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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013
MELVILLE HALF HOLLOW HILLS
Canon Filling Up New HQ Half Hollow Hills photo/Mike Koehler
Driver Hit With DWI In Fatal Crash By Mike Koehler mkoehler@longislandernews.com
Canon employees are slowly moving into their new Melville digs while the traffic signal outside the property is in the process of being finalized.
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Canon employees are gradually moving into their new headquarters, but the intersection just outside their Melville campus is not quite finished. Town of Huntington officials have scheduled a hearing for March 5 to include in town code the traffic signals on Walt Whitman Road south of the Long Island Expressway for Canon and FedEx. Transportation and Traffic Safety Director Stephen McGloin confirmed the lights were installed while work on Walt Whitman Road was underway last year. The signals were part of a plan to mitigate traffic conditions for Canon’s American headquarters. For months, the lights only flashed yellow and red – basic settings for caution and mimicking a stop sign. “We just activated it about [four] weeks (continued on page A15)
MELVILLE
Residents To Chart Melville Park Half Hollow Hills photo/Danny Schrafel
One Brentwood man is dead and another is in police custody after a drunk-driving accident on the Northern State Parkway. New York State police said Yunior Josue Bonilla, 25, was behind the wheel of a Yunior Josue 2002 Mercedes early Bonilla Monday when his passenger, Gabriel A. Herrera-Mina, 26, was fatally injured. Bonilla, Herrera-Mina and two other passengers from Brentwood were at a Westbury night club until it closed. Bonilla was speeding eastbound, police said, until he lost control on the parkway within the Town of Huntington’s borders. Witnesses told police Bonilla was drinking at club before getting into the car. Police said Herrera-Mina, the front seat passenger, was not wearing a seatbelt and was critically injured. He was taken to Huntington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The two other passengers were treated and released with minor injuries. Bonilla was charged with driving while intoxicated. A police statement said other charges may come as the investigation continues, although a spokesman could not be reached for comment. The accident forced police to close eastbound traffic on the Northern State for more than six hours. Anyone with information about the accident is asked to call New York State police confidentially at 631-756-3300.
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Town officials are urging residents to submit ideas of what they want to see become of the former Meyer’s Farm property as it becomes Sweet Hollow Park. “When we’re buying land for an active recreational use, this is really the most fun – when we reach out to the community and begin to get input,” said Margo Myles, the town’s coordinator of Open Space Conservation and liasion to the Conservation Board. The park is part of a land swap deal that transfers 5 acres of development rights from the former Meyer’s Farm, located at the corner of Old Country (continued on page A15)
Environmental Open Space Committee Chair Joy Squires, Open Space Conservation Coordinator Margo Myles, Civic Association of Sweet Hollow President Alissa Taff and Parks Director Don McKay review property lines for Sweet Hollow Park.
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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
More New Faces In Highway Super Race Contractor Kevin Orelli joins growing Democratic field vying for Naughton’s seat Photo by Steve Silverman
By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com
A veteran contractor is stepping up his efforts this month to earn the Democratic nomination to run for superintendent of highways. Huntington’s Kevin Orelli, 62, will challenge Democratic incumbent William Naughton and is holding a fundraiser in mid-March with hopes of propelling his campaign. Dix Hills’ Don McKay, the town’s current director of Parks and Recreation, is the second Democratic candidate. Across the aisle, Centerport’s Peter Gunther, a Conservative, has also declared his interest in the race. Naughton has not declared whether he will seek another four-year term, but said late last month it was likely he would. Orelli, a lifelong Huntington resident whose family spans four generations in town, took the helm of his father’s construction business in the late-1980s and has worked in the field for most of his life. Two years ago, during a particularly snowy winter, he recalled a visit to Huntington’s Bagel Works – a regular part of Orelli’s morning routine – and “the snow in front of the store was a disgrace,” he recalled. Orelli said the situation was a catalyst to run. “I started realizing that Mr. Naughton wasn’t doing a good job for the town, and I thought I could do a better job,” he said. “I’m the best qualified candidate that we have… There’s nothing the highway department does that I haven’t done.” Orelli argued the cleanup effort following last week’s blizzard illustrates the need for new leadership. “Only a lack of will – there’s no real reason that this has to be like this. It should
From left, Huntington’s Kevin Orelli and Huntington Parks Director Don McKay are challenging incumbent William Naughton for the Democratic nomination for superintendent of highways. Meanwhile, Peter Gunther, a Conservative, has also announced his interest in the job. have been cleaned up by Sunday morning,” he said, calling the recent storm response “disgraceful.” Naughton, who has been the superintendent of highways since 1987, could not be reached for comment by press time Monday. Naughton has stood behind his department’s storm response, stressing the town faced down especially poor conditions during the cleanup, lost nearly 100 contractors to equipment breakdowns and walkoffs, and worked diligently to open roads after nearly 2.5 feet of snow and several inches of ice coated the area. If elected highway superintendent, Orelli pledged to boost worker morale, improve the quality of roadwork, improve coordination with town hall and call on his experience as a contractor to improve efficiency in the Highway Department. “We could do a much better job in the way we plow our roads and pave our roads,” he said.
McKay and Gunther also joined Orelli in criticizing the Highway Department’s response to the blizzard, arguing much more could have been done. “Beyond the storm and cleanup, the issue is communication… There’s a complete lack of transparency and open communication with his department,” McKay said. “In this day and age, residents should be able to call the Highway Department during working hours and talk to a live person and be able to send an email to the department and get a response.” McKay stressed that his criticism has nothing to do with the department’s rankand-file employees – only the leadership. “It just appears that the storm on [Feb. 8] got ahead of the crews, and that shouldn’t have happened,” he said. Gunther, who is retired after 24 years with the FDNY and currently serves as a Centerport Fire Department commissioner, agreed with McKay that communication
was a major issue. Gunther said he has been interested in running for several years, but decided to take the plunge late last year. “Bill has done some good things over his time, but progressively over the last four years, he hasn’t done as well,” Gunther said. “The bottom line is, it’s time for him to move on.” Arguing Naughton’s department was “disorganized and had no leadership” during the blizzard, Gunther vowed to improve the department’s ties with town hall, speed up the process of paying contractors and make sure constituent feedback is answered on the highway helpline. “My life is about public service,” Gunther said. “I’ve set budgets, done more with less and challenged the school district and libraries – 10 out of 12, we’ve delivered goose eggs [0-percent tax increases] to the taxpayers… I know the town, know the employees… I’m best able to do all of that job.”
DIX HILLS
One Hospitalized In LIE Truck Accident Police: Dump truck clips car, pinballs into concrete barrier and other cars By Mike Koehler mkoehler@longislandernews.com
At least one motorist was seriously hurt when a dump truck sent one car flying into two others along the Long Island Expressway (LIE) last week. The truck driver fled the scene and is wanted on felony charges. Suffolk police said the accident took place near exit 51 in Dix Hills late on Feb. 14. Gloria Montoya, of Commack, was driv-
ing a 2013 Honda Accord in the center lane of the LIE, police said, when a dump truck driving behind her tried to merge lanes. As the truck moved into the right lane, it clipped the Honda. The sedan bounced off the concrete divide, knocked a 2003 Toyota Solara in the HOV lane upside down and bounced into a 2005 Dodge Magnum in the center lane. The driver of the Solara, William Broer, 83, sustained chest injuries. A police helicopter airlifted the Hauppauge man to
Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was listed in serious condition. A hospital spokeswoman said on Monday that Broer was in stable condition. Montoya, 49, was taken to Good Samaritan Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. A hospital spokeswoman said she was released the same day. The driver of the Magnum, Carlos Gonzalez, of Central Islip, was not injured. The drivers and another witness described the dump truck as a newer model,
either silver or gray in color. Det./Sgt. Richard Auspaker said they had no other details about the wanted vehicle. “I think he would have seen him strike the woman’s vehicle. The related accidents happened after he kept on going,” he said. The driver is wanted for leaving the scene of an accident with personal injury, a class E felony. Anyone with information is asked to call the Second Squad confidentially at 631854-8252.
DIX HILLS
Setting The Bar High With Elementary AHAP By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com
For 35 years, the Academically High Aptitude Program (AHAP) has been a staple of the Half Hollow Hills School District. Founded to facilitate critical thinking for gifted elementary students, parents and students recently voiced their support for the program in fear it would be cut from the school’s 2013-2014 budget.
However, during a Feb. 15 budget workshop, administrators announced the program will remain next year. According to Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education Mary Rettaliata the program, which currently caters to 108 students from all seven elementary schools, screens students using a series of cognitive skill tests. Rettaliata said the cognitive assessment is similar to an IQ test. A second component to determine eligibility is a state-
administered mathematics assessment. Students are typically screened in the spring. Once assessment scores are returned from the state, educators spend the summer deliberating which students will be eligible for the program. Wendy Martin, a parent of a child enrolled in the AHAP program, said while she didn’t know how her child was chosen for the program or details surrounding the testing, both her daughters’ academic and social experience in the dis-
trict has been enriched by it. “They learn so much, and they’re able to socialize with their peers who are just like them. Their needs aren’t less significant than someone with special needs, they’re just on the other side of the spectrum, but they still have needs,” Martin said. “Their curiosity and thirst for knowledge is nurtured.” The program is available to thirdgrade students, who spend half a day at (Continued on page A15)
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The Internet Is A Great Frenemy Love it and hate it… Now, truth be told, I’m not
this great site about our beloved hometown. Don’t worry – your Aunt Rosie can keep a secret.
a major Internet user. I have a few pages that I visit, and I put the ol’ Google-finger (patent pending) to Cashing in… Everybody work for a column now and knows Feb. 14 is a big day for then. But after much frustraIN THE KNOW the lovebirds in our fair land. tion, I have come to learn that WITH AUNT ROSIE And I’m pretty sure most are I both love the Internet and aware it’s a fairly big boom hate the Internet – it’s my “frenemy,” a term I heard day for businesses. But let’s my niece use to describe someone who is both take a moment and quantify that all for you. Acfriend and enemy. First I will talk about the enemy cording to a survey by the Retail Advertising and part. There is one thing I simply cannot do on the Marketing Association, Americans spend an averInternet, and that’s read the comments after a story age of $13.19 billion on Valentine’s Day, exchange on a news website. It just seems like once people 180 million cards and spend an average of $116.21 a get behind that perceived cloak of anonymity on the person. Nearly 200 million roses are produced for web, some of them act like tremendous jerks – that day, and in addition to cards and flowers, the mostly, I think, because they can and they get away most popular gifts include candy, jewelry and a it. I’ll leave it up to the powers that be to figure out night out for dinner. And that’s only accounting for how to deal with that, but in the meantime, I can the fact that 61.8 percent of those surveyed say they deal with it by not reading the comments so I don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day. Don’t think all this stuff feel like throwing things at my computer. Perhaps it works? An average of 11,000 children are conceived is unfair to blame the Internet for this and not the on Feb. 14, so I guess those Oysters Rockefeller at posters themselves, but the web certainly is a faciliJonathan’s are doing their job. tator.
Now for the “friend” part… I’m really grateful for the people who put the Internet to good use. Namely, there’s this group – it’s called “Huntington, Long Island, NY” on Facebook that helped reunite a man with his dog. Once they got word the canine had run away, they posted his photo on their site, told their nearly 17,000 fans to “share” it, and turns out, 45 minutes later, more than 200 of them have shared the lost-dog post. The story has a happy ending, as you probably heard – man and dog are safely again in each other’s company, and all ended well. Especially the part where they posted on their Facebook wall – “Look – this page made mainstream media!” and linked to scans of our article about the effort. Now, the operators of the site prefer to remain anonymous, which is fine – it kind of reminds me of those wealthy philanthropists who give all their money away but do so quietly. That being said, I’d still love to meet these people who run
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Moving in… I hear that the big schlep from Lake Success to Melville began recently for nearly 700 of Canon’s employees, and I for one hope they find our fair township to their liking. There’s plenty to love in Huntington. They’ll be 15 minutes from Huntington village, and they’ve got tons of stuff in the Route 110 corridor to do, too. Don’t forget the lunch hour errands, either – the dry cleaner runs, the grocery shopping and the like. That all means money for local businesses, and you should all know how I feel about buying local by now. (Aunt Rosie wants to hear from you! If you have comments, ideas, or tips about what’s happening in your neck of the woods, write to me today and let me know the latest. To contact me, drop a line to Aunt Rosie, c/o The Long-Islander, 149 Main Street, Huntington NY 11743. Or try the e-mail at aunt.rosieli@gmail.com)
His Next Window Will Have Bars On It A Cold Spring Harbor man was arrested for a burglary on Feb. 15. Suffolk police allege the 22-year-old entered a home through a basement window before stealing decorative pillows and metal trays.
Abracadabra, It’s Gone! A Melville shopper called Suffolk County police on Feb. 15 about a grand larceny. The complainant said she was at the Melville Mall the day prior when someone stole her wallet. She placed it on a pile of clothes while shopping before it disappeared.
Be On The Lookout For A Well-Dressed Thief Suffolk police were dispatched to the Walt Whitman Shops on Feb. 15 about a grand larceny. The complainant said a woman stole bracelets and bags from an upscale fashion accessory store.
Diamond Earrings Missing From Home Suffolk police were dispatched to a Melville home on Feb. 14. The complainant said diamond earrings were stolen sometime since New Year’s Eve.
FD Takes Fall Victim To Hospital Northport Village police rushed to Burt Avenue on Feb. 14 after getting reports that a male fell and hurt himself. The East Northport Fire Department responded and took him to Huntington Hospital.
That’s A Serious Grudge Suffolk police responded to Huntington Station on Feb. 13 about criminal mischief. The complainant said someone damage the door handles of a 1996 green Toyota Camry and let air out of their tires.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK COMMODORE JACKIE MARTIN
“This particular senator is the one who is responsible for a lot of the DUI legislation in New York State, and he really means business. There’s no fooling around.” Kids celebrated the arrival of the snow on Feb. 9 by snowboarding at Sunshine Acres Park in Commack.
POLICE REPORT Compiled by Mike Koehler
Boating Safety Laws Flooding Albany, PAGE A5
A Huntington Station resident called Suffolk County police about a grand larceny on Feb. 13. The complainant said someone entered their unlocked Ford Explorer while it was parked in the driveway. A wallet was stolen.
Dropped Connection Suffolk police responded to a South Huntington Verizon Wireless store on Feb. 11. An employee said two iPhones were stolen.
Robbery Arrest For Belts? A New Jersey man was arrested by Suffolk County police for robbery on Feb. 10. The 45-year-old allegedly stole belts. When confronted by an employee, he allegedly pushed the employee, who sustained minor injuries.
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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Boating Safety Laws Flooding Albany Required courses, stricter BWI penalties possible By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com
Two months into 2013, state lawmakers seem to be wasting little time in presenting legislation in the first new session following the Fourth of July boating accident that killed three young children. One of those proposals addresses one leg of a multi-pronged boating safety reform package sought by the family of Victoria Gaines of Huntington, who, at age 7, was the youngest of the three children to die when a 34-foot Silverton cabin cruiser capsized and sank off of Lloyd Neck on July 4 of last year. Of the Senate bills on the table, two by State Senator Charles Fuschillo (R-Merrick) are gaining the most traction. They were passed out of the Transportation Committee on Jan. 29 and are currently being reviewed by his colleagues. Fuschillo’s first proposal would essentially make boating safety courses mandatory by prohibiting mechanically propelled vessels from being registered, reregistered or transferred to any person who does not hold a boating safety certificate. “This bill amends the Navigation Law to require that at all times a person who is trained in boating safety is on board a mechanically propelled vessel during operation,” Fuschillo writes in his justification of the law. “The rules of New York’s waterways are in every sense as complicated as those of New York’s roadways, and it is therefore commonsense to require that all boaters have training in these rules to assure the safe operations of all vessels and the safety of others utilizing the waterways.” The law would also require all boaters ages 10-13 and all boaters 14 and older without a certificate to be supervised by a certificate-bearing person over age 18 while operating a mechanically propelled vessel. Boaters from ages 14-17 who have a safety certificate would be allowed to operate a vessel unsupervised from sunrise to sunset. Current state law, which was last amended in 1992, allows any person over age 10 to operate a mechanically propelled vessel so long as a person over the age of 18, with or without a boating safety certificate, is on board. It also allows any person over 18 to operate such a vessel with or without a certificate. After losing their daughter, Victoria Gaines’ parents, Lisa and Paul Gaines,
have called on lawmakers to establish mandatory capacity limits for all recreational and personal watercraft; require boaters to complete a boating safety course; and for event organizers to provide additional security at events expected to attract a large number of boats in a crowded area. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer has been lobbying federal officials and the Coast Guard to establish mandatory capacity limits for all pleasure vessels and require those limits to be posted on all vessels. Fuschillo’s second proposal would tie boating and driving while intoxicated together, and creates new penalties for aggravated Boating While Intoxicated (BWI) – operating a boat with a BAC greater than .18 or boating drunk with a child on board. The law would also allow for a boater’s driver’s license to be suspended as a result of BWI conviction and vice versa, and also treats any previous offense for operating any vehicle while intoxicated will be considered a prior BWI in the course of setting penalties for a conviction. The goal, Fuschillo said, is to bring driving and boating laws regarding drunk driving in line with the other. “This linkage is meant to assert that the privilege to operate any vehicle in New York State is contingent upon an operator’s ability to demonstrate his or her responsibility to operate sober,” Fuschollo writes. BWI was not a factor in the July 4 disaster, officials said, but the Greater Huntington Council of Yacht and Boating Clubs has strongly advocated for such a link to be established. Discussing the measures during their Feb. 12 meeting, the council’s commodore, Jackie Martin, is asking for feedback from local boaters before they meet with state senators to review the proposals. “This is our chance now to take a look at these things and say what we like and what we don’t like,” she said. Martin also said she is hopeful that Fuschillo, the chair of the State Senate’s transportation committee, can accomplish his plans. “This particular senator is the one who is responsible for a lot of the DUI legislation in New York State, and he really means business,” she said. “There’s no fooling around. We’ll see where it goes.”
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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Store Owner Keeping The Music Flowing Munro Music supplying students with instruments, music, reeds and more for 45 years Half Hollow Hills photo/Mike Koehler
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The economy has been rough and budgets are getting smaller and smaller, but Long Islanders are still spending on music. John Fogerty, owner of Munro Music, said his “mom and pop” shop is still doing solid business, even turning potential rental customers away every year. “Back in the Great Depression, people still went to the movies. They still entertained themselves. When things aren’t good, sometimes they want to entertain themselves. Music is also a big thing with all the school districts,” he said. The East Northport store certainly benefits from school districts, but Fogerty said they have a wide range of clients. Some come for guitar lessons, others to rent instruments for school; some have their gear fixed and others buy music. In industry terms, Munro Music is known as a “full line” store since they offer lessons and sell almost everything except pianos. It’s that variety that helps the business succeed. March through June is always NYSSMA (New York State School Music Association) time; customers are looking for music and lessons before competitions. The winter also tends to attract more regular customers since the summer is more adjusted for sports and outdoor activities. As school ends in June and July, Munro Music handles the return process for the more than 1,500 instruments rented annually. Customers who choose to rent for anoth-
John Fogerty has served many musicians throughout the Town of Huntington for the past 45 years with Munro Music. er year can hold onto the instrument at no cost for the summer. Renting a trumpet for the school year carries a $99 price tag, while more expensive instruments like the string bass run for $250. “We have pretty much anything they’d want to rent,” Fogerty said. And come August though mid-September, new renters and those who did not renew their rent are the primary client base. By mid-September, they’re often out of everything. The winter holiday season begins in late October. Not only does Munro Music offer holiday gift ideas, but they carry seasonal music necessities, like Christmas sheet music. “It’s a continual, all-year round. Every season has something unique to it,” the owner said. With more than 200 customers coming in every day, it’s word of mouth that draws most of the store’s business.
The numbers are always growing, even within the same families. “We have a lot of customers that are two- or even threegeneration customers,” Fogerty said. Blessed with long-lasting success, Munro Music has been in business for 45 years. It began in 1963 when Nancy Munro, the company’s namesake, began teaching music lessons in her house. Renting part of their current location, she continued to only teach. Munro eventually became pregnant and decided to move to California with her husband. Fogerty, who had been teaching music lessons for five years, bought the property in 1967. He decided not to change the name, but quickly finished the basement into a labyrinth of practice rooms and began selling sheet music, guitar strings and other necessities. He also bought the property itself, renting out the other half for years. He also owned a Huntington village store. Occupying part of the current Book Revue beginning in 1979, he was forced to move to the future home of Bon Bon’s Chocolatier. They rebuilt the store after a fire next door caused significant smoke damage, but Fogerty decided to leave Huntington and focus on East Northport. He expanded into both sides of the building around 1990. “It’s easier if we just expand that store and I don’t go crazy finding another place,” he said. Looking into the future, Munro Music won’t be moving from its East Northport home. However, expansion into the digital world is a definite, and even a physical expansion is possible. “It’s a pleasure to come to work when you have something you enjoy,” he said.
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MELVILLE
Chamber Congratulates Businesses Of The Year
At the Melville Chamber of Commerce’s Businesses of the Year celebration are award recipients Jim Powers of the Townwide Fund of Huntington; Rich Schaffer, supervisor for the Town of Babylon; Mary Hauptman of Hauptman Realty Corp.; Nancy Gilbert of the Walt Whitman Shops; Paul Anthony of WALK 97.5; Peter Macaluso of FM International Services; Bill Schoolman of Classic Coach; Lionel Rivera of Sheltair and Leslie Tayne of the Law Firm of Leslie H. Tayne PC. Back row: chamber board members Dawn Grazan of Farmingdale State College; David Gustin of Wells Fargo; Joy Chin of Jackson Lewis LLP; Ted Macaluso, and President Michael DeLuise. The Melville Chamber of Commerce honored several individuals and companies at its 2012 Businesses of the Year celebration last month. Businesses were honored for their achievements and chamber involvement for 2012 on Jan. 24 at the Colonial Springs Golf Club. Rich Schaffer, Babylon town supervisor, delivered the keynote address.
Classic Coach, Hauptman Realty Corp., Jewel Restaurant, Law Offices of Leslie H. Tayne P.C., WALK 97.5, Walt Whitman Shops, and Sheltair were recognized. Taking home the Young Professional of the Year award was Peter Macaluso, while the Michael J. Weisbrod Memorial Award was given to the Townwide Fund of Huntington.
Guests mingle at the Melville Chamber of Commerce’s Businesses of the Year event at the Colonial Springs Golf Club.
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It’s Your Park… Years of planning and negotiating have gritty of planning and design, the Town’s Enbrought a new park to Melville. The former vironmental Open Space Committee wants to Meyer’s Farm property is set to become Sweet know what residents most want to see in their Hollow Park after a complex deal transferred park. its development rights to an 18-acre parcel to There’s no shortage of opinion, and town be developed for senior housing and and a planners want plenty of input. It’s not often BAPS temple. that an opportunity to design a park from Just what kind of park there will scratch comes along, and everyone be at the Meyer’s Farm site will be involved wants this to be a memoEDITORIAL rable project. up to the community. While a portion of the land will be reserved as While the open space committee passiveparkland, the Town of Huntington is is putting together a questionnaire for resiembracing a form of crowdsourcing to deter- dents, anyone may submit ideas. Email your mine uses for the rest of the property. Athletic thoughts to the committee at planning@huntfields? Tennis courts? Playgrounds? A skate ingtonny.gov, or send a snail mail to 100 Main park? Should it have statuary? Gardens? Walk- Street, Huntington NY 11743, and be a part of ing paths? Before they get down to the nitty Half Hollow Hills history in the making.
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I Have A Better Tip DEAR EDITOR: I've been snowboarding for over a decade and I know all about snow, cold weather, and staying safe. The second tip in [last week’s] “Tips for Safe Shoveling” is partially incorrect and dangerous. Yes, you should wear breathable layers, however you should wear either lightweight wool or lightweight synthetics (such as Under Armor – their base layers are fantastic and you can find them in a local sporting goods store!). I have no experience with silk but in theory it's probably safe. However, do not wear cotton! Cotton, unlike the other materials, does not wick away sweat. Instead it absorbs it, leaving you wet and freezing in the cold (no matter how many layers you have on). You are more likely to get hypothermia and frostbite when wet. Also – I can't stress this enough – do not wear cotton socks! Wear lightweight or medium weight wool socks. I personally prefer the brand Smartwool. I believe you can also find that at local sporting goods shops. If not,
there’s a lot of ski shops that have a wide selection of base layers and socks. Good gloves are also important, and mitts keep the hands warmer for longer and you can wear a thin glove underneath if necessary. Also, re: shoveling itself. I found a new way to shovel this snowstorm (by accident no less). Make a path using your body first, making deep foot prints and loosening up the snow. Shake your legs a bit while doing it, moving them side to side, and maybe walk the path a few times. Then shovel! It's a lot less strenuous than shoveling thick, heavy snow that has been crusted over. ASHLEY HANDLIN Melville
Left Out Of ‘The Club’ DEAR EDITOR: This letter expresses my opinion to your article on Feb. 7, 2013, “‘The Club’ Developer Fires Back At Lawsuit.” “The Club” is the perfect name for this development. “The Club” is the big developers, their lawyers and their town board club members. Kudos to Peter Nichols for having
the courage to fight for his rights and the forgotten citizens of Huntington who are stepped on by The Club. What did Peter Nichols do? He disagreed with the town board and filed an application to be heard in court. Once again we see the tactics used to stop anyone who disagrees with “The Club.” Trying to silence Mr. Nichols, they threaten him with a million-dollar lawsuit. This lawsuit is not against Peter Nichols, it’s against anyone and everyone who may disagree with “The Club” and town hall. When “The Club” does not like the existing zoning, they use their influence, power, money, tactics to threaten and crush anyone until they get what they want. The BAPS bought the Meyers Farm in 2001 and had the right to build their temple on the 8.1 acres. The BAPS had 12 years to build their temple. Who stopped them? Perhaps the article 78 will expose the “The Club” deal. Compare this “Club” connected neighborhood with your neighborhood. More than 60 percent of this neighborhood is parkland. The West Hills Park is 855 acres and most the homes are on 1 and 2 acres. Compare it to the unconnected, dump on,
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Winter Weather Tough On Vehicle Engines DEAR EDITOR: The dark days of winter can have a destructive impact on a vehicle’s engine. Sub-zero temperatures, hard starts and improper fluid levels or usage can shorten
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overdeveloped area, with new and special-use zoning plus transfer development rights, etc. The BAPS were not building senior housing on the Meyer's Farm. But it's OK to build the BAPS temple plus 261 affordable senior housing at Deshon Drive. Make the deal, change the law, do whatever, relocate the Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar Punushottam (BAPS) temple and give Sweet Hollow a park. The town is using open space money to help finance part of this deal and buy 8 acres for a park in a neighborhood that has an 855-acre park. If this is not a special deal for “The Club” where’s Peter’s Park, John's Park, Mary's Park, my park and your park. The open space money is nothing more then a political slush fund.
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Painter Explores An Age-Old Struggle Huntington HS senior Joshua Toor featured in art show inspired by good-evil balance By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com
For an art show that focuses on the tension between good and evil, it’s fitting that one of the featured artist’s high school mascot is a blue devil. Huntington High School senior Joshua Toor is one of six artists featured in the Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts’ latest show, “Duality.” The Wheatley Heights camp is showing the students’ works at The Lobby Gallery on Park Avenue between 55th and 56th Streets in New York City. The show opened with a Feb. 12 reception and wraps up March 8. “We’re really proud of the kids,” Andrew Copper, associate director of Usdan Center, said. “The work is really exceptional. The work is being seen by literally thousands of people… The show turned out really beautiful.” Inspired by Michelangelo’s “Slaves” series, Toor’s paintings depict a person attempting to free the soul from the constraints of the physical body. The collection of paintings and mixed media works is driven by the theme of the tension of balancing the forces of good and evil. Toor took the seven weeks of Usdan’s summer session to create the three pieces, and said the idea came about “organically.” “Originally, I was going to do a self-por-
trait, but I hated painting my face, so I decided to rip half of it off,” he said. “That kind of got me thinking about escaping from the body to free the soul.” Expanding on the theme in his artist’s statement, Toor explains: “The body is a prison, a façade that hides the self, the soul. The process of freeing one’s self from it is a slow, painful one; however, the result is worth it. The subjects in my work do not show the pain because they have made the conscious decision to go through this transformation. I use a range of values to highlight the area of focus in each piece.” Toor said he has been an Usdan student for more than 10 years. While he began in sculpture, he mostly paints now, but creates at a high level in other media. Last month, he won Best in Show an in the AllCounty Scholarship competition with three digital collages. “I dabble in every kind of media I can get my hands on,” he said. The experience of seeing his art displayed in New York City “is amazing,” he said. “It made me want to work harder so I could get that feeling again and again,” he said. The young artists featured alongside Toor in “Duality” include: Noelle Velez, an 11th grader from Riverdale; Lauren Bertocci, a Wantagh 12th grader; Denise Losee, a North Bellmore 12th grader, and
Huntington’s Joshua Toor is a featured artist at the Usdan Center’s “Duality” show on display in Manhattan. Chaz Scala, who is in 11th grade in Merrick. The exhibit is part of Usdan’s “Portfolio Preparation Track” program, which helps prepare their students for college art programs. The program will continue this summer, but evolve into a paid summer art
staff intern program. “They will come to Usdan as students and they will also have some administrative responsibilities. It will be a job for them as well,” Copper said. “They will also be creating art that they will continue to exhibit throughout the year.”
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A Timeline of African-American Influence Half Hollow Hills photo/Jacqueline Birzon
Local historian Rex Metcalf holds an original manumission document. The parchment he is holding freed a slave named Cesar, and was signed in 1805. In the background is a fiddle, paying tribute to performer and local legend Elijah.
By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com
Huntington has a rich history of African-American influence. From the first black American poet to a two-time presidential adviser, the town’s history tells a revealing story of the plight of African-Americans over four centuries. Volume One of town court records indicate that in 1657, “Name Unknown” was the first documented African-American in the Town of Huntington. Originally from Barbados, this man’s name is not recorded, however documents say he was left 20 shillings from a local traders will. According to local historian Rex Metcalf, it was notable that the man was referenced in the will. “It’s amazing that you’ve got a guy who had the diplomatic abilities to strive under the situation—he’s in a foreign land, speaking a foreign language…and to impress people enough that somebody who had no real connection to him at all thought enough of him to put him in his will, says he was a sterling kind of guy,” he said. Born in 1711, Jupiter Hammon was the first published African-American poet in history. Hammon’s father, Obadiah, was a slave who belonged to the Lloyd family. From a young age, Lloyd knew Hammon
was special. Hammon was held in such high esteem that he attended school with the Lloyd children, and was directly involved in Henry Lloyd’s business, when he would travel to New York City or Boston to make negotiations and carry out Lloyd’s work. After Henry Lloyd died, Hammon moved into the Joseph Manor house when he was 55 years old, which for that time was considered an elderly age for African-Americans. In addition to carrying out Henry Lloyd’s work, Hammon maintained the family orchard, was the senior butler of the estate and worked as a bookkeeper, maintaining plantation records. Evacuating to Hartford during the revolutionary war, Hammon lived as a refugee for several years, and wrote a bulk of his work while in Connecticut. He returned to the Lloyd Manor in 1793, and in 1787 wrote his most important work, “An Address to the Negroes in the State of New York.” According to Metcalf, Hammon diplomatically made a case against slavery during a time when his entire family, as well as most AfricanAmericans, were still enslaved. Manumission laws, or the formal release from slavery, were not yet passed in the state of New York, and Hammon’s address (Continued on page A14)
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Reveling In Red By Jackie & Peter foodie@longislandernews.com
It’s rare to call a restaurant in Huntington village a staple of the village, but Red restaurant has done just that, making a name for itself as a New American dining destination in Huntington for nearly 13 years. Red has rustic ambiance that distinguishes it from other restaurants in the village. It provides a warm, homey feel while also capturing the feel of a trendy Manhattan restaurant. The New American menu is influenced by chef and owner Nino Antuzzi, who was born in Sardinia and brings both Italian and Mediterranean influence to his food. He also owns Osteria da Nino and Sapsuckers on Main Street. General Manager Kelley Danek said that since its opening, Red has experienced a slow evolution, staying true to the quality of ingredients and striving to make their meals both simple and delicious. The seared scallop appetizer ($13) is out of this world. Served with truffle balsamic aioli and baby field greens, the lightly salted, fully flavored scallops were fresh and tender. The Sicilian-Kissed Calamari ($12) made with baby calamari, sautéed with
spicy tomatoes, pine nuts, capers and black olives, had the perfect amount of depth and was devoid of acidity. Danek, who has been with the restaurant since day one, suggested the Winter Mushroom Risotto (app. $13, main $25), and we’re really glad she did. The dish is made with chicken stock instead of cream, and is “laboriously stirred” for forty minutes before it can be served. It is prepared with exotic mushrooms, parmesan cheese, Arborio rice, black pepper and black truffle butter. This was by far our favorite tasting experience, given the savory complexity between the parmesan cheese and mushrooms and a slight crunch from the parsley and cloves. In an effort to assess what the chef does with a simple dish, we ordered the Hunter’s Chicken ($26), a basic bird that Red took to another level. The restaurant uses Bell’s and Evans organic free-range chicken, and serves it with pearl onion, heritage bacon, and pan sauce with mashed potatoes and haricot verts. The dish is transformed by the sauce. The potatoes are rich, but not too rich, and the neat presentation makes you feel like you were enjoying comfort food at a fine dining establishment. The pan-seared yellow fin tuna ($30), coated with a soy ginger glaze and served
The pan-seared yellow fin tuna, glazed with ginger soy served and served with wasabi aioli, is a pleaser. with wasabi aioli, jasmine rice and haricot verts, is spot-on. An overall attractive dish, the tuna is cooked evenly throughout and the aioli was the perfect, not-too-overpowering flavor the dish needed to distinguish it from other takes on wasabi-style tuna. At Red, we recommend you save room for dessert. The Baked Bread Pudding ($9), made with creamy caramel and served with homemade vanilla gelato, really sold us on the chef’s ability to make a basic dish stand out. Savory, soft and perfectly infused with flavor at every bite, it’s a great way to end any meal. The flourless chocolate cake ($9), served warm with vanilla crème anglaise, is also a winner thanks in part to homemade hazelnut gelato. Based on our experience, you can’t go wrong at Red. Their moderately priced dishes are well worth the investment, and the restaurant also offers a three-course prixfixe menu ($32) Sundays through Thursdays, except on holidays. Don’t forget to take advantage of their private parking lot behind the restaurant on New Street, where guests can access the restaurant from the back garden.
Red’s Chef Salvador plates a succulent seared scallop appetizer.
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Customers at Bottles and Cases on Valentine’s Day were treated to cordials and cupcakes from Blondie’s Bake Shop. CUPCAKES AND CORDIALS: For those who stopped by Bottles and Cases on Feb. 14, it was a Valentine’s Day filled with cupcakes and cordials, as the folks from Blondie’s Bake Shop (90A Washington Drive, Centerport, 631-424-4545, www.blondiesbakeshop.com) showered customers with tasty mini-treats paired with cordial suggestions. Pairings were: chocolate cake with white chocolate butter cream – with Ashling White Chocolate Irish Cream; Guinness chocolate cake with whiskey ganache and Irish cream butter cream – with Ashling Irish Cream; lemon cupcake with tart lemon curd filling topped with meringue – with Buccia di Limone Limoncello; and coffee cupcake with mocha frosting – with Buccia di Sambucca. The Foodies’ favorite was the lemon cupcake/limoncello pairing. Heaven! We’re hoping the
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cupcake comes in regular size, because we took a bottle of limoncello home. A NEW WAY TO GET YOUR COOKIE FIX: Crumbs Bake Shop (11 Wall St., Huntington, 631-421-4500, www.crumbs.com) is supporting the Girl Scouts of America with their Girl Scouts Thin Mints cupcake, which was introduced Feb. 8 on National Girl Scout Cookie Day. It’s a devil’s food cake filled with fudge and topped with mint cream cheese frosting edged in chocolate cake crumbs, with a Thin Mint cookie right in the middle. It’s also a good time to remind you that Girl Scout cookies are on sale once again, so check with your local troop or visit www.girlsscoutcookies.org to find out bow to find an authorized vendor for your Tagalogs and Samoas. And for you smartphone owners, there’s even an app to help you track down your favorite cookies. CHILI LOVERS: The Lark is singing your song! The Lark Pub & Grub (93 Larkfield Road, East Northport, 631-262-9700, thelarkpubandgrub.com) is hosting a Chili Cook Off on Sunday, March 3 beginning at 1 p.m. There will be raffles and tastings for guests, and prizes for the top chilimakers, with the day’s proceeds benefitting the League for Animal Protection of Huntington. Call for more information: 631-262-9700.
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Health Fitness Fifty 50+Plus A Good Exercise For Seniors By Elizabeth A.Perlstein info@longislandernews.com
What is the most important exercise to do when you find yourself at the wonderful age of 65? That’s a tougher question than I would have thought. Being a physical therapist, about 100 exercises come to mind, but I thought about what one exercise would prove to be the most beneficial, and I found a few statistics: • One out of three adults age 65 and older falls each year, but less than half talk to their healthcare providers about it. • Among older adults (those 65 or older), falls are the leading cause of injury death. They are also the most common cause of nonfatal injuries and hospital admissions for trauma. • In 2010, 2.3 million nonfatal fall injuries among older adults were treated in emergency departments and more than 662,000 of these patients were hospitalized. The best way to protect your hips is to keep the muscles that support them strong. Your gluteal muscles support your
hips, which in turn, stabilize your knees as well as your core (your abdominal muscles). This is very important in preventing falls, because having strong hip and leg muscles will make your body able to adjust to uneven and unexpected changes in terrain. The Chair Squat is a wonderful exercise because it does not require any special equipment and it targets not only the gluteal muscles (your tush), but the abdominals, quadriceps (front thigh muscles) and the hamstrings (muscles in the back of your thigh) as well. An added bonus with the Chair Squat is that by using your own body weight as resistance, you are strengthening your bones while you build muscle. To start, you will need a sturdy chair with a back support. 1. Start in a sitting position. With arms stretched out in front slowly rise from the chair to a standing position. Keep your knees steady and do not let them touch each other or go past your ankles. It puts too much pressure on your kneecaps. If you need to, use the arm rests to give yourself a boost, or put a cushion on the chair. 2. Lower yourself slowly back into a sitting position. (Continued on page A13)
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The Chair Squat is a good exercise for seniors.
Senior excercise tips (Continued from page A12)
3. Inhale when you rise and exhale when you lower yourself. Keep the movement slow and controlled; don’t try to rush it, enjoy it. 4. Repeat this, at first up to five times, rest for 2-3 minutes, and repeat another set of repetitions until eventually you can do 10 repetitions per set and work up to three sets, as your strength and stamina increases and permits. Don’t think that by doing more you will be helping yourself get fitter, quicker. More often than not
you are more likely to cause injury to the body. If you are unable to complete five, work to a number you and your body are comfortable with. And remember, please always consult your physician before beginning any new exercise regime. Take pride in your strong body! Elizabeth A. Perlstein is a doctor of physical therapy and co-owner of Dynamic Sports Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation in Huntington.
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Recognizing notable African-Americans in town (Continued from page A9)
warned of the dangers of releasing a person into society with no job or place to live. The first adoption of the manumission law was in 1788 in New York, and a later version was crafted and adopted by the state in 1799. Hammon’s work influenced the policy of decision makers, or Overseers of the Poor. “He warns that people considering manumission for African-Americans, especially the elderly, should think about what they’re doing, because there’s no safety net for these people, including himself… They’re at the end of their working life where they can no longer support themselves, and you’re basically giving them freedom to die on a sidewalk,” he said. Metcalf said a lot of Hammon’s work was religious in nature, and that while Hammon himself was an Episcopal, he was baptized at the Old First Church on Main Street in Huntington. Another slave of note in Huntington was a man only known as Elijah. He was born in 1750 in Northport was and sold to the widow Mary Platt in 1770 when he was 20 years old. Platt owned a tavern, now the Park Avenue Deli, and Elijah helped run the operation. Elijah’s claim to fame resulted from a robbery gone wrong, when a group of Garrison troops decided to invade Platt’s tavern. The heist took a turn for the worst when one aimed a musket at Gilbert Platt, one of Mary’s sons. Taking a bullet to the head, Elijah survived and recovered almost completely, with little to no cognitive damage. Elijah was an expert fiddle player, and he became an instant local celebrity. Metcalf said the news made both Loyalist and
Patriot newspapers, and his story became a great source of revenue for the tavern business—everyone wanted to see the man with the bulletproof head. As visitors became acquainted with the living legend, his reputation as a distinguished musician continued to grow, and his live performances became an attraction. Aaron Frazier and Abraham Allen Stokley also made their mark in Huntington. They came up from Virginia in 1830 to work on the West Neck brickyards, and the pair was instrumental in founding the Bethel AME Church in Huntington. In 1873 Samuel Ballton, who was heavily involved in the Calvarly efforts, retired and settled in Greenlawn. There he worked as a sharecropper, where cucumbers were his crop. In the Early 1880s, Ballton grew a crop yielding 1.5 million cucumbers that he processed into pickles and made a fortune off of. After paying off his debts, Ballton decided to count his blessings and withdrew from the pickle business. With an entrepreneurial spirit, Ballton went into construction, owned several properties and built 15 houses in Greenlawn. Ballton was named the favorite son of Greenlawn, and the annual Pickle Festival was established in his honor. Booker T. Washington arrived in Huntington in 1911, where he had a home on Cousins Lane in Fort Salonga. Washington was the founder of Tuskegee University, and gained national traction through his writings on African-Americans in society. Washington said that emancipated and younger generations of African-Americans should have the opportunity to attend trade and vocational schools, and be able to put their talents to practical use. His views often clashed with W.E.B. Du Bois,
a black academic who preached about the benefits of a prestigious education. Because of his profound work, Washington was invited in 1901 to a White House dinner party by President Theodore Roosevelt. Washington later became an adviser to President Roosevelt, and was later an advisor to President Taft. Washington used his Fort Salonga home as a summer house, and was a member of the AME Church across from Huntington
Hospital, where he taught Sunday school before he died in 1915. In more recent history, jazz legend John W. Coltrane had a home on Candlewood Path in Dix Hills that was saved by the town and will be turned into a museum in honor of Coltrane’s life. Metcalf said Coltrane left personal effects, such as tape recorders, in the home, and that Coltrane wrote his critically acclaimed “A Love Supreme” there.
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ago when Canon started to occupy the building. They’ve got a small amount of people they brought into the building. I think they’re doing a phased approached,” McGloin said. Canon officials confirmed employees from the company’s Lake Success office were being moved into the building. According to a press release issued Monday, nearly half of their 1,400 Long Island employees have been relocated to the Melville facility. The remaining workers are expected to move in March. Once operational, the campus will serve as the headquarters for Canon U.S.A. and the North and South American headquarters for parent company Canon. The other two global headquarters
are in London and Japan. “We are so proud to be moving to our brand new, state-of-the-art headquarters at One Canon Park,” Executive Vice President Seymour Liebman said. “One Canon Park will be a symbol of not only our dedication to our employees, but also our dedication to the Long Island community we have called home since 1971.” However, the Huntington Town Board admitted an oversight with the traffic signals at their Feb. 5 meeting. The traffic signals were erected and activated, but never added to town code. By law, they must be included in the code to be legally enforceable. Motorists have been abiding by the signal and traffic has not been an issue. “They’re probably going to enact it the same day [as the hearing],” McGloin said.
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and Round Swamp Roads, to 18 acres on Deshon Drive, to allow for construction of a BAPS temple and the 261-unit The Club at Melville affordable, for-sale senior community. The town does not own the property yet, Myles said, but is working toward acquisition and is wrapping up additional site testing. Town spokesman A.J. Carter said Huntington “is close to closing on the land.” Once the town buys the land, 5 acres will be used as passive parkland.The remaining land will be acive parkland, something that is sorely needed in Melville, officials said. “The southwestern quadrant of the town definitely needs some more active recreatioal space,” Myles said. “This is a particular parcel that sits right at the gateway of Huntington. It’s the first thing you see when you come into Huntington on that side of the town.” It is now up to the residents, Myles, and Joy Squires, chairwoman of the Town’s Environmental Open Space Committee, to steer the creation of Sweet Hollow Park. Early feedback has supported ideas like bocce courts, checker-and-chess tables, walking paths, an accessible playgorund and a tennis court. Residents should send feedback to planning@huntingtonny.gov. Squires agreed to prepare a questionnaire for residents. “What we want is to get as much input as possible and draft a few conceptual plans for the site, and then come back and meet again with you and get further input,” Myles said. “We really want it to run the full gamut, and we will try to synthe-
size the input we get.” At a Jan. 29 meeting of the Civic Association of Sweet Hollow, several residents suggested moving part of the passive parkland to the property line near Phaeton Drive to provide buffering without using any of the three acres of active parkland. But town officials said the parameters of the passive land were selected to protect the most environmentally sensitive portions of the parcel, and town attorneys would have to research whether the parameters could be changed. “These 5 acres were chosen because they had the least utility from a recreation perspective and because the other 3 acres had already been disturbed,” Carter said. Within the park, Civic Association of Sweet Hollow President Taff is hoping to establish a focal point – a statue, a fountain or some sort of central structure – as a gathering point. The civic leader told her members that she has high hopes for the finished product. “I want this to be the most gorgeous park in Huntington… We’ve waited 12 years for this, and then some” she said. Taff ackowledged the Article 78 lawsuit filed by Melville’s Peter Nichols, which puts any action for the park on hold, but also expressed confidence that the suit would be thrown out. “We need to plan this park because it takes a long time. So by the time all of this is resolved, we’ll be ready to build,” she said. Squires stressed residents should participate in the process and see it through. “It doesn’t happen overnight, so be patient. Trust me – it wil happen. Absolutely, it will happen,” Squires said.
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the Forest Park Elementary-based program; fourth-graders, who spend a full day on Thursdays; and fifth-graders, who spend a full day on Friday at the elementary school. Students are supervised by Program Facilitator Valerie Geiler, and Ms. Caryn Meirs. Next year however, only one of the two instructors will remain due to budget constraints. “The kids are really exposed to project-based learning…It fosters critical, deductive and creative thinking along a taxonomy of intelligences, with creat-
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A16 • THE HALF HOLLOW HILLS NEWSPAPER • FEBRUARY 21, 2013 THURSDAY Vets Build Open House
Vets Build, which works to help veterans find jobs in home construction, HVAC and green building, hosts an open house on Feb. 21, 4 p.m. at the Deer Park Training Center at 10 Dunton Ave. Next five-week course starts March 4. RSVP to Tim Scherer at 631-6651571.
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Corporate Bowling Challenge
The Melville Chamber of Commerce’s Second Annual Corporate Challenge is Feb. 28, 5:309:30 p.m. Have fun and network at the same time while speed bowling at 300 Long Island. Travel to new lanes every two frames and meet and compete with new teams. Cash bar, pizza, soft drinks and giveaways. $35 members/$50 non-members. For non-bowlers: Free for members/$35 non-members. RSVP at 631777-6260 or info@melvillechamber.org.
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.
Deer Park Public Library
44 Lake Ave., Deer Park. 631-586-3000. deerparklibrary.org. • Did you get a new tablet for the holidays and need help downloading books or apps? Make a one-on-one appointment with a member of the Tech Team. Call 631-586-3000. • The library is starting a Scrabble Club for adults. Sessions will start Saturday, March 30. Call the library for more information.
Elwood Public Library
Prepping For St. Patrick’s Day Children of all ages can enjoy a performance of Irish dancing by teachers and students from the Mulvihill-Lynch Studio of Irish Dance, known regionally, nationally and internationally as champions on the competitive circuit, on Saturday, March 2 at 246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station. Face painting at 12:15 p.m., dancing at 1 p.m. Hear the fascinating history about the costumes and dances, and enjoy a guided tour of the Birthplace. $8/child, chaperones free. Call 631-427-5240, ext. 113 or email educator@waltwhitman.org to register.
Musical Shabbat Eve
Janet London will lead Shabbat Eve services Friday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m., accompanied by Rich Shapiro on guitar, at Kehillath Shalom Synagogue, 58 Goose Hill Road, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-367-4589. www.KehillathShalom.org.
SATURDAY Glow in the Dark Purim Bash
Enjoy a Purim bash, glow-in-the-dark style on Feb. 23 at The Chai Center, 501 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills. Evening services begin at 7 p.m., following by Havdalah and Megillah readings, margaritas and Hamentash baking. Free. RSVP required. 631-351-8672. mail@thechaicenter.com.
Purim Party
A free Purim Megillah will be held from 6:307:30 p.m. on Feb. 23 at Kehillath Shalom Synagogue, 58 Goose Hill Road, Cold Spring Harbor. Hear about how Queen Esther saved the Jewish people in long ago Persia from the wicked Haman, and eat Hamentashen and sing silly songs. Then from 8-11 p.m., adults can enjoy a Karaoke Purim Festival with appetizers. $5 members/$10 non-members. 631367-4589. www.KehillathShalom.org.
Get Your Last Licks
The Last Licks Cafe on Feb. 23 presents The Folk Goddesses, with an open mic at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington, 109 Browns Road, Huntington $13 general/$8 seniors and students. www.lastlickscafe.org.
Guys and Dolls
The HJC Park Avenue Players present “Guys and Dolls” – the fun and romantic musical classic featuring "Luck Be a Lady", "A Bushel and a Peck", and "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat," on Saturdays, March 2 and 9 at 8 p.m. and Sundays, March 3 and 10 at 3 p.m. $18 general admission/$10 children 5 and under. Premium and patron seats $25/$50. Huntington Jewish Center, 510 Park Ave. 631-427-1089 ext. 10/631-697-3367. hjcny.org/guys-and-dolls.
hot to enjoy local produce. An indoor market is held in Northport every Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 27 Main St., through March 30. www.winterfarmersmarketlongisland.com.
Northport Winter Farmers Market
There’s no need to wait until the weather gets
ing of the lighthouse, which will be auctioned. On display in the Town Hall lobby, 100 Main St, Huntington, Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Friday, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. www.huntingtonlighthouse.org. 631-421-1985.
Live Music
Live local bands take over Finley's of Greene Street, 43 Greene St., Huntington, every Saturday night at 11 p.m. Join in the fun and food!
SUNDAY Purim In The Palace
Purim in the Palace on Feb. 24 at The Chai Center, 501 Vanderbilt Parkway, begins at 3:45 p.m. with a Megillah reading followed by the magic of Amore the Magician and a pasta and salad buffet. $10 per person/$40 per family. RSVP to 631-351-8672 or mail@thechaicenter.com.
Purim Carnival
Join the Suffolk Y JCC and celebrate Purim on Feb. 24, 1-4 p.m. with a DJ dance party, carnival booths with prizes, cotton candy, popcorn, arts and crafts and air bounce rides. Admission is free. 74 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631462-9800.
Huntington Winter Farmers Market
There’s no need to wait until the weather gets hot to enjoy local produce. An indoor market is held in Huntington Station every Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Jack Abrams School Gym, 155 Lowndes Ave., through April 28. www.winterfarmersmarketlongisland.com.
Murder Mystery Dinner
St. Peter's Lutheran Church of Huntington Station presents a Murder Mystery Dinner, “Mobster in the Men's Room,” produced by Murder Mystery Players, Inc., along with a silent auction at 11 Ogden Court on March 9, 6 p.m. $40 in advance/$45 at the door ($25/$30 under age 18). Proceeds benefit St. Peter’s 2013 Costa Rica Mission Team. 631-423-1013.
Little Cow Harbor Run
The 4-mile Little Cow Harbor Run for HOPE is March 2, 9 a.m. beginning at Oldfield Middle School, 2 Oldfield Road, Greenlawn. Race application available at www.projecthopeny.org or register online at www.active.com. Proceeds to benefit St. Hugh’s Project HOPE – a local community soup kitchen.
95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-6926820. cshlibrary.org. • On display through Feb. 28 is art from Cold Spring Harbor’s elementary school students. 18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-4990888. commack.suffolk.lib.ny.us. • Notary Service is available at the library, normally Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday evenings and occasionally on the weekends. Call before you come to the library to make sure there is a notary available upon your arrival. There is a charge of $2 for each document that needs to be notarized. • AARP provides tax assistance on Fridays from 1-5 p.m. through April 12.
The next Townwide Fund networking mixer is Feb. 28, 6 p.m. at the Huntington Yacht Club, 95 East Shore Road, featuring speaker Paule Pachter, executive director of Long Island Cares, Inc. - The Harry Chapin Food Bank. Relax on Huntington Harbor while enjoying happy hour cocktails and free appetizers. RSVP to Mary at 631-972-8040 or Mary@townwidefund.org.
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MONDAY See The Light
Town Clerk Jo-Ann Raia has organized an exhibit of Huntington Lighthouse artifacts and memorabilia to celebrate its centennial anniversary of The Huntington Lighthouse. The display includes correspondence between the Lighthouse Establishment and Lighthouse Keeper Robert McGlone, and an original paint-
TUESDAY Be The Match
The Commack Teachers Association and the Commack PTA co-sponsor a Bone Marrow Registry Drive through the “Be the Match” organization (icla.org) on Feb. 26 at Commack Middle School on Vanderbilt Parkway from 3-7 p.m. Registrants must be ages 18-44. Contact Alice Marques at amarques@commackschools.org or 631-858-3508.
Needleworkers Unite
The Suffolk County Chapter of The Embroiderers' Guild of America invites you to attend its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at Half Hollow Hills Library, 55 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills. Margaret O'Brien leads in making an embroidered silk ribbon heart with rosettes. All levels welcome. Call Pat at 631-423-3738.
Mommy And Me Yoga
Free Mommy and Me yoga classes are offered in Dix Hills every Tuesday. Walkers: 12 Months and up, 9:45-11 a.m. Crawlers: 6-12 Months, 11 a.m.-noon. Register by phone or online: Chai Tots Preschool, 501 Vanderbilt Parkway. 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.
50-Percent Off Thrift Shoppe
Enjoy 50-percent off linens and books during February at Commack United Methodist Thrift Shoppe, 486 Townline Road, Commack. Open Tuesday and Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and the first Saturday of the month, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 631-499-7310.
WEDNESDAY Power Breakfast
Join business professionals at BNI Executive Referral Exchange’s breakfast networking meeting every Wednesday, 7-8:30 a.m. at the Dix Hills Diner, 1800 Jericho Turnpike, Dix Hills. 631-462-7446.
3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood. 631-499-3722. www.elwoodlibrary.org. • Homework help is being offered for students in grades 3-7 on Tuesdays at 3 p.m. through May 28. • Take a defensive driving class on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 9:30 a.m.
Half Hollow Hills Community Library
Dix Hills: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631-4214530; Melville: 510 Sweet Hollow Road. 631421-4535. hhhlibrary.org. • Join Dr. Saperstein as he performs piano arrangements of music from different shows on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2 p.m. • Are you new to speaking English? A conversation group meets Tuesdays at 10 a.m. until July.
Harborfields Public Library
31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200. harborfieldslibrary.org. • “Hotel Transylvania” will be shown on Friday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m. • There will be a meeting for the Advanced Battle of the Books on Saturday, Feb. 23, 10 a.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. • Les Trois Femmes will be performing at the main branch on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2 p.m. • There will be literary tutors available on Mondays from 9-11 a.m.
Northport-East Northport Public Library
Northport: 151 Laurel Ave. 631-261-6930. East Northport: 185 Larkfield Road. 631-261-2313. www.nenpl.org. • “Here Comes the Boom” will be shown Friday, Feb. 22, 1:30 p.m. in Northport. • Brittany Maier, 22, is a savant pianist, blind and autistic since birth. She will perform in Northport on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2 p.m.
South Huntington Public Library
145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station. 631-549-4411. www.shpl.info. • A defensive driving class will be held on Saturday, Feb. 23, 9 a.m. • Celebrate the Year of the Snake with some seasonal stories and make a paper lantern and dragon on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2:30 p.m.
THEATER and FILM Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611. • Jazz After Hours will feature We Three, with bassist Andrew Donato, jazz guitarist Tim Barr, and Cliff Ferdon on drums, starting at 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 22. Coincidence Machine will start at 11 p.m. $15 (includes wine and crudites). • Join “Rock Legends Live!” host Bill Shelley
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for a celebration of Aerosmith, one of America’s greatest hard rock bands, sponsored by Bottles & Cases, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m. $10 members/$15 public.
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Who Loves Pink? Bethpage Federal Credit Union’s Youth Theater Series presents the musical “Pinkalicious” through March 10, Saturdays at 11 a.m., Sundays at 10:30 a.m., at the John W. Engeman Theater At Northport, 350 Main St., Northport. $15. www.johnwengemantheater.com. 631-261-2900.
Dix Hills Performing Arts Center
Five Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. Box Office: 631-656-2148. www.dhpac.org. • Copperline, one of the top James Taylor tribute bands, will recreate many of JT’s greatest hits and even some of his more obscure songs that made him the country’s preeminent folksinger on Friday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. $25-$35.
AUDITIONS Talent Show
A local cable TV talent show is looking for all types of talent (except bands). Singers, impressionists, comedians, magicians, and other performers/acts welcome. Register online at www.talent-showcase.com or call 631-2237011. Auditions are open to all ages. Registration in advanced is required – no walkins permitted.
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. • “Earth and Water: An Exhibition of Ceramic Arts and Watermedia” is on display through March 3.
b.j. spoke gallery
299 Main St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Monday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., until 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. 631-549-5106. www.bjspokegallery.com. • The “Artist’s Choice” exhibit runs through Feb. 28.
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery
1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor. Open seven days a week, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sundays until 6 p.m.: $6 adults; $4 children 3-12 and seniors over 65; members and children under 3 are free. 516-692-6768. www.cshfha.org • Features New York State's largest collection of freshwater fish, reptiles and amphibians housed in two aquarium buildings and eight outdoor ponds.
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor. Museum hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $4 adults, $3 seniors, $3 students 5 -18, family $12; military and children under 5 are free. 631-367-3418. www.cshwhalingmuseum.org. • Children ages 2½-5 can enjoy playtime, storytime and crafts during Monday Minnows on Monday, Feb. 25, 1:30 p.m.
fotofoto Gallery
14 W. Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Friday 5-8 p.m., Saturday 12-8 p.m., Sunday 12-4 p.m. 631-549-0448. • “Cubs” by Allison Rufrano is on display through Feb. 24. Also on display is “Four from Three” by Ray Germann, Seth Kalmowitz and Thom O'Connor. • David A. Lewis discuses “Contemporary Photography Today” with a book signing “...of things not seen” by Frank Dituri on Saturday, Feb. 23, 5 p.m.
Heckscher Museum Of Art
2 Prime Ave., Huntington. Museum hours: Wednesday - Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., first Fridays from 4-8:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $68/adults, $4-6/seniors, and $4-5/children; members and children under 10 free. 631-351-3250. • “Mirrored Images: Realism in the 19th and 20th Centuries” explores the various realist movements. On display through March 24. • “Modernizing America: Artists of the Armory
Love To Read?
February is National “I Love to Read” month. Suffolk Legislator Lou D’Amaro hosts a book drive to help fill the book shelves of local community and senior centers. Gently used books may be dropped off at his district office, located at 130 West Jericho Turnpike in Huntington Station, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. through Feb. 28.
Help The Troops Call Home
John W. Engeman Theater At Northport
350 Main St., Northport. www.johnwengemantheater.com. 631-261-2900. • “Wait Until Dark,” where a cool-as-ice psychopath smooth talks his way into the home of an unsuspecting blind woman, runs through March 10. • Bethpage Federal Credit Union’s Youth Theater Series presents the musical “Pinkalicious” through March 10, Saturdays at 11 a.m., Sundays at 10:30 a.m. $15.
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Show” focuses on American artists who participated in the Armory Show and explores the impact of European Modernism on American art in the early years of the 20th century. On display through April 14.
Holocaust Memorial And Tolerance Center
Welwyn Preserve. 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove. Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sat.-Sun.: noon-4 p.m. 516-571-8040 ext. 100. www.holocaust-nassau.org. • The new permanent exhibit explains the 1920s increase of intolerance, the reduction of human rights, and the lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others: people with disabilities, Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), Jehovah’s Witnesses, gays and Polish intelligentsia.
Huntington Arts Council
Main Street Petite Gallery: 213 Main St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Art in the Art-trium: 25 Melville Park Road, Melville. Gallery Hours: Monday Friday 7 a.m.-7 p.m. 631-271-8423. www.huntingtonarts.org. • “Bold,” featuring artists that grab the viewer with their unique and striking artwork at the Art-trium, runs through Feb. 25. • “Journeys & Destinations” in the main gallery runs through March 11, featuring painters Vivian Hershfield, Suzanne McVetty, Virginia Edele, Grace Su and Nancy Fabrizio.
Huntington Historical Society
through the end of June.
Ripe Art Gallery
67 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-807-5296. Gallery hours: Tuesday - Thursday 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday 2-9 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. www.ripeartgal.com. • Women’s clothing store Rexer-Parkes presents a special showing of paintings by Ripe Art Gallery artist Maxine Jurow titled “Black Velvet” through February. 35 Gerard St., Huntington. • The Seventh Annual Valentines Day Group Show, “Love Stinks,” is on view until March 1.
SPLIA
Headquarters: 161 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor. Joseph Lloyd Manor House: Lloyd Lane and Lloyd Harbor Road, Lloyd Neck. 631692-4664. www.splia.org. • “Long Island at Work and at Play,” early 20th-century photographs from SPLIA’s collections, is now on display Thursdays through Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Suffolk Y JCC
74 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-4629800, ext. 140. Tuesday 1-4 p.m. Admission: $5 per person, $18 per family. Special group programs available. www.suffolkyjcc.org. • The Alan & Helene Rosenberg Jewish Discovery Museum provides hands-on exhibits and programs for children 3-13 years old and their families, classes and camps. Now on exhibit: The Alef Bet of Being a Mensch. “Zye a mensch” is a Yiddish saying that means “be a decent, responsible, caring person,” infusing both the best blessing and the best that an educator can wish for his students.
Main office/library: 209 Main St., Huntington. Museums: Conklin Barn, 2 High St.; Kissam House/Museum Shop, 434 Park Ave.; Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building, 228 Main St. 631427-7045, ext. 401. www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org. • Learn about how Long Islanders used to get through winter before modern conveniences on Friday, Feb. 22, 1:30 p.m. at the Conklin House. $3 for Senior Friday. Call ext. 403 for reservations. • Spend the afternoon at a tea party in the beautifully decorated Conklin Barn with your favorite doll and tea cup on Saturday, Feb. 23 or Sunday, Feb. 24, 2-4 p.m. Call ext. 401. Space is limited. • The next “Lunch & Learn” lecture on Feb. 28 at Black & Blue restaurant in Huntington will discuss East Neck, the “Hamptons of the North Shore.” $40 members/$45 non-members.
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. • The Arena Players Repertory Theatre presents “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea,” a tale of a frightening and fascinating relationship, at the Carriage House Theatre, Feb. 22March 17. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. $20-$25. For reservations call 516-293-0674 or visit www.ArenaPlayers.org.
LaMantia Gallery
Walt Whitman Birthplace
127 Main St., Northport Village. 631-754-8414. www.lamantiagallery.com. • Robert Finale presents captivating landscapes and Richard Johnson displays exquisite paintings of the human face and form.
9 East Contemporary Art
9 East Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Wed.-Sat., 3-8 p.m. or by appointment. 631662-9459. • The “Winter Invitational Exhibition” presents nine major works by the 9 East Artists and nine works created by a selected group of professional Long Island artists. On view through March 31.
Northport Historical Society Museum
215 Main St., Northport. Museum hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 1-4:30 p.m. 631-757-9859. www.northporthistorical.org. • A new exhibition, “Northport Collects II,” opens Sunday, Feb. 24 with a special reception at 2 p.m. Highlights include a collection of miniature airplanes and old bottles discovered at local locations by a metal detector enthusiast. At 3 p.m., Henry Tobin discusses the collection of Ming Dynasty items which are a part of the exhibition, which runs
Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium
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. • Children of all ages can enjoy a performance of Irish dancing by teachers and students from the Mulvihill-Lynch Studio of Irish Dance, on Saturday, March 2. Face painting at 12:15 p.m., dancing at 1 p.m. Hear the fascinating history about the costumes and dances, and enjoy a guided tour of the Birthplace. $8/child, chaperones free. Call ext. 113 to register.
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. • Joe Deguardia's Star Boxing presents “Rockin' Fights 7 - Live on NBC Sports Network” on Saturday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. $50-$200. • “Clifford the Big Red Dog – Live!” plays two
Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci has registered his District Office in Huntington Station as 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.
AID & ASSISTANCE Down Payment Assistance
Housing Help Inc., a HUD-certified not-for-profit housing agency provides free services to families with housing issues. Programs include first-time homebuyer counseling, foreclosure prevention assistance, tenant education and advocacy, and the development of affordable housing. The agency has a two-three bedroom home under construction, with a $40,000 down payment assistance package. For information call Susan Lagville at 631-754-0373.
Help After Sandy
Touro Law Center has opened a legal hotline at 631-761-7198 that is staffed Monday-Friday 9-6 by law students and attorneys from the bar associations. Bilingual and Spanish-speaking lawyers are available thanks to the Hispanic Bar Association.
Emergency Home Repair Program
Are you “underwater” on your mortgage but making payments on time? Do you need an emergency repair on your home, but can’t get a home equity loan because you are underwater? You could eligible for up to $5,000 for emergency home repairs if your income does not exceed 120 percent of the HUD median income for Long Island ($129,000 for a family of four). Apply to the Emergency Home Repair Program. Call Susan at Housing Help Inc., 631-754-0373.
VOLUNTEERING 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.
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No Stopping These Colts On The Mat Grimaldi, Piccolo and Rebozo will represent Section XI in state tournament Photos by Frank Grimaldi
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It was only five years ago when the Colts had just one county qualifier. This season, nine wrestlers from Half Hollow Hills West qualified for the Suffolk County Championships and three will move on to states. “I think the guys understood what it would take to get there. They saw the success the seniors had last year as juniors. They saw how hard these guys worked,” coach Mike Patrovich said. Tyler Grimaldi (160 pounds) took the tournament by storm, winning his second Suffolk County Championship title. Joe Piccolo (170 pounds) and Jagger Rebozo (182 pounds) will also make the trip to
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Colts Advance In Hoops By Nicole Brems info@longislandernews.com
The No. 7 Colts of Half Hollow Hills West defeated No. 10 Newfield 83-60 on Feb. 15, advancing to the second round of the Suffolk AA playoffs. From the very beginning of the game, Hills West was up and running quickly. With a basket at the buzzer, Hills led 22-12 at the end of the first quarter. The team continued its dominance in the second quarter, quickly opening up the lead 44-21 by the end of the half. Spurred by screaming fans, Hills West picked up more ground in the second half, leading 61-36 at the end of the third quarter and finally winning the game. Terry Harris scored 22 points, with Marcus Solomon netting 21 points and 9 assists. Jamir Blackman had 15 points and Neneyo Mate-Kole scored 11. Also scoring were Justin Leonard with 7 points, Ross Greenfield with 5, and Dylan Harlem with 2. MateKole had 16 rebounds in the win. The Colts were to play No. 2 Brentwood on Feb. 19. Results were not available as of press time. The winner of that game plays on Friday.
Tyler Grimaldi takes down Patchogue-Medford’s Kevin Rodriguez at the County Tournament. Albany for the state tournament, which begins on Friday morning with quarterfinals. Semifinals will begin Saturday morning, and the finals will be held that night. While Grimaldi earned an automatic state berth with a 7-2 win in counties, Piccolo and Rebozo each earned wildcard berths. Piccolo lost in the county finals and Rebozo finished in third. Chris Reilly (120) just missed earning a trip to Albany by finishing fifth in counties. Grimaldi is scheduled to wrestle Carthage’s Colin Ryan in the first round of states. Tyler’s father, Board of Education Vice President Frank Grimaldi, credited Patrovich with picking his son off the
football field at Candlewood Middle School and helping him become the elite wrestler he is today. Tyler will wrestle for Harvard University next year. “Tyler has a lot of talent and drive and determination, but Mike was able to channel all that and get him to the level he is at now,” Frank said. Patrovich credited the quartet of AllCounty wrestlers with leading this season’s team. “They are great kids. I was always able to count on them over the years to do the right thing. They led more by example than anything else,” the coach said. Piccolo and Rebozo competed through injuries, Patrovich said, while Reilly achieved the high level of play his coach
Two-time Suffolk Champ Tyler Grimaldi stands with coach and mentor Mike Patrovich at the championship tournament at Walt Whitman High School. saw in him. Tyler Grimaldi, the coach said, is the best wrestler in Half Hollow Hills history, “bar none.” The top three finishers work out all 12 months of the year, the coach added, and carry a strong sense of determination within them. Always anxious to improve, the trio is expected to do well in Albany. “I think they will all have a very successful state tournament,” Patrovich said.
RUNNING
Townwide Fund Readies For St. Pat’s Run Registration is underway for the Townwide Fund of Huntington’s annual St. Patrick’s 4-mile and fun runs on Saturday, March 9, and this year’s event has a special component for first responders. In partnership with the Halesite Fire Department, this year’s St. Patrick’s run will feature the first “Firefighters Challenge.” Firefighters, EMS providers and all other first responders from area fire and rescue departments are invited to enter the race, in teams of five. The start/finish area is at the American Legion Post 360 in Halesite, located at 360 Mill Dam Road and Route 110. The 1K fun run will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the 4-mile run will begin at 9 a.m. The course runs from Mill Dam Road
up to West Shore Road, up the hills of Browns Road, then turns and reverses, back to the American Legion building. The Hartigan High School Challenge will once more be part of the 4-mile race. High school students can gather a team of five designees and come out to support a good cause. The St. Patrick’s Run is the first big event of the year for the Townwide Fund in its efforts to raise funds to support 20 health and human service agencies. Melville law firm Carter, DeLuca, Farrell and Schmidt, LLP, is the gold-level sponsor of the event. Visit the website at www.townwidefund.org or call 631-6294950.
The annual St. Patrick’s Run is scheduled for March 9.
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