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Done deal: W.P. signs water pact Longstanding dispute with E.W. ends with 25-year agreement By N o a h M a n s k a r Williston Park’s Village Board cemented its 25-year water-service agreement with the Village of East Williston Monday night, bringing a historic end to the neighboring villages’ five-year dispute. “It’s been a long time coming,” Williston Park Mayor Paul Ehrbar said. “I believe the water agreement serves both villages very well, and I think will continue to do so for the next 25 years.” Williston Park trustees unanimously voted Monday to approve a slightly revised pact after East Williston Mayor David Tanner signed it July 11. The final tweak calls it a “water-supply agreement,” which can legally last up to 40 years, rather than an inter-municipal agreement, which can last only five years, Ehrbar said. Under its terms, East Williston must still pay Williston Park $100,000 in penalties and interest
to settle an active lawsuit, which the village will do “as soon as the paperwork’s done,” Tanner said. “I’m pleased and looking forward to a cordial business relationship,” he said. Coming more than four months after trustees agreed to its final terms, the approval of the agreement brings an end to an issue the villages have discussed for decades and allows them to focus on other issues of concern to their residents, the mayors said. The lengthy dispute included two lawsuits, closed-door talks that broke down and sometimes heated exchanges in the pages of the Williston Times. A pair of public negotiation sessions in December and March led to the final agreement, with the possibility of East Williston building its own water supply system looming until May. “I think that the length of time reflected the commitment Continued on Page 59
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From China to Williston Park Miao Hou started playing piano as a young girl in China. Now, the Juilliard School graduate runs Williston Park’s Long Island Tutoring Academy, which she hopes will become a local cultural hub. See story on page 3.
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deck, watching their children Other children of varying ages swim and splash in fountains. took turns on a water slide, with trains intermittently passing behind them on the Long Island On a warm summer afterSecond Rail Road tracks about 25 feet noon, dozens of families filled in a away. Slight vibrations from the the Village of Floral Park’s series trains could be felt at the top of swimming pool. Some adults lay on the pool Continued on Page 58
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Nicole Pastorelli has taught dance for 13 of the 30 years she’s practiced the craft, giving lessons in studios and East Williston’s Village Hall. With Saturday’s grand opening of Love to Dance in Mineola, the New Hyde Park Memorial High School graduate now has a place of her own to share her love for dance with students. “I just love passing on the knowledge that I’ve learned to other students who love to dance and just appreciate the art,” said Pastorelli, a Floral Park resident. “It’s nice to see them grow within the art and some kids really tend to really stick with it and love it and it’s just nice to watch them grow.” Pastorelli, 33, started teaching dance right after graduating from Nassau Community College, she said, giving lessons at Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts in Wheatley Heights and a studio on the South Shore. She’ll teach several styles to kids and adults in her studio at 276 Jericho Turnpike, including jazz, hip hop, ballet, lyrical and ballroom. But her favorite is tap dance, she said, because it’s like “making music with your feet.” “You’re making rhythms and you’re putting them together,” Pastorelli said. “... I think it’s very challenging and I like to be challenged.” Pastorelli said she once briefly shared a stage with renowned tap dancer Savion Glover, who choreographed the Tony-nominated musical “Shuffle Along.” That show and others, such as TV’s “So You Think You Can Dance,” have boosted interest in tap and other dance styles in recent years, she said.
The Mineola Village Board tabled a proposal for a martial arts studio above a Willis Avenue dental practice for a second time last Wednesday. Further questions about Eugene Simons’ plan to turn the office space above his dental practice at 331 Willis Ave. into a martial arts studio led trustees to postpone a decision on the plan until August. The studio would teach a Korean martial art called hwa rang do, said Simons, who was accompanied by his wife at the July 13 hearing. It would be open from 6 to 9 p.m. from Monday to Friday and from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Two or three instructors would provide three one-hour classes each day, Simons said. The first two classes would be for children and the last class would be open to adults, he said. Simons mentioned the possibility of hosting children’s birthday parties on Sundays, but after further discussion with the board, he agreed that he would close the studio on Sundays. Simons’ architect, Jared Man-
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Village of Mineola officials helped Nicole Pastorelli cut the ribbon last Saturday at Love to Dance, her new dance studio on Jericho Turnpike in Mineola. For instance, she’s seen high interest in boys’ hip hop classes since coming to Mineola, she said. “Boys are very active and they always have to be moving and doing something, but I feel like parents just want to keep them busy and keep their interest level open,” Pastorelli said. Love to Dance joins three other dance studios along a 1.5-mile stretch of Jericho Turnpike in Mineola and Garden City Park. Pastorelli saw Mineola as a “family-oriented neighborhood,” she said, and she thinks families will continue to move into the village even with four housing developments targeted at young professionals. “A lot of people are trying to get out of the city and get out of Queens,” said Pastorelli, who moved to New Hyde Park from
Queens as a teenager. Pastorelli will also offer dance and yoga classes for adults, she said. That can be helpful for businesses such as hers who operate during specific hours in a small space, said Tony Lubrano, president of the Mineola Chamber of Commerce. “The space is there, you might as well maximize that,” said Lubrano, who owns the Piccola Bussola Italian restaurant. “I think that’s what the key to the success of these places are.” Love to Dance offers classes Mondays through Thursdays until Sept. 16, when classes will be held Mondays through Saturdays. Pastorelli is currently the only teacher, but she said she may hire more teachers if there is a high level of interest for classes.
Correction: Headlines on July 15 with an article about Portuguese-Americans’ celebration of a victory by the Portugal national soccer team described the match incorrectly. As the article correctly stated, it was for the UEFA European championship.
del, first presented the proposal at a June 8 hearing that Simons did not attend. Simons plans to expand the second floor of his building to be as large as the first floor, Mandel said. Residents’ concerns about parking and the studio’s operating hours persisted last Wednesday. One also wondered why another martial arts studio is needed in the community, as there are three others already open nearby. Vincent Cardinal, who lives near Simons’ dental practice, said there would be a large overlap in the hours of the dental office and the studio on Saturdays, leading to traffic overflow and insufficient parking. Patients of the dental office would park in front of Cardinal’s driveway, he said. Employees park on the street, he said, demonstrating that the parking lot for Simons’ building was rarely in use. “Trying to pull in and out of our driveway is a nightmare,” said Mary Cardinal, Vincent Cardinal’s wife. “It’s dangerous to turn. It’s dangerous to cross the street. There is no view when pulling out, and it is a very dangerous situation.” Continued on Page 71
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Eugene Simons presents his plan for a martial arts studio above his dental office at 331 Willis Ave.
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Pianist’s journey from China to W.P. Internationally recognized Miao Hou opens academic, music academy on Hillside Ave. by G a b r i e ll e D e o n at h Pianist Miao Hou’s parents would travel 500 miles from their home in Shenyang, China, to Beijing for weekly one-hour piano lessons when she was young, she said. That was just the beginning of the training that would bring Hou, a Juilliard School graduate and internationally recognized pianist, to New York City on a full music scholarship at the age of 16. She went on to play hundreds of concerts in all 50 states and more than 30 countries, and has won many international competitions, including a gold medal at the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition at age 25 Now she has opened a tutoring academy in Williston Park to share her knowledge and talent with others. Both of Hou’s parents were self-taught musicians, her father a cellist and conductor and her mother a singer. “Growing up, I would constantly hear music all the time in
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Miao Hou has given hundreds of performances in all 50 U.S. states and more than 30 countries, and has collaborated with the London Symphony, the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. our house,” Hou said. “It was like food. It was very natural. Whenever I heard music as a little girl, I would always dance to it.” For her fourth birthday, Hou’s parents gave her a piano. Her parents realized Hou had a natural talent from the first time she touched the piano, she said, and
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same for others.’” She began teaching music privately in the area when she moved to Roslyn three years ago, she said. Earlier this year, she opened the Long Island Tutoring Academy, located on the second floor of 264 Hillside Ave. in Williston Park. The academy focuses on academic tutoring, as well as musical training, with award-winning faculty members who are Ph.D. graduates from Yale University, Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Juilliard School. “We chose Williston Park because the parents value and treasure the importance of education like I do,” said Hou. “In a top school district like this, they must invest a lot in education. I want to make sure their investment is a successful one.” Communicating with people through her art and being able to move people emotionally is one of the most rewarding parts of being a pianist, Hou said, something she discovered as a younger performer. Through continuing to play Continued on Page 71
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Dem legislators press referendum vote Seek decision by public on independent inspector general to oversee county contracts By N o a h M a n s k a r Democratic Nassau County legislators last Friday submitted more than twice the number of petition signatures needed to potentially set a public vote on whether the county should have an independent inspector general. Democrats collected more than 4,300 signatures to place a measure on the county Legislature’s Rules Committee agenda that would trigger a Nov. 8 ballot referendum on the issue. The county charter requires 2,000 signatures, including at least 50 from each legislative district. The measure faces opposition from Republicans, who control the Legislature and say the inspector general’s role is already filled by two other county officials. Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves (R-East Meadow) has never called a vote on Democrats’ bills to create the office. “Now, if she ignores the petition of more than 4,300 residents, she will blatantly be ignoring the will of the people she serves,” Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D-Hempstead) said in a statement. The inspector general would have full investigatory powers and serve a six-year term under an employment contract that Democrats say would free the office from political influence.
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Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D-Hempstead), seen in October 2015, has led Democrats’ push for an inspector general in Nassau County. But a referendum to create the position will not happen if the Republicancontrolled Rules Committee votes down or tables the measure. If passed by the committee, it will go to the full Legislature, where the GOP holds a wider majority. The county’s Office of Legislative Budget Review must also review the petition and the bill that accompanies it. “Even though this is a political stunt,
the legislation shall be put through the normal course of review,” Gonsalves said in a statement. Democrats have called for an inspector general since former Republican state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, were convicted last year of using their political power to secure a $12 million county contract for the environmental technology firm AbTech Industries. The Skeloses are
appealing. Deputy County Executive Rob Walker is also reportedly under federal investigation for signing an amended $12 million contract with VIP Splash Waterways Recovery Group on the same day the firm donated to his Republican political committee. Gonsalves has called Nassau’s contracting process “the most transparent in the state.” She and County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican, say an inspector general is unnecessary since the commissioner of investigations has the same powers and a procurement compliance director already oversees contracts. The county has also increased financial disclosure requirements for contractors. Democrats would accept Commissioner of Investigations Donna Myrill as the new inspector general as long as she had an independent contract, Abrahams has said. Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas recommended an inspector general last July, when she issued a report calling Nassau’s contract system “a recipe for corruption.” “The majority in the legislature has refused to allow greater oversight, so I support this referendum proposal to let the people decide,” said Singas, a Democrat.
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Haber takes big lead in fundraising race By J oe N i k i c State campaign finance filings show that Adam Haber, a Democrat, received more than four times the amount of campaign contributions that were raised by Elaine Phillips, a Republican, in the race for the Seventh Senate District seat during the filing period that ended June 30. Haber raised $301,977.53 compared with Phillips’ total of $73,410.56 “We have an opportunity to bring new leadership to our state government and people are responding with excitement – they want to be a part of this campaign,” he said. “We are off to an amazing start thanks to the support of so many from across the district and we are only going to continue building on this momentum.” Haber, who announced in February he would run for the seat to be vacated by state Sen. Jack Martins, was actively campaigning and fundraising for three months before Phillips, mayor of the Village of Flower Hill, joined the race in May. The filings show that before Phillips formed a campaign committee and registered with the state Board of Elections on May 17, he raised a total of $139,800. After she registered with the Board of Elections, Haber raised $162,177.53. A Phillips campaign spokesman, Chris McKenna, said that even though Haber had more time to raise funds, Phillips still raised a respectable amount of money given the short period of time she has spent campaigning. “This represents a very strong fundraising effort for a candidate who only announced she was running for office a few weeks ago,” McKenna said. “Her opponent has been running unsuccessfully for this and other offices for several years.” Haber raised a little over $90,000 in out-of-state contributions, with individuals, corporations and unions based in Oregon, Texas, Maryland, Colorado, New Jersey, Florida and the District of Columbia all donating to the campaign. A Haber campaign spokesman, Jonathan Heppner, said the out-of-state contributions were not “out of the ordinary.” Some of the contributors were friends of the Democratic candidate, Heppner said, and others were from New York but had headquarters in other states. Haber received $11,000 from a New York businessman, Gary Greenberg, whose political action committee endorsed him two weeks ago. Notable contributions to his campaign include $100 donations from Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran, Mayor Michael Koblenz of the Village of East Hills, North Hempstead Town Councilwoman Lee Seeman, the Great Neck Democratic Club president, Steven Markowitz, and the 16th Assembly District candidate Anthony D’Urso. Haber, an East Hills restaurateur who previously ran for the same seat and lost in 2014 to Martins, also received $200 in contributions from North Hempstead
Town Councilman Peter Zuckerman and $150 from the North Hempstead receiver of taxes, Charles Berman. He currently has a little over $230,000 on hand. Heppner said the funds would be used to get “the message out and informing voters that Adam Haber is best candidate to pass real ethics reforms, advocate for our children’s education and lower taxes.” Phillips’ most notable contribution was $11,000 from the Friends of Senator Jack Martins committee. She also received 25 $400 contributions from different limited liability corporations with the address 3677 East Tremont Ave. in the Bronx. The address is the location of Diamond Property Group, a company owned by the low-income housing developer David Diamond. “Elaine’s filing shows a number of small dollar contributions from LLCs that fully comply with the election law,” McKenna said. “Ironically, her opponent lists an almost equal number of LLC contributions, and thousands of dollars from entities at the heart of the Bill de Blasio campaign finance scandal that’s currently under investigation by federal and state authorities.” Phillips has about $71,000 on hand, McKenna said. “Elaine will have a very strong campaign, with the resources she needs to get out her message and win on Election Day,” he said. “Right now, she is focusing on meeting voters in every corner of the district – Elaine has already personally knocked on over 2,000 doors and attended countless community events – listening to their concerns and outlining her own ideas to help make living on Long Island even better.” In the 16th Assembly District race, the Republican, Matt Varvaro, received about $7,000 more in campaign contributions than the Democratic candidate, D’Urso. Varvaro received $6,750 in contributions from family members, more than half of the $12,205 he received in total contributions. Nassau County Legislator Richard Nicolello’s committee Citizens for Nicolello donated $100 and Phillips gave $50 to the campaign. “We are very excited about the level of support we’ve gotten so far,” Varvaro said. “Our filing shows that we have a great deal of support in the district, and that people are willing to invest in a candidate who is committed to reforming Albany. It also shows that we’ll have the resources we need to win this race.” He said he has about $10,000 in his war chest and said it was a “great number” given that he has only spent a month campaigning. “We’re going to use those funds to spread our message to the voters and lay out our plans to end corruption and reform state government,” Varvaro said. Continued on Page 60
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Martins takes fundraising lead over Suozzi By N o a h M a n s k a r Republican state Sen. Jack Martins has a nearly $350,000 edge over Democrat Tom Suozzi going into their likely 3rd Congressional District matchup, federal campaign finance filings show. Martins closed the year’s second three-month fundraising period with $409,995 in his campaign coffers to former Nassau County Executive Suozzi’s $162,063. Suozzi took in more cash between April 1 and June 30, raising about $404,000 to Martins’ $238,028. But he outspent Martins by more than $567,000 as he fought off four other Democrats in the June 28 primary, which he won with about 35 percent of the vote. “We are in great position to win in November,” said E. O’Brien Murray, Martins’ senior campaign strategist, in an email. “Support from voters and donors across Nassau, Suffolk and Queens has been amazing. The national support has been terrific as well.” The filings indicate support for Martins from national Republican groups and figures hoping to capture prominent Democratic Rep. Steve Israel’s North Shore
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district stretching from Whitestone, Queens, to Kings Park in Suffolk County. Martins received $82,750 in the second quarter from political action committees and other candidates with addresses in 12 states and the District of Columbia, including House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Prosperity Action, Inc., and the Republican Main Street PAC, which supports Republicans in “swing districts,” according to its website. A committee called the Martins Zeldin Victory Fund was also established in June to support Martins and Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-
Shirley). The joint fund, which has not yet raised any money, will also give to the New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee, according to Federal Election Commission records. The National Republican Campaign Committee has also booked $1.1 million in TV ads to run from September through the Nov. 8 election. About $119,000 of Suozzi’s contributions came after June 9, the last deadline for campaign finance filings before the Democratic primary.
Some $24,750 of that came from other candidates and political action committees, including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (DMaryland), with whom Suozzi appeared Tuesday in Great Neck. Suozzi received another $4,750 from political commitees between April 1 and June 9. “Even with a competitive primary, voters recognized my proven record of fighting powerful interests and standing up to the status quo to get things done,” said Suozzi. Suozzi’s campaign spent heavily on print mailings between April and June, paying more than $256,000 to the Parkside Group, a Manhattan consulting firm. It has also advised campaigns for state Assemblyman Ron Kim and state Sen. Tony Avella — who both endorsed Suozzi — as well as U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley, the Queens County Democratic Committee chairman. Other notable Suozzi donors include fashion designer Steve Madden and lawyer Daniel P. Deegan, a prolific Democratic donor and partner in the Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo
& Terrana law firm. Martins has so far fought off Glen Cove financial investigator Philip “Flip” Pidot’s legal challenges to force a Republican primary after the state Board of Elections ruled he lacked enough signatures from voters to make the June 28 ballot. Records show Martins’ campaign paid $5,000 to Sinnreich, Kosakoff & Messina, the law firm that represented Martins in state court when Pidot challenged the elections board ruling. Pidot has since taken the case to federal and state appellate courts. Pidot closed the second quarter with about $27,700 in his war chest, records show. His campaign paid $17,500 to attorney John Sweeney, who represented him in state court. The firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan now represents him in the appellate and federal cases. Sweeney also donated $5,000 worth of legal services to Pidot’s campaign, records show. “Flip Pidot showed the ability to raise money right off the bat, and additional donors are waiting until the courts choose a new date for the primary. ” Pidot spokesman Bill O’Reilly said in a statement.
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Martins, Suozzi present centrist positions By N o a h M a n s k a r Both Republican Jack Martins and Democrat Tom Suozzi last Wednesday said the North Shore needs a congressman who can work across the aisle to create change in the increasingly polarized Congress. In their first joint appearance, at the Sands Point Preserve Conservancy, the candidates in the Third Congressional District espoused moderate policy positions and pledged to continue going against the political grain. Martins and Suozzi, the likely general election candidates to succeed Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) in the district stretching from northeastern Queens to northwestern Suffolk County, touted moves they described as political risks that created concrete changes before the crowd of more than 150 people. Both candidates agreed on a need for gun control and unwavering support for the state of Israel, but differed on health care and immigration reform. Both sons of immigrants, Martins and Suozzi dismissed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s proposal to deport millions of undocumented immigrants but
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In their first joint appearance in the 3rd Congressional District race, Democrat Tom Suozzi (left) and Republican Jack Martins discussed several issues at the Sands Point Preserve Conservancy on July 13. diverged on whether those already here should have a path to citizenship. Both spoke of failures of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, but Suozzi said there should be a public health insurance option similar to Medicare while Martins said over-regulation of the health industry has made things harder for consumers. Martins, a state senator and former Mineola mayor, touted his work in Albany to pass laws with bipartisan support, such as the “common sense” SAFE Act gun control bill, this year’s $15 minimum
wage plan and other measures that drew the ire of both the far left and far right. The winner of November’s election should be able to leave Congress better than he found it, said Martins, touting his work to cut Mineola’s $33 million deficit. “We need people who are willing to work across the aisle, people who don’t see the world in Rs and Ds, people who are willing to find common ground to get things done,” said Martins, an Old Westbury resident. Echoing his message in the Democratic primary, Suozzi, a
former Nassau County executive and former Glen Cove mayor, said he has a record of standing up to “powerful interests,” citing his fight for the state property tax cap and his “Fix Albany” campaign to get bad lawmakers out of the state Legislature. Suozzi repeated his pledge to form a bipartisan “band of doers” to craft moderate legislation and repeal “arcane” laws that cost the government money. “There’s something not working in our system, that the system is not changing to make the changes that we all ... say, ‘Why don’t they just do this, why don’t they just do that?’” Suozzi said. Decrying a lack of action following another recent spate of gun deaths, Martins and Suozzi said they support universal background checks and banning gun sales to people on the FBI’s no-fly list. Both also criticized last year’s nuclear accord with Iran and stressed the importance of the United States’ alliance with Israel in the dangerous Middle East. Martins said the U.S. should bring undocumented immigrants “out of the shadows,” but said there is no “political will” for a path to citizenship.
“People don’t cross borders, cross oceans, in order to collect a check from the government,” Martins said. “They’re coming here to provide for themselves and their families and hopefully to seek a better life.” But Suozzi said law-abiding immigrants should have a path to citizenship, adding that Republicans have made immigration reform a partisan issue with “hateful rhetoric.” “We cannot let this issue become an excuse for racism, which it has in this country,” he said. The race to succeed Israel, a prominent Democrat who decided not to seek a ninth two-year term, will draw lots of attention and money from national political entities that will “try to create caricatures of us,” Suozzi said. The race is a chance for the district to choose a new representative in an election cycle that has great implications for the whole country’s direction, Martins said. “They showed a real centrist nature, both of them, and I think that’s reflective of the centrist nature of the district itself,” said Peter Forman, president of the Sands Point Civic Association, which hosted the event.
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Good idea with no chance in Nassau
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et’s call the demand made by Democrats in the Nassau County Legislature for a referendum on creating an inspector general to oversee county contracts what it is: a politically motivated gimmick with virtually no chance of succeeding. Which is not to say that it is a bad idea in a county whose finances have been under state supervision since 2000. In fact, it is a very good idea given the county Legislature’s abject failure to exert proper oversight of county contracts. How bad a job? A brief recap is in order. In 2013, a $200,000 nobid contract was awarded to a firm operated by former Republican state Sen. Michael Balboni without legislative approval because the Legislature failed to conduct a review within 45 days as required by law. The Legislature also stood by as hundred of contracts were approved by Mangano that fell just under the $25,000 threshold for its review before eventually lowering the limit to $1,000. Then state Sen. Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) was indicted on federal corruption charges that included influencing the awarding of a Nassau County contract to a firm that hired his son, Adam. Both were later convicted. Following the indictments, Nassau County Dis-
trict Attorney Madeline Singas launched an investigation into the award of county contracts that discovered “troubling problems,” 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. Mangano responded by hiring a compliance chief to improve accountability — a move that Singas called “woefully inadequate” since the office lacks independence. Mangano’s record in hiring hardly inspires great confidence either. Nassau Chief Deputy County Executive Rob Walker sought donations from county vendors two months before he testified during the Skelos trial that he is under investigation for allegedly awarding county contracts to campaign contributors. Walker signed a $12 million storm cleanup contract with one vendor — 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. But Mangano and county Republicans have 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,
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for an inspector general appointed by an independent panel to investigate potential corruption and misconduct in the awarding of contracts. For voters, the usual answer to this is to “throw the bums out” and elect a Democratic majority in the Legislature. Democrats actually have a 40,000 person edge in party registration in Nassau County.
But thanks to the gerrymandering of legislative districts by Republicans in 2010, the GOP now enjoys a 12-7 edge in the Legislature and Democrats, short of an earthquake, have no chance to win back the majority until some time in the next century. The Democrats in the Legislature have responded by obtaining more than 4,000 signatures from voters requesting a
referendum this November. This requires the Legislature’s Rules Committee — where Republicans hold a 4-3 edge — to consider the proposal. If approved by the rules committee, the referendum would then need to be approved by the full Legislature. As we said: a good idea with no shot of passing.
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Cuomo’s Start-Up New York: a flop
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his month I learned why I was tired of watching every night Start-Up NY television commercials: Gov. Cuomo has spent a whopping $50 million of our tax dollars to fund the ad campaign. At, say, $500 a pop, that’s 100,000 commercial runs. As for the return on the $50 million investment, it was worse than I could have ever imagined. Since the governor commenced the project in 2013, only 408 jobs have been created at a cost of $122,549 per position. The dismal results explain why the official deadline for releasing the results of the economic-development initiative was delayed for three months and disclosed on the Friday of the July 4th weekend without a self-congratulatory press release. Despite all the marketing hype and the annual claim of the programs overseer — the Empire State Development Corporation — that the initiative has momentum and is an economic game changer, Start-Up NY has been
a flop. In my judgment, Start-Up NY, which grants ten years of no taxes to approved technology companies that locate in zones close to state and city university campuses, and “support the academic mission of the college or university with which they hope to work,” was condemned to failure from the get-go. The program’s scope is too limited, there’s no regulatory relief, and interested companies must endure a laborious application process and must place their fate in the hands of ESDC bureaucrats. Let’s face it — government pencil-pushers are not known to be savvy economic prognosticators. (The Solyndra disaster that cost U.S. taxpayers $500 million comes to mind.) I certainly would not trust them with investing the assets in my 401(k). Dealing with bureaucrats may help explain why some approved companies have dropped out of the program.
George J. Marlin On The Right The Albany think tank, The Empire Center, pointed out in a recent report that “fifteen of the 54 companies named in the 2014 Start-Up report … were no longer part of the program by the end of 2015. And two companies that have publicly stated their intention to withdraw from Start-Up, Adirondack Operations and Royal Meadery, were
counted in [July’s] report … and toward the program’s job commitments.” Start-Up NY is not the governor’s only economic initiative that’s in trouble. His “Buffalo Billion” investment, which he boasted will “create thousands of jobs and spur billions in new investment and economic activity,” has stalled. There are project cash-flow problems and investors are pulling out due to the U.S. Attorney’s corruption probe. And then the Office of the State Comptroller dropped a bomb in July on the governor’s Excelsior Program which grants refundable tax credits to targeted businesses that agree to make capital investments that create a specific number of new jobs. State Comptroller DiNapoli’s audit found that ESDC “the entity in charge of doling out millions of dollars in tax credits to companies that pledge to expand in New York State, could not verify that many of the companies
participating in the Excelsior Jobs Programs met their obligations or even justify giving the businesses tax breaks in the first place.” The auditors discovered that there were problems ranging “from lowering job creation goals after companies did not meet expectations to not verifying if jobs were full-time or part-time. ESDC also could not produce evidence that several companies actually created jobs and did not simply shift jobs.” The failure of Cuomo’s targeted incentive programs prove Big Brother-type government bureaucrats should be the last persons to dictate where entrepreneurs should locate and risk their investment dollars. To jump-start New York’s economic engine, Gov. Cuomo should employ genuine incentives—tax cuts and regulatory reforms — that have created lasting middle class jobs in flourishing states like Texas, Florida and South Carolina.
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What’s your top ten favorite movies?
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f you had to name 10 movies that mean the most to you, what would they be? And what would they say about you? I’d gotten my list down to 10 …until I asked other people for theirs. “The Wizard of Oz”! I have to add that!” “So,” said my husband, “This list goes to 11? Like the amps in ‘This is Spinal Tap’?” “Darn, now I have to add that, too!” But most of my “10” I hadn’t seen in decades. Were they still any good? Luckily they were all at the library. “Working Girl:” At the opening notes of Carly Simon’s “Let the River Run,” over shots of the Statue of Liberty and Twin Towers, tears started running down my face. I realized this screening would have to wait. “Superman:” I always loved the TV show, and when Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder appeared in the 1978 movie, I loved it, too.
Something appealed to me about a hero who must keep both his identity and his powers a secret. But when Superman scoops up Lois and takes her for a joyflight around Manhattan, I did wonder how they kept her high heels from falling off and killing people. I remembered this again, years later, when I was trying to be “Supermom” myself. Whether I was “flying” from drop-off at my child’s nursery school to my two-days-a-week part-time job, or back again, trying desperately not to be the last Mommy at pick-up… it seemed I always arrived late and in the wrong shoes. Where’s Superman when you need him? “My Brilliant Career:” The girl in this movie can’t decide if she’d rather be a writer or a concert pianist when she grows up. Alas for her, she is the daughter of a ne’er-do-well dirt-farmer in Australia, in the 1890s. But she holds firm, eventually choosing writing over marriage to a rich young rancher,
Judy epstein
A Look on the Lighter Side played by an impossibly handsome Sam Neill. “She’s an idiot!” I rant, to the man I married. “What is her problem? He’s too handsome?” “Judy, you know that marriage in those days meant ‘popping out a baby a year’ — if it didn’t kill you.” “Even so…Writing goes with motherhood better than any other career I can think of. Plus, did I mention he’s rich?” And she’s an idiot. Off my list. “Broadcast News:” When
I first saw this, someone said, “Judy, that’s you!” I thought they meant the news producer played by Holly Hunter, but no, they meant the sidekick, played by the charming (and of course beautiful) Joan Cusack. Indeed, my job was a bit like hers, running things at the last split-second to the control room. She had to leap over a baby and under a pulled-out file-cabinet drawer. For me, it was dodging pedestrians along 58th Street and then down 9th Avenue, all the way to the studio building on 55th. I also remember a scene strikingly like the one in the film, where Holly Hunter is still editing a piece when Cusack screams at her, “It’s my responsibility to tell the control room and New York that we won’t be ready!” We were always ready, but one time came too close for comfort. The MacNeil/Lehrer Report had taken us all to French Quebec to report on the separatist movement, and something went longer than expected. All of a sudden, the director was ask-
ing the tape operator how many seconds it took a 30-minute tape to rewind, because he needed to start the top of the show off one tape while we finished editing the other! We made it, of course. Just like in the movies! “Working Girl:” On my second try, my family watched with me. My son has never known a world with such all-pervasive sexism as in this movie…so I guess we’ve made progress. And now he believes me — some — about how things used to be. My favorite moment, then and now, comes when Melanie Griffiths’ character, trying to look professional, is asked, “Coffee?” She reflexively jumps up, saying “Sure, where is it?” only to be told, “No, we’re getting it. How would you like it?” She gets the guy — and the window office…and when that music returns at the end, I am nothing but happy, for her..and for us. Now that’s a great movie. With profound thanks to Port Washington’s Public Library and staff. Coming Soon: Part Two!
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Cuomo fails to make case for third track
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am taking up where I left off in my last week’s article “MTA’s third track numbers just don’t add up.” In that article I quoted Larry Penner’s Friday, June 17, 2016 article “Third track needed to make Ronkonkoma upgrade work.” In this article, Mr. Penner also mentions double tracking between Farmingdale and Central Islip and then the same between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma. I will leave it as he wrote it. Last week I was in Deer Park and crossed the tracks on Route 231 and Route 4, Commack Road. At these points, which are between Farmingdale and Central Islip, there was double electrified tracks. Going west from Route 231 the right of way was wide enough for two tracks but there was only one and it was electrified. Long ago I remember reading about when the first rail line was completed joining the east and west coasts here in the U.S. It was said that one mile of track could be built in a day (on virgin terrain) in those
long ago times. It was of course done only with manpower, horsepower and the old style choo choo locomotives. I imagine that trestles were built ahead over such as the Colorado River. To put a second track east from Farmingdale these days would be peanuts. Driving along the roads in areas like Ronkonkoma and Deer Park one sees mostly trees and lush shrubbery. \ Looking closely one can see residential areas and corporate buildings. Before there is more development, a careful assessment has to be made of the underground water supply. It can’t be overpumped and have salt water seep in as what happened to Brooklyn. Also, the sewer system, at least in Nassau County is a big mess that has to be corrected. The proposed solution is mired in such political corruption. Nassau County must retain ownership of it and get it fixed or rebuilt.
In order to get a full picture of the LIRR, besides what I have said, at Jamaica Station, lines also go through Queens ending in Port Washington, down to Lynbrook and on to Long Beach, to Rockaway Station and more: The big picture of the LIRR. The third track will not only bust up a number of stations but be a nightmare to commuters for years with no benefits. Imagine 500 or more commuters being bussed past closed stations every three to five minuter during rush hour. Cherish the LIRR as it is. It really does a lot and does it well. Just repair it as needed. In this paper’s July 8 edition is the article by Desmond Ryan “Third Track would be an economic boon for L.I.” Sorry to say, but this article has not as much as one word about how the third track would actually do this. Even with his credentials listed under his name it is nothing more than propaganda. During at least the past year I have not missed one publication of the News Times
Newspapers and have read all of the articles pertaining to the third track. I will be frank about what I am saying and any seeming sarcasm is not meant as such. From Gov. Cuomo at the top, down through all his underlings and down all the way through all of the opinions that have been opined, not one word has shown a shred of evidence as to how this third track would actually do any or all of the marvelous things that have been said. It all amounts to nothing more than propaganda (or should I say, a lot of crap) which has come from whatever reason or compelling force. I was not born this morn! I am able to see that something is lacking in intelligence in all that has been said. If it should happen that many thousands of commuters end up experiencing the dreadful horrific consequences I can say I did all I rightfully could to prevent it. Charles Samek Mineola
G.N. village policies work Pence a backer against business district of the extreme
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am writing in reply to the article that appeared on the front page of Great Neck News on Friday, July 8, 2016, “Empty storefronts vex G.N. officials.” First, regarding the use of online shopping. I was glad to see that Haus of Tova has been able to sell their $125 T-Shirts online. The pictures that were printed of empty storefronts tell a different story. No one does their dry cleaning, gets a haircut, buys a slice of pizza, an ice cream cone, a cup of coffee, or gets their shoes repaired online. Second, blaming Roosevelt Field or The Americana Shopping Center is ludicrous as they both opened in 1956 and never before drew shoppers away from Great Neck. Perhaps the fact that avaricious landlords have doubled rents in the past ten years and are lax about repairing leaky roofs and flooded basements may have something to do with the reluctance of service businesses to open up in the villages of Great Neck. Add to this the fact that parking tickets have become a cottage industry throughout the towns. Parking meter rates were doubled last year. Park in a town parking lot in a two hour space and if one of your tires is on a white divider line you are ticketed.
On Sundays, when there is no time limit on parking, the traffic patrol trolls the lots the first week of every month to find vehicles with inspection stickers that had expired several days prior. Third, businesses that drew a clientele from out of the area have evaporated into thin air. No more Gertz Department Store; Millie’s Place Restaurant; Peter’s Place Haircutters. There is only one movie theater left on Middle Neck Road. Finally, to quote Mark Wolf of Camp & Campus, “Unfortunately, the newest population moving into Great Neck does not patronize the local businesses and we do not have the luxury of waiting a decade until they do.” It’s time for the Great Neck officials who are so vexed to wise up and take action. Perhaps provide free parking with no time limits so that shoppers may have the time to enjoy a leisurely lunch, get a haircut, and window shop along Middle Neck Road. They may even get to know the store owners, as we all did long ago, and come back to revitalize the area. Think about it.
[Donald] Trump has chosen his vice presidential running mate, after consulting with his children, his campaign manager, and who knows how many others. After several announcements that he would declare his choice, he postponed the time of the announcement until Mike Pence had only a few hours to decide whether to keep running for the governorship of Indiana. Pence was facing defeat for that post because he had made himself very unpopular for signing into law last year Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which permits discrimination against gays and lesbians. Businesses are allowed to deny service to this population, incurring the wrath of businesses that foresaw economic consequences. Michael Blaine He already had launched Great Neck an ever-increasing attack on Planned Parenthood, passing restrictions on their permissible activities, and denying them letters p olic y funding. Letters should be typed or neatly handwritten, and those longer than 300 words may be edited for brevSunday morning, on Face ity and clarity. All letters must include the writer’s name and phone number for verification. Anony- the Nation, Trump and Pence apmously sent letters will not be printed. Letters must be received by Monday noon to appear in the peared together, briefly, supportnext week’s paper. All letters become the property of Blank Slate Media LLC and may be republished ing each other and expressing in any format. Letters can be e-mailed to news@theislandnow.com or mailed to Blank Slate Media, affection and unanimity despite 105 Hillside Ave., Williston Park, NY 11596.
a history of divergent stands on policies. Much more was said, after this show of joint admiration, by their surrogates, who praised the value of this pairing. One can assume that their managers wanted to avoid the possibility that the loving pair would reveal inconsistencies and surely, on Trump’s part, huge gaffes that would trigger unwanted analysis. Pence declared piously that he is, first, a Christian, then a devoted family man and only thirdly, a politician. It is obvious that the campaign is appealing to the evangelicals, who certainly have strong doubts about Trump’s religiosity, and is courting traditional conservatives, who surely are confused and concerned about Trump’s purity. Pence lends a sense of calm and sobriety, full of boring platitudes, certainly needed by his erratic leader. There is plenty of time to discover the eventual consequences of this choice. Esther Confino New Hyde Park
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Is Cross Harbor Tunnel plan an omen?
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hat ever happened to the Port Authority New York New Jersey Tier 1 Final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel from last fall. This transportation project would assist in moving freight via rail versus truck by improving connections between New Jersey and Brooklyn on to Queens, Nassau and Suffolk County. The project has been championed by Manhattan-Brooklyn Congressman Jerald Nadler for 30 years. After all that time, it has yet to progress beyond the federal NEPA environmental review process. In theory, it might move thousands of trucks on a daily basis off the roads and on to railroad tracks for significant portions of the journey between New Jersey and Long Island. It reminds me of the long forgotten proposed tunnel between 69th Street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and St. George,
Staten Island. The concept was to extend subway service from Brooklyn to Staten Island. Ground was broken with entrances at both ends in the 1920s, but the project quickly ran out of money and was abandoned to history. When living on Shore Road in Bay Ridge Brooklyn, friends and I would look to no avail in attempting to find the abandon site filled in decades earlier. Flash forward almost 90 years later and we have the proposed “Cross Harbor” rail freight tunnel project. Construction of any new freight, public transportation tunnel or bridge project can take years if not decades by the time all feasibility studies, environmental reviews, planning, design, engineering, real estate acquisition, permits, procurements, construction, budgeting, identifying and securing funding is completed. This is before the project reaches beneficial use. Construc-
tion for the 2nd Avenue subway began in the 1960s. (Bond money intended for this project in the 1950’s was spent elsewhere). The latest completion date for the first segment of three stations between 63rd and 96th streets on the upper east side of Manhattan is December 2016 at a cost of $4.5 billion or more. Construction for the original tunnel to support bringing the Long Island Rail Road from Queens into Grand Central Terminal began in the 1960s. The latest completion date is now December 2022 with a cost of $10.8 billion. No one can identify the sources for the estimated $24 billion to build a new tunnel for New Jersey Transit and Amtrak known as the “Gateway project” to gain additional access to Penn Station from New Jersey. Ditto for paying back the $3 billion federal loan which covered a majority of the estimated $4 billion for replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge in Westchester.
Any guess who will find $10 billion or more needed for construction of a new Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel? Neither the Port Authority of NY & NJ or Congressman Nadler have yet to identify and secure any funding for final design and engineering, let alone construction. The PANYNJ also needs to find $1.5 billion for PATH extension from Newark, New Jersey to Newark Airport, $10 billion for a new Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan along with billions more for other transportation investments. The proposed Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel may be just another in the continuing series of feasibility studies and environmental reviews sponsored by various governmental agencies and public officials over decades. They generate some money for consultants along with free publicity for elected officials who promise a bright future but all to often move on to another public
office before delivering. You are frequently left holding an empty bag with unfilled promises. Residents who oppose the Metropolitan Transportation Long Island Rail Road proposed Main Line Third Track project based on concerns about significant future increases in the number, length and frequency of freight trains need not worry. At the end of the day, just like the long abandoned Brooklyn to Staten Island subway project — don’t count on seeing any shovel in the ground before the end of this decade. You may never see completion of any Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel in our lifetime. Larry Penner (Larry Penner is a transportation historian and advocate who previously worked 31 years for the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office).
Time to consider a City of Great Neck
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y comments about the empty store fronts is not going to please anybody. A fast-food shop was not wanted. Hookah places are not wanted. Massage Parlors are not wanted. Pity the poor landlord who cannot rent to illegal activities. We have a plethora of everything. Who is responsible? The small ingrown little vil-
lages who allowed all this construction in the first place. A good answer is to tax the landlord for each and every empty store front. It will drive them out of the picture and then sell! What we need is for the [Great Neck] Park District to encourage the villages to consolidate, to become a city. Think Glen Cove. The Town of North Hemp-
stead may not like it but that is what is necessary. Force them to get all the villages, except King Point, to join and to extend from Kings Point to Northern Boulevard. No new store fronts. Apartments up to seven stories tall. Parking underneath for the community as well as the tenants. Three parking spots per apartment with city meters for
all during the daytime. Encourage a city center by the train station. Other communities are doing that. We cannot because we are fracture into small communities with ‘leaders’ with special self centered interests. I live in University Gardens. We should be attached to Lake Success. We tried a few decades ago but were not welcomed.
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write this editorial in response to an “opinion piece” relating to my level of knowledge and participation into New Hyde Park’s Fire District/Department matters entitled “Fire Department ops misrepresented,” published June 24, 2016 by 50-year fire department member Edgar Teepe. To be clear, Mr. Teepe does not now, nor has he ever, held the authoritative title of fire chief or fire commissioner and his ramblings do nothing whatsoever to rebut the fact that I have uncovered a litany of improper, unethical and inappropriate actions by the New Hyde Park Fire District Board over the past several years. I want to emphasize, yet again, that my involvement in fire district matters is not a vendetta on my father’s behalf relating to his wrongful arrest on fabricated charges, and the wrongful dismissal from the Department. While the actions of the board in dealing with my father, former Chief and Commissioner Michael Sr., and my brother firefighter Michael Jr., were and still are politically motivated and are despicable under anyone’s standards, my investigation and involvement is grounded in issues of impropriety and egregious errors relating to meeting minutes recorded by former secretary, and current treasurer, Marie Cochran. These errors were conspicuously made after my father’s and brother’s criminal charges were summarily withdrawn by the Nassau County District Attorney and dismissed by the court. So, while Mr. Teepe and the members of the board are entitled to their own opinions
regarding my involvement with this branch of local government, they are not entitled to their own set of facts. The facts are the facts and no matter how many times you yell from the mountain that I am only on a crusade to vindicate my father, it will not make it true. Indeed, it was discrepancies in meeting minutes that began my journey. After uncovering falsified minutes, I petitioned to have board meeting minutes placed online for a more accurate accounting of what is recorded and so the public could easily review the minutes and the board’s business. To date, however, the board has refused to become more transparent, despite my efforts and a 512 person petition signed by district residents seeking such transparency. Mr. Teepe’s sentiments are a true testimony to the quality of our civic leadership within the fire department — the same arrogant attitude and despicable behavior from the district staff runs rampant amongst some department members as well. This should alarm the public. The fact that Mr. Teepe, in his capacity as a department member, would publicly categorize a community resident’s valid questions and concerns conveyed at open board meetings or in editorials as “rantings” and “tirades” is outright shameful and utterly dumbfounding. Questioning the operations of government is precisely what the framers of the United States Constitution had in mind when they created our Constitutional democracy over 200 years ago.
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n attempted coup in Turkey by military faction has just taken place but was stopped in part by the people and other forces. It seems to be a difficult time for one of our important allies. Democracy in Turkey must not be dismantled and needs to be maintained and not to be destroyed by those seeking power. Situation like this is not necessarily the will of the people.
As for myself I had served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Leahy DLG in the ‘70S. I spent time in Istanbul, Turkey. I had found the people to be kind, hard working and possessing a most generous spirit. As such I pray for the people of Turkey in this most trying and troubling of times. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village
Aside from the fact that Mr. Teepe’s behavior is completely unprofessional — and highly offensive to community residents and taxpayers who rightfully voice their concerns, there is no record that Mr. Teepe received permission from the board or the department to publicly comment on any matter, let alone the affairs of the district. Indeed, pursuant to Rule 45 of the New Hyde Park Fire District Rules and Regulations, “no member or officer shall comment to the public or the media on a district, department or company matter as a member or officer of the department or company without obtaining prior permission from the Board of Fire Commissioners. . . .” Mr. Teepe signs his “opinion piece” as “Edgar J. Tepee, 50year member of the New Hyde Park Fire Department.” As I attend each meeting, I can say that no vote was held in a public meeting to allow Mr. Tepee to comment in his official capacity as a department member. But I am certain nothing will be done to address this blatant violation of the district rules and regulations because we are dealing with a do-nothing Board. Mr. Teepe’s continued comments that my inquiries and assertions regarding financial and operating information of the district board “are an incorrect and absurd statement,” is quite telling and quite honestly shows his lack of information. To make clear, an unexplained motion had been approved where, now, all five sitting Board members are given check signing authority. Why? Where only one signature is needed, the chairman of the board always signs. In his absence, the vice-chairman is then empowered to have signing authority. This is in addition to the signature needed from either the Treasurer or Deputy Treasurer, a mother/daughter duo. It’s simple arithmetic. Seven individuals should not have check signing authority for the Fire District. Keep in mind, the board
chairman Michael Bonura inexplicably initiated this motion so as to include a fellow sitting board member, his father-in-law James Nagy, to act as a check signor. With that being said, and with retirements and reassignments being made with fire district employees with family ties, combined with Commissioner Richard Stein’s questionable Florida state residency, which lists a residence and vehicle registered to him in Florida, in addition to his disregard of his responsibilities for the district by missing the last three consecutive open board meetings, and counting, the possible abuse of district funds is a concern and should be reviewed. This is needed to avoid any appearance of impropriety, especially when it involves taxpayer funds. Taxes on Long Island are already so high, the last thing we need is to increase them further to make up for corrupt politicians lining their pockets. It should be noted, the fire department ensures financial information and meeting minutes of the district board are not accessible to be viewed on its www. nhpfd.com website, as Mr. Teepe currently holds the title of fire department secretary. Clearly, in his position as fire department secretary, Mr. Teepe has chosen along with the District Board to perpetuate secrecy rather than promote transparency. In sum, Mr. Teepe - my views are based upon sound reasoning and fact, unlike yours and those of the District Board, which appear to be reactionary and based upon the fear of being caught in your dirty games. For the public’s information, Mr. Teepe, an ambulance operator for the department, has been the cause of numerous ambulance vehicle accidents that have been reported at open board meetings. Indeed, the alarming number of incidents Mr. Teepe has had just in the three years has cost the taxpayers hundreds, if
not thousands of dollars, every year in repair costs and insurance fees. Remarkably, however, the department still allows Mr. Teepe to respond to rescue calls as a driver for the ambulance, with no lengthy suspension or mandatory driver training given for his actions. Welcome to the old boys club. Now, as an update, to the court case currently pending that the fire district is embroiled in — a federal judge denied the district’s motion to dismiss my father’s and brother’s court case, which means both men can indeed push forward with their federal lawsuit. This lawsuit against the fire district — arising out of the despicable and politically motivated malicious acts of certain former and current members of the board, including an ex-department chief at the behest of the Board — involves Richard Stein, John DiVello, Michael Bonura, John Brown, John Waldron and Robert Von Werne, all in their official and individual capacities. Given the vindictive actions of the district and department, it is important to note, the residents are unaware of the exhaustion of taxpayer funds being endlessly spent on this ongoing litigation matter, in addition to separate legal fees to district counsel Joseph Frank. Besides the board’s known malicious acts toward these two fellow firefighting and military service members, this district acts the same way towards their own constituents by continually ignoring the will of 512 residents who petitioned for a newly-designed Department website, one already in service, requesting modern access for them to the governmental process. So I now ask, who appears to have a vendetta? The public is now well informed.
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Hofstra to host first presidential debate By St e p h e n R om a n o Hofstra University will host the first presidential debate on Sept. 26, after Wright State University pulled out, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Tuesday. “Hofstra University is honored to be called on to host the first presidential debate on Sept. 26, 2016. This is an extraordinary privilege and responsibility. We greatly appreciate the faith shown in us by the Commission on Presidential Debates, and we have begun preparations for a very successful debate,” said Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz in a statement posted on Twitter. “The commission looks forward to working with Hofstra once again,” the group said. On Sept. 23, 2015, the commission announced that Hofstra would serve as an alternate site this year.
The president of Wright State, David Hopkins, told the Dayton News that the university had to drop out due to inadequate funding and the high security risk. The cost for the debate rose from $3.5 million to $8 million. Unlike private institutions that have hosted past debates, Wright State cannot regulate public access to the campus because it’s a public university. The debate is set to be one of three between the Republican nominee, Donald Trump, and the presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton. “Hofstra University served very successfully as a presidential debate site in 2012,” the statement said. In 2008, Hofstra hosted the cycle’s third presidential debate between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. It also played host to 2012’s second debate between President Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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By St e p h e n R om a n o Thirty-one people were arrested Thursday on charges of distributing and possessing cocaine and heroin in one of Long Island’s largest drug takedowns, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said. “The message is clear,” Singas said. “We will continue working together to make sure that our streets are clear of this poison.” The arrests occurred Thursday morning at various locations in Nassau and Suffolk County, the result of a nine-month operation led by the FBI’s Long Island Gang Task Force, Singas said at a news conference in Mineola. More arrests will come as a result of the operation, Singas said. During the arrests, law enforcement officials recovered $125,000, one kilogram of cocaine and several hundred grams of heroin, Singas said, as well as three assault rifles, three loaded handguns and several cars — one of which contained a trap door with 100 grams of cocaine in it. “This is a major disruption of several large-scale operations conducted by five major suppliers, who are responsible for dealing approximately two to three million dollars of cocaine and heroin in our streets in the last four months,” Singas said at the news conference. The 28 men and three women arrested in the raids range from 21 to 45 years old. Nine law enforcement agencies aided the FBI, including the police and sheriff’s departments in Nassau and Suffolk County, the New York State Police, the Glen Cove Police Department and three village police forces, Singas said. All of the sus-
pects pleaded not guilty except two suspects who have not yet been arraigned. Authorities determined that Davis Ramis of Uniondale is a major drug trafficker, who supplied to four major distributors on Long Island and 50 others around the state, Singas said. The four alleged major distributors are also Nassau County residents. Ramis was discovered after Singas’ office got involved in the investigation in 2015 and increased surveillance on Donnell and Terrence Hoyes of Hempstead, two of the alleged major distributors on Long Island, Singas said. Many of the alleged dealers, including Ramis, were selling drugs out of their own homes where they lived with children, Singas said. One alleged dealer, Dwayne Yearwood, sold drugs to customers in Great Neck while operating out of his home in Uniondale, Singas said. Another alleged dealer, Shamiek Porter of Hempstead, used a BMW to deliver drugs throughout Long Island, she said. Authorities are currently unaware if Ramis was manufacturing the drugs, Singas said, but they think they came from another source. “This narcotics network is geographically diverse,” Singas said. “It consists of dealers all throughout the Island, from the north to the south shore.” Singas said the drugs seized were distributed to midlevel dealers, so they were unpacked and uncut and could not yet be mixed with fentanyl, a highly potent opioid often mixed with heroin. Authorities found Blood gang paraphernalia at one home, Singas said, but each arrest is different and doesn’t relate to one gang.
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the newspaper, but it wasn’t interested, so she sent it to the ICON honors. At the time when Scheinman sent the release to ICON, wit & whim had recently won the 1010 WINS award for Top 50 businesses in the Greater New York area, so the business was gaining local attention. Then, ICON responded by naming wit & whim one of three finalists for the award. “At first, I just wrote it off: I thought how could a small store like this be involved in something so big,” Scheinman said. “It didn’t occur to me at first how big of a deal this was.” ICON scheduled a time to visit the store, so Scheinman said she had to be prepared for anything. After Scheinman gave a presentation to the judges, they conducted a two-hour interview, she added, covering different topics, including the store’s origin and the store’s philanthropic mission. “The judges were particularly interested in wit & whim’s widespread community engagement,” she said, noting that they took a particular interest in the window display, which is called “A Time to Soar,” and was created by a second-grade class. She said she explained to the judges that the shop
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House whip Steny Hoyer rallies with Suozzi By J oe N i k i c Following his victory in last month’s Democratic primary to face off against state Sen. Jack Martins in the Third Congressional District race, former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi said he wanted to give back to those who have supported him. Suozzi, who held a barbecue “rally” at the Great Neck Social Center Tuesday evening, said that while elected officials and those running for office get all the face time, it is the work of people involved with the party that makes the difference in elections. “The real reason we’re here today is to thank all the committee people that carried petitions and did the legwork to make this happen,” he said. Suozzi won the Democratic nomination on June 28 to succeed outgoing U.S. Rep. Steve Israel in the Third Congressional District by defeating Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern, former North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jon Kaiman, North Hempstead Town Councilwoman Anna Kaplan and Jericho attorney Jonathan Clarke. Kaiman, who was at Tuesday’s rally, pledged his full support for Suozzi as he heads toward the general election. “It’s never about any one of us,” he said. “It’s about the goals that we have and what we believe in.”
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‘Another world’ at Glen Oaks Club – Second in a series – Glen Oaks Club, considered to be one of the elite golf clubs on Long Island, was founded in 1924. It was an exclusive club in Queens using the Vanderbilt estate as clubhouse. I got to know the place because my dad was buddies with Spencer Murphy, their head pro and one of the coolest guys on earth. I bought my first golf bag from him way back in the 1960s after slaving away for two weeks in my dad’s factory. It was a green kangaroo skin beauty. Spencer also supplied me with those small British Dunlops which came individually wrapped. That was a long time ago. In the late ‘60s, Glen Oaks Club relocated eight miles east to Old Westbury and the new layout was designed by Joe Finger, the architect of The Monster at the Concord Hotel. Glen Oaks has always had a way of attracting the best and they have had Tim Schifflett running the golf operations for the last two decades.
They also hired Craig Currier as superintendent. Mr. Currier has a work history which started at Augusta National, then Piping Rock Club and then Garden City Golf. But he garnered international recognition when he managed to get Bethpage Black in shape to host two US Opens. The Northern Trust Open , one of the premier events on the PGA tour is coming to Glen Oaks in 2017 so I thought it was about time to reacquaint myself with the place. Troy David, their 2014 club champion hosted me and I got a glimpse of what the pros are about to behold next year. In 2014 Joel Weiman redesigned the course and I had been told the course now has a brand new feel so I was very anxious to see it. Of course Old Westbury is a far cry from Queens. You know you’re in for a treat the moment you head north on Post Avenue away from Jericho Turnpike. All those duck ponds, rolling estates and horse farms place
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you in another world. When you get to the clubhouse, walk through the locker room and step onto the giant sized putting green the sight of the golf course below takes your breath away. My first thought was that the putting green reminded me of the one at Shinnecock, which is also situated on a hilltop overlooking the course. Then you see all those rolling hills, the perfectly manicured lush fairways and towering oak trees and you know this will be a rare treat. What impressed me most of
all were those clean, huge-sized elegant looking bunkers. It reminded me of the bunkers at Royal Melbourne in Australia. Pristine, finely edged gathering bunkers that act like huge magnets to pull in every poorly hit golf shot. Dr. MacKenzie was the designer of Royal Melbourne and he went on to design Cypress Point and Augusta National as well. MacKenzie is widely considered to be one of the best golf course architects in the world and is famous for creating gigantic rolling greens and those sharp edged gathering bunkers. I would bet that when Craig Currier was working at Augusta he observed the look of those MacKenzie bunkers and has brought them to life at Glen Oaks. Over the past several years there has been a movement to make golf courses look more rugged and natural with a browned out and shaggy feel. Glen Oaks Club has decided to go back to the future with
a full on manicured, lush green Augusta National type perfection which is really what great American golf courses have been known for. Glen Oaks Club has 27 holes and 18 will be used at the Northern Trust Open. I predict that when the world’s best players arrive at Glen Oaks Club next summer they too will be reminded of Augusta National with all those elevated tees, that special manicured look and the beautiful MacKenzie bunkering. And when they walk down the fairways, smell all the flowering trees, look at the horse farms in the distance they will realize how lucky they are to be tour players who get to exercise their craft in such breathtaking beautiful. I also predict that Glen Oaks, this quiet hidden gem of Old Westbury is about to become a very famous place. From a small club in Queens they have climbed all the way to the top and now the world of golf is about to be introduced to something very special indeed.
The perfect gestalt of huge oak trees, rolling hills and the Alister MacKenzie bunkering of Glen Oaks Club, host of next year’s Northern Trust Open.
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Candice Cain puts home on screen By Noah Manskar
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os Angeles is still the center of the film industry, but to Candice Cain, nowhere has more “fan-freaking-tastic” movie locations than Long Island. “You want a farm, you talk to a local farmer and see if you can use their farm,” said Cain, a New Hyde Park-born filmmaker. “... You just go and you ask. That’s what I want to do.” That’s part of why Cain chose to shoot her first two feature films in her hometown of Brookhaven. The first, “What Happened Last Night,” features actress Amber Rose and opens in U.S. theaters Nov. 4. Filming for the second, “Live to Tell,” is set to begin in August, she said. Bringing Cain’s films back home also helps grow the economy in the town that raised her, she said, as the film industry has done for Long Island as a whole in recent years. It’s also a way to exercise her control over her own films, she said, a rarity for women in an industry that men dominate. “I walked around the block and I drew my own map,” Cain said. “... I can’t take the same route as a man.” Cain lived in Elmont for the first few years of her life before moving to Brookhaven. She acted on stage in Bellport High School before going to George Washington University, where she graduated with a degree in dramatic literature in the same class as actress Kerry Washington, she said. “What Happened Last Night” follows two collegeaged strangers who retrace their steps after waking up in bed together following a night of partying. Cain brought it to this year’s Marche du Film, the Cannes Film Festival’s film market that’s one of the largest in the
world. But it was filmed entirely in Brookhaven, she said, which helped boost businesses and create jobs there. “Why am I going take all this money and go out to Los Angeles and spend money in Los Angeles, or spend it in different locations?” Cain said. “Why not shoot it in my backyard so people benefit from the money that I bring in?” The film industry’s presence has grown on Long Island in recent years, particularly in Nassau County, where a former Grumman aircraft assembly plant in Bethpage was turned into a film studio. A review by economic development firm Camoin Associates found the industry created more than 1,700 jobs and an economic impact of more than $533 million in Nassau between 2013 and 2015. Cain’s second film, “Live to Tell,” has caused some controversy at home, she said. Centered on a school shooting, it addresses themes of bullying that reflect Cain’s own experiences in school growing up. That has caused some blowback from parents in her home school district, she said, but she thinks the story is too important not to tell. “The most dangerous kind of people are the people who have nothing to lose, and being a woman in the film industry, I’m one of those people,” Cain said.
Women are underrepresented as film directors and producers, Cain said. For instance, women were directors on only 9 percent of 2012’s top 250 films, according to a New York Film Academy review. Cain said she hopes her work can help change that. “Maybe I’ll get noticed by somebody bigger and I’ll be able to make a bigger difference, but right now this is just me doing whatever I can to make a difference,” she said.
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Summer Music Fest with Thomas Stallone and Jenny Lynn Stewart
Sunday, July 24, 3 p.m. A Summer Music Fest starring dramatic tenor Thomas Stallone, well known to SCW subscribers, and Jenny Lynn Stewart, dramatic soprano. Both are at home with the classics of Broadway, opera, and popular songs, and the program will include a vast and varied repertoire. Where: Stephen C. Widom Cultural Arts at Emanuel 150 Hicks Lane, Great Neck Info: (516) 482-5701 • www.scwculturalarts.org/emanuel-series/
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Laid Back Festival feat. Gregg Allman, Jason Isbell, America, and Marshall Tucker Band
Saturday, July 23, 4 p.m. Gregg allman’s laid back festival celebrates American music and food, and will once again feature an eclectic range of artists performing on two distinctive stages, the main “Laid Back” stage and more intimate “Low Country” stage. Where: Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre 1000 Ocean Parkway, Wantagh Info: 516-221-1000 • www.jonesbeach.com
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Nassau Pops Saturday, July 23, 7:30 p.m.
The Nassau Pops Symphony Orchestra will performs some of the most beloved music favorites from Broadway, television and the movies. Whether it be the beautiful melodies of Rodgers and Hammerstein or the exciting screen music of John Williams, you can always count on The Nassau Pops to present a great mixture of popular and light classical music. Where: The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre Eisenhower Park, 1899 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow Info: www.npso.org
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Lukas Graham & Bebe Rexha Monday, July 25, 8 p.m.
Pop soul artist Lukas Graham, collaborates for a concert with Bebe Rexha, American singer, songwriter and record producer of Albanian descent, best known for her work with artists like David Guetta, Eminem and Rihanna. Where: The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington Info: (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 • www.paramountny.com
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Friday, July 29, 8:15 p.m. Hear the tunes of George Gershwin, the snappy tunes of Cole Porter, and the elegant jazz of Duke Ellington. Tap your toes to exciting Sousa marches and sing along proudly with our American patriotic selections. Performing hits by Stevie Wonder, Carol King, and other contemporary artists. Come to hear arrangements of Broadway’s best music, light Classical music, too! Where: Sousa Band Shell, Main St, Port Washington, NY 11050 Info: (516) 574-3059 • www.northshorepops.org
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olunteers for Wildlife in the Walled Garden
Saturday, July 23, 2016 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Volunteers for Wildlife is an amazing organization providing rescue and rehabilitation for birds and animals on Long Island. Their visiting educator will bring along some furry and feathered friends to teach families about the resident wildlife of Caumsett and all of Long Island. A family friendly event not to be missed!! Please bring your own seating (blankets or chairs) and considering staying on in the Park for a picnic or walk after the program. $8.00 per vehicle use fee in effect. Where: Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve, 25 Lloyd Harbor Road, Huntington Info: 631- 423-1770 / www.nysparks.com
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Saturday, July 23, 3:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m and Sunday, July 24, 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
The Long Island Summer Festival is a two-day, familyfriendly festival comprised of more than 150 local vendors, great food options, Hot Air Balloons (rides available for purchase), Pony Rides and a Petting Zoo, inflatable slides, incredible live music and entertainment throughout! Visitors of all ages are welcome! All members of the Long Island community are welcome to enjoy the fun summer atmosphere of the Long Island Summer Festival at the Pennysaver Amphitheater at Bald Hill! Best of all - LISF is FREE to attend ($5 parking)! Be sure to follow the Long Island Summer Festival on Facebook for announcements regarding our line up. The Long Island Summer Festival is an event quite unlike any other you’ve attended before. It’s the place Long Island comes to play! Where: Long Island Summer Festival, 1 Ski Run Lane, Farmingville Info: 631-672-7598 / www.longislandsummerfestival.com
Farm to Table Join us on August 6 at our newly restored Barn for a highly creative and hyper-local farm to table dinner. Seating is limited, so register now. $150 per person, which includes cocktail hour, wine, live music, and an unforgettable meal in a charming, rustic venue surrounded by 200 beautiful acres.
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Monday, July 25 through Friday, July 29 at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Join artist Keith Gamache and create your very own dot to dot portrait! Discover how Keith connects the dots for his own creations and design your own using Andy Warhol’s and Keith’s work as your inspiration. This workshop is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Ages: 5 and up. Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 for LICM members). Where: Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 Davis Avenue, Garden City Info: 516-224-5800 / www.licm.org
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We offer fun for the entire family! Our Indoor Trampoline Park contains over 16,000 square feet of jumping surface, including a foam pit with 3 lanes, 3 dodgeball courts, 2 basketball slam dunk lanes, and over 7000 square feet dedicated to a spacious main court. Whether you come for dodgeball, slam dunk, aerobics or just bounce around, Air Trampoline Sports has something to offer for everyone. That’s right, we said everyone! There is no age limit! Jumpers and observers are welcome to take advantage of the foods and drinks we offer to stay refreshed. Free wifi is also available for all visitors. All jumpers must complete an Air Trampoline Sports waiver before jumping. Participants under the age of 18 must have a waiver signed by a parent or legal guardian. Where: Air Trampoline Sports, 1850 Lakeland Avenue, Ronkonkoma Info: 631-619-6000 / www.airtrampolinesports.com
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Soothing summer drinks to sip There is nothing like drinking a delicious and refreshing “cocktail” on a summer evening. Sitting outside and watching the sun set and enjoying the gentle breezes...I love to serve my guests a special drink and a few nibbles. It is a wonderful and easy way to entertain during this time of year. Recipes Cassis Cooler Kiwi “tini” Anything Mary Non-alcoholic Summer Sangria Store bought nibbles, ie. cheese straws, wedges of cheese, shrimp cocktail, Assorted salamis, crackers, etc. Cassis Cooler Yield: 1 cocktail Using Prosecco, which is available for under 15.00 per bottle, instead of champagne, is an economical way to stretch your drink budget
4 oz. Prosecco or other sparkling Brut wine 1 oz. Creme de Cassis Club Soda Blackberries or blueberries for garnish Place ice in a large attractive glass. Pour 4 oz. Prosecco in glass. Add 1 oz. Cassis. Top with club soda. Garnish with blackberries. Kiwi “tini” Yield: 1 cocktail The green and black specks in this drink make for a very dramatic presentation, the flavor is sublime 1 oz. chilled vodka 2 oz. chilled dry vermouth 1 peeled kiwi Strawberries or kiwi slices for garnish optional Put the above ingredients and a handful of crushed ice, in a blender. Puree. Pour into a martini glass. Garnish with strawberry, if desired.
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2 oz. Clamato juice 1 oz. orange juice, with pulp 6 dashes Worcestershire Sauce 1 dash Siracha sauce, available in all supermarkets in the international aisle 1 lime wedge Garnish of choice: boiled shrimp, skewered olives, skewered cornichon, skew ered cherry tomatoes, alternating with cucumber chunks, lime wedges, anything but mundane celery! Place ice in a large attractive glass. Add all items except garnish. Stir and garnish with whatever suits you. (Just remember to place it on a decorative skewer!) Non-Alcoholic Summer Sangria Serves 4 The trick to this recipe is choosing an attractive pitcher.This is a festive drink to offer the under 21 set and your tea totaling friends. Ice
3 cups white grape juice 3/4 cup apple juice 1/2 cup orange juice 1 tbsp. lemon juice 1 lemon, thinly sliced, with peel 1/2 lime thinly sliced, with peel 1 medium orange, thinly sliced, with peel 1 small apple, cored, sliced into 8ths, with peel 1 small black plum, thinly sliced, with peel 2-3 cups sparkling mineral water or club soda, to taste Fill a pitcher with ice Combine the fruits and juices in the large pitcher. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Just before serving, add mineral or carbonated water and stir together. Serve. Alexandra Troy is owner of Culinary Architect Catering, a 33year old Greenvale-based company, specializing in private, corporate and promotional parties. For more photos and presentation follow Culinary Architect Catering on Facebook.
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student’s academic performance is influenced by a host of factors, including the learning environment both inside the classroom and at home. While students may have only limited control over the environment in their classrooms, they and their parents can do much to create home study environments that are conducive to learning. Create a “distraction-free” zone. Today’s students are inundated with distractions. Whereas students were once most distracted by radios, televisions and the great outdoors when studying at home, nowadays kids must also find time to focus on their studies with their tablets and smartphones just a stone’s throw away. When choosing a study area at home, parents can designate a “distractionfree” zone where no televisions, radios, tablets and smartphones are allowed. Children are increasingly dependent on their smartphones and tablets, and while such devices can sometimes prove useful to students, that benefit is often outweighed by the distraction they present. When kids study at night, be sure they turn off their smartphones and only use their tablets as study aids. Emphasize organization. Various organization techniques can help kids be more efficient when studying. Encourage kids to separate their learning materials by subject, and keep a calendar or
daily planner at home listing when their assignments are due and which days they will be tested. Encourage youngsters to keep their home study areas tidy as well, as unorganized areas can make it harder to focus or force kids to spend some of their study time cleaning up. Establish quiet hours at home. Quiet hours at home while kids are studying can help them better absorb their coursework, and that may lead to improved performance in the classroom. While it’s important that a kids’ study areas remain distraction-free, it can also help if distractions outside those areas are minimized. Keep televisions and other potentially noisy distractions turned off while kids are studying. If you want to catch up on a favorite television show or watch a movie, do so on your tablet instead of the television, connecting earphones so kids are not overhearing anything while they’re trying to study. Keep healthy snacks on hand. Hunger can be just as distracting as electronics or noisy housemates, so keep healthy snacks on hand. In lieu of unhealthy fare like potato chips or empty calories like pretzels, keep your home stocked with fruits and vegetables and protein-rich snacks like Greek yogurt. Such snacks will quell kids’ hunger pangs while also providing a boost of energy. A strong home study environment can help students do their best in the classroom.
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Cursive writing lessons are disappearing from many schools. How do you feel about this change?
The pros of cursive writing: Various experts and educators have weighed in on the lasting benefits of cursive handwriting. Here are just a few of the benefits proponents of cursive writing point to.
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ursive writing lessons were once mandatory in schools. Many adults can remember cursive writing lessons on lined paper and time spent practicing this aesthetically appealing style of writing. But thanks to technology and a growing reliance on computers to complete school assignments, handwriting skills are no longer stressed as much as
they once were. In fact, some children never receive cursive writing instruction. The absence of cursive writing lessons has led to a heated debate. Some people feel cursive writing is archaic and a waste of time, while others believe it is a relevant skill. Here is a look at both sides of the debate.
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he majority of students move up a grade each fall. However, some students may not be ready to move on to the next grade come the end of the school year. Educators and parents often have to make the challenging decision of whether to have a student repeat a year — called grade retention — or to engage in social promotion. There are pros and cons to both sides of this debate, and oftentimes the decision comes down to parental preference, test scores and the recommendations of teachers and administrators regarding the best decision for each individual student. Grade retention can be an emotionally charged issue, but having students repeat a grade is sometimes necessary. The following examination of the advantages and disadvantages of grade retention may help families make informed decisions and help them do what’s best for the child.
Cursive writing stimulates the brain. “Cursive writing helps train the brain to integrate visual and tactile information, and fine motor dexterity,” Dr. William Klemm said in an article in Psychology Today. The skills developed from learning cursive writing cannot be replaced by using a keyboard. In addition, MRIs have revealed an interesting relationship between handwriting and the brain. The brains of people with good handwriting are more active in areas associated with cognition, language and executive function than the brains of those with poor handwriting. Cursive writing may promote focus. Writing things down by hand forces a person to slow down and formulate his or her thought. Handwritten notes may hold the advantage over computer-typed notes in terms of recollection of facts. Cursive writing may help students with dyslexia. Dyslexia is a language processing disorder that can hinder reading, writing, spelling and sometimes even speaking. According to the International Dyslexia Association, when writing cursive, the words jotted down become a unit, rather than a series of separate strokes, and that may contribute to better spelling. And since all lowercase
cursive letters begin on the line, fewer of them are likely to be reversed.
The cons of cursive writing: There are various reasons why people think lessons in cursive writing are unnecessary. Cursive writing is only used in signatures. Cursive writing is seldom used except for signatures. Even then, e-signing and online transactions have removed the need to write in cursive. Typing on a keyboard should take precedence. Many parents and educators believe that cursive writing lessons do little to prepare young students for an increasingly digital world. Such opponents of cursive writing suggest keyboarding lessons should take precedence over teaching handwriting skills. Teachers have admitted that cursive writing lessons take a lot of time, and many simply cannot devote classroom time to them. Digital texts make it obsolete. Some argue that those who do not know how to read in cursive can never understand historical texts or early manuscripts. However, so much has been transcribed into digital texts that this argument is seen by many as outdated. Cursive writing may be going the way of the dinosaur. But the debate about the value of cursive writing figures to continue.
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1. If a student has missed a lot of school due to illness or a family situation, it may be in his or her best interest to repeat the grade and catch up on the lessons he or she missed.
1. In certain instances, students who repeat a grade may be as many as two years older than their classmates. While academic readiness should weigh heavily as parents decide whether or not to have their child repeat a grade, parents should also consider the potential impact on their youngster’s self-esteem if he or she is asked to repeat a grade and attend school with much younger classmates.
2. Developmentally immature children might find that repeating a grade reduces their stress, which can increase as students attempt, yet fail, to keep up with the development of their peers. 3. Children who are nearly a year younger than their peers may benefit from attending school with children who are their same age.
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2. Students may feel embarrassed by grade retention, especially if other students tease or pity them. 3. Kids who do not agree with their parents on the issue may protest by engaging in behaviors that make it difficult for them to benefit from repeating a grade. Grade retention and social promotion are serious topics for parents and educators to consider.
38 school year • News Times Newspapers, Friday, July 22 2016 ADVERTORIAL
HOLY CROSS STUDENT GROUP FUNDRAISES FOR LOCAL ANIMAL RESCUES Life is about making this world a better place for all living beings. Holy Cross High School is committed to molding our students into altruistic, strong young men who will one day better the world by utilizing all they have learned and experienced. This passing February, Peter Salerno (Junior) approached Dr. Teresa Augustyniak (aka Dr. A.), Director of Communications and Marketing, and asked if he could begin an in-school organization focusing on lessening the suffering of the world – in particular, animals in need. Little did Mr. Salerno know he was about to begin the process of helping to save felines and canines at four local animal rescues spanning from Queens to Long Island. Appropriately titled the Animal Rescues Committee (ARC), the team consists of six students: Peter Salerno ‘18, Chairman, Joseph Viera ‘18, Chairman, Justin Taylor ‘18, Chairman, Domenic Avallone ‘18, Chairman, and Executive Members, Joseph Cinquemani ‘17 and John Neuenfeldt ‘18.
With a $1200 goal, ARC members began collecting from faculty and staff. A “general store” was opened in Dr. A.’s office where donors redeemed vouchers they received upon donating – choosing from candy, beverages, and healthy snacks. Shortly thereafter, the team hit the ground running to the community. In May, Holy Cross held a school-wide Sneaker Day for ARC. With a donation, students were permitted to wear sneakers versus mandated uniform attire. Coupled with faculty member Christine Burke’s donation of leashes, collars, toys, and other supplies, the group collected newspapers, paper towels, and crates and, in the end, surpassed their goal. Recently, Give Me Shelter
Project, Inc. of Forest Hills happened to save a very ill kitten, Nadia. Nadia’s medical bills are high and ARC’s donation arrived at just the right time! In addition, the other rescues benefited greatly from the funds and unexpected gifts. Holy Cross is now a proud, permanent part of the NY Bully Crew, Inc. as we have
an in-house plaque for our donations. Dr. A. offered, “I am beyond proud of the kindness and respect these students have for their environment. It was astounding to watch and only confirms that when the right people are in their element, they soar and do amazing things just as these young men did this year. There’s truly something for everyone here at Holy Cross.”
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During this Year of Mercy, we plan to do more than ever for our community and hope you and your family will join our winning team!
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How to help students choose an extracurricular activity
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xtracurricular activities can benefit students in various ways. Academic clubs, sports and volunteer organizations provide students with opportunities to grow as people and make new friends while also teaching kids skills they will use for the rest of their lives. Many parents are aware that extracurricular activities can help students improve their chances of gaining admission to college. But students who choose the right extracurricular activities will benefit in greater ways than simply strengthening their college applications. The following are a handful of ways parents can help their sons and daughters choose extracurricular activities they can benefit from for years to come. Ask kids to jot down their interests. Students are more likely to enjoy and excel at extracurricular activities that align with their existing interests. Ask kids to jot down a list of their interests or anything they might want to try. Youngsters might want to learn a musical instrument even if they have never before taken a course on music. Once kids have listed their interests, look for activities that allow them to further explore those interests. Chances are there is a school-sponsored or community-based club or organization that will align with at least one thing on your child’s list. Encourage kids to have fun. Kids are more likely to enjoy and fully commit to an activity if they find it fun. While extracurricular activities can help kids grow as people and improve their im-
age in the eyes of college admissions officers, kids will get even more out of an activity if they enjoy doing it. Look for something that won’t interfere with schoolwork. Extracurricular activities can look great on a college application, but that benefit is lost if the activity interferes with a student’s academic performance. Some activities, including sports, demand more of students’ time than others, but make sure kids know that school always comes first. Ask around. Ask neighbors or school officials for recommendations to help kids who have tried but failed to find the right fit with regard to extracurricular activities. Sometimes it takes a little trial and error before a child finds an activity he or she is comfortable with. Fellow parents can make great resources, and school officials likely know of a host of clubs and organizations that kids may be interested in. Sign up with your kids. If kids are hesitant to sign up for an activity because they are shy, sign up with them. Volunteer organizations are typically family-friendly, and kids might be more likely to come out of their shells if they sign up with their parents or siblings. As kids grow more comfortable with an activity, they will want to get more involved even if mom and dad don’t have the time. Parents can employ various strategies to help kids find activities they can be passionate about for years to come.
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any families find the rush is on to make it to school and work on time each morning. Feeling rushed in the morning is a recipe for added stress. Rushing through things is a poor way to begin a day, and those feelings of uneasiness can put a damper on the rest of the day ahead. Making mornings less hectic involves a few different strategies that parents and kids can easily incorporate into their daily routines. Wake up slightly earlier. Getting up earlier than normal, even if it’s just 15 to 20 minutes before you’re accustomed to getting out of bed, can help reduce morning stress. Resist the temptation to hit the snooze button over and over again. A few extra minutes each morning can make you feel more relaxed and make for a smooth, stress-free start to the day. Get some work done the night before. Prepare lunches the night before and have them ready in the refrigerator. In addition, lay your clothes for the following day out each night. This saves time and takes a couple more things off your morning to-do list. Ease back into a routine. As a new school year dawns or a long vacation comes to an end, begin going to bed earlier and start waking up earlier as well. This can make the transition from carefree mornings to busy mornings go more smoothly.
Make school and work mornings less harried with some easy tips to add to routines. Prep backpacks in the evening. Look through folders, sign paperwork, check assignments, and do whatever is you need to do the night before to save your family from having to scramble in the morning. This ensures those permission slips get signed and items make it back into school bags. Opt for school lunch a few times. Look ahead on the school lunch menu and speak with children about which meals they enjoy. Let kids purchase school lunch on those days to give yourself a day off from lunch detail. Have quick breakfast foods available. Smoothies, cereal bars, oatmeal, and whole-grain cereals are fast and nutritious ways to start the day. Carpool whenever possible. Busy families can save themselves extra work by proposing a neighborhood carpool. Sharing school dropoff detail frees time up for parents once or twice a week, and kids may enjoy traveling to school with their friends. Mornings can be tricky when family members are getting ready for school and work at the same time. By practicing a few daily rituals, it’s possible to curb the rush and start the day happier and more relaxed.
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GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • http://goldcoastarts.org The 50+ Comedy Tour presented by GCAC and Long Island Comedy Wednesday, Aug. 3, 8 p.m. Furman Film Series: “Little Men”
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Arts center to host Cleaves to headline two nights of comedy Huntington folk fest The Gold Coast Arts Center and Long Island Comedy are presenting The 50+ Comedy Tour, the comedy showcase designed for “mature audiences” on July 21 and Sept. 17. The evening features live stand-up comedy from a lineup of comedians all 50 years old or older. On July 21, the comedians featured will be Steve Lazarus, who performs at the Atlantic City comedy scene; Eric Haft, Long Island’s master impressionist; and Keith Anthony, a national headliner, as seen on Comedy Central, A&E and Showtime. The night will also a feature a surprise guest comedian. Doors open at 8 p.m. at the Gold Coast Arts Center at 113 Middle Neck Road. On Sept. 17, the comedians featured
will be Paul Anthony, from the Long Island Comedy Festival, Jack Simmons, a national headliner, as seen on Good Morning America and Star Search and Rob Falcone, as seen on Comedy Central and HBO. With two great comedy events taking place at the Gold Coast Arts Center, “The 50+ Comedy Tour” is sure to be side-splitting fun for all as some of the best local and national headlining comedians bring their best material to Long Island’s home for the visual and performing arts! For special pre-sale tickets ($10 while they last, regular price $20) for the July 21 show, call 516-829-2570 or visit http:// goldcoastarts.org/the-50-comedy-tour/. For Tickets to the Sept. 17 Performance, which are $20, call 516-829-2570 or visit http://goldcoastarts.org/the-50comedy-tour-2/.
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Slaid Cleaves, an acclaimed Maine-bred and Texas-based singer-songwriter, headlines the 11th Annual Huntington Folk Festival on Saturday, July 30 at New York’s Heckscher Park, located off Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue in Huntington. Extending from noon until 10:30 p.m., the free festival — co-presented by the Folk Music Society of Huntington and the Huntington Arts Council — is part of the 51st Annual Huntington Summer Arts Festival. Opening for Cleaves at 8:30 p.m. will be Huntington’s own Kirsten Maxwell, a young singer-songwriter who has been drawing national attention and accolades over the past year. Prior to the evening concert on the park’s Chapin Rainbow Stage, AcousticMusicScene. com (an online publication) and the Folk Music Society of Huntington will host unplugged showcases and song swaps on the lawn featuring artists from five states performing near canopy tents from noon until 6 p.m. An open mic is also set for noon. Artists slated to perform during the afternoon include Jeremy Aaron, Acoustic Apple, Blair Bodine, Addie Brownlee, Rob Carlson & Benefit Street, Greg Cornell and the Cornell Brothers, Dan and Faith, Bryan Gallo, He-Bird, She-Bird, Josh Joffen, Susan Kane, Judy Kass, Colleen Kattau, Rorie Kelly, Terry Kitchen, Ray Lambiase, Rich Lanahan, Eric Lee, Mara Levine, Dennis McDonough, Lois Morton, My Dad’s Truck, James O’Malley, Steven Pelland, Pluck & Rail, Hank Stone, Aly Tadros, Jessy Tomsko, Carla Ulbrich and Letitia VanSant. Updated daytime schedules will be posted online at AcousticMusicScene.com, FMSH. org and HuntingtonArts.org. AcousticMusicScene.com Tent (Hosted by Michael Kornfeld) 12:00 LI Artists Spotlight: Ray Lambiase, Richard Lanahan, Hank Stone 12:30 Aly Tadros, Jesse Tomsko 1:00 Fiddlin’ Around: Jeremy Aaron, Eric Lee 1:30 Terry Kitchen, Mara Levine, Dennis
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McDonough 2:00 Mass. Appeal: Dan & Faith, Steven Pelland 2:30 Kerrville New Folk Winners: Addie Brownlee, Josh Joffen 3:00 Hudson Valley Songsters: Susan Kane, Judy Kass 3:30 Colleen Kattau, James O’Malley 4:00 Blair Bodine, Letitia Van Sant 4:30 Funny Folk: Lois Morton, Carla Ulbrich 5:00 Rob Carlson & Benefit Street 5:15 Roots Round: Greg Cornell and the Cornell Brothers, He-Bird, She-Bird, Pluck & Rail Folk Music Society of Huntington Tent (Hosted by Lee Ann Rush and Gary Schoenberger) 12:00 Open Mic 1:00 Acoustic Apple 1:15 Bryan Gallo 1:30 Carla Ulbrich 1:45 Richard Lanahan 2:00 Friends On The Journey (Lora Kendall, Suzanne Ernst & Vincent Crici) 2:15 Letitita VanSant 2:30 Dennis McDonough 2:45 He-Bird, She-Bird 3:00 Hank Stone 3:15 Mara Levine & Terry Kitchen 3:30 Rob Carlson & Benefit Street 3:45 Steven Pelland 4:00 Rorie Kelly 4:15 Greg Cornell & the Cornell Brothers 4:30 James O’Malley 5:00 My Dad’s Truck Festivalgoers are advised to bring lawn chairs and blankets and a picnic supper (or walk into Huntington Village and enjoy a meal at one of its many restaurants). The 5ist Annual Huntington Summer Arts Festival is produced by the Town of Huntington, presented by the Huntington Arts Council, and sponsored in part by the New York State Council for the Arts, the County of Suffolk and Canon U.S.A.
Tilles Center to host L.I. Fringe Festival The Long Island Fringe Festival will be back in town on Sept. 17, hitting the main stage of the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts. The festival is assembling its eighth year by gathering the most talented performers for this celebration of the arts on Long Island with its presentation “UnLimited D8A.” Comic Stevie GB will host the festivities, which will feature a mix of music, dance and comedy. Also featured will be the “Guinness Book of World Records Fastest Talking Woman,” FrankTheBaldGuy from the melodic metal
band “For the Kill” performing an unplugged set, poet, magician and musician Jay Jii, and dance groups from the North and South Shores. The show will also include a tribute to the first poet Laureate from Nassau County, Maxwell Corydon Wheat, Jr. The pre-show party will begin at 5 p.m. in the Atrium with performance poetry and visual artistry. Individual tickets for the evening performances are $15, and can be purchased from the Tilles Center box office, by phone at (516) 299-3100, or at tillescenter.com.
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Oldies Show Sunday, July 31, 8 p.m. THE HARRY CHAPIN Punjabi American Night LAKESIDE THEATRE Monday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m. Eisenhower Park Salute to Vets with Tony Orlando and the Robert Davi Sings Sinatra USO Liberty Bells (6:30 p.m.) Sunday, July 17, 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, 8 p.m. Harry Chapin Tribute Irish American Night Friday, July 22, 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, 8 p.m. Nassau Pops Chinese American Night Saturday, July 23, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, 8 p.m. FRESH 102.7 Presents Fresh in the Park 42nd Infantry Division Band Sunday, July 24, 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, 8 p.m. Elvis/Beatles Tribute Dr. K’s Motown Revue Monday, July 25, 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, 8 p.m. Selena Experience CBS-FM Show with Taylor Dane and Friday, July 29, 8 p.m. Eddie Money Shania Twain/Tim McGraw Tribute Sunday, Aug. 14, 8 p.m. Saturday, July 30, 8 p.m. Pakistani American Night
G.N. Temple to host summer music fest Stephen C. Widom Cultural Arts at Emanuel will present a Summer Music Fest on Sunday, July 24, at 3 p.m., with Thomas Stallone and Jenny Lynn Stewart. Stallone and Stewart offer selections from a vast and varied repertoire that includes Broadway favorites, popular songs and operatic classics. Stallone combines a voice of unusual range and color with a magnetic stage presence that captivates his audience. His powerful “bari-tenor” enables him to successfully cross-over between the dramatic tenor and lyric baritone arias. He has performed with the Michigan Opera Theatre, the New Jersey Lyric Opera, Connecticut Grand Opera, Opera Northeast and the National Grand Opera. He has traversed the world sharing his powerful baritone voice with audiences in Germany, Austria, England and Italy, including solo performances at St. Peter’s Basilica and the Conservatorio d’Avellino.
Stewart, dramatic soprano, enjoys a career that bridges the classics of Broadway with those of opera. She has toured in the U.S. and internationally in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel: and “The Sound of Music.” Her classical performances include the title roles in “Aida” and “Tosca” and soprano solos in Dvorak’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall. Her one-woman show, “Richard Rodgers Revisited,” has been performed in New York City to “standing room only” audiences that left the theater filled with joy. Together, the two will delight aficionados who enjoy a wide variety of musical genres. Following the concert, there will be refreshments. Facility is handicap-accessible. Tickets are $10. For further information and to purchase tickets, call (516) 4825701. Temple Emanuel of Great Neck is located at 150 Hicks Lane in Great Neck.
Stephen C. Widom Cultural Arts at Emanuel will present a Summer Music Fest featuring Thomas Stallone and Jenny Lynn Stewart on Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. Call 516-482-5701 for tickets.
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A&E Calendar cont’d Friday, Aug. 19, 8 p.m. Desert Highway Eagles Tribute Band Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m. Gospel and Jazz Sunday, Aug. 21, 8 p.m. Bangladeshi American Night Friday, Aug. 26, 8 p.m. Oldies Show with the Del Satins and Classics Saturday, Aug. 27, 8 p.m. Neil Berg¹s 100 Years of Broadway Sunday, Aug. 28, 8 p.m. Korean American Night Thursday, Sept. 1, 7 p.m. Victory Games Benefit Oldies Show Sunday, Sept. 4, 8 p.m. Latino American Night The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Friday, July 21, 8 p.m. Gin Blossoms Friday, July 22, 8 p.m. The 2016 Summerland Tour: Sugar Ray, Everclear, Sponge & Lit!
Saturday, July 23, 8 p.m. Purple Xperience- Prince Tribute with Special Guest Don’t Believe in Ghosts Monday, July 25, 8 p.m. Lukas Graham & Bebe Rexha Thursday, July 28, 8 p.m. Summer Southern Jam with Tributes to The Allman Bros. & Lynyrd Skynyrd Featuring The Allmost Brothers Band & FreeBird Friday, July 29, 8 p.m. Grateful Overkill- A Tribute to the Grateful Dead featuring Half Step and The Rumble Tuesday, August 2, 8 p.m. Chevelle Friday, August 5, 7 p.m. & 10 p.m. Saturday, August 6, 7 p.m. & 10 p.m. Sunday, August 7, 5 p.m. & 8 p.m. truTV Impractical Jokers “Santiago Sent Us” Tour Starring The Tenderloins Tuesday, August 9, 8 p.m. Michael Bolton Thursday, August 11, 8 p.m. The Rising – A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen Friday, August 12, 8 p.m.
Back to the Eighties Show with Jessie’s Girl Saturday, August 13, 7:30 p.m. Joe DeGuardia’s STAR Boxing Presents “Rockin’ Fights 25” Thursday, August 18, 8 p.m. Envy on the Coast Friday, Aug. 19, 8 p.m. The Bangles Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m. Rusted Root & Toad The Wet Sprocket Tuesday, August 23, 8 p.m. Ted Nugent- Sonic Baptizm 2016 Friday, August 26, 8 p.m. A Decade of Soul Classic Soul & Motown Revue Featuring Prentiss McNeil of The Drifters Sunday, August 28, 8 p.m.
County museum to serve ‘Feast of the Eyes’ By N e g l a h S h a r m a Art and food aficionados will have a chance to view an eclectic lineup of fine artists at the Nassau County Museum of Art’s latest exhibit, “Feast of the Eyes,” an engrossing display of culinary wonders, portrayals of feasts, eateries, restaurants, cafés, groceries, and table settings spanning across two floors of the facility. Guest-curated by Frank Hill Perrell, works on display will range across various artistic movements, and feature a variety of mediums from Audrey Flack’s photorealism, to multimedia works by Red Grooms. The exhibit in Roslyn Harbor will also works by former Huntington resident, George Grosz, a principal artist associated
with the New Objectivity movement, the fluid works of Henri Matisse, and both Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol of the American Pop Art movement. Perrell said that although the exhibition includes a high density of women artists, such as American photographer and film director Cindy Sherman, The New Yorker’s Roz Chast, and fashion designer Judith Leiber, that, they were in fact selected “because they were the highestquality works,” and not because they were women. Long Island artists represented in the show include Frank Old, Susan Cushing, Richard Gachot, Bruce Lieberman, Christian White, and Joe Szabo. The exhibit will be on display between Saturday July 30 through Sunday, Nov. 6.
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Charles Esten Friday, September 9, 8 p.m. The Robert Cray Band Saturday, Sept. 10, 8 p.m. An Evening with Little Feat Friday, September 23, 8 p.m. The Paramount Comedy Series Presents Frank Caliendo Saturday, September 24, 8 p.m. Tanya Tucker Thursday, September 29, 8 p.m. George Thorogood & The Destroyers Friday, Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m. Boyce Avenue “Be Somebody World Tour” with Special Guest Leroy Sanchez Friday, Oct. 7, 8 p.m. Lyle Lovett & Robert Earl Keen
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Project Independence Support & Social Group The Town of North Hempstead’s Project Independence is reminding residents that they The Art Guild invites all artists to submit All styles from abstract to realism are wel- offer free support and social groups. Call 311 or (516) 869-6311 for more information. artworks for consideration for “Fur Fins and come. Feathers: Art Inspired by the Animal Kingdom” a Juried Competition and Exhibition on view Aug. 27 – Sept. 18. More than just tributes to pets, animals in art often symbolize ideas from political to moral. From cave drawings to faithful companions, the noble steads of generals to Japanese fish prints and Audubon’s portfolios, animals of all kinds have “captured” the imagination of artists throughout history. The Juror-of-Awards is Denis Ponsot, an artist with more than 35 years of experience in the field. He teaches classes in watercolor painting at the Art League of Long Island, The School of Visual Arts and the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan. Ponsot also teaches classes in watercolor and oil painting at the Gurwin Jewish Assistive Living Residences. During the school year, he teaches classes for all ages out of his private studio in Queens. Come summertime, his studio transforms into Denis Ponsot Fine Arts Summer Camp, where students gain experience in every medium from sculpture to collage. Ponsot’s work has been featured in exhibitions at the Art League of Long Island Members Exhibition and the Salmagundi Art Club non-member Juried Exhibition. All artists, 18 years and older (high school students ages 14-18 years may enter in the student category), are invited to submit up to three artworks for consideration.
Garden City. There is a $5 fee for members and a $8 fee for non-members. For additional information, please call (516) 481-9280.
Area Cyclists Unite There are several area cyclists & cycling groups that ride before or after work on The deadline for submissions is midnight Weekdays. Let’s Ride Together !! A bigAug. 5. For more information, registration Parents of Millennials Group Join us for our first meeting as we explore ger group is more fun and a better work form, or to register on line, please visit The ways to help our 18-30 year olds move on to out. I invite you to join the areas longest Art Guild’s website at www.TheArtGuild.org. independence and pursue the life they want. running Weekday cycling group. When: The exhibit will be on view in The Art 7pm - 8pm at the New Hyde Park Diner 160 Weekdays before work or after work Guild’s gallery at Elderfields Preserve at 200 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040. Where: parking lot across from Great Port Washington Blvd., in Manhasset, from For more information please visit: meetup. Neck Diner, Corner of Bond Street and Saturday, Aug. 27 through Sunday, Sept. 18. com Grace Avenue. Gallery hours are Saturdays and SunDescription of ride : About 15 miles in days from 1 to 5 p.m. or by appointment. about one hour, 20 minutes (Non stop) Trivia Challenge An artists’ reception and awards cere- Come see how much you know. Match We start and finish at the same location. mony will be held on Sunday, Sept. 11, from wits with other great minds. You may win a Routes and speeds vary depending on the 3 to 5 p.m. prize! Last Wednesday of every month at 7 group. In addition to gallery exhibits, The Art p.m. Havana Central Restaurant Roosevelt Ride is canceled if the roads are wet or Guild holds classes year-round for children Field, Garden City. For more info, call (516) temperature is below 40 degrees. Free and adults. 676- 1976. parking in the lot till 9 a.m. and after 6 p.m. Helmets and road bikes mandatory. A six-week class for adults, Drawing for Beginners welcome. Ride at your own Adults with Barbara Silbert, begins Thursday July Events at the Irish American risk. April to November. Come & meet Society in Mineola July 21, from 10 a.m. to noon. A workshop with acclaimed watercol- Saturday July 30, 8:30 p.m. $20. An evening others who are interested in your sport, you may even pick up a pointer or two orist Antonio Masi, The Untapped Power of of song and dance with Sean Wilson. Jive Watercolor, will take place Aug. 5 through 7. Competition, Cash bar open, complimentary from one of the veteran cyclists. Contact David (Speedy) Emanuel at speedyemanMore information and registration tea coffee and scones. uel@optonline.net or 516-840-9370 or available on The Art Guild’s website, www. Every Saturday and Sunday we will be showing GAA games direct from Ireland on 516-487-8065 before 9:45 p.m. for schedTheArtGuild.org. ule and to confirm your participation. Please check The Art Guild’s website our big screen. (www.TheArtGuild.org) and Facebook page throughout the year for information about programs and events. The Art Guild is located at Elderfields Preserve, 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset New York. For more information please call 516.304.5797 or email info@theartguild. org. The Art Guild is a not-for-profit 501c3 organization.
Singles Association Of L.I. For information on events, please call (516) 825-0633 or (516) 333-2851 or e-mail singlesassociationofli@yahoo.com. Your Widowed Social Group The group meets on the third Wednesday of the each month (except July and August) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church on Franklin Ave. and Fifth Street,
Oktoberfest Join us for Oktoberfest on Saturday September 24, 2016 from 7 PM to 11 PM at the Knights of Columbus Hall located at 186 Jericho Turnpike in Mineola. $50/person includes live band, German food, German beer, open bar, coffee, dessert. Reservations only. Please Contact Tom Kelly 516 414 2229 kellyofmineola@earthlink.net
Paperworks at b.j. spoke August brings the PAPERWORKS Winners exhibition — a National Competition with juror Heidi Hirschl, curatorial assistant at the Museum of Modern Art, to b. j. spoke gallery in Huntington. Hirschl selected the artists, and their dynamic artwork fill the gallery’s walls. Open from Aug. 2 through Aug. 28 at 299 Main St. in Huntington. An artist reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6. For more information, visit www.bjspokegallery.com or call 631-549-5106. The Paperworks Winners are: Yuki Abiko, New York, N.Y.; Andres Bardales, Miami, Fla.; Ye-seul Choi, Stonybrook; Alison Clemente, Massapequa Park; Pamela Crockett, Towson, Md.; Meghan Duda, Fargo, N.D.; Ania Gilmore, Lexington, Mass.; Tracy Hoffman, Chapppaqua; Sarah Kinard, Columbia, S.C.; Mario Leplante, San Francisco, Calif.; Jonathan Mc Fedden, Lexington, Ky.; Elizabeth Panzer, Accord, N.Y.; H. Jennings Sheffield, Waco, Texas; Marisa Silverstein, Hastings on Hudson; Olga Skorokhod, Roseburg, Ore.; and Harry Umen, Manchester, N.H.
Clockwise from left: Transformation by Ye-seul Choi; 92 Americans. Every day by Marisa Silverstein; Cocoon by Alison Clemente; and Helen Frankenthaler on 21st Street and the Dot Motif by Tracy Hoffman
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Dog Training Days* ADULT Saturdays at 10:15-11:15AM: July PROGRAMS 16, 23, 30; August 6, 13. ADULT Join dog trainer Evelynn Dog PROGRAMS Training Days* Linden on the front lawn Saturdays at 10:15-11:15AM: where dogs and their ownJuly 16, 23, 30; August ers will learn the basics Dog 6, 13.Training Days* of obedience, such as, sit, Saturdays at 10:15-11:15AM: Join dog trainer Evelynn July 16, 23, 30; August Linden on the front lawn 6, 13. dogs and their ownwhere Joinwill doglearn trainer ers theEvelynn basics Linden on the such front as, lawn of obedience, sit, where dogs and their owners will learn the basics SENIOR RAP GROUP of obedience, such as, sit, ... for the 55+ set who have a lifetime of experiences to share! Anyone interested in joining the group is welcome.
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Thursday, August 4, 7pm in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Join Barbara Breacht Donsky as she discusses her book Veronica’s Thursday, August 4, 7pm Grave, a memoir of a family in the Assembly Room of tragedy and thestruggles Village Hall. Join Barbara under the weight famThursday, Augustasof4,she 7pm Breacht Donsky disily secrets. CopiesRoom will be in the Assembly of cusses her book Veronica’s available for purchase. Village aHall. JoinofBarbara Grave, memoir a family Breacht Donsky as she distragedy and thestruggles Legal Outreach cussesAssistance herweight book Veronica’s under the of famVan Grave, a memoir of a family ily secrets. Copies will be Wednesday, August 17 tragedy and available for thestruggles purchase. 10am-3pm under the weight of famIn of the Library. ily front secrets. Copies will be Legal Assistance Outreach Sponsored bypurchase. Sen Martins, available for Van the Mobil Legal Help Center Wednesday, August 17 will provide free legal asLegal Assistance Outreach 10am-3pm sistance on issues related Van In front of the Library. to housing (tenants only), Wednesday, August 17 Sponsored by Sen Martins, identity theft and consumer 10am-3pm the Mobil Legal Help Center In front of the Library. will provide free legal asSponsored Sen related Martins, sistance on by issues the Mobil Legal Help Center to housing (tenants only), will provide asidentity theftfree and legal consumer sistance on issues related to housing (tenants only), identity theft and consumer
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“ON YOUR MARK, GET SET…READ!” – SUMMER READING PROGRAM: Please come in and register for our Summer Reading Program. Keep up your reading skills while having fun! “ON YOUR MARK, GET SET…READ!” – SUMMER READING PROGRAM: Craft Program: Summer Reading Program Please come in and register for our Summer participants are invited to attend our Craft “ON YOUR MARK, GET SET…READ!” Reading Program. Keep up your reading – Program onREADING Tuesdays PROGRAM: and Thursdays from SUMMER skills while having fun! 11:30 to 12:30pm. The Craft will Pleaseamcome in and register for program our Summer run fromProgram. July 5th –Keep August 4th . reading Reading up your Craft Program: Summer Reading Program skills while having fun! to attend our Craft participants are invited “Frogs, Bugs and Animals” on the East Program on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Williston Village Green: Monday August 15th Craft am Program: Summer Program 11:30 to 12:30pm. The Reading Craft program will at 7pm. Meet, pet and to touch liveour animals participants are invited attend Craft run from July 5th – August 4th . such as Stickers the Tree and Tickles Program on Tuesdays andFrog Thursdays from the Hedgehog. This annual event is hosted 11:30 am to 12:30pm. The Craft program “Frogs, Bugs and Animals” on the Eastwill by Reilly.5th – August 4th . runJason fromVillage July Williston Green: Monday August 15th
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Adult Coloring - Color More: Stress Less* Monday, July 25 at 6:45PM. (Rescheduled from Wednesday, March Adult Coloring - Color 23) Adult coloring—it is More: Stress Less* fun, easy, and inexpensive. Monday, July 25 at ItAdult requires no learning, Coloring - Color 6:45PM. (Rescheduled no special equipment and More: Stress Less* from Wednesday, March no talent.July Join25Barbara Monday, at is 23) Adult coloring—it Feinstein for an evening of 6:45PM. fun, easy, (Rescheduled and inexpensive. creative fun! All materials Wednesday, March Itfrom requires no learning, will be provided. 23) Adult coloring—it is no special equipment and fun,talent. easy, and no Joininexpensive. Barbara It requiresfor noan learning, Feinstein evening of no special equipment and creative fun! All materials no talent. Join Barbara will be provided. Feinstein for an evening of creative fun! All materials willgroup be provided. sion is led by volunteer facilitator, David Marx.
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Heartfulness Meditation Workshops* Mondays, August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (5 sessions) at 7:008:30PM Heartfulness Meditation Heartfulness Meditation Workshops* is a simple and practiMondays, August 1, 8, 15, cal way to experience the Heartfulness Meditation 22, 29 (5 sessions) at 7:00Heart’s unlimited resources. Workshops* 8:30PM Experience an inner Mondays, August 1, 8,pres15, Heartfulness Meditation ence with the Heartfulness 22, 29 (5 sessions) at is a simple and practi- 7:00technique. 8:30PM cal way to experience the *Registration required. Heartfulness Meditation Heart’s unlimited resources. is a simple and practiExperience an inner prescal way to the experience the ence with Heartfulness Heart’s unlimited resources. technique. Experience anrequired. inner pres*Registration ence with the Heartfulness technique. *Registration SRPL offers tworequired. films that look at the terrors of going to sea . . . one set in the nineteenth century and one set in the twentieth.
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Searingtown School hosts lip sync concert As the 2015-16 school year commenced, Searingtown School gave students the chance to be the audience for a change. Teachers, administrators and other members of the staff put their stage presence to the test during a special lip sync concert that they led. The stars of the show performed an
assortment of popular songs, opening with an upbeat group dance to Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling.” Some with props, others in costume, the staff members followed this number with individual and smaller renditions of favorites such as Twenty-One Pilots’ “Stressed Out,” Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and more.
3 Herricks students gain tech honor society Three Herricks school district students attending Nassau BOCES Barry Tech were recently inducted into the National Technical Honor Society. These students were elected for the prestigious honor based on their superior academic achievement, community service and the endorsement of their teachers. The inductees are computer gaming design skills student Connor Boduch, aviation operations student Matthew Capilupi and culinary arts student Gregory Schultz. “These students have honed their talents and followed their passions to earn this honorable induction,” said Gene Silverman, executive director of Nassau BOCES’ department of regional schools and instructional programs. “They are the future of our society and economy; they are our hope a better world.”
Membership in the NTHS is the nation’s highest award for excellence in career and technical education. These students have distinguished themselves by exemplifying qualities such as honesty, leadership, responsibility and good character, demonstrating the NTHS vision: “success favors the prepared mind.” Recognized by business, industry and education as the hallmark of student achievement and leadership, the NTHS helps top students find success in today’s highly competitive workplace by encouraging scholastic achievement and cultivating a desire for personal excellence. NTHS members are awarded personal letters of recommendation for employment, college admission and scholarships, and have their diplomas and training certificates stamped with the official NTHS seal.
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On June 27, this year’s Summer Reading Program at the Mineola Library kicked off with farm animals. The guests were sheep, piglets, ducks and rabbits, which were brought by the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center. More than 250 children and parents came to the program.
Shelter Rock Library Continued from Page 47 how to work with text including inputting, inserting, moving and erasing, learn basic word processing skills and understand files and commands. Prerequisites: None. Space is limited. Registration for Shelter Rock Patrons begins Friday, July 8. CREATIVE NEEDLES & THE ART of COLORING Friday, July 8, 22 and August 5 at 1:30 PM. Registration is not required. Bring your projects and supplies to knit, crochet, needle- point, embroider or crossstitch. If you prefer to relax by coloring, spend some time with crayons, colored pencils and coloring pages supplied by the library. Enjoy sharing conver- sation, crafting and creativity while “the needles fly” and “the pictures come to life”. PLAY MAH JONGG Tuesdays, July 12, 26 AND August 9 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. ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAM AND EXERCISE YOUR MIND! Consider reading a new genre or books with different points of view or anything that will stimulate your imagination. Participants may begin registering by joining us on June 11 at 10 a.m. in the Community Room. If you can’t join us at that time, simply register by July 1 at the Adult Reference Desk. Materials will be provided at the time of registration. While registering, consider selecting a “mystery book” to “exercise your mind” and later share about the book at a June 11 to August 13 Book Swap with other participants on Saturday, July 9 at 10 AM. If you aren’t up to the challenge of a “mystery book” share about a recent or favorite book you’ve read. Over the course of the program, participants are encouraged to submit reviews of the books read. Reviews submitted will be entries for raffle prizes to be given out on the final day of the program, August 13 at 10 a.m.
EXERCISE YOUR MIND, READ Through August 13 Have you joined our Adult Summer Reading Program yet? Participants can still select a “mystery book” to “exercise their mind” and share about the book at a Book Swap with other participants on Saturday, July 9 at 10 AM. Join us! STARTING OVER SINGLES for ages 40 plus Wednesday, July 27 at 7 p.m. Join this lively, stimulating, compassionate and supportive discussion. Make new friends, learn new skills, find hope and inspiration. It’s never too late to start over! DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS for drivers of all ages Saturday, July 16 from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM Fees: Ages 60 plus - $33 • All Others - $38 To register please contact Mr. Stephen Donnelly at (516) 437-0705 AARP SMART DRIVER COURSE Saturday, August 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 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 July 20 if space allows. See flyer for details. BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING In the Conference Room Tuesday, July 26 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM 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 firstcome, first-served basis. ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUP in the Conference Room Thursday, July 28 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 caregivers. 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.
CHILDREN/ YOUNG ADULT LOOKING FOR YA SUMMER VOLUNTEERS For Teens Entering Grades 7-12 Summer Recording Volunteers are invited to assist in the Children’s Summer Reading Program whose theme is: On Your Mark, Get Set. . .Read! from June 27 to August 8. For Teens Entering Grades 6-12 Book Buddies will share picture books with children on Tuesday evenings, 7:00 to 8 p.m. on July 12, 19, & 26. New Book Buddies are required to attend a training session on either Monday, June 20 from 6 to 7 p.m. or Tuesday, June 21 from 4 to 5 p.m. Training for returning Book Buddies is not mandatory, but recommended. CHESS PROGRAMS for Experienced Chess Players Tuesday, August 2 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Teens will assist children in playing Chess. Registration begins on June 21 for the July session and July 19 for the August session. Teens can register in the Teen Room; Children at the Children’s Reference Desk.
TEEN MOVIE: SOUL SURFER Monday, July 25 from 3 to 5 p.m. 106 Minutes. Rated PG Join us for this sports themed movie with an inspirational message. Refreshments and trivia precede the showing. Registration begins on July 11. SPORTS POETRY OPEN MIKE NIGHT Monday, August 1 from 7 to 8 p.m. This is your chance to express yourself by reading original or written sports poetry, monologues, or a passage from a sports book. You can also sing or play a musical instrument. Performers will receive an achievement certificate. Registration begins on July 15. Not sure what to do? Attend our rehearsal on July 29 from 4:00 to 5:00 PM in the Conference Room! IRON CHEF with Julie Reilly Wednesday, August 3 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Teens will be divided into groups; each team will be given a secret ingredient to incorporate into an original recipe in the allotted time. Your delicious creations will be judged. Get into the recipe game. Registration begins on July 20.
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Mineola Eats celebrated its grand opening July 11 at 85 Mineola Blvd. in Mineola. Located near the Mineola Long Island Rail Road station, the new restaurant serves breakfast and lunch meals seven days a week
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The Buckley Class of 2016: Standing, from left: Harrison DellaVecchia, Cameron Perry, Jack Davis, Dennis Coppin, Akshay Narang, Andrew Mazza, Andrew Simeone, Theodore Brita, Annie Mulholland, Despina Tsiamtsiouris, Anamaria Manu, Maya Neckles, Jade Killikelly, Kevin Ross, Parker Jones, Max Lunievicz, Ansh Amin, Kenneth Silver, Robert Mark, Iman Ghanchi, Alex Petion. Seated, from left: Katherine Gage, Audrey Barr, Diana Turner, Cybelle Can, Naomi Nishimura, Portia Inzone, Sulekha RamJunnarkar, Olivia Kim, Deirdre McNally, Charlotte Bolling.
8th graders graduate Buckley School Buckley Country Day School sent off its graduating Class of 2016 with an outdoor commencement ceremony for its 31 eighth-graders on June 15. Rabbi Todd Chizner of Temple Judea of Manhasset opened this year’s ceremony saying the graduates should think of “their special gifts as a source of inspiration, mostly for the purposes of enabling peace in our world.” Chizner was welcomed to Buckley’s commencement exercises by graduate Kenny Silver, who studied with him for his Bar Mitzvah. President of the Board of Trustees Valerie DiFebo presented this year’s Trustee Bowl, the School’s most prized academic award, to the student who achieved the highest grade point average. The Trustee Bowl was presented to Ansh Amin this year. The Scholarship Medal for the second highest academic average was awarded to Jack Davis, while Bobby Mark earned Honorable Mention for the third highest average. Four faculty awards were presented at graduation. Despina Tsiamtsiouris presented the Teacher of the Year Award, selected by the members of the graduating class, to fourth grade teacher Lynn Knox, whom she described as “a gracious and compassionate teacher who brightens her whole classroom.” The Thomas J. Reid Excellence in Teaching Award, selected by the Headmaster and the Assistant Heads based upon recommendations from the faculty, is an award recognizing outstanding teaching, demonstrated by concern for each student, quality of instruction, and commitment to Buckley. This year’s award was presented to music teacher Elizabeth Glennon. The G. Robert Gage Award for Excellence in Teaching, named and given in memory of Mr. Bob Gage’s late father, is given annually to a faculty member in recognition of his/ her excellence in teaching. The award is funded every year by the investment income earned on the endowment gift made by the Gage family. The 2016 recipient was 2nd grade teacher Stefani
The 2016 Trustee Bowl was presented to Roslyn Harbor resident Ansh Amin for having the highest grade point average in the class. He is with Headmaster Jean-Marc Juhel and Board of Trustees President Val DiFebo.
Rosenthal. An endowment gift from Linda and John Powers made possible the presentation of an additional faculty award at graduation. The Powers Family Teacher Recognition Award is given annually to a faculty member in recognition of his/her embodiment of the school’s character and spirit, care and nurturing qualities, and excellence in teaching. This year’s recipient was kindergarten teacher MaryBeth Horne. Cybelle Can and Andrew Mazza, student council copresidents, then presented the gift of the class of 2016 to Buckley Country Day School: a new printer and office space for the eighth grade lounge. American History teacher for seventh and eighth grades Mercer Hall was selected by the graduating class to be their faculty speaker. He was introduced by gradu-
ate Andy Simeone as a “Renaissance man, who can speak multiple languages, write like a journalist, comprehend literature, and hold a conversation regardless of the topic.” Simeone highlighted both his intellect and his sense of humor. Hall spoke about the Class of 2016 as “together, a formidable force proving the axiom that the smartest person in the room is the room, gifted beyond their grins, mature beyond their blazers, a high-functioning mishmash of equals.” He concluded his remarks by saying how lucky the graduates’ teachers were simply to wait, watch, and say “we knew you when.” David Gage, of the 2011 graduating class, was this year’s alumnus speaker. Gage was introduced by his sister Katherine, a member of this year’s class. Gage focused his remarks on friendship and told a personal story about a classmate whom he now considers one of his greatest friends. “Do what it takes not to drift out of touch – don’t wait,” he said to the graduates, because “there’s something wonderful about a friend whom you grew up with, and that’s worth holding on to.” Diplomas were then awarded to the members of the graduating class, with the help of newly-elected student council co-presidents, Isabella Marrale ’17 and Max Brown ‘17. Charlotte Bolling introduced this year’s musical offering: History, by One Direction, in celebration of ‘the times that have brought us to this day, the greatest team the world has ever seen.” Rabbi Chizner concluded the ceremony with a blessing, congratulating the graduates and praising their teachers for the love and concern they demonstrate, not just teaching a subject, but teaching a child. The members of the Class of 2016 will be attending: Blair Academy, The Chapin School, Collegiate School, The Dalton School, East Norwich, Friends Academy, Garden City High School, Groton School, Long Island Lutheran High School, Loyola School, Loomis Chaffee School, The Mary Louis Academy, The Packer Collegiate Institute, Phillips Exeter Academy, Portledge School, Regis High School, and United Nations International School.
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Schimel program targets skin cancer State Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel (D-Port Washington) announced the return of “Skin-telligence,” a program designed to raise awareness about skin cancer. The program is the product of a partnership between Schimel and the Colette Coyne Melanoma Awareness Campaign. “As more people head outside to enjoy the summer weather, it’s important that they know how dangerous the sun’s rays can be to their skin and how to best protect themselves from developing skin cancer,” Schimel said. “The Colette Coyne Melanoma Awareness Campaign has once again generously agreed to partner with us to help spread the word about this summer danger.” According to the American Cancer Society, skin cancer is the most common form of cancer, accounting for roughly half of all cases diagnosed in the United States.
A pale complexion, family history of skin cancer, severe sunburns, or exposure to carcinogens can increase a person’s risk for developing skin cancer, but virtually everyone is at risk. “In 1998, our daughter was diagnosed at 29 and passed five and a half months later,” said Colette Coyne, co-founder and executive director at Colette Coyne Melanoma Awareness Campaign. “Statistics indicated at that time that one in 75 would be diagnosed in their lifetime. Today the American Cancer Society tells us one in 50 will experience this disease, which if not caught early is deadly. Assemblywoman Schimel is among the few who recognizes the importance of our message of prevention.” “Skin-telligence” will be held at several public pools across the 16th Assembly District. Constituents will have the opportunity to speak directly to Schimel and her
staff. The dates and locations for “Skin-telligence” are as follows: Wednesday, July 20, 2-4:30 p.m. at Manorhaven Beach Park Friday, July 22, 2-4:30 p.m. at Clinton G. Martin Park in New Hyde Park (rescheduled due to pool renovations) Monday, July 25, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington Wednesday, July 27, 2-4:30 p.m. at Whitney Pond Park in Manhasset Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2-4:30 p.m. at the Lake Success Village Pool Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2-4:30 p.m. at the Parkwood Pool Complex in Great Neck Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2-4:30 p.m. at the Park at East Hills
Town general taxes due on Aug. 10 Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman reminds taxpayers that the last day to pay the Town of North Hempstead 2016 General taxes — second-half bill without a penalty is Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. The U.S. Postal Service must postmark mailed payments on or before Aug. 10 to avoid a penalty. By law, office postage meters are not official postmarks. The Receiver of Taxes recommends that taxpayers mailing payments on the last day have their payments hand stamped at the post office to ensure a timely postmark. Berman also announced that his office will be open from 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. In addition to paying in person at the Receiver of Taxes’ office at 200 Plandome Road (Town Hall Annex), Manhasset, taxpayers may also pay in person with only a check or money order at the following local collection sites: Second-Half 2016 General Tax Local Collection Sites Mon. Aug. 1, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Port Washington Parking District, 15 Vanderventer Ave. Port Washington Mon. Aug. 1, 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Hector Gayle Roslyn Community Center 53 Orchard St., Roslyn Heights (Parking lot on Lincoln Ave.) Tues. Aug. 2, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Fuschillo Park, Carle Rd. & Broadmoor Ln., Carle Place Tues. Aug. 2, 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Yes We Can Community Center 141 Garden St., New Cassel
Wed. Aug. 3, 10:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m. Clinton G. Martin Park, Marcus Ave. & New Hyde Park Rd., New Hyde Park Wed. Aug. 3, 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Broadway Park, Broadway & County Courthouse Rd., Garden City Park Thur. Aug. 4 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Great Neck Social Center 80 Grace Ave., Great Neck
www.northhempsteadny.gov (click the “Our Government” tab, click on “Receiver of Taxes”, and then click the “Online Tax Information & Payments” link) any time to view, print, or check the payment status of your property tax bills. Additionally, for a “convenience fee” property owners will also be able to pay
their tax bills using American Express, Visa, MasterCard or Discover or by “Automatic Electronic Check.” Please note that conventional payments via the U.S. mail or an in-person payment will continue to be “without any convenience fee or charge”.
Thur. Aug. 4 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Michael J. Tully Park, Evergreen Ave., New Hyde Park Fri. Aug. 5, 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. John D. Caemmerer Park Wentworth Ave., Albertson Please bring your entire bill with you when paying in person. Regular office hours are 9:00 a.m.4:45 p.m. For further information, taxpayers may visit the Town’s website at www. northhempsteadny.gov or call 516-8697800. To better serve taxpayers, the Receiver of Taxes email payment reminder service is available. To sign up, go to the Town website and click on the envelope in the upper left-hand corner of the screen, then follow directions for tax payment alerts. A reminder will be emailed approximately 10 days before the last day to pay the tax without a penalty. In addition, property owners may register online for “no cost” access to their general and school property tax information. You can log on to our website at
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Vet housing crisis over: feds Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced last week that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developmentand the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness have declared the end of the veteran housing crisis on Long Island. The USICH, which includes Federal representatives from HUD and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, notified Nassau and Suffolk Counties of their success in ensuring that every veteran on Long Island has a home. The Mangano administration established 60 homes on Mitchel Field, as well as five twobedroom townhouses in Hempstead, to provide affordable housing for Veterans and active-duty military personnel, and their families. Together with community partners, immediate housing is available for any homeless veteran in-need. “Since taking office in 2010, my administration has made it a top priority to honor our Veterans and active-duty military who are serving our nation here and abroad,” Mangano said. “Along with my partners in government, we have ensured that every homeless veteran seeking shelter on Long Island has been housed, and that any Veteran or active-duty military personnel who may be in need in the future will receive immediate shelter.” In June of 2014, First Lady Michelle Obama issued a “Mayor’s Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness,” encouraging municipalities from across the country to pool their resources in hopes of reaching this goal. As of today, over 880 leaders have joined the challenge, and more than 2 dozen communities and two entire states have met the goal. Nassau County submitted an application to the USICH, touting the county’s efforts to end veteran homelessness, and after careful review, the USICH approved the application and confirmed that Nassau County, through the partnership of its various departments and the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless, have effectively ended Veteran homelessness. Nassau County’s success in meeting this goal
was assisted by investments made by the United States Congress, and the partnership between HUD and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, on a joint program called HUD-VA Supportive Housing. This program provides a rental subsidy along with supportive services for Veterans in need. To date, nearly 80,000 vouchers have been awarded and more than 104,000 homeless Veterans have been served through the HUD-VASH program. “Thank you for your commitment to ending Veteran homelessness,” said Matthew Doherty, executive director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. “We are confident that the infrastructure and systems you have built will ensure that any Veteran experiencing a housing crisis in the region will get the support they need to quickly obtain a permanent home.” Several veterans-oriented programs of the Nassau County Department of Social Services, the Veterans Service Agency and the Nassau County Department of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency and Developmental Disabilities further support the availability of immediate shelter, longterm housing, employment and counseling services for veterans. Since taking office, County Executive Mangano has enhanced services for Nassau’s 100,000 veterans, including establishing 42 homes, located on Mitchel Field, to provide affordable housing for veterans and their families and an additional 18 homes for active-duty military personnel. Additionally, the County helped rehabilitate five two-bedroom townhouses in Hempstead for homeless veterans and their families. The county also provides free transportation to the Northport VA Hospital and the East Meadow Clinic. If you know a veteran in need of housing assistance, please call (516) 227-7471 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or call (516) 573-8626 at all other times including evenings and weekends.
Woodbury resident Dr. Leonard R. Krilov has been named chairman of pediatrics at Winthrop-University Hospital. In this role, Krilov will broaden the scope, reach and services of the Children’s Medical Center at Winthrop, based in Mineola. Previously, Krilov served as vice chairman of pediatrics at Winthrop. He will continue in his role as chief of the division of pediatric infectious disease at the hospital. A clinician and academic leader whose knowledge and passion for helping others runs deep, Krilov has been a member of the Winthrop medical staff for 16 years. Krilov is an expert in the arena of pediatric infectious diseases. His research focus lies in the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) — a virus that causes infections of the lungs and respiratory tract— and other respiratory viruses. A sought-after expert for various topics pertaining to pediatric infectious diseases, Krilov has published 100 peer reviewed articles and 50 book chapters. He is a current reviewer of several medical journals including Pediatrics, the Journal of Pediatrics and the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Additionally, Krilov is an editor for Concise Reviews in Infectious Diseases (past), Pediatrics Annals, eMedicine and Infectious Disease Practice. A member of the board of directors for the Association for Children with Down Syndrome, an organization that provides lifetime resources, innovation and inclusion for individuals with Down syndrome, autism
and other developmental disabilities and their families. Krilov helps ACDS raise the standard of care for these individuals. He is also an elected member of the executive committee of the Section on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Krilov earned his undergraduate degree from Brandeis University and his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. He completed an internship and residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a fellowship in pediatric infectious disease at Children’s Hospital in Boston. Following his training, Krilov began his career at the Schneider Children’s Hospital of the Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Krilov has held the academic ranks of professor of clinical pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine and is currently a professor of pediatrics at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
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N. Shore Child, BOCES honored for partnership On July 11, Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (DGreat Neck) attended and spoke at an event at the Viscardi Center in Albertson to kick off National Disability Voter Registration Week. The presentation focused on the REVUP campaign. REVUP stands for Register, Educate, Vote, Use your Power. The campaign aims to eliminate barriers to voting, promote turnout of voters with disabilities and engage candidates and the media on disability issues. After the presentation, Birnbaum met with John Kemp, the President and CEO of the Viscardi Center and Denise Vargas who is heading up the campaign for voter registration at the center. To learn more about the campaign, you can visit the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) website at http:// www.aapd.com/our-focus/voting.
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The Nassau BOCES Department of Special Education was honored for 20 years of community partnership with the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center. The award was presented in recognition of the partnership with three of Nassau BOCES special education schools — Jerusalem Avenue Elementary School, Willets Avenue Middle School and the
Center for Community Adjustment. This collaborative program provides counseling, psychiatric services, on-site psychiatrists and clinical social workers, and counseling for both the student and the family. For more information about Nassau BOCES Special Education Department visit www.nassauboces.org/specialeducation.
Bombings commemorated Great Neck SANE/Peace Action is inviting members of the North Shore communities to attend its annual commemoration of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Wednesday, August 3, 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset. The call will be to “Stand for a World Without Nuclear Weapons, A World Without War, A World at Peace.” There will be some exciting speakers, very special music for the event by the celebrated women’s a capella group, WILLOW, some poetry and a call to action. The program will be dedicated to the memory of Father Daniel Berrigan, great anti-nuclear and anti-war priest
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Recent RE Sales in the Williston Area Williston Park Real Estate Market Conditions Median sales price $565,500 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
31 Ridge Road, Searingtown Sold Price: $925,000 Date: 06/13/2016 4 beds, 3 Full baths Style: Herricks # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 0.34 Schools: Splanch Total Taxes: $20,272 MLS# 2818972
19 Sunset Road, Albertson Sold Price: $900,000 Date: 05/20/2016 5 beds, 3 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 61x111 Schools: Herricks Total Taxes: $23,710 MLS# 2820167
78 Woodhollow Road, Albertson 545 Liberty Avenue, Williston Sold Price: $525,000 Date: 06/30/2016 3 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 43x100 Schools: Mineola Total Taxes: $9,408 MLS# 2833228
Sold Price: $513,500 Date: 06/30/2016 4 beds, 1 Full baths Style: Exp Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 60x100 Schools: Mineola Total Taxes: $10,411 MLS# 2796363
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Aging in place because you want to I hope everyone had a super weekend last week. I know I did. Went out to Cutchogue with my family and friends and it was a real blast. The weather was super and the beaches were gorgeous and boy was the water warm in the bay! Enough about me, let’s talk about aging in place. You are now thinking, “I thoroughly enjoy being in my own home, the privacy, the garden, no one to answer too. My health is excellent, so why move? But, then again, am I able to handle the expenses, real estate taxes, the gardener, heating, etc. upkeep of any major repairs, like the roof, utilities, appliances, etc. Will this be too much to deal with? Most of my friends have either gone south to Florida or West to warmer locations or have passed away. My significant other has some challenging situations or has been gone for several years and it is also getting a bit lonely. Yes, I have a senior center nearby and that provides me a daily escape. But is it enough to make me feel comfortable and secure to
stay in my own home. I am forgetting a bit more and maybe I won’t turn off the stove, potentially causing a fire, fall down a staircase and break a bone or two and no one will know. How much longer will I be able to drive my car? I will have to rely on a taxi or bus or someone would need to pick me up. How will I do the weekly shopping? Who can I depend upon. I am getting tired of preparing my own meals. There will be a multitude of daily activities that you may or may not want to do anymore. Some of your children maybe nearby or far away and you do not want to have to depend on them, but you just may have to. You want to pay your bills, but again, you sometimes forget to pay them on time and incur late and interest fees. So much to do and be aware of that it is becoming somewhat overwhelming. If any of these examples sound familiar and you have personally experienced, any of them, then you are surely not alone. Your quest for independence is still there, but it now comes at a greater cost and risk. If you are going to stay or as
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3rd track leaves some residents uneasy, others Continued from Page 1 the slide’s platform. Since opening last year, Floral Park’s $6.3 million renovated pool complex has become the “heart of the village” in the summer months, Mayor Thomas Tweedy said. About 60 percent of residents have summer memberships, he said, and local groups hold meetings and events at the pool and the adjacent recreation building nearly every day. About 1,200 children and adults play sports on the nearby fields and courts yearround, he said. That’s part of why the prospect of the LIRR’s $1.5 billion, 9.8-mile third track project alarms Tweedy and others in Floral Park — vibrations, dust and other effects of construction could disrupt and physically damage a village institution, he said. “This is a big part of what people put in this incorporated village. They made an investment in this,” Tweedy said. “... You start losing membership here, you lose some of the vitality of this community.” The proposal has raised many other questions and concerns among residents along the LIRR’s Main Line from Floral Park to Hicksville about how it would change their daily lives both during and after its completion. Would the pool have to close? Would local businesses lose customers? Where will construction take place, how long will it take and how will it affect traffic? How will the LIRR protect homeowners and local school children? In an effort to allay those concerns, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pitched his plan as less invasive
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A train heads east from Floral Park along the Long Island Rail Road’s Main Line. than the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s 2005 proposal. The LIRR has said it is addressing skeptics’ questions in an environmental study of the project, which will be published later this year. But the absence of concrete answers so far has left local residents preparing for the worst with little reason to believe the project could do them any good, Tweedy said. “We should be able to ask the questions, and there should be answers,” said state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Old Westbury), a staunch opponent of the project. “The answer shouldn’t be, ‘Well, we’ll let you know down the road.’’’ While local opponents have
been most vocal, some in the Main Line villages think the elimination of the seven street-level railroad crossings along the corridor would be a major benefit. Many say it would improve traffic and safety and reduce noise from train horns and crossing bells. Supporters also say the project would improve LIRR service by creating a so-called passing lane to route trains around accidents, and by improving rush-hour train service in both directions. Anthony Scala, a New Hyde Park resident who lives within a mile of the railroad tracks, said he thinks decreased train noise, easier commutes and better access for emergency vehicles will outweigh
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Bill Corbett worries about construction affecting business at his Floral Park law office across the street from the tracks.
the inconvenience of construction. “Who wants to spend their life sitting at a railroad crossing waiting for a train to go by so you can get to work or go to the supermarket?” Scala said. Planners have been in “close contact” working with local officials and community leaders to develop ways to “avoid or minimize” negative impacts, said an LIRR spokesman, Shams Tarek. “Ultimately the project will improve service, safety and quality of life for hundreds of thousands of people who live, work or travel in and around the project area,” Tarek said in a statement. ‘A MAJOR INCONVENIENCE’ Tweedy and others worried that construction could do serious damage to the pool and to homes on the other side of the tracks. Machines driving into the ground would create vibrations that could possibly damage the pool’s shell and electrical systems, said Tweedy, a contractor and construction engineer. The work would also throw up dust and might require the construction of a substantial retaining wall, he said. “What needs to be done to build this would be — I don’t know that we survive, I’ll tell you the truth,” Tweedy said. Project planners have said specific construction arrangements will be included in the LIRR’s environmental study of the project that takes into account local concerns voiced at six public hearings in May. Cuomo and the LIRR have also pledged to build the third track entirely on the railroad’s exisiting property without
taking any residential property. But concerns about construction in Floral Park extend beyond the pool complex. Increased vibrations could also damage the aging John Lewis Childs School and disrupt classes there, James Opiekun, superintendent of the Floral Park-Bellerose School District, told project planners at a hearing in May. District officials have also raised concerns about the possibility of more contaminated soil being found near the school after the MTA removed a large plot of it in the last decade. “Please understand we are not against progress. We are however not in favor of progress any cost,” Opiekun said in written comments. “Especially at the cost of the well-being of our students.” The LIRR’s promise to build within its right of way could still mean enlarging an overpass that crosses Plainfield Avenue and building over at least 20 parking spaces underneath the elevated tracks in downtown Floral Park, Tweedy said. That would create “a major inconvenience’’ for businesses there that already struggle with limited parking, said Bill Corbett, who owns a law practice across from the tracks on South Tyson Avenue. “Once you lose clients it’s very difficult to get them back, and once you can’t service your clients properly they will find someone else who can,” said Corbett, leader of Citizens Against Rail Expansion, a group that opposes the project. The third track scoping document, an outline of the environmental study, proposes adding parking spaces in New Hyde Park, Mineola and other places with street-level railroad crossings. The MTA regularly builds large projects near sensitive, valuable properties, officials say they are confident the third track can be built safely. The environmental study will examine how planners can mitigate or prevent any harmful impacts to the pool, businesses, schools and their students, planners say. “Obviously it’s a priority not to affect school children in any negative way,” said Tarek, the LIRR spoksman. QUESTIONS ABOUT CROSSINGS Getting across the LIRR tracks near the New Hyde Park station, just east of Floral Park, is a chore for rush-hour drivers. Gates block cars from crossing the tracks, causing major traffic congestion at Covert Avenue, New Hyde Park Road and South 12th Street. The state Department of
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hopeful; LIRR says more info, outreach coming Transportation’s grading system for intersection traffic flow gives Covert Avenue an “F” and the other two a “D.” “It just slows it down, slows it down immensely,” said Scala, the New Hyde Park resident. That’s one impetus for eliminating the seven crossings along the Main Line corridor by sending the intersectiong roads under the tracks or closing them, project planners say. It would also make the crossings safer for pedestrians and get rid of the need for trains to blow their horns, supporters say. Ambulances and fire trucks would also have a much easier time crossing the tracks, Scala said. But the crossing projects would each take an estimated nine months, during which time the roads would have to be at least partly closed. That would cause the number of cars traveling on nearby Sixth Avenue each hour to increase from six to 140 while Covert Avenue is closed, said Lawrence Montreuil, deputy mayor of the Village of New Hyde Park. “Transiting the tracks, certainly that’s going be a lot easier and it’s gonna promote more traffic to come, but you’re gonna have, I think, a lot of bleed-off from those thoroughfares into the residential streets that we don’t have today and that’s going to change, I think, the quality of life in those neighborhoods,” Montreuil said. Plans for the crossings would address existing traffic issues and any new ones the plans would create, project officials say.
Officials in New Hyde Park and Floral Park have also expressed doubts about the ninemonth timeline, given that the LIRR overpass at nearby Herricks Road took several years. But Scala, a retired laborer who worked on that project, said the Main Line crossings would take less time and require less building than Herricks Road, a wider thoroughfare that required a new railroad overpass to be built. The third track’s detractors in New Hyde Park will wish the project had been done sooner because of how much it will reduce traffic congestion and train noise, he said. “It’s nine months to have a baby and have it safe and have it right — they’re just going to have to deal with it for some time,” Photo by Noah Manskar Scala said. Planners have said the state’s Mayor Thomas Tweedy said the third track could eliminate parking spaces under the Floral “design-build” process is meant Park Long Island Rail Road station, seen here. to protect against construction delays by having one private firm “These aren’t new questions,” have said. manage design and construction. that it’s not going to be good,” he he said. “The fact that they would The environmental study will The approach led to the on-time said. The LIRR has pledged to miti- roll out the project, not have an- contain details about construction completion in April of the LIRR’s Ellison Avenue bridge in Westbury. gate local concerns through an swers to these questions and say plans, staging and timelines, and “unprecedented” public outreach that we’re going to have a scop- will examine the project’s broader STILL MUCH UNCERTAINTY process. Planners have held more ing session without the ability to impacts on community character Mayor Tweedy of Floral Park than 150 meetings with local offi- answer — at least put the facts in and commerce both during and and Corbett acknowledged that cials and community leaders, and front of people so that they can ac- after construction, project officials there are no concrete construction have also talked with homeown- tually comment on their concerns have said. plans yet, and that many ques- ers living near the tracks, Tarek — was unfortunate.” Project officials, though, have said. Reach reporter Noah Mantions still have to be answered. But many concerns about the said the project itself is very differ- skar by e-mail at nmanskar@ But Corbett said he thinks the project will cause problems no MTA’s 2005 plan — which was ent because it will take no residen- theislandnow.com or by phone dropped three years later — still tial property, while the old plan at 516.307.1045 x204. Also folmatter what. “At this point without the plan stand, said Senator Martins, who required 250 property takings. low us on Twitter @noahmanskar we don’t know precisely what’s was Mineola’s mayor during that The scoping process went beyond and Facebook at facebook.com/ what state law requires, officials theislandnow. going to happen, but we do know earlier fight.
Willistons end dispute with 25-year water deal Continued from Page 1 and dedication of all the board members looking out for the best interests of their residents and taxpayers,” Williston Park Trustee Theresa Thomann said Monday. Under the agreement — the first of its kind in either village — East Williston will buy water exclusively from Williston Park for 25 years, with the current rate of $4.33 per thousand gallons locked in until June 2018. Rate hikes would have to maintain the ratio of East Williston’s rate to Williston Park’s residential rate. East Williston residents currently pay $5.47 per thousand gallons, with the additional amount covering the village’s maintenance and billing costs. If East Williston wants to
dispute a water bill, Williston Park will get the full amount and hold the disputed amount in escrow while the villages settle the dispute within 60 days. Williston Park will continue chlorinating East Williston’s water and provide emergency chlorination to the extent it can without affecting its own water supply. Both villages will continue maintaining their own water infrastructure. The two village boards agreed to these terms in early March, but East Williston still planned to hold a public referendum on a $7.5 million proposal to build an independent water supply system at Devlin Field. That was quashed in May, when trustees voted 3-2 not
to hold a referendum, closing off one of the board’s so-called “parallel paths” it had kept open since December 2014. The majority said the agreement gave their village more stability than the well system, while Tanner maintained a referendum was the “most democratic” way to resolve the issue. Trustee Christopher Siciliano joined him in that vote. The agreement is “the best arrangement we would have short of building our own well,” Tanner said. The prospect of an East Williston referendum frustrated Williston Park trustees earlier this year after hours of public negotiations. Trustee Michael Uttaro said he was glad East Williston’s board ultimately decided the agreement “was the
best road to take.” “I applaud them standing up to vote that in and finally get this agreement put on the books, and we can put this long, drawn-out issue behind us,” Uttaro said. Many East Williston residents are likely glad the referendum never happened and that the issue is resolved, Tanner said, but many others are likely upset they never got to voice their opinion. But any tensions that rose during the water dispute never damaged their relationship and will not keep them from working together in the future, Tanner and Ehrbar said. “We’ve referred to the village (Williston Park) as a sister village,” Tanner said. “... I don’t see why anything would ever
break that connection.” East Williston officials discussed an independent water system at least as early as the 1960s, Tanner said. The villages had shorter renewable agreements until 1991, Ehrbar said. Doreen Ehrbar, Paul Ehrbar’s wife, tried to broker a long-term agreement in her six years as mayor but it was never finalized, she said. The agreement may be historic, but many Williston Park residents are likely tired of hearing about water service, Ehrbar said. “I believe they’re glad that it’s coming to an end on both sides of the tracks,” he said. “We all know we have more issues we can deal with instead of dealing with water at this point in time.”
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No state decision yet in GOP primary case Continued from Page 20 “Regardless of which, we are confident that the rights of Long Island and Queens Republican voters will be upheld at the end of the day,” O’Reilly said in an email Wednesday. Martins’ lawyers also appealed Diamond’s finding that Pidot had enough signatures to make the ballot. They have blamed Pidot for delaying the legal process and preventing new ballots to be printed before June 28. “The primary has come and gone,” Murray said. “The rules apply to everybody, including our former opponent.” Pidot’s campaign has said Martins’ lawyers dragged things out in the courts and has said his campaign is disenfranchising voters.
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buyer’s guide ▼ antiques
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antiques & estate buyers
$$ Top Cash Paid $$
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HIGH END ANTIQUES HIGH CASH PAiD
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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
wanted
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auto detailing
CLEANOUTS MOVING clean outsAND & moving
NEED A CLEANOUT OR A MOVE?
ELITE DETAILING “We clean and pamper your car”
• We specialize in Imports: Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Jaguar & Maserati
We can move it, sell it or haul it away! 2 Guys and a Truck Call 516-279-6378
• SUV’s, Vans & Pick-Ups also detailed at a higher price • We provide Mobile service
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Wash & Wax Spring Special $85 Cars only Coupons not to be combined
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Anthony Masia - 631-612-7152
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Owner/Operator • Dependable • Professional Detailer
Buying and Selling over 40 Years / Member New England Appraisers Association
cleaning
cleaning
CARPENTRY carpentry
CLEANING HOMEOFFICE
STRONG ARM CLEANING
SWEENEY CUSTOM CARPENTRY
Residential and Commercial Cleaning Specialist • Post construction clean ups • Stripping, waxing floors • Move Ins and Move Outs
WEEKLY - MONTHLY Since 1979 Insured / Bonded Trusted and Reliable
Free estimates / Bonded Insured
and PAINTING
Renovations Custom Closets Sheetrock Repairs Interior/Exterior
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New Doors New Windows New Moldings Free Estimates
CONSTRUCTION construction
home improvement
home improvement
ACPM CONSTRUCTION CORP RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL
DEVLIN BUILDERS
Elegant Touch Remodeling
ALL TYPES OF MASONRY Concrete • Bluestone • Pavers • Cultured Stones Blacktop • Patios • Stoops
We do all types of improvements including HANDYMAN REPAIRS No job too small
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home improvement
LAMPS FIXED $ 65 In Home Service Handy Howard 646-996-7628
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Since 1979
Bob Devlin @
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Homeheating Heating oil Oil home
Sage Oil
516 485-3900 Quality Oil at a Great Price Since 1960
No Fee For Visa/MC/Discovery or Debit Cards
“Quality Construction with a Personal Touch” Deal direct with owner - Serving li over 25 years
• • • •
All Types of Home Improvements Free Estimates • Free design service extensions • Kitchens dormers • bathrooms decks • siding
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buyer’s guide ▼ landscaping
junk removal
lawn sprinklers
COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/DEMOLITION
• We haul anything & everything • Entire contents of home and/or office • We clean it up and take it away
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PAINTING & WALLPAPER est. 1978
Interior and Exterior • Plaster/Spackle Light Carpentry • Decorative Moldings Power Washing www.MpaintingCo.com 516-385-3132 516-328-7499 New Hyde Park, NY 11040 Licensed & Insured
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Power Washing Sale Summer Is Here!
Powerwashing can make it look new again wherever there is moss, dirt, air pollution! • decks • patios • outdoor furniture • siding • roofs
MOVING SERVICE moving
moving N.Y.D.O.T.#10405
Serving the community for over 40 yrs
BRIAN CLINTON
MOVERS
MOVING & STORAGE INC.
Long Island and New York State Specialists
• Residential • Commercial • Piano & Organ Experts • Boxes Available
One Piece to a Household/ Household Rearranging FREE ESTIMATES
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114 Jericho Tpke. Mineola, NY 11501
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painting, powerwashing PAINTING/POWER WASHING
SWEENEY PAINTING Interior B. Moore Paints Dustless Vac System Renovations
Exterior Power Washing Rotted Wood Fixed Staining
516-884-4016 Lic# H0454870000
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powerwashing
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Houses/Decks/Patios/Stoops Walkways/Fences/Outdoor Furniture
Roof Cleaning Specialist
All Exterior Surfaces • Painting Interior/Exterior HUNDREDS OF NASSAU COUNTY REFERENCES FREE ESTIMATES
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tree service
ISLAND WIDE
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roofing
roofing
Free estimates / Bonded Insured
516-538-1125
GRACE ROOFING Est. 1977
• 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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Help Wanted ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/ BOOKKEEPER: Optec Communications, Inc. is located in Mineola, NY. Great opportunity for retirees or experienced workers seeking part time and flexible work schedule. Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills; excellent clerical and writing skills; must be computer literate with knowledge of MS Word & Excel. Knowledge of ACT Database a plus. Tasks will include invoicing, filing, bookkeeping, telephone answering, data entry, etc. Attention to detail is critical in this position. Applicants should have reliable transportation. Casual work environment. Qualified candidates should e-email your resume to aleong@optec.net CHILDCARE CENTER new and beautiful is opening at Trinity Episcopal Church Roslyn! We are interviewing for Head Teachers and Assistant Teachers. Full time and part time positions. Competitive payscale. Tremendous opportunity to be part of a new project serving the children and families of our community at the beginning stages! Please send resume ASAP to: jobapplicationstrinity@gmail.com All qualified applicants welcome to apply. Please do not call the parish office, interviews begin week of July 11.
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COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHER WANTED: The Waldorf School of Garden City seeks a P/T teacher to teach a high school computer science class starting in September 2016. 40 minute afternoon classes 4 times per week. B.A. required. Interested applicants should forward a resume and cover letter to: Roland Rothenbucher, High School Chair at: RRR@waldorfgarden.org. To learn more about the Waldorf School of Garden City visit our website: www.waldorfgarden.org
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. We are looking for an enthusiastic and service oriented sales professional with good communication skills. Requirements: minimum 2 years outside sales experience. Newspaper sales experience a plus. Must have your own car. Exclusive protected territory. Opportunity to sell both print and online programs. A collegial, supportive sales team. Award-winning editorial coverage. A separate newspaper for each community allowing advertisers to target their markets. And you to provide the most cost-effective way to advertise. Represent media that produce superior response for clients. Compensation: Salary plus commission, health. To apply please email resume and cover letter to sblank@ theislandnow.com or call Steven Blank at 516-307-1045 ext 201
SEWANHAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT is seeking: Part time per diem food service worker substitutes. $11.25 an hour. Nassu County Civil Service Clearance, NYS Education Department fingerprint Clearance and district Physical required. Please send resume and letter of interest to: ktaylor@sewanhaka.k12.ny.us
CLEANING available for Office & Home. Good references. Free estimates. Call Vanessa 516-451-8330 or 516-451-2446
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER: Full time, NYC. Experience a must. Experienced in alteration and renovation work required. Send resume to submitresumes3@gmail. com DELIVERY DRIVER WANTED For a busy Garden City Pizza establishment. P/T hours great for student. Sundays a must. Good pay. Call 516-228-4300 DRIVER WANTED: Early mornings. ASAP. Please call 516-248-6618 FRONT DESK HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT P/T Floral Park Ophthalmology Practice seeking individual to work P/T in a team environment providing optimal patient experience in busy medical office. Experience preferred includes good communication/phone skills, multitasking, processing of patients, utilization of office software & other office computer programs, electronic billing, insurance. Please email cover letter & resume to: Reception@drjindra.com
PICTURE FRAMER: Williston Park frame shop looking for a part time picture framer. Experience a plus, will train right person. Email Aiden@ mantraframing.com or call 516-7479110
Situation Wanted
COLLEGE STUDENT available to do any odd jobs around your home yard work, cleaning out & organizing garages and basements, pet sitting, party help, etc. Call Drew 516-7125361
AIDE AVAILABLE: Kind, Compassionate HHA working with sick, elderly and newborn care seeking FT/PT position on weekdays, weekends or overnight. 25+ years experience. References available. Call Liz 516-590-5338
COMPANION/ HOME HEALTH AIDE: Are you looking for someone to take care of your elderly parents in the comfort of their own home? I am a home health aide and companion with years of experience and very reliable. Please call 917-8891606
CARE GIVER: CNA AIDE looking for companion/aide position FT/PT live in. Will do light cleaning, showers, baths. Experienced with excellent references. Nursing home experience. Licensed driver w/ own car. Please call Merlyn 516-303-3167
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. Leave message.
Elder Care Companion Mature Woman With Car Available for: • Shopping & Errands • Activities • Cooking Meals • Doctor Appointments • Home Organization
NEILA ROSENBERG (347) 387-6798
TRUSTWORTHY • RELIABLE • COMPASSIONATE • FLEXIBLE
Advertising Sales Executive Blank Slate Media 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 communications skills to sell display, web and email advertising. Earn up to $60,000 in the first-year representing the 6 Blank Slate Media publications and website as well the 5 publications and 1 website owned by Blank Slate’s sales partner, Litmor Publications. ADVERTISE HERE
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We are looking for an enthusiastic and service-oriented sales professional with good communication skills. Requirements: Minimum of 2 years outside sales experience. Newspaper sales experience a plus. Must have your own car. • Exclusive, protected territory • Opportunity to sell both print and online programs • A collegial, supportive sales team • Award-winning editorial coverage • A separate newspaper for each community allowing advertisers to target their markets, and you to provide the most cost-effective way to advertise • Represent media that produce superior response for clients Compensation • Salary plus commission • Health insurance • Paid holidays • Sick days & holidays
To apply, e-mail your resume and cover letter to sblank@theislandnow.com or call Steve at 516-307-1045 x201 for more information.
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▼ marketplace, real estate, service directory Situation Wanted
Wanted to Buy
HOME HEALTH AIDE: seeking companion/private job caring for the elderly. 20 years experience, doctors appointments, cooking, light housekeeping, laundry. Driver’s license. 347-869-3927 or 718-7761343
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 917-775-3048
HOUSEKEEPER / COOK / ELDER CARE: Experienced woman seeking position in the field of household cook, housekeeper, elder care. Honest & hardworking with excellent references. Please call 718896-0203
Announcements
Adoption ADOPTION: UNPLANNED PREGNANCY? Need help? FREE assistance. Caring staff, counseling and financial help. You choose the loving, pre-approved adoptive parents. Joy 866-922-3678 www.ForeverFamiliesThroughAdoption.org Habla Espanol.
Marketplace GARAGE SALEJERICHO Sunday July 24 10am-1pm 29 Mellow Lane Jericho, NY Wall unit, Landice treadmill, kids stuff, sporting goods, dresses and housewares. OFFICE EQUIPMENT FOR SALE GARDEN CITY: HON (600 Series) Lateral File Cabinet 42”W x 19 1/4” D x 53 1/4”H $250 BROTHER IntelliFax 4100E High Speed Business Class Laser Fax $100 Pickup only. CASH only. Call 516-489-2891 (leave msg) or: email: nlzcas@yahoo.com
Auctions AUCTION AUGUST 13, 1:00pm Real Estate, Antiques, Art, Boat. “Thousand Island Sunset Lodge” located in Thousand Islands Region of Lake Ontario. 20 acres and 1100 ft shoreline in 4 tracts. 5500 sf craftsman style house with all the latest smart house features. 5 bedroom 4 bath. For more information visit woltz.com or call 800-5513588. Woltz & Associates, Inc. Real Estate Brokers & Auctioneers. Sale held in conjunction with Lake Ontario Realty/Amanda Miller Broker 49MI0953024
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ABE BUYS ANTIQUES:Silver, paintings, rugs and all contents. All Cash! 917-817-3928 CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Up to $35 /Box! Sealed and Unexpired. Payment made SAME DAY. Highest prices paid! Call JENNI today! 800-413-3479 www.cashforyourteststrips.com LOOK! Old clocks and watches wanted by collector regardless of condition. Highest prices paid. 917748-7225
TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www. iBuyAntiquesNYC.com
Tag Sale *BROWSE *SHOP CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles 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 GARDEN CITY MOVING! Friday 7/22 & Saturday 7/23 10am to 4pm 160 Garden Street Contents of house must go! Some antiques, old books, tools, paintings, beds, rugs, mirrors, lamps, crystal, housewares and much more! PLEASE JOIN US!! INVITED SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Friday, July 29, 2016 9:30 am 115 Webster St Westbury, NY 11590 Dining room and living room furniture, household and decorative items, artwork, costume jewelry, wicker and outdoor furniture, basement....Visit www.invitedsales.com for pictures and details ! INVITED SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Monday, August 1, 2016 10:00 am 102 Ransom Avenue Sea Cliff, NY 11579 Decorative items, toys, DVDs, tons of books, jewelry, furniture, garage items, housewares, games, vintage items....Visit www. invitedsales.com for pictures and details !
pets
Pet Services A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-505-9717 DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE? HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away. Dog walking also available. Pet CPR & first Aid Certified. Numerous referrals and references. Limited availability. Book early! Annmarie 516-775-4256
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PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINING Doggie Day Care Boarding Dog Walking Mobile Socialization Program Backyard Clean-up GC Resident 516-382-5553
automotive
Auto Services ELITE AUTO DETAILING: Anthony Masia, Owner/Operator 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/cars only. Coupons not to be combined 631-612-7152
Autos Wanted DONATE YOUR CAR to Wheels For Wishes, benefitting Make-aWish. We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible. Call 631-317-2014 Today!
Homes for Rent
Open House
GARDEN CITY Stunning Mott Colonial 3 spacious Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, Master Suite w/ private bath, Living Room w/ fireplace, formal DR, Den, large eat in Kitchen, decorated, quiet area, mid block, CAC, finished basement, patio, private backyard, many extras. $4,900 long/short term No Fee 516-739-3907
POINT LOOKOUT OPEN HOUSE Saturday 7/23 12pm-3pm Sunday 7/24 1pm-3pm 25 Inwood Ave 5 BR, 3 Bath 2,400 sf Spacious California Ranch on 3 lots. CAC, LR w/ gas fireplace, built-in Cedar Sauna. Possible M/D with permits. 2 car garage, beach rights. $798,000. MLS #2789823 Christine 631-748-8044 Armstrong Properties, Inc.
Vacation Rental HAMPTON BAYS August thru Labor Day$6,000. Three bedroom cottage with large deck and fenced in backyard. South of Montauk Highway, very close to Ponquogue Beach. Call 516-655-9201 OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Best selection of affordable rentals. Full/partial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily. Holiday Resort Services. 1-800-638-2102. Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com
real estate for sale
Condo/Co-Op For Sale
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GARDEN CITY/HEMPSTEAD BORDER ATRIUM TOWNHOUSE Immaculate. COMPLETELY UPDATED. 2 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 1800sf. Granite Kitchen, Updated Baths, CAC/VAC, 23 x 17 Great Room, Patio 8 x 18, Underground Parking, Great Storage. $380K 516-993-6407 or 516-747-3036
GARDEN CITY Large 3 rooms, 1 Bedroom, updated Kitchen & Baths. Immed occupancy $2,100 up Five rooms, 2 Bedrooms, 2
Baths, FDR, modern Kitchen, wood floors. $3,200 Six room apt. 3 Bedrooms, 2 new Baths,
updated EIK, No Pets. Elevator.
$3,800 up Garden City Properties 516-746-1563/516-313-8504
Lots for Sale ADIRONDACK CABIN 30 acres, $199,900. Rustic U-Finish cabin with lake access, trout stream, woods, just 3 hours from NYC and 40 mins Albany! Several other structures. Terms avail. Call 888-479-3394 NewYorkLandandLakes.com CATSKILL MOUNTAIN LAND BARGAIN! 39 acres, $99,900 Woods, mowed fields, stunning valley views, great deer hunting! 3 hours NYC! Town rd, elect. EZ terms! 888-9058847
MOUNTAIN TOP LIQUIDATION 30 GARDEN CITY PARK HOUSE Mile Views! 4.3 Acres only $29,900. SHARE: First floor, private bedroom 90 mins from the city! Excellent fiand bathroom, full use of basement nancing. Call now 888-320-0920 with separate washer and dryer, share kitchen. Cable and utilities included. Move right in. $1100. Jill Open House 516-354-4340
Condo/Co-op For Rent GARDEN CITY Luxury 2 Br/2 Ba. Doorman, Elevator, W/D in unit. Stainless appliances, granite countertops, no pets. Available August 1, 2016. $3,900/month. 516-8504468 or 516-873-6464 Email: hycarlinsky@yahoo.com Armstrong Properties
Services ** EVON’S SERVICES ** HOME HEALTH AIDES ELDER CARE CHILD CARE AND MORE! We offer the following services: Companions, Home Health Aides/Elder Care Child Care and Housekeeping Laborers Days / Nights Live In or Live Out NO FEE TO EMPLOYERS Call: 516505-5510
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GARDEN CITY BORDER APARTMENTS: Spacious 1 bedroom, $1550+ electric, ALSO 3 bedroom, 2 bath, $2250+ electric, gated parking, laundry room, air conditioning, hardwood floors, near LIRR, NO BROKER FEE. www.gbdapts.com 516-742-1101
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MINEOLA CO-OP Sunday 7/24 1:00pm-2:30pm 3 Birchwood Ct, Apt 5J One Bedroom Madison II Co-op Largest 1 Bedroom unit in complex. New bath, security, parking, laundry room, storage & bike room. Close to LIRR30 min to Penn Station. $195,000.Garden City Properties 516-746-1563 or 516-313-7367
COMPUTER REPAIR AND INSTRUCTION Chaminade Graduate Eliminate viruses, malware, bloatware, adware, spyware Computer Instruction Home & Business Networking Reasonable Rates Call Phil at Aspect Networking 516-830-3366 OR email: support@aspectnetworking.com COMPUTER SERVICES BY GCHS honors graduate, 7 years experience. Set-up, upgrade, repair your computer or custom build one, improve performance, install programs, remove malware, set up printers, back-up drives, provide instruction. Low rates. 917-482-0998
home improvements AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES *Handyman & Remodeling *Kitchen Installations *Furniture Assembly Finish Carpentry *Minor Electrical & Plumbing 23year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Call BOB 516-741-2154 DEVLIN BUILDERS Since 1979. We do all types of improvements including HANDYMAN REPAIRS. No job too small. Bob Devlin 516-365-6685. Insured License H18C730000
home improvements 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/commerical 516753-0268 LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard. 646-996-7628
Painting & Paperhanging JV PAINT HANDYMAN SERVICES Interior-Exterior Specialist Painting, Wallpapering, Plastering, Spackling, Staining, Power Washing. Nassau Lic#H3814310000 fully Insured Call John 516-741-5378
Tutoring ENGLISH TUTOR: Diane Gottlieb M.Ed., M.S.W. SAT/ACT, College Essays, AP, Regents, ELA Test Prep, Reading comprehension and writing proficiency. 917-599-8007 or email: dianegot@gmail.com LongIslandEnglishTutor.com Providing oneon-one professional support to build confidence, knowledge and skills in every student. MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, PreCalc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314 ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ year experience Critical Reading, Writing, Grammar, Essays. Lynne 625-3314 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
Instruction PIANO LESSONS By Ira Baslow. Experience the joy of playing the piano. Private lessons in your home, free no-obligation piano lesson, all levels, all styles, all ages. Beginners a specialty. 516-312-1054 www. iwantmypianolessons.com
Cleaning CLEANING HOMEOFFICE: Weekly, monthly since 1979. Insured/ bonded. Trusted/ reliable. Call Olympia Cleaning 516-883-0359 SPRING INTO ACTION LET US CLEAN YOUR HOUSE WINDOWS GARDEN CITY WINDOW CLEANING Home Window Cleaning Service by Owner Free Estimates Inside & Out Fully Insured 25 Years Experience 631-220-1851 516-764-5686
Cleaning STRONG ARM CLEANING: Residential and commercial cleaning specialist, post construction clean ups, shipping and waxing floors, move ins and move outs. Free estimates. Bonded and insured. 516-538-1125 www.strongarmcleaningny.com
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▼ LEGALS Legal Notice File No.2014-380721/A CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT, NASSAU COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: Winifred T. Lee Maureen Griffith John J. Noon Michael Lee,Jr. James Howard Noon Martin Lee Michael Lee Mary K. Grimes Sara Lee Green Seamus Lee a/k/a James Joseph Lee Tom Lee Peter Carson Rita Flood Shea AKA Marguerita Flood Shea Raymond Flood Kathleen Ruland Elizabeth B. Ehmann James B. Byrne, Jr. Mary Pat Vitelli Richard J. Byrne SureTec Insurance Company Attorney General of the State of New York and any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-law and nextof kin of the said ROBERT E. LEE, deceased, and if any of the said distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest whose names and/or places of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained. A petition having been duly filed by Public Administrator of Nassau County, who is domiciled at 240 Old Country Road,Mineola, New York 11501,United States. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, on OCTOBER 5, 2016, at 9:30 o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why the account of Public Administrator of Nassau County, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator of the estate of Robert E. Lee, should not be judicially settled. (X) Further relief sought (if any): 1. Releasing and discharging the Petitioner from all liability, responsibility and accountability as to all matters set forth in the account of proceedings; 2. Allowing the commissions of the Petitioner in the amount of $ 17,830.36 pursuant to 2307( 1) and the reasonable and necessary expenses of the office in the amount of $4,610.12 pursuant to SCPA 1207(4 3. Fixing and determining the attorney’s fees of Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC attorney for petitioner in the amount of $27,657.93 of which $9,957.93 has been paid and $17,700.00 is unpaid; 4. Fixing and determining the accounting fees of Grassi & Co, CPA’s, PC in the amount of $1,900.00 of which $650.00 has been paid and $1,250.00 is unpaid; 5. Releasing and discharging the surety; 6. Directing the net estate be paid to the New York State Comptroller on account for the unknown next of kin of ROBERT E. LEE, decedent; 7. Granting such other and further relief as to the Court is just and proper. Dated, Attested, and Sealed, JULY 1, 2016 Seal
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HON. MARGARET C. REILLY SURROGATE S/ Michael J. Murphy Michael J Murphy, Chief Clerk Richard T. Kerins, Esq. Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC (516) 538-1111 254 Nassau Blvd., Garden City South, New York 11530 NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you, and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney. WT 143895 4x 7/15, 22, 29, 8/05 #143895
Notice of Formation of MK3 IMAGERY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/29/2016.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, 496 PERSHING BLVD. ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY 11570. Purpose: any lawful purpose. WT 143738 6x 6/17, 24, 7/01, 8, 15, 22, 2016 #143738
Notice of Formation of Goldilocks Real Estate LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/01/2016. 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, 96 Willis Avenue, 2nd Floor, Mineola, NY 11501. Purpose: any lawful purpose. WT 143872 6x 7/08, 15, 22, 29, 8/05, 12, 2016 #143872
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff against ANTHONY DUNCAN ,et al Defendants Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such & Crane LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorney(s) for Plaintiff(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the CCP (CALENDAR CONTROL PART COURTROOM) IN THE NASSAU SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501 on AUGUST 16, 2016 at 11:30 A.M.. Premises known as 11706 240TH STREET, ELMONT, NY 11003. Sec 32 Block 638 Lot 114 & 313. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buidings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $460,796.97 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 4879/13 . ANTHONY FRANCIS IOVINO, ESQ., Referee WT 143888 4x 7/15, 22, 29/ 8/08, 2016 #143888
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Mineola residents fight martial arts studio Continued from Page 2 Trustee Paul Cusato also asked what would happen during the summer when children’s classes could take place during the day and would then overlap with the hours of the dental office. Simons said there would
only be one hour of possible overlap between the two operations because his dental practice is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. “I haven’t thought about it, but the first thing that comes to mind is that parents will drop off the students to the karate studio
and won’t be staying, so parking should not be a problem,” Simons said. Simons said he would ensure that his employees use the parking lot, but said it is impossible to control where patients park. Trustees also said they were concerned about secure storage
of weapons used in hwa rang do training. Simons and the instructors said only wooden swords and rubber nunchucks are used. Also last Wednesday, the Village Board approved an application for a special use permit for the opening of Fury Automotive Inc. at 15 Windsor Court.
The approval of Xin Zheng’s application is contingent upon the fire marshal’s review and approval of the paint spray booth intended for use at the automotive repair and body shop. The next Village Board meeting will take place Wednesday, Aug. 3, at 7:30 p.m.
Pianist’s journey from China to W.P. Continued from Page 3 the piano, she said, she discovered how much she loved performing for people and being on stage. For Hou, the most difficult part of being a pianist is the “passion, discipline, drive and technique” necessary for developing high-level skills, she said. “(N)ot everyone is willing to sacrifice and to dedicate their entire life to music,” Hou said. “I feel that dedication takes courage. It takes commitment, and it’s not easy.” Hou said she inherited a deep level of dedication from her parents. At age 12, Hou began training for auditions for U.S. music schools. At this time, Hou said she admired her father’s bravery as
he quit his job to travel with her so she could study under the best music teachers in China. Her and her parents’ dedication paid off when she was accepted on a full scholarship to the Curtis Institute of Music in New York City in 2000. While the Curtis Institute gave her everything she could dream of — from a grand piano in her apartment to funds for international competitions and training under great musicians — it was a difficult to adjust to living alone in a foreign country, Hou said. Miao Hou “I would call home to talk to my mom and every day both of us would cry on the phone,” Hou had to learn how to cook.” said. “I would feel so lonely and However, she said, she homesick. I didn’t know English. I learned to grow a tough exterior
little by little. Hou credits her drive and ambition to become a world-class pianist with pushing her through her first year in New York City. That drive sent her to her Carnegie Hall debut at age 18 and her first Lincoln Center performance at age 20. After her graduation from the Curtis Institute, Hou said, every school opened its doors for her. She took another full scholarship to the Juilliard School at age 23, where she was No. 1 in her class in the year she auditioned. She later received a Ph.D. in piano performance from Juilliard. Hou said there was nothing more inspiring than studying across from Lincoln Center,
where the greatest musicians were always performing. “It was the best environment to grow as a musician,” Hou said. “We were surrounded by the most talented faculty, and they did not look at us as students, but as individual artists. It is that respect and freedom that made us all unique and creative.” Hou said she envisions the Long Island Tutoring Academy as a cultural hub for the community that will provide free concerts, lectures and events. Her ultimate goal is to show the younger generation how to learn and pursue their dreams efficiently, she said. “I always tell my students that if you can dream it, you can do it,” she said.
Firm offers all-in-one help to N. Shore seniors Continued from Page 22 To begin care, clients are paired up with a registered nurse advocate, who performs a needs assessment, tailoring a specific care plan based on the client’s situation, according to the IKOR website. After needs are determined, advocates create a “life map,” which outlines short-term and long-term solutions. Services recommended by the advocates are then coordinated, and the client begins a schedule of routine monitoring, which adapts as a client’s situation changes. Goldberg was drawn to work with the company after his own experiences, seeing the challenges his parents and others faced with the health-care system, and took the opportunity as a career change, he said. “It’s a wonderful feeling when you can help somebody, so the psychic benefits outweigh just about anything,” Goldberg said. “If I can help somebody, I’m more than happy to.” IKOR’s care management program provides on-call nurses to attend to patient care needs around the clock.
In addition to health-care needs for seniors, the nurses can address environmental and psychological crises. “They’re on call. Essentially we don’t close,” Goldberg said. “There are no business hours because emergencies happen all the time. Hopefully no emergencies happen, but we are ready and able.” Goldberg said the nurses on staff typically have 10 or more years of experience, many with a background in the emergency room and intensive care, and are given additional training for IKOR’s specific type of care. The company’s caregivers can also issue power of attorney authorizations and handle regular financial transactions IKOR troubleshoots problems for the future, Goldberg said, something potential clients and their loved ones don’t always prepare for. “I think what you find with everybody is that people are procrastinators, and we don’t like to think ahead or plan,” he said. “The tendency for everyone is that they unfortunately wait until a crisis occurs, and then they’re forced
Goldberg recalled being able to be reactive and not proactive.” there are no services there,” he The new IKOR branch will said. “If you live there and you to help a friend in Florida arrange serve North Shore Towers, a need services, you basically have hospice care for an ailing parent, 1,800-residence complex in Floral to procure them yourself.” and had a feeling of “nirvana” As a longtime Long Island when he was able to provide aid. Park. The complex is made up of a resident, Goldberg said New York“It’s funny, you grow up hearprimarily senior population, but ers always expect the best, and he ing time and time again, it’s betdoesn’t offer a tailored system of wants seniors and people with ter to give than to receive, and life management services, Gold- special needs in the area to have I think you slowly come to that the level of 1care he would want berg said. CHERRY 1-8 Page - 07-11-16_Layout 7/12/16 2:25 PM realization Page 1 as you become older,” “It’s a wonderful place, but for his family. he said.
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