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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2014 DIX HILLS

The Paramount Spotlight

Man Saved At Movie Theater

By Arielle Dollinger adollinger@longislandergroup.com

Styx founding member Dennis DeYoung comes to The Paramount next week.

Styx’s Hits At The Paramount

By Christopher Saudino info@longislandergroup.com

It’s not every day you get to see someone who helped shape American music, but that is what Paramount audience members will get to do when Dennis DeYoung, former lead singer and founding member of the band Styx, comes to Huntington Saturday, July 19.

DeYoung wrote eight of Styx’ top10 singles, boasts a chart-rocking solo career, and led Styx through four consecutive triple platinum albums.

The rock band, which reached the height of its popularity in the ’70s and ’80s, is the only group in history to complete such a feat.

DeYoung said he learned many lessons during the group’s 22-year run, and explained how songs can grow and develop their own identities and profoundly affect the singers and audience.

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Two men owe their lives to several Dix Hills rescue workers after they went into cardiac arrest – one at the Elwood Cinemas, pictured, and the other at his home. Involved in the rescues were, from left, paramedic Bob Cavalieri, assistant chief and EMT Alan Berkowitz, paramedic Scott DiPino, EMT Eytan Pick, and paramedic Tony Hunt.

Moviegoers saw a real-life scare with a happy ending this Fourth of July weekend, when the Dix Hills Fire Department Rescue Squad saved a man in cardiac arrest in the theater.

But the end of the night was not the end of the action: the next day, the squad rescued a man who went into cardiac arrest at a residence.

“You can go months without getting a cardiac arrest,” said Dix Hills Fire District paramedic Bob Cavalieri, who was involved with both rescues. “It’s just amazing that we had two of them almost identical.”

According to Chief Bill Stio, who was present for the movie theater rescue, the department does “maybe four or five” cardiac arrest rescues a year.

“It doesn’t happen every day like this,” Stio said. “To have two a day apart is unusual.”

Still, Cavalieri, who has been a medic since 1980, said that “nothing” surprises him anymore.

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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Living The Life Of A Champion

By Andrew Wroblewski awroblewski@longislandergroup.com

What does a first-time world championship boxer do after he shocks the world?

Go to the beach.

That’s where St. Anthony’s High School grad Chris Algieri – winner of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight championship last month – spent his time earlier this week as he recovered from a fight that left him a bit bruised and battered, but a champion nonetheless.

“I was never a trinket or trophy guy… but this one is a little different,” said Algieri, who won the title by defeating Rus-

lan Provodnikov in a split decision at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on June 14.

“It’s a thing of beauty… ‘My beauty’… I want more of these things.”

The fight lasted 12 rounds and featured an Algieri that was faced with a monumental disadvantage as Provodnikov was able to force the Greenlawn native to the mat with a crippling first-round blow to the right eye, causing it to swell to the point of uselessness by the 12th round.

Now, though, with the belt safely secured and almost an entire month passed, Algieri was proud to announce that the eye is “great.”

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‘Sheerios’ Conquer Huntington Hordes of “Sheerios” descended on Huntington village Saturday night after pop star Ed Sheeran announced he would play a surprise concert at The Paramount that evening.

“The A-Team” singer, whose new album, “X (Multiply)” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts two weeks ago, shared his plans on his official Twitter account at 6 p.m. With that announcement, the race was on to Huntington village to snag a seat for the 9 p.m. show.

The response was so strong, Paramount spokesman Adam Ellis said, that “at least 700, 800 people” were turned away.

Sheeran, a 23-year-old singer-songwriter from Great Britain, rose to prominence in 2011 when his independent EP caught the attention of rock royalty. Sir Elton John took notice of the young singer and signed him to his management company.

Sheeran’s subsequent debut album, “+ (Plus),” which contained his breakout hit, “The A-Team,” went gold in the States.

Fans could be seen rushing all evening to The Paramount, where they jumped in line with hopes of becoming one of the 1,555 who scored a $20 ticket for the concert.

Sheeran took the stage at 9:45 p.m., Ellis said, once the venue got everybody inside and situated.

“I didn’t decide I wanted to go until 6:30.

I left at 6:45 and I’m here now,” Natalie Tabib, of Roslyn Heights, said as she walked up New York Avenue with three friends, shortly after 7:15 p.m.

While she found out through Twitter, her friend Jessica Perry found out by a text message. The Paramount gig would be her

third Ed Sheeran concert, and she decided to come “the second I got the text,” she said.

Ellis said Monday the crowd started growing about a half hour after Sheeran’s tweet. By 8 p.m., the line sprawled from The Paramount’s front door, down New York Avenue, left onto East Carver Street and left again on Myrtle Avenue.

By that hour, one person who was sitting pretty at the front of the line, ticket in hand, was Jenna Aunlle, of Lindenhurst.

She made the decision to come about “two seconds” after she got word at 6 p.m. that Sheeran was performing. Ninety minutes later, she had her ticket. Some fans said they had been waiting for Sheeran since 10 a.m.

That’s because they probably caught wind that Sheeran was in town. That afternoon, he did a pair of private listening parties for WBLI and WALK radio in the Founder’s Room, Ellis said.

“In the course of doing that, he thought it would be a really cool idea to do a full concert that night, and we agreed,” Ellis said.

The Tweet, Ellis said, came at 5:58 p.m., just minutes after the chart-topping performer made his decision.

“I'm sitting at The Paramount venue in Huntington. I've decided I wanna play a gig tonight,” Sheeran Tweeted. “It's such a lovely venue I couldn't resist, so...”

This isn’t the first time a last-minute concert at The Paramount made waves in Huntington village. On Oct. 16 of last year, homegrown rock legend Billy Joel, who had largely been off the road at that point, gave a day’s notice that he’d be playing at The Paramount. The concert, a benefit for Long Island Cares – The Harry Chapin Food Bank, sold out in minutes.

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The 8 acres that will one day become Sweet Hollow Park in Melville are still an unruly tangle of weeds and shrubs secured behind a chain-link fence. But the parkto-be already has its first official watchdog.

Melville’s Bob Sands, president of the Tuxedo Hills Civic Association, was named to the role in a June 17 vote by the Huntington Town Board.

With that four-year assignment, Sands, who was a major player in the 12-year journey that led to an official plan for the park, brings past experience as a steward of the Westhampton Dunes as well as of parkland in Key Biscayne, Fla. He has also served on the board of The Nature Conservancy.

“It’s near and dear to my heart to have something to do with the protection of open space and the development of usable green space for the community,” he said last week.

Park stewards are recommended to the town board for appointment by the conservation board and serve as volunteers who act as the “eyes” and “ears” for the park, reporting fallen trees and limbs, damaged equipment, litter and dumping and acts of vandalism.

Sands, who also heads the Tuxedo Hills’ neighborhood watch program, has proximity on his side, too – he lives across the street from the park, for which plans are still in the works.

“It’s something I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to do,” he said.

Preliminary plans for the park include walking trails, chess tables, bocce, tennis and basketball courts, plantings and possibly outside exercise equipment for adults. The design moves the most active uses, like basketball courts, close to Old Country Road to reduce noise and visual impacts to residential neighbors. The town is also pursuing

grants for the focal point of the park – a statue evoking the roots of the Sweet Hollow community, as well as the cultural identity of the BAPS. Sweet Hollow Park, to be built on an 8-plus acre portion of the former Meyer’s Farm at the corner of Old Country and Round Swamp Roads, was part of a complex three-way deal between a developer, town hall and the BAPS religious organization.

In addition to the park, the deal will yield 261 units of affordable for-sale senior housing on 18 acres at 25 Deshon Drive, called The Club at Melville. The town will award the rights to buy those homes during a lottery at the Cinema Arts Centre, scheduled for July 17.

On five of those 18 acres, the BAPS, who sold the Meyer’s Farm parcel to the town, will build a new mandir.

Groundbreaking there took place in early June.

But, with advocates eyeing a park groundbreaking next spring, Sands said his first act of stewardship will be to make sure town dollars for the park remain committed.

“They’ve re-allocated the money elsewhere – we might have to wait,” he said. “We have a new battle to mount now.”

“We were told it [the money] was there. We asked several times,” Alissa Taff, president of the Civic Association of Sweet Hollow, added.

But town spokesman A.J. Carter said Monday there’s been a misunderstanding over Sweet Hollow Park funding, and that funding was “never formally appropriated.” The precise sum needed to build the park, he continued, will not be determined until a plan is finalized and put out to bid.

“It never was in this year’s budget,” he said.

Sands said residents will be at the next town board meeting to drive the point home that they want this park sooner rather than later.

“We’re hoping to have another chance to share the views of the community and make sure the town knows how badly their constituents want this in place,” he said.

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Melville’s Bob Sands, pictured Saturday, has been named the park steward of the upcoming Sweet Hollow Park in Melville.

MELVILLE

Town Seeks RFP To Chart Melville Employment Center

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com

The search is on for the consultant who will develop the master plan that will guide the future of the Melville Employment Center along Route 110.

The town issued a request for proposals (RFP) July 3, seeking a consultant to prepare an integrated land use, circulation and infrastructure plan for the region, identified in the RFP as the area along Route 110 located near the Northern State Parkway and the Long Island Expressway.

The consultant will work with the Huntington Planning Department and the town board to develop the Melville plan under the oversight of the Melville Plan Advisory Committee, which drafted the RFP.

Calling the Melville Employment Center “a great success story,” Councilman Mark Cuthbertson said the town is now tasked with evaluating current conditions today and preparing to adapt.

“We have to evaluate – is the dynamic shifting at all? What are the things we can do to maintain and grow the most important employment center on Long Island?” he said.

Town officials said community input will be central to those steps moving forward. The contractor will be required to hold at least five public meetings with stakeholders as part of any Melville Employment Center study.

“The more the community is communicated with, the better the project. The misconceptions pretty much die early,” Supervisor Frank Petrone said.

The plan must also address traffic con-

gestion, pedestrian and bicycle connectivity and enhanced transit service; sewer capacity for new development; storm management; and property tax impacts.

Language included in the RFP gives a glimpse of what a future Melville-Route 110 corridor could look like. It says that “pressures for taller buildings” are likely because of the existing, large, low buildings and sizable parking lots of those structures currently in place. Canon’s Melville headquarters was cited as an example of a development style in which a taller building and structured parking were combined to provide more office space while maintaining open space.

New zoning code “should be considered, with height, bulk, density and open space requirements that encourage a campus-like environment and make more economical use of land values,” the study

DIX HILLS

DWI Rap After Supermarket Crash

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com

A Dix Hills woman is accused of drunkenly barreling through the front door of a Deer Park Waldbaum’s with her Lexus on July 3 – and it isn’t her first brush with the law when it comes to drunk driving, court records show.

First Precinct officers arrested 48year-old Jalpa Kalaria, of Dix Hills, af-

ter she smashed her 2008 Lexus through the glass exit doors on the south side of Waldbaum’s at 8:10 p.m. Nobody inside the store was hurt, police said. Kalaria was treated for minor injuries.

Kalaria was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, and one E felony count of DWI. She was held on $30,000 cash bail or $75,000 bond July 4.

The harsher charge is a result of a pri-

or DWI conviction.

According to court records, Kalaria pleaded guilty May 8 to a Dec. 3, 2013 misdeJalpa Kalaria meanor DWI charge, which she is set to be sentenced for on July 10, court records show.

Her attorney, Central Islip-based Ira S. Rosenberg, did not return calls by press time Monday.

reads. Core industrial zones, with an emphasis on research and development facilities, should be established, as well as “small, pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use ‘town centers’ at strategic locations” in key portions of the corridor.

That will, in part, address a need to reduce car traffic, especially during the “third peak” lunch hour. Roads better suited for walkers and bicycles are offered as one solution, as well as enhanced mass transit options.

Petrone said that those suggestions are best viewed as a “planning tool” and a place to start the discussion rather than a concrete vision for the future.

“It’s a plan in process. Maybe there will be some of those will be included,” Petrone said.

Alissa Taff, president of the Civic Association of Sweet Hollow and a member of the Melville Plan Advisory Committee, urged the town to proceed carefully.

The town, Taff said, should wait to act on the Melville corridor until a regional traffic study is complete and adequate infrastructure improvements are in place.

“There are residential areas surrounding the Route 110 corridor, and we have to remember that,” Taff said.

Petrone said the engineers should have that traffic study, which state DOT officials said could be a useful tool in making the case to the state for expanding the Walt Whitman Road bridge over the Long Island Expressway, in hand when they begin working on formulating the Melville plan.

“They need that. Those are basic tools, and I consider the community and advisory board input as basic tools as well,” he said.

Responses to the RFP are due Aug. 15.

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Sealed With A Kiss!

Signal Me Straight To Jail

Around the world… That’s where the artwork of ness Day parade. He’ll lead the parade with my pal Tony Mastroianni, who has been an absolute fixture Huntington resident William Low will go, as he crein Huntington Station since I was a little girl. I can’t ated the images for a flowers-themed set of U.S. wait to get those two together stamps. He has been growing flowers – literally! – to and be a fly on the wall – then take a photography of IN THE KNOW they’ve both certainly been them, and paint from the phoWITH AUNT ROSIE blessed! tography on a digital tablet.

Good thing he had a year to Flood of fireworks … I work on the project. I wonder how many letters Mr. must admit, for a while there I Low will receive with his own artwork on them. was worried that we’d all be destined to a Fourth of Imagine creating something so beautiful that then apJuly with fireworks only on the boob tube, what with pears in the corner of all your letters. I think if it all the rain we had on Friday, but in the long run I were me, I’d travel the country, sending letters and couldn’t be happier with how everything worked out. postcards with my stamp design to my home here in On Friday, someone up above must have done me a Huntington. What would I write? “Dear Rosie…” favor because just as the sun started to go down, the Another Paramount moment… There was quite rain stopped and the wind died down – just in time for some American pride. Sure, fireworks aren’t techthe scene in town on Saturday, thanks to this cute, nically legal for personal use here in Huntington – young, mop-topped redheaded signer called Ed and I don’t condone their use on a personal level – Sheeran, who, on a moment’s notice, decided to do a but I would have been amiss if we didn’t have someconcert at The Paramount. Turns out he also has the thing to light up the sky this Independence Day. To no. 1 record in America these days, and is a real whiz make things even better, though, with some of the lowriting songs and playing the guitars. (I could do cal firework shows being postponed to Saturday, we without all the tattoos, but I digress.) After doing here in Huntington were welcome to two nights of some private meet-and-greets in the Founder’s Room, bottle rockets, roman candles, spinners and more as he decided he wanted to do a full concert. And the sky lit back up on Saturday night to put a cap on a young ladies went wild! He announced it on the inperfect weekend. So – and I figure it’s better late and ternet at 6 p.m.; within an hour, there was a line never – Happy Independence Day, Huntington! around the corner for tickets. They rushed from far and wide to Huntington village for the concert, which I think it’s broken… I was driving into town for – naturally – sold out before showtime. It kind of resome coffee and an A Rise Above scone on Monday minds me of the days when I was a teenage bobbymorning and I had some time to admire the scenery, soxer, running off and clamoring to see Frank Sinatra because I was stopped in traffic after a water main at the old Paramount Theatre on 43rd Street. Ah, break on 25A. Police were directing traffic and putyouth. ting orange cones everywhere. It was like taking my driver’s test all over again, driving through all of Congrats, slugger… Make sure to get a good those cones! look at Chris Algieri in this week’s paper. Our Greenlawn born-and-bred world boxing titleholder got a nice write-up in the paper this week. He talks about (Aunt Rosie wants to hear from you! If you have comwhat he did with some of the loot he won, his future ments, ideas, or tips about what’s happening in your fighting plans, his work as a male model and his neck of the woods, write to me today and let me know plans to complete medical school. And as if the boy the latest. To contact me, drop a line to Aunt Rosie, didn’t already have it all – looks, brains, talent, athc/o The Long-Islander, 14 Wall Street, Huntington NY letic ability – he’ll be in the spotlight again back 11743. Or try the e-mail at aunt.rosieli@gmail.com) home as a grand marshal of the Huntington Aware-

BABY FACES READY, SET, STUFF!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK CHRIS ALGIERI

A 22-year-old Dix Hills man was busted in Commack June 29 on a DWI rap. Police said that the man, at 4:15 a.m., was driving his 2014 Dodge eastbound on Jericho Turnpike when he changed lanes without signaling.

When police pulled him over, the telltale signs were there – glassy, bloodshot eyes, unsteadiness on his feet and an odor of booze – and the man was cuffed and charged.

Don’t Forget To Lock Your Doors A burglar took advantage of an unlocked door June 29 and stole from a Dix Hills home. Police said that at approximately 6 p.m., the thief made his or her way in through the unlocked door and took a laptop, a purse and an xBox controller from the Charter Avenue residence.

Hardly A Gift A Bethpage man was arrested on a petit larceny charge June 30. Police allege he stole a bag containing assorted gift cards on May 19 at 5 p.m.

That Bugs Me A Dix Hills resident called the cops June 30 to report vandalism to her car. The woman reported that, at 9 p.m. the night before, the Norma Lane resident discovered the passenger side window of her 2013 Volkswagen had been broken.

Unlicensed At Any Speed A 50-year-old Melville woman was arrested in Dix Hills July 3. Police said the woman was pulled over at 9:25 a.m. while driving on Wolf Hill Road near Ona Avenue. During the stop, officers discovered she was driving with a suspended license.

Can You Hear Me Now? Not So Much AT&T called Suffolk County police July 3 after they discovered someone had stolen four devices that magnify fiberoptic signals from a cell tower located at 1444 East Jericho Turnpike in Dix Hills. The incident occurred sometime between May 28 and July 3.

Computing Trouble Three laptops were stolen from an office building located on Broad Hollow Road in Melville July 2. Police said the incident occurred at 12:30 p.m. that day.

Hands Off My Property

“I was never a trinket or trophy guy… but this one is a little different.”

Two residents called police July 2 after discovering property damage. A resident of Westbourne Lane in Melville told cops that their mailbox was damaged at 8 p.m. July 1. Meanwhile, a Village Hill Drive resident in Dix Hills reported that their fence had been damaged at 11:30 p.m. June 29.

Wallet Troubles At the St. Anthony's Family Feast & Festival in East Northport on June 28, Sarah Montalbano of Huntington won four tickets to an upcoming Yankee game for finishing first in the zeppole-eating contest. Pictured: Feast Chairman Fred Leonardo, Montalbano, Shark Radio Personality “Harrison,” and Asst. Feast Chairman Bob Slingo. Photo by George Morrish.

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William Low paints digitally – upon close examination, there are visible brush strokes created on the pressure-sensitive screen.

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Resident Puts A Stamp On History

By Arielle Dollinger adollinger@longislandergroup.com

Behind a red door, in a studio that was once the garage out back, longtime Huntington resident William Low paints with and without paint.

On a digitized surface that looks like a large iPad, standing up on the desk to the right of a computer monitor, Low creates.

And now, having taken stylus-paintbrush-combo to screen at the request of the U.S. Postal Service, Low has created a series of postage stamps.

“It’s a dream commission,” said Low, who has been living in Huntington since 1992. “High profile, and they’re a wonderful client.”

Postal Service Art Director Ethel Kessler reached out to Low, having noticed an image on his website of a painting he did. The painting featured a golf trophy and a bowl of pears, but Kessler noticed the light.

“In all of the pieces that I’ve ever seen of his, light plays an important role,” Kessler said.

The commission began as a stamp

series featuring winter flowers in settings in the home, she said – a “home for the holidays” feel, as described by Low. But over the course of what was a typically-long process, the series changed.

“As happens on many projects, the project morphs as you do it,” Kessler said. “What we decided is that we would come and crop much tighter…

Sometimes something better shows up, and stamps are pretty small.”

The home settings were gone, the images cropped to only the flowers – a subject matter that Low, a cityscape and landscape painter, had never painted before.

“It’s not about really doing the flowers. I think what’s really beautiful about it is the architecture of the plant and the light coming through each one of the leaves and petals,” Kessler said.

Meanwhile, to avoid copyright issues, Low needed to paint from photographs he would take of plants. Given about a year to work on the project, Low bought plants and waited for them to grow.

“I basically just kept an eye on them until the light looked perfect,” he said.

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MELVILLE

Men Stick Up 7-Eleven Four men, one armed with a gun, robbed a Melville 7-Eleven July 3, police have confirmed.

The incident occurred at 3 a.m., police said. Four masked people barged into the store, located just south of the intersection with Arlington Road, and stole money and cigarettes. One man was armed with

a gun.

Police had no further description of the assailants.

Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS (8477). All calls will be kept confidential.

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Kelvin Joseph Sets The Bar Even Higher Huntington native named the chief operating officer of Steiner Sports in Westchester

By Andrew Wroblewski awroblewski@longislandergroup.com

To many, the likes of Derek Jeter and Eli Manning – from New York’s Yankees and Giants – may seem like idols – celebrities that live on the television in fame and stardom.

But to Huntington’s own Kelvin Joseph, these people aren’t celebrities – they’re his clients.

“The reality of the situation is that when I tell people what I do, I seem excited,” said Joseph, who was named the chief operating officer (COO) of sports memorabilia provider, Steiner Sports, on July 1. “I am a sports fan… If I watch something on television in my spare time, it’s sports, [but] once you start being around celebrities more, you learn that they’re just people; you treat them with respect and expect that same respect back from them.”

Joseph is able to work with these celebrities through the New Rochelle-based Steiner Sports, which came to fruition over 25 years ago and has since worked with over 2,000 of the world’s most popular athletes – along with their leagues and teams.

While the company is best known for providing quality signed memorabilia, Steiner Sports also works to spice up corporate events by scheduling appearances of big-name athletes along with helping ink deals between corporations and their clients by supplying gifts like special trips to Yankee games.

“We have the ability to invite clients to the game and then, after the third inning, we have second base pulled up and give it to the client,” Joseph said.

But the Huntington native didn’t start out with Steiner Sports. In fact, the road Joseph has taken to reach his new perch as the company’s COO and executive vice president of sales has been a long and impressive one.

After graduating as an honor student, volleyball player and wrestler from Walt Whitman High School in 1997, Joseph moved

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“I am a sports fan… If I watch something on television in my spare time, it’s sports, [but] once you start being around celebrities more, you learn that they’re just people; you treat them with respect and expect that same respect back from them.”

— KELVIN JOSEPH (COO), Steiner Sports on to Pace University. There, studies took up most of his time, but Joseph also had higher ambitions set for himself.

“I’m always pushing myself to go further,” Joseph said. “One of my goals was to get a job at a ‘Big Four’ accounting firm by the time I graduated.”

By age 19, when Joseph completed his freshman year, he landed a position at Ernst & Young.

“I had to set the bar higher,” Joseph, who then went on to become a certified public accountant (CPA) by age 22, said.

After becoming a CPA, Joseph worked for Ernst & Young until he was called in to run his wife Samantha’s company, Samantha Shoes, while she took a leave to have the couple’s children – Kelvin Jr. and Pamela. Once she returned, Samantha “got rid” of Joseph – as he jokingly said – and the husband sought his next career move.

“The reality was that the company wasn’t big enough for two executives, but I was ready to get back to corporate America,” said Joseph, who then landed a job as an auditor for Saks Fifth Avenue. “I spent three years flying to different stores across the country where I had to do things like fire people, and I wasn’t really into it.”

Then, in 2009, a golden opportunity arose for Joseph who had then come into his own as a complete, all-around businessman.

“I saw an opportunity with Steiner Sports where I thought I’d be able to use my love of sports, my background in finance and my background in efficiency all together as one,” Joseph, who would go on to earn four promotions in his first five years with the company, said. “When some people get high up in a company they start treating people differently, but I don’t want athletes treating me differently, so I don’t want to do that to the people I work with. Everybody is important.”

Now, as one of the head honchos for Steiner Sports, Joseph seeks to move the company forward with new ambitions and plans aimed at extending reach further than it has ever been before.

Huntington’s Kelvin Joseph, right, pictured with New York Kicks legend, Patrick Ewing, at a Steiner Sports event.

“Sports memorabilia is an excellent gift – it’s both appreciated and memorable – and we’re trying to get that word out to moms, girlfriends and wives,” he said. “[Also] we want to help Long Island businesses grow.”

In order to do that, Joseph said, Steiner Sports has aimed to help Long Island businesses – like one of the company’s biggest clients, 1st Equity Title & Closing Services, in Syosset – to improve reach of corporate events.

“We’re able to make title insurance seem cool,” Joseph said of his work with 1st Equity. “They had an annual event that used to draw about 300 people, but when we took

over and added athletes to the event they started to get 1,500 people to come out.”

To some, Joseph’s plate of responsibility and obligation may seem full, but to Joseph, “work doesn’t feel like work.” In fact, the 35-year-old works what he describes as his “dream job” and raved of how perfect a position his job has put him in, allowing him to reside in the North Bronx just 45 minutes away from the city and Huntington – which he travels to for visits with his mother.

“I love Long Island,” Joseph said. “I’m appreciative of how I grew up there and I really thank Walt Whitman for giving me the great foundation of which I use today.”

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Douglas Elliman Partners With Zillow

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com

A pair of real estate powerhouses have joined forces to create what they hope will be the most accurate, comprehensive clearinghouse of real estate listings in New York and beyond.

Huntington and New York City-based Douglas Elliman Real Estate, one of the largest real estate brokerages in the nation and New York City's largest residential brokerage, announced on June 24 they have entered a partnership with webbased real estate network Zillow Inc. “We’re giving the customer the best of both worlds,” Dottie Herman, president and CEO of Douglas Elliman, said Monday. “Everything that goes to them will come back to our clients from us with all the information they need, with the agents that are in the market they’re dealing with.”

Starting June 24, all of Douglas Elliman's listings will appear as featured listings on the Zillow Real Estate Network via a direct feed from Douglas Elliman, which will ensure that accurate, up-to-

date information is being shared with home shoppers from across the regions Douglas Elliman serves. Those updates will come every 15 minutes, Herman said.

“If there was a price break, you would know about that right away,” Herman explained.

Also, as part of the partnership, Douglas Elliman’s inventory of Manhattan properties will be marketed on Zillow for the very first time as featured listings that will appear atop Zillow searches, mobile apps and partners AOL Real Estate and HGTV’s FrontDoor.

“We are excited about our partnership with Douglas Elliman,” said Spencer Rascoff, Zillow CEO. “Combining Douglas Elliman's listing inventory with our broad marketing capabilities and audience of nearly 82 million users brings many benefits not only to Douglas Elliman’s agents, but also to home shoppers looking for property in Manhattan and in the other markets served by Douglas Elliman.”

In addition to displaying as a featured listing on Zillow, all Douglas Elliman's listings will feature unique branding.

"This ultimate pairing of technology,

data, and face-to-face information is designed to provide the best possible service to the customer," Herman said. "We have always been committed to ensuring an exceptional service experience for consumers."

By combining forces, Zillow and Douglas Elliman will be able to marry Zillow’s vast database with the personal touch of Douglas Elliman Real Estate on a wide-reaching platform, Herman said.

“With real estate, every property is unique… We feel we’re giving the consumer what they want and when they want it,” Herman said.

Douglas Elliman’s CEO has deep Long Island roots. She got her start in real estate on Long Island, working for Northport native Carll S. Burr III’s real estate firm, and buying Prudential Long Island Realty with Burr in 1989. She later purchased Douglas Elliman with her partner Howard Lorber in 2003. Since then, Douglas Elliman has become the largest and fastestgrowing real estate firm in New York, with offices from Manhattan to Montauk, and now in Westchester County and South Florida.

Dottie Herman, president and CEO of Huntington-based Douglas Elliman, announced her agency’s partnership with popular real estate network Zillow, which will put Douglas Elliman's listings up as featured listings.

Putting The ‘Home’ In Home Gym

By Arielle Dollinger adollinger@longislandergroup.com

From what Josh York calls “a laptop and a vision” has come a franchised, in-home personal training company called “GYMGUYZ.” In 2008, York was working as a personal trainer at a gym when one of his clients came in “late and flustered.” The client told him that he wished York could come to his home, but that he did not have the equipment.

And so, GYMGUYZ, the company that brings a trainer and training equipment to clients’ preferred workout locations, was born. The vision from the very beginning, York said, was to be the largest in-home personal training franchise company in the world.

Today, the company has 18 locations and services Suffolk County, Nassau County, Queens, Manhattan and all of Weschester County. Within the next six months, a franchisee will open a location in Overland Park, Kansas.

“Our business works very well in high-populated areas,” York said.

York, who has “always” considered himself an entrepreneur, runs the company out of Plainview. By 2018, he said, the goal is to reach 200 franchisees. And, York noted, the first individual to franchise is “already in the green.”

“We’re already on pace to actually top that,” he said. “We like to kind of be a little conservative but at the same time, be a little aggressive… We want to make sure we continue to build a solid model.”

Listed on TheStreet.com last month as the number one franchise concept to invest in, a start-up investment in the red van that effectively transports fitness involves $50,675 to $95,250. Trainers, according to TheStreet, can make what GYMGUYZ says is “up to 10 times” the typical salary of a personal trainer.

On Long Island, the company employs more than 25 people as coaches, office staff, support teams and advisory teams. All trainers receive health benefits.

The model is based upon what York said is a recessionproof concept: fitness.

“Everyone needs to always be healthy, lose weight, feel good,” he said. “It’s something that’s never going to go downhill; it’s only going to go uphill.”

The company, he said, works around the “three C’s”: Con-

Josh York brings the gym to your home with his company “GYMGUYZ.” venient, Customize and Creative workouts. Marketing is run by the philosophy termed “ABB”: Always Be Branding.

GYMGUYZ has close to 80,000 followers between social media outlets, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google Plus, York said.

Ken Stein, managing director of the Roslyn Heightsbased Kensington Company – an affiliate of franchise consultant firm FranNet – met York last week at the New York Franchise Expo in New York City.

“Franchising is successful because it’s predictable and the consumers understand what they’re going to be getting,” Stein said. “And Josh has done that with his training also; he has given it standards and procedures, and created a trust factor for his customers and his clients.”

Stein describes his company as “a franchise selling franchises.”

Businesses looking to franchise get in touch with FranNet, discuss their business model, make sure that the model can be duplicated, hire a franchise attorney and then work with FranNet to create a training manual. According to Stein, the possibility of franchising is based heavily on the

support of both human capital and financial means.

“The Long Island market is tremendous,” Stein said.

“There really is some real level of affluence, and they [Long Islanders] love to consume.”

The GYMGUYZ model, he said, is an effective one for both the free-cash-flow environment of Long Island and its fitness foundation.

“GYMGUYZ is in a great space, because they are really being fueled by the [fitness] phase, by the getting into shape and the convenience of doing it at your own home or your own office,” he said. “So that’s a great model.”

The franchisee in Kansas is unusual in a positive way, according to Stein. Most franchise systems move from west to east; GYMGUYZ is migrating east to west.

But there are drawbacks to the franchise market, Stein said. There is a certain flexibility lost in making a manual full of concrete guidelines.

“You have to be willing to be part of a team, and part of a system,” Stein said. “And if you really feel that you can do everything better yourself, then you probably would be better off not joining that team.”

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nd letters The Editor, to: The Half H ollow Hills Newspape 14 W r Huntington all Street, , New York 11743 or e info@long mail us at islandergro up.com

‘Not the types set up by the printer return their impression, the meaning, the main concern.’

Making Moves On The Corridor We recently wrote about the significance of ployment center on Long Island. We, of course, developing what some are calling the “Hunt- agree. ington corridor” – a stretch near the village That means we must constantly be looking at where tech entrepreneurs are taking their oper- the dynamic of the region and staying ahead of ations to the next level. trends, changes and challenges inhibiting its But we can’t forget the original corridor, the growth. That is precisely what the master plan one that has put Huntington on the map when it will lay out. The plan sounds forward-thinking, comes to business, technology and describing zoning code that would industry: the Route 110 corridor in encourage a “campus-like environEDITORIAL ment” – that means roads, bicycles Melville, home to corporate giants, biotech leaders and company headand more mass transit. quarters.

What the plan will also do, however, is inMaking moves to further develop the hub that clude community input, town officials have has become an anchor for Huntington, the town promised, and that is an important factor in the has issued an RFP for a consultant who will de- equation. The contractor will be required to velop the master plan that will guide the future hold at least five public meetings with stakeof the “Melville Employment Center,” as the holders as part of any Melville Employment region is being referred to.

Center study.

The RFP seeks a consultant to prepare an inTraffic, congestion and safety will always be tegrated land use, circulation and infrastructure a concern in this area, especially as it continues plan for the area along Route 110 located near to expand, but it is in the best interest of our the Northern State Parkway and the Long Is- town if this area grows and is on the cutting land Expressway. The consultant will work edge when it comes to planning and design. with the Huntington Planning Department and That is why having a contractor who can comthe town board to develop the plan. bine the town’s vision with community conOne of our Huntington councilmen has called cerns and industry expertise will be critical the Melville corridor the most important em- moving forward.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Protect Yourself For Extreme Weather DEAR EDITOR: As Tropical Storm Arthur, the first tropical storm of the season, brew[ed] off the East Coast [July 1], it is crucial for all of our residents, especially our seniors and people with special needs, to be prepared for this, and future storms to come. That is why Suffolk County created the Emergency Preparedness Registry.

The Emergency Preparedness Registry assists the most vulnerable in our community, by allowing our first responders to proactively identify residents who may need assistance during a hurricane, storm or other serious weather event. On the registry, residents can list their individual needs and include a range of important information for emergency workers, including if the resident has limited mobility, or if there are pets in the home.

Planning on the run is never a good idea. If Superstorm Sandy

taught us anything, it is that preparation is vital in cases of severe weather events. If you or a loved one may be in need of assistance during an emergency, please call the Suffolk County Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services at 631-852-4900, or enroll online in the Emergency Preparedness Registry at https://oemapps.suffolkcountyny.gov/spns/.

All of us must be prepared today for what tomorrow might bring.

STEVE STERN Suffolk County Legislator 16th LD

Political Deals Reach New Low DEAR EDITOR: I read with great surprise your article about the Republican chairman complaining about her deal gone bad with the Conservative chairman, who instead made a deal with the Democrat chairman

for endorsements of judicial candidates.

I could not help but wonder if we have reached a new low when political leaders so publicly proclaim their backroom deals and even more so when it involves the selection of judges. It should also be noted that the leader’s complaint was not about the quality of the candidates selected but solely that the deal was not kept.

The importance of the process for selection of judges and keeping it in the hands of the people can not be stressed enough. I recall the days when the GOP convened meetings and its members, elected by their neighbors, had robust debate and questioned the potential candidates’ credentials as they scoured over their resumes. There were a large pool of attorneys seeking the coveted candidacy and the grassroots were actively engaged in every step of the process.

The critical judicial selection process has been the center of study in the legal profession for years. In 2008, the American Bar Association, Coalition for Justice

studied the process and stressed that “it is critical that all concerned citizens take action to improve the judicial selection process in order to preserve highly qualified, fair and impartial courts.”

In order to preserve the rule of law in a democratic society, the chairmen of political parties should strive to keep the judicial selection process in the hands of the people and above the political games.

Unfortunately now it appears acceptable for political party leaders to crack open the cards, shuffle the deck and play their games.

What does the candidate need to do to be a part of that deal?

BRONWYN M. BLACK Huntington

Protect Our Zoning Laws!

DEAR EDITOR: Why are Huntington town officials allowing the Benchmark Senior Living Corporation to pursue the rezoning of residential property when an overwhelming majority of its residents oppose it?

Ken Littlefield, director of development at Benchmark, wants to ram through a development in Huntington that no one wants and few can afford. He invited residents on Monday night to a community meeting to discuss his revised proposal. Does he really think his attempt at a public relations exercise fools anyone? He is trying to rezone a single-family residential area on Old Northport Road to allow the development of an assisted living facility which would house 104 residents. This three-story building would be

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72,000 square feet in size, and set on a hill.

I call on the town board of Huntington to put a stop to this project immediately.

Potential damage to the environment and the ground water in a location without a sewer system to accommodate the human and medical waste from an 87-unit facility with 104 patients and staff is a really bad idea.

Other concerns include reduced traffic flow on 25A; noise pollution from sirens, HVAC units, and staff comings and goings at all hours. Not to mention the issue of water contamination. Consider that several people in the area drink from local well water and run the risk of having their wells contaminated. Imagine the risk and possible liability that the town would have to assume if an issue of this magnitude was to develop.

Contamination of drinking water is no small matter.

Out-of-state companies and their lobbyists do not have the best interests of Huntington residents in mind when they plan these projects. They only consider their bottom line.

Why not direct Benchmark corporate executives to look at alternate sites that are more suitable and perhaps already zoned for what they have in mind? With a little support from the town council, this proposed facility can still be located in Huntington and help revitalize an area of our town that really needs it. We believe more thought needs to be put into choosing the right location, because this is the wrong one.

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Life&Style ART

New And Old At Art In The Park Northport tradition brings back the classic, but stretches boundaries with free yoga

By Megan Connor info@longislandergroup.com

For one day only, Northport will transform itself into a music venue, poetry stage, art gallery, dance floor, and yoga center, all in one fun-filled event — it’s Northport’s annual Art in the Park. Sponsored by the Northport Arts Coalition, Art in the Park will bring all forms of art to children and adults alike Saturday, July 12 at Northport Harbor Park.

Lauren Paige, director of the Northport Arts Coalition, said the event is a way of giving local artists a chance to get their work out to the public. Artists of all kinds will be displaying and selling their unique creations throughout the day.

“Twenty-five artists will be coming.

There will be pottery, jewelry, photography, hand-crafted toys, marionettes, place mats, aprons, oil-paintings and even ceramics; I could just keep going on,” she said. “Many old favorites from previous years will definitely be returning.”

But there is much more to do than shop, Paige said. For the first time, Art in the Park will feature an interactive and collaborative art form: yoga. Starting at 2 p.m., visitors can come to the middle of the park and test out their yoga skills.

Paige said despite the chaos of directing

the event, you might find her with a yoga mat in hand.

“The Inner Spirit Yoga Center will also be helping residents do some yoga. Maybe I’ll even take part. I do yoga, and I like yoga! Maybe I’ll bring my mat,” she said.

But for those who don’t wish to break a sweat, don’t fret. The verses of singersongwriters and the movements of Middle Eastern dancers will also be entertaining the crowd.

“It’s an amazing thing to watch. We have chairs set up and some people bring their blankets. Everyone sits at the back at the park in the shade. We all get to watch the Middle Eastern dancers and listen to singer songwriters perform,” Paige said.

The day would not be complete without hearing the rhythm and soulful expression of poetry. Paige said Long Islanders can expect great things from featured poets Kelly Powell and Harriet Slaughter.

Northport’s Art in the Park is free to attend, and all are welcome. Paige said even children will find something that sparks their interest.

“There will be an all-day children’s art workshop. This is really a family affair,” Paige said.

The event on Saturday, July 12 begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. at Northport Harbor Park.

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Nautical Notes: Learning From Some Maritime History Lessons

By Henrietta Schavran Maritime mysteries sometimes reveal themselves through the effects of storms, beach erosion, and other natural causes.

The discovery and study of these hitherto unknown hidden fragments of history add to our collective historical knowledge of particular locations.

In the 19th century, for example, in the secluded and faraway Orkney Islands of Scotland, severe storms eroded a lonely beach to reveal remnants of the existence of an active Stone Age civilization never known to have existed there. What a happy find for archeologists to explore and add

to our knowledge of ancient history.

In the 1950s, along the beaches near Rome, Italy, it was not unusual, after a severe storm, for fragments of foundations of ancient Roman villas to be exposed along the eroded shoreline. Local “treasure hunts” would be a common local pastime in search of bits of ancient cosmetic jars, oil lamps, fragments of ivory combs, bits of pottery, and other 2,000-year-old items long covered by sand.

More recently, in the 21st century, right here in Cold Spring Harbor, a mysterious object came to light at Eagle Dock Community Beach exposed by beach erosion after severe storms. Local residents, as well as Huntington Town Historian Robert Hughes, became amateur

Dancers from Inner Spirit Yoga Center will perform again at this year’s Art in the Park in Northport.

Local artists will line the paths of Northport Harbor Park on Saturday for the annual arts show.

Sherlock Holmeses. One neighbor suggested that the strange item immersed in sand resembled some sort of oversized upside-down coffee grinder; another resident described it as resembling an upside-down wheel barrow.

It could have been anything, since the stretch of beach where the object was discovered is believed to have been close to an early shipyard, a passenger terminal for ferries, a glass factory, or other activities dating from an earlier era.

In 2002, the object was finally identified as a piece of an engine and track that had been found under the water level at that location. This discovery became evidence of the use of that section of beach area as a place to transport vehicles, to load and unload goods and/or passengers, and for other activities in bygone times.

Local nautical mysteries are yet to be solved. Waterfront property owners along the shores of Halesite wonder if one day evidence may show up on a portion of their eroding beach to show exactly where in Halesite Nathan Hale landed when he left Connecticut on his way to New York City!

Henrietta Schavran, a native New Yorker and Huntington resident, has a Ph.D. from NYU and has been a businesswoman, historian, writer and lecturer. She is Flotilla Commander, Coxwain

and Instructor in the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and enjoys sailing her sailboat with family and friends.

Henrietta Schavran, a native New Yorker and Huntington resident, has a Ph.D. from NYU and has been a businesswoman, historian, writer and lecturer.

She is Flotilla Commander, Coxwain and Instructor in the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and enjoys sailing her sailboat with family and friends.

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PERFORMING ARTS

Summer Arts Festival Is In Full Swing

By Megan Connor info@longislandergroup.com

Heckscher Park is set to house the energy of a children’s rock band, the beats of a hip-hop string duo and the suspense of a production entitled “Young Frankenstein” — all in one week.

Thanks to the Huntington Arts Council, Long Islanders can enjoy free musical acts, dance performances and theatre productions all summer long as part of the Summer Arts Festival.

The free concert series continues Friday, July 11, when music experts and novices alike can enjoy the musicality of Black Violin, a hip-hop duo from Florida. Kev Marcus entertains the crowd with the violin while Wil B. performs on the viola, together creating the acclaimed musical group. Their mélange of classical music training and hip-hop beats makes the duo unprecedented. Having performed an average of 200 shows a year in 49 states and 36 countries, Black Violin will soon be taking center stage right here in Huntington, starting at 8:30 p.m.

The festival takes a twisted turn Saturday, July 12 with a monstrous production entitled “Young Frankenstein,” put together by Plaza Theatrical Productions. Based on the classic Mel Brooks film, the show features singing and dancing paired with the classic story of contorted creations.

The show starts at 8:30 p.m.

Close out the weekend right with the Nassau Pops Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, July 13. Sit back, relax, and enjoy

It will be a show for kids and parents alike on family night at the Summer Arts Festival.

Tuesday, July 15 brings to the stage the Dirty Sock Funtime Band. the sweet sounds of the orchestra under the direction of Maestro Lou Panacciulli. Audience members can expect to hear musical favorites from Broadway, television and the movies. Kristen Murphy, the winner of the arts council’s “Got Talent? Long Island” competition, opens the show at 8 p.m.

Tuesday, July 15 is a night for the family with the Dirty Sock Funtime Band coming to the island. Mike Messer, the lead singer, said it’s a show for everyone to enjoy, and there’s never a dull moment.

“It’s a big interactive rock and roll show for the kids, but also the families. It’s all

centered on being interactive,” Messer said. “We have a philosophy that, at any given time, the kids should be listening and able to participate. So while we are on stage we have a clown and dancer with the kids interacting with them too.”

It’s a show for the parents as well, Messer added. He said the band does its very best to keep the parents in mind while en-

tertaining their children.

“A lot of children entertainment can drive adults a little loopy. But we add references to things like Simon and Garfunkel songs to try to get the adults to laugh and keep them engaged,” Messer said. “We also have a love song in the set, but dedicated to moms. The kids respond really well, and moms enjoy it, too.”

The Dirty Sock Funtime Band takes the stage at 8:30 p.m. and will play an hourlong set.

The following night, Wednesday, July 16, the Huntington Community Band takes Long Islanders on a musical journey.

The evening is sure to bring sweet melodies and infectious rhythms to the ears of all attendees. The set will feature a guest conductor and soloist. Be sure to come early for pre-concert entertainment at 7:30 p.m.

If a seven-piece traditional Dixieland jazz band sounds appealing to you, look no further than the Isotope Stompers, coming to the park on Thursday, July 17. Long Islanders might recognize hits like “Tiger Rag,” “Muskrat Ramble” and “St. James Infirmary Blues.” The Stompers’ hourand-a-half-long set begins at 8:30 p.m.

For more information on show times and dates, visit the Huntington Arts Council website, www.huntingtonarts.org.

DIX HILLS

Pedestrian Killed

By Megan Connor info@longislandergroup.com

An accident in Dix Hills that killed a pedestrian last week is still under investigation, Suffolk police said Monday.

Second Squad detectives are currently investigating a car crash that left Felicia Romero dead at the age of 42. Romero was walking across East Deer Park Road at 12:13 a.m. on July 2 when she was hit by a 2009

Chevrolet Traverse driven by 48year-old William Ackerman.

Romero, of Brentwood, was transported by Dix Hills Rescue to Huntington Hospital, where she was pronounced dead a short time after her arrival.

Ackerman, a Northport resident, was driving northbound on East Deer Park Road and was not injured in the accident. Suffolk police said on Monday that there were no updates and that no one had been charged.

DIX HILLS

PD: Woman Stole $5K From Home

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com

A Dix Hills woman was found with illicit prescription pills in her car after she allegedly stole thousands in cash from a Coram home, Suffolk County police said.

Police said 21-year-old Virginia Thebaud, of Dix Hills, stole more than $5,000 cash from a home in the Avalon Pines community in Coram at 5:30 p.m.

July 2. When police caught up with her, they reportedly discovered prescription pills, for which she did not have a prescription, in the console of her 2010 BMW. Sixth Precinct officers charged Thebaud

with one count of third-degree grand larceny, a D felony, and one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, an A misdemeanor.

She was released on $51,000 bond July 3, according to court records.

Thebaud’s rap sheet, according to court records, includes a March 15 arrest for criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor; one count of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and two violations on June 15; and a prostitution charge in Nassau County in late 2012.

She was due back in court after press time July 8.

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Huntington Manor Firemen’s Fair Stimson Middle School,Oakwood Road, Huntington

Tuesday July 15 thru Saturday July 19 Open Daily 7 P.M. - 11 P.M. Open Saturday 5 P.M. - Midnight.

111th Anniversary Parade on Wednesday July 16 at 7:30 P.M.

Fireworks on July 16, 17, 18 & 19 Games of Chance - Games of Skill - Rides that thrill - Raffles Food - Gambling - Midway by Blue Sky Amusements Pay One Price ride bracelets $25.00 Live Bands: Tuesday - David Wong, Cheyenne Dowdle; Wednesday : Ladies Drink Free Band; Thursday - Station; Friday - Old School; Saturday - Behind Closed Doors

We thank Bay Fireworks for their support & outstanding shows.

We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the following local businesses.

Their sponsorship of the Bay Fireworks Shows will be a great treat for our residents, friends and neighbors. We urge all to thank and patronize these fine companies.

Major Sponsors Ford Lincoln of Huntington Mercedes Benz of Huntington M.A Connell Funeral Home Dr. David Weissberg Phoenix Air Conditioning J&T Auto Care Chevrolet of Huntington Reinwald Brothers Bakery Brio’s Restaurant Fidelity Investments Habberstad BMW California Pizza Kitchen Servpro of Huntington A-1 Award Transmissions Bethpage Federal Credit Union HI-Tech Fire & Safety Avalon Bay Communities Liberty Door Works Edmer Supply R.F. Design Spuntino’s Medicenter H2M Group

Apex Rehab Plosky Dental Frank Relf Hello Alert P.C Richards Pollo Campero Stanley Tools H&R Block Hendrickson Fire & Rescue Equipment Combined Life Insurance East End Financial Group Toyota Of Huntington Firefighters Equipment of New York Long Island Athletics Baseball Hometown Insurance Agency C&C Provisions Park East Construction Tilden Brakes The Hub O.K. Petroleum Gershow Recycling Campsite Community Market

Prestige Equipment Sciallo Irrigation Target Vivant Solar Twinco Supply Jemco Fuel Corp.

Electronix Systems John J. Contracting All Weather Tire Huntington Honda Huntington Mazda Selmer’s Pets Land Crocco Landscaping Renaissance Downtowns Gold Coast Professional South Shore Fire & Safety Savalawn/Savatree Astoria Federal Savings Huntington Jeep & Chrysler Blue Sky Amusements Atlantic Agency Jones & Little & Co.

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By Arielle and Andrew info@longislandergroup.com

Within a shopping center with a movie theater, a Dunkin Donuts, a bagel place and other assorted shops and eateries exists Elwood’s Baja Grill.

Tables line a wall adorned with ornamental water spigots and a colorful lizard that could use a casual dusting. A chalkboard on the opposite wall announces “new Mexican specialty beer” and 2-for-1 Bud Lites. Tween-aged boys with their families take turns at tables, each accompanied by their own Nintendo DS to play with.

Both the menu and atmosphere are colorful and family-friendly – a fact that juxtaposes the existence of the margaritafilled drink menu.

The “starter” section of the menu includes such favorites as fried calamari – available buffalo-style – and fried plantains.

The plantains ($8.60), not-so-sweet rel-

Family-friendly Mexican restaurant Baja Grill is located on Jericho Turnpike in East Northport.

The chicken and cheese quesadilla with BBQ sauce is simple and non-threatening. atives of the banana, are made sweeter when fried and dressed in cinnamon. A serving of lime sour cream tones down the sweetness.

The calamari ($9.99) keeps the balance between crunchy and chewy in absolute perfection. With plenty of calamari to go around, the appetizer serves as one of several ways to whet an appetite while main courses storm the kitchen.

The entrée selection includes the “traditional” options available at the typical Mexican restaurant in America.

The chicken and cheese quesadilla

($10.55) with BBQ sauce is simple and non-threatening. Tortilla, chicken, cheese, BBQ sauce.

Topped with melted cheese and neighbored by yellow rice and browner refried beans underneath their own sheath of cheese, the grilled steak enchilada ($15.99) may seem intimidating at first, but those who venture forth will discover a tasty entrée aiming to stimulate just about all of the senses. The colorful plate is covered with the delicate texture of cheese and sour cream, burying the sweet, savory smell and taste of steak, salsa and warm tortillas.

For dessert, the fried ice cream is a snowball-like object made of vanilla ice cream and covered in crispy, golden flakes. Caramel and chocolate drizzles

create extra lines and add color.

Head to Baja Grill when you have that Mexican craving and need it pronto.

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Courtyard Café (8 Wall St., Huntington 631-271-0111) has a special that is sure to make you happy. From 4-7 p.m. Mon.-Fri., enjoy buy-one, get-one drinks, as well as half-priced appetizers. All of the apps are included except for seafood, Jack tells us.

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Dennis DeYoung plays Styx hits next week (Continued from page A1)

“I lived at the greatest time in the history of man to be a musician,” DeYoung said.

“I was lucky to live then; the radio was still in its infancy, and Styx was a part of that.”

Now on tour as a solo artist, DeYoung said he continues to be amazed by the loyalty of diehard fans and the interest of young people in his shows.

“There are young people that come to these because they feel that they missed something. There’s always a nostalgia, a feeling that you’ve missed. It was the best time to live if you’re interested in music.

They come to see me because they liked that music. It had a lasting quality,” he said.

In 1983, Styx ended its legendary twodecades-long run, and members parted ways. DeYoung and other band members led successful solo careers, and often get together for reunion tours.

Dennis spoke on the stress and relationships his longlasting band.

“When it comes to bands, human nature is always at the forefront,” DeYoung said.

“It’s a miracle bands stay together for as long as they do. People feel differently and act differently.”

At The Paramount, DeYoung will play the greatest hits from Styx and his solo album, “Desert Moon.” Among the hits audience members will hear will be “Lady,” “Come Sail Away,” “Best of Times,” “Show Me the Way,” “Mr. Roboto,” “Don’t Let it End,” and the chart-topping 1979 Peoples Choice Award winner, “Babe.”

“Mr. Roboto I was proud to be a part of,” DeYoung said. “It had to overcome such incredible obstacles. It has managed to weasel its way into pop culture and pop consciousness. It’s a love-hate kind of a song. It’s managed to survive all that.

When I play it people go nuts.”

The resurrection of “Mr. Roboto,” DeYoung said, is a joy to him.

“It’s a little train that could. It has the

most different kinds of renditions. Everybody you know has a version. It’s like, ‘Holy cow, how did this happen?’ It’s a joy because it’s unexpected,” the singer said.

He was especially surprised when Kunio Kato, the Japanese animator and Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film ended his short acceptance speech with, “Domo Arigoto Mr. Roboto.”

“I nearly fell off my couch,” DeYoung recalled.

He said the song most important to him is “Show Me the Way,” growing solemn as he explained it.

“It’s about the Gulf War and it’s not. You have to listen to it and tell me what you think,” he said.

DeYoung said he is proud of the band’s diverse music, saying that it was only possible given that they existed in such a rapidly growing era in musical history. Styx explored every facet of the vast rock ’n’ roll genre. They wrote pop ballads, power

ballads, progressive rock, soft rock, and ended their group career with their iconic rock opera “Killroy Was Here.”

“If you took ‘Babe’ and ‘Renegade’ and ‘Mr. Roboto,’ the only thing they’d have in common is that they were made by the same band. They were as disparate as they possibly could be,” he said. “I’m most proud of having a catalogue of songs – not the same song retreated a bunch of different ways.”

DeYoung has been playing since his youth and said he can’t imagine stopping.

“I tour all the time, I play all around. I go up on weekends. People want to hear these songs and they like hearing me sing. I get nothing more out of it than the satisfaction of having a job and seeing the joy on their faces. And they pay me,” he said.

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Moviegoer was one of two cardiac arrest saves (Continued from page A1)

“It’s either really slow or really busy,” he said.

On Saturday night, Cavalieri was on his way out of the department’s headquarters down the road from the Elwood Cinemas on Jericho Turnpike when he got the call about a man in cardiac arrest at the theater. His response time, he estimated, was about one minute. Third Assistant Chief Alan Berkowitz happened to be at a traffic light opposite the theater and reported to the scene, followed by others.

“We were lucky,” Cavalieri said. “We had somebody in the theater that knew CPR, so they started doing chest com-

pressions right away.”

The 67-year-old patient was lying in the aisle of the theater when officials arrived, fire officials said. He lost his pulse and went into cardiac arrest. Berkowitz started performing CPR and hooked the patient up to a defibrillator, and Berkowitz and Cavalieri then continued CPR. The patient was then taken to Huntington Hospital by the Dix Hills Rescue Squad ambulance, accompanied by the captain of the Dix Hills Rescue Squad, paramedic Scott DiPino.

The next day, on Sunday afternoon around 3:35 p.m., the department got a call about a 92-year-old man choking on food and going into cardiac arrest at a res-

idence. Cavalieri responded again, along with Tony Hunt, Advanced EMT-CC Eytan Pick and Suffolk County police. A Dix Hills Rescue Squad ambulance brought the man to Huntington Hospital.

Dix Hills wasn’t the only department making cardiac arrest saves over the weekend. On Saturday night, Suffolk County police officers saved a third individual suffering cardiac arrest in Huntington village.

Around 7:45 p.m., the department got a call about an 80-year-old man choking at Sur Steakhouse on New York Avenue.

The man went into cardiac arrest, police said, as Officer David Weymouth tried to perform the Heimlich maneuver.

The man, whom police did not identify, lost consciousness. Police shocked him with an internal defibrillator and performed chest compressions. The man regained consciousness, police said, and was taken to Huntington Hospital.

Dabes Das, a server at Sur, was in the restaurant at the time of the incident.

“Everyone was taken aback by the situation,” he said. “We immediately called 911 and a police officer was in the door within a minute… at least that’s what it felt like.”

The children were taken outside, Das said, and the adult guests also cleared out to make sure that the officers and paramedics had the space to work.

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A Northport family with a keen interest in education is now contributing to the needs of children through a new business venture.

The Badanes family bought Einstein’s Attic around Easter time from the original owner, Lynn Usher, who retired after launching the children’s toys destination in 1997.

Lori Badanes, a longtime Einstein’s Attic shopper, said she took the plunge and bought the store with her husband, David Badanes, an attorney and Northport-East Northport School District Board of Education member.

“I always had shopped here with my children when they were younger. I felt very much a part of the store. A lot of our family memories happened with games we played at the table and things from the store,” Badanes said. “When she said she was retiring, I was so excited to be able to have the opportunity.”

Now as the proprietor of the Northport Village anchor store, Badanes, a former Farmingdale School District teacher, now has a new avenue through which to positively affect the development of youngsters.

“I loved to be creative. My favorite part of teaching was translating curriculum into hands-on experiences for the kids,” she said. “Here, we get to do the same type of thing.”

Squishable plushes are one of many popular items, along with science kits, classic toys and much more.

Popular items so far include science kits and curiosities, giant Squishables plushes – the piece of toast is especially popular, she noted – and Surprise Balls at the counter as well as classic board games from days gone by.

“We try to find toys you don’t find in your big-box stores – more of your specialty toys,” she explained.

Badanes has also introduced a new series of creative birthday parties, which are held in a newly-renovated party room in the rear of the store.

“Whatever your child is interested in, we build a birthday party around that,” she said.

A chess camp is also new this summer.

She also plans to specialize in goodie bags for each holiday throughout the year. Free, drop-in “crafternoons” and window-front contests are also in the works.

Already, after just a few months in business, Badanes said things are off to a fast start.

“Things are fantastic. I love it. It’s magic when everybody is walking into the store,” she said.

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(Continued from page A17)

old said. “There’s still a little bit of red left, but there was no damage to my retina or my cornea so it’s good to go.”

With the eye healed, Algieri will safely be able to return to his activities outside of the ring, which include soaking up the sun on the beach, modeling, and – as of Sunday – acting.

“I turn down a lot of offers, but this came up after my fight against Emmanuel Taylor on ESPN,” Algieri said of his recent guest role on the CBS show “Unforgettable,” which aired on July 6. “I never acted before, but the whole experience was a lot of fun and [Sunday] was the first time I’ve seen the final cut.”

Despite seeming poised to jump into a Hollywood career, Algieri isn’t letting the fame get to him.

With the prize money from the fight – which earned the champ a cool $100,000 – Algieri has made the responsible decision of paying off his student loan debt of $50,000, which he incurred from his time at Stony Brook University where he earned a master’s degree in clinical nutrition.

“I paid them all off, and I’d like to buy a car, too,” Algieri said, saying he might purchase a Honda Accord.

Even with the loans finally paid off, though, Algieri still has ambitions of going back to school once his boxing career comes to an end.

“I definitely want to continue my education,” he said. “I feel like I have a lot more to offer and intellectually, I’m still hungry.”

While Algieri is still unsure where he’ll land as far as education goes, the boxer has high hopes for his career in the ring as he seeks “fighter of the year” honors for 2014. Before that dream becomes a reality, though, Algieri knows he still has some work to do.

“I usually fight three fights a year. This year I’ve already done two, so I’ve only got one more and I’m hoping it’ll be a big win,” said Algieri, who seeks a big-name fight in the fall with boxers like Manny Pacquiao – current holder of the WBO welterweight title belt. “Those are the kinds of names that are being thrown

Chris Algieri, right, defeated Ruslan Provodnikov last month to earn himself a World Boxing Organization championship belt on June 14 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. around.”

As his boxing ambitions and stardom grow, Algieri must regretfully say farewell to the venue that helped get him to the championship status that he’s achieved today. The boxer announced that he will no longer be fighting at The Paramount – a venue which he has graced sev-

eral times in his boxing career.

“I love the place, but in terms of where I fight, I need to keep getting bigger and better,” Algieri said of The Paramount. “I really do appreciate what [The Paramount] did for me, but I enjoyed fighting at the Barclays Center and I need bigger venues.”

Even with The Paramount in Algieri’s

rearview mirror, it doesn’t mean Huntington’s own is forgetting about his roots entirely.

On Monday, A.J. Carter, town spokesman, announced that Algieri will serve as a grand marshal at Huntington Station’s annual Awareness Day Parade on Sept. 6.

Stamp on history (Continued from page A5)

“The hardest part was waiting for it to grow… Some of them we grew from bulbs.”

When the growing was finished, Low photographed the plants and used the photographs as a reference point for his paintings. The photographs were on one screen; his canvas was on another.

“I am trained as a traditional painter,” he said. “So I was able to bring that skill set into the digital world.”

The screen is touch-sensitive. Low chooses the paint, the dimensionality of the paint and the surface. The brush width changes as Low changes the amount of pressure he puts on the screen.

A Bronx native, Low lived in the city for most of his life. After living in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, he and his wife came to Long Island to raise their son and daughter outside of the city.

The full-time artist is also a professor.

He teaches art at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

“I started by drawing, you know, [as] a little kid growing up in the Bronx, 5 years old,” he said. “It wasn’t a great neighbor-

hood where I lived, so art was the thing that we did to stay out of trouble.”

Low would read comics and draw. He went to an arts high school in Manhattan and then went on to attend the Parsons School of Design to become a commercial illustrator – a freelance job that Low said “ebbs and flows with the economy.”

The stamps will be sold until the supply runs out, according to Kessler. The Winter Flowers collection was produced in booklets, the quantity of individual stamps printed numbering in the “tens of millions,” she said.

During the holidays, Low got mail sent with the poinsettia stamp of his own creation.

“You’d only know who the artist is if you really follow the stamps or go to the website,” he said.

The poinsettia, painted on-location from a plant that Low was able to take from church after the holidays, was originally a component of the Winter Flowers collection but was eventually separated and issued as a Christmas stamp.

Low is working on another series of stamps now; it is too soon to talk about it.

When Kessler commissioned Low, she had seen this painting of a golf trophy and noticed the light.

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Meet the Farm Animals At Caumsett Cornell Cooperative Extension will visit Caumsett again this year, with their popular program “Meet the Farm Animals”, arriving with goats, ducks, sheep, and often surprise guests, on July 10, 10 a.m.-noon. This event takes place on the east side of the farm complex, a short walk from the parking lot. There is no charge or registration for this program.

95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-6926820. cshlibrary.org.

• Enjoy art? Diana Berthod’s quilts and multimedia paintings inspired by her beloved equines will be on display through July 30.

• Stop by the Story Time Room with your child (13-24 months). Introduce your young ones to the joys of reading with Mother Goose rhymes and songs Thursday, July 10 from 10:30-11 a.m.

Commack Public Library

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18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-4990888. commack.suffolk.lib.ny.us.

• Enjoy a friendly game of bridge or mah-jongg in the Community Room every Friday, from 15:30 p.m.

• Join the library’s weekly Thursday showing of newly released films; all movies begin at 2 p.m.

Music By The Water Enjoy music by the water at Northport Village Park on Friday evenings (weather permitting), at 7 p.m., May 23-Aug. 29. Entrance is free, and lawn chairs and blankets are suggested. If you’re an aspiring singer, get ready: July 18 is open mic night.

Fresh Eats The Northport Farmers' Market begins its seventh season running every Saturday until Nov. 22, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., rain or shine. Located in the Cow Harbor parking lot at the foot of Main Street, it overlooks beautiful Northport Harbor.

Live Music Live local bands take over Finley's of Greene Street, 43 Greene St., Huntington, every Saturday night at 11 p.m. Join in the fun and food!

Red, White, and Blue Races Stop by St. Matthew R.C. Church in Dix Hills for a fun night of horse racing with live jockeys, with all proceeds going to charity and scholarship programs. There will be hot dogs, beer, soda, coffee, tea, and desserts. The event is on Saturday, July 12 at 7 p.m. $12 per person.

Contact Dom Tringali at 631-499-9132 for more information and reservations.

SUNDAY See The Light(house) It’s a short boat ride from Huntington’s Gold Star Battalion Beach to the Huntington Lighthouse, where, on July 13, 27, Aug. 10, 24, and Sept. 14 and 21, you can go on a guided tour and see the lighthouse and harbor from a new perspective. Tours are conducted from 11-3 p.m. Suggested donation: Adults $15; Seniors - $10; Children - $8; Family of 4 - $30. www.huntingtonlighthouse.org.

Coast Guard Anniversary Party The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary celebrates its 75th anniversary July 13, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Eaton’s Neck Coast Guard Station in Northport. Free admission. Featuring fun for the kids, free vessel safety checks, a flare and fire safety demo, and hands-on boating safety demonstrations. Admission is by free shuttle service only from the Asharoken Beach parking lot, 10 Asharoken Ave., Northport. Visit: http://75th.cgauxli.org.

Deer Park Public Library

Summer Shakespeare Festival Bring your children to the Vanderbilt Museum for “Winter Wonders,” a program which shows how animals tackle the cold. 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport. Jan. 25 or 26, 10 – 11:30 a.m. or 1 – 2:30 p.m. $18/child with parent, pre-registration required.

631-239-1800.

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A free public information seminar will be offered for seniors age 55 and up, July 16 from 9-10:30 a.m. at On Parade Diner in Woodbury.

The event will help seniors protect their assets and look at housing alternatives. Free breakfast, door prizes and raffles are all part of the event. Call 516-921-1400 to reserve seats.

Cold Spring Harbor Library

The Huntington Arts Council’s 49th Annual Huntington Summer Arts Festival continues Tues.-Sun. in Heckscher Park. The free performances will start at 8:30 p.m. at the Chapin Rainbow Stage, except for Tuesday’s Family Nights, which begin an hour earlier. www.huntingtonarts.org.

Love the color red and enjoy living it up? The Red Hat women are looking for new members who enjoy going places and making new friends. Their motto: Fun, Frolic and Friendship. 631-271-6470 or flarpp@yahoo.com.

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Free Concerts In The Park

Red Is For Passion

dessert bar at the Suffolk Y JCC in Commack.

Admission is $10 per person. The Singles Division of the Suffolk Y JCC is sponsoring the event on July 16, 7-9:30 p.m.

Find inner peace in an ongoing weekly class for beginners and newcomers every Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Dipamkara Meditation Center, 282 New York Ave., Huntington. 631549-1000. www.MeditationOnLongisland.org.

MONDAY Drive-In “Rocky” At The Beach Pack up the family, lawn chairs and picnic supper and enjoy a nostalgic drive-in night at Crab Meadow Beach in Northport with “Rocky II” on July 10, part of the town’s Movies on the Lawn program. And while you’re there, enter the Town of Huntington’s Third Annual Sand Castle Contest. Call 631-351-3112 or visit HuntingtonNY.gov and click on the Movies on the Lawn banner on the bottom of the homepage.

Argentine Tango Classes Experience the subtle communication between partners as you learn the passionate dance known as the tango. Come dressed to impress (but be comfortable) for classes on Monday nights, 7-9:30 p.m. at Spirit of Huntington Art Center, 2 Melville Road North, Huntington Station. 631-470-9620 or email noconintended@gmail.com. Suggested donation: $10 per person/$15 per couple.

Drama Boot Camp Signup A four-day interactive workshop for the theatrically inclined will be held Aug. 18-21, 10 a.m.noon, at Reach Community Youth Agency, 525 Half Hollow Road, Dix Hills. Open to middle and high school students, and taught by a theatre professional. $20 (includes snack). reachcyainc@aol.com. 631-549-9417. For other events, view the summer trip calendar at www.reachcya.org.

through Friday at 9:30 p.m. Be sure to catch the parade on July 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Free Mommy And Me Class Sing! Stretch! Dance! Play! Enjoy a fun-filled class that includes parachute play and bubble play and meet other Jewish moms at The Chai Center in Dix Hills. The free class takes place Tuesdays at 10 a.m. For children ages 6-36 months. Pre-registration required by phone or online: 631-351-8672. www.thechaicenter.com.

Free Help For Vets Every Tuesday from 12-4 p.m. is “Military Appreciation Tuesdays,” when Long Island Cares specifically assists veterans, military personnel and their families at the Hauppauge and Freeport emergency pantries. Appointments can be made by contacting jrosati@licares.org.

WEDNESDAY Check Out Five Towns Do you qualify for a scholarship? Five Towns College in Dix Hills invites you to stop by during Spring Enrollment Days every Wednesday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to find out if you qualify. New and transfer students welcome for on-the-spot evaluations. Application fees will be waived. Five Towns College focuses on audio recording technology, music, music business, theatre arts, filmmaking, mass communication and more. For more information, or to schedule a private tour or visit the next open house, call 631-656-2110 or go to ftc.edu.

Open Mic Night Play your heart out at an acoustic open mic night every Wednesday at Caffe Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, 7-10 p.m. www.facebook.com/cafportopenmic.

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TUESDAY Fireman’s Fair The annual Huntington Manor Fireman’s Fair is July 15-19 at Stimson Middle School on Oakwood Road in Huntington Station. The fair is open from 7-11 p.m. on weekdays and 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday. The fair features rides, live music, games of skill and fireworks Wednesday

Join business professionals at BNI Executive Referral Exchange’s breakfast networking meeting every Wednesday, 7-8:30 a.m. at the Dix Hills Diner, 1800 Jericho Turnpike, Dix Hills. 631-462-7446.

Summer Dance Celebrate the summer with DJ Perfect Parties, featuring dancing, musical games and a

44 Lake Ave., Deer Park. 631-586-3000. deerparklibrary.org.

• Through a grant from New York State, the library offers Google Nexus 7 tablets for borrowing. Browse the web, download a book, play games and more with just a touch of your finger. Tablets can be checked out for two weeks on an adult Deer Park library card.

Elwood Public Library 3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood. 631-499-3722. www.elwoodlibrary.org.

• Watch the library’s weekly Friday afternoon movie at 1 p.m.

• Teens in grades 9-12 are encouraged to participate in Teen Film Club on Thursday, July 10, 3-6 p.m. Watch and discuss classic films.

Some movies may be rated R, so permission slips must be signed by a parent.

Half Hollow Hills Community Library Dix Hills: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631-4214530; Melville: 510 Sweet Hollow Road. 631421-4535. hhhlibrary.org.

• Have fun doing jigsaw puzzles and playing other mind-sharpening games in a relaxed atmosphere on Tuesdays, July 15, 22, 29, 24 p.m. in Dix Hills. Check out the library's Memory Care Collection of books, DVDs and puzzles.

• Pop by the Dix Hills branch to learn some Zumba basics every Thursday until July 24 from 10-11 a.m. Dance to Latin Caribbean music while having a fun time. Registration information and fees are online.

Harborfields Public Library 31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200. harborfieldslibrary.org.

• Come down every Thursday until July 17 for arthritis exercises. It all starts at 10 a.m. and finishes up at 11. Visit the website for registration and fees.

• Stop by every Saturday in July for Book Buddies. Children ages 4 to those in second grade can practice their reading with teen volunteers during a 20-minute session any time from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Huntington Public Library Main Branch: 338 Main St., Huntington. 631427-5165. Station Branch: 1335 New York Ave., Huntington Station.

631-421-5053. www thehuntingtonlibrary.org.

• Beginners yoga will be offered every Thursday until Aug. 28 at the main branch from 9:30-10:30 a.m. This class will focus on breathing and stretching. A $25 fee is required online or in person.

• Come to the main branch for open play with your little one and meet new parents, babies

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and toddlers in your neighborhood. It all happens every Tuesday, ending on July 22, from 10-10:45 a.m.

Can you build a good sand castle? Pack up the family, lawn chairs and picnic supper and enjoy a nostalgic drive-in night at Crab Meadow Beach in Northport with “Rocky II” on July 10, part of the town’s Movies on the Lawn program. And while you’re there, enter the Town of Huntington’s Third Annual Sand Castle Contest. Call 631-351-3112 or visit HuntingtonNY.gov and click on the Movies on the Lawn banner on the bottom of the homepage.

Northport-East Northport Public Library Northport: 151 Laurel Ave. 631-261-6930. East Northport: 185 Larkfield Road. 631-261-2313. www.nenpl.org.

• Come to both branches for the Read to Your Baby Summer Reading Club, for babies and toddlers up to 2 years old with an adult.

Come anytime between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.

The series is daily for the month of July.

• Cool off in the East Northport branch and watch the film “Winter’s Tale” on Friday, July 11, from 1:30-3:30 p.m.

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• Every Wednesday during July and August, get wacky with Wacky Water Wednesdays between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. See online for more information.

• Hop a boat and tour the Van Wycks-Lefferts Tide Mill, built in 1795, throughout the spring and summer: July 14, 1 p.m.; July 28, 12:30 p.m.; Aug. 11, 11:45 a.m.; Aug. 22, 1:45 p.m.; Sept. 8, 10:30 a.m. $10 members/$15 nonmembers. Reservations required.

Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum 279 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-3673418. www.cshwhalingmuseum.org.

• Save the date for the Hawaiian Luau on Saturday, July 19, 7-11 p.m.

• Stop by for Sailin’ Saturdays, weekly until Aug. 30.

LaMantia Gallery 127 Main St., Northport Village. 631-754-8414. www.lamantiagallery.com.

• Following the success of a display of exclusive featuring never-before-seen Dr. Seuss artwork, the gallery displays a permanent collation of estate-authorized art.

fotofoto Gallery Arena Players On the Vanderbilt Courtyard Stage, 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport. www.arenaplayers.org.

516-293-0674.

• The Arena Players Repertory Theatre Company present the 26th Annual Summer Shakespeare Festival, featuring a performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” running through Sunday, Aug. 24. Performances are Wednesdays and Fridays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. Admission is $15.

Cinema Arts Centre 423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611.

• Bring your child down for a Children’s Filmmaking Workshop on Saturdays, July 12, 19 and 26 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Course tuition is $145 and registration is limited to children ages 5-13.

• Sit back and enjoy watching “The Who: The Early Years” on Tuesday, July 15, 7:30 p.m. $10 members/$15 public.

John W. Engeman Theater At Northport 350 Main St., Northport. www.johnwengemantheater.com. 631-261-2900.

• “Plaza Suite” shows through July 13. Tickets are $55.

• Children’s show “Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” plays Saturdays at 11 a.m. and Sundays at 10:30 a.m. through July 13. Tickets are $15.

AUDITIONS/SUBMISSIONS Northport Symphony Orchestra The Northport Symphony Orchestra seeks new members in all sections. Repertoire ranges from Baroque through classical and romantic to early 20th century. Music Director Richard Hyman is an award-winning music educator and composer. Rehearsals are on Wednesdays from 7:30-9 p.m. usually at East Northport Middle School. Email info@northportorchestra.org to arrange an audition. Website: northportorchestra.org.

MUSEUMS/EXHIBITS Art League of Long Island 107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills. Gallery hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. weekends. 631-462-5400. www.ArtLeagueLI.net.

• “A Seduction of Color: The Paintings of Mary Abrams” is on display through July 13, comprising landscapes, harbor views, still life paintings and intimist interiors.

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery 1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor. Open seven days a week, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sundays until 6 p.m.: $6 adults; $4 children 3-12 and seniors over 65; members and children under 3 are free. 516-692-6768.

DONATIONS WLECOME Help The Troops Call Home Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci’s Huntington Station district office is an official drop-off site for Cell Phones for Soldiers. To help the troops call home by donating your old cell phone, stop by or mail your phone to 1783 New York Ave., Huntington Station, 11746. 631-271-8025.

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South Huntington Public Library 145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station.

631-549-4411. www.shpl.info.

• Enjoy Tai Chi for Beginners every Monday until Aug. 28 from 9:30-10:30 a.m. The gentle flowing movements of Tai Chi aim to improve balance, flexibility and relaxation. The program fee is $32.

• Come by for a Printmaking Workshop on Tuesday, July 15, 2-3 p.m. Learn the basics of printmaking from artist Michael Krasonwitz. Registration is limited to children going into grades 1-5.

• The Paramount Comedy Series brings you the Summertime Comedy Showcase on Saturday, July 12, 8 p.m. $21, $31, $37.

14 W. Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Friday 5-8 p.m., Saturday 12-8 p.m., Sunday 12-4 p.m. 631-549-0448. www.fotofotogallery.org.

• Stop by for “The BIG Show” until July 28.

Admission is free to see a gallery full of large works by gallery artists.

Gallery Thirty Seven 12b School Street, Northport. www.gallerythirtyseven.com.

• Visit Northport’s newest gallery and check out the resident artists.

Heckscher Museum Of Art 2 Prime Ave., Huntington. Museum hours: Wednesday - Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., first Fridays from 4-8:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $68/adults, $4-6/seniors, and $4-5/children; members and children under 10 free. 631-3513250.

• “Rhythm & Repetition in 20th Century Art,” on view through Aug. 10, focuses on artists who use repeated shapes depicting natural, manmade, or abstract forms as a method to organize their compositions.

Holocaust Memorial And Tolerance Center Welwyn Preserve. 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove. Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Sat.-Sun.: noon-4 p.m. 516-571-8040 ext. 100. www.holocaust-nassau.org.

• The permanent exhibit explains the 1930s increase of intolerance, the reduction of human rights, and the lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others: people with disabilities, Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), Jehovah’s Witnesses, gays and Polish intelligentsia.

Huntington Arts Council Main Street Petite Gallery: 213 Main St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Art in the Art-trium: 25 Melville Park Road, Melville. Gallery Hours: Monday Friday 7 a.m.-7 p.m. 631-271-8423. www.huntingtonarts.org.

• The Personal Best 2014 Members Show, featuring nearly 90 works of HAC member artists at the Main Street Petite Gallery, runs in two shows: the first, from July 10-Aug. 4 with an opening reception July 11, 6-8 p.m.; and the second, Aug. 7-Sept. 2, with an opening reception Aug. 8, 6-8 p.m.

Huntington Historical Society Main office/library: 209 Main St., Huntington.

Museums: Conklin Barn, 2 High St.; Kissam House/Museum Shop, 434 Park Ave.; Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building, 228 Main St. 631427-7045, ext. 401. www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

• Exhibit “The Times They Were A-Changing – 1960s & Huntington’s Response” on display at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building.

Northport Historical Society Museum

Hospice Care Network is seeking New York State-licensed cosmetologists to provide 2-4 haircuts per month for community members facing life-limiting illnesses. Download an application at www.hospicecarenetwork.org or call 516-224-6423.

Be A Museum Docent The Huntington Historical Society is currently seeking volunteers to train to become Museum Docents at the historic David Conklin Farmhouse Museum. The museum is located at 2 High St. in Huntington village and is a fascinating interpretation of the Colonial, Federal and Victorian time periods. No experience required – an interest in local history is a plus.

Training is provided. Call 631-427-7045 ext 403.

215 Main St., Northport. Museum hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 1-4:30 p.m. 631-757-9859. www.northporthistorical.org.

• “Window Shopping Through Time” is a recreation of 10 stores that were located on Main Street and Woodbine Avenue spanning about 100 years, from the 1880s’ Morris City Grocery with their fresh produce and dry goods to the 1980s 5&10 with their ribbon and toys.

The Family Service League’s Ombudservice Program of Suffolk County is seeking volunteers to train as advocates for nursing home, adult home and assisted living facility residents to help ensure they receive quality care and their rights are protected. 631-427-3700 ext.

240.

Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium

Artistically Gifted Needed

180 Little Neck Road, Centerport. Museum hours through April 15: Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Grounds admission: $7 adults, $6 students with ID and seniors 62 and older, and $3 children 12 and under. Mansion tour, add $5 per person. 631-854-5555. www.vanderbiltmuseum.org.

• The planetarium’s new show, “Black Holes: Journey into the Unknown,” has regular showings on Tuesdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.

• Most summer Thursdays (July 10, 17 and 24; Aug. 7, 21 and 28; Sept. 4), the Vanderbilt offers Midsummer Night Dances in the Celebration Tent on the Great Lawn. The evenings, from 6:30-9:30 p.m., feature ballroom and other types of dancing, with an emphasis on a different step each week.

Professional instructors are on hand to demonstrate techniques. The evening includes light dinner fare. Admission: $30 at door; $25 in advance; $160 for season ($20/dance).

The Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Commack is seeking artistically gifted volunteers to partner with residents in a new program, “heART to heART” aimed at helping people with varying levels of cognitive ability express themselves through art. Contact Judie at 516-931-5036 or jatlas1@optonline.net.

Walt Whitman Birthplace 246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station. Hours: Wednesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. April admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $3 students, and children under 5 are free. 631-427-5240, ext. 114. www.waltwhitman.org.

• Schedule at a time convenient for your group for high tea and transport yourself back in time as your group experiences High Tea in a private gathering house at the Birthplace. $25/person. 631-427-5240, ext. 113. educator@waltwhitman.org.

MUSIC & DANCE Dix Hills Performing Arts Center Five Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. Box Office: 631-656-2148. www.dhpac.org.

• Three beauties, one voice: Stop by Friday, July 11 at 7:30 p.m. to hear the Three Girl Harmonies of Italian and Italian-American Pop. Tickets range from $25-$35.

The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-673-7300. www.paramountny.com. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

• Go back to the ’80s with Jessie’s Girl on Friday, July 11. $15, $20, $25.

Seeking Volunteer Advocates

Don’t Hibernate. Help The Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP SUFFOLK) needs adults 55+ to help in organizations throughout Suffolk County. Dozens of opportunities available in this federally funded program for just about any interest or skill. Visit www.rsvpsuffolk.org or call 631-979-9490 ext.12 for more information.

Friends At Home Looking to earn some community service hours while changing a life? As part of the Friends@Home program, a project of The Ariella's Friendship Circle at the Chai Center in Dix Hills, visit a child with special needs in an environment they are most comfortable: their own homes. Together, bake cookies, play games, create arts and crafts, read books and more. Contact Nati or Sara at 631-351-8672 or fcchaicenter@gmail.com

Be A Friend Of The Bay Friends of the Bay is in need of volunteers who can help convert water quality data, which is currently kept in an excel sheet, into a Microsoft Access database. Assistance is also needed with ArcView GIS, to configure maps of the watershed. Call 516-922-6666 or email info@friendsofthebay.org.

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Coping With The Stress Of The Dress Prom season brings fun, but also pressure for teenagers

By Danielle Plarinas info@longislandergroup.com

Fashion is a popular topic among high school students, especially during prom season.

With high school students across Huntington recently celebrating their senior proms and junior banquets, businesses were abuzz with dress fittings, limousine orders, corsage arrangements – and even a “promposal” or two.

However, these social events also put tremendous pressure on teenagers when it comes to buying their dress or having the perfect transportation or after-party.

On average, teenagers in the northeast spend $1,944 toward their prom night – the highest in all regions in the United States, according to a report by Business Insider. In the Midwest, students spend about $686.

Some local high school girls said they felt pressure to look a certain way.

“Everyone wants to look their best. This event only comes once,” said Commack High School junior Anna Abbatiello, who bought her dress from a website called Prom Girl.

Diona Amen, who owns Dress Gala in Commack, saw the pressures that girls were feeling firsthand. She has been working in dress sales since high school, starting at David’s Bridal. She is now an FIT graduate in fashion merchandising.

“I do see pressure and drama in my store. Everyone wants to look their best and stand out. I always see pressure of girls not wanting to have the same or similar dresses as their classmates,” Amen said. “I also see customers sending photos to their friends for approval before purchasing; also, frequently checking their school group pages that

Diona Amen, owner of Dress Gala in Commack, poses with students who modeled prom styles from her store at a recent fashion show. Amen said during prom shopping season, she saw firsthand the pressures that girls were feeling when it came to picking out a dress.

They often sent photos to their friends or checked their social media page before making purchases, she said. no one has their dress.”

The pressure has even dictated how she places her orders.

“Girls want certain designers and brands for their dress. Since no one wants a repeat, I try and order one-of-a-kind dresses,” she said.

Rose Molfetta, a Huntington mental health counselor who specializes in teen issues, said pressure on teenagers has changed over the years.

“Pressure changes as society changes,” she said. “Magazines and television put pressure on women. Females are depicted in the media to be flawless, beautiful and thin. Prom is an indicator of this. Girls want to look like magazine models.”

These pressures – present not only at prom, but often all year long – can lead to dangers behaviors in teens, such as eating disorders or self-confidence is-

sues, she added.

“Increased negative self-esteem, identity and poor body image can lead to negative coping mechanisms. Eating disorders and depression are common,” Molfetta said. “In some cases it is caused because of social media pressure, and girls cannot measure up to a view of unrealistic perfection.”

Molfetta said developing one’s own self-esteem and identity is crucial when it comes to coping with social pressure.

“Having good social skills are important. You need to develop self-esteem and identity,” she said. “Connect with mindlike friends that have similar views. Don't keep friends that hinder your self-esteem.

If you are really struggling, it is important to connect with a professional.”

Julie Dowdell, an English teacher at Commack High School, experienced

prom as a high school student and now sees her own students experience both the event and the planning and pressures that go along with it.

“Prom was very different when I attended. There wasn't as much pressure and stress – not as intense as nowadays,” she said about her 1998 senior prom. “If two girls attended the prom wearing the same dress, it really wasn't that big of a deal.”

Dowdell said she sees competition rising in her high school, perhaps due to the rise of social media.

“I think social media has greatly impacted the competitive aspect of our school. Whether it be for attention or acceptance, everyone seems so quick to post and/or share personal information on the internet,” she said. “It almost seems like people try to one-up or out-do each other and this leads to that competitive environment.”

Still, not all girls feel the same pressures.

“I didn’t feel pressure to look a certain way. I knew how I wanted to look and didn't care what other people thought,” said Gillian LeRoy, a student at MacArthur High School in Levittown. “I thought the planning was exciting. I couldn't wait to get my hair done and finally wear the dress.”

But it seems that for most, when all is said and done, and the hair is styled and the dress-wearer makes her way to the dance floor, the pressures of the night are often forgotten and all that is left are the memories of a fun night with friends.

“At first I felt pressure, but then I realized that junior banquet is something that matters on memory, not appearance,” said Commack junior Jessie Jurman, reflecting on her junior prom.

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They just might be the most powerful band in Huntington – and we’re not talking about decibels.

Just Cause, a band comprised mostly of influential attorneys including two candidates for elected office, took the stage at Seymour’s Boatyard Saturday at Rock on the Dock, a fundraiser for the Cow Harbor Warriors.

The 4-year-old band, which only performs benefit concerts, has raised from $70,000 to $80,000 for various charities, according to Northport’s Jim Matthews, who pulled the band together in June 2010. Matthews is an attorney who serves as special counsel to Northport Village Hall and the Town of Huntington’s Zoning Board of Appeals, and is a Democratic candidate for District Court this fall.

Along with Matthews, the core band is: lead guitarist Phil Colwell, a town Zoning inspector; bassist Jeff Fried, a District Court lawyer; keyboard player Jeff Naness, an attorney and candidate for the New York State Assembly; drummer Chris Modelewski, the Huntington ZBA chairman; vocalist Tara Visconti, a land use attorney; and vocalist Shiela Fitzpatrick, a caterer whom Modelewski invited. Attorney Joe DeJesu frequently joins the band on vocals and guitars, and attorney Donna Mayo also sings at about half of the gigs, as well.

The band, which plays mostly classic rock from the ’60s, ’70s and early ’80s, is quite literally a garage band, one that started thanks in part to an old wood-burning

stove being replaced in Matthews’ home.

“I didn’t know what to do with it [the old stove,] and a friend said, ‘Why don’t you put it in the garage?” he recalled. Once there, Matthews took out his guitars, a neighbor who plays drums joined in, and Just Cause was born.

The band started playing at parties later that year and branched out to bars in 2011.

“When we realized we had something going that we wanted to continue… someone said, ‘Let’s just do it for charity,’” Matthews said.

Ever since, they’ve performed about 20 gigs and raised somewhere between $70,000 and $80,000 for various charities, Matthews said. Many, like Saturday’s Cow Harbor Warriors benefit, support veterans’ causes.

Dave Weber, a Cow Harbor Warriors board member and proprietor of Seymour’s Boatyard, said the summertime fundraiser came together seamlessly.

“Jim had offered [the Cow Harbor Warriors’] use of the band for a fundraiser… When we found out, we were looking for a venue,” Weber said. “I said, ‘Let’s have it down at the boatyard.’”

Events like these are key to raising the seed money for Cow Harbor Warriors to host tri-state wounded warriors and stage the second Cow Harbor Warriors weekend from Sept. 5-7.

Proceeds from the Cow Harbor Warriors Weekend will benefit the Northport VA Medical Center’s Hero Hunger Help program; the Disabled American Veterans’ (DAV) Adaptive Sports programs; Paws of War, which rescues

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By Danny Schrafel

Just Cause performs Saturday at Seymour’s Boatyard’s Rock on the Dock fundraiser for the Cow Harbor Warriors. dogs from kill shelters and trains them to be service dogs for veterans with PTSD and traumatic brain injury; and the Semper Fi Fund, a nationwide organization which benefits Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

Fundraising to stage the event that generates the charity benefit is a tall order, Cow Harbor Warriors President Rocco Donnino said. But the impact can be big – the nonprofit donated nearly $85,000 from the first event to the Wounded Warriors Project. There was no Cow Harbor Warriors weekend in 2013.

“We have a very big budget for a very great cause – to honor and enable wounded warriors,” Donnino said.

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Red, White, Blue – And Soaked!

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Dix Hills Fire Department took a soaking but gave one back at the annual Fourth of July parade hosted by Eaton’s Neck Fire Department last weekend. The homespun parade, which features children on patriotic floats and is led by a duck, also comes with a longstanding tradition of residents watering down participating fire departments with hoses, super soakers, water balloons and whatever else will get ’em wet. For their part, the firefighters fire back, hitting residents with everything in their substantial water arsenals. After the fun, all get together for a community barbecue at the firehouse. The waterysoaked tradition has been going on for 43 years and attracts firefighters and elected officials from throughout the town.

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