Babylon Herald 09-05_2024

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W. Islip Library Director retires

By CAROLYN JAMES cjames@liherald.com

America’s Boating Club of Great South Bay has awarded the Community Service Award to Andrew Hamm, the retiring Director of the West Islip Library, at a ceremony at the West Islip Public Library on August 1, 2024. The award is given by the Club to individuals who make significant contributions to the community and its residents.

Lieutenant Commander and Executive Officer Jeanne Braun, AP and First Lieutenant Marie A. Wallach, AP, presented the award, on behalf of the club and its members.

Giovanniello, SN and Past Commander Peter Richichi, SN, both spoke of the professionalism and high level of service that Hamm has consistently provided the library and its residents,

Lieutenant Commander and Executive Officer Jeanne Braun, AP delivered comments from Educational Officer, Michael Boland, AP.

Copiague Chamber of Commerce members recently gathered for an informational meeting to hear the latest news from S.C. Police and Babylon Town Supervisor Richard Schaffer

Copiague Chamber members meet Supervisor Richard Schaffer is guest speaker

By CHRISTIE LEIGH BABIRAD cbabirad@liherald.com

The Copiague Chamber of Commerce held a dinner meeting last week at Angelo’s Little Italy in Amityville. The event, held on Tuesday, August 27, provided members an opportunity to discuss local business matters, hear from town officials, and receive updates from the Suffolk County Police Department.

Babylon Town Supervisor Richard Schaffer and Town Clerk Geri Compitello addressed the group, providing insights into ongoing town initiatives. Also in attendance were members of the Copiague Fire Department and Suffolk County Police Department representatives Dara Caramanico-Broyles and Nicholas Schieda.

A significant portion of the meeting focused on the county’s response to the drug epidemic.

Officer Schieda provided a sobering update on recent incidents, including a robbery at Tanner Park and a burglary related to a landscaping business on Ralph Avenue in Babylon. However, the most alarming statistic discussed was the number of overdoses reported this year.

“We have approximately 600 overdoses in the county so far this year,” Schieda reported, prompting gasps from attendees. While the figure is high, it represents a significant decrease from last year’s 1,100 cases. Additionally, overdose deaths have decreased from 128 last year to 119 this year. Schieda emphasized that addressing the epidemic remains a priority for

Commander James Milton, JN and Educational Officer, Michael Boland, AP, made the presentation in front of an audience which included West Islip Public Library Board Trustee Member Idamarie Tully. Also in attendance was America’s Boating Club, District 3 Commander, John P. Pergola, AP, and Past Commander Joseph Milano, Sr., AP. , Hamm has served as director of the West Islip Public Library for 24 years. Prior to that he served as director of the Babylon Public Library for 16 years and is set to retire at the end of August.

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“For the past three years, we have been working with Andrew to provide America’s Boating Club of the Great South Bay a means to execute it’s education mission, safe, and fun boating practices,” he said. “During this time, he has always been accommodating and thoughtful.”

“My time with West Islip Library has been the most personally rewarding experience in my career, and one that I will treasure always,” said Hamm. “I have been exceptionally fortunate to work with a talented and dedicated group of people on both the Board of Trustees and the Library staff, as well as to serve a wonderful community in West Islip. I will miss the many friends I have made over the years, and I know that the library will continue to be a place of which we can

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Dr. Jennifer Deuidicibus has been named Principal of Daniel Street Elementary in Lindenhurst

Dr. Jennifer Deuidicibus has been named Principal of Daniel Street Elementary School. She was previously Assistant Principal at Lindenhurst Middle School.

Dr. Deuidicibus has spent her entire 21-year career in education in Lindenhurst schools. She looks forward to maintaining the important support structure that guides students from kindergarten to middle school. “I am delighted to be welcomed to the Daniel Street Elementary family as the new building principal,” she said. “Serving the Lindenhurst community for the past 21 years in various roles has given me the experience necessary to lead the wonderful students and staff to reach their fullest potential.”

Dr. Deuidicibus began her career as a school psychologist at Lindenhurst Middle School in 2002. In 2015, she became the District Secondary CSE Chairperson, and in 2017, she became Assistant Principal at Lindenhurst Middle School.

“As I move into this new role, I am confident that Daniel Street students

will continue to embark on new learning opportunities that will prepare them for their secondary years and create meaningful, lasting memories along their journey,” Dr. Deuidicibus said.

West Babylon Lions Club car show, Sept. 15

The West Babylon Lions Club will be hosting their 2024 Car Show and Fundraiser on Sun., Sept 15 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1000 Montauk Highway in West Babylon.

The event will feature food trucks, beverages and a 50/50 raffle. A $20 do-

nation per car is requested. Trophies will be given out for “Best in Show” and “Runner-up” in different categories, and for “People’s Choice.”

For more information, please call the West Babylon Lion’s Club at 631-6716641.

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Member of West Babylon Fire Department recognized as Suffolk County Healthcare Hero

The Suffolk County Legislature recognized 18 Healthcare Heroes honorees for the “exceptional service and contributions” they have made to their communities. Locally, S.C Leg. Steven J. Flotteron recognized West Babylon Fire Department member Jalen Jones.

Jones joined the Department in September 2020 and obtained his Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certification in June of 2021. He was recognized by the West Babylon Fire Department as the top responder for most rescue calls in 2023. This June, he was awarded the Law and Order award from the Sgt. John Sardiello American Legion Post in West Babylon. This award honors

the unsung heroes in the West Babylon community who give selflessly of themselves and go above and beyond the call of duty to protect our community and nation.

He is studying to become a Paramedic, the highest level as an EMT, and took his certification exam in July. He currently works for Northwell as an EMT.

“His journey into emergency medical services was inspired by his own personal experiences in dealing with family health issues,” said Flotteron. “He is passionate about training and spends countless hours helping new members learn the most compassionate way to deal with patients in crisis.”

Kids reel ‘em in, hook, line and snapper

By CHRISTIE LEIGH BABIRAD cbabirad@liherald.com

It was a fun-filled morning for the Village of Babylon as children and their families recently gathered to continue the 50-year tradition of holding the annual Babylon Village Snapper Derby at the Babylon Village docks.

Run by Mayor Mary Adams, Deputy Mayor Frank Seibert and Trustee Tony Cardali, with special help from Captain Doug Laukaitis and many volunteers, the event brought out dozens who lined the dock with their fishing poles, excited to see which children would win for catching the most snappers and the biggest fish.

“It’s a 50-year tradition that the community enjoys and the event teaches the children how to fish and compete while enjoying a nice day in the village,” Mayor Adams said.

Mothers Christina Pomara and Danielle Mussinan brought their families out for what Mussinan called a “mom’s day out.”

“The water is so clear today, said Pomara. “It’s really a beautiful day.”

“It’s really nice to get out here and fish and spend time with my family and my friend Sofia who I’ve been friends with since we were five,” said Sophia Mussinan, adding that they’re all usually so busy and that it’s nice to be able to spend time together.

“I’m happy that I can get out here and fish,” added her friend Sofia Pomara.

“I want to win the snapper contest,” said the youngest of the crew, Gabe Mussinan.

For some, Snapper Derby was the passing down of a tradition to the next generation. Eric Kondel was there with his son Dylan who had just turned 11 the day before.

“I used to come every year when I was a kid, so I want to pass it on to my son,” said Kondel. “It’s cool to share it with him and hopefully he’ll pass this tradition on to the next generation.”

Ryan Reynolds was passing down the Snapper Derby tradition to his daughter Maeve.

“It’s great coming down here and doing the same thing that I did as a kid,” said Reynolds.

“I’m excited to catch a fish and excited for my trip to Ireland tonight,” said Maeve.

Jamie Cabano was there with her husband Rob and two sons, RJ and Angelo, and said her son RJ who will be turning 10 this September is an avid fisherman who was inducted into the Dock Rats fishing club recently. RJ caught a number of fish including a Pencil Fish and Blue Fish, and his younger brother Angelo caught a snapper.

At noon, snacks, hotdogs and beverages were served, courtesy of the Village of Babylon, and prizes were given out to the top winners for girls and boys in the biggest fish and most fish categories.

For more information about the Village of Babylon and their events, please visit villageofbabylonny.gov or call (631)669-1500.

And the winners are…

•1st Place Boys, Dylan Kondel;

•2nd Place Boys, Grady Kolb;

•3rd Place Boys, Patrick Raleigh;

•1st Place Girls, Eastlynn Lamacchia;

•2nd Place Girls, Emily Neumann

• 3rd Place Girls, Michiko Aendola.

The winner for catching the most fish was Lukas Wilk.

O’Bay waives adoption fees at town’s animal shelter through September

The Town of Oyster Bay’s Animal Shelter will waive adoption fees throughout the month of September, hoping, said town officials, to encourage residents looking for a new pet to check out the dogs and cats living in the town shelter and waiting for their forever home.

“Our shelter staff has a wonderful reputation for providing great care to the pets housed there and has a long history of uniting those looking for a fur-ever companion,” said Oyster Bay town Clerk Richard LaMarca.

During the month of September, the shelter will waive the general adoption fees of $80 per dog and $84 per cat. All usual adoption services will be provided, including the spaying, or neutering of the animal, vaccination and microchipping.

Residents interested in viewing the animals available for adoption can call the shelter to make an appointment or visit www.oysterbaytown.com.

“In addition to free adoption month, the Town will be hosting a free rabies vaccination clinic at the animal shelter September 14 from 10 a.m. to noon. No reservations are necessary. Microchip services will also be available for a $25 fee.

“If a pet is ever lost, they can be taken to a vet clinic or animal shelter where they will be scanned for a microchip ID and returned to their rightful owner,” said LaMarca

The Town of Oyster Bay Animal Shelter is at 150 Miller Place in Syosset. The shelter is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Residents interested in visiting the shelter can call to make an appointment. To view photos of some of the animals available for adoption, visit the Town’s website, www.oysterbaytown.com or call (516) 677-5784 for more information.

Once dogs reach four months of age, owners are required to obtain an annual dog license and verification tag. The general license fee is $15 for an unneutered

Scott Garofola leads Lindy School after serving as assistant principal

The Lindenhurst School District has appointed Scott Garofola as the new Principal of Albany Avenue Elementary School. He replaces Marcy Miller, who is now Principal of Lindenhurst Middle School. Garofola previously served as Assistant Principal at Albany Avenue

In his new role, Garofola aims to continue creating a collaborative, academically challenging, inclusive, and engaging learning environment that fosters a love of learning among students. “After proudly serving as Assistant Principal, I am deeply honored to step into the role of Principal at Albany Avenue Elementary School,” he said. “Together with our dedicated staff, we will build on our strong foundation to support every child’s growth and success as they move toward the Middle School and beyond.”

Garofola began his career in education in 2008 as a leave-replacement, integrated co-teacher at Susan E. Wiley Elementary School in Copiague. In 2010, he became an integrated co-teacher at Hampton Bays Middle School in Hampton Bays, where he worked from 2018 to 2022 as a STEM teacher, Dean of Students, and after-school coordinator. In 2022, Garofola joined Albany Avenue as Assistant Principal.

“I am incredibly excited to embark on this new journey with our Albany Avenue school community and cannot wait to welcome our students in September,” Garofola said.

Lindenhurst Community Yard Sale, September 21

The Lindenhurst Community Yard Sale is taking place on Sat., Sept. 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lindenhurst Village Square.

Sponsored by the Mayor’s Beautification Society of Lindenhurst, all proceeds will go to the beautification efforts in Lindenhurst Village.

To rent a space, the cost is $35 per space and participants are able to keep

all of their profits. Come to the event and sell or shop. No permit is required and the space size is 10’ x 10’. Tables are not included and set-up begins at 8 a.m.

For more information and to reserve a space, please email lindenhurstmbs@ gmail.com or call (631)-957-7500.

The Lindenhurst Village Square is located at 116 North Elwood Avenue, Lindenhurst.

Kiwanis renewal for Hometown Heroes’ Banners

The Kiwanis of Lindenhurst announce that it’s time to renew your banners for the Hometown Heroes Banner Program.

To renew the display of your Hometown Heroes for 2025, the cost is $100 if you submit payment by the deadline of

October 15. After the deadline, the cost will be $125. Proceeds go toward local children’s and veterans’ organizations. To renew and for more information, please visit lindenhurstkiwanis.org/renew or call (631)-388-7891.

or unspayed dog and $10 for a neutered or spayed dog. There is no fee for licensing a guide dog, hearing dog, service dog, war dog, detection dog or police dog. Fees for senior citizens are $5. To obtain an application for a dog license, please call Town Clerk Richard LaMarca’s office at (516) 624-6324.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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.

SUNDAY, September 8

•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/.

MONDAY, September 9

•Babylon School Board of Education meeting: 7:30 p.m. For meeting information, call 531-893-7925 ; or visit their web site @ http://www.babylon.k12.ny.us.

TUESDAY, September 10

•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 631376-7008.

•Deer Park School Board of Education meeting: 7:30 p.m. at the District Office, 1881 Deer Park Ave., Deer Park. For more info., call 631-274-4013; or visit the web site @http://www.deerparkschools.org.

THURSDAY, September 12

•West Islip School Board of Education meeting: 7:30 p.m., Beach Street Middle School, 17 Beach St., W. Islip. For info., call 631-893-3200.

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Dr. Matthew Boccanfuso is the new principal of Lindenhurst High School

The Lindenhurst Union Free School District has announced that Dr. Matthew Boccanfuso is the new Principal of Lindenhurst High School. He replaces Dr. Candice Brodie, who is now Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources at the Cold Spring Harbor School District. Dr. Boccanfuso previously served as Assistant Principal at the high school.

Dr. Boccanfuso has spent his entire 23-year professional career in education at Lindenhurst High School, and he seeks to continue partnerships with parents, administrators, and Lindenhurst Middle School to provide a robust education and prepare students for life after graduation, he said.

“We are excited and deeply committed to sharing our vision for the school as we prepare our students for the future workforce,” said Boccanfuso. “In a constantly changing world, we are dedicated to equipping our students with the skills, knowledge, and mindset they need to succeed in their future endeavors.”

Since 2002, Dr. Boccanfuso has served in a variety of roles at Lindenhurst High School, including social studies teacher, alternative school teacher, and peer leadership instructor. In 2014, he became Assistant Principal at the school, a position he has held until now.

“As a lifelong Bulldog, Lindenhurst High School holds a special place in my heart,” Dr. Boccanfuso said. “I feel honored and privileged to ‘pay it forward’ to the community that made me the man I am today.”

Today, and every day, we honor and remember the lives lost and the lives changed forever on September 11, 2001.

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Hofstra eyes return to national stage

By ANDREW COEN sports@liherald.com

Hofstra men’s soccer reached big heights in 2023, advancing to the NCAA Tournament’s third round stage for the second time in three years, but longtime head coach Richard Nuttall felt plenty was left on the table during the historic run.

The Pride led third-seeded North Carolina by a goal late in the second half before surrendering the equalizer with under five minutes remaining and eventually losing in penalty kicks following two scoreless overtimes. The heartbreaking loss was a big missed opportunity for Hofstra, who with a win would have hosted 11th-seeded Oregon State in the Elite Eight with a chance to punch a ticket to the prestigious College Cup.

“We are proud of what we accomplished, but we felt it was a lost opportunity,” said 35th-year head coach Richard Nuttall. “The reality is though we are punching way above our weight for what we are and I think we are the best midmajor in the country that is not a state school.”

Nuttall lost many key pieces from last year’s 14-3-5 team, but returns 12 players including All-America defender Pierce Infuso, a Merrick native who has returned for a fifth season as a graduate student. The Bellmore-JFK product was a third-team All-America honoree last season and an All-Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) First-Team selection.

“He is rock steady and does what he has to do,” Nuttall said of Infuso. “He is getting a lot of looks from MLS clubs and I believe that he has the ability to play at that level when he leaves here.”

Graduate student midfielder Roc Charles gived Hofstra an additional fiveyear veteran with Infuso returning for an extra year of eligibility. The Spain native is a co-captain with Infuso and scored a goal in Hofstra’s 4-1 win at American on Aug. 25.

Hofstra’s offense will be looking for new producers this season following the loss of leading leading scorers Ryan Carmichael and Eliot Goldthorp, who were both selected in the Major League Soccer

Super Draft. Also scoring in the American win with Charles were Pablo Hempelmann-Perez, Jacob Woznicki and Gabriel Pacheco with Laurie Goddard tallying an assist.

Woznicki, a graduate student who previously played at Stonehill College, then tallied two goals in Hofstra’s 2-0 win against Providence on Aug. 29.

Senior forward Teddy Baker, an England native, is expected to rejoin the team soon from injury after registering 11 points last season.

The backline led by Infuso, Pacheco, Eoin Farrell and Jack O’Malley posted a clean sheet in a season-opening 0-0 tie with Fordham on Aug. 22. Senior goalie Filippo Dadone, who replaced two time All-CAA keeper Wessel Speel in net, made five saves for his first career shutout.

Hofstra, which began the season ranked 17th nationally, was picked first in the CAA preseason coaches poll and is aiming for its fourth straight conference title, which would earn another automatic bid into the 48-team NCAA Tournament.

High expectations for Pride

The Hofstra women’s soccer team’s bid for its own three-peat last year and sixth CAA title in seven seasons fell short with

a heartbreaking overtime loss to Monmouth in the conference semifinals last November.

The Pride returned plenty of talent from last season’s 12-5-1 season and are fueled to write a better ending this fall. Hofstra was picked to finish second in the CAA behind Monmouth

“As much as it hurt, I think it was a valuable learning moment,” said 19thyear head coach Simon Riddiough of last year’s CAA semifinal defeat. “People sometimes underestimate the difficulty of winning championships.”

Hofstra lost last year’s leading scorer Wiktoria Fronc and will likely be relying on a scoring by committee this season rather than one dominant player, according to Riddiough. Potential offensive weapons who have emerged early this season include Millie Davies, Mathilde Braithwaite, Aimee Hodgson, Thorhildur Thorhallsdottir and Ellie Gough.

The bulk of last season’s defense is back in Olivia Pearse, Louise Hayden and

All-America defender Pierce Infuso, a Merrick native and graduate student, is one of a dozen returning players for the Pride.

Gabriella Marte. Pearse, a former standout at Seaford High School, proved to be a reliable leader of the backline with her tenacious play early in the season before a foot injury sidelined her in late August with timetable for a return to the field uncertain.

“I love her intensity and tenacity and her physicality,” Riddiough said. “I’m proud of the way she’s developed as a person as well and she’s becoming a really wonderful all round student athlete.”

The starting goalie spot was up for grabs entering the season following the departure of Skylar Kuzmich, who started in net for five seasons. Freshman Synne Danielsen of Norway and senior Mackenzie Sullivan of Arizona have both seen time in net so far.

Hofstra enters September unbeaten at 1-0-3 with a 2-1 win against Yale and ties against Ivy League contenders Brown and Columbia on its resume. The Pride kicks off the CAA schedule on Sept. 19 at home against College of Charleston at 7 p.m.

Former Seaford standout Olivia Pearse leads a talented and experienced Hofstra defensive corps.

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West Babylon resident recognized for supporting Navy Reserve Sailors

By Chief Mass Communication Specialist Elisandro T. Diaz, Office of Chief of Navy Reserve Public Affairs

Joyce Gbajumo, a West Babylon resident, represented one of 47 companies from across the nation honored by the Chief of Navy Reserve for their exceptional support of America’s Navy Reserve Sailors during the Navy Employer Recognition Event, known as NERE, in San Diego recently.

Vice Adm. John B. Mustin, Chief of Navy Reserve and Commander, Navy Reserve Force, kicked off the event on board the America-class amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) with welcome remarks and certificates of appreciation to the attendees.

NERE is a Navy familiarization day sponsored by the Chief of Navy Reserve to recognize employers who provide their Reserve Sailors with superior support, allowing them to see first-hand what they do every day. Selected employers are chosen from nominations submitted by their Reserve Sailor employees.

Throughout the event, Gbajumo and the other employers had the opportunity to experience an up-close look at

some of the equipment and capabilities that exist in the Navy Reserve, including a tour of USS Tripoli and a static display of Naval Air Force Reserve’s Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VR) 57. They witnessed demonstrations by the Navy Marine Mammal Program and Undersea Rescue Command. They saw displays by SEAL Team 17, Maritime Expeditionary Security Group 1, Naval Base San Diego Military Working Dog Division, and NR Naval Information Warfare Systems Command at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Turner Field.

Mustin concluded the event with an evening reception on board USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum.

“Employers like you, who support their reserve and guard members, are an important part of our national defense structure. The time and flexibility you provide for our sailors to train during long drill weekends and their two weeks of annual training… and often again during mobilizations that can last anywhere from a few months to several years… is invaluable to our reserve force, our joint force, and our nation. I can assure you, the phenomenal support you provide is consequential and appreciated,” Mustin said.

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all be proud.”

“Our community and America’s Boating Club will miss you as you set sail in your new adventures,” said Braun. “Having more time to touch other people’s lives is a gift you offer no matter where you go. Thank you for being such a great friend of America’s Boating Club and good health and fortune to you, always.”

America’s Boating Club Members surround West Islip Public Library Director Andrew Hamm (center), along with West Islip Public Library team member Carolann Lorenz (second in from the right) and West Islip Public Library Trustee, Idamarie Tully (far right), after America’s Boating Club of Great South Bay present Library Director Andrew Hamm with the Community Service Award.

Supervisor Richard Schaffer speaks at Copiague Chamber

the county.

In response, Supervisor Schaffer detailed the town’s efforts to combat addiction. The town has revitalized its drug and alcohol counseling program, now named the BeaCONTINUED FROM COVER

con Family Wellness Center.

“We chose this name to highlight the importance of involving the entire family in addiction recovery,” Schaffer explained. The center, located at the Town Hall Annex

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in North Babylon, has expanded its capacity from 200 to 900 patients annually.

Plans are also underway to establish a second Beacon Family Wellness Center at the former Sayonarra motel on Route 110, Farmingdale. This new facility will include additional counselors and improved accessibility via public transportation along Route 110.

“We’re collaborating with Northwell and South Oaks to provide comprehensive inpatient services,” Schaffer added. He shared that construction of the new center is expected to start in 2025, with a goal to open by early 2026.

In addition to discussing the wellness centers, Supervisor Schaffer introduced the town’s Clean Program, aimed at reducing litter on roadways and highways through both cleanup efforts and educational initiatives.

“Since April, we’ve collected 150 tons of litter,” he noted. Every Saturday, town crews are active in picking up trash, including significant efforts along Sunrise Highway, complemented by new signage to deter littering. “We’re working to change attitudes towards littering,” Schaffer stated.

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In addition, the Supervisor noted that the Town has applied, and hopes to receive a $4 million grant to be used to enhance and promote more community events such as festivals, fairs and concerts.

Copiague Chamber of Commerce President Donna Farina also provided updates on upcoming events. She highlighted the Laps for Love Walk on October 5 at Babylon Town Hall, which will support the Babylon Breast Cancer Coalition. Looking ahead to the holiday season, Farina mentioned the chamber’s plans to decorate the hamlet with lights and holiday displays. She also expressed gratitude for members who contributed to two recent projects including a backpack giveaway for students and a peanut butter and jelly collection drive.

Farina concluded by reminding residents of a major Chamber initiative which includes work on cleaning up areas in front of stores and buildings and other open areas.

“We aim to enhance the appearance of our town,” Farina said. “Our goal as the Copiague Chamber of Commerce is to promote local businesses and support our community in every way possible.”

For more information about the Copiague Chamber of Commerce, please visit copiaguechamber.org or call (631) 2262956.

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BSA Troop 399 bring home first place awards from Camp Medicine Bow

The BSA Troop 399, North Babylon spent a week in Camp Medicine Bow at the Yawgoog Boy Scout Reservation in Rhode Island this summer. While there, Troop 399 Scouts earned approximately 45 Merit Badges acquiring knowledge and skills in dynamic areas such as cooking, camping, wilderness survival, sustainability, citizenship in the community and the world, astronomy, first aid, fire safety, orienteering, and many more.

“Troop 399 achieved impressive accomplishments this year,” said Scoutmaster Joseph Fatuzzo

The troop took 3rd Place in the Bakeoff, 1st Place in the Volleyball Tournament, and 1st Place in the Campsite Costume and Decorating Contest. The scouts demonstrated creativity and ingenuity inspired by the Heroes and Villains theme this year. Campers Lorenzo and Brayden also completed the grueling Mile Swim.

In addition to the usual camp activities, contests, and service, Troop 399 performed a unique community service activity this year, creating and presenting a large, sign for the newest campsite at Camp Medicine Bow, Red Wing. Troop 399’s resident artist, Max, painted the sign, which was presented at a special ceremony.

“This tribute is especially meaningful because the troop created the original signs for the camp circa 40 years ago,” said Fatuzzo.

Boy Scout Troop 399 is a member of the Sagtikos District of the Boy Scouts of America’s Suffolk County Council. It is sponsored by the North Babylon Lions Club. Originally chartered in 1975, Troop 399 has been offering scouting opportunities and teaching boys to become leaders and serve their community for more than 40 years. Meetings are held most Thursday evenings at 7:30 PM during the school year. For more information, you can visit Troop 399’s website at: https:// www.troopwebhost.org/Troop399NorthBabylon/.

Lindenhurst Community

Yard Sale, Sat., Sept. 21

The Lindenhurst Community Yard Sale is taking place on Sat., Sept. 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lindenhurst Village Square. Sponsored by the Mayor’s Beautification Society of Lindenhurst, all proceeds will go to the beautification efforts in Lindenhurst Village.

To rent a space, the cost is $35 per space and participants are able to keep all of their profits.

Come to the event and sell or shop. No permit is required and the space size is 10’ x 10’. Tables are not included and set-up begins at 8 a.m.

For more information and to reserve a space, please email lindenhurstmbs@gmail.com or call (631)-957-7500.

The Lindenhurst Village Square is located at 116 North Elwood Avenue, Lindenhurst.

2024 Suffolk County Marathon seeks volunteers

The 10th Annual Suffolk County Marathon, Half Marathon and 10 K will be taking place on Sunday, October 20, with a 5K taking place on Saturday, October 19. Saturday races will start and finish at Gardiner County Park in West Islip and Sunday’s races will start in the Village of Babylon and finish in Gardiner Park.

Hosted by Catholic Health, each year, the marathon raises money to benefit veterans and to date, the Suffolk County Marathon has raised over $1,000,000 for local veterans’ services.

Marathon organizers are currently seeking volunteers and have a variety of opportunities available. Please visit suffolkcountymarathon.com and click on the “volunteer” tab to learn more.

What’s all the buzz

about honeybees?

Pinelawn arboretum hosts education event to teach the importance of bees in the environment and our lives

By CAROLYN JAMES cjames@liherald.com

It was, perhaps, one of the sweetest events of the season.

On Sunday, August 25, Pinelawn Memorial Park and Arboretum hosted its 6th Annual Honeybee Experience, an event created to educate the community about the essential role of honeybees in our environment. This free event offered attendees, of all ages, a unique opportunity to observe these fascinating yet endangered insects up close, in a safe and engaging setting—a perfect addition to any summer bucket list.

Pinelawn has had a Honeybee Hive Program since 2017, dedicated to supporting the honeybee population and promoting pollination by maintaining five honeybee hives that are home to over 500,000 bees. Over 315 community members attended this educational event. Day one was open to the public, and on day two 115 Girl Scouts were invited to attend the event. Master Beekeeper Steve Chen led the event, offering an in-depth question and answer session and a hands-on learning experience.

The event featured educational activities for children including honeybee-themed arts and crafts and a “Find the Queen” activity, where participants can search for the queen bee within an observation hive. Attendees learned the difference between yellow jackets and honeybees, had the chance to taste fresh honey directly from the combs, and test their knowledge in a trivia game at the conclusion of each session, with a jar of honey awarded as the prize.

“Honeybees are vital to the health of our ecosystem. Our beautiful grounds here at Pinelawn benefit so greatly from the honeybees we have onsite who pollinate our trees and facilitate wildlife,” said Justin Locke, President of Pinelawn Memorial Park and Arboretum. “Yet what many don’t realize is that honeybees are facing increasing threats. By hosting events like the Honeybee Experience, we aim to raise awareness and foster a deeper understanding of these incredible creatures. Our goal is to inspire our community to take small, meaningful actions that contribute to the preservation of honeybees and the environment they help sustain.”

For more information on Pinelawn Memorial Park and Arboretum, or to schedule a tour of the property, visit www.pinelawn. com or call 631-249-6100.

Honeybees, many wild native bees, and other pollinators are in decline.

Some beekeepers have reported annual hive losses of 30% or more due to many causes including viruses, pesticide use, habitat loss, and climate change. To further support the honeybee population, Pinelawn is offering 100 percent raw honey, harvested directly from its own hives during the event.

Honeybee Fun Facts:

• The honeybee is the only insect that produces food consumed by humans.

• A single hive can house between 40,000 to 80,000 honeybees.

• These incredible pollinators can fly up to 5 miles at speeds of 15-20 miles per hour.

• During a single foraging trip, a honeybee may visit between 50 to 100 flowers.

Photos / Pinelawn Arboretum Youngster gets a close and up-front experience touching a bee hive carefully,...very carefully.

Group listens as Master Beekeeper Steve Chen explains about Honeybees.

STEPPING OUT

Extraordinary

The Jackie Mason Musical

BLOOMS

By Karen Bloom

Do you enjoy spending time outside to take full advantage of the season? While we transition into fall, there’s no reason to give up on summer’s blossoms just yet. Colors abound and late summer delghts linger on — for a while longer. With your favorite book, a nice container or cup of your favorite (iced) beverage and a gorgeous bunch of flowers on your patio table, you can brighten up your days on your deck, patio or balcony — or even inside — and enjoy it all with a capital E.

Color explosion

Fall approaches with plenty of color

Floral décor that lasts

Many (bulb) flowers are still available in all sorts of unbelievable colors and shapes. Of course you could always buy a beautiful ready-made bouquet. But why do that? Create a spectacular summer bouquet yourself with loose flowers, leaves, and branches Display it on your tables — indoors and out — and enjoy the beautiful colors of typical summer bloomers like dahlias, gladioli and lilies.

Be creative with your planters to reflect your style and personality. Start out by choosing a sturdy vase or pot that is suitable for outdoor use. Or go for smaller vases scattered around the table to set a playful atmosphere.

Cut off the bottom of the flower stems diagonally, to help the flowers absorb water better and stay fresh longer. You’ll want to place your vase with flowers in the shade for best results. Regularly water your flowers to keep them fresh. Of course, on warmer days — and we’ll still have some of those remaining — you may need to do this every day. Also, if necessary, use rocks or sand to stabilize the vase and prevent it from toppling in windy weather. Complete the look of your patio table with a few cozy candles, lanterns or other seasonal items.

Nature thrives in the home garden

Thanks to their long flowering period, you can enjoy your florals for weeks or even months. Summer-flowering bulbs often attract pollinating insects as well, and thus contribute to biodiversity in your garden. Remove wilted flowers to extend the flowering period. Some summer bulbs, such as gladioli and dahlias, can be dug up after flowering and stored frost-free. You can then plant them again the following spring.

Certainly, there are so many choices. As you start to think about ideas for next year, that will add to your floral assortment, think beyond the summer bulbs gladioli, dahlias, lilies, and begonias. You might want to check out other unusual bulbous plants such as calla (Zantedeschia), pineapple lilies (Eucomis), freesias (Freesia) or blazing star (Liatris)

If you’ve planted lilies, you’ve got something special to delight your family and friends. If not,

consider doing so. The majestic blooms of lilies create an elegant look, whether on the balcony, terrace, or indoors. The variety of colors, from pure white and creamy yellow to deep red and purple, make them a great match for any style and taste. With their compact growth habit, potted lilies are perfect for use outdoors and indoors.

A bouquet of lilies always looks fabulous. With their rich range of colors, shapes, and fragrances, you’ll have plenty of choices every time, whether for yourself or to give as a gift.

And they move with the seasons. Lilies combine beautifully with seasonal flowers. Try lilies in combination with typical spring bloomers in spring, and with dahlias and gladioli in (late) summer. In fall and winter, for example, a bouquet of lilies with some added branches looks great (and will last a long time). In other words: you can vary endlessly with lilies.

Little rays of happiness

Flowers instantly bring color into your home, but also do so much more. They make people happy. And you will notice this straight away.

The simple act of putting them in the vase will trigger a dose of happy hormones. In fact, flower arranging has been shown to reduce stress. Taking a good look at every single one of the flowers before arranging them in a vase (and don’t forget to smell them!) will get you feeling all Zen.

Keep summer’s colors going as we transition into fall and enjoy the season’s last moments around your home.

Laughs abound on the Landmark stage,The show, based on the playwright’s 10-year whirlwind romance with comedy legend Jackie Mason, featuring a hilarious cast of characters. It begins at a deli in Miami Beach in 1977, where Mason — then a 46-year-old comedian — spots college girl Ginger (played by Jackie and the playwright’s real life daughter Sheba Mason in the Off-Broadway production). Along for the ride is her overbearing mom, Mrs. Olivier, and five more off-beat characters. Soon Jackie is wooing Ginger each winter whenever he’s in South Florida churning up laughs with the South Beach set. The trouble is, he’s also wooing a ravishing young Latina server, and also someone else. Come along and join in on Mason’s romantic misadventures as Broadway stardom emerges and Sheba is born.

Friday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 8, 3 p.m. Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. Visit LandmarkOnMainStreet.org for tickets and information, or call (516) 767-6444.

Classical Mystery Tour

Imagine The Beatles playing in concert with a symphony orchestra. What would that have sounded like? Find out for yourself when Classical Mystery Tour performs, joined by the Massapequa Philharmonic. The four musicians who comprise the CMT band look and sound just like The Beatles, but Classical Mystery Tour is more than just a rock concert. The full show presents some two dozen Beatles tunes sung, played, and performed exactly as they were written. Hear “Penny Lane” with a live trumpet section; experience the beauty of “Yesterday” with an acoustic guitar and string quartet; enjoy the rock/ classical blend on the hard edged “I Am the Walrus.” From early Beatles music on through the solo years, Classical Mystery Tour is the best of The Beatles like you’ve never heard them: totally live.

Saturday, Sept. 21, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $35. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville. Tickets available at TillesCenter.org or (516) 299-3100.

THE Your Neighborhood

Killer

Queen Queenmania keeps on

rockin’ as Killer Queen returns to the Paramount stage, Thursday, Sept. 19, at 8 p.m., with their homage to the beloved band.

Formed in the UK in 1993, Killer Queen played their first public shows at London University, following in the footsteps of the real Queen who had their first shows there 22 years earlier. By 1995 Killer Queen’s UK popularity had grown to such an extent they secured a residency in London’s Strand Theatre attracting nationwide BBC coverage — the first tribute to have a show in the West End. Even though the band never had any connection to Queen officially their reputation continued to grow both in the UK and abroad.

In 1999 they returned from a tour of Europe and Russia for an awards ceremony hosted by Suggs from Madness. He announced they had won the award for “Worldwide Best Tribute Band” Fronted by Patrick Myers as Freddie Mercury, critics have described Myers’ resemblance to Freddie Mercury as “spooky;” his uncanny likeness was further proven when he recorded a #1 hit single singing as Freddie Mercury on Fat Boy Slim’s record “The Real Life.” Their expert musicianship, extraordinary energy, and accurate portrayal of the world’s greatest live band has rightfully earned them the title of Queen Royalty! Thrilling sell-out audiences across the globe the band recreates the high energy, powerful phenomenon that was Queen live. This quality, combined with Myers’ powerful threeand-a-half octave tenor range, expert musicianship and dynamic stage presence, has captivated audiences the world over. $54.50, $44.50, $39.50, $29.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

Hempstead House tour

Sands Point Preserve is the backdrop to explore the elegant Gold Coast home that’s the centerpiece of the estate, Wednesday, Sept. 11, noon-1 p.m.; also Sept. 25. Visit the grand rooms inside the massive 50,000-square-foot Tudor-style mansion, the former summer residence of Gilded Age financier Howard Gould and later Daniel and Florence Guggenheim. Tours are limited in size and tend to sell out. Arrive early to purchase tickets. $10. Sands Point Preserve, 127 Middle Neck Road. For information, visit SandsPointPreserveConservancy.org or call (516) 571-7901.

Country fair

Join in the festivities of the 50th annual craft fair at Argyle Park, Sunday, Sept. 8, 8 a.m.5 p.m. Hosted by the Babylon Beautification Society and featuring over 300 talented craft makers, attendees will have the opportunity to meet local artists and makers who craft unique, handmade goods including fashion, accessories, home décor, art, toys, jewelry, bags, food and more. There will also be the annual Specialty Food Market, alon with food and drink vendors and entertainment. Proceeds help fund beautification projects in Babylon Village. 244 West Main St., Babylon. Vsit babylonbeautification. org/annual-fair/ or email info@ babylonbbs.org for more.

Tribute concert

Plaza Theatricals continues its tribute series, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2:30 p.m., with “Mirror of Mathis.” Vocalist-impressionist David Robbins thrills audiences with his 90-minute tribute to Johnny Mathis. His uncanny likeness and vocals that sound just like Mathis will leave you spellbound. Singing along with Johnny Mathis since he was a youngster, by age 12 he was imitating Mathis and has been doing it ever since, delighting all. He performs at the Elmont Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. $40, $35 seniors. Elmont. For tickets, call (516) 5996870 or visit PlazaTheatrical.com.

The Night Sky over West Babylon

The West Babylon Library presents a special program, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2-3 p.m. with That Planetarium Guy. View the sky as it will appear that night in West Babylon. Learn about the stars and constellations through this immersive dome experience. 211 Rte. 109, West Babylon. Call (631).669-5445 for more information.

Storybook Stroll

Bring the kids to Old Westbury Gardens for another storybook adventure, Saturday, Sept. 7, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Stroll the gardens and listen to Jen Arena’s “Acorn Was A Little Wild!” Later create a unique take home craft.

The stroll starts at the Beech Tree (next to Westbury House), ending at the Thatched Cottage. For ages 3-5. Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information visit OldWestburyGardens.org or contact (516) 333-0048.

Learn To Waltz

Put your dancing shoes on and head on down to the West Babylon Library,Tuesday, Sept. 17, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Join dance instructor, Michelle to learn how to dance this timeless classic. 211 Rte. 109, West Babylon. Call (631).669-5445 for more information.

Art explorations

Converse, collaborate and create at Family Saturdays at Nassau County Museum of Art. The drop-in program returns for a new season, Saturday, Sept. 21, 9, noon-3 p.m. Get inspired by the art and objects in the galleries and then join educators at the Manes Center to explore and discover different materials to create your own original artwork.

Kids and their adult partners connect while talking about and making art together. A new project is featured every week. $20 adult, $10 child. Registration required. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. Visit NassauMuseum.org for more information and to register or call (516) 484-9337.

Having an event?

National scholarship program

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.

Items on The Scene page are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to thescene@liherald.com.

On exhibit

Nassau County Museum of Art ‘s latest exhibition “Seeing Red: Renoir to Warhol,” reveals the many meanings, connotations, and associations of this powerful color in art. Evoking strong emotion, red can represent the human condition. Its myriad variations have come to signify authority as well as love, energy and beauty. Red warns us of peril and commands us to stop, but it can also indicate purity and good fortune. Red boldly represents political movements and religious identities. From the advent of our appreciation for this color in antiquity to its continued prominence in artistic and popular culture, this exhibition will span various world cultures through a range of media.

It features more than 70 artists, both established and emerging, ranging from the classical to the contemporary. American portraitists such as Gilbert Stuart imbued red in their stately paintings of prominent individuals to conjure authority. Robert Motherwell, Ad Reinhardt, and other major abstract painters displayed a deep fascination with red in their commanding compositions that evoke a sense of chromatic power. And, of course, Andy Warhol is known for his bold and imposing silkscreened portrait of Vladimir Lenin saturated in bright red to his signature Campbell’s Soup Cans. On view through Jan. 5. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Art League of L.I. exhibit

Sept. 28

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

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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)

Public Notices — Your right to know

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 HSBC BANK USA, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST JAMES CARLL, TONG POOL CARLL, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered September 19, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on October 2, 2024 at 10:30AM, premises known as 116 Amsterdam 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 the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0100, Section 140.00, Block 01.00, Lot 017.000. Approximate amount of judgment $521,078.80 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #038520/2012. The aforementioned auction will

be conducted in accordance with the District and SUFFOLK County Auction Plan in effect at this time. William J. Garry, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 18-003483 81981 24-566 9/5

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, Plaintiffagainst - 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 PUBLIC HEARING BY THE TOWN OF BABYLON ACCESSORY APARTMENT REVIEW BOARD Pursuant to provisions of Local Law # 9 of the Babylon Town Code, notice is hereby given that the Town of Babylon Accessory Apartment Review Board will hold a public hearing in the Town Board Meeting Room in the East Wing of Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, New York on Tuesday eve, September

10th, 2024. Public hearings begin 6:00pm.

NEW APPLICATIONS:

1. Ferdos A. Bablu

188 E. 6th Street Deer Park, NY 11729

SCTM#0100-88-2-101

2. Lorraine Jerome Life Estate C/O Marissa Kohlbrenner

10 Harding Ave Lindenhurst, NY 11757

SCTM#0100-227-1-115

3. Motahar & Runa Hossain 304 W. 2nd Street Deer Park, NY 11729

SCTM#0100-89-1-28

4. Shivjit Nakai

25 Nantucket Lane Deer Park, NY 11729

SCTM#0100-19-2-67

5. Ian & Meaghan Cullen

415 Venetian Blvd Lindenhurst, NY 11757

Printing Instructions: RENEWALS BY AFFIDAVIT APPLICANTS, ARE NOT REQUIRED TO APPEAR. ALL NEW CASES WILL BE HEARD IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE ADVERTISED. All interested persons should appear at the above time and place by order of Sandra Thomas, Chairperson, Accessory Apartment Review Board, Town of Babylon, North Lindenhurst, Suffolk County, New York. Babylon Beacon: Thursday, September 5th, 2024 24-569. 9/5

Notice is hereby given that a license, Application ID: NA0340-24-132254, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, wine, beer and cider at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 240 Fort Salonga Road, Northport, NY 11768, County of Suffolk, for on premises consumption. 240 Restaurant Group LLC. 24-577. 9/5, 12

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF SUFFOLK - BABYLON.

BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, Plaintiff -againstDAVID DELEON A/K/A DAVID A. DELEON, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated May 29, 2024 and on June 3, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps of the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst, NY on September 16, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the northwesterly side of Miller Avenue, distant 1000.73 feet northeasterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of Schlelgel Boulevard and the northwesterly side of Miller Avenue; being a plot 93.08 feet by 80.04 feet by 108.99 feet by 137.21 feet.

District: 0100 Section: 123.00 Block: 01.00 Lot: 029.000

All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction.

Said premises known as 151 MILLER AVENUE, AMITYVILLE, NY 11701

Approximate amount of lien $702,039.52 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Index Number 32826/2013.

JUSTIN MATTHEW

BLOCK, ESQ., Referee

David A. Gallo & Associates LLP

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff

47 Hillside Avenue, 2nd Floor, Manhasset, NY 11030

File# 8275.159

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NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF SUFFOLK

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR SABR 2004-0P1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-0P1, Plaintiff, AGAINST JOSEPH CARAVELLA, JODI CARAVELLA AKA JODI L. CARAVELLA, et al. Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on March 21, 2024.

I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 E. Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on September 13, 2024 at 2:00 PM premises known as 105 Phyllis Drive, Lindenhurst, NY 11757. 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 Incorporated Village of Lindenhurst, Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York. District 0103 Section 020.00, Block 01.00 and Lot 049.000. Approximate amount of judgment $520,477.56 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #600778/2018.

Robert T. Fuchs, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 24-527. 8/15, 22, 29, 9/5

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK. WISDOM EQUITIES LLC, Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK PREMIER INC., et al., Defendants. Index No. 607934/2023

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale granted herein on February 16, 2024, I the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named,

will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, NY 11757, County of SUFFOLK, State of New York on September 17, 2024 at 2:00 pm of that day, the premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: Said premises being known as and by street address 177 Baylawn Avenue, Copiague, NY 11726

District 0100 Section 191.00 Block 01.00 Lot 003.000

Said premises are sold subject to the terms and conditions of the filed Judgment and the Terms of Sale. Approximate amount of Judgment $332,320.00.

Dated: Garden City, New York

July 23, 2024

SCOTT SILLER, ESQ, Referee

Adam E. Mikolay, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff

400 Garden City Plaza Suite 405 Garden City, New York 11530 516-222-2050 24-529. 8/15, 22, 29, 9/5

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY. DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR SOUNDVIEW HOME LOAN TRUST 2007WMC1, ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-WMC1, Pltf. vs. JOANNE AITCHESON, et al, Defts., Index #200511/2022. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered September 27, 2023, I will sell at public auction on the front steps of Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, No. Lindenhurst, NY on September 19, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. premises k/a 28 North Somerset Road, Amityville, NY 11701 a/k/a 28 Somerset North, Amityville, NY 11701. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Amityville, Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York, known as District 0100, Section 174.00, Block 01.00, Lot 018.000. Approximate amount of judgment is $425,518.41 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. FRANK M. MAFFEI,

JR., Referee. PINCUS LAW GROUP PLLC, Attys. for Pltf., 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, NY 11556. File No. 05022022.51463 - #101669 24-528 8/15, 22, 29, 9/5

NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE

STATE OF NEW YORK

SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER, Plaintiff, v. DAVID A. BUZZEO A/K/A DAVID ANGELO BUZZEO A/K/A DAVID BUZZEO, 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 15, 2024, I, Brooke J. Breen, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on September 23, 2024 at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst, NY 11757, at 12:00 PM the premises described as follows:

170 Newark Street Lindenhurst, NY 11757

SBL No.: 0103-003.0001.00-111.000

ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Village of Lindenhurst, Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk, State of New York. The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 602524/2017 in the amount of $525,664.62 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

24-537. 8/22, 29, 9/5, 12

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 of Formation of 9 West Oak Realty, LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the SSNY on 6/11/2024, Offices located in Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of process served against the LLC to 457 Brook Avenue, Deer Park, NY 11729. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 24-533. 8/15, 22, 29, 9/5, 12, 19

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 is hereby given that a license, Application ID: NA0267-24-130579 for beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and cider at retail in a Legitimate Theater or Concert Hall under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 931 Montauk Highway, Oakdale, NY 11769, County of Suffolk, for on premises consumption at Creative Ministries Inc. 24-554. 8/29. 9/5

Notice is hereby given that a license, Application ID: NA0240-24-131689 for beer, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and cider at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 719 E Main St, Riverhead, NY 11901, County of Suffolk, for on premises consumption at Gujrat Enterprises Inc. 24-557A. 8/29, 9/5

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

5,

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

COUNTY OF SUFFOLK HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF RENAISSANCE HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2006-1, -againstSTEVEN FONTANEZ, 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 July 27, 2023, wherein HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF RENAISSANCE HOME EQ-UITY LOAN TRUST 2006-1 is the Plaintiff and STEVEN FONTANEZ, ET AL. are the Defend-ant(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 24, 2024 at 1:30PM, premises known as 137 EAST RIVIERA DRIVE, LINDENHURST, NY 11757; and the following tax map identification: 0100-190.00-04.00-122.000 & 124.000.

AS TO LOT 122.000

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COPIAGUE IN THE TOWN OF BABYLON, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK AS TO LOT 124.000

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING COPIAGUE, TOWN OF BABYLON, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No.: 618108/2019. Robert Macedonio, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for

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Plaintiff. All fore-closure 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.

24-540. 8/22, 29, 9/5, 12

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY. NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING, Pltf. vs. GABRIEL J. MITCHELL, et al, Defts. Index #606349/2023. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered June 27, 2024, I will sell at public auction on the front steps of Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, No. Lindenhurst, NY on September 26, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. premises k/a 116 15th Avenue, West Babylon, NY 11704 a/k/a Section 138.00, Block 01.00, Lot 079.002. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York, known and designated as Lot 376 and part of Lot 375 on a certain map entitled, “Map of Frederick Farms” and filed in the Clerk fo the County of Suffolk on September 4, 1934 as Map No. 1172. Approximate amount of judgment is $455,891.54 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. PE-TER L. KRAMER, Referee. (516) 510-4020. HILL WALLACK, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 261 Madison Ave., 9th Fl., Ste. 940-941, New York, NY 10016. File No. 2029201869 - #101691 24-541 – 8/22, 29, 9/5, 12

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, ly-

ing and being in the Village of Babylon, Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York. Approximate 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 SALE

SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY. HOF 1 GRANTOR TRUST 5, Pltf. vs. NORTHEAST FIX AND FLIP CORPORATION, et al, Defts. Index #611943/23. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered July 18, 2024, I will sell at public auction at Brookhaven Town Hall, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on October 8, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. premises k/a 93 Mount Sinai-Coram Road, Coram, NY 11727 a/k/a Section 398.00, Block 03.00, Lot 017.006. Approximate amount of judgment is $504,647.20 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. MICHELLE AULIVOLA, Referee. DEUTSCH & SCHNEIDER, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 79-37 Myrtle Avenue, Glendale, NY 11385. File No. LF-365 -#101710 24-561 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

The Town of Babylon Rental Review Board will hold a Public Hearing at The Town of Babylon, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, New York (East Wing Board Room) on Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 6:00pm

NEW APPLICATION

1. Sicha Fausto 45 Scott Ave. Deer Park NY 11729

SCTM NO: 0100-118-136.001

2.Ana Cepaeda 65 Verrazano Ave. Copiague NY 11726

SCTM NO: 0100-1971-31

3. Sasha Bernard 421 Venetian Blvd. Lindenhurst NY 11757

SCTM NO: 0100-2275-84

4. Rahuldeep Singh 51 S. Crescent Dr. E. Farmingdale NY 11735

SCTM NO: 0100-47-3-30

RENEWALS

1. Barbara Pettigrew 326 Walker St. West Babylon NY 11704

SCTM NO: 0100-1412-5.001

2. Mary Jones 35 Pecan St. Wyandanch NY 11798

SCTM NO: 0100-80-2-81 24-570. 9/5

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL AS-SOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE OF SMRF TRUST VII-A, Plaintiff, vs. 35 WEST SANTA BARBARA LLC, 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 September 24, 2024 at 1:00 p.m., premises known as 35 Santa Barbara Road West

a/k/a 35 West Santa Barbara Road, Lindenhurst, NY 11757. 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 190.00, Block 02.00 and Lot 076.000. Approximate amount of judgment is $523,792.21 plus in-terest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #613358/2023.

Brooke J. Breen, Esq., Referee

Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No. 230934-1 24-535. 8/22, 29, 9/5, 12

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County of Suffolk

Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., Plaintiff AGAINST Danielle Brick, et al, Defendant

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated July 2, 2024 and entered on July 9, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Hwy., North Lindenhurst, NY on September 25, 2024 at 9:30 AM premises known as 260 Cedar Court, Copiague, NY 11726.

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All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the build-ings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Suffolk, State of New York, SECTION: 194.000, BLOCK: 03.00, LOT: 005.000 District 0100. Approximate amount of judgment is $83,469.67 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 616135/2022. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the District and Suffolk County Auction Plan in effect at this time. For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www. Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832.

Michelle Aulivola, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP

53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 24-536. 8/22, 29, 9/5, 12

NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE

STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, v. FED DUMERVILLE, 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 October 18, 2019, I, Scott Lockwood, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on September 24, 2024 at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst, NY 11757, at 03:00 PM the premises described as follows: 75 Fillmore Avenue Deer Park, NY 11729

SBL.: 0100-093.00-01.00146.000

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.

069384/2014 in the amount of $518,114.59 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 24-538. 8/22, 29, 9/5, 12

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR RESIDENTIAL AS-SET SECURITIES CORPORATION, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFI-CATES, SERIES 2006EMX3, -againstFRANK GIUNTA A/K/A FRANK P. GIUNTA, 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 July 5, 2019, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORA-TION, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFI-CATES, SERIES 2006EMX3 is the Plaintiff and FRANK GIUNTA A/K/A FRANK P. GIUN-TA, 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 24, 2024 at 1:00PM, premises known as 11 WILSHIRE DR, BABYLON, NY 11703; and the following tax map identification: 0100-116.00-02.00040.000.

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF

LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT NORTH BABYLON, TOWN OF BABYLON, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No.: 617927/2017. Brian J. Davis, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Mer-chants 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.

24-539. 8/22, 29, 9/5, 12

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

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

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 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

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

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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

24-548. 8/29. 9/5, 12, ,19

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

Formation of 47 SAMMIS AVENUE LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 7/23/2024. Office loc.: Suffolk County. The principal business address is 47 Sammis Ave., Babylon, NY 11702. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail process to Corporate Service Bureau Inc., 283 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12206. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

24-506. 8/1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 9/5

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

INDEX NO.: 622154/2018

Date Filed: October 18, 2023

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE

MORTGAGED PREMISES: 36 Somerset Road East, Amityville, New York 11701

DSBL #: 0100-174.0004.00-002.000

Plaintiff designates SUFFOLK County as the place of trial; venue is based upon the county in which the mortgaged premises is situate.

STATE OF NEW YORK

SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

Citibank, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. Suffolk County Public Administrator as Administrator of the Estate of John C. Abrams a/k/a John Abrams; John C. Abrams, Jr. a/k/a John Abrams, Jr. Individually and as heir of the Estate of John C. Abrams a/k/a John Abrams; Juanita M. Abrams a/k/a Martha J. Abrams as Heir and Distributee of the Estate of John C. Abrams a/k/a John Abrams; Barry Abrams as Heir and Distributee of the Estate John C. Abrams a/k/a John Abrams, if living and if he be dead, his heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, assignees, and successors in interest of any of the aforesaid defendants and all heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, assignees, and successors in interest of any of the aforesaid classes of person, if they or any of them be dead, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, if any, and all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to plaintiff, except as herein stated; Avery Abrams as Heir and Distributee of the Estate John C. Abrams a/k/a John Abrams; Unknown Heirs of The Estate of John C. Abrams a/k/a John Abrams, and all the heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, assignees and successors in interest of any of the aforesaid defendants, next of kin, distributees, devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, assignees and successors in interest of any of the aforesaid classes of person, if they or any of them be dead, and their respective husbands, wives

or widows, if any, and all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to plaintiff, except as herein stated; United States of America o/b/o Internal Revenue Service; New York State Department of Taxation and Finance; Clerk of the Suffolk County District Court Traffic and Parking Violations Agency; Clerk of the Suffolk County District Court; Commissioner of Taxation and Finance; John Doe #1 through #6, and Jane Doe #1 through #6, the last twelve names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants, tenants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises being foreclosed herein.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED 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 attorneys for the Plaintiff within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint.

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.

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SENDING 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 (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.

THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $198,251.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Suffolk County on March 10, 2006 in Liber M00021251, Page 816, covering premises known as 36 Somerset Road East, Amityville, New York 11701, DSBL #: 0100174.00-04.00-002.000.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendants and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises.

TO the Defendants Barry Abrams as Heir and Distributee of the Estate John C. Abrams a/k/a John Abrams, if living and if he be dead, his heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, assignees, and successors in interest of any of the aforesaid defendants and all heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, assignees, and successors in interest of any of the aforesaid classes of person, if they or any of them be dead, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, if any, and all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to plaintiff, except as herein stated, the foregoing Supplemental Summons with Notice is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Paul M. Hensley, J.S.C. of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Suffolk, dated and filed July 30, 2024 and filed August 2, 2024.

Dated: August 27, 2024 /s/ Christhie M. Montero Christhie M. Montero, Esq.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC

420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840

New York, New York 10170 Phone: 347.286.7409

Fax: 347-286-7414

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Citibank, N.A. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.

SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE.

The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure.

In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process.

To locate an entity near you, you may call the tollfree helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or visit the Department's website at www.dfs.ny.gov.

FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS

Be careful of people who approach you with offers to "save" your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner's distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform

and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. 24-572. 9/5, 12, 19, 26

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Plaintiff AGAINST

David Rodriguez; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered September 20, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 on October 7, 2024 at 11:30AM, premises known as 70 Andrews Avenue, Wheatley Heights, NY 11798. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Wyandanch, in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk, State of NY, District 0100 Section 014.00 Block 04.00 Lot 026.000. Approximate amount of judgment $289,726.18 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 602892/2017. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the 10th Judicial District.

John Halverson, 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 22, 2024 For sale information, please visit www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 24-571. 9/5, 12, 19, 26

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AND/ OR INFORMATIONAL HEARINGS

BY THE TOWN OF BABYLON PLANNING BOARD

Pursuant to Chapter 186, Site Plan Review, and Chapter 213, Zoning, of the Babylon Town Code and Section 276 of the Town Law, notice

is hereby given that the Town of Babylon Planning Board will hold public and/or informational hearings(s) at the Babylon Town Hall, Town Board Room, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, New York, on the Monday, September 9, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. prevailing time or as soon thereafter as can be heard to consider the following application(s):

PUBLIC HEARING/MINOR SUBDIVISION

JOB# 24-20B; Matthew Walczuk/MSM Florida LLC: SCTM# 0100-196-01-013 and 0100-196-01-014: Zone Residence C: SEQRA – Unlisted Action, Uncoordinated Review: Applicant proposes to reconfigure (subdivide) two (2) lots totaling 16,404sf, into two (2) 8,202sf lots in order to erect two (2) new single family dwellings.: Property is located on the south side of Scudder Avenue, 885.72’ east of Great Neck Road, Copiague, Suffolk County, Town of Babylon, New Yor JOB# 24-19B; 7/11 Farmers Realty Corp.: SCTM# 0100-154-04-049.006 and 0100-154-04-049.005: Zone Residence B: SEQRA – Unlisted Action, Uncoordinated Review: Applicant proposes to legally maintain the subdivision of a 21,056sf lot into one 10,451.04sf lot and one 10,606.09sf lot in order to erect a new two-story single family dwelling on Lot #2 and legally maintain the existing single family dwelling Lot #1.: Property is located on the south side of Farmers Avenue, 185.49’ west of N. Indiana Avenue, Lindenhurst, Suffolk County, Town of Babylon, New York All interested persons should appear at the above time and place by order of Patrick Halpin, Chairperson of the Planning Board, Town of Babylon, North Lindenhurst, Suffolk County, New York

PRINTING INSTRUCTIONS Babylon Beacon: 09-05-24 24-573. 9/5

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PUBLIC NOTICE

BOARD OF APPEALS

VILLAGE OF BABYLON

PURSUANT to the provisions of Article VII of the Building Zone Ordinance of the Village of Babylon, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Appeals of the Village of Babylon will hold a public hearing at 7:30 P.M. on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, in the Municipal Building, at 153 West Main Street, Babylon, New York to consider the following applications:

1. Application of Charles Gandolfo, 502 Avon Place, West Islip, NY 11795, for permission to store limousines outdoors in conjunction with a limousine rental business at the premises located at 10 John Street, Babylon, NY.

Property located in Retail Business District, Suffolk County Real Property Tax Map District 0102, Section 11, Block 1, Lots 14, 15, 16, 30.1. Application made in accordance with Sections 365-20 and 365-35.

2. Application of Chris Zarcone, 916 Court North Drive, Melville, NY, 11747, agent for owner Marc Howard, 155 Peninsula Drive, Babylon, NY, for permission to establish a boxing gym on the premise located at 207 Little East Neck Road, Babylon, NY. Property located in Residence O District. Suffolk County Real Property Tax Map District 0102, Section 5, Block 1, Lot 51.1. Application made in accordance with Sections 365-17 and 365-35.

3. Application of Dr. Howard Hertz, Jarjess Ltd., 350 West Main Street, Babylon, NY, for permission to maintain a medical office at the premises located at 350 West Main Street, Babylon, NY. Property located in Residence O District, Suffolk County Real Property Tax Map District 0102, Section 13, Block 1, Lot 35.1. Application made in accordance with Sections 365-17 and 365-35.

4. Application of Mansfield Gibbs, 100 Little East Neck Road, Babylon, NY 11702, for permission to build a first-floor extension with attached two car garage and second floor addition on the premise located at 100 Little East Neck Road, Babylon, NY, requiring vari-

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ances to reduce the front yard setback from 25 feet required to 8.5 feet proposed on the Lowerre Street side and 13.3 feet proposed on the Little East Neck Road. Property located in Residence A-7 District. Suffolk County Real Property Tax Map District 0102, Section 8, Block 2, Lot 31.1. Application made in accordance with Sections 365-15 and 365-35.

5. Application of Lee Bliss, 48 Sumpwams Avenue, Babylon, NY, for to install an in-ground pool on the premises located at 48 Sumpwams Avenue, Babylon, NY requiring a variance to increase the lot coverage from 25% allowed to 29% proposed. Property located in Residence A-9 District. Suffolk County Real Property Tax Map District 0102, Section 19, Block 2, Lot 3. Application made in accordance with Sections 365-14 and 365-35.

6. Application of Ryan Casillo, CCNYLI, LLC., 4 Elm Street, Huntington, NY 11743, agent for owner, Aaron Kodash, 1181 Harbor Road, Hewlett, NY 11557, for permission to establish a full-service smoke shop, where alternatives to tobacco, including various vape products and cigars will be sold, in the Retail Business District on the premises located at 126 Deer Park Avenue, Babylon, NY. Property located in the Retail Business District. Suffolk County Real Property Tax Map District 0102, Section 10, Block 3, Lot 64. Application made in accordance with Sections 365-20, 365-155A, 365-155B and 365-35.

7. Application of Guiseppe Giaquinto, Railroad Avenue Babylon, LLC, 429 Carlls Path, Deer Park, NY 11729, for special permission and variances as required to redevelop the property by constructing a 4 story building for mixed use with two (2) retail establishments on the ground floor and a total of 18 one bedroom dwelling units on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors (six (6) per floor), including special permission for dwelling units above the ground floor and variances to exceed maximum density of 1.5 dwelling units given the square footage of land area on the same property

to 18 units as proposed, to increase the lot coverage from the maximum or 70% to 80.89% proposed, to reduce the minimum front yard setback from the 10 feet to 0 feet proposed, to reduce the minimum rear yard setback from 10 feet to 3 feet proposed, (the aggregate front yard plus rear yard depth equal to at least 30% of the total lot depth where as 3% is proposed), and to reduce the required parking from 36 spaces to 0 spaces proposed on the premises located at 22-26 Railroad Avenue, Babylon, NY. Property located in the Retail Business District. Suffolk County Real Property Tax Map District 0102, Section 10, Block 1, Lot 24.1 & 25. Application made in accordance with Section(s) 365-20, 365-20B (2), 36518B(3)(d) and (f), 365-201(1 & 2) and 365-35. APPLICANTS OR THEIR DULY APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVES MUST APPEAR IN PERSON AT THE ABOVE HEARING. BRUCE HUMENIK, CHAIRMAN

EFFREY C. WEBER, SECRETARY 24-574. 9/5, 12

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

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF SUFFOLK - BABYLON. THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-20, Plaintiff -against- MATTHEW MAXWELL, EVANGELIA MAXWELL, CHRISTIAN MAXWELL, et al

Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated on July 15, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps of the Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst, NY on October 9, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York; known and designated as District 0100 Section 062.00 Block 04.00 Lo 003.000 Said premises known as 125 WEST 11TH STREET, DEER PARK, NY 11729

Approximate amount of lien $876,976.10 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. Index Number 208032/2022. ROBERT SAMSON, ESQ., Referee

DRUCKMAN LAW GROUP PLLC

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 242 Drexel Avenue, Westbury, NY 11590

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Free and reduced school meal policy

The following school districts are offering free and reduced price meals for students meeting eligibility guidelines, as set down by the Federal government. Households which currently include children who receive food stamps or Aid to Dependent Children or Food Distribution Program, Indian Reservations, must complete an application listing the child’s name, a food stamp or other number and signature of an adult household member to participate. Households with annual incomes of no more than $19,578 one person, to $68,536 for 8 people, (for each additional member, add $6,994) are eligible for free lunch-breakfast-milk.

In addition, households with annual incomes of no more than $27,861, one person, to $97,532 for 8 people, (for each additional member, add $9,953) are eligible for reduced price lunch-breakfast.

No child may be discriminated against because of race, gender or sexual orientation, color, national origin, age or handicap. If any member of a household believes that they have been discriminated against, they should write to the USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington DC 20250-9410 or call 202-690-7442 program.intake@usda.gov.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.

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To receive an application, call your local school district:

Babylon: 631-893-7900

Copiague: 631-842-4015 X 530 (All students in Copiague get free and reduced lunch; no applications necessary)

Deer Park: 631-274-4000

Farmingdale: 516-434-5251

Lindenhurst: 631-867-3020

West Babylon: 631-376-7752

West Islip 632-893-3200

Half Hollow Hills 631-592-3021

North Babylon 631-620-7033

Bay Shore 631-968-1193

Wyandanch 631-870-0520

Western Suffolk BOCES 631-549-4900

A complete copy of the policy is on file in the office of the School Food Authority District Administrator where it may be reviewed by interested persons.

HEWLETT-WOODMERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Assistant Director for Special Education Services

Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools (HWPS) is located on the south shore of Long Island and is consistently ranked as one of the highest performing Districts on both state and national levels. The District educates approximately 2800 Pre-K through 12th grade students across five schools. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools is dedicated to providing all students with enriching and exciting educational experiences in caring, student-centered environments.

We are seeking an innovative, experienced, and collaborative administrator to provide support and guidance to the District's P-12 special education programs.

Required qualifications: NYSED certification in administration (SDA/SDL).

Preferred qualifications: Minimum eight years' experience as a building level/district administrator; requires extensive knowledge of current special education law, non-public school mandates, and STACs; experience chairing CSE meetings, budget process, and supervision and observation of staff; the ability to communicate effectively with students, parents, staff, and community members.

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Part Time & Full Time. The award-winning Herald Community Newspapers group, covering Nassau County's North and South Shores with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features, seeks a motivated, energetic and creative editor/reporter to join our dynamic (and awesome) team! This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business. Historically, reporters who have launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry. Salary range is from $20K to $45K To apply: Send a brief summary in the form of a cover letter describing your career goals and what strengths you can bring to our newsroom, along with a resume and three writing samples to mhinman@liherald.com

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Public relations/communications firm is seeking a photographer to cover school district events at schools in Riverhead and other eastern Suffolk County communities. Most assignments are during the school day with some evenings and weekend shoots. $75 per hour (travel time at 50%).

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MAILROOM/ WAREHOUSE HELP

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Public relations/communications firm is seeking a photographer to cover school district events at schools in Riverhead and other eastern Suffolk County communities. Most assignments are during the school day with some evenings and weekend shoots. $75 per hour (travel time at 50%).

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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

Public relations/communications firm is seeking a photographer to cover school district events at schools in Riverhead and other eastern Suffolk County communities. Most assignments are during the school day with some evenings and weekend shoots. $75 per hour (travel time at 50%).

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Photography is for pictures to accompany press

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Preparing to sell in an area that flooded

Q. We live in an area that was flooded, and have a few items to take care of before we sell. My husband put in a deck when we first moved in, around 1982. It has been there so long, but the real estate people told us it still needs a permit. It’s only 24 inches off the ground. They also mentioned that it’s too close to our back property line, but we’re next to a waterway and have no neighbors behind us. Is that still the same problem? Our fences are new and so are the front steps, which we rebuilt to add planters and a bench. What can you tell us about what we should do before we sell?

A. Take a lovely vacation and relax, enjoy yourself and then prepare for a lot of minutia that will likely delay your ability to sell, unless you negotiate the price down for a buyer who can persuade a lender that they will take over the list of items you mentioned. In situations like this, there are many peripheral issues.

For example, the waterway may be either a local or state jurisdiction that limits how close you can build to a “protected” environment. As if that’s not enough, your municipality is one of the few that has many outstanding requirements that it claims it notified every homeowner about right after Hurricane Sandy. Prepare for the ambush of having to get a “proof of loss statement from the National Flood Insurance Program.”

I have heard time and time again, “Oh, we had no damage,” which is great, since the national clearinghouse that compiles records about every property will prove that. If it turns out that there was a large payout from private insurance or public funding, the NFIP letter will show that more is needed, including recent building plans, a possible plumbing permit, electrical inspection and documents to close out a repair permit — yes, even from over a decade ago.

When I arrive at a home and have to go into detail about how many requirements there are and how strict they’ve become, I always think of our custodian in elementary school. His name was Gus, and I remember his large, round face and how disgusted he was when he was called to a classroom where a child had thrown up lunch from the cafeteria. I identify with Gus, because mopping up these not-so-simple messes, the ones that someone told you were simple, is getting more complicated the longer people wait.

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Your lawn may be killing you — and many other creatures

You know those little yellow flags stuck on lawns in your neighborhood? Think of them as tombstones.

Those markers signify a recent application of pesticides, a broad category of chemicals designed to kill insects, weeds and fungi. There’s some evidence that they can kill animals and people, too.

Roundup, one of the most common herbicides, has been banned or restricted in some states and countries due to fears of its impact on human health and the environment. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, is listed by the World Health Organization as a probable carcinogen.

Pesticides like this one are being applied with abandon on Long Island’s lawns, endangering the Island’s only aquifer while threatening the health of its human residents as well as the birds, bees and household pets that share our biosphere.

“Several types of cancer, immune-

response deficiencies, neurological diseases and birth defects have been associated with exposure to lawn chemicals,”

a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency publication states.

Suffolk County registered by far the heaviest doses of pesticides used among New York counties in 2021 — 6.5 million pounds, according to the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation. Nassau ranked as the sixth most chemically doused county, with 1.6 million pounds of pesticides used to keep homeowners’ grass weed- and bug-free.

PSociety of the United States, which included Trepanier’s comment in a report last year.

“Rates of lymphoma in pets of pesticide users are significantly higher than occurrences in the pets of non-chemical users,” the Mid-America Research Council added.

esticides are being applied with abandon on Long Island’s yards.

In reporting on the DEC finding, Newsday observed, “Far too much pesticide is poured to attain lawns that could be mistaken for putting greens, with far too little concern for the environment, experts say.”

Research shows clear links between herbicide exposure and non-Hodgkin lymphoma and bladder cancer in humans, Lauren Trepanier, professor of internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, says. Both of those cancers are also common in dogs, notes the Human

Pretty much no living things — except lawn grass — co-exist well with pesticides. Butterflies, lightning bugs and honeybees, along with every other type of insect, are killed by chemicals that are advertised as fatal to mosquitoes.

In fact, scientists say we’re in the throes of an “insect apocalypse.” And if present death rates continue, they add, there won’t be any insects left alive a century from now. That will be bad news not only for the bugs themselves, but also for birds, flowers and food. Insects are responsible for pollinating 75 percent of all flowering plants, including about onethird of the crops consumed by humans.

Birds are experiencing just as precipitous a population decline as bugs. A study published in 2019 by Science, a research journal, found that 3 billion North American birds have died off

since 1970 — a loss of nearly 30 percent of their total numbers.

Pesticides kill birds both directly and indirectly. Birds ingest poisonous chemicals when they mistake pesticide granules for food, the New York Audubon Society points out. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute adds, “Birds that eat insects are literally at a loss when insecticides cause a drop in the number of insect prey available, especially when they have young to feed.”

But here’s some good news: The damage pesticides are doing to suburban environments, and the entire planet, can be greatly mitigated if homeowners like those on Long Island make a simple choice. They can replace their lawns (which are pretty to look at but otherwise useless) with shrubs, trees and native plant species that are well adapted to the local climate and pests. And they can save lots of time and money as well if they give Mother Nature the chance to reproduce benignly.

Kevin J. Kelley was a congressional staff member in the 1980s, and is a retired journalist and journalism professor who worked for newspapers in New York, Vermont and Kenya and taught at St. Michael’s College in Vermont. He lives in Atlantic Beach.

Reading about local schools? Consider yourself lucky.

I’ve been in the local news business a long time. Not long enough to remember the first handwritten newspaper, distributed in Venice in 1566, or the first printed news sheets, published in Germany in 1605, but I go back.

RANDI KREISS

I can recall cutting and pasting printed stories on boards, each one a page of the paper. If the story didn’t fit, you just cut a paragraph or two from the bottom. Thus the importance of the first sentence or two, known as the lede, and the first three paragraphs, which basically told the story. We used typewriters and yellow paper to write, which my editor would periodically rip up, declaring, “You have no right to desecrate the language of Shakespeare.” She was a stickler. We had no computers — until the morning we came in to work and found that our Smith Coronas had been replaced by Kaypros.

I was hired away from the late South Shore Record, owned by the indomitable Florence Schwartzberg, by Leatrice Spa-

nierman, a brilliant editor and a natural newspaperwoman. Leatrice, who recently celebrated a fabulous birthday, was socially, intellectually and emotionally intertwined with the Herald brand. We turned out big local papers in those days at our Lawrence headquarters.

Our team wrote 10 to 20 local stories every week, and our motto was, “Everything that happens anywhere in the world has a Five Towns angle.” And it was true. If a ship hit an iceberg in Antarctica, for sure there was someone who knew someone on board.

Way too many American towns and cities have lost newspapers in recent years.

Local lowlifes freaked out more if they landed in the Nassau Herald police blotter than if their mug shot had appeared in The New York Times, because their kids might see the paper. We journalists lived and worked in town. Our reporters went to all the village and school board meetings. We covered football games and charity balls. Everything was copy.

This is all to say that local newspapers are essential to a functioning democracy, and I am grateful to have enjoyed this golden age of local journalism. This is also to say that across the country, small papers are closing. As reported on CBS News recently, “Accord-

ing to an Associated Press analysis of data compiled by the University of North Carolina, more than 1,400 towns and cities in the U.S. have lost a newspaper over the past 15 years. The loss of a reliable local news source has many consequences for the community. One of them is the inability to watchdog the actions of government agencies and elected officials.”

This is also to say, stay true. Subscribe to and read and advertise in our papers. We need to mind what’s going on in our schools, and to do that we need reporters to monitor the board meetings, and to do that we need to pay them.

The local paper covers everything from potholes to parades. If you want the scoop on former Congressman George Santos, read about it in the Herald. Are you concerned about County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s idea for a kind of armed militia to prepare for emergencies? The ongoing debate over a casino license for the county? These stories need to be covered in our local newspapers, and we need the staff and the readership to support our efforts.

The dailies look at news through a wide-angle lens; our focus is more intense.

The North Shore Coalition Against Substance Abuse’s annual golf outing was in one of our papers last week, and I saw a story out of Freeport about Petros Mestheneas, who was named Firefighter of the Year. And to prove my point about there being a local angle to every story in the world, Boston’s new archbishop is a Valley stream native and a former auxiliary bishop of Rockville Center.

In the Nassau Herald, Melissa Berman wrote the quintessential local news story about a 100-year-old oak tree that was cut down to build a parking lot. It’s a terrific local story, with ties to larger issues of overdevelopment and housing needs vs. parking needs.

In recent Heralds there was coverage of the county’s Jimmy Buffett tribute at Eisenhower Park, the clam-eating contest in Island Park and the Chabad Hebrew School of Merrick, Bellmore and Wantagh accepting enrollments for the new school year. There were obituaries of Ana Mercedes Hernandez, Joseph C. Smetana, Robert “Bob” Heggy and Joyce Marino Corso.

The obituaries are the guiding light of local newspapers, reflecting the past of the community and its people, reminding us of the special ties that bind friends and neighbors together.

Copyright 2024 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

KEVIN J. KELLEY

Ed and JanE WolfE - Founders

HeraLd editoriaL

As schools reopen, drivers know the drill

“school’s Open — Drive Carefully” has been the annual refrain in a back-to-school safety-awareness campaign that is now nearly 80 years old. But it’s worth repeating every September.

HERALD

Driving carefully in and around school zones is crucial in the effort to ensure the safety of children, parents and school staff. School zones are areas in which there are likely to be children crossing streets, walking along sidewalks, riding bikes and meandering as only kids do. They are less aware of traffic dangers, and their presence necessitates heightened caution from drivers.

A study by Safe Kids Worldwide found that 25,000 children are injured every year in school zone accidents nationwide. The Transportation Research Board found that vehicles near schools account for 43 percent of all pedestrian accidents involving children ages 5 to 9.

And it’s no surprise that speeding is a significant factor in school-zone accidents. The risk of a pedestrian fatality increases dramatically with vehicle

Letters

Curran’s wrong about the ‘war on women’

To the Editor:

speed. The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety reports that someone on foot who is struck by a vehicle traveling 25 mph has a 25 percent chance of sustaining serious injury or dying, but that risk increases to 50 percent if the vehicle is traveling just 10 mph faster. School zones commonly have speed limits of 20 mph or less, so adhering to those limits is vital to minimize those risks.

Distracted driving is another major concern near schools. A study by the National Safety Council found that distracted drivers cause one in every four car crashes nationwide. In school zones, texting or talking on a phone or fiddling with dashboard technology can have catastrophic consequences for a child who may suddenly dart into the street or cross without warning.

School zones are most congested during drop-off and pick-up times. According to the National Center for Safe Routes to School, parents driving their children to school account for 25 percent of morning traffic. The volume increases the likelihood of accidents, particu-

In his recent column, “The real war on women in New York,” Assemblyman Brian Curran suggests that “the fate of women’s reproductive health” in New York will not be affected whether or not Prop 1, the New York Equal Rights Amendment, passes in November. Simply put, this is not true, and echoes the same reassurances we heard right before Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Prop 1 is in fact our crucial opportunity to ensure that the fate of reproductive health care is secure in New York. It’s an opportunity we cannot let go to waste.

Prop 1 will guarantee access to reproductive health care — including abortion, birth control, and in vitro fertilization — in the New York Constitution so it is permanently shielded from government interference.

Before Roe v. Wade was overturned, many of us took for granted that our reproductive freedom would always be protected. Since then, reproductive health care like abortion, contraception, and IVF has been under attack across the country. While New Yorkers may assume that we are insulated from these battles, the reality is that the state law covering our reproductive rights can be repealed or changed based on who is in the State Legislature or the governor’s mansion. That’s why we need to pass Prop 1: to cement our reproductive rights in the State Constitution so they can’t be rolled back by politicians down the line.

Further, Prop 1 will close loopholes in the Constitution that could allow government discrimination

larly when drivers are in a rush. Along with potential injuries, there are legal consequences for school-zone scofflaws, starting with hefty fines for speeding in those zones, often doubled or tripled during school hours. And here on Long Island, red-light cameras have been installed at busy intersections near schools, and more buses are being equipped with cameras to catch one of the most potentially dangerous vehicular infractions of all, passing a stopped bus with its red lights flashing — in either direction.

Whether you’ve seen “Schools Open — Drive Carefully” for dozens of years or are a new driver, common sense dictates that following that single instruction is key to helping ensure that children arrive at school safely and return home safely each day, along with the administrators, teachers and other staff to whom we entrust them. Do your part by slowing down and keeping your eyes on the street and the crosswalks — in other words, giving school zones your undivided attention when you’re at the wheel.

against people based on their age, disability, ethnicity, whether they are pregnant, or whether they’re LGBT — because those in power shouldn’t be able to take advantage of any New Yorker, especially the most vulnerable among us.

All New Yorkers deserve the freedom to control our own bodies, lives and futures. Prop 1 puts the power to stand up for these freedoms in the voters’ hands.

SAShA AhujA Campaign director,

New Yorkers for Equal Rights

Long Islanders can’t fight climate change alone

To the Editor:

Every time someone writes a column against fossil fuels, such as Lauren Krueger’s “To beat the heat on Long Island, we must fight fossil fuels,” I cannot believe what I’m reading. It’s total nonsense! Nothing that the united States does will impact climate change, global warming or whatever else you want to

opinions

Offshore wind is the answer for Long Island

Amajor societal shift always brings questions. The shift we are making to renewable energy is on a scale rarely seen in history, and questions are welcome and a part of the process of understanding. What are renewable energies? Why is the energy industry trending toward these energy forms? What are the options for Long Island when it comes to renewable energy? What are the risks? What are the benefits?

It is clear that there needs to be more information and education about the industry.

Renewable energy is the energy derived from natural sources that are replenished on a human time scale — sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, water currents and geothermal heat. They are abundant, and produce little or no emissions. The sources that have been harnessed so far by humans are solar, hydropower, geothermal, and wind, and Long Island has a unique opportunity, because of its location, to harness offshore wind.

Why do we need renewable energy?

Climate change is no longer deniable, and Long Island is affected by sea level rise, flooding, stronger storms and more rain. The number one reason: fossil fuels. The largest contributor to the thickening of our atmosphere, trapping carbon dioxide, is the burning of oil, gas and coal. The fastest way to stop climate change is to stop using fossil fuels. An easy answer — not really, which is why I’m writing this — is transitioning to renewable energy to power our lives.

We have a unique opportunity, because of our location, to harness its power.

Long Island sits just north of a continental shelf called the New York Bight, with shallow seas, strong winds and a large, dense population close to the coastline. The shallow water allows for structures to be built without the complications and expense of deep diving to build them. The strong winds help turbines turn consistently, producing energy needed to power homes, charge electric vehicles and operate businesses. And with a dense population close to the coast, energy can be delivered over a shorter distance without much loss of power, and at lower costs.

You may ask, why offshore wind? Why not solar or onshore wind? Solar

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call it, and “beat the heat on Long Island.” Nothing!

According to Google, as of November 2023, the top five countries, by percentage of carbon emissions, were: China, 30.9 percent; the U.S., 13.5 percent; India, 7.9 percent; Russia, 4.7 percent; and Japan, 2.9 percent. China and India are responsible for almost three times the carbon emissions of the U.S. In addition, China continues to put new coal-fired electric generating plants online. China is laughing at us!

China gets nearly 60 percent of its electricity from coal, the U.S., 16 percent. If the U.S. gets rid of fossil fuels for our cars and electrical generation facilities, it will have a very limited effect, or no effect, on beating the heat on Long Island. All it will do is drain our wallets and pocketbooks, and make some people feel good. “Look at me! I’m saving the environment!”

ROBeRT KRALICK Glen Head

Vance, and Trump, demean military service

To the editor:

Nothing raises this veteran’s ire

power is being generated on Long Island, but not on the scale that we need to power the number of homes here. According to the Census Bureau, Long Island has just under 8.5 million housing units. That is where offshore wind comes in to meet our energy needs. There is growth in solar power through ground mounts, or on existing structures that don’t require open space, but it still doesn’t have the capacity to generate the power we need. And onshore wind requires large plots of land, which are few and far between in downstate New York.

Renewable energy is the only way for our future. We are seeing more cases of asthma, warming of the oceans, rising sea levels, stronger seasonal storms, and economic volatility due to the excessive use of fossil fuels to produce power. Moving to renewable energy will clear air pollution and slow the warming of the oceans, protecting ocean life, and slow the rising sea levels that threaten coastal communities. In turn, cooler water bodies will decrease the frequency of seasonal storms that flood our streets and erode our beaches.

Offshore wind provides a stable and

reliable energy source without the volatility of rising fuel prices. It also creates thousands of good-paying jobs to build, maintain and operate its facilities. Beyond those working in the industry, utility stability is how offshore wind will benefit all of Long Island.

Most of the Island’s population now relies on fossil fuel generation to power their homes, workplaces, community centers and infrastructure. This means that electricity bills fluctuate with global geo-political events, because we are buying the fuel to run the power plants connected to our electric grid, mostly from other countries. With offshore wind, there is no need to buy “fuel.” The fuel is infinite, and not a commodity that’s for sale. The wind blows no matter what. This means that the costs of delivering electricity are fixed.

I want to see the renewable energy that we need come to Long Island. I want to ensure that we are delivering safe, reliable, responsible and clean energy to residents. Not only is this a critically needed change, but it will also improve our communities by stopping rising costs, and creating an economic engine with the added benefits of clean air, clean waters and fixed utility costs.

Melissa Parrott is the deputy executive director of Renewable Energy Long Island.

FRAMEWoRk by Tim Baker

more than candidates who demean veterans, and by extension, those on active duty. On Aug. 8, the Republican vice presidential nominee, J.D. Vance, accused Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz — with little evidence — of “stolen valor,” saying he lied about seeing combat “in war.” Then Vance drew a comparison between his four years of service, during which he was a combat correspondent in the Marine Corps, and Walz’s 24 years of service, during which he achieved the highest enlisted rank in the Army National Guard. Neither Walz nor Vance has seen, as Vance says, “any real fighting.” In either case, their choice to serve was commendable and should not be a topic of criticism. The underlying issue is the one that deserves every patriot’s attention: the disdain for those in uniform by the draft dodger at Mar-A-Lago. There is well-cited evidence of former President Donald Trump demeaning veterans, including remarks made about the sacred grounds of U.S. military cemeteries in Normandy, France, and Arlington, Virginia. He categorizes us as suckers and losers. He is the last person this apolitical veteran would choose to be commander in chief of our

armed forces.

WILLIAM (COTY) KeLLeR Freeport

William Keller is a 21-year Navy veteran

who served in Vietnam and on six ships, two of which he commanded. He was also a professor of national security affairs at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

The hats were courtesy of Let’s Sing Taylor — Eisenhower Park, East Meadow

S.C. Leg. Steven J. Flotteron concratulates Anthony and Mary Liedtke for the re-opening of NB McDonalds

S.C. Leg. Steven J. Flotteron congratulated Anthony and Mary Liedtke recently on the re-opening of the remodeled McDonald’s Restaurant in North Babylon. He was joined by the owners friends andlocal community members ata a ribbon cutting ceremony held recently. Anthony Liedtke’s daughter and partner Jaime are co-owners of the business.

Anthony Liedtke began his career with McDonald’s in 1972 as a swing manager at the Brentwood McDonald’s, after having served in the United States Navy Air. Throughout his career, he excelled from General Manager to area supervisor and went on to become director of operations.

He became an approved Owner/Operator in 1987 and purchased his first store, Bethpage, that same year. And in 2002, he formed Liedtke Management Group. With his wife Mary as the Office Manager, daughter Jaime as a manager, and his mother and mother-in-law as hostesses, a true family business was born.

Jaime Liedtke started her career as a crew person in 1997 at the Riverhead McDonald’s and went through the McDonald’s Corporate Next Gen program, and three years later she became an

Owner/Operator and her father’s partner. At 23, the youngest female to become an owner operator in the history of McDonald’s.

In May 2005, Jaime purchased her first store, serving and representing her colleagues in the capacity of various leadership positions across the McDonald’s system. Most notably, she served as an executive board member for the Women’s Operator Network, sits on the Board of Directors for the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island, and pioneers efforts for the ongoing development of the Ronald McDonald House in Stony Brook.

Aside from one other organization on Long Island, Liedtke Management has remained committed to this partnership which over the years, has raised thousands of dollars for the New Hyde Park House. They also support literacy through their Creasers program with libraries in the community.

The organization values families that frequent their restaurant and thanks them by offering complimentary ice cream to children, as well as tours to the local Boy Scout and Girl Scout Troops. The store is located at 1255 Deer Park Ave., North Babylon. They can be reached at 631-586-2133.

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