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Budget, Chin win herricks school election

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Voters OK district budget, incumbent trustee’s 2nd term by wide margins they can for the students, staff and taxpayers,” he said in a statement.

The budget voters approved Herricks school district voters approved the district’s 2016- includes a 0.16-percent tax levy in2017 budget and re-elected school crease, less than half the 0.36-perboard Trustee Juleigh Chin by cent increase the district was allowed under state tax cap law. wide margins Tuesday night.

It adds funds for new teachers The $110 million budget passed 1,370 votes to 469. Chin and other staff, technology equipwas re-elected to a second three- ment, infrastructure fixes and new year term with 1,340 votes over programs, including an elemenchallenger Andrew Apicos’ 368 tary robotics team and additional social-emotional learnvotes. ing programs “I think that my It also includes an dedication to this community and our elecTiOn 2016 $820,000 package of capital improvements district is evident,” funded largely by more Chin said in a statement. “They see the hard work I than $629,000 in additional state put into all that I do, whether it is funds from the final gap eliminawith the Scouts or this campaign, I tion adjustment payment, money the state withheld from school diswork hard and I do my best.”

Apicos said he was glad voters tricts to cover its own deficit in the had a choice in the school board wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

The board decided to use the election.

“The district and its leadership aid boost and slightly enlarge the are likely to face many challenges tax levy increase from 0.12 perin the future and I believe they will cent to fund the projects after disContinued on Page 22 meet them, and will do the best

By N o a H M a N s k a r

PHOTO: GIRL SCOUTS OF NASSAU COUNTY

A Girl Scout from Troop 1172 of New Hyde Park pets a horse at the recent Girls Go the Distance Walkathon, a fundraiser supporting Girl Scouts of Nassau County’s Healthy Living Initiative program. The Girl Scouts also participated in a scavenger hunt and activity fair at the event. See story on page 42.

Abuse charges against ex Chaminade prez ‘credible’

By N o a H MaNskar The Catholic order that runs Chaminade High School on Friday suspended its former president from serving as a priest after finding allegations

that he sexually abused a former student were “credible.”

Current President Brother Thomas Cleary said Sunday that the prestigious Mineola parochial school did not learn until February 2015 of alleged abuse in 2011 by his predeces-

sor, Father James Williams.

“I want to assure each and every one of you that we have made a solemn pledge to ensure that the young men entrusted to our care are safeguarded from any form of Continued on Page 50

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Blum strumming for NHP takes stand a musician’s dream against 3rd track

Ex G.N. resident to release jazz album next month Lack of info, outreach fed opposition

By J oe N i k i c

By N o a h M a n s k a r

Former Great Neck resident Michael Blum said he wanted his upcoming album to speak to audiences on a deeper emotional scale.

With the album scheduled to be released on June 17, Blum, a singer and guitarist, said he thinks it can lead him to a long, illustrious career.

“My goal is to reach people emotionally and make some sort of impact in that way,” he said.

“If I can do that, I will be successful.”

Blum, who graduated from Dartmouth University in 2015 with degrees in music and neuroscience, said his experiences at the Ivy League institution influenced his upcoming album, “Chasin’ Oscar: A Tribute to Oscar Peterson.”

He said he would often make the two-hour drive from his school to practice with his musical mentor, Jim Stinnett, a Berklee School of Music professor.

“I used to listen to a lot of Oscar Peterson records when I was in the car,” Blum said. “I listened to it so much and I just started to love Oscar Peterson.

It’s such beautiful music.”

Peterson was a Canadian Jazz pianist who won eight Grammy awards during his career.

Blum, who is currently living in Boston, said one day he arrived at Stinnett’s home and said he wanted to play the guitar just like Peterson played the piano.

“He didn’t blow me off like many teachers probably would have,” he said. “A month later we got to work and he recommended I get some new records of his and learn a lot of his solos.”

To try and emulate Peterson’s sound, Blum said, he prac-

A lack of information and inadequate public outreach led the Village of New Hyde Park to officially oppose the Long Island Rail Road’s plan for a third track, Mayor Robert Lofaro said Tuesday.

Lofaro said he and other officials were frustrated that the scoping document for the proposed $1.5 billion project contained so much detail about plans to eliminate seven streetlevel crossings along the 9.8mile corridor but so little about the third track itself.

“It’s not fair to the public to say, ‘We want to do this,’ and not really let the public understand the ramifications to their property and the impact to their homes,” Lofaro said after Tuesday’s Village Board meeting.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans in January to install the third track along the LIRR’s Main Line between Floral Park and Hicksville, reviving a Metropolitan Transportation Authority proposal that met hot community opposition in 2005.

Cuomo has sought to distinguish his plan from the older one, promising that it would not

Michael Blum ticed anywhere from six to eight hours a day for 18 months.

Blum, who was born and raised in Great Neck, said his parents were his “biggest influences” in music.

His father, he said, is a classical guitarist and his mother is a singer.

“Music was always around in my house,” Blum said.

He said he began playing the piano at a young age, but when he was 10 years old, he started to play the guitar.

Having grown up and gone to school in Great Neck, Blum said, he was exposed to a number of musical opportunities.

He said he remembers performing as a sixth-grader in a Great Neck South Middle School rendition of the popular musical “Anything Goes,” which he said

was his first time “performing on a legitimate stage.”

After graduating from South Middle, Blum attended the North Shore Hebrew Academy.

It was there, he said, where he got his first taste of what performing solo felt like when he performed in a school talent show.

Despite his talents as a singer and guitarist, Blum said, he was unsure of what career path to take heading into college.

After performing for money, he said, he decided that playing music would be his calling.

“I thought it was so cool that I could be paid for something that I love to do,” Blum said. “I decided that was my path from then on.”

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require any residential property acquisitions, be built entirely within the LIRR’s right of way, and come with the elimination of the seven street-level crossings.

Lofaro previously said the village would oppose the project unless the crossings were removed.

After waiting for more information before taking a stance, New Hyde Park officials will appear at a press conference Thursday with state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Old Westbury) and other village officials to state their opposition, Lofaro said.

“The information that’s now coming out to the public, we think, is lacking,” he said.

In a statement Wednesday, Cuomo transportation spokeswoman Beth DeFalco said planners incorporated Lofaro’s suggestions about the grade crossings into the scoping document after meeting several times with him and other local officials.

“The mayor cannot now have it both ways — working with us to make changes to the project and then publicly opposing the project,” DeFalco said.

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Village of New Hyde Park Mayor Robert Lofaro speaks at Tuesday’s Village Board meeting.

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G.N. teacher wins evaluation fight Judge orders state to vacate Sheri Lederman’s ‘capricious’ student progress score

By J oe N i k i c

The husband of a Great Neck elementary school teacher said a state Supreme Court judge’s ruling to vacate his wife’s “inefficient” teacher rating last Tuesday was a major step in fixing a broken teacher evaluation system.

Bruce Lederman, a lawyer who represented his wife, Sheri Lederman, said the couple was happy the court ruled in their favor after a lengthy court proceeding.

“We are gratified that after an 18-month battle the judge recognized that Sheri’s rating was completely irrational and set it aside,” Bruce Lederman said. “It’s a very difficult legal undertaking to convince a judge that something that the state of New York or one of its agencies did was irrational.”

Sheri Lederman, a longtime educator in the Great Neck School District and currently a fourth grade teacher at E.M. Baker Elementary School, filed suit against the state Education Department in 2014 after she was rated “ineffective” on a portion pertaining to student exam performance just one year after she was rated “highly effective.”

Currently, the state Education Department uses a computer system that analyzes standardized test scores to determine a teacher’s “student growth score.” The score is based on the im-

Great Neck teacher Sheri Lederman provements made by students over a year-long period.

During the 2012-13 school year, Sheri Lederman received 14 points out of 20 on her teacher’s evaluation growth score.

She received a one out of 20 on the “student growth” portion of the state’s threepronged teacher assessment for 2013-14.

While Supreme Court Justice Roger McDonough ruled in favor of vacating

Sheri’s teacher evaluation, the court declined to make a decision on whether or not to fix the rating system.

“The Court fully recognizes that it does not have the educational background, resources, or time to propose a meaningful replacement for New York’s growth model system or to propose sound fixes for any arguable flaws of said system, and as such does not lightly enter into a critical analysis of this matter,” McDonough’s decision read. “Regardless, the Court is constrained, on this record, to conclude that petitioner has met her high burden and established that petitioner’s growth score and rating for school year 2013-2014 are arbitrary and capricious.”

State test scores currently count for almost half of a teacher or principal’s evaluation.

In December, the state Board of Regents voted to place a four-year moratorium preventing test scores from being used as a disciplinary measure in teacher evaluation ratings or against students.

Former Education Commissioner John B. King Jr., Assistant Commissioner Candace H. Shyer and the department’s Office of State Assessment are listed as the defendants in the suit.

Efforts to reach Education Department officials and Assistant Attorney General Colleen Galligan, who was repre-

senting the department, were unavailing.

Lederman said it was hard to believe the state would so vehemently deny that there was an issue with its teacher evaluation system.

“We are incredulous that with all this evidence, the state of New York chose to fight us to the bitter end,” he said. “They never would admit that this was a mistake and instead fought us, which put us in a legal battle.”

In the decision, McDonough said the state failed to explain why Sheri Lederman’s growth score drastically changed from a 14 out of 20 to a one out of 20.

He also said the current evaluation system places teacher in one of four possible categories using “pre-determined percentages regardless of whether the performance of students dramatically rose or dramatically fell from the previous year.”

Lederman said the court’s ruling could influence a change in the teacher evaluation system.

“We believe this will, or at least should, cause politicians who have been pushing this to rethink and possibly reconsider what they’ve done,” he said.

“Specifically, we really hope the governor of the state of New York, who less than a year ago was pushing this model very hard and commenting that he intends to ‘jar’ teachers, reconsider the rhetoric.”

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town to hear bookstore demo plan By a d e da M ol a agBoola

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C & B Realty wants to demolish this Manhasset building, the current home of Barnes & Noble. how the building alterations and parking variances were going to affect traffic on Northern Boulevard, which is a county road.

Barnes & Noble officials declined to comment about the possibility of leaving Manhasset, but Barnes & Noble CEO Ron Boire said on Twitter that the book seller had no immediate plans to leave.

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The Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations has been a vocal opposition against C & B Realty’s plans.

Susan Auriemma, secretary of the civic association, recently sent an email to Nassau County Legislator Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) to express the organizations’ concerns.

“With valet parking, I believe that this use will far exceed the site’s capacity,”

Auriemma wrote of the building owner’s plans. “Furthermore, it is difficult at this point to make a left from the exit of that building,” .

She said with increased traffic, exiting the parking lot will become increasingly difficult.

If the town’s board of zoning appeals grants variances for the project, the developers must seek approval from the county before proceeding with a request to the town board for site plan review.

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The Town of North Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeal will consider a proposal to demolish the Barnes & Noble on Northern Boulevard in Manhasset and replace it with a multi-tenant office building on June 29.

The owner of the building, C & B Realty, was scheduled to appear before the Zoning Board on April 6, but the hearing was postponed at the owner’s request, according to town spokesperson Carole Trottere.

“The meeting was postponed to next month,” a C & B Realty representative said. “We don’t have any more comments besides that the meeting was postponed.”

The town and the Nassau County Planning Commission recently rejected the owner’s plan for a multi-tenant building with retail on the first floor and medical offices on the second floor.

The town cited violations of three zoning requirements related to parking. C & B Realty proposed 89 parking spaces, but town code calls for 165.

The town code also requires parking spaces to be 10 feet by 20 feet based on the proposed uses but the company proposed spaces that would be 9 feet by 18 feet.

The Nassau County Planning Commission also denied the company a request for permits, pending information on

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trump praises county Gop’s backing At fundraiser in Woodbury says Mondello endorsement boosted chances in New York dropped out last week after the Queens native won Indiana’s primary.

“Who would’ve thought this was going to happen?” Trump said. “The polls just came out ... we’re leading everything now. I don’t know what happened.”

He cited a Reuters poll published Wednesday that shows him barely trailing Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton with 41 percent to 40 percent; 19 percent said they were undecided.

The crowd booed loudly when Trump mentioned Clinton, a former New York senator who won the state’s Democratic primary by more than 15 percent, Trump blasted Clinton, saying she wants to spend money taking in immigrant refugees that he would use to rebuild infrastructure while building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico and tightening border security.

“We can’t take care of our own people and she wants to spend billions and billions on new people coming in,” Trump said.

By N o a H MaNskar Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gave Nassau County GOP leaders some credit Wednesday for his campaign’s unexpected success.

Speaking to about 3,000 GOP donors at the county party’s annual Patriots’ Reception fundraiser, Trump said his New York primary win last month was a major turning point for his campaign and that the state could be a linchpin in the general election “If we win New York State, the election’s over,” he said.

Trump credited his Nassau County primary victory with 67.5 percent of the vote to Republican Committee Chairman Joseph Mondello, who endorsed him in March.

Because he is known best here, a loss in New York’s April 19 primary would have led to questions about his campaign’s longevity, said Trump, speaking the day after victories in Nebras-

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Donald Trump speaks in Woodbury last week. ka and West Virginia.

But his 35-percent win over second-place Ohio Gov. John Kasich helped carry him to victories in five northeastern states the following week, he said, and ultimately led him to be the last Republican standing.

Kasich and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Trump’s other rival, both

His wall would assuage the heroin epidemic on Long Island and elsewhere by slowing the flow of drugs into the U.S., he said.

He also pledged to rebuild the economy by imposing tariffs on foreign imports, to remove Common Core education standards and to appoint conservative judges to the Supreme Court.

“That’s going to be so important, because if Hillary gets in, she will appoint some liberal (justices) — your country will never be the same,” he said.

Trump’s appearance at the $200-a-ticket Nassau County Republican Committee fundraiser at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury marked his return to Long Island after drawing about 10,000 people to an April 6 rally in Bethpage and speaking at a Suffolk County Republican Committee fundraiser April 14.

Trump said he spoke often with U.S. Sen. Alfonse D’Amato for advice in his campaign’s early stages, he said, only to see

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“But I think, really, he’s supporting me,” Trump said. “You know one thing, now he’s supporting me.”

Nassau County Legislator Rich Nicolello, a New Hyde Park Republican, said Trump’s speech felt like a “victory lap” before he pivots fully to the general election.

Nicolello said he thinks Trump’s appearance was proof that Mondello’s early endorsement of him was a “brilliant” move despite the risks of his campaign fizzling at the time.

“He was on to something,” Nicolello said. “There’s a grassroots movement to support the guy.”

Past events drew more than 100 protestors each, but only two showed up Wednesday, Nassau County Police Department spokesman Detective Lt. Richard LeBrun said.

There was a heavy security presence — a police helicopter flew overhead and all guests had to go through metal detectors before entering.

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Suozzi touts ability to get things done Says effectiveness more important than issues in race for 3rd Congressional District

By N o a h Manskar

The Democrats running to replace U.S. Rep Steve Israel are all so similar, Tom Suozzi said, that debating specific policy position is “almost futile.”

Staying on message in a sit-down interview with Blank Slate Media, the former Nassau County executive maintained his record of “standing up to powerful interests” to change the status quo will set him apart in the five-way Democratic primary in the North Shore’s 3rd Congressional District.

“I’m willing to break the little mold to try and get something done to actually help solve the problem to benefit people,” he said. “I don’t think my opponents can point to that.”

Suozzi has been a major target for his opponents, especially Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern, who has repeatedly admonished his record on taxes and abor-

has not raised general fund property taxes as a county legislator and criticized Suozzi for raising Nassau’s taxes nearly 20 percent after promising not to do so.

Suozzi, though, said he never made a promise not raise taxes at a time of fiscal distress for the county, and added that Stern voted several times to raise police district taxes, which comprise a larger portion of tax bills.

Stern also cast Suozzi as a weak defender of abortion rights, saying he awarded Photo by Noah Manskar “millions of taxpayer dollars” to abstinence-only sexTom Suozzi in Blank Slate Media’s office. education programs. His tion rights and for taking tacking him because he’s at campaign has also pointed money from Donald Trump. the head of the pack — inter- to a 2006 letter from Kelly Former North Hemp- nal polling shows him lead- Conlin, then the president stead Town Supervisor Jon ing and he is best known in of NARAL Pro-Choice New Kaiman and town Council- the district stretching from York, slamming Suozzi for woman Anna Kaplan both Whitestone, Queens, to calling her organization a “special interest group.” challenged signatures on Kings Park, he said.

Suozzi called the claims Stern in particular is Suozzi’s ballot petitions.

Jericho attorney Jonathan “being dishonest and fast “dishonest.” He said the Clarke has said Suozzi and and loose with the truth,” abstinence programs had to be medically accurate the others are unreliable ca- Suozzi said.

In a recent sit-down and were part of a package reer politicians.

Suozzi said they’re at- interview, Stern said he that also gave $500,000

to Planned Parenthood.

NARAL and Planned Parenthood endorsed his 2013 county executive campaign, he said.

Some of Suozzi’s policy positions are similar to the other 3rd district Democrats facing a June 28 primary.

He said he aims to protect the Long Island Sound from nitrogen pollution and offer incentives for people entering high-tech fields to increase employment and make the U.S. more globally competitive.

He said his county tax increase, workforce cuts, social service reforms and attempts at combatting corruption in Albany — which he said got him disinvited from a Democratic Party convention — prove he is willing to accomplish goals despite political consequences.

Inefficiencies in government prevent it from serving people best, Suozzi said.

Asked about inequities in education, he said more

spending will not close the gap between Long Island’s school districts.

Schools generally have similar resources such as counselors and social workers, Suozzi said, but poorer districts have more children who need them while students in rich districts don’t, or can use private services.

To rectify that, he said, social services and law enforcement should be more “interoperable” and involved with schools so children can access more resources than what schools provide.

“Everybody’s given a speech since the beginning of time saying it’s better to educate a kid instead of paying for a jail cell later on,” Suozzi said. “And everybody claps and says, ‘Yay, that’s great, yeah!’

But why doesn’t it happen?

Becuase there’s a humongous dysfunctional system that has not operated effectively.”

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While Tom Suozzi’s time as Nassau County executive was not free from controversy, two of congressional opponent Steve Stern’s criticisms of his record are factually questionable.

Stern and Suozzi, running for the Democratic nomination in the North Shore’s 3rd Congressional District, have sparred over their records on taxes and support for abortion rights in the past two weeks.

Stern, a Suffolk County legislator, has charged Suozzi raised taxes as Nassau County executive after promising not to, and that he gave “millions of taxpayer dollars” to abstinenceonly education programs, of which abortion-rights groups often disapprove.

Stern has added that he has never voted for a general-fund property tax increase in Suffolk County.

Suozzi has called Stern’s claims false and countered that Stern voted to raise the county’s police taxes, which he said comprise a larger portion of the tax bill.

Suozzi did fund abstinence-only sex-education programs with taxpayer money — which Stern has said he would never support — but did not give them “millions of taxpayer dollars.”

A Stern press release links to a 2006 New York Times report about a plan Suozzi released that year to decrease the number of abortions.

It gave $3 million over three years, or $1 million a year, in eight grants to groups including Planned Parenthood and Catholic

Charities, according to multiple 2006 news reports.

Two grants were to a Protestant group and an anti-abortion group to promote abstinence, the Times reported.

In the first year $70,000 went to the Cedarmore Corporation of Freeport’s Zion Cathedral Church of God in Christ; and $90,000 to the Massapeque-based Life Center of Long Island for abstinence-based sex-education programs, according to a posting on a blog called “Health Portal” that cites a 2006 county press release.

The release is no longer on the county’s website.

Another $85,000 went to Nassau Board of Cooperative Educational Services for programs that included abstinence and others that did not, “Health Portal” said.

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Firm wins $3M research grant 2 homes

By A d e da m ol a Agboola TheraSource, a Manhasset based biotech company spun off from Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institute in 2004, will tackle radiation poisoning thanks to a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

The startup received a $3 million three-year Small Business Innovation grant, the company announced last Thursday.

The grant will support the support the development of an innovative treatment to alleviate health damage caused by unintentional radiation exposure, officials said.

The grant will specifically go towards Ping Wang’s study and development of human ghrelin as an innovative treatment to alleviate health damage caused by unintentional radiation exposure.

Wang, the 57 year old founder of TheraSource and chief scientific officer at Feinstein Institute, discovered that the administration of human ghrelin, a 28-amino acid peptide hormone, significantly increased the survival rate and reduced the weight loss of animal models exposed to radiation.

“Human ghrelin has been investigated in clinical trials of other indications,” Wang said. “With our new findings, we will soon be able to file an Investigational New Drug application to U.S. Food and Drug Administration.”

Human ghrelin, which is mainly produced in the stomach, has been found to control physiological activities from food intake and energy metabolism to gut-integrity and cell death.

Wang, a Village of Roslyn resident who immigrated from China in 1987 said the company is in a unique position.

“Radiation exposure is quite different because only the government is interested in studying something like this,” Wang said.

“And the drug will be developed mainly for emergency like the nuclear power disaster in Japan or a dirty bomb in the middle of Manhattan which will cause a lot of damage.”

Wang said when the drugs are fully developed, tested and commercialized, the government will stockpile and be able to issue them when needed.

“We are still relatively in the early stages,” Wang said. “We still have to do to the FDA to file and ‘Investigational New Drug’ appli-

cation to conduct clinical trials.”

Wang said because of the uniqueness of the drug, the company will perform the trials on radiation exposed animals.

“We are going to use monkeys and that can take within five years to further develop and get approval,” Wang said. “At the moment, we are only targeting the U.S. government as our only customer.”

The company referenced the radioactive disasters in Chernobyl, Ukraine and Japan as well as the existential threat of “international terrorism” and “geopolitical instability,” which poses “growing threat of radiation exposure through radioactive devices and nuclear weapons.

“Nonetheless, no treatment has been approved to counter the often fatal gastrointestinal disease caused by higher doses of radiation. Thus, there is an urgent, unmet medical need for an effective therapy to treat victims of severe acute radiation injury,” the company said in a statement.

Wang’s team, which consulted with researchers from Stony Brook University in the development of business and technology strategy, will collaborate with the University of Maryland to con-

duct some studies under the SBIR grant.

Diane Fabel, director of operations at the Center for Biotechnology and a lead administrator of the Long Island Bioscience Hub, which recently welcomed the Feinstein Institute as its fourth member organization, said the Center for Biotechnology is “proud to have played an integral role in helping TheraSource advance their business and technology strategy.”

Wang said when he launched TheraSource 10 years ago, he and his partners had to go out and raise $100,000.

“Most large research center will file patents for their members and go different ways. They [researchers] then license the technology to someone else,” Wang said. “The second way is for the institution to encourage the researchers to develop the drugs themselves.”

And that was what the Feinstein Institute did.

When Wang and his partners raise the early stage capital, they sold a part of the company who the institute.

“That’s why we’re called a spin off of the institute,” Wang said.

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By N o a h M a n s k a r A Queens man was arraigned Saturday for allegedly stealing from two North New Hyde Park homes last Thursday.

Nassau County police arrested Everton D. Augustus, 27, at his Springfield Gardens home at 12:30 p.m. last Friday after investigating the burglaries, police said.

Augustus allegedly first broke into a Blossom Lane house at 3:35 p.m. May 12 and took assorted jewelry, electronics and an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.

He allegedly entered another house on Evergreen Lane soon after and took more jewelry, police said.

North New Hyde Park residents reported seeing a police helicopter over the area Thursday afternoon.

Police confirmed they deployed the helicopter to search for the alleged burglar.

Augustus faces two felony second-degree burglary charges and is due back in court May 17.

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The ethics board found “reasonable cause to believe” Terry, the wife of embattled former North Hempstead Democratic Committee Chairman Gerard Terry, did not list debts on financial disclosure forms in 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2013, according to a memo Town Attorney Elizabeth Botwin sent to the Town Council on May 12.

Terry specifically failed to disclose debts over the $5,000 disclosure threshold on her original and amended town financial disclosure forms in those four years, and “understated the category of a debt” on her second amended forms in 2012 and 2013, the memo says.

Town spokeswoman Carole Trottere said the ethics board will decide Terry’s punishment at a public hearing, but a date for one has not been set. Ethics code

violations are punishable by a fine of up to $10,000.

The ethics board made the ruling at its May 9 meeting, the memo says, two months after it started investigating her for an “alleged omission” on her filings.

The ethics board’s investigation started after a Newsday report revealed in late January that Gerard Terry carried a $1.4 million state and federal tax debt while earning more than $200,000 a year in six government jobs. He and Concetta Terry live in Roslyn Heights.

The memo indicates Concetta Terry failed to disclose her own debts and does not address her husband’s, which do not appear on her financial disclosure forms dating back to 2006, town records show.

Gerard Terry was arrested April 11 and charged with one felony count of state tax fraud. Prosecutors have said more charges could be coming.

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A tale of two governments The Town of North Hempstead and Nassau County have in recent months been called on to respond to problems in government operations.

Their responses couldn’t be more different.

Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Council responded promptly to the Gerard Terry scandal, by committing to enforcing a 20-year-old town law requiring financial disclosure reports from people who work for town boards and expanding disclosure requirement for relatives of people employed by the town who also work for the town.

Bosworth had ordered a review of town policies and procedures after a Newsday report revealed last month that Terry, the former town Demoractic leader who until recently was the attorney for the town’s Board of Zoning Appeals and special counsel for the town attorney, owes more than $1.4 million in federal and state back taxes, has been party to five lawsuits and let his attorney registration lapse for three years. He has since been charged with tax evasion.

The North Hempstead ethics board is also investigating Concetta Terry, Gerard Terry’s wife and a deputy town clerk, for allegedly omitting her husband’s tax debts from her financial disclosure records.

The town also announced the departures last week of Solid Waste Management Authority Executive Director Igor Sikiric and former Solid Waste

Management Authority Deputy Executive Director John Peters.

Their exits come nearly three months after a former administrative assistant, Helen McCann, was arrested for allegedly embezzling more than $98,000 from the authority by pocketing cash collected in waste drop-off fees.

The town termed the departure of Sikiric a “separation” and Peters a “resignation.” They say tomato, we say cleaning house.

The town still has some work to do in bringing town practices into the 21st Century and eliminating cash collections. The Town of North Hempstead is a local government, not a nightclub. We’d also like to see a review of town policies to ensure that relatives of town employees don’t have an advantage in getting a town job.

But overall the comparison between the Town of North Hempstead and Nassau County couldn’t be starker.

Rather than support reform, Managano and Republican legislators appear to be doing as little as possible to change the county’s contracting system.

The Legislature did pass a law in December requiring companies who have been awarded contracts to list all donations to candidates and campaigns for county executive, county clerk, comptroller, district attorney or county legislator.

But the law doesn’t include political committees and local clubs, which spend hundreds of thousands of dollars supporting candidates.

As county Democrats have

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pointed out, Chief Deputy County Executive Rob Walker signed a $12 million storm cleanup contract with VIP Splash Waterways recovery group — on the same day in August 2014 the firm gave money to the Hicksville Republican Club, for which Walker is the executive director. Walker and that contract are reportedly the subject of a federal investigation.

Mangano and county Republicans have also repeatedly resisted the recommendation of Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, the state board with control over county finances, as well as county Democrats, for an inspector general appointed by an independent panel to investigate poten-

tial corruption and misconduct in the awarding of contracts.

Instead, Mangano appointed former New York City health department contract officer Robert Cleary as the county’s first procurement compliance director and hired Donna Myrill from the Queens district attorney’s office as a commissioner of investigations.

The problem is that both people were hired by Mangano and could be fired by Mangano, the same person who hired Walker.

The Legislature’s reforms followed an investigation by Singas that found “troubling problems” in the county contracting process, including no requirements for vendors to disclose subsidiary companies, criminal convictions,

political contributions or whether a vendor is barred from government contracts in other places.

Singas’ investigation followed the indictments of former state Sen. Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) on federal corruption charges, including influencing the awarding of a Nassau County contract to a firm that hired his son, Adam.

Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, were later both found guilty of political corruption and last week Dean Skelos was sentenced to five years in prison and his son, six and a half.

Still Mangano and county Republicans resist the reforms needed to address the problem and restore public confidence.

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K remer ’ s C or n er

Trump creates down-ballot problems

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s we approach the November presidential election here are some names and words to remember.

The names are Barry Goldwater and Jesse Jackson. The words are “down ballot.” The current race to the White House made those names and words pop into my mind.

It is not a secret that the Republican establishment has taken a long time to get over the candidacy of the late Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona.

In the 1964 election, Barry Goldwater, an arch conservative, was the Republican candidate for president and his opponent was Lyndon B. Johnson.

Goldwater, very much like today’s candidate Donald Trump, was unpredictable and unwilling to accept advice from anyone.

In the old days, there was no cable television and Facebook to spread the news, but the press did as much as possible to let the world know what the candidate

stood for.

Because Goldwater’s positions were so controversial and against party philosophy, whatever news he made was bad for the party.

In 1964, the late Joseph F. Carlino was both the speaker of the New York State Assembly and Nassau County Republican leader.

He was considered one of the allpowerful politicians in the state and had been easily re-elected six times. Caught between party discipline and his leadership position, Carlino was forced to endorse Goldwater and take his chances.

No one believed that the Goldwater endorsement would do him any harm but on Election Day it was another story.

Carlino lost his Republican Assembly District by more than 20,000 votes.

While Carlino had accumulated many enemies, his real problem was the distaste of the voters for Goldwater. That year hundreds of other Republicans lost their reelection bids.

are lower on the ballot will be the ones to suffer. That’s what we call the down ballot dilemma.

The Trump message may be appealing to many non-traditional voters, but there is a massive number of Republicans who may decide to punish their elected official for supporting Trump. That is what happened in the Goldwater days and that’s what House Speaker Paul Ryan is afraid of.

Ryan has a comfortable margin in his house but the Senate has 12 vulnerable members, four of Jerry Kremer whom run in states that President Kremer’s Corner Obama won. So that’s the down ballot concern.

On the Democratic side of the The Goldwater dilemma is being repeated now for dozens and campaign, the candidacy of Bernie dozens of Republican candidates Sanders is very much like the 1988 campaign of Rev. Jesse Jackson. running for re-election.

Jackson had a populist mesDespite the large number of voters who will embrace Trump, sage that attracted a lot of attenthere many solid party voters who tion and worry for the Democratic want no part of a Trump in the Party establishment.

Jackson didn’t give up his White House.

If they choose to stay home, as campaigning until days before the many of them will, candidates that party convention. He made nu-

merous demands on what should be in the party platform and got the convention to set aside a Jesse Jackson night honoring him for his accomplishments.

There is no doubt that the Democratic Party will have to keep the Sanders voters in their camp and there will be a price for that support. Sanders has earned the recognition but he can’t hurt the party just to keep his ego in check.

The last question nagging at the Democrats is whether Sanders will continue to attack Hillary Clinton right through the California primary in June.

Wiser heads have told him that he shouldn’t be helping Trump by continuously attacking Clinton.

If Sanders follows the Jesse Jackson history it will not help the Democrats in November.

However, considering that Sanders is not a Democrat, I have no illusions that he will gently become a Clinton supporter.

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American amnesia on wedge issues

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The arc of the moral uni- understood that the U.S. must be verse is long, but it bends a government of laws (fundamental in constitutions, and statutory toward justice.” by legislative bodies), but he was Martin Luther King Jr. repeat- deeply committed to celebrating ed that statement during visits to and expanding the spirit and reality Great Neck and Roslyn guided by of inclusion.

Lincoln regarded Jefferson’s his Long Island friend and SCLC board member, the late Harry H. Declaration as “a beacon,” a guide Wachtel. Dr. King was highlight- for all future conduct, that while ing a key aspect of “American Ex- we may not quickly reach all of its ceptionalism” — one that deserves goals, it is our continuing obligation to keep moving in Jefferson’s continuing celebration.

The men and women who exalted direction.

A distinctive person in such launched our nation with the “Spirit of ’76,” frequently averred endeavors was 19th century leader “that all posterity will be affected Theodore Parker, a Unitarian minisby what we do.” Thomas Paine ter and abolitionist.

Parker was part of what scholwrote in Common Sense, “We have it in our power to begin the world ars depict as “Protest Nation,” a celebration of critics who rely on the anew.”

It is no accident that Abra- Declaration and the First Amendham Lincoln celebrated Thomas ment to keep improving American Jefferson and the Declaration of society and to offer a model to the Independence. Instead of begin- world for freedom, equality and ning “The Gettysburg Address” of justice.

Parker, an early source for 1863 with the phrase “3 Score and 16 years ago,” (back to 1787), Lin- King’s views, received deserved atcoln carefully chose “4 score and 7” tention when the quote that begins this column was woven into a new (back to 1776).

Both 1787 (Constitutional rug in the White House Oval Office.

Barack Obama had selected it Convention) and 1776 (Declaration of Independence) are founding to reflect values of his presidency.

Last Friday, the Obama admindates for our nation.

Lincoln was an attorney who istration took another step toward

Michael D’Innocenzo Out of Left Field justice and inclusion that should remind us of lessons from Jefferson and Lincoln as we encounter “wedge issues.”

The Obama Justice Department’s directive stipulated that transitioning students be treated consistent with their own gender identity.

In our huge, numerous and diverse nation, we always have folks who hold different views and values; the challenge of our pluralistic society is how to make diversity an asset, not a liability.

Jefferson and Lincoln never had to consider transgender matters as a wedge issue. But their principles are manifested in Dr.

King’s two signature achievements (the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights of 1965) — that all Americans should be treated fairly, with dignity, and with equality under the law.

During this theater season triumph of “Hamilton,” some folks have lost sight of what made Jefferson, in Tocqueville’s judgment, the most powerful advocate that democracy has ever had.

Garry Wills celebrates Jefferson’s too often neglected radicalism.

Consider four key words that appear in Jefferson’s Declaration; they are a revision of John Locke’s words, when he wrote of the rights to “Life, Liberty and Property.”

So, why did Jefferson substitute four words for “Property,” giving us: “Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Happiness?”

Over time, Jefferson’s words have been erroneously viewed (often without recognizing his key goals). They have been seen as seeking the American Dream of advancement and success, and they have been viewed as primarily a reflection of Individual Self-reliance.

In the 18th century, the word “Pursuit” had a particular meaning (one that continued for some time

later) — as in “the pursuit of law” or the “pursuit of medicine” — reflecting not the seeking of those endeavors, but the practice of them.

For Jefferson “happiness” was not merely a matter of “seeking”but that people had a right to BE HAPPY. Jefferson, Franklin, Paine and others valued individualism, but they believed there was a communitarian basis for a good society and for personal happiness. Benevolence by citizens toward each other and a government that promoted the general welfare could foster “res publica” – the public good.

Jefferson also wanted to be remembered for his statute for religious liberty (more than mere “toleration”). In our diverse society, he said one had the freedom to believe any religion or none — political democracy and citizenship were separated from any particular belief system or any religion whatsoever.

By championing the Enlightenment commitment to reason and evidence, Jefferson (like Lincoln who opposed the anti-immigrant, xenophobic, Know Nothing movement) created space to respect diversity.

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A look o n the li g hter si d e

Newspaper person with no nose for news

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orking in and around journalism for more than 30 years, I’ve learned a few things.

One is that there is no substitute for having a “nose for news.”

Another is that I don’t have one.

Of course, I didn’t know either of these crucial facts when I took one of my first jobs after college, writing news for a local TV station’s Sunday night broadcast.

The toughest part of my day was watching all the weekend talk shows and choosing a newsworthy excerpt for the evening news — a soundbite.

You might think it would be simple — “You’re just watching TV, Judy!” — but every week I would watch all the network programs all the way through, taking voluminous notes, then going over them, trying desperately to decide which tiny bit to tell the producer to use.

There was only one time I found it easy. That was when one of the other news writers, walking by, glanced at the show I was watching and blurted out “Wait!

He actually said that?”

A little startled, I responded, “Oh, so that’s important, then?

Thanks for the tip!”

Thinking back, there may have been some earlier hints of trouble, when I was a kid.

For instance, I was the only kid I knew who was reading a book instead of watching TV when Apollo 11 made its historic moon landing.

Oh, I meant to watch it, that night; I’d even settled myself down in front of the television set, with the rest of my family, prepared to watch history in the making.

But after what felt like hours of squinting at shifting fields of black and white static, I finally gave up and went back to my room, to read.

So of course, that’s when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin finally touched down.

Even when I think I’m relaxing, my guardian devil turns out to be hard at work. Take the time I watched some musician perform on “Saturday Night Live.”

At least, I tried to watch, but whatever she was doing didn’t

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A Look on the Lighter Side sound very musical to me, so I left the room.

When I came back, there seemed to be some kind of litter all over the stage. But I still didn’t think anything of it. Not until the next day, when all anybody could talk about was how Sinead O’Connor had ranted about Pope John Paul II being “evil” and torn up his picture, live, on national TV. I had missed it all.

Indeed, if I have one gift, I’d have to say it’s for being in the

ladies’ room when anything of importance is going on.

Take the time a friend of mine, a jazz musician, took my roommate and me to New York City, to a Greenwich Village club where he was playing.

I listened to the first few numbers, taking care to applaud in all the right places (which in jazz turns out to be during, as well as after, each song). But I soon realized I was no big fan of jazz, so after the first two pieces, or maybe it was three, I excused myself and went to the ladies’ room.

I slipped back into my seat just as the applause was dying down. I was even congratulating myself on timing my absence rather well, until my roommate turned to me and said, “I’m so jealous! Did you know he was going to do that?”

“Um, do what?”

“Judy, he just dedicated the whole last set to you! Don’t tell me you weren’t even in the room?”

So I didn’t tell her.

Clearly, the only way I’ll ever

spot a breaking news story is if it breaks out in the ladies’ room.

Even then, with my luck, I will no doubt have blundered into the men’s room instead.

But I do have something good to report. I may, at last, be learning to live with my “disability.”

Last weekend, my husband and I went with friends to a movie.

Just as the film was building to its thrilling conclusion, the room went dark. We sat there, waiting for the projectionist to fix whatever had broken, so the picture could resume.

But nothing happened.

“This is outrageous!” I cried, leaping to my feet and storming out. I meant to find that projectionist and give him or her a piece of my mind. But first ... I had to go to the bathroom.

By the time I got back, the film had resumed, and finished, and credits were rolling.

My friends were impressed.

“What did you do?” they wanted to know.

“Oh, nothing much,” I replied, humbly. “It’s a gift.”

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READERS WRITE

What happened to Police deserve our thanks signaling turns? for doing a dangerous job

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wonder what happened to this here on Long Island. It’s a safety feature to give your fellow drivers and pedestrians a “heads-up” about what direction you plan on taking with your car — in advance.

It’s mandatory to use to pass the DMV driving test. It’s a reckless driving violation worthy of a fine and/or points on your license.

If a driver actually uses their turn signal, I’m curious what purpose it serves when used as the turn is already in progress.

Seriously, why bother!

Is it a lack of courtesy and

self-absorption issue, is it due to being so distracted that the turn is a last minute decision, or is some kind of entitled power play?

Or maybe there should be a recall due to the vast number of high end vehicles with turn signal malfunctions?

There are You-Tube videos with turn signal use instructions and also DMV has a handbook for those of you who would like a refresher!

Just curious.

Ann Abitabilo Port Washington

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ational Police Week runs from May 15 through May 21.

It is a period we ought to honor all those fallen officers who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country and the community for which they served with pride and devotion to duty.

That week was established by a joint resolution of Congress in 1962. It has been suggested that during the week concerned citizens wear a blue ribbon or turn on a blue light as a tribute to these brave men and women.

Retired Police Captain Joseph Cocannon of the NYPD wrote in his letter to the Queens Village Republican Club that “on average, one law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty somewhere in the United States every 61 hours.

Since the first known lineof-duty death in 1791, more than 20,000 U.S. law enforcement officers have made the ultimate sacrifice.”

That I found to be quite sad for the families, friends and their fellow law-enforcement officers. Not to mention

the communities in which they serve.

Now that being said let us all show respect to our brave men and women who serve protecting our properties and our lives with courage and honor.

Now if you are in contact or see a police officer offer a friendly smile, maybe even words of encouragement and tell them thank you for a job well done protecting us all.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

3rd track plan hides push for freight traffic

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itizens Against Rail Expansion has heard from several mayors of villages along the LIRR Main Line that Gov. Andrew Cuomo told them that providing for “reverse commute” for the commuters who want to go points east is not the prime reason why there is a need for the $2 billion MTA LIRR Third Track Expansion.

The Third Track from Floral Park to Hicksville (9.8 miles), we are told will take three years to construct (2017 to 2020). In reality it will likely take 10 or more years.

The governor says little or denies that the project has anything to do with freight. At the upcoming hearings on May 24 and May 25, CARE and others will be testifying as to how the issue of freight transport is not fully addressed in the Draft SEQRA Scoping Document made public on May 5.

At present the New York & Atlantic Railway is the contracted freight operator along the LIRR system and the money involved is substantial.

The Regional Freight Plan, promoted by the New York State Metropolitan Council, a New York State DOT agency, speaks to actions and activities that focus on ways to transport freight and rapidly expand this industry in Nassau County. This includes a greater focus on trains (freight) trucks, cargo barges and planes, as well as intermodal facilities.

Much of the freight planning underway now works in tandem with the MTA LIRR Third Track

Expansion plans.

The Regional Freight Plan plan has evolved since the Bloomberg administration, when much of the work was to be concentrated in Brooklyn. The focus has changed to go further east, and over the past four years or so, many segmented aspects have been implemented, and this will continue as part of a larger, comprehensive goal.

One of the intermodal facilities (Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation) planned for the edge of Nassau County is focused at Pilgrim State where the New York State DOT owns a substantial portion of land in this region, and, according to the New York State DOT Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan report as of March 1, 2016, $40 million in funding is allocated to establish the first phase of this facility in 2017.

Why the emphasis on freight?

Manhattan is the economic driver of New York State, and, the boroughs continue to gentrify, with much of the old industrial, manufacturing hubs being repurposed for residential development, Williamsburg in Brooklyn is a perfect example. With this, much of the manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution industry has left the urban core, heading further east and alongside the NJT/95 corridor.

As real estate prices in New

York City and the boroughs continue to rise, it is much less expensive to have freight distribution that was concentrated in sections of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx, (e.g., Asthma Alley), travel further to Long Island’s Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Hence there has been a shift over the last two to three years in the industry, trucking, planes, freight trains, traveling east to Nassau and Suffolk.

This distribution is not providing economic benefit or gains to Nassau and Suffolk counties, especially as so many of these hubs are subsidized via IDA grants, state aid, federal aid roadwork projects, etc. — much of the freight, cargo is distributed here, to then be hauled to New York City, the I-95 corridor, shipped internationally, etc.

There are already negative impacts resulting from freight distribution in Nassau County, on the eastern end, impacting health, safety, quality of life, and the environment.

Without air-quality monitoring systems in the region but for one monitor in Eisenhower Park which does not collect all types of pollutants, there is no way to know the level of exposure to

particulates that are or may be carcinogenic. Suffolk County, in a recent Newsday article, reported significant concern over the high level of air pollution in Suffolk County.

Since 2014, the eastern section of Town of Oyster Bay experienced a rapid increase in freight traffic, from tandem tractor trailers, construction vehicles, car carriers, traveling county roads, local roads, within school zones, substantially impacting congestion and undermining safety.

Freight travel via air cargo began to increase in 2012 and significantly increased in 2014 in terms of overhead flights from JFK in our region — and from looking at the Port Authority maps, Nassau County is impacted.

By eliminating the seven grade crossings, (whether elevating tracks/platform or bringing trains underneath roadway/ underground), it provides room and space for increased freight travel, including double stacked freight cars. It’s likely a few years off, however, if the Pilgrim State Intermodal Facility is established, along with the Brookhaven intermodal site already in operation, and now with the Ellison Bridge elevated to DOT standards and

height, this is a major possibility. One that must be explored and reviewed especially due to the tracks’ proximity to homes, school yards, recreational centers, adjacent LIRR track, etc.

Is there a likelihood that we can expect freight trains to be much longer and noisier in the future? Adding more freight cars (over the limit now of 38 freight cars and four diesel engines), as in other regions, freight trains can extend for 2+ miles.

Hence at-grade crossing improvements in relation to future freight travel, if a driving motivator, could lead to longer trains.

This would be important to analyze further since it also means an increase in the possibility of derailments, more rumbling trains during the off-peak hours — evening and at night and more.

The Regional Freight Plan is complex and along with the Third Track Expansion even more complex. It is certainly a part of a big troubling picture that should be taken seriously.

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Ed board responsive to students’ input

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e at Great Neck South High School are very proud of the work that our student government has done.

Over the last several years, they have worked with school and district leaders to expand wi-fi access in the schools, create school-based student email accounts, provide free spring water dispensers throughout the school building, redesign and renovate the student cafeteria, revamp Rebel Olympics and make numerous improvements to the student bathrooms (despite a very tight

budget) to name just some of their accomplishments.

None of these could have been achieved without the support and openness of the school, the district administration and the Board of Education.

The extent to which superintendent, assistant superintendents, board members and others in the Great Neck School community have made them themselves available to our student government is impressive. They never fail to listen and to seriously consider the student point of view.

Unfortunately, this year we

face a serious budget crisis, something not unusual for Long Island schools in the current climate and as a result of the New York State tax levy limits. Difficult decisions needed to be made while keeping instructional programs and class size paramount. A project like providing air conditioning, while certainly a worthy pursuit, would cost about $12,000,000 and could only be achieved through a bond issue.

After listening to the passionate voices of the students, the board agreed to put this on the agenda for consideration when

the next bond would be considered.

This was a huge accomplishment for our student government and one that should be celebrated, even if some of our classrooms will continue to rely on fans this June.

There is no question that the students’ voices have been heard and honored, again and again.

However, being heard and knowing what you are talking about does not always guarantee that you can have what you want.

I feel incredibly fortunate to work in a school and in a district

where student concerns and ideas are so valued.

In fact, the board policy is to allow student delegates the first chance to speak when an issue is brought up at a meeting.

We will continue as a school to work with students to ensure that the views students present are thoughtful, accurate, transparent and responsive to the student body while being presented in a respectful manner.

Susan Elliott, Principal William A Shine Great Neck South High School

Trump, Ryan seek to cut social safety net

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rump’s policy advisor has already signaled that when Trump is president, they will start to look at Social Security and Medicare.

Be warned, Paul Ryan and Donald Trump are on the same page.

Trump may not know what to do about most of his promises, but be assured that Ryan has been thinking about what he wants. They will soon release plans to replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

They persist despite the fact that 60-odd attempts to do so have failed already, partially because the Republican congress were afraid that they would lose their jobs if it passed.

They know in their hearts that ACA is still popular despite problems of cost and efficiency and the electorate would not stand for that.

Ryan is not deterred. He wants to scrap the act and substitute a premium support plan that would allow Medicare recipients to purchase private health plans that are compa-

rable to existing Medicare Advantage plans.

These started as HMO’s and were retained when the act was passed.

On the surface, they seem to have advantages, offering additional perks without adding to a premium.

But the catch is that they offer reduced benefits and limited provider networks.

When you need services outside of the plan, and you often do, you must pay for them out of pocket.

Also they cost the taxpayer because these private plans are still being allowed to operated at a percentage of profit that theoretically should have been disallowed, and that limitation has not been curbed.

A “premium support plan” means that Medicare eligibles would be given vouchers and they would have to find a plan that would provide what they want. The amount would be inadequate, and the eligibles would end up with a larger share of the cost of the premiums.

More profits for the private

insurers, more costs for the insured, inferior coverage.

To add to this, also afoot in Ryan’s plan is raising the age of Medicare eligibility. This is truly scary, if not disastrous.

At a time when we are the only industrialized nation in the world that fails to provide universal coverage at a cost per person that is much lower than our system can, and with superior health outcomes, the Republicans are plotting to make matters worse.

We simply cannot allow this to happen.

Adding a Trump presidency, with all its threats, to a Republican congress in control of our economy and potentially, our Supreme Court, and our influence in the world is too horrible to contemplate.

Let us begin by repeating why Bernie Sanders has continued in his quest to remain in the Democratic primary to the end.

Even though it is unlikely for him to gain the presidential nomination, his aim is to present enough votes for delegates that can influence the inclusion

of his ideas in the platform. He must be able to start with improving Hillary Clinton’s health coverage plan.

He continues to advocate for a single payer, Medicare for all plan to replace the ACA, rather than incremental changes as proposed by Clinton.

His plan would provide all medically necessary services without cost sharing. It can be implemented, according to the most impartial estimates, with efficiency, universal access and fairness.

A detailed proposal for single payer reform, in the American Journal of Public Health, has been hailed as the most efficient and promising solution to our problems with the ACA. Thousands of doctors have issued a call to pass this plan.

Dr. David Himmelstein and Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, formerly lecturers at Harvard Medical School and now professors of health policy at City University School of Public Health, have been influential world renowned experts.

In the opinion of these planners, who have been advo-

cating such a plan for at least thirty years and have seen documented improved systems throughout the world, it is time to implement single payer, which can replace Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and pharmaceutical markets.

If we fail to do so, we face the dire possibility of suffering through increased costs and unnecessary complexities, duplication, and the need for defining and choosing from a confusing multitude of offerings.

By no stretch of the imagination can we allow the choices made by over-lobbied, mostly uninformed members of Congress to stand.

We must make a dent in the frustration of a large segment of our population that has allowed another uninformed presumptive advocate for “great” solutions to promote policies that he cannot even define.

One victory at a time can serve as a model to us to adhere to progressive solutions nationally and globally.

Esther Confino New Hyde Park

MTA exceeds expectations on Thomaston bridge

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n March 30, 2015, demolition was started on the Colonial Road Bridge.

This bridge allows traffic to bypass the congestion by the Welwyn Road Post Office, Shop Delight and LIRR train station.

The demolition of the bridge and its ultimate reconstruction were steps necessary to allow the MTA to provide LIRR service

directly to Grand Central Terminal ( East Side Access Project.)

Multiple governmental agencies were/are involved in the planning and execution of the East Side Access Project, and it was expected that the Colonial Road Bridge would re-open June 2016.

However, by Wednesday, May 11 the bridge was re-opened to traffic ahead of schedule, with

no fanfare, self congratulations, fist bumps, or high fives — just a completed job, how amazing!

Congratulations and thank yous must be extended to all agencies involved, but especially to the Village of Thomaston officials.

Many thanks to former Mayor Robert Stern who was very much hands on during the planning stages of the project and

especially for his advocacy on behalf of the residents of Thomaston.

Many thanks to current Mayor Steven Weinberg and his staff who followed the project through to completion and kept the village informed through texts and updates on the Village website.

Also, there was good, clear signage on the roads to help mo-

torists navigate the detours.

It is inspiring and refreshing that a major project, such as the demolition and reconstruction of the Colonial Road Bridge was completed on time with no melodrama, no excuses and with beautiful results. Yes, it can be done!

Janet Fine Thomaston Letters Continued on Page 46

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After 4 years, NCC finds a new prez

By J oe N i k i c

Nassau Community College’s nearly four-year search for a permanent president has finally come to an end.

Outgoing Farmingdale State College president W. Hubert Keen was approved by the SUNY Board of Trustees at a special meeting Thursday to head the Garden Citybased institution.

“I have every confidence that Dr. Keen’s leadership of Nassau Community College will serve as an important and impactful turning point for the campus, one that will greatly benefit NCC’s students, faculty, and

staff,” SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher said. “I want to thank Interim President [Thomas] Dolan for his leadership as well as Dr. [Jorge] Gardyn and the Board of Trustees at the college and the presidential search committee for their dedication to getting this appointment exactly right.”

Nassau Community College has been seeking a permanent president since Donald Astrab left the position in July 2012.

Dolan, formerly the Great Neck school district’s Superintendent of Schools, has served as interim president since September.

Keen has served as SUNY Farmingda-

le’s president since 2007.

Prior to heading the school, he served two years as the institution’s provost and vice president for Academic Affairs.

“I am honored that the Nassau Community College Presidential Search Committee, NCC Board of Trustees, Chancellor Zimpher, and the SUNY Board of Trustees have offered me the opportunity to work with this very important institution,” Keen said. “While this opportunity is not one I anticipated, it is one I am pleased to embrace, and am honored to be entrusted with NCC’s leadership.”

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The NCC Board of Trustees approved Keen’s appointment at Tuesday’s board meeting, where they announced that a permanent president had been selected but were not releasing the name until the SUNY board’s approval.

“Dr. Keen brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to Nassau Community College,” Gardyn, who chairs NCC’s Board of Trustees, said. “The board is excited about working with our next president. We look forward to a new era of growth and advancement.”

Keen’s appointment comes almost three weeks after an independent accrediting agency issued a report stating that the institution needed to hire a permanent president to keep its accreditation.

Of the 14 standards The Middle States Commission on Higher Education uses to accredit institutions, NCC was not in compliance with seven of them, with the community college’s failure to select a permanent president highlighting most of the report’s issues, according to the report.

The Middle States Commission is expected to issue a formal sanction to the institution on June 23, according to Newsday.

FIVE HOLY CROSS STUDENTS WIN CONGREGATION OF HOLY CROSS’ 7th ANNUAL PROJECT HOPE CONTEST Five Holy Cross High School students won for their self-produced films in this year’s Project Hope Contest and were among 54 winners total. Sponsored by the Brothers of Holy Cross, Moreau Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross in Austin, Texas, this year’s contest yielded nearly 750 entries from all 12 Holy Cross schools within the nation.

The contest analyzed the writing, music, art, and film work of students, which required them to reflect on the meaning of mercy, as the main theme, while exploring their faith and becoming an active

part of the Holy Year of Mercy.

Contestants were asked to consider their experiences regarding the concept of mercy and topics such as, but not limited to, God’s mercy in our lives, students’ works of mercy as relating to corporal works of mercy, local acts of mercy in and around our community, and spiritual works of mercy.

At the beginning of this year’s Holy Year of Mercy, Pope Francis asked us to mindfully examine how we can live a pure life of mercy.

This thought provoking statement was pondered by our students before they embarked on their projects.

For the production of the film Project Hope: Anything Goes, second place prize winners were Teddy Byrne and Thomas Kostic. For the production of the film Children of Mercy, fourth place prize winners were Brian Dolan, Pantelis Mouchlis, and Oghenetanure Adegor.

Winners were acknowledged for their wonderful, faith-filled work and were presented with cash awards as well.

Photo: Mr. Patrick Harris, Assistant Principal (left) and Mr. Edward Burns, Principal (right) pose with three of the five winners before prize distribution.

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H H H H H ELECTION 2016

Voters bring Rudd back to NHP-GCP board

By N o a h M a n s k a r New Hyde Park-Garden City Park school district residents voted Tuesday to approve three 2016-2017 budgets and to return former Trustee Patricia Rudd to the school board.

Voters passed the $37.5 million New Hyde Park-Garden City Park budget 810 votes to 338, and elected Rudd to a threeyear term with 726 votes to newcomer Shamini Sivalingam’s 288.

“I feel the community choose me for the trustee seat for my extensive experience on all school board matters and my commitment to bringing educational control back to the states and local school boards,” Rudd said in a statement.

Voters also approved the Sewanhaka Central High School District’s $184.1 million budget with 690 “yes” votes to 270 “no” votes. The budget passed with a total of 4,144 votes in favor to 1,493 votes against across Sewanhaka’s four elementary school districts.

The Hillside Public Library’s $3 million budget with a 0.51-percent tax levy increase also passed 851 votes to 293.

Rudd, a former 15-year school board trustee, replaces outgoing 12-year Trustee Joan Romagnoli, who represented New Hyde Park-Garden City Park on the Sewanhaka school board for 10 years.

School board Trustee Jennifer Ker-

NHP-GCP Budget: 810 yes (70.6%), 338 no (29.4%) Sewanhaka Budget: 4,144 yes (73.5%), 1,493 no (26.5%) Hillside Public Library budget: 851 yes (74.4%), 293 no (25.6%) School Board Election: Patricia Rudd: 726 (71.6%) Shamini Sivalingam: 288 (28.4%) Jennifer Kerrane: 836 (unopposed) Ernest Gentile: 805 (unopposed) rane and board President Ernest Gentile also won unopposed re-election bids with 836 and 805 votes, respectively.

Sivalingam congratulated Rudd and said she was glad to give residents a choice in the school board race, adding that she will continue efforts to increase involvement among parents and may run for school board again.

“I wanted to run because I really did want to inspire and motivate parents to see that anybody can do it,” she said. “I think that I managed to do that.”

The New Hyde Park-Garden City Park budget will increase tax bills an average of $12.38, administrators have said. It reflects a 1.99-percent spending increase and a 0.38-percent tax levy increase, Assistant Superintendent for Business Michael Frank has said.

The district will maintain its programs and purchase new equipment to support its science, technology, engineer-

ing, arts and mathematics initiatives and start a one-to-one technology program, Superintendent Robert Katulak has said.

A $5.855 million state aid package — including a $126,791 final reimbursement for the state’s “gap elimination adjustment” — created room for contingency expenses administrators previously cut, Frank said last month.

Sewanhaka’s $1.6 million aid boost allowed the district to add 15 new staff, including eight teachers, restoring cuts made in the past several years, officials have said.

Rudd touted her experience and knowledge as an aid to the district in a time of shifting educational policy.

She was active with the Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association and involved with education lobbying efforts in Albany and Washington, D.C., she has said. “... I think at this point in the game, we really need someone with experience,

especially since Joan (Romagnoli) is stepping down,” she said in an interview last month.

Sivalingam said she aimed to bring a “solution-based” perspective to increase parent involvement and find ways to fund new programs outside of budget restrictions.

A native of Malaysia who moved to the U.S. in 2000, Sivalingam would also represent the district’s increased racial diversity and engage more parents of minority ethnic backgrounds, she has said. ”Two brains are smarter than one brain, and I think there are many, many smart people in the community, and I think we have to attract that level of commitment from within the community to come up with those ideas,” Sivalingam said in an interview last month.

Rudd and Sivalingam agreed that declining parent involvement is an issue in New Hyde Park-Garden City Park, but they diverged on how the district should address Common Core standards.

Rudd has said she would like to see the federal government move away from the standards and return control to local school districts, she said.

Sivalingam has said the school board should deal with the standards more proactively. She said she thinks they have educational value but have been hampered by a bungled rollout.

G.N. Library budget approved by wide margin

By J oe N i k i c Great Neck school district residents voted Tuesday to approve the Great Neck Library’s $9,628,200 budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year, which calls for a less than 1 percent decrease, or $19,000, from the current year’s budget.

The budget received 79 percent of the vote — 903 to 239.

“We are most appreciative of the confidence the public has shown in the fiscal management of the Great Neck Library,” Great Neck Library business manager Neil Zitofsky said. “We will continue to earn that trust by operating in a responsible and transparent manner.”

While spending decreased, the

amount the library will collect through taxation will remain the same as the current year’s budget at $8,641,500.

Zitofsky said if the board decided to decrease taxes, it would had an impact on the Library’s Aaa bond rating designated by Moody’s Investors Service Inc. “That was predicated on the fact that the bond holders were guaranteed that the tax rates would not decrease,” Zitofsky said. “We could do it voluntarily, in theory, but not once we’ve got the bond in place.”

The budget includes $3,768,000 to be spent on employee salaries, a $71,400 increase from the current year’s budget.

Zitofsky said that number includes an additional $250,000 that is not cur-

rently being used to pay staff, but is a security measure in the event the library needs to hire part-time employees once the Main Building re-opens.

The budget calls for an additional $250,000 to be added to the Automated Library Fund to update the district’s information technology infrastructure.

An additional $200,000 was added to the district’s Branch Fund, Zitofsky said, to “refresh” its three branches after Main Building renovations are completed.

The budget also calls for an additional $50,000 to be added to the Main Building and Special Services Fund for startup costs for a new Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM, Laboratory.

Great Neck Library’s Main Branch

Wins for budget, Chin in Herricks school election Continued from Page 1 cussing the possibility of flattening the tax levy.

Apicos and Chin had agreed the district’s finances are in a strong position now, but diverged somewhat on its budget outlook.

Apicos has said the budget put Herricks in a “state of equilibrium” after major cuts in the early years of the state’s tax levy cap.

The district could benefit from strong

budget planning and involving teachers been dealt,” Apicos said at a May 2 candimore in decision-making and program dates’ forum.

Chin, on the other hand, said this development, as they could generate year’s budget inideas that would dicates a brighter save money with- Herricks Budget: out sacrificing pro- 1,370 yes (74.5%), 469 no (25.5%) outlook as the district has learned to grams, he said. He School Board Election: navigate the cap by also questioned the Chin: 1,340 (78.5%) restoring cuts she use of reserves in Apicos: 368 (21.5%) described as painful the budget.

“You’re doing the best you can with and adding new programs.

She said she was unsure what rethe situation and the cards that you’ve

serves Apicos was referring to.

“It’s not that it doesn’t hurt now, but we kind of learned how to live with it and we kind of learned to adjust and roll with those punches, but we don’t have these big reserves that some of our neighboring districts might have,” Chin said at the forum.

Chin would also like to see more team-building for students and staff, and programs addressing issues such as bullying and eating disorders, she has said.

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Mineola voters OK tax cut, new trustee

By N o a h M a n s k a r Mineola school district residents voted 863 to 205 to approve the district’s 20162017 budget Tuesday, giving themselves a miniscule tax cut and setting the stage for a five-year capital plan.

Hampton Street School PTA Co-President Cheryl Lampasona also won her unopposed bid for a three-year term to replace outgoing school board Vice President Patricia Navarra with 806 votes.

“Words cannot express my thanks to the wonderful people of my community for entrusting me to continue the greatness that the Mineola school district is, by electing me as their new (school board) trustee,” Lampasona said in a statement.

Navarra is stepping down after one term to pursue a position with a national collective bargaining group for college pro-

fessors. The school board will select a new la High School, dedicated pre-kindergarten wings at two schools, a new playground vice president in July.

The budget grew 1.73 percent to surface at Meadow Drive School, and a bus $91.2 million this year despite a $10,000, loop at Mineola Middle School.

Lampasona, 38, has said she wants 0.012-percent tax levy decrease under to keep the district on the “cutting edge” state tax cap law.

Helped by a nearly 10-percent state while continuing the programs administrators have aid boost and $650,000 addi- Budget: 863 yes (80.8%), 205 no (19.2%) started, such as elementary tional unallocat- School Board Election: school Spanish ed fund balance Cheryl Lampasona: 806 (unopposed) classes and the money, the disuse of technoltrict will make more than a dozen equipment purchases ogy in classrooms.

“I think education, it’s a giant wave, and take up nine of 22 projects in a fiveyear capital plan Superintendent Michael like it’s always changing, so we always have to be on the new front of someNagler presented in April.

Among them are repairs to the cupola thing,” Lampasona said in an interview and classroom air conditioning at Jackson last month.

Lampasona has worked as a full-time Avenue School, a new district storage facility, new music rooms and lockers at Mineo- and part-time teacher for the past 12 years

and currently teaches third grade in Woodside, Queens.

She has lived in the Mineola district for six years and is the mother of a Hampton Street School kindergartner and secondgrader, she has said.

She comes to the board following the growth this year of Mineola’s “opt out” movement of parents protesting the controversial state tests aligned with Common Core educational standards.

Lampasona has said she thinks the standards are valuable and would not have had her older child sit out tests this year, but she thinks it is good that parents have a choice in the matter.

“What the kids are taking now, are they fair? No. They’re very difficult exams,” she said. “I just hope they’re being put to good measure and good use to further education, not hold something back.”

DellaCorte keeps F.P.-Bellerose ed board seat friendships, community outreach and awareness,” she said in a statement Wednesday. “I look forward to continuing my work with concerned parents and commuFloral Park-Bellerose school board Trustee Denise nity members toward what’s best for ALL children.”

DellaCorte won a third full term Tuesday with 1,251 DellaCorte, a 31-year district resident and votes, beating challenger Roni Kropf’s 821 retired nurse, said she is proud of the district’s votes.

Budget: 1,560 yes (74.4%), 536 no (25.6%) balanced budgets despite the difficulties of the School board Trustee Doug Vigo won an unstate’s tax levy cap, which required the tax cut opposed bid for a second term with 1,516 votes. $950,000 in capital spending: 1,601 yes (77%), 478 no (23%) this year.

DellaCorte did not return a request for com- School Board: The school board and administrators conment Wednesday.

Denise DellaCorte: 1,252 (60.4%) stantly evaluate their implementation of ComResidents voted 1,560 to 536 to approve the Roni Kropf: 821 (39.6%) mon Core standards, she said, and test results district’s $29.5 million budget with a 1.14-pershow students’ achievements are “soaring.” cent spending increase and 0.47-percent tax Kropf’s loss is her second in as many years. She ran “Based on the feedback we’re getting from the state, levy cut.

Residents also approved $950,000 in capital reserve for a seat last year against current board President Laura the fact that our one school is a school of excellence, the fact that the gap is closing with special education and spending 1,601 votes to 478. The money will fund a Ferone.

“Change is often difficult but with every loss there general education students — I think all these things $1.15 million capital improvements package that inContinued on Page 49 cludes new kitchens, elevators and heating systems at are many victories: making connections, fostering

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both district schools.

The Sewanhaka Central High School District’s budget also passed in Floral Park-Bellerose with 1,507 votes in favor to 577 against.

G.N. school budget passes with flying colors

By J oe N i k i c Great Neck school district residents voted Tuesday to approve the district’s $218,927,365 budget for the 2016-17 school year and re-elect incumbent board member Monique Bloom to the district’s Board of Education.

The budget was approved with 84 percent of the vote — 975 to 182 .

Efforts to reach school board officials for comment on the budget Bloom received 776 votes in her uncontested race for re-election to the school board.

Efforts to reach Bloom were unavailing.

The school budget calls for a $2,229,611 increase in spending over the current budget, but still requires a reduction of 14 teaching positions as well as 21 other employees to stay under the under the district’s .17 percent statemandated tax cap.

Board Vice President Larry Gross said after hiring 24 new full-time positions

last year the district needed to reduce the school staff.

State legislators eliminated the Gap number of teachers by 14 in the 2016-17 Elimination Adjustment, an unpopular school year.

District Assistant Superintendent for method the state introduced in 2010 to Business John Powell said that in addi- cover a budget deficit at the expense of tion to cutting the number of teachers 21 public schools, in approving a $155 billion budget last month. non-teaching positions The elimination of needed to be eliminated Budget: $218,927,365 the Gap Elimination to keep the budget unVotes Yes: 975 Adjustment provided der the cap.

Long Island schools These employees Votes No: 182 with an $155 million in include one full-time Percentage Yes: 84% additional funding. administrative staff School Board: While Great Neck member, nine parapro- Monique Bloom - Votes: 776 schools did receive fessionals, three fullalmost $591,000 in time and three part-time clerical staff members, one buildings and restored GEA funds, Superintendent of grounds department supervisor and four Schools Teresa Prendergast said, about $360,000 of it is a one-time payment. cleaning attendants.

The district will use the funds to reSchool officials said the district was looking at ways to rehire employees who store the early morning drop-off program for elementary school students, hours for get laid off.

The district will use $591,000 in re- elementary English Language Arts and stored Gap Elimination Adjustment funds Math support programs, a percentage for the restoration of school programs of the Student Index Allocation, which rather than to retain laid off teachers and allows school building principals to use

supply, material and equipment money and to continue the district’s technology initiatives.

The $360,000 one-time payment will be used to reduce the amount of money currently used from the district’s reserve fund to balance the budget.

The budget includes a $2 million increase in the salaries of district employees, a $1.65 million increase in the cost of employee health insurance benefits and a $1.25 million increase to special education services.

The district cut $1.4 million from the teachers’ retirement fund and almost $1 million from supplies and materials costs, and raised day school tuition charges to generate a $450,000 increase in revenues.

Bloom won her first full term on the board in March 2013 after being appointed in June 2012 to replace board Vice President Fran Langsner, who moved outside the school district.

She is a former United Parent-Teacher Council president.

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bLAnK SLATE MEdIA May 20 2016

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air Show returns for memorial Day Blue Angels, Snowbirds and Breitling Jet Team on tap to perform aerial maneuvers Bethpage Federal Credit Union and the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced the final lineup for the 2016 Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach taking place Memorial Day Weekend on Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.

For the first time, three jet teams will perform at the Bethpage Air Show including show headliners, the legendary United States Navy Blue Angels, returning to the Bethpage Air Show for their seventh performance during their 70th anniversary season.

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will give the final performance of the show at approximately 2 p.m.

The Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds will be making their 3rd performance at the Bethpage Air Show where they will perform over 50 different formations and maneuvers for fans.

The third of the three jet teams to perform is the Breitling Jet Team, the world’s elite professional civilian jet aerobatics team, returning to Long Island for their second consecutive performance

following a successful performance last year. The new United States Air Force F-35 Lightning II, the world’s most advanced multi-role fighter aircraft, will also perform at the Bethpage Air Show for the first time in its inaugural year.

The F-35 Heritage Flight performance will feature the F-35 flying alongside WWII, Korean and Vietnam-era aircraft in a dynamic display of our nation’s air power history.

With a top speed of 1,200 mph, the F-35 is capable of setting off sonic booms as it did this past January for all of the East Coast to experience!

Other star-studded performers at this year’s Bethpage Air Show include the United States Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, performing in their 12th Bethpage Air Show; legendary air show pilot Sean Tucker performing in his custom-built Oracle Challenger II biplane; extraordinary aerobatic pilot Matt Chapman; the John Klatt Airshows – Jack Links’ Screamin’ Sasquatch Jet Waco Aerobatic Team; the world famous GEICO Skytypers and their flight squadron of six vintage

WWII aircraft; the American Airpower Museum Warbirds; Long Island’s own David Windmiller; the Air Combat Command F-16 Viper Demonstration Team; our hometown, 106th Air Rescue Wing will show their support by performing a HC-130 and HH-60 flyby demonstration; and new for 2016, the SUNY Farmingdale State College Flying Rams who will fly seven of their 22 college-owned aircraft in a fly-by piloted by their top academic professional pilot performers.

“This year’s 2016 Bethpage Air Show is one of, if not the best, schedule of performers we have ever seen in the history of

the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach State Park,” said George Gorman, deputy regional director of state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historical Preservation. “We are very happy to be able to bring this level of talent to Long Island, which is already buzzing with excitement about this year’s show.”

Last year’s 12th annual Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach brought over 325,000 fans to Jones Beach when the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds performed during the Memorial Day Weekend event to help share the story of our nation’s military.

“Each Memorial Day Weekend, we are honored

to welcome and pay tribute to the men and women who so bravely serve our country,” said Linda Armyn, senior vice president of corporate affairs of Bethpage Federal Credit Union.

“We are pleased that the United States Navy Blue Angels have committed to perform for their seventh time for our show. We are confident that this year’s show will be nothing short of spectacular.”

The Bethpage Air Show will be held Memorial Day weekend at Jones Beach State Park, Wantagh on Saturday, May 28 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. and Sunday, May 29 10 a.m. – 3: p.m..

The Air Show is free to the public, but the standard $10.00 vehicle use fee will be collected each day upon entry to the State Park. For 2016 state Empire Passport holders, there is no vehicle use fee charge.

For $65, the Empire Passport permits unlimited vehicle access to most facilities operated by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Empire Passports are available for purchase at any Long Island State Park

and can be utilized immediately and are effective until March 31, 2017 to enjoy the forests, the seashores and the lakefronts of New York State’s parks through all of New York’s beautiful seasons.

For up-to-date information about this year’s show, please visit www. bethpageairshow.com or https://www.facebook. com/BethpageAirShow/, or contact the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Regional Office, Recreation Department at 631/321-3510.

The Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach is sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Newsday, WABC-TV Channel 7, Connoisseur Media Long Island and Natural Heritage Trust. The show can be heard in its entirety on WHLI 1100 and 1370 AM. Bethpage Air Show announcers will lead air show activities from the Jones Beach State Park Central MallBoardwalk area where food, beverages and ground activities will be available for fans.

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Mike Vecchione Friday, May 20, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 21, 7:30 &10 p.m.

Born in Youngstown, Ohio to Italian American-Catholic parents, Mike Vecchione took the scenic route to the world of professional comedy, earning a bachelors degree in criminal justice at Pennsylvania State University before counseling adjudicated teens and children with mental health issues and teaching special education in the Philadelphia School District. After receiving his masters in Special Education from Cabrini College he moved to New York City in 2003 and began stand-up comedy.

Where: Brokerage Comedy Club, 2797 Merrick Road, Bellmore Info: (516) 785-8655 • http://tickets.brokeragecomedy.com

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Afternoon T.E.A.: Motown Acoustics

Wednesday, May 25, 2 p.m.

Kellie Nicole and Jon Price cover acoustic arrangements of R&B and the Motown era with songs of Stevie Wonder, Martha & the Vandellas, the Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, and more. Dancing in the aisles is expected! Light refreshments and snacks will be served. Free admission to Afternoon TEA is made possible by the support of the Manhasset Community Fund, Greentree Foundation “Good Neighbor” Fund, the New York Community Bank Foundation and the Nassau County Bar Association “We Care Fund.”

Where: Landmark On Main Street, 232 Main Street, Suite 1, Port Washington Info: (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 • www.landmarkonmainstreet.org

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The Zombies, Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals

Sunday, May 22, 7 p.m.

The second UK group following the Beatles to score a No. 1 hit in America, The Zombies infiltrated the airwaves with the sophisticated melodies, breathy vocals, choral back-up harmonies and jazzy keyboard riffs of their 1960s hit singles like “She’s Not There” and “Tell Her No”. They will be appearing along with former Rascals frontman Felix Cavaliere, the man behind chart-toppers “Good Lovin’,” “Groovin’” and “People Got to Be Free.”

Where: NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info: (516) 247-5200 • www.thetheatreatwestbury.com

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Andrew Dice Clay Saturday, May 21, 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 22, 8 p.m.

Comedian Andrew Dice Clay’s rise to fame was nothing less than meteoric; becoming the first comedian to sell out Madison Square Garden two nights in a row and the only performer ever “Banned For Life from MTV.” Over the last few years, Clay’s career has experienced a resurgence, most notably when he starred in Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine,” roles on “Entourage” and “Vinyl” and his new aptly titled Showtime series “Dice.”

Where: The Paramount 370 New York Ave. Huntington Info: (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com

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City Alley, Foam & The Fulcrum Thursday, May 26, 8 p.m.

The Space hosts three Long Island-based bands Thursday night. City Alley, from East Northport, is composed of Joe DiGiglio, Matt Cusack and Chris Insignares; Foam features Jude Renna and Jim Cyran sharing the guitar and vocal duties, Frank Mortillaro on drums and bassist Mike Dunn; and The Fulcrum is an alternative rock trio with a high-energy live show.

Where: The Space at Westbury, 250 Post Ave., Westbury Info: (516) 283.5566 • www.thespaceatwestbury.com

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Africa to Auschwitz: Germany, Genocide and Denial

Sunday, May 22, 2 p.m.

A panel discussion about the first genocide of the 20th century and its impact on Nazism.

From 1904 to 1908, Imperial Germany murdered at least 80,000 Ovaherero and approximately 10,000 Nama during Germany’s colonization of Southwest Africa, in the region known today as Namibia. This will be the first time this topic has been presented in the United States, publicly and with an international panel of experts.

Where: Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove Info: (516) 571-8040 • http://www.hmtcli.org

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Materpieces in the Main House Sunday, May 22,12-5 p.m.

The Caumsett Foundation hosts this juried art exhibit and silent auction featuring local artists. The exhibit and auction will take place in the Marshall Field lll Main House at Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve.

The event will close with wine, hors d’oeuvres, music and a meet and greet with the artists from 3 to 5 p.m..

All proceeds will go to the preservation of the park.

Tickets for the closing party are $25 per person, $35 at the door.

Where: Caumsett State Park, 25 Lloyd Harbor Rd., Huntington Info: (631) 423-1770 www.caumsettfoundation.org

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Enjoy a guided nature walk on our trails. Our 155-acre site is home to more than 149 resident and migratory birds, 49 species of butterflies and 150 native plant species. Meet your guide at site entrance at 12:50 p.m. $5 admission for one hour.

Where: Hoffman Center nature preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary, 600 northern boulevard, Muttontown Info: (516) 922-3290 • www.hoffmancenter.org

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Dance it up in honor of World Turtle Day! Celebrate our favorite shelled reptiles and discover interesting facts about turtles at our Information Station, make fun turtle crafts,and get your face painted. Dress in green for door prizes! All ages. Facepainting $4; all else free with paid admission; members are free.

Where: The Whaling Museum & Education Center, 301 Main Street , Cold Spring Harbor Info: 631-367-3418 • www.cshwhalingmuseum.org

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Choose from one of the following fun, sweet activities: Take a Dip in the chocolate fountain (marshmallow or pretzel) - $2; Fill a Syringe with melted chocolate from our 4’ fountain and indulge - $4; Chill Out with delicious Giffords Ice Cream in our freshly made waffle cones - Price Varies; Sweeten your day with safe to eat cookie dough by Do NYC - $5; Create your own candy bar with your choice of chocolate & candy toppings and then, dip a sweet treat in our warm and delicious 4’ chocolate fountain - $25.

Where: The gallery At Westbury plaza, 916 Old Country Road, garden City Info:(516) 833-9198 • http://gardencity.chocolateworks.com/

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wesome Animal Show Saturday, May 21, 1:00 p.m.

Ranger Eric Powers, a wildlife biologist with 27 years’ experience, will present a fascinating show about wildlife, pets and nature. The presentation will include a hands on look at bones, skulls, fur and other wildlife artifacts. Ranger Powers will also give guests a comparative look at some commonly mistaken animals, such as African and American bullfrogs; a turtle and a tortoise; and geckos and skinks. He will also present the differences between North American and tropical snakes; solid-haired and hollowhaired mammals; and underground and treetop insects.

Where: Long Island Game Farm, 489 Chapman Boulevard, Manorville Info: 631-878-6644 • www.longislandgamefarm.com

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Saturday, May 21 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Tuesday, May 24 through Friday, May 27 at 10:15 a.m. and noon

Join us for a live musical adventure set in Long Island’s Great South Bay. Meet Clammy the Clam who confesses she is not “happy as a clam,” and sets out to find happiness by wishing on a star. Along the way she makes friends and meets a feisty fiddler crab, a fluke, a jelly and a sea star. Join the cast on a multi-sensory storytelling experience as you learn facts about Clammy and the other creatures of the Great South Bay. Written by award-winning family performer/ journalist and Long Islander Lena Pennino-Smith, this show gets everyone singing, dancing and clamoring for more (while sneaking in some local science and geography).

Back by popular demand after an amazing run last year!

Happy as Clams is a joint production of LICM and Songs by Lena. Ages: 3 and up. Fee: $9 per seat with museum admission ($7 per seat LICM members), $12 theater only.

Where: Long Island Children’s Museum Info: (516) 224-5800 • http://www.licm.org/

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ea Lion Feedings at the Queen Zoo

Open Year Round Sea lions may seem clumsy on land, but their oar-like flippers and torpedo-shaped bodies make them strong swimmers and divers. Feedings at 11:15 a.m., 2:00 p.m., & 4:00 p.m., daily. Spend the day at the zoo and visit all of the other fun animals!

Where: Queens Zoo, 53-51 111th Street, Flushing Info: (718) 271-1500 • www.queenszoo.com

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Sorbet and Fruit* The following buffet uses high protein ingredients paired with *Recipe Not Given vegetables, fresh herbs and a generous use of pepper and herbs to Culinary Architect’s make a filling and satisfying meal, Delicious Herb Chicken which may easily be doubled and This recipe gets a lot of flavor tripled for all your buffet entertain- from fresh herbs and swapping ing needs. out non fat yogurt for mayonAdd a “welcome drink” of naise, reduces lots of fat homemade iced tea and finish off 5 lbs. Boneless, Free-range, this delightful repast with store Organic Chicken Breast, bought sorbet (look for ones that cut into chunks and poached are low in sugar and high in fresh in vegetable stock fruit and you have a party in the 1 cup non-fat yogurt making. Sante.

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Iceberg Lettuce and Sliced 2. Just before serving, toss Tomato* chicken in sauce.

1. In a large bowl, whisk together mustard, vinegar and black pepper.

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3. To Serve: Place endive on platter. Top with Chicken.

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3 6 oz. cans solid white tuna, packed in water, drained well and flaked 2 tblsps Dijon Mustard 1 tblsp red wine vinegar 1 bunch fresh dill, snipped Pepper to taste

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LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Wednesday, May 25, 2 p.m.

Afternoon T.E.A.: Motown Acoustics Thursday, June 23, 2016, 7:30 p.m.

Tommy Emmanuel STEPHEN C. WIDOM CULTURAL ARTS AT EMANUEL 150 Hicks Lane, Great Neck (516) 482-5701 • www.scwculturalarts.org/ emanuel-series/ Sunday, June 5, 3 p.m.

Harvey Granat presents “By George!” with special guest Todd Gershwin NYCB Theatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury.

(516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Sunday, May 22, 7 p.m.

The Zombies, Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals Tuesday, May 31, 8 p.m.

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience Saturday, June 4, 8 p.m.

Saturday Night Summer Fever Concert Thursday, June 9, 8 p.m.

Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. Friday, June 10, 8 p.m.

Johnny Mathis Thursday, June 16, 8 p.m.

Don Rickles & Regis Philbin: Conversation & Clips Saturday, June 18, 8 p.m.

Happy Together feat. Flo & Eddie, Chuck Negron Sunday, June 19, 8 p.m.

Boyz II Men Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m.

Air Supply Friday, Sept. 16, 8 p.m.

Charlie Daniels Band Saturday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m.

Joe Bonamassa The Space at Westbury 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury.com Thursday, May 26, 8 p.m.

City Alley, Foam & The Fulcrum Thursday, June 2, 8 p.m.

The Studio Rocks Friday, June 10, 8 p.m.

Mary Chapin Carpenter Wednesday, June 15, 8 p.m.

Guster Thursday, June 30, 8 p.m.

Los Lonely Boys Friday, July 1, 8 p.m.

The Lords of 52nd Street Friday, Aug. 5, 8 p.m.

Hot Tuna (Electric) w/Leftover Salmon

Friday, Aug. 12, 8 p.m.

The Wailers The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Friday, May 20, 8 & 10:30 p.m.

Jim Jefferies˜ Saturday, May 21, 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 22, 8 p.m.

Andrew Dice Clay Saturday, May 28, 8 p.m.

Jo Koy Thursday, June 2, 8 p.m.

Cowboy Mouth with The Grave Jinglers & Quarter Horse Friday, June 3, 8 p.m.

I Love the 90’s Show with The Fresh Kids of Bel-Air with Special Guest – Dee Wiz Saturday, June 4, 8 p.m.

Chris Hardwick Friday, June 10, 8 p.m.

Friday Night Fever Sunday, June 12, 8 p.m.

The Dolan Twins Monday, June 13, 7:30 p.m.

Voyage w/ Fleetwood Macked Saturday, June 18, 8 p.m.

Appetite for Destruction – The Ultimate Guns & Roses Experience Friday, June 24, 8 p.m.

Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot Sunday, June 26, 8 p.m.

Creedence Clearwater Revisited Friday, July 1, 8 p.m.

Saturday, July 2, 8 p.m.

Get The Led Out – The American Led Zeppelin Sunday, July 10, 8 p.m.

Zappa Plays Zappa Tuesday, July 12, 8 p.m.

Michael McDonald Friday, July 21, 8 p.m.

Gin Blossoms Friday, July 22, 8 p.m.

The 2016 Summerland Tour: Sugar Ray, Everclear, Sponge & Lit! Monday, July 25, 8 p.m.

Lukas Graham & Bebe Rexha Friday, July 29, 8 p.m.

Grateful Overkill: Half Step, The Rumble Tuesday, Aug. 9, 8 p.m.

Michael Bolton Friday, Aug. 19, 8 p.m.

The Bangles Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m.

Rusted Root & Toad The Wet Sprocket Saturday, Sept. 10, 8 p.m.

Little Feat Friday, Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m.

Boyce Avenue The madison theatre at molloy college 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre.

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A&E Calendar cont’d GOVERNORS’ COMEDY CLUB 90 Division Ave. Levittown (516) 731-3358 • http://tickets.govs. com/index.cfm Friday, May 20, 8 p.m.

Mick Thomas Saturday, May 21, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

John Ziegler

March 19 – July 10 Glamorous Graffiti: Basquiat, Crash, Haring & more This companion exhibition looks at the work of Kenny Scharf’s contemporaries active in the exciting New York graffiti and street art movement of the 1980s. Including a 1988 portfolio of five silk-screened prints by Keith Haring, a range of graffiti styles are explored BROKERAGE COMEDY CLUB through the work of the artists Jean 2797 Merrick Road, Michel Basquiat, Lee Quiñones, Crash, Bellmore (516) 785-8655 • http://tickets.broker- Futura 2000, Toxic and many others.

Films documenting early 1980s graffiti agecomedy.com and urban culture are also included in Friday, May 20, 8 p.m. the exhibition. The artists A-One, Daze, Saturday, May 21, 7:30 &10 p.m.

Dondi, Koor, Lady Pink, Noc, Richard Mike Vecchione Hambleton and Rammellzee appear Wednesday, May 25, 8 p.m. in films such as Downtown 81 by Edo Joey G Presents: The Up in Smoke Bertoglio, Wild Style by Charlie Ahearn Comedy Series and Style Wars by Henry Chalfant and Tony Silver.

PLANTING FIELDS Tuesday, June 7, 1-2 p.m.

Coe Hall Historic House Museum Sketching in the Galleries 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay You don’t have to be able to draw to enjoy (516) 922-9200 • http://www.plantingthis new program! This is not about the fields.org final result but rather about taking time to look closely at works of art in the gallerSaturday, May 28, 6 p.m.

Concert in the Park – Kenny J’s Orches- ies to get a better understanding of how the artist created them. Led by Museum tra, Red, White & Blues educators, this program will encourage Holocaust Memorial and Toler- visitors to slow down as they engage in a variety of drawing assignments that ance Center of Nassau County focus on the artists’ use of line, propor100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove tion, texture and value. Paper, pencils will (516) 571-8040 • http://www.hmtcli.org be provided (participants are welcome to Sunday, May 22, 2 p.m. bring their own sketch books). Program is Africa to Auschwitz: Germany, Genolimited to ten people per session. Admiscide and Denial sion is $5 (members), $15 (nonmembers) and includes Museum admission. Register QUEENSBOROUGH PERFORMING at nassaumuseum.org/events.

ARTS CENTER Thursday, June 9, 1-2 p.m.

222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside, NY 11364 Brown Bag Lectures - Riva Ettus (718) 595-2905 • http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/ Bring a sandwich and enjoy lunch with qpac/ friends as Museum docent Riva Ettus Sunday, May 29, 3 p.m. presents an informative talk on the life Music of the Knights and career of contemporary artist Kenny Scharf whose work is currently on view Nassau county museum of art at the Museum. Afterward, join the 2 p.m.

1 Museum Dr., Roslyn public exhibition tour. Free with Museum (516) 484-9338 • http://nassaumuseum. admission. Reservations not needed; first org come, first seated.

MAIN GALLERIES AUTISM PROGRAMS March 19 – July 10 Various dates through June 2016 Kenny Scharf Creative Expeditions Emerging with the New York City Children aged 5-10 who are on the augraffiti and street art movement of tism spectrum, along with their families the 1980s, Kenny Scharf (b. 1958) is or caregivers, engage in gallery experiknown for his vibrantly colorful large- ences that encourage talking about and scale paintings and exuberantly playful making art. For further information, call (516) 484-9338, ext. 12. installations.

Various dates through June 2016 His imagery draws upon pop icons, Autism & the Arts media advertising and consumer culture of the 1960s, including TV cartoon Children aged 11-16 who are on the autism spectrum, along with their families characters such as the Flintstones or caregivers, engage in making and and the Jetsons. Curated by Director Karl E. Willers and the Museum’s staff, exploring art through experiences that Kenny Scharf showcases major paint- promote independence and communication. For further information, call (516) ings and sculptures from throughout 484-9338, ext. 12. the artist’s career.

ONGOING Highlights of this exhibition are the expansive mural Pop Renaissance that Sculpture Park Approximately 40 works, many of them surrounds the viewer, a version of monumental in size, by renowned artists the artist’s Cosmic Cavern club-like including Fernando Botero, Tom Otterenvironment, as well as a recreation ness, George Rickey and Mark DiSuvero of the artist’s former Brooklyn studio complete with spattered walls, painted among others, are situated to interact furniture and other workspace ephem- with nature on the museum’s magnificent 145-acre property. era.

Walking Trails SECOND FLOOR GALLERIES

The museum’s 145 acres include many marked nature trails through the woods, perfect for family hikes or independent exploration.

Gardens From restored formal gardens of historic importance to quiet little nooks for dreaming away an afternoon, the museum’s 145 acre property features many lush examples of horticultural arts. Come view our expanded gardens and beautiful new path to the museum.

For The Family Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m.; Family Tour at 1 p.m.; Art Activities at 1:30 p.m. on March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 24. Converse, collaborate and create at Neiman Marcus Family Sundays at the Museum. Be inspired by the works in the galleries, explore new art materials. Family Sundays allow children and the adults in their lives to take time to reconnect while talking about and making art together. During the showing of Kenny Scharf, we will draw inspiration from this artist’s colorful, imaginative art works. New projects featured every week. Reservations not needed. Free with Museum admission. Please note: Neiman Marcus Family Sundays at the Museum not offered on April 17, please plan to attend the special family program on that date.

favorites; followed by literature-inspired activities and crafts. Ages 3 to 5. Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members).

Marvelous May Flowers Tuesday, May 24 through Friday, May 27 from 2:30 to 4 p.m.

May is blossoming with color! Join us and create a collage of beautiful blooms, sure to brighten up your day!

All ages. Free with museum admission.

Happy as Clams: The Musical Tuesday, May 24 through Friday, May 27 at 10:15 a.m. and noon Tuesday, May 31 through Friday, June 3 at 10:15 a.m. and noon Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Join us for a live musical adventure set in Long Island’s Great South Bay. Meet Clammy the Clam who confesses she is not “happy as a clam,” and sets out to find happiness by wishing on a star.

Along the way she makes friends and meets a feisty fiddler crab, a fluke, a jelly and a sea star. Join the cast on a multi-sensory storytelling experience as you learn facts about Clammy and the other creatures of the Great South Bay. Written by award-winning family performer/journalist and Long Islander Lena Pennino-Smith, this show gets everyone singing, dancing and clamorLong island ing for more (while sneaking in some children’s museum local science and geography). Back by 11 Davis Ave, Garden City popular demand after an amazing run (516) 224-5800 • http://www.licm.org/ last year! Happy as Clams is a joint Museum Hours: Daily from 10 a.m.production of LICM and Songs by Lena.

5 p.m. (unless otherwise indicated).

Ages: 3 and up. Fee: $9 per seat with Museum admission: $12 for adults and museum admission ($7 per seat LICM children over 1 year old, $11 seniors, members), $12 theater only.

FREE to museum members and children Music and Movement under 1 year old. Additional fees for Wednesday, May 25 from 11:30 a.m. – theater and special programs may apply. noon For additional information, contact (516) Join us for a musical morning that gets 224-5800. little bodies moving; pick up a musical stART (Story + Art) instrument and add your voice to our Tuesday, May 24 and Thursday, May,26, sing along songs session. Ages: 5 and 11:30 a.m. - noon. under. Fee: $3 with museum admission Join us each week as we read child($2 LICM members). hood classics and introduce new Continued on Page 33

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Chamber concerts at Temple to host talk on Sands Point Preserve violence in South Asia Chamber Players International will present the fourth concert of its 2015/16 Landmark series, on Sunday, May 22, with the concert at 3:00 p.m. and a wine/buffet reception immediately following at their new venue, Hempstead House at Sands Point Preserve at 127 Middle Neck Road in Sands Point.

This program features Beethoven’s “Archduke” Piano Trio, Mozart’s Piano Trio in C Major and Great Gatsby-era song selections.

Performers will include violinist Bela Horvath, cellist Adrian Daurov and pianist Yoni Levyatov. More about them at http://chamberplayersinternational.org/ our-performers.

Admission is $45 per person, with group rates available. For tickets, contact Hempstead House at 516-304-5076 or visit http://sandspointpreserveconser-

vancy.org/events/chamber-players-international-in-hempstead-house/.

Chamber Players International is a major regional performing arts organization presenting between 25 and 30 concert events serving the entire New York metropolitan area. Its artistic mission is to bring chamber music and chamber orchestra performances of the highest artistic quality to audiences throughout the area including world-renowned guest ensembles such as the International Chamber Orchestra of Rome, The World Youth Alliance Chamber Orchestra of the U.N. New York.

Core ensemble members include violinists Emil Chudnovsky, Bela Horvath, Anastasia Khitruk, violists Mialtin Zhezha and Cong Wu, cellists Andrey Tchekmazov, Adrian Daurov and pianists Yoni Levyatov, Svetlana Smolina, Julia Zilberquit.

Ballet, chamber group partners with Hoftstra Two members of Long Island’s performing arts community — The American Chamber Ensemble and Eglevsky Ballet — are partnering with Hofstra University’s Department of Music to present a concert titled “The Music That Makes Me Dance,” a musical marriage of music and movement, on Saturday, May 21 at 7 p.m. at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse at South Campus.

The concert features music by Cole Porter, Felix Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Piazzola, Gershwin, Jules Styne, Jon Russ, and Hofstra alumnus Andres Maldonado ’15, as well as choreography by Mikhail Fokine, Samuel Kunzman, Eric Lewis Thielman, and Maurice Brandon Curry, who serves as Executive Artistic Director at Eglevsky Ballet.

The concert features special guest artist Ashley Tuttle of American Ballet Theatre. Tuttle was invited by Mikhail Baryshnikov to join American Ballet

Theatre at the age of 16, and her career spanned 17 years with A.B.T., reaching the rank of Principal dancer.

Founded by former New York City Ballet principal dancer Andre Eglevsky, one of the greatest dancers of his generation, Eglevsky Ballet has been bringing balletic artistry of the highest caliber to Long Island for more than 50 years. Eglevsky Ballet has long been recognized as a prominent, professional company.

The American Chamber Ensemble celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015.

Tickets for “The Music That Makes Me Dance: are $35 for adults and $25 for senior citizens and students. Special group rates available by request. For tickets and more information call the Hofstra Box Office at (516) 463-6644 or visit www.HofstraTickets.com. If seats are available, tickets will also be sold at the door, starting 90 minutes prior to show time.

On Friday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m., John Sifton, Asia Advocacy Director for Human Rights Watch, will be the guest in the pulpit at Temple Emanuel of Great Neck. He will offer the talk, “Violence All Around.”

John Sifton works on South and Southeast Asia.

Previously, he was the director of One World Research, a public interest research and investigation firm.

Before joining One World Research, Sifton spent six years at Human Rights Watch, first as a researcher in the Asia division, focusing on Afghanistan and Pakistan, then as the senior researcher on terrorism and counterterrorism. In 2000 and 2001, Sifton worked for the International Rescue Committee, primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and in 1999 he worked at a refugee advocacy organization in Albania and Kosovo.

He holds a law degree from New York University and a bachelor’s degree from St. John’s College, Annapolis. He is the grandson of theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.

Sifton’s talk will be preceded by a brief service.

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& A, and, in conclusion, refreshments will be served. All members of the community are invited to attend. Admission is free.

Temple Emanuel of Great Neck is located at 150 Hicks Lane in Great Neck.

For further information, please call 516.482.5701.

John Sifton will be guest in the pulpit at Temple Emanuel on Friday, May 20 at 7:30 p.m. All members of the community are welcome.

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A&E Calendar cont’d beginning to end and learn about a leading figure of the “pop-art” moveKids in the Kitchen ment, which began in the 1950s. Step Friday, May 27 from 11:30 a.m.- noon into a working silkscreen studio, Children practice using real cooking similar to Warhol’s “Factory”; create an tools (with some help from adults) as original piece of art; dress up like the we make easy, yummy, kid-friendly characters seen in Warhol paintings snacks from start to finish. Children and play with toys like those collected gain experience measuring ingredients, by the artist. Original artwork featured following directions and building their in the exhibit is from Warhol’s Myth vocabulary.

Series; including characters familiar to Ages: 3-5. Material Fee: $4 with muchildren such as Mickey Mouse, Santa seum admission ($3 LICM members).

Claus, the Wicked Witch of the West Messy Afternoons and Uncle Sam. Week-long artist-inSaturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 22 residence programs will supplement from 3:30-5 p.m. the exhibit experience. Sandra Carrion We’ll be up to our elbows in oobleck, and Keith Gamache will lead hands-on clean mud and slime … and we hope public workshops and take part in a you’ll join us for the type of artistic joint art exhibition at the Museum. All activities that everyone loves, but not ages. Free with museum admission. one likes to clean-up after. Except us! Bug Bonanza!

Ages: 18 months to 4 years. Free with Sunday, June 5 from 12:30 to 4 p.m. museum admission.

Join us for a Bug Bonanza at LICM! Outdoor Exhibit – Our Backyard Discover the amazing lives and natural Open Tuesday - Sunday from 10 a.m. – 5 history of insects, spiders and other p.m. (Weather permitting) creepy crawly creatures. Learn about LICM’s award-winning outdoor exhibit bug anatomy and fascinating insects re-opens for the season. Save time that help make up more than threeto explore the sensory garden, make quarters of all animals on Earth. Create evaporation art or take the helm of fun insect crafts, participate in activity our weather. This interactive garden challenges and even enjoy a tasty treat invites children and adults to expand made with edible insects! Bug Botheir knowledge, involvement and sen- nanza is made possible by a generous sitivity with the natural world. grant from Arrow Exterminating, Inc. All ages. Free with museum admisGood Bug/Bad Bug sion.

Sunday, June 5 at 12:30 & 2:30 p.m.

Marvelous May Flowers Find out what makes a bug good or Tuesday, May 31 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. bad, helpful or dangerous from an May is blossoming with color! Join Arrow Exterminating entomologist. us and create a collage of beautiful Explore the fascinating world of variblooms, sure to brighten up your day! ous insects including Subterranean All ages. Free with museum admisTermites, Carpenter Ants, Black Widow sion.

Spiders and more. Tickets are limited Dancing Jellyfish and can be obtained at the LICM Box Wednesday, June 1 through Friday, June 3 Office on a first come, first serve basis. from 2:30 to 4 p.m.

Bug Bonanza is made possible by a You’ll be jumping for joy with your generous grant from Arrow Extermiown dancing jellyfish toy! Join us and nating, Inc. create a fun jellyfish using colorful All ages. Free with museum admission. dot stampers and streamers! All ages.

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THE DOLPHIN BOOK SHOP & CAFE Traveling Exhibit - The Art of Andy 299 Main St., Port Washington Warhol (516) 767-2650 • www.thedolphinbookSaturday, June 4 –Sunday, September 4 shop.com Combining history, creativity and the Friday, May 20, 2-4 p.m. visual arts into one exhibit, visitors will Dave Diamond explore the silkscreen process from Continued from Page 36

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Community Calendar Project Independence Support & Social Group The Town of North Hempstead’s Project Independence is reminding residents that they offer free support and social groups.

Call 311 or (516) 869-6311 for more information.

Memorial Day Commemoration and Fireworks Join us in honoring those who have sacrificed their lives in defense of our freedom on Saturday, May 28 at the Annual Memorial Day Commemoration and Fireworks at North Hempstead Beach Park! Music

by Unforgettable Fire, a U2 tribute band, and FiveStone, playing popular songs from the 80s. The program begins at 6 p.m. and fireworks begin at darkness. For more information, please call 311 or (516) 869-6311.

Night Club Style Karaoke Sunday May 15, from 8 to 12 p.m. at The Living Room, 432 No Wantagh Ave Bethpage. $10 buffet per person. Come sing and enjoy the top Long Island singers bring back memories. You don’t have to Northport Chorale sing to have fun meeting new people, so The Northport Chorale presents John why not give it a try?

Rutter’s Gloria and other Rutter favorites on Friday, May 13 at 8 p.m. Northport High Asian-American Festival School, 154 Laurel Hill Rd, Northport. $15 Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Adults, $12 Seniors, $10 Students. Tickets Town Board are pleased to announce the available at the door. Call 631-223-3789 for return of the Asian-American Festival on more info or visit www.northportchorale.

Saturday, May 21 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at com North Hempstead Beach Park, 175 West Shore Road, Port Washington. Join us S.T.O.P. Program for a day full of cultural performances, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi an arts and crafts market and delicious Bosworth is proud to announce the next Asian cuisine. For more information, call Stop Throwing Out Pollutants (S.T.O.P.) 311 or (516) 869-6311. program will be held Sunday, May 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at North Hempstead First Annual Clark Botanic Garden Beach Park,175 West Shore Road, Port Spring Festival Washington. The S.T.O.P. program offers Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Town of North Hempstead residents the Judi Bosworth and the Town Board anopportunity to dispose of chemical and othnounced that the Town will be holding its er waste that is too dangerous to dispose First Annual Clark Botanic Garden Spring of with routine curbside pickups. For more Festival on Sunday, May 15 from 12 p.m. information, call 311 or (516) 869-6311. For to 5 p.m. at Clark Botanic Garden, 193 I U additional dates and a full list of accepted Willets Road, Albertson. For more inforpollutants, please visit the link below. mation, call 311 or (516) 869-6311.

For Trivia Lovers Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser At 7 p.m. Two Wednesday nights each The Nassau County Chapter of the month at Page One Restaurant, 90 School National Association of Professional St. Glen Cove. Call (516) 625-8804 for Women* (NAPW) will host its biggest information. fundraiser of the year for the Ronald McDonald House of New Hyde Park which Singles Association Of L.I. will be held at: The American Legion Hall: For information on events, please call (516) Post 144, 730 Willis Avenue, Williston 825-0633 or (516) 333-2851 or e-mail Park. Saturday, June 11 from 6 to 10 p.m. singlesassociationofli@yahoo.com.

This fun-filled night will include a buffet dinner, open bar, door prizes, and basket Your Widowed Social Group The group meets on the third Wednesday raffles. Raffle tickets will be sold at the event. The cost of a ticket is $48.00 and of the each month (except July and August) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s can be purchased via this link: http:// R.C. Church on Franklin Ave. and Fifth napwronaldmcdonaldhouse.eventbrite.

Street, Garden City. There is a $5 fee for com. Tickets can also be purchased at members and a $8 fee for non-members. the door.

Routes and speeds vary depending on the group.

Ride is canceled if the roads are wet or temperature is below 40 degrees. Free Area Cyclists Unite parking in the lot till 9 a.m. and after 6 There are several area cyclists & cycling p.m. Helmets and road bikes mandatory. groups that ride before or after work on Weekdays. Let’s Ride Together !! A bigger Beginners welcome. Ride at your own group is more fun and a better work out. I risk. April to November. Come & meet invite you to join the areas longest running others who are interested in your sport, you may even pick up a pointer or two Weekday cycling group. When: Weekdays before work or after work Where: parking from one of the veteran cyclists. Contact lot across from Great Neck Diner, Corner David (Speedy) Emanuel at speedyemanuel@optonline.net or 516-840-9370 of Bond Street and Grace Avenue. or 516-487-8065 before 9:45 p.m. for Description of ride : About 15 miles in schedule and to confirm your participaabout one hour, 20 minutes (Non stop) tion.

We start and finish at the same location.

For additional information, please call (516) 481-9280.

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Hillside Public Library You may register for programs at hillsidelibrary.info/events.

You need to have your library barcode number for registration. The library subscribes to several museum passes for the enjoyment and entertainment of our patrons, holders of Hillside Library cards in good standing.

programs Movie at the Library Girl with a Pearl Earring, PG-13, 105 minutes. Friday, May 20 at 1:30 p.m. Starring Scarlett Johannson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt, Essie Davis. A shy country girl becomes a maid in home of the painter Vermeer, where ultimately she catches his eye and becomes the subject of the painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” causing chaos in the household.

Book Discussion – Armchair Historian Saturday, May 21 at 10:30 a.m. The book being discussed is: Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War that Changed

autopsies of several deceased pro-football players, but after presenting his research, he finds himself under fire from the NFL.

American History by Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger.

This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers, and what happened when America’s third president decided to stand up to intimidation.

Career Connections Reboot Camp Tuesday, May 24 and Thursday, May 26. Appointment times are: 10:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 1:15 p.m., 2 p.m. Email to schedule an appointment. This free service is open to all, but is directed to those actively engaged in a job search. Bring current resume(s) to appointment.

First Time Home Buyers Seminar Tuesday, May 24 at 7 p.m.

Presented by Community Development Corporation of Long Island.

Your home is one of the biggest and most important purchases you’ll ever make, and may be the first time you’ve dealt with a mortgage lending institution, a real estate attorney or home inspections. Learn what steps

Plant, Grow and Eat Thursday, May 26 at 7 p.m.

Moderated by Judith Kotkin .Calling All Gardeners! Recycle flower pots and extra plants at our meeting. Winter successes & failures. Plant tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, squash, flowers and herbs outdoors.

Must be pre-registered.

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Scarlett Johannson in “Girl with a Pearl Earring.” you should take to facilitate this process and prepare yourself financially to become a homeowner. Must be preregistered.

Career Connections Job Club Wednesday, May 25, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Today’s topics: 6 Ways to Stall Your Job Search, and 9 Tips for Acing a VIRTUAL Interview. Must be pre-reg-

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Movie at the Library Concussion, PG-13, 123 minutes. Friday, May 27 at 1:30 p.m. Starring Will Smith, Stephen Moyer, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin. Pittsburgh-based neuropathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith) discovers a degenerative brain disease now known as CTE in the

YA Art Club Friday, May 20 at 6:30 p.m.

Grades: 5 & Up. Help decorate our YA room by creating a unique art project with Ms. Ambadjes! All projects will be displayed and returned in the following class. Must be pre-registered.

Science Sprouts Tuesday, May 24 at 1:15 p.m. Ages: 3-5years old (with caregiver). Registration begins on May 17th for Hillside patrons. Registration opens on May 20th for Out of

District Residents. Introduction of science fun for our young friends.

Mad, Wacky Gooey Science with Johnda Ferrari Friday May 20, 2016 at 5 p.m. Grades: 2 & Up. Science facts, games, puzzles and a craft. Must be pre-registered.

Movie Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip. Rated PG & Run Time: 1hr. 32 minutes.

Thursday, May 26 at 4 p.m.

All Ages: (An Adult must Accompany Children). Must be pre-registered.

YA Movie Night: The Descendants Thursday, May 26 at 6:30 p.m. Grades 5 & Up. The popular new YA book series “The Descendants is now a movie! Meet the next generation of villians in this laugh out loud musical adventure with your friends. Must be preregistered.

Candlelight Yoga Friday, May 27 at 6:30 p.m.

Grades 5 & Up. Join certified yoga instructor Jenn Gonzalez in a night of relaxing poses

New Hyde Park Community Calendar LIKE TO SING? The New Hyde Park Senior Chorus welcomes new members. The chorus meets Mondays 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at The Clinton G. Martin Park, Marcus Avenue and New Hyde Park Road. To join us, call 516-775-8118.

SPRING FLEA MARKET Saturday, May 21 will be our annual spring flea market at the Hillside United Methodist Church, 2801 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park (corner of Heywood St.) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., both inside and outside, weather permitting. We have numerous vendors, boutique jewelry, collectibles, handcrafted items - a veritable treasure trove! A snack bar will also be available. For more information 516-637-8907.

HERRICKS COMMUNITY PLAYERS The Herricks Community Players will be presenting their new production of “A Funny Thing Happened On

The Way To The Forum” over two weekends at 999 Herricks Road New Hyde Park. The performances will be held Friday, May 13, Saturday, May 14, Friday, May 20 and Saturday, May 21 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 15 and Sunday, May 22 at 3 p.m. For tickets call 516-742-1926 or online at herrickscommunityplayers. org.

Complex. Light refreshments are served after the meeting. Admission is Free; The meeting is open to the public. For Further Information Please Call: President Pat Pedley @ 516-354-5385; Joe Contardi at (516) 437-8125 or joecontardi@optonline.net.

New members are always welcome to join. 2016 membership dues are $10.

NCJW/LAKEVILLE SECTION Meeting: Monday May 23, 12 p.m. at Clinton Martin Park, Marcus Ave East Of New Hyde Park Road.

Speaker: Anthony Zenkus, Director of Education of the Safe Center of Nassau County. Topic: Effort by U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Child Sexual Abuse and What we can do to help?

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COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS FOR EDUCATION We are currently looking for community volunteers/ retirees for one or two hours a week in the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District. You will be assisting students under the supervision of a classroom teacher. There is no prior experience necessary to participate in the program. Volunteers do a variety of activities with children such as reading to students or helping with classroom projects. If you would like more information on this program,

AARP FLORAL PARK CHAPTER 5224 U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice; Monday, May 16 at 1 p.m.at the Floral Park Pool

please call Eileen Bileski at 516-434-2306.

EXERCISE CLASSES Ongoing Program - FREE Silver Sneakers Exercise Classes For All Levels: Balance, agility, strengthening, endurance and osteoporosis for eligible seniors.

Monday through Saturday.

Garden City, Roslyn and Great Neck. Call 516-7458050.

VFW PARADE Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 8301 and the Village of New Hyde Park will host their annual Memorial Day Parade on Saturday, May 28, in remembrance of those who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of the country. The parade will begin at 10 a.m. at Lakeville Road and proceed east on Jericho Turnpike, north on Central Avenue (Purple Heart Way) and then proceed into Memorial Field for services. Organizations participating in the parade will assembly in the park-

ing lot behind the police booth on Lakeville Road.

The fire department and public works department will assemble on Brooklyn Avenue. Any organization wishing to participate in the parade, the ceremonies or both should contact Commander and Parade Chairman Mario Obertis at 516-354-3348 or at 961 Lakeville Road in New Hyde Park.

TUESDAY NIGHT BINGO Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #5253 will host bingo on Tuesday nights from 7 to 11 p.m. The top prize is $1,500 with additional cash prizes totaling $1,700. Admission is $4 at the post, which is located at 155 Searingtown Road in Albertson.

SENIOR CHORUS New Hyde Park: Entertainers Senior Chorus welcomes new members. The group meets 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Mondays at Clinton G. Martin Park, Marcus Avenue and New Hyde Park Road. Contact 516-775-8118 for more

information.

AMERICAN THEATER DANCE WORKSHOP Adult beginner ballet classes on Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Adult Ballet classes Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. are at the American Theater Dance Workshop, 999 Herricks Road, NHP. 516-248-6420.

ADVICE FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS “SATURDAYS with Sabaa”: Breast cancer and lymphedema education and tips from the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program. Physical therapist Sabaa Mundia, a blogger for the Facebook site of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, is offering useful tips on the site every Saturday. To access the information, visit #saturdayswithsabaa and https://www. facebook.com/adelphibreastcancerhotline. To reach the hotline call 800-877-8077.

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Ahsan in honor society F.P. VFW to mark Memorial Day

Mehrab Ahsan, 20, of New Hyde Park was one of 43 Hofstra University students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa on May 4.

Ahsan is a member of Hofstra’s class of 2016 with a major in biochemistry.

Phi Beta Kappa is considered an emblem of high achievement and strong potential. The society celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences.

Its campus chapters invite for induction the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America’s leading colleges and universities.

The society sponsors activities to advance

these studies — the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences — in higher education and in society at large.

According to the Phi Beta Kappa website, five students at the College of William and Mary founded Phi Beta Kappa in 1776, during the American Revolution.

For more than 225 years, the society has embraced the principles of freedom of inquiry and liberty of thought and expression.

Only about 10 percent of the nation’s institutions of higher learning have Phi Beta Kappa chapters.

Tran graduates Emerson College On Sunday, May 8, Benjamin Tran of New Hyde Park graduated from Emerson College in Boston, Mass., with a B.F.A. in film production.

At Emerson’s 136th commencement ceremony, about 970 bachelor’s degrees were conferred during the undergraduate exercises and more than 350 master’s degrees were conferred during the graduate exercises.

Acclaimed novelist Alice Sebold, accomplished investigative reporter Juan Gonzalez and celebrated poet and essayist Danielle Legros Georges, a

1986 Emerson graduate each received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree.

Sebold gave the undergraduate address and Legros Georges gave the graduate address.

Based in Boston opposite the historic Boston Common and in the heart of the city’s Theatre District, Emerson College educates individuals who will solve problems and change the world through engaged leadership in communication and the arts, a mission informed by liberal learning.

The college has 3,780 undergraduates and 670 graduate

students from across the United States and 50 countries.

Supported by state-of-theart facilities and a renowned faculty, students participate in more than 90 student organizations and performance groups.

Emerson is known for its experiential learning programs in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., the Netherlands, London, China and the Czech Republic.

The college has an active network of 37,000 alumni who hold leadership positions in communication and the arts.

For more information, visit emerson.edu.

The annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony, sponsored by the Floral Park American Legion with the cooperation of the Village of Floral Park, will be held on Monday, May 30.

The parade participants will assemble on Elizabeth Street with the start at 10 a.m. going north on Plainfield Avenue, then west on Jericho Turnpike, where Legion members will place a wreath at the memorial near the Hawthorne Avenue firehouse.

The parade will then proceed south on South Tyson Avenue, then east on Tulip Avenue, where the ceremonies will begin at about 11 a.m. in Veterans Memorial Park.

The parade Grand Marshal is Past Commander Jim Conti, a 33-year American Legion member and U.S. Army Veteran who served in Germany with NATO during the Berlin Wall Crisis.

The guest speaker will be Army Reservist Lt. Col. Stephen J. Ryan, a highly decorated Nassau County Police Officer who has almost 30 years of service as an Army Reservist and has served in East Africa and Afghanistan.

The advancement of colors will be led by Sergeant-at-Arms Ed LaChapelle followed by the “Remembrance of those Missing in Action” by Legionnaire Brian Keelan.

Fr. Thomas Fusco, pastor of Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church, will give the invocation followed by the National Anthem by Kasey Williams and the Pledge of Allegiance led by Floral Park American Legion Auxiliary President Theresa Whalen.

General Logan’s Order establishing Memorial Day will be read by Past Commander James MacDonald. Post Commander Matthew Cacciatore will recognize the grand gmarshal.

Distinguished guests will be introduced by Past Commander Bill Corbett followed by music from the Floral Park Memorial

High School Band led by Lee Duke.

There will be wreath presentations by the American Legion and Auxiliary, the Floral Park Woman’s Club, Floral Park AARP and Floral Park Volunteer Fire Department, supervised by Officer of the Day Past Commander Al Trasolini and assisted by local Boy Scouts.

“Taps” will be played by Ryan Casale and Rebecca Davidson from the Floral Park Memorial High School Band followed by the “Roll Call of Departed Comrades,” where Cacciatore will read the names of Floral Park residents who died in service to the U.S. Gold Star Mothers, those who lost a child in service to America, will be introduced and presented with memorial flowers

by Past Auxiliary President Dolores Johnson, assisted by Past Auxiliary Vice President Scotty Beetle.

Floral Park Mayor Thomas Tweedy will present greetings and Past Commander and Memorial Day Chairman James Whalen will introduce the guest speaker. U.S. Army veteran Pastor Gainus Sikes of the United Methodist Church of Floral Park will then give an invocation.

The flags will then be retired and the ceremonies concluded by everyone singing “God Bless America.”

The Floral Park American Legion invites all veterans to march with them in the parade and wants to thank Tweedy and Floral Park village trustees for their cooperation and assistance.

The Floral Park American Legion Post was established in 1919 and promotes good citizenship, law and order, Americanism, and supports local Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts, assists local veterans in need, visits a veterans hospital each month and hosts dinners at the Post for disabled veterans and conducts Flag Day and Veteran’s Day ceremonies each year.

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Mural helps Meadow kids discover ocean Second-grade students at Meadow Drive School in the Mineola school district completed a mural to contribute to the school’s library.

The mural, an aquarium collage, was created according to the theme of “discovery.”

The mural will be the third of four to be included in the school’s library.

Representative second-graders are pictured with art teacher Jaclyn Manouvrier-Altman and their completed mural, which will be converted for mounting in the library.

Herricks’ Abbi named Presidential Scholar

Herricks High School senior Sahil Abbi has been named one of 689 semifinalists in the U.S. Presidential Scholars competition.

He was one of 4,700 students identified for the program based on exceptional scholarly accomplishments.

The U.S. Presidential Scholars was established as a way to recognize and honor some of the nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors.

Abbi has earned many prestigious honors during his time in high school and participates in a variety of academic opportunities and organizations.

He demonstrates leadership in his school as a National Honor Society member, Student Government officer, MENSA member and Model United Nations secretary.

Abbi won first place awards in the regional National History Day events both this year and last, is a three-year DECA regional winner and was a DECA International Finalist in 2013.

He previously won first place in the WAC Invitational Science Fair, second place in the Intel Science and Engineering Fair and was named a finalist in the Siemens Sahil Abbi Competition in 2013.

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Lions donate to FISH Innella gets SUNY leadership honor Emma Innella of New Hyde Park has completed Silver Level requirements in the SUNY Oneonta’s Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) program.

LEAD@Oneonta is a comprehensive leadership program based on current research and guidelines from the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education.

All students can choose to participate in the LEAD program, which aims to better prepare them for life after college by providing a comprehensive picture of leadership and the skills needed to be a good leader. There are three levels of leadership certification: Silver, Gold and Platinum.

To attain each level, students must meet a mix of programmatic and experiential leadership re-

quirements, including attendance at educational events and membership and leadership in one or more of SUNY Oneonta’s more than 100 studentrun clubs and organizations.

Completion of a leadership level is recognized on campus as a credential that can be used, for example, when running for office or applying for STEP (Student Travel for Excellence Program) funding.

The program also provides students with a leadership record that can be submitted to potential employers.

A liberal arts institution with a strong focus on undergraduate research and service learning, SUNY Oneonta consistently gains recognition for delivering excellence and value.

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Nassau Girl Scouts give back at annual ‘Walkathon’ At a recent Floral Park Lions Club meeting, FISH President Peggy Thivierge (left) received a $250 check from Lions Club President Helen Farley. Thivierge talked about FISH and its volunteers who provide free transportation to ambulatory senior citizens needing medical transportation. It is customary for the Lions Club to support organizations that have demonstrated outstanding volunteer service within the community. To join Floral Park Lions Club call Ann Corbett at 516-775-6849.

Over 800 Girl Scouts of Nassau County (GSNC) recently walked in the seventh annual Girls Go the Distance Walkathon as a fundraiser in support of the GSNC’s Healthy Living Initiative programming, which encourages girls to live healthy lifestyles physically, emotionally and socially.

The Girl Scouts were joined by their families and community members, who also participated in the event.

This year’s event was held at Old Bethpage Village Restoration and also featured an activity fair and scavenger hunt. Daisyto-Ambassadors Girl Scouts and their families also enjoyed healthy snacks, learned traditional Indian dancing, decorated

t-shirts and dabbled in GSNC Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) projects and activities.

All proceeds raised were donated to the Girl Scouts Healthy

Living Initiatives programming, which encourages Girl Scouts and their communities to integrate aspects of healthy living into their daily lives.

Students join forces, read together

State Sen. Jack M. Martins (R-7th Senate District) recently congratulated New Hyde Park resident John Fanelli on graduating from the State University of New York Maritime College.

Martins nominated John for the Cadet Appointment Program following his graduation from New Hyde Park Memorial High School in 2012.

Through his acceptance into the program, John was appointed to the school’s Regiment of Cadets and awarded a four year, full tuition scholarship.

“After four years of hard work and study, John graduated from a very prestigious university and is well prepared to begin the next chapter of his life. Congratulations and best wishes to John for continued success,” Martins said.

Sewanhaka High School students in Robert Anderson’s seventh-grade and Karen Walsh’s 11th-grade English classes recently completed a paired reading of the novel “Wonder” by RJ Palacio, discussing issues of bullying, tolerance and problem-solving. Seventh-graders were paired with 11th-graders and discussed their own experiences as they related to issues raised in the novel. The students met multiple times over the course of two months, which resulted in building meaningful friendships.

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Local civic group honors

Floral Park Memorial High School’s PEARLS leaders, as guests of the Jamaica Square Civic Association, attended a general meeting of the Nassau County Comptroller’s Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises Advisory Committee chaired by Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos.

At the meeting, members and attendees were led in the Pledge of Allegiance by PEARLS Second Vice President Julia Gonzales, while Membership Chairperson Sydney Jaime provided an introduction of the PEARLS leadership group and the reason for its creation.

Sydney told attendees of the strides the group has made to date and thanked Floral Park Memorial Principal Kathleen Sottile for her vision of excellence for the school and the group.

Special mention was made of Claudine Hall and the executive board and members of Jamaica Square Civic Association, who continue to support the program and made the students’ attendance to the meeting possible.

First Vice President Aquaria Branch also addressed those in attendance and spoke about the exposure the group had been

given to conflict resolution during the meeting.

Branch reflected that she was happy to see conflict resolution modeled through respectful interactions of the members.

The PEARLS leadership program, works in conjunction with the district’s goal of promoting excellence and equity to all students, with a special emphasis on minority students, by growing and strengthening relationships between staff and students, increasing academic rigor and providing more opportunities for greater involvement in the school community.

F.P. clubs to honor Memorial Floral Park Memorial High School’s R.O.O.T.S Christian Club and Leos Club, in conjunction with the Floral Park Lions Club, the Floral Park American Legion and the 11th New York Regiment will commemorate Memorial Day on May 25 at 5 p.m. at Floral Park Memorial High School’s athletic field. the school is sponsoring a Field of Honor from May until June to honor those currently serving in the armed forces and those who dedicated their

lives to serving and protecting America’s freedom.

On May 25, Floral Park Memorial will commemorate Memorial Day and dedicate the Field of Honor to those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for the nation.

All are welcome to attend this ceremony.

In the event of rain, the ceremony will be held in the Floral Park Memorial High School’s auditorium.

Students’ writing at top Two Herricks High School juniors were honored as recipients of the annual National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards in Writing.

Natalie Tan and Nita Wong were among only 35 students in New York State to earn Certificates for Superior Writing.

National contenders were asked to submit two writing samples: one encompassing a selected theme, the other a piece considered by the student to be his or her best work.

Achievement Awards in Writing aim to encourage high school students in their writing and to publicly recognize some of the best student writers in the

nation.

Entries were judged on content, purpose, audience, tone, word choice, organization, development and style.

Lottery for pre-K May 20 The universal pre-kindergarten lottery for the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park school district will take place on May 20 at 8 a.m. in the board room of the administration building at 1950 Hillside Ave. in New Hyde Park.

Parents’ attendance is not required, but all parents and guardians are welcome to attend.

NHP’s poets work with pro New Hyde Park Memorial High School poets celebrated poetry month with guest poet Valerie Keane.

For the second consecutive year, Keane, a local poet whose credentials include Poetry and Coffee and the NYC Poetry Festival, held a workshop with stu-

dent writers.

Each month, students submitted poetry based on different themes to the English department.

The culmination of such work made for a night filled with the spoken word.

Honors for Chhugani Herricks High School senior Ayesha Chhugani earned a number of prominent distinctions for her science research, which she conducted through the district’s Science Research Program as well as the Stony Brook University Simons Program.

Her report, “A Novel Magnetic Field Trap Using Superconductors for Transporting Polarized Ions for Medical Imaging,” involved extensive studies in physics.

In addition to being named a semifinalist in the Siemens Competition and Intel Science Talent Search, announced earlier this school year, Chhugani received a first place award in physics at the New York State Science and Engineering Fair as well as a Yale Science and Engineering Award for “Most Outstanding Exhibit in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or Chemistry.”

At the high school, Ayesha studies under the direction of Science Research Teacher Renée Barcia.

She also developed her research project at Stony Brook University, where she was mentored

by Professor Abhay Deshpande and members of his laboratory group.

Ayesha was additionally recognized by Stony Brook University’s physics and astronomy department, and was spotlighted on their website, http://www.physics.sunysb.edu/Physics/.

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READERS WRITE

Weekly newspapers offer public forum

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could not agree more with “Our opinion pages are for the people” (Opinion Our Views -May 13).

Surveys reveal that “Letters To The Editor” is one of the most widely read and popular sections of any newspaper.

Weekly newspapers in Nassau County such as our own Great Neck News along with sister publications New Hyde Park Herald, Williston Park Times, Manhasset Times, Roslyn Times and Port Washington Times along with neighborly competitors including the Great Neck Record and others all offer readers a chance to speak out.

The same is true with daily newspapers such as AM New York, New York Daily News, Newsday, New York Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Staten Island Advance.

There are also numerous foreign language daily and other weekly newspapers in all five boroughs within New York City.

Weekly newspapers tend to offer more space for writers than daily newspapers. Some daily

newspapers have quotas of no more than one letter every 30 or 60 days per writer.

Newsday is once every 45 days.

Most daily and weekly newspapers will print letters submitted by any writer regardless of where they live so long as the topic is relevant to readers.

While the Great Neck News has never censored me, others periodically over the years have.

Some of our elected officials have thin skins when it comes to public criticism in the pages of your local weekly community newspapers. It is amazing what some elected officials will say one day in front of one group or reporter and conveniently forget when speaking to a different group or reporter weeks, months or years later.

When you write about a past quote reported in a previous newspaper article and bring their conflicted position to the public, watch out!

The ability of some elected officials to influence either legal advertising, their own periodic

holiday greeting or campaign reelection ads may have some sway over those weekly newspapers who may be too dependent on the revenues. Remember the old adage, never bite the hands that feeds you.

It helps to have a snappy introduction, good hook, be timely, precise, have an interesting or different viewpoint to increase your odds of being published.

Many papers welcome letters commenting on their own editorials, articles or previously published letters to the editor.

We continue to be fortunate to live in one of the few remaining free societies, with a wealth of information sources available.

Sadly, most American cities and suburbs are down to one local daily or weekly newspaper.

Newspapers have to deal with increasing costs for newsprint, delivery and distribution along with reduced advertising revenues and declining readership.

Many of us have opinions on news not only from Washington, Albany, New York City, Nassau County and Town of North Hemp-

stead but also neighborhoods and local issues which impact our communities and daily lives.

I continue to be grateful that the Great Neck News along with other daily and weekly newspapers afford both me and my fellow letter to the editor writers the opportunity to express our views, as well as differing opinions on issues of the day.

Thanks to you, ordinary citizens have the freedom to comment on the actions and legislation of elected officials in any Letters to the Editor section.

Public officials use taxpayers dollars to promote their views, via mass mailings of newsletters, news releases, letters to the editor and guest opinion page columns.

In many cases, they are produced or written by campaign or office staffers who are paid for by taxpayers.

The rest of us have limited time to submit a letter. In the marketplace of ideas, let us hope there continues to be room for everyone, including the Great Neck News, all your sister publications along with all the other weekly

newspapers. You may periodically see some familiar names including myself, Fred Bedell, Dr, Hal Sobel, Charles Samek, Morton Perlman, Dr. Stephen Morris, Esther Confino, Jack Lipsky and others gracing the letters to the editor section.

Let us thank those few brave souls who are willing to take on the establishment and powerful special interest groups in the pages of your letters to the editor section.

They fill a valuable niche in the information highway.

Please join me along with your neighbors in reading your favorite daily and local weekly community newspapers.

Patronize their advertisers; they provide the revenues necessary to keep them in business. Let them know you saw their ad.

This is what helps keep our neighbors employed, the local economy growing and provide space on a daily or weekly basis for your favorite or not so favorite letter writers.

Larry Penner Great Neck

2016 offers hope for common sense

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t’s Pop Quiz Time. The bad news is that there will be no bathroom breaks during the test.

The good news is that there is only one multiple choice item.

When I say “stop,” put your pencils down and pass your papers forward. You have 60 seconds.

Good Luck!

The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 was: a. passed by Congress and signed into law by President Lincoln b. the 14th amendment to the Constitution c. was part of the Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case d. was an Executive Order The correct answer is (d).

This tidbit of knowledge is worth knowing only because it enables us to understand the importance of executive orders and the controversy surrounding them.

As a result of his actions, President Obama has been accused being a “monarch” and violating the Constitution. These are both conclusions in search of evidence.

Executive Orders are issued

by the president and are designed to help governmental officers and agencies manage their operations.

There is no specific mention of Executive Orders in the Constitution but every single president starting with George Washington (with the exception of William Henry Harrison) has issued them.

The record for most executive orders is held by FDR with 3,522.

Behind him come Woodrow Wilson, 1,803; Calvin Coolidge, 1,203; and Teddy Roosevelt with 1,081. Three out of these four can be considered “activist” presidents, but Coolidge was a conservative who did not believe in “big government.” He was called “Silent Cal” due to his reticence and one story has it that at a dinner party the women next to him said: “I made a bet that I could get more than two words out of you” to which Coolidge replied: “You lose.” There’s another story that when Coolidge’s death was reported, writer Dorothy Parker said: “How can they tell?” But I digress.

Let us examine the accusation that Obama has abused the Executive Order power.

Each of the last three presi-

dents has served two terms so time in office is not a factor.

The figures are: Bill Clinton issued 364; George W. Bush – 291; and Barrack Obama – 224.

So Obama has exercised this power fewer times than his two predecessors. And there was no outcry, “abuse of power” when Clinton and Bush were in office.

So why the furor over Obama?

It may have something to do with the infamous meeting in Washington D.C. at which the leading Republicans determined that Obama was to be a one-term president. Republicans might argue that I am playing “the race card.”

However, we are not living in a post-racial era as proven by a Southern Poverty Law Center survey which finds the following about extremist groups in the U.S. During the Bush years the number of “hate groups” ranged from 131 to 171.

When Obama became president, the numbers surged almost eight times to 1,360 in 2012.

Among these fanatics were groups that fall into categories like the KKK, Racist Skinhead, White Nationalist, Neo-Nazi,

Neo-Confederate and Christian Identity.

In addition to racism, the polarization in American politics may explain Obama’s resorting to Executive Orders to get things done.

Our government is in gridlock mode. Obama would love to move forward on climate change, gun violence, immigration reform, minimum wage and infrastructure improvements, but a recalcitrant Congress block him at every turn.

It is such intransigence that leads the American people to rally around a sexist, misogynist, xenophobic candidate for president.

Republicans control the House, the Senate and, before the death of Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court.

Yet when Obama nominates a centrist, Merrick Garland, to the high bench, he cannot even get a hearing, no less an up or down vote. Talk about an unconstitu-

tional power grab!

Karl Rove compared Obama to King George III. In this topsy-turvy political world, we find ourselves living in a fact-free zone where fabrications become the norm.

Yet there is hope! A Hillary Clinton victory coupled with the Democrats retaking the Senate may mean a whole new direction in American politics.

The next president should get to choose two or three Supreme Court Justices changing the court’s direction for decades to come.

Imagine safeguarding Obamacare and Roe v. Wade while overturning Citizens United.

Our political landscape may look quite different six months from now.

Let us pray!

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

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Recent Real Estate Sales in New Hyde Park New hyde park real Estate market Conditions Median sales price $540,000 Demographics near New hyde park, Ny Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 9,698 11,277 44.5 3 94,063 35,837

County 1,338,712 4,702 41.2 3 97,049 42,286

223 leonard Blvd, New hyde park Sold Price: $590,000 Date: 01/29/2016 4 Beds, 2 Full baths Style: Cape

# of Families: 1 Lot Size: 60x100 Schools: New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Total Taxes: $10,135

140 Emerson ave, Floral park Sold Price: $810,000 Date: 09/28/2015 3 Beds 3 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 2 Lot Size: 50x100 Schools: Floral Park-Bellerose Total Taxes: $14,000

12 Cedar lane, New hyde park Sold Price: $445,000 Date : 01/29/2016 3 Beds, 1 Full baths Style: Cape

# of Families: 1 Lot Size: 50x100 Schools: New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Total Taxes: $9,625

Editor’s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in New Hyde Park by a variety of real estate agencies. The information about the homes and the photos were obtained through the Multiple Listing Services of Long Island. The homes are presented based solely on the fact that they were recently sold in New Hyde Park and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

F.P. storage facility raises traffic concerns

By N e g l a H s H a r M a A proposed self-storage facility in Floral Park drew traffic concerns from residents at a public hearing Tuesday night.

Engineers representing Men on the Move, the moving company that occupies the building at 50 Carnation Ave., said the storage facility would decrease traffic in the area.

But some residents questioned their traffic study and said the intersection at Carnation Avenue and Atlantic Avenue is “dangerous.”

On the village attorney’s recommen-

dation, the Floral Park Board of Trustees reserved decision on the application until it could further review the traffic study trustees received moments before the hearing.

MOM Realty LLC and Floral Parkbased Men on the Move want to build an additional 54,273 square feet of floor space to add self-storage units to the existing building.

Men on the Move President John Beyer said the reduction of company trucks and the building’s overall reconfiguration will result in far less traffic, as the company’s warehouse is relocating to Port Washington.

Wayne A. Muller of RMS Engineering, a Huntington-based firm that does traffic studies for many storage facilies, said the change would actually lessen traffic because there will be 39 fewer trucks at the building.

Muller said car traffic would be minimal because tenants do not usually visit their self-storage units frequently.

The building has plenty of room for the expansion, which would not increase the existing footprint, the project’s architect said.

“As far as the aesthetics, this building is going to look better than it ever did in 100 years,” Beyer said.

The proposal includes no substantial physical change to the building, except the possible modification of doors, support columns and landscaping, planners said.

While some residents welcomed the possible traffic reduction, others questioned the accuracy of the traffic study and raised other concerns.

Resident Raymond Skraburt asked if the traffic study included Lily Street, a dead-end block currently used as an entrance and exit point for the Carnation Avenue building.

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laves, prostitutes, eunuchs and Steven Sondheim, what could be more fun?

I attended the Saturday night performance of the Broadway hit 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' and the first thing I asked director John Hayes was why this play.

He told me this is comedy at its best, pure vaudeville.

The original play was loosely based upon the farces of Roman playwright Plautus in 190 B.C. and was said to be the first comedy that focused on class systems and slavery.

Fast forward 2,000 years and we find playwright Burt Shevelove writing a book about these farces, joining ranks with Steven Sondheim and voila you get the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1962.

The original lead role of Pseudolus, the slave who wanted his freedom was played by Zero Mostel and the revival in 1996 starred Nathan Lane.

In the production I attended the very funny Warren Schein played Pseudolus.

It is always so much fun to get to go backstage and watch all the hustle and bustle as the cast transform from regular people into beautifully clad courtesans, slaves or eunuchs.

This is where the magic of theater begins and where reality is left behind.

I got to chat with one of the choreographers, Barbara Tromba-Murphy who along with Penny Payne was in charge of all the running around on stage.

I also met PeterTriolo (the set designer), Lisa Simon-Weitz (stage manager) and a few of the gorgeous courtesans. Lucky

John Hayes told me that the play constantly breakdown the fourth wall which means that the actors will on occasion have dialogue with the audience. And so that is what happened.

The first song was the Sondheim smash hit “Comedy Tonight” with the entire cast on stage. And as the evening unfolded we got to meet the young man Hero who fell in love with the virgin courtesan Philia.

Dr. Tom Ferraro We also were treated to the efforts of slave Pseudolus who Our Town spent the evening trying to help the young Hero win his true me. love.

I asked them how long they As is typical of so many stohad been working on this pro- ries it turns out to be an Oedipal duction and they said since late triangle with the young Hero January. This means that they having to face the dreaded Glohave put in four months of daily riosus. effort without a single pay check.

Lots of twists and turns, This is a testament to the mistaken identities and lots of love of theater. pretty courtesans acting seductive and pretty.

One can see what this play was such a smash hit.

You have those glorious Sondheim tunes coupled with lishing parent committees and intergenerational programs to connect students with senior citizens. She would also support starting a special-education PTA, she has said.

DellaCorte has said families praise the district’s special education program, and the district has lobbied state lawmakers for additional special education Continued from Page 47 funding. same size as Lily St,” he said.

The district recently added Irene Mascari said she was three special-education classes, concerned about lighting at the she said, and special educa- facility in addition to traffic. tion teachers spend part of the “We moved to Floral Park school day with general educa- and pay the taxes of Floral Park tion teachers in a new program. to live in a village,” she said.

“Socially and academically, Some residents asked how it’s been much better for those the Atlantic Avenue intersection children,” DellaCorte has said. could be impacted when some-

DellaCorte keeps BOE seat Continued from Page 23 have contributed to the success of our programs and our district,” said DellaCorte, who has had four daughters go through Floral Park-Bellerose schools.

Kropf received an endorsement from Long Island Opt-Out, the group that opposes the controversial Common Core standards and encourages parents to sit their children out of state tests.

Floral Park-Bellerose’s rate of students opting out of state tests stayed flat this year at about 28 percent, DellaCorte has said.

While she thinks the district is in a strong position, Kropf, a licensed social worker and Valley

Stream Memorial High School teacher, said bridging what she sees as a gap between the school board and the community and reducing the district’s emphasis on standardized tests could make it even better.

While she thinks Common Core is valuable, Kropf said the district’s curriculum is “driven” by test preparation and could benefit from a stronger writing program and the effective use of classroom technology.

“You can incorporate all the standards and all the learning objectives directed by the state in an enriched curriculum,” she said. “You don’t need to test prep 24/7.”

Kropf also proposed estab-

vaudeville humor. This kind of combo is what made Broadway one of the most appealing art forms on earth.

So thank you Herricks Community Players and thank you john Hayes for all your effort to bring some magic to our little town.

Thank you Stacey Weinberger for looking like a young Sarah Jessica Parker and for being so pretty. Thank you George Bontigao for being such a charming eunuch. And thank you Warren Schein for being so funny.

If you have not seen the show it is still around this weekend.

And you can’t beat the prices at intermission. Tea is $1 and a donut is $1.

Tea and donuts on Broadway will set you back at least $20.

I say stick to our theater group. They are just as funny, just as pretty, they’re voices are just as good and at 1/10th the price.

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Continued from Page 2 The times and locations for upcoming public meetings for residents to give feedback about the scoping document also concerned New Hyde Park officials, Lofaro said.

Planners added two public meetings to the four scheduled for next week after officials from four villages told planners the times were inconvenient for many residents in the affected area, he said.

Lofaro said the village also took issue with the scoping period for public comment being just more than a month long, compared to 90 days for the MTA’s earlier proposal.

“The proposed length of the scoping period exceeds that re-

quired by law while the number of public meetings held will be six times what is required,” DeFalco said in a statement.

There will now be two meetings at the Inn at New Hyde Park on May 24 at which residents can give feedback to the scoping document and express concerns — one from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and another from 5 to 9 p.m. — and two at Hofstra University. Meetings will also take place at the “Yes We Can” Community Center in Westbury and Antun’s catering hall in Hicksville.

New Hyde Park officials will also host a public information meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the New Hyde Park Road School.

The eight Main Line villages may retain Manhattan environ-

mental law firm Beveridge & Diamond to represent them as the project develops, officials said Tuesday.

Affected villages retained the firm in the mid-2000s, Lofaro said, and are now considering an inter-municipal agreement to hire the firm collectively to reviewing plans and start court proceedings if necessary.

Village of Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss said he is uncertain whether Mineola will sign on to the agreement. The village has hired an urban planner to review plans.

Strauss said Mineola does not yet oppose the project outright, but he agreed the scoping document and the hearing process were concerning.

“What I’m opposing is how it’s being done, how this is being rolled out to us,” Strauss said.

“They’re asking us to put a puzzle together and see how it fits into our community, but they’re not giving us all the pieces.”

DeFalco said planners have held more than 100 meetings with local stakeholders so far in a “truly unprecedented” outreach effort.

“This engagement started in January and will continue through an intensive scoping period and beyond,” she said.

The state has launched a website, AModernLI.com, and opened an information center at the Mineola LIRR station where the public can review the scoping document, ask questions and

submit comments on the proposal. The information center is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Cuomo and other proponents, including business groups, universities and non-profit institutions, say the third track would east commutes, improve train service, reduce road traffic congestion, add millions of dollars to Long Island’s economy and attract thousands of new residents.

Local opponents say their homes, schools and quality of life would bear the brunt of the project and get little to no benefit.

Terry’s wife didn’t list Blum strumming for debts: ethics board musician’s dream Continued from Page 12 that was not renewed at the end of 2015.

He resigned as chair of the North Hempstead Democratic Committee in February.

In March, the town widened the pool of officials required to file financial disclosure forms and this year will enforce the 25-year-old requirement that leaders of town political committees file them. Terry never made a filing as a town contractor or party leader.

Relatives of town employees who also hold town jobs, as well as outside contrac-

tors who “directly advise boards” must now file disclosure reports.

The Town Board last week voted to extend the filing deadline from May 15 to June 1 to give employees more time to comply with the reforms.

Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth also recently commissioned a working group to update the ethics code upon Botwin’s recommendation last month. The town is also looking to hire a central procurement adviser and to prohibit family members from supervising each other.

Continued from Page 2 and singer have seen him be named the “Rising Star” guitarist in DownBeat Magazine’s 63rd Annual Critics Poll last year.

He said the distinction was “pretty cool.”

“It definitely gave me motivation to keep going,” Blum said. “It gave me proof that it was working, that I should keep going

Continued from Page 1 harm or abuse,” Cleary wrote in a letter to parents posted to Chaminade’s website. “We take most seriously the sacred bond that exists between us as educators, you as parents, and our students as your sons and sons of God.” Cleary’s letter followed a statement Friday from the Meribah Province of the Marianist Order that it suspended Williams nearly 15 months after a “vigorous, thorough and comprehensive investigation” started in February 2015, when the first Diocese of Rockville Centre reported the allegations to the province and the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.

“It is important to note that Father James has completely denied the allegations,” the Meribah Province said in its statement.

Cleary said Chaminade learned one of the alleged incidents of abuse dated back to 2011, when the victim, a former Chaminade student, was a minor.

That contradicts a statement from DA’s office spokesman Brendan Brosh saying he was a legal adult older than 18 at

the time of the alleged abuse.

Cleary deferred additional questions to his letter and the province’s statement.

The province said it will “as required,” submit Williams’ case to the Holy See, the Catholic pope’s jurisdiction.

Williams was a Chaminade teacher and administrator from 1991 until 2012, the province’s statement says. Cleary replaced him as president in August 2011, the same year as the alleged abuse. Williams remained a teacher and chaplain until 2012.

The Meribah Province launched its investigation after learning about the abuse allegations from the diocese “with the assistance of professionals who specialize in this area and with the help of our lay review board,” the province’s statement said.

The investigation started under the province’s policies, which are consistent with the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, it said in the statement.

“It was during the course of this in-

vestigation that we first learned that one of the alleged incidents dated back to 2011, when the individual involved was a minor,” Cleary wrote.

The DA’s office started its own investigation Feb. 25 after receiving a letter dated Feb. 24 from an attorney for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, Brosh said. Williams was believed to be living in Rome at that time, he said.

A newsletter dated Sept. 15 from the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Brookville says Williams was headed to Rome to pursue a doctorate at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Brosh said the victim was an adult at the time of the alleged misdemeanor sexual abuse in 2011, but did not want to press charges against Williams and requested anonymity. The two-year statute of limitations for misdemeanors had already expired in 2013, Brosh said.

On May 3 of this year, the DA’s office got a letter from an attorney for Chaminade identical to the one the diocese sent in February 2015, Brosh said.

When investigators contacted the al-

with it.”

He said in his future, he sees himself continuing to perform and make music.

“The genre of music I play is not as important to me as reaching people,” Blum said. “Whether it’s jazz or rock or pop or whatever, I definitely do see myself reaching people.”

The impact he could have on listeners as a musician is why he enjoys playing music so much, he said.

“I think it’s that I have this designated time and space that I’m kind of gifted and during that time I can impact people and I can move them and make them happy or sad,” Blum said.

Ex Chaminade prez suspended from priest duties

leged victim again after receiving that letter, he “reiterated that he did not wish to pursue charges and wanted to remain anonymous,” Brosh said.

The Meribah Province did not answer two phone calls seeking additional comment. Diocese of Rockville Center spokesman Sean Dolan did not answer one call seeking comment.

Founded in Mineola in 1930, Chaminade is one of the nation’s most prestigious private Catholic boys schools.

Notable alumni include former Nassau County Executive and current congressional candidate Tom Suozzi, former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D’Amato and political commentator Bill O’Reilly. Tax filings show the school’s development fund had nearly $49 million in total assets as of 2013.

Chaminade is one of three Long Island schools the Mineola-based Meribah Province of the Marianist Order oversees, along with Kellenberg Memorial High School and St. Martin de Porres Marianist School for kindergarten through eighth grade, both in Uniondale.

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American amnesia Stern’s claims about on wedge issues Suozzi don’t add up Continued from Page 52 In terms of transgender actions by the Obama Justice Department several perspectives are worth noting.

When asked Sunday at his incisive Temple Emanuel political commentary whether the Justice Department transgender mandate would be a wedge issue during the 2016 elections, Republican strategist and commentator Steve Schmidt gave a resounding “Yes.” He said that he was a person of empathy, but he believed the Obama administration had “overreached on this issue, that common sense on state and local levels should address it.”

I respect Steve Schmidt’s view that states can be laboratories of democracy modeling good practices for others, but, on this matter, several states (North Carolina and Texas among them), are instead showing the spirit of demagogue George Wallace, that they will battle the national government with everything in their arsenal.

These states are again reflecting situations similar to racial segregation and prejudice when they resisted the “arc of historical justice.” They are not employing the common sense that Schmidt counsels.

Those who feel uncomfortable by transgender matters need to be reminded,

as racists were, that the 14th Amendment guarantees all Americans equal protection of the law.

Frederick Douglass deliberately gave speeches each year on July 4th to remind Americans of the principles they celebrated in history, but not so fully in practice.

Steven Schmidt is a principled conservative who does indeed show empathy — a key quality cited by Jefferson and Lincoln for appreciating others regardless of differences. Schmidt was among the first Republicans to speak out publicly in support of marriage equality.

He explained that he respected his sister and her female partner and appreciated their value to family and society.

Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman, a bit later, offered support when he learned that his son was a gay man.

Do you remember how Karl Rove orchestrated “gay marriage” fears in 11 battleground states to boost Bush’s chances for victory in 2004?

That “Wedge Issue” now clearly seems yesterday’s news.

How many Americans will need to have transgender members of their family before they can show Jefferson’s benevolence and support for everyone’s “pursuit of happiness?”

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The same year, Suozzi imposed a deeply unpopular 2.5-percent home energy tax Those grants total $245,000, meanthat current County Executive Edward Maning Suozzi’s program would have given gano repealed. $735,000 toward abstinence education efStern’s campaign pointed to the energy forts over three years if those funding levels tax as an example of Suozzi breaking an were maintained, less than the “millions” earlier promise not to raise taxes.

Stern claimed.

Suozzi did raise taxes after promising Stern has also said Suozzi hiked Nasnot to, but six years separated the tax hikes sau’s property taxes after promising not to and the 2002 promise, which Suozzi made do so. only for his first term.

The claim is not blatantly false, as Suozzi has accused Stern of being disSuozzi has said, but no tax increase Suozzi honest for saying he has never approved a implemented as county executive directly general-fund property tax increase in Sufcontradicted an earlier promise. folk County despite increases in police disNews reports from 2001 say Suozzi trict taxes. lobbied for a 19.2-percent property tax inStern has never denied that he voted to crease in the county’s 2002 budget before raise police taxes. taking office as county executive, and none “It’s clear that Tom Suozzi will try anymention a campaign promise not to raise thing to disguise a record that has been taxes. soundly rejected by voters time and time Suozzi congressional campaign consulagain,” Stern said in a statement. “I am the tant Kim Devlin said he never promised not only candidate in this race who has never to raise taxes in his 2001 and 2005 county raised general fund property taxes. That’s a executive campaigns, both of which she ran. fact and Tom Suozzi knows it.”

“Tom did not make false promises just Suffolk’s 2016 budget grew the police to win votes,” Devlin said in a statement. district tax levy by 2.9 percent to about After hiking property taxes another $521.5 million from about $506.8 million 19.4 percent the next year, his first in office, in 2015, county budget documents say.

Suozzi pledged not to raise them again for Police taxes account for more than 89 the rest of that term, a December 2002 New percent of the county government’s tax revYork Times report says. enue, while general fund taxes account for Property taxes next rose 3.9 percent in about 8.4 percent, budget documents say.

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$$ Top Cash Paid $$

“We clean and pamper your car”

Oil Paintings, Mid-Century Accessories 1950s/60s, Porcelain, Costume Jewelry, Sterling Silver, Gold, Furniture, Objects of Art, etc.

• 1 Pc.or entire estates • Premium prices paid for Tiffany, Damaged Meissen Porcelain, Bronzes, Quality Pieces Marble, etc. also

CALL JOSEPH OR

CLEANING HOMEOFFICE

ELITE DETAILING

HIGH END ANTIQUES HIGH CASH PAiD

wanted

cleaning

auto detailing

• We specialize in Imports: Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Jaguar & Maserati • SUV’s, Vans & Pick-Ups also detailed at a higher price • We provide Mobile service

$10 OFF

WEEKLY - MONTHLY

Wash & Wax Spring Special $85 Cars only

Complete Detail

Coupons not to be combined

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Since 1979 Insured / Bonded Trusted and Reliable

Anthony Masia - 631-612-7152

CALL OLYMPIA CLEANING

Owner/Operator • Dependable • Professional Detailer

516-883-0359

cleaning

CLEANOUTS MOVING clean outsAND & moving

STRONG ARM CLEANING Residential and Commercial Cleaning Specialist • Post construction clean ups • Stripping, waxing floors • Move Ins and Move Outs

RUTH

718-598-3045 or 516-270-2128

NEED A CLEANOUT OR A MOVE?

We can move it, sell it or haul it away!

2 Guys and a Truck Call 516-279-6378

Free estimates / Bonded Insured

516-538-1125

Family Business for over 40 years

AntiqueAssets.com

www.strongarmcleaningny.com

Buying and Selling over 40 Years / Member New England Appraisers Association

839 Stewart Ave Garden City, NY 11530 Bonded/Insured www.invitedsales.com

clean outs & moving

CARPENTRY carpentry

home improvement

SUPER CLEAN

SWEENEY CUSTOM CARPENTRY

One Stop For All Your Home Improvement Needs

Hourly Rates Residential • Grout cleaning • Move in and out Adam

and PAINTING

Renovations Custom Closets Sheetrock Repairs Interior/Exterior

New Doors New Windows New Moldings Free Estimates

516-884-4016

516-943-6831

Lic# H0454870000

Basement, Bathroom & Kitchen Remodeling, Carpentry, Crown Molding, Closets, Doors, Sheetrock, Painting, Dry Wall, Repairs, Spackling & Wall Paper Removal & Installation.

Decks - Power Washed, Stained & Built

GEM - BASEMENT DOCTOR www.Gem-Home.com

516-623-9822

Lic. Nas. H3803000000

home improvement

home improvement

junk removal

DEVLIN BUILDERS

Elegant Touch Remodeling

COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/DEMOLITION

Since 1979

We do all types of improvements including HANDYMAN REPAIRS No job too small

Bob Devlin @

“Quality Construction with a Personal Touch” Deal direct with owner - Serving li over 25 years

• • • •

All Types of Home Improvements Free Estimates • Free design service extensions • Kitchens dormers • bathrooms decks • siding

516-365-6685

631.281.7033

home improvement

Homeheating Heating oil Oil home

Insured, License # H18C730000

LAMPS FIXED $ 65 In Home Service Handy Howard 646-996-7628

Licence #H18H2680000

Sage Oil

516 485-3900 Quality Oil at a Great Price Since 1960

No Fee For Visa/MC/Discovery or Debit Cards

• We haul anything & everything • Entire contents of home and/or office • We clean it up and take it away Residential - Commercial Bonded Insured / Free Estimates

STRONG ARM CONTRACTING, INC.

516-538-1125

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limousine service Limousine Service

Dream-Tyme Limousine Inc. 516-735-1138

516.307.1045

dreamtymelimousine.com

Arrive in style on time •Weddings •NYC •Proms •Sweet Sixteens •Casinos •Airports •Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties •Wine Vineyards •Hamptons •Bar/Bat Mitzvahs •Any Special Occasion Licensed by the Town of Hempstead & Nassau County TLC

MOVING SERVICE moving

lawn sprinklers

Serving the community for over 40 yrs

BRIAN CLINTON

MOVERS

One Piece to a Household/ Household Rearranging FREE ESTIMATES

333-5894

Owner Supervised Licensed & Insured Licensed #T-11154

moving

resd/Comm cleaning

N.Y.D.O.T.#10405

• Residential • Commercial • Piano & Organ Experts • Boxes Available FREE ESTIMATES www.ajmoving.com

516-741-2657

114 Jericho Tpke.

Mineola, NY 11501

Est. 1977

• Slate, Tile, Flat Roofs • Asphalt and Wood Shingle Roofs • Gutters & Leaders Cleaned/Replaced • Professional New Roof Installation Free Estimates Expert Leak Repairs

Free estimates / Bonded Insured

and CARPENTRY

Interior B. Moore Paints Dustless Vac System Renovations

Exterior Power Washing Rotted Wood Fixed Staining

516-884-4016 Lic# H0454870000

powerwashing

Power Washing Sale Get Ready for Summer

Powerwashing can make it look new again wherever there is moss, dirt, air pollution!

• decks • patios • outdoor furniture • siding • roofs HAVE EVERYTHING CLEANED!

Lic./Ins. • In business over 30 years / TRAINED CREW

GRACE 516-753-0268 graceroofing.com

516.307.1045

ADVERTISE HERE 516.307.1045

516-753-0268

www.strongarmcleaningny.com

SWEENEY PAINTING

ADVERTISE HERE

Lic./Ins. • Local References RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL

516-538-1125

painting, powerwashing PAINTING/POWER WASHING

516.307.1045

GRACE ROOFING

Residential and Commercial Cleaning Specialist • Post construction clean ups • Stripping, waxing floors • Move ins and move outs

Long Island and New York State Specialists

ADVERTISE HERE

roofing

roofing

STRONG ARM CLEANING

MOVING & STORAGE INC.

ADVERTISE HERE

ADVERTISE HERE

PAINTING/POWER WASHING painting

PAINTING & WALLPAPER

516.307.1045

est. 1978

Interior and Exterior • Plaster/Spackle Light Carpentry • Decorative Moldings Power Washing www.MpaintingCo.com 516-385-3132 New Hyde Park, NY 11040

516-328-7499 Licensed & Insured

PRESSURE washing WASHING pressure

ADVERTISE HERE 516.307.1045

ISLAND WIDE PRESSURE WASHING • House Washing • Decks • Fences • Patios • Driveways • Sidewalks “I will call you back & always follow up with you”

Lic/Ins Owner Operated

409-9510

516

www.islandwidepressurewashing.com

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Community Meetings

buyer’s guide ▼ tree service

OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE Owner Operated Since 1989 Licensed & Insured

FREE ESTIMATES

Member L.I. Arborist Assoc.

516-466-9220 tree service

Village of East Hills Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting Tuesday, May 24 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall, 209 Harbor Hill Road, East Hills (516) 621-5600 East Williston School District Board of Education Business Meeting Monday, May 23 @ 8:00 p.m.

Wheatley School, 11 Bacon Road, Old Westbury (516) 333-7804 East Williston Library Board of Trustees Meeting Thursday, May 25 @ 7:30 p.m.

2 Prospect Street, East Williston (516) 741-1213 Village of Floral Park Architectural Review Board Meeting Wednesday, May 25 @ 7:30 p.m.

Recreation Building, 124 Stewart Street, New Hyde Park 516- 326-6300 Village of Flower Hill Architectural Review Board Meeting Monday, May 23 @ 7:00 p.m.

Village Hall, 1 Bonnie Heights Road, Manhasset (516) 627-5000

Great Neck Water Pollution Control District Board of Commissioners Meeting Thursday, May 26 @ 8:30 a.m.

District Office, 236 E Shore Rd, Great Neck (516) 482-0238 Herricks School District Board of Education Meeting Thursday, May 26 @ 7:30 p.m.

Herricks Community Center, 999 Herricks Road, New Hyde Park (516) 305-8900 Village of Kings Point Board of Trustees Meeting Thursday, May 26 @ 8:15 p.m.

Village Hall, 32 Steppingstone Lane, Kings Point (516) 504-1000 Village of Manorhaven Board of Trustees Meeting Thursday, May 26 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 33 Manorhaven Blvd., Manorhaven (516) 883-7000

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Village of Munsey Park Board Advisory Committee Meeting Tuesday, May 24 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 1777 Northern Blvd., Manhasset (516) 365-7790

New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Board of Education Work Session Monday, May 23 @ 7:30 p.m.

Manor Oaks School 1950 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park (516) 434-2350 Village of New Hyde Park Architectural Review Board Meeting Wednesday, May 25 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 1420 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park (516) 354-0022 North Hempstead Town Board/ Solid Waste Management Authority Capital Plan Working Session Tuesday, May 24, 7:30 p.m.

North Hempstead Town Hall 220 Plandome Road, Manhasset (516) 869-6311 Village of Plandome Manor Design Review Board Meeting Thursday, May 26 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 55 Manhasset Avenue, Manhasset (516) 627-3701 Village of Roslyn Estates Architectural Review Board Meeting Wednesday, May 25 @ 7:45 p.m.

Village Hall 25 The Tulips, Roslyn Estates (516) 621-3541 Village of Sands Point Board of Trustees Meeting Tuesday, May 24 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 26 Tibbits Lane, Sands Point (516) 883-3044 Sewanhawka School District Board of Education Meeting Tuesday, May 24 @ 8:00 p.m.

Sewanhawka High School 500 Tulip Ave, Floral Park (516) 488-9600 Village of Thomaston Design Review Board Meeting Thursday, May 26 @ 8:00 p.m.

100 East Shore Road Great Neck (516) 482-3110 Meetings are held at the respective Village Halls except where noted. All meetings, dates and times are subject to change.

WINDOW REPAIRS & RESTORATIONS

Outdated Hardware • Skylights •Andersen Sashes • New Storm Windows • Wood Windows • Chain/Rope Repairs • Falling Windows • Fogged Panes • Mechanical Repairs • Wood Repairs

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In Person:

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We’re Open:

Mon–Thurs: 9am-5:30pm Fri: 9am-6pm

Deadlines

Tuesday 11:00am: Classified Advertising Tuesday 1:00pm: Legal Notices/ Name Changes Friday 5:00pm Buyers’s Guide Error Responsibility All ads placed by telephone are read back for verification of copy context.

In the event of an error of Blank Slate Media LLC we are not responsible for the first incorrect insertion. We assume no responsiblity for an error in and beyond the cost of the ad.

Cancellation Policy Ads must be cancelled the Monday before the first Thursday publication. All cancellations must be received in writing by fax at: 516.307.1046 Any verbal cancellations must be approved by a supervisor. There are no refunds on cancelled advertising. An advertising credit only will be issued.

• Great Neck News • Williston Times • New Hyde Park Herald Courier • Manhasset Times • Roslyn Times • Port Washington Times • Garden City News • Bethpage Newsgram • Jericho Syosset News Journal • Mid Island Times • Syosset Advance

Employment

Help Wanted ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, SALES​/​ LICENSING: Seeking sales person with a strong work ethic and exceptional communication and organizational skills to join our sales team in generating sales revenue from new and existing clients. Port Washington based music publishing company creates and licenses background music for a wide range of clients.

Background in music helpful but not necessary. Working knowledge of Mac OS and good computer skills.

Base salary plus commission. Email cover letter and resume to: sarah@ omnimusic.com ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: to Vice President, 3 days, must be experienced in QuickBooks and Word. Knowledge in AR​/​AP a must.

Email resume to submitresumes3@ gmail.com BABYSITTER NEEDED: P/T SUMMER for our 2 boys, 1 & 3 yrs old.

Mon​​Thurs 8am to 12:30pm, June 27th through August 4th. Must drive & have references. Please call 516435-3014 BENEFITS CONSULTANT: AFLAC Fortune 500 Company. With an AFLAC career, there are no limits to what you can achieve. It’s a unique opportunity to take control of your career and set your own unlimited goals. Looking for individuals to grow with the largest provider of voluntary employee benefits in the country. Sales experience welcome but not necessary. Lifetime vesting renewals. Office located in Garden City. Please call Director of District Sales, Bill Whicher 516-574-1064 CONCIERGE: Saturday and Sunday from 3pm-11pm shift. Provide superior customer service within a luxury residential setting in Port Washington. Please fax resume 516-767-6837 or email sgaddison@ gmail.com

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

DENTAL OFFICE GARDEN CITY: Seeking Front Office Assistant to provide cheerful, superior service to our valued patients. You must be excited to learn new things. You need excellent interpersonal communication skills in order to contribute to the team and communicate calmly and reassuringly with patients. The ideal candidate thrives on organization and understands the value of supporting others. If you are enthusiastic, friendly and a quick learner, please email your resume and a cover letter detailing your applicable experience and why we should consider you a great addition to our team. Don’t wait​​we have an immediate opening for the right person.

Experience preferred, but we are willing to train the right person. We may not respond to all who apply.

20hrs​/​week and alternate Saturdays September-June. EOE. email: gcsmiledoc@gmail.com

NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION PART TIME: Blank Slate Media, a fast growing chain of 6 award winning weekly newspapers and website, is looking for a person experienced in Adobe In-Design to lay out classified and legal pages on Tuesday evening. Office conveniently located in Williston Park. To apply please email resume and cover letter to sblank@theislandnow.com or call Steve Blank 516-307-1045 x201

DISPLAY ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: Blank Slate Media, a fast growing chain of 6 award winning weekly newspapers and website, is looking for an energetic, service oriented professional with good communication skills to sell display, web and email advertising. Earn up to $60,000 in the first year representing 6 Blank Slate Media publications and website as well as 5 publications and 1 website owned by Blank Slate Media’s partner, Litmor Publications.

Minimum 2 years outside sales experience required. Must have own car. Protected sales territory, salary plus commission, health insurance, paid holidays and sick days. To apply, please email resume and cover letter to sblank@theislandnow.com or call Steve Blank at 516-307-1045 x201 INTERNET ASSISTANT: 1-2 hours per week. $20 per hour. Must have own computer. If interested, call Lisa at 516-487-8129 MEDICAL SECRETARY​/ FRONT DESK: Manhasset Physician, part time, will train. Wednesday 10am12pm, Thursday 10am-12pm, break for lunch then 2pm-4pm, Saturday 10am-12pm. 516-627-5540

HELP WANTED: (Driver/Valet) BIENER AUDI seeks responsible person for Full Time Driver/Valet position.

• Clean New York State drivers license • Solid work ethic a must!

• Friendly, energetic work atmosphere.

Call Steve @ (516) 829-2843 (Ext # 109) or email: sgarrett@biener.com

SITUATION Wanted SITUATION Wanted

P/T SUMMER BABYSITTER needed 2 full days a week (Mon-Thur days flexible) 15 & 13 yr old. Must be mature, responsible, drive & have references. Call Stacey 516770-4780 PERSONAL​/​WORK ASSISTANT to restaurant owner, part time, 1525 hours​/​week. Must be proficient in Excel, QuickBooks helpful. Must have clean driver’s license. 516476-2527 WAITSTAFF: part time or full time and DELIVERY PERSON with car.

Port Washington. Please call 516883-4227

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 CAREGIVER​/​COMPANION Female with 10 years experience seeking position Live In, Full Time​ /​Part Time. References available.

Call Aleksandra 718-368-1705 CLEANING SERVICE AVAILABLE: Houses, Apartments, Offices. Experienced, excellent references. Reasonable Prices. Reliable & Dependable. Free Estimates. Call Samia 516-737-2262 CLEANING SERVICES AVAILABLE for homes and offices. Will also do laundry. Experienced with excellent references. Also provides own cleaning equipment. Please call Anny 516-384-9623

CNA CERTIFIED EXPERIENCED over 10 years in both nursing homes and private cases. Highly recommended with excellent references.

Responsible for, but not limited to performing the following: feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, moving patients and changing linens.

Please feel free to contact with serious inquiries only: Call 862-2410883 COMPANION​/​HHA seeks live in or live out position caring for sick or elderly. Loving, caring and dedicated person with excellent references.

Please call Maria 718-541-9273 ELDER CARE AVAILABLE Woman from Ukraine is seeking position for full time or part time. Experienced & references available. Please call Olha 516-547-8882 ELDER CARE: full or part time, live in or out, not available on weekends to take care of the elderly, excellent references, 9 years experience. Call Sandra 516-423-0332 ELDER CARE: Mature woman available to take care of elderly person. Live in or out. 3 or 4 days. Light cleaning, cooking, laundry. Local excellent references. Please call Luisa 516-485-9215 or 516-451-1781.

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ENERGETIC RETIREE with positive attitude seeking to exercise his brain 3-5 hours​/​day, 3-4 days​/​week.

45 years of executive sales and import experience. Previous business owner. Last 20yrs. in pet supplies, men’s ladies, children’s prior. Salary commensurate with responsibilities.

Frankly, working wife fed up with me being at home! Please call Tom 516-672-3844 or email ECHOPETMAN@aol.com EXPERIENCED NURSING AIDE seeking position to take care of elderly. Evenings or weekends. Own car and good references. Please 917-796-5917 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

COMPANION & HHA WANTED

516 328-7126 Agency seeks experienced workers who love working with the elderly.

P/T and F/T hours Drivers preferred

HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR available to do any odd jobs around your home​​yard work, cleaning out & organizing garages and basements, pet sitting, party help, etc. Call Drew 516-712-5361 or 516-741-9669 HOME HEALTH AIDE: CERTIFIED North Shore LIJ​/ Regioncare experience seeking position to care for elderly. Available 7 days a week days or evenings. References. Call 347525-6999 or email: JJKafarski12@ gmail.com MAYA’S CLEANING Excellent Work! Reasonably priced. Provides cleaning supplies and vacuum or use yours. Own transportation 516859-5355 516-244-3535 NURSE’S AIDE Certified, 15+ yrs experience, honest & reliable seeking a home care position. Available full time, part time, overnights & weekends. Licensed driver with own transportation. Contact Barbara 516-468-1340

Career Training AIRLINE CAREERS Start here. Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AIM for free information 866-296-7093

ANNOUNCEMENTS HUNTERS Our hunters will pay top $$$ to hunt your land. Call for a free base camp leasing info packet & quote 866-309-1507 www.basecampleasing.com

EVENTS How to win constitutionalists and influence politicians. Have you ever supported a politician who disappointed you after being elected?

Limit government to it’s proper role of protecting our God given rights. Thursday, June 9, 2016 from 7pm-9pm. Park City Diner, 101 Herricks Rd, Garden City Park, NY 11040. RSVP Chris 917-693-0819. Bring a friend!

You’ll both get a FREE gift!

The John Birch Society. jbs. org

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MARKETPLACE

Novenas/Prayers

HP 2840 ALL IN ONE LASER JET PRINTER FOR SALE Network printing, faxing and scanning, plus walk up copying and direct digital photo printing.

Used, excellent condition. Located in Garden City. Pick up only. Cash. $250. Needs color toner. Call 516-489-2891 or email nlzcas@yahoo.com

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.

(D.R.H.)

MARKETPLACE GARAGE SALE GARDEN CITY Saturday May 21 9am4pm 140 Roosevelt Street Furniture, appliances, household goods, toys and more !!

GARAGE SALE GARDEN CITY Saturday 5/21 8am​​3pm 167 Kildare Rd Lots of charming treasures, artwork, collectibles, housewares, Christmas items, lamps, books, clothes, outdoor items. No rain date. NO PREVIEWS PLEASE. GARAGE​/ ​M OVING SALE Saturday May 21 9am-4pm 38 Adams St Garden City, NY 11530 Furniture, antiques, china, silverware, housewares, electronics​/ ​c omputer games, costume jewelry, clothes, cornices, decorations, albums, frames, etc.

NO PREVIEWS

place your ad here. Call now

516.307.1046

KILL BED BUGS & THEIR EGGS Buy Harris Bed Bug Killers​/ KIT Complete Treatment System. Available at hardware stores, Home Depot, homedepot.com PATIO FURNITURE FOR SALE GARDEN CITY: 14 PIECES, WHITE WROUGHT IRON WITH UMBRELLA & CUSHIONS. CALL 516-9878856 or EMAIL hjm103159@ gmail.com

Wanted to Buy CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Up to $35 /​B ox!

Sealed and Unexpired. Payment made SAME DAY. Highest prices paid! Call Juley today! 800-413-3479 www. cashforyourteststrips.com

LOOKING TO BUY! Oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-386-1104 or 917775-3048 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 EXCHANGECONSIGNMENT SHOP 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 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900 email: store atstewartexchange.org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org

Tag Sale

Pet Services

Autos Wanted

Office Space

EAST WILLISTON VILLAGE WIDE TAG SALE: Saturday May 21st from 9-3pm, drizzle or shine. If it pours, rain date Sunday May 22nd. Go to www.eastwilliston.org to double check. Over 70 homes participating. Something for everyone! Map available day of sale from 9am sharp at 460 Sagamore Avenue zip code 11596

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

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!

GREENVALE​/ ​R OSLYN: 2 Professional offices (230-450 sf). Charming, historic commercial building. Intersection Glen Cove Rd​/ ​N orthern Blvd.

Deborah Singer: 516-6472296

REAL ESTATE

GARDEN CITY Saturday May 21 9am-4pm 7 John St Living, Dining & Bedroom furnishings, glassware, kitchenware, rugs, medical supplies, many household items, toys, books, costume jewelry.

PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINING

NEW HYDE PARK 1300 Jericho Turnpike building newly renovated, lots of natural light, near LIRR. 700sf, 2nd floor, tenant controlled HVAC, includes parking. Kevin Owens 516-790-4881

INVITED SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Monday May 23, 2016 9:30 am 119 Knickerbocker Road Manhasset, NY 11030 Outdoor and porch furniture, kitchen table and chairs, decorative plates, books, costume jewelry, bedroom furniture, handmade and machine made rugs, clothing and accessories ...

Visit www.invitedsales.com for pictures and details !

WILLISTON PARK: Resurrection Thrift Shop Shared ministry between St. Aidan’s & Resurrection housed at Resurrection, 147 Campbell Ave @ Center Street. OPEN Thursdays 9:30am to 1:00pm and Saturdays 10am to 2pm.

516-746-5527.

Jewelry, clothing, household items, etc. DONATIONS accepted Monday through Thursday 9am to 1pm

Yard Sale GARDEN CITY MULTI FAMILY Saturday May 21 9am3pm 63 Willow St Vintage china and stemware, toys, dolls, huge record collection, king size brass headboard, drop leaf table, side tables, barstools, household, clothes.

PETS

Pet Services 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

Apartment For Rent GARDEN CITY SOUTH: Newly renovated studio apartment, safe neighborhood.

Suitable for one. Light filled and airy. Granite Kitchen. Air conditioning. Walk to Adelphi, LIRR. Near food, laundry, all.

No pets, no smoking, no party animals. $1550. Call 516-3854830

Doggie Day Care Boarding Dog Walking Mobile Socialization Program Backyard Clean-up GC Resident 516382-5553

Automotive

Auto For Sale

GARDEN CITY

1987 FORD MUSTANG GT 5.0 CONVERTIBLE for sale.

Excellent condition.

Only 62K miles. Automatic transmission. Red exterior, white leather interior. Clean CarFax. Call Tom 516-984-9846 2010 AUDI AVANT WAGON QUATTRO 4WD 71,000 miles.

Outstanding condition, new brakes, rotors and oil. Super detailed. Doctor’s car, moved to Manhattan. Located in Garden City. $14,000. Call 516633-8009 AUDI A4 2006: Original owner, excellent condition, 75,000 miles, new tires, $7500.

Please call 516-627-6504

Auto Services ELITE AUTO DETAILING: Anthony Masia, Owner​/ ​O perator Dependable, professional detailer. SUV’s, vans, pick-ups also detailed at a higher price.

We specialize in imports​/​ Mercedes Benz, BMW, Audi, Jaguar & Maserati. $10 off complete detail. Spring Wash & Wax Special $85​/ ​c ars only.

Coupons not to be combined 631-612-7152

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Three rooms, 1 BR, new EIK, OWNER PAYING BROKER’S FEE. Immed $2,100 Large 3 rooms, 1 Bed, brand new Kitchen. Walk in shower. $2,250 Top floor, 3 rooms, 1 BR, new Kitchen.

Near shopping & LIRR. Immed. $2,600 Garden City Properties 516-746-1563/ 516-313-8504 Homes for Rent GARDEN CITY Stunning Mott Colonial 3 spacious Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, Master Suite w/ private bath, Living Room w/ fireplace, formal DR, large eat in Kitchen, decorated, quiet area, mid block, CAC, finished basement, patio, private backyard, many extras. Long​/ short term.

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 1.

No Fee 516-739-3907

WILLISTON PARK Newly renovated 1300 sf. on Ground Floor. Located in Professional Building on Hillside Ave. Parking Lot, near LIRR & parkways. Full commission paid. Tony 516-248-4080

Vacation Rental EAST QUOGUE Large 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with CAC, heated IG pool, outdoor shower, private patio, access to bay and ocean beaches.

1 hour from Garden City.

See pics on www.vrbo.com​/​ 614595. Summer or monthly rental. Please call 516-2480079 or 516-732-9435 NANTUCKET ISLAND: New large 5 bedroom home with elevator for summer rentals.

Limited mobility, vacation with whole family. Vails@optonline.net OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Best selection of affordable rentals. Full​/ ​p artial weeks.

Call for FREE brochure. Open daily. Holiday Resort Services. 1-800-638-2102. Online reservations: www.holidayoc. com PARADISE ISLAND BAHAMAS; Harborside at Atlantis: 1 bedroom premium, all Atlantis amenities. Week July 23, 2016 through July 30, 2016.

Owner 516-354-4699

ADVERTISE HERE Call NOW 516.307.1045

DONATE YOUR CAR

Wheels For Wishes Benefiting

MAY 28th & 29TH THIS IS A RAIN OR SHINE EVENT

Columbia Co. Fairgrounds, Chatham, NY

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New Hyde Park stuns Jericho, 4-0

By G r e g ory Giaconelli

New Hyde Park’s Greg Haynes

The 12th-seeded New Hyde Park Gladiators varsity baseball team pulled an upset on the fifth-seed Jericho Jayhawks 4-0 on Saturday afternoon.

Their first round matchup would last eight innings to determine who would move on to face the winner of the North Shore and Glen Cove game.

In the end, the Gladiators would put up four runs in the top of the eighth to stun the Jayhawks and advance to the next round.

Entering Saturday’s game, the Gladiators have won five in a row to close out their regular season. They placed third in the Nassau A-II Conference finishing 11-8 overall and 10-8 in league play.

Although both teams are familiar with one another, this was the first meeting between the Gladiators and the Jayhawks this season.

The game was scoreless up until the eighth inning and both starting pitchers Photo/Gregory Giaconelli were throwing the ball very well. Scott Kelnhofer led off the inning with a base hit

for the Gladiators.

Steve Teixeira would move him over on a sacrifice bunt, which led to the first run of the ball game. Lou Plomitallo would hit a double and drive in Kelnhofer to break a scoreless tie.

Then, Greg Haynes and Jordany Azcona followed up with back to back singles, giving the Gladiators a 4-0 lead and knocking out the opposing pitcher.

They would hold on to nail down the 4-0 victory and move on to face North Shore.

Plomitallo threw a complete game shutout and allowed no walks, four hits and fanned four batters on 87 pitches. He would also drive in the game’s first run.

Azcona drove in two runs as well while Haynes added a run batted in of his own.

The Gladiators will play their next game on the road against fourth seed North Shore on Monday at 4:30 p.m.

This game will be the first meeting between the two squads in their best of three second round series.

“My goals are always play hard and execute” said Gladiators head coach Rich Bizelia. “It should be a good game.”

Gladiators blank Roslyn in final game, 7-0

By G r e g ory Giaconelli The New Hyde Park varsity baseball team capped off their final game of the regular season with a 7-0 win over Roslyn on Wednesday afternoon, May 11.

A great pitching performance from senior starting pitcher Greg Haynes and an offensive attack allowed the Gladiators to pull off the series sweep of the Bulldogs and get themselves geared up for the playoffs.

“We have a lot of guys stepping up on this team” said Haynes. “We have a lot of veterans, leaders and quality players.”

For Bulldogs head coach Daniel Freeman, the offense was stymied by the top pitcher in their conference as they struggled to get some runs for starting pitcher Spencer Shores.

“We could have been more aggressive at the plate and made more out of the opportunities that we had” said Freeman. “Spencer pitched great for us and we were unable to provide him with the run support.”

The Gladiators got the bats going in the second inning with an RBI single from Haynes to take an early 1-0 lead. The Gladiators struck again in a mistake-filled third inning.

They would add three more runs on

the scoreboard by taking advantage of some miscues from the Bulldogs. In the fourth, the Gladiators would tack on another run and they would round out the scoring by scoring two more times in the fifth.

Haynes, who came off a big injury, struck out nine batters, walked one, and allowed four hits and no runs. He was able to locate his pitches and throw some strikes, which has been a big deal for him all year. He also had two hits and an RBI at the plate. Head Coach Doug Robins

praised Haynes for his impressive performance on the mound.

“He worked his fastball, threw strikes and had a real nice curveball” Robins said. “He hasn’t pitched in 21 days. It’s nice to see him have his stuff today.”

Seniors James Messina and Mark Chambers each had two hits against the Bulldogs.

Chambers had two doubles and an RBI while Messina reached on base in all four at bats.

“We got to go out and set the tone”

Chambers said. “We just put some runs on the scoreboard and from that point on we carried on from there.”

The Gladiators would finish the season 11-8 overall, which is good for third place in the Nassau A-II Conference.

This would set them up for a first round matchup, which was scheduled for Saturday on the road against Jericho.

“Jericho is a really strong team” said Robins. “We played them the last couple of years. They know us and we know them.”

St Aidan’s defeats Long Beach Catholic

On Monday, May 16, the Stallions of St. Aidan’s made school history by earning their first win of the inaugural season by beating Long Beach Catholic by a score of 10-5.

Behind starting pitcher Joe Dellolio, who earned the win and reliever Stephen Poarch the Stallions beat Long Beach Catholic. Delllolio and Poarch combined for a twohitter and struck out eight batters.

The hitting attack was led by Patrick Solosky, who blasted a bases clearing double, an RBI triple and a single for a combined four RBIs. Also contributing to the of-

fensive attack were Will Cavallaro, Chris Marotta, Joe Dellolio, Aidan Scott and Stephen Poarch. Nice defensive plays were made by Jack Mackay catching, Joe Dellolio at short and Patrick Solosky at first base.

Mackay and Delillo nailed a Long Beach Catholic runner trying to steal home when the ball skipped away from Mackay. Mackay flipped the ball to Dellolio and the runner was out by a few steps.

Patrick Solosky recovered an errant throw from an infielder and tagged the runner for the out.

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LIU duo inks deal with Cosmos B squad “Right now, the plan is to play some games and then if I do well maybe get a chance with the first team,” Forgaard said. “That would be awesome.”

Ruiz already debuted off the bench on Friday, May 13, as Cosmos B fell to Seacoast United Mariners, 1-0, and started the following game on Saturday, May 14, when the team bounced back with a 3-1 win against New York AC. “The first two games have been good; I’ve played in both so far, and I’ve done well but I definitely could have done better,” Ruiz said, hoping to adapt to the game pace as quickly as possible.

His plan, like Forgaard’s, is to fight for a first-team spot in the near future.

Determined to continue his soccer career, the Southampton-based, offensive force with roots in Paraguay, said, “If I don’t, then I will look to go overseas, whether that’d be in Europe or South America.”

By M a x i m e D e v i ll a z Former LIU Post men’s soccer midfielders Matias Ruiz and Per Forgaard have signed contracts with the New York Cosmos B. The professional, Hempstead-based reserve team founded in 2015 went undefeated in its first season and ultimately won the National Premier Soccer League that year.

Forgaard, a 2016 LIU Post graduate of the masters of business administration program, comes off a season as co-captain of the Pioneers, with most goals and assists on the team. He totaled 39 points, 13 goals and as many feeds.

The Norwegian-native was honored for his offensive contributions as the university’s “Most Outstanding Male Athlete” at the 2016 Pioneer Banquet, and also collected D2CCA and NSCAA AllAmerican, All-East Region and All-ECC honors last year.

Ruiz, also a 2016 graduate with a bachelors in business administration, marked second on the Pioneer point board following his midfield colleague, scoring seven and assisting nine during the fall 2015 season.

PHOTO BY Kimberly toledo

Matias Ruiz (left) and Per Forgaard will be playing for the New York Cosmos B.

Ruiz clinched All-ECC and ECAC All- home ground.

Star first-team mentions for his records.

The ink barely dry, Forgaard and Ruiz The pair has played four seasons on the see the opportunity to play with the reLIU Post soccer team, never losing on serves as merely a first step.

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.

FC Edmonton shoots down Cosmos in Canada

The New York Cosmos were in control for much of their match against FC Edmonton Sunday afternoon, but a pair of quick goals lifted the home side to a 2-1 win and nixed the Cosmos’ chances of leaving Clarke Field with a result.

Eddies defender Papé Diakité headed home the matchwinner off a free kick in the 74th minute, snapping the defending NASL champions’ two-game winning streak.

“We created chances,” said Cosmos Head Coach Giovanni Savarese. “We had opportunities, but the reality was that our play in the second half wasn’t the same as the first half.”

Against the run of play, FC Edmonton (3-2-2) became the first team this season to take a first-half lead against the Cosmos (4-0-3). Midfielder Jason Plumhoff latched onto a Dustin Corea long ball and put a low shot inside the far post in the 13th minute.

Three minutes after Hunter Freeman put a corner kick off the back post, Yohandry Orozco

Defender Jimmy Ockford chases down an FC Edmonton attackman. leveled for the Cosmos in the 22nd minute. Jairo Arrieta cut back to create and found Orozco with a square ball across the 18yard box. The Venezuelan put his low shot inside the far post from 14 yards out for his second goal of the season.

“When the team is on the right track we’re able to create some good plays, some special situations,” Savarese said. “We have players who can make a difference. With Orozco, we’re seeing more and more of his quality each game. He’s still not

[playing] to the best of his abilities.”

The Cosmos nearly took the lead in the 40th minute. Ayoze played Michael Lahoud behind cleverly, but his curled shot was wide of the far post. In first-half stoppage time, Cosmos goal-

keeper Jimmy Maurer did well diving left to parry away a Corea free kick from 30 yards.

Juan Arango got behind the Eddies defense in the 57th minute, but FC Edmonton goalkeeper Matt VanOekel came off his line to make the save.

After Diakité’s goal, secondhalf substitute Lucky Mkosana charged dangerously toward the far post in the 85th minute, looking to meet a cross.

The Zimbabwean striker’s head made contact with the ball, but he was unable to direct it on frame.

All told, New York enjoyed 63 percent of the possession.

“In the end they built up confidence, and it’s always difficult when you play against a team that all of a sudden feels they can win a game,” said Savarese. “Then it becomes a tougher match.”

The Cosmos will look to bounce back when they return home next Sunday. New York welcomes the Tampa Bay Rowdies to Hofstra’s Shuart Stadium for a 6 p.m. ET kickoff.

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