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Veterans, community members and public officials at Wade-Burns VFW Post ribbon cutting.
By CAROLYN JAMES cjames@liherald.com
Five years after a devastating fire destroyed the Wade-Burns VFW Post in Lindenhurst, members, their families, officials and residents gathered to cut the ribbon on the newly rebuilt Post.
“Welcome home,” said Post Commander Jim Kelly, Vietnam war veteran, as he cut the ribbon, his voice breaking up in emotion. “It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to achieve this final victory. For many of us this is our home away from home and we can’t thank everyone enough who had a part in helping us rebuild it.”
The fire broke out at 10:30 a.m. September 4, 2019, causing extensive damage to the recently renovated building. Four firefighters were injured battling the blaze; historical materials were destroyed and the building was uninhabitable.
“Rebuilding was a no brainer,” said Babylon Town Supervisor Richard Schaffer. “We had to get this (building) back into service and the first people to step up were the men and women of labor.”
“There is no question that without the support of the Supervisor and the town board, this project would never have been completed,” said Lindenhurst Village Mayor Michael Lavorata. “While the Village was able to provide $40,000 toward rebuilding the Post, the town’s ARPA money is what made it happen.”
The Town of Babylon got the project underway by setting aside funds from its American Recovery Plan Act money to complete the restorations. In addition, labor unions including members of Local 3 Electricians, members of the union’s Rolling Thunder motorcycle club, carpenters and others donated their time to work on the project, putting in new plumbing, heating, and air conditioning. The building has a new roof, new floors and walls, completely renovated bathrooms and is now a place where historical memorabilia and documents recounting the sacrifices of America’s veterans are proudly displayed. In the end the Post, which also provides space for community groups and residents to host events, is open
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The Rev. Catherine Wieczorek has joined Christ Episcopal Church in Babylon as its new Interim Priest-In-Charge. Previously, she served as Curate for St. John’s of Lattingtown, where she established a strong program of Christian formation that included educational opportunities for youth and adults, Bible studies, seasonal prayer and devotional groups, and training for various worship ministries.
She also provided leadership in worship, pastoral care, and outreach. Mother Catherine also served as Deacon at Grace Episcopal Church in Brooklyn Heights from 2019-2020. At Grace Church, she developed a Confirmation Class curriculum, cofacilitated the Sacred Ground antiracism program, and created an emergency aid program for economically disadvantaged individuals. Mother Catherine earned her master’s degree of Divinity from The General Theological Seminary in 2020, as well as a Certificate in SpiriCONTINUED ON PAGE 9
“I am blessed to have been called to Christ Episcopal Church to serve as Interim Priest in Charge!” said Mother Catherine, also known as Mo.Ca. “This is a place filled with bighearted, hard-working folks who are dedicated to seeking and serving Christ in all persons. “
The Deer Park Chamber of Commerce held a special fundraising event recently, a So Long Summer Soiree. “We were thrilled to have the outpouring of support from our community, chamber of commerce, friends, family and elected leaders,” said Melissa D. Mohan, president of the Chamber. “We had the most amazing weather, and we were able to fundraise nearly $700 that night for our scholarship fund for the children impacted by the incident at the Deer Park nail salon.”
The Suffolk County Police, as well as the Deer Park Fire Department were out supporting the event as well and The Works Barbershop donated all its proceeds to the chamber’s scholarship fund. “Overall, it was a successful night, and we look forward to doing it again next year,” said Mohan.
For more information on the chamber, go to chamberofdeerpark.org or call (631) 406-5967.
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Canine Companion service dogs are so popular that there is currently a waiting list of more than 500 people. According to Robert Monahan of Amityville, a third-time puppy raiser with the organization, there is a definite reason for this demand.“Canine Companion dogs are bred for intelligence and intuitiveness,” he said. “The training they go through is better than show quality.”
However, it is not simply the training that contributes to the organization’s success, it is also the dedication, passion and love of the organization’s volunteers,
Canine Companions is a not-for-profit organization that is also a founding member of Assistance Dogs International (ADI). It is committed to the highest standards of training, placement, utilization and education of service dogs who help their owners overcome physical, psychological and social barriers so that they can live more independent lives.
The organization breeds Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers and a mix of the two breeds. At about 8 weeks old, the puppies go to a volunteer puppy raiser for approximately a year where it receives socialization, love and basic canine training including housebreaking and learning how to sit and stay.
After a year and a half with the puppy raiser, the dogs go into the training program with Canine Companions to become a service dog.
Puppy Program Manager and former puppy raiser Sharon McComb has been with Canine Companions for 10 years and said she is fortunate to have a career that is “immensely meaningful.
“I have such a sense of pride in what I do and the puppy raisers are truly irreplaceable, we cannot do what we do without them,” she said.
McComb said that the puppy raisers ‘selflessly’ say goodbye to the dogs to allow them to begin their more intensive training to become a service dog.
“They’re the backbone of our organization and dedicated to making a difference in someone else’s life,” said McComb.
But all of that good work came to a sudden halt during the pandemic when the airlines shut down and the puppies, which are bred in California, could not be transported to the east coast and to the puppy raisers.
All of that changed, however when a pilot, Josh Hochberg of Sonoma Jet Center, stepped up with a number of other volunteer pilots to use corporate jets to transport the pups.
“It sounded like a nice thing to do to help,” said Hochberg.
He said that the puppy raisers are there to greet him when he arrives.
“These are people who have them for 18 months, love them, pour their heart
and souls into them, and then have to say goodbye,” Hochberg said. “They are the amazing ones…I feel small in comparison.”
Even as the airlines opened, Hochberg continues to volunteer to transport the dogs and encourages other aircraft owners to become part of the project.
Since their founding in 1975, Canine Companions has graduated 7,865 teams. After graduation, the dogs are placed with those in need of their service. McComb described graduation day for the dogs as a “magical day.
“There’s always such pride in the puppy raiser and even though it’s sometimes challenging to turn over the puppy you cared for, when you see the lives you changed, it’s a beautiful moment,” said McComb. “It’s emotional, motivating and powerful.”
The graduation ceremonies are open to the public.
Anyone who needs a canine companion, is interested in becoming a puppy raiser or in volunteering to transport the dogs or otherwise get involved can contact Canine Companions at canine.org or can call (1-800)-572-2275.
“If people are at all debating or wondering if this is an organization to get involved with, please reach out to us,” said McComb.
Meanwhile, Monahan who has his third dog in training, Chauncey II, said that what he has enjoyed the most about being a puppy raiser is watching them grow.
“Chauncey is the cutest and most intelligent puppy we’ve ever had,” he said. “It’s very rewarding and you’re helping those in need.”
By ANTHONY DICOCCO Special to the Herald
Starting with the 2025-26 season, the Stony Brook hockey team will begin a new chapter of its story that may aid in expanding its recruiting reach across Nassau County.
Last month, the Seawolves announced that this upcoming season would be the team’s 14th and final year in the Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League. Beginning with the 2025-26 campaign, Stony Brook is set to join a brand-new conference — the Atlantic Coast Conference Hockey League.
The ACCHL will have North and South divisions. Stony Brook, Pittsburgh, Delaware, Syracuse and Oswego State in the North. The South will consist of Alabama, Louisville, North Carolina State and the University of North Carolina.
Due to the conference relocation, Stony Brook players from Nassau County are hoping that more players from their area will be inclined to join the program. Currently, there are just three Nassau County residents playing on the team.
After initially failing to get into the university, the Massapequa native attended Farmingdale State for a year to “take care of business on and off the ice” before transferring to Stony Brook prior to last season.
As someone who identified Stony Brook as the total package for both academics and athletics, Valenti hopes that joining the ACCHL can be a needle mover for other Nassau County residents.
“After playing junior hockey in Connecticut for two years, I realized that I had everything that I needed regarding academics and hockey at home,” Valenti said. The new conference, he added, “is definitely exciting . . . and people need to realize it’s a (State University of New York) school. We’re going to be in a very competitive league and you get what you pay for. Stony Brook is a very good school for everything, and hockey is just the icing on the cake.”
Forward Jake Gusavitch, a Massapequa native and first-year student, understands his peers’ reluctance to attend Stony Brook but hopes the name notoriety of the other schools in the conference, along with the opportunities they can bring, can help change that.
“If you just see the logo of Alabama or UNC, it acts as an attractor for players in Nassau County and really everywhere,” Gusavitch said. “We have schools like Syracuse and Delaware
joining us along with the schools down south, so I think that’s a great opportunity to get some looks from scouts who are coming for the bigger schools. All in all, there are a lot of positives.”
Bethpage native and forward Lucas Puccia echoed that sentiment.
“There’s a lot of talent down there in the south,” the sophomore student said. “I think playing those teams will be pretty cool and competitive. Stony Brook is one of the top programs and a really good option for anyone on Long Island.”
Gusavitch also emphasized the bonuses of a limited traveling schedule, as teams in the North will only compete against the South’s teams during the playoffs. Due to Stony Brook’s hyperfocus on academics, he raised the point that less travel on the weekends allows for more time to get schoolwork done, which can be enticing for new recruits who live farther away in Nassau County.
In defenseman Teddy Valenti’s case, Stony Brook was always at the top of his college wish list despite living just under an hour away from the school.
While the Seawolves are guaranteed to finish their tenure in the ESCHL with the most championship wins (five) and regular-season championships (four), the last two seasons have not been kind to them. They have posted a combined 25-28-8 record, missing the American Collegiate Hockey Association National Tournament during each campaign.
Choosing to concentrate on the new season, the Seawolves are putting the upcoming league change on the backburner, as they hope to capture their sixth ESCHL championship and their first national title.
“The mission is always the same,” Valenti said. “We had a very unsuccessful year last year. This year we’re playing in the same conference, and hopefully we can prove ourselves as a program. Then next year, when we move on to a different conference, those teams should fear us.”
Stony Brook will open its ESCHL farewell tour at The Rinx, where it will face off against the New York University Violets, on Oct. 4.
Anthony DiCocco is a reporter with the SBU Media Group, part of Stony Brook University’s School of Communication and Journalism’s Working Newsroom program for students and local media.
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By NIKO SCARLATOS sports@liherald.com
After finishing with just a 2-13-1 record in 2023, Amityville’s girls’ soccer team aims for improvement.
Coach Michele Armenia is in her second year at the helm of the program and wants the Warriors to play more together.
“Last season, we need to be more like a family,” she said. “I told them to just trust within each other. They have the skill to do it, they just have to believe.”
More than half of this year’s roster consists of seniors so it’s a veteran-led group. That includes four center midfielders: Keyra Zelaya, Delainey Katz, Joselyn Chinchilla, and Jannais Marte all have huge roles. “They are so key for us,” Armenia said. “Having them to hold down the middle of the field is huge.”
On defense, Alisson Molina and Janithza Sanabria are the leaders. They, along with goaltender Katelyn Hernandez, are crucial to the team’s success. “Those three are so great,” said Armenia. “They hold the fort down back there and keep us in games.” Not only have Molina and Sanabria done a great job on the field, but they’ve also helped a young player develop off the field. Isabella Luis is the only eighth grader on the varsity roster and continues to learn from the seniors on the team.
While Luis is Amityville’s youngest player, there are a few juniors who are looking to take the next step with advanced roles. Aurora Morales is a midfielder who hopes to take a big step forward. “The goal for her is to take more of a leadership role,” Armenia said. Along with Morales, both Jazleen Diaz and Diana Zacarius are in their junior season as they join the team after being on JV last season.
“Both Jazleen and Diana add to the team’s dynamic,” Armenia said. “They
have been ready to go from the jump and have done a great job of putting the team first.”
Even though this is just Armenia’s second year as coach, she has plenty of experience. Last year, however, was a new encounter for everyone. The team was without assistant coach Nick Demonda. “I’m not one to make excuses but that changed a lot for us last season,” Armenia said. “The players love him and he’s such a great asset to our team. We missed him in 2023.”
This season has not gotten off to a great start, with multiple blowout losses in the first three games. It also battled Copiague to a 1-1 draw. Katz scored.
But there is still plenty of time for the Warriors to show improvement and continue to get better and better as the season goes on. That’s all Armenia is looking for during the hard-fought journey.
By NIKO SCARLATOS sports@liherald.com
Season No. 2 of Babylon girls’ soccer under coach Stuart Love has begun. After winning Suffolk and Long Island titles and reaching the New York State Class B finals in 2023, the team is aiming to replicate its success. That is the message that Love has told his players.
“I told them let’s have another good season by continuing to move forward,” said Love. “If we focus on chemistry, results will come.”
Babylon’s captains are Grace Varley and Riley Altman. Coming off of a season in which she earned second team All-State honors, Varley is expected to have another big season as a forward. Altman, a center-midfielder, aims to lead by example in her season. “She’s a really tough player,” Love said. “She plays the whole game which is really valuable to us.”
Sarah Klienitzke is the only returnee on defense. Her leadership in that area of the field is going to be crucial in Babylon’s success. Starting center back, Chelsea Gersbeck, has a great partnership with Klienitzke. “The two of them have great chemistry together,” Love said. “Chelsea has had a really good start to the season and we’ve loved to see that.”
Another key contributor that’s back for her senior season is midfielder Hazel Bivona, who was the team’s top returning goal scorer a year ago. “She’s very composed with the ball,” said Love. “Very rarely does she turn the ball over and has become so good at timing her runs to arrive at the penalty box at the perfect moment.”
One big question mark coming into the season was the production that Babylon would get out of Shayden Kenedy. The junior tore her ACL in 2023. “She’s worked her way back surprisingly quick,” said Love. “It’s been such a huge boost to the team seeing
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her out there. She’s really exceeded expectations on how soon she got back out there on the field with her teammates.”
As for newcomers, there are multiple players the coaching staff is excited about. Emma Muccioli is a sophomore who made the varsity roster. “Emma has really made a good impression on the coaching staff,” Love said. “She’s got great stamina which is important.”
The only freshman on the roster is midfielder Julia Wider. In her first season, she already has three goals in the first three games. As Love mentioned, chemistry plays a large role in this group’s success and Wider has done her best to provide that “She fits in well with all the older players on the team,” said Love. “The seniors have taken her under their wing.” While off the field, Wider has done a great job, the goals she’s buried in the back of the net on the field have come from hard work and determination in practice. “She’s put in some much time and effort at practice.”
9/11 23 years later
In recognition of Patriot’s Day, September 11th, North Babylon School District honored and remembered the events of the day with numerous activities. Students and staff were asked to dress in red, white and blue.
At North Babylon High School, students did a reading about Sept. 11 and sang the national anthem. Belmont Avenue gathered outside in the front of the building to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, sing the national anthem, have a moment of silence and place individual flags to create a remembrance flag garden. Marion G. Vedder Elementary School also held a moment of silence to acknowledge the heroism of the first responders.
Both Parliament Place Elementary School and William E. DeLuca Elementary School held outdoor gatherings by the flagpole with all students and staff. Following the Pledge of Allegiance and a patriotic song, they spoke about the events of that day and how service workers and the community came together.
Robert Moses Middle School remembered 9/11 as eighth grade students visited the outdoor monument to listen to an eyewitness account from school psychologist Dr. Kerry Arale and an important message from social studies teacher Joseph Ventimiglia.
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Suffolk County Legislature Minority Leader Jason Richberg recognized Wyandanch resident Evins Delusme as the 15th Legislative District’s honoree for “Firefighter and EMS Personnel Volunteer Week” at the legislature’s general meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 4.
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“I was thrilled to be able to celebrate a young person as inspiring as Evins as my honoree for Firefighter and EMS Personnel Volunteer Week,” said Richberg. “At only 20 years old, Evins is an example for his peers of the importance of giving back to your community and shows what someone can accomplish if they are passionate, regardless of their age. This summer, Evins participated in a call by bravely manning the hose while a man and his pets were rescued from a house fire. Congratulations, Evins!
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Suffolk County Legislature Minority Leader Jason Richberg recognizes Evins Delusme of the Wyandanch Volunteer Fire Co. in honor of “Firefighter and EMS Personnel Volunteer Week”
Wyandanch Memorial High School. He began his volunteer firefighter service at Wyandanch Volunteer Fire Company in 2022 and completed his required probation and ongoing training, including use of Hurst extrication tools (Jaws of Life), hose hauling and property protection. In June 2024, he received the 1st place Top Responder Award as the highest responding member.
“Buildings like this are sacred to our community,” said NYS Sen. Alexis Weik who attended the event.
“There was never a doubt that there was support there for rebuilding,” said Guy Calla, a spokesman for S.C. Leg. Kevin McCaffrey. “The only question was how do we get this done.”
Also attending were members of the Town Board including Anthony Mannetta, who recalled with a bit of nostalgia and laughter that he got his first kiss in the Post’s parking lot, Tony Martinez, Lindenhurst Mayor Michael Lavorata and Trustees Doug Madlon, AJ Renna and Maryann Weckerle. Representatives from Sen. Monica Martinez’ office presented the Post with a proclamation and JoAnn Boettcher, president of the Lindenhurst Chamber of Commerce who was representing the Chamber and the
Lindenhurst Kiwanis Club were also present.
“Lindenhurst has a large group of organizations that work together to accomplish things for the community,” said Boettcher. “This building is not only important to our veterans but also to our community and we are so happy to be here today to celebrate its reopening,” said Boettcher.
Kelly said like many other veterans organizations, the Wade-Burns Post continues to struggle to attract members and support itself. But, with the kind of support shown by the community at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, he is confident of the Post’s future.
The Post is at 560 Delaware Ave., Lindenhurst, Membership is open to all veterans who served in war time. For information on membership or to book an event at the Post, call 631-888-9854.
tual Direction 2022. Before attending seminary, Mother Catherine spent fifteen years in non-profit administration, grant writing and fundraising.
“We are delighted to welcome Mo. Catherine Wieczorek as our Interim Priest-In-Charge,” said Kathy Hannan and Martha Richardson, Senior and Junior Wardens of Christ Episcopal Church. “We look forward to working with her to ensure our parish will continue to flourish and thrive in the wonderful Babylon area and surrounding communities.”
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every day, and is especially evident in our volunteers, our Nourish Babylon Feeding Ministry, our outreach to the homeless, in the recovery programs that have made their home with us, and in our worship,” said Mother Catherine. “We extend a warm invitation to all people, no matter where you are or where you have been in life, to come and get to know the family.”
The church is at 12 Prospect St., Babylon and holds Sunday services at 8 and 10 a.m. It can be reached at (631) 661-5757 or online at christchurchbabylon.org.
Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts (BACCA) has provided a cultural resource center for the arts serving the needs of residents, artists and art organizations in Babylon. Its goal is to promote and encourage artists in their endeavors through consulting, promotion, technical assistance, and other resources and to present quality cultural programs for the community and opportunities for local artists to promote their craft.
This year, the organization is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a Harvest Moon Gala on Thursday, October 17 at The Piermont, 494 Fire Island Ave., Babylon.
Incorporated in 1974 by a group of volunteers with a vision, BACCA has grown to become a year-round sponsor of many activities including art classes and workshops, exhibitions, live theatre productions, concerts, public arts projects, cultural presentations and children’s recitals. Major recurring annual events include the Paumanauke Pow-Wow, the Long Island Bluegrass and Roots Music Festival, the annual Judged Art Show and Student Art Show.
“We are fortunate to have developed many new relationships with organizations and community groups, artists, municipalities and small businesses and that, along with our member is what makes what we do possible,” said Liz Mirarchi, BACCA’s executive director. “It has been a joy to work with our partners on new programs, public arts projects and the many ways we plan to continue to advocate for the arts and artists in our communities well beyond our 50 years.”
Recognized with the Owen H. Johnson Lifetime Arts Achievement Award are Mark and Dylan Perlman, the owners and operators of the Argyle Theatre who will be honored at the event.
BACCA’s board of directors includes Shawn S. Cullinane, president; Alice Cromarty, vice president; Rene-Joshua-Porter, corresponding secretary; MaryAnn Weckerle, recording secretary and Donna Gellineau-Matone, treasurer.
For tickets to the event on October 17, go to: babylonarts. org/50years or call (631)-5873696.
Father and son team Mark and Dylan Perlman purchased and renovated the historic Argyle Theatre on Main Street, which held a grand reopening in the Spring of 2018 with the musical “Guys and Dolls.”
The much-anticipated performance venue has been brought back to life by the Perlmans, Seaford residents who had a dream of bringing high-quality live theatre to Long Island’s South Shore.
Renovations of the Suffolk County theatre have been extensive, ranging from demolition of down walls, building a massive stage, painting, updating carpeting and curtains, installing stateof-the-art sound and lighting systems, adding a bar to the upstairs lounge, and refurbishing the nearly 500-seat theatre’s iconic marquee and sign.
Today, the theater sits in the heart of Babylon Village drawing theater goers from throughout Long Island, Queens and Manhattan.
The theater is at 34 West Main Street, Babylon. It can be reached online at (631) 844 5483 or at argyletheatre.com
When a beloved pet goes missing, it can become an owner’s worst nightmare. Before diving into true lost-andfound dog stories, here are some general guidelines and tips for both pet owners and those who find lost pets.
Guidelines for Dog Owners:
• Microchip your pets and keep your registration information up to date.
• Consider using Apple AirTags, which have become more affordable. These can help track a lost dog via Bluetooth if the dog is wearing the tag.
• When your pet goes missing, distribute as many legible flyers as possible, contact social media lost-andfound sites, follow up on every lead, and expand your search area. Check local shelters in person frequently, and don’t be quick to assume your search is in vain. Recovery can take time. Once you find your dog, be sure to remove your flyers.
True Tale #1:
About 30 years ago, an ad in Newsday reported a missing dog from Valley Stream wearing a costume. Coincidentally, a stray dog in a costume was brought to the Babylon Shelter. Upon calling the ad, it was revealed that the Valley Stream home backed up to the Southern State Parkway. The dog likely got through a fence, and the costume helped identify it. The rescuer, who lived in Babylon Town, must have driven the dog home after rescuing it from the parkway but was hesitant to mention “Valley Stream.”
On Long Island, if you find a lost dog without ID, take it to the municipal shelter in the town where you found it. If shelters are closed, the Town of Hempstead accepts stray dogs 24/7 if you go to the back door. Be honest about where you found the dog. Hempstead will contact the appropriate town shelter for transport the next morning. The Veterinary Medical Center of Long Island (VMCLI) in West Islip will hold stray dogs found in Babylon and Islip towns overnight, with the correct town shelters picking them up the following morning. These measures help prevent stray dogs from being hit by cars.
True Tale #2:
Dogs can get lost through no fault of their owners. For example, a landscaper or delivery person might accidentally leave a gate open. Dogs may
also escape from pet sitters, particularly when staying at the sitter’s home, as they may believe their owners have abandoned them. This was the case in 2011 when Kirek, a Border Collie, bolted from her sitter’s home in Lindenhurst while her owners were at an agility trial in Georgia. Two weeks later, a kayaker spotted Kirek on uninhabited Indian Island in Copiague. Babylon Shelter Animal Control Officer Kristin, who knew Kirek’s family from agility trials, rescued the dog from the island by canoe.
True Tale #3:
Lost flyers can be highly effective. You may need to hang up hundreds, but it only takes one to bring a dog home. Years ago, a friend boarded her Shepherd at a kennel and left her Lhasa with a friend. The Lhasa, who had a history of running away, escaped through an air conditioner vent. Despite a frantic search and many flyers, the dog was found after a flyer was seen at a deli. The finder had discovered the Lhasa shortly after its escape. The Lhasa was safely housed at Last Hope until its owner returned.
“Dashing Dan” rode the train all by himself from Wyandanch to Farmingdale in April 2011.
The same year, Kirek a Border Collie, escaped from her aunt’s home in Lindenhurst while her pet parents were in Georgia.
Over two weeks later, Kirek was rescued via canoe from a deserted island in Copiague.
The following are a list of public meetings and special events for the coming week: Please note: All meetings are subject to change without notice.
THURSDAY, September 19
West Babylon Alumni Foundation is having an open meeting on Thursday., Sept. 19, 6 p.m. at the West Babylon Public Library, Route 109, West Babylon. For more info., email: wbalumni@ wbschools.org.
SUNDAY, September 22
•Babylon Village Farmer’s Market: Every Sunday, June thru November, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Village Gazebo, 244 W. Main St. (Montauk Hwy.) in Babylon Village - rain or shine. You can visit their web site @: https://longislandfarmersmarkets.com/.
•Babylon Village Chamber of Commerce Shopping Crawl: 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Vist the web site @: https://babylonchamber.com/upcoming-events/ shopping-crawl-2 - for detailed information.
TUESDAY, September 24
True Tale #4:
In 2011, a chubby Lab mix with a pink nose and a sunny disposition boarded the Long Island Rail Road at Wyandanch Station without a ticket and was escorted off at Farmingdale. The police took him to Long Island Veterinary Specialists in Plainview, where a veterinarian publicized the dog’s plight on TV news. The next morning, Babylon Shelter retrieved the dog. A young couple, unaware of the media attention, came to the shelter to reclaim their dog who had slipped out when a gate was left open. They lived near Wyandanch Station and quietly left the shelter, avoiding the media.
Despite media coverage, Dashing Dan was reunited with his owners solely because they reclaimed him at their local shelter. Some Long Island residents may hesitate to turn found dogs into town shelters, but this is often the best way to ensure the pet is reclaimed. If social media ads don’t yield results quickly, a dog has a much better chance of being returned if it’s taken to the shelter in the town where it was found, rather than being kept in a private home.
•Village of Babylon Board of Trustees meeting: 7 p.m. (work session); 8 p.m. (regular meeting); Village Hall, 153 W. Main St., Babylon. For additional meeting information, call 631-669-1500; or email: info@villageofbabylonny.gov; or visit the web site @https://www.villageofbabylonny.gov.
•West Babylon School Board of Education meeting: 7 p.m. at the West Babylon Administration Building, 10 Farmingdale Rd., W. Babylon. For info., call 631-376-7008.
THURSDAY, September 26
•Village of Babylon Planning Board: 7:30 p.m. @ Village Hall, 153 W. Main St., Babylon. For additional meeting information, call 631-669-1500; or email info@villageofbabylonny.gov, or visit the web site @https://www.villageofbabylonny.gov.
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Saturday, October 5
Boyd-Caratozzolo Funeral Home in Deer Park will be hosting a fall festival for the entire family on Saturday, October 5 and the festival organizers are currently seeking kid specific vendors i.e., sensory supplies, freeze dried candy, slime, bows and desserts. If you are interested in participating as a vendor, please email Lindsay.packard@dignitymemorial.com
Boyd-Caratozzolo Funeral Home is located at 1785 Deer Park Avenue, Deer Park.
September 19, 2024
By Christie Leigh Babirad
cbabirad@liherald.com
Suffolk County Police and the county’s District Attorney’s Office are seeking the public’s help in identifying a young man whose remains were found at Gilgo Beach in 2011. Called “Asian Doe” by the Gilgo Beach Homicide Investigation Task Force, the victim’s facial rendering was developed and released in the hope that someone will recognize him and come forward.
“This is a significant development in the case because there aren’t a lot of Asian profiles currently in our genealogy databases,” said S.C. District Attorney Ray Tierney at the press conference. “This will hopefully help us in determining who he was.”
Tierney, alongside representatives from local, state and federal law enforcement partners presented the renderings of the victim on Monday. Until now, police were only aware that the man was of Asian descent, but further forensic analysis showed that there is a strong likelihood that he is of Southern Chinese descent, Han Chinese descent.
In addition to being displayed at the press conference, the renderings were put on flyers in various Asian languages, including Mandarin and distributed widely.
While police discovered the remains in April of 2011, the homicide most likely occurred in 2006 or earlier, said police. The homicide was ruled as blunt force trauma. “This victim suffered a violent death,” said Tierney. “This person certainly had a life and loved ones and it’s important that this victim get their name back so the people who cared for him can get answers.”
It is believed that “Asian Doe” worked as a sex worker prior to his disappearance and may have identified as a woman since he was found wearing women’s clothing. “We will not stop in the pursuit of justice for the victims of these homicides,” said Tierney, adding that “Asian Doe” remains nameless despite the best efforts of police.
Asian Doe’s” remains were found in the area surrounding Gilgo Beach, near
where the remains of six women were found. Rex A. Heuermann of Massapequa Park is charged in those murders, but police have not associated him with Asian Doe.
While police work tirelessly to solve the case, Massapequans noted over the weekend that once, again, their community is in the news. “Every time something happens with the Gilgo Beach case, things get stirred up in Massapequa and Massapequa Park,” said Massapequa Park Village Mayor Daniel Pearl, who early in the investigation met with Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick J. Ryder and addressed families living near the Heuermann home to answer questions and assure them that they would work hard to ensure as little disruption to them as possible.
At John Burns Park on Sunday morning, with the sun shining on the emerald-colored athletic fields; families were cheering on their children playing soccer and baseball and the horrific revelations of the Heuermann case were far from Anyone with information regarding this case or the identification of the victim is asked to contact Crimestoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS, or via email or mobile app at suffolkpd.org/Alerts/Crime-Stoppers. Translation services are available and a reward of up to $2,500 from Suffolk County Crime Stoppers is offered for information leading to the victim’s identification.
“I tell people who ask me about it that this is a beautiful community and that just one terrible person or incident does not define us,” said a woman who identified herself only as Theresa A. of Massapequa.
“This is a beautiful community; I am raising by three sons, two twins and a four-year-old here,” said Rob Fox who lives two blocks from the Heuermann home. “I sometimes think we should know more about our neighbors but, then again, even people close to him did not know.”
Matthew Barle, who was raised in Massapequa, said while you never expect these types of things to happen in your back yard, “Massapequa is still a beautiful community.”
—Carolyn James contributed to this story
By Danielle Schwab
An artist’s life can take many twists and turns. Certainly that is case of Yonia Fain. He reinvented himself repeatedly, yet his dedication to art remained unwavering throughout his 100 years.
Hofstra University Museum of Art welcomes fall with a look at the esteemed artist, poet, author and educator, through its new exhibit, “Yonia Fain (1913-2013): Tracing History.”
The museum’s assemblage of Fain’s art and personal ephemera offers a comprehensive view of his life and global influence, on view through Dec. 16. Fain was a member of Hofstra’s Fine Arts, Design and Art History faculty from 1971 until his retirement in 1985; he was named faculty emeritus on his 100th birthday.
Around 50 of his works — he bequeathed his archive to the museum — are on display, curated by Assistant Director of Exhibitions and Collections Kristen Dorata, including paintings, drawings, sketchbooks, and poetry.
• Now through Dec. 16
• All programs require advance registration; call (516) 463-5672 or visit events.hofstra.edu to RSVP
• Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, Hofstra University’s South Campus, Hempstead
“This exhibition is focusing on his journey, offering a vision of the human spirit,” says Museum Director Sasha Giordano. “We wanted to emphasize the aspect of being a refugee, being a displaced person having to move from place to place. The works of art that were chosen are from the many different places he traveled.”
Born in Ukraine in 1913, Fain fled Bolshevik Russia with his family to Warsaw, Poland. After the Nazi invasion in 1939, he and his first wife fled on foot to Vladivostok, Russia. There he was conscripted into the Russian army as an artist.
Refusing to create propaganda art as demanded by the Nazis and Russian authorities, Fain, with his wife, obtained falsified documents, traveling from Siberia to Japan, eventually landing in the Shanghai Ghetto for the remainder of World War II.
Fain continued to use art as a form of expression, making a living painting portraits of Japanese soldiers and their families, also writing poetry.
“Firsthand experience is key to understanding Yonia Fain’s prolific artistic oeuvre, from his early drawings in prewar Warsaw to the many paintings in New York after 1953,” Jan Burzlaff, postdoctoral associate in Holocaust Studies at Cornell University, writes in the exhibit catalogue. She continues: “To paint is to share the experience,” Fain reflected in a testimony given to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in June 1999. His work seeks to lend voice to all Jews who experienced Nazi rule, the vast majority of whom did not leave a trace. … The exhibition allows for precisely such a window into historical experience. In the process, because his creations do not fit neatly into the two dominant categories of abstract or realist representations, they also invite a much-needed reevaluation of Holocaust and postwar art.”
After the war ended, Fain set his sights on mural painting in Mexico, becoming friendly with fellow artists Diego Rivera and Rufino Tamayo. In 1953, he immigrated to the U.S.; his works featured in prominent museums. Fain also continued writing, authoring five books of Yiddish poetry and serving as the president of the Yiddish Pen Society.
“His journey speaks to those who are displaced and pushed to the margins and stripped of identity in society,” Giordano says.
Fain’s art mixes representational technique with elements of abstract expressionism, employing
broad brush strokes, diagonals and dark marks.
“He really can’t be put comfortably into one style of art,” Giordano adds.
One of Fain’s prominent pieces “Occupied City, 2008,” shows an abstract landscape with overlapping buildings drawn in the background.
“It gives a sense of people living on top of each other in an enclosed space, in a trapped space, which reflects his lived experience,” Giordano notes.
Fain also used color to invoke deeper reflection. “Despite the subject matter being very traumatic, he uses a lot of bright and soft pastel colors. It plays to this dichotomy that exists in his work. He’s showing you hope, but he’s showing you despair. He’s showing you betrayal, but he’s showing you empathy.
Museum visitors can also interact with biographical material, including a timeline of the artist’s life and a video recording in which he discusses life in the Shanghai Ghetto. Additionally, everyone is invited to read Fain’s poetry and then submit a poem in response to the exhibit experience.
Fain’s extraordinary conviction to art during a time of adversity shows the enduring strength of human resilience and beckons us to explore the past.
“We should revisit history. We should re-examine these stories. We should consider people whose stories may trace a similar path of hardship today,” says Giordano.
As always, related programming enhances the viewing experience, including an exhibit tour on Oct. 23.
‘The “British Invasion” returns anew, when “1964 The Tribute” takes its audience on a musical journey back to that unforgettable era in rock history. Since the early 1980s, this reincarnation of the Fab Four has been thrilling folks all over the globe with what Rolling Stone Magazine has called the “Best Beatles tribute on earth.” Choosing songs from the pre-Sgt. Pepper era, “1964” astonishingly recreates an early ‘60s live Beatles concert, with period instruments, clothing, hairstyles, and onstage banter. The band focuses on the quintessential moment in history, when The Beatles actually played before a live audience. Only a precious few got to experience when The Beatles toured the world in the early ‘60s. Who actually felt the “mania” that brought them to world acclaim. “1964” meticulously re-creates the “magic of those live performances with artful precision and unerring accuracy.
Friday, Sept. 20, 8 p.m. $65, $40, $30, $19.64. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.
Rollin’ on the river’
Step into a virtual time machine and journey back to the glory days of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s with Commotion — the electrifying Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute band. The musicians pride themselves on their commitment to faithfully reproducing the iconic CCR sound. From the soulful voice of Steve McLain to the mesmerizing guitar solos of Jimmy Ryan, every riff, melody and rhythm comes to life with precision. McLain possesses a vocal prowess rivaling the one and only John Fogerty. With his husky timbre, emotive delivery and uncanny ability to recreate Fogerty’s raw energy, be transported back to when CCR ruled the airwaves. They are joined drummer Mark Ellis and bassist George Foster, who deliver those infectious beats that were CCRs trademark.
Friday, Sept. 20, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $45. Madison Theatre, Molloy University, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. Tickets available at MadisonTheatreNY.org or (516) 323-4444.
Take out that neon once again and give your hair its best ‘80s ‘do. Those crazy days are back — as only Jessie’s Girl can pull off, on the Paramount stage, Saturday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m. The band of NYC’s top rock/pop musicians and singers gets everyone into that “Back To The Eighties” vibe with the latest edition of their popular concert experience. With a lineup including four pop-rock vocalists dressing and performing as ‘80s icons, backed by a dynamic band, this is the definitive 80s experience. Throw on top of that: a load of super-fun choreography, audience participation, props, costumes, and confetti — and you have a party that audiences don’t want to leave. Jessie’s Girl has mastered over-the-top renditions of the some of the most unforgettable songs, all while dressed up as the iconic characters of that decade.
Theater meets live music, covered in ‘80s glitz. There’s no decade like the ‘80s — and no one does that era quite like Jessie’s Girl Throw on your best neon, use extra hair spray and head to Back To The Eighties — because it’s time to party like it’s 1989. $45, $37.50, $25. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com or paramountny.com.
Come on down to Venetian Shores Park Softball fields, Friday, Sept. 27 , 6-9 p.m., to cheer on your favorite badge team. Participating will be the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department, the New York City Police Department, Suffolk County Police Department and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Department.
Sponsored by Babylon Town Councilman Terence F. McSweeney, tickets are $10 and children 12 and under enter for free. All proceeds will go toward L.I. Against Domestic Violence for prevention, support and healing. The event will also include concessions, raffles and lots of fun. Venetian Shores Park Softball Fields, 817 Granada Parkway, Lindenhurst. For more information, call (631) 957-3081.
Boyd-Caratozzolo Funeral Home in Deer Park hosts a fall festival for the entire family, Saturday, o ct. 5 . Festival organizers are currently seeking kid specific vendors such as sensory supplies, freeze dried candy, slime, bows and desserts. If you are interested in participating as a vendor, please email Lindsay. packard@dignitymemorial.com. 1785 Deer Park Ave., Deer Park.
Book talk Bay Shore Historical Society hosts authorjournalist Bill Bleyer when he presents his book, “The Sinking of The Steamboat Lexington,” Thursday, Sept. 19 , 7 p.m. The Society hosts educational programs every third Thursday night of the month at Bay Shore-Brightwaters Public Library. These programs are open to the public free of charge. 1 South Country Road, Brightwaters. For more information, (631) 665-4350.
The 10th Annual Suffolk County Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K, 5K and 1K Fun Run will be held Saturday and Sunday, oct. 19-20. On Oct. 19, the 5K race begins at 9 a.m and the 1K at 11 a.m. inside Gardiner County Park, Montauk Highway, Bay Shore. The 10k, Half Marathon and Full Marathon Start at 7:30 a.m., on Oct. 20 at the Babylon LIRR train station. The start line is on the corner of Railroad and Deer Park Ave. The best place to be dropped off is at Babylon Train Station, the North Side of the tracks (Park Ave). To register or for more information go to runsignup.com.
In support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Art League of Long Island presents “Retrospect - The Individual Art of Collaboration in Reconstructive Surgery.” The exhibit delves into the interplay between personal artistry and collaborative efforts in the context of breast reconstruction, showcasing how the healing process can transcend medicine to become an inspiring narrative of restoration and personal resilience. This unique exhibition explores the intersection of medicine and art through the lens of two accomplished breast reconstruction surgeons, Dr. Ron Israeli and Dr. Jonathan Bank, whose careers and artistic endeavors are deeply intertwined.
The works on display show the multifaceted nature of artistic expression in medicine and surgery. Their work emphasizes the importance of collaborative creativity in the healing process, offering viewers a unique perspective on the emotional and physical aspects of breast reconstruction. On view Sept. 28 through Oct. 18. Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery at Art League of Long Island, 107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills. Visit artleagueli.org for more information
Check out the annual fall classic, Car Show Long Island, Sunday, Sept. 22 , 11 a.m.4 p.m., at TOBAY Beach. Presented by Supervisor Joseph Saladino and the Oyster Bay Town Board, the event will have a free concert, food truck corral, awards, vendors and more. Additional parking and shuttle service will be available at Jones Beach Field 5. Show gates will open at 8 a.m. and the rain date is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 29. This event is free to spectators. For more information, call (516) 7974121 or visit carshowli.com. TOBAY Beach, Ocean Pkwy, Massapequa.
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Now through Sept. 30, applications are being accepted for the spring 2025 semester for the Hope For The Warriors Military Spouse and Caregiver Scholarship Program. Since 2006, Hope For The Warriors has awarded Military Spouse and Caregiver Scholarships twice a year.
The nationwide program recognizes and rewards post9/11 spouses and caregivers for their strength, fidelity and resolve despite adversity as they assume critical roles in the financial well being of their families. Scholarships vary from $1,800 to $2,500 and are applied toward higher education at an accredited U.S. university, college, or trade school. To receive an application and learn about all scholarships offered for the spring 2025 semester, visit hopeforthewarriors. org and connect to services.
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Paws Walk returns
Get ready to lace up your sneakers and leash up your furry friends because the Paws Walk returns Sunday, Sept. 22, starting at 9 a.m., at Belmont Lake State Park. Participants will be able to sign-in and grab a light breakfast at 8 a.m. Sponsored by Long Island Cares, the 5K route is perfect for runners, joggers and walkers of all levels. Please bring a non-perishable pet food item for a chance to win a BarkBox full of pet goodies or bring a non-perishable human food item to enter a raffle for a great human treat. The cost is $40 per person in advance, $45 on day of the event. Includes a race t-shirt. Kids 12 and under can participate for free. To register, visit events.elitefeats.com/24pawswalk. For more information, visit licares.org or call (631) 582-3663. Belmont Lake State Park, 625 Belmont Ave., West Babylon.
North Babylon Public Library hosts a Zumba class for children in grades K-5, Saturday, Sept. 28, 11 a.m. The exciting and fun dance party helps children develop a healthy lifestyle and incorporates fitness as a natural part of their lives. Registration is required. To sign-up, visit northbabylonpl.org and scroll down to “Register for Programs.” You will you find the class under the proper date and will be able to register from there. It takes place in the meeting room of the library. North Babylon Public Library, 815 Deer Park Road, North Babylon. For more information, call (631) 6694020.
Join West Islip Public Library and Lee McAllister, a naturalist, photographer and the author of two books on hiking Long Island, for an autumn hike at the Cranberry Bog Nature Preserve, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Learn all about this photographic nature trail on a guided leisurely paced two-hour hike. All participants are responsible for their own transportation and any parking fees. Wear comfortable shoes. This event is for West Islip residents only. Registration is required. To register, visit livebrary.com. The Cranberry Bog Nature Preserve is located at 3675-3815 Lake Ave., Riverhead. For more information, call (631) 661-7080.
NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE
STATE OF NEW YORK
SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR SG MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2006FRE2 ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FRE2, Plaintiff, v. OCTAVIO PANDALES, ET AL. Defendants.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT
In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Suffolk County on February 7, 2023, I, Taryn L. Jewell, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on October 9, 2024 at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst, NY 11757, at 11:00 AM the premises described as follows: 20 Pine Rd
Amityville, NY 11701
SBL No.: 0100-124.0002.00-003.000
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk, State of New York.
The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 608141/2016 in the amount of $618,820.15 plus interest and costs. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System's COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale.
Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiff 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604
Tel.: 855-227-5072 24-563. 9/5, 12, 19, 26
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2016-CTT, Plaintiff, Against ROBERT DONAHUE, ET AL.,
Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 09/09/2020, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, at Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, NY 11757, on 10/4/2024 at 3:00PM, premises known as 38 Wall Street, Farmingdale, NY 11735, And Described As Follows: ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Farmingdale, In The Town Of Babylon County Of Suffolk And State Of New York. District 0100 Section 047.00 Block 01.00 Lot 055.000
The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $921,923.14 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 615814/2016
Daniel A. Russo, Esq., Referee.
SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570
Dated: 8/5/24 File Number: 30981 SH 24-565. 9/5, 12, 19, 26
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR RMTP TRUST, SERIES 2021 COTTAGE-TT-V, Plaintiff AGAINST DESTIN GILBERT IF LIVING, AND IF HE/SHE BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, CLAIMING, OR WHO MAY CLAIM TO HAVE AN INTEREST IN, OR GENERAL OR SPECIFIC LIEN UPON THE REAL PROPERTY
DESCRIBED IN THIS ACTION, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered February 15, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on October 8, 2024 at 1:00PM, premises known as 120 Elk Street, Wyandanch, NY 11798. All that certain plot
piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0100, Section 057.00, Block 03.00, Lot 010.000. Approximate amount of judgment $300,594.26 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #614264/2019. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the District and SUFFOLK County Auction Plan in effect at this time. Francesco P. Tini, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 19-004605 82084 24-567. 9/5, 12, 19, 26
REFEREE'S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF SUFFOLK THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-9, Plaintiff - against - ANTHONY A. ARCURI, et al Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on July 27, 2016. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on the 3rd day of October, 2024 at 10:00 AM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the building and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk, State of New York.
Premises known as 465 Old Farmingdale Road, West Babylon, (Town of Babylon) New York 11704. (District: 0100, Section: 159.00, Block: 04.00, Lot: 022.000)
Approximate amount of lien $325,410.93 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 062112/2014. Bruce W. Farquharson, Esq., Referee. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840
New York, NY 10170
Tel. 347/286-7409
For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832
Dated: July 22, 2024
During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale. Auction Locations are subject to change.
24-560. 9/5, 12, 19, 26
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
Rushmore Loan Management Services LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Anthony R. Torres; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered July 25, 2024 I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, New York 11757 on October 8, 2024 at 10:00AM, premises known as 250 Florida Avenue, Copiague, NY 11726. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being on the South side of Florida Avenue at Copiague, Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk, State of NY, District 0100 Section 196.00 Block 01.00 Lot 072.000. Approximate amount of judgment $624,473.04 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 606716/2015. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the 10th Judicial
District. Robert J. Cava, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC
Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792
Dated: August 15, 2024
For sale information, please visit www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 24-568. 9/5, 1, 19, 26
Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: KC Support Services, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/3/24.
NY office Location: Suffolk County SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY Shall mail a copy of the process to: Karen M. Curtin, 76 Neptune Avenue, W. Babylon, NY. 11704. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act or activity. 24-522. 8/15, 22, 29, 9/5, 12, 19
Notice is hereby given that a license, Application ID: NA-0340-24-133196 for liquor, beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, wine, and cider at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 31455 Main Rd, Cutchogue, NY 11935, County of Suffolk, for on premises consumption at UJ Cutchogue LLC. 24-578. 9/12, 19
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF SUFFOLK BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, AGAINST LUCIE MANUEL, et al.
Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on July 2, 2024. I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 E. Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on October 16, 2024 at 11:00 AM premises known as 141 North 28th Street, Wheatley Heights, NY 11798. Please take notice that this foreclosure auction shall be
conducted in compliance with the Foreclosure Auction Rules for the Suffolk County, and the COVID 19 Health Emergency Rules, including proper use of masks and social distancing.
All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Wyandanch, in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York. District 0100 Section 039.00, Block 03.00 and Lot 009.000. Approximate amount of judgment $564,733.97 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #612143/2017.
David Ian Roth, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 24-582. 9/12, 19, 26, 10/3
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST UTRICE V. COLEMAN AKA UTRICE COLEMAN, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered April 18, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on October 16, 2024 at 3:00PM, premises known as 461 Skidmore Road, Deer Park, NY 11729. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0100, Section 92.00, Block 3.00, Lot 061.000. Approximate amount of judgment $321,210.80 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #612772/2015. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the District and SUFFOLK County Auction Plan in effect at this time. Cooper Macco, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 20-002197 82279 24-583. 9/12, 19, 26, 10/3
SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, -against- LEROY R. HAMILTON AS HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF BEATRICE HAMILTON; ANNETTE LAVERN PRICE AS HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF BEATRICE HAMILTON; COMMUNITY CONSTRUCTION CORP.; KINGS COUNTY LAFAYETTE TRUST COMPANY; THE DARTMOUTH PLAN, INC.; UNITED STATES OF AMERICAINTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF BEATRICE HAMILTON, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at
law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; and JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE #1 through #7, the last seven (7) names being fictitious and unknown to the Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint, and JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE #1 through #7, the last seven (7) names being fictitious and unknown to the Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint, Defendants. INDEX # 628335/2023 Original filed with Clerk 11/13/2023 Plaintiff Designates Suffolk County as the Place of Trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject action is situated Suffolk County. Premises: 79 S 32nd St Wyandanch, NY 11798. TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); the United States of America may appear or answer within 60 day of service hereof; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The supplemental summons and amended complaint are being filed pursuant to Court order dated August 13, 2024. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and
filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATIONAND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Uniondale, New York, August 14, 2024 Respectfully submitted, Pincus Law Group, PLLC. By: Lili Roarke, Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 425 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556, 516699-8902
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NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., AssetBacked Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-R7, Plaintiff AGAINST
Alexander Lewis a/k/a Jepthe Alexander Lewis Jr.; et al., Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered October 15, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on October 1, 2024 at 3:00PM, premises known as 191 Ridge Road, Wheatley Heights, NY 11798. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk, State of NY, District 0100 Section 010.00 Block 03.00 Lot 021.00. Approximate amount of judgment $1,020,308.39 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 621465/2017. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 PoliciesConcerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the 10th Judicial District.
Scott Lockwood, Esq., Referee
LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC
Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792
Dated: August 9, 2024 For sale information, please visit www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832
24-547. 8/29, 9/5, 12, 19
NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, v. LOUIS F. AVELLA, ET AL, Defendants.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT
In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Suffolk County on January 7, 2020, I, Robert Samson, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on September 27, 2024 at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst, NY 11757, at 02:00 PM the premises described as follows: 92 Prairie Drive North Babylon, NY 11703
SBL.: 112.00-01.100067.000
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk, State of New York.
The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 618801/2018 in the amount of $281,484.45 plus interest and costs. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System's COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale.
Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiff 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 24-549. 8/29, 9/5, 12, 19
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK Freedom Mortgage Corporation, Plaintiff AGAINST Kevin Stefko a/k/a Kevin J. Stefko, Marianna Stefko, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered December 11, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on October 1, 2024 at 9:30AM, premises known as 82 Avenue B, West Babylon, NY 11704. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0100, Section 214.00, Block 01.00, Lot 055.000. Approximate amount of judgment $364,636.94 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #605259/2017. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the District and SUFFOLK County Auction Plan in effect at this time. Anthony Parlatore, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 19-004010 82081 24-551. 8/29, 9/5, 12, 19
Notice of formatting of Minas Oro LLC. Arts. of Org. With the secy. Of State of N.Y. SSNY on 6/20/2024 office located in suffolk. SSNY has been designated for service of process to 474 Madison Ave. Brentwood NY, 11717. Purpose any lawful activity. 24-556. 8/29, 9/5, 12, 19, 26, 10/3
Notice of Formation of LLC. Bare Naked Bakery Holdings, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/28/2024. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served and SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at c/o Bridget Dernbach, 34 Mar Kan Drive, Northport, NY 11768. Purpose: any business permitted under law. 24-576. 9/5, 12, 19, 26, 10/3, 10
REFEREE'S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF SUFFOLK LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff - against - RENEE WHITE, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on February 27, 2020. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on the 2nd day of October, 2024 at 2:00 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk, State of New York. Premises known as 27 Piave Terrace East a/k/a 27 Piave Terrace, Lindenhurst, NY 11757.
(District: 0100, Section: 188.00, Block: 01.00, Lot: 030.000)
Approximate amount of lien $299,669.78 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 611542/2019. Steven P. Bertolino, Esq., Referee.
McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170 Tel. 347/286-7409
For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www. Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832
Dated: August 5, 2024
During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale. Auction Locations are subject to change. 24-545 8/29, 9/5, 12, 19
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF SUFFOLK US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CITIGROUP MORTGAGE
LOAN TRUST 2006WFHE4, Plaintiff, AGAINST MADELEINE SOUFFRANT A/K/A MADELINE SOUFFRANT, et al. Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on July 26, 2023.
I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 E. Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on October 3, 2024 at 9:00 AM premises known as 54 South 25th St, Wyandanch, NY 11798-2901.
Please take notice that this foreclosure auction shall be conducted in compliance with the Foreclosure Auction Rules for Suffolk County, and the COVID 19 Health Emergency Rules, including proper use of masks and social distancing.
All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York. District 0100 Section 055.00, Block 01.00 and Lot 102.000.
Approximate amount of judgment $683,050.46 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #050027/2009.
David H. Besso, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747
24-559 9/5, 12, 19, 26
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF SUFFOLK MCLP ASSET COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, AGAINST JENNIFER A. JACOBSEN, et al. Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on April 5, 2024. I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 E. Sunrise Highway,
Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on September 27, 2024 at 2:00 PM premises known as 158 West 8th Street, Deer Park, NY 11729.
Please take notice that this foreclosure auction shall be conducted in compliance with the Foreclosure Auction Rules for Suffolk County, and the COVID 19 Health Emergency Rules, including proper use of masks and social distancing.
All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Deer Park, in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York. District 0100 Section 062.00, Block 04.00 and Lot 054.000.
Approximate amount of judgment $499,025.83 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #624648/2018.
Scott Siller, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747
24-544. 8/29, 9/5, 12, 19
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT SUFFOLK COUNTY
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 2014-11TT, Plaintiff against ROBERT I. SCHEIN, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Knuckles & Manfro, LLP, 120 White Plains Road, Suite 215, Tarrytown, NY 10591.
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered October 26, 2020, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at Babylon Townhall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on October 1, 2024 at 2:30 PM. Premises known as 20 Pearsall Street, Babylon, NY 11702. District 0102 Sec 012.00 Block 02.00 Lot 009.000. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Babylon, Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York. Approxi-
mate Amount of Judgment is $420,648.57 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 602864/2018. Cash will not be accepted at the sale. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District's Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing
James A. Pascarella, Esq., Referee File # 2296-002721
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK CITIMORTGAGE, INC., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, INC, -againstWILLIAM PETREZ, ET AL.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk on September 18, 2013, wherein CITIMORTGAGE, INC., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, INC is the Plaintiff and WILLIAM PETREZ, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the BABYLON TOWN HALL, 200 EAST SUNRISE HIGHWAY, NORTH LINDENHURST, NY 11757, on September 27, 2024 at 10:30AM, premises known as 40 DURHAMOC LANE, NORTH BABYLON, NY 11703; and the following tax map identification: 0100114.00-02.00-027.000. ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF BABYLON, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No.: 014555/2009. Erin McTiernan, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse,
Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.
24-550. 8/29, 9/5, 12, 19
Notice of formation of The Sassy Paralegal, Inc.
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May 22, 2024
Office location, County of Suffolk.
SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail a process served to:
The Sassy Paralegal, Inc., c/o CT Corporation System, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005
Purpose: any lawful act.
24-555 8/29, 9/5, 12, 19, 26, 10/3
Notice of Formation of LI Professional Speech, PLLC
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/08/2024. Office location: County of Suffolk. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1436 13th Street, West Babylon, NY 11704. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
24-523. 8/15, 22, 29, 9/5, 12, 19
Notice of formation of Saber Enterprises LLC
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/03/2024
Office location, County of Suffolk SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail a process served to:
Saber Enterprises LLC, Suffolk County, 24-542. 8/22, 29, 9/5, 12, 19, 26
Notice of Formation of LLC. Bare Naked Bakery Foods LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/8/2024. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served and SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at c/o Bridget A. Dernbach, 34 Mar Kan Drive, Northport, NY 11768. Purpose: any business permitted under law. 24-534. 8/15, 22, 29, 9/5, 12, 19
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF THE TIKI SERIES IV TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. EDWARD U. KELLY A/K/A EDWARD KELLY, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on July 27, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on October 4, 2024 at 3:00 p.m., premises known as 94 Columbia Street, West Babylon, NY 11704. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0100, Section 106.00, Block 02.00 and Lot 042.003. Approximate amount of judgment is $514,900.18 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #604112/2019.
Robert T. Fuchs, Esq., Referee
Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff Firm File No.: 211189-1 24-557 9/5, 12, 19, 26
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY. LOAN FUNDER LLC, SERIES 4472, Pltf. vs. 109 AVE HOLDING CORP., et al, Defts. Index #607332/22. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered August 12, 2024, I will sell at public auction
at the Islip Town Hall, 655 Main Street, Islip, NY on October 7, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. prem. k/a 113 Islip Avenue, Islip, NY 11751 a/k/a Section 345.00, Block 02.00, Lot 009.00. Approx. amt. of judgment is $672,181.49 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. EDWARD HEILIG, Referee. DEUTSCH & SCHNEIDER, LLP, Attys. For Pltf., 79-37 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, NY. File No. LF278- #101727 24-562. 9/5, 12, 19, 26
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR LB-CABANA SERIES IV TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. MANUEL D. BAEZ A/K/A MANUEL BAEZ A/K/A MANUELDEJS R. BAEZ, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on June 27, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on October 4, 2024 at 10:30 a.m., premises known as 270 Vespucci Avenue, Copiague, NY 11726. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Copiague, Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0100, Section 199.00, Block 02.00 and Lot 031.000. Approximate amount of judgment is $653,653.06 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #200334/2022.
Mark A. Cuthbertson, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No.: 222771-1 24-558 9/5, 12, 19, 26
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF SUFFOLK
US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CITIGROUP MORTGAGE
LOAN TRUST 2006WFHE4, Plaintiff, AGAINST MADELEINE SOUFFRANT A/K/A MADELINE SOUFFRANT, et al. Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on July 26, 2023.
I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 E. Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on October 3, 2024 at 9:00 AM premises known as 54 South 25th St, Wyandanch, NY 11798-2901.
Please take notice that this foreclosure auction shall be conducted in compliance with the Foreclosure Auction Rules for Suffolk County, and the COVID 19 Health Emergency Rules, including proper use of masks and social distancing.
All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York. District 0100 Section 055.00, Block 01.00 and Lot 102.000.
Approximate amount of judgment $683,050.46 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #050027/2009.
David H. Besso, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747
24-559 9/5, 12, 19, 26
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF SUFFOLK MCLP ASSET COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, AGAINST JENNIFER A. JACOBSEN, et al. Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on April 5, 2024. I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 E. Sunrise Highway,
Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on September 27, 2024 at 2:00 PM premises known as 158 West 8th Street, Deer Park, NY 11729.
Please take notice that this foreclosure auction shall be conducted in compliance with the Foreclosure Auction Rules for Suffolk County, and the COVID 19 Health Emergency Rules, including proper use of masks and social distancing.
All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Deer Park, in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York. District 0100 Section 062.00, Block 04.00 and Lot 054.000.
Approximate amount of judgment $499,025.83 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #624648/2018.
Scott Siller, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747
24-544. 8/29, 9/5, 12, 19
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT SUFFOLK COUNTY
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 2014-11TT, Plaintiff against ROBERT I. SCHEIN, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Knuckles & Manfro, LLP, 120 White Plains Road, Suite 215, Tarrytown, NY 10591.
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered October 26, 2020, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at Babylon Townhall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on October 1, 2024 at 2:30 PM. Premises known as 20 Pearsall Street, Babylon, NY 11702. District 0102 Sec 012.00 Block 02.00 Lot 009.000. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Babylon, Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York. Approxi-
mate Amount of Judgment is $420,648.57 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 602864/2018. Cash will not be accepted at the sale. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District's Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing
James A. Pascarella, Esq., Referee File # 2296-002721
24-546 . 8/29, 9/5, 12, 19
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK CITIMORTGAGE, INC., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, INC, -againstWILLIAM PETREZ, ET AL.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk on September 18, 2013, wherein CITIMORTGAGE, INC., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, INC is the Plaintiff and WILLIAM PETREZ, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the BABYLON TOWN HALL, 200 EAST SUNRISE HIGHWAY, NORTH LINDENHURST, NY 11757, on September 27, 2024 at 10:30AM, premises known as 40 DURHAMOC LANE, NORTH BABYLON, NY 11703; and the following tax map identification: 0100114.00-02.00-027.000. ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF BABYLON, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No.: 014555/2009. Erin McTiernan, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse,
Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.
24-550. 8/29, 9/5, 12, 19
Notice of formation of The Sassy Paralegal, Inc.
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May 22, 2024
Office location, County of Suffolk.
SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail a process served to:
The Sassy Paralegal, Inc., c/o CT Corporation System, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005
Purpose: any lawful act.
24-555 8/29, 9/5, 12, 19, 26, 10/3
Notice of Formation of LI Professional Speech, PLLC
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/08/2024. Office location: County of Suffolk. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1436 13th Street, West Babylon, NY 11704. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.
24-523. 8/15, 22, 29, 9/5, 12, 19
Notice of formation of Saber Enterprises LLC
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/03/2024
Office location, County of Suffolk SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail a process served to:
Saber Enterprises LLC, Suffolk County, 24-542. 8/22, 29, 9/5, 12, 19, 26
Notice of Formation of LLC. Bare Naked Bakery Foods LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/8/2024. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served and SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at c/o Bridget A. Dernbach, 34 Mar Kan Drive, Northport, NY 11768. Purpose: any business permitted under law. 24-534. 8/15, 22, 29, 9/5, 12, 19
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF THE TIKI SERIES IV TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. EDWARD U. KELLY A/K/A EDWARD KELLY, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on July 27, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on October 4, 2024 at 3:00 p.m., premises known as 94 Columbia Street, West Babylon, NY 11704. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0100, Section 106.00, Block 02.00 and Lot 042.003. Approximate amount of judgment is $514,900.18 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #604112/2019.
Robert T. Fuchs, Esq., Referee
Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff Firm File No.: 211189-1 24-557 9/5, 12, 19, 26
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY. LOAN FUNDER LLC, SERIES 4472, Pltf. vs. 109 AVE HOLDING CORP., et al, Defts. Index #607332/22. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered August 12, 2024, I will sell at public auction
at the Islip Town Hall, 655 Main Street, Islip, NY on October 7, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. prem. k/a 113 Islip Avenue, Islip, NY 11751 a/k/a Section 345.00, Block 02.00, Lot 009.00. Approx. amt. of judgment is $672,181.49 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. EDWARD HEILIG, Referee. DEUTSCH & SCHNEIDER, LLP, Attys. For Pltf., 79-37 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, NY. File No. LF278- #101727 24-562. 9/5, 12, 19, 26
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR LB-CABANA SERIES IV TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. MANUEL D. BAEZ A/K/A MANUEL BAEZ A/K/A MANUELDEJS R. BAEZ, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on June 27, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on October 4, 2024 at 10:30 a.m., premises known as 270 Vespucci Avenue, Copiague, NY 11726. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Copiague, Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0100, Section 199.00, Block 02.00 and Lot 031.000. Approximate amount of judgment is $653,653.06 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #200334/2022.
Mark A. Cuthbertson, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No.: 222771-1 24-558 9/5, 12, 19, 26
Looking to pursue a new career? Want information on how to pursue a new job?
You can find the answers to some of these questions at the North Babylon Public Library where career counselor Barbara McCleave is available to help. McCleave is available for counseling one Monday and Saturday a month. Appointments are booked at the reference desk.
“I draw out the career interests, work related interests, and work accomplishments that satisfy people,” said McCleave who outlined her approach to helping library goers. “These are their gifts.”
Marc Horowitz, library, director, said this service can also help high school students focus on what their interests are, what careers best suit those interests and what areas of study would best prepare them to succeed in the field.
“All of the services we provide are essential services to the community,” said Horowitz. “The services change from time to time , but we are watching carefully so that we can provide what services are needed in our community.”
For more information on career and other services at the library, call (631) 669-4020. - Gayle Wernham
Boyd-Caratozzolo Funeral Home in Deer Park will be hosting a fall festival for the entire family on Saturday, October 5 and the festival organizers are currently seeking kid specific vendors i.e., sensory supplies, freeze dried candy, slime, bows and desserts.
If you are interested in participating as a vendor, please email Lindsay.packard@dignitymemorial.com
Boyd-Caratozzolo Funeral Home is located at 1785 Deer Park Avenue, Deer Park.
The following students were recently recognized for academic achievements and graduation at their respective colleges:
•Yamini Patel of Wyandanch, attending the New York Institute of Technology, recently received an internship certificate. Patel completed an internship at Locus Biosciences in the role of Research and Development Intern.
•Tabitha Allen of West Babylon recently enrolled in the University at Buffalo Honors College for the 2024-25 academic year.
•Jessica Zielinski of Lindenhurst recently enrolled in the University at Buffalo Honors College for the 2024-25 academic year.
•Elaisa Cruz Morel of North Babylon was recently promoted by the New York Army National Guard. Cruz is assigned to the Company A, Recruiting and Retention Battalion and received a promotion to the rank of private 1st class.
•Justin Ventura of Lindenhurst was recently promoted by the New York Army National Guard. Ventura is assigned to the 442nd Military Police Company and received a promotion to the rank of specialist.
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLEY AS TRUSTEE OF RMF BUYOUT ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-1, -againstANNE MARIE MARCO, ET AL.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk on December 5, 2023, wherein WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLEY AS TRUSTEE OF RMF BUYOUT ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-1 is the Plaintiff and ANNE MARIE MARCO, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the BABYLON TOWN HALL, 200 EAST SUNRISE HIGHWAY, NORTH LINDENHURST, NY 11757, on October 7, 2024 at 9:30AM, premises known as 70 SAWYER AVENUE, WEST BABYLON, NY 11704; and the following tax map identification: 0100211.00-01.00-013.000.
ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT WEST BABYLON, IN THE TOWN OF BABYLON, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No.: 621029/2018. Donna England, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.
24-564 8/29, 9/5, 1, 19
VILLAGE OF BABYLON S. T. O. P. (STOP THROWING OUT POLLUTANTS) AND PAPER SHREDDING PROGRAM
For VILLAGE OF BABYLON RESIDENTS ONLY… ID Required THE VILLAGE OF BABYLON, in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Control, will participate in its 31st S.T.O.P. (Stop Throwing Out Pollutants) Program to protect Long Island’s life-sustaining underground water supply from chemical contamination on Saturday, September 21, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon at the Village Highway Truck Bay on Carlston Place - just off North Carll Avenue, one block north of Main Street (behind Village Hall). For further information or questions regarding acceptable or unacceptable household waste materials, call (631) 669-4878.
PLEASE label All materials. The following are examples of ACCEPTABLE household waste materials: Aerosol Cans, Air Conditioning Refrigerants, Ammonia and Solid Bowl Cleaners, Antifreeze, Bug and Rodent Killers, Chemistry Kits, Drain Cleaners, Deodorizers, Fertilizers with Herbicides (not Dioxin based), Household Batteries, Laundry Products, Medicines and Medical Ointments, Latex and Oil-Based Paints, Oven Cleaners, Paint Thinners, Pesticides (not Dioxin based), Pet Cleaners, Photographic Chemicals, Used Motor Oils.
The following products WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED at the S.T.O.P. site: Commercial or Home Business Waste Materials, Radioactive Materials (such as smoke detectors), Explosives, Fireworks, Ammunition, Propane Tanks & Cylinders, Mercury thermometers, 2, 4D, Silvex (2,4,5T,P), Medical Waste / Syringes, Dioxin based Herbicides and Pesticides, Asbestos
*** ALSO PAPER SHREDDING! From 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM***
Bring your personal household documents (ATM receipts, checks, tax records, credit card statements, etc.)
to be shred from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM; no need to remove staples or paper clips. No cardboard, plastic or hard drives will be accepted. 24-584. . 9/19
PUBLIC NOTICE
VILLAGE OF BABYLON
153 W. MAIN STREET, BABYLON, NY 11702
MUNICIPAL BUILDING PLANNING BOARD
MEETING AGENDA
September 26, 2024
NEW BUSINESS: SUFFOLK MARINE
1 SHORE RD Site Plan Review
DAVID FLIEGEL
52 REID AVENUE Driveway
100 DPA LLC and BABYLON HOSPITALITY
100 DEER PARK AVENUE Site Plan Review 24-585. 9/19
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper, Plaintiff AGAINST Raymond Magarie; Danielle Magarie, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered July 23, 2024 I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, New York on October 22, 2024 at 2:00PM, premises known as 270 Neptune Avenue, West Babylon, NY 11704. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in West Babylon, Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk, State of NY, District 0100 Section 159.00 Block 01.00 Lot 015.000. Approximate amount of judgment $521,993.83 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 601024/2020. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the 10th Judicial District. Scott H. Siller, Esq, Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile
Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: August 26, 2024 82124 24-586. 9/19, 26, 10/3, 10
Notice of formation of Quality of LI LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 07/24/2024. Office located in Suffolk. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 58 Marvin Lane, Islip, NY, 11751. Purpose: any lawful purpose.
24-587. 9/19, 26, 10/3, 10, 17, 24
Notice of formation of First Glance Beaute LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on August 1st, 2024. Office located in Suffolk county. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 369 36th street, Lindenhurst NY 11757. Purpose: any lawful purpose 24-588. 9/19, 26, 10/3, 10, 17, 24
Notice is hereby given that a license, Application ID: NA-0340-24-134550 for liquor, beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, wine, and cider at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 2811 Middle Country Road, Lake Grove, NY 11755, County of Suffolk, for on premises consumption at Top Flight Lake Grove LLC. 24-589. 9/19, 26
Notice is hereby given that a license, Application ID: CL-24-106420-01 for liquor, beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, beer, wine, and cider at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 61 Main Street, Northport, NY 11768, County of Suffolk, for on premises consumption at La Porta Pizzeria LLC. 24-590. 9/19. 26
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This is an independent contractor role for Richner Communications Compensation based on stops starting at $275/week If Interested contact Jim at jrotche@liherald.com or 516-569-4000 x211
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Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE open-
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Looking for an aggressive self starter who is great at making and maintaining relationships and loves to help businesses grow by marketing them on many different advertising platforms. You will source new sales opportunities through inbound lead follow-up and outbound cold calls. Must have the ability to understand customer needs and requirements and turn them in to positive advertising solutions. We are looking for a talented and competitive Inside Sales Representative that thrives in a quick sales cycle environment. Compensation ranges from $33,280 + commissions and bonuses to over $100,000 including commission and bonuses. We also offer health benefits, 401K and paid time off. Please send cover letter and resume with salary requirements to ereynolds@liherald.com Call 516-569-4000 X286
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TQ. We were sitting in our living room and heard a loud clunk. We went to investigate, thinking something spooky or structural had happened, maybe in our attic. It turned out that a steel post in our basement had just rusted out and fallen over, probably from saltwater during the hurricane flooding we had. Should we be concerned? The floor seems to be level, and not bouncy or anything. What should we do? Can we replace the column to save money?
A. Sometimes things do go bump in the middle of the night. (People sometimes ask me if these questions are real. You actually called me about this, as a former client, and I was able to stop over and look at the problem.) You were right to be concerned, and to react quickly instead of waiting to see what could happen next.
I can report that your crawl space went through a significant amount of repair, but is in otherwise pristine condition after the flooding occurred. Unlike many people I meet with, you took pictures of the stripped bare structure, and could show me the ones you kept in a computer file. That was important in determining what to do next, because the main beam supporting the house is partially enclosed with marine plywood and has several adjustable columns, which I never recommend for permanently supporting loads, especially in a potential flood-prone crawl space under a home.
Now I have photos to prove what I have often said about adjustable columns, the ones with either pegs or adjustable screws or, like your columns, both pegs and a large adjustable screw at the top. I am in favor of full steel columns that aren’t lightweight, but rather have heavyweight sidewalls of ¼-inch-thick steel.
It isn’t that the adjustable columns aren’t strong enough. My concern is that they be installed correctly and how long they will last, especially in a corrosive environment. Almost every adjustable column I have ever seen is installed incorrectly, upside down. The manufacturer specifically instructs that the adjustment portion of the column should be at the bottom, not at the top. After installing a correctly calculated spread footing, the column is installed so that when the floor slab is poured in place, the concrete will enclose the screw adjustment section of the column.
In a flood zone, I always recommend that plastic be in place around the base of the column before the concrete pour is made, to keep saltwater from directly contacting the steel. Even though the steel must be coated with rust-preventive paint, concrete acts like a sponge, and the salt builds up and remains around the steel after each flooding episode. Even better, I recommend solid concrete block columns to support the beam in a flood hazardprone area. They will last a hundred years longer than the steel. You can do the work yourself and avoid things that go bump in the night. Good luck!
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It’s a good time to review back-to-school
As we enter the fall season, our roads are once again at full driving capacity. With school underway, the addition of buses picking up and dropping off students, kids on bikes hurrying to school, and harried parents dropping their children off before work or picking them up after school adds to that congestion. With that in mind, I thought it would be a good time to review some back-to-school traffic safety tips. Most of them aren’t new, but they can serve as a reminder to drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians as they navigate our busy roads.
School zone driving safety tips
n Always keep to the speed limit in a school zone.
n Watch out for school crossing guards, and obey their signals.
n Slow down, and follow all traffic laws when entering a school zone.
n Always stop for school buses that are loading or unloading children.
n Never pass other vehicles while driving in a school zone.
Riding your bike to school
n Keep your phone in your pocket, silenced, while riding.
n Always wear a bike helmet.
n Obey the rules of the road. They are the same for all vehicles, including bicycles.
n Stay on the right side of the road and ride in the same direction as traffic.
n If possible, ride with someone else. There’s safety in numbers.
n Never ride a bike while wearing headphones, talking on a cellphone or texting.
Walking to and from school
Dn Go straight home after school. Don’t go anywhere else without parental permission.
n Don’t talk to strangers, and never get into a stranger’s vehicle.
n Parents, teach your children to recognize and obey traffic signals and signage.
ownright scary statistics on accidents and deaths should give us all pause.
n Keep your phone in your book bag, silenced.
n Leave early enough to arrive at school at least 10 minutes early.
n Always use available sidewalks and streets.
n Walk with other students. There’s strength in numbers.
n Cross streets only at designated crosswalks.
n Always look both ways before crossing.
n Never cross streets between obstacles (parked cars, bushes, etc.).
ASchool bus safety tips for motorists
n If you are approaching a school bus from either the front or behind, and its yellow lights are flashing, the bus is preparing to stop.
n When a bus’s red lights are flashing, you must stop. It’s the law. This includes buses that are on the opposite sides of divided highways, on multiplelane roadways, in parking lots and on school grounds.
School bus safety tips for students
n Remember to look carefully in both directions — left, right and left again — when crossing a street.
n Wait for the bus at a designated bus stop, and stand well back from the curb.
n Make eye contact with the driver and wait for the driver to signal you before crossing in front of the bus.
n When getting off the bus, look to the rear of the bus before stepping off the bottom step.
To reinforce the important of traffic safety, recent data released by the state Department of Transportation shows that Long Island’s roads have become more dangerous and deadly. Last year alone, there were over 84,000 vehicle crashes on Long Island roads, an increase of 4 percent over 2022.
Those crashes resulted in 216 deaths and more than 26,000 injuries, including 1,400 serious or life-threatening ones. In Nassau County, 66 people died in crashes, and in Suffolk County, which is larger geographically and has more roads, there were 150 deaths.
DOT data for the first five months of 2024 showed nearly 23,000 collisions, with 51 deaths and 356 people seriously injured. There were 379 reported pedestrian collisions and 185 collisions involving bicyclists from January to June.
Those are downright scary statistics, and will hopefully give all of us pause, and motivate us to make a concerted effort to keep traffic safety top of mind throughout the school year ahead and beyond as we carry forward with our busy lives.
John Giuffré represents Nassau County’s 8th Legislative District.
cold wind, as loud as a trumpet, whipped across the summit of Mount Marcy, New York’s highest peak in the Adirondacks, on Aug. 17. I could see only feet in front of me, because the mountain, at 5,344 feet above sea level, was enveloped by clouds. Then a light rain started to patter across the rocky slab at my feet.
I was in a dreamscape, surrounded by massive boulders and tall piles of rocks called cairns, intended to guide hikers through stormy conditions. Then, out of the fog, two 20-something hikers appeared like apparitions, wearing nothing more than shorts, T-shirts and sneakers, each carrying but one small water bottle. The two moved across the steep, slippery rock like cats, seemingly unfazed by the increasingly concerning weather. One pulled out a short joint and inhaled it all at once. He and his hiking partner stood at Marcy’s highest point and joked that they were the highest men in New
York. Then they asked if we — my son, Andrew, my soon-to-be son-in-law, Matteo, and I — would like our photo taken at the summit. We did, and the fellow toking the joint obliged.
The pair were from Massachusetts, but mostly hiked in New Hampshire, they said. They had never climbed Mount Marcy before. I remarked that I had last made the ascent 45 years ago.
“What were you, 3?” the smoker asked.
“Actually, I was 12.”
“Whoa.”
I’m a nearly lifelong Long Islander accustomed to a virtually flat landscape, and the Adirondack High Peaks region has lived in my imagination since I first visited the area as a Boy Scout with Troop 79, in Suffolk County, during my middle school years. I could never reconcile in my mind the massiveness of the mountains, the sheer grandeur of them. Even as a child, I understood how special they were, and how fortunate I was to visit them.
take in the spectacular view (on a clear day, it’s said you can see Mount Royal, in Montreal, 65 miles away, from Marcy’s summit), but my older self understood how privileged I was to be in this place. To be consumed by the weather was an experience unto itself, one part eerie, one part mystical.
D espite the fog atop Mount Marcy, I understood how privileged I was to be there.
I had decided during the coronavirus pandemic that I wanted — I needed — to return to Mount Marcy, and I wrote about that desire in a Herald column in March 2021, “Reflections on a pandemic year.” I was the Heralds’ executive editor at the time, and like so many people then, I was exhausted, mentally as well as physically, having covered the pandemic for a year. My mind often wandered to the forests of my childhood, both on Long Island and in the Adirondacks and Catskills. I longed for the quiet and solitude of the woods.
I climbed Bear Mountain, in New York’s Hudson Highlands, with my wife, Katerina, in June. It was a distressingly hot day, but we made it. Then Andrew and Matteo proposed that we climb Marcy this summer, and I was all in. I didn’t hesitate. Now it’s on to Katahdin, in Maine, hopefully in one of the coming summers.
The experiences of climbing Bear Mountain and Mount Marcy were made more special and lasting in my memory because I shared them with family. Only my daughter, Alexandra, was missing, but I’m certain she will be trekking with us into the mountains in the near future.
Like so many, I was hyper-focused on my work during the pandemic. It was all we had. I still love my work — now as a full-time Hofstra University journalism professor. But to this day, more than a year after the official end of the “Covid19 emergency” in May 2023, my mind often drifts to the woods, to nature. It is there that we find the psychic and spiritual healing that so many of us still so desperately need.
On the day Andrew, Matteo and I made our ascent, the weather was less than ideal. A younger version of me might have been disappointed not to
“I hope to climb Bear Mountain, Mount Marcy and Mount Katahdin again, and perhaps others as well,” I wrote. “I hope. I hope. I hope. We must keep hope alive to remember why we should do all we can to survive these terrible and terrifying times.”
Scott Brinton is an assistant professor of journalism, media studies and public relations at Hofstra University’s Lawrence Herbert School of Communication. ©Scott A. Brinton. Comments? scott.brinton@hofstra.edu.
History is often perceived as something static — a collection of events consigned to textbooks, memorialized in museums, or commemorated on anniversaries. It can feel as though history lives on dusty bookshelves, far removed from our daily lives.
But history isn’t merely a record of the past, frozen in time. Rather, it is a living, breathing thing, continuously shaping the present and influencing the future.
History evolves as it is interpreted, re-examined and passed down through generations. One way to understand its dynamic nature is by noting how institutions like fire departments are now hiring young people who were born after Sept. 11, 2001 — a day that still feels so recent and vivid to many of us.
This milestone is a potent reminder that history is an ever-evolving force that defines generational perspectives, values and narratives.
Many of us remember where we were and what we were doing on 9/11, as do members of older generations who remember where they were when they heard that President John F. Kennedy had been shot, or that Pearl Harbor had been attacked.
For firefighters — and especially those who serve in New York City and on Long Island — no date holds deeper meaning than Sept. 11. The bravery of the many first responders who ran
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toward the hellish chaos at the World Trade Center, intending to save lives, has become emblematic of the courage and sacrifice inherent in their profession.
That fire departments are now hiring people who were not alive when the towers fell highlights the inevitability of generational change and the idea that history is always moving forward, even when it feels as if time has stood still.
These young recruits are entering a world shaped by the consequences of 9/11, yet they engage with it in a different way. For them, Sept. 11 is, yes, history, but not a memory — a chapter learned in school rather than a harrowing, indelible life experience.
This generational shift forces us to confront the duality of history: it is at once deeply personal and profoundly collective. For those of us who lived through 9/11 — and particularly the millions who could see the smoking wreckage from their homes or offices, with no need of a television screen — the event has become part of the fabric of our lives. For those born afterward, it is something learned about and appreciated through second-hand accounts.
Nonetheless, their presence in firefighting gear yet to be soiled signals that history is alive, breathing new life into the institutions that helped shape it. Eerily similar to the refrain repeated by Jewish people immersed in their
own living history since the Holocaust, “Never again,” fire departments across the United States, as far removed from New York as Alaska, echo the phrase, “Never forget.”
There, the Kenai Fire Department — more than 4,500 miles from ground zero — commemorates 9/11 every year as if its members, too, were just a truck ride from where the planes hit.
“The greatest thing we can do to honor the lives lost on 9/11 is to strive to be the people we were on Sept. 12, when we all came together, we all felt like one nation, one people,” Jay Teague, chief of the Kenai department, said at its Sept. 11 ceremony last week, as reported by KDLL public radio. “We get lost in the daily strife, the daily frustrations, and we lose that sometimes, but I think that’s probably the best sentiment we can end on, is that we should strive to be the people we were on Sept. 12.”
As young recruits join firehouses in New York City, on Long Island and across the country, they bring with them a new understanding of public service, informed not only by the legacy of 9/11, but the challenges they have faced in the post-9/11 world, marked by heightened security, shifting global politics, a pandemic and a divided country.
This generational handoff underscores the vitality of history. It is not static; it does not belong solely to the past. Rather, it lives on through the people who reinterpret it and shape it anew.
As election season heats up, the League of Women Voters of Central Nassau and partners such as New Yorkers for Equal Rights and the New York Civil Liberties Union continue to advocate for and educate about Proposal 1, appearing on state ballots in the upcoming election, through postcarding, phonebanking, canvassing and public appearances. We remind New York voters to “flip their ballot” on Nov. 5 and vote on Prop 1, which expands on the current state Equal Rights Amendment to include protections against discrimination for all New Yorkers.
Moreover, LWVCN recently joined the Sign4ERA. org team — which advocates for the long-overdue certification and publication of the federal ERA — when the organization’s chair, former New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, and her colleagues visited Garden City on Sept. 1 to ask U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito for his support. D’Esposito, who represents the 4th Congressional District, is one of a few remaining members of Congress needed to sign a House discharge petition that would bring HJ Resolution 25 — removing the deadline for
immigration has been a contentious topic for the past few years, as the migrant crisis at the southern border has continuously grabbed headlines, prompted intense debate and served as a major policy point for candidates in elections across the nation.
While Americans have always, and likely will always, disagree on how to handle this issue, there’s no denying the increasingly vitriolic, outlandish and in many cases outright racist language used to describe these immigrants.
Every American is a descendant of immigrants, whether your ancestors came here on the Mayflower, through Ellis Island or, in recent decades, on a plane. My ancestors came from Italy, Scotland, England, France and Germany, some as early as the 1600s and some as late as the early 1900s.
So it’s disappointing, as someone who was raised to take pride in my family’s history, who learned about the struggles that my Italian and Jewish relatives faced when they arrived, to see how willing many Americans are to assume the worst about all immigrants.
There are some who will say, “I don’t hate all immigrants — just the illegals who come to our country to steal our jobs and murder us.” While I can appreciate the very real worries about gang members or criminals arriving in our neighborhoods, I’d like to ask a simple question.
How do you think your immigrant ancestors would feel if someone accused them of eating dogs?
iI can promise you, most of our ancestors did face discrimination when they came to this country. In the mid-1800s, when waves of Germans and Irish arrived, and decades later, when Italian, Greek, Russian, Jewish and more people came here in droves, they faced the racist backlash that many immigrants are still facing today.
their journey over. They drew caricatures, published cartoons calling Irishmen “wild beasts,” and ran political campaigns on a platform that the Irish were not fit to be members of civilized society.
t’s frustrating to see many Americans assume the worst about immigrants.
According to Kevin Kenny, a professor of history at Boston College, “Native-born Americans criticized Irish immigrants for their poverty and manners, their supposed laziness and lack of discipline, their public drinking style, their Catholic religion, and their capacity for criminality and collective violence. In both words and pictures, critics of the Irish measured character by perceived physical appearance.”
Sound familiar?
The Know Nothing Party of the 1850s was a nativist political movement that opposed Catholic immigration into the country. They ran on a platform of keeping America Protestant and “pure,” rejecting the notion that Catholics and non-Anglo-Saxon peoples had anything to offer our young nation.
The Know Nothings used slurs to insult the many Irish immigrants who had fled the Great Famine, many of whom endured hellish conditions on
the ratification of the ERA — to the House floor for a vote.
Since Virginia was the 38th state to ratify the ERA in 2020, we have the threefourths majority of states needed to affirm it as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. As of Sept. 1, the discharge petition had been signed by 214 House members, and needed 218 signatures to move to a floor vote. So if you live in District 4 — which includes Atlantic Beach, Baldwin, Carle Place, East Meadow, Elmont, the Five Towns, Floral Park, Franklin Square, Freeport, Garden City, Garden City Park, Hempstead, Long Beach, Lynbrook, Malverne, Merrick, New Hyde Park, Ocean-side, Rockville Centre, Roosevelt, Seaford, Uniondale, Valley Stream, Wantagh, West Hempstead and Westbury — and you support the ERA, contact D’Esposito’s office, at desposito.house.gov, as soon as possible, and ask him to sign Discharge Petition No. 6. This federal equal rights legislation is long overdue, and we are close to making history by seeing it finally published in the Constitution, where, arguably, it always should have been.
On Tuesday, which, auspiciously, was both Constitution Day and National Voter Registration Day, representatives of the LWVCN, the National Council of Jewish Women and the New York chapter of the National Organization for Women were scheduled to visit D’Esposito’s office to
discuss the urgency and significance of the federal ERA, not only for New Yorkers but for all Americans.
SUSAN CUSHMAN, PH.D. LWVCN advocacy chair
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The Long Island Rail Road still needs to reach a state of good repair for its existing fleet, stations, elevators, escalators, signals, interlockings, track, power, yards and shops. That also includes more stations reaching compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Maintenance programs for all operating assets also need to be fully funded, and completed on time, to ensure riders safe, uninterrupted, reliable service.
Since its creation in 1964, the Urban Mass Transit Administration — which since 1991 has been known as the Federal Transit Administration — has provided billions of dollars to pay for many of these capital improvements. The LIRR’s share of the FTA’s annual grants to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
I’m not saying people don’t have a right to be concerned about illegal immigration. It’s a serious issue that has remained unresolved through far too many administrations of both parties. But we must remember that our words have meaning, and that when we make blanket judgments about people or groups, we are, as the adage goes, cutting off our nose to spite our face. Because immigrants have always been the backbone of this country, from the day of the signing of the Declaration
of Independence — which features the signatures of eight immigrants — to today. From early arrivers like Tadeusz Kosciuszko, who built Fort West Point and helped the Americans win the Battle of Saratoga, to later ones like Andrew Carnegie, the tycoon who dominated the steel industry in the 19th century — neither of whom had ‘legal’ documentation when they arrived — immigrants have always had an outsized impact as workers, innovators and leaders.
Arguably the most famous immigrant in our history, Alexander Hamilton, came to New York as a boy with nothing, and ended up one of our most influential Founding Fathers. I wonder what people these days would call the immigrant orphan child of a prostitute from the Caribbean with no formal schooling.
Immigration is difficult. It is a quagmire that provides immeasurable benefits while, conversely, creating serious social, economic and political pressures. But we should never resort to reductive and hateful stereotypes.
Every immigrant, no matter how he or she came here, is a human being, and should be treated as such. Don’t make the same mistake the people who called my relatives “wops” and “dagos” did, and assume they have less to offer.
Will Sheeline is a senior reporter covering Glen Cove, Glen Head, Oyster Bay and Sea Cliff. Comments? WSheeline@ liherald.com.
averages 15 percent. In 2024, this should total $270 million of $1.8 billion in federal grant funding.
The state Department of Transportation also provides Statewide Transportation Operating Assistance on an annual basis to the MTA and the LIRR. Let’s give thanks to both Washington and Albany for continued financial support for our LIRR, the
nation’s largest commuter railroad. LARRY PENNER Great Neck
Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously served as a director of the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office of Operations and Program Management.
