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Kaiman’s war chest falls short Stern leads Dems in campaign cash B y N oah M ans k ar The Democratic candidates for the North Shore’s Third Congressional District are on a roughly level playing field when it comes to first-quarter fundraising, except for one: former Town of North Hempstead Jon Kaiman.

The former Nassau Interim Finance Authority chairman raised $242,379 between January and March 31, the least of the four Democrats who filed reports with the Federal Election Commission last Friday.

Kaiman, considered one of the more prominent candidates to replace U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington), came more than $200,000 short of North Hempstead Councilwoman Anna Kaplan’s $445,160, the secondsmallest haul.

Filings show his campaign closed the three-month fundraising period with $189,305 on hand after spending $53,073, the least of the four Democrats.

Levittown attorney Jonathan Clarke filed a petition with the Continued on Page 56

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Republican Presidential candidate John Kasich outside of Great Neck Synagogue on Saturday with Rabbi Dale Polakoff

Kasich makes pre-primary visit to G.N. Talks faith, support of Israel at synagogue before second place finish B y J oe N i k ic

Kasich, who is seeking a bid for the Republican presidential Ohio Gov. John Kasich ad- selection against businessman dressed hundreds of congregants Donald Trump and Texas Sen. at the Great Neck Synagogue Ted Cruz, said after his speech Saturday, where he delivered a he wanted to focus more on life speech on his life experiences, and faith rather than politics.

“Not out of disrespect to the his faith as a Christian and his people who I was going to speak support for Israel. to but I had a lot of things that I wanted to say. I didn’t want to make a political talk,” he said. “I just wasn’t interested. If you’re in a synagogue, you talk about

faith.”

At the time of his appearance, l, Kasich trailed frontrunner Trump by 36 percent and Cruz by 2 percent going into Tuesday’s New York primary, according to a CBS News poll.

Kasich, who attends an Anglican church, said it was religion that helped him forgive the drunk driver who killed his parents in a car crash in 1987.

“I know that if that man who drove that car could turn back the hands of time, he would,” he

said.

In one of his only mentions of the presidential race during the speech, Kasich said he was “thankful” for all the different cultures of people he has met while campaigning and how they helped him show compassion to people from different walks of life.

He also pledged his support for Israel in its dealings with Palestinians, which he called a “terrible situation” for Israelis.

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The Great Neck News, Friday, April 22, 2016

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Great Neck schools Main Branch delayed adopt $218M budget opening Phone installation stalls inspection

Ed board trustee Monique Bloom seeks re-election unopposed B y J oe N i k ic The Great Neck Board of Education unanimously approved a $218,927,365 budget for the 2016-17 school year on Tuesday that 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.

Voters will now go to the polls on May 17 to approve the budget, as well as vote in the school board election, which sees incumbent Monique Bloom running unopposed for re-election.

“This was a very challenging budget cycle. Many districts have faced similar challenges, it just so happens to be on our doorstep this year,” Superintendent of Schools Teresa Prendergast said. “And one of the things that I have talked about from the very beginning is, wherever possible, we maintain our mission and our values with regards to what we expect of our students in Great Neck.”

Board Vice President Larry Gross said at last month’s board meeting that after hiring 24 new full-time positions last year the district would need to reduce the number of teachers by 14 in the 2016-17 school year.

District Assistant Superintendent for Business John Powell said 21 non-teaching positions would also need to be eliminated to keep the budget under the state-mandated .17 percent tax cap.

These employees include one full-time administrative staff member, nine paraprofessionals, three full-time and three parttime clerical staff members, one buildings and grounds department supervisor and four cleaning attendants.

“There’s nothing in the budget that didn’t have value,” Gross

The Great Neck Board of Education said. “The question is relative value, unfortunately.”

Prendergast said teacher cuts at the elementary level were due to a decline in enrollment.

“We are not jeopardizing class size, there have been no changes to the board guidelines,” she said. “It is primarily due to the reduction in enrollment.”

Prendergast also said the district found that the incoming Kindergarten class for the 201617 school year, was smaller than the outgoing class of 12th graders this year.

“Therefore we don’t need as many sections to educate all of our kindergarten students,” she said.

School officials said the district is proposing to use $591,000 in restored Gap Elimination Adjustment funds for the restoration of school programs rather than to retain laid off teachers and school staff.

State legislators eliminated the Gap Elimination Adjustment, an unpopular method the state introduced in 2010 to cover a budget deficit at the expense of public schools, in approving a $155 billion budget on Friday. The elimination of the Gap Elimination Adjustment

provided Long Island schools with an $155 million in additional funding.

While Great Neck schools did receive almost $591,000 in restored GEA funds, Prendergast said, about $360,000 of it is a one-time payment.

She also said the board would use the funds to restore the early morning drop-off program for elementary school students, hours for elementary English Language Arts and Math support programs, a percentage of the Student Index Allocation, which allows school building principals to use supply, material and equipment money “in ways they see fit,” and to continue the district’s technology initiatives.

The budget calls for the district to collect $196,097,039 in property taxes to cover spending, a .17 percent increase from last year.

On March 19, the board presented how it intended to spend $19 million of a capital reserve fund established last year after residents voted to approve a 10-year capital plan for infrastructure improvements to the district’s school buildings.

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B y J oe N i k ic Great Neck Library officials announced Friday the re-opening of the library’s Main Branch would be delayed by at least 30 days because of an issue with Verizon’s installation of working telephone lines.

“We find ourselves with a significant dilemma which is beyond our control,” Great Neck Library Board President Marietta DiCamillo said. “The Board of Trustees will review possible options to get past this hurdle.”

Working telephone lines are required for life safety devices like the fire alarm panel and emergency telephone line, officials said, which are necessary for the library to pass inspections and receive a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy.

The Main Branch closed for renovations to the building’s interior and infrastructure on Oct. 29, 2014.

The project was expected to be completed in about a year from the closing date, but a strike by construction workers and several updated construction plans pushed the opening date to May 31 this year.

“It’s a setback,” Library Executive Director Kathy Giotsas said.

“We were on schedule when the strike occurred and were notified

by Verizon that our work would not resume before June 1, 2016.”

Officials said the TCO was necessary for the library to reinstall computers and communica-

tion devices into the building, which are currently sitting in a temporary trailer.

The TCO is also required to move shelving and furniture, officials said, so construction company VRD could complete interior work to the building.

Officials also said final construction would be completed by the anticipated May 31 date, but the Main Branch’s opening would be delayed until Verizon installs working telephone lines.

While officials said they are expecting an additional 30 days until its opening, they said that date is “subject to change” if any additional work is needed that would cause a delay of receiving the TCO. “It’s frustrating to be so close to completion only to be stopped by an issue we can’t easily resolve,” Great Neck Library Relocation Committee member Marianna Wohlgemuth said.

Library trustees unanimously approved design plans for the renovation of the Main Branch for work on the interior of the building, which includes renovations to the library’s reading rooms, office spaces, bathrooms, community rooms and other areas.

Renovations of the Main Branch also included a new roof, insulated windows, a revamp of the building’s HVAC system and new lighting.

Residents of the Great Neck Library system approved the bond in a November 2013 referendum.

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Math opt-outs up in N. Shore schools B y J oe N i k ic Most North Shore schools saw an increase in student opt-outs from this week’s math Common Core test, similar to the number of opt outs from the English Language Arts exam two weeks ago.

The Great Neck, Manhasset, Roslyn, Herricks, Port Washington, Sewanhaka, New Hyde Park-Garden City Park and East Williston school districts saw about 27.2 percent of students eligible to take the test opt-out of last Wednesday’s math exam, according to figures obtained

by Blank Slate Media.

Newsday reported that about 53 percent of students across Long Island opted out from taking the ELA exam.

Common Core’s biggest flash points for criticism are its standardized tests, which opponents say are unnecessarily tough for students, and the direct link between test scores and teacher evaluations.

The standards, first introduced in 2012, are intended to teach conceptual thinking and problem-solving skills at each grade level to prepare students for more complex future coursework.

Some educators and administrators say the ideas behind the curriculum are strong, but its rollout has caused problems for New York’s teachers and students.

About 22 percent of students in the Great Neck school district opted out of the math exam, an increase of 8 percent from last year’s total.

Great Neck North Middle School, however, saw a significantly higher percentage of students opting out at 45 percent.

Sixteen percent of students at Great Neck South High School opted out, while totals at the Lakeville, E.M. Baker, Saddle Rock and John F. Kennedy elementary schools saw 5 percent, 10 percent, 11 percent and 14 percent of students opting out, respectively.

“Although the number of parents who chose to have their children opt-out of the state assessments increased compared to last year, Great Neck continues to have one of the lowest opt out totals on Long Island,” Superintendent of Schools Teresa Prendergast said.

About 43 percent, or 959 of 2,246 eligible students, in the Sewanhaka school district opted out from the test, an increase of about 10 percent from last year.

Floral Park Memorial High School saw 52 percent of students not take the test, while 69 percent of students at H. Frank Carey High School opted out.

New Hyde Park Memorial High School saw 43 percent of students opt-out of the test, while 33 percent of students at Sewanhaka High School opted out.

Elmont Memorial High School saw only 14 percent of students opt-out.

About 36 percent of students in the Roslyn school district, or 436 of the 1,202 who were eligible to take the test, opted out of the math exam.

Last year, about 32.5 percent of students opted out.

In the Manhasset school district, 158 of 1,320 eli-

gible students, or about 11 percent, opted out from the test, an increase of 5 percent from last year’s percentage of students opting out.

The Port Washington school district saw about 30 percent, or 741 of 2,457 eligible students, opt out from the Math exam.

That percentage represents a 4 percent increase from last year’s opt out total, when 616 of 2,359 eligible students opted out.

In the East Williston school district, 198 of 706 eligible students, or 28 percent, opted out of the math exam.

That number represents a 4 percent increase from last year’s total, when about 24 percent of students opted out.

While opt out totals generally increased across Long Island as a whole, the Herricks and New Hyde Park-Garden City Park school districts saw virtually no increase in opt out totals.

The Herricks school district saw 279 of 1,551 eligible students, or about 18 percent, opt out from the math exam.

Last year, 18 percent of students also opted out of the test.

In the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park school district, 29 percent of eligible students opted out of the test, only a .2 percent increase from last year’s total.

With discontent about the test expressed by parents of students and educators, Jonathan Burman, a spokesman for the state Education Department, told Newsday the department was actively seeking input how to improve the Common Core ELA and math exams.

“We continue our efforts to inform the public about the improvements we’ve made to the tests and the important role they can play in improving instruction,” Burman said. “And we are committed to making the tests even better as we move forward.”

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The Great Neck News, Friday, April 22, 2016

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Residents clash on dogs in Allenwood B y J oe N i k ic

More than 25 residents appeared at the Great Neck Park District’s board meeting Thursday to voice their opposition or support for a pilot program that allows leashed dogs in Allenwood Park.

Commissioner Robert Lincoln said there had been no incidents reported to make the board think the pilot program should be stopped, but the commissioners wanted resident input after receiving petitions both in support and opposition to the program.

“When you get everybody together, sometimes you can get some consensus and some direction,” Lincoln said.

The pilot program began in late January after residents requested the district allow them to walk their dogs in Allenwood Park, similar to what is permitted at the Village Green.

Lincoln said the district has not heard of any incidents at the Village Green or at Allenwood Park since the program began to make them think it was a bad idea to permit leashed dogs in parks.

But, he said, the district received a petition two weeks ago from a resident urging them to discontinue the program.

Kate Lustig, who submitted the petition opposing the pilot program, said she filed the petition after witnessing a dog, which was on a leash, aggressively barking at a young girl in Allenwood Park.

The Great Neck Park District Board of Commissioners “It was not a nice scene and that was kind of what inspired me to ask what was going on and I found out about the pilot program,” Lustig said.

Resident Ruth Wallasoff said in addition to her fear of dogs she was afraid that once the pilot program became more accepted, residents would begin to break the rules requiring dogs to be on a leash.

“Not everybody is law-abiding,” Wal-

lasoff said. “And I think once the pilot program has started and has gone on for a while, some people will let their dog off the leash.”

Renee Iselin, a 30-year Great Neck resident, said she has had negative experiences with dogs off leashes and also feared that irresponsible dog owners would take advantage of the program.

“I feel it’s a quality of life,” Iselin said.

“I don’t want to walk on the walkway and feel that somebody coming with a dog on a leash may not be as concerned as some of the people who are here are.”

Of the 19 people who spoke at the meeting, 16 were in support of the program continuing with only three opposing it.

Resident Erica Popkin said she supported the program’s continuation because it made her life better.

“Allowing me to walk in the park with my dog on a leash has improved my quality of life hugely,” Popkin said. “I have used the park more in the last several weeks than I have in the last 10 years because, in fact, I can walk in the park with a dog.”

Resident David Torby said since the program’s inception he has noticed more people going to Allenwood Park than usual.

“The park a lot of times is under-utilized,” Torby said. “I think it’s good that you get a lot of people into the park.”

Resident Ed Anderson said while walking his dog through the park he noticed someone with their dog off a leash and took matters into his own hands.

“I expressed that you are causing a problem here to the people who live in this park, who have been given the opportunity to be respectful to a new rule that will allow us to enjoy the park with Continued on Page 56

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Court reverses 2013 VGN ‘slumlord’ verdict B y J oe N i k ic The Appellate Term of the New York State Supreme Court on April 6 overturned a guilty verdict handed down by the Village of Great Neck against a Great Neck landlord in 2012, citing the village’s failure to properly identify the landlord as the owner of an illegal dwelling.

The court dismissed 17 charges against Sharok Jacobi for allegedly violating the village’s building and safety codes after it found that the documents presented by village prosecutors did not prove he was the owner of the building.

“Each count of the accusatory instrument states that defendant committed the offenses ‘as the owner’ of the premises in question, without any factual allegations as to the basis of that belief, such as that the complainant’s

knowledge was based on building department or other public records,” court documents said.

Jacobi was convicted of health, safety and building code violations for allegedly operating an illegal dwelling at 127 Steamboat Road that, according to a 2012 village press release, put multiple families’ lives at risk.

Jacobi’s lawyer Simon Schwartz blasted the village for its handling of the case.

“If you want to nail someone, you do it the right way,” Schwartz said. “These people did it procedurally the wrong way. It was a kangaroo court proceeding and that’s why it was dismissed.”

The Steamboat Road house had eight illegal apartments, including a tenant living in a locked closet and was plagued by poor light and ventilation, mold and violations of electrical and fire codes, according to the

village release.

Jacobi was sentenced to 45 days in prison in November 2013, in addition to having to pay a $17,050 fine.

“The court, taking into account the seriousness of the violations involved, finds that three of the 15-day terms will be served consecutively and the remainder of the terms will be served concurrently,” former acting Village Justice Jon Mostel said after the sentencing.

Efforts to reach Mostel were unavailing.

Schwartz said they filed an appeal in August 2014.

During the Jacobi’s trial in 2012, Schwartz questioned the legitimacy of the sentence.

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Kyle Howell, 22, of Circle Drive, allegedly entered the back passenger door of a 2004 Mazda Sedan and robbed a 20-yearold male victim and a 19-yearold female victim at about 7:45 p.m. on Pont Street, Detective Lt.

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Howell faces one charge of first-degree robbery, one charge of second-degree robbery, one charge of first-degree attempted robbery, two counts of seconddegree assault, one count of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

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Local voters pick winners in primary Trump, Clinton win North Shore districts by wide margins, cementing frontrunner status B y N oah M ans k ar

Nassau County voters helped Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump solidify their leads in the presidential race on Tuesday in New York’s primary elections.

Voters leaving the polls at Trinity Lutheran Church in North New Hyde Park predicted the frontrunners would take both parties’ races after casting votes for their challengers.

“If I was a betting man, I would bet Hillary was going to win,” said Dan Murray, a registered Democrat who voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

Democratic leader Clinton beat Sanders by more than 30 points in Nassau’s portion of the Third Congressional District on the North Shore, taking 65.33 percent of the vote to his 34.67 percent.

The former New York senator and secretary of state won by 22 points in southwestern Nassau’s Fourth Congressional District covering New Hyde Park, Garden City Park, Floral Park, Mineola and the southern parts of Williston Park and East Williston, taking 62.24 percent of the vote to Sanders’ 37.76 percent.

Fazl Haq of New Hyde Park voted for Clinton because of her ability to win elections and her national and international experience.

larger margin in his party’s primary, taking 66.78 percent of the North Shore’s votes.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich came in second with 24.62 percent in Nassau’s part of the Third District, which includes Roslyn, Manhasset, Great Neck, Port Washington, Albertson and the northern sections of the Willistons. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz trailed in third with 8.6 percent.

Trump similarly won the Fourth District with 66.45 percent of the votes to Kasich’s 22.98 percent and Cruz’s 10.57 percent.

Dan Murray’s wife Liz Murray said Cruz won her over in the past week with his “calm, educated standpoint.”

She said she is not against Trump and expected him to win Tuesday, but she wishes he would be “more diplomatic” in the way in which he speaks.

“If people actually paid attention and listened over the past week, then Ted Cruz did a good job representing (himself),” she Photo by Noah Manskar said.

Steve Simon of New Hyde Park said Pat Esposito (left) worked the polls for New York’s April 19 presidential he’s supported Cruz as a “constitutional primary in Williston Park’s Village Hall. conservative” since he was Texas’ solicitor general before his election to the Senate.

“She knows much more than Bernie, I would win the primary.

Simon thinks Kasich should be out of “Even though he’s not (going to) win, I think,” he said.

His wife, Syeda Haq, said she sup- think I try at least — try at least for a good the race for the GOP nomination, he said, but he he expected Trump to win New ported Sanders because he believes in his person,” she said.

Republican frontrunner Trump won York’s race Tuesday. conviction and proposals to improve the Continued on Page 6 country, even though she was not sure he both congressional districts by an even

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Firefighters battle car fire in G.N. Plaza B y J oe N i k ic Twelve Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department firefighters were dispatched to the intersection of South Middle Neck Road and Great Neck Road Saturday evening after a car erupted in flames.

Capt. Lee Genser there was one injury related to the accident, but it did not involve a firefighter or anyone in the car.

“There was nobody directly injured as a result of the fire, but a bystander was struck by a ‘rubber-necker’ and that person was taken to a hospital by a ManhassetLakeville ambulance,” Genser said. “She sustained non-life threatening injuries.”

Genser said M-LFD Deputy Chief William Mazurkiewicz was the first to respond to the scene around 8:26 p.m.

Fire Company #3 firefighters were initially dispatched to the scene, but after Mazurkiewicz arrived Company #4 firefighters to the call as well, Genser said.

Genser said he was unsure on what type of car was on fire, as it was already fully engulfed in flames as he arrived on science, but believed it was an “older model possibly from the 1980s.”

He said the cause of the fire remains unknown.

Genser said the fire was extinguished in about 30 minutes.

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A Great Neck doctor and his wife were charged Thursday for failing to file tax returns for three years in a row and owe the state more than $60,000, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced.

Tom Hopkins, 51, and his wife Annahid Hopkins, 38, who is a pharmacist, appeared in Nassau County First District Court Thursday and were both charged with three counts of third-degree criminal tax fraud and one count of repeated failure to file personal income and earnings taxes.

“Medical professionals should know that a loss in taxpayer revenue can hurt public health and safety, but these defendants are now alleged to have cheated New York State out of more than $60,000 over the course of several years,” Singas said.

“My office will continue to work with the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance to ensure that public funds are protected and everybody pays their fair

share.”

According to the DA’s office, the Hopkins face a maximum sentence of 1-1/3 to four years in prison.

Singas said a joint investigation with the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance found that both Tom and Annahid did not file tax returns in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

She also said they owed $63,198 in taxes during those three years.

The couple’s combined income during those years, the DA’s office said, was $400,000, $350,000 and $125,000, respectively.

The DA’s office said Tom Hopkins surrendered to DA investigators on March 30 and Annahid Hopkins surrendered on April 1.

Assistant District Attorney Leemor Peled of the Singas’ Economic Crimes Bureau is prosecuting the case. Both are due back in court on May 6.

Efforts to reach their attorney, Jonathan B. Manley, were unavailing.

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PULSE OF THE PENINSULA

Resolve to act on climate change

Lately, Bernie Sanders has been bringing Native Americans into his stump speech, reminding not only the debt to indigenous people that has been reneged on but also to remind Americans of the respect, incorporated into spiritual practice, the Native Americans pay Mother Earth.

He follows this by raising the alarm for climate action.

“We have got to realize that this is a global environmental crisis of unprecedented urgency,” he said at the Democratic debate in Brooklyn. “You know, if we, God forbid, were attacked tomorrow the whole country would rise up and say we got an enemy out there and we got to do something about it. That was what 9/11 was about. We have an enemy out there, and that enemy is going to cause drought and floods and extreme weather disturbances. There’s going to be international conflict.

“We have got to lead the world in transforming our energy system, not tomorrow, but yesterday. This is a difference between understanding that we have a crisis of historical consequence here, and incremental-

ism and those little steps are not enough. We have a global crisis.

Pope Francis reminded us that we are on a suicide course.”

The Obama Administration, which showed significant global leadership in getting 196 countries to sign onto the Paris Climate Agreement and particularly, getting China and India to take climate action, has been doing its level best against irrational obstruction by the Fossil Fuel caucus in the Congress, as well as Republican-dominated states and petro companies that are suing the Administration to roll back his historic Clean Power Plan.

It is said that the threat of climate change and global warming isn’t resonating because it is a “slow march”— as invisible as the wind, or affecting some distant place.

But tell that to the thousands of communities who have been harmed at some point or another by floods, droughts, hurricane, tornadoes, rising sea levels (already). The impact of climate change is very immediate: it can change lives in a heartbeat.

But climate change is also

causing a public health crisis.

The EPA just released a report The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment, (https://health2016. globalchange.gov/) which doc-

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Pulse of the Peninsula uments the close connection between public health: rising asthma rates, worsening allergy conditions, tens of thousands more deaths from heat stroke, malnutrition as food sources lose

nutrients along with the impacts of drought, wildfires, and flooding on crop production, spread of diseases such as Zika, Lyme, and West Nile through the expanding habitat for the insects that carry them, and even exacerbation of mental illness because of the stress and trauma caused by extreme weather events.

“The major finding is that climate change is a significant threat to the health of the American people not just in the future but right now. As the climate continues to change, the risks to human health will grow, exacerbating existing health threats and creating new public health challenges, and impacting more people in more places.” From children, to pregnant women, to the elderly and disabled, every American is vulnerable to the health impacts associated with climate change, now and in the future. Certain groups are particularly vulnerable, including people living in poverty (who are also likely to live near environmental contamination and pollution, curtailing life expectancy from four to 10 years).

With a climate-denying Re-

publican Congress in thrall to the Fossil Fuel Industry, states and localities must play a more active part.

Fortunately, Gov. Cuomo has been engaged and active in making New York a model for the nation.

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Let’s keep N.Y. in the political mix

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or the past two weeks, the North Shore and the rest of New York have been gripped by the presence of presidential candidates from both parties as well as their surrogates making their cases in the flesh and addressing issues of importance to New Yorkers in advance of the primary.

This includes an appearance by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Port Washington, Ohio Gov. John Kasich in Great Neck, businessman Donald Trump in Bethpage and Heidi Cruz, wife of Sen. Ted Cruz, in Mineola.

Outside of large money donors, this is usually not the case either in primaries or the general election in New York.

The last time New York played an important role in a presidential primary campaign was 1992 when Bill Clinton defeated Gov. Jerry Brown and then-Sen. Paul Tsongas.

If you don’t think this is important, try explaining why a subsidy exists for ethanol other than Iowa holding the first caucuses each presidential election cycle.

With New York in play this year, candidates actually have to address New Yorkers’ concerns — from the economy to New York values to Hurricane Sandy relief.

General elections have been even worse for New York..

The last Republican to win New York was Ronald Reagan in 1984 — 32 years ago — and with Democrats holding a large advantage in registered voters New Yorker are often taken for granted by both parties in presi-

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dential elections.

The problem for New York and other states with large populations in which one party dominates is that the winner of presidential elections is not chosen by the candidate who gets the most votes but the candidate who gets the most votes in the Electoral College.

The Electoral College awards the votes on a winner-take-all basis for each state — no matter what the margin of victory.

This, along with the Supreme Court, is what allowed George W. Bush to defeat Al Gore in 2000 with fewer popular votes.

The Electoral College also results in presidential candidates spending less time, and addressing fewer concerns of New Yorkers, than residents of so-called swing states where contests are more competitive.

It also means that a vote cast in New York will be less meaningful than a vote cast in Florida.

This is not the same as Donald Trump’s complaint about the Republican convention in Colorado after losing to Ted Cruz there or the GOP’s nominating process in general.

Yes a convention is a strange way to choose delegates and yes there are many odd and perhaps undemocratic rules in the process for both Democrats and Republicans.

But, as they say, them’s the rules.

Political parties are like country clubs with rules all their own and Trump signed up for the GOP’s rules when he decided to run as a Republican.

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To complain about those rules now after losing several contests is kind of like a gambler at one of Trump’s casinos complaining that he or she didn’t know the rules of the game after losing their money.

It is especially odd given Trump’s complaint that our leaders are stupid and he is smart.

If he and his team are so smart, why didn’t Trump and his team figure out the rules of the

game and play accordingly? Cruz certainly did.

But that’s for Trump and the Republican party to figure out.

The general election is another matter.

The rules are not those of a political party, but of the U.S. government and, as a democracy, ought to adhere to the concept of one person, one vote where everyone’s vote counts the same.

The Electoral College is

an outdated system of electing presidents that undermines this concept.

Eliminating the Electoral College would thrust big states with the most voters such as New York, California and Texas back into the forefront of presidential races.

It would also ensure that every citizen’s vote counted — and New Yorkers got to see candidates at least every four years.

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K remer ’ s C orner

GOP, Dem legislators have helped L.I.

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s far back as the mid 1980s I learned a very important lesson in Albany.

I saw firsthand,as a member of the state Assembly, that when legislators from the Nassau and Suffolk counties get together and work as a team, the suburbs benefits dramatically.

As we approach another legislative election in November a great deal is riding on the results of the many contests involving incumbents from both parties.

Because school taxes are so high in this region, aid to public schools is a very big deal. Thanks to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, the island got a record number of dollars, including a $155 million payment for the Gap Elimination Adjustment. The GEA is money that was taken away from the public schools some years ago and never repaid. Flanagan made it a major condition of the budget negotiations.

Overall, the island got $2.97 billion in school aid, which is $50 million more than last year.

Considering the fact that aid from Albany is 25 per cent of local school budgets, this year’s allocation for schools is a very big deal.

Some naysayers out there are still screaming it is not enough, but it is the same group of dedicated advocates that have been doing that for the past 50 years.

Long Island has fallen behind in other areas and this year it will finally catch up with a major infusion of research and infrastructure funds.

Thanks to the efforts of the Long Island Association, under the leadership of Kevin Law, the counties will get $331 for investments in the region’s future.

These funds are not devoted to one or two projects. They will be given to 12 significant efforts to get Long Island moving ahead in engineering, therapeutic research and housing opportunities.

Among the many significant grants are such things as $25 million to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory for therapeutic research;$40 million for street and

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highway repairs; $50 million for the Feinstein Institute’s medical research and $85 million for planning for the so-called Nassau Hub. Hofstra gets $25 million to expand its engineering programs and $75 million goes to Stony Brook University.

State Assemblymember Michelle Schimel deserves major credit for helping convince the

governor and the Democratic Assembly leadership to allocate $300 million for major environmental projects. She has been a proponent of wastewater infrastructure and water quality improvements for years and this allocation, much of which will go to Long Island, is the first time so much money has been dedicated to this region.

There is no question that Long Island has done exceptionally well over the past four plus years, when it comes to getting the money it needs. However, the big question on the horizon is what happens after this November’s election?

Give credit where credit is due, the Republican Senate delegation from the Island has been a great force behind the moneys that have flowed to the local schools and various projects.

They have been strongly probusiness and flexed their muscle at annual budget negotiations.

The special election on the South Shore will be over when this column is published, but

there is no doubt it could be a game changer.

If the Democrat ,Todd Kaminsky is the victor it could tip the balance against the Republican control of the Senate.

If Chris Mc Grath, the Republican prevails the Republicans still have their work cut out for them in November.

This promises to be a very tight election and if Hillary Clinton is the candidate it could tip the balance in favor of the Senate Democrats.

There is not much history about how well Nassau and Suffolk did during the short time the Democrats ran the state Senate.

Unfortunately, corruption charges against three characters caused the majority to collapse and eventually lose power. I may be an enrolled Democrat but I have to advocate what is good for Long Island.

So for now says a big thanks to our elected state officials from both parties for a job well done.

Next year may not be so grand.

Professor ’ s Pers p ective

It’s time to update digital privacy laws

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hirty years ago, there was no World Wide Web, almost no one had a cell phone and finding information required tedious manual searches at a library using the Dewey Decimal System.

It was also the last time Congress substantively updated our digital privacy laws.

Since 1986, technology has advanced at a breakneck speed, making privacy laws governing it grossly outdated and out of touch with how people use, store and share information nowadays.

“U.S. privacy laws are so far behind the rest of the world that it … falls short of the requirements of international human rights norms,” says Jeremy Malcolm, an analyst at Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group.

As a result, our digital footprint is being tracked by the government, businesses and even schools in ways that were once unthinkable.

Ongoing high profile cases, such as the feds’ battles with Apple and Microsoft to access customers’ data, are comparatively innocuous intrusions — at least for those, authorities got search warrants and the public

found out.

Although law enforcement officials typically need a warrant to search people’s home computer, read their mail, eavesdrop on their phone conversations or even to see which library books they borrowed, they often don’t need one when creeping into Americans’ virtual lives.

Under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, warrants are needed only to access online communications — emails, text messages and chats — less than six months old. If it’s older than six months, no warrant is necessary. Draft emails, Web browsing history and files stored in the cloud are available without a warrant regardless of how old they are.

The government isn’t the only one abusing America’s outdated laws.

Cell phone carriers, internet service providers, websites and apps can mine all kinds of personal information about their users and sell it to the highest bidder. That’s why users often see ads that mirror the content of their messages.

Many schools and employers now “Google stalk” applicants without their knowledge.

A person could be rejected

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Professor’s Perspective for a job or college because of a scandalous photo a friend posted of him on Facebook years ago — and never know why.

Hiding online is increasingly difficult.

To circumvent social media privacy settings, some employers have gone so far as requiring applicants to reveal passwords.

While 23 states have banned this practice, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, it’s still legal in New York.

Even Americans who choose to avoid the internet altogether are not immune from privacy concerns.

For example, ZabaSearch is

one of many sites that provide details on almost any person, including age, address, assets, relatives’ names and more.

This information was publicly available pre-internet, but technology has made it much easier to quickly dig up information about anyone.

That’s made stalking, identity theft and blackmail easier than ever, too.

An online industry has developed around the controversial practice of posting mug shots of local residents who were arrested, including mere jaywalkers and children.

While the sites are based entirely on information already publicly available from police, they do not detail who was ultimately convicted of a crime or had charges dropped.

Some opportunistic websites charge $400 to remove arrest information, even if a person is innocent.

Unlike people, the internet never forgets. Thirty years ago, if people did something embarrassing, others eventually forgot about it or at worst, they could change their name and move away. Now, that information lives online forever – unless you live in Europe, where “right to be

forgotten” laws allow individuals to request that search engines remove listings for their name.

These problems can be fixed.

But don’t count on Congress.

Lawmakers blocked a 2012 proposal to prevent employers nationwide from demanding social media passwords.

And they haven’t made much progress on legislation first proposed five years ago that would update ECPA. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has been reluctant to address these issues and make broad declarations on how ECPA should be interpreted in the Internet Age. Given that justices admit to being behind the times and not using email, perhaps we shouldn’t hold our breath.

Some state legislatures have begun taking matters into their own hands, implementing a series of digital privacy laws. But state laws aren’t enough because they’re limited in scope and the internet is borderless.

Until federal lawmakers reform or our highest court clarifies the law, Americans will have to choose between new technology and privacy.

Mark Grabowski is a professor at Adelphi University, where he teaches internet law.

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A look on the li g hter si d e

Shopping lists of the ancient world It’s not every day that shopping lists are reported in the New York Times, but it’s not every day that shopping lists make history, either.

Researchers from Tel Aviv University recently subjected 18 fragments of ancient pottery to some new, computer-aided analysis.

The pottery pieces dated from 600 B.C. and were covered in ink inscriptions, in ancient Hebrew. Researchers found several different handwritings, for what they concluded were messages back and forth to the supplies quartermaster of a fort in ancient Judah.

The messages said things like: “To Eliashib (the Quartermaster): And now, give the Kittiyim three baths of wine, and write the name of the day.”

Why write the name of the day? Was that some kind of ancient sell-by date? Or was it to check up on poor old Eliashib, to make sure he’d really done it?

“And a full homer of wine, bring tomorrow; don’t be late.

And if there is vinegar, give it to them.”

I know nothing about ancient Hebrew, and next to nothing about pottery. (I know that it breaks far too easily when all you’ve done is put it down on someone’s granite counter-top.)

But I do know a thing or two about shopping lists.

The first thing I know is that, no matter where you put them, no matter how carefully you have stowed them, in a pocket or a purse or a lead-lined container, your list will disappear by the time you walk into the store.

You are forced to improvise, free-styling around the store, trying frantically to recall what the heck was so urgent that it brought you there in the first place.

And maybe that’s why you find so many other people wandering, too — glued to their phones, and muttering: “All I could find is the garlic-

Judy epstein

A Look on the Lighter Side flavored — will that do?”

“So what are we having for dinner?”

“Just how fresh does cheese have to be?”

“What do you mean, ‘Try the pretzel aisle’? I’m in the pretzel aisle, staring at the pretzels, and I tell you it isn’t here!”

They had problems in ancient Judah, too. Why else would someone named Nahum have been ordered to: “Go to

the house of Eliashib, son of Eshiyahu, (to collect a jar of oil and send it somewhere) quickly, and seal it with your seal”? Just how quickly can oil go bad?

Sometimes, I pull out a shopping wagon and find somebody else’s scrunched-up list in the bottom of it. I often think, why not use it? How different could shopping lists be, anyway?

Look at Nahum, Eliashib and me; we all use olive oil, wine, and vinegar. But this list also features scallops, ham, and swiss cheese. Sorry, Nahum, no ham for you!

Another thing I know about shopping lists is that they magically reappear once you get home. “Pancake mix! That’s what I needed!” And you still need it.

Because that’s the final thing about shopping lists: there is always some residue, something listed that you always forget.

That is, until it gets stuck in your head, and it’s all you remember for the next 20 trips. Then, like

a modern, supermarket version of the sorcerer’s apprentice, you keep bringing home applesauce, or chicken soup, or paper towels, every shopping trip, until there’s no place left in the house to put them.

“And Hananyahu has commanded you to Beersheba with two donkey’s load and you shall wrap up the dough with them.”

It all makes me wonder if I can look forward to the day when maybe my scraps and shopping lists will be found in a cave and pored over by archaeologists.

“This looks like the handwriting of six different people, but they’re all from someone named ‘Judy.’ Can it really just be thirty years of one woman’s shopping? Why on earth did she save them?”

“And why did she never remember the pancake mix?”

I wonder, what might the headline for the exhibit say?

“Ancient shopping lists key to understanding writer’s delusions of grandeur.”

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What does Democracy look like?

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week ago, one of the most diverse groups of people ever assembled at Hofstra University provided a striking example of democratic interaction.

We hear lots of talk about democracy, but we do not witness enough examples of how good it can be.

Sadly, some of the biggest talkers about protecting and advancing democracy fall far short of implementing its principles.

The 150 people who gathered at the Axinn Library were students, elders, folks of many religions, races, and ethnicities.

People from Long Island communities joined students who came to Hofstra from our extensive nation. The empathy in their discourse and the humanity of their values inspired all of us.

They gathered for what was advertised as “A Deliberative Dialogue” concerning “Racism, Islamophobia and the 2016 Election.”

The primary thrust of the two hour program was to examine the quintessential values shared by Americans, as well as to consider how to safeguard them and to make this a better society for everyone.

Participants fulfilled Jacob

Bronowski’s dictum: “Knowledge is our destiny.”

People focused strongly on reliable data, on what mattered dearly to them, and on how to foster vigilance to protect those values.

Because the goal of the evening was to encourage thoughtful and informed interaction, the program was structured so the 150 folks would be more than an “audience.”

Four distinguished clerics provided a code of ethics and values from each of their faiths. They were asked to limit their opening views to 5 minutes, and they did so with lucidity, eloquence and passion (informed by empathy).

The initial speakers were: Rev. Natalie Fenimore (Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock); Rabbi Michael White (Temple Sinai of Roslyn) Seemi Ahmed (Muslim Chaplin, Hofstra University) Rev. Mark Lukens ((Pastor, Bethany Congregational Church) Next there were questions to the panel and interactive discussions. Following these first two segments were “Roundtable Forums.”

The room had been set up with round tables so that the dialogues could be conducted with eight or

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10 people at each location.

This gave the small groups a chance to consider with each other four questions that were posed.

1. How has racism and Islamophobia affected you or people you know?

2. How can individuals and communities respond more effectively to racism and Islamophobia?

3. How do you expect elected officials to deal with racism and Islamophobia?

4. What are your reactions to candidates’ statements on these issues?

We concluded the formal part of the evening by inviting reports from as many tables as time permitted.

A good sign for the evening was the large number of people who stayed to continue their discussions.

The table associations marked the beginnings of friendships for people across the age, religious, race, and ethnic spectra — a striking example of what can be initiated when folks are committed to careful listening and striving for a common good.

The program was enhanced by the participation of Hofstra Peace Fellows, a selected group of outstanding students who spend an entire semester exploring contemporary and historical peace initiatives.

The Peace Fellows program is jointly sponsored by the Hofstra Center for Civic Engagement and The Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives.

These students examine obstacles and seek ways that they and others can fulfill aspirations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (he spoke at Hofstra graduation in 1965 and had continuing Long Island ties working with his Roslyn friend, Harry Wachtel).

As Dr. King noted, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” The Peace Fellows together with the diverse forum

gathering concluded that the best response to irresponsible views was by presenting better views.

Racism and Islamophobia persist on Long Island and elsewhere because of lack of knowledge and lack of association with people from different backgrounds. The clergy speakers and then the table groups affirmed more need to foster shared activities to build relationship bonds.

In the spirit of Dr. King a major challenge is to help people tap their better selves by overcoming ignorance and fear. Dr. King said that the “triple evils” of racism, poverty and war fuel conflict.

The groups at Hofstra concluded that many supporters of Donald Trump reflected economic anxiety and that they lacked realistic knowledge of Long Island Muslims and African-Americans.

A special challenge that Cornel West noted in his book “Race Matters” is that white suburbanites seldom interact with people who are different from them.

Colleges that link community and campus can help provide constructive associations.

Last week’s gathering at Hofstra helps to advance us toward fulfilling E.M. Forster’s injunction “to connect, only connect.”

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et us all wish a Happy 182nd Anniversary to the Long Island Rail Road.

On April 24, 1834, the Long Island Rail Road was officially chartered by the State of New York. In 1900, the Pennsylvania Railroad bought a controlling interest as part of its plan for direct access to Manhattan which began on September 8, 1910. The Pennsylvania Railroad subsidized the LIRR into the late 1940s.

This provided the financial basis for support of expansion and upgrades to service and infrastructure.

At the end of World War II, there began a decline of our LIRR with a corresponding loss of farebox revenues.

The Pennsylvania Railroad began to reduce financial support as well. This played a part in the LIRR going into receivership in 1949.

In recognition of the role the

LIRR played in the economy of both Long Island and New York City, New York State began providing financial assistance to the LIRR in the 1950s and 1960s.

The “Line of the Dashing Dan” was officially chartered on April 24, 1965 by the State of New York. Prior to 1965, the LIRR derived almost 100% of its funding for both capital and operating expenses from fares.

Chartered by the State Legislature in 1965 as the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority, it was created to purchase and operate the bankrupt LIRR. In 1966, New York State bought the railroad’s controlling stock from the Pennsylvania Rail Road and put it under the newly formed Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority.

The MCTA changed its name to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 1968 when it took over operations of the New

York City Transit Authority.

With MTA subsidies, the LIRR modernized further and grew into the busiest commuter railroad in the United States.

Over the past 50 years, several billion dollars in combined county, city, state and federal taxpayer-generated dollars have subsidized both the capital and operating costs for the LIRR. Riders must remember that fare hikes are periodically required if the MTA is to provide the services millions of New Yorkers use daily.

They are inevitable due to inflation, along with increasing costs of labor, power, fuel, supplies, materials, routine safety, state of good repair, replacement of worn out rolling stock, upgrades to stations, yards and shops along with system expansion projects necessary to run any transit system.

Half-hour weekly and weekend service on the Port Washing-

ton Long Island Rail Road branch proves why it pays for my wife and I along with many of our neighbors to live in Great Neck.

It is easier seven days a week to attend Met games, other Citi Field events, U.S. Open, Arthur Ash stadium, Flushing Meadow Park, Queens Zoo, Madison Square Garden activities and Broadway shows on a regular basis.

Those of us in the know already moved to communities adjacent to Long Island Rail Road Port Washington branch stations years or even decades ago.

The Great Neck, Manhasset, Plandome and Port Washington school districts along with those in neighboring Little Neck, Douglaston, Bayside and Auburndale in Queens are some of the best in the Metropolitan New York area.

We have great air quality along with a low crime rate, abundant parks, libraries, shopping, entertainment, movie the-

aters, hospitals and medical facilities.

Riders on the Port Washington branch have far more abundant seating and a quick 30 minute or less trip into Penn Station without having to change at Jamaica than LIRR commuters on other branches.

Port Washington branch riders miss most service disruptions.

In the end, quality and frequency of service is dependent upon secure revenue streams.

We all have to contribute — be it at the fare box or tax revenues generated by different levels of government redistributed back to the MTA. TANSTAFFL or “There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch” or in this case a free ride.

Larry Penner Great Neck Larry Penner is a transportation historian and advocate who previously worked in the transportation field for 31 years.

A better solution to combatting mosquitoes

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ith approaching warmer weather Nassau County will be sure to announce measures to be taken to reduce the mosquito breeding problems we face every year.

The usual solution of draining of birdbaths, emptying of water collectors such as used tires etc. will be broadcast and should be heeded, but a major contributor to this problem is Nassau County itself!

The county maintains the storm water runoff basins, which when originally created over 50 years ago, were used for short term storage of excess water until the basins “recharged” the water into the ground.

The basins were dry most of the time.

That is until the bottoms became impermeable due to the decay of organic materials and silt from the runoff.

There is 0 percent in most of these basins and remediating the situation by dredging or drilling is prohibitively expensive and temporary.

The basin behind Tully Park in New Hyde Park is currently a “lake.”

It is a veritable breeding ground for large numbers of mosquitos including the disease bearing Culex species.

Each year the New Hyde Park local near this lake is subjected to aerial spraying of insecticides.

The CDC has found that spraying is wholly ineffective and may actually increase insecticide resistance in the insects.

There is also the health issue to be considered with indiscriminate aerial spraying.

Larvaciding is effective but costly and there are environmental issues to be considered too.

There is a better way.

Fathead minnows especially their fry have been found to be effective in controlling mosquito larva populations.

These hardy minnows can survive high levels of pollution and are actually used as a barometer of levels of toxicity in waterways.

They can also survive in waters with low oxygen and higher temperatures as they are currently used in southern climates.

Furthermore, they are quite inexpensive and usually will spawn three times or more per season. The syate DEC should be able to approve the stocking of basins as

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there are no downstream waterways from basins.

Nassau County should definitely consider the advantages of a natural predator in combating mosquito populations Mark Klein New Hyde Park

Keller thanks supporters

would like to thank the people of Port Washington for electing me to the Board of Trustees of the Port Washington Public Library.

Our Library is a priceless gem that serves the educational and cultural needs of our entire community.

As a native of our wonderful town, the Library has always been an important part of my life and my family’s life.

It will be an honor to work with the library’s administration, its many volunteers, and the other members of the Board of Trustees to make the library an even better place.

Thank you for your support.

Bill Keller Port Washington

Parking enforcement officer is not doing his job

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he Nassau County Police Department has a parking enforcement officer assigned to the former 6th Precinct whose job it is to write parking tickets.

A few weeks ago I saw the officer at the Manhasset Train Station and brought to his attention numerous vehicles in the community that park all day long in timed parking areas along Plandome Road, and other adjoining side streets, even along Northern Boulevard by the car dealerships.

The corner of Park Avenue and Plandome Road by the dry cleaners, Manhasset Drug and the hairdresser.

Those cars are there as early as 7 a.m. and don’t leave

until 8 p.m., never once move I asked him why these cars that park all day just about everyday in violation of posted signs do not get ticketed.

His response shocked me. He said “I don’t want to do it.”

The same was mentioned about cars parked blocking crosswalks, fire hydrants and being in no stopping zones.

So if it is his job to enforce parking regulations and he doesn’t want to do it, why did he take the job?

The Police Department should be ashamed of themselves for hiring this individual.

Manhasset is plagued with severe parking problems.

No wonder why there is this group of individuals going around taking photos of illegally parked cars and forwarding the information to the heads of departments in the Town of North Hempstead and Nassau County.

I’m originally from Garden City and all rules and regulations concerning parking were strictly enforced.

If a vehicle parked in a 1-hour zone and didn’t move after the hour was up, it was given a parking ticket.

We need this strict enforcement in Manhasset.

Cynthia Davantis Manhasset

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READERS WRITE

Eliminate grade crossings in Mineola

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hree weeks or so ago I wrote about not needing a third rail between Floral Park and Hicksville.

I mentioned three crossings in New Hyde Park with the roadways needing to go under the tracks, here stating it in simple fashion. More detail to come later.

I did not get to the situation in Mineola which I will do now.

The only way for Mineola is to eliminate the Willis Avenue and Main Street crossings.

There is not room for anything else.

It is about three quarters of a mile from Mineola Boulevard to Herricks road on first street. The same distance from Roslyn Road to Glen Cove Road on Westbury Avenue.

It is only one block from Willis Avenue to Roslyn Road with the underpass and a short block from Main Street to Mineola Boulevard with the overpass.

Access to the local areas south of the tracks is easy from Front Street and Old

Country Road.

Where the spur Oyster Bay Line crosses Willis Avenue and Second Street, it has to remain as is.

Those trains don’t run that often anyway and there is no way to improve the situation.

I will take up the two Westbury crossings later.

To give an idea of part of the reality, I sat in front of my window reading my newspapers and I could see the trains going over the Roslyn Road underpass and noted the time of each train’s passing.

Beginning 7:00 a.m. weekday ‘til 9 a.m.

The westbound trains were: 705, 707, 716, 718, 722, 724, 728, 730, 737, 741, 746, 748, 751, 753, 801, 804, 811, 812, 817, 820, 828, 833, 849 and 921. Eastbound were: 825, 837, 848, 852, 909, 913 and 916.

For the evening rush hour eastbound: 448, 449, 501, 506, 515, 521, 523, 526, 537, 543, 546, 550, 553, 555, 558, 600,

604, 611, 614, 616, 621, 624, 629, 633, 636, 641, 651, 700, 709, 716, 737, 739, 757, 800, 806, 821, 835 and 853. Westbound trains: 435, 440, 444, 459, 504, 527, 531, 543, 554, 643, 648, 700, 711, 715, 723, 726, 735, 740, 751, 759, 809, 835 and 853.

Putting east and westbound together, it was busy but moving smoothly. The LIRR really rolls!

During the morning (2 1/2 hours), 24 went west and 7 went east.

It seems that many trains were stored over night at the east end of the lines.

During the evening (four hours) 38 went east and 23 went west. During the day trains must have been stored at or near Penn Station.

For the morning rush I watched about 2 1/2 hours and the evening rush 4 hours.

All of the trains listed above pass through the Westbury crossings.

Add on a few more to and from Oyster Bay and that is what passes through the Mineola and New Hyde Park grade cross-

ings.

This demonstrates what motorists face especially in New Hyde Park.

The excuse for the third rail is to commute more passengers.

The Oyster Bay line uses double decker cars. Of those going east of Mineola, only about 10 percent were double decker.

A double decker train could carry twice as many passengers. That would seem to solve any problem.

Consider also that sometimes the crossing gates go down and it is sometimes a minute at least before the train appears and it still has to get through.

Sometimes the gates start to rise and then go back down as another train is coming.

With the volume as noted above, I can really feel for the motorists especially in NHP. These things should have been remedied years ago.

Charles Samek Mineola

Feds need to provide money to fight Zika virus

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t is predicted that the Zika virus could travel to New York by those coming back from those countries affected and that is by sexually transmission.

This virus for now affects pregnant women and whose babies will suffer major deformities. The virus is spread by mosquitoes and has even been suggested that these mosquito could travel further north and af-

fect many states.

There will be more spraying of our neighborhoods, and that has been done with the West Nile virus.

Now the CDC reported that there are ways to protect ourselves this Summer and they are as follows: 1. Wear long sleeve shirts and pants.

2. Use good insect repellant.

3. Make sure that children are also protected as well.

4. Use a condom when having sex .

5. Remove all standing water at our homes where mosquitoes may be.

It is reported that the symptoms consist of mild fever, skin rash, muscle and joint pain. This ailment can last from two to seven days. Also for now there is

no vaccine to combat this disease but reportedly they are working on one.

I feel Congress needs to allocate funds to fight and protect us from this disease.

Babies, mothers and men are in danger from this disease and there is more we don’t know about this disease and could lead to neurological problems for many and not just babies.

As such I ask all to write to our elected officials and that includes our President Obama.

In closing, for more information go to the CDC web site at www.cdc.gov/zika/prevention/ index.html.

Be informed for that is the best prevention from infectious diseases.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

Don’t expect Trump to clean up his act later

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onald Trump, in a televised interview, was asked if he would be toning down his attacks, replied that when he is elected president he would be very presidential.

He still, however, has to take down three people before he will change. He continues to use the vilest of tones, hateful vulgar language, promises that he can never keep, insults.

Who would be trusting enough to accept such pronouncements?

He sometimes seems to reduce his inflammable rhetoric, but he quickly returns to this usual repulsive man-

ner and language.

We simply cannot, even when beset with the real problems and stresses all around us, believe that such consistent evidence of incapacity to control his behavior will miraculously change.

How naive can we be to believe that all his promises have any real substance?

Yes, we want to believe promises, but hucksters have always fooled believers, to their disillusionment.

We really must listen carefully to what he says, and to the almost daily revelations of his many business failures and the trail of ventures that ended in costing his inves-

tors heavy financial losses, after he had managed to milk them for his benefit.

The latest discovery is that his supposed heavy contributions to good causes were actually overvalued by him or manipulated by employing financial tricks.

He even diverted money he raised to his foundation.

Using your foundation makes it possible to get credit for contributions that the original donors could have used.

Attention must be paid.

Esther Confino New Hyde Park

Our only hope for GOP is for Kasich to prevail

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onald Trump is an arrogant, bombastic and demagogic illegitimate man (b------) who would make numerous people gag if they had to address him as Mr. President.

His basic values are his ego and money. His nomination would be disastrous for the GOP. His election would be a monumental calamity for the USA and the world.

Ted Cruz is a calculating ultra-orthodox conservative who would say anything to get elected. His speeches

John Kasich remains the GOP’s most capable qualiare sanctimonious sermons. I would love to know how his “constitutional conservative principals” justify carpet fied common sense candidate.

I’m not just thinking about a victory in November. combing of cities like Raqua and Mosul.

I’m thinking about the well-being of our country and Does this intelligent politician not realize that putting at risk tens of thousands of ISIS captives in order to kill its essential relationship to all the other nations of the world.

5,000-10,000 Jihadists would be a massive atrocity?

We could never explain it to the world, especially Alan Wecksell, MD friendly Muslim countries. Would “God bless” such an Great Neck action?

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Elected officials are failing Great Neck

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am writing again concerning what is going on in the once wonderful town and is now a town that nobody wants to live in including myself.

You still post Bosworth’s picture in practically every page in the Great Neck News.

How come she is not in Hollywood yet

in front of the cameras?

Nothing has been done to rectify anything I write about (and you published).

The politicians are also still hanging around having their pictures taken and doing nothing to help this town.

The mailbox across from CVS Pharmacy Gussack Plaza is not working again.

You have to walk down the pathway on the other end to find and pay the other meter. We live here. We are not interested in all the restaurants that open and close after three months.

Your (our) politicians should be taking care of the important things.

Every block has at least three stores

closed or are going to be closed.

This is important to us. Stop already with the pictures; write about what is going to make Great Neck a desirable place to live in again.

Myrna Kobren Great Neck

Grizzly bears still in need Yes to letters, no to weekly soapbox of government protection

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s an animal lover, I am truly disheartened to learn that The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is proposing to strip away Endangered Species Act protections for the iconic grizzly bears that live in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, essentially leaving their future in the hands of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming wildlife managers and opening up a trophy hunting season on them.

With the senseless trophy killing of the beloved ‘’Cecil the

Lion’’ in Africa fresh in my mind, it is deeply troubling to me that our own country would open season on a species whose population needed ESA protections.

Contrary to what the USFWS claims, grizzly bears are far from recovered and human-caused mortality is the single-largest contributor to bear deaths.

When asked, 60 percent of prominent grizzly bear scientists “believe delisting would be an incorrect decision…”

U.S. Grizzly bears still need

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nly the caption of the letter, (not the letter itself) from Eric Spinner in your April 15 edition “Turn the page if you don’t like what you’re reading” in response to the letter of the previous week from Alan Gray is right on the mark.

As soon as I see the weekly multi page or multi column entries from your dedicated group of pro bono columnists I don’t even start reading their columns JoAnn Winkhart but search the page for letters New Hyde Park from others who would like to

ESA protection to ensure they survive and thrive in the future.

I believe the majority of the American public wants grizzly bears protected for future generations, not killed by a few trophy hunters so they can mount and stuff them.

If you agree, tell the USFWS to keep the Yellowstone grizzly bear on the endangered species list.

express their views in a limited number of words, so I don’t turn the page until I’m ready to do so.

Letters to the editor should not be a weekly soapbox for any individual especially since you give them unlimited space.

Maybe you should hire some of these letter writers to join Karen Rubin on your staff as paid columnists.

In that event, I might even start reading their input and not turn the page!

Victor Beecher Great Neck

Veterans Affairs failing to serve veterans

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s if the Department of Veterans Affairs isn’t shafting the veteran’s enough. How do these people sleep at night?

On April 15 the Stars and Stripes newspaper featured a headline that read, “IG report: VA has been wrongly shredding documents needed for veteran’s claims” revealing the VA has been systemically shredding documents related to veterans’ claims, some potentially affecting their benefits.

According to the article the IG conducted surprise audits at 10 regional offices on July 20, 2015, after an investigation into inappropriate shredding in Los Angeles found that staff there was destroying veterans’ mail related to claims according to an OIG report released Thursday.

In unannounced visits to six regional offices investigators sifted through 438,000 documents awaiting destruction as of 11 a.m.

SINCE 1995

Of 155 claims-related documents, 69 were found to have been incorrectly placed in shred bins.

Investigators determined that two of the 69 documents affected benefits directly, nine had the potential to affect benefits and the rest would not affect benefits but were required to be in the claims folders before destruction and were not there.

The report said the findings were enough to conclude that not only were the problems systemic, the impact could be serious.

The response from the Veteran’s Benefits Administration: It denied that the findings indicated a systemic issue.

Which leads me back to my original question which was and still is, how do these people sleep at night?

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NCC fails to select new president, again

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Senior Vice Chancellor for Community Colleges Johanna Duncan-Poitier told Newsday that SUNY was working with NCC officials to find additional candidates that were not considered before.

“The priority is that we get the right candidate,” Duncan-Poitier said. “We want strong leadership and we are working on that immediately.”

On March 3, Nassau Community College board President Jorge Gardyn announced that the college’s trustees had submitted their presidential selection to the SUNY board following an almost four-year search for a permanent president.

That choice, Gardyn said, was to remain anonymous until the college received Zimpher’s approval.

SUNY spokeswoman Holly Liapis said the SUNY board was prepared to announce its decision at the March 23 board meeting, but the

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presidential choice, who was later found out to be NCC executive vice president Kenneth Saunders, withdrew his name from consideration.

On Jan. 19, the school announced on its website the four finalists for the post — Gena Glickman, president of Manchester Community College in Connecticut; Tyjuan A. Lee, vice president of student services at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland; Stephen Schoonmaker, former president of College of the Ouachitas in Arkansas; and Kenneth Saunders, who now serves as executive vice president at Nassau Community College.

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education, which accredits the college, released an oral report last month stating the college was not in compliance with seven of the accrediting agency’s 14 quality standards, including in leadership, planning and financial resources.

Duncan-Poitier said the report played a factor in SUNY wanting to look at additional candidates for the open president position.

“We are looking at very specific leadership skills in light of the Middle States report — it is that serious,” she said.

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

Former Great Neck Superintendent of Schools Thomas Dolan has served as interim president since September.

Saunders, who was an administrator at Nassau Community College for more than 13 years, was acting president prior to Dolan’s appointment, until SUNY officials recommended a 60-day limit in June to his tenure as acting president.

Dolan said addressing the “Middle States debacle” and ensuring accreditation was the college’s main goal.

“I don’t know whose fault it is and I don’t care,” he said. “All I know is we must be accredited.”

The Middle States Commission is expected to give the college a final written report Tuesday, Dolan said.

“We must follow the pathway to accreditation,” he said.

Bag full of marijuana shuts down roadway B y J oe N i k ic Nassau County police closed a portion of the Long Island Expressway’s North Service Road for two hours Tuesday while investigating a suspicious backpack left on the side of the road, which was found to have one pound of marijuana inside.

Police said a witness observed the unattended backpack and notified them around 4 p.m.

A portion of the service road west of Exit 37 on the LIE was closed, police said, while the Arson Bomb Squad investigated the backpack.

Police said once it was discovered the

backpack was safe, they opened the bag and found one pound of marijuana and one ounce of hashish inside.

During the investigation, police said, the Arson Bomb Squad found that the backpack belonged to Roslyn Heights resident Jason Liarkos.

Liarkos, 19, was placed under arrest at his home at 6:35 p.m. without incident, police said.

He is charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree criminal possession of marijuana.

Liarkos will be arraigned Wednesday at First District Court in Hempstead.

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First ‘incentive zoning’ application filed in VGN B y J oe N i k ic Village of Great Neck trustees are faced with its first application for an “incentive zoning” building request after the board voted to rezone parts of Middle Neck and Steamboat roads in an effort to revitalize the community’s core business district in October 2014.

Village Clerk-Treasurer Joe Gill said representatives of the owners of the property at 733 Middle Neck Road appeared at Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting seeking to construct a four-story, seven-unit apartment building.

The “incentive zoning” legislation approved by trustees almost two years ago changed zoning for Steamboat Road from commercial and residential to only residential and Middle Neck Road changed to only residential at its northern and southern ends, with a central business core.

Steamboat Road residences, according to the legislation, are zoned for townhouses and Middle Neck Road residences are zoned for multi-family apartments.

Middle Neck Road from Hicks Lane and Arrandale Avenue to Baker Hill Road will only be for business use, Gill said.

Mixed-use buildings, with commercial properties on the first floor and residential

on the second floor, are permitted under the zoning changes.

“The idea is that trustees would have authority to grant waivers from the ordinary zoning in exchange for something that may be more community-oriented,” Gill said. “For a price maybe you can get a bigger building or a taller building because by right, you can have a three-story building but with the incentive zoning you can have four stories.”

He said the application marks the first time since the law was approved that trustees will have to make a decision on an “incentive zoning” application.

While the owners of the property are seeking to construct a seven-unit building, Gill said, the board requested that the project be condensed to just six units in an effort to decrease the number of parking spots required.

He also said the board gave the applicant’s representatives “guidance” on how they wanted the building to look in the business district.

Gill said the applicant’s representatives agreed to come back at the May 17 board meeting with redesigned plans for a six-unit building “in the style the board would be looking for.”

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Long Island University, Americana Manhasset and Poll Restaurants will host Celebrate Long Island: An Evening at Merriweather on May 7.

“The goal for us was to be able to bring together a group of different community organizations and cultural entities and give them and their constituents, but really the people on the Gold Coast and the North Shore, an opportunity to experience culture in a different way,” said Michael Glickman, Vice President of Partnerships at Long Island University.

Glickman said the party’s theme was inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s popular book “The Great Gatsby.”

The night will include live music, dancing, food, drinks and a fireworks show by Bellport-based Fireworks by Grucci.

“We want to change the conversation,” he said. “We want people to see this is a great place to live, this is a great place to work, this is a great place to have a good time and this is a great place where you can experience a triedand-true Long Island experience.”

The event, which begins at 7 p.m., will take place under a 30,000-square-foot tent on the LIU-Post campus in Brookville, which is the former estate of Marjorie Merriweather Post and E.F. Hutton.

“Who doesn’t want to throw the biggest party of the season in the community? This is the party that everybody wants to have in their backyard but it just so happens that we’ve got a good backyard to throw this in,” Glickman said.

Proceeds from the event will go towards five Long Island organizations: Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Nassau County Museum of Art, Gold Coast International Film Festival, Old West-

bury Gardens and Sands Point Preserve Conservancy, “One of the things Long Island is missing is this notion of organizations coming together,” Glickman said. “We’ve given people a very accessible way to come have a good time, experience one another, learn something new about

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their own communities and being able to partner that concept with business is a good thing.”

Inside the tent, party-goers will have access to a number of set-ups for local organizations including the “Gatsby Gardens,” which is inspired by Old Westbury Gardens, and a silent movie section put on by the Gold Coast International Film Festival.

Glickman said there will also be casino games for ticket holders to win fake money which can be cashed in for various prizes and offerings.

Ryan Reilly, a partner with Celebrate Long Island, said the tent will be “very interactive.”

“I think that people will be pleasantly surprised as they walk throughout with the things they are seeing,” Reilly said.

There will be musical performances by trumpeter Chris Norton and grammy-nominated jazz musician Jane Monheit.

Tickets for the party are available online at www.celebratelon-

gisland.com, or those interested can also call 516-299-2264 to buy tickets.

There will be no tickets sold the day of the event.

Tickets cost $195 for an individual ticket, $350 for a couple’s ticket, $375 for a VIP ticket, which includes exclusive access to the VIP Lounge, early entry to the tent, complimentary valet parking, and a swag bag featuring special offers and gifts, $600 VIP couple’s ticket and a $5,000 corporate package.

Glickman said the party will go on “rain or shine” because the tent will offer party-goers protection from any rain.

“There is a movement afoot on Long Island,” Glickman said.

“This notion of Celebrate Long Island kind of pulls all of these different aspects together and it’s bringing community and corporate individuals to really gather around an opportunity to celebrate something that is special and unique.”

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Friday, April 22, 8 p.m.

Saturday, April 23, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

With more than 20 years as a stand-up comedian, Tom Papa has found success in film, television and radio as well as on the live stage. His second hour stand-up special, “Tom Papa: Freaked Out,” was directed by Rob Zombie and named one of the 10 Best Comedy Albums of 2013 by Laughspin.com. He can be seen alongside Clive Owen in Steven Soderbergh’s, “The Knick” on Showtime and hosts the hit SiriusXM show, “Come to Papa.”

Where: Governors’ Comedy Club 90 Division Ave. Levittown Info: (516) 731-3358http://tickets.govs.com/index.cfm

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The Gipsy Kings Tuesday, April 26, 8 p.m.

It has been 25 years since the Gipsy Kings’ self-titled debut album — a record that became certified gold and platinum around the globe, introducing millions of listeners to a unique, irresistible blend of traditional flamenco styles with Western pop and Latin rhythms. Since then, the band has toured virtually non-stop, to the farthest-flung corners of the planet, and sold almost 20 million albums, all the while retaining the same line-up of virtuoso musicians.

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The Shadow Box Tuesday, April 26 - Sunday, May 1, various times

Directed by Dave Groom, Shadow Box is about three terminal cancer patients dwelling in separate cottages on a hospital’s grounds. They are attended and visited by family and close friends: Agnes and her mother Felicity, estranged further by the latter’s dementia; Brian and Beverly, whose marital complications are exacerbated

by Brian’s new lover, Mark; and Joe and Maggie, unready for the strain of Joe’s impending death and its effect on their teenage son.

Where: Adelphi University Performing Arts Center Westermann Stage, 1 South Avenue, Garden City Info: (516) 877-4000 • http://aupac.adelphi.edu/

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Mike Epps Friday, April 22, 8 p.m.

Since his big-screen breakthrough in 2000’s Next Friday, stand-up comedian and actor Mike Epps has been seen in major releases, including “Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins,” “All About the Benjamins.”

“Hancock” and “Next Day Air.” Epps’ HBO comedy special, “Inappropriate Behavior,” was one of the network’s top-rated, hour-long specials of 2005. This year Epps can be seen in “Meet the Blacks,” and as Richard Pryor in “Nina,” a film about Nina Simone.

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

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Gnarly Karma - Nectar - The Gray Thursday, Apr. 28, 8 p.m.

The Space at Westbury will host three Long Island-based bands Thursday: Necter, the acoustic-pop duo based of Samantha Raia and Brianna Martinsen; Gnarly Karma, a lyrical-jam/rock band in the vein of Dave Matthews Band, Sublime and Mumford & Sons; and The Gray, a four-piece band promoting their debut EP “Ladies! Ladies! Ladies!” blending genres of rock, pop and funk.

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

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Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science Thursday, April 28, 8 p.m.

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In “Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science” the follow-up to the smash “Edible Inevitable” tour, fans can expect more comedy, talk show antics, multimedia presentations and music (yes, he sings), but Brown is adding a slew of fresh ingredients including new puppets, songs and bigger and potentially more dangerous experiments in two hours of pure entertainment.

Where: Tilles Center For The Performing Arts LIU Post, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville Info: (516) 299-3100 http://tillescenter.org

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Over the course of 25 years and 10 albums, the SubDudes have become one of America’s national music treasures. The New Orleans-formed group is a living encapsulation of American music, stirring together meaty grooves and jazzy dynamics, soulful R&B swagger, easy vocal harmonies, cheeky rock ‘n’ roll attitude and folky social consciousness - and some of the sharpest musicianship and ensemble playing from any five musicians.

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Saturday and Sunday, April 23 and April 24, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

The 2016 Arbor Day Family Festival features live musical shows by the crowd’s favorites Peat Moss and the Fertilizers, performances by PLAY DATE, kid’s tree climb by Wonderland Tree Care, petting zoo, face painting, National Circus Project performances and workshops, TR Sanctuary, caricaturists, plant clinics, tree plantings with Smokey the Bear, FREE self-guided visits of Coe Hall. The festival is a collaborative effort between Planting Fields Foundation and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Price: $20 per car load; once inside the park all activities are free. Rain or Shine.

Where: Planting Fields Arboretum, 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay Info: 516-922-9200 • www.plantingfields.org

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pring Break Nature Walks, Demos and Crafts

Saturday, April 23; Tuesday, April 26 – Friday, April 29 There’s so much to do and learn! Walk through spring woods and talk about plants, trees and animals, identify favorite birds and learn how to use binoculars, witness the power of moving water, or explore the shoreline for varied plants. In addition, your child can make a nature craft, a recycled bird house craft, a caterpillar craft, or a sand casting craft. Check the website for daily activites, times and pricing.

Where: Garvies Point Museum, 50 Barry Drive, Glen Cove Info: 516-571-8010 • www.garviespointmuseum.com

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Tuesday, April 26 – Thursday, April 28, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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Three days of art making and gallery tours inspired by the colorful, imaginative art of Kenny Scharf. A different project will be offered every day.

Thursday’s project will be inspired by Scharf’s sculptures as well as works in our out outdoor sculpture collection – be prepared to create art outside, rain or shine! Museum admission plus $10 per family materials fee, reservations not needed. Cost: Museum admission plus $10/family materials fee Where: Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor Info: 516-484-9337 • www.nassaumuseum.com

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Monday, April 25 - Friday, April 29, 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Imagine, design and create your own wooden vessel. All materials provided.

Hot glue guns used so adult supervision is required. $8 Hull + Admission. Members receive free admission. Not recommended for children under 4 years.

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

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Nassau Suffolk Services for Autism (NSSA) invites you to join for a night of family fun at Adventureland. Adventureland will be closed to the public for this event. That means individuals with autism, their families, and friends will have unlimited access to the entire park with very little waiting time. Best of all, the park will be filled with people who love, care for, and embrace the children. Rain date is Wednesday, April 27.

Advanced bracelet $18 per person; $20 at the door.

Where: Adventureland, 2245 Broad Hollow Road, Farmingdale Info: 631-694-6868 • www.adventureland.us, www.nssa.net

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To celebrate the history of the Space Shuttle and National Astronomy & Space Week, come join us and learn about how the Space Shuttle contributed to space exploration! After exploring the museum’s Space Gallery with authentic pieces from the Space Shuttle, young visitors are invited over to the Family Activity Area to create their very own make-and-take Space Shuttle Craft! Take a walk through the Solar System to see some of the missions NASA has sent off Earth and leave a message for future explorers. Finally, young visitors can learn the new dance phenomenon sweeping the Nation, our Space Shuttle Shuffle! There are also interactive educator led programs in the Jet Blue Sky Theatre Planetarium (separate admission). Visit the website for further details, hours and pricing information.

Where: Cradle of Aviation Museum, Charles Lindbergh Blvd, Garden City Info: 516-572-4111 ¶ www.cradleofaviation.org

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ong Island Ducks Home Opener Thursday, April 28 @ 6:35 p.m.

The home opener will be the Long Island Ducks versus the defending Freedom Division champion Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. Visit website to purchase your tickets.

Where: Bethpage Ballpark (Home of the Long Island Ducks), 3 Court House Drive, Central Islip Info: 631-940-3825 • www.liducks.com

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Culinary Architect’s famous gefilte fish These tasty fish morsels can Gefilte fish is an Ashekanzi Jewish staple at Passover Sedars all be enjoyed on Friday nights or any night. They also make for a lovely over the world.

It is made from a mixture of light lunch. fishes, carp, whitefish and/or pike and poached in a homemade fish Menu stock from the bones of such.

Makes approximately Gefilte fish is the equivalent to 12-14 servings quenelles in French cuisine.

Homemade Gefilte Fish Gefilte fish may be bought in Radicchio Cups* the supermarket, prepackaged in Fresh Horseradish jars or cans, but if you have the *Recipe Not Given time and the gumption, making your own Gefilte fish from scratch Culinary Architect Catering’s is quite rewarding. The taste is subFamous Gefilte Fish lime!

To Make The Fish: Once you eat homemade, you Approximately 3 lbs. will never eat premade again! whitefish* We, at Culinary Architect CaterApproximately 3 lbs. pike* ing, make hundreds of pieces of Ge2 medium onions, grated fine filte Fish for the holidays for our full 3 carrots, grated service and take-out clients.

3 eggs, whisked until foamy Be sure that if you undertake Approximately 1/4 cup Gefilte fish and horseradish makice water ing, your kitchen is well ventilated, 2 tblsps. matzoh meal as fish smells linger and horseradish Approximately 1 3/4 tsp. is extremely potent.

Kosher salt If you would like the taste of Approximately 1 tblsp. sugar homemade, but cannot invest the *Ground by your fish monger time, Gefilte fish and horseradish maybe ordered by the piece ($5.25) To Make The Stock: and by the half pint ($8.95).

Heads, skin, and bones Remember, it does not have to from the whitefish and pike be Passover to enjoy Gefilte fish.

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Bring to a boil over high heat and simmer, covered, for about 1 1/2 hours, checking every now and then.

Remove any foam that rises to the top. Let stock cool.

2. Wet a cheesecloth with cold water, wring dry, and drape over a large bowl; strain stock. Wring cloth well to obtain all flavor and liquid from fish. This stock will be cloudy.

Rinse pan and pour in strained stock.

3. Place the fish in a large, preferably metal bowl and add car-

rots and onions. Mix with a chopper (or I use my hands), then pour in eggs in a slow stream and mix with chopper until they are very well combined. Do the same with the ice water and matzoh meal, adding them 1 tablespoonful at a time. Be patient and continue combining for about 15 minutes to make the ground fish soft to the touch. Season with remaining ingredients and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

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The Culinary Architect 2 onions, sliced 1 carrot, quartered 7 cups cold water 1 tblsp. Kosher salt 2 1/2 tsp. sugar 10 peppercorns

To Make The Sauce: 4 carrots, peeled and sliced on the diagonal 1 leek, cleaned thoroughly and julienned 1. To make the stock: Place all of the fish trimmings, onions, carrot, water and seasoning in a large pan.

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Culinary Architect’s famous gefilte fish Continued from Page 30 nearby. Wet hands well and shape fish, 2 heaping tablespoonfuls at a time, into very smooth ovals. Drop them carefully into gently boiling fish stock and proceed until all are made. Be sure to wet your hands well each time.

5. Shake pan and cook fish gently, covered, turning them from time to time for 1 1/2 hours. Let cool and correct seasoning of sauce.

Transfer fish to a tightly covered container and refrigerate.

6. Stock will make a soft jelly, add sliced carrots and leeks to stock/jelly and cook until soft, approximately 20 minutes. Chill jelly mixture until serving.

7. To serve, place a radicchio cup on each plate. Place gefilte fish in center. Top with a large spoonful of jellied fish stock, carrots and leeks. Serve with fresh grated horseradish.

Alexandra Troy is owner of Culinary Architect Catering, a 33-year old Greenvale-based company, specializing in private, corporate and promotional parties. For more photos and presentation follow Culinary Architect Catering on Facebook. Visit culinaryarchitect.com for more entertaining ideas.

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Natural ways to relieve chronic pain term pain, too often their usage leads to misuse and dependence, especially when they are used to treat chronic pain.

For long-term pain from arthritis, research suggests that nonopioid medications and even nondrug treatments often provide relief with less risk of addiction and overdose than opioids. Reducing pain using alternative methods with less risk can involve rethinking trips to the medicine cabinet. Doctors and naturalists may advocate for natural pain relievers as a first step to managing pain.

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Dietary changes Pain is often linked to inflammation in the body. When eating, choose foods that won’t worsen existing inflammation. Eating less sugar, dairy, and gluten products, which can contribute to inflammation, can help a person feel better. Increase consumption of foods that reduce inflammation, such as raw vegetables.

Hot and cold therapy Cold compresses can reduce inflammation quickly and also serve as a local anesthetic. Heat therapy can ease aches and pains and make muscles more flexible. Try applying a hot compress prior to stretching to make limbs more limber.

Take the sun A Boston University study that examined 221 men and women with knee osteoarthritis found that those who spent 15 to 20 minutes in the sun increased their body’s production of vitamin D and experienced less pain as a result. When the sun is scarce, it’s adviseable to get between 400 and 800 IUs of vitamin D daily through supplements and foods.

Brisk walking Fast walking is a low-impact cardiovascular exercise that utilizes most of the body. Walking encourages blood circulation, removes toxins, burns calories, and stabilizes blood fats and sugars.

Plus endorphins released from exercise can help a person feel good. A great thing about walking is just about anyone can do it.

Mind-body exercises Exercises that combine focus with stretching can alleviate physical pain and improve mental clarity. Look for yoga, pilates and meditation classes and give them a try.

Chronic pain may be relieved with the use of natural remedies, which help pain sufferers reduce their reliance on overthe-counter or prescription medications.

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The benefits of reading

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any people are avid readers, feeling that a good book remains the most entertaining form of escapism. But reading provides more than just an opportunity to leave the daily grind behind.

While many people may read to immerse themselves in something other than a movie or a television show, they may not know about all the additional benefits they are enjoying when cuddling up with a good book.

Reading can improve brain function.

A recent study from researchers at Emory University discovered that reading a novel can improve brain function in various ways. During the study, researchers found that reading fiction improves connectivity in the brain. In addition, reading fiction improved readers’ ability to put themselves in other peoples’ shoes, which might help them relate better to people in both the present and future.

Reading can benefit long-term brain health. While readers engrossed

in a great book might only be worried about what’s coming on the next page, the benefits to reading are much more long-term than the next chapter.

Researchers at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago found that reading is one of a handful of mentally stimulating activities that can benefit brain health in old age. In their Rush Memory and Aging Project, researchers examined nearly 300 elderly men and women, giving them tests of memory and thinking throughout the final years of their lives. When participants, who were surveyed as to how often they engaged in mentally stimulating activities such as reading, passed away, their brains were examined for signs of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Researchers discovered that the participants who engaged in mentally challenging activities most often had slower rates of memory decline. In addition, even those who had symptoms of brain damage that are commonly associated with Alzheimer’s and dementia seemed to benefit from the stimulation that mentally challenging activities produced.

Reading can help reduce stress.

Another big benefit of reading is its relationship to stress. According to a 2009 study from researchers at the University of Sussex in England, reading can reduce stress by up to 68 percent. In addition, reading might help relieve that stress even faster than other forms of stress relief because it allows for a more immediate escape from the stress of daily life.

Reading can help you get a more restful night’s sleep. According to the National Sleep Foundation, engaging

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Reading is not only a favorite activity for many people, but it’s also something that can benefit the body in myriad ways.

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Save money and still get in shape

Committing to multiple personal training sessions as opposed to paying on a session-by-session basis is one potential way to save money when trying to get in shape.

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he costs of getting fit can sometimes seem formidable. Men and women on tight budgets may feel that gym memberships, home exercise equipment or costly personal training sessions are simply beyond their means.

Such concerns can have long-term negative impacts on individuals’ health, which only highlights the need to find ways to save when attempting to get in shape.

While there is no shortage of ways to spend money when trying to get back in shape, there are even more ways to save when adopting a healthier lifestyle.

Buy in bulk. Many professional fitness services, whether it’s gym memberships or personal training sessions, offer greater discounts to individuals willing to make bigger commitments. Men and women who commit to a 12-month gym membership instead of going month-tomonth can typically save a substantial amount of money each month by making such long-term commitments. For example, a gym may charge $89 for a month-to-month membership, but only $69 per month for people who commit for a full year. That’s a savings of nearly 23 percent. Personal trainers also typically offer considerable discounts to clients who commit to a greater number of sessions than those who simply purchase one session at a time.

Join a gym at the right moment.

Many gyms capitalize on people’s New Year’s resolutions to get fit by offering steep discounts to men and women who sign up at the end of December or in January. Others may discount memberships in late winter when people want to

get in shape before the return of beach season. Signing up during the height of discount season or when gyms are offering special discounts, such as anniversary or holiday deals, can save you a lot of money over the course of the year.

Work out at home. If a gym membership is simply beyond your means, create your own workout area at home.

Visit a nearby sporting goods store and purchase some weights and go for jogs around the neighborhood to meet your daily cardiovascular exercise goals. If space is limited at home, embrace yoga.

Yoga provides both strength and balance training, and all you need is room for a yoga mat.

Investigate your health insurance.

Many health insurance providers offer gym membership rebates to their customers. If you have never had a gym membership in the past, you may not even know if your provider offers this benefit. Gym membership rebates typically require that policy holders visit their gyms ‘X’ number of times in a sixor 12-month span (i.e., 50 times in six months or 100 times in 12 months) in order to earn rebates. A $400 annual rebate on a gym membership that costs $69 per month cuts the yearly cost of that gym membership by nearly 50 percent. If your existing insurance plan does not offer such rebates, speak with your employer about including it when the time comes to renew the insurance offerings in the future.

Getting fit does not have to break the bank. Health-conscious men and women can find numerous ways to save on their journeys to living more active lifestyles.

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Be smart about antibiotic use

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hen used correctly, antibiotics and similar drugs known as antimicrobial agents can alleviate infections caused by various bacteria and some types of fungi and parasites.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that these drugs have been used successfully for the last 70 years to treat patients with infectious diseases.

But antibiotics cannot treat

illnesses stemming from viruses, which include most colds and the flu.

As effective as antibiotics can be, antibiotic resistance is a growing problem. The CDC reports that at least two million people become infected with bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics, and roughly 23,000 people die each year as a result of these types of infections. An April 2014 report from the World

Health Organization stated, “This serious threat is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country. It is now a major threat to public health.”

occurs, a stronger drug may be needed to treat an infection that was once taken care of by a milder medication.

The Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics says antibiotic resistance occurs when an antibiotic has lost its ability to effectively control or kill bacterial growth. The three main ways resistance develops include natural resistance to certain types of antibiotics, genetic mutation or through the acquisition of resistance from another bacterium. This resistance can occur spontaneously or through misuse of antibiotics or antimicrobials.

Prescription medications are not always the culprits, either.

Antibiotic use in livestock and food production also may contribute to resistance.

Become educated. The health resource Medscape, powered by WebMD, says in a recent survey of 796 clinicians, 42 percent of doctors have admitted to prescribing antibiotics 10 to 24 percent of the time even when they are not sure they are necessary.

Patient request is a large factor in such offerings. About 25 percent of patients ask their doctor or nurse for antibiotics. Patients who educate themselves about the proper application of antibiotics may be less likely to request them, and that can help prevent the development of a resistance.

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Concert pianist to Bx. opera company to play Temple Emanuel perform ‘Cinderella’ The fourth season of Stephen C. Widom Cultural Arts at Emanuel continues on Sunday, May 1 at 3:00 p.m., with a concert by pianist Richard Glazier entitled, Richard Glazier salutes The American Popular Song.

Glazier, an award-winning pianist and master storyteller, takes audiences on a musical tour of the 20th century in this fascinating program dedicated to the American Popular Song.

Using his piano as a time machine, he starts when Ragtime was King and continues through the decades that followed, with stops in Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and Hollywood.

Glazier’s exciting piano performance includes inside stories and rare film and audio clips. Whether he’s playing the music of Joplin, Gershwin, Rodgers, Kern or a host of other Golden Era composers, Glazier

brings new life to old favorites.

He has performed in every state of the union, at the United Nations, the Smithsonian Institute and Carnegie Hall. Glazier’s concerts have inspired two national television specials: “From Gershwin to Garland — A Musical Journey With Richard Glazier,” which was broadcast on PBS stations throughout the country in 2010, and “From Ragtime to Reel Time — Richard Glazier in Concert,” which aired on PBS stations in March 2012.

Following the concert, there will be refreshments.

Tickets are $15 or 2@$25. For further information about subscription discounts and to purchase tickets, call (516) 4825701.

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

SCW Cultural Arts at Emanuel will present “Richard Glazier salutes The American Popular Song” on Sunday, May 1.

Clark Garden to hold spring plant sale North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board have partnered with the Clark Garden Auxiliary for the 47th Annual Spring Plant Sale at Clark Botanic Garden on Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The annual sale will feature annuals, perennials, herbs, shrubs, hanging baskets and vegetables for purchase. The plant sale raises money for the Fanny Dwight Clark Memorial Garden Inc. “This time of year Clark Botanic Garden is at the height of its beauty with tulips, daffodils and other spring blossoms,” Bosworth said. “We invite you to pack a picnic for Mom, visit the garden Mother’s Day Weekend for the plant sale and enjoy spending time in an oasis of peace and nature.”

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tive spring wildflowers, conifers, roses, perennials, daylilies, wetland plants, rock garden plants, herbs, butterfly plants, medicinal plants, and over a dozen collections of particular plant families.

The Plant Sale will also feature: Art Show; Attic Treasures; Garden Gift Shop; Tea Room (sandwiches and home-made cakes); Raffles and Bioferm, “Black Gold” for your garden Founded in 1969, Clark Botanic Garden is a 12-acre living museum and educational facility dedicated to understanding and appreciating the world’s plant life through horticulture, education and research. It is located at 193 I. U. Willets Road in Albertson.

Admission to the plant sale is free and cash or check only is accepted when purchasing plants. For more information, please call 311 or (516) 869-6311.

An opera-in-concert of “Cinderella” (“La Cenerentola”) by Gioachino Rossini will be presented by The Bronx Opera Company on Wednesday, May 4, at 8 p.m. at Hofstra University’s Helene Fortunoff Theater.

Favorite excerpts from Rossini’s beloved masterpiece will be performed by the Opera’s outstanding professional singers with piano accompaniment and narration by Maestro Michael Spierman.

While “La Cenerentola” is based on the Charles Perrault’s 1697 fairy tale, “Cinderella,” or the “Little Glass Slipper,” there are some plot differences. In this version the wicked stepmother has been replaced by a wicked stepfather, Don Magnifico; the fairy godmother has become Alidoro, a philosopher and tutor to the prince; and most importantly, it is with a bracelet, not a glass slipper, that the prince discovers his true love.

Director Rod Gomez says, “Those familiar with the Disney version of the story might be surprised at some of Rossini’s changes…and I don’t think there will be any mice! Rossini does maintain the moral focus of the story, however, with the

triumph of modesty and generosity over vanity and greed.”

The Bronx Opera Company has had an 18-year affiliation with Hofstra University. This concert performance of Cinderella (La Cenerentola) — designed to be a more intimate experience— will be performed in English.

Tickets are $15, $12 for senior citizens (over 65) and matriculated nonHofstra students with ID. Members of the Hofstra community may receive up to two free tickets upon presentation of a current HofstraCard.

Children and teens under the age of 16 receive one free ticket when accompanied by an adult paying full price.

For tickets call the Hofstra Box Office at 516-463-6644 Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-3:45 p.m. or purchase online at HofstraTickets.com. If available, tickets will also be sold at the door by cash or check only, starting 60 minutes prior to show time.

This production is presented by the Hofstra Cultural Center as part of the Joseph G. Astman International Concert Series.

JCC to host author Pam Jenoff May 5 Sid Jacobson JCC will host author Pam Jenoff on May 5 at 10:30 a.m. to discuss her book “The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach” as part of the JCC’s Author Breakfast and Book Signing series.

The book tells the story of Adelia Monteforte who flees Italy for America in the summer of 1941 where she meets and falls for Charlie Connally.

Their hope for a future together is stopped by the war and a tragedy that hits close to home.

Adelia flees to Washington and then war-torn London for a job and finds the chance to redeem lost time, family and love.

Her past haunts her and in a final, fateful

choice she discovers that the way home may be the path she never suspected.

Jenoff is an international bestselling author of several novels. She previously served as the Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army at the Pentagon and State Department officer.

Tickets are $40 for Sid Jacobson JCC members and $50 for non-members and can be purchased at www.sjjcc.org.

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • http://goldcoastarts.org Wednesday, May 4, 7:30 p.m.

“The Man Who Knew Infinity” at Furman Film Series Sunday, May 15, 4 to 7 p.m.

Opening Reception: Off the Wall May 15 to September 6 Art Exhibit: Off the Wall LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Thursday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.

The Subdudes Friday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.

Afro Cuban All Stars Saturday, May 7, 3 p.m.

Pushcart Players in Peter & the Wolf Saturday, May 14, 2016, 8 p.m.

Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs 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, May 1, 3 p.m.

Richard Glazier Sunday, May 15, 3 p.m.

Paul Begala & Steve Schmidt 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 Friday, April 22, 8 p.m.

Mike Epps Thursday, April 28, 8 p.m.

Martin Short Saturday, April 30, 3 p.m.

Kool & The Gang Sunday, May 1, 7 p.m.

Under The Streetlamp Thursday, May 5, 7:30 p.m.

Chris Isaak Friday, May 6, 8 p.m.

Generation Axe! - A Night Of Guitars Saturday, May 7, 7 p.m.

The Whispers, The Manhattans, Regina Belle Friday, May 13, 7 p.m.

ABBA Friday, May 14, 7 p.m.

I Love the 90s Show Thursday, May 19, 7 p.m.

Frankie Ballard 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: Conversa-

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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, Apr. 28, 8 p.m.

Gnarly Karma - Nectar - The Gray Friday, May 6, 8 p.m.

David Bromberg Quintet Saturday, May 7, 8 p.m.

The Fab Faux Thursday, May 12, 8 p.m.

Iris DeMent & Loudon Wainwright III Saturday, May 14, 8 p.m.

Dark Star Orchestra 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 ADELPHI UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Westermann Stage, 1 South Avenue, Garden City (516) 877-4000 http://aupac.adelphi.edu/ Tuesday, April 26 - Sunday, May 1, various times The Shadow Box Friday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.

Adelphi Jazz Ensemble: Meditations of Miles Sunday, May 1, 2 p.m.

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Bach to Bernstein Thursday, April 28, 8 p.m.

Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science Saturday, April 30, 8 p.m.

Mozart Orchestra of New York Sunday, May 1, 11 a.m. 1 & 4 p.m.

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A&E Calendar cont’d Saturday, May 14, 8:30 p.m.

Itzhak Perlman Sunday, May 15, 2 & 7 p.m.

42nd Street The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Friday, April 22, 8 p.m.

Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot Saturday, April 23, 7:30 p.m.

Joe DeGuardia’s STAR Boxing Presents “Rockin’ Fights 23” - featuring Joe Smith Sunday, April 24, 8 p.m.

Brit Floyd Tuesday, April 26, 8 p.m.

The Gipsy Kings Friday, April 29, 8 p.m.

Robby Krieger with special guest Mountain’s Leslie West Thursday, May 5, 8 p.m.

Bush Friday, May 6, 8 p.m.

Thompson Square Saturday, May 7, 8 p.m.

The Weight Tuesday, May 10, 8 p.m.

Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo Wednesday, May 11, 7:30 p.m.

Bullet for My Valentine with Asking Alexandria & Cane Hill Saturday, May 14, 8 p.m.

I Love the 90’s Show with The Fresh Kids of Bel-Air with Special Guest – Dee Wiz Tuesday, May 17, 7 p.m.

Lamb of God, Clutch, Corrosion of Conformity

Wednesday, May 18, 8 p.m.

Hollywood Undead Friday, May 20, 8 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 Friday, June 3, 8 p.m.

I Love the 90’s Show with The Fresh Kids of Bel-Air with Special Guest – Dee Wiz Friday, June 10, 8 p.m.

Friday Night Fever Friday, June 13, 7:30 p.m.

Voyage w/ Fleetwood Macked 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 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! Friday, July 29, 8 p.m.

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

Michael Bolton Saturday, Sept. 10, 8 p.m.

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

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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.

Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser The Nassau County Chapter of the National Association of Professional Women* (NAPW) will host its biggest fundraiser of the year for the Ronald McDonald House of New Hyde Park which will be held at: The American Legion Hall: Post 144, 730 Willis Avenue, Williston Park. Saturday, June 11 from 6 to 10 p.m. This fun-filled night will include a buffet dinner, open bar, door prizes, and basket raffles. Raffle tickets will be sold at the event. The cost of a ticket is $48.00 and can be purchased via this link: http://napwronaldmcdonaldhouse.eventbrite.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the door.

Northport Chorale The Northport Chorale presents John Rutter’s Gloria and other Rutter favorites on Friday, May 13 at 8 p.m. Northport High School, 154 Laurel Hill Rd, Northport. $15 Adults, $12 Seniors, $10 Students. Tickets available at the door. Call 631-223-3789 for more info or visit www.northportchorale. com

Area Cyclists Unite There are several area cyclists & cycling groups that ride before or after work on Weekdays. Let’s Ride Together !! A bigger group is more fun and a better work out. I invite you to join the areas longest running Weekday cycling group. When: Weekdays before work or after work Where: parking lot across from Great Neck Diner, Corner of Bond Street and Grace Avenue.

Description of ride : About 15 miles in about one hour, 20 minutes (Non stop) We start and finish at the same location. Routes and speeds vary depending on the group.

Ride is canceled if the roads are wet or temperature is below 40 degrees. Free parking in the lot till 9 a.m. and after 6 p.m.

Helmets and road bikes mandatory. Beginners welcome. Ride at your own risk. April to November. Come & meet others who are interested in your sport, you may even pick up a pointer or two from one of the veteran cyclists. Call David (Speedy) Emanuel. Most Days, Mobile 516-840-9370 Most Eves, Home: 516-487-8065 before 9:45 p.m.. for schedule and to confirm your participation.

For Trivia Lovers At 7 p.m. Two Wednesday nights each month at Page One Restaurant, 90 School St. Glen Cove. Call (516) 625-8804 for information.

HONESTY IS GIVING YOUR WORD… INTEGRITY IS KEEPING IT! ROBERTA WEINBERG

KNOWN GLOBALLY. LOVED LOCALLY.

Licensed Associate Real Estate Salesperson

C: 516.384.2262 | rweinberg@elliman.com Manhasset Office | 154 Plandome Road 110 WALT WHITMAN ROAD, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY, 11746. 631.549.7401 | © 2016 DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL ESTATE.

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY.

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Roslyn Bow Tie to host Bike-to-Work Fashion L.I. documentary maker Parade at Hofstra May 7 Long Island documentary filmmaker Gayle Kirschenbaum will be coming to Roslyn’s Bow Tie Cinemas Mother’s Day weekend to show and discuss her new movie “Look At Us Now, Mother!”

Kirschenbaum, whose only previous full-length directing credit was 2004’s “A Dog’s Life: A Dogamentary,” chose a much more intimate subject matter for her sophomore effort.

“I never expected to make such a deeply personal film,” Kirschenbaum said. “I had spent most of my career behind the camera telling other people’s stories, but it soon became apparent that the highly charged relationship I had with my mother and its

transformation from hate to love was a story I had to tell.”

Comprised primarily of decades-worth of intimate family home movies and videos that were never meant for public viewing — from 8mm film coverage of Kirschenbaum’s outwardly “Leave it to Beaver-esque” childhood in an upwardly-mobile Long Island suburb, to personal family celebrations, fights, and even tragedies right up to the present — the film is a story of one determined woman’s quest to reconcile with and understand her past, which means forgiving her proud, narcissistic and formidable elderly mother, Mildred.

With equal parts humor and pathos, Kirschenbaum invites the audience to take this epic journey along with her — an odyssey of discovery with no bump in the road edited out.

When Mildred grudgingly agrees to participate in the process, the two of them uncover shocking family secrets and long-buried suffering that throw their family history into sharp relief, and begin to shift the dynamics of their complex relationship.

“Look At Us Now Mother!” may be about one mother-daughter relationship, but its insights and lessons are universal.

Kirschenbaum brings her unique brand of fearless honesty and laughaloud humor to a film that took decades to shoot, about a relationship that took a lifetime to mend.

The event will take place May 6.

Kirschenbaum also worked as producer on a number of reality-based television shows, including “Ancient Mysteries,” “Mysteries of the Bible” and “Biography.”

What’s more Dutch than bike riding, and this year Hofstra University’s Dutch Family Festival, to be held on Saturday, May 7, is hosting Car-less Long Island’s first Bike-to-Work Fashion Parade.

The Parade (9-10:30 a.m.) follows a 6.5 mile loop (2.3 miles for those with less stamina) starting at Hofstra, looping through Eisenhower Park and ending at the Dutch Family Festival, which opens at 11 a.m. and runs through 4 p.m.

Admission to enter the Dutch Family Festival and parking are free.

Participation in the Bike-to-Work Fashion Parade is also free, but participants are encouraged to register beforehand. The registration form and more information about the parade can be found at www.Car-lessLI.org/ parade.

The first 200 registrants who show up for the parade will receive free Tshirts.

Participants are also encouraged to dress-up and decorate their bikes.

There will be prizes given for the best outfits (both flamboyant and professional) and most impressive bikes.

As with last year’s Dutch Family Festival, carnival rides and games for small children are part of the fun, and the focus of the entertainment lineup is Hofstra’s student talent, with a full itinerary of music and theater taking place on two stages.

As always, Hofstra’s tulips will be in bloom (weather permitting) and

there will be vendors offering Mother’s Day “shopportunities.” The East End Trio will also be back to perform music from the 1960s-2000s.

Among the highlights of the day are: · Children’s carnival games and rides (nominal fees) · Hofstra Arboretum Plant Sale · Hofstra Spectrum Theater performs Alice in Wonderland · Hofstra Drama Program presents Suessical · Performances by Hofstra’s Music Ensembles, including the Jazz Ensemble · Ceramics demonstration and display by the Fine Arts Department faculty and students · Performances by the Hofstra Cheer Team, Dance Team and Pep Band The Hofstra Dutch Family Festival, now in its 33rd year, is co-sponsored by the D’Addario Music Appreciation Initiative.

The Festival will go on, rain or shine, outdoors on Hofstra’s South Campus.

Call Hofstra’s Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6582 or visit www.hofstra.edu/Festivals for more information and the most up-to-date listings of entertainment. For vendor information call Jessie Garcia at (516) 463-6580.

Guests may also become a fan of Hofstra University Festivals on Facebook.

Register in advance for the Bike-toWork Parade at www.Car-lessLI.org/parade . There is no fee to enter.

More information is available and a festival itinerary will be posted at www. hofstra.edu/festivals.

Huntington Village Save the Horseshoe Art Walk on May 14 Crab spring events The Huntington Arts Council, in conjunction with The Huntington Art Center, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington Historical Society, b.j. spoke gallery, fotofoto gallery and Chelsea Studio and Gallery will take part in the 2016 Huntington Village Art Walk. This free event takes place Saturday, May 14, from 4 to 8 p.m.

This self guided walk will provide a fun way to build more awareness of, and help expand, Huntington’s art scene.

Currently the walk includes these seven locations; Huntington Arts Council, The Huntington Art Center, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington Historical Society, b.j. spoke gallery, fotofoto gallery and Chelsea Studio and Gallery.

Each venue will be providing refreshments, opportunities to purchase raffle tickets and in some cases will have artist(s) on site to discuss their source of

passion and inspiration.

Wendy Curtis of the Huntington Arts Center, who worked on putting the idea in motion, acknowledges that the concept may have been “tossed around” for years, but really resonated with her when a customer called looking for art to display in her new home. Not necessarily knowing where to go and being resistant to going into the city, Wendy told her there were great choices right here in Huntington Village. “ So the spark was lit, and off I went to collaborate with our galleries and museums to create more awareness of Huntington’s art scene. Plenty of people know to come to the village for the restaurants, and we would like to help foster the arts and grow the art scene! In the future, we may grow the number of participating locations while still keeping it an intimate experience.” Wendy said.

In an effort to protect a species that has survived the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, Dr. John T. Tanacredi, director of Molloy College’s Center for Environmental Research and Coastal Oceans Monitoring, and professor of BCES is leading the 14th year of inventory at 111 sites on Long Island, ranging from Montauk to Brooklyn.

The horseshoe crab inventory counts will take place on May 21, June 5, 20, and July 4. Prior to the taking inventory, a short training session will be given to volunteers. One training session will be on April 22, at the Earth Day Colloquium at Molloy College at 12:30 p.m., in Kellenberg Hall, Room K106.

For more information on volunteering, and other training dates, please contact Mr. Sixto Portilla at sportilla@ molloy.edu or 516.323.3590.

As noted in Dr. Tanacredi’s book,

“Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs,” horseshoe crabs around the world face a set of common and growing threats, including overfishing, habitat loss and alteration, and pollution.

Horseshoe crabs provide a chemical, LAL, which is used in hospitals to detect bacterial contamination.

Also, the eggs of horseshoe crabs feed tens of millions of migrating shore birds each year, including ones that may be on the verge of endangerment.

“Over the last 16 years there has been considerable controversy over the extent to which horseshoe crab harvesting has impacted the species’ existence,” Tanacredi said. “Long Island historically has had a robust population of horseshoe crabs, but today it is a mere skeletal population, a trend that is world-wide.”

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The Great Neck News, Friday, April 22, 2016

Save the Date

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center’s

SPRING2016 LUNCHEON at May 18

Glen Head Country Club

Boutiques and Mahjong, Canasta or Bridge Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sandra R. Wolkoff

Nationally renowned child development expert, author, lecturer and psychotherapist

For information or to register, call (516) 626-1971 ext. 337 or visit: www.northshorechildguidance.org/events

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Great Neck Library Lakeville Literary Club The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion Join Librarian Judy Snow for a discussion of Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project on Wednesday, April 27 at 7 p.m. at the Lakeville Branch, 475 Great Neck Road. Meet Don Tillman, a professor of genetics who undertakes a scientific project to find a wife. In the orderly, evidencebased manner with which Don approaches all things, he designs the Wife Project to find his perfect partner. Registration is recommended.

Call 466-8055, ext. 231/232.

Parkville Book Group Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

by Susan Cain Be part of the discussion when Branch Librarian Jayne Alexander and the Parkville Book Group talks about Susan Cain’s Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking on Thursday, April 28 at 1:30 p.m. at the Parkville Branch, 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road), New Hyde Park 11040.

The introvert/extrovert divide is the most fundamental dimension of personality. At least a third of us are on the introverted side. Some of the world’s most talented people are introverts. Without them we wouldn’t have the Apple computer, the theory of relativity and Van Gogh’s sunflowers. Yet extroverts have taken over.

In “Quiet,” Susan Cain shows how the brain chemistry of introverts and extroverts differs, and how society misunderstands and undervalues introverts. She gives introverts the tools to better understand themselves and take full advantage of their strengths. Passionately argued, superbly researched, and filled with real stories, “Quiet” will permanently change how we see introverts. Call 466-8055, ext. 271.

Film at Station Branch All film matinees are now held at the Station Branch while the Main Library building is being renovated.

The next film, on the subject of the Cold War, will be shown on Thurs-

Branch Librarian Jayne Alexander will lead a discussion of Susan Cain’s Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, at the Parkville Branch. day, April 28 at 2:00 p.m. at the Station Branch, Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, 26 Great Neck Road, (2nd level), above Best Market and Planet Fitness.

Refer to the Library Newsletter, film brochure or website for further information on the films scheduled.

Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Arrive early as seating is limited. Priority seating is given to Great Neck School District residents. Please bring your Library card, driver’s license or other ID showing your Great Neck School District address.

Wanted: Prospective Candidates for the Great Neck Library

Board of Trustees and Nominating Committee At the end of January 2017, terms will expire for two four-year seats on the Board of Trustees (currently held by Josie Pizer and Varda Solomon) and one three-year seat on the Nominating Committee (currently held by Michael Katz.)

The Nominating Committee invites members of the community who wish to be considered as candidates for the above seats, to send a resume and letter so stating by June 15, 2016 to: The Chair of the Nominating Committee, c/o The Director’s Office, Great Neck Library, 159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck,

Join Librarian Judy Snow for a discussion of Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project on Wednesday, April 27 at 7 p.m. at the Lakeville Branch NY 11023. If hand delivering, please bring to the Station Branch Library at 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Great Neck, NY 11021 in the Gardens at Great Neck Plaza shopping center.

Any nominee for a position on the Board of Trustees or the Nominating Committee must be a member of the Great Neck Library Association or a registered voter with the Nassau County Board of Elections by the Record Date of October 3, 2016.

Great Neck Library Closing/Cancellation Information Online Library patrons connected to the Internet are asked to check the

website: www.cancellations.com for Library weather related closings/ program cancellations.

In order to access this service, Library District residents can log on to cancellations.com, type in their zip code or Great Neck Library and obtain information on program cancellations or Library closings.

In addition, at no charge, residents can request automatic e-mails from cancellations.com when the Library has posted any information. This is a great way for Library District residents who are connected online to be advised of weather related changes in Library hours or programs.

Great Neck Social Center Boutique Sale!!

Many people gave many lovely things to make the Social Center’s Sale a huge success. Many more came to buy and thus support all the services offered to our active seniors. Special thanks to the volunteers who over the four days helped with stocking and selling the lovely items. We will keep you posted on when the next Sale will take place. It’s a win-win event!

Earth Day on April 22 Did you know that Earth Day is celebrated in more than 175 countries for more than 46 years? Well, in the Social Center we inspire awareness of our own environment on Friday, April 22 at 11 a.m.

That is when we plant an herb garden in our Courtyard. Join us “al fresco” as we plant. Then stay for lunch to enjoy fresh vegetables and dips with burgers, beans and cole slaw in the beautiful

Courtyard. Call to reserve for lunch (516)487-0025.

It’s National Volunteer Day on April 29 What a joy it is for us to applaud our own many volunteers who help keep the Center alive and responsive every day, every year! They meet and greet. They file and type. They tidy and arrange.

They even teach classes, demonstrate techniques, and select new and stimulating

events. Best of all, their “virtue is it’s own reward! None are paid! They all say they get more than they give! Many of us come out when we honor them at the Annual Volunteer Recognition Day which this year is on April 29 at a 1:30 p.m. Friday Dessert Party.

Make a reservation and add your congratulations.

World in Depth Need interpretation? Maybe even translation of what is

going on all over the world?

Want freedom to speak and freedom to differ without going to war over it? Come every Thursday at 2 p.m. and talk it over with other brainy men and women.

Explore the issues under the moderation of several wise and witty persons, such as Jeigh Duran (on the 14th); Martha Cohen (on the 21st) and Janet de Winter (on the 28th). No charge to put in your own opinion.

Reminders *Physical Therapist Dr. Lila Abbate presents Chair Exercise April 14, 10:30 a.m. *Senator Jack Martins Alzheimer’s Screening event.

April 21 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. *Mae Bennett on Cornell Cooperative Institute’s “ Be Food Safe” April 15, 11 a.m. *Nurse Kay of St. Francis offers Blood Pressure and Consultation April 14, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

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Great Neck Park District Parkwood Tennis Center Register now at Parkwood Tennis Center for outdoor tennis classes such as Tiny Tots, Junior, Adults and Women’s Intensive Training, which begin May 9 and run through June 20. Non-resident registration starts April 11. Private and semi-private lessons are also available.

Call (516) 829-9050 for information on lessons and other tennis programs.

Camp Parkwood Register your children ages 3 and up for summer 2016 at Camp Parkwood. Age appropriate activities include swimming, sports, arts & crafts, karate, rock wall climbing, sailing, tennis and so much more! We are now offering a new optional doorto-door transportation service for children ages 4 and over as well as a new Junior Travel Program for camp-

ers in sixth through eighth grades. Call (516) 482-0355 for more information.

Parkwood Family Aquatic Center Early Bird Registration!

Register now at Great Neck House, for your Parkwood Family Aquatic Center 2016 membership and receive the discounted early bird rate. To qualify for early bird rates, applications must be postmarked or received in person by 6 p.m. on Monday, May 9.

Nature Program: Spring Seasonal Stroll Saturday, April 30 at 11 a.m., join us for a Spring Seasonal Stroll in Kings Point Park. On this stroll, one of a series designed to observe seasonal changes, we’ll focus on baby birds as we savor nature’s rebirth in spring. No registration

Register your children for Camp Parkwood on a weekly basis or for the whole summer. Sign up today for a summer they won’t forget!

Deep water moorings are available at Steppingstone Marina where there is easy access to City Island restaurants, New York Harbor and western Long Island. required. Children under 16 yrs. not permitted to attend.

Spring and Summer Employment in the Park District The Park District is currently looking for lifeguards, sailing instructors, Camp personnel, gate attendants and more at tennis and the pool for the 2016 season. Those wishing to apply may do so by picking up an application at the Parkwood Administration office, 65 Arrandale Avenue, 487-7665; at the 5 Beach Road office, 482-0181; or by going to greatneckparks.org.

Time to apply is now!

Defensive Driving Classes at Great Neck House Great Neck House continues to offer Empire Safety Council Defensive Driving Classes on the first Saturday of each month. The classes run from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The next class is Saturday, May 7. To sign up for a class or for more information, call Great Neck House at (516) 482-0355.

Moorings Available at Steppingstone Marina Deep water moorings are available at beautiful Steppingstone Marina on

Long Island Sound where there is easy access to City Island restaurants, New York Harbor and western Long Island. Pick up a complete launch schedule at Great Neck House or the Marina.

Moorings are available on a first-come, first-served basis. A limited number of moorings will be made available to out-of-district residents for an additional fee. Also available are ramp use permits (non-resident fee applies) and beach boat registration (residents only). For further information, please call Great Neck House at (516) 482-0355.

Save the Date for “Get Active” in Allenwood Park Sunday, May 15, Allenwood Park all Park District residents are invited to the “Get Active” event between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Activities will include monkey motion, rock wall climbing, sports, face painting, disc golf, ga-ga pit, arts & crafts and more! Bring the whole family. For more information call (516) 482-0355. There is no rain date for this event. Limited activities will be moved to the Great Neck House.

In the event of rain, check www.cancellations.com.

Great Neck Community Calendar SPRING FASHION SHOW All Saint’s Episcopal Church cordially invites you to our Spring Fashion Show from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 15.

The show will take place in Huske Hall on the All Saint’s campus at 855 Middle Neck Road. Please R.S.V.P. by April 15 to the church office (516-482-5392). A $5 donation is suggested.

BOOSTS LOCAL RESTAURANTS In order to show community dedication and support, Leonard N. Katz, President of the Rotary Club of Great Neck, has instituted a new dynamic to his club. They have begun to have dinner events at local Great Neck restaurants on a monthly basis. The second Wednesday of each month will be given over to the club patronizing local establishments. As a

further welcoming gesture, the club invites town residents and businesspeople to visit these restaurants with them to network and to participate in keeping Great Neck great and a wonderful place to live and work. They say, “come and discover how meaningful it is to give back to the community”. For more information, visit their Facebook page, Rotary Club of Great Neck or their website, www.rotaryclubofgreatneck. org. To join with them and be a dinner participant, just call 516-487-9392 or email them at rotaryclubofgreatneck@aol.com.

ST. ALOYSIUS WOMEN’S AUXILIARY LUNCHEON Thursday, May 5, 12 p.m. at The Swan Club, Glenwood Landing. Cost: $50 before April 29; $55 after April 29.

Payment: Send a check pay-

able to St. Aloysius Church to: St. Aloysius R.C. Church, 592 Middle Neck Road. Great Neck, New York 11023. For more information, please call ( 516) 482- 2770 TUESDAYS WITH REAP REAP, retired, energetic, active people, meets Tuesday, April 26 at the Cumberland School at 30 Cumberland Ave., at Great Neck’s Adult Ed Center. At 9 a.m. Miriam Colistra will present, “Own This Woman: Women as Chattel.” The Business Meeting starts 10:30 a.m. “My Opinion” will be presented by Lilian Sherman Our topic this week will be, “Memoirs of Decorating the White House,” by James Lazarro. We break at 11:45 a.m. for lunch together so bring your lunch and join us. Coffee, tea, cake and cookies will be served.

Current Events round table follows with a subject to be introduced by Bernie Finkel.

Expect a lively discussion to follow. And stay tuned for the last laugh presented by Stanley Raubas. So come Tuesday for a good time.

You are guaranteed to feel comfortable and to meet new friends.

each month at Pearl East Restaurant, 1190 Northern Blvd., Manhasset at 12 p.m. If you would like to attend a meeting and learn more about our club, please contact fernweiss@aol.com or call (516) 829-5192.

WOMANSPACE A discussion group devoted to issues concerning women.

Weekly meetings are held every Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Great Neck Senior Center, at 80 Grace Ave, Great Neck. New members welcome. For more info call Joan Keppler at (516) 487-5844.

FREE 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 for more details, including seeing if you are eligible and class times, (516) 745-8050.

LIONS CLUB OF GREAT NECK Lions Club of Great Neck meets the first Monday of

ROTARY CLUB MEETINGS The Rotary Club of Great Neck invites town residents

and business persons to visit one of their breakfast meetings for business networking and to participate in keeping Great Neck ‘great’ as a wonderful place to live and work . They meet Wednesday mornings at 8 a.m. in the boardroom of TD Bank, 2 Great Neck Road.

To arrange for your visit as a guest or if interested in becoming one of their weekly speakers please call (516) 487-9392 or email at rotaryclubofgreatneck@ aol.com In alignment with their club motto being, “They Profit Most Who Serves Best”, come and discover for yourself how meaningful and satisfying it is to give back to your community while networking through the Rotary Club of Great Neck . For further information please see our website, www.

Rotaryclubofgreatneck.org.

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South High to present one-act plays Great Neck South High School will present its annual One-Act Festival of senior-directed plays on four evenings: Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7, and Friday and Saturday, May 13 and 14.

All performances begin at 7:30 p.m., and are appropriate for grades 7 and up.

For tickets and/or more information, please contact Thomas Marr, drama teacher/Theatre South director, at tmarr@great-

neck.k12.ny.us, or at 516-4414873.

Student directors are Kelly Gragossian and Alison Walker, as well as Elora Aclin, George Lolos, Jonathan Schindler, and Jenna Kolodny.

Freshmen ensembles to perform Great Neck North High School Freshmen Ensembles will perform on May 5 at 7 p.m. at the school located at 35 Polo Road.

The freshman singers will include Ziqian (Kathy) Gong, Cyanne Lashkari, Junpu (Rebecca) Lin, Molli Mamiye, Sari Mamiye, Carla Moraly, Eric Rosenbaum, Rachel Schlusselberg, Alexander Smooha, and Nicole Victory.

There will be a varied program of student-selected solos and choral harmony pieces, including Bonse Aba (an African greeting song), Pure Imagination, Cool Kids, Adele’s Hello, Because of You, Green Day’s Boulevard of Broken Dreams, and Se tu m’ami (an Italian art song).

North High vocal teacher is Janine Robinson.

Three instrumental groups will perform during the evening concert.

A Mozart Minuet will be played by violinists Sophia Askari, Lynda Bigio, Liorah Felorian, Melissa Hom, Christopher Lu, Shannon Liu, Sharona Moradi, and Rachel You; and Bass Players Alan Chau and Etan Sedaghatfar.

An Overture by Handel will be performed by clarinetists Joshua Rothbaum and Bob Qian, Daniel Itzkowitz on French horn, and Jonathan Kirshner playing the trumpet.

A Beethoven Allegro piece will be performed by violinists Shannon Liu and Rachel You. North High instrumental teacher is Joseph Rutkowski.

School offering absentee ballots Qualified resident voters of the Great Neck Public School district may obtain applications for absentee ballots for the May 17, 2016 school district election from the district Web site (www. greatneck.k12.ny.us — click on Budget, in left-hand column, then choose Absentee Ballot) or

from the Office of the District Clerk, Great Neck Public Schools, Phipps Administration Building at 345 Lakeville Road on school days from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Absentee ballots are automatically sent to residents who are qualified voters and whose registration records have been

marked “permanently disabled” by the Board of Elections.

Completed absentee ballots from approved applicants must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5 p.m. on May 17.

For more information, please call the District Clerk at 516-4414020.

Teachers association holds book drive Members of the Great Neck Teachers Association recently conducted a book drive to benefit the children at CLASP Children’s Center and COPAY (Community Organization for Parents and Youth), both Great Neck based organizations.

A total of 328 books were collected, with 136 going to CLASP (for children up to age 5) and 192 for COPAY (for children ages 5–11).

Cindy Pavlic, Village School teacher and chair of the GNTA Internal Organizing Committee which oversaw the book drive, spoke about the reactions when the books were delivered.

“Both organizations were thrilled and surprised with the amount of donated books,” Pav-

lic said. “They were not expecting us to arrive with boxes and boxes of books for the children.

It was an incredible experience, one the no one involved will soon forget.”

Pavlic explained that CLASP and COPAY were chosen as book drive recipients because of the “exceptional work, dedication, and support” these organizations provide to the children in the Great Neck Public Schools.

COPAY Director Renee Raimondi, in a thank-you note to GNTA, related that her students were excited about the books from the moment they arrived and they continue to be excited as they eagerly read the books each day, once they have finished their homework.

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Rotary Club meets at Wild Ginger in Plaza Continuing their recent support of local establishments, the Rotary Club of Great Neck met for another networking/ social event at Wild Ginger, in the Gardens at Great Neck Plaza.

Under special arrangements, the club had a wide variety of dishes, all at a special set price for the evening.

“Justin, the manager at Wild Ginger, did an outstanding job in giving us a nice assortment and choices of different dishes,” Club Events Chair Roger Chizever said. “I highly recommend Wild Ginger as a ‘go to’ place for lunch or dinner. I plan to keep creating special nights like this for our members, friends and neighbors”.

“Next month, on May 11, in place of our networking/social event, our club is being honored by the Great Neck Chamber of Commerce with their Not-ForProfit Award, in recognition of all that our Club has done for Great Neck, as well as our participation in many of the Rotary International charitable initiatives around the world,” he added.

“Roger is doing a great job and he is already planning a terrific event for the second Wednesday night in June,” Club President Leonard N. Katz said. “Everyone that is interested in joining with the club for the dinner event should email RotaryClubofGreatNeck@aol.com or call 516-487-9392”.

“We plan to hold these monthly networking/social events as another way to support our business community and demonstrate to town residents that joining with Rotary is a great way to meet good people and ‘do good’ at the same time,” Katz added.

The Rotary Club of Great Neck invites residents and business people to visit its meetings for social and business networking. The weekly Wednesday morning breakfast meetings are held at 8 a.m. in the boardroom of TD Bank at 2 Great

Neck Road.

The group’s dinner meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at local restaurants.

In alignment with the club’s motto, “They Profit Most Who Serves Best,” come and discover how meaningful and satisfying it is to give back to the community while networking.

For more information, visit www.rotaryclubofgreatneck.org and its Facebook page RotaryClubofGreatNeck.

To arrange for a guest visit or to become a speaker at one of our weekly meetings, email rotaryclubofgreatneck@ aol.com or call 516-487-9392.

Town hosts Great Neck Chinese Association Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Councilwoman Anna Kaplan and the Town Board hosted members of the Great Neck Chinese Association at Town Hall on March 30 for an informational meeting highlighting all of the Town’s services.

The evening included an address from Bosworth and remarks from Town Clerk Wayne Wink and Councilwoman Lee Seeman.

Town officials from various departments including the Building Department and the Department of Services for the Aging were also on hand to provide information to GNCA members on the services and programs available to them.

Members were also informed about calling 311 any time they have a question or

concern about anything Townrelated.

The Great Neck Chinese Association is a 501 (c)(3) organization that has been serving the Great Neck community since 1995.

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Firefighters to host recruiting campaign Long Island volunteer firefighters, the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY), fire officers, public safety officials, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and other elected officials will clang the bell for new recruits Thursday, April 21 at 11:00 a.m. at the Nassau County Firefighters Museum & Education Center on Museum Row in Garden City.

FASNY President Robert McConville will kick off Nassau and Suffolk Counties’ sixth annual RecruitNY campaign designed to help increase volunteer membership.

The event, to which area firefighters have been invited to attend in dress uniform, and which will showcase fire rigs and apparatus from area departments, is a public service outreach to highlight the need for more volunteer firefighters.

Over the last few years, due to various factors including the state of the economy, family and financial responsibilities and current volunteers aging, retiring, and moving out of state, there has been a reduction in volunteer first-responder numbers.

During the RecruitNY 2016 Open House Weekend, Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24, volunteer fire depart-

ments across New York State will open their doors and fire truck bays to local residents as part of the statewide volunteer firefighter recruitment effort.

Fire departments will conduct tours of their firehouses and fire apparatus, allow visitors to try on turnout gear, and provide visitor activities throughout the firehouse.

Members will discuss the rewards and responsibilities that come with being a volunteer firefighter, as well as conduct demonstrations, answer questions, and let visitors know how to go about joining their fire department.

Nassau County Fire Departments participating in RecruitNY 2016 include Bellerose Fire Department, Bellmore Fire Department, Bethpage Fire Department, East Meadow Fire Department, East Rockaway Fire Department, Floral Park, Freeport Fire Department, Glenwood Fire Company, Locust Valley Fire Department, Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department, North Bellmore Fire Department, North Merrick Fire Department, Oceanside Fire Department, Rockville Centre Fire Department, South Farmingdale Fire Department, and Syosset Fire Department.

Suffolk County Fire Departments participating in RecruitNY 2016 include

Amagansett, Bohemia Fire Department, Brookhaven Fire Dep’t, Centereach Fire Department, Central Islip Fire Department, Cutchogue Fire Department, Eastport Fire Department, Flanders Fire Department, Huntington Fire Department, Huntington Manor Volunteer Fire Department, Lindenhurst Fire Department, Mastic Fire Department, Sayville Fire Department, Setauket Fire Department, Sound Beach Fire Department, Terryville Fire Department, Wading River Fire Department, West Islip Fire Department and West Sayville Fire Department.

“Last year, more than 500 departments in 59 counties across the state participated in RecruitNY and we expect even more counties to get involved this year,” McConville said. “RecruitNY has proven a success in past years and is a key initiative to help bolster membership numbers so fire departments can continue to provide the optimum level of protection to their local residents.”

Volunteer firefighters are not only neighbors coming to the aid of their community during emergencies but they are also saving residents over $3 billion each year.

FASNY recently released its first com-

prehensive volunteer firefighters economic impact report in more than a decade.

The study, which quantifies the value of volunteer firefighters and tax savings throughout the state, concluded that the annual cost of a replacement all-career service would be $3.87 billion.

This deficit would raise property taxes across New York State an estimated average of 26.5%.

Through the efforts of RecruitNY, volunteer firefighters make the state not only safer, but more affordable for millions of New Yorkers.

Established in 2011, RecruitNY is a joint undertaking by the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York, the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs (NYSAFC), Association of Fire Districts of New York State, Volunteer Fire Police Association of the State of New York, and County Fire Coordinators Association of the State of New York.

For area residents looking to find if your fire department is participating in RecruitNY, visit http://www.recruitny. org/participation-area/ or for more information, contact your local fire department via a non-emergency phone number or its website, or visit www.recruitny.org.

N. Shore Kayak Club to hold public meeting

PATV’s Mike Peters and a piece of set design for “The Brick Wall.”

PATV seeking local talent for new program PATV will be scheduling local talent for the new program, “The Brick Wall,” which is an open microphone opportunity for performers from all genres.

Comedy, vocal, musicians, poetry and all artists are welcome to perform live on camera or to submit a video to PATVBRICKWALL@gmail.com for consideration.

The show will be cablecast live on PATV Channels 20 (Optimum) and 37 (Fios) and also streamed on-line at www. patv.org/livestream, so anyone with an in-

ternet connection will be able to see the performances.

If you or someone you know would be interested in this opportunity, email Mike Peters, PATV Programming Manager at PATVBRICKWALL@gmail.com and he will connect with you.

For further information on this and other PATV programming, visit its website at www.patv.org or Facebook page: PATV Great Neck – North Shore or Twitter and Instagram at PATV2037.

The North Shore Kayak Club begins its 12 season with an organizational meeting and club information session scheduled for Tuesday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m.

The session will be held at the Port Washington Public Library, in the Hagedorn Room.

In describing the organization, club president, Alan Bergman, said, “We are recreational, flat-water (as opposed to white water), adult kayakers who thoroughly enjoy the social camaraderie and physical exercise of paddling together as a group. We are experienced kayakers who enjoy the beauty and serenity of our local waterways. Almost all of our members own either recreational or touring kayaks, as well.”

The club began life in July, 2004 as the Twin Pines Kayak Club in Port Washington, with semi-weekly paddles held primarily on Manhasset Bay. As the group evolved, attracting members from Manhasset, Great Neck, Plandome and northern Queens, it was renamed the North Shore Kayak Club.

Paddles are held usually twice weekly from June thru November, including evening paddles scheduled most Wednesday

nights.

Like professional sports teams, the club has a combination of home and away events. Home paddles typically start out on Manhasset Bay; while away paddles can occur anywhere from Stony Brook Harbor to the Connetquot River to Little Neck Bay to the Hudson River in Westchester County to the Mohawk River upstate. Strict water safety guidelines are adhered to on every outing.

The club also makes a conscious effort to “give back” to the community each year. From volunteering at the annual Port Washington Third Grade Model Boat Regatta, to helping out as spotters at the Community Chest Kayak Run, to participating in an annual beach cleanup organized by the American Littoral Society, the club feels it is important to be good citizens, as well as safe paddlers.

Club officers for the 2016 season are: President Alan Bergman; Vice President Jim Roman; Secretary/Treasurer Seth Ehrlich; Co-Directors of Trip Planning Lorri Elton and Bern Wyss; and Director of Non-Kayaking Activities David Cohen.

For further information, please contact (917) 400-7041, or visit the club on Facebook.

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Northwell’s Lynam to be honored at PRPLI Gala Terry Lynam, senior vice president and chief public relations officer of Northwell Health, is set to be honored at the 26th annual PRPLI Awards Gala on Tuesday, May 10, at Carlyle at the Palace in Plainview.

Lynam is being awarded the Jack Rettaliata Lifetime Achievement award for his countless contributions to both the public relations field and Long Island.

Lynam has worked in the communications field for more than 30 years as part of the nonprofit, public, and private sectors. He currently oversees all media relations, internal and external communications for Northwell Health, which he

joined in 2001.

Originally a reporter, Lynam made the switch to media relations in the late 1980s when he spent time working for politicians such as former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo and former Lt. Gov. Stan Lundine.

PRPLI is the premier organization for public relations, marketing, and communications practitioners. Recognized as one of the most prestigious award programs on Long Island, the gala helps support the organization’s mission to provide a platform for its members to network, learn, mentor, and advance in their careers. Proceeds of the event will also benefit PRPLI student scholarships.

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Berman reminds town residents that school tax bill is due May 10 Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman reminded taxpayers last week that the last day to pay the Town of North Hempstead 20152016 School taxes – second-half bill without a penalty is Tuesday, May 10.

The U.S. Postal Service must postmark mailed payments on or before May 10 to avoid a penalty.

By law, office postage meters are not official postmarks.

The Receiver of Taxes recommends that taxpayers mailing payments on the last day have their payments hand stamped at the post office to ensure a timely postmark.

Berman also announces that his office will be open from 9 a.m.

- 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10.

In addition to paying in per-

son at the Receiver of Taxes’ office at 200 Plandome Road (Town Hall Annex), Manhasset, taxpayers may also pay in person with only a check or money order at the following local collection sites: Please bring your entire bill with you when paying in person.

Regular office hours are 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

For further information, taxpayers may visit the Town’s website at www.northhempsteadny. gov or call 516-869-7800.

To better serve our taxpayers, our e-mail payment reminder service is available.

To sign up, please go to the town website and click on the envelope in the upper left-hand corner of the screen, then follow directions for tax payment alerts.

A reminder will be emailed approximately 10 days before the last day to pay the tax without a penalty.

In addition, property owners may register online for “no cost” access to their General and School property tax information.

You can log on to our website at any time to view, print, or check the payment status of your property tax bills.

Additionally, for a reduced “convenience fee” property owners will also be able to pay their tax bills using American Express, Visa, MasterCard or Discover or by “Automatic Electronic Check.”

Conventional payments via the U.S. mail or an in-person payment will continue to be “without any convenience fee or charge”.

Second-Half 2015-2016 School Taxes DAY TIME Monday, May 2 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Monday, May 2 1 - 2 p.m.

Tuesday, May 3 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Tuesday, May 3 1 - 2 p.m.

Wednesday, May 4 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Wednesday, May 4 2 - 3 p.m.

Thursday, May 5 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Thursday, May 5 1 - 3 p.m.

Friday, May 6 12 - 2 p.m.

COLLECTION SITES Port Washington Parking District, 15 Vanderventer Ave., Port Washington Hector Gayle Roslyn Community Center, 53 Orchard St., Roslyn Heights (Parking lot on Lincoln Ave.) Fuschillo Park, Carle Rd. & Broadmoor Ln., Carle Place Yes We Can Community Center, 141 Garden St., New Cassel Clinton G. Martin Park, Marcus Ave. and New Hyde Park Rd., New Hyde Park Broadway Park, Broadway & County Courthouse Rd., Garden City Park Great Neck Senior Center, Inc., 80 Grace Ave., Great Neck Michael J. Tully Park, Evergreen Ave., New Hyde Park John D. Caemmerer Park, Wentworth Ave., Albertson

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Lord & Taylor holding spring ‘Charity Day’ Lord & Taylor will hold its spring 2016 Charity Day on Saturday, April 30 to benefit Habitat for Humanity.

All 50 Lord & Taylor stores will participate in an effort to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity, an organization that partners with people all over the world to help them build or improve a place they can call home.

To date, Habitat has helped more than 6.8 million people worldwide.

The April 30 Charity Day expands Lord & Taylor’s involvement with Habitat for Humanity to a national scale, which began as a partnership between the New York City Flagship and Habitat for Humanity’s New York office last November.

The retailer committed to raising funds to partner with a family to rebuild their home in Queens, with plans to present the keys to the family at this November’s Fifth Avenue holiday windows unveiling.

“With Mother’s Day approaching, we are all reminded how important family is,” said Liz Rodbell, president, Hudson’s Bay and Lord & Taylor. “Habitat for Humanity helps build homes in which families can thrive, and Lord & Taylor is proud to support their efforts.”

Charity Day is an all-day shopping event that includes engag-

ing in-store activations such as monogramming stations, denim customization, fashion illustrators, sweet treat sampling and more.

Additionally, stores offer special discounts, local entertainment and refreshments.

At the Garden City location, the following activations will be taking place throughout the day: Mommy & Me Selfie Station in Ladies Shoe area, Zumba demonstration in the activewear department, Kate Spade Candy Bar in the handbags department, as well as fashion presentations and make up consultations.

With the purchase of a $5 ticket, customers receive two 30 percent-off single-item coupons, as well as one 20 percent off storewide savings pass (10 percent-off of cosmetics and fragrances) for use on April 30 only (some exclusions apply). Tickets are available for purchase now at any Lord & Taylor store.

The full $5 cost of each ticket sale made in store will go to Habitat for Humanity. Additionally, 1 percent of all LordandTaylor.com sales received on April 30 will be donated, up to a maximum of $15,000. Customers who purchase a $5 ticket at entrance locations on April 30 will also receive a Mother’s Day card to show appreciation for the special women in their lives.

The Nassau County Bar Association, the source for legal information and education on Long Island, is marking 50 years since the landmark Miranda Rights legislation was enacted, as well as awarding three outstanding advocates for service to the legal profession and the community, at the annual Law Day Awards Dinner on May 3, 5:30 to 8 p.m. at NCBA in Mineola.

Keynote speakers Nassau County District Attorney Madeleine Singas and Honorable Stephen P. Scaring, Scaring & Carman, Garden City, together will share their experiences of life before Miranda, the procedural protections afforded to all of us by the U.S. Constitution, how these rights are safeguarded by the courts, and why the preservation of these principles is essential to our liberty.

Each year on Law Day, NCBA recognizes three outstanding examples of service. The Liberty Bell Award will be presented to Robert Bernstein, a teacher who has served as a Mock Trial Coach for his high school team since

1997 and volunteers as a court advocate for The Safe Center LI. Jonathan Press, a long-time dedicated volunteer attorney at NCBA’s Mortgage Foreclosure Legal Consultation Clinics and mandated court settlement conferences, will be honored with The Thomas Maligno Pro Bono Attorney of the Year. Finally, the Peter T. Affatato Court Employees of the Year Award will be presented to Lisa Porteus, Chief Court Reporter for Supreme Court in Mineola.

Fifty years ago, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, Miranda v. Arizona resulted in the Miranda Rights statement that must be made by police to inform a person in police custody or under interrogation of his Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination. The Miranda warning has become one of the most recognizable phrases in law enforcement, repeated countless times in films and on television.

To make reservations at $55 per person, please contact Caryle Katz, 516-747-4070, ckatz@nassaubar.org.

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Old Westbury Gardens goes to the dogs for annual festival B y A dedamola A gboola For one day at least, Old Westbury Gardens went to the dogs.

The occasion was the gardens’ annual Dog Walk on Saturday in which leashed dogs and their masters walked the grounds of the former estate of John Shaffer Phipps in Old Westbury.

“The event was very well attended with over 5,000 people combined coming over from different parts of Long Island,” said Vince Kish, director of communications at Old Westbury Gardens.

“Since it was the first weekend we had a nice weather and

I think people came out in full force,” Kish said.

The gardens will host a second dog-related event this year when it hosts a dog rescue show in which people who want to buy or rescue a dog can come in and do that, Kish said.

Old Westbury Gardens opens at 10 a.m., the historic house opens at 11 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m.

Adults pay $12, seniors pay $10 and kids can purchase a ticket for $7.

“Now that the weather is starting to get nicer, it is good for people to come out,” Kish said. “I personally prefer people to come visit around May before it also becomes unbearably hot.”

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Great Neck Real Estate Market Conditions Median sales price $777,000 Demographics near Great Neck, NY

Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 9,972 7,503 41.4 2.9 86,722 39,686

County 1,338,712 4,702 41.2 3 97,049 42,286

6 Gateway Drive, Great Neck Sold Price: $3,000,000 Date: 01/15/2016 7 Beds, 6 Full/1 Half baths Stye: Mediterranean

# of Families: Lot Size: 1320x124 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $37,258

40 Welwyn Road, Great Neck Sold Price: $1,076,000 Date: 01/11/2016 4 Beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: Lot Size: 65x92 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $13,025

98 Ash Drive, Great Neck Sold Price: $1,560,000 Date: 01/20/2016 5 Beds, 4 Full baths Style: Colonial

# of Families: 1 Lot Size: 116x118 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $23,645

Editor’s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in Great Neck 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 Great Neck and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

Great Neck Office 11 Bond Street | 516.466.2100 110 WALT WHITMAN ROAD, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY, 11746. 631.549.7401 | © 2016 DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL ESTATE.

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Time to prepare for spring, summer Well, wasn’t last weekend magnificent and gorgeous, almost like a San Diego day! It hit 70 in New York City and very close to it, on Long Island.

Hopefully, this weekend will be a duplication! Now we need to think what we have to do to prepare for the next few months as summer approaches.

First thing you want to do this weekend, is to pull that barbecue out and wash off with liquid soap and water (never with cleaners as you will be cooking and that is the last thing you want as a residue on your food).

If you didn’t clean off your grill last fall, then make sure you brush off your grill with a brass wire brush, which will not damage the grating if you have a stainless steel grill; thoroughly removing all the caked on stuff and then wash off in soapy water.

Lastly, coat with a little bit of cooking oil to keep rust off, if you barbecue infrequently.

If you have a barbecue with briquettes I personally would switch

over to a regular device without charcoal; which is more healthier, and you can use lava rock that will heat up your food just as well and very evenly and be very safe to use with any types of food you will be cooking with this season.

Were you almost out of propane last summer and said, “I will fill it up next year? It is a good idea to have it filled up now instead of waiting.

You can either fill it up at a company in Westbury or Hicksville, which is most cost effective and more convenient, or buy a new tank already filled at one of the large home centers.

Next, pull out all your lawn furniture and clean with non abrasive dish detergent and rinse and let dry in the sun.

By now your lawn should be fairly green, if you or your gardener had applied a light application of fertilizer 20-5-7 ( percent of nitrogen-phosphorus- potash).

If you did scrape or thatch out the dead patches last fall, from the summer, as I had suggested

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back then, and seeded; those areas should have filled in already.

If not, clean out any dead areas and lightly seed with a perennial mix of seeds depending on the amount of sun or shade you have on your lawn (also cut back any trees and shrubs, after flowering finishes, allowing more sunlight onto your lawn, as needed.

There are many hybrid seeds that are more tolerant against seasonal fungus diseases and insects.

Ask your local garden center

for recommendations.

If you didn’t apply pelletized lime last fall to sweeten the soil (PH should be 6.5-7 and you can take soil samples from 4 areas of your lawn and send them away to get an analysis or do it yourself.

Your lawn will better thrive and increase its vigor, drought tolerance and disease resistance, when the PH is in an alkaline and sweeter state.

It does take several months for lime to increase the PH of your soil, but better late than never!

As weeds appear you may spray them on a calm (not windy) and cool day, never during the heat of the day, preferably in the morning hours), so you do not burn your grass!

Did you or your gardener sharpen the lawn mower this year.

I am fairly sure your gardener did, but ask him and you should do it to, if you are cutting your own lawn.

A dull blade pulls the grass and you will see the tips of grass blades turn a bit whitish and this will easily allow a multitude of fungal diseases to enter the plant in the very near future as temperatures rise and humidity sets in. Keep your mower set at three inches and do not try to keep your lawn cut like a golf course (A specific grass called Bent grass is what is on golf courses, not your lawn).

This will only reduce the vigor and stamina of your lawn, by removing too much of the manufacturing part of the plant disabling proper photosynthesis, which will reduce the health of the grass plant and make it more vulnerable to diseases and insects in the summer months.

Also, when no rain occurs in any week, water at least inch of water per week, by putting a square cup in the middle of the area where you are sprinkling and when it fills to one inch, you will have watered the soil to a depth of 3 inches. This will train and force

the roots of your grass to grow deep; so never do surface watering; this will only train the grass roots to go up instead of down deep.

Set your automatic sprinklers for 15-20 minutes per zone.

However, on an extremely hot day and you want to reduce the temperatures on those grass surfaces in only those sunny areas, you can water 5-10 minutes) Also remember to never water at night, like the say, put the baby to bed dry! Set your sprinklers, between 5-10 in the morning for the most efficient use of your water, where the least amount of evaporation will occur and never do your regular watering during the heat of the day!

Remember, when you lawn looks green and lush, it will make a very strong statement to potential purchasers, when the day comes and you are ready to sell! So get to work…..

The following links will help you with the outside and inside with a checklist of things to do this spring and summer, while minimizing costs and adding value to your home: http://www.homezada.com/ value-of-home-maintenanceschedule http://www.kiplinger.com/ slideshow/real-estate/T029-S001spring-home-maintenance-checklist/index.html http://www.bobvila.com/ articles/2355-spring-home-maintenance-checklist/#.VxVirfkrL4Y Next week we’ll talk about trees, flowers and perennials to plant in your garden.

Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com or by Cell, (516) 647-4289 to answer any of your questions. To search for Philip A. Raices is the owner of Turn Key Real Estate in Great Neck. He can be reached by email: property, see what your home is worth or homes that have sold in your area, go to: WWW.LiRealEstate.Com

S.S. now recognizes same-sex couples Last year, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Obergefell v.

Hodges, holding that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry in all states. As a result, Social Security recognizes more same-sex couples as married for purposes of determining entitlement to Social Security benefits

or eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments. We recently updated instructions for employees to process claims and appeals when a determination of marital status is necessary.

As part of the new instructions, we have: · Removed from our policy

any mention or consideration of the dates when states first recognized same-sex marriages from other states. These dates are no longer relevant. · Added the dates when some foreign jurisdictions allowed same-sex marriage, thereby eliminating the need for a case-specific

legal review in many foreign same sex marriage claims. · Updated and simplified our procedures for processing claims involving a transgendered or intersex person, allowing these individuals to self-identify as members of a same or opposite-sex marriage.

· Streamlined and clarified the policy instructions, addressing questions raised by advocates and employees.

We encourage anyone who believes they may be eligible for benefits to apply now. Learn more at www.socialsecurity.gov/samesexcouples.

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Court reverses 2013 VGN ‘slumlord’ verdict Continued from Page 5 owned the building, not him.

Schwartz said Jacobi could not have known the conditions of the property because it was run by his wife, who he said had a restraining order against him.

Mostel rejected the argument, saying Jacobi had acknowledged his role as landlord in previous court proceedings.

“Mr. Jacobi conceded that he was in

possession of the property and that he had a certain person collect the rent for him,” Mostel said.

Schwartz also argued that Jacobi had been denied legal counsel during his initial trial.

Mostel said Jacobi had repeatedly been offered counsel and only asked for a lawyer at the end of his trial.

Former Village of Great Neck Mayor

Ralph Kreitzman praised Jacobi’s conviction in a statement in 2012, describing the case as a matter of public safety.

“We believe that the punishment fits the crime,” Kreitzman said. “This resolution serves as a reminder to those who are willing to exploit others for their own personal benefit. These actions clearly demonstrate a wanton disregard for the life, safety and welfare of others, and we

will continue to play a role in assuring that these violations will not be tolerated.”

Mostel has since been replaced by current Village Justice Mark Birnbaum and Kreitzman was unseated by current village Mayor Pedram Bral.

Efforts to reach Bral for comment on the court’s ruling were unavailing.

Great Neck schools adopt $218M budget

Continued from Page 2 The approved budget includes infrastructure projects covered by the reserve fund, including window repairs, fire alarm replacements and the repair of exterior masonry of some of the district’s schools.

Great Neck South High School student government president Tina Pavlovich and vice president Azim Keshwani, who have appeared at previous meetings asking the board to

consider installing air conditioners in all of the district’s classrooms, attended Tuesday’s meeting to voice their displeasure that air conditioning was not considered in the infrastructure improvement plan for the 201617 school year.

Prendergast said the district had more immediate needs to address in its capital reserve plan.

“Remember there are 10 schools in this district, three ad-

ditional buildings, plus all of the property we are responsible for,” she said. “We have to recognize that some of our buildings have aged and additional work needs to be done just to maintain the structures, we’re not even talking about enhancements.”

But Prendergast also said the board would consider allowing voters to decide in the fall if the district should take out a bond to address other infrastructure needs at the schools.

“We’ve heard you. We understand. And air conditioning will absolutely be part of the discussion,” she said.

In the upcoming school board election, Bloom’s seat on the board was the only one expiring this year.

She was the lone candidate to file a petition to run.

Bloom won her first full term in office in 2013, after being appointed in June 2012 after board Vice President Fran Lang-

sner moved outside the school district, forcing her resignation.

Efforts to reach Bloom, who was not at Tuesday’s meeting, were unavailing.

For registered voters living north of the LIRR, the final budget vote is set for Tuesday, May 17, from 7 a.m.-10 p.m. at E.M Baker School, while registered voters living south of the LIRR are required to go to South High School’s west gym to vote.

Resolve to acting on global climate change

Continued from Page 12 by 2100. As part of the 2015 State Energy Plan, New York set one of the most aggressive targets in the nation to reduce emissions 40 percent by 2030 and 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 (80 by 50). o Securing a Coal Free New York by 2020: PSC and DEC are directed to close the state’s two remaining coal burning power plants or repower them to cleaner fuel sources by 2020. o Leading on Transportation and Climate:. Gov. Cuomo has signed onto the Zero Emission Vehicle, and the International ZEV Alliance to move the state forward on reducing emissions from cars, as well as embarking in the Transportation and Climate Initiative with a coalition of 12 Northeastern states. The EPF will now provide major new funding to help communities mitigate and adapt to climate change, including new incentives for clean vehicle purchases and infrastructure.

This will support NYSERDA’s forthcoming consumer zero emission vehicle rebate program. o Adopted a 10-year, $5 billion Clean Energy Fund: Over the next 10 years, NYSERDA’s Clean Energy Fund will drive greater private sector investment to support clean energy and energy efficiency solutions to New York’s homes, buildings, and communities; invest in cutting edge R&D to accelerate clean energy innovation; provide $1 billion for the NY-Sun program; and capitalize the nation’s largest Green Bank.

Through the CEF, the State will also reduce ratepayer surcharges by $90 million in 2016 and by $1.5 billion by 2025.

It complements the Clean Energy Standard by driving down the cost and scaling

up clean energy technologies to meet the 50 percent renewable electricity goal. o Launched a $1 billion Green Bank, the largest green bank in the nation. o Climate Smart Communities Take Action: 174 local governments, encompassing 6.6 million New Yorkers, have joined the State program to support local climate change adaptation and mitigation and seven communities have completed a rigorous certification process.

One of the false claims used against transitioning to clean energy is that it will cripple the economy. But a New York Public Service Commission cost study analysis demonstrates that New York’s Clean Energy Standard would produce significant economic savings from the prevention of climate disruption related storm damage and reduced health costs for New Yorkers.

What is more, if there is a commitment to significant reductions in carbon pollution, the state would stand to save between $1 and $3 billion even before factoring in the economic benefit of thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars in renewable economic investment across the State. In addition to saving electricity customers money and spurring job growth, the reduction of carbon pollution from fossil fuel plants such as coal and the support of aggressive carbon reductions region-wide through the Regional Green House Gas Initiative will help Gov. Cuomo achieve his mandate of increasing New York’s electric sector renewable energy use to 50 percent by 2030.

(Note: There is currently an open public comment period for the Clean Energy Standard and there are a number of public hearings planned in May for the communities and stakeholders across the state to discuss the benefits of the program).

Here on Long Island, Suffolk has been proactive in moving to renewable energy, particularly solar power, and will likely be the first beneficiary of off-shore windpower by signing on to the first project, off Montauk. East Hampton has even adopted a resolution to be 100 percent powered with renewable energy by the end of the decade.

But here in Nassau, the Mangano Administration has been moribund, doing absolutely nothing to cultivate renewable energy or sustainable development, which will leave Nassau behind.

It’s fallen to grassroots activists and they came, out by the hundreds to the March 21 LIPA Board meeting to plead their case to invest in off-shore wind energy projects rather than dirty fossil fuel plants, stressing that now is the time, a critical window of opportunity is open.

They were well received by Chairman Ralph V. Suozzi and the newly named Chief Executive Officer Thomas Falcone.

It is a critical juncture: LIPA’s current energy mix only contains 3% renewable and PSEG-Long Island (PSEG-LI) is now proposing to build, expensive, oil powered plants, commonly called “peakers,” to meet an increase in projected energy demand for this area, instead of choosing renewable energy sources. Beyond stifling the Governor’s efforts to combat climate change in New York, investing in an historically volatile energy market by investing instead in new oil peaker plants for the South Fork would further decrease Long Island’s fuel diversity, subjecting ratepayers to increasing price volatility as experienced in recent winters.

Instead, LIPA and PSEG-LI should invest in a renewable energy future for Long Island by selecting offshore wind and battery storage projects to power the

East End, which would ensure reliable, affordable energy that creates jobs while protecting our environment.

Investing in offshore wind could transform Long Island into a regional clean energy hub — jump-starting the industry, bringing high-paying, local jobs and manufacturing opportunities to the community and supercharging our economy, all the while making deep cuts in the state’s climate pollution. Additionally, Gov. Cuomo and LIPA can show visionary leadership now by taking the initial steps toward ensuring the state generates at least 5,000 megawatts of offshore wind power by 2025 and making deep cuts in climate pollution, helping to curb climate disruption.

Indeed, in stark contrast to fossil fuel generators which can obtain licenses to drill without first securing a “power purchase agreement” from a utility like PSEG-LI, the private companies that have been trying to secure licenses to construct a windfarm off Long Island are prevented from going forward until they have such an agreement in hand.

“We are standing at the proverbial fork in the road, LIPA will choose to build a fossil fuel peaker plant on the South Fork or an offshore wind farm with battery storage backup.” Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment said. “One choice can chart a new future. Choose wind power. The time is now, the place is here!”

As we celebrate Earth Day, there needs to be a new resolve, a new respect on the order of a spiritual commitment to Mother Earth, and to be reminded of President Obama’s invocation: “We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it.”

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Continued from Page 1 “The Israelites had entered the promised land and they always will be in the promised land forever, until the end of history they will be there,” Kasich said. “I’m not neutral when it comes to Israel.”

The latest round of peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians in Israel began in 2013, but were suspended in April 2014 after the two sides failed to reach an agreement.

Kasich said he favors creation of an independent Palestinian state to coexist with the State of Israel, but said he would leave it up to Israeli officials to determine what was best for them.

“As I’ve said, we would all love to see some sort of a two-state solution but that’s up to the parties,” he said. “I’m not going to tell the Israelis how to run their security, how to run all their foreign policy. If I have something to tell them, I’ll tell them without any cameras around.”

Kasich also said he was conPhoto by Karen Rubin cerned with the rise of anti-Semitism John Kasich speaking to reporters after his speech at Great Neck Synagogue

in the world and said it “would not be tolerated on college campuses.”

Speaking to reporters outside the Modern Orthodox synagogue at 26 Old Mill Road after his speech, he responded to critics who might question his commitment to his run for presidency by not speaking about the campaign during his speech.

“I believe that life is more important than a political campaign because we’re here and then we’re gone,” he said. “That’s why it’s so important to live a life beyond ourselves.”

“Probably some wish I talked more about policy or whatever but that’s all I had today,” Kasich added.

State Sen. Jack Martins (R-Old Westbury) was in attendance at the synagogue for Kasich’s speech.

Going into Tuesday’s primary, Kasich needs 1,093 delegates to win the nomination, but there are only 838 still available.

Trump needs 493 delegates to secure the nomination, while Cruz needs 678 delegates.

Kaiman’s chest falls short in campaign cash Continued from Page 1 state Board of Elections to run in the June 28 Democratic primary, but did not make a quarterly filing with the FEC. In a statement, campaign manager Jeff Guillot said the 4,153 signatures on Kaiman’s candidacy petition filed, more than any other Democrat, indicate “support across the district.”

The campaign “will have the resources to compete vigorously,” he said.

In a sit-down interview with Blank Slate Media last month, Kaiman said he was spending most of his time raising money and gathering petition signatures.

He got endorsements in February from Kaplan’s fellow Town Board members Peter Zuckerman and Lee Seeman, as well as town Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman.

About 85 percent of Kaplan’s donors live in the Long Island-New York City region, her campaign said in an April 6 statement, and about 90 percent of the 290 individuals who gave have yet to reach the FEC’s $2,700 limit.

“This filing demonstrates that there is a strong level of support for Anna Kaplan and that her unique story and message of making our region more affordable to live, work and raise a family is already resonating,” Kaplan campaign spokesman Reginald Johnson said in the statement.

Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern of Dix Hills led the Democrats, raising $500,633 and closing with $445,530 in his war chest. Stern’s filing shows he gave his campaign a $38,000 donation and a $32,000 loan.

Stern had the second-lowest number of contributors and the highest average donation of $1,620.

“Congress needs to start working for New York’s middle-class families, not for

the special interests, and I’m thrilled by the outstanding early support for my candidacy,” Stern said in a statement.

Former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi of Glen Cove raised $451,306, spent $76,960 and closed with $374,346.

In an April 15 statement, campaign manager Mike Florio said Suozzi was the only Democrat not to lend or give any of his own money to his campaign.

“People are investing in my campaign because I have a proven record of going up against the status quo to get things done,” Suozzi said in the statement.

“They know that’s what Washington, D.C., needs these days.”

Kaplan got about two dozen donations from limited-liability corporations worth a total of $31,500.

Eleven LLCs listing addresses at 45 Cutter Mill Road in Great Neck, the headquarters of A.D. Real Estate Investors, gave the campaign a total of $5,000.

A.D. Real Estate founder Abraham Daniels gave 11 donations worth $5,000 as an individual, listing his address as 85 Pitt St., a lower Manhattan building his company reportedly bought in 2013.

Other donating LLCs included a real estate subsidiary of New Hyde Park-based Lalezarian Properties and its principal, Frank Lalezarian. Developer Manny Malekan and an LLC for his Little Neck Commons shopping complex gave two donations of $2,700 each.

In the Republican race for the Third District, state Sen. Jack Martins raised $283,598 in the first quarter, spent $41,375 and closed the period with $242,223 on hand.

Some $15,000 of that came from three national Republican political action committees, the filing shows.

Twenty-eight of Martins’ 182 contri-

butions came from Mineola, where he served as mayor before being elected to the state Senate in 2010.

The Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Republican committees endorsed Martins for the congressional seat in March, but Glen Cove financial investigator Philip Pidot was actively fundraising — he gathered $106,796, spent $23,099 and closed with $83,696 on hand.

Pidot’s campaign income included a $20,000 loan and $752 in donations from himself. His family members gave $13,700 in five donations.

Fourth Congressional District incumbent U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice outpaced

Republican opponent David Gurfein of Manhasset in the first quarter, raising $243,915 to his $49,396.

Gurfein started exploring a run for Congress in September and has raised more than $303,000 since the start of the election cycle, his filing shows.

About $88,285 of Gurfein’s $118,516 total spending came in the first quarter.

He closed with $185,203 on hand.

Rice has a much larger war chest of $800,759 after spending $117,300 in the first quarter. Some $54,000, or about a fifth, of her recent campaign income came from political action committees, her filing shows.

Continued from Page 4 our dog,” Anderson said. “Don’t blow it for us.”

Ron Epstein, who said he was in support of finding a way to accommodate both dog owners and those opposed to the program, said dog owners could help in enforcing the program’s rules.

“Ultimately, this is about finding a way for everybody in the system to enjoy the parks that are in Great Neck,” Epstein said.

Beth Schneider, who is director of the summer day camp program at Allenwood Park, said although she supported the program, she worries that it could cause problems with the 150 kids who attend the six-week camp over the summer.

“I think Allenwood and the idea of

dogs is wonderful,” Schneider said. “I have great concerns with the hours when the kids are there in the summer if dogs were allowed there.”

She also said she would have no opposition if there was a provision prohibiting dogs, even on leashes, in Allenwood Park during the hours of the summer camp program.

Lincoln said the commissioners would not comment on what residents said during the meeting, but would take everything into account when coming up with a decision whether to continue the program.

He said the board would make a decision “no later” than its next business meeting on April 28.

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Continued from Page 63 The state has closed primaries, meaning voters can only cast ballots for the party with which they are registered. The deadline to change party registration was in October.

Sanders supporter Chris Tritto said he had to cast an affidavit ballot because he is a registered as independent and could not normally vote in the Democratic primary.

“It wasn’t as easy to vote as I thought it would be,” he said.

Tuesday’s election was marked by reported complaints of voters being removed from registration rolls and some poll-

ing places opening late.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office had received more than 700 election complaints by 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, Politico reported.

Sanders’ campaign reportedly called the removal of voters from Democratic rolls a “disgrace.”

Williston Park poll worker Pat Esposito said about 20 voters — most of them identifying as Republicans — wanted to cast primary ballots for a party different from the one on their registrations. They thought they were registered Republicans or Democrats until the county Board of Elections told them otherwise

over the phone, she said.

The primary got the largest turnout Esposito has seen in 20 years, she said.

“Many people don’t come out for the primary, so that’s why they’re getting jammed up,” she said. “They’re not trying to sneak.”

Debbie Healy of New Hyde Park said she is a registered Republican, but she did not like any of the candidates and wrote in Tom Brady.

“Nobody can tell me what they can do to make this country great again, and whatever Donald Trump says, it’s not going to work,” she said. “It’s very frustrating.”

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hblank@theislandnow.com

In Person:

105 Hillside Avenue Williston Park, NY 11598

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.

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employment

Help Wanted ARC OF DELAWARE COUNTY seeks dynamic professionals to lead our nationally recognized organization in supporting people with I/DD in living personally fulfilling lives. Positions include: Chief Services Officer Speech Pathologist Supervisor​/​Life Coach 10 Assistant Director of Residential Services House Manager.

Apply: www.delarc.org

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT GARDEN CITY: Wellness First New York is seeking an administrative assistant to work in our office. The position is part time on Friday mornings from 9am-2pm (hours​/​days can be added). Duties include answering phone calls, scheduling appointments, filing paperwork & accepting payments.

Prior experience is a plus. If interested please fax or email your resume: 516-280-8666​/ contactus@ wellnessfirstny.com

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Doctor’s office, Part Time. Wednesday & Friday from 10am-4pm.

Phones, data entry, filing, scanning.

Experience a plus. Please fax resume to 516-498-9005

CHILDCARE CENTER, new and beautiful is opening at Trinity Episcopal Church Roslyn! We are beginning our interview process for Director, Head Teachers, Assistant Teachers and Assistant Director. Full time and part time positions. Competitive pay scale.

Tremendous opportunity to be part of a new project serving the children and families of our community at the beginning stages! Please send resume ASAP to jobapplicationstrinity@gmail.com All qualified applicants welcome to apply.

Please do not call Parish office.

Interviews begin week of April 18.

North Shore Village is seeking Public Safety Officers Must be available for all shifts including overnight, and weekends.

Must Have NYS Driver's License and NYS Security Guard License Retirees Welcome

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT GARDEN CITY: Established and friendly Garden City Dental office looking for Part Time front desk help. Must have work experience and knowledge of Easy Dental Program. Please call 516-746-4510 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 BOOKKEEPER 1 day a week in Oyster Bay area. Must be trustworthy, have excellent references. Call 516-922-5088 between 9:30am & 4:30pm​​Ask for Deborah CUSTODIAL POSITION FULL TIME for church in Garden City.

Monday through Friday 8am to 4pm and every other Sunday.

Custodial experience necessary.

Please send resume to ecavolo@ thegccc.org

Email resume to publicsafety@villageofeasthills.org.

No Phone Calls.

Please do not respond unless you have the Security Guard License.

8hr/16hr certificates ONLY do not qualify The Village Of East Hills is an Equal Opportunity Employer

2016 SUPER SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT THE PARK AT EAST HILLS!

Park Attendants and Lifeguards 1. Are you looking for an exciting summer job with competitive pay and an upbeat environment?

2. Would you like to spend the summer at the finest park facilities with the largest municipal pool on Long Island?

3. Do you like the outdoors? Then our position is a perfect fit for you!

REQUIREMENTS: • At least 16 years of age • Lifeguards must be Nassau County Certified • Available to work through Labor Day weekend To apply: Contact The Park at East Hills at 516-484-9800, e-mail us at: clastraglio@villageofeasthills.org or simply visit Village Hall on a business day from 9am-4:30pm. We are located at 209 Harbor Hill Road, East Hills, NY 11576.

Ask for Christina Lastraglio to get an application.

The Village Of East Hills is an Equal Opportunity Employer

CHILDCARE P/T: SUMMER CHILDCARE needed for our two children starting June 27 until end of August. Mondays, Tuesday & Wednesdays. Perfect driving record, own transportation and great references a must. Garden City resident & GC Pool membership preferred. 516-314-8719 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 DRIVER P/T: LIMO SERVICE in East Meadow. Must be able to pass drug test, fingerprint​/​background check to obtain Nassau County TLC license. Always neatly dressed & CLEAR English speaking. Call 516-735-1138 DRIVER WANTED: Great Neck family seeking part time driver to be on call to assist family. Duties: daily errands, driving to NYC for events, driving kids, food deliveries, doctor appointments. Seeking experienced, licensed driver​​dedicated, neat, punctual. Great Neck​ /​nearby resident preferred. Good compensation. Fax resume to Vionette: 516-487-7170

Help Wanted HELP WANTED: DRIVERS CDL-A Quality Home1yr Time!

Family EarnExcellent over $1,250+ per week Medical Insurance Plus Monthly Bonuses!

Guaranteed Weekend Excellent Benefits Home Time No-Touch!

Earn $65,000+ Monthly CDL-A 1 yr exp Bonuses.

888-406-9046 Absolutely No-Touch.

888-406-9046 HVAC ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT experienced, part time to work 2 or 3 days a week 7am to 4:30pm based on candidate’s availability. Duties include but are not limited to: maintain service calls and dispatch technicians to job sites, client contact, filing, phones, emails, mail, Quickbooks invoicing and data entry, customer payments. Qualified candidates must be able to multi task in a busy office environment, a self starter, able to work independently, meticulous, organized and punctual.

Proficient in Word, Outlook and Quickbooks. Please email resume to bizqd5wr@verizon.net or fax to 516-437-6156 LEGAL: Process serving company seeking full time detail oriented individual for office assistant in Williston Park. Computer knowledge a must. Will train. Email resume to: LRadler@courtsupportinc.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 516307-1045 x201

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

GROUNDSKEEPER​/ ​P ORTER: Full​/​Part time person needed to assist with maintenance for Nassau County Co-Op property. $15​ /​hr negotiable. Send Resume to: Fairfield Properties, Attn: John S. 538 Broadhollow Road, 3rd floor, East Melville, NY 11747. OR fax to 631-499-2042

CLEANING SERVICES available for homes, apartments & offices.

Flexible hours. Available anytime.

Experienced with excellent references. Located in West Hempstead. Own supplies & transportation. Free estimates Call Reina 516-643-9341

HOME HEALTH CARE AIDE NEEDED for woman in Garden City Friday, Saturday & Sunday 7am to 7pm. Fluent in English. Call 631-604-2072 between the hours of 10am​​3pm only.

CLEANING SERVICES AVAILABLE 7 days a week days​/​nights for homes & offices. Experienced, reliable, honest with excellent references. Own transportation. Own supplies or yours! Call 516-8078756 or 516-426-0184

HOST​/ HOSTESS​/ BUSBOY AND SERVER POSITIONS AVAILABLE. Experience preferred.

GRIMALDIS PIZZERIA, 980 Franklin Ave, Garden City 516294-6565​​Ask For Megan

CLEANING SERVICES FOR OFFICES OR HOMES. Available 7 days a week. Excellent references.

Own transportation. Gift Certificates available! Call 516-974-8959

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Situation Wanted

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 862-241-0883

HOUSECLEANING AVAILABLE: 15 years of experience, good references, English speaking, own car, very reliable and responsible. Please call us: Lucy or Livia 516-444-6351

COMPANION​/ HOME HEALTH AIDE Live out, 12 hours okay; nights or days. 20 years experience in home care & nursing home seeking to take care of sick​/​ elderly. Experience with Parkinsons, Alzheimers, dementia, stroke. References available, Own car. English speaking. Please call 347-546-4133 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: Woman seeking position caring for the elderly.

Available to live in or out and nights. Over 20 years experience.

References furnished upon request. Call Vicky 516-943-4312

NANCY’S CLEANING SERVICELet me do the work for you! Homes, apartments and offices!Vacuuming, mopping, sweeping, organizing, etc.

Professional appearance Excellent references English speaking Own transportation Free estimates! Call or text Nancy 516-469-5517. Email: nancybenitez023@gmail.com 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 NURSING ASSISTANT I’m a certified nursing assistant seeking private home care position. Over 15 years experience. Licensed driver.

Available Monday to Friday daytime hours and some weekends.

Contact Cynthia 917-805-7782

Elder Care Companion Mature Woman With Car Available for: • Shopping & Errands • Activities • Cooking Meals • Doctor Appointments • Home Organization

(347) 387-6798

TRUSTWORTHY • RELIABLE • COMPASSIONATE • FLEXIBLE

SUMMER BABYSITTER​/​NANNY: Boston College Nursing Student with own transportation is available in Garden City & Westhampton Beach for full time babysitting July & August.

Contact Regan @ 516-633-4549

career training

EXPERIENCED NURSING AIDE seeking position to take care of elderly. Evenings or weekends. Own car and good references. Please 917-796-5917

AIRLINE CAREERS Start here. Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance.

Call AIM for free information 866296-7093

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

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR ENTRY LEVEL Get trained, get certified, get hired! Bulldozers, Backhoes & Excavators. Immediate lifetime job placement. VA benefits. Nation Average $18.00$22.00 1-866-362-6497

HOME HEALTH ATTENDANT​ /​LPN CERTIFIED: Available to work & care for elderly. Live in or out. Offering Skilled Nursing Care full time or part time. Overnight also. Please call Audrey Allen: 516-444-2331

announcements

HOME HEALTH CARE AIDE: Humble Home Health Care Aide available. 10 years experience assisting senior citizens with their daily needs. Able to provide housekeeping tasks, grocery shopping and any daily task needed. I am a licensed driver w/ own car. Call Linda 917-723-5789 HOUSE CLEANING: Experienced cleaning service available. Pleasant, responsible. Provides own quality clean products. Own transportation.

Local references. Spanish​/​English speaking. Free estimates. Approximate cost: Small home $79, Mid size $99, Large $118. Please call Diana 516-859-7084

FORSYTHIA YELLOW FLOWERING Privacy hedge blowout sale!

3-4ft Reg $39​/​ea Now only $6.99​ /​ea. Free delivery while supplies last www.lowcostforsythia.com 844-592-3327 KILL BED BUGS & THEIR EGGS Buy Harris Bed Bug Killers​/ KIT Complete Treatment System.

Available at hardware stores, Home Depot, homedepot.com MOVING SALE GARDEN CITY Must sell everything! All high end furniture from Thomsville to Ethan Allen. Living room sofa, 4 Queen Anne chairs. Dining room table with 6 chairs and china cabinet.

Bedroom king size sleigh bed, 2 elegant end tables, large dresser and dressing cabinet​/​armoire (all in pecan inlay), white dresser and armoire from Pottery Barn.

Large Raymour and Flanigan couch and lots of end tables from Hickory, Thomasville & Ethan Allen. Please call if interested​​only serious buyers! 516-941-5361 By Appointment Only!

Wanted to Buy ABE BUYS ANTIQUES: Silver, paintings, rugs and all contents. All Cash! 917-817-3928 CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Up to $35 /​Box! Sealed and Unexpired. Payment made SAME DAY. Highest prices paid!

Call Juley today! 800-413-3479 www.cashforyourteststrips.com

NEILA ROSENBERG

ELDERCARE COMPANION AVAILABLE:Over 20 yrs experience, Monday to Friday, 3-5 days.

Excellent client care. Housekeeping, meals, laundry, errands. Honest, dedicated, reliable. Above average references! Own car. Call Virginia 516-997-3596

marketplace

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 MONEY TO LEND Get funding now for your small business. Up to $2 million in as little as 2 days. Minimum 2 years in business. Call BFS Capital 888-732-6298 or apply online: www. bfscapital.com​/​nyp

Events VBS at Faith Korean Presbyterian Church in Port Washington. Theme (Group’s) Following Jesus. The Light of the World. Time: July 5-8, August 22-26, 9-3. Age: PreK-6th grade. Fee: $30 (includes field trip, breakfast, lunch and snack). Free when register before June. Field Trip: Adventureland, Ice Skating.

Text or call Kathy 757-236-5623. kathy8pang@gmail.com

LOOKING TO BUY! Records, oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware.

Call George 718-386-1104 or 917-775-3048 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www. iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

Tag Sale *BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900 China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society email: store@ atstewartexchange.org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org INVITED SALES BY TRACY JORDAN 839 Stewart Ave Garden City, NY 11530 516-279-6378 www.invitedsales.com Open 7 Days! Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 10-6 Thurs 10-4 Saturday 10-5 Sunday 12-5 Consignments by Appointment Estate Sale and Tag Sale services available to liquidate the contents of your home. Call 516-279-6378 for a consultation. LIVE AUCTIONS are held monthly. You can place items on auction by scheduling an appointment to bring your items in to the shoppe for consideration.

Email pictures to be considered for consignment or auction to info@ invitedsales.com Invited Sales also offers TRUCK SERVICES to move your items to or from your home or office to the consignment shoppe to sell on your behalf, and help clean out your home, attic or garage! Check out our website at: www.invitedsales.com for special sales and shopping events, tag sales, auctions and more!!

Tag Sale INVITED SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Tuesday, April 26 10:00 am 169 Kensett Road Manhasset, NY 11030 Beautifully decorated home, Dining Room, Bedroom, costume jewelry, leather furniture, records, basement....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

pets

Auto Services ELITE AUTO DETAILING: Anthony Masia, Owner​/​Operator 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​/​cars only. Coupons not to be combined 631-612-7152

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

real estate for rent

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 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

PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINING Doggie Day Care Boarding Dog Walking Mobile Socialization Program Backyard Clean-up GC Resident 516-382-5553

Apartment For Rent

automotive

Apartment For Rent

GARDEN CITY: Large 4 rooms. 1 BR, DR, EIK “One Month Free Rent” $2250 “Move right in” 3 rooms, 1 BR, new Kitchen & Bath $2500 up Six rooms​​ 3 BR, new Kitchen, 2 Baths, May 1. $3400 Many other rentals available Garden City Properties 516-746-1563 516-313-8504

FLORAL PARK VILLAGE 1st floor. Completely renovated. SS Kitchen, DR, LR, MBR, 2nd BR​ /​or office, full bath. W/D, use of yard with patio & garage. $2150+ utilities. Call Rose, Ford Realty 516-655-7501

Room For Rent MINEOLA: Large furnished room, private entrance, share bath, own TV, microwave and fridge, A/C, no pets​/​smoking. $735 month all utilities included plus 1 month security. References required. 516-747-5799

Office Space GARDEN CITY SOUTH Ideal location, mint, large office space, 1st floor. Must see to appreciate. Near LIRR, stores. Available now. $1,475​/​mth. Call Owner 516-538-7474 or 538-7476 WILLISTON PARK Office Space: 2000 sf. available on second floor & 1300 sf on ground floor. Ground floor office newly renovated. Located in Professional Buildin g 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 516-248-0079 or 516-732-9435 OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Best selection of affordable rentals.

Full​/​partial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily. Holiday Resort Services. 1-800-6382102. Online reservations: www. holidayoc.com

Your Homeownership Partner

The State of New York Mortgage Agency offers: • Competitive, fixed-rate mortgages for first-time homebuyers • Downpayment assistance available up to $15,000 • Special program for veterans, active-duty military, National Guard and reservists • Funds available for renovation

1-800-382-HOME(4663)

www.sonyma.org

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Lots for Sale MOUNTAIN TOP LIQUIDATION 30 miles views! 5+ acres only $29,900. 2 hrs from the city! Excellent financing. Call Now 888-320-0920

Lots for Sale

Lots for Sale

ADIRONDACK LAKEFRONT CABINS! TIMBER TRACTS! Waterfront acreage! Ablsolute Sale 4/23. Selling below market! Two lakes, State land, Streams! 40 mins Albany, 3hr NYC! Terms available! Call 888905-8847 to register. Woodworthlakepreserve.com

NATURAL UNSPOILED COASTAL PROPERTY: There is a place just hours away where you can find abundant natural beauty, clean air and space. Located in Virginia 90 miles south of Ocean City. Lots are 3 to 22 acres and priced $60,000 to $98,000. All are near the shoreline, some with excellent water views.

Amenities include community dock and sandy beach. Low taxes and a mild climate. Call 757-442-2171 or email: oceanlandtrust@yahoo.com website http:​/​​/​waverlylots.com

Out Of Town Real Estate

Services

DELAWARE: New homes: Sussex and Kent counties from $169,000 9 communities close to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Bay (Bower’s Beach) or Nanticoke River (Seaford). 302-653-7700 www.lenapebuilders.net LAUREL SPECTACULAR BEACH FRONT home overlooking Peconic Bay. Situated on 2 acres of parklike grounds. 150’ of private beach, inground pool w/ bonus kiddie pool. 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Large Living Room, Dining Room & Den all with beautiful Bay views. Eat in Kitchen, jalousied porch, CAC, IGS, 2 car garage. $2,795,000.

516-679-2236 NORTHERN VERMONT: all year round house for sale. Check it out on www.zillow.com. Use area code 05822, 530 Lake Street, Barton, VT. For more information call owner at 310-418-0231

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There is amazing unspoiled land just hours away. Where you’ll be surrounded by natural beauty, clean air and space; not condos, crowds or traffic. Located in Virginia just 3+ hrs from I-95 NJ/ DE line. 23 lots, 3 to 22 acres each, priced $60,000 to $98,000.

All are near the shoreline, some w/ excellent water views. Paved roads, utilities, dock, boat ramp and beach. Low property taxes.

Call (757) 442-2171 or email: oceanlandtrust@yahoo.com

Services CHILD CARE ELDER CARE HOME HEALTH AIDES AND MORE! We offer the following services: Companions, Home Health Aides​/ ​E lder Care Child Care and Housekeeping Laborers Days / Nights Live In or Live Out NO FEE TO EMPLOYERS ** EVON’S SERVICES ** Call: 516-505-5510

NEW YORK MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS: Joan Atwood, Ph.D. An experienced therapist makes all the difference. Individual, couple, family therapy and anger management.

516-764-2526. jatwood@optonline.net www.NYMFT.com

Computers COMPUTER REPAIR AND INSTRUCTION Technical College Graduate Eliminate viruses, malware, bloatware, adware, spyware Computer Instruction Home & Business Networking Reasonable Rates Call Phil at Aspect Networking 516-830-3366 OR email: support@aspectnetworking.com

Home Improvements AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES *Repairs & Maintenance *Handyman & Remodeling *Kitchen Installations *Furniture Assembly *Finish Carpentry *Minor Electrical & Plumbing 23year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Call BOB 516-741-2154 DEVLIN BUILDERS Since 1979.

We do all types of improvements including HANDYMAN REPAIRS. No job too small. Bob Devlin 516-365-6685. Insured License H18C730000 GRACE ROOFING: Est. 1977. slate, tile flat roofs, asphalt and wood shingle roofs, gutters and leaders cleaned and replaced, professional new roof installation.

Free estimates, expert leak repairs. lic​/​ins, local references, residential​/​commerical 516-753-0268

Home Improvements LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service.

Handy Howard 646-996-7628 ONE STOP FOR ALL YOUR HOME improvement needs! Basement, bathroom & kitchen remodeling, carpentry, crown molding, closets, doors, sheetrock, painting, dry wall, repairs, spackling & wall paper removal and installation, decks power washed, stained and built. Gem Basement Doctor 516-623-9822. www.gem-home.com

Home Improvements SKY CLEAR WINDOW and Restorations Inc. Window Restorations, Outdated Hardware, skylights, Andersen Sashes, new storm windows, wood windows, chain​/​rope repairs, falling windows, fogged panes, mechanical repairs, wood repairs, restorations, all brands. Call Mr. Fagan, 32 years experience. 631-385-7975 www.skyclearwindow.com

Painting & Paperhanging JV PAINT HANDYMAN SERVICES Interior-Exterior Specialist Painting, Wallpapering, Plastering, Spackling, Staining, Power Washing. Nassau Lic#H3814310000 fully Insured Call John 516-741-5378

Party Help LADIES & GENTLEMEN RELAX & ENJOY Your Next Party! Catering and Experienced Professional Services for Assisting with Preparation, Serving and Clean Up Before, During and After Your Party Bartenders Available. Call Kate at 516-248-1545

Advertising Sales Executive Blank Slate Media 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 communications skills to sell display, web and email advertising.

Earn up to $60,000 in the first-year representing the 6 Blank Slate Media publications and website as well the 5 publications and 1 website owned by Blank Slate’s sales partner, Litmor Publications.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and service-oriented sales professional with good communication skills.

Requirements: Minimum of 2 years outside sales experience.

Newspaper sales experience a plus. Must have your own car.

• Exclusive, protected territory • Opportunity to sell both print and online programs • A collegial, supportive sales team • Award-winning editorial coverage.

• A separate newspaper for each community allowing advertisers to target their markets.

And you to provide the most cost-effective way to advertise.

• Represent media that produce superior response for clients.

Compensation • Salary plus commission • Health insurance • Paid holidays • Sick days & holidays

To apply, e-mail your resume and cover letter to sblank@theislandnow.com or call Steve at 516.307-1045 x201 for more information.

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Cleaning

BAR​/ BAT MITZVAH LESSONS Take the struggle and hassle out of Hebrew and Bar​/​Bat Mitzvah lessons. Michael Marcus Bar and Bat Mitzvah Tutoring and Services. Call 516-5240191 email michael@barbatmitzvahlessons.com

SPRING INTO ACTION LET US CLEAN YOUR HOUSE WINDOWS GARDEN CITY WINDOW CLEANING Home Window Cleaning Service by Owner Free Estimates Inside & Out Fully Insured 25 Years Experience 631-2201851 516-764-5686

Tutoring​/ Support Finish the Year Strong! Regents, SAT, AP, NCC, GC, Roslyn, SHA, Chaminade experience with all curriculums.

Recommendations​/ Results Text​ /​Call Diane Halka 516-469-6864

STRONG ARM CLEANING: Residential and commercial cleaning specialist, post construction clean ups, shipping and waxing floors, move ins and move outs. Free estimates. Bonded and insured.

516-538-1125 www.strongarmcleaningny.com

ENGLISH TUTOR: Diane Gottlieb M.Ed., M.S.W. SAT​/​ACT, College Essays, AP, Regents, ELA Test Prep, Reading comprehension and writing proficiency. 917-5998007 or email: dianegot@gmail. com LongIslandEnglishTutor.com Providing one-on-one professional support to build confidence, knowledge and skills in every student.

MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, Pre-Calc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314 ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ year experience Critical Reading, Writing, Grammar, Essays. Lynne 625-3314 MATHEMATICS TUTOR: NYS certified math teacher. Experienced and patient. All elementary and middle school grades. HS Algebra, Geometry and SAT prep.

Text or call Ken 516-526-8315 or email: kmctutor79@gmail.com SPANISH TUTOR: High School​ /​Middle School, College. Spanish Grammar-Literature, SAT II, AP Exam. William Cullen, M.A., M.B.A., S.D.A. Chaminade, Fairfield Alumnus. 516-509-8174 wdctutor06@aol.com STOCK MARKET TUTOR: Retired banker and experienced stock market trader available for tutoring high school students on the stock market. Should have some knowledge of the market.

Adults welcome. Text​/​call Ron Goldberg 516-567-8434

Instruction PIANO LESSONS By Ira Baslow.

Experience the joy of playing the piano. Private lessons in your home, free no-obligation piano lesson, all levels, all styles, all ages. Beginners a specialty.

516-312-1054 www.iwantmypianolessons.com

Cleaning CLEANING HOME​​OFFICE: Weekly, monthly since 1979.

Insured​/ bonded. Trusted​/ reliable. Call Olympia Cleaning 516-883-0359

SUPER CLEAN: Hourly rates, residential, grout cleaning, move ins and outs. Adam 516-943-6831

Services A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists.

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The Village of New Hyde Park may add hookah bars and vape shops to a list of “adult establishments” subject to distance restrictions.

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Hookah bars and vape shops in New Hyde Park still have some time before they take their place next to head shops in the village code.

While it awaits input from Nassau County, the Village Board on Tuesday tabled a law would define those businesses as adult uses and restrict them to industrial zones.

The aim of the change is not to outlaw them, but to make sure they comply with the code, Mayor Robert Lofaro said.

But Anthony Gabriel of New Hyde Park, manager of Cherry Valley Vape in West Hempstead, said vape shops help people quit smoking and do not warrant the same regulation as other adult uses.

“I can see why people would be a bit turned off by them, but I feel like it would be a bit harsh to include it with peep shows and adult bookstores,” Gabriel said Tuesday.

The proposed change to the code would add definitions of “hookah bar” and “vape shop” to an existing list of 11 adult uses in section 195-13 of New Hyde Park’s village code.

Any business that sells electronic cigarettes or where tobacco is smoked through hookah pipes couldoperate in industrial zones with a special-use permit from the Board of Zoning Appeals, but cannot be within 2,000 feet of each other or within 800 feet of a school, church, park, playground, playing field or public library.

The code already implies hookah bars and vape shops would be adult uses because minors aren’t legally allowed in them, Lofaro said last month, but the village wants to give “no room for interpretation.”

Gabriel, 27, smoked tobacco for 12 years until vaping helped him quit two years ago, he said. He said it does not make sense to restrict vape shops to industrial zones when convenience stores and gas stations selling normal cigarettes can operate in regular commercial zones.

People often incorrectly associate vaping with tobacco, marijuana and other drugs, Gabriel said.

“They just want to constantly make that connection that it’s something bad,” he said.

Many other Long Island municipalities, including three in Great Neck, have banned hookah bars in recent years.

The villages of Great Neck and Great Neck Estates both passed bans on the establishments in 2014. The Village of Great Neck Plaza passed a moratorium on hookah bars that year, making an exception for the nowclosed Fountain Blue Hookah at 435 Middle Neck Road.

The Village of Mineola passed a law in December defining hookah bars as a permitted use for industrial zones, and the Village Board will hold a public hearing in May to do the same for vape shops.

The village started regulating the businesses because they are not “the right mix or feel” for its downtown business district and the commercial strip on Jericho Turnpike, Mayor Scott Strauss said.

“Everybody’s got to make a buck, everybody’s got to put food on the table, everybody’s got bills to pay,” Strauss said. “I’m not going to let you kill anybody, but if you want to do it, do it over there. We’re easy. Work with us.”

Plaza robbery suspect arrested Continued from Page 5 Nassau County Police Officer Vincent LoGiudice was acquitted of felony assault charges in December after Howell charged the officer with beating him during a traffic stop in April 2014.

As he was being walked into Nassau County Police Headquarters in Mineola on Tuesday, one reporter said, Howell said “I’m being framed.”

LeBrun denied the allegation, citing the victims’ positive identification of the defendant to police officers.

“He does have a rather exten-

sive history with the police department,” LeBrun said. “With regard to anyone insinuating that the police department is framing him, it is completely absurd.”

LeBrun said Howell entered the parked vehicle Monday evening and placed a “silver knife” to the throat of the male victim while demanding money from both victims.

After the male victim attempted to push Howell away, he said, the defendant cut him on both hands.

The female victim then complied and handed over an undis-

closed amount of cash, LeBrun said.

Before leaving the scene, he said, Howell stabbed both seats of the car.

LeBrun said the two victims knew the defendant and were “acquaintances.”

The police department’s Bureau of Special Operations police officers, LeBrun said, saw Howell in the back of a black 2015 Honda Sedan Tuesday.

He also said the driver of the vehicle, Jamiel Hendricks, 31, of Manhasset, and the female passenger, Nancy Peterson, 26, of Flower

Hill, were found in possession of Xanax.

Additionally, he said, Howell was found with both Xanax and cocaine.

Hendricks and Peterson are being charged with one count of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, LeBrun said.

He also said the investigation of the incident is ongoing.

All three defendants were scheduled to be arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on Tuesday.

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Residents voice tree worries in N. Hills B y N eglah S harma The Village of North Hills planning board on Wednesday heard concerns from residents about trees on and near the Gabrielli Hills subdivision as the owner seeks financial relief from the village.

The applicant, Frank Gabrielli, is seeking a reduction of or release from three bonds imposed by the village including a $600,000 bond for site improvement, a $100,000 bond for lighting and landscaping and a $100,000 catch-all bond.

Kathleen Deegan Dickson, the applicant’s representative, said Gabrielli is not seeking reduction or release of a $100,000 tree preservation bond and is proposing replacing two white spruces where old pine trees used to stand.

“Among the other conditions that are covered by this bond, there’s a requirement that trees off the property within a 100 feet of the boundary be preserved.”

Village Attorney A. Thomas Levin said.

Dickson said the site improvement bond should be revisited or released after Nassau County approves plans for a curb-cut clearance connecting Gabrielli Court to Old Shelter Rock Road, which she said was scheduled to be inspected last Friday.

The Village of North Hills Planning Board Gabrielli’s attorney said the bond should be reduced because the landscaping has been completed with the exception of three trees. “(Building Superintendent Donald) Alberto’s memo states that he recommends a reduction of the $600,000 site improvement bond to $100,000,” Dickson said.

In asking for a reduction, Dickson said the current survey study missed important structures such as two monuments, multiple trees on the property, and a lightpost.

Tina Bonatti, who lives at 6 Gabrielli Court and is Frank Gabrielli’s daughter, said dogwood and viburnum trees were planted at 2 Gabrielli Court, and two more spruce trees are going to be

replaced.

“We’re proposing to replace the two pine trees that came down with white spruces, which are a better quality tree and will be placed in the same location,” Dickson said.

Shelter Rock Road resident Keith Morgan expressed concerns about the development encroaching on his property and quality of life.

Morgan, said the Gabrielli development has dumped trash on his property, conducted unapproved site development plans and listed numerous treerelated violations of village code throughout 2015.

Morgan said some trees were scheduled to be saved under a tree preservation plan, but were actually removed.

He showed the board five photographs, at least three of which depicted limbs and branches trimmed.

“There were trees that were pruned which were within three feet of (my) property line,” Morgan said.

Bonatti said the pictures Morgan presented were misleading, and that no trees were destroyed.

She said Morgan and Gabrielli “do not get along,” and that Morgan is looking to recover almost $25,000 in damages.

“He wants 25 new ‘specimen trees,’ instead of the black cherry elms, which grew wild,” she said.

Bonatti said Morgan lives one house before Gabrielli Court, and is upset that he will lose his privacy, because there are now

three houses where there was one.

Francis B. Semi, president of North Hills Colony Condominium, expressed his concern of a possible catch-all bond reduction, which covers trees off the Gabrielli property line.

Semi said he sent claims against the catch-all bonds containing “arborous evaluations” to Gabrielli on Sept. 15 and Jan. 16.

“We had to take down one tree and billing was involved,” Semi said.

He added that according to Walsh’s statement, many tree roots were removed to level the Gabrielli property, causing damage to trees on adjacent properties.

The board asked Semi to submit any ideas or suggestions that he had to rectify this.

The board reserved decision on all the bonds and closed the hearing on the application an environmental study was conducted by Michael Dejulio, Chairman David Kass said.

The board will have an update next month on the proposed reductions after conducting a new survey.

Building Department Superintendent Donald Alberto and Cameron Engineering will review the new survey materials prior to next month’s meeting before rendering a decision, officials said.

Helen’s Run brings 500 people to Sands Point B y S arah M in k ewicz More than 500 people of all ages and abilities joined together at the Sands Point Preserve for Helen’s Run/Walk 2016 on April 17 hosted by the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults.

“I’m amazed at how many wonderful individuals turned out not just to celebrate a beautiful spring day but also support the work HKNC does for deaf-blind individuals,” Development Officer Marina Carroll said.

The Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults is a national organization based in Sands Point that enables individuals who are blind, visually impaired, deaf-blind or have combined hearing and vision loss to live, work and thrive in the communities of their choice, according to the Hellen Keller National Center website.

“HKNC students come from all across the country and we strive to offer them a healthy lifestyle while they are attending our independent living and vocational training program,” Carroll said.

The annual 5K/3.1 mile event benefits Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults in Sands Point, which is located at 141 Middle Neck Road.

The course offered participants panoramic views of Sands Point as they ran or walked to support people who live with a combined vision and hearing loss.

“There are over 2.4 million people who have a combined visions and hearing loss,” Carroll said.

Participants had the option of forming their own team or participating as an individual.

Development Associate for HKNC Lori Bookstaver formed the team Miles for Megan to honor the memory of her daughter Megan Bookstaver,

who was shot to death at the age of 23.

“It’s great to be out with so many people for a good cause and to be with family and friends, celebrating my daughter’s life,” Bookstaver said. “Megan you’re always in our hearts. We all love you and miss you. Love you to the moon and back.”

This is Miles for Megans second year participating in the Helen Keller walk/run and Bookstaver said they’ve raised close to $4,000.

Other top teams included Holly’s Homies and Jon Gabry, which both raised more than $2,000.

Director of communications and events Deborah Rodriguez said the event raised more than $50,000, which was this year’s goal.

All proceeds from Helen’s Run/Walk 2016 will go directly to HKNC’s recreation project Photo by Sarah Minkewicz that includes renovating and upgrading the gymnasium on The Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults held HKNC’s campus in Sands Point. its annual Helen’s Run/Walk at Sands Point Preserve on April 17.

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Manhasset defeats Sewanhaka, 8-3 B y G regory G iaconelli

Junior Pitcher Jamie Weiss goes seven innings, allowing an earned run, five hits and fanned five battersJ.

Wheatley’s Palazzolo commits to Bentley

The Wheatley School senior SamanThis year, when the field hockey protha Palazzolo recently signed a letter of gram was cancelled due to low numbers, commitment to continue her academic Palazzolo displayed her tremendous athand athletic career at Bentley University, letic ability by joining the Varsity Soccer in the Northeast 10 Conference. team. As a novice to the sport of soccer, Palazzolo is a returnshe made a positive coning four-year starter and tribution as a replacetwo-year captain for the ment goalie in a mustWildcat Softball team. win game.

Last season, she earned Palazzolo’s outstand“Second Team All-State ing transcript speaks for Softball” recognition. She itself. Her efforts in the is a returning “All-County classroom, a member of 2015”, “All-County 2014” the National Honor Soand “All-Conference ciety, and on the athletic 2013” member of our fields, an All-County varsity softball team. level performer, demAs one of the school’s onstrate an exceptional most complete athletes, student-athlete.

Palazzolo has also earned Samantha Palazzolo With all that Palaz“All-Conference” recogzolo does in the classnition in both Varsity Field Hockey and room and athletic venues she still finds Varsity Indoor Track. the time to participate in community She continually performs at the high- service and volunteer her talents to help est level on the field and is a role model others. She is also a talented artist, a to all of the school’s athletes. She has member of the Art Club and a featured been a major contributor to field hockey, artist at the LIU Post High School Art Exwinter track and softball. hibit.

The Manhasset varsity baseball team dominated Sewanhaka, 8-3, in the opening game of their three-game set Monday afternoon. Manhasset got their bats going early by driving in six runs in the first two innings.

The team followed up with a combination of great pitching from junior Jamie Weiss and team defense to nail down the commanding victory.

With the win, Manhasset improves to 2-4-1 in the season. Head coach Brian Corbo was pleased with the team’s performance, stressing that it was important to set the tone early against a struggling Sewanhaka team after coming off some tough games to bigger competition.

“It was a good win” said Corbo.

“We’ve been on a little down streak. We won our first game then lost three in a row and battled in the last two games. So it was good to get a win.”

Manhasset got the scoring going in the bottom of the first with a double and a single by seniors Matt Catalfo and Joe Santella to take an early 2-0 lead. They batted fourth and fifth respectively in the lineup.

In the top of the second, after Weiss allowed the leadoff batter on base, Sewanhaka would scratch out a run on a ground ball to cut the lead 2-1. Weiss would settle down after giving up the run.

Manhasset added to their lead in the bottom half of the inning as they rallied to put up four runs, giving them a 6-1 lead.

Two innings later, Manhasset continued to put the ball in play with runners in scoring position as they would tack on two more runs and make it an 8-1 game.

Corbo described this approach as “high school baseball.”

“When you put the ball in play, guys are going to make errors and mistakes” said Corbo. “It’s not about hitting a home run or a long line drive. Just put it in play” Sewanhaka would get two runs back in the top of the sixth inning and cut the deficit to 8-3, capping off the scoring.

Although their situational hitting was pretty good against Sewanhaka, Corbo states that the only issue the team needs to work on is locking down with runners on base and driving the ball more instead of popping up.

“When you are facing a pitcher who doesn’t throw too hard, a lot of guys jump at the ball and pop up a lot instead of staying back and driving in” said Corbo.

Catalfo and Santella provided the offense for Manhasset. Catalfo went 1-4 on the day with a double and two runs batted in. Santella went 1-3 with four RBIs. On the mound, Weiss tossed a complete game, striking out five, allowing five hits and only one earned run. He threw a lot of strikes, didn’t allow a walk and kept the opposition off the base paths. In this outing, he stuck to his game plan, which was keeping the ball down, getting ahead of the count and attacking hitters.

“It was nice for me to throw the ball down low as opposed to my last outing against Bellmore where I let the ball up too much” said Weiss. “The coaches did a great job helping me out, especially during practice. I think that was the key to my success today.”

In addition to a great pitching performance, Weiss stated that they played an overall good team game and had plenty of help from the defense.

“My teammates were behind me today” said Weiss. “All they did was pick me up even when I had a rough inning or gave up a hit. They would back me up in the field and those plays really helped me out.”

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Cosmos lose first match of season The New York Cosmos fell 2-1 to Indy Eleven at Michael A. Carroll Stadium Saturday night, as Indy scored twice in the match’s final minutes.

Kranjčar struck first in the 51st minute, opening his Cosmos account after Greg Janicki took down Sebastián Guenzatti in front of the goal following a cross from Adam Moffat. The Croatian international stepped up and put his well-taken penalty into the net, with Indy goalkeeper Jon Busch diving to the opposite post.

Midfielder Michael Lahoud had a

quality chance to double the Cosmos advantage on the hour mark when he settled a bouncing ball and put it on frame from the top of the 18-yard box, but Busch made the stop.

“In the second half we were a different team,” Cosmos Head Coach Giovanni Savarese said after the game. “We came out, controlled the match, created chances and then were able to score the goal.”

The Cosmos’ best opportunity to increase the lead came in the 82nd minute, when Lucky Mkosana slipped through

Indy Eleven’s center backs and fired off the PK the team lost a bit its composure.

Despite the loss, Savarese praised a shot that missed just wide of the right his starting goalkeeper of the evening. post.

But Indy Eleven roared back late, “Kyle had a great performance, a fantastic equalizing from the penalty spot through game. I think he was even better in the forward Eamon Zayed in the 90th min- second half. It was a very positive perforute. Zayed followed with his second of mance from him,” he added. the night, burying a rebound off a save by With the loss, New York’s record is Cosmos goalkeeper Kyle Zobeck deep into now 2-0-1 through three NASL Spring five minutes of second-half stoppage time. Season matches. The Cosmos head to NSC “For me, the PK was a game changer,” Stadium in Blaine, Minn. next for a SaturSavarese said, alluding to an Indy penalty day, April 23 matchup against Minnesota awarded off a corner kick. “I think after United FC. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m.

LIU Post baseball goes .500 against Bridgeport B y M ichael O tero The LIU Post baseball team opened up a four game set against the University of Bridgeport on Friday, April 15. The Pioneers welcomed the Purple Knights to Brookville, N.Y. with three first inning runs and a total of eight in an 8-2 pounding.

The first run was plated by junior outfielder Kenny Daley.

Freshman outfielder Dave Brehm followed that up with a two-RBI double. After the Purple Knights trimmed the lead to 3-1, the Pioneers got that run back on a RBI base hit by freshman third baseman Jimmy Mendyk.

Mendyk drove in another run in the sixth inning and in the later innings, senior first baseman David Groeneveld and sophomore shortstop Joe Spitaleri each plated runs with singles.

On the bump, junior pitcher Jake DeCarli tossed eight innings and allowed five hits while punching out seven batters.

The Pioneers and Purple Knights met again for a doubleheader in West Haven, Conn. on Saturday, April 16. Seeking redemption from a loss one night earlier, the Purple Knights came out strong and took both games 6-4 and 8-1.

In the home half of the first inning, the Purple Knights delivered two back-breaking runs with two outs off of junior pitcher Dan Jagiello. The Pioneers cut the lead in half with a single by sophomore outfielder Rob Andreoli that scored senior middle infielder Matt Bowers.

Up 2-1, the Purple Knights scored a combined four runs in the fifth and sixth innings to take a 6-1 lead into the seventh inning. After the Pioneer bullpen kept the Purple Knights off the board for the rest of the game, the offense flirted with a comeback. The Pioneers scored two runs in the ninth inning, but fell 6-4 in game one.

At the dish, Andreoli and

drove in a pair.

The Pioneers returned to the comfortable setting of Brookville, N.Y. for the final game of their four game set against the Purple Knights on Sunday, April 17. The high-scoring affair ended up favoring the Pioneers, as they won a slugfest, 13-12.

The Pioneers opened up the scoring in the first inning with two runs, one on a sacrifice fly and another on a wild pitch. After three scoreless innings from both teams, the Purple Knights struck and connected with four Bowers both had two RBI efforts runs over a three inning span. In in the loss. The nightcap, unfor- that spurt, Bridgeport third basetunately for the Pioneers, saw the man Alnaydo Rodriguez drove in Purple Knight bats catch fire. two runs to propel his team to a The hosts mashed 12 hits 4-2 lead. and brought home eight runs In the bottom of the sixth incompared to just one run for the ning, the Pioneers battled back Pioneers on three hits. The Pio- to tie and take the lead with four neer defense committed four er- runs. The go-ahead hit came currors in the game. tesy of Andreoli, who doubled to For the Purple Knights, six make it 6-4 for the Pioneers. The CHERRY 1-8 Page GENERAL 08-28-15_Layout players totaled RBIs, led by- outPioneers extended their lead to1 fielder Tyler Gambardella who 12-4 thanks to key hitting contri-

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butions from Spitaleri, Andreoli and Groeneveld.

Trailing by eight runs in the eighth inning, the Purple Knights put on an offensive onslaught.

After the first two batters were retired, nine batters came to the plate and eight runs came around to score to tie the game at 12.

Tied in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Pioneers avoided extra innings by coming through in the clutch.

Groeneveld delivered the goods with a one-out single that scored Andreoli for the walk-win.

Offensively, four Pioneers had multi-hit games, led by Andreoli, who had three hits. Andreoli and Spitaleri tied for the game high in RBIs, with three each.

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