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The Paramount Spotlight

Fire Took Life Of Popular Barber Long Islander News photo/Kristen Schultheiss

Comedian Sandra Bernhard’s “Sandyland” combines vaudeville, rock and roll, comedy and burlesque for a provocative night of comedy, Jan. 25 at The Paramount.

BernhardBrings ‘Sandyland’ ToHuntington

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The 91-year-old man who tragically died in a Melville house fire early last week was a popular barber in town.

Domenico DeVito was found dead on the first floor of his New York Avenue home after a fire engulfed his home on Jan 4. DeVito worked as a barber at Five Barbers on Walt Whitman Road for the last 15 years.

The owner of the barbershop, Sergio Pinkhasov, described DeVito as a very nice man with a large following at Five Barbers.

“He had a lot of friends,” Pinkhasov said. “People used to say he could go for the mayor of Huntington because everybody knew him.”

DeVito, an Italian immigrant, had been a barber for many years before he began working at Five Barbers, Pinkhasov said.

DeVito, a great-grandfather, was living alone, taking care of himself and still driving his car to work, Pinkhasov said.

On the night that he died, about 75 firefighters with 12 trucks showed up to fight the house fire. The Melville Fire Department was dispatched at 9:52 p.m., (Continued on page A17)

DIX HILLS

Dogs Have Their Day At Town Hall On-leash walking approved at four parks, including one in Dix Hills Long Islander News photo/archives

She’s a film and television star, darling of the Broadway stage and she kills on the comedy circuit. She’s Sandra Bernhard, and don’t try to pigeonhole her. Let’s just call her a performer.

The veteran performer is bringing her latest show, “Sandyland,” to Huntington for a one night stand at The Paramount next Saturday, Jan. 25. Part musical, part commentary and part stand-up comedy, “Sandyland” is 100percent Bernhard. It’s an hour-and-ahalf from an in-your-face performer

A photo of the late Domenico DeVito, 91, and a plethora of memories are all that remains at the Melville barbershop where DeVito worked before he died in a Jan. 4 house fire.

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Four parks in the Town of Huntington are officially going to the dogs, but in the best possible way.

That’s because the Huntington Town Board voted Jan. 7 not only to make onleash dog-walking a permanent feature in Greenlawn’s Frazer Drive Park, but they expanded the program to include parks in Dix Hills, Commack and Northport.

“Each of these trails has unique characteristics and attractions, but what underlies them all is the opportunity they provide Huntington dog owners to enjoy public park land like other Huntington residents,” said Ginny Munger Kahn, president of the Long Island Dog Owners Group (LIDOG).

Additional town dog-walking trails will (Continued on page A17)

Dogs and their humans will be a fixture at Greenlawn’s Frazer Park, as well as on the Dix Hills Park woodland trail, after the town board made a pilot dog-walking program permanent.

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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Thatched Cottage Files For Bankruptcy Catering hall owner says flood, storm damage set stage for massive debt

By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com

Some would say the waterfront view at the Thatched Cottage in Centerport is part of what makes the 26-yearold catering hall so appealing, but owner Ralph Colamussi, who filed to protect his business from bankruptcy, learned the hard way that a pretty view can come with a price.

According to Colamussi’s Huntington-based attorney Avrum Rosen, the East Main Street business, following Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012, sustained extensive damage largely due to flooding. A victim of circumstance, Colamussi on Jan. 2 filed for Chapter 11 of U.S. bankruptcy law, which would allow the facility to continue catering operations while paying off the incurred debt, Rosen said.

Colamussi, of East Northport, had secured flood insurance for his business and paid for the repairs on his own while expecting to be reimbursed, according to the attorney. However, a $2-million disaster recovery loan which Colamussi claims is owed by FEMA never came through, forcing the owner to pay out of pocket — and others’ pockets — for storm-related repairs.

Additionally, Colamussi’s attorney said that while his client was trying to secure federal disaster loans he also “fell behind in his sales tax” and put several mortgages down on the property with the hope of paying off his debt in a timely matter.

In total, Rosen said, the Thatched Cottage racked up $3 million-$4 million in debt from repairs from storm damage.

“He borrowed lots of money from people to do the bulk of the repairs. He owes money and still doesn’t

The Thatched Cottage on East Main Street in Centerport filed for bankruptcy protection on Jan. 2. Inset, Thatched Cottage owner and East Northport resident Ralph Colamussi. have the insurance,” Rosen said Wednesday.

Brides, fret not. The Thatched Cottage will remain open for business while the owner battles for his fair share of disaster funds in court, and will continue taking reservations for future celebrations at the venue.

“While we worked tirelessly to repair the damage from these devastating storms our first priority was

always to continue memorable events for our clients,” Colamussi said in a press release. “Our objective is to continue to create amazing events…but it is a very slow and arduous process.”

Colamussi’s other business which neighbors the Thatched Cottage, Jellyfish Restaurant, has not filed for bankruptcy, Rosen said.

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MELVILLE

FD Joins Boy’s Fight To Live Bone marrow drive seeks perfect match for 2-year-old

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

The Melville Fire Department is lending its support on Jan. 19 to a Floral Park family’s quest to find a bone marrow donor for their 2-year-old son.

That day, the fire department’s headquarters will play host to a bone marrow drive from noon-4 p.m. in support of Owen Hogan, a toddler diagnosed with life-threatening aplastic anemia, a disorder in which the body stops producing blood cells. It can result in fatigue, easy bruising and poor clotting, and can impair the body’s ability to fight infection.

The young boy was diagnosed in May 2013 and has endured months of immunosuppressive therapy in hopes that his body would once again begin producing the blood cells he needs. However, that course of treatment was unsuccessful, and his best chance to live is to get a bone marrow transplant. With a perfect match, his chances of survival are better than 80 percent; if an imperfect match must be used, his chances drop to about 40 percent.

“As of now, we know there is no available match for Owen, but we remain hopeful that in spreading the word, the registry will continue to grow, and a match for Owen will be found,” his father, Tim, said.

That’s where the Melville Fire Department – and potential donors – can enter the picture.

Melville Fire Department Lieutenant Kevin Barille said last week that the fire department was spurred to action after seeing the young boy’s story on the news.

“If it’s not the fire department reaching out or people like us reaching out to do this, who’s going to do this?

It’s such an under-served need,” he said.

From there, he reached out to Delete Blood Cancer DKMS, a nonprofit with roots in Germany that came to the United States in 2004, which sent him supplies to lead the bone marrow donor registration drive. Today, the organization has registered nearly four million potential bone marrow donors and is part of one the world’s largest bone marrow donor centers.

The drive is open to anyone between the ages of 18 and 55. All it takes to register is a simple swab of the cheek and a couple of minutes. The more people who register, the better the chances are of finding that perfect match for Owen – or another patient in need.

“It’s not only a drive for Owen – it’s for everybody,” Barille said.

The Melville Fire Department’s headquarters are located at 531 Sweet Hollow Road, Melville. For more information call Barille at 631-678-6170. To learn more about Owen Hogan, visit www.aheroforowen.com.

The Melville Fire Department will register potential bone marrow donors Jan. 19 with hopes of finding a perfect match for young Owen Hogan, who is battling life-threatening aplastic anemia.

MELVILLE

New Bridge May Hinge On Canon Traffic Study

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

With hopes of making the case to New York State that a major overhaul of a heavily-traveled bridge is needed, the Huntington Town Board voted Jan. 7 to tap the Greenman-Pedersen engineering firm to study traffic conditions in Melville after Canon’s North American headquarters opened over the summer.

The town agreed to allocate $59,980, drawn from a $1.3-million development impact fee paid by Canon for infrastructure improvements and economic development initiatives, to pay the engineers for the study, which is designed to contrast existing traffic conditions and with the projected traffic conditions outlined in

Canon’s June 2009 traffic study. Those findings will be incorporated as the town prepares an integrated land use plan for the Melville Employment Center, which focuses mostly on the Route 110 corridor, as called for by the Horizons 2020 town comprehensive plan.

During a meeting of the Civic Association of Sweet Hollow in late October, officials with the State DOT said that such a study was a key step in making the case for the state to widen the bridge, which civic leaders and town officials argue is congested and cannot support any more traffic.

“We know we need the bridge, and we believe the traffic study is going to confirm that,” Supervisor Frank Petrone said.

Councilman Mark Cuthbertson, who

cosponsored the move with Petrone, said it’s high time for the state to overhaul the bridge on Walt Whitman Road that spans the Long Island Expressway.

“The bridge at 110 has been done; the bridge at Pinelawn has been done. To do the bridge west of that would actually be a great opportunity, and that’s what we’re looking for next,” Cuthbertson said.

The study is expected to take four to six months to complete and is expected to begin shortly, Cuthbertson said.

Community members have been rife with concerns about the traffic impacts of Canon’s new North American headquarters, which opened in late July and now hosts 1,600 employees. It could possibly expand to accommodate another 750.

Recently, civic leaders have praised

MELVILLE/DIX HILLS

Hearing Set For New Gas Station At Jericho-Park Ave Intersection Zone change aims to correct zoning issues before building facility

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

A Melville-based petroleum company will go before the Huntington Town Board in March with hopes of straightening out the zoning on the corner of Jericho Turnpike and Park Avenue before building a new BP gas station.

Leon Petroleum’s plans for 1075 Park Ave., formerly home to a Mobil gas station, call for 16 pumps, three new 10,000 gallon fuel tanks and a 2,400 square-foot convenience store with 1,455 square feet of retail space. The

firm is looking for the town board to change the zoning on the parcel.

“The properties are kind of an anomaly,” Garden City-based attorney Stu Besen, who is representing Leon Petroleum, said. “It’s on Jericho Turnpike, but half of it is zoned commercial and half is residential, but it’s always been a gas station. He just wants to get it right.”

Before breaking ground, Besen said the firm must also get minor front and rear yard, parking setback and price sign area variances for the 0.63-acre site from the Zoning Board of Appeals.

“He’s just redoing what’s always been there, but he’s just doing it correctly.

He’s not changing anything that has not already been for years and years,” Besen said.

Woodbury-based Cornerstone Capital Realty leased the parcel, described as “one of the best corners on Long Island,” to Leon Petroleum, a BP affiliate in September. Work crews had already removed the old tanks when the Mobil station at the site closed in May 2013.

The hearing at Huntington Town Hall is set for March 4 at 2 p.m.

“The bridge at 110 has been done; the bridge at Pinelawn has been done. To do the bridge west of that would actually be a great opportunity, and that’s what we’re looking for next.”

— MARK CUTHBERTSON, Councilman

Canon for efforts to mitigate traffic impacts, including the installation of a “No Turn on Red” sign at the corner of the service road and Walt Whitman Road; installing traffic sings on the Canon property to improve traffic flow; and urging the 1,600 staff members to use a northwest exit, which feeds directly onto the South Service Road, or Route 110, to cut down on the Walt Whitman Road backup during rush hour. They have also pledged to stand behind local officials as they push for traffic mitigation efforts and infrastructure projects.

While Canon traffic impacts are named in the study, Petrone and Cuthbertson stressed that the effort is designed to analyze traffic throughout the entire Melville area.

“We’re looking at further ways to mitigate traffic and solutions for Melville and development in Melville,” Cuthbertson said.

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Did you see... I’ve been told, “when it rains, it You might be a perfect match for somebody else in a pours,” but hopefully nothing like this! If you saw the similar life-and-death predicament. The beauty of it Golden Globes this weekend, you may have heard all is that it just takes a few there was a little bit of a catastrophe on the red carpet, minutes and a swab of your Murphy’s Law coming true IN THE KNOW cheek – that’s it. Stop by 531 right before your eyes. No, not Sweet Hollow Road from noonone of those “pretentious glam- WITH AUNT ROSIE 4 p.m. and join a movement our-puss gums up the line by that will save lives. taking pictures for 20 minutes” disasters, but instead, a red carpet flood caused by undetermined effluent.

Hello, Chris… This kid’s so good he might get me Some said it was a sprinkler, others say it was a rogue to go to a boxing match! So I hear that Chris Algieri, sewage pipe. So, moments before they went live on the “Pride of Huntington” and a downright punishing the red carpet, work crews and the Beverly Hills FD force in the boxing ring, will be on ESPN on Valenwere furiously scrubbing the thing, blasting it with a tine’s Day – of course! – as he defends his perfectly fire hose, whatever they possibly could to fix it. I pity unblemished record in a primetime bout at The Paraany lady who was wearing a long designer gown that mount – where else? – televised live coast to coast. I evening… wait a minute! No, I don’t – she was wearswear, this kid’s got it all – looks, brains, talent, wit. ing a designer gown that night. What’s to pity?

We could have ourselves a bona-fide nationwide Plunger IQ… While we’re on the topic of plumb- sports star on our hands here! I remember back in the days when we had four channels, you’d see a boxing ing nightmares, let’s dial it down a whole lot and talk match on at least once a week in primetime – toabout plungers. Yes, plungers. Did you know that if day, not so much. Maybe this will mark a return to you’re using the “ball-cut-in-half” plunger on your days gone by, and bigger and better things for our toilet bowl, you’re using the wrong one? Yes, it’ll hometown boy – as well as our hometown theater. work just fine with a little bit of elbow grease, but that one’s meant for the sink. The one you want to Farewell, Charlie… As one young homegrown use on your toilet, dear friends, is one that is shaped pugilist marches to the top, the town is mourning anlike a distorted ball with a large hole in the bottom. other. As you probably read last week, Charlie You’d think everybody knows this, but truth be told, I Gumbs, one of Huntington’s true staples passed away had no idea about the difference until I stumbled uplast week. Everybody seemed to have a “Charlie on it one day. Using the right tools never hurts, espeGumbs story” – a friendly encounter at the bar, cially when you’re a little older like me and the catching up on Main Street, and his gift for gab and horsepower isn’t quite what it used to be. succinct, snappy wit. He’s a guy who worked for everything he had and represented his boyhood town A new start for Owen… This one breaks my well, bringing a pair of Golden Gloves titles to Huntheart, but also inspires me. This upcoming week, my ington during his boxing heyday in the ’50s and ’60s. friends at the Melville Fire Department will be hostIt’s never easy to say goodbye to a friend, but it’s a ing a bone marrow drive at headquarters Jan. 19. little less heartbreaking when they had lived life to They’re hoping to find a perfect match for 2-year-old the fullest. Charlie certainly accomplished that. GodOwen Hogan, who is fighting life-threatening aplastic speed, good sir. anemia, a disorder in which the body stops producing blood cells. That causes fatigue, easy bruising, poor (Aunt Rosie wants to hear from you! If you have comclotting, and impairment the body’s ability to fight inments, ideas, or tips about what’s happening in your fection. This little boy and his family are hoping for a neck of the woods, write to me today and let me know miracle – and that miracle would be a perfect match the latest. To contact me, drop a line to Aunt Rosie, for a bone-marrow transplant. Join the fight this Sunc/o The Long-Islander, 145 East Main Street, Huntday and add your name to nearly 4 million who are ington NY 11743. Or try the e-mail at registered with Delete Blood Cancer, one of the aunt.rosieli@gmail.com) world’s largest bone marrow registries. Who knows –

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While they were working on their fitness, a thief helped themselves to their stuff. Police were called to Gym 33 at the Whitman Atrium in Huntington Station Jan. 6 after someone broke into a 2005 Nissan Murano parked at the fitness center at 7:30 a.m. Police said the thief took cash, a jacket, 50 assorted CDs, and a black wallet containing credit cards and a driver’s license.

Duct Tape Divas Busted A 40-year-old woman from Maspeth and a 25-year-old woman from Jackson Heights were arrested Jan. 2 after their seemingly ingenious plan to evade anti-theft sensors with duct tape went bust. Police allege the two women lined a black handbag with duct tape before stuffing it with 12 Michael Kors wallets and Burberry slacks from Bloomingdale’s in South Huntington. Alas, it was to no avail, as the women were caught and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny as well as criminal possession of an anti-security device.

There For The Taking A 1996 Jeep Cherokee was stolen from the Huntington LIRR parking lot at 6 a.m. Dec. 2, but the burglar may have gotten a little help from the victim. Police said the complainant left their keys in the center console before the car was stolen.

Police are searching for the person who broke into a 1998 Chrysler Sebring parked at a Melville office building Jan. 5. When the car’s owner came out from the Access Direct office on Spagnoli Road to get something, they discovered that the passenger side window had been smashed and a tablet, MP3 player and backpack were missing from the car.

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Not only did he steal their rims, he messed up the rear bumper for good measure. Police are searching for whoever stole four rims and tires from a 2013 Honda Accord parked on Pineland Court in Dix Hills at 1 a.m. Jan. 3.

Seven days later, a similar incident occurred at 10 p.m.

Jan. 10 at a Baldwin Path home. There, four tires and rims were stolen from a different 2013 Honda Accord.

Police are searching for the person who stole jewelry from a N. Candlewood Path home in Dix Hills Jan. 11.

The complainant said that someone pried open a window at 4:50 p.m. to get into the house.

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“I did them a billion years ago and it still gets me to laugh.

That’s the nice part of this job – it’s a lot of fun.”

Cameron Diaz was the talk of the town on Monday when she signed her new fitness and lifestyle book at a Huntington bookstore.

A Melville grandma stopped a would-be identity thief cold in his tracks Jan. 6 with a single phone call to her supposedly incarcerated grandson. Police say the woman received a call shortly after 4 p.m. from someone claiming that her grandson was in jail and that she needed to send money to bail him out. However, a simple phone call to her grandson led her to discover that he wasn’t in the clink and that all was well. Needless to say, she refused to send a dime.

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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Four Named Intel Semifinalists

By Kristen Schultheiss kschultheiss@longislandernews.com

Four students in the Town of Huntington have been selected as semifinalists in the national 2014 Intel Science Talent Search.

A total of 300 high school seniors from around the country are selected each year as semifinalists in this highly competitive contest.

Aron Coraor, 17, of Huntington High School; Alex Devarajan, 16, of Half Hollow Hills High School East; Akash Nandi, 17, of St. Anthony’s High School in South Huntington; and Joshua Zweig, 17, of Commack High School were chosen for their advanced projects and extensive research.

Coraor, a Huntington resident, spent about two years researching in the labs of Stony Brook University to discover that the rocks on the moon were probably not formed as they were hypothesized to have formed in the 1970s.

He created a new model to demonstrate how the rocks on the moon were most likely formed, because there was “no way to justify the current model.”

Coraor plans to become a professor of chemical engineering.

Devarajan, of Melville, discovered a molecular pathway that could prevent inflammation from occurring in the human body. He began his research last summer in North Shore LIJ hospital labs.

“I think one of the most nerve-wrecking moments I've ever had so far was scrolling down the list of semifinalists on my phone while on the way to school,” the Hills East senior said.

Devarajan hopes to someday become a doctor. He is looking into colleges with biology programs and seven-year medical programs.

Nandi, who is a resident of Woodbury, developed a survey to investigate the cor-

Aron Coraor

Akash Nandi relation between students’ backgrounds and their risk behaviors. He began working on this project at the end of his junior year.

He was very interested by the results of his studies, which he said show that students who participate in varsity-level sports are more likely to drink alcohol than those who play on junior varsity sports teams, and those who do not play on an athletic team at all are least likely to drink alcohol during their high school years.

Nandi would like to study computer science or engineering in college.

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Joshua Zweig Zweig, a resident of East Northport, created a program that can be used to search for and diagnose cancer in mammograms.

“It's an incredible honor to be named as a semifinalist. It's an unreal feeling when uncountable hours of work pay off. This accomplishment belongs to so many people, especially all those who have contributed to relating fields before me.

Without them, I would not have been able to take this step,” the Commack senior said.

He plans to study computer science in college.

After completing hundreds of hours of

research and experimenting, each student spent an additional 40-plus hours filling out the lengthy application for the prestigious science competition.

They have yet to decide upon which colleges they will attend next year, but all have applied to some of the top schools in the country.

Each of the 300 semifinalists receives a $1,000 prize as well as a $1000 award for their schools. Forty finalists will be selected to participate in the last leg of the talent search in Washington, DC in March. Each finalist is awarded $7,500 and the winner receives a $100,000 prize.

MELVILLE

Family Escapes From Burning Home Photos by Steve Silverman

Firefighters douse the flames that engulfed a Wintergreen Drive West home last week.

A family of four escaped from a blaze on Jan. 9 in the second fire the Melville Fire Department battled in four days.

Facing extreme cold and icy conditions, firefighters arrived on Wintergreen Drive West around 3:45 a.m. to find one end of the ranch home on fire. Two adults and two young children escaped the fire uninjured, fire

Melville firemen comb the wreckage.

officials said.

An aggressive attack began as firefighters used four hose lines to battle the flames. A partial roof collapse and burning gas meter caused additional hazards for firefighters.

Fifty volunteer firefighters using nine trucks from Melville, Dix Hills, Huntington Manor and East Farmingdale had the fire under control within an hour, and

were on the scene for more than three hours. Melville Fire Chief Mike McKeefrey was in command, with operations handled by Assistant Chiefs Paul Mahler and Chris Nolan.

The house sustained extensive damage, and the Suffolk Police Arson Squad and Town of Huntington Fire Marshal are investigating. Suffolk Fire-Rescue Coordinators were also dispatched for assistance.

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Golden Gloves Champion Dies A man about town, Charlie Gumbs, 84, was a Huntington fixture Long Islander News photo/archives

Charlie Gumbs takes it easy in his swanky red lounge in 2011.

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

Charlie Gumbs, a Huntington fixture who shined in the spotlight of the middleweight boxing scene in the 1950s and 1960s, died Jan 4.

Gumbs, of Huntington Station, was 84.

As one might expect for one of Huntington’s best-known men about town, Gumbs went out in the spotlight.

This past fall, he was honored as a grand marshal of the fourth annual Huntington Awareness Day Parade, saluted for his boxing career and contributions to the Huntington Knights of Columbus.

Gumbs left his imprint throughout the town. An active bachelor well into his 80s, he would frequently hop into his Cadillac Eldorado to meet friends and make the rounds at local restaurants. A seat at the bar at Huntington restaurant Porto Vivo literally has his name on it; it was unveiled at his 80th birthday party held there.

He certainly earned that seat. He was one of the Gerard Street restaurant’s biggest fans, and during his nearly nightly visits, Gumbs didn’t just dine – he held court.

“He was always popping by the kitchen, asking what’s good tonight, always shaking everybody’s hand and buying people a glass of wine, socializing with people,” said Joe Balbo, the restaurant’s vice-president of operations.

The Porto Vivo visits were typical of his lifestyle. In a May 2011 Long Islander News profile, Gumbs recalled his routine: he would jump in his classic ride to meet friends and spend some time “mingling and jingling.”

“It didn’t matter if he had a good day a bad day – he always had a smile on his face,” Balbo said. “He was like the grandfather of Porto Vivo.”

Balbo said Gumbs was quite popular

with the ladies, and Gumbs knew it. In the 2011 profile, he recalled a time a woman approached him in a restaurant.

“She was all over me. Her boy didn’t look happy about it, but I can’t help it.

The ladies like me. It’s because I’m a gentleman,” he said proudly.

Gumbs, a Huntington native, grew up on Woodhull Road with his parents, two brothers and one sister in the home his father built in 1927. He graduated from Huntington High School and went on to become an undefeated middle- and lightheavyweight boxer in the United States Armed Forces and a two-time Golden Gloves champion.

The fighter said in the 2011 profile that he followed in the footsteps of his older brother, Rudy, who was a three-time Golden Glove heavyweight champ. The younger Gumbs was a gifted knock-out artist who mastered the ring in the ’50s and ’60s.

“I was good. I would knock them out with a left hook and boom, knocked out. I nearly knocked everybody out,” Gumbs said.

Asked in 2011 why he quit fighting, he grinned and quipped, “I’m too pretty.”

Gumbs worked for Grumman and trained before and after work. He fought in Japan while serving in the Korean War and was the undefeated champion in the east in the U.S. Armed Forces. He won the 1951 Golden Gloves championship and took the title again the following year.

While he boxed, he always held down a full-time job. In addition to selling cars, he transported blood for the Greater New York Blood Bank and worked in construction as a tin knocker. In Huntington, he volunteered as an usher for St. Patrick’s Church during 5 p.m. Mass and enjoyed hanging out in his lounge, listening to jazz music.

Gumbs is survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins.

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Building For The Future The opening of Canon’s Americas headquar- for engineering studies to demonstrate the need ters in Melville during 2013 was a major mile- for improvements to the expressway overpass at stone in the Town of Huntington’s economic de- Walt Whitman Road. The studies should reafvelopment efforts, and set the stage for efforts to firm what those in the neighborhood already further develop the Route 110 Corridor as a ma- know – that traffic flow needs to be improved. jor employment hub.

It’s one cog in the machine that needs to get The Route 110 corridor is already Long Is- revving if the corridor is to continue to grow as land’s “corporate downtown,” and Canon’s the desirable address for businesses. In addition $750-million commitment to the area is just a to road improvements, we need to develop religlimpse of what is possible. Bring us a few more able public transportation, increase sewerage global-scale employers in a non-polluting in- capacity and provide reasonably priced housing dustry, along with all of the support opportunities. And yes, we mean businesses that follow, and we’ll have EDITORIAL rentals. the economy humming.

Corporations like Canon like However, there are limits to the growth that the Town of Huntington because of the quality can occur in the 110 Corridor until some infra- of life it offers to workers. Good schools, recrestructure improvements are made. ational opportunities, and cultural and lifestyle Some of them are on the way. Transportation amenities are attractive, but only as long as the improvements have been undertaken along the infrastructure is there. Putting all of the pieces corridor’s busy intersections with the Long Is- of the puzzle in place will create an environment land Expressway and Northern State Parkway. that will seal the deal for businesses looking to And the town board last week approved funding call Huntington home.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Help Your Mail Carrier!

Editor’s note: The following was adapted from a press release.

DEAR EDITOR: The US Postal Service requests that customers clear their mailboxes and walkways of snow and ice during the snowy season. Several employees have suffered serious injuries related to slips, trips and falls during the winter months.

Customers are asked to clear enough snow from curbside boxes to allow mail trucks to approach the box, deliver the mail and to drive away from the box without danger or the need for backing.

Walkways should be cleared of snow and ice and allow enough traction to avoid slips, trips or falls. Stairs should also be kept in good repair and free of ice and snow so as not to cause injury to the letter carriers or others who visit the customer’s home.

Adding salt or sand to walkways can decrease the chance of injury, not just to letter carriers but to other visitors as well. Letter carriers have suffered fractures, sprains and even ruptured knees

from slipping on ice and snow.

Please protect them and other visitors from hazardous conditions.

The best way to avoid injuries is prevention. Letter carriers want to provide the best service they can to their customers but they need your help to do so as safely as possible.

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My Position On Syria Editor’s note: The following was taken from Rep. Steve Israel’s website.

DEAR EDITOR: Given all the recent news about developments related to Syria, I wanted to update you on my position. I encourage you to share your thoughts with me by calling my office or emailing me through my website. You can also follow me on Twitter @RepSteveIsrael for the latest updates.

Russia's call for Syria to relinquish its chemical weapons was a positive development, and I urged the administration to engage Russia and our international partners to ensure that any agreement in-

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cluded a transparent, enforceable and effective way to secure Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles and production facilities, so that they may not be used again. The United Nations Security Council has since approved by a unanimous vote a resolution requiring Syria to relinquish its chemical weapons and international inspectors have begun the process of removing, dismantling and destroying these weapons and production facilities.

As I've said repeatedly, diplomacy should always be the first preference. It's clear that the credible prospect of force to hold Syria accountable for its use of chemical weapons prompted Moscow to propose a path forward.

I strongly hope that this agreement succeeds. My objective has always been focused on one thing: deterring and degrading Syria's chemical weapons capabilities.

Here is why: First, because Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons repeatedly, and with each new attack that went unanswered by the international community, more innocent men, women, and children were murdered. The gassing of civilians on Aug. 21, resulting in the death of more than 400 children, is the culmination of Assad's

crimes. Without a firm response and in the absence of an international agreement, Assad will feel emboldened to continue gassing people and murder even more innocents.

Second, because we don't want Syria's chemical weapons to fall into the wrong hands – including some elements of the rebel forces in Syria. This isn't about one side or the other in Syria's civil war.

This is about minimizing the chances that any side uses chemical weapons.

Third, it is imperative that we reinforce our message to Hezbollah, Iran and North Korea that there will be consequences should either of them ignore decades of international law and opt to use chemical weapons.

Finally, I want to stress that I have consistently helped lead nonmilitary efforts to promote human rights, security and stability within Syria. Back in 2012, I introduced a bipartisan resolution calling for Assad to be tried before the International Criminal Court and I cosponsored legislation to impose economic sanctions on the Syrian regime.

Again, I hope that the Syrian regime will abide by the terms of the United Nations Security Council resolution and will fully cooperate with the process of removing, dismantling and destroying its chemical weapons program.

STEVE ISRAEL U.S. Congressman Huntington

Pushing NY In A Positive Direction DEAR EDITOR: Governor Cuomo [on Jan. 8]

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set forth a strong agenda for New York State in 2014. His leadership and vision have pushed New York in a positive direction.

Over the past few years, the state’s financial position has grown stronger with spending more closely aligned with revenue. However, more work remains to achieve structure balance. In this current fiscal year, my office identified almost $5 billion in temporary resources to support state spending. It is also time to tackle comprehensive reforms to the state’s budget process, debt and capital planning.

Despite a stronger national and state economy, many municipalities across New York face real fiscal issues that need to be addressed. The issues facing our local governments require serious discussion and solutions. My office will continue to examine local finances closely through our Fiscal Monitoring System and audits and flag those in fiscal stress.

Recent political scandals demonstrate it’s time for New York State to build a new foundation of public trust by enacting campaign finance reform, including the public financing of statewide elections. Now, more than ever, we need to tip the scales of influence away from the few and put it back into the hands of everyday New Yorkers.

I look forward to working with the Executive and the Legislature and reviewing the details in the Governor’s plans when he releases his proposed 2014-15 budget.

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ART

‘Lockhorns’ Make Hospital Bright

By Kristen Schultheiss kschultheiss@longislandernews.com

Huntington Hospital’s lobby has two new pieces of art on its walls thanks to local cartoonist Bunny Hoest.

Hoest, 82, donated two illustrations from her well-known “Lockhorns” comic to be displayed at Huntington Hospital. A celebration was held on Jan. 9 to dedicate the artwork.

“They wanted to cheer up the waiting room,” Hoest said.

“The Lockhorns” is a cartoon that captures the comedic perception of a married couple through characters Leroy and Loretta Lockhorn. Hoest created the comic with her late husband, Bill Hoest, in 1968 while she was an English teacher at Huntington High School.

After being requested for the Huntington Hospital job, Hoest searched through many years’ worth of comic strips to find a few appropriate for the hospital setting.

“I love my job,” she said. “I was picking cartoons related to wellness and health and I was laughing going through them.”

In one of the cartoons hanging in the hospital, Leroy is lying in a hospital bed saying to a doctor, “At least the food is an improvement” while his wife Loretta stands angrily watching over. In the second cartoon, Loretta says of her husband, “He willed his body to science and they

rejected it.”

“I did them a billion years ago and it still gets me to laugh. That’s the nice part of this job – it’s a lot of fun,” Hoest said.

A committee led by Huntington Hospital Vice President of Development Carrie Bhada chose which two illustrations would be displayed.

“I selected two illustrations that I thought would resonate with most people,” Bhada said. “Everyone’s sense of humor is different, but we all identify with jokes and misconceptions about hospital food. I thought they were humorous and appropriate to the setting, and hope the community enjoys them.”

The cartoonist has been a resident of Huntington for many years. She lived in the village until 1982 and then moved to Lloyd Harbor where she is still a resident.

Hoest was happy to donate her work to Huntington Hospital. Her daughter was born there and her grandson is applying to a North Shore-LIJ medical program.

“I was always enthusiastic about having a fine local hospital,” Hoest said.

Since the death of her husband in 1988, Hoest has kept the comic strip alive with the help of her assistant, John Reiner. She thinks her husband is “someplace, very happy” with the work that she has continued.

“The Lockhorns” can be found in more than 500 newspapers across the globe.

Hoest recently signed a 10-year contract to continue working on comic strip.

Cartoonist Bunny Hoest with one of her “Lockhorns” comics in Huntington Hospital’s lobby during a dedication celebration on Jan. 9.

HISTORY

The Dreamer Dies, But Never Dies The Dream

By George Wallace info@longislandernews.com

There are more famous residents of the Huntington area who played prominent roles in New York City political history than one might think.

Take Fiorello LaGuardia and Gentleman Jimmy Walker, for example – two of the Big Apple’s more famous 20th century mayors. But when it comes to a lasting influence on the five boroughs that comprise New York City, the impact of Brooklyn Borough President – and Duck Island resident – Raymond Ingersoll, who famously wrote “The Dreamer Dies, But Never Dies The Dream,” is right up there.

So much so that in the past 50 years, his name has been associated with everything from apartment building complexes, community centers and college dormitories to the monkey house at the Brooklyn Zoo – and perhaps most noticeably with the lobby of the Brooklyn Public Library, at the head of Prospect Park.

There’s good reason why Raymond V. Ingersoll’s name is there – after all, a project to create a central library for Brooklyn was stalled for nearly a half a century before he stepped in. The tale of the tape reads like this: Raymond V. Ingersoll (1875-1940) served as parks commissioner and Brooklyn Borough president, and for much of his public life was a staunch advocate for everything from public housing to broader use of borough parks, playgrounds and beaches.

He was instrumental in the consolidation of the subway systems, creation of health centers, the Brooklyn College campus, Brooklyn Civic Center, and better roads and parkways linking Brooklyn to the other boroughs. He was a member of the State Commission which revised tenement and housing laws in 1928-1929.

And when it comes to Ingersoll’s role in the creation of the Central Library, considered the flagship facility of the Brooklyn Public Library, it’s no wonder that at least a portion of the building is

named for him.

The story of the library construction effort goes back to 1889, when the Brooklyn Park Commission was authorized to select a site for the Central Library. Though ground was broken for the Beaux Arts building in 1912, for the next 15 years the project lagged, and with the onset of the Depression, construction slowed down and eventually ceased.

But then Ingersoll stepped in. The year was 1930 and Ingersoll, not yet borough president, put in place plans to change the design plans to make them more inexpensive – and more modern. By 1935, Ingersoll was borough president and architects Alfred Morton Githens and Francis Keally were selected for what turned out to be a $1.88-million project, retaining a great deal of Almirall’s original design, but without the Greco-Roman ornamentation.

Raymond V. Ingersoll never saw the plan come to completion. The man who dreamed of a flagship library for the

Brooklyn library system died in 1940.

But as Ingersoll said, while the dreamer dies, “The Dream Never Dies.”

A year later, on Feb. 1, the library opened its doors, and a formal dedication was held with Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia – Ingersoll’s neighbor in Asharoken – in attendance. A memorial inscription was unveiled in the plaza honoring Ingersoll, by then the “former borough president,” whose persistent support brought about the library’s completion.

“The price of leadership is the ability and the courage to do a little more than the average amount of individual thinking, to exercise something more than the average degree of independent judgment and to take the risks always involved in a self-directed course of action,” noted Ingersoll, when a dormitory hall at Brooklyn College was dedicated in his name in 1935.

Ingersoll’s effort towards creation of the Brooklyn Public Library is testimony to those words.

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While The Shack’s road to Huntington village was paved in part by the bikers and locals who lined up in Centerport for “clams and chaos” staring way back in 1980, the restaurant is hoping to expand its horizons without losing its unique charm.

With the big 3-5 approaching at the Centerport flagship on Route 25A, owner Mace Colodny, never afraid to take a chance, said it was a great time to bring a new, more refined palate to his two restaurants. He opened the newest – known as The Shack “West” – on Huntington village’s Gerard Street in September 2013, finally solving that great predicament of satisfying the craving for a Shack Attack on a rainy day.

But the Huntington Shack is much more than that. In his new trappings, Mace and new Executive Chef Michael Heinlein are “on a quest” to get away from fried food. Fret not, clam-diggers; the fried clams, fish and chips and shrimp remain a staple, but are complemented by ample gluten-free, vegetarian and dairy-free choices alongside fresh fish and pasta.

“There is limited fried food, but the classics remain,” Mace said, noting that some of the dishes at Huntington’s Shack that can be recreated in Centerport’s tighter cooking quarters will be featured during the 35th season’s menu.

The interior décor embodies the classic Shack charm indoors, but with added panache. Much of the wood interior is salvaged – the bar area and side wall panels are all wood salvaged from a Canadian barn; the benches lining the walls come from an Amish church in Pennsylvania, Mace explains.

We started with an array of soups includ-

The Shack owner Mace Colodny is looking to expand his horizons in Huntington village, his second restaurant.

The Shack West Buffalo Shrimp are a great start and showcase the restaurant’s emphasis on fresh seafood well. ing a lobster chowder enhanced by big chunks of sweet Maine lobster; a glutenfree and surprisingly delicate Cream of Wild Mushroom soup that brings the mushroom flavor to the forefront; and thick, hearty New England Clam Chowder with ample clams, onions, celery and seasonings (all $4 cup, $6 bowl).

Spicy, but not overwhelmingly so, tender, juicy Shack “West” Buffalo Shrimp ($12) are full of pep and complemented by mild, crumpled blue cheese. It was a winner at our table. Paired with a savory Holy Trinity hash, their jumbo crab cake ($11) is great for sharing, albeit a bit mild after the flavor-packed Buffalo shrimp. And if you’ve ever had a hankering for flash-fried lobster on a skewer, look no further than Lobster Corn Dogs ($13), a special offering during our visit.

Entrée choices illustrate Mace’s new culinary mission clearly. One of our favorites was gluten-free Two-Faced Tuna ($25), blackened on one side and sesamecrusted on the other, with flavors that are well balanced. Paired with mango sticky rice, Brussels sprouts and bacon, and a carrot-coconut nage, there’s something for

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lipops in smoked dried cherry risotto and fennel green oil coupled with Santa Cristina Sangiovese 2011. Next up: C.A.B. Filet Mignon with fingerling potatoes, charred Brussels sprouts and Maderia demi, served with Villa Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva 2010. Finish off with warm “falling down” chocolate cake with raspberry coulis, superfine sugar and a Vinsanto

There’s nothing two-faced about how much we enjoyed The Shack’s Two-Faced Tuna, served rare. everybody. The sweet, juicy scallops stood out in a risotto special with jumbo shrimp and clams ($24), and the Bite Me Burger ($14) with Manchego cheese, braised onions and Twisted Mayo, tempts you to do just what its name says.

Happy Hour, from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday to Friday, includes half-priced beer and wines and as well as appetizer specials at the bar. Their full liquor license application is also in the works, as are plans to begin a Sunday brunch in the next couple of weeks, so you can have a Shack Attack all day and all night if you want to.

Tenute Marchese Antorini. Seats are limited for this scrumptious journey, so book now.

GUINNESS JAM: With St. Patrick’s

Day nearing, Christopher’s Courtyard Café (8 Wall St., Huntington village 631-271-0111) is counting on Irish eyes smiling on their upcoming series. Willie Steel will perform traditional Irish Ceili-style music every Sunday at 8 p.m. Also up for grabs are $5 Guinness pints for those inclined. Also, feel free to bring your own acoustic instrument (BYOAI?) if you feel like jamming with Willie.

BRUNCH AND ALL THAT JAZZ: Jazz brunch,

anybody? Storyville American Table (43 Green St., at Finley’s of Green Street, Huntington 631-351-3346 www.storyvil-

The Shack “West” 46 Gerard St., Huntington village 631-923-2126 www.clamsandchaos.com Atmosphere: Fun, friendly and funky Cuisine: Shack favorites and lots of fresh seafood Price: Moderate Hours: Wed-Sun 11 a.m.-last dinner seating Closed Monday-Tuesday until spring

leamericantable.com) has you covered. The all-you-can-eat affair, on Sundays from 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., is $21.95 p.p. and includes a complimentary Bloody Mary or Mimosa to wet your whistle, not to mention jazz performances to liven up your Sunday morning.

THAT’S CRUMMY: A little bit of the icing has come off of the cupcake boom of the early 21st century. Crumbs, at 11 Wall St. in Huntington village, has shut its doors and the space is up for rent.

Known for their gigantic oversized cupcakes and eclectic assortment, our sweet tooth is offering a sympathetic pang of regret. However, there’s plenty of great local bake shops to enjoy in Crumbs’ absence, several within walking distance of Wall Street, so check them out.

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Walking into Supreme Trophies Inc. on Walt Whitman Road in Melville can bring a person back to his or her childhood in seconds. Take a step into the display room and the wall on the left is fully shelved with sparkly and colorful trophies, just like the ones your team may have received after a memorable Little League season. If you look right, you can find an array of wooden plaques, and the back wall displays plenty of glass tablets for commemorative etchings.

Customers can come into the store and pick out what trophy or plaque they want to order, how many they want, and what they might want the trophies or plaques to say. The awards can be engraved, lasered, or glass etched for personalization – all done in-house.

The trophy fortress provides services to youth leagues, businesses, banks, churches and temples, according to its longtime owner and manager, Dick Mustapich.

“I enjoy what I’m doing,” Mustapich, 78, said. “I meet a lot of nice people and I enjoy talking to people. People come in

Dick Mustapich takes a break to pose for a picture in his store, Supreme Trophies Inc. here and know who I am and I know who they are.”

Mustapich opened his business in 1972. He runs and operates the store by himself, with occasional help from his youngest daughter and grandson.

The trophy maker moved to Huntington in 1959 and built a home.

Prior to opening Supreme Trophies more than 40 years ago, Mustapich worked for Grumman for 18 years.

He was also a member of a fast-pitch softball team through a special services program in Washington, D.C. The team traveled to United States Air Force bases around the world to play and provide entertainment for the U.S. armed forces.

He pitched for the team for 23 years, even touring Europe with them for two years.

When Mustapich was 38 years old, he decided to retire from playing and

opened up Supreme Trophies.

“We were putting on a softball exhibition in Europe and I realized I reached my limit in Grumman and I realized I had to do something different,” he said. “You have to do something where you don’t get bored.”

All trophies and plaques are assembled in-house. Parts are stored in the basement, and in the shop, Mustapich cuts trophy tubing to the ordered size, engraves the writing, and puts the awards together. He has a special machine for engraving and etching, and with a computer he can alter font size and writing to adapt to businesses’ requests.

“We are bombarded at the end of the school year,” Mustapich said. “We get so many academic and scholastic awards in April, May and June.”

In order to prepare for such times, the trophy maker keeps all his orders from recent years at hand, so he can have an idea of what is to come. He currently has pages upon pages of lists of orders he can expect in the next few months.

Since his wife died four years ago, the 78-year-old has shelved his plans to retire.

“It’s a family business that I enjoy doing,” Mustapich said. “After all these years, it’s more or less a hobby.”

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wanis Club of Huntington for The Dix Hills-based Art more than 25 years, and has League of Long Island recently the distinction of being the announced the appointment of second woman to join the three new people to its board of club. directors.

“My husband, Quentin, Glen Ross, of Nesconset, is during his lifetime, was very interim treasurer. He graduated involved in all aspects of the from Long Island UniversityTown of Huntington, as past C.W. Post Campus in 1992 and supervisor and councilman, received his CPA designation Glen Ross as well as his many volunteer in 1998 and his Certified Valuefforts. He has inspired me to ation Analyst designation in continue to give back to the 2003. He sits on the board of community and I look fordirectors of several companies ward to working on the board and is actively involved in of the Art League of Long Istheir finance and investment land,” Sammis said. committees.

Maureen Casey is a Hunt“The Art League of Long ington resident and partner in Island is happy to have somethe law firm Ahmuty, Demers one of Glen’s caliber and tal& McManus in Albertson. ent on its board, helping to Marge Sammis She received her law degree shape the course of the orgafrom St. John’s University nization’s financial future,” said Charlee Miller, the Art League’s and is currently a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, the New executive director.

A native Long Islander and Hunting- York State Bar Association, and the Deton resident, Marge Sammis is a re- fense Research Institute. Casey has fotired executive/co-owner of the Sammis cused her practice on the defense of school districts in a variety of Group, aka Coldwell Banker personal injury claims. Casey Sammis. Her extensive comis a longtime participant in the munity involvement goes back Nassau County Bar Associamany years. She has a 40tion Mentoring Project menplus-year relationship on and toring students at the Alverta off the board of Family ServB. Gray Schultz Middle ice League. Sammis is also acSchool in Hempstead. tively involved as a supporter “Maureen’s dedication to and advisory committee memserving the community and ber of the North Shore Holiday House, a summer camp Maureen Casey her knowledge of educational issues will be a tremendous for young girls from low-income families. She is past vice presi- asset to the Art League’s arts education dent and an active member of the Ki- programs,” Miller said.

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A14 • THE HALF HOLLOW HILLS NEWSPAPER • JANUARY 16, 2014 THURSDAY Welcome To The New Year

The Melville Chamber of Commerce hosts a Jan. 23 “Welcome to the New Year” celebration from 5:30-8 p.m. at Colonial Springs Golf Club, featuring and recognizing the chamber’s “Businesses of the Year for 2013” honorees, and keynote speaker Anthony Manetta, CEO and executive director of Suffolk IDA. RSVP: Call the chamber at 631-777-6260 or email @info@melvillechamber.org. Cash bar, food included. Free for members/$30 non-members.

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Every Thursday except holidays, “Sharing Our Lives” at the Women’s Center of Huntington, 125 Main St., Huntington, gives women in the later stages of life a chance to share joys and concerns and in turn receive support and confidentiality. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $10 members/$15 non-members, per session. Advance registration: 631-549-0485.

Human Trafficking Exposed “FLESH: Bought and Sold in the U.S.”, a gripping documentary that gives voice to human trafficking victims who have become ensnared in prostitution and to those fighting to free them, will be presented by the Huntington Chapter of The League of Women Voters to illuminate Human Trafficking Awareness Month on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m., part of the Real-To-Reel Documentary Series at Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington. 631423-7611. www.CinemaArtsCentre.org. $10 members/$15 public.

FRIDAY Tu B’Shevat

Join in a festive Erev Shabbat and a Tu B’Shevat celebration (Birthday of Trees) on Jan. 17, 6:30 p.m. at Kehillath Shalom Synagogue, 58 Goose Hill Road, Cold Spring Harbor. Work together in ways to make our planet green. RSVP 631-367–4589 or KehillathShalom@optonline.net. Bring a nonperishable food item.

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!

Trip To “Italy”

The Fr. Thomas A. Judge Knights of Columbus and Columbiettes host “A Night in Italy” dinner/dance from 7-11 p.m. on Jan. 18 at St. Anthony’s Trinity Regional School Hall on Fifth Avenue in East Northport to raise funds for their various charities. This nostalgic night features Maestro Joe Buscemi playing all your Italian favorites. $35 per person. Order tickets by calling Jackie at 516-318-5809 or Theresa at 631-379-2655.

Become An Assistant Soccer Ref

The Long Island Soccer Referees Association (LISRA) holds a US Soccer’s Entry Level Course in January. Candidates must attend either both morning or both afternoon classes on Saturday, Jan. 25 and Sunday, Jan. 26 at the Wilson Tech, Western Suffolk BOCES, 17 Westminster Ave., Dix Hills. $145. Register at www.LISoccerRefs.org. Questions? Email LISRA’s Mike Roamer at G9@LISoccerRefs.org. Assistant refs must be 13 years old to officiate Long Island Junior Soccer League games.

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. 631549-1000. www.MeditationOnLongisland.org.

Summer Camp Open House

Wheatley Heights’ Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), hosts its next open house on Jan. 26, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Check out several new programs for its 2014, 47th season: Musical Theater Dance and Musical Theater Audition Workshop, both for grades 7-12; and Sewing and Fashion Production, for grades 412. Usdan also offers individual weekend guided tours available by appointment. Weekday self-guided walks are also available. $100 “Early Bird” enrollment discount for registration through Jan. 31. For an appointment, call 631643-7900.

Visits From County Senior Advocates

The Suffolk County Office for the Aging has released its Winter 2014 Senior Advocate

www.elwoodlibrary.org.

• To celebrate the Chinese New Year, the library is offering an event on Wednesday, Jan. 22 from 4:15-5 p.m. There will be a lesson on how to make your very own banner for the holiday.

• On Thursday, Jan. 23 the library hosts a crochet workshop, giving you the chance to talk with other people and share your love of crochet. The event is from 7-8:30 p.m.

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Schedule for Huntington. County representatives will provide seniors assistance with food stamps, Medicare savings programs, Medicaid applications, Heating Emergency Assistance Program (HEAP) applications, and more at the following times: Huntington Library, Monday, March 10, 10 a.m.-noon; Huntington Nutrition Center, Wednesdays, Jan. 29, Feb. 26 and March 26, 9 a.m.-noon; Paumanack Village I & II (Greenlawn), Tuesdays, Jan. 28, Feb. 18 and March 25, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Paumanack Village V & VI (Melville), Tuesdays, Feb. 11 and March 11, 9 a.m.-noon; and South Huntington Library, Thursdays, Jan. 30 and March 27, 10-11:30 a.m. 631-853-8200.

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.

Power Breakfast

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

MONDAY Red Is For Passion

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

TUESDAY Free Mommy And Me Class

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

Free Help For Vets

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

Obamacare Seminar

The Huntington Business Incubator is hosting a Jan. 28 seminar to help businesses and individuals understand the workings of the federal Affordable Care Act and how it applies to them. The one-hour session, entitled “Obamacare and You: Are You Eligible and How to Sign Up,” will begin with a networking opportunity at 5:30 p.m.; the presentation will start at 6:30 p.m., followed by a question and answer session at 1268 New York Ave., Huntington Station. Admission is free, but an RSVP is required. Call Diane Teets at 631351-2884 or send an email to dteets@HuntingtonNY.gov.

AT THE LIBRARIES Cold Spring Harbor Library

95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. 631692-6820. cshlibrary.org.

• Lou Sabatini, former director of guidance at Massepequa and Plainedge, presents a workshop that highlights the essential steps for getting into college, without information overload, Thursday, Jan. 16, 7 p.m.

Commack Public Library

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

• On Monday, Jan. 20, 2-3 p.m., prep for the big football game at the library. Chef Rob Scott will help you to create super bowl appetizers and there will be football inspired games to play as well.

• On Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2-3 p.m., learn about the life of artist Charles Henry Miller who painted many city and Suffolk County landscapes. Miller’s great granddaughter Ruth Ann Mosback Bramson will be presenting the history as well as some of Miller’s paintings.

Deer Park Public Library

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

• Through a grant from New York State, the Deer Park Library is happy to offer 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.

• Join the library’s team for the Advanced Battle of the Books, a countywide book trivia contest for students in grades 9-12. Participants read three books, then compete in teams against other libraries on March 28. Team practices begin in January. Call 586-3000.

Elwood Public Library

3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood. 631-499-3722.

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

• If you are looking for some entrepreneurial advice and cannot seem to get what you want from the computer, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, speak face-to-face with a person who can help you out. The event is from 4-7 p.m. in Dix Hills.

• Personal trainer Ellen Chiappetta instructs a 90-minute “MELT Method” introductory workshop on Thursday, Jan. 16, 1 p.m. or Wednesday, Jan. 22, 7 p.m. in Dix Hills. The class will use specialized soft body rollers and small hand and foot balls to simulate the result of manual therapy. Registration is limited.

Harborfields Public Library

31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200. harborfieldslibrary.org.

• If you are concerned about the environment and how your home can make the difference, attend a presentation on how to make your home more energy efficient and healthy. The session will be presented by the Long Island Green Homes Consortium on Thursday, Jan. 16, 7-8:30 p.m.

• To help your child out with the complex college process, the library holds an information session where you can find out all you need to know, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 7-8 p.m.

Huntington Public Library

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

631-421-5053. www.thehuntingtonlibrary.org.

• If you need a crash course on how to use the Microsoft program on your computer, no need to worry. On Saturday, Jan. 18 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., the library holds a session on how to use the Microsoft program at the Station branch.

• Archeology might not be the first class offered in school, which is why the library holds a session on Thursday, Jan. 23 for children who are interested in the subject. The session is from 10-11 a.m. at the main branch. Your child will do an archeological dig, solve problems and create structures with blocks.

Northport-East Northport Public Library

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

• If you’re a teen who wants to volunteer for community hours, on Saturday, Jan. 18, help children in grades 1-5 build LEGO projects from 10:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. in East Northport.

• One way you can encourage your young child to read is to make it fun for them. The library on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. in Northport holds a session filled with fun activities that incorporate humor and fantasy into different stories.

South Huntington Public Library

145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station.

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

• The Friends of the Library's 50th Anniversary Community Cookbook is now available for sale! It contains recipes contributed by friends and neighbors right here in South Huntington. From Asian Cocktail Meatballs and Hasselback Potatoes to Sauerbraten and Zucchini Bread, there are sure to be recipes that your family will love. $10 at the circulation desk.

• Sometimes it can be difficult figuring out whether to save or chuck an old shirt. Reuse it by making the shirt into a trendy scarf on Thursday, Jan. 16, 7-8 p.m.

THEATER and FILM Cinema Arts Centre

423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaarts-

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• Freeport Music Archivist Bill Shelley hosts an exciting celebration of Chicago, the classic band that reinvented the sound of rock music, in the popular monthly Rock Legends Live! series on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m. $10 members/$15 public.

• “FLESH: Bought and Sold in the U.S.”, a gripping documentary that gives voice to human trafficking victims who have become ensnared in prostitution and to those fighting to free them, will be presented by the Huntington Chapter of The League of Women Voters to illuminate Human Trafficking Awareness Month on Thursday, Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m., part of the Real-To-Reel Documentary Series. $10 members/$15 public.

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THE HALF HOLLOW HILLS NEWSPAPER • JANUARY 16, 2014 • A15 in need of pet treats, cat and dog toys, kitty litter, cleaning supplies, such as laundry detergent, glass cleaner, paper towels and garbage cans, dog food and wet cat food, AA batteries and bedding. Donations can be dropped off at: 1842 East Jericho Turnpike, Huntington, NY, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. until March 1. 631-8545100.

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Dix Hills Performing Arts Center

Five Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. Box Office: 631-656-2148. www.dhpac.org.

• On Friday, Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m., the center presents “Best of Broadway and More,” a benefit to support the Five Towns College Theater student trip to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Washington, DC. $10.

• On Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m., the Wild Women of Comedy presents a showcase of female comedians. Producers Kit Stewart and Anne LiPuma sold out last year’s performance, so get your tickets early. Tickets are $20, $25, and $30.

John W. Engeman Theater At Northport

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

• Opening Jan. 23, “Other Desert Cities” is the story of a once promising novelist who returns home after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, former leading Republicans, and her eccentric liberal aunt. When the novelist announces she is about to publish a memoir focusing on an explosive chapter in the family's history, the holiday reunion is thrown into turmoil. Shows through March 9.

Minstrel Players of Northport

Houghton Hall theatre at Trinity Episcopal Church, 130 Main St., Northport. 631-7322926. www.minstrelplayers.org.

AUDITIONS/SUBMISSIONS Northport Symphony Orchestra

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

MUSEUMS & EXHIBITS Art League of Long Island

107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills. Gallery hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. weekends. 631-462-5400. www.ArtLeagueLI.net.

• Artists from the tri-state area are invited to submit entries to the upcoming juried exhibition “Landscapes: From Metropolis to Arcadia.” Deadline is Feb. 9.

VOLUNTEERING Cosmetologists Wanted

The Wild Women of Comedy The Wild Women of Comedy presents a showcase of female comedians, including Tina Giorgi and Cory Kahaney, on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m., Dix Hills Performing Arts Center at Five Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. Tickets are $20, $25, and $30. Box Office: 631-656-2148. www.dhpac.org. tyseven.com.

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

Heckscher Museum Of Art

2 Prime Ave., Huntington. Museum hours: Wednesday - Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., first Fridays from 4-8:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $6-8/adults, $46/seniors, and $4-5/children; members and children under 10 free. 631-351-3250.

• “Rabble-Rousers: Art, Dissent, and Social Commentary”, on display until March 16, features works from the Permanent Collection by artists who challenged traditional aesthetics, politics, and social norms. Highlights include prints by Whistler, Rauschenberg, John Sloan, Larry Rivers, and May Stevens; photographs by Larry Fink and Garry Winogrand; and paintings by William Beard and George Grosz, among others.

Holocaust Memorial And Tolerance Center

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

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

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

• “Art as Conscience: The Holocaust Art of Aaron Morgan”, which aims to move its viewers to understand the need for educating the world against intolerance and prejudice, is on display through Jan. 31.

Huntington Arts Council

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

• The works of 26 artists have been selected for the “Making an Impression II” printmaking show, on display through Jan. 27.

Huntington Historical Society

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

• In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., every hatchery visitor will receive one free mini fish food funtainer on Monday, Jan. 20.

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. 631-4277045, ext. 401. www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

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

• A Jan. 16 Lunch & Learn lecture and discussion at Black & Blue restaurant in Huntington village will begin 12:30 p.m. and runs for approximately two hours. $45 for non-members, $40 for members. Price includes gourmet, three-course meal. Reservations are required.

Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum

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

• Learn how whales survive frigid arctic waters and see real blubber on Monday, Jan. 20, 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at the BlubberFest.

Ages 5-12.

LaMantia Gallery

Gallery Thirty Seven

9 East Contemporary Art

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery

12b School Street, Northport. www.gallerythir-

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

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

9 East Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours:

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

Be A Museum Docent

Wed.-Sat., 3-8 p.m. or by appointment. 631662-9459.

• A unique winter invitational exhibition, “CLAY / PAPER 2014” presents works in clay or on paper by 30 professional artists. On display Jan. 25-March 16. Meet the Artist reception on Saturday, Feb. 2, 3-7 p.m.

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.

Northport Historical Society Museum

Seeking Volunteer Advocates

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

• The new permanent exhibit, “Our Stories: the History of a Community,” transforms half of the Society’s gallery space into a timeline, tracing the history of the Northport-East Northport community and rarely seen photos and artifacts from the Society’s collection.

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.

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. 631-854-5555. www.vanderbiltmuseum.org.

• On Saturday, Feb. 8, romance is in the air.

Enjoy a Valentine's Day dinner in the mansion with seatings at 6 and 8 p.m. $100.

Walt Whitman Birthplace

246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station. Hours: Wednesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Admission: $6 adults, $5 seniors, $4 students, and children under 5 are free. 631-427-5240, ext. 114. www.waltwhitman.org.

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

MUSIC & DANCE The Paramount

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

• The Lauryn Hill concert scheduled for Dec. 26 has been postponed to Jan. 26. Tickets: $75, $100.

• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy takes the stage Saturday, Jan. 18. Tickets: $25-$60.

DONATIONS WELCOME Help The Troops Call Home

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

Supplies For Little Shelter

Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern is collecting supplies for The Little Shelter Animal Adoption Center in Huntington. The shelter is

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

240.

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.

Don’t Hibernate. Help

The Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP SUFFOLK) needs adults 55+ to help in organizations throughout Suffolk County. Dozens of opportunities available in this federally funded program for just about any interest or skill. Visit www.rsvpsuffolk.org or call 631-979-9490 ext.12 for more information.

Friends At Home

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

Be A Friend Of The Bay

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

Be A Host Family

Huntington Sanctuary is seeking families or individual adults to become Host Homes, which provide temporary shelter to youth between ages 12-17 who are experiencing a family crisis. Contact Jennifer Petti at 631-2712183 for more information.

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Dogs now allowed on Dix Hills trail (Continued from page A1)

be established at the Dix Hills Park woodland trail, the paved path at Commack’s Sunshine Acres Park and on land at Northport’s Jerome Ambro Memorial Wetlands Preserve connecting the Makamah Park Preserve and the Suffolkowned lowlands portion of the Fuchs Preserve.

The Huntington Greenway Trails Committee recommended making the Frazer Park pilot permanent and adding the three new locations following a review conducted alongside LI-DOG leaders in July. A month earlier, the town created a framework by which parks can be nomi-

nated as sites for on-leash dog walking.

“They looked at what other criteria makes them appropriate… They look at the various facets of the park to make that determination,’ Councilman Mark Cuthbertson, who sponsored the dogwalking legislation, said.

At Frazer Drive Park, town spokesman A.J. Carter said, General Services will create a landscape barrier “to make it clear where dogs can go” on the perimeter of the park.

The Greenway Trails Committee will also post signs at the parks to lay out the rules of the program, chair Laura McKellar said.

The town board created the pilot program in May 2012 and extended it in

February 2013 before making it permanent on Tuesday. There, neighbors credit the dog-walking program with helping to clean up a park marred by robberies, criminal mischief, fires, and even a rape in 2008.

“It’s made a big difference – the people are in there, and the kids in there are doing what they’re supposed to do,” Michele Martines, president of the Frazer Park Civic Association, said.

While the impetus for dog walking in Greenlawn was a community concern, the Greenway committee took the lead on adding the other three parks, McKellar said.

Also on Jan. 7, the town board voted to appoint a representative of LI-DOG, a

nonprofit organization with the mission of expanding access to public parkland for Long Island dog owners and their dogs, to the town’s Greenway Trails Advisory Committee.

“We are looking forward to being part of the team that will work to make sure that this much-needed initiative is successful,” Munger Kahn said.

Cuthbertson said the Greenway committee will track the progress at these four parks before signing off on any new walking trails.

“If there aren’t significant hurdles, as other places are deemed appropriate, they would go on,” he said.

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who isn’t afraid to be abrasive – shocking even – but mostly likes to be funny.

In an interview with Long Islander News, Bernhard described the show as “an amalgam in my style of the type of shows I enjoy – vaudeville, rock and roll, comedy, burlesque – adapted stylistically to my mindset.” Basically, she tries to make you laugh.

Professionally Bernhard has been making audiences do just that since starting her career at LA’s Comedy Store in the 1970s.

She became a favorite on the live, stand-up comedy circuit nationally, but also carved out a career in film, television and on Broadway.

It started when fate cast her as the younger sister of three brothers.

“I grew up with three older brothers, so I was the one always trying to be in the center of things. It became second nature, getting people’s attention,” she said.

Bernhard, 60, got her first big break when she was cast as a supporting player on “The Richard Pryor Show” in 1977. In 1983, Martin Scorsese cast her in the role of a stalker/kidnapper in the film “The King of Comedy.” She won the National Society of Film Critics’ Best Supporting Actress award for her performance.

A favorite of the late night talk show circuit, Bernhard has appeared more than 30 times on “Late Night with David Letterman.”

Perhaps her greatest exposure came in the early 1990s when she played television’s first openly gay character on the hit series “Roseanne.” She returns to television this season as a guest star in ABC Family’s original drama series “Switched at Birth.”

With her stand-up background, Bernhard is plenty comfortable performing live.

Her live show, the critically acclaimed “I’m Still Here… Dammit!” opened offBroadway in 1997, moved to Broadway a year later, and was later filmed for an HBO special. In 2006, Bernhard’s “Everything Bad and Beautiful” also opened to raves, and her most recent show, “I Love Being Me, Don’t You?” played to sold-out crowds last summer in Los Angeles.

Since then she has since been touring almost non-stop. But that’s a natural for a woman who says she can’t stand still.

For the current live show Bernhard brings musical accompaniment with one of the members of her band, The Flawless Zircons.

“The show is a piece in itself,” she said.

“The music weaves through it,” but it works in plenty of theatrical performance, along with the signature sharp, provocative commentary synonymous with her name.

It’s the product of a sharp eye that’s been honed by decades as a comedic writer and performer.

“I was always the inquisitive one, wondering, ‘What is that?’ and ‘How’s it work?’,” she said. But add to that a natu-

ral inclination for looking at things differently, for mixing things up, and you have Sandra Bernhard.

“I’ve got to take something and turn it on its ear,” she said.

She’ll turn everything on its ear here performing her one-woman show next Saturday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m. at The Paramount. Tickets are $25-$49.50 at the box office, 370 New York Avenue, Huntington, or go to ParamountNY.com.

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and when they arrived at the 2629 New York Ave. scene, the house was completely engulfed in flames.

“The fire was blowing out the windows of the first floor upon our arrival,” Melville Fire Chief Mike McKeefrey said.

A tenant in his 30s was able to escape the blaze from the second floor.

Dix Hills, Huntington Manor, East Farmingdale and Plainview fire departments came to the aid of the 40 Melville

fire department volunteers.

The cause of the fire continues to be investigated by the Suffolk Police Arson and Homicide Squads, Huntington Town and Melville Fire Marshals, but was not believed to be criminal.

DeVito is survived by his two granddaughters, Tracey Iazzetta and Meredith Macchione, and great-grandchildren, Joey, 9, and Brianna, 4. His daughter, Maria Macchione, died in 2004, and his wife, Maria DeVito, died in 2009.

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Algieri Tunes Up For ESPN2 Bout Valentine’s Day showdown could be national springboard

By Danny Schrafel

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By Miya Jones info@longislandernews.com

Editor’s note: The author is a member of the girls track team.

Don’t mess with The Pride of Huntington – Chris Algieri, right, will return to The Paramount ring and primetime TV in a main event fight to be shown live on ESPN2 Feb. 14.

The hometown favorite, who defeated “Mighty Mike” Arnaoutis at The Paramount this fall, said he has stayed sharp and fit since then, giving him more time to focus on strategy and honing his skills so Team Algieri has the right game plan for fight night.

“Styles make fights, and I think this is a good fight for me,” he said.

The young pugilist from Greenlawn, however, said he expects a stiff challenge when he sets foot in his home ring on Valentine’s Day. Algieri said he saw Taylor defeat Raymond Serrano at The Paramount last January and is well aware of his ability.

Algieri will head to Las Vegas to complete his training with top fighters, including newly crowned welterweight world champion Marcos Maidana.

“He’s looking for exactly what I’m looking for,” Algieri said. “I know he’s going to be hungry for it.”

Tickets are $200, $150, $100, $60 and $50 for “ESPN Friday Night Fights/Rockin Fights 12.” Tickets are available through Ticketmaster at www.Ticketmaster.com, 1800-745-3000, by calling Star Boxing at 718-823-2000 or on their website www.starboxing.com, and through The Paramount box office at 631-673-7300.

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Tight Score For Thunderbirds

By Logan Bordiga info@longislandernews.com

Half Hollow Hills East hosted Northport on Saturday in a competitive varsity wrestling match. Both teams were equally cheered on by their respective fans in the stands, and both teams were hungry for a win.

The match started with the 132 pound weight class. Hills East started off quickly with a win by Steven Macchia.

Kristopher Kruass at 138 pounds followed, putting Hills East in the lead 6-0.

However, Northport countered by winning the next eight weight classes with pins by Justin Riccuiti, Kenny Gallagher and Tom Digiglio.

After Hills East had to forfeit the 285 pound weight class, Northport had a commanding lead of 36-6. The Northport fans cheered as they looked on

and watched their team dominate the match.

Victory looked bleak for the Hills East Thunderbirds as they trailed by 30 points. However, Hills East started to string together consecutive wins including a major decision by Ethan Udell in the 113 pound weight class and a pin by Mike Macchia in the 126 pound weight class. The Hills East fans, who were slightly silenced earlier in the match, roared back. The team reinvigorated its fans with its drive and heart.

A Hills East comeback proved unsuccessful though, with Northport winning by a final score of 36-25. Both teams fought incredibly hard until the end in a game that did not look close at the beginning.

The crowd cheered and roared all throughout the match until the very end.

Long Islander News photo/Logan Bordiga

If you were to guess where the Half Hollow Hills West track teams was on Jan. 11, at 8 a.m. on a Saturday, you might guess resting at home – but you would be wrong.

Instead, the team was in New York City for the Molloy Stanner Games – established as an Armory meet by Archbishop Molloy High School in 1995 and held at the New Balance Track & Field Center – to show off their skills and perform at their highest level.

The boys team was able to take some big wins at the meet. Junior Raymond Lyte came in 17th out of 157 runners in the 55-meter varsity dash with a time of 6.77 seconds.

Junior Kory Fitzgerald placed 10th in the 300-meter varsity dash with a time of 35.87 seconds.

The Colts’ relay team for the varsity 4x200 – senior Opata Mate-Kole, senior Eliot Parascandolo, junior Jin Nam Kung and junior Kory Fitzgerald – came in 12th with a time of 1:36.30 minutes. Hills West’s 4x400 relay team of senior Gabe Agbim, Parascandolo, Lyte and sophomore Denzel Hardy came in fourth place for the varsity race with a time of 3:28.93 minutes.

“We did really well and a lot of people got their personal best records,” Mate-Kole said.

The girls track team was able hold its own and make a mark in the Molloy Stanner games. Junior Alyssa Jean came in ninth in the 55meter varsity dash with a time of 7.64 seconds. Junior Gabby Barone placed 19th in the 55-meter varsity hurdles with a tine of 9.73 seconds.

The girls relay team of Barone, Jean, junior Kayla Hodge and sophomore Leeyan Redwood placed seventh in the 4x200 meter varsity race with a time of 1:51.93 minutes.

Their performance impressed their teammates.

“The best part was probably watching the 4x200 race,” said senior Oyin Adewale, who took first place in the shot put, throwing 32.2 feet.

Freshman Anya Pawar came in seventh for the varsity triple jump, leaping a distance of 32.11 feet.

Redwood came in 7th in the 55meter sophomore dash with a time of 7.84 seconds. The girls 1600 sprint medley team placed 10th with a time of 4.57.45 minutes.

“It was a good meet because we all surpassed our previous personal best records,” girls coach Joseph Toles said.

Boxing fans across the country will get the chance to fall in love with The Pride of Huntington as Greenlawn’s Chris Algieri hopes to earn his 19th consecutive win in a primetime televised bout at The Paramount.

The Feb. 14 bout pits Algieri (18-0, 8 KO) against Baltimore’s Emanuel “The Tranzformer” Taylor (17-1, 12 KO) in a 10round junior welterweight main event. The fight, part of Star Boxing’s Rockin’ Fights 12, will air live as part of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights series, which airs on sister station ESPN2.

Joe DeGuardia, founder and president of Star Boxing, said Algieri has sold out The Paramount eight times before and vowed that fans will get their money’s worth next month.

“This is an excellent nationally televised matchup of young, hungry junior welterweights with a lot to gain,” DeGuardia said.

“Chris has made The Paramount his home with his electrifying hometown performances.”

Algieri said a big win could provide the catalyst that propels his boxing career to the next level.

“Now we’ve got a national spotlight,” the boxer said. “It’s primetime, it’s the main event. It’s a really big deal.”

It’s also a big deal for The Paramount, which will gain national exposure with the telecast. The venue previously hosted Taylor’s Jan. 25 bout, which aired on Showtime, and Algieri’s Feb. 23 win shown on the NBC Sports network. This will be Taylor’s second ESPN2 telecast and Algieri’s first.

Hills East wrestler Cameron Byrne takes on Northport’s Preston Perkins in the 220 pound weight class.

Hills East Coach Bill Davey said his team did “fairly well.”

“We played very tough, physical and aggressive. I don’t think the score really shows how we finished out the match and how we wrestled,”

he added.

Davey also hopes to continue to play aggressively and finish strong while placing some of Hills East’s wrestlers on the podium when it comes to the league championship.