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VOLUME FIFTEEN, ISSUE 31
HUNTINGTON STATION
By Mike Koehler mkoehler@longislandernews.com
Lowe’s has officially sold the Huntington Station location of their one-time proposed store. Company officials confirmed last week that Target closed on the East Jericho Turnpike site, formerly home to the Huntington Townhouse, two weeks ago. Lowe’s contractor, Racanelli Construction Group, vacated last Tuesday. According to the Suffolk County Clerk’s office, the property was most recently sold for $33,250,000. The sale also included $133,000 in county taxes. Target declined to comment. Lowe’s purchased the 18-acre property in June 2008 for $35 million, with intentions of demolishing the 148,000 square-foot Townhouse to make way for a store and garden center. Demolition crews razed the former Huntington Townhouse and partially leveled the ground last summer before Lowe’s killed the project in November. Target filed a revised site plan earlier this month and it is under review by the Planning Department.
SOUTH HUNTINGTON
Coach Is ‘Secret To Success’ By Nicole Brems
Half Hollow Hills photo/Nicole Brems
Target Closes On Lowe’s Land
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“We may have played football here, but he taught us more about being men.” Those words from Anthony Venezia, a 2006 St Anthony’s High School graduate, were just a few of many of the same sentiment about the school’s long-time football coach Rich Reichert. The St Anthony’s community gathered on the school’s South Huntington football field Saturday night to celebrate Reichert, who is currently in his 26th season as head football coach. He also happens to be the coach in Suffolk County with the most wins in history, a number that sits at 214 after the Friars’ Oct. 6 victory against The Archbishop Stepinac High School in the Catholic High Schools Football League. After the team won the game, current players as well as some of Reichert’s former players and teammates gathered on the field for a ceremony honoring the coach. Reichert said he thought the ceremony wasn’t necessary because sports is about the team and not the individual, but he was still touched. “It’s very nice,” Reichert said. “It’s nice to see the old players come back.” St. Anthony’s High School has been a powerhouse on the football field for many years. The school is currently the defending CHSFL champion. Reichert’s took the title of Suffolk’s coach with the most wins on Sept. 21 when the Friars defeated Holy Cross, 28-0, to (Continued on page A22)
St. Anthony’s Principal Brother Gary Cregan presents longtime football coach Rich Reichert with a trophy in honor of having the most wins of any football coach in Suffolk County.
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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Fall Festival Brings Music, Rides And Smiles Half Hollow Hills photo/Luann Dallojacono
The 19th Annual Long Island Fall Festival returned over the weekend at Heckscher Park in Huntington, giving families the chance to enjoy a wealth of fun, games, food and music. Hosted by the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Huntington, the festival featured festivities for the whole family with a worldclass carnival, hundreds of arts, crafts and promotional vendors, and three days of continuous live performances onstages throughout the park. Those performances included, for the
first time, a Battle of the Bands. Bands Listen Close, Sunken Meadow, 2 Man Acoustical Jam and Everything Grey performed their hearts out, with Jim Brown and Gino D'Ambrosio of 2 Man Acoustical Jam taking home the prize – the chance to open for a main act at The Paramount theater in Huntington village. Despite the rain on Sunday, a Columbus Day parade took over Main Street, with former state parks commissioner Bernadette Castro and Marine Captain James Byler, of Huntington, leading as Grand Marshals. Half Hollow Hills photo/Peter Sloggatt
Jim Brown and Gino D'Ambrosio of 2 Man Acoustical Jam play in the Battle of the Bands at the Long Island Fall Festival. Half Hollow Hills photo/Danny Schrafel
Housing Authority chairman and Columbus Day Parade Committee member Bob Fonti serves a fresh slice of Rosa’s famous upside-down pizza to Brian Yudewitz.
Columbus Day parade Grand Marshals Bernadette Castro and James Byler wave to the crowds. Half Hollow Hills photo/Peter Sloggatt
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The world-class carnival at the festival is always a draw for the kids. Half Hollow Hills photo/Peter Sloggatt
The Paramount’s booth was hopping day and night promoting upcoming shows.
Half Hollow Hills photo/Peter Sloggatt
Inner Spirit Yoga brought people together through yoga and dance.
The Ideal Cheese team hands out samples of some of the finest cheese in town.
A young Paramount fan sports a tattoo for the Huntington venue.
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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Breaking Down The Proposed Town Budget New parking fees emerge as a hot topic in town’s 2013 budget proposal Half Hollow Hills photo/Danny Schrafel
By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com
Town Anticipating $4.1M In New Revenue By Asking Residents To Pay ‘Fairer Share’ Huntington Supervisor Frank Petrone’s proposed 2013 budget factors in an additional $4.1 million in additional parking fees, which he said brings what the town charges for parking services in line with prevailing market rates. But some are criticizing the proposal as an unfair penalty on those who commute to the city for work. Major components of that new revenue stream include $2.045 million in new metered parking fees, another $1.475 million in additional parking permit revenues and $175,000 in parking violation fine increases. The 2013 budget calls for increasing resident commuter parking lot permit fees from $50 to $75 annually for town residents, and $100 for non-residents, town spokesman A.J. Carter said. Commuter parking garage permiots will increase from $50 a year to $600 per year for all motorists. Those who buy the $600 permit will be guaranteed a spot in the garage. Because the town received federal funding to build the garages, they must charge the same fee for all permit holders, Carter said. “The town has recently taken major and costly steps to improve parking,” Petrone wrote in his annual budget message. “We have also, however, subsidized the cost to users by charging far below market rates for this parking. The 2013 budget addresses this and contemplates that all users pay a fairer share of the services they receive.” Parking meter fees are also under consideration. The town’s capital budget also includes $300,000 to purchase a centralized metering system. An across-theboard increase in the parking fine schedule is also proposed. A Huntington village traffic study, which is funded by the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce Parking Committee, the Town Economic Development Corp., the Huntington Village BID and The Paramount, will produce recommendations of how to best configure downtown municipal parking and implement new fee structures for metered and currently un-metered parking. But the steepness and suddenness of the proposed increase of the parking garage fee stunned Melville commuter Carl Peyser, who currently parks in the garage. He dismissed the proposal as “an unfair tax on 3,800 people who happen to work in Manhattan.” “To go from $50 a year to $75 a year is bad enough – that’s a 50 percent increase,” he said. “To go $600 [for interior parking]? That’s a 1,100-percent increase. It’s off the chart. It was unbelievable the way they were trying to rationalize that.” Fee increases at the parking garages bring the town’s rates in line with what other parking garages charge at Long Island Rail Road stations, Carter said. He said commuters in Ronkonkoma pay $54 a month to park in a garage there, and motorists in Mineola pay $6 a day - $120 a month, assuming a 20-day work commute. Babylon Village Mayor Ralph Scordino said they charge $280 a year for resident-only parking at the train station, or 25 cents an hour for parking on the south side of the garage.
The first stage of a $2-million project for the Dix Hills Water District is a priority in the 2013 capital budget, town officials said. Here, town officials toast the Water District’s award-winning taste in 2010. Peyser questioned if the town’s commuter lots could handle the burden of new parking should a wave of commuters opt for less expensive options. “Where are all of these cars going to go if we don’t pay the $600?” he asked. If that happens, Carter said, there are nearby lots to absorb new commuters. “If you take a look at, for example, the lot that runs from Railroad to Church, there’s a lot of empty spaces as you head toward Church,” Carter said. The town spokesman added they are confident commuters will make the investment in a guaranteed, indoor spot But Peyser wondered how the town plans to control parking in the garage should they adopt the new, higher-priced model. Carter said those concerns will be addressed. “There are a lot of details that remain to be worked out,” Carter said.
$2M Tank Upgrade A ‘Priority’ In Capital Plan Capital spending continues its downward trend since the 2009 Town of Huntington budget, and the 2013 preliminary plan clocks in at $8.675 million, down $1.5 million from last year. Those projects are to be funded by a combination of bonds, local, state and federal grants and other sources of revenue yet to be determined. “The town’s goal is to bond an amount that does not increase debt service in the operating budget,” Petrone said in his budget message. “This has been achieved in most years by issuing debt for approximately the same amount or less of principal paid in any year.” Roadway rehabilitation consists of $2.1 million of the capital plan. The balance of $6.575 million covers infrastructure and equipment purchases. Key to this year’s capital budget is a $1million investment in the first stage of rehabilitating Tank No. 2 at the Dix Hills Water District’s Plant No. 4. The water tank must be painted and in good operating condition to pass Health Department inspections, the town said, and the electrical controls at Plant No. 1 must also be upgraded. The overall cost is expected to be $2 million. The town will also earmark the first $500,000 of a $1.75-million, two-year overhaul of the town’s municipal parking
A long-awaited overhaul to the town’s Gerard Street municipal lot is expected to begin in 2013. Those repairs are preceded by a related upgrade to the adjacent Clinton Avenue lot, pictured. lot on Gerard Street. Stating the lot is “in disrepair,” the Gerard Street lot, which can hold 248 cars, will be repaved, re-striped and have new drainage and curbs installed, creating 31 new spots. Design and construction for the project are expected to begin next year, and the complete overhaul will be done in two phases. “Dix Hills is a priority, the Gerard Street lot is a priority, and we’re investing in our IT infrastructure, which is important. That will modernize town government and make it more efficient,” Carter said. Those technology projects include a $50,000 Public Safety project to install cameras and a command center at Town Hall to monitor parks and buildings; and a new, $300,000 central parking meter system for more than 1,000 parking spots, which is expected to increase revenue and ease traffic congestion downtown. An additional $585,000 in IT programs, including disaster recovery, digital imaging, townwide computerization and townwide automation and work-order management systems, is also planned, and a $250,000 investment is expected for a check imaging system for the Receiver of Taxes’ office. Other projects include: the first $500,000 of a multi-year, $3-million project to upgrade and reinforce the South Parking Garage in Huntington Station. The town is receiving $778,000 in Federal Transportation Agency and must pay for the $2.22-million balance. Other capital spending proposals would allow for new General Services vehicles, converting a pair of diesel refuse trucks to run on compressed natural gas. Parking lot resurfacing, general infra-
structure upgrades, a new, energy efficient HVAC system at Town Hall are also planned, amongst other projects.
White-Collar Unit Latest In Labor Giveback Push Huntington’s supervisor is seeking givebacks from the town’s white-collar workers as part of the 2013 budget. Without them, he said as many as 15 layoffs are possible. The town is seeking $1.5-million in givebacks from the 198-member CSEA Huntington Unit of Local 852, the town’s white-collar unit, which has been working without a contract since the end of 2011. The white-collar giveback push is the latest in a series of labor concessions and mandates in recent years. In 2009, elected and appointed town officials for the first time took a pay freeze. The following year, blue-collar workers – approximately 60 percent of the town’s more than 900member workforce – took a two-year pay freeze retroactive to the beginning of 2011 as part of a five-year contract. Now in the third year of the contract, the blue-collar workers are receiving a raise this year, however, that is coupled with a new, 10percent contribution to their health care. Elected and town officials, who have been without a raise since 2010, will also begin contributing 10 percent to their insurance premium costs in 2013. Factoring in concessions and attrition, Petrone said the deal saved the town $2 million. The supervisor said the town is “working closely” with CSEA, its whitecollar union, to find savings and avert layoffs. “Our collective goal is to achieve equivalent savings in personnel related costs so that we may avoid the elimination of existing town positions,” the supervisor said. Rich Popkin, president of the Huntington unit of CSEA Local 852, said conversations are ongoing to avoid layoffs. “As the supervisor has said in both his press releases and to me, the last thing he wants to do is lay anybody off,” Popkin said. “If that’s true, then I’m hoping that through these continuing conversations, we will come up with a solution to possibly help the Town in their hour of need and save jobs at the same time.”
Highway, Gen. Services Combo
Highway Superintendent William Naughton
Still On Table Next Year A briefly considered plan to ask voters to make the superintendent of highways position an appointed one, and to consolidate Highways and General Services into a Public Works department may resurface next year if the economy doesn’t improve, Petrone said. (Continued on page A16)
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POLICE REPORT Compiled by Mike Koehler
Glory Days Welcome to fall! And I can’t think of a better
Maybe Screw It In Tighter?
A very special budget announcement… No,
place and way to kick it off than with the annual Aunt Rosie’s not being laid off due to budget conFall Festival in Heckscher Park! I tell you what, it’s straints. But while I’m on the topic – if you want to so much fun to see the children, the families, the weigh in on the town’s 2013 budget, the meeting is food and fun all around – and after all, I’ve got to being held on Tuesday, Oct. get me my corn on a stick, or 16, but at 6 p.m., one hour IN THE KNOW it’s just not official. Then take earlier than the typical start a spin down Prime to do some WITH AUNT ROSIE time. So if you’re planning to early Christmas shopping and weigh in, do plan accordingly. learn about new, exciting things going on in town. Thankfully I did that on Saturday, because if I’d …and a special voting reminder… By the way – waited a day, I’d have gotten soaked! Even traipsing did you register to vote? If not, put this paper right around town a little bit that day left me chilled to now and get it done! You’ve got exactly one – that’s the bone. I do feel badly, though, for all of the venright, one – day to wrap this all up. According to dors who set up shop and got washed out. Hopefulstate law, you’ve got to have your application postly they did really, really well Saturday to absorb marked by Oct. 12 and at your Board of Elections some of the next day’s troubles. by Oct. 17. Or, register in person by Oct. 12 at the Board of Elections or any state agency participating All of a sudden… Mother Nature decided to get in the National Voter Registration Act. No excuses – get it done. Aunt Rosie doesn’t want to hear it when with the program and turn the heat off. After I your guy loses – and you didn’t vote. kicked off the galoshes from Sunday’s watery adventure, I finally got to put some of my autumn wardrobe to good use after it sort of laid in my A camera mystery… I received an email from a bedroom drawers, for weeks on end. Once the reader, and I have to admit, I don’t think I have an mercury dropped on Monday, I eagerly dug in answer for his question. Can anyone help us out? He and pulled out something seasonal. But don’t get writes: “I have noticed some changes to traffic sigme wrong – the way this season’s been going latenals on town roads in the Town of Huntington over ly, I’m not daring to put my summer stuff away the past year or so. These signals have what looks for another week or two. Who knows? At the like a camera, sometimes several cameras, perched same time, I have this nagging feeling that I’m on top of the wire holding the traffic signals. What going to need a sled and some Huskies to make it are these cameras for? They aren't the traditional around town this winter. Don’t know why, but the red-light cameras, which are located on state and old bones are indicating a bad winter for some county roads and have cameras placed on poles sepreason. arate from the traffic signals. Also, the imposing new gray metal arms from which new traffic lights hang are really ugly and unbecoming for a attractive town Still time to Dine… If you’ve picked up this palike Huntington. If you don't know the answer to per and you’ve got a rumble in your tummy, never this camera mystery, maybe you can put the quesfear – there’s still four more days to dine! That’s tion out there?” Well my friend, yes I can! right, gang – the fourth annual Dine Huntington Restaurant Week wraps up on Sunday, and there’s (Aunt Rosie wants to hear from you! If you have commore than 40 places competing for your dining dolments, ideas, or tips about what’s happening in your lar – well, your $24.95, precisely – with sumptuous neck of the woods, write to me today and let me know three-course meals. What are you waiting for? the latest. To contact me, drop a line to Aunt Rosie, c/o Check out www.dinehuntington.com and see where The Long-Islander, 149 Main Street, Huntington NY you’re headed these next few days. Bon appetit! 11743. Or try the e-mail at aunt.rosieli@gmail.com)
A Huntington Station resident called Suffolk County police about a burglary on Oct. 5. The thief pushed in a window air conditioner before stealing money.
Pushing And Shoving After Car Crash Suffolk police responded to Greenlawn about a possible harassment on Oct. 5. Two people had been in a car accident earlier that day and one went to the other’s house to confront him and pushed him.
Picking Up All The Pieces Suffolk police were dispatched to Huntington on Oct. 4 about criminal mischief. The complaint said the driver’s side rear window of their 2004 BMW was broken while it was parked on the road.
A Little Too Portable, Sadly A representative from a Melville company called Suffolk County police on Oct. 4 to report a theft. The complainant said a laptop and hard drive were stolen the day before.
He Have A Hot Date Or Something? A 36-year-old Queens man was arrested by Suffolk County police on Oct. 30. He allegedly stole 20 bottles of cologne from a Huntington Station store. Police charged the defendant with grand larceny, as well as possession of burglar’s tools for two pieces of metal used to bypass security devices.
Gunmen Plug Into Game Store’s Registers Suffolk police were dispatched to a South Huntington video game store about an armed robbery on Oct. 3. Two men with guns got away with money.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK JOHN LEO
Suffolk police responded to a Huntington Station home on Oct. 2 about a tenant/landlord dispute. The complainant said their landlord struck them in the face.
“That’s why you try to spend a lot of time in your home district, and you can boost the vote up there. Bill Rebolini won by about 5,000 votes. Guess what he won Huntington by? About 5,000 votes.” All Politics Are Local, PAGE 5
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An EMS crew member teaches children the life-saving measures they take. DIX HILLS
Showing Kids The Ropes Hundreds attend fire department open house
Dix Hills firefighters put out a car fire in a demonstration. The chilly rain didn't dampen the spirits at the Dix Hills Fire Department’s annual Open House on Sunday, as hundreds of residents helped kick off the start of National Fire Prevention Week. Visitors saw their hometown firefighters and EMS crews in action as they battled a real car fire and demonstrated the powerful Jaws of Life used to free victims trapped in car accidents. There was also a demonstration of the firefighters’ bailout system and “stop, drop, and roll.” The Dix Hills Rescue Squad also demonstrated the latest in lifesaving technology. A teddy bear and doll clinic was available for the kids, as well as a Child Identification Program provided
A firefighter demonstrates using the Jaws of Life. by the Mason Lodge, in which over 100 children received photo ID cards and a CD with information for their parents. Suffolk County Police also participated and showed visitors their K-9, Crime Scene, and Emergency Service units.
TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
All Politics Are Local Banking on strong Huntington turnout Half Hollow Hills photo/Danny Schrafel
By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com
Voters from across Long Island will decide Nov. 6 who they want to be the justice for the 10th District Bench of the State Supreme Court. But for the candidates, the path to the bench may be found in their own backyards. While he is making campaign stops across Long Island, Supreme Court candidate John Leo said his focus is on Huntington, where he’s best known as the town attorney and an active community member. He’s adhering to a similar strategy that Supreme Court Justice William Rebolini used in his successful run for the 10th District bench in 2004. “That’s why you try to spend a lot of
Rain? What rain? State Supreme Court candidate John Leo didn’t let lousy weather stop him from meeting voters at the Fall Festival Sunday. time in your home district, and you can boost the vote up there,” Leo said. “Bill Rebolini won by about 5,000 votes. (Continued on page A16)
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SOUTH HUNTINGTON
A ‘Community Conversation’ With Local Leaders jbirzon@longislandernews.com
A panel at South Huntington Public Library on Oct. 2 addressed concerns of over 90 community members at an open forum panel called “Community Conversations: Your Life, Your Family, Your Future.” Organized by civic leaders, the panel was preceded by a presentation by local filmmaker Ron Rudaitis, a former Greenlawn resident, of his documentary “Suburban America: Problems and Promise.” The panel event was the first of what will be a three-part series, focusing on community development and engagement. The seats were filled and expectations were high as panelists Eric Alexander of Vision Long Island, Dr. Nathalia Rogers of Dowling College, and filmmaker Ron Rudaitis took the stage along with moderator Joye Brown from Newsday. The panel was organized by the Leadership Huntington Foundation, the Huntington League of Women’s Voters and the eight public libraries operating in the Town of Huntington. Rudaitis’s film examined regional, suburban areas—including the town of Huntington and Suffolk County—and some best practice techniques that were effective in promoting community unity and advancing common causes among constituents. “It was fascinating to go around the country and individually see some of the best practice techniques that were applied. One solution that worked for one area won’t exactly work for another, and you have to look at the fragmentation we
have structurally in government,” Rudaitis said. “Even if there is no specific solution you need to have some hope from seeing these stories, and I hope people are inspired by it.” Audience members appeared to share common concerns, from housing affordability to retaining young people in the Huntington area, to varying qualities of school districts. “At the end of the day, people want to control their own destiny,” Brown said. “What’s good about that is that there are some really good school districts that have come out of it, and the bad is that there are some really crappy school districts. But in schools nobody wants to give anything up, and that’s why we’re stuck.” Eric Alexander agreed that people tend to mobilize more over economic issues that affect them rather than issues involving social change, such as young people attaining affordable housing. According to Rogers, there is a lack of research regarding young people’s moving patterns in and out of the suburbs, however statistics show younger generations are moving out. Since 2003, Long Island has lost 12 percent of its population ages 25 to 35 years old, whereas New Jersey only lost 6 percent from that age range, and New York City’s cohort grew by 3 percent. One major point of contention voiced throughout the night was the north/south divide along 25A. One audience member, a young mother from Huntington Bay, raised concerns regarding a lack of unity with her neighbors. Another unanimous concern of audi-
Half Hollow Hills photo/ Jaqueline Birzon
By Jacqueline Birzon
Panelists Ron Rudaitis, Eric Alexander and Dr. Nathalia Rogers answer questions from audience members at the first Community Conversations panel, moderated by Newsday’s Joye Brown (right). ence and panel members alike was a lack of trust toward local politicians. Rogers cautioned about the risks of using regional development through government bodies as an ultimate solution to engaging the community. “We have to be careful but praising regional development as the only solution. The latest trend I’ve seen is a couple of municipalities saving money together, and local districts buying supplies together—it’s cooperation,” Rogers said. Trudy Fitzsimmons, Leadership Huntingtons program director, said that the forum provided a pressure-free context for citizens to voice their earnest concerns
about the future of their community. “We need to start thinking differently about community development. People need to arm themselves with good information, and go out and talk to elected officials and their neighbors, and if people are concerned they need a place to get good information,” Fitzsimmons said. “My concern is they get the wrong information.” The second installment of “Community Conversations” will take place at the on March 12, where local experts and community members will host a forum titled “Growing Community: Who Are We? How Do We Live Together?” at the Elwood Public Library.
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Parking Comes At A Price Parking is at a premium at some loca- parking lots at the railroad stations. A tions in the Town of Huntington, and as steep increase – from $50 a year to $75 a residents are becoming more and more year for regular lots, and to $600 a year aware, it comes at a price. for a guaranteed spot in commuter parkThe proposed 2013 budget recently put ing garages – accounts for the bulk of the before the town board indicates increase. It also will likely acthere are changes ahead both at count for a lot of noise at a pubEDITORIAL lic hearing on the budget promunicipal parking lots and a the railroad stations. A $300,000 posal scheduled for October 16 capital expense to purchase a centralized at Town Hall. meter system could be a sign that the coinAlthough the increases are steep, the price fed parking meters on the street could soon tag is not out of line with what other Long be replaced by more efficient muni-meters. Island municipalities are charging. The adIt could also indicate that some lots that mittedly steep increase is merely an indicaare currently free could be getting metered. tion that the Town has for many years been The budget proposal projects signifi- undercharging. It is appropriate too that the cantly greater revenues to come from increases will be borne by those who use the parking, in particular from commuter service.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
My Prescription For Community Health DEAR EDITOR: I attended a powerful and inspiring event at St. Patrick’s Church in Huntington. The event, presented by The Fallen on Long Island, was entitled “Speak Up Long Island!” The topics discussed included: an overview of the drug epidemic and crisis on Long Island; a synopsis of substance use, abuse and dependence; and the signs and symptoms of a user. The most moving part of the event was the personal stories of loss shared by the families. There was a prayer service for community health and following the program, there was a candlelight vigil to commemorate those Long Island residents who have succumbed to the disease of drug addiction. If you are not aware of the severity of this problem, the statistics are staggering. Did you know that on average one person dies everyday on Long Island from the effects of substance abuse? Yes, one a day! Families and friends of these victims often grieve quietly while the community as a whole busies themselves with the chores of daily living. We simply go on as if nothing has happened because we are not aware of the impact this issue
has on our community. As a physician, father of three children and your legislator, I would like you to know that our children are dying at an epidemic rate and we must do something about it – now! I practice medicine to help keep people healthy. I serve this community as your legislator to do the same thing only with different tools. One of those tools is the Operating Budget. The recommended 2013 Operating Budget has just come out and the County once again faces very difficult choices. A large deficit still exists, even after my colleagues and I made some tough decisions earlier this year. For the first time in decades we had to lay-off employees. Although I worked hard to save as many jobs as possible by reprioritizing the Health Department, the cuts were very painful for those involved. Now, as my colleagues and I pore over the 2013 Operating Budget, I will ask them to remember the families of the fallen on Long Island. We, as a legislature, need to increase education and prevention measures to head off the epidemic. We need to stand up for those who struggle with addiction and fight to get them the treatment they need before it’s too late. Furthermore, we need to
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ensure that police and public safety departments also have the resources they need to keep drugs from getting into the hands of our loved ones. I challenge elected officials to prioritize non-profit contract agencies that provide these vital services. This is not “pork” or an “earmark”! This is your representatives working to protect the health and safety of the residents of Long Island by helping to fund the prevention of and treatment for a pervasive, deadly disease that affects one Nassau or Suffolk County family each day! Let’s come together as a community to fight the epidemic that has spread into our neighborhoods. Let’s tell the families that have suffered the loss of a loved one to drugs that we are here for them and we will make the tough decisions to ensure that no other family has to endure the same suffering. Let’s support prevention and treatment agencies with our time, money and moral support. If you are suffering with the loss of a loved one to drugs, know that you are in our thoughts and prayers. If someone you know is struggling with drug addiction, know you are not alone, there is support close by. If you need help personally, all you have to do is ask! We are in
this fight together. Please contact my office or one of the agencies that sponsored the Speak Up Long Island event and we will get you the resources you need. Consider this my prescription for community health and let the healing begin. WILLIAM R. SPENCER Legislator, 18th L.D.
Voting For Every Kid DEAR EDITOR: As a busy mom of two, I find it important to take the time to explain to my kids why it is vital to vote on Election Day. They are happy to have the day off from school but I want them to know that the day is more than a vacation. I find these “teachable moments” to be invaluable. Although my children are nowhere near the legal voting age of 18, they are permitted to “vote” at school and our library on a special ballot while they watch the adults vote. This has prompted questions from them about “the right to vote.” At first they wanted to know why they had to travel to the polling place with me instead of watch their favorite TV show. As they have gotten older and savvier, they have questioned whether it really matters if you vote. So, what do you tell a 9-yearold and a 12-year-old about the all-important vote? They want to know why we should bother.
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After all, we each represent only one vote. At times I can see the apparent futility of just one vote, but I tell them that this right means something. Voting makes us all equal. As long as you are 18 and a citizen, your vote counts. It doesn’t matter where you live, how much money you have, what kind of sneakers you wear (important to my son), or who your favorite band is (vital to my daughter). Your vote is as important as anyone else’s. As an added bonus, your vote can be a child’s voice. Kids need to know that the candidate you support can change things in their lives. Whether it be if their school will have an arts program to help them be creative thinkers later in life, if the family insurance policy allows them to continue to see their pediatrician, or if the air will be clean as they grow up. I remember taking my kids with me to the polling place four years ago for the last presidential election. There was an excitement in the air at the local school where I vote. Even though they did not fully understand what they were a part of the kids sensed it was important. I say it is never too early to appreciate the rights we have in our country. When you vote this year, keep kids in mind. I know I will.
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Life&Style THEATER
‘The Children’s Hour’ Takes Dix Hills Stage By Jasmine Weber info@longislandernews.com
Five Towns College has revived a onetime controversial play and brought it back to the stage. “The Children's Hour” by Five Towns professor, deputy-chairman and director of the college's theater department, James Beneduce, premiers Oct. 11 at the Dix Hills Performing Arts Center. The play's origins date back to the 20th century, when it premiered on Broadway on Nov. 20, 1934. Lillian Hellman wrote the original play, and its first production was directed by Herman Shumlin. The play celebrated successful beginnings, and soon after was shown in theaters in Europe. The story is of a runaway boarding school student, Mary Tilford, and the mass hysteria she causes in her community after spreading lies about her former headmistresses, as to prevent her return to the school. The plot, very controversial in its early years, was based on a true series of events. The play quickly became a smash-hit and was the longest single-venue run in theater history, totaling 691 performances at Maxine Elliott’s Theater on Broadway. Hellman, and Shumlin, were met with renowned respect and fame for “The Children's Hour.” But over time, the controversy of the play resulted in multiple adaptations and name changes. The play was even banned
“The Children’s Hour” at the Dix Hills Performing Arts Center is about a runaway boarding school student and the mass hysteria she causes in her community. in Boston, Chicago and London for its touchy subject matter of gossip and slander. Hellman was ostracized so harshly for her “un-American” work that she was
banned from writing in Hollywood. Beneduce's revival of the play at Five Towns College will be performed Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 11-13, at 7:30
p.m. On Sunday, Oct. 14 there will be a 2 p.m. matinee. Tickets are $15, and $12 for students and seniors. Call 631-656-2148 or visit www.DHPAC.org.
MUSIC
Usdan Alum To Return To Childhood Camp Grammy-nominated jazz singer to perform this weekend at Wheatley Heights campus By Hannah Sarisohn info@longislandernews.com
Jazz singer and Usdan alumna Jane Monheit returns to the arts day camp for a concert as part of the Long Island Arts Alliance’s (LIAA) Arts Alive Long Island signature series. Monheit performs on Sunday, Oct. 14, at Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts in Wheatley Heights. The LIAA is an organization devoted to promoting the arts and arts awareness throughout Long Island. Every year the LIAA hosts the Arts Alive festival, a time when Long Islanders can experience and appreciate native Long Island artists and performers. Monheit, a Connetquot High School graduate, attributes her success and passion for music to her summers spent as a musical theater major at Usdan. She returns to her childhood summer camp to give back and show today’s campers, and the community, that success is possible with hard work and determination. “My summers at Usdan were a major turning point in my youth. I didn't just
receive a wonderful education there, I found a place to fit in,” Monheit said. “It was a haven for a different kid like me. I learned there that anything was possible, and that the world was open to me.” Usdan offers over 40 different programs, ranging from creative writing, ballet and chess. The camp attracts students from all over Long Island, New York City, Westchester and Connecticut. While it may seem like a long journey for a day camp, Usdan’s students know that they will be given the tools for success, all while having a memorable summer. “While the center has an impressive list of alumni, Usdan’s goal is not to just produce professionals. The point is for children to establish a life long passion and participation in the arts,” said Reva Cooper, Usdan’s director of public information. “When kids come here, they are exposed the arts and they realize how much they love it.” Monheit’s passion and participation in the arts has earned her two Grammy nominations, songs on the Billboard Jazz chart and 11 albums. Monheit will be performing at the
Grammy-nominated singer Jane Monheit, pictured performing at a Usdan gala in 2007, returns to her childhood arts camp for a concert on Sunday. Maurice B. Hexter Chess Center at 2 p.m.; where she will share her passion and talent with the community.
“She’s going to be wonderful, true and endearing,” said Cooper. “She’s always welcomed and loved here at Usdan.”
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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Teachers’ Back-Up Plan Spotlight On
Huntington Businesses By Stephanie DeLuca sdeluca@longislandernews.com
After the school budget season came to a close in May, many teachers in the Town of Huntington were stuck looking elsewhere for positions. Lorie Beard, a former fourth-grade teacher at Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School, was one of them. Beard did not return to the Harborfields School District for the 2012-2013 school year after the district excessed seven positions. “It’s hard to be a teacher these days,” said Beard, who had been teaching in the district for the last eight years. As Beard, along with Andrea Horowitz and Kim O’Toole, who are both teachers at Lahey, were looking at the cuts that were going to be made last school year, they decided they needed to have a backup plan. “We were looking at the big picture and saw that there were going to be a lot of cuts in teachers,” Beard said. “We all started noticing there were different programs that were going to be cut because of the budget.” One of the programs cut was a bridge program, which helps students transion
Teachers Kim O'Toole, Andrea Horowitz and Lorie Beard saw the big picture and decided to help kids ease back into the school year with their program Landkie. from one grade to another. Beard noted it’s similar to a back-to-school program in the summer. To help students get back on track after not picking up a book for two months, the teachers created a program called Landkie, which helps students in reading and mathematics. The teachers designed an enrichment program, which began last summer, tailored to the needs of the students. After realizing the program was a success, they continued to offer sessions throughout the school year. Students can learn how express their artistic abilities in the art club, explore their acting skills by reading scripts during the reader’s theater or learn how to be a reporter in the writing club. All the teachers in the program are certified. “We’re hoping to be able to provide a (Continued on page A16)
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Getting The Most Out Of Fall Colors By Kevin Armstrong info@longislandernews.com
If there is one month that offers photographers the best chance to get great photos, it is October. October starts with lots of late summer-like weather and ends with a chilly hint of what is coming in the months that follow. However, in between, there is something for everyone. It’s no wonder that I constantly hear people tell me October is their favorite month. There is no shortage of subjects to photograph. The sports scene is very active, and school events are numerous. Families venture to farm stands to navigate corn mazes or pick pumpkins, and the harbors and waterways are packed with fisherman and boats. It seems every town hosts a fall festival during October. The month concludes with Halloween, which has to be one of the top five family photo days of the year. But to me, fall foliage is Mother Nature’s Fourth of July – her annual fireworks display that lasts only a week or so while offering one of the best photo opportunities of the year. Whether you like
ings create a deep saturated array of colors. Bright sunshine can create a waxy look to the leaves that can rob them of their vibrancy, so if your camera allows, attach a polarizing filter to the front of the lens to reduce unwanted glare that can mute your photos’ contrast and color. A polarizing filter works the same way your sunglasses do, reducing the distracting glare. Use a polarizer whenever you are photographing around water or blue skies (or both). You will also find neutral density and split density filters to be useful for controlling the overly bright parts of a scene. Use them when you want a slow shutter speed in scene where the light is still strong. A tripod is another important part of good images. If you intend to make large prints from your images you will need the stability of a tripod to maintain the sharpness required for large prints. Cameras and lens vibration reduction systems have gotten very good, however, a tripod is still a landscape photographer’s essential tool. Living in the northeast means we are in a prime location for fall foliage. A short car ride can bring us to areas of New England that are world famous for their foliage displays. Some of my favorite fall foliage locations here in Huntington are Hecksher Park pond, Caumsett State Park, Northport Harbor/Village, Mill Dam in Centerport and Cold Spring Harbor, including the pond and grounds of St. John’s Church. The grounds of the Vanderbilt Estate in Centerport offer great walks with very
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Through The Lens
to photograph the fall colors themselves or use them as a backdrop for great family photos, you are given an abundance of riches. Good fall foliage photos can be had with any camera, but it does require some planning, and there is some additional equipment you could use to help capture those striking images. So what does a photographer need to get good foliage images? Foliage photography is about color; it’s one of the few times when you can use color as the subject of an image. Anytime you are photographing color, proper exposure is paramount; too much light and your colors become washed out, and not enough light and the colors become dark and murky. If your camera lets you select the location in the frame that the exposure value will be measured, then you should place it directly on the brightest color in the scene. Capturing the natural tapestry of reds, oranges and yellows with your camera is best done early in the morning or late in the afternoon, since the sun’s warm glow adds depth and texture. Find a small body of still water such as a pond or lake for some painterly reflection photos. Late afternoon works best for reflections as the setting sun’s low angle adds illumination making the vivid reflections dance on the water. When photographing fall foliage, it’s also a good idea to get in close. A small collection of well-composed leaves can create a simple powerful image of the season. And don’t put your camera away if it starts to rain. The misty wet surround-
The fall season brings with it beautiful scenes to capture with your camera. scenic vistas. If you want to venture out past Huntington, some places you may wish to bring your camera are Caleb Smith State Park Preserve and the Nissequogue River in Kings Park, The Muttontown Preserve in East Norwich, or the town of Southold on the North Fork. Don’t forget Central Park in New York City. The season is short, so enjoy. Kevin Armstrong can be reached at kevin@imagesbykevinarmstrong.com.
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Still Time To Dine Huntington Restaurant Week continues Dine Huntington Restaurant Week continues through Oct. 14, and the online community is raving about it. The event showcases restaurants from throughout the Town of Huntington, from Cold Spring Harbor to the Smithtown border. For eight days, Sunday through Sunday, Oct. 7-14, participating restaurants have been treating customers to a three-course dining experience for $24.95 per person plus tax and tip (Saturday until 7 p.m. only). With some of Long Island’s finest restaurants among the 43 participating eateries, Huntington Restaurant Week is a foodie’s delight. Here is what some posters on the DineHuntington Facebook page are saying: Loretta Perez says, “Old Fields Restaurant was our first choice for restaurant week and it was absolutely amazing! Everything was top rate from the food to the service. We know we just found one of what will be our favorite places to dine out!”
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Besito translates literally to mean “little kiss.” Besito manager Jose Reyes is sharing the love by welcoming Huntington Restaurant Week diners to everybody’s favorite Mexican restaurant with the full menu – choose an appetizer, entrée and dessert from the regular menu for $24.95 per person. samples and give insights on food and wine pairings. Additional sponsorship from YelpLong Island (visit Yelp.com), The Para-
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OPENING BELL FOR TING: The short-lived Dao, and even shorter-lived Legacy, has re-opened under the name Ting (92 E Main St., Huntington 631-425-7788). Diners at Ting will recognize some familiar faces – including manager Jimmy’s – as well as a fusion theme they’re calling “modern Asian.” After a soft-opening Oct. 1, Ting is open for lunch and dinner. NEW FOR FALL: The end of summer is a bummer for those who love warm days, but there’s at least one upside to those first cool days of October: new fall menus come out. Among the flavors of autumn, a few have caught our eye. There’s a butternut squash tortellini with pancetta, garlic and apple cider brown butter ($12), and “Turkey Dinner” Pot Pie ($22) with sausage stuffing, cranberries and green beans with sage gravy at Huntington Social (330 New York Ave., Huntington 631-923-2442 huntingtonsocial.com). And one of our favorites – butternut squash soup – appeared on the specials menu this week at Jonathan’s (15 Wall St., Huntington 631-549-0055 jonathansristorante.com). Can Thanksgiving be far behind? MAIN CATCH: The former Southside restaurant in Commack has reopened as The Main Catch (1095 Jericho Tpk., Commack 631-486-8864 maincatch.com). Owner
$24.95 See our menu at www.dinehuntington.com The sashimi platter at newly opened Ting. Anthony Gambino has enthusiastically expanded the fish house menu to include steaks and sushi. The Main Catch is located on Jericho Turnpike just east of the Mayfair shopping center. We’re told the clam and oyster bar alone makes it worth the drive. Tell Tony the Long Islander Foodies sent you. JELLYFISH OPENS: It seems like it has been for a few years that we have been telling you that Jellyfish will soon be open. The day is finally here. Owner Ralph Colamussi – after the longest and softest of soft openings we ever saw – has opened the doors to his exotic Victorian aquarium restaurant. The interior is spectacular and yes, jellyfish is on the menu. One friend who initially blanched at the thought of eating jellyfish changed her mind because she figured from the “crispy” description that it was deep-fried, and what doesn’t taste good deep-fried? The verdict? It was pretty good, as was the rest of her meal. We’ll keep you posted.
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“There is an additional mitigating action that I considered briefly and have put aside for the time being,” Petrone said in his budget message. “That is the consolidation of town departments and function. I mention it here because, unless the economy makes a significant recovery, it will be come germane in the next budget cycle. In late July, the town board set the gears in motion to schedule a referendum on the question of making the superintendent of highways an appointed rather than elected position. If voters agreed to allow the town board to appoint that position, the town could have then rolled Highways into a new Department of Public Works, which would also absorb General Services. The goal, Petrone said at the time, was to combine departments with like functions under one umbrella in an effort to save up to $3 million. The supervisor stressed that the move was to achieve savings and not a personal broadside against current Highway Superintendent William Naughton, a Democrat who has clashed with the Democratic Town Board majority in recent years. However, after an Aug. 14 town board meeting at which the proposal was widely panned by Naughton’s fellow elected highway superintendents and residents of Huntington, Petrone, Naughton and Councilman Gene Cook met with town officials Aug. 17 and hammered out an agreement to work toward savings within the current town structure. Petrone initially estimated that he town could save up to $3 million by consolidating Highways and General Services. Naughton said this summer he was confident voters would back him – and the elected position of Superintendent of Highways – if the referendum were held this year.
Arts Funding Flat In 2013 Funding for arts and culture programming will not experience the drastic ini-
tial cuts they did in last year’s budget. The announcement comes after the 2012 budget cycle, in which the debate was powered by quarter million dollars from arts funding, and tens of thousands from the Youth Services Bureau and the Department of Human Services. Ninety percent of those cuts were restored by February 2012 after Petrone said unexpected pension and healthcare savings freed up new money in the budget. From that restoration, most of the programs stayed flat from year to year. The only cuts in the 2013 preliminary budget are a slight decrease in band concerts funding. That’s all good news to leaders of the arts community in Huntington. “We like flat,” added Diana Cherryholmes, executive director of the Huntington Arts Council. “We are thankful that the Supervisor Petrone was able to in this budget keep the arts primarily flat, and in this economy, that’s good news.” While the town’s public arts initiative shows a $56,423 cut from last year’s budget, that’s because they currently have sufficient cash on hand, Councilwoman Susan Berland said. “I’m very glad the arts and not-for profits are at the same level they were last year,” Berland, who took the helm of efforts to restore arts funding in the 2012 budget, said. Human services funding, which also took a hit in last year’s budget, remains fairly level as well – a $50,814 increase, or about 1.8 percent, is planned. Funding for senior programming: Programs for the aging, the senior citizen day care center, senior nutrition program and the Senior Citizens CHORE program – all have increases. But the town’ spending on the Starshine Program and the Joint Youth Program are down this year, and the town is also grappling with more than $100,000 in county and state aid for youth programming. Federal Sanctuary aid and Drug & Alcohol aid remain flat.
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Guess what he won Huntington by? About 5,000 votes.” Leo said he has been keeping a full campaign schedule, attending various events across Long Island and stumping at supermarkets. That local focus is rekindling connections he built over the years. “I’m meeting a lot of people from the things I was involved in, like the Little Leagues and the basketball leagues and St. Hugh’s,” Leo said. “I’m getting a lot of widespread support, that people think it would be a good thing that I become a judge.” Leo is hoping to break through a field of 12 candidates, which includes three incumbents –Leonard Austin, a Democrat, and Peter Skelos and James Catterson, both Republicans – and a pair of judges from other benches - Family Court Judge Hope Zimmerman, a Democrat, and Suffolk County Court Judge Gary Weber, a
Republican. Several factors are in play that could help Leo emerge from the field of 12 as one of the six to earn a 14-year term on the State Supreme Court bench. “I have the first line coming out, after the president and the U.S. Senator, and I have three lines,” Leo said. “If numbers hold true, as they have in the past in a Presidential year, you have an opportunity.” In addition, Leo, a Huntington Station resident, is the only Supreme Court candidate from the Town of Huntington. In the last month of the campaign, Leo said the key is to build awareness that he’s running for State Supreme Court and build buzz ahead of Nov. 6. “Hopefully they’ll spread the word to their friends,” Leo said. “The other day, I met someone at the train station that I coached Little League with. He sent out 250 emails saying, ‘that’s the guy that we know.’”
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program at a reasonable price that’s enriching and give them the knowledge to be prepared for when they go back to school,” Beard said. Based on the New York State mandated law, teachers are cut based on seniority alone. In terms of the school districts in the Town of Huntington, a total of 171 teaching and additional staff members, such as paraprofessionals and custodial, were excessed for the following school year. According to a survey released by the New York State School Boards Association and the New York State Association of School Business Officials, 403 districts planned to eliminate a total of 4,263 po-
sitions, including both teachers and other staff members, in the 2012-13 school year. The survey also found 64 percent of districts planned to cut teaching positions in the 2012-13 school year; 40 percent of districts planned to reduce or eliminate electives and extracurricular activities, including sports; and about 25 percent of districts were to cut programs that provide extra help to students.
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Long Island Briefing
Downtown Redevelopment According to the LI Index’s polls, 51 percent of under 35-year-olds and 52 percent of over 55-year-olds living on Long Island would like to have more apartments in the downtowns near where they live. Are you willing to support the development of such housing in the downtowns and provide incentives such as expedited approvals and increased height limits?
By Nancy Rauch Douzinas info@longislandernews.com
As the 2012 Long Island Index showed, Long Island is clearly at a tipping point where our economy has the potential to soar if we handle our assets aggressively - or conversely, fail if we ignore or refuse to plan as necessary. It is critical to know what our candidates think about the critical issues facing us. Here are our suggested questions to ask of any candidate running for office. Please use them and share your results with us at Rauch Foundation’s FaceBook page – www.facebook/rauchfoundation. Early Education Studies show that early childhood education is critical to success for young people especially in poorer school districts. It also makes it easier for families with two wage earners to succeed. Do you support funding for full-day kindergarten programs in the schools located in your district or jurisdiction if it meant making cuts elsewhere in the education budget? Educational Equity Magnet schools such as STEM schools are among the highest performing schools in the U.S. and are an important means of developing the technical skills for all of Long Island’s students that are needed for an innovative economy. Long Island has no STEM schools currently. Would you be willing to support the creation of two STEM schools, one for each county, even in the face of the opposition of many of the Island’s more affluent
Accessory Housing Long Island has a much higher percentage of single family homes compared to our surrounding suburban neighbors. In order to create more housing options, do you support changing local zoning rules in Nassau/Suffolk County to make it easier to install a rental apartment in a single-family home (also known as accessory housing)? Transportation There is the need for new north-south transportation links to connect people living in communities on the north and south shores with LIRR facilities without reliance on a car. Do you support planning and funding for new bus rapid transit or light-rail shuttle connections to existing LIRR stations? Water Quality In light of the related issues of clean and safe drinking water and the need to build more apartments and offices in our downtowns, would you be willing to state publicly that investment in sewers (for Suffolk) and water management (for Nassau) are top priorities for Suffolk/Nassau? Nancy Rauch Douzinas is president of the Rauch Foundation, a family foundation that supports innovative programs centered on children, the environment, and regional leadership. For more information visit www.rauchfoundation.org.
HALF HOLLOW HILLS
Library, FSL Get $5K By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com
CapitalOne Bank has awarded the Half Hollow Hills Community Library and the Family Service League each a $5,000 grant for programming designed to promote financial literacy. And if how they use their grants stand heads and shoulders above the other 23 recipients, both have a chance to earn another $15,000 in May. Twenty-five $5,000 grants were awarded to not-for-profit organizations in 22 towns in Nassau and Suffolk counties. The grants are to provide programs and materials for financial education to support the theme of “Investing for Good” and to encourage smart money management for children, teens and adults. This opportunity allows the library to bolster its financial education offerings, Hills Community Library Director Michele Lauer-Bader said, and is especially pertinent as tough economic conditions continue
to drag on. “We’ve done some odds and ends, not in a bigger way like this is,” she said. Lauer-Bader said the Hills Community Library already offers a deep selection of financial texts, software and database access, like S&P Net Advantage and Morningstar, both of which are investment databases. “It’s allowing us to subsidize the databases and buy some financial magazines we might want some extra copies of in anticipation of the demand,” she said of the grant. “It will pay for staff time, and the staff to arrange the programs and promote the programs… it takes time to make the contacts and write the newsletter.” The two organizations that demonstrate the greatest impacts on the populations they serve will receive a bonus grant of $15,000, for a total of $20,000. For more information about Hills’ programming, visit www.hhhlibrary.org, or call 631-4214530 ext. 321 or 378.
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A18 • THE HALF HOLLOW HILLS NEWSPAPER • OCTOBER 11, 2012 THURSDAY Paint The Mall Pink
Throughout October, Walt Whitman Shops will Paint the Mall Pink for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Girl’s Night Out is Oct. 11, when the mall and GEM Magazine LI will be “Celebrating The Strong Long Island Woman” with a night of fashion, fun and friends from 5-8 p.m. The evening includes giveaways, food sampling, wine-tasting, networking and musical performances by “American Idol” Season 9 contestant Leah Laurenti and 2012 Blues Hall of Fame inductee Sweet Suzi. Attendees can register at Simon Gift Services.
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TUESDAY 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.
Internet And Jewish Law
M'Yad L'Yad, Long Island’s Helping Hands, hosts an evening of study and sharing with Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz of the Community Synagogue in Port Washington, discussing “The Internet & Jewish Law” on Oct. 11, 7:30 p.m., South Huntington Jewish Center, 2600 New York Ave., Melville. Free, but RSVP to hands@myadlyad.org or call 631-486-6636.
WEDNESDAY Don’t Fear The System
Participate in an enlightening free seminar that will leave you with a better understanding of the Medicaid rules, regulations and procedures, and help you learn how to preserve your assets and still receive Medicaid benefits. Presented by Craig A. Andreoli, esq., on Oct. 17, 7-9 p.m. at the Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 68 Hauppauge Road, Commack. Reservation required. Call 631-6866500.
Civil War Roundtable
The North Shore Civil War Roundtable presents a lecture by noted historian and author John V. Quarstein. Quarstein is the author of “Big Bethel,” considered to be the first land battle of the Civil War. He is also the director of the Virginia War Museum. The presentation will begin at 7 p.m. on Oct. 11 at the Harborfields Public Library, 31 Broadway, Greenlawn.
Noted Judaic Artist And Calligrapher
Mordechai Rosenstein will be in residence at Temple Beth El of Huntington (660 Park Ave.) from Oct. 18-20 to present multifaceted, interactive educational and cultural activities for all age groups. Weekend activities free and open to the public are: Thursday, Oct. 18, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., open house, 7:30 p.m. talk by the artist and presentation; Friday, Oct. 19, 6:30 p.m., Young Families Art Encounter, 8 p.m., Sabbath services with Rosenstein as guest speaker followed by art viewing and oneg; Saturday, Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m., Gala celebration of Rosenstein’s art and reception. www.tbeli.org. 631-4215835, ext. 200.
Got Three Friends?
The Tres Amigos, a spirited NYC-based trio, will be the featured performer during the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s monthly Hard Luck Café at the Cinema Arts Centre on Oct. 18. The 8:30 p.m. concert will be preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 for Cinema Arts Centre and Folk Music Society of Huntington members; $12 for non-members. The Cinema Arts Centre is at 423 Park Avenue in Huntington. Visit www.fmsh.org or call 631425-2925.
FRIDAY Health & Wellness Expo
Also part of Walt Whitman Shops’ Paint the Mall Pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a health and wellness expo will be held Friday, Oct. 12, to Sunday, Oct. 14. Various health-related vendors will be located throughout the mall, displaying information and educating shoppers on the products and services they offer.
Bingo!
Join the OSIA Perry Como Lodge on Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m. for Bingo night at St. Philip Neri Parish Center, 15 Prospect Ave., Northport. $3 entrance fee, Bingo sheets additional. Refreshments will be available. For info call: Anthony Gallo 631-499-2555.
Open House
The Ghost of Sleepy Hollow The Arena Players Children's Theatre opens its fall season with “The Ghost of Sleepy Hollow,” bringing Ichabod Crane and the fearsome Headless Horseman to life. Performances are in the Carriage House Theatre at the Vanderbilt Museum, 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport, on Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. through Nov. 11. Tickets: $10 for adults, $8 for children. Children under 3 are free. Reservations suggested. Call 516-293-0674 or visit www.ArenaPlayers.org. Ave. Free and open to all. There will be roughly 30 schools in attendance including two-year and four-year colleges and career/vocational schools.
http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/huntington-ny-united-states-northport-village-park, where you can also sign up. Free and open to anyone who owns a camera.
Walk With The Irish
Take a “walk with the Irish” to support Hibernian charities on Oct. 13, 1:30-6:30 p.m. through a bar crawl in Huntington village. Sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 4, Huntington. Northport Pip & Drum leads the way. $70. www.huntingtonhibernians.com
Live Music
Clean Closets For Scholarships
A Walking Tour of Huntington Village
The South Huntington PTA Council’s “Clean Your Closets For Scholarships” used clothing drive is Oct. 13, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the Walt Whitman HS North Gym, 301 West Hills Road, Huntington Station. Drop off any gently used clothing, stuffed animals, household items and small, hard toys in a tied plastic garbage bag. The council will be paid per pound collected, and funds will be used for scholarships.
Volunteer To Protect The Park
Volunteers are needed at Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve in Lloyd Neck Oct. 13, 9 a.m. (rain date: Oct. 14). Volunteers will help collect native grass and wildflower seeds within the park which will be used in the restoration of the native grasslands at Caumsett. Meet in the parking lot. For more information or to register, call 631-632-9216 or email ljg85@cornell.edu.
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!
SUNDAY Join Huntington Town Historian Robert Hughes, for a walking tour of historic Huntington village on Oct. 14, 3-5 p.m. The tour will trace the village’s development through the 19th century including the town’s colonial cemetery, early civic structures, as well as the devastating fires and real estate deals that shaped the village into one of Long Island’s vibrant downtowns. The tour will end at Huntington’s oldest pub, Finnegan’s Tap Room. $20. Call for reservations and starting points: 631-692-4664. www.splia.org.
An Afternoon With Jane
Lyric soprano Sarah Wolfson takes the stage of the Grace Auditorium at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, One Bungtown Road, Oct. 12, 6 p.m. $20. Please call 516-367-8455 to reserve seats.
Find a host of clothes, furniture, toys, books, jewelry and electronics Oct. 13, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 497 Pulaski Road, Greenlawn. Proceeds to benefit the food pantry and deacon outreach ministries.
Oct. 14 brings “An Afternoon With Jane Monheit” at 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., a concert by the Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist, at Wheatley Heights’ Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts. A “Signature Series” event on the Long Island-wide ArtsAlive festival for October, it will be presented in the intimate, on-site Maurice Hexter Center with a champagne “Meet the Artist” reception after each of two performances. For tickets and more information, visit www.usdan.com. 631643-7900.
Red Is For Passion
Craft Fair
Monthly Folk Jam
Lyrical Songs
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.
SATURDAY College Fair
Project Excel of the Huntington Youth Bureau is sponsoring a College and Career Fair on Oct. 13, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Tri Community and Youth Agency, 809 New York
exhibit of Huntington Lighthouse artifacts and memorabilia to celebrate its centennial anniversary of The Huntington Lighthouse. The display includes correspondence between the Lighthouse Establishment and Lighthouse Keeper Robert McGlone, and an original painting of the lighthouse, which will be auctioned. On display in the Town Hall lobby, 100 Main St, Huntington, Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Friday, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. www.huntingtonlighthouse.org. 631-421-1985.
Deacon Yard Sale
The Annual Vendor Craft Fair will be held at Christ Lutheran Church, 189 Burr Road (corner of Burr and Larkfield Roads), East Northport, on Oct. 13, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Vendors, for info call 631 499-4655.
Photo Walking
The whole world will be walking again Oct. 13 with Scott Kelby, president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), in his Fifth Annual Worldwide Photo Walk. Local photographer Stacie Errera is helping Northport take part. At 9:45 a.m., meet at the Northport Village Park Gazebo. For more information, visit
The Folk Music Society of Huntington’s monthly Folk Jam and sing-along will take place at the South Huntington Public Library (145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station) on Oct. 14, 1-4 p.m. This free Sunday afternoon event affords musicians and singers of all experience levels an opportunity to play, sing and hone their performance skills in the company of others. www.fmsh.org. 631-425-2925.
MONDAY See The Light
Town Clerk Jo-Ann Raia has organized an
Learn more about East Woods School, an independent day school for pre-nursery through eighth grade, on Oct. 17, 9-11 a.m. 31 Yellow Cote Road, Oyster Bay. alaserson@eastwoods.org. 516-922-4400, ext. 114.
Classic Car Show
The Huntington Station Business Improvement District hosts a car show at Station Sports, 25 Depot Road, Huntington Station, from 6:30-8 p.m. every Wednesday.
Power Breakfast
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.
AT THE LIBRARIES Cold Spring Harbor Library
95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. 631692-6820. cshlibrary.org. • The library’s gallery in October features the work of Carol Marano, a local artist and teacher who paints in watercolor and oils. She has led many trips through Italy and many of her paintings reflect these annual visits.
Commack Public Library
18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-4990888. commack.suffolk.lib.ny.us. • Notary Service is available normally Monday through Friday 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday evenings and occasionally on a Saturday or Sunday. Please call ahead to ensure a notary is available upon your arrival. $2 charge for each document to be notarized.
Deer Park Public Library
44 Lake Ave., Deer Park. 631-586-3000. deerparklibrary.org/ • Join the library’s popular book discussions series. Next up on Monday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. is: “Homer and Langley” by celebrated author and soon-to-be Walt Whitman Birthplace Association Champion of Literacy E.L. Doctorow.
Elwood Public Library
3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood. 631-4993722. www.elwoodlibrary.org. • An SAT review class begins Monday, Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m.
Half Hollow Hills Community Library
Dix Hills: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631-4214530; Melville: 510 Sweet Hollow Road. 631421-4535. hhhlibrary.org. • If you're a Mad Men maniac or just curious about the show, watch Season 2 with others on Tuesdays, through Dec. 11, 7 p.m. in Dix Hills.
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THE HALF HOLLOW HILLS NEWSPAPER • OCTOBER 11, 2012 • A19 • Tours of the Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill, the only surviving mill in Huntington, offer patrons an unusual way to enjoy Huntington’s rich heritage. Private tours, accessible by a short boat ride, will be held Oct. 19, Oct. 30 and Nov. 5. Call ext 403. $10 members/$15 nonmembers.
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Harborfields Public Library
31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200. harborfieldslibrary.org. • Get ready for Harborfields Public Library’s Mega Book Sale on Oct. 13-14 from 1-4 p.m. Friends of the Library is accepting donations of used books in good condition. Scanners will not be permitted in the sale room, and there will be no previews ahead of the scheduled opening times.
LaMantia Gallery
127 Main St., Northport Village. 631-754-8414. www.lamantiagallery.com. • Robert Finale presents captivating landscapes and Richard Johnson displays exquisite paintings of the human face and form.
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. • As a pediatrician and former Hollywood filmmaker, Dr. Michael Rich is uniquely qualified to answer questions concerning media and its effects on the health and wellbeing of children. Speak with him and his work to address these issues on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 7-9 p.m. at the main branch.
Northport-East Northport Public Library
Northport: 151 Laurel Ave. 631-261-6930. East Northport: 185 Larkfield Road. 631-261-2313. www.nenpl.org. • On display in East Northport is “Marilyn’s Fantasy Workshop Dollhouse Miniatures.” Artist and retired teacher Marilyn Aitken specializes in the design and production of miniature furniture, food products, tools, toys, household items, and artwork. • Relax by the cafe at the East Northport Library and enjoy some of the most famous melodies of all time as singer and guitarist Dave Anthony Setteducati and violinist Lora Kendall perform the music of Italy—sung in the original Italian, on Friday, Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m.
9 East Contemporary Art
9 East Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Wed.-Sat., 3-8 p.m. or by appointment. 631662-9459. • Elizabeth Mallia presents “Transitory Moments” in a solo exhibition through Oct. 21.
Northport Historical Society Museum
Celebrating A Noted Judaic Artist Noted Judaic artist and calligrapher Mordechai Rosenstein will be in residence at Temple Beth El of Huntington (660 Park Ave.) from Oct. 18-20. Rosenstein catapulted into international prominence by using Hebrew lettering as a basis for his limitededition silk screen designs. He is one of the leading designers in the stained-glass field. Weekend activities, free and open to the public, are: Thursday, Oct. 18, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., open house, 7:30 p.m. talk by the artist and presentation; Friday, Oct. 19, 6:30 p.m., Young Families Art Encounter, 8 p.m., Sabbath services with Rosenstein as guest speaker followed by art viewing and oneg; Saturday, Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m., Gala celebration. www.tbeli.org. 631-421-5835, ext. 200. will share her uncensored observations on current events, politics and life in general. She will also take questions from the audience. Tickets to this special evening of comedy are $122, $92, $72 and $52.
South Huntington Public Library
145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station. 631-549-4411. www.shpl.info. • Discover how well your home uses energy, and how to improve it as members of the Town of Huntington Renewable Energy Task Force show you how to do a simple assessment of your home's efficiency using the Energy Star website on-line tools on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m.
THEATER and FILM
AUDITIONS LIU Post Chamber Musicians
Auditions for the 31st Summer Season of the LIU Post Chamber Music Festival continue by special appointment. The LIU Post Chamber Music Festival offers gifted music students (ages 10-18), college/conservatory students and young professionals the opportunity to study and perform in a rich musical environment. To schedule an audition, call 516-2992103 or visit www.liu.edu/post/chambermusic.
Performing Arts Training
Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611. • Home Movie Day is Saturday, Oct. 20 at noon. See and share your own home movies with an audience, and see your neighbors’ in turn. To screen (8mm, Super 8mm, or 16mm - No videos!) at Home Movie Day, contact CAC Co Director Dylan Skolnick at 631-4237611x 24 or dylan@cinemaartscentre.org to arrange dropping films off ahead of time.
Open auditions are being held at the Huntington Center for Performing Arts: Musical Theater: Les Petits Danseurs - a dance school for children; Huntington Ballet Academy exclusively offering the American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum; Suzuki Music School - string and piano training using the Japanese method and traditional lessons; Long Island Ballet Theatre - providing professional performing opportunities for students. 310 New York Ave., Huntington. www.huntingtonperformingarts.com. 631-271-4626
Dix Hills Performing Arts Center
Five Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. Box Office: 631-656-2148. www.dhpac.org. • “The Children’s Hour,” the ground-breaking drama by playwright Lillian Hellman, will be staged Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 11-13, at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14. Tickets are $15 or $12 for seniors or students. • “The Seventh Annual Fall Festival of Guitar” is Oct. 18-21, featuring a series of guitar performances and workshops designed to educate, celebrate and entertain the public, music fans, guitar players and other aficionados. This year’s Festival will feature virtuoso jazz, rock and classical guitarists alongside Five Towns College faculty. All programs are free to students with ID and their parents.
John W. Engeman Theater At Northport
350 Main St., Northport. www.johnwengemantheater.com. 631-261-2900. • Watch the Neil Simon musical about the romantic ups-and-downs of an ever-hopeful dance hall hostess, despite endless disappointments and bad luck with men in “Sweet Charity,” showing through Oct. 28. $65.
Tilles Center For The Performing Arts
LIU Post Campus, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville. www.tillescenter.org. 516-299-3100. • Entertainer extraordinaire Whoopi Goldberg will be in the house Friday, Oct. 19 sharing her wry observations of people and life in general. The moderator of ABC’s “The View”
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. • Sandra Benny and Richard Vaux present “Retrospective Exhibition,” through Oct. 28.
b.j. spoke gallery
299 Main St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Monday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., until 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. 631-549-5106. www.bjspokegallery.com. • The gallery artists’ exhibition fills two rooms with paintings, mixed media artworks and installations.
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. www.cshfha.org • Features New York State's largest collection of freshwater fish, reptiles and amphibians housed in two aquarium buildings and eight outdoor ponds.
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor. Museum hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $4 adults, $3 seniors, $3 students 5 -18, family
$12; military and children under 5 are free. 631-367-3418. www.cshwhalingmuseum.org.
fotofoto Gallery
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. • Holly Gordon presents “Holly Meets Hokusai,” a debut exhibition of digitally recreated images using NIK software and photoshop of the Ke’anae Peninsula, Maui; and Kristin Holcomb presents “Rapture,” photographs of natural light from around the world, through Oct. 28.
Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association
www.gcha.info • Join in the fun at the second annual Pumpkin Festival Saturday, Oct. 13, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at the John Gardiner Farm, 900 Park Ave., corner of Little Plains Road.
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. 631-351-3250. • Robert S. Neuman’s “Ship to Paradise” focuses on the colorful, large-scale, mixedmedia drawings in which Neuman addressed the timeless question of human folly. On display through Nov. 25.
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 new permanent exhibit explains the 1920s 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. • For a completely unique art experience, see Chuck Von Schmidt's "Branded" at the Main Street Petite Gallery, a continuing series of sculpture-based mixed media pieces which incorporate video and other elements. On display through Oct. 22.
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.
215 Main St., Northport. Museum hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 1-4:30 p.m. 631-757-9859. www.northporthistorical.org. • “50 Years Of Preserving and Celebrating Northport's History” honors the society's founders and their concerns and activities. • Pulitzer Prize winner Edwin Burrows will speak Sunday, Oct. 14 as part of the “Sunday at the Society” series. Burrows won the Pulitzer as co-author of “Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898” and will speak about his most recent work, “Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War.”
Ripe Art Gallery
67 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-807-5296. Gallery hours: Tuesday - Thursday 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday 2-9 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. www.ripeartgal.com. • A multi-level exhibition from the twisted mind of Anthony Zummo, “Impressionism Is Not Dead,” on display until Oct. 18.
Suffolk Y JCC
74 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-4629800, ext. 140. Tuesday 1-4 p.m. Admission: $5 per person, $18 per family. Special group programs available. www.suffolkyjcc.org. • The Alan & Helene Rosenberg Jewish Discovery Museum provides hands-on exhibits and programs for children 3-13 years old and their families, classes and camps. Now on exhibit: The Alef Bet of Being a Mensch. “Zye a mensch” is a Yiddish saying that means “be a decent, responsible, caring person,” infusing both the best blessing and the best that an educator can wish for his students.
Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium
180 Little Neck Road, Centerport. Museum hours: Tuesday-Friday, 12-4 p.m., Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, 12-5 p.m.; closed Mondays except for holiday weeks. Grounds admission: $7 adults, $6 seniors, students, and $3 children under 12. Museum tour, add $5 per person. 631-854-5555. www.vanderbiltmuseum.org. • The Arena Players Children's Theatre opens its fall season with “The Ghost of Sleepy Hollow,” bringing Ichabod Crane and the fearsome Headless Horseman to life. Performances are in the Carriage House Theatre on Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. through Nov. 11. Tickets: $10 for adults, $8 for children. Children under 3 are free. Reservations suggested. Call 516-293-0674 or visit www.ArenaPlayers.org.
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. Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors/students, and children under 5 are free. 631-427-5240. www.waltwhitman.org. • E.L. Doctorow, the decorated author of “Ragtime,” will be honored as a Champion of Literacy at the fourth annual Benefit for Literacy Gala at Oheka Castle on Oct. 11. Tickets for the gala, a dinner-dance that runs from 6:30-10 p.m., are $250.
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St. Anthony’s Tops Stepinac Half Hollow Hills photo/Nicole Brems
The Friars pulled out a win on Saturday against Stepinac. By Nicole Brems info@longislandernews.com
Coach Rich Reichert with his proud St. Anthony’s Friars.
Friars celebrate Rich Reichert (Continued from page A1)
give him his 212th victory, breaking a tie with Joe Cipp Jr. of Bellport. “I think it’s great,” added Brother Christopher Thurneau, OSF, moderator of the school’s football program. “He’s an alum of the school. He’s been with the team since the beginning. It’s nice to have someone who’s been with the school and team for such a long time.” Sophomore football player Andre Guthrie touted Reichert for what he has done to make the St. Anthony’s program all that it is, as well as for teaching athletes about skills they can use off the field.
“He not only teaches us on the field, but he teaches us life lessons that will stay with us forever,” Guthrie said. Reichert was given a plaque and a trophy celebrating his service to the football program. Prior to becoming the head varsity coach, Reichert worked on the football program as a defensive coordinator for five years and the head freshmen coach for two years. With the team’s record now putting them in first place, Principal Brother Gary Cregan, OSF, reminded students that you never know what you’re going to get when it comes to a sports season.
“Each year, you never know the outcome,” Cregan said. “The one constant is the coaches are here for the kids. One of our secrets to success is Coach Rich Reichert.” “I’m excited for him,” said Frank Faber, a member of the school’s Class of 2011. “He’s a great coach. He treats everyone like family.” Brother Joshua DiMauro, OSF, said Reichert’s influence reaches far beyond the confines of the football field. “Coach Reichert is a role model for all of St. Anthony’s, not just the football team,” he said. “For the team, students, faculty and staff. He has a great deal of integrity.”
The Friars beat Stepinac High School 35-14 on Saturday night at Cy Donnelly field in South Huntington. After taking an early lead, St. Anthony’s High School didn’t look back. With three minutes left in the first quarter, junior Greg Galligan ran 6 yards to score the first touchdown of the evening. Josh Bacon followed the touchdown up with a field goal kick, giving the team a 7-0 lead. Galligan wasn’t done there. He followed up with another touchdown in the second quarter, this time with the kick coming from Matt Musgrove, bringing the Friars’ lead to 14-0. With less than a minute left in the first half, Anthony Anderson scored another touchdown for the Friars, with Bacon scoring the field goal kick for the second time. The end of the first half saw the Friars up 21-0 over Stepinac. Halfway through the third quarter, Stepinac scored their first touchdown of the evening, closing the Friars led to 21-7. The Friars immediately responded to the Stepinac touchdown with one of their own. Brendan Femiano caught the return kick and ran the 96 yards to score for the Friars. He scored another touchdown in the fourth quarter, that time with a 35-yard run and the field goal kick from Bacon. With the team now in first place, with a 3-2 record in the Catholic High Schools Football League, coach Rich Reichert couldn’t be happier. “It was a good, solid win,” Reichert said.
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Hills East Thunderbirds ‘Set’ The Bar High With eyes on counties, team maintains undefeated season record after 10 matches Half Hollow Hills photo/Jacqueline Birzon
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This season, the Lady Thunderbirds would be any coach’s dream. At 10-0 in their league and 13-0 overall, the Half Hollow Hills East team is prepared to head into the individual tournaments the weekend of Oct. 12. Hills East played their Hills West counterparts on Oct. 5, sweeping the game 6-1. Hills East’s Vanessa Scott defeated Hills West’s undefeated first singles player, winning 6-4 in the third set. According to Coach Tom Depelteau, it’s likely that Scott will be rated the no. 1 female tennis player in the county. Hills East won an Oct. 6 game against East Islip 61 when the opposing team decided to switch up their roster, placing their top singles player into a doubles slot. “When the coach made the switch, Vanessa didn’t have much of a challenge so we won singles easily as a result. I’m not sure what motivated the other team to do that,” Depelteau said. With the official season finished, Depelteau is optimistic about his team’s chances at counties. “Our fourth doubles team is better than most first or second slot doubles teams,” Depelteau said. “I don’t want to penalize girls simply because they’re in the fourth slot, as they could be ranked first or second at most other schools. I think the league will be pretty receptive to allowing some extra doubles to play.” The Lady Thunderbirds will hold practices up until the state championships in early November.
Half Hollow Hills East’s No. 1 singles player Vanessa Scott prepares to serve. “I’m definitely expecting Vanessa to get to counties as well as my first doubles team. Anything more than that is kind of gravy, because there’s good teams all
around but it wouldn’t surprise me if we had more than one entry in both singles and doubles,” Depelteau said.
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Lady Colts Volleyball Serve The Heat Positive attitude a major factor in their successful 7-2 season record, players explain jbirzon@longislandernews.com
The Half Hollow Hills West girls volleyball team has proven to be threat on the courts this season, with a 7-2 standing and a 4-2 record in their League IV AA division. “Right now we’re in the middle of the road, but we really have an exceptional group this season. Most of our starters are returning players, and we also have some new and younger sophomores on the team,” coach Lauren DeNigris said. Halfway through the season, the team is optimistic about facing off with returning rivals, especially Hauppauge and Bellport. “When we lost to Bellport, our team really didn’t have a good turnout that day, and we didn’t get to play as well as I knew we could,” DeNigris said. “Hauppauge was a battle, but I think we can come out on top next time.” The team is striving to win enough games this season, which ends Oct. 30, in order to attain home court preference once the playoffs start. Katy Teets, a junior who plays middle hitter for the team, has played volleyball since sixth grade. She said this is one of the best seasons her team has had since
she first joined. “We mesh really well as a team. I love playing at home, especially when you have supporters. Just knowing people are watching you and supporting you makes you want to do well,” Teets said. Junior setter Jacquie Pappalardo agrees that the bond the team shares is apparent both on and off the court. “Since we’ve played together since our freshman or sophomore year of high school, it’s interesting getting to know how everyone plays and what they like on the court; it’s helped us bond,” Pappalardo said. “My favorite thing is just playing for a team. Since I’m a setter I don’t get as much recognition, but my team supports and encourages me all the time.” The team credits DeNigris, who has been coaching volleyball for 11 years, with the season’s success. “Our coach pumps us up all the time and always encourages us to do well. She knows what we’re capable of so she is a big part of the teams scoring and what we do; she’s a really good support,” Pappalardo said. Teets said she is most looking forward to taking on the two teams the Colts lost to earlier in the season. “I’m really looking forward to playing
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Junior middle hitter Katie Teets jumps up for the kill. Hauppauge and Bellport again. This time we’ll be playing at home and there’s a big difference. You feel a lot more confident when there’s a lot of people cheering for you. When you know your sur-
roundings, it makes for a better situation,” Teets said. The Lady Colts will visit Deer Park on Oct. 10 at 4 p.m., and will play West Babylon at home on Oct. 12 at 4 p.m.
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