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SUOZZI TAKES AIM AT RUSSIANS PAGE 10

ACTING TOP COP TO STEP DOWN PAGE 2

NIFA DEMANDS COUNTY CUTS PAGE 6

Williston Park eyes overhaul of water tower Could spend up to $6M to replace or renovate tank on Syracuse St.

BY N O A H M A N S K A R The Village of Williston Park is planning an overhaul of its municipal water tower that could cost as much as $6 million.

Village officials have been discussing the project since at least last year and are still mulling whether to renovate or fully replace the tank on Syracuse Street, adjacent to Kelleher Field park, Trustee Teresa Thomann said.

The village Board of Trustees voted Monday to authorize $6 million in bonding to fund the project. That amount would cover the cost of replacing the tank, the more expensive option, Thomann said.

The village has not actually borrowed any money, and likely would not need to borrow that much, as officials are seeking state and federal grants to help fund the project, Thomann said.

“There are two solutions and two plans, and we’re putting ev-

erything in place to select one of them,” Thomann said.

Thomann declined to discuss specifics of the project because it is still in the “very preliminary” stages. It is part of some long-term work the village is planning “for the future of the water supply,” she said.

The water tower is Williston Park’s sole water storage tank. The village Water Department operates three wells that provide water for Williston Park and the Village of East Williston, which is Williston Park’s largest single customer.

Williston Park would pay off any bonds for the project using revenue from water bills, according to a legal notice from the village.

The legal notice says the village could also get money from the state’s Water Infrastructure Improvement Act, which offers grants of up to $5 million for municipal water projects.

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Robot battle Searingtown Elementary School’s Robotics Club held its first-ever competition for fifth-graders after school on May 8. See story on page 69.

Mineola man sues G.C. police, sees racial profiling

BY N O A H MANSKAR A retired Nassau County corrections officer from Mineola sued the Garden City Police Department last Thursday,

formally accusing village officers of racially profiling and beating him.

In a federal lawsuit, Ronald Lanier is seeking $50 million in compensation for the Nov. 30, 2016, incident

in which he says the Garden City officers, George Byrd and John Russell, beat, berated and wrongfully arrested him after mistaking him for a shoplifter.

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Acting county top cop to step down

Phillips demands LIRR fare discount

Krumpter announces retirement after heart scare

Says Penn troubles warrant cut

BY ST E P H E N ROMANO Acting Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter, who joined the department in 1992, is retiring.

Krumpter’s retirement will take effect on July 20.

Last month, he was hospitalized for a heart condition, which required doctors to perform a stent procedure to open his arteries.

A news release from the county did not say whether Krumpter was retiring for health reasons.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano said he will appoint Deputy Commissioner Patrick Ryder as acting commissioner.

“Commissioner Krumpter has led the Nassau County Police Department with honor and distinction during a challenging time for law enforcement — not only here in Nassau County but throughout the nation,” Mangano said. “From the fiscal constraints demanded by homeowners to balancing public safety and the war on heroin and terror, Commissioner Krumpter has streamlined back office operations to protect taxpayers while maintaining the number of police officers assigned to patrol and bolstering special units.”

Efforts to reach Krumpter were unavailing.

Krumpter, 50, a Huntington native, was named acting commissioner in 2014 after serving as a deputy chief in the office of the commissioner and as the department’s legislative liaison. He was named first deputy commissioner in 2011 and served as acting commissioner from February 2011 to December 2011.

In 2015, Mangano said he would nominate Krumpter to officially be the county’s top po-

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Thomas Krumpter, the acting Nassau County police commissioner, speaks at a news conference in 2014. lice official, but never formally nominated him.

He earned $237,000 a year, but his salary would have dropped to $175,000 if he was the official commissioner.

Krumpter has faced criticism as commissioner for backing the merger of the 6th and 3rd Precincts, saying the consolidation has saved money for the department as major crime has dropped 27 percent since 2009.

Both Democratic and Republican candidates for county executive have said they would undo the merger if elected.

Krumpter told Newsday that although he has been in talks to become the chief of the Lloyd Harbor Village Police De-

partment, he is still considering job opportunities in government and the private sector.

He has five job offers, three in the private sector, one in law enforcement and one in government, according to Newsday.

As a patrol officer and a supervisor, Krumpter worked in the 5th and 6th Precincts, and served as the deputy commanding officer of the Legal Bureau and the commanding officer of the Personnel and Accounting Bureau.

Before joining the Nassau County Police Department, Krumpter was a police officer in the New York City Housing Authority Police Department for three years starting in 1989.

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State Sen. Elaine Phillips (R-C-Manhasset) called on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to reverse a 4 percent fare increase that took effect on March 19, an option the MTA is considering.

In a letter to the MTA board on Monday, Phillips said it should ease the pain for commuters who will be affected by extensive repairs scheduled for Penn Station this summer.

“Due to the scale of repair work at Penn, the ripple effect of this project will certainly be felt throughout the LIRR system, affecting trains and passengers across the schedule and at stations far from Penn,” Phillips wrote.

“These passengers deserve to be compensated as well, and I urge the MTA to roll back its most recent, 4 percent fare hike for all monthly LIRR commuters.”

Phillips was referring to Amtrak’s planned infrastructure renewal project at Penn Station slated to occur from July 10 to Sept. 1. It will likely disrupt LIRR rush-hour service for much of the

summer, as the repairs will close three of the station’s 21 tracks.

While Amtrak said its own service will face the most issues, since it will reduce its service at Penn by around 40 percent and cancel six trains a day running between New York and Washington, Phillips has said LIRR commuters are far from immune.

“While those repairs are necessary, it doesn’t change the fact that they will severely impact local commuters,” Phillips said in a previous statement. “Estimates are that this project will cause LIRR service to be reduced by approximately 20 percent throughout the summer.”

Additionally, Phillips noted she is the prime sponsor of Senate Bill S6421, which would allow the LIRR to withhold payments to Amtrak to compensate commuters affected by service disruptions. It passed the state Senate 55-6.

Payments would resume only after Penn Station, which is operated by Amtrak, reaches a 95 percent on-time performance for trains arriving and departing at Penn Station for at least one month.

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A Long Island Rail Road train pulls into the East Williston station on the Oyster Bay branch.

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N. Shore schools top SAT score list East Williston 6th in ranking of Long Island districts’ performance on college admissions test

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Most of the top 15 school districts ranked by 2016 SAT scores on Long Island are once again North Shore schools, according to state data reported by Patch, with some schools changing spots but retaining scores above state averages.

Jericho once again topped the list with an average score of 1887. Manhasset, which was not on Patch’s list last year, had an average score of 1802, while Roslyn Public Schools dropped a rank to third this year, seeing a 25-point dip in SAT score averages. Roslyn tied the Great Neck school district at 1795.

Stephen Lando, assistant superintendent for secondary education in Great Neck, attributed the students’ success to three things: commitment from parents, students and the community, the strong emphasis on teachers, and individual preparation.

“I think it reflects a consistent and long-standing commit-

“SAT performance is one of several indicators used to measure student success. Our exact ranking among Long Island schools may tend to vary from year to year yet we remain among the higher performing districts,” said Kathleen Mooney, the Port Washington schools superintendent. “Our students are recognized throughout the year for their outstanding accomplishments in academics, athletics, the arts and service.”

North Shore Central was 14th with a 1672 average.

All of these scores are well above state norms. According to a report from College Board, a nonprofit organization that administers the SAT, the average The Wheatley School, the East Williston school district’s high school, is seen in Old Westbury. score in New York in 2016 was 1467.

Garden City and Plainviewment to excellent instruction ranked fifth with 1778 points, 1767 points, but dropped 45 Old Bethpage, both close to the and learning on the part of par- while the East Williston school points to 1722 points and eighth North Shore, ranked ninth and 11th. The other two schools in ents, students, teachers and ad- district was sixth with 1771 place this year.

Port Washington ranked the top 15 were the Fishers Isministration,” Lando said. “Our points. The Syosset Central community values an excellent School District also had 1771 10th last year with 1700 points. land school district, the Three An eight-point drop to 1692 this Villages school district in Port points. education.”

The Herricks school district year gave it the 12th-highest av- Jefferson and Harborfields in Cold Spring Harbor Central Huntington.

School District in Huntington ranked fourth in 2015 with erage SAT score.

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Queens nanny accused of Alleged threat abusing Searingtown baby with gun in Searingtown

BY N O A H MANSKAR

Police arrested a Queens woman on Friday who is accused of abusing a baby she was caring for in Searingtown.

Stacy Sakeran, 57, was seen on the family’s surveillance video slapping and forcefully moving the two-week-old girl on two separate occasions, Nassau County police said.

The girl’s father heard the child cry out in pain at 1:40 a.m. on June 2, while Sakeran was in the house caring for her, police said.

The parents checked footage from a camera in the baby’s room and saw Sakeran slapping the girl in the face and “forcefully” moving her, police said.

The parents reviewed surveillance video from previous days and saw Sakeran yelling at the girl and hitting her with an open hand on May 30, police said.

Police came to the home and arrested Sakeran at 4:10 a.m. on Friday.

Stacy Sakeran Sakeran pleaded not guilty at First District Court in Hempstead on Saturday to two counts each of second-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child, Newsday reported.

A criminal complaint says that Sakeran admitted slapping the baby when police questioned her, according to Newsday.

Records of the charges against Sakeran were not immediately available online. Newsday reported that she and her attorney, a public defender, declined to comment after her arraignment.

Sibi John, the baby’s father, told Newsday last week that his daughter was not hurt. Sakeran may have gotten upset while trying to feed the girl, John told Newsday.

Lullaby Services, the nanny agency that employed Sakeran, did not return a phone call seeking comment on Monday.

The company’s owner, Josephine Crouch, told Newsday that Sakeran was placed on the agency’s nanny referral list two months ago after passing a background check and having her references confirmed.

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BY N O A H MANSKAR Police arrested an Elmont man Tuesday morning who they say threatened his girlfriend with a gun in Searingtown.

William Santos Jr., 34, pointed the black and silver handgun at his 29-year-old girlfriend during an argument early Tuesday morning, Nassau County police said.

The woman was able to run away and call the police, who arrested Santos at his Elmont home at 1:40 a.m., police said. Detectives eventually found a Smith & Wesson handgun that belonged to Santos, police said.

Santos was arraigned Tuesday at First District Court in Hempstead on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count each of criminal possession of a firearm, menacing and criminal mischief.

A judge issued a temporary order of protection against him and set his bail at $50,000, online court records show.

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NIFA demands $100M in county cuts Officials question authority’s request for plan to cut costs 7% across the board in 2018

BY N O A H M A N S K A R Nassau County’s financial control board wants officials to make plans in the next six weeks to cut about $100 million from next year’s budget.

The state-appointed board, the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, told the county’s top financial official last Tuesday that all departments must submit plans to cut spending by 7 percent in 2018 within the next 45 days.

But the county’s response suggests that officials don’t think the exercise is worth their time.

NIFA wants the county to start addressing an $80 million gap between spending and revenue that the authority projects for each of the next four years before County Executive Edward Mangano submits his 2018 budget and fouryear financial plan on Sept. 15, Evan L. Cohen, NIFA’s executive director, wrote to county officials in a May 30 email.

NIFA has also identified about $90 million in annual revenue that may not materialize, creating a $170 million deficit risk for each year through 2021.

While NIFA acknowledges county officials’ responsibility to “shape fiscal and programmatic policy,” the authority thinks balancing the budget next year

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The Nassau County Executive and Legislative Building is seen in Mineola. “will be difficult without meaningful reductions in County spending,” Cohen wrote.

“Therefore, it is essential that the County immediately begin the process of developing a realistic financial plan” for 2018 through 2021, Cohen wrote.

The request comes as candidates for three countywide offices and all 19 county Legislature seats begin their campaigns ahead of November’s election.

Mangano, a Republican who has pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges,

has not said whether he will run for a third term, so this year’s budget may be his last.

Adam Barsky, NIFA’s chairman, expressed skepticism last year that elected officials would be willing to make hard budgetary choices in an election year, when their potential political consequences are greater.

The county is also preparing to renegotiate major labor contracts in 2018.

Cohen’s email was a nonbinding request, but the NIFA Board of Directors

may formally order the county to outline the cuts based on the county’s response, Cohen wrote.

If county officials do not plan for cuts themselves, NIFA could impose them for the first time ever, as it has threatened to do in previous years.

In a response to NIFA last Thursday, Eric Naughton, Mangano’s deputy county executive for finance, called the demand for spending cuts an “exercise in futility” that could lead to “massive layoffs” and the elimination of some county services.

Officials have cut 1,700 jobs over seven years and eliminated millions of dollars in borrowing as the county’s reserve fund has grown to more than $202 million, contrary to NIFA’s projections of annual deficits, Naughton wrote.

The county also plans to end borrowing for property tax refunds a year early, leading Standard & Poor’s, the credit rating agency, to upgrade the outlook of its bond rating last month to stable from negative, Naughton said.

“We will continue to provide an affordable government for taxpayers, while maintaining safety and working tirelessly to make Nassau County the best place to live, work and raise a family,” Naughton wrote.

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Dems make backing Curran official

BY N O A H MANSKAR The Nassau County Democratic Committee oďŹƒcially nominated Laura Curran for county executive last Wednesday night, cementing the party’s support for the second-term county legislator.

Curran leads the Democratic ticket in this year’s county elections as the party seeks to capitalize on political corruption scandals that have scarred the Republican Party.

Curran, a Baldwin resident, would be the ďŹ rst woman and third Democrat to ever hold the county executive seat. She is vying to replace Edward Mangano, the current Republican county executive who faces federal corruption charges. “I’m going to break up that good old boys network, shatter Nassau’s highest glass ceiling and return the government to the taxpayers we should be serving,â€?

Curran told hundreds of Democratic committee members and activists at the party convention Wednesday night in Garden City.

Joining Curran on the ticket are Jack Schnirman, the Long Beach city manager, for county comptroller; and Dean Bennett, a businessman who worked under

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Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran (D-Baldwin) accepts the Democratic nomination for county executive last Wednesday.

Suozzi and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, for county clerk.

Democrats also nominated 18 candidates for the county Legislature who will try to give the party a majority there for the ďŹ rst time in about a decade. Democrats currently hold seven of 19 legislative seats.

The committee has not chosen a candidate for the 7th Legislative District, covering Rockville Centre, Oceanside and parts of the Five Towns.

Curran faces a September primary against George Maragos, the county comptroller, a former

Republican who has run an unrelenting campaign since switching parties in September.

State Assemblyman Charles Lavine was also seeking the party’s nomination but ended his campaign and endorsed Curran.

Lavine formally nominated Curran Wednesday night, urging the party to unite behind her. “Nassau County’s government must be a government that can be trusted and relied upon and respected by all its citizens,�

Lavine said.

In her speech Wednesday, Curran said the only way to right

the county’s ship is to force the helm from the hands of the Republican machine, which she cast as inherently corrupt.

Of the seven Nassau County oďŹƒcials who have been accused or convicted for various crimes since 2015, ďŹ ve have been Republicans.

If she defeats Maragos in the primary, Curran will likely face former state Sen. Jack Martins, whom Republicans nominated for county executive two weeks ago.

Mangano has lost the GOP’s support but has not said whether he will seek re-election without it.

Curran is a political neophyte compared with Martins — she won her ďŹ rst race, for the Baldwin school board, in 2011, a year after Martins was elected to the state Senate and eight years after he started his tenure as mayor of Mineola. Martins left the Senate last year after losing to Suozzi in the 3rd Congressional District race.

After a career as a reporter with the New York Daily News, Curran worked in Suozzi’s administration and went on to serve for three years on the Baldwin school board. She was ďŹ rst elected to the Legislature in 2013.

Maragos did not attend Wednesday’s convention, but in

a statement said the event was merely a “rubber stampâ€? for Jay Jacobs, the Nassau Democratic chairman, and Curran, his “unqualiďŹ edâ€? candidate. “Unlike national or state Democratic conventions where candidates appeal to the voters in primaries before the convention, the Chairman has bypassed our Democratic Voters and handpicked his personal choice,â€? Maragos said in the statement.

Martins, an Old Westbury resident who built alliances with Democrats as a senator, has pledged to restore trust in government and stabilize Nassau’s struggling ďŹ nances.

He has largely stayed above the fray of scandals within his party and called for Mangano’s resignation in October when he pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges stemming from an alleged bribe and kickback scheme. “While Laura Curran is focused on the past as County Executive Jack Martins will make sure Nassau’s best years are ahead and put the county back on track,�

E. O’Brien Murray, Martins’ campaign strategist, said in a statement. “Jack Martins has a record of getting results for middle class Nassau County families.�

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Suozzi bill aims to counter Russians Would create office to investigate ‘illicit’ activity in Europe; notes political benefit to GOP

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) on Monday proposed the creation of an oďŹƒce to investigate Russian inuence in Europe, citing Russia’s attempts to undermine Western democracies.

Suozzi said a bill would create the OfďŹ ce of Anti-Corruption Relating to Illicit Russian Financial Activities in Europe in the State Department “speciďŹ cally designed to investigate Russian corruption in Europe and Eastern Europe.â€? The ofďŹ ce would collaborate with the Treasury Department to train U.S. oďŹƒcers and diplomats to uncover and prosecute illegal Russian ďŹ nancial activity, according to a statement.

Given Russian involvement in Ukraine and attempts to inuence both the American election and French elections, Suozzi said the threat is clear. “Let’s open our minds to the fact that there’s something very dangerous going on in the world right now with the inuence of billions of dollars by the Russian government and the Russian oligarchs exporting propaganda, exporting corruption, and exporting their eorts to try and destabilize the Western world,â€?

Suozzi said.

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Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), speaks before reporters in front of the Upper Brookville mansion, a Russian diplomatic compound closed by the Obama administration in response to cyberattacks that interfered in the presidential elections. “The United States needs to send a message that this is not permissible,�

Suozzi added.

Suozzi said that during the Cold War, the Soviets pushed an ideology. But now the Russians are instead trying to under-

mine democracies, their greatest threat, to increase their inuence and validate authoritarianism, Suozzi said. “The Russian government is not necessarily trying to promote an ideology,â€?

Suozzi said. “Putin and his team are making a lot of money — hundreds of billions of dollars — and they’re trying to export their inuence to other places in the world and promote instability and discourage democracies.â€?

While the ongoing conversation about members of the Trump administration being involved with the Russians is important, Suozzi said, Russian corruption elsewhere in the world has been buried by partisan politics. “We need the American citizenry and we need my Republican colleagues, quite frankly, and we need the Democratic colleagues, everyone, to recognize that this is a serious threat to democracies in the world right now, and we need to take it seriously and address it,� Suozzi said.

He also noted that this bill would let Republicans say they’re “still tough on Russia� by focusing on Europe rather than the president. “This is an opportunity for the Republicans to be tough on Russia, but not get mixed up with Trump,� Suozzi said.

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Opinion OUR VIEWS

Compensating for Trump’s disaster

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ast week, President Trump announced that the United States was withdrawing from the Paris climate accord under which our country joined 194 other nations in pledging to meet greenhouse gas emission targets.

In withdrawing, the United States will be joining a very select group of countries who will not adhere to the 2015 accord — Syria and Nicaragua.

Syria did not sign because it is locked in civil war.

Nicaragua because it believes the world’s richest nations did not sacrifice enough.

Both are considered “rogue nations” by the United States.

Three other “rogue nations” — Iran, North Korea and Sudan — signed the accord.

We have much we could say about how the decision has grievously injured our country’s global leadership and opened the door for China to fill the void both diplomatically and in the cleanenergy economy.

Coupled with our president’s refusal to affirm our commitment to defend fellow NATO countries, the United States’ undisputed claim to being leader of the free world over the past 70 years appears, at a minimum, seriously in question.

But we will focus on the problem the Paris climate accord is intended to address — global warning — and the response of New York officials past and present.

There the news is somewhat better.

First, the problem: climate change is real, it is caused to a

large extent by human activities and it is a threat to the future of our country and the world.

That is the overwhelming consensus of scientists across the world.

News Corp. founder and CEO Rupert Murdoch, of all people, said it best more than 10 years ago. Despite what the talking heads on his cable network said, Murdoch argued, there was more than enough evidence for any smart businessman to recognize the need to respond to global warming — even without 100 percent certainty. That was at an event in which Murdoch announced plans for News Corp. to go carbon neutral at all its buildings, which span five continents.

In the 10 years since, whatever uncertainty there was about climate change has been removed.

Now the good news.

Gov. Cuomo and two other Democratic governors —California Gov. Jerry Brown and Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee — announced last week that they were setting up an alliance of states committed to upholding the Paris accord.

“We will not ignore the science and reality of climate change,” Cuomo said.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, the sole trustee of the $192 billion state pension system with a voice in corporate shareholder governance, said he will use that power to press companies to “seek out sustainable investments and change corporate behavior.”

Another group — made up of representatives of American

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cities, states and companies and coordinated by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg — is reported to be preparing to submit a plan to the United Nations pledging to meet the United States’ greenhouse gas emission targets under the Paris accord.

They have been joined by 82 presidents and chancellors of universities.

Keep in mind that the Paris accord’s targets were not being forced upon the United States.

They were voluntary. And that China and India, who many argued would never meet their targets, are well ahead of their goals.

Bloomberg said that by redoubling their climate efforts cit-

ies, states and corporations could achieve, or event surpass the pledge former President Barack Obama’s administration to reduce America’s planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent by 2025, from their levels in 2005.

Climate experts say that cities and states can reduce emissions in many ways, including negotiating contracts with local utilities to supply greater amount of renewable energy, building rapid transit programs and other infrastructure projects like improved wastewater treatment. Corporations has similar control.

We urge governments and businesses at all levels to address

planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions — and let those who don’t comply pay a price.

This should not be a partisan issue — especially in Nassau County.

The county courthouse here is named after President Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican and conservationist whose major accomplishments included a myriad of new national parks, forests, and monuments intended to preserve the nation’s natural resources.

Republicans should live up to Roosevelt’s standards. Or change the name of the courthouse.

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ON THE RIGHT

Maragos: a political chameleon?

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he founder of America’s modern conservative movement, William F. Buckley Jr., once quipped, “first-generation millionaires tend to give us libraries. The second and third generations think they should give us themselves.”

Mr. Buckley was referring to the 1958 New York gubernatorial candidates, Averill Harriman and Nelson Rockefeller — heirs to America’s greatest fortunes.

Alas, Mr. Buckley’s axiom no longer holds.

In recent years our body politic has been flooded with firstgeneration fat-cats (i.e., Michael Bloomberg, Jon Corzine) willing to spend great fortunes to buy elections, and like the ancient Gnostics, believe they are indispensable because they possess the secret knowledge to save Americans from themselves.

Unfortunately, Nassau County is saddled with such a millionaire who believes he’s entitled to be our next county executive — George Maragos.

Eight years ago, Nassau’s Republican bosses needed a sacrificial county comptroller candidate—and Maragos fit the bill.

However, thanks to the 2009 Tea Party revolt, Maragos managed an upset victory — even though he had no discernable

qualifications for the comptroller post.

Once sworn in, Maragos proceeded to advertise how little he knew about municipal accounting.

To this day, he does not understand that borrowed money cannot be counted under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles as revenue.

Hence, his annual, errant, false proclamation that the county incurred a “budgetary surplus”.

The Nassau Interim Finance Authority’s professional staff has documented time and again that Nassau has a structurally imbalanced budget because total revenue (taxes and fees) cannot meet total expenses.

Relying on long-term borrowing to pay today’s bills not only imposes taxes on future generations, but eventually leads to financial insolvency.

There is more to the Maragos political saga.

Shortly after taking office, Maragos decided he was entitled to be the Republican-Conservative candidate to oppose Sen. Chuck Schumer.

Failing, two years later he tried to garner the nominations to run against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

At the Conservative conven-

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right tion, he was rejected and in a three-way Republican Primary he came in dead last.

Maragos now believes he should be county executive, even though Nassau’s finances have been in disarray during his watch as comptroller.

And to achieve that end, he has abandoned the Republican and Conservative parties and reregistered as a Democrat.

Such behavior compels me to raise this question: Does Maragos stand for anything except self-aggrandizement?

I am a proud member of the New York Conservative Party. (I

was its 1993 nominee for mayor of NYC and wrote the 419-page history of the Party, Fighting the Good Fight.)

Thus, I am deeply troubled by a politician abandoning a party whose nomination he accepted twice for comptroller and sought in his failed U.S. Senate races.

Accepting a Conservative Party nomination presupposes one’s acceptance of the party platform, and the Conservative Party validates that presupposition before conferring its nomination.

Unless one is willing to say anything to get ahead, that process then identifies the candidate with the platform in a clear and convincing way.

To flush Maragos out, if a person comes to the door of a registered Democrat with a “Team Maragos” petition, before signing, that Democrat should ask if he still supports these Conservative Party legislative goals: • Prohibit any state or municipality from becoming a sanctuary government; • Expand the number of charter schools; • Reject any attempt to amend the Human Rights Law to include “transgender” language; • Reject efforts to further expand abortion and the use of taxpayer’s money to pay for abor-

tions; • Reject any restrictions placed on the rights of law abiding citizens to legally acquire and possess firearms; • Reject any effort to legalize marijuana and other drugs for recreational purposes; • Require drug testing and fingerprint all who apply for government benefits; • Make New York a “right to work state”; • Support the right of business owners and employees to freely live out their faith in their place of business; • Permit the free market to determine wages, not government.

If Maragos, or his supporter at the doorstep, says “yes” to any of the above, then Democrats must decide if he is a suitable candidate for their party.

But if the answer is “no,” Democrats must decide if he is nothing more than a political chameleon willing to say anything to get elected.

Warning! Whenever I critique George Maragos, he complains I’m politically motivated. He is right; I am motivated to expose political straw men in the public square.

Nassau County needs a serious, credible and truthful county executive.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

I married a scapegoat; he did, too

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ome people marry for money, and others for love, but here’s what I married for: I married so I’d have someone else to blame when things went wrong.

Miss paying a bill? “My husband must have forgotten.”

Lose your friend’s library book? “I lent it to my husband, and he can’t think where he put it.”

Can’t stand hosting Thanksgiving for one more year? “My husband put his foot down, I’m afraid.”

Somehow it’s all so much easier when the foibles belong to someone else.

I started small.

One day, years ago, I brought home a weird-colored squash. It seemed like a good idea: all by itself, it took care of at least three of our “five colors a day” regimen.

Plus, surely, it was chock-full of anti-oxidants!

Only thing was — once I got it home, I realized that a.) I had no idea how to cook it, and b.) even if I did, my boyfriend (who became my husband) would never eat it.

It was just a big, colorful waste of money. But what could I do?

With no clear idea, I took it back to the store. I meant to ask how I should cook the thing — but the manager spoke up first: “Sent your husband shopping, eh?

That’ll teach you.

They always bring home the weirdest things. Just sign here.”

And I was out the door clutching cold, hard cash.

Then a friend whose wedding I had just attended told me how she got a whole sterling silver service replaced, after she’d ruined it in the dishwasher. “It was the hot-line operator,” my friend told me. “She said, ‘Don’t tell me – your husband put it in the dishwasher, didn’t he?’ ”

JUDY EPSTEIN A Look on the Lighter Side “So I didn’t tell her,” finished my friend. Of course not — not with 72 pieces of sterling at stake!

A few years ago, these stories came back to me. (I was still young enough, then, that memories came back in time to be useful, instead of right after they could do any good.)

I had gone a bit crazy, choos-

ing fixtures for a bathroom re-do.

As soon as I got home, I realized I had ordered a completely ridiculous hand-held shower spray, with knobs I would never figure out, and which my boys were simply going to use for epic water-battles, soaking everything in sight.

But the bill clearly said at the bottom, “All Sales Final.” What could I do?

I didn’t even have to fake the distress in my voice, as I called the store.

“My husband made me call you,” I lied. “He says I got the wrong things, and that I should have bought the Spartan Spa Set, instead.”

“No problem,” said the salesman. “This happens all the time.

Just bring your receipt and pick what he wants from the catalog.”

This blame-the-husband thing is so handy, I don’t know how I ever managed without it.

If I were still single, I think

I’d make up a husband — like an imaginary friend — just to blame things on.

“Give to your political group? My husband would never forgive me.”

“Host the book club? I’m afraid I can’t — my husband wouldn’t like it.”

“Come to reunion? I’d love to, but my husband just can’t abide them.”

Of course, my husband is nothing like the ogre I paint him.

I even began to wonder if maybe I’d gone a little too far, and word of my “fibs” had started getting back to him… because the people at the company picnic a few years ago were acting strangely, staring from me to him as if one of us might explode any minute.

Then again, maybe it was just the weather, as thunder-clouds built up in the sky.

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PULSE OF THE PENINSULA

Trump’s message to world: drop dead

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onald Trump has declared the U.S. will withdraw from the landmark Paris Climate Agreement — leaving behind 194 countries to join Syria and Nicaragua (which didn’t sign because the accord didn’t go far enough) as the only countries not to pledge cooperation in meeting this existential crisis.

There needs to be repercussions, within the U.S. and from outside.

It isn’t enough to upend NATO and the United Nations.

Trump has to flip the bird on the entire planet.

Why? Because he can. Because he is an arrogant fool; a little man who gets orgasmic pleasure out of being able to bully the whole world.

But he is supported by Mike Pence, Scott Pruitt and most Republicans. How has it happened that climate change has become a test of tribal membership?

Because climate change is a stand-in for preserving the power of the status quo (the Elites as Trumpers would mock). And in a society where cash is equivalent to political power, there is desper-

ation to keep profit on one side of the ledger.

The rise of Silicon Valley during the Clinton era disrupted the Old World fossil-fueled industrial-military complex. We even renamed our époque, displacing the Industrial Age with a new label, the Information Age and now The Digital Age. It wasn’t just the economic transition that was feared, Climate Change — like the Information Age — was a move toward globalization (underpinning Obama foreign policy), threatening to undermine tribal controls and nationalism.

In contrast, Trump’s “America First” doctrine is founded on the notion that the world is a giant arena of competing nations, with winners and losers — evoking the image of the Roman Colosseum where gladiators battled to the death.

Indeed, Trump justified withdrawing from the Paris Accord not because he challenged climate science, but on bogus claims that it threatened “sovereignty” and would weaken the U.S. economy in order to give advantage to China and India

KAREN RUBIN Pulse of the Peninsula (“They are laughing at us”).

These are demonstrable lies: the Paris Accord is voluntary, nations came up with their own plan to meet their own targets, there are no penalties or enforcement mechanism.

As for the lie about hurting the economy: the U.S. has the strongest economy on the planet — growing a steady 2 percent is decent for a mature economy, adding 11 million jobs under Obama with the fastest growth (to 9.8 million) in clean energy jobs (growing at 10 times the rate in the economy and 2.5 times the

number of fossil fuel jobs. But what is the real fear?

Adherents of climate action have a sense of being a citizen of the world with a greater responsibility beyond one’s own national interest, undermining the national government’s authority and control — the direct opposite of Trump’s “America First” doctrine. International cooperation is essential to solve this existential crisis facing the planet.

But the United States has a unique responsibility. We are the biggest carbon polluter in history, generating four times greenhouse gas-emissions per person than China, a country with 4 times the population, and 10 times India, and disproportionately responsible for the damage done to coastal communities and island nations, for famine-stricken Africa and cyclone-battered Philippines, as much as flooded Louisiana and scorched California.

Climate action also requires that “sustainability” be factored in as a cost of doing business — which means, at least initially, a slight cut into shareholder profits until the technology and use

thresholds turn in favor of cleanrenewable energy sources and conservation.

But shareholders don’t actually get “profits” from the companies — the extra cash is used to pay for lobbyists and to fund campaigns for or against politicians.

Climate activists — the new gen environmentalists — are seen as communal, as in “communist” or “socialist” and a threat to capitalism, the same source of antagonism to single-payer health care.

Moreover, a citizen of the world is more accepting of diverse cultures, religions, and personal persuasions.

Their openness to cultural differences and open-mindedness makes them a threat to evangelicals and orthodox religionists as well as authoritarian nationalists.

That is basis for common cause between the religious right and capitalists going back to the 1960s (coinciding with the birth of the Environmental, Anti-War, Civil Rights and Women’s Rights movements, all upending the power structure).

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KREMER’S CORNER

Trump voters should admit their mistake A good friend of mine once bought a new car that had the worst color purple I have ever seen.

I was doubly amazed because I had never seen a purple car except at the circus.

When I delicately told my friend that his choice was odd and not particularly attractive, he vigorously defended his selection even though many other of his buddies said the same thing.

The lesson I learned is that when people make choices and even if they are subsequently embarrassed, they won’t admit it.

In my thinking that has to be the mindset of the people who voted for Donald Trump.

I understand loyalty and I dislike people who abandon their principles and periodically change their views, depending on which way the wind is going.

But there has to be a point when people say they were wrong and we sure are close to that magic moment.

People around the country who embraced Trump, justified

their choice for a variety of reasons.

Some said it was time for a businessman to run the country.

Others felt they wanted someone who wasn’t always politically correct. Another group fell for the idea that Trump would shake up the political system for the better.

It’s obvious that most of those expectations have faded away. Ignoring political correctness is not a justification for daily and hourly tweeting.

Stirring the pot around the world is not how any president shakes up the system. Insulting your country’s closest allies isn’t exactly what that couple in the Mid-West bargained for.

Being a businessman was Trump’s big advantage in the eyes of quite a few of his admirers.

But now five plus months’ later people are finding out that a real estate developer isn’t that great a bargain in the White House.

Building condominiums is not basic training for deciding whether global warming is real or imaginary.

JERRY KREMER Kremer’s Corner Filing for bankruptcy on multiple occasions isn’t a talent that translates into managing a thriving American economy.

They say that the best quality a leader can have is being surrounded by bright and capable people.

There is no doubt that Trump has picked some very talented Cabinet members as well as some real disasters. But ignoring the advice of your best people on critical occasions is an insult to those ad-

visers.

Following the counsel of people like Steve Bannon instead of Rex Tillerson or Wilbur Ross is not the kind of leadership that the Trump supporters expected.

Trump ran on the slogan of “Make America Great Again” but instead he is slowly turning this country into the world’s laughing stock.

Threatening German Chancellor Angela Merkel with additional car tariffs isn’t exactly a comforting message to the 8,000 people in South Carolina who work at the BMW plant.

Nor does it make the 3,000 workers at the Volkswagen plant feel like they have job security.

No one ever expected Donald Trump to be a president with any degree of compassion.

After all he didn’t become a rich man by patting his lowly paid workers on their backs for a job well done.

But at no time has he shown any human feelings after bombings in Paris, London and Australia.

His condolence notes usually start out with an “I told you so.”

Insulting the Muslim mayor of London in the hours after their latest tragedy is not the sign of a man who feels any one’s pain.

It’s one thing to have your children join you on the campaign trail. It’s another thing to install your daughter and son-in-law in the White House and give the illusion that they are your closest advisors.

Jared Kushner is a nice young man but no one in America voted to make him the peacemaker between Israel and its neighbors. I can’t believe how embarrassed that couple must feel after being ignored time after time on advice they offered.

Did Americans vote for a president who would go to war with the CIA,FBI and a dozen other intelligence agencies?

I could go on and on but there has to be a tipping point when some of the Trump believers just like my friend with the purple car, confess that they made a colossal mistake.

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READERS WRITE

F. Park residents Bral the leader VGN needs show true colors I

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hank you residents of Floral Park for showing your true colors regarding allowing residents of New Hyde Park to use your pool while ours is being renovated.

You need to change your town mantra from “neighbors helping neighbors” to “need help.? Don’t ask us. You’re on your own.”

I found it extremely offensive saying that letting “outsiders” in

would make people feel less safe.

Seriously?

Do you know everyone in your town personally?

If I were one of the 40 New Hyde Park residents who have joined your pool, I would ask for a refund because, frankly, I wouldn’t feel safe around any of you.

Shame on you.

Doreen Caliendo New Hyde Park

t is an honor for me to again support Pedram Bral for mayor of the Village of Great Neck.

The village desperately needed new leadership, and we have benefited from it for the past two years.

I am impressed with how Mayor Bral displayed his fiduciary responsibility to every one of us in his negotiations with the Vigilant Ambulance contract.

This may save your life.

So many families have personal stories and affection for our volunteers.

I am one of them.

How many of us have blindly accepted some financial advice or contract,whether it be with a car dealer, investment professional, or home contractor, without doing any research first.

There are professionals we trust, but by negoti-

ating we can often make a better deal.

This is what happened with Mayor Bral and all the other Great Neck mayors when they consulted with Northwell, a known fact.

But, what few may realize is that as a result of this meeting, Vigilant will have a paramedic available 24/7.

Vigilant did not provide this coverage before.

Mayor Bral signed the contract before several other Great Neck mayors. Another fact.

This is one example of how Mayor Bral works, with the people of this village being his priority.

Please vote for Pedram Bral, Anne Mendelson and Steve Hope.

Tricia Moslin, Great Neck

Trump proves that politics matters to all

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ersons who disdain politics often maintain that it has little effect upon their lives.

When pushed, they may admit that in economic matters their well-being may be affected.

But I have long maintained that when politicians pass laws, it is often a matter of life and death. Here are some examples.

President Trump appointed Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency.

He couldn’t have proposed anyone more opposed to protecting the environment.

Upon entering office, Pruitt’s plan was to slash the EPA’s staff and budget. How would this affect the country?

The president of the Environmental Defense Fund, Fred Krupp, has an answer.

He states that following Pruitt’s plan would lead to the death of thousands. “Re-

voking the Clean Power Plan...will cause up to 3,600 premature deaths each year, 1,700 more heart attacks, [and] 90.000 more asthma attacks.”

But no politician has ever stood trial for voting in favor of laws which lead to death and disease. And no president has ever been jailed for leading our country into a war no matter how costly in terms of human life and treasure.

What happens when a politician screws up his courage and speaks truth to power?

The story of former Congressman Alan Grayson from Florida is instructive.

On the evening of Sept. 29, 2009, Harvard-educated Grayson rose to oppose the Republican health-care proposal.

He carried two signs with him. The first simply read “don’t get sick.” The second advised, “if you do...die quickly.”

A hue and cry went up from Republi-

cans who demanded an apology.

Grayson’s response was to apologize “to the dead and their families” who passed away thanks to the callousness of Republican lawmakers.

I am aware that some readers will feel that Grayson was intemperate — that his style leaves much to be desired.

I counter by arguing that the only obligation a legislator has is to the truth.

If a policy or law has the effect of killing citizens, this must be stated.

Obviously, Grayson thought so because he doubled down by launching a website called “Names of the Dead.com.”

This was designed to memorialize all who were unfortunate enough not to have medical coverage. There is a post-script.

In 2017, the Republican controlled House finally repealed Obamacare and has proposed substitute legislation called the American Health Care Act.

There is only one thing wrong with the Republican plan.

By 2026, 24 million fewer people will be covered. And some, if not many, will die.

These figures come from the Congressional Budget Office, the non-partisan agency which “scores” legislation before it is voted on. Already horror stories have surfaced about individuals who literally fear for their lives if the A.H.C.A. becomes the law of the land.

The clear lesson to be learned from the above is that when you exercise your franchise you are not simply checking a box or pulling a lever.

You may be enhancing the quality of life of your fellow citizens or you may be signing their death warrant.

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

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s residents of the Village of Baxter Estates, many of my neighbors and I have become increasingly concerned about the deteriorating safety of the area surrounding 15 Shore Drive (including the well travelled Central Drive), and alarmingly concerned when the government recent(ly) issued a forecast that the hurricane season, which begins next month, is expected to be particularly severe: both vehicles and pedestrians are in danger of severe injury by debris blown off the ruin by strong winds.

There is no questions that the condition of what remains after the Feb. 5 fire is thoroughly deplorable and a detriment to the welfare and good looks of the Village of Baxter

Estates.

However, I view public safety as the most important factual issue, an issue that fully overrides anyone of the diverse, multifaceted opinions about the worth of the landmarked items of the property.

Hence, I was gratified by the action of the Trustees of the Village of Baxter Estates to order the immediate demolition of the ruin.

Then all non-residents and residents of the village can devote as much time as desired and express opinions (with substantial financial contributions, as appropriate) for the ensuing construction of the site — in compliance with laws, regulations, wishes and values.

Brigitte Mueller Port Washington

n behalf of all the members of Port Washington’s American Legion Post 508, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all of the residents who volunteered on Sunday to place flags on Veterans graves at Nassau Knolls Cemetery and for those who braved a somewhat uncomfortable day on Monday to attend the Memorial Day parade.

Sunday’s Grave Flagging event was incredibly successful with over 600 graves of Veterans being decorated with an American Flag.

The event was made even more special by the number of people, young and old, who showed up and gave their time to help out.

Monday’s parade would not have been what it was without all who came out to clap, cheer, and show their patriotism and respect for the day.

Every word of thanks, every wave of a hand, every flag being waved and just peoples presence was acknowledged and appreciated by each and every Veteran marching or in attendance.

Memorial Day is a day desig-

nated to pay homage to our service men and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our great country. They are true heroes and should never be forgotten.

The members of the American Legion are humbled and owe a debt of gratitude to all residents who helped make these two days meaningful and a success.

Keep those American Flags flying!

Paul Oleksiw American Legion Post 508 Port Washington

Epstein brightens these pages

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n a world where it seems that all Letters to the Editor are angry if not downright mean I would like to say how much I enjoy the columns of Judy Epstein.

This weeks was especially good, bringing a

smile, okay an outright laugh, while addressing a very real situation.

Thanks Judy.

Barbara Ruemenapp Port Washington,

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Focus on service, gov, not 3rd track

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t appears Gov. Andrew Cuomo is desperately trying to win support for the MTA LIRR $2 billion third track project.

Since January of 2015 he has tried to mastermind approval and the funding for the construction of this 9.6-mile additional railroad track from Floral Park to Hicksville.

Despite lengthy but grossly inadequate environmental studies that were issued in August and November of 2016 and April 2017, there is no question that the main line communities involved have not been treated equally.

The communities of Garden City, New Hyde Park and Floral Park have submitted to the MTA LIRR documents with countless legitimate concerns and questions regarding this proposed project.

For instance, there is concern about poor water drainage related to the preliminary engineering plan for retaining walls/sound barriers and the potential for residential backyard flooding; contaminated soil becoming airborne during

construction; work schedules to include weekends, 24/7 workdays; construction causing unbearable/destructive noise and vibrations; alteration of normal vehicular traffic patterns leading to motorist headaches, delays and possibility of accidents, commuter train delays and the list goes on and on.

The sad thing for commuters is that they reap no benefits from additional third track only inconveniences during the fouryear plus construction phase. We are told there will be only two additional trainsone east and one west.

Not one of the communities along the main line will have more service.

Floral Park reaps no benefits at its station. Just years of noisy construction work, traffic jams and permanent loss of parking spaces.

Communities west of Garden City such as Mineola will get a multilevel parking garage and Westbury will also get a garage.

Floral Park is only getting disruptive

construction for two to three years as per schedule outlined in environmental study.

The MTA LIRR has experienced a number of significant problems in the past year that have inconvenienced commuters by the thousands.

These problems do not involve the existing tracks that run from Floral Park to Hicksville. The entire system, particularly to the east of Floral Park, needs to have upgrades and fixes that are necessary and should not be put on the back burner while an unnecessary third track project is funded and constructed.

This is a David and Goliath situation.

The governor is angry at the citizens who have voiced the truth about this project and officials who dare to confront him on the inadequacies of the third track proposal, the studies and the colossal cost to the public.

His ears and mind are closed to those who see that this undertaking is not ready to take off.

He is obviously pressuring business

leaders, big businesses, political leaders, education leaders and union members to go along with his plan to construct yet another expensive project to project himself as another Robert Moses.

He is sparing no expense to promote this project in ads on TV and in print media. We can see through his ambitious, condescending and punishing attitude. So those who want to have a say in how their tax dollars should be spent in the great state of New York need to contact their government elected officials to stop this project from going forward.

Important high level deliberations are going on now; it is vitally important that the voices of people opposing this project be loud and clear.

We may not have the money to broadcast our position but we do have the strong voices of the people who care.

Ann V. Corbett Floral Park

Bos, town’s quail of an idea for ticks

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he Town of North Hempstead, under the thoughtful leadership of Town Supervisor Bosworth, is to be commended for its concern for the environment and in seeking a non-chemical solution to the control of ticks (Great Neck News, June 2, 2017, p. 24).

The quail egg project is fascinating — the release of grown Northern bobwhite quails into tick infested areas hopefully will control the tick population.

However, Eric Powers, biologist host of the North Hempstead TV show “Off the Trail” may be mistaken when he blames feral cats, also known as community cats, and unsupervised house cats for the drastic decrease in the quail population.

The catastrophic and dramatic decrease of all bird species can be attributed to many things — migrating songbirds crashing into skyscrapers and glass window of houses, the decimation of the birds breeding grounds and nesting areas due to human encroachment, their slaughter by windmills, pesticides and the danger from natural predators.

Yes, cats and indeed all pets should always stay indoors.

However, that is not always the case.

Again, Bosworth and her caring and knowledgeable staff are to be commended for their Trap, Neuter, Return program the goal of which is to reduce the number of feral cats, also know as community cats,

by spaying or neutering the cats, thereby controlling the cat population.

In a successful joint effort, Town personnel and local volunteers are hard at work controlling the cat population.

Now if we can control the over-building and human encroachment on undeveloped land avian and other wildlife populations will have a better chance at survival.

The following is the National Wildlife Federation’s (www.nwf.org) explanation for the quail’s disappearance: “No one knows for sure,” says wildlife biologist Kevin Church of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, exactly why those populations are suffering. “All we have are theories.”

High on the list are changes in the birds’ habitat. In some areas of the northeast and southeast, urban and suburban sprawl are destroying the brushy areas that quail like. Strained by human development and agricultural chemicals, many quail populations are declining in this country at a precipitous rate.”

Obviously the plight of the quails is complicated and distressing. However, it appears as if the cause for the decrease in the quail population lies more at the hands of humans rather than at the paws of cats.

Janet Fine Great Neck

I married a NHP shines on Memorial Day scapegoat A Continued from Page 15 “Are you okay?” one of his colleagues asked me.

“Sure, fine. Why do you ask?”

“Don’t worry — your husband’s explained it all, and we understand, even if it does mean we can’t send him to the Florida office.”

“What are you talking about?”

“He’s told us how hysterical you get at just the thought of his being trapped there, during hur-

ricane season. We understand, you can’t help how it affects you.”

Ha! I wanted to say. It’s more like he’s the one who gets hysterical, at the very thought of being sent to a place with 100 percent humidity!

I had no idea I had such an impact on him.

But at least now I know we have something in common.

It turns out, having a scapegoat is why my husband got married, too.

s my wife and I stood at the corner of New Hyde Park Road and Lincoln Avenue watching the Memorial Day Parade, seeing our veterans marching in recognition of their fallen brothers (and in so accepting the honor they deserve as surviving Warriors) some interesting thought crossed my mind.

Along with the vets, there were some youth groups - Brownies, Cub Scouts and local organizations, matching proudly while carrying their banners.

Just as a Cub Scout troop was turning left from New Hyde Park Road onto Lincoln Avenue, a young boy, perhaps a little too young to be a Cub Scout, left his mom’s side and ran to (I assume) his dad, and maybe an older brother to become part of the parade.

He hugged and was hugged by his dad and as the young fellow looked back at his smiling mother, the look of joy and pride on his face would do justice to any Norman Rockwell painting trying to depict the essence of America.

Then came the marching bands, who were actually quite good and the ethnic diversity of their members reminded me that here is the future of America.

These young men and women, performing in celebration of the memory of the warriors who gave their lives in part so that all people regardless of ethnicity or religion have the opportunity to come together as Americans and as one, lead our country into the future.

Lastly, the procession of the New Hyde Park Fire Department vehicles and personnel ignited in me (couldn’t resist) the very pleasing sense of “Small Town Pride” where you are proud to live in a place where people are willing to volunteer and make personal sacrifices for the good of the community.

To all involved, I say Thank you and well done!

Jack Benigno New Hyde Park Letters Continued on Page 50

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Leisure Club celebrates spring

BY D O R O T H Y D A LY Spring, the exquisite star of the seasons, is upon us, and the seniors of the Herricks Leisure Club once again delight in the transformation from barren winter to the April shower that did, indeed, bring forth blooming landscapes to our days.

And, of course, these luminous months were enhanced by the absorbing activities of our club.

Our March 23 meeting offered a moment of silence to remember the passing of long-time member Alice Lappin.

Membership Chairlady Jeanette Kovalsky, back with us after her Florida sojourn, introduced a new member, Helen Winchell.

Pastries in honor of St. Joseph’s Day were enjoyed as well as a striking presentation of show tunes by our guest, Lisa Berman, the talented wife of Charles Berman, the Town of North Hemsptead receiver of taxes.

Our assembly of March 30 included information concerning Project Independence by our Director Hilda Escobar and a narration by a Winthrop Nurse Navigator called “Empowering Ourselves” which encouraged us to form a medical action plan.

A riveting Yonkers Casino trip transpired on April 5. Our Treasurer James Kovalsky submitted an extensive financial report the next day followed by a celebration of six birthdays and one anniversary, which happened to be the 63rd of my husband and I. We then welcomed visitors Superintendent Fino Celano and Assistant Superintendent for Business Lisa Rutkoske from the Herricks school district, who con-

veyed data on the school budget and the award-winning accomplishments of our Herricks students. Best wishes were extended for Easter and Passover.

Upon our return from the recess on April 20, we were entertained by a musical revue entitled “Jimmy Valentine Sings Sinatra” an engaging rendition of the melodies of “The Voice.”

Our April 27 assemblage featured our annual “Trash and Treasure” flea market run expertly by Mrs. Kovalsky and her diligent helpers.

Another exhilarating happening took place as we entered the

month of May – ballroom dancers Lynn and Bob held our rapt attention as they glided across the floor swaying to fox trot, tango and specialty numbers. Five birthdays and two anniversaries were also commemorated.

The excitement continued as we ventured on our monthly excursion to the Empire Casino on May 10.

The joy kept streaming on May 11 as we celebrated Mother’s Day with a sumptuous catered pot roast luncheon. We were also pleased to welcome two new members.

On May 17, the jubilee rolled

on as we traveled to the Westbury Manor for a fabulous lunch and presentation of “My Fair Lady” — a stimulating trip arranged by our President Marie Cristello.

Another new member was introduced at the following day’s meeting as well as a special guest from the Alzheimer’s Association, Angie Avila, who offered information on this devastating disease.

A most gratifying experience took place on May 24 when our own Rita Ruffini was honored at the North Hempstead Senior Recognition Day for her distinctive work and dedication to our club and the community.

Rita thanked us for our support at the next day’s convening when we were also impressed by a colorful dais decorated with a patriotic theme by Helene Picchiello in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.

We then delighted in a musical and comedic show by a most entertaining guest, Celeste.

Indeed, it is evident that the exquisite spring has blessed the members of the Herricks Leisure Club with a bounty of blooms as well as events of interest – truly a “Gateway to Summer” in our golden years.

SCHOOL NEWS

Mineola picks up STEAM Phillips listens

at The Bristal

Kindergarten through second-graders at Hampton Street School in the Mineola school district recently celebrated STEAM Day with their family and friends.

Under the direction of STEAM teacher Denise Maynard, students and their special guests rotated through a series of five stations that highlighted

some of the top science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics projects from the school year.

Students acted as the teach-

State Sen. Elaine Phillips (R-Manhasset) recently visited The Bristal ers, showing their guests how to at North Hills to speak with the residents and listen to their concerns.

Phillips updated the residents about the state budget, informed perform the tasks such as building a paper tower or coding a them about her ongoing community programs to help seniors protect themselves from scams and discussed the services her office provides.

“Blue-Bot.” She also answered questions from the audience.

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Williston Park renews shorter contract with Verizon Wireless

BY A M A N DA COPKOV The Village of Williston Park Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Monday to renew an agreement with cable service provider Verizon Wireless for five years.

Coming to the end of a 10-year agreement originally signed in 2007, Verizon is looking toward the future and anticipating more technological advances, said Brendon Pinkard, an attorney for Verizon.

“In a time of rapidly accelerating technology, both generally and more specifically in the video delivery context, it simply does not make sense to lock both

parties into a 10-year agreement based on a regulatory framework designed and implemented over 30 years ago,” Pinkard told village trustees during a public hearing Monday night.

Verizon’s franchise service manager, William Freshwater, said Verizon now has new competitors such as Hulu, Amazon and Google. The difference is that 10 years ago, there were only Verizon and Cablevision, Freshwater said.

“The market is changing and the technology of the market is changing,” he said. “For the benefit of the village and Verizon, it makes sense to have a shorter term. We would anticipate that there would also be other chang-

es in how the franchises and the business are regulated.”

Under the new agreement, the village will receive 5 percent of Verizon’s gross revenue from cable service within the village.

Pinkard said the revised agreement only differs from the 10-year original in that it does not currently provide for further public educational government grants, or PEG grants. However, Verizon will continue to cover and provide three public-access TV channels to village residents.

Under federal law, PEG grants are provided by cable operators “based on ascertained PEG needs of the community,” Pinkard said. The agreement allows the company and the

village to revisit this issue during the five-year term if the village determines its needs have changed.

Though the village trustees approved the franchise agreement renewal, it cannot officially go into effect until it is reviewed by the New York State Public Service Commission.

No village residents attended the public hearing at Village Hall.

Also on Monday, the Board of Trustees voted to purchase a new infrared heater from Trius, a Long Island-based municipal and contractors’ equipment distributor.

The village public works superintendent, Keith Bunnell, said the heater, located within a mobile trailer, could be parked over distressed areas to repair road damage such as potholes in a quicker, more cost effective way.

The purchase would not have an impact on the village Highway Department’s budget.

Mineola man pistol whipped

BY N O A H M A N S K A R Police are seeking two men who they say robbed and pistolwhipped another man in Mineola last Tuesday night.

The pair approached the man, 25, as he was walking west on East Old Country Road at 11:55 p.m., Nassau County police said.

One of the suspected robbers brandished a handgun and used it to hit the man on his head and mouth, cutting open his lip, police said.

The robbers took the man’s cellphone and some cash, along with other property, before fleeing in an unknown direction, police said.

Police described the suspects as black men, but did not provide any other identifying details.

Anyone with information about the crime can call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-8477 to leave an anonymous tip.

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BY ST E P H E N R OM A N O Steven Leventhal, a lawyer from Roslyn who is the village attorney of Manorhaven, will be sworn in as the president of the Nassau County Bar Association next week.

Leventhal was elected last year and has served as the bar association’s president-elect since May 2016, after serving as the secretary, treasurer, second vice president and first vice president.

A managing member of the Roslyn general practice firm Leventhal, Mullaney & Blinkoff LLP, he is a 20-year member of the Nassau County Bar Association, the largest suburban bar association in the country.

“I am a better lawyer today because I have been part of the bar association,” Leventhal said.

As president, Leventhal said he plans to lead the bar in adapting to changes that have been brought by developments in technology, demographics in the community and the aging of the baby boomers and younger lawyers entering the profession.

“The bar association does many wonderful things,” he said. “It provides desperately needed free legal service to members

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Steven Leventhal of the community, has hosted over 100 mortgage disclosure clinics in the past five years, as well as storm recovery clinics, especially following Superstorm Sandy, and landlord/tenant and matrimonial clinics.”

Leventhal said the bar association “is a very meaningful, important and available association,” and the camaraderie, interaction and networking have been educational and rewarding to him.

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Board OKs hiring of 2nd deputy commish

BY ST E P H E N R OM A N O The North Hempstead Town Council on Tuesday passed a law authorizing the building commissioner to appoint a second deputy — a position that will not be in this year’s budget.

The law was passed with a 7-0 vote.

The position must be approved by the Nassau County Civil Service Commission.

John Niewender, the town building commissioner, said that although the position is unbudgeted this year, funds for it are available due to vacancies in the Building Department.

The position will be budgeted in 2018, town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said.

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“We do have funds to cover it now, but it will certainly be budgeted for in 2018,” Bosworth said.

The second deputy commissioner would allow the department to have an additional person to oversee illegal housing, rental registrations and public assembly at restaurants, Carole Trottere, a town spokeswoman, said.

The current deputy commissioner makes $101,972 a year.

“This new deputy position is part of the town’s long-range initiative that continues to upgrade and expand the services provided by the Building Department,” Bosworth has said. “Our goal is to have the department run as efficiently and effectively as possible.”

Niewender said he has not yet discussed the second deputy’s salary.

Many town departments, especially the bigger ones, have two deputy commissioners, Trottere said.

The Building Department has 43 fulltime employees, four part-time employees and one seasonal employee.

The Town Council also adopted a resolution to authorize the issuance of a $9 million bond for the Clinton G. Martin Park pool in New Hyde Park, which is in addition to a $14 million bond.

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More than 8,000 people attended the event, which is presented by the Port Washington Chamber of Commerce and Town of North Hempstead, and held at the town dock, Baxterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pond and lower Main Street areas.

Before the rain halted the fun, children raced model boats made of milk and juice cartons in a regatta on Baxterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pond, cheering on their entries and watching as they crossed the ďŹ nish line.

Bobbie Polay, executive director of the Port Washington Chamber of Commerce, said the model boat regatta had the largest participation ever. â&#x20AC;&#x153;HarborFest gives everyone a chance to spend some fun time on our waterfront, which many take for granted. HarborFest raises awareness of the need to protect this precious asset,â&#x20AC;? Polay said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People can even go out on the water by water taxi, schooner, launch, kayaks or paddle boards.â&#x20AC;?

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And Ralphâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian Ices, Long Island Kettle Corn, Schmear and Melâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ice Cream truck served dessert.

Melissa Welsh, a Port Washington resident, said events like HarborFest show the true connection in the community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It really is a sort of celebration of how we all coexist, depend on one another, and have fun together,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It really makes us all feel like we are a part of the town.â&#x20AC;?

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NIFA seeks $100M in spending cuts

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Because the county counts borrowed money as revenue, NIFA and other elected officials, mostly Democrats, contest Naughton’s claims of budget surpluses.

Based on generally accepted accounting principles, which do not count borrowing as revenue, NIFA has projected that the county will end this year with a $60 million operating deficit.

George Marlin, a former NIFA board member, said the authority’s letter was a smart move given this year’s political circumstances and the county’s persistent fiscal

problems.

“I’m delighted that NIFA is sending a strong message to a lame duck administration that they better have their house in order and make the cuts they need to make to get on the road to a truly balanced budget, or in my judgment NIFA has no alternative but to impose the cuts on the county,” Marlin said.

Reach reporter Noah Manskar by e-mail at nmanskar@theislandnow.com or by phone at 516.307.1045 x204. Also follow us on Twitter @noahmanskar and Facebook at facebook. com/theislandnow.

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Sgt. Pepper plays on, 50 years later

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Nearly 200 people, both Beatles fanatics and casual fans, gathered at Bow Tie Cinemas and the Gold Coast Arts Center to celebrate the golden anniversary of the Sgt. Pepper album on Thursday.

The event featured the first film screening on Long Island of “Deconstructing the Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” and a powerful rendition of the Beatles’ famous songs from tribute band Beyond Fab. “We had people from far away as Rocky Point and close as by as around the corner,” said Caroline Sorokoff, festival director of the Gold Coast International Film Festival. “The thing that everybody had in common was they loved the Beatles, they loved great film, they loved great music.”

In the film, Scott Freiman decoded Sgt. Pepper by track, instrument and take.

Through this analysis, Freiman showcased some of the revolutionary things the album helped spawn, like automatic double tracking and swirling Eastern and Western music together.

The movie also traced the origins of each song and noted contemporary inspirations.

“Nothing like these songs had been heard on the radio before,” Freiman said in the film.

Eugenia Kelly-Viner, co-director of Love Revolution Organization and a co-producer of the Gold Coast Acoustic Café, described herself as a major Beatles fan.

She said that while she’s been involved in many Beatles projects – including this one – and read at least 100 books

about the band, the film still taught her something.

“I already knew a lot, but not all of it, not some of the more technical recording aspects,” Kelly-Viner said.

“It was just a completely landmark album that was seen to really revolutionize music and give it a quantum leap forward,” she added.

A performance by Beyond Fab followed the screening. The band played songs from various albums, but mainly Sgt. Pepper. At least a dozen people danced to the rock renditions.

Lauren Wagner, director of marketing and development for the Gold Coast Arts Center and Gold Coast International Film Festival, said this event was months in the making.

And for her, it couldn’t have turned out

better.

“I think it’s lively, it’s fun, and the best way to celebrate a groundbreaking album,” Wagner said.

Heidi Beck, 52, and Mark Hagan, 56, garbed in Beatles shirts, came from Sea Cliff for the event. Both still own every Beatles album.

When asked about the significance of the Sgt. Pepper album, they described it as musically groundbreaking and showing each Beatles member had matured.

“It doesn’t lose any of its importance after 50 years,” Hagan said.

As for the cover band Beyond Fab, the duo said it did the Beatles justice.

“They did a very good job. I’ve heard a few in my day – they’re up there with the best,” Beck said.

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The top seven events

1

The 149th Running of the Belmont Stakes

Saturday, June 10 (park opens at 8:30 a.m., races start at 12 p.m.)

Don your fanciest hat and sip a cool cocktail along with thousands of fellow New Yorkers who will head out to the lush grounds of Belmont Park to watch the final race in the historic Triple Crown tournament. The entertainment lineup includes pop star Andy Grammer, a Broadway performance by “On Your Feet,” and a fashion show sponsored

by Longines. General admission: $30; Clubhouse admission: $60.

Where: Belmont Park 2150 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont Info: (516) 488-6000 • belmontstakes.com

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2017 Museum Ball: Night at Studio 54

Saturday, June 10 at 7 p.m.

The 2017 Museum Ball recreates the fabulous and infamous world of Studio 54, where superstar fashion designer Halston, the subject of the Museum’s current comprehensive retrospective, spent memorable evenings with his celebrity friends — Liza Minnelli, Bianca Jagger and Andy Warhol, among others. With the Ball’s honorary chair Lesley Frowick, Halston’s niece, and Ball sponsors, The Rita and Frank Castagna Family Foundation, Americana Manhasset and Wheatley Plaza, this year’s event will honor the Castagnas and include dining, dancing, and silent auction prizes.

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

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Spring Concert Under the Stars Saturday, June 10, 8-11:30 p.m.

Every Saturday night in June, The Clubhouse will host an outdoor concert featuring local bands playing classic rock covers, along with drink specials, tasty pub fare and giveaways at every show.

Where: The Clubhouse at the Spring Rock Golf Center 377 Denton Ave., New Hyde Park Info: (917) 974-6632 • theclubhouseny.com

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Woodstock Revival: A Day of Art and Music

Sunday, June 11, 12-7:30 p.m.

Featuring live music by Wonderous Stories, Half Step, Milagro, Four Way Street, and Jellyband, this all-day event recreates the music scene of 1969’s Woodstock and also includes live painting and exhibiting, kids’ activities, yoga, hula hooping, massage, and food and beverages.

Where: Old Bethpage Village Restoration 1303 Round Swamp Road, Old Bethpage Info: (631) 261-2941 • woodstockrevival.net

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Train: “Play That Song” Tour Wednesday, June 14 at 7 p.m.

Since their music debut, Train has sold more than 10 million albums, with 30 million tracks worldwide and hits from the early “Drops of Jupiter” to the more recent “Hey, Soul Sister.” The band now kicks off their “Play That Song” Tour, with O.A.R. and Natasha Bedingfield as opening acts.

Where: Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater 895 Bay Parkway, Wantaugh Info & Tickets: (516) 221-1000 • livenation.com

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A Trio of Authors at Book Revue Wednesday, June 14 at 7 p.m.

This event will feature three authors discussing and signing copies of their new novels: Julia Fierro, author of “The Gypsy Moth Summer,” about a family that lives on a grand estate off the coast of Long Island; Julie Buntin, author of “Marlena,” the story of two girls and the wild year that will cost one her life; and Miranda BeverlyWhittemore, author of “June,” about a young woman named the sole heir to a legendary movie star’s fortune.

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

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Whales, Ales and Salty Tales

Thursday, June 15, 6-8 p.m.

The nautical venue known for its creative events for children will be hosting an entertaining evening for adults, who can enjoy craft beer and light refreshments while hearing Dr. Arthur Kopleman and Dr. Howard Rosenbaum speak about the incredible cetaceans in Long Island’s waters, ongoing and cutting-edge research, and efforts to protect these creatures and the ecosystems in which they live.

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THE OYSTER BAY RAILROAD MUSEUM 102 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay We are open Sat. & Sun. 10AM-4PM and invite you to our Visitor Center, Theodore Roosevelt's historic train station, display yard with railroad equipment and turntable.

Go aboard the famed Alco diesel cab and other historic rolling stock at the display yard.

At the Visitor Center enjoy viewing an exhibit featuring interesting photographs from the Museum's archives.

THE TOP EVENTS FOR KIDS FOR THE COMING WEEK anhasset Story Times: M “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” and Madeline Pays a Visit Saturday, June 10 at 11 a.m. and 12 p.m.

With his trademark use of humorous verse and illustrations, Dr. Seuss’s wonderfully wise graduation speech will truly inspire anyone starting out in the world. Children can then meet Ludwig Bemelmans’ adored character, Madeline, at this story time about all of her adventures and travels. A photo opportunity with Madeline and activities will follow.

Where: Barnes and Noble, 1542 Northern Blvd., Manhasset Info: 516-365-6723 or barnesandnoble.com

Craft for Kids at Lakeshore Free Learning Store Saturday, June 10, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

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Topping the music charts within weeks of its 2006 Disney Channel premiere, “High School Musical” follows the antics of East High’s most popular student and “the new girl” as they fall in love and audition for the school musical. Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad, Taylor and the rest of the gang are ready to come alive in this family-friendly show. All seats $15.

Each spring, the Gold Coast Arts Center School for the Arts celebrates the accomplishments of its students in dance, art, music and drama programs. Enjoy the last musical performance in the series with these talented junior performers on stage.

Where: The Gold Coast Arts Center, 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck Info: 516-829-2570 or goldcoastarts.org

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Sunday, June 11, 2-4 p.m.

The Long Island Youth Orchestra, currently celebrating its 55th anniversary season, will perform a program that includes Overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor — Otto Nicolai — Concerto Competition Winner #2, Concerto Competition Winner #3 and Orchestra Choice. Cost $15/$10.

Where: W.T. Clarke High School, 740 Edgewood Drive, Westbury Info: 516-880-2292 or liyo.org

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Try something exotic at your next barbecue When it comes to grilling, anything goes. Many people stick to popular staples like hamburgers and hot dogs, but just about anything can be whipped up over an open flame. Those who want to try their hand at something more exotic than traditional backyard barbecue fare can try this Spanish recipe for "Pinchos de Pollo (Grilled Chicken Skewers with Harissa Couscous," which comes courtesy of James Campbell Caruso's "España: Exploring the Flavors of Spain" (Gibbs Smith).

Pinchos de Pollo (Grilled Chicken Skewers with Harissa Couscous) Serves 6 6 boneless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch cubes 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1/4 cup olive oil 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 tablespoon ground coriander 1 tablespoon dry oregano 1 teaspoon turmeric Toss the chicken with all the other ingredients and let mari-

nate in the refrigerator for 4 hours (up to 24 hours is ideal).

Thread chicken evenly onto 6 wooden or metal skewers. Prepare a grill on medium-high heat and grill the skewers for about 5 minutes per side, until chicken is cooked through.

Harissa Couscous 2 cups dry couscous 2 cups chicken stock 2 tablespoons Harissa (see below) Put the couscous in a large bowl. Heat the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Stir the Harissa into the chicken stock. Pour the hot stock over the couscous and cover with plastic wrap. Let stand for 15 minutes.

Divide harissa couscous onto 6 small plates and top each serving with a chicken skewer.

Harissa 1 tablespoon coriander seed 1 tablespoon caraway seed 1 teaspoon cumin seed 4 large cloves garlic, unpeeled 4 large red bell peppers

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon sugar 2 tablespoons crushed New Mexico red chiles Salt and pepper to taste Stir coriander, caraway and cumin in a small skillet over medium-high heat until

aromatic, about 30 seconds.

Transfer to a food processor.

Cook garlic in the same skillet, covered, over medium-low heat until tender, about 10 minutes, turning occasionally. Let garlic cool, then peel it and add to processor. Char bell peppers over a gas flame or in a broiler

until blackened on all sides. Enclose in a paper bag; let stand 10 minutes. Peel, seed and coarsely chop peppers. Add peppers, oil, sugar, and crushed red pepper to processor. Puree. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)

For more information, please contact: Eliana Vollmer, Special Events Coordinator (516) 775-5683 x129 evollmer@ rmhlongisland.org Event Chair: Katie Hunt Rotolo Visit us online! www.rmhlongisland.org

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Acoustic duo to play Member showcase at Hard Luck Cafe at Port’s Art Guild Acoustic duo The Levins and Long Island’s own Christine Sweeney will share the bill during the monthly Hard Luck Café series at the Cinema Arts Centre on Thursday, June 15.

The 8:30 p.m. concert in the Cinema’s Sky Room will be preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m.

The Levins are a New York-based, harmony driven acoustic folk-rock duo who seek to make the world a happier place through their warm, spirited and uplifting music without skating over the complexities of life.

Ira and Julia Levin are singer-songwriters who perform their original material with guitar and piano accompaniment, using unexpected harmonies and musical arrangements that make their songs both engaging and infectious.

Says WFUV’s John Platt: “The Levins speak to our better selves with their crystalline harmonies and uplifting lyrics.”

The duo had a coveted Formal Showcase at the 2016 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference, and won the 2011 Connecticut Folk Festival Songwriting Contest.

Sweeney is a young, blues-pop musician and singer-songwriter who has been active on the Long Island music scene for a decade.

With a voice as powerful as it is sweet, she deftly handles playful without sacrificing genuine emotion.

Her writing style is focused heavily on the feel of the lyrics, but the underlying music structure reveals that she’s no stranger to complexities in harmonies as well.

Sweeney cites Joni Mitchell, Regina Spektor, John Mayer, Rilo Kelly and KT Tunstall among her influences.

Her sometimes gritty vocals soar over her rhythmic guitar playing.

Tickets to the event are $15 ($10 for Cinema Arts Centre and Folk Music Society of Huntington members) and will be available at the door.

The Cinema Arts Centre is located at 423 Park Ave. in Huntington.

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The 68 artist-members who will exhibit their work are: Diane Lennox Bares, Sandy Jo Becker-Hyman, George Billy, Leo Bliok, Phyllis Buchner, Frank Burke, Kelly Ciani, Caryn Coville, Susanne Corbelletta, Aleta Crawford, Gloria Cunnick, Kathy D’Amato-Smith, Arlene H. Dorfman, Karen Fagelman, Judith Feinman, Ivan Frisch, Phyllis Gildston, Alicia Gitlitz, Susan Glazer, Jan Guarino, Susan Herbst, Jeff Holtzman, Shelley Holtzman, Frances Ianarella, Ilene Isseks, Marceil Kazickas, Karen Kirshner, Joan Klein, Ellen Kletzkin, Carla Kobrick, Susan Kozodoy-Silkowitz, Tony LaMarca, Donna Litke, Malka Lohmann*, Linda Louis, Piper Lyman, Rose Marino, Baruch May, Marion McManus, Charles Messite, John Micheals, Deborah Miller, Dina Miller, Susan B. Miller, Anthony Monitto, Stephanie Navon-Jacobson, Eileen Neville, Ann Parry, Anthony Pepitone, Annette Proimos, Liz Reis, Alan Richards, Kristine Rivera, Gia Schifano, Ellen Hallie Schiff, Valida Scott, Jose Seligson, Joan Sicignano, Ilene Silberstein, Barbara Stein, Donata Stern, Stanley Strauss, Bob Stuhmer, Margo Vignola, Tani Shaesta Waheed, Joan Weiss, Nina Wolf, and Theodora Zavala (*student) The juror-of-awards for this exhibit is Dan Christoffel, an award winning artist and former board member of the Art League of Long Island.

Christoffel is a visiting artist at the Great Neck Arts Center and a guest lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was president of the Long Island Art Teachers Association and a teacher for 41 years in the Bellmore-Merrick School District. He was invited to be the artist-in-residence at LIU Post, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate art

classes.

He works in a myriad of media, including painting, sculpture, drawing and printmaking. His inspiration is the grand history of portraits from the Romans to the present.

His works include sculptures of Theodore Roosevelt’s horses and sketches and oil paintings of Abraham Lincoln.

He has exhibited internationally and locally (Huntington Arts Council, Heckscher Museum) and presently has two sculptures included in the 911memorial.org collection.

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They represent our country at times of change and promise.” Newsday – 2010 Classes for children, high school students and adults run year-round. Workshops, Watercolor with Joyce Hicks, June 22-25, Silkscreen Monotype with Stephanie Navon-Jacobson, July 8-9; The Floral Still Life with Gregg Kreutz, September 16-17, and Colored Pencil with Kristy Kutch April 22-24, 2018 are now registering. Sip & Sketch, a non-instructional drawing session with a live model, meets on the second Thursday evening of every month. Summer schedules will be available soon for adult classes such as Get Sharp: Drawing for Beginners and Get Sharper: Drawing for Intermediates, Watercolor with Eileen Neville (July), The Still Life in Oil with Frances Ianarella and Life Drawing with Nude Model (non-instructional). A twice a week, six week, Advanced Art Studio Class for High School Students is now open for registration and classes for younger children (5 and up) are being planned. Please call or check the website for more information.

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Musician-activist to play at the Paramount Michael Franti is a musician, filmmaker and humanitarian who is recognized as a pioneering force in the music industry.

Long known for his globally conscious lyrics, powerful performances, and dynamic live shows, Franti has continually been at the forefront of lyrical activism, using his music as a positive force for change.

“I make music because I believe it can change people’s lives and make a difference in the world,” says Franti. “Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose.”

He and his band Spearhead, known for their authentic and uplifting music, have found global success with multiplatinum songs, such as “Say Hey (I Love You),” the chart-breaking 2010 release of The Sound Of Sunshine.

At his upcoming appearance at The Paramount on Friday, June 9 at 8 p.m., Franti and his band are planning a show that will be thought-provoking, as well as energetic.

Franti will perform his new single, “Once A Day,” from his upcoming debut album on Fantasy Records.

“Once a Day” was inspired by his son’s diagnosis with a rare kidney disease called Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in the hopes that this song will inspire anyone in the world who is going through challenging times.

“My belief is that through music,

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Since giving back has always been at the heart of Franti’s mission, he has dedicated his life to spreading the joy of music and positivity to millions of people.

His humanitarian, social justice, and

peace efforts continue to inspire his music and are infused throughout his new album on Fantasy Records.

The Paramount is located at 370 New York Ave. in Huntington.

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Forest Hills Stadium host American singer-songwriter, actor, record producer, documentary filmmaker and former professional surfer Jack Johnson on Wednesday, June 14 at 6 p.m. (doors open at 5 p.m.).

Known primarily for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres, Johnson achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales, in 2001.

He has since reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart with his albums, SingA-Longs and Lullabies for the film “Curious George” in 2006, Sleep Through the Static in 2008, To the Sea in 2010, and From Here to Now to You in 2013.

Johnson’s “In Between Dreams” album peaked at number two on the chart in 2005 and again in 2013.

Johnson is active in the ecology and sustainability movement, often with an oceancentric focus.

He and his wife Kim created the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation and the Kōkua Hawaii Foundation.

In 2008, Johnson adopted the concept of greening (reduce and reuse), and donated 100 percent of the proceeds of the Sleep Through the Static tour to the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation.

Similarly, the proceeds from the 2010 To the Sea album tour went to All At Once, a Johnson-backed collaborative of greening charities promoting fan involvement.

Now for the first time since 2014, Johnson is taking his chart-topping catalog on the road for a North American summer tour, where he will be performing new songs, including “Fragments,” along with special guest, Bahamas.

This highly-anticipated, new material accompanies the film, “The Smog of The Sea,” a documentary that provides a new perspective on the once pristine oceans of the world while making an artful call to action for rethinking single-use plastic.

Curbing the use of single-use plastic has been at the forefront of Johnson’s work for over a decade.

Since 2005, his crew has implemented a plastic-free backstage, and since 2007 all of his shows have offered fans free water through water-refill stations.

In 2014, Johnson successfully helped launch a Reusable Pint Program at the Santa Barbara Bowl, which has since inspired venues across the country to follow suit, including the Les Schwab Amphitheatre in Bend, OR, and all venues owned by Live Nation.

This summer, more venues will adopt a Reusable Pint Program, which provides fans with an alternative to disposable plastic cups.

Fans who purchase this reusable stainless steel cup at venue concessions will receive a

discount on all beverage refill purchases for the life of the cup.

In addition to these plastic-free initiatives, Johnson and his production team, alongside Reverb, will continue to pave the way in green touring practices with extensive sustainability programs at every show.

On the 2017 tour, additional greening actions include sourcing sustainable biodiesel for tour vehicles, producing up-cycled and eco-friendly merchandise, and expanding waste reduction, composting and recycling.

The tour will also source local, organic food as part of a “farm to stage” program, offer bike valets and alternative transportation incentives, as well as offset all remaining CO2 emissions.

Through Johnson’s All At Once campaign, the summer tour will support over 140 non-profit partners and engage fans to take action in support of sustainable local food systems and plastic free initiatives.

The son of well-known surfer, Johnson was born and raised on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.

He began to learn how to surf at the age of five.

At 17, he became the youngest invitee to make the finals of the Pipeline Masters, one of surfings most prestigious surfing events, on Oahu’s North Shore.

One week later, however, his stint as a professional surfer ended when he suffered a surfing accident at the Pipeline that put more than 150 stitches in his forehead and removed a few of his teeth; this later became the inspiration for the song “Drink the Water.”

Johnson graduated from Kahuku High School in Oahu and later attend the University of California, Santa Barbara, and graduated in 1997 with a B.A. in Film Studies.

While Johnson learned the guitar at the age of eight and started songwriting at the age of 12, his passion for music grew when he played rhythm guitar for the band Soil (not to be confused with the heavy metal band of the same name) in college.

Johnson credits his songwriting influences as Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Radiohead, Otis Redding, G. Love and Special Sauce, Ben Harper, Sublime, The Beatles, Bob Marley, Neil Young, and A Tribe Called Quest.

Hendrix is his all-time favorite guitarist.

For more information about Johnson, go to www.jackjohnsonmusic.com.

“The Smog of The Sea” is available to stream via www.smogofthesea.com.

Tickets to the event are $75.

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With summer right around the corner, it’s getting to be the perfect time to let loose on Saturday nights.

And Bar Louie, located at 2115 Jericho Turnpike in Commack, is sure to be a destination for all those who appreciate live music from today’s hottest local artists and bands.

Beginning in June and running through November, the eclectic, urban bar will be filled with nightlife photography, hand-laid tile artwork and other architectural touches to bring music into a perfectly-blended mix.

From their Chicago roots, Bar Louie has always known that having a comfortable place to hang out, top-notch drinks and food, superior service and, of course, great music is a recipe for success.

The venue has recently released its upcoming Saturday “Live @ Louie’s” music lineup as follows:

June 3: The Double A Band June 10: Joe Rock June 17: Cold Shot (a Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute) June 24: Brian Booking July 1: Lennon and Katie July 8: Christine Sweeney July 15: Petey Mix July 22: Ryan Dobby July 29: The Johnny Mac Band Aug. 5: SJS Aug. 12: The Charlie Justin Duo Aug. 19: Phil Varca & The SlamJammers Aug. 26: Christine Sweeney Sept. 2: Three — A Tribute to Trios Sept. 23: Phil Varca & The SlamJammers Sept. 30 and Nov. 4: The Charlie Justin Duo For more information about Bar Louie, call 631-410-8400 or visit: Facebook. com/BarLouieCommack.

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar NORTHWELL HEALTH AT JONES BEACH THEATER 695 Bay Parkway, Wantaugh (516) 221-1000 • www.livenation.com Tuesday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Deftones, Rise Against, Thrice, Three Trapped Tigers Wednesday, June 14 at 7 p.m.

Train, O.A.R., Natasha Bedingfield Friday, June 16 at 5 p.m.

BLI Summer Jam: Miley Cyrus, Jason Derulo, Flo Rida, Noah Cyrus, DNCE, Martin Garrix, Clean Bandit, Sean Paul / Nick Tangorra, Sabrina Carpente, Tinashe, Max and more NYCB LIVE/NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 • http://www.nassaucoliseum.com Saturday, June 10 at 8 p.m.

Maxwell with Special Guest Ledisi NYCB THEATRE AT WESTBURY 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury (516) 247-5205 • http://www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Friday, June 16 at 8 p.m.

Happy Together Tour with The Turtles, Flo & Eddie and more Saturday, June 17 at 3 and 7 p.m.

Bill O’Reilly, Dennis Miller and Jesse Waters: The Spin Stops Here THE PARAMOUNT 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Sunday, June 11 at 2 p.m.

Pottercon (must be 21 years and older) Monday, June 12 and Wednesday, June 14 at 8 p.m.

Lil Uzi Vert “Do What I Want Tour” with special guests Bibi Bourelly & Kodie Shane Thursday, June 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Joe DeGuardia’s STAR Boxing Presents: Rockin’ Fights 27 Featuring Cletus Seldin Friday, June 16 at 8 p.m.

The Paramount Comedy Series Presents: Norm Macdonald TILLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | LIU POST 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville (516) 299-3100 • http://tillescenter.org Saturday, July 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Animaniacs LIVE! Sunday, July 30 at 7 p.m.

The Australian Pink Floyd Show: The Best Side of the Moon 2017 THE SPACE AT WESTBURY 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516)283-5566 • www.thespaceatwestbury. com Saturday, June 10 at 8 p.m.

The Fab Faux with The Hogshead Horns & The Creme Tangerine Strings Performing the “Hey Jude” Album in its Entirety and a Set of Favorites Friday, June 16 at 8 p.m.

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue with guest New Breed Brass Band

LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Friday, June 16 at 8 p.m.

Louie Anderson Tuesday, June 20 at 7:30 p.m.

Aimee Mann MADISON THEATRE AT MOLLOY COLLEGE 1000 Hempstead Avenue, Rockville Centre 516-323-4444 • www.madisontheatreny.org Friday, June 9 at 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

9th Annual Palliative Conference At the Madison Theatre, Public Square THE HARRY CHAPIN LAKESIDE THEATRE Eisenhower Park at Merrick and Stewart Aves., East Meadow Sunday, June 11 at 7 p.m.

JCRC: Celebrate Israel Night Featuring a Performance by David Broza Sunday, June 25 at 7 p.m.

Punjabi-American Night Monday, June 26 at 7 p.m.

German-American Night FOREST HILLS STADIUM 1 Tennis Place, Forest Hills www.foresthillsstadium.com Wednesday, June 14 at 6 p.m.

Jack Johnson with Bahamas Friday, June 16 at 6:30 p.m.

Daryl Hall & John Oates and Tears for Fears GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • goldcoastarts.org Through June 11 Festival of the Arts: A celebration of the accomplishments of its students in Dance, Art, Ceramics, Music, and Drama programs.

Through Friday, September 15 Creative Crossroads: The Art of Adam Handler and Luis Zimad Lamboy come together in this two-person exhibition of color and shape.

HUNTINGTON ARTS COUNCIL 213 Main Street, Huntington Ongoing through Saturday, June 17 Members Showtime: 2017 Artist Members Show Exhibit NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn (516) 484-9338 www.nassaumuseum.org Ongoing through Sunday, July 9 Halston Style: The first comprehensive retrospective of the works of the American fashion designer Halston.

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

Ongoing Sculpture Park Walking Trails Gardens Events Ongoing through Sunday, July 9 Halston on Film: Films are screened at various times.

For The Family Family Sundays at the Museum, 1-4 p.m.

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A&E Calendar cont’d Family Tour at 1 p.m.

Art Activities at 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 10 at 7 p.m.

2017 Museum Ball: Night at Studio 54 Honorees: Rita & Frank Castagna Thursday, June 15 at 1 p.m.

Brown Bag Lectures with Riva Ettus Tuesday, June 27 at 1 p.m.

Sketching in the Galleries with Glenna Kubit ART LEAGUE OF LONG ISLAND 107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills (631) 462-5400 • www.artleagueli.org Saturday, June 10 through Friday, July 7 Billy the Artist Exhibit THE ART GUILD 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset www.TheArtGuild.org Second Thursdays: July 13 and August 10 Sip & Sketch: Live model, no instruction, short and long poses. Bring a snack and/or beverage. Call or email to RSVP. Beginners, 1-4 p.m.; Intermediates, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

SANDS POINT PRESERVE CONSERVANCY 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point info@sandspointpreserve.org • 516.571.7901 Sunday, June 11, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Gems, Minerals and Fossils Thursday, June 15, 6-8 p.m.

Rose & Roses Cocktail Party CLARK BOTANIC GARDEN 193 I. U. Willets Road, Albertson (516) 484-2208 • http://clarkbotanic.org/ Saturday, June 10, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Rose Day Co-Sponsored with the Town of North Hempstead and The Department of Parks and Recreation The event will include a tour of the Sustainable Rose Garden.

Tuesday nights, 7 p.m.

The Town of North Hempstead Presents the 2017 Clark Botanic Garden Concert Series Free Admission. Bring a chair and enjoy.

For more information, call 311 or 516-8686311 PLANTING FIELDS ARBORETUM Coe Hall Historic House Museum 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay (516) 922-9200 • http://www.plantingfields. org Friday, June 16, 7-8:30 p.m.

Twilight Tour

Meet at Coe Hall and enjoy wine and cheese before venturing out for a twilight tour of the grounds.

For more information, contact Jennifer Lavella at (516) 922-8678 or email jlavella@ plantingfields.org GARVIES POINT MUSEUM AND PRESERVE 50 Barry Drive in Glen Cove (516)571-8010/11 • www.garviespointmuseum.com Saturday, June 10, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Father’s Day Keepsake Box Craft Make and decorate a keepsake box for dad, grandpa, uncle or any awesome dad in your life! $5.00 per participant, in addition to museum admission.

lino, author of “Cooking with Flavor Bombs” Wednesdays through June 21 and Fridays through June 23, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Sketchbook Club for Tweens (ages 9-12) Through Friday, June 30 Exhibit: Jael Klein Coaracy Art BOOK REVUE 313 New York Avenue Huntington Monday, June 12 at 7 p.m.

“Make Your Mind Up” by Bethany Mota Wednesday, June 14 at 7 p.m.

“Gypsy Moth Summer” by Julia Fierro,

LONG ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM 11 Davis Avenue, Garden City 516-224-5800 • www.licm.org Friday, June 9, 10:15 a.m. and 12 p.m. and Saturday, June 10, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

“Journey to Oz” All ages. Fee $9 with museum admission ($7 LICM members).

Through Sunday, September 3 New Traveling Exhibit: Pattern Wizardry All ages. Free with museum admission.

Museum Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

STEPHEN C. WIDOM CULTURAL ARTS AT EMANUEL Temple Emanuel of Great Neck 150 Hicks Lane, Great Neck Tuesday, June 20 at 8 p.m.

Emanuel Entertainment Services (EES) Presents... Wayne Holmes’ Ray Charles Tribute At Firefighters Park, Grace Ave. & Park Place, Great Neck Event is free and open to the public.

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

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

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“Marlena” by Julie Buntin and “June” by & Miranda Beverly-Whittemore HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY Welwyn Preserve, 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove (516) 571-8040 • http://www.hmtcli.org Tuesday, July 11 and Wednesday, July 12, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

One Clip at a Time Professional Development Workshop: Two-day Educator Workshop Registration is free for educators.

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A&E Calendar cont’d Continued from Page 41 Choice and Responsibility During the Holocaust: A United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Professional Development Workshop Register at www.oneclipatatime.org.

For more information, contact Tracy Garrison-Feinberg at 516-571-8040 or tracygarrisonfeinberg@hmtcli.org.

COLD SPRING HARBOR FISH HATCHERY & AQUARIUM 1660 Rte. 25A, Cold Spring Harbor (516) 692-6768 • http://www.cshfishhatchery.org Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10-11 a.m.

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

Sunday, June 18, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Father’s Day: Picnic Tables Available; Free admission for Fathers Adults: $6; Kids, ages 3-12: $4; Seniors 65 and up and children under 3: Free THE WHALING MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER 279 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor (631) 367-3418 • http://www.cshwhalingmuseum.org Saturday, June 10, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Shark Super Senses!: Ages 3-12 $10 child; $6 adults; members 1/2 price.

Macdonald to play Paramount June 16 Norm Macdonald is best known for his four-year stint on “Saturday Night Live,” where Chevy Chase noted he was the best anchor to ever grace the chair.

He is a favorite guest on late night shows, having performed the final, standup set ever on “The Late Show with David Letterman.”

Letterman referred to Macdonald as the funniest man in the world.

Conan O’Brien also lists Macdonald as his favorite guest.

After leaving SNL, Macdonald starred in two movies, the cult classic “Dirty Work,” and the Adam Sandler film, “Billy Madison,” where he played the best friend of Sandler’s character.

Macdonald also starred in three television series.

He became a judge on ”Last Comic Standing,” as well as portraying Colonel Sanders in an avant-garde series of spots for Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Macdonald’s tour-de force, anti-comedy roast of Bob Saget became an instant classic, as well as his five-minute “moth

Community Calendar SPRING YOUTH SOCCER CLINICS Friday, June 9 from 5-6 p.m. (rain dates: June 20 and 30) or Tuesday, June 13 from 5-6 p.m.

At Michael J. Tully Park 1801 Evergreen Ave, New Hyde Park For more information, contact Jordan Speregen at 516-719-0800 or via email: jordan@andgosports.com TOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: LONG ISLAND CHAPTER’S FAMILY FUN DAY Saturday, June 10, 1-5 p.m. (rain or shine) At McKenna Elementary School 210 Spruce St., Massapequa Park Music, carnival games. 3-story high slide, caricature artist, photo booth, arts & crafts, face painting and more!

Children, $15; Adults free Fore more information, go to www.longislandtourette.org

HERRICKS BIKE PARADE Sunday, June 11, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Herricks Community Center 999 Herricks Road, New Hyde Park The Nassau County Police will escort the joke” on Conan O’Brien, which received a bikers on a 3.7 mile loop through Herricks. full, one-minute laugh.

The parade is a Nassau County Girl Scout These, though, are only experiments Gold project.

Macdonald tries out on television appearances.

HEMPSTEAD HARBOR AEROMODELERS It is still his stand-up which is his SOCIETY’S pure gift.

ANNUAL PAINTBALL SHOOTOUT His 2011 comedy special, “Me Doing Sunday, June 11, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Stand-up,” was hailed by The Guardian North Hempstead Aerodrome, West Shore as one of the best stand-up specials of all Rd., Port Washington time, and Comedy Central named him in (1/2 mile north of North Hempstead Beach) their top 100 comedians of all time.

Join and try your aim at taking down a flyMacdonald retires all of the material ing radio-control model airplane. he uses on specials and guarantees that Event is free and open to the public. no two shows will ever be identical.

Paintballs are available for purchase; club If you know Norm Macdonald, but do paintball guns will be provided. not know his stand-up, you do not know For more information, contact Armond him.

Saidai at 516-944-3858 or go to hhams.org.

He is a stand-up comedian who must be seen to be believed.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST He will be performing at The Para- CONGREGATION AT SHELTER ROCK mount on Friday, June 16 at 8 p.m.

48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset The Paramount is located at 370 New (516) 627-6560 York Ave. in Huntington.

Wednesday, June 14, 12:30 p.m.

To get tickets and for more informa- Reach Out America Presents: Jon Kaiman, tion, go to www.paramountny.com. longtime Great Neck resident, Hofstra Law School Graduate, one-time Supervisor of the Town of North Hempstead, and 2016 Candidate for Congress will share his political perspectives at ROA’s final meeting of the season.

Admission is free for members; $45 fee for non-members Wednesday, June 14 at 1 p.m.

Generation RX: Safe Medication Practices in Today’s Prescription Drug Epidemic Sponsored by Caring Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock For more information or to RSVP, contact Kimberly Rossiter at 516-472-2941 or Manhasset CASA at 516-267-7548 Wednesday Evenings, July 5, 12, 19, 26, 7-9 p.m. (rehearsals) and Sunday, July 30 at 11:45 a.m. (call), 1 p.m. (performance) Call for Musicians: Orchestra at Shelter Rock

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wednesday, June 14 at 2 p.m.

Landing Your First Job Workshop for Recent College Graduates Hosted by Sid Jacobson JCC’s Career Connect.

The workshop is free and open to the community. You do not need to be a member of a JCC to attend.

To register, go to www.sjjcc.org.

Wednesdays, June 21-July 26 at 7:30 p.m.; Thursdays, June 22-July 27 at 2 p.m.

24th Anniversary Randi & Bruce Pergament Jewish Film Festival Go to www.sjjcc.org for film listings.

For more information, contact Elyse Ingber at 516-484-1545 ext. 144 or via email: eingber@ sjjcc.org WINTHROP-UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL 200 Old Country Road, Suite 250 Mineola, NY 11501 Call 516-663-8300 to register for these free programs. * Winthrop-University Hospital’s Department of Neuroscience Free Support Group/Huntington’s Disease Meetings held the second Monday of the month Winthrop’s Research & Academic Center 101 Mineola Blvd., Room G-013 * Winthrop-University Hospital’s Head and Neck Cancer Care Support Group Third Monday of the month, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

1300 Franklin Avenue, Suite ML5, Garden City * Winthrop-University Hospital’s Health Update for Seniors Series: Understanding the Gift of Memory Wednesday, June 14 at 1:15 p.m.

Mineola Community Center 155 Washington Ave., Mineola NORTHWELL HEALTH PARKINSON’S DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP Wednesdays, June 14, September 20 and November 15, 2:30-4 p.m.

At the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research 350 Community Drive, Manhasset Light refreshments and snacks will be served.

Complimentary valet will be provided.

RSVP by calling 516-325-7000 or email neuro@northwell.edu

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Community Calendar cont’d CHEERS FOR CHARLIE! A BID OF FAREWELL TO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS CHARLIE CARDILLO Thursday, June 15, 4-7 p.m.

Manhasset Secondary School Front Lawn Free admission. Refreshments will be served.

For more information, call Maureen at 516267-7706 or email LONG ISLAND FUN FEST: THE LARGEST FAIR ON LONG ISLAND Thursday, June 15 through Sunday, June 25, 5-11 p.m. Monday-Friday; 12-11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Suffolk County Community College (Exit 53S off the LIE – Wicks Road Entrance) Grucci Fireworks Saturday nights after dark, live music, kids game shows, a Burpee petting zoo and more!

Admission: Monday–Wednesday: $2; Thursday: Walk-ins are $20 per person for unlimited rides; Friday–Sunday: $5 Ticket Prices: Single ticket $1.50; 20 tickets $25; 50 tickets (includes one free ride) $50 Free admission.

CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION PRESENTS: HOT FRIDAY NIGHTS, COOL MOVIES — “HIDDEN FIGURES” Friday, June 16 at 6 p.m. (pizza and popcorn); 6:30 p.m. (movie begins) 147 Campbell Ave. at Center St., Williston Park For more information, call Maureen at 516746-5527 BOY SCOUT TROUP 45’S ANNUAL FATHER’S DAY PANCAKE BREAKFAST Sunday, June 18, 7:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Knights of Columbus Hall, 186 Jericho Turnpike in Mineola Tickets are $5 each, children 4 and under are free For more information, call Maureen at 516746-5527 TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD CPR AND AED TRAINING Monday, June 19, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

At Town Hall, 220 Plandome Road, Manhasset Presented by the National Safety Council. $50 fee per person covers all materials and certification cards.

For more information and to register, call Kay Farrell at 516-869-7775 or via email: farrellk@ northhempsteadny.gov NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS PRESENTS...

“THE STORY OF MY SUFFERING” BY FURWA JAWAD Wednesday, June 21 at 7:30 p.m. (support group at 6 p.m.)

At Zucker Hillside Hospital Sloman Auditorium, 266th St. amd 76th Ave. in Glen Oaks A collection of short stories from people who endured abusive childhoods because one or more of their parents were mentally ill.

For more information, call 516-326-0797 or go to www.namign.org.

MAKER FUN FACTORY: THE BEST WEEK OF THE SUMMER! Monday, June 26-Friday, June 30, 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.

At Church of Our Saviour Lutheran, 1901 Northern Blvd., Manhasset Amazing experiments, creative games,

surprising adventures, incredible music and lip-smacking snacks for children.

For more information and to register, call 516627-2430 or go to www.manhassetlutheran. org HARBOR CHILD CARE PRESENTS... AN EVENING WITH ROBERT E. HANSEN: PSYCHIC MEDIUM, AUTHOR, TEACHER AND PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER Tuesday, June 27 at 6:30 p.m.

Auditorium of the Herricks Community Center, 999 Herricks Road, New Hyde Park Tickets are available at $40 per person, with limited availability, by going to www.harborchildcare.org/events.

ST. ALOYSIUS SOCIABLES OF GREAT NECK Wednesday, June 28 at 1 p.m.

At the Jolly Fisherman Restaurant 25 Main St., Roslyn Cost: Price of your meal For more information, call John Hyland at 516-482-3795 MINEOLA KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS GOLF OUTING Monday, July 10, with a 7 a.m. shotgun start At the Glen Cove Golf Club, 109 Lattingtown Rd., Glen Cove Hot/cold buffet and open bar afterwards back at the Knights of Columbus.

186 Jericho Tpke., Mineola Cost: $140 per golfer; hole sponsors needs $100 For more information, call Kenny Lyons at 516-428-6794 ADELPHI NY STATEWIDE BREAST CANCER HOTLINE & SUPPORT PROGRAM Tuesdays from 6-7:30 p.m.

Alumni House, 1 South Ave., Garden City Young Women’s Support Group, Under 40 For more information, contact Erin Nau at 516-877-4314 PORT WASHINGTON SENIOR CENTER CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP The first and third Tuesday of every month from 2-3 p.m.

80 Manorhaven Blvd., Port Washington Info.: 311 or 516-869-6311 THE SAMUEL FIELD Y TWO WEEKDAY PROGRAMS FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES On Wednesdays from 3 to 4:30 p.m.

58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck Contact Amanda at (718) 423-6111 ext. 242 or e-mail asmith@sfy.org PROJECT INDEPENDENCE SUPPORT & SOCIAL GROUP TRIVIA CHALLENGE Last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m.

At Havana Central Restaurant, Roosevelt Field Mall, Garden City For more info, call 516-676- 1976.

SINGLES ASSOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND Last Saturdays of the month, through December 20, 7-9 p.m., except in July, August and October.

At Herrill Lanes 465 Herricks Rd., New Hyde Park For ages 25 plus. Social gathering afterwards at the Omega Diner, 1809 Lakeville Rd. in New Hyde Park

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‘Whales, Ales & Salty Tales’ on June 15 Many people may no know that there are native whales just a few miles off our Long Island shores.

There are also local hops homebrewers across Long Island that are turning out winning craft ales.

Theses are just a few of the interesting facts about our region that will be shared and discussed at the Whaling Museum’s second annual “Whales, Ales & Salty Tales,” which will take place on Thursday, June 15 from 6 to 8 p.m.

At the event, Dr. Arthur Kopelman and Dr. Howard Rosenbaum, will speak about the incredible cetaceans in New York’s waters, ongoing and cutting-edge research, and efforts to protect these creatures and the ecosystems in which they live.

The evening will also include brewers from Brewers East End Revival Homebrew Club (B.E.E.R.), with a special tasting of a variety of beverages they will be bringing ranging from historical recipes to bold new concoctions.

Kopelman is a population ecologist whose research interests, since 1987, include the population dynamics and ecology of fin and humpback whales of New York and New England.

Since 1995, his interests include the population dynamics of pinnipeds in New York.

He has been the president of the Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island since 2005, and is also a board member of Save the Great South Bay. Kopelman is also a Full Professor of Science in the Department of Science and Mathematics at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

In May 2010, he was appointed a Distinguished Service Professor by the State University of New York Board of Trustees.

Distinguished Professorship is the highest honor conferred upon instruc-

tional faculty in the State University of New York system.

Rosenbaum is a Senior Conservation Scientist and Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Ocean Giants Program, which aims to secure the future of whales, dolphins, marine mammals and other marine species.

For more than 25 years, his work has focused on innovative conservation science for protecting endangered whales and dolphins, and his efforts address current and emerging threats to these iconic marine species and their most biologically important habitats.

Rosenbaum and his team lead marine mammal field conservation projects all around the world, including the Indian, Pacific, Atlantic Oceans as well as the Arctic.

Brewer’s East End Revival Homebrew Club (B.E.E.R.) will be providing tips and tastings of historic ale recipes.

The homebrew club, established in 1996, is a registered club of the American Homebrewers Association.

As the longest-running club of its kind on Long Island, their members span the beer spectrum, from ale and lager enthusiasts, to all-grain brewers, cider- and mead-makers, and certified beer judges.

Many of the current and former members have gone on to successful careers at professional breweries, featuring the likes of Blue Point Brewing Company, Po’Boy Brewery, Great South Bay Brewery, Port Jeff Brewing Company, Long Ireland Brewing, and many others.

There is a suggested donation of $15 per person or $25 per couple for those who wish to attend this event.

The Whaling Museum & Education Center is located at 301 Main Street in Cold Spring Harbor.

For more information, call 631-3673418 or go to www.cshwhalingmuseum. org.

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Williston Park Library The library is not accepting donations until further notice. Do not put them in the return bins outside the library. If you have books to donate, please contact The Book Fairies, a wonderful non-profit in Freeport: www. thebookfairies.org.

NEW ARRIVALS TO THE LIBRARY: Mind Over Meds by Andrew Weil, MD Crisis of the Middle Class Constitution by Ganesh Sitaraman Best of Adam Sharp

by Graeme Simsion

Robert B. Parker’s Little White Lies by Ace Atkins Fallen by Eric Van Lustbader Stranger in the Woods

by Michael Finkel New Boy by Tracy Chevalier Ring of Truth by Michelle Cox Eden by Jeanne Blassberg

ADULT PROGRAMS: ZUMBA Saturdays, June 10, 17 & 24 at 9 a.m. in the library. $5 per class. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

REIKI Tuesdays, June 13 & 27 at 6:30 p.m. in the library. $10

per class. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

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2017 SUMMER READING CLUB KICK-OFF: BUILD A BETTER WORLD Wednesday, June 28, 12-3 p.m. Face painting, balloons, pretzels, cotton candy, popcorn and more!

STORY HOUR FOR TOTS Thursdays, June 15, 22 & 29 at 11 a.m. in the library.

For children ages 1-4.

Sign up at Circulation Desk. www.theislandnow.com

East Williston Library MUSEUM PASSES: The library has membership passes to the following museums: Old Westbury Gardens, The Long Island Children’s Museum, Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, and The Cold

Spring Harbor Aquarium and Fish Hatchery. The passes can be reserved by East Williston Library patrons only up to one month in advance by calling the library at 516741-1213.

N0TARY PUBLIC: Notary services are available on Monday & Thursday from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm and Wednesday from 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Photo identification is required. Documents to be notarized must be signed

at the time of notarization, not before. You must bring your own witness if needed.

Please call the library to confirm a notary is available.

COLLECTION ON DISPLAY: The East Williston Public

Library Friends feature a new collection of creative art or memorabilia on display each month in the lobby of The East Williston Village Hall. These collections are generously lent to us by patrons of The East Williston Library. Please

come in and enjoy these displays!

Please visit the library website (www.ewlibrary.org) for information on programs offered by the library.

Mineola Public Library CHI KUNG (QIGONG) MEDITATION Tuesdays, June 13, 20, 27, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

TAI CHI Thursdays, June 15, 22, 29, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

BROADWAY: FROM BACK ROW TO BACKSTAGE Monday, June 12 at 7 p.m.

The atre enthusiast Brian Stoll will discuss all things Broadway.

ST. FRANCIS OUTREACH BUS Tuesday, June 13, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Staff from St. Francis will be doing cardiac and diabetic testing. No appt. necessary-first come, first

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Desk or call 516-746-8488 x2.

BLOOD DRIVE AT THE LIBRARY Thursday, June 25, 1:30-7:30 p.m. Register at the Reference

TERESA MCCLEAN PERFORMS A “SALUTE TO THE FIRST LADIES OF SONG” Wednesday, June 28 at 7 p.m.

From Celine Dion to Whitney Houston, and from Dusty Springfield to Connie Francis, Teresa McClean will perform songs from some of the best female vocalists.

Shelter Rock Library ART EXHIBIT: THE ARTWORK OF ALFONSO GALLO The exhibit will run through the months of May and June.

ESOL CLASSES Wednesday, June 14, 11:30 a.m.1p.m. English for speakers of other languages. In the Community Room.Registration is not required.

CREATIVE NEEDLES & THE ART OF COLORING Friday, June 16 and July 7 at 12:30 p.m. Bring your projects and supplies to cross-stitch, knit, crochet, needlepoint, or embroider in the company of other needlecraft lovers. If you prefer to relax by coloring, spend some time with crayons, colored pencils, and

coloring pages supplied by the library. A time for conversation, crafting and simply sharing tips and techniques while “the needles fly” and “the pictures come to life.” Registration is not required.

PLAY MAH JONGG Tuesday, June 20 and July 11 at 1 p.m. Join others in playing game

that has fascinated people for so many years with its strategies and combinations. Bring a team, a friend or come by yourself and enjoy the game. Limited materials will be available, so if you own a set, please feel free to bring it with you. Registration is not required.

SENIOR RAP GROUP Monday, July 10, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. For the 55+ set who have a lifetime of experiences to share.

This group discussion is led by longtime group member David Marx. w w w.th e i s l a n d n o w.c o m

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Bral, Mendelson paint a false picture

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read, with a mixture of amusement and astonishment, the May 26 statement by two officials of the village of Great Neck who want to be re-elected.

Mayor Bral and Trustee Mendelson painted on whole cloth a charming picture of a little village in good hands. They describe a perfect democratic governance, where officials listen to the citizens and no secrets are kept from the governed.

Whoa; wait a minute. This is a soothing fairy tale meant to lull the curiosity of residents who don’t attend village meetings. But those who have followed the progress of Mayor Bral’s know better — and how!

People who have watched the progress of Pedram Bral as mayor may recall that Candidate Bral ran for office saying he was going to change the unpopular actions of

the previous mayor.

Candidate Bral was going to: (1.)

Leave our Village Hall in its present, historic location rather than build a modest Taj Mahal elsewhere.

He would keep the village’s well-run public works area, vehicles and garages on Middle Neck Road. But then, shortly after he was elected, Mayor Bral went shopping for buyers of that self- same property.

Candidate Bral also promised he would stand up for popular sentiment.

(2.) He was going to reverse the disrespectful and unwelcome re-zoning of Steamboat Road by his predecessor.

But once elected Mayor Bral found that some mayors like to pal around with powerful developers.

Once elected, Mayor Bral immediately stopped paying heed to residents’ concerns.

Instead, the Bral regime now touts the destruction of our Steamboat neighborhood as one of this mayor’s accomplishments!

He has paid zero heed to the fact that just a few years before, Steamboat residents had fought hard for – and won – an extension of the area’s strong preference for detached, single-family homes.

(3.)Then there’s Mayor Bral’s almost catastrophic dismissal of VGN’s wonderful Vigilant ambulance service.

As a physician at Maimonides Hospital, affiliated with Northwell, Mayor Bral offered Northwell the opportunity to expand its ambulance service, to take over the Vigilant territory.

So Mayor Bral practiced his transparency skills by not telling the Vigilants and not telling the residents that months ago

he had arranged a super-quiet meeting with Northwell.

After a furious resident forced the issue by arranging a surprise agenda item, Mayor Bral invented a non-existent “fiduciary” obligation to the New York State Comptroller as his defense for his secret embrace of Northwell.

And yet, Bral still has the nerve to proclaim: “Transparency has been at the core of all (he has done) for the village.”

There is a VGN election on June 20.

You can believe what Pedram Bral has said (in which case I’d like to sell you a bridge).

Or you can vote for Rebecca Gilliar. I support her whole-heartedly.

Elizabeth Allen Great Neck

Mayor Bral makes right call on Vigilant

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MTs and paramedics work in a variety of roles and are often the first on the scene of accidents or medical emergencies.

Both EMTs and paramedics have the knowledge and skills to transport patients and provide them with emergency care.

The biggest difference between them is the amount of education they receive and what they are allowed do for patients.

EMT’s are not allowed to provide treatments that require breaking the skin.

Paramedics can administer medications, start intravenous lines, provide advanced airway management for patients, and resuscitate and support patients with significant problems such as heart attacks and traumas.

Prior to the negotiations for renewal of the ambulance service, dedicated paramedic ser-

vice provided by Vigilant Fire Company was from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.

After discussion and negotiations with Vigilant Fire Co., they have willingly agreed to add another dedicated paramedic from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.

This will now provide for a dedicated paramedic on call 24/7.

I could clearly see that this is due to the devotion of the Great

Neck mayor and medical knowledge of Mayor Dr. Bral.

I would like to thank both Dr. Bral for signing the contract and the Vigilant Fire Company and all of its volunteers and staff for providing us with a premier emergency service in Great Neck from which we all benefit and appreciate.

I hope that the other villages will take the Village’s lead and soon follow and sign the con-

tract.

As a healthcare provider that has been working in Emergency departments in the area for many years I can see the value it added to our emergency system and safety it provides for the residents here in the village of Great Neck.

Debbie Ishaal, RPA-C Great Neck

Petition slimes NHP residents Review previous

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fter reading the article dated Mary 26, regarding the Floral Park Pool and Clinton G. Martin Pool situation, we feel outraged at the implication made by Nadia Holubnyczyj-Ortiz and the petition signers.

She stated that the members of the Floral Park Pool will no longer feel safe if the Clinton G. Martin pool members are permitted to join their pool.

This article suggests that anyone who lives in New Hyde Park/Manhasset Hills is not trustworthy.

We feel this article is offensive, rude, insensitive and uncharitable.

Do all Floral Park Pool members need to undergo a background check in order to join.

Are we really next door neighbors or dangerous strangers?

The Williston Park Pool welcomed Clinton G. Martin Pool Members for the summer of 2017.

We look forward to meeting our new neighbors and making new friends.

F. Park response

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thought your readers might like to see the residents complaints that were reported in the newspapers when the Floral Park train station was raised.

Then compare them to what Linda Butan Joan Kosmij thy are saying about the third New Hyde Park track.

I don’t have to take a side because it wont impact me as much as the people who live adjacent to this set of tracks. If I were living along the tracks I would be very concerned as they are.

Bill Lane Floral Park

Bral sets the bar for VGN mayors

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wanted to write your publication to voice my support of our current mayor, Dr. Pedram Bral.

My name is Moshe Besalel.

I have been a resident of the Great Neck community for over 25 years, and I have to say that Mayor Bral is the best elected official I have seen in my experience in Great Neck.

He is caring, involved, and most of all — very approachable to his constituents.

I had invited Mr. Bral to come to my neighborhood and discuss some issues with me, and unlike most elected officials, he accepted my offer and visited my community to discuss.

We are currently in the process of better maintaining and im-

proving the security of our local park.

I have never seen a mayor in this town who has been so committed to listening to residents and doing what he can to help get things done.

I also want to say that speaking with Mayor Bral has convinced me to vote for the new Board of Education budget and the bond; while initially reluctant, speaking with him convinced me it was the best option for our schools and our town.

I support Mayor Bral for re-election, and hope he continues to lead our town.

Moshe Besalel Great Neck

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Don’t expect improvement at Penn

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here are both short- and long-term issues concerning Penn Station capacity and operations.

“Operations of Penn Station off the rails” (Editorial — June 1).

Proposals by some elected officials about relocating some Amtrak trains from Penn Station to Grand Central Terminal to support emergency maintenance repairs sounds great until you look into the details.

Up until 20 years ago, Amtrak Empire Service operated trains from Grand Central Terminal along the Hudson River to Albany and points beyond including Buffalo, Montreal or Toronto.

Today there are five morning rush hour (6 to 10 a.m.) and six evening rush hour (4 to 8 p.m.) scheduled arriving or departing Amtrak trains from Penn Station that could temporarily return to Grand Central Terminal.

There are several hundred daily Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit trains operating out of Penn Station during the same a.m. and p.m. rush hours.

Amtrak will require the cancellation of far more than 11 trains to support emergency repairs this summer.

Don’t be surprised if this work

continues into the fall and 2018.

As the old adage goes, every little bit helps but Amtrak giving up 11 rush hour train slots for LIRR and NJ Transit is just a drop in the bucket.

This will be little comfort to many of the over 200,000 LIRR and 100,000 NJ Transit riders who will lose their trains for however many weeks and months.

There is no room to run additional trains into or out of Penn Station during either a.m. or p.m. rush hours via the East River tunnels with connections to Long Island.

This has been the case for decades.

Three of four tunnels running inbound during a.m. and outbound p.m. rush hours have very tight spacing between trains.

One tunnel is shared by the LIRR, NJ Transit and Amtrak for reverse train movements with equally tight spacing during rush hours.

There is no platform capacity at Penn Station to accommodate any additional trains during rush hour.

Penn Station is currently operating at 100 percent capacity during both a.m. and p.m. rush hours.

If one of the four tunnels is

temporarily out of service, the result is numerous delays and cancellation of trains.

There are a number of other competing new services looking for non existent rush hour Penn Station platform, track and East River tunnel capacity in coming years.

Metro North wants to begin service at a cost of $700 million plus from the east Bronx via the Hell Gate Bridge and Harold Interlocking in Sunnyside, Queens to Penn Station by 2023.

Metro North also has future plans ($200 million) to run additional service from Poughkeepsie and other Hudson Line stations via Amtrak Empire Corridor Hudson Line using tracks on Manhattan West Side.

The LIRR has invested $450 million to complete double tracking on the Ronkonkoma branch.

Once Main Line Third Track is completed at a cost of $2 billion plus, the LIRR has plans to expand Ronkonkoma branch rush hour service to Penn Station.

Gov. Cuomo also wants to provide new frequent direct LIRR service on the Port Washington branch between Penn Station and Mets Willets Point station.

Direct service from Grand

Central Terminal to Mets Willets Point station will also be initiated once LIRR East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal is completed.

Both new services will support his $450 million plus LaGuardia Air Train.

Many Rockaway residents want restoration of LIRR service on the old Rockaway Beach branch, which suspended service in 1962.

(Today NYC Transit runs the A subway along a significant portion of the old LIRR right of way.)

Both Amtrak (Northeast Corridor between Washington and Boston along with Empire Service north to Albany & Buffalo) and New Jersey Transit have future plans to expand service in and out of Penn Station.

Both the $24 billion Gateway Tunnel (two additional tracks connecting New Jersey via the Hudson River to Penn Station) and $3 billion Moynihan Station Farley Building projects fail to add any new additional tracks or platforms at Penn Station.

This results in no capacity increase for adding any additional new a.m. or p.m. rush hour Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, Long Island Rail Road or future new

Metro North Rail Road trains to serve Penn Station.

The LIRR may begin service into Grand Central Terminal in December 2023 or 2024.

A majority of the promised 24 trains a.m. and p.m. per hour peak service will be new trains.

Few will be diverted from Penn Station.

It is doubtful that the LIRR will give up any current 42 a.m. and p.m. hourly peak service train slots at Penn Station even when expanding operations into Grand Central Terminal.

There will continue to be a three-way competition between Amtrak, LIRR and New Jersey Transit for rush hour access to Penn Station.

A new operator, Metro North will also be looking for rush hour access to Penn Station resulting in a four-way competition.

Don’t be surprised if there are no changes to level of service rush hour to Penn Station in the foreseeable future.

Larry Penner (Larry Penner is a transportation historian and advocate who previously worked for 31 years for the US Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.)

TV station sees light on LED issues

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hen a closed-minded mayor refuses to listen and refuses to read, what is a concerned citizen to do?

CBS local News came to the rescue.

For the past two years, Village of Great Neck resident Amy Glass and I have recognized there were serious health implications for our community if our current mayor signed on the dotted line for LED streetlamps.

If you’re one of those people, like Mayor Bral, who holds the belief that if the mayors of Great Neck Plaza and Saddle Rock have approved and completed their own lighting project — surely it must be safe for the Village of Great Neck.

If everyone else jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge — would you follow along?

Following a trend without following the facts exposes liability to our village and long-term risks to our residents.

There is already overwhelming evidence from respected researchers at Harvard Medical School.

Then, we have the united scientific and research community. It is accepted as fact that blue light at night is dangerous to human health.

LED streetlamps are a fixed source of blue light for many hours at a time, thus

they present a serious risk.

Nocturnal birds and wildlife are already known to be negatively impacted.

Plant life and our food chain may be impacted as well. Lighting manufacturer GE issued a white paper on the hazards of blue light at night.

How can our Great Neck leaders continue to stick their heads in the sand?

Aren’t we supposed to be a smart, enlightened community? Don’t we pride ourselves on the excellence of our public schools?

CBS local news listened.

And CBS agreed that the trend toward LED streetlamps was a newsworthy story.

Even if VGN Mayor Pedram Bral didn’t agree — CBS2’s Carolyn Gussoff and Jennifer McLogan did.

Truth be told, I had hoped the air time would be more generous in opposition of the LEDs. I had hoped the two Long Island physicians who study the dangers of blue lights (and were interviewed for this segment) had not been reduced to a single remark.

But the reporters at CBS News, being consummate professionals, were obligated to produce a balanced news story and so they did.

A random couple strolling Middle

Neck Road was approached and spoke in favor of the new streetlamps in Great Neck Plaza.

But the Great Neck couple who spoke in favor of the new LED streetlamps, hadn’t personally examined the health risks and drawbacks for over two years.

They never invested hundreds of hours examining complex science and research articles.

Our own Village of Great Neck resident, Amy Glass, Ph.D., has done all those things. And she wants you to know — there are safer, less toxic and more natural-looking, cutting edge LED products already in various stages of development.

OLEDS and QLEDS are coming to name a few innovations. The responsible decision is to wait for them.

Let’s please not jump off the Brooklyn Bridge just because our fellow Great Neck leaders didn’t take time to research the facts.

Of all the words in Webster’s dictionary, no two words are capable of producing more impulsiveness, more seriously bad decisions in, otherwise, intelligent men and women.

We are talking about the promise of cost savings.

Let’s not be deceived by deep dis-

counts offered by lighting manufacturers in order for them not to be stuck with warehouses full of product they can’t get rid of.

Lighting manufacturers are keenly aware that new and improved LED products are coming.

Come on, Mayor Bral — we’re counting on you to get it right.

We’re not suggesting our village remain in the Dark Ages — we are suggesting that your legacy to our community should matter to you.

Beyond that, every resident’s health is precious. Please respect it — please protect it — and please wait for a better, safer, more reliable and more natural looking, cutting-edge LED product.

And yes, there will be cost savings.

By waiting a bit longer, you will also be protecting our village’s investment.

If you missed the previously aired CBS News segment featuring the Village of Great Neck, the narrative text and video for the May 16, 5:00 p.m. story can be viewed on-line.

Please Google: CBS News, the Village of Great Neck, LED streetlamps.

Judy Shore Rosenthal Village of Great Neck

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Time for single-payer health care

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e could wait for the Congress repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act until the end of 2017, but it will never appear.

The House of Representatives passed the abominable “American Health Care Act” and the Senate will not be able to present anything at all.

The voting public knows that anything they invent will destroy health care in this country. Goodbye Trumpcare.

There is no need to waste any more time listening to Trump’s promises (read that ‘lies’ — he knows nothing!).

Healthcare Activists, have launched a campaign of rallies and meetings to explain the New York Health Act, which is a single payer health-care program which has already passed the state Assembly three times.

They are pressing the State Senate to find one more sponsor to bring it to a vote in the Senate.

Activists are strongly urging senators Hannon and Elaine Phillips to act. Their reluctance is insupportable.

Ms. Phillips, when approached at a meeting, replied that she had been in the Sen-

ate too short a time to have an opinion and Hannon has already been in the Senate too long with a conservative record that does not serve us well. Perhaps voters must persuade him more vigorously.

A group of activists held a rally, complete with slogans and posters, in front of his office building last Saturday, that was cheered on by hundreds of passing vehicles, but neither he nor his representatives appeared.

Give both of them phone calls or emails.

A similar campaign in California is getting much attention

and approval. Single payer activists have succeeded in passing, on June 2, in the California Senate, a similar bill.

The proposal must now passed by the California State Assembly.

Both California and New York advocates have studied the Economic Analysis of the New York Health Act by Gerald Friedman of the University of Massachusetts, Political Research Institute, which was prepared for Richard Gottfried of the state Assembly.

May we respectfully urge that you get in touch with our

reluctant representatives in Albany.

Knowledge is power!

It is possible, if we succeed in these two progressive states that the confusion and need of the country will ultimately be remedied.

Polls support the desire for a program in the U.S. that is morally right and has succeeded in so many industrialized nations in the world, at much lesser cost, and with great fairness and results.

Esther Confino New Hyde Park

Bral brings unity to VGN Ombudsman idea no good for village W

e live in a divisive world surrounded by politicians who disseminate polarizing rhetoric in an effort to promote their own political aspirations at any cost.

I believe we should aspire and demand better from our leaders. We live in a diverse community that if unified, can employ the skills, culture and strengths of each group for the benefit of all those that live here.

I know we can be better than many parts of our country.

I know that our community can come together to move our community forward and to continue to make it a great place to live for our children and future generations.

This why I support and will

vote for Mayor Bral.

Through his actions and record Mayor Bral has demonstrated that he has the aptitude and temperament to unify and not divide us.

Mayor Bral has repeatedly exhibited that under his leadership the village has and will continue to apply the laws equally and justly, without regard for where you come from or where you choose to worship, if you choose to worship at all. He has worked tirelessly to cut red tape and bureaucratic obstacles to attract businesses and promote development in the Village.

In fact, he recently worked with a local entrepreneur and was instrumental in attracting a European bakery chain to the village.

Construction on the bakery should begin shortly and it is expected to be open seven days a week, providing our community with much needed jobs and to serve as an anchor for future businesses.

Mayor Bral and I do not worship at the same synagogue, our children do not attend the same school and we do not travel in the same social circles, but I know a good person when I meet one, and Pedram Bral is a good person.

He is smart, capable and honest.

Support Mayor Bral in his reelection and let’s move Great Neck forward!

Gary Slobin Great Neck

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do not understand why Ms. Gilliar has suggested adding a new position to the payroll of the Village of Great Neck, that of ombudsman.

The current mayor and trustees make themselves available to the public, allowing citizens to contact them directly via social media, e-mail, or telephone and by permitting open time for discussion during every Board of Trustees meeting. There is no lack of opportunity for a citizen to voice his or her concerns.

Creating an ombudsman would add a layer between the

mayor/trustees and the public, paradoxically making them less accessible. Isn’t it better to be able to contact our lawmakers directly?

That is why our current system works well — it is streamlined.

A vote for Ms. Gilliar is a vote for more bureaucracy, less efficiency, and wasted taxpayer dollars.

Daniel Rahmani Founding Partner & COO Capital Property Partners

Trump’s message to the world: drop dead Continued from Page 16 Pulling out of Paris may be more symbolic action — a gigantic middle finger to the world, and heaven help us if other countries use it as an excuse to abandon their commitments — but what Trump is actually doing is more harmful by reversing all the policies and programs that Obama had in place that enabled the U.S. to reduce its carbon emissions to 1990s levels.

Instead of the U.S. being a global leader, as under Obama, Trump is turning the U.S. into a pariah. And the U.S. would deserve it.

Trump said that “the world

is laughing at us” — more of a symptom of his psychosis — but now, Putin and China are in fact laughing.

China now has opening to be the world leader while Russia is ecstatic over America’s retreat from moral leadership — what country would trust any “deal” with the US? But the damage to the U.S. economy, to public health, to infrastructure, to the nation’s ability to innovate by tying us to a dirty, destructive and finite fossil fuel, forcing American families to pay through their noses for expensive fossil fuels and repair the damage caused by climate catastrophes, not to mention the threats to national

security because of increased conflict and deprivation (200 million climate refugees) will also weaken this nation.

Rome comes to mind.

What’s to be done?

Every signatory to the Paris Accord should impose tariff or carbon fees on U.S. imports.

Those millions who marched and now feel like frustrated, forgotten fools must continue to march, rally, protest not at the White House but at local Congressional offices; vote out politicians who don’t support climate action.

Consumers need to seek out companies that practice sustainability and overtly reject those that don’t. Use social me-

dia to promote or pan.

Investors need to divest of stocks in companies that reject sustainability; instead invest in bonds that build such things as water treatment plants, cleanenergy utilities.

Support organizations like the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC.org), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF. org), League of Conservation Voters (LCV.org), the Sierra Club, which are suing the Trump Administration, as well as local, grassroots organizations like Reach Out America (reachout-america.com) and the Queens/Nassau chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby (citizensclimatelobby.org).

Thankfully, states and localities are taking matters into their own hands. The climate revolution will continue, against our own federal government.

California Gov. Jerry Brown, New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Washington State are holding fast to their goal of transitioning to clean, renewable energy — forming the United States Climate Alliance — and together with states like Massachusetts and cities like New York City and Atlanta (accounting for 30 percent of the world’s economy), will keep the U.S. from going into a fossil fueled abyss.

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Roslyn man bilked lenders out of $70M, feds charge

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN Jason Nissen, a 44-year-old Roslyn resident and former math teacher, was arrested and charged in Manhattan federal court last Wednesday with running a $70 million Ponzi scheme.

Prosecutors said that from 2015 to May 2017, while Nissen was the CEO of a Manhattanbased ticket broker, National Event Co., he defrauded lenders of millions of dollars.

The firm bought and sold many tickets, but millions of dollars allegedly were diverted to Nissen’s personal account.

In the $70 million Ponzi scheme, Nissen allegedly took money to buy and resell tickets to big sporting events and the Broadway hit “Hamilton” – only to enrich himself and pay back others.

“They’re inflated numbers.

We really had those events and really sold the tickets and they’re inflated, you know, two or three fold depending on how it was,” Nissen said in a taped conversation, ac-

Jason Nissen cording to the complaint.

Prosecutors also said that Nissen “falsified financial documents and inflated accounts receivable ledgers” and presented them to victims as fake proof that their money was being used for purchasing tickets for resale so he

could get more money.

His alleged victims include a diamond wholesaler that loaned him $32 million, a private-equity firm that invested $40 million and a person who allegedly gave Nissen $1.9 million to buy and resell tickets to a UFC fight, according to the comlaint.

Some cash was used to buy tickets, but not as much as Nissen claimed, prosecutors said.

A New York Times report said that Nissen, when he was a teacher at a Queens high school, was reassigned as school officials investigated whether he sold students tickets to a free Dave Matthews Band concert. He was fired in 2004.

Nissen is now charged with wire fraud. If convicted, he face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kan M. Nawaday, Lauren B. Schorr and Russell Capone are in charge of the prosecution.

Michael F. Bachner, Nissen’s defense lawyer, declined to comment.

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Students perform at Lincoln Center A cello quartet and a string quintet from Herricks Middle School were selected to perform in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Young Ensembles Concert on May 25.

Orchestra Director Krista Weis coached the students prior to their acceptance.

The quartet featured Dara Bao, Justin Koe, Kyle Pinzon and Justin Yang. Members of the quintet were Chiara Tan and Timothy Kim on violin, Christina Tsai on viola, Ludia

Cho on cello and Daniel Navy on bass.

This highly competitive program, consisting of two professional coaching sessions as well as the concert performance, selected only seven chamber music ensembles from the tri-state area to participate, and the Herricks groups were the only Long Island representatives.

The concert video can be viewed on the Chamber Music Society’s website or on its YouTube channel.

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Business&RealEstate Protect your home from harmful mold There are methods and costs to controlling mold and fungus organisms in your home and even commercial establishments.

It is important to follow safe procedures to make sure you do not inhale any of the fungi spores, especially if you might have an adverse reaction; however, as I mentioned in last weeks, part 1, no one dies from mold.

Fungi (mold) are present almost everywhere.

In an indoor environment hundreds of different kinds of mold are able to grow wherever there is moisture and an organic substrate (food source).

They can grow on building and other materials, including: the paper on gypsum wallboard (drywall); ceiling tiles; wood products; paint; wallpaper; carpeting; some furnishings; books/ papers; clothes; and other fabrics.

Mold can also grow on moist, dirty surfaces such as concrete, fiberglass insulation, and ceramic tiles.

It is neither possible nor warranted to eliminate the presence of all indoor fungal spores and fragments; however, mold growth indoors can and should be prevented and removed if present.

Water accumulation in indoor environments can lead to mold growth (and other environmental problems), which has been associated with human health effects.

Indoor mold growth can be prevented or minimized, however, by actively maintaining, inspecting, and correcting buildings for moisture problems and immediately drying and managing water damaged materials.

In the event that mold growth does occur, this guide is intended to assist those responsible for maintaining facilities in evaluating and correcting this problem.

Removing mold growth and correcting the underlying cause of water accumulation can help to reduce mold exposures and related health symptoms. Prompt remediation of mold-damaged materials and infrastructure repair should be the primary response to mold growth in buildings.

The simplest, most expedient remediation that properly and safely removes mold growth from buildings should be used.

Extensive mold growth poses more difficult problems that should be addressed on a caseby-case basis in consultation with an appropriate building or environmental health professional. In

all situations, the source of water must be identified and corrected or the mold growth will recur.

It is neither possible nor warranted to eliminate the presence of all indoor fungal spores and fragments; however, mold growth indoors can and should be prevented and removed if present.

Water accumulation in indoor environments can lead to mold growth (and other environmental problems), which has been associated with human health effects.

Indoor mold growth can be prevented or minimized, however, by actively maintaining, inspecting, and correcting buildings for moisture problems and immediately drying and managing water damaged materials.

In the event that mold growth does occur, this guide is intended to assist those responsible for maintaining facilities in evaluating and correcting this problem.

Several tools can be utilized to detect mold and water issues.

A moisture meter or infrared camera can be extremely efficient most of the times zero in on problems. A borescope, to view inside ductwork or behind walls will also be an asset in locating detectable issues.

Again one should be wearing protective rubber gloves, as well as respiratory protection (N-95

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch disposable respirators).

Proceeding with environmental sampling is generally, not necessary, although there are situations that may need closer inspection, sampling and studying.

But generally remediation of visually identified mold growth or water damaged materials is sufficient. Eliminating and minimizing water penetration and humidity will be the main concerns to eradicate mold, so a simple tool is a de-humidifier, which many, many North Shore homes use or are in need of to prevent that musty smell, also causing mold to grow.

Mold grows extremely well above 65 percent relative humidity, so you need to keep it at or below that figure to inhibit its

growth.

The old saying “Put your baby to bed dry” holds true with basements too!

Non-porous materials (e.g. metals, glass, and hard plastics) can almost always be cleaned.

Semiporous and porous structural materials, such as wood and concrete can be cleaned if they are structurally sound. Porous materials, such as ceiling tiles and insulation, and wallboards (with more than a small area of mold growth) should be removed and discarded.

Wallboard should be cleaned or removed at least six inches beyond visually assessed mold growth (including hidden areas, see Visual Inspection) or wet or water-damaged areas. A professional restoration consultant should be contacted to restore valuable items that have been damaged. Cleaning should be done using a soap or detergent solution. Use the gentlest cleaning method that effectively removes the mold to limit dust generation.

All materials to be reused should be dry and visibly free from mold.

Consideration should also be given to cleaning surfaces and materials adjacent to areas of mold growth for settled spores

and fungal fragments.

A vacuum equipped with a High-Efficiency Particulate Air filter could also be used to clean these adjacent areas.

Disinfectants are seldom needed to perform an effective remediation because removal of fungal growth remains the most effective way to prevent exposure.

Disinfectant use is recommended when addressing certain specific concerns such as mold growth resulting from sewage waters.

If disinfectants are considered necessary, additional measures to protect workers and occupants may also be required.

Disinfectants must be registered for use by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Any antimicrobial products used in a HVAC system must be EPA-registered specifically for that use.

I will continue to discuss mold in next weeks column part 3.

Bonus Information for our Readers: Phil Racies is the owner of Turn Key Real Estate at 7 Bond St. in Great Neck. He can be reached by email: Phil@TurnkeyRealEstate.

Com or by cell (516) 647-4289 to answer any of your questions.

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210 Arlington Street, Mineola

Sales in the Williston Area

Sold Price: $470,000 Date: 02/01/2017 3 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 40x100 Schools: East Williston Total Taxes: $10,154 MLS# 2895649

Williston Park Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $615,000 Demographics near Williston Park, NY Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 7,331 11,692 42.7 2.8 101,921 42,231

County 1,361,350 4,744 41.3 3 98,401 42,949

39 Shortridge Drive, Mineola Sold Price: $675,000 Date: 01/04/2017 4 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 50x100 Schools: East Williston Total Taxes: $11,063 MLS# 2881952

20 Fish Avenue, Albertson Sold Price: $475,000 Date: 02/28/2017 4 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Exp Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 50x100 Schools: Herricks Total Taxes: $9,017 MLS# 2897980

199 Royal Avenue, Mineola Sold Price: $750,000 Date: 01/20/2017 4 beds, 4 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 53x100 Schools: Mineola Total Taxes: $11,466 MLS# 2884367

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E.W. man traded guns for drugs, feds say

BY N O A H MANSKAR A federal judge in Connecticut sentenced an East Williston man to 18 months in prison on Tuesday for selling guns in exchange for drugs.

Scott Liff, 44, pleaded guilty in federal court in July 2015 to one count of possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance for selling as many as 10 weapons for crack cocaine, according to federal court records.

Police in New Haven, Connecticut, first found a gun registered to Liff in 2012 when they arrested a person for criminal possession of a weapon, court records say. That person told police that he bought the gun in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Police in Norwalk, Connecticut, found a second gun registered in Liff ’s name after arresting someone for a shooting in December 2013, court records say.

Liff falsely told police that they were stolen and he had not reported the thefts, court

records say. But he eventually hired a lawyer and admitted to federal authorities that he traded the guns with drug dealers in Bridgeport and other places in exchange for crack, court records say.

Federal authorities identified eight pistols that Liff sold across state lines, court records show. He also admitted to selling an assault rifle.

U.S. District Court Judge Alfred V. Covello also sentenced Liff to three years of supervised release after he gets out of jail.

In letters filed in court, Liff ’s doctors, family members and friends asked Covello not to send him to prison so he could continue his treatment for drug addiction and bipolar disorder.

Liff was arrested in September 2015 for allegedly stealing his brother-in-law’s wallet and again in 2016 for violating the terms of his bail after an apparent drug relapse, court records say.

But since then, he has completed a residential drug treatment program in Connecticut

and lived in a sober house until his sentencing, records say. The letters, including one from Liff ’s brother-in-law, argue that going to prison would hinder his progress and place a larger burden on him than he deserves.

“Scott has proven to be a much improved son, brother, and friend in these recent months and it is my opinion that any prison sentence could hinder the progress he has made of late,” Cristina Liff, Scott Liff ’s mother, wrote in an April 20 letter to Covello.

Williston Park eyes overhaul of water tower Continued from Page 1 Williston Park Mayor Paul Ehrbar plans to brief officials in East Williston on the water tower project and the various options the village is considering, Thomann said.

Ehrbar did not return phone calls seeking comment.

East Williston and Williston Park signed a 25-year waterservice agreement last year after a five-year dispute stemming from water rate hikes that Williston Park imposed.

Both villages are responsible for maintaining their own water infrastructure under the agreement. Williston Park cannot increase East Williston’s water rate, currently $4.33 per thousand gallons, until June of next year; and any rate increase

must maintain the ratio of East Williston’s rate to Williston Park’s.

While he said it is “too premature” to comment in detail on the project, East Williston Mayor David Tanner said he was confident Williston Park would follow the agreement.

“They’re responsible for running their system, so I have to assume that if they’re spending the money, they’re spending the money to make the repairs,” Tanner said.

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The Village of Williston Park is planning to either renovate or replace its municipal water tower, seen here on Syracuse Street.

County’s acting top cop to step down Continued from Page 2 He served in the Marine Corps Reserve from 1985 to 2003 after graduating from Saint Anthony’s High School in South Huntington.

He received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from SUNY Old Westbury in 2005

and a master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati in 2013.

“I am grateful for Commissioner Tom Krumpter’s dedicated leadership of our outstanding police force and it’s been a great privilege to work with him to keep the people of Nassau

County safe,” Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said in a statement. “All of us in the District Attorney’s office wish him the very best in his retirement.”

In a news release, Mangano said, “Acting Commissioner Ryder will continue to pave the

way for a bolstered police force that includes 150 additional police officers, 911 operators, ambulance medical technicians and the formation of special units.”

He said many of the department’s recent initiatives, including reducing the crime rate by

using intelligence-led policing methods, computers in patrol vehicles, license plate readers and the Shot Spotter system, have been led by Ryder.

Ryder, who joined the department in 1986, was a police officer in New York City for two years.

Pols demand plan to fix E. River tunnels Continued from Page 2 As of Tuesday morning, the LIRR had not announced a detailed service plan. The New Jersey Transit Authority, however, announced reductions on the Morris and Essex lines and fare reductions for anyone affected by

the reduced service.

The Long Island Rail Road Commuter Council expressed concern on Monday that the LIRR had not released a summer service plan yet.

“Amtrak and the Long Island Rail Road have a duty to this re-

gion to complete and release service schedules now so those who depend on the railroad may make their own plans for this summer’s disruptions,” said Mark Epstein, chair of the commuter council.

“Both Amtrak and New Jersey Transit have already released

their summer service plans.”

A spokesman for the LIRR noted that Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed the MTA to come up with mitigation plans to help Long Islanders and that Cuomo would work with the MTA to investigate options for compensat-

ing consumers.

“Our top priority during Amtrak’s Penn Station construction work this summer is to ensure that LIRR riders are minimally impacted and we are finalizing plans to ensure that,” the LIRR spokesman said.

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Mineola man sues G.C. police for racial profiling Continued from Page 1 In his complaint, Lanier accuses the Village of Garden City, the Police Department and four of its officers of violating his civil and constitutional rights at the Western Beef Supermarket in Mineola that night.

“He was also subjected to humiliation, embarrassment, fear, mortification, and horror as he was being ‘perp walked’ in his own community,” the complaint filed by Lanier’s attorney, Frederick K. Brewington, says.

Lanier, who worked as an officer in the Nassau County jail for more than 22 years, and Brewington announced their intent to sue the Garden City Police Department two days after the alleged incident.

The ordeal drew protests from community activists and black law enforcement groups in December.

Lanier’s complaint contains nine accusations of civil rights violations against the village, Police Department and four officers. He is seeking $5 million in damages for each, plus $5 million in punitive damages

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Frederick K. Brewington (right) speaks at a Dec. 2, 2016 news conference with his client, Ronald Lanier (left, head down), who says two Garden City cops racially profiled and beat him. and compensation for his legal fees.

The court filing accuses Byrd and Russell of shouting at Lanier, tackling him to the ground and beating him, even after he identified himself as a

former law enforcement officer.

Four Garden City cops insulted Lanier while he was handcuffed in the back of a police car, the complaint says. A lieutenant in the police department later admitted to Lanier

that the incident “went wrong,” according to the complaint.

The officers arrested Lanier, apparently mistaking him for a Queens man who had stolen two designer handbags from a nearby Lord & Taylor depart-

ment store. Lanier was released after the cops heard the actual suspect had been arrested, the court filing says.

Lanier’s lawsuit accuses the officers, the village and the Police Department of racism, saying he was targeted as a criminal suspect solely because he is black.

The Nassau County District Attorney’s office found no grounds for criminal charges against the officers, a spokeswoman for the office, Miriam Sholder, said.

“We investigated this matter comprehensively, found no criminality, and referred the matter to the Garden City Police Department for any appropriate administrative action,” Sholder said in a statement.

Andrew K. Preston, the Garden City village attorney, said the village does not comment on pending litigation.

It was not clear in federal court records whether Byrd, Russell or the two other officers had their own attorneys.

The Garden City Police Benevolent Association, the village’s police union, could not be reached for comment.

Crowd of 8K flocks to HarborFest in Port Continued from Page 26 Festivalgoers caught a ride on the North Fork Trolley, which made a continuous loop from the Long Island Rail Road train station to the festival areas.

“HarborFest is one of those great community events that the entire community enjoys because there’s something for everyone,” Debbie Greco, a resident, said.

The SoundWaters ship returned to HarborFest for the Sunset Sail, which departed the town dock on Saturday and also sailed on Sunday.

At noon, World Tae Kwon Do conducted a demonstration and there was a Wright Broth-

ers ukulele performance at 1:30 p.m., as well as a performance by the Red Stocking Revue at 2 p.m.

Children performed songs and dances on the Fun Stage, and the nautical museum featured a new exhibit, “The Real Port Washington,” named after the Port Washington community Facebook group that has more than 10,000 members.

The exhibit, which was assembled by Greco, is made of waterfront photos taken by residents and uploaded to the Facebook page.

“Even with the rain forecast, we had a record crowd,” Greco said.

PHOTOS BY STEPHEN ROMANO

HarborFest drew a crowd of more than 8,000 people to Port Washington on Sunday.

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Town OKs hiring of 2nd deputy commish Continued from Page 2 The bonds are for extensive upgrades at the swimming pool, including the installation of a water slide, as well as renovating the surface of the pool deck and the locker rooms, expanding the kiddie pool, resurfac-

ing the park’s tennis courts and overhauling the 55-year-old pool’s aging infrastructure.

When the town sought bids for the project in April, they came in at around $19 million, making the total cost about $23 million, up from an estimated

$14.1 million.

The town also voted unanimously to appoint Dr. Isma Chaudhry, the first female president of the Islamic Center of Long Island, to the Board of Ethics.

Chaudhry, a Manhasset

resident, is the first resident to be added to the board since the town overhauled its ethics code this year.

“She is an interfaith activist and strongly believes in building bridges of interfaith harmony,” Bosworth said.

Reach reporter Stephen Romano by e-mail at sromano@ theislandnow.com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x214. Also follow us on Twitter @stephenromano13 and Facebook at facebook. com/theislandnow.

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Town honors 29 outstanding seniors On May 23 and 24, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and members of the Town Board honored 29 seniors from across North Hempstead at the 45th Annual Senior Recognition Luncheon.

The seniors were honored for outstanding service to their communities and for their work with various senior groups.

Hundreds of the Town’s senior residents attended the event, which was held at Harbor Links Golf Course in Port Washington.

“We have so many wonderful seniors to recognize here in the Town of North Hempstead, that we needed to expand our Senior Recognition Event to two days,” said Bosworth. “This speaks volumes about the vast number of remarkable seniors who dedicate so much of their time to serving others. Each and every one of our honorees serves as a role model for all of us.”

Bosworth also referenced the Town’s Project Independence program as one way that the Town provides a much-needed service to its seniors and their families.

“Services like Project Independence enable our seniors to maintain the quality the life that they deserve so that they can remain in their homes and live life to its fullest,” she said.

Elected officials in attendance over the two-day event included Council members Viviana Russell, Peter Zuckerman, Angelo Ferrara, Anna Kaplan, Lee Seeman, Dina De Giorgio, and Town Clerk Wayne Wink.

Below are the honorees and the groups that nominated them, listed alphabetically: Barbara Afonso (Williston Park Seniors) Molly Azzolini (Mineola Golden Age Club) Sylvia Baines (Magnolia Gardens) Mary Ann Busa (Cellini Lodge #2206 Sons of Italy in America) Dominick & Zina Campanale (Leisure Club of Greater New Hyde Park) Prabha Chandra (Herricks Indo-US Milan Group) Roberta Cione (Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center) Giuseppe (Joe) Ciotoli (John Michael Marino Lodge Sons of Italy in America)

Frances Dolan (Knights of Columbus New Hyde Park Council 2852) Edith Hall (Port Washington Senior Center) John T. Heslin (Carle Place Senior Citizens) Mother Paris Hubbard (First Baptist Cathedral of Westbury) Abdul Basir Kazi (Islamic Center of Long Island) Kabiruddin Lakhani (His Highness Prince Karim Agakhan, Shia Imami Council for the Northeastern United States)

Zubeida Lunat (Islamic Center of Long Island) Natalie Mansbach (Michael Koblenz, Mayor of East Hills) Linda Meeth (AARP #3983) Shahrzad Moadel (Great Neck Social Center) Kathy Morello (Leisure Club of Mineola, Inc.) Padmavati Parmar (Herricks IndoUS Milan Group) Jeanne Pulver (North Shore University Hospital Volunteer Services) Rita Ruffini (Herricks Leisure Club)

Lola Silvestri (EAC Network - Port Washington Senior Community Service Center) Tina Slattery (Herricks Senior Community Service Center) Stanley D. Stern (Michael Koblenz, Mayor of East Hills) John Thomas (AARP NHP Village Chapter 5183) Sean Trainor (Irish American Society) Catherine Wu (North Shore University Hospital Volunteer Services) Yi Tao Yang (Joy Fu Senior Club)

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Go on a summer adventure To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand.

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by W.B. Yeats, 1886 Summer has arrived and so we all begin to set our plans for summer travel.

Despite America’s unholy embrace of work we all still secretly hold onto our bucket list of places to see before we pass on to the sweet hereafter.

If you read my column you all know I just returned from Capri, a place that is so stunning that every tourist on the island wonders how they might be able to arrange to live there forever.

But of course we do return home from our vacations and reluctantly get back to our daily grind to earn our daily bread.

Vacations do force a question.

Exactly what is gained when one ventures beyond Long Island?

What is the boon that we obtain and bring home with us to our suburban life?

The poem quoted above by Yeats acts like a calling to all who read it. You may remember it was used in the Steven Spielberg film “Artificial Intelligence.”

It suggests that life is filled with suffering and so one ought to venture out on the waters to find something magical.

Joseph Campbell had something to say about all this. He was the famous mythologist who wrote “A Hero with a Thousand Faces.”

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DR. TOM FERRARO Our Town greatest filmmakers including George Lucas with his Star Wars series and Steven Spielberg with his Indiana Jones films have used Joseph Campbell’s theory to create their story lines.

We all become heroes when we chose to travel. There is no doubt that traveling is a painful struggle.

As an example when I got to the airport to fly out to Rome I was casually told by a the ticket agent that I would not be allowed on the plane since my passport was due to expire within 90 days.

It took me two days and a trip into Manhattan and the State Department to get an expedited passport.

So once again, is a vacation worth all the effort?

Campbell claims that all heroic endeavors are an effort to make the world a better place by transcending the commonplace.

Any successful adventure teaches that underneath this world of mundane suffering and death lies an eternal source which is pouring its energy into the world to make it better or more beautiful.

Vacations can be seen as a spiritual quest to discover a better life.

W. Somerset Maugham was the British novelist and Secret Service agent who wrote the short story The Lotus Eater about an average and ordinary British banker

named Thomas Wilson who traveled to Capri and wound up staying for 31 years.

Don’t you think that Williston Park’s ex-mayor Doreen Ehrbar was a hero when she experienced the beauty of East Hampton and Amagansett and was inspired enough by it to run the Beautification Committee since 1996.

And thanks to her we see Luigi Suppa buy two of those Buckets of Beauty which adds quite nicely to the beauty of Williston Park.

I think one of the reasons that the Blue Grotto is so popular in Capri is because of its magical symbolism.

To get to the Blue Grotto you must take a boat to an offshore location and then risk life and limb by getting into a tiny small row boat which takes you under a tight pitch black passage into a lake that is under Capri. It is black inside but there is a blue glow that shines from under the water that illuminates the cave.

All this is simply to say that you ought to buy your ticket to whatever destination on top of your bucket list. It will be hard to get there and It will be costly, even scary.

But you will finally arrive and you will then discover why the place was on top of your bucket list. You will be pleased and edified and your heart will have the answer to why we love this life.

It is either that or you can read the last line of Sinclair Lewis’s Babbitt which says “I have never done a thing I wanted to do my entire life.“ The choice is yours. Answer the call to adventure or stay home and watch television. You decide.

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Part time or full time to assist VP of Strocchia Iron Works, a steel and architectural metal contractor. Responsible for AP/AR, phones, mail, bank recon, download docs from email, some Quickbooks, Notary Public. Contact ralph@strocchia. com with resume or call 917-9031227 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT to vice President, 5 days, must be experienced in Quickbooks and Word.

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JOB OPPORTUNITY $11 PER HOUR Johnny 347-462-2610 SUMMER HELP WANTED: Garden City family with 2 daughters, ages 9 and 11, looking for summer help Monday thru Friday from 8am to 2pm for child care and driving to local activities. Will provide car. Call Louisa 516-241-5368

SITUATION WANTED AIDE/CARE GIVER: CARING, EFFICIENT, RELIABLE Available Mon-Fri live in to care for your sick or elderly loved one. Cooking, light housework, personal grooming, administer medications . 14 years experience. Just ended 7 years with previous patient. References available. Please Call 516-448-0502

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â&#x2013;¼ EMPLOYMENT, MARKETPLACE, REAL ESTATE SITUATION WANTED COMPANION AVAILABLE Available full time. Looking for someone to take care of your elderly parents in the comfort of your own home for peace and tranquility? 18 yrs. experience, references, driver w/ reliable vehicle. Please call 516410-1892 or 516-967-1130 CPR CERTIFIED GC COLLEGE STUDENT AVAILABLE FOR BABYSITTING! Responsible and experienced Garden City resident, certified lifeguard, eldest of 4 children, own car, flexible hours, available until end of August. References upon request. Call or Text Daniela at 516-307-6057 ELDER CARE: AIDE/COMPANION with 15 years experience available to care for elderly. Days, nights, weekends. Own car. Excellent references. Call 917-207-2833 ELDER CARE: Woman seeking position caring for the elderly. Available to live out and work nights or overnights as well. Over 20 years experience including in nursing home. References furnished upon request. Call V 516-943-3172 HOME HEALTH AIDE / ELDER CARE Loving reliable woman seeking FT position nights/weekends to take care of your loved one. Experienced with ALS, dementia, diabetes, etc. Great referenceshighly recommended.

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MEETINGS Come and join us for an informative video & meet great people.

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GARAGE SALE GARDEN CITYSATURDAY 6/10 9am-4pm 312 Cambridge Ave All proceeds to benefit New Hyde Park Baptist Church Mission Trip. Books, toys, furniture, clothing, something for everyone!

RAIN DATE JUNE 17th GARAGE SALE GARDEN CITY Saturday 6/10 9am-4pm 91 Meadow St Ethan Allen Dining Room w/ 6 chairs, Oriental Rug, desk w/hutch, book cases, tools, clothes, dishes, misc. household items.

MOVING SALE GARDEN CITY Saturday & Sunday 6/10 & 6/11 9:30am to 4pm RAIN OR SHINE 209 Sackville Road Couches, desk, patio set, Bakers Rack, Tiffany lamp, other lamps, tables, bookshelves, massage chair, cabinet, painted chair, household items, crystal, framed pictures, American Girl items, toys, books and so much more!!

GARDEN CITY GARAGE SALE Saturday June 10 10am to 4pm (Rain Date June 17) 6 Lincoln St. Costume jewelry, office supplies, holiday decorations, clothing, games, puzzles, lego, books, office furniture, file cabinets, cosmetics and much more!

GARDEN CITY GARAGE SALE Friday & Saturday 6/16 & 6/17 9am to 3pm 164 Lincoln St (off Clinch Ave) Household items, Tables, Lamps, Desks, Baking Oven, Microwave, Radios and much more.

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AUTOMOTIVE

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SERVICES COLLEGE STUDENT AVAILABLE to do any “odd jobs” around your home. Yard work, planting, party help, pet sitting, basement/attic cleaning, etc. Available days, evenings and weekends. Please call Drew at 516-712-5361

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 #80422100000Call John anytime: 516-901-9398 (Cell) 516-483-3669 (Office)

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WILLISTON PARK 1300sf. office space avail on Hillside Ave. Prof building, parking lot, close to RR & parkways. Full commission paid.

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FIX’N FLIPS, HARD MONEY/ BRIDGE LOANS, No Documents Stated Income Loans, up to 90% PP, 100% Rehab, PurchaseRefinance, One-Four Units, Mixed Use, Commercial Building, 888565-9477

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VACATION RENTAL

SARATOGA RACE TRACK SARATOGA SPRINGS NY COZY COTTAGES 2 BR, 1 BTH, 6 Wks $6500 1 Wk $1850 (2wk min) 2 BR, 1 BTH, 6 Wks $6350 1 Wk $1800 (2wk min)

3 BR, 1 BTH, 1950/Wk Straight run to track / 5mi (9P to Union Ave)

518-664-5421 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Condo/Co-Op For Sale GARDEN CITY DOUBLEDAY CONDO FSBO 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms, 2,200 sf. 2015 new luxury construction.

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HOMES FOR SALE GARDEN CITY Western Section Custom Split over 2,200’. Living Room, Dining Room and Eat In Kitchen on first level, 3 Bedrooms and 2 Baths on second level with access to attic. Street level has Family Room and Office/Bedroom with 1/2 Bath plus Porch, Patio and Garage. Rec Room and Laundry on lower level. Much room for expansion on 1/3 acre. $839,000 Principals. Call 516-782-7148

OUT OF TOWN REAL ESTATE SCRANTON, PA : AUCTION 6/17 10am 2310 Ash Street 2-3 BR, 1.5 BA, Deck, Wooded Backyard.

Second Kitchen. AS IS. Minimum bid $17,500 Cowleyl.com for Pics/ Terms 570-499-8883 #AU002923L SULLIVAN COUNTY REAL PROPERTY TAX FORECLOSURE AUCTION 350+/- properties June 14 & 15 at 10am. Held at “Ramada Rock Hill” Route 17 Exit 109. 800-2430061 AAR, Inc. & HAR, Inc. Free brochure: www.NYSAuctions.com

COMPUTER REPAIR AND INSTRUCTION Chaminade Graduate Eliminate viruses, malware, bloatware, adware, spyware Computer Instruction Home & Business Networking Reasonable Rates Call Phil at Aspect Networking 516-830-3366 OR email: support@ aspectnetworking.com

HOME IMPROVEMENTS AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES *Handyman & Remodeling *Kitchen Installations *Furniture Assembly *Finish Carpentry *Minor Electrical & Plumbing 23 year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Call BOB 516-7412154 GUTTERS, WINDOWS, CARPET CLEANING! GENERAL HOME REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE: “Handyman Services” Plumbing, electrical is my specialty. Most gutters $30-$40. Powerwashing & painting available. Clean ups in/out. Lawn mowing. All odd jobs.... you name it. I will do it. All work guaranteed!!!

Fully insured. Free estimate. Senior discount. Call 516-534-9518

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Flat Rubberized Roofing, Starting at Only $199 per 100 sq. ft.

Leak Finders Will Find & Repair any Leaks, with Warranty.

We Handle Insurance Claims.

Senior Discounts We Accept All Major Credit Cards.

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516-983-7293 Lic. H-18G6630000

LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard. 646-996-7628

TUBS & TILES

REGLAZED

All Work Guaranteed FREE Anti-Slip Mat With Each tub Reglazed Lic. H3804880000

European Reglazing, Inc.

REAL ESTATE WANTED

HOMES WANTED GARDEN CITY PROFESSIONAL COUPLE downsizing seeks to purchase Ranch or Cape Cod for all cash. Can go to contract immediately and close at your convenience. Principals: 516-747-1024

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516-932-8110 RAFTER ONE CARPENTRY: Kitchens & Baths, Windows & Doors, Wainscoting & Molding, all general home repairs. References.

License #H010478/Insured. Bill Ryan 516-491-6222 SKY CLEAR WINDOW and Restorations Inc. Window Restorations, Outdated Hardware, skylights, Andersen Sashes, new storm windows, wood windows, chain/rope repairs, falling windows, fogged panes, mechanical repairs, wood repairs, restorations, all brands. Call Mr. Fagan, 32 years experience.

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LADIES & GENTLEMEN RELAX & ENJOY Your Next Party! Catering and Experienced Professional Services for Assisting with Preparation, Serving and Clean Up Before, During and After Your Party Bartenders Available. Call Kate at 516-248-1545

TUTORING AP MATH SCHOLAR: Available to tutor your child at reasonable rates.

Can tutor in all mathematical subjects. Flexible scheduling. Please call 516-775-7883 CHEMISTRY TUTOR: Call Jonathan, Ivy League Ph.D. AP, SAT II, Regents. I also tutor Biology, Physics, Earth & Environmental Science.itutorchem@gmail.com or 516-669-0587 ELEMENTARY TUTOR: Elementary teacher dual certified in general and special education (Birth-6th grade) available to work with your student to support, enhance and reinforce important skills in Math & Literacy. Call Jeanine 516-225-1044 ENGLISH TUTOR: Diane Gottlieb M.Ed., M.S.W. SAT/ACT, College Essays, AP, Regents, ELA Test Prep, Reading comprehension and writing proficiency. 917-599-8007 or email: dianegot@gmail.com LongIslandEnglishTutor.com Providing one-on-one professional support to build confidence, knowledge and skills in every student.

MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, Pre-Calc, AP Calculus. Norm 6253314 ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ year experience Critical Reading, Writing, Grammar, Essays. Lynne 625-3314 ONE ON ONE TUTORING I am a special ed/literary specialist with over 5 years of experience. MA COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE. Please contact me at 516-633-7442 and view my webpage at www.nickyreadingspecialist.com SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS WANTED! Leona Handelman, Half Hollow Hills Math Teacher.

Empowering students K-12. Common Core and enrichment, PSAT, SAT, ACT, Regents/test prep, professional licensing exams. Free evaluation and personalized tutoring programs. 516-652-9851 or 516-627-0024

INSTRUCTION PIANO LESSONS By Ira Baslow.

Experience the joy of playing the piano. Private lessons in your home, free no-obligation piano lesson, all levels, all styles, all ages. Beginners a specialty. 516-312-1054 www.iwantmypianolessons.com

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CLEANING SERVICES AVAILABLE: For homes and offices.

Many years experience and good recommendations.

Responsible and trustworthy. If interested, please call Elizabeth: 516-787-7527 OR 516-360-4269

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

WISE GUY BABYSITTING/TUTOR 15 yr old GC Regis student available to babysit, play sports/ games and tutor K-5 in Math. Have GC Pool membership. Please contact tbrennan20@regis.org or 516359-3296

HOUSE CLEANER: Experienced service, great references, reliable.

English speaking. Please call Mirian at 516-642-6624 MARIA’S CLEANING SERVICE Our excellent cleaning team will get your home or office spotless!

Available Monday thru Friday 7am to 6pm Supplies provided if needed Own transportation Excellent references provided CALL 516-8492026

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

SHINY & CLEANING COMPANY Commercial & Residential After Party, Construction, Remodeling Cleanup Free Estimates! Call Mayra or Gabriela at: 516-225-1612 OR 516-444-8798 Email: mayra@ shilux.com

COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential/Commercial. Bonded/Insured. Free estimates. 516-538-1125

SPRING INTO ACTION LET US CLEAN YOUR HOUSE WINDOWS GARDEN CITY WINDOW CLEANING Home Window Cleaning Service by Owner Free Estimates Inside & Out Fully Insured 25 Years Experience 631-220-1851 516-764-5686

DECLUTTER & ORGANIZE your home/office. We do it all. Create a life you love to look at. Free Consultation. Neat Freaks Lisa Marx and Randi Yerman 917-751-0395 www. neatfreaks1976.com instagram: organizethisnthat

STRONG ARM CLEANING: Residential and commercial cleaning specialist, post construction clean ups, shipping and waxing floors, move ins and move outs. Free estimates. Bonded and insured. 516538-1125 www.strongarmcleaningny.com

SERVICES 1-866-We Junk It: All phases of rubbish removal & demolition. Residential, commercial, construction sites, kitchens, bathrooms, cleanups, attics, basements, floods, fires. All size dumpsters. Same day service. Fully insured. Bob Cat Service. www.1866wejunkit.com 516541-1557

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OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: Owner operated since 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed /insured. Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc. Please call 516466-9220 PROFESSIONAL LETTER WRITER: Will write your letters of: Complaint, Regret, Applications, Correspondence, Thank You’s, Speeches, Reports, Cover Letters, Newsletters, Editing and more. Your letters will get results! Ron Goldberg 516-567-8434 ron.e.goldberg@ gmail.com PSYCHOTHERAPY: Efrat Fridman, LCSW. Individual, couple and family therapy. effiefrid@gmail.com 2 Pinetree Lane, Old Westbury, NY 11568. 516-224-7670 or 225 West 35th Street, NY 10001 718-8874400

SPORTS LACROSSE TRAINING by 2 Brothers. Both play at GCHSOne Offense/One Defense. They will use their knowledge of both ends of the field to train your son. Individuals and small groups welcome.

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LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Board of Trustees will continue a Public Hearing on Monday, June 19, 2017, at 8:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, at the Village Hall, 494 Willis Avenue, Williston Park, New York, for the purpose of considering an application by New York SMSA Limited Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless for a permit under Village Code Section 230-14.1 to construct, operate and maintain a public utility wireless communication facility on certain property located at 270-274 Hillside Avenue, Williston Park, New York 11596, which is known on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map as Section 9, Block 157, Lots 11, 152 and 153. Applicant is a lessee of the subject premises for the purpose of establishing such facility.

A copy of the application is available for review at the Village Hall.

Julie Kain Village Clerk Treasurer Incorporated Village of Williston Park Dated: May 31, 2017 WT #146013 1x 06/09 /2017 #146013

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, INC. 2007-AHL1, ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-AHL1, Plaintiff AGAINST DEAN PAPPAS and ELENA PAPPAS, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated September 20, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on June 20, 2017 at 11:30AM, premises known as 33 HIGH STREET, EAST WILLISTON, NY 11596. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of East Williston and County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 9, BLOCK 565, LOT 436, LOT 437, LOT 438 and LOT 439.

Approximate amount of judgment $1,070,774.22 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 17007/09.

Ann Marie Diaz, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 WT #145721 4x 05/19, 05/26, 06/02, 06/09 /2017 #145721

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VILLAGE OF WILLISTON PARK. NEW YORK PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on June 5, 2017, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Williston Park, in the County of Nassau, New York, adopted a bond resolution entitled: ‘Bond Resolution of the Village of Williston Park, New York, adopted June 5, 2017, authorizing the replacement of the Syracuse Street elevated water storage tank, stating the estimated maximum cost thereof is $6,000,000, appropriating said amount for such purpose, and authorizing the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of not to exceed $6,000,000 to finance said appropriation,’ an abstract of such bond resolution, concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows: FIRST: AUTHORIZING said Village to replace the Syracuse Street elevated water storage tank; STATING the estimated maximwn cost thereof, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $6,000,000; APPROPRIATING said amount for such purpose; and STATING the plan of financing includes the issuance of bonds in a principal of not to exceed $6,000,000 to finance said appropriation, and the collection of water rates to pay the principal of said bonds and interest thereon; and STATING that grant funds made available through New York State Water Infrastructure Improvement Act (WllA) and/or other sources may be available to pay all or a part of the cost of the project. Any such grant funds are hereby authorized to be applied toward the cost of said project or redemption of the Village’ s bonds or notes issued therefor, or to be budgeted as an offset to the truces to be collected for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds or notes; SECOND: AUTHORIZING the issuance of bonds in a principal amount of not to exceed $6,000,000 pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York (the ‘Law’) to finance said appropriation; THIRD: DETERMINING and STATING the period of probable usefulness applicable to the purpose for which said bonds are authorized to be issued is forty (40) years; the proceeds of said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation thereof may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of this bond resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are authorized; and the proposed maturity of said bonds will exceed five (5) years; FOURTH: DETERMINING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING to their payment the faith and credit of the Village; FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals thereof; and SIXTH: DETERMINING that the bond resolution is subject to a pennissive referendum.

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In addition to being the village attorney in Manorhaven, Leventhal serves as village attorney in Muttontown and is the associate village justice in the villages of Massapequa Park and Lattingtown.

Leventhal is considered an expert in government ethics, having served as the chair of the Nassau County Board of Ethics, and is the counsel to the Board of Ethics for Nassau and Westchester counties, the towns of Oyster Bay, Huntington and Southampton and the Village of Sag Har-

He is also the cochair of the Ethics Committee of the New York State Bar Association Local and State Government Law Section, and served as a member of the state bar association’s Task Force on Local Government Ethics.

Leventhal focuses his law practice on municipal affairs, government and professional ethics, banking and financial services, trusts and estates, business relations and real property.

He received his bachelor’s degree from Long Island University’s

School of Professional Accounting and his J.D. from New York University School of Law. In 2006, he received the Nassau County Bar Association’s Director’s Award “for his tireless work to advance the goals of the association and enhance the practice of law in Nassau County,” a news release said.

Leventhal is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Local and State Government Law Section of the State Bar Association, and a member of the Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct.

Elena Karabatos, a partner at Schlissel, Ostrow, Karabatos PLLC in Garden City, will be sworn in as presidentelect; Richard D. (Rick) Collins, a partner at Collins, Gann, McCloskey & Barry PLLC in Mineola, will be sworn in as vice president; Dorian R. Glover of the Law Office of Dorian R. Glover in Garden City will be sworn in as treasurer; and Gregory S. Lisi, a partner at Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Terrana LLP in Uniondale, will be sworn in as secretary.

SCHOOL NEWS

Searingtown hosts robot battle Searingtown Elementary School’s Robotics Club held its first-ever competition for fifth-graders after school on May 8.

Using Lego Mindstorms kits, students configured their robots to navigate a maze filled with obstacles.

After spending significant time building and exploring their robots this school year under the instruction of club advisers Christine Alden and Lauren Pearsall, the students learned to program the machines to complete missions.

Working collaboratively as well as individually, the club members solved problems, determined ways to approach challenges and discovered the most effective techniques through trial and error.

Using iPads and Bluetooth technology, they programmed their robots to move through the course and work around various twists and turns using speed controls, wheel rotations and direction guides.

A number of adjustments and re-programming steps were taken before the robots were put to the final test.

The first place winning team went by the title, “KHAMP”, which represents the first names of all five members. Kaylee Luo, Heemali Patel, Adel Bakovic, Maria Gamboa and Preston Chan accepted their top awards, and the four other contending groups received medals and ac-

knowledgments as well.

Prior to the competition, students from Herricks High School visited Searingtown and mentored the fifth-graders to provide them with additional support and preparation.

Robotics ties in with the science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics components that are emphasized districtwide.

Robotics kits are available at Center Street and Denton Avenue schools as well, and all three elementary buildings provide opportunities for students to engage in learning through this equipment.

Herricks takes writing honors The Herricks school district was well represented at this year’s Long Island Language Arts Council Spring Luncheon, held on May 19 at Captain Bill’s in Bay Shore.

This event celebrated the winners of the annual Kenneth F. Gambone Writing Contest in grades four, seven and 10.

Herricks Middle School seventh-grader

Sneha Abraham was named a third-place winner for her poem, which was written in response to the theme, “We’re more alike than different.”

She and her English teacher, Mike Meehan, were both honored, and Sneha took home three books as a prize.

Herricks High School English teacher Alan Semerdjian was featured

as the event’s keynote speaker.

His presentation, titled “Dylan, Dickinson and the Difference Between Poetry and Song,” focused on the intersections of song lyrics and poetry.

Semerdjian spun together both his own original poetry and songs with the poetry and songs of others, including a Bob Dylan cover.

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Sports Port loses championship in O.T. Rallies from 5-goal deficit led by Jacklyn Gatti only to face defeat in extra period

BY G R E G ORY GIACONELLI The Port Washington Lady Vikings fell one goal short in a bid for the Nassau Class A Girls Lacrosse championship at Adelphi University last week, losing on a goal in overtime after rallying from a 5-goal deficit.

The top seeded Massapequa Lady Chiefs defeated third-seed Port Washington Lady Vikings 8-7, led by Jacklyn Gatti’s five goals.

Moira Callahan scored twice while Alexa Gentile and Caitlyn O’Connor each

Port Washington junior midfielder Rebecca Rosen (no. 12)

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had two assists for Massapequa.

Massapequa goalkeeper Sophia Cardello recorded 11 saves.

Massapequa 8 Port Washington 7 Rachel Rosen led Port Washington with two goals and two assists.

Rosen scored twice while Ali Hoffman added a goal and an assist for Port Washington.

Although they came up short in the finals, Port Washington head coach Kaitlyn Carter said the best word to describe her team this season is resiliency.

“We were down 7-2 at one point and came back to tie it and send it to overtime,” Carter said. “They really fought through adversity and never gave up.

It’s very exciting to be the bottom seed in Conference 1 and to make it all the way to the county finals.”

In the first half, Massapequa shut down Port Washington 4-0 but were out shot 8-7.

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Port Washington loses championship in O.T. Continued from Page 70 Gatti paced Massapequa’s attack with two goals while Gentile had a pair of assists.

Gatti gave Massapequa a 1-0 lead with 21:28 left in the first half off a feed from O’Connor.

After stopping three consecutive Port Washington free position shots, Massapequa came back the other way and got a goal from Sophie Macchia off an assist from Gentile at 5:59.

Gentile recorded her second assist off of Callahan’s goal as Massapequa led by three with 1:23 remaining in the first half.

Gatti’s second goal of the

game came off a free position shot to close out the scoring in the first half as Massapequa led 4-0.

In the second half, Port Washington outscored Massapequa 7-3 and out shot them 10-5.

Rosen got Port Washington on the board with a free position shot at 19:08.

Rosen cut Massapequa’s lead in half on another free position shot with 16:59 left to play.

Massapequa put up two more goals as they led by four with Callahan’s second of the game and Gatti’s hat trick.

Gatti netted her fourth goal

of the game off an assist from O’Connor at 7:52, forcing Carter to call a timeout.

Port Washington rallied for four consecutive goals from Hoffman, Avazis, Rachel Rosen and Rebecca Rosen as they trailed by one with 2:22 left in regulation.

With 1:55 remaining, Port Washington had an opportunity to play with a four minute two player advantage.

Forty seconds later, Hoffman took a two minute penalty for Port Washington, who now had a player advantage.

Port Washington tied the game at seven on a goal by Micaela Gearty, who was set up in

front of the crease by Rachel Rosen with 33.7 seconds left to go.

The game-tying goal prompted Massapequa to call a timeout.

With three seconds left, Port Washington had a chance to win it as Cardello was positioned behind the net after a foul.

Erin Tierney, who came off the sideline for serving Massapequa’s first penalty, intercepted the pass to force overtime.

Gatti scored her fifth goal of the game off a free position shot 45 seconds into overtime as Massapequa went on to win the Nassau Class A title 8-7.

Port Washington junior midfielder Ali Hoffman (no. 16)

Wheatley’s O’Brien signs to run for U Conn The Wheatley athletic program announced last week that Brianna O’Brien recently signed a letter of commitment to compete in cross country and track and field for the University of Connecticut in the American Athletic Conference.

Brianna, a senior captain for the Wildcats, has been honored by the Nassau County and New York State Cross Country Coaches and the Nassau County and New York State Girls Track Coaches Associations.

Brianna has been named All-State (2016) finishing second at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Class C Cross Country Championship meet, All-County (2016) winning the Nassau County Class C Cross Country Championship and the overall fastest time in Nassau County.

Brianna’s record-setting

year earned her Newsday’s Nassau County Female Cross Country Runner of the Year Award.

Brianna’s race times qualified her to compete at the National level, culminating her cross country season with a 15th place finish at the Footlocker Cross Country Regionals in Van Cortlandt Park.

This accomplishment is more noteworthy as this was the first-year Brianna competed in cross country, according to the athletic program.

As a sophomore and junior Brianna was a starter on the Nassau County Class B County Championship soccer team earning All-Conference soccer recognition as a junior.

Brianna competed in winter track earning All-County recognition in the 3,000 meters (2016 and 2015) and AllConference in the 1500 meters (2016, 2015 and 2014).

Wheatley senior Brianna O’Brien signs her letter of commitment to run cross country and track and field at the University of Connecticut.

Seated (from left to right): Patrick O’Brien, Brianna O’Brien and Patricia O’Brien; Standing (from left to right): Wheatley principal Sean Feeney, Athletic Director Tom Fitzpatrick, Caroline O’Brien, Ciara O’Brien, Tara Ann O’Brien and Superintendent Elaine Kanas.

Again, Brianna’s outstanding performances qualified her for National level competition with a 1st place

finish in the emerging elite 3,000 meters in Greensboro, N.C., as a junior and, as a senior, a 4th place time in the

nation at the Armory in Manhattan.

Brianna’s past successes included All-State 3,000 meters (2015-6), All-County 3,000 meters and 1,500 meters (2015-6).

The recognition of her accomplishments is well deserved and validated by Brianna’s performance on the cross country trails and track, a release from the program said.

Brianna will graduate Wheatley as the most accomplished female distance runner of all time.

In April, Brianna signed her National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Connecticut to compete in Division I Cross Country and Track and Field.

Her academic scholarship and athletic prowess will allow Brianna to continue her pursuit of excellence, according to the release.

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