Mid-Island Times (9/15/23)

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Service dogs to be honored by Town

BY GARY SIMEONE

It will be a special day for service dogs from all across Long Island on Saturday, September 23. The Town of Oyster Bay will host an event called DogFest Long Island to benefit an organization called Canine Companions. The nonprofit organization helps to place expertly trained service dogs to adults children and disabled veterans.

Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino, who was instrumental in organizing the event, said the Town is always happy to partner with organizations that benefit the good of others.

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Armed robbery at smoke shop

The Royal Smoke Shop, located at 394 North Wantagh Ave., in Bethpage, was robbed at gunpoint on Saturday, September 9, at 9:32 p.m.

According to Nassau County Robbery Squad

Detectives, an unknown man entered the store, approached the store clerk and demanded money while displaying a handgun. The

victim complied and the subject fled on foot in an unknown direction with an undisclosed amount of US currency.

There were two employees and no customers present inside the store at the time of the robbery. No injuries were reported.

The subject is described as a male, approximately 6’0” tall with a heavy build.

The suspect was wearing a long sleeve shirt, black gloves and a black face mask.

Detectives request anyone with information regarding this crime to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS or call 911. All callers will remain anonymous.

“This amazing organization helps individuals of all ages and varied abil-

ities live their lives with greater independence by providing service dogs to adults, children and veterans with disabilities, as well as facility dogs to professionals working in healthcare, criminal justice and educational settings,” said Saladino. “We are so pleased to host this wonderful event for such a good cause and the Town of Oyster Bay is always happy to partner with this organization to help further their commitment to providing the highest quality of service.”

Canine Companions, which has chapters all across the northeast, was established to help raise awareness, recruit new puppy raisers and volunteers to support the mission of

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Driver injured after striking school bus

A driver was seriously injured after he collided with a school bus in Plainview on Thursday, September 7, at 4:10 p.m. on Express Street.

According to Nassau County Police, a 2020 Chevrolet yellow short bus, operated by a 64-year-old female, was making a u-turn when the operator of a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee, traveling north bound, attempted to pass the bus. The front end of the

bus struck the passenger rear end of the Jeep causing the Jeep to overturn and roll down the street. The driver of the Jeep suffered multiple serious trauma injuries and was transported by Nassau County police helicopter to a local area hospital.

The bus driver was the sole occupant of the vehicle and did not sustain any injuries. The investigation is ongoing.

“Last Summer Blast” concert on September 23

The Town of Oyster Bay has announced that the Lords of 52nd Street will perform a ‘Last Summer Blast’ concert at Ellsworth W. Allen Park in Farmingdale on Saturday, September 23, at 7 p.m. This free concert will offer residents one last chance to enjoy some free musical entertainment before the fall season officially arrives. The Lords of 52nd Street features the legends of The Billy Joel Band, including Richie Cannata, Liberty DeVitto, and Russell Javors.

Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino

Crash injures motorcyclist in Hicksville

stated, “The Lords of 52nd Street are legends of rock n’ roll and put on an amazing performance each time out, recreating all of Billy Joel’s indelible hits that they were originally a part of. The Town is proud to present this free concert to residents.”

Residents are invited to bring chairs or blankets for seating, which begins after 4 p.m. This outdoor event is being held weather permitting – visit facebook.com/townofoysterbay or call

“Walk For Autism” planned for Sept. 23

The Town of Oyster Bay will be holding its 15th Annual “Walk for Autism” at Burns Park in Massapequa on Saturday, September 23. The walk will benefit Advantage Care Health Center’s Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism & Developmental Disabilities, one of the leading treatment and outpatient assessment programs for people with autism spectrum disorders.

Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino said, “We are pleased to once again host this event to benefit the Fay J. Linder Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, which offers the highest quality, state-of-the-art clinical services to people with Autism Spectrum disorders. From hosting social skill development groups to assisting with medicine management and educating community organizations, Advantage Care Health Center does truly outstanding work in our Town that we invite all residents to support through this walk.”

Registration for the event begins at 10 a.m., with the walk commencing at 11 a.m. and a tailgate party immediately following. The registration fee is $10 for individuals and $25 for families. All registrants will receive entrance to the post-walk tailgate party with refreshments and free T-shirts while supplies last.

Town Councilwoman Laura Maier added, “It is estimated that 1 in every 54 children in the United States are affected by Autism, and early diagnosis leads to an increased ability to help through intervention services. That’s why this walk is so important, as it increases both education and awareness while bringing our community together.”

For more information, contact the Town of Oyster Bay Parks Department, Recreation Division, at (516) 797-7945 or visit www.advantagecaredtc.org/ TOBwalk to register or donate online.

A motorcyclist traveling on South Broadway was seriously injured in a crash with an SUV at 1:17 p.m. on Friday, September 8, after he collided with an SUV.

According to Nassau County Police, the crash took place at the intersection of South Broadway and Lundy Street, where a black colored 2006 Ford Explorer operated by a male, 40, was

struck by a black colored 2013 Kawasaki motorcycle operated by a male, 31.

The driver of the Ford Explorer was making a left turn when the collision occurred, causing the motorcyclist to be ejected. The motorcyclist suffered multiple trauma injuries and was transported to a local area hospital where he is listed in critical condition.

The investigation is ongoing.

Motorcyclist injured in Hicksville crash

A 35-year-old man was seriously injured in Hicksville at 11:07 p.m. on Friday, September 8, after his motorcycle was rear-ended by a an SUV on Bethpage Road.

According to Nassau County Police, the motorcyclist was traveling northbound on Bethpage Road in the vicinity of Franklin Street where he was struck

in the rear by a 47-year-old male operating a 2021 GMC traveling in the same direction. The motorcyclist was ejected. As a result of the collision, the motorcyclist suffered multiple traumatic injuries and was transported to an area hospital. He is listed in critical condition. The driver remained at scene. The investigation is ongoing.

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Jericho resident to sponsor birthday celebration run

Organizers of the 23rd annual Six Hour 60th Birthday Celebration Run in Memory of Fred von der Heydt invite runners from all over Long Island and beyond to join them for this year’s Run at Belmont Lake State Park on Sunday, October 15.

Jericho businessman Glen Wolther, who owns the Westbury-based All Round Foods, has signed on as a major sponsor of this year’s event.

“We are thrilled that Glen Wolther and his company have signed on to support this important event,” said Run Director Myron Bellovin. “He has been a stauch supporter of the Long Island running community for many years, and it is great that he has decided to support this unique event,”

Runners will traverse a 1.75mile course around Belmont Lake. Four loops around the course will equal 7 miles, and a 15 loop journey will constitute a full marathon.

Yes, this is an ultramarathon, and many runners will be completing 35 or more miles over the six hour period. But you

don’t have to run for the entire six hours, and it’s a perfect way to get in a training run for the upcoming Suffolk County and New York City Marathons.

In addition to the awards for the runners turning in the most mileage, there will be special awards for those runners in the “Class of 1963,” celebrating their 60th birthdays in 2023. This is also a team competition, and relay teams of four runners are very much welcome to join in the fun.

You can register at https:// events.elitefeats.com/23sixhour.

The registration fee is only $55 if you sign up by September 23, $60 from September 24 through October 14, and $65 on the morning of the Run. There is a 10 percent discount for everyone born in the year 1963.

Teams can register for a total fee of $200 for the four runners.

This is a special event that over the years has been enjoyed by every runner at every level. Please join us. For more information, contact Race Director Myron Bellovin at mybellovin@ aol.com.

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Run Director Myron Bellovin (center) joins with sponsor Glen Wolther (right) and Brendan Dagan of elite feats (left), whose company will be timing and scoring the event, to urge everyone to come to Belmont Lake State Park on October 15 to join in the fun!

Hicksville Middle School welcomes new asst. principals

Hicksville Middle School welcomed new assistant principals Vinh NguyenHoran, Zeny Rodriguez and Jonathan Silkowitz for the 2023–24 school year. The three new administrators each bring unique experiences to their roles that will support the academic, social and emotional needs of the Hicksville Middle School student body.

Ms. Nguyen-Horan was recently the assistant principal at I.S. 278 Marine Park Intermediate School in Brooklyn for more than five years. She was also an English Language Arts teacher at the same school for close to 10 years. Among the many roles Ms. Nguyen-Horan contributed to included serving as a team leader of the school’s English Language Arts Curriculum Committee and an ELA assessment creator. Ms. NguyenHoran holds a Bachelor of Arts from Pace University, a Master of Arts in English education from Teachers College Columbia University, and a Certificate of School Building Leadership through the College of Integrated Education from The College of Saint Rose in Albany. She has been nominated for The Big Apple Awards and was an honoree of the Recognizing Teacher Excellence Award.

Ms. Rodriguez has been an integral part of the Hicksville school community since 2002. She started as a member of the Hicksville Middle School faculty, teaching seventh and eighth grade science until 2015. Until recently, she taught ninth through twelfth grade science at Hicksville High School which included Living Environment, Living Environment Honors, Introduction to Medical Science and Forensics, and Environmental Science. Among Ms.

Rodriguez’s many professional accomplishments, she is most proud of her English language learner students achieving a 100% passing rate on the LE Regents during the 2018–2019 school year. She has served on Hicksville High School’s Safety Committee and Hicksville Middle School’s Focus Committee.

Ms. Rodriguez earned her Bachelor of Science from Stony Brook University and a Master of Arts from New York University. Additionally, she holds a specialist diploma in administration and supervision from CUNY Queens College.

Mr. Silkowitz brings close to 24 years of administrative and teaching experience to his new role at Hicksville Middle School and has contributed to high schools and middle schools throughout Long Island, Manhattan and Brooklyn. These include Great Oaks NYC Charter High School, Hunter College High School and Plainview-Old Bethpage’s John F. Kennedy High School. Until recently, Mr. Silkowitz served as the assistant principal at Selden Middle School in Centereach. He has contributed to numerous past committees that have always supported the highest needs of his students. In his most recent position, he was the cofounder of the School Culture Committee to address post-pandemic areas of concern. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University at Albany, a Master of Science in secondary education from Long Island University, and a second Master of Science in educational administration from Touro College. Mr. Silkowitz anticipates that in the next year, he will complete his Doctor of Education in education leadership from Concordia University.

Hicksville Middle School recently welcomed three new assistant principals (left to reight) Zeny Rodriguez, Vinh Nguyen-Horan and Jonathan Silkowitz.

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This Week at the Syosset Public Library

Monday, September 18, at 7:00 p.m.

Plants for the Winter Garden (IN-PERSON)

Presenter: Jessica Damiano, garden coach

For many, the winter garden is beige, gray and—if we’re lucky—brown. And the cruel irony is that it’s during that cold, unforgiving season that we need the garden most! Garden coach Jessica Damiano will show you her favorite plants--including bloomers!--that will turn your barren landscape into a winter wonderland at a time when the only green in your neighbor’s yards will be envy. Registration required. To register, go to syossetlibrary.org.

Tuesday, September 19, at 2:00 p.m.

Afternoon Author Visit with Brenda Janowitz (IN-PERSON)

Enjoy an afternoon with Long Island author Brenda Janowitz who will join us in-person to discuss the writing of her 2023 novel “The Audrey Hepburn Estate” detailing the return of Emma Jansen to her Long Island home, an estate set to be demolished, and the two men she left behind. Books will be sold by the Friends of the Library at the event and can be signed by the author. No registration needed.

Thursday, September 21, at 12:00 p.m.

#AskALibrarian (ON X, formerly known as Twitter)

Join librarians from Syosset Library and around the world on X (formerly known as Twitter) for #AskALibrarian to receive reading suggestions based on your requests. Must have an X account to participate. Read a great book? Need a readalike? Looking for your next book club

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Thursday, September 21, at 2:00 p.m.

Billy Joel’s New York (IN-PERSON) Presenter, Clive Young, editor in chief of Recording Industry Magazine Mix, author, pop culture lecturer

This lecture takes the audience on a multi-media virtual stroll through the Long Island and the New York City landmarks of The Piano Man’s career and songs. Discover the touchstones of his early, formative years. Find out what eateries were the inspirations for the Parkway Diner, Mr. Cacciatore’s, and the Italian Restaurant; see the locations where some of his most famous album covers and music videos were shot; and lots more! No registration needed.

Friday, September 22, at 2:00 p.m. Skyscrapers, Architecture & Art (IN-PERSON)

Presenter: Chris Vivas, artist & professor of art history, Stonybrook University and St. Joseph’s College Humankind has always wished to leave their mark on the land. It’s been a long history of vanity projects and flexing of muscles from the Great Pyramids, the Eiffel Tower, Art Deco of the Empire State Building, the current tallest man-made structure the Burj Kalifa. This lecture will explore monumental achievements in architecture and ponder where it will go in the future. No registration needed.

The Syosset Public Library is located at 225 South Oyster Bay Road, Syosset. For more information about programs please go to www.syossetlibrary.org.

One of Courtney Young’s works, which are on view at the Syosset Public Library

Courtney Young is an award-winning artist and teacher based in New York. Her current body of work focuses on the ephemeral nature of light in the landscape. She also explores the power and ever-changing moods of the ocean.

Most of Ms. Young’s landscape paintings are created on location, en plein air (an Impressionism technique that usually involves painting outdoors). She says the technique allows her to “more accurately capture the colors and values that are often limited when working from photographs.”

Ms. Young’s seascape paintings are usually completed in the studio, but are based on small studies done at the beach. “As a surfer of almost 30 years, I have an

intimate relationship with and knowledge of the ocean,” she says. Ms. Young travels throughout the United States and abroad looking for inspiration.

She holds a Masters in Art Education from Adelphi University and a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from the New Hampshire Institute of Art, and is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America. Her works have been exhibited in many venues throughout Long Island, New York City, New York State, and beyond.

Syosset Library is located at 225 South Oyster Bay Road in Syosset. For more information about programs, services, and hours, call 516-921-7161, or visit the library or the website at syossetlibrary.org.

Shed-the-Meds at Syosset Library

To help residents properly discard unwanted pharmaceuticals, Nassau County Legislator Arnold W. Drucker (D - Plainview) will be partnering with the Nassau County Police Department’s Second Precinct to host a “Shed-The-Meds” event at the Syosset Public Library on Tuesday, Sept. 26.

During the event, residents will have the opportunity to safely dispose their unwanted prescription, expired medication, vitamins, and other pharmaceutical waste. Please note, needles, sharps, aerosol cans, and other biohazardous waste will not be accepted.

“As we continue to observe

September as National Recovery Month, one of the most important things we can do as a society is to prevent prescription drugs from inadvertently falling into the hands of people who are struggling with addiction,” Legislator Drucker said. “Shed-theMeds events are a convenient way to ensure that unwanted and expired

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drugs are disposed of securely and in an environmentally friendly way, and I hope everyone will take advantage of this important service.”

The event will take place from 5–8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 26 at the Syosset Public Library, 225 South Oyster Bay Road, Syosset.

Upcoming Events at the Jericho Public Library

Friday, September 15 10:30 a.m.: Jump for Joy (Ages 18 Months to 5 Years) - Join us for a lively program of music and group activities for you and your child.

Monday, September 18

2:00 p.m.: VIRTUAL: Art Lecture50 Best Paintings in NYC with Mary Maguire - From Giotto to Georgia O’Keeffe, the spectrum of treasured paintings in New York City is unsurpassed. This list of masterpieces that we will visit is totally subjective. It is compiled in the hopes that it will reconnect you with some of your own favorites as it introduces you to some new paintings that you might be inspired to view in person.

Tuesday, September 19

7:00 p.m.: STEMtastic (Grades 3 to 6) - Learn and have fun while exploring a hands-on STEM experience.

Wednesday, September 20

2:00 p.m.: VIRTUAL: The Leading Men: John Raitt & Robert Preston with Stephen Nachamie, Stage & Film Director - Today we celebrate the lives and careers of two ground breaking leading men of the Golden Age of Broadway — John Raitt and Robert Preston. We’ll explore hit shows such as “Carousel,” “Oklahoma,” “The Music Man,” “I Do! I Do!” and “Mack and Mabel.”

Thursday, September 21

2:00 p.m.: VIRTUAL: Art Lecture - Amedeo Modigliani with Professor Thomas Germano - Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was a Jewish-Italian painter and sculptor in the early 20th century. He is known for his elongated portraits and nudes which were not always received well in his lifetime. His short life, cult-like posthumous following and artistic inventions made his works highly sought out as they generated

POB JFK named “School of Distinction”

astronomical auction prices. With two major exhibitions this year in Paris and Philadelphia and another exhibition “Modigliani and Modern Portraiture” at the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn, NY, Modigliani seems to be in the height of fame and notoriety a century after his death. Join Professor Thomas Germano as he discusses the work and life of this celebrity artist.

4:00 p.m.: After School Adventures in Art (Grades 1–6) - Take a bite of the famous apple still life with apples by Paul Cézanne, who wanted “to astonish Paris with an apple.” Learn Cézanne’s story, then create your own painting inspired by his art.

Friday, September 22

10:30 a.m.: Rock and Read (12 Months–4 Years) - This is a fun and fast paced preschool readiness program that includes music, movement, and fine and gross motor skills.

2:00 p.m.: VIRTUAL: Great Performers with Marc Courtade: Alan Alda: More than HawkeyeAn actor, director, screenwriter and comedian, Alan Alda has had success onstage, in film and television. He’s known for playing Hawkeye Pierce on “M*A*S*H.” He starred in the series and wrote and directed many episodes, winning five Emmys. His work on Broadway included dramas, comedies and musicals which earned him three Tony nominations. He has appeared in 36 films earning an Academy Award nomination for “The Aviator.” He has been married for over 60 years and is known for his charitable work and contributions to women’s rights causes. Join us for an entertaining look at the man and his career.

Register for all events at https:// www.jericholibrary.org/events/month

Non-residents may register beginning two weeks before each program.

Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School.

Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School (POBJFKHS) has been named a School of Distinction for the 2022-2023 school year by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA). This prestigious award is given only to schools in which all varsity sports teams have achieved NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete Team status throughout the course of the school year. POBJFKHS was one of only 15 high schools in Nassau County to be named a School of Distinction, and one of only 35 across the Island.

“For a team to achieve Scholar Athlete status is already a great accomplishment, but for all of our teams to be recognized as such is truly incredible,”

said Plainview-Old Bethpage Athletic Director Joseph Braico. “It is a testament to our athletes’ dedication to both their studies and their chosen sport, and our District’s culture of academic excellence.”

Towards the end of each sports season, NYSPHSAA honors varsity teams that have excelled both athletically and academically as Scholar Athlete teams. The NYSPHAA specifically awards varsity teams that collectively earn a grade point average of 90 percent or higher during the season. POBJFKHS had all 32 of its teams achieve Scholar Athlete status throughout all three seasons for 2022–2023.

Registration for Town Youth Ice Hockey program

Registration for the Town of Oyster Bay’s Fall/Winter Youth Ice Hockey Program has begun for boys and girls ages 6–16. This program includes full House League games, practice schedule and playoffs. Clinics spanning 10 weeks in duration will also be available for registration including all girls’ clinics, 6 and under clinics, and adult learn to play clinics. The Ice Hockey season will begin on Saturday, September 30th. Registration for residents online began on September 12.

“This recreational and instructional hockey program is designed to teach youngsters the correct fundamentals of one of America’s most popular sports,”

said Town Councilman Steve Labriola. “In addition to receiving instruction on the proper techniques of skating, stickhandling and shooting, participants will make new friends and create lifelong memories.”

Registration will begin online for Town residents on September 12 and September 13 at www.oysterbaytown. com/portal beginning at 9:00 a.m.; online registration will open to non-residents on September 14. All participants must provide their own equipment, and should have some skating ability. For more information, call the rink at (516) 433-7465, x 8234 or visit www.oysterbaytown.com/hockey.

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Catholic Daughters show appreciation to military

The Catholic Daughters of the Americas will be holding a special “Thank You Project” in support of members of the military who currently serve the country.

On September 30 and October 1 after all Masses at St. Ignatius Loyola church, the CDA will host tables at the priests' garage where you can write a quick note of support. The CDA will supply paper, cards, pens and markers. You may also drop off notes you have already prepared.

You may also drop off your cards at any time in the box located in the church or mail or drop them to the rectory office (St. Ignatius Loyola, 129 Broadway, Hicksville NY 11801). Please

Town blood drive planned for Sept. 26

mark them “Catholic Daughters Thank You Project”. Cards must be received by October 22.

Suggestions and other important guidelines:

• Address your card to “Dear Friend” or “Dear Service Member”

• Be positive! Write a note of encouragement or tell them of your hobbies or what life is like in your town.

• You do not need to sign your full name or provide an address.

• Please refrain from political statements or inappropriate topics or lengthy religions discussions.

• Please do not be holiday specific as cards will be sent throughout the year.

With hospitals facing a nationwide blood shortage, the Town of Oyster Bay invites residents to attend a Blood Collection Drive on Tuesday, September 26, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Hicksville Athletic Center, located at 167 S. Broadway in Hicksville.

Town Councilwoman Vicki Walsh stated, “Blood supplies are critically needed for local hospitals to meet the demand and continue saving lives. Please consider participating in this blood drive to help bolster our blood banks and ensure as many people as possible can be helped. Together, we can give the gift of life though a simple blood donation.”

Appointments are preferred for the Town’s blood drive. To qualify as a donor, a person must be between the ages of 17 and 75 years old (16 with parental permission and 76 or older with a doctor’s note), weigh at least 110 pounds and not have

donated blood within the last 56 days. Anyone who received a tattoo within the past 12 months is ineligible to donate. It is recommended that donors eat well (low fat) and drink fluids in the days before the blood drive. Additionally, all donors will receive a voucher for a free Blizzard at Dairy Queen.

Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino added, “It’s quick, easy, and safe to donate a single pint of blood which can save up to three lives. Donating blood at the Hicksville Athletic Center, is an incredible way for all of us to pitch in and give back, to help ease the burden of our Healthcare Heroes as they continue to provide lifesaving efforts.”

For additional information regarding the Town’s Blood Drive, contact (516) 6246380. To make an appointment to donate at this Blood Drive, sign up today at https://bit.ly/43OzKwq

NASSAU COUNTY

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Town of Oyster Bay   Zoning Board of Appeals

TOWN HALL, AUDREY AVENUE, OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK  11771-1592  -  TELEPHONE:  (516) 6246232 – FAX:  (516) 624-6149

RITA BYRNE, Chairwoman  –  LOIS SCHMITT, Vice Chairwoman   –  LEWIS J. YEVOLI

KATHLEEN MULLIGAN –REBECCA M. ALESIA –ANDREW MONTELEONE – LISA CICCOLELLA

PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 246, Section 246-12 of the Code of the Town of Oyster Bay, notice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Appeals has scheduled a public meeting, which will take place in the Town Hall Meeting Room, Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, New York, on SEPTEMBER 21, 2023, at 7:00 P. M., to consider the following appeals:

BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

APPEAL NO. 23-229 JERICHO

CHANGYUAN ZOU:  Variance to allow existing 6 ft. high fence exceeding maximum height across side/front property than permitted by Ordinance.

NW/ cor. of Moss Ln. & Marian Ln., a/k/a 57 Moss Lane, Jericho, NY

APPEAL NO. 23-301 -  AMENDMENT

APRIL SONG:  Amend Specific Plan as presented for Appeal No. 23-301 and granted by Decision of the Zoning Board of Appeals, dated June 2, 2022, to allow existing sunroom and rear platform with steps to grade.

S/s/o Halsey Ave., 484.93 ft. E/o Leahy St., a/k/a 216 Halsey Avenue, Jericho, NY

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Formation of 113 LIBERTY LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/18/2023. Office loc.: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail process to Karun Bhardwaj, 70 Somerset Ave., Hicksville, NY 11801. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NASSAU COUNTY NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF NASSAU QUICKEN LOANS INC.,                   Plaintiff, Against LAWRENCE COSTA, STEPHANIE COSTA, ANDREW COSTA, JARED COSTA, LOREN COSTA, BRENDA COSTA, ET AL.,

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 10/18/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, The North Front Steps of the Nassau County Courthouse, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 10/3/2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 5 Washington Avenue, Hicksville, New York 11801, And Described As Follows:

ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being At Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 12 Block 321 Lot 6

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $348,971.62 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 15-004170

If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction.

Ralph Madalena, Esq., Referee.

MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC, 10 MIDLAND AVENUE, SUITE 205, PORT CHESTER, NY 10573

Dated: 7/13/2023 File Number: 15-312598 RS

NASSAU COUNTY

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE OF SALE  SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff AGAINST RICHARD GREIG; ET AL., Defendant(s)   Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered November 26, 2018, 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 September 28, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 54 SOUTH 1ST STREET, BETHPAGE, NY 11714. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Bethpage, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 46, Block 5, Lot 46-48. Approximate amount of judgment $407,811.10 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #003518/2016. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held "Rain or Shine". Robert Litt, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 18007130 77150

NASSAU COUNTY

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF NASSAU

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MAY 1, 2006, GSAMP TRUST 2006-HE3, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HE3 Plaintiff, Against

MARY MURRAY A/K/A MARY C. MURRAY     Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 09/16/2019, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Front Steps of the Nassau County Courthouse, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 10/10/2023 at 2:30 pm, premises known as 273 North 4th Street, Bethpage, New York 11714, And Described As Follows:

ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Bethpage, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $424,971.27 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 3901/2015

If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction.

Harold F. Damm, Esq., Referee.

MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC, 10 Midland Avenue, Suite 205, Port Chester, NY 10573

Dated: 7/25/2023 File Number: 17-301460 RS

NASSAU COUNTY

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE OF SALE  SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST

RAJESHWARI SINGH; HARENDRA SINGH; ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered November 3, 2017, 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 September 28, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 4336 HICKSVILLE ROAD, BETHPAGE, NY 11714. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 52, Block 310, Lot 43. Approximate amount of judgment $459,790.32 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #009094/2015. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held "Rain or Shine". Brian Davis, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 17006341 77145

NASSAU COUNTY FORECLOSURE NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff AGAINST Danielle Barone a/k/a Danielle BaroneAquilano; et al.,

Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered June 18, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on October 16, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 31 Moore Drive, Bethpage, NY 11714.  All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Bethpage, in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section: 46 Block: 208 Lots: 14-18.

Approximate amount of judgment $144,914.12 plus interest and costs.  Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 615628/2018. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held "Rain or Shine." Ralph Madalena, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 4304792 Dated: September 6, 2023

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Service dogs to be honored by Town

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providing service dogs to people with disabilities. They support their mission through community awareness and fundraising events.

Town Councilman Tom Hand said that these types of events are instrumental in helping people who live with disabilities.

“We invite all residents to participate in this fun event while making a positive difference in the lives of others,” said Hand. “Thanks to events like DogFest, organizations like Canine Companions are able to continue the great work they do to assist the disabled community people with disabilities”

The event, which will run from

Commander Gary Glick and Ed Freeberg representing the Jewish War Veterans Post 652, were the Color Guard at the Commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. The program took place at the Mid Island JCC in Plainview. The program was sponsored by The Jewish Community Relations Council, in partnership with many other community-wide organizations.

11a.m. to 2 p.m. at Marjorie Post Park in Massapequa, will feature inspiring speakers, service-dog demonstrations and games and fun activities for kids and adults.

“September is National Service Dog Month, and what better way to celebrate than to bring your canine friends to a fun event for a great cause,” said Saladino.

There is no fee to participate in the event. People are encouraged to bring well-socialized dogs, provided they are friendly to other dogs and people. All of the dogs are required to be kept on a leash at all times.

To find out more about the upcoming event, you can visit the website https://canine.org.

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September 15, 2023

New Brunswick Roadtrip: Saint John, City of Firsts, Oldests, Amazements

BY KAREN RUBIN WITH DAVE E. LEIBERMAN, LAINI MIRANDA & ERIC LEIBERMAN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE WWW.GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM

Our roadtrip through New Brunswick, one of Canada’s Maritime Provinces, continues in Saint John, a city of firsts, of oldest, of amazements worthy of Ripley’s or Guinness, like the wondrous Reversing Falls (one of only two in the world), and Stonehammer UNESCO Global Geopark, where we will actually see remnants of Pangea –primordial earth before the continents split apart.

A City of Oldests, Firsts Saint John is only about an hour’s drive from St. Andrews where we meet Doug Scott, who is taking us on a walking tour to best appreciate the history and heritage of Canada’s oldest incorporated city, the province’s second biggest city with a population of 135,000, the only city on the Bay of Fundy, and a major cruise ship port, which served as an major immigration center for 200 years.

It was into this port that explorer Samuel de Champlain sailed in 1604 –claiming it for France.

We follow a beautiful waterfront walkway that is taking shape around to Fort La Tour National Historic Site, built in 1631 by Charles La Tour to trade with First Nations people. This has been an archeological site, but more recently, they have reconstructed the fort, “the site of treachery, intrigue and a memorable battle in early Acadian times,” the literature reads. It is also “commemorates 5,700 years of changing ceremonial, commercial and industrial uses.”

Reversing Falls, one of 60 Stonehammer Geopark sites in Saint John, New Brunswick, where you can see the force of “the highest tide in the world” as well as evidence of Pangea, the Earth’s super-continent, and billion-year old rock © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

(Harbour Passage, 506,607-7171, www. placefortlatour.com)

Though claimed for France, the British had different ideas, seeing Saint John as an important defensive port, and, when the British and French were embroiled in the French & Indian War (1754-1763) over control of the colonies, in 1755, expelled the French Acadians who did not swear an oath to Britain.

Loyalists fleeing the American Revolution founded Saint John in 1783, incorporating the city in 1785 (Canada’s first).

From Fort La Tour we can see out to the 24 acres of Partridge Island in the harbor, “the most historic chunk of rock in Canada,” Scott says.

Partridge Island had New Brunswick’s first gas-powered lighthouse (1791), North America’s first quarantine station (1785) and

the world’s first steam-operated fog alarm (1859).

Much like Ellis Island in New York harbor, 3 million immigrants passed through here to make Canada their home. A flood of Europeans came through in 1815 at the end of the Napoleonic Wars; and from 1812-1850, 70 percent of immigrants were Irish, peaking in 1845-47, because of the Irish Potato Famine. There was tension between the British (Protestants) and the Irish (Catholics), that climaxed in an 1849 riot which led to the formation of Canada’s first police force. (You can visit the Saint John Police Museum, 56 Prince William St., 506-674-4137, www.saintjohnpolicemuseum.ca)

Saint John’s role as the gateway for immigrants is notable. There is the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum (91 Leinstar St., 506-633-

1833, http://jewishmuseumsj.com/), focusing on the development and engagement of Saint John’s Jewish community since its founding in 1858, through its “Golden Years” (19191960s), when there 1400 Jews and 85 businesses.

1877 was a pivotal year for Saint John: a Great Fire destroyed everything from the waterfront to King Street (you can even see the difference in architecture). 19 died and 7 newspapers, 16 churches and 2600 buildings were destroyed. The city brought in architects from New York and within one year, rebuilt 1,300 buildings using brick. Today, you see many buildings with dates from 1877, 1878, 1879; many also have white crosses to show that were rebuilt to a new fire standard.

Scott takes us to a street which is pretty much the dividing line where the fire stopped. On one side are all the brick buildings. But just nearby, you can still visit Loyalist House (120 Union Street, 506-652-3590, www. LoyalistHouse.com), built by local merchant David Daniel Merritt around 1810, which is the city center’s oldest standing wooden structure. We also visit Loyalist Cemetery, in King’s Square, just behind the City Market, which is a beautiful park.

Another interesting place to visit is the New Brunswick Museum which houses historic and geologic exhibits (Market Square, 1-888-2689595, 506-643-2390, www.nbm-mnh. ca) and its Archives & Research Library (277 Douglas Avenue), housing death and marriage records that draws people from all over to research.

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We have lunch at the Saint John City Market. At one of the entrances, a sign lists St. John’s City of Firsts: oldest continuing operating farmers market in Canada; first police force; first public high school, first museum, library, paved street, banking district in Canada. The market is itself housed in a historic building, dating from 1876, its ceiling is in the shape of an upside down ship’s hull (a shipbuilder built it).

Stonehammer Geopark’s Amazements

Saint John is not only Canada’s oldest incorporated city, it is built on some of the oldest geology on the planet. For the geology part of our Saint John exploration, we meet up with Wanda Hughes who runs the Inside Out Nature Centre inside Rockwood Park (55 Lake Drive), and has been involved with the Stonehammer UNESCO Global Geopark since its founding in 2010, the first geopark in North America.

There are now 177 UNESCO Global Geoparks in 46 countries around the world (the first opened in China in 1980s; Canada has five). But Stonehammer is distinguished because while most geoparks are a single site (like a cave or volcano), because of the extraordinary diversity and scale of geology here,

Stonehammer contains 60 different sites, spanning 965 sq. miles up the coast to St. Martins, each site with a different geological story. During our visit, we get just a taste.

350 million years ago, the earth was one super continent, Pangea, that through ice ages and other geologic forces, separated into 7 continents. But when the world was Pangea, New Brunswick was located where Africa is today, a tropical paradise south of the equator.

“Our geology is unique,” Hughes tells us. “As the continents drifted apart, a new Atlantic Ocean was created here.” You can see rocks facing each other, one that would have been in Africa (today), and the other that would have been South America today – two different continents.

Our Stonehammer Geopark experience starts in Rockwood Park, one of the Stonehammer Geopark sites. Spanning 2,200 acres with 10 lakes and 55 trails, it is one of the largest urban parks in Canada and was designed by Frederick Olmstead in the 1800s (who also designed NYC’s Central Park and San Francisco’s Golden Gate). Before heading out, we actually get to try out hydrocycles! You can also do geo-caching, rockclimbing, kayaking, and mountain biking from the Nature Center.

Reversing Falls Rapids, one of only two reversing falls in the world (the other is in Norway), is a series of rapids (not really waterfalls) where the Saint John River runs through a narrow gorge before emptying into the Bay of Fundy. The force of the tide of Fundy Bay – 160 million tons of seawater at high tide - overpowers the river, pushing it backwards.

The tide can rise as much as 26 ft – how high depends on moon cycle, season (spring higher), and the gravitational pull. But for about 20 minutes at a time, there is a “slack tide” when the river and bay meet, “when the ocean stops the river,” Wanda tells us. Not surprisingly, considering the power of these falls, there is a local legend from the Mi’kmaq people who lived here well before the Europeans that tells of  Glooscap (the Creator), who was angered that a giant beaver was damming up the river, harming fishing, and refused to stop. Glooscap used a giant club to smash the dam, which cre-

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ated the small islands we see, and then shrank the beaver to the size it is now.

“At low tide, you can see Glooscap’s club and face in rock. And then they found fossil of giant beaver,” Wanda tells us. A banana-sized beaver tooth displayed at the New Brunswick Museum is evidence that giant beavers, the size of black bears today, actually existed.

On the other shore of the Reversing Falls is the Irving Paper & Pulp Mill, a key industry and employer in Saint John, which seems incongruous but like so many factories, was built on such dynamic waterways because of the water power and transportation.

We next visit the Irving Nature Park, a 600 acre wooded park located on the City’s west side, which is a Stonehammer Geopark site, owned and maintained by J.D.Irving Ltd. that offers beautiful views of the Fundy coastline, groomed trails for hiking, and biking, and a Children’s Forest, playground, and life-size mazes. It is also a “dark sky” preserve.

The full complement of 60 Stonehammer geosites presents almost continuous geological history of the planet over a billion years. Of the sites, about a dozen are easily accessible by the public and are presented as parks and recreation centers.

Dominion Park, for example, is where billion-year-old stromatolite fossils in the marble that formed in South America and evidence of an ancient cyanobacteria, was where the oldest evidence of life on Earth was first identified in 1890; it also offers some of the best beaches for swimming in Saint John https://stonehammergeopark.com/geosites/dominion-park/

Stonehammer Geopark has an interpretation/visitor center at Area 506 Container Village (Open June-October, 85 Water St., 1-506-471-1310, www.stone-

Helping Kids Eat Healthy

Getting your kids to eat healthy can be challenging, especially in the hectic mornings before school.

But there are ways to make the morning rush less hassled and create a habit they will continue through adulthood.

Start with something easy that the entire family takes time to share. Kids who see their parents eating breakfast are much more likely to eat it themselves, according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

“Breakfast is a great meal to share with your children. As children grow older, they are more likely to skip breakfast,

which could affect their academic performance. I encourage parents to serve as role models by practicing a healthful morning routine that includes breakfast,” says registered dietitian, nutritionist and Academy Spokesperson Amy Reed of Cincinnati.

A 2013 analysis of 36 articles examining the effects of breakfast on in-class behavior and academic performance in children and adolescents, both undernourished and well-nourished, found evidence of a positive effect of breakfast on behavior in the classroom. The analysis found evidence that the frequency and quality of habitual breakfast had a positive effect on children’s academic performance,

hammergeopark.com).

Saint John’s Quirky Vibe

With all this history and serious geology, what is especially notable is the quirky vibe of Saint John, which you feel especially in the project to redevelop the waterfront to host shops, a skating rink and concert venue.

Area 506, the Waterfront Container Village, located next to the cruise ship terminal, opened in summer 2022 with some 60-plus shipping containers converted into retail spaces that showcase New Brunswick creativity. There is also a large stage performance and movie space, a three-level patio that provides great views of the stage and Bay of Fundy, a beer garden, food trucks, a graffiti alley for local and international artists, and pop-up activities.

Saint John also “punches far above its weight in terms of dining experiences,” Scott tells us. There’s a vibrant food and beverage scene in Saint John with 80-plus bars/restaurants within 10 blocks downtown near the cruise ship terminal.

High on everyone’s recommendation list is Port City Royal (45 Grannan Street), where we enjoy dinner. Being a major city, Saint John offers lots of choices of accommodations. We enjoy our stay at Hilton Saint John, an upscale property with its own parking garage, ideally located right on the waterfront, with indoor pool, fitness center, restaurant, pet-friendly rooms (1 Market Square, +1 506-693-8484).

Travel planning assistance from Discover Saint John, 1 866 463 8639, visitSJ@discoversaintjohn.com, https:// www.discoversaintjohn.com/ and Tourism New Brunswick, 800-561-0123, www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca

Next: New Brunswick Roadtrip Takes Us On the Newly Completed Fundy Trail Parkway

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with clearest effects on mathematic and arithmetic grades. In addition, increased frequency of habitual breakfast was positively associated with overall academic performance. The study was published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

Children should fuel their mornings with food from the different food groups; try to include a protein, fruit or vegetable, and whole grain. Foods made with whole-grain flours, such as whole-wheat flakes, whole-wheat bread or whole-grain waffles, contain carbohydrates for energy and provide dietary fiber, as do fruits

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The solution to the NY Mets problem

BY LOU THEODORE

I’ve been a baseball fan all my life… or at least as long as I can remember. I’ve been a New York Mets fan since Day 1. And, it’s a team that has had its ups and downs. But what happened these past two years was not only ridiculous but also embarrassing. And, we have both owner Steve Cohen and general manager Billy Eppler to thank for the present disastrous state of affairs. Why? Here’s why.

1. They traded away two really good quality players for Lindor and signed him to a $360MM (!!!) contract. Insane? You bet!

2. They signed Scherzer to a 3-year $130MM (!!!) contract. Two things were a given when he signed: he is not going to get better and he is more likely to get hurt. Insane? You bet!

3. They signed Verlander to a 2-year $86MM (!!!) contract. Two things were a given when he signed: he is not going to get better and he is more likely to get hurt. Another mediocre pitcher at this point in time. Insane? You bet!

4. They traded away two fairly good starters and signed two grandad starters. Insane? You bet!

My above analysis was made before the facts … not after the facts. I called all

of these disasters before they occurred. In the meantime, check the Met’s performance this past month!

Who made the above decisions? Does it matter? Of course it does. Since it was Billy Eppler and Steve Cohen, the Mets better make sure that these two are not going to be involved in any decision-making processes in the future.

That was then and today is today. The Mets now have two problems going into the future.

1. They need to field a competitive team next year (2024).

2. They need to put a program in place that will bring a World Series for this franchise and its fans. Can it be done? Of course, and here’s how.

The problem can be solved by applying the Delphi Panel Approach I introduced to you three months ago in my newsletter. In case you have forgotten, here is how the DPA works.

The DPA works for a complex problem that needs a solution. At the simplest level, a group of experts are brought together to discuss the problem in order to reach a consensus as to its most appropriate solution. The procedure is iterative with feedback between iterations and involves five steps once the experts have been chosen. The five steps are as follows:

1. Select, in isolation, independent solutions and reasons for justification for the solution from the experts.

2. Provide the initial solutions and reasons of each expert to the other experts.

3. Allow each expert to revise his or her initial solution and provide the reasoning for any change to their solution.

4. Repeat Steps 1 through 3 until a “consensus” solution is approached.

5. Use the “average” of the final solution as the best estimate of the solution to the problem of concern.

The panelists? I suggest retired intelligent baseball professionals in the following six areas:

1. A manager

2. A player

3. An umpire

4. A corporate executive

5. A sports writer

6. An announcer

These six should be able to do the job. The key is to definitely remove Eppler and Cohen from this process. All that remains is for Cohen to foot the bill for the solution that will turn the franchise’s future around.

Forgive me, but I need to close by stating in no uncertain terms that acting alone, I could do the job. Forgive my ego.

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BY TOM MARGENAU

Regular readers of this column know that one of the messages I preach is this: “You have every right to file a claim for any kind of Social Security benefit you think you might be eligible for.”

Even though I deliver that message often, I sometimes worry that it falls on deaf ears. But two emails I got this week helped me to realize that at least some readers are paying attention. And these emails really boosted my spirits. Here they are.

“Dear Tom, I’d like to thank you for the article you wrote a while back concerning what divorced women need to know about Social Security. It gave me the idea to call the Social Security Administration to see if I qualified for benefits under my ex-husband’s account, since he had recently passed away and I’m over full retirement age. The phone rep told me I couldn’t get anything more. But I took your advice from another column and insisted on applying anyway. It took two months for my scheduled phone interview. They asked me a lot of questions and then told me that I did qualify and that I would be able to get extra benefits on my ex’s Social Security account, just as you had said. The day after the call, I brought my original marriage and divorce documents to the local SS office and signed some forms. And soon my extra benefits will be on the way. Your knowledge and willingness to share it are touching more lives and helping more people than you realize. Thank you again.”

Gosh, that email almost brought tears to my eyes. And then later the same day, I got this email.

“Hi Tom, Thank you, thank you, thank you! Because of you, I’m now getting an extra $500 per month in widow’s benefits. Here is the story. My husband died earlier this year. He was 80 years old. He had started his benefits at age 70, so he was getting the extra bonus for delaying his benefits until that age. I am 78, and my own benefit is smaller than his, so I thought I would get bumped up to his higher rate. But when I called the SSA’s 800 number, I was told that I could only get his full retirement age benefit, not his age 70 rate. I told him that you had written a column in which you said that widow’s get the age 70 benefit. He told me I can’t believe what I read in newspapers. And the call ended. When I got home, just by coincidence, I saw one of your other columns that said I should insist on filing for benefits. So I called the SSA back and demanded to file a widow’s claim. The phone rep reluctantly let me do it. And lo and behold, today I got a letter in the mail from the SSA telling me I am due an extra $502 per month in widow’s benefits. If you are ever in Tucson, look me up and I will buy you lunch!”

Geez, I’m almost tempted to fly to

When in Doubt -- File a Claim

Tucson just to get that free lunch. And I’d like to hear more of this lady’s story about her experiences with the Social Security Administration.

Surprisingly, just a few weeks ago I wrote a column in which I pointed out that, based on reader feedback, most times people get good service from the SSA. However, I also pointed out in that column that I learned from readers’ comments that SSA reps handle routine cases very well, but they sometimes mess up when a situation is a bit out of the normal.

So, if you are ever in that situation where an SSA rep tells you one thing, but you are not sure he or she is right, let me repeat this message: INSIST ON FILING A CLAIM. It’s your legal right. And by doing so, you accomplish two things. One, you will get a legal decision about your eligibility for benefits, and not just one Social Security clerk’s opinion. And two, you will have appeal rights. In other words, if your claim is denied, and you still are not satisfied, you can ask that your claim be reviewed.

When I started working for the SSA back in the early 1970s, it was drilled into us almost from day one of our training class that people had every right to file for any benefit they think they might be due and that it was our job to help them file such claims. And in fact, the staffing of any Social Security field office was determined, in part, by the number of claims taken. So there was that extra incentive to help people file claims for benefits: More claims meant more staff. It was as simple as that. But based on the number of complaints I get from readers who tell me that they are discouraged from filing for benefits, I’m guessing that staffing procedure doesn’t exist anymore at the SSA. That’s too bad.

Before I end today’s column, I’m going to address a related issue. Many readers are always telling me they don’t like filing for benefits at a local Social Security office because they are worried the claims-taking rep (who possibly could be somewhat new in the position) won’t do a good job calculating the correct benefit amount.

But you don’t have to worry about that. Social Security benefit calculations are not done in local Social Security offices. They are done by the SSA’s national computer system, which has a remarkable record of accuracy when it comes to figuring out someone’s proper monthly Social Security check. So, whether you file for benefits online, in person at an SSA office or via the agency’s toll free number (800-772-1213), your claim ends up in the same place -- once again, in the SSA’s national computer system. And you can rest assured you will get the benefits you are due.

This gets me thinking back to my own pioneer days (in the early 1970s) working for the SSA. Back then, we did

calculate many benefits in the local SSA office. Fortunately, there was a category of employee whose job it was to know SSA benefit calculations inside and out. So, they would figure the benefit amount, transcribe the information onto a special “award” form, and we claims-taking personnel would sign the form confirming and authorizing the payment. I remember many times just crossing my fingers, saying a little prayer and signing the form. Fortunately, these calculation technicians were almost always right and 99% of our cli-

ents got paid correctly.

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has two books with all the answers. One is called “Social Security -- Simple and Smart: 10 Easy-to-Understand Fact Sheets That Will Answer All Your Questions About Social Security.” The other is “Social Security: 100 Myths and 100 Facts.” You can find the books at Amazon.com or other book outlets.

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There were those who were fortunate or one would say lucky enough to purchase a home, condo, or coop when interest rates were decreasing at historic lows back in 2020-2021. Some say it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and looking back, I truly believe it was the best time to jump into the real estate game to become a homeowner and get out of the rental syndrome of being beholden to one’s landlord. It was and still is the most advantageous method of building wealth in the U.S. besides the stock market and owning a business.

To provide some statistics (from OneKeyMLS), if you bought a single-family home in Nassau County back in Sept 2021 where the median sale price (half the homes were lower and half were higher) was $642,500, the price at the end of August 2023 was $700,000. So the median sale price increase over that 2-year period had been $57,500. However, when observing each town, prices varied depending on the location, condition, and other variables. As I have said in previous columns, schools are the number one variable that families look at when deciding where they will move, based on their individual budgets, which has had the greatest effect on prices. The average price of a single-family home during that same period went from $791,702 to $873,435 an increase of $81,733. It’s obvious when reviewing the numbers some escalated price increases in the higher-end areas have skewed the numbers and may not reflect on the average prices within a specific town.

Median sale prices for condos were higher, from September 2021, increasing from $621,000 to $660,000 by the end of August 2023, an increase of $39,000. Again, this was covering all of Nassau County and individual towns might have had increases that fluctuated depending on their location and other variables. I surmise that my hypothesis as well as speaking to numerous people, was that the affordability and demand all came into play as the

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Housing prices causing major crisis

BY PHILIP A. RAICES

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and vegetables. Including protein foods, such as eggs, Canadian bacon or low-fat cottage cheese from the dairy group, can help keep them full until lunch.

Here are some practical ideas for a healthy breakfast.

-- Make overnight oatmeal by mixing

typical purchaser was more into single-family homes; especially during the pandemic.

Many exiting the cities that were working remotely needed a separate space to work out of and comparing the pros and cons of a condo unit to a single-family home might not have worked as conveniently so a single-family home was the preference. Average sale prices of condos went from $730,271 in September 2021 to $802.709 by the end of August 2023 an increase of $72,438.

The median sales price of coops in Nassau County went from$279,000 in September 2021 to $308,917 by the end of August 2023, an increase of $29,917. The average price of a coop during the same period went from $308,917 in September 2021 to $328,155 at the end of August 2023 an increase of $19,238.

The future for many sitting on the sidelines might have a possible opportunity next year or maybe not. It all depends on what the Fed does with interest rates. Inventory will not increase very much, if at all as long as demand is still strong, keeping availability scarce. So the pressure on prices to decrease will be very minimal, if at all. If and only if demand were to cool off substantially would prices moderate one never knows, at what point that would occur. However, if the Fed were to decrease interest rates by 1-1.5% by the end of 2024, assuming inflation were to get to 2%, which is their goal, then I believe the feeding frenzy would begin all over again and prices would potentially continue to increase. This will allow a certain number of purchasers to begin seriously searching for the “next place to call home.” However, according to the Case-Schiller Index back in 2021, we needed anywhere from 1-5 million new homes to satisfy demand. With supply chain disruptions excessive price increases, and construction costs soaring way beyond

what was anticipated, new home prices have gone up. Most cannot afford a brand new home and resales are where a majority of the buyers are in and around Long Island. Sellers won’t give up their refinanced lowest rates in history adding to the severe lack of available housing. So over the last two years, there have been combinations of so many factors working against most buyers, that affordability through much higher mortgage rates, lack of supply, bidding wars and much higher prices, and insufficient income has caused so many to sit on the sidelines or leave NY. In an article by TBR News media’s Aidan Johnson, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s 2021 Out of Reach report, the minimum hourly wage to afford a 2-bedroom apt in Nassau-Suffolk in the Hud Metro Fair Market Rents Area was $39.13. Therefore, two minimum wage workers at $15 per hour still could not afford an apartment; and that was back in 2021 a far cry from what the costs of renting are today.

I have come to the conclusion and in my opinion, many (including our politicians) are in a checkmate position and are either deciding to stay in their rentals or parents/in-laws’ homes or potentially leave the area entirely to more affordable locales. We are in a housing quandary of uncertainty going forward. So the choices in homeownership are diminishing at a rapid pace. Governor Hochul’s housing plan although flawed in where construction should have been considered is still the only viable answer as she has now revised her plan to provide monies to those communities willing to build lower-cost units. We absolutely and positively need more housing! Are there any empty buildings in and around Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, NYC, or Westchester that could be renovated, upgraded, and priced at a lower price with the assistance of NYS, whether

Helping Kids Eat Healthy

oats with fresh or frozen fruit, low-fat milk and low-fat yogurt for a ready-to-eat morning meal.

-- Buy frozen whole-wheat waffles to toast and spread with a nut or seed butter or top with fruit, such as a banana.

-- Prepare homemade egg bites with vegetables the night before, then reheat in the morning.

for sale or for rent? This will enable us to keep our Millennials, Gen Z, and others in place so we do not continue to lose our future labor market and the “brain drain” that has been occurring since the 1980s here on Long Island.

Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has 40 years experience in the Real Estate industry and has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S.) and in 2022 has earned his National Association of Realtors “Green Industry designation for eco-friendly construction. He will provide you with “free” regular updates of sold and new homes in your town via the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island (MLSLI) or go to https://WWW. Li-RealEstate.Com and you can “do it yourself (DYI) and search on your own. For a “FREE” `15 minute consultation, as well as well as a “FREE printout or digital value analysis of what your home might sell for in today’s market without any obligation or “strings” attached. He can also provide a copy of “Unlocking the Secrets of Real Estate’s New Market Reality, and our Seller’s and Buyer’s Guides for “Things to Consider when Selling, investing or Purchasing your Home.

You can email or snail mail (regular mail) him with your request or ideas, suggestions or interview you for a specific topic and a Q & A for a future column with your name, email and cell number. He will email or call you back and respond to your request ASAP as long as he has your complete name, cell, email and/or full home or business address. Again, for a “FREE” 15 minute consultation, he can also be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@ TurnKeyRealEstate.Com to answer any of your questions and concerns in selling, investing, purchasing, or leasing residential or commercial property.

-- Repurpose leftover roasted vegetables to make hash with eggs and turkey sausage.

-- Add sliced turkey, ham or chicken and a slice of low-fat cheese to a toasted English muffin.

-- Use last night’s spinach to scramble or bake into a quiche with eggs and lowfat cheese.

Charlyn Fargo is a registered dietitian with SIU School of Medicine in Springfield, Ill., and the current president of the Illinois Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. For comments or questions, contact her at charfarg@aol.com or follow her on Twitter @Nutrition Rd. .

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Autumn Is Coming ... Finally!

BY DENNIS MAMMANA

Week of Sept. 17-23, 2023

Seasons come and seasons go, and over our lives we’ve all become accustomed to this pattern. When I was young, I looked forward to summer because we got a few months off from school and had great weather to swim, travel or just lay around and do nothing.

Having lived in the Southwestern U.S. deserts for half my life, however, I now look forward to the cooler days and nights of autumn. And this week, I’m absolutely giddy with excitement. That’s because autumn is coming. Finally!

This year, autumn officially begins in our planet’s Northern Hemisphere on Sept. 23 at 2:05 a.m. EDT, but on the U.S. West Coast, it occurs on Sept. 22 (11:05 p.m. PDT).

Many people think that autumn begins on the day that we see the sun rise due east and set due west, or when the length of our daytime and nighttime are equal. If we don’t concern ourselves with fine details, both are somewhat true statements.

So why, then, did I cite the exact time for the beginning of autumn? That’s because the onset of autumn -- the autumnal equinox -- is not a day, but rather a moment in time. It’s marked by the sun’s passage in the heavens from the Northern Hemisphere sky into the

Southern Hemisphere sky. It occurs, in fact, the moment the sun crosses the celestial equator on its journey from north to south.

Confused? Well, try to imagine what’s going on.

During summertime, we in the Northern Hemisphere see the sun cross our daytime sky high overhead, but during wintertime, it crosses relatively

low in the southern sky. This happens because our planet’s equator is tipped about 23.4 degrees to the plane of its orbit around the sun.

At some point during the year, however, the sun -- traveling along its orbit (called the “ecliptic”) -- must cross the equator on its way southward, and that defines the moment known as the autumnal equinox. When this occurs,

When All the World Is Your Cronut

BY TRACY BECKERMAN

“Ummm, this is good,” said my husband with a mouth full of food. “What is it?”

I looked up from the kitchen sink where I was doing dishes. “It’s a cronut.”

“A what?”

“A cronut. It’s part croissant, part doughnut.”

He looked at me like I had two heads.

“I was actually going to get some duffins, but the cronuts looked better, so I bought those instead.”

“What’s a duffin?” he asked hesitantly.

“It’s part doughnut, part muffin. The cruffins and bruffins looked good too, but I didn’t want to go crazy, so I just stuck with the cronuts.”

“What the heck are you talking

about?” he said.

“A cruffin is part croissant, part muffin, and a bruffin is part brioche and part muffin,” I replied.

“Are you out of your mind?” he said.

I laughed. I didn’t blame him for being confused. Ever since the cronut made its debut, it seemed like the food industry had been taken over by mad scientists. They were not only combining doughnuts and muffins, but just about any other kind of food you could think of. There were piecakens (a pie baked inside a cake), brookies (brownie meets cookie) and cherpumples (cherry, pumpkin and apple pie). There were meatzas (a pizza with a ground-beef crust), chocamole (avocado and chocolate guacamole) and turduckens (a chicken stuffed into a duck stuffed into a turkey). It was like Betty Crocker got

our sun appears directly overhead for viewers on the Earth’s equator.

Now try to imagine standing at the equator. On the first day of autumn, you’d see the sun pass directly overhead. A few days or weeks earlier, the sun would have crossed your northern sky, and a few days or weeks later, it would cross your southern sky. But on that day, the sun stands directly over the equator, so you would watch it pass directly overhead at midday.

Another way to think about it is to imagine extending a projection of the Earth’s equator into the starry heavens. This would create in the sky what astronomers call the “celestial equator.” The moment when the sun crosses this great circle on its way south marks the autumnal equinox, and the onset of autumn in the Earth’s Northern Hemisphere.

One easy way to watch how the sun’s position changes at this time of year is to notice how the sunset point drifts southward along the horizon over several days or weeks. To do this, you must have only a fixed observing location, but be careful not to look directly at the sun itself or you may suffer irreversible eye damage.

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it on with Dr. Frankenstein and they had Frankenfood babies.

I actually blame all this on the snooty dog people. When I was a kid, mixed breed dogs were simply called mutts. But then someone got the idea that they could charge money for a mutt if they came up with a cute name for a dog that came from two different breeds. Suddenly we were overrun with Maltipoos, puggles, schnoodles and schnockers. I knew we had hit designer dog saturation when I met a woman with a dog that was part bulldog and part shih tzu, which, naturally, she said was a bullshihtz.

As the proud owner of a pair of jeggings (jeans and leggings), I was already down with the hybrid trend. But for my husband who couldn’t even bear to hear the word “spork” without cring-

ing, this was all just a little too much for him. Still, I told him it was all really a big nontroversy, and he should just chillax, maybe put on a good rom-com, and take a short staycation from all this nonsense.

“You know, this is all too much for me,” he finally said. “I’m going to work out.”

“What are you doing?” I asked.

“I have a men’s fitness class.”

“What’s it called?” I wondered. He smiled. “Broga.”

Tracy Beckerman is the author of the Amazon Bestseller, “Barking at the Moon: A Story of Life, Love, and Kibble,” available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble online! You can visit her at www. tracybeckerman.com.

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Autumn will finally arrive when the sun crosses the celestial equator.

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Oh Most Beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendor of Heaven. Oh, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity.

Oh Star of the Sea, help me herein and show me here you are my Mother.

Oh Holy Mary Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in my necessity (make request). There are none that can withstand your power.

Oh, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee (say three times).

Holy Mary I place this cause in your hands (say three times). Amen.

This prayer is never known to fail and is to be said for 3 consecutive days.

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OH MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOWER OF MOUNT CARMEL, Fruitful Vine, Splendor of Heaven. Blessed Mother of the Son of God; Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity.

Oh Star of the Sea, help me and show me you are my Mother.

Oh Holy Mary Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succour me in my necessity (make request). There are none that can withstand your power.

Oh, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee (say three times).

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Thank you for your mercy to me and mine. Amen.

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Renew wedding vows at special town ceremony

The Town of Oyster Bay invites residents to renew their wedding vows at a group ceremony scheduled for Friday, September 22, at

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park in Oyster Bay. The special ceremony begins at 11 a.m. and will take place along the beach, with beautiful views

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“Our beautiful beach and picturesque harbor provide the perfect backdrop for couples who are looking to celebrate their love, and what better day to ‘fall’ in love all over again than in recognition of the first day of fall,” said Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino. “We look forward to sharing this wonderful day with

happy couples who want to declare their endless love for one another.”

The ceremony will take place by the gazebo at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park & Beach, located off Larrabee Avenue in Oyster Bay hamlet. In the event of rain, the ceremony will be moved to Oyster Bay Town Hall. This event is offered free of charge to Town residents but reservations are required.

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Syosset PTA-STA Scholarship winners announced

(Valentina) Hu Michael Sabatino Ella Garone Tina Chen Xuheng Wang

Since 1958, the Syosset Council of PTAs (Parent-Teacher Association) and the STA (Syosset Teachers’ Association) have jointly sponsored the Syosset Scholarship Fund, Inc. giving more than 450 scholarships. Congratulations to the following five Syosset High School graduates who received the 2023 PTA-STA Scholarship.

• Tina Chen, daughter of Peng Ling and Jia Qing Wu, is attending Cornell University and plans to major in biology and information science.

• Ella Garone, daughter of Lynn and Vincent Garone, is attending the

University of Delaware to major in fashion merchandising.

• Wenzhen (Valentina) Hu, daughter of Xiaomei Chi, is attending the University of Michigan and plans on majoring in economics.

• Michael Sabatino, son of Paul and Rachel Varga Sabatino, is attending Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester to major in vocal performance (opera/classical voice).

• Xuheng Wang, son of Yifeng Li and Zimian Wang, is attending the University of Virginia and plans on

majoring in economics/quantitative Finance.

The PTA-STA Scholarship of $3,000 over two years is available to any Syosset High School senior planning to pursue any field of endeavor leading to a degree, certificate, or license in an accredited post high school program. Each year, scholarships are awarded to qualifying graduating seniors to help defray the costs of higher education. Recipients are chosen primarily on the basis of financial need, in addition to academics and community service.

To continue providing these schol-

arships, please support the Syosset Scholarship Fund and make a donation. Mail a check payable to “Syosset Scholarship Fund, Inc.” to P.O. Box 732, Syosset, NY 11791, attn. Syosset Scholarship Fund, Inc. Or donate via PayPal Giving Fund at paypal.com/us/ fundraiser/charity/1348484. Donations may be made “In Honor of” or “In Memory of,” Please indicate that on your check.

Applications for the Class of 2024 will be available in January through SHS Guidance Department.

Annual benefit, cocktail party supports Boys and Girls Club

The Boys and Girls Club of Oyster Bay — East Norwich will be holding its annual reception following a successful return to in-person celebration in 2022. Michèle Bahnik Mercier, committee chair, along with her dedicated committee, are thrilled to be bringing the community together on Wednesday, October 18, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., for the Annual Benefit and Cocktail Party. This event will be a celebration of generosity of spirit that underlies the entire community, bringing loyal supporters, parents, alumni, friends, and staff together to appreciate each other and to support the vital work of the Club. With the continued success of the virtual auction the last three years, the Club will be holding the tradition and conduct the online auction starting Monday, October 16, and ending

Sunday, October 22, 2022. The online auction will continue past the in-person Cocktail Party held at the Boys & Girls Clubhouse, on Wednesday, October 18.

“The Club is focused on helping children and teens realize their full potential by providing safe, stable environments, and positive, enriching physical, social, and emotional experiences,” said the Club’s executive director, Jean Marie Weiner. This fundraiser provides the much-needed funds for the continuation, enhancement and growth of the Club’s programs and services.

“We are looking forward to a wonderful cocktail party with all of our friends and supporters after such a successful return to in person celebration last year. The Boys & Girls Club is incredibly grateful for the commitments made and honored by many of their

longtime sponsors of this event, and we hope this year’s online auction will be equally or more successful than past years’,” said Michèle Bahnik Mercier, committee chair.

You may participate in this event from anywhere in the world, on any device! There is an amazing lineup of dazzling and fun items. Thanks to generous and loyal donors, there’s something for everyone at the auction: scores of gift certificates, weekend getaways, sports activities, a wide variety of merchandise, etc. There is no charge to bid online, but registration is required to place bids, or to support the Club. Bidding starts at 9 a.m. (EST) on Monday, October 16, and ends at 9 p.m. (EST) on Sunday, October 22. Participants may view the gifts at their leisure, place their bids, and check back

and bid as often as they wish throughout the week.

The Club is hopeful the 2023 Celebration of Children event will raise the critical funds necessary to fuel the Club’s mission of. Each of these events is vital to making the Boys & Girls Club of Oyster Bay-East Norwich’s life-enhancing programs available to all youth.

For more information or questions regarding tickets, sponsorship opportunities or auction donations, please contact: Becca Guskin, fundraising@ bgcoben.com, or 516-922-9285, ext. 14.

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Jericho Schools in full swing for 2023–24 school year

Seniors show their school pride!

The High School cafeteria had some new offerings that were big hits like the Nacho Bar!

Excitement for learning at Cantiague.

The seniors are looking forward to a great year!

Officers greeted students and parents and staff on the first day. Photos by Denise Nash

Saying hi as students start middle school.

Ratner-Seaman students are excited to be back.

Back to school at Robbins Lane Elementary School

The first day of school kicked off at Robbins Lane Elementary School on Tuesday September 5. Students said goodbye to summer as they returned back to school. While it can be a bittersweet moment for many families, the excitement and anticipation of the first day of school filled the air. Students arrived and were greeted

with smiles, hugs and high fives all around. The students saw familiar faces and new faces and were excited to meet their new teachers and classmates. Another school year is beginning and it’s clear these students are ready to tackle anything.

Friends excited to reunite after summer and learning they are in the same class together. Looking forward to fifth grade. Looking forward to first grade.

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The first bus arrives for school

Smiling faces arriving at school.

Sisters excited to start kindergarten and second grade.

Ready to have an awesome first day of kindergarten!

Taking a photo with the welcome back sign presented by the PTA.

Freshmen get ready for year at Levittown’s high schools

Fresh faces stepped through the entrances of Division Avenue and General Douglas MacArthur high schools on Aug. 31 to get oriented for the school year ahead.

Freshmen were grouped together and led on tours of the buildings by senior Peer Leaders, who shared their valuable insight on finding success as a high schooler. They found their classrooms and lockers while also meeting

teachers and building administrators. They were also encouraged to become active in any and every extracurricular activity that interests them by their new class advisers. The excitement for class events and competitions already started building as freshmen became fully prepared for the first day of classes on Sept. 5.

Photos courtesy of Levittown Public Schools

Peer Leaders offered valuable insight on how they found success in high school.

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MacArthur High School Peer Leaders shared their excitement.

Freshmen visited all their new classrooms in preparation of the school year.

Senior Peer Leaders led freshmen through the halls of Division Avenue High School for orientation on Aug. 31.

A strong start to the school year in Bethpage

Students throughout the Bethpage Union Free School District celebrated the first day of school on Sept. 5. Administrators, faculty and staff greeted them back into the buildings, ready to take on the 2023–2024 school year with excitement.

The day was filled with getting to know teachers and peers, unpacking and organizing school supplies, learning new routines and getting acclimated to classrooms and new schedules.

Photos courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District

Kindergarten students at Charles Campagne Elementary School were ready for the new school year on Sept. 5.

Central Boulevard first graders Michael Rosen (left) and Emma Blueke (right) completed a packet about the first day of school.

Second graders from Central Boulevard Elementary School on the first day of school.

Kramer Lane first graders (left to right) Vincent Paladino, Michael Achtziger and Jonathan Borowka dove into reading on the first day of school.

Fifth graders at Kramer Lane Elementary School settled into their new classroom on the first day.

Students at Charles Campagne Elementary School enjoyed being back with friends.