The TIMES of Huntington • Northport • East Northport
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April 30, 2015
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An evening with Chef Paolo Fontana
also: ‘the Man who Came to dinner’ in northport; Helen Stein Shack picture book winners
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image from renaissance downtowns
HOTEL ON HORIZON? Above, a rendering of a four-story, 140-room hotel that Renaissance Downtowns wants to site in Huntington Station. The town board will consider the environmental impacts of the hotel and other projects at a public hearing on Tuesday, May 5. For story, see page A3.
A Greenlawn family takes heart
Tulip festival in bloom on Sunday Event celebrates 15 years
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21–year-old man receives new heart
Martines said she was overwhelmed with emotion as the A call at 11:47 p.m. last Friday moment she had been waiting changed the life of a 21-year-old for happened. She was happy Greenlawn man and his family and scared for her son, but she for the better. On the other end said he was ready. of the line was a heart. “He was ready to go, ready to With tears of joy streaming go, ready to go,” Martines said. down her face, Michele Mar- “He wanted the heart.” tines gracefully accepted the The quest for a new heart heart on behalf of her son, Chris- began on June 28, 2012, when tian Siems, who Siems tried to was in desperdonate blood at ‘He was dying.’ ate need of a school. A nurse — MIcHELE MARTINEs noticed he had an transplant after suffering from irregular heartcongestive beat and suggested heart failure as a result of a ge- he see a doctor. His mom took netic disease. him to the pediatrician, who “We packed everything; we suggested he see a cardiologist. were running around scared After having an echocardiotrying to call people,” Martines gram, a test used to see how the said describing the moments heart is beating and pumping after finding out her son would blood, he had to undergo an HEart continued on page a9 be getting a new heart. By BARBARA Donlon
photo from Michele Martines
Michele Martines smiles with her son Christian, 21, prior his heart transplant at Westchester Medical Center on Saturday.