi repeated his support for President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Syrian government targets to retaliate for the government’s use of chemical weapons against civilians.

But the Trump administration should seek authorization from Congress before taking more military action in Syria, Suozzi said.

“It was important that he [Trump] send a measured and appropriate response, but I think before he does anything further he needs to get authorization from Congress and bipartisan support,” he said.

Since taking office in January, Suozzi has spent his first 100 days in office trying to balance international issues with local concerns and constituent service, he said in another recent interview.

The Middle East trip reflected the intersection of all three because Suozzi’s district gets $1.7 billion annually in federal defense contracts, the most of any district in New York, he said.

“What we do with our Defense Department is very important to our local economy here,” Suozzi said.

Maragos names pick for county clerk

BY ST E P H E N ROMANO Nassau Democratic county executive candidate George Maragos announced on Thursday that Carl DeHaney Jr. will run for county clerk on his ticket and a comptroller candidate who will be named later, creating the possibility of primary elections for all three positions.

DeHaney, whom Maragos introduced on Thursday at a news conference, is on the Board of Commissioners in the Town of Hempstead’s Sanitary District 2 and also works as a community service representative in the county’s human services department.

Maragos, who switched parties in September to run for county executive, said he is in the process of vetting comptroller candidates.

“I am delighted to join with Carl DeHaney to bring about real change in Nassau County and give government back to the people where it belongs,” Maragos said.

The announcement comes three days after Nassau County Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs sent a letter to county Democrats saying Maragos was “manipulative” and duplicitous” and rejected his argument that the party had ignored the concerns of people of color.

PHOTO BY STEPHEN ROMANO

Carl DeHaney is running for Nassau County clerk on a Democratic ticket with current county Comptroller George Maragos.

In a statement Monday afternoon, Maragos called for Jacobs’ resignation, calling the letter “misleading” and standing by his claims that the Democratic leadership is out of touch with racial minority communities.

In January, Nassau County Democrats backed county Legislator Laura Curran (D-Baldwin) for county executive and Long Beach City Manager Jack

Schnirman for comptroller.

State Assemblyman Charles Lavine is also running for county executive.

The Democrats earlier this month tapped Dean Bennett, a businessman and former county official, for county clerk.

DeHaney, of Roosevelt, said if elected, he plans to address community outreach, high fees in the clerk’s office and letting residents know what the clerk

does.

“I decided to run for county clerk because we need a strong leader who can stand up for the residents of Nassau County against terribly high fees being imposed on anyone needing any minor service from the clerk’s office,” DeHaney said.

Maragos said he will financially support DeHaney and the candidate he picks to run for comptroller as much as he possibly can but expects them to run their own campaign.

He said adding candidates to his ticket will not change his strategy but will allow a further outreach in the community.

Nassau County Republicans have not yet named a candidate for county executive — five months before the Democratic primary in September.

Edward Mangano, the current county executive who is facing federal corruption charges, has not said whether he will run for a third term.

Maureen O’Connell, the sitting Republican clerk, said she plans to run for re-election.

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Under the town code, the owner can also receive a fine for a first offense that is no less than $500 and no more than $1,500.

The subsequent fines increase.

Port Washington Police Chief James Salerno explained the towing process at the April 4 meeting, saying Chester’s Highway Garage in Port Washington would tow the vehicle.

The vehicle would then stay at Chester’s until the offender paid a fine.

However, if no fine is paid and the vehicle is abandoned at Chester’s, the garage would put a lien on it and it would be Chester’s property.

BY ST E P H E N ROMANO The Town of North Hempstead on Tuesday passed a law banning the use of all-terrain vehicles on town properties.

The law, which was approved 7-0 by the Town Council, prohibits the use of ATVs, including motorized dirt bikes, and gives the police the authority to impound the vehicles.

“This is a very serious legislation on a topic that has become very important to us,” town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. “Our goal for these strict regulations is to ensure that the vehicles stop causing damage to town property and the general safety and well-being of all of our town residents.”

The law in part is in response to a group of people riding ATVs on the trails of the wetlands in Port Washington across from North Hempstead Beach Park.

Residents brought this issue before the board at the April 4 meeting, as well as at the town’s North Hempstead Beach Park visioning session in Port Washington.

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Opposition to BDS Don’t close bus crosses party lines facilities, cut routes

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obert Adams’ letter (which argued that the Town of North Hempstead’s anti-boycott law “pandered to Likud”) is ill-informed.

In fact, every mainstream Israeli party — both right and left — opposes antiIsrael boycotts.

For instance, left-wing Labor Party/ Zionist union leader Tzipi Livni is on YouTube, speaking out against “BDS” (anti-Israel boycotts, divestment and sanctions).

Livni explained that the boycott movement “is against the Jewish State and is against the Jews... It is not just criticism of Israeli government policy. It is against the existence of Israel as the Jewish State.”

(See “Tzipi Livni: Everyone Who Googles BDS Know That This Movement Is Against Jewish State,” YouTube, April 20, 2016, at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=LxUkEmvKptA.) This past November, representatives of both the right and left stood together with the Zionist Organization of America to pass an anti-boycott resolution initiated by the ZOA at the World Zionist Congress.

A proud leading member of the Labor Party, former Member of Knesset

Postal employees deserve our praise

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would like to, at this time, praise our men and women in the USPS, who’s tireless efforts bring us our mail everyday.

In Glen Oaks Village, we have a letter carrier named Diane who delivers our mail, and the many that she meets on her route, with a smile and a kind word.

There is my best friend named David Duffy, who delivered mail in Queens for over 40 years and is now semi-retired.

He has had good stories to tell on his the route and believed he did his best for those who depended on their mail.

In Mineola, where I work at Northeast Plumbing, we have a mail carrier named Jimmy, who I sometimes call the merry mailman and gives us our mail and picks up outgoing mail that is important for our business.

He also does this with a smile and a kind word.

In the aftermath of hurricane Sandy,

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Masha Lubetsky, and World Likud Chair- “ reat Neck Loop averts NICE cuts” man Yaakov Hagoel, and others all urged (Janelle Clausen — April 14) did adoption of the anti-boycott resolution not prevent the closing of the and inclusion of Judea and Samaria.

Rockville Centre Bus Depot on And of course, Jews of all political April 9. persuasions, right and left, Israeli and The old Bee Line Bus Garage in Rocknon-Israeli, are the victims of anti-Se- ville Centre was rebuilt in the late 1980s mitic, anti-Israel boycotts, and have lost with funding provided by the U.S. Detheir livelihoods. partment of Transportation Urban Mass There are also other victims of anti- Transportation Administration.

Israel boycotts, including numerous Today, this is the Federal Transit AdAmerican companies who do business in ministration.

Israel who are targeted by the BDS moveAt a total cost of $10 million, Washment (including Caterpillar, Northrup- ington provided $8 million.

Grumman, Motorola, and many more), Local matching funds of $1 million and Palestinian-Arab workers who lost each were provided by state Department well-paid jobs because the BDS move- of Transportation and Nassau County All ment put their employers out of business U.S. DOT Federal Transit Administraor forced them to move. tion capital improvements have a useful Taking a stand against anti-Jewish, life requirement contained in the master anti-Israel discrimination is an act of grant agreements with Nassau County. courage and morality.

Work was completed with beneficial It’s not “pandering.” use in the late 1980s.

The Town of North Hempstead suUseful life of the overall facility was pervisor and council deserve praise for more than 27 years. their principled and courageous action.

As a result of NICE bus closing this depot on April 9, Nassau County is now Liz Berney on the hook with both the Federal Transit Great Neck Administration and the state DOT. (Ms. Berney is the Long Island-Queens This shut down could result in U,S. Exec. Director of the Zionist Organization DOT Federal Transit Administration of America) requesting reimbursement by Nassau County, based upon straight line depreciation for the remaining value of this investment that was never achieved.

The same could also be true with New York State DOT. Has Nassau County on behalf of NICE Bus approached U.S. DOT Federal Transit Administration and state DOT with a plan to either temporarily mothball the garage (with the clear intent to reopen the facility at a later date) or permanently shut it down?

Over time, there have been other caphe would ask how we were doing and show genuine concern and sympathy for ital investments to the Rockville Centre Bus Depot, including compressed natural what many of us were going through.

This is just a few fine examples of gas fueling stations, facility modifications to accommodate Compressed Natural these fine mail carriers.

Lately there have be a few mail car- Gas buses inside, new roof, doors, bus riers who were hurt by those who did washers, HVAC and other support equipment necessary to run the facility. not care for these fine mail carriers.

Just like a homeowner, items require Our prayers go out to these men and women who serve the public with dedi- constant maintenance, periodic upgrades cation and hard work and deserve to be and eventual replacement years later.

Capital physical assets of any bus honored for all that they do.

Remember this saying about our no- system eventually reach the end of their ble mail carriers: “Neither snow nor rain useful life based upon straight line deprenor heat nor gloom of night stays these ciation and/or manufactures warranty.

Significant changes in technology couriers from the swift completion of may also require replacement of outdattheir appointed rounds.” ed equipment.

That is so true.

What is the current remaining value So I say God bless the men and women who have served us so well over for millions of dollars in additional U.S. the years and deserved a kind words for DOT Federal Transit Administration funded capital improvements and new a job well done. fixed assets to Rockville Centre Bus DeFrederick R. Bedell Jr. pot between 1990 and today that have Mineola yet to reach their useful life?

They will have to be accounted for.

What has Nassau County done with any active NICE capital improvement contracts at Rockville Centre?

How much money will Nassau County have to reinburse both U.S. DOT Federal Transit Administration and state DOT for remaining useful life value of numerous capital improvements made to the Rockville Centre Bus Depot over the past 27 years.

There are a number of issues to contend with in the consolidation of up to 100 buses previously assigned to Rockville Centre with the Mitchell Field Bus Depot.

Mitchell Field was designed and constructed in the late 1980s to provide heavy maintenance for a total fleet of 325 buses.

It was also designed to accommodate a fleet of 225 buses for day to day operations, light maintenance and indoor storage for routes based out of Mitchell Field.

There is no indoor storage capacity for up to 308 buses.

As a result, many buses reassigned from Rockville Centre to Mitchell Field will have to be stored outside.

Exposing buses to rain, snow, sleet and cold weather impacts the useful life of a bus by acceleration of physical deterioration.

Compressed natural gas fueling stations, bus washers and other day to day support equipment will also be affected.

More buses returning to the garage will be stacked up outside waiting longer before being fueled and washed.

There are insufficient bays, pits and lifts to provide light maintenance for 308 versus 225 buses.

Elimination of a significant number of routes could result in a reduction of the total bus fleet.

U.S. DOT FTA allows a peak fleet and up to 20% for spares.

By cutting routes, NICE Bus reduced the peak fleet bus requirements a number of buses.

Has Nassau County, on behalf of NICE Bus, requested both U.S. DOT FTA and state DOT permission to either temporarily increase the spare ratio above 20%, move buses over 12 years old or with 500,000 plus mileage that have met the useful life requirement into a contingency fleet, sold them off at auction or transfer some surplus buses less than 12 years old to another transit operator. Has any current order for new replacement buses been reduced or canceled?

Has any bus procurement, which has yet to be awarded, been postponed?

There will be additional costs for buses operating out of Mitchell Field versus Rockville Centre on routes assigned to Nassau County south shore.

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Business&RealEstate Don’t wait for regular credit checks Have you checked your credit lately? No? Well you should perform this very simple task at least once per year. However, did you know that the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act was signed into law in December 2003.

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It will also show bankruptcies, foreclosure actions and mortgage issues, and all your credit card, installment loans, and lines of credit or refinances of your properties as well as personal and government & I.R.S. tax liens, etc.

However, you will be required to pay an additional fee to receive your credit scores.

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FICO (Fair Isaac Corporation) scores are what the lending institutions, car dealerships or any installment loan companies use to judge your borrowing capabilities and repayment stats.

Scores can range from a low of 350 (Oh Boy!) to a high of 850 (very hard to get that perfect score).

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PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch lender might see it.

FICO Scores are used in 90 percent of credit decisions, so they’re a very good barometer of how your credit can look to potential lenders.

Scoring ranges are just one of the tools lenders can use to link ranges of values with associated characteristics and metrics at-a-glance, allowing them to make more informed lending decisions quickly and fairly.

The following is a guide that explains credit scores and what a consumer can expect when applying for any type of loan, even your utilities, cell phones and all types of insurance can be effected by your credit scores.

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tions • 800 +: Indicates an exceptional FICO Score and is well above the average credit score. Consumers in this range may experience an easy approval process when applying for new credit. Approximately 1 percent of consumers with a credit score of 800+ are likely to become seriously delinquent in the future.

• 740 to 799: Indicates a very good FICO Score and is above the average credit score.

Consumers in this range may qualify for better interest rates from lenders. Approximately 2 percent of consumers with a credit score between 740 to 799 are likely to become seriously delinquent in the future.

• 670 to 739: Indicates a good FICO Score and is in the median credit score range.

Consumers in this range are considered an “acceptable” borrower. Approximately 8 percent of consumers with a credit score between 670 to 739 are likely to become seriously delinquent in the future.

• 580 to 669: Indicates a fair FICO Score and is below the average credit score. Consumers in this range are considered subprime borrowers and getting credit may be difficult

with interest rates that are likely to be much higher. Approximately 28 percent of consumers with a credit score between 580 to 669 are likely to become seriously delinquent in the future.

• 579 and lower: Indicates a poor FICO Score and is considered to be poor credit.

Consumers may be rejected for credit. Credit card applicants in this range may require a fee or a deposit. Utilities may also require a deposit. A credit score this low could be a result from bankruptcy or other major credit problems. Approximately 61 percent of consumers with a credit score under 579 are likely to become seriously delinquent in the future.

So the bottom line is if you are seriously looking to purchase a primary residence, investment property or even a rental to live or run your business out of, be sure of your credit history and scores before your search.

If necessary, and you need to fix your credit, there are legitimate crediting fixing firms (we have one that is phenomenal!), make sure of what the costs are per derogatory remark to be removed and what you can expect over the 1-6 month period that many companies will say they need to increase your credit scores and lastly what their guarantee, if any, is as part of their contract. Also, very important, check out the Better Business Bureau and your local Consumer Affairs office, to verify their reliability and violations or you can also call your Attorney General’s office to see if they have had any infractions or violations against them.

This will provide you a clear profile on the company that you will be using to fix your credit.

Part 2, next week.

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in Port Washington Port Washington Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $$790,000 Demographics near Port Washington, NY Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 15,847 3,787 43.6 2.7 108,767 58,668

County 1,361,350 4,744 41.3 3 98,401 42,949

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16 Lewis Lane, Port Washington Sold Price: $854,000 Date: 03/30/2017 3 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Ranch # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 60x100 Schools: Port Washington Total Taxes: $16,011 MLS# 2904582

47 Sagamore Hill Drive, Port Washington Sold Price: $540,000 Date: 03/31/2017 2 beds, 1 Full baths Style: Ranch # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 40x100 Schools: Port Washington Total Taxes: $10,441 MLS# 2901620

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Sold Price: $700,000 Date: 01/31/2017 4 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 60x100 Schools: Port Washington Total Taxes: $17,576 MLS# 2889969

Sold Price: $1,227,000 Date: 04/07/2017 3 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Ranch # of Families: 1 Lot Size: .59 acre Schools: Port Washington Total Taxes: $19,669 MLS# 2904682

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NHP pool bids North Shore Action $5M over budget holds rally in G. Neck Continued from Page 26 water slide.

The water slide returned after pleas from some residents, and the Town Board in January added another $502,000 to the project cost. The board has authorized a total of $13.4 million in borrowing to pay for it.

The park district’s roughly 13,000 residents will cover the borrowing with property taxes, which were set to rise to $98.88 from $38.39 for a $412,400 home under the $13.6 million plan. The district covers North New Hyde Park, the Village of New Hyde Park, Garden City Park, Herricks and Searingtown.

Taxes would rise an additional $40 per household on average if the park district pays for all of the $19 million cost, Wohlgemuth said in her email.

The tax impact would stay the same if pool membership were opened to a maximum of 2,000 town residents living outside the park district, allowing the town to cover the extra cost of the bids, Wohlgemuth said in the interview.

Residents last year expressed concerns that the project’s cost would grow, despite town offi-

cials’ assurances that it wouldn’t.

Some residents were frustrated this week after hearing it had.

“They want to force an extravagant renovation on us, and they don’t need it,” Brian Dobkin, a resident, said.

Dobkin said opening the pool to non-park district residents would create worries about crowding. He wants more expensive pieces stripped from the plan to keep it within the budget and on time, he said.

But Robert Spina, another resident, said he thinks revising the plan would only delay the project. He would favor opening the pool to other town residents or paying the extra property taxes, he said.

“Just because you’re opening up the membership, it doesn’t really mean that you’ll be getting 2,000 residents to join, either,” Spina said. “But if it’s going to keep the taxes down, then I’m all for it.”

The Lakeville Estates Civic Association’s meeting to discuss the project is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, at Clinton G. Martin Park, located at 1601 Marcus Ave. in New Hyde Park.

Company to remove contaminated soil Continued from Page 25 area. Three are in Great Neck — two at former dry cleaning facilities and a third at a site owned by a banking company, according to the registry.

Phillips touted his company’s proactive, community-based approach to the cleanup.

For instance, he said, a final consent order from the Department of Environmental Conservation ordered Lockheed Martin to pay $2.8 million in “natural resources damages.” The state wanted to use the money to buy land in Suffolk County, but Lockheed Martin instead asked to put it toward water supply reclamation projects in Manhasset and the Village of Lake Success, and toward a state study of Long Island’s groundwater.

“We’re committed to doing the right thing,” Mekell Mikell, a

Lockheed Martin environmental spokeswoman, said in an interview. “It might take a lot of time, it might cost a lot of money, but it’s our obligation, and we want to fulfill it.”

Adam Hoffman, the Lake Success village mayor, said Phillips and Lockheed Martin have always accommodated the village’s requests and provided any information officials needed.

“Stan [Phillips] is an upfront, honest guy, and whatever we’ve ever requested or things we’ve had concerns about, … our environmental specialists always talk to theirs and there’s always been an upfront conversation with them,” Hoffman said.

Efforts to reach the Water Authority of Great Neck North and the Manhasset-Lakeville Water District were unavailing.

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U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) spoke at the North Shore Action rally on Great Neck on Sunday, April 23, 2017.

Continued from Page 20 go forward.”

Attendees at Sunday’s event could visit various tables with representatives from organizations such as Planned Parenthood and the National Organization for Women, as well

as information tables on hate crime, immigration and health care.

Live music was performed by the trio Mountain Maidens and solo singer Daniel Rose, who sang songs including Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” and Leonard Co-

hen’s “Hallelujah.”

U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, (DGlen Cove) attended the event as a guest speaker, offering advice for those who are disgruntled about the current political climate.

“With all the things that people are dreading about our current political environment, the great thing is, more people are paying attention than have in a long time,” Suozzi said.

While the country is working as it’s supposed to with respect to checking and balancing the president’s actions, it is important that people continue to convert their outrage, fear and anxiety into organized action, Suozzi said.

Suozzi is a member of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees and four subcommittees covering tactical air and land forces as well as global health and human rights. Suozzi is also the vice chair of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus.

Suozzi said he is also focusing on local issues and hopes to develop a suicide prevention program for veterans in his district in addition to working on the Bethpage plume of contaminated groundwater.

Police Officer Henry Krukowski of the Nassau County Police Department’s ProblemOriented Police Unit also attended the event, along with North Hempstead Town Councilwoman Anna Kaplan (DGreat Neck), who expressed enthusiasm for the North Shore Action group, offering her services where needed.

“If I can give back in the smallest way, it is truly my honor,” Kaplan said.

North Shore Action meets biweekly at a group member’s home, and can be contacted via email at northshoreaction@ gmail.com or through its Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/NorthShoreAction.

Anti-Semitism event Continued from Page 2 “Clearly all that has happen with other groups getting involved was very organically,” Harris said. “I think everyone knows it’s an important issue and there needs to be more involvement.”

Along with the Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore, the event is cosponsored

by Chevrat Tefillah, the Community Synagogue, the Port Washington Jewish Center, the Sid Jacobson JCC, Temple Beth Israel, Temple Judea of Manhas-

set and Temple Sinai of Roslyn.

Students in grades K-6 will be able to participate in a simultaneous program that will focus on acceptance and diversity.

The Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore is at 1001 Plandome Road

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Democrats push for policing shift Schreiber is 36th in rankings Continued from Page 20

Nassau County Legislator Arnold Drucker announces a bill on Thursday that would require police to concentrate resources to prioritize the protection of houses of worship, religious institutions and dangerous stretches of roadway.

Continued from Page 20 said. “And if they’re patrolling it doesn’t take more than a couple minutes to walk into the facilities.”

Surinder Singh Chawla, a member of the Guru Gobind Singh Sikh Center, in Plainview, said the bill will strengthen security for those in his congregation.

“We get people passing by who comment to us ‘go back to your country,’ ‘what are you doing here,’ or they call our turban a ‘headband,’” he said. “This will help.”

Drucker said the bill came about after a recent meeting he held with Acting Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpeter, during which Krumpeter said crime data determines where police are deployed and expressed confidence such an approach can prevent incidents of bias and discrimination.

“I disagree,” Drucker said. “Data can’t drive everything. We need to be proactive rather than reactive, especially in these unsettling times.”

Neil Tow, a Rabbi at the Woodbury

Jewish Center, said he is satisfied with the level of policing at his congregation and supports the bill because it will ensure such patrols can continue.

“I’m pleased the police will have the support and structure to continue to do that for us and others,” he said. “So we can continue to feel safe and secure.”

Gonsalves will determine whether the bill receives a public hearing and, eventually, a vote.

An attempt to reach Nassau County Police for comment was unavailing.

Commission rules on Baxter House Continued from Page 1 on at another meeting.

“The conditions at 15 Shore Road (the Baxter House) violate all standards for having a detrimental effect upon the character of the historic site,” Peter Salins, commissioner of the landmarks commission, said.

The penalty for the first offense cannot exceed $10,000 or 15 days in jail, according to the village code. The penalties increase for subsequent offenses.

Wu submitted an application on April 17 to demolish the home, which was heavily damaged in a fire on Feb. 5, but the village deemed it “deficient,” saying it lacked nine documents needed.

In a letter sent to the village on Monday, A. Thomas Levin, Wu’s lawyer, said she submitted the incomplete application to expedite the process and noted that the omitted documentation is not yet available.

“Rather than opposing her efforts to remove the present blight on the property, the village should permit the prompt demolition of the fire-damaged structure, and engage with Ms. Wu to resolve all issues as to the future use of the property,” Levin said in the letter.

Levin said in the letter if the village continues to restrict Wu’s “lawful” use

of the property, “both parties can expect to spend substantial time and expense in appeals and litigation, during which time the property will remain fallow and blighted.”

The nine omitted documents include a water shutoff certificate, a sewer line shutoff certificate, a Department of Health rodent form, an asbestos abatement certificate, an oil tank abatement certificate, removal of any septic systems and storm water retention drywalls, the name of the contractor, a certification of worker’s compensation and a commercial general liability insurance policy naming the village as coinsured.

Wu did not submit plans for what is to follow demolition.

In the letter, Levin said Wu has no obligation to file an application laying out plans to reconstruct anything on the premises or repair the damage.

Under the village’s historic preservation code, Wu is required to either rebuild the exterior of the home as an exact replica — because it was landmarked — or repair and restore the home, Trustee Chris Ficalora said.

Levin said this was false, saying there is no requirement in the code or any other law.

“This ‘requirement’ exists only in the

mind of the village,” Levin said in an email.

Ficalora said “it may not say it exactly that way but that’s the extent to what the code is.”

Levin said he has told the village that some of the documents needed for the application to demolish will take weeks to obtain.

He added that other documents “cannot be obtained until the date of demolition is known and the demolition begins.”

“The village refuses to work with Ms. Wu to find a solution, until she files a plan for a replacement building satisfactory to the village, although the village has no authority to do this and is acting in violation of Ms. Wu’s rights to make lawful use of her property,” Levin said. “The village is not going to permit Ms. Wu to do anything with her property until she yields to the village’s unlawful demands as to what she can build there.”

Levin added that it is looking like Wu will have to seek “recourse” in court and it is likely the village will end up paying “substantial” damages to Wu and her legal fees — adding to the money already spent on the matter.

The landmarks commission meeting was a response to a letter Saladino sent to the commission, saying he believed “the

High School’s high ranking on the U.S. News list.

“It is fair to say thanks to everyone who works in the Manhasset school district to help make this meaningful recognition happen,” Cardillo wrote. “Thanks for helping to sustain Manhasset’s great tradition of excellence.”

Kathleen Mooney, the Port Washington school superintendent, commended Paul D. Schreiber High School’s staff and the principal, Ira Pernick, for earning the school a high rank.

“The fact that we have moved up in both the state and national rankings shows a commitment to continuous improvement,” Mooney said in a statement.

Roslyn Superintendent Allison Brown said the district appreciates the high rankings, but does not give them much weight.

“They are typically based on indicators that are arbitrary or very narrow in scope, and do not take into account the full extent of a school’s strengths and achievements,” Brown said in a statement.

The Sewanhaka school district did not respond to a request for comment on the rankings. present condition of the site constitutes disrepair and deterioration of a structure within the meaning of village code 1189,” the section of the code pertaining to historic preservation.

Saladino and an independent engineer hired by the village deemed the home structurally unsound after the fire and said it should be demolished.

At the meeting, residents continued to urge the commission to preserve the home, and said if it is demolished, Wu should be required to use materials from the existing home to rebuild a replica.

“We should require some sort of salvage of materials of the original home,” Nancy Comer, a resident, said.

Josh Friedman, a Port Washington resident who said he is in his last semester of architecture school, said demolishing the home should not be discussed, and he has seen homes that are restored after being 80 percent damaged.

Days before the fire, Levin told the village Wu would withdrew her original application to demolish and rebuild a replica of the home, but Ficalora said it was never withdrawn.

The house was built in the 1700s and once sat on the Baxter Homestead, which dates to 1673.

Wu purchased the house in 2003 for $990,000. The home’s exterior was landmarked in 2005, a decision Wu opposed.

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He lambasted the president’s failed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Obama’s landmark health care law, and his efforts to fund a southern border wall in the federal budget while defunding social programs such as Meals on Wheels.

“This is what you see every day with this president: carnage and chaos,” Perez said.

Perez addressed Nassau Democrats as they seek to take control of the county government in this year’s elections following several indictments of Republican officials, including County Executive Edward Mangano. He has pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges.

County Legislator Laura Curran, the Democratic committee’s chosen county executive candidate, faces a three-way primary with state Assemblyman Charles Lavine and county Comptroller George Maragos.

Jay Jacobs, the Nassau County Democratic chairman, said Democratic victories here would “send shivers down the spines of Republicans everywhere” by defeating one of the nation’s oldest and most powerful local Republican parties.

“First let’s take back our county, then

let’s take back our country,” Jacobs said.

At Monday’s dinner, Democratic leaders announced candidates for eight of the 12 county Legislature seats held by Republicans. Democrats currently hold seven seats.

Mal Nathan, the Town of North Hempstead’s chief bay constable, will take on Legislator Richard Nicolello (RNew Hyde Park), and Nassau corrections officer Carl Gerrato will oppose Legislator Vincent Muscarella (R-West Hempstead).

Both ran for the same seats in 2015.

Dino Amoroso, a former CEO of Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. who ran for Hempstead town clerk in 2015, will face C. William Gaylor III (R-Lynbrook) in the 6th Legislative District.

Other candidates include Alex Melton in the 12th Legislative District, Eileen Napolitano in the 13th District, Michael Sheridan in the 15th District, Joshua Lafazan in the 18th District and Jeff Gold in the 19th District. Napolitano also ran in 2015.

Reach reporter Noah Manskar by email at nmanskar@theislandnow.com or by phone at 516.307.1045 x204. Also follow us on Twitter @noahmanskar and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

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ELDER CARE /CLEANING: Honest, dependable, hard working woman seeking job for cleaning and elderly care. Excellent references. Call Eugenie 718-953-7095

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HELP WANTED ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: to Vice President. 5 days, must be experienced in QuickBooks and Word. Knowledge in AR/AP a must.

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CLERICAL P/T Garden City law firms seeks responsible and reliable individual for clerical work and scanning project. Flexible hours.

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GERMAN TEACHER P/T: The Waldorf School of Garden City seeks a P/T German Teacher beginning in September 2017. Please send resume to: RRR@waldorfgarden.org To learn more about the Waldorf School of Garden City visit our website: www.waldorfgarden.org INTERN WANTED IT Position.

Knowledge of eBay, computer listing, manage web. Contact John 516-747-0250 OFFICE SUPPORT: Full time.

Some property management experience helpful. Some Word, Excel, Outlook skills required. Experience with QuickBooks a plus for future planned implementation. Wide range of general clerical duties including: data entry, photocopying, faxing, mailing correspondence, assist in handling requests for information from various city agencies. For consideration, please submit cover letter with resume to: trusdale.properties@gmail.com Old Westbury Long Island location.

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CARE GIVER: NEED A COMPANION or nursing assistant for your loved ones at home or in a health care facility? Call 516-410-9943 for a NY State certified nursing assistant with excellent references !

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CERTIFIED HHA (certification current) Seeking position as a companion to the Elderly. Available to work Mon-Fri. 15 years of experience.

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ELDER CARE: AIDE/COMPANION with 15 years experience available to care for elderly. Days, nights, weekends. Own car. Excellent references.

Call 516-775-6171 HEALTH AIDE: Certified Aide seeking to provide private duty care to Garden City or local area resident.

Available Monday through Friday, part time or full time, flexible hours, licensed driver, exceptional references. Call Annmarie 917-586-7433 HOME HEALTH AIDE/ ELDER CARE Home health aide with over 15 years experience !! Excellent references. Cooking, cleaning, showers, all aspects of daily care. Live in.

Available Immediately !! Call Sharon 347-739-7717 HOUSE CLEANING AVAILABLE 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! Loves animals !! Call or text Nancy 516-469-5517. Email: nancybenitez023@gmail.com HOUSE CLEANING: Excellent service, with great references, reliable, own transportation, English speaking. Call Selma at 516-690-3550 HOUSE CLEANING: Experienced cleaning service available. Pleasant, responsible. Provides own quality clean products. Own transportation.

Local references. Spanish/English speaking. Free estimates. Approximate cost: Small home $79, Mid size $99, Large $118. Please call Diana 516-859-7084 WE CLEAN: HOUSE, OFFICE, Apartment spaces. Let us do the work for you. We also provide green cleaning if needed. If you have any question I will be happy to answer.

Free estimate, discount for loyal customers. 516-817-7700

CAREER TRAINING AIRLINE CAREERS Start here. Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AIM for free information 866-296-7094

ANNOUNCEMENTS MEETINGS Come and join us for an informative video & meet great people. Third Wednesday of the month. 7pm. Park City Diner, 101 Herricks Road, Garden City Park, NY 11040. The John Birch Society. JBS.org

MARKETPLACE INVITED SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Consignment Shoppe and Auction House Open 7 Days a WeekConsignments by Appointment Monthly Live & Online Auctions Tag Sale, Appraisals and Estate Sale Services Complete House Cleanouts Moving Services Home Staging Services 839 Stewart Avenue Garden City, NY 11530 516-2796378 www.invitedsales.com

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MOVING: MUST SELL!! All mint, like new gas power generator, power washer, Cherry Grandfather Clock, 2 Harden Sofas and 2 Wing Chairs, Nordic Track Treadmill, Ping-Pong Table, Birch Dining Table and 6 chairs. All PRISTINE! Call 516-639-3504 PRIVACY HEDGE SPRING BLOW OUT SALE. 6’ Arborvitae (cedar) reg. $129 NOW $69. Beautiful, nursery grown. FREE installation/ FREE delivery. Limited supply! ORDER NOW! 518-536-1367 www. lowcosttrees.com

WANTED TO BUY 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 718-3861104 or 917-775-3048 OLD TOOLS, toys, trains, coins, antiques, sterling, costume jewelry, clocks, watches. Pleasant and courteous treatment. In business over 54 years. Immediate payment.

Immediate removal. 347-256-7981 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www. iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

TAG SALE *BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles TuesFri 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 516-7468900 email: store@atstewartexchange.org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org CLEAN OUT SALE! Household items, furniture, sporting equipment, electronics, art, decorative & holiday items. Something for everyone! Saturday, April 29th, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 97 Bayberry Ave., Garden City NY 11530. Appts only regarding sale of home. Please email Bfitztook22@yahoo.com or text 516-287-5907

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AUTO SERVICES

VACATION RENTAL

LOTS FOR SALE

INVITED SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Thursday, May 4 9:30 a.m.

2169 Seneca Drive North Merrick, NY 11566 Very nice home, selling furnishings for the den, living room and bedroom including household items, basement and garage. Visit www.invitedsales.com for pictures and details!

DETTAGLIO DETAILING: Anthony Masia, Owner/Operator. Dependable, professional detailer, SUVs, vans, pick-ups also detailed at a higher price. We specialize in imports/Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Jaguar & Maserati. $10 off complete detail. Spring Wash & Wax Special $95/cars only. Coupons not to be combined. 631-612-7152.

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HAMPTON BAYS SUMMER RENTAL 4 Bedroom, 2 1/2 Bath, large lot in private community with private bay beach. South of Montauk Highway, close to train, restaurants, beaches and shopping. July and/or August available.

Single family only, no group rentals. July $10,000. August $11,000.

July & August $20,000.00 Call 516-426-2247 and leave a message.

References/Security required.

NORTH CAROLINA MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOR SALE Fastest 1 mile paved race track in the world.

250 acres, 34,000 seats,m multiple uses. New cost $75 Million. Buy today for $3.750 Million. Iron Horse Properties, broker 910-997-2248

WILLISTON PARK: “Bargains and Blessings” Thrift Shop at RESURRECTION CHURCH, 147 Campbell Avenue @Center Street.

OPEN Thursdays 9:30am-1pm and Saturdays 10am-2pm. 516746-2257. EASTER ITEMS, jewelry, clothing, household items, etc.

DONATIONS accepted MondayThursday 9am-1pm.

YARD SALE GARDEN CITY YARD SALE 5/5 & 5/6 at 109 Arthur Street, 9am-3pm.

Something for everyone. Home goods, college bound, sports, electronics, fine crystal, toys, games, clothing, furniture & lots more. All pristine!

PETS

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 516775-4256

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 RENT DO YOU HAVE A PLACE TO RENT? And looking for ADELPHI UNIVERSITY renters? Students are starting their searches and the Adelphi Off-Campus Housing website has you covered! http: / / offcampushousing.adelphi. edu

APARTMENT FOR RENT GARDEN CITY BORDER APARTMENT: Spacious, bright 2 bedroom with dining area, gated parking, laundry, A/C, hardwood floors. NO BROKER FEE, near LIRR. $1,750 + electric. ALSO 1 bedroom with balcony $1,585.00 + electric. Both available approximately June 1. www.gcbapts.com or 516-7421101

MYA’S K9 CAMP Full Service Pet Care Professional Dog Training Grooming Boarding Walking GC Resident 516-382-5553

GARDEN CITY Sunny large 3 rooms. Freshly painted, new granite counters, 2 A/C, 1 Bed, parking. $2,100 First floor. Three rooms, 1 Bed, LR/DR combo, new EIK, A/C, Doorman. $2,400 Corner Unit. 4 rooms, 2 Bed, DR/EIK, parking.

June 1. $3,200 Garden City Properties 516-746-1563 516-313-8504

AUTOMOTIVE

OFFICE SPACE

HAMPTONS: ON SHINNECOCK BAY Minutes to ocean, train, stores.

2/3 Bedroom, 2 Bath house, open Kitchen. Moor your boat free. Mem. Day to Labor Day $19,500 June $11,500 July to Labor Day $18,000 No Pets or Smokers. References /Security required. Call 516-5542008 OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Best selection of affordable rentals. Full /partial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily. Holiday Resort Services. 1-800-638-2102. Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com SAG HARBOR SUMMER RENTAL Upscale Community. 100’ Noyac Bay Beachfront. 3 BR, 2 Bath, LR, DR, Kitchen, Porch, Bayfront Patio, CAC, Sunsets. Available Aug-LD Call or Text 201-919-6574 SUMMER RENTAL CANOE PLACE LANDING A HAMPTON NEW LUXURY WATERVIEW TOWNHOUSE. Two bedrooms, two and a half baths and waterview decks. A private gated community, heated pool and club house. Walking to Cowfish, short drive to ocean, 15 minutes to wine country. Call agent for details. 727-656-2131

REAL ESTATE FOR SALES

2002 4 RUNNER: Green, all wheel drive, full off road vehicle, tow hitch, good condition, original owner.

85,000 miles. $7,200 negotiable.

516-395-8947 BMW Z3, 2.5l, 2002; convertible sports car, silver, red leather interior, 56,000 miles, garaged, mint. $14,500. Must sell. 516-508-0955

GARDEN CITY 1565 FRANKLIN AVE RESERVED PARKING Large Windowed Offices in newly built professional suite. Conference room, reception, copier, pantry included. Available June 1st.

Call 516-248-3048

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2017 BEST OF THE NORTH SHORE CONTEST IS OPEN. VOTE NOW! NOMINATE A BUSINESS! VISIT THEISLANDNOW.COM/CONTEST2017

WATERFRONT LAND SELL OFF! April 29th & 30th. 16 Estate sized lakefront tracts from $89,900! Buy at a fraction of market price! Private wooded setting, spring fed lake with trophy bass! 3 hrs NYC! EZ terms avail! Call 888-479-3394 to register.

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OUT OF TOWN REAL ESTATE SOUTHAMPTON: Long Island Noyac Road, Waterfront with dock on North Sea Harbor! 3 Br, 2 Ba, sunroom & deck. Incredible sunsets! $1.1m Owner 917-291-3067

REAL ESTATE WANTED Land Wanted LAND WANTED: Cash buyer seeks large acreage 200+ acres in the Central/Finger Lakes and Catskills Regions of NYS. Brokers welcome. For immediate confidential response, call 607-353-8068 or email info@NewYorkLandandLakes.com

SERVICE DIRECTORY

HOMES FOR SALE GARDEN CITY ESTATES Expanded Split. 3-4 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath. LR, DR, Kit, Den, 2 car garage, AC, Sprinklers. Prime block: Close to LIRR, Stratford School.

Low taxes. $949,000. Principals.

Owner: 516-747-1024

HOMES FOR SALE

AUTO FOR SALE

PINEHURST, NC 1,485+/- Acres For Sale. PUD plan available, Merchantable Timber, Lakes, Foxfire area with Equestrian/Golf, Road Frontage, Great Weather, Low Taxes, $6,632 per acre, $9,875 Million, Iron Horse Properties Broker 910-997-2248

GARDEN CITY Open House Sunday, April 30 1-3pm 3 Bedrooms, 4th bedroom on third floor. Great family block in the western section.

Finished basement with full bath.

Close to Church and railroad. Mitsubishi split a/c units throughout the house. Low taxes, approximately $13,300.00 with STAR. Sprinklers, wood burning fireplace, kitchen has granite countertops and stainless steel appliances, hardwood floors. 38 Cambridge Avenue. $799,000.00 Call Joe 516-551-3019

PLACE YOUR AD HERE CALL 516.307.1045

SERVICES FIX’N FLIPS, HARD MONEY/ BRIDGE LOANS, No Documents Stated Income Loans, up to 90% PP, 100% Rehab, PurchaseRefinance, One-Four Units, Mixed Use, Commercial Building,888-565-9477

HOME IMPROVEMENTS AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES *Handyman & Remodeling *Kitchen Installations *Furniture Assembly *Finish Carpentry *Minor Electrical & Plumbing 23year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Call BOB 516-741-2154 LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard. 646-996-7628 RAFTER ONE CARPENTRY: Kitchens & Baths, Windows & Doors, Wainscoting & Molding, all general home repairs. References.

License #H010478/Insured. Bill Ryan 516-491-6222

HOME IMPROVEMENTS SKY CLEAR WINDOW and Restorations Inc. Window Restorations, Outdated Hardware, skylights, Andersen Sashes, new storm windows, wood windows, chain/rope repairs, falling windows, fogged panes, mechanical repairs, wood repairs, restorations, all brands. Call Mr. Fagan, 32 years experience.

631-385-7975 www.skyclearwindow.com

PAINTING & PAPERHANGING INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING Plastering, Taping, Sheetrock Skim Cutting, Old Wood Refinish Staining, Wallpaper Removal & Hanging, Paint Removal Power Washing, Wood Replacement JOHN MIGLIACCIO Licensed & Insured #80422100000 Call John anytime: 516-901-9398 (Cell) 516483-3669 (Office) JV PAINT HANDYMAN SERVICES Interior-Exterior Specialist Painting, Wallpapering, Plastering, Spackling, Staining, Power Washing.

Nassau Lic#H3814310000 fully Insured Call John 516-741-5378

PARTY HELP LADIES & GENTLEMEN RELAX & ENJOY Your Next Party! Catering and Experienced Professional Services for Assisting with Preparation, Serving and Clean Up Before, During and After Your Party Bartenders Available. Call Kate at 516-248-1545

TRANSPORTATION DRIVER AVAILABLE:Life long resident of Garden City available to provide rides for trips to town, stores, doctor visits, any kind of ride assistance. Available MondaySaturday.

Call Joe 516-650-1903

TUTORING CHEMISTRY TUTOR: Call Jonathan, Ivy League Ph.D. AP, SAT II, Regents. I also tutor Biology, Physics, Earth & Environmental Science. itutorchem@gmail.com or 516-669-0587 ELEMENTARY TUTOR:Elementary teacher dual certified in general and special education (Birth-6th grade) available to work with your student to support, enhance and reinforce important skills in Math & Literacy.

Call Jeanine 516-225-1044 ENGLISH TUTOR: Diane Gottlieb M.Ed., M.S.W. SAT/ACT, College Essays, AP, Regents, ELA Test Prep, Reading comprehension and writing proficiency. 917-599-8007 or email: dianegot@gmail.com LongIslandEnglishTutor.com Providing one-on-one professional support to build confidence, knowledge and skills in every student.

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CLEANING

SERVICES

IVY LEAGUE GRAD TUTOR: 8+ years experience. Specialities include Physics, Chemistry, Math (all levels), SAT, SAT II. Rate $100/hr.

Sessions held in Library. Skype tutoring available. Call 718-415-8118

HOUSE CLEANING: Experienced service, great references, reliable, English speaking. Please call Mirian at 516-642-6624

BABYSITTING & PET SITTING SERVICES: Garden City Mom (and teacher) is available to babysit and /or care for your pets. Available weekday and weekend evenings.

References available upon request.

Please call or text: 516-713-0896

MATH TUTOR: Middle & High School, Common Core Algebra, Geometry and Algebra 2. Regents and Finals prep. Contact: kjomalley91@gmail.com or 516-426-8638 MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, PreCalc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314 ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ year experience Critical Reading, Writing, Grammar, Essays. Lynne 625-3314 SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS WANTED! Leona Handelman, Half Hollow Hills Math Teacher. Empowering students K-12. Common Core and enrichment, PSAT, SAT, ACT, Regents/test prep, professional licensing exams. Free evaluation and personalized tutoring programs.

516-652-9851 or 516-627-0024

INSTRUCTION BASEBALL INSTRUCTION Top rated on Long Island New York State Certified Go to:coachup.com /coaches/johns-22 for reviews and info.

VINYASA and GENTLE YOGA

Classes in Mineola Studio.

• $110 - 10 classes • $15 - walk-in rate Call or Text Carol 516-662-7391 or email YogawithCarol@outlook.com PIANO LESSONS By Ira Baslow.

Experience the joy of playing the piano. Private lessons in your home, free no-obligation piano lesson, all levels, all styles, all ages. Beginners a specialty. 516-312-1054 www. iwantmypianolessons.com

PLACE YOUR AD CALL 516.307.1045

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Don’t close bus facilities, cut routes Continued from Page 59 How many millions of dollars will NICE Bus require from Nassau County to modify the Mitchell Field facility especially expanding indoor storage capacity?

This will be necessary to accommodate most of the 90 buses formerly assigned to the Rockville Center Bus Depot.

More time and mileage will be accumulated on buses starting out each day and dead heading back to the bus depot after completing the last trip.

The success of both MTA Long Island Rail Road $2 billion Main Line Third Track along with $10.8 billion and growing East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal projects are also dependent upon NICE Bus being able to expand feeder service to various LIRR stations.

How will NICE bus be able to accommodate any future expansion of the existing bus fleet with only one working bus depot when these additional services are required?

Even with adding thousands of commuter parking spots at various LIRR stations, there will still be the need to accommodate some of the many new LIRR riders with new additional service provided by NICE Bus. How would NICE Bus be able to accommodate the needs of any new bus services as a result of implementing any recommendations from the ongoing Nassau Hub Transportation Study?

What is the current status for Nassau County on behalf of NICE bus on completion of a dialogue with U.S. DOT FTA & State DOT to resolve all of these issues?

Has resolution been achieved on these complex issues? What will the final costs to Nassau County taxpayers be?

In fiscal year 2016, Nassau County was allocated $10,884,670 in 5307 and $385,923 in 5309 federal funds.

To obtain these funds, a 20% local match is required.

State DOT and Nassau County each contributed 10% or over $1,408,000 to come up with these matching funds.

These funds are passed on to NICE Bus under a Program of Projects.

Five million, six hundred thousand in 5,307 funds plus 20% local match provided by Nassau County and New York State are used for preventative maintenance which offsets some operating costs.

In fiscal year 2017, similar

amounts of federal funds will be available.

Nassau County has the ability to program more of these dollars to preventative maintenance.

The down side is that there would be less funding available for replacement buses and other routine state of good repair capital projects.

Going back decades, previous capital programs managed by NICE Bus and its predecessors — Long Island Bus and Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority’s were almost totally dependent on federal funding with local match. Spending more money each year on preventative maintenance rather than other capital projects in the long term could adversely impact both replacement bus and state of good repair capital programs.

It is the equivalent of robbing Peter to pay Paul.

If Gov. Cuomo can find $2 billion in new money for the MTA LIRR Main Line Third Track, why not several million so NICE Bus could have avoided closing the Rockville Center bus depot?

In the end, it would have been cheaper for Nassau County to come up with several million additional dollars necessary to support NICE Bus. This could avoid closing the Rockville Centre bus garage and eliminating or reducing service on the balance of routes cut on April 9, rather than potential paying back both Washington and Albany.

Since the takeover of private bus operators in 1973, for the past 44 years, Nassau County has been expanding the bus system capital infrastructure and facilities (Mitchel Field & Rockville Centre bus depots, Stewart Avenue Paratransit Facility & Hempstead MultiModal Bus Terminal), buses and other equipment. Nassau County and most recently NICE bus have partnered together in successfully attracting millions in discretionary federal and state capital dollars.

Consolidation and closing of facilities, elimination of bus routes and reductions to the bus fleet is not the best way to build credibility with both U.S. DOT FTA and State DOT when asking for additional future discretionary funding for NICE Bus. Larry Penner (Larry Penner is a transportation historian and advocate who previously worked 31 years for the United States Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office)

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Annual Walk of Love & 5K Run! Saturday, May 13, 2017 Join the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island (RMH-LI) for its annual

Walk of Love & 5K Run presented by Walgreens!

• Date: Saturday, May 13, 2017 • Time: 8 AM - 1 PM • Location: Ronald McDonald House of Long Island, located at 267-07 76th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY • Radio Sponsor: 106.1 BLI & 102.3 WBAB

All proceeds will benefit the programs and services RMH-LI & the Ronald McDonald Family Room at Stony Brook Children's Hospital provide for families of seriously ill children.

Post-walk family fun and entertainment will follow the Walk & 5K with activities including an appearance by Ronald McDonald, carnival games, BBQ, music, face painting and more!

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A RAIN OR SHINE EVENT. Registration fees are as follows:

• $25 (pre-registration) • $15 (children 12 and under) • $30 (day-of registration) Registration includes an event t-shirt, entertainment, refreshments, finish line medal and finish line celebration.

For more information on registration, fundraising and sponsorship opportunities, please contact:

Eliana Vollmer - evollmer@rmhlongisland.org / (516) 775-5683 x129

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‘Bike-to-Work Parade’ set for Saturday The Long Island alternative transportation advocacy organization, Car-less Long Island, will be holding its second annual Long Island “Bike-to-Work Parade” on Saturday, April 29.

Gathering for the parade begins as 9 a.m. at Hofstra University’s North campus.

The parade will follow a 6.5-mile loop beginning and ending at Hofstra University.

There will be a route for pedestrians, disabled participants, cyclists with younger children and cyclists who simply would prefer a shorter ride.

Participants are encouraged to dress up and adorn their bicycles.

There will be a festival with prizes for

the best costumes and bikes at the end of the parade.

The festival leads into Hofstra University’s Dutch festival with food and flower vendors, music and rides for small children.

“There are many reasons why Long Islanders should support alternative forms of transportation, such as biking,” says Car-less Long Island founder and chairwoman, Sylvia Silberger, of Hempstead. “Clearly it is much more environmentally friendly and bicycle commuters are able to incorporate a healthier active life-style into their daily routine. But also, it reduces vehicular congestion, benefitting all motorists, and many studies have shown that walk- and bike-ability helps

local businesses thrive. There are also many Long Islanders who need alternative forms of transportation because they are unable to drive or own their own cars and we all benefit if everyone as access to the transportation necessary to survive in this world.”

The bike parade is officially listed as a sister march to the Climate March on Washington that day.

Car-less Long Island was founded in the summer of 2015 as a project of the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island.

“It seems I have often found myself in conversations with other Long Islanders who would like to be able to get around without a car, but are frustrated by the danger and inconvenience inherent al-

ternative modes of transportation,” says Silberger.

She founded Car-less Long Island to counter the “nihilistic feeling that this is just how Long Island is — we are a carculture and that will never change.”

Silberger is optimistic that the Biketo-Work Fashion Parade will allow Long Islanders who would like Long Island to be a more bike-friendly community realize that they are not alone.

Participation in the parade is free, but participants are encouraged to register in advance at www.Car-LessLI.org/parade.

More information about the parade, such as maps and information about volunteering and helping to sponsor the parade, can also found on the website.

Sid Jacobson luncheon to be held May 10 Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center’s Friendship Circle Luncheon, A Yellow Rose event, will be held on Wednesday, May 10 at Fresh Meadow Country Club in Lake Success.

The annual event raises funds to provide financial sustainability for the programs at Sid Jacobson JCC that improve the lives of those afflicted with dementia and other chronic conditions at any age or stage, as well as providing support and education for their families.

This year’s event honors Wendy K. Goidel, the founding and managing member of Goidel Law Group PLLC and its Estate Planning & Elder Law Center.

Goidel is also the founder and co-developer of Concierge Care Coordination, a holistic practice

model.

For the past 18 years, she has concentrated in the areas of elder law, estate and long-term care planning, estate and trust administration, special needs planning and guardianships.

Extremely passionate about her practice and clients, Goidel is described as an educator and problem solver who listens before educating clients on topics of concern to them.

A member of Sid Jacobson JCC for 24 years, Goidel appreciates the im-

portance of its multigenerational programs and their positive impact on the communities they serve.

She said she is especially committed to supporting the adult day programs for frail and cognitively impaired adults and the support groups for their families.

Goidel said she is honored to partner with the JCC by sponsoring the

Music & Memory Program, co-sponsoring the Rock ‘n’ Roll Memory Cafés and donating her time and services to program and support group participants.

The event begins at 11 a.m. with a cocktail reception and raffles, followed by a delicious lunch and dessert.

The event includes a fashion show presented by Americana Manhasset fea-

turing St. John.

Sid Jacobson JCC programs are tailored to the full spectrum of individuals with neurodegenerative diseases, from cognitive exercises and support groups for those in the early stages to structured day programs for frail and memory-impaired individuals suffering from more advanced staged disorders.

The JCC’s Let’s Do

Lunch is a first-of-its-kind program designed for individuals in their 30s, 40s and 50s with young onset dementia and neurodegenerative illnesses.

To purchase tickets for the event or to donate, please visit www.sjjcc.org/ luncheon or contact Assistant Director of Development Bridgette Adair at 516-484-1545 ext. 141 or badair@sjjcc.org.

Stroke assessment fair on May 11 In recognition of National Stroke Awareness month in May, NYU Winthrop Hospital’s Department of Neuroscience will host a free Stroke Risk Assessment and Stroke Awareness Fair for the community on Thursday, May 11 at 6 p.m.

The program will be held at the Winthrop Research & Academic Center, located at 101 Mineola Blvd. at the corner of Second Street in Mineola.

It will offer individual stroke risk assessments and an informational fair at 6 p.m., followed by a 7 p.m. lecture.

The assessment will consist of a blood pressure check and risk factor review.

A light dinner will be included.

Shazia Alam, director of Neurohospitalist and Stroke Services and attending vascular neurologist at NYU Win-

throp, will discuss risk factors, prevention and the different types of stroke.

Alam will also explain how to recognize the signs of a stroke, why you need to act fast and the latest information about available treatments.

A question and answer period will follow the lecture.

The Stroke Awareness Fair will feature representatives from Winthrop’s Department of Neuroscience and other departments, who will answer questions and provide information about important stroke-related prevention and recovery issues, such as speech-language services, occupational and physical therapy, home care, social work and more.

Representatives from various community resources will also be available to answer questions.

Limited parking is available at the Research & Academic Center.

Additional parking is available at the commuter lot on the corner of First Street and Third Avenue, which is free after 6 p.m.

Parking is also available across the street from the center in the garage behind the 120 Mineola Blvd. building, which is also free after 6 p.m.

Entrance to the garage is on First Avenue.

Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required.

To register, call 516-663-3916.

For information on other free community education programs at the hospital, call 1-866-WINTHROP.

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Islanders Girls Hockey Academy Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano joined with Northwell Health Ice Center President and New York Islanders General Manager Garth Snow to announce that Northwell Health Ice Center is expanding its partnership with Nassau County and the New York Islanders to introduce the Islanders Girls Hockey Academy.

The program is a development and instructional league for girls 10 and under, and is structured around the USA Hockey American Development Model.

“The New York Islanders and Northwell Health Ice Center management continue to invest in our local community and provide benefits to young players and fans alike,” said Mangano. “This Islanders Girls Hockey Academy offers a free, exciting opportunity to girls aged 10 and under that provides benefits on and off the ice. From developing teambuilding skills to sharpening one’s ability to think quickly, and cardiovascular benefits to increasing one’s strength and abilities, this is a well-rounded program for Nassau’s youth.”

The Islanders Girls Hockey Academy is offered at no cost and no prior hockey experience is required.

Once fully operational, the program with add to the already blossoming number of girls playing hockey in the community by more than 40%.

The program, set to begin on October 23, provides an introduction to the game for girls in the local community looking to play the sport of hockey.

The academy will teach fundamentals, skills, sportsmanship and emphasize how much fun hockey is for everyone.

“We are excited to grow the sport of women’s hockey in the local community through the public-private partnership between Northwell Health Ice Center and Nassau County,” Northwell Health Ice Center and New York Islanders General Manager Garth Snow said. “Programs like the Islanders Girls Hockey Academy are the reason we get involved in management. The real reward is seeing a young child begin playing in our youth groups and having fun. We want girls to start playing in the Islanders Girls Hockey Academy, develop their skills to eventually play at the pinnacle of the sport, in college or representing their country in the Olympics. Partnering with the County on this terrific program, will help

introduce girls who may have never played hockey, develop their skills at Long Island’s premier hockey facility, Northwell Health Ice Center.”

The program is headed by Alexis Moed who is Northwell Health Ice Center’s Girls Hockey Director.

Moed played college hockey at Boston College (NCAA DI program), where she embodied the student-athlete model earning Hockey East All Academic honors, and was awarded the Athletic Directors Academic award.

At the completion of her playing career at BC, Moed began her coaching career on Long Island developing several programs for girls’ hockey.

She currently runs the Islanders Elite Girls Hockey Travel Program at Northwell.

The program provides elite level hockey for girls 12 and over.

Set to start in the fall, the program will take place over a 17-week period and include a two-week introductory period, pre-season, 14-week regular season all culminating in a post-season assessment.

Girls will have their ice sessions from 4 to 5 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow, the official practice facility of the New York Islanders.

Girls interested in signing up for the program should contact Alexis Moed at Northwell Health Ice Center at 516441-0070 or via email at alexis.moed@newyorkislanders. com.

Protecting and Volunteer hospice program preserving water State Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso, a member of the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee, called on residents to help protect and preserve Long Island’s water supply.

“By practicing sustainable lawn care residents will use less water and less fertilizer,” he said.

“Native plants are low maintenance and can live on rain water and do not need to be watered or fertilized as often as non-native plants. They provide nectar, pollen, and seeds that serve as food for native butterflies, insects, birds, and other local animals,” he added.

To naturally improve the health of your lawn leave lawn clippings on the grass, clippings are 80 percent water and contain 2 to 4 percent nitrogen, the needed phosphorus, potassium, and other valuable nutrients.

Using phosphorous as a lawn fertilizer for a lawn which does not need it is not allowed in New York State.

Basil Seggos, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, has announced that “excess phos-

phorous is causing problems in many New York waterbodies, making them unusable for swimming, fishing, or as a source of drinking water. I urge residents to ‘look for the zero’ and buy phosphorous-free fertilizer this spring.”

Phosphorous run-off from lawns can harm our water by causing algae to overgrow, thereby depleting the water of oxygen and creating the potential for chlorination carcinogens.

Fertilizers and pesticides run off, ending up in ground or surface water, including wells which affecting drinking water, recreation water supplies and animal habitats.

To learn more about a sustainable landscaping, go to: http://www.dec.ny.gov/public/44290.html.

To learn more about lawn fertilizer and the NYS Nutrient Runoff Law go to: http://www. dec.ny.gov/chemical/67239. html.

For a list of native plants, visit http://www.dec.ny.gov/ docs/lands_forests_pdf/factnatives.pdf.

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Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation has launched a volunteer hospice doula program that provides emotional support and comfort to people who are approaching their final days.

The program is supported by a two-year grant from The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation.

The Comprehensive Community Hospice Program of Parker Jewish Institute is looking for people who would like to volunteer as a doula by going out to patients’ homes to offer a helping hand, a warm smile, and kind words of support.

Volunteer doulas will help patients and families cope with the process of dying, remaining at the bedside as life ends.

“Doula” is a Greek word that means “woman servant or caregiver.”

Today it is associated with individuals who provide physical assistance and emotional support during and/or after childbirth.

The program aims to mirror the concept by providing the same type of support at the final phase of a terminal illness.

The initiative will place a focus on planning for death with the elderly patient and family, if there is one, and provide a continuous around-the-clock vigil as death becomes imminent.

The program will help the elderly patient who lacks family or adequate caregiver support to die comfortably, without fear of being alone.

Even when surrounded by loved ones, individuals with a terminal illness and those closest to

them may feel isolated as they face the end of life.

As the end of life approaches, patients and families struggle with anxiety, fear, exhaustion, and opportunities to explore meaning go unaddressed.

Hospice doulas provide emotional support and comfort to patients and their loved one in the final phase of a terminal illness.

They are there to open the door to deeper communication, listen, be present, and allow the person to just be.

The work of a death doula is primarily about presence.

Doulas can come from any background.

They typically work as part of a team so that someone is always available to be with the person who is dying.

They usually sit quietly with a patient, talk with them and offer support, comfort and companionship.

Volunteers receive training that teaches techniques for the best ways to support a dying person, strategies to relieve overburdened family members, and ways to organize a “legacy project” to help capture the patient’s life, as well as assisting at the moment of death and helping loved ones process their grief in the weeks that follow.

Anyone interested in offering their compassionate presence to patients and families in the last weeks, days and moments of life are invited to attend a seminar to learn more.

Call the Hospice Program’s Volunteer Doula Coordinator at 718-289-2134 or email volunteernerken@parkerinstitute.org.

Holocaust remembrance Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso joined Temple Tikvah of New Hyde Park in paying tribute to the more than six million Jews and countless others whose lives were tragically lost during the Holocaust. Assemblyman D’Urso gave a loving tribute to his father, Giuseppe D’Urso, for being a righteous gentile who saved the lives of Jews during the war. The community commemoration of Yom Hashoah was sponsored by Temple Tikvah, Lake Success Jewish Center, Bellerose Jewish Center and Temple Sholom of Floral Park.

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Sports Manhasset defeats G.N. South Rebels The Manhasset Indians defeated the Great Neck South Rebels 9-1 in baseball on Tuesday afternoon, led by Jay Schlaefer, Jack Zaffiro and Philip Chang, who each drove in two runs.

Schlaefer and Zaffiro each hit a home run while Manhasset starting pitcher Robert DeCas-

Manhasset 9 Great Neck South 1 tro struck out five batters and allowed one run and three hits through six innings.

First baseman Jason Goldstein drove in the only run for Great Neck South.

Manhasset head coach Mark Giardino said it was great to see DeCastro pitch well and for his offense to get going.

“Robert pitches to contact, throws strikes, and keeps guys off balance,” Giardino said.

“Jay’s been hitting all year and Jack stepped up recently. These boys worked very hard and it was well deserved.”

Great Neck South head coach Ciro Ambrosio said they weren’t aggressive enough offensively and their inexperience showed.

“We didn’t make any adjustments the second or third time at the plate,” Ambrosio said.

“We’re extremely young and have four freshmen starting. It’s a learning year for us.”

Great Neck South struck first in the top of the first inning on an RBI single to center by Goldstein to take a 1-0 lead.

Manhasset responded in the bottom of the first inning by taking advantage of a fielding miscue.

Freddy Giovanelli hit a pop up to Goldstein, who lost it in the sun and allowed two runs to score.

In the bottom of the third inning, Schlaefer hit a solo homerun to left center field to give Manhasset a 3-1 lead.

Manhasset followed up by scoring four more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Manhasset starting pitcher Robert DeCastro (no. 16) A single by Chang, a two run homer by Zaffiro and an RBI triple by Schlaefer gave Manhasset a commanding 7-1 lead.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, Chang singled to center to make it a seven run game.

Bryan Hanlon pinched hit in the bottom of the sixth inning and smacked a double down the left field line, as Manhasset went on to win 9-1.

Baseball Scores Monday, April 17 Mineola defeated Cold Spring Harbor 6-3. Chris Wiercinski led Mineola with 10 strikeouts and allowed no walks in a complete game effort.

Steve Clancy’s two-run single in the bottom of the third inning scored Mike Conway and Eddie Pardo to put Mineola ahead 3-2. Nick DosSantos also hit a homerun for Mineola.

East Rockaway defeated Wheatley 18-9. Jordan Chelius led East Rockaway by going 4-for-4 with four RBIs, two runs scored and a stolen base.

Jon Starkman went 2-for-3 with two doubles, four runs scored and a stolen base while Stefano Cilluffo pitched three no-hit innings to close the game for East Rockaway.

Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK defeated Herricks 4-0.

Mark Faello led Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK by tossing a nohitter with 19 strikeouts and one walk while Matt Butigian had an RBI double in the bottom of the first inning.

Lynbrook defeated Floral

Park 9-0. Nick Tuzzio led Lynbrook by going 2-for-5 with two solo home runs while pitcher Ryan Mueller allowed two hits through six innings and struck out 10 batters.

Manhasset defeated Great Neck South 11-3. Robert Giovanelli led Manhasset by going 2-for-5 with a homerun and three RBIs. Jamie Weiss went 3-for-4 with three runs scored while Jack Zaffiro went 3-for-4 for Manhasset.

Jericho defeated New Hyde Park 6-3. Michael Stevens led Jericho with a two-out pinch hit single in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a 3-3 tie.

Jericho starting pitcher Spencer Russell allowed three runs on four hits, struck out three batters, and walked three through 6 2/3 innings.

Port Washington defeated Syosset 2-1. Jackson Trenaman led Port Washington with a tworun single in the top of the third inning to give them a 2-0 lead.

Starting pitcher Dexter Jarach allowed one run on seven hits, struck out three batters, and walked two through six innings while Russell Kindler stranded the tying run at second in the bottom of the seventh inning to earn his first save of the year for Port Washington.

Roslyn defeated Sewanhaka 5-4. Chris Scheel led Roslyn by going 2-for-3 with two runs scored while Ethan Lipetz went 2-for-4 with two runs scored.

Jordan Zucker hit a groundball to the middle infield in the bottom of the eighth inning and Joe Na beat the throw home to win it for Roslyn.

Tuesday, April 18 Lynbrook defeated Floral Park 5-1. Dom Sinopoli led Lynbrook through five innings and allowed one run on five hits.

Sinopoli also went 1-for-3 with a triple and two runs scored while Paul Scibelli went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs, a stolen base and a run scored for Lynbrook.

Jericho defeated New Hyde Park 4-1. Jason Marshall led Jericho with a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to break a 1-1 tie. Michael Stevens and Michael Maola each hit RBI singles in the eighth to extend the lead. Ben Solomon hit an RBI double in the fifth inning to tie the game at 1 for Jericho.

Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK defeated Herricks 9-5. Ryan Saltzman led Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK by going 2-for-3 with three runs scored while Zach Stromberg went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs

Manhasset outfielder Jay Schlaefer (no. 7) and Great Neck South catcher Brett Figelman (no. 17)

scored. Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK pitcher Justin Kimmel allowed three earned runs in six innings.

Roslyn defeated Sewanhaka 10-1. Joe Na led Roslyn with five strikeouts and allowed one walk and three hits through five innings. Robbie Pomerantz went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and a stolen base while Chris Scheel added three RBIs for Roslyn.

Port Washington defeated Syosset 4-2. Brian Shorr led Port Washington by going 2-for3 with a double, a walk, a run scored and a stolen base. Port Washington starting pitcher Mitchell Levine tossed 5 2/3 innings before Tristan Duarte recorded a four out save.

Wheatley defeated East Rockaway 3-1. Stephen McCleary led Wheatley by tossing five innings and scattered five hits while striking out four batters. Wheatley pinch hitter Zach Calabrese’s two-out double scored Matt Baltzer for an insurance run and closed the scoring in the top of the seventh inning. James McPhillips earned his third save of the season and allowed no runs and no hits in two innings of relief for Wheatley.

St. Anthony’s defeated Chaminade 2-1. Noah Fortuna led St. Anthony’s by hitting a ball into the hole between shortstop and third base with the bases loaded and one out in the top of the 12th. He scored Steven Rizzo from third on a fielder’s choice, as the shortstop fielded the ball and got the force out at third. Nick Wanderlingh went 3-for-6 while Logan Vallas pitched five no-hit innings in relief and struck out six batters to earn the win for St. Anthony’s.

Great Neck North defeated Elmont 13-3. Marc Zalta led Great Neck North by going 3-for-4 with three doubles and four RBIs while Oliver Besman added a home run.

Mineola defeated Cold Spring Harbor 15-9. Matt DeStefano’s bases-loaded single scored two runs to give Mineola a 10-9 lead. Relief pitcher Steven Clancy earned the win for Mineola.

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NHP Gladiators crush G.N. North

BY G R E G ORY GIACONELLI The New Hyde Park Lady Gladiators defeated the Great Neck North Lady Blazers 16-2 in lacrosse on Thursday afternoon, led by Krysta Sollecito and Geena Gardella.

New Hyde Park 16 Great Neck North 2 Sollecito recorded four goals and four assists while Gardella had four goals and three assists.

Ariella Lerner and Carly Campbell were the goal scorers for Great Neck North.

New Hyde Park head coach Dom Gagnon said the team’s transition game was strong and it made a difference in the win against Great Neck North.

“We place a lot of emphasis on moving the ball up the field and making sure our outlet passes in the transition is on cue,” Gagnon said. “It starts from a defensive perspective. If we can hold them on defense, we will have a better chance of moving the ball up the field to our offense and getting in a position for us to score.”

Great Neck North head coach Kristen Corrigan said New Hyde Park’s transition game was too much for them to handle.

“We needed a better transition in the midfield,” Corrigan said. “New Hyde Park did a really good job of working together and making connections. They caught our defense off guard.”

In the first half, New Hyde Park outscored Great Neck North 9-2 and out shot them 13-3.

Sollecito paced New Hyde Park’s attack with four goals while Gardella recorded a hat

New Hyde Park midfielder Joanna Mauceri (no. 7) and Great Neck North midfielder Carly Campbell (no. 9) trick.

Alexandra Petricca scored the game’s first goal with 22:42 left in the first half to give New Hyde Park a 1-0 lead.

Sollecito gave New Hyde Park a 2-0 lead 30 seconds later.

Great Neck North answered back with a goal by Lerner at 20:16.

Mackenzie Griffin gave New Hyde Park a 3-1 lead with 19:12 remaining in the first half.

Sollecito connected with her second goal of the game at 14:56 to give New Hyde Park a three goal lead.

27 seconds later, Gardella’s goal gave New Hyde Park a 5-1 lead and prompted Great Neck North to call a time-out.

Sollecito recorded a hat trick with 13:22 left in the first half to give New Hyde Park a five goal lead.

Gardella scored her second goal of the game to put New Hyde Park up by six with 9:21 remaining in the first half.

Campbell’s goal at 8:18 cut New Hyde Park’s lead to five.

Sollecito’s fourth goal of the game at 2:52 allowed New Hyde Park to take back the six goal lead.

Gardella completed the hat trick with 26.9 seconds left in the first half and New Hyde Park took a commanding 9-2 lead into halftime.

In the second half, New Hyde Park outscored Great Neck North 7-0 and outshot them 103.

Gardella’s fourth goal of the game came at 22:16 and gave New Hyde Park a 10-2 lead.

Joanna Mauceri gave New Hyde Park a 11-2 lead with 15:32 left to play in the second half.

Gabriella LaSala scored with 14 minutes remaining to give New Hyde Park a ten goal lead.

Sophia Leeds gave New Hyde Park a 13-2 lead with 12:56 left to play.

Jules Wesler’s goal with nine minutes remaining gave New Hyde Park a 12 goal lead.

Emily Suh scored with 4:25 left to go to extend New Hyde Park’s lead to 13.

Gina Pepe scored with 3:33 left to play as New Hyde Park went on to win 16-2.

Girls Lacrosse Scores Monday, April 17 Mineola defeated Freeport

11-8. Allison Mendes and Caroline Perri each led Mineola with five goals.

Wednesday, April 19 Floral Park defeated East Meadow 15-14. Maeve McGovern led Floral Park with six goals and two assists. McGovern’s sixth goal with 15 seconds left in the fourth quarter forced overtime and Kelly Ventura, who recorded a goal and two assist, scored the game winner.

Floral Park goalkeeper Meghan Douglas stopped 11 shots.

Hicksville defeated Roslyn 16-5. Kerrin Heuser led Hicksville with five goals and two assists. Molly Spencer led Roslyn with a hat trick.

Manhasset defeated Farmingdale 17-4. Madison Rielly led Manhasset with a hat trick and three assists. Madison Miller and Sarah Weppler each recorded a hat trick for Manhasset as well.

Massapequa defeated Port Washington 13-9. Alexa Gentile led Massapequa with four goals. Cara Scanio added a hat trick and four assists while Massapequa goalkeeper Sophia Cardello recorded 12 saves. Rachel Rosen and Allie Hoffman

each led Port Washington with a hat trick.

Thursday, April 20 Great Neck South defeated West Hempstead 9-7. Jordana Ovadia led Great Neck South with four goals. Hannah Kareff added two goals for Great Neck South while goalkeeper Rebecca Bressler recorded 13 saves.

Malverne/East Rockaway defeated Sewanhaka 9-5. Hope Matthews led Malverne/East Rockaway with a hat trick.

Alessia Drevnyak scored twice for Malverne/East Rockaway while goalkeeper Kristine Chinchilla made 13 saves. Kylie Woo led Sewanhaka with four goals while goalkeeper Jennifer Alvarenga stopped 10 shots.

Wheatley defeated Hempstead 22-0. Jolie Katz led Wheatley with seven goals and an assist while Sami Rothstein added a hat trick and 10 assists.

Micki Wain recorded a hat trick and an assist while Wheatley goalkeeper Yvonne Kalpakis recorded eight saves.

Herricks defeated Bellmore JFK 18-9. Chase McGahan led Herricks with six goals and two assists while Jessica Hobday added four goals.

New Hyde Park attacker Krysta Sollecito (no. 14)

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Wheatley Wild Frogs tame Bulldogs

BY G R E G ORY GIACONELLI The Wheatley-Carle Place Wild Frogs defeated the Island Trees Bulldogs 10-6 in lacrosse on Wednesday afternoon, led by Luke Caliendo’s five points.

Wheatley-Carle Pl. 10 Island Trees 6 Caliendo recorded four goals and an assist while Jake Lopez netted a hat trick and two assists for the Wild Frogs.

Wheatley-Carle Place captain Lewis Grama won 15 out of 19 face-offs.

Justin Nigro led Island Trees with a hat trick and an assist while goalkeeper Peter Cornell stopped 15 shots.

Wheatley-Carle Place head coach Rich Donovan said the team show resiliency and continued to play hard against a tough Island Trees squad, who entered the match with a 5-1 record.

“I’m glad the game was competitive as they are well coached and have a great squad,” Donovan said. “It was a hard game to win and we came out on top, which is what counts. Moving forward, we are 3-0 in conference games and hopefully this game makes us better.”

In the first quarter, each team scored twice but Island Trees had a 5-3 edge in shots on goal.

Caliendo scored with 8:06 left to play in the first quarter to give Wheatley a 1-0 lead.

Island Trees tied the game at one on a goal by Nigro with 7:21 remaining.

Island Trees capitalized on a Wheatley 30 second penalty

Wheatley-Carle Place junior midfielder Luke Caliendo (no. 14) as Tyler Butrico gave them a 2-1 lead, prompting Donovan to use his first timeout with 5:03 remaining.

Lopez scored with eight seconds left in the first quarter and the game was tied at two.

In the second quarter, Wheatley-Carle Place outscored Island Trees 5-3 and outshot them 7-4.

Caliendo paced Wheatley with two goals while Nigro led Island Trees with two goals as well.

Lopez quickly gave Wheatley-Carle Place a 3-2 lead with his second goal of the game.

Mike Vella’s wraparound shot gave Wheatley a 4-2 lead with 10:05 remaining in the second quarter.

Nigro trimmed the lead to one with his second goal of the game at 9:18.

Wheatley-Carle Place took back the two goal lead with Caliendo’s second goal of the

game at 5:22.

Dylan Vincenti netted a goal at 4:45 to give Wheatley a 6-3 lead.

43 seconds later, after Nigro completed the hat trick to make it 6-4, Island Trees used their first timeout.

Tim Madden scored a goal to cut Wheatley’s lead to one with 3:29 remaining in the second quarter.

Caliendo completed the hat trick with 3:04 left in the second quarter and WheatleyCarle Place took a 7-5 lead into halftime.

In the third quarter, Wheatley outscored Island Trees 2-1 and had the advantage in shots.

Dom Pascarella gave Wheatley-Carle Place a 8-5 lead four minutes into the third quarter.

Caliendo netted his fourth goal of the game at 4:39 to give Wheatley a 9-5 lead.

Butrico scored his second goal of the game with 35 second

remaining in the third quarter to make it 9-6.

Lopez’s lone goal in the fourth quarter came at 6:02 and Wheatley-Carle Place went on to win 10-6.

Wheatley-Carle Place outshot Island Trees in the fourth quarter 7-5.

Grama said it was a complete team effort that got them the win.

“We all stayed together and played as a team,” Grama said.

“It was a good win. We started off a little bit slow but we picked it up in the end by getting good looks and making good passes.”

Boys Lacrosse Scores Tuesday, April 18 Roosevelt defeated Great Neck North 15-4. Tyon Grimes led Roosevelt with seven goals.

Herricks defeated Great Neck South 14-3. Jason Zheng led Herricks with two goals and three assists while Danny

Woska recorded a goal and six assists.

Manhasset defeated Long Beach 15-4. John Psyllos and Steven Schneider each led Manhasset with four goals and two assists while Kevin Mack added a hat trick and two assists.

Hewlett defeated New Hyde Park 8-4. Jake Levitz and Sam Rovner each led Hewlett with two goals while goalkeeper Max May recorded eight saves. Matt Lorandini led New Hyde Park with two goals while Brian Hoerter added two assists.

Roslyn defeated Sewanhaka 14-7. Jake Steffen led Roslyn with two goals and six assists.

Zach Simon recorded a hat trick and two assists while Ethan Gatto added two goals and three assists for Roslyn. Yvans Oscar led Sewanhaka with a hat trick and three assists. Stephane Eugene added two goals and two assists for Sewanhaka while goalkeeper Nick Leonardo stopped seven shots.

Wednesday, April 19 Cold Spring Harbor defeated Floral Park 11-3. Taylor Strough led Cold Spring Harbor with four goals and two assists.

Ian Laviano scored two goals and recorded two assists while Matt Licciardi recorded five assists for Cold Spring Harbor.

Mike Incantalupo led Floral Park with two goals while goalkeeper James O’Grady recorded 14 saves.

Oyster Bay defeated Mineola 10-2. Bradley Beck led Oyster Bay with five goals while goalkeeper Brian Schindler stopped eight shots. James Graf led Mineola with a goal and an assist while goalkeeper Chris Shannon recorded seven saves.

Port Washington defeated Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK 15-2.

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Port, Mineola compete and fundraise

BY G R E G ORY GIACONELLI For the sixth consecutive season, Port Washington’s baseball teams squared off against all three of Mineola’s squads for their prestigious Strike Out Cancer fundraiser on Saturday, April 22.

Port Washington varsity head coach Matt Holzer said the event was created to raise awareness and money for cancer research.

“I think everybody has been impacted by cancer at some point in their lives,” Holzer said. “It’s an easy cause to get behind and raise money for. It teaches our kids to give back to the community and do

some good for something bigger than ourselves.”

The Port Washington baseball clubs have helped raise thousands of dollars for the American Cancer Society in the past five seasons during the Strike Out Cancer Fundraiser.

The varsity teams started off the day with a 10: 30 a.m. game, followed by the eighth grade game at 1:15 p.m. and then the junior varsity matchup, which concluded the festivities at 4 p.m.

Each game was played on their new field at Schreiber High School, which includes a new turf field, scoreboard, fences and bullpen and batting cage area.

Throughout the day, parents volunteered to BBQ for the teams while other refresh-

ments, desserts and baseball merchandise were available for purchase.

Head coach Matt Holzer, assistant coach Phil Spotteck and the 2017 Port Washington varsity baseball team

In it’s fourth season, the Port Washington Baseball Booster Club has been instrumental in helping the team fund-raise for equipment and special events, including the Strike Out Cancer Fundraiser.

Booster Club president Rick Delmonte said it was a long time coming for getting the new field, since the school has not had their own home field to play on for about 13 years.

“This was our opening day,” Delmonte said. “That is the most fantastic thing this community has had in a long time and it brings a lot of people together to raise money for cancer research. It’s a good day for Port Washington.”

LIU golf team finishes 6th in tourney

BY A S H L E Y BOWDEN The LIU Post golf team ended its season on Saturday, April 22, in a two-round tournament at the Williams Spring Invitational.

The team earned sixth place with a total score of 706, just three points behind Hamilton College. Hannah Pohalski, team member and senior health sciences major, led the team with a score of 160 and ended the tournament in tenth place.

Abby Snidemiller, team member and sophomore accounting major, expressed her excitement before the tournament.

“We’re going to be competing against some really solid teams this tournament. This is good for us because it’ll really make us focus on our games,” Snidemiller said.

“Williams College will probably be our most difficult tournament faced over the last year.

The competition is very strong,” Pohalski added before the tournament.

A couple of the teams competing in the invitational won their individual conferences.

Two even advanced to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Tournament.

Not only was this event the closer for the spring season, but it was also the final game for the team’s senior members.

The LIU Post golf team started in 2014, and Pohalski was one of the original members. “I loved being on the team, loved all my teammates and how well we all meshed together,” she said, “The golf program has grown tremendously since its inception.” She believes that the new coach, Craig Maerki, will ensure golf on campus will

be a great program.

Graduating out of the golf team is a bittersweet experience for Pohalski because she personally believes she has not been playing at her best.

Snidemiller elaborated on how the team has not been playing to their full potential.

“We [had hoped] to improve our scores because the past couple of tournaments have been a little rough.” The team has not been able to practice as often as they would like, only about six to eight hours twice a week. “We’re hoping to step it up this tournament,” Pohalski said before the Williams Spring Invitational.

The golf team, which consists of six members, bonded well in their gameplay. The team works together, and “always have each other’s back,” Snidemiller said. The members are comfortable with each oth-

er and they can play with the confidence that someone will always be able to perform well.

The Williams Spring Invitational was held at Taconic Golf Club in Williamstown, Mass., one of the highest-rated college courses in the country.

“It should be a test of our golf game and mental capabilities,” Pohalski said before the weekend. Snidemiller added that the team looked forward to getting lower scores and, “staying focused the entire round.”

“We make things interesting out there and we work really hard to prepare,” Snidemiller said.

This article was originally published in the Pioneer, the award-winning student newspaper of LIU Post, www.liupostpioneer.com, and is republished here by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.

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