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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2014 HALF HOLLOW HILLS
PD: No Arrest In Hills Bomb Threat By Arielle Dollinger adollinger@longislandergroup.com
Christina Perri performs at The Paramount on Dec. 10.
Christina Perri Takes Head And Heart to Paramount By Arielle Dollinger adollinger@longislandergroup.com
When a 24-year-old Christina Perri performed a song called “Jar of Hearts” on Fox network’s “So You Think You Can Dance” TV show, the then-Beverly Hills barista was relatively unknown. Of that performance came over a million (Continued on page A21
No arrest has been made in an “ongoing investigation” involving emailed bomb threats to Half Hollow Hills High School East, Superintendent Kelly Fallon said last week, but a student was recently questioned by police. The superintendent would not comment on whether the questioning, which occurred on Nov. 19, was in relation to the threats or a separate incident. “There was questioning that took place off of school grounds,” Fallon said. “There was no arrest, no one was found guilty.” (Continued on page A21)
No arrest has been made in connection with a bomb threat at Hills East.
DIX HILLS/COMMACK
For Heartland, The Beat Goes On ‘Mini-city’ concept one step closer to zone-chang By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com
Heartland Town Square has taken another step forward toward possible shovels in the ground, an Islip town councilman said.
Heartland Town Square, the ambitious “mini-city” proposed to be built on 450 acres of land that was once Pilgrim State Hospital on the Dix Hills/Commack border, is one step closer to shovels in the ground. Islip Town Councilman Steve Flotteron said that on Nov. 18, the Islip Town Board authorized a findings statement based on the draft and general environmental impact statements on the project. The town board accepted the fi(Continued on page A21)
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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Algieri Goes The Distance With Pacquiao By Andrew Wroblewski awroblewski@longislandergroup.com
“Manny Pacquiao is a hell of a fighter.” After Chris Algieri fell to world boxing star Pacquiao on Saturday, that’s what the Greenlawn native had to say. In front of a crowd of thousands and being broadcast to millions of others, Algieri took on Pacquiao at the Venetian Macao casino in Macau, China. Algieri – undefeated beforehand and holder of the World Boxing Organization’s (WBO) junior welterweight title – lost by unanimous decision to Pacquiao after going a full 12 rounds with the WBO’s welterweight champion. “It's not so much the punching power, to tell you the truth; it’s how he mixes the punches up,” Algieri said in the ring following the fight. “He has a very, very distinct and unique style that he has perfected.” The fight was dominated by Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs) almost entirely. Algieri (20-1, 8 KOs) was knocked down on six separate occasions – water in one corner of the ring may have played a role in a few – and was very rarely able to create breathing room between himself and the onslaught of Pacquiao punches. Overall, it seemed as if Pacquiao was just on another level of focus – and rightfully so. The 35-year-old from the Philippines has held world titles in eight separate weight classes
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Greenlawn native holds own against champ for 12 full rounds
Chris Algieri, left, takes on WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao Saturday night at the Venetian Macao casino in Macau, China. and will assuredly be a world boxing hall of famer. “I did my best. Of course, I am satisfied with my performance,” Pacquiao said in the ring after the fight, which was broadcasted on HBO pay-per-view. “I came to fight. I did my best. I think that’s enough.” For Algieri, the performance is still something to be proud of. While he, of course, would have preferred a win, the night instead turned into “a learning experience,” Algieri said – one that will only benefit the 30year-old as he prepares for future ventures in the ring. Algieri’s title was not up for grabs Saturday, so his next fight may very well have to
come in its defense. “I am OK, just disappointed,” Algieri said to his followers on Twitter after the fight. “Thank you everyone for your support, it means the world to me. I learned a lot tonight and promise I’ll be back.” While future fights develop in the coming months, Algieri, a St. Anthony’s High School graduate, can spend his spare time spending his career-high earnings from the fight: $1.675 million – a cool 16.75 times more than the $100,000 the champ took home after his previous triumph over Ruslan Provodnikov in June. Speaking of Provodnikov, along with the “Siberian Rocky,” Algieri al-
so took down American boxer Emmanuel Taylor in 2014. Algieri made his way from Huntington’s Paramount, to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and finally the Venetian Macao. While Saturday’s setback may sting for a bit, Algieri has plenty to be proud of this year – and he knows that. “It’s been a great year,” he said in the press conference following the fight against Pacquiao. “I’m really looking forward to what 2015 is holding and has ahead for me. I’m going to take the rest of this year… to gather my wits, get back to the drawing board and get back out there to make another run.”
Rosewood Inn Closes By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com
The Rosewood Inn on Route 110 in Melville has closed, making the site one step closer to becoming a TD Bank. A sign posted in the door of the Rosewood Inn Friday said the restaurant had “lost our lease.” The closure comes despite assertions last November by an employee who said that the restaurant still had three years left on a 15-year lease. However, the owners of The Rosewood Inn, Gina Fogarty and William Rose, aren’t out of business. Their new restaurant, Wild Rose, is open on New Highway near Republic Airport.
The Huntington Planning Board signed off on May 28 on a site plan for a 2,560 square-foot bank on Route 110, which would be built in the Rosewood Inn’s place. Previously, the town planning board hashed out traffic concerns related to the bank. A TD spokesperson said this spring that the company is aiming for a grand opening in late 2015. TD’s proposed Melville location is one of three active bank proposals in the works in the Town of Huntington. Others include a bank at 460 Pulaski Road in Greenlawn, which is scheduled to open in 2015, and a second at 1941 Jericho Turnpike near Elwood Road, which TD aims to open in 2016. A Huntington village location opened in August 2013.
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MELVILLE
The Rosewood Inn, pictured Friday, has closed its doors. The restaurant is the future site of a TD Bank on Route 110.
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POLICE REPORT Compiled by Danny Schrafel
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Turkey and pigskin… While I may not real- downtowns to kick off the season in style. In Huntington, the lighted holiday ly ever understand it, Thanksgiving and football parade is magic manifested in have gone together like mashed potatoes and fire trucks, lights and music. gravy for as long as I can reFollowing the parade is a member. In fact, the history of IN THE KNOW street festival, and we hear American football games being WITH AUNT ROSIE Santa will be making an applayed on Thanksgiving dates pearance! At the same time in back all the way to the late 1800s! Can you beNorthport, the annual leg lamp lieve that? This year, while I’m finishing up at lighting brings “A Christmas Story” to life with the dinner table with some turkey, stuffing and a celebration – and hot chocolate. So wherever corn bread, I can guarantee my nieces and you live, kick off the season right! nephews will be curled up on the couch “feasting” on the pigskin; and I can’t say I blame A real life super villain?... I heard on the them – it is a Thanksgiving tradition, after all! radio a story that I think is just preposterous, but What’s your tradition?... Everyone has one then again, who knows these days? Apparently a 12-year-old boy in Russia who was electrocuted on Thanksgiving. What’s yours? I’ve heard a now claims he is a human magnet. The boy was bunch that I like that I want to incorporate into almost killed when he leaned against a live metmy own traditions. One of my friend’s grandal lamppost and was sent flying. He says he now daughters laid down a new rule where they go can do things he couldn’t do before – like ataround the table before dinner and everyone tracting metal objects to his body. Coins, forks, says one thing that they are grateful for. Another spoons and ladles stick to this kid like glue. family I know plays Thanksgiving-themed chaNow, I am no scientist, but I think this is ridicurades. And my other friend – and his tradition is lous and got so upset with the radio people for my favorite – has a post-Thanksgiving ritual even giving this story air time. Aren’t some kids where he puts all the leftovers into one sand(and little boys, at that) just naturally sticky? wich. That means a super-sandwich filled with turkey, stuffing, corn, gravy, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce. Delicious. What’s your an(Aunt Rosie wants to hear from you! If you nual tradition? Email me and maybe I’ll share have comments, ideas, or tips about what’s hapthem! pening in your neck of the woods, write to me toTurn on the lights!... Some other traditions this time of year happen right after Thanksgiving. On Saturday, don’t forget to head to your
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A DeForest Road home in Dix Hills was burglarized sometime between 3 p.m. Nov. 11 and Nov. 16, Suffolk County police said. Police said someone entered the residence and stole jewelry. It’s unclear how they got in.
Smash And Grab Cops are searching for the person who smashed the window of a 2014 BMW X3 SUV and stole a MacBook Pro from inside the car on Nov. 18. Police said the incident occurred at approximately 2:15 p.m. in the parking lot of Henry Schein’s office building.
Basement Bandit A burglar got in through the basement of a Kinsella Street home in Dix Hills and burglarized it Nov. 18, according to Suffolk County police. The incident occurred at approximately 1 p.m. It’s still unclear exactly what was stolen from the home.
Bad Neighbors Police are investigating a Dix Hills criminal mischief complaint as a hate crime. Cops were called to the Buttonwood Drive home at 2:18 p.m. Nov. 19, where someone had spray-painted a racial slur in the street in front of the home.
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How cute is this face? Little Roman Jacob Bynoe is two months old and growing fast. He was born in September to parents Christian Bynoe and Sarah Verde. He’s a lucky little boy for many reasons – one of which is that his aunt is Huntington Chamber of Commerce Operations Manager Courtney Bynoe.
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By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com
Ask longtime observers on the smart-growth beat about the mood in the air when it comes to a push for community-centered, mixeduse development, and you’ll probably hear that things are looking pretty bright. “We’re not talking so much about what is not happening and why it is not happening,” said Newsday columnist Joye Brown, who moderated a breakfast panel at the Vision Long Island’s Smart Growth Summit at the Melville Marriott Friday. “Have we actually turned the corner in recognizing what’s necessary for the island to thrive in this century?” Eric Alexander, executive director of Vision Long Island, wants to hear more of that. “There’s so much negativity – ‘Things aren’t happening, let’s wring our hands, let’s whine, let’s complain.’ Enough. Enough, folks,” he said. “This is a pet peeve of mine. There are so many good things happening.”
It hasn’t necessarily become easier to move forward, Huntington Supervisor Frank Petrone said, but there has been progress – and that means new challenges. Take the recent push to add apartments over retail-commercial uses in Huntington village, for example. “Ten years ago, this was taboo. Now, it’s pretty well accepted,” he said. “But it brings new challenges, such as the challenge of parking… with more apartments coming, the challenge gets greater.” “There is a path forward for remaking suburbia,” added Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine. “We’re in the process of doing that here.” Leveraging existing assets like the Mineola train station hub has resulted in nearly 900 rental units being in the surrounding Nassau County village, Mayor Scott Strauss said. Another 900 are going up in Huntington township, Petrone added. “We’ve seen development in the village of Mineola like we’re never seen before,” Strauss said, adding that once shovels were in the
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Vision Long Island Executive Director Eric Alexander addresses guests of the Smart Growth Summit at the Melville Marriott Friday morning. On the dais, from left: Southampton Supervisor Anna Thorne-Holst, Brookhave Supervisor Ed Romaine, Huntington Supervisor Frank Petrone and panel moderator Joye Brown of Newsday. ground for the first complex, public opposition to subsequent projects lessened. But one of the perennial roadblocks – sewers, or the lack thereof – however, remained in the spot-
light of the panel of town supervisors, council members and village mayors. U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (DNY) said he would make advocacy (Continued on page A20)
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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Town’s Adult Day Care Celebrates Milestone
Supervisor Frank Petrone and members of the Town Board celebrate the 30th anniversary of the town’s adult daycare facility Friday. The Town of Huntington’s Adult Day Care Center – the first adult day care center opened by a Long Island town – marked its 30th anniversary Nov. 14. “There were people who took a great deal of pain and effort to make this the one and only adult day care center that we had on Long Island,” Supervisor Frank Petrone said during a program marking the anniversary. Speaking of the current program, he added, “It is an opportunity for some of you to get away, and to be together. You have the opportunity here to do things, which is so important. We celebrate the commitment you are making, your family is making and the Town of Huntington is making.” Adult Day Care, located in the Village Green Center at 423 Park Ave., serves frail elderly and persons with cognitive challenges. It provides a structured program of daily activities, crafts, parties and day trips that help maintain physical and cognitive abilities, socialization, companionship and enhanced self-esteem. The center is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the program includes a continental breakfast and main meal. Individual transportation, with handicapped accessibility, is provided free of charge for Town of Huntington residents. The fees are budget-friendly and are accepted by some long-term care insurance plans and Medicaid.
When the center opened on Nov. 13, 1984, it had three members. By the end of the month, that had risen to 11. At Friday’s celebration, there were over 60. Sr. Carmelina Lally was the Director of the Day Care Program; she attended the 30th anniversary celebration and helped cut the cake. The facility expanded in 2006 to increase the size of the dining area and large group room and add two activity rooms, additional bathroom facilities, and a vestibule. Since 2006, the center has had a Caregiver Respite Care Contract with Suffolk County Office for the Aging, in which they will pay for one day/week attendance for those ADC members who qualify. Additionally, the center has three active contracts for Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care. The center also has a long-term friendship with the Melville Lions Club. In 1986 the Melville, Northport-Centerport, and the East Northport Lions Clubs purchased a patio awning. In 1989, the Northport-Centerport Lions and the Northport-East Northport Kiwanis Club purchased a duplicating machine. Since 1986, the Melville Lions have funded an annual Holiday Party and from 19982005 they donated funds from the yearly Lobsterfest fund raiser held at the Centerport Beach pavilion. For more information about the program, call 631-351-3293.
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DIX HILLS
Zoning Board Approves Fast Food Proposal By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com
Huntington’s Zoning Board of Appeals signed off Nov. 13 on a proposal to build a combined Dunkin’ Donuts, Baskin-Robbins and Nathan’s hot dog shop on the Dix Hills border on a parcel once eyed for the Babylon-Northport Expressway, and currently next to a Designer Shoe Warehouse. Centerport-based Multibrands Elwood Real Estate received a special use permit along with depth and parking variances to build on the roughly three-quarter acre parcel on Jericho Turnpike near Elwood Road in Elwood. The site was originally earmarked for clover leaf for the Babylon-Northport Expressway, a highway that was scuttled in the early 1980s. The existing Dunkin’ Donuts in the Elwood Shopping Center would close and move to the new location. Entry and exit to the shop will be by right-turn only. “You’d have to be quasi-suicidal to try to go eastbound,” attorney Tom Abbate said of a left turn
across Elwood Road. The right-turn-only westbound entrance, Abbate said, is ideally situated to capture morning rush hour traffic. Site plan engineers said the angle of the driveway and signage will prevent left-hand turns. “It’s going to be very apparent – it’s only 30 feet away,” said Wayne Mueller, a traffic engineer with RMS Engineering. The new property would be open daily from 4:30 a.m.-midnight, with daily deliveries between 10 p.m. and midnight. The land is the last undeveloped piece of what would have been the Babylon-Northport Expressway, real estate expert John Breslin said. Sbarro had eyed the land for sitdown restaurant in 2004, but ran into trouble with getting health department approvals and abandoned the project. The state had plans to build the highway in the early 1960s but by 1970 had abandoned the plan. By then, only a small portion of the planned road, from Montauk Highway to just south of the Southern State Parkway, had been built. From
The town zoning board approved variances to allow a three-franchise, fast food store on Jericho Turnpike at Elwood Road. Inset, a rendering of the planned store. there, Route 231 continues north as Deer Park Ave. until the Northern State Parkway in Dix Hills. After the project was scrapped, the state sold the rights-of-way for the expressway on a parcel-by-
parcel basis through the late 1990s. Even with this approval in hand, other approvals are needed from the New York State, which experts retained by Multibrands estimated would take about a year.
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Put The Smart Into Smart Growth No one ever said “smart growth” would drain” as a critical issue to be addressed. happen overnight. The good news is that afThe new challenge is parking. Relaxing ter making inroads on the Long Island de- zoning requirements to allow for developvelopment scene over the past ment of rental housing is worsdecade or so, significant EDITORIAL ening an existing parking progress is being made. crunch, and that creates an ecoThat’s the word out of Vision Long Is- nomic danger zone. When parking beland’s Smart Growth Summit that last week comes too difficult, customers go elsebrought together developers, builders, plan- where. ners and elected officials to participate in It’s our opinion that Huntington village panel discussions on local development is- is at that point. Recently enacted changes sues. And they are local; every town on – including a price increase – to metered Long Island has different priorities and parking have made more spaces available faces different issues in addressing the to shoppers in core areas, and increased challenges of growth and development. enforcement has successfully moved emIn Huntington, there is progress to report ployees to the all-day parking areas outon a longtime lack of rental housing in the side the core area. But with many develtown. According to Supervisor Frank opments still in the pipeline, the village is Petrone, some 900 rental units are coming likely facing a crisis. online. Several hundred of that total are in We need a better management plan. We the Huntington Station community and are also need a commitment from town offiexpected to add fuel to revitalization efforts cials that increased revenues from parking under way there. fees and fines will be committed to creating As the supervisor pointed out, however, a long-term solution. When a Zoning Board meeting one challenge can bring up anoth- member asks, how could they turn down a er. That’s exactly the case with the recent parking variance when they have not said burst in development of apartments over “no” before, we are witnessing bizarre logcommercials spaces in downtown Hunting- ic. Each case should be judged on its own ton village. Development of apartments in merits. If the zoning board believes it can the downtown area helps meet a need for only rubber stamp a parking variance, then rental housing, and it meets smart growth why have them at all? Until a coherent enplanning goals by providing housing with- forceable plan is in place, a moratorium on in the downtown area, a priority among the development of new apartments should be young professionals to whom smart growth put in place to give the town time to put that principles cater. Numerous studies and plan before the public for approval. That think tanks identify the so-called “brain would put the “smart” into “smart growth.”
best in the state, but also get their fair share of state education aid. Just as important, we need to alleviate one of the most substantial burdens that plague many of our schools – unfunded mandates. Additionally, having high quality, compassionate, and local mental health services for our children is vital in order to secure a healthier and happier future. Therefore, I will remain fully committed to keeping inpatient services available at Sagamore Children’s Center. Going hand-in-hand with education is an economic environment that is conducive to growth for small businesses. In recognition of this fact, I will do everything I can to help keep taxes low and put in place other incentives to make New York a business-friendly state once again. Creating and maintaining these conditions will not only benefit entrepreneurs and businesses, but it will also create the opportunities we need for our young talent entering the workforce. All of the aforementioned would be for naught if public safety is compromised. The tragedy that befell our community at Legal Sea Foods must never be repeated. I was fortunate to have led a bipartisan effort to pass legislation that will require the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in establishments which emit the dangerous gas. I will continue to impress upon the governor how important it is to sign this legislation which is
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Forward Together DEAR EDITOR: [On Election Day], the people of the 10th Assembly District once again [gave] me the honor and privilege of being their representative in Albany. As an assemblyman,
I fully understand how important it is to ensure that my work in Albany reflects the needs and concerns of my constituents. Fortunately, I have an active and involved community that constantly keeps me apprised of its interests, and for this I am ex-
tremely grateful and will continue to rely upon. In my second term, I intend to build upon the successes of the last two years, especially with respect to education. I will continue to ensure that our local public schools not only remain the
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Life&Style THEATER
Arts Center Goes ‘Under The Sea’ Take a journey “under the sea” this Dec. 6-7 at the Five Towns College Performing Arts Center, when your favorite characters, Ariel, Flounder, Sebastian and Scuttle, take the stage in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Jr.” With a bright and energetic score by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater and a book by Doug Wright, Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Jr.” will delight and capture the hearts of children and adults alike. It is the classic tale of Ariel, a young mermaid who yearns to see what life is like on the shore. Despite her father’s warnings of the humans, Ariel encounters a ship on a stormy night and saves a prince named Eric and falls in love with him. She then goes to the Sea Witch, Ursula, who offers her a deal that will turn her into a human for three days in order to
win the heart of her prince. The catch is that Ariel must give up her voice to become human. With the help of her friends, Flounder, Sebastian and Scuttle, Ariel must get Prince Eric to kiss her and fall in love so they can live happily ever after. Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Jr.” is directed by Five Towns College Theatre Arts Division Chairman James Beneduce with musical direction by Dr. Hosun Moon. Performances are Saturday, Dec. 6 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 7 at 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. Tickets are $10. The Five Towns College Performing Arts Center is located at 305 North Service Road, in Dix Hills. To buy tickets and for additional information, you can call the Box Office at 631-656-2148 or visit www.dhpac.org.
Ryan Katon-Donegal plays Prince Eric and Ashley Ferraro is Ariel in Five Towns College Performing Arts Center’s “The Little Mermaid Jr.”
MUSIC/FILM
Spend A Night With Peter Yarrow On 50th Anniversary
Peter, Paul and Mary run on stage as always, hand-in-hand. Peter Yarrow will serve as a personal guide with commentary and a live performance in Huntington next week. The Dec. 3 event at the Cinema Arts Centre brings Yarrow to Huntington for a showing of the brand new documentary, “50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary,” including DVD “extras” that will not be broadcast on TV. The evening will include a live performance – from beloved anthems to selections from 13 never-beforerecorded songs – as well as a reception and signing of the group’s handsome, moving new coffee table book
chronicling the iconic trio’s epic journey of uplifting music and powerful activism. The book includes a foreword by John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State, who says the band – Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers – defined a generation, leaving a legacy that lives on today. One of Peter, Paul and Mary’s most famous performances was of “If I Had a Hammer” and “Blowin’ in the Wind” at the 1963 March on Washington. The group hit the air waves in 1962 with their first charttopping album and went on to win five Grammies and have 13 Top 40
Peter, Paul and Mary at the 20th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. hits, eight gold and five platinum albums. “An Evening With Peter Yarrow” is Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington. Tickets are $25 for members and $30 for the general public; book signing reception in-
cluded. Visit www.CinemaArtsCentre.org for more information. The event is produced by Jud Newborn, the arts center’s curator of special programs, is co-presented by the Folk Music Society of Huntington and is sponsored by Bottles and Cases.
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From the outside, Pashley Children’s Boutique can very easily be mistaken for a home. Right on one of Main Street’s most quiet stretches in Cold Spring Harbor, Pashley comes complete with an outside deck – marked with rocking chairs and a welcome mat – and a façade filled with wide-open windows that look as if they lead to bedrooms and living rooms. Inside, though, while the comfort of a typical home persists, those who enter Pashley are welcomed into a world of a department store – or a “mini-department store,” as Debbie Schipper, daughter of Pashley’s owner, likes to call it. “There’s just a lot here… Each room is a different age group,” Schipper, who started working for her mother, Pat Ramsay, at Pashley’s five years ago, said. “People come here from all over because we have a bigger selection [here] than most department stores, I believe.” Boys and girls upstairs, toddlers and infants downstairs, at Pashley
Pat Ramsay, left, is the owner of Pashley Children’s Boutique in Cold Spring Harbor. She is pictured with her daughter Debbie Schipper, whom she works alongside in the Main Street shop. the sizes start with “age 0,” Schipper said, and go all the way to size 16 for girls and 20 for boys. Junior sizes are also available for girls. Pashley also specializes in jewelry, accessories, toys and – recently – items targeted for ladies. “We do the whole thing,” Pat Ramsay, owner of the shop since 1990, said. “Service is the biggest we have [though]. Frankly, my girls have been here forever.” Once open in the building that today stands as Sweetie Pies coffee shop, Pashley made the move to 169 Main St. in 1991. The new building – which was once a doctor’s office
and home – was a natural choice for a business that showed success, Ramsay said. “We were lucky… And now we’ve been here for quite a while,” she said. “It was just a natural business… for me to plunge into.” A seamstress by trade, Ramsay expressed her love for all things clothing – but especially for that of children’s clothing. Having designed and sewn her daughters’ clothes when they were children, and wedding gowns as they grew, it’s safe to say that Pat knows her stuff – as do her workers. “A lot of [my employees] are
probably at the 20-year mark now and they really are good with the customers,” Ramsay, of Cold Spring Harbor, said. “They know the business; they know the sizing; they know how to handle the customers.” That guidance can be especially helpful with Communion season ramping up in the coming months. “That starts, usually right after the holidays – the best time to come is in January – and it’s big business for [us],” Schipper said. “People come from all over Long Island, Westchester and New Jersey to [shop] here.” Prices on dresses, Schipper said, can range from $100 all the way through to $800 depending on the customer’s choice and budget. Suits and tuxedos, of course, are also available for boys. For now, though, as Pashley’s bigger siblings prepare for Black Friday fire sales, the Cold Spring Harbor boutique has decided to follow suit and offer something it has never before. Until the end of November, for every $100 customers spend at Pashley, they will receive a coupon for $20 that can be redeemed from Dec. 1-Dec. 24.
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The Conservative Portfolio Spending Pickle By Peter Klein info@longislandergroup.com
Individuals with certain cash flow needs from their portfolios are finding it difficult to make those returns given the current market conditions. Think of a retired couple who need a certain cash flow from their portfolio to live their lives. Also Endowments and Private Foundations, which are required to pay out 5 percent of their assets to charitable organizations annually to remain tax exempt, are geared to the goal of providing donations (or support) via the cash flow generated by their assets. Nonprofit organizations use these donations to sustain their mission and to develop long term initiatives—so clearly this cash flow is
the life-blood of the nonprofit sector. In the years before the financial crisis—before the Federal Reserve’s Herculean efforts to stimulate the economy via ultra low interest rates and QE programs (buying bonds on the open market so to keep rates low) investor’s had the opportunity to place capital on the “side-lines” at a relatively nice risk free rate of return (3-5 percent). However today that is no longer the case—as they say—cash is trash—in that it doesn’t provide any substantive return. So given the environment—financial repression as it has been referred to—investors are in a pickle for they are finding it very difficult to make the return they need to in order to maintain their giving. The math is sobering: Given a 60-
percent equity and 40-percent fixed income portfolio, whereby the fixed income sleeve is likely to achieve no more than 2 percent return (and that’s no slam dunk for sure). To achieve a mid 7-percent return with a 60/40 portfolio would require the equity portion to achieve a near 12-percent return which is above the 25 year long term average. So what is the investor to do? How can the steward their portfolio—often their greatest asset—to produce the returns they need to survive and live their lives? Of course they can spend less—but this is cold comfort for seniors who have worked their entire lives and now are looking forward to their Golden years (not tin ones). A couple of things that should be kept front and center in the minds of these investors:
• It doesn’t have to be a yield – can be a total return. In other words one doesn’t have to focus on just the dividend yield or cash flow from an investment – a fully diversified portfolio can provide a combination of capital appreciation and income to get closer to their stated return goal. • Be careful of duration exposure– if rates go up you can be stuck in bonds with low yields—so don’t “reach for yield”—measure the yield vs. the maturity—it’s a tradeoff. • Be mindful of these risks over the long and the short term—a case for Proactive/Tactical Investing. Here we are adopting a strategy of being more tactical with respect to asset allocation which is to say that we are being more mindful of the market conditions be(Continued on page A21)
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Early L.I. Lighthouses By Henrietta Schavran On Thanksgiving, we tend to think of the brave pilgrims on the Mayflower who landed on unknown shores to create new and independent lives. The shores were rocky and forbidding, with no lighthouse to guide them safely into a harbor. Later, the individual colonies built and maintained navigation aids, which were basic structures that provided some assistance to mariners. An example of an early lighthouse structure is one in New London, built around 1769. When the colonies were united and the United States government began to pass laws, one of the earliest among them was about maritime issues. The earliest law relating to
lighthouses was passed by Congress in August of 1789, when the government began to take over ownership and maintenances of lights and aids in the 13 states. By 1813, the government owned and maintained 84 lighthouses. By 1872 it owned 573 lighthouses as well as other aids including lightships, beacons, fog signals and buoys. At that time, there were over 800 active lighthouse keepers from Massachusetts to New York. Many of the lighthouses on the Long Island Sound were built over two centuries ago and continue to function today; most are automated, and some have been rebuilt. On Long Island, the earliest lighthouse is at Montauk Point, built in 1797, followed by our Eaton’s Neck Lighthouse, dating from 1799. Other familiar early lighthouses on the Long Island Sound include: Faulkner Island Lighthouse, built in
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1802; Saybrook Lynde Point Lighthouse, built in 1803; New Haven Lighthouse, built in 1805; Little Gull Island Lighthouse, built in 1807; Watch Hill Light, also built in 1807; Sands Point Lighthouse, built in 1809; Black Rock Point Light, also built in 1809; Point Judith Lighthouse, built in 1810; Stratford Point Lighthouse, built in 1822; Stonington Harbor Light, built in 1823; and Old Field Point Light built in 1824. All of these lighthouses were built before 1825, and some are over 200 years old. Each has a unique and fascinating story to tell that took place under its watch: severe winter storms, summer hurricanes, shipwrecks, miraculous rescues, yacht races, pleasure boating, and the daily endeavors of commercial and fishing mariners. Those early lighthouses and their later descendents continue to guide mariners to safe harbors. They are an emblem of our nautical heritage and a precious reminder of the history of multifold activities on the Long Island Sound and our eastern seaboard.
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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Task Force: Lamp Post Signs Impede Holiday Cheer By Arielle Dollinger adollinger@longislandergroup.com
As the season of wreaths and revelry approaches, Main Street Task Force Chairman Mary Ann Hurd worries that blue parking signs hung on Huntington village lamp posts will impact the holiday aesthetic and, in consequence, the town’s businesses. Hurd is working to form a committee with the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce, town officials and the state to explore signage possibilities, she said, in an effort to both have a place to hang wreaths and provide town visitors with effective signs. “It’s our town,” Hurd said. “I want to take it back, I want to be able to get it to the point where it’s friendly and people can park correctly and businesses can flourish because of the people coming into town.” The goal, she said, is to achieve “the beautification of the town,” as well as to foster environmental and economic development. According to town spokesman A.J. Carter, the wreath-hanging issue involves only nine of the 130 lamp posts in the town. The remaining 121 lamp posts can each hold two wreaths – or, during the summer, flower baskets – as per usual. The town did try to move two of
Blue parking signs have been hung on nine lamp posts in the village. the parking signs to utility poles, Carter said. One of those utility poles was hit by a truck the same day the sign was moved, he said; the problem with the utility poles is that they are located nearer to the curb than are the lamp posts, he explained. The signs themselves are necessary for clarity and safety, Carter
said, noting that they were put up as a result of a request for temporary signage to help village visitors to find parking. “We’ve worked with the BID [Business Improvement District] on this, we’ve worked with the Chamber on this, and this is the first time anybody has commented unfavorably
about the signs,” he said. In designing the signs, the town worked with a marketing consultant, Carter said, to brand them as “directional signs” and to ensure readability and effectiveness in helping drivers to find the nearest parking lot. The town has remained “very gracious” in working with the Main Street Task Force, Hurd emphasized. “The Supervisor and the board has… always worked with us,” said Hurd, who has been pressing the issue since late August. “But for some reason, we’re at a bit of a standstill and I don’t really know why; but I’m sure [it’s all going to come together].” The wreaths are set to go up on Nov. 24, Hurd said. For Huntington Chamber chair Bob Scheiner, the goal is to improve sign aesthetics. “Certainly the Chamber would like to see better coordination,” said Scheiner, acknowledging that many of the signs on New York Ave. and Route 25A are New York State signs. “And we’re going to be speaking to the town to see if we can ask the town to establish a committee to look at signage.” For Hurd, the concern is making the town visually appealing to visitors. “When the town looks great, it brings business in. People want to be here,” she said.
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Mac’s Marries Tradition, Creativity Mac’s Steakhouse owner Mark Gelish, seated in the wine room third from right, and his staff are introducing new twists on classic concepts to their diners.
Tenderloin meatballs are deceptively simple, but undeniably delicious. By Danny, Reena & Sona foodies@longislandergroup.com
While Mac’s Steakhouse is well known for and excels in its traditional steakhouse fare, owner Mark Gelish and his team are taking steps away from tradition into more creative cuisine – stepping up their game without stepping up their price. “You want your guests to expand their experience, but you don’t want to get to a place where you’re chasing everybody else,” Mark explained. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America with 40 years of experience in the business, Mark has focused on value, freshness and allnatural, from-scratch fare since taking the wheel at Mac’s some six years ago. Chef Raphael Salermon’s menu showcases top-notch selections from land and sea married with flavors that accentuate and elevate without overwhelming; Mac’s was one of the first steakhouses to take the plunge in composed-plate presentation rather than traditional a la carte ordering. Seated in Mac’s cozy, homey wine room, which is available on a firstcome, first-serve basis at no extra charge for special reservations, one is ensconced by warm wood, rich hues and a pretty epic view of some of Mac’s impressive wine collection. There are many bottles under $40 and a number of hidden gems to savor that feature heavily in quarterly wine diners. In those confines, Mark and company walked us through an array of new features on
the menu. A tenderloin meatball starter ($14) is one example. While deceptively simple – it’s salt, pepper and ground tenderloin – the tender meatballs are paired with a satisfying hot-and-cold medley of spicy cherry peppers sauce and ricotta cheese atop a bed of baby spinach. Juicy, succulent bite-sized short rib cakes ($9), in a rosemary au jus and topped with mild horseradish cream and pickled red onion, are also deceptive in a good way – despite all the crunch and juicy short rib flavor, it’s baked, because Mac’s is making a concerted effort to avoid the frying pan. Also on the newer side is the zesty Peppercorn Sirloin Fromage ($39), drawn from the new Chef’s Steak Specialties selection of 14 oz. sirloins. Coated with fresh peppercorn and topped with gorgonzola cream sauce and stationed atop a crunchy, yet fluffy baked parmesan croquette, the prime beef is cooked to order and melts in your mouth with each bite. Traditionalists, however, can still delight in a range of a la carte dryaged steaks. Fall-off-the-bone Veal Osso Bucco, ($34), from the “Mac’s Grille” section, is another lip-smacking treat, topped with garlic mashed potatoes and spring vegetables. Mac’s Duck ($31), an array of seared duck breast and confit-style leg, comes paired with a sweet potato mash sweetened with honey. “Mac’s Catch,” for those offerings (Continued to page A15)
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(54 New St., Huntington) is a very good thing. In addition to discounted cocktails, a few of Chef Steve Del Lima’s delicious bites are on the happy hour menu. Duck carbonara mac and cheese ($7 at happy hour/$13 at dinner) might be our new favorite; the orzo creation with pulled duck meat, apple-wood bacon and sweet peas is not too cheesy or salty, topped with Panko breadcrumbs for that little crunch. Also on the menu are petite filet mignon sliders ($15), sweet chili-glazed calamari ($7), teriyaki chicken dumplings with cashew Thai quinoa ($6), and grilled margarita pizza ($6). Order a bunch and call it dinner. Discounted cocktails are available as well. Try the Amaretto Cranberry Chiller ($8): Amaretto Disaronno, Finlandia, or-
THE HALF HOLLOW HILLS NEWSPAPER • NOVEMBER 27, 2014 • A15 3303 www.kissmycake.com), known for its cupcakes and macarons, now does melts, thanks to the procurement of a Panini Supreme machine. Choose from: classic cheddar ($4); The Santoro with mozzarella, provolone, parmigiano, tomato jam basil and extra virgin olive oil ($6.50); Sweet Potato with gruyere, roasted sweet potato, caramelized onions, spinach and smoked extra virgin olive oil ($7.50); Funky Fig with gorgonzola dolce, dark fig jam, walnut butter and arugu- These coconut lime cupcakes at Caffe la ($7.50); and Artichoke Heart, with Portofino are gluten and dairy free. artichoke and spinach dip ($7.50). Choose white, sourdough or sevengrain bread, and you’re on your way TAKE REFUGE: Foor Food Studio is to a lunch under $10, with room to gone, but The Refuge has officially buy yourself some dessert, as well. opened in its place (515 Broadhollow Road, Melville 631-577-4444 CUPCAKES FOR ALL: Fear not, those www.refuge110.com). We haven’t with sensitive stomachs or strict di- stopped by yet, but the photos we’ve etary habits. Our friends at Caffe seen paint a picture of wooden floors, Portofino (249 Main St., Northport, candles comfy couches and beautiful 631-262-7656 www.caffeportofi- lighting – an escape from the bustle of no11768.com) have been keeping Route 110 for sure. The cuisine is dethe foodies among us with dietary scribed as “a modern twist on Italian restrictions in mind. We’ve been and Latin cuisine with a nod to the seeing all kinds of gluten free, dairy classic” – the menu not only has paelfree and vegan options pop up, in- la, but also a dish called Farfalle cluding coconut lime and maple Guiseppe Verde. Have you checked it walnut cupcakes. out yet? Let us know what you think.
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You’d never know that short rib cakes were baked unless we told you.
The 14 oz. Peppercorn Sirloin Fromage, from the new Chef’s Steak Specialties selection of sirloins, brings zesty flare to the fore.
Shrimp tacos are a core items on a growing Mac’s lunch menu. (Continued from page A14)
from the sea, continues to boast favorites from our last visit, including Sautéed Shrimp and Lobster ($28), a hearty medley of a tender, buttery 1-1/4 lb. lobster and juicy jumbo shrimp paired with risotto.
Mark and company are also stepping up their lunch game with offerings like tangy chipotle shrimp tacos ($12), wrapped in lightly grilled corn tortillas that are soft and aromatic. Baked Chicken Casserole ($15) is a hearty rib-sticking blend of chicken,
penne, spinach and a touch of cream sauce with delicately breaded, cubed chicken breast. For a light bite, pear salad with grilled shrimp ($16), topped with candied pecans and a roasted pear stuffed with gorgonzola over spinach is where it’s at. New concepts in desserts are available – a salted-caramel tartufo, from which caramel oozes once you break into it, was a favorite. Strawberry sorbetto pairs the light fruitiness of sorbet with a touch of gelato decadence; and silky bread pudding brings homey hints of warm cinnamon.
Mac’s Steakhouse Mac’s Steakhouse 12 Gerard St., Huntington village 631-549-5300 www.macssteakhouse.com Atmosphere: Intimate and inviting Cuisine: All-natural steak, seafood and sides Price: Expensive Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sun. 3-9 p.m.
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‘Striking’ Moonjumpers By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com
When it comes to making holiday dreams come, a merry band of Huntington-area philanthropists were as perfect as a 300 game when they packed Larkfield Lanes in East Northport Nov. 9 in support of a program that brings holiday cheer to children in need. There, the Moonjumpers Charitable Foundation threw their support behind Project Treasure Our Youth (TOY), a partnership between Family Service League and their counterparts at the Tri CYA, is designed to brighten the holiday season for needy children while giving their parents an empowering, full-service experience. Bob Benson, a cofounder of the Moonjumpers, said supporting Project TOY was the charity’s first endeavor after launching four years ago as an outgrowth of Leadership Huntington. Organizers have hosted a
bowling event in support of Project TOY each of the last three years, where dozens of coats to distribute to the needy were collected. Last year, Project TOY nearly 1,100 families across Long Island, Tri CYA Executive Director Debbie Rimler said, and demand is expected to rise again in 2014. So support from groups like the Moonjumpers is a godsend, she said. “I appreciate and thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you do each day,” she told the Moonjumpers. Organizers are asking for all donations to be made by Dec. 10 so they’re ready for the Project TOY boutique, where parents choose gifts and stocking stuffers, which are wrapped and prepared to be opened at home. Parents also receive raffle tickets for larger gifts, which are awarded as door prizes. “It really gives a lot of dignity for the parents,” Rimler said. “The children never have to know where the
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A tray on a long, white table holds ostensible gingerbread men that are actually homemade marshmallows in the form of the traditional Christmas cookie and covered in chocolate. There are buckets of white chocolate popcorn with peppermint shards and a bowl of mid-production peanut brittle. For Bon Bons Chocolatier in Huntington village, the time between Halloween and Christmas is “basically a mad rush to the finish,” said Susannah Meinersman, who runs the shop with her mother, Mary Alice. There is “a little pause” for Thanksgiving – production of chocolate turkeys and their counterparts begins in mid-October, during Halloweenitem production, and then they are sold with the beginnings of Christmas items – and then there is Christmas. On carts in the back room on a day
in November is a visual representation of the seasonal collision. “Alongside the turkeys, you have your Santas,” said Meinersman, referring to carts of molded chocolate. Trays of chocolate “Pilgrim Pops” neighbor trays of chocolate Christmas trees. Smiling Santas stand next to turkeys of varying sizes. The holiday preparation timeline at Bon Bons is almost mechanical. Valentine’s Day candy production begins the day after Christmas; Easter candy production begins the day after Valentine’s Day. The shop mixes, molds and merchandises 10,000 chocolate bunnies each Easter, Meinersman told Long Islander News earlier this year. Christmas is less of a moldedchocolate holiday and more of a boxed-chocolate holiday, Meinersman said. “It’s so intense; there’s so many details,” Meinersman said of the season, for which she will sometimes start
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THANKSGIVING AT MAC’S Bon Bons’ army of chocolate turkeys. and chocolate pilgrims and turkeys and owls, greet visitors. But a giant chocolate Santa, weighing in at what Susannah estimated was 15 pounds and wearing a $165 price tag, watches over the store from a table toward the back. Alongside Santa rests a gingerbread house with gumdrop-decorated walls and pails of picturesque Hammond’s candy canes. The transition period has arrived.
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for infrastructure investments a top priority in the New Year. Long Island, he said, is a great place to live now, but “if you don’t revitalize our infrastructure, it won’t be such a great place for the next generation.” “Our highways, our infrastructure are vital to us,” he said. The federal response to Superstorm Sandy, he added, gave federal lawmakers an opportunity to reform FEMA protocols, allowing reconstruction of facilities that made them better and more resilient. Previously, Schumer said, FEMA protocols only allowed rebuilding what had been destroyed. More efficient cars, he added, has caused some of the infrastructure funding problem; because improvements are funded in part by gasoline taxes, more efficient cars mean fewer dollars for that account. He’s calling for reforms in a new transportation bill to increase funding, and pledged that “places like Long Island would get their fair share,”
as well as more TIGER grants for infrastructure. “I think you would agree investing in infrastructure is a fundamental function of government… The federal government’s been involved in infrastructure since 1820,” he said, citing the example of Senator Henry Clay, a Whig from Kentucky, leading the charge to build roads across the Appalachian Mountains. “Ever since then, there’s sort of been consensus,” he said, noting that later, President Dwight Eisenhower financed major infrastructure projects through construction of the interstate highway system. Revitalization efforts, such as those in Huntington Station, rely on strong infrastructure, Petrone said. He added that he is working with Suffolk County to achieve a sewer connection to Huntington Station from the area of the Walt Whitman Shops. “That’s essential for economic development,” he said.
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Heartland Town Square one step closer to reality (Continued from page A1)
nal general environmental impact statement as complete on April 24, a decision which largely revived the project after stagnating for several years. “From here, we can go to the next step,” Flotteron said, listing changeof-zone hearings and scrutiny by the Town of Islip and Suffolk County planning departments as future steps leading to groundbreaking. He said it would take only “a couple of years” to get shovels in the ground. The $4-billiion “mini-city” concept would combine 9,130 residential units with more than 1 million
square feet of retail space and 4 million square feet of office space built in phases over 15 years. When completed, prospective developer Gerard Wolkoff said it would bring in 26,000 new jobs. Residents in nearby municipalities have expressed concerns over traffic, sewage and other issues connected to the potential high-density community. Leaders of the Melville Plan Advisory Committee have said projects like Heartland could draw businesses away from the Route 110 corridor in Melville unless the town makes sufficient plans for the future. The
town is still reviewing responses to an RFP seeking experts to analyze land use and develop an integrated land use-transportation infrastructure plan, Huntington town spokesman A.J. Carter said Friday. Huntington Supervisor Frank Petrone has also butted heads with Wolkoff over the project. Petrone argued in April 2010 before the Suffolk County Planning Commission that the towns surrounding Heartland must come together and beef up infrastructure before some of the most ambitious plans were approved. Otherwise, he said, moving too
quickly on Heartland could “devastate” Suffolk County’s economy and environment and pit towns against each other for resources. Carter said Friday that there have been several recent meetings on the proposal, and that the concerns of years past remain. “I know that the town still does have concerns over whether traffic issues as they expect are being adequately addressed,” Carter said. Wolkoff has defended the project as one that will keep young people on Long Island, evolve attitudes about development and reduce dependence on cars.
No arrest made in connection to bomb threat (Continued from page A1)
Last Wednesday morning, a Hills East student who requested anonymity said, police were at the high school when the buses arrived. This student was on the same bus as the individual who was questioned. “After we got off the bus to go to school, there was a cop waiting for us,” said the student, a neighbor of the individual questioned. During the first week of November, emailed bomb threats to the high school provoked bag checks, height-
ened security and an extension of the first-quarter marking period, as detailed in a series of emails sent to parents that week. “im gonna blow up hills east tmrw at 9am; F— AMERICA; F— YOU; DON’T TRY TO STOP ME; YOU WILL ALL DIE,” the threat sent to the school districts on Nov. 6 reads, in part. “F— AMERICA; I AM BOMBING HALF HOLLOW HILLS EAST TOMORROW AT 9PM SHARPP,” the threat sent to police
reads, in part. Though school remained in session on both Thursday and Friday of that week, emails to parents on Thursday said that all tests and quizzes to be given Friday would be rescheduled for Monday – thereby extending the marking period to Monday, Nov. 10 – and that all activities after 6 p.m. on Thursday were canceled. In an email to parents, Principal Dr. Jeffrey Woodberry said that Monday, Nov. 10 would mark the start of
several new policies: students can enter through the Main Entrance, the East Office Entrance or Senior Parking Lot entrance; all school doors will be locked at the start at the school day, “as per current practice;” visitors to the school can enter only through the Main Entrance and the East Office entrance and must show photo identification; students cannot leave the building during the school day without supervision of school staff and will not be allowed to walk outside between periods.
Paramount welcomes singer Christina Perri (Continued from page A1)
downloads and a record deal with Atlantic Records. On Dec. 10, the now-28-year-old singer-songwriter will take the Paramount stage – one stop of many on her international “The Head or Heart Tour,” and her first Huntington performance. The Philadelphia, Penn. native is described in her biography to have “already lived a handful of lives.” She has worked as an assistant to her brother’s band, Silvertide. She spent a year as a student at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She made olive oil in Italy. She has been married and unmarried and worked as a music video producer. Perri made her television debut on “So You Think You Can Dance” in July 2010. “This is the show that gave you TV debuts to One Republic, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, and I think we’ve discovered another future superstar,” the TV show’s host, Cat Deeley, said on the July 2010 show.
Two weeks prior, Deeley explained, Perri was working in a local restaurant and choreographer Stacey Tookey used Perri’s “Jar of Hearts” to choreograph a routine for contestants Billy Bell and Kathryn McCormick. “Since then, it’s sold over a hundred thousand copies, propelling her into the Billboard singles charts and the iTunes top 20,” Deeley told the audience. “It’s been a meteoric rise to fame.” Bell and McCormick’s contemporary dance routine, set to Perri’s song, told the story of a man who has broken a woman’s heart and, once she has “collected the pieces,” Tookey said on the show, the man goes back to her. In the years since her sudden emergence into the realm of musical stardom, Perri has written song after song about love. “A Thousand Years,” telling the story of a longtime love; “Arms,” telling the story of an unexpected love; “Distance,” telling the story of distance between
two people. The Paramount performance will begin at 8 p.m. on Dec. 10. Ticket
prices range from $40 to $65 at paramountny.com or ticketmaster.com.
The portfolio pickle (Continued from page A10)
fore investing. Being more nimble and opportunistic—this is not the buy-and-hold market environment of years ago—this “new normal” requires a new toolbox. • Market neutral investing can also provide ballast to an overall portfolio that increases and decreases risk exposures as market provide opportunities – over the intermediate term, not short term. With market neutral strategies the investor hedges his equity exposure through convertible arbitrage and long/short strategies. Sure you may not make as much versus an “all-in” strategy but that is not the goal here—the
goal is to provide a foundation to an overall tactically allocated portfolio. All of the above strategies notwithstanding the bottom line is still know what you own and have a plan to get to your goals. We recommend utilizing an Investment Policy Statement and portfolio aggregation software to solve for these objectives. Peter J. Klein, CFA is managing director and partner of Melvillebased Klein Wealth Management/HighTower Advisors where he and his team help create legacies for generations to come. His articles appear regularly in Long Islander News’ Business Section.
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THURSDAY Turkey Run
The Townwide Fund of Huntington’s 29th Annual Thanksgiving Day Run starts at the American Legion Post 360 in Halesite on Nov. 27. The 1K Fun Run begins at 8:30 a.m. and the Four Mile Run begins at 9 a.m. To register online, visit www.townwidefund.org. Entry forms are also available at the Super Runner's Shop at 355 New York Ave. in Huntington village. $25 per runner in advance/$40 on race day. The Family Fun Run entry fee is $7 per person. 631629-4950.
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Calendar O M M U N I T Y
Harborfields Public Library
31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-7574200. harborfieldslibrary.org. • The Bill Wilkinson Swing Combo Holiday Show is Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1 p.m.
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. • 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. • Register now for a defensive driving program on Saturday, Dec. 6, 10 a.m.4 p.m.
FRIDAY Opera Night
Professional vocalists perform excerpts from favorite operas at Opera Night in Northport Friday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 270 Main St., Northport. $10 minimum donation. www.operanight.org. Call 631-261-8808.
Opera Night SATURDAY Live Music
Live local bands take over Finley's of Greene Street, 43 Greene St., Huntington, every Saturday night at 11 p.m. Join in the fun and food!
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.
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.
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. Pre-registration required by phone or online: 631-351-8672. www.thechaicenter.com.
Free Help For Vets
Every Tuesday from 12-4 p.m. is “Military Appreciation Tuesdays,” when Long Island Cares specifically assists veterans, military personnel and their
Road. 631-421-4535. hhhlibrary.org. • 3D printing is here! Watch the MakerBot in action for 50 cents of printing for each 30 minutes. For more information, call the Adult Reference Desk. • Get your therapeutic yoga on in Dix Hills Tuesday, Dec. 2, 9:45 a.m.
Professional vocalists perform excerpts from favorite operas at Opera Night in Northport Friday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 270 Main St., Northport. $10 minimum donation. www.operanight.org. Call 631-261-8808. 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.
Adult Enrichment Programs
The Harborfields Alumni and Community Education Foundation hosts adult enrichment programs: Beginner Bridge, Wednesdays through Dec. 17 (6:30-8:30 p.m.); Crop Paper Scissors Adult Workshop, Dec. 13 (9 a.m.-12 p.m.). Info and tickets at www.hacef.org.
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. 631-4627446.
AT THE LIBRARIES Cold Spring Harbor Library
95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-692-6820. cshlibrary.org. • Tonito Valderram’s exhibit “Flight of Higher Learning” features two birds in flight, soaring in the upstairs stairwell of the library. Made from recycled bamboo blinds and rice paper, Valderrama’s work expresses the complex relationships between humankind and nature. On display through Jan. 15, 2015.
• A SeniorNet lecturer will guide you through researching your ancestors on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m.
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. • Melissa-Robyn Levitan from the Town of Huntington Outreach Services will discuss the extensive resources available to seniors including the Nutrition Center, Adult Day Care Program, residential repair and transportation on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 10-11 a.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. • Learn what you can do now if your child is heading off to college soon and also how to prepare for the future if you have some years ahead with H. Roger Daisley, author of “10 Ways to Fund a College Education Without Giving Up Your Retirement,” on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 7 p.m.
Half Hollow Hills Community Library Dix Hills: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631421-4530; Melville: 510 Sweet Hollow
Northport-East Northport Public Library
Northport: 151 Laurel Ave. 631-2616930. East Northport: 185 Larkfield Road. 631-261-2313. www.nenpl.org. • Get your blood pressure checked in Northport from 9:30-10:30 a.m. and in East Northport from 11 a.m.-noon on Wednesday, Dec. 3. • Pay $10 for a roundtrip train ticket to Manhattan for travel from the Northport station on the 8:55 a.m. train on Saturday, Dec. 6.
South Huntington Public Library
145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station. 631-549-4411. www.shpl.info. • Registration for a gingerbread-housemaking class opens Wednesday, Dec. 3 for the Wednesday, Dec. 17, 6:30 p.m. event.
THEATER & FILM Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611. • Peter Yarrow will serve as a personal guide with commentary and a live performance – from beloved anthems to selections from 13 never-beforerecorded songs – through highlights of the new documentary, “50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary,” including DVD “extras” that will not be broadcast on TV, on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. $25 members/$30 public.
John W. Engeman Theater At Northport
350 Main St., Northport. www.johnwengemantheater.com. 631-261-2900. • The iconic holiday classic “A Christmas Story – The Musical” plays through Jan. 4.
THEATER & FILM Northport Symphony Orchestra
The Northport Symphony Orchestra seeks new members in all sections.
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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.
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The Paramount
370 New York Ave., Huntington. 631673-7300. www.paramountny.com. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. • Joe Walsh performs for two nights, Monday, Dec. 1 and Thursday, Dec. 4. $50-$125. • The Paramount Comedy Series presents Dennis Miller Friday, Dec. 5. $59.50-$99.50.
Peter Yarrow Tells All
MUSEUMS/EXHIBITS
Donations Welcome
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. • Paintings, drawings, collage, photography, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, and fiber arts, all handcrafted by student and professional artists will be shown in two parts to accommodate the display of more than 200 works of art. Part One is on display through Nov. 30.
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
279 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-367-3418. www.cshwhalingmuseum.org. • Find all the clue answers in the Sailors & Whalers Scavenger Hunt and win a prize. Hosted with the Long Island Maritime Museum. Visit both the Whaling and Maritime museums in November and go on the hunt! • The year-long exhibit “Sea Ink: American Sailors and Tattoo Art” 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.
Gallery Thirty Seven
12b School Street, Northport. www.gallerythirtyseven.com. • Through November: Paul Catalanotto polished Fresco artworks; MONDAYS ceramics by Jennifer Fiore and Nina Lalli; John Clement - large-scale, painted steel public sculpture.
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 $6-8/adults, $46/seniors, and $4-5/children; members 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
Peter Yarrow will serve as a personal guide with commentary and a live performance – from beloved anthems to selections from 13 never-beforerecorded songs – through highlights of the new documentary, “50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary,” including DVD “extras” that will not be broadcast on TV, on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611. $25 members/$30 public. 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 auction is on! At the Main Street Gallery, the annual silent art auction consists of over 80 pieces of original artwork donated by our member artists. Bidding ends on Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. during the closing reception (6-8 p.m.).
Huntington Historical Society
Main office/library: 209 Main St., Huntington. Museums: Conklin Barn, 2 High St.; Kissam House/Museum Shop, 434 Park Ave.; Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building, 228 Main St. 631427-7045, ext. 401. www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org. • Exhibit “The Times They Were AChanging – 1960s & Huntington’s Response” on display at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building.
LaMantia Gallery
127 Main St., Northport Village. 631-7548414. www.lamantiagallery.com. • In honor of the 75th anniversary of Dr. Seuss’s second book, “The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins,” a special “Hats Off to Dr. Seuss!” exhibition has been mounted. Audrey S. Geisel, the widow of Dr. Seuss, has opened up the estate’s legendary “hat closet” to allow the public a peek at Dr. Seuss’s hat collection. On display through Nov. 30.
Northport Historical Society Museum
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 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.
Ripe Art Gallery
1028 Park Ave., Huntington. TuesdayThursday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday, 2-8 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. www.ripeartgal.com. 631-239-1805. • All the way from New Orleans, Sherry Dooley brings her colorful ladies to the walls of the gallery with “What's She Thinking.” On display through Dec. 6.
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. • Garden photographer Dency Kane and poet Madelyn Edelson celebrate the release of their book “Pathways” with an exhibit of photographic prints at the Gathering House Gallery located on the Walt Whitman Historic Site property, through Dec. 6.
Municipal Credit Union (MCU) is accepting toys, food and monetary donations for the Salvation Army Toys for Tots toy collection and the Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN) and City Harvest. All MCU branches, including its branch at 498 Walt Whitman Road, will serve as dropoff and collection sites. New, unwrapped toys and games can be dropped off until Dec. 14.
VOLUNTEERING Cosmetologists Wanted
Hospice Care Network is seeking New York State-licensed cosmetologists to provide 2-4 haircuts per month for community members facing life-limiting illnesses. Download an application at www.hospicecarenetwork.org or call 516224-6423.
Be A Museum Docent
The Huntington Historical Society is currently seeking volunteers to train to become Museum Docents at the historic David Conklin Farmhouse Museum. The museum is located at 2 High St. in Huntington village and is a fascinating interpretation of the Colonial, Federal and Victorian time periods. No experience required – an interest in local history is a plus. Training is provided. Call 631-427-7045 ext 403.
Seeking Volunteer Advocates
The Family Service League’s Ombudservice Program of Suffolk County is seeking volunteers to train as advocates for nursing home, adult home and assisted living facility residents to help ensure they receive quality care and their rights are protected. 631-4273700 ext. 240.
Artistically Gifted Needed
The Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Commack is seeking artistically gifted volunteers to partner with residents in a new program, “heART to heART” aimed at helping people with varying levels of cognitive ability express themselves through art. Contact Judie at 516-931-5036 or jatlas1@optonline.net.
MUSIC & DANCE
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Five Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. Box Office: 631-6562148. www.dhpac.org. • Take a journey “under the sea” Dec. 67 with Ariel, Flounder, Sebastian and Scuttle in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Jr.”
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HillSPORTS FOOTBALL>> EAST ISLIP 27, HALF HOLLOW HILLS WEST 14
By Andrew Wroblewski awroblewski@longislandergroup.com
Statistics, trends and history – all three of these things play a big role in the game of football. Statistically, Half Hollow High School West was averaging 30.6 points per game this season and has had past success in the Suffolk County championship game, winning the title in 2009. On Saturday, though, when Hills West (9-2) took on East Islip (8-3) in the county Division II championship game at Stony Brook University, the Colts were without one of the game’s most crucial aspects: execution. Four turnovers plagued the Colts as they fell 2714 to East Islip. “We just didn’t play our best game today. We left a lot of plays out on the field both offensively and defensively,” Kyle Madden, the Colts’ head coach, said. We didn’t execute when we were supposed to execute.” On the other side of the field, East Islip was led by quarterback Jack Hannigan. The senior completed 8 of 12 passes for 140 yards and three touchdowns while also adding a rushing touchdown to his name. For the Colts, Ray Lyte was a bright spot as the senior scored both of the team’s touchdowns – runs from 5 and 51 yards out. The scores gave Hills West a 14-7 lead at halftime, but the game came unraveled from there. Each possession for the Colts in the second half resulted in a punt,
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Colts Fall In Suffolk County Championship Game
Colts Head Coach Kyle Madden addresses his team on the football field one final time this season on Saturday at Stony Brook University. fumble, interception or turnover on downs. Junior quarterback Anthony Lucarelli completed some big passes downfield for the Colts, but constantly had his rhythm disrupted by a tenacious East Islip defensive line. Lucas DiGiorgi suited up for the Colts but was limited as to how much he could contribute as he dealt with a foot injury. Hills West playmaker Alexander Filacouris was mostly kept in check by East Islip’s defense, as the sophomore just couldn’t get much room to make something happen. Despite the loss, looking back at the season as a whole, Madden praised his seniors. Paul DeCarlo, an offensive lineman, Madden said, “was one of the great reasons” for the Colts’
success this season as he made the transition into a full-time starter. Keiffe Carson, Joseph Cipoletti, Cody Clarson, Arminey Ellison, Matthew Fattibene, Jordan Higgins, Justin Hutchinson, Steven Kleet, Jesse Liberatore, Jin Nam Kung, Markhus Obas, Sal Ciampi, Jacob Pincus, Julian Porter, Eric Waugh, Ramin Wahab and Derick Young are the rest of the seniors to whom Madden gave credit. “This was a bad day, but it wasn’t a bad season,” Madden said. “This was a great season.” Hoping to build on this year’s performance, Hills West has plenty of young talent returning next fall.
SOCCER
St. Anthony’s Doubles Its Pleasure By Andrew Wroblewski awroblewski@longislandergroup.com
For St. Anthony’s High School’s varsity soccer programs, fitting the boys and girls teams’ accomplishments this season into just one sentence is nearly impossible – but here it goes. Both teams became New York State champions last week; both teams are state champions in the same year for just the second time in school history; for the boys, the Friars repeated as state champs; boys Head Coach Gene Buonaiuto earned his 400th career win; and girls Head Coach Dave Prutting won his 21st state title and retires with a record of 437-46-19 over a 27-year career. “Tremendous,” Athletic Director Donal Buckley said. The monumental achievements
started off on Nov. 8. On that day, at Adelphi University, the boys Friars squad (12-3-1) took on Fordham Prep in the Catholic High School Athletic Association’s state championship game; St. Anthony’s won the contest 4-2 as junior Zuberi Symister scored what would be the winning goal for the Friars in the tail end of the first half. “The guys were very focused and played with a team concept,” Buonaiuto, who simultaneously earned his 400th win and state title in the same night, said. Leading St. Anthony’s this season, Buonaiuto said, was the “big three” in senior captains TJ Butzke, Beau Hornberger and Jake Giuffrida. Butzke will be off to Boston University and Hornberger will take to Marist College next fall, but Giuffrida is still undecided,
Buonaiuto said. Not to be overlooked, the girls squad (18-0-1) ended its undefeated season in style Nov. 10 with a 6-0 victory over Christ the King at Owl Hollow Fields on Staten Island. Coach Prutting, 77, will now retire as he finishes his career as the thirdmost winningest coach in New York State girls soccer history. “The girls absolutely loved playing for him,” Buckley said. “First and foremost, he’s always a gentleman… He has the same philosophy that Gene has: It’s a players’ game. You’d never see him shout from the sidelines. He’s done a great job coaching this team.” Sophomores Sabrina Cristodero and Lexi Aschettino; juniors Miranda Ozimek, Francesca Venezia, and Kayla Arestivo; and senior Nicola Venezia were the goal
Francesca Venezia, pictured here in a game earlier this season, scored one of six goals to lead the Friars to a state championship Nov. 10. scorers for St. Anthony’s in the championship game. Goalkeeper Kelly DiGregorio, a senior, was only tasked with making one save in securing the win.