Port Washington News 7/19/23 edition is published weekly by Anton Media Group

Port Washington Restaurants “Skip The Stuff”

JULIE PRISCO

jprisco@antonmediagroup.com

This month, Grassroots Environmental Education is hosting the “Skip the Stuff” campaign to encourage local restaurants to go plastic-free. More than 20 food establishments in Port are participating in Platic-Free July as part of an international effort to reduce using single-use plastic.

Grassroots Environmental Education is a New York-based non-profit organization founded in 2000 by Doug and Patti Wood. Its programs are based on science, and its network of environmental experts includes leaders in environmental toxicology and medicine. Grassroots educates the public about environmental health issues by developing programs and professional materials to help the public understand scientific research. Grassroots also sponsors the Port Washington Farmers’ Market, where no plastic bags or plastic cups are permitted.

When Grassroots started in 2000, they tackled the issues of pesticides, educating the public on the link between environmental exposure and human health. Pesticides are used for lawns and landscapes, but they are poisons that can move through the environment, contaminating our air, water, and food supply.

Grassroots was able to get groundbreaking legislation passed. They started with small steps by getting pesticides banned at all schools in Port Washington; eventually, they were able to take it to New York State and have a law passed prohibiting pesticides in all schools.

The organization has evolved and shifted primary focuses as other environmental issues have become more problematic. While plastics have been around for a long time, it is now emerging as a major environmental and health problem.

“[Plastics has] gone from being a litter problem to a major public health problem,” said Patti Wood, founder and executive director of Grassroots Environmental Education. “Everybody hated seeing plastic bags stuck in trees, along the roadside or stuck in fences. Now from an international standpoint, it’s become a planet boundary because plastics have become so ubiquitous.”

A planet boundary means it’s impacting

the planet’s ability to be sustainable. Patti Wood shared that “nanoplastics and microplastics are now so ubiquitous in our environment that all of us are breathing them in, drinking them in our water and eating them in our food. Everyone on the planet now has microplastics in their bloodstream and in their lung tissue.”

Plastic packaging is one of the main problems with the plastics issue. Plastic manufacturers make plastic packaging, including plastic bags, candy wrappers, juice bottles, toy boxes and almost anything else you buy from a store.

To take small steps toward minimizing the use of single-use plastic, Grassroots is participating in Plastic-Free July with the “Skip the Stuff” campaign in Port.

“There’s no better place to do it than on Long Island, where we have an incredibly dense population and an incredibly dense number of restaurants and take-out food establishments,” said Patti Wood.

The restaurants participating in the campaign will only include plastic utensils, condiment packets or straws on request and will deliver food orders in biodegradable “Bio Bags” instead of plastic.

The Grassroots team has been working hard to go to local restaurants, pass out flyers and explain the “Skip the Stuff” campaign. Among the restaurants that have signed up to be part of the Plastic-Free July program are Amalfi, Andys’ Pizzeria, Ayhan’s Restaurants, Bosphorus Cafe, Carlo’s Pizza, DiMaggio’s, Finn MacCool’s, Gino’s, Haven Diner, Hinck’s Deli, La Petite Framboise, Louie’s, Naranatto, Nino’s Beach, Pepe Rosso, Schmear’s, Toscanini, Waterzooi and Yummy Gyro.

“Port has been fantastic. We’re still adding new restaurants to our list of participating establishments, and they’re enthusiastic,” said Patti Wood.

Not only are these restaurants reducing their single-use plastic consumption, but they are also saving money since they aren’t automatically putting the straws, utensils and condiment packages in their take-out bags.

“Majority of people ordering take-out are residential take-out orders,” said Patti Wood. “And everybody has a drawer of silverware, and they’ve got ketchup and mayonnaise in their refrigerator. So they don’t need these packets.”

Grassroots is supplying the “Bio Bags” for restaurants with funding from the Peter and Jeri Dejana Foundation. When July ends, Grassroots hopes the participating restaurants look into purchasing “Bio Bags” and continue using them for take-out needs.

“We already have two restaurant owners

Fast Facts About Plastic

• Over the next decade, greenhouse gases created during the production and disposal of plastics will exceed that from burning coal.

• Recycling of plastic has been a failure. Less than 5 percent of all plastic going into the recycling waste stream ever gets recycled.

• One single use plastic water bottle could fragment into 20 trillion microplastic particles that are 1 micron in size.

• The three most common sources of microplastics are bottles and food packaging, synthetic textile fabrics (especially polyester fleece), and particles from tire wear.

ask where we get the bags from so they can keep using them,” said Patti Wood. “That’s exactly what we wanted to hear. That was the best news I got last week.”

While supplying the “Bio Bags” and educating the public on how to reduce the use of single-use plastic is a priority of this campaign, Grassroots hopes to inform the people about the recycling plastic misconception.

“Recycling plastic is a myth,” said Patti Wood. “Plastic is a mixture of fossil fuels and chemicals, many of them toxic to humans. When you burn plastic, it releases highly toxic gases into the air. When you dump plastic into landfills, it degrades with exposure to the elements and eventually migrates into the air and water sources. The idea that the plastic you place into a big blue bucket will be recycled into a useful item is just false. Less than 6 percent of all plastic actually ever gets recycled.”

In addition to the “Skip the Stuff” campaign, Grassroots is working on the next step, which is having written legislation to reduce the use of single-use plastic for Nassau County. Grassroots hopes that with the campaign’s exposure and success in Nassau, they can get Suffolk County on board as well.

Local government officials have been speaking out in support of Grassroots and the “Skip the Suff” campaign to encourage more local restaurants and residents to educate themselves of the plastics problem.

Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Mariann Dalimonte said, “I really admire the Grassroots Environmental Education organization for spearheading the implementation of the Plastic-Free July

Easy Things You Can Do

• Purchase beverages in glass, cartons or cans, avoiding plastic bottles whenever possible.

• If you order take-out, ask the restaurant or store NOT to include plastic utensils, condiment packs or straws, or put your order in plastic bags.

• Make a kit for your backpack or car with a reusable bag, utensils, cups, and straws to always have a handy reusable option.

—Information compiled from Grassroots Environmental Education (grassrootsinfo.org)

initiative here in Port Washington. I proudly support this program, and will be working hard throughout the month of July and beyond to not only limit my consumption of single-use plastics, but also prioritize purchasing other recyclables like glass and paper. Every little bit helps, and I highly encourage residents of Port Washington to visit Grassroots Environmental Education’s website to gather invaluable tips on how to avoid plastics throughout the month.”

New York State Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti said, “I want to thank Patti Wood and Grassroots Environmental Education for spearheading the Plastic-Free July in Port Campaign. Initiatives like this are instrumental in educating our neighbors on the environmental harms caused by plastic, and how small changes in our everyday habits can have a big impact.”

To learn more about Grassroots Environmental Education and how to be more plastic-free in your life, visit www. grassrootsinfo.org

Grassroots Executive Director Patti Wood holds one of the biodegradable “Bio Bags” being supplied to Port restaurants. (Photo from Doug Wood)

NEIGHBORS IN THE NEWS

Garden Club Centennial Exhibit

The Port Washington Garden Club is celebrating its centennial next March with a month long exhibit of its first one hundred years at the Port Washington Public Library.

We are looking for photographs, memorabilia, stories and memories your readers may have of the Garden Club that might be included in this exhibit. Any items used will be returned at the close of the exhibit.

Please contact the Port Washington Garden Club Library Exhibit at ctertia@ optonline.net to arrange for exhibit loans or to ask for further information.

—Submitted by the Port Washington Garden Club

The Port Washington Garden Club recently helped beautify Elderfields Preserve at The Art Guild. (Photo from The Art Guild)

Talent Sought For Fundraising Show

If you sing, dance, play an instrument or have another entertaining talent, and are 12 years of age or older, consider auditioning for Port’s Got Talent, an evening that showcases Port Washington’s amazingly talented residents. The event will be held on October 14 at Landmark on Main Street’s

Jeanne Rimsky Theater. Auditions are being held July 17 and 26 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Port Washington Adult Activities Center, 80 Manorhaven Blvd. Call 516-883-6656 for details.

—Submitted by the Port Washington Adult Activities Center

Schreiber Class Of 1973

50th High School Reunion

Our 50th High School reunion is this summer! The reunion takes place on Saturday, Aug. 19. If you’re on the fence about coming to the reunion because you have a few more wrinkles or no hair or extra pounds or weren’t popular in high school, who cares! We are still alive and kicking! We are almost 70 now and learned that we are all in the same lifeboat of life together. If you are weary about not being comfortable talking to anyone on reunion night, come up to someone on the committee, we will make you feel cool, because, we weren’t… in

high school.

For additional information, please contact Linda Ragusa Demeo via mail at 75 Shadyside Ave., Port Washington, NY 11050. Cell Phone: 516-297-7781. Email: tennis6573@aol.com

A registration form must be filled out with the enclosed check

For further information and a list of classmates, please visit our website at www. schreiber73.com

—Submitted by the Reunion Committee

Woodland Restoration Project

North Hempstead Councilmember Veronica Lurvey joined with the Science Museum of Long Island in mid-June to learn about their ongoing woodland restoration project at the Leeds Pond Preserve. Local officials were able to hear more about the project which aims to restore native plants to the Preserve’s 36-acre property. Currently, the area has perennial vines and other invasive species which are harmful to native plants, and the animals and organisms that need the native plants to survive.

—Submitted by the Town of North Hemptead

Annual Kiwanis Club Golf Outing

The Kiwanis Club of Manhasset-Port Washington recently hosted their annual Golf Outing at North Hempstead Country Club. Deidcated residents from Port Washington and Manhasset volunteer with the Kiwanis clum to help serve the community. The club was formed 82 years ago and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit service organization. We seek to improve the lives of others. Pictured: Kiwanis Club members, incuding Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jen DeSena.

(Photo from Town Supervisor Jen DeSena’s Facebook)

Class of 1973, 40th reunion. (Contributed photo)

Port’s Got Talent.

Attendees learn about invasive species and native plants. (Contributed photo)

The 3rd Annual Kevin Regan Memorial Golf Outing will take place on Monday, July 31, 2023, at the North Hempstead Country Club Port Washington. Kevin Regan, who was raised in Manhasset, was a resident of Port Washington for 13 years prior to his death on February 21, 2021. Kevin succumbed to leukemia at the early age of 47.

This event, which will benefit the Lauri Strauss Leukemia Foundation (LSLF), honors the life of a man who meant so much to so many and who was taken from his family and friends much too soon. The Lauri Strauss Leukemia Foundation supports young researchers in their field by awarding grants to innovative projects. The grants are monitored and selected by the LSLF Medical Board.

The Foundation is honored to celebrate

Golfing For A Cure

Kevin Regan and is gratified that the Regan family is helping with the fundraising efforts. LSLF is a charity that was near and dear to Kevin and his family. The wonderful people behind LSLF took a vested interest in Kevin’s cancer battle. They were always available through his misdiagnosis and eventual correct diagnosis of Myeloid Sarcoma, a rare subset of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. That was a particularly tough time for the Regan family, but it was made infinitely better by LSLF’s understanding and compassion.

Kevin was the kind of guy that everyone gravitated toward. He had natural charisma, a sharp wit, and a dazzling smile that lit up a room. His loss continues to be deeply felt by so many, but his family remains inspired by him to live their lives the way he did – with humor, courage, and always with

Residents Forward presents its exciting first themed community walk. “Walk and Wag” on Friday, July 21 at 8:30 a.m. will be a fantastic opportunity to meet new friends and strengthen community bonds.

The walk will kick off at Bay Walk Park, right across from Stop and Shop. From there,

love in his heart. He would certainly love the idea of people gathering together in his honor to play golf and celebrate his life.

On behalf of the Regan family and the Lauri Strauss Leukemia Foundation, a local charity doing a world of good, all golf players are encouraged to participate in the July 31 charity outing. Pre-registration is required. Register online at www.lslf.org or call (516) 767-1418 with any questions.

Lauri’s family and friends established the Lauri Strauss Leukemia Foundation a tax-exempt, nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization. Lauri succumbed to AML leukemia at just 26 years of age. It is their hope that through the efforts of the Foundation, and others, a cure for leukemia and allied cancers will be found.

—Submitted by the Lauri Strauss Leukemia Foundation

‘Walk And Wag’

the walk will go towards the Manorhaven Dog Park. Don’t forget about our furry friends! Water and dog treats will be provided along the way.

No registration is required! Simply show up with a smile and bring your family, friends, and your beloved four-legged

companions.

Residents Forward is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that imagines and advances the critical projects that make the Port Washington peninsula beautiful, sustainable, and resilient.

—Information from Residents Forward

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Kevin Regan. (Contributed photo)

CALENDAR

THURSDAY, JULY 20

Half-Step (Grateful Dead Tribute)

7 p.m. (Manorhaven Beach Park) Town of North Hempstead free summer event. Half-Step (Grateful Dead Tribute). Call 311 for more information.

Homebrew Music: Live at Lapham Series

7 p.m. (Library, Lapham Meeting Room)

The Library is delighted to continue the Homebrew Music series. The series aims to bring people together over a shared love of music and to introduce our library community to fine, local musical talent. These gatherings of musicians and music lovers come together monthly to enjoy a live performance by one or more group members

FRIDAY, JULY 21

Sandwiched In with Tanisha Mitchell

12 p.m. (Library, Lapham Meeting Room)

Join Tanisha Mitchell as she explores the secrets of music. Learn the secret behind melody and harmony with this interactive lecture. Participants will conduct an animated orchestra and explore how popular music borrows from classical music. Register at pwpl.org/events

Port Washington Summer Community Band

8 p.m.-9:30 p.m. (Sousa Bandshell, Sunset Park) Port Washington Summer Community Band performs as part of the

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN YOUR COMMUNITY

Sousa Bandshell Summer Concert Series.

SATURDAY, JULY 22

Port Washington Farmers’ Market

8 a.m.- 12 p.m. (Port Washington Town Dock) The Port Washington Farmers’ Market is a local project managed by Port Washington-based non-profit Grassroots Environmental Education, every Saturday, rain or shine. Freshly picked local produce, flowers grown without pesticides, cups of organic coffee and homemade bakery goods. Visit pwfarmersmarket.org to learn more.

Defensive Driving Course

9:30 a.m. (Library, Hagedorn Meeting Room) The Empire Safety Council will offer the Defensive Driving Course from 9:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m., with a 30-minute lunch. Seating is limited, and priority will be given to Port Washington cardholders. Payment of $30 will be collected by the instructor during class. Register at pwpl.org/events

SUNDAY, JULY 23

Freeport Community Band

2 p.m.-3 p.m. (Sousa Bandshell, Sunset Park) Freeport Community Band performs as part of the Sousa Bandshell Summer Concert Series.

Hometown Unknown

7 p.m. (North Hempstead Beach Park) Town of North Hempstead free summer

event. Hometown Unknown (Original rock). Call 311 for more information.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26

Classical Piano Music

8 p.m.-9:30 p.m. (Sousa Bandshell, Sunset Park) Celine Kim performs an evening of classical piano music as part of the Sousa Bandshell Summer Concert Series.

THURSDAY, JULY 27

Teen Globe Oreo Workshop

7 p.m. (Library, Hagedorn Meeting Room) Join chocolatier Melinda Space as we create and decorate “Globe Oreos.” Teens will

decorate Oreos with a sugar-printed earth image and personalize them with sprinkles. For teens entering grades 7-12. Register at pwpl.org

FRIDAY, JULY 28

Sandwiched In with Tony Traguardo

12 p.m. (Library, Lapham Meeting Room)

The Beatles Bring Us “All Together Now.” In this multimedia program, Tony Traguardo shares some adventures of the cartoon Beatles, who appeared in their own TV series from 1965-1967. We’ll also join the animated Fab Four on a trip in a yellow submarine.

(Getty Images)

KIDS CORNER!

Let‛s Get Crafty: Bubble POP! Painting

One of the best parts of summer is being able to blow bubbles! You can take all that soapy goodness outside, blow the biggest bubbles you can, and just watch the swirly iridescent colors float on the breeze. Of course, there’s also the fun of trying to pop as many bubbles as you can before they get away. This activity combines all the fun of blowing bubbles with a neat, artistic twist.

You’ll need: bubble mix, bubble wands, food coloring, and paper.

St ep 1: pour about 1 tablespoon of bubble mix into a shallow bowl. You’ll need one of these for each color.

St ep 2: add a few drops of food coloring to each bowl and mix.

St ep 3: dip your wand into this colorful concoction, coating the blower well.

St ep 4: remove the wand from the mix and blow a bubble towards the paper.

Animal Fact!

Chinchilla

The chinchilla is smaller than a house cat, with large, dark eyes and velvety rounded ears and plush, grayish hair. According to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, chinchillas are wildly social, living in family groups which can form vast colonies called herds of over 100 chinchillas.

There are two chinchilla species: the long-tailed and the short-tailed chinchillas. Both have suffered excessive hunting and trapping. Living in the harsh Andes Mountains of South America, chinchillas have had millions of years of evolution to grow their fur in response to the elements.

the unforgiving altitudes of 9,800 to 16,000 feet, chinchillas hole up in rock crevices or dig burrows at the base of rocks. They are selective on what they eat, choosing plants with high fiber and low lignin (complex organic polymers that form key structural materials in the support tissues of most plants), Did you know that the ancient Incan Empire hunted chinchillas for their meat and fur, and kept them as pets? Also, chinchillas are related to guinea pigs and porcupines.

As the bubbles hit the paper they will pop and leave a colorful shape. Be sure to clean your wand between colors or use a separate wand for each one.

REMEMBER, food coloring is a dye and will stain clothes, surfaces, and skin! Be sure to protect yourself with gloves and an apron and do this on the grass or other surface you don’t mind getting a little colorful. Try using gel colors for a greater variety of hues.

Question: What did the penguin say to the polar bear?

Answer: It‛s ICE to meet you!

And with

COLOR ME

(Photo by rawpixel.com on Freepik)

Beach Jewels And Ocean Gems: Sea Glass Fest Returns To Whaling Museum

The Whaling Museum and Education Center is hosting the second annual Sea Glass Festival on Sunday, July 23 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. rain or shine. Now a 7-hour event, attendees will have more time to peruse new vendors and exhibitors and opt to partake in a special in-depth sea glass and wire wrapping jewelry workshop.

New this year is artist Roseanne Wellmaker of Ro’s Glass World, who will host hourly flameworking demonstrations on the lawn of the museum’s Wright House, expanding the event to include more of the museum’s grounds.

The festival is the only event of its kind in New York State celebrating the art and history of sea glass through demonstrations, craft workshops, artist presentations, etc. This event engages artists, performers, and community partners to build on the public’s interest in the art of sea glass as a platform to expand public knowledge about Suffolk County’s maritime heritage, and the cultural significance of the ocean that surrounds Long Island.

“To our surprise, the Sea Glass Festival quickly became our museum’s highest-attended event. We were delighted to see record-breaking attendance at our Sea Glass Festival in 2022. With expanded hours this year, we look forward to continuing to bring communities together to celebrate our ocean’s gems and the unique history behind them. The beauty and stories of sea glass continues to charm Long Islanders young and old, and we look forward to bringing the community together again this summer to explore this treasured asset of Long Island’s beaches,” said Nomi Dayan, executive director of The Whaling Museum.

Antique glass bottle experts, the Long Island Bottle Association (LIABA), will be on-site throughout the event offering free antique bottle appraisals for visitors who bring their own bottles for valuation. LIABA will have a full display of antique bottles for visitors to peruse and learn about.

New topics for the “Sea Glass Talks” will be shared by returning special guest presenters George Wm. Fisher and Mary McCarthy. George Wm. Fisher, author and local expert on antique bottles, will present

“Origins of Sea Glass: Beverage Bottles and Medicine Bottles” with an extension to last year’s topic to include milk bottles and condiment bottles.

Mary McCarthy, beachcombing educator and former vice president of the International Beachcombing Association and executive director of The Beachcombing Center, will present “Identifying Sea Glass by Color” and will be available outside her presentation schedule to identify visitors’ personal sea glass finds. She will also judge the Sea Glass of the Year contest, in which visitors are encouraged to enter their own pieces. Contest participants are eligible to win prizes in three separate categories: Best in Show, Most Unusual, and Best Historical Piece. “I’m thrilled to return to the 2nd Annual Sea Glass Festival at The Whaling Museum this year. The region is rich in history for coastal treasures, as evidenced by the finds brought in for identification and competition last year,” McCarthy said.

“This has become a staple event for us because there’s so much interest in it, and because we’re the only organization on Long Island doing an event focused on the history and artistry of glass at the same time,” said Gina Van Bell, assistant director of the museum.

Event attendees can register in advance to participate in the sea glass and wire wrapping workshop, a more in-depth jewelry class offered on the hour. Participants aged 12 and older will learn the essentials of securing sea glass and designing their own one-of-a-kind necklace. All materials are included. Workshop space is limited, and advance registration is strongly encouraged. Kids can partake in glassthemed crafts and a glass-themed scavenger hunt held inside the museum’s galleries as well as enjoy the play area in the If I Were a Whaler” exhibit space.

The Whaling Museum & Education Center is selling advance tickets to the event at cshwhalingmuseum.org/seaglass. Tickets bought before the event are $15 per person, and free for children 2 and under. Museum members pay a discounted rate of $10 per person. Advance tickets for the jewelry workshop are $25, and entry cards for the Sea Glass of the Year contest are $5. Tickets bought at the door cost an additional $5 each as well as the jewelry workshop which will be $30 at the door. All other event activities, except food truck purchases are included in admission. The museum is located at 301 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. For more information, contact (631)367-3418.

—submitted by the Whaling Museum with additional reporting by Amanda Olsen

A participant in last year’s craft workshop.

(Photo by the Whaling Museum)

An artist creates a glass lionfish sculpture through a process called flameworking.

(Photo by the Whaling Museum)

Sea glass comes in many colors.

(Photo by the Whaling Museum)

(Photo source Wikipedia)

The kids’ craft table is always a hit.

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When Joe Met Joe: Our Family’s Encounter With The Black Hand, At The Turn Of The 20th Century

BY PAUL MILA

Giuseppe Palisi, 31 years old, and his wife Josephine 22, had no idea what awaited them as they departed Messina, Sicily for a voyage to the New World, around 1900. Like other immigrant groups before them, Italians had heard stories of a new land of opportunity across the sea, where the streets were paved with gold. Of course, when the young couple arrived in America the reality that greeted them was far from the image they had dreamed of. After surviving the processing and examination ordeal of Ellis Island, many “lucky” new immigrants settled in the crowded tenements and slums of New York City’s lower Manhattan. Those who were not so lucky were turned away for health reasons, most commonly for having “pink eye” (conjunctivitis), caused by trachoma, a leading cause of blindness in those pre-antibiotic times, and returned to Italy. This was the case for Giuseppe Palisi. However, not to be deterred from his goal of becoming an American citizen, he ventured to Canada. After his illness was cured, he and Josephine entered the United States through the northern border.

Giuseppe and Josephine began to eke out a living near New York’s Greenwich Village, in the vicinity of Washington Square, and started their family. Their first new arrival in their adopted country, Catherine, was born in 1903. A son, Thomas, was born soon after, followed by another son, Luca, in 1907. Their final child was my mother, Rose, born in 1912 – the year an iceberg sent the Titanic to the bottom of the sea. Mom used to joke that she was the original “Rose of Washington Square,” the title of the famous 1920s tune. Giuseppe opened a fruit stand, and also shined shoes to supplement his income. As a child I only knew my grandfather as a gentle, 80+-year-old man with a crooked nose. He always asked me to sit on his “laps.” My mother would correct him: “Papa, it’s lap, not laps.” I asked my mother about his crooked nose. She told me that one day he got a smudge of shoe polish on a gentleman’s socks, and the “gentleman” kicked Giuseppe in the face, breaking his nose. Eventually, Giuseppe had

managed to scrape enough money together to open a small grocery store in Greenwich Village, near Washington Square Park. Things were beginning to look up for the Palisi family, the beginning of the classic American Dream. Owning their own home would soon be within their reach! One morning, as my grandfather was preparing the store for the day’s customers, a stranger walked in and handed him a piece of paper. Giuseppe’s hands trembled when he looked down and saw the dreaded image of the Black Hand drawn on the paper. The note contained detailed instructions to deliver a specific amount of money at a designated location by a certain date and time. It also included threats to murder or kidnap Giuseppe’s family, and bomb his store if he failed to comply. Recent killings and bombings in the area convinced him that this was not an empty bluff. The final instruction in the letter clearly stated, “Do not go to the police!” Giuseppe looked into the stranger’s cold, dark eyes, and wondered if his dreams of a new life in America were going to end in a bloody explosion.

In early 1905, the New York Police Commissioner, William McAdoo, had placed an Italian-speaking detective, Lt. Joseph Petrosino, in charge of a five-man group of

Italian-speaking detectives, to combat the rash of killings and bombings committed by the Black Hand, primarily against Italian immigrants. The group became known as The Italian Squad. My grandfather had heard about Joe Petrosino, so he defied the Black Hand’s orders, and decided to enlist his help. He went to the local police precinct and asked to speak with Detective Petrosino. The officer in charge ushered him into his office. Petrosino stood, and extended his hand.

In his strong Italian accent my grandfather said, “Excuse my English, Detective Petrosino. My name is Giuseppe Palisi. I own a small grocery store. The Black Hand gave me this letter.” He handed the crude piece of paper to the detective.

Before Petrosino read the note he smiled, and patted my grandfather on the shoulder. “Eh, I’m Giuseppe too. That’s Joe. We’re both Joe! I like you, Joe. It’s good to meet you. Don’t worry about your English. I’m gonna help you.” The detective read the letter, then told my grandfather to follow the instructions, but to put old newspaper in the package instead of money. Then, leave the package in the designated spot as instructed and go home. He would take care of the rest.

It was late on a cold, windy, winter night as Giuseppe placed the

package next to a particular rock in a deserted Washington Square Park. He started to walk away, but his curiosity got the better of him. Instead of leaving as Detective Petrosino had instructed, he hid behind a nearby tree to see what would happen. Several minutes later, the pickup man came to retrieve the package. Petrosino jumped out from his own hiding place and began to beat up the mafioso with a series of brutal punches and kicks. Finally, when he had the man on the ground, he stood over him, grabbed the lapels of his coat and shook him, shouting in his bloodied face, “The Palisi family are my friends! If you ever bother them again, you’ll get a worse beating than this!” On purpose, he let the terrified man run away so he could report back to his gang. My grandfather never heard from The Black Hand again.

As the years passed, the story of the fight got bigger and more elaborate. By the time I heard it, the two men were sliding across the ice in the moonlight as they fought a lengthy battle. I thought the beating itself was an exaggerated story. However, one night while watching an episode of America’s Greatest Detectives on a cable TV show, I learned that beating up mafia hoodlums really was Petrosino’s preferred method of administering immediate justice. On a sad note, Detective Petrosino was assassinated by the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo, Sicily – the birthplace of the Mafia, in March, 1909, when a New York newspaper

leaked information about his trip overseas to conduct an investigation about Italian criminals fleeing justice and settling in America. However, the story of Detective Joseph Petrosino does not end there! His proud legacy lives on. The Italian Squad, which he led, was eventually disbanded but evolved into what is now the NYPD Intelligence Division. He is also credited with creating the NYPD Bomb Squad, and the Canine Squad, both of which are active today.

Several years ago, I received an invitation to my friend Michael Vecchione’s birthday party. Mike is retired Chief of the Rackets Division in the Kings County (Brooklyn) District Attorney’s Office. One name on the RSVP list caught my eye: Joseph Petrosino! I asked Mike if there was any connection. Turns out Joe is the grand-nephew of the famous detective, and continued his uncle’s crime fighting tradition by working as an Assistant District Attorney in the Kings County (Brooklyn, NY) DA’s office, until he retired in 2011. At the party I gave him a summary of this story for his family’s scrapbook, written by my daughter, Laura, for a high school class project about family history. So, like my grandfather, I also had the pleasure of “Meeting Joe.” (Paul Mila and his family reside in Carle Place, New York. When not diving or writing, Paul teaches underwater

local

photography at a

dive shop (Scuba Network), and coaches tennis.)

Giuseppe Palisi (58 years old) seated at left with his wife, Josephine (49). Their daughter, Catherine, stands behind her father. Next to Catherine is her husband, Louis Donato, my mother, Rose, her cousin Frances Belsito, brothers Thomas and Luca, and two other unidentified women. Next to Josephine is her brother, Father Belsito. Far right, Josephine’s other brother, Lucas Belsito, his wife (also named Josephine), and their son, Luke.

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Giuseppe and Josephine Palisi in their home, surrounded by their extended family. Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, 1958. (Photo submitted by Paul Mila)

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Try To Enjoy Your Independence

Independence Day was a great opportunity to reflect on a variety of subjects. We pause to remember those who gave their lives so that we can live as free people. There are so many young men and women who could have chosen to stay home and pursue a career and a family, but they chose country over personal pursuits.

There are other reflections worth noting because they reveal how our society is currently functioning. We have a beautiful document called the Constitution which gives us so many freedoms to enjoy. Sadly many people use the Constitution as a license to foment the kind of divisions we are currently experiencing.

The First Amendment gives us the ability to express our views

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on multiple subjects. We can go to public forums and express our feelings on the issue of the moment. The late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. said that free

speech “doesn’t give you the right to yell fire in a crowded theater.” Regrettably, some people manipulate that admonition in the worst possible way.

When it comes to free speech our social media platforms allow too much expression with no serious efforts by such entities as Facebook and Twitter to curb harmful speech. There are so many obnoxious uses of social media that it is hard to recite all of them. One of the worst abuses of free speech is practiced by those who use the platform to bully other people. So often this practice ends in tragedy.

Periodically, we hear of some event that triggers a strong public outcry, such as the recent riots in France over the tragic death of a 17-year-old. No doubt many of the

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rioters have a grievance against that government, but they have no right to burn and pillage. Outlets such as Facebook allow content that encourages more violence.

The social media owners give the impression that they have thousands of employees monitoring all types of verbal violence but there is little proof that it is a true statement. Hundreds and possibly thousands of people perish throughout the world with no censorship of the culprits.

As we mourn the dead who gave their lives for us, it is also a good time to reflect on what is wrong in America and what we as Americans should be doing to stop the abuses of our Constitution. This is a great country and we have so many opportunities to make it even greater.

Addressing pet peeves with your partner can ensure relationship success.

Pet peeves- we all have them, but they are different for each of us. For some it may involve getting perturbed when watching someone chew with their mouth open; for others, frustration may occur when laundry is left on the floor. Each of these annoyances carries a different weight, and while we may be more equipped to simply roll with some of them, others may lead to tension and frustration. Some people may have navigated discussions involving pet peeves with roommates in the past, however, others may be dealing with broaching the topic for the first time with their partners.

Consider hypothetical couple Erika and Jason, who have been together for two years and recently moved in together. While Jason is wonderful when it comes to helping with the household responsibilities, he has recently been getting on Erika’s nerves when it comes to hanging on to and forgetting to replace almost finished/completely finished items. For example, a cereal box was left in the kitchen cabinet with only a few pieces of cereal inside. Erika also was forced to fend for herself when only one square of single ply toilet paper was left on the roll in the bathroom. She had brought this issue up once before, and while it let to a temporary (very temporary)

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adjustment, there was no lasting behavior change. She also doesn’t want to be seen as a nag or come off as ungrateful for everything else that Jason contributes to their partnership.

Psychologist Michael Cunningham notes that our emotional reactions help alert us to situations or behaviors that we need to pay closer attention to. For example, getting frustrated by a poor driver draws our attention to their actions, and can help protect us. In this case, Erika’s pet peeve relating to the inability to get rid of almost finished items has made her more vigilant when it comes to finding things around the home that may need to be replaced. Over time, these annoying behaviors (i.e., leaving empty items around) can become extremely frustrating triggers, which can then lead to large scale

fights between partners.

To address a pet peeve with your partner in a constructive way, there are several things that can be done:

• Be specific and focus on one behavior at a time.

It is important for Erika to address Jason’s habit of leaving finished items around the house and for her to avoid generalizing.

Erika values Jason’s contributions to the household chores, so saying that he never cleans up, would be an inaccurate statement and would detract from the actual behavior she wants him to change.

• Focus on the problematic behavior by using “I statements”. Erika should avoid attacking Jason’s character, and as such should not say, “You’re such a slob.” Rather, she should share what the problematic behavior is, and why it is upsetting to her. She may say, “When you leave unfinished items in the cabinets or drawers, I am not able to tell what we need more of. This sometimes leaves me in situations in which I run out of what I need.” This helps clarify why the issue Erika finds offensive is problematic.

• Ask your partner if they are willing to work on the behavior and problem solve/create solutions together.

Once Erika knows that Jason

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Honor Harry Chapin’s Legacy With Action To End Hunger

If you compiled the names of the most impactful Long Islanders in our history, you’d surely start off with the likes of Theodore Roosevelt, Marie Colvin, and Walt Whitman to name a few – and in my estimation, Harry Chapin is a fitting fourth candidate to complete any proverbial Mount Rushmore of great Long Islanders.

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In just nine years as a recording artist, he released 12 albums that embodied his distinctive style as a musical storyteller. Thanks to timeless melodies and stirring lyrics that vividly told stories of everyday life, songs like “Taxi,” “W.O.L.D,” “Circle,” “Sequel,” and of course, “Cat’s in the Cradle” became embedded into the soundtracks of our lives during the 1970s and beyond.

Using those remarkable gifts, he pursued his philanthropic calling and his mission to eradicate hunger in the United States in particular.

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that summer evening and through our society for years to come. He would be cited as an inspiration for future endeavors like USA For Africa and Live Aid, and countless memorial awards, theaters and humanitarian events would be named in his honor.

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SEP 8Anthony Hamilton

SEP 9Lar Enterprises Presents: Oh What A Night of Rock & Roll

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SEP 23Hermans Hermits starring Peter Noone

OCT 1The Price is Right

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DEC 12An Intimate Evening with David Foster & Katherine McPhee

As one of the world’s highest paid entertainers at the time, he gave generously to charitable causes, hosted numerous benefit concerts, and used his platform as a springboard for advocacy such as his involvement in launching World Hunger Year (now known as WhyHunger) and establishing the Presidential Commission on World Hunger during the Carter administration. However, the food bank that now bears his name is perhaps his greatest innovation. When Harry Chapin launched Long Island Cares in 1980, he created Long Island’s first food bank, and in doing so revolutionized our regional approach to addressing food insecurity and hunger.

In 2021, Long Island Cares distributed 14 million pounds of food – the equivalent of 11.5 million meals – and now has a half-dozen brick-and-mortar storefront locations across Long Island. The agency was instrumental in addressing crises like Superstorm Sandy and the economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. And because no member of the family – included the four-legged and feathered ones – is spared from hunger, their seventh location, Baxter’s Pet Pantry, is dedicated to gathering and distributing pet food and supplies to families in need.

In this oft-derided age of the celebrity candidate, Harry Chapin would have been a natural to run for the House of Representatives or another elected office, but not because he was a star. He would have been ideal because did the work and cared deeply about the future we shared. Sadly, he never got that chance – on July 16, 1981, while driving to a benefit concert at Eisenhower Park, Harry’s Volkswagen was hit by an 18-wheeler on the Long Island Expressway, and he was fatally injured.

The shock of his sudden, untimely death reverberated through the park on

Already, neighboring municipalities like Suffolk County have declared July 16 Harry Chapin Day in honor of all he achieved in just 38 years. Here in Nassau County, I am continuing to pursue legislation which I filed last year to formally establish a Harry Chapin Day of our own. While there has been no action by the Legislative Majority on my legislation to date, I will never lose hope or lose sight of the important mission in front of us.

Rather than wait for the gears of government to turn, I decided to immediately implement one of its tenets of my proposed legislation – after all, Harry Chapin was the man who said, “When in doubt, do something!” Starting on July 16, my office will be holding its second annual summer food drive to benefit Long Island Cares and draw renewed attention to Harry Chapin’s legacy.

Amongst the many lessons of the last several years, we have all been confronted with the hard truth that far more of our neighbors struggle silently with food insecurity than we ever believed.

If you would like to support this endeavor, you can do so by making contributions of non-perishable goods at the PlainviewOld Bethpage and Syosset Libraries and Plainview’s Trio Hardware, or donate directly to Long Island Cares, through August 16. Please call my office at 516571-6216 or email adrucker@nassaucountyny.gov if you have any questions.

In Harry’s words again, “we all have the potential to move the world, and the world is ready to be moved.”

This summer, as Nassau County residents and Long Islanders, let’s unite to move the world to a better and more humane place.

(Arnold W. Drucker, of Plainview, has represented Nassau County’s 16th Legislative District since 2016.)

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A look at the American Merchant Marine Museum

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The American Merchant Marine Museum preserves displays and interprets historic artifacts and artwork related to the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), the U.S. Merchant Marine, and the profession of seafaring. The museum will educate and instill in midshipmen and the public an appreciation for the significant contributions made by the maritime services to the nation’s heritage, and in particular by USMMA graduates and personnel in peace and war.

Almost since the creation of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, there has been some sort of museum on campus. While wartime plans for a permanent museum were ultimately shelved in 1953, between 1946 and 1958 the old training ship Emory Rice was deemed a pier side “museum ship.” While not much is known about this facility, we do know it served as an inspiration for Midshipman Charles Renick, who would graduate in 1947. While the museum ship was scrapped in 1958 and its collections scattered around campus, the idea did not die. Renick returned as an administrator on campus in 1961,

and almost immediately began advocating for a distinct museum space. The theft of the MacArthur “Surrender Sword” in 1973 from a midshipman lounge in the barracks underscored the need for a secure space to display the academy’s treasures.

A permanent site for the academy’s collection of art, ship models, and nautical artifacts was found in the late 1970s, after the alumni association donated the neighboring Barstow estate to the academy. Renick and other alumni successfully campaigned for a museum to be located on its ground floor, with storage in the basement, while a sort of hotel for academy visitors occupied the second and third floors. The museum officially opened its

doors on May 20, 1979, under the care of the American Merchant Marine Museum, Inc., a nonprofit entity empowered to exhibit, store, and even restore the academy’s heritage assets, and apparently allowed to receive new items on its own authority.

“The American Merchant Marine Museum is a treasure trove of maritime history, honoring the brave men and women of the U.S. Merchant Marine and preserving their legacy for future generations,” Vice Admiral Joanna M. Nunan, superintendent of the academy said. “We welcome visitors to come to Kings Point and explore the rich history and heritage of the U.S. Merchant Marine.”

The museum is located on the USMMA campus at 300 Steamboat Road in Kings Point. Stop at the guard booth on the way through the main gate and present your driver’s license for access to the campus.

Parking is not immediately available at the museum. Consider parking in the larger lot across the street from the museum gate entrance and taking the short walk from the parking lot over to the museum.

The museum is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. when school is in session. Visit www.usmma. edu/museum to learn more.

—With additional reporting by Christy Hinko

A 19-ton WWII propeller The museum is located on the historic Barstow estate.

The ship’s bell of the S.S. Fairland

Dozens of model ships are on display at the museum.

A collection of sextants

The museum is open Tuesdays through Fridays, when classes are in session.

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A Look Into Being A Broadway Producer

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Great Neck resident Robin Gorman Newman has been working as a Broadway producer since 2016. As a Broadway producer, Gorman Newman provides fundraising and promotional support to the shows she works on. Broadway producers contribute marketing ideas, work with investors, and give assistance to the team on the show, such as general managers and other producers.

“It is important to have support for projects because, quite simply, if there weren’t investors supporting the arts, where would we be?” said Gorman Newman. “It takes a village to bring a show to fruition, and co-producers do anything that we can to support the success of that production.”

From a young age, Gorman Newman has loved the theater. Her mother was a theater fan and helped foster a love of the arts in Gorman Newman. While at Hofstra University, Gorman Newman was the arts editor of the school paper. She has extensive experience in writing theater reviews and personality profiles.

An unexpected opportunity presented itself years ago to Gorman Newman, which got her involved in the production side of Broadway. A show called In Mother Words in California caught her eye. The production shows the honest side of all of the joy and absurdities that come with motherhood. Years before seeing the show, Gorman Newman founded Motherhood Later, which serves as a resource and community for those who became a mom at 35 or older.

Her experience with Motherhood Later and being Vice President at a PR firm combined with her love for the arts, Gorman Newman felt compelled to get involved with

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the show.

“I tend to be someone who listens to their gut, and I just made the call and I really wasn’t even sure what I wanted,” said Gorman Newman. “I didn’t expect a callback, but a few weeks went by, and one of the lead producers of the show called me back and she wound up telling me that the show was transferring to New York.”

Initially, Gorman Newman was an investor in the show and was given the title of Associate Producer for the off-Broadway show. “They gave me the opportunity to work on a very active grassroots level to help create some marketing initiatives. And for me, this felt like the perfect melding of my background. And, it was then that I just decided that I wanted to do more of this.”

Gorman Newman’s first Broadway show as a producer was Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Since then, she has worked on numerous shows, such as Fat Ham, Museum of Broadway and Parade.

“I loved the show (Parade) since day one. I saw it at City Center, and I fell in love with it immediately there. I was a big fan of Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond (the leads),” said Gorman Newman. “I walked out of the show and felt like I had got punched by this stunning piece of theater. I couldn’t even speak for 10 minutes. I needed to process what I had just seen.”

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While Gorman Newman was not necessarily looking for a show to work on, she always keeps her eyes open for things coming her way.

According to the website for Parade, the show stars a newlywed Jewish couple, Leo and Lucille Frank, struggling to make a life in Georgia. “When Leo is accused of an unspeakable crime, it propels them into an unimaginable test of faith, humanity, justice and devotion.”

“It was a piece that I felt needed to be seen by as many people as possible so that people could recognize that this happens. And hopefully, it will never happen again, but it could,” said Gorman Newman. “But it’s a beautiful love story at its core, and it’s a story of the empowerment of a woman who goes to bat for her husband and finds her voice in the face of horrific odds.”

Gorman Newman’s shows Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Fat Ham and Parade have received Tony nominations. And just this June, Parade won a Tony for Best Musical Revival.

“Since winning the Tony, it’s just icing on the cake,” said Gorman Newman. “Because this show has meant so much to me from the very beginning, and I’m glad that it’s getting the recognition that it deserves because then it sends a message out to the world that this is a story worth telling and worth seeing.”

Parade is on Broadway through Aug. 6. Visit paradebroadway.com for show dates and ticket information.

In addition to her work as a Broadway producer, Gorman Newman is a Vice President on the board of New York Theater Barn, a nonprofit incubator of new musicals, and a member of the Drama League. She recently

Welcome to our latest edition of Gold Coast Living. The North Shore of Long Island boasts a captivating summer experience like no other. As the sun-kissed days stretch out, a feeling of sheer joy permeates the air, bringing forth a vibrant tapestry of beauty and leisure. Nestled against the sparkling waters of the Long Island Sound, this region offers delights that evoke the essence of summer.

There is no lack of fascinating events, people and places to write about across our region.

Beyond the shoreline, the North Shore unfolds a lush wonderland of natural treasures. Expansive parks and nature reserves offer idyllic retreats for hiking, picnicking and reconnecting with the beauty of the outdoors. The award-winning and historically significant landscapes are adorned with vibrant flora and fauna, creating a picturesque backdrop for unforgettable summer memories.

The Gold Coast charm extends to its towns and villages, each exuding a distinctive character and welcoming atmosphere. Strolling along quaint

joined the production team of SMASH, which is a big forthcoming Broadway musical inspired by the hit TV series and has Steven Spielberg as one of the lead producers.

Gorman Newman is currently developing a musical inspired by her book, How To Marry A Mensch. “Our hope is to inspire a mensch movement. I’ve always believed that what you put out is what you attract, and if someone is looking for a mensch, then you need to be one first,” said Gorman Newman.

When asked, why do you do what you do? Gorman Newman says, “Because I’ve always believed that theater has the power to change lives. Theater can share important messages, theater can entertain, theater can inspire and validate. It’s so vital.”

streets lined with boutique shops, art galleries and mouthwatering eateries, one can’t help but succumb to the enchanting allure of summer’s delights.

Festivals, concerts and cultural events come alive, casting a spell of celebration. From lively street fairs to enchanting fireworks displays, the summer nights are alive with laughter, music, and a sense of community.

In the heart of the North Shore of Long Island, the joy of summer permeates every facet of life, infusing the days with a sense of adventure, relaxation, and wonder. It’s a season that captures the essence of carefree bliss, forging memories that linger long after the warm sun fades away.

I hope you enjoy this summer issue of Gold Coast Living as much as we enjoyed creating it for you.

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Gold Coast Historical Highlights

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The area commonly known as “The Gold Coast” was originally inhabited by the Matinecock tribe, a branch of the Algonquin, whose name means “Land that Overlooks”. They were one of the thirteen original Native American tribes of Long Island and lived in a stretch of the north shore running from Flushing to Port Jefferson. The Matinecock were nearly decimated by war and disease in the 17th century by the arrival of the English settlers from the New England colonies. Fortunately, a small tribe has been able to keep their culture and traditions alive.

The first non-Native settlers were Quakers who came to the area in the 1660s. They were extremely committed to their faith and organized a monthly meeting in 1671 and the building of a Meeting House in 1725. Matinecock Friends is recognized as having the oldest continuous Friends Meeting in the United States. The building at the crossroads of Duck Pond and Piping Rock roads is the heart of present day Matinecock, which became an incorporated village in 1931.

The early settlers sustained themselves by clearing land and planting crops and harvesting fish, oysters, clams and sea turtles from the surrounding waters and built small mills to process the forests into lumber which was then either sold west to New York City or used for local building. Three large settlements were Matinecock (present day Locust Valley) and Musketa Cove, a Matinecock name which means

“Place of the Rushes” (present day Glen Cove) and Oyster Bay.

Later industrial developments in Glen Cove, after the mills of the 17th and 18th century, was the mining of clay, followed by the Duryea Starch Works and Ladew Leather. Glen Cove continued as a North Shore business hub well into the 20th century with businesses such as Columbia Ribbon, Powers Chemco, Zoomar Lens and Wah Chang Smelting and Refining Company

At the end of the 19th century, wealthy families from New York City began to purchase large tracts of land on which to build their weekend estates and fulfill their baronial fantasies. These wealthy residents drew upon the rich pool of skilled and unskilled labor, often building housing for their workers. Families such as the Pratts, Doubledays and Morgans not only built homes but also endowed local projects

such as the Neighborhood House and Fire Department in Locust Valley and the North Country Community Hospital in Glen Cove.

The Great Depression of 1929 and the passing of the estate era led to many of the larger country properties being dispersed. After World War II housing developments were built and the Gold Coast became bedroom communities with many of its inhabitants commuting by rail to employment in the city. Estate homes still standing are in use today as schools, houses of worship and executive retreats.

Visit nshmgc.org to learm more about the North Shore Historical Museum

The Dee Dee Brix Team

Suffragist Helen Deming Sherman Pratt in her car in front of her home “Killenworth” in Glen Cove. The house now belongs to the Russian government and used as a retreat. North Shore Historical Museum

Friends Meeting House Christy Hinko

—Amy Dzija Driscoll is the director at North Shore Historical Museum

A Summer Exhibition

Barnes Gallery in Garden City is proud to present the Art League of Nassau County’s Summer 2023 Members’ Exhibition. The show opened on July 5 and runs through Aug. 30.

More than 40 artists are having their beautiful work showcased in the summer show. This show features original acrylic, oil, watercolor, pastels and mixed media paintings.

The artists’ opening reception was held on July 8 and featured live music by Rita Posillico at Barnes Gallery in Garden City.

Posillico is a talented theatrical composer, singer/songwriter, and musical director. She has been the music director for shows like Friends, The Musical Parody and The Office! A Musical Parody

The exhibition is available for viewing during business hours, from Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the gallery. Barnes Gallery is located at Two Nassau Blvd., in Garden City. For more information, call 516-538-4503.

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“Full Autumn” oil by Young Chi

“Rolling Waves” oil by Arlene Fiorella

“Peaceful Inspiration” oil by Rosanne Kaloustian

“Eucalyptus & Oranges” oil by Jane McGraw

“Alone in her Thoughts” oil by Irene Sankari

—Barnes Gallery

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Compass Development Marketing Group Expands Into Long Island Market

Compass Development Marketing Group (CDMG) recently announced it is expanding its sought-after marketing and sales expertise into New York’s robust Long Island luxury market. CDMG has established itself as one of New York City’s premier luxury new residential development sales and marketing teams, having helmed successful sellout campaigns at some of the city’s top buildings, including The Bellemont, One Wall Street and Post House. Now, with Long Island’s residential market continuing to boom with the proliferation of hybrid and remote work schedules, the A-list team is opting to introduce its impressive skillset into the greater New York metropolitan area to capitalize on the sustained demand for larger homes with robust amenities offerings outside of New York City proper.

To formally launch itself into Long Island’s luxury residential market, CDMG is taking on sales at the highly anticipated boutique condominium The Residences at Glen Harbor. Situated along the waterfront in Long Island’s sought-after North Shore area, the limited collection of homes has been meticulously designed to offer buyers a modern coastal resort-style lifestyle that is further enhanced by a selection of expertly programmed communal amenities. Expansive floor plans, private outdoor space and direct waterfront views of Hempstead Harbor and the Long Island Sound are hallmarks of each of the 48 condominium residences. Newly complete, first move-ins at the property are now underway.

“Long Island’s Gold Coast waterfront and North Shore-area towns are no longer considered seasonal destinations. The recent pandemic generated a defining shift in the market that has helped transition the area into a primary residence enclave, even if your job and office are located in midtown Manhattan,” said Michael Misiti, who is co-leading sales at The Residences at Glen Harbor. “This has ignited a spike in buyer interest as well as a greater demand for highly amenitized, condominium-style homes on-par with what you’ll find in New York City. The Residences at Glen Harbor directly addresses this gap in the market by providing expertly designed homes with a 360-degree lifestyle experience.”

Developed and constructed by acclaimed local firm Racanelli Construction Company, the residences have been intentionally designed to yield open, airy spaces in a variety of flexible apartment layouts and floor plans. Demonstrating a keen understanding of the increased time spent at home, most homes feature

separate home offices with large walk-in closets. To maximize square footage both indoors and out, all terraces and balconies have been custom designed to the apartment to which they are attached in order to ensure prime waterfront views.

The gracefully proportioned apartments feature immense glass windows and soaring ceilings over 9.5’ in height to ensure each residence remains bathed in natural light and water views. An entertainer’s dream and perfect for families, all homes have been outfitted with spacious living rooms and dining areas that open to beautifully-appointed two-tone custom kitchens featuring quartz countertops and island seating; Italian kitchen cabinetry; and top-of-the-line Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances, including a wine refrigerator. A selection of homes also includes separate breakfast rooms. All bedrooms are equipped with en-suite bathrooms to provide a spa-like experience and offer every convenience and luxury imaginable, including double vanities, freestanding tubs and Toto toilets.

“Buyers today want beautifully constructed homes that, in addition to excellent craftsmanship, have been outfitted with a curated selection of thoughtfully programmed communal spaces,” said Michael Stanco, who is co-leading sales efforts for the development. “Through Racanelli’s contextual design and skilled building efforts, The Residences at Glen Harbor provides this while also fostering a sense of community. Use of amenity spaces spiked after the recent periods of isolation and buildings that cater to congregation and interaction continue to attract a broad pool of buyers.”

A cornerstone of The Residences at Glen Harbor is the condominium’s extensive selection of best-in-class amenities, which span close to 25,000 square feet. Outdoors,

residents can relax by the resort-style sun deck with outdoor pool and landscaped courtyard, or entertain and commune at the Porte-Cochere waterfront ‘Harbor Pool Pavilion’, which features an outdoor kitchen, showers, lounge areas and fire pits. Other outdoor amenity highlights include a separate grill area; striking waterfront promenade and boardwalk; and fenced dog run perfect for pet-owning residents.

Transitioning inside, the communal spaces are geared towards wellness and social experiences with two state-of-the-art fitness centers; a coffee bar; and indoor social room with lounge. A 24-hour concierge and doorman; EV charging stations; resident storage and smart lock entry further enhance the luxury living experience at The Residences at Glen Harbor.

“We sought to create a lasting community with the Residences at Glen Harbor that fuses beautifully designed and constructed homes; thoughtfully programmed communal spaces; and the natural beauty of the surrounding area to create an unparalleled living experience,” said Martin Racanelli, partner at the family-owned and founded Racanelli Construction Company. “As more people discover the incredible lifestyle associated with living on Long Island, we saw an opportunity to address a gap in the market and create a curated boutique condominium experience that is on par with what is available in New York City. This has and continues to resonate strongly with buyers today.”

Located at 10 Shore Road in Glenwood Landing, the Residences at Glen Harbor feature some of the most beautiful scenery

in the entire state. The area is flanked by the neighboring towns of Glen Head and Roslyn, and is adjacent to the Village of Roslyn Harbor, and nearby to Old Brookville. This places the boutique condominium community in the midst of a plethora of beaches, marinas, golf courses, bicycle trails and numerous other outdoor recreation opportunities. The Nassau County Museum of Art is situated just down the road on Route 25A. A vibrant retail and restaurant scene is also developing in the North Shore, as evidenced by local establishments including Heirloom Tavern, Kyma, 2 Spring and more.

Pricing for available homes at the Residences at Glen Harbor starts at $1,500,000. Compass Development Marketing Group is the exclusive sales and marketing agent for the condominium. To obtain additional information or to schedule an appointment please visit www. glenharbor.com; call Michael Stanco 917293-0915; or email StancoMisitiTeam@ compass.com

The Residences at Glen Harbor homes start at $1,500,000. Photos provided by CDMG.

—Compass Development Marketing Group

The waterfront view is breathtaking.

No luxury was spared in the design.

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Falaise Museum Re-Opens For Tours

BY ANTON MEDIA STAFF specialsections@antonmediagroup.com

In 1923, after Harry F. Guggenheim married Caroline Morton, his father Daniel presented him with 90 acres of waterfront property on the estate.

Guggenheim hired famed architect Frederick J. Sterner along with Polhemus & Coffin to design his home in the style of a 13th-century Norman manor house. Distinctive features of the house include an enclosed cobblestone courtyard, thickly mortared brick walls, steeply pitched roofs of heavy tile, and a round tower. The medieval atmosphere continues inside with archways, thick wood beams, textured plastered walls, and carved stone fireplace mantels.

Falaise is furnished with antiques, many from the 16th and 17th centuries; the Guggenheims collected architectural fragments of medieval and Renaissanceperiod buildings from their extensive travels in Europe. There are woodcarvings, sculptures, columns, doors, gates, Renaissance paintings and several important pieces of modern art.

A beautiful swimming pool is located behind the house. Originally a rose garden, Guggenheim converted it after he became ill, and doctors told him he needed exercise.

Guggenheim had a strong commitment to public service. He was ambassador to

Cuba during the Hoover administration. A Navy pilot, he served in both World Wars. He had a lifelong interest in aviation, and Charles Lindbergh was a close friend and frequent visitor to Falaise. Guggenheim was also instrumental in securing funding for the research of rocket pioneer Robert Goddard. In 1939, Guggenheim and Alicia Patterson were married. Shortly after, they founded Long Island’s daily newspaper, Newsday Guggenheim was an avid horseracing fan. He raised and raced thoroughbred horses, and he helped establish the New York Racing Association (NYRA). His trophies, awards, and racing memorabilia are on display at Falaise.

This historic home has limited handicap access. Indoor photography is not allowed.

Falaise tours are available on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays hourly at 12, 1, 2 and 3 pm through September. Tours are $15 per person. No children under 12 are permitted on the tour. Purchase tickets at the welcome center in Castle Gould. No reservations are available. Tour tickets sell out quickly each day. Limit of eight people allowed on each tour hour. Parking is an additional $15 per car for non-members of the conservancy.

Sands Point Preserve Conservancy is located at 127 Middle Neck Rd. in Sands Point.

Visit www.sandspointpreserve.org for details about Falaise and more information about Sands Point Preseve, Castle Gould and Hemsptead House.

Falaise Museum pool Sands Point Preserve Conservancy

Falaise Museum has re-opened to the public. Photo by Alex Nuñ ez

Falaise (French for “cliff”) is one of the few intact historic houses remaining on Long Island’s North Shore.

A Moveable Feast

On Saturday, June 17, Planting Fields Foundation hosted their annual Spring fundraising benefit, A Moveable Feast, in Oyster Bay to raise funds to preserve the 409-acre Olmsted Brothers-designed historic park, one of the most magnificent State Parks in the country. The event was a sold-out success generating $300,000.

More than 200 guests gathered for a progressive dining experience that started with champagne and hors d’oeuvres in historic Coe Hall, followed by cocktails and a seated dinner in the garden. A presentation was made by Gina Wouters, President of the Foundation, to the evening’s Honoree, Chairman Emeritus of Planting Fields Foundation

Hal Davidson. Guests included Board Chair CeCe Haydock, Bernadette Castro, Ralph Pascucci, Connie Cincotta, Tom Suozzi, Payson and Kim Coleman, WOR radio personality Mark Simone, Angela Anton, Harry Davison, Rita Castagna, Jenny and Peter Smith, Bruce Addison, Debra Del Vecchio, Rita Ranieri, Jeff Moore, Duncan Sahner, and so many more.

Rita Ranieri, Sandy Pearson, Bernadette Castro, Jake Jarvis and Margaret Trautmann Photos provided by Bernadette Castro

Tom and Helene Suozzi

Rita Castagna, Gina J. Wouters and Harry Davison

Jenny Smith, Event Chair and Board Member; Debra Del Vecchio, Event Co-Chair and Board Member; Bernadette Castro, Event Co-Chair and Board Member; and Duncan Sahner

Bernadette Castro, Event Co-Chair and Board Member with Co-Chair and fellow Foundation Board member Duncan Sahner

Margaret Foschi, Mark Simone and Bob Foschi

The honoree, Hal Davidson

Sunday Supper Serves As Anchor

Il Mulino’s prix fixe menu is sure to become a fast favorite

BY CHRISTY HINKO chinko@antonmediagroup.com

One of the best lesser-known dining gems on the North Shore might just be Il Mulino’s Sunday Supper, priced right with a hearty prix xe menu of some of its most delicious appetizers and entrees.

Sunday supper holds a deep cultural significance in many places around the world, evoking a sense of tradition, family and togetherness. It is a time-honored ritual that transcends generations, bringing people together to share a meaningful meal and create lasting memories.

The menu at Il Mulino, a nod to the Abruzzo region in Italy, just east of Rome, is known for its culinary variety and richness.

To start, keep it simple and choose the Super Toscano wine, a beautiful blend of Merlot, Cabernet and Syrah, while you enjoy a fresh shaving of Parmigiano and salami. The breadbasket is indeed filled with richness, with a selection of focaccia and gourmet breads like olive, tomato or spicy garlic. The mildly spicy bruschetta is a treat, with its fresh chopped tomato, garlic and onion.

Sunday supper is often associated with hearty, comforting dishes that evoke a sense of nostalgia and evoke the flavors of home. For your selection of Sunday Supper primi, or appetizer, try the fried calamari with a spicy marinara sauce, baked clams, steamed mussels, eggplant, veal Bolognese over rigatoni or homemade gnocchi. Follow this up with a choice between a Caesar salad or a bowl of lentil and angel hair pasta soup. All of the choices are perfectly portioned to awaken your epicurean senses.

Beyond its familial significance, Sunday supper also carries social and communal importance. It can extend beyond immediate family members, welcoming neighbors, friends, and extended relatives to partake in the feast. It creates a space for community engagement, fostering a sense of camaraderie and solidarity within neighborhoods and cultural groups.

Sunday Supper at Il Mulino is the perfect

opportunity to try some of the restaurant’s perfectly selected entrees. Despite having a pared-down menu to choose from, deciding which entree to try might prove to be the most difficult part of your experience. The Sunday Supper menu offers mushroom ravioli, chicken Parmigiana, spaghetti, filet mignon, salmon and several veal options. You can almost close your eyes and point to one

and not be wrong.

Enjoy a complimentary glass of grappa (Italian brandy) with a golden raisin in the bottom of the glass to complete your dining experience along with the dessert sampler that includes a piece of decadent flourless chocolate cake, so rich, dense and creamy, a piece of Italian cheesecake and a piece of tiramisu. It’s nearly impossible to choose between just one,

Freshly sliced Parmigiano and zucchini

Baked clams

the sampler alleviates that challenge.

Each Il Mulino outpost draws inspiration from its geographic location while staying true to the original Il Mulino New York, designed to cultivate the most intimate dining experience. Its world-renowned cuisine is enhanced through attention to detail.

The staff is attentive, friendly and knowledgeable about the menu and the

specials.

In today’s fast-paced and fragmented world, the tradition of Sunday supper serves as an anchor, reminding us of the importance of human connection, reflection and shared experiences. It provides a sanctuary of warmth and nourishment for the body and soul, reminding us of the timeless values of love, unity and gratitude.

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Il Mulino, located at 1042 Northern Boulevard in Roslyn, is open seven days a week for dinner; there are lunch hours on Thursdays and Fridays. Valet parking is available at the Roslyn location. Also available:

• Trattoria Il Mulino-Manhattan, Atlantic City, Orlando and Nashville

• Il Mulino Prime-Soho and Gramercy

• Bistecca by Il Mulino-Mount Pocono

• Il Mulino-Downtown Manhattan, Uptown Manhattan, Roslyn, Hamptons (Wainscott), Las Vegas, Miami, Boca Raton, Atlantic City and Puerto Rico

The bruschetta is worthy of a meal by itself. Enjoy fresh clams on the half shell. Veal Bolognese is offered as an appetizer.

Photos by Christy Hinko

‘90s Fashion Trends Are Back

BY OLIVIA RAINSON specialsections@antonmediagroup.com

From music to movies to fashion, the trends of the ‘90s are making a raging comeback. Younger generations are drawing inspiration from “the decades”— mainly in their clothing. Even celebrities are joining in on the resurgence, which only influences the trends more. Designer fashion brands, from Coach to Dior, are displaying these trends in their collections and fashion shows.

Social media also influenced the return of the ‘90s in the younger generation, with Gen Z all over TikTok sharing their outfits, hairstyles and makeup that resembles the older decade. Slicked

back hair, eclectic eyeshadow and mesh tops are only a few returning trends that are sweeping the generation.

Love them or leave them, the trends of the ‘90s are back!

Slicked Back Hair

No longer just an overly gelled look, slicked back hair creates a neat look to complement any outfit—and saves you an extra day before your next hair wash. Buns, ponytails and braids elevate the slicked back look. (Slick Stick Magic Hair WandSlick Hair, $20 | Urban Outfitters)

Corset Tops

From full length pieces to cropped bralettes, corsets have become increasingly prominent in the wardrobe of the younger generations. Lacy, strapless and satin are common

Statement Necklaces

In ‘90s art deco fashion, large pendant necklaces and beaded chokers are being seen now more than ever. Statement necklaces have become a popular way to make any outfit stand out. Large hearts, crosses and flowers are a few of the pendants being tied together with thin leather or a slim chain. (LA Hearts Heart Charm Cord Necklace, $9 | PacSun)

Low Rise Pants

From denim to cargo, low rise pants have become exceedingly popular. Many of the low rise cuts are featured on baggy jeans, with the trend of “mom jeans” coming back in style as well. Low rise jeans can be styled with tanks and corsets for a variety of occasions. (Moxie Pull-On Barrel Jeans, $148 | Free People)

Dark Lips

Many makeup looks of the ‘90s included a muted brown or dark red lip to contrast shimmery eye makeup. Revlon lipstick colors are the most iconic for this decade, and have shades from dark browns to plum purples. (Clinique Almost Lipstick (Color: Black Honey), $24 | Sephora)

Slip Dresses

An iconic look of the ‘90s, slip dresses have been reintroduced. Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Courtney Love often come to mind for their memorable slip dresses on the red carpet. Today, slips can be dressed up or down to be appropriate for any occasion. (Light Before Dark Sammy Mini Slip Dress, $64 | Urban Outfitters)

Hair Clips

From claw to butterfly clips, hair accessories from the ‘90s are back. Claw clips are trending for how they effortlessly and fashionably sweep hair back. Butterfly or beaded clips have also been placed in braids, ponytails and all over hair for a more fun look. (Kitsch, Assorted Claw Clip Set (3 clips), $12 | Ulta Beauty)

Platform Shoes

Classic ‘90s brands such as Converse, Steve Madden and Doc Martens have new styles featuring a platformed bottom. Sleek boots with a platform heel, short or tall, ruled the winter shoe style—and are making a comeback with platform jelly shoes and wide strap leather sandals. (Women’s Wynona Platform Sandals-A New Day, $34.99 | Target)

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This home at 58 Convent Rd. in Syosset sold on July 11 for $925,000. It is centrally located in town and is in walking distance to the newly renovated train station. The home has a new roof, including the framing plywood. The home has a new boiler, central air conditioning and two types of cooling systems. The driveway is new and so is the kitchen with its new center island and new appliances. The home has four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The home is within view of the elementary school and is near many great amenities. The taxes are low too.

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Searing Heat Is Dangerous

With temperatures expected to hit the mid90s this week, motorists need to take extra precautions to ensure children and pets are not left unattended in vehicles where they could suffer heatstroke. Sweltering summer heat can quickly send temperatures inside vehicles well past the point that can injure and kill children and pets. So far this year 11 children have died from vehicular heatstroke. In 2022, this preventable tragedy killed 33 children. Since 1998, the year pediatric vehicular heatstroke deaths were first recorded, 950 children have perished in hot vehicles.

when children are forgotten in the vehicle by their caregiver, it is common that there was a change in the daily routine, such as a parent dropping the child off at daycare who would not normally have that responsibility. More than a quarter of heatstroke tragedies are caused by children gaining access to a vehicle on their own, without a parent or caregiver realizing. Examples include young children playing games such as “hide and seek” and entering a hot vehicle to be quickly overcome by hyperthermia. It is critical to lock parked vehicles to reduce this risk.

This wide-line ranch-style home at 36 Berkley Ln. in Syosset sold on July 12 for $920,000. It is in a premier neighborhood location on an oversized property. The home has a heated and fenced-in pool, fire pit and deck and is perfect for entertaining. The lower level offers potential for a fourth bedroom and has a newly renovated bathroom. The recreation room is huge. The main level has wood flooring and a great room with a sunken den and fireplace. There are sliders to the backyard. The primary bedroom has a new full bathroom.

On a summer day, leaving a child or a pet inside a vehicle for less than 10 minutes can prove fatal. The bodies of children and pets heat up three to five times faster than adults and can quickly exceed a core body temperature of 104 degrees where brain and organ damage begin, and death quickly follows. On a 70-degree day, with the windows cracked, the temperature inside a closed vehicle can reach over 115 degrees in less than 15 minutes. Even on cool days, the greenhouse effect of a vehicle interior can be dangerous. In 2016, heatstroke killed a 13-monthold in Rossville, GA, when the outside temperature was 52 degrees. In 2012 two brothers aged 2 and 4 died in Mesa, CO, when the air temperature was a near-freezing 35 degrees.

It is important to note that

Children are often knowingly left in a vehicle; 20 percent of these deaths occur because a caregiver left the child intentionally, yet not necessarily maliciously. Young children are left to “finish a nap” or the caregiver runs into a store to complete an errand without the child, not realizing how quickly brain damage can occur. Twenty-one states have laws preventing caregivers from leaving children unattended in a vehicle. Never leave children or pets unattended in a vehicle. Children or pets left alone in a vehicle should be reported to 911 and, if necessary, action taken to remove them. “Look before you lock” your vehicle and when you exit, keep the vehicle locked so a child cannot gain access.

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Homes shown here represent closed sales, sold by a variety of agencies and are selected for their interest to readers by the Anton Media Group editor. Except where noted, data and photos are provided courtesy of Multiple Listing Service of Long Island, Inc. and Zillow.

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All Hail Big Red! Champ Of The Sports Of Champs

JOSEPH SCOTCHIE

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“Secretariat is moving like a tremendous machine.”

Who can forget Chic Anderson’s famous line as Big Red raced down the finish line in the 1973 Belmont Stakes to win that year’s Triple Crown.

The years have not diminished the horse’s legendary run through history.

In a field of only five horses, Secretariat broke out of the gate early, winning by 31 lengths, the largest margin of victory in Belmont history. His winning time of 2 minutes and 24 seconds is also a mark for dirt field racing.

Secretariat’s great rival was Sham, who in another year might also have dominated. The two started out evenly during the first turn and even into the half-mile mark.

Entering the backstretch and approaching three-quarters of a mile, Secretariat maintained his torrid pace as Sham began to fade, ultimately finishing last. At the three-quarters mile marker, Big Red took over. Sham began to falter, while Secretariat maintained his lightning fast speed. The horse pulled away and extended his lead with an incredible stretch run. In the postrace analysis, it was discovered that Sham had suffered a hairline fracture of his right front cannon bone during the race, which ended his racing career.

With the Belmont win, Secretariat became the ninth horse to win the Triple Crown, combining Belmont with wins in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. Big Red also broke a 25-year drought where no horse had completed the achievement. The last one to do so was the equally immoral Citation, who completed the feat in 1948.

As the race approached, Secretariat was already a national hero, appearing on the covers of several national publications.

“Secretariat suddenly transcended horse racing and became a cultural phenomenon, a sort of undeclared national holiday from the tortures of Watergate and the Vietnam War,” wrote William Nack.

After the race, jockey Ron Turcotte said: “This horse really paced himself. He is smart: I think he knew he was going 1+1⁄2 miles, I never pushed him.”

Commenting on the record time, The Blood-Horse magazine editor Kent Hollingsworth added: “Two twenty-four flat! I don’t believe it. Impossible. But I saw it. I can’t breathe. He won by a sixteenth of a mile! I saw it. I have to believe it.”

Seth Hancock of Claiborne Farm made a

more telling comparison.

“You want to know who Secretariat is in human terms?” he asked. “Just imagine the greatest athlete in the world. The greatest. Now make him six-foot-three, the perfect height. Make him real intelligent and kind. And on top of that, make him the bestlookin’ guy ever to come down the pike. He was all those things as a horse.”

In all, Big Red won five Eclipse Awards, including Horse of the Year honors at ages two and three. He was nominated to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1974.

In The Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century, Secretariat was second to Man o’ War. No surprise. Secretariat was a thoroughbred born to the breed.

His breeding was arranged by Penny Chenery (then known as Penny Tweedy). Secretariat was sired by Bold Ruler and his dam was Somethingroyal, a daughter of Princequillo. Bold Ruler was a leading sire in North America from 1963 to 1969 and again in 1973.

He, too, was a great horse, winning the Preakness Stakes and Horse of the Year honors in 1957, and American Champion Sprint Horse honors in 1958.

Bold Ruler’s offspring matured into a champion. He stood 16.2 hands (66 inches, 168 cm) when fully grown. His chest, trainers noted, was so large that he required a custom-made girth. An Australian trainer said of him, “He is incredible, an absolutely perfect horse. I never saw anything like him.”

For trainers, Secretariat’s hindquarters were the main source of his power. While racing, Big Red’s hind legs were able to reach far under himself, increasing his drive.

Secretariat made his debut in 1972 as a two-year old, winning seven of his remaining eight starts, setting the 1973 performance. That year, he received the Eclipse Award for champion two-year-old colt, and also was the 1972 Horse of the Year. The Triple Crown beckoned.

Also in 1973, Secretariat set speed records in all three races: The Kentucky Derby, The Preakness Stakes, and The Belmont Stakes. On it went.

Secretariat’s win in the Gotham Stakes tied the track record for 1 mile. Later, he set a world record in the Marlboro Cup at 1+1⁄8 miles, while winning two major stakes races on turf. Needless to say, he won his second Horse of the Year title, plus Eclipse Awards for champion three-year-old colt and champion turf horse.

For 1973, Secretariat was again named Horse of the Year and also won Eclipse Awards as the American Champion ThreeYear-Old Male Horse.

The great horse was set out to stud, a process that produced numerous top ranked horses, including General Assembly, Lady’s Secret, Risen Star, Kingston Rule, and Tinners Way. Risen Star nearly matched his pop’s record, winning both the 1988

Preakness and Belmont Stakes.

In the fall of 1989, Secretariat became afflicted with laminitis—a painful and debilitating hoof condition. In time, the champ of champs was euthanized on October 4 at the age of 19.

The legend lives on.

On Oct. 16, 1999, in a ceremony conducted in the winner’s circle at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, the U.S. Postal Service honored Secretariat with a 33-cent postage stamp bearing his image.

His Belmont run ranks second to Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point NBA game from ESPN Classic’s show Who’s No. 1?

According to ESPN, 263 roads in the United States are named after him, more than any other athlete. Secretariat Drive is the most common option. In Illinois, the Secretariat Stakes was created in 1974 to honor his appearance at Arlington Park in 1973. And in Virginia, The Meadow, the farm at which he was foaled, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Finally, the replica Secretariat statue at Belmont Park is draped in white carnations each year for the Belmont Stakes. “Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?/A nation turns its lonely eyes to you,” sang Paul Simon in “Mrs. Robinson.”

The same is true of Secretariat.

Secretariat many lengths ahead. (Archived photos)

The replica Secretariat statue at Belmont Park is draped in white carnations each year for the Belmont Stakes.

(photo via Wikimedia Commons)

WORD FIND

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Holiday Mathis

By Holiday Mathis

This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated below. Find the listed words in the grid. (They may run in any direction always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once.) Ring each word as you find it and when you have pleted the puzzle, there will be 15 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.

INTERNATIONAL WORD FIND INTERNATIONAL WORD FIND

INTERNATIONAL WORD FIND

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You don’t always need to use your own energy to get things done. Be strategic. Use energy from the outside instead of resisting it. Don’t contradict reality. When you are face to face with a problem, turn around. Join the ow like you would join a wave. You can guide strong forces instead of ghting them.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Because it’s so di cult to see yourself objectively, you don’t realize all that you have to contribute until you witness those without such assets. New environments and fresh faces will inspire you and give you a more accurate perspective on how you can meet the needs of others and get yours met, too.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You are a smooth and discreet operator this week. It’s good to see mistakes because each is an opportunity to improve. You’ll make note of it privately instead of pointing it out to others. Whether the mistake is yours or someone else’s, you can use it to advance without making a fuss or drawing too much attention.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’re striving to be a more compassionate person, not because you seek sainthood but because you’d rather live in and contribute to a kind world. e self-centered behavior of others will make it challenging to stick with the mission. Everyone is doing their best. Remember this and love wins.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). ere’s a person or circumstance that has you alert and on guard. If only a good defense would protect your feelings, but it can’t. So instead of wasting energy ghting your emotions, agree to feel whatever comes up. is approach will expand and empower you, elevating your position and increasing your options.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). As open-minded and exible as you are, this week it’s better to do things your way, especially when it comes to fun. ere’s no need to subscribe to other people’s version of a good time. You know what brings you joy. Go with what puts a smile on your own face and you’ll soon see smiles all around you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). No one likes feeling like they must always be “on” to be accepted. at’s why you make sure people know that you embrace them as they are. You encourage everyone to relax and be themselves. And though they still want to impress you, they feel comfortable around you and want to be around you more overall.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Serenity and clarity are on o er when you keep your life simple. Ignore complications and they’ll go away. Because you revel in pleasures such as watching nature, enjoying good company and eating delicious food, you will be ready with the right receptive mindset for other kinds of experiences.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll be aware of how your physical form is intricately connected to all that’s around you. You are continuously exchanging matter and energy with your surroundings. Like food and air, your interactions shape and in uence your body. is week, you’ll love how it all leans toward health, energy and the good vibes.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll develop an interest that is unusual or outside your main focus. It’s too early to see how this will help you reach a goal, but it will. Di erent personalities will make things more interesting for you. Because you don’t require that everyone conform to your expectations of them, your social landscape is varied and beautiful.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). For the majority of Earth’s history, pond scum ruled. ere are times this week when you’ll be convinced it still does. Try not to get discouraged by the messes you’ll sort out. You’ll adopt a helpful perspective that gives you the energy to work smart, hard and fast.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Because there is so much competing for your attention this week, you’ll appreciate people who can simply state their need or tell you exactly what they would like you to do. You are adept at helping others in the speci c way they prefer -- a gift made possible by your intelligence and lack of ego. is will be your gateway to good fortune.

THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS

is year sees you in a constant state of motion, vibrating with energy. You’ll bring something extraordinary into existence and fall in love with it, too. It’s a re ection of your unique essence and the depth of your creative power. You’ll inspire others and be constantly reminded of the profound joy that comes from following your passions. More highlights: connecting with past relationships to build a legacy, moving and/or renovating to accommodate new interests, and a huge sale that brings in a bag of money.

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Solution: 15 Letters

WORD FIND

This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated below. Find the listed words in the grid. (They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once.) Ring each word as you find it and when you have completed the puzzle, there will be 15 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.

On the tennis court

Solution:

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CONTRACT BRIDGE

A sophisticated play

By Steve Becker

But if East plays the queen of spades at trick one, declarer will almost surely go down. South wins the queen with the king because he would naturally be afraid that West might hold the A-J-x-x-x, in which case the defenders would collect the first five spade tricks after a spade return by East.

Once South wins the opening lead with the king, he is fighting a losing battle. Sooner or later, he has to lead diamonds, and when East gains the lead, he plays the ace and another spade to sink the contract.

count can frequently prove very useful to the defenders. For example, consider East’s play to the first trick in this deal. Normally, East would take the ace on the opening lead. This would be in keeping with the general principle of third-hand high. He would then continue with the queen of spades, ducked by declarer, and the four, which South would win with the king.

Observe the effect of these plays. Declarer — after losing a diamond finesse to East’s queen — winds up making three notrump, scoring one spade, three hearts, four diamonds and a club.

Why should East vary from the usual procedure of third-hand high? Because he knows declarer has the king of spades and wants to encourage him to win the trick. South’s opening notrump bid showed 15 to 17 points. Since East sees 11 points in dummy and 12 more in his own hand, there are only 17 points left for South and West to hold.

It is therefore impossible for West to have the king of spades, since this would mean that South had less than 15 points. But note that even if South had somehow lacked the king of spades, East’s queen would win the first trick, and nothing would be lost.

Indeed, even in those cases where declarer’s point count is not as precisely known, the queen would still be the play of choice for the very same reasons.

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Channeling Grief Into Unwavering Advocacy

In November, Corinne Kaufman lost her beautiful granddaughter Paige Gibbons to an accidental fentanyl overdose just four days after her 19th birthday. According to Paige’s grandmother, Paige and her two friends were not drug addicts. They bought what they thought was Percocet to relax. Paige and one of her friends took a small nibble out of a tablet. Paige died. Her friend endured a prolonged stay in intensive care where she suffered two strokes.

“My granddaughter Paige was all about life!” Kaufman said, “This demon drug knows no boundaries. It is taking people from all walks of life.”

Most of the fentanyl that is being sold in the U.S. is mass-produced in Mexico using chemicals primarily from China before being pressed into pills or mixed with other counterfeit pills made to look like Xanax, Adderall or oxycodone.

Kaufman has channeled some of her grief into launching “Families Against Fentanyl,” which advocates for getting Narcan opiate overdose reversal kits into middle and high school nurses’ offices and making fentanyl test strips readily available.

Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggiWhitton (D – Glen Cove and fellow Legislative Minority members Arnold Drucker (D – Plainview) and Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) introduced Nassau County’s

keep fentanyl away from our children and out of the country as much as possible, and most certainly do something as simple and inexpensively as making fentanyl test strips available to youths and young adults.”

“Perhaps Paige would still be alive today had fentanyl test strips been available,” Kaufman added. “Something as simple as making fentanyl test strips widely available can save countless lives. I strongly encourage the Legislative Majority to schedule a public hearing and for County Executive Blakeman to join us in supporting this life-saving measure.”

Corinne Kaufman

and County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton after Corinne addressed the Legislature, urging the Majority Leader to call for a bill that would require fentanyl test strips to be included in all Narcan kits distributed by Nassau County. (Photo by Peter M. Budraitis)

“Families Against Fentanyl” law. The measure, which was first filed in May of 2022, would require Nassau to include fentanyl detecting test strips in every Narcan kit it distributes and for the Department of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency and Developmental Disabilities to make

strips available to residents upon request. Unfortunately, the Legislative Majority has not yet called a hearing on the bill.

“This terrible scourge is claiming the lives of far too many people – many of whom are not drug addicts,” Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton said. “We need to

This March, the Nassau County Legislature recognized Corinne as a Women’s History Month Trailblazer for her advocacy work in the fight to prevent fentanyl overdoses and deaths on Long Island.

If you or a loved one are in need of assistance with substance abuse or addiction of any kind, contact the Nassau County Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency and Developmental Disabilities Services at 516-227-7057.

—Submitted by the office of Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton

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Hundreds Enjoy Art Guild’s Annual Members Showcase

Mineola Hosts ‘Who’s Next’ Concert

The Art Guild of Port Washington Inc. (TAG) held their annual Members Showcase on Friday, June 9th. This showcase, unlike most of TAG’s exhibits, did not have a theme, rather allowing all 400 of TAG’s members to submit any work of art they wanted.

This year’s showcase, with 98 submissions, was the largest number of submissions ever received - the walls of the historic building in which the Art Guild resides overflowed with beautiful art. More than 300 guests gathered in The Art Guild’s backyard on June 9th for the reception to enjoy live music, food, and of course the artwork. This exhibit was sponsored by The Peter and Jeri Dejana Foundation.

The pieces were judged by Joshua Ruff, the co-executive director of the Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages, and the winners for 2023 were announced.

In first place was Alice Riordan’s piece “The Sage.” In second was Joan Stevens’ “Long Way Home”. Finally, in third place was Janis Hurley’s “Bison Brawl”. There were also three honorable mentions: Sabine Jean-Bart’s “Mango Merchant,” David Wollin’s “Mama Paella,” and

Angela Classi’s “Greyson.” Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer De Sena, TONH Councilwoman Mariann Dalimonte and New York State Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti gave all of the winners citations. The artwork of the Members Showcase is available to be seen on the website or in the gallery until July 15th.

Not only were these awards distributed, but the annual Terri Skhuda award was also given out at the showcase. TAG gives this award each year to an artist that embodies

LOST CAT

LOST CAT

Isabella, a young white female, adult cat with black markings and pink ears has been missing since June 1 in Great Neck. She is spayed and microchipped.

TAG’s mission: encouragement, education, exploration and exhibition of the visual arts.

“This person inspires students of all ages to push to their limit of creativity teaching anything from abstract to realism, and lending their own learning experience into the process. This person exudes kindness, patience as they generously show their own love of art and passion through teaching,” said Program Director Tracy Lefkowitz in a speech announcing the winner.

This year, the award was given to Manny Villalobos.

“This award was such an honor and a great surprise. Having the opportunity to teach students how to use art mediums to express themselves, then to see them execute their techniques is a reward in itself. The stories that are told through art will last beyond our days and leave a footprint of that time,” said Villalobos.

The next Art Guild exhibit will be Art of the Bloom, a floral-inspired show, and submissions will be accepted until Aug. 21. Check The Art Guild’s website for more details! The Art Guild offers classes and workshops for children, teens and adults year- round. Visit our website at www. theartguild.org or contact us at 516-3045797 to register or to learn more about educational opportunities. TAG is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to creating an inclusive and enriching home for the visual arts education, exploration, and exhibition. It is an organization open to all people with a common goal to advance the visual arts.

—Submitted by Sabrina Grossman for The Art Guild

Town Receiver Of Taxes Reminds Residents Second-Half Of General Taxes Due Thursday, August 10

Town of North Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman reminds residents that the last day to pay the 2023 General Taxes – second-half bill without a penalty is Thursday, August 10, 2023. Second-half of the 2023 General Tax payments must be postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service on or before August 10, 2023 to avoid penalty.

Online tax payment information is shown on the reverse side of your bill. Online payments may be made by check (ACH) or credit card at: northhempsteadny.gov/tax-payments. A $1.75 processing fee for online check payments will apply. If paying with an online check through your bank, please schedule the payment prior to the deadline and be sure to include your account number (located in the upper right-hand corner of the tax bill), bill number and/or your section, block and lot. A $3.95 fee applies for debit card transactions. The online credit card payment processing fee is 2.30 percent of the tax

amount per transaction. New York General Municipal Law requires people paying their property taxes by credit card to also pay the fees associated with the payment transaction. The Town receives no portion of the service fee – that fee is retained by the payment processing vendor. Accepted credit cards are American Express, Mastercard, Discover, or Visa.

When paying in person, you may pay your bill at 200 Plandome Road, Manhasset, NY 11030, during normal business hours, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. (The office is not open on Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays). The Tax Office will be open until 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 10, 2023.

Please bring your entire bill with you when paying in person. For more information or if you have additional questions, please call 311 or (516)869-6311.

—Submitted by the Town of North Hempstead

Members Showcase board, staff and instructors.

Elected officials and showcase member winners. (Contributed photos)

Isabella, a young white female, adult cat with black markings and pink ears has been missing since June 1 in Great Neck. She is spayed and microchipped.

Scores of people, including Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena, stopped by Mineola Memorial Park Amphitheatre on Friday, July 7 for an evening of classic tunes peformed by Long Island’s favorite The Who cover band, Who’s Next.

(Photos by Cathy Bongiorno)

Port Washington Manhasset Bay Kayak Run

The Community Chest of Port Washington and the Town of North Hempstead invite all to participate in the annual Manhasset Bay Kayak Run, “Paddle for Port” on Saturday, July 22 at 10 a.m. A family-friendly event, participants will launch from the North Hempstead Town Dock or Manorhaven boat ramp in Port Washington and will then proceed for a leisurely paddle around the bay. The event is a fundraiser for the Community Chest of Port Washington, a non-profit grant making organization that provides funding to more than 25 charities that benefit Port Washington residents.

Participants may choose whether they would like to participate with kayaks, paddle boards, or canoes.

Kayak rentals are available to those who do not own their own kayak for discounted rates at Atlantic Outfitters, 405 Main St., and Kostal Paddle, 158 Manorhaven Blvd.

A raffle drawing of a brand-new kayak will be held at the conclusion of the event at Town Dock.

The entry fee for adults over 20 years of age is $30 or $45 on the day

“Paddle for Port” to be held on July 22

of the event, July 22. Young adults and children pay $15 or $25 on July 22. Visit www.portchest.org to register and pay online. In addition, registration forms are available at the Town Dock, Atlantic Outfitters and can be dropped off at the Community Chest (382 Main St.) or Atlantic Outfitters (Inspiration Wharf, 405 Main St.)

A “rain” date for the event is scheduled for Sunday, July 23 at 10 a.m. For more information on this year’s Kayak Run, please call the Town of North Hempstead at 311, or the Community Chest at 516- 767-2121.

The Community Chest is a non-profit organization whose mission is to raise funds for distribution to local charities dedicated to improving the lives of Port Washingtonians. Community Chest grants support programs for senior citizens, children, teenagers, and others in need--programs that serve approximately 7,000 Port Washington residents. For more information on contact the Community Chest at 516767-2121 or visit www.portchest.org.

—Submitted by the Port Washington Community Chest

CRIME & SAFETY

NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT: WATER EMERGENCY IN SANDS POINT

The Public Information Office reports the details of a Water Emergency that occurred on Friday, June 30, 2023, at 4:05 p.m. in Sands Point. According to police,

911 received a distress call for a sinking vessel in the vicinity of Half Moon Bay. A complainant reported the distressed vessel, a 2022 38’ Formula boat and Marine 3

responded. A female, 41, and a male, 49, were brought aboard a passing vessel without incident and no injuries were reported at scene.

PORT WASHINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT: HATE CRIME ARREST

The Port Washington Police announces an arrest in an Assault case that occurred on Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.

According to Police, a 21-year-old male victim was standing outside of a Starbucks located at 72 Main Street when a male, now

known as defendant Matthew Rawlinson, 26, of Port Washington, walked up to the victim and threw a hot cup of coffee at his chest, yelling an anti-gay slur before fleeing the scene. Following an investigation, PWPD Detectives arrested the defendant

on July 5, 2023 without further incident.

Matthew Rawlinson is charged with Assault 3rd degree (as hate crime) and Aggravated Harassment 2nd degree (as hate crime). He was issued an appearance ticket and is scheduled for arraignment

LEGAL NOTICES

PORT WASHINGTON

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU CitiMortgage, Inc., Plaintiff AGAINST Robin A. Liddle, Jeannine E. Liddle a/k/a Jeannine Elizabeth Liddle, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered May

3, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on August 17, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 12 Sands Court, Unit E-5, Port Washington, NY 11050. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Manorhaven, County of Nassau and State

of New York, SECTION: 04, BLOCK: 059, LOT: 0681. Approximate amount of judgment $577,522.54 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #004200/2016. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website ( https://ww2.nycourts.gov/ Admin/oca.shtml) and as such all persons must com-

ply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Only Bank or Certified check payable to the Referee will be accepted for the downpayment. No third party check or cash will be accepted. Lisa Segal Poczik, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-080179-F00 76929

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—Information from the Nassau County Police Department

at First District Court, located at 99 Main Street Hempstead on Thursday, July 20, 2023.

—Submitted by the Port Washington Police Department

LEGAL NOTICE

THE ANNUAL REPORT OF SILVERBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION, INC. for the calendar year ended 12/31/2022, is available at

its principal office, located at The Amsterdam at Harborside, Apt 641, 300 E Overlook, Port Washington, New York, NY , 11050 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who

To Submit Legal Notices

requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is Irwin W. Silverberg.

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The Pickleball Takeover

DANIEL GREILSHEIMER

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With more than 36 million players nationwide, pickleball has raced across the U.S., quickly becoming its fastest growing sport. In Port Washington, there are several locations to play, including SPORTIME Port Washington and Manorhaven Beach Park.

The game, which is a combination of badminton, tennis and ping pong, is uniquely accessible for people of all ages and skill levels. The small dimensions of a pickleball court—one-fourth the size of a tennis court—are appealing to older crowds.

“See the beauty of pickleball, people can pick it up quickly. Now certain people aren’t so good and some people are better, but there’s always people to play at your level. As opposed to tennis, tennis physically, big court, it’s about power,” said David Radisch, the Director of Pickleball at SPORTIME Port Washington. “Pickleball is almost more like ping pong. And it’s more about angles and strategies, not necessarily about how hard you can hit the ball. So that’s why older people can play competitively against some younger people because they understand the angling and everything.”

In addition, paddles are affordable—the cheapest wooden options are $10—and wiffle balls can be used, furthering the game’s inclusivity. The most expensive

professional paddles can sell for more than $150. The sport can be enjoyed in a singles or doubles format.

At SPORTIME, there are currently six fully dedicated indoor pickleball courts. However, the facility, which was formerly the Port Washington Tennis Academy, is undergoing renovations.

“We are converting the rest of the building by the end of the summer to have a total of 12 dedicated pickleball courts indoors. We will be the largest indoor dedicated pickleball facility in New York State,” said Radisch. “When some people are at 10 or eight [courts], we will have 12 true dedicated pickleball courts. The facility is undergoing a $6 million renovation right now.”

The program offers a wide array of adult clinics and programs, including Pickleball Zone, which features high-energy, challenging games, and Pickleball Open Play, which pits equal-level players against each other with an instructor simultaneously providing feedback. Private and group lessons are also available for those looking to hone in on and improve their skills. In addition, SPORTIME will soon have a true pickleball league for men and women.

“We have a lot [to offer] and it’s going to be non-stop. I just brought on more instructors, so we’re hoping to have about five pickleball instructors on staff,” said Radisch. “What’s good about SPORTIME is they understand, as opposed to certain places, that pickleball is here and is part of the future.”

The social aspects of the sport are

especially appealing.

“You can go to any public court, basically by yourself, and you can just put your paddle into what they have the waiting bucket, it’s called the Bucket and when people come off, the next four people go,” said Radisch. “The culture of pickleball is you can just go and you mix in and play with people, as opposed to tennis where you go with your four people and you play your game with the four people and leave… You can go down to the courts for an hour and a half and literally play with 12, 13 different people of all different ages.”

Tournaments are also organized at other SPORTIME locations, including the upcoming Mixed Championship on July 22 and the Pickleball Challenge on August 5. Both competitions will be held at SPORTIME Hempstead Lake. Radisch also arranges Pickleball Parties, often with seasonal themes or special events.

At Manorhaven Beach Park, there is one available pickleball court; the lines are taped over an existing tennis court. This location is free to use by the public.

Pickleball was invented by congressman Joel Pritchard and businessman Bill Bell on Bainbridge Island, Washington in 1965. Following a summer golf outing, the two men returned to Pritchard’s house, only to find their families with nothing to do. There was an old badminton court on the

“My pickleball parties, which we do usually twice a month, are huge. We [play] from seven to 11, so it’s four hours of pickleball. We do a lot of themes based on the time of the year. It’s a big open play party based on level,” said Radisch. “But last year, I actually did pickleball rock night, and I actually brought in a live rock band. They played on one of the pickleball courts while everyone was playing. And that sold out in like two seconds, so we’re going to do that again.” see PICKLEBALL on page 14

Franklin Pickleball Jet Paddle and Ball Set ($49.99), Dicks Sporting Goods. (Product photo from Dicks Sporting Goods, dickssportinggoods.com)

Women’s doubles match. from the SPORTIME instagram, @ sportimeportwashington)

Where to play, how to play and staying safe

property, but with no available badminton equipment, they instead played with ping pong paddles and a perforated plastic ball. They initially played with the net at the standard badminton height of 60 inches. However, the net was lowered to 36 inches, with the ball bouncing nicely over it on the asphalt. The following weekend, Barney McCallum was introduced to pickleball at Pritchard’s house, and the three men created the rules for the game.

Since then, pickleball has exploded in popularity. Membership in USA Pickleball, the governing body for the sport founded in 2013, grew to 70,000 people in only 10 years.

“I watched this sport originally, it was known as the senior citizens sport and was basically played in retirement communities. As other younger people started playing, it started to catch on,” said Radisch. “But over [the] years, as people started playing it, everyone that plays it almost becomes addicted to it… The last two and a half years, I have never seen a demand and an explosion in almost anything like this.”

Pickleball has also spread into the Port

Washington school district, with Schreiber High School gym classes spending an extended unit learning how to play the sport.

The rules are fairly simple, making the game easy to learn for beginners and very exciting at high levels. On each side of the court, there is a non-volley zone—known as the kitchen—which is closest to the net. The remaining parts of the court are divided vertically into a left and right service area— known as the odd and even courts.

To start each point, the ball is served diagonally into the opponent’s service court. The serve must be underhand. Here, the first major rule comes into play: the double bounce rule—following a serve, each side must hit one groundstroke before volleying the ball. As the point plays out, the other notable rule becomes important: balls cannot be vollied—hit out of the air without bouncing on the ground—when the player is standing in the non-volley zone.

Points can only be won by the serving player or team and are earned when the opposing side fails to return a ball or hits it out of play. After each point won on serve, the

server switches between the odd and even courts. Pickleball matches are played to 11, win by two, creating a fast-paced, energetic environment.

Despite the smaller court size and relatively simple rules, injuries are still common, especially among older crowds.

“Pickleball is an easy game to pick up, and people just take it for granted. People get out of the car and they start playing and if you’re not in good shape and you’re running around on the court, it’s very easy to strain a muscle,” said Roger Gerland, the Senior Director of Rehabilitation Services at Northwell Health STARS across their outpatient network and the team physical therapist at Hofstra University.

Gerland has seen injuries ranging from calf and hamstring pulls to wrist and hip fractures as a result of the sport. In fact, pickleball injuries are expected to cost Americans between $250 million and $500 million this year.

“One of the things that we do as a health system is identify needs in the community. One of those needs that we have recently

seen over the last couple of years is an influx of pickleball injuries, not just in our physical therapy offices, but in our emergency rooms, as well as our physicians offices,” said Gerland. “And as a result of this initiative, we felt the need to increase awareness of pickleball injury prevention, proper warmup, proper training and conditioning.”

A full-body, active warm-up is important. To begin, Gerland recommends jogging around the court several times. Next, partaking in a series of active stretches, such as squats, leg swings, walking lunges with rotations and overhead arm movements, may help to reduce injury.

Nonetheless, pickleball offers certain advantages over other racket sports.

“From a physical standpoint, I think it’s less physically challenging on your joints if we’re comparing it to racquetball… And if I’m comparing it to tennis, I think it’s less demanding on the shoulder than tennis is,” said Gerland.

As pickleball continues to explode—and shows no signs of stopping, remember to stretch before playing and to have fun.

Young girls birthday party at SPORTIME. (Photo from the SPORTIME instagram, @sportimeportwashington)

SPORTIME pickleball courts at the Port Washington location. (Photo from the SPORTIME instagram, @sportimeportwashington)

Outdoor pickleball match at SPORTIME Hempstead Lake. (Photo from the SPORTIME instagram, @sportimeportwashington)

Winning point in a doubles match. (Photo from the SPORTIME instagram, @sportimeportwashington)

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