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Will Your Child’s School Close? Steering committee says two elementary closures are possible Half Hollow Hills photos/Jacqueline Birzon
Keith Anthony, Robin Fox and Tim Hayes headline The Paramount Comedy Series this Saturday.
Make Room For Comedy By Peter Sloggatt psloggatt@longislandernews.com
It’s all about the music… until comedy comes on the scene. This Saturday night, laughs take over The Paramount’s stage with the return of The Paramount Comedy Series, hosted by Long Island Comedy’s Paul Anthony. On the lineup for Sept. 21 are comedians Tim Hayes, Robin Fox and Keith Anthony, and if previous shows in the series are an indication, a few special guests will get mic time as well. “This is our 15th show at The Paramount,” said Anthony, adding that the series provides some prime-time exposure for comedians while giving Long Island audiences a top-rate night of comedy. “The venue is a fantastic venue for comedy. The floor is set up cabaretstyle, and there’s not a bad seat in the house,” Anthony said. “None of the other venues I have have two giant screens alongside the stage. It’s a real party, very upbeat and a lot of fun. As big as it is, though, it still feels very intimate.” The talent is top-rate, too, he said. “You would never see all of these comedians on one show anywhere else because they are all headliners (Continued on page A18)
Sabrina Frazier, the mother of a child at Candlewood Middle School, says she is concerned over how school building closures would impact student programming at a Sept. 12 community presentation. Inset, Joseph Tantillo, a member of a commitee that investigated potential closures in Half Hollow Hills, presents some of the committee’s findings last Thursday to a room of more than 100 residents. By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com
A group commissioned by the Half Hollow Hills School District to recommend at least one building closure for the 2014-2015 school year told residents last Thursday it would be in the district’s best interest to close not one but two elementary schools to save money. Declining elementary enrollment and impending budget cuts led the 28-person Facilities Study Group and Steering Committee to recommend that the district close either Vanderbilt Elementary or Forest Park Elementary Schools and also close either Chestnut Hill or Signal Hill Elementary Schools. Otsego, Paumanok and Sunquam Elementary Schools were taken off the table due to geographic, population and building capacity factors. While much of the Sept. 12 presentation, held at Candlewood Middle School,
focused on how the district can maximize on cost savings, parents expressed concerns over bigger class sizes, the timing of the transition with the implementation of the Common Core state standards, redistricting and the impact the closures would have on educators. Jeff Warren, parent of a Candlewood student and a district graduate, raised concerns over increasing class sizes when the district is faced with the new implementation of the Common Core curriculum, which resulted in lower state test scores this year across New York. “Is this the time we could be looking at dramatically raising class sizes? How many teachers will be cut? And administrators?” Warren asked. “I want [to see], on a line-item basis, how much money is being saved… If it’s given to the board, we should see it, too.” Committee members did not comment on how class sizes would be affected after closures.
The steering committee was selected in June and is comprised of stakeholders who represent nearly every demographic group in the community; it includes residents, teachers from all 11 school buildings, business owners and others. “We’re going to have to lose two schools,” committee member Joseph Tantillo said. “The option was not popular, but it quickly became our approach.” The group told the more than 100 residents in attendance that the Fran Greenspan Administration Center, which houses close to 24 administrators and no students, would “not result in significant savings” and therefore will not be recommended for closure to the board. Group facilitator Michael Keaney, a retired educator and private consultant, said the Sept. 12 presentation is a “work in progress” and may change before it is presented to the Half Hollow Hills Board of Education on Sept. 26. (Continued on page A18)
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MELVILLE
Town Closer To Wolf Hill Improvements By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com
Moving one step closer toward making pedestrian walkway improvements a reality, town officials on Tuesday were expected to authorize a contract to break ground on the safety improvement project. The project went out to bid in June, and town officials approved a contract with Ridge-based Laser Industries earlier this month. Town spokesman A.J. Carter said in June that the project, anticipated to cost $346,500, will be covered by a New York State Department of Transportation Local State Streets and Traffic Calming grant. A sidewalk will span along Wolf Hill Road, at an active four-way intersection where St. Anthony’s High School, Half Hollow Hills High School West and Birchwood Intermediate Schools attract students, who commute by bus, car or foot at least five days a week.
A goal of the sidewalk installation project, which will add raised curbs and handicap-accessible ramps, is to increase pedestrian safety. The continuous sidewalk will connect access to the high schools as well as two public parks. Plans for the walkway indicate it will span from the north side of Wolf Hill Road between Old Country Road and thorough Melrose Road, near High School West. In June, Carter said the project was slated to break ground in the fall after a contract was awarded to the lowest most responsible bidder. The Tuesday vote at the Huntington Town Board meeting to authorize the contract occurred after press time. The spokesman said on Monday that a signal project near Birchwood Intermediate had recently been completed, but would not comment further on the development pending an announcement planned for Thursday.
The intersection of Wolf Hill and Old Country Roads will become more pedestrian-friendly after a sidewalk installation project, slated to break ground by the end of 2013.
TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Mother Admits To Killing Son Former Commack resident faces 20 years for manslaughter By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com
The mother of a Commack High School graduate has admitted to killing her son last summer, the Albany County DA’s office announced Sept. 12. Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares said 53-year-old Tracey Zetzsche, of Westerlo, N.Y. pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter before Albany County Court Judge Stephen Herrick on Sept. 12. She admitted to killing 22-year-old Gabriel “Gabe” Philby-Zetzsche, a 2009 Commack graduate who had cerebral palsy, by stabbing him and repeatedly hitting him
with a hammer. Autopsy results indicated Philby-Zetzsche was killed by a stab wound to the chest and multiple skull fractures caused by blunt force trauma sometime between July 26 and July 30 in the Westerlo apartment he shared with his mother. Philby-Zetzsche’s body was discovered by his aunt after she grew concerned upon finding his mother on the back porch very upset and mentioning something was wrong with her son. His lifeless body was found lying on his bedroom floor and covered in blood on July 30, 2012. Zetzsche faces up to 20 years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision when she is sentenced on Nov. 1.
Tracey Zetzsche, left, pleaded guilty to killing her son Gabriel Philby-Zetzsche, right.
MELVILLE
Pinelawn Road Bridge Complete Span over LIE open to traffic as Northern State interchange work continues on 110 By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com
The Pinelawn Road Bridge over the Long Island Expressway in Melville is once again open to motorists in Melville, winding down one of several major construction projects in the area, state officials said. The New York State Department of Transportation announced last week that the $5.5-million project to replace the concrete bridge deck on the Pinelawn Road Bridge is now “substantially completed” and fully open to traffic. The project entailed major upgrades to steel, sidewalks, bridge rail and curbs. Work crews closed the mainline of the Long Island Expressway in both directions from 10 p.m.-5 a.m. Sunday through Tuesday to remove temporary concrete construction barriers, state officials said. Still, some midday lane closures in the area should be expected for the time being, said state DOT spokeswoman
Eileen Peters. “We’re still restoring it, and if there’s any landscape repairs that need to be done, it’s just minor,” she said. “It’ll be midday and just one travel lane over the bridge.” The project was part of $45 million in NY Works funding being spent on road and bridge projects in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Meanwhile, other major infrastructure projects in the Melville area are ongoing. A nearly $60-million overhaul of the Northern State Parkway’s Exit 40 interchange, which included a new bridge over Route 110, is on schedule to be finished by the end of the year, Peters said. More than 120,000 motorists use the interchange every day, according to the DOT, and the bridge that crossed Route 110 was more than 65 years old when it was demolished in March 2012. A $22.5-million project to reconstruct Route 110 from the LIE North Service Road to Arlington Road and the Melville Mall to Arrowwood Lane in Melville is on
track for completing on early 2015, according to the state’s website. “It’s a lot of drainage work,” she said. “It’s adding a continuous third lane, rebuilding the intersections with turning lanes and upgraded signals… There’ll be some countdown pedestrian signals and continuous sidewalk.” Nearby, the state completed a $28.3million upgrade of the Route 110 bridge over the Long Island Expressway in late 2011. Another $4.6-million project – to add a supplemental third lane for 0.45 miles on the North Service Road and another 0.65mille supplemental third lane on the South Service Road – is expected to wind up in early October. The project is designed to improve traffic flow through the intersections of the LIE service roads and Walt Whitman Road. Further east, a new project – a revamp of the Northern State’s Route 42 interchange at Route 231 near the Dix Hills Fire Department headquarters – is on the
horizon. The project, which is slated to go out to bid in the summer of 2015, calls for combining Northern State Parkway exits 42S and 42N into one exit ramp at the Route 231/Northern State Parkway interchange, according to the state DOT. They would also remove the west sidewalk along Route 231 under the Northern State Parkway bridge in order to create an additional lane, resulting in two thru-traffic lanes and a dedicated left-turn lane from southbound Route 231 to the Northern State Parkway eastbound entrance ramp. Construction on the Exit 42 overhaul project, which is estimated to cost $6 million, is scheduled begin in the fall of 2015 with a goal of a fall 2016 completion date.
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POLICE REPORT Compiled by Danny Schrafel
Stick It, Tickets!
Popped For Pills
Parking heartburn… It’s become an all-too-famil-
side effect of backing up traffic behind him. After the iar bit of agita in Huntington village these days. You student got out, instead of rolling along his merry way, walk up to your car and see a bright yellow hunk of pa- the bus driver pulled over to the side of the road to let traffic go by and waited for per stuck under your windshield wipers. Fearing you the student to enter his home. had a brain cramp that just cost IN THE KNOW Only when the house door you $25, you traipse back to WITH AUNT ROSIE closed behind the boy did the your car, reluctantly pick the bus driver continue on his thing up and… discover it’s a way. I loved seeing the extra very clever vehicle for protesting parking tickets. That’s right – someone has taken to putting little card- attention and the message it sends – let’s care about the board notes, which look like the real thing, but bear a people we deal with every day, rather than just go about message to “phone town offices to complain about our jobs as if it’s business as usual. their aggressive parking ticket program” and lists SuMoo-ve it… to the Great Cow Harbor 10K this Satpervisor Frank Petrone’s number along with the traffic and public safety departments. I wonder how many urday, and stick around for the festival on Sunday. people are actually following through with the request That’s when bands and dancers and all sorts of floats – I know I’d probably be a little too miffed at the stunt will mosey down Main Street in Northport as part of to go through with it. It’s not nice to get an old lady’s the village’s annual September festival. It also has the added benefit of being the only parade in America blood pressure shooting through the roof, after all. where you can get away with mooing at your elected I can see lawyers from my house… So, did you officials while dressed as a cow without getting hear? Former Alaska governor, 2008 veep candidate slugged – or committed, for that matter. and grizzly mama extraordinaire Sarah Palin is back in You won’t be in a pickle… unless you miss this court. She was sued last Friday in federal court by the North Jersey Media Group, publishers of The Bergen weekend’s Pickle Festival, that is! Join the GreenlawnRecord, who accused her of copyright infringement. Centerport Historical Association from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. She allegedly used an iconic photograph of the Sept. this Saturday and enjoy dozens of pickle varieties, 11 aftermath – one of three New York City firefighters hayrides, bands, antique cars, a maze, pickle-themed raising an American flag over the rubble – in a merchandise and, for the first time in 46 years, the Lolfundraising email for her political action committee. lipop Farm Train, which just completed an extensive The publishing group says she didn’t get permission, restoration! All this for one Lincoln – five bucks – to a and wants her to pay up and stop using the image. great local organization that helps preserve the historic What’s the local connection to this national news, you treasures of Greenlawn and Centerport? Can’t beat ask? None other than Whitman grad and award-win- that. Don’t be a sourpuss – get down to the Pickle Fesning photographer Thomas Franklin, who captured the tival and tell ‘em Rosie sent ya. iconic image. (Aunt Rosie wants to hear from you! If you have comments, ideas, or tips about what’s happening in your Hats off to the bus driver… I saw this happen the neck of the woods, write to me today and let me know other day and had to share bit of good news with you the latest. To contact me, drop a line to Aunt Rosie, all. I was driving home right after school let out and saw c/o The Long-Islander, 149 Main Street, Huntington a bus driver making his rounds. He pulled over to let NY 11743. Or try the e-mail at one of his passengers out, which had the unfortunate aunt.rosieli@gmail.com)
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A 23-year-old Melville man was arrested Sept. 14 near Route 110 in Melville. Police accused him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. The man was allegedly illegally in possession of two prescription pills.
Asleep At The Wheel Two men were arrested in Dix Hills on DWI charges. The first, a 46-year-old Dix Hills man, was arrested at 1:32 a.m. Sept. 14. Police said the man was observed sleeping while his car was running. The second, a 23year-old from the Bronx, was driving at a high rate of speed in a 2002 Cadillac when he was pulled over in Dix Hills in the early-morning hours of Sept. 12. It is the first offense for both men, police said.
Jewel Bandit Strikes Suffolk County police are investigating a Sept. 12 burglary in Dix Hills. Police said a person entered the Westminster Avenue home through a window at 10:30 a.m. and took jewelry from the home.
Headlight Broken Police are investigating a Sept. 11 complaint of criminal mischief in Commack. An unknown person damaged a passenger-side headlight on a 2007 Chevrolet Impala on Burton Lane at approximately 2 p.m.
That’s Rich! Police received a complaint of identity theft in Huntington Station at 4:20 p.m. Sept. 9. The complainant said a person used her identity to make a purchase at Saks Fifth Avenue.
Need Some Matching Bracelets? A homeless man was arrested at 12:25 p.m. in Huntington Sept. 9 on fourth-degree grand larceny charges. The 23-year-old is accused of stealing a pocketbook from an unlocked Jeep Grand Cherokee on Cliftwood Drive and fleeing the scene.
Truck Fire Burns Out Police rushed to East 11th Street in Huntington Station Sept. 8 after receiving word that a truck was on fire. An unregistered 2004 Dodge pickup truck’s driver’s side window was broken before the vehicle was set on fire. The fire self-extinguished. The incident is being investigated as third-degree arson.
Do You Keep A Roll Handy For Road Rage?
Greenlawn’s Chris Algieri boxed his way to a TKO on Saturday at The Paramount, maintaining his undefeated record in front of a crowd that chanted his name over and over.
“It’s a long and arduous process, but it’s one worth waiting for if you can turn a house around that’s bringing down the neighborhood.” The Blight Has Been Bought, PAGE A7
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Suffolk County police received a complaint about possible road rage on Broadhollow Road in Melville at 8 p.m. on Sept. 9. The complainant, driving a 2012 Volvo, said a man was honking his horn at her and began to pass her. When the light turned green and he passed her car, somebody in his car began to throw nickels at the complainant’s car.
ID Thief Goes Shopping Suffolk County police received complaints of identity theft in Melville on Sept. 7. The complainant reported that someone had made purchases using their credit card.
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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Garden Blooms At Town’s Senior Beach House Rich Iacona leads the Half Hollow Hills Alumni Band’s first performance in nearly four decades in July at the Dix Hills Performing Arts Center. Iacona, who taught at Hills from 1969-1979, will resume that role Sunday with 21 former students at the Dix Hills branch of the Half Hollow Hills Community Library. HALF HOLLOW HILLS
They Got The Band Back Together Alumni reunite with music teacher for concert By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com
After nearly 40 years apart, an intrepid group of nearly two-dozen Half Hollow Hills High School grads are coming home from all over the country to perform together with their high school music teacher leading the band. The Half Hollow Hills Alumni Band, whose first performance in nearly four decades was July 7 at the Dix Hills Performing Arts Center at Five Towns College, will take the stage again at the Dix Hills branch of the Half Hollow Hills Community Library on Sunday. Former Hills music teacher Rich Iacona will be at the helm, as he was for most of the 1970s. Bennett Fisher, now an attorney in Houston, Texas, said the idea to reform the band came after he re-formed his high school band in 2006. Five years later he pulled his college band back together. He would see Iacona about once a year, during reunion performances of his high school band, Octopus, at The Nutty Irishman. During one of those meetings about three or four years ago, he floated the idea of reforming the Hills Jazz Band. Talk turned into action this January, when he, Iacona and bandmate Rich DeRosa agreed on a date of July 7. A few weeks later, they began emailing their classmates and searching for a venue. “We had no idea how many people would show up,” Fisher said. Following a flurry of emails, 21 came home to Dix Hills to perform. For many, it was the first time they had seen each other in nearly 40 years, let alone play music as a group. Under Iacona’s guidance, the group rehearsed for about six hours on July 6 at the Usdan Center before taking the stage at the Dix Hills Performing Arts Center July 7. “The response was phenomenal,” Iacona said. A few months later, the 21 performers of 25 overall have their sheet music for this Sunday and are gearing up for their second Alumni Band performance of jazz and big
band favorites. While some band members have pursued music and performing for a living, most have chosen other vocations. The time apart melted away quickly, Iacona said. “After we’re in the room a few minutes and you see everybody, everybody is exactly what they were then in every way,” he said. “They look alike, act alike, act alike to each other.” And for some, the teacher-student relationship remains sacrosanct, even 40 years later. “Some of them still can’t call me Richie – they still call me Mr. I.,” Iacona said with a laugh. “Everything is the same. The same dynamic exists as it did years go.” Iacona, who taught at Hills for 10 years until he became a full-time professional musician in 1979, was a young teacher who inspired his students, Fisher said. Since then, Iacona continued teaching as an adjunct professor – he currently teaches at LIU Post – and served as staff composer and arranger for the Omni Music Library in Port Washington, which produced music for film, screen and major ad campaigns. He also worked with Celine Dion at the height of her popularity, orchestrating a 1998 recording of “Feliz Navidad” on her “These Are Special Times” holiday record. “He motivated us back then to study music and work at it. For some of us it became a vocation. For the rest of us, it became an avocation,” Fisher said. But Iacona was quick to return the credit to his pupils. “This was a very special group… They were very good when they were kids. We rehearsed a lot – they were all smart kids,” he said. “I was crazy about all of them.” While all of the free tickets for Sunday’s performance have been snapped up, there’s still a chance to get a seat for the 1:30 p.m. show. Doors will open 15 minutes before showtime, and any seats remaining after ticketholders are seated will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information call the Dix Hills branch at 631-421-4530.
Supervisor Frank Petrone and Councilwoman Susan Berland joined Huntington seniors Sunday in thanking local student, 16-year-old Amanda Cohen of Greenlawn, who earned a Girl Scout Gold Award for creating a new garden at the town’s Senior Beach House in Centerport. Amanda and her family also purchased four Adirondack chairs.
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Hands raised in victory, from left, Josh Price, Gene Cook and Mark Mayoka celebrate after winning their primaries Tuesday. TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
GOP Primary Victory By D. Schrafel & J. Birzon info@longislandernews.com
Primary voters provided few surprises Sept. 10 as the Huntington GOP’s designees fended off several challenges on the line in the town supervisor and town board races, and as Democratic Highway Superintendent incumbent William Naughton secured a win against two strong challengers.
Naughton will face Conservative Peter Gunther, who has received Republican and Independence Party backing. “We had to fight all the way to have won… I didn’t have any party support, but we survived,” Naughton said. “It was a little disgusting, but we have to move forward.” The divide between second and third place was razor-thin. Orelli was second with 1,089 and McKay collected 1,088 votes, according to unofficial results.
GOP Ticket Beats Back Challenge With their victory, the Huntington’s GOP decisively squelched a challenge to its Town Board and Supervisor ticket. According to unofficial results posted by the Suffolk County Board of Elections Sept. 10, Councilman Gene Cook, an Independence Party member, easily defeated former State Supreme Court Justice Robert Lifson 3,081-1,343 in the Republican Supervisor primary, and former Huntington Maritime Services Director Harry Acker 323-190 on the Independence ballot. Cook’s Republican running mates, Councilman Mark Mayoka and Josh Price, beat former Councilman Mark Capodanno by more than 1,000 votes apiece in the Republican primary for Huntington town board. Mayoka led with 3,291 votes, followed by Price with 2,930 and Capodanno with 1,889. County chairman John Jay LaValle congratulated Huntington Republicans at their Park Avenue headquarters around 11 p.m., after the outcome seemed certain. Huntington GOP Chair Toni Tepe said the decisive win proves Huntington residents are “tired of the present administration” and saw through what Republicans alleged was an attempt at “party raiding” by town Democrats using Lifson, Capodanno and Acker. “We took the first step tonight, and we are going to move forward and win the election in November,” Tepe said.
Naughton Wins Highway Race With 1,265 votes in the Democratic primary, 26-year Superintendent of Highways incumbent William Naughton defeated challengers Kevin Orelli and Donald McKay. Despite what Naughton described as low voter turnout and an uphill battle, the incumbent said he is confident he will prevail in November’s general election.
Trotta Pulls Off 13th LD Upset Meanwhile, in the 13th LD, which now includes large portions of Northport and East Northport, Suffolk County PD detective and community activist Robert Trotta pulled out a major upset to secure the Republican line. He handily won a three-way race with 2,259 votes, easily outpacing party designee Paul Hennings with 860 votes and plumbers union representative Mario Mattera with 811. However, Hennings remains on the ballot with the Conservative Party line. Trotta and Hennings will take on Democratic nominee Elaine Turley for the legislative seat.
Democratic Ticket Ahead In Working Families Race The status quo appears to have held in the Working Families contest as well. Democratic Supervisor Frank Petrone led challenger Valerie Stringfellow 100-76 in the unofficial results, and Democrats Tracey Edwards and Councilman Mark Cuthbertson led challenger Richard Hall in the town council primary. Edwards leads with 167 votes, followed by Cuthbertson at 95 and Hall with 85.
Spota, DeMarco Now Unopposed While the race to Nov. 5 is now beginning in earnest for most candidates, election season essentially ended last week for Suffolk DA Thomas Spota and Sheriff Vincent DeMarco after they won GOP primaries. Spota, of Mt. Sinai, defeated Huntington criminal defense attorney Ray Perini 11,763-9,297, while DeMarco, of Cold Spring Harbor, won against challenger Samuel Barreto 13,598-6,520. Spota and DeMarco secured their position as running essentially unopposed for re-election by winning the GOP primaries.
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DIX HILLS
The Blight Has Been Bought Half Hollow Hills photo/Danny Schrafel
Saddle Rock Mayor Dan Levy bought 6 Majestic Drive in Dix Hills Sept. 10, town officials said. Two days later, work crews were hard at work gutting the fire-ravaged home.
By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com
Blighted house 6 Majestic Drive in Dix Hills has a new owner, and he’s moving fast to tear down the fire-singed remains to build a new home in its place, town officials confirmed last week. Dan Levy, an MD with a practice in Great Neck who serves as mayor of the Village of Saddle Rock, closed on the home Sept. 10, said town spokesman A.J. Carter. Work crews were on site last Thursday, filling up dumpsters as they gutted the
TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Ready Or Not, Here They Come By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com
The search must still be signed off on by a judge, but giving advanced notice that it’s coming is no longer a requirement. Huntington town officials on Tuesday were expected to adopt a bill that changes the way the town goes about executing search warrants. In the past, town personnel were required to send a landlord or homeowner written notice that inspectors were coming to check out a home or apartment after a search warrant had been approved
by a judge. The code change still requires a judge to approve and administer the search warrant, and still requires probable cause, but it does not require the town to notify residents that inspectors are coming. According to Councilwoman Susan Berland, who proposed the bill, the code change does not infringe upon anyone’s constitutional rights. The outdated town code of providing notice, Berland said, burdened officials with notice of inspection at least 24 hours before inspectors showed up and allowed landlords ample time to fix or
cover up the code violation. Once inspectors leave, the illegal dwelling would resume as it was, the councilwoman said. “It’s not taking away anybody’s constitutional rights,” Berland said. “It’s an antiquated thing, on the books, and no other jurisdiction provides that [notice]. We still have to go to court and present a case for a search warrant… There has to be probable cause when we execute the warrant.” The town held a public hearing regarding the proposed bill before it was enacted at the July 9 town board meeting, when only one resident spoke up about the issue.
home that was destroyed by fire on Halloween in 2011. It had remained a scorched eyesore ever since, earning its way onto the town’s blight registry in April 2012. “We’re looking forward to working with Dr. Levy to establish a new schedule and get the existing structure torn down and replaced as soon as possible,” Carter said. Levy purchased the home from Michael Baron and his cousin, John Baron, of Melville, who bought it at a foreclosure sale in April 2006. The home was badly damaged by fire Oct. 31, 2011. After it was added to the blight registry, the owners entered into several restoration agreements with the town to get off the blight list, but those arrangements went nowhere, town officials said. Following a blight hearing in mid-July, the town threatened to capitalize on an administrative hearing officer’s ruling on file that gave them the go-ahead to tear the home down themselves and add the cost to the Barons’ tax bill. Neighbor Tim Stauder, who lives next door to the home, said he is pleased with the new ownership – and the pace at which Levy is working. “It’s good. They forced the guy [former owner Michael Baron] to do something with it,” Stauder said. “They just started [Thursday], but it looks like the guy is going to be moving quick.” Delays in the closing process have slowed efforts to clean up the property. Carter said according to an initial remediation plan, the burned-out home was sup(Continued on page A18)
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End Of An Eyesore It hasn’t been easy, and it hasn’t been fast, thousands of dollars onto the owners’ property but thanks to perseverance on the part of tax bill. Instead, the property owners opted to sell. town officials and neighbors, a blighted propWe generally don’t like the idea of governerty in Dix Hills will no longer be an eyesore. The home at 6 Majestic Drive was largely ment infringing on people’s constitutional destroyed by fire nearly two years ago. It re- rights to own property and to do with it what they choose, but when a property mained untouched – and an eyesore in an otherwise attractive EDITORIAL is so ill-kept that its causes their neighbors’ property values to sufneighborhood – until just recently when a new buyer began work to demolish fer, it’s time for government to step in. This is one such case. the old structure and put a new one in its It didn’t happen overnight – because, after place. The sale, it seems, was prompted because af- all, the owner of even a blight property is enter attempts to negotiate with the owners, the titled to due process -- but the eyesore is comtown put the property on its blighted properties ing down. We just hope every instance where registry and took steps toward demolishing the the town’s blighted property law is invoked is house, an action that would have added tens of so clear cut and simple.
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Think Of The Animals DEAR EDITOR: We submit this letter as an appeal to everyone in the community for their support and cooperation in our ongoing efforts to ensure the health and well-being of the animals at the Lewis Oliver Farm. The farm is managed entirely by a team of volunteers who have made many improvements over the last several years to the property, the barns and most importantly, in the care and management of the animals. A labor of love, performed with calloused hands and a smile in our hearts, each day we donate our time and energy to: cleaning the barns and enclosures, feeding the animals, scrubbing and hauling water buckets, shoveling the pastures, pushing wheelbarrows, carrying bales of hay, lifting 50 lb. bags of feed, trimming hooves, de-
licing, de-worming, administering medications, wiping runny eyes and dirty bottoms, wrapping wounds, chasing and penning sick animals, performing health and behavior checks, meeting with our veterinarians and continuously assessing the animals' living space to make sure they're kept safe. When we are not at the farm taking care of the animals, we spend our time developing best practices in barn management. We do this by consulting with experts at well-known farm animal sanctuaries, speaking with our vets and reading as much reliable information as we can get our hands on. We do all of these things and more, year-round and in all kinds of weather including heat waves, rain storms and blizzards. As physically exhausting as each of these chores is, none can compare to the effort we have put in toward implementing change in the way we allow visitors to feed our animals. And nothing can compare to the level of frustration we experience every single day as too many people continue to ignore the posted feeding rules signs that have punctuated the pastures and barn for nearly two years, now. Many ask, ‘Why?’ Why, after all of these years, where people
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have had the freedom of emptying the contents of their refrigerators and pantries into the pastures, are there now parameters in place? They ask, ‘What's wrong with feeding the animals fruit? A bag of carrots? A piece of bread, donuts, chocolate chip cookies, bushels of apples, oranges, rotten potatoes, tomatoes, onions, leftover steak and chicken cutlets (yes, it's true; we can't make this stuff up!) boxed cereals, watermelon,’ and the list goes on. ‘After all, it's just a small treat...this little bit won't do them any harm,’ reasons the 10th visitor on any particular morning. And yes, it's true. For many years it was a free-for-all. We even sold carrots on the farm stand. But when our veterinarians, who we can now afford to use thanks to the community's generous response to our many fundraising initiatives, told us that Annabelle the cow and most of our sheep are morbidly obese and that their health is in peril, we got serious about changing our ways, educating ourselves and doing what's best for the animals. We immediately stopped selling carrots, which are too rich in sugar and carbohydrates to be feeding to the animals in unlim-
ited quantities, and replaced them with vet-approved celery. We saw an immediate positive change in their behavior when we removed carrots from their diet. Our once hyper-active animals, who would literally bounce off the barn walls, were suddenly calm. This was not only a welcomed result for the animals' sake, but it has made the barn a safer environment for our volunteers who must enter the animals' living space many times throughout the day. We hung hand-made signs at every high-trafficked feeding spot along the pasture fence lines on Burt Avenue and Oak Street where visitors could not help but to see them. As the signs weathered, we made new ones and hung them once again. We also communicated the new feeding rules in emails, on our website and through social media. Last month, we invested several hundred dollars to have professional, permanent signs made in hopes that once and for all, every visitor would comply. The signs are big and abundant. And they are, as they need to be, to the point. They state: “Visitors Must Obey Feeding Rules. Celery and Dark Leafy Greens Only. No Exceptions.” While many who visit the farm have been wonderfully cooperative out of their genuine love and concern for the animals regrettably, every single day, we still witness many others who blatantly break the rules; the same rules that are staring them
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in the face as they continue to toss unhealthy and harmful treats to the animals. And every morning we shovel from the pasture the remains of even more forbidden foods; at times filling our wheelbarrows halfway up. It makes us wonder how much was thrown in the pasture if the animals, who will keep eating for as long as they're being fed, are leaving such large volumes of uneaten scraps behind; the remains of which quickly begin to rot and crawl with maggots, further jeopardizing or animals' health. And so, sadly, health problems continue. We watch as Annabelle struggles to rise off the floor each morning and we wonder how much longer it will be until she won't be able to get up at all. As we struggle to care for yet another lame sheep- the result of over-burdened, weight-bearing joints- we wonder how we'll cope when it becomes apparent that their quality of life has diminished beyond the point of rehabilitation. Just as we worry about finding one of the animals in the throes of a deadly episode of bloat from eating foods they weren't designed to eat. So please , the next time you are cleaning out your refrigerator, if it isn't celery or dark leafy greens, do NOT bring it to the farm. Compost it, or throw it away. Thank you for your cooperation- our animals' lives depend on it.
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Movies Still Magic For Italian Immigrant What started as a learning tool has become a lifelong passion for Irene Eckert info@longislandernews.com
To many people, movies are just a form of entertainment, but to Huntington resident and film historian Irene Eckert, movies are much more. “I had become a movie addict from an early age to learn the language,” said Eckert, who came to the United States from Italy when she was 5 years old. She didn’t know a word of English, but she gradually began to learn the language by going to the movies two or three times a week. She fell in love with the films she saw, and the ones she remembers most fondly are those that starred Shirley Temple. Although she didn’t know the language that well yet, she said, she was able to enjoy Shirley’s singing and dancing. Eckert eventually became fluent in English and went to elementary school in the Bronx. “I really knocked myself out to learn the language, but I continued to go to movies a lot, all during this time, because it was my way of picking up the language and it was our entertainment of the time,” she recalled. Her mother had more children over the years and the family’s house became noisy, so going to the movies was her outlet for peace and quiet, Eckert said. Later on, Eckert attended Christopher Columbus High School, where she went to
school with Anne Bancroft, who would famously star as Mrs. Robinson in “The Graduate.” After high school, Eckert decided to further her education and go to college. “The only way I could get ahead was to go to college,” she said. She got accepted to Hunter College and majored in history. “I didn't like science and math that much. I majored in history because I did like stories,” Eckert said. After she got her bachelor’s degree, she proceeded to get two master’s degrees, one in European history at Fordham University and another one in teacher education from Hunter College. When Eckert got married, she came to Long Island and landed her first job as a social studies teacher at Elwood High School. Teaching jobs were common among women during that time, she noted. “Today the women have many more alternatives than we did many years ago,” Eckert said. “This was the ’50s and ’60s, so we [didn’t] have that much opportunity to do things.” Even though teaching wasn’t a career in film, she still enjoyed her job. She would get a chance to return to film, however, after her three children, Richard, Michelle and Stephanie, graduated high school and went off to college.
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Irene Eckert, film historian, takes a moment in her Huntington home. “By that time, the kids were going off to college, so [the] movies was my big thing even after all this time,” Eckert said. In the ’80s, she started to attend the New School for Social Research and took classes in film history and film techniques. “I enjoyed that tremendously, going down there, because I met a lot of nice people, met a nice network that I still have, saw a lot of films I would have never seen and had wonderful instructors," Eckert said. One of the most important lessons she said she learned was the dilemma directors often face
when they have to decide whether they want to make their film artistic or entertaining. “I remember that so well because when you go to movies you feel like there are very few films that fill that artistic category, but there are a lot more that fill entertainment,” Eckert said. Some of the films she categorizes as artistic are “Citizen Kane,” “Vertigo” and “Bicycle Thief.” “I learned that an artistic film should be like artwork; it should stay with you,” Eckert said. She said she feels many of the movies today lack that artistic element.
“I used to go to the movies every weekend and I could enjoy them, but now I really have to take my time and look,” Eckert said. She is passionate about classic films, and her way of bringing them back is by holding programs at the Huntington and Harborfields public libraries and teaching classes at LIU Post’s Hutton House. At the libraries, she has different themes for her programs. Her favorite themes are Film Noir, Italian Neorealism and Italian Comedy. During the programs, she shows several films and then asks the crowd questions to get a dialogue going. The crowd that comes out for her programs, she said, are usually older, but she hopes that younger people will feel the draw. “I hoped to get a lot of these baby boomers to see a lot of these great films that were made in those days,” Eckert said. For eight years, she has been teaching Italian Film History at Hutton House. Those classes are a little more elaborate than her programs at the libraries, she said. “I like doing what I'm doing now because I was doing this by myself, but now I have an audience that I get feedback from,” Eckert said. And so, what started as a learning tool has blossomed into a true passion for Irene Eckert.
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Island’s Barns Are More Than Meets The Eye By George Wallace info@longislandernews.com
To most Long Islanders, a barn is a barn is a barn. But for those attempting to experience the pre-suburban agricultural past of the region, there are subtle and not-so-subtle indications in the architectural design of these increasingly rare objects in our “built environment” which reveal the culture from which they can, and the use to which they were put. Take the Marion Carll Farm in Commack, for example. The farm, which goes back to the beginning of the 18th century, boasts more than a half dozen barn-like structures surrounding its ca. 1860s Italianate style farmhouse – buildings used to shelter everything from grain to sheep, horses to cows, and more. The Huntington Historical Society manages two barns, both of which have been moved to their current locations at the Kissam House and the Conklin House, in Huntington village. Barns are essentially outdoor utility structures, part of a wide variety of structures that range from little more than lean-tos, sheds or hastily thrown-up outbuildings, to major structures like windmills, tide mills, pumping stations, silos, stables, hay barns and even arsenals – some of
which have lasted generations. According to New York State, which classifies such things, a barn is something built to house farm equipment, livestock or agricultural products. On Long Island, one may search for barns whose architectural style originates in Dutch or English styles, and which reflect such uses as hop houses, grain barns, milk houses, housing lumber, East End potato farming, housing horses or other livestock, or sheltering carriages or early motor vehicles, particularly tractors. The Frank Brush Barn in Smithtown is one of these, built around 1900 by the village undertaker to house horse and carriages and firefighting equipment. Old estates from the Gold Coast era, many of which are in some form of preservation, often include outbuildings that were used for the sports, hobby or other pursuits of the wealthy, from polo ponies to seaplanes. In other areas in the mid-Atlantic and New England region, the “bank barns,” set into the side of a hill or with an elevated ramp to enter into it, is not uncommon. Here on Long Island, the old potato barns of the East End were often “banked” into a hill, simple A-frame buildings which – as it happens – were the inspiration for the “sec-
ond home in the mountains” style originated by Northport’s own Andrew Geller and popularized across the nation in the mid-20th century. The Long Island duck industry, principally a thing of the past, yielded specialized barns. Gambrel rooflines – double pitched in the old housing roof style commonly identified as Dutch (and the style used by the Dairy Barn chain of retailers) – are widely considered to be the classic style for American barns, but are actually of more recent origin than the colonial period. They are an added wrinkle to such styles as Saltbox (one is still extant in Southampton), round and octagon, or honeycomb structures, one of which is still to be found in Stony Brook. Today, adaptive reuse, extensions or other add-ons to old barns complicate identification of the original style. But the one major distinction one may find from the earliest days of European settlement and use to classify barns in your mind, is whether a barn is essentially square, with an entryway at the gabled end of the building, or more rectangular, with the entryway on the long or pitched side of the building. The former is an indication that the barn in question is Dutch; the latter, English.
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Harbor Mist restaurant is a seafood spot that need not depend on seasonal summer crowds to stay afloat. The Main Street restaurant in Cold Spring Harbor is situated right on the water, harboring a view that keeps a loyal customer base anchored in the small-town mainstay. Having changed hands several times over the years, current owner of three years Barman Sharifi brings more than two decades of dining experience to the table. In 1987 he opened La Taverna, later named Aqua Blue, in Roslyn, and assumed ownership of the Cold Spring Harbor restaurant with his wife, Michelle, in 2013. The spacious yet intimate upstairs dining room makes for a pleasant eating atmosphere. With a breathtaking sunset view, the simple wooden floors and homely light yellow walls make for an enjoyable, unassuming atmosphere where diners can focus on the main event: dining
with the view. The brunch ($21.95) and sunset menus ($26.95) are available year round and offer a diverse cross section of what Harbor Mist brings to the table. Catching the tail end of summer, we opted for some seafood staples that caught our eye on the prix-fixe sunset dinner menu. While some items are subject to change, we’re hopeful that the tuna tacos and Thai calamari are anything but seasonal. The delicate and colorful tuna tacos are light and pleasant. The wonton shell gives the finger food a nice, crispy texture, and the mango salsa adds a slightly sweet and refreshing tinge to the mild blackened tuna. Stacked tall in height and robust in volume and taste, the Thai calamari appetizer stood out at our table. The thin, crunchy
The sautéed Costa Rica basa fish is light and flavorful, and tastes just as good as it looks.
Broadhollow Road No. 400, Melville 631577-4444) has a new head chef in the kitchen. Sous chef Antonio Guillen has taken the wheel, according to published reports, following Executive Chef Ben Durham’s departure. Stay tuned for his fall menu, which is coming soon. A ‘WHALE’ OF A TIME: Good news for lovers
of the Whale’s Tale (81 Fort Salonga Road, Northport – at the Britannia Boatyard). The restaurant is now a three-season affair, and a fall menu and seasonal craft beers are on the way. And when sunnier skies return, look forward to ordering from your boat – a new service added thanks to a new computer system. of the drinkable sort – are available at Doppio Artisan Bistro (24 Clinton Ave. Huntington 631-923-1515 http://doppio-
The crispy, crunchy and tangy Thai calamari is a must-have at Harbor Mist restaurant in Cold Spring Harbor. kled with black and white sesame seeds, does not disappoint. Forging ahead into the main event, we stuck to the land and sea theme, ordering both a seafood and a steak dish. The sautéed Costa Rica basa filet, served over basmati rice and topped with a coconut mango salsa, is light and cooked just right. The mild fish was beautifully plated, tender and easy to cut and carried just the right amount of flavor. The skirt steak, served with Argentinean chimichurri sauce, is evenly cooked, tasty and tender, but the crispy onion rings on top, along with the sautéed vegetables, bring the plate full circle. Homemade deserts, created by Sharifi’s wife, Michelle, are a welcomed “must,” making the sunset menu even more illustrious. The chocolate mousse cake is decadent and wholesome. The Italian cheesecake is dense and creamy, and is complemented well by a fresh dollop of whipped cream.
The tuna tacos are refreshing and colorful, pairing well with any season. A fresh cappuccino and some complimentary lip service from the gracious and humble general manger, George Alexander, made for the perfect end to our picturesque, harbor-side meal. “You never know what happens to a person before they come in here. It’s always someone’s birthday, or Mother’s Day, and I want my staff to make people feel good,” Alexander said. “I want to make them happy in that moment.”
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forward to noshing on fried clams without chasing raindrops will have to wait a little longer. A new sign at Mace Colodny’s upcoming restaurant, The Shack, at 46 Gerard
St. says there’s one last hurdle to clear – a certificate of occupancy. Once that’s done, it should be all systems go. Mace promises, however, the second shack (the first is the popular Centerport pit-stop) will be open “very soon.” Don’t dilly-dally, persons in charge at Town Hall – a shack attack can only wait so long. CRONUT CRAZY: It seems cronuts – the
croissant-donut hybrid that folks are lining up for en masse in Manhattan – are doing
Cronuts have landed in Huntington, and Cook’s Scratch Kitchen in Northport is one place to get them. some island hopping and making it out to Huntington. Dave and Josh Cook at Cook’s Scratch Kitchen (1014 Ft. Salonga Road, Northport 631-651-5480 http://cookskitchenny.com) has included them in their selection of scrumptious baked goods to enjoy. It’s not their first decadent hybrid – Josh tells us their chef, Stacey McDevitt, has a patented donut muffin that she’s been serving up for years. So do us a favor: Double-dip and let us know what you think!
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Multi-Pronged Plan For A ‘Better’ Home Huntington Businesses By Luann Dallojacono ldallojacono@longislandernews.com
The partners behind a new real estate firm in Huntington are promising to not only help you buy a house, but also to give you all the tools you need to make it feel like home. Tony Vitale, of Huntington, and Jerry Gucciardo, of Northport, are the duo behind Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate – Atlantic Shores, a franchise of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate that opened last week on East Main Street. They are hoping their combined 50-plus years of past experience will help them pioneer the future of real estate brokerage. The pair has vowed to elevate the real estate experience in two main ways: first, by helping their clients before, during and after a transaction, and second, by connecting buyers and sellers with a network of reputable home professionals, from construction and landscape professionals to interior designers and everything in between. In short, this is not your typical real estate office. “I have created an alliance with all groups like that,” Vitale said. “We’ll be there before, during and after they buy a home.” Before a home is on the market, for example, the agency consults with sellers on repairs and adjustments to enhance curb appeal, and will do the repairs without taking any money upfront. “People selling their home usually decide they don’t want to put a penny more into it,” Vitale said. “We do the changes, which raises the value of the sale price, and do not collect until the closing.” Later, while the home on the market, the firm offers buyers advice on potential
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renovations or additions that can be made to houses they are considering. A program that wraps the cost of the renovation into the mortgage, Vitale said, helps buyers afford the work and gives sellers the benefit of an expanded buyer pool. Then, after a home is sold, the new homeowners can attend education-oriented seminars on home design and home improvement, held at the Huntington office. Vitale and Gucciardo’s multi-pronged approach complements Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate’s approach to selling a lifestyle and not just brick and mortar. The franchise company licenses its name from Meredith Corp., the publisher of Better Homes and Gardens magazine, which reaches 40 million consumers and has 97-percent brand awareness among women in the United States, according to the company’s website. Despite having enough experience to start a new firm from scratch, buying into the Better Homes brand was an easy decision, Vitale said. “It was a much faster way to do it. You can spend a lot of money and try to build on your own reputation, or buy their package and mold it,” he said. And mold it, they have. Vitale and Gucciardo have wasted no time putting their own spin on things, starting with the office itself. Four short weeks have turned a former Prudential building into what Sherry Chris, president and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, called a “next-generation office” when she came for last week’s ribbon-cutting. There is no lobby and no waiting room; no cubicles or offices. When you enter 156 East Main St., it’s as if you’re entering the main floor of a bright, beautifully decorated modern home. Clients can chat with their agents at a dining room table, on a plush couch, or in front of a fireplace. “If I was a real estate agent today, I would want to work right here,” Chris said. Vitale and Gucciardo make for a wellpaired team, each bringing a different part of the business to the table. Vitale has more than 30 years in the business as an
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate President and CEO Sherry Chris, center, cuts the ribbon to welcome Huntington franchisees Tony Vitale, left, and Jerry Gucciardo, right. agent, having owned his own firm, and a top officer in other notable Long Island firms. Gucciardo has headed his familyowned-and-operated firm Atlantic Shores Builders & Developers for years, accumulating more than 20 years in the real estate development industry. “We thought he and I were a perfect combination. I think we can really start to make a change,” Gucciardo said. “We just want to show everyone what our vision of real estate is.” It is a good time to be able to distinguish oneself in the real estate industry. “The market’s coming back. Now we’re offering something different that appeals to buyers and sellers,” Vitale said. The new Huntington firm will take things to a new level, literally, when the renovation to the building’s lower level is complete, which is where the educational seminars will be held. There are also plans
to partner with local businesses to create a discount purchasing package for the firm’s clients – call it the modern “welcome wagon,” if you will. Although the wedding vows usually come before the purchase of a home, the folks at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate – Atlantic Shores will be happy to promise its clients “until death do us part,” if that’s what they want. “We’re going to invite you into our family and service you as long as you’ll let us,” Gucciardo said.
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‘Friendly Fire’ Greenlawn juniors crowned in competition By Arianna Davis info@longislandernews.com
Two of the Melville Explorers shoot a target at full force after replacing a hose during the annual Junior Firefighters Muster Competition.
Sirens blared and red lights flashed on Sunday, but there was no fire to be seen as more than 150 teens ages 14-18 gathered at the Greenlawn firehouse for the third annual Junior Firefighters Muster Competition. The firehouse was flooded with competitors from Greenlawn, Centerport,
The captain of the Greenlawn #1 team, Jackie Canino, beams as her team is awarded first place.
Water splashes left and right as Melville teammates compete in the Bucket Brigade. Northport, Melville, Wantaugh, Smithtown, East Northport and Huntington Manor fire departments, as well as the Huntington Community First Aid Squad. Family and friends eagerly watched as the junior firefighters’ skill and agility were tested through five difficult rounds. The junior firefighters were on top of their games as they geared up, connected water hoses, and shot at targets. Luckily, their final competition, The Bucket Brigade, cooled them from the scorching sun as they threw water into a gutter. Trophies were awarded to the winners in each of the five categories, with Greenlawn Team No. 1 coming out on top as the overall winner. “This has been around for about 13 years. We have this competition once a year, and this is our third. It has been modified to be less competitive and more about fun,” Krista Jorgenson, the head of the junior fire department program, said. Despite the fun of competition, the junior firefighters gain much more than a trophy. Jackie Canino, 17, has been with the Greenlawn juniors for four years and is now captain. “I have a new family [with this team]. Sometimes I want to cry [from happiness] just thinking about them. When I see them in school, we all get so pumped for our next meeting,” she said. For James Foti, a member of the Huntington department, being a junior firefighter is about continuing his family legacy. “This is his new calling. He has really taken to the challenge. His great-grandfather and grandfather were both firefighters. His dad passed in 9/11,” Mary Grace Foti, his mother, said. For more information, visit www.greenlawnfd.org or call 631-261-9103.
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Ave., Huntington Station. 631-421-5053. www.thehuntingtonlibrary.org. • New Horizons String Orchestra invites the public to sit in on their rehearsals on Friday mornings at 9:30 a.m. • The Heckscher Museum SummerArts and ArtSense Student Exhibition finds a home at the main branch through Sept. 30, with a reception Saturday, Sept. 21, 2-4 p.m.
Northport-East Northport Public Library Northport: 151 Laurel Ave. 631-261-6930. East Northport: 185 Larkfield Road. 631-261-2313. www.nenpl.org. • The next Book-A-Trip is to The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia on Thursday, Sept. 26. $75. • Get ready for your own San Gennaro celebration by learning how to prepare three delectable dishes with Chef Rob Scott. You will learn to make crostini with grilled scallion, tomato, and mascarpone; pomodoro fresco sour dough crisps; and pistachio cannoli bruschetta. 7-9 p.m. on Sept. 24 at the Northport branch.
Touching Up On The Torah Looking to brush up on your Torah knowledge? The Chai Center, 501 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills will hold weekly discussions concerning Torah views through a contemporary lens. The discussions take place Thursday evenings from 7-8 p.m. 631-351-8672. www.thechaicenter.com.
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145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station. 631-549-4411. www.shpl.info. • The library’s After School Club begins from 45 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19. Come and join the group as they share stories, a craft and a short film. A small snack will be served during the film. • Join Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci, in partnership with the Suffolk County Office of Emergency Management, at 7 p.m. on Sept. 24 for a free seminar on preparing for a property- and life-threatening hurricane emergency.
Some Like It HOT Huntington artist Erich J. Preis presents a solo exhibition, “Cabaret,” through Sept. 30 at Campari Ristorante in Northport. www.erichpreis.com.
Women In Transition A group for women in transition meets six Fridays – Sept. 20, 27; Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25 – 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Learn to navigate life’s challenging situations through caring for and bonding with horses in paddock exercises followed by group discussions in a safe, confidential and nonjudgmental atmosphere. Fee: $100. Location: Stanhope Stables, Huntington. To register, call The Women’s Center of Huntington, 125 Main. St., at 631-549-0485.
THEATER and FILM
Pickled Pink The Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association presents the 34th annual Pickle Festival, introducing the restored Lollipop Farm Train, on Sept. 21, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the John Gardiner Farm, 900 Park Ave. For more information, call 631-754-1180..
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.
p.m. at The Women’s Center of Huntington, 125 Main St., Huntington. $10 members/$15 non-members. 631-549-0485.
TUESDAY Free Help For Vets
SATURDAY Pickled Pink The Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association presents the 34th annual Pickle Festival, introducing the restored Lollipop Farm Train, on Sept. 21, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the John Gardiner Farm, 900 Park Ave. For more information, call 631-754-1180.
Every Tuesday from 12-4 p.m. is “Military Appreciation Tuesdays,” when Long Island Cares specifically assists veterans, military personnel and their families at the Hauppauge and Freeport emergency pantries. Appointments can be made by contacting jrosati@licares.org.
WEDNESDAY Power Breakfast
St. Francis of Assisi Church hosts its Community Yard Sale and Mums and Pumpkins Sale Sept. 21 and 22, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. in the church parking lot at 29 Clay Pitts Road, Greenlawn.
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.
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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 It Doesn’t Get Any Fresher Huntington Village’s Farmers Market is open in the Elm Street lot. The Long Island Growers Market continues its seasonal tradition in downtown Huntington, which runs through Nov. 24. The market will be open from 7 a.m.-noon each Sunday.
MONDAY Understanding Men Learn the secrets of understanding men and make your relationship better on Sept. 23, 7-9
44 Lake Ave., Deer Park. 631-586-3000. deerparklibrary.org. • Have you been interested in using an iPad to read a book or play a game? The library now has iPads available that are preloaded with preschool apps for use in the children’s room. • It’s all about Matzo on Thursday, Sept. 19. Lisa, The Baking Coach, demonstrates how to make brownies and lasagna using matzo. Program includes demonstration, tasting, recipes and samples.
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Huntington High School’s Class of 1973’s 40th reunion will be held Oct. 5, 2013 at the Bay Club. For information, email hhsreunion1973@gmail.com.
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3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood. 631-499-3722. www.elwoodlibrary.org. • September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month, and the Elwood Library is attempting reach 10,000 cards for its 10th anniversary year. Register in person or online at the library’s website today. • Yoga For Beginners, a 10-week series every Friday morning at 10:15 a.m., begins Sept. 20. Register in person; $40 due at time of registration.
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95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-6926820. cshlibrary.org. • The library will host a seminar on putting together an art portfolio for high school students looking to apply to art schools in the future. Registration is now open for the Wednesday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m. event. • The Movies for Little Ones series features “I’m Dirty!… and More Stories Of Adventure and Science” at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 20. For children ages 2-5 with an adult.
Dix Hills: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631-4214530; Melville: 510 Sweet Hollow Road. 631421-4535. hhhlibrary.org. • The Luncheon Book Discussion series continues Friday, Sept. 27 at the Melville branch. Next up in the series is “Abundance” by Sena Jeter Nasland. • At Dix Hills, evaluate the effectiveness of your email marketing campaign on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. Learn how to run an effective email marketing campaign and keep your costs low while using analytics available online to evaluate your marketing campaign.
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18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-4990888. commack.suffolk.lib.ny.us. • Board the bus for a guided tour of the Barnes Foundation Museum in Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 23. $95. Shared trip with the Half Hollow Hills Library. Registration required. • The annual Fall Yard Sale and Bike Consignment is Saturday, Sept. 28. Donations are being accepted at the library on Sept. 28 only, starting at 7 a.m. Bicycles may be brought to the library as early as Sept. 25.
31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200. harborfieldslibrary.org. • The 2013 Senior Art Show will be on display through Sept. 27. • Tricia Folley, former editor of Victoria Magazine, discusses popular TV show “Downton Abbey” and explores why it is so captivating on Thursday, Sept. 19, 7 p.m.
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Cinema Arts Centre 423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611. • The Screenwriters’ Discussion Group meets every other Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Sky Room Café to read, discuss and critique members’ screenplays. They also provide information and support for beginning and experienced screenwriters, filmmakers and anyone interested in writing for film or other media. • For classic film buffs: Buster Keaton stars in “The General,” the legendary comic classic about a young Confederate train engineer who wages a one-man war against the hijackers of his beloved locomotive in the midst of the Civil War, with live musical accompaniment by Ben Model on the Cinema’s organ. Showtime is Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m.; $9 members, $14 non-members.
Dix Hills Performing Arts Center Five Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. Box Office: 631-656-2148. www.dhpac.org. • Mel Glazer’s “The Frank Sinatra You Never Knew” has everything a Sinatra audience is interested in learning and laughing about. Join him at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 22 for a very special evening with a unique storyteller and narrator of America’s greatest crooner. $20.
John W. Engeman Theater At Northport 350 Main St., Northport. www.johnwengemantheater.com. 631-261-2900. • “Twelve Angry Men” opens Sept. 19.
Township Theatre Group At the Helen Butler Hall Theatre at Dominican Village, 565 Albany Ave., Amityville. 631-2139832. www.townshiptheatregroup.com. • “On Golden Pond,” a tender and witty play that explores the relationship between father and daughter, the touching bond that develops between young and old, and the challenges facing a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage, shows Sept. 21, 27, and 28 at 8 p.m., and Sept. 22 and 29 at 2 p.m. All performances feature cabaret-style seating plus a wine, beer, appetizer and dessert bar. $20 general/ $18 students, seniors.
AUDITIONS Northport Symphony Orchestra The Northport Symphony Orchestra seeks new members in all sections. Repertoire ranges
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(Continued from page A14) 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.
Sinatra’s Secrets Mel Glazer’s “The Frank Sinatra You Never Knew” has everything a Sinatra audience is interested in learning and laughing about. Join him at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 22 at the Dix Hills Performing Arts Center for a very special evening with a unique storyteller and narrator of America’s greatest crooner. $20. 305 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. 631656-2148. www.dhpac.org.
Casting Call All voices needed for the Northport Chorale. Auditions are Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. in the choir room of Northport High School, Laurel Hill Road in Northport. Contact Pearl at 631-2396736 or Sue at 631-754-3144 for more info, or visit www.northportchorale.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. • The league’s Instructors’ Exhibition is on display through Sept. 22. • SparkBoom and the Art League host a Digital Art Experience on Sept. 20, 7-9 p.m. The evening will include an interactive digital art workshop by David Miller and a demonstration of Digital Sculpting by Brian Richardson.
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. • On display through Sept. 29 are “Guns or Roses,” a themed member exhibit, and “Harvest of Artists,” of non-member artists.
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
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum 279 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-3673418. www.cshwhalingmuseum.org. • Sea Ink 2013 opens Saturday, Sept. 21, 7-9 p.m., celebrating the beauty, culture and significance of nautical tattoos and their current role in popular culture. Co-sponsored by SparkBoom. $10 suggested donation.
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. • A solo exhibition of photographs entitled “Duplicity” by Patricia Colombraro will run through Sept. 29.
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. 631-3513250. • “Stan Brodsky: Retrospective” is on display until Dec. 1. It celebrates the career of one of Huntington’s most prominent contemporary artists.
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 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.
Farmhouse Museum. The museum is located at 2 High St. in Huntington village and is a fascinating interpretation of the Colonial, Federal and Victorian time periods. No experience required – an interest in local history is a plus. Training is provided. Call 631-427-7045 ext 403.
Seeking Volunteer Advocates The Family Service League’s Ombudservice Program of Suffolk County is seeking volunteers to train as advocates for nursing home, adult home and assisted living facility residents to help ensure they receive quality care and their rights are protected. 631-427-3700 ext. 240.
Artistically Gifted Needed • Award-winning artist and World War II veteran Dan Brown of Dix Hills’ solo exhibit “Around the World in 90 Years” is on display at the Main Street Petite Gallery through Sept. 30.
Huntington Historical Society Main office/library: 209 Main St., Huntington. Museums: Conklin Barn, 2 High St.; Kissam House/Museum Shop, 434 Park Ave.; Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building, 228 Main St. 631427-7045, ext. 401. www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org. • Exhibit “The Times They Were A-Changing – 1960s & Huntington’s Response” on display at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building.
LaMantia Gallery 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 will soon display a permanent collation of estate-authorized art in the middle of October. • Meet Russian-born painter Alexei Butirskiy, whose recent work concentrates primarily on representing urban life around him in truthful and unglorified terms, at a reception Oct. 5.
9 East Contemporary Art 9 East Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Wed.-Sat., 3-8 p.m. or by appointment. 631662-9459. • The gallery features a father-son exhibit titled “Redo Reinax2”.
Northport Historical Society Museum 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.
SPLIA Headquarters: 161 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor. Joseph Lloyd Manor House: Lloyd Lane and Lloyd Harbor Road, Lloyd Neck. 631-692-4664. www.splia.org. • “Long Island at Work and at Play,” early 20thcentury photographs from SPLIA’s collections, is now on display Thursdays through Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. • Dr. Cedrick May speaks at the Joseph Lloyd Manor in Lloyd Neck on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2 p.m. about his discovery of a lost poem by the 18th-century American poet and slave, Jupiter Hammon, who lived at the Joseph Lloyd Manor.
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.
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 newly renovated planetarium is now open. Check the website for show times.
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.
Walt Whitman Birthplace
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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. • Celebrate Fran Kastan’s selection as 2013 Long Island Poet of the Year during a special induction ceremony, reading and reception from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 29.
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.
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. • Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter performs on Sept. 26. • India.Arie takes the stage for a “SongVersation” on Nov. 3.
Ridotto Concerts with a Touch of Theater At Huntington Jewish Center, 510 Park Ave., Huntington. www.ridotto.org. 631-385-0373 • On Sunday, Sept. 29, at 4 p.m., Les Jeunes Virtuoses de New York, a brilliant FrenchAmerican string orchestra, plays Beethoven's Terzetto, Schubert Allegro, Mozart's Rondo in C with solo violin, and Brahms Sextet No. 2.
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.
AID & ASSISTANCE 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.
VOLUNTEERING Cosmetologists Wanted Hospice Care Network is seeking New York State-licensed cosmetologists to provide 2-4 haircuts per month for community members facing life-limiting illnesses. Download an application at www.hospicecarenetwork.org or call 516-224-6423.
Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium
Be A Museum Docent
180 Little Neck Road, Centerport. Museum hours through April 15: Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Grounds admission: $7
The Huntington Historical Society is currently seeking volunteers to train to become Museum Docents at the historic David Conklin
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.
Helping Furry Friends Little Shelter Animal Rescue and Adoption Center is looking for volunteers who want to make a difference in the lives of animals. Free training provided. Visit www.littleshelter.com or call 631-368-8770 ext. 204.
Walt Whitman Birthplace If you are interested in literature or history, the Walt Whitman Birthplace has fascinating and rewarding part-time volunteer positions available. Free training provided. 631-427-5420 ext.114.
Helping Runaway Kids Share your ideas and opinions on how Huntington Sanctuary, a program of the Huntington Youth Bureau, can help youth ages 12-21 who run away or who are at risk of running away. The group’s advisory board meets one Thursday a month at 6 p.m. Call 631-2712183.
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The Fantasy Coach
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yards, or the unexpected defensive TD that calms your spirit. By Ross Weber Like the one great golf rweber@longislandernews.com shot with the last remaining ball in your bag, these Every week, managers of Fan- are the types of stat-lines that tasy Football address multiple keep us coming back for more. decisions to their rosters. My But how do you cope with the goal is to take my 12 years of letdowns, the injuries, and the Fantasy sports experience and pendulum of emotions that enpresent an abstract view on Fan- gulf managers each season, each tasy news. Check back every week, each drive? week for “The Fantasy Coach” With five top-12 running backs as I review the major highlights injured on Sunday, many were left of the previous Fantasy week on their couches with salsa-stained and detail what to look for in the jerseys wondering why they gamweeks ahead. And each week, I bled on Eddie Lacy, drafted Ray will provide a player at each po- Rice so early, took a chance on sition that could surprise Reggie Bush, believed in Maurice (“Flames”) or put tears in your Jones-Drew or invested in Steven eyes (“Lames”). Jackson’s hype. The truth is, this is the life of a Fantasy Football playWRs and QBs steal the show as er. These are the intrusive thoughts top RBs are dealt a blow that intensify as we move further When attempting to sleep on from the draft and the “unfair” Sunday nights, I ponder why we losses begin to build. spend a great deal of our precious A collection of jocks, geeks, time and fragile emotions on men, women, teenagers and sensuch an unforgiving “sport.” iors, we are part of an unspoken Maybe it’s the high of an 11- fraternity, a group that continues catch, 182-yard, 1-TD perform- to subject ourselves to predicting ance by Julio Jones, or the 480- the unpredictable. We play beyard, 4-TD day from Aaron cause of the unknowns, the adRodgers that make Monday justments, the strategies, but mornings tolerable. Perhaps it’s mostly for the thrills. It’s the starting one of the 11 quarter- thrills that bind friends, co-workbacks who threw for 300-plus ers and families together on a
four-month mutual journey. This game is more than just one for the nerds. It’s the bridge for friendships, new and old. It’s our escape, our glue when life throws its Hail Mary’s. As for those Sunday night sleeps…I’ll see you in 15 weeks.
Week 3 Flames QB: Robert Griffin III WAS vs. DET Don’t lose your confidence in RG3. Each week he’ll get stronger on that surgically repaired knee. The Lions are up next, the purrrfect anecdote; with this in mind he still gets my vote. RB: Chris Johnson TEN vs. SD Early in the season, the Titans have surprised, losing a heartbreaker at Houston in overtime. With 50 carries through his first two games, CJ2k is one of my week’s favorite “Flames.” WR: Steve Smith CAR vs. NYG Pound for pound he is the strongest receiver, and his past vs. the Giants makes me a believer. Cam Newton needs to
throw the ball deeper, making Stevie my Week 3 sleeper. TE: Julius Thomas DEN vs. OAK Three touchdowns from this monster so far, it’s hard to bet against this budding star. Peyton Manning continues to thrive and at home Julius will come alive. DEF: Seattle vs. JAX What a performance they had on Sunday night, causing Kaepernick and the Niners to leave Seattle in fright. With nine straight home wins and the Jaguars on deck, the Seahawks will make sure to keep the cats in check.
Week 3 Lames QB: Michael Vick PHI vs. KC Yes, he has been dynamic and has stayed off his belly, a newfound love for the game with Chip Kelly, but no one knows Vick more than Andy Reid. His new defense will charge like a rabid dog breed… hmmm. RB: Darren McFadden OAK @ DEN Denver kept the Giants and
their offense at bay and has left opponents with nothing to say. DMC lately has been running wild, but the Raiders offense seems to have been designed by a child. WR: Julian Edelman NE vs. TB Tampa looked great against the Saints and Drew Brees. Lance Moore in the slot had nowhere to breathe. Last week Edelman sparkled bright like a diamond, but this week he’ll be stuck on Revis Island. TE: Jermichael Finley GB vs. @ CIN Cincinnati’s defense is full of grown men. As an opponent I’d want to stay far from this Bengal den. They look like a strong team on a determined mission. Benching the “Jerm” will be an interesting decision. DEF: Carolina vs. NYG After an embarrassing loss in the Manning Bowl, the Giants will be desperate to avoid a 0-3 hole. New York has made plenty of mistakes, but with their seasons on the line it’s Eli I’d take. Have a suggestion? Come join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter for comments, advice, and friendly banter.
Paramount kicking up laughs this weekend (Continued from page A1)
with impressive resumes,” he said. “The only way you’d see six comedians is a New York City showcase-type event where comedians do 10 minutes or so, usually to work on new material.” For The Paramount, three headliners, all with television credentials who have performed stand-up extensively in New York City and nationally, will share the stage. Keith Anthony is a versatile performer who can get laughs from twenty- some-
things as well as the over-50 crowd, Anthony said. Credits include A&E, Showtime and Comedy Central. Robin Fox – the “mother of all comedians” – recently won the Ladies of Laughs competition and has been featured on Nickelodeon’s NickMom with her housewife-oriented shtick. And Tim Hayes, winner of the Sarcasm Comedy Competition in 2011 with an extensive resume of performances in the tristate area, will bring the dad’s point of view. Add in some guests to be an-
nounced, and audiences will get halfdozen or more comics tickling their funny bones. “We format shows very differently. It’s very fast-paced,” Anthony said. “The other thing that we do with these shows is we always have some surprise comedians come in that aren’t in the lineup. So you’re likely to see a half-dozen comedians or more.” Feedback from the comedians is great, Anthony added. “The Paramount is fast
becoming their favorite venue on long island. They all want to put on their resume that they performed at The Paramount. They want to be a part of it.” Anthony, who got his start producing the Long Island Comedy Festival eight years ago, will warm the audience up to open Saturday’s show. Showtime is 8 p.m.; doors open at 7. Go to longislandcomedy.com for more information. Tickets are $30; visit paramountny.com to make a purchase.
Hills committee presents on potential closures (Continued from page A1)
Parents like Jeff Rosario, who has a student attending Vanderbilt, said he is concerned about whether the community will have a say in the board’s decision of which schools close. “I don’t think the one board should make a vote and [we should] stand down. There should be a vote, and I think that’s the biggest thing… There should be more involvement of the community to make this decision,” Rosario said. Looking at Vanderbilt, the committee cited low population density and close proximity to Forest Park Elementary as good reasons to close it. A con to closing was the school’s “360-degree radius” for attracting students, while the school’s closeness to Deer Park Avenue was listed as both a benefit and a drawback. Forest Park Elementary was listed as an attractive candidate for closure because of its closeness to Vanderbilt and its ease of access to other nearby elementary schools. A disadvantage of closure includes the school’s Blue Ribbon designation, its limited alternative use, the dense population surrounding the school, and its location in the neighborhood, which makes it “difficult to protect and secure.”
Reasons to close Signal Hill ran the longest, in that it is the smallest school in terms of number of classrooms and has a light population density surrounding it. In addition, its close proximity to High School West opens to the door to possible alternate uses for the high school. Security and vandalism, as well as maintenance, were also concerns in favor of closure. But drawbacks of closing Signal Hill also centered on the school’s closeness to High School West, including concerns over having a vacant building near a high school and the impact on emergency evacuation procedures. Chestnut Hill was listed as an attractive candidate for closure based on its location on the Long Island Expressway Service Road, making it “easy to protect from vandalism,” and given the small population in the surrounding area. Reasons to keep Chestnut Hill open included that it is a larger-capacity school and that it is in the “geographic center” of the school district. To arrive at their findings, the district hired Flanders, N.J.-based Applied Data Solutions (ADS) to conduct a demographic study of the Half Hollow Hills School District. After Wayne Verderber, president of
ADS, provided demographic information on all buildings in the district, it became apparent that the issue centered on elementary enrollment, the committee members said. Committee members said that once the high schools and middle schools were taken off the table, the group split into four focus groups. The groups were asked to examine four buildings each, including the administration center, and two groups were assigned to look at the same group of
buildings and compare findings. The committee first met on June 6. Their last meeting is slated for Sept. 26, when they will present their findings to the board. The steering committee also met with Mark Murphy, vice-president of real estate for Douglas Elliman, to explore leasing and selling options. However, Murphy informed them there is no existing market to take over an elementary building for a short-term lease.
Blight bought (Continued from page A7)
posed to be torn down “about a month ago.” Nevertheless, Levy appears poised to move quickly. “He’s told the town that he wants to try and follow the previous schedule as closely as possible, but the town understands that some of the deadlines have passed,” Carter said. Councilwoman Susan Berland, who sponsored the blight law that 6 Majestic was addressed under, said the recent
developments show the law is “serving its purpose.” “Unfortunately, things take a long time, but people have constitutional rights to their property,” she said. “If you choose to not keep your property in the way you should, there’s a procedure to help you along with fixing it. It’s a long and arduous process, but it’s one worth waiting for if you can turn a house around that’s bringing down the neighborhood.”
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HillSPORTS BOYS SOCCER
Thunderbirds Prep For Early Soccer Strike Half Hollow Hills photo/Jacqueline Birzon
Hills East varsity boys soccer captains Justin Hassenfeld, Will Slattery and Noah Waxner are ready to take the 2013 fall soccer season by storm.
By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com
The Half Hollow Hills East varsity boys soccer team may only have eight seniors on a team of 28, but both the players and coaches agree that their sense of discipline and maturity is what will distinguish them from other teams this fall. Looking to bounce back from falling in last year’s Suffolk Class AA finals to No.1 Brentwood, Head Coach Tiziano Carcone said sticking to the game plan and capitalizing on offensive opportunities are crucial to elevating their game to the next level. Seniors returning for their last season on the League II team include Zachary Gillam, Zachary Goldglit, Jonathan Gropper, Kyle Harris, Daniel Reiss, John Schebece and captain Will Slattery. Carcone appointed three players, Slattery and juniors Justin Hassenfled and Noah Waxner, as captains for the 2013-2014 season. “They’re very disciplined and know what they have to do to win. They have game-time experience and they’ve all stepped up,” Carcone said. Striking down the competition early in the season, the Thunderbirds defeated East Islip 1-0 in a non-league game last Thursday. With no goals scored in the first half at East Islip, Waxner, off of a cross assist from sophomore Spencer Manus, scored a goal in the 59th minute to lead one to zip. Slattery had 6 saves for Hills East, while his East Islip opponent had 9 saves. “They stuck to the game plan… They [East Islip] like to muscle their way in, and we didn’t give them any offensive capabilities. We had many opportunities, but we just put one away,” Carcone said. “We dominated
most of the game.” Waxner, who scored the goal, said he took advantage of the Redmen’s fumble. “You need to be creative on the field. You have to play in the moment, and that’s gonna be the feat that’s ahead of us in each game,” Waxner said. Slattery said his senior standing does not make him any more qualified than his junior captain counterparts. “It doesn’t mean much because these guys are skilled enough to play at any level. We might be younger, we may be small and mighty, but we definitely can be league champions, and if we can, we will,” Slattery said. Head coach for seven years, Carcone said he has high hopes for the T-birds this season. Carcone said the team plans to take the season one game at a time until they make it to playoffs, when they hope to upset last year’s No.1 Brentwood. “My boys, one thing about this team is that they are the most coachable I’ve ever had. On the spot I can play chess with them and they only listen to me. On the spot, they tune out every one else,” the coach said. Hassenfeld said the team’s sense of unity, which they started building their freshman year, translates on and off the field today, making them stronger as a whole team. “It will prepare you better for life. In the last two months we’ve had to find a way to work together, while some other teams have played together for longer. [The coaches] are always reliable and whatever he says, we’re all gonna listen… He really pushes us,” Hassenfeld said. “We trust what he tells us and what he says – we know it’s gonna work and that he’s doing it for our benefit,” Waxner added. Hills East will play Walt Whitman at home on Friday. Game time is set for 4 p.m. Half Hollow Hills photo/Jacqueline Birzon
GIRLS SOCCER
Lady Colts’ New Start By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com
The start of the fall marks not only the start to a brand new school year, but a “new beginning” for the Half Hollow Hills West varsity girls soccer team. The Lady Colts, who defeated their district counterpart, Hills East, 1-0 in a nonleague game Sept. 10, said their juniorheavy team is determined to establish a shining reputation in the world of League III women’s soccer. Having graduated 10 seniors last year, the team plans to capitalize on an opportunity that brings new talent, new starters and a new attitude. The up-and-coming team, however, fell to West Islip 2-1 last Wednesday in double overtime. In the first half, neither team was able to find the back of the net. According to Head Coach Amanda Strack, West Islip scored first in the second half followed by a Hills West goal made by junior Ariana Sabbatino. Tied 1-1 at the end of the game, the first league game of the season went into a scoreless overtime, followed by a double overtime period that ultimately determined Hills’ defeat. With just 52 seconds left, a West Islip forward scored on a free kick. “It was a free kick goal; it was not like they out-played us at all. We are both on the top of the league and they’re undefeated,” the coach said, adding her team is looking forward to avenging its reputation
when it faces West Islip again Oct. 4. Strack is entering her third year leading the Lady Colts on the soccer field. She said her 2013 teammates are ready to rise to any challenge that comes their way. “I feel like they’re ready to take on anything. They might be young, but they have experience with the ball and coming out of the games strong. They’re a committed team, they bond well and have great chemistry on and off the field,” Strack said. At High School East, the scoreboard remained tied at zero for a majority of game time. In the second period with 13 minutes left, junior forward Gabi Costa scored the winning goal on a header from junior captain Jennifer Casadonte. Junior goalie Joanna Mufaccia, Strack said, put on an extraordinary performance against the Lady T-Birds with 12 saves at last Tuesday’s hometown matchup. “They passed the ball around and played wide and never gave up. As a team, the defense was strong and our goalie was incredible,” the coach said. The team of 25 players started practicing Aug. 26 and is looking to come back strong in the Suffolk playoffs. The team fell last year to Ward Melville, 3-2, in the quarterfinal round. Despite losing 10 seniors, three of whom were “very strong players,” Strack said her focus is on getting the girls to be more aggressive on the offensive end. “[We have to work on] finishing and getting more goals and scoring opportunities, and putting the ball in the net. We
Junior captains Meagan Iris, Jenn Casadonte and Angelique Chatpar are ready to rally the troops for another stellar soccer season at High School West. wait to shoot so long, so shooting will be a big thing,” the coach said. “We play very, very strong defensively and our defenders are top notch. Our goalies are very good, we have fast girls they’re in shape, and our forwards are good, but I want them to shoot and follow up.” Captains, juniors Meagan Iris, Angelique Chatpar and Casadonte, said a goal for the 2013 Lady Colts is getting everyone “pumped” and on the same page for both practices and games. “We’re confident, and really pumped and excited. We have so much potential and talent and are a good team,” Casadonte said. And according to Chatpar, attitude is everything. “We try to get everyone pumped up before and after a game, no matter if it’s
the tiniest team. We want every player to hustle… The main goal is to have everyone ‘in it,’ and if they’re not, we can tell by the way they play,” the captain said. While defeating Hills East earned the Lady Colts bragging rights, their sights are set on defeating West Islip and making it to playoffs later in the season. “Every game we play is always intense, but we always come together and we love each other,” Iris said. “Every success we have is together, and every loss we have is together,” Casadonte added. In addition to the team’s stellar leadership, the coach said, players to look out for this season include Olivia Garrison, a defenseman; Tessa Ptucha, who also plays defense; and Jessica Stampfel, a midfielder.
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