Town skin cancer screening

Town of North Hempstead officials, along with North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, recently held a free skin cancer screening event at Clinton G. Martin Park.

Town of North Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman reminds residents that the last day to pay the 2023 General Taxes – second-half bill without a penalty is Thursday, Aug. 10. Second-half of the 2023 General Tax payments must be postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service on or before Aug. 10 to avoid penalty.

Online tax payment information is shown on the reverse side of your bill. Online payments may be made by check (ACH) or credit card at: northhempsteadny.gov/tax-payments.

A $1.75 processing fee for online check payments will apply. If paying with an online check through your

The online credit card payment processing fee is 2.30% of the tax amount per transaction. New York General Municipal Law requires people paying their property taxes by credit card to also pay the fees associated with the payment transaction. The Town receives no portion of the service fee – that fee is retained by the payment processing vendor.

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When paying in person, you may pay your bill at 200 Plandome Road, Manhasset, NY 11030, during normal business hours, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. (The office is not open on Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays). The Tax Office will be open until 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 10, 2023.

Please bring your entire bill with you when paying in person. For more information or if you have additional questions, please call 311 or 516-8696311.

The event was the first part of the town’s “Wellness Wednesdays” initiative in partnership with the two Northwell Health facilities. The mobile unit was stationed at the park for a three-hour period and offered free screenings to over 30 residents.

“When caught early, skin cancer is very treatable, that is why it is so important to be proactive,” said Northwell Dermatologist Silvija Gottesman. “In addition to those we screened, we hope that other visitors to the park noticed our presence and are reminded to take care of their skin and visit a doctor if they feel something doesn’t look quite right. Thank you to the Town of North Hempstead for making this event possible.”

One in five Americans will be diagnosed with skin cancer in their lifetime, according to the American Academy of Dermatology.

The organization encourages individuals to utilize sunscreen (marked SPF 30 or higher that protects against UVA and UVB rays) properly by applying it 30 minutes before exposure and reapplying every two hours. Additionally, sunresistant clothing (marked UPF) can help minimize the risks of exposure to the sun.

“Hosting today’s skin cancer screening for our residents is important to us at the Town of North Hempstead on so many levels,” said North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena. “We want our residents to enjoy their time at our beautiful parks this summer safely, and we encourage them to use the free sunscreen that has been generously provided to us by North Shore

University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center,” she added.

“We are proud of the Town’s continuing partnership with Northwell Health,” said Council Member Veronica Lurvey. “We welcome our residents to take part in our free Wellness Wednesday series all summer long so they can stay healthy.”

For more information on the Town of North Hempstead and the entire schedule of upcoming Wellness Wednesday events, please visit our website at https://www.northhempsteadny.gov/.

Schreiber grad Thea Rabman plays at Wimbledom on way to college

BY MICHAEL J. LEWIS

There was so much to take in.

The beautifully-manicured grass courts. The history around every corner. The plaques commemorating past champions going back more than a century.

The famous concession stands selling strawberries and cream.

The grounds of Wimbledon tennis tournament (or as it’s referred to in London, “The Championships”) is the most famous and revered location in the entire sport. Champions are made and re-afrmed there, and it’s the place every person who ever picks up a racquet dreams of one day playing.

Thea Rabman got to live that dream last week.

The 18-year-old former Schreiber High School star, one of the top junior players in America, is headed to play for reigning NCAA national champion University of North Carolina in about a month.

But on July 8 she got to play at the famous grounds at SW 19, at Wimbledon, for the frst time.

In 2022 Rabman tried to qualify for the junior championships, but those matches are played ofsite. This year, she got the whole experience, and she and her father Louis savored every moment.

“It was really exciting and really cool to be so close to the pros and everything there,” Rabman said upon returning home this week. “It’s something you see on TV and hope to get to play at one day, so the whole thing was really great.”Rabman few to England last week but wasn’t even sure she’d be in the main draw of the Girl’s tournament; with her World ranking of No. 52, she just missed the cutof for automatic entry into Wimbledon. But given that she was just a few spots away from getting in, she knew there was a chance other players ranked ahead of her would withdraw and that Rabman wouldn’t have to go through qualifying.And that’s exactly what happened; two days before the draw was made Rabman learned she’d be in.She drew Australian Taylah Preston in the frst round, and despite battling back in the second set, Rabman fell, 6-1, 7-6 on Court 10.“It was hard because you weren’t able to practice on the main courts until your match,” Rabman said. “I was defnitely nervous in the frst set, she’s a really good player and the atmosphere was so diferent than usual. And it was so awesome to see so many people at the match cheering for me.“When I was warming up, (Wimbledon men’s quarterfnalist) Holger Rune was warming up right next to me!”Rabman made her Junior Grand Slam debut in 2021 at the U.S. Open, when she won a round in front of dozens of family and friends from Port Washington.In January of this year, she won a round in the Australian Open junior girls event in Melbourne before falling to Rebecca Munk Mortensen of Switzerland in Round 2.“I got to go to the Melbourne Zoo which was so cool,” Rabman said after that event. “I also went to the south Melbourne market and Queen Victoria market which was also such a fun experience.”In addition to competing in singles, last week Rabman also got a chance to play doubles at Wimbledon, as she and her partner, Mortensen, fell in the frst round to the seventh-seeded duo of Nikola Bartunkova and Nina Vargova.With her junior career coming to a close soon, Rabman said she’s very excited to get to North Carolina.According to UNC associate coach Tyler Thomson, Rabman was a top recruiting priority and he’s excited about her joining an already-stacked Tar Heel team.“We are so excited for Thea to join our program,” Thomson said. “She’s very passionate about getting better and about being a Tar Heel. Thea’s game is really versatile, and it will be fun to coach her and to see her grow.”Rabman said she closely followed UNC’s run to the championship this spring, as the Tar Heels beat N.C. State to win their frst team title.“Seeing the college tennis atmosphere and how well they did really made me want to be a part of it even more,” she said. “I talked to a few of the girls and I can’t wait to get there.”Rabman is scheduled to move to Chapel Hill in mid-August, but she still hopes to play one more U.S. Open juniors tournament.Whether she gets directly in or not will depend on her results over the next month, specifcally how she does at the prestigious USTA Nationals in San Diego in early August. If she can win a few rounds there, she’ll certainly get into the main Open draw.“If I get a chance, I’m defnitely going to play the Open,” Rabman said. “Not sure how it will work yet but if I’m in I’ll defnitely come up (from UNC) and play.”