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Merrick World War II veteran dies at 106 worked for Cohen & Fuchsberg, now the Jacob Fuchsberg Law Firm, as a personal injury attorAlan Nemser, who served in ney. When World War II broke the Army Air Corps during out, he studied cryptography, of World War II and spent decades which he was a natural. He practicing law, “made everyone served as a cryptographer and feel comfortable in his pres- cryptanalyst in the Army Air ence,” his daughter, Corps, and even K a t hy N e m s e r, cracked a 19th censaid. “He was this tury encrypted amazing combinamessage for a book tion of serious and that his commandsilly.” ing officer, Louis A. The Nemser Sigaud, was workfamily moved to ing on about the south Merrick in Civil War. 1954 and never left.

Nemser put his In the more than 60 expertise to use years that followed, again in 1994, when Alan’s magnetic a copycat Zodiac energy char med killer was sending friends, neighbors KAtHY NeMSer coded messages to and clients alike. the New York Post Alan’s daughter O n Ju n e 1 0 , about impending Nemser died of shootings. Nemnatural causes at his home on a ser’s son-in-law, Kieran Crowley, canal. He was 106. then a Post reporter, took one of He was born in Brooklyn in the messages to Nem-ser’s home 1913, the youngest of six siblings. so they could work on it together.

He excelled in academics, and “After 35 minutes, I heard a never lost a contest on the Boys huge ‘Eureka!’ from outside,” High School’s debate team. His said Erica Nemser-Crowley, of knack for talking also came in Bellmore. The decoded message handy when wooing Tess Wie- appeared in the paper the next ner, whom he married 1938. day; it included the phrase “Be After graduating from Brook- ready for more.” lyn Law School in 1934, Nemser Continued on page 4

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Dr. tAloNDA tHoMAS, a business owner in Bellmore, faced some hurdles as she tried to reopen the New York Musician’s Center, where she is the director of education and CEO.

A black-owned business faces Covid-19 reopening hurdles

By AlYSSA SeiDMAN aseidman@liherald.com

When Long Island entered the second phase of reopening its economy June 10, Dr. Talonda Thomas, director of education and CEO of the New York Musician’s Center in Bellmore, readied for a return to normalcy.

Before the pandemic took hold in March, more than 700 students filled the Bedford Avenue business weekly for guitar, bass, vocal, piano and

drum lessons led by a staff of teachers from around the world. To comply with social distancing, instruction shifted to Zoom, which proved difficult for Thomas’s students, some of whom are young children and older adults.

“Guiding a student on an instrument is easier to do in person,” Thomas said. “There were a lot of setbacks in the process, but we got creative.”

Thomas, who is black, lives in West Hempstead. She holds a bachelor of music from

SUNY Potsdam and a doctorate from Capella University, specializing in kindergartento-12 education studies. She has been a vocal music teacher in the Freeport School District for the past 13 years, and last year joined Elmont Memorial High School as its music chairwoman.

She founded NYMC in 2006, and conducted lessons from her former Glen Cove home until September 2013, when the center grew into Continued on page 3

thought of him as a bright benevolent moon, shining on us, holding us in his light.

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Black-owned business struggles in reopening the Bellmore storefront. Despite comments from concerned friends about her decision to establish the business in a predominantly white neighborhood, Thomas said the community has been “outstanding and receptive.”

“I couldn’t be prouder to have my business” in Bellmore, she said. “For many of our kids with special needs, their outlet is music, and they haven’t had that in so long. Those who are underserved now have an opportunity to express themselves, and that, to me, means the world.”

Thomas’s road to reopening coincided with a push by consumers in Nassau County and beyond to support blackowned businesses. Black community leaders in places like Elmont, Glen Cove and West Hempstead have stressed the importance of uplifting black-owned small businesses, as protests against institutionalized racism and police brutality continue nationwide.

Thomas, however, experienced a series of unexpected setbacks after she tried to reopen on June 15, which she said white-owned music schools did not.

In mid-June, local music schools were allowed to reopen under Phase Two for retail purposes. But two days after Thomas reopened, an official from the Nassau County fire marshal’s office showed up at NYMC and shut her down, saying that a complaint had been filed against the business, she said.

The fire marshal indicated that the complaint might have been filed by a former employee or a competing business owner who sought to keep NYMC shuttered.

“We had to issue a lot of refunds to parents who had anticipated to enroll their kids once we [fully] reopened,” Thomas said. “Because of the pandemic, we lost 25 percent of our clients” — about 200 students — “but some of them came back when we were re-registering.”

This second shutdown “brought up a lot of confusion and frustration with my staff,” Thomas said. “The question I kept asking myself was, ‘Why was everyone else able to open?’”

In a June 23 email, Assistant Chief Fire Marshal Michael Uttaro assured Thomas she could reopen under Phase Two, despite some confusing language on the New York Forward website, which breaks down which industries can reopen under each phase.

Schools, Uttaro wrote, are not permitted to reopen until Phase Four. Ultimately, however, he determined that NYMC could reopen for retail purposes.

A day later, Thomas reopened NYMC for the second time, only to receive a similar complaint — this time from the New York State Department of Labor. State officials said they received a complaint about the center reopening from a former employee who did not want to return to work, according to Thomas.

She said she believed the same employee might have also filed the complaint with the county fire marshal’s office.

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Photos courtesy Talonda Thomas

StudentS and Staff from NYMC crowded the stage at Carnegie Hall in 2019. The center puts on a recital there each year.

Student elizaBeth anglim sang in NYMC’s concert at Carnegie Hall last year. white men — had more success in their reopening process,” Thomas said.

“They’ve had no complaints against them. They receive funding through the government that I was denied. These are just hurdles that [I’m] accustomed to trying to overcome.”

NYMC ultimately reopened for limited business on June 24.

For more information on the center, go to https://nymcmusic.com/.

Visvajit Sriramrajan contributed to this story.

Before the pandemiC took hold, more than 700 students filled NYMC weekly for music lessons.

Teacher Dan Sullivan, above right, worked with aspiring base guitarist DJ Brown.

Student angelique piCado, left, performed in NYMC’s 2019 concert at Carnegie Hall.

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Alan Nemser had ‘a real zest for living’ AlAn nemser, A 66-year Merrick resident, died on June 10 at the age of 106. He is pictured here at his 100th birthday celebration, with his daughter Erica NemserCrowley, enjoying a bloody Mary.

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Nemser maintained a strong work ethic in the courtroom and at home. He founded his own general law practice in Brooklyn following the war, which he relocated to Garden City after the family moved to Merrick. In 1979, after Kathy passed the bar, the fatherdaughter duo litigated side by side for more than 35 years.

“I’ve had many lawyers say to me, ‘If you’re half the lawyer that he is, you’re going be very good too,’” she said. “He was very caring for his clients, and came to work every day until he had to stop.”

Nemser-Crowley, of Bellmore, said that upon moving to Merrick, her father intricately landscaped their backyard — which had been a tangle of bushes and reeds before he arrived — by himself. “He had a real zest for living,” she said.

She described her father as “a very brilliant, dashing, charming man — probably the most generous dad in the world.” Many of the girls’ friends asked if their father could adopt them, Kathy added.

When Tess battled aortic stenosis and memory issues in her late 90s, Nemser stayed home from work to care for her, Kathy said. After Tess died in 2014, at age 100, Nemser returned to the courtroom and continued to do so every day until he was 103.

“He even drove until he was 103,” Nemser-Crowley added.

“He just never wanted to be dependent on anybody.”

After her father’s funeral, Kathy delivered a eulogy at his gravesite that encompassed his legacy: “I thought of him as a bright, benevolent moon, shining on us, holding us in his light. I’m a little surprised that I could be hurting so much now, considering that the moon was waning for the last few years, until only a sliver remained.

Photos courtesy Kathy Nemser

But . . . the moon will find a new stage . . . Its light will [never] disappear entirely and remain only as it reflects off us.”

Nemser was predeceased by his son-in-law, Kiernan Crowley.

In addition to his daughters, he is survived by Kathy’s husband, Ray Neinstein; a grand-

son, Adam Neinstein; a granddaughter, Ariel Crowley; Tess’s niece, Deborah Kunstler, and her husband, Mort; Tess’s nephew, Joel Grey; and other loving friends and relatives.

nemser served in World War II, left, as a cryptographer and cryptanalyst in the Army Air Corps. nemser And his wife, Tess, far left, moved to south Merrick in 1954 and remained there all their lives.

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Pro-police signs pop up in Bellmore-Merrick As the wife of a Nassau County Police Department sergeant, Meredith Wilson, of Merrick, said she wanted to mobilize her community to show solidarity with the police. While out on a run recently, she spotted a lawn sign produced by fellow resident Jennifer Schatzman, which reads, “Racism Has No Home Here,” and decided to start a similar initiative.

“I went on Facebook to ask if people would want a sign to support our police, and many people thought it was a great idea,” Wilson said.

She worked with a local printer to design and produce the signs, which features a black and blue base with the saying, “We Support Our Police,” a graphic of the Thin Blue Line flag inlaid in the shape of a badge and a flurry of blue and white stars. Written across the badge is another saying: “Pray for them.”

In one night, 72 residents signed up to receive one of Wilson’s signs, which cost $15 each. The initial order was completed on June 26, and another 40 requests have been placed since then, she said. All the proceeds are returned to the printer.

“I’m planning to bring a sign to a propolice rally to help this grow,” Wilson said. “When officers see the signs, they’ll know people are supporting them, and they need our support now more than ever.”

More than 100 pro-police signs have popped up on front lawns in BellmoreMerrick, Wantagh, Garden City and East Islip, according to Wilson. Merokean James Puzzele learned of the signs from Facebook and ordered two on the spot — one for him, and one for his sister.

“My 17-year-old son wants to be a police officer, and although it makes me nervous, I’m proud that he wants to do that,” Puzzele said. “The police need people to stand up for them because not all police are bad. There are a lot of good [officers] that do good jobs.”

Wilson’s signs coincide with another initiative that was unveiled Wednesday by the Nassau County Legislature. The “Blue Ribbon Campaign,” spearheaded by New Hyde Park resident Diane Bentivegna, encourages residents and businesses countywide to display a blue ribbon on their home or business in support of the men and women in law enforcement. The campaign is also intended to “battle antipolice sentiment coupled with calls to ‘defund the police,’” according to a press release.

“Our officers in Nassau County reflect the very best of our communities, and are dedicated to protecting and serving,” said Nassau County PBA President James McDermott. “We appreciate what this blue ribbon means, and we appreciate the support from the residents.”

“I do believe in my heart that people that sign up to be a police officer do it because it’s a calling — it was my husband’s calling,” Wilson added. “It’s impor-

tant for all of us to appreciate them, and move forward in a positive way together.”

To request a sign, email mommam25@ aol.com.

merrick resident meredith Wilson, right, has started an initiative aimed at supporting law enforcement officials.

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Hofstra moves Jefferson statue amid outcries

By VisVajit sriramrajan A statue of Thomas Jefferson, which has stood in front of Hofstra University’s David S. Mack Student Center for more than 20 years, has been relocated to Emily Lowe Hall, an academic building, amid renewed calls for its removal.

“Over the past few years, the placement of the Jefferson statue, and the history it represents, has been a reminder and consistent source of pain for many of our black students and allies,” Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz wrote in an email to the school community last month.

Rabinowitz’s comments, though, have been met with criticism from students and faculty, who said the statue has been problematic for black students since its installment.

Amudalat Ajasa, president of the school’s Black Student Union, said, “While it’s important to acknowledge that he was a founding father, [the Hofstra administration] has to possess a double vision and see that he also ran one of the largest plantations out of Virginia while simultaneously condemning slavery.

“On top of that,” Ajasa said, “he engaged in a nonconsensual relationship with an underaged slave. How is that supposed to make black students feel on campus? Like our grievances are heard and considered? Not at all.”

Jefferson enslaved more than 600 black people throughout his lifetime, subjecting them to physical and verbal torture. DNA evidence also concluded in 1998 that the nation’s third president fathered children with Sally Hemings, a woman he enslaved. She was the half-sister of Jefferson’s wife, Martha, according to Monticello.org.

“When I think about the Thomas Jefferson statue being relocated, it’s not that I’d rather it have stayed where it was,” Ja’Loni Owens, alumna and founder of

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HOfstra UniVErsitY OfficiaLs have moved the Thomas Jefferson statue from its original location in front of the student center to an academic building across the street. the “Jefferson Has Gotta Go!” campaign, explained. “It’s that this moment requires so much more from institutions than I even knew to ask for when I was a student there. And that’s how organizers know that these gestures are performances, and pathetic ones at that.”

Owens started a petition to remove the Jefferson statue from campus two years ago, which reached thousands of students and raised awareness of the issue across the Hofstra community.

Rabinowitz, however, rejected the call for change, saying instead that the “founding fathers” had an “unprecedented vision of a free and equal world” and

called Jefferson “a defender of freedom in helping to create a new nation.”

But in the wake of recent nationwide protests against racism and police brutality, university officials have changed their stance, instead moving the statue across campus.

It was donated to the university by real estate developer David S. Mack in 1999.

Hofstra’s Student Center is named for Mack, who graduated from Hofstra with a business degree in 1967, and currently chairs the university’s Board of Trustees.

Mack could not be reached for comment.

Members of the Hofstra community have said that relocation, rather than

removal, is a temporary solution that does not address the deep-seated racism in American institutions.

Martine Hackett, an associate professor at the School of Health Professions and Human Services, who serves on the university’s recently reconvened Committee on Representation in Public Spaces, stressed that addressing the truth about Jefferson is a prerequisite to progressing toward a more just society.

“An appropriate historical and contemporary context for the actions that one of our ‘founding fathers’ engaged in public and private life needs to be communicated to students and the general public,” she said, “so they are able to make past injustices visible,” and “once we know we can do better, we can do better.”

Additionally, Ajasa said, as a majority white institution, the university should go out of its way to ensure black students feel safe and included.

“I think Hofstra moving the statue instead of getting rid of it, like governors and mayors throughout America have been pressured to do, is pathetic and insulting,” she said. “We ask the administration to remove a symbol of black oppression, and their response is to move it.”

The change comes as the Black Lives Matter movement has renewed calls for racial justice nationwide. “Over the last few weeks, whether you were in the streets or not, you’ve felt the difference in the air,” Owens said, “and it’s disappointing that what this moment has inspired is empty gestures from institutions that organizers have come right out and said are the problem.”

“What’s most insulting about performative activism is that they think there is still hope for black people’s placation,” Owens said. “If I were a student at Hofstra right now, I would not accept what’s coming out of communications.”

Legislature helps restore NCC autism programs By tOnY BELLissimO tbellissimo@liherald.com

The Achilles and ASPIRES programs at Nassau Community College, designed to assist students with autism thrive in and out of the classroom, will be restored for the 2020-21 academic year after the Nassau County Legislature voted unanimously June 29 to approve the college’s budget.

Citing finances as the primary reason, NCC sent a letter April 20 to the coordinators of both programs, Valerie Lagakis and Frances Viscovich, informing them the platforms for students with autism would not be offered this coming school year.

As reported in the Heralds’ June 4-10 edition, the decision was met with a wave of concern, and members of the Legislature’s majority Republican caucus vowed not to pass the NCC budget until the pro-

grams were restored. The programs serve 35 to 40 students per semester. Legislators worked closely with educators, community members and college leadership to keep them going.

Following the approval of the budget, Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello said, “I am very happy to see the Achilles and ASPIRES program restored at Nassau Community College. Nassau County prides itself on being a place that is welcoming and provides opportunity for everyone to excel, and these programs do exactly that.

“I’m thankful for the professors and parents who raised awareness about the programs,” he added. “Their tireless advocacy led to the restoration. I would also like to thank NCC President [Dr. Jermaine] Williams for his personal efforts to find a path to continue the programs.

We are proud that in these difficult times Nassau Community College continues to

be an invaluable resource for our residents.”

Jeff Spiller, of Bellmore, said his son Jason, a 2018 Mepham High School graduate, benefits from the ASPIRES program, especially when it comes to assistance with organizational skills. “It’s a huge relief. I’m so happy the program is back,” Jason said. “I never got an ‘A’ in any high school class, but I’ve had three so far at Nassau.”

The Achilles program has been around for nearly two decades and is for twice exceptional students — those who are gifted but learning challenged. Lagakis, an English and reading professor at NCC, has overseen the program since 2010. “Students are specifically attending our school because of the Achilles program,” Lagakis said. “The program didn’t exist for a few months, so this is great progress. I’m very grateful to the legislators.”

The ASPIRES program provides comprehensive support to students with ASD in weekly counseling sessions as well as programming designed to address executive-functioning and social-skill deficits.

“The program started with one student six years ago,” noted Viscovich, who teaches environmental science. “Now we have a waiting list. The college can be a leading force in supporting this student population, and I’m beyond excited to see these programs restored.”

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, encouraged the college to reconsider its original decision to remove the programs and met with Williams in mid-May. “Our differently abled students have thrived under the ASPIRES and Achilles programs,” Kaminsky said. “Restoring their funding, and ensuring that it remains a source of support for future students was essential.”

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Nonprofit, county providing food aid

By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com

On Thursday, Island Harvest, in partnership with Nassau County, kicked off the largest food distribution event in the county’s history, with hundreds eagerly lining up on foot and in cars outside Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Thousands of boxes filled with 100,000 pounds of fresh produce, meat and nonperishable food items were distributed by hundreds of volunteers in the beating summer sun. Roughly 20,000 families — many struggling after the Covid-19 pandemic’s economic downturn — went home with a week’s worth of supplies.

“We’re here today because of this pandemic that has forced so many people to question whether they can put food on the table for their families,” said Island Harvest President and CEO Randi Shubin Dresner. “There are tens of thousands of people across Long Island that we’ve met the past couple of months — volunteers of ours, contributors of ours, supporters of so many different causes — and the floor has been pulled out from underneath them. Now they find themselves on the other side of the food line.”

“We’ve reached every corner of the county with our food distribution events, and we’re not done yet,” County Executive Laura Curran said. “We will continue putting food on the table for families in need throughout this summer with distributions large and small.”

In an organized fashion, recipients on foot stood in line to have their bags and carts filled, while those in vehicles slowly drove up to one of dozens of distribution points. Green-vested volunteers ran every table, lugging supplies back and forth.

The event is thanks to Nassau County’s $1 million investment into local food banks as part of the new Community Food Distribution initiative. Since late April, the county has held two dozen small and large distributions and will continue to partner with Island Harvest in the future.

The need to provide food for residents is evidenced by the increased number of applications to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. In April, the number of Nassau County residents seeking this assistance tripled, going from 1,095 in April 2019 to 3,786 in April this year. The number of SNAP applications increased 125 percent in May 2020 compared to May 2019, according to county records.

In June this year, SNAP applications declined 35 percent from May, but that is still a 41 percent increase from June 2019.

“And it’s not just Nassau County that’s seeing this food insecurity,” Curran said. “Nationwide, 40 percent of people who are utilizing food banks are new to utilizing food banks.”

Nassau has set aside $1 million in federal Community Development Block Grants for food banks to collect, distribute and purchase food, while also working with school districts and community stakeholders to identify families in need.

Photos by Andrew Garcia/Herald Life

CouNty ExECutIvE LAuRA Curran kicked off the event, which was a partnership with the non-profit Island Harvest.

BRIttANy BAEz, IN green, of Rockville Centre, filled up a car with Jackalyn Gonzalez, of Amityville.

MAj. WARREN WEIss manned a distribution point along with roughly 50 other Civil Air Patrol volunteers.

HuNDREDs LINED up on foot for the largest free food distribution in New York state history, overtaking Nassau Coliseum’s parking lot.

Elementary teachers offer a retrospect on remote learning

By Justin Dynia aseidman@liherald.com

After schools across the nation shifted their lesson plans online amid the coronavirus pandemic, students, teachers and parents were forced to adapt to the new normal, too. Although much attention has been paid to online teaching strategies at the high school and collegiate levels, remote learning has posed unique challenges for elementary school educators.

“Education changed overnight,” said Oceanside resident Kim DePalma, a second-grade teacher at Birch Elementary School in Merrick. “We worked hard and nonstop to meet students’ academic needs, as well as their social and emotional needs.”

Elizabeth Doherty, an East Meadow resident and DePalma’s coworker, said one of the main goals of the remote learning experience at the elementary level was to replicate “familiarity” for students. “We used many platforms that the students were already comfortable using and tried to stick to the curriculum as much as possible,” Doherty said.

Katelynn King, an Oakdale resident and first-grade teacher at Reinhard Early Childhood Center in Bellmore, said her young students’ technological capabilities facilitated a smooth transition to remote learning. “I primarily used Google Classroom and was impressed by how quickly the students adapted,” she said.

To keep “class” interesting, King assigned a different thematic topic each week, which fostered a more active learning environment. “I asked myself, ‘What do I want my students to remember?’” she said. “Writing workshops were regularly their favorite activity, so I encouraged them to write and then read aloud to the class. Sometimes students would read poems they wrote while outside, and even add their own dance in as well.” King added that this active participation created the feeling of being in a real classroom.

Maintaining the social aspect of learning was another major focus of the ele-

mentary educators. “We always tried to keep a conversation and encourage students to interact frequently by providing each other feedback,” DePalma said. This required maintaining “flexibility” within structured activities. “If they wanted to share something in the middle of class, it was better to let them share and engage with the other students.”

Doherty promoted socialization by dubbing Fridays as “spirit days,” where students would express themselves by wearing their favorite hat or a fun outfit.

King had a similar approach; her “Fun Fridays” offering “allow[ed] students to share discoveries they made that week and talk about what they were passionate about,” she said.

Coordination between teachers and parents also made remote learning successful. “We set up phone calls and emailed regularly just to check in and see if there was any way we could help each other out,” Doherty said. “It was a team effort.”

DePalma said these check-ins were “more than academic,” as they created a “support system and a close working relationship” among teachers, parents and students.

“My [students’] parents were my rock stars,” King said.

As schools wrestle with the uncertainty of what learning will look like in the fall, the lessons learned while teaching in virtual classrooms could serve as a guide.

“We’ve shown that the kids and teachers can adjust and continue to meet students’ needs in the short term, but it’s not a healthy solution in the long term,” DePalma said.

“The remote learning experience taught us that there are so many great programs that we can incorporate back into the classroom,” Doherty added.

The biggest regret King had was that she did not “hug her students just a little bit tighter on [their] last day together,” she said. She hoped, however, that she would be able to see their smiling faces again come September.

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although elementary school campuses have been silent since mid-March, teachers and students were hard at work adjusting to remote learning strategies amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Thirteen students from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District were recently awarded the EXIT Realty Premier Scholarship.

Each high school received a $500 merit scholarship, which was divvied up between the student recipients.

The scholarships were sponsored by licensed broker associate Anna Beigelman of Exit Realty Premier, who also selected the recipients at her discretion.

The student recipients were:

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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

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Photos courtesy Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District

Kennedy senior Hu Cheung strolled along Cougar Walk during one of the school’s graduation ceremonies on June 27.

Kennedy High School graduates the class of 2020 The graduating class of 2020 was celebrated at 18 ceremonies on the Wellington C. Mepham, Sanford H. Calhoun and John F. Kennedy High School football fields, spread out across three days in order to maintain mandated social distancing protocols.

Although attendance at each of ceremony was limited, the pomp and circumstance were thriving: school color embellishments decorated the fields, commemorative speeches rang loud and proud, and in some cases, students wore face masks that denoted their future collegiate plans.

Valedictorians Alyssa Dioguardi (Mepham), Marc Edayadi (Calhoun) and Katherine St George (Kennedy), and salutatorians Spencer Mattes (Mepham), Adam Gokcan (Calhoun) and Madeline Jutsen (Kennedy) all addressed the crowds.

Edayadi spoke about his generation being exposed to transformative change.

“It has been sewn into the very fabric of our existence,” he added. “No matter what the future holds for us, I am optimistic because we have looked life straight in the eyes and have emerged stronger, freer and wiser.”

“We must not let this moment in history define our futures,” Mattes said. “It will, however, always be a part of who we are and where we come from, and it will serve to motivate and remind us to look towards the future while simultaneously embracing the past.”

St George spoke about utilizing the

TripleTs FranKie, GeorGie and Luke Yandolino posed with Kennedy Principal Gerard Owenburg after they received their diplomas. tools Kennedy provided her to propel into future plans. “What else have we gained, if not rigorous and critical empathy,” she said. “We know we have the resilience and knowledge of the human experience to face whatever lies down the line. We’re not just going to be okay — we are going to thrive.”

Principals Eric Gomez (Mepham), Nicole Hollings (Calhoun) and Gerard Owenburg (Kennedy), school officers and various board members also addressed the graduates and their families.

“During this next phase, please take time to self-reflect and see how you can make this world a better place,” Gomez

said. “Remember that if something doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.”

Owenburg reminded students of how much they’ve already achieved, and acknowledged how some mobilized to help others with food and supply drives amid the pandemic. “This senior class responded to the crisis the way they always do — they put others first,” he said.

“Your lives are different than anyone who has come before,” Hollings added.

“You have had a series of life lessons in these past few months that could be the biggest, most important events in your

James Casazza readied for his graduation ceremony at Kennedy on June 27. life and help send you to the next level and become world-changers.”

Superintendent John DeTommaso addressed the district’s collective class of 2020 in a pre-recorded speech about “grit and resilience,” which encouraged students to address “future adversity” they may face.

“They were heartbroken, and they rose,” he said. “Things were taken away from them and they adjusted. I am certain that from the class of 2020, we will see future leaders. I cannot wait to see you flourish.”

Provided by BMCHSD; compiled by Alyssa Seidman.

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I first did the Front Step Project earlier this year, and it was good. I used my long lens to take photos of families in the front of their house from the sidewalk.

I texted [Hempstead Town Councilman] Christopher Carini and said I wanted to do something for someone who is hurting. He said that we should do something with the John Theissen Children’s Foundation. I wanted to help the foundation because they weren’t getting as many donations as they normally do. I also chose his foundation because I want to help the children.

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“In the beginning, some teachers were nervous with the technology and felt overwhelmed. We’d feel like we just got all the problems solved, things would die down, and then they’d pick up again.

“I’m really grateful I have Danielle. This would be impossible without her.”

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L.I. preps for Phase Four reopening Wednesday

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Long Island was set to begin Phase Four reopening of the economy on July 8, including universities and colleges. As of press time Monday, however, Gover nor Cuomo said there was no word yet whether t h e s t a t e ’s 7 0 0 p u b l i c s c h o o l d i s tricts could retur n to in-person classes.

The gover nor said all school districts have been directed to develop reopening plans, but he is taking a wait-and-see approach whether students will head back to their school buildings in September.

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He noted that the infection rate remains just below 1 percent statew i d e — d ow n f ro m n e a rly 1 7 p e rcent on Long Island and more than 20 percent in New York City at the height of the pandemic in April.

M o r e t h a n 5 4 , 0 0 0 N e w Yo rke r s were tested for the coronavirus on Sunday, and 518 of them were positive for the disease. “ T h e n u m b e r s h av e a c t u a l l y declined since we star ted reopen ing” seven weeks ago, Cuomo said.

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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

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Calhoun High School graduates the class of 2020 The graduating class of 2020 was celebrated at 18 ceremonies on the Wellington C. Mepham, Sanford H. Calhoun and John F. Kennedy High School football fields, spread out across three days in order to maintain mandated social distancing protocols.

Although attendance at each of ceremony was limited, the pomp and circumstance were thriving: school color embellishments decorated the fields, commemorative speeches rang loud and proud, and in some cases, students wore face masks that denoted their future collegiate plans.

Valedictorians Alyssa Dioguardi (Mepham), Marc Edayadi (Calhoun) and Katherine St George (Kennedy), and salutatorians Spencer Mattes (Mepham), Adam Gokcan (Calhoun) and Madeline Jutsen (Kennedy) all addressed the crowds.

Edayadi spoke about his generation being exposed to transformative change. “It has been sewn into the very fabric of our existence,” he added. “No matter what the future holds for us, I am optimistic because we have looked life straight in the eyes and have emerged stronger, freer and wiser.”

“We must not let this moment in history define our futures,” Mattes said. “It will, however, always be a part of who we are and where we come from, and it will serve to motivate and remind us to look towards the future while simultaneously embracing the past.”

St George spoke about utilizing the tools Kennedy provided her to propel into future plans. “What else have we gained, if not rigorous and critical empathy,” she said. “We know we have the resilience and knowl-

edge of the human experience to face whatever lies down the line. We’re not just going to be okay — we are going to thrive.”

Principals Eric Gomez (Mepham), Nicole Hollings (Calhoun) and Gerard Owenburg (Kennedy), school officers and various board members also addressed the graduates and their families.

“During this next phase, please take time to selfreflect and see how you can make this world a better place,” Gomez said. “Remember that if something doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.”

Owenburg reminded students of how much they’ve already achieved, and acknowledged how some mobilized to help others with food and supply drives amid the pandemic. “This senior class responded to the crisis the way they always do — they put others first,” he said.

“Your lives are different than anyone who has come before,” Hollings added. “You have had a series of life lessons in these past few months that could be the biggest, most important events in your life and help send you to the next level and become world-changers.”

Superintendent John DeTommaso addressed the district’s collective class of 2020 in a pre-recorded speech about “grit and resilience,” which encouraged students to address “future adversity” they may face.

“They were heartbroken, and they rose,” he said.

“Things were taken away from them and they adjusted.

I am certain that from the class of 2020, we will see future leaders. I cannot wait to see you flourish.”

Provided by BMCHSD; compiled by Alyssa Seidman.

Denise Campanelli useD her mask to indicate where she was going to college in the fall: Binghamton University.

isabella CarrasCo waiteD for the music to start before walking towards Calhoun’s football field.

JaCqueline eDwarDs reaDieD for her June 29 graduation at Calhoun High School.

miCah bristol lineD up for his June 27 graduation ceremony at Calhoun High School.

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The roofing was supposed to be done two months ago, but the pandemic was the excuse, even though every Friday we had to pay another bill. With nothing going on, the contractor still kept calling us every Thursday for a Friday payment. How do we straighten out this mess? We haven’t seen the contractor onte eeper for three weeks, there is construction garbage piled up in the backyard and he’s telling us he’ll be sending people back but needs another check. What do you think we should do?

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This problem is common, and begins with the misunderstanding based on what the choice of percentage payments creates.

People who aren’t familiar with construction shouldn’t try to judge how much labor or material went into each step of the construction process.

What makes it easier is a schedule of “milestone” payments, a breakdown of specific payments based on the actual items and the work completed. When the windows and doors go in, you see it’s done and can write the check. When the roofing and gutters are done, another specific agreed amount is paid for. The smoothest and most comfortable projects, where everyone is still talking to each other at the end, are done this way.

Percentage-breakdown payments may work when there’s an independent construction manager, but will cause many misunderstandings when there are job or material delays, debris, nobody showing up or no real itemized payment schedule.

If you’re able, try to set a mutually agreed-on list, schedule and specific milestone payments, or be prepared to cut the contractor loose by discussing with legal counsel and other potential contractors who can finish the job, hopefully with a more responsible record, before severing a relationship.

Have a backup plan. During this pandemic, we are facing caused work to nearly shut down, except “essential work,” like roofing or plumbing, and it’s understandable that people need financial continuity to pay their bills, so it’s best to see both sides of the matter. Even though the contractor also has bills to pay, there still has to be an effort to earn that payment. Payment for no work done isn’t part of the equation. Payment for specific work done is the clear way to resolve this situation. Good luck. © 2020 Monte Leeper Readers are encouraged to send questions to yourhousedr@aol.com, with “Herald question” in the subject line, or to Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530, Attn: Monte Leeper, architect.

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grew up on Long Island, and like so many local kids, I made the pilgrimage to Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt’s stately Cove Neck mansion, full of Americana and animal heads and skins.

As a child, I thought, Wow, an actual American president lived here. I was in awe.

In high school, I learned about Roosevelt’s exploits as a Rough Rider in Cuba in 1898 and his Big Stick diplomacy during his presidency, from 1901 to 1909. As president, he oversaw construction of the Panama Canal. He was the sCoTT “conservationist BRInTon president” who founded 150 national forests and created the U.S. Forest Service.

He received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in negotiating a treaty in the RussoJapanese War of 1904-05. He helped found the Boy Scouts of America. For goodness’ sake, the teddy bear was named for him.

Locally, the community of Roosevelt bears his name. So do BSA’s Theodore Roosevelt Council 386 and the Nassau County Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola.

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figure — literally, carved in stone on South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore. He was, and is, a hero to many, many Americans.

Our 26th president was also an unabashed racist.

I learned this while recently reading “Theodore Roosevelt’s History of the United States” (Harper, 2010). Daniel Ruddy selected short takes from Roosevelt’s voluminous writings — 35 books and a multitude of essays and speeches — and compiled them into a historical timeline of the U.S. according to Roosevelt.

I happened to be reading the book before the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day, and before the American Museum of Natural History asked permission of New York City in June to remove the bronze statue of Roosevelt that had stood on the museum’s steps since 1940.

The statue depicts Roosevelt looking glorious atop a massive horse, with a Native American man and an African-American man standing, in positions of subjugation, to his right and left. The statue was originally intended, museum officials said, to celebrate Roosevelt “as a devoted naturalist.” Seen through a 2020 lens, however, it appears to portray him as a conqueror. And so it will come down, like so many statues of late.

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I have visited the AMNH many times, and passed by that statue on numerous occasions, never seeing it for what it was — racist. As a teenager, I studied Roosevelt’s life without seeing him for who he was — a deeply conflicted figure who was at once progressive (he was the first president to invite a black man, Booker T. Washington, to dine at the White House) and yet racist.

Roosevelt spoke of Native Americans as “squalid savages” and justified the taking of their lands by force as a means to spread white European civilization. He decried the evils of slavery but did not believe, nearly half a century after it ended, that black people were ready to vote.

Racism is our national psychosis, and to overcome it, we must examine our collective psyche to root out the causes of this terrible affliction. That means looking honestly at our history, including at our revered national figures. To see how unapologetically racist many of them were is to understand how thoroughly ingrained racism was in our nation, and why it’s so damn difficult to rid our country of this scourge.

So, I give you Teddy Roosevelt in his own words: Writing about war with Native Americans: “The most righteous of all wars is a war with savages, though it is apt to be also

’ve passed by one statue of him many times, never seeing it for what it was — racist.

the most terrible and inhuman . . . A sad and evil feature of such warfare is that whites, the representatives of civilization, speedily sink almost to the level of their barbarous foes.”

On the annexation of Texas in 1845: “It was of course ultimately to the great advantage of civilization that the Anglo-American should supplant the Indo-Spaniard.”

On slavery: “I know what a good side there was to slavery, but I know also what a hideous side there was to it, and this was the important side.”

On African-Americans: “I do not believe that the average Negro in the United States is as yet in any way fit to take care of himself and others as the average white man, for if he were there would be no Negro problem.”

On English colonialism: “I am a believer in the fact that it is for the good of the world that the English-speaking race in all its branches should hold as much of the world’s surface as possible. The spread of the little kingdom of Wessex into more than a country, more than an empire, into a race which has conquered half the earth and holds a quarter of it is perhaps the greatest fact in all of history.”

Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

We’re all in the room where it happened

e are blessed with the curse of living in interesting times, and our duty is to bear witness.

Like the Greatest Generation, we are in the midst of a fight for our lives, and we don’t know yet how it will end. We are still Londoners in the dark days of the Blitz.

For our wartime parents and grandparents, the battles were furious and deadly, but the good guys won and democracy prevailed. Americans sacrificed together, mourned together and danced together on VJ Day. Those of us RandI born after the two kReIss world wars know about them because others told the story. In a strange and wonderful coincidence, the movie “Hamilton” began streaming online on July Fourth (of course). One line from it is, “Who lives, who dies, who tells the story?”

The creator of the show, Lin Manuel Miranda, speaks to being part of history, and at the same time observing the moment. We know about World War II

because of writers like Stephen Ambrose, and we know about the founding of our country because Washington and Jefferson and Madison and Franklin and Hamilton took pen to paper. We experience the Holocaust on a visceral level when we read Elie Wiesel’s account of being a 7-year-old in Auschwitz in “Night.”

We know their stories because they were willing to bear witness to the history they were living. Perhaps they were compelled. Bearing witness is both a gift to the future and a psychological release. We talk about our trauma and the burden is shared.

Here, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and the catastrophe of the Trump years, we must tell our stories. To use another famous line from “Hamilton,” we are all, every one of us, in the room where it happened. We have lived the Trump years day to day, and suffered the assault on our American values, the evisceration of the governmental agencies that have kept us safe and the disregard for the very earth that sustains us.

Whatever your talent or ability, keep chronicling these days so that others can know what happened during the pandemic.

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Write the stories, paint the pictures, take out your phone and start snapping photos.

Build new furniture for this time or create new recipes that helped you cope. Begin a diary.

I am imploring my own grandkids to keep a journal of these days.

Their experience is unique because this is the only childhood they know, and it is trapped in the constraints of pandemic protocols. They are observing how the grownups in the room are coping, and they are learning how to behave during a protracted emergency. Someday, we hope, their children and grandchildren will want to know how they survived this moment.

Whatever our skill set, we must bear witness, not just to the disease and how it shoved us, body and soul, so far off course.

We must remember, and record for the future, the offenses of Donald Trump and his supporters.

We saw the run-up to the 2016 election.

Enough of us Americans were willing to elect Trump to the presidency, despite his lack of leadership skills, despite his toxic attitudes toward women and minorities, despite his disregard for old alliances and

n the midst of a pandemic and a disastrous presidency, we must all tell our stories.

friends abroad and despite his lack of basic decency. We did it for our “pocketbooks” or for a “shakeup” in Washington or because we heard the veiled racism and xenophobia in his speeches and it appealed to us.

We were all in the room when he got elected, and we have been languishing in that room these past three years. But while we have been stuck in a bad place, we have been recording events of the day and turning them into memories, and we can share these with generations to come so that our history will not repeat itself. Next time a charlatan comes to town selling snake oil, perhaps the public will be savvy and principled enough to send him or her packing.

When we wonder aloud “What could go wrong?,” when we think about electing another dangerous fool, perhaps we will be scared straight by an account of the pandemic of 2020 and the story of a president whose incompetence and indifference led to thousands and thousands of unnecessary deaths.

Who lives, who dies, who tells your story? Bearing witness is an edge on immortality. We may be gone someday, but we won’t be forgotten if someone reads our book or sees our play or listens to our music.

Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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The American Red Cross annually publishes a hurricane-preparedness checklist.

We present it here.

Before a storm ■ Listen to a NOAA Weather Radio for critical information from the National Weather Service.

■ Make sure you have a three-day supply of water — at least one gallon per day per person.

■ Be sure to have a three-day supply of food on hand.

■ Bring in anything from your yard that can be picked up by the wind, such as bicycles and lawn furniture.

■ Have a flashlight with extra batteries and a battery-powered or hand-crank radio.

■ Close windows, doors and hurricane shutters. If you don’t have shutters, board up windows and doors with plywood.

■ Check your first aid kit to ensure that it’s well supplied.

■ Turn the refrigerator and freezer to the coldest setting and keep them closed as much as possible so food will last longer if the power goes out.

■ Have a seven-day supply of medications and medical items (hearing aids with extra batteries, glasses, contact lenses, syringes, cane).

■ Turn off propane tanks and unplug small appliances.

■ Fill your vehicle’s gas tank.

■ Gather copies of personal documents (medication lists and pertinent medical information, proof of address, deed/lease to your home, passports, birth certificates, insurance policies).

■ Talk with members of your household and create an evacuation plan. Planning, and practicing the plan, will minimize confusion and fear during the storm.

■ Have cellphones and chargers on hand.

■ Create a family and emergency contact list.

■ Learn about your community’s hurri-

Vital items In your hurricane go bag, you should have: ■ A multi-purpose tool ■ Extra cash ■ Emergency blanket ■ Map(s) of the area ■ Tools and supplies for securing your home ■ An extra set of car and house keys ■ Extra clothing, hat and sturdy shoes ■ Rain gear ■ Insect repellent and sunscreen ■ Camera for photos of damage

after a storm ■ Continue listening to NOAA Weather Radio or the local news for the latest updates.

■ Stay alert for extended rainfall and subsequent flooding, even after the storm has passed.

■ If you evacuated, return home only when officials say it is safe.

■ Drive only if necessary, and again, avoid flooded roads and washed-out bridges.

■ Stay away from loose or dangling electric lines and report them to the power company.

■ Stay out of any building that has water around it.

■ Inspect your home for damage. Take pictures of any damage, both of the building and its contents, for insurance purposes.

■ Use flashlights, not candles, in the dark.

cane response plan. Plan routes to local shelters, register family members with special medical needs as required and make plans for your pets to be cared for.

■ Evacuate if advised by authorities. Be careful to avoid flooded roads and washedout bridges.

■ Avoid drinking or preparing food with tap water until you are sure it’s not contaminated.

■ Check refrigerated food for spoilage. If in doubt, throw it out.

■ Wear protective clothing, and be cautious when cleaning up to avoid injury.

■ Be certain to have baby supplies (bottles, formula, baby food, diapers).

■ Watch animals closely, and keep them under your direct control.

■ Check pet supplies (collar, leash, ID, food, carrier, bowl).

■ Use the telephone only for emergency calls.

■ Because standard homeowners insurance does not cover flooding, you should have a flood insurance plan. For more information on flood insurance, visit the National Flood Insurance Program website, www.FloodSmart.gov.

If your community has experienced a hurricane, or any disaster, register on the American Red Cross Safe and Well website, RedCross.org/SafeandWell to let your family and friends know about your welfare.

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t is an understatement to say that the coronavirus pandemic has had profoundly negative impacts on the health and well-being of Americans, as well as the job market, personal finances and the economy. The devastation has been particularly painful for the metropolitan area, including Long Island. The Town of Hempstead’s proactive approach to dealing with the crisis has helped us to secure resources to do so.

What’s more, our partnership with neighbors across our communities has enabled us to DonaLD expend those CLaVIn resources in a thoughtful and meaningful manner, providing needed assistance to individuals and business owners who have been hard-hit by the deadly virus. To be certain, we have accomplished much, but there is more that we can do together on the road to recovery from the pandemic.

Hempstead Town’s Road to Recovery initiative is a comprehensive approach to safeguarding municipal employees, protecting the public and assisting business owners. It has also been acutely

focused on maintaining essential governmental services, restoring many welcome amenities that neighbors enjoy during these troubling times as well as providing life-sustaining food to neighbors. The town has even supplied funding to hospitals, which is being used to battle Covid19. Much of the work we have done has been made possible by $134 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES, grant funding, which U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer helped to secure.

The challenges confronting the town have been significant, given the fact that our population is greater than that of several states. Indeed, the population density of our communities has apparently made us more vulnerable to the impacts of the virus than many other regions of New York and the country. In recognition of that, my administration created a Coronavirus Task Force, which was led by the town’s medical director, Dr. David Neubert, a certified Emergency Department doctor.

As the only town in our region with a dedicated medical director, we were able to quickly and safely establish protocols that helped us maintain and resume services with minimal interruption. From

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ith more residents than several states, our challenges have been significant.

Letters Column captures pandemic’s challenges To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “Marriage in the time of Covid-19” in last week’s Herald: I am so amazed at how often Randi’s written words match my sentiments.

Just this morning I remarked to my best friend that having my wife at home all day, every day since March is beginning to wear thin. We also, by unspoken agreement, spend several hours in separate areas, but somehow I’m getting less tolerant of those times when she just appears in my space for a little chat or to rant about some disturbing news she’s just heard or read.

Anyway, thanks, Randi, for your writing, and happy anniversary after 52 years of wedded bliss and adjustment!

PATRICIA FULTON Baldwin

New York needs voting poll workers To the Editor: State Assemblywoman Nily Rozic and I unveiled legislation on Monday to improve Election Day for millions of New

continuing our sanitation and recycling services with minimal interruption to offering clean and sanitary drinking water to residents, we took our mission seriously. Our government officials adapted to the pandemic, revising methods of collecting taxes, processing marriage licenses and handling building permits. We continue to modify procedures to make our government accessible to neighbors while ensuring the safety of employees and the public.

We have also taken steps to help members of the town’s family who are in need. We have spent millions of dollars to create “pop-up” food pantries to meet people’s nutritional needs. Free lunch programs are in place, and a new partnership with Island Harvest will provide for a $2 million food-delivery program for the at-risk population.

Now that summer is here, we have worked hard to restore a sense of normalcy to the season for residents. From presenting drive-in movies and concerts to opening beaches, parks and pools with added safety protocols, the qualityof-life experience is being restored in the town.

Businesses have been slammed by the pandemic and the restrictions placed on

Yorkers by addressing a lack of available poll workers across the state. The new bill would, if passed, allow college students to work at poll sites where they are not registered to vote, freeing up thousands of potential volunteers.

In New York’s primary last month, an estimated one-third of trained poll workers stayed home because they worried they might contract Covid-19. Additionally, traditional polling places such as schools, libraries and firehouses refused to open because of the virus. Of 698 polling locations on Long Island, 344 were closed on Primary Day, June 23. This put tremendous pressure on the poll workers at the open locations, and reflected the need to expand the pool of potential volunteers.

With so many uncertainties facing our election operations this fall, it is critical that polling locations have enough staff to ensure that the voting process happens as safely and smoothly as possible.

Under current state law, poll workers are required to live in the election district where they work, which limits the potential new-volunteer pool and puts a strain on polling locations with increased demand. But many students attend college outside their normal election district, and so are ineligible to be poll workers near their schools.

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their operations by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. gr ma The town actively helped restaurants to reopen, establishing Long Island’s first sta outdoor seating program, which provides expedited permits for outdoor din- Americ As a ing at no cost to restaurant owners. The town has partnered with Nassau County Americ to secure $2 million worth of personal awe.

In h protective equipment for business owners free of charge.

As Hempstead moves forward, we continue to receive and evaluate proposals from various community groups for the effective and efficient use of CARES funding, which will benefit everyone in the town’s large, diverse family. We are consulting with other governments, such as local villages, to explore additional opportunities to help people. And we are poised to begin $40 million in roadway-improvement projects to put many workers back on the job. Lastly, we will be announcing several new community-assistance programs and the elimination of many touch surfaces at town ed the U facilities for the well-being of the public. He r Together, we will continue to push for work in the responsible reopening of our society. Japane We have made great progress, but there the Boy sake, th is more to do in the battle to recover Loca from the health impacts and economic bears h damage wrought by the pandemic. evelt C Donald Clavin is the Town of Hempstead Execut eola. supervisor.

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Don Clavin The Hempstead Town Board

Road to Recovery

The Hempstead Town Board invite you to

for the

2020 FREE SUMMER DRIVE-IN CONCERTS July

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All concerts start at 8 p.m., at Town Park, Point Lookout Town residents only. First-come, first-serve basis.

It is “Urgent” for you to see Double Vision - The Foreigner Experience.

Decadia performs the soundtrack of your life with all the greatest hits from the ‘80’s, ‘90’s & today.

“One Way or Another” you will love Sunday Girl – A Blondie Tribute Experience.

There will be “Something in the Air” as PseudoSsudio performs the hits of Phil Collins.

You’ll hear the sounds of “Sweet Home Alabama” as FREEBIRD plays the hits of LYNYRD SKYNYRD. Take a “Holiday” with Material Girl featuring Amber Ferrari in a tribute to Madonna & Lady Gaga.

You will “Feel the Love Tonight” as Sir Elton plays the hits of Elton John.

It will be a magical night when Hokis Pokis takes the stage.

“That’s Amore” with Jenna Esposito…Featuring Italian favorites song by such artists as Connie Francis, Jerry Vale, Rosemary Clooney and more.

There will be “Nowhere to Run” when the Ladies of Motown hit the stage.

You will be “Dancing in the Dark” with Badlands – A Bruce Springsteen Tribute.

You will want to “Take It Easy” as Desert Highway plays the hits of the Eagles.

“You’ve Got a Friend” as Hour Glass plays the hits of James Taylor.

2020 FREE SUMMER DRIVE-IN MOVIE SERIES Movies will begin at sunset, and attendees are urged to arrive early.

Town residents only. First-come, first-serve basis.

Daddy’s Home

Sonic the Hedgehog

Tuesday, July 14 at Rath Park 849 Fenworth Blvd., Franklin Square

Thursday, July 23 at Western Beef, Town Parking Lot R-1 322 Nassau Blvd., Roosevelt

Mamma Mia

Footloose

Thursday, July 16 at Hewlett Point Park 130 Hewlett Point Ave., Bay Park

Tuesday, July 28 at Oceanside Park 3800 Mahlon Brower Drive, Oceanside

The Lion King (2019)

Grease

Tuesday, July 21 at Veterans Memorial Park 1700 Prospect Ave., East Meadow

Thursday, July 30 at Niest Field 298-304 Jerusalem Ave., Levittown

For a complete list of concerts and movies, including August dates, please visit hempsteadtownny.gov

Donald X. Clavin, Jr. Supervisor

Frank Zangla Commissioner, Parks & Recreation

Council Members Dorothy L. Goosby Bruce A. Blakeman Anthony D’Esposito Dennis Dunne, Sr. Thomas E. Muscarella Christopher Carini

Kate Murray Town Clerk

Jeanine C. Driscoll Receiver of Taxes

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Supervisor