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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014 DIX HILLS
Bestselling Author Filming Here Dix Hills’ Carl Weber using local backdrops for movie By Arielle Dollinger adollinger@longislandergroup.com
Longtime Billy Joel band drummer Liberty DeVitto and pop star Debbie Gibson are among the Long Island Music Hall of Fame’s inductees next Thursday.
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With Oct. 23’s Long Island Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony at The Paramount just one week away, a pair of performers with deep ties to Paumanok are reflecting this week on their looming enshrinement. Longtime Billy Joel band drummer Liberty DeVitto, a Brooklyn native, will (Continued on page A22)
Behind a set of deep brown doors, distinctive against the chestnut-brown wood that composes the rest of the Dix Hills house, are a light-gray cat with darker-gray tiger-like stripes, an elaborate rug of salmon and sage green, and a New York Times bestselling author whose name holds claim to 23 novels, a publishing company and a production company. Dix Hills resident Carl Weber and business partner Walter Nixon are currently filming “No More Mr. Nice Guy” – a film that tells the back story of Niles Monroe, a character in one of Weber’s novels, “To Paris With Love” – in Dix Hills, Wyandanch and Wheatley Heights. Soon, they will take to Los Angeles to film the second half of the project. The story is based in the areas in which it is filmed. Each of Weber’s
Business partners Carl Weber and Walter Nixon, not pictured, have filmed the first half of “No More Mr. Nice Guy” in Dix Hills, Wyandanch and Wheatley Heights, and will film the second half in Los Angeles. 23 novels has been based on Long Island or in Queens. “It’s familiarity,” he said. “And the idea of filming close to home… You should’ve seen the kids in Wyandanch and Wheatley Heights.” As “all their favorite AfricanAmerican stars” – Christian Keyes, Miguel A. Nunez, Jr., Valarie Petti-
ford, Roger Guenveur Smith and Lamman Rucker, among others – exited their trailers, Weber said, the children watching reacted. “The whole neighborhood was losing their minds,” he said. “It’s almost like giving back to an extent (Continued on page A22)
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Dad, Son Face Felony Pot Charges By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com
A Dix Hills man and his son were handcuffed Friday after Suffolk County police said they discovered over 10 pounds of marijuana in their Carll’s Straight Path home. Steven Polizzi, 53, was charged with first-degree criminal possession of marijuana, a C felony, Oct. 10.
The weighty pot cache was discovered during the execution of a search warrant of the home, police said. Police also charged him with two misdemeanor counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance. Also arrested was his son, Wesley Snider, 24, of Dix Hills, who was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sale of marijuana in excess of 25
grams, an E felony. Their attorney, Ray Perini, said both men pleaded not guilty. Perini said he could not comment further until he reviewed the charges against the men. Polizzi was held on $1 million bond and $300,000 cash bail, while Snider was held on $100,000 cash bail and $350,000 bond, both sums which Perini said seemed “exceedingly high.”
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Man Admits To Stealing, Beating Dog Following guilty plea, local will be sentenced to two years in jail next month By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com
A Dix Hills man has pleaded guilty to stealing a dog from a nearby church and beating the pup so badly that it was ultimately euthanized. Steven Errante, 27, of Dix Hills, pleaded guilty to aggravated cruelty to animals and petit larceny before Suffolk County Court Judge Barbara Kahn Oct. 9. With his guilty plea on the felony count, Errante faces two years in jail; he will be sentenced by Kahn on Nov. 13. A charge of sexual misconduct, added in late February, was dropped; at the time, the DA’s office alleged he had sex with the dog before the beatings began. In court, Errante said he was drunk during the attack. When he was first arrested, his attorney, Mary Elizabeth Abbate, said Er-
rante was an Army veteran who has undergone treatment at the VA Medical Center in Northport for undisclosed conditions. Before Kahn last week, Errante admitted that he stole the dog, named Beauty, from a nearby church on Oct. 25. On Dec. 21 and 22, he beat the dog with a metal baseball bat, causing a fractured skull and jaw, blunt force trauma and a broken forearm. Police rushed the dog to a nearby Huntington animal hospital after a man discovered the maimed canine at Errante’s Deer Park Avenue home on Dec. 22. The dog was later transferred to the Veterinarian Medical Center of Long Island in West Islip, where, after days of round-the-clock care, doctors decided the injuries were too severe and euthanized Beauty Dec. 27. “It’s one of the worst cases of animal abuse I’ve seen in 20 years,”
Steven Errante pleaded guilty to beating a dog so savagely that the dog, named Beauty, was later euthanized by veterinarians. Second Precinct Det./Sgt. John O'Sullivan said at the time. In a separate incident, Errante is also accused of second-degree as-
sault in which he allegedly beat his father with a baton Oct. 5, 2013, cracking his rib. He’s due back in court Nov. 12 on that count.
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Man Busted In Commercial Burglary Spree By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com
A “drug situation” fueled an island-wide string of 16 commercial burglaries by a Huntington Station man over the last five months, Suffolk County police said. Anthony Myles, 50, was arraigned Oct. 9 at First District Court in Central Islip after being arrested at 3:55 p.m. the day before. Cops said nine of the 16 burglaries
happened in the Town of that Myles’ M.O. was to Huntington – in Dix smash in the front door of Hills, Melville and Huntthe store – sometimes using ington Station. Another a rock or a similar object – five happened in neighand make a beeline to the boring Babylon towncash register. ship; he rounded out his “That’s what most of them rap sheet with more were. Sometimes he would charges stemming from take the register with him; incidents in North Bay sometimes he would open Anthony Myles the register,” Burke said, atShore and Hauppauge. Second Precinct tributing the string of burglaDet./Lt. Bill Burke said Thursday ries to “a drug situation.”
DIX HILLS
Search For Burglar Have you seen this man? If so, Suffolk County police want to hear from you. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Second Squad detectives are looking for the public’s help in identifying and locating the man who broke into a residence in Dix Hills Oct. 1. On that day, police said, the man broke into an unoccupied home on Gray Avenue and stole
jewelry and money. The man was described as black and having a goatee. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information can anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential. -SCHRAFEL
In one of the final incidents, on Oct. 6 in Hauppauge, Myles snatched a 40-inch flat-screen TV, cops allege. In the Second Precinct, police said the first incident occurred May 9 at the Chef King Kitchen on New York Avenue in Huntington Station. Next up was the Critic’s Choice Deli on Jericho Turnpike June 4; then Jonny D’s Pizza on New York Avenue in Huntington Station July 4; and a nail spa on Jericho Turnpike in Dix Hills on July 11. Lucky Sushi on Old Walt Whitman Road in Dix Hills was not so lucky, getting burglarized on July 26. Next up on the hit list was Elwood’s Green Cactus on East Jericho Turnpike, which was burglarized on Aug. 2, followed by the Jacky Kitchen on Sept. 27; police released a Crime Stopper bulletin about that incident Oct. 7. His final two smash-and-grabs, police said, were on Oct. 6 at Rocco’s Deli on Walt Whitman Road in Melville, followed by the Gourmet Wok on Oct. 8, also on Walt Whitman Road in Melville. Myles is represented by counsel from the Legal Aid Society, and was due back in court after press time on Tuesday.
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These Showers Call For Sunshine Peeking through the clouds… As gray and Bells” for “Monster Mash” to start, please. yucky as Saturday was, Sunday was that much Ghouls ‘n ghosts … Speakmore beautiful at the Long Island Fall Festival! ing of Halloween – are you That was great for the hundreds of vendors, getting into the spirit? I defiperformers and everybody inIN THE KNOW nitely am; pumpkin picking, volved in the festivities, becandy corn, haunted mansions cause it seemed like many peo- WITH AUNT ROSIE and scary movies – these are a ple laid low Saturday in anticifew of my favorite things. pation of a perfect Sunday, when thousands What have you been doing to prepare? If you packed Heckscher Park and hundreds got their didn’t already know, your Aunt Rosie is a bit of Walt Whitman “selfie.” Check our website and a horror movie buff. Not all of this crazy, newFacebook pages, where we are posting all of our age, teenage stuff; but the classics. Hitchcock, photos. Did you stop by our table? I know many Polanski, Fisher and Romero – these guys know of you asked for me; I was there for a short time terror! Every night since Oct. 1 and all the way on Saturday, but I got chilled to the bone! through to Halloween, you’ll find me with the lights off, a bucket of popcorn in hand and difDine! Dine! Dine!... There’s one thing you ferent scary movie on the television – one of my can always do regardless of the weather – dine! favorite Halloween traditions! Sunday’s gorgeous day also marked day one of Dine Huntington Restaurant Week, which brings Use that color… As you might have noticed $27.95 prix-fixe menus to 43 fabulous restauin the last several weeks, our little family of rants through this Sunday, Oct. 19. Where have publications has made an exciting jump into you been so far? Send me an email and I’ll full-color publishing. Let’s put that color to eat… um, I mean, read all about it! good use! The lower corner of my page (not the police blotter, silly…) plays host to weekly phoDashing through the no… As much as I to features – “Picture This,” “Baby of the thoroughly enjoyed the Fall Festival, I didn’t enWeek,” things like that. So, if you have a simply joy when we received an email this Friday that fabulous photo from around town and/or an was… well, a little too Christmassy for my auadorable little loved one with ties to Huntington tumnal mood of the moment. We received a Township, send a snapshot our way at press release for a yuletide happening, and while editor@longislandergroup.com, with a descripI’m not one to ever knock the holiday season tion of who and what is in the shot. We’d love to and all the joy it brings, I need my holidays to feature you and add a splash to our pages at the come in a congruent, orderly fashion. Fall Festisame time! val comes first (yes, I count that!), then Halloween, then Thanksgiving, and then, finally, (Aunt Rosie wants to hear from you! If you comes Christmas. You’ve got to give me a little have comments, ideas, or tips about what’s haptime to enjoy each of these celebrations in their pening in your neck of the woods, write to me tofull splendor. I mean, if I hear “Have a Holly day and let me know the latest. To contact me, Jolly Christmas” before I’m passing out the Haldrop a line to Aunt Rosie, c/o The Long-Islander, loween candies, I’m going to start a holiday 14 Wall Street, Huntington NY 11743. Or try the song exchange program – I’ll swap “Jingle e-mail at aunt.rosieli@gmail.com) PICTURE THIS WALT LOOKS GOOD FOR HIS AGE
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Smash And Grab A burglar busted into a Truxton Road home by breaking through a glass door and stole jewelry from the Dix Hills residence at 4 p.m. Oct. 10.
Ain’t That A Kick Police said someone kicked in part of a Currier Avenue home’s fence just after 8 p.m. in Melville Oct. 6.
Making Off With The Boob Tube A Dix Hills home was burglarized at 2:50 p.m. Oct. 7. Cops said the perps stole a TV and a computer from the West Farm Drive home.
I Object! A New Hyde Park woman, 26, was charged with harassment Oct. 4 after she allegedly kicked a cop in the leg and tried to slap him while he was interviewing someone he was arresting.
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PowderedCaffeineRegulated Adopted law would ban sale to minors By Andrew Wroblewski awroblewski@longislandergroup.com
To Suffolk County Legislator William Spencer (D-Centerport), banning the sale of powdered caffeine in Suffolk County to minors was “a no-brainer.” Lawmakers unanimously approved the measure Oct. 7, Spencer said. “It really just kind of hit me where I said, ‘OK, wait a second.’ They’re selling something that has as much as 10-20 grams of caffeine; the recommended dose of caffeine is 90 milligrams and at 99 percent concentration, 1 teaspoon has 3,200 milligrams, which is a lethal dose for children,” Spencer said. “A 5,000 milligram dose will kill an adult… In our homes, we think cups, quarts, gallons – a teaspoon is usually the smallest measurement we use, and a teaspoon of this stuff can kill you.” Currently, powdered caffeine is available for purchase at a few retailers in Suffolk County – with low
A pile of powdered caffeine – a substance that will soon be banned from sale to minors in Suffolk County. sales numbers, Spencer said – but the product is also available for purchase online, something that cannot be regulated by the county. In order to prevent the issue from becoming more widespread, Spencer said, he partnered with Suffolk County Legislature Presiding Officer DuWayne Gregory last week to ban the sale of powdered caffeine to minors in Suf(Continued on page A22)
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From left, Hills East juniors Zayan Ahmed and Sarah Haiken, joined by Cassie Edelstein, a Plainview-JFK junior, bring their personal fight against drunk driving to the Long Island Fall Festival Sunday. By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com
Hills East sophomore Sarah Haiken continued her personal battle against drunk driving at the Long Island Fall Festival this week. Sarah and her mother, Cheryl, who serves as a volunteer subcommittee chair for Long Island MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), collected signatures over the weekend from teens who pledged to abstain from alcohol until they turned 21 and to never get in the car with somebody who has been drinking. They’ve been collecting signatures for the last three years, compiling thousands of pledges from teens in the process. Sarah and Cheryl first got involved
in MADD after a family friend, Karen Naclerio-Negrin, was killed in a headon collision with a drunk driver who had two previous convictions. Naclerio-Negrin was driving to work at American Airlines around 3:30 a.m. when she was struck. “He killed somebody and left a 5and 8-year old,” Cheryl said. “They’re doing very well, thank God, because they have the right support, but it shouldn’t have happened.” Two years ago, Sarah was part of MADD’s National Teen Influencer Summit at their Irving, Texas headquarters. She’ll return to the summit in about two weeks, this time held in Nashville, Tenn. There, 10 teens from around the country share their experi(Continued on page A22)
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Bringing Sukkot Blessings By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com
A joyous autumn tradition in Huntington played host this weekend to a celebration of the Jewish faith in a packed Heckscher Park on Sunday. There, rabbis from Melville and Huntington led passers-by in making Sukkot blessings as they walked through the park, host to the Long Island Fall Festival over the weekend. Sukkot is a continuation of the High Holidays, starting with the New Year (Rosh Hashanah) and the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). Sukkot falls five days after the somber observance of Yom Kippur and is a joyous occasion for Jews around the world. At the Fall Festival, the Chabad’s stand was a sukkoh, a small hut with a branch roof. The symbol aims to remind those of the Jewish faith of how God protected the Jewish people when
Rabbi Yaakov Raskin, of the Chabad of Huntington Village, leads a Long Island Fall Festival attendee in a Sukkot blessing at Heckscher Park Sunday. they left Egypt and lived in small huts during 40 years in the desert. A weeklong celebration, Sukkot’s (Continued on page A22)
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Ban Is Another County First Chances are you don’t know where to ent in pre-workout sports drinks and energet your hands on powdered caffeine, if gy drinks. It is readily available online you wanted some to begin with. But the and, until the new legislation is signed infact is, although sales of the product by the to law, its sale is unrestricted. A teaspoonfew retailers who sell it are minimal, the ful would deliver a dose considered lethal very fact that it’s available is a call to ac- to children; two teaspoons could kill an tion. adult. County Legislator William Spencer (DSpencer argues it should be regulated. Centerport) has added to a list The death of a high school stuof Suffolk County firsts with EDITORIAL dent in Ohio from a caffeine last week’s passage of a law overdose in May was enough to to ban sale of powdered caffeine to mi- prompt him to propose it be banned here. nors. The legislator, who is also a physiWe’re no fan of regulation, particularly cian, is hoping that the move will put the when it’s a local level of government taksubstance on the federal Food and Drug ing action on something that should be Administration’s radar and lead to greater coming from higher levels. But sometimes regulation. those higher levels of government need a Powdered caffeine is used a powerful push, and that is something Suffolk Counstimulant sometimes abused as an ingredi- ty is good at.
fected countries both by plane and by cargo ship. In addition, due to the importance of information gathering during any potential health epidemic, the CDC should work with CBP to initiate a “health declaration form,” which should include an in-depth questionnaire asking specifics about a person’s stay in West Africa. This should be implemented for travelers returning from Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, either directly, or through another secondary airport such as Munich, Brussels, London, Frankfort and Amsterdam. Due to the severity of Ebola symptoms, there is a great need for accurate and immediate information to be shared with hospitals across the U.S. The CDC has certified only 13 states whose hospitals and local health officials are equipped to handle cases of Ebola. Therefore, I urge CDC to work with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to create a database of passengers flying to and from West Africa, directly or indirectly, that can be shared with local hospitals nationwide. This database would allow hospitals to confirm whether patients exhibiting symptoms have been to one of the source countries and would ensure that physicians have the most truthful information of a patient’s travel itinerary. It
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New Steps Needed To Stop Ebola’s Spread Editor’s note: the following letter was sent to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Tom Frieden and Gil Kerlikowske, Commissioner of U.S. Customs and border Protection. DEAR DR. FRIEDEN AND COMMISSIONER KERLIKOWSKE: I write today to applaud the work and tireless effort you have given to keep Americans safe in light of the recent confirmed case of Ebola in the United States, as well as to offer additional steps that could be taken to
further address the spread of Ebola in the U.S. and abroad. As you know, currently there are several suspected cases of Ebola in several states. For the safety and security of the American people, I respectfully request the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) utilize its resources and authority to increase the surveillance and containment of Ebola in the U.S. and abroad. More resources are needed to accurately detect and track this emerging virus and the appropriate agencies need to work in concert with the CDC to ensure that Americans remain safe and healthy. Since the emergence of Ebola in several West
African countries, there have been three confirmed cases of U.S. citizens with Ebola as well as several other suspected cases of U.S. citizens with the virus in the US and abroad. I applaud the CDC’s immediate response to those cases and their continued preventive efforts in the West African countries surrounding those that have had Ebola outbreaks. While the CDC has put significant investment into sending supplies, training materials for detecting the illness and volunteers overseas, I ask that CDC work with the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in major U.S. ports of entry to increase the monitoring and identification of people arriving from the af-
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is important that this database only contain information relevant to a person health and travel and have an expiration date. The database should be shared and made available to local hospitals in the same way that similar information is shared and available to local law enforcement. The CDC has been utilizing contact tracing to identify who has been in contact with a person infected with Ebola, which is a crucial factor in finding where a source of Ebola has arisen, additional people who may need to be screened and for containment of the disease. I ask that, as this is the largest Ebola outbreak in history and in light of the increasing plausibility of Ebola coming to the U.S, that CDC work with other agencies such as USAID to redirect significant funding dedicated to contact tracing in the U.S. and in West Africa. I believe a coordinated effort between the CDC, CBP and DHS as well as local health departments is essential to protect the public’s health. Thank you for your continued efforts to protect the health of all Americans, and for your consideration of this critical and urgent request. Please let me know if I can be of assistance.
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Sea Ink Celebrates The Art Of Nautical Ink By Arielle Dollinger adollinger@longislandergroup.com
As the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum & Education Center opens “Sea Ink: American Sailors and Tattoo Art” to the public, the center will host a celebratory festival this Saturday evening. The event, which will run from 6-9 p.m. on Oct. 18, will serve as the opening celebration of the yearlong “Sea Ink” exhibit, and will provide an opportunity for guests to learn about nautical tattoo art, get tattoos themselves – airbrushed and otherwise – taste craft beer and Sailor Jerry Rum and listen to music. “Sailors were the ones who brought tattoos to the western world,” said Nomi Dayan, Executive Director of the Whaling Museum, said in a press release. “This exhibit shows the evolution of this unique and personal art form and will connect people with the
idea that tattoos are part of a larger story.” The name “Sailor Jerry” is the nickname of a tattoo artist named Norman Collins. According to the Sailor Jerry website, his tattoos were “characterized by bold unwavering lines with a refined use of color and amazing detail (the riggings in his clipper ship tattoos were nautically accurate).” Historian Samantha Sheesley will lecture about Sailor Jerry tattoos, while House of Colour and Old Tyme Tattoo will perform the actual tattooing at the event. Local artists will compete in a “Best in Show” contest – the artists will submit nautical tattoo designs, and guests of the event can vote for their favorites. The Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum and Education Center is located at 301 Main St. in Cold Spring Harbor. Admission is $15 per person or $25 per couple, and proceeds support the museum. For more information, visit http://www.cshwhalingmuseum.org.
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Nautical Notes: Ghostly Sea Tales By Henrietta Schavran With Halloween fast approaching, our nautical thoughts ponder the possibility of encountering a ghostly apparition on the waters of Long Island Sound. The folklore of ghost ships roaming the seas goes back to ancient times. In Greek mythology, legends abound where sailors see mysterious ships and other spectral creatures sent by the gods or the underworld to torment humans or to foretell future events. Fortunately, no archeological evidence of such phantom encounters has been found. Throughout the Middle Ages and into modern times, legends continue to be told about phantom ships roaming the seven seas. These nautical ghosts appear in various guises: they may appear as burning ships, or they may come as ships crewed by skeletons; they show up under full sail even though the winds are calm; they appear without captain or crew; they
may be seen as wrecked hulls with tattered sail; they may appear as strange lights or supernatural glows. The appearance of these phantoms often portends danger: severe weather, dangerous reefs, and other causes of shipwrecks. Some seem to appear as reminders of past tragedies. Sometimes, the survivor of a shipwreck or ship that later mysteriously vanishes will relate witnessing the appearance of a phantom vessel on the horizon shortly before a problem. Stories also include how phantom ships guide vessels into safety and then vanish. Tales of sea captains who bargained with the devil and are doomed to sail forever are popular in the European literature of the Middle Ages, especially in Germany and the British Isles. The most famous of these doomed captains is the Flying Dutchman who swore he would sail around the Cape of Good Hope and back successfully or attempt to do so into eternity. In the opera “The Flying Dutchman” by Richard Wagner,
Alecia Ray, pictured, won Best in Show at last year’s Sea Ink nautical tattoo exhibit at the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling museum. This year’s show is set for Oct. 18.
the devil tells him he will be released from his eternal fate by the love of a woman. In the opera, the Dutchman finds his love, Senta, and in their death he is saved from damnation. Ghost ship encounters also take place on American waters, especially on the east coast from Newfoundland to Long Island. The tale of a ghostly glow appearing before a tragic maritime occurrence was part of the folklore of New England mariners. Ghostly apparitions appear in the folklore of Block Island as well. In the 1700s, a vessel named The Palatine, was said to have been burned and then sank. The tale relates that it has reappeared on occasion, especially on the anniversary of its burning and destruction. An unusual story of a phantom ship relates the voyage in the mid 1600s of a vessel on the Long Island Sound carrying a large number of Puritans that was destroyed and sank during a severe storm. Sightings of the ship were reported in the next centuries, when the vessel appeared and then vanished as it was approached. No doubt, some of the spectral sightings could have been mirages. Other visions of ghost ships may have been due to natural weather conditions or, perhaps, large sea
creatures or abandoned debris. But no matter. The enticing tales of phantom ships have become a part of our maritime folklore and they continue to intrigue and entertain mariners and landlubbers alike. Henrietta Schavran, a native New Yorker and Huntington resident, has a Ph.D. from NYU and has been a businesswoman, historian, writer and lecturer. She is Flotilla Commander, Coxwain and Instructor in the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and enjoys sailing her sailboat with family and friends.
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BUSINESS A Frighteningly Good Anniversary By Arielle Dollinger adollinger@longislandergroup.com
In the daylight, Melville’s Schmitt’s Family Farm sees sweater-wearing children and adults picking pumpkins, wrestling with sticky jelly apples and meandering through the corn maze. At night, the lightning illuminates a white house front marked by a broken white picket fence and a red-eyed gargoyle. As visitors pay the $19 admission fee throughout the Halloween season, they are contributing to what Bill Schmitt said is about two-thirds of the farm’s yearly income – a direct result of the Halloween season. The Haunted Mansion of Melville is in its 20th year. Feet away is the entrance to “The Experiment” – a two-year-old addition to the farm’s Halloween attractions that takes visitors through an experiment with a crazy doctor – and then there is the Nighttime Corn Maze. “Halloween is probably 60 to 70 percent of our income for the year,” said Bill Schmitt. There is no set budget for the Halloween season, Schmitt said. In March, he and his cohorts attend a showcase to find new additions to the house: animatronics of elaborate and simple design and function, scents to spray to aid in the transformation from black-walled room to hospital scene. “If we really want to buy something to improve the house, and we feel it’s an asset, we’ll do it,” he said. “Even if at the end of the day we make less money, at the end of the year, you always want to have a good house.” Preparations begin in July, Schmitt said. As far as planning goes, Phil Mazel and Tony Arone meet at a 7Eleven and start doodling on napkins – “And from doodles, BOO!” Mazel says. Mazel started working in the house as an actor 20 years ago, and today runs it; Arone started a couple of years after Mazel. Mazel is just “a Halloween guy,” Schmitt said.
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Schmitt’s Farm marks 20 years of scaring up business with haunted house
From left: Tony Arone, Bill Schmitt and Phil Mazel run the Haunted House of Melville at Schmitt’s Farm. “Some people like Halloween, and he likes it,” he said. Anyone working in the haunted house must like Halloween, Mazel noted; when interviewing prospective actors, he asks them if they like Halloween and then he asks them to say “Boo!” But separate from the haunting and howling is the struggle to keep visitors coming, Schmitt said. “It was actually easier 20 years ago, to advertise and get customers,” he said. “But the age bracket that we need to hit, a lot of them you don’t know what radio station they listen to; they don’t watch TV anymore… social media is the way to try to reach them… and when you have a venue that’s only open for one month, that’s difficult to do.” The farm has been advertising on social media and also advertised
with Z100 for the first time this year, he said. It is unclear at this point whether or not it’s working – the “heart” of the season is not yet here. “The haunted house season is busier on the end, from the back end, than it is in the beginning,” Schmitt said. Columbus Day weekend is a sort of kickoff, he said, but this weekend and the one following it will be the biggest weekends for haunted houses. Pricing changes yearly, depending on the state of the economy and on the pricing of competition, as do the house’s features. “You’re always racking your brain out to try to maybe outdo the competition or just make people satisfied that go through the house,” Schmitt said. “It’s hard! Entertainment’s really hard… You can’t do
the same thing over and over again; you will not be successful.” Those walking through the haunted house notice changes, he said. “They’ll say, ‘Oh, they changed this,’ ‘Oh, they did this,’ ‘Oh, we didn’t see this last year,’” he said. “They remember.” At 6 p.m., pumpkin-picking time is over. By 7p.m., the haunted house must be open. In a room whose walls wear wooden panels, the actors who haunt the house cover each other in fake blood and stare into abundant mirrors through colored contacts. At the end of the season, their jobs here are done; Mazel and Arone will go back to working their year-round jobs working with mechanical things and the farm will be devoid of pumpkins and the wafting scent of cider.
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By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com
A pair of Huntington natives who share a lifetime of friendship, a recent love of fitness and a similar sense of humor is hoping to bring that wit and wisdom to the masses – one quirky T-shirt at a time. Friends since age 4, Huntington’s Michael Thomas and Joe Scaturro launched the Swoll Shop seven weeks ago after about two months of legwork preparing designs and printing an array of tank tops, hoodies and T-shirts for men and women. They do most of their sales online, but did a brisk business at the Huntington Fall Festival this weekend, like they also do at bodybuilding competitions and Crossfit gyms. The line is noticeably tongue-incheek; a standout is “Waffles are just pancakes with abs.” For the ladies, there’s “Squats Not Shots,” “Strong is Sexy” and more. “We’re fitness fanatics and we have great senses of humor,” Thomas said. “We saw a niche and
decided to attack it.” Both principals in the company got into fitness as a result of major lifestyle changes. Four years ago, Thomas weighed 245 pounds, “woke up one morning, looked in the mirror and didn’t like the guy I saw staring back at me.” After two and a half years of work, he now tips the scales at a solid 175 pounds. Scaturro has enjoyed a similar transformation in recent years, shedding about 20 pounds and gaining significant muscle in the process. Small changes can make for big progress, they both said. “Cut out the sugar, cut out the soda,” Thomas explained. “You start eating like an adult. I tell people, ‘Eat your veggies, eat your meat.’ Small portions, of course – and just being active.” Now, with a business off to a strong start, both said their long relationship will foster continued success. “We know people have made money doing dumber things,”
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Wit, Wisdom And Fitness, One T-Shirt At A Time
Huntington natives Michael Thomas and Joe Scaturro are the proprietors of the Swoll Shop, online purveyors of cheeky active wear for the fitness minded. Scaturro quipped. “Our humor is on the same page – we bounce ideas off
of each other – it’s really easy to come up with stuff.”
YMCA Plans To Add New Structure, Expand Lot By Andrew Wroblewski awroblewski@longislandergroup.com
For the second time in four years, the Huntington YMCA is looking to expand its 60 Main St. property with a new building and bigger parking lot. Going before the Huntington Planning Board on Oct. 1, the application details plans for a new twostory building with 38,357 square feet. It would serve as a healthy living center with office space. Of the total space, 28,381 square feet would be used for the heath center – which, as of November 2013, would be built where the current outdoor basketball courts are and house a recreational gym, indoor running track and studios for wellness and prevention programs – while the remaining 9,976 square feet would be dedicated to offices. At the planning board’s latest meeting, its staff recommended that
the Huntington Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) take lead agency status since the plans call for relief from two town code regulations. The first deals with minimum parking spaces required while the second reads that “in no case shall there be more [than] one main building on one [parking] lot.” The planning board agreed to allow an agency change, but Chair Paul Mandelik cautioned the ZBA to “be careful about too much of an over intensification of [the] property, [as] parking does overflow currently at some times during the year, especially in the summer during camp season.” Along with the additional building, the YMCA also plans to expand its parking lot by 147 spaces. Robert Riekert, the planning department’s deputy director, suggested a shuttle service be implemented during construction so that that employees and patrons may park off
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Fitness center seeking relief from Huntington ZBA for construction plans
The Huntington YMCA is seeking relief from the zoning board of appeals to move forward with plans to add an additional building that will serve as a healthy living center, along with an expanded parking lot. site at that time. A 7,500 square-foot wellness center, housing a 13-room childcare
wing and additional parking, was added to the YMCA and completed in 2010.
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Four More Days Of Restaurant Week! It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Dine Huntington Restaurant Week returns next month, giving diners eight days of prix-fixe dining at the finest restaurants in Huntington, the dining capital of Long Island. Dine Huntington Restaurant Week continues now through Oct. 19, showcasing restaurants from throughout the Town of Huntington, from Cold Spring Harbor to the Acacia 371 New York Avenue Huntington 631-923-2299 On the menu: Provencal mussel pot
Smithtown border. Participating restaurants are treating customers to a three-course dining experience for $27.95 per person plus tax and tip (Saturday until 7 p.m. only). Check out the menus posted on the website, DineHuntington.com, and watch for updates on the DineHuntington Facebook page. For now, check out some of our favorite items from each restaurants Dine Huntington menu:
Bravo! Nader 9 Union Place Huntington 631351-1200 On the menu: Chicken DeVinci
Crusted Ahi Tuna Ideal Cheese & Wine Cafe 308 Main Street Huntington 631-923-3434 On the menu: Zucchini Spinach Cheese n’ Mac
Almarco 13 Wall Street, Huntington 631-935-1690 Full menu available
Café Buenos Aires 23 Wall Street Huntington 631603-3600 On the menu: Ravioli – stuffed with braised Black Angus beef
Andrea’s 25 of Commack 6300 Jericho Turnpike Commack 631-486-7400 On the menu: Zuppa de Mussels (red or white)
Char Grille 26 Clinton Avenue untington 631-923-3400 On the menu: Slow-roasted BBQ Ribs
Besito 402 New York Avenue Huntington 631549-0100 Full menu available
Doppio 24 Clinton Avenue Huntington 631-923-1515
Bistro Cassis 55B Wall Street Huntington 631421-4122 On the menu: Poulet Alsacienne
Fado 10 New Street Huntington 631-351-1010 On the menu: Pumpkin flan
Kura Barn 479 New York Avenue Huntington 631-673-0060 On the menu: Salmon and Tilapia Teriyaki
Bistro 44 44 Main Street Northport 631-262-9744 On the menu: Lobster & Spinach Ravioli
Harbor Mist 105 Harbor Road Cold Spring Harbor 631-659-3888 On the menu: Florida Red Snapper
La Parma II 452 W Jericho Tpk Huntington 631-367-6360 On the menu: Veal LaParma
Honu Kitchen & Cocktails 363 New York Avenue Huntington 631-421-6900 On the menu: Sesame-
Legal Sea Foods 160 Walt Whitman Road Huntington Station 631-271-9777
Black & Blue 65 Wall Street Huntington 631385-9255 On the menu: Lobstercrusted salmon
Jewel Restaurant 400 Broad Hollow Road Melville 631-755-5777 New menu daily a jewelrestaurantli.com Jonathan's Ristorante 15 Wall Street Huntington 631-549-0055 On the menu: Risotto ai Funghi
On the menu: Legal’s Signature Crab Cakes Mac’s Steakhouse 12 Gerard Street Huntington 631-549-5300 On the menu: Char-grilled skirt steak Mandarin Gourmet 269 New York Ave, Huntington 631-673-8188 On the menu: Crispy Whole Fish Mascali Restaurant 277A Larkfield Road E. Northport 631-757-2404 On the menu: Braised lamb shank Massa’s Pizzeria Restaurant 80 Gerard Street Huntington 631-923-3473 On the menu: Coal-fired medium margarita pie with one regular pizza topping Mill Pond House 437 E. Main Street Centerport 631-261-7663 On the menu: Blackened pork tenderloin Neraki 273 Main Street Huntington 631-358-3474 On the menu: Grilled Octapodi Nisen 110 1197 Walt Whitman Road Melville 631-421-8000 On the menu: Chicken, Steak or Salmon Teriyaki Old Fields Restaurant 81 Broadway Greenlawn 631754-9868 On the menu: Seared duck breast
110 Japan 179 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station 631-673-6666 On the menu: Basil filet mignon Perfecto Mundo 1141-1 Jericho Turnpike, Commack 631-864-2777 On the menu: Pulled pork pupusas Piccola Bussola 970 W. Jerico Tpk Huntington 631-692-6300 On the menu: Seafood Diavolo with linguini Piccolo Mondo 1870 E. Jericho Turnpike, Huntington 631-462-0718 On the menu: Filet of sole in puff pastry Pomodorino 326 W Jericho Turnpike, Huntington 631-425-1196 On the menu: Petite filet mignon Porto Vivo 7 Gerard Street Huntington 631-385-8486 On the menu: Spaghetti Porto Vivo Prime: An American Kitchen 117 New York Avenue Huntington 631-385-1515 On the menu: Fall vegetable risotto Ruvo Restaurant 63 Broadway Greenlawn 631-261-7700 On the menu: Gemelli with fennel sausage Sal D’s 208 Wall Street Huntington
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BURGER, ANYONE?: P.J. Clarke’s, the celebrated Manhattan restaurant and American saloon dubbed “The Vatican of Pubs” by The NewYork Times, is opening a new location just over the town line at 8289 Jericho Turnpike in Woodbury. The second-story space offers a “warm, sophisticated,
comfortable” space brimming with cutting-edge technology for corporate presentations. And all the P.J. Clarke’s favorites are on the Woodbury menu – Black Angus steak, Cast Iron Baked Macaroni & Cheese, Crisp Parmesan Tater Tots and their signature “Cadillac” burger, which is how legendary crooner
The Cadillac burger is coming to LI. Nat “King” Cole referred to P.J. Clarke’s mouthwatering bacon cheeseburger back in the late 1950s. Call 516-367-7400 or visit www.pjclarkes.com to learn more. MEET THE MEAT COMPANY: Huntington
631-549-0643 On the menu: Orange Roughy al Forno Storyville American Table 43 Green Street Huntington 631-351-3446 On the menu: Fire & Ice Chicken Jambalaya Ting 94 East Main Street Huntington 631-257-7788 On the menu: Treasures Of The Sea 34 New Street 34 New St., Huntington 631-427-3434 On the menu: VeracruzStyle Cod Tutto Pazzo 84 N. New York Avenue Huntington 631-271-2253 On the menu: Homemade lasagna Bolognese Vitae Wine Bar & Restaurant 54 New Street Huntington 631-385-1919 On the menu: Duck carbonara mac-and-cheese XO Restaurant 69 Wall Street Huntington 631549-7074 On the menu: Skirt steak, topped with coffee BBQ sauce
Dine Huntington Restaurant Week is a collaborative venture of Long Islander News and the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce with sponsorship support from The Paramount and the Huntington Village Business Improvement District.
village welcomed the Imperial Meat Company (279 Main St., Huntington 631-824-6222) to the diverse downtown dining scene when they opened their doors Oct. 9. The sleek, sophisticated and fun space (check out the wine bottles in the floor, illuminated in glorious LED color) boasts an impressive array of choices, including tender and succulent beef cheeks, an array of tender Wagyu steak selections, fish, game and more. If you’re into quail, for instance, look no further – you’ve got your new destination. Things sure look promising in the opening week, and we’re looking forward to continued success for our newest neighbors.
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ELECTION 2014 TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Lupinacci, Feeney Square Off In Assembly Bid Issues of education, influence in Albany topics in contest for state office By Arielle Dollinger adollinger@longislandergroup.com
With Election Day 22 days from the day he spoke with Long Islander News, life has been “hectic, but good” for Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci, the lifelong Huntington resident said Monday. Lupinacci, a Republican from South Huntington, is seeking a second two-year term representing the 10th Assembly District, but he’ll have to fend off a challenge from Democrat Dominick Feeney Jr., of Dix Hills. In a second term, Lupinacci said aims to ensure the state’s educational systems are among the best in the nation and that Long Island colleges become “economic engines.” He also aims to ensure that that towns, counties and special districts receive the mandate relief they were promised with the creation of the 2-percent tax cap, he said. “We’re going to make sure that we continue to have [an] environment that fosters economic growth and creates jobs,” said Lupinacci, a graduate of Walt Whitman High School. “We were able to eliminate some energy taxes this year and reduce some of the bureaucracy when it comes to small businesses.” In the coming year, Lupinacci said, he plans to look at Common Core again, to make sure that the state is doing the most it can to make implementation as smooth as possible. “This is something that we should’ve done more for in the beginning,” he said. “Really, there should’ve been a stoppage on it until a panel was put together that could really study it.” Lupinacci also stressed that he would like to make every Common Core exam available to the public after it is given, much like Regents exams.
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Asked about Huntington specifically, Lupinacci said that he is focusing on both the revitalization of Huntington and on monitoring the reconstruction project on Route 110. Meanwhile, Huntington native Dominick Feeney Jr., also a Walt Whitman High School grad, said he is predominately focusing on three issues: groundwater protection, increased state aid for special education, and the heroin epidemic. “Drinking water is becoming scarce around the country,” he said. “Not that we don’t have abundance on Long Island, but we have to do our best to preserve what we have… People don’t realize the more we contaminate the environment, the more the groundwater needs to become drinkable, the more expensive it will become.” His concern for state aid for special education is buttressed by his understanding of the issue through his granddaughter, who has special needs. “She and her sister went to [a special education preschool] in Hauppauge, and they did wonderful things with both of them,” he said. “And they’re both in regular school now, but they wouldn’t have been if it weren’t for this early intervention.”
And then there is the heroin epidemic – an issue to which Feeney relates through the passing of his nephew as a result of drug overdose. He argues that more people should have access to Narcan, a powerful opiate overdose antidote. “If you stumble on somebody that’s having an overdose reaction, being able to do some sort of an intervention besides picking up the telephone I think would be really a good direction to move in,” Feeney said. When asked of what he would like to remind Huntington residents, Feeney said that those in Huntington should consider voting for him because he would be a member of the majority coalition. “As a member of the majority, you can get things done,” he said. “You can bring things home for your people, your constituents, whereas in the minority, there’s not much available.” But Lupinacci said he has been working with Democrats to accomplish his goals. “As a freshman legislator, I think I’ve been able to work very successfully,” Lupinacci said, citing 3- to 7-percent increases in aid for school districts in the 10th district, statewide carbon monoxide legislation he co-sponsored with Democratic Assemblyman Steve Englebright, and local legislation to help maintain services in the Sagamore Children’s Psychiatric Center in Dix Hills.
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As of two weeks ago, in what Professor Kathy Curtiss said is a shift of focus, the Dix Hills Performing Arts Center has officially rebranded itself the “Five Towns College Performing Arts Center.” “The purpose clearly is that the performing arts center can be more geared towards student development,” said Curtiss, who also serves as co-chair of the Film and Video Department. “It just feels like there’s a little more concentration on what we’re trying to do educationally… and it makes a stronger product.” The change has been “really, really positive for the program,” said
Curtiss. A longtime off-Broadway director, Curtiss is currently working on the center’s production of “The Metamorphoses” – a play which requires the student actors to use physical movement to express what Curtiss told Long Islander News last week are the deeper subtexts of the stories. “As somebody working in the theater right now, I really feel like the attention’s been turned to us; and it’s been really helpful,” she said. “What the public comes to see will be stronger and better yet because of the refocus.” The transition involves removing concerts from the schedule to allow for the extension of student performance runs, but Curtiss said the plans are not yet set in stone. Chair of Theater James Beneduce seconded Curtiss’ sentiments. “The focus that is meant to be [is] that rather than have more outside productions, is that it’s going to focus more on student-based productions, more performances more
geared toward our students,” said Beneduce, who has taken on a larger role in decision-making and programming in an effort to further intertwine the college and the performing arts center. “We’re changing that space to be more connected with the college in that way.” The goal, he said, is to make the performing arts center “more part of the entire college community rather than its own entity.” The longer show runs – two weekends instead of one, for instance – will be “a huge learning tool” for students, Beneduce said. And the transition will likely allow for students to learn from working professionals, he said.
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The Five Towns College Performing Arts Center is putting on “The Metamorphoses” from Oct. 16 through 19.
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THURSDAY Creativity In Neuroscience The public keynote evening of a 2½-day symposium on Creativity in Neuroscience and the Humanities at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Bruce Adolphe (composer) and Alexis Gambis (film director) will talk about creativity in music and filmmaking, and its relation to creativity in science, illustrated by examples from their work. Grace Auditorium, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, One Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, Oct. 23, 6 p.m. Free, but reservations suggested. www.cshl.edu. 516-3678455.
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Author and historian Kerriann Flanagan Brosky will discuss her paranormal investigations and share personal accounts of spiritual encounters in “Ghosts, Spirits, Miracles and the Afterlife” on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. at the Cold Spring Harbor Library, 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. Free and open to all; advance registration is appreciated. 631-6926820. cshlibrary.org.
Quit Smoking Sign up for Suffolk County’s free comprehensive Learn to Be…Tobacco Free cessation program, which includes educational classes, pharmaceutical support to medically-eligible participants, and continued support upon completion of the program. Local program held at the East Northport Library, 185 Larkfield Road, East Northport, Thursdays from 67 p.m., Oct. 16. Call 631-261-2313.
Get Ready For An Emergency Learn to prepare, respond and recover from from natural, manmade, and technological disasters as Suffolk County Legislator William Spencer invites you to attend the 18th Legislative District’s Citizen Preparedness Training Session on Thursday, Oct. 16, 5:30 p.m. at the Centerport Fire Department, 9 Park Circle, Centerport. Experts will provide you with pertinent information about preparing, responding and recovering. Participants will receive info on how to set up their own emergency preparedness kit! Free, but RSVP required. Call Legislator Spencer’s Office at 631-854-4500.
FRIDAY Red Is For Passion 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 Jewels & Junk Tag Sale Sift through a multi-family sale on Oct. 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 22 E. 18th St. (off New York Avenue.), Huntington Station. All proceeds will benefit the 2015 St. Peter’s/Gloria Day Guatemalan Mission Team. Contact Doreen, 631-586-1042, classic628@aol.com for more information.
Fresh Eats The Northport Farmers' Market is in its seventh season running every Saturday until Nov. 22, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., rain or shine. Located in the Cow Harbor parking lot at the foot of Main Street, it overlooks beautiful Northport Harbor.
Huntington, every Saturday night at 11 p.m. Join in the fun and food!
Steinway Artist Has New Book Meet Carol Montparker, Steinway artist, who will be signing copies of her new book, “The Composer's Landscape,” on Saturday, Nov. 1, 4 p.m. at the Steinway Used Piano Gallery, 505 Walt Whitman Road, Melville.
SUNDAY Find Your Center Find inner peace in an ongoing weekly class for beginners and newcomers every Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Dipamkara Meditation Center, 282 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-549-1000. www.MeditationOnLongisland.org.
The Pumpkin Patch Is Open The Pumpkin Patch is open at Union United Methodist Church at 1018 Pulaski Road in East Northport. Pumpkins, pumpkin treats and pumpkin-themed crafts are available through Oct. 31, Saturdays from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday-Friday from noon-6 p.m. 631261-1303.
MONDAY Argentine Tango Classes Experience the subtle communication between partners as you learn the passionate dance known as the tango. Come dressed to impress (but be comfortable) for classes on Monday nights, 7-9:30 p.m. at Spirit of Huntington Art Center, 2 Melville Road North, Huntington Station. 631-470-9620 or email noconintended@gmail.com. Suggested donation: $10 per person/$15 per couple.
ment programs throughout October: Beginner Bridge, Wednesdays, Oct. 8Dec. 17 (6:30-8:30 p.m.); Crop Paper Scissors Adult Workshop, Oct. 25, Nov. 15, Dec. 13 (9 a.m.-12 p.m.); Feng Shui/Bagua Treasure Mapping, Oct. 16, Oct. 23, Nov. 6 (7-9 p.m.); Intro to Intensati, Oct. 15, 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12 (1011:30 a.m.); Mock Trial, Mondays starting Oct. 20 for 6-8 sessions (8-10 p.m.); and Women's Self-Defense Workshop, Oct. 20 (2-5 p.m.). Info and tickets at www.hacef.org.
TUESDAY Free Mommy And Me Class Sing! Stretch! Dance! Play! Enjoy a funfilled class that includes parachute play and bubble play and meet other Jewish moms at The Chai Center in Dix Hills. The free class takes place Tuesdays at 10 a.m. For children ages 6-36 months. Preregistration required by phone or online: 631-351-8672. www.thechaicenter.com.
Free Help For Vets Every Tuesday from 12-4 p.m. is “Military Appreciation Tuesdays,” when Long Island Cares specifically assists veterans, military personnel and their families at the Hauppauge and Freeport emergency pantries. Appointments can be made by contacting jrosati@licares.org.
WEDNESDAY Open Mic Night Play your heart out at an acoustic open mic night every Wednesday at Caffe Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, 7-10 p.m. www.facebook.com/cafportopenmic. Original songs only.
Power Breakfast Live Music
Adult Enrichment Programs
Live local bands take over Finley's of Greene Street, 43 Greene St.,
The Harborfields Alumni and Community Education Foundation hosts adult enrich-
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. 631-4627446.
AT THE LIBRARIES Cold Spring Harbor Library 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-692-6820. cshlibrary.org. • Tri-County Artists of Long Island (TCA), a group of professional fine artists from Long Island and the boroughs of New York City, will exhibit their two- and three-dimensional artwork Oct. 2-Nov. 2. • Author and historian Kerriann Flanagan Brosky will discuss her paranormal investigations and share personal accounts of spiritual encounters on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. Free and open to all; advance registration is appreciated.
Commack Public Library 18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631499-0888. commack.suffolk.lib.ny.us. • Enjoy a friendly game of bridge or mah-jongg in the Community Room every Friday, from 1-5:30 p.m. • Join the library’s weekly Thursday showing of newly released films; all movies begin at 2 p.m.
Deer Park Public Library 44 Lake Ave., Deer Park. 631-586-3000. deerparklibrary.org. • Through a grant from New York State, the library offers Google Nexus 7 tablets for borrowing. Browse the web, download a book, play games and more with just a touch of your finger. Tablets can be checked out for two weeks on an adult Deer Park library card.
Elwood Public Library 3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood. 631499-3722. www.elwoodlibrary.org. • Watch the library’s weekly Friday afternoon movie at 1 p.m.
Half Hollow Hills Community Library Dix Hills: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631421-4530; Melville: 510 Sweet Hollow Road. 631-421-4535. hhhlibrary.org. • Celebrate the “Star Wars” universe with crafts, games, photo opportunities and much more on Saturday, Oct. 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. • The library is currently forming a Chamber Music Ensemble led by Mr. Stanley Stock, retired music teacher and is looking for musicians. For more information and to register, call 631498-1229.
Harborfields Public Library 31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200. harborfieldslibrary.org. • The Teen Tech Squad will be available to assist you with your tech devices such as your smartphone, iPad, computer, camera, or social networking on Saturday, Oct. 18, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Please call the Reference Desk for your individual 30-minute session.
Huntington Public Library Main Branch: 338 Main St., Huntington. 631-427-5165. Station Branch: 1335 New York Ave., Huntington Station. 631421-5053. www thehuntingtonlibrary.org.
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(Continued from page A20) • Op-Ed Fridays are weekly at the main branch. Stop by from 2-5 p.m. and discuss your thoughts on a changing world. Registration is required and light refreshments will be served. • Learn to develop rewarding relationships with your teenaged children in a Huntington Sanctuary Program offered Oct. 22, 6:30 p.m. at the Station branch.
The Pumpkin Patch Is Now Open The Pumpkin Patch is open at Union United Methodist Church at 1018 Pulaski Road in East Northport. Pumpkins, pumpkin treats and pumpkin-themed crafts are available through Oct. 31, Saturdays from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday-Friday from noon-6 p.m. 631-261-1303.
Northport-East Northport Public Library Northport: 151 Laurel Ave. 631-2616930. East Northport: 185 Larkfield Road. 631-261-2313. www.nenpl.org. • The Red Hot Mamas tap dancers have been kicking up their heels for the past 20 years. Its talented dancers range in age from 54-80 and perform a repertoire that includes Broadway hits, old time favorites, and modern popular music. Don't miss this sophisticated, energetic show topped off by spectacular costumes, on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2 p.m.
seeks new members in all sections. Repertoire ranges from Baroque through classical and romantic to early 20th century. Music Director Richard Hyman is an award-winning music educator and composer. Rehearsals are on Wednesdays from 7:30-9 p.m. usually at East Northport Middle School. Email info@northportorchestra.org to arrange an audition. Website: northportorchestra.org.
South Huntington Public Library 145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station. 631-549-4411. www.shpl.info. • Flutist Diana Taublieb and an ensemble of violin, cello and piano play on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2:30 p.m.
THEATER & FILM Bare Bones Theater 57 Main St., Northport. barebonestheater.com. 631-606-0026. • A long overdue family confrontation unfolds with poignant humor against the backdrop of World War II in Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers,” which opens on Thursday, Oct. 16. The show runs for 10 performances over three weekends and closes Sunday, Nov. 2.
Cinema Arts Centre 423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611. • Emmy-winning director Jim Brown and Oleg Smirnoff, along with moderator WUSB Sound of Film Host Tom Needham plus guitarist Russell Javors, join the center for the re-released expanded edition of Billy Joel’s legendary 1987 Russian concert tour documentary features never before seen footage, interviews and intimate accounts. “Billy Joel: A Matter of Trust – The Bridge to Russia” will be screened as a fundraiser for the Long Island Music Hall of Fame on Monday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. $20 members/$25 public.
John W. Engeman Theater At Northport 350 Main St., Northport. www.johnwengemantheater.com. 631-261-2900. • The theater presents “Evita,” one of the most passionate and colorful musicals in theater history. Performances run through Nov. 2. • Take your children to a magical land, “The Wizard of Oz,” Saturdays at 11 a.m. and Sundays at 10:30 a.m. through Nov. 2. $15.
AUDITIONS/SUBMISSIONS Northport Symphony Orchestra The Northport Symphony Orchestra
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. • Art After Dark returns Oct. 24, 7-9 p.m. Enjoy a free evening of cultural enrichment and join artists and art lovers for special art exhibits with demonstrations by Art League instructors.
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. 631-5495106. www.bjspokegallery.com. • Three exhibits are on view from Oct. 28-Nov. 23: Mary Abrams – a memorial solo exhibit of her never before displayed drawings and works in process; Cindy Schecter – Reflections from the Small Woods; and Exteriors/Interiors – a members-themed exhibit. Reception: Saturday, Nov. 1, 2-5 p.m.
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum 279 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-367-3418. www.cshwhalingmuseum.org. • Get ready for “Sea Ink: American Sailors and Tattoo Art” on Saturday, Oct. 18, 6-9 p.m., which kicks off a year-long exhibit that explores the culture and significance of nautical tattoos and their historical origins from sailors’ lives at sea. The exhibit features an array of tattoo artifacts, antique machines, early inking tools and Sailor Jerry flash art.
and children under 10 free. 631-3513250. • The Long Island Biennial, a juried exhibition that offers Long Island's contemporary artists an opportunity to share their work, is on display through Nov. 30.
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.holocaustnassau.org. • The permanent exhibit explains the 1930s increase of intolerance, the reduction of human rights, and the lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others: people with disabilities, Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), Jehovah’s Witnesses, gays and Polish intelligentsia.
Huntington Arts Council Main Street Petite Gallery: 213 Main St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Monday Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Art in the Art-trium: 25 Melville Park Road, Melville. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-7 p.m. 631-271-8423. www.huntingtonarts.org. • The works of Lois V. Walker are featured in her solo exhibit, “Exploring Gesture & Color” Oct. 4-27 in the main gallery. Walker will be sharing poetry selections at a reading on Saturday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m.
Huntington Historical Society Main office/library: 209 Main St., Huntington. Museums: Conklin Barn, 2 High St.; Kissam House/Museum Shop, 434 Park Ave.; Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building, 228 Main St. 631427-7045, ext. 401. www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org. • Exhibit “The Times They Were AChanging – 1960s & Huntington’s Response” on display at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building.
LaMantia Gallery
12b School Street, Northport. www.gallerythirtyseven.com. • Visit Northport’s newest gallery and check out the resident artists.
127 Main St., Northport Village. 631-7548414. www.lamantiagallery.com. • Following the success of a display of never-before-seen Dr. Seuss artwork, the gallery displays a permanent collation of estate-authorized art.
Heckscher Museum Of Art
Northport Historical Society Museum
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 $6-8/adults, $46/seniors, and $4-5/children; members
215 Main St., Northport. Museum hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 1-4:30 p.m. 631-7579859. www.northporthistorical.org. • “Window Shopping Through Time” is a recreation of 10 stores that were located on Main Street and Woodbine
Gallery Thirty Seven
Avenue spanning about 100 years, from the 1880s’ Morris City Grocery with their fresh produce and dry goods to the 1980s 5&10 with their ribbon and toys.
Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport. Museum hours through April 15: Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Grounds admission: $7 adults, $6 students with ID and seniors 62 and older, and $3 children 12 and under. Mansion tour, add $5 per person. 631854-5555. www.vanderbiltmuseum.org. • The planetarium’s new show, “Black Holes: Journey into the Unknown,” has regular showings on Tuesdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.
Walt Whitman Birthplace 246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station. Hours: Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. Admission: $6 adults, $5 seniors, $4 students, and children under 5 are free. 631-427-5240. www.waltwhitman.org. • Schedule at a time convenient for your group for high tea and transport yourself back in time as your group experiences High Tea in a private gathering house at the Birthplace. $25/person. 631-427-5240, ext. 120. teaparty@waltwhitman.org. • Magic Bob bring his family-friendly illusion show to Halloween Family Day on Saturday, Oct. 25, 1 p.m., with facepainting, prizes for best costume, and tours of the Whitman house. Register by calling Carolyn at 631-427-5240, ext. 113 or emailing educator@waltwhitman.org. $9/child, chaperones free.
MUSIC/DANCE Five Towns College Performing Arts Center Five Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. Box Office: 631-6562148. www.dhpac.org. • “The Metamorphoses” shows Thursday, Oct. 16; Friday, Oct. 17; and Saturday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. $15/$12 for senior citizens and students. A vigorous search into the contemporary relevance of ancient Greek Gods, from Zeus, Apollo, Cupid and Psyche, to Orpheus and Eurydice, “Metamorphoses” is a play based on the classic Ancient Greek poem by Ovid.
The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington. 631673-7300. www.paramountny.com. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. • Robin Trower plays with guest Phil Varca & The Slam Jammers Fri., Oct. 24. Ticket Prices: $49.50-$79.50. • Breaking Benjamin: Un-Plugged on Sat., Oct. 25. $30-$75.
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County bans sale of powdered caffeine to minors (Continued from page A5)
folk County, the first law of its kind in the world, he said. “We want to warn the kids,” Spencer said. “This should be a controlled substance… Some argue that low amounts of caffeine can stimulate the brain and give mental clarity, but that quickly leads to anxiousness and confusion… There are no positive uses.” Difficulty breathing, dizziness, convulsions, fever, hallucinations,
irregular rapid heartbeat, vomiting and death have all been linked to caffeine overdoses, the legislation reads, but the effects of the drug have perhaps most prominently, and unfortunately, been seen in the death of an Ohio high school senior, Logan Stiner, who overdosed on the powdered substance in May. “Ever since [Stiner’s] death I’ve had [this ban] on my radar… [And] as a result of the legislation, his fam-
ily reached out to us,” Spencer said, adding that the family will be heading to Washington to further advocate for action against the substance. “That will really fast track the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] into looking at this… Passing a law in Suffolk County is manifesting an impact in the federal government.” The law has also made waves in the business world, Spencer said; one of the known manufacturers of pow-
dered caffeine has already begun reformulating their product. “That to me is the ultimate legislative victory, when at least one of the manufacturers honors the national attention,” he said. “What it does is put a spotlight on the issue.” Effective once it is filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, Spencer hopes to see the law in action by the beginning of 2015, if not the end of this year.
Paramount to host Music Hall of fame induction (Continued from page A1)
be joining Russell Javors (rhythm and lead guitar) and Richie Cannata (keyboards, saxophones) as they’re inducted next Thursday. The late Doug Stegmeyer (bass guitar, backing vocals) will also be inducted. Joel himself was inducted in 2006. The only drawback, DeVitto said in an interview Friday, is that he’ll miss the annual charity gala for Little Kids Rock, a charity he supports which trains public school teachers and donates all of the resources needed to run pop/rock-based music education classes. “As close as Little Kids Rock is to my heart, I had to go with my buddies from the past,” DeVitto said. Also being inducted are Northport
native Patti Lupone, who will not be in attendance, and former Lloyd Neck resident Debbie Gibson, as well as record producer Clive Davis, concert promoter Ron Delsner, lyricist Gerry Goffin, and rapper and producer Kurtis Blow. The 2014 Harry Chapin Award recipient is previous inductee DMC of Run DMC. The re-formed Billy Joel band will perform during the ceremony; DeVitto said he’s not sure how many numbers they’ll have time to play, but “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” is the likely first choice. DeVitto, an expressive presence on the stage – “I have Lib on the drums because I need to have the focus taken off of me,” DeVitto recalled Joel saying – learned to play
by ear. The talents he developed brought him around the world, including on a groundbreaking 1987 tour of the former Soviet Union, an eye-opening experience which will be celebrated during the ceremony. “When I got off the plane, I thought I was going to meet threeheaded dragons who breathe fire. But they were just like us,” DeVitto said. As DeVitto and his compatriots prepare to dip into the Billy Joel songbook, Gibson, who cited Joel as one of her top influences as a native Long Islander, will be soon standing shoulder to shoulder with DeVitto and other luminaries. “I’m in the most amazing company,” she said. “I’ve met Patti. We ac-
tually study with the same voice teacher, and I grew up idolizing her work on Broadway. To me, probably Clive Davis is the honoree I’m in awe of the most. He’s a visionary and has brought so much music into my life that helped shape who I am.” Gibson said she’s excited to see the “classy, cool” venue for the first time. Huntington is never far from her heart, she said. “I get back there periodically so I don’t actually feel so removed,” she said. “When our family moved to Lloyd Neck in the early 1990s, Huntington was my train station. I always love coming back. It’s my roots!” For more information about the Hall of Fame, visit www.limusichalloffame.org.
Best selling author filming in Dix Hills (Continued from page A1)
because… they saw that people can do things from their own community.” Shooting in Dix Hills, literally in Weber’s backyard, was a matter of
convenience – a theme that seems omnipresent in the work of Weber and Nixon, as their scripts come from writing Weber has done. “It made going into movies very
Teen’s DWI battle (Continued from page A6)
ences in fighting underage drinking and brainstorm on how to better connect with their peers and convince them to wait until they’re 21. Closer to home, Sarah’s trusty “drunk goggles” were a valuable tool at the Long Island Fall Festival Sunday in driving the point home of how much a difference alcohol can make. Those goggles simulate a blood alcohol content of .07-.10, or the equivalent of three to five drinks. While donning those goggles, participants are put through a basic field sobriety test. Once they take off the goggles, they are then asked to sign the pledge. Her work is getting the attention of
lawmakers. County Executive Steve Bellone recently awarded her a proclamation, as did Governor Andrew Cuomo and others. Congressman Steve Israel (D-Huntington) paid a visit to her Long Island Fall Festival booth on Sunday, and she has met with Congressional candidate Kathleen Rice, who, in her role as Nassau County DA, has been one of the region’s most ferocious advocates against drunk driving. With the foundation set, Sarah said she’s looking to expand her efforts by creating a series of palm cards bearing personal stories from each Long Island neighborhood. “It’s going to impact them,” Cheryl said.
easy; because we had the content to create the scripts,” said Nixon. “And that’s something a lot of people don’t have.” Weber’s publishing company, Urban Books LLC, specializes in AfricanAmerican topics. His films do the same. “He has the knack to tell stories,” said Nixon of Weber. “A lot of films, you will be able to predict what’s coming next; these, you won’t.” The two are lifelong friends and have been working together for about five years, learning from the mistakes
of others, Nixon said. Employing three “Movie Movers” trailers, Weber and Nixon took to Vanderbilt Parkway in recent weeks, down the road from Weber’s house. At the conclusion of the first half of production last week, Nixon sat calmly next to a table that held a wooden bird statue and Weber pulled up images of the film shoot on his phone. The embodiment of zero Hollywood stereotypes, the lifelong friends will soon fly to Los Angeles.
Sukkot blessings (Continued from page A6)
traditions are steeped the Torah in serve to symbolize Jewish unity. Jews hold together an etrog (citron), lulav (unopened palm branch), hadass (myrtle twig, of which three are taken) and aravah (willow, two twigs), recite a blessing over it and shake it back and forth in all directions. “On Sukkot, we take these four different species, symbolizing four different types of Jewish people, and we
shake it together and make a blessing symbolizing complete Jewish unity,” Rabbi Asher Vaisfiche said. At the Fall Festival – an ideal synergy between the holiday celebration and harvest season – Vaisfiche said the reaction was favorable. “Not everyone has an opportunity to get a lulav themselves, so they stand here and make a blessing and take two minutes to fulfill the mitzvah,” Vaifiche said.
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HillSPORTS BOYS SOCCER>> HALF HOLLOW HILLS WEST 1, RIVERHEAD 0
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Historically, last week was one of the worst that Half Hollow Hills High School West has seen on the boys soccer field in quite some time. For the first time in 11 years, Head Coach Doug Gannon said, the Colts (6-3-1) dropped back-to-back league matches – with 3-1 defeats coming at the hands of both Smithtown West (9-1) and North Babylon (8-1-1). On Friday, though, in a hard-fought game, the Colts bounced back with a 1-0 victory over Riverhead (3-7). “We stressed all week about playing tough, and the guys really [did that] today,” Gannon said. “To come back and fight a good Riverhead team and knock them off 1-0 shows a lot of character and resiliency from our team.” Junior Young Lee scored the lone
goal for the Colts after senior captain Stephen Lauria took a shot off of a free kick for Hills West. Riverhead’s keeper made the save diving to his left, but the ball bounced free to Lee who ran on to it and blasted it into the back of the net for his first goal of the season. Defensively, Hills West’s back line impressed, “[keeping] Riverhead at bay,” Gannon said, with solid performances from defenders Brendan Iris, Carter Hallock, Ryan Barone and Kory Fitzgerald, a third-year player for the Colts and another of its senior captains. Gannon was also impressed by the play of his goalkeeper, Hunter Goldberg, who has taken over the starting role after Tyler DeLucia went down with a rib injury earlier this season. “[Goldberg was] huge,” Gannon said. “He has stepped in these last couple games and it’s been a pleasant
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A senior captain, Stephen Lauria is Hills West’s leading scorer this year. surprise [for us].” Late in the second half, Goldberg made a diving save to his left that
kept Riverhead scoreless – one of his three recorded saves in the game – and helped bring Hills West ever closer to a playoff spot. As of press time Monday, the Colts needed a win or a tie to clinch a spot with four games remaining on the schedule – all of which are against teams Hills West has already defeated. “We’re trying to run the table and finish the regular season at [10-3-1] to get ready for the playoffs,” Gannon said. First up for the Colts was a trip to Copiague (3-6) on Tuesday after press time. On Friday, a trip to Centereach (5-5) will kick off at 4 p.m. Closing out the season, one more away game at West Islip (2-7) starts at 4 p.m. on Oct. 20, and then the final game of the League III season will be at home against Newfield (2-7) again at 4 p.m on Oct. 22.
GIRLS SOCCER>> NORTHPORT 1, HALF HOLLOW HILLS EAST 0
T-Birds Tough Against Undefeated Northport By Andrew Wroblewski awroblewski@longislandergroup.com
The goalposts: friend to some, foe to others. On Thursday against Northport (10-0), the goalposts may have surpassed the term “foe” for the ladies of the Half Hollow Hills High School East’s girls soccer team; they might now be an arch-nemesis. With less than 6 minutes remaining in the game, the Thunderbirds hit a post, the crossbar and just narrowly missed another post; Hills East (64) fell to Northport 1-0. “We were right there a couple of times at the end… Just a hard-fought game all around,” Thunderbirds’ Head Coach Matt Mayo said. “I thought [we] did a really great job… I’m proud of my team.” For Mayo, contending with Northport, what he called “one of the best teams on Long Island,” was a victory in and of itself. “We’ve been working towards this for a few years, to be able to hang with teams like this, to beat teams
like this – and we put ourselves in a position to do that today,” Mayo said. The Tigers have yet to give up a goal this season, but on Thursday it looked like the Thunderbirds had their minds set on changing that. Forward Christina Bellero – the Thunderbirds’ leading scorer (11) – broke through into Northport territory twice and found herself and the back of the net separated by just Tigers’ goalkeeper Emma Havrilla. The senior’s first effort was a shot that rolled to the far left post and collided to let out an audible “thunk” that not only rocked the woodwork, but also the hearts of Hills East supporters who let out groans that were, perhaps, just as loud, and absolutely just as heartbreaking. The second shot looked like it had a chance to sneak beneath the crossbar, but Havrilla batted the ball up just enough to have it bounce back out into the box where it was ultimately cleared. “You never feel good about losing,” Mayo said, “but this is the kind of loss that you take something pos-
Christina Bellero, right, hit the post twice within the last six minutes of play for Hills East on Thursday against a Northport team that hasn’t allowed a goal. itive away from it.” Junior goalkeeper Mackenzie Kagan recorded 12 saves for the Thunderbirds in the game – tied for her second-highest total in a game this season. Despite the loss, the Thunderbirds still look primed for a playoff push. With four games remaining as of press time Monday, Hills East needs just one win to clinch a playoff spot – something the team hasn’t done in its last two seasons. “For us, [making the playoffs] is a huge step for the program… They’ve come a long way,” Mayo
said. “This whole year has been a big step forward.” On Wednesday, the girls traveled to Walt Whitman (1-7-3) – a team the Thunderbirds have already defeated once this season, 5-0. On Friday, Hills East makes a trip to Smithtown East (7-2-1) with kickoff scheduled for 4 p.m. The Thunderbirds’ final home game of the regular season is scheduled for Monday at 4 p.m. against Central Islip (0-10-1). League II play comes to a close with a trip to Connetquot (3-6-2) at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
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