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Great Neck Wastewater Treatment Plant Receives Grant To Upgrade Environmental Lab

A $200,000 grant will provide updated lab equipment for the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District

JULIE PRISCO

In early November, the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District (GNWPCD) received a $200,000 grant from New York State Senator Anna Kaplan. The grant will find upgrades to the environmental laboratory at the GNWPCD’s wastewater treatment plant located on East Shore Road in Great Neck.

The GNWPCD has provided sewage services for the Great Neck area since 1914, and currently serves more than 25,000 residents and businesses in the villages of Great Neck, Saddle Rock, Kensington, and those parts of Thomaston and Great Neck Plaza east of Middle Neck Road; as well as unincorporated areas north of the Long Island Railroad and a part of Manhasset. The GNWPCD’s mission is to protect human health, our bays and the environment.

The grant will provide state-ofthe-art laboratory equipment to improve wastewater treatment and better protect the environment. The equipment will also allow for more on-site public health data sampling and reduce costs at the public utili ty. Wastewater treatment is utilized to protect the environment and the health of our society.

In a press release from the office of Senator Kaplan, she said, “the work being done at GNWPCD’s environmental laboratory is vital to protecting our public health and our environment. By upgrading this important facility with the latest technology, we can better protect our bays and our groundwater, and we can deliver more efficient and cost-effective service for taxpayers. I’m proud to be able to support this important project by delivering the funding that will get it built.”

“We appreciate the time and effort Senator Kaplan has spent for our District in obtaining this grant,” said Patty Katz, GNWPCD Chairwoman. “The laboratory

upgrades it will provide will help us to continue to protect our environment and further optimize our treatment efficiency.”

The Great Neck Record spoke with GNWPCD Superintendent Christopher Murphy about how the funds from the grant will be used and the various benefits for the wastewater treatment facility and the surrounding community.

“The laboratory that we use now is a repurposed pump station on site. So it was a pump station, and we put equipment there, and we’ve been using it as a lab for about 11 years now. We’ve been making it work,” said Murphy.

According to the office of Senator Kaplan’s press release, “the GNWPCD’s wastewater treatment plant is designed to treat a daily flow of 5.3 million gallons per day. Sewage is transported to the plant via 72 miles of sanitary sewers with the assistance of 10 remote pumping stations.”

As the environmental laboratory is currently configured, there is a limited amount of onsite testing that can be performed due to the lack of equipment and layout available.

“With this grant, we’ll be able to get new counters and new equipment,” said Murphy. “The lab equipment will allow us to do a lot more testing on-site. So it’s going to reduce the amount of offsite testing that we have to have a private lab do, and it’s going to allow us a lot more process con trol because we’re going to know

the results of the lab a lot quicker.”

“We’re going to use the grant for the actual equipment and the work to make the lab a full functioning environmental lab,” said Murphy. “So we’ve already let out the contract to start designing, and we have been in touch with the state and filled out paperwork. We’ve been working with Senator Kaplan’s office and things appear to be moving forward. We work with the state, and we always have that ability and the desire to work with them.”

Tests currently being contracted for outside laboratories to perform will now be done at the GNWPCD. The onsite testing will allow the facility to obtain up-to-the-minute results instead of waiting days or weeks for results. The readily available results will lead to better

treatment, more efficient decision making and savings in utility costs.

In this pandemic era, wastewater surveillance has become more critical to protect public health and track the spread of COVID-19 and, more recently, polio. Laboratories such as the GNWPCDs have been facilitating wastewater surveillance by collecting wastewater samples to measure the amount of the virus in the sample.

“We’ve been involved in the collection of samples for COVID through this pandemic, but more recently, we’ve also been involved with the surveillance of polio,” said Murphy. “So because we’re a cen tralized area where a large section of this part of the island goes to it’s a very convenient sampling source.”

According to the office of Senator Kaplan’s press release,

“COVID-19 can be detected in wastewater as many as three to seven days before increases are seen in the percentage of people who test positive or are hospitalized. It has become very useful for predicting a rise in COVID-19 cases within a community, and more recently, it has helped public health officials track the alarming spread of the polio virus.”

Counties across New York are exploring the option of using wastewater surveillance to track opioids and their metabolites, antimicrobial-resistant pathogens, influenza, RSV, Hepatitis A, and Hepatitis E. Once the new environmental labratory in Great Neck is constructed, such testing could be done there.

To learn more about the work done at GNWPCD visit gnwpcd.net

The Great Neck Water Pollution Control District facility.

Part of the wastewater treatment facility, Oxidation Ditch Treatment. (Photos from the GNWPCD website)

Water reclamation.

Town Kicks Off Massive Toys For Tots Collection Drive Helping Families In Need

North Hempstead Town Supervisor

Jennifer DeSena and the Town Board today announced that North Hempstead will host a massive, month-long collection drive to help benefit needy families and less fortunate children throughout the community during the upcoming holiday season. The Town of North Hempstead will partner with the United States Marine Corps and collect new and unwrapped toys at collection boxes placed at Town facilities through Dec. 16.

“By working together with Major Chuck Kilbride and the dedicated United States Marines on the Toys for Tots program, our goal is to help kids and families in need have a joyous holiday season,” Supervisor DeSena said. “The Toys for Tots Drive this year will be especially crucial, as many families are feeling undue financial burden this holiday season. I encourage all who are able to donate to this wonderful cause, so we

can help make sure that the less fortunate within our community will not have to go without something to bring them happiness this holiday season.”

Over the last 75 years, the United States Marine Corps Toys for Tots program has distributed nearly 550 million toys to more than 250 million children. For those looking to donate to the drive, new, unwrapped toys will be accepted at locations across town.

Toys for Tots Collection Boxes will be located at the following facilities:

• North Hempstead Town Hall – 220 Plandome Rd., Manhasset

• Clinton G. Martin Park - Marcus Ave & New Hyde Park Rd., New Hyde Park

• “Yes We Can” Community Center – 141 Garden St., Westbury

• Port Washington Community Center –80 Manorhaven Blvd., Port Washington (9 a.m. to 3 p.m. only)

• Michael Tully Park – 1801 Evergreen Ave., New Hyde Park

—Submitted by the Town of North Hempstead

Town Officials Attend Kiwanis Club Of ManhassetPort Washington’s Annual Pancake Breakfast

North Hempstead Town Supervisor

Jennifer DeSena and Council Members

Veronica Lurvey and Mariann Dalimonte recently attended the Kiwanis Club of Manhasset-Port Washington’s Annual Pan cake Breakfast on November 6 at Manhas set High School. Attendees were treated to pancakes, coffee, live music, and a 50/50 raffle. The proceeds from the pancake

breakfast are donated to charities focused on child development.

The Kiwanis Club of Manhasset-Port Washington is a community service organization that holds monthly meetings in order to serve the community and help children around the world.

—Submitted by the Town of North Hempstead

residents, saw hundreds of attendees.

The barbeque luncheon recognized

themselves

Event Temple Judea Gala Concert

harm’s way

—Submitted by the Town of North Hempstead

Temple Judea is proud to announce a Gala starring Cantor Deborah Jacobson back again live in concert on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 5 p.m. Temple Judea is located at 333 Searingtown Road, Manhasset NY 11030. (Exit 36 on LIE)

As attendees and online viewers of past performances have noted : “Cantor Deborah Jacobson delivers a performance that is Broadway-worthy and on par with the most entertaining musical performances around the county.”

This year’s concert will feature guest performers from shows including Tony-award-winning The Band’s Visit and Fiddler on The Roof, and musicians from Broadway musicals such as Chicago

It promises to be a significant musical production with Jazz and Broadway tunes as well as classical Jewish melodies.

The Gala will have all the qualities of a delightful musical feast with something for everyone. A reception will follow the concert, sponsored by Hassan Caterers.

For more information and to make reservations to the Gala, call (516) 621-8049. For more information visit www.temple-judea. com

—Submitted by Temple Judea

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena, Councilmembers Peter Zuckerman, Dennis Walsh, and Mariann Dalimonte, along with Town Clerk Ragini Srivastava and Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman, hosted the Town’s annual “Thank You to Our Veterans” event on Nov. 10 at Clinton G. Martin Park. The event, which is a favorite among

the men and women who courageously put

in

to protect America’s freedoms. Attendees were also treated to music, entertainment, and giveaways.

(Left to Right) Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena, New York District Kiwanis Governor Joel Harris, Council Member Veronica Lurvey, and Council Member Mariann Dalimonte. (Photo submitted by the Town of North Hempstead)

Town officials join local veterans for the Town’s Thank You to Our Veterans event. (Contributed photo)

Cantor Jacobson. (Contributed photo)

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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FRIDAY, DEC. 2

Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

4 p.m. (Mary Jane Davies Green) A Town of North Hempstead event. Town Christmas Tree Lighting. Call 311 for more information.

Levels Theatre: Little Women

8 p.m.-10:15 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. (Great Neck Library Levels Teen Center) A “Next Stage” Production, created automonously by advanced students. Acclaimed playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger adapts Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel, in this production directed by El Schader (director of Levels’ Twisted and She Kills Monsters). The story is set during the American Civil War, and follows the lives of the four March sisters-Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy-on their journey to adulthood. Tickets will be available at the Circulation Desk of the Main Library beginning Wednesday, Nov. 16. Tickets are free of charge and are intended to guarantee

seating as space is limited. Visit greatnecklibrary.org for more information.

TUESDAY, DEC. 6

Snowy Stories

11 a.m.-11:30 a.m. (Main Library Large Multipurpose Room 34) ! We will learn about winter weather, animals that hibernate, and more. This program is suitable for children ages 18 months to 4 years with an accompanying adult. Please note that this program includes class dates on Dec. 6, 13, and 20. Visit greatnecklibrary.org for registration information.

Socrates Salon with conversation host

Ron Gross

3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. (Virtual) The zoom room will open at 2:30 pm for pre-conversation meet and greet! Join for this monthly lively conversation facilitated by Ron Gross. Come share your life experiences, knowledge, and wisdom about topics that matter, as we move from small talk to Big Talk. Everyone speaks and everyone listens, because all of us are wiser than any of us. Visit greatnecklibrary.org for Zoom information.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7

Project Independence

12 p.m.-2 p.m. (“Yes We Can” Community Center) A Town of North Hempstead event for seniors. Bridge class. Classes are for

beginners and those with basic knowledge who wish to improve their skill. Call 311 to register or for more information.

Financial Investing Workshops

7 p.m.-8 p.m. (Main Library Community Room) Retirement by Design is a 40-minute presentation that illustrates how you can translate your vision for retirement into tangible goals. Join Vincent E. Sama, Financial Advisor at EdwardJones, in this five-week financial literacy workshop covering the basics of investing, stocks, bonds, fixed income, mutual funds, and saving for retirement. Visit greatnecklibrary.org for more information.

THURSDAY, DEC. 8

Project Independence

12 p.m.-1 p.m. (Roslyn Community Center) A Town of North Hempstead event for seniors. Golden Hearts Bingo and Blood Pressure Screenings. Call 311 to register or for more information.

Dementia Conversations

2 p.m.-3 p.m. (Main Library Community Room) When someone is showing signs of dementia, it’s time to talk. The Alzheimer’s Association Conversations about Dementia program is designed to help you talk with your family about some challenging and often uncomfortable topics around Alzheimer’s and dementia. Brought to you by the Alzhei-

mer’s’ Association Long Island Chapter. Visit greatnecklibrary.org for more information.

How to get Published: A Local Author Roundtable

7 p.m.-8 p.m. (Main Library Community Room) Learn how to become published by five local authors in the NY tri-state area with Tejas Desai (The Brotherhood Chronicle trilogy, Good Americans), Alix Avitabile (Al and Mick Forte series), Ama Karikari Yawson, Esq. (The Talk: A Black Family’s Conversation about Racism and Police Brutality, Sunne’s Gift: How Sunne Overcame Bullying to Reclaim the Gift), Lancelot Schaubert (Bell Hammers), and poet Scott Raven (Sconnets, The Polygons). Visit greatnecklibrary.org for more information.

FRIDAY, DEC. 9

Project Independence

10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. (Hillside Public Library) What Matters to you Men’s Community Group Fall/Winter 2022. A Town of North Hempstead event for seniors. This group is open to all men, age 60 and over, living in the Town of North Hempstead. Come and discuss topics that are of mutual interest to men living in this community. Call 311 to register.

Winter Holidays Celebration 5 p.m. (“Yes We Can” Community Center) A Town of North Hempstead event. Call 311 for more information.

Jane

The Middle East, With A Human Face

Review of: Apeirogon, Colum McCann

present-day actions. It reads like Kurt Vonnegut, minus the satire. The Middle East is about life and death around the clock, and death is a constant presence of every page of this book.

Colum McCann is central to the Irish boom in literature that took off in the 2000s. As with Martin Amis, another native of the British Isles, McCann is now an American and a keen observer of American ways, as evident in his most accomplished novel, Let The Great World Spin

In his latest novel, McCann jumps into the Middle East cauldron. Easy to see why. A native of the Emerald Isle, McCann must see similarities between the sectarian struggles in his homeland and those between Israelis and Palestinians.

Apeirogon is a fictional treatment of two men, Bassam Aramin, a Palestinian and Rami Elhanan, an Israeli, both of whom have lost young daughters to terrorist attacks. To make matters more haunting, Smadar Elhanan was born in the same Hadassah where the young Abir Aramin died in.

This novel does not address the complexities of the ongoing Middle East situation. It

is a novel; the workings of the human heart remain central. Neither man is especially shocked by their daughter’s deaths. They know where they are living. They are united in grief and in the desire for continuing dialogue. They are not especially optimistic for the future. Still, duty must be done. In the past, novels were illustrated by leading artists. This effort contains several stark photographs. The most poignant of those of is of the two young girls who perished. Another is a photo of the two men resting side-by-side on a bus ride to another conference.

To me, the novel gets off to a slow start. The story gets lost amidst the author’s flashbacks, both to historical events and

Speaking of deaths (and resurrections), the author tries out a paragraph on the death of Jesus, which I found distasteful. He addresses the story of Lazarus.

The resurrected man was said to have lived on for another thirty years, long after the death of Jesus. Those around him wondered what Lazarus had seen in the underworld, but it was said that he did not talk when he walked through the streets of Bethany, nor smile anymore, and he never mentioned anything of what he had seen during those four days of death.

My view is that Lazarus, for four days, had dwelled in the promised land. He lived in heaven. Undoubtedly, he enjoyed it. Now he was back in this vale of tears. That probably explains his surly and grumpy behavior (if indeed that was the case). McCann can’t believe that a heaven on earth is possible.

By the middle of the book, the novel takes off. The lives and deaths of the two young girls are as gripping as any recent fiction

you are likely to read. They represent those rare moments where the reader forgets where he is, what time it is, what day it is.

Bonding is cathartic. So too is the joint lectures and appearances.

Bassam gets some relief by telling a hapless U.S. Senator (John Kerry D—MASS) that “you murdered my daughter.” The senator responds by keeping a photo of Abir on his desk.

hapless U.S. Senator (John

Both men have fathered large families. This, I dare say, may be a reason they are able to carry on. The surviving offspring can alleviate the pain.

As with any novelist, the workings of the heart is central to McCann’s fiction.

McCann’s work is also described a healing process, similar to his fellow Irishman

Samuel Beckett who famously proclaimed, “I can’t go on, I’ll go on.” With Apeirogon, McCann expands his fictional universe.

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Helping Nassau County’s Physically Challenged

As a Nassau County Legislator, my main priority is to make the lives of my constituents better. One area that I have particularly focused on is finding ways to help improve accessibility and inclusion for our physically challenged residents of Nassau County. As John Milliken, an expert on this topic has pointed out, the 1.3 billion people in the world who identify as physically challenged are not a niche community, but rather an inspirational movement whose needs must be addressed. Here in Nassau County, the Legislature has taken steps to address those needs.

Late last year, my colleagues and I in the Legislature created an Advisory Council on People with Disabilities. The council was created to advise lawmakers and the county executive on issues relating to people with disabilities and to make legislative and budgetary recommendations to

Five years ago, this column wondered what happened to Black Friday.

I lamented the end of the one-day bargains that had people lining up for hours in the dead of night to secure that three-dollar foot massager at the crack of dawn. Intelligent shoppers would plan their assault on retail locations using military-like precision. It wasn’t enough to know what sales you would be taking advantage of; you needed to know where to go first.

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county government. Recently, the Legislature unanimously approved 11 appointees to the council. What makes this body so important is that it includes physically challenged people who know firsthand the challenges they face so that they can offer meaningful ideas to initiate legislation to improve the

health and independence of all of our residents with disabilities.

Another step the Legislature has taken to improve the lives of the physically challenged in Nassau County is opting into legislation that dramatically increases the low-income exemption on county taxes for both our disabled and senior homeowners. This legislation nearly doubles the maximum income eligibility level to qualify for property tax exemptions for senior citizens and people with limited incomes and disabilities by increasing the new income cap to $58,400 from the prior maximum level of $37,400.

During my tenure as a legislator, I have also continuously supported the NICE Bus System and AbleRide services in Nassau County to provide physically challenged residents with better access to transportation for school, work or medical appointments. This allows

The Death Of Black Friday

Taking advantage of the hundreds of printed circulars they received in the week leading up to Black Friday, they would plot out a course of attack that was second to none.

greater mobility and increases the prospects for those who rely on these means of transport to lead productive lives.

I remain committed to ensuring that our capital projects fully maximize opportunities for accessibility and inclusion for all of our residents, regardless of physical ability. After all, that is what our residents deserve and expect. Stevie Wonder got it right when he said, “We need to make every single thing accessible to every single person with a disability.” I will continue to put that concept into practice for as long as I am a representative in the Nassau County Legislature. Not just because it’s my job, but because I believe it is our obligation as human beings to help each other live happy, productive and fulfilling lives.

Laura Schaefer is a Nassau County Legislator representing the 14th Legislative District

over the world, Amazon touted a “Cyber Monday” after Thanksgiving for all their sales.

Stores advertising limited quantities of your must-have gifts needed to be hit early in the day, or you would be shut out. You could always circle back for something else later in the day. My brother and sister-in-law were the King and Queen of Black Friday shopping.

All that ended thanks to the violence several idiots would perpetrate because they acted like animals when the store doors were finally opened. No retail giant wanted to be associated with violence, so they began offering Black Friday deals all weekend. Some even guaranteed quantities, so it didn’t matter if you showed up on Sunday afternoon. You were getting that big-screen TV for $199.

Many also offered the same Black Friday deals online, so you didn’t have to get out of bed. Just place your order while wearing your pajamas and they will deliver it for free in a few days. Before they took

But this year, retailers have effectively killed Black Friday, rendering it useless.

Target, Kohl’s, Walmart, Amazon, and Best Buy are all advertising Black Friday savings for the entire month of November. What’s left for Black Friday?

It’s not like they are “teasing” us with certain items on sale now and holding back their best deals for Black Friday. Retailers are inviting us to shop early and not wait until Black Friday.

The best result of this new “Black November” is that these retail giants will now be closed on Thanksgiving Day, allowing their employees to celebrate with their

Laura Schaefer

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Happy 118th Anniversary New York City Subway System

On October 27, 1904, the Interborough Rapid Transit company opened the first subway line in New York City. It traveled nine miles from City Hall uptown on the east side of Manhattan across 42nd Street (today’s 42nd Street Shuttle) to Times Square and proceeded uptown to 145th Street and included 28 stations. More than 150,000 riders payed a five cent fare on the first day of service. The original BMT (Brooklyn Manhattan Rapid Transit—today’s B,D,J,M, N,Q, R & Z lines) and IRT (Interboro Rapid Transit—1,2,3,4,5,6,7, Franklin Ave and Times Square shuttles) subway systems were constructed and managed by the private sector with no government operating subsidies. Financial viability was 100 percent dependent upon farebox revenues. They supported both development and economic growth of numerous neighborhoods in the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens. As part of the franchise agreement the owners had to sign, City Hall had direct control over the fare structure. For a period of time, owners actually made a profit with a five cent fare. After two decades passed, the costs of salaries, maintenance, power, supplies and equipment would pressure owners to ask City Hall for permission to raise the fares. This additional revenue was needed to maintain a good state of repair, increase the frequency of service, purchase new subway cars, pay employee salary increases and support planned system expansion. Politicians more interested in the next reelection (and subscribing to the old Roman philosophy of free bread and circuses) refused this request each year, for well over two decades. As a result, in order to survive, owners of both systems began looking elsewhere to reduce costs and stay in business. They started curtailing basic maintenance, delayed purchases of new subway cars, postponed salary increases for employees, canceled any plans for system expansion and cut corners to survive.

In the 1930s, New York City began building and financing construction of the new IND (Independent Subway—today’s A,C,E,F & G lines). This new municipal system sub sidized by taxpayer dollars would provide direct competition to both the IRT and BMT. Municipal government forced them into economic ruin by denying them fare increases that would have provided access to additional badly needed revenues. Big Brother, just like the Godfather, eventually made them an offer they couldn’t refuse. The owners folded and sold out to City Hall.

In 1953, the old New York City Board of Transportation passed on control of the municipal subway system, including all its assets, to the newly created New York City Transit Authority. Under late Governor Nelson Rockefeller in the ‘60s, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) was created. The governor appointed four board members. Likewise, the mayor four more and the rest by suburban county executives. No one elected official controlled a majority of the votes.

The MTA introduced Metro Cards in

PENNER STATION

1996. This provides free transfers between the subway and bus. It eliminated the old two-fare zones, making public transportation an even better bargain. Purchasing a weekly or monthly subway/bus pass reduces the cost per ride and provides virtually unlimited trips. In many cases, employers can offer transit checks to help subsidizes a portion of the cost. Utilize this and reap the benefits. It supports a cleaner environment. In 2021, NYC Transit completed introducing the next generation of fare collection. It is known as One Metro New York (OMNY). Installation of this new state-ofthe-art system is now available to riders at all 471 subway stations. .

New York City Transit has a fleet of 6,500 subway cars with 471 stations serving 5.5 million pre COVID-19 riders. More than three million daily riders have returned. Service is provided on 28 routes, spanning four of five boroughs comprising New York City including Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan and Queens. Only the 500,000 residents of Staten Island have no direct subway connection to the rest of New York City.

The largest subway system in the world has benefited since the 1960s by grant funding pro vided by the Federal Transit Administration. Of the $1.5 billion in annual FTA funding provid ed to the MTA, New York City Transit usually receives a minimum of 70 percent or more than $1.1 billion. These dollars pay for various capital improvement projects which benefit riders. Since the Urban Mass Transportation Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964, New York City Transit has received billions of dollars in federal assistance from Washington. This is a great example of your tax dollars at work.

Let us also give thanks to the thousands of hard-working men and women who maintain and operate our New York City subway sys tem. It is the life line that keeps the Big Apple moving day in and day out.

Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer, who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office. This included the development, review, approval and oversight for billions in capital projects and programs for the MTA, NYC Transit, Long Island Rail Road, Metro North Rail Road, MTA Bus along with 30 other

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NICE Bus Riders And Employees Donate More Than $11,000 In Food And Cash To Island Harvest

Annual campaign supports Bethpage Turkey Drive for Island Harvest

With nationwide inflation adding extra stress on those experiencing food insecurity during the upcom ing holiday season, NICE Bus (Nassau InterCounty Express) recently donated more than $11,000 in food and cash to Island Harvest as part of the Bethpage Annual Turkey Drive.

At the conclusion of a three-week campaign, NICE delivered seven pallets of canned and dried goods—more than 3,200 items which is the equivalent of 27 full shopping carts—donated by NICE riders and employees at collection boxes at NICE Garden City and Hempstead Transit centers.

Additionally, NICE secured 100 frozen turkeys for Island Harvest and made a $5,000 donation to the Island’s largest hunger relief organization.

“NICE Bus and its employees are keenly aware of the struggles some of our neighbors face in feeding their families at this time of year, and they have been supporting the annual Island Harvest drive since we began providing service to Nassau County in 2012,” noted NICE Bus CEO Jack Khzouz.

Serving more than 80,000 riders weekly and covering 1 million miles of service every month, NICE Bus promotes and provides

families. There were quite a few years that Walmart, Target and others would open sometime after dinner on Thanksgiving to avoid the insanity of the projected Black Friday carnage.

So, what do former Black Friday-a-holics do with their free time now?

Unfortunately, I’m not quite ready to do my Christmas shopping in November. Not that I was ever the type of Christmas shopper to be done early and sit back drinking eggnog. I usually did most of my Christmas shopping in the middle of December after I had a better idea of what I wanted to get for gifts.

When the kids were tiny, we would wait for the Sears Christmas catalog to come out and make a wish list as we perused the glossy pages. When they got older, I would take them to Toys-R-Us and walk around the store oohing and aahing while I took copious notes. Then my wife and I would wait until the week before Christmas when there were “extended” store hours and go get everything in one fell swoop.

Sometimes I feel like the old man yelling at the clouds about how much better it was in “my” time. I never did all my holiday shopping on Black Friday, but I certainly took advantage of the great sales now and then. When the pandemic hit in 2020, I

annual support to a number of programs meeting the needs of Nassau County resi dents, including Breast Cancer Awareness, the United Way’s Project Warmth program, and Everyone Rides NICE (in which NICE do nates MetroCards to social service agencies). In addition, NICE Bus provides free transpor tation to athletes and their families during the annual 3-day Nassau County Games for the Physically Challenged.

—Submitted by NICE Bus

found that shopping for presents could be done entirely online. We followed that tradition again in 2021 and never stepped foot inside a retail store.

But once again, corporate greed has taken away the little joy we once had, causing the extinction of Black Friday.

Paul DiSclafani’s new book, A View From The Bench, is a collection of his favorite Long Island Living columns. It’s available wherever books are sold.

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NICE Neighbors: NICE Bus provided more than $11,000 worth of canned/ dried food, frozen turkeys and cash to Island Harvest to support the annual Bethpage Turkey Drive. Collection boxes at the Garden City and Hemp stead transit centers, as well as at NICE headquarters, garnered items to stuff more than 27 shopping carts, and was supported by 100 frozen turkeys

Holly Laessig Of Lucius’ Fave Dance Music Influences

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Dance music has always been a great soundtrack for blowing off steam. For Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe of Lucius, it was certainly the case coming out of the existential melancholy generated by the pandemic. But rather than just listening to some hip-shaking tunes, the duo whose incomparable harmony skills have earned them plenty of side-gig work in addition to becoming a centerpiece of their group’s hallmark sound, poured that energy into Second Nature, their band’s fourth album that was released back in April.

“We started out the pandemic thinking it was only going to be a couple of weeks or months,” Laessig explained. “We figured by the end of all this—not that we’re fully at the end—people are not going to want to be in their head listening to some mopey record. They’re going to want to dance and feel free. ”

Having contributed vocals to projects of a wide range of artists including Roger Waters, Jeff Tweedy, Jackson Browne, John Legend, Mavis Staples, John Prine, Sheryl Crow, Grace Potter and The War on Drugs, the Lucius gals roped in former client-turnedfriend Brandi Carlile for this latest project. Coming along for the ride to help out was storied Americana

producer Dave Cobb, best known for working with country-flavored artists like Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson and Jason Isbell. Suffice it to say that Laessig and Wolfe were surprised by Cobb saying he’d been wanting to make a dance record.

“A few weeks into the lockdown, we decided to start writing some dance music and I think that’s where things started turning around for the record,” Laessig recalled. “Dave Cobb, who produced it with Brandi Carlile, really wanted to make a disco record. We thought that sounded totally bizarre coming from him and we love that.”

Second Nature succeeds in tapping into dance grooves a-plenty with gems ranging from the electro-funk ear worm “Dance Around It,” with its Crow/ Carlile harmonies, to go with an irresistible selfie-stick video and the bubbling “LSD,” to the Afro-pop opening title cut that feels like it shares rhythmic DNA with the spirit of Talking Heads’ Remain in Light

With these kind of good vibes pumping out of Second Nature, Laessig was happy to share some of the jams that helped inform the freeing vibes of Lucius’ latest effort.

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Donna Summer

(December 31, 1948 to May 17, 2012)

“We cover ‘I Feel Love’ in our show. We’ve referenced that track over the years for different reasons. Rhythmically and the bass line is kind of otherworldly and off-kilter a bit. You don’t really think about it until you’re analyzing it and realize it is bizarre, yet awesome. That was definitely a reference for the record.”

David Bowie

(January 8, 1947 to January 10, 2016)

“I think ‘Young Americans’ was probably referenced on this album because we’re huge Bowie fans of every one of his eras. He was a great arranger of background parts and so I think that was something we’re always taking from music for layering. Of course, there’s the two of our voices—we love to play around with that stuff and get the guys involved in the background stuff as well.

Minnie Riperton

(November 8, 1947 to July 12, 1979)

“Another person we referenced a lot going into this record is ‘Les Fleurs’ by Minnie Riperton [off her 1970 debut Come to My Garden]. It feels a little bit like a psychedelic trip and it has these really pretty lilting vocals and feels really light on its feet. We have always loved that song. We’ll be sitting down to arrange something and ask, ‘What if this had a bass line like this song?’ Or what if it had a flute part like on ‘Les Fleurs?’”

Lucius from left: Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe (Photo by Max Wagner)

‘Tis The Season For Mannheim Steamroller

BY DAVE GIL DE RUBIO dgilderubio@antonmediagroup.com

If you were to be asked what artist is the bestselling Christmas artist, answers would invariably range from Elvis Presley and Bing Crosby to Mariah Carey, Josh Groban and Kenny G. But that honor actually goes to Mannheim Steamroller, whose dozen Christmas albums (and counting) have racked up 31.5 million sales worldwide to date. And while Mannheim sounds like the name of a German heavy equipment apparatus, it is actually the nom de plume of Chip Davis, an Omaha-based composer/producer who has been churning out neoclassical new age holiday and secular music under this stage name since 1974. Born Louis F. Davis, Jr., the Ohio native is a musical iconoclast and former child prodigy who went from writing his first piece of music at age six and eventually working at an ad agency writing jingles before founding this musical persona after numerous labels shot down his neo-classical music pitch.

“Christmas music always had a special place in my heart for all the seasonal things that happened, which included my grandmother’s fabulous cooking and all of that. I decided to find out where some of the roots of Christmas music came from. Which is why on the first Christmas, there’s a song called ‘The Christmas Sweet,’ which is a suite of four pieces. I took songs like ‘I Saw Three Ships’ and went back to the origins and played it on instruments that would have been used at that time. Being a wind player, I could pretty much play all of those.”

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Mannheim Steamroller was just my notion of trying to create a sound that was different, but also at the same time had classical roots to it,” Davis explained. “I see it as an eclectic mix of classical forms alongside modern-day rock and roll instruments and some older instruments from the 18th century like the harpsichord. [Those major label execs] said that there wasn’t a place on the shelf for something that was eclectic like that, but at the same time they wanted to know if I could send them a box of my debut album because they wanted to pass it around in their office.”

While it may have been a daunting proposition to go forward on his own, Davis was already experiencing concurrent success via CW McCall, a country music persona created by ad agency client and late friend Bill Fries. With the latter providing the voice, concept and lyrics for McCall, Davis wrote the music. In addition to scoring a number of chart-topping country hits, the duo recorded the global number one hit “Convoy” (and earned Davis the 1976 SESAC Country Music Writer of the Year.) With the metaphorical wind blowing at his back, Davis founded the independent label

American Gramaphone and took the name of his new project from a play on the 18th-century musical technique known as the “Mannheim crescendo.” The first in the Fresh Aire series of records was released in 1975 at a time when the New Age genre was coming into being. Davis’ belief in Mannheim Steamroller found him taking out a loan to finance the first tour.

“On that initial tour, the money was used to cover the costs of playing those first three cities—Omaha, Denver and Salt Lake City,” he recalled. “That was in 1975. Mannheim Steamroller was a five-piece with two keyboards, a bass player that also doubled on lute and other fretted instruments. I was playing percussion and recorder and we had another percussionist. Then when we got to a city, we’d hire a small orchestra to play the orchestral parts that were on the record. Ironically, the band behind CW McCall are the same players that are the Mannheim Steamroller players.”

All this bootstrapping eventually led to Davis indulging his childhood adoration of the holiday season nearly a decade later via 1984’s Christmas.

“I grew up in a pretty small town in Ohio of about 500 people when my grandmother was a piano teacher and my dad was a piano teacher at the school there,” he said.

That fascination with Christmas music led to this genre becoming a cottage industry for Mannheim Steamroller that led to another 11 Noel releases. Further opportunities sprang up and included performing at the White House for the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony three times under three different Administrations in addition to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Davis has also produced Mannheim Steamroller holiday ice-skating shows involving other well-known artists like the late Olivia Newton John, Martina McBride, Kristi Yamaguchi and Brian Boitano. Currently, there are two traveling troupes performing across the country every holiday season with a third ensemble playing at Universal Orlando Resort during the holidays. Hip surgery a decade ago means Davis has hung up his touring shoes (“It’s very tiring. When we first started with the Fresh Aire tours, the band was the crew. We put the stage up and did everything. It was exhausting) and hanging out on his 150-acre farm just north of Omaha. But rather than live the life of a country gentleman, the 75-year-old musician is still intimately involved with the stage shows he promises will tap into the Christmas spirit fans have come to expect.

“These tours are a combination of the live music and sound effects like in some

cases where there is a thunderstorm happening with one of the pieces,” he said. “There is also a multi-media show that includes slides and film. And then of course, the musicians and the live orchestra.”

Davis’ restless creative spirit has continued to yield musical fruit in the past two decades ranging from albums focusing on Disney music (1999’s Mannheim Steamroller Meets the Mouse) and American heritage (2003’s American Spirit) to amassing a notable catalog of natural sounds, from the Tucson desert to the full sonic span of all four seasons in the Midwest highlighted in his Ambience series. His latest creation is Exotic Spaces, a series that find him casting his musical net rather widely.

“What I did was I tried to musically describe places like the Taj Mahal, so that gave me an opportunity to write using sitars and other really cool instruments like tabla and those sort of things,” he said. “Then one of my favorite cuts on it has me using hydrophones [Ed. Note: microphones designed to be used underwater for recording or listening to underwater sounds.] I’ve been a scuba diver since I was in my twenties and with the hydrophones, I actually recorded the song of the whales. I have one of the songs—I say it’s in the Key of Sea. I use the whale song as the melody and it really is in the key of C. I wrote background stuff around the whale song and I had a really fun time doing that because it lined up so perfectly with what I was composing.”

It’s just the latest leg in Davis’ lifelong journey of following his own musical star, a piece of advice he received from a Nashville lawyer many moons ago.

“What I tell any budding young composer or musician is to follow your own star,” Davis said. “Don’t let anybody detract from what you’re doing because it’s you that’s doing it. It’s the only way I know how to do it.”

Mannheim Steamroller mastermind Chip Davis (Photo courtesy of the Music of Mannheim Steamroller)

Page-Turning Gifts

BY LOU GHIRALDI specialsections@antonmediagroup.com

Nothing says the holiday season is upon us more than a slew of new releases in the world of books. And this year is no different, so snuggle up with a cup of hot cocoa by the fireplace and get ready for the best holiday book and gift guide for 2022.

First off is the poignant and personal tome from music icon Linda Ronstadt. Feels Like Home: A Musical Memoir is just that, a trip to Ronstadt’s home from yesteryear. She proudly covers her history and heritage, through anecdotes, fact-based stories and recipes. Even though medical issues have robbed her of her singing voice, Ronstadt comes through loud and clear in this book. A true labor of love and a must-read.

During his career, Paul Newman was known not only as a fine actor, but somewhat of a private man. That’s what makes the story of the autobiography Paul Newman—The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir so remarkable. Back in 1986, the Oscar-winning actor and associate Stewart Stern took on an ambitious task of compiling notes, interviews and recollections from Newman’s family and friends, in the hope of putting together a record of sorts on the man himself. The only stipulation was total honesty, Newman insisted on it from everyone involved. After five years of work, the end result was a brutally honest, moving and down-toearth memoir. Even in passing, Newman was able to tell his own story, his way.

Jerry Seinfeld is back with a retrospective coffee table book-size look at his Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Netflix series. The book is broken down by topics and has some terrific behind-the-scenes photos and conversations from the numerous celebrities who appeared on the program. Comedy legend Steven Martin also has a page-turner called Number One is Walking: My Life in Movies and Other Diversions. Leave it to Martin to share his experiences in film and his career in a comic book-like setting. He does and it works in an entertaining capsule of stories that is a breezy read.

In a similar vein, Bono is out with Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story. Rather than just put out a traditional autobiography, the U2 frontman takes the unique approach of detailing 40 songs and the stories behind them, his thought process and how each reflects another part of himself. It’s a rollercoaster of emotions, insight, heartbreak and joy in a way that only Bono can deliver.

The behind the scenes workings of Big Time Network Television get the once over with three books, from three giants in the business. Each has made historical contributions to the lifeblood of television and continue to do so today. Dick Ebersol’s From Saturday Night to Sunday Night: My Forty Years of Laughter, Fear and Touchdowns in TV takes the reader on his journey from the development of Saturday Night Live in the mid-’70s and his time producing the see BOOKS on page 6B

Olympics to bringing the NFL to Sunday night. Legendary director James Burrows has Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More, which finally puts his cluttered syntax in order. This man’s résumé is so extensive it will take several books to document it all. Think of any popular, groundbreaking, high-quality television show from the last 50 years and chances are James Burrows was a part of it. Enjoyable and

enlightening stories from the making of-, to the success of and end of many shows in his repertoire. As HBO celebrates its 50th anniversary, It’s Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution and Future of HBO looks back at the revolutionary pay cable network. Sharing stories from the development of many popular shows to the business of cable television especially in those early days, HBO has set the standard and it’s all detailed here.

Bo Jackson is regarded as one the best athletes of this or any

other generation, Jeff Pearlman takes a deep dive with The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson. In it, Pearlman recounts the meteoric rise of Jackson, the behind-the-scenes stories of his playing days and sheds a spotlight on what Jackson has meant to sports and society as whole. As people from around the globe are caught up in World Cup fever, now may be a good time to check out Messi vs. Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two GOATS and the Era That Remade the World’s Game. No two bigger

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Hygge:

Hard To Define, But So Much More Than Hype

BY AMANDA OLSEN aolsen@antonmediagroup.com

Do you remember hygge? To many, it’s a hard to pronounce Scandinavian cultural concept that was commodified and slapped on everything fuzzy or foresty a few years ago. Like most marketing gimmicks, that hygge was boiled down to its elements and then repackaged to sell things; in this case it was candles, blankets and books about “how to hygge.“ Turning it into a buzzword takes out all the nuance and depth and replaces it with materialism.

In reality, hygge isn’t about things at all. It’s what you feel when you’re curled up on the couch with a book, someone special cuddled up next to you and a blanket draped across your legs. It’s huddling in front of the woodstove, your seat just far enough away from the heat to make it comfortable, the murmur of voices all around you. It’s a cup of your favorite

drink in your hands, watching snow fall past your window. It’s yarn passing through your fingers as you knit or crochet something warm for a dear friend.

Hygge is being in the moment, being present. As such, it can really happen at any time of year. Hygge is at the beach when your child brings you the perfect piece of sea glass, or in the forest, when the

sunlight filters through the trees to light up your loved one’s hair. The soft brush of your pet’s fur on your cheek can also be hygge. Or falling asleep in a hammock. Or running outside in the rain. If you’re with someone you love, it’s hygge.

Part of the reason why people associate hygge with winter is because the weather (at least in much of the Northern Hemisphere) forces you to slow down. It’s cold, the days are short, and for a long time there is too much snow to get around easily. If you don’t find a way to enjoy the small things, you’ll go a little twitchy by spring. Winter is the time for slowness, for conserving energy, for being at rest.

At its core, hygge is intimate. After all, you don’t have that cozy, warm feeling about spending time with just anyone. These are moments of connection, between you, the people you love and your surroundings. It is a gathering, a joining together. People talk about being grounded, and that’s hygge too, but you must also be interconnected. It’s hard to have hygge alone.

It’s likely you’ve already experienced hygge. That deep, resonant peace you feel being with the people who mean the most to you is hygge. There’s no formula, no path, no stepby-step to follow. It can’t be found in a book. The best way to experience hygge is your way, whether that’s candles and blankets, wool sweaters and boots, or a cabin with a woodburning stove. If you are surrounded by the people you love, you’ve got the right idea.

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A perfect recipe for hygge.

A julenisse, or Christmas elf (Photo by Amanda Olsen)

Krumkakker and greenery set a festive mood. (Photo by Amanda Olsen)

Norwegian Christmas Cookies

BY AMANDA OLSEN aolsen@antonmediagroup.com

Cookie traditions everywhere are practically sacred, and Norwegian Christmas sweets are no exception. Families pick seven varieties of cookies to bake and then exchange them with neighbors and friends. They vary from simple to...intense. Some require special equipment, a whole afternoon and an extra set of hands, but for many all you need is some time and love to get started. Invite a loved one to join in and you may find yourself some hygge as you bake!

Brunpinner (Brown Sticks)

3/4 cup butter (softened)

1 cup sugar

1 egg yolk

1 tsp inverted syrup (you can substitute light corn syrup, but inverted syrup is available online and in some specialty grocery stores)

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp baking soda

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 egg, beaten (a room temperature egg is best)

Pearl sugar or chopped almonds

Cream butter and sugar together well. add vanilla, inverted syrup, and egg yolk. In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients. Add to mix in three batches. Once combined, remove from mixer to a floured surface and knead lightly, then chill for 15 minutes to overnight. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350F. Line several cookie sheets with parchment

paper and set aside. Remove the dough from the fridge and divide into three balls. Place on a lightly floured surface, flatten each in a long strip; put the strips on the parchment paper. Brush whole surface with the beaten egg and sprinkle with almonds and pearl sugar, if desired. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until (more) brown. Cut on the diagonal while hot. Try not to eat them all in one go.

Sandbakkel (sand pastry)

These cookies do require a set of special tins to make. They are available online.

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 egg, beaten (best at room temperature)

1/4 tsp almond extract OR 1 tsp. cardamom (optional; pick one or the other, or neither if that is your preference. Or both, why not?)

3 cups flour

1 pinch salt

Preheat oven to 375F. Grease tins thoroughly with shortening. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and almond extract, if you are using it. Combine dry ingredients seperately. Add to wet ingredients in three batches, once each has been thoroughly incorporated. Take approximately 1 tablespoon of dough, roll it into a ball, and press that ball from the center of the tin outwards towards the edges.They should be thin along the edge with a depression in the middle. Arrange on a cookie sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes, until golden brown. Cool on a rack in the tins. Once cool, tap gently on the bottom to release. Try not to eat them all, please.

Sandbakkel tins. (Photo by Amanda Olsen)

Sandbakkel cookies. (Photo by Amanda Olsen)

Brunpinner cookies. (Photo by Amanda Olsen)

Holiday Gifts For Your Ears And Eyes

BY DAVE GIL DE RUBIO dgilderubio@antonmediagroup.com

Miles Davis - That’s What Happened 1982-1985: The Bootleg Series Volume 7 (Columbia/Legacy)

The 3-CD set includes two discs of previously unreleased studio material—from the Star People, Decoy and You’re Under Arrest sessions and a third disc showcasing Miles Davis Live in Montreal on July 7, 1983; the collection comes in a slipcase with individual album mini-jackets and a booklet featuring liner notes by Marcus J. Moore and revelatory new interviews with Miles’ ‘80s players including Vince Wilburn, Jr. (drummer and bandmate), John Scofield (electric guitarist), Darryl Jones (bassist), Marcus Miller (bassist) and Mike Stern (guitarist). (3-CD/2-LP)

Blondie—Against The Odds 1974-1982 (Capitol)

The first-ever authorized and indepth archive in Blondie’s history, features all six studio albums—Blondie (1976), Plastic Letters (1977), Parallel Lines (1978), Eat to the Beat (1979), Autoamerican (1980) and The Hunter (1982). Also included are a best of the outtakes and rarities from the Super Deluxe Collectors’ Edition, remastered from the original analog tapes. All the hits are here, of course, but the real story lies in the unreleased material, ranging from early demos to a cover of the Doors’ “Moonlight Drive.” (8-CD)

Billy Joel- Live At Yankee Stadium (Columbia/Legacy)

Shot live on 16mm color film on

June 22 and 23, 1990, at the iconic Bronx stadium, the original concert has been re-edited. The new version includes a never-before-released performance of “Uptown Girl,” interviews with Billy Joel, and behind-the-scenes footage from the event’s production. (Digital, 2-CD+ Blu-ray /3-LP)

The Beatles - Revolver Special Edition (Capitol)

Features a new mix by Giles Martin and Sam Okell, plus the original mono mix, a 4-track EP, 28 session takes and home demos, a 100-page book with a foreword by Paul McCartney, an essay by Questlove, detailed track notes, photos and ephemera including handwritten lyrics, tape boxes and extracts from Klaus Voormann’s graphic novel on the making of the cover art. (5-CD)

Eric Clapton – Nothing But The Blues (Super Deluxe Edition) (Rhino/Warner Records)

This soundtrack to the documentary of the same name features more than an hour of previously unreleased live performances recorded in 1994 during the legendary guitarist’s tour supporting his Grammywinning, multi-platinum blues album From the Cradle. The Super Deluxe Edition comes with the documentary on Blu-ray, the soundtrack on both 2-LP vinyl and CD, a bonus CD with four extra tracks “Driftin’,” County Jail Blues,” “Kid Man Blues,” and “It’s Too Bad,” and an exclusive hardcover book with memorabilia, including a numbered lithograph,12x24 poster, Clapton guitar string set, custom guitar picks and an exclusive bandanna. (2-LP/CD/Blu-Ray)

Aerosmith - 1971: The Road Starts Hear (UMe)

This historic early recording of Aerosmith in their rehearsal room features never-before-heard performance showcasing the quintet’s nascent raw talent the year before they were signed to Columbia Records and two years before their eponymous debut. Completists will salivate over embryonic versions of “Dream On” and “Mama Kin.” (CD/LP).

Dio – Holy Diver (Super Deluxe Edition) (Rhino/Warner Records)

The collection comes with two versions of Holy Diver. The first is a new mix of the album made by Joe Barresi (Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, Slipknot). He used the original analog tapes to remix all nine tracks on the album. The second is a newly remastered version of the original 1983 mix. The Super Deluxe Edition also features unreleased live performances and outtakes, along with a selection of rarities from the era. (4-CD)

Tedeschi Trucks Band - I Am The Moon I-IV (Fantasy)

Compromised of four separate albums, this box set features 24 original tracks inspired by the classic Arab poem “Layla and Majnun.” There are also four accompanying short films and detailed essays by music journalist David Fricke at the band’s website. (4-LP/4-CD)

Madonna – Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones (Rhino/Warner Records)

New career-spanning chronological compilation celebrates Madonna’s record 50 #1 club hits across four decades and includes her favorite remixes, rare and unreleased versions, Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones flows in mostly chronological order, from 1983’s “Holiday” to 2019’s “I Don’t Search I Find,” with remixes by some of the biggest and most influential DJs of all time including Shep Pettibone, William Orbit, Honey Dijon, and Avicii). (3-CD).

Joni Mitchell – The Asylum Albums (1972 – 1975) (Elektra Catalog Group)

Spotlight goes to Mitchell’s moving away from her folk roots to a sound more influenced by jazz fusion on a string of albums starting with For the Roses (1972) right through Court and Spark (1974) The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) and Miles of Aisles (1974) (5-LP/4-CD)

David Bowie – Divine Symmetry (Parlophone)

This set focuses on the development of the 1971 album Hunky Dory. Included are demos, new alternative mixes by original co-producer Ken Scott, the early mixes, a legendary live show from September 1971, a BBC Session and BBC In Concert from 1971 all on CD. The Blu-Ray features the definitive 2015 remaster of the original Hunky Dory album and an alternative journey through the album using the alternative mixes. The book set will be a hardcover book housed in a hard slip case. (4-CD/Blu-ray)

Tina Turner – Break Every Rule (Deluxe Edition) (Parlophone)

The follow-up to Turner’s 1984 comeback album Private Dancer, Break Every Rule includes the hits “Typical Male” and “What You Get Is What You See” along with guest appearances by Bryan Adams, Mark Knopfler, Phil Collins and more. (3-CD/2-DVD)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Live

At The Fillmore, 1997 (Warner Records)

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers famously played 20 nights at the storied Fillmore venue in San Francisco in 1997. Six of the shows were professionally recorded and this release features many of the high points of the residency. The small venue allowed the band to vary their sets each night; they included re-arranged and distinctive versions of their hits, deep cuts, and many cover versions. (6-LP/4-CD)

George Michael Older (Aegean/Epic/ Legacy)

Older was Michael’s third album as a solo artist and would see him experimenting with new musical styles and expanding his artistic horizons. Limited Deluxe Edition Box Set (5-CD/3-LP) and available digitally.

The Rolling Stones - At The El Mocambo (Interscope)

Portions of Live At The El Mocambo leaked out over the years, either on bootlegs or on Love You Live, but the full 1977 performance captures the Rolling Stones at the pivotal moment when Ronnie Wood joined as their second guitarist. Also included is an extended set of classic blues covers. (2-CD)

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WE LOVE OUR PETS

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Dogtopia, one of the nation’s leading dog daycare, boarding and spa franchises, has opened its newest location in Garden City Park.

The new Dogtopia location is operated by Thomas Smith and Prima Gupta. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in cyber security from SUNY Farmingdale in 2019, Gupta worked in the daycare industry for six years. While working at PetSmart as the assistant hotel manager and at the Humane Society, Gupta knew she had a passion for caring for all animals. Now the general manager at the new Dogtopia center, Gupta is looking forward to offering exceptional services to the dogs and their pet parents.

“I am excited Dogtopia is expanding throughout the Long Island area,” said Gupta. “Long Island is a diverse and beautiful community that is also under-resourced with pet enrichment wellness services. I really love the Dogtopia model and feel it benefits the overall health of local dogs. We are not just a daycare, we are a group of caring, dog loving individuals who genuinely love our jobs.”

Providing personalized care for Garden City Park pups in a fun, safe and comfortable environment, Dogtopia sets the industry standard among dog daycares with its three key benefits: education, exercise and socialization. As pet adoption soared during the pandemic, it is crucial for pet parents to give dogs the proper socialization to prevent separation anxiety that may have developed in lockdown. Dogtopia is the perfect place for pups to gain those important social skills and play

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with new furry friends.

Dogtopia’s environment allows dogs to feel comfortable, enjoy plenty of playtime and exercise, and the various playrooms offer fun for dogs of

similar size and temperament. Each playroom has compressed rubber flooring to ease joints, prevent slipping and promote safer play. Dogtopia gives each dog an opportunity to stay active

throughout the day in an environment that is safe and clean.

Dogtopia of Garden City Park is located at 2489 Jericho Turnpike, on the far east end of the shopping plaza, abut the new Lidl grocery

Founded in 2002, Dogtopia is an early pioneer and innovator in the pet services industry, offering an experience focused on wellness, quality of care, safety and transparency in the market. The ultimate destination for improving the physical and mental well-being of dogs and pet parents, Dogtopia helps our furry friends live long, healthy, and happy lives with services that address canine wellness in a holistic manner. Pet parents have the assurance of leaving their beloved furry family members in the hands of trained professionals in an environment created with the safety of dogs in mind, including an open-play environment with comfortable rubber flooring to ease joints and paws, top quality meals and snacks, as well as webcams for pet parents to check in on their pups. For more information, visit www. dogtopia.com.

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HOROSCOPES

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You set your sights high while you stay grounded in the work that needs to be done. is is a step-by-step process, and you’re committed to knowing every step rsthand. is makes it easier for you to teach others when it’s time to delegate. Your brilliant plan will consist of simple measures and a lot of repetition.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). If you have trouble being consistent, it’s only because you are so imaginative. Just know that you’re in a “rinse and repeat” cycle now. e success of a project will be all tied into your willingness to keep going. e week calls for the same thing you’ve been doing, but you don’t have to do it exactly the same way.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Don’t worry about your timing because you’re not in control of life’s rhythms and tempos. Stay present and know you are part of the grand machinery. Life will wait or hurry to greet you as needed. No matter how busy a person is or how rushed a circumstance seems, the right moment will form to fiit and hold you.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You may assess a situation to know your next move, but you’re not responsible for passing judgment on it. Deciding what you’re going to do is di erent from deciding what should be done. You’ll embrace the freedom in letting things be. You’ll enjoy loads more energy for yourself because you keep to your own business.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Oddly, it is easier to be happy when you’re not in love. Whether it’s a person, a job or other, being extremely passionate about it puts the stakes so high that it’s hard to interact in a relaxed way. Burn for a thing and you may burn out. Turn down the emotional heat and you’ll smile more and operate at a higher level.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’re so aware of your energy supply this week. You wake up with a certain amount to give to your various roles, and once it runs out, so does your ability to focus. Planning and prioritizing are a forte of yours these days. You’ll put the important things rst, and the fullness of your attention will ow to what matters most.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It is your pleasure to learn a little something about everything you come into contact with this week, though you will not often do this in an obvious way. e question doesn’t have to leave your lips to get an answer. You’ll ask with your mind and let your observations inform you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’re a person who others nd easy to remember. is has its pros and cons this week. ere’s something you want people to do, a message you want to impart or a platform you stand on. It will have lasting impact coming from you. e downside is that you must always be on your best behavior.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Stay open to social options this week, as they will certainly be available to you. Most relationships start casually as people nd themselves in the same vicinity with similar interests. A courteous exchange is really all it takes to spark the feeling that it would be worthwhile to get to know someone better.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Rushed communication will be miscommu nication. Take your time. ere’s no need to decide everything in a day. Some conversations simply serve the purpose of putting a topic on the table for further discussion. Relationships get stronger this week as you look past aws and see the good intentions of others.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Growth is seldom comfortable. You thrive on the sense that you’re improving. ough you’re surrounded by familiar faces, this week the curtains open on a fresh scene. You’ll witness the in uence that an environment can have on people and be surprised at the di erent facets that are brought out by new light.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You are faithful, loyal and true, so it is very di cult for you to process the startling reality that others are not this way. Your admirers and people who would be excellent new additions to your team will come in pairs. Also, if you don’t have the right team, this is the perfect week to make changes.

THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS

Success is never an outcome. is year, more than ever, you are more in touch with the feelings and tones of things, which are the best indicators of an endeavor’s success. Love is your default, and you won’t have to try very hard to nd reasons to appreciate the people in your life. Seeing the best in others is the stellar superpower that will take you from your current position to the one you desire. One decision at the year’s end will change your personal history in dozens of ways.

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WORD FIND

This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated below. Find the listed words in the grid. (They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once.) Ring each word as you find it and when you have com pleted the puzzle, there will be 20 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.

Green thumb Solution: 20 Letters

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Take this case where Sylvia was South. She had heard somewhere a rule about second hand playing low. Apparently, she did not under stand that this principle applied only to the defenders and not the declarer.

So, when West led the jack of clubs, it did not occur to Sylvia to play the queen to try to avoid a club loser. The thought that West might have led from the king was super seded by what she thought was the automatic rule of second-hand low.

Sylvia then ducked the jack in her own hand also, and West played another club. Sylvia took East’s king with the ace, ruffed a club, discarded a heart on the ace of dia monds, ruffed a diamond and trumped her last club. As a result, she lost only a club, a spade and a heart, and so made four spades.

Of course, if Sylvia had covered the jack of clubs with the queen at

one, East would sooner or later have gained the lead with a club and returned a heart through her king to set the contract.

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Boy Scout Troop 10 Completes 5 Mile, 500 Feet Elevation Hike

“The Giant Stairs” at Alpine Reservation Camp, New Jersey

On a beautiful weekend at the end of September, Boy Scout Troop 10 of Great Neck had an action-packed camping overnight weekend. Thirty-three scouts and several adults camped at Alpine Scout Reservation on the Palisades in New Jersey. The main activity for the day was a fairly strenuous hike. Scouts descended about 500 feet on switchbacks down the Palisades cliffs to the Hudson River.

The troop then traveled north and within a half a mile came upon the Giant Stairs,

0.55 mile long rock fall with treacherous footing. That part of the hike was challenging mentally, and physically, and took about two hours to conquer. The scouts made it through that section and so did the adults.

They continued north and crossed the state line into New York. Continuing north, they reached the Peanut Cascade and ruins of an Italian garden built in the 1900s when the area was privately owned. There, the scouts lunched and rested, sort of, and then begin the ascent. The troop went up about

400 feet and then joined a section of the Long Path and travelled south back to the starting point. Round trip was about 5 miles. Back at the campsite, the scouts gathered wood for the campfire, and some scouts demonstrated to the older scouts skills regarding knife, ax and saw, and fire building and safety and others were taught those skills by the older scouts. Dinner was cooked by patrol on camp stoves, and after cleanup a nice big campfire and s’mores were enjoyed by all. All were up early the

next morning, cooked breakfast, cleaned up, broke camp, and left the site cleaner than we found it.

Troop 10 meets at the Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department on 25 Prospect St. on Mondays at 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on school days. If you are interested in joining Troop 10, please contact Dr. Dwight J Rosenstein at djrosenstein@gmail.com.

—Submitted by Dr. Dwight Rosenstein, Scoutmaster

OBITUARY

Elaine Maier

Elaine Maier passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Sept. 28. She was 91 years old. She lived in Great Neck for most of her life before moving to Florida several years ago.

Elaine is preceded in death by her father, August Maier, and her mother, Selma.

She is survived by her three children Douglas (Diane) Marcy, Paul Marcy, and Michele Marcy. She is the loving grandmother of Thomas (Deirdre), Rachel (Wes), Kyle (Cristen), Andrew (M.J.) and Katie and great-grandmother to: Cole, Parker (late), Reid and Cameron. She is also survived by loving in-laws, nieces, nephews and a host of long-time friends.

A celebration of her life was held on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Pinelawn Memorial Park and Arboretum in Farmingdale. Donations can be made in Elaine’s memory to Suncoast Hospice Foundation (5771 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater, FL 33772, www. suncoasthospicefoundation.org).

LEGAL NOTICES

GREAT NECK

that the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Great Neck Estates will hold a public hearing on December 19, , 2022, at 8:00 pm, at the Village Hall, 4 Atwater Plaza, Great Neck, New York, at which time all interested persons may be heard with respect to the following proposed local laws: Bill GNE 2022E. A local law to amend the Code of the Village of Great Neck Estates, in relation to establishing the Business Overlay District. At the said time and place, all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard with respect to the said proposed local laws.

The Board of Trustees has determined that it is the Lead Agency for review pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, has classified the proposed action as a Type I Action, and has accepted an Environmental Assessment Form with respect to the proposed action., Copies of the proposed local laws are available for inspection at the Village Office, 4 Atwater Plaza, Gret Neck, New York 11021 during reg-

ular office hours.

The Village complies with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Persons with special needs should contact the Village Administrator’s office at 516-482--8283 at least three business days prior to the hearing, so that reasonable efforts may be made to accommodate such needs.

Dated: November 21, 2022 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF GREAT NECK ESTATES 11-30-2022-1T-#236018-GN

LEGAL NOTICE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Village of Great Neck Plaza will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 7:00 PM at the Village Hall, Two Gussack Plaza, Great Neck, New York to consider a Conditional Use Permit for Alfred Marochini to operate a corporate headquarter to be known as Online Meditation Ev.ents.com located at 40 Middle Neck Rd., Great Neck, NY.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all persons interested in this matter will be given an opportunity to be heard at the public meeting.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VILLAGE OF GREAT NECK PLAZA

Ted Rosen, Mayor

Patricia O’Byrne, Clerk-Treasurer

11-30-2022-1T-#236045-GN

LEGAL NOTICE

VILLAGE OF LAKE SUCCESS, NEW YORK

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on November 21, 2022, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lake Success, in the County of Nassau, New York, adopted the bond resolution entitled: “Bond Resolution of the Village of Lake Success, New York, adopted November 21, 2022, authorizing the construction of improvements to various roads in the Village, stating the estimated maximum cost thereof is $1,200,000, appropriating said amount for such purpose, and authorizing the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of not to exceed $1,200,000 to finance said appropriation,” an abstract of such bond resolution concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows:

FIRST: AUTHORIZING said Village to construct improvements to various roads in the Village; STATING the estimated maximum cost thereof, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $1,200,000; APPROPRIATING said amount

for such purpose; and STATING the plan of financing includes the issuance of not to exceed $1,200,000 bonds of the Village to finance said appropriation, and the levy of a tax upon all the taxable real property within the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and interest thereon;

SECOND: AUTHORIZING the issuance of not to exceed $1,200,000 bonds of the Village pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York (the “Law”) to finance said appropriation;

THIRD: DETERMINING and STATING that (a) the period of probable usefulness of the object or purpose for which the bonds are authorized is fifteen (15) years; (b) the proceeds of the bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of the bond resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are authorized; and (c) the proposed maturity of said bonds will exceed five (5) years;

FOURTH: DETERMINING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING

to their payment the faith and credit of the Village;

FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals thereof;

SIXTH: STATING the conditions under which the validity of the bonds or any notes issued in anticipation thereof may be contested; and

SEVENTH: DETERMINING that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive referendum.

DATED: November 21, 2022 PATRICK FARRELL Village Clerk 11-30-2022-1T-#236049-GN

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the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of not to exceed $100,000 to finance said appropriation,” an abstract of such bond resolution concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows:

of said bonds may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of the bond resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are authorized; and (c) the proposed maturity of said bonds will exceed five (5) years;

FOURTH: DETERMINING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING to their payment the faith and credit of the Village;

VILLAGE OF LAKE SUCCESS,

NEW YORK

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on November 21, 2022, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lake Success, in the County of Nassau, New York, adopted the bond resolution entitled: “Bond Resolution of the Village of Lake Success, New York, adopted November 21, 2022, authorizing the construction of a salt shed, stating the estimated maximum cost thereof is $100,000, appropriating said amount for such purpose, and authorizing

FIRST: AUTHORIZING said Village to construct a salt shed; STATING the estimated maximum cost thereof, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $100,000; APPROPRIATING said amount for such purpose; and STATING the plan of financing includes the issuance of not to exceed $100,000 bonds of the Village to finance said appropriation, and the levy of a tax upon all the taxable real property within the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and interest thereon;

SECOND: AUTHORIZING the issuance of not to exceed $100,000 bonds of the Village pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York (the “Law”) to finance said appropriation;

THIRD: DETERMINING and STATING that (a) the period of probable usefulness of the object or purpose for which the bonds are authorized is thirty (30) years; (b) the proceeds of the bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation

FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals thereof;

SIXTH: STATING the conditions under which the validity of the bonds or any notes issued in anticipation thereof may be contested; and

SEVENTH: DETERMINING that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive referendum.

DATED: November 21, 2022 PATRICK FARRELL Village Clerk 11-30-2022-1T-#236048-GN

The view atop Palisades Cliffs.

The Giant Stairs at 500 feet elevation. (Contributed photos)

Sephardic Singer Yahala Lachmish To Perform At Temple Beth-El

Jerusalem-based musician, cantor, paytanit (poet) and singer Yahala Lachmish will perform at a special concert, entitled “From Jazz to Hijaz”, at Temple Beth-El of Great Neck on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m.

A daughter of the small but tightknit Lebanese-Jewish expatriate community, Yahala will sing and tell her personal story—as her musical journey reconnects her to her Sep hardic roots.

During the performance, she will share melodies from around the globe along with piyutim (liturgi-

cal poems). Her powerful, Middle Eastern vocal style and contemporary touch create an Israeli multicultural mix that unites rhythms, sounds and traditions from east and west for a refreshing take on Jewish music.

For 25 years, Yahala has been performing melodies from around the world as a solo artist, in various ensembles (such as Tandu and Voca Shabbat) as well as in orchestras. She is the musical director and conductor for the National Singing Communities (Kehilot Sharot) in Israel and musical director and

cohead of prayer in Jerusalem’s Kehilat Zion Synagogue.

The Jerusalem-based cantor lec tures and leads services at the Mid reshet Beit Prat (previously known as Ein Prat), which brings secular and observant Israelis together for Jewish learning and exploration.

Yahala holds a BA in composition from the Jerusalem Academy of Mu sic and accompanies the Sephardic track of the Ashira Tehilot program for musicians and cantors at the Schechter Institute in Jerusalem. She also teaches Biblical trope and sessions on Jewish liturgical poems.

Founded in 1928, Temple Beth-El is Great Neck’s first synagogue. To hear Yahala, buy tickets or get more information, visit www.tbegreat neck.org/events/yahala-lach mish-concert, call 516-487-0900 or email info@tbegreatneck.org.

—Submitted by Temple Beth-El of Great Neck

Town Officials Attend Vigilant Engine Hook & Ladder Co. Wetdown

North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena and Councilmember Veronica Lurvey attended the Vigilant Engine Hook and Ladder Co.’s wetdown ceremony on October 23. The event was held to celebrate the addition of a new fire engine and ambulance to the fleet. Vigilant Engine Hook and Ladder Co. has been around since 1904 and protects the residents and families of the Great Neck community.

—Submitted by the Town of North Hempstead

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LEGAL NOTICE

VILLAGE OF LAKE SUCCESS, NEW YORK

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on November 21, 2022, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lake Success, in the County of Nassau, New York, adopted the bond reso lution entitled: “Bond Resolution of the Vil lage of Lake Success, New York, adopted November 21, 2022, authorizing the con struction of improvements to cart paths at the Village golf course, stating the estimat ed maximum cost thereof is $50,000, appropriating said amount for such purpose, and authorizing the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of not to exceed $50,000 to finance said appropriation,” an abstract of such bond res olution concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows:

FIRST: AUTHORIZING said Village to construct improvements to cart paths at the Village golf course; STATING the estimated max imum cost thereof, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and the fi nancing thereof, is $50,000;

APPROPRIATING said amount for such purpose; and A ING the plan of financ ing includes the issuance of not to exceed $50,000 bonds of the Village to finance said

appropriation, and the levy of a tax upon all the taxable real property within the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and interest thereon;

SECOND: AUTHORIZ ING the issuance of not to exceed $50,000 bonds of the Village pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York (the “Law”) to fi nance said appropriation;

THIRD: DETERMINING and A ING that (a) the pe riod of probable usefulness of the object or purpose for which the bonds are autho rized is fifteen (15) years; ( ) the proceeds of the onds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of the bond resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are autho rized; and (c) the proposed maturity of said bonds will exceed five (5) years;

FOURTH: DETERMIN ING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes is sued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING to their payment the faith and credit of the Village;

FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds and

any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals there of;

SIXTH: STATING the conditions under which the validity of the bonds or any notes issued in anticipation thereof may be contested; and

SEVENTH: DETERMIN ING that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive ref erendum.

DATED: November 21, 2022

PATRICK FARRELL Village Clerk 11-30-2022-1T-#236047-GN

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VILLAGE OF LAKE SUCCESS, NEW YORK

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on November 21, 2022, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lake Success, in the County of Nassau, New York, adopted the bond reso lution entitled: “Bond Resolution of the Vil lage of Lake Success, New York, adopted November 21, 2022, authorizing the con struction of a spill pad, stat ing the estimated maximum cost thereof is $100,000, ap propriating said amount for such purpose, and authorizing the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of not to ex ceed $100,000 to finance said appropriation,” an abstract of such bond res olution concisely stating the

purpose and effect thereof, being as follows:

FIRST: AUTHORIZING said Village to construct a spill pad; STATING the esti mated maximum cost thereof, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $100,000; APPROPRIAT ING said amount for such purpose; and STATING the plan of financing includes the issuance of not to exceed $100,000 bonds of the Village to finance said appropriation, and the levy of a tax upon all the taxable real property within the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and interest thereon;

SECOND: AUTHORIZ ING the issuance of not to exceed $100,000 bonds of the Village pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York (the “Law”) to fi nance said appropriation;

THIRD: DETERMINING and A ING that (a) the pe riod of probable usefulness of the object or purpose for which the bonds are autho rized is ten (10) years; ( ) the proceeds of the bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of the bond resolution for the purpose for which said onds are authorized; and (c) the proposed maturity of said

onds will exceed five (5) years;

FOURTH: DETERMIN ING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes is sued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING to their payment the faith and credit of the Village;

FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals there of;

SIXTH: STATING the conditions under which the validity of the bonds or any notes issued in anticipation thereof may be contested; and SEVENTH: DETERMIN ING that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive ref erendum.

DATED: November 21, 2022

PATRICK FARRELL Village Clerk 11-30-2022-1T-#236046-GN

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.

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SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to 16 MIDDLENECK ROAD #522 GREAT NECK, NY 11021

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Public Hearing Notice

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Thomaston on December 12, 2022 at 7:30 pm at the Village Hall, 100 East Shore Road, Great Neck, NY 11023 concerning appro priation of $500,000 from the Repair Reserve Fund for the purpose of repaving var ious Village roads; replacing

concrete sidewalks, curbs and valley gutters. At said time and place, all in terested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matter. Any person having a disability which would inhibit attendance at or participation in the hearing should notify the Village Administrator at least three business days prior to the hearing, so that reason able efforts may be made to facilitate such attendance and participation.

All relevant documents may e inspected at the office of the Village Administrator, 100 E. Shore Road, Great Neck, New York, during reg ular business hours.

Dated: November 22, 2022

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Denise Knowland, Village Administrator 11-30-2022-1T-#236091-GN

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Jerusalem-based musician, cantor, paytanit (poet) and singer Yahala Lachmish will perform at Temple Beth-El of Great Neck on Saturday, Dec. 10. (Contributed photo)

Vigilant Engine Hook & Ladder Co. wetdown event. (Contributed photo)

From the left; Councilmember Veronica Lurvey, Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti, Senator Anna Kaplan, President of the Vigilant Volunteer Exempts Fireman’s Benevolent Association, Inc. Stephen Goodman, Supervisor Jennifer DeSena, Nassau County Legislator Mazi Melesa Pilip, Great Neck Plaza Mayor Ted Rosen, Village of Great Neck Plaza Trustee Pamela Marksheid, Village of Great Neck Plaza Trustee Michael DeLuccia.

Great Neck Levels Teen Center Presents Little Women

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Dec. 1, 2 and 3 at 8 p.m.

Levels, the teen center in the Great Neck Library, is presenting Little Women, a play based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1, 2 and 3 at 8:00 p.m. at the Library’s Main Building at 159 Bayview Ave. in Great Neck.

Tickets are free of charge, and are intended to guarantee seating as space is limited. Tickets can be requested at the Circulation Desk of all Great Neck Library facilities while they last.

Little Women tells the story of the four March sisters – Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth – and their journey

to adulthood during the American Civil War. This Levels “Next Stage” production features an adaptation of Alcott’s novel by acclaimed playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger, and is directed by El Schader, who previously directed Levels’ Spring 2022 musical, Twisted: the Untold Story of a Royal Vizier.

The cast of local teens includes Sherlyn Dominguez, Talia Elyaho, Kylie Hoffman, Kaj Lopez, Sara Nearenberg, Alyssa Sehn and Izzy Spagnoli. The show is produced by Nina Zar and assistant directed by Roland Chia, with lighting design by Dean Campodonico. Levels, the cultural center for

teenagers located at the Library’s Bayview Avenue branch, presents several theatrical productions a year, all directed, produced and performed by students seventh grade through college-age. “Next Stage” Productions are put together by advanced students independently, using Levels as a co-producer and performance venue.

For more information please contact Levels at (516) 466-8055 ext. 216 or email levels@greatnecklibrary.org.

—Submitted by the Great Neck Public Library

Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi Of Israel Dovid Lau Visits Chabad Of Great Neck

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Teen cast members in rehearsal for Little Women. From the left: Alyssa Sehn, Sherlyn Dominguez, Sara Nearenberg, Kylie Hoffman, Izzy Spagnoli, Talia Elyaho, Kaj Lopez. (Contributed photo)

Israel’s Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi Dovid Lau addressed and responded to topical questions from representatives of the Great Neck community at the invitation of Chabad of Great Neck’s Rabbi Yossi and Chani Geisinsky on Thurs-

evening, Nov. 3, 2022. During the day, the Chief Rabbi visited Chabad’s Silverstein Hebrew Acad emy (SHA).

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From the left: Rabbi Tenenboim, Chabad of Hewlett, who escorted Rav Lau; Great Neck activist, Dr. Paul Brody; Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Geisinsky, Chabad of Great Neck in his private study. (Contributed photo)

Cozy Up And Craft This Season

LAUREN FELDMAN

Everyone is getting comfy as winter arrives on Long Island. For many, the donning of hats, scarves and sweaters is not only to keep warm but also to display their favorite hobby: knitting and crocheting.

Knitting and crochet have been around for centuries. While their exact origins remain a mystery, the earliest known example hails from tenth-century Islamic Africa. In the 1580s, technological advances enabled quicker production of woven yarn textiles. Handcrafting morphed into a leisure activity which persists to this day.

Those who have never tried it might wonder: what exactly is the attraction? Knitting and crocheting have regained popularity in recent years among all age groups, especially during the wintertime as we put on warmer layers. Cozying up on the couch with a craft project is a great way to disconnect from external stressors. Studies show that handcrafting stimulates the release of dopamine in the brain, which is a natural antidepressant that also assists in cognitive function. Knitting and crocheting can both improve mental health and stave off progressive diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

For many, the crafting process signifies the long-awaited return to the fruits of one’s labor. Since the Industrial Revolution, people have felt alienated from their work. Items were produced in factories away from home. In the modern day, items are purchased with ease over a counter or with a click on a

computer. Crafting by contrast allows us to feel the joy of creating something from nothing with our bare hands, and either utilize that item or share it with someone else.

If you’re interested in crafting this season, local stores across Long Island make it easy and fun to get started, or to find a community of fellow crafters. This includes Port Washington’s The Knitting Place, Roslyn’s Knit, and Infinite Yarns in Farmingdale.

Not only a cozy hobby for colder months, knitted and crocheted items are also popular gifts to make for the holidays. “Knitters like to share their craft,” says Dina Bakhash Mor, owner and founder of The Knitting Place. When asked about popular holiday products, she points to accessories, such as gloves or scarves, and sweaters. Cheryl Lavenhar, owner of Knit, adds that hats and cowls are also common creations. For those

in need of inspiration – or prefer a bit more structure – knitting and crocheting kits are a great way to craft with some direction.

There are many ways to connect with fellow crafters online or in person. The Knitting Place offers a variety of zoom classes, including a free knit-along once a month for crafters to work on their unique projects and chat. Crafters can also come down to Knit, where a 10-12 person table centerpieces the store for customers to gather and create.

For those a bit timid to try knitting or crocheting, the store owners have some advice. Start with a basic, small project. It is easy to get overwhelmed by beautiful yarns. Sticking with simple is the best way to learn and grow one’s skillset before advancing to more complicated projects. At Infinite Yarns, customers can take private lessons to bolster their skills. “People are relying

on Youtube, but it’s not nearly as reliable as a mentor in person,” says owner Anne Schneck.

And if you find yourself doubting or struggling, rest assured the crafting community is there with open arms. According to Lavenhar, “People who knit and crochet are very friendly and welcoming.” She says that while knitting is a great activity to do alone, personal interaction is an important thing. And even though knitting circles might sound “really old” to younger crafters, the community has been “such a finding,” for herself and others, especially in recent years following the COVID-19 pandemic. Schneck agrees. “The social aspect is really nice,” she says. “The crafting community is made up of the nicest ladies… they enjoy their craft… it’s a good hobby, its healthy… a good, friendly, feel-good hobby.”

Hats and ear warmer samples. (Photo from Infinite Yarns Facebook)

Sample of work from a knitting class. (Photo from The Knitting Place Facebook)

Knitting table where customers gather to work on projects. (Photo from Knit in Roslyn)

Shelves of yarn products. (Photo from Knit in Roslyn)