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Catholic order finds ‘credible’ allegations of sexual abuse

By N o a h M a N S k a r The Catholic order that runs Chaminade High School suspended its former president on Friday from serving as a priest after finding allegations that he sexually abused a former student were “credible.”

Current president Brother Thomas Cleary said Sunday that the prestigious Mineola parochial school did not learn until February 2015 of alleged abuse in 2011 by his predecessor, Father James Williams.

“I want to assure each and every one of you that we have made a solemn pledge to ensure that the young men entrusted to our care are safeguarded from any form of harm or abuse,” Cleary wrote in a letter to parents posted to Chaminade’s website. “We take most seriously the sacred bond that exists between us as educators, you as parents, and our students as your sons and sons of God.” Cleary’s letter followed a state-

ment Friday from the Meribah Province of the Marianist Order that it suspended Williams nearly 15 months after a “vigorous, thorough and comprehensive investigation” started in February 2015, when the first Diocese of Rockville Centre reported the allegations to the province and the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.

“It is important to note that Father James has completely denied the allegations,” the Meribah Province said in its statement.

Cleary said Chaminade learned one of the alleged incidents of abuse dated back to 2011, when the victim, a former Chaminade student, was a minor.

That contradicts a statement from DA’s office spokesman Brendan Brosh saying he was a legal adult older than 18 at the time of the alleged abuse.

Cleary referred additional questions to his letter and the province’s statement.

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The Ronald McDonald House of Long Island held its annual Walk of Love and 5k Ronald Run in Great Neck last Saturday. Proceeds from the event benefitted the New Hyde Park-based Ronald McDonald House, which provides accomodations for families of seriously ill children.

The event also featured carnival games, barbeque, a live DJ, face painting and an appearance by Ronald McDonald.

Budget, Chin make grade in Herricks school vote

By N o a h M a N S k a r

The $110 million budget passed 1,370 votes to 469. Chin Herricks school district voters was re-elected to a second threeapproved the district’s 2016-2017 year term with 1,340 votes over budget and re-elected school challenger Andrew Apicos’ 368 board Trustee Juleigh Chin by votes. wide margins Tuesday night.

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W.P. Park trustees postpone vape vote

Village challenged on decision to ban on-site smoking N e g l a h S h a r mA The Village of Williston Park will not yet join several municipalities across the North Shore in banning businesses that allow smoking in what officials called an effort to protect public health.

After holding a public hearing Monday, the village will change the language of a proposed law to ban businesses that profit from on-site smoking and vaping, the use of electronic cigarettes, before voting on it next month, Mayor Paul Ehrbar said.

The change will clarify how the law defines vaping, Ehrbar said.

“I think that we’re being proactive and that this is necessary,” Trustee Teresa Thomann said of the law Monday.

The law met some opposition Monday from residents and the owner of the one vape shop within the village’s jurisdiction.

Samick Sharma, owner of Aces Up Vapor & Smoke Shop at 235 Hillside Ave., said he believes the board should reconsider the local ban, as vaping is a possibly healthier alternative to smoking cigarettes.

Vaping has helped some people quit smoking, he said, and no vape-related deaths have been reported in over nine years.

Ehrbar said he was once a heavy smoker and understands how difficult quitting smoking can be.

“It’s our obligation to protect the community the best way we can, and I think smoking on-site right now, whether it’s a cigar, cigarette, or whatever, is not a healthy thing,” Ehrbar said.

Resident Robert Mitchell said he thinks the proposed ban is targeting hookah bars, and that certain exceptions should be allowed.

Ehrbar said the law would apply to all businesses where smoking would happen on-site, includ-

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Village of Williston Park Mayor Paul Ehrbar said he was sympathetic to smokers trying to quit. He is seen here in December 2015. ing hookah bars and vape shops.

A business owner could apply for variance from the village Board of Zoning Appeals, to be excepted from the rule, the village’s attorney said, but doing so would be difficult.

It is already illegal to smoke in a public setting in Nassau County, Thomann said.

Local resident Richard Dierlam expressed his concern for people smoking outside within a certain distance, and said smoking still affects bystanders.

Williston Park’s proposed law follows the rising popularity of various smoke shops and hookah bars dotting parts of Long Island, and other local villages’ efforts to regulate them.

Williston Park modeled its law on the Village of Great Neck’s 2014 ban on hookah bars after reviewing similar provisions in other villages, Ehrbar has said.

The Village of Great Neck Plaza passed a similar ban in February 2015.

The Village of New Hyde Park

is weighing a law that would define hookah bars and vape shops as adult uses, relegating them to industrial zones and imposing distance restrictions.

The Village of Mineola similarly regulates hookah bars and is considering the same for vape shops.

Aces Up is the only vape shop in the village. Hillside Cigar Shop, a similar business at 338 Hillside Ave., is just outside its boundaries.

The federal Food and Drug Administration recently announced that it would regulate hookahs, electronic cigarettes, cigars and related products as tightly as cigarettes, meaning they cannot be sold to minors and are subject to stricter manufacturing and marketing rules.

However, a study released by the United Kingdom’s Royal College of Physicians the week before the FDA’s announcement said ecigarettes are overall less dangerous than tobacco cigarettes and are an effective way to quit smoking tobacco.

The Northwell-GoHealth Urgent Care chain is hoping to set up shop in Mineola as part of its recent expansion.

Pending a decision from the Nassau County Planning Commission, Mineola’s Village Board last Wednesday tabled the company’s application to open urgent care facility at 12 E. Jericho Turnpike.

If approved, the Mineola facility would be one of 50 to 100 the company aims to open by the end of 2017 in a partnership with Manhasset-based health-care chain Northwell Health, GoHealth New York President Sarah Arora said Wednesday.

“All physicians are highly skilled and caring providers,” Arora told village trustees. “As long as it’s not a life threatening situation, people can walk in, be treated and receive great care.”

There are 21 GoHealth Urgent Care Centers open, including locations in Roslyn, Rockville Centre, Massapequa and Bellmore. The Roslyn location at 1033 Northern Blvd. opened in November.

The Mineola location would be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday

through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday.

GoHealth Urgent Care gives access to the continuum of health care by developing and operating small-box urgent care facilities that company officials said are seamlessly integrated into market-leading health systems.

The company’s partnership with Northwell Health allows patients to be transferred to the health system’s hospitals across Long Island if they need additional care, according to a 2014 Northwell press release.

Mineola trustees said they were concerned about the lack of a traffic light for cars exiting the property’s parking lot to go east on Jericho Turnpike.

“This is a very dangerous exit as there is constant traffic on Jericho Turnpike at most hours of the day,” Trustee Dennis Walsh said.

“There needs to be a traffic light there.”

Mayor Scott Strauss also said it is essential to have lighting in the parking lot and maintain the property.

Bohler Engineering Assistant Project Manager Kristin DeLuca, an engineer on the GoHealth project, Continued on Page 62

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Northwell-GoHealth Urgent Care opened a facility on Northern Boulevard in Roslyn in December (pictured). The chain is seeking a Jericho Turnpike location in Mineola.

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Village to open amphitheater with Billy Joel tribute show in renovated Memorial Park B y N o a h M a ns k a r Groups playing concerts in Mineola’s Memorial Park will have a new home this summer when the village’s new amphitheater opens there on Friday.

The new stage, built as part of a $2 million renovation of the park, will host six performances between this weekend and September and will create space for many other performances and events throughout the year, Mayor Scott Strauss said.

“These are the hometown things that we’re looking to do more of,” he said.

The amphitheater’s first guest at 7 p.m. on Friday will be the Cold Spring Harbor Band, one of the country’s most renowned Billy Joel tribute bands, joined by Richie Cannata, the saxophonist for the Long Island native. It will also host two performances by the Nassau Pops Orchestra in July, according to a village press release.

While it will not be totally complete when the village cuts the ribbon on the amphitheater Friday, its opening marks the final stages of a four-year project funded entirely by “development incentive bonus”

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Mineola’s new Memorial Park amphitheater will host the Cold Spring Harbor Band, a renowned Billy Joel cover band, on Friday night. payments from the developers of Mineola’s four new residential apartment complexes, Strauss said.

Strauss said other groups, such as local bands, drama clubs and the Mineola Memorial Library, will be able to use the amphitheater, likely increasing the amount of programs the village will host at the park off Jericho Turnpike between Marcellus Road and Saville Road.

The renovation started in 2012, when the village sought to rebuild Memorial Park’s gazebo af-

ter it sustained damage from Hurricane Irene and Superstorm Sandy, Strauss said.

The village then started to look at other ways it could improve the park, he said, and ended up starting a makeover that has also revamped tennis courts, new handicap-accessible bathrooms, repaved walkways and new lights.

“It started to roll and roll and roll, and the park looks beautiful, and it didn’t cost anybody anything,” Strauss said. “There’s not

a dime that came from anybody’s taxes.”

Mineola’s Village Board also allocated money in the 2016-2017 budget to increase security at all village parks.

Strauss and other officials have touted the development incentive bonus funds — payments the village receives from developers in exchange for special zoning exceptions — as a boon to the village that eases the burden on taxpayers for large projects such as this renova-

tion.

Mineola has also revamped youth athletic fields, built a new park on Emory Road and purchased a firetruck and other emergency equipment with the money, meaning the village did not have to borrow or raise taxes to pay for them, Strauss said.

“People love them or hate them, but our (development) projects are helping us to revitalize our downtown and they’re helping us to redo our parks,” Strauss said.

Former Mineola Mayor John Colbert spoke critically of the projects in March’s Village Board election, but has praised the village’s use of development incentive bonus money.

The amphitheater is a welcome addition to the park where Mineola has held summer concerts since the mid-1980s, he said.

“It brings people together,” Colbert said. “It shows other people from the outside communities, as well as in Queens, that this is a nice place to live.”

Other Mineola summer concerts will include the Steel Silk Band on Aug. 6, the Homegrown String Band on Aug. 20 and the Nina Et Cetera Band on Sept. 17.

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H H H H H ELECTION 2016

Mineola voters OK budget, new trustee Residents to see tax cut; Cheryl Lampasona to succeed outgoing school board vice president B y N o a h M a ns k a r Mineola school district residents voted 863 to 205 to approve the district’s 2016-2017 budget Tuesday, giving themselves a miniscule tax cut and setting the stage for a five-year capital plan.

Hampton Street School PTA Co-President Cheryl Lampasona also won her unopposed bid for a three-year term to replace outgoing school board Vice President Patricia Navarra with 806 votes.

“Words cannot express my thanks to the wonderful people of my community for entrusting me to continue the greatness that the Mineola school district is, by electing me as their new (school board) trustee,” Lampasona said in a statement.

Navarra is stepping down after one term to pursue a position with a national collective bar-

Mineola Budget Votes: 863 yes (80.8%) 205 no (19.2%) Cheryl Lampasona 806 (unopposed) Cheryl Lampasona gaining group for college professors. The school board will select a new vice president in July.

The budget grew 1.73 percent to $91.2 million this year despite a $10,000, 0.012-percent tax levy decrease under state tax cap law.

Helped by a nearly 10-percent state aid boost and $650,000 additional unallocated fund balance money, the district will make more than a dozen equip-

ment purchases and take up nine of 22 projects in a five-year capital plan Superintendent Michael Nagler presented in April.

Among them are repairs to the cupola and classroom air conditioning at Jackson Avenue School, a new district storage facility, new music rooms and lockers at Mineola High School, dedicated pre-kindergarten wings at two schools, a new playground

surface at Meadow Drive School, and a bus loop at Mineola Middle School.

Lampasona, 38, has said she wants to keep the district on the “cutting edge” while continuing the programs administrators have started, such as elementary school Spanish classes and the use of technology in classrooms.

“I think education, it’s a giant wave, like it’s always changing, so we always have to be on the new front of something,” Lampasona said in an interview last month.

Lampasona has worked as a full-time and part-time teacher for the past 12 years and currently teaches third grade in Woodside, Queens.

She has lived in the Mineola district for six years and is the mother of a Hampton Street School kindergartner and secondgrader, she has said.

She comes to the board fol-

lowing the growth this year of Mineola’s “opt out” movement of parents protesting the controversial state tests aligned with Common Core educational standards.

Lampasona has said she thinks the standards are valuable and would not have had her older child sit out tests this year, but she thinks it is good that parents have a choice in the matter.

“What the kids are taking now, are they fair? No. They’re very difficult exams,” she said.

“I just hope they’re being put to good measure and good use to further education, not hold something back.”

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Trump praises county GOP’s backing At fundraiser in Woodbury says Mondello endorsement boosted chances in New York dropped out last week after the Queens native won Indiana’s primary.

“Who would’ve thought this was going to happen?” Trump said. “The polls just came out ... we’re leading everything now. I don’t know what happened.”

He cited a Reuters poll published Wednesday that shows him barely trailing Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton with 41 percent to 40 percent; 19 percent said they were undecided.

The crowd booed loudly when Trump mentioned Clinton, a former New York senator who won the state’s Democratic primary by more than 15 percent, Trump blasted Clinton, saying she wants to spend money taking in immigrant refugees that he would use to rebuild infrastructure while building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico and tightening border security.

“We can’t take care of our own people and she wants to spend billions and billions on new people coming in,” Trump said.

By N o a h MaNSkar Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gave Nassau County GOP leaders some credit Wednesday for his campaign’s unexpected success.

Speaking to about 3,000 GOP donors at the county party’s annual Patriots’ Reception fundraiser, Trump said his New York primary win last month was a major turning point for his campaign and that the state could be a linchpin in the general election “If we win New York State, the election’s over,” he said.

Trump credited his Nassau County primary victory with 67.5 percent of the vote to Republican Committee Chairman Joseph Mondello, who endorsed him in March.

Because he is known best here, a loss in New York’s April 19 primary would have led to questions about his campaign’s longevity, said Trump, speaking the day after victories in Nebras-

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Donald Trump speaks in Woodbury last week. ka and West Virginia.

But his 35-percent win over second-place Ohio Gov. John Kasich helped carry him to victories in five northeastern states the following week, he said, and ultimately led him to be the last Republican standing.

Kasich and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Trump’s other rival, both

His wall would assuage the heroin epidemic on Long Island and elsewhere by slowing the flow of drugs into the U.S., he said.

He also pledged to rebuild the economy by imposing tariffs on foreign imports, to remove Common Core education standards and to appoint conservative judges to the Supreme Court.

“That’s going to be so important, because if Hillary gets in, she will appoint some liberal (justices) — your country will never be the same,” he said.

Trump’s appearance at the $200-a-ticket Nassau County Republican Committee fundraiser at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury marked his return to Long Island after drawing about 10,000 people to an April 6 rally in Bethpage and speaking at a Suffolk County Republican Committee fundraiser April 14.

Trump said he spoke often with U.S. Sen. Alfonse D’Amato for advice in his campaign’s early stages, he said, only to see

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Nassau County Legislator Rich Nicolello, a New Hyde Park Republican, said Trump’s speech felt like a “victory lap” before he pivots fully to the general election.

Nicolello said he thinks Trump’s appearance was proof that Mondello’s early endorsement of him was a “brilliant” move despite the risks of his campaign fizzling at the time.

“He was on to something,” Nicolello said. “There’s a grassroots movement to support the guy.”

Past events drew more than 100 protestors each, but only two showed up Wednesday, Nassau County Police Department spokesman Detective Lt. Richard LeBrun said.

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Suozzi touts ability to get things done Says effectiveness more important than issues in race for 3rd Congressional District

By N o a h M a ns k a r

The Democrats running to replace U.S. Rep Steve Israel are all so similar, Tom Suozzi said, that debating specific policy position is “almost futile.”

Staying on message in a sit-down interview with Blank Slate Media, the former Nassau County executive maintained his record of “standing up to powerful interests” to change the status quo will set him apart in the five-way Democratic primary in the North Shore’s 3rd Congressional District.

“I’m willing to break the little mold to try and get something done to actually help solve the problem to benefit people,” he said. “I don’t think my opponents can point to that.”

Suozzi has been a major target for his opponents, especially Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern, who has repeatedly admonished his record on taxes and abor-

has not raised general fund property taxes as a county legislator and criticized Suozzi for raising Nassau’s taxes nearly 20 percent after promising not to do so.

Suozzi, though, said he never made a promise not raise taxes at a time of fiscal distress for the county, and added that Stern voted several times to raise police district taxes, which comprise a larger portion of tax bills.

Stern also cast Suozzi as a weak defender of abortion rights, saying he awarded Photo by Noah Manskar “millions of taxpayer dollars” to abstinence-only sexTom Suozzi in Blank Slate Media’s office. education programs. His tion rights and for taking tacking him because he’s at campaign has also pointed money from Donald Trump. the head of the pack — inter- to a 2006 letter from Kelly Former North Hemp- nal polling shows him lead- Conlin, then the president stead Town Supervisor Jon ing and he is best known in of NARAL Pro-Choice New Kaiman and town Council- the district stretching from York, slamming Suozzi for woman Anna Kaplan both Whitestone, Queens, to calling her organization a “special interest group.” challenged signatures on Kings Park, he said.

Suozzi called the claims Stern in particular is Suozzi’s ballot petitions.

Jericho attorney Jonathan “being dishonest and fast “dishonest.” He said the Clarke has said Suozzi and and loose with the truth,” abstinence programs had to be medically accurate the others are unreliable ca- Suozzi said.

In a recent sit-down and were part of a package reer politicians.

Suozzi said they’re at- interview, Stern said he that also gave $500,000

to Planned Parenthood.

NARAL and Planned Parenthood endorsed his 2013 county executive campaign, he said.

Some of Suozzi’s policy positions are similar to the other 3rd district Democrats facing a June 28 primary.

He said he aims to protect the Long Island Sound from nitrogen pollution and offer incentives for people entering high-tech fields to increase employment and make the U.S. more globally competitive.

He said his county tax increase, workforce cuts, social service reforms and attempts at combatting corruption in Albany — which he said got him disinvited from a Democratic Party convention — prove he is willing to accomplish goals despite political consequences.

Inefficiencies in government prevent it from serving people best, Suozzi said.

Asked about inequities in education, he said more

spending will not close the gap between Long Island’s school districts.

Schools generally have similar resources such as counselors and social workers, Suozzi said, but poorer districts have more children who need them while students in rich districts don’t, or can use private services.

To rectify that, he said, social services and law enforcement should be more “interoperable” and involved with schools so children can access more resources than what schools provide.

“Everybody’s given a speech since the beginning of time saying it’s better to educate a kid instead of paying for a jail cell later on,” Suozzi said. “And everybody claps and says, ‘Yay, that’s great, yeah!’

But why doesn’t it happen?

Becuase there’s a humongous dysfunctional system that has not operated effectively.”

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While Tom Suozzi’s time as Nassau County executive was not free from controversy, two of congressional opponent Steve Stern’s criticisms of his record are factually questionable.

Stern and Suozzi, running for the Democratic nomination in the North Shore’s 3rd Congressional District, have sparred over their records on taxes and support for abortion rights in the past two weeks.

Stern, a Suffolk County legislator, has charged Suozzi raised taxes as Nassau County executive after promising not to, and that he gave “millions of taxpayer dollars” to abstinenceonly education programs, of which abortion-rights groups often disapprove.

Stern has added that he has never voted for a general-fund property tax increase in Suffolk County.

Suozzi has called Stern’s claims false and countered that Stern voted to raise the county’s police taxes, which he said comprise a larger portion of the tax bill.

Suozzi did fund abstinence-only sex-education programs with taxpayer money — which Stern has said he would never support — but did not give them “millions of taxpayer dollars.”

A Stern press release links to a 2006 New York Times report about a plan Suozzi released that year to decrease the number of abortions.

It gave $3 million over three years, or $1 million a year, in eight grants to groups including Planned Parenthood and Catholic

Charities, according to multiple 2006 news reports.

Two grants were to a Protestant group and an anti-abortion group to promote abstinence, the Times reported.

In the first year $70,000 went to the Cedarmore Corporation of Freeport’s Zion Cathedral Church of God in Christ; and $90,000 to the Massapeque-based Life Center of Long Island for abstinence-based sex-education programs, according to a posting on a blog called “Health Portal” that cites a 2006 county press release.

The release is no longer on the county’s website.

Another $85,000 went to Nassau Board of Cooperative Educational Services for programs that included abstinence and others that did not, “Health Portal” said.

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Ruling challenges teacher evaluations Court finds in favor of Great Neck teacher who called state grading system broken

By J oe N i k i c The husband of a Great Neck elementary school teacher said a state Supreme Court judge’s ruling to vacate his wife’s “inefficient” teacher rating last Tuesday was a major step in fixing a broken teacher evaluation system.

Bruce Lederman, a lawyer who represented his wife, Sheri Lederman, said the couple was happy the court ruled in their favor after a lengthy court proceeding.

“We are gratified that after an 18-month battle the judge recognized that Sheri’s rating was completely irrational and set it aside,” Bruce Lederman said. “It’s a very difficult legal undertaking to convince a judge that something that the state of New York or one of its agencies did was irrational.”

Sheri Lederman, a longtime educator in the Great Neck School District and currently a fourth grade teacher at E.M. Baker Elementary School, filed suit against the state Education Department in 2014 after she was rated “ineffective” on a portion pertaining to student exam performance just one year after she was rated “highly effective.”

Currently, the state Education Department uses a computer system that analyzes standardized test scores to determine a

teacher’s “student growth score.” The score is based on the improvements made by students over a year-long period.

During the 2012-13 school year, Sheri Lederman received 14 points out of 20 on her teacher’s evaluation growth score.

She received a one out of 20 on the “student growth” portion of the state’s threepronged teacher assessment for 2013-14.

While Supreme Court Justice Roger McDonough ruled in favor of vacating Sheri’s teacher evaluation, the court declined to make a decision on whether or not to fix the rating system.

“The Court fully recognizes that it does not have the educational background, resources, or time to propose a meaningful replacement for New York’s growth model system or to propose sound fixes for any arguable flaws of said system, and as such does not lightly enter into a critical analysis of this matter,” McDonough’s decision read. “Regardless, the Court is constrained, on this record, to conclude that petitioner has met her high burden and established that petitioner’s growth score and rating for school year 2013-2014 are arbitrary and capricious.”

State test scores currently count for almost half of a teacher or principal’s evaluation.

In December, the state Board of Re-

Sheri Lederman gents voted to place a four-year moratorium preventing test scores from being used as a disciplinary measure in teacher evaluation ratings or against students.

Former Education Commissioner John B. King Jr., Assistant Commissioner Candace H. Shyer and the department’s Office of State Assessment are listed as the defendants in the suit.

Efforts to reach Education Department officials and Assistant Attorney General Colleen Galligan, who was representing the department, were unavailing.

Lederman said it was hard to believe the state would so vehemently deny that there was an issue with its teacher evaluation system.

“We are incredulous that with all this evidence, the state of New York chose to fight us to the bitter end,” he said. “They never would admit that this was a mistake and instead fought us, which put us in a legal battle.”

In the decision, McDonough said the state failed to explain why Sheri Lederman’s growth score drastically changed from a 14 out of 20 to a one out of 20.

He also said the current evaluation system places teachers in one of four possible categories using “pre-determined percentages regardless of whether the performance of students dramatically rose or dramatically fell from the previous year.”

Lederman said the court’s ruling could influence a change in the teacher evaluation system.

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Kaiman urges caution in Dems’ House race

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From left: Larry Levy, attorney Jonathan Clarke, North Hempstead Town Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, former North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman, Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern and former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi

By J oe N i k i c Former North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jon Kaiman said Tuesday that the five candidates vying for the Democratic nomination to run for outgoing U.S. Rep Steve Israel’s 3rd Congressional District seat needed to be more cautious when attacking other candidates’ previous political records.

“I believe that a lot of us need to be careful in terms of how we criticize each other,” Kaiman said at a Great Neck Democratic Club-sponsored candidates debate. “Governing is hard. When you’re responsible for making decisions, everybody is not going to agree with them.”

He was joined at the debate, which took place at the Great Neck House, by Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern, former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi and Levittown attorney Jonathan Clarke.

The candidates are seeking to replace Israel, who announced in January that he would not seek re-election, setting off a scramble to replace him.

Kaiman’s comments came after Stern said Suozzi “disappointed” North Shore Democrats by raising taxes and taking pay raises “particularly during challenging times.”

Suozzi almost immediately fired back at Stern.

“You have a habit of trying to play with things, on the choice issue, on the raising taxes issue, among other things,” he said. “That is really the thing that makes people sick about politicians.”

While the five candidates had varying opinions on some of the issues, all of them agreed that the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was a positive idea for American citizens, but needed slight changes.

Clarke said a problem was that insurance companies and hospitals had a “big seat at the table” when Obamacare was being developed.

“The two people that were really missing from the table were the doctors and the patients,” he said.

Stern said the “vital elements” were working, specifically with the allowance of children to stay on their parents’ insurance plans until they are 26 and the access of health care for women.

He added that the cost of prescription drugs for senior citizens needed to be changed.

“You can’t have a system work when the people who are actually implementing the system feel like they’re getting ripped off by the insurance companies and the insurance companies feel like they’re not getting enough and the people who are supposed to be getting the benefits feeling like they’re not getting the health care they’re supposed to be getting,” Kaiman said.

He added that a problem was that Democrats refuse to reform Obamacare because Republicans want to “destroy it.”

Kaplan said Obamacare should be reformed to better benefit those who have served in the military.

“We need to take this and tweak it for our veterans,” she said. “Our veterans who have really given their lives for the peace and freedom that we enjoy here and make sure that they are covered.”

Suozzi said more should be done to aid drug and alcohol abuse, as well as mental health issues.

“It’s one of the biggest problems we face in this society,” he said. “It touches everybody and nobody talks about because of the shame related to these issues.”

Former Newsday columnist and television pundit Larry Levy, who moderated the debate, asked the candidates which issues they would be willing to work with Republicans in fixing.

Kaplan said she wanted to “put America on a very different track” and work with Republicans to find or create more jobs for the “next generation” to have a better future.

Suozzi said he wanted to bring jobs back from American companies that operate overseas, an issue he said President Barack Obama and Republican elected officials have often discussed.

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Town of North Hempstead Deputy Clerk Concetta Terry violated the town’s ethics code by omitting debts from four financial disclosure filings, the town’s Board of Ethics ruled earlier this month.

The ethics board found “reasonable cause to believe” Terry, the wife of embattled former North Hempstead Democratic Committee Chairman Gerard Terry, did not list debts on financial disclosure forms in 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2013, according to a memo Town Attorney Elizabeth Botwin sent to the Town Council on May 12.

Terry specifically failed to disclose debts over the $5,000 disclosure threshold on her original and amended town financial disclosure forms in those four years, and “understated the category of a debt” on her second amended forms in 2012 and 2013, the memo says.

Town spokeswoman Carole Trottere said the ethics board will decide Terry’s punishment at a public hearing, but a date for one has

not been set. Ethics code violations are punishable by a fine of up to $10,000.

The ethics board made the ruling at its May 9 meeting, the memo says, two months after it started investigating her for an “alleged omission” on her filings.

The ethics board’s investigation started after a Newsday report revealed in late January that Gerard Terry carried a $1.4 million state and federal tax debt while earning more than $200,000 a year in six government jobs. He and Concetta Terry live in Roslyn Heights.

The memo indicates Concetta Terry failed to disclose her own debts and does not address her husband’s, which do not appear on her financial disclosure forms dating back to 2006, town records show.

Gerard Terry was arrested April 11 and charged with one felony count of state tax fraud. Prosecutors have said more charges could be coming.

Terry was special counsel to the town and the attorney for its Board of Zoning Appeals under a legal

services contract that was not renewed at the end of 2015. He resigned as chair of the North Hempstead Democratic Committee in February.

In March, the town widened the pool of officials required to file financial disclosure forms and this year will enforce the 25-year-old requirement that leaders of town political committees file them. Terry never made a filing as a town contractor or party leader.

Relatives of town employees who also hold town jobs, as well as outside contractors who “directly advise boards” must now file disclosure reports.

The Town Board last week voted to extend the filing deadline from May 15 to June 1 to give employees more time to comply with the reforms.

Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth also recently commissioned a working group to update the ethics code upon Botwin’s recommendation last month. The town is also looking to hire a central procurement adviser and to prohibit family members from supervising each other.

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Campaign finds 13 dogs new best friends

By S a r a h M i n k e w i c z North Shore Animal League America finished its 2016 Tour for Life last Friday in New York City and completed 13 adoptions.

North Shore Animal League America, in partnership with PURINA ONE, made the final stop of its national life-saving adoption event at 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 13 at Columbus Circle in New York.

“It was an excellent event,” North Shore Animal League America Offsite Manager Matthew Carroll said.

North Shore Animal League America, located at 25 Davis Ave. in Port Washington, is the world’s largest no-kill rescue and adoption organization, according to its website.

Linda Church, PIX 11 weather anchor and Animal League America adopter, hosted the ceremonies.

As part of this life-saving celebration, North Shore Animal League America also presented NYPD Officer Ross Garner, from the 81st Precinct, Brooklyn, with the Animal League America’s Crystal Collar Award for his compassionate efforts saving the life of a kitten found abandoned on the side of the road on a cold January night.

In addition students from local schools, Stephen Gaynor School and P.S. 209 Clear-

view Gardens were in attendance to help raise funds and awareness for local shelters and the Mutt-i-grees’ programs that teach social and emotional learning skills with the use of animals.

Carroll said when they started the Tour for Life 16 years ago, more than 200 adoptions were conducted. This year the Tour for Life traveled over 26,000 miles and was responsible for more than 2,000 adoptions.

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A tale of two governments The Town of North Hempstead and Nassau County have in recent months been called on to respond to problems in government operations.

Their responses couldn’t be more different.

Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Council responded promptly to the Gerard Terry scandal, by committing to enforcing a 20-year-old town law requiring financial disclosure reports from people who work for town boards and expanding disclosure requirement for relatives of people employed by the town who also work for the town.

Bosworth had ordered a review of town policies and procedures after a Newsday report revealed last month that Terry, the former town Demoractic leader who until recently was the attorney for the town’s Board of Zoning Appeals and special counsel for the town attorney, owes more than $1.4 million in federal and state back taxes, has been party to five lawsuits and let his attorney registration lapse for three years. He has since been charged with tax evasion.

The North Hempstead ethics board is also investigating Concetta Terry, Gerard Terry’s wife and a deputy town clerk, for allegedly omitting her husband’s tax debts from her financial disclosure records.

The town also announced the departures last week of Solid Waste Management Authority Executive Director Igor Sikiric and former Solid Waste

Management Authority Deputy Executive Director John Peters.

Their exits come nearly three months after a former administrative assistant, Helen McCann, was arrested for allegedly embezzling more than $98,000 from the authority by pocketing cash collected in waste drop-off fees.

The town termed the departure of Sikiric a “separation” and Peters a “resignation.” They say tomato, we say cleaning house.

The town still has some work to do in bringing town practices into the 21st Century and eliminating cash collections. The Town of North Hempstead is a local government, not a nightclub. We’d also like to see a review of town policies to ensure that relatives of town employees don’t have an advantage in getting a town job.

But overall the comparison between the Town of North Hempstead and Nassau County couldn’t be starker.

Rather than support reform, Managano and Republican legislators appear to be doing as little as possible to change the county’s contracting system.

The Legislature did pass a law in December requiring companies who have been awarded contracts to list all donations to candidates and campaigns for county executive, county clerk, comptroller, district attorney or county legislator.

But the law doesn’t include political committees and local clubs, which spend hundreds of thousands of dollars supporting candidates.

As county Democrats have

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pointed out, Chief Deputy County Executive Rob Walker signed a $12 million storm cleanup contract with VIP Splash Waterways recovery group — on the same day in August 2014 the firm gave money to the Hicksville Republican Club, for which Walker is the executive director. Walker and that contract are reportedly the subject of a federal investigation.

Mangano and county Republicans have also repeatedly resisted the recommendation of Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, the state board with control over county finances, as well as county Democrats, for an inspector general appointed by an independent panel to investigate poten-

tial corruption and misconduct in the awarding of contracts.

Instead, Mangano appointed former New York City health department contract officer Robert Cleary as the county’s first procurement compliance director and hired Donna Myrill from the Queens district attorney’s office as a commissioner of investigations.

The problem is that both people were hired by Mangano and could be fired by Mangano, the same person who hired Walker.

The Legislature’s reforms followed an investigation by Singas that found “troubling problems” in the county contracting process, including no requirements for vendors to disclose subsidiary companies, criminal convictions,

political contributions or whether a vendor is barred from government contracts in other places.

Singas’ investigation followed the indictments of former state Sen. Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) on federal corruption charges, including influencing the awarding of a Nassau County contract to a firm that hired his son, Adam.

Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, were later both found guilty of political corruption and last week Dean Skelos was sentenced to five years in prison and his son, six and a half.

Still Mangano and county Republicans resist the reforms needed to address the problem and restore public confidence.

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K remer ’ s C or n er

Trump creates down-ballot problems

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s we approach the November presidential election here are some names and words to remember.

The names are Barry Goldwater and Jesse Jackson. The words are “down ballot.” The current race to the White House made those names and words pop into my mind.

It is not a secret that the Republican establishment has taken a long time to get over the candidacy of the late Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona.

In the 1964 election, Barry Goldwater, an arch conservative, was the Republican candidate for president and his opponent was Lyndon B. Johnson.

Goldwater, very much like today’s candidate Donald Trump, was unpredictable and unwilling to accept advice from anyone.

In the old days, there was no cable television and Facebook to spread the news, but the press did as much as possible to let the world know what the candidate

stood for.

Because Goldwater’s positions were so controversial and against party philosophy, whatever news he made was bad for the party.

In 1964, the late Joseph F. Carlino was both the speaker of the New York State Assembly and Nassau County Republican leader.

He was considered one of the allpowerful politicians in the state and had been easily re-elected six times. Caught between party discipline and his leadership position, Carlino was forced to endorse Goldwater and take his chances.

No one believed that the Goldwater endorsement would do him any harm but on Election Day it was another story.

Carlino lost his Republican Assembly District by more than 20,000 votes.

While Carlino had accumulated many enemies, his real problem was the distaste of the voters for Goldwater. That year hundreds of other Republicans lost their reelection bids.

are lower on the ballot will be the ones to suffer. That’s what we call the down ballot dilemma.

The Trump message may be appealing to many non-traditional voters, but there is a massive number of Republicans who may decide to punish their elected official for supporting Trump. That is what happened in the Goldwater days and that’s what House Speaker Paul Ryan is afraid of.

Ryan has a comfortable margin in his house but the Senate has 12 vulnerable members, four of Jerry Kremer whom run in states that President Kremer’s Corner Obama won. So that’s the down ballot concern.

On the Democratic side of the The Goldwater dilemma is being repeated now for dozens and campaign, the candidacy of Bernie dozens of Republican candidates Sanders is very much like the 1988 campaign of Rev. Jesse Jackson. running for re-election.

Jackson had a populist mesDespite the large number of voters who will embrace Trump, sage that attracted a lot of attenthere many solid party voters who tion and worry for the Democratic want no part of a Trump in the Party establishment.

Jackson didn’t give up his White House.

If they choose to stay home, as campaigning until days before the many of them will, candidates that party convention. He made nu-

merous demands on what should be in the party platform and got the convention to set aside a Jesse Jackson night honoring him for his accomplishments.

There is no doubt that the Democratic Party will have to keep the Sanders voters in their camp and there will be a price for that support. Sanders has earned the recognition but he can’t hurt the party just to keep his ego in check.

The last question nagging at the Democrats is whether Sanders will continue to attack Hillary Clinton right through the California primary in June.

Wiser heads have told him that he shouldn’t be helping Trump by continuously attacking Clinton.

If Sanders follows the Jesse Jackson history it will not help the Democrats in November.

However, considering that Sanders is not a Democrat, I have no illusions that he will gently become a Clinton supporter.

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American amnesia on wedge issues

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The arc of the moral uni- understood that the U.S. must be verse is long, but it bends a government of laws (fundamental in constitutions, and statutory toward justice.” by legislative bodies), but he was Martin Luther King Jr. repeat- deeply committed to celebrating ed that statement during visits to and expanding the spirit and reality Great Neck and Roslyn guided by of inclusion.

Lincoln regarded Jefferson’s his Long Island friend and SCLC board member, the late Harry H. Declaration as “a beacon,” a guide Wachtel. Dr. King was highlight- for all future conduct, that while ing a key aspect of “American Ex- we may not quickly reach all of its ceptionalism” — one that deserves goals, it is our continuing obligation to keep moving in Jefferson’s continuing celebration.

The men and women who exalted direction.

A distinctive person in such launched our nation with the “Spirit of ’76,” frequently averred endeavors was 19th century leader “that all posterity will be affected Theodore Parker, a Unitarian minisby what we do.” Thomas Paine ter and abolitionist.

Parker was part of what scholwrote in Common Sense, “We have it in our power to begin the world ars depict as “Protest Nation,” a celebration of critics who rely on the anew.”

It is no accident that Abra- Declaration and the First Amendham Lincoln celebrated Thomas ment to keep improving American Jefferson and the Declaration of society and to offer a model to the Independence. Instead of begin- world for freedom, equality and ning “The Gettysburg Address” of justice.

Parker, an early source for 1863 with the phrase “3 Score and 16 years ago,” (back to 1787), Lin- King’s views, received deserved atcoln carefully chose “4 score and 7” tention when the quote that begins this column was woven into a new (back to 1776).

Both 1787 (Constitutional rug in the White House Oval Office.

Barack Obama had selected it Convention) and 1776 (Declaration of Independence) are founding to reflect values of his presidency.

Last Friday, the Obama admindates for our nation.

Lincoln was an attorney who istration took another step toward

Michael D’Innocenzo Out of Left Field justice and inclusion that should remind us of lessons from Jefferson and Lincoln as we encounter “wedge issues.”

The Obama Justice Department’s directive stipulated that transitioning students be treated consistent with their own gender identity.

In our huge, numerous and diverse nation, we always have folks who hold different views and values; the challenge of our pluralistic society is how to make diversity an asset, not a liability.

Jefferson and Lincoln never had to consider transgender matters as a wedge issue. But their principles are manifested in Dr.

King’s two signature achievements (the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights of 1965) — that all Americans should be treated fairly, with dignity, and with equality under the law.

During this theater season triumph of “Hamilton,” some folks have lost sight of what made Jefferson, in Tocqueville’s judgment, the most powerful advocate that democracy has ever had.

Garry Wills celebrates Jefferson’s too often neglected radicalism.

Consider four key words that appear in Jefferson’s Declaration; they are a revision of John Locke’s words, when he wrote of the rights to “Life, Liberty and Property.”

So, why did Jefferson substitute four words for “Property,” giving us: “Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Happiness?”

Over time, Jefferson’s words have been erroneously viewed (often without recognizing his key goals). They have been seen as seeking the American Dream of advancement and success, and they have been viewed as primarily a reflection of Individual Self-reliance.

In the 18th century, the word “Pursuit” had a particular meaning (one that continued for some time

later) — as in “the pursuit of law” or the “pursuit of medicine” — reflecting not the seeking of those endeavors, but the practice of them.

For Jefferson “happiness” was not merely a matter of “seeking”but that people had a right to BE HAPPY. Jefferson, Franklin, Paine and others valued individualism, but they believed there was a communitarian basis for a good society and for personal happiness. Benevolence by citizens toward each other and a government that promoted the general welfare could foster “res publica” – the public good.

Jefferson also wanted to be remembered for his statute for religious liberty (more than mere “toleration”). In our diverse society, he said one had the freedom to believe any religion or none — political democracy and citizenship were separated from any particular belief system or any religion whatsoever.

By championing the Enlightenment commitment to reason and evidence, Jefferson (like Lincoln who opposed the anti-immigrant, xenophobic, Know Nothing movement) created space to respect diversity.

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A look o n the li g hter si d e

Newspaper person with no nose for news

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orking in and around journalism for more than 30 years, I’ve learned a few things.

One is that there is no substitute for having a “nose for news.”

Another is that I don’t have one.

Of course, I didn’t know either of these crucial facts when I took one of my first jobs after college, writing news for a local TV station’s Sunday night broadcast.

The toughest part of my day was watching all the weekend talk shows and choosing a newsworthy excerpt for the evening news — a soundbite.

You might think it would be simple — “You’re just watching TV, Judy!” — but every week I would watch all the network programs all the way through, taking voluminous notes, then going over them, trying desperately to decide which tiny bit to tell the producer to use.

There was only one time I found it easy. That was when one of the other news writers, walking by, glanced at the show I was watching and blurted out “Wait!

He actually said that?”

A little startled, I responded, “Oh, so that’s important, then?

Thanks for the tip!”

Thinking back, there may have been some earlier hints of trouble, when I was a kid.

For instance, I was the only kid I knew who was reading a book instead of watching TV when Apollo 11 made its historic moon landing.

Oh, I meant to watch it, that night; I’d even settled myself down in front of the television set, with the rest of my family, prepared to watch history in the making.

But after what felt like hours of squinting at shifting fields of black and white static, I finally gave up and went back to my room, to read.

So of course, that’s when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin finally touched down.

Even when I think I’m relaxing, my guardian devil turns out to be hard at work. Take the time I watched some musician perform on “Saturday Night Live.”

At least, I tried to watch, but whatever she was doing didn’t

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When I came back, there seemed to be some kind of litter all over the stage. But I still didn’t think anything of it. Not until the next day, when all anybody could talk about was how Sinead O’Connor had ranted about Pope John Paul II being “evil” and torn up his picture, live, on national TV. I had missed it all.

Indeed, if I have one gift, I’d have to say it’s for being in the

ladies’ room when anything of importance is going on.

Take the time a friend of mine, a jazz musician, took my roommate and me to New York City, to a Greenwich Village club where he was playing.

I listened to the first few numbers, taking care to applaud in all the right places (which in jazz turns out to be during, as well as after, each song). But I soon realized I was no big fan of jazz, so after the first two pieces, or maybe it was three, I excused myself and went to the ladies’ room.

I slipped back into my seat just as the applause was dying down. I was even congratulating myself on timing my absence rather well, until my roommate turned to me and said, “I’m so jealous! Did you know he was going to do that?”

“Um, do what?”

“Judy, he just dedicated the whole last set to you! Don’t tell me you weren’t even in the room?”

So I didn’t tell her.

Clearly, the only way I’ll ever

spot a breaking news story is if it breaks out in the ladies’ room.

Even then, with my luck, I will no doubt have blundered into the men’s room instead.

But I do have something good to report. I may, at last, be learning to live with my “disability.”

Last weekend, my husband and I went with friends to a movie.

Just as the film was building to its thrilling conclusion, the room went dark. We sat there, waiting for the projectionist to fix whatever had broken, so the picture could resume.

But nothing happened.

“This is outrageous!” I cried, leaping to my feet and storming out. I meant to find that projectionist and give him or her a piece of my mind. But first ... I had to go to the bathroom.

By the time I got back, the film had resumed, and finished, and credits were rolling.

My friends were impressed.

“What did you do?” they wanted to know.

“Oh, nothing much,” I replied, humbly. “It’s a gift.”

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What happened to Police deserve our thanks signaling turns? for doing a dangerous job

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wonder what happened to this here on Long Island. It’s a safety feature to give your fellow drivers and pedestrians a “heads-up” about what direction you plan on taking with your car — in advance.

It’s mandatory to use to pass the DMV driving test. It’s a reckless driving violation worthy of a fine and/or points on your license.

If a driver actually uses their turn signal, I’m curious what purpose it serves when used as the turn is already in progress.

Seriously, why bother!

Is it a lack of courtesy and

self-absorption issue, is it due to being so distracted that the turn is a last minute decision, or is some kind of entitled power play?

Or maybe there should be a recall due to the vast number of high end vehicles with turn signal malfunctions?

There are You-Tube videos with turn signal use instructions and also DMV has a handbook for those of you who would like a refresher!

Just curious.

Ann Abitabilo Port Washington

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ational Police Week runs from May 15 through May 21.

It is a period we ought to honor all those fallen officers who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country and the community for which they served with pride and devotion to duty.

That week was established by a joint resolution of Congress in 1962. It has been suggested that during the week concerned citizens wear a blue ribbon or turn on a blue light as a tribute to these brave men and women.

Retired Police Captain Joseph Cocannon of the NYPD wrote in his letter to the Queens Village Republican Club that “on average, one law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty somewhere in the United States every 61 hours.

Since the first known lineof-duty death in 1791, more than 20,000 U.S. law enforcement officers have made the ultimate sacrifice.”

That I found to be quite sad for the families, friends and their fellow law-enforcement officers. Not to mention

the communities in which they serve.

Now that being said let us all show respect to our brave men and women who serve protecting our properties and our lives with courage and honor.

Now if you are in contact or see a police officer offer a friendly smile, maybe even words of encouragement and tell them thank you for a job well done protecting us all.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

3rd track plan hides push for freight traffic

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itizens Against Rail Expansion has heard from several mayors of villages along the LIRR Main Line that Gov. Andrew Cuomo told them that providing for “reverse commute” for the commuters who want to go points east is not the prime reason why there is a need for the $2 billion MTA LIRR Third Track Expansion.

The Third Track from Floral Park to Hicksville (9.8 miles), we are told will take three years to construct (2017 to 2020). In reality it will likely take 10 or more years.

The governor says little or denies that the project has anything to do with freight. At the upcoming hearings on May 24 and May 25, CARE and others will be testifying as to how the issue of freight transport is not fully addressed in the Draft SEQRA Scoping Document made public on May 5.

At present the New York & Atlantic Railway is the contracted freight operator along the LIRR system and the money involved is substantial.

The Regional Freight Plan, promoted by the New York State Metropolitan Council, a New York State DOT agency, speaks to actions and activities that focus on ways to transport freight and rapidly expand this industry in Nassau County. This includes a greater focus on trains (freight) trucks, cargo barges and planes, as well as intermodal facilities.

Much of the freight planning underway now works in tandem with the MTA LIRR Third Track

Expansion plans.

The Regional Freight Plan plan has evolved since the Bloomberg administration, when much of the work was to be concentrated in Brooklyn. The focus has changed to go further east, and over the past four years or so, many segmented aspects have been implemented, and this will continue as part of a larger, comprehensive goal.

One of the intermodal facilities (Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation) planned for the edge of Nassau County is focused at Pilgrim State where the New York State DOT owns a substantial portion of land in this region, and, according to the New York State DOT Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan report as of March 1, 2016, $40 million in funding is allocated to establish the first phase of this facility in 2017.

Why the emphasis on freight?

Manhattan is the economic driver of New York State, and, the boroughs continue to gentrify, with much of the old industrial, manufacturing hubs being repurposed for residential development, Williamsburg in Brooklyn is a perfect example. With this, much of the manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution industry has left the urban core, heading further east and alongside the NJT/95 corridor.

As real estate prices in New

York City and the boroughs continue to rise, it is much less expensive to have freight distribution that was concentrated in sections of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx, (e.g., Asthma Alley), travel further to Long Island’s Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Hence there has been a shift over the last two to three years in the industry, trucking, planes, freight trains, traveling east to Nassau and Suffolk.

This distribution is not providing economic benefit or gains to Nassau and Suffolk counties, especially as so many of these hubs are subsidized via IDA grants, state aid, federal aid roadwork projects, etc. — much of the freight, cargo is distributed here, to then be hauled to New York City, the I-95 corridor, shipped internationally, etc.

There are already negative impacts resulting from freight distribution in Nassau County, on the eastern end, impacting health, safety, quality of life, and the environment.

Without air-quality monitoring systems in the region but for one monitor in Eisenhower Park which does not collect all types of pollutants, there is no way to know the level of exposure to

particulates that are or may be carcinogenic. Suffolk County, in a recent Newsday article, reported significant concern over the high level of air pollution in Suffolk County.

Since 2014, the eastern section of Town of Oyster Bay experienced a rapid increase in freight traffic, from tandem tractor trailers, construction vehicles, car carriers, traveling county roads, local roads, within school zones, substantially impacting congestion and undermining safety.

Freight travel via air cargo began to increase in 2012 and significantly increased in 2014 in terms of overhead flights from JFK in our region — and from looking at the Port Authority maps, Nassau County is impacted.

By eliminating the seven grade crossings, (whether elevating tracks/platform or bringing trains underneath roadway/ underground), it provides room and space for increased freight travel, including double stacked freight cars. It’s likely a few years off, however, if the Pilgrim State Intermodal Facility is established, along with the Brookhaven intermodal site already in operation, and now with the Ellison Bridge elevated to DOT standards and

height, this is a major possibility. One that must be explored and reviewed especially due to the tracks’ proximity to homes, school yards, recreational centers, adjacent LIRR track, etc.

Is there a likelihood that we can expect freight trains to be much longer and noisier in the future? Adding more freight cars (over the limit now of 38 freight cars and four diesel engines), as in other regions, freight trains can extend for 2+ miles.

Hence at-grade crossing improvements in relation to future freight travel, if a driving motivator, could lead to longer trains.

This would be important to analyze further since it also means an increase in the possibility of derailments, more rumbling trains during the off-peak hours — evening and at night and more.

The Regional Freight Plan is complex and along with the Third Track Expansion even more complex. It is certainly a part of a big troubling picture that should be taken seriously.

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Ed board responsive to students’ input

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e at Great Neck South High School are very proud of the work that our student government has done.

Over the last several years, they have worked with school and district leaders to expand wi-fi access in the schools, create school-based student email accounts, provide free spring water dispensers throughout the school building, redesign and renovate the student cafeteria, revamp Rebel Olympics and make numerous improvements to the student bathrooms (despite a very tight

budget) to name just some of their accomplishments.

None of these could have been achieved without the support and openness of the school, the district administration and the Board of Education.

The extent to which superintendent, assistant superintendents, board members and others in the Great Neck School community have made them themselves available to our student government is impressive. They never fail to listen and to seriously consider the student point of view.

Unfortunately, this year we

face a serious budget crisis, something not unusual for Long Island schools in the current climate and as a result of the New York State tax levy limits. Difficult decisions needed to be made while keeping instructional programs and class size paramount. A project like providing air conditioning, while certainly a worthy pursuit, would cost about $12,000,000 and could only be achieved through a bond issue.

After listening to the passionate voices of the students, the board agreed to put this on the agenda for consideration when

the next bond would be considered.

This was a huge accomplishment for our student government and one that should be celebrated, even if some of our classrooms will continue to rely on fans this June.

There is no question that the students’ voices have been heard and honored, again and again.

However, being heard and knowing what you are talking about does not always guarantee that you can have what you want.

I feel incredibly fortunate to work in a school and in a district

where student concerns and ideas are so valued.

In fact, the board policy is to allow student delegates the first chance to speak when an issue is brought up at a meeting.

We will continue as a school to work with students to ensure that the views students present are thoughtful, accurate, transparent and responsive to the student body while being presented in a respectful manner.

Susan Elliott, Principal William A Shine Great Neck South High School

Trump, Ryan seek to cut social safety net

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rump’s policy advisor has already signaled that when Trump is president, they will start to look at Social Security and Medicare.

Be warned, Paul Ryan and Donald Trump are on the same page.

Trump may not know what to do about most of his promises, but be assured that Ryan has been thinking about what he wants. They will soon release plans to replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

They persist despite the fact that 60-odd attempts to do so have failed already, partially because the Republican congress were afraid that they would lose their jobs if it passed.

They know in their hearts that ACA is still popular despite problems of cost and efficiency and the electorate would not stand for that.

Ryan is not deterred. He wants to scrap the act and substitute a premium support plan that would allow Medicare recipients to purchase private health plans that are compa-

rable to existing Medicare Advantage plans.

These started as HMO’s and were retained when the act was passed.

On the surface, they seem to have advantages, offering additional perks without adding to a premium.

But the catch is that they offer reduced benefits and limited provider networks.

When you need services outside of the plan, and you often do, you must pay for them out of pocket.

Also they cost the taxpayer because these private plans are still being allowed to operated at a percentage of profit that theoretically should have been disallowed, and that limitation has not been curbed.

A “premium support plan” means that Medicare eligibles would be given vouchers and they would have to find a plan that would provide what they want. The amount would be inadequate, and the eligibles would end up with a larger share of the cost of the premiums.

More profits for the private

insurers, more costs for the insured, inferior coverage.

To add to this, also afoot in Ryan’s plan is raising the age of Medicare eligibility. This is truly scary, if not disastrous.

At a time when we are the only industrialized nation in the world that fails to provide universal coverage at a cost per person that is much lower than our system can, and with superior health outcomes, the Republicans are plotting to make matters worse.

We simply cannot allow this to happen.

Adding a Trump presidency, with all its threats, to a Republican congress in control of our economy and potentially, our Supreme Court, and our influence in the world is too horrible to contemplate.

Let us begin by repeating why Bernie Sanders has continued in his quest to remain in the Democratic primary to the end.

Even though it is unlikely for him to gain the presidential nomination, his aim is to present enough votes for delegates that can influence the inclusion

of his ideas in the platform. He must be able to start with improving Hillary Clinton’s health coverage plan.

He continues to advocate for a single payer, Medicare for all plan to replace the ACA, rather than incremental changes as proposed by Clinton.

His plan would provide all medically necessary services without cost sharing. It can be implemented, according to the most impartial estimates, with efficiency, universal access and fairness.

A detailed proposal for single payer reform, in the American Journal of Public Health, has been hailed as the most efficient and promising solution to our problems with the ACA. Thousands of doctors have issued a call to pass this plan.

Dr. David Himmelstein and Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, formerly lecturers at Harvard Medical School and now professors of health policy at City University School of Public Health, have been influential world renowned experts.

In the opinion of these planners, who have been advo-

cating such a plan for at least thirty years and have seen documented improved systems throughout the world, it is time to implement single payer, which can replace Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and pharmaceutical markets.

If we fail to do so, we face the dire possibility of suffering through increased costs and unnecessary complexities, duplication, and the need for defining and choosing from a confusing multitude of offerings.

By no stretch of the imagination can we allow the choices made by over-lobbied, mostly uninformed members of Congress to stand.

We must make a dent in the frustration of a large segment of our population that has allowed another uninformed presumptive advocate for “great” solutions to promote policies that he cannot even define.

One victory at a time can serve as a model to us to adhere to progressive solutions nationally and globally.

Esther Confino New Hyde Park

MTA exceeds expectations on Thomaston bridge

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n March 30, 2015, demolition was started on the Colonial Road Bridge.

This bridge allows traffic to bypass the congestion by the Welwyn Road Post Office, Shop Delight and LIRR train station.

The demolition of the bridge and its ultimate reconstruction were steps necessary to allow the MTA to provide LIRR service

directly to Grand Central Terminal ( East Side Access Project.)

Multiple governmental agencies were/are involved in the planning and execution of the East Side Access Project, and it was expected that the Colonial Road Bridge would re-open June 2016.

However, by Wednesday, May 11 the bridge was re-opened to traffic ahead of schedule, with

no fanfare, self congratulations, fist bumps, or high fives — just a completed job, how amazing!

Congratulations and thank yous must be extended to all agencies involved, but especially to the Village of Thomaston officials.

Many thanks to former Mayor Robert Stern who was very much hands on during the planning stages of the project and

especially for his advocacy on behalf of the residents of Thomaston.

Many thanks to current Mayor Steven Weinberg and his staff who followed the project through to completion and kept the village informed through texts and updates on the Village website.

Also, there was good, clear signage on the roads to help mo-

torists navigate the detours.

It is inspiring and refreshing that a major project, such as the demolition and reconstruction of the Colonial Road Bridge was completed on time with no melodrama, no excuses and with beautiful results. Yes, it can be done!

Janet Fine Thomaston Letters Continued on Page 46

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After 4 years, NCC finds a new prez

By J oe N i k i c

Nassau Community College’s nearly four-year search for a permanent president has finally come to an end.

Outgoing Farmingdale State College president W. Hubert Keen was approved by the SUNY Board of Trustees at a special meeting Thursday to head the Garden Citybased institution.

“I have every confidence that Dr. Keen’s leadership of Nassau Community College will serve as an important and impactful turning point for the campus, one that will greatly benefit NCC’s students, faculty, and

staff,” SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher said. “I want to thank Interim President [Thomas] Dolan for his leadership as well as Dr. [Jorge] Gardyn and the Board of Trustees at the college and the presidential search committee for their dedication to getting this appointment exactly right.”

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

Dolan, formerly the Great Neck school district’s Superintendent of Schools, has served as interim president since September.

Keen has served as SUNY Farmingda-

le’s president since 2007.

Prior to heading the school, he served two years as the institution’s provost and vice president for Academic Affairs.

“I am honored that the Nassau Community College Presidential Search Committee, NCC Board of Trustees, Chancellor Zimpher, and the SUNY Board of Trustees have offered me the opportunity to work with this very important institution,” Keen said. “While this opportunity is not one I anticipated, it is one I am pleased to embrace, and am honored to be entrusted with NCC’s leadership.”

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The NCC Board of Trustees approved Keen’s appointment at Tuesday’s board meeting, where they announced that a permanent president had been selected but were not releasing the name until the SUNY board’s approval.

“Dr. Keen brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to Nassau Community College,” Gardyn, who chairs NCC’s Board of Trustees, said. “The board is excited about working with our next president. We look forward to a new era of growth and advancement.”

Keen’s appointment comes almost three weeks after an independent accrediting agency issued a report stating that the institution needed to hire a permanent president to keep its accreditation.

Of the 14 standards The Middle States Commission on Higher Education uses to accredit institutions, NCC was not in compliance with seven of them, with the community college’s failure to select a permanent president highlighting most of the report’s issues, according to the report.

The Middle States Commission is expected to issue a formal sanction to the institution on June 23, according to Newsday.

FIVE HOLY CROSS STUDENTS WIN CONGREGATION OF HOLY CROSS’ 7th ANNUAL PROJECT HOPE CONTEST Five Holy Cross High School students won for their self-produced films in this year’s Project Hope Contest and were among 54 winners total. Sponsored by the Brothers of Holy Cross, Moreau Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross in Austin, Texas, this year’s contest yielded nearly 750 entries from all 12 Holy Cross schools within the nation.

The contest analyzed the writing, music, art, and film work of students, which required them to reflect on the meaning of mercy, as the main theme, while exploring their faith and becoming an active

part of the Holy Year of Mercy.

Contestants were asked to consider their experiences regarding the concept of mercy and topics such as, but not limited to, God’s mercy in our lives, students’ works of mercy as relating to corporal works of mercy, local acts of mercy in and around our community, and spiritual works of mercy.

At the beginning of this year’s Holy Year of Mercy, Pope Francis asked us to mindfully examine how we can live a pure life of mercy.

This thought provoking statement was pondered by our students before they embarked on their projects.

For the production of the film Project Hope: Anything Goes, second place prize winners were Teddy Byrne and Thomas Kostic. For the production of the film Children of Mercy, fourth place prize winners were Brian Dolan, Pantelis Mouchlis, and Oghenetanure Adegor.

Winners were acknowledged for their wonderful, faith-filled work and were presented with cash awards as well.

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Firm wins $3M grant for health innovation

By A d e da m ol a Agboola TheraSource, a Manhasset based biotech company spun off from Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institute in 2004, will tackle radiation poisoning thanks to a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

The startup received a $3 million three-year Small Business Innovation grant, the company announced last Thursday.

The grant will support the support the development of an innovative treatment to alleviate health damage caused by unintentional radiation exposure, officials said.

The grant will specifically go towards Ping Wang’s study and development of human ghrelin as an innovative treatment to alleviate health damage caused by unintentional radiation exposure.

Wang, the 57 year old founder of TheraSource and chief scientific officer at Feinstein Institute, discovered that the administration of human ghrelin, a 28-amino acid peptide hormone, significantly increased the survival rate and reduced the weight loss of animal models exposed to radiation.

“Human ghrelin has been investigated in clinical trials of other indications,” Wang said. “With our new findings, we will soon be able to file an Investigational New Drug application to U.S. Food and Drug Administration.”

Human ghrelin, which is mainly produced in the stomach, has been found to control physiological activities from food intake and energy metabolism to gut-integrity and cell death.

Wang, a Village of Roslyn resident who immigrated from China in 1987 said the company is in a unique position.

“Radiation exposure is quite different because only the government is interested in studying something like this,” Wang said. “And the drug will be developed mainly for emergency like the nuclear power disaster in Japan or a dirty bomb in the middle of Manhattan which will cause a lot of damage.”

Wang said when the drugs are fully developed, tested and commercialized, the government will stockpile and be able to issue them when needed.

“We are still relatively in the early stages,” Wang said. “We still have to do to the FDA to file and ‘Investigational New Drug’ application to conduct clinical trials.”

Wang said because of the uniqueness of the drug, the company will perform the trials on radiation exposed animals.

“We are going to use monkeys and that can take within five years to further develop and get approval,” Wang said. “At the moment, we are only targeting the U.S. government as our only customer.”

The company referenced the radioactive disasters in Chernobyl, Ukraine and Japan as well as the existential threat of

“international terrorism” and “geopolitical instability,” which poses “growing threat of radiation exposure through radioactive devices and nuclear weapons.

“Nonetheless, no treatment has been approved to counter the often fatal gastrointestinal disease caused by higher doses of radiation. Thus, there is an urgent, unmet medical need for an effective therapy to treat victims of severe acute radiation injury,” the company said in a statement.

Wang’s team, which consulted with researchers from Stony Brook University in the development of business and technology strategy, will collaborate with the University of Maryland to conduct some studies under the SBIR grant.

Diane Fabel, director of operations at the Center for Biotechnology and a lead administrator of the Long Island Bioscience Hub, which recently welcomed the Feinstein Institute as its fourth member organization, said the Center for Biotechnology is “proud to have played an integral role in helping TheraSource advance their business and technology strategy.”

Wang said when he launched TheraSource 10 years ago, he and his partners had to go out and raise $100,000.

“Most large research center will file patents for their members and go different ways. They [researchers] then license the technology to someone else,” Wang said. “The second way is for the institution to encourage the researchers to develop the drugs themselves.”

And that was what the Feinstein Institute did.

When Wang and his partners raise the early stage capital, they sold a part of the company who the institute.

“That’s why we’re called a spin off of the institute,” Wang said.

“One of our missions at the Feinstein Institute is to transition our lab discoveries onto the path of commercialization,” said Kevin Tracey, president and CEO of the Feinstein Institute. “TheraSource has received investments to fund its various projects and is seeking strategic partnerships towards the goal of clinical development and commercialization. TheraSource is an example of how we have successfully done this.”

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Two unions give backing to Kaiman

By N o a h M a N S k a r Two local union chapters endorsed Jon Kaiman for Congress this week, adding to the Democrat’s support from labor groups in the 3rd Congressional District.

Plumbers Local Union No. 200 backed Kaiman on Monday, with Business Manager Danny Grodotzke touting his record supporting labor interests and working families as North Hempstead’s town supervisor.

“Jon Kaiman is the best choice to succeed Rep. Steve Israel and has a record of steadfast leadership and putting people before politics,” Grodotzke said in a statement.

Local No. 200 is among the largest local trade unions on Long Island, representing plumbers in Nassau and Suffolk counties, Kaiman’s campaign said in a statement.

Communications Workers of America Local 1180, one of the

PHOTO: JON kAIMAN FOR CONGRESS

Jon kaiman poses with Verizon workers on strike. unions representing striking Verizon employees, endorsed Kaiman last Wednesday after the Democrat spent weeks picketing with them.

“We support Jon Kaiman based on his record of fighting for

workers and their families struggling to stay in the middle class,” Local 1180 President Arthur Cheliotes said in a statement.

Former North Hempstead Supervisor Kaiman, one of five Democrats vying to replace Rep.

Steve Israel in the North Shore’s 3rd Congressional District, has joined Verizon workers on Long Island and New York City picket lines almost every day since their strike started April 13, Kaiman’s campaign said in a statement.

The strike began after the CWA and International Brotherhood of Electric Workers, the unions representing about 40,000 Verizon call center workers and technicians, reached an impasse after 10 months of contract negotiations with the telecommunications giant.

Kaiman also addressed picketing CWA workers during their 2011 strike before the union reached its most recent contract agreement with Verizon in 2012.

“Throughout my life, I have always stood with the hard working men and women of organized labor,” Kaiman said in a statement. “In Washington, I will continue to be a voice for working families.”

CWA Local 1180 is one of the union’s largest public sector chapters in the country, representing public, private and non-profit clerical and administrative workers mostly in New York City, Kaiman’s campaign said in a statement.

The endorsements follows Kaiman’s May 2 endorsement from Theatrical Teamsters Local 817, a union for theater workers in New York City and Long Island.

Kaiman is the only 3rd District Democrat to receive labor endorsements so far. His opponents include Jericho attorney Jonathan Clarke, North Hempstead Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern and former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi.

They will face off in a June 28 primary for the Democratic nomination in the district stretching from Whitestone, Queens, to Kings Park in Suffolk County.

county dems blast goP leadership

By S a r a h MiNkewicz Nassau Democratic lawmakers last Thursday blasted Republican Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves (R-East Meadow) for what they said was her refusal to call their proposals to a public hearing and vote.

“Bills can change lives,” Nassau County Democratic Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams said at a news conference in Mineola. “Bills are to protect people.”

“These are good bills that would benefit people,” Abrahams said.

Democrats said they have filed 13 bills this year without acknowledgment from the GOP majority. The bills include raising the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21, exempting low-

income seniors and veterans from incurring fees for police responses to false home security alarms, and banning the sale of personal-care products containing environmentally damaging “microbeads.”

Democratic legislators said that no bill written, sponsored, and filed by the Nassau County Legislative minority members has received a public hearing or been brought to the public for open debate, simply because Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves chooses not to bring them to the floor.

“We’re not asking for the bills to pass,” Abrahams said. “We’re asking for debate.”

Gonsalves said in a statement that Democrats’ bills don’t advance because they fail on legal, financial or policy grounds, are sloppily drafted, and show no regard for the financial impact on taxpayers

and businesses.

In Nassau, Republicans control the legislature with a 12-7 majority.

Officials said the bills often get thrown out before they have the opportunity for legislative committee debate and public scrutiny.

Abraham said he believes Gonsalves was not placing their bills on public meeting agendas due to “partisan politics.”

“We need to work together in a bipartisan way,” he said. “This is what’s called good government.”

“We’re all legislators, all voted in and all held to the same standard,” said Nassau County Legislator Judy Jacobs (D-Woodbury), PHOTO BY SARAH MINkEWICZ who was presiding officer when Democrats led the chamber, Nassau County Democratic Minority Leader kevan Abrahams with from 2000 to 2009. “We all live his Nassau Democratic legislative colleagues to bring attention to here and all want to do the right “Nassau’s Lost Legislation.” thing.”

Suozzi touts ability to get things done Continued from Page 8 Suozzi said he would oppose any personal federal income tax hikes unless they accompany more federal money into the 3rd district, a goal other Democrats have espoused.

Suozzi said he would support a federal program offering free community college paid for with tax revenue from offshore corpo-

rations that return to the U.S., which he said should also pay for infrastructure improvements.

He said there should be a tax incentive to lure those companies back, not give a specific tax rate for one.

“I don’t wanna see our income taxes go up so we can send the money to North Carolina, South Carolina, Arizona and all

the other red states that are net takers from the federal government,” he said.

On foreign policy, Suozzi said Israel and Palestine should move toward a two-state solution, but Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory and Palestine’s lack of leader willing to negotiate put one further out of reach.

Suozzi said he opposed

the Iran nuclear deal and opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement because it would result in the U.S. lowering labor and health-care standards to compete with expanding Asian economies.

“That’s why I’m exploring the idea of looking at the corporate tax rate to see, how can we be competitive in the rest of the

world, but in a way that keeps the things that make America great,” he 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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H H H H H ELECTION 2016

E.W. voters OK budget, keep taxes flat B y N o a h M a ns k a r East Williston school district residents taxes will stay flat after they voted 403 to 92 on Tuesday to approve the district’s 20162017 budget.

The school board will also shift slightly after incumbent Trustee David Keefe and newcomer Alan Littman won unopposed races 390 and 370 votes, respectively.

“I’m really excited to jump in and learn, and understand better what my role is and to get moving,” Littman said.

Littman, a 1981 Wheatley School graduate and a district resident for more than 40 years, will replace outgoing Trustee Barbara Slone, who said she is stepping down after six years because of increasing demands from her nursing job at Winthrop-University Hospital.

Keefe said he thinks the large margin by which the budget and other propositions passed indicates residents largely support the district and its efforts.

“I think this is a board that works well together, and that we talk to each other rather than at each other,” Keefe said.

East Williston administrators cut more than $245,000 in contingencies in April to flatten the tax levy in the $57.4 million budget, which reflects a 1.4-percent, or $791,000, increase over this year’s spending.

Residents voted 397 to 90 to establish a $4.9 million capital reserve to revamp its three schools’ athletic facilities. The package will include fixes to athletic fields, tracks and gymnasiums, with the Wheatley School get-

east williston Budget Votes: 403 yes (81.4%), 92 no (18.6%) $2 million in capital spending Votes: 405 yes (82.7%), 85 no (17.3%) $4.9 million capital reserve Votes: 397 yes (81.5%), 90 no (18.5%) David Keefe: 390 votes (unopposed)

David Keefe (left) and Alan Littman won unopposed bids for East Williston school board seats. ting the bulk of the work.

Residents also voted 405 to 85 to spend $2 million from a reserve established last year. That money will install new windows at the North Side School, new doors at the Willets Road School, new handicap-accessible bathrooms and floors at the Wheatley School, and new kitchen ventilation systems at Willets Road and Wheatley.

The overall budget aims to continue building and creating curricular initiatives in district schools, including an engineering curriculum; literacy programs; a new Advanced Placement capstone course for high school seniors; and a technology expansion, Superintendent Elaine Kanas has said.

The proposed tax levy hike rose from

0.39 percent to 0.47 percent after changes in projected revenue from the Long Island Power Authority’s payments in lieu of taxes, the subject of a lawsuit East Williston and more than 40 other Nassau County districts filed against LIPA in January.

Littman’s election and Keefe’s re-election come amid an outcry among over the suspension last month of beloved Wheatley School teacher Matthew Haig, and less than a week before the school board’s May 23 meeting, where many students, alumni and parents are expected to speak in support of him.

Keefe and Littman said they could not legally answer questions about Haig’s case at a May 2 candidates’ forum, but they defended the school board’s transparency

Alan Littman: 370 votes (unopposed) and said they support teachers’ “academic freedom” to teach controversial subjects.

Keefe called the school board “very, very transparent,” and Littman said its accessibility attracted him to it.

The two largely agreed on other issues such as the budget priorities, saying they would avoid cutting school programs, and the controversial Common Core standards.

Littman said he thinks the standards are valuable but that tests aligned with them are not necessarily the best means of accountability.

While he said the district is obligated to enforce the standards as law, Keefe, a retired Hempstead school district teacher, said their link to teacher evaluations is their most controversial aspect.

Chin, budget make grade in Herricks vote Continued from Page 1 “I think that my dedication to this community and our district is evident,” Chin said in a statement. “They see the hard work I put into all that I do, whether it is with the Scouts or this campaign, I work hard and I do my best.”

Apicos said he was glad voters had a choice in the school board election.

“The district and its leadership are likely to face many challenges in the future and I believe they will meet them, and will do the best they can for the students, staff and taxpayers,” he said in a statement.

The budget voters approved includes a 0.16-percent tax levy increase, less than half the 0.36-percent increase the district was allowed under state tax cap law.

It adds funds for new teachers and other staff, technology equipment, infrastructure fixes and new programs, including an elementary robotics team and additional social-emotional learning programs It also includes an $820,000 package of capital improvements funded largely by more than $629,000 in additional state funds from the final gap elimination adjustment payment, money the state withheld from school districts to cover its own deficit in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

herricks Budget Votes 1,370 yes (74.5%) 469 no (25.5%) Juleigh Chin 1,340 votes (78.5%)

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Juleigh Chin (center) won a second three-year term on the Herricks school board.

The board decided to use the aid boost and slightly enlarge the tax levy increase from 0.12 percent to fund the projects after discussing the possibility of flattening the tax levy.

Apicos and Chin had agreed the district’s finances are in a strong position now, but diverged somewhat on its budget outlook.

Apicos has said the budget put Herricks in a “state of equilibrium” after major cuts in the early years of the state’s tax levy cap.

The district could benefit from strong

budget planning and involving teachers more in decision-making and program development, as they could generate ideas that would save money without sacrificing programs, he said. He also questioned the use of reserves in the budget.

“You’re doing the best you can with the situation and the cards that you’ve been dealt,” Apicos said at a May 2 candidates’ forum.

Chin, on the other hand, said this year’s budget indicates a brighter outlook as the district has learned to navigate the

Andrew Apicos Chin: 1,340 votes (78.5%) cap by restoring cuts she described as painful and adding new programs.

She said she was unsure what reserves Apicos was referring to.

“It’s not that it doesn’t hurt now, but we kind of learned how to live with it and we kind of learned to adjust and roll with those punches, but we don’t have these big reserves that some of our neighboring districts might have,” Chin said at the forum.

Chin would also like to see more team-building for students and staff, and programs addressing issues such as bullying and eating disorders, she has said.

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Visit to Portugal Grocery workers union elects new president inspires Mineola leader

By J oe N i k i c The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500 announced Friday that the union has selected a new president and secretary-treasurer.

The Local 1500 Executive Board unanimously elected Tony Speelman and Robert Newell to serve as its president and secretary-treasurer, respectively, according to a Local 1500 press release.

“I am honored to represent the proud men and women of UFCW Local 1500, a union I first became a member of when I was 17 years old,” Speelman said.

He succeeds former Local 1500 president Bruce W. Both, who headed the union since 2004.

The UFCW Local 1500 formerly represented Pathmark employees until the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in July to protect their A&P, Food Basics, The Food Emporium, Pathmark, Superfresh and Waldbaum’s stores from creditors.

The financially beleaguered company sold some of its North Shore stores to WakeFern Food Corp., which operates Shop Rite supermarkets, Key Food Stores Co-Operative Inc. and the Stop & Shop Supermarket Corp.

Some of those supermarket employees are covered by UFCW Local 1500 as well as

the Local 338 and Local 342 of the Long Island Public Service Employees union.

Speelman began working as a Local 1500 member when he took a part-time job at Dairy Barn when he was 17, according to the release.

Prior to his new post as secretary-treasurer, Newell served as assistant to the Local 1500 president.

He began working as a Local 1500 member working as a part-time shopping cart attendant for a Pathmark supermarket in Bay Shore, according to the release.

“I want this union to become an even greater and stronger union for the decades ahead,” Newell said.

Speelman said he and Newell would continuously work to improve working conditions for Local 1500’s members.

“We will work together to provide a better life for all Local 1500 members, to provide better benefits, and safer working conditions,” he said. “We will make it a priority to secure better part-time scheduling, so our members can better balance a family life.”

The UFCW Local 1500 represents over 20,000 grocery store employees across New York from Suffolk County to Dutchess County, according to its website.

Members of the UFCW Local 1500 are employed by the Stop & Shop, Gristedes, D’Agostinos, Key Food, Shop Rite and King Kullen supermarkets.

By C a s e y E k Gabriel Marques, a Mineola native and champion of the Portuguese-American community in New York, joined fellow New Yorker Isabelle Marques in Portugal for the IV International Course in Portuguese Diaspora Leadership in April.

The summit, organized by the Portuguese Diaspora Council, brought leaders of Portuguese communities from four continents together with members of the Portuguese government, including Prime Minister António Costa. Marques whose parents were born in Portugal says he understands the necessity for Portuguese Americans to stay united.

“To be a good Portuguese, you have to be a good American,” Gabriel Marques said. “I’m proud to be that link and proud to be in the position that I am in.”

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Gabriel Marques and Isabelle Marques exchanges gifts with Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Costa at his residence in the Palace of Sao Bento.

Created in 2012 by the Portuguese government, the Portuguese Diaspora Council today aims to create ties to countries with high populations of diasporic Portuguese citizens, those with Portuguese lineage living outside the country, according to the Portuguese-American Journal.

Marques, the founder and former president of New York Portuguese American Leadership Conference, said the summit in Portugal which took place from April 26-28, established a direct connection from New York to Portugal. His days in Portugal entailed bumping shoulders with high ranking members of Portuguese parliament. This, he says, put the New York Portuguese community on the map.

Marques recalls hearing presentations in which members of the Portuguese government celebrated the success of the Portuguese in New York.

“We all had a chance to tell the members of the Portuguese government about our communities,” Marques said. “Out of the 80 delegates there, I was one of the only ones who was there simply to promote his community and have fun.”

Marques, who remains the president emeritus of NYPALC, said he remains charged over the continuing success of the Portuguese-American community since the success of last year’s Portugal Day Parade, which drew over 10,000 guests.

This year the parade will take place on Sunday June 12 and will include nearly 40 organizations and is expanding to include New York City and Westchester, according to Marques.

“We think it’s going to be even bigger this year,” Marques said.

NYIT gets national cybersecurity honor B y A d e d a m o l a A g b o o l a matter experts in the field.

The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have designated New York Institute of Technology as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education through the 2021 academic year.

“This prestigious designation is further evidence of our focus on and leadership in cybersecurity,” said Nada Anid, dean of NYIT’s School of Engineering. “ It will help faculty vie for an even greater number of research grants and help NYIT students to secure government and private sector scholarships and careers in cyber defense.”

DHS and NSA jointly sponsor the National Centers of Academic Excellence program, which designates schools based on their degree programs and close alignment to specific cybersecurity related knowledge units, validated by subject

Along with the certification, the school along with the NSA and the National Science Foundation will also offer full scholarships to students who enroll in the Computer Science program at NYIT. Although some faculty at NYIT have already been working in different capacities with the Defense Department, Anid said, the designation will allow NYIT students to earn a certification that puts them ahead of their peers. CAE graduates help protect national security information systems, commercial networks, and critical information infrastructure in the private and public sectors.

“Now a student who enrolled in the computer science program at NYIT will be certified automatically,” Anid said. “For example, the Cisco certification can be used in the industry as well as working with the government.”

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air Show returns for Memorial Day Blue Angels, Snowbirds and Breitling Jet Team on tap to perform aerial maneuvers Bethpage Federal Credit Union and the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced the final lineup for the 2016 Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach taking place Memorial Day Weekend on Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.

For the first time, three jet teams will perform at the Bethpage Air Show including show headliners, the legendary United States Navy Blue Angels, returning to the Bethpage Air Show for their seventh performance during their 70th anniversary season.

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will give the final performance of the show at approximately 2 p.m.

The Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds will be making their 3rd performance at the Bethpage Air Show where they will perform over 50 different formations and maneuvers for fans.

The third of the three jet teams to perform is the Breitling Jet Team, the world’s elite professional civilian jet aerobatics team, returning to Long Island for their second consecutive performance

following a successful performance last year. The new United States Air Force F-35 Lightning II, the world’s most advanced multi-role fighter aircraft, will also perform at the Bethpage Air Show for the first time in its inaugural year.

The F-35 Heritage Flight performance will feature the F-35 flying alongside WWII, Korean and Vietnam-era aircraft in a dynamic display of our nation’s air power history.

With a top speed of 1,200 mph, the F-35 is capable of setting off sonic booms as it did this past January for all of the East Coast to experience!

Other star-studded performers at this year’s Bethpage Air Show include the United States Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, performing in their 12th Bethpage Air Show; legendary air show pilot Sean Tucker performing in his custom-built Oracle Challenger II biplane; extraordinary aerobatic pilot Matt Chapman; the John Klatt Airshows – Jack Links’ Screamin’ Sasquatch Jet Waco Aerobatic Team; the world famous GEICO Skytypers and their flight squadron of six vintage

WWII aircraft; the American Airpower Museum Warbirds; Long Island’s own David Windmiller; the Air Combat Command F-16 Viper Demonstration Team; our hometown, 106th Air Rescue Wing will show their support by performing a HC-130 and HH-60 flyby demonstration; and new for 2016, the SUNY Farmingdale State College Flying Rams who will fly seven of their 22 college-owned aircraft in a fly-by piloted by their top academic professional pilot performers.

“This year’s 2016 Bethpage Air Show is one of, if not the best, schedule of performers we have ever seen in the history of

the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach State Park,” said George Gorman, deputy regional director of state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historical Preservation. “We are very happy to be able to bring this level of talent to Long Island, which is already buzzing with excitement about this year’s show.”

Last year’s 12th annual Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach brought over 325,000 fans to Jones Beach when the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds performed during the Memorial Day Weekend event to help share the story of our nation’s military.

“Each Memorial Day Weekend, we are honored

to welcome and pay tribute to the men and women who so bravely serve our country,” said Linda Armyn, senior vice president of corporate affairs of Bethpage Federal Credit Union.

“We are pleased that the United States Navy Blue Angels have committed to perform for their seventh time for our show. We are confident that this year’s show will be nothing short of spectacular.”

The Bethpage Air Show will be held Memorial Day weekend at Jones Beach State Park, Wantagh on Saturday, May 28 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. and Sunday, May 29 10 a.m. – 3: p.m..

The Air Show is free to the public, but the standard $10.00 vehicle use fee will be collected each day upon entry to the State Park. For 2016 state Empire Passport holders, there is no vehicle use fee charge.

For $65, the Empire Passport permits unlimited vehicle access to most facilities operated by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Empire Passports are available for purchase at any Long Island State Park

and can be utilized immediately and are effective until March 31, 2017 to enjoy the forests, the seashores and the lakefronts of New York State’s parks through all of New York’s beautiful seasons.

For up-to-date information about this year’s show, please visit www. bethpageairshow.com or https://www.facebook. com/BethpageAirShow/, or contact the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Regional Office, Recreation Department at 631/321-3510.

The Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach is sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Newsday, WABC-TV Channel 7, Connoisseur Media Long Island and Natural Heritage Trust. The show can be heard in its entirety on WHLI 1100 and 1370 AM. Bethpage Air Show announcers will lead air show activities from the Jones Beach State Park Central MallBoardwalk area where food, beverages and ground activities will be available for fans.

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Mike Vecchione Friday, May 20, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 21, 7:30 &10 p.m.

Born in Youngstown, Ohio to Italian American-Catholic parents, Mike Vecchione took the scenic route to the world of professional comedy, earning a bachelors degree in criminal justice at Pennsylvania State University before counseling adjudicated teens and children with mental health issues and teaching special education in the Philadelphia School District. After receiving his masters in Special Education from Cabrini College he moved to New York City in 2003 and began stand-up comedy.

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

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Afternoon T.E.A.: Motown Acoustics

Wednesday, May 25, 2 p.m.

Kellie Nicole and Jon Price cover acoustic arrangements of R&B and the Motown era with songs of Stevie Wonder, Martha & the Vandellas, the Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, and more. Dancing in the aisles is expected! Light refreshments and snacks will be served. Free admission to Afternoon TEA is made possible by the support of the Manhasset Community Fund, Greentree Foundation “Good Neighbor” Fund, the New York Community Bank Foundation and the Nassau County Bar Association “We Care Fund.”

Where: Landmark On Main Street, 232 Main Street, Suite 1, Port Washington Info: (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 • www.landmarkonmainstreet.org

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The Zombies, Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals

Sunday, May 22, 7 p.m.

The second UK group following the Beatles to score a No. 1 hit in America, The Zombies infiltrated the airwaves with the sophisticated melodies, breathy vocals, choral back-up harmonies and jazzy keyboard riffs of their 1960s hit singles like “She’s Not There” and “Tell Her No”. They will be appearing along with former Rascals frontman Felix Cavaliere, the man behind chart-toppers “Good Lovin’,” “Groovin’” and “People Got to Be Free.”

Where: NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info: (516) 247-5200 • www.thetheatreatwestbury.com

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Andrew Dice Clay Saturday, May 21, 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 22, 8 p.m.

Comedian Andrew Dice Clay’s rise to fame was nothing less than meteoric; becoming the first comedian to sell out Madison Square Garden two nights in a row and the only performer ever “Banned For Life from MTV.” Over the last few years, Clay’s career has experienced a resurgence, most notably when he starred in Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine,” roles on “Entourage” and “Vinyl” and his new aptly titled Showtime series “Dice.”

Where: The Paramount 370 New York Ave. Huntington Info: (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com

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City Alley, Foam & The Fulcrum Thursday, May 26, 8 p.m.

The Space hosts three Long Island-based bands Thursday night. City Alley, from East Northport, is composed of Joe DiGiglio, Matt Cusack and Chris Insignares; Foam features Jude Renna and Jim Cyran sharing the guitar and vocal duties, Frank Mortillaro on drums and bassist Mike Dunn; and The Fulcrum is an alternative rock trio with a high-energy live show.

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

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Africa to Auschwitz: Germany, Genocide and Denial

Sunday, May 22, 2 p.m.

A panel discussion about the first genocide of the 20th century and its impact on Nazism.

From 1904 to 1908, Imperial Germany murdered at least 80,000 Ovaherero and approximately 10,000 Nama during Germany’s colonization of Southwest Africa, in the region known today as Namibia. This will be the first time this topic has been presented in the United States, publicly and with an international panel of experts.

Where: Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove Info: (516) 571-8040 • http://www.hmtcli.org

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Materpieces in the Main House Sunday, May 22,12-5 p.m.

The Caumsett Foundation hosts this juried art exhibit and silent auction featuring local artists. The exhibit and auction will take place in the Marshall Field lll Main House at Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve.

The event will close with wine, hors d’oeuvres, music and a meet and greet with the artists from 3 to 5 p.m..

All proceeds will go to the preservation of the park.

Tickets for the closing party are $25 per person, $35 at the door.

Where: Caumsett State Park, 25 Lloyd Harbor Rd., Huntington Info: (631) 423-1770 www.caumsettfoundation.org

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ature walk saturday, May 21, Between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Enjoy a guided nature walk on our trails. Our 155-acre site is home to more than 149 resident and migratory birds, 49 species of butterflies and 150 native plant species. Meet your guide at site entrance at 12:50 p.m. $5 admission for one hour.

Where: Hoffman Center nature preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary, 600 northern boulevard, Muttontown Info: (516) 922-3290 • www.hoffmancenter.org

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Dance it up in honor of World Turtle Day! Celebrate our favorite shelled reptiles and discover interesting facts about turtles at our Information Station, make fun turtle crafts,and get your face painted. Dress in green for door prizes! All ages. Facepainting $4; all else free with paid admission; members are free.

Where: The Whaling Museum & Education Center, 301 Main Street , Cold Spring Harbor Info: 631-367-3418 • www.cshwhalingmuseum.org

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Choose from one of the following fun, sweet activities: Take a Dip in the chocolate fountain (marshmallow or pretzel) - $2; Fill a Syringe with melted chocolate from our 4’ fountain and indulge - $4; Chill Out with delicious Giffords Ice Cream in our freshly made waffle cones - Price Varies; Sweeten your day with safe to eat cookie dough by Do NYC - $5; Create your own candy bar with your choice of chocolate & candy toppings and then, dip a sweet treat in our warm and delicious 4’ chocolate fountain - $25.

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wesome Animal Show Saturday, May 21, 1:00 p.m.

Ranger Eric Powers, a wildlife biologist with 27 years’ experience, will present a fascinating show about wildlife, pets and nature. The presentation will include a hands on look at bones, skulls, fur and other wildlife artifacts. Ranger Powers will also give guests a comparative look at some commonly mistaken animals, such as African and American bullfrogs; a turtle and a tortoise; and geckos and skinks. He will also present the differences between North American and tropical snakes; solid-haired and hollowhaired mammals; and underground and treetop insects.

Where: Long Island Game Farm, 489 Chapman Boulevard, Manorville Info: 631-878-6644 • www.longislandgamefarm.com

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appy as Clams: The Musical

Saturday, May 21 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Tuesday, May 24 through Friday, May 27 at 10:15 a.m. and noon

Join us for a live musical adventure set in Long Island’s Great South Bay. Meet Clammy the Clam who confesses she is not “happy as a clam,” and sets out to find happiness by wishing on a star. Along the way she makes friends and meets a feisty fiddler crab, a fluke, a jelly and a sea star. Join the cast on a multi-sensory storytelling experience as you learn facts about Clammy and the other creatures of the Great South Bay. Written by award-winning family performer/ journalist and Long Islander Lena Pennino-Smith, this show gets everyone singing, dancing and clamoring for more (while sneaking in some local science and geography).

Back by popular demand after an amazing run last year!

Happy as Clams is a joint production of LICM and Songs by Lena. Ages: 3 and up. Fee: $9 per seat with museum admission ($7 per seat LICM members), $12 theater only.

Where: Long Island Children’s Museum Info: (516) 224-5800 • http://www.licm.org/

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Open Year Round Sea lions may seem clumsy on land, but their oar-like flippers and torpedo-shaped bodies make them strong swimmers and divers. Feedings at 11:15 a.m., 2:00 p.m., & 4:00 p.m., daily. Spend the day at the zoo and visit all of the other fun animals!

Where: Queens Zoo, 53-51 111th Street, Flushing Info: (718) 271-1500 • www.queenszoo.com

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LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Wednesday, May 25, 2 p.m.

Afternoon T.E.A.: Motown Acoustics Thursday, June 23, 2016, 7:30 p.m.

Tommy Emmanuel STEPHEN C. WIDOM CULTURAL ARTS AT EMANUEL 150 Hicks Lane, Great Neck (516) 482-5701 • www.scwculturalarts.org/ emanuel-series/ Sunday, June 5, 3 p.m.

Harvey Granat presents “By George!” with special guest Todd Gershwin NYCB Theatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury.

(516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Sunday, May 22, 7 p.m.

The Zombies, Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals Tuesday, May 31, 8 p.m.

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience Saturday, June 4, 8 p.m.

Saturday Night Summer Fever Concert Thursday, June 9, 8 p.m.

Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. Friday, June 10, 8 p.m.

Johnny Mathis Thursday, June 16, 8 p.m.

Don Rickles & Regis Philbin: Conversation & Clips Saturday, June 18, 8 p.m.

Happy Together feat. Flo & Eddie, Chuck Negron Sunday, June 19, 8 p.m.

Boyz II Men Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m.

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

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

Joe Bonamassa The Space at Westbury 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury.com Thursday, May 26, 8 p.m.

City Alley, Foam & The Fulcrum Thursday, June 2, 8 p.m.

The Studio Rocks Friday, June 10, 8 p.m.

Mary Chapin Carpenter Wednesday, June 15, 8 p.m.

Guster Thursday, June 30, 8 p.m.

Los Lonely Boys Friday, July 1, 8 p.m.

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

Hot Tuna (Electric) w/Leftover Salmon

Friday, Aug. 12, 8 p.m.

The Wailers The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Friday, May 20, 8 & 10:30 p.m.

Jim Jefferies˜ Saturday, May 21, 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 22, 8 p.m.

Andrew Dice Clay Saturday, May 28, 8 p.m.

Jo Koy Thursday, June 2, 8 p.m.

Cowboy Mouth with The Grave Jinglers & Quarter Horse Friday, June 3, 8 p.m.

I Love the 90’s Show with The Fresh Kids of Bel-Air with Special Guest – Dee Wiz Saturday, June 4, 8 p.m.

Chris Hardwick Friday, June 10, 8 p.m.

Friday Night Fever Sunday, June 12, 8 p.m.

The Dolan Twins Monday, June 13, 7:30 p.m.

Voyage w/ Fleetwood Macked Saturday, June 18, 8 p.m.

Appetite for Destruction – The Ultimate Guns & Roses Experience Friday, June 24, 8 p.m.

Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot Sunday, June 26, 8 p.m.

Creedence Clearwater Revisited Friday, July 1, 8 p.m.

Saturday, July 2, 8 p.m.

Get The Led Out – The American Led Zeppelin Sunday, July 10, 8 p.m.

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

Michael McDonald Friday, July 21, 8 p.m.

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

The 2016 Summerland Tour: Sugar Ray, Everclear, Sponge & Lit! Monday, July 25, 8 p.m.

Lukas Graham & Bebe Rexha Friday, July 29, 8 p.m.

Grateful Overkill: Half Step, The Rumble Tuesday, Aug. 9, 8 p.m.

Michael Bolton Friday, Aug. 19, 8 p.m.

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

Rusted Root & Toad The Wet Sprocket Saturday, Sept. 10, 8 p.m.

Little Feat Friday, Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m.

Boyce Avenue The madison theatre at molloy college 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre.

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A&E Calendar cont’d GOVERNORS’ COMEDY CLUB 90 Division Ave. Levittown (516) 731-3358 • http://tickets.govs. com/index.cfm Friday, May 20, 8 p.m.

Mick Thomas Saturday, May 21, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

John Ziegler

March 19 – July 10 Glamorous Graffiti: Basquiat, Crash, Haring & more This companion exhibition looks at the work of Kenny Scharf’s contemporaries active in the exciting New York graffiti and street art movement of the 1980s. Including a 1988 portfolio of five silk-screened prints by Keith Haring, a range of graffiti styles are explored BROKERAGE COMEDY CLUB through the work of the artists Jean 2797 Merrick Road, Michel Basquiat, Lee Quiñones, Crash, Bellmore (516) 785-8655 • http://tickets.broker- Futura 2000, Toxic and many others.

Films documenting early 1980s graffiti agecomedy.com and urban culture are also included in Friday, May 20, 8 p.m. the exhibition. The artists A-One, Daze, Saturday, May 21, 7:30 &10 p.m.

Dondi, Koor, Lady Pink, Noc, Richard Mike Vecchione Hambleton and Rammellzee appear Wednesday, May 25, 8 p.m. in films such as Downtown 81 by Edo Joey G Presents: The Up in Smoke Bertoglio, Wild Style by Charlie Ahearn Comedy Series and Style Wars by Henry Chalfant and Tony Silver.

PLANTING FIELDS Tuesday, June 7, 1-2 p.m.

Coe Hall Historic House Museum Sketching in the Galleries 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay You don’t have to be able to draw to enjoy (516) 922-9200 • http://www.plantingthis new program! This is not about the fields.org final result but rather about taking time to look closely at works of art in the gallerSaturday, May 28, 6 p.m.

Concert in the Park – Kenny J’s Orches- ies to get a better understanding of how the artist created them. Led by Museum tra, Red, White & Blues educators, this program will encourage Holocaust Memorial and Toler- visitors to slow down as they engage in a variety of drawing assignments that ance Center of Nassau County focus on the artists’ use of line, propor100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove tion, texture and value. Paper, pencils will (516) 571-8040 • http://www.hmtcli.org be provided (participants are welcome to Sunday, May 22, 2 p.m. bring their own sketch books). Program is Africa to Auschwitz: Germany, Genolimited to ten people per session. Admiscide and Denial sion is $5 (members), $15 (nonmembers) and includes Museum admission. Register QUEENSBOROUGH PERFORMING at nassaumuseum.org/events.

ARTS CENTER Thursday, June 9, 1-2 p.m.

222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside, NY 11364 Brown Bag Lectures - Riva Ettus (718) 595-2905 • http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/ Bring a sandwich and enjoy lunch with qpac/ friends as Museum docent Riva Ettus Sunday, May 29, 3 p.m. presents an informative talk on the life Music of the Knights and career of contemporary artist Kenny Scharf whose work is currently on view Nassau county museum of art at the Museum. Afterward, join the 2 p.m.

1 Museum Dr., Roslyn public exhibition tour. Free with Museum (516) 484-9338 • http://nassaumuseum. admission. Reservations not needed; first org come, first seated.

MAIN GALLERIES AUTISM PROGRAMS March 19 – July 10 Various dates through June 2016 Kenny Scharf Creative Expeditions Emerging with the New York City Children aged 5-10 who are on the augraffiti and street art movement of tism spectrum, along with their families the 1980s, Kenny Scharf (b. 1958) is or caregivers, engage in gallery experiknown for his vibrantly colorful large- ences that encourage talking about and scale paintings and exuberantly playful making art. For further information, call (516) 484-9338, ext. 12. installations.

Various dates through June 2016 His imagery draws upon pop icons, Autism & the Arts media advertising and consumer culture of the 1960s, including TV cartoon Children aged 11-16 who are on the autism spectrum, along with their families characters such as the Flintstones or caregivers, engage in making and and the Jetsons. Curated by Director Karl E. Willers and the Museum’s staff, exploring art through experiences that Kenny Scharf showcases major paint- promote independence and communication. For further information, call (516) ings and sculptures from throughout 484-9338, ext. 12. the artist’s career.

ONGOING Highlights of this exhibition are the expansive mural Pop Renaissance that Sculpture Park Approximately 40 works, many of them surrounds the viewer, a version of monumental in size, by renowned artists the artist’s Cosmic Cavern club-like including Fernando Botero, Tom Otterenvironment, as well as a recreation ness, George Rickey and Mark DiSuvero of the artist’s former Brooklyn studio complete with spattered walls, painted among others, are situated to interact furniture and other workspace ephem- with nature on the museum’s magnificent 145-acre property. era.

Walking Trails SECOND FLOOR GALLERIES

The museum’s 145 acres include many marked nature trails through the woods, perfect for family hikes or independent exploration.

Gardens From restored formal gardens of historic importance to quiet little nooks for dreaming away an afternoon, the museum’s 145 acre property features many lush examples of horticultural arts. Come view our expanded gardens and beautiful new path to the museum.

For The Family Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m.; Family Tour at 1 p.m.; Art Activities at 1:30 p.m. on March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 24. Converse, collaborate and create at Neiman Marcus Family Sundays at the Museum. Be inspired by the works in the galleries, explore new art materials. Family Sundays allow children and the adults in their lives to take time to reconnect while talking about and making art together. During the showing of Kenny Scharf, we will draw inspiration from this artist’s colorful, imaginative art works. New projects featured every week. Reservations not needed. Free with Museum admission. Please note: Neiman Marcus Family Sundays at the Museum not offered on April 17, please plan to attend the special family program on that date.

favorites; followed by literature-inspired activities and crafts. Ages 3 to 5. Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members).

Marvelous May Flowers Tuesday, May 24 through Friday, May 27 from 2:30 to 4 p.m.

May is blossoming with color! Join us and create a collage of beautiful blooms, sure to brighten up your day!

All ages. Free with museum admission.

Happy as Clams: The Musical Tuesday, May 24 through Friday, May 27 at 10:15 a.m. and noon Tuesday, May 31 through Friday, June 3 at 10:15 a.m. and noon Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Join us for a live musical adventure set in Long Island’s Great South Bay. Meet Clammy the Clam who confesses she is not “happy as a clam,” and sets out to find happiness by wishing on a star.

Along the way she makes friends and meets a feisty fiddler crab, a fluke, a jelly and a sea star. Join the cast on a multi-sensory storytelling experience as you learn facts about Clammy and the other creatures of the Great South Bay. Written by award-winning family performer/journalist and Long Islander Lena Pennino-Smith, this show gets everyone singing, dancing and clamorLong island ing for more (while sneaking in some children’s museum local science and geography). Back by 11 Davis Ave, Garden City popular demand after an amazing run (516) 224-5800 • http://www.licm.org/ last year! Happy as Clams is a joint Museum Hours: Daily from 10 a.m.production of LICM and Songs by Lena.

5 p.m. (unless otherwise indicated).

Ages: 3 and up. Fee: $9 per seat with Museum admission: $12 for adults and museum admission ($7 per seat LICM children over 1 year old, $11 seniors, members), $12 theater only.

FREE to museum members and children Music and Movement under 1 year old. Additional fees for Wednesday, May 25 from 11:30 a.m. – theater and special programs may apply. noon For additional information, contact (516) Join us for a musical morning that gets 224-5800. little bodies moving; pick up a musical stART (Story + Art) instrument and add your voice to our Tuesday, May 24 and Thursday, May,26, sing along songs session. Ages: 5 and 11:30 a.m. - noon. under. Fee: $3 with museum admission Join us each week as we read child($2 LICM members). hood classics and introduce new Continued on Page 36

Grabby and Clammy from “Happy as Clams” The Musical” will perform at the Long Island Children’s Museum in May and June

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Chamber concerts at Temple to host talk on Sands Point Preserve violence in South Asia Chamber Players International will present the fourth concert of its 2015/16 Landmark series, on Sunday, May 22, with the concert at 3:00 p.m. and a wine/buffet reception immediately following at their new venue, Hempstead House at Sands Point Preserve at 127 Middle Neck Road in Sands Point.

This program features Beethoven’s “Archduke” Piano Trio, Mozart’s Piano Trio in C Major and Great Gatsby-era song selections.

Performers will include violinist Bela Horvath, cellist Adrian Daurov and pianist Yoni Levyatov. More about them at http://chamberplayersinternational.org/ our-performers.

Admission is $45 per person, with group rates available. For tickets, contact Hempstead House at 516-304-5076 or visit http://sandspointpreserveconser-

vancy.org/events/chamber-players-international-in-hempstead-house/.

Chamber Players International is a major regional performing arts organization presenting between 25 and 30 concert events serving the entire New York metropolitan area. Its artistic mission is to bring chamber music and chamber orchestra performances of the highest artistic quality to audiences throughout the area including world-renowned guest ensembles such as the International Chamber Orchestra of Rome, The World Youth Alliance Chamber Orchestra of the U.N. New York.

Core ensemble members include violinists Emil Chudnovsky, Bela Horvath, Anastasia Khitruk, violists Mialtin Zhezha and Cong Wu, cellists Andrey Tchekmazov, Adrian Daurov and pianists Yoni Levyatov, Svetlana Smolina, Julia Zilberquit.

Ballet, chamber group partners with Hoftstra Two members of Long Island’s performing arts community — The American Chamber Ensemble and Eglevsky Ballet — are partnering with Hofstra University’s Department of Music to present a concert titled “The Music That Makes Me Dance,” a musical marriage of music and movement, on Saturday, May 21 at 7 p.m. at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse at South Campus.

The concert features music by Cole Porter, Felix Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Piazzola, Gershwin, Jules Styne, Jon Russ, and Hofstra alumnus Andres Maldonado ’15, as well as choreography by Mikhail Fokine, Samuel Kunzman, Eric Lewis Thielman, and Maurice Brandon Curry, who serves as Executive Artistic Director at Eglevsky Ballet.

The concert features special guest artist Ashley Tuttle of American Ballet Theatre. Tuttle was invited by Mikhail Baryshnikov to join American Ballet

Theatre at the age of 16, and her career spanned 17 years with A.B.T., reaching the rank of Principal dancer.

Founded by former New York City Ballet principal dancer Andre Eglevsky, one of the greatest dancers of his generation, Eglevsky Ballet has been bringing balletic artistry of the highest caliber to Long Island for more than 50 years. Eglevsky Ballet has long been recognized as a prominent, professional company.

The American Chamber Ensemble celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015.

Tickets for “The Music That Makes Me Dance: are $35 for adults and $25 for senior citizens and students. Special group rates available by request. For tickets and more information call the Hofstra Box Office at (516) 463-6644 or visit www.HofstraTickets.com. If seats are available, tickets will also be sold at the door, starting 90 minutes prior to show time.

On Friday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m., John Sifton, Asia Advocacy Director for Human Rights Watch, will be the guest in the pulpit at Temple Emanuel of Great Neck. He will offer the talk, “Violence All Around.”

John Sifton works on South and Southeast Asia.

Previously, he was the director of One World Research, a public interest research and investigation firm.

Before joining One World Research, Sifton spent six years at Human Rights Watch, first as a researcher in the Asia division, focusing on Afghanistan and Pakistan, then as the senior researcher on terrorism and counterterrorism. In 2000 and 2001, Sifton worked for the International Rescue Committee, primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and in 1999 he worked at a refugee advocacy organization in Albania and Kosovo.

He holds a law degree from New York University and a bachelor’s degree from St. John’s College, Annapolis. He is the grandson of theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.

Sifton’s talk will be preceded by a brief service.

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& A, and, in conclusion, refreshments will be served. All members of the community are invited to attend. Admission is free.

Temple Emanuel of Great Neck is located at 150 Hicks Lane in Great Neck.

For further information, please call 516.482.5701.

John Sifton will be guest in the pulpit at Temple Emanuel on Friday, May 20 at 7:30 p.m. All members of the community are welcome.

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A&E Calendar cont’d beginning to end and learn about a leading figure of the “pop-art” moveKids in the Kitchen ment, which began in the 1950s. Step Friday, May 27 from 11:30 a.m.- noon into a working silkscreen studio, Children practice using real cooking similar to Warhol’s “Factory”; create an tools (with some help from adults) as original piece of art; dress up like the we make easy, yummy, kid-friendly characters seen in Warhol paintings snacks from start to finish. Children and play with toys like those collected gain experience measuring ingredients, by the artist. Original artwork featured following directions and building their in the exhibit is from Warhol’s Myth vocabulary.

Series; including characters familiar to Ages: 3-5. Material Fee: $4 with muchildren such as Mickey Mouse, Santa seum admission ($3 LICM members).

Claus, the Wicked Witch of the West Messy Afternoons and Uncle Sam. Week-long artist-inSaturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 22 residence programs will supplement from 3:30-5 p.m. the exhibit experience. Sandra Carrion We’ll be up to our elbows in oobleck, and Keith Gamache will lead hands-on clean mud and slime … and we hope public workshops and take part in a you’ll join us for the type of artistic joint art exhibition at the Museum. All activities that everyone loves, but not ages. Free with museum admission. one likes to clean-up after. Except us! Bug Bonanza!

Ages: 18 months to 4 years. Free with Sunday, June 5 from 12:30 to 4 p.m. museum admission.

Join us for a Bug Bonanza at LICM! Outdoor Exhibit – Our Backyard Discover the amazing lives and natural Open Tuesday - Sunday from 10 a.m. – 5 history of insects, spiders and other p.m. (Weather permitting) creepy crawly creatures. Learn about LICM’s award-winning outdoor exhibit bug anatomy and fascinating insects re-opens for the season. Save time that help make up more than threeto explore the sensory garden, make quarters of all animals on Earth. Create evaporation art or take the helm of fun insect crafts, participate in activity our weather. This interactive garden challenges and even enjoy a tasty treat invites children and adults to expand made with edible insects! Bug Botheir knowledge, involvement and sen- nanza is made possible by a generous sitivity with the natural world. grant from Arrow Exterminating, Inc. All ages. Free with museum admisGood Bug/Bad Bug sion.

Sunday, June 5 at 12:30 & 2:30 p.m.

Marvelous May Flowers Find out what makes a bug good or Tuesday, May 31 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. bad, helpful or dangerous from an May is blossoming with color! Join Arrow Exterminating entomologist. us and create a collage of beautiful Explore the fascinating world of variblooms, sure to brighten up your day! ous insects including Subterranean All ages. Free with museum admisTermites, Carpenter Ants, Black Widow sion.

Spiders and more. Tickets are limited Dancing Jellyfish and can be obtained at the LICM Box Wednesday, June 1 through Friday, June 3 Office on a first come, first serve basis. from 2:30 to 4 p.m.

Bug Bonanza is made possible by a You’ll be jumping for joy with your generous grant from Arrow Extermiown dancing jellyfish toy! Join us and nating, Inc. create a fun jellyfish using colorful All ages. Free with museum admission. dot stampers and streamers! All ages.

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THE DOLPHIN BOOK SHOP & CAFE Traveling Exhibit - The Art of Andy 299 Main St., Port Washington Warhol (516) 767-2650 • www.thedolphinbookSaturday, June 4 –Sunday, September 4 shop.com Combining history, creativity and the Friday, May 20, 2-4 p.m. visual arts into one exhibit, visitors will Dave Diamond explore the silkscreen process from Continued from Page 33

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Community Calendar Project Independence Support & Social Group The Town of North Hempstead’s Project Independence is reminding residents that they offer free support and social groups.

Call 311 or (516) 869-6311 for more information.

Memorial Day Commemoration and Fireworks Join us in honoring those who have sacrificed their lives in defense of our freedom on Saturday, May 28 at the Annual Memorial Day Commemoration and Fireworks at North Hempstead Beach Park! Music

by Unforgettable Fire, a U2 tribute band, and FiveStone, playing popular songs from the 80s. The program begins at 6 p.m. and fireworks begin at darkness. For more information, please call 311 or (516) 869-6311.

Night Club Style Karaoke Sunday May 15, from 8 to 12 p.m. at The Living Room, 432 No Wantagh Ave Bethpage. $10 buffet per person. Come sing and enjoy the top Long Island singers bring back memories. You don’t have to Northport Chorale sing to have fun meeting new people, so The Northport Chorale presents John why not give it a try?

Rutter’s Gloria and other Rutter favorites on Friday, May 13 at 8 p.m. Northport High Asian-American Festival School, 154 Laurel Hill Rd, Northport. $15 Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Adults, $12 Seniors, $10 Students. Tickets Town Board are pleased to announce the available at the door. Call 631-223-3789 for return of the Asian-American Festival on more info or visit www.northportchorale.

Saturday, May 21 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at com North Hempstead Beach Park, 175 West Shore Road, Port Washington. Join us S.T.O.P. Program for a day full of cultural performances, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi an arts and crafts market and delicious Bosworth is proud to announce the next Asian cuisine. For more information, call Stop Throwing Out Pollutants (S.T.O.P.) 311 or (516) 869-6311. program will be held Sunday, May 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at North Hempstead First Annual Clark Botanic Garden Beach Park,175 West Shore Road, Port Spring Festival Washington. The S.T.O.P. program offers Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Town of North Hempstead residents the Judi Bosworth and the Town Board anopportunity to dispose of chemical and othnounced that the Town will be holding its er waste that is too dangerous to dispose First Annual Clark Botanic Garden Spring of with routine curbside pickups. For more Festival on Sunday, May 15 from 12 p.m. information, call 311 or (516) 869-6311. For to 5 p.m. at Clark Botanic Garden, 193 I U additional dates and a full list of accepted Willets Road, Albertson. For more inforpollutants, please visit the link below. mation, call 311 or (516) 869-6311.

For Trivia Lovers Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser At 7 p.m. Two Wednesday nights each The Nassau County Chapter of the month at Page One Restaurant, 90 School National Association of Professional St. Glen Cove. Call (516) 625-8804 for Women* (NAPW) will host its biggest information. fundraiser of the year for the Ronald McDonald House of New Hyde Park which Singles Association Of L.I. will be held at: The American Legion Hall: For information on events, please call (516) Post 144, 730 Willis Avenue, Williston 825-0633 or (516) 333-2851 or e-mail Park. Saturday, June 11 from 6 to 10 p.m. singlesassociationofli@yahoo.com.

This fun-filled night will include a buffet dinner, open bar, door prizes, and basket Your Widowed Social Group The group meets on the third Wednesday raffles. Raffle tickets will be sold at the event. The cost of a ticket is $48.00 and of the each month (except July and August) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s can be purchased via this link: http:// R.C. Church on Franklin Ave. and Fifth napwronaldmcdonaldhouse.eventbrite.

Street, Garden City. There is a $5 fee for com. Tickets can also be purchased at members and a $8 fee for non-members. the door.

Routes and speeds vary depending on the group.

Ride is canceled if the roads are wet or temperature is below 40 degrees. Free Area Cyclists Unite parking in the lot till 9 a.m. and after 6 There are several area cyclists & cycling p.m. Helmets and road bikes mandatory. groups that ride before or after work on Weekdays. Let’s Ride Together !! A bigger Beginners welcome. Ride at your own group is more fun and a better work out. I risk. April to November. Come & meet invite you to join the areas longest running others who are interested in your sport, you may even pick up a pointer or two Weekday cycling group. When: Weekdays before work or after work Where: parking from one of the veteran cyclists. Contact lot across from Great Neck Diner, Corner David (Speedy) Emanuel at speedyemanuel@optonline.net or 516-840-9370 of Bond Street and Grace Avenue. or 516-487-8065 before 9:45 p.m. for Description of ride : About 15 miles in schedule and to confirm your participaabout one hour, 20 minutes (Non stop) tion.

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Williston Park Park Library Williston Library From the Director: The Library will be closed on Monday, May 30 in observance of Memorial Day. Please be aware that the library will be closed Tuesday, May 31-Friday, June 3 for the installation of new shelving. Materials can still be returned in the book/ media bins outside the library. We apologize for any inconvenience.

We are suspending the acceptance of donations until further notice. We simply do not have the storage space.

If you would like to receive email notifications on upcoming programs, please send an e-mail to willistonpr@yahoo.com with your contact information. You can be notified for adult programs, children’s programs or general

information, or you can add your name to all three!

Please note we will be making reminder calls to those patrons with museum pass reservations on the morning of their scheduled pick up date. Patrons will have until the end of that day to pick up the pass. If it is not picked up, the reserve will be cancelled and the pass will made available to other patrons.

Here are some new arrivals to the library: Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother & Son on Life, Love & Loss — Anderson Cooper & Gloria Vanderbilt Violet Hour: Great Writers at the End — Katie Roiphe Night sister — Jennifer McMahon

Lilac Girls — Martha Hall Kelly Honorable Man — Paul Vidich Close Your Eyes — Michael Robotham Most Wanted — Lisa Scottoline Titans — Leila Meacham Charm Braclet — Viola Shipman

ADULt Reiki Circle Tuesday, May 24, 7-8:15 p.m. in the Library. There is a $10 fee due at registration. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Book Discussion Wednesday, May 25, 7 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. The selection is I Am Malala,

by Malala Yousafzai. Copies are available at the Circulation Desk.

Author Appearance Thursday, June 23, 7 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Join author Arthur Browne as he discusses his book One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York. A winner of the Christopher Award and the New York City Book Award, this is a history of African Americans in NYC from the 1910’s to 1960, told through the life of Samuel Battle, the NYPD’s first black officer.

CHILDREN Story Hour for Tots Thursdays, May 19 and 26, 11 a.m. in the Library for children 1-3 yrs old.

After School Story Hour Thursdays, May 19 and 26, 4 p.m. in the Library for children K-2.

Spring Story Time Wednesdays, May 18 and 25, 1:30 p.m. in the Library for children 3 ½-5.

LEGO Time Wednesdays, May 18 and 25, 4:30 p.m. in the Library for children of all ages.

Tiny Tykes Wednesdays, May 18 and 25; June 1, 8, & 15—10:15-11:15 OR 11:30-12:30 in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Children ages 1 1/2-5 years old are welcome to attend this discovery program.

There is a $45 non-refundable fee due at registration. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

East Library East Williston Williston Library AUTHOR EVENT: Friday, May 20 at 7:30 p.m.: Hal Bock – “The Last Chicago Cubs Dynasty Before The Curse” East Williston author Hal Bock will be here to discuss his new book “The Last Chicago Cubs Dynasty Before The Curse”. This book tells the story of the legendary Chicago team and the characters central to its success.

Fredrik Backman. The group will meet Tuesday, June 14 at 1:30 p.m.

EVENING BOOK GROUP “The Peach Keeper” by Sarah Addison Allen.

The group will meet on Thursday, June 9, at 7 p.m.. Please register at the library. The discussion is limited to 15 readers.

OLD WESTBURY GARDENS and NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PASSES: The passes are available to East Williston Library card

AFTERNOON BOOK GROUP “A Man Called Ove” by

holders. Each family pass (two adults and children under 18 years of age) may be borrowed for a three-day period. Passes may be reserved in advance.

LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY: Whatever your goal, LearningExpressLibrary’s resources will help you succeed. The various “Learning Centers” offer the information you need to achieve the results you want at school, at work, or in life. Are you looking for a new job? You’ll find

an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that’s right for you.

Visit us at www.ewlibrary. org TUMBLEBOOK LIBRARY: TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they’ll love. Visit us at www.ewlibrary.org N0TARY PUBLIC: Hours are Monday & Thursday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and

Wednesday from 3 to 7 p.m. 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 telephone the Library to confirm a notary is available.

COLLECTION ON DISPLAY: The East Williston Public Library Friends invite you to enjoy the Merry Month of May by cruis’n on down Memory Lane to the East Williston Library and

view on display the Sasso Family’s nostalgic tribute to the “nifty-Fifties”.

A collection of 50’s era model cars, such as …

James Dean’s notorious Black ’49 Merc. Of “Rebel Without a Cause” fame and King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley collectibles plus many more cool items of that “Happy Days” time will be showcased. “Dig It” Register for all programs by calling 516-741-1213 or email us at ewpl@ewlibrary. org

Mineola MineolaPublic Public Library Library ADULT progrAms Paint Party Fundraiser* Sponsored by Friends of the Mine-

ola Memorial Library Wednesday, May 18 at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Join the Friends of the Library for a fun night of painting, with no experience necessary!

This hands-on artistic event will include step by step instruction

by Celicia Cargill of Authentic HeARTwork on how to create your own version of a sample painting. All materials will be provided and you will take home your finished masterpiece! Refreshments will be served. Tickets

for this event, available at the Reference Desk, cost $35.00 per person with proceeds going to the Friends of the Mineola Memorial Library. Registration is at the Reference Desk. Attendance is limited, so be sure to reserve your

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Shelter Rock Library DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS for drivers of all ages on Saturday, May 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fees: Ages 60 plus - $33. All Others - $38. To register please contact Stephen Donnelly at (516) 437-0705

May 25 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Please pick up a registration form at the Reference Desk or download from the Library website www.srpl. org. Non-residents may register on May 10 if space allows.

AARP SMART DRIVER COURSE Tuesday, May 24 & Wednesday,

SENIOR RAP GROUP For the 55+ set who have a lifetime of experiences

to share! Anyone interested in joining the group is welcome.

Topics vary and the conversation is lively and provocative. Monday, June 6 at 11 a.m. Come and join the Shelter Rock Public Library Senior Rap Group.

This discussion group is led by volunteer facilitator, David Marx.

BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING In the Confe rence Room.

Tuesday, May 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. A nurse from St. Francis Hospital will be conducting free blood pressure screenings on the fourth Tuesday of each month. No registration required. Participation will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUP in the Conference Room on Thursday, May 26 at 1:30 p.m. The Alzheimer’s Association Long Island Chapter is offering a monthly support group on the fourth Thursday of the month. The group is designed to provide emotional, educational and social support for caregiver’s.

Participants will be helped to develop methods and skills to solve problems. Caregivers are encouraged to maintain their own personal, physical and emotional health as well as optimally caring for the person with dementia.

Attendees may register and/ or call 1–800–272-3900 for additional information.

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Zuckerman plants a tree NBTY donates

Town of North Hempstead Councilman Peter Zuckerman (D-East Hills) visited Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson on May 6 to help plant a Weeping Persian Ironwood tree in celebration of Arbor Day. Earlier this year, the Arbor Day Foundation recognized the town with its “Tree City USA” title.

This marks the sixth year that the town has received this designation.

The “Tree City USA” title is given to towns and cities that have a viable tree management plan and program.

In order to be eligible to be recognized as a “Tree City USA” community, certain requirements must be met such as: having a tree board or department, having a tree care ordinance, having a community forestry program and an observance of Arbor Day. “Tree City USA,” by the Arbor Day Founda- program, providing a foundation for effective and tion, is the nation’s leading community forestry well-organized community tree care.

Gormley gets award VFW to

honor the fallen

Jackson Gormley of Williston Park was awarded a scholarship towards his senior year tuition for his strength in the performing arts at Holy Trinity Diocesan High School.

Pictured (from left) are Senior Director of Advancement Joe Conefry; Kevin Carman, Holy Trinity class of 2014 and nephew of Karen Allen Donovan, in whose memory the scholarship is given; Andrea Allen Carman, Karen Allen Donovan’s sister; Jackson Gormley; and Principal Gene Fennell.

The Albertson VFW Post No. 5253 will hold its annual Memorial Day ceremonies on Monday, May 30.

The post will have the main ceremony starting at 9 a.m. at 155 Searingtown Road in Albertson, next to the Shelter Rock Library.

There will be additional ceremonies at the Albertson Memorial at the corner of Willis Avenue & I.U.Willets Road and the Albertson firehouse at 100 I.U.Willis Road.

There will be refreshments after the parade at the post.

to food bank

NBTY, a global manufacturer, marketer, distributor and retailer of market-leading vitamins, supplements, and sports and active nutrition products, has donated 421,315 pounds of nutrition bars to Mineolabased Island Harvest Food Bank, which, in turn, will supplement about 350,000 meals to Long Islanders struggling with food insecurity.

The donation, which consists of NBTY’s nutritionally-rich Balance Bars and Pure Protein Bars, represents the largest single donation ever made in the history of the National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Campaign.

Island Harvest Food Bank President and CEO Randi Shubin Dresner said there is a direct correlation between hunger and health.

“Food insecure individuals are disproportionally affected by chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes,” Shubin Dresner said.

A 2014 study, “Hunger in America 2014,” found that 50 percent of households accessing food through Long Island’s food banks have at least one member living with high blood pressure, and 21 percent have diabetes.

“NBTY’s generous donation is consistent with our goal of providing healthy, nutritious food and supplemental products to food insecure Long Islanders accessing the food pantries and other feeding programs we serve

throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties.”

“Today we are donating over 421,000 pounds of food — in the form of nutrition bars from Pure Protein and Balance Bar, two of our trusted brands, to Island Harvest in support of the NALC Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive,” said Sonya Soutus, senior vice president and chief public affairs and communications officer for NBTY. “Through Island Harvest, which works with partner agencies nationwide, our bars will be distributed to hundreds of thousands of people in need — and we could not be more proud to help.”

“The NALC salutes NBTY for its corporate leadership in support of the Stamp Out Hunger food drive,” said Walter Barton, president of NALC Branch 6000.

“NBTY’s generous and historic donation will go a long way in providing supplemental nutrition for individuals and families facing hunger.”

The donation was announced at Island Harvest Food Bank’s recent kickoff to the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive, the nation’s largest singleday food drive held on May 14.

NBTY’s Balance Bars provide the ideal ratio of carbohydrates, protein, and dietary fat. Its Pure Protein bars provide supplemental protein, an essential nutrient necessary for the structure, function, and regulation of the body’s organs and tissues.

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Herricks students &Submit share your get writing honors photos Two Herricks High School juniors were honored as recipients of the annual National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards in Writing.

Natalie Tan and Nita Wong were among only 35 students in New York State to earn Certificates for Superior Writing.

National contenders were asked to submit two writing samples: one encompassing a selected theme, the other a piece

considered by the student to be his or her best work.

Achievement Awards in Writing aim to encourage high school students in their writing and to publicly recognize some of the best student writers in the nation.

Entries were judged on content, purpose, audience, tone, word choice, organization, development and style.

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Student’s research honored

Meadow kids discover ocean Second-grade students at Meadow created according to the theme of “discovDrive School in the Mineola school district ery.” completed a mural to contribute to the The mural will be the third of four to be school’s library. included in the school’s library.

The mural, an aquarium collage, was Representative second-graders are pic-

tured with art teacher Jaclyn ManouvrierAltman and their completed mural, which will be converted for mounting in the library.

Abbi named Presidential Scholar Herricks High School senior Sahil Abbi has been named one of 689 semifinalists in the U.S. Presidential Scholars competition.

He was one of 4,700 students identified for the program based on exceptional scholarly accomplishments.

The U.S. Presidential Scholars was established as a way to recognize and honor some of the nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors.

Abbi has earned many prestigious honors during his time in high school and participates in a variety of academic opportunities and organizations.

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He demonstrates leadership in his school as a National Honor Society member, Student Government officer, MENSA member and Model United Nations secretary.

Abbi won first place awards in the regional National History Day events both this year and last, is a three-year DECA regional winner and was a DECA International Finalist in 2013.

He previously won first place in the WAC Invitational Science Fair, second place in the Intel Science and Engineering Fair and was named a finalist in the Siemens Competition in 2013.

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Herricks High School senior Ayesha Chhugani earned a number of prominent distinctions for her science research, which she conducted through the district’s Science Research Program as well as the Stony Brook University Simons Program.

Her report, “A Novel Magnetic Field Trap Using Superconductors for Transporting Polarized Ions for Medical Imaging,” involved extensive studies in physics.

In addition to being named a semifinalist in the Siemens Competition and Intel Science Talent Search, announced earlier this school year, Chhugani received a first place award in physics at the New York State Science and Engineering Fair as well as a Yale Science and Engineering Award for “Most Outstanding Exhibit in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or Chemistry.”

At the high school, Ayesha studies under the direction of Science Research Teacher Renée Barcia.

She also developed her research project at Stony Brook University, where she was mentored

by Professor Abhay Deshpande and members of his laboratory group.

Ayesha was additionally recognized by Stony Brook University’s physics and astronomy department, and was spotlighted on their website, http://www.physics.sunysb.edu/Physics/.

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1st graders study, play zoo animals

Herricks hosts CPR workshop for staff The Herricks school district recently hosted a CPR training workshop that was attended by all administrators and many members of the custodial department.

After completing the session, led by Nationwide Instruction for Cardiovascular Exercise professional development presenter Dr. Chris Byron, approximately 50 Herricks staff members received CPR certifications.

The training covered the steps of proper CPR administration as well as the use of AEDs, which are located around all of the buildings and easily accessible.

While CPR certification is required of coaches, athletic trainers and school nurses, having other staff members gain these skills helps to ensure that there are plenty of qualified individuals on-hand to assist and potentially help save lives in the event of an emergency.

“We are trying to make sure that we have many staff members trained just in case it is needed,” said Herricks school Superintendent Fino Celano, who was among the workshop participants. “It is always best to be proactive and prepared for any situation.”

Following a non-fiction unit on animals, first-grade students in Mrs. Wilson’s class at Meadow Drive School in the Mineola school district became experts on their researched animal and created a living zoo.

To prepare for the event, students visited a zoo and learned about exhibits and the type of information that a zoo provided on each animal.

First-graders then created costumes at home and presented their information in a zoo-like format for visitors.

Visitors included other students from the building, who came to learn fun facts about various different animals.

Center St. celebrates Earth Day, Autism Day April 21 was a busy day for students in the Herricks school district’s Center Street School, as they celebrated Earth Day, Poem in Your Pocket Day and Light it up Blue for Autism Day simultaneously.

To raise autism awareness, students and faculty came to school dressed in blue for Light it up Blue Day. They commemorated Earth Day with a gathering in the courtyard where poems were read, songs were performed, posters were showcased and thoughts were shared regarding taking care of and protecting the environment.

For Poem in Your Pocket Day, students shared many poems, which were stored in their pockets, with peers throughout the morning and afternoon.

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Awards honor special needs peer advocates The Herricks Public Schools’ Special Education Parent Teachers Association held its annual Peer Advocates for Students with Special Needs Awards Night on May 2.

This event recognizes students from each of the district’s school buildings who go above and beyond to make a difference for their peers with special needs.

Coordinated by SEPTA Co-Presidents Rosemarie Brautigam and Patricia Troiano, the evening was attended by administrators, faculty and other staff members, parents and students who came out to celebrate the honorees who have demonstrated qualities of kindness and leadership.

Members of the Herricks staff introduced each award recipient and described his or her efforts and positive influences in the lives of special-needs students.

Searingtown School teacher Jodie Ruggiano announced Halle Sacharoff Goldberg, Center Street School Principal Brennan Bierwiler congratulated Emmett O’Brien and Denton Avenue School teachers Michelle Patrone and Donna Illardo commended Jeylin Lee.

At the middle school level, school social worker Joanne Ditchik announced Isabella DaSilva and Benjamin Kim, while the awards of Frank LaPinta and Nishi Shah were presented by teacher Matthew Cannata and Chairperson of Special Education Stephanie Knowles, respectively.

Ditchik also commended Rovita Budha of Herricks High School, and Peer Leadership teacher Gina Schrader congratulated high school students Kayla Barnaby, Aiza Bhulyan, Joseph Carmody, Kevin Driscoll, Nyasia Hayes, Teddy Iovino, Madison Marciano, Kim Podlaski, Betina Puliafico and Jordan Stoner.

As the event came to a close, the organizers, honorees and guests took a moment to reflect on the Booker T. Washington quote: “Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”

The audience graciously applauded the students who have helped others and served as role models for the entire district and community.

Food was served courtesy of SEPTA and thanks to donations from Polito Bakery in New Hyde Park.

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Girl Scouts deliver cookies to INN Girl Scout Juniors Troop No. 1712 performed some community service by donating boxes of Girl Scout cookies to The Mary Brennan Interfaith Nutrition Network in Hempstead.

The scouts also received a tour of

the facilities and learned about the organization that was the recipient of the troop’s donation.

Members of Troop No. 1712 also received their Agent of Change Journey patch and their First Aid patch on Satur-

Each Daisy girl received a travel first day, May 7.

For their Take Action Project each aid kit.

All participants made a Memorial girl researched an urgent care issue, designed an informative poster and creat- Day craft and enjoyed some light reed an IPad video to share with members freshments. of Daisy Troop No. 1225.

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Town to host 2nd pollutant collection event The Town of North Hempstead will host the second Stop Throwing Out Pollutants program of 2016 on Sunday, May 22 at the North Hempstead Beach Park from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m.

The first S.T.O.P. event of the year had over 1,300 attendees with collected over 2,000 pounds of pharmaceuticals.

The S.T.O.P. program offers Town of North Hempstead residents the opportunity to dispose of dangerous and chemical waste that is too dangerous to dispose of with routine curbside pickups.

Residents can return items such as aerosols, household chemicals, pesticides, disinfectants, fertilizers, bulbs, thermostats, rechargeable and lithium batteries, TV’s and computers.

Latex and water-based paints, once dried out (usually 24-36 hours after the lid is removed) can be placed in a trash bag and thrown out with your regular household garbage.

Latex and water-based paints will not be accepted at the S.T.O.P. collection site. Oil-based paints, on the other hand, are considered hazardous, and will be accepted at any S.T.O.P. Collection Day program.

Residents may also bring their sensitive documents to the S.T.O.P. event for proper shredding and destruction to prevent identity theft.

Any documents brought will

be shredded on site by a document shredding company and then transported to a pulping mill for recycling. There is a limit of 6 “Bankers Box” sized boxes or bags of paper per car, per event.

Once the documents are shredded, they will be placed into containers and sent directly to pulping mills. Every 2,000 pounds of paper the Town recycles equates to seventeen trees saved.

The Town of North Hempstead S.T.O.P. program will be continuing its partnership with the Nassau County Police Department in its drug take pack program, which was the first program of its kind to be offered in Nassau County. Residents who need to dispose of unused prescription or over-the-counter drugs may bring those pharmaceuticals with them to the program for destruction.

Police sources report that half of all teens who abuse prescription painkiller do so with drugs they found in their house.

This program will help to keep North Hempstead families safer from drug abuse issues, and keep our waters clean In addition to protecting our environment by diverting unwanted drugs from landfills and our drinking water, the program prevents dangerous pharmaceuticals from getting into the wrong hands.

The upcoming S.T.O.P. event will also have a clothing dona-

Supervisor Bosworth with members of the Nassau County Police department at a recent stop event. tion area thanks to North Hempstead’s partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters. Representatives of Big Brothers Big Sisters will be collecting gently used and working clothes, stuffed animals, electronics, toys, sporting equipment, shoes, books, small area rugs, bikes, scooters, luggage, picture frames, table lamps, bolts of fabric, silverware, glassware, dishes, and cosmetics. Each resident will receive a

receipt for their donation for income tax purposes.

“I am proud that our Town is committed to continuing to offer a convenient and environmentally responsible way to dispose of dangerous and harmful waste such as chemicals, electronics, sensitive documents and pharmaceuticals,” said Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth about the S.T.O.P. program.

In addition to the May 22 event, North Hempstead Beach Park will host another S.T.O.P. event on Oct. 30. Westbury High School will host a S.T.O.P. event on June 26. Michael J. Tully Park will host a S.T.O.P. event on Sept.

17. All collection events begin at 9:30 a.m. and end at 3 p.m.

For more information on the S.T.O.P. program, please call 311 or (516) 869-6311.

Fireworks to light up Port Washington beach park The Town of North Hempstead announced last Wednesday that the Memorial Day Fireworks and Commemoration Ceremony, with its sponsor NEFCU, will be held at North Hempstead Beach Park on Saturday, May 28.

This year, the Memorial Day Fireworks and Commemoration Ceremony will feature members representing the Girl Scouts of Nassau County leading the pledge, as well as musical entertainment from two bands:

Unforgettable Fire, a U2 tribute band; and FiveStone, who will be playing popular songs from the ‘80s.

North Hempstead Beach Park offers a boardwalk along the water and picnic areas so visitors can enjoy a start to the summer season.

“Our Memorial Day Fireworks Ceremony is always a wonderful way to kick off the summer,” said North Hempsrtead Town Supervisor Judi

Bosworth. “By recognizing our Veterans we have the opportunity to pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice fighting for our freedom.”

The program will start at 6 p.m. Fireworks will begin at darkness.

The event is free but vehicles will be charged a $10 parking fee. For more information, please visit www.northhempsteadny.gov or call 311 or (516) 869-6311.

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Funny Thing happens with troupe Slaves, prostitutes, eunuchs and Steven Sondheim, what could be more fun?

I attended the Saturday night performance of the Broadway hit 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' and the first thing I asked director John Hayes was why this play.

He told me this is comedy at its best, pure vaudeville.

The original play was loosely based upon the farces of Roman playwright Plautus in 190 B.C. and was said to be the first comedy that focused on class systems and slavery.

Fast forward 2,000 years and

we find playwright Burt Shevelove writing a book about these farces, joining ranks with Steven Sondheim and voila you get the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1962.

The original lead role of Pseudolus, the slave who wanted his freedom was played by Zero Mostel and the revival in 1996 starred Nathan Lane.

In the production I attended the very funny Warren Schein Dr. Tom Ferraro played Pseudolus.

Our Town It is always so much fun to get to go backstage and watch all the hustle and bustle as the cast or eunuchs. transform from regular people into This is where the magic of thebeautifully clad courtesans, slaves ater begins and where reality is left

behind.

I got to chat with one of the choreographers, Barbara TrombaMurphy who along with Penny Payne was in charge of all the running around on stage.

I also met Peter Triolo (the set designer), Lisa Simon-Weitz (stage manager) and a few of the gorgeous courtesans. Lucky me.

I asked them how long they had been working on this production and they said since late January. This means that they have put in four months of daily effort without a single pay check.

This is a testament to the love of theater.

John Hayes told me that the play constantly breaks down the fourth wall which means that the actors will on occasion have dialogue with the audience. And so that is what happened.

The first song was the Sondheim smash hit “Comedy Tonight” with the entire cast on stage. And as the evening unfolded we got to meet the young man Hero who fell in love with the virgin courtesan Philia.

We also were treated to the efforts of slave Pseudolus who spent the evening trying to help the young Hero win his true love.

As is typical of so many stories

it turns out to be an Oedipal triangle with the young Hero having to face the dreaded Gloriosus.

Lots of twists and turns, mistaken identities and lots of pretty courtesans acting seductive and pretty.

One can see why this play was such a smash hit.

You have those glorious Sondheim tunes coupled with vaudeville humor. This kind of combo is what made Broadway one of the most appealing art forms on earth.

So thank you Herricks Community Players and thank you John Hayes for all your effort to bring some magic to our little town.

Thank you Stacey Weinberger for looking like a young Sarah Jessica Parker and for being so pretty.

Thank you George Bontigao for being such a charming eunuch. And thank you Warren Schein for being so funny.

If you have not seen the show it is still around this weekend.

And you can’t beat the prices at intermission. Tea is $1 and a donut is $1.

Tea and donuts on Broadway will set you back at least $20.

I say stick to our theater group.

They are just as funny, just as pretty, their voices are just as good and at 1/10th the price.

NHP takes stand against 3rd track project B y N o a h M a ns k a r A lack of information and inadequate public outreach led the Village of New Hyde Park to officially oppose the Long Island Rail Road’s plan for a third track, Mayor Robert Lofaro said Tuesday.

Lofaro said he and other officials were frustrated that the scoping document for the proposed $1.5 billion project contained so much detail about plans to eliminate seven street-level crossings along the 9.8-mile corridor but so little about the third track itself.

“It’s not fair to the public to say, ‘We want to do this,’ and not really let the public understand the ramifications to their property and the impact to their homes,” Lofaro said after Tuesday’s Village Board meeting.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans in January to install the third track along the LIRR’s Main Line between Floral Park and Hicksville, reviving a Metropolitan Transportation Authority proposal that met hot community opposition in 2005.

Cuomo has sought to distinguish his plan from the older one,

Photo by Noah Manskar

Village of New Hyde Park Mayor Robert Lofaro speaks at Tuesday’s Village Board meeting. promising that it would not require any residential property acquisitions, be built entirely within the LIRR’s right of way, and come with the elimination of the seven streetlevel crossings.

Lofaro previously said the village would oppose the project unless the crossings were removed.

After waiting for more information before taking a stance, New Hyde Park officials will appear at a press conference Thurs-

day with state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Old Westbury) and other village officials to state their opposition, Lofaro said.

“The information that’s now coming out to the public, we think, is lacking,” he said.

In a statement Wednesday, Cuomo transportation spokeswoman Beth DeFalco said planners incorporated Lofaro’s suggestions about the grade crossings into the scoping document after meeting

several times with him and other local officials.

“The mayor cannot now have it both ways – working with us to make changes to the project and then publically opposing the project,” DeFalco said.

The times and locations for upcoming public meetings for residents to give feedback about the scoping document also concerned New Hyde Park officials, Lofaro said.

Planners added two public meetings to the four scheduled for next week after officials from four villages told planners the times were inconvenient for many residents in the affected area, Lofaro said.

Lofaro said the village also took issue with the scoping period for public comment being just more than a month long, compared to 90 days for the MTA’s earlier proposal.

“The proposed length of the scoping period exceeds that required by law while the number of public meetings held will be six times what is required,” DeFalco said in a statement.

There will now be two meetings at the Inn at New Hyde Park

on May 24 at which residents can give feedback to the scoping document and express concerns — one from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and another from 5 to 9 p.m. — and two at Hofstra University. Meetings will also take place at the “Yes We Can” Community Center in Westbury and Antun’s catering hall in Hicksville.

New Hyde Park officials will also host a public information meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the New Hyde Park Road School.

The eight Main Line villages may retain Manhattan environmental law firm Beveridge & Diamond to represent them as the project develops, officials said Tuesday.

Affected villages retained the firm in the mid-2000s, Lofaro said, and are now considering an intermunicipal agreement to hire the firm collectively to reviewing plans and start court proceedings if necessary.

Village of Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss said he is uncertain whether Mineola will sign on to the agreement. The village has hired an urban planner to review plans.

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Weekly newspapers offer public forum

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could not agree more with “Our opinion pages are for the people” (Opinion Our Views -May 13).

Surveys reveal that “Letters To The Editor” is one of the most widely read and popular sections of any newspaper.

Weekly newspapers in Nassau County such as our own Great Neck News along with sister publications New Hyde Park Herald, Williston Park Times, Manhasset Times, Roslyn Times and Port Washington Times along with neighborly competitors including the Great Neck Record and others all offer readers a chance to speak out.

The same is true with daily newspapers such as AM New York, New York Daily News, Newsday, New York Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Staten Island Advance.

There are also numerous foreign language daily and other weekly newspapers in all five boroughs within New York City.

Weekly newspapers tend to offer more space for writers than daily newspapers. Some daily

newspapers have quotas of no more than one letter every 30 or 60 days per writer.

Newsday is once every 45 days.

Most daily and weekly newspapers will print letters submitted by any writer regardless of where they live so long as the topic is relevant to readers.

While the Great Neck News has never censored me, others periodically over the years have.

Some of our elected officials have thin skins when it comes to public criticism in the pages of your local weekly community newspapers. It is amazing what some elected officials will say one day in front of one group or reporter and conveniently forget when speaking to a different group or reporter weeks, months or years later.

When you write about a past quote reported in a previous newspaper article and bring their conflicted position to the public, watch out!

The ability of some elected officials to influence either legal advertising, their own periodic

holiday greeting or campaign reelection ads may have some sway over those weekly newspapers who may be too dependent on the revenues. Remember the old adage, never bite the hands that feeds you.

It helps to have a snappy introduction, good hook, be timely, precise, have an interesting or different viewpoint to increase your odds of being published.

Many papers welcome letters commenting on their own editorials, articles or previously published letters to the editor.

We continue to be fortunate to live in one of the few remaining free societies, with a wealth of information sources available.

Sadly, most American cities and suburbs are down to one local daily or weekly newspaper.

Newspapers have to deal with increasing costs for newsprint, delivery and distribution along with reduced advertising revenues and declining readership.

Many of us have opinions on news not only from Washington, Albany, New York City, Nassau County and Town of North Hemp-

stead but also neighborhoods and local issues which impact our communities and daily lives.

I continue to be grateful that the Great Neck News along with other daily and weekly newspapers afford both me and my fellow letter to the editor writers the opportunity to express our views, as well as differing opinions on issues of the day.

Thanks to you, ordinary citizens have the freedom to comment on the actions and legislation of elected officials in any Letters to the Editor section.

Public officials use taxpayers dollars to promote their views, via mass mailings of newsletters, news releases, letters to the editor and guest opinion page columns.

In many cases, they are produced or written by campaign or office staffers who are paid for by taxpayers.

The rest of us have limited time to submit a letter. In the marketplace of ideas, let us hope there continues to be room for everyone, including the Great Neck News, all your sister publications along with all the other weekly

newspapers. You may periodically see some familiar names including myself, Fred Bedell, Dr, Hal Sobel, Charles Samek, Morton Perlman, Dr. Stephen Morris, Esther Confino, Jack Lipsky and others gracing the letters to the editor section.

Let us thank those few brave souls who are willing to take on the establishment and powerful special interest groups in the pages of your letters to the editor section.

They fill a valuable niche in the information highway.

Please join me along with your neighbors in reading your favorite daily and local weekly community newspapers.

Patronize their advertisers; they provide the revenues necessary to keep them in business. Let them know you saw their ad.

This is what helps keep our neighbors employed, the local economy growing and provide space on a daily or weekly basis for your favorite or not so favorite letter writers.

Larry Penner Great Neck

2016 offers hope for common sense

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t’s Pop Quiz Time. The bad news is that there will be no bathroom breaks during the test.

The good news is that there is only one multiple choice item.

When I say “stop,” put your pencils down and pass your papers forward. You have 60 seconds.

Good Luck!

The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 was: a. passed by Congress and signed into law by President Lincoln b. the 14th amendment to the Constitution c. was part of the Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case d. was an Executive Order The correct answer is (d).

This tidbit of knowledge is worth knowing only because it enables us to understand the importance of executive orders and the controversy surrounding them.

As a result of his actions, President Obama has been accused being a “monarch” and violating the Constitution. These are both conclusions in search of evidence.

Executive Orders are issued

by the president and are designed to help governmental officers and agencies manage their operations.

There is no specific mention of Executive Orders in the Constitution but every single president starting with George Washington (with the exception of William Henry Harrison) has issued them.

The record for most executive orders is held by FDR with 3,522.

Behind him come Woodrow Wilson, 1,803; Calvin Coolidge, 1,203; and Teddy Roosevelt with 1,081. Three out of these four can be considered “activist” presidents, but Coolidge was a conservative who did not believe in “big government.” He was called “Silent Cal” due to his reticence and one story has it that at a dinner party the women next to him said: “I made a bet that I could get more than two words out of you” to which Coolidge replied: “You lose.” There’s another story that when Coolidge’s death was reported, writer Dorothy Parker said: “How can they tell?” But I digress.

Let us examine the accusation that Obama has abused the Executive Order power.

Each of the last three presi-

dents has served two terms so time in office is not a factor.

The figures are: Bill Clinton issued 364; George W. Bush – 291; and Barrack Obama – 224.

So Obama has exercised this power fewer times than his two predecessors. And there was no outcry, “abuse of power” when Clinton and Bush were in office.

So why the furor over Obama?

It may have something to do with the infamous meeting in Washington D.C. at which the leading Republicans determined that Obama was to be a one-term president. Republicans might argue that I am playing “the race card.”

However, we are not living in a post-racial era as proven by a Southern Poverty Law Center survey which finds the following about extremist groups in the U.S. During the Bush years the number of “hate groups” ranged from 131 to 171.

When Obama became president, the numbers surged almost eight times to 1,360 in 2012.

Among these fanatics were groups that fall into categories like the KKK, Racist Skinhead, White Nationalist, Neo-Nazi,

Neo-Confederate and Christian Identity.

In addition to racism, the polarization in American politics may explain Obama’s resorting to Executive Orders to get things done.

Our government is in gridlock mode. Obama would love to move forward on climate change, gun violence, immigration reform, minimum wage and infrastructure improvements, but a recalcitrant Congress block him at every turn.

It is such intransigence that leads the American people to rally around a sexist, misogynist, xenophobic candidate for president.

Republicans control the House, the Senate and, before the death of Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court.

Yet when Obama nominates a centrist, Merrick Garland, to the high bench, he cannot even get a hearing, no less an up or down vote. Talk about an unconstitu-

tional power grab!

Karl Rove compared Obama to King George III. In this topsy-turvy political world, we find ourselves living in a fact-free zone where fabrications become the norm.

Yet there is hope! A Hillary Clinton victory coupled with the Democrats retaking the Senate may mean a whole new direction in American politics.

The next president should get to choose two or three Supreme Court Justices changing the court’s direction for decades to come.

Imagine safeguarding Obamacare and Roe v. Wade while overturning Citizens United.

Our political landscape may look quite different six months from now.

Let us pray!

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

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Recent RE Sales in the Williston Area Williston Park Real Estate Market Conditions Median sales price $417,500 Demographics near Williston Park, Ny Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 7,264 11,604 43.9 2.8 107,622 43,205

County 1,338,712 4,702 41.2 3 97,049 42,286

23 William Street, Williston Park Sold Price: $624,000 Date: 01/15/2016 3 Beds, 3 Full baths Style: Colonial

# of Families: 1 Lot Size: 50x100 Schools: Herricks Total Taxes: $11,881

299 houston avenue, Mineola Sold Price: $487,500 Date: 09/16/2015 4 Beds 1 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 40x101 Schools: Mineola Total Taxes: $8,615

520 Roslyn Road, East Williston Sold Price: $690,000 Date: 11/16/2015 3 Beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial

# of Families: 1 Lot Size: 100x140 Schools: East Williston Total Taxes: $17,786

Editor’s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in the Willistons, Mineola and surrounding areas by a variety of real estate agencies. The information about the homes and the photos were obtained through the Multiple Listing Services of Long Island. The homes are presented based solely on the fact that they were recently sold in the Willistons, Mineola and surrounding areas and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

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So you are now an empty nester and are seriously thinking and contemplating of moving into the city from Long Island (or from anywhere else)?

One must consider and choose from the 325 neighborhoods, which area might suit one’s needs and wants.

However, first you must decide what your budget will be and how much money you can and really want to spend, (or in the city, they say price per square foot), then determine what you can buy and where you will find your price point to satisfy that equation.

How much will you net from the sale of your home, high-priced homeowner association or townhouse or whatever you are selling.

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Prices range from a reasonable, $430+ per sq. ft in Inwood to the high end of $3393+ per sq. ft on Central Park South: I know of someone purchasing in DUMBO, Brooklyn (Down under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), which they see as a location for excellent price appreciation.

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Ex Chaminade prez suspended as priest Continued from Page 1 The province said it will “as required,” submit Williams’ case to the Holy See, the Catholic pope’s jurisdiction.

Williams was a Chaminade teacher and administrator from 1991 until 2012, the province’s statement says. Cleary replaced him as president in August 2011, the same year as the alleged abuse. Williams remained a teacher and chaplain until 2012.

The Meribah Province launched its investigation after learning about the abuse allegations from the diocese “with the assistance of professionals who specialize in this area and with the help of our lay review board,” the province’s statement said.

The investigation start-

ed under the province’s policies, which are consistent with the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the statement said.

“It was during the course of this investigation that we first learned that one of the alleged incidents dated back to 2011, when the individual involved was a minor,” Cleary wrote.

The DA’s office started its own investigation Feb. 25 after receiving a letter dated Feb. 24 from an attorney for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, Brosh said. Williams was believed to be living in Rome at that time, he said.

A newsletter dated Sept. 15 from the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Brookville says Williams

and requested anonymity. The two-year statute of limitations for misdemeanors had already expired in 2013, Brosh said.

On May 3 of this year, the DA’s office got a letter from an attorney for Chaminade identical to the one the diocese sent in February 2015, Brosh said.

When investigators contacted the alleged victim again after receiving that letter, he “reiterated that he did not wish to pursue charges and wantPHOTO: EVERIPEDIA.COM ed to remain anonymous,” Brosh said.

Father James Williams was suspended from his The Meribah Province duties as a priest last week. did not answer two phone calls seeking additional was headed to Rome to was an adult at the time comment. Diocese of pursue a doctorate at the of the alleged misdemean- Rockville Center spokesPontifical University of St. or sexual abuse in 2011, man Sean Dolan did not but did not want to press answer a call seeking Thomas Aquinas.

Brosh said the victim charges against Williams comment.

Founded in Mineola in 1930, Chaminade is one of the nation’s most prestigious private Catholic boys schools.

Notable alumni include former Nassau County Executive and current congressional candidate Tom Suozzi, former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D’Amato and political commentator Bill O’Reilly. Tax filings show the school’s development fund had nearly $49 million in total assets as of 2013.

Chaminade is one of three Long Island schools the Mineola-based Meribah Province of the Marianist Order oversees, along with Kellenberg Memorial High School and St. Martin de Porres Marianist School for kindergarten through eighth grade, both in Uniondale.

kaiman urges caution in dems’ house race Continued from Page 10 “These companies have taken advantage of us for far too long and they don’t need more tax breaks,” Clarke said, agreeing with Suozzi. “We have to prosecute anybody that’s doing this because it should be illegal. It’s tax fraud.”

Stern said he has written a series of bills that he calls the “Housing Our Homeless Heroes Act,” which would be the first thing he brings to the table if elected.

He also said he wanted to make Long Island the Alzheimer’s research capital of the country.

Kaiman said he would work with Republican counterparts on ways to better protect New York and the entire nation from terroris-

tic threats.

Clarke, who is the only candidate who supports presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, was the lone candidate who said he was in support of the Iran Nuclear Deal.

“We have no problem being friends with Saudi Arabia, which is the most oppressive regime in that area and who do fund ISIS,” he said. “But we do have problems with Iran and that doesn’t make sense to me.”

Kaplan, who is an Iranian immigrant, said she opposed the deal because Iran’s leaders were untrustworthy.

“This is a country where the Iranian people are wonderful people,” she said.

“But it’s a regime that is not to be trusted and a regime that we should not be giving

legitimacy to.”

Suozzi said he didn’t think the deal was “tough enough,” adding that the country no longer needed oil from the Middle East, decreasing our need to operate in those areas.

Stern and Kaplan both said there should be sanctions placed if Iran violates the terms of the deal.

Kaiman said war should not be the answer if the deal is violated.

Stern said he was running for Israel’s seat to build on his political record.

“I’m running to build on a record I’m very proud of.

A record of fighting for middle class families, protecting our environment, protecting our Long Island Sound,” he said. “Many of my legislative initiatives are literally the first of their kind in New

York State and even the first in the country.”

Kaiman said he thought citizens were losing confidence in government.

“We need somebody who can stand up and be honest with us and fight that fight,” he said. “I’m running for Congress because I believe I am that person.”

Clarke said he was running to give voters the option of electing a progressive Democrat into office and to fix a “broken” campaign finance system.

“I think just the fact that I’m sitting here shows the tenacity that I have,” he said. “I started from nothing, I came from nothing, and now I’m sitting here.”

Suozzi said he was running because of his ability to “get things done” and because he wanted to make

the world “a better place to live in” “I believe my life experience as an attorney, as a certified public accountant, as a mayor for eight years, as a county executive for eight years, makes me uniquely equipped to actually help solve the problems that exist with my record of standing up to powerful interests and get things done on behalf of the people,” he said.

Kaplan said she wanted to prevent substance abuse, secure funding for safer borders, and make the 3rd Congressional District more affordable to live for seniors and the younger generation.

The Democratic primary election is set for June 28.

After the debate, the

Great Neck Democratic Club held a straw poll for its members to vote on which candidate they preferred.

Club President Steven Markowitz said of the 63 members who voted, Kaiman received 49 votes, Suozzi received 6 votes, Kaplan and Clarke received 3 votes each, Stern got one vote and there was one vote for an “other.”

State Sen. Jack Martins of Old Westbury, is seeking the Republican nomination for the Third District seat.

He had been opposed for the Republican nomination by Glen Cove financial investigator Philip Pidot, but the state Board of Elections ruled two weeks ago that he did not file enough petition signatures to qualify for the June 28 primary.

NhP takes stand against 3rd track project Continued from Page 45 Strauss said Mineola does not yet oppose the project outright, but he agreed the scoping document and the hearing process were concerning.

“What I’m opposing is how it’s being done, how this is being rolled out to

us,” Strauss said. “They’re asking us to put a puzzle together and see how it fits into our community, but they’re not giving us all the pieces.”

DeFalco said planners have held more than 100 meetings with local stakeholders so far in a “truly

unprecedented” outreach effort.

“This engagement started in January and will continue through an intensive scoping period and beyond,” she said.

The state has launched a website, AModernLI. com, and opened an infor-

mation center at the Mineola LIRR station where the public can review the scoping document, ask questions and submit comments on the proposal. The information center is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays

from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Cuomo and other proponents, including business groups, universities and non-profit institutions, say the third track would east commutes, improve train service, reduce road

traffic congestion, add millions of dollars to Long Island’s economy and attract thousands of new residents.

Local opponents say their homes, schools and quality of life would bear the brunt of the project and get little to no benefit.

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NYIT gets recognition for cybersecurity Continued from Page 24 When a company bids for a government or defense contract, they often have employees get cyber security certified.

“Our students don’t have to get certified because they’ve already taken the courses at our school and they’ll be ready to take on whatever project they’re assigned,” Anid said.

She said NYIT is the first and only college on Long Island and one of eight in the state to receive the designation.

Anid said the college was also fortunate that it isn’t competing with national heavyweights like Michigan Institute of Technology or the Georgia Institute of Technology.

“You don’t have to go that far. New York University has the same designation. This means that we can now work together you know,” Anid said.

“We’re very excited. There won’t be spies on campus but our students can work at the NSA and the FBI and serve our country in different ways.”

NYIT’s certification

The National Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security selected NYIT for a prestigious cybersecurity distinction. process began in 2012.

The school had to meet three criteria before it was granted the stamp of approval by the national agencies, Anid said.

“We have been certified for two other standards but there was a big overhaul for the approval process and we had to wait another year,” she said.

She said the school sent the certification application in November, the two agencies had questions which the school

promptly remedied.

“They looked the overall Computer Science program, student activities, they looked at our individual courses and our engagement with the business community,” Anid said.

Karen Leuschner, NSA’s National CAE program manager, said in a statement that the school’s ability to meet the demands of the program criteria will serve the nation in contributing to the protection of the

National Information Infrastructure.

“The President’s National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace addresses the critical shortage of professionals with these skills and highlights the importance of higher education as a solution to defending America’s cyberspace,” she added.

“The demand is so high for cyber security professionals that there is room for everyone in this environment that we would like to talk about,”

Anid said.

In the fall of 2012, 2,526 students — graduate and undergraduate — were enrolled at NYIT. This semester, the number has grown to 3,223 students.

Two professors from the school also received a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency $513,670 grant to develop a collection of effective keyboard-based biometric algorithms that analyze free text input in a variety of ways in order to capture the unique mechanics of how a user types (atomic keystroke dynamics), the unique aspects of how the user composes text and uses language (cogni-linguistic features), and the demographic classifications to which the user belongs.

Anid has also been calling for scholarships to every student who enrolls in a computer science program across America.

In March, Anid penned a op-ed column on the Fox News’ website, calling for the creation of scholarships to aid the cyber security programs across America.

“What’s needed is a more ambitious scholarship program, similar in scope to the GI Bill. All American students should know that if they become qualified cybersecurity professionals, the government will help pay for their education,” Anid wrote.

“Private-sector businesses such as technology firms and military contractors should establish related initiatives, offering to pay off education loans for students who accept in-house cybersecurity positions.”

At NYIT, the computer science program has been made available to any student within their major so that students won’t have to pay extra fees for taking the courses, Anid said.

The 30 students currently enrolled in the computer science program will earn two of the standards needed to earn the certification.

“This certification will open doors for grants,” she said. “We’ve forged a name for ourselves and this grant will help us bring some of the best talent to NYIT.”

Shelter Rock Library Continued from Page 39 PLAY MAH JONGG Tuesdays, May 24 at 1 p.m. Join others in playing the game that has fascinated people for so many years with its strategies, sequences 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.

WILLING HEARTS, HELPFUL HANDS Monday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Parker Jewish Institute’s Caregiver Support Initiative is seeking volunteers willing to make a difference in the community by helping family caregivers of an individual with Alzheimer’s Disease or Dementia. Free training will be provided and volunteers will assist the person with Alzheimer’s with activities such as friendly visiting, light chores, telephone reassurance and leisure activities. This initiative will offer support groups, enrichment opportunities, education,

training and more for the family caregivers. Join us for an informational session for volunteers and caregivers presented by Janine Pessah, MHA. ESOL CLASSES (English for Speakers of Other Languages). For Beginner & Intermediate Students.

Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 25, June 1, 8, 15. In the Community Room.

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YOU GROW OLDER with Dr. Marisa Ip of Northwell Health Board Certified in Internal Medicine. Thursday, May 26 at 1:30 p.m. Join Dr. Ip for an overview of important vaccines you should get and valuable habits that you can incorporate into your daily routine. Quick tips to keep you healthy into your golden years will be offered in this comprehensive approach to aging and wellness.

CREATIVE NEEDLES & THE ART of COLORING Fridays, May 20 at 1:30 p.m.

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If you prefer to relax by coloring, spend some time with crayons, colored pencils and coloring pages supplied by the library. Enjoy sharing conversation, crafting and creativity while “the needles fly” and “the pictures come to life”.

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Bring your iPad or iPhone or just come and listen. Space is limited. Registration for Shelter Rock patrons begins Monday, May 9.

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American amnesia Stern’s claims about on wedge issues Suozzi don’t add up

Continued from Page 15 In terms of transgender actions by the Obama Justice Department several perspectives are worth noting.

When asked Sunday at his incisive Temple Emanuel political commentary whether the Justice Department transgender mandate would be a wedge issue during the 2016 elections, Republican strategist and commentator Steve Schmidt gave a resounding “Yes.” He said that he was a person of empathy, but he believed the Obama administration had “overreached on this issue, that common sense on state and local levels should address it.”

I respect Steve Schmidt’s view that states can be laboratories of democracy modeling good practices for others, but, on this matter, several states (North Carolina and Texas among them), are instead showing the spirit of demagogue George Wallace, that they will battle the national government with everything in their arsenal.

These states are again reflecting situations similar to racial segregation and prejudice when they resisted the “arc of historical justice.” They are not employing the common sense that Schmidt counsels.

Those who feel uncomfortable by transgender matters need to be reminded,

as racists were, that the 14th Amendment guarantees all Americans equal protection of the law.

Frederick Douglass deliberately gave speeches each year on July 4th to remind Americans of the principles they celebrated in history, but not so fully in practice.

Steven Schmidt is a principled conservative who does indeed show empathy — a key quality cited by Jefferson and Lincoln for appreciating others regardless of differences. Schmidt was among the first Republicans to speak out publicly in support of marriage equality.

He explained that he respected his sister and her female partner and appreciated their value to family and society.

Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman, a bit later, offered support when he learned that his son was a gay man.

Do you remember how Karl Rove orchestrated “gay marriage” fears in 11 battleground states to boost Bush’s chances for victory in 2004?

That “Wedge Issue” now clearly seems yesterday’s news.

How many Americans will need to have transgender members of their family before they can show Jefferson’s benevolence and support for everyone’s “pursuit of happiness?”

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The same year, Suozzi imposed a deeply unpopular 2.5-percent home energy tax Those grants total $245,000, meanthat current County Executive Edward Maning Suozzi’s program would have given gano repealed. $735,000 toward abstinence education efStern’s campaign pointed to the energy forts over three years if those funding levels tax as an example of Suozzi breaking an were maintained, less than the “millions” earlier promise not to raise taxes.

Stern claimed.

Suozzi did raise taxes after promising Stern has also said Suozzi hiked Nasnot to, but six years separated the tax hikes sau’s property taxes after promising not to and the 2002 promise, which Suozzi made do so. only for his first term.

The claim is not blatantly false, as Suozzi has accused Stern of being disSuozzi has said, but no tax increase Suozzi honest for saying he has never approved a implemented as county executive directly general-fund property tax increase in Sufcontradicted an earlier promise. folk County despite increases in police disNews reports from 2001 say Suozzi trict taxes. lobbied for a 19.2-percent property tax inStern has never denied that he voted to crease in the county’s 2002 budget before raise police taxes. taking office as county executive, and none “It’s clear that Tom Suozzi will try anymention a campaign promise not to raise thing to disguise a record that has been taxes. soundly rejected by voters time and time Suozzi congressional campaign consulagain,” Stern said in a statement. “I am the tant Kim Devlin said he never promised not only candidate in this race who has never to raise taxes in his 2001 and 2005 county raised general fund property taxes. That’s a executive campaigns, both of which she ran. fact and Tom Suozzi knows it.”

“Tom did not make false promises just Suffolk’s 2016 budget grew the police to win votes,” Devlin said in a statement. district tax levy by 2.9 percent to about After hiking property taxes another $521.5 million from about $506.8 million 19.4 percent the next year, his first in office, in 2015, county budget documents say.

Suozzi pledged not to raise them again for Police taxes account for more than 89 the rest of that term, a December 2002 New percent of the county government’s tax revYork Times report says. enue, while general fund taxes account for Property taxes next rose 3.9 percent in about 8.4 percent, budget documents say.

2009 after five years without an increase, School districts account for about 69 peraccording to then-county Comptroller HowCondo 4.313x5.6875 Hiram Cohen_Layout 1cent 7/3/13 9:33 AM Page 1 in the county. of total collected taxes ard Weitzman’s review of that budget.

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“We clean and pamper your car”

Oil Paintings, Mid-Century Accessories 1950s/60s, Porcelain, Costume Jewelry, Sterling Silver, Gold, Furniture, Objects of Art, etc.

• 1 Pc.or entire estates • Premium prices paid for Tiffany, Damaged Meissen Porcelain, Bronzes, Quality Pieces Marble, etc. also

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No Fee For Visa/MC/Discovery or Debit Cards

• We haul anything & everything • Entire contents of home and/or office • We clean it up and take it away Residential - Commercial Bonded Insured / Free Estimates

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• Slate, Tile, Flat Roofs • Asphalt and Wood Shingle Roofs • Gutters & Leaders Cleaned/Replaced • Professional New Roof Installation Free Estimates Expert Leak Repairs

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Interior B. Moore Paints Dustless Vac System Renovations

Exterior Power Washing Rotted Wood Fixed Staining

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Community Meetings

buyer’s guide ▼ tree service

OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE Owner Operated Since 1989 Licensed & Insured

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Village of East Hills Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting Tuesday, May 24 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall, 209 Harbor Hill Road, East Hills (516) 621-5600 East Williston School District Board of Education Business Meeting Monday, May 23 @ 8:00 p.m.

Wheatley School, 11 Bacon Road, Old Westbury (516) 333-7804 East Williston Library Board of Trustees Meeting Thursday, May 25 @ 7:30 p.m.

2 Prospect Street, East Williston (516) 741-1213 Village of Floral Park Architectural Review Board Meeting Wednesday, May 25 @ 7:30 p.m.

Recreation Building, 124 Stewart Street, New Hyde Park 516- 326-6300 Village of Flower Hill Architectural Review Board Meeting Monday, May 23 @ 7:00 p.m.

Village Hall, 1 Bonnie Heights Road, Manhasset (516) 627-5000

Great Neck Water Pollution Control District Board of Commissioners Meeting Thursday, May 26 @ 8:30 a.m.

District Office, 236 E Shore Rd, Great Neck (516) 482-0238 Herricks School District Board of Education Meeting Thursday, May 26 @ 7:30 p.m.

Herricks Community Center, 999 Herricks Road, New Hyde Park (516) 305-8900 Village of Kings Point Board of Trustees Meeting Thursday, May 26 @ 8:15 p.m.

Village Hall, 32 Steppingstone Lane, Kings Point (516) 504-1000 Village of Manorhaven Board of Trustees Meeting Thursday, May 26 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 33 Manorhaven Blvd., Manorhaven (516) 883-7000

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Village of Munsey Park Board Advisory Committee Meeting Tuesday, May 24 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 1777 Northern Blvd., Manhasset (516) 365-7790

New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Board of Education Work Session Monday, May 23 @ 7:30 p.m.

Manor Oaks School 1950 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park (516) 434-2350 Village of New Hyde Park Architectural Review Board Meeting Wednesday, May 25 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 1420 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park (516) 354-0022 North Hempstead Town Board/ Solid Waste Management Authority Capital Plan Working Session Tuesday, May 24, 7:30 p.m.

North Hempstead Town Hall 220 Plandome Road, Manhasset (516) 869-6311 Village of Plandome Manor Design Review Board Meeting Thursday, May 26 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 55 Manhasset Avenue, Manhasset (516) 627-3701 Village of Roslyn Estates Architectural Review Board Meeting Wednesday, May 25 @ 7:45 p.m.

Village Hall 25 The Tulips, Roslyn Estates (516) 621-3541 Village of Sands Point Board of Trustees Meeting Tuesday, May 24 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 26 Tibbits Lane, Sands Point (516) 883-3044 Sewanhawka School District Board of Education Meeting Tuesday, May 24 @ 8:00 p.m.

Sewanhawka High School 500 Tulip Ave, Floral Park (516) 488-9600 Village of Thomaston Design Review Board Meeting Thursday, May 26 @ 8:00 p.m.

100 East Shore Road Great Neck (516) 482-3110 Meetings are held at the respective Village Halls except where noted. All meetings, dates and times are subject to change.

WINDOW REPAIRS & RESTORATIONS

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Employment

Help Wanted ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, SALES​/​ LICENSING: Seeking sales person with a strong work ethic and exceptional communication and organizational skills to join our sales team in generating sales revenue from new and existing clients. Port Washington based music publishing company creates and licenses background music for a wide range of clients.

Background in music helpful but not necessary. Working knowledge of Mac OS and good computer skills.

Base salary plus commission. Email cover letter and resume to: sarah@ omnimusic.com ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: to Vice President, 3 days, must be experienced in QuickBooks and Word. Knowledge in AR​/​AP a must.

Email resume to submitresumes3@ gmail.com BABYSITTER NEEDED: P/T SUMMER for our 2 boys, 1 & 3 yrs old.

Mon​​Thurs 8am to 12:30pm, June 27th through August 4th. Must drive & have references. Please call 516435-3014 BENEFITS CONSULTANT: AFLAC Fortune 500 Company. With an AFLAC career, there are no limits to what you can achieve. It’s a unique opportunity to take control of your career and set your own unlimited goals. Looking for individuals to grow with the largest provider of voluntary employee benefits in the country. Sales experience welcome but not necessary. Lifetime vesting renewals. Office located in Garden City. Please call Director of District Sales, Bill Whicher 516-574-1064 CONCIERGE: Saturday and Sunday from 3pm-11pm shift. Provide superior customer service within a luxury residential setting in Port Washington. Please fax resume 516-767-6837 or email sgaddison@ gmail.com

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

DENTAL OFFICE GARDEN CITY: Seeking Front Office Assistant to provide cheerful, superior service to our valued patients. You must be excited to learn new things. You need excellent interpersonal communication skills in order to contribute to the team and communicate calmly and reassuringly with patients. The ideal candidate thrives on organization and understands the value of supporting others. If you are enthusiastic, friendly and a quick learner, please email your resume and a cover letter detailing your applicable experience and why we should consider you a great addition to our team. Don’t wait​​we have an immediate opening for the right person.

Experience preferred, but we are willing to train the right person. We may not respond to all who apply.

20hrs​/​week and alternate Saturdays September-June. EOE. email: gcsmiledoc@gmail.com

NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION PART TIME: Blank Slate Media, a fast growing chain of 6 award winning weekly newspapers and website, is looking for a person experienced in Adobe In-Design to lay out classified and legal pages on Tuesday evening. Office conveniently located in Williston Park. To apply please email resume and cover letter to sblank@theislandnow.com or call Steve Blank 516-307-1045 x201

DISPLAY ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: Blank Slate Media, a fast growing chain of 6 award winning weekly newspapers and website, is looking for an energetic, service oriented professional with good communication skills to sell display, web and email advertising. Earn up to $60,000 in the first year representing 6 Blank Slate Media publications and website as well as 5 publications and 1 website owned by Blank Slate Media’s partner, Litmor Publications.

Minimum 2 years outside sales experience required. Must have own car. Protected sales territory, salary plus commission, health insurance, paid holidays and sick days. To apply, please email resume and cover letter to sblank@theislandnow.com or call Steve Blank at 516-307-1045 x201 INTERNET ASSISTANT: 1-2 hours per week. $20 per hour. Must have own computer. If interested, call Lisa at 516-487-8129 MEDICAL SECRETARY​/ FRONT DESK: Manhasset Physician, part time, will train. Wednesday 10am12pm, Thursday 10am-12pm, break for lunch then 2pm-4pm, Saturday 10am-12pm. 516-627-5540

HELP WANTED: (Driver/Valet) BIENER AUDI seeks responsible person for Full Time Driver/Valet position.

• Clean New York State drivers license • Solid work ethic a must!

• Friendly, energetic work atmosphere.

Call Steve @ (516) 829-2843 (Ext # 109) or email: sgarrett@biener.com

SITUATION Wanted SITUATION Wanted

P/T SUMMER BABYSITTER needed 2 full days a week (Mon-Thur days flexible) 15 & 13 yr old. Must be mature, responsible, drive & have references. Call Stacey 516770-4780 PERSONAL​/​WORK ASSISTANT to restaurant owner, part time, 1525 hours​/​week. Must be proficient in Excel, QuickBooks helpful. Must have clean driver’s license. 516476-2527 WAITSTAFF: part time or full time and DELIVERY PERSON with car.

Port Washington. Please call 516883-4227

Situation Wanted ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AVAILABLE: Available P/T 2-3 days a week. Experienced in Microsoft Word & Excel. Past experience includes Department of Education & Legal Secretary background. Outgoing & strong work ethic. References available. Available immediately.

Call 917-770-7965 CAREGIVER​/​COMPANION Female with 10 years experience seeking position Live In, Full Time​ /​Part Time. References available.

Call Aleksandra 718-368-1705 CLEANING SERVICE AVAILABLE: Houses, Apartments, Offices. Experienced, excellent references. Reasonable Prices. Reliable & Dependable. Free Estimates. Call Samia 516-737-2262 CLEANING SERVICES AVAILABLE for homes and offices. Will also do laundry. Experienced with excellent references. Also provides own cleaning equipment. Please call Anny 516-384-9623

CNA CERTIFIED EXPERIENCED over 10 years in both nursing homes and private cases. Highly recommended with excellent references.

Responsible for, but not limited to performing the following: feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, moving patients and changing linens.

Please feel free to contact with serious inquiries only: Call 862-2410883 COMPANION​/​HHA seeks live in or live out position caring for sick or elderly. Loving, caring and dedicated person with excellent references.

Please call Maria 718-541-9273 ELDER CARE AVAILABLE Woman from Ukraine is seeking position for full time or part time. Experienced & references available. Please call Olha 516-547-8882 ELDER CARE: full or part time, live in or out, not available on weekends to take care of the elderly, excellent references, 9 years experience. Call Sandra 516-423-0332 ELDER CARE: Mature woman available to take care of elderly person. Live in or out. 3 or 4 days. Light cleaning, cooking, laundry. Local excellent references. Please call Luisa 516-485-9215 or 516-451-1781.

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ENERGETIC RETIREE with positive attitude seeking to exercise his brain 3-5 hours​/​day, 3-4 days​/​week.

45 years of executive sales and import experience. Previous business owner. Last 20yrs. in pet supplies, men’s ladies, children’s prior. Salary commensurate with responsibilities.

Frankly, working wife fed up with me being at home! Please call Tom 516-672-3844 or email ECHOPETMAN@aol.com EXPERIENCED NURSING AIDE seeking position to take care of elderly. Evenings or weekends. Own car and good references. Please 917-796-5917 EXPERIENCED POLISH HOUSE CLEANER Good references. Very honest, reliable, responsible and hard working. Own transportation.

English speaking. Flexible days​/​ hours. I will do a good job. Please call 516-589-5640

COMPANION & HHA WANTED

516 328-7126 Agency seeks experienced workers who love working with the elderly.

P/T and F/T hours Drivers preferred

HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR available to do any odd jobs around your home​​yard work, cleaning out & organizing garages and basements, pet sitting, party help, etc. Call Drew 516-712-5361 or 516-741-9669 HOME HEALTH AIDE: CERTIFIED North Shore LIJ​/ Regioncare experience seeking position to care for elderly. Available 7 days a week days or evenings. References. Call 347525-6999 or email: JJKafarski12@ gmail.com MAYA’S CLEANING Excellent Work! Reasonably priced. Provides cleaning supplies and vacuum or use yours. Own transportation 516859-5355 516-244-3535 NURSE’S AIDE Certified, 15+ yrs experience, honest & reliable seeking a home care position. Available full time, part time, overnights & weekends. Licensed driver with own transportation. Contact Barbara 516-468-1340

Career Training AIRLINE CAREERS Start here. Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AIM for free information 866-296-7093

ANNOUNCEMENTS HUNTERS Our hunters will pay top $$$ to hunt your land. Call for a free base camp leasing info packet & quote 866-309-1507 www.basecampleasing.com

EVENTS How to win constitutionalists and influence politicians. Have you ever supported a politician who disappointed you after being elected?

Limit government to it’s proper role of protecting our God given rights. Thursday, June 9, 2016 from 7pm-9pm. Park City Diner, 101 Herricks Rd, Garden City Park, NY 11040. RSVP Chris 917-693-0819. Bring a friend!

You’ll both get a FREE gift!

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MARKETPLACE

Novenas/Prayers

HP 2840 ALL IN ONE LASER JET PRINTER FOR SALE Network printing, faxing and scanning, plus walk up copying and direct digital photo printing.

Used, excellent condition. Located in Garden City. Pick up only. Cash. $250. Needs color toner. Call 516-489-2891 or email nlzcas@yahoo.com

PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN (Never known to fail).

Oh Most Beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine of Splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin assist me in this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea help me and show herein you are my Mother. Oh Mary Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth I beseech thee from the bottom of my heart to succor me this necessity (make request).

There are none that can withstand your power. Oh show me herein you are my Mother.

Oh Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to Thee (three times).

Oh Holy Mary I place this cause in your hands (three times). Thank you for your mercy to me and mine. Amen.

This prayer must be said for three days and after three days your request will be granted. The prayer must be published. Grateful thanks.

(D.R.H.)

MARKETPLACE GARAGE SALE GARDEN CITY Saturday May 21 9am4pm 140 Roosevelt Street Furniture, appliances, household goods, toys and more !!

GARAGE SALE GARDEN CITY Saturday 5/21 8am​​3pm 167 Kildare Rd Lots of charming treasures, artwork, collectibles, housewares, Christmas items, lamps, books, clothes, outdoor items. No rain date. NO PREVIEWS PLEASE. GARAGE​/ ​M OVING SALE Saturday May 21 9am-4pm 38 Adams St Garden City, NY 11530 Furniture, antiques, china, silverware, housewares, electronics​/ ​c omputer games, costume jewelry, clothes, cornices, decorations, albums, frames, etc.

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KILL BED BUGS & THEIR EGGS Buy Harris Bed Bug Killers​/ KIT Complete Treatment System. Available at hardware stores, Home Depot, homedepot.com PATIO FURNITURE FOR SALE GARDEN CITY: 14 PIECES, WHITE WROUGHT IRON WITH UMBRELLA & CUSHIONS. CALL 516-9878856 or EMAIL hjm103159@ gmail.com

Wanted to Buy CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Up to $35 /​B ox!

Sealed and Unexpired. Payment made SAME DAY. Highest prices paid! Call Juley today! 800-413-3479 www. cashforyourteststrips.com

LOOKING TO BUY! Oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-386-1104 or 917775-3048 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc.

Please call 718-598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www.iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

Tag Sale *BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGECONSIGNMENT SHOP China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900 email: store atstewartexchange.org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org

Tag Sale

Pet Services

Autos Wanted

Office Space

EAST WILLISTON VILLAGE WIDE TAG SALE: Saturday May 21st from 9-3pm, drizzle or shine. If it pours, rain date Sunday May 22nd. Go to www.eastwilliston.org to double check. Over 70 homes participating. Something for everyone! Map available day of sale from 9am sharp at 460 Sagamore Avenue zip code 11596

DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE? HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away. Dog walking also available. Pet CPR & first Aid Certified. Numerous referrals and references. Limited availability. Book early! Annmarie 516-775-4256

DONATE YOUR CAR to Wheels For Wishes, benefitting Make-a-Wish. We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible. Call 631-317-2014 Today!

GREENVALE​/ ​R OSLYN: 2 Professional offices (230-450 sf). Charming, historic commercial building. Intersection Glen Cove Rd​/ ​N orthern Blvd.

Deborah Singer: 516-6472296

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GARDEN CITY Saturday May 21 9am-4pm 7 John St Living, Dining & Bedroom furnishings, glassware, kitchenware, rugs, medical supplies, many household items, toys, books, costume jewelry.

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NEW HYDE PARK 1300 Jericho Turnpike building newly renovated, lots of natural light, near LIRR. 700sf, 2nd floor, tenant controlled HVAC, includes parking. Kevin Owens 516-790-4881

INVITED SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Monday May 23, 2016 9:30 am 119 Knickerbocker Road Manhasset, NY 11030 Outdoor and porch furniture, kitchen table and chairs, decorative plates, books, costume jewelry, bedroom furniture, handmade and machine made rugs, clothing and accessories ...

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Yard Sale GARDEN CITY MULTI FAMILY Saturday May 21 9am3pm 63 Willow St Vintage china and stemware, toys, dolls, huge record collection, king size brass headboard, drop leaf table, side tables, barstools, household, clothes.

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Pet Services A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-505-9717

Apartment For Rent GARDEN CITY SOUTH: Newly renovated studio apartment, safe neighborhood.

Suitable for one. Light filled and airy. Granite Kitchen. Air conditioning. Walk to Adelphi, LIRR. Near food, laundry, all.

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1987 FORD MUSTANG GT 5.0 CONVERTIBLE for sale.

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Only 62K miles. Automatic transmission. Red exterior, white leather interior. Clean CarFax. Call Tom 516-984-9846 2010 AUDI AVANT WAGON QUATTRO 4WD 71,000 miles.

Outstanding condition, new brakes, rotors and oil. Super detailed. Doctor’s car, moved to Manhattan. Located in Garden City. $14,000. Call 516633-8009 AUDI A4 2006: Original owner, excellent condition, 75,000 miles, new tires, $7500.

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Auto Services ELITE AUTO DETAILING: Anthony Masia, Owner​/ ​O perator Dependable, professional detailer. SUV’s, vans, pick-ups also detailed at a higher price.

We specialize in imports​/​ Mercedes Benz, BMW, Audi, Jaguar & Maserati. $10 off complete detail. Spring Wash & Wax Special $85​/ ​c ars only.

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Three rooms, 1 BR, new EIK, OWNER PAYING BROKER’S FEE. Immed $2,100 Large 3 rooms, 1 Bed, brand new Kitchen. Walk in shower. $2,250 Top floor, 3 rooms, 1 BR, new Kitchen.

Near shopping & LIRR. Immed. $2,600 Garden City Properties 516-746-1563/ 516-313-8504 Homes for Rent GARDEN CITY Stunning Mott Colonial 3 spacious Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, Master Suite w/ private bath, Living Room w/ fireplace, formal DR, large eat in Kitchen, decorated, quiet area, mid block, CAC, finished basement, patio, private backyard, many extras. Long​/ short term.

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Open House POINT LOOKOUT OPEN HOUSE​/ ​E state Sale at 5/21 & Sun 5/22 1:00pm to 3:00pm 25 Inwood Ave 4 BR, 3 Bath California Ranch on 3 lots.

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Out Of Town Real Estate SOUTHOLD CONDO (55 and over) Sunny FOUNDER’S VILLAGE middle unit with prefinished hardwood flooring in Living Room & Dining Room, sliding doors to patio, LR w/fireplace with oak mantle, 2 Bedrooms, 2 tiled Bathrooms, Kitchen, Pool & Meeting room. Walk to Southold Village, transportation, Churches, shops & restaurants. $315,000 CO-EXCLUSIVE JOAN TYRER REALTY, SOUTHOLD 631-765-9500

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Homes Wanted GARDEN CITY homeowner downsizing seeks to purchase Ranch, Cape Cod or smaller Colonial home. Can close immediately. Move at your convenience. Principals only.

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DEVLIN BUILDERS Since 1979. We do all types of improvements including HANDYMAN REPAIRS. No job too small. Bob Devlin 516365-6685. Insured License H18C730000 GRACE ROOFING: Est. 1977. slate, tile flat roofs, asphalt and wood shingle roofs, gutters and leaders cleaned and replaced, professional new roof installation. Free estimates, expert leak repairs. lic​/ ​ins, local references, residential​/ ​c ommerical 516-7530268 LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard 646996-7628 ONE STOP FOR ALL YOUR HOME improvement needs!

Basement, bathroom & kitchen remodeling, carpentry, crown molding, closets, doors, sheetrock, painting, dry wall, repairs, spackling & wall paper removal and installation, decks power washed, stained and built. Gem Basement Doctor 516-623-9822. www.gem-home.com

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MATHEMATICS TUTOR:NYS certified math teacher. Experienced and patient. All elementary and middle school grades. HS Algebra, Geometry and SAT prep. Text or call Ken 516-526-8315 or email: kmctutor79@gmail.com

CLEANING HOME​​OFFICE: Weekly, monthly since 1979.

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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.

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t LegALs legal Notice lEGAl NOTiCE The Board of Education of the East Williston Union Free School District of the Town of North Hempstead, County of Nassau, hereby invites the submission of sealed bids/ RFP’s on printing Services and Financial Statement preparation. Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m. on June 2, 2016 at the Central Administration Office, 11 Bacon Road, Old Westbury, New York 11568 at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read.

Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the above named office. The Board of Education reserves the right to waive any informalities in the bids, or to reject all bids or to accept any bid which in the opinion of the Board of Education will be in the interests of the school district.

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Notice of Formation of 1VITAL HEALTH LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/13/2015. Office location: Nassau County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 1Vital Health LLC, 302 De Mott street, Mineola, NY 11501 Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Platinum Heir LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/4/15. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 4 Ozone Place, Massapequa, NY 11758. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of OBS Zeros LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/22/2016. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1 Birchwood Court, Apt 5M,Mineola, NY 11501 Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF COLLECTION OF TAXES INC. VILLAGE OF WILLISTON PARK

I, the undersigned, Village Clerk - of Williston Park, do hereby give notice that I have received the Tax Roll and Warrant for the collection of taxes levied for the present year, and I will be in attendance to receive taxes at the Village Office, 494 Willis Avenue, in said Village from June 1, 2016 from eight o'clock in the morning until four o'clock in the afternoon, except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, and that for said period of time taxes may be paid to me without additional charge and that on all taxes remaining unpaid after July 1, 2016, five percent (5 %) will be added for the first month and at such rate as determined by the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance for each month or fraction thereof, until paid.

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$ .37813 per hundred Assessed Value $ .88556 per hundred Assessed Value

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Lord and Taylor’s Manhasset store will celebrate its 75 year anniversary come May 27.

The location was first opened in 1941 as the first department store ever to open a branch store.

To signify its 75 year anniversary, the Village of North Hills is proclaiming May 27 as Lord and Taylor Day. To celebrate, the store will have fun and exciting animations throughout the day, such as fashion presentations, giftwith-purchases, sweet treats, jazz band performances, photo booths and much more.

Additionally, the 27th kicks of the beginning of the Memorial Day weekend charitable shopping event to benefit the USO. From the 27th through May 30, all 50 Lord and Taylor stores will participate in an effort to raise funds for the USO, a leading nonprofit organization that serves America’s service members and

their families.

With the purchase of a $5 ticket, customers receive one 25 percent off storewide savings pass (10 percent off of fragrances) for use May 27 through May 30 only (some exclusions apply).

The full $5 cost of each ticket sale will go to the USO. Customers with a valid military ID, service members, and their families will be able to take advantage of the offer without purchasing a ticket.

Additionally, LordandTaylor.com shoppers who utilize the promo code ‘GIVE’ will receive 25 percent off of purchases when they spend $200 or more, and 20 percent off of purchases when they spend up to $199.99.

The online offer is also available from May 27 through May 30 only and 1 percent of LordandTaylor.com sales received during the four-day promotion will be donated to the USO, up to a maximum of $10,000.

winthrop to hold events on prostate, smoking As part of its ongoing Prostate Cancer Education Series, Winthrop-University Hospital’s Department of Urology will offer a free lecture titled “The Benefits of Good Nutrition for Patients with Prostate Cancer” on Wednesday, June 8, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The lecture will be held at the Winthrop Wellness Pavilion, located at 1300 Franklin Ave., Suite ML5 in Garden City.

Speaker Gina DeLuca, from the Center for Cancer Care at Winthrop-University Hospital, will give the lecture. A questionand-answer period will be included.

To reserve a space or for further information, please call 516-663-2316 or email prostatecancersupport@winthrop.org.

Additionally, individuals interested in quitting smoking are invited to attend Winthrop-University Hospital’s free Tobacco Cessation Program during the month of June.

Sessions will be held at 5:30 p.m. June 8, 15, 22 and 29 at the Winthrop Wellness Pavilion.

The program offers a step-by-step process to help smokers quit for good.

Attendees will learn about behavior modification techniques, nicotine replacement therapy and more.

Admission is free, but seating is limited and pre-registration is required. For more information or to register, please call 1-866946-8476.

Urgent care chain seeks Mineola location Continued from Page 2 said there is efficient lighting on the premises.

Village of Flower Hill trustees expressed similar traffic concerns about the Northern Boulevard location, prohibiting left turns out of the facility onto the

thoroughfare in their 2015 approval.

The Village Board spoke about a proposed local law amending Section 550-16 of the Municipal Code of the Incorporated Village of Mineola. Trustees also tabled additional regulations for

vape shops and hookah bars on Wednesday after a public hearing.

“We are not against hookah bars, but are looking to define a place to land them so that they are not on residential streets,” trustees said.

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Wheatley blanks Carle Place in opener, 11-0

By G r e g ory Giaconelli The Wheatley Wildcats varsity baseball team took the first game of their three game series against the Carle Place Frogs 11-0 on Monday afternoon. The Wildcats got the bats going along with a brilliant pitching performance from senior John Ryan in the opening game of the Nassau B semifinals.

Wildcats Head Coach Paul Paino stated that once the offensive outburst got going, the boys made it look easy and they seized the opportunity to take a commanding lead in the series.

“Early on we were scratching runs out and trying to put things together” said Paino. “In the middle of the game, I just had to sit back and watch them hit.”

The Wildcats entered the game finishing in second place in the Nassau BC Conference with an overall record of 154. They won all three meetings against the Frogs in the regular season and look to keep the fire in their rivalry going in postseason play.

“We have a great rivalry going with these guys” said Paino. “We never take them for granted. They’re always a tough bunch and a good team.”

The Wildcats got the game’s first run in the bottom of the first inning with an infield single by Evan Mattioli to give

the boys a 1-0 lead. With runners on first and second to start the inning, Mattioli would hit a chopper to third and the runners would advance on a tough wild throw to first.

In the bottom of the fourth, the Wildcats would get another run off a two out single by junior designated hitter Matt Cristina. With two outs and a runner on second, Cristina would smack a single up the middle to give the Wildcats a 2-0 lead. His hit would eventually set the stage for the Wildcats’ offensive onslaught.

“I was looking to hit a single” said Cristina. “Once I started off, the whole team would get juiced and ready to go.

I did my thing and that powered us to a win.”

In the bottom of the fifth, the Wildcats put the game out of reach with a four run rally. They would take a 6-0 lead and knock the opposing starting pitcher out of the game. A single by Mattioli, heads up base running by junior centerfielder Antonio Deodato and a two run double by Cristina did the damage.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Wildcats weren’t finished as they piled on five more runs to take an 11-0 lead. A single

by Deodato, a two run double by Mattioli, a sacrifice fly by Ryan and an RBI groundout by senior first baseman Hunter Pomerantz highlighted the inning.

Ryan pitched just like his overpowering self by striking out nine Frog batters and allowing no walks and only six hits in a complete game shutout. He also went 2-4 at the plate with a run batted in.

“He’s striking out 10-15 guys every single time out” said Paino. “He strikes out two an inning and he hits. What more could you ask for out of a guy like that?”

Mattioli went 3-4 with a double and four RBIs and Cristina went 2-3 with three RBIs to pace the offense for the Wildcats.

The second seeded Wildcats look to avenge last year’s defeat to the third seed Frogs, where they took two out of three against them in the semifinals.

This year, the Wildcats have the momentum and a chance to send the Frogs home early. They will hand the ball to Deodato in Game 2 tomorrow at Carle Place. Paino expects another big outing from the southpaw. To advance to the next round, the Wildcats will look to use the same formula that got them the win in Game 1.

“We gotta get our pitching going, which I’m confident we will, and keep our bats going” said Ryan. “We needed to get that one at home going away.

Hopefully we come out tomorrow and do the same thing we did today.”

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Sophomore catcher Will Feil steps into the batters box.

FC Edmonton shoots down Cosmos in Canada

The New York Cosmos were in control for much of their match against FC Edmonton Sunday afternoon, but a pair of quick goals lifted the home side to a 2-1 win and nixed the Cosmos’ chances of leaving Clarke Field with a result.

Eddies defender Papé Diakité headed home the match-winner off a free kick in the 74th minute, snapping the defending NASL champions’ two-game winning streak.

Against the run of play, FC Edmonton (3-2-2) became the first team this season to take a first-half lead against the Cosmos (4-0-3). Midfielder Jason Plumhoff latched onto a Dustin Corea long ball and put a low shot inside the far post in the 13th minute.

Three minutes after Hunter Freeman put a corner kick off the back post, Yohandry Orozco leveled for the Cosmos in the 22nd minute. Jairo Arrieta cut back to create and found Orozco with a square ball across the 18-yard box. The Venezuelan put his low shot inside the far post from 14 yards out for his second goal of the season.

The Cosmos nearly took the lead in

the 40th minute. Ayoze played Michael Lahoud behind cleverly, but his curled shot was wide of the far post. In first-half stoppage time, Cosmos goalkeeper Jimmy Maurer did well diving left to parry away a Corea free kick from 30 yards.

Juan Arango got behind the Eddies

defense in the 57th minute, but FC Ed- striker’s head made contact with the ball, monton goalkeeper Matt VanOekel came but he was unable to direct it on frame. off his line to make the save.

All told, New York enjoyed 63 percent After Diakité’s goal, second-half substi- of the possession. tute Lucky Mkosana charged dangerously New York welcomes the Tampa Bay toward the far post in the 85th minute, Rowdies to Hofstra’s Shuart Stadium Sunlooking to meet a cross. The Zimbabwean day for a 6 p.m. ET kickoff.

St. Aidan’s defeats Long Beach Catholic On Monday, May 16, the Stallions of St. Aidan’s made school history by earning their first win of the inaugural season by beating Long Beach Catholic by a score of 10-5.

Behind starting pitcher Joe Dellolio, who earned the win and reliever Stephen Poarch the Stallions beat Long Beach Catholic. Delllolio and Poarch combined for a twohitter and struck out eight batters.

The hitting attack was led by Patrick Solosky, who blasted a bases clearing double, an RBI triple and a single for a combined four RBIs. Also contributing to the of-

fensive attack were Will Cavallaro, Chris Marotta, Joe Dellolio, Aidan Scott and Stephen Poarch. Nice defensive plays were made by Jack Mackay catching, Joe Dellolio at short and Patrick Solosky at first base.

Mackay and Delillo nailed a Long Beach Catholic runner trying to steal home when the ball skipped away from Mackay. Mackay flipped the ball to Dellolio and the runner was out by a few steps.

Patrick Solosky recovered an errant throw from an infielder and tagged the runner for the out.

64 The Williston Times, Friday, May 20, 2016

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