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Singas beats Murray for DA Dem rides experience as prosecutor to 58%-42% landslide victory over GOP challenger “When you’re in a tight race, you see who your friends are, and Democratic Acting District At- my goodness, I never knew I had so torney Madeline Singas won a full many friends,” she said. Singas, a Manhasset resident, term in office Tuesday night, winning nearly 58 percent of the vote took the $174,000-a-year job at the (113,110 votes) to Republican Kate helm of the DA’s office in January, after her Democratic predecessor and Murray’s 42 percent (82,028 votes). “This victory transcends Repub- current U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (Dlican or Democrat,” Singas said at a Garden City) took office in Congress. A graduate of Fordham Unigathering of Democrats in Garden versity’s law school, City. “This victory she started her prosmeans the voters put See more ecutorial career at aside their partisan issues. The voters over- election coverage the Queens DA’s office in 1991 and eventuwhelmingly said we’re pAgES 24, 25 and 26 ally led its Domestic going to put our comViolence Bureau. In munity first.” Singas beat former Hempstead 2006, Rice tapped her to run NasTown Supervisor Murray by a 15-per- sau’s newly created Special Victims cent margin despite a Newsday/ Bureau. She was there until 2011, News 12/Siena College poll showing when Rice chose her as her chief asthe race nearly tied going into elec- sistant. Murray was elected Hempstead’s tion day. Speaking to fellow Republicans Town Supervisor in 2003, the first in Westbury, Murray said she had woman to ever hold the office, after “never been prouder” of any cam- serving two years as Town Clerk. Continued on Page 24 paign she had run.

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Democratic Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas gives her victory speech Tuesday night at a party gathering in Garden City. She defeated Republican Kate Murray in the district attorney race by a 15-point margin.

Incumbents win in town, county races By J o e n i k i c , n o a H en seats to avoid a Republican su- cumbent Republican town council- jamin and Green Party candidate supervisor against Republican permajority and all five incumbents man, escaped with a victory of 232 Cassandra Lems, receiving 5,300 of candidate Anthony Bulzomi, who ManSkar, and H a r r i S o n M a r d e r in the Town of North Hempstead votes, out of 6,525 cast, defeating the votes to Benjamin’s 3,014 and received 32 percent of the votes —

won re-election on Tuesday — in- Democratic political newcomer Emily Beys 3,378 to 3,146. Democrats in the Nassau Coun- cluding four Democrats. Nassau County Legislator ElDino DeGeorgio, the lone inty Legislature maintained their sevlen Birnbaum, who had been stripped of her position in the Democratic caucus for racially charged comments she made in 2014— easily bested Republican challenger Lisa Ben-

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Town of North Hempstead North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth led the town Democrats, receiving nearly 68 percent of votes to win re-election as the Town of North Hempstead’s

20,122 to 9,587. “I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve as supervisor of the Town of North Hempstead for another two years. Fiscal responsibility, open and transparent government, environmental protection, and responsiveness to our residents Continued on Page 26

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Greenvale Stop & Shop opens

Shelves filled, customers shopping By H a r r i s on Marder

The memorial for Mineola teenagers Steven Clancy and Javier Gonzalez at the intersection of Roslyn Road and Locust Lane in Roslyn Heights.

Criticism grows of Roslyn Road plan

Temple Sinai, Beth Sholom join E.W. school board By H a r r i s on Marder Officials from Temple Sinai and Temple Beth Sholom joined the East Williston Board of Education last week in expressing concern about to the proposed changes to traffic patterns on Roslyn Road — including the narrowing of the roadway from four lanes to two from the south service road of the Long Island Expressway to south of I.U. Willets Road. “It doesn’t seem to me that the traffic pattern will ever allow that part of the road to be narrowed,” said Jonathan Cheris, president of Temple Sinai Roslyn. “You could never have two lanes based upon the volume of traffic.” Cheris, a resident of the Village of East Hills, said that while he has not received enough information about all the changes, Temple Sinai is opposed to narrowing Roslyn Road.

“We haven’t seen any studies or specifics,” he said. “We are against any changes until we are engaged. I’m deeply concerned that there would be this proposal out there without engaging [the Temple.] How dare there be something out there without engaging us. I have a big problem with that.” Michael Koblenz, a Temple Sinai Board member who is also the Mayor of the Village of East Hills, said he agreed with Cheris’ opposition to the changes. “We know that they want to narrow the road and create traffic jams,” Koblenz said. “Especially during rush hours when the temple has Hebrew School.” Pearl Halegua, resident of Temple Beth Sholom, said that if Roslyn Road is narrowed to one lane, turning in and out of Temple Beth Sholom “will [take] twice as long.” “During rush hour Roslyn Road is pretty insane to begin with,” Halegua said. “Whatever

The shelves have been filled and customers are now shopping at the new Stop & Shop in Greenvale’s Wheatley Plaza. The new store includes produce, bakery, meat and seafood departments as well an extensive assortment of natural and organic products. Additionally, the store features a refreshed modern décor, updated refrigeration systems, new lighting, state of the art technology, and other improvements, a news release said. The former Pathmark was one of 25 supermarkets in the New York City area that were converted to Stop & Shop stores following the bankruptcy filing by Pathmark’s parent company The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. On Sept. 22, the store was sold to the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC as part of a 24-store, $124 million deal with Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea, court records showed. Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in July to protect their A&P, Food Basics, The Food Emporium,

Pathmark, Superfresh and Waldbaum’s stores from creditors. On Oct.23, the store held its grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. Town of North Hempstead Second District Councilman Peter Zuckerman was on hand to help cut the ribbon along with Store Manager Mike Carney. As part of the ceremony, Carney and Arlene Putterman, Stop & Shop’s New York Metro Division Public and Community Relations Manager, presented a $2,000 check to Michael Capobianco, the Executive Director of the North Shore Boys & Girls Club. A new Stop & Shop sign has taken the place of the old Pathmark sign on the front of the building. The large “closing” sign that was hung above the Pathmark sign has been taken down. According to the release, the Stop & Shop Card will offer customers automatic access to thousands of savings every time they shop plus Gas Extra Rewards. Peapod, the country’s leading Internet grocer, will also be available to customers, the release said.

(traffic) was taking up two lanes is going to take up one lane. Making (Roslyn Road) one lane is going to cause quite a lot of congestion.” Halegua said she is also concerned when people slow down to enter the temple during Hebrew school drop off. “(Having) one lane will take longer (for those cars) to funnel in,” Halegua said. Both Temple Sinai and Temple Beth Shalom are located along the stretch of Roslyn Road that would be narrowed as a result of the proposed changes. Nassau County Legislator Judy Jacobs said last week that the county Department of Public Works planned to present a plan to the county Legislature’s Rules Committee on Nov. 16 that calls for the reduction of lanes on Roslyn Road, the elimination of a cutoff onto Locust Lane and the installation of a traffic light at the intersection of Roslyn Road Continued on Page 59 A look at the new Stop & Shop produce section

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Roslyn teen’s film featured at festival 18-year-old Max Novick has been working professionally in film since he was 13 years old By H a r r i s on Marder

At 18 years old, Roslyn High School graduate Max Novick has already put together an impressive filmmaking resume. Since he started working professionally when he was 13 years old, Novick, currently a freshman film major at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, said he has compiled a “six or seven page resume” that lists his work in various roles on a number of different films. While some might view Novick as an already accomplished filmmaker, he said that his career in filmmaking is just getting started. “Film is a long-term process,” Novick said. “I wouldn’t say I’ve had my crowning achievement yet.” On Oct. 25, Novick’s most recent film “Crystal,” which he wrote, co-produced, directed, shot and edited, was shown at the Yonkers Film Festival. “Crystal,” a 15 minute short film that Novick created as his “thesis film” from The Long Island High For the Arts, is also go-

ing to be shown on Friday Nov. 6 at the East Village Cinemas in New York City, he said. “[‘Crystal’ is] best described as a cross between a traditional romance film and a revenge thriller,” Novick said. “[It] works on the dramatic level, but has a lot to say that is relevant now about gender.” Novick said that he tried to make an interesting film about the sensitive issues surrounding gender, including gay marriage and bisexuality. “[I wanted] to make an entertaining film that also deals with gender and sexuality,” he said. [I wanted] to make something that has an artistic statement that is also captivating and fun to watch.” In August, “Crystal” won the “Award of Recognition: Young Filmmaker 17 and Younger” from the Accolade Global Film Competition, an international film competition that receives submissions from all around the world. Novick, along with fellow Roslyn High School graduate Will Kim, the composer for Max Novick (right) and Elena Brosseau, the first Assistant Director “Crystal,” spent a day shooting of “Crystal”, at the Yonkers Film Festival

the film in Roslyn. Roslyn, Novick said, was chosen as the location for the shoot because he tries to “slip autobiography into everything [he does].” “A lot of places in Roslyn came [to] mind when [I was] thinking of the construction of the film,” he said. Novick said he realized his passion for filmmaking when he watched “Fight Club” as a sixth grader. After seeing the last shot of the film, Novick said, he got a feeling that he wanted to direct. As a sophomore at Roslyn High School, Novick said, he told his guidance counselor, Melissa Lazzaro, that he “needed [a] more intensive [program] in film and film making” from the school. Roslyn High School, Novick said, realized the limitations of their film program, and gave him the opportunity to study film and art at the Long Island High School for the Arts in Syosset for his junior and senior year. “[Long Island High School for the Arts] exposed me to difContinued on Page 59

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DOT to study traffic in Flower Hill By H a r r i S on M a r d e r

Village of Flower Hill Administrator Ronnie Shatzkamer announced Monday that state Department of Transportation has secured funding for a scoping study of traffic at the intersection of Port Washington Boulevard and Middle Neck Road. Shatzkamer said the village has been working on getting this study done since Feb. 2013, when Village of Flower Hill Mayor Elaine Phillips wrote to the DOT asking for the study because of monthly accident reports the village received from the Nassau County Police Department’s Third Precinct. The one-page letter, which Shatzkamer referenced during her report at Monday’s Board of Trustees meeting, said the state DOT’s regional office on Long Island “conducted a preliminary investigation of this location and determined the left turn lane for southbound [Port Washington Boulevard] does not have enough storage capacity and traffic backs up during peak periods.” The state DOT “will evaluate alternative options prior to the initial design phase and environmental analysis of the proposed project,” the letter said. In Feb. 2013, Shatzkamer said, the village received a letter from the state DOT saying that they had opened up an investigation, but the village did not hear anything else about the investigation for a few months.

The Village of Flower Hill Board of Trustees at their meeting on Nov. 2 On April 2, 2013, Phillips and Shatzkamer attended a meeting with state Sen. Jack Martins, state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel and representatives from Residents for a More Beautiful Port Washington and the Village of Port Washington North to ask the state DOT if they could expand the study to look into all of Port Washington Boulevard. Nine days later, Shatzkamer said, the state DOT sent a letter back saying that they would expand the study. In Jan. 2015, Shatzkamer said, the

village received a report of the investigation from the state DOT which included accident analysis, a speed study and signal timing. The DOT recommended changing the speed limit along Port Washington Boulevard from 45 mph to 40 mph and adding signage for pedestrian and school crossings, Shatzkamer said. Shatzkamer said the DOT’s recommended changes went into effect within a month after the village received the report.

Despite the DOT saying that their accident analysis looked at village accident data from the intersection of Port Washington Boulevard and Middle Neck Road, Shatzkamer said, the village continued tracking accidents at that intersection. According to village data, the number of accidents at the intersection seemed to be increasing, Shatzkamer said. Due to the increase in the number of accidents, the village again reached out to the state DOT, along with the support of Martins and Schimel, to investigate the increase accident count, Shatzkamer said. Shatzkamer said she is happy that the DOT has decided to conduct the scoping study. “I think that at least [now] the ball is rolling,” she said. In other business, Graco will be filming a car-seat commercial on Birch Lane on Tuesday, Nov. 3 and Wednesday Nov. 4. Shatzkamer said traffic will be limited on Birch Lane between Boulder Road and Elderfields Road while the commercial is being filmed. The village, Shatzkamer said, will receive $2,500 in filming fees. “We love to have filming in the village,” she said. “It is a nice thing to do. We love the income.” Phillips was absent from Monday’s meeting. The next board meeting will be on Monday Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m.

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The Mary Brennan Inn, located in Hempstead, NY, provides meals and food for many of our local community's hungry and needy. The Inn was founded in 1983 and depends on support from individuals, schools, religious organizations, community groups, businesses and foundations. Mrs, Maiello and Mrs. D’Andrilli, fifth grade teachers at Center Street School in Williston Park began a garden project with students last spring. The Three Sisters Garden (corn, green beans, and squash) as well as tomatoes, eggplant and peppers were planted, tended and harvested by the students with the help of the teachers and additional Herricks parents. During this past summer, Mrs. Baranello, a Herricks parent, organized student and parent volunteers to continue to weed and tend to the garden. To date, Center Street School has provided the Mary Brennan Inn with over 100 pounds of donated produce.

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Legislators OK budget in partisan vote Dems oppose GOP-amended $2.9B plan, citing casino revenue and increase in fees By J oe N i k i c In a party line vote, the Nassau County Legislature voted 11-7 Tuesday in favor of a GOP majority-amended 2016 budget, which removed a 1.2 percent property tax increase and cut two fee increases in half. The Legislature voted 11-7 in favor of the majority’s amendments and 11-7 against the Democratic minority’s proposed amendments prior to voting on Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano’s proposed $2.95 billion budget, Sixth District Legislator Francis Becker, a Republican, was absent from the vote due to a death in the family. Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves (R-East Meadow) said the majority’s changes “better reflect the priorities of our residents.” The vote sets up a potential battle with the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, a state monitoring board in control of the county’s finances.

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Louis Arcila food to be prepared, police said. Arcila followed the woman to her car and continued to speak to her through the passenger side window of the car, according to police. During the conversation, police said, Arcila opened the passenger door of the woman’s car, sat down in the car, leaned over, and grabbed at the woman’s right breast. As the woman knocked the defendant’s hand away, he moved his hand to the victim’s inner thigh, police said. Arcila then moved his hand back up to the woman’s breast a second time. The attack ended, police said, when the woman’s nephew returned to the car and found Arcila groping at her. The victim’s 10-year-old daughter witnessed the attack and threatened to put the defendant “in the hospital” if he continued to touch the victim, according to police. If convicted on the top charge, Arcila faces up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine, police said. Arcila is due back in court Nov. 13.

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track LIRR terminal currently being built, according to a press release from MTA’s Press Office. East Side Access will offer direct service to Grand Central Station from the Port Washington, Port Jefferson, and Oyster Bay LIRR branches. “This is a major milestone in the construction of East Side Access,” MTA Capital Construction President Michael Horodniceanu said. “After years of toiling and making great progress below ground and mostly out of the public’s view, the emergence of construction in Grand Continued on Page 69

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State Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) said last Thursday people who oppose a minimum wage of $15 will always be looked at like they “hate poor people,” but the discussion needs to go further than just the economic status of workers. “When the price of gallon of milk goes from $4 to $8 because you have to pay $15 to the store clerk who stands behind the counter, someone’s gotta pay that,” Martins said. “These are the discussions we’ve got to have.” Speaking at a Great Neck Village Officials Association meeting, Martins said not enough thought has been put into the impact of a $15 minimum wage on businesses. “What if you knew it was going to force people out of business? What if you knew that not-for-profits in the community, who don’t have the ability of increasing their prices, who provide services for the disabled or provide services for senior citizens are going to close shop and no longer be able to provide those services? How do you feel then?” Martins will lead a series of state Senate hearings in Albany about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to raise the state minimum wage to $15 per hour. In the hearings, which will probably run from mid-November to the first week of December, the Senate’s labor committee will assess the potential impacts of the

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State Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola, far left) at a meeting sponsored by the Great Neck Village Officials Association. At the meeting, he raised questions about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s call for a $15 statewide minimum wage. Martins will lead a series of hearings on the issue starting later this month. wage hike, Martins said. While the witness list has not been finalized, Martins said, the committee will most likely hear from businesses, economists, labor leaders and representatives from non-profit organizations. As chair of the committee, he will moderate the discussions and question the witnesses. Martins said that a recent study conducted by the state showed that 70 percent of people were in favor of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

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The Service Employees International Union spent $30 million to promote a $15 minimum wage, Martins said, but there were no analytics involved in determining that number. In May, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who Martins said is strongly backed by the SEIU, established a three-person wage board to hold public hearings and determine what the minimum wage for fast food workers should be. Martins said at the hearings “one person after another” came to the stand and said they could not afford to live on their current wages and needed to make more money. “The wage board concluded that people who work in fast food restaurants should make $15 an hour,” he said. The problem, Martins said, is that the minimum wage is being discussed as a living wage but they are two different things. He added that the minimum wage issue was a societal discussion that “needs to be had,” and that his main concern was with local small businesses that would be forced to close because they could not pay their workers $15 an hour. Martins, who served as mayor of the Village of Mineola for eight years, also discussed next fiscal year’s expected .6% tax cap and what the state Senate could do to help villages more.

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The state distributes $700 million in aid and Incentives for municipalities funding to cities not including New York City, villages, and towns, Martins said, but only $20 million of that funding goes to villages. “If you have a small city Upstate with 5,000 residents, they may get a couple million dollars in state funding and aide,” he said. “If you have a village on Long Island with 5,000 residents, you know how much they’re getting? Probably about $10,000. That’s the difference. It’s that dramatic.” Martins added that villages and village officials need to “go get it” and ask for more money from the state. “If you have 10,000 residents in Great Neck, then you should get the same amount as 10,000 residents whether you’re a city, whether you’re a village, or whether you’re a town. It makes sense,” he said. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced last week that during the first six months of the fiscal year, which goes from April 1 to Marcg 31, the state was running a $4 billion surplus in receivables. Martins said although he is not sure that trend would continue for the last six months of the fiscal year, there are two options the state has to do with that money. He said that money should be redistributed to local governments to prevent the need for property tax increases. “I think that is valid and something we should be looking at,” Martins said. “What we get at state level should go down to the local level. There is no area of the state or municipal level of government that is as close to the people as our villages.” He added that the next option, as unrealistic as it may sound, would be to cut income taxes and allow people to keep their own money. Martins said the same way schools get increased funding every year, local governments needed to experience the same increasing. “Each and every year there is an increase in a percentage that goes to schools because of the tax cap, but there is no equal effort when it comes to local government,” he said.

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Roslyn High School fights breast cancer In the spirit of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Roslyn High School has undertaken a lot of initiatives recently to show that pink isn’t just a color. According to Nationalbreastcancer. org, “each year it is estimated that over 220,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 40,000 will die.” And, though it is rare, “2,150 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and approximately 410 will die each year,” the organization reports. To downgrade these unfathomable numbers, on Wednesday, Youth Against Cancer, or YAC, got students thinking pink, and wearing it, too. Tables were set up at the high school to collect donations in exchange for candy.

money to help the AmerThe effort reached ican Cancer Society fight into the sports clubs the disease,” junior Nikas well. Last week, ki Nissan, a player on the boys and girls JV the girls’ varsity team, and Varsity volleyball explained. teams hosted “Spike Each team went up Out Cancer.” This event against a Garden City raised over $1,000 for High School team. The all types of cancer and boys’ game was a league brought lots of spectacompetition, the girls’ tors to the high school game just for fun, and gym bleachers. although neither Roslyn “Spike Out Cancer team won, the objecwas a fundraising event SAMANTHA PYE tive of raising money hosted by the Roslyn View from High School and awareness was met. Varsity Volleyball proThough neither teams gram to honor cancer won, the real objectives survivors, raise awareness about reducing cancer risk, and raise were met. “Spike Out Cancer was a way for both the girls and boys volleyball teams to raise money and awareness in many different ways,” says sophomore Ali Hosseinipour, a member of the boys Varsity team. Members of the girls’ team sold pink ribbons and lollipops to students and faculty. There were lots of pink-themed baked goods for sale. Additionally, guests could buy shirts and participate in a silent auction, with items donated from local businesses. Female players wore pink tie-dye shirts, and the boys could be spotted in light pink ones. Junior Sarah Carbanaro kept fans hyped and was available to take pictures with her bulldog spirit, in the

bulldog mascot costume. All proceeds from the Spike Out Event went to the American Cancer Society, to help in a plethora of ways. Dollars from cookies and ribbons all added up in the fight against cancer, assisting with diagnosis, treatment, recovery and hopefully, the effort to find a cure. Roslyn students say they want to help everyone affected by cancer. “It not only affects the victim, but their families and friends as well,” junior Kendall Reichbach added. Freshman Nattily Soltanian agreed. “It’s very important to raise awareness about breast cancer and other cancers as well because it helps others that are in need and gives them hope to keep fighting strong with what they have.” Nikki Nissan says the more people know about cancer-related illnesses, the more they might do to help. “By raising awareness, people become more educated about the topic and are willing to do more to contribute to the cause. Raising awareness is very important because it provides an opportunity to raise money to help fund research for better medicines and even ways to prevent certain cancers.” Many students say events like this week’s Pink Day and last week’s Spike Out Cancer show even small donations make a big difference. “Raising awareness helps out everyone around you and could save a life,” Nattily Soltanian said.

Members of the band celebrate their victory

Roslyn Marching Bulldogs win state title B y S a m a n th a P y e

The Marching Bulldogs made Roslyn Band history Sunday with a first place win at the 42nd annual New York State Field Band Conference in Syracuse. With more than 4,000 high school students competing, Roslyn rocked the Carrier Dome with their all-time best score of 80.70 in the Small School Three Class, capping a sensational season. “As a senior, this is my first year actually winning,” senior and CEO of the band Amy Pinchiaroli said. “It was a huge accomplishment. I felt a feeling of pride in myself for being party of something so great.” Drum major Megha Schmalzle, who spent the season conducting above the field, said she couldn’t be happier with the band’s first-place finish. “To graduate from high school with a win this big feels amazing. I’m so proud of my fellow band members and everything we have achieved this year,” she said. The school received a plaque and badges for the band and staff members, as well as the privilege to display Gover-

nor’s Cup for one year. The cup has been passed around to all Small School Three winners in New York for 16 years, each having their name engraved on it. Each band performed a seven-to-10minute show for judges observing both on and above the field. Bands were evaluated based off their timing, appearance, visuals and musical production. Most shows have a theme, much like Roslyn’s 2015 circus show. The Roslyn High School band’s 2015 show, “Quidam” has been performed at numerous Wednesday night rehearsals on the high school turf, through countless run-throughs at band camp at Camp Taconic this past summer and at six different competitions. Quidam is a 1996 Cirque du Soleil show exploring a young girl’s dream world. This championship win is a first for the Roslyn Marching Bulldogs who said it will be a day to remember. The celebration didn’t end once the band received the Governor’s Cup and Continued on Page 48

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or residents in and around New Hyde Park, Albertson and Greenvale, the auction of supermarkets owned by the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. will not result in a loss of convenience. The financially beleaguered A&P chain agreed to sell the Pathmark at 2335 New Hyde Park Road in New Hyde Park, to ShopRite parent company WakeFern Food Corp., StatenIsland based Key Food Stores Co-operative Inc. purchased the Waldbaum’s at 1050 Willis Ave. in Albertson and the Pathmark in Greenvale’s Wheatley Plaza was sold to the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company. All three markets have or are about to begin to make the transition to their new incarnation. Hopefully, shoppers will find the newly updated stores as good as better as what was there. That may not be the case for residents in Great Neck where no bidders came forward in two auctions to purchase the Waldbaum’s in Great Neck Plaza. The managing partner of Kabro Associates, a real estate development and management firm that owns the shopping center in which Waldbaum’s is located, said that while no bids have come in during auction periods, there have been private negotiations with potential buyers. But thus far no deals have been made. Great Neck Chamber of Commerce president Hooshang Nematzadeh, who is himself a developer, said he believes no auction bids have come in because the space of the store, at 40,000 square feet, is too small to interest a major supermarket operator

like Stop & Shop but it might appeal to smaller supermarket operators like Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods. He also noted the $40 per square foot cost of rent could be deterring potential buyers from submitting a bid. Others have attributed the unwillingness thus far of supermarket chains to open in Great Neck Plaza to Great Neck’s changing demographics, a lack of parking in the shopping center competition from other nearby supermarket chains. The possible loss of a supermarket in Great Plaza raises a question of what government and others can and should do. On its face, this is a private matter between A&P, the operators of the shopping center and businesses interested in locating in the shopping center. But the fact is that the loss of a supermarket does have an impact on the entire village and beyond. Customers used to the convenience of the market — walking distance for many people — would have to travel further to shop. And the village feel of Great Neck Plaza would take a step back. The entire shopping district would also lose a draw for customers outside the village, which could impact other businesses in a district faced by empty store fronts. Bradley Diamond, a member of the Great Neck Business Circle and a real estate broker, said there needs to be more outcry from the local community for a new supermarket. He called on Village of Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District and the cham-

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ber of commerce to spearheading an effort for a new supermarket. Others have raised the question of what the Village of Great Neck Plaza or the Town of North

Hempstead could do. We suggest an all-of-theabove approach in which local governments and local business groups come together, if need be,

to attract another to Great Neck Plaza. And address the issue of empty storefronts in Great Neck as well as the rest of the Town of North Hempstead.

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Recliner sale on web helps prove how small the world

his is the Craigslist caper or how many hoops do you have to jump thru to give something away. I have an older recliner that is in decent shape but now declines to recline. So I posted on Craig’s List. To date there have been some eight people interested. Finally last night under cover of dark an enthusiastic young guy of slight build, imagine Harry Potter without a wand, shows up..... Not unlike Hercules struggling with the laacon he managed to get it out of the basement not however without putting a small dent in the door. I followed him as he weaved and bobbed to the front of the house. When we reached his car my

heart sank. He was driving a sedan. The chair is 32” x 34” x39” so guess what — pushed as he tried the chair refused to enter they car. At one point the chair even got stuck in the rear door opening — heart sinks a little deeper. So now, bereft of wizards wand we dejectedly retrace our way back to the man-cave. This is a follow up of my last story about my chair. The story had a happy ending. I got an email with a name and phone number of a person named Marloes who was interested in the chair. This is person No. 10 or 11. I called expecting a man to answer and it was a woman who explained it was a Dutch name. A couple finally arrived here at

about 9:30 this evening. I asked where they were from and she said two hours north of Amsterdam assuming I would not recognize the name of her town. I asked the name and she replied Groningen. I was dumbfounded because this is the town my father had always told me our relatives has emigrated from centuries(?)ago. And almost even stranger I made a point to visit this town on a sabbatical trip to Europe in 1989! It is a small world indeed and it made my day. Harry Weymer Mineola Editors note; Writer is a retired high school teacher from Ithaca, N.Y.

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Narrowing Roslyn Road a questionable plan

read your article on this in last Friday’s Williston Times and have to say that I am definitely not sold on Legislator [Judy] Jacobs’ proposal that narrowing Roslyn Road will be the solution to the unfortunate accidents at the Locust Lane intersection. The fact is that the stretch of

road from I.U. Willets road north to Locust Lane is a straightaway. Whether two lanes or one the temptation for one willing to speed will still be there, plain and simple. If someone wants to speed they will do that and I contend that Legislator Jacobs’ solution is not one at all. I’ve lived in East Williston

off of Roslyn Road for close to 29 years now and have traveled it extensively. I can personally attest to the fact that north of Jericho Turnpike, across Hillside Avenue and up to I.U. Willets Road Roslyn Road is only two lanes and the incidents of speeding I’ve witnessed on that stretch are mind boggling!

It is just naive to think that speeding can be controlled on a major North/South throughfare. I am in agreement that a light at the Locust Lane intersection will be a help to alleviate the situation, particularly if it can be visible from the light at I.U. Willets Road. However narrowing Roslyn

Road will create unnecessary traffic flow problems during the rush hours and create hazardous conditions for the numerous school buses that travel that stretch of roadway daily as pointed out by East Williston School Superintendent Kamberg. Tom Scheuer East Williston

Unwanted pets getting Support veterans dumped in county parks by offering jobs

he nature preserves and parks of Nassau County are renowned for their beauty and respect for wildlife and nature. Unfortunately some people do not respect this and have been dumping no longer wanted house pets in these forests. This is inhumane. These animals, which are domesticated,cannot hunt and survive outdoors. As the winter approaches more pets are being

ilitary service organizareleased into the forests of Nassau County. tions are teaming up Please spread the word amongst your family, with Walmart to support friends and neighbors of this sad and inhumane veterans. It is through practice. an initiative called,” Greenlight a Try to find a new home for an unwanted pet or Vet.” It is designed to help veterif you cannot bring the animal to a shelter. ans and their families when out of uniform to take the next step into M. Weber civilian life. It calls for all AmeriManhasset cans to engage with veterans and their families and help in the transition back to the communities with either jobs or a place to live. The suggestion also is to if possible place a green light on your porch to show our support for veterans coming home. Walmart says it is committed to this project and intends to hire 250,000 veterans by the year 2020. Now on a personal note let me mention the and going. fact that I am a U.S. Navy veteran • When Northern State Parkway is slow or from the Vietnam era and was stopped Roslyn Road is used as an alternate route. hire by Northeast Plumbing in • Residents going to temple on Holy Days will Mineola and have been there for have difficult parking. over 35 years now. Heavy traffic is already evident north of the exMy company has hired a pressway on Roslyn Road. At times traffic extends number of veterans from the from the expressway to the Roslyn Village. Army, Navy, and the Marines over I sympathize with the loss of life on Roslyn the years. Matter of fact one of Road but I think increased police enforcement would better serve the purpose. John Mathisen Roslyn Heights

Plan to narrow Roslyn Rd. a potential traffic nightmare

fter reading the article in the Roslyn Times to change Roslyn Road from two lanes to one lane in each direction, I see nothing but traffic nightmares for the surrounding residences, temples (two) and shopping centers (Holiday Farms). Reasons: • Roslyn Road is already a heavy trafficked road with trucking, buses and cars. Creating one lane will have traffic backed up to great lengths at times • Temple access and exit will be hampered especially with Beth Sholom’s school buses coming

our customers who was a super named Brian in an apartment building in Kew Gardens had served in the military sent my boss a flag that was flown in Afghanistan while he was there, and is now hanging proudly in our store. This Veterans Day please remember our brave men and women who have served our nation with pride and devotion to duty se we might have those freedoms we enjoyed today. Remember these freedoms come from those who with great personal sacrifice had to leave jobs, family and friends for the greater good. So please help a veteran if you can. In addition to that please fly the American flag from home and office in support of our veterans on Veterans Day. And if you know a veteran call him or her and tell them thank you. I know I will ! Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

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Bush term than Benghazi

am writing a rebuttal to the Oct. 30, 2015 letter that a Mr. Leonard Mansky wrote about the hearings of Hillary Clinton at Benghazi. Benghazi was a terrible tragedy and I feel for the people who lost their lives and their loved ones. Also, we may never really know unless the FBI discovers new information on Clinton. What I do know is that we are at war and many things happen. Under the 2 Bush administrations, 13 embassies were attacked with many more than four people dying, as in Benghazi.

The Bush administration started a long war with Iraq based on lies and false information. Many thousands of American soldiers and innocent Iraqi people are now in their graves because of what was done and said by that administration at that time. I am not a big fan of Hillary Clinton and if she lied she should pay in some way. But some hard-liners will never put it to bed and let it rest. George De Spirito Williston Park

his country and our President are nothing short of a disgrace. They spend billions of dollars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, not to name the whole Middle East but cannot give elderly people, disabled veterans and others a cost of living raise? Why do police officers, fireman, teachers, and MTA workers all get raises if inflation is so low? Is my school tax based on inflation? Well then I guess it won’t be going up!! My elderly neighbors meals

come out of a can. Shame on this country, our President, Congress and so forth. I guess by the time I finish writing this letter our President will have given another million dollars to some country in the Middle East while people in our own country have no choice but to open up another can of soup tor dinner. Have your water bill, electric bill, gas bill, Medicaid and Medicare insurance, prescriptions, home repairs etc. gone down? John Caliendo New Hyde Park

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Hempstead could do. We suggest an all-of-theabove approach in which local governments and local business groups come together, if need be,

to attract another to Great Neck Plaza. And address the issue of empty storefronts in Great Neck as well as the rest of the Town of North Hempstead.

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Town Council OKs $126.2M 2016 budget B Y NOA H M AN S KAR The North Hempstead Town Board on Thursday unanimously approved a $126.2 million budget for 2016 that contains modest spending and tax increases while staying below the state-mandated tax cap. “We have a deep obligation to our residents to provide the services they expect and deserve while being fiscally responsible, and I believe that this 2016 budget fulfills those responsibilities,” town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. Bosworth commended the town’s top finance officials and department heads for keeping costs down. Deputy Supervisor Aline Khatchadourian and other financial officials made some adjustments to the $126.2 million budget since the last Town Board meeting on Oct. 20.

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North Hempstead Councilman Peter Zuckerman (DEast Hills) and Supervisor Judi Bosworth at the Town Council’s budget vote on Oct. 29. They included $15,337 total in cuts to mailing expenses and a $249,000 drop in revenue from other government funds. But the changes still kept the tax levy increase under the .73-percent cap. Town Councilwoman Dina De Georgio (RPort Washington) asked Khatchadourian to explain the changes Thursday night, as the board had re-

ceived the final budget just before the meeting. “My feeling philosophically is that if we’re going to increase the taxes at all, even if by this admittedly small amount, the residents have to feel like they’re getting more for their money,” De Georgio said. Bosworth said she appreciated De Georgio’s questions because they showed the budget process

is “open and transparent.” The $126.2 million budget allocates $67.1 million for the town’s General Fund, which covers expenses in the town’s incorporated villages and unincorporated areas. Some $35.1 million goes to the Town outside Village Fund, which is dedicated to certain services, such as road maintenance, snow removal and building inspections, that the town provides residents who live or own property in unincorporated areas outside the boundaries of a village. The other $24 million goes to the 20 town-operated special districts that provide water, firefighting, lighting, park maintenance and other services. The figures reflect modest spending increases over the 2015 budget: $1,080,000 in the General Fund and $305,221 in the Town outside Village Fund.

The portion of that money covered by taxes also slightly increased over last year. Some $24.9 million of the General Fund and $27.1 million of the Town outside Village Fund will come from taxes, up from $24.75 million and $26.89 million, respectively, in 2015. The 20 town-operated special districts include fire protection districts in Albertson, Carle Place, Floral Park, Glenwood, Great Neck, Port Washington, and Roslyn, garbage districts in Albertson-Searingtown-Herricks, Great Neck, Manhasset, New Cassel, New Hyde Park-Garden City Park, and Floral Park Centre, the lighting district, park districts in Harbor Hills, Manhasset Bay, Clinton G. Martin, and Levitt Park at Roslyn Heights, Port Washington Public Parking, the Sidewalk Dis-

trict, and the Great Neck Water District. The other 23 are run by independently elected boards, each headed by a commissioner. They include the Port Washington Business Improvement District, fire districts in Garden City Park, Manhasset-Lakeville, New Hyde Park, and Westbury, garbage districts in Carle Place, Glenwood, Port Washington, and Roslyn, the Shelter Rock and Gold Coast library districts, the Carle Place Library Funding District, park districts in Great Neck and Manhasset, the Port Washington Police District, the Belgrave, Great Neck, and Port Washington Water Pollution Control Districts, and water districts in Albertson, Carle Place, Garden City Park, Glenwood, Manhasset-Lakeville, Port Washington, Roslyn, and Westbury.

$126.5M in special district budgets OK’d, too By J oe N i k i c The Town of North Hempstead’s 23 special districts operated by commissioners have a combined budget nearly the same as the town’s budget, but unlike the town the commissioner operated districts are not restricted by .73% state tax cap. Combined, the total budgets of the commissioner-operated special districts totals $125.5 million, just $700,000 less than the $126.2 million town budget approved on Oct. 29. Some $90.4 million of the $125.5 million is to be raised by taxation. Each commissioner-operated district determines its own budget, subject to approval by the Town Council. The budgets of the commissioner-operated special districts were approved by the Town Council on Thursday along with the town budget. The 23 commissioner operated districts include the Port Washington Business Improvement District, fire districts in Garden City Park, Manhasset-Lakeville, New Hyde Park, and Westbury, garbage districts in Carle Place, Glenwood, Port Washington, and Roslyn, the Shelter Rock and Gold Coast library districts, the Carle Place Library Funding District, park districts in Great

Neck and Manhasset, the Port Washington Police District, the Belgrave, Great Neck, and Port Washington Water Pollution Control Districts, and water districts in Albertson, Carle Place, Garden City Park, Glenwood, ManhassetLakeville, Port Washington, Roslyn, and Westbury. The largest budget of the districts comes from the Port Washington Police District with a budget of $20.58 million, up .41% from 2015’s budget of $20.49 million. The Great Neck Park District had the second largest budget at $18.75 million. The third largest budget was the Manhasset-Lakeville Water District with a $10.16 million budget, up 2.13 percent from 2015’s $9.95 million budget. Great Neck Water Pollution District had the fourth largest budget at $9.08 million, which was the same as 2015’s budget. The fifth highest budget was for the ManhassetLakeville Fire District at $7.57 million, up 1.22 percent from their 2015 budget of $7.48 million. The biggest increase among the commissioneroperated district budget was the Garden City Park Fire District, which increased spending from $2.72 million in 2015 to $2.99 million this year, a 9.97 percent increase

in spending with a 9.82 percent increase in taxes. The district’s largest budget increases came from a $167,000 transfer to the Capital Reserve Fund and a $50,000 increase to the Service Awards Program. Efforts to reach Garden City Park Fire District officials were unavailing. The New Hyde Park Fire District saw the second biggest increase in spending, going from $3.82 million in 2015 to $4.2 million this year, a 9.71 percent increase in spending with a 9.73 percent increase in taxes. A $293,000 transfer to the Capital Reserve Fund was the biggest increase in the district’s budget. Efforts to reach the New Hyde Park Fire District were unavailing. While they had a 3.38 percent increase in spending from $4.43 million in 2015 to $4.58 million this year, the Roslyn Water District had the largest increase in taxes by 13.75 percent. Roslyn Water District Superintendent Richard Passariello said the tax increase was primarily due to additional costs to the district for a $20.8 million bond that was issued for numerous projects and treatment facilities being built for the removal of chlorodifluoromethane from the water.

The Garden City Park Water District had the second highest increase in taxes at 9.58 percent. Their budget increased 4.71 percent from $4.12 million in 2015 to $4.32 million this year. The district’s largest increase was $95,000 for operating equipment. Efforts to reach the Garden City Park Water District were unavailing. While increases in spending for some meant increased taxes as well, the Great Neck Park District increased their budget but did not raise taxes. Their budget increased 6.86 percent from $17.55 million in 2015 to $18.75 million this year. Great Neck Park District Commissioner Robert Lincoln said the budget increase was due to employee raises and benefits, equipment replacement, maintenance of facilities, and normal inflation. He said the budget included revenue producing programs and services. Fees collected from program participants offset the need to increase taxes, he said. “We are able to avoid increasing taxes to a large extent because of this increase in revenue,” Lincoln said. “We are also applying reserves funds to the income side of the budget. Through

efficient management we are able to give these monies back to the taxpayers without cutting services.” The Manhasset Park District decreased their budget this year by 15 percent to $1.53 million from 2015’s budget of $1.8 million, but the decreased spending did not lead to a decrease in taxes. Efforts to reach the Manhasset Park District were unavailing. The Albertson Water District decreased spending 2 percent this year to $3.12 million from $3.19 in 2015, but increased taxes by 1.37 percent. Efforts to reach the Albertson Water District were unavailing. The other budgets approved by the Town Council were: Westbury Fire District, which increased its budget from $3.86 million in 2015 to $4.05 million this year. The Carle Place Garbage District , which increased its budget from $948,852 last year to $957,467 this year. The Glenwood Garbage District, which decreased its budget to $66,821 from 2015’s budget of $68,150. Port Washington Garbage Removal, which increased its 2015 budget of $2.2 million to $2.33 million

this year. Roslyn Garbage District, which increased its budget to $560,129 this year from last year’s $545,845. The Shelter Rock Public Library, which increased its budget to $4.17 million from their 2015 budget of $4.15 million. The Gold Coast Library District and Carle Place Library Funding District’s budgets remained the same at $1.6 million and $845,000, respectively. The Bellgrave Water Pollution Control District’s budget increased this year to $3.73 million from 2015’s budget of $3.66 million. Port Washington’s Water Pollution Control District budget decreased from 2015’s budget of $6.45 million to $5.98 million this year. The Carle Place Water District’s budget increased to $2.86 million from last year’s budget of $1.9 million. Glenwood Water District increased its budget to $481,704 from 2015’s budget of $479,922. The Port Washington Water District increased its budget to $5.8 million from last year’s budget of $5.47 million. Westbury Water District increased its 2015s budget of $4.76 million to $4.97 million this year.

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North Shore takes star turn at gala For a solid week, our town will be in the spotlight of the international film world, as it hosts the 5th Annual Gold Coast International Film Festival, Nov. 9-15. But year-round, the Gold Coast Arts Center, founded more than 20 years ago in Great Neck, turns our area into a cultural mecca that enhances the quality of life for all of us. It is not just outstanding films which during film series presented throughout the year give us frontrow seats to preview screenings of important movies, with the added privilege of being able to pose questions to the filmmakers. The Gold Coast Arts Center (formerly known as the Great Neck Arts Center) offers a stage, a platform, a gallery for the entire spectrum of visual and performance arts and all age-groups, from toddlers to teens to totterers. This all crystallized at this year’s Gold Coast Arts Center/Gold Coast International Film Festival Gala 2015, held on Oct. 28 at the Tilles Center on the Long Island University campus in Brookville. The gala, which is the main fundraiser to support the center’s scholarship and outreach programs, also has served to recognize and honor “the musicians, artists,

dancers, actors, directors, choreographers, singers, playwrights, poets, writers, painters, sculptors, and filmmakers, whose work illuminates issues, brings joy to our lives, and reminds us of what makes us better people,” Gold Coast Arts Center Executive Director Regina Gil said. This tradition started 20 years ago, with the awarding of the first Artist of Distinction honor to Pulitzer-Prize winning composer and conductor, Morton Gould, a Great Neck resident, and some years later, film director Francis Ford Coppola (who graduated from Great Neck High). What does it say that our arts center, over the years, has been able to bring internationally renowned, cultural icons like fashion designer Oleg Cassini, artists James Rosenquist and Larry Rivers, actress Kelli O’Hara, Savion Glover, Melissa Errico, actor Paul Sorvino, Lou Dorfsman, novelist Nelson DeMille, and scores more? Last year, after scoring a coup in hosting the first commercial screening of Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby,” as a Gold Coast International Film Festival event, with Baz providing insights into his creative process and life experience), his wife and collaborator,

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Pulse of the Peninsula Catherine Martin, came from Australia to be last year’s honoree as the Artist of Distinction. “I think mainly of being a mother of two - it is why Baz and I have supported the Gold Coast Arts Center,” Martin said. “We fundamentally believe in the power of art in people’s lives- culture in its many forms — dance, movie, theater, writing — ways of expressing yourself that allows you to connect with others in a nonviolent, pleasurable way.... I see my parents dedication in exposing us to a world filled with music, art, literature. Support

your community. From community, great things grow. I came from a nice suburban community in Australia. I am only here because I was exposed to arts at an early age.” Having this resource, right in our own neighborhood, is such a luxury, such a privilege. But it is sad that too many of us take for granted what the arts center has become — a major regional hub for arts education and presentation — and how much it serves to enhance the quality of life we enjoy here, as well as serve as an engine for economic vitality. Thousands of people come to Great Neck to take classes (even a hip-hop class just for boys, as WABC’s Kristin Thorne noted as the emcee of this year’s Gala award presentations), workshops, visit the gallery (free), hear concerts and lectures. It’s not just the famous and those who have already established careers of enormous accomplishment who we are privileged to meet - such as this year’s Artist of Distinction, music honoree, Grammy Winner Vince Giordano who has injected new life and appreciation into Big Band music — but the opportunities the arts center provides to those just starting out, and even those who have yet to discov-

er their own talents and interests. One of the performance series the arts center hosts is the Acoustic Cafe, where young people get an opportunity to be heard. And what has become an annual event, Your Big Break, provides young performers with an opportunity to win professional mentoring, to record and perform in other important venues (it’s like “American Idol” but in a positive, not snarky atmosphere). When you sit in the audience hearing these 14 to 17-year olds perform, you can’t help but think you may well be seeing The Beatles when they were just that age. It’s not necessarily that we, as parents, necessarily want to pave a path for our children into the arts. But the fact is that creative expression is part of a person’s physical being - it has to be expressed, and is critical for a child to fully develop their potential. It taps a different way of learning, provides a means to achieving success and self-confidence that might not come through more conventional academic pursuits, and the performance experience — public speaking, self-discipline, following instructions and working as a team with others for example — are important throughout life. Continued on Page 56

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T.V. star hosts Manhasset antique show By H a r r i s on Marder The Annual Manhasset Antiques & Decoratives Show, the longest running antique show on Long Island, also happened to John and Tina Bruno’s first show as promoters. In 1994, after being sellers at the show for three years, John and his wife Tina took over the show as both promoters and managers. “The show has a nice warm place in our heart,” John said. “It is still our favorite show to do.” Tina is the president of Flamingo Eventz, a New Hampshire-based antique show promotion company. John is the company’s vice president. On Oct. 24 and 25, both John and Tina were back in Manhasset helping set up, manage and run the 61st Annual Manhasset Antiques & Decoratives Show.

The show took place at The Congregational Church Of Manhasset, as a benefit for the church’s Women’s Club. The Women’s Club received the proceeds that were collected from the price of admission, which they used for outreach, said Donna Marchese, the church’s executive director. The price of admission was $7 per person. John said that the event concentrates on silver and ceramics from the 18th and 19th century. In addition, the event also showcases porcelain china from 1820-1920, John said. Pieces from more than 15 exhibitors were presented in designed displays in individual rooms in the church’s school. The pieces came from exhibitors from across the country, including New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Arizona, Maine, and Pennsylvania. John said that the event

used to draw 60-70 exhibitors per year, but the antique business has “downsized” in recent years. “[The show] attract[s] a core of serious, hardcore buyers looking for specific things,” John said. “The show becomes what its guests are looking for.” Despite a decline in exhibitors, John said, the show continues to bring different generations of collectors together. “The Manhasset [Antiques & Decoratives Show] is the grand dame of antique shows, yet she continually changes her clothes to meet the needs of new generations of collectors,” he said. “It grows and changes as it needs to keep it vibrant, keep it alive and exciting.” After being raised on Long Island and living in Port Washington for 10 years, John said, he “comes back to Long Island every chance [he gets.]” “My heart is on Long Island,”

he said. It is my home.” John’s experience with antiques began when he was 13 years old. “I’m 69 [years old] now so you can say I have a few years under my belt,” he said, “I’m very fortunate.” In addition to being a dealer, collector and an appraiser, John was one of the stars of “Market Warriors” on PBS. “Market Warriors,” a spin-off of “Antique Roadhouse” another PBS antique-based show, lasted 20 episodes between 20122014. John said that the show gave more of an authentic look into the trials and tribulations of the antique business. “We went out to prove that its really not easy to make a living in the antique world,” he said. “[The show demonstrated] how hard how [we] worked, and how difficult it is to make a living in the antique world.”

The format of the show, John said, was that each cast member was given a certain amount of money and time that they could spend on antiques at a flea market or show. Then, after purchasing their antique, they had to sell their purchase at an auction and make a profit, John said. “It was exceptionally hard to do, [but] it was a lot of fun,” John said. After getting his start in television in 1994, John said that he has been on seven other television shows in addition to “Market Warriors.” Currently, John said that he is not on television, but that is something that could change quickly. “[I recently] received an email from [“Market Warrior’s”] producers asking the cast to get together for a dinner meeting in Boston next weekend,” he said. “So we will see.”

Roslyn Savings set to buy Astoria Bank By J oe N i k i c Westbury-based New York Community Bancorp Inc., parent company of New York Community Bank and New York Commercial Bank, announced last Thursday that they have agreed to buy Lake Success-based company Astoria Financial Corp., parent company of Astoria Bank, in a $2 billion deal that will combine Long Island’s two largest banks. “We are truly excited to be announcing this merger with our neighbor and friendly competitor, Astoria Financial, the parent of 127-year old Astoria Bank,” said

Joseph Ficalora, president and chief executive officer of New York Community. “We’ve been prepping for a large merger since the end of 2011 and, now that all the stars have aligned, I have to say, it certainly looks and feels right.” The merger will result in 241 bank branches in the New York metropolitan area for the merged company, with 202 of the branches in Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, and Brooklyn counties, according to the release. “We are very pleased to be merging with New York Community Bancorp — the pre-eminent multi-family lender in

New York City and a worthy competitor for deposits in the markets we share,” said Monte Redman, Astoria Financial’s president and chief executive officer. “Combining our significant strengths will create an institution that creates exceptional value for our investors while maintaining our strong commitment to our customers and communities throughout Metro New York.” New York Community Bank is the largest thrift in the nation and one of the leading thrift depositories in most of the markets it serves, according to its website. In New York, the company operate 124

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NASSAU COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY Candidate Kate Murray (REP, con, ind, ref) Madeline Singas (DEM, wor, wep)

Votes 82,028

% 42%

111,110

58%

TOWN OF N. HEMPSTEAD SUPERVISOR Judi Bosworth 20,122 (DEM, wor, ind, wep) Anthony Bulzomi 9,587 (REP, con, ref)

68% 32%

TOWN OF N. HEMPSTEAD RECEIVER OF TAXES Charles E. Berman 18,947 (DEM, wor, ind, wep) Scott D. Diamond 10,157 (REP, con, ref)

65% 35%

COUNCIL MEMBER – 2ND DISTRICT Henry S. Golis, Jr. 1,659 (REP, con, ref) Peter J. Zuckerman 3,164 (DEM, wor, ind, wep)

34% 66%

COUNCIL MEMBER – 4TH DISTRICT Mary Katherine D. Barket 1,608 (REP, con, ref) Anna M. Kaplan 3,101 (DEM, wor, ind, wep)

34% 66%

COUNCIL MEMBER – 6TH DISTRICT Emily Beys 3,146 (DEM, wor, ind, gre, wep) Dina M. DeGiorgio 3,378 (REP, con, ref)

48% 52%

LEGISTLATURE DISTRICT 2 Siela Bynoe 4,562 (DEM, wor, ind, wep) Cornelius Todd Smith 833 (REP, con, ref)

85% 15%

LEGISTLATURE DISTRICT 3 Lawrence Hirsch (GRE) Felix O. Quayson (REP, con, ref) Carrie Solages (DEM, wor, ind)

1,799

24%

5,457

74%

LEGISTLATURE Carrie A. Solages (DEM) DISTRICT 8

Carl R. Gerrato (DEM, wor, wep) Vincent T. Muscarella (REP, con, ind, ref)

2,643

26%

7,570

74%

LEGISTLATURE DISTRICT 9 Mal Nathan (DEM, wor, wep) Richard J. Nicolello (REP, con, ind, ref)

3,246

34%

6,250

66%

Singas routs Murray in Nassau DA race

Candidate Lisa Benjamin (REP, con, ref) Ellen W. Birnbaum (DEM, wor, ind) Cassandra J. Lems (GRE)

Votes 3,014

% 36%

5,300

63%

138

LEGISTLATURE DISTRICT 11

Continued from Page 1 She has a law degree from Suffolk University in Boston and served as a state assistant attorney general in the office’s criminal justice section, working on civil cases related to prisons and inmates. She was elected to the state Assembly in 1998, where she helped craft criminal laws on the codes committee until being appointed to the Town Clerk seat. The race pitted the relatively unknown Singas against Murray, an established name in Nassau politics. Singas characterized herself as “a prosecutor, not a politician,” juxtaposing her 24 years as a prosecutor with Murray’s lack of experience trying criminal cases. Murray, of Levittown, admitted she was not a prosecutor, but said the DA’s true role was to lead and manage the office as a “CEO.” That didn’t convince Singas, or newspaper editorial boards. In an interview with the New York Daily News’ editorial board, Murray gave wrong answers to basic criminal law questions and passed on others, which the paper slammed her for in an Oct. 19 editorial as well as subsequent commentary. “The voters would have a choice,” Singas said Tuesday night. “Would they choose someone with the expertise and the experience, a prosecutor who could root out corruption, a prosecutor who could end the heroin scourge in our community, a prosecutor who could end violence on our streets? And today the voters responded with an overwhelming yes. Murray positioned herself as a “tough” DA, often saying Singas was too soft on public corruption, heroin and domestic violence — the issues that defined the race. Both candidates promised to be tough on corruption, which voters named the county’s most pressing issue in two Newsday polls. Murray often said she would prosecute officials accused of wrongdoing no matter their uniform or political stripe. But Singas questioned whether she would follow through given her deep GOP roots, and tried to connect Murray to former state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son Adam Skelos, who were indicted on federal corruption charges earlier this year. Singas touted her investigation into the county’s contracting process, which she called “a recipe for corruption” in an August report. But Murray made her own accusations of corruption in the DA’s office, raising questions about Singas’ role in the office’s out-of-court settlements and what she called the “stonewalling” of a whistleblower. Murray made heroin her top campaign issue, promising to unequivocally oppose sending any accused drug dealer

LEGISTLATURE DISTRICT 10

Matthew J. Connolly 3,962 (REP, con, ref) Delia M. Deriggi Whitton 7,331 (DEM, wor, ind, wep, gre)

35% 65%

LEGISTLATURE DISTRICT 14 Sylvia A. Cabana (DEM, wep) Laura M. Schaefer (REP, con, ind, ref)

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Republican district attorney candidate Kate Murray

into diversion courts, which place addicted defendants in treatment programs rather than jail. She said Singas’ prosecutors never object to diversion, letting dangerous dealers go back out on the street. Singas repeatedly disputed Murray’s claim, saying her attorneys weigh in when it’s appropriate, but sometimes judges put dealers into diversion anyway no matter how vehemently a prosecutor objects. She also touted her work with the county-wide Heroin Prevention Task Force and her recent efforts to make treatment more accessible for addicts. Murray also charged that Singas was weak on domestic violence and the exploitation of women, arguably the hallmark of her career. She said Singas “blamed the victim” in a 2006 domestic violence case and called for the firing of her top administrator, who was accused of “antisocial” sexual behavior by his estranged wife in divorce filings. Singas called Murray’s claims dangerous while touting her work in the Queens Domestic Violence Bureau and her role in starting the Nassau Special Victims Bureau. Murray cited her work with the Suffolk University Battered Women’s Advocacy Project, which Singas tried to dismiss as a once-a-week law school internship. Nassau Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs, who gave Singas’ campaign $47,000 of his own money, congratulated her Tuesday night. “You have to have a candidate that does an outstanding job and we have that in Madeline Singas,” he said. GOP chairman Joe Mondello said Murray’s work as Hempstead supervisor and on the campaign trail inspired the many Republicans who won their races. “It hurts that she’s not going to be the district attorney, but she’s got a great future with the Republican Party,” he said.

3,189

32%

6,926

68%

LEGISTLATURE DISTRICT 16 Angel Cepeda 3,337 (REP, con, ref) Judith A. Jacobs 7,344 (DEM, wor, ind, wep)

31% 69%

LEGISTLATURE DISTRICT 18 Dean E. Hart 4,724 (DEM, wor, gre, wep) Donald N. MacKenzie 5,106 (REP, con, ind, ref)

48% 52%

TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD SUPERVISOR Rita Kestenbaum (DEM, wor, wep) Anthony J. Santino (REP, con, ind, ref)

42,749

40%

63,597

60%

TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD CLERK Nasrin G. Ahmad (REP, con, ind, ref) Dino G. Amoroso (DEM, wor, wep)

54,376

53%

48,758

47%

COUNCIL MEMBER – 2ND DISTRICT Edward A. Ambrosino 10,891 (REP, con, ind, ref) Tammie S. Williams 6,116 (DEM, wor, wep)

64% 36%

TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD RECEIVER OF TAXES Gina M. Arcabascio (DEM) Donald X. Clavin Jr. (REP, con, ind, ref)

37,651

36%

67,463

64%

Results courtesy Nassau County Board of Elections

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NASSAU COUNTY COURT Candidate Votes % N. Scott Banks 81,422 15% (DEM, wor, gre, wep) Steven M. Jaeger 84,604 16% (DEM, wor, gre) Tammy S. Robbins 86,065 16% (DEM, wor, gre, wep) Robert G. Bogle 93,137 18% (REP, con, ind, ref) Howard E. Sturim 91,703 17% Angel Cepeda, who was defeated by (REP, con, ind, ref) Judy Jacobs in the race for the county’s Felice J. Muraca 91,811 17% 16th district, said he was concerned with (REP, con, ind, ref) the low turnout at both the polls and at Republican headquarters. “The electorate is not engaged,” SURROGATE’S COURT Cepeda said. “There’s a lot of work still to Angela Iannacci 85,902 48% be done.” (DEM, wor, gre, wep) Not all Republican candidates shared Margaret Reilly 92,927 52% Cepeda’s views about the lack of support. (REP, con, ind, ref) MacKenzie said that he praised those who came out in support of the Republi- DISTRICT COURT JUDGE can party. “We always have good crowds and 2ND DISTRICT strong supporters in the Republican party,” Ayesha Keri Brantley 45,147 43% MacKenzie said. “We’re very fortunate.” (DEM, wor, gre, wep) Matthew Connolly, who was running James Darcy 60,859 57% for the first time Tuesday, said that Repub- (REP, con, ind, ref) lican headquarters had “a great energy.” “You can feel a positive vibe in the DISTRICT COURT JUDGE room,” he said. “Everyone has worked to3RD DISTRICT gether.” Connolly was defeated by Delia De- Frank A. Doddato 12,136 44% Riggi-Whitton in his attempt to become (REP, con, ref) the county’s 11th district legislator. William Hohauser 15,732 56% (DEM, wor, ind, gre)

Election night parties differed in setting, atmosphere, attitudes By H a r r i s on M a r d e r With election results pouring in throughout the night Tuesday, the atmosphere at Nassau Democratic and Republican headquarters were sharply different. The Democrats packed approximately more than 250 supporters into their headquarters at the Garden City Hotel. An oversized television tuned to News 12, a DJ and a number of large tables highlighted the Democratic gathering . Dean Hart, who was defeated by Donald MacKenzie in the race to represent the Nassau County Legislature’s 18th district, said he was relaxed as he waited for the results to come in. “It’s more relaxing [now] that the campaigning is done,” Hart said. “It was very hectic. I had never done that before.” Hart’s relaxed attitude was not shared by the Democratic supporters. Loud, and often sudden, bursts of cheers and applause resonated numerous times as the night went on. The loudest cheers were for Madeline

Singas, who defeated Republican challenger Kate Murray to become Nassau County District Attorney. The cheers were not as loud at Republican headquarters. The Republicans and their crowd of approximately 200 supporters converged at Mirelle’s Restaurant in Westbury. Large American flags were draped along the walls and a buffet featuring pasta, chicken and other dishes was located in the back of the room. Supporters and candidates stood next to one another as they eagerly awaited for results. Unlike their Democratic counterparts, the Republicans were not getting their results from a television. Instead, a giant dry erase board was located at the front of the room, with results being updated by hand as they came in. Once results came in, the cheers were few and far between, coming mainly from those supporters who stood near the dry erase board.

DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 4TH DISTRICT Joseph Girardi (REP, con, ind, ref) Paul L. Meli (Rep, con, ind) Linda K. Mejias (DEM, wor, gre, wep) Michael D. Siff (DEM, gre, wep)

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Janine A. Barbera-Dalli 18,359 (CON) Kathy G. Bergmann 22,696 (CON, IND) Julianne T. Capetola 143,316 (DEM, REP) William G. Ford 96,761 (DEM, CON, IND) Howard H. Heckman, Jr. 95,209 (DEM, CON, IND) Jack L. Libert 139,858 (DEM, REP) Patricia Filiberto 71,180 (REP) Robert A. McDonald 144,294 (DEM, REP) David A. Morris 20,371 (CON, IND) James P. McCormack 147,914 (DEM, REP) Emily S. Pines 73,142 (REP, IND) Deborah Poulos 18,128 (CON) Robert F. Quinlan 99,800 (DEM, CON, IND) John J. Toomey 73,122 (REP, IND)

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Incumbents win in town, county races Continued from Page 1 and businesses will remain of paramount importance to me as I prepare to begin my second term,” Bosworth said. “I am looking forward to working together with our dedicated Town Council as we continue to make the Town of North Hempstead one of the best places to live, raise a family, and retire.” Bulzomi said the result was surprising because residents told him they were disappointed with Bosworth’s work in office. “It certainly wasn’t what I was hoping for. Surprise, yeah. That would be the best word to describe it,” he said. “As I went around to different towns in North Hempstead, at least the feedback I got was disappointment and I thought that would reflect in the polls. I guess the people who were upset and disappointed did not turn out to vote, which reflected in the low voter totals.” Bosworth, a Great Neck resident, spent six years as county legislator for the 10th district before winning the election for her first term as North Hempstead Town Supervisor in 2013. She is formerly a Great Neck Board of Education President, serving 16 years as a trustee. Bosworth said since she took office, it has been a priority to cut the town’s debt without cutting services available to residents and “open a more transparent government” through moving the public comment portion of town board meetings to the beginning of meetings, as well as live streaming meetings on the town’s website. Bulzomi, a Westbury resident and Carle Place Board of Education trustee, said there needed to be better communication between North Shore’s government entities to identify ways of consolidating services and cut spending. Bulzomi, who works for Manhattan construction planning firm The Gordian Group, unsuccessfully sought the Town Council’s 1st district seat in 2013 against Democrat Viviana Russell. Efforts to reach Bosworth after the election were unavailing. The Town Supervisor position offers a $133,000 per year salary for a two-year term. North Hempstead Town Receiver of Taxes Democrat Charles Berman was re-elected as the town’s Receiver of Taxes, receiving 65 percent of the votes to Republican candidate Scott Diamond’s 35 percent — 18,947 to 10,157. “I am very grateful for all the support I got from the voters. I never take an election for granted but I am very happy about the outcome,” Berman said. “I’m going to continue working as hard as I can to bring the best possible service to our residents from our offices.” Diamond, an auxiliary police officer where he resides in Mineola, said he expected a closer race. “My election race was unexpected but I was even more upset that Kate Murray lost,” he said, referring to the Town of Hempstead supervisor’s losing effort against Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas.

more than 11 years as a trustee in East Hills, where he lives. In that position he spearheaded the creation of the Park at East Hills, which opened in 2006. This year’s race was Golis’ first run for office. He worked in the town’s public works department for 35 years and now runs a record label out of his home in Albertson. Zuckerman touted his role in the board’s efforts to keep the town’s finances stable, such as cutting $600,000 from the budget and reducing debt by $30 million over two years. Golis argued there was room for further improvement. He said the town could increase revenue by expanding its recycling PHOTO BY NOAH MANSKAR program and further cut costs by ending private contracts for some services, such as pavDemocrat Emily Beys and Republican Dina De Georgio at an Oct. 14 League of Women Voters forum in Manhasset. De Georgio narrowly defeated Beys in the race ing and auto maintenance.

for the Sixth District seat on the North Hempstead Town Board. Berman first served as the North Hempstead Town Receiver of Taxes in 2003 before leaving in 2004 to serve as assistant to the chairman of the Nassau County Board of Assessors. After winning a special election for a one-year term in 2010 as the town’s Receiver of Taxes, he was re-elected for a four-year term to the position in November 2011. Berman, a Roslyn resident, said he wanted to continue the public forums he began in 2010 that educate residents on filing property assessment grievances. He also said the current property assessment system is “totally broken and unfair and uneven.” Diamond served on Hilary Clinton’s 2000 campaign for the United States Senate and ran against state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel in 2010 to represent the state’s 16th district. Diamond, an avid social media user, said he also wanted to hold public forums to educate residents on filing property assessment grievances and be more available to residences through social media applications like Facebook and Twitter. The Receiver of Taxes earns $115,000 per year over a four-year term. North Hempstead Town Board, Sixth District In the closest town council race, De Giorgio won re-election to represent the town’s 6th district by receiving 52 percent of the votes to Democratic candidate Emily Beys’ 48 percent of the votes. Although she lost, Beys said campaigning was an experience that helped her learn more about local government. “I think it was a great experience for me. I was able to meet many people within Port Washington, and within the entire district,” Beys said. “I got to see things and learn things I was never exposed to. I think it’s important for every citizen to get involved. I look forward to getting involved and staying active in the community.” The 6th district includes the Port Washington and the villages of Flower Hill, Plandome, Plandome Heights, and Plandome Manor. De Giorgio, a Port Washington resident,

was elected for her first term as councilwoman in 2011. She also ran against Judi Bosworth for North Hempstead Town Supervisor in 2013. De Giorgio, who operates a law practice in Port Washington and is affiliated with her husband’s contracting business, said it was a positive thing that she owns a small business in the district in response to her Democratic opponent Emily Beys saying an elected official should not have other interests in their district. Beys, a former vice president of Sales for Interep Radio Sales Inc., said residents told her they were concerned about De Giorgio’s alleged interests after the Model Blocks project, a revitalizing plan aimed to improve Port Washington’s Main Street businesses and streetscaping, began in 2011. Both De Giorgio and Beys said they wanted to improve business in the district by filling empty storefronts with thriving businesses. Efforts to reach De Giorgio after the election were unavailing. North Hempstead Town Board, Second District Democratic Councilman Peter Zuckerman won the town’s Second District seat for the second time in two years, beating Republican Henry Golis 66 percent to 34 percent — 3,164 to 1,659. “I believe our entire administration will do tremendous things over the years to come and we’re all very excited,” Zuckerman said. Golis said he felt good about his campaign despite the loss, adding that he knocked on 200 to 300 doors each day. “I was glad I was able to bring to light some of the issues facing the town that should really seriously be addressed,” he said. Zuckerman was appointed to the Town Board in January 2014 after former Councilman Thomas Dwyer resigned to take a consulting job. He beat East Williston Deputy Mayor Bonnie Parente last November to keep his seat representing the dstrict, which includes Greenvale, Roslyn Harbor, East Hills, Roslyn Heights, Albertson, East Williston, Searingtown, Herricks and Manhasset Hills. An East Hills resident, Zuckerman spent

North Hempstead Town Board, Fourth District Democrat Anna Kaplan defeated Republican Mary Kay Barket by receiving 66 percent of the votes to win re-election to the town council’s 4th district seat with Barket receiving 34 percent of the votes — 3,101 to 1,608. “I am indebted to my numerous supporters throughout the district,” Kaplan said. “This overwhelming outpouring of support encourages me to work even harder in the representation of every resident of the fourth district.” Barket said her campaign could not overcome a “registration advantage” in large Democratic areas. “We knew this was going to be a tough race. We were very pleased with our 3:2 margin in Manhasset, the people who know us best,” she said. “We were disappointed that we were not able to overcome the registration advantage that the Democrats have in the larger areas. We wish Ms. Kaplan the best, congratulate her on her victory, and look forward to working with her to improve our town.” Kaplan, of Great Neck, was elected to the town council’s 4th district seat in 2011 and also served as a Great Neck Public Library trustee and member of the North Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals. The 4th district includes the villages of Roslyn, Roslyn Estates, Munsey Park, North Hills, Great Neck, Great Neck Gardens, Kensington, Kings Point, Thomaston, as well as the unincorporated areas of Manhasset and Great Neck. In a September interview with Blank Slate Media, Kaplan said she credits her opponent’s desire to serve her community by running for the council but her record in prioritizing the issues of senior citizens and children by seeking affordable housing and enhancing parks should see her re-elected. Barket, a mother of four who runs a part-time actuary consulting business out of her home, said maintenance of Manhasset’s Plandome Road has been virtually ignored by the North Hempstead Town Council, resulting in a dangerous two-lane roadway, a dearth of available parking and empty storefronts. Continued on Page 54

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al v i t s fe m l i f 1 al u age 4 n P n n o a f f otos h o p e r ks c e mo i e k S Gala By J oe n i k i c The stars shone bright on a rainy October evening at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts for the Gold Coast Arts Center’s 20th annual Gala. Gold Coast Arts Center founder and Executive Director Regina Gil said even though they were competing with a New York Mets World Series game, the center was able to provide a fun night for everyone that came. “We were battling with the Mets game and the weather but it was great and tremendous satisfaction,” Gil said. “It was a night filled with surprises, entertainment, fun, and as you looked around you saw people with smiles on their faces.” At the Gala, the arts center honored Grammy winner Vince Giordano and Showtime’s “Homeland” actor Navid Negahban with their Artist of Distinction awards in Music and Film respectively. Gil said Giordano, who is known for recording soundtracks for shows like HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and Cinemax’s “The Knick,” was surprised by the success of the event. “I don’t think he had too many expectations of what kind of crowd or reaction there would be,” she said. “Afterwards he said it was fantastic and said he wanted to come again.” Gil added that Negahban, an Iranian-American, was active with members of the audience and enjoyed himself. “Navid was an ecstasy,” she said. “He had such a good night.” Patricia Riggen, director of

the film “The 33” starring Antonio Banderas and Lou Diamond Phillips, was honored with the arts center’s first Woman of Influence award. Gil said Riggen, who was presented the award by Phillips, was appreciative of the award and delivered a powerful speech to the audience. “You have to admire Patricia Riggen. She came out on a terrible night, calm as a cucumber, and spoke so beautifully about what it’s like to work in the arts and how much she appreciates the award,” she said. “She was, if not the most powerful, a huge voice to the audience to tell them what it’s like to be a female film director.” Gil also said she was happy that elected officials were able to attend the gala and interact with attendees even though they were busy with campaigning for the Nov. 3 election. The arts center had an anonymous matching donor, Gil said, so every dollar they raised was going to be matched. She added that their goal was to raise $200,000 but have not calculated totals yet. Gil said with the help of the committees and workers involved, the gala proved to her that the arts center has reached a level she hoped it would eventually get to “It’s a great organization, if I say so myself, because its gotten to the point where I’m beginning to feel the level of excitement I was hoping for when I founded it,” she said. “Without them there would be nothing to show.”

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Dom Irrera Saturday, Nov. 7, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

Nominated, six times for an American Comedy Award, Dom Irrera has performed on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, “The Late Show with David Letterman”, “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”, “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”, “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “The View.” Recent credits include an all-new stand-up special titled “Comedy Central Presents,” which aired on the cable network this past summer. Where: Governors’ Comedy Club, 90 Division Ave. Levittown Info: (516) 731-3358 • http://tickets.govs.com/index.cfm

Clare Bowen and Charles Esten Saturday, Nov. 7, 8 p.m.

Stars of ABC’s television show “Nashville,” Charles Esten and Clare Bowen have stepped out of the boob tube and onto the live stage for series of dates, including Saturday at the Tilles Center. Esten plays Deacon Claybourne and Bowen his niece Scarlett on the musical drama. The pair has opened for the likes of Alan Jackson and Jennifer Nettles. Where: Tilles Center For The Performing Arts | LIU Post 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville Info: (516) 299-3100 • http://tillescenter.org

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Trace Adkins Tuesday, Nov. 10, 8 p.m.

Trace Adkins’ trademark baritone has powered countless hits to the top of the charts and sold more than 10 million albums, cumulatively. The Grammynominated member of the Grand Ole Opry is a TV personality, actor, author, spokesman for the Wounded Warrior Program and the American Red Cross, for whom he raised more than $1.5 million dollars as winner of NBC’s All-Star Celebrity Apprentice. Where: The paramount, 370 new york Ave., Huntington Info: (631) 673-7300, ext. 303 • www.paramountny.com

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What to do when kids won’t go to school B y A n d r e w M a l e k o ff

Every child, whether special needs or not, occasionally has one of those days when they just need a break from the stresses of school. That’s to be expected. But when that day or two turns into several days on a regular basis, it’s a big concern that has a name among the professionals: school refusal. It’s estimated that about 8-10 percent of U.S. students refuse to go to school for lengthy periods of time at some point in their education. Research that we’ve conducted at North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center has determined that it’s a growing problem, with an increasing number of our clients’ parents, school counselors and mental health professionals reporting that children and teens are staying home or even leaving home, but not going to their classes. A case in point: One of our clients, Maria, is a 14-year-old girl who suffers from depression and anxiety, along with other significant emotional challenges. When she came to us for treatment, her parents were at a loss as to how to get their daughter to go to school. She would beg to stay home, citing the fact that other students were mean to her. Her depression and anxiety were so intense that, even when her parents did get her to school, she would often leave

the school grounds early in the day. She’d wander in her neighborhood until school was over and she could head home, denying that she’d missed any classes. According to research by the NYU Child Study Center, school refusal occurs among children from ages 5-17 who exhibit one of more of these behaviors: are entirely absent from school; attend

school initially, but leave during the course of the school day; go to school following crying, clinging, tantrums or other intense behavior problems; and/ or exhibit unusual distress during school days and then plead for future absenteeism. The behavior is equal among both boys and girls, the Center reports, adding that the most common age for school refusal is between the ages of 10 and 13, when most kids start middle school — a huge period of transition physically and emotionally. What causes children to refuse to go to school? Bullying tops the list. Children who are labeled as special needs, whether they have a learning or emotional disability, are often easy targets for bullies, so it’s not surprising that these students are vulnerable to adopting school refusal behaviors. Other reasons for school refusal include transitioning from one school to another; having separation anxiety; experiencing an illness or death in the family; and/or having problems with school work.

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If your child is developing a pattern of refusing to go to school, here are a few steps you can consider. 1. Ask your child why he wants to stay home. Even if he tells you he doesn’t know, gentle, reassuring communication and respect for his feelings will help him feel safe in opening up to you. 2. Set up a meeting with your school personnel to help discover what is causing your child’s avoidance of school. Questions to ask: Is your child isolating from her peers? Does she have any close friends? Is she being teased or ignored by her classmates? Does she seem to understand the lesson material and is she able to complete assignments? 3. If you aren’t satisfied with the answers or proposed solutions, don’t be afraid to arrange a meeting with the principal or director of special education. It is your right to ask for a comprehensive evaluation such as “The School Refusal Assessment Scale” (SRAS-R), to understand the factors creating the behavior. Such intervention is an important step in creating a treatment plan. 4. Consider bringing your child to a community-based mental health counselor where they will receive individual, family and possibly group-based therapy. For Maria, the answer to school refusal came when she worked with her counselor at North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, participating in family and group sessions. She felt heard, and our team helped find a new school placement for her with smaller classes and individual, regular counseling. Today, she is thriving and hates to miss even a day of school. Remember, you are your child’s best advocate. If they are refusing to go to school, rather than assuming they are just behaving badly or are lazy, realize that there is something going on that needs to be addressed, and take the steps needed to ensure that they get the support they need to have a successful education. Andrew Malekoff is the Executive Director/CEO of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center in Roslyn Heights. Visit www.northshorechildguidance.org to learn more.

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While all kids benefit from their relationships with animals, animal-assisted therapy is an especially important tool for kids who are on the autism spectrum or have other special needs or emotional issues such as depression, anxiety or social isolation. Pets help kids not only to feel loved, but also to help them open up, learn to bond and decrease their level of stress. A recent visit by Bideawee to North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center by therapy dogs showed how interacting with these animals helps special needs children. Lee Holtzman, who heads up the Guidance Center’s Family Advocacy Program, said one very shy girl who barely spoke, lit up when she saw the dogs enter the group therapy room. “She asked me if she could go pet the dog, and I told her she needed to ask the volunteer from Bideawee,” said Holtzman. “Nor-

mally, it would have been almost impossible to get this girl to speak with someone she never met, but her desire to spend time with the dog was so strong that it helped her overcome her fears and speak with the volunteer.” Therapy dogs also helped calm down a boy who has impulsivity issues and tends to be very loud. “We explained how dogs get startled by very loud noises or sudden movements, and that helped him learn a lesson about behaving appropriately in a calm manner,” Holtzman said. The goal, she added, is that the lessons the children learn working with pets can be carried over into their lives. A recent trip by teens from a program at Guidance Center offers another perfect example about how working with animals can be a transformative experience. The Latina Girls Project is a Guidance Center initiative designed to help teens who suffer from is-

A member of the Latina Girls Project bonds with a horse during a trip to HorseAbility, an equine therapeutic program. sues such as depression, anxiety and school refusal. Many of the girls are initially shy and withdrawn when they come to us, so some of our therapeutic goals are to help them get in touch with their feelings, develop selfesteem, bond with each and with their therapists, and learn skills to help them

navigate life and heal their inner wounds. Associate Director Regina Barros-Rivera and other staff took the girls to HorseAbility Therapeutic Riding Program in Old Westbury, an equine therapy program designed to promote the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiri-

tual well-being of its participants, many of whom are special needs children and teens. Of the 18 girls who went on the trip, only one had ridden a horse before, so many of the girls expressed trepidation. When they arrived at HorseAbility, the group’s volunteers showed the teens what they would be doing that day, including riding, guiding the horses through an obstacle course (which was used by the staff to point out that we all have obstacles in life that we need to learn to navigate) and learning to groom and feed them. As the girls met each individual horse, the volunteers told them each one’s story—where they came from, how they ended up at HorseAbility (many are rescues) and what their personalities were. The girls quickly bonded with these majestic animals, and all were deeply moved by the stories of horses that had faced difficulties in their lives, just as the girls do

themselves. “We saw incredible growth in several of the girls through the experience,” said Barros-Rivera. “One teen, who tends to isolate and act as if she doesn’t care about anyone, walked over and hugged another teen whose anxiety about riding had her sobbing and shaking. It was a transformative moment for both girls, as one learned to overcome her fear of the horse and the other learned how to reach out with compassion to a peer.” For all children, teens and yes, adults, too, animals are a true treasure, helping all of us be better human beings. To learn more about pet therapy programs, contact Lee Holtzman at 516626-1971, ext. 370. Jenna Kern-Rugile is the Director of Communications at North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center in Roslyn Heights. For more information, visit www.northshorechildguidance.org.

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How to prepare children and teens with special needs for their first sleepover B y P a m Z i mm e r , M.S. Ed. Sleepovers are a standard rite of passage for children approaching their middle school years. Opportunities like these are an invaluable part of growing up. They encourage independence and preparation to one day live with roommates or on their own. It is also a chance to test out those important life skills that parents so carefully teach, such as basic hygiene routines. More importantly, sleepovers provide children and teens with an opportunity to build bonds with friends that day-to-day school interactions don’t allow for. Meaningful and lifelong friendships are not formed sitting at a school desk. For children and teens with special needs, the concept of a sleepover can be foreign. The social difficulties that typically accompany a special needs diagnosis often mean that few invitations are extended to children with special needs. For those who are being invited to sleepovers, parents are faced with many questions. What if my child becomes afraid or anxious from a change in location and routine? What if the host family does not understand how to meet my child’s particular

higher divorce rate in families with special needs children than that of families with typical needs children. So how can a parent feel comfortable enough to send their children off to a sleepover and still sleep at night? Here are some tips for parents that can assist with planning for a child’s first night away from home. Prepare your child leading up to the event. Go through the schedule of what will occur while the child is at the sleepover, including what time he will eat dinner, watch a movie, brush his teeth and go to bed. Visual social stories can be very helpful for this. If possible, plan a trip to the family’s house beforehand. You and your child should know the host family well and be familiar with the home prior to a sleepover. Partner with other families who have children with special needs, and be sure to offer to host the next sleepover. Communicate with the host family. needs regarding food choices or calming from the occasional stay at Grandma’s Provide a list of foods and snacks that house. techniques? Not only is this unhealthy for the your child can/will eat or offer to send Other physical needs can also raise challenges, such as medication admin- child’s development, it can also take a snacks with her. Review any important istration schedules, food allergies, assis- toll on a marriage, as parents do not have information about medication administance with hygiene tasks and enuresis. Be- the opportunity to have an evening to tration, allergies, bedtime routines, movies and games she enjoys and level of cause of this myriad of concerns, families themselves. This and other stressors have led to a self-care. Shower your child prior to the often avoid sleepovers altogether aside

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event so there is one less hygiene task to worry about. Pack the day before and invite your child to help. Allow him to pack comfort objects that will help if he becomes anxious. Show him where everything can be found in his bag and take time to review the schedule again, showing him each item in the suitcase. If your child has trouble dressing himself, pack easy-to-put-on clothing, such as sweat pants and outfits, without buttons or snaps. Plan an escape route. Your child’s first sleepover may not go well and that’s okay. She may become extremely upset about sleeping in a strange home or find that she is unable to sleep. Don’t force her. This is not the night to plan that romantic weekend trip to the city. Keep your phone turned on and next to you. Tell the host family that they are absolutely welcome to call you at any time if there is an issue. Let your child know this as well. Once children know they have an escape route back to mom or dad, they’ll be much less anxious about the experience as a whole. Look for local social and recreational overnight programs. These should be designed specifically for children, teens and young adults with special needs. Innovative new programs geared toward overnight experiences are beginning

to pop up on Long Island. The Sid Jacobson JCC Overnight Adventures program offers teens and young adults the opportunity to have sleepovers with friends at the JCC, as well as overnight trips to fun locations. The staff of this program is trained to work with special needs individuals and is certified in First Aid, CPR and medication administration training. For those teens and young adults with additional needs, this can be an option for a parent that provides more peace of mind. Teens who successfully complete these programs can then participate in more extended options such as sleepaway camps. First-time sleepovers can be a scary experience for any parent, but they can be a life-changing social experience for a child. The earlier parents begin to prepare children and teens for more independent living, the more enriched and fulfilling lives they will be able to lead. With the right preparation and modifications, children and teens with special needs can have a successful sleepover. Pam Zimmer, MS Ed,. is the director of Camp Kehilla and special needs programs at Sid Jacobson JCC in Greenvale. For more information about programs and parent educational workshops, visit sjjcc.org/ special-needs.

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Grammy Winner Vince Giordano, honored as Artist of Distinction, Alan and Eileen Sarroff, who support the Gold Coast Arts Center’s film series, with honoree Navid Negahban, awarded the Music, with Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, and Gold Coast Arts Center Executive Director Regina Gil Artist of Distinction, Film at the 2015 gala

Actor Lou Diamond Phillips and honorees Vince Giordano and Navid Negahban with Gold Coast Arts Center Executive Director Regina Gil, and Gala Co-chairs Sunni and Michael S. Glickman

Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender, Blank Slate Media Publisher Steven Blank, Blank Slate Media Vice President Holly Blank, Town Councilwoman Lee Seeman, Town Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, Town Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman, honoree Navid Negahban, Town Clerk Wayne Wink and Nassau Count Legislator Ellen Birnbaum.

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Director Patricia Riggen, honored with the first-ever Woman of Influence Award, with Lou Diamond Phillips, who is featured in her new film, “The 33,” and Gold Coast Arts Center Executive Director Regina Gil

Actor Lou Diamond Phillips, who is featured in the new film “The 33,” directed by Patricia Riggen, the honoree of the first ever Woman of Influence Award, with honorees Vince Giordano and Navid Negahban

The 5th annual Gold Coast International Film Festival is set to kick off on Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. with “An Evening with Morgan Spurlock,” the producer and director of the Oscar-nominated documentary “Super Size Me.” Spurlock will hold a discussion about the “power of documentaries for change,” hold a Q&A with the audience, and screen his new short film, “Crafted.” He will also receive an Artist of Distinction Award in Film from the Gold Coast Arts Center. The film festival will continue until Nov. 15, screening 43 movies at nine different venues during the six-day period. Feature films at the festival include “The Benefactor,” which stars Richard Gere and Dakota Fanning, “Autism in Love,” a documentary about romance in everyday autistic adulthood, and “The Birth of Sake,” a Japanese documentary that looks at a 144-year-old family-owned brewery in northern Japan. The venues include the Bow Tie Great Neck-Squire Cinemas, Gold Coast Arts Center in Great Neck, Bow Tie Manhasset Cinemas, Soundview Cinemas in Port Washington, Port Washington Public Library, Bow Tie Port Washington Cinemas, Bow Tie Roslyn Cinemas, Bryant Library in Roslyn, and the Gold Coast Cinema at Hillwood Commons at LIU Post. As well as movies, the festival offers several special events including after parties and special guest Q&A’s. “Great films and conversation, mingling with interesting people, and seeing movies on the big screen before anyone else, that’s the Gold Coast International Film Festival,” Festival Director Caroline Sorokoff said. “With filmmakers, special guests, free swag and great restaurant deals, you’ll get a taste of Hollywood right in your backyard.” General admission tickets cost $14, tickets for seniors and students cost $12, and tickets for children under the age of 13 cost $8. The film festival also offers VIP AllAccess Passes for $150 that give access to all screenings, Q&A sessions, and special events. A closing night awards party will be held at 6 p.m. on Nov. 15 for filmmakers, sponsors, special guests, and all-access pass holders. For tickets, movie schedules, or more information call the Gold Coast Arts Center at 516-829-2570 or go to the festival website goldcoastfilmfestival.org. Reach reporter Joe Nikic by e-mail at jnikic@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x203. Also follow us on Twitter @joenikic and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

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Adelphi Symphony Arts & Entertainment Calendar plays Mozart Nov. 13 The Adelphi Symphony Orchestra, which brings together University students to play alongside their professors and some of the area’s finest orchestral instrumentalists, will take place on an all-Mozart program on Friday, Nov. 13, at 8 p.m. on the Westermann Stage of the Concert Hall at 1 South Avenue in Garden City. The program will consist of the best by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart was only 17 years old at the time he composed his Symphony No. 25, sometimes

called the “Little G Minor.” Book-ending this all-Mozart program is one of the last three great symphonies from his final year, the mellifluous Symphony No. 39 in E-flat. Between them, soloist Gabrielius Alekna will perform the most loved of the composer’s Piano Concertos, the No. 24 in C minor, KV 491; and the concert aria with piano obbligato, Ch’io mi scordi di te, joined by soprano Darla Diltz. For additional information on Adelphi’s Department of Music, visit http://music. adelphi.edu/.

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Famed vocal ensemble to perform at Adelphi World-renowned vocal ensemble amarcord will be performing on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 4:00 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center, Adelphi University, Concert Hall, One South Avenue, Garden City The group brings to AUPAC their “Restless” Love program, which includes a rich selection of rarely heard Italian madrigals, German songs from the group’s home in Leipzig (including works by Schumann and Mendelssohn) and a unique collection of folk songs from around the world, including the Philippines (arranged specially for amarcord by Adelphi Associate Professor and Music Department Chair Sidney Boquiren), Ghana, Cuba, Japan, Thailand, Russia and Israel. Direct from Germany, amarcord is considered one of the finest vocal ensembles in the world. Born of the celebrated tradition of

the St. Thomas Boys Choir in Leipzig, these five former members of the choir create a bridge with their repertoire between medieval music traditions and modern compositions. The group captivates with its expressive, clear and precise singing, and also with its engaging performance style. Known as one of the leading representatives of Leipzig’s music scene in Germany and abroad, amarcord makes regular appearances at festivals, the ensemble has toured the globe including cities like New York, San Francisco, Houston, as well as to Central America, Australia, Japan, Israel, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. In addition, amarcord has received six Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARA)! For additional information, visit http:// www.amarcord.de/en/

LIU Post museum take new approach By B e n d i k S oe r e n s e n Every fall, summer and spring, the Steinberg Art Museum in on the second floor of LIU Post’s Hillwood Commons has a rapidly changing exhibition. But, for the last exhibition of fall 2015, museum director Barbara Applegate wanted to try something new. “We’re having this [exhibit] up through March 25,” she said. The new approach includes events and activities for LIU Post students, which are also open to the public. For instance, on Thursday, November 5, there will be a hands-on drawing lecture to learn about the new exhibition, which opens on Wednesday, Nov. 4. There will also be guest lectures from renowned historians, outside speakers, open, hands on events and more to keep the longer show interesting. The exhibition itself is called L’Amour du Beau, Love of Beauty, and features 19th century French paintings and drawings. “The artworks are neither romanticism or impressionism,” Applegate said. “They’re kind of a mix between the two.” The exhibition features 67 works from 42 artists, including Antoine Vollon. The collection comes from Carol Tabler. Tabler, a Long Island native who also curated the exhibit, is an art historian who specializes in the French 19th century

movement. “She could pick up any of the pieces you see here and write a paper on it,” Applegate said of the collector, calling her one of the most foremost historians in her field. The set-up of the exhibition is very categorical. It has landscapes in one area and still lives in another, but Applegate said it follows a “stream of consciousness.” The pieces are paired with quotes from the artists themselves on the wall, to follow with the consciousness theme. Applegate said that even though the exhibit is very classical compared to what the museum usually features, it will appeal to their audience. “This is a very academically heavy show, and the art is very serious.” The quotes, she said, will hopefully help students and museum-goers understand a bit more what lies behind the canvases. The exhibition is open from Wednesday Nov. 4 through March 25. Museum hours are: Monday - Friday 9:30 - 4:30; Wednesdays 9:30 - 8:00; Saturdays 11:00 - 3:00. There will be an opening reception at a later, undecided date. This article was originally published in the Pioneer, the award-winning student newspaper of LIU Post, www.liupostpioneer.com, and is republished here by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.

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Hofstra goes big in Sinatra celebration To commemorate Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday, the Hofstra Cultural Center and Hofstra University’s Departments of History and Music are presenting a multi-day celebration that features concerts, lectures, master classes and special guests. Students are joining the tribute with vocal and instrumental performances from The Great American Songbook. Guest speakers include Gay Talese, Pete Hamill, bassist Jerry Bruno, radio personality Mark Simone, musician Bucky Pizzarelli, Grammy-nominated singer Jane Monheit, entertainment reporter Sandy Kenyon, music critic and author Will Friedwald; and biographer (Sinatra: The Chairman) James Kaplan. Exactly 17 years ago, Hofstra made history with a three day conference honoring the “Chairman of the Board,” who had passed away earlier in 1998. A multitude of famous personalities converged on campus, including Quincy Jones, Tina Sinatra, Vic Damone and Alan King. This current series of Hofstra events revisits “the man, the music, the legend,” whose presence continues to loom large in the American imagination and popular culture. With the exception of the Sunday, Nov. 22, Peter B. Clark Memorial Scholarship Fund Concert, all events in this Sinatra series are free and open to the public. Due to space limitations, advance registration is required. Visit the Hofstra Cultural Center websiteor call 516-463-5669 for more information, including program locations. Many featured events are preceded by The Sinatra Future, selected Hofstra vocal students performing selections from The Great American Songbook. Event highlights include: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 7 p.m. Two legendary writers: Gay Talese (Frank Sinatra Has a Cold and Other Essays) and Pete Hamill (Why Sinatra Matters) discuss “Sinatra As American Icon.”

Thursday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. The Great American Songbook: Past, Present and Future is a panel with Hofstra Professor David Lalama; musician, record producer and songwriter David Finck; musical director, pianist and arranger Tedd Firth; Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Jane Monheit; New Jersey City University Professor of Jazz History Arnold Jay Smith; and Debbi Whiting, president of My Ideal Music. Whiting is the granddaughter of songwriter Richard Whiting (“Hooray for Hollywood”) and the daughter of singer and television personality Margaret Whiting. Wednesday, Nov. 18, 4 p.m. “Lessons Learned From Sinatra” is a lecture and master class with longtime radio personality Mark Simone. Simone hosted numerous PBS specials on Sinatra and a long-running show on Sinatra for ABC Radio. Wednesday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m. Will Friedwald, music critic and author of Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer’s Art, presents “Sinatra: The Television Factor,” with an introduction by Robert Foster, executive director of the Hoboken Historical Museum. Friedwald is regarded as one of the most knowledgeable writers on singers of the American songbook. Thursday, Nov. 19, 4 p.m. A roundtable discussion on “Frank Sinatra and Italian American Culture” features University of Vermont Professor John Gennari; Joe Scognamillo and Sal Scognamillo of Patsy’s Restaurant in New York City (where Sinatra was a regular); author of Amore: The Story of Italian-American Song Mark Rotella; and Manhattan College English Professor Rocco Marinaccio.

Thursday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m. Celebrity journalist Sandy Kenyon, music critic and author Will Friedwald, Sinatra biographer James Kaplan, WKRBWednesday, Nov. 11, 5 p.m. FM host Ron Forman, and Bronx Opera Bassist Jerry Bruno, who played and Company Artistic Director Michael Spiertoured with Sinatra, will be interviewed by man offer their views in the panel “AssessJohn Bohannon, host of WRHU-FM’s The ing Frank Sinatra.” Jazz Café and former correspondent for ABC, NBC and CBS Radio. Bruno has been Sunday, Nov. 22, 4 p.m. designated Hofstra’s D’Addario Foundation Sit in on an open rehearsal and masVisiting Artist. ter class with jazz legend Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar, who played and toured with Thursday, Nov. 12, 4 p.m. Sinatra was a champion of civil rights Sinatra. Pizzarelli is serving as Hofstra’s and a staunch supporter of Israel. A round- D’Addario Foundation Visiting Artist for table, “Racism, Civil Rights and Israel,” fea- this series. tures Greg Dunmore, founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists; Shalom L. Goldman, professor of religion from Middlebury College, and Hofstra’s own Stanislao Pugliese, professor of history and the Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian American Studies. Also on the program is a screening of 1945’s The House I Live In, a 10-minute short opposing anti-Semitism, directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Sinatra. The film received an Honorary Academy Award in 1946.

Sunday, Nov. 22, 7 p.m. The Peter B. Clark Memorial Scholarship Fund Concert features guest artist Bucky Pizzarelli, as well as the talents of the Hofstra Jazz Ensemble and the Hofstra Vocal Jazz Quartet and Singers. This performance takes place at The Helene Fortunoff Theater. Tickets are $10, $8 for senior citizens (over 65) or non-Hofstra students with ID. Tickets are available at the Hofstra Box Office or at Hofstratickets.com.

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Shelter Rock Library MUSEUM PASSES @ SRPL Shelter Rock Public Library cardholders can reserve a Museum Pass online for free admission to a variety of museums and gardens on Long Island and in New York City. Go to www.srpl.org and pull down the Library Services Menu then go to Museum Passes. Click the Reserve Now link and look for the red Request Pass button to see if the Museum Pass is available. Your library card must be in good standing. Advance reservations will be accepted for the next 60 days (one Reservation per family every 30 days). SHELTER ROCK PATRONS MAY RESERVE PASSES FOR: American Airpower Museum • Children’s Museum of Manhattan • Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery • Cradle of Aviation • Garvies Point • Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum • Long Island Children’s Museum • Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) • Nassau County Firefighter’s Museum • Nassau County Museum of Art • New York Botanical Garden • New York Historical Society and Library & Dimenna Children’s History Museum

programs ART LECTURES American Artists Present A SLICE OF AMERICAN LIFE with Nancy Traeger, Docent, Nassau County Museum of Art co-sponsored by Brandeis National Committee - LI Chapter Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 1:30 p.m. EUGÈNE DELACROIX with Ines Powell, Educator, Metropolitan Museum of Art Friday, Nov. 13 at 1:30 p.m. Eugène Delacroix, the leader of the French Romantic school, is known for his exotic subjects painted with expressive brushstrokes and carefully studied color effects. Inspired by Rubens and Venetian painting, Delacroix be lieved that art should express the artist’s true feelings and convictions. FRANK STELLA: A Retrospective with Mary Vahey Monday, Nov. 23 at 1:30 p.m. Frank Stella’s art was included in Sixteen Americans at the Museum of Modern Art before he was twenty-five. He is

considered of one of the most important living American artists. This visual lecture compliments The Whitney Museum’s retrospective of the artist, on view through Feb. 7, 2016. SENIOR RAP GROUP ... for the 55+ set who have a lifetime of experiences to share! Anyone interested in joining the group is welcome. Topics vary and the conversation is lively and provocative. Monday, Dec. 7 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Come and join the Shelter Rock Public Library Senior Rap Group. This discussion group is led by volunteer facilitator David Marx SUNDAY CONCERT Nov. 8 at 3 p.m Edith Piaf: Remembered in Song & Story featuring Lois Morton, singer and raconteur with Larry Moser, accordionist. Through song and story, Morton brings to life the legendary Edith Piaf. Anecdotes reveal the color and texture of the singer’s short, dramatic life from the back streets of Paris to her triumphal conquest of the great concert halls of the world. Songs include: La Vie en Rose, Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, Hymne a L’amour (If You Love Me), Autumn Leaves and more. PLAY MAH JONGG Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m., Nov. 17., Dec. 1, Dec. 15. Join others in playing the game that has fascinated people for so many years with its strategies, sequences and combinations. Bring a team, a friend or come by yourself and enjoy the game. Limited materials will be available, so if you own a set, please feel free to bring it with you. Registration is not required. CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP with Marguerite Dilimetin, Group Facilitator, Nassau County Office for the Aging and Mental Health Wednesdays], Dec. 16, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. This support group is designed for all caregivers. It provides an opportunity for participants to share experiences and help

one another. First time attendees or for additional information, please call 516-227-7055.

crafting and simply sharing tips and techniques while “the needles fly” with other craft enthusiasts.

THURSDAY MOVIES At 2 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19 LITTLE BOY: Directed by Alejandro Monteverde 2015, Rated PG-13, 106 minutes. Cast: Jacob Salvati, Michael Rapaport, Emily Watson, Tom Wikerson An eight-year old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to bring his father home from fighting during the Second World War. The story reveals the great love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.

CELEBRATING the 150th ANNIVERSARY of ALICE in WONDERLAND with Shirley Romaine, actress. Monday, Nov. 30 at 1:30 p.m. Lewis Carroll was a professor of mathematics at Oxford, a writer, photographer, poet and a man of great imagination. Learn how Alice Liddell became the inspiration for this beloved story and see excerpts that show some of the film attempts to adapt the adventures of Alice and the creatures she encounters.

COMPUTER BASICS for ADULTS with TEEN TUTORS Would you like an individualized computer or technology tutoring session with a trained teen volunteer? Are you interested in learning the Internet, e-mail or computer basics? Bring your own device (tablet, laptop or Smartphone) or use ours. You may sign up for up to three sessions. Bring your computer questions and join us in the Conference Room for a 45 minute session on the dates and times listed below. Thursdays, Nov. 12 and 19 from 4:15 to 5 p.m. or 5 to 5:45 p.m. and Saturdays, Nov. 14 and Dec. 12 from 10:15 to 11 a.m. or 11 to 11:45 a.m. Registration begins Oct. 19 at the Reference Desk. HOPEFUL SINGLES for ages 55 plus with Marla Matthews, TV Host Thursday, Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. Life is unpredictable, there are no guarantees and change is always happening. With new friends and inspirational guidance, compassion and support, your journey can be easier!! Be part of this group of single adults 55 plus to find hope for your future. CREATIVE NEEDLES A Needlework Group Friday, Nov. 6 at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4 at 1:30 p.m. Registration is not required. Bring your projects and supplies to knit, crochet, needle-point, embroider or cross stitch in the company of other needle craft lovers. A time for conversation,

ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION led by SRPL Librarians Chris Karlssen and Ellen Miller THE LADY IN GOLD: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele BlochBauer by Anne-Marie O’Connor on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 2:30 p.m. Registration begins Wednesday, Nov. 4. Klimt’s portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer had been confiscated by the Nazis and proudly exhibited as The Lady in Gold with no reference to Adele. Sixty years after the painting was stolen, the painting became the subject of a decadelong litigation between the Austrian government and the Bloch-Bauer heirs. DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS for drivers of all ages. Saturday, Nov. 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. To register please contact Mr. Stephen Donnelly at 516-437-0705. AARP SMART DRIVER COURSE Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 2 and 3 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Please pick up a registration form at the Reference Desk or download from the Library website www.srpl.org

YoUNg aDULT ATTENTION TEEN ADVISORY BOARD (TAB) MEMBERS The next TAB meetings are on Wednesday, Nov. 18 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Community Room. TAB is for registered

members in Grades 7-12. TAB works with the YA Librarian to improve library services for teens. Limited registration for TAB begins August 1 and continues. If you are interested in volunteering with other teens to improve library services, please pick up an application in the Teen Room. FANDOM FRIDAY Friday, Nov. 6 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. What’s a “fandom” you ask? Well, anyone who really likes Harry Potter is part of the Harry Potter fandom. Do you like Doctor Who? Then you’re part of the Doctor Who fandom. Or maybe you are a fan of Star Trek, or the Divergent series. No matter what your interests, you’re free to come and share them with the group or perhaps find a new fandom to be part of. You can also show off your fandom gear, artwork & music. Plus we’ll have a fandom snack craft. Registration begins on Tuesday, Oct. 20. THE ROAD TO COLLEGE for High School Students and their Parents. See flyers for details. How To Beat The High Cost Of College with Barry Fox Monday, Nov. 9 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Registration began Oct. 26. SAT, ACT or PSAT Practice Test with Curvebreakers, Inc. Saturday, Nov. 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Registration began Oct. 30. The New Rules Of College Admissions with Michael Binder, Monday, Nov. 16 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Registration began Oct. 30. SAT, ACT or PSAT Test Review with Nick LaPoma of Curvebreakers, Inc Thursday, Nov. 19 from 7 to 8 p.m. Registration began Oct. 30. BOOK CAFÉ For YAs Entering Grades 6 – 12 HEIST SOCIETY by Ally Carter on Tuesday, Nov. 24 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tired of her lifelong involvement in her family’s illicit dealings, teenager Kat Bishop enrolls herself in a prestigious boarding school. After she is

expelled, she enlists a group of teenagers who use their combined talents to vindicate Kat’s father, an international art thief, from a vengeful collector. Join us for a Socrates approach as we answer universal questions on this book. “Socratizing” is the idea that we learn more when we question with others. We’ll also serve some international snacks which relate to locations in the book. Registration begins Nov. 2 in the Teen Room.

CHILDrEN LEGO CREATIONS for Grades K to 5 Come and build your own LEGO creation! Thursday, Nov. 12 at 4:15 p.m. Registration for one session begins Tuesday, October 27. 3D TURKEY CRAFT For Grades K – 5 Friday, Nov. 20 at 4:30 p.m. Registration begins Friday, Nov. 6. PLAY H OORAY KIDS Families with children ages 2 – 4 years are invited to participate in a fun-filled program of music and movement. Monday, Nov. 9 at 10:30 a.m. Registration begins Monday, Oct. 26 STUFFED ANIMAL SLEEPOVER Children Pre-K to Grade 1 are invited to join us for a special storytime with your stuffed animal and then tuck them in and say good night. The stuffed animals will spend the night in the Children’s Room, hopefully without too much mischief. Friday, Nov. 6 from 4 to 4:45 p.m. GREAT BEGINNINGS This program of stories, simple songs, fingerplays and rhymes is designed for children ages 12 – 23 months with a parent or caregiver. Choose one of the following sessions: Mondays at 10:15 a.m. Nov. 16 – Dec. 7 or Tuesdays at 10:15 a.m. Nov. 17 – Dec. 8 or Wednesdays at 11:15 a.m. Nov. 18 – Dec. 9 Registration begins Tuesday, October 20.

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Middle school staff shares their expertise On Friday, October 23, 2015, Dr. Danielle Gately, Director of Secondary Curriculum and Social Studies, Stephen Kimmel, Willets Road Principal, and fifth grade teacher Lynn Marie Flynn presented at the NYS Middle School Association Annual Conference: Middle-Level Excellence in a Common Core World. The title of their workshop was, “Creating a Classroom Literacy Community” and it was described as follows: “Creating a classroom environment that fosters a love of literacy does not happen by accident. In this age of faster, shorter, and right now - explore some best practices to engage students with the vast world of young adult literature and discover how changing their minds about reading can start one page at a time.” Our East Williston presenters focused on the shift in our literacy program and how the workshop model has allowed independent reading and book choices to help children develop a love of reading with the guidance of their teacher. They also highlighted how being connected to literacy experts and social media helps support us in becoming even better sources of the “latest & greatest” books and authors. In addition, Mr. Kimmel highlighted Willets Road art teacher Collette Hardy’s recent projects which incorporate literacy as an example of how Willets Road and all schools can support literacy school-wide. Congratulations Dr. Gately, Mr. Kimmel and Ms. Flynn on the selection of your presentation and for your contributions to the broader educational field outside of our district walls! Almost, Maine – Wheatley Theatre Company’s Drama – November 19, 20 and 21 “One cold, clear Friday night in the middle of winter, while the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways…. “ Come join the Wheatley Theatre Company present this special play by John Cariani on Thursday, November 19, Friday, November 20 and Saturday, November 21 at 7:00 PM. Our students have been hard at work, under the direction of Wheatley English teacher Colin McKenna, and are looking forward to you joining them. The cast members and crew are listed here: Justin Vega, Caroline Crimmins, Ariana Arralde, Elan Mizhiritsky, Lianna Golden,

Devyn Bennett, Morgan Misk, Max Hochstein, Jaclyn Stroud, Jason Manzaro, Alana Osroff, Noelle Molstad, Josh Dinetz, Sydney Behar, Kimberly Esquilin, Michael Koszalka, Liz Nolan, John Wanamaker, Assistant Director: Madison Misk, Production Stage Manager: Talia Rosen and understudies Hallie ArbitalJacoby, Victoria Manfredi and Alex Kasparian (there will be an understudy performance for friends and families), Costumes: Danielle Smichok, Abigail Smichok and Props: Michelle Smichok. Tickets are $10.00 with senior citizen tickets, free. You can purchase your tickets on line by going to the district website at www.ewsdonline.org > scroll down to Wheatley Theater Company > Almost, Maine tickets. If you’d like to place a program ad in the Almost, Maine Program, follow the directions to the tickets noted above but choose program ads. Thank you in advance for supporting our student thespians. Upcoming Literacy “Camp” On Saturday, November 7, 2015, the East Williston School District will be hosting the First Annual #nErDcampLI. What is nErD Camp? See the description from the Edcamp folks below: “nErD Camp is an “unconference”/ Edcamp with a focus on literacy based on the original #nErDcampMI’s model. An “unconference” is a free, participant driven learning and networking experience that is designed by you and includes the topics you want to discuss. During the first 30 minutes the morning of the event, a session board is filled with different topics by the nErD Camp attendees. During the event participants are encouraged to vote with their feet and it is acceptable to move on if the session doesn’t meet your needs, or more likely there are 2 totally AWESOME sessions at the same time that you would like to experience. If you love spreading book love and think authors and illustrators are rock stars... then you are already a #NerdyOnLI. If you love teaching, learning, and are passionate about both... join us. Let’s spread a little #PdLove too!” Attendance at this event is free. The website has the event already sold out, but if you are an educator, or other interested literacy learner, you can contact Dr. Danielle Gately at Gatelyd@ ewsdonline.org, about attending.

There are many literary “rock star” young people’s authors attending and presenting at this event; names you will likely recognize as your children’s favorite authors.

the District Staff. Jim Bloomgarden, Principal of the North Side School, shared the following comments regarding the following new staff members at North Side.

Special Opportunity for our East Williston students at nerDcamp! On Saturday, November 7, 2015, at 2:30 PM at Willets Road, the authors attending nerDcampLI will be signing copies of their books. Our students district-wide are invited to meet these authors first hand! No need to attend the earlier events. Just bring your child/children at 2:30 PM. Special thanks to Dr. Danielle Gately, Director of Secondary Curriculum and Social Studies, Stephen Kimmel, Willets Road Principal, David Casamento, Director of Science and Technology, Diane Ilkiw, Willets

Jacquelyn Heney, AIS Teacher Mrs. Heney joins the North Side staff as the Academic Intervention Services (AIS) teacher. You probably recognize Mrs. Heney as a teaching assistant and part-time special education teacher here at North Side. She has also been a leave replacement teacher here as well. Mrs. Heney received her Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Skidmore College. She also received her Masters of Science in Elementary Education from Hofstra University. Please join me in welcoming Mrs. Heney as our AIS teacher at North Side.

Elaine Kanas Superintendent

Road librarian and Audra Beberman, Instructional Technology Specialist, for their work in organizing this special event. SEPC Fall Event on Anxiety Due to a scheduling conflict on Wednesday, I wasn’t able to attend the SEPC Fall Event which continued the conversation I found so interesting at last year’s Part I program. On Wednesday, Melissa Jennings, LCSW-R was a guest speaker who spoke to parents on “How to Quell Parental Anxiety to Raise More Healthy, Strong, Resilient Children.” In next week’s newsletter, Director of Pupil Personnel Services Shari Senzer and Assistant Director Thomas Sposato will provide some of the strategies shared at Wednesday’s event. New Faces in Our Neighborhood As I’ve mentioned before, I’d like to introduce you to our new faculty members. At our September 1 staff convocation, our administrators introduced our new staff members to all

Angeliki Kyrou, Art Teacher Mrs. Kyrou is no stranger to the North Side School and the East Williston School District, as well. She has been a teaching assistant at North Side for the last 10 years as well as a leave replacement teacher and substitute teacher in the art room. She has also been the art director for North Side’s Books Alive for the last several years. She is joining the North Side staff as the art teacher, replacing the retiring art teacher Robin Isaacs. Mrs. Kyrou received her Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from Hofstra University. She also received her Master of Science in Art Education and Childhood Education Certification from Long Island University/C.W. Post Campus. Join me in welcoming Mrs. Kyrou to North Side as the new art teacher! Wheatley Winter Sports Pre-Season Meetings Below are the upcoming pre-season meetings for Wheatley Winter sports teams. (Please note that not all teams are listed here do to the fact that a pre-season meeting was already held.) Monday, November 9, 2015 • 2:30 PM – Boys Varsity Basketball Pre-Season Meeting in Room 150 – Coach Curcio – Season begins Monday, November 16, 2015 • 2:30 PM – Boys JV Basketball Pre-Season Meeting in Room 152 – Coach Maffatore – Season begins Monday, November 16, 2015 • 2:40 PM – Boys JV9 Basketball (for 9th graders) PreSeason Meeting in Room 151 – Coach Virgilio - Season begins

Monday, November 16, 2015 Tuesday, November 10, 2015 • 2:30 PM – Girls Varsity & JV Basketball Pre-Season Meeting in Room 208 – Coach Rogala and Coach Donovan – Season begins Monday, November 16, 2015 Thursday, November 12, 2015 • 2:30 PM – Girls Winter Track Pre-Season Meeting in Room 152 – Coach Gurick - Season begins Monday, November 16, 2015 - Season begins Monday, November 16, 2015 Monday, November 16, 2015 • 2:30 PM – Boys Winter Track Pre-Season Meeting in the gym – Coach Walsh For a student to be eligible for try-outs, each student-athlete must have a completed and updated Health Appraisal Form (be less than one year old) on file in the Health Office. The ParentStudent Consent Form must be completed for each new season and sport and submitted to the school nurse for her signature. All these forms must be completed prior to your student-athlete being permitted to participate in try-outs. Any questions, please contact Athletic Director Tom Fitzpatrick. You can access the Health Forms and Consent Forms on the district website at www.ewsdonline.org > Athletics > Athletic Forms. Virtual Backpack Flyer Update Just a reminder: Please check the VB periodically for the latest postings. (On the district homepage, www.ewsdonline.org > scroll down left side vertical navigation bar to Virtual Backpack > click on VB.) The following is a listing of the new flyers posted on the VB this week: • North Side is “Wild About Reading” PARP Committee Author Event • Wheatley Theatre Company “Almost, Maine” flyer • Wheatley Theatre Company “Almost, Maine” Program Ad flyer • Soccer for the Community (SFTC) Winter Youth Indoor Soccer Clinic flyer • Wheatley Idol XI flyer • STEAM Fair Program Congratulations & Commendations Wheatley Student Raises Most Money Congratulations to Wheatley 8th grader Emily Blumberg who recently led a 45-person team Continued on Page 48

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Roslyn Marching Bulldogs win state title

Student of the Month Roslyn High School senior Benjamin Heyman was honored by the Roslyn Rotary Club as the September Student of the Month at its luncheon on Oct. 22, 2015. Benjamin’s community service has included working with the Roslyn High School Auditorium crew, providing technical support for all activities such as school shows, concerts, meetings, academic events, assemblies and festivals. Benjamin would set up, test and maintain sound equipment, provide support and troubleshoot for microphones, projectors and lights. He has worked with the Roslyn Fire Department’s Wounded Warrior Benefit Concert to create program lighting, facilitating all aspects of setup and teardown for the fundraiser. Benjamin also volunteered with the Village of East Hills teaching senior citizens to use various forms of technology including iPhones, iPads and PCs, helping to ease anxieties of senior citizens in preparation for personal and professional development. Pictured (left to right) are Rotary Co-President Cathy Mealing, Benjamin’s mother Alyse Heyman, Benjamin, the faculty advisor for Stagecraft Club and Auditorium crew Erik Chocianowski, and Rotary Co-President Deborah Zenir.

Middle school staff shares their expertise Continued from Page 47 of family and friends at the 2015 AHRC Walk held at Eisenhower Park. Emily and her team raised more than $10,000, the most at the event. Her team, Noah Smiles, was named for her brother Noah who has autism. Way to go Emily!

is the first year we have had a freshman honored with a post season award. If you see these young men in class please congratulate them on their individual and team accomplishments.” All County Jake Barroca (12) Pedro Lamarre (12) Joe Cucinella (12)

Fall Sports Playoffs Varsity Boys Soccer Honorable Mention All County It was nice to see so many families Julian Riezgo (12) and members of our staff cheering our Nick Tagios (9) boys on yesterday at SUNY Farmingdale for the Nassau County Class B championAll Conference ship game. While our Wheatley Wildcats Zach Jacobs (10) lost to Carle Place, I know everyone exCoby Kamhi (10) tends our team, head coach Steve Cadet Joey Dinetz (11) and their assistant coaches Patrick Hurley, Josh Wolff (11) Zach Gould and Michael Taylor congratulations on a season well played. Scholar Athlete Coach Cadet wrote about this year’s Nick Vazquez (12) team … “With a strong season, the boys were honored with several post season Conference Offensive Player of the awards. This is a unique team led by some fantastic seniors but also talented under- Year Jake Barroca (12) classmen. Since my time at Wheatley this

Continued from Page 13 took countless pictures on the turf of the dome. After a six-hour drive back to Roslyn, the three busses carrying the band were greeted with banners, balloons, fire trucks and an ice cream truck. Cheers from families, friends, teachers, administrators and members of the Roslyn community could be heard from a block away. Everyone there was armed with blue and white foam fingers and pom-poms to celebrate the triumph with hugs and smiles. The band then signed a custom banner with their names, the final score and a group picture. Throughout their season, the Roslyn Marching Bulldogs have kept a consistent top spot. “As the season went on, we gained momentum and maintained first place. I wasn’t entirely surprised, it was really exciting!” Senior Hannah Werner stated, president of the club. “This win shows the drive and determination of Roslyn students to meet and be successful when faced with a challenge,” Werner continues. Roslyn’s win this week follows years of high and low notes for the members and their advisors. From 2001 to 2006, Roslyn was in the Small School Three Class. In 2007, after winning second place in 2006, the band moved up to Small School Two. The band remained in SS2 until 2012. In 2013, the band left New York State Field Band Conference and entered US Band’s National Conference, competing at a the championship at MetLife Stadium in New York. They received 11th place in 2013, and 9th place in 2014. After weighing factors in, the band members and staff decided return to competing in the New York State Field Band Conference in SS3. Evidently, it wasn’t a poor call. “With such a high demand on academics, we can only rehearse 80 hours a season, which limits us greatly in terms of competing with the Small School Two Class,” band director Pat Patterson explained. “They’re all doing 400 to 500 hours a season. That’s why it’s hard to compete with Small School Two.” In the past the band has performed at the Chick Fil-A Bowl, the Orange Bowl, Disney World, and at Met Life Stadium. Though this is the end to their com-

petitive season, the band is looking forward to a week at Disney World in Orlando, Fla. in February of 2016, performing in parades at both the Epcot and Magic Kingdom parks. With a sequence of first place trophies, it’s surely been the band’s best year yet. The band is hoping this first placement is a symbol to a new time for The Roslyn Marching Bulldogs. “This win for our district means that everyone in our community is a winner,” chief captain and junior Mark Kashani explained “We changed the culture of the band and we will continue to work hard to hold on to our championship title,” Band members hold that this is only the beginning. “This win will bring a sense of pride to the town and hopefully the band will keep winning and will be able to keep that pride going,” Pinchiaroli said. Michael Coffey, Roslyn High School orchestra teacher and assistant marching band director, said he didn’t expect anything less from his hard working band. He said he believes victory brings immense pride to Roslyn. “Winning first place in our division at the Carrier Dome not only puts the Roslyn High School Marching Band on the map as a powerhouse in the cut-throat world of Field Band Competition, but it instills a great sense pride in the entire Roslyn community,” Coffey said. Band members aid they also hope the first-place finish will attract more interest in Roslyn’s award winning music program for the future. “Any time a group succeeds, it is very motivational for everyone,” Roslyn Middle School band director and marching band music instructor of the marching band Robert Gazzo shares. “I hope our win encourages more musicians to join the band and I wish all of our students and their families joy in celebrating our victory.” “I think winning created a new era in the Roslyn Marching Band and I think it will make everyone currently in the band and everyone who will enter the band work even harder to succeed.” drum major Alyssa Rust added. Patterson truly believes we’re looking at a new era for the Roslyn Marching Bulldogs. “This band has changed the culture of our band program forever,” Patterson exclaimed. “We were stringing wins together all year long, it was very exciting! This is a tremendous accomplishment.”

Kindergarten registration The registration period for students entering the Roslyn Public Schools in Sept. 2016 will be from Feb. 8 – Feb. 12, 2016 and again from Feb. 29th – March 4th, 2016 at the Heights School. Chil-

dren entering kindergarten need to be five years old by Dec. 1, 2016. If your child does not attend a local nursery school, please contact Gina at 801-5500 to put your child on the registration list.

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Mineola students compete in Kid Wind Thirty-eight students from Mineola Middle School recently participated in the Kid Wind competition sponsored by National Grid. Held at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in October, students brought their completed wind turbines and competed against peers from across Long Island. Prior to the competition, Mineolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s engineers worked together in class to collaborate on the design and construction of

Mineola students selected for festival Three Mineola High School students have been selected for the 2015 Long Island String Festival Association Honors Orchestra festival to be held in November. The school congratulates eighth-grader Isaiah Huang (violin), ninth-grader Samantha Trested (cello) and senior Theodore Bischoff (bass). Since 1956 Long Island

String Festival Association has been featuring the young and talented string players of Long Island. The program has grown into a largely respected and successful festival throughout the years. LISFAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S dedication to educating young string players has allowed students to work with renowned conductors and musicians from all over the country.

their turbines, as well as tested their wind turbine efficiency. Mineola students were divided into 12 turbine teams and competed against approximately 50 groups at the middleschool level. One of the Mineola teams placed first and another came in second. The students were evaluated on their blade design, knowledge of wind power, innovation of turbine and how many watts were generated.

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WWII veteran to speak at Landmark Society

Gourmet Chef series Participants in the Roslyn, Herricks and East Williston Adult Continuing Education Gourmet Chef Demonstration Series observe as Chef Reyes and Manager Manuel prepare their renowned paella at Sangria 71 restaurant in Williston Park. After the cooking demonstration, observers enjoyed a luncheon. There is still room to sign up for the trip to 388 restaurant in Roslyn Heights on Nov. 16. Whether you love to cook and want to know the secrets of some of our local chefs, or if you just want to watch how meals are put together “behind the scenes,” please sign up. For information call the Adult Education office at 516-801-5091.

The Roslyn Landmark Society will continue its monthly lecture series with a special presentation on Veterans Day with guest speakers Bernard Rader, World War II Veteran, and June Rader. The lecture will take place at 7:30pm on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at the Atria on Roslyn Harbor located at 99 Landing Road. The lecture and parking is free to the public. Bernie Rader was a solider in World War II. He was in the 94th Infantry Division, 301st Regiment, Company K as a rifleman. In Oct. 1944, a platoon of soldiers, including Bernie, were sent to get German troops in Brittany. This turned out to an ambush and a battle that lasted all day. The platoon was forced to surrender and sent to Lorient. On Nov. 11 Bernie and June Rader will discuss the events of his imprisonment and prisoner exchange. The lecture and parking are free. No RSVP necessary. Please call 516-625-4363 or rlsinfo@optonline.net or www.roslynlandmarks.org for more information.

Bernard Rader (1944)

Journalist to visit JCC to host author Sid Jacobson JCC George Lerner

Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center will host author George Lerner on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 10:30 a.m. to discuss his book “The Ambassadors” as part of the JCC’s Author Breakfast and Book Signing series. When New Yorker Jacob Furman is deployed to Africa as a Mossad in the Rwandan Civil War he has to leave be-

Ex rock star to speak at SJJCC Sid Jacobson Jewish Community will host a concert and book talk with Steve Katz, member of Blood, Sweat & Tears on Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. He will discuss his memoir “Blood, Sweat & My Rock ‘n’ Roll Years.” Katz, a founding member of The Blues Project and Blood, Sweat & Tears shares an honest and personal account about life at the edge of the spotlight. “Blood, Sweat & My Rock ‘n’ Roll Years” tells the tale of a Jewish boy who went on to become a rock star in the 60s. Katz will perform a concert of some of his favorite hits. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at www.sjjcc.org.

hind his wife Susanna, a Holocaust survivor, and their son Shalom. “The Ambassadors” is a journey through Africa, Germany and Brooklyn as it explores a family’s passage through genocide and grief. Tickets are $40 for Sid Jacobson JCC members and $50 for non-members and can be purchased at www.sjjcc.org.

Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center will host Itai Anghel, the only western journalist to enter ISIS territory and return, on Thursday, Nov. 12. Itai interviewed adherents about their philosophy and what led them to act as they do. The JCC invites the community to take a journey with Itai to ISIS in Syria and Iraq, and also hear of the Kurdish fighters who are the only people to suc-

cessfully confront ISIS on the ground. Itai is a leading Israeli reporter and is considered to be one of Israel’s best. Itai will be discussing ISIS, the Kurds and the changing region, while showing attendees footage that he took in Syria and Iraq. The registration fee for the event is $20 for students, $35 for single individuals, $55 for couples and $40 at the door. Light refreshments and wine will be served. Space is limited.

JCC to host Thanksgiving Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center will host Great Stories: Thanksgiving at Barnes and Noble in Manhasset on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 10:30 a.m. Join us for stories, songs and crafts to celebrate Thanksgiving. This event is geared towards children ages 1-7 and their families. Entry is free. Barnes and Noble is located at 1542 Northern Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030. For more information visit www.sjjcc.org.

JCC to hold voice-over workshop Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center, in collaboration with A Class Act, will host a commercial and voice-over one day theatre workshop for children ages 7-16 on Veteran’s Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11 from 1 to 5 p.m. Children will have the opportunity to work with a New York City commercial and voice-over actor. A New York City talent manager will also work with students on a mock audition. The cost of the workshop is $150 for members and $175 for non-members. To register for the workshop, visit www.sjjcc.org.

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Temple to host Temple Beth Sholom Holocaust survivor to host Fall Dinner

Though she still speaks with the hint her family’s heart-wrenching decision of a German accent, Anita Weisbord is a to send her abroad, and hear of her unproud American, a Holocaust survivor and speakable joy when they were reunited. All are welcome. was a participant in Britain’s KindertransTemple Sinai of Roslyn is located at port program that saved some 10,000 Eu425 Roslyn Road, Roslyn Heights, NY. ropean children from Nazi hands. Born in Vienna, Anita Nagel Weisbord For more information about the above grew up happily and comfortably until program, Temple Sinai, or its many other Hitler’s armies invaded Austria in 1938. programs, please contact Ethel Liebeskind Her family realized that visas for Jews to at 516-621-6800 or visit our website at exit the country were nearly impossible to www.mysinai.org. obtain, so they seized the chance to save Anita and her sister by sending them to England on a Kindertransport. A kindly missionary took in Anita, who miraculously was reunited with her parents after the war. A woman who relishes relating her story to young people, Anita remains positive in outlook, and cautions others to not be bystanders in the face of hate. During the 6:30 p.m. Friday night service commemorating Kristallnacht on Nov. 13, Anita will describe Anita Nagel Weisbord

JCC festival to show award winning film Sid Jacobson JCC’s 22nd Randi and Bruce Pergament Jewish Film Festival will show the 2014 Israeli drama “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem” on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. and Thursday, Nov. 19 at 2:30 p.m. Viviane Amsalem has been applying for a divorce from her estranged husband Elisha for three years, but he will not agree to it. Put on trial by her religious marriage laws, she is determined to fight

for her freedom. Winner of the Israeli Film Academy’s Best Picture in 2014 and a 2015 Golden Globe nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem” is directed by Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz and is in Hebrew, French and Arabic with subtitles. Tickets for the Nov. 15 showing are $14 and tickets for the Nov. 19 showing are $10 and can be purchased at www. sjjcc.org.

Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center will host a Veterans Day Open House on Wednesday, Nov. 11. The open house will follow a flag raising ceremony to honor veterans at 11:00 a.m. A membership special of no enrollment fee to join the JCC will be available that day to all veterans, police, EMS and firefighters who show proper identification. The JCC is hosting a community service opportunity to bake apple pies which

will be donated to veterans at The Interfaith Nutrition Network in Hempstead at 10:00 a.m. The event is free and open to the community. Also on Veterans Day, at Bernice Jacobson Day School and Camp, our Old Westbury campus, a Teen Color Run is being held from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for grades 6-12 raising money for Wounded Warrior Project. The registration fee is $36.

JCC to host Veterans Day Open House

Special-occasion dresses and business suits will take center stage at Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood and the Z’havah Group’s Fall Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 19 – before they’re donated to empower women seeking a fresh start in life. The dinner will honor longtime member Gloria Fischel for her many years of distinctive service as the Women’s League for Conservative Judaism representative at the United Nations. TBS Sisterhood is an award-winning affiliate of Women’s League. The evening, which begins at 6:15 p.m., will include a cocktail hour and sitdown dinner by Joseph Craig Caterer, boutiques shopping, raffles, and remarks from a founder of Beautiful Memories Gemach of New Hyde Park, the organization that will distribute the donated attire to women living in shelters and others who are trying to back on their feet. Members of the community are invited to participate by donating “something from your closet, but most of all from your

heart,” said Sisterhood President Cindy Feldman, who requests that people limit their donations to special and meaningful attire that “can change the direction of battered women’s lives.” Feldman also suggests that donors include a Note of Hope pinned to each garment indicating why it’s special and their hope for the next woman who wears it. Donors are asked to drop off their items in advance and hang them on the rack provided at Temple Beth Sholom, 401 Roslyn Rd., Roslyn Heights, or at the Village Hall at East Hills Park, 209 Harbor Hill Rd., East Hills. TBS Sisterhood thanks the Village of East Hills for partnering with it on this project. Dinner responses are requested by November 10th. The cost is $60 for TBS Sisterhood members and $85 for non-members and guests. Become a sponsor for not much more and support Sisterhood’s good work. For further information, contact the synagogue office at 516-621-2288.

Mineola schools join recycling program Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Councilman Angelo Ferrara welcomed the Mineola School District to the town’s awardwinning comprehensive School Recycling Partnership Program, an initiative that now has 11 school districts participating. As part of the program, the town supplies every single classroom and office in each participating district with recycling bins. The town also commits to carting all the recyclables collected in nearly 50 school buildings throughout the Town. With more than 40,000 students participating, the recycling program reaps an average of 25 tons of paper and 6 tons of co-mingled recyclables a month. “We are excited to welcome the Mineola School District to be part of our School Recycling Program,” Bosworth said. “We hope that the students in Mineola will be enthusiastic participants and lifelong advocates for greening our environment. Their

participation in the program will help prevent large amounts of solid waste from entering the landfills.” “I am so proud of our schools, administrators, teachers and students for embracing this significantly important program and making it a way of life in North Hempstead,” Ferrara said. Since the School Recycling Partnership Program was instituted the North Hempstead 6 years ago, the results have been: An estimated 1,536 tons of paper recycled. An estimated 168 tons of co-mingled (plastic, aluminum, glass) recyclables recycled. An estimated 150 tons of electronic waste recycled. For more information on the town’s wide range of recycling and environmental programs log on to www.northhempsteadny.gov/recycle or call 311 or 516-8696311.

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Town offers pollutant disposal site on Nov. 7 Town of North Hempstead officials are urging residents to clean out their garages, basements, attics and medicine chests, and take advantage of the last enhanced S.T.O.P (Stop Throwing Out Pollutants) program scheduled to take place on Sunday, Nov. 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at North Hempstead Beach Park North Lot, located at 175 West Shore Road in Port Washington. Residents can return items such as aerosols, household chemicals, pesticides, disinfectants, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, bulbs, thermostats, rechargeable and lithium batteries, TV’s, and computers. Please bring oil-based paints only. Latex and water-based paints will not be accepted at the S.T.O.P. collection site. Once dried out (usually 24-36 hours after the lid is removed), those paints can be placed in a trash bag and thrown out with your regular household garbage. Oil-based paints, on the other hand, are considered hazardous, and will be accepted at any S.T.O.P. Collection Day program. The Town of North Hempstead is proud to have been the

Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth with members of the Nassau County Police Department at a recent S.T.O.P. event as they collect unused pharmaceuticals. first town in Nassau County to offer Pharmaceutical Collections, and residents have the opportunity to dispose of their unwanted or unused pharmaceuticals at each S.T.O.P. Event. In seven years, the Town has diverted more than seven tons of

unwanted drugs from landfills and protected our drinking water. In addition to protecting the environment, the program prevents dangerous pharmaceuticals from getting into the wrong hands. During the November 8th

S.T.O.P. event, North Hempstead residents can also safely shred and dispose of personal documents, thereby minimizing the opportunity for identity theft, while at the same time making an invaluable contribution to the protection of the environment.

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Residents are invited to shred any personal paper documents and credit cards free of charge. Any commercial business documents including home offices will not be accepted. Residents are reminded there is a limit of six “Bankers Box” sized boxes or bags of paper per car, per event. Once the documents are shredded, they will be placed into containers and sent directly to pulping mills. Every 2,000 pounds of paper the Town recycles equates to 17 trees saved. The Town of North Hempstead is proud to once again partner with Big Brothers Big Sisters to have a truck at the Nov. 8 S.T.O.P. event. Big Brothers Big Sisters will be accepting gently used and working clothes, stuffed animals, electronics, toys, sporting equipment, shoes, books, small area rugs, bikes, scooters, luggage, picture frames, table lamps, bolts of fabric, silverware, glassware, dishes, and cosmetics. Each resident will receive a receipt for their donation for income tax purposes. For more information on the S.T.O.P. program, please call 311 or e-mail recycle@northhempsteadny.gov.

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Incumbents win in town, county races Continued from Page 26 She had never run for political office before. Town board members receive a yearly salary of $49,000 for a four-year term. Nassau County Legislature In an election that saw the lowest voter turnout since 2011, only 21.2 percent of registered voters voted this year, as opposed to the 31 percent that voted in 2013 and 24 percent that voted in 2011, according to data from the county Board of Elections. Shortly before polls closed at 9 p.m., Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D-Hempstead) said he was confident county Democrats would retain their seats on the county Legislature and possibly pick up two. “I never felt our ability to have a stake in bonding was going to be in jeopardy,” Abrahams said. “I think a two-party system is good for Nassau County and good for the county Legislature as well.” Coming into the election, Republicans in the county Legislature held 12 of the 19 legislative seats. If Republicans gained one more seat, the party would have achieved a supermajority, meaning they owned a two-thirds majority, enough to pass legislation, approve borrowing, or override a county executive veto without any Democratic votes. Nassau County Legislature, 18th District In the closest legislative race, Republican incumbent Donald MacKenzie defeated Democratic challenger Dean Hart Tuesday receiving 52 percent of the vote to Hart’s 48 percent in the race to become county Legislator in the 18th district — 5,106 to 4,724. I feel no remorse or regret,” Hart said. “It was so close. I did the best that a person could do. That’s all you can do for yourself. I’m very proud.” Efforts to reach MacKenzie were unavailing. MacKenzie was first elected to the county legislature in 2013. The county’s 18th district which is compromised of North Woodbury, North Syosset, Laurel Hollow, Oyster Bay Cove, Oyster Bay, Cove Neck, Centre Island, Bayville, Mill Neck, Lattingtown, Locust Valley, Matinecock, the Brookvilles, Muttontown, East Norwich, Greenvale, East Hills and Glen Head. An Oyster Bay resident, MacKenzie is a practicing attorney in the private sector specializing in civil litigation. Hart ran as the self-proclaimed “antipolitican.” An optometrist and Old Brookville resident, Hart’s platform focused on “fixing taxpayer money on the county level,” he said. Taxpayer dollars also played a prominent role in Hart’s desire for an investigation by the state comptroller and attorney general into mailers that were sent out by MacKenzie. Entitled, “The Nassau County Legislature is Holding the Line on Property Taxes,” the mailers said that there was no increase in property taxes between 2011-2015. The phrase “For households making less than $500K” was added in small print under the claim. This claim was made despite a 3.4 percent increase in property tax this year.

Last month, Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas asked for an investigation of Mackenzie’s mailers by federal prosecutors. MacKenzie said that Singas’ rationale about conducting an investigation at the time was curious. “The timing of her action causes one to question whether it is simply political,” MacKenzie said, alluding to Singas’ election campaign against Murray. “The Acting District Attorney’s office has on two separate occasions verified the legality of our mailing program. We will continue to communicate our record of success in protecting taxpayers to our constituents,” he said. Nassau County Legislature, 10th District Birnbaum received 63 percent of votes to win re-election as county Legislator of the 10th district against Republican candidate Lisa Benjamin and Green Party candidate Cassandra Lems, who received 35 percent and 2 percent, respectively. “I am very honored to have been reelected by the voters of the 10th Legislative district,” Birnbaum said. “During the next two years, I will continue to represent everyone in my district to the best of my ability by serving the public in a way that includes, engages and involves all residents in the process of Nassau County government.” Efforts to reach Benjamin and Lems were unavailing. The 10th District includes Great Neck, Herricks, North Hills, North New Hyde Park, Searingtown and Albertson. Birnbaum, a lifelong Great Neck resident, was elected for her first term as county Legislator in 2013. She also served as the director of the Office of Intermunicipal Coordination for the Town of North Hempstead where she worked for 17 years. Last year, Abrahams stripped her committee assignments, banned her from the minority and Democratic caucus and removed one of her staff members from her office after she allegedly made racially offensive remarks about the Yes We Can Community Center in New Cassel. Benjamin said Birnbaum has been unable to properly perform her duties as county legislator because of her removal from all county committees and the Democratic caucus. In an interview with Blank Slate Media in September, Birnbaum said she was restored to the Democratic caucus and her committees. Benjamin had no previous political experience. Lems, a 17-year Herricks resident, said the county Legislature needed new ideas with the complete interest of voters in mind. Nassau County Legislature, Ninth District Republican Richard Nicolello won his 11th term in the county Legislature, defeating Democrat Mal Nathan 66 percent to 34 percent — 6,250 to 3,246. “Any time you win the support of the public it’s very gratifying and humbling in a way, and I’m eager to get started on the next term and all the problems that are facing the county,” Nicolello said. Efforts to reach Nathan for comment were unavailing.

Nicolello, a New Hyde Park resident, has represented the Ninth District of Plandome, Plandome Manor, Plandome Heights, Munsey Park, Roslyn Estates, Albertson, Williston Park, East Williston, Mineola, Garden City Park and New Hyde Park since the Legislature’s inception in 1996. In 2013 he was appointed deputy presiding officer, the second-highest rank within the Republican Majority Caucus. Nathan, of Williston Park, is currently North Hempstead’s chief bay constable, but the extent of his political experience was canvassing for various Democratic candidates. Though the county’s budget is still under state oversight, Nicolello said a pair of measures he helped pass will eliminate the county’s annual $80 million in expenses for commercial property tax refunds. They include a requirement that business owners challenging their property assessments disclose income and expense records up front, and the creation of an “escrow” account separate from the operating budget out of which all refunds will be paid. While Nathan said he has great respect for Nicolello, he said the Legislator’s role as part of the Republican establishment prevented him from moving the county in a positive direction. In a sit-down interview with Blank Slate Media, Nathan criticized the privatization of public services such as buses and sewer maintenance. Republicans, including Nicolello, say the contracts save the county millions of dollars each year. But Nathan said they constitute “giving away” the county’s infrastructure. Nicolello’s salary as deputy presiding officer is $62,500. Nassau County Legislature, 11th District Democratic incumbent Delia DeRiggiWhitton defeated Republican challenger Matthew Connolly receiving 65 percent of votes to Connolly’s 35 percent — 7,331 to 3,962 —to remain County Legislator in the 11th district. “I’m very happy to be able to represent the 11th district again,” De-Riggi-Whitton said. “I appreciate the support.” The 11th district includes Glen Cove, Sea Cliff, Glenwood Landing, Roslyn Harbor, Roslyn, Flower Hill, Port Washington, Port Washington North, Baxter Estates, Manorhaven and Sands Point. De-Riggi Whitton also praised the voters of Nassau County. “Nassau County voters are intelligent and they understand what is going on,” she said. Despite not getting elected, Connolly praised the teamwork that went into his campaign. “Obviously it is not the outcome we wanted, but I am tremendously proud of the job we did on the campaign,” he said. Conolly also said that he was glad that the issues his campaign addressed were able to engage voters. Before being elected to the Nassau County Legislature, DeRiggi-Whitton served two terms as a member of the Glen Cove City Council. A 1986 graduate of Glen Cove High School, DeRiggi-Whitton believes in financial

oversight and fiscal responsibility. In Glen Cove, she said, she worked to ensure that the city budget was properly balanced. DeRiggi-Whitton said she met regularly with department heads to foster budget compliance, and she fought against tax increases. Connolly is a former Nassau County Assistant District Attorney. Now practicing as a private attorney with a practice in the county, Connolly spent five years with the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office and was ultimately promoted to County Court felony trial bureau. A Glen Cove resident, Connolly is a member of the Glen Cove Republican Club. Nassau County Legislature, 16th District Democratic incumbent Judy Jacobs defeated Republican challenger Angel Cepeda Tuesday receiving 69 percent of the vote to Cepeda’s 31 percent — 7,344 to 2,751 —to remain County Legislator in the 16th district. “I’m humbled and honored by the support I’ve received from the 16th legislative community,” Jacobs said. “I love what I do and I am so pleased when I can help my constituents with any problem they are facing. I thank them all. I am very appreciative.” Efforts to reach Cepeda were unavailing. Jacobs, a Woodbury resident, has served ten terms as legislator for the county’s 16th district. The 16th district includes Plainview, Old Bethpage, Jericho, Syosset, Woodbury, Hicksville, Old Westbury and Roslyn Heights. During her 20 years as county legislator, which included a stint as presiding officer when the Democrats controlled the Legislature, Jacobs has been at the forefront of a number of legislative efforts. Jacobs said she helped ban smoking in all restaurants, bars and workplaces in the county. She said she has also worked with leaders from Suffolk County on issues like Medicaid reform and economic development that affect residents across Long Island. Recently, Jacobs has been working on the final phase of the Roslyn Road improvement. Jacobs said the proposed changes would condense Roslyn Road from I.U. Willets Road to the Long Island Expressway Service Road from four lanes to two. The cutoff for Locust Lane would also be eliminated and a traffic light would be installed the intersection of Roslyn Road and Locust Lane. Cepeda came to America from Ecuador when he was two years old. A Plainview resident, Cepeda said he would be more energetic and proactive than Jacob. He has worked for Bank of America, and as an IT Audit Director at the accounting firm of Paul Scherer & Company LLP in New York City. Since 2010, Cepeda has served as the president of Blue Mountain Consulting Group. As president, he was worked to help small businesses. Cepeda also served two terms as a trustee on the Plainview-Old Bethpage Board of Education from 2007-2012. The salary for county legislators are $39,500 a year for a two-year term.

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Movie shoot takes over Hildebrandt’s

Sarah Silverman and Naomi Watts (top-right photo) were in Williston Park on Tuesday filming scenes for their upcoming movie, “The Book of Henry.” Several scenes are set inside Hildebrandt’s, the ice cream shop on Hillside Avenue that has called the village home since 1927. The eatery was also featured on the Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” in 2011, which is how the film producers discovered it.

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Spotlight on town during film festival

Continued from Page 21 And the arts center provides the opportunities for children to tap into that part of them. Michael Glickman, president of the Arts Center, at last year’s Gala, put it best when he said, “The arts center opens doors to the future. And so we are working to ensure that we can offer our children opportunities that speak to today and tomorrow. This gala, this honor, the fabulous film festival that will follow, are just a few examples of the richness, complexity and magnitude of our community and offerings presented by this great institution.” “As a person committed to this community and a proponent of making it possible for the arts to serve as a way to ensure that we safeguard knowledge and ideas, glories and vicissitudes, art and culture, we can look to the arts center and feel good that future generations will know, understand and value the unique place that the arts play in our history and in civilization,” Glickman said. The arts go beyond an individual’s creative expression, to fostering community and shaping society. Indeed, the very definition of “civilization” revolves around the arts. “In a world where radical terrorist groups are actually erasing cultural icons, blowing up works of art, architecture, relics of past civilizations that valued their cultural legacy, it is even more important to support our most creative minds, the artists and thinkers,” Gil said at this year’s gala. The arts are not just expressions of humanity, but make us more humane. That point was made by Navid Negahban, this year’s honoree as “Artist of Distinction, Film.” Negahban, perhaps better known for playing the villain in “Homeland” is especially proud of a film yet to be released in the United States, but which won five of Israel’s equivalent of our “Oscars.” The film, “Baba Joon,” (which means “Dear Dad”) gives a sensitive portrayal of an Iranian family living in Israel. “Films help bring us closer together and know each other better,” Negahban said. Another honoree, Patricia Riggen, awarded the art center’s first ever “Woman of Influence,” used this as a platform to promote more opportunities for women as directors and filmmakers. “She is an example of what talent and determination can achieve,” Gil said. “We have established this award to honor distinguished women in the arts, who can serve as models for girls as they find their way into leadership positions.” Riggen’s film, “The 33,” which festival goers had a chance to preview at a special screening before its wide release on Nov. 13, is tes-

Actor Lou Diamond Phillips, who stars in honoree Patricia Riggen’s film, “The 33,” and honorees Vince Giordano and Navid Negahban with Gold Coast Arts Center Executive Director Regina Gil, and Gala Co-chairs Sunni and Michael S. Glickman timony to the important difference a woman’s perspective can have on such an important subject as the 33 miners who captivated the world during the 69 days they were trapped deep in the ground in Chile. As Riggen, herself pointed out during this extraordinary Q&A after the screening, she brought a different perspective in how she portrays the human dynamics of survival. “I think if this movie had been directed by a guy, the emphasis would have been on the technical rescue and violence” during their captivity. Instead, Riggen fleshes out the more complicated personal dynamics, the emotions. At the same time the film, while not a heavy-handed polemic, is a timely expose of a social dynamic that is being repeated around the world, in the way powerful corporations and complicit politicians reduce human beings to expendable cogs in a machine -like in the Massey mining disaster (and the criminal case against ex-CEO Don Blankenship) and a class action lawsuit underway in South Africa brought against 32 mining companies by miners suffering from incurable lung disease. The arts offer a different way to learn and understand. A way to get out of our own narrow, parochial, provincial bubbles to appreciate a new perspective. It is fairly remarkable how the arts center/film festival has provided our community with access to important ideas. Last year’s festival organized a special screening of “A Voice Among The Silent: The Legacy of James G. McDonald,” a film by Shuli Eshel, about James McDonald’s efforts to warn the world of Hitler’s Final Solution, and his attempts to rescue Jews from the Nazis, and who became the first U.S. Ambassador to Israel. We were privileged to have an opportunity to hear from not

only from Eshel, the filmmaker, but McDonald’s daughter, who offered extraordinary insights into her father’s life and that history. (The film will air on WNET, Channel THIRTEEN on Sunday November 8 at 11 p.m. and Thursday November 12 at 10:30 p.m..) Another film in the festival, “Above and Beyond,” produced by Nancy Spielberg, told a fascinating, little-known true story of ragtag band of Jewish-American pilots who volunteered to fight for Israel in the War of Independence and turned the tide of the war, preventing the annihilation of Israel at the very moment of its birth. The festival brought Paul Kaye, a Navy SEAL who worked with many of the pilots during this momentous period in history and bore witness to those perilous times, for the Q&A that followed. It was riveting. The arts center does not just bring culture, knowledge and a bigger worldview to us. It also brings the world to us, often introducing our community for the first time. A significant number of the audience for the film festival come from out of town. “Most places initiate a film festival are a destination because constabulary understands will attract out-of-towners,” Gil remarked. “Sundance was a two by nothing ski bum place until its film festival.” The arts center and the film festival are turning our town into a destination (the Long Island Rail Road is even offering packages to the film festival). It puts us on the map, and that means people see the quality of life here, perhaps to come to live or to set up businesses. Indeed, our town and Nassau County have become very popular for film and TV shoots, which Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano likes to tout as generating revenue and creating jobs.

“The Gold Coast International Film Festival continues to offer residents an opportunity to enjoy arts and entertainment, while also providing those in the industry with insight to the wonderful filming locations Nassau County has to offer,” Mangano said. “The film and television production industry is providing employment opportunities as well as strengthening our economy.” Mangano has targeted film production as a key part of economic development for the county, pointing to the repurposing of the Grumman facility in Bethpage, once an aerospace facility, into film production studios. His office estimated that In 2010, the film industry generated $85 million in economic impact for Nassau County. “The Gold Coast Arts Center plays such a vital part in our community,” said North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth. “It’s a source of revitalization, it brings the community together. Events like the Gold Coast International Film Festival spurs economic development. It brings people into all areas of the town, not just to see films, but to go to restaurants and shops. It serves as a catalyst for people to know to town. It’s so important to support the arts in every way we can. There are Tribeca, Hamptons, Sundance but I think GCIFF is up there with all of them - you can come to North Hempstead to see this kind of quality.” Jon Kaiman, the former North Hempstead supervisor who was instrumental in forging the partnership between the town and the arts center and supported the film festival from its inception, “The idea all along was to create something that is recognized not just throughout town, but beyond, that can feature larger community and take advantage of all the arts we have to offer resident s- quality of life. Our community has great respect for arts and culture.” The festival, he said, “is an engine for economic development ‚ every dollar goes round and round to local businesses and, through sales taxes, into government services. It’s the multiplier effect. “ Nationally, in 2010, direct spending by nonprofit arts organizations and audiences amounted to $135.2 billion, supporting 4.1 million jobs, $87.7 billion, in resident household income, $6.1 billion in local government revenue, $6.7 billion in state government revenue, and $10.0 billion in federal government revenue. At Long Island Vision summits, each year, there are presentations on how arts organizations, such as The Space in Westbury, are key to the revitalization of villages, and keeping young people on Long Island, instead of moving to Brooklyn, which itself has become a live-

arts hub. “It’s wonderful to see the festival continuing and growing and really becoming the international event it has become,” Kaiman said. “It also fosters community. When people look at great place to live, look for cultural life and respect and awareness for the arts is an indication of a mature community. We have that in our town. How great to be able to take advantage.” “No place better serves the youth of North Hempstead than Gold Coast Arts Center — acting, dancing, sculpting, and this film festival, which was literally birthed at the arts center,” added Kim Kaiman, executive director of the North Hempstead Business, Tourism & Development Corporation. “It brings a sense of cohesiveness to North Hempstead. The 5th Anniversary of the festival will feature over 60 films and dozens of filmmakers at screenings and events in seven different venues throughout the Town of North Hempstead, including Soundview Cinemas in Port Washington, the Bow Tie Cinemas in Great Neck, Port Washington, Manhasset and Roslyn, the Gold Coast Arts Center in Great Neck and the campus of LIU Post. The Festival kicks off with an intimate conversation with award winning writer, director and producer Morgan Spurlock (“Super Size Me”) being held on the campus of LIU Post on November 9, and will include a special screening of Spurlock’s new short film “Crafted.” Other filmmakers scheduled to attend include award-winning director/producer/screenwriter, award winning filmmakers Michael Cuesta (Exec. Producer Homeland), Rick Goldsmith, Yael Melamede and Andrew Horn; WNBA superstar Chamique Holdsclaw; and several members of the band Twisted Sister who will join us for the US premiere of a new film, Top Spin. Films this year showcase Hollywood’s best actors including Richard Gere, Oliver Platt, Rene Russo, Jason Sudeikis, Rebecca Hall, Christopher Walken, Amber Heard and many more industry stars. Awardwinning films from the world’s most prestigious festivals (Cannes, Toronto, Sundance, Tribeca) will be screened, plus more than 25 short films, with Q&As with visiting shorts filmmakers. Once again free tickets are being offered to all screenings for veterans and current military personnel, courtesy of 1-800-Flowers.com. Take advantage of this jewel we have in our own backyard. Movies are actually selling out already, so plan out your festival itinerary and purchase tickets in advance. For a full list of films and for information on tickets, visit www. goldcoastfilmfestival.org.

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Business&RealEstate

Missing a certificate of occupancy? Okay, you are ready to sell and you have totally forgotten about the bathroom in the basement that was there when you bought 20,30 or even 50 years ago. Many years ago your attorney and bank, back then, never worried or concerned themselves or made an issue over the Certificate of Occupancy (C.O.) to legalize the additional bathroom, deck, portico or even the additional room that you added to your home. Today, most banks will flag whatever is not on the most current survey, even the six-foot fence (which probably should be four feet). Unless there is egress — a way to get out of your basement — which is the law today; either a pop out window, in your basement with a metal ladder leading up to the ground or an additional Bilco Door exit leading out of the basement, besides your normal staircase, will make your finished basement legal in the eyes of the building department. Also a basic bathroom will also be legal with a C.O. and you must have egress out of your basement as explained previously. Again, some banks will look the other way with open permits and no C.O.’s, but these are few and far between. I would suggest that you legalize those items and seek the necessary C.O’s in advance of considering putting your home on the market. This can also be accomplished, as noted in previous articles, by paying for a pre-inspection, especially if you have been in your home for many years and to find out all the negatives as well as those things that might not have C.O.’s and you may not be aware of any new rules and regulations. You can pretty much eliminate the headaches and stress of those surprises that might totally create issues when you have finally found the credible buyer and now, after their inspection, the problems all pop up. Don’t be a Monday morning quarterback, by procrastinating and waiting until the last minute. So it will cost you $350-$550 for the pre-home inspection, especially if you have a older home, but it will be money well worth spent, so you will know the issues and be able to fix them in advance and also know the gen-

eral condition of the major items in your home such as the roof, plumbing, electrical, heating an air conditioning, foundation etc. The buyer will surely either reduce their offer if any major issues were to pop up or possibly walk away altogether. Why lose the first qualified buyer, when you can be proactive in making sure things are taken care of as needed before road blocks mess up your potential sale. philip a. raices Prepare your home as the Real Estate Watch buyers will be looking for anything that could potentially lowP.P.S. Lastly, if you are going er your price or push purchasers away from even considering buy- to use your fireplace this winter, when is the last time you hired a ing your home. Lastly, sometimes, I have chimney sweep company to thorexperienced home inspectors that the buyer hires, who will not always give your home stellar ratings, just to collect their fee and then the buyer thinks that they have done a great job, saving them from purchasing a home, that “supposedly” doesn’t pass their inspection, when those items that were discovered are easily repaired or replaced. This scare tactic is not fair for the buyer or seller; but some unscrupulous inspectors will play that game even though they are licensed in New York State, may not always do the right thing. Fortunately, these inspectors, are far and few between and most are very legitimate operators, who will do the right inspection and be honest and credible with their reports. If you hire an inspector for a pre-inspection, get testimonials from previous customer that they have serviced 1-5-10 years ago, just to see if they were satisfied and would rehire them if they were going to buy a home today. When a buyer hires a home inspector, the same will hold true, get testimonials and also check out Yelp.com or google the inspectors name and/or company for good and bad reviews. Today, you really cannot hide the bad stuff, because everything is out there for all to see, if you search for it. P.S. Have you checked your filter in your hot air heating system, as mentioned a few weeks ago? If it is a paper filter replace it with a more permanent filter. Even though you will have to wash it twice a year, it will last and is more efficient and better than the paper filter.

oughly clean out your chimney? Creosote does build up over the years and even squirrels and birds might live and build nests there. Be safe and call a chimney sweep today before lighting up your fireplace. Thanks! Philip A. Raices, Pres, G.R.I. (Graduate Realtor Institute) Licensed Real Estate Broker Consultant Professional Building Management Services Expert Reo’s, Foreclosures & Short Sales Past President of the Rotary Club Of Great Neck 2011-2012 Turn Key Real Estate 7 Bond Street

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Businesspersons of the Year honored By H a r r i s on M a r d e r

More than 600 members of 37 different Chambers of Commerce across Nassau County gathered at Crest Hollow Country Club on Friday to celebrate the 31st Annual Small Businessperson of Year and Legislative Breakfast. The event’s 37 honorees included Dominic Oreste of the Chamber of Commerce of the Willistons, Stephen Wickes of the Floral Park Chamber of Commerce, Judy Litner of the Great Neck Chamber of Commerce, Cheryl Fajardo of the Greater New Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce, Giuseppe DiBartoloneo of the Port Washington Chamber of Commerce and Vito DiTrapani of the Roslyn Chamber of Commerce, among others. “I’m extremely proud,” Oreste said after receiving his award. Oreste, a first-time honoree, opened D&J’s Printing Company in Williston Park in 1981 and been serving the community for 35 years. “Its a great feeling [to be recognized],” he said. DiBartolomeo is the owner of Home Run Electric in Port Washington, a generator showroom that he said is the first of its kind in Long Island. He is also a first-time honoree. “It’s a great thing for me [to be honored],” DiBartolomeo said. “We do a lot for the community. It’s good to give back.” Wickes, another first-time honoree, is

The first group of award recipients at the 31st Annual Small Businessperson of the Year and Legislative Breakfast. the co-owner of the Body King Studio, a one-on-one personal training studio, and One Sound Label, a DJ and dance entertainment company, both in Floral Park. “It’s nice to be around people who have influenced me [to] work hard,” he said. Wickes said that in his line of work it is about “[making] people feel good about themselves [and] keeping positive.” Sal Ferro, president and CEO of Alure Home Improvements was scheduled

to be the breakfast’s keynote speaker, but a 102-degree fever forced him to stay home. Seth Selesnow, Alure’s marketing director spoke on Ferro’s behalf. “[We want to] make a difference on Long Island,” Selesnow said during his speech. “[Ferro focuses] on things he’s passionate about and things that connect with our customers and employees. At the end of the day it is taking care of the customer and that is what Alure is focused

on.” A number of politicians attended the event, including state Sen. Jack Martins, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel, Nassau County Legislator Judy Jacobs, Nassau County Legislator Richard Nicolello, Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum, Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio and Nassau County Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams, among others.

State officials say ed policy needs change By J oe N i k i c

A group of panelists made up of state officials and educators agreed last Wednesday that New York State’s education system needs to change, though they could not come to a consensus on what is needs to take its place. Speaking at a League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset forum at Landmark on Main Street in Port Washington, the panelists discussed how state education policy is set and problems with the current education system The five-person group consisted of Associate Professor of Education at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, Arnold Dodge, state Assemblyman Dean Murray, state Sen. George Latimer, President of the New York State School Boards Association Susan Bergtraum, and member of the Board of Regents tenth judicial district Roger Tilles. Murray said the current Common Core system does not take into account the different situations of each individual child. “Every child is not the same. They don’t come out of a cookie cutter or a mold. Every child’s home situation may be different,” Murray said. “Some have one

parent, some have two parents, some have no parents. Some are raised by grandparents. Some are foster children. Some don’t have warm clothes in the winter time. Some don’t get six to eight hours of sleep a night. The situations are completely different. All children are different. They don’t grow at the same level.” The Common Core State Standards, which were created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the National Governor’s Association Center for Best Practices, and the Council of Chief State School Officers, and released in June 2010, are a set of expectations for what students should learn and be able to do so the state education department can ensure that every student across the state is on track for college and career readiness, according to EngageNY.com, a website maintained by the New York State Education Department. The Board of Regents voted to adopt Common Core standards in January 2011. Bergtraum said the failure to treat students as individuals counters the purpose of public education. “If you want to just lump everybody together and not look at what you have individually, you

aren’t going to appreciate what goes into being a proponent of public education and wanting to see every child succeed,” she said. While the board adopted the standards, Tilles, who has been a member of the New York State Board of Regents for more than 10 years, said it does not mean the regents agreed with them. He said the regents had no choice but to pass the law and adopt the standards because Cuomo and the federal department of education threatened to withhold funds from school districts if they did not. Due to heavy opposition of the Common Core system, Cuomo announced in September that he was launching a Common Core Task Force to review education standards and identify problems with the system, a review commission he also launched in 2012. He selected former Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons to chair the task force. Parsons also headed the 2012 review commission. Dodge said Cuomo’s choice of Parsons to lead the task force was “sabotage” because of his lack of experience in public education.

“If our governor says ‘we have an education commission who should run it?’ And he picks a business man. I’d like to tell the governor next time I walk into an emergency room in a hospital, I’ll tell the doctors ‘I got it, I know what I’m doing,’” Dodge said. “Would he stand for that? No. So why do we stand for a business person running the business that I’m in?” Latimer said to fix the current education system, policy makers need to forget “not just political ideology, but educational ideology.” “We’re not here talking about public policy issues, we’re talking about human beings,” he said. “And those human beings are those that will grow into the adults of tomorrow.” Latimer added that tracking teacher performance based on quantitative information like test scores did not make sense because of how different school districts are across the state. “To try to track teacher performance on the basis of quantitative metrics, does not make sense to me,” he said. “How on earth can we de-emphasize the qualitative review of a teacher in a classroom, and raise up metric results when Bronxville is noth-

ing at all like the Bronx, in terms of metrics.” Tilles said the current teacher evaluation system puts blame on teachers for issues with education in urban schools, avoiding the “bigger picture” of how poverty affects those schools. “It’s easier to blame teachers than to address the bigger problems on why we are having problems in our urban settings,” he said. Bergtraum said that state and federal government should utilize elected school board members to determine education standards. “Don’t tell me that district A has to do with district B. Because district B has a different population and a different culture and different need,” she said. “You’ve elected your local board members to do what they believe is best in your district.” Latimer, who represents the 37th senate district, said he supports legislation that would eliminate mandatory testing for children in third, fourth, sixth, and seventh grades. He said fifth and eighth grade testing “makes sense” because that is when students make the jump from elementary school to middle school and from middle school to high school.

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Roslyn Savings set to buy Astoria Bank Continued from Page 22 name “New York Community Bank”. New York Community currently holds assets worth $49 billion, while Astoria Financial holds assets worth $15.1 million, according to a New York Community press release. Redman and Ralph Palleschi, Astoria Financial’s chairman, will become members of the Board of Directors of New York Community and its bank subsidiaries. Ficalora will continue to serve as president and CEO for the combined company. Astoria Financial’s branches will operate through a newly formed Astoria Bank Division of New York Community Bank, according to the release. Ficalora said that he expected the deal to succeed because of the two com-

panies’ similarities. “Besides the fact that both of our banks are headquartered in Nassau County, there are several additional reasons to expect this deal to succeed. First, the merger combines two companies with similar lines of business. Both of us place an emphasis on multi-family lending and both of us are producers of one-to-four family mortgage loans,” he said. “Both of us take particular pride in providing exceptional customer service, and both of us are deeply committed to the communities we serve. Both of our banks have been around since the mid to late 1800s, which means that both of us have survived, when others could not, a series of credit cycle turns.” According to the release, stockholders will receive one share of New York Com-

Astoria Bank at 162 Hillside Ave. in Williston Park munity’s common stock and $.50 in cash for each share of Astoria Financial’s stock held at the merger date. Neither company discussed the merger’s impact on staff, with New York Community employing 3,416 people and As-

toria Financial employing 1,538 people, according to Wall Street Journal company descriptions. The merger is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2016, the release said.

Roslyn teen’s film featured at festival Continued from Page 3 ferent artists and other kinds of art,” Novick said. “[I]came in contact with people from around [Long Island.]” During his junior and senior years at Roslyn High School, Novick said that he spent half the day in Roslyn, and the other half at the Long Island High School for the Arts. Novick said that being a part of mul-

tiple NYU student films while he was in high school played a big role in his choice to continue his education there. “I identify so strongly as a New Yorker,” Novick said. “Whenever I met people they can immediately tell where I’m from.” Getting his start as a production assistant while working on student films at NYU, Novick said that he worked his way up to becoming a first assistant director,

which meant he was responsible for supervising all of the departments and running the set. Now that he is a student at NYU, Novick said, the courses he is currently enrolled in are everything he hoped they would be. “The film classes at NYU have been top notch and incredible,” he said. In addition to filmmaking, Novick

said, he is also interested in music. As a freshman, Novick said that he began playing the electric guitar, and even played in some guitar shows at Roslyn High School. But, Novick said, film making is where his heart truly lies. “[I’ve] always been a storyteller in one form or another,” he said. “[I’m] always interested in stories.”

Criticism of Roslyn Road plan continues to grow Continued from Page 2 and Locust Lane. Town and county officials have been seeking to improve safety on Roslyn Road following a series of accidents on the stretch of the roadway from the south Service Road to south of I.U. Willets. In March 2014, Mineola teenagers Steven Clancy and Javier Gonzalez, both 19, were killed when they drove through the fence and into the backyard of the home of Dr. Ronald Rosen, 66 Oak Lane in Roslyn Heights. The teenagers hit a tree and were killed as they were ejected from their 2004 Volkswagen Jetta. Less than a month later, in April 2014, 43-year-old Facundo R. Ponce died when he lost control of his 2006 Dodge Dakota pickup truck and crashed into a charter bus near the corner of Roslyn Road and Heathcote Drive. The accident injured the bus driver and a passenger. In mid-October 2013, a motorist who was allegedly inebriated crashed through side fence of Rosen’s home and totaled a car parked in the driveway. Both Cheris and Koblenz said that they have spoken to Jacobs regarding their opposition to narrowing the roadway. After expressing concerns about the changes at a meeting last week, members of the East Williston Board of Education wrote a letter to Jacobs Wednesday, calling for the county to present the study of

traffic patterns that led to the proposal that Roslyn Road be narrowed before any changes are made. “We have numerous bus stops on Roslyn Road in the area in question and the Board would like to further understand the traffic volume during the hours of a school day, in order to fully understand what kind of traffic back-ups there will be as a result of buses making numerous stops and starts along a proposed one lane in each direction (on) Roslyn Road,” the board said in a one-page letter signed by President Mark Kamberg and the other four school trustees. The East Williston school trustees said they believed lesser changes could alleviate the problem. “It is our belief that some simple changes could go a long way to improve the road, without causing the possibility of traffic back-ups and crowded road conditions for the District school buses and residents,” the letter said. In their letter, the trustees did agree with plans to elimination the cutoff — or fork in the road — at the intersection of Roslyn Road and Locust Lane and the installation of a traffic light. “This will not only slow traffic, but it will stop it on what will now be red, yellow and green lights,” the trustees said. A link to the letter is displayed on the board’s web page on the East Williston Union Free School District’s web site. The school trustees decided to write the letter after discussion arose about the

proposed changes to Roslyn Road at their meeting earlier in the week. Discussion of the county’s proposed changes to Roslyn Road was not originally on the meeting’s agenda, but Kamberg wanted to open the meeting to discussions of student safety. He said traffic already backs up on Roslyn Road between Jericho Turnpike and I. U. Willets Road, and may only worsen with the extension of the single lane further down the road. Jacobs, who said she received the letter via e-mail on Wednesday afternoon, sent a response to the board stating that Roslyn Road had not been called as an item at the meeting of the Nassau County Legislature on Oct. 29 as expected because of the previously scheduled budget hearing that took place. Instead, Jacobs said, it will be called on Nov. 16, at a full meeting of the Rules Committee. Jacobs said she plans to use the time between now and Nov. 16 to listen to concerns from the community. “(I) welcome input from anyone who has anything to say,” Jacobs said. “I’ll be able to have these next two weeks to answer questions and get feedback.” Jacobs said she received clarification from the chief engineer of the project that the width of Rolsyn Road will remain the same. “The lane marking will show one lane but a very large shoulder on shoulder on each side, and, where needed, a turn

lane,” Jacobs said in an email response to the board. “Therefore, if anything, it will be safer for buses to pull over to the shoulder to pick up and drop off the children.” But, in another email response to the board, Jacobs said that the markings on Roslyn Road will be changing. “The road will look exactly the same,” Jacobs said. “The difference will be how the lines are drawn.” Through a third email response to the board, Jacobs said that the board’s concerns will be presented to the Department of Public Works. “This initial contract is in the first phase to allow design to begin,” Jacobs said. “I have been reassured by (the Department of Public Works), that all concerns will be a part of their negotiations. I will be certain to present your concerns to them.” Mary Studdert, a county Department of Public Works spokesperson, said that the department “just selected” a firm to design plans for Roslyn Road. “We are currently processing the agreement and it still needs to be approved by Legislature,” Studdert said. Studdert said the name of the firm chosen to design plans for Roslyn Road can not be released until it is also approved the Legislature. In spite of all the opposition she is facing, Jacobs said, she remains optimistic that safety will ultimately prevail. “I believe the end result will be a

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Community Meetings Village of Great Neck Plaza Bryant Public Library Board of Zoning and Association Annual Meeting English Tutor Appeals Meeting November 9 @ 7:30 p.m. November 11 @ 8:00 p.m. 2 Papermill Road, Roslyn Village Hall, 2 Cussack Plaza (516) 621-2240 Great Neck (516) 482-4500 Village of East Williston Board of Trustees Meeting Village of Lake Success Board November 9 @ 7:30 p.m. of Trustees Meeting Village Hall, 2 Prospect Street, East November 9 @ 7:30 p.m. Williston Village Hall (516) 746-0782 318 Lakeville Road Lake Success Village of Floral Park (516) 482-4411 Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting Village of Munsey Park November 12 @ 8:00 p.m. Building Advisory Village Hall, 1 Floral Boulevard, Committee Meeting Floral Park November 11 @ 7:30 p.m. (516) 326-6300 Village Hall 1777 Northern Blvd. Floral Park Public Library Munsey Board of Trustees Meeting (516) 365-7790 November 12 @ 7:30 p.m. 17 Caroline Place, Floral Park New Hyde Park-Garden City (516) 326-6330 Park Board of Education Meeting Great Neck Water Pollution November 9 @ 8:00 p.m. Control District Board of Manor Oaks School, Commissioners Meeting 1950 Hillside Avenue November 12 @ 8:30 a.m. New Hyde Park District Office, 236 E Shore Rd, (516) 352-2227 Great Neck (516) 482-0238 Village of North Hills Architectural Review Village of Great Neck Board Meeting Architectural Review November 10 @ 7:30 p.m. Board Meeting Village Hall November 10 @ 7:30 p.m. 1 Shelter Rock Road Village Hall, 61 Baker Hill Road, North Hills Great Neck (516) 627-3451 (516) 482-0019 Village of Great Neck Estates Board of Trustees Meeting November 9 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall, Atwater Plaza/ 4 Gateway Drive Great Neck (516) 482-8284

Village of North Hills Planning Meeting November 11 @ 7:30 p.m. Village Hall 1 Shelter Rock Road North Hills (516) 627-3451

Village of Old Westbury Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting November 9 @ 7:30 p.m. Village Hall 1 Stone Hill Road Old Westbury (516) 626-0800 Village of Plandome Board of Trustees Meeting November 9 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall, 65 South Drive, Plandome (516) 627-1748 Village of Roslyn Estates Board of Trustees Meeting November 9 @ 7:30 p.m. Village Hall, 25 The Tulips Roslyn Estates (516) 621-3541 Village of Roslyn Harbor Board of Trustees Meeting November 9 @ 7:00 p.m. Village Hall 500 Motts Cove Road South Roslyn Harbor (516) 621-0368 Shelter Rock Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting November 10 @ 7:30 p.m. 165 Searingtown Road, Albertson 516-248-7363 Williston Park Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting November 10 @ 7:00 p.m. 494 Willis Avenue, Williston Park (516) 742-1820 Village of Williston Park Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting November 9 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall, 494 Willis Avenue, Williston Park (516) 746-2193

Meetings are held at the respective Village Halls except where noted. All meetings, dates and times are subject to change.

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buyer’s guide ▼ antiques

cleaning

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buyer’s guide ▼ junk removal

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buyer’s guide ▼ tree service

community news

Parenting expert Sean Grover comes to N. Shore The North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center hosted psychotherapist and parenting expert Sean Grover at our Roslyn Heights headquarters last week for his workshop “When Kids Call the Shots: Stop Being a Bullied Parent.” More than 50 parents and professionals at-

tended the workshop, which was hosted by the Guidance Center’s Parenthood Advisory Council. The Guidance Center regularly holds workshops for parents and professionals. To find out more, visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org.

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Help Wanted BABYSITTER NEEDED for 9 year old 6:30am until 9am (drop off at school). Must drive, provide references. Please call/ leave message 516-747-1385 CHILDCARE WANTED: Local person wanted for childcare 2 days per week and one weekend per month 12 noon to 8:30pm. Call for more information: 917-882-3713 FREE NURSERY SCHOOL Free nursery school for Mom who is interested in driving our mini school bus from 7:45 to 9:00am. ROMP with MOM Free Trial class on Saturdays. Please call Romper Room Nursery School 516-746-8606 LICENSED AESTHETICIAN WITH FOLLOWING: Good salary + commission. Family friendly atmosphere. In business for 30 years. Call 516-746-8403 MAKE HOLIDAY $$ Billion dollar manufacturer expanding in the Long Island area seeking person with sales and/ o r marketing background. Call 1-516-759-5926. Leave message for call back. MEDICAL OFFICE CLERK: Part time, light diversified clerical duties with some medical testing. Will train right person. Email resume AnatBA@aol.com NEW YEAR-NEW CAREER GROUP SALES REPRESENTATIVE Fortune 500 company, voted top 30 places to start a career in USA by Business Week magazine, looking for individuals to grow with the largest provider of voluntary employee benefits in the country. Must be enthusiastic and have strong work ethic. Sales experience is welcome but not necessary. Extensive management opportunities available. Unlimited earnings potential. Office located in Garden City. Call Bill Whicher 516-574-1064 NEW YEAR-NEW CAREER GROUP SALES REPRESENTATIVE Fortune 500 company, voted top 30 places to start a career in USA by Business Week magazine, looking for individuals to grow with the largest provider of voluntary employee benefits in the country. Must be enthusiastic and have strong work ethic. Sales experience is welcome but not necessary. Extensive management opportunities available. Unlimited earnings potential. Office located in Garden City. Call Bill Whicher 516-574-1064 OFFICE ASSISTANT P/T Garden City law firm seeks detail oriented individual to assist with general office duties in Accounting Dept. Microsoft Office knowledge a must. Email resume btomitz@lbcclaw.com OR call 516-294-8844

Help Wanted RECEPTIONIST P/T Manufacturer in Garden City near NCC. Answering phones and light office work. Good communication skills. Mon-Fri 1pm to 5pm. 516-239-4470 or fax 516-239-5793 REPORTER: Blank Slate Media, an award winning chain of 5 weekly newspapers and website on the North Shore of Nassau County is seeking a self starter with good writing and reporting skills to cover Great Neck. Newspaper experience and car required. Experience with social media platforms and content managements systems preferred. Excellent opportunity to work with editors with many years of weekly and daily newspaper experience. Health insurance, paid holidays and sick days. Office conveniently located in Williston Park not far from NYC. To apply email your resume, cover letter and clips to sblank@theislandnow.com

Situation Wanted ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AVAILABLE: Available P/T 2-3 days a week. Experienced in Microsoft Word & Excel. Past experience includes Department of Education & Legal Secretary background. Outgoing & strong work ethic. References available. Available immediately. Call 917-770-7965 AIDE / CAREGIVER Caring, efficient, reliable aide/ c aregiver looking to care for your sick or elderly loved one. 13 years experience, live in / live out, nights, weekends. Excellent references availabl e. Call Molly 516-476-3765 anytime. AIDE/ C ARE GIVER: CARING, EFFICIENT, RELIABLE looking to care for your sick or elderly loved one. 14 years experience. Just ended 7 years with previous patient. Live in, live out, ft/ p t nights, weekends. References available. Call 516-448-0502 BABYSITTING/ N ANNY Available FT/ P T. Loving, caring person looking for loving family to work with. 15 years experience with local references. Licensed driver Please call: 718-849-1382 (leave message) CARE GIVER: NEED A COMPANION or nursing assistant for your loved ones? Fear of your loved ones being alone? Need overnight companion care at home or a health care facility? Call 516- 410-9943 NY State certified nursing assistant. CAREGIVER / CNA CERTIFIED PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN: companion, 12 years experience: nursing home, psych, mentally challenged program, private home, day care. References. Seeking FT 5 days Monday-Friday. Drive. Responsible. Call Michelle: 929-312-2873 CAREGIVER AVAILABLE FT/ PT days or evenings. Available immediately. 20 years experience. Live in or out. Able to run errands. Excellent references. Valid driver’s license & own car. Please call Lorraine 646-269-9540 or 516-214-6785

Situation Wanted Situation Wanted Situation Wanted CAREGIVER/ COMPANION: 20 years dedicated, reliable, efficient experience to care for elderly with Alzheimer’s/ Dimentia, assist daily activities in their home. Immediate. Pam 516-902-5185 o r Carlene 516-850-4258 C A R E G I V E R / C O M P A N I O N Caring & experienced seeking a position caring for the elderly. 20 years of dedication, experienced in geriatric care. If you or a loved one needs care and assistance please call 347-775-6894 CERTIFIED AIDE: Looking to provide private duty care to Garden City or local area resident. Available Monday through Friday, part time or full time, flexible hours, own transportation, exceptional references. Call Annmarie 917-586-7433 CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDE/ COMPANION seeks job. Caring, reliable, compassionate. Hospital & nursing home experience. References available. Verona 631-772-4385 or 516-481-9357 CLEANING WOMAN AVAILABLE: English speaking Polish woman with years of experience, hardworking & responsible is available to clean your home. Reasonable rates, excellent references. Please call 516-564-0139 CLEANING: I CLEAN your house and leave it spotless. Vacuum, clean the bathrooms and bedrooms, your kitchen, mop and dust. Please contact me at 516-943-7124. Excellent references and free estimates. COMPANION / ELDER CARE / BABYSITTING Experienced, reliable, efficient, honest ! Seeking to care for elderly. Prepare meals, housekeeping, laundry. Available for babysitting also. Available full time. Will accept part time & weekends. Live in or live out. References available. Please call 516-233-9481 or 347-441-9656 ELDER CARE PROFESSIONAL who has cared for our mother with love and enthusiasm is seeking full time position. Drives, cooking, light housekeeping. Call 516-729-1688

ELDER CARE: MALE AIDE/ COMPANION with 15 years experience available to care for elderly. Days, nights, weekends. Own car. Excellent references. Call 516-353-1626 EVON’S SERVICES We offer the following services: Companions, Home Health Aides/Elder Care Child Care and Housekeeping Laborers Days / Nights Live In or Live Out NO FEE TO EMPLOYERS Call: 516-505-5510 EXPERIENCED NANNY/HOUSEKEEPER and care giver to elderly available FT, weekends, overnight. Mother of three. 21 years experience including with two GC families. Call for more information. Selena 347-624-9453 EXPERIENCED POLISH HOUSE CLEANER Good references. Very honest, reliable, responsible and hard working. Own transportation. English speaking. Flexible days/hours. I will do a good job. Please call 516-589-5640 GINNY’S HOME CARE licensed Certified Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aide providing private specialized home care. www.ginnyshomecare.com 516-354-1803 HOME HEALTH AIDE Are you or your loved ones looking for a Home Health Aide? I have over 10yrs experience in private & nursing homes. Assist w/ daily activities including doctor appointments, errands. Live in or hourly. Licensed driver w/ car. Please call Kamala 347-530-2234 HOUSE AND APARTMENT CLEANER with many years experience and good references available 7 days with flexible hours. 516-632-0169, 516-499-1384 HOUSE CLEANER AVAILABLE Good references. MondaySaturday. Experienced. Own car. Will provide own supplies. Free estimates. 516-485-3543, cell 516-661-5282 HOUSE CLEANING: Experienced cleaning service available. Pleasant, responsible. Provides own quality clean products. Own transportation. Local references. Spanish/English speaking. Free estimates. Approximate cost: Small home $79, Mid size $99, Large $118. Please call Diana 516-859-7084

HOUSECLEANING Very honest and kind woman available to clean your home Mon-Fri. Own transportation, own supplies, great rates. Local references. Pet lover. Spanish/English speaking. Contact Marleni 516-902-7249 NANCY’S CLEANING SERVICE Experienced cleaning service. Homes, apartments and offices! English speaking. Licensed driver with car. Free estimates! Call or text Nancy 516-469-5517. Email: miranda-nancy@hotmail. com NEW YORK PHYSICIANS ASSISTANT: Care giver/companion available. Over 20 years experience available 24/7. Specializing in patients with CHF, Alzheimer’s, Dimentia, surgical procedures, hospice and more. Call Jackie 5146-306-0257 or Joel 516-965-1940 Career Training ATTEND AVIATION COLLEGE Get FAA approved Aviation Maintenance training. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AIM or free information 866-296-7093

announcements

Novenas/Prayers PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN (Never known to fail). Oh Most Beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine of Splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin assist me in this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea help me and show herein you are my Mother. Oh Mary Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth I beseech thee from the bottom of my heart to succor me this necessity (make request). There are none that can withstand your power. Oh show me herein you are my Mother. Oh Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to Thee (three times). Oh Holy Mary I place this cause in your hands (three times). Thank you for your mercy to me and mine. Amen. This prayer must be said for three days and after three days your request will be granted. The prayer must be published. Grateful thanks. (F.L.)

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GARAGE SALE GARDEN CITY RELOCATING! Moving Sale Friday 11/6 9am to 6pm Saturday 11/7 9am to 3pm 113 Locust St Traditional furnishings, Queen Anne Couch, coffee table, bedroom sets, brass headboard, electronics, tools, variety of household belongings too numerous to list !!

Wanted to Buy CASH BUYER! Buying ALL Gold & Silver coins, Stamps, Paper Money, Comic Books, entire collections, Estates. Travel to your home. Call Marc in NY 1-800-959-3419 CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Up to $35 /Box! Sealed and Unexpired. Payment made SAME DAY. Highest prices pad! Call Jenni today! 800-413-3479 www.cashforyourteststrips.com LOOKING TO BUY! Records, oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-386-1104 or 917-775-3048 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718-598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www.iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

Tag Sale *BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900 China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society email: store@atstewartexchange.org www. gardencityhistoricalsociety. org

Tag Sale

Pet Services

Room For Rent

Homes Wanted

AUCTIONS, TAG SALES & CONSIGNMENTS INVITED SALES by TRACY JORDAN Live and Online Auction House, Estate Sales, Appraisals and Consignment Shoppe 839 Stewart Avenue Garden City 11530 516-279-6378 www.invitedsales.com OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK! Tuesday & Thursday 10-4 Wednesday & Friday 10-6 Saturday 10-5 Sunday 12-5 Closed Mondays Located next to the La Quinta and behind the Garden Gourmet Deli. Live Auctions Monthly! Free walk-in evaluations for items to be considered for Live Auction every Tuesday and Thursday 10am-2pm. No appointment necessary. Auctions are live every Wednesday from 8am-8pm and pre-bids are accepted at anytime. Visit www. invitedsales.com and click on the online auctions tab. Visit www.invitedsales.com to see pictures and information regarding our upcoming tag sales and estate sales. Our 50% off room is open everyday and includes items that have been in our shoppe for more than 60 days. To receive discount coupons and promotional information, join our email list. Text “invited” to 22828 and enter your email address when prompted. Consignments are taken by appointment to provide you with the best service. Please call the shoppe at 516-279-6378 to schedule an appointment or email pictures of your items to info@invitedsales.com. We can provide fair market values on any item that you may want to sell, consign or enter into auction. If you need advice on hosting a sale, selling an item or liquidating an estate, please call Tracy Jordan at the shoppe or directly at 516-567-2960

WILLISTON PARK: Resurrection Thrift Shop shared ministry between St. Aidan’s and Resurrection housed at Resurrection, 147 Campbell Avenue @ Center Street. OPEN Thursdays 9:30-1:00 and Saturdays 10-2. 516-746-5527. Jewelry, clothing, household items, etc. DONATIONS accepted Monday through Thursday 9am-1pm. CHRISTMAS SHOP open November 14th through December 19th.

A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-505-9717

GARDEN CITY HOUSE SHARE: Beautifully furnished bedroom. Use of all common areas of house. Includes heat, w/d, a/c. Near public transportation. No smoking, pets or overnight guests. $850/month. Call 516-747-4293

HOUSE WANTED TO BUY: Good or bad condition to build or fix. Fast closing. Call George 516-972-8787

PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINING

GARDEN CITY SOUTH Ideal location, mint, large office space, 1st floor. Must see to appreciate. Near LIRR, stores. Available now. $1,475/mth. Call Owner 516-538-7474 or 538-7476

ESTATE/ TAG SALE GARDEN CITY Saturday 11/7 9am to 12pm 120 Roxbury Rd Antiques, Ethan Allen chairs, side tables, mirrors, prints, lamps and much more! EVERYTHING MUST GO!

YOU’RE INVITED! Monday, November 9 9:30 am 171 Whitehall Blvd Garden City, NY 11530 Beautifully decorated home selling the contents of the entire home including dining room table and chairs, buffet, china cabinet, breakfast table and chairs, stools, MANY ladies accessories and brand name clothing, books, records, assorted jewelry, rugs, collectibles, housewares, basement and more ...Visit www.invitedsales.com for pictures and details !

Yard Sale WILLISTON PARK: Saturday 11/7 10am to 4pm 226 Park Ave Lamps, books, clothing, shoes and plenty more!

Pets

Pet Services DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE? HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away. Dog walking also available. Pet CPR & first Aid Certified. Numerous referrals and references. Limited availability. Book early! Annmarie 516-775-4256

Doggie Day Care Dog Walking & Running Mobile Socialization Program Backyard Clean-up GC Resident 516-382-5553

Automotive

Auto For Sale 2008 HYUNDAI ACCENT 2 door automatic, silver hatchback. 41,000 miles. $5,400. Call Helen 516-486-6098 2010 GMC YUKON XL 4WD SLT. 55k miles. Onyx Black /Saddle leather interior, extended GMAC warranty. New tires & brakes. Running boards, 3rd row seat. $28,500. Call 516-732-3554 Leave message BUICK CENTURY 1995: 47K miles, 4 new tires, new parts, A/C, excellent running condition! $2,850. 516-747-5799 or 516-747-3463 LINCOLN TOWN CAR: Silver 2001, 135k miles, new tires, factory service. Excellent condition $3,450 or best offer. 516-626-0390 or 646-721-2134

Autos Wanted DONATE YOUR CAR to Wheels For Wishes, benefitting Make-a-Wish. We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible. Call 631-317-2014 Today!

MOTORCYCLES WANTED Before 1985. Running or not. Japanese, British, European. Cash paid. Free appraisals! Call 315-569-8094 Email pictures or description to: cyclerestoration@aol.com

Real Estate For Rent

Apartment For Rent WEST HEMPSTEAD: 2nd floor, private entrance. 1 bedroom/ b ath, living room, EIK. Close to all. No smoking /p ets. $900/ i ncludes utilities. Refs required. 516-313-4422 Please leave message

Homes for Rent MINEOLA GARDEN CITY SCHOOLS 6 rooms LR, DR, Kitchen 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Basement & Yard Convenient to all Asking $2,650/ m onth Connor J. Maffucci Realty 516-599-0707

Office Space

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▼ LEGALSRT LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on October 29, 2015, the Town Board of the Town of North Hempstead duly adopted the Annual Budgets for the Special Districts of the Town of North Hempstead for the 2016 Fiscal Year. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Budgets, as adopted, are available for public inspection in the Office of the Town Clerk, 200 Plandome Road, Manhasset, New York from 9:00 A.M. until 4:45 P.M. —Monday through Friday. Dated: Manhasset, New York October 29, 2015 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF THE TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD WAYNE H. WINK, JR. TOWN CLERK Dated: Manhasset, New York October 29, 2015 RT 142466 1x 11/06/ 2015 #142466

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North Hills trustees tabled a decision Wednesday on proposed changes to the approved plans for a new Dealertrack Technologies headquarters at 3400 New Hyde Park Road. Michael Spector, the architect on the 185,000-squarefoot project and a former North Hills resident, and attorney William Bonesso introduced their revised office design at the board’s meeting. The developers said they want to move a previously approved 2,500-square-foot outdoor terrace and garden from the third floor to the fourth-floor roof. The “very, very minor change” affords spectacular views of Manhattan, Spector said. “That’s why people come to New York,” he said. But North Hills Mayor Marvin Natiss said he was not convinced these new plans are good for the village. Natiss questioned who was going to use the space, how it would be used and what else people could see standing on the roof. “We wanted limitations on the roof. Now you want a quote-unquote ‘minor’ change,” he said, adding that the nearby Ritz-Carlton Residences and Bristal Assisted Living development have no outdoor terraces. “Will there be tables and chairs? You say, ‘I don’t know.’ You say it’s for people to enjoy the view. Why don’t they just look out a window?” Natiss also said he did not remember the terrace having a seating area, and that the trustees did not want to

see a bar in the space. Spector and Bonesso said the revised plans do not include a kitchen and the rooftop garden would not be used for “entertaining.” “It was going be a green area for people to enjoy the fresh air,” Spector said, noting that prior plans for a garden with seating had already been approved. The terrace was designed to accommodate “12 to 15 people” at Dealertrack’s request, Spector said at the meeting. “They may have sounded tough, but these are reasonable questions that they should be asking,” he said in an interview. In other business, the North Hills board approved changes to notice requirements for public hearings. Discussion on a new contract for the village’s Long Island Rail Road shuttle service was tabled “until we have more info on it,” the mayor said. Natiss said the service had 847 users in September, up from 631 in 2014. Trustees also signed off on a positive annual audit report from Pappas & Co. “You’re telling us we’re running a good show,” said the mayor. The board met for an executive session to discuss pending litigation, among other things. A defamation lawsuit was filed against the North Hills Country Club in September by a Great Neck resident, officials said. Another legal action is awaiting judicial reassignment.

East side access work begins Continued from Page 10 Central’s Dining Concourse will give New Yorkers their first real, tangible sense of what is to come.” In August, and later in September, the MTA halted train service and replaced it with bus services on the Port Washington line to begin construction of the Colonial Road Bridge in Thomaston, which MTA officials said was essential for the project. This construction, however, will have no impact on any LIRR train services. The $430 million contract to build the LIRR concourse was awarded in Feb. 2015 to GCT Constructors, JV, a joint venture consisting of Schiavone Construction Co. and John P. Picone, Inc.

Under the contract, workers will build the architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical facilities, and escalators and elevators for the future concourse, according to the release. Construction at the dining concourse, MTA officials said, will take anywhere from 12 to 18 months. “This is a multi-party endeavor with lots of players who will be working together to make sure it goes as smoothly as possible: Metro-North, MTA Capital Construction, the contractors, and Jones Lang LaSalle, which manages Grand Central’s retail environment,” said Joseph Giulietti, president of MTA Metro-North Railroad. “We will all work together to make every effort to reduce inconve-

nience to Metro-North customers and Grand Central’s businesses during this construction.” All of the surrounding eateries will remain open for business throughout the construction, but three-fourths of the 140 chairs and 44 tables from the area to be closed will be redistributed throughout the dining concourse, according to the release. The project will cut the travel time of commuters who work on Manhattan’s East Side by 20 to 30 minutes when completed, MTA officials said, and is projected to reduce crowding at Penn Station and nearby subway stations. East Side Access is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2018.

Students pledge drug free lifestyle Students at Roslyn Middle School signed a banner during their lunch periods on Monday, Oct. 26 as a pledge to make healthy choices and be drug free. With the active support of the Parent Faculty Associations, numerous activities were organized throughout the schools for the annual observance of Red Ribbon Week, part of the national Red Ribbon Campaign. Established more than a quarter century ago, “the Red Ribbon serves as a catalyst to mobilize communities to educate youth and encourage participation in drug prevention activities.”

Parents and administrators display the banner. Pictured (left to right) are Eva Bykov, Rebecca Altman, Vanessa Goldstein, Deputy Superintendent Allison Brown, Caryn Klafter, Mariann Matarangas, Assistant Principal Claire Scordo, Superintendent Gerard W. Dempsey, Jr., Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction Michael Goldspiel, and Middle School Principal Craig Johanson.

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LIU Post football survives on Senior Day B y T h o m a s S c a v e tt a After giving up 22 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, the LIU Post football team (6-3) held on and defeated Northeast-10 opponent, Southern Connecticut State University (3-6), 49-46 on Senior Day, Saturday, October 31, at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium in Brookville, N.Y. With just 16 seconds remaining in the contest, junior quarterback Jeff Kidd put the game in the books with a first down pass to sophomore wide receiver James Higgins on a crucial fourth-and-three. The game was highlighted by Kidd’s season-high six touchdown passes as the LIU offense proved to be unstoppable throughout the first three quarters. Two snaps into the second period, Kidd delivered a 19-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide-out Kyle Ward, putting the hosts in front 14-7. On the following drive, junior running back David White dashed for 23-yards into Owls territory, before a personal foul on the defense put the Pioneers in the redzone. The next play resulted in a 13-yard touchdown as Kidd found senior tight end Sean Binckes, giving the Pioneers a 21-7 advantage. LIU’s onslaught continued for the third straight series as Kidd rifled a bullet to

Higgins, which set up shop at the Owls 37yard line. He then hoisted a 37-yard bomb, which was hauled in by junior wide-out Shane Hubbard for the score. Kidd threw three touchdowns in a span of 4:28, giving the Pioneers a commanding 28-7 lead. Southern Connecticut tacked on a field goal, but the Oregon-native kept on rolling as he scrambled for 41 yards down to the Owls 23-yard line. Three plays later, Kidd found Ward up the seam for an 18-yard touchdown in the back of the end-zone to put LIU ahead 35-10 heading into the locker room. In the latter stanza, the visitors marched down the field and scored a touchdown on their opening possession. However, the Pioneers kept airing it out as Kidd perfectly placed a 13-yard touchdown strike to Hubbard, scoring his second touchdown of the game. The Pioneers jumped out to a 42-17 lead, but the defense started to lose its footing when Owls quarterback Robert Nittolo threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to junior receiver Devante Jenkins making it a 42-24 game. As the third quarter came to a close, Kidd continued to throw for big chunks of yardage, hooking up with Binckes and then junior running back Mike Williams, giving the Pioneers a first and goal from the Owls 2-yard line. On the next play, Kidd found Williams again on an out route

for a two-yard score to close out the third quarter. A fourth quarter which was filled with injuries and miscues nearly cost the Pioneers the game. The Owls scored three touchdowns in the final period putting the crowd on the edge of their seats. After Jenkins scored his second touchdown of the game for the visitors, the Pioneers turned the ball over as Higgins coughed up the football. The visitors capitalized when senior running back Robert Thomas scampered into the end-zone from three yards out bringing the Owls within 11 at the 7:52 mark. In addition to senior linebacker Brandon Cheney missing his third straight game, the Pioneers lost junior safety Clarence Sears in the third quarter due to injury, leaving them thin in the secondary. With Sears sidelined, the guests continued to gain momentum as they got the ball back and scored with 3:35 remaining, cutting LIU’s lead down to three following a two point conversion. On the ensuing kickoff, sophomore defensive back Mike Gregorovic recovered a squib kick to give LIU possession. From that point on, the Pioneers were able to chew down the clock and escape with a 49-46 victory. Kidd completed 19-of-27 passing for 282 yards and a season-best six touchdowns. In addition to Kidd’s outstanding

performance, the Pioneers rushed for 260 yards and racked up 542 yards of total offense. White ran for a career-high 185 yards on 26 carries. Kidd also showed his mobility on the ground with six carries for 58 yards. Binckes had four catches for 67 yards and one touchdown. Williams served as a nice check-down option out of the backfield making four receptions for 58 yards and one score. Ward and Higgins each caught four balls for 48 yards. Defensively, the Pioneers missed the presence of Cheney and Sears late in the game, but did enough to secure the win. Junior linebacker Nate Feliz led the defense with a career-high 14 tackles. Junior defensive lineman Kenny Scotland and sophomore defensive lineman Kevin PetitFrere were fierce off the edges, each recording two sacks. Scotland led the squad with four quarterback hurries while Feliz and Petit-Frere each had two. Head LIU Post football coach Bryan Collins and the Pioneers will wrap up the 2015 regular season Saturday, Nov. 7, when they take on Northeast-10 rival Bentley University in Waltham, Mass. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. This article was originally published in the Pioneer, the award-winning student newspaper of LIU Post, www.liupostpioneer. com, and is republished here by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.

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Cosmos clinch home field advantage The road to the 2015 North American Soccer League Championship Final goes through Cosmos Country. On Saturday night in their regular season finale at Hofstra’s Shuart Stadium, the Cosmos defeated the Tampa Bay Rowdies, 2-0, to finish atop the league’s Combined Standings. The Cosmos (10-6-4), who have home field advantage throughout the postseason, will host either Tampa Bay (5-5-10) or Fort Lauderdale in a Championship Semifinal match at Brooklyn’s MCU Park next Saturday at 2 p.m.Cosmos “That was one of the things we were looking for,” midfielder Andrés Flores said. “It’s something special for the fans to have us here and it’s special for us because we want to play in front of them.” “Now we have the biggest challenge of the playoffs,” goalkeeper Jimmy Maurer added. “The advantage of playing at home is immense.” The Cosmos, who went undefeated en route to claiming the Spring Season title, finished third in the Fall Season Standings. But they ended the regular season on a four-game winning streak and unbeaten in their last five games. Ottawa’s 1-1 draw with Atlanta earlier on Saturday opened the door for the Cosmos to finish atop the Combined Standings. To do so, they would have to beat the Rowdies by at least two goals. Those goals came four minutes apart in the second half. First, Raúl netted his eighth goal of the season when he took a

pass from Ruben Bover and put a low leftfooted shot under Matt Pickens and inside the far post in the 54th minute. Raúl and Marcos Senna were honored before their final regular season game in their storied careers and video tributes to both Spanish legends were played at halftime. “When you’re a kid you always want to play with the best players in the world, and now I’ve had the opportunity to play with two legends of the sport,” Flores said. Sebastian Guenzatti followed Raúl’s strike with his fifth goal of the season in the 58th minute, sliding to latch onto a Walter Restrepo cross after Senna played him behind the defense. “It felt really good actually. The first thing I thought was to celebrate with the crowd,” Guenzatti said. “It felt amazing. Now we can get a final at home.” The celebration wasn’t just reserved for Guenzatti and the players on the field. “The second goal was very important for us and it came at a very good time for us,” Cosmos coach Giovanni Savarese said. “That’s why the reaction on the bench, because we understood exactly at that moment that we were in first place.” Now the Cosmos shift their focus on the postseason and winning a second NASL championship in three years. There is a new goal to accomplish – sending two legends in Raúl and Senna out on top. “I think that’s the main goal, to have them leave as champions,” Guenzatti said.

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