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Contractor stole $110K from church: Singas Hired to build sanctuary for Grace International

BY R E B ECC A KLAR A Freeport contractor allegedly stole more than $110,000 from a Mineola church that hired him to build a new sanctuary in 2014, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced last Wednesday.

Grace International Assembly of God, located at 172 Willis Ave, hired Gennaro Festa, 72, to build the new structure on May 14, 2014, Singas said.

Festa" allegedly stole a

$116,760 check made out by the church on May 29, 2014, spending it on personal goods instead of paying a steel manufacturer, Singas said in a news release.

Festa’s attorney, Richard Benson, denied the prosecutor’s allegations, and said Festa spent all money given to him on the project.

Festa was arraigned before Judge Elizabeth FoxMcDonough in District Court last Tuesday and released on his own recognizance. He is charged with second-degree grand larceny and first-degree

scheme to defraud.

Festa is due back in court on Sept. 21.

Benson said Festa has pleaded not guilty.

As the investigation continues it will show that all the money Festa received went into the project “wherever the project required money to go,” Benson said.

“He inherited a grossly, badly planned project and grossly mismanaged project, and he made every effort to salvage the project,” Benson said in an interview. “In the Continued on Page 58

Kings Pt., Old Westbury top state in police pay PHOTO COURTESY OF HERRICKS PUBLIC SCHOOL

Caterina Fox hanging off the high elements course as part of an obstacle course duing Herricks new staff orientation.

See story on page 71.

Village police officers average over $200K in salary

BY LU K E TORRANCE

of Old Westbury with an average of $211,033, according to a recent report from the Empire The two police depart- Center for Public Policy.

The two village departments with the highest average pay in the state of New York are ments were the only two departments in the state —" inboth on the North Shore.

Police officers in the Vil- cluding cities,"towns, counties lage of Kings Point averaged and other villages — with an $223,995 in salary this year, average pay over $200,000.

Village police departments, followed closely by the Village

with their smaller staffs (Kings Point has 20 employees, Old Westbury has 26), tend to have higher payrolls than the larger county and city departments.

Another North Shore village, Lake Success, cracked the top five for pay in New York villages with an average salary of $172,234.

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W.P. civics to host Williston Day St. development forum Fair turns 40 To focus on proposed mixed-use building on Willis Ave.

Chamber to commemorate anniversary

BY R E B ECC A K L A R

PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR

The development of a vacant lot located at 615-621 Willis Ave. will be one topic of discussion at an upcoming Williston Park Civic Association meeting.

BY R E B ECC A K L A R Members of the Williston Park Civic Association will moderate a forum to discuss neighborhood issues, including a proposal for a controversial mixed-use, multistory building on Willis Avenue, where its developer will answer questions.

The meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 17, at American Legion Post No. 144 will not serve as a replacement for any official village board or village zoning board meetings, civic association member Umberto Mignardi said.

“This is the opportunity for neighbors to ask their own personal questions,” Mignardi said in an interview. “This isn’t about how high … or other aspects reserved for the village, this is more about neighbors talking to neighbors and finding out what’s going on.”

The development of the vacated lot located at 615-621 Willis Ave. has drawn a significant

amount of public opposition.

As of mid-July, more than 400 residents signed a petition"opposing Christopher Lazos’ proposal to build a mixed-use, multistory building on the land abandoned after a July 2014 fire, according to Steve Mikhlin, a village resident who started the petition.

Mignardi said the civic association agreed to host the forum after several community members reached out to the association for answers.

Lazos, an Albertson resident, also asked the association if he could speak at a meeting, Mignardi said.

The civic association will allot about 20 to 25 minutes for Lazos to speak and answer questions.

Although it is expected that the development issue will draw large crowds, Mignardi said that it is just one item on the agenda and will not be turned into a “marathon session.”

“There is other business to take care of, but we do believe

that having a question and answer session is worth dedicating some time to,” Mignardi said.

Mignardi added that the association is committed to holding a civil meeting. People will “speak respectfully to each other” and there will be “no yelling or screaming,” Mignardi said.

Anyone who does not abide by these rules will be asked to leave, he said.

Mignardi also said that while the association is allowing the question and answer session during its meeting, the civic association takes no stance regarding the development.

Other topics on the meeting agenda include the reintroduction of the “Welcome Wagon.”

Mignardi said when he moved to Williston Park about 17 years ago, he received a little package when he arrived.

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Antique cars, a petting zoo and local vendors will once again take over Hillside Avenue in Williston Park on Sunday, Sept. 16, for the village’s 40th annual Williston Day Street Fair.

Unlike other street fairs across Long Island that have increasingly turned to outside companies to put on fairs, the Williston Chamber of Commerce is celebrating 40 years of running Williston Day independently.

The freedom allows the street fair to be more than just a “shopping spree,” chamber Executive Director Lucille Walters said.

“It’s like the first big event after the summertime,” Walters said. “Kids go back to school, everything starts going back to normal. You get a chance to see people you haven’t seen … people are away in the summertime, you don’t really see your neighbors and then the street fair comes.”

The street fair will be held along Hillside Avenue between Willis Avenue and the Long Island Rail Road station between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.

More than 200 local merchants and outside vendors will participate. There will also be food, children’s rides, rock and roll bands, dancers, face painting, pony rides, a karate demonstration and hula hoop contest.

Walters, an East Williston resident, has been organizing the event for 15 years, she said.

Over time, it has only grown, she said.

Originally, the street fair was called “Old Fashioned Day” and was a smaller event held on Willis Avenue, Walters said.

A number of years ago it moved to Hillside and expanded an “awful lot,” she added.

The event as it is run now has dividers along Hillside Avenue, allowing for vendors on the left, right and center, Walters said.

Walters expects about 10,000 people to come out on Sept. 16.

To commemorate the event’s 40th anniversary the chamber created about 5,000 Williston Day tote bags for residents to use as they walk throughout the fair and pick up giveaways, Walters said.

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PHOTO BY AMELIA CAMURATI

This year’s Williston Day Street Fair will feature a hula hoop contest like the one pictured here during the 2017 fair.

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Slain teens inspire Gift of Life event Parents of daughters killed by MS-13 support fundraiser for life-saving surgery on kids

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Ricardo Adonay Murga, a toddler in a striped shirt from El Salvador, babbles with life on a projected screen in an auditorium. He taps his mother’s hand and squirms in his older sister’s arms, all but jumping between their laps. The boy’s voice sometimes dominates the room too.

Just a few months ago though, family members and doctors said, Ricardo struggled because of a heart defect they couldn’t afford to treat. He weighed only six pounds as a 1-year-old. He couldn’t walk.

Ricardo also frequently found himself in the hospital because of pneumonia.

But then, they said, Ricardo got “a second life” thanks to help from the Manhasset-based Gift of Life International and Brentwood Rotary, which spearheaded a fundraising effort in honor of Nisa Mickens and Kayla Cuevas, two teenagers allegedly killed by the MS-13 gang, to provide lifesaving surgery for children.

PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN

Evelyn Rodriguez, Elizabeth Alvarado, and Rob Mickens smile at the sight of lively 2-yearold Ricardo Adonay Murga, whose life was saved by a heart procedure in El Salvador.

“Before his surgery, he used to cry a lot, he didn’t gain weight,” Geobanna Linares, Ricardo’s mother, said over Skype to the parents and other attendees on Thursday at the Brentwood Public Library. “He’s a happier and healthier kid and the recov-

ery was very successful.”

Ricardo and his family met Elizabeth Alvarado and Rob Mickens, the parents of Nisa Mickens, as well as Evelyn Rodriguez, the mother of Kayla Cuevas, for the first time over Skype on Thursday.

In addition to helping Ricar-

do, whose procedure was June 2, the fundraising effort also helped Johana Elizabeth Reyes, 7, who was operated on July 18 but could not make it for the meeting.

The chat over Skype – facilitated by a translator – sometimes got emotional, with Alvarado and

Rodriguez once holding back or wiping away tears.

Rob Mickens, Nisa’s father, said his daughter always made it a point to try helping people. So through efforts like this, he said, she lives on.

“She’s not physically here, but her spirit will continue to live on by helping another child with a second chance at life,” Mickens said, adding that he knows one never knows if there will be a tomorrow.

“Our girls got taken, but saving these two kids kind of brings us a little comfort,” Alvarado said. “It’s still going to be the same thing, but knowing that we helped these two kids, we can live on and we can do good things with their name.”

Gift of Life CEO Rob Raylman, who was with the family over the Skype call, said it was also emotional on their end. The family spent five hours getting to Benjamin Bloom Hospital in El Salvador, he said, because they needed to thank the groups and parents for saving the boy’s life.

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Ed board preps start of school year Mineola trustees OK 4 new hires, review plans for individualized instruction at meet

BY J E D I D I A H HENDRIXSON

The Mineola Board of Education met at the Willis Avenue School to kick off the new school year last Thursday night, approving new appointments and reviewing changes to the curriculum.

The board unanimously approved a resolution that appointed four new positions, totaling more than $288,000 in salary.

Steve Benner, whom Superintendent Michael Nagler called “a bundle of energy,” was named dean of discipline at the middle school.

The others appointed were Jean P. Connolly, a probationary health teacher, Lauren Goldfarb, a probationary business teacher, and Gregory Sabato, promoted to head mechanic.

Earlier in the day, the school district held its superintendent’s conference

day, at which members of the board spoke about the courage of their students, past and present.

“Watching those students go up in front of hundreds of people and speaking,” Margaret Ballantyne-Mannion, vice president of the board, said, “they were so brave and articulate. The best part of being on this board, aside from the people sitting around me, are the students.”

Also during the meeting, members of the board and administration made two presentations on their work over the summer.

Catherine Fishman, director for pupil personnel services, and her team of teachers, spoke about their work with advancing the district’s Individualized Education Program (IEP).

The main objective of Fishman’s program is to prepare those in IEP for collegiate success and careers.

“A student may come in

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The Mineola Board of Education approved four new positions for the coming school year during Thursday’s meeting. [to college] in September as a freshman and hand me their last IEP from high school and say ‘Here it is, I’m supposed to hand this to you and get more time on this test,’ and I may say

tell me more about that,” Fishman said. “This is meant to prevent that.”

The IEP district program focused on New York State Education Department special education In-

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Program goals focused on self-directed meetings, career development skills and the formation of intradistrict teams for improving communication. This past spring, three graduating seniors from Mineola High School received career development and occupational studies (CDOS) certifications with their diploma.

The same career development opportunities will now be available to the general education population, as Fishman works to develop a second stage to the program.

Matthew Gaven, assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction, technology and assessment, made a presentation with Nicole Moriarty, director of English as a new language, and their team

on the school district’s new K-7 integrated curriculum.

The new integrated curriculum will be implemented this year and combine New York State next generation ELA and science standards, New York State social studies framework and Mineola’s writing initiative.

The new curriculum will blur the lines between each of the three subjects in order to promote student engagement and satisfy state guidelines, while allowing teachers to address each topic individually, school officials said.

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Cuomo, Nixon face off at Hofstra Challenger takes aim at Cuomo, Cuomo takes aim at Trump in lone Dem primary debate

BY R E B ECC A K L A R

Cynthia Nixon attacked Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he attacked President Donald Trump during last Wednesday night’s Democratic gubernatorial primary debate at Hofstra University.

Before Cuomo had a chance to tout his long political career in the campaign’s lone face-to-face encounter, Nixon started the debate by stating “experience doesn’t mean that much if you’re not actually good at governing.”

Cuomo, who is seeking a third term, slapped back, saying being governor is not about “politics or advocacy” but about management — and, today, fighting Trump.

Though Cuomo repeatedly returned to his anti-Trump, Washington GOP-focused rhetoric, he said he will not run for president in 2020 and he is committed to finish the term if re-elected.

“The only caveat is if God strikes me dead,” Cuomo said.

Nixon, an actress and activist, only addressed Trump to attack Cuomo’s opposition to him.

Nixon said that Cuomo stands up to Trump about as well as Trump stands up to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his opponent Cynthia Nixon faced off in the only debate before the Democratic primary at Hofstra University on Wednesday. with rhetoric, but with policy,” Nixon added.

She went on to criticize Cuomo for not passing the Reproductive Health Act in his eight years in office.

The bill would secure abortion rights for New Yorkers if Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion, is overturned following the appointment of another Trump nomi-

nee to the court.

Nixon also accused Cuomo of not passing campaign finance reform measures, a promise he ran on in 2010 while campaigning for his first term, she said.

Nixon questioned why the LLC loophole, which allows donors to give to campaigns under an unlimited number of limited liability corporations, has not been closed.

Nixon added that since taking office Cuomo has received more from the loophole than every legislator in Albany combined.

“To say he was disincentivized to close it would not begin to explain it enough,” Nixon said.

Cuomo reminded Nixon that “you need something called the New York state Legislature” to pass laws.

“You don’t just snap your fingers and make it happen,” Cuomo said.

However, Nixon accused Cuomo of allowing the GOP to control the state Senate through the Independent Democratic Caucus, a group of Democrats that caucused with the GOP until April.

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Bishop Barres seeks ‘decisive answers’ Rockville Centre Diocese head calls on Vatican for response to alleged Pope coverup

BY LU K E TOR R A N C E Bishop John Barres of the Diocese of Rockville Centre has called on the Vatican to provide “decisive answers” in response to allegations that Pope Francis failed to remove a former American cardinal after accusations of sexual abuse.

Barres, the leader of Long Island’s 1.5 million Roman Catholics, released a statement last Tuesday supporting a letter recently written by!Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, the president of the United States Conference of Bishops.

DiNardo called for a thorough investigation into! Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington.

McCarrick resigned in late July when allegations came to light that he had sexually abused minors and young seminarians over the course of decades, according to a New York Times report.

McCarrick also worked in New Jersey and attended Barres’ installation as the head of the Rockville Centre Diocese last year.

“The allegations against Archbishop McCarrick are extremely serious,” Barres said in a statement to Newsday. “If those allegations are true, then he disgraced his offices and the Church — which is dedicated to helping, not victimizing, people — and

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St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre. committed terrible sins.”

In his letter, DiNardo also called for a plan of action that would make reporting abuses easier and would improve procedures for resolving complaints against bishops. He ended the letter by offering his apology to Catholics around the country.

“In other ways, we have failed you,” he wrote after reiterating the steps the church had taken to curb abuse in the past decade.

ter “brings particular focus and urgency to this examination” of why McCarrick was protected for so long. But Pope Francis dismissed the accusations in Viganò’s letter the same day it was released.

“You read the statement attentively, and you make your own judgment,” Francis told journalists aboard the papal plane, according to Newsday. “I will not say a single word about this.”

In addition to calling for answers regarding McCarrick, Barres supported DiNardo’s plan of action and offered his own apology to those who had been abused.

Barres told Newsday that he first met McCarrick in the early 2000s when Barres was chancellor of the Diocese of Wilmington. When Barres was ordained as bishop of the Diocese of Allentown in 2009, he said, he saw McCarrick at various functions.

A grand jury report in Pennsylvania released last month alleged Barres mishandled two incidents of sexual abuse by priests. Barres told Newsday that there were inaccuracies in the report and the Pennsylvania attorney general never got his side of the story.

DiNardo’s letter was prompted by one written by!Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the former Vatican ambassador to the United States. Viganò wrote on Aug. 26 that officials high up in the Catholic Church — including Pope Francis — knew about the Reach reporter Luke Torrance by email allegations against McCarrick but covered them up.! Viganò called on Francis to re- at ltorrance@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516-307-1045, ext. 214, or follow him on sign.

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Suozzi talks elder care in Manhasset

BY LU K E TOR R A N C E U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) described it as “a storm here and a storm coming.”

Of Nassau County’s 1.4 million residents, about 310,000 are over the age of 60. Those over 60 are also the county’s fastest-growing demographic, according to the deputy commissioner for Nassau’s Human Services Office for the Aging, Jorge Martinez.

The rapidly growing senior population of Long Island was the reason behind Suozzi’s “Aging in Place Roundtable” event held on Tuesday at the Manhasset Public Library.

Martinez was one of several officials from Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties (parts of the three make up Suozzi’s district) who attended to speak about the challenges in caring for a graying population and look at what was working. “[Building] more nursing homes is not enough,” Suozzi said.

The program opened with a panel consisting of several local officials who work with seniors. In addition to Martinez, there were Greg Olsen, the acting director of the New York State Office for the Aging; Karen Taylor, the assistant commissioner for the New York City Department for the Aging; Holly RhodesTeague, the director for the Suffolk County Office for the Aging; Dr. Maria Carney, the chief of geriatrics and palliative care at Northwell Health; and Paula Uhl and Rebecca Miller, the deputy commissioners for the Town of North Hempstead’s Project Independence.

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth opened the panel.

“It’s not easy to get a group of people together and have them all agree on something,” she said. “But I think that today we all can agree that caring for our country’s senior citizens is of paramount importance.”

Bosworth touted the town’s Project Independence, which provides a range of services such as social activities# and transportation to local seniors.

“Project Independence … it started very small, it didn’t start as something that took care of the entire town,” she said. “It started with a NORC, or#Naturally Occurring Retirement Community … we are so grateful that we have been able to do this thanks to the support of our residents … and in no small part because of the advocacy of Congressman Suozzi.”

The directors of several NORCs spoke during a second panel, although discussion of Project Independence was part of the first. Uhl said the program’s success was due to the partnerships it formed with outside organizations and the fact that it worked closely with the town’s 311 service to provide services.

“It’s not so much what we provide but how we provide it,” she said.

Carney, who previously served as the commissioner of the Nassau County Department of Health, said providing these services was essential to getting seniors out of the hospital.

“If you don’t have someone to care for you [at home], you can’t do anything,” she said. “We want to send people home [from the hospital] but they’re not set up for that.”

In a post on Facebook later on Tuesday, Suozzi wrote that money alone will not solve the problem. Instead, efforts should be made to create more NORCs and have senior centers, hospitals, nonprofits and local governments working together.

“Today was a great first step,” he wrote.

Reach reporter Luke Torrance by email at ltorrance@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516-307-1045, ext. 214, or follow him on Twitter @LukeATorrance

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Hofstra hopes to inspire potential voters Launching educational series of panels, speakers and events ahead of Election Day

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN In an election year where the balance of both federal and state legislatures hangs in the balance, Hofstra University officials said they hope the school will be a center of information for potential voters.

Hofstra is partnering with the Board of Elections, League of Women Voters and other organizations to launch Hofstra Votes, an educational series of panels, speakers and events ahead of the midterm elections on Nov. 6. It also features a voter registration drive for students.

Hofstra Votes kicked off last Wednesday, when Hofstra hosted the Democratic gubernatorial primary debate between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his challenger Cynthia Nixon.

“The democratic process belongs to all of us,” Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz said. “We want our students to embrace and exercise their power to impact policy, and understand that every vote matters, including the ones not cast.”

There will be five events in September, 14 in October and two in November, PHOTO BY AMELIA CAMURATI according to the Hofstra Votes calendar.

Topics include immigration, environmenHofstra University will be home to a series of lectures and forums geared tal issues, gerrymandering, tax law, the economy, local politics, race, trade and toward prospective student voters and the 2018 elections. foreign policy.

On Sept. 17 at noon, Sarah Baumgartel and Edward Zas, who will be arguing in Gundy v. United States in the U.S. Supreme Court, will outline what is at stake in the case with Hofstra law faculty serving as justices.

The court will weigh whether a law delegating authority to the attorney general to retroactively impose legal requirements upon sex offenders violates a rarely invoked# doctrine limiting Congress’ ability to delegate lawmaking power.

Later at 6 p.m. in the Guthart Cultural Center Theater, a panel of accounting and taxation experts will discuss the impact of the new tax law and how it affects people on Long Island.

Ta-Nehisi Coates, a national correspondent for the Atlantic and author of “Between the World and Me,” will be a signature speaker at the Toni and Martin Sosnoff Theater on Thursday, Sept. 20, at 11 a.m. Advance registration is required.

Trita Parsi, the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council and author of “Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy,” will talk about the challenge of Iran on Tuesday, Sept. 25, from 12:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. at the Guthart Cultural Center Theater. Registration is required.

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The truth will set you free

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ishop John Barres of the Diocese of Rockville Centre made a powerful statement on behalf of both the Roman Catholic Church and the truth last week when he called on the Vatican to provide “decisive answers” to allegations that Pope Francis knew about accusations of sexual abuse by a former American cardinal but failed to act.

Barres also joined with Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, who requested an investigation into accusations that former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick for years had engaged in sexual misconduct with adult seminarians.

“The allegations against Archbishop McCarrick are extremely serious,” said Barres, who is the leader of Long Island’s 1.5 million Catholics. “If those allegations are true, then he disgraced his office and the Church – which is dedicated to helping, not victimizing, people – and committed terrible sins.”

The comments by Barres and DiNardo are welcome from leaders of an institution that has often resisted efforts to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct.

We hope the pope acts on their requests.#A thorough investigation by the church is needed to prove whether the allegations are true or not – and to take whatever action is necessary to address any wrongdoing found.

This is a standard that should apply to the leader of any major institution, even a pope or a president of the United States.

But an investigation by the church is not enough to address the issue of misconduct by

church officials.

The allegations of sexual abuse against church officials are not just sins, they are also crimes.

Against children, boys and girls, who have suffered years of pain in the aftermath of assaults.

A Pennsylvania grand jury empaneled by state Attorney General Josh Shapiro# recently released a report which concluded that bishops and other leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in the state covered up child abuse by more than 300 priests over a period of 70 years.

The report, which covered six of the state’s eight dioceses and was two years in the making, found more than 1,000 identified victims and said there were likely thousands more.

The nation’s 49 other states and the federal government should follow Shapiro’s lead.

The New York attorney general’s office said last week that it is working with district# attorneys throughout the state to launch a statewide grand jury investigation#into the church sex abuse scandal.

The investigation should move ahead quickly and with the full support – financial or otherwise – of the governor and the state Legislature.

A statewide grand jury investigation in New York would be less necessary had state Senate Republicans not blocked legislation six times over 10 years that# would extend the statute of limitations to age 50 in civil cases and to age 28 in criminal cases.

And establish a one-year window in which anyone would be permitted to bring a lawsuit, even if the statute of limitations

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The Child Victims Act#passed the Assembly#in a 124-9 vote this year and is backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and by#90 percent of state voters.

But Republicans in the state Senate have not even allowed the legislation to come to a vote.

This year, facing the possible loss of control of the Senate to Democrats and their jobs, some GOP senators proposed an alternative bill which had one#improvement over the Democrats’ legislation — the elimination of the statute of limitations for criminal cases.

But the bill has a giant flaw — it shields sexual predators and those who covered up their crimes from financial penalties in civil court from victims over 23.

Instead, it would require# a victim over 23 to apply to an administrator who would hear the case behind closed doors and if the claim was found credible make an award out of a fund paid for by taxpayers.

This would appear to satisfy opponents of the Child Victims Act such as the Catholic Church, Orthodox Jewish groups, the Boy Scouts of America and insurance companies, who have cited concerns about the potential cost of lawsuits.

But# the use of this fund would undermine# one of the central purposes of a civil court system – to punish wrongdoers and deter future wrongdoing.

Not that the GOP had a chance of passing a bill. The Senate’s leadership didn’t even let

the legislation come to a vote, supporting suspicions that it was intended more to help GOP senators keep their jobs than provide justice to child sex victims.

The Catholic Church could help put a stop to these games — and prove its sincerity in rooting out sexual predators — by dropping opposition to the Child Victims Act. As should# Orthodox Jewish groups, the Boy Scouts of America and insurance companies.

Republican state senators might then drop their charade and allow the Child Victims Act to come to a vote.

And if the GOP senators oppose the act, voters could — and should — toss them out of office.

Anything else would be a sin if not a crime.

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KREMER’S CORNER

It takes a whole lot to get fired in D.C.

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here is no question that the most important position in any White House is the chief of staff. That person is the gatekeeper who protects the President and helps make policy, good or bad.

One of the most powerful chiefs of staff was Sherman Adams, a former governor, who took over that role for President Eisenhower in 1958.

Adams was so strong that the joke was “if Sherman Adams dies will Eisenhower be competent to be president?”

According to our friends at Wikipedia, Adams was known as the “no” man on almost every issue. The reason I bring up his name is to show what happens when a key staffer gets involved in a corruption scandal.

Adams was given a gift of a vicuna coat and an Oriental rug by a businessperson who had dealings with the administration.

Despite his impeccable credentials, Adams was fired for fear of the scandal tainting the president.

Fast forward to the current

Trump administration and the contrast between the old days when no improper act was tolerated and the current days, when if you are a friend of the president, you can do no wrong.

We can start with names such as Ryan Zinke, Scott Pruitt, Tom Price, Steve Mnuchin and on and on.

Some are gone and others are still there. In the case of Pruitt and Zinke, it took scandal after scandal before President Trump had no choice but to reluctantly fire them.

Others in the Cabinet are still there even though questions crop up periodically about their behavior. Ryan Zinke is a good example of someone who should have gotten fired on the spot but was kept on for questionable reasons.

Zinke, if you will recall, installed a soundproof telephone booth in his office at a cost of $45,000 so he could make secure calls to the White House. As of this past week it was revealed that he made only one call to the President for five minutes.

I love the flag story. Zinke or-

JERRY KREMER Kremer’s Corner

dered expensive official flags that were to be flown over his offices only when he was physically present.

The rumors about departed EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt were rampant that he was abusing his position, but he stayed on the job for weeks before the news came out that he leased a condominium for $50 a night from a powerful Washington lobbyist who had business with his agency.

Add a few other missteps and eventually, the President was forced to dump him. Pruitt had good company in Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price who spent $400,000 on private jets to get to cities easily available

by Amtrak.

Weeks dragged by before the next news broke that his overseas trips cost in excess of $500,000 on military aircraft. His past record while a member of Congress somehow didn’t catch the attention of anyone in the White House.

During his tenure Price was criticized for investing in companies for which he sponsored legislation. Apparently, even on that record alone, he still managed to get his Cabinet post.

There are a few others who are still in government who have attracted attention for their actions.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin tried to get a military jet to take him on his honeymoon and it is currently alleged that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has failed to dispose of invest-

ments that he had sworn were liquidated when he took the job.

As we face the November 2018 midterm elections, there is no doubt that the Democrats will seize on these many ethical disasters and use them as examples how the swamp was never drained. But we as a country face a different dilemma.

Once upon a time, people in high places would get the boot quickly if there was even the slightest hint that they were involved in some corrupt act.

The current administration seems incapable of setting the ethical bar higher so that the public will respect their national leaders. Somehow, every misdeed by a key official is just “fake news” and it takes a tornado of bad news to oust them.

We as Americans want to believe that our government is different than some banana republic. Regrettably, with the bar so low, it’s no surprise that President has to struggle each day to convince the majority of voters that he is capable of sitting in the Oval office.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Men on Mars, women scheduling Venus

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am sitting in a mudbath at the spa, all by myself and wondering, how did I get here? More to the point, why am I here all alone? What happened to my 14 other friends, who were all going to come to the spa with me for a “girls only” weekend?

It all started at a friend’s wedding shower. There we were, sitting around a tableful of opened presents, drinking champagne and eating scones.

“This is so much fun!” said our hostess, Marcy. “Why haven’t we done this before?”

“What, a wedding shower?

Maybe because all the rest of us got married ages ago — or decided not to?”

“No,” said Marcy. “I mean, why don’t we get together more often? In fact, why don’t we plan a spa date for all of us — say, a year from today?”

“I say, sooner than that,” said someone else. “Try six months from now.”

“Okay, let’s pick a date. Who’s got a calendar?”

There was a pause while we all rummaged through purses and shoulder bags.

“Rats, I’ve left my datebook at

home.”

“This is last year’s!”

“Mine is falling apart.”

“I don’t have one,” I say.

“Yes you do — on your phone, right?”

I took out my phone. “But I don’t know how it works.”

“Oh, Judy, give me that,” says Marcy, who opens it up and starts calling out dates.

“We want a weekend, right?

Six months from now? How’s mid-January?”

“No,” said someone, “my company has a trade show I have to get ready for.”

“Well then, February?”

“I’ll be recovering from the trade show, and doing follow-ups …”

“Plus there’s Valentine’s Day.” (That’s the bride-to-be.)

“For the whole month? Lucky lady!” (She blushes.)

“What about sooner than that, like December?”

“Oh, no.” We all agreed on that. “Forget December; too hectic. But what about April?”

“No,” said another friend, “that’s when we’re getting the house re-painted, so we can put it on the market.”

JUDY EPSTEIN

A Look on the Lighter Side “You’re moving? You didn’t tell us!”

“Don’t worry, wild horses couldn’t keep me away! I just can’t do April. Why not March?”

“Oh, dear,” said a woman who’d been quiet till then. “I think that’s when the grandchildren are coming to visit, and I promised my daughter I’d take them for a weekend.”

“Well, which weekend?”

“I don’t know, she hasn’t told me yet — it depends on her husband’s schedule.”

Marcy was losing patience.

“Ladies, why don’t we just pick

an arbitrary weekend — say, the third one in June — and stick to it?”

“Oh,” wailed my friend Susan. “That’s the one time every year that my husband always goes away, with his fraternity brothers, to somebody’s cabin. And now that both our moms are in nursing homes, I promised I’d stay in town.”

“Can’t he skip it this year?” demanded Marcy.

“It’s like a religion with him.

More than that, really — he’s more steadfast about this than he is about any services.”

“What are they all doing, anyway?”

“He says fishing, but from what goes into the car, I think they’re just drinking beer. Still, he’s never missed it, come rain, come hurricane, for 30 years.”

“You know, this really gripes me,” said Marcy. “Why is it that when the guys make an appointment, they just keep it? No ifs, ands, or ‘but the painter is coming,’ it’s off they go, and let the paint chips fall where they may.

Whereas we can’t find a single darn weekend for ourselves?”

“Well, maybe” someone ven-

tured, “since we’re the ones keeping the calendars — they just don’t know any better?”

“Or maybe they just don’t care!”

“Whatever the reason,” I say, “I’ve decided I’m going to be a little more like them. I’m going to that spa. Next weekend! All by myself, if I have to! And I’m warning you — anyone who doesn’t make it, I might have to write about.”

“Oh, I just remembered — I’m getting a dental implant that week, and I have to stay near the dentist.”

“I’m having the couch re-upholstered.”

“I’m getting my eyebrows waxed.”

I stared at Eyebrow Girl.

“Surely that’s one thing you can do at a spa?”

“Well… I guess so.”

And as it turned out, Eyebrow Girl finally came to join me.

As she settled into the mud next to me, she said, “Well, I cancelled the waxing. You’re not going to write about me, now, are you?”

“Of course not,” I reassured her. “I’ll just write about everyone else.”

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E A R T H M AT T E R S

The (environmental) crime on Main St.

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he notices were nailed to the trees in July, but few people probably noticed them among the garage sale signs.

They were removal notices for 19 trees along just four blocks of Main Street in Port Washington that would be cut down as part of a new “Streetscapes Improvement” plan.

As background, the Town of North Hempstead has committed to spending approximately one million dollars to “improve” the four blocks of Main Street between Port Washington Boulevard and the train station. As part of project DPW 17-16, an international engineering and construction consulting firm that has major projects around the globe from their 100 worldwide offices, was contracted by the Town to evaluate the trees on Main Street.

Last week, tree crews from PSEG arrived to trim the trees around their electricity wires.

Their tree butchers recklessly and thoughtlessly hacked away any branches that were close to their wires. Their “work”—which lacked any sense of aesthetic and ignored even the basic guidelines

of pruning for the health and beauty of trees — was devastating to the look of our downtown.

A giant “V” was carved into some of our most beautiful and mature trees. It was, and will remain, a horrific sight to see. But the real trouble had yet to begin.

The following day, crews from Asplundh arrived in orange trucks, and proceeded to remove what was left of some of our gorgeous and productive trees on Main Street. Residents driving or walking along Main Street were stunned to see the carnage. Many honked their horns or shouted at the workers, but they were just doing the job they were hired to do. And it was too late; the damage was done.

The removal of the trees by ASPLUNDH was recommended by the TONH’s consulting firm.

Residents were told that a few of the trees were diseased; some presented a hazard; while others were lifting or interfering with sidewalks. Some existing trees, they said, were too close to signs or streetlamps. And the solution, in their view, was to take the offending trees down completely.

They don’t live here in Port Wash-

FRANCINE FURTADO Earth Matters ington, so it might have been easier for them to decide that some of our biggest trees had to go. But isn’t it easier to take steps that would preserve these trees, such as moving a sign or reconfiguring the sidewalk, rather than simply removing them completely?

We tend to take trees for granted. Yes, we like to park or walk or talk under the shade of a tree on Main Street, but we often forget that the trees work hard for us, pulling carbon dioxide out of the air, sequestering it in the ground, and giving off pure, fresh oxygen for us to breathe. Their shade keeps our streets and build-

ings cool, reducing the demand for energy. And they give our town an aesthetic that’s hard to put into words.

Not all trees are the same, of course. Small street trees can’t possibly contribute to reducing carbon dioxide and keeping our air clean the way a giant 70-foot oak can. It can take 40+ years for a tree to reach its full height and canopy maturity, as some of the trees on Main Street had done before they were cut down.

We don’t want to see small street trees planted in place of oaks. It’s the canopy trees that a downtown (not to mention our planet) need.

In many ways, these trees were valuable members of our community; they provided a service and they deserved our respect. Instead, our tax dollars were used to cut them down.

Many citizens of Port Washington who know the value that trees bring to a community and care about their local natural environment are heartbroken, angry and discouraged. Why, in these early days of a climate crisis, are we looking down instead of up? Why wouldn’t we choose to keep a beautiful 70-year-old

healthy oak tree and adjust the sidewalk instead? If we are truly thinking of sustainability and climate change mitigation, trees can help — ALOT! For example, stores along Main Street could now suffer mightily from unrelenting sun and heat, so air conditioning bills could skyrocket, causing more energy use in a time when we are begging people to install solar panels to reduce electricity use.

Who was thinking of the consequences?

In addition to adjusting our sidewalks and signage, our town should consider the impact that its electric wires have on the aesthetic and ecological features of our town. Great Neck and other Long Island communities buried their electric wires so they could keep the shady canopy and their beautiful trees, making their downtowns inviting and comfortable spaces. We should consider similar solutions in the future.

We are left with a Main Street that is going to get some sidewalk and storm drain upgrades, but we have lost a piece of our town in these old trees that once provided both aesthetic and environmental benefits to all residents.

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VIEW POINT

Vote Cuomo, James in Dem primary

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don’t like everything that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has done and don’t agree with every policy.

I take strongest objection to his view of public education and local governments and his record on addressing government corruption, campaign finance and easing access to the ballot box have been less than ideal.

But the other 90 percent of his policies and more significantly his actions have been spot-on in terms of keeping New York a beacon for progressive policies.

These include taking such a strong stance on health care for all, women’s reproductive rights, marriage equality, gun violence prevention, climate action, clean renewable energy, living wage, parental leave, early childhood education, sustainable economic development, immigrant rights, criminal justice reform and protecting elections from outside interference. And on so many of these and more, he has been bold in protecting New York from the constant assault of the Trump Administration on our environment (oil and gas drilling off our shores), reducing the deductibility of our state and local taxes.

He has been successful in organizing other states, to maximize impact.

You only have to look around to see billions and billions of dollars of infrastructure improvements that should not be taken for granted – the new Tappan Zee Bridge, the improvements to the Long Island railroad.

He has used innovative programs to incentivize communities and localities to devise innovative clean-energy and economic development solutions. Even the 750 miles of mixed-use greenways that will extend east to west and north to south are something to be applauded.

Is he perfect? Is he a purist progressive? No. But he most definitely is a pragmatic progressive who gets things done rather than grumble.

The fact is that he has found the narrow path through New York’s considerable conservative obstruction.

Cynthia Nixon, the “Sex and the City” actor who has been an activist on education and mass transportation and in general, the issues that matter to downstate urbanites but zero experience in actual governance, thinks she can just jump into the Governor’s Mansion and fill in those gaps in terms of progressive change.

It is so easy to complain – about the subway delays (Cuomo

KAREN RUBIN View Point

finally finished the 2nd Avenue subway and the extension of the 7th Avenue line and is rebuilding what was damaged because of Sandy).

It is quite another to put into place a plan to accomplish any significant change.

There is barely any daylight, for example, in her proposal to fund improvements to the subways (congestion pricing, a millionaire’s tax) and Cuomo who also supports congestion pricing, if not the millionaire’s tax (isn’t there already a surcharge?).

Nixon blames Cuomo for the very existence of the renegade Democrats who aligned with Republicans in order to keep con-

trol of the State Senate in their hands? I’m not clear what he was supposed to do.

Wasn’t that the decision of their constituents who voted for them, even re-elected them? Cuomo is often criticized as acting as an authoritarian, but this proves otherwise. In actuality, you have to appreciate how Cuomo has been able to get things done – the SAFE Act and marriage equality as two of the best examples.

I don’t want an autocrat. And I don’t want a progressive purist who can complain about the way things should be but with absolutely no skill or experience in getting it done.

More significantly, even if Cynthia Nixon, whose policies are specifically formulated for New York City and nowhere else in the state, even if she did manage to win the Democratic nomination as the ultra-progressive, she could be beaten by whoever the Republicans put up and that would be disastrous for New Yorkers.

Cuomo, who has really brought important development upstate as well as down, deserves to be the Democratic nominee and hopefully is reelected to a third term as governor. And Kathy Hochul is the hardest working lieutenant governor there ever

was.

She has been incredible.

For attorney general, the Democrats have an embarrassment of riches – all the candidates are substantial.

But I will support New York City Public Advocate Letitia (Tish) James (80 percent of the delegates to the May 2018 New York Democratic convention supported her, along with Emily’s List) over challengers: I very much like Leecia Eve, who served as counsel to Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton when they were in the Senate, and as deputy secretary for economic development for Cuomo.

Zephyr Teachout, who is allied with Cynthia Nixon, is smart but too militant, trying too hard to prove her independent bona fides (like Bernie Sanders) and be a disruptor; I would have concerns about her priorities.

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney who is simultaneously running for reelection to Congress better serves New Yorkers by standing up for us in Congress.

Vote in the Sept. 13 primary (it’s Thursday because of Rosh Hashanah on Tuesday). Polls are open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

KIDS F IRST

Look at where we have come I f you haven’t been initiated just yet, the Twittersphere is a fascinating place on the Internet populated by all kinds of people, from your neighbors to local shopkeepers to your long lost cousin to your favorite film actress to world leaders.

By Twittersphere or Twitterverse, I refer to postings made on the social media website Twitter, considered collectively.

At any given moment in time, postings might include news of the day, personal reflections, political leanings and gleanings, conspiracy theories, calls for social action, fond memories, jokes and riddles, aphorisms, recipes, links to music, film and book reviews, humorous gifs (animated or static images) and much more.

Some posters have millions of followers. Others have less than 10. Anyone can participate by posting or just by scrolling and reading.

If you wish you can respond to posts. You can approve or disap-

prove of what someone else wrote.

Or simply add your own voice to a discussion.

If you do decide to post, beware: there are trolls in the Twittersphere. Wikipedia defines a troll as “a person who starts quarrels or upsets people on the"Internet" to distract and sow discord by posting inflammatory and digressive," extraneous, or" offtopic" messages with the" intent of provoking"readers into displaying"emotional"responses"whether for the troll’s amusement or a specific gain.”

Fortunately, not every person who responds is a troll. Many are thoughtful and respectful and only interested in expanding a conversation.

Just the other day I was on Twitter and found a discussion about the beginning of the school year. The opening tweet was written on Aug. 22 by a mom from Las Vegas who goes by the handle, @ CandaceToddLV:"“It’s the 8th day of the school year & I just received

ANDREW MALEKOFF Kids First

a call from my daughter’s high school informing me they arrested a child with a loaded 9mm gun on campus this morning. I am now standing in my kitchen sobbing. I should not have to live like this. @ MomsDemand” Candace’s post drew a significant response. Almost 90,000 people “liked” her post and more than 1,700 people responded. One response was written by @mar-

ci6687 from Florida who replied, “While absolutely not as scary as your situation, in our 8th day as well we are on our 4th written threat and 5th day of controlled or alert campus.”

Another response was sent by @rememberpink1: “My heart bleeds for you. I had two nephews & a niece at Sandy Hook. As an aunt the pain & fear & anger was unexplainable. It STILL is. And I wasn’t their mother. I stand strong w/ you. I fear every day my kids are in school. We shouldn’t have to fear. THEY shouldn’t have to fear.”

Many of the responses, which I will not share here fed into a debate on gun control, politics and the NRA. One guy @joelane1 wrote, “My wife (school teacher) was in bed when I got home. Asked, “rough day?” "She said they had to do training on stopping wounds, suicides and other things. It wears her out emotionally. Educators are true “Heroes” in this country and get nowhere near the credit they

deserve!”

My wife is a teacher as well.

As I’m writing this, she is on her way to her second day of school.

She too will be participating in a similar training today. This has become the new normal.

In a few weeks at my agency North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center our staff members will be participating in an “active shooter” training.

Look at where we have come.

Andrew Malekoff is the Executive Director of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, which provides comprehensive mental health services for children from birth through 24 and their families. To find out more, visit"www. northshorechildguidance.org. You can also visit: momsdemandaction.org, a grassroots movement of Americans demand reasonable solutions to address our nation’s culture of gun violence, that Candace tagged @MomsDemand in her opening tweet.

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Half truths to Showing what makes us great defend Trump L

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

Thomas Jefferson – 1787 Joan Swirsky is a revisionist, one who alters the historic record, sometimes based upon new discoveries and information, and sometimes based on adherence to dogma.

Sadly. Ms. Swirsky falls into the latter category. She is convinced that there is a plot on the part of 350 newspapers “in an orchestrated attempt to undermine President Trump.”

It seems that Steven Blank, editor and publisher of Blank Slate Media, is part of this cabal. Given the record of Trump and

the press (fake news” and “enemy of the people”) one wonders who is out to destroy our democracy.

Is it our hypersensitive to criticism president or members of the 4th Estate?

Let us get specific.

Swirsky states: “In the 1940s, the left-wing media concealed the fact of FDR’s infantile paralysis…”

Guilty as charged. But here’s the rest of the story.

The press knew that the country was coming out of a great depression and was about to do battle with Adolph Hitler.

The leader of the free world needed to be someone who could, literally and figuratively, stand on his own two feet and not be encumbered by heavy leg braces. So the press corps colluded in a conspiracy of silence.

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ike a vacation or a weekend, we dismay at the end of this past week in America.

For this past week has been one of the most constructive, positive, ennobling weeks we have had in decades as a nation.

Yes, we mourn the loss of Sen. John McCain, but this past week of national mourning was as refreshing and therapeutic as each week over the last two and a half years have been hellacious.

For this, we both praise the memory of McCain, and mourn all that he took with him when he died. " This week has been a respite from the usual weeks of personal political poison, deprecation, triviality, deflection, bad language, personal debasement, and wholesale slaughter of the notion of free, multi-view debates flowing freely in this country. " The fault for this latter climate cannot rest solely with President Trump — although he has elevated — if you can use that word — all that is so despicable about each week since 2016, but it goes beyond that.

The climate of cheap, often vulgar popular ‘culture’ crowding out more serious entertainment and discussion; the accepted coarsening of daily language; the decline in civility and respect. Out willingness to tolerate

bigotry.

Our moral equation of racist thugs with” good people”; our loss at the ability to put national honor, pride, justice, fairness, debate and process ahead of greed, anger, jealousy and vulgarity.

"We mourn John McCain for who he was: an ordinary extraordinary man.

A man with self-avowed human flaws who managed to live a life of incredible honor, nobility, courage and commitment.

We mourn for all that McCain seemingly takes with him to the grave: the welcoming of all; the toleration and consideration of alternate views; the notion, as he said ” that America is better than that” when it came to doing many of the same, bad things that other nations do. " What has been so constructive about this past week is that there is a wildfire, a slightly submerged Moral Majority, if you will, that despises what we have become; that refuses to become the new, puerile, Orwellian order of life; that still believes in duty, honor, country — and people.

"We have been hearing —" and I confess to saying it, too — that “we’ll never have another McCain in our civic life.” True. We will never have any another one of us. We are all singular

creations, endowed by God with individuality.

But, in his inimitable way, I can just hear John McCain reply to these statements about there never being another like him. ’Ah, for godsakes!’, he’d likely roar in his common volcanic temper leavened with humor and honesty; ‘This is America! Of course, we’ll have people like me — even better; because America is the greatest nation on earth and we are a people who always strive to do better’.

As for myself, my beleaguered, non-citizen, poor ancestors and many others came here because of the America that the McCain family helped to build, and that he and countless others fought to preserve.

That country is not gone, this past week reminds us.

The values that built us individually and collectively as Americans have not been snuffed out.

But, scratch the surface and you see through a week like this past one that while John McCain is no longer amongst those of us on earth, his soul burns brightly forever as does the America of the values that he championed.

Jon F. Weinstein Port Washington Letters Continued on Page 53

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hen book publishing executive Carol Hoenig came up with the idea to open a bookstore on Long Island, she decided to combine two things that go well together — books and

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Joining forces with one of her former colleagues, Peggy Zieran, the two followed their dreams and opened Turn of the Corkscrew Books and Wine in 2015.

Since then, the store has been a welcome haven in the village of Rockville Centre, providing locals with a cozy place to enjoy the latest bestseller or a literary classic, as well as a glass of Pinot in the back room bar or on the outdoor patio on a balmy evening.

The store has also become a popular destination for many of today’s leading authors who have paid visits to talk about and autograph their latest works while on their busy book tours.

Now, three years since opening the business, Hoenig has created another fine pairing to please book lovers and their palates with Turn of the Corkscrew’s Inaugural Literary Tea that will take place at the Madison Theatre at Molloy College on Sunday, Sept. 16 at 2 p.m.

“I recall years ago when Newsday sponsored a literary lunch or tea at the Cresthollow Country Club and I always made it a point to attend,” Hoenig said when asked how she came up with the idea. “It was fun to be with like-minded readers and enjoy hearing the authors talk about their books. When the program ended, for whatever reason, I was heartbroken. I kept thinking there has to be a way to do this again and I took a leap of faith in hopes that people would want to attend something similar on a Sunday afternoon.”

The leap was worth it because her latest endeavor has drawn three of today’s literary stars who will be the featured authors at the event: Min Jin Lee, a 2017 National Book Award nominee for her novel “Pachinko”; Marie Benedict, the bestselling author of “The Other Einstein” and “Carnegie’s Maid”; and George Peleca-

nos, the bestselling author of 20 novels, including his have spurred Andrew Carnegie toward philanthropy.

A graduate of Boston College and the Boston Uniforthcoming September release, “The Man Who Came versity School of Law, Benedict currently resides in Uptown.”

“I pitched the tea to all the publicists I’ve worked Pittsburgh with her family. Her upcoming novel, “The with and told them what we were looking for and was Only Woman in the Room,” will be published in Janugrateful for the response,” Hoenig said. “We wanted ary of 2019.

Since 1992, Washington-DC based novelist Pelecato keep the panel down to three people, otherwise it would be too much, but we had a lot of requests from nos has delivered a steady stream of detective fiction, publicists to include their authors — perhaps next from his early Nick Stefanos private-eye stories and time. We are also pleased to get Larry Davidson to be other popular crime-solving series, to his six standthe moderator for this. He always has such a great in- alone novels, which includes “The Man Who Came Uptown,” a story about an ex-offender terview style so it should be fun.” who must choose between his crimiDavidson will have much to dise wanted to nal past and a woman who shows him cuss with these authors.

Born in Seoul, Korea, Lee was support another local a new path that will be published on Sept. 4. raised not far from Long Island in In addition to his novels, PelecaElmhurst, Queens. She attended the business so we asked nos has written multiple episodes of Bronx High School of Science and the Flour Shoppe to HBO’s “The Wire” and “Treme,” and then studied history at Yale and law at Georgetown University Law Cen- cater the tea. We want is co-creator of the HBO series “The Deuce.” ter. She worked as a corporate lawTurn of the Corkscrew’s Inauguyer in New York City before becom- our guests to feel like ing a writer. Her debut novel, “Free they are experiencing ral Literary Tea not only includes the crème de la crème of the book world.

Food for Millionaires,” was a New York Times Editor’s Choice pick and an actual ‘tea’ while The event will also feature specialty named a USA Today and NPR book of being entertained by a teas and baked goods.

“We wanted to support another the year.

In 2017, Lee released “Pachinko,” fascinating discussion. local business so we asked the Flour Shoppe to cater the tea,” Hoenig said. a page-turning saga about a poor Carol Hoenig “We want our guests to feel like they Korean family who migrate to 20thBOOK PUBLISHING EXECUTIVE are experiencing an actual ‘tea’ while century Japan and the first novel for English speaking readers about Japanese-Korean cul- being entertained by a fascinating discussion.”

Fans of sweet treats can find the Flour Shoppe Café ture.!The novel received strong reviews and went on to become a 2017 finalist for the National Book Award at 486 Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre. Readers can visit Turn of the Corkscrew Books and Wine at 110 for Fiction.

Also a former lawyer, Benedict long dreamed N. Park Ave. in Rockville Centre.

Those who love books and sweet delights can about having a fantastical job unraveling the larger mysteries of the past as an archaeologist or historian. purchase tickets to Turn of the Corkscrew’s Inaugural She realized she could pursue this passion as a writer Literary Tea by going to the venue website, www.madiand did so in her novels, “The Other Einstein,” the sontheatreny.org.

The Madison Theatre at Molloy College is located story of Albert Einstein’s first wife, Mileva Maric, and “Carnegie’s Maid,” about a brilliant woman who may at 1000 Hempstead Ave. in Rockville Centre.

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Terry Bradshaw: Why Not Your Best?

Thursday, Sept. 13 at 8 p.m.

NFL quarterback legend Terry Bradshaw, who is the co-host and analyst for “FOX NFL Sunday” and an actor who has appeared in numerous hit television programs and the films “Failure to Launch” and “Father Figures,” will share his strategies for maintaining success through persistent selfimprovement in a talk moderated by sports commentator Mike Francesa.!

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Backed by the Celtic Thunder Band, these five Irish singers will perform ensemble numbers including “Sons of Light,” “Toora, Loora, Lay,” “The Wild Rover,” and “Castle on the Hill,” in addition to nostalgic songs like “Celebration,” “I’m a Believer,” “Seasons in the Sun” and their rousing anthem, “Ireland’s Call,” which brings audiences to their feet.

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Rick Springfield Thursday, Sept. 13 at 8 p.m.

Fans of “Jessie’s Girl” and ‘80s’ heartthrob Rick Springfield are in for a treat at this concert, where the accomplished singer and actor will perform his many other hits, including “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” “An Affair of the Heart,” “I’ve Done Everything for You,” “Love Somebody,” and “Human Touch.”

Where: The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington Info & Tickets: (631) 673-7300 • paramountny.com

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Turn of the Corkscrew’s Inaugural Literary Tea

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Turn of the Corkscrew Books and Wine will host its first literary tea with Min Jin Lee, National Book Award for Fiction Finalist for her novel “Pachinko”; Marie Benedict, author of “The Other Einstein” and “Carnegie’s Maid”; and George Pelecanos, the bestselling author of 19 novels and his forthcoming September release, “The Man Who Came Uptown.” The event will feature specialty teas and baked goods by Flour Shoppe Cafe and local interviewer extraordinaire Larry Davidson.

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

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An Evening with Sarah McLaughlin

Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 8 p.m.

Canadian singer and songwriter known for her emotional ballads, such as “Angel,” “I Will Remember You,” “Fallen” and “Possession,” Sarah McLaughlin will perform from her rich catalog of music since her first album debut in the late ‘80s to her most recent release, Wonderland, in 2016.

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Sponsored by the Agricultural Society of Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties, the Long Island Fair will include Loop Rawlins’ One Man Wild West Show, Circus Dubois, Rough Rider horse shows, a petting zoo, camel rides, lumberjack, puppet and magic shows, balloon twisting, Swifty Swine pig racing, amazing fair food and more."Admission prices: $15 for adults; $13 for children ages 5 to 12 and seniors over 60. Where: Old Bethpage Village Restoration

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Kids in grades K through 4 can join Greer’s classroom that includes three inquisitive, out-of-the-box thinkers: Rosie Revere has big dreams; Iggy Peck has a relentless passion for architecture; and Ada Twist’s curiosity can drive her teacher crazy. This fun new musical is based on the books by Andrea Beaty, which spotlights the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) curriculum.

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Come one, come all for an entertaining day of fun with rides, games, barbecue, and more. Take a tour of the campgrounds and meet Camp Jacobson, Summer Streeters Day Camp and Sid Jacobson JCC early childhood staff.

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Sunday, Sept. 16, 12 p.m.

KidsFest is an interactive celebration of kids’ power and the environment, hosting upwards of 1,000 visitors annually.

The event will feature educational activities and music by the Grammy-winning and purple velvet tuxedo-wearing family funk phenomenon, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo. Prices: $12 general admission; $7 children 7 to 17; $10 seniors over 62; free for members and children under the age of 6."

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

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OUR TOWN

‘My Fair Lady’: flawed masterpiece Who doesn’t love a masterpiece? As Long Islanders we’re lucky to live near Manhattan, a city which is itself a great masterpiece that in turn is filled with other masterpieces. And one such masterpiece is called “My Fair Lady.” If you have not seen this play I recommend you do.

And like all masterpieces this play has a very long, interesting and anguished history. The original story was entitled “Metamorphoses” written by the Roman poet Ovid around the time of Christ. It describes a sculptor who falls in love with a beautiful statue he has created and enlists Aphrodite to make the statue real. His wish is granted, the perfect woman comes alive and they conceive a child together. Ovid’s masterpiece was about human transformation and such well known stories like Cinderella and Pinocchio were both take offs on Ovid’s tale about the possibility of growth based upon love.

In 1913, the Nobel Prize winner George Bernard Shaw reworked Ovid’s story into Pygmalion which became a smash hit in London. However the ending of his play differed markedly from the

Ovid’s because Shaw insisted that the woman who was transformed finally left her creator behind. This doesn’t make for a very happy ending and this ending has plagued the play ever since. After Shaw died the film director Pascal decided to turn the play into a musical but talents like Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and Rodgers and Hammerstein all were unable to write compelling music to match Shaw’s dialogue. Finally Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe undertook the task and after 1 ½ years of struggle they completed the musical version and the play was renamed My Fair Lady which opened on Broadway in 1955 with Rex Harrison playing Henry Higgins and launching the career of Julie Andrews in the role of Eliza Doolittle. It became an instant classic.

In 1964, the play was made into a film starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison and won 8 Oscars. This film version had a happier ending with the appearance that Eliza would stay with Higgins.

The current revival at the Vivien Beaumont holds fast to Shaw’s original unhappy ending with Eliza walking off into the sunset leav-

DR. TOM FERRARO Our Town

ing Henry Higgins to deal with his solitude and loneliness once again.

This makes for an interesting and unsettling theater experience for the audience.

Nancy Olson Livingston, who was married to Alan Jay Lerner, was the supportive presence and first audience for each song as Lerner and Loewe worked on the music back in 1954 and she made an interesting comment when she first heard the song The Rain in Spain sung to her by her husband. This song was one of a series of incredible show stopping tunes in the first act of the play and she said with great prescience “This number will stop the show. The actors will be

unable to continue. There will be such a reaction from the audience that they may actually have to take a bow in the middle of the first act.

Not just one bow but many.”

And this is exactly what the audience feels. The musical numbers in the first act of this play are so astounding and so much fun that the audience is consistently overjoyed and offers up ovations after each piece. I was watching some of the people sitting near me during the first act and I couldn’t believe the look of joy and wonder on their faces. This was an audience fully captivated by a brilliant play which contained perfect sets, perfect music, amazing voices and great acting. This was Broadway at its very best.

And then came the second act.

The ending of Shaw’s play has always been controversial and has produced endless conflict over the years. He wanted Eliza to walk off alone and after the play was first shown in 1911 the uproar was so loud that he was forced to change the ending. Over the years different versions have been tried with the most satisfying being when Hepburn’s Doolittle appears to be in love with Higgins and ready to

stay.

In the current revival at Lincoln Center we see Doolittle walk off alone without a suitor and without Higgins. The hope that love can be one’s salvation is not something you will see. This was evident in the audience reaction in the end.

It was a rather lukewarm applause which was in no way commensurate with the quality or the magic of the play’s first act. I left the theater wondering exactly how much money this ending would be costing the producers in the long run.

Such an odd thing to think of as one walks out. Two thousand years ago Ovid ended his poem with the statue coming to life, with the artist finding love and with a child being born. Somehow in the Broadway version we now love is not an actor in this play. Maybe the modern playwrights feel guilt over all the marvelous beauty they’ve created and by way of atonement for that sin they remove the one thing that matters most of all, the love between a man and a woman.

Gertrude Stein once famously asked why masterpieces are so rare. Here we have a masterpiece which lost its love and replaced it with sadness and emptiness.

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Alphin and Maxwell to perform together Clint Alphin, a Nashville-based singer-songwriter, will share the concert bill with Huntington’s own Kirsten Maxwell when the monthly Hard Luck Café series resumes at the Cinema Arts Centre on Thursday, Sept. 20.

The 8:30 p.m. concert in the Cinema’s Sky Room will be preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 ($10 for Cinema Arts Centre or Folk Music Society of Huntington members) at the door. The Cinema Arts Centre is located at 423 Park Ave. in Huntington Alphin won the 2017 Telluride Troubadour Competition, a nationally recognized performing songwriter competition, and had the opportunity to perform a short set on the main stage during the annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival, a rootsoriented music festival set amid Colorado’s rugged San Juan Mountains.

Alphin, who moved to Nashville in 2003, hails from North Carolina and cites James Taylor, a fellow Tar Heel state native, as a major influence. Previously a Telluride Troubadour finalist in 2013 and 2015, Alphin also was a finalist in the 2015 Chris Austin Songwriting Contest and in the 2015 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition. His vocal and musical chops were on display during last year’s Huntington Folk Festival and in the Emerging Artist Showcase at the 2017 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.!

More information on Alphin may be found online at www.clintalphin.com.!

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es,!Maxwell is a multi-faceted young artist who has drawn comparisons to such timeless singers as Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins. Her vocal range and ability allow her to move seamlessly between genres, broadening the scope of her performances.

A prolific songwriter, Maxwell has been steadily winning awards, drawing accolades, and building her fan base. An audience-voted Most Wanted to Return artist following the Grassy Hill Emerging Artist Showcase at the 2016 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, she also was a winner of the South Florida Folk Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition that year and took first place in a contest sponsored by the Rhode Island Songwriters Association in 2015.!

Maxwell has also has earned juried official showcases at Northeast, Southeast and Southwest Regional Folk Alliance conferences and was part of NERFA Presents Young Folk showcases at the famed Mariposa and Philadelphia Folk Festivals.

For more information on Maxwell, visit www.kirstenmaxwell.com.

Now in its 50th year, the Folk Music Society of Huntington presents two monthly concert series, a monthly folk jam, and an annual folk festival in conjunction with the Huntington Arts Council. Its First Saturday Concert series at the Congregational Church of Huntington in Centerport resumes for the 2018-2019 season on Oct. 6 with singer-songwriter Patty Larkin.

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Don’t learn facts of lice the hard way Back to school is a very busy time for head lice.

Chances are parents will have to deal with head lice at some point.

As schools open children return from constant play dates, activities at camp, or being with friends, they have an increased chance of carrying head lice. Here are some tips on how to check, treat and keep lice away.

Lice do not like mint or lavender scents. Spray your kids every day with something minty to help keep lice away.

A 10-minute, weekly comb-out with a nit comb and conditioner can prevent larger infestations. The rule of thumb is less lice and nits to remove equals easier-to-tackle head lice and chance of spreading to others is minimized!

Once you find evidence of lice or nits (eggs), removal is a two-week process no matter what method you use. Even if you think you removed everything the first day you must continue to comb for two weeks. In order to break the cycle of lice you must remove everything and make sure you are not getting it back from a friend or family member you are close to.

Generally, people see the same family and friends within two weeks.

If you find evidence of lice or nits, use a non-toxic product.

There is no product that kills the nits (eggs) and washes them out of your hair.

Nit removal is the tedious part of lice removal. If you have been doing the weekly comb-outs prior to finding lice, you can comb for roughly ten minutes per day to remove the nits. But, if you have not been checking on a regular basis, the first day of combing will be very tedious and last about 30 minutes to two hours or more depending on how severe of a case you have.

To perform a proper comb-out: •Put on enough conditioner to cover the length of hair and remove all tangles.

•Hold the nit comb at a 45-degree angle. Graze the scalp with the comb and get it through to the end of the hair.

•Wipe the comb on a paper towel to

look for evidence of lice or nits.

•Comb through the hair in this fashion in all directions — front to back, side to side, and underneath.

If you do not see any evidence on the paper towel, you do not have lice.

Repeat the process in one week.

If you find lice or nits, add your nontoxic product to the scalp and more conditioner and continue combing, grazing the scalp and combing in all directions until everything is removed. Then: • Keep combing for two weeks after you find out your child has lice.

• Do comb-outs with the nit comb and conditioner to everyone in your household to see who else might have lice or nits.

• Tell anyone with whom you have been in contact about the lice, and tell them they need to be combed out to check for lice, too.

Facts of Lice: -Lice are human parasites, so they need human blood to survive. They die relatively quickly (within 24-36 hours) if they’re not directly on your scalp.

-Lice can’t lay eggs anywhere except in your hair! This means the rumored house stripping, cleaning, and bagging tips are completely wrong!

-Lice are transmitted via directheadto-head contact 95 percent of the time.

They don’t jump or fly.

Standing near someone with lice does not mean you’ll end up with lice!

Housekeeping tips: If your family has lice, wash the sheets and pillowcases after the first treatment. The comforter and any stuffed animals with which your children sleep can go in the dryer for 30 minutes.

Vacuum upholstery and carpets after the first treatment (there’s no need to do this for days on end). Boil brushes, combs, and hair accessories for five minutes, put through the dishwasher OR don’t use them for 24 hours (at which point, the lice will be dead).

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How does classroom design impact learning?

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dults who think back to their time in the classroom may remember arrangements of rows of desks and industrial-looking seating.

Classroom design was built around students facing the chalkboard, and teachers typically placed their desks at the front of the room to keep an eye on their students.

Such arrangements have steadily been on the way out as classroom environments are changed to promote learning. According to the education resource The Professional Learning Board, different classroom arrangements have their own benefits and drawbacks. But the liberty to alter classroom layouts means teachers can experiment with what works for their teaching styles and which arrangements benefit their students.

While rows may enable educators to see all students and keep them focused, students in the back may miss out and/or lose focus. Circle arrangements work well for class discussions, enabling all students to congregate around the teacher and participate in the conversation. “Circle time” is a frequent component of preschool and early elementary school lessons because it directs focus on the teacher and feels more intimate than laying the room out in rows.

Group seating is another arrangement teachers may explore. Desks are arranged so they form small tables.

Students can work collaboratively and discuss assignments. However, maintaining focus may be challenging when students are facing other students and may be more likely to chit-chat among one another.

A study involving fourth graders in Germany investigated whether certain seating arrangements promoted greater student participation.

Traditional rows and a semicircular layout were studied. Children in the semicircle asked more questions, but in both layouts, children who occupied central seating locations asked more questions and participated more per lesson.

Another study conducted in 2015 and published in the journal Building and Environment found that changing some elements of classroom design can increase student learning outcomes by 16 percent. Air quality, lighting and students’ sense of ownership of their classroom impacted the students’ abilities to learn more than seating arrangements,, advises the study.

Giving children choices, including flexible seating options, such as bean bag chairs, mats or cushions, standing desks, sofas, or individual workstations, can help students find arrangements that are best for them.

Furthermore, teachers who rearrange furniture so that classrooms are cozy and inviting may see their students thrive.

Lighting also is an important factor, particularly when glare can impact the ability to see smartboards or personal tablets, which are now widely used in classrooms. Natural light is preferred in classroom environments.

In fact, students in classrooms with big windows and daylight progress more quickly in reading and math than those in darkened rooms, according to a Heschong Mahone study cited in ScienceDirect. Overhead fluorescent lighting may interfere with student learning.

Educators are urged to see their classrooms from students’ perspectives to evaluate how design may be impacting learning. A few easy changes can add up to big gains for students and teachers alike.

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A Place for Every Student The Winston Preparatory School (WPS) has announced the launch of Winston Prep Long Island, its fifth campus, opening in Dix Hills this September. WPS is excited to bring the same essence, expertise and methods to the Long Island community that have been successfully applied to each of its campuses in Manhattan and the tristate area.

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Exhibit spotlights seafaring wives In honor of the centennial of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suffrage in New York, The Whaling Museum & Education Center is opening a special exhibition, Heroines at the Helm, which explores the fascinating and little-known experiences of whaling wives who broke social bounds in a male-defined world.

The exhibit opens on Saturday, Sept. 22 and will remain at the museum through Labor Day 2019.

Historically, whaling was one of Long Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most important commercial industries. The male-dominated whaling industry relied on family members to manage life ashore during menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long absences.

Women who remained home suddenly found themselves as lone masters of their households. They maintained their families as single parents, took care of elderly parents, paid the bills, tended to farming, and waited with wifely devotion. Some women became entrepreneurs, running inns, becoming teachers, or serving as midwives.

As time went on, some women found themselves incapable of enduring the years of separation anymore.

A number of captainsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wives broke boundaries by deciding to do what no woman had done before: join their husbands at sea, enduring harsh conditions! for companionship. By the 1850â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, one out of six whaleships carried the captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife aboard.

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Alongside these artifacts, contemporary artwork by two Long Island female artists who challenged traditional artistic boundaries will be featured, including Bastienne Schmidt and Esphyr Slobodkina (1908-2002), as well as Arizona-based artist Angela Ellsworth.

Visitors will be invited to cast their vote in response to choices women faced at sea, such as would they leave their children at home with relatives, or travel as a family? Visitors will also view Victorian-era and contemporary silhouettes, and create their own silhouette craft to take home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whaling wives became trailblazers by necessity,â&#x20AC;? said Executive Director Nomi Dayan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The remarkable mental and physical endurance that they showed in spite of the many circumstances they endured â&#x20AC;&#x201D; illness, seasickness, storms, mutinies, dangerous whaling grounds, long stretches of boredom, not to mention cramped, filthy conditions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; offer inspiration to our lives today. Helping to arrange this exhibit was humbling.â&#x20AC;?

The museum will be closed now through Sept. 21 for exhibit installation, and will reopen on Sept 22.

Exhibit development is supported by funds from Humanities New York, Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning, and private contributions.

In celebration of the new exhibit, the public is invited to a family-friendly special event, SeaFaire, on Saturday, Sept. 29 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Visitors will partake in creating seaworthy crafts, view demonstrations, and hear live sea shanties. Other associated programming will take place throughout the 2018-2019 seasons.

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The concert marks the first time Byrne has played at this venue since! August 1983, during the Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense tour, and!one of the final stops on his summer 2018 tour to promote his solo record, American Utopia.

With its debut this spring, the album has garnered critical acclaim.

Mojo said, “Byrne filters grace, wonder and apocalyptic portent through his fractured worldview.! He remains a fine guide through life’s disruptions and disturbances.”

Stereogum noted, “American Utopia is an album full of pulsating beats and rich textures. You could also say that about any Talking Heads record, but the new album isn’t a throwback; it feels like it could only exist right now.”!

And NPR Music’s!“First Listen” began streaming the record in full, saying in its review: “If a brain in a jar could observe the world, make sense of it and churn it into a batch of songs, it would make the album American Utopia.”!

At his upcoming show, the Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe Award-winning performer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer will perform songs from his new album, as well as classics from his solo career and his days with the Talking Heads.

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Sands Point Preserve fall schedule The Sands Point Preserve has announced highlights of the fall season.

In September, the Village Day Fall Festival and the start of After School Art, Science, and Yoga for children. In October, PUSH Physical Theatre’s powerful production of “Dracula” and the Halloween trilogy: “Vampyres’ Lair,” the notorious “Halloween Ball,” and the delightful “Family Halloween Party” and “Pet Parade.”

In November, there will be a performance of the Agatha Christie murder mystery masterpiece “Towards Zero.”

On Sunday, Sept. 23 from noon to 4 p.m., the Conservancy celebrates the beginning of the fall harvest season with outdoor activities for children of all ages at the annual Village Day Fall Festival.

The festival features a petting zoo, hayrides and pony rides around the Great Lawn, pumpkin painting for bud-

ding artists, and a green grocer market featuring awardwinning artisanal cheeses and farm picked fresh vegetables.

The Conservancy welcomes back Acoustic Mayhem and the students from Bach to Rock music school for live performances throughout the afternoon. Guided nature walks and Qi Gong are also on the afternoon’s schedule. Refreshments from a variety of excellent food trucks will be available for purchase. In the event of inclement weather, the festival will be rescheduled for Sept. 30.

Every year, the Conservancy celebrates Halloween like no other place in the region.

On Oct. 20 at 8 p.m., the Preserve kicks off the Halloween festivities with PUSH Physical Theatre’s adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 horror novel, “Dracula” — an acrobatic spectacle from the ‘masters of motion theatre’ in Castle Gould’s Black Box Theater.

Historic Hempstead House will once again be transformed into a massive horror house on the theme of “Vampyres’ Lair” – bloodthirsty creatures of the night will be lurking everywhere throughout the mansion, and visitors will come face to face with a cast of actors who take their terrifying roles very seriously.

The Haunt runs Oct. 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, and 31 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

On Saturday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m., the Halloween Ball takes over Hempstead House. Because the 50,000 square foot mansion isn’t large enough for this party, a huge gala tent will be set up in the rose garden mausoleum. This event is the Conservancy’s most important fundraising event of the year. Ticket sales will open exclusively for Conservancy members and event sponsors on Sept. 10. Ticket sales will open for the general public on Sept. 24. For more of the

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In addition to these events, the Preserve offers education programs and wellness/fitness activities for all ages throughout the year.

After school classes for children ages 3 to 10 foster lifelong connections between art, wellness, and the natural environment. Registration is now open for classes, which begin the last week of September. The fall session of Four Seasons of Family Yoga takes place on Sunday, Sept.

16 at 10 a.m. Preregister at info@sandspointpreserve.org.

For adults, themed guided nature walks explore many aspects of the Preserve’s environment and related conservation initiatives on Oct. 14, Nov. 11 and the second Sunday of every month from 3 to 4 p.m. The popular Owl Prowl for Adults ventures into the nighttime woods on Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. Weekly medita-

tion and yoga classes are free for Conservancy members and $10 for non-members; preregistration is not required, and participants may attend as often as they wish.

Members of the Conservancy not only help support the Sands Point Preserve’s historic buildings and grounds, but they are also eligible for discounts to many events and free admission to the park, which is open year-round. Fall is the perfect time to join with a 12-month membership and enjoy all that the preserve has to offer.

For general information, see www.SandsPointPreserve. org or visit the Welcome Center & Gift Shop at 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point, NY, 11050. The preserve is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; the Welcome Center is open from noon to 5 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends.

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar NYCB LIVE, HOME OF NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 • www.nycblive.com Sunday, Sept. 16, 1 p.m.

New York Islanders vs. Philadelphia Flyers Saturday, Sept. 22, 1 p.m.

André Rieu Sunday, Sept. 23, 11 a.m.

Long Island National College Fair NORTHWELL HEALTH AT JONES BEACH THEATER Ocean Parkway, Wantaugh (866) 558-8468 • www.jonesbeach.com Saturday, Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m.

Ozzy Osbourne / Stone Sour Wednesday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m.

Niall Horan from One Direction & Maren Morris NYCB THEATRE AT WESTBURY 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury (516) 247-5205 • www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Saturday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m.

Don McLean with Pure Prairie League Thursday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m.

Celtic Thunder X Tour Sunday, Sept. 16, 3 p.m.

Dick Fox’s Fall Doo Wop Extravaganza Thursday, Sept. 20, 8 p.m.

Million Dollar Quartet THE PARAMOUNT 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 • www.paramountny.com Friday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m.

Lil Baby: Harder Than Ever Tour Saturday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m.

The Orchestra Starring ELO Former Members Sunday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m.

Norm Macdonald Tuesday, Sept. 11, 8 p.m.

Dana Carvey Thursday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m.

Rick Springfield THE SPACE AT WESTBURY 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283-5566 • www.thespaceatwestbury.com Sunday, Sept. 9, 8 p.m.

The Magpie Salute Wednesday, Sept. 12, 7:45 p.m.

Dee Snyder Thursday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m.

Keller Williams FOREST HILLS STADIUM 1 Tennis Place, Forest Hills (888) 929-7849 • www.foresthillsstadium. com Saturday, Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m.

Jamiroquai Wednesday, Sept. 12, 6:30 p.m.

Van Morrison with special guest Willie Nelson & Family Saturday, Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m.

David Byrne MY FATHER’S PLACE The Roslyn Hotel, 1221 Old Northern Blvd.,

Roslyn (516) 413-3535 • www.myfathersplace.com Friday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m.

Brewer & Shipley Friday, Sept. 14, 8 p.m.

Long Island Comedy Showcase Saturday, Sept. 15, 8 p.m.

Marshall Crenshaw LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main St., Port Washington (516) 767-1384 • www.landmarkonmainstreet.com Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2 p.m.

An Afternoon with Warren Schein GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • www.goldcoastarts.org Wednesday, Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m.

Film Screening: “Love Gilda: The Eternal Spirit of Gilda Radner” At Soundview Cinemas, 7 Soundview Market Place, Port Washington.

ADELPHI UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 1 South Ave., Garden City (516) 877-4000 • www.pacadelphi.edu Sunday, Sept. 9, 2 p.m.

Gounod’s Romeo and Juliette Wednesday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m.

Ben and Jerry: An Evening of Entrepreneurial Spirit, Social Responsibility and Radical Business Philosophy MADISON THEATRE AT MOLLOY COLLEGE 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre (516) 323-4444 • www.madisontheatreny. com Friday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 8, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

When Change Comes: A New Dance Musical Friday, Sept. 15, 8 p.m.

Broadway @ The Madison Theatre TILLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville (516) 299-3100 • www.tillescenter.org Thursday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m.

Terry Bradshaw: Why Not Your Best!

Saturday, Sept. 15, 2 p.m.

Rosie Revere, Engineer, A TheaterWorksUSA Production Sunday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m.

Michael Feinstein: The Crooners NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART 1 Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor (516) 484-9338 • www.nassaumuseum.org Saturday, Sept. 8, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Studio Saturdays at The Manes Center Sunday, Sept. 9, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Family Sundays at the Museum SANDS POINT PRESERVE CONSERVANCY Hempstead House, 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point (516) 571-7901 • www.sandspointpreserve. org

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Guided Nature Walk

Author Jane Breskin Zalben, “A Moon for Moe and Mo”

LONG ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM 11 Davis Ave., Garden City (516) 224-5800 • www.licm.org Wednesday, Sept. 19, 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Music and Movement Children ages 5 and under can enjoy movement exercises and interactive sing-alongs.

Fee: $4 with museum admission ($3 LICM members).

Friday, Sept. 21, 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Kids in the Kitchen: Caramel Apple Empanadas Children ages 3 to 5. Fee: $5 with museum admission ($4 LICM members).

ART LEAGUE OF LONG ISLAND Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, 107 E. Deer Park Road, Dix Hills (631) 462-5400 • www.artleagueli.org Through Sunday, Sept. 16 Art League of Long Island’s Instructor’s Exhibition

BARNES AND NOBLE 1542 Northern Blvd., Manhasset (516) 365-6723 • www.barnesandnoble. com Saturday, Sept. 8, 12 p.m.

Arthur Visits Manhasset Story Time CINEMA ARTS CENTRE 423 Park Ave., Huntington (631) 423-7611 • www.cinemaartscentre. org Monday, Sept. 10, 8 p.m.

Movie Trivia Night!

Thursday, Sept. 20, 7 p.m.

Film Screening: “An American in Paris: The Musical” Friday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m.

Celebrity Chef and Author Lidia Bastianich BOOK REVUE 313 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 271-1442 • www.bookrevue.com Friday, Sept. 7, 7 p.m.

Author Adam Schefter, “The Man I Never Met” Tuesday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m.

Author Michele Gelfand, “Rule Makers, Rule Breakers” Wednesday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m.

Author Amy Blumenfeld, “The Cast: A Novel” THE DOLPHIN BOOKSHOP & CAFE 299 Main St., Port Washington (516) 767-2650 • www.thedolphinbookshop.com Friday, Sept. 7, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Cafe Music at the Dolphin Saturday, Sept. 8, 11 a.m.

PLANTING FIELDS ARBORETUM 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay (516) 922-8678 • www.plantingfields.org Friday, Sept. 7, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Music in the Garden: Cabaret Classics Saturday, Sept. 8, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Free Concert in the Park: WMD’s Sunday, Sept. 9, 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Nature Sunday for Kids: Magnificent Mansion Through Sept. 30 Exhibit — Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: Sculpture

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UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION AT SHELTER ROCK 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset (516) 627-6560 • www.uucsr.org Friday, Sept. 7, 1 p.m.

Bridge Lessons and Game Play Wednesday, Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m.

Inisfada Zen Sitting Meditation OLDE TRADING POST 1218 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park (516) 492-3195 • www.oldetradingpost. com Friday, Sept. 7, 7 p.m.

Music: The Rewind Saturday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m.

Music: Two for the Road

LAMOTTA’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT AND BAR 10 Matinecock Ave., Port Washington (516) 944-7900 • www.lamottas.net Friday, Sept. 7, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Live Music with Off Peak Saturday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Live Music with Generations CAUMSETT STATE HISTORIC PARK PRESERVE 25 Lloyd Harbor Road, Huntington (631) 423-1770 • www.oldetradingpost.com Saturday, Sept. 8, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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THE WHALING MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER 279 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor (631) 367-3418 • www.cshwhalingmuseum. org Monday, Sept. 10, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

For Adults: Making Memories by the Sea Adults can join this craft-based program for visitors living with dementia and their care partners. $12 per pair. RSVP required.

WALT WHITMAN BIRTHPLACE AND HISTORIC SITE 246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station (631) 427-5240 • www.waltwhitman.org Friday, Sept. 7, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Walking with Whitman: Poetry in Performance with Scott Hightower Sign-in at 5:30 p.m. Open mic at 6 p.m., a musical prelude at 7:30 p.m., and the main poetry reading, Q&A and booksigning at 8 p.m. Members $10; non-members $15.

Tickets may be reserved in advance or purchased at the door.

Thursday, Sept. 13, 20 and 27, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and Monday, Sept. 10 and 17, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Literature, Compassion and Health Care Reading Series 2018 This series is free and open to the public.

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Community Calendar cont’d Continued from Page 46 Last Summer Season Stroll This short, 1.5 mile stroll is designed to observe seasonal changes and summer’s slow, subtle change as she withers and goes to seed. Admission is $4.

Reservations are required by calling 631-423-1770.

ST. AIDAN’S PARISH SCHOOL 510 Willis Ave., Williston Park (516) 561-6994 • www.staidanparish.org Saturday, Sept. 8, 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Spirituality for Singles: Monthly Singles Gathering Monthly gathering for singles: discussion and socialization. Snacks, pizza and beverages will be served. For ages 35+. Cost: $5.

BLAZING TRAILS FOR AUTISM 10th ANNUAL RUN/WALK AT GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL 314 Lakeville Road, Lake Success (516) 937-1397 • www.eden2. org/run Sunday, Sept. 9, 8:30 a.m.

Blazing Trails for Autism 4 Mile Run and 1.5 Mile Walk USATF sanctioned event. All are welcome. All registrants will receive a hooded sweatshirt. To register, go to www.eden2.org/ run. Cost: $25.

SPRING ROCK GOLF CENTER 377 Denton Ave., New Hyde Park (631) 592-9804 • www.7-in-heaven.com/register Sunday, Sept. 9, 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

7-in-Heaven Mini Golf Tournament All are welcome. There will be five age teams (44-57 and 58-69 at 12 p.m. and 23-38, 32-47 and 38-53 at 1:30 p.m.). Go to website to register. Cost: $15 in advance; $20 cash at the door. Includes pre-mingle meet-and-greet, organized mini golf game and prizes awarded to lowest and highest scorers.

THYCA LONG ISLAND AT NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL 300 Community Drive, Manhasset (516) 608-5113 • www.thyca.org Sunday, Sept. 9, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Thyroid Cancer Survivors Support Group The meeting will be held in the hospital’s Tower Pavilion, first floor, conference room 3.

The support group is free for thyroid cancer survivors and their families and friends. The group meets on the second Sunday of each month. For more information, contact Abby Melendez at 516-608-5113.

ST. PETER OF ALCANTARA PARISH 1321 Port Washington Blvd., Port Washington (516) 883-6675 • www.stpeterofalcantara.org

7-IN-HEAVEN MINI GOLF TOURNAMENT AT

Tuesday, Sept. 11 through Tuesday, Oct. 16, 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. or 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

IHM Spirituality Center Presents Yoga: Breathe, Balance, Relax and Chat presented by Sue O’Connell Get more space in your body and “space” in your life. All levels welcome. Wear comfy clothes and bring a mat if you have one. Fee is $90 for 6 sessions or $20 per class. RSVP to Mary Nuzzolese at 516-883-2782 or at marynuzz@aol.com.

Friday, Sept. 14, 7 p.m.

IHM Spirituality Center 6th Anniversary Celebration and Welcome Back Party All are welcome to toast, say hello and enjoy hors d’oeuvres and desserts. For more information, contact RSVP to Mary Nuzzolese at 516-883-2782 or at marynuzz@ aol.com.

MINEOLA COMMUNITY CENTER 155 Washington Ave., Mineola (866) 946-8476 • www.nyuwinthrop.org Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1:15 p.m.

NYU Winthrop Hospital’s Health Update for Seniors: Mind Over Body WINTHROP WELLNESS PAVILION 1300 Franklin Ave., Suite ML-5, Garden City (516) 663-3916 • www.parks. ny.gov Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Breastfeeding Support Group

COMMUNITY NEWS

Town hosts 8th ‘KidStock’ North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board have announced the lineup for this year’s children’s music festival, KidStock.

The festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 15 from noon. to 5 p.m. at Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson.! The event, which is in its eight! year, features free outdoor family music with nationallyacclaimed musical entertainment including Grammy-award winning artists.!

“We invite families to join us as we celebrate with KidStock at Clark Botanic Garden,” Bosworth said. “With musical performances, arts and crafts and fun activities there will be entertainment for everyone.”

This year’s lineup consists of Tim Kubert and the Space Cadets and Brady Rymer. Bach to Rock Port Washington will have handson and interactive opportunities for children to explore musical instruments.!

There will be additional activi-

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Town officials at a musical performance during last year’s KidStock. ties including a performance by National Circus Project, Game Truck, free face painting and arts & crafts.

Please bring picnic blankets and/or beach chairs.! The event is

free of charge. Clark Botanic Garden is located at 193 I.U. Willets Road in Albertson.!

For more information please call 311 or (516) 869-6311.

Sessions are free, but preregistration is required by calling 516-663-2556.

Friday, Sept. 14, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Breast Cancer Support Group for the Newly Diagnosed Patient Sessions are free, but preregistration is required by calling 516-663-2556.

NYU WINTHROP RESEARCH & ACADEMIC CENTER 101 Mineola Blvd., Mineola (866) 946-8476 • www.nyuwinthrop.org Thursday, Sept. 13, 20, 27, Oct. 4 and 11, 5:45 p.m.

Free Tobacco Cessation Program Sponsored by NYU Winthrop Hospital MARCH ON FOR BRAIN INJURY 5K RUN AND FAMILY FUN WALK AT NYIT: OLD WESTBURY CAMPUS Northern Boulevard at Valentine’s Lane, Old Westbury (518) 459-7911 • www.marchon. bianys.org Saturday, Sept. 15, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (registration at 8 a.m.; run at 9 a.m.; family walk at 10 a.m.)

March On for Brain Injury 5K Run and Family Fun Walk This run/walk is a statewide event hosted by the Brain Injury Association of New York State to raise funds and spread awareness about brain injury. Cost: $30.

WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S AT EISENHOWER PARK Stewart and Merrick Aves., East Meadow (631) 315-6486 • www.alz.org Saturday, Sept. 15, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s Held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, this is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Free event.

23RD ANNUAL VILLAGE OF NEW HYDE PARK STREET FAIR Jericho Turnpike between New Hyde Park and Lakeville Roads, New Hyde Park (516) 354-0022 • www.vnhp.org Saturday, Sept. 15, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

23rd Annual Village of New Hyde Park Street Fair Sponsored by Northwell Health This free festival will feature artisans, crafters, vendors, entertainment, pony rides, inflatables, amusement, food vendors, the Northwell Health & Wellness Pavillion and more.

WIT & WHIM’S MAKER’S MART! 6 Carlton Ave., Port Washington (516) 944-9200 • www.wit-andwhim.com Saturday, Sept. 15, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wit & Whim’s Maker’s Mart!

Support and discover local designers at wit & whim’s first ever maker’s mart, which will showcase handmade collage art, home decor, jewelry, greeting cards, vegan makeup and more.

18TH ANNUAL GARDEN CITY SOUTH STREET FAIR 267 Nassau Blvd., Garden City South www.fxpromotionsinc.com Sunday, Sept. 16, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

18th Annual Garden City South Street Fair Free Fun for the whole family featuring great food and drinks, giant inflatable rides, live entertainment, and vendors with handcrafted products at great prices.

40TH WILLISTON DAY STREET FAIR Hillside Ave., from Willis Ave. East to LIRR, Williston Park www.chamberofthewillistons.com Sunday, Sept. 16, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Williston Day Street Fair 2018 Free family fun for all: pony rides, petting zoo, crafts, vendors, rides, classic cars, hula hoop contest, and live music.

NORTHWELL HEALTH CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS 2000 Marcus Ave., New Hyde Park (516) 321-6272 • www.northwell. edu Friday, Sept. 21, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Biden Cancer Summit hosted by the Gregory Foundation for Cancer Research This free summit will address a patient’s cancer journey beyond the disease, including topics such as patient data, disparities in cancer treatments, prevention and innovation. Registration is recommended by calling 516-321-6272 or sending an email to emorrisset@northwell.edu.

MINEOLA STREET FAIR Jericho Turnpike between Mineola Blvd. and Willis Ave., Mineola (516) 422-6000 • www.mineolachamber.com Sunday, Sept. 23, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (rain date: Sunday, Oct. 7) Mineola Street Fair 2018 Free family fun for all: pony rides, petting zoo, inflatables, food trucks, live music and more.

TEMPLE JUDEA 333 Searingtown Road, Manhasset (718) 279-1005 • www.templejudea.com Mondays and Tuesdays, 12 p.m.

Bridge Games Two days of duplicate bridge weekly. All games sanctioned by the ACBL and scored by computers. Refreshments will be served.

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Williston Park Library Williston Park Library is at 494 Willis Ave., Williston Park 516-742-1820; www.willistonparklibrary.com NEW TITLES ADDED:

Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza Those Other Women by Nicola Moriarity Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce Tailspin by Sandra Brown

FALL FLORAL CENTERPIECE Thursday, Sept. 13 at 6:30 p.m. In the library. There is a $24 non-refundable fee due at registration. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

AARP SMART DRIVER COURSE Wednesday, Sept. 19, 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. In the Assembly Room of Village Hall. $20 for members; $25 for non-members. Registration open to village residents. Non-

residents may register beginning Sept. 5.

KNITTING CIRCLE Thursdays, Sept. 20 and 27, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall.

East Williston Library East Williston Public Library 2 Prospect St., East Williston (516) 741-1213; www.ewlibrary.org Hours: Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

PRE-SCHOOL STORY TIME WITH MISS STEPH Children ages 3 to 5 can join this group on Thursdays starting Sept.

6 at 10:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. There will be books, stories, crafts and songs.

Limit of eight children per session.

Register at the library.

TODDLER STORY TIME WITH MISS DEE Children ages 18 months to 3 years can have fun with books, stories and songs. Story time begins Friday, Sept. 14 at 10:30 a.m.

Limit of 12 children — priority is given to East Williston residents Register at the library

trash bags and duct tape on Friday, Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. Pre-register in the library by Sept. 17.

TEEN TRASH BAG DRESS CONTEST Come out with friends and design your own dress made from

AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 1:30 p.m. “Everyboday’s Son” by Thrity Umrigar.

Mineola Library Mineola Library 195 Marcellus Road, Mineola; 516-746-8488 www.mineolalibrary.info HEARTFULNESS MEDITATION WORKSHOPS Saturday, Sept. 8, 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

In a few minutes, you will learn

how to relax and find the lightness and joy of your true nature.

David Mamet.

3:30 p.m.

THE CARLYLE PLAYERS: DAVID MAMET’S OLEANNA Saturday, Sept. 8, 2 p.m.

The Carlyle Players Theater Group returns to the Mineola Library stage for a matinee performance of Oleanna, written by

TAI CHI Thursday, Sept. 13, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Join Andrea Albergo for Tai Chi in the park. The program will be held outdoors, weather permitting. Otherwise, it will be held in

the Library Community Room.

YOGA CLASSES Friday, Sept. 14, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

April Diane will assist you with creating the habit of wellness through the practice and principles associated with yoga and meditation. Focusing on a combination of Ashtanga and

Hatha yoga, your strength, cardio and relaxation will be improved.

WALTER AND JOAN HOBBS ART GALLERY ARTISTS’ SHOWS Through Sunday, Sept. 30. The featured artist and exhibit for September is Berges Alvarez and his creation of recycled art.

Shelter Rock Library Shelter Rock Library 165 Searingtown Road South, Albertson; 516-248-7363; www.srpl.org.

CREATIVE NEEDLES AND THE ART OF COLORING Friday, Sept. 7, 12:30 p.m.

Bring your projects and supplies to cross-stitch, knit and crochet

with others. Coloring pages will be supplied by the library.

SENIOR RAP GROUP Monday, Sept. 17, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For the 55+ set who have a lifetime of experiences to share.

Come and join Shelter Rock Public Library Senior Rap Group on selected Mondays.

CANASTA Monday, Sept. 17, 1:30 p.m.

Canasta has made a big comeback. Join in playing this very social game. Limited materials will be available, so if you own a set, feel free to bring it with you.

THOMAS COLE AND THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL

WITH PROFESSOR THOMAS GERMANO Friday, Sept. 21, 11 a.m.

Thomas Cole was the ideological founder of American landscape art later called The Hudson River School. Cole traveled extensively throughout England and Italy returning to America to crete some of his most ambitious works, no-

tably “The Oxbow and the Course of Empire,” which inspired a new generation of American painters.

FALL ART EXHIBIT Through Oct. 28. Surreal Encounters in Paint and Pixels by local artist Katherine Criss. Art Talk and reception on Thursday, Oct. 4 at 1:30 p.m. All are invited.

Williston Park Community Calendar VILLAGE OF WILLISTON PARK HISTORICAL COMMITTEE: The Committee meets monthly at Village Hall to inventory Village data gathered from residents. Village residents are encouraged to share or donate

old photos and data to the committee. Resident collections of historical data are on display in in historical cabinets in the main Village Hall during office hours, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

HOMETOWN HERO BANNER PROGRAM If you are a member or a family member of someone presently serving active duty in the United States Armed Services and would like them to be considered for the

Hometown Hero Banner program, go to www.VillageofWillistonPark. org. to submit an application with an original 8x10 color photograph of member in full uniform.

IRISH AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NASSAU, SUFFOLK AND QUEENS 297 Willis Ave., Mineola (516) 746-9392. For a full listing of monthly events, go to www. irishamericansoc.com.

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SOCCER DEVELOPMENT CLINICS Ages 3-9 8-Weeks KiDZ Club

Introduction To Sport *Ages: 3-5 Time: 10:00-11:00am

PDB Clinics: Boys & Girls PDB Clinics provide instruction to boys and girls ages 3-9. This program is designed to develop coordination, balance, and ball mastery through fun, small-sided games and activities. The clinic will take place over 8 days, on a frequency of one day per week. ! Program Focus: *-Balance, Coordination, Agility â&#x20AC;¨ *-Passing & Receiving *-Ball Mastery *-Small-Sided Games

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RXR to develop land around Coliseum $1.5B plan would create walkable district with residential, office, research and retail space

BY LU K E TOR R A N C E RXR Realty has reached an agreement to join BSE Global, the company that operates the Nassau Coliseum, to develop the land around the Coliseum, according to a report in the Long Island Business News.

The $1.5 billion plan would develop 72 acres around the Coliseum into a walkable district including residential, office, research and retail space, according to Newsday. The project,c which would be privately financed, is expected to be put before the Nassau Legislature in October.

According Newsday, the plan would name RXR as the “master developer” of the project, which is slated to include 500 housing units, 600,000 square feet of office and biotech research space, 200,000 square feet of “experientialc retail,” two pedestrian bridges, two parking garages and a rapid bus connection to the Long Island Rail Road.

The two parking garages, which will contain 3,400 parking spaces, will be built with $85 million in funds provided by the state.

RXR’s bid was one of 17 submitted to Nassau County before Aug. 17. County

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Executive Laura Curran had issued a Request for Expressions of Interest in June to seek ideas for development, according to Newsday.

BSE had previously teamed up with Blumenfeld Development Group this year to produce a proposal, but the county decided to start the process over

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by reissuing the RFEI in June. Blumenfeld won a bid in 2013 to renovate the Coliseum.

RXR Realty had previously worked on the Coliseum property over a decade ago, when it partnered with the then-majority owner of the New York Islanders, Charles Wang, on the Lighthouse Project.

The $3.74 billion project did not receive approval from the Town ofc Hempstead.

Reach reporter Luke Torrance by email at ltorrance@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516-307-1045, ext. 214, or follow him on Twitter @LukeATorrance

Cuomo, Nixon face off at Hofstra debate Continued from Page 6 but would not go so far as to say the state will pick up the expenses except to share it 50/50 with the city.

“If you want progress you need the city and state to both share fiscal responsibility,” Cuomo said.

Nixon, who touted her frequent use of the subway system, called it “unconscionable” that Cuomo is thinking of raising the fares on a poorly functioning system riddled with delays.

Nixon said that the MTA is controlled by the state, and to “pretend anything else is completely disingenuous.”

“He used the MTA like an ATM, and had seven and a half years to stop this avoidable crisis and he’s done next to nothing,” Nixon said.

According to a New York Times fact check, Cuomo had “steered money away from the system,” by using $5 million to assist struggling state-run ski resorts after a warm winter.

Despite Cuomo’s claims that Nixon “lives in the world of fiction” and he “lives in the world of fact” where the subway system is owned by the city, thec New York Times’ fact check said

that the subway system is effectively within the governor’s control.

Even on issues the candidates agreed upon, such as legalizing marijuana, they found reason to spar.

Nixon said legalizing marijuana is a racial justice issue.

“Effectively, marijuana in New York has been legal for white people for a long time and it’s time to make it legal for everyone else,” Nixon said.

Cuomo noted recent results of a report he commissioned in January that showed the benefits of legalizing marijuana outweigh the risks.

Nixon fired back that Cuomo only came out in support of legalization once her campaign pushed him left.

Cuomo said he commissioned the report before Nixon was in the race.

The primary will be held on Sept.

13.

The winner will face Republican Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro in the Nov. 6 general election.

Reach reporter Rebecca Klar by email at rklar@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516-307-1045, ext. 204, or follow her on Twitter @rebeccaklar_.

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Join us for a whole new twist on 5779.

This Rosh Hashanah, start a new tradition in your family. Come worship with us at Temple Beth Sholom and make a spiritual move that will change your life.

One of America’s premier Conservative synagogues, we are known for our warmth, our family orientation, and for unparalleled educational and social programming. Under the guidance of Rabbi Alan Lucas, Temple Beth Sholom is a truly close community of families, offering premier daily religious, social, inspirational and educational events – plus a world-renowned, award winning religious school.

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Truth about NRA and NHP fundraiser

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esponding to Eric Spinner’s submission regarding the despicable NRA gun auction to be held at the Inn at New Hyde Park, I respect that Mr. Spinner has a hobby, and that he enjoys guns.

I also respect and accept that the NRA does some worthwhile things, such as providing gun safety lessons (leaving aside the blatant sexism embedded in Mr. Spinner’s comments about “the ladies.” But in the end, Mr. Spinner likes guns so much that he, and those like him, ignore the base truth about these tools that he so enjoys — they are designed for one purpose, and one purpose only — to kill.

Mr. Spinner and those like him engage in the most reckless and tortured form of logic — truth denial. Mr. Spinner may very well be right — gun owners like him are generally safe. The NRA does some things that are positive. But

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that does not negate the facts that Mr. Spinner’s access to weapons of massive power to kill means that the next school shooter has access too, and that the NRA stands in the way of any sort of protections against that.

While Mr. Spinner and his brethren may have repurposed firearms and created alternative uses, that cannot diminish the simple and undeniable fact that these are tools of death, and that their availability will always, necessarily, lead to death. There will be dead Innocents — dead concert goers, dead gamers, and dead school children.

And while the aspects of the NRA that Mr. Spinner chooses to laud are arguably positive, the aspects that affect each of us every day are not. Mr. Spinner can ignore, but he cannot deny, that the NRA stands in the way of every reasonable common-sense gun measure that has ever been pro-

posed, including those supported by more than 80% of it’s own membership. The NRA stands in the way of background checks, capacity limits, bans on the AR15 and weapons like it, and now, bans on 3D printer plans that would allow anyone, criminals, terrorists, and those with mental health issues, to make their own, untraceable guns in their own homes. The NRA buys politicians who trade their souls and decency for campaign war chests and supportive advertisements. There can be no question that there are thousands, including children, that are dead, but would be alive, but for the NRA. And yes, Mr. Spinner, we are against training and arming teachers. First because it has been proven time and time again that firearms are far more likely to lead to accidential shootings than any form of protection. Second because teachers are educators,

not security guards. And finally, speaking for myself, because when I look back on my school career, I cannot think of a single teacher that I would have wanted armed.

Finally, and most frustrating, Mr. Spinner, while claiming ignorance on everyone else’s part, states that “[t]he Second Amendment is a guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms. This cannot be questioned.” But Mr. Spinner, having fallen prey to what Chief Justice Warren Burger called “the biggest fraud ever perpetrated upon the American people”, ignores the accepted meaning of the Second Amendment prior to the NRA’s 1960s propegamda campaign. The Second Amendment was meant to protect the States’ right to maintain their own armies or militias. The Amendment was intended to stop the federal government from preventing armed state forces or from calling up

and disbanding militias. This was, in large part, meant to protect slavery. But even ignoring that, it has been held time and time again that the right, no matter how you define it, is not limitless, and that reasonable limitations can and should be made. No one needs an AR-15. No one needs a 10 or 20 or 30 round clip. No one needs to buy a weapon without a background check or a reasonable waiting period. The NRA, a gun industry lobbying and properganda organization, stands in the way of all of that. That is why we protest, and that is why we believe that it is abhorent for a local business to allow the NRA to raise money on it’s property, especially by auctioning off guns for as little as $20 at a wedding venue. The Inn at New Hyde Park should be ashamed, as should Mr. Spinner.

Marc Stein Roslyn

Phillips’ support of LIRR riders

continue to be both amazed and disgusted by Sen. Elaine Phillips’ dishonest attempt to paint herself as an advocate for LIRR riders.

For those who need a refresher, Phillips made her opposition to the LIRR’s third track project the centerpiece of her 2016 Senate campaign.

In the months leading up to and following her electoral vic-

tory, she made it clear that she did not consider the substantially improved service the project would bring important to the 7th District.

In fact, in a 2017 statement to Newsday, Phillips dismissed such improved service as “regional benefits” not worth the temporary inconvenience to those living or working near the LIRR’s Main Line.

Phillips was so staunchly opposed to the project, she unsuc-

cessfully lobbied Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Sen. Martin Golden to block the MTA from enacting its most recent capital plan.

Once the capital plan was finalized and the project’s opponents abandoned her en masse, Phillips cynically assumed she could replace their support with that of the very LIRR riders she had just thrown under the bus.

Phillips started sporadically sharing LIRR service alerts on her Senate Facebook page and making unrealistic and counterproductive demands for fare freezes and refunds.

She even held up the fact that she rode the LIRR to work decades ago as supposed proof that she empathized with constituents fed up with service disruptions." (Of course, she didn’t seem to be so

empathetic until she needed our votes.)

LIRR riders in the 7th District need a real advocate in the Senate. " Phillips never has been and never will be that advocate."

That’s why I’m voting for her Democratic opponent, Anna Kaplan, on Tuesday, Nov. 6, and encourage my fellow commuters to do the same.

Matthew Zeidman New Hyde Park

Letter-writer needs half Much appreciation for Verizon truths to defend Trump Continued from Page 18 This was done out of patriotism and without coercion. Keep in mind this was an era where there was much prejudice against persons with handicaps.

In the 1960s, Swirsky claims that JFK had “assorted liaisons.”

Again, she is correct, although if she wanted to find out why he defeated Nixon, she might look to the first presidential debate or the fact that his father’s money corrupted the process.

But the idea that the press turned a blind eye toward JFK’s peccadilloes and that is why he won does not comport with the

facts.

It gets more ridiculous! LBJ is charged with lacing “practically every sentence with the N-word.

Again, I don’t dispute the charge, but isn’t this is the same president who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed racial discrimination. Is this the LBJ who signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which guaranteed blacks their right to vote.

And is this the man who in the peroration of a televised address said “we shall overcome”?

Sorry, Ms. Swirsky. You can’t present a partial truth.

That’s the real “fake news.”

According to Swirky’s version of history, we’re to believe that President Obama “trotted around the globe insulting America” and took a “teleprompter into a kindergarten class.” This doesn’t sound like the Barack Obama I campaigned for.

I would like to know the source of these statements and please don’t tell me it’s the pathological liar in the White House or a reputable scholar like Rush Limbaugh.

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

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any thanks go to Verizon for being such a “Good Neighbor” by promptly taking down two dead trees in their parking lot."

Also, I would like to extend my appreciation and thanks to the Town of North Hempstead, particularly Lauren Suma.

Thanks to everyone for keeping our community safe and beautiful." This kind of response reinforces what a great town Manhasset is!

Nancy Morris Agent,!

State Farm Insurance!

Manhasset

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Why I endorse state Sen. John Brooks

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n Nov. 6, residents of the 8th New York Senate district have an important choice to make when they go to the polls. Do they vote to re-elect Sen. John Brooks or vote for Jeff “Patronage” Pravato?

First, the challenger Jeff Pravato. Jeff is what’s known as a double dipper.

He has two taxpayer-funded jobs (actually his wife was given one too, so really three), earning over 100K and receives pension credits which means we will be paying his retirement and health care for life.

He also continues his employment as a real estate agent. He operates this job in the same area that he’s a public official which creates potential conflicts of interest.

Mayor Pravato hasn’t even been a good mayor. Since he became the mayor of Massapequa Park, taxes have increased a whopping 49 percent and spending has increased by 42 percent.

As noted in his most recent campaign filing, Pravato received $10,000 from the same NYC real estate developers that gave convicted felon Dean Skelos over

$100,000.

Mayor Pravato loves to say that his opponent is connected to Bill de Blasio and will vote in lockstep with NYC’s interests.

He has even distributed a picture of Sen. Brooks with Mayor de Blasio.

The only problem is that Brooks has never met de Blasio and never posed in a picture with him.

This is how low Jeff Pravato will go to get elected.

Do you want someone like that representing you?

Sen. John Brooks has been a

Distracted driving a widespread problem

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ccording to a report by Cambridge Mobile Telematics, which offers an app to motorists to track their road habits, 50 percent of New York drivers are reported to be on their cell phones while driving.

This I find sad, troubling and dangerous. The other day my wife Eva was driving with myself in the passengers seat in Bellerose, when a car in front of us all of a sudden decides to change lanes without signaling while she

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was on her cell phone.

Now meanwhile this young woman had two kids and a dog in her car.

My wife said to me,” What could this woman be thinking?”"

Was this phone call so important that she was willing to risk everyone’s life?

Now I ‘m a senior citizen and fully realize the dangers on the road and needs my full attention while I’m driving. When my cell phone rings and I’m driving, I respond to it when I reach a spot

where I can pull over and stop and then respond to that call.

I wish more people would do the same. I believe Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero program ought to be extended to drivers who are on the phone while driving.

I don’t really care if its handsfree because the person’s attention is not on the road but on that phone call. Our roads need to be kept safer with more people using common sense.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Mineola

Taking advantage of a great idea

ave a great idea?

One that urges immediate attention for fear of being pre-empted. This is the timing that inventing companies count on."

Remember none of the information they provide will help you obtain a patent and without a patent you have nothing." Slow down. Get realistic." Don’t make a move before some further steps are undertaken.

Take some time (could be months) for the idea to percolate." Investigate. Read the internet, avoid advertisements."

Often any “wishful thinking” aspect will recede. Next get the vital information, including

names of persons if possible, on which companies are likely to buy your idea. Only at this point are you ready to go to work.

Begin work on obtaining a patent. There is a relatively new patent procedure that can save you lots of money.

Initially, instead of going for a full-blown patent which can be expensive (and, of course, there is no guarantee your idea will sell) you can get provisional patent protection which is much cheaper and" that provides protection for your idea for one year."

Do as much research as you can before applying for a provisional patent because a" provisional patent only lasts for only

one year."

The odds are against you. I have" yet to see any Invent Company" publish what percentage of applicants even obtain a patent, much less make a sale.

However, you can at this point hire an Invention Company tho you will find it of limited value and not cheap.

I prefer to go it alone. My father and I" between us own about 10 patents," two of which have earned respectable money.

Never give up." There is always a chance.

Good luck.

Theodore Theodorsen Manhasset

breath of fresh air since he was elected nearly two years ago.

During his first term in office, Senator Brooks voted 86 times against higher taxes. He also voted to make the property tax cap permanent and to cap the growth of state spending.

The senator also created a tax relief plan that would save Long Island taxpayers over $1.3 billion by capping the residential share of our school taxes.

I have also personally seen Sen. Brooks work directly with people who have lost their homes because of Super Storm Sandy.

When NY Rising wasn’t returning his calls, the senator marched into their office in Albany and demanded action.

We need to re-elect John Brooks for another term in Albany.

He will resist the GOP tax scam, which will raise taxes by over $3 billion on Long Island and $16 billion statewide. John Brooks will fight for everyone.

Not just the connected few like his opponent.

Bob Freier Former Candidate for Town Council in Oyster Bay

Gets facts before making fake claims

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lease, Joan Swirsky, get a dictionary and look up the word FAKE, because that word does not mean what you think it means.

Your examples of fake news re FDR, JFK and LBJ are nonsense.

Not saying something is not fake. FAKE is making up stuff that’s not true; e.g. Trump’s claim of the largest inauguration crowd ever.

Or that no one else won Wisconsin. Both FAKE or lies.

Covering up something is not the same as making up something.

You mention Democrat (should be Democratic) corrupt politicians.

Can you spell Duncan Hunter or Chris Collins?

As for Barak Obama, he’s an American no matter where he was born (which was Hawaii).

He’s an American because his mother was an American: she was born in Kansas. This is according to the Constitution.

Learn some FACTS before your next round of gibberish.

Mary Ellen Scherer New Hyde Park

Globalists control media everywhere

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e are the voice of the people is the first lie the globalist(s) who own the media want people

to believe.

The globalist(s) buy up the media in every country they’re in; this gives them the belief they are in control of the people’s mind.

They want people to believe they are the world’s policemen and do only good for the people.

The power of the press, they want everyone to fear their power, even the politicians believe the pen is mightier than the sword.

They can find you guilt(y) be-

fore you’re proven innocent. They say anything they want, they twist a story until it becomes a lie and try to make a lie.

The truth is what they call freedom of the press. The personal hate the globalist media have for our president is disgusting.

The first time he said he was running for president they turned on him and haven’t stopped, it’s sickening.

The globalists who control the media will lose in the long run.

Iris Chong Williston Park

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Cuomo’s MTA plans not as promised

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hen it comes to taking credit for completion of the ongoing Ronkokoma Long Island Rail Road double tracking electrification project between Farmingdale and Ronkokoma one year ahead of schedule, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ghost speech writer clearly did not do his or her homework.!

(Source: Newsday “Double Track By End Of Summer” by Alfonse A. Castillo — Monday, August 20).! They missed past transportation history for Ronkonkoma branch electrification going back to the 1980s.

Completion of Ronkokoma LIRR branch double tracking will cost $387 million.

Double tracking from! Farmingdale! to! Ronkonkoma! was part of the original scope of work for electrification of the! Ronkonkoma branch. ! It was completed in December

1987. !To save the project due to insufficient funding, double tracking was dropped in favor of single track electrification and passing sidings. !The project will not be completed one year early as! Cuomo boasted, but rather 31 years late! ! As part of the project, there is also no reopened Republic Airport LIRR Station. This has also been promised for decades.!!

Completion of double tracking on the Ronkokoma line with introduction of 30 minute off peak service by December 2018 will add two! dozen or more trains each day operating on the Main Line.!!There will be no! increase in rush hour Ronkonkoma branch service with the exception of some limited reverse peak trains.! Without finishing Main Line Third Track by December 2022, along with East Side Access by December 2023, there

is no room at Penn Station or Grand Central Terminal for additional! Ronkonkoma rush hour trains until 2024. There is no capacity on the existing Main Line between Floral Park and!Hicksville!to accommodate any additional rush hour trains on the! Ronkonkoma! branch.! Rush hour capacity can only be increased by construction of the $2.6 billion ongoing Main Line Third Track project.! ! Penn Station has been operating at 100% capacity for decades. !Amtrak, New Jersey Transit and Metro North also have competing long term plans to increase Penn Station service.! LIRR has to find space for new rush hour Islanders Belmont Park, connecting LaGuardia Air Train at Mets Willets Point and reverse peak services just to name a few.!!

There is a direct relationship between completion of

the $2.6 billion Main Line Third Track and $11.8 billion LIRR East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal.! According to the MTA-Federal Transit Administration Amended Full Funding Grant Agreement, this could end up closer to $12 billion.!!Without a Third Track, the! LIRR! will not be able to achieve 100% utilization of Grand Central Terminal East Side Access. The original East Side Access! environmental! document promised 24 trains per hour during peak service periods. This would supplement 42 trains per hour during peak service periods to Penn Station. There is! insufficient! capacity for feeding west bound A.M. rush hour and!east bound P.M. rush hour trains from both Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal with only two Main Line Tracks. !The third track is also

needed for reverse commuter service, trains returning east in the morning and west in the evening to make additional rush hour trips and non-revenue train movements.

When it comes to paying for all his promises, Cuomo reminds me of Wimpy who famously said “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”! Long Island taxpayers and LIRR riders should be prepared to stand by for higher fares, taxes, more debt and borrowing in coming years to cover the costs for all of Cuomo’s $100 billion worth of transportation promises.!

Larry Penner (Larry Penner is a transportation historian, advocate and writer who previously worked 31 for U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.)""

NRA is a menace to public health In the Aug. 31, 2018 issue, Mr. Eric Spinner defends the National Rifle Organization over their mission to promote safe and responsible gun ownership and decries the protests over an NRA event at The Inn at New Hyde Park slated for Sept.

27.

Before taking exception to Mr. Spinner’s comments, I’d like to note that with close to a third of Americans owning firearms, there are clearly many more responsible gun owners than not.

It is also worth noting that clear majorities of Americans of all political parties favor protecting the right to own firearms.

However, Mr. Spinner raises many of the NRA’s usual talking points to support an organization that has worked tirelessly to allow guns in as many places as possible. Mr. Spinner’s casual claim that “the perpetrators of gun violence don’t care about laws or gun-free zones” is compelling so long as you do not think about it at all.

But once one starts to ponder the meaning of this statement, one can only conclude that most laws are irrelevant because criminals ignore them anyway. !In his defense of the NRA, Mr. Spinner promotes the ‘good guy with a gun’ theory, which, once again, makes sense until

you actually think about it.

While the NRA has been promoting this idea to create fear in the citizenry, there is an important unspoken agenda for the organization, specifically, the NRA receives millions in financial support from gun manufacturers.

Disclosure requirements have changed in recent years as the NRA throws support behind legislators who will aid them in hiding the donations received from corporations, but as of 2013, the political action committee arm of the NRA received close to $53 million dollars over the prior eight-year period (https://www.businessinsider.com/gun-industryfunds-nra-2013-1) from gun manufacturers, with an additional nearly $21 million from advertising revenue.

The NRA executive director, Wayne LaPierre, earns between one and five million dollars annually in his role leading the NRA, which is a large sum considering that the NRA fancies itself a ‘grassroots’ organization.!

The ‘good guy with a gun’ theory falls apart further when one considers the incredibly high rate of friendly fire injuries and fatalities.

Nationwide police statistics for 2016 showed that six percent of officer fatalities were a

result of friendly fire.

If one does not like a statistical representation of human harm from gunfire, consider the death of Hofstra Student Andrea Rebello, who was killed by friendly fire from a police officer during a hostage standoff in 2013.

These incidents involved highly trained professionals who nonetheless in the conduct of their official duties killed innocent individuals.

I would implore Mr. Spinner and any other proponent of the ‘good guy with a gun’ theory to describe how this would unfold with untrained or minimally trained civilian ‘good guys’ trying to stop the evildoers in our midst. ! Consider further the pernicious actions of the NRA at the legislative level: the NRA lobbied to prevent federally funded research on the health consequences of firearms, in a piece of legislation called The Dickey Amendment, which was passed by Congress in 1996.

Despite this ban, independent (that is, not federally funded) research has demonstrated clear public health consequences associated with firearms.!

Research by Anestis and Anestis published in the American Journal of Public Health in 2015 showed that legislation

that regulated access to firearms was associated with lower rates of suicide.

Research by Kalesan and colleagues published in The Lancet in 2016 demonstrated that gun legislation that strengthened background checks, placed restrictions on certain forms of ammunition and specific firearms (i.e., rapid-fire weaponry) resulted in lower fatality rates in the geographic regions these were in effect.

Further, and more damaging, geographic regions with more permissive legislation and ‘stand your ground’ laws have higher levels of violent crimes, as demonstrated in research

by McClelland and Tekin, published in the Journal of Human Resources.

The NRA promotes ‘stand your ground’ laws and ardently opposes any and all gun control, making the organization itself a true public health danger.

Further, while elected officials who earn “A” ratings from the NRA have successfully passed legislation that puts the public in ever greater danger (such as the aforementioned stand your ground laws, more permissive background checks, and the like), the public is moving swiftly in the opposite direction.!

Polling data from this year shows that close to two-thirds of the public favors greater gun control. !These are just a few of the ways that the NRA should be considered at the very least a public health menace.

Since the points raised here were uncovered with about a ten-minute Google search, it is undoubtedly the case that the NRA is well aware of these statistics.

Willfully placing the public in danger would be, therefore, the very definition of an enemy, in direct contradiction to Mr. Spinner’s spirited defense. !There was a time when the NRA was a true grass-roots organization that promoted safe and responsible firearm ownership.

Examination of their materials from the 1960s and early 1970s shows an organization that was true to that mission and was not a threat to the public.

Those halcyon days are long gone, however, now that the organization relies on scare tactics and strongly opposes any common-sense steps to regulate firearms.!

Dean McKay Port Washington

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Hiring salesperson or consultant?

I hope everyone enjoyed the last long weekend of summer and thought about what Labor Day has meant in building our country!

There are two types of people in real estate, the greatest number and the majority, from my perspective, are salespeople and that includes brokers and associate brokers; and the minority, consultants.

There are huge differences and divides between the two groups.

I am not singling out any company or persons in this column, since they exist across the board in the largest to the smallest companies, even in the single person offices.

However, after 35 years of being in the real estate business, you draw some significant conclusions, not based on theory, but actual day in day out business experiences.

I can also say without hesitation, salespeople are still a major segment that are in our industry.

Some will not be happy that I am saying this; but those that are not educated and knowledge-based about how to really conduct themselves with their client sellers, investors, landlords, purchasers and tenants are the typical salespeople, who focus on their deals and transactions and not the client-first attitude and it shows in their performance.

I do understand that no one is perfect (not even me!)

and mistakes and blunders will always occur, but the way to minimize them is being able to grasp the concept of “customer service first.”

Being able to qualify and interact with clients and qualifying customers in the proper fashion by asking the most pertinent questions and then being an excellent listener, absorbing the information, enables one to create and have a more successful plan going forward.

Being knowledgeable about your product, transparent and answering all the questions that prospective clients and customers ask will always go a long way in building your reputation and brand. More important, when mistakes or obstacles (what I call potholes) occur during the sales process, don’t you want your agent to step up to the plate and remedy the situation as best that they can, so the worst case scenario, doesn’t happen, whereby, the sale crashes and burns?

Of course, the latter is not what you are expecting, whether you are a seller paying a commission or a purchaser, (indirectly paying a commission) where you want your broker or agent to come forth with the answers leading to a positive solution and outcome. Unfortunately, consulting is not really taught much at all in the courses that I have seen. Yes, there are phenomenal sales and motivational coaches, and I have trained with the top four.

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

They will teach you quite a lot about lead generation, but in many situations, the consultative aspect of our business has fallen short of the expectations of the consumer. There is an excellent book that I was able to receive, and was provided for free if you were quick on your feet, at a Washington D.C. real estate convention that I attended in May. It is called disruptors, discounters, and doubters by Joe Rand, who happens to work for a major national franchise.

The one thing that stuck in my mind, while reading his book, was when he asked a multitude of real estate people would they hire 75 percent of the agents they new in the area where they worked and the answer was an emphatic, “no.”

Then he asked, 50 percent, the answer was still “no.” Then the figure dropped to 25 percent, who thought that the agents within their

area were competent, whereby the agents would consider hiring them.

This is a sad commentary about the actual capabilities of the typical agent. Being a consultant takes a lot of blood, sweat and tears and thick skin to hone one’s knowledge to get to a point, where one never tries to sell “vanilla” if the customer wants “chocolate.”

More individuals should be focusing on the specific needs and wants! of the client sellers (and investors, landlords, purchasers and renters) while addressing their concerns, through a non-selling perspective and come up with the necessary information to build that trust and credibility that they so desperately are seeking.

This will always go a long way in building your base of advocates for your future referrals. Otherwise many times, it’s like the blind leading the blind; whereby new purchasers, who have never bought real estate or sellers who haven’t sold anything in 30 years or more and know nothing about the more rigorous and complicated process today and those agents that aren’t knowledgeable enough, due to lack of training.

My professional opinion is that consultants will always earn more than salespeople, because they are more like pied-pipers, holding the hands of and guiding their clients and customers and always being available and reachable during and through

the process from the beginning to the closing.

There isn’t enough emphasis on consulting, which is gained through constant reading, attending local and national conferences, volunteering on committees and studying to gain a steady and never-ending knowledge to be at the “top of one’s game.”

Many should be seeking out classes (and there should be more of them) on consulting because there is too much emphasis on lead generation, quotas, commission and sales; but in actuality, it’s all about the consumer and how we can serve them in a more professional manner.

One must be a “sponge” and personally, until I am “6 feet under” I for one will never cease learning something new each and every day, to better myself in providing the most professional consultative styled services possible to all my clientele.

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21 Berry Place, Albertson Sold Price: $635,000 Date: 07/27/2018 3 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 60x110 Schools: Mineola Total Taxes: $11,482 MLS# 3009755

11 Willow Place, Albertson Sold Price: $618,000 Date: 06/05/2018 5 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Exp Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 70x95 Schools: Mineola Total Taxes: $8,604 MLS# 2995251

227 Collins Avenue, Williston Park Sold Price: $869,000 Date: 05/17/2018 4 beds, 3 Full baths Style: Exp Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 80x100 Schools: Herricks Total Taxes: $13,291 MLS# 3010104

57 Wisteria Avenue, Mineola Sold Price: $670,000 Date: 08/02/2018 5 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Exp Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 50x90 Schools: Mineola Total Taxes: $9,502 MLS# 3017598

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$110K stolen from church Continued from Page 1 end we believe we will prevail.”

Efforts to reach Grace International Assembly of God were unavailing.

Benson said the project was two years behind when Festa stepped in.

According to the district attorney,"the project has stalled and as of July 2018 the new structure was unfinished and exposed to the elements.

Between June 2014 and March 2017 Festa attended church meetings and assured attendees he had the steel in storage, prosecutors said.

Festa also allegedly submitted at least 12 certificates falsely indicating he had obtained and was storing the steel, prosecutors said.

The church contacted the steel supPHOTO COURTESY OF THE plier in January 2017 and was notified NASSAU COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY the steel had not been ordered, paid for or delivered to a storage location, accordGennaro Festa ing to prosecutors.

“This contractor is accused of defrauding a house of worship by stealing more than $110,000 that was earmarked for a new sanctuary,” Singas said in a release. “Contractors who disregard the law will be held accountable for their crimes.”

Singas added that anyone who feels they have “been targeted by an unscrupulous contractor” should contact her office at 516-571-7755.

The Nassau County district attorney’s office started an investigation in May 2017 after church leaders filed a complaint.

Senior Assistant District Attorney April Montgomery of the financial crimes bureau is prosecuting the case.

Reach reporter Rebecca Klar by email at rklar@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516-307-1045, ext. 204, or follow her on Twitter @rebeccaklar_.

W.P. civics to host forum Continued from Page 2 out the welcome wagon” by baking, preparing coupon books and giving newcomers a little history of the village, Mignardi said.

Mignardi said he’s unaware of exactly when the Welcome Wagon started fading out, but the association is looking to reestablish it if enough residents volunteer.

“It’s a nice touch, and a lot of people always ask us about it,” Mignardi said.

“I think that kind of sets Williston Park apart. The neighbors are still wanting to do that for people, so it’s just a matter of organizing.”

Also during the meeting, the association will discuss ongoing traffic and public safety concerns on village streets.

There will be a 50/50 raffle and refreshments at the meeting.

Annual Williston Day Street Fair turns 40 Continued from Page 2 In addition to giving a platform for local businesses to showcase their goods and services, Williston Day also provides a chance for local groups to raise funds, Walters said.

Boys Scouts, Girl Scouts, local churches, the historical society and the American Legion are among organizations invited to participate in the fair, she said.

The American Legion’s bake sale is the

biggest fundraiser the group puts on all year, Walters said.

“That’s what makes this fair … more community oriented, because it’s the community that’s doing it,” Walters said.

“When you have somebody coming in from the outside and they run the fair, I’m not saying they don’t do a good job, they have a different motivation.”

Putting on the fair independently is no easy feat. Walters said she and the

chamber start planning as early as March to make sure everything is in order for the fair, which is held the third Sunday in September each year.

This year’s rain date is Sept. 23.

The hard work does pay off, Walters said.

“I have people come to me when we have our fair and say, ‘This is such a great fair, how do you do yours like this,'” Walters said. “I think that’s because we have

control over it … I think it’s worked out well for us over the years.”

The neighboring Village of New Hyde Park will hold its street fair on Saturday, Sept. 15.

The Village of Mineola will hold its street fair on Sunday, Sept. 23.

Reach reporter Rebecca Klar by email at rklar@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516-307-1045, ext. 204, or follow her on Twitter @rebeccaklar_.

Honoring slain daughters with Gift of Life

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The parents of Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens got to meet a 2-year-old boy saved by a fundraiser done in memory of their daughters.

Continued from Page 3 “It’s a very special gift you’ve given Geobanna – you gave her her son back and she knows that,” Raylman said. “And forever, he will live with the knowledge that somebody else cared for him.”

Robbie Donno, the founder of Gift of Life, said that the organization has arranged for operations for nearly 30,000 children around the world since it brought 5-year-old Grace Agwaru to St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn for open-heart surgery in 1975.

And for the 1.3 million children born each year with a congenital heart defect – 93 percent of whom normally don’t have access to cardiac care – a case like Ricardo’s can stand as “a beacon of hope” to parents who otherwise “face the certainty of attending their children’s funeral,” Donno said.

“The memory of Kayla and

Nisa will become a light, a beacon of hope for all those families who are praying that a miracle will help save their children,” Donno said. “That light will shine on all of us and show the path for those who would be willing to join this lifesaving journey.”

The fundraising challenge hopes to initially help 10 children, with procedures costing roughly $5,000 each. In addition to the two children already treated in El Salvador, Gift of Life International and the Brentwood Rotary aim to help two children each in Kosovo, Romania, Haiti and Uganda get heart procedures.

Ivonne Lopez, the executive director of Latidos de Esperanza, said groups like the Gift of Life International, the Rotary and companies, have also helped treat around 1,200 children and plan to help at least 200 more in Salvadoran hospitals this year.

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Kings Pt., O. Westbury tops in police pay Continued from Page 1 Average pay for the Kings Point police was up about $3,000 from last year, according to the report, but Old Westbury jumped by more than $40,000 and moved from the fifth-highest pay to second highest.

George Banville, the commissioner of the Kings Point Police Department, said he understands why someone might have a “kneejerk reaction” to the salaries.

The number is “correct but it’s not correct” because it includes overtime and cash payouts on top of base pay, he said, and the department has been “short staffed” with 20 officers compared with the normal 24.

“That thing they’re referring to is plus overtime and other additions to their regular salary,” Banville said.

Efforts to get comment from the Old Westbury Police Department were unavailing.

At the county level, Nassau had the third-highest average pay in New York at $136,951, behind Suffolk ($162,265) and Westchester ($149,0250).

Average pay in Nassau was actually down about $13,000 from last year, dropping the county behind Westchester.

Of the top 50 highest paid county or municipal employees in New York, only three were not members of a police or a fire department.

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The Kings Point Police Department headquarters in Great Neck.

Two officers with the Town of Ramapo Police Department, located on the New Jersey border in Rockland County, held the top two spots, followed by the#police chief of Glen Cove.

Thomas O’Shea of the Old Westbury Police Department was the fourth-highest paid county or municipal employee in the state with a salary of $312,152.

He was followed by Steven Bobrik of the Kings Point police, who took home $310,375.

Other village officers in the top 50

included Ronald Scorzelli ($306,723) and Joseph Miloscia ($275,323) of the Old Westbury police, Sean#De Pasquale ($286,319) of the Kings Point police, and Richard Lertora ($266,089) of the Sands Point police in Port Washington.

Of that top 50, 14 were members of the Nassau County Police Department, led by Lt. Thomas Karp with $308,113, the sixth-highest total in the state.

For nonuniformed employees of North Shore villages, Sands Point once again led the way with an average salary

of#$97,468 for its 12 employees. That is more than double the statewide average of $40,162 and the highest of any village in the state. It was also an $8,000 increase from 2017, according to the report.

Sands Point was followed by Thomaston, which paid its four employees an average salary of $86,894. Among North Shore villages, those two were followed by Kings Point ($79,158) and Old Westbury ($68,698), which had the fifth- and eighth-highest average salaries among Long Island villages, respectively.

Average salaries in Kings Point actually dropped from $85,907 last year.

A majority of Long Island villages paid above the statewide average.

Only 10 North Shore villages — Kensington, Port Washington North, Roslyn# Harbor, New Hyde Park, Floral Park, Saddle Rock and East Willison — paid an average salary less than $40,000.

East Williston was the lowest at $25,594, ranking 77th of 86 Long Island villages.

Nonuniformed employees of Nassau County had an average salary of $71,465, about $3,000 more than Suffolk but only half of the average pay for a Nassau police officer.

Reach reporter Luke Torrance by email at ltorrance@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516-307-1045, ext. 214, or follow him on Twitter @LukeATorrance

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Learn more at www.unlimitedcare.com EARLY CHILDHOOD AIDE WANTED The Waldorf School of Garden City seeks an Early Childhood Aide beginning in September of the 2018-2019 school year. Qualified candidates should have experience working with young children. The ideal candidate will be responsible for supporting a lead teacher in the school’s morning and/or afternoon programs. Kindness and patience are important qualities sought in a prospective candidate. This is an hourly position. Candidates are expected to be available 20-40 hours per week. The starting rate is $15 /hr. Interested applicants should send a resume, (3) professional references and a letter of interest to: Keelah Helwig Early Childhood Chair at: helwigk@waldorfgarden. org To learn more about the Waldorf School of Garden City visit our website: www.waldorfgarden.org Candidates will only hear back if under consideration.

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AFTER-SCHOOL SITTER WANTED at our Garden City home to care for 2 children (12 & 10). Tuesday & Thursday 3-7pm. Homework assistance, light cooking and local sports driving. Prefer local college student. Call 516-616-5191 (Please leave messagenote this is not a cell phone) EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT to VP wanted for a midsize construction steel subcontractor’s satellite office located in Albertson. Responsible for day to day activities such as mail, email, phones, bills, errands, collections, etc. Should have 5 years prior office experience especially working with Excel, Word and Quickbooks. Follow up on bids and some property management activities also required. 9am-3pm.

M-F with some flexibility. Must be Notary. Email resume to ralph@ strocchia.com or call 516-625-8800

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Monday through Friday. Organized, intelligent and energetic. Non smoker, clean driver’s license. English speaking. Port Washington area. $15/hour. Please call 516-883-1978 SITTER WANTED GARDEN CITY Sitter wanted for 4 kids in Garden City 2 days/wk. Hours 7am-7pm.

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Prepare nutritious and appetizing meals, light housekeeping, live in or out. Excellent references. Please call Faith 347-898-5804 ELDER CARE HOUSE CLEANING Experienced woman w/ excellent references seeking a Full Time position to take care of the elderly and house cleaning also available. Contact: 516-489-6242 or 516-348-5573 ELDER CARE Woman seeking position to care for the elderly.

30 years experiences with excellent references. Please call 516-688-4322 EXPERIENCED NURSING AIDE seeking position to take care of elderly. Full time or part time evenings or weekends. Own car and good references. Please Call Mavis 917-796-5917 OUR NANNY IS AVAILABLE! I’m seeking a loving family for my nanny of 14 years as we no longer need her as our kids are grown now.

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MARKETPLACE INVITED ESTATE SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Looking to sell items from your home? Consider doing an Online Auction! Online Auctions reach more interested buyers than tag sales and can often sell for more than what you would make at an estate or tag sale. Invited Estate Sales by Tracy Jordan can do both! You can sell your items online reaching potential buyers locally or globally as well as hosting a private sale from your home! Let us guide you on what items to put in auction including furniture, housewares, decorative items, jewelry, collectibles, coins, artwork and anything else you may no longer want or need. Our services can help you to maximize your selling experience whether you are selling 1 item or 500 items.

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OFFICE SPACE MANHASSET: Two private offices (both with windows) plus reception area and private bath. Next to LIRR Port Washington branch 30 minutes to NYC. Parking (two) included at building and WIFI. Must see if you want an office location on the island convenient to NYC. In Manhasset business district area where restaurants and retail are close by. Call 516-650-9841 for more information.

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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) 516-483-3669 (Office) JV PAINT HANDYMAN SERVICES Interior-Exterior Specialist Painting, Wallpapering, Plastering, Spackling, Staining, Power Washing.

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TUTORING ITALIAN LANGUAGE TUTOR in Garden City for homework help, conversation and test prep. Available to work with middle schoolers, high schoolers or adults. Evenings and weekends. $80/hr; $40/half hour. Contact digliomc@aol.com 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 PRIVATE SPANISH TUTOR: Let me help fill the learning gap that hinders your child’s success in Spanish. William Cullen, M.A. Spanish.

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SERVICES 1-866-We Junk It: All phases of rubbish removal & demolition. Residential, commercial, construction sites, kitchens, bathrooms, clean-ups, attics, basements, floods, fires. All size dumpsters. Same day service. Fully insured. Bob Cat Service. www.1866wejunkit.com 516-541-1557 A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts. Boxes available. Free estimates. www.ajmoving.com 516741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405 College Advisory Services, Inc. College Counseling. College selection, application and resume preparation, essay development, application submission, financial aid consultation. 30+ years experience. Art Mandel, former Director of Guidance, Roslyn Schools. 516-6434345 collegeadvisor1@gmail.com COLLEGE ARTS ADMISSIONS: College Counseling in the Visual and Performing Arts. Dance, Musical Theatre & Drama. Film, Instrumental & Vocal Music. Audio Recording & Production. Theatre Technology & Production. Visual & Graphic Arts. Resume, Essays, Repertoire Lists. Michele Zimmerman. 516-353-6255 CollegeArtsAdmissions@gmail.com www.CollegeArtsAdmissions.com

Hofstra University seeks to inspire voters Continued from Page 10 “Immigration and Deportation,” to be hosted on Wednesday, Sept. 26, starting at 2:55 p.m. in the Lowenfeld Gallery of the Axinn Library, will focus on the consequences of shrinking refugee visas, immigration arrests, family separations and the end of DACA. Emily Ngara, the attorney-in-charge at the Deportation Defense Clinic at Hofstra’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law, Saul Guerrera, a labor organizer at the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union and David Dyssegaard, the deputy director of immigration research at the Fiscal Policy Institute, will be the speakers. Advance registration is recommended.

October’s events will include a conversation about key issues in New York politics, an international day of nonviolence, a debate on the Trump administra-

tion’s policy, the economy and the 2018 elections, and how 1968 changed the political landscape.

The events will also discuss gerrymandering, or the redrawing of legislative districts to benefit one political party, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the environment! and the Constitution’s impact on effective governance.

November’s two events, set on Nov. 15 and Nov. 27, respectively, will seek to answer how the 2018 elections will influence policy making and the 2020 election and whether all politics remains local.

A full calendar can be found online at www.hofstra.edu/votes/.

“Hofstra Votes fulfills an essential part of our mission as an educational institution – to inspire and prepare our students to be active, well-informed citizens who engage with the world,” Rabinowitz said.

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Temple Judea introduces J-TECH

Temple Judea has unveiled a new STEM-based learning program, J-TECH. When classes resume this month, students will engage in experiential Jewish learning through the lenses of science, COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm technology, engineering and math.

Contracting Inc. We haul anything Educational Director,Lauren Resnand everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and ikoff, explained:! “Our new J-TECH take it away. Residential/Commer- program is designed to build upon the cial. Bonded/Insured. Free estiinnovative hands-on, technology-based mates. 516-538-1125 learning our students already love. This NEAT FREAKS: Your organizing year’s curriculum will focus on integratGurus! Voted 2018 North Shore’s #1 Organizer. Home or office. ing STEM concepts with the study of ToFree Consultation. Lisa Marx and rah stories and values. It is exciting and Randi Yerman. 917-751-0395 w w w . n e a t f r e a k s 1 9 7 6 . c o m engaging to use the concepts of engineering, coding and digital storytelling to Instagram:organizethisnthat OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: teach Jewish content.”

The program was piloted last year Owner operated since 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed and was so successful it earned many /insured. Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc. Please call accolades from parents, including being 516-466-9220 voted “Best Religious School” in Blank Slate Media’s “Best of the North Shore 2018” contest.

Call Linda An integral part of the J-TECH proto place your gram design is the individualized Hebrew program that will once again be based ad! upon small-group tutorials set up to ensure success for each student. FamilyFor All Your Classified Needs based Shabbat, Jewish holiday, and social action experiences complement the Call LINDA MATINALE Account Executive program.

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A related program, J-TECH Home offers families an opportunity to have their children tutored at home, while still being a part of the school program.

Children are matched with a teacher who will prepare and teach weekly lessons at the child’s home, at a mutually agreed upon time. Students learn Hebrew decoding skills, prayer tunes, and Judaic subjects.

J-TECH programs are open to students in grades K-6, with developmentally appropriate programs designed for each age group.

For older students, in grades 7 – 12, Temple Judea offers ongoing learning with Rabbi Chizner, as teens explore essential questions and the role of Judaism in their lives. Community service programs and a leadership program (JuTiFTY) complement the sessions with Rabbi Chizner.

For more information about the religious school programs, the Education Director, Lauren Resnikoff, can be reached at (516) 621-8049 or school@templejudea.com .

Temple Judea is located at 333 Searingtown Road, Manhasset (off exit 36 on the LIE) By phone: (516) 621-8049. Website: www.temple-judea.com

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College news about local students Colgate University The following students earned the spring 2018 Dean’s Award with Distinction.

Yoosol Jung," a graduate of Roslyn High School who is majoring in biology.

Hannah Zeitlin,"a graduate of Great Neck South High School who is majoring in environmental economics.

The following students earned the spring 2018 Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence.

Chelsea Taylor of Manhasset, a graduate of Manhasset High School who is majoring in political science.

Madeline Barcia of Manhasset, a graduate of Manhasset High School who is majoring in political science.

Hofstra University Hofstra University inducted the following students into Phi Beta Kappa, the society that celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences.

Tanzim Bhuiya of Albertson, a member of the class of 2018 who is majoring in pre-health.

Carol Izzo of Albertson, a member of the class of 2018 who is majoring in criminology and sociology.

Ami Zala of New Hyde Park,"a member of the class of 2018 who is majoring in psychology and economics.

Delaware Valley University Emily Cornell"of New Hyde Park was honored for academic achievement by being named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2018 semester.

Clemson University Andrew Liu of New Hyde Park graduated from Clemson with a Master of Science in Automotive Engineering.

SUNY Oswego The following students have reserved places as freshmen for fall 2018."

Sarah Harty of Mineola attended Mineola High School and intends to major in marketing.

Nicholas Natale of Williston Park attended Mineola High School and intends to major in business administration.

Madi Wasnofski of Williston Park attended The Wheatley School and intends

to major in psychology.

Brittany Landau of Roslyn Heights attended The Wheatley School and intends to major in business administration.

Madeline Kelly of Manhasset attended Manhasset High School and has an undeclared major at this time.

Viko Gejadze of Port Washington attended Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School and intends to major in business administration.

Natalie Papazian of Port Washington attended Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School and intends to major in human resource management.

Gianna Passauer of Port Washington attended Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School and"has an undeclared major at this time.

Jordan Ramos of Port Washington attended Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School and"has an undeclared major at this time.

Sydney Taduran of Port Washington attended Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School and intends to major in marketing.

Ashly Yaraghchi of Port Washington attended Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School and has an undeclared major at this time.

Madison Mangogna of Great Neck attended Great Neck South High School and has an undeclared major at this time.

Eva Grammatikopoulos of New Hyde Park attended Herricks Senior High School and has an undeclared major at this time.

Ashley Lasko of New Hyde Park attended New Hyde Park Memorial High School and intends to major in marketing.

David Saleta of New Hyde Park attended Herricks Senior High School and intends to major in marketing.

SUNY Oswego has also accepted the following transfer students for the fall 2018 semester.

Patrick Shevlin of Carle Place;"Qasim Iqbal and"Nicole Takahashi of Port Washington;"Matthew Movtady of Great Neck; and"Shannon Jones of New Hyde Park.

BeReadyLI helps with emergencies September is National Preparedness Month, and with Hurricane Lane recently flooding Hawaii with more than 50 inches of rain, we are reminded that an emergency can happen at any moment.

Since its launch in 2016, BeReadyLI.org, a collaboration between United Way of Long Island, PSEG Foundation, PSEG Long Island and 2-1-1 Long Island, has worked to help tens of thousands of Long Islanders prepare before, during and after disasters by encouraging families to take simple steps that help ensure their safety.

United Way’s 2-1-1 Long Island, a comprehensive resource database, bolsters local disaster efforts of organizations like the American Red Cross on Long Island, the Health and Welfare Council of Long Island and Island Harvest by helping to mobilize and assist disaster-affected families, as well as inform

residents on how to help their neighbors by enlisting as a volunteer." Expanding on those services, BeReadyLI.org enhances access to Long Islanders with timely and accurate information to improve emergency readiness, as well as recovery resources including transportation updates, town and village contact information and government websites.

“Long Island is subject to a number of weather conditions that could be cause for concern, but it’s not always the rain and snow that could be dangerous,” said Theresa A. Regnante, president and CEO of United Way of Long Island.

“Something as simple as a heatwave or heavy winds could be cause for concern, which is why it is crucial that we are prepared year-round for any emergency that could come our way. BeReadyLI has all the information that Long Islanders need, in one place, so that they are ready

and safe.”

“When it comes to emergencies, big or small, PSEG Long Island urges all families to take the steps necessary to be ready to handle a situation at a moment’s notice,” added Daniel Eichhorn, president and COO, PSEG Long Island. “Oftentimes, there are special precautions that need to be considered – particular health concerns, young children, or pets — that can all be found on BeReadyLI. org, including the BeReadyLI Children’s Workshop — a tremendous asset for parents and schools in learning how children can be prepared.”

In an effort to educate family members of all ages, BeReadyLI offers a Children’s Workshop, an interactive lesson offered to students in preschool through second grade teaching them the basics of emergency preparedness in a fun and approachable way. The BeReadyLI Chil-

dren’s Workshop has helped more than 20,000 young children learn the importance of knowing their full names, and the whole names of their caregivers, how to recognize who can help them in an emergency and what they should put in their emergency ‘go packs’. Children are sent home with an activity booklet and flyer so that their caregivers can continue educating the entire family about the importance of preparedness.

BeReadyLI encourages everyone to take the first step in protecting themselves. Take the Pledge to be Prepared, test your preparedness knowledge by taking the Quiz, and learn more on how you can prepare for an emergency — visit BeReadyLI.org or 211li.org. For more information on the Children’s Workshop, and how to request it at your school visit bereadyli.org/bereadyli-childrens-workshop.

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Registration open for adult education classes Residents of the Roslyn, Herricks, and East Williston school districts are invited to participate in the fall semester of Roslyn Adult Education. Registration is now open.

Please look for the catalog in the mail or online: www.roslynschools.org and click on Community and then click on Adult Education.

Online registration is offered for residents’ convenience. Visit the Adult Education Web Store to register online for all courses and trips: https://RoslynSchools.Revtrak.net. The store accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover and e-checks.

There’s an Online Registration Guide on the Roslyn website (www.roslynschools. org).

Most courses begin in October. Adult Education has dozens of offerings in creative arts, exercise and dance, computer skills, health and wellness, languages, cultural trips and more, including new day and evening offerings for fall 2018.

Roslyn Adult Education continues to

welcome residents of the East Williston School District and Herricks School District to our Adult Education family.

Residents of all three districts pay the resident rate for course offerings and trips, and are eligible for senior citizen discounts, as well. Classes are held at both the Roslyn Adult Education and the Herricks Community Center.

Details are in the catalog. Register early as many courses have limited enrollment. Register online or send in registration forms via mail or fax. In-person registration is between 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on weekdays beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 5. Instructions are on the form.

(Registrations will not be taken over the phone.)

The office of Roslyn Adult Education is in Roslyn High School, on the main floor near the Counseling Center. For information, call 801-5091 or visit us on line at: www.roslynschools.org and click on Community and then on Adult Education.

New electric cart for Clark Botanic North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Council Members Peter Zuckerman, Anna Kaplan and Lee Seeman stopped by Clark Botanic Garden recently to see the new, environmentally-friendly electric golf cart, purchased through a donation from the Kong family.

The Fanny Dwight Memorial Garden, Inc. and the Clark Botanic Garden Auxiliary also made donations to help with the total cost of the cart.

The cart will be used by the employees, volunteers and Auxiliary members of the garden.!

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Michael Kong, Roellyn Armstrong of the Clark Garden auxiliary, Phil Kong, town horticulturist, Bonnie Klein, Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, Councilman Peter Zuckerman, Commissioner of Parks and Recreation Jill Weber, Deputy Commissioner of Parks and Recreation John Darcy and James Newman of the Clark Garden auxiliary, visit to check out the new, electric golf cart.

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NYIT wins opener behind Omooba Simon-Peter Omooba arrived at NYIT with blazing speed. Now a senior, he has developed a finishing touch, too.

Omooba scored a secondhalf hat trick for the first multigoal game of his career as the NYIT men’s soccer team defeated Felician, 4-2, in Thursday’s

season opener at President’s Stadium.

NYIT won its opener for a sixth straight season.

“I only got two goals last year, so it was good to get a few,” Omooba said. “It was good for the team, too. A good win.”

Captain Dan Lembo chris-

tened the season with a goal on a free kick from 25 yards out 3 minutes, 30 seconds into the match.

Niko Iloski answered for Felician later in the first half, but Omooba answered with three consecutive goals to open the second half — the first two on

assists from Martin Sundell.

Sundell had missed a good portion of the preseason injured, and came off the bench on Thursday.

Omooba also came off the bench against Felician. The first of his three goals, which came at 51:23, was particularly nifty

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as Omooba chipped the shot off the right post and into the net, past Felician goalkeeper Joe Sartori.

Back" Xavi" Senlik" preserved the two-goal lead in the final minutes when he deflected a would-be Felician"goal.

Still, coach Carlos Delcid" wants to see improvement from his squad.

“It’s good we got the win, but I didn’t think we played well,” Delcid said. “Our first game all year, we looked a bit shaky, especially the freshmen.

We’ve got a lot of work to do, especially with the teams we’re going to play ahead of us.”

Said Omooba: “I know we’ve got a lot of work to do.

But we did well in preseason.

We started slow, and now we’re picking it up.”"

Four student-athletes made their collegiate debuts in the starting lineup in the victory: midfielder and brothers Randy and Wilber Gomez as well as NunoMecia and Matthaeus Granger. Graduate student Bernd Schlüter made his NYIT debut.

“I knew since last year my brother was going to come here to the same college as me,” redshirt" freshman Randy Gomez said. “We just have this chemistry on the field and we don’t have to speak to each other, ever since high school, ever since we were young. Because we’re close in age, we always just knew and had chemistry on the field.”

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Sky’s limit for Herricks’ new staffers PHOTOS COURTESY OF HERRICKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

At a new staff member orientation for Herricks Public Schools, educators participated in Project Adventure obstacle courses.

Herricks Public Schools welcomed this year’s new staff members with an orientation program that featured a twist. In addition to attending sessions that familiarized them with their workplaces, departments and procedures, the new staff members engaged in an afternoon of teambuilding through Project Adventure obstacle courses.

In the courtyard of Herricks High School, they took on problem-solving challenges that require collaboration, connection and sup-

port.

Brave teachers, administrators and other staff members navigated an assortment of high elements courses in which they were suspended at the height of a telephone pole. They utilized balance and hand-eye coordination skills to walk a tightrope and were met with cheers of encouragement from colleagues.

Attendees also took on a ground-level, low elements course as a group. Together they strat-

egized, found solutions and helped one another in order to successfully tackle missions while adhering to strict rules.

The outdoor learning area was built by the company Visionary Adventure, who were on-site to safely harness the participants and guide them through the vertical playpens.

The three-day orientation also focused on technology use, professional development opportunities, pupil personnel services

New administrators Loren Borgese, Diana DeGiorgio, Brian McConaghy and Matthew Hubbard at the orientation. and special education, business office procedures and the Danielson Framework for Teaching Rubric.

Superintendent Fino Celano, along with members of the board of education, administration, Herricks Teachers Association and Parent Teacher Associations, greeted the new staff members with welcoming remarks.

Bus tours and building orientations taught them about the Herricks community and allowed them to settle in to their new sur-

roundings.

Herricks welcomes the following new staff members: Loren Borgese, Diana DeGiorgio, Matthew Hubbard, Brian McConaghy, Caitlin Breen, Jamie Callahan, Caterina Fox, Christina Juarbe, Rose M. Lavelle, Loredana Losso, Samantha Martone, Emily McGibbon, Jennifer Phelan, Alexa (Borresen) Riegel, Bridget Sheerin, Kristen Silk, Geoffrey Stone, Tova Umlauf, LLilian S. Vera and Caitlin Whitaker.

New teachers welcomed at Mineola The Mineola Union Free School District welcomed approximately 20 new teachers and student-teachers to the district at its annual New Teacher Orientation on Aug. 29.

The purpose of the orientation is to acquaint the new staff with the district, its procedures and its mission.

New staff include" Steven Benner, dean of discipline at Mineola Middle School, Natalie Camacho, ELA/ENL at Mineola High School, Richard Cardenas, social studies/Spanish at Mineola Middle School, Jillian Edwards, math at Mineola High School, Marta Fernandez, social worker, Lauren Goldfarb, business education at Mineola Mid-

dle School, Alexandra Levine, ELA/special education at Mineola High School, Elissa Olivera, leave replacement at Hampton Street School, Aislinn Oliveri, theater at Mineola High School, Erika Pena, elementary dual language at Jackson Avenue School, Gina Principato, elementary teacher at Jackson Avenue School, and Stephen Raimondi, social studies/special education at Mineola High School.

The orientation also included"the district’s student-teachers from Adelphi University: Brianna Rafferty, Angelica Bianco, Ariel Catalanotti, Maggie Hardiman, Meghan Kingsley, Elizabeth Messin, Paula Spatz and Marisa Tyd.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MINEOLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The Mineola Union Free School District welcomed approximately 20 new teachers and student-teachers to the district at its annual New Teacher Orientation on Aug. 29.

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