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Special Olympics Long Island Seeks Spring Games Volunteers DAVE GIL de RUBIO dgilderubio@antonmediagroup.com

ith the Long Island Special Olympics Spring games set to take place on Saturday, May 21, at the Farmingdale Athletic Complex at Howitt Middle School, the Farmingdale School District is in need of volunteers to put on this event. Making the event that much more special is the fact that these are the first games since 2019. Because of this, Special Olympics president/ CEO Stacey Hengsterman is eager to pull this event off. “I can’t tell you how exciting it is for our Special Olympics athletes to have Spring Games back on the calendar,” Hengsterman said. “Now, all we need are fans in the stands to cheer them on. Thank you to the entire Farmingdale School District community for making this signature competition and celebration of inclusion possible.” Among the events on tap for this full-day affair that will feature more than 500 athletes supported by more than 300 coaches are tennis, power-lifting,

Farmingdale High School Special Education Chairperson Brian Norton (far right) tours the grounds at Howitt Middle School with members of the Special Olympics committee.

From left: Town of Oyster Bay Director of Operations Andrew Rothstein, Farmingdale Schools Superintendent Paul Defendini and Farmingdale High School Special Education Chairperson Brian Norton tour the grounds at Howitt Middle School. (Photos courtesy of the Farmingdale School District)

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f the idea that it takes a village to raise a child may seem a bit Pollyanna during these dark times, it’s apparent the Massapequa Takes Action Coalition (MTAC) didn’t get the memo. This year may mark a quarter of a century for MTAC, but the core mission statement of promoting a healthy community by addressing drug use, underage drinking and addiction so youth can grow up drug free hasn’t changed. MTAC has achieved that longevity and made these inroads via its work with a coalition of roughly 30 local groups that include the Massapequa Public School District, the Nassau County Police Department’s 7th Precinct, Massapequa Elks Lodge #2162, Rotary Club of the Massapequas and the Massapequa Chamber of Commerce, along with numerous small businesses, residents and local organizations. MTAC is a perpetual engine of programs tailored at heightening awareness about the dangers young people face in terms of navigating pitfalls that can lead to lifelong substance and alcohol abuse problems. It’s a tricky path

to navigate, according to MTAC Program Director Cathy Samuels. “Today, it’s not just about experimenting,” Samuels explained. “Every time a child experiments with prescription drugs, might be the last time. And that’s the key that makes MTAC so important and valid in the community. It’s a completely different world. We do programs about the Internet, social media and marketing. Because the Internet, Facebook and all of these different [social media platforms] can matter to a child’s mental health and the way they make clear decisions navigating adolescence.” The next MTAC event on deck is the MTAC Drug Take Back Program set to take place on Saturday, April 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Massapequa High School East Driveway District Office parking lot. Here, parents and residents can prevent prescription drug misuse by turning in unused or expired medication for safe disposal. It’s all part of a larger nationwide drug take back initiative that’s been going on since 2010 and is held twice a year. Collaboration drives MTAC’s Drug Take Back Program, which is conducted with Drug Free Communities Grant Sector Partners the Massapequa Elks Lodge #2162, Community Action for Social Justice and the Nassau County Police Department. Participants are asked to keep all medications in original containers and block

out names for anonymity. Medication information should not be crossed out. Thermometers, IV bags, liquids and chemo drugs are not eligible for drop-off. Syringes and sharps will be accepted. And for anyone unable to attend, residents can also drop off unused or expired meds (no liquids or ointments) any time or day at any Nassau County Police Department Precinct. For data-driven MTAC Co-Chair Mark Wenzel, who has been with the organization since its 1997 inception, the hauls accrued during the drug take-back days reflect the increasing public awareness about the dangers of unmonitored prescription drugs. “We know that the large majority of kids’ drug use starts with medications taken from their homes or where their friends have taken them from their homes,” Wenzel said. “Like monitoring your liquor cabinet, this is like monitoring your medicine cabinet. Over the years, we’ve have seen a gradual decrease in volume of what we collect. Sometimes it spikes, but overall, we went from collecting 300 pounds of medications in the early days to nowadays collecting in the neighborhood of 100 to 150 pounds of medication. We’ve seen a gradual decline, which in my opinion, is reflective of the fact that people are being more on top of this and taking advantage of these events on a regular basis. I would say we’re moving in the right direction.”

Both Samuels and Wenzel agree that communication with parents is paramount in getting this message of healthy living to young people. It’s particularly reflected in events like a recent virtual town hall discussion that centered on mental health. “Part of our discussion was about mental health, as well as how mental health can affect kids in making unhealthy decisions to possibly self-medicate with alcohol in different times of their lives, as well as other drugs if mental health conditions aren’t attended to,” Samuels said. “It was a very healthy discussion in terms of discussing with parents some of the current stats with regards to alcohol and marijuana, as well as parent communication.” Wenzel added, “We can educate kids all we want to, but so much of it trickles down from the parents—what they model, what they do and what they enforce. Any way we can get access to parents is a chance for us to reinforce the importance of parents and parenting during this whole messaging process.” Go to www.mtacoalition.com to learn more about Massapequa Takes Action Coalition’s (MTAC) prevention efforts. Like MTAC on Facebook or contact CMTAC Program Director Cathy Samuels at info@mtacoalition.com or call 516-7993203, ext. 131.

Supporters of MTAC’s Biannual Drug Take Back Events include Assemblyman Michael Durso, Massapequa Public Schools, Massapequa Elks Lodge #24 and the Nassau County Police Department and many community volunteers. (Photo courtesy of MTAC)

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fter guest speaker Bridget Mantello, from The Safe Center LI addressed the Women’s Club of Farmingdale (WCF) at a recent meeting detailing the broad spectrum of services offered by this non-profit local organization, members rallied their support by filling zippered tote bags with the center’s most needed items. Club members wound up delivering more than 30 bags filled with paper goods, fullsize toiletries, cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, soap and baby wipes to The Safe Center LI located in Bethpage. The Safe Center offers a broad spectrum of services, from counseling to housing, from advocacy to referrals, through a highly trained, nurturing and compassionate staff of professionals well qualified to provide the highest level of services to enhance the recovery of trauma victims and their non-offending family members. They welcome everyone and work to overcome each victim’s unique barriers to safety. They are always in need of kitchen essentials, including pots, pans utensils, cleaning supplies, paper goods, new children’s clothing, bras, socks and underwear, toiletries and baby care items. Visit www.tscli.org for a complete list of the dozens of supportive programs they provide. The WCF Major Fundraiser was recently held at the Nutty Irishman in Farmingdale. Ways & Means Chair Vicky Impollonia and her committee of Margaret Barrett, Lynne Cahill, Dolores Cianciabella, Ann Ciuffo, Karen Coonan, Diane Getzelman, Lynda Leone, Gail McGuirk, Elaine Ryan, Lorraine Stanton, Judith Vazquez, as well as many extra helping hands, organized a lovely Irishthemed lunch, which included The Mise Eire Irish Step-Dancers from Babylon, under the direction of Patti Love. More than 60 guests enjoyed a delicious lunch of corned beef and cabbage and chicken piccata. Dozens and dozens of beautifully arranged gift baskets and gift cards were raffled off, as well as two lucky winners of the 50/50. Ways & Means fundraisers make it possible for the club to present Farmingdale High School Seniors with scholastic awards totaling upwards of $4,000, as well as contributions to local and international charities. Many thanks to club members, friends, family and community for your support. The Women’s Club of Farmingdale (WCF) is very proud of member Cheryl Parisi, who has once again been elected trustee to the Incorporated Village of Farmingdale. Parisi has served as trustee for 14 years

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Village of Farmingdale trustee Cheryl Parisi

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during which time she has contributed to revamping the entrances into Farmingdale’s local parking fields with signage, lighting and landscaping. She has worked with Pat Christiansen to get garbage pickup relocated to the rear of local businesses. Parisi helped promote “Movies on the Green,” which started in 2010 by obtaining a grant that brought an outdoor movie screen to the village green. Free popcorn, ice cream and juices were later added. More recently, Parisi twice secured the relocation of the “No Parking” sign on Dale Drive to improve traffic safety. She was the recipient of the Nassau County “Woman of Distinction” Award in 2020. Visit www,womenscluboffarmingdale.org or call 516-473-3870 for more information about the Women’s Club of Farmingdale. -

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................. THURSDAY, APRIL 28 Meet The Assemblyman Noon to 1 p.m. Assemblyman John Mikulin will be at the center of a meet and greet in the community room at the Plainedge Public Library, 1060 Hicksville Rd., North Massapequa. Visit www.plainedgeinfo.org or call 516-735-4133 for more information.

Teen Program—Dungeons & Dragons 6:30 p.m. Register once for all sessions. Attendees are invited to come down in person for a new adventure. Participants will work together to battle monsters and solve fantastical mysteries. Levittown Public Library, 1 Bluegrass Ln. For more information, visit www.levittownpl.org or call 516-731-5728.

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mat. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom. us/meeting/register/tZIuf-mrpjwtEtLPxipiwCXjw7S3q0Cld-xB After registering, you will receive a confirmation email from the Hicksville Public Library containing information about joining the meeting. Saturdays through May 28. Long Island’s Largest Car Show Long Island’s premier car show experience will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at TOBAY Beach (rain date May 1). The Supervisor’s TOBAY Beach Classic will be co-sponsored by Car Show Long Island and will feature hundreds of automobiles, trucks, military vehicles, and emergency service vehicles. A live concert performed by That 70’s Band will take place during the day, followed by trophy presentations. The event is free for spectators. Classic Car enthusiasts and spectators can also grab a bite to eat from the food truck corral and can also check out numerous vendors and displays. For more information, e-mail carshowli@oysterbay-ny.gov or call 516-797-4121.

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NEIGHBORS IN THE NEWS East Meadow Fire Department (EMFD) firefighter Kasey Cheswick, a member of Ladder Company 2, was recently bestowed with the “Americanism Award” by the American Legion Post 1711 (Levittown) for her dedication and commitment to the community. From an early age, Cheswick has had a strong desire to give back to her community and has been actively involved in

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Meet Brooklyn Rae, a 7-year-old second-grader, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia on Nov. 10, 2021. She is currently on her third round of chemotherapy and may soon receive a bone marrow transplant. Brooklyn Rae has two siblings, ages 14 and 13. Brooklyn’s mom is a single mom who recently lost her job. On May 1, 2022, Holy Family CYO will hold its annual CYO vs Cancer car wash fundraiser at Holy Family School in Hicksville, from 830 a.m. to 1 p.m. The rain date is May 15. All proceeds from this event will benefit Brooklyn Rae and her family. If you cannot attend the car wash but wish to make a donation, make your check payable to Brooklyn’s mom, Rosemarie Schor, and mail to Ed Hebron at 2 Mitchell Ct. Hicksville NY 11801. Donors can also venmo @Ed-Hebron to also donate. If you have any questions please contact Ed Hebron at hebsweb@ optonline.net or 516-761-6647. Brooklyn Rae Schor (Photos courtesy of the Schor family)

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several organizations including the Girl Scouts and as a member of the EMFD’s junior firefighter program. Following in the footsteps of her father, Assistant Chief Peter Cheswick, Kasey joined EMFD’s Ladder Company 2. Upon her completion as a probationary firefighter, she took the extra step and completed her certification as an emergency medical technician (EMT). Giving back to the Girl Scouts, Cheswick made a presentation on fire safety to the members of her former troop. The W. Tresper Clarke High School graduate was inducted into the National Honor Society, is fluent in American Sign Language (ASL), a skill she has utilized at fire scenes and at emergency medical incidents. She recently graduated from Nassau Community College with a degree

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Farmingdale Couple Married 70 Years BY PEGGY RENDELY

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pril 13, 1952: Spencer Rendely was so anxious to marry his sweetheart, Anne Krieger of Farmingdale that the wedding occurred on Easter Sunday. There was no waiting for a quieter day. Given that it was the Holiest and

busiest day of the church calendar, the sacrament was not conveyed at the main church altar, something Anne had always desired. Fast forward, if possible, through 70 years, four kids, eight grandkids and one great-grandchild, Anne’s wish was granted: on Monday, Bishop Dunne of St. Kilian’s

Bishop Dunne officiated over Spencer and Anne Rendely renewing their marriage vows (Photos courtesy of the Rendely family)

Parish blessed the union of Anne and Spencer at the original high altar which was preserved through the 1995 church renovation. The happy couple has lived on Long Island since their wedding day and still reside in the Farmingdale house they purchased in 1959. Spencer ran a very

successful business installing and re-finishing hardwood floors. Anne, who still attends Mass at St Kilian’s three times per week, worked as a department manager at Pergament and was very active at St. Kilian’s as her children were involved in the renowned boys choir and in Farmingdale sports.

Spencer Rendely looking into the eyes of Anne Rendely, his bride of 70 years

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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

limited to, the $400 million Metro North Hudson Line Penn Station Access via Amtrak Empire Corridor, $258 million Phase Two Woodhaven Boulevard Queens Select Bus Service, $2.2 billion Light Rail between Jamaica and Long Island City on the old Lower Montauk LIRR branch, $8 billion restoration of LIRR service on the old Rockaway Queens branch, $3 to $9 billion new Interborough Brooklyn to Queens subway, $2.7 billion plus Brooklyn-Queens

Waterfront Street Car Connector, $5 billion Utica Avenue NYC Transit Brooklyn subway extension, $600 million NYC Transit North Shore, $1.5 billion West Shore Staten Island Bus Rapid Transit, $800 million new NYC Transit #7 subway station at 10th Avenue & 41st (deleted from original $2.4 billion Hudson Yard#7 subway extension to save $500 million) and $3.5 billion Red Hook Brooklyn subway extension from NYC Transit #1 subway line from the Rector Street downtown Manhattan station to Red Hook just to name a few. Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer, who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office. This included the development, review, approval and oversight for billions in capital projects and programs for the MTA, NYC Transit, Long Island Rail Road, Metro North Rail Road, MTA Bus along with 30 other transit agencies in NY & NJ.

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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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You Will Have A New Favorite Soon New kid on the block, Kama Asian Fusion in Wantagh, is going to be a great surprise to many. The talented and Michelin award-winning chef Peter Beck has pulled all the stops out for this fusion menu with intriguing and eclectic combinations of tastes and textures. Visit www.longislandweekly. com/kama-asian-fusion to check out our review of the new epicurean delight. (Photo by Christy Hinko)

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Visionary leader, certified food scientist, internationally-renowned chef and business owner Brad Kent recently attended the Natural Food Expo in Los Angeles to discuss what’s trending in the booming food industry this year. With new innovations coming out every day it’s hard to keep up with all that has happened so far this year—yet alone what will happen next. Kent is the one person perfectly suited to helping us understand the trends.

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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This year, hundreds took part in the Good Friday services.

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Screening and Diagnosing Breast Cancer Forum

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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Taller sobre la Detección y el Diagnóstico del Cáncer de Mama

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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Tommy James and The Shondells

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Ben Folds

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Howie Mandel

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David Foster with special guest Katherine McPhee

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Dick Fox’s Doo Wop Extravaganza

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Chaka Khan

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The Gilmour Project

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Happy Together Tour

The Sixties Show— The Greatest 1960’s Musical Re-Creation Show On Earth

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It Was 50 Years Ago Today— A Tribute To The Beatles’ Rubber Soul & Revolver

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ABBA The Concert

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Hot Autumn Nights

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Masters of Illusion – Live!

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Paul Anka—Greatest Hits: His Way!

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Joan Osborne’s Fave Poets BY DAVE GIL DE RUBIO

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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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Maggie McMahon is a senior girls lacrosse player at Mineola High School. According to Mineola High School faculty, she is an outstanding young woman and one of the best players on Long Island. She is going to play at the University of Louisville next year. McMahon said what inspired her to play lacrosse was her two older brothers Johny and Aidan. “Growing up I always wanted to be like them and after years of

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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

that Maggie thoroughly deserves,” Henton said. “Her determination to succeed is contagious, which will rub off on her future teammates in practice and games. Her lacrosse skills and knowledge will push her teammates to play to the best of their abilities. Maggie’s excitement and love for the game will allow her to create a competitive atmosphere at Louisville while connecting and building lifelong friendships.” McMahon said that she is beyond excited to play at Louisville this fall, and that her future coaches have already made the university feel like home. “I truly love everything the program and the university stands for,” McMahon said. “I couldn’t thank my family, friends and coaches enough for the endless support, and I am eager to see what Louisville has in store.” And of course her parents are proud, stating that as the youngest of three, McMahon has showed them what true determination and hard work can do.

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This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated below. Find the listed words in the grid. (They may run in any direct always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once.) Ring each word as you find it and when you hav pleted the puzzle, there will be 17 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle. By Holiday Mathis By Holiday Mathis

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). When you want to, you can find logic in the seemingly illogical. You’ve been known to crack codes, dispel myths and successfully work out difficult equations. Even so, sometimes you opt for no solution. This week brings a lovely mystery, the likes of which you’d rather enjoy than solve.

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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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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There are many decisions to be made this week, some of which seem to have the power to dramatically alter your day-to-day. Even so, don’t agonize. What matters more than what you pick is that you make the most of your choice -- that you commit, dig in and discover all the treasures to be mined there.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). New situations make you aware of your multifaceted inner world. It’s as though part of you is having the experience while another part of you is figuring out how to navigate it. Then there’s the part of you that seems to be sitting back with a bag of popcorn and watching it all.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). It’s good to have goals, but don’t let them get in the way of loving who you are now. With a certain mindset, fantasizing obsessively about the new and improved future you could be a form of self-rejection. You are complete in this moment, the only moment of action, creation and doing.

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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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The Homicide Squad reports the details of a homicide that occurred on Saturday, March 12, at 7:01 p.m. in North Massapequa. According to detectives, Seventh Precinct officers were dispatched for a disturbance at a residence located on North Manhattan Avenue. Upon their arrival, they found two female victims, ages 22 and 29, who both had been stabbed by a 34-year-old male subject. Officers located the subject inside the residence, after the subject had made an attempt to take his own life. Officers rendered aid to the subject at scene. The two female victims and one male subject were all transported to a nearby hospital for assessment and treatment. On Sunday, March 13, at approximately 10:08 a.m, the 29-year-old female victim was pronounced deceased by a hospital physician. The 22-year-old female victim and subject both remain in critical condition. The investigation is ongoing.

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The Seventh Squad reports the arrest of a Massapequa man for an incident that occurred on Saturday, April 2, at 1:20 p.m. in Massapequa. According to detectives, Seventh Precinct Gerald Gilraine officers (Photo courtesy of Nassau responded to County Police Department) 25 Philips Rd. for a call of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Upon arrival officers located 21-year-old Gerald Gilraine with an injury to his left hand. A Nassau County Police ambulance transported the aided to a local hospital for treatment and evaluation. After a thorough investigation detectives recovered two 3-D printers, two “Ghost Guns”, one assault weapon, ammunition and assorted gun parts. The defendant was placed into police custody without incident. Gilraine is charged with two counts of criminal possession of a firearm, two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, unlawful possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon (ammunition feeding device), manufacture of machine gun and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon (assault weapon). He was arraigned on Sunday, April 3, at First District Court, 99 Main St. in Hempstead.

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The Eighth Squad Detectives are investigating two attempted robberies that occurred on Wednesday, March 30, at 9:30 a.m. in Bethpage and 10:10 a.m. in Levittown. According to detectives, at 9:30 a.m,, two male blacks approached a 28-yearold male victim in the parking lot of TD Bank located at 145 Stewart Ave. in Bethpage and requested to use the One of the two suspects from victim’s the Bethpage/Levittown robbery cell attempts phone (Photo courtesy of the Nassau or cell County Police Department) phone charger. When the victim refused, one subject struck him in the left eye and tried to remove him from his vehicle. The victim remained in his car and was struck multiple times. Subjects fled the scene northbound on Stewart Avenue. The male was transported to an area hospital for treatment and evaluation. A short time later at 10:10 a.m., two male blacks matching the above-description, approached a 67-year-old male in the vicinity of Best Buy located at 3601 Hempstead Tpke. in Levittown. The subjects asked the victim for some money and when he complied the subjects demanded more. When the male was unable to produce additional money, he was punched in the face causing a laceration to his cheek before being thrown to the ground. The victim was transported to an area hospital for treatment and evaluation. Both subjects fled the scene in an unknown direction. The first subject is described as a male black, approximately 20 years old, with a medium build. He was wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, dark pants, carrying a black/white backpack and wearing black/red shoes. The second subject is described as a male black, approximately 20 years old, with a large build. He was wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, light blue jeans and dark-colored sneakers. Detectives request anyone with information regarding the above incidents to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-8477. All callers will remain anonymous. —Submitted by the Nassau County Police Department

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SCHOOL NEWS PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE SOPHOMORE QUALIFIES FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Maya Kunis, a sophomore at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School in the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District, qualified to compete in the International Virtual Business ChallengeHotel Challenge at the DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC), which will be held in Atlanta, GA from April 23 to 27. The DECA Hotel Challenge is presented by the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation and encourages DECA members to test their skills at managing a simulated hotel. Participants were required to schedule banquets and meetings, set room rates, bid on group sales, book advertising, monitor customer service, determine housekeeping needs and more. Participants’ scores were based on a balanced scorecard

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Additional students from the law program watched a live feed of the ceremony in the high school auditorium.

HARBOR SECOND-GRADERS TAKE ELECTRICAL SAFETY SERIOUSLY Second-graders at Seaford Harbor Elementary School have been declared safety sleuths. Through a program with PSEG Long Island, students watched videos and completed safety workbooks in which they learned how to be safe around electricity in their homes. Children learned about the beneficial uses of electricity but also the potential risks. By completing the workbooks, they identified potential dangers and came away with greater knowledge on protecting themselves, their friends, their pets and their homes. Second-grade teacher Jessica Koudelka said that children use a lot of technology, which is powered by electricity, so it is important that they learn how to use it safely. As a culminating activity, each student made a safety sleuth

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MASSAPEQUA STUDENTS ARE WITNESS TO THE AMERICAN DREAM Students from Massapequa High School’s law program recently got to watch first-hand as dozens of people achieved their dreams of becoming American citizens. A small group attended a naturalization ceremony hosted by U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Joseph Bianco, while others watched live from the high school auditorium. Nine students attended the event at the federal courthouse in Central Islip. A pair of Massapequa seniors led the courtroom in the Pledge of Allegiance before Bianco administered the naturalization oath. Then, as another pair played “God Bless America,” students handed out small American flags to the newly minted citizens. Aleksandra Krysiuk addressed the crowd and recounted seeing her own parents become citizens about 10 years ago. Attending the recent naturalization ceremony was a “truly moving experience,” as she got to see others go through that same process to fully gain American citizenship. It brought to her memory the smiles her parents had on the day of their ceremony. Another student who had a personal connection was Sophia Miata, whose parents also went through the naturalization process. “It was truly astounding to see this ceremony first hand and

see how meaningful American citizenship was to each and every person in that room,” she said. “I can truthfully say it is an experience I will never forget.” For Megan Tierney, she was grateful to be a part this meaningful moment. “We learn about the immigration process in school but being able to watch the actual process in person is truly an amazing experience,” Tierney said. “Listening to the stories, hardships and challenges these new Americans had to overcome is truly inspiring and an emotional experience for everyone included.” Lindsey Black said it was touching to witness the final step in the incredible journey of America’s newest citizens and Amanda Panaro said it was an amazing opportunity for high school students to get to witness this milestone. Judge Bianco, a longtime mentor to Massapequa’s law students, noted that it was the first time a naturalization ceremony was ever livestreamed directly to a high school on Long Island. He partnered with law program teacher Daniel Bachman and Curriculum Associate for Social Studies Dr. Brian Trapani to afford students this unique experience. —Submitted by the Massapequa School District

IRISH CULTURAL SOCIETY HONORS 10 BETHPAGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Ten Bethpage High School students were awarded for their excellence in the 2022 Martin J. Kelly Writing Contest hosted by the Irish Cultural Society. Bethpage’s honorees include a first- and second-place winner along with eight honorable mention students. This year’s contest

challenged students to write a creative description of each of the 11 iron workers on a beam as shown in the iconic photograph, “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” by Charles Clyde Ebbets. The annual writing contest is named in honor of Martin J. Kelly, a founding member of the society

and its past president for 23 years until his passing on July 2, 2015. The Irish Cultural Society aims to bring together people with the common goal of learning about their Irish heritage and supporting Irish culture and research. —Submitted by the Bethpage School District

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poster. Five posters from each second-grade class were entered into a contest hosted by PSEG and the winning entries will be displayed in a virtual museum. —Submitted by the Seaford School District

PTen Bethpage High School students were awarded for their excellence in the 2022 Martin J. Kelly Writing Contest hosted by the Irish Cultural Society. (Photo courtesy of the Bethpage School District)

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Captains and lieutenants (Photos by Joe Virgilio)

Wantagh Fire Department Installation Of Officers

he Wantagh Fire Department (WFD) recently held their 123rd Inspection and Installation Dinner. In addition to swearing in the leadership of the department, 77 members were honored for serving the community anywhere from five years to 70 years. Due to the pandemic, there was no dinner or formal recognition last year, therefore those members recognized were for the years 2020 and 2021, including five members who were recognized for 50 years service to the residents of Wantagh. The Administrative and Line Officers were sworn in, followed by the Assistant Chiefs and finally Chief of Department. Chief Thomas P. Bloomfield was sworn in as Chief of Department, the culmination of many years of active and dedicated service which began as a member of the WFD Explorers program. Assisting Bloomfield in the day-to-day operations of the department are First Assistant Chief Lenny Mathewson, Second Assistant Chief Bill Stevens and Third Assistant Chief Bill Van Leer. Bloomfield began his career with the WFD after his time in the Explorers in 1999, following in the footsteps of his father, Ex-Captain Pete and older brother Ex-Chief James. They all are assigned to the same unit, Ladder 1 at headquarters. His mother, Dee, is a longtime member and Past President of the Ladies Auxiliary to the WFD. Bloomfield served as lieutenant

Assistant Chiefs from left: Bill Van Leer, Bill Stevens, Lenny Mathewson

Chief Bloomfield has his Chief of Department badge pinned on his chest by his wife Kristen

Ex-Chief John Barrett (fourth from left) was recognized by the chiefs and commissioners for 60 years of active service

Fifth through eighth from left: 50 year honorees Ex-Captains Robert Kurtz and Willie Wills, Ex-Chiefs Steve Dunn and Ron Hunter (5-8 from left) along with chiefs and commissioners

and captain before being elected as Third Assistant Chief in April 2015. He is a firefighter with the FDNY, assigned to Ladder 54 in the Bronx. Bloomfield’s family, wife Kristen and children Robert and Kaley joined him as he took the oath of office as Chief of Department. Many of his family and friends including his parents Pete and Dee, brothers Jim and Dan, and their families were on hand to celebrate. During his remarks to the department, Bloomfield thanked the outgoing officers for their leadership to the department, particularly during the past two years of unprecedented challenges as the result of the pandemic. He thanked his family for their support and acknowledged the hard work, dedication and commitment of the members of the department, which answered nearly 2,400 calls for assistance during the last year. The following members were recognized for their 50 years of service to the community: Ex-Chiefs Steve Dunn, Ronald Hunter and Joseph Pignataro and Ex-Captains William Wills and Robert Kurtz. All five of these gentlemen have made significant contributions to the Wantagh Fire Department and we are very grateful that they continue to serve, not only as active members but also as valued mentors for future generations. —Submitted by the Wantagh Fire Department

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pring is finally here and the Plainview Water District (PWD) would like to remind all residents about the importance of water conservation during the warmer months of the year. Water consumption in the Plainview-Old Bethpage community nearly triples during the spring and summer and this can almost exclusively be attributed to residential irrigation systems. Conservation will not only save residents money and reduce unnecessary water waste, but will significantly decrease additional pumpage of the aquifer and stresses to the district’s groundwater wells and treatment systems. “From May to September, the community’s water demand increases significantly due to irrigation systems starting up, and the sad reality is that so much of the water we pump is wasted due to inefficient water practices,” PWD Chairman Marc Laykind said. “Your lawn’s need for water in April is significantly different than its needs in July, which is why we ask residents to frequently change the setting on their irrigation controller to reflect the weather and

temperature. When you set and forget your irrigation clock, you are often unnecessarily wasting water and money.” Simply setting an irrigation clock in April and then turning it off once the season ends in the fall will needlessly waste tens of thousands of gallons of water as a lawn’s water needs drastically change from month to month, especially during long stretches of rainy weather. The best way to remove the guess work and burden of remembering to alter watering schedules is to install a smart irrigation controller. Smart controllers use a WiFi connection to tap into local weather stations to automatically adjust watering schedules based on local weather conditions. Another effective means of better managing water usage is to ensure your

irrigation system has a rain sensor installed so your sprinklers don’t turn on after a rain event. “We want every member of our community to have the lush and healthy landscape they desire, but we ask that they do this while being conscious of their water consumption,” PWD Commissioner Amanda Field said. “We only have one water source, which is why it is upon all of us in the community to better manage our water usage and preserve our most precious natural resource for future generations of POB residents.” Everyone in the Plainview Old-Bethpage community can do their part by also being mindful of Nassau County’s Lawn Watering Ordinances, which dictates when homeowners can and cannot water their lawns. The ordinance stipulates that even-numbered homes and non-numbered homes can only water on even-numbered days, odd-numbered homes can only water on odd-numbered days, and no lawn watering can be done between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on any day.

In addition, residents can also consider turning back the amount of time each zone in their irrigation system waters. Removing just a few minutes of watering from each zone will have a significant impact on water usage, which will ultimately be reflected in the residents’ bill. “The average lawn only needs about an inch of water per week to remain healthy,” PWD Commissioner Andrew Bader said. “With technology and other tools at our disposal, we can be past the days of seeing sprinkler systems running during or shortly after a rain storm. Water conservation benefits our environment, our community’s sustainability and saves our residents money—particularly on their second and third quarter bills.” For additional information on water-saving tips and best practices throughout the irrigation season, visit www.plainviewwater. org or call 516-931-6469. Be sure to sign-up for email updates on the district’s homepage to receive additional information about water district activities. —Submitted by the Plainview Water District

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OBITUARIES

EASTPORT Corsentino, Fanny D., age 93 of Eastport, on April 4. Loving wife of Joseph. Cherished mother & mother-in-law of Terry Leone ( William Staudt), Cheryl Bergenstock (Gary) and Connie Corsentino. Loving grandmother of three and great-grandmother of one (with one on the way). Interment Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to McCourt and Trudden Funeral Home, Inc., Farmingdale. FARMINGDALE Ferrara, Rita of Farmingdale on April 11. Devoted wife of the late Michael. Loving mother of Marianne Gandolfo (Phil), Michael (Laurie-Anne) and Robert Sciarra (Donna). Cherished nanny of Nicole, Christine, Samantha and Michael and great-grandmother of Ceceilia, Ryan, Sophie, Miles and Livia. Arrangements entrusted to the McCourt and Trudden Funeral Home, Inc. 385 Main St., Farmingdale. Please make a donation to the Make a Wish Foundation of Suffolk County. Interrante, Vincenzo of Farmingdale on April 5. Devoted husband of 43 years to Paula. Loving father of Francesca (Darren), Carmela and Michele (Benny). Cherished grandpa of Vincenzo and Francesca. A proud American Citizen, he is also survived by many loving family and friends and his beloved dog, Guy. Entombment at St. Charles Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to McCourt and Trudden Funeral Home, Inc., Farmingdale. Bozirikidis, Dimitrios of South Farmingdale on March 31. Loving uncle of Maria P. Tzolis. Interment at Pinelawn Memorial Park. Arrangements entrusted to McCourt and Trudden Funeral Home, Inc., Farmingdale. Cerami, Rose of New Port Richey, FL, on March 22. Cherished wife of the late Joseph. Beloved mother of Michael (Donna) and Philip (Carol). Devoted grandmother of Christopher, Matthew, Nicholas, Ashley, Michael, Marc and Kristi. Great-grandmother of Arianna and Aurora. Sister of Ann Gencarelli (Pete). Arrangements entrusted to the McCourt and Trudden Funeral Home, Inc., Farmingdale. Rauff Sanders, Elizabeth M. of Farmingdale on March 18. Survived by daughter Elizabeth Abshire and son Richard Rauff. Arrangements entrusted to McCourt and Trudden Funeral Home, Inc. 385 Main St., Farmingdale. Interment St. Charles Cemetery.

Mandra, Irene L. of Farmingdale on March 27. Loving mother of Diane C. Carroll, Ronald P. Lopez and Gail Mandra-Stallone. Cherished grandmother of Ronald, Stephen, Bryan, Jared, Ava, Evan and Ana. Great-grandmother of Gabriella and R.J. Arrangements entrusted to McCourt and Trudden Funeral Home, Inc., 385 Main St., Farmingdale. Rich, Lisa Jeanne of Farmingdale on March 15. Loving mother of Ryan J. Rich. Devoted girlfriend of Richard Jaworski. Cremation private. Arrangements entrusted to McCourt and Trudden Funeral Home, Inc., 385 Main St., Farmingdale. Tarnell, John M. of Farmingdale on February 26. Cherished husband of Lucy for 51 years. A graduate of State University at Farmingdale and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. John received an Honorable Discharge from the United States Army Reserves. An avid golfer who will be missed by many. Arrangements entrusted to the McCourt and Trudden Funeral Home, Inc. HICKSVILLE Genzale, Robert of Hicksville, NY on March 6. Beloved husband of Josephine. Devoted father and father-inlaw of Christine Vitale (Chris), Bobby, Paul (Deanna), and Michelle Nupp (Colin). Cherished grandfather of Dean, Sienna, Isabel, Ava and Gavin. Please make a donation in Robert’s name to the American Heart Association at www.heart.org. Arrangements entrusted to the McCourt and Trudden Funeral Home, Inc. in Farmingdale. MASSAPEQUA Meyer, Kevin P. of Massapequa on Feb. 8. Loving husband of Cindy. Cherished son of Joseph and Margaret. Devoted father of Catherine and Christopher. Beloved brother and brother-in-law of Joseph (Kirsten), Laura (Ken), Nancy (Bob) and Joyce. Loving uncle of Sarah, Emma, Kayla, Kelsey, Erin, Josh, Shekinah, Joshua and Trinity. Retired sergeant with the New York City Police Department. Investigator with the Suffolk County District Attorney. Arrangements entrusted to McCourt and Trudden Funeral Home, Inc., Farmingdale. Molloy, Donald, of North Massapequa on Feb. 8. He is the loving husband of the late Dolores Molloy. He is the loving father of Theresa Molloy, Donald Molloy, Jr., Kelly Marro, Raymond Molloy, Timothy Molloy and Maureen Colleran. Loving father-in-law to Scott Colleran, Lisa Molloy, Alicia Carbonaro and Maria Molloy. Beloved Pop Pop to John Molloy, Brian Molloy, Sean Molloy, Daniel Molloy, Michael Molloy, Jack Molloy, Joseph Marro, Nicole Marro, Dylan Molloy, Lauren Molloy, Brendan Molloy, Brianna Molloy and Shannon Colleran. Beloved great-Pop Pop to John Molloy, Jr., Vivian Molloy and Jamison Molloy. Donald is survived by many loving family and friends.

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ivision softball pitcher Alyssa Weinberg is picking up from where she left off a year ago. Weinberg, a dominant pitcher, is poised to lead the Blue Dragons on another deep playoff run. Weinberg is coming off a stellar junior season during which she had a 1.50 ERA and struck out 200 batters over 100 innings of work. She tossed a perfect game and a no hitter and was named Nassau Pitcher of the Year. In a 2-1 win over crosstown rival MacArthur this season, Weinberg pitched a complete game, giving up two hits and striking out 12. In a 6-3 win over Carey, Weinberg pitched a complete game, striking out 12 and allowing only three

hits. Weinberg blanked PlainviewOld Bethpage, 2-0, while pitching a complete game shutout with 13 strikeouts. She also went 2-for-2 at the plate and drove in the only two runs of the game. Weinberg is able to spot her curveball on the inside or outside corners of the plate and finishes off batters with a lethal rising fastball. She was named one of Newsday’s Top 100 softball players. Division is 4-4 on the season and the Blue Dragon offense is being led by Jordyn Pasqueralli, Michaela Bridgwood and Emma Robins. While Division is still finding its groove at the plate, the defending Nassau Conference I champions remain one of the top teams to beat in the county. In boys lacrosse, Farmingdale is 6-0 on the season thus far. In two key matchups, the Dalers beat Suffolk County powerhouse West Islip, 5-4, and longtime Nassau contender South Side, 6-4.

runs for the Eagles. In 2018, Honeyman led Massapequa to the Class AA state title and was an All-Long Island selection. At Boston College, Honeyman is a sophomore left fielder. In March, he went 4-for-4 with four RBI in a win over South Florida.

Division softball seniors from left: Deanna Philips, Kate Egan, Alyssa Weinberg, Jordyn Pasqueralli and Amber Fox. (Photo courtesy of Heidi Kinkel)

Farmingdale is led by Ryan Woodland (18 goals and five assists), James Hickis (10 goals, four assists), Jack Agres (10 goals, six assists) and goalkeeper Danny Seamon.

On The College Diamond

Boston College is being led by a pair of Nassau County standouts. Sophomore Cameron Leary of

Bethpage (St. Anthony’s HS) has flexed his power in the ACC this season. The right fielder has hit 12 home runs and notched 32 RBI while batting .277. In March, Leary went 4-for-4 with two home runs in a win over the University of Miami. Teammate Travis Honeyman, from Massapequa High School, is hitting .351 with five home

In College Lacrosse MacArthur’s Hugh Kelleher had a huge day for the Cornell lacrosse team. Kelleher scored the game-tying goal for the Big Red with 24 seconds left in regulation against Syracuse at the Carrier Dome on April 11. Then, just 1:12 into overtime, Kelleher notched the game-winner in a wild 16-15 win over Syracuse. The Big Red trailed by as many of six goals in the game. The fourth-ranked Cornell team improved to 10-1 on the season. Kelleher, a sophomore midfielder, has 16 goals during the 2022 campaign. —James Rowan is a Levittown resident.

Massapequa Athletes Taking Their Chief Pride To College Although their time as Chiefs will soon be coming to an end, 25 student-athletes from Massapequa High School will represent other teams with pride in their future collegiate careers. The school hosted a National Letter of Intent signing ceremony for the college-bound athletes on April 13. Shannon McEntee, director of physical education, health, athletics and recreation, introduced each senior at the event, which was attended by parents, siblings, administrators and coaches. Interim Superintendent of Schools Brian Conboy thanked all of the athletes for representing Massapequa so well in their respective sports and also commended the parents for their dedication, noting that sports is a family commitment. High school Principal Barbara Lowell added that they are about to embark on one of the most exciting times of their lives, and said this is a

talented group of student-athletes who are prepared to succeed both on the field and in the classroom. Congratulations to the following athletes on their college commitments: Baseball: Matthew Castrogiovanni (SUNY Purchase), Damian DiGiuseppe (St. Joseph’s College) and Zander Tesoriere (Albright College). Cheerleading: Olivia Guido, Caroline Arent and Kelly Arent (all Hofstra University). Field Hockey: Carina Ramirez (University of New Haven). Football: Jake Ciolino (Marist College), Jakob Menichini (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) and Kyle Tobin (Western Connecticut State University). Ice Hockey: Alyssa Papasodero (Neumann University). Boys Lacrosse: Jack DeTommaso (Undecided), Ryan

Massapequa High School recognized 25 student-athletes who will continue playing sports in college during a signing ceremony on April 13. (Photo courtesy of the Massapequa School District) Coll (Farmingdale State College), Brandon Ortiz and Quinn Tucker (both SUNY New Paltz) and Michael Valentine (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy). Boys Soccer: Colin Mushorn (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy).

Girls Soccer: Thalia Morisi (Old Dominion University). Softball: Amanda Panaro (Rutgers University, Newark). Swimming: Christopher Fitzpatrick (Hartwick College). Girls Volleyball: Emma Reilly (SUNY Cortland).

Wrestling: Carlos Arango, Nicholas Blitz and Anthony DiGennaro (all Springfield College) and Anthony Conetta (Undecided). —Submitted by the Massapequa School District

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