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Veteran Andy Booth of Levittown visited the Manhasset American Legion Post 304 to talk about his service dog, “Chucky.” The post’s junior members were holding a fundraiser to support the organization that pairs dogs with vets. (Photo by Frank Rizzo)

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The Great Companion Veteran:‘This Dog Saved My Life’

Andy Booth and “Chucky” pose with members of the Manhasset American Legion Post 304 Auxiliary. Third from right is President Patricia O’Brien, while Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jen DeSena is sixth from right. (Photo by Frank Rizzo)

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ndrew Booth never wanted a service dog. Did not think he needed one. Denied that he had problems—other people had problems. He came to change his way of thinking. The Levittown resident, 72, was the guest of honor at the Manhasset American Legion Post 304 recently to talk about America’s VetDogs, the organization that aided him through his struggles as a disabled vet. “I was going down a slippery road till I got a hold of this dog,” Booth admitted, with “Chucky” patiently standing next to his wheelchair. “This dog saved my life.” He added, “My wife [Joyce] is happy— sometimes (laughter). He became like my

right hand man. Wherever I go this dog goes.” her a humorous story of how he and his Booth, a retired Marine, former county fellow sailors smuggled a dog aboard the commander of the American Legion ship, and the pooch won over the skeptical and president of the United Veterans captain and was allowed to stay, Organization in Garden City, made like a At the state convention where Farley stand-up comic at times. told the story, O’Brien went on, the “My wife says to all her president stated, “I understand friends, ‘[The dog] does not through my dad the imporlisten to me. Just like my tance that animals have in husband,’ ” Booth said to veterans and military lives.” He became like my laughter As a consequence, Farley right hand man. The Golden Retriever is chose America’s VetDogs, Wherever I go this 4, and has been with the based in Smithtown and veteran a little more than created in 2003, as this dog goes. —Andy Booth two years. year’s project for all units in Booth’s talk was part of a the state to support. kickoff for a virtual walk fundThe organization’s mission raiser organized by the American statement, per its website: “To help Legion Auxiliary Unit 304 Juniors (members those who have served our country honorunder 18). Auxiliary President Patricia ably live with dignity and independence. The O’Brien presided over the gathering, which, service dog programs of America’s VetDogs until she was felled by COVID, was supposed were created to provide enhanced mobility to feature state Auxiliary President Mary E. and renewed independence to United States Farley, veterans, active-duty service members, and The department (state) head, according to first responders with disabilities, allowing O’Brien, was the daughter of a Navy veteran them to once again live with pride and and retained the memory of her father telling self-reliance. Not only does a service dog

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provide support with daily activities, it provides the motivation to tackle everyday challenges.” The non-profit has stringent standards to match a dog with a veteran. Booth went through the screening process and met the qualifications. He spent two weeks at the Smithtown facility getting trained in how to interact with his new companion, “They try to fit the dog to the veteran,” Booth said. “Not every veteran has the same problems as what I have or someone else might have.” Booth repeated the figure on America’s VetDogs website, that its costs more than $50,000 to breed, train, and place the dog with a veteran. The overwhelming majority are Golden Retrievers. Observed O’Brien, “The training is very specific to the veteran and all services are provided at no cost through the generosity of individuals, organizations, and businesses.” The first night at Smithtown, he related, he was in his room and there came a knock and the door opened and “Chucky” flew in and sprang up to lick his face. Booth was quickly won over. “The dog is training you, because the dog knows the commands already,” Booth observed. “It takes a good year to teach the dog all the commands.”

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Booth demonstrated several commands that his dog followed, saying that, “He does everything by signals.” He dropped his cell phone on the floor and commanded the dog to pick it up and at the end he gave him a treat and joked that “it was like children, you have to give them a treat to get them to do anything.” There are perks to having a service dog, who can travel at no cost on airlines, even in first class if there are seats. “Chucky” loves to fly, his owner said, and added that airlines now distinguish between service animals and “emotional support animals” (ESA). As of January 2021, the U.S. Department of Transportation no longer required airlines to accommodate the latter in the cabin. Previously, airlines were mandated by the DOT to allow boarding by owners and their

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Manhasset Board Adopts School Budget Final public presentation to be held May 4

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he Manhasset School District Board of Education adopted the 2022-23 budget at the April 13 meeting. It will be presented to the public for comment at the May 4 board meeting and voters will determine its fate at the budget vote and school election on May 17. Per the state-mandated tax cap, the district’s allowable tax levy for the upcoming year is 2.38 percent. New York State aid for district for the next school year will increase by $652,403 to $5,584,178, or 13.23 percent. It was part of a record amount of school aid provided by the state in its 2023 budget. But that 13 percent hides a minor bump that caused Acting Superintendent Gaurav Passi and Deputy Superintendent for Business and Operations Rosemary Johnson to do some cost-cutting juggling. At first glance, $238,000 may seem like the proverbial “rounding error” in a 202223 school budget of $104.596 million. But that figure represented the decrease in state aid between the governor’s preliminary budget proposal and the adapted state budget for the 2023 state fiscal year, which began April 1. It took a bit of work to reach the final budget figure. Though property taxes make up 90 percent of the district’s revenues, state aid—about 5 percent of the budget pie for Manhasset—can also be a factor. “We fine tune the budget each year from the preliminary budget presentation through the budget adoption as incremental information continues to develop,” Passi observed. For decades, school district administrators were bedeviled by the New York State government’s dysfunction, with late adopted state budgets creating much uncertainty for school district budget planners. There is another factor at play. Preliminary school budgets take their early cues from the governor’s budget proposal in January. By the time the governor and state legislature reached agreement on the final spending plan on April 9, Manhasset’s preliminary state aid figure decreased by that $238,000. “And as a result we are required to reduce the budget buy a like amount,”

Deputy Superintendent for Business and Operations Rosemary Johnson participates via Zoom at a board of education meeting earlier this year. She is retiring at the end of this school year and several people expressed that her departure will be a loss for the district. (Screen Capture) Passi told attendees at the April 13 meeting premiums for 22-23,” Passi stated. “We as he talked over a slide titled, “How did we have revised the assumed increases from adjust the budget to reflect the reduction of 7.5 percent to 6.25 percent based on a $238,000 in state aid?” 10-year trend analysis. We are comfortable One considerable cost is educating with this revision, although you heard special education students in me saying in previous presenout-of-district facilities. The tations that it’s always a district saved money by challenge when you’re reducing the number operating in a tax cap from 32 in a prelimiThe district adopted a tax cap environment.” nary budget to 31 in Board Vice mentality long before the tax cap President the final one. Christine was adopted and stayed true According to Monterosso asked, to that, which has the impact of Passi, a more “Can you explain making our budgets very lean. surprising savings why you’re confiWe’re also very careful about came from lowering dent of the adjustevery dollar that we spend. its estimated health ments on the health insurance premiums. insurance premiums? —Acting Superintendent Because districts start Why you’re able to feel Gaurav Passi their fiscal years on July 1 confident that we could while insurance premiums go down to 6.25 percent?” are based on calendar years, Johnson said she went back districts can sometimes face unex10 years and looked at the actual pected costs midway through the school increases year-over-year and studied year. where the district had spikes in insurance “We adjusted the budget to reduce the premiums. assumed increase in health insurance “We had a very significant spike this year

“Supporting the whole development of the student” is one of the bedrocks of the district’s educational goals. Reading is one of the foundations, and pictured are students at Munsey Park School wearing crazy hats in honor of the Dr. Seuss book, “The Cat in the Hat” during “Read Across America Day” last month. (Manhasset Public Schools)

as you know, a 12.7 percent increase in health insurance premiums for 2022,” Johnson said. “Analysis shows that in the year following that kind of significant increase we tend to see more of a dropoff. And so I felt comfortable bringing the number down to 6.25 percent [based on] that 10-year look back. Obviously, there’s been some significant volatility.” Board President Pat Aiken wanted to know how much money the drop in premiums would save the district, and Johnson answered, “About $85,000,” calling the other savings in the budget “minor stuff.” Passi asked Johnson to explain the state aid “glitch” when compared to other districts. Johnson replied, “We have to separate out what happened in the governor’s [proposed budget] when many districts received significant increases in state aid, but we did not. That is based on how districts have received Foundation Aid over an extended period of time. Districts were shorted under the allocation of Foundation Aid and were for a long period of time. Ours was not. And we don’t rely so much on Foundation Aid because it is a wealth-driven aid and therefore we get less.” By comparison, “high-need” districts such as Westbury, Hempstead and even Levittown got many tens of millions in state aid. The state is in the second year of a three-year plan agreed to last spring to fully fund school districts in compliance with a court ruling in the 2000s that found that the state was violating students’ right to a “sound basic education.” Foundation Aid was created in 2007 following the court cases, but the state has been locked in litigation and has never fully funded Foundation Aid until the agreement was reached last year.

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Police: ‘Lock It Or Lose It’

he Nassau County Police Department urges all residents to lock their vehicles and remove their keys (FOB) from the vehicle, day or night. In addition, never leave valuables in view, whether parked in the driveway, on the street, or in a parking lot while shopping. Car thefts and break-ins (and attempts) remain a crime of opportunity, especially in more affluent neighborhoods. Police note thieves are increasing and shifting their searches from evening to the daytime. To the thief it’s a “lower risk” crime. When a thief enters an unlocked car, rummages and leave with nothing, it becomes nuisance crime activity and very difficult to effectively prosecute. However, even if thieves get just a few successful thefts of possessions or the whole car in a neighborhood, that area remains an attractive target to thieves. The Sixth Precinct does remain on constant marked and unmarked vigilant patrols for this activity. How residents can help: Call 911 if they see suspicious activity such as unknown persons walking or driving slowing on their block (scouting for targets), checking car door handles, etc. Thieves often intentionally conceal their face with masks or hooded shirt/jackets as they search. If victimized, they should call 911 as soon as they discover it. Some residents feel embarrassed and don’t even report incidents to police when nothing is taken. Don’t be embarrassed—any details of such activity does help

police investigations. Residents with surveillance system that captures suspicious persons or vehicle license plates should give that information or video to responding police. In some more modern vehicles, when the keys(FOB) are left in the car, often the mirrors remain standing out; when the FOB is removed from car, mirrors automatically fold inward. Thieves look for these greater opportunities. For older vehicles, be aware that vehicle catalytic converter thefts are on the rise due to its expensive replacement cost, which can be $1,000 or more. Experienced thieves can crawl under a car and cut out the catalytic converter in under two minutes, even doing it in crowded car parking lots and even in broad daylight. It’s a part of a vehicle exhaust system that converts harmful gas engine exhaust to less harmful emissions (smaller than a muffler), with a life of 10 years or more. It often causes your check engine lamp to illuminate and replacement is needed to pass a NYS required annual inspection vehicle emission test. The precious metal global scarcity and cost is making catalytic converters more prone to theft. If you do need a replacement, be suspicious of low cost used parts as they are often unscrupulous stolen parts, exacerbating this criminal activity; Always use a reputable mechanic. —Submitted by the Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations

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SCHOOL BUDGET from page 4 At the April 7 presentation, Passi put up a graph showing the tax levy and budget percentage increases going back to the 2009-2010 budget. “It’s important to note that the historic tax levy and budget increases over the last 14 years show that the average-to-average levy increase is 2.01 percent. And what this signifies is that the district had adopted a tax cap mentality in 2009-10, long before the tax cap was adopted [by the state] and stayed true to that, which has the impact of making our budgets very lean. And as I said at our last presentation, not only are our budgets very lean, but we’re also very careful about every dollar that we spend.”

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In his presentations, Passi said the budget was built on the following guiding ideas: • Designed to support a climate of innovation and collaborative learning, in an Fine and performing arts are among the offerings by the district to engage students. environment that encircles students in a Pictured are members of the theater department staging William Shakespeare’s culture of care. “Hamlet” as the annual school play last fall. • Ensures that each student experiences (Manhasset Public Schools) a curriculum that is rigorous, engaging, and consistent by aligning professional practice across grade levels and content to pre-pandemic operations within the a strong foundation of innovative proarea teams. allowable tax cap. gramming and last year’s budget financed • Supports a culture of high expectations, • Supports the development of the whole reading and math specialists as well as IT opportunities, and supports where we child with academics, athletics and extechnicians. endeavor to turn gates into stepping tra-curricular activities, artistic pursuits “In the secondary school it’s worth stones for each student. and social and emotional wellness. noting that the Project Lead the Way • Is fiscally responsible and reflects a return The budget, Passi went on, builds on engineering program is fully implemented,

including a full sequence of engineering courses,” Passi said. “And the budget supports the adoption of new secondary school courses and instructional technology upgrades throughout the district.” He added, “In last year’s budget we were able to add new staffing to support our students’ experiences. Each of those staffing petitions have continued in this year’s budget. This budget continues to provide long-term Investments in improving our facilities and we’ve spoken about how important that investment has been.”

By The Numbers 2022-2023 Budget: $104,596,692 2021-2022 Budget: $102,320,176 Increase: $2,276,786 Percent Increase: 2.23 percent 2022-2023 Tax Levy: $94,341,648 2021-2022 Tax Levy: $92,147,707 Proposed Tax Levy Increase: 2.38 percent Allowable Tax Levy Increase: 2.38 percent

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Tuesday’s Children Dance Tuesday’s Children will hold its 20th Anniversary Plandome Benefit at the Plandome Country Club from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. “Our mission is to provide a lifetime of healing for families who have forever been changed by terrorism, military conflict or mass violence.” For tickets and information visit www.tuesdayschildren. org. Town Board Meeting The North Hempstead Town Board will meet at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 220 Plandome Rd., Manhasset. Public comment comes at the beginning of the meeting. For agendas, visit www.northhempsteadny.gov/2022-Agendas-Minutes.

FRIDAY, APRIL 29

Fundraising Dinner Dance The Tower Foundation of Manhasset will hold its first dinner dance since 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at North Hempstead Country Club. The theme is “A Night in Black and White.” For tickets and more information visit www.towerfoundation.com/ events/2022/4/29/dinner-dance.

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Beautiful Mistakes From 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, 48 Shelter Rock Rd., Manhasset. Description: “Now You’re Talking partners with Stories from the Rock in bringing six storytellers to share hilarious, horrible, heartbreaking and heart-warming stories. Ever made a beautiful mistake? And lived to tell the tale? Our storytellers have.” Admission is free, but attendees must register. Get link at https:// uucsr.org/calendar.

There will be an opportunity to “shed the meds” on April 30 at Shelter Rock Elementary School. (File Photo)

Egg Drop Challenge Part of STEM Saturdays at the Science Museum of Long Island, 1526 North Plandome Rd., This family workshop will take place from 10 to 11;30 a.m. Description: “Can your family work together to protect a raw egg from a drop of over 20 feet?! Find out in this fan-favorite challenge that’s fun for all ages. With our variety of materials and an overview of the physics at work, you’ll have everything you need to creatively tackle this perilous predicament.” Costs for non-members is $20 for per person. Register at www. smli.org.

Elementary School, Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset. Drive and drop off event. CASA is participating in Gone for Good, a joint campaign of SAFE Project and Athletico Physical Therapy. Receive a free Deterra Pouch to deactivate and dispose of unused prescription or over-the-counter medications at home permanently and safely. Safely disposing of medications prevents pollution of our waterways, protects our environment, and prevents medication misuse by keeping them out of the wrong hands

Shed the Meds Manhasset Community Coalition Against Substance Abuse, Inc. (CASA) will accept unused prescriptions and other medicines from 09:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Shelter Rock

Flower Hill BOT Board of Trustees meet at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 1 Bonnie Heights Rd., Manhasset.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4

BOE Meeting Manhasset School District Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the District Office, 200 Memorial Place, Manhasset. Discussion of adopted budget.

THURSDAY, MAY 5

Ukraine Benefit Laffey Real Estate, 116 Plandome Rd., Manhasset, is hosting a plant and bake sale from noon to 6 p.m. All the profits to Global Giving Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund. Rain date is May 6.

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Plandome Heights BOT Board of Trustees meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Village Hall, 37 Orchard St, Manhasset,

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A Heap Of Broken Images The road to “The Wasteland,” Part I

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pril is the cruelest month.” So begins “The Wasteland,” the T.S. Eliot poem that is also celebrating a centennial this year. Those opening lines stand right there with “Catch-22,” “You can’t go home again,” and “It was the best of the times. It was the worst of times,” as candidates for the most wornout lines in modern literature. It almost wasn’t that way. The poem that Eliot originally composed while resting at a Swiss sanatorium was significantly longer—and with a different opening stanza. First we had a couple of feelers down at Tom’s place, There was old Tom, boiled to the eyes, blind, (Don’t you remember that time after a dance, Top hats and all, we and Silk Hat Harry, And old Tom took us behind, brought out a bottle of fizz, With old Jane, Tom’s wife; and we got Joe to sing “I’m proud of all the Irish blood that’s in me, There’s not a man who can say a word agin me”). The poem should have said: Written by T.S. Eliot, edited by Ezra Pound. The latter, a central figure in Eliot’s life, accepted the 100-page draft from his friend and promptly performed the Caesarian with the “April is the cruelest month,” opening all the way to the memorable “Shantih, shantih, shantih” ending. (To this day, Eliot remains popular in India.) For decades, Pound wondered why his friend was so compliant. Why didn’t Eliot fight those changes? The man was entirely exhausted, before even setting down to write those intense lines. Pound could do as he pleased. The story behind “The Wasteland” is as fascinating as the poem itself. Eliot first met Pound in 1914. The two were introduced by a mutual friend, Conrad Aiken, a prolific poet himself, who was a classmate of Eliot’s at Harvard. The meeting happened and 20th-century literature was set to achieve lift-off. Both men were classicists. Both were mad for poetry, mad for literature. Both were rebellious young men eager to overthrow not just the Romantic movement but also the Decadents of the 1890s.

In 1914, Eliot sailed to Europe with a draft of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” in his suitcase. While a resident of Italy, Pound had a volume of his own verse self-published. With that book under his arm, the latter was set for the conquest of literary London. The energetic Pound had his memorable take on literature, “news that stays news.” Not that easy. He managed to sell his vision to Harriet Monroe, editor of Poetry magazine. He also had “Prufrock” published in that influential quarterly. Pound took over Eliot’s fledging career. He had his friend’s poetry published in a collection, Catholic Anthology, one that included contributions from not only Pound and Eliot, but from James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, Amy Lowell, Ford Maddox Ford, and William Carlos Williams. Eliot, the creator of “Prufrock,” was reticent and indecisive himself. His college career was now a decade old. When does he get a real job? By 1915, Eliot had reached a turning point. His Ph.D. dissertation on the English philosopher F.H. Bradley was completed. His professors at Oxford included Bertrand Russell, who was convinced of his young student’s genius. Eliot needed to go back to Harvard to defend his dissertation. His future was laid out before him: the Ph.D., the tenure track at Harvard, marriage to Emily Hale. Didn’t anyone tell him that a professorship would give him time to continue with his true love, poetry? Poetry—along with England, Pound and Virginia Woolf—won out. Eliot stayed in the British Isles. Pound wrote a seven-page letter to Eliot’s father, a St. Louis brick manufacturer, telling the puzzled old man that his son had made the right choice. There was one major hitch. Eliot needed to become a British subject. And how. Enter now Vivien Haigh-Wood. A vivacious woman with an Irish heritage, Haigh-Wood was a product of middle-class England. Her father, to whom she was close, was an accomplished painter. After a four-month courtship, “Tom and Viv” married. A proper New Englander, Eliot had never met a woman as outgoing and sensual as Haigh-Wood. The latter, for her part, could make history. Friends told HaighWood that young Eliot was destined for great things. He just needed a wife to keep him in England legally. To the chagrin of his parents, Eliot never defended his dissertation. The latter, in the middle of World War I, was ready to make the voyage home. HaighWood, convinced of a U-Boat attack, was firm in her refusal. Eliot held a teaching job before finding work as a translator for a London bank. Haig-Wood’s parents

played a role in landing Eliot the job and the man’s father was happy that his dreamy son had a respectable middle-class job. Poetry—and literature—beckoned. Russell was a chief London cultural czar. He gave Eliot books to review in numerous journals. Both Eliot and Pound had nighttime lecturing jobs. Eliot soon began publishing in The Times of London literary supplement. By then, he was an assistant editor at The Egotist, a prelude to obtaining a grant from a benefactor to edit his quarterly, The Criterion, one named for a restaurant that Eliot and Haigh-Wood frequented. For Eliot, it was now off to 16-hour days: Writing in the morning, eight hours at the bank and evenings devoted to teaching and editing. Haigh-Wood continued to help, eventually writing stories that lampooned the Bloomsbury literary crowd. She also suffered from various illness, compounded badly by the death of her father. There were various medicines and various doctors. Haigh-Wood made her own mistakes. Russell had a reputation as an adulterer. Vivien was a flirt. When her husband found out, he had his own affair. Bank job, The Egotist, poetry, essays, teaching, Haigh-Wood’s illness. It all added up to a late 1921 breakdown and a sanatorium in Switzerland. Rest? Try punching out the “poem of the century,” at least according to Lyndall Gordon, an otherwise unsympathetic Eliot biographer. One hundred pages, whipped into shape by Ezra Pound. The latter had to swallow hard. “Complimenti, you -----,” he wrote to his friend. “I am wracked by the seven jealousies.” If Haigh-Wood was the muse and Pound the editor, then a New York attorney, John Quinn, was the financial angel. Quinn arranged for a New York firm, Liveright, to publish the poem in book form. He also saw to it that it won Poetry’s annual best poem prize, an award of $2,000 ($34,000 in today’s money). The reviews came in. Was it a monumental work or a big put on? In Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh wrote of young men singing the poem from their university dormitories. Eliot himself chanted the poem to a room full of admirers, including Virginia Woolf. Imitators and parodies swelled in numbers. A generation of “wastelanders” was born. (Next week: Deciphering

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Hempstead Man Convicted In Violent Assault And Robbery Of Housemate Johnny Shorter pistol-whipped female victim, stole money before running from police with loaded firearm

assau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the conviction of a Hempstead man who pistol-whipped and robbed a woman of money and other belongings, before running from police with a loaded firearm in October 2020. Johnny Shorter, 42, was convicted Monday after a jury trial before Judge Howard Sturim of two counts of first-degree burglary (a B violent felony), two counts of first-degree robbery (a B violent felony), two counts of second-degree assault (a D violent felony), two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon (a C violent felony), third-degree criminal possession of a weapon (a D violent felony) and two counts of menacing a police officer (a D violent felony). Shorter was found not guilty of a single count of criminal obstruction of breathing (an A misdemeanor). The trial began on April 4. The jury

deliberated for two hours before delivering their verdict. The defendant is due back in court on May 18. Based on the defendant’s criminal history, he faces a potential maximum sentence of up to 125 years to life in prison. “The victim in this case awoke that morning and entered a nightmare, as this defendant burst into her locked room, robbed and violently pistol-whipped her, and stuck a loaded firearm in her mouth,” Donnelly said. “In the midst of this truly terrifying ordeal, the victim had the courage and foresight to lure the defendant outside, where neighbors could hear the attack and call police, who ultimately apprehended this dangerous individual.” Donnelly said, according to the charges, on Oct. 11, 2020, at approximately 11 a.m. in a Hempstead home where the defendant was renting a room, the defendant entered the

locked bedroom of his sleeping victim and held her at gunpoint, demanding money that he claimed the victim had stolen from him. The defendant stole credit cards, cash and other items from the victim’s purse. He then shoved the barrel of the loaded gun into her mouth, pistol-whipped her and continued demanding money. In an effort to get help, the victim told Shorter that she had money in her car and convinced the defendant to leave the home. Once outside, a nearby neighbor heard the incident and called the police. The defendant ran from the scene, gun still

in his hand, with police in pursuit. During the chase, the defendant pointed his firearm at both officers. Shorter shot himself in the leg with the handgun before being apprehended by officers. Shorter was arrested by detectives of the Hempstead Police Department and Nassau County Police Department on Oct. 11, 2020. The case is being prosecuted by Senior Litigation Counsels Tracy Keeton and Nicole Aloise of the Homicide Bureau. The defendant is represented by Don Rollock, Esq. —Submitted by the office of the Nassau District Attorney

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Manganos’ Days Of Freedom To End In June Former county executive, wife to serve prison time

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n June 13, former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, 60, will report to a federal prison assigned by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to begin a 144 month (12 year) term after being sentenced by U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack on April 14. Wife Linda, 59, received a 15-month sentence and must report to prison on June 27. The Manganos, of Bethpage, had been convicted in the Eastern District of New York on March 8, 2019 after a jury trial. The pandemic, as well as an endless series of defense motions and other court proceedings, delayed sentencing for 37 months. The impending incarceration closes the door on a once promising political career for Mangano, who closely upset two-term County Executive Thomas Suozzi in 2009 to step up from the county legislature. The Hofstra University alum served from Jan. 1, 2010 to Dec. 31, 2017, handily defeating Suozzi in a rematch in 2013. Under indictment during the 2017 election season, and reportedly out of favor with the Nassau County Republican establishment, Mangano chose not to seek a third term. There was speculation that he could mount an independent bid for reelection, or run under his own creation, the Tax Revolt Party. It twice provided him a second line on the ballot. The pol was convicted of multiple counts of accepting bribes and kickbacks in exchange for official government action, and for conspiracy to obstruct justice. He was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine. His wife was convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of justice and making false statements to FBI agents in connection with her employment by 63-year-old Long Island restaurateur Harendra Singh. Singh was at the center of the original federal indictments, unsealed on Oct. 20, 2016, and also naming former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto. The government’s case centered on the relationship between the three accused and Singh, of Laurel Hollow. Singh, who held concessions at the Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course and two town beaches, was accused of bribing the then-elected

Ed and Linda Mangano en route to the federal courthouse in Central Islip during their trial in 2019. (File Photo)

Mangano and Harendra Singh pictured in the Caribbean island 0f Turks and Caicos. During his trial, Mangano maintained that he was friends with Singh, did not keep “receipts” of Singh’s gifts, and paid for his share of dinners and vacations. (U,S. Attorney’s Office) officials in exchange for loan guarantees in Oyster Bay, as well as contracts with the county government. He pleaded guilty to bribery charges and became a prosecution witness, The original indictment charged Ed Mangano and Venditto with conspiracy to commit federal program bribery and honest services fraud. Linda Mangano reportedly was given a “no-show” job by

Singh at his Water’s Edge restaurant in Long Island City at her husband’s behest. Between April 2010 and August 2014, the government claimed, she earned $450,000. In addition, the government charged the accused and their families of receiving free meals at Singh’s numerous eateries, free limousine rides, vacations paid by Singh and even, in the case of Mangano’s son, a watch that cost Singh more than $7,000. According to a press release, “Edward and Linda Mangano conspired to obstruct a federal grand jury investigation when they schemed with Singh to fabricate examples of work never performed by Linda Mangano at the Water’s Edge, in an attempt to thwart a grand jury investigation. On May 20, 2015 and May 22, 2015, Linda Mangano made false statements to the FBI and federal prosecutors about the work she claimed to have performed for Singh.” The government claimed that shortly after Mangano assumed office in 2010, he pressured Venditto to “...help Singh obtain financing in order to make required capital improvements at [Tobay] Beach and The Woodlands at the [Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course], by authorizing the [town] to indirectly guarantee four bank loans totaling approximately $20 million. Mangano used his official

position to ensure that [Oyster Bay] backed the loans.” Singh, according to court documents, was struggling financially and having trouble making the capital improvements mandated by the terms of his concessions. This loan arrangement reportedly violated Article VIII of the New York State Constitution forbidding municipalities and school districts from giving loans to private businesses. A statement in advance of the sentencing by a lawyer for the loan company, Phoenix Holdings, noted that Phoenix loaned Singh about $13.873 million, of which he paid back only $3.243 million. Phoenix has sued the Town of Oyster Bay to recover some of the loans. That case is still pending. All three originally pleaded not guilty. On May 31, 2018, Judge Azrack declared a mistrial in the government case against the Bethpage couple after the jury foreman stated that he could no longer carry out his duties and asked to be excused. Reportedly, the jury was deadlocked over the charges against the couple. Less than 10 months later, after a second jury trial, the Manganos were convicted of several charges. Venditto was cleared of similar charges by a jury on May 24, 2018. He was later convicted under state corruption charges, though he did not serve jail time. The longtime Massapequa resident died in March 2020. According to a transcript of the trial obtained by Anton Media Group, Singh said on the witness stand, “I bribed Ed Mangano and he did favors for me.” The April 14 sentences were officially announced by Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge, FBI, New York Field Office. “Edward Mangano, as county executive, gave Nassau residents widespread corruption and dishonesty instead of truth and integrity. Linda Mangano took affirmative steps to mislead a federal investigation to keep her husband in power and to maintain their way of life,” Peace stated. “Today’s sentence should send a strong, unambiguous message to any public official willing to place their personal interest above the public’s, and to those inner circle members who corruptly attempt to protect them from prosecution: my office will employ all resources at its disposal to investigate, prosecute and convict you in order to restore the public’s faith in our elected officials.”

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Emotional Attunement In Relationships Emotional attunement involves being responsive to the emotional state of our partner. For example, if we are attuned, we know when our partner is upset, angry or excited. In addition, attunement involves the ability to effectively engage with our partner when in these states. An attuned person would know when to lend a shoulder for their partner to cry on or when to walk away, giving them much needed space. Relationship researcher Dr. John Gottman notes that couples can experience loneliness within their relationships when they are not attuned to one another. In such cases, despite the presence of your partner, you may still feel sad and unheard, which can create distance between you two. Below are a few tips to enhance emotional attunement, which can lead to greater relationship satisfaction and success.

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It is important for the person who needs support from their partner to ask for it. Don’t make assumptions about your partner, such as “They don’t want to help me” or “They should already know what I need.” It is possible that your partner is going through something themselves and is missing your attempts to engage with them. Or, they simply may not know how to best help you. Give your partner the

When you and your partner engage in conversation about something that is upsetting or serious, make sure that you create a safe space. You both want to know what you can care share without being judged or belittled and at a time in which you have limited outside distractions. Scheduling time to sit down and actively listen to one another is a must.

Express Empathy

It is important for partners to express empathy for one another, meaning that they can put themselves in their partner’s shoes to better understand what their partner is going through. By envisioning your partner’s experiences, you get a better sense of what they are feeling and/or thinking, enabling you to

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have a softer and more tailored response. By following the suggestions above, you can be more attuned to your partner. You can also create a space in which you feel engaged with one another and happy and secure in the relationship. Dr. Marisa Cohen is a relationship scientist and coach, and teaches psychology at the college level.w

Responding To The Crisis In Children’s Mental Health As of this writing, while COVID-19 cases have been inching up, most experts say that we have moved into a new phase of the pandemic, where the disease, while still dangerous, is less deadly than previous strains. In addition, preventative measures and treatments have advanced far beyond the early days of the crisis, when so little was known. Certainly, that is news we’ve all been hoping to hear for more than two years, but there is another crisis that shows no signs of abating: the epidemic of mental health issues spurred by longterm social isolation, anxiety, illness, financial insecurity and other challenges. While all of us have been impacted, the reality is that children, teens and young adults have experienced the losses surrounding COVID-19 in deep and potentially long-lasting ways. Numerous studies have reported sharp increases in rates of depression, anxiety, loneliness and suicide attempts. In addition, the number of U.S. children who have a lost a parent or other caregiver to COVID-19 is estimated to exceed 200,000. In a first-of-its-kind study of youth mental health during the

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pandemic period, released on March 31, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a dramatic increase in emotional and psychological trauma in kids and teens. More than a third of high school students said they experienced poor mental health during the pandemic, with 44 percent reporting they felt “persistently sad or hopeless.” One in five considered suicide, and nearly 10 percent made a suicide attempt. The CDC also reported that, during the first seven months of lockdown, hospitals experienced a 24 percent rise in mental-health-related emergency

visits for children aged 5 to 11, and a 31 percent increase for those aged 12 to 17. Sadly, these statistics came as no surprise to the team of clinicians at North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center (the Guidance Center). From the early days of the pandemic, we have been flooded with calls from hospitals, emergency rooms, urgent care centers, parents, schools and others desperate for help as they saw those statistics come to life. At the guidance center, we’ve provided therapy to children— some as young as three years old—who are experiencing deep grief from the loss of a parent or other loved one. Many are grieving a loss of hope and confidence about their futures. Others are in dire financial situations born of pandemic job loss. All lost fundamental things that we used to take for granted: the ability to be with friends, go to school, celebrate joyous occasions, participate in extracurricular activities and have confidence that we were safe in the world. Even if the pandemic disappeared tomorrow, the mental health effects would not disappear with it. Unfortunately, we

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cannot expect our children to simply get over what has been such a profoundly difficult, scary and uncertain time. Despite these gloomy predictions, parents need not succumb to hopelessness. You have a vital role to play, and it’s one that can make all the difference in helping your children survive and even thrive despite the challenges of the past two years. First, be on the lookout for signs of emotional distress. Is your child or teen isolating themselves, even though they are allowed to be with others? Have their sleeping or eating patterns changed? Have their grades dropped dramatically? Have they lost interest in the things that used to make them happy? Are they more irritable than usual? Have they turned to substances to improve or numb their moods? Don’t assume that they will tell you they’re struggling. Ask them how they are feeling. Assure them that it’s normal to be feeling sad, scared and even angry in the face of all they’ve experienced. And tell them there is absolutely no shame in asking for professional help. Tell them, it’s OK not to be OK.

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New Law to Combat Catalytic Converter Thefts Catalytic converter thefts have been on the rise in Nassau County and across the country due to the value of the metals within the devices and the ease with which a thief can remove one. If a catalytic converter is stolen from your car, it may cost thousands of dollars to replace the part and repair the damage. Moreover, due to supply chain issues, it may take a considerable period of time to complete the repairs. Recently, I joined with my colleagues and Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder to introduce new legislation that will preclude scrap metal

MAJORITY REPORT Richard J. Nicolello

dealers in Nassau County from purchasing catalytic converters unless the seller establishes that they legally acquired the device.

The scrap metal dealers will be required to keep records regarding purchases, which must be made available to NCPD and the Department of Consumer Affairs, allowing them to inspect those records to flag any illegal activity and go after the perpetrator. The cost to replace a catalytic converter can be anywhere from $1,000 to $3,000 and experienced thieves can crawl under your car, cut out the catalytic converter, and be gone in under two minutes. The car will still run without a catalytic converter, but it will not be able to pass a yearly inspection. What thieves are really after

are precious metals found in catalytic converters such as platinum, palladium, or rhodium, which make them valuable to scrap metal businesses and more prone to theft. To further help strengthen its effectiveness the Legislative Majority is also contacting government in Suffolk County and NYC to coordinate a region-wide approach to combat these thefts. Having unified support in the surrounding area will further deter thieves since it will make it more difficult for them to profit from these illegal acts. The bill will go through the required legislative committees

and the full legislature in May, where it is expected to pass and be signed into law by County Executive Bruce Blakeman. Always remember, if you “see something, say something.” Should you notice a suspicious person or vehicle in your neighborhood or when you are out and about, dial 911 and be ready to provide the police with as much information as possible. License plate numbers are extremely valuable for the police if you can capture that information. —Nicolello is the presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature.

Twenty Seven Months Later—Why Is The New York MTA 20-Year Capital Needs Plan Still Missing? What ever happened to the promised New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority 2020-40 20-Year Long Range Capital Needs Plan? Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and past MTA Chairman Pat Foye pledged that it would be released by December 2019. It is now 27 months late. Will New York State Governor Kathy Hochul and New York MTA Chairman Janno Lieber finally make this critical transportation planning document public? The plan documents how much money and years or decades will be required before each MTA operating agency, including New York City Transit bus, subway, Staten Island Railway, MTA bus, Long Island Rail Road and Metro North Rail Road, have reached a state of good repair. Categories for each agency include such assets as existing bus, subway and commuter rail fleet, stations including elevators to meet Americans with Disabilities Act and escalators, track including switches, signals and interlockings,

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communications, line structures, painting, protective netting on elevated structures and bridges, line equipment including tunnel lighting and pump rooms, traction power, power substations, yards and shops and supervisory vehicles. It is supposed to be the basis for the justification of New York MTA Five-Year Capital Plans prior to their release. In this case, the $51 billion 2020-24 Five-Year Capital Plan was released and adopted before anyone could receive

and review the updated 20-Year Capital Needs Plan. The new 2020-40 20-Year Plan should update the previous 2014-34 20-Year Plan. This is inconsistent with both former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio’s respective promises to conduct the most open and transparent administrations in the history of state and municipal government. Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams have made similar promises. This was to include independent authorities such as the MTA. Taxpayers, commuters, transit advocates, elected officials and transit reporters should not have had to wait more than two years before being able to read such an important transportation planning document. Advocates for various potential transportation system expansion projects will know by omission from this document that the MTA has no intention of advancing their project. This list of hopeful dreamers includes, but is not

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on by the pandemic. We all will.

The guidance center has been serving the community for nearly 70 years, and we are here during this time. We never turn anyone away for inability to pay and we promise to see urgent cases within 24 to 48 hours through our Douglas S. Feldman Suicide Prevention Project and our Fay J. Lindner Foundation Triage and Emergency Services. We offer

Kathy Rivera, LCSW, is the Executive Director/CEO of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, Long Island’s leading non-profit children’s mental health organization. To get help for your child or to support the Guidance Center’s life-saving work, visit www. northshorechildguidance.org or call 516-626-1971.

tive treatment via telehealth, in person or a combination of both, depending on the needs of the family. Children are not little adults. They have specific needs that are best addressed by mental health professionals who are specially trained to help young people. They are also resilient, and with the proper support, they will overcome the challenges brought

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tating that today’s headlines about Russia’s war on Ukraine were written some 80 years ago as a grim legacy of World War II, the Museum of American Armor, the Long Island Living History Association (LILHA) and Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation & Museums will conduct a joint educational field program that will allow thousands of Long Island high school students to strengthen their understanding of World War II and the shadow it continues to cast nearly a century later. “There has been a deliberate reduction in class time assigned to teaching history, and World War II in particular,” Lawrence Kadish, president and founder of the museum said, “As a result, many students have no context for what the world is seeing in Ukraine and how Putin is repeating Hitler’s playbook almost to the letter. We need to appreciate that today’s headlines were written by history and this program seeks to address that.” The event will be held on Friday, May 13. Pre-registration is now open to social studies classes across Long Island. The program integrates classroom curriculum with operational armor, military field tactics, and mock small arms in open woods reminiscent of World War II France.

“This program creates an immersion program for students that integrates classroom study guides with an extraordinary field experience,” Gloria Sesso, the Armor Museum’s education coordinator and co-president of the Long Island Council for The liberation of the Nazi death camps have been demonstrated at the museum to hundreds of school children.

the Social Studies said. “As the classroom returns to normal following COVID this program regains the ability to tell the story of World War II, its legacy, and why the chilling scenes we are seeing in Ukraine are yet another chapter written by that conflict.” School districts may register for the event by emailing tvanwickler@nassaucountyny. gov or by phoning 516-572-8409. —Museum of American Armor

Gillibrand Meets With 82nd Airborne Division In Poland Senator Kirsten Gillibrand recently traveled to Poland. “I was honored to meet with the brave men and women of the 82nd Airborne Division in Poland,” Gillibrand said. “Their dedication to protecting freedom and democracy is inspiring. I’m deeply grateful for their service to our country and their work to defend our allies.”

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Long Island Cares Market Event For Veterans T own of Oyster Bay Councilwoman Vicki Walsh teamed up with Contour Mortgage to provide personal-care items to veterans. Every Tuesday is Military Appreciation Tuesday at all of Long Island Cares’ six satellite locations. Only veterans are permitted to obtain food (pet food too), personal-care items and household products on Tuesdays. Long Island Cares is the only Long Island food bank that operates satellite locations dedicated to food distribution, job training, nutrition education and advocacy to help identify the causes and cures for food insecurity. According to Walsh, this will become a twice-monthly event. “This is a great opportunity for me to see what I can do for our veterans,” she said. “It’s all about community, and this is a great way to bring community together. At the end of the day, that’s what it’s all about.” Walsh and Brian Halloran of Contour Mortgage handed out bags of personal-care items to about a dozen veterans who are weekly regulars at Long Island Cares’ Harry Chapin Food Bank Essential Market. Veterans also picked up their weekly allotment of food, which is a three-day supply for regulars, and a five-day supply for first-timers. “We like to give back to the community,”

Halloran said. “We do lots of work with veterans. We want to do whatever we can to support them.” “Councilwoman Walsh is a champion for all that she serves,’ Long Island Cares Chief Programmer, Dr. Jessica Rosati said. “Introducing Contour Mortgage to support Long Island Cares’ Veterans programs has been a true benefit to the many families frequenting the Essential Market. We are grateful for the support, and excited for the potential this new relationship will evolve into.” Veteran Lou Sarrica of Plainview served in the U.S. Army and is a regular at the Essential Market. “It’s unbelievable here,” Sarrica said. “I like that they’re charitable at the time we need it most. To have something like this is heartwarming, that we’re being taken care of. It means a lot because I don’t have any income.” Veteran Reggie Taylor of Roosevelt served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam and is also a regular at the Essential Market. “This helps make ends meet,” Taylor explained. “Because of Long Island Cares I can make a couple of ends meet where I couldn’t before.” Also, at all Long Island Cares’ six satellite locations is a program called VetsWork,

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WE LOVE OUR PETS

Nothing But The Best For Fido Local business distributes new line of dog treats

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n less than one month, the rapid success of the newly launched dog treat business, Bark and Bones Bakery, has curious dog parents taking notice. “I was looking at a variety of other things to do, to pivot into something else, another career direction,” William Ward, a 35-year newspaper industry professional said in response to the COVID pandemic over the past two years. “Friends of mine and neighbors were all coming home with new dogs, some adopting, some fostering,” Ward said. “My wife and I took to hiking during COVID; we were passing people on the trails with their dogs.” He could see that pet ownership, particularly dogs was a growing trend and the perfect avenue for a new business. “I’ve always had this great love for dogs; I grew up with dogs,” Ward said. He started chatting with other dog owners, asking everyone he met about the treats that they offered to their dogs. Many of the answers he heard were less planned than he thought, many people simply said the treats they offered were simply selected based on a mindless shopping routine or that the treats were a popular brand. He learned that

many did not know or understand the ingredients that are in some popular dog treats. He would ask other dog parents what their dog liked, what their dog did not like, whether their dog had allergies to certain ingredients. He began reading the labels on some of the popular treats in the pet aisle at the stores. What he learned was that many of the treats are loaded with preservatives. “I knew there had to be something better for dogs than that,” Ward said. He began researching ingredients and searching for a reputable baker across the whole country. He found one, Pound Bakery/Pedigree Ovens of Harvard, IL, a baker who provides good quality treats that are not loaded with preservatives and are offered at a reasonable price. Bark and Bones Bakery offers high quality treats made with natural, healthy ingredients like coconut oil, flaxseed, whole wheat flour with flavors like roast duck, cheddar, bacon, pork and apple. “We treat our dogs like they are members of the family,” Ward said. “It was important to me to source the best possible product with high-quality ingredients and no artificial preservatives.” The treats are all sourced and made in the U.S.A., something that is increasingly important to dog parents. “I stand behind this product and I am proud of the ingredient choices,” Ward said.

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· Chicken & Veggie Chewies · Granola Bars · Cheese & Bacon Chewies · Salmon & Coconut Ducks · Apple Crunch Hearts: Low Fat! · Peanut Butter & Quinoa: Grain Free · Pork & Apple Ducks · Peanut Butter Patties · Cheddar Bagels · Pizza Bones · Mini Cheddar Bones · Roast Duck: Grain-Free A 12 oz. bag retails for $12. Seasonal flavors are queue up including a barbeque treat for summertime and a pumpkin flavored treat for autumn. The packages contain caloric intake, ingredients and serving portion suggestions based on the weight of the dog. “This is great especially if your dog has allergies,” Ward said. “We have treat designed for small dogs, big dogs, young dogs and older dogs, like soft or crunchy treats.” The treats are available as single purchases, but bundles and subscriptions are available. “Many our of initial customers are already reordering,” Ward said. “The pet is always right; if your dog doesn’t like our treats, we will offer you another treat or give you your money back. The immediate success has given Ward some big plans and ambitious ideas for growing the business. Expect to see new products and marketing features from this brand soon. For additional information about Bark and Bones Bakery products, visit www. barkandbonesbakery.com or visit find them on Facebook and Instagram @ barkandbonesbakery.

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Happy Mother’s Day Take Mom To Eat

Here are our top picks, in no particular order, for Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 9. BY CHRISTY HINKO

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Gathering restrictions have loosened considerably and many restaurants are bouncing back, full-throttle, with menu selections and staffing. Now is the perfect time to take advantage of dine-in services again and treat Mom to a wonderful Mother’s Day brunch or dinner. Restrictions and safety protocols are still in place for some venues, so it is best to call ahead, confirm service hours and secure reservations.

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317 Main Street Bottomless brunch with mimosas, bloody marys 317 Main St., Farmingdale www.317mainstreet.com 516-512-5317

Garden City Hotel Brunch with unlimited bellinis, mimosas at King Bar 45 7th St., Garden City www.gardencityhotel.com 516-747-3000

City Cellar Enjoy a Mother’s Day menu all day 1080 Corporate Dr., Westbury www.citycellarny.com 516-693-5400

Jam Serving breakfast and brunch 1025 Park Blvd., Massapequa Park www.jamonpark.com 516-797-2000

Meritage Wine Bar Tapas-style wine bar 90 School St., Glen Cove www.meritagebar.com 516-801-0055

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Your Mother’s House Bottomless brunch, prix fixe dinner specials 2349 Jericho Tpke., Garden City Park www.mothershouseli.com 516-493-9030 Louie’s Oyster Bar & Grille Enjoy an historic restaurant located on the waterfront for more than 100 years, offering classic American seafood 395 Main St., Port Washington www.louiessince1905.com 516-883-4242

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Wild Honey American, seafood 1 E. Main St., Oyster Bay www.wildhoneyrestaurant.com 516-922-4690 Gatsby’s Landing American cuisine with a seasonal menu 1362 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn www.gatsbyslanding.com 516-277-2318

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Tale Of A Limoges Casserole Dish

few days ago my longtime friend Mary phoned to ask if I could return the bundt pan I had borrowed. After searching through my memory a minute, I replied that I had borrowed it a few years ago and she had told me she did not want it back. Mary said she had just been cleaning out her closet and thought about it and thought she might want to use it. I told her I might have donated it somewhere or perhaps my daughter had it. This phone call inspired me to climb on a chair and search in one of my uppermost shelves. No bundt pan. But I did find a beautiful casserole dish that I had not thought about in many years. I checked with my daughter and she still had the bundt pan, so I called Mary back and agreed to get it from my daughter and return it to her. However, this discovery of the casserole dish caused me to examine it more closely and note that it was a Theodore Haussman Limoges China dish. Further investigation by computer search told me I had a china casserole dish

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Cicchetti And Good Times At Bacaro Local restaurateurs serving it up Venetian-style

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BY CHRISTY HINKO

2019, a Bordeaux-style blend, by local Amityville Cellars winery founded in 2019 by Advanced Sommelier Andrew Isaacson. You have either eaten at Bacaro Italian Tavern in Massapequa Park, know someone This medium-bodied, dry red wine tastes who has or need to move it up on your list of must-places to try. The food, service and of plummy black fruit and is subtly spicy atmosphere are all in alignment and have made it one of the most notable, bustling with oaky notes ($13/glass or $48/bottle). Italian restaurants on the island. Specialty cocktails like the cucumber he owners, Joseph Bonacore and that–inviting, lively and warm. Everyone is vodka-based Park Express, the Moscow Thomas Soluri, have said it best having a great time while sharing a meal or Mule or the expansive martini menu and in their own description of this a spirit and enjoying some satisfyingly good classic spirits like a gin and tonic are also classic but contemporary establishment, food and conversation. When you walk in, all great apéritif choices. “In Venice, the custom called ‘andar a you know you are in the right place. Save room for a coffee cocktail, a cicchetti,’ or stopping by the bacaro for Rainbow Cookie cocktail (Amaretto, a drink and some bites of a delicious Frangelico and Chambord on the rocks) or Cocktails appetizer, is considered essential to life and a classic Sambuca digestif to cap off your One of the most enjoyable wines on well-being.” Bacaro Italian Tavern is exactly the list at Bacaro is Bourdette Blend dining experience at Bacaro. chinko@antonmediagroup.com

Cicchetti

The cicchetti, or tapas plates, are what Bacaro is known for, especially in bacaros in Venice. If you cannot decide on an entree, order several cicchettis to make an awesome round-up sampling of all things Bacaro. Some of the most popular appetizer dishes are the Thai-Italian Calamari (crispy calamari tossed with a sweet chili glaze, peanuts and sesame seeds, $18), the Lobster-baked Clams (five lobster-filled clam shells with pinot grigio sauce, $16) and the Cauliflower Pizza (a cauliflower crusted pizza topped with fig jam, pancetta, gorgonzola, mozzarella, baby arugula and truffle oil $17). The presentation of every plate is on point and is important to enjoying the meal.

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mozzarella and avocado ($39) and the Pistachio Crusted Cod is light, flaky with asparagus over avocado risotto. Honestly, it is so fresh and delicious, you almost forget that it is fish ($34).

Dessert

Lollipop lamb chops over broccolini

Salted Caramel Cheesecake Photos by Christy Hinko

If you had a tough time deciding on a meal, expect another test once you get the dessert menu. It is nearly impossible to have one favorite here. Try the Salted Caramel Cheesecake, a salty, sweet, creamy treat all melded into one ($10.95) or the classic, Toasted Almond Tiramisu ($10.95). In the mood for something ridiculously delectable to sooth your sweet tooth? Try the 5-layer chocolate cake or the Peanut Butter Chocolate Explosion, both dense, chocolaty and a generous serving ($10.95).

Staff rib makes for a finer texture meatball; the Insalata The kitchen and waitstaff at Bacaro have sweet sausage has a tiny kick of heat to it, but The signature Bacaro Salad is a totally great service chemistry, seemingly fluid. All still on the mild side. No Italian menu would refreshing treat, made with chopped iceberg, of the staff are social and personable. The be complete without Sunday Gravy; Bacaro salami, artichokes, olives, tomatoes, cucumwaiters are knowledgeable about the menu, does not come up short here. ber, grana padano (similar to Parmigiano specials, ingredients and cocktail pairings. Reggiano), roasted red peppers and pignoli The owners, Bonacore and Soluri are no Piatti Grandi nuts ($15). strangers to the hospitality business having There are plenty of enticing choices on previously owned the successful Caraways in Pasta the nightly specials menu. You will have Massapequa back in the 1980s. Is it gravy or is it sauce? Debate that, plenty to choose from between both menu You will see one of both owners in the but there is no doubt about how good the sets, all equally delicious and sometimes a dining room, greeting guests and ensuring Sunday Gravy is here. Enjoy a generous, challenge to settle on one choice. Some of seamless service. You will feel like Soluri hearty portion of Fusilli pasta topped with the favorite main dishes are the Pork Osso has set the table and Bonacore has cooked a short rib meatballs, sweet sausage and a Bucco, a roasted pork shank over butternut dollop of ricotta over filetto di pomodoro, a squash risotto ($29), the Veal Chop Milanese meal from his own home, all especially just for you. savory tomato sauce ($28). The shaved short topped with arugula greens, tomato, fresh

Bacaro is closed on Mondays. Open Tuesday through Friday from 2 to 10 p.m.; Saturday from 4:30 to 10 p.m. and on Sunday from 4:30 to 9 p.m. Closing times are for the kitchen; the bar remains open a little later. Enjoy happy hour Tuesday through Friday from 3 to 6:30 p.m., including appetizers and drink specials. Ladies night is every Wednesday night and includes price-fixed, three-course meals, drink specials and $20 select bottles of wine. Also, check out their events calendar on the website for live music, offered nearly every night by local talent.

Location

Bacaro Italian Tavern is located at 1020 Park Blvd. in Massapequa Park. Dine-in and take out services are available. Reservations are highly recommended, especially for the more popular Friday and Saturday dinner hours.

Parking

There is ample parking in the municipal parking field directly behind the restaurant, in addition to some on-street parking in front. Visit www.bacarony.com or call 516-798-1555 for more information.

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The Baking Magic Of Pancakes

Bisquick serves up some mighty good pancakes with very few ingredients. They are easy to make if you simply follow directions on the box. But some guidance can go a long way.

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o the question becomes what makes pancakes great? And how do you make them so? These questions become salient because virtually everyone loves pancakes for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. Time seems irrelevant when it comes to eating great pancakes. Researching these questions made me very hungry. But the real problem became how to select the best information when so much is available. Personal

taste, of course, played a big part in settling on an answer. And there do appear to be certain rules and procedures that are essential to making the best pancakes. For example, great pancakes appear to largely depend on simplicity, lots of butter, the best maple syrup you can find, the right type of cooking tool, and access to the best ingredients. Box pancakes are less appealing but I must say that some are better than others. For example,

Some Helpful Pancake Tips • Buttermilk is critical to the flavor and rise of these pancakes. Or you can add sour cream, plain yogurt, whipped egg whites, or even more simply add 1 Tbsp of lemon juice to 2 cups of milk and let sit for 10 minutes. • Don’t over-mix the batter. Some say this is the secret to great pancakes. Just remember that lumpy is good. They will turn out more fluffy and tender. • Use butter or vegetable oil to grease your pan. • And ideally your pan should be a cast iron skillet or a good heavy non-stick one. The reasons for this are twofold: cast iron will make nice golden brown pancakes: and, you will not have to grease your pan more than once. Mark Bittman swears by his recipe below which has all the right elements and more. He eliminates buttermilk but he adds sour cream plus ricotta and lemon juice. It’s a divine combination. But keep in mind that simplicity and cost may call for you to consider Bisquick with buttermilk or milk with lemon juice. Have fun trying your own recipe.

Pancakes, Egg Whites & Ricotta (Adapted from Mark Bittman’s delicious recipe in his now defunct New York Times food column) Serves 4 Ingredients 1 cup ricotta or cottage cheese 1 cup sour cream or plain yogurt 3 eggs, separated ½ tsp baking soda 1 cup all-purpose flour dash of salt 1 Tbsp sugar 2 Tbsp lemon juice 2 tsp grated lemon zest Butter or grapeseed or other neutral oil as needed 1. Beat together the ricotta or cottage cheese, sour cream or yogurt and egg yolks. Combine baking soda, flour, salt and sugar. Separately beat egg whites until fairly stiff but not dry. 2. Heat a griddle or large skillet over medium-low heat while you finish batter. Stir flour mixture into cheese mixture, blending well but not beating. Stir in lemon juice and zest, then gently fold in beaten egg whites. 3. Add about 1 tablespoon butter or oil to griddle or skillet. When it is hot, but not scalding, add batter by the heaping tablespoon, making sure to include some egg white in each spoonful. Cook until lightly browned on bottom, 3 to 5 minutes, then turn and cook second side. Serve immediately. Wow! This delicious recipe seems to produce the great pancakes we’ve been seeking! Enjoy! Check out Zox’s Kitchen on www.longislandweekly. com for more recipes.

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hef Jen Peters has made it possible for those with gluten intolerance to safely indulge in delicious homemade bread, pasta and pancakes; battered chicken, fish and tempura; and even vanilla bean cake using her artisan gluten-free flour blends. Peters was a protégé of Chef Bruno Marti (the beloved godfather of fine dining cuisine in Canada) and worked and trained in Michelin-starred restaurants, where she created culinary masterpieces for others to enjoy even as she suffered the horrible effects of Celiac disease that went undiagnosed for 20 years. With the answer she finally needed, she began researching and creating a line of gluten-free, all-purpose baking blends that would allow her to continue making popular kitchen staples like

Chef Hamid Salimian, CEO Matthew Clayton and Chef Jen Peters bread, pasta and pastries without sacrificing taste or texture, or settling for low-quality alternatives. In 2012, Peters finally perfected her recipe and founded Nextjen Gluten-Free with her partner (and husband), Chef Hamid Salimian, who has built a reputation as a “chef’s chef,” winning the respect

of his peers for his eye for detail, insistence on quality, and his commitment to mentoring the next generation of chefs. As the co-founder of the company, Salimian is also its food photographer. He acts as a culinary consultant for national brands such as Earls Kitchen + Bar, and shares his knowledge and expertise with a new generation of chefs as an instructor in the VCC Culinary Arts program. In 2021, the husband and wife duo teamed up with Matthew Clayton and rebranded the company as The Good Flour Company. Today, their products are used in more than 70 restaurants nationwide and are available for retail purchase online. The Good Flour Company’s gluten-free products are also GMO-free, allergen free and contain ingredients with the highest nutritional content available. Visit www.goodflour.co for more information.

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ent has more than 30 years of experience and expertise in natural foods and is the chef behind Blaze Pizza, Olio Pizzeria, Bagel+Slice. Kent has also developed all-natural refrigerated and frozen products for national retailers including Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Costco and many other food retailers. Here are some of the new and not-sonew food concepts that Kent said are trending this year:

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Kent studied business and marketing at the University of Southern California (USC), but it was during his senior year of college in 1991 that he became truly hooked on the culinary industry. He immediately started two successful catering businesses “For Starters Catering” focused on appetizers and tapas, and “Bacchus Wine and Catering,” adding wine Pistachios pairing to the mix. Upon graduation, Kent applied and was accepted to the prestigious culinary school, Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in New York, where he studied technical skills alongside two award-winning chefs, Charlie Palmer at Aureole and Joachim Splichal at Patina. Shortly after graduating with honors from the CIA in 1996, Kent was

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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE recruited for a position as a product developer and food scientist for the functional ingredients supplier, Cyvex Nutrition. While there, he attended California State University Long Beach, where he graduated Cum Laude with a degree in Food Science. Kent then went to work for the United States Department of Defense in Massachusetts and served as their first ever research chef focusing on all-natural product development where he was able to use his knowledge from his culinary degree along with his food science degree. This made him an ideal candidate in regards to developing new field rations for the U.S. military. Kent’s work in the military industry led him to create award-winning products for both German and Canadian armed forces. In 2002, when he returned home to California after his time spent abroad, Kent was able to take over as head of the research and development team with “Two Chefs on a Roll,” an all-natural private label food manufacturer. Additionally, for many years Kent developed all-natural refrigerated and frozen products for national retailers including Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Costco and many others. In 2004, Kent made a conscious decision to move back east when he was hired as a private chef by a high-profile,

Kent has fun in the kitchen with some of the trending foods and concepts this year. Florida-based family for their motor yacht. During this time Kent established himself and created what would eventually become one of America’s most popular pizza chains, Blaze Pizza. In 2007, Kent returned west and created the first mobile, wood-fired pizza business in Los Angeles, “Farmer’s Market Pizza.” His pizza passion and expertise led him to open the critically-acclaimed “Olio Wood Fired Pizzeria” in downtown Los Angeles’s

beloved Grand Central Market in 2010. Olio has been ranked as one of the “Top-10 Destination Worthy Pizzas” by Zagat. Taking pizza to the next level, Kent and his co-founders launched Blaze Pizza and by 2015, Blaze Pizza had become the fastest-growing chain of restaurants in history. He continues to work with Blaze Pizza as their chief culinary officer. Kent is a pizza maven with a passion for saving the planet. During the pandemic,

Bagels he knew that protecting our world was more important now than ever before. He immersed himself in research, careful planning and advanced work in sourcing local and regenerative ingredients for his new venture, Bagel + Slice. The concept for Bagel+Slice is simple: reasonably priced extraordinary bagels and pizza all day in a warm neighborhood setting, focused on sustainability, community involvement, health and safety.

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This beautiful ranch-style home located in a cul-de-sac at 6 Troy Ct. in Woodbury sold on April 8 for $880,000 and features a lot of upgrades. The granite countertop kitchen with stainless steel appliances features a breakfast nook adjacent to a bay window allowing natural light and beauty of the outside in. The formal dining room can accommodate seating for a party of eight. The warm family room with a wood burning fire place has a new stainless steel liner just recently installed. The cathedral living room has a large skylight with plenty of sunlight. The main bathroom has a jetted Jacuzzi tub with a powered skylight. An outdoor salt water heated pool has a new liner, salt water chlorinator and filter all replaced in 2019. There is an outdoor hot and cold shower as well as a wet bar with countertop. The roof, driveway, facade, steps, garage floor and door are all new. The Belgium blocks and gutters were all replaced in 2019. This home is located in the award-winning Syosset School District. Enjoy beautiful sunsets on this spectacular pond location at 87 Woodlake Drive West (Unit 87) in Woodbury. This home sold for $749,000 on April 8. It is the largest cedarwood model with more than 2,100 square feet in the prestigious Woodland Pond complex. It has two updated full bathrooms and one half bathroom. It has three bedrooms. One of the bedrooms has been converted to a loft, but is easily converted back to a bedroom. The den can be a bedroom on first floor. This home has a one-car garage and a two-car driveway. The complex has country club living with a pool, tennis courts and a clubhouse. This home is located in the Syosset School District (Baylis Elementary and H.B. Thompson Middle schools).

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ational Safe Digging Month has begun and PSEG Long Island takes the occasion to remind customers, contractors and excavators to always call 811 before digging to ensure underground pipelines, conduits, wires and cables are properly marked out. Every digging project, even a small project like planting a tree or building a deck, requires a call to 811. It’s the law. The call is free and the mark-out service is free. The call must be made whether the job is being performed by a professional or a do-it-yourselfer. Striking an underground electrical line can cause serious injury and outages, and result in repair costs and fines. A free call to 811 in the service area automatically connects the caller to the local New York one-call center, which collects information about digging projects. The one-call center then provides the information to the utility companies, which send representatives to mark the locations of nearby underground lines with flags, paint or both. • Calling 811 before digging reduces the chances of damaging an underground line to less than one percent. • Underground lines are everywhere, even on private properties. These facilities can be easily damaged if dug into, with the potential to cause serious injuries. Digging into these lines can also disrupt vital utility services, resulting in costly delays, expensive repairs

and environmental or property damage. • Whether the job is a major home improvement project or something as simple as a fence or mailbox post, a call to 811 must be placed beforehand to determine where it’s safe to dig. • Call 811 at least two business days before the commencement of each job to have underground pipes, wires and equipment located. Each facility owner must respond by providing the excavator with a positive confirmation indicating that marks are in place where utility lines are buried or that there are no existing facilities in the area of the proposed work. • Be sure to wait until all of the utilities have responded. Don’t dig until lines have been marked or you have received confirmation that the area is clear of facilities. • Property owners must maintain and respect the marks. Always hand dig within two feet of marked lines to find the existing facilities before using mechanized equipment. • If gas lines are damaged or there is a gas smell when excavating, call 911 immediately from a safe area. Calling before you dig is more than a good idea−it’s the law. Additional information, including a booklet on safe excavating practices and the protection of underground facilities, can be found on the PSEG Long Island website (www.psegliny.com). —PSEG Long Island

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Outdoor 1.5-Mile Stations of the Cross Walking Service A Success

atholic Cemeteries of Long Island is welcomed back its annual tradition of in-person walking of the Stations of the Cross prayer services at the Cemetery of the Holy Rood in Westbury on one of the most solemn days of the Christian calendar during the 2022 Lenten season. One of the largest attended events for Catholic Cemeteries of Long Island, Catholic faithful across Long Island were invited to return and take part in the tradition of following a 1.5-mile walking route throughout Holy Rood to commemorate Christ’s redemptive sacrifice through 14 stations each year on Good Friday, which was April 15 this year. Each station was signified by a different cross or sculpture at the cemetery. Deacons from Catholic Cemeteries of Long Island assisted in leading the service for attendees. The Stations of the Cross walking services were canceled each of the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, hundreds took part in the Good Friday services. Faithful also experienced Holy Rood’s Stations of the Cross on their own with self-directed tours.

Catholic faithful across Long Island were invited to return and take part in the tradition of following a 1.5-mile walking route throughout Holy Rood. Catholic Cemeteries of Long Island owns and operates four cemeteries across Long Island including Cemetery of the Holy Rood in Westbury, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in

Each station was signified by a different cross or sculpture at the cemetery. (Photos courtesy David Conn)

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Workshop will be held in Spanish with English translation services available simultaneously

n Tuesday, May 3, from 4 to 5 p.m., Sylvia A. Reyes, MD, MBS, FACS, Breast Surgical Oncologist at Mount Sinai Union Square, will be discussing current breast cancer screening recommendations for women. Dr. Reyes will guide attendees through the diagnostic workup for breast cancer and what to expect after a breast cancer diagnosis. Dr. Reyes is a fellowship-trained breast cancer surgeon with a clinical practice dedicated to breast cancer management at Mount Sinai Union Square. She is a faculty member of the Icahn School of Medicine and serves as an assistant professor of surgery. She currently serves as a founding committee member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons—Health Equity Advisory Group and the National Hispanic Medical Association communications committee. Dr. Reyes is a native New Yorker of South American heritage and is bilingual in English and Spanish. She has a special interest in oncoplastics, nipple-sparing mastectomies, hidden scar surgery and elimination of health

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disparities in underrepresented populations. This event, presented by the Adelphi New York Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, is sponsored by The Junior Coalition of the Manhasset Women’s Coalition Against Breast Cancer and Northwell Health Cancer Institute. Visit www. breast-cancer.adelphi.edu to register online for this forum. The Zoom link will be sent in your confirmation email.

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Este taller se llevará a cabo en español con servicio de traducción al inglés disponibles simultáneamente) El martes 3 de mayo de 4 a 5 p.m., Sylvia A. Reyes, MD, MBS, FACS, estará con nosotros compartiendo sobre las últimas recomendaciones de detección de cáncer de mama para mujeres. La Dra. Reyes nos guiará a través del estudio de diagnóstico del cáncer de mama y qué debe de esperar después de un diagnóstico de cáncer de mama. La Dra. Reyes es una cirujana especializada en cáncer de mama con una especialización clínica dedicada al tratamiento del cáncer de mama en Mount Sinai Union Square. Es miembro de la facultad de la Escuela de Medicina de Icahn y se desempeña como profesora asistente de cirugía. Actualmente se desempeña como miembro del comité fundador de la Sociedad Estadounidense de Cirujanos de Mama - Grupo Asesor de Equidad en Salud y el

comité de comunicaciones de la Asociación Médica Nacional Hispana. La Dra. Reyes es nativa de Nueva York de ascendencia sudamericana y es bilingüe en inglés y español. Tiene un interés especial en los oncoplásticos, las mastectomías con preservación del pezón, la cirugía de cicatrices ocultas y la eliminación de las disparidades de salud en las poblaciones subrepresentadas. Este foro es organizado por El Programa Del Cáncer Del Seno Adelphi y es patrocinado por The Junior Coalition of the Manhasset Women’s Coalition Against Breast Cancer y Northwell Health Cancer Institute. Este foro es gratuito. Visitar www. breast-cancer.adelphi.edu para registrarse en línea.—Submitted by the Adelphi New York Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program

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hen the pandemic hit the giant existential pause button for the world back in March 2020, Joan Osborne was in the middle of mixing and mastering what would become her 10th studio album, Trouble and Strife, which was released in fall of that year. But because of raging pandemic numbers and a lack of live touring, the Brooklyn resident was forced to hunker down with her daughter. It was that down time that found Osborne straightening up her household and in the process, unearthing a treasure trove of live in-studio recordings that she might not have otherwise found. The end result was Radio Waves, a 13-song album of hand-picked numbers culled from 100-plus radio station appearances over a 25-year career that was released on her Womanly Hips Records imprint back in February. For Osborne, it was a moment of kismet she might have otherwise overlooked during the pre-pandemic times. “[During my extended stay at home], I did an awful lot of cleaning,” the Kentucky native shared. “That is how I discovered all this material I had in taped-up boxes that I had totally forgotten about which became the Radio Waves release. I found all of this stuff and normally, if I was in my busy pattern, I might have looked at it, taped the box up again, shoved it back in the closet and not given it a second thought. Because I had the time, I was able to listen through a lot of this stuff and give it the attention it deserved.” While Osborne admits she came across hundreds of performances and wanted to avoid “...doing some gigantic dump of all this material because it’s overwhelming for some people,” the baker’s dozen worth of cuts is a solid cross-section of covers and original material. The oldest performance is a 1995 reading of her “Saint Teresa” that Osborne did at KCRW while the most recent inclusion is a trio of 2012 gems, two of which find her delving into the canons of Bill Withers (“Same Love That Made Me Laugh”) and Dave Mason (“Only You and I Know”) recorded during a visit to the Sirius XM channel The Loft. Other highlights include a stripped-down 2005 demo of the American Songbook standout “Dream a Little Dream” and a 2002 KROQ cover of the Sly & the Family Stone gem “Everybody Is a Star” featuring keyboardist Ivan Neville and Spin Doctors drummer Aaron Comess. Throughout it all, Osborne’s warm and soulful phrasing fits hand-in-glove whether she’s tucking into a lesser-known Toshi Reagon tune (“Real Love”) or taking on a Stevie Wonder standard (“Love’s In Need of Love Today”). It all wound up being a rich experience for Osborne, as she balances going on college tours with her daughter and providing a stop-gap for fans while working on a new collection of original material. “Most of my life’s work has disappeared without a trace,” she said. “I’ve made 10+ studio albums, but the vast majority of the songs I’ve sung hundreds and thousands of times over decades of touring across the globe, has never been recorded.” And while she’s navigating the current landscape of touring shaped by shaky bookings dictated by fluctuating COVID-19 numbers, Osborne stopped long enough to share with Long Island Weekly the inspiration poetry provides for her own music and a handful of laureates who helped shape her craft.

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Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 to March 26, 1892) “He was really able to synthesize this sense of the world as a sacred place and of human beings being a part of this sacred place. I think he lived in a time when people thought of the sacred or religious as something outside of and above humanity and that [the sacred or religious Walt Whitman was something] humanity (Public domain) needed to strive to be like. But he really had this sense that we are part of nature and part of the natural world. We’re part of this spiritual entity that is part of the whole world and the whole universe. That’s a Buddhist concept, but he was writing at a time when people were not really thinking like that. [I love] that and his mastery of language and ability to transport you to these places and give you this sense of walking down the street and [feel like] you’re part of this thriving beauty of humanity itself. That would be why I love him so much.”

Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 to October 19, 1950) “I think there is just this delicacy of language that she has—seizing these very delicate moments that would otherwise just pass you or other people by and be ignored. She has a way to really capture them. e.e. Cummings is another one Edna St. that’s brilliant at that. Vincent Millay Just understanding these (Photo by Carl van delicate, beautiful moments Vechten/Public domain) that would fly past you, but both these poets have a way of capturing them.”

Alan Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 to April 5, 1997) “I love the Beats and Alan Ginsberg. I think you can critique them as being in love with their own sort of vision of this gritty, urban existence and they really elevated it in a way that was super romantic, which I think is true. But I think they were also able to see in these sort of lower places what was beautiful and vibrant about that. I appreciate Alan Ginsberg as a poet.”

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Joan Osborne will be appearing with Amy Helm on April 30 at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, 71 East Main St., Patchogue. For more information, visit www.patchoguetheatre.com or call 631-207-1313.

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Mineola High School’s Maggie McMahon supporting them from the sidelines,” McMahon said. “I figured it was my shot on my field.” Lacrosse is a sport, McMahon said, that teaches her how to be a better leader and person both on and off the field. When former coach Sami Henton was asked to describe Henton as a player, she said that McMahon is driven, passionate, resilient, competitive and disciplined. “She is one of the hardest working players I know and, even in the face of adversity, has never thought of giving up her dream,” Henton said. “Maggie has an extraordinary ability to see the field, anticipate her opponents next move as well as help guide the team to making smart game time decisions.” Henton said that McMahon has worked extremely hard to become the skilled lacrosse player she is today and that effort does not go unnoticed. “I am extremely motivated and ever since I was younger I loved being part of something bigger than myself,” McMahon

said. “My favorite thing about lacrosse is how it is such an intense and fast speed game that builds off hard work, and teamwork.” Besides her ability to play, Henton said, McMahon brings energy, passion, and leadership to the team. “Her heart and soul go into everything she does and she creates an environment that encourages others to thrive and be themselves,” Henton said. “She is always willing to go the extra mile for her teammates: someone everyone on the team can count on. Maggie leads by example and sets high expectations for everyone on the team. She is a giving person who is always willing to put the team first.” As McMahon heads to Louisville in the fall, Henton believes that McMahon’s determination, skill-set, energy and love for the game will make her a great asset for her next team. “Playing division 1 lacrosse is a tremendous opportunity and achievement, one

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Sadness can stay trapped in you and turn into something more troublesome. But if you let sadness run its course, the feeling will last less than two minutes. There’s relief on the other side. Once sadness is gone, something warm and tender will rush in to fill its place. CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s typically easier to show up strong to an audience you know because you can be guided by their needs, wants, values, interests and situational pressures. This week, you’ll have tremendous luck, regardless of how well you know your audience. You’ll deliver the unexpected and be well-received.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It’s easy to get so wrapped up in a mental movie that you forget to breathe, let alone take in the sights, sounds, tastes, smells and feelings of the physical world. If you’ve been depriving yourself of sensory satisfaction, this is the week to remedy it. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The process of improving yourself will happen naturally. Therefore, you do not need to make a special effort to overcome negative habits and refine your character. The transformation will happen automatically as you move toward what you enjoy. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The heavy energy will lift like a fog. Your attitude will be the sunshine that evaporates it. Since you’ll be able to see much better in this fair emotional weather, it’s an excellent opportunity to reevaluate recent decisions. Do they work in accordance with your lighter spirit? CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You will be asked to join a club or increase your involvement in a group. You may fear the communal agenda will clash with your independent spirit, but there is a way to forward your agenda and the goals of the team all in one go. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Assumptions say more about the person making them than they do about the situation. The more innocent your approach, the better you’ll be at seeing things as they are. You’ll learn what people need. You’ll understand a shared truth and come to a consensus about reality, which gives you leverage. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Nothing worth having can be purchased with money. A highly satisfying purchase will have you questioning the validity of that statement. And yet, when the thrill wears off, as it eventually must, you settle back into the deep appreciation of the finer and unbuyable things that make you truly wealthy indeed.

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opposing spades are divided 3-3. But West did lead a heart, nullifying the possibility of establishing dummy’s fourth spade. With declarer immediately confronted by the heart situation, he finessed the queen, lost to the king and later lost a spade trick to go down one. No one will ever know whether South would have made the slam had he played differently, but there is no doubt that he misplayed the hand. He erred when he played the queen from dummy on the opening lead. Instead, he should have played the eight! To appreciate the advantage of this play, imagine you’re East and the eight is played from dummy. What would you do? Remember, you see only the lead, dummy’s cards and your own. It might not be so easy to play the nine instead of the king. South could have the jack — especially in view of his failure to finesse the queen. And if you do decide to play the king, South then has 12 ironclad tricks. Declarer loses nothing by trying the eight. If West has the king, the finesse can be taken just as advantageously later on. Playing the eight gives East a chance to go wrong and therefore is the right play. There’s many a slip “’twixt the cup and the lip!”

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a month. On one of those trips he drops ESA with proper documentation from a “Chucky” off at America’s VetDogs, where the licensed mental health professional. dog is groomed and bathed. He loves playing Booth said that many people claim to have with other dogs and lying on a clutch of service dogs to try to take advantage of perks, towels, his owner related. but they are imposters. Booth often takes the dog to Jones Beach “Service dogs carry an ID like a driver’s and draws attention. He demonstrates license, with their photo on it,” he affirmed. commands to people and they want to know “If someone tells you it’s a service dog tell if he could train their dog to do that. them you want to see their ID. And it matches “I say, ‘Why would I want to do that? I the one that I have in my wallet.” don’t even teach my own dog,’” Booth said to Being that he was taken to MacArthur laughter. Airport as a pup, airplane noise does not He also educates people that “Chucky” bother his dog. should not be petted because he is “working,” Booth said he lives on a block where “no and emphasized, “He is not a pet.” one knows the difference between the 3rd of Booth said that occasionally he can’t sleep, July and the 4th of July (laughter). They just and when “Chucky” realizes this, he flouts set fireworks around that time. [“Chucky”} the directive against jumping on the bed to just sits there and watches them.” comfort him. Once his owner is back asleep, Again, one of the dog’s early handlers the dog goes back to his usual spot next to lived on a similar noisy block that celebrated the bed. Independence Day. Booth told the assembled that “Chucky” “Chucky” also isn’t bothered by sleeps in an orthopedic-type bed. the sound of loud motorcycle “Nothing but the best,” he mufflers; the same handler said dryly. “I don’t even belonged to a motorcycle have one of those, but he riding club and brought (pointing to his dog) has the dog to meetings. one (laughter).” To test this, Booth took Notes & Quotes: his dog to a local motorAccording to O’Brien, cycle dealer and asked local sponsors for the several people there to race virtual walk included ALC their engines. “Chucky” was Steel Corporation, DLJ Real unfazed. Estate Capital Partners LLC, Booth listed some of his Forchelli Deegan Terrana dog’s “powers”: “Chucky” looks up LLP and Mainspring. Several “He does not bark for any at Cathyann Boyle of reason,” the veteran said. “He Manhasset as she talks. representatives were on hand to accept certificates of does not go to the bathroom She and husband John on grass, only on concrete and have trained two dogs for appreciation. Town of North Hempstead he’ll hold it till he gets back the America’s VetDogs Supervisor Jen DeSena was home.” program. (Photo by Frank Rizzo) among the attendees. Also Unusual for a canine, on hand was Nassau County “Chucky” knows the command American Legion Auxiliary President for walking backwards—a necessary skill for Kathleen Murphy, who praised, “I just negotiating, say, tight restaurant aisles. “Nobody asked me how he got this name,” want to say congratulations to all the junior Booth told the assembled, then added, “You members of Post 304, because you are the most active, best juniors in the county.” do not have the pleasure of naming the dog. O’Brien connected with Martin Clark Jr., [That] usually goes to the corporation that away at college, to acknowledge his designputs up money to train the dog and gets ing the tee-shirts. They included a Q-code naming rights.” so people could connect with America’s Booth admitted that the name brought to VetDogs. mind the murderous doll of the notorious Martin Clark Sr. was on hand to represent movies, drawing laughter. his Eagle Scout son. As part of his treatment Booth goes to For more information visit www.vetdogs.org. the VA medical facility in Northport twice

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Osteo Strong Partners With Kyra’s Champions During Child Abuse Prevention Month

they require and need affection, love and support to grow into adults from their parents, and when the people they rely on most, one of their parents, turn on them and abuses them, it’s just disgusting to me,” Zagrodzky said. “I thought, why don’t we put [Osteo Strong] behind raising money for [Kyra’s Champions] and April is Child Abuse Prevention month. I said let’s create jcorr@antonmediagroup.com a campaign around this and see if we can help [Franchetti] raise the money [she] nternational wellness franchise Osteo needs.” Strong has been teaming up with Franchetti said this is the first time an inKyra’s Champions all April long to raise For the month of April, Kyra’s Champions and Osteo Strong has been teaming up ternational organization has backed Kyra’s awareness and funds towards child abuse to raise awareness and funds towards child abuse prevention. Champions. And spreading awareness prevention. (Photo courtesy Osteo Strong) beyond New York is important, Franchetti Osteo Strong, founded by entrepreneur said, because the mishandling of custody and author Kyle Zagrodzky, is a wellness just awestruck with how she had turned cases when it comes to child abuse is not happening to children just like Kyra. ” system that uses clinically researched osthis utterly devastating, painful event that unique to New York. Also for Child Abuse Awareness month, teogenic loading technology to help people “We want to see these suite of bills go all Kyra’s Champions from April 1 to April 18 of all ages and fitness levels to work on their happened in her life with her child into action. You can respond only one of two planted 745 pinwheels in Mary Jane Davies across the United States,” Franchetti said. bone health, balance, overall strength and ways when something like that happens to Green Park in Manhasset and Blumenfeld “Right now when you look at family court or posture in under 10 minutes a week. It’s you and her response was to do something child custody cases, we’re truly in the dark Park in Port Washington to represent a gym that requires no gym clothes, and about it.” children who, like Kyra, were murdered by a ages. And we need to make sure our laws patrons will leave feeling better then they Franchetti, who called Zagrodzky an parent during a child custody case, divorce are current and that they’re child-focused did before without breaking a sweat. There “incredible man, ” would reach out to to make sure the child’s safety is the top or separation within the last five years and are franchises in Rockville Centre, Roslyn him towards the end of 2021 with a priority... and that’s currently not the case. 725 New York children whose deaths and Garden City, among the other over 100 proposition to speak at an Osteo We need to change that.” have been kept hidden by Child franchises across the United States. Strong center. And Zagrodzky, Robbins, also a partner of Osteo Strong, Protective Services. And Kyra’s Champions is an organizaas someone who supports is behind the cause. Zagrodzky said Osteo Strong employees tion founded by Jacqueline Franchetti in child abuse prevention Robbins was excited to support the cause as attended the planting memory of her 2-year-old daughter Kyra organizations like someone who dedicates much of his time of pinwheels with their of Manhasset. She was murdered by her and energy towards philanthropy. own father in 2016 during an unsupervised, Operation Underground You can respond only one of families to volunteer. Railroad that fights “The plan is that as our franchises are The Osteo Strong in two ways when something court-approved visit despite numerous child trafficking, felt working to support her in raising money Roslyn is selling blue like that happens to you and warnings and eyewitness testimony that he that he wanted to pinwheels, the interna- and what we do with our social media [Jacqueline Franchetti’s] was verbally and emotionally abusive and campaign, at the end of the month we’ll tional symbol of child stalked and harassed Franchetti during the do more for Kyra’s response was to do Champions. take the total amount that we raised... and abuse prevention, so child-custody proceedings. something about it. “He was devastated then I’ll go ask Tony and a couple of my that people can support Kyra’s Champions advocates for a set of — Kyle Zagrodzky Kyra’s Champions and raise other philanthropic friends if they’ll match laws called “Kyra’s Law,” which is sponsored after he heard what the amount,” Zagrodzky said. awareness about child abuse by State Sen. Anna Kaplan (D–North Hills). happened to Kyra,” Franchetti said. “He had seen the incredible The goal is to raise over $100,000; money on their own lawns. There was The bills would better protect children from successes that we’ve had and the impact that will go towards preventing child abuse also a program through the month of April abusive parents by making child safety the that we’ve had in a relatively short period of where if a patron refers a friend to Osteo through reforming legislation and spreadtop priority in a custody case, mandating time and we started talking about what we ing awareness in New York and beyond. Strong, money will be donated to Kyra’s judicial training in family violence and might be able do together for Child Abuse To learn more about Osteo Strong and Champions. child abuse and stopping common practicPrevention Month to raise awareness and how to support Kyra’s Champions, visit “Child abuse is something that infuries that allows abusers to get child custody. kyraschampions.org/osteostrong. ates me because they are so helpless and As a father himself, Zagrodzky could not to come together to help prevent this from help but join forces with Kyra’s Champions to help make a difference in the lives of children facing abuse in New York, and even throughout the country. Zagrodzky and Franchetti attended the same event by Tony Robbins, an American author, coach, speaker and philanthropist known for infomercials, seminars and self-help books. It was at that event that Franchetti bravely told the story of her daughter shortly after the tragedy struck her family. “I followed her and seen her progress and what she has done over the years, but never knew her personally,” Zagrodzky As part of Child Abuse Prevention Month, said, adding that it was years later that he Jacqueline Franchetti and her organiwould see her at another event. “I went zation Kyra’s Champions installed 745 and spoke to Jacqueline to see how she was pinwheels in Mary Jane Davies Green Park doing and what progress she was making Kyle Zagrodzky, the CEO of Osteo Strong, is fully behind Kyra’s Champions. in Manhasset and Blumenfeld Park in Port on getting legislation changed, and I was (Photo courtesy Kyle Zagrodzky) Washington. (Photo courtesy Carin Forman)

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The Manhasset Public Library “Art in a Pandemic” exhibit will be on view downstairs in the Community Room through Friday, May 6. Pictured at top is “Corrugation 3,” a collage by John Michaels. Below is “Purple Passion,” an acrylic and mixed media on canvas by Rita Wilmers. Many of the pieces are available for sale. The library is at 30 Onderdonk Ave., Manhasset. (Photos by Frank Rizzo)

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After Slow Start, Indians Start To Jell Waltos got two quick outs in the sixth, but yielded a pair of singles and a walk to load the bases. Coach Mark Giardino called on Rob Trotta, who had pitched on Monday. “He told me at the beginning of the day, ‘Coach I got one inning in me. No more,’” Giardino related after the game. “It was the top of the sixth, bases loaded. I had to go to my guy.” Trotta delivered, fanning pinch hitter Jeremy Taggart. “That was huge, a big confidence builder,” Giardino said. In the sixth the Indians loaded the bases and added insurance runs on a bases-loaded walk and a passed ball. Trotta proved he had another frame in him, striking out the side in the seventh. Waltos fanned six in the win. In a post-game meeting, assistant coach Derek Jones warned the squad to expect a competitive three-game series against its next opponent, Valley Stream North, despite its 1-8 record. To Giardino, the return of catcher Mikey Brunetti after he missed the first two weeks of the season with an injury was the turning point. He threw out two base runners on April 21. “Monday was his first game back. We had a hard time without him,” Giardino

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ou’re the Manhasset varsity baseball team. You are senior-laden and talented. Hopes for the season are high. Then the campaign starts and things don’t go as expected. You’re under the spell of Murphy’s Law. Injuries and bad luck and even a bout of the flu among the ranks conspire to keep you winless after five games. You finally gain a “W” against Floral Park on April 11. With a 1-5 record, the Indians hosted then Nassau Conference A-III leader Levittown Division on April 18. They lost 7-2, dropping them to 1-6 as the Dragons improved to 10-0 in league play. Two days later they traveled to Division and Theo Zacharia delivered a stellar pitching performance, going the distance for a two-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts as Manhasset cruised 10-0. At the plate, he added two RBI and a run scored while Noah Rubin and Trey Zaffiro each had two hits, two RBI and two runs scored. On April 21, Manhasset again played host to the Dragons and inflicted a second straight defeat, 7-3, behind Mikey Waltos, with help in relief from Brendan Trotta. Joe Yovino staked the visitors to a 3-1 lead with a two-run blast over the left field wall in the third. Manhasset finally broke through against Jack Taggart in the fifth, plating four runs on RBI by Mikey Brunetti, Jake Moss, Brendan Trotta and Devin Sheridan to take a 5-3 lead

admitted. “Having him back there is a calming influence on our pitching staff and changes the way we can call the game. It really changes everything that we do. He’s our leader. He’s our go-to guy. He’s been our catcher since his freshman year. Having him back just changed our confidence level all over the field.” Of the slow start, Giardino said, “They stuck together when most teams would have fallen apart. I’m so proud of them, I’m just so happy for them. They deserve better than what they were doing. Every kid was frustrated and probably angry, but it tells you what kind of character they have that they were able to stick together at a time of crisis.” The coach told his charges as they surrounded him after the game, “I’m extremely proud of you guys. You heard me say a million times, sports doesn’t build character, it reveals it. At 1 and 6, against a 10 and 0 team, with clear adversity amongst our team, we were at a crossroads. But because of the character, the leadership that we have inside the dugout, we stuck together and we’re going to start rolling.” Giardino revealed that he had gotten a text message after the first win over Division from Levittown MacArthur coach Steve Costello, whose Generals top the Conference A-I standings with a 12-0 record. “He said, ‘Coach, I don’t want to be the team that draws you in the first round. You’re going to be a nightmare.’” He let the words sink in, then added, “We’re going to be a nightmare for every team we play.” To echo an old adage, 1-6 was not who Manhasset (3-6 league) was.

Mikey Waltos warms up before pitching Manhasset to a victory over Levittown Division on April 21. (Photos by Frank Rizzo)

Designated hitter Noah Rubin grounds out on this at bat.

Second baseman Devin Sheridan tags out Division’s Mike Knapp on the throw from catcher Mikey Brunetti.

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North Hempstead TV To Air Town Board Meetings

ulfilling one of the pledges made at her recent State of the Town Address, North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena announced that residents are now able to view replays of the most recent town board meeting on the town’s government access television channel, North Hempstead TV. For the first time in the town’s history, residents will be able to view their government in action as replays of the most recent board meeting will be broadcast seven days a week, airing at 7 p.m. from Friday through Monday nights, and at 8 a.m. on Tuesday through Thursday mornings. “I am so proud that North Hempstead TV will be broadcasting replays of our most recent town board meeting, as I believe in leading an open, honest, and transparent government,” DeSena said. “Broadcasting replays of board meetings will give residents greater access to see how their town is run and be more aware

of the many challenges we are faced with as a town. This will be especially useful to our older residents who either may not have a computer and internet connection or may not be tech savvy enough to be able to tune into our Thursday night meetings on livestream.” At the State of the Town address, DeSena outlined a number of transparency initiatives that she would be instituting to increase accountability to the taxpayers, and lead town government in an open, honest, and transparent way. This is a stark improvement from previous administrations, as in the more than 15 years that North Hempstead has operated a TV studio, it has never broadcast its board meetings. North Hempstead TV can be found on channel 18 and 65 on Optimum (Channel 65 in the incorporated villages) and on channel 46 on Verizon. —Submitted by the Town of North Hempstead

Catholic Youth Organization Champs The St. Mary’s CYO ‘23 recently won the Senior CYO Championship, defeating Sacred Heart by a score of 56-52. This is the second CYO championship the Class of ’23 squad has won, following up their win back in 2017. CYO is a parish program/organization under the Church of Saint Mary in Manhasset. The program director is Jim Gibbons. Squad members have been together in the program a long time and returned from a hiatus due to the pandemic and were able to win. Pictured, front row from left: Matt Varella, CJ D’Angelo, Cal Girard, Jack Petersen. Back row, from left: General Manager of the Year Sean Haggerty, Matt Cargiulo, Ryan Tintle, Aidan Haggerty, Blake Gately, Alexander Robson and James Lapina. Not pictured: Coach Liam Connor, second alternate Coach Pete Klimuszko. (Contributed Photo)

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SCHOOL NEWS Shelter Rock To Get Assistant Principal Manhasset Public Schools announced Deana Folchetti-Puglin as the new assistant principal at Shelter Rock Elementary School. Folchetti-Puglin will replace Paulette Williams, who is retiring at the end of this school year. Folchetti-Puglin comes to Manhasset with more than 16 years of experience in education, including five years in an administrative position. She currently is the assistant principal at The Belle Harbor School within the New York City Department of Education and has held that role since 2017. As assistant principal, Folchetti-Puglin serves as the special education administrator, the direct supervisor for grades K-3, the testing coordinator for grades 3-8 and the English language learning coordinator. Prior to becoming an assistant principal, Folchetti-Puglin was a special education teacher at The Chris Galas School for 11 years. In the classroom, Folchetti-Puglin provided small group instruction, developed differentiated lessons and served as a mentor for new teachers. Folchetti-Puglin received a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from St. Joseph’s College, as well as a Master’s degree from the College of St. Rose. Additionally, she has a number of professional certifications including being recognized as a school building and district leader. “We are excited to welcome Ms. Folchetti-Puglin to our Manhasset school

Donate To Ronald McDonald House Deana Folchetti-Puglin was appointed the new assistant principal at Shelter Rock Elementary School in Manhasset, effective July 1. (Courtesy of Manhasset Public Schools)

community,” said Acting Superintendent of Schools Gaurav Passi. “I am confident she will follow in Ms. Williams’ footsteps of being a dynamic, innovative building leader while supporting Shelter Rock principal Mr. Richard Roder. I look forward to what Ms. Folchetti-Puglin will bring to our students and families.” Folchetti-Puglin’s appointment is effective July 1. —Submitted by the Manhasset Public Schools

Students in the National Art Honor Society at Manhasset Secondary School recently visited the Ronald McDonald House in New Hyde Park to make a generous donation on March 31. Members met with staff to deliver student-made coloring books and crayons for families who are staying at the organization. Additionally, they presented a check for $1,000 which they raised by selling the coloring books. The Ronald McDonald House keeps families who are seeking medical treatment for their children physically near the care they need. It also provides a community of support outside of the clinical setting. (Photo courtesy of the Manhasset Public Schools)

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Munsey Park Students Explore Ancient Egypt Sixth graders at Munsey Park Elementary School in Manhasset traveled back in time to Ancient Egypt during social studies classes. Throughout the unit, students learned about the ancient Egyptian culture. As a culminating project, they completed research projects to present in front of their families and friends. The sixth graders displayed newspapers that they wrote, 3D models and even performed ancient Egyptian raps—all while dressed to theme. (Photos courtesy of the Manhasset Public Schools)

The Waterfront Center visited second and third grade classes at Shelter Rock Elementary School to teach students all about horseshoe crabs. Students were able to interact with the crabs through a hands-on presentation and learned interesting facts about the creatures that predate the dinosaurs. The interactive visit also focused on the important role horseshoe crabs play in the marine ecosystem and in medicine. The district thanks the Manhasset School Community Association for sponsoring this exciting student experience. (Photos courtesy of the Manhasset Public Schools)

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SCHOOL NEWS

Theatre Department Stages 42nd Street

anhasset Secondary School students recently stepped on stage for a wonderful performance of the musical, 42nd Street. Students made up the cast, crew and ensemble of the production—rehearsing for weeks before performing in front of a live audience over the course of four shows. Students were eager to sing, dance and act in front of the Manhasset community in the show that follows the rehearsal process of a Broadway production. —Submitted by the Manhasset Public Schools

They Excel At State Science Olympiad Manhasset Secondary School brought home three medals at the Science Olympiad Division C State Competition held in Syracuse last month. The competition seeks to engage and challenge students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics through various collaborative and competitive events. Congratulations to the entire team, and those who helped win awards: • Write It, Do It Event: Derek Lu and Mitchell Jung • Environmental Chemistry Event: Ericka Lai and Julia Moosikasuwan • Wright Stuff Event: Wilson Hu and Aaron Zhang • Advisors: Pavithra Sundar and Matthew Kaufman • Other team members: Dylan Wu, Rachel Lee, Kristen DiConza, Sean Lim, Adam De Leeuw, Kayla Liu, Caroline Yoon and Isabel Yeo —Submitted by the Manhasset Public Schools

Manhasset students continued to shine at science competitions this school year. (Photo courtesy of Manhasset Public Schools)

District Among Best For Music Education The Manhasset Schools District has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education Award from the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation. Now in its 23rd year, the designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education for all students. To qualify for the designation, the district answered questions about funding, graduation requirements,

music class participation, instruction time, facilities, support for the music program and community music-making programs. This marks the 13th consecutive year Manhasset has received the national recognition. The district thanks the efforts of its teachers, administrators, parents, students and the community for making music part of a well-rounded education. —Submitted by the Manhasset Public Schools

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