Half Hollow Hills - 7/30/2015 Edition

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DIX HILLS

Official Urges A Tough Look At Chick-Fil-A Plan Long Islander News photo/archives

County public works officials are joining Dix Hills residents and Huntington Town officials in raising concerns about a new proposal that could result in a new strip mall and a Chick-Fil-A in Commack near Dix Hills.

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com

Suffolk County’s Department of Public Works is pushing Smithtown to take a closer look at traffic and public safety concerns before signing off on a proposal in Commack that includes a Chick-Fil-A restaurant.

In a July 23 letter to Smithtown’s planning department, Suffolk County Department of Public Works commissioner Gil Anderson urged Smithtown to “look into existing and future traffic challenges that will be faced” due to Chick-Fil-A’s popularity, and to develop a public safety and law enforcement plan before

shovels go in the ground.

The letter was sent before a scheduled July 28 public meeting at Smithtown’s board of zoning appeals.

“As you know, Commack Road has significant traffic capacity issues in this area and this project may exacerbate current conditions and as such should be thoroughly reviewed,” Anderson stated in his letter to the board.

The Chick-Fil-A, which is proposed to be built on the Smithtown side of the town line in Commack, has Dix Hills residents on the Huntington side concerned about traffic, especially when it comes to entering and exiting the New Imperial Gardens residential development.

Huntington Town officials echoed residents’ concerns in a (Continued on page A22)

MELVILLE

SPOTLIGHT

Mike DelGuidice A8 & Big Shot

DA: Woman Stole $50K From Firm

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com

A Melville woman is accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the Huntington insurance agency for which she worked as a bookkeeper for more than a decade, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota’s office said Monday.

The defendant, Amy Musumarra, 64, pleaded not guilty to one count of second-degree grand larceny after being arrested July 23.

Musumarra had been insurance firm Lloyd Keith Friedlander Partners’ bookkeeper since 2002, Spota’s office said, and the alleged theft was discovered during the

course of an outside slips, issued frauduaudit conducted this lent checks, and falsiyear. fied records” while Spota’s office aloperating the leges that Musumaragency’s computerra, “acting in conized accounting syscert” with another tem. suspect, stole more Musumarra is due than $50,000 from back in court on Sept. the Huntington15, according to onbased firm between line court records.

March 2010 and FebShe was released on ruary of this year. her own recognizance Spota’s spokesman, following her arrest.

Amy Musumarra Robert Clifford, said An email seeking it’s unclear who the alleged sec- comment from Lloyd Keith Friedond co-conspirator is. lander Partners was not returned During the nearly five-year peri- Monday. Musumarra’s Garden od, the district attorney’s office al- City-based attorney, Brian Davis, leges Musumarra “altered bank did not return calls for comment.

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MELVILLE

Miss Teen New York Eyes National Crown

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com

Rising Hills East freshman Rachel Goldsmith is hoping to bring home the Miss Teen International crown to New York.

After being named Miss Teen New York, a rising Half Hollow Hills High School East freshman is hoping to capture the national crown.

Rachel Goldsmith, 13, who was crowned Miss Teen New York International Oct. 4, landed in the Jacksonville, Florida, with a week of pageantry ahead of her and hopes of winning the crown the minimum entry age.

Goldsmith and her mom were on a plane Monday en route to the Sunshine State, where she will represent New York in the Miss Teen International pageant.

“She’s really the youngest one there,” said Lidia Szczepanowski-Goldsmith, Rachel’s mother and pageant coach. A champion pageant participant in her own right, Goldsmith captured the Mrs. New York America in 2006, Mrs. New York International in 2009 and Mrs. Corporate America in 2013 titles after jumping into the pageant world at age 41.

Since October, Rachel has used her bully pulpit afforded to her through the beauty pageant circuit as a springboard to reach out to teens battling depression.

Rachel runs UWILLBOK.com, which is dedicated to giving struggling teens a safe place to share.

Goldsmith said she saw many teens on Tumblr share about going through difficult times with depression like she did, but what she did not see was one unified website dedicated to the cause, and launched the site in line with her commitment as Miss Teen New York to dedicate her year of service to a particular cause.

In addition to pageantry and all it entails, Goldsmith keeps busy with her studies in advanced courses and studio art; when she grows up, Goldsmith hopes to be a special effects makeup artist with an emphasis on prosthetics.

In her spare time, she’s also keen on archery, developing a proficiency for it at the Usdan Center in Wheatley Heights.

But her current focus this week has been pageantry. Wednesday was set to be a day of one-on-one interviews with judges and Thursday was the stage-work day, in which she and her fellow competitors show their mettle in fitness wear and evening gowns and other attire. The field is trimmed to 10 finalists on Saturday, from which Miss Teen International is chosen.

“It’s been a great little journey,” Szczepanowski-Goldsmith said.

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Summertime, And The Living Is Easy Heroes Act” is starting to help veterans across Easy-breezy… Saturday night was a real Suffolk County! For those of treat, wasn’t it? It was just one of those perfect you who might not recall, the nights out on the town, with a breeze in the air act was assembled by Huntperfect for lounging al fresco with a meal, a ington’s own Suffolk County drink, a coffee or just a converIN THE KNOW Legislator Steve Stern last sation. There’s nothing quite WITH AUNT ROSIE year. With it, county officials like it, and I’ve got to tell you, have vowed to help get Huntington township has so homeless veterans off of the many wonderful places to enjoy all that sumstreets and into affordable mer has to offer. housing. Last week, Stern announced that eight tax-defaulted properties across Suffolk, You know what bugs me... As much as I but none in the Huntington township, will be love this time of year, there’s one thing – one rehabilitated and utilized by homeless, or at swarm of things, for that matter – that really get risk of becoming homeless, veterans. This is a my goat. Mosquitoes! One of my friends had great start and I can’t wait for the day when their feet chewed up the other day by the ornery the Town of Huntington can join in on housing little blood-suckers, and if there’s anything more these homeless heroes! annoying than having pock-marked, itchy feet, I can’t think of it right now. In any case, I turn to Keep it up... It seems like every page I turn you, dear readers. What is your preferred mosto over the last few weeks has yet another inquito-repelling technique. And what do you do credible story detailing the amazing accomplishto ease the itching if some part of your body bements of yet another youngster in the township. comes a bug buffet? Write to me, or email, call Whether it’s an Eagle Scout giving back to a fire or tweet us. department, the pint-sized powerhouse of a pianist who played Carnegie Hall, or even the Tweet-a-la-deedily tweet... Back to that Commack High School senior who recently prelast bit – yes, Twitter, kids! We’ve been through sented to U.S. government officials, each and two world wars and a civil war, the Great Deevery story brings a smile to my face. And, pression, a few hurricanes and now Long Isplease, if you know a young man or woman lander News is on Twitter. I have absolutely no with a story to tell, then have them drop us a idea how this Twitter thing works. Google is line at info@longislandergroup.com. enough of a digital workout for me. So I’m just taking the kids’ word for it when they say to follow us @LongIslanderNws and get your latest (Aunt Rosie wants to hear from you! If you breaking news updates in 140 characters or less have comments, ideas, or tips about what’s hapand let us know what’s going on in your world. pening in your neck of the woods, write to me toHappy tweeting! day and let me know the latest. To contact me, drop a line to Aunt Rosie, c/o The Long-Islander, Housing Homeless Heroes… I’m so very 14 Wall Street, Huntington NY 11743. Or try the glad to hear that the “Housing Our Homeless e-mail at aunt.rosieli@gmail.com)

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Mailbox Mania Residents on Red Cedar Court and Sugar Maple Court, both in Dix Hills, reported damage to their mailboxes July 18. A similar report came in from Gorham Lane the same day, where a light post and mailbox were damaged. Mailboxes at Pettit Drive, Stoll Court and High Pasture Circle, all in Dix Hills, were also reported damaged July 17. Similarly, an Old East Neck Road resident in Melville reported the same predicament of a broken mailbox on July 18.

Cars Stolen A 2013 Volvo XC90 SUV was reported stolen from a Rustic Gate Lane home in Dix Hills at 1:30 a.m. July 18. Between 6:30 p.m. July 16 and a call to cops the next day, a 2012 GMC Acadia was reported stolen from a Honey Locust Court home in Dix Hills, where a window screen to an unoccupied pool house was also reportedly cut. Nothing was taken from inside. And, between 10 p.m. July 19 and a call to cops July 20, a 2010 Nissan Xterra was stolen from a Wentworth Drive home in Dix Hills, but was later recovered in Wyandanch.

Thief Cleans Out Cars A wallet, sunglasses and money were stolen from a 2014 Jeep Wrangler and a 2013 GMC Acadia parked at a Pudding Lane home in Dix Hills between 10:30 p.m. July 17 and a call to cops July 18.

Lost, Then Found A 1999 Kawasaki dirt bike was stolen from the shed of a Deerhurst Lane home in Dix Hills between 9 p.m. July 19 and a call to cops the next day. The bike was later recovered on Rustic Gate Lane in Dix Hills.

Door Dented The driver’s side door of a 2008 BMW parked on Seward drive in Dix Hills was reported dented in a criminal-mischief complaint at 3:05 p.m. July 19.

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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Creating A ‘Buzz’

Beekeeping advocate Chris Algieri, right, got a hand from his cousin, boxing ring master Chris Algieri, July 18 in raising funds for the Long Island Beekeepers Club in memory of Craig Byer.

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com

One Chris Algieri floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee in the boxing ring. The other makes sure the bees keep floating with the butterflies.

The dueling Chris Algieris – they’re cousins – teamed up July 18

for a fundraising concert to benefit the Long Island Beekeepers Club, a 66-year-old organization dedicated to educating beekeepers on the proper practices for the management of honey bees in a suburban environment and the general importance of honey bees.

The bee-keeping Algieri, 44, of (Continued on page A23)

DIX HILLS

‘Fire News’ Fetes Chief Photo/Fire News

Chief Robert Fling is honored for his service to the Dix Hills community and beyond. From left, Tim Edwards, Executive Editor of Fire News, Tim Sendelbach, Editor-In-Chief of Firehouse Magazine, Dix Hills Fire Chief Robert Fling, and Frank Trotta, Publisher of Fire News.

Firehouse Expo and the Fire News organizations recognized Dix Hills Fire Department Chief Robert Fling with the 2015 Outstanding Leadership Award.

The national award recognizes the management and leadership skills of a fire chief, and the impact those skills have made within their department. The presentation took place at Firehouse

Expo in the Baltimore Convention Center.

“Our department is extremely proud of him,” said Bob Commisso, chairman of the board of fire commissioners.

A fourth-generation firefighter and a 19-year department member, Fling is a lifelong Dix Hills resident.

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

Let’s Cooperate We’ve said it before and we’ll say it away. That development already created again. The Town of Huntington deserves a significant amount of traffic congestion to have some input when development on Commack and Crooked Hill roads. projects in neighboring towns that are And still ahead is the impending opening likely to have a significant impact on res- of a major medical center being built by idents.

Sloane Kettering. Add in the planned deSpecifically, the Smithtown planning velopment of Heartland Town Square – board has before it a development pro- just to the south (where the Town of Isposal to bring a popular fast lip has decision-making powfood restaurant – Chick-Fil- EDITORIAL er), and the area could soon A – to a Commack Road find itself gridlocked by a persite. The plan would also see a shuttered fect storm of development projects. strip mall redeveloped. The property is The area needs more than the pieceliterally right on the border of the towns meal attention being paid to it by town of Huntington and Smithtown, and as planning departments – ours included – such is likely to have an impact on Hunt- where local interests supersede those of ington residents. the region as a whole. Huntington and The county’s public works depart- Smithtown, maybe Islip too, should unment, in a letter to Smithtown’s planning dertake a joint study of the area. They department, has asked the town to take a should jointly prepare a master plan that hard look at traffic and safety concerns will guide local municipalities on what’s before it approves the proposal, and best for the region. that’s a good thing. But ultimately the The idea is not without precedent; decision is Smithtown’s.

Huntington and Babylon have put in The development is in an area that has place a collaborative approach toward seen a significant amount of retail devel- economic development and traffic issues opment in recent years with the addition along the 110 Corridor. The area where of a Home Depot, WalMart, and other re- Huntington, Smithtown and Islip meet tailers, and a Lowe’s Center not too far deserves a similar collaboration.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

More Needs To Be Done On Wages Congratulations to the fast food workers for their brave fight that goes to the very heart of the income inequality that plagues New York more than any other state. It showed the determi-

nation of all low-wage workers looking to earn a decent wage for themselves and their families.

Now is the time to do more to address this rampant problem. I give Governor Andrew Cuomo the benefit of the doubt that this wage board wasn't just an isolated political stunt to

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score some cheap points.

There are some meaningful actions he can take on his own right now to close the wage gap and benefit low wage workers, starting with his own state work force and the neglected workers of not-for-profit agencies funded by the state: • Raise the wages of state

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workers making federal minimum wage because they aren't included under state minimum wage by law.

• Address the state's scandalous disregard of lowwage human services employees of not-for-profit agencies under state contract who received a costof-living increase this year after enduring years without one.

These actions don't even begin to address the needs of child care providers or the thousands of undervalued local government and school employees – many

work for much less than $15 per hour – who take care of our kids, maintain our roads, water and sewer systems and do a whole lot more necessary work. Leading by example would be a good starting place.

Let's be clear: the governor doesn't need a wage board to make a bigger dent in this enormous problem and show he's really serious about income inequality.

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Caterina Dottino, 9, of Huntington, performed in the Young Artists Piano Showcase at Carnegie Hall on June 28.

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By Jason Lee info@longislandergroup.com

Every musician knows that it takes practice to get to Carnegie Hall. But how much practice, exactly? For 9year-old Caterina Dottino, about six years worth.

Caterina, who will be entering fourth grade in September at the Long Island School for the Gifted in Huntington, was among 15 soloists 8 to 17 years old to perform in the winners’ concert of the Young Artists Piano Showcase in front of family and friends at one of the most prestigious concert halls in the world on June 28.

The opportunity to appear in the showcase was available to music students from around the country.

The standards were high. The 30 applicants were required to submit videos of themselves performing two contrasting classical piano pieces by memory.

“Everyone performs at a high level,” said Anthony Newton, founder and director of the event and an adjunct teacher at the Lawrence Eisman Center for Preparatory Studies in Music at Queens College in Flushing, Queens.

In order to advance to the winners’ concert, the soloists first auditioned

live in front of three judges.

Caterina said she was not nervous during the auditions. “It was fairly easy for me,” she said. “They were nice.”

Caterina takes four one-hour private piano lessons a week, and practices another two hours on her own daily. She practiced her concert piece, “Sonatina in C Major,” by Friedrich Kuhlau for three months.

“Kuhlau is my favorite,” she said.

Caterina, the second youngest pianists in the group, said she also wasn’t nervous about performing at Carnegie Hall. Instead, she focused on her technique while playing --

“trying not to make any mistakes.”

“It was perfect,” said Caterina about her performance. As she watched a video of herself playing at the concert, the 4-foot, 5-inch pianist’s hands meticulously airplayed the piece on a table.

While at Carnegie, Caterina was taken by the hall’s magnificent decorations and the grand piano she performed on.

“I really liked the piano,” she said. “…and the chandelier. It was sparkly.”

Caterina’s parents, Amos and Janet, have encouraged her musical ambitions.

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DelGuidice Returning To Site Of First ‘Big Shot’ SPOTLIGHT

By Andrew Wroblewski awroblewski@longislandergroup.com

Mike DelGuidice, third from left, is set to bring his Billy Joel tribute band, Big Shot, to The Paramount on Aug. 8.

DelGuidice said touring the world with Joel – including playing Madison Square Garden about 20 times – has further contributed to making the Big Shot experience an authentic one. Listening to Joel’s music ever since his childhood in Miller Place, DelGuidice said he’s picked up on Joel’s mannerisms, the way he carries himself and the way he’s able to connect with a crowd.

“His songs are just a diary of his life. He’s not afraid to acknowledge anything. He just grasps it.

He’s good at that and he’s just a humble dude,” said DelGuidice, who has played guitar and sings with the Billy Joel Band. “He’s a great boss, too.

If anything, what I take away from him is the way he deals with people.”

While it may be hard to make a distinction between the two musicians’ voices, DelGuidice said there is one to be made. “He’s him and I’m me – there’s only one Billy Joel.”

And while Joel has become one of the most suc-

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“She was always happy when she was around music,” said Janet.

After Caterina walked up to a piano in the mall at 3 years old, sat down and started to feign playing, the Dottino’s began looking into piano lessons for her.

“We found out Queen’s College offers class for kids from 3 to 18,” Janet said. “She could read at 2, so she was able to focus and follow rhythm.” Caterina has been studying music at CPSM ever since.

For the past five years, Caterina has also taken private lessons with Michele Jordan, an instructor in Port Washington.

“I appreciate her dedication,” Jordan said of Caterina. “She has come a really long way in her past year of studying. Her ability to convey the

feeling of the music has matured.

She plays very musically and is very technically proficient.”

Jordan said she wasn’t surprised when she heard Caterina got in to play in the showcase. “I thought she would probably get in. It’s a great experience.”

In addition to playing piano, Caterina sings in the Saint Patrick Youth Choir.

However, more of the young musician’s energy goes to learning piano and her education. “First is school, then piano,” said her father, Amos.

The Dottinos said they would support their daughter if she decided to become a professional pianist, but Caterina isn’t sure if that’s what she wants to be. “Maybe a scientist, or an artist,” she said.

cessful musicians ever, DelGuidice has been busy penning music of his own, which is where his passion truly lies.

“To be able to have my own career is a top goal,” he said. “There’s nothing more amazing than being personal, talking about yourself and telling your life’s story to a crowd. I want to give people something they can relate to.”

DelGuidice has released two studio albums since 2007, “Miller Place” and “My Street,” and is currently in the process of releasing a third, he said. DelGuidice – a singer-songwriter who sighted some of his influences as Joel, The Beatles and Elton John – is unsure whether the project with yield a full album or a smaller collection of singles, but he’s already finished three songs.

On Aug. 8, doors for DelGuidice and Big Shot open at 7 p.m. The show is scheduled to go on at 8 p.m. Tickets are available from the box office or at paramountny.com for $15-$35.

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After more than a decade of playing Billy Joel’s music with the tribute band Big Shot, Mike DelGuidice was asked to join the Billy Joel Band as a permanent member in October 2013.

Just a month later, the lifelong fan of Joel’s music took the stage alongside the man himself at Huntington’s Paramount.

“Now we’re coming back to where it all started,” said DelGuidice, who will play The Paramount on Aug. 8 with Big Shot for the first time since his debut in the Billy Joel Band.

“It’s a home run to be able to perform there, right in Joel’s backyard. To be able to play where he’s played before is just fantastic.”

Joel, 66, is a former resident of Lloyd Harbor.

“Big Shot has neglected the North Shore for quite a few years so it’ll be nice to get back to that whole neck of the woods and bring Billy’s music to the people there,” said DelGuidice, 44, of Sound Beach, who first started Big Shot in 2000. “The set is going to encompass a lot of stuff – the deeps cuts, the hits, stuff that we haven’t yet covered in the tour. We’re even going to include some of the extra rarities that people haven’t heard in a while.”

With a lineup slated to include musicians like John Scarpulla and Carmine Giglio – both of whom have performed with Joel – the Big Shot show promises to be a celebration of Joel’s music and not a Vegas knockoff, DelGuidice said.

“We don’t dress up or any of that. We’ve always been about playing the music,” said DelGuidice, who plays guitar, piano, bass guitar, drums and sings with a voice nearly indistinguishable to that of Joel’s.

Caterina Dottino was among 15 young soloists to perform at Carnegie Hall on June 28.

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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Long Islander News publisher Jim Kelly and Half Hollow Hills Community Library Director Helen Crosson were honored on July 23 by the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum’s Hawaiian Luau luau fundraiser.

The event, held at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, featured Hawaiian-inspired food, open bar and live entertainment.

The fundraiser supported the Whaling Museum and Education Center’s mission of education and historic preservation.

Crosson, a previous director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, received the Changes in Our Community Award. Kelly received the museum’s Improving Long Island’s Future Award.

Long Islander News photos/Peter Sloggatt

Whaling Museum Honors Kelly, Crosson At Luau

Honorees James Kelly and Half Hollow Hills Community Library Director Helen Crosson.

Nobel laureate James Watson is joined by Chamber Treasurer Vita Scaturro, left, and Huntington Town Historian Robert Hughes.

HUNTINGTON VILLAGE

Paramount Unveils New Radio Studio In Village Photo courtesy The Paramount

Singer-songwriter Andy Grammer, third from left, inaugurated The Studio at The Paramount with a live on-air interview and performance in Huntington Saturday. With him, from left, are Paramount General Manager Kevin Doyle, and Paramount partners Dominic Catoggio, Stephen Ubertini, Brian Doyle and Jim Condron.

The studio is a partnership with Connoisseur Media Long Island, which will broadcast content on five of its radio stations: WALK 97.5, K98.3 FM, The New 103.1 MAX FM, 94-3 The Shark and WHLI 1100/1370.

Contest winners of the various radio stations were given front-row streets to the interview and were treated to a performance by Grammer. Fans also took part in a question and answer session.

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An Empty Nest, But Never Alone With My Fledglings

By Debbie Carbone Back in the ‘80s, when I had a houseful of small children, I often craved a little adult conversation. So, when I received an invitation to a Tupperware party, I was more excited than the average person.

When I arrived at the party, the women were gathering into groups within a large circle. To one side were the women with small children who always refer to the ladies room as “the potty.” The other group was the older women who didn’t need Tupperware, but needed a little company. These

were the “empty nesters.” They were the ones with the clean, quiet, organized houses, but they didn’t seem happy about it.

My group, the sleep-deprived, potty group, joked around about renting a room at the Commack Motor Inn – and just sleep.

As fun a time as I had that evening, there was this one woman I felt so bad for. Her children had fledged a few years back and she seemed so depressed. I kept thinking, “Didn’t she ever have a dream of doing one special thing when free time presented itself?”

Myself – I don’t remember the moment it hit me – but I knew there was

something I had to do. I knew I lived on an island. I kept telling myself that someday I would ride down every block, north shore and south, that leads to water.

Some 10 years now into my travels, I never seem to tire of the driving. I’ve loved seeing our wildlife: the herons, osprey, eagles, owls, fox, muskrat, deer and pheasant. What a beautiful place we live in!

My latest discovery is something I saw on a piling at the Lindenhurst Marina. It was an albatross. I really did a double-take because they are absolutely not from around here. I found out online that the one I saw in might

be a relative of one spotted on Fire Island a few years back. They say that they’ve come here looking for love and a full nest.

As for me and my fledglings, our family is growing. This June, we welcomed our second grandchild – a guarantee that we will never be lonely.

It turns out you have to have an empty nest so that the chicks can fly off and find love.

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A Stoop With A View

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Now, we know that Luigi and Joey Petrone, the culinary and marketing whizzes behind Tutto Pazzo in Halesite for the last two decades, say their latest dining venture, The Stoop, aims to recreate a certain fiveboroughs style of al fresco dining on Long Island. But let’s be real. Your stoop in Brooklyn never had a killer view of the harbor like this.

Open since Memorial Day, The Stoop grab-and-go dining option at Tutto Pazzo is perfect for getting great, fresh finger foods on the go for a price that you simply can’t beat. Nosh indoors at the bar or the lounge area; take a seat on the cushy furnishings situated on “the stoop” facing New York Avenue, or do what we did – take your lunch to the Halesite marina, sit on the wooden beam by the harbor, soak up the rays and dig in.

The $5 seafood menu has all your bases covered: shrimp cocktail and fried shrimp, calamari fritti and more. Raw bar lovers will be happy to see a half dozen clams on the half shell and arrays of three juicy, succulent oysters available. Each is

Want a mini lobster roll with a killer view? Grab one from The Stoop at Tutto Pazzo, walk across the street, take a seat on the dock and enjoy.

Seafood selections are full of flavor and, as you’d expect from Tutto Pazzo, the freshest in town. paired with a wedge of lemon, a single-serve hot sauce and zesty cocktail sauce. Juicy mini manila clams and PEI mussels, whether prepared in marinara or traditional garlic and wine, shine from the freshness of the seafood.

Sliders are impressive in their their simplicity and quality. They come in a variety of styles, ranging from mozzarella with roasted peppers to crab cake and Kobe hamburger. Each is $5 and comes with a mound of tasty, crispy fries. Grilled to medium, the Kobe beef is juicy and flavorful. The lobster slider is off-the-claw fresh and summery.

Both sliders we had were piled into buttered miniature buns.

Gluten-free and vegetarian diners are included, too. They’ve got their choice of zucchini spaghetti with pomodoro sauce and grated walnuts, as well as gluten-free penne with fresh veggies, garlic and oil, fried baby artichokes with spicy mayo and zucchini sticks with marinara (all $5). It’s a nice, affordable addition to a restaurant with plenty of personality.

Luigi and Joey took over the sprawling space in 1991 and opened Tutto Pazzo a year later. Luigi commands the kitchen, while Joseph handles the front of the house. There are 200 seats indoors, as well as a 280-seat outdoor patio, all part of their major redesign following a 2005 fire that closed the space for nine months.

With that legacy in hand, The Stoop is sure to be another feather in the Petrone brothers’ caps from which diners will be the biggest winners.

“The Stoop” at Tutto Pazzo 84 New York Avenue Huntington/Halesite 631-271-2253 Tuttopazzo.com

Midday sidewalk dining is on the rise in Halesite since The Stoop opened its doors on Memorial Day weekend.

Atmosphere – Old-school alfresco dining Cuisine – Grab-and-go Italian Price - Inexpensive Hours – noon-4 p.m. daily

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An organic café is just one of the many offerings as part of Bee-Organic, coming soon to 24 Wall St. in Huntington.

BUZZ ON THE STREET – Bee-Organic organic powder greens, Rockin’

(24 Wall St., Huntington village beeorganic.com) is on its way to the space formerly held by Red Mango in Huntington village. A juice bar, vegetarian cafe, tea house and eco boutique, Bee-Organic promises that all juices and meals are prepared fresh daily using organic ingredients, reverse-osmosis filtered water and local produce in season. The plan is also to make Bee-Organic a gathering place for healthy minded people with monthly events featuring nutritionists, healers, raw and macrobiotic chefs, alternative medical practitioners and other speakers. Featured brands include: Dr. Alkaitis organic “edible” skin care, Auroshikha organic oils and incenses, Fresh Organics natural body care for babies, Earth Mama Angel Baby teas and body care for pregnancy and nursing, Fine and Raw raw chocolates, Gnosis raw organic vegan chocolate, Erbaorganics organic mommy and baby body care, Little Twig organic baby skin & hair care, Oregon’s Wild Harvest organic teas and herbal supplements, Peacekeeper mineral nail paints and lipsticks, pHresh Greens

Wellness whole-body nutritional shake, Kedem wild crafted skin care from Israel’s Judean Desert and Yarok vegan hair care.

REOPENING – The Gourmet Wok (441

Walt Whitman Road, Melville, 631673-8018) is on the road to recovery.

After an allegedly drunk driver plowed through the window of the restaurant June 17, the window has been replaced and the restaurant is set to reopen imminently.

CHANGING HANDS – La Spada restau-

rant (315 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station) has shut its doors in recent weeks and is preparing to change hands to become Emilio’s Fine Italian Cuisine. The place has a soft place in our heart – our Foodie feature on the restaurant from 2009 exclaimed, “Finally – an Italian restaurant whose menu we don’t have committed to memory before we even walk through the door!”

With an eye on freshness, grilled specialties and impeccable service, they will certainly be missed on the restaurant scene here.

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BUSINESS Kellogg’s Dolls’ Owner: I’m Being Evicted

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandergroup.com

For the last 32 years, the Kellogg family’s renowned doll-making shop has been a fixture on Main Street in Cold Spring Harbor. But those days may soon come to an end.

Long Island restaurant magnates Lessing’s, owners of the neighboring Sandbar restaurant under development, are poised to buy the land at 49 Main St. On Monday, Sonia Kellogg said she was told by her landlord that she would be soon served with eviction papers, and that she had until the end of August to leave.

It couldn’t come at a worse time, Kellogg said. Kellogg’s Dolls’ Houses is heading into the prime revenue period of the year, and she doesn’t have the resources to move or rent a new store.

“I can’t believe I’m living this nightmare. I cannot believe this,” she said. “All I ask for is time, and Lessing wants me out immediately.”

Mark Lessing, owner of the Sand Bar and now the Kellogg’s property, said in an email that he has “no plans” as of yet for the property or the circa1850 structure that stands there.

Asked specifically about Kellogg’s pending eviction, he did not respond by press time Monday.

Kellogg said she’s endured quite a

bit next door to the development – noise, dust, traffic and having the view of her shop while driving westbound on Route 25A obscured by the new restaurant building. But she stuck it out with hopes that a third downtown restaurant would bring new business to Cold Spring Harbor’s quaint historic village. But, if the eviction comes to pass, she won’t be there to enjoy the boom.

Dollhouse making has been the Kellogg family trade for nearly four decades, she said.

After her late husband, Ned, sold his dry-cleaning business in Manhattan, the Kelloggs started migrating east with hopes of raising a family in suburbia. They first settled in Little Neck, Queens, where they launched the Kellogg Doll Houses business in 1977. Initially, Ned Kellogg sold commercially-manufactured doll houses, but started making his own after growing displeased with the quality.

“He just got better and better. He became a master. He could do any architecture just by looking at it,” Sonia said. “He was able to look at structures, draw them out, restore houses that are in terrible disrepair and make them beautiful.”

Ned made dollhouses there for seven years until the building he worked in was torn down; then the family headed further east to Huntington,

Sonia Kellogg, who has operated Kellogg’s Doll Houses in Cold Spring Harbor since her husband Ned died seven years ago, said Lessing’s, which recently bought the land and building on which her shop is located, wants her out by the end of August. Inset, Ned and Sonia in their Little Neck shop in the late 1970s. where he set up shop on Route 25A in 1983.

“It’s been a fixture on Long Island for all these years,” Sonia said.

Over the years, the master imparted some of his knowledge to his life partner, a woman who became his dollhouse apprentice in a sense. Much of that knowledge was unlocked when she took the helm after Ned Kellogg died seven years ago following a lengthy battle with cancer.

“People have been very kind. They gave me a chance to grow and learn my craft,” she said.

During those years, Ned’s knowledge of the finer points of dollhouse craft transferred to his wife almost symbiotically – without her even knowing it at the time.

“He taught me so much. I just close my eyes and remember things,” she said. “I evidently have the ability to do it, which I never knew.”

Now, with a backlog of new orders and repair jobs in the hopper, Kellogg said that if she’s forced to move, it could be curtains for the business.

“I have no idea what I’m going to do,” Kellogg said.

How To Bring Your Debt Under Control

By Jon L. Ten Haagen

OK, after you have created your budget and balance sheets, you now know where your dollars and cents come from and where they go each month. You are ready for the next step toward a complete financial plan.

Write down your long-term and short-term goals. Remember a goal is a dream with a date on it. You want to buy a new suit for work and it costs $400. How long will it take for you to save that much? You will need a new car in three years.

How much do I need then? College costs will start in 11 years for your 7-year-old. Have you started to save? You plan to retire in 31 years. What’s that cost you? This seems daunting and if you do not start getting serious about the future it will become more so.

You now have established a budget for the future.

Become aware of debt management. Control where your money goes. If you have credit-card debts, which one should you pay down first? Write down each credit card debt you have, how much you owe and what is the rate you are charged on each card.

Now put them in order from the highest interest rate to the lowest. Starts paying down the highest rate first making sure you pay at least the minimum on the other cards so you do not get penalties and late fees. Also, if one of the cards has a really small balance and you have the money to pay it off, do it.

Once you have paid a card off, put it in your file cabinet and do not plan using it again. Now go on to the next highest card and start paying it down until you are debt fee. Then you should have a little celebration, but don’t make it too expensive, and don’t put it on a credit

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BUSINESS Finding Innovation In Giving

By Peter Klein info@longislandergroup.com

At first blush, many would ask, innovation in giving? What can possibly be done in that regard? But, like most sectors, innovation is coming to the

philanthropic sector. There are the apps that assist in fundraising efforts (love that little thermometer that increases as you raise more money!) and the like, which is making giving more, let’s say, efficient.

But the innovation I am talking about is more focused on impact.

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Fitzimmons To Receive Chamber Honor Trudy Fitzsimmons has been served on Vision’s board and in named the 2015 recipient of the various officer positions, becomHuntington Township ing co-chair in 2014.

Chamber of This organization has Commerce’s John brought national and Klaber Memorial Award international expertise for Community Service. together with diverse Fitzsimmons has local entities to foster been a volunteer on healthier, more vibrant Long Island for 40 communities. years. While raising her In 2012, a group of family, she served her Trudy Fitzsimmons Leadership Huntington church, children’s graduates formed the school and local theater groups.

Moon Jumpers Charitable In 1998, she was sponsored by Foundation. Fitzsimmons offered her employer Cablevision to par- initial consultation and served as ticipate in the Leadership a board member to this group Huntington program. She was so which is dedicated to hosting fun deeply inspired that she spent the events and volunteer initiatives to next 12 years volunteering for benefit children and veterans.

Leadership, serving as a member A director of the Huntington of its board of directors and chair Township Housing Coalition, of its curriculum committee, and Fitzsimmons is also active with assisting in organizational devel- area veterans organizations. She opment. is a member of the Suffolk When Leadership Huntington County Community Emergency became an independent organiza- Response Team and was designattion in 2007, Fitzsimmons ed a coordinator for the stepped up to lead the organiza- Huntington area from 2006 to tion’s flagship program, develop- 2012. She is a trainer for this proing, connecting and engaging gram through F.E.M.A. and everyday people to help them helped establish CERT’s standard become extraordinary citizens. operating procedures and stanShe was an active volunteer on dard operating guidelines. the steering committee of She is the proud mother of four, “Community Conversations,” an and a favorite nanny to all five in-depth civil discourse series that grandchildren. was a collaboration of Leadership The John Klaber Memorial and the town’s eight public Award will be presented to libraries.

Fitzsimmons on Aug. 25 at the Trudy’s initial Leadership expe- Woodbury Country Club. Visit rience in 1998 connected her with huntingtonchamber.com for more Ron Stein and Eric Alexander, details. who were launching Long Island’s pioneering smart growth organization, Vision Huntington, which quickly grew to become Vision Long Island.

For over a decade, Trudy has

How can giving be more impactful?

More focused on the end nonprofit or cause?

So allow me to paint a picture.

Your family is charitably minded, and some years back you started a family foundation or perhaps a donor advised fund. Since then you have made a series of grants to several initiatives spanning a wide and somewhat eclectic spectrum. The family is sitting around the table and discussing the giving you have made over the years and expect to in the future, and the youngest member of the family asks innocently, “What have we accomplished?”

That leads to some head scratching and reflection. What has been our impact? Have we solved any of the problems that we set out to do?

This is not going to be an article on philanthropic impact necessarily, a topic that has received a lot of discussion as of late. This will discuss, however, impact with respect to

maximizing it for philanthropic entities. Foundations and DAFs have a special opportunity to fill the gaps that exist where private or public funding cannot assist and. As such, these entities need to embrace this opportunity effectively. Not just give because they “have to” (as in the case of foundations and their 5 percent rule) but do so meaningfully—to make a difference. But there is a lot of space in between—space that can clog up the maximization of desired impact (i.e. infrastructure expenses, bureaucratic expenses, finding the right spots, etc.). But with innovation comes opportunity.

Givers today, be it through a defined approach like a foundation, a DAF, or even the simple “checkbook giver,” can actually focus their giving on a specific topic or cause and provide funding to a researcher at a university or think tank that is actually doing that work. Direct ac-

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THURSDAY Secrets of the Sound

Come on a guided hike on Caumsett’s beach, where you will learn about creatures living in the shores along the Long Island Sound. Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve, 25 Lloyd Harbor Road, West Neck Road north from Huntington Village to the park, Lloyd Neck; 1:303:30 p.m. Tickets are $4 for adults, $3 per child, free for children under 3.

Parking fee is $8. Registration is required, call 631-423 1770.

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Dragon Ball Z, the sequel of last summer’s Battle of Gods, is back in theaters.

The film runs 92 minutes and showing is Aug. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at Huntington Cinema Arts Centre.

One of two opportunities this summer to tour the Huntington Lighthouse by boat.

Admission is $66.63, and includes catered dinner. Guests must wear flat rubber soled shoes -- no flip flops, wedges or sandals -- and are invited to bring their own wine or beer. Tickets must be purchased in advance. The tour starts at Gold Star Battalion beach off West Shore Road, Huntington, 6:30 p.m.

For information, call 516-768-2575.

UPCOMING/ONGOING Bocce Tournament

Huntington Councilman Mark Cuthbertson is hosting a bocce tournament at Mill Dam Park (West Shore and Mill Dam roads) in Huntington, Saturday, Aug. 1, at 9 a.m. Download the registration form at bit.ly/1I7vCX9. For more information, call 631-351-2877.

FRIDAY Happenings on Main Street, presented

by Northport Arts Coalition, brings music to the streets. Singer/songwriters, jazz, blues, folk, pop, Americana and openmic nights. Friday evenings, 7 p.m. at Northport Village Park. Weekly through Sept. 4.

Poets in Port

Ongoing series every 4th Friday of the month at 7:30 p.m. Guest poets and open readings. Aug. 28 and Sept. 25.

Presented by Northport Arts Coalition at Caffe Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport. northportarts.org .

Get Pop-Cultured

Barnes & Noble in East Northport celebrates Dr. Seuss in its final “Get PopCultured” evening. Free. Friday, July 31, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY Brett Sherris’ Summer Camp Cinema Film Festival

A double feature at the Cinema Arts Centre featuring “The Big Lebowski” and “Raising Arizona” on Aug. 1 starting at 10:30 p.m. Tickets for members are $9; $13 for non-members.

Detox Workshop

The Vitality Center in Commack will hold a workshop for people who want to learn about the importance of detoxification of the body. The workshop will include tips on how to take charge of your health and how to detox. Saturday, Aug. 1, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Suzanne Ernst & Walt Sargent Concert Suzanne Ernst and Walt Sargent will perform acoustic contemporary songs at Long Island Writers House, 45 Green St., Huntington. Saturday, Aug. 1, 7-9 p.m. Tickets are $15

Comedy fundraiser to benefit the Eli Mollineaux Fund, Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Governor’s Comedy Club, 90 Division Ave., Levittown. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 and must be purchased in advance.

Send a check made out to Mollineaux Fund, c/o Alyssa Mancuso, 552 DaCosta Ave., Oceanside NY 11572. Tickets will be mailed to you.

Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’

Lighthouse at Night

Happenings on Main Street

Comedy Night

A Musical Portrait

Paint & Music Festival Bring your own equipment and creative ideas to Northport Village Park on Aug. 2 for the Northport Paint & Music Festival.

7 in Heaven - Speed Pool

Sign in and mingle at FELT Billiards and Bar, 6133 Jericho Turnpike, Commack.

Receive one bar drink or soda, sandwiches and a salad, followed by speed dating-style pool in teams of two men and two women in appropriate age groups; $30 pre-paid, $35 cash at the door. Saturday, Aug. 1, 7:30-10 p.m.

6th Annual Soccer for a Cause

Tournament for the Michael Magro Foundation 7v7 tournament presented by The Master Mind Unit with tee shirts, music, and entertainment provided. Minimum donation of $500 per team in order to participate, sponsorships available.

Saturday, Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., Kevin Kolm Field, Hicksville

Tickets for members are $10; $15 for non-members. Featuring Gerald Finley as Tell, Jon Osborn as Arnold and Malin Bystrom as Mathilde.

Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble

Featured in Huntington Summer Arts Festival as part of its 50th anniversary, Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble will perform at The Chapin Rainbow Stage in Hecksher park in Huntington for free.

Sunday, Aug. 2, 8:30-10:30 p.m.

Long Island Sound & Art Festival at Northport Park

Live music, live painting and exhibits overlooking Northport Harbor featuring Como Brothers, Sam Woolf, Ken Talve Trio, Dave Kellan Band, and Djembe Movement. Free, 12-6:30 p.m.

Guitar maker James D'Aquisto, whose career started in Huntington, was considered world's greatest archtop guitar maker from the late 1960s until his death in 1995. Peter Rogine, renowned guitarist and Five Towns College professor, will discuss the life and work of this innovative guitar builder and perform jazz classics on D’Aquisto instruments. Free.

Friday, Aug. 7, 5-8:30 p.m.

Historical Harbor Tour

The Northport Historical Society will offer a different perspective on local history with a tour of the community from the water with its Historical Harbor Tour on Aug. 5 (rain date Aug. 6). Attendees will board launches at Seymour’s Boatyard, 63 Bayview Ave. Tours leave at 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 for members, $60 for non-members. Reservations are required. Call 631-757-9859, or stop by the museum at 215 Main St., Northport, Tuesday-Sunday, 1-4:30 p.m.

View of Northport Harbor, 2014 (Photo

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The Music of Marty Balin

Dix Hills Performing Arts Center presents the music of Marty Balin, founder and lead vocalist of Jefferson Airplane and hit song maker of Jefferson Starship. Saturday, Aug. 1, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $40-$60

SUNDAY Northport Paint & Music Festival

All levels of artists, and anyone who would like to be an artist for the day, are invited to attend. Bring your own equipment and creative ideas to Northport Village Park. 1 Main St., starting at noon.

Free; no registration required.

Guillaume Tell

The Royal Opera House presents Gioacchino Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell.”

The four and a half hour on-screen opera (three intermissions) begins at noon Aug. 2 at the Cinema Arts Centre.

TUESDAY Free Help For Vets

Every Tuesday from noon-4 p.m. is “Military Appreciation Tuesdays,” when Long Island Cares assists veterans, military personnel and their families at the Huntington Station, Hauppauge and Freeport emergency pantries.

Appointments can be made by contacting jrosati@licares.org.

WEDNESDAY Awaken The Spirit

Katherine Mitchell will make connections to family and friends from the “other side” and communicate their messages to each other. The evening will take place at The Vitality Center in Commack, $70, Wednesday, August 5, 7-9 p.m.

AT THE LIBRARIES Cold Spring Harbor Library

95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor.

631-692-6820. cshlibrary.org. ● Martin Swinger, songwriter: Aug. 6, 4:30 p.m., for children in grades 2-6, workshop in which participants can write their own songs with Martin Swinger’s help

Commack Public Library

18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631499-0888. commack.suffolk.lib.ny.us. ● Enjoy a showing of DreamWorks’ “Home” with a root beer float in honor of national root beer float day, Aug. 6.

The movie starts at 10 a.m.. For children entering the 1st grade to children entering the 5th grade. ● On Aug. 6 at 2 p.m. come see a showing of “My Old Lady.” Refreshments will be served.

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Elwood Public Library

3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood. 631499-3722. elwoodlibrary.org. ● The library is hosting an e-waste recycling day Aug. 1, 10 a.m.-12 p.m..

Bring small to medium appliances like computers, cell phones, televisions, cables, CD-ROM’s and stereos to the library parking lot to be safely disposed of. Large appliances, microwave ovens, power tools, lawn mowers, and flourescent bulbs will not be taken,

Historical Harbor Tour The Northport Historical Society will offer a different perspective on local history with a tour of the community from the water with its Historical Harbor Tour on Aug. 5.

Half Hollow Hills Community Library

Dix Hills: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631421-4530; Melville: 510 Sweet Hollow Road, 631-421-4535. hhhlibrary.org. ● 3D Printer at Dix Hills, ready for you to print your own creations. STL, OBJ, or THING files may be e-mailed to hhh3dprinting@gmail.com for review. If designs meet library policy, you will get an appointment to print. For more information, call 631-498-1236.

Harborfields Public Library

31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200. harborfieldslibrary.org ● The College funding workshop on Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. will be led by financial planner Andy Lockwood. Learn valuable information that can make college and graduate school affordable. Help is also offered on the complicated application process. Registration isrequired.

Huntington Public Library

Main branch: 338 Main St., Huntington.

631-427-5165. Station Branch: 1335 New York Ave., Huntington Station. 631421-5053. thehuntingtonlibrary.org. ● Paintings by Robert L. Delboy on display through Aug. 23. Artist reception, Sat., July 11, 3-5:30 p.m. (Main branch) ● John Reid’s Comedy Magic Show, is an interactive comedy and magic show for the whole family, children ages 5 and up. Aug. 5, at 6 p.m.. The finale includes a member of the audience being levitated. Registration required. (Main branch) ● Indigo Musicians: Eran Polat, classical guitarist, songwriter, and composer from Turkey; Sicanni (Walter Purizaca), a flutist and flute-maker from Peru. And Akiva the Believer, master drummer, perform music with flamenco and rootsy rhythmic influences, Thursday, Aug. 6, 7 p.m. Register. (Main branch)

Northport-East Northport Library

Northport: 151 Laurel Ave. 631-2616930. East Northport: 185 Larkfield Rd. 631-261-2313. nenpl.org. ● Simon & Garfunkel Tribute with the Guthrie Brothers. Aug. 5 at 7:30-9 p.m.

The brothers effortlessly blend their voices to create signature S & G sound. Come see them perform Simon & Garfunkel favorites including “Scarborough Fair,” “Homeward Bound,” and more. (Northport) ● Join author and film historian Clive Young for a lecture covering 80 years of the superhero cinema starting with old Saturday morning cartoons to the box office breaking blockbusters of today. Aug. 6, at 7 p.m. (Northport)

South Huntington Public Library

145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station. 631-549-4411. shpl.info. ● Summer Sculpture Show: Metal Works with Spirit, through Sept. 1, includes works by members of Long Island

Professional Sculptors and Supporters in the library building and on the grounds outside. ● Outdoor concert series: Mostly Motown.

Rhonda Denet and the Silver Fox Trio will preform classic jazz numbers from the 60’s and 70’s on July 31, at 7 p.m.

Featured songs include numbers from artists like Arethra Franklin, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder Martha & the Vandellas. Registration is required, spots are limited.

SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL Free Concerts

Presented by Huntington Arts Council at Heckscher Park, Main Street and Prime Avenue, Huntington. Shows are TuesdaySun, 8:30 p.m.; Tuesday evenings are Family Nights and performances begin 7:30 p.m. huntingtonarts.org.

• National Beat Carnival Carivan. collaboration with Cha Wa, Wednesday, July 30 • Northport Community Band, featuring guest conductors Izzet Mergen from Northport schools along with one raffle winner to be featured in the finale.

• Broadhollow Theatre Company presents Nonsense A-Men. Saturday Aug. 1.

• Cante Libre, the experts in classical chamber music. Sunday Aug. 2.

• Nation Beat Carnaval Caravan. World music via NOLA and Brazil, Aug. 6.

THEATER/FILM Cinema Arts Centre

423 Park Ave., Huntington. cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611. ● Movie Trivia Night. Participants answer 60 questions based actors and actresses, awards, and everything else associated with the world of film on Aug. 10 at the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington, 8 p.m.

Challenge like-minded film fans. You can have teams up to six people, so bring some friends and work together.

Feel free to come alone and play solo, or join a team. $5 per person.

John W. Engeman Theate

350 Main St., Northport. johnwengemantheater.com. 631-261-2900.

The Cottage, written by Sandy Rustin, runs July 23- Sept. 6

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.

ArtLeagueLI.net.

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. bjspokegallery.com.

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery

1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor.

Open seven days a week, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sundays until 6 p.m.: $6 adults; $4 children ages 3-12 and seniors over 65; members and children under 3 are free. 516-692-6768. cshfha.org.

• Wacky Water Wednesdays lets young children can enjoy sprinklers and water games on the Hatchery grounds.

Picnic tables available. Wednesdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., through July.

Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum

279 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor. 631367-3418. cshwhalingmuseum.org.

• 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.

Heckscher Museum Of Art

2 Prime Ave., Huntington. Museum hours: Wednesday – Friday, 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 for adults, $4-6/seniors, and $4-6/children; members and children under 10 get in free. 631-351-3250.

• “Before Selfies: Portraiture through the Ages” looks at portraits before the advent of cameras; through Aug. 9.

Huntington Arts Council

Main Street Petite Gallery: 213 Main St., Huntington. Gallery hours: MondayFriday 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday noon-4 p.m. 631-271-8423. huntingtonarts.org.

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. huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org • Take a tour of the historic Van Wyck Lefferts Tide Mill – first built in 1795.

Accessible only by boat, the mill is open for tours on a limited basis. Tours are scheduled for Wednesdays, July 29 and Aug. 12 at 9:45 a.m.; Thursday, Aug. 27, at 9 a.m. Tickets are $15 for non-

Northport Historical Society Museum

215 Main St., Northport. Museum hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 1-4:30 p.m. 631-7579859. northporthistorical.org.

• Northport in the Civil War, A Few Good Men: exhibit offers a glimpse into the lives of those Northport men who fought in the Civil War 150 years ago.

• For an afternoon of historical fun, take a self-guided walking tour of the Northport’s historic Main Street, Tuesday-Sunday, from 1-4:30 p.m.

Available in the museum shop at $5 per person.

Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium

180 Little Neck Road, Centerport.

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

• Afternoon mansion tours begin in the courtyard of the historic house once owned by William K. Vanderbilt II. Tours are Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday for a $5 fee, in addition to the price of admission. Check the museum’s website for listing times.

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. waltwhitman.org.

• Schedule at a group high tea and transport yourself back in time in a private gathering house at the Birthplace. $25 per person. 631-427-5240, ext.

120. teaparty@waltwhitman.org.

MUSIC & DANCE Five Towns Performing Arts Center Five Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. Box Office: 631-6562148; dhpac.org.

Northport Community Band

Last summer concert will be July 30, 8:30-9:45 p.m. at the Robert Krueger Bandstand, Northport Village Park. No rain dates.

The Paramount

370 New York Ave., Huntington. 631673-7300. paramountny.com. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. ● Back to the Eighties Show with Jessie’s Girl, July 31, 8 p.m. ● “Weird Al” Yankovik - The Mandatory World Tour, Aug. 1, 8 p.m. ● Mike DelGuidice and Big Shot - the Ultimate Billy Joel Experience Aug. 8, 8 p.m.

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How to bring your credit card debt under control (Continued from page A12)

card -- unless you plan to pay it off at the end of the month.

Do not cancel your credit card right away because you have a credit limit on each card and your credit score may be affected if you change the total credit you have all at once.

Most people need two cards – one for personal and one for business. You may need an additional card if you

belong to shopping companies like a Sam’s Club or Costco, which offer only one card for you to pay with other than with cash.

What is your credit score? The higher it is, the lower the credit you will be charged by the banks. Take charge of your financial life now.

Make sure you get your credit reports each year from the three companies offing them: Experian, TransUnion

and Equifax. There are many companies that will gladly get you a credit score for a fee. That is not necessary because it is free once a year at annualcreditreport.com. Ask for a report from each company, because they all get their information from different sources. Consider ordering from Experian then wait four months and order from TransUnion and another four months to order from

Equifax. Then repeat this each year to be sure they are accurate. Write to them if their information is not correct. I was once listed as living at an address I never lived at, and my work address was incorrect.

Your credit scores will affect the rates you are offered from a bank on a mortgage, credit card approvals, apartment requests and job applications, so pay attention to it.

Official: Take a tough look at Chick-Fil-A plan (Continued from page A1)

June 8 letter to Adrienne Giannadeo, chair of the Smithtown board of zoning appeals, and also objected to the location of the Chick-Fil-A’s menu boards and outdoor dining, which they argued would impact Huntington residents with noise and light pollution across Commack Road.

The Chick-Fil-A would be built on the northern wooded portion of the property, Smithtown planning officials have said. In addition to the standalone Chick-Fil-A, an existing strip mall would be torn down

and be rebuilt to contain a new Mexican restaurant, pizzeria and Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin-Robbins are proposed to built on property at the intersection of Commack Road and Henry Street on the southern part of the land.

Close scrutiny of the project is especially important, Anderson stated, because of Chick-Fil-A’s cult following.

“Their popularity has lasted well beyond normal local interest to such a point that other communities have been strained providing sufficient traffic control due to overspill of traffic from the site to the adjacent

road,” he stated to the board.

The commissioner specifically suggested reaching out the New York State Department of Transportation in order to learn from their experiences in dealing with traffic from a Sonic restaurant on Deer Park Avenue in North Baby-

lon. There, Anderson said the restaurant had employees directing traffic within their parcel, queued up traffic on the shoulder and used an adjacent parking lot.

“This lasted for about six months until the thrill of a new establishment wore out,” Anderson stated.

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Creating a ‘buzz’ (Continued from page A5)

Huntington, said the fundraiser at the Founder’s Room of The Paramount, featuring performances by Jen Chapin, Chris Campion of the Knockout Drops and the Bogmen, was a tribute to Craig Byer, an avid beekeeper who died June 12, 2014 in a motorcycle accident.

Byer lived a full life, Algieri said. In addition to motorcycles, he loved boating, skiing and snowboarding.

“He loved life. He did as much as he could. He crammed 80 years of life into his 40 years,” Algieri said.

Then, there were his honey bees. Byer, who kept bees in Fort Salonga, Huntington, Smithtown and Centerport, was also an advocate for apitherapy – using bees and bee venom for medicinal purposes – and served on the board of the American Apitherapy Society.

“That’s what his passion was,” Algieri said. “He even had a hive in his house between two window panes so when people came

over they could see the bees.”

In life, the two shared a common interest in music, which sparked the idea for the tribute.

“An idea came to mind when I was thinking about some of the concerts he would have at his house. Months ago there was an idea to get his family and friends together and dedicate a concert to him in his memory,” he said.

“The more we all thought about it, we started thinking about, why can’t we make it more than that?”

After Byer’s death, Algieri’s interest in bees grew, and his interest in advocacy began to grow.

“I became a member, began to research the bees and I didn’t know they were endangered,” he said, adding, “I’m proud to help them out as much as I can.”

The event raised $1,000, Algieri said, but the awareness raised for the dozens in attendance – the buzz, pun intended – is far more valuable, he said.

For more information, visit longislandbeekeepers.org.

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Innovation in giving (Continued from page A13)

cess and direct impact. These areas span the typical giving sectors— from health care and medical research to research in arts and the humanities.

There are also researchers focused on the environment and alternative energy solutions. This is not giving to some multi-layered (with expenses) organization that then directs it to the researchers—folks that you don’t necessarily have access to. These grants are going directly to the researchers, and you have direct access to them. Interface with the researchers that you choose

among thousands. Learn what they focus on and develop a direct dialogue. This allows a more focused impact and as such permits the giver to a stronger, more rewarding experience (which, hopefully, leads to more giving and more success).

This can be set up for as little as $25,000—so you gain access to the researchers doing the work in a cause that you are focused on without having to be Bill Gates. That is what I call impactful.

Innovation is a good thing and fortunately it is also assisting the philanthropic sector –allowing it to move its proverbial ne

Stimulate The Economy.

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