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Delays are linked to lack of staffing; work pending in 7 N. Shore districts

By N o A h M A N S k A r Time is money when it comes to construction, local school officials say.

As they plan and start large building initiatives, some North Shore districts are worried long delays in state reviews of their projects could mean they will end up costing more, or require planners to trim them to stay within their budgets.

“The biggest issue with the delay is you estimated the cost with old money,” said Michael Nagler, superintendent of the Mineola school district. “... The longer you wait, the more problematic that is.”

The state Education Department on average takes about 22 weeks to review school building projects, a department spokeswoman, Jeanne Beattie, said in an email.

An influx of projects in recent years has left the department’s staff of nine to review about 2,000 projects annually, Beattie said.

Seven North Shore school districts — East Williston, Great Neck,

Manhasset, Mineola, Port Washington, Roslyn and Sewanhaka — have projects waiting for state approval, state records show. Final plans for some were submitted as early as February 2015, records show.

Helped by extra funds, the department has hired outside engineers to help and taken other steps to cut the wait time from nearly 11 months earlier this year, Beattie said. About 440 projects are awaiting reviews, according to the department’s facilities planning office.

But construction gets more expensive as districts wait, meaning they must build financial cushions into their multimillion-dollar capital plans, superintendents said.

“Not only is it a delay in seeing these projects come to fruition, but it may end up costing districts more money in the end because of the fact that the cost of construction is escalating,” said the Herricks school superintendent, Fino Celano.

Projects awaiting final state approvals include repairs at eight Port Continued on Page 38

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From left: National Democratic Committeeman Robert Zimmerman, Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Lee Seeman and New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli at the Democratic National Convention last week.

G.N. Park District weighs limitation on drone usage

By J oe N i k i c The Great Neck Park District Board of Commissioners is considering a proposal to prohibit the recreational use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or

drones, at park district facilities.

If adopted, the new regulations would ban drones both on and above park district property unless a permit was obtained, said Robert Lincoln,

a commissioner.

“The idea is that nobody gets hurt, nothing gets damaged and nobody is unnecessarily annoyed,” Lincoln said.

While the rule would genContinued on Page 55

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G.N. Plaza resident VGN board to set incentive zoning fee to head Jewish heritage museum

Payment nixes application requirement

By J oe N i k i c

Michael Glickman to leave Long Island University

By Joe Nikic Michael Glickman, a vice president at Long Island University and a Great Neck Plaza resident, is taking the next step in his professional career but returning to a field that he has served in the past: Jewish history.

Glickman, who has worked at LIU for a little over two years, will begin his new post as president of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan on Sept.

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“I am eager to jump in and really help reintroduce this institution to the New York community and beyond and continue moving forward in the way this terrific staff and outstanding board have been working for so long,” he said. “It’s really a question of how we can continue to move the museum to do more and have more of a role in cultural life in New York.”

The position overseeing LIU’s Department of Strategic Partnerships and University Advancement was not Glickman’s first at the university.

He was named the director of C.W. Post’s alumni affairs office after graduating from the school in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in political science.

Following a second graduation from C.W. Post in 2001, when he obtained a master’s degree in political science, Glickman worked as a media relations agent for New York City.

Glickman then began to work for the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan, a historical institution that has thousands of documents on Jewish history,

Michael Glickman in 2002, where he worked for 12 and a half months, eventually becoming the chief operating officer.

He said that serving at Long Island University was a “great opportunity” to reintroduce the school to its alumni base and that he created “so many” memories since he took the position in June 2014.

“I think I would say I enjoyed everything from being able to bring in the NBA to host the fan all-star events back in 2015 on our Brooklyn campus to the ability to introduce the new ‘An Evening at Merriweather’ community event to really being able to help our massive alumni base

understand the role they play in this community,” Glickman said.

While he said he would miss LIU, he said the opportunity at the Museum of Jewish Heritage was difficult to pass up.

Glickman said the museum was searching for a new president and their “paths crossed.”

“I think in one’s career, certainly in mine, there have been pivotal moments where an opportunity comes about,” he said.

“When you look at an institution like the Museum of Jewish Heritage, this is one of the most important roles one can play in New York and especially in the Jewish community.”

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Village of Great Neck trustees are seeking to clarify an aspect of the village’s “incentive zoning” law regarding payments for applicants who receive bonuses for developments.

As part of the incentive zoning law, the developer is required to provide some form of benefit to the village in exchange for the development incentive bonuses, which could include constructing a taller building than village code allows.

But, if the applicant is not providing a community benefit to the village, he or she can pay a set fee.

Village Attorney Phil Butler said at Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting that he worked with village Mayor Pedram Bral and Building Department Superintendent Bob Barbach to draft legislation on how the village would calculate the “payment in lieu of” fee.

“When an individual receives incentive bonuses, dimensional bonuses, for their project as part of the incentive zoning, that will be used as a basis for calculating a set fee,” Butler said.

He said the proposed fee is 15 percent of the difference between what the fair market value of the property with the bonuses is and the fair market value of the property prior to the bonuses.

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 multifamily 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.

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Rare coin leads chase through G.N. Independent film about Egyptian folklore shoots scenes at Great Neck Road law office

By Joe Nikic

A Great Neck law office recently crossed paths with a story of ancient Egyptian folklore.

“The Hit,” an independent film, shot scenes at the law office of Elias C. Schwartz at 343 Great Neck Road.

“He has Hollywood clientele and he saw my resume and my pitch and I told him we have kind of a unique style and gave him all the background,” said A. J. Cross, the film’s director and lead actor. “He was eager to help us out.”

Schwartz said it was the first time a movie had been filmed in his office and that he was willing to help Cross because of his own appreciation for the arts.

“I’ve developed a passion for the creativity of the people that work in the industry and particularly those who are trying to break in on low budgets with a lot of talent and little dollars,” he said.

The manner in which he and Cross found each other, Schwartz said, was a bit unconventional.

AJ Cross and Inna Beynishes “I was running an ad to hire a secretary on Craigslist,” he said. “He reached out to me from that ad, offering up front at how bizarre the request was going to sound. Since I was looking for a secretary, he assumed I had an office.”

Schwartz, a Great Neck resi-

dent since 1959, said it ended up working out perfectly because his offices have “two distinct décors,” so Cross was able to film two scenes at the office that, in the movie, took place in two separate locations.

He said he did not charge Cross any fees for using his of-

fice.

“He’s a young filmmaker and all of the actors and participants were all donating their time for this effort to bring this movie out so it was my pleasure as a patron of the arts to allow them to film within the office,” Schwartz said. “It was very ex-

citing that he was coming and everybody enjoyed it.”

He said that after his experience with Cross, he would be willing to allow other filmmakers to shoot scenes at his office.

The film, Cross said, is a romantic comedy that tells the story of a man from the United Kingdom and a woman from New York City on their journey to reclaim a rare coin that leads to a lost treasure belonging to ancient Egyptians.

“The film brings Kam, this young wide-eyed guy who has this kind of appreciation for the artistic value of objects, from the United Kingdom to New York not knowing what will happen,” Cross said. “He meets his Juliet.

He meets the girl who has become his light in the darkness, who lights the way for him because he’s an outsider.”

In their quest to secure the coin, he said, Kam and his partner, Val, played by Inna Beynishes, cross paths with “repo men” seeking to find the coin for themselves.

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G.N. above average on state tests

By J oe N i k i c

North Shore students who took the English language arts and math Common Core exams in April performed well above the state average for students meeting or exceeding proficiency levels, according to state Department of Education data.

Throughout the state, the percentage of students in grades three through eight who met or exceeded proficiency levels on both the ELA and math exams increased.

On the ELA exam, 37.9 percent of students reached proficiency levels, up 6.6 percentage points from last year, and on the math exam, 39.1 percent of students reached proficiency levels, up one percentage point from last year.

In the Great Neck School District, about 73 percent of students reached proficiency levels on the ELA exam, up about 9 percentage points from last year.

The district also saw a gain in students reaching math proficiency levels, with 79 percent of students meeting the standards compared with 2015’s 74 per-

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In the East Williston School District, 75 percent of students who took the ELA test reached proficiency levels, up 11 percentage points from last year.

Eighty-six percent of students from the district met math

proficiency standards, an increase of six percentage points from 2015.

The Sewanhaka School District, which educates students from the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park and Floral ParkBellerose school districts start-

ing in seventh grade, had an 11 percentage point increase in ELA proficiency scores, with about 58 percent of students meeting the standards.

The district also saw an increase in students reaching math proficiency scores, as 61 percent met the standards, an increase of about six percentage points from last year.

In the Herricks School District, 72 percent of students who took the test reached ELA proficiency levels, an increase of six percentage points from last year.

The district also saw an increase in students meeting the math proficiency standards, with 75 percent passing, compared with 72 percent in 2015.

The Manhasset School District had 75 percent of students reaching ELA standards, an increase of 11 percentage points from last year.

Students in the district meeting math proficiency levels increased four percentage points to 79 percent this year.

The Mineola School District saw an increase of nine percentage points in students meeting ELA proficiency standards, with

45 percent of students passing the exam this year.

The district saw no change in students reaching math proficiency levels, with 52 percent of students who took the test meeting the standards this year and last year.

In the Port Washington School District, 53 percent of students who took the ELA exam reached proficiency levels, up four percentage points from last year.

The district had a slight decrease in students reaching math proficiency levels, with 62 percent meeting the standards this year compared with 63 percent last year.

The Roslyn School District saw a six percentage point increase in those meeting the ELA proficiency levels, with 67 percent of students who took the exam passing.

The district, however, remained even in students meeting the math proficiency standards, with 75 percent of those who took the test passing both this year and last year.

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Dog adoption groups hit Plaza promenade

By J oe N i k i c

Summer Promenade nights in Great Neck Plaza offer residents a place to relax and enjoy live music, but recently a charitable cause has been added to the scene.

Peter Andreasian, a commercial real estate agent with EXIT Realty Universal in Great Neck and a board member of the Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District, and his wife, Roxana, have worked with local Long Island dog rescue groups to set up adoption tables at the promenade.

Andreasian said they donated an empty storefront at 5 Bond St. to allow Long Island Dog Parents to bring dog adoption groups to the promenade, which he said was an “important thing to help the rescues.”

Yorkie 911 Rescue, a nonprofit organization that rescues yorkies and other small dog breeds and finds homes for them, and Adopt a Boxer Rescue were at the last two promenades

seeking to find new homes for some of their dogs.

Sherry Steinlin, an administrator for Long Island Dog Parents, said the group’s mission is to cater to the needs of all dog owners, whether it be helping in finding a lost dog, setting up meeting spots for dog owners or finding homes for rescued dogs.

“What we are is a resource network and support group,” Steinlin said.

She said she has a friend who works at EXIT Realty who got her in touch with Peter and Roxana Andreasian.

The Andreasians extended an offer to her to provide space for dog groups to come offer dogs for adoption, Steinlin said.

“Being involved with all of this stuff, I was floored and honored and said ‘okay great, I’ll get going on it.’” she said.

The dog adoption groups were at both the July 21 and July 28 promenades and are expected to be at all of the promenade nights on Wednesdays in August, Peter Andreasian said.

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Roxana said they wanted to help a worthy cause and find homes for the dogs.

Steinlin said the first two promenades have led to the adoption of two dogs so far, with some others showing interest in possibly adopting.

Volunteers dedicate their time at the promenade to try and find homes for the rescued dogs, she said.

Steinlin said Long Island Dog Parents was formed about 15 months ago and already has over 6,500 members.

The group is connected with various resources, she said, including veterinarians, trainers and rescue groups for any needs that dog owners may have.

Steinlin said adopting a dog from one of their affiliated rescue groups is just as safe and rewarding as buying one from a Peter and Roxana Andreasian (center), Sherry Steinlin (left) and dog adoption volunteers in front of 5 Bond Street. pet store.

“These dogs are being raised in somebody’s home no matter in their home to these dogs and ing forward to the remainder what, whether they are special that’s what we want the com- of the summer promenades and needs, puppies, or older,” she munity to see.” hopes to find homes for more said. “Somebody is giving time Steinlin said she was look- dogs.

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Suozzi seeks ‘Fix Washington’ line Gets ballot petitions for new party aimed at voters unwilling to vote for a Democrat

By N o a h M a n s k a r Democratic congressional candidate Tom Suozzi is trying to run on a “Fix Washington” ballot line to attract 3rd Congressional District voters who won’t want to pull the lever for a Democrat, he announced Monday.

Suozzi’s campaign will file a petition with thousands of signatures with the state Board of Elections in Albany to run on the line, which stands for his pledge to find compromise and solve problems in a polarized Congress, he said.

Suozzi also slammed as “hypocritical” attacks by the National Republican Congressional Committee and state Sen. Jack Martins, his Republican opponent in the North Shore district, on property tax hikes Suozzi implemented as Nassau County executive. Martins raised Mineola’s property taxes 31 percent as mayor, Suozzi said.

“Fighting about who raised property taxes is not the way to fix the problems in Washington, D.C.,” Suozzi said. “It’s a cynical little game by a bunch of phony-baloney

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Democrat Tom Suozzi is pushing for a “Fix Washington” ballot line to appear alongside his Democratic line, an option he said could attract voters who don’t want to vote for a Democrat. hypocrites.”

Named after his 2004 “Fix Albany” campaign to reform the state Legislature, the “Fix Washington” line is an effort to attract Republican, Conservative and Independent voters exasperated with a Congress that gets re-elected de-

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spite few results and low approval ratings, Suozzi said.

The line will come with policy positions on issues such as campaign finance and congressional redistricting which Suozzi will flesh out in his campaign, he said.

Suozzi similarly had a “Team

Glen Cove” line when running for mayor of Glen Cove, his home city.

The Board of Elections must find at least 3,500 registered 3rd District voters signed Suozzi’s “Fix Washington” for it to accompany his Democratic line on the Nov. 8 ballot. If it does, Suozzi still will have fewer ballot lines than Martins, of Old Westbury, who will be on the ballot for the Republican, Conservative and Reform parties.

Calling him “Taxin’ Tom,” the NRCC and, to a lesser extent, Martins’ campaign have slammed Suozzi in recent weeks for raising property taxes 19.4 percent in 2003 and 3.9 percent in 2005, taking a $65,000 raise and imposing an unpopular 2.5 percent home energy tax during his eight years as county executive.

Suozzi called those attacks “sheer, utter hypocrisy” because Martins voted for six property tax increases as mayor of Mineola to rein in the village’s $33 million deficit and voted to increase his mayoral salary 61 percent from $18,000 to $29,000.

Suozzi’s tax hikes helped bring

Nassau from the brink of fiscal collapse in the early 2000s and led to 13 bond rating upgrades, he said.

“The record’s clear,’’ Suozzi said. “I did the right thing.”

But E. O’Brien Murray, Martins’ senior campaign strategist, said higher taxes “did nothing to right the ship in Nassau County.”

Martins was re-elected as Mineola’s mayor and as a state senator multiple times, Murray said, while voters “overwhelmingly rejected” Suozzi in 2009 and 2013 after he implemented the home energy tax.

“If he can’t fix Nassau County, what makes him think the voters want him to try to fix anything?”

Murray said.

Chris Pack, an NRCC spokesman, called Suozzi’s bid for a “Fix Washington” line “laughable” and said Suozzi is “trying to deflect from his record of raising taxes on Long Island families.”

“There is only one candidate in this race who has cut taxes and that’s Jack Martins,” Pack said in an email, pointing to tax cuts Martins fought for in the state Senate.

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LIRR fare hike planned Don’t punish for for next year, budget says opt-outs: Phillips

By N o a h M a n s k a r Riding the Long Island Rail Road will likely get more expensive next year as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans a fare hike across its transit systems.

The projected 4 percent overall increase follows the MTA’s plan to raise fares and tolls every two years to keep up with inflation and expense increases, according to the 2017 MTA preliminary budget. The authority plans to collect about $737.4 million from LIRR fares next year, about $24.3 million more than expected for 2016.

Any hikes would take effect March 1 after public hearings and a final decision by the MTA board, Bob Foran, the MTA’s chief financial officer, said at the July 27 board meeting.

“Before we put in place a fare and toll increase, it has to be studied by staff, recommendations made to the board for how it would be structured,” Foran said.

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Proposed LIRR fare hikes will vary for commuters because the railroad charges different rates depending on the time and distance of the trip, the MTA says.

The MTA expects to see an extra $50 million in annual savings starting next year and have balanced budgets through 2019, but a $371 million deficit is projected for 2020, the budget says.

The authority’s “financial situation will quickly deteriorate” without the planned growth in fare revenue, the budget says.

The MTA also gets revenue from taxes and state and local subsidies.

The $8.1 billion the MTA plans to collect in fares and tolls next year covers about half its operating costs — nearly $15.7 billion — and about a third of all costs including capital expenses, according to the budget.

LIRR trips to the North Fork, Fire Island and the Hamptons will likely get easier in coming years as part of $36 million in new service included in the

MTA’s four-year financial plan.

The railroad plans to run weekend trains to the North Fork year-round and will add trains to connect with Fire Island ferries in the summer, an effort to reduce congestion on trains to the Hamptons, the MTA says.

The LIRR also plans to repair and replace seat covers on its single- and double-decker trains and speed up the expansion of its West Side train yard, the MTA says.

The MTA’s financial plan also estimates a design for the expansion of the LIRR’s Port Washington train yard will be complete by May 2018 at a cost of $500,000.

Design work has not yet started for the project, which the LIRR announced in 2013.

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by J oe N i k i c Elaine Phillips, a Republican candidate for the state Senate, on Monday called for the U.S. Department of Education to withdraw a proposed amendment to the Every Student Succeeds Act, which she said would “hurt Long Island’s world-class schools.”

The changes, which were proposed by U.S. Education Secretary John King, would penalize schools that did not have at least a 95 percent participation rate on the Common Core English language arts and math exams.

“Our children are more than just numbers, and it’s time to let children learn, and let teachers teach,” Phillips said in a letter to King. “We all support higher standards for learning, but your agency needs to take a step back and find better ways that rely less on stressful testing and punishing students, families, schools and entire communities for failing to achieve arbitrary goals.”

She is set to face off in November in the 7th Senate District race against Democrat Adam Haber, a former commodities trader-turned-restaurateur and Roslyn school board trustee, who previously ran for the same seat and lost in 2014 to outgoing state Sen. Jack Martins.

Phillips, who is the mayor of the Village of Flower Hill, said that the Education Department should not punish school districts when parents exercise their right to withhold their children from taking standardized tests.

According to King’s proposed changes, districts that fail to achieve a 95 percent participation rate on state exams could face receiving a “lower summative” school rating, being assigned the “lowest performance level on the state’s Academic Achievement indicator,” being targeted by the state for support and improvement or “another equally rigorous state-determined action.”

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Improve services for vets: Martins Congressional candidate outlines proposals at Williston Park roundtable discussion

By N o a h M a n s k a r The federal government should better fund healthcare and other services for veterans and make it easier for them to transition into civilian jobs, Republican congressional candidate Jack Martins said Thursday.

At a roundtable discussion in Williston Park with about 20 veterans, Martins said service members should get certificates for skills they learn in the military and advocated more funding and accountability for the Veterans Health Administration hospital system.

“The commitment that was made is, you serve your country and these are things that are going to be there when you come home,” said Martins, a state senator from Old Westbury. “They’re non-negotiable.”

Martins, running against Democrat Tom Suozzi to replace Rep. Steve Israel in the 3rd Congressional District, expressed skepticism about the finding by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness this month that Long Island has essentially eradicated homelessness among veterans.

Nassau County’s recent 3.8 percent unemployment rate also “doesn’t reflect what I know,” he said.

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Republican congressional candidate and state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Old Westbury) discussed veterans’ issues with about 20 veterans in Williston Park last Thursday. learned in the military would help fill 100,000 “mid-skill level” jobs in New York and reduce veteran unemployment, Martins said, a cause of homelessness and veterans’ disproportionately high suicide rate.

“If you can connect someone to a job,

then so many of the other pressures in life resolve themselves,” Martins said.

He also touted his law in the state Senate that gave New Yorkers the option to donate money to combat veteran homlessness when filing their state income tax returns.

Congress should also continue to boost funding for Veterans Affairs hospitals and combat veterans’ continued problems navigating the system, Martins said.

The Republican-controlled Congress has increased VA funding 20 percent since 2010, Martins said, and more funding could make VA hospitals “every bit as good” as state-of-the-art private hospitals.

While Martins said Long Island VA hospitals do not have the huge backlogs that caused a 2014 scandal and subsequent reform bill, veterans told him bureaucratic delays and communication issues still cause some problems.

Veterans said there should be measures to ensure VA hospitals meet benchmarks and that doctors are providing quality care.

“Those are the challenges — the bureaucracy itself, but also, in keeping with the bureaucratic question is, how do you have a civil service mentality when you’re dealing with people’s lives?” Martins said.

About 32,000 veterans live in the 3rd

Congressional District, Martins said, which contains more than 718,000 people and stretches from Whitestone, Queens, to Kings Park in Suffolk County.

He met with veterans at American Legion Post 144 in Williston Park — near his hometown of Mineola, where he was mayor — to get perspective on federal issues that affect them, he said, as he has as a state senator.

Tony Catalano, a World War II veteran from Mineola who served under U.S. Army Gen. George Patton, said Martins has always shown concern for veterans issues.

“It’s nice that they come in and talk to us and find out what our problems are,” he said. “Sometimes they don’t know too much about it, but when they do come in and say something, we appreciate it.”

Martins said he is planning similar discussions on other issues throughout the district. Suozzi, a former Nassau County executive, has said he will hold similar events. The two will face off in the Nov. 8 general election.

In a statement, Suozzi said he would “help employ and empower our veterans” through job training and healthcare by working with the VA, Department of Defense, private companies and local organizations.

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The district’s microturbines are powered by the methane gas given off by the waste the facility treats.

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Vaper madness

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he Town of North Hempstead has now joined a long list of North Shore municipalities seeking to protect the public from indoor smoking establishments such as vape shops and hookah bars.

In the name of public safety, the Town Board recently introduced legislation aimed at keeping the establishments at least 500 feet from a residential property or home and at least 1,000 feet from any school, place of worship, park, playground or playing field, library or hospital.

“The businesses won’t be banned because we really can’t ban the business, but we will be regulating where they will be located,” Town Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio explained. “And they won’t be located in close proximity to schools, churches, playgrounds, places where children congregate.”

The question remains why.

Are hookah bar and vape shop customers that much less savory than those who frequent bars and other establishments?

If so, perhaps they should be located near churches and other religious institutions to increase the chance that someone will minister to the needs of their sinful customers.

We’d like to think that the association of hookahs and the Middle East has nothing to do with the legislation.

But given the tenor of the current presidential campaign, it would be foolish to rule that out.

It certainly can’t be the products they offer.

Hookahs — water pipes that are used to smoke specially made tobacco — do carry serious health risks.

But the risk is no different than cigarettes to which 40 million Americans are addicted with an increasingly large percentage of users poor and uneducated.

Smoking is also the largest cause of preventable death in the United States with more than 480,000 people a year dying of smoking-related illnesses.

But like alcohol — another major source of preventable deaths — it is legal.

Vape shops, which are often lumped in with hookahs bars, use a different technology that delivers the nicotine found in cigarettes without the harmful tar and chemicals that cause cancer.

The Royal College of Physicians recently concluded that the e-cigarettes used by vape shops offer the best hope in a generation for people addicted to cigarettes.

This is not a universally shared conclusion.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintain that e-cigarettes could be a gateway to that serious health hazard known as traditional cigarettes or that their vapor could turn out to have longterm health risks.

But even if that is true, why subject hookah bars and vape shops to regulation and not places that sell cigarettes and alcohol. Or for that matter fast food and soda.

Given the high rate of obesity and Type 2 diabetes in this country, you certainly could make the argument that our elected officials could do more to improve the public’s health by banning soda from near our schools than vape shops or hoo-

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If legislators want to play nanny, why stop with vape shops?

Why not restrict places that sell alcohol, cigarettes and processed foods. And after they get

done with them, they could begin addressing bad boyfriends and other things that go wrong in our lives.

Legendary Baltimore Sun columnist H.L. Mencken once defined Puritanism as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere is having a good time.”

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Imagine if he met North Shore legislators.

At a time when states across the country have begun legalizing marijuana use — and reaping the economic benefit — it is hard to believe that local legislators are aiming their fire at vape shops.

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Nassau’s political silly season

t’s that time of year again — British journalist G.K. Chesterton’s “silly season,” when politicians hope that taxpayers are preoccupied with their summer outings and not paying attention to underhanded antics.

This year, Nassau Comptroller George Maragos tops the “Silly Season” list.

In July, Maragos — who is supposed to be a fiscal watchdog exposing wasteful spending in a county that is on the edge of insolvency — distributed 50,000 copies of a flier, printed and paid for by the county, with his name and picture front and center, listing Nassau’s free summer concerts.

Huh? Being a publicity agent is not in the comptroller’s job description.

When called on the matter, Maragos made this ridiculous statement: “It didn’t cost anything.”

The best reaction to the Maragos rationale was from Nassau County Legislator Judith Jacobs.

She said, “Is paper free? Is ink free? Do employees work for

free? I don’t get this. And he is the person who has the financial oversight for the County.”

I second those comments and add this: does Maragos value the work of County employees so lowly that he believes the time they spent distributing this wasteful publication was “free,” too?

That flier urged county residents to call his office with information on waste, fraud and abuse: I wonder how many calls he got about the wasteful flier.

There’s more.

On July 13, Maragos announced in a press release that “Audited 2015 County Financials Confirm $28 million GAAP surplus.”

That’s absurd! Under “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,” there was not a surplus, but a deficit of $125.3 million.

Although Maragos concedes that the so-called surplus “was achieved primarily through borrowing;” after six and a half years in office he still does not understand that under GAAP, “borrowing” cannot be treated as revenue.

Only taxes, aid from federal and state governments and fees

George J. Marlin On The Right (along with less regular activities such as sales of assets) are considered revenue — in other words, items which produce cash for the county but which don’t have to be repaid!.

On another front, Newsday columnist Joye Brown recently reported that Maragos appears to “be putting distance between himself and County Executive Ed Mangano.”

He has beefed up his Audit

Department with the hiring of former federal prosecutor and failed Democrat DA primary candidate Michael Scotto to head that unit.

And there are rumors that Maragos might seek the county executive post in 2017.

I suppose Maragos is as qualified as Mangano for the county’s top post. Which isn’t saying much for either of them.

Mangano, like Maragos, after almost two terms in office, still believes borrowed money can be used to balance budgets.

Speaking of Mangano, he too is guilty of squandering taxpayers’ money on vanity mailings.

In a flier I received last week, Mangano boasts that “Nassau County government makes up only 16 percent of your total tax bill, down from 19 percent in 2009.”

Meanwhile, between 2009, the year Mangano took office, and 2016, the education portion of our total tax bill has increased from 67 percent to 71 percent.

The inference appears to be that during Mangano’s tenure, county taxes have been declining.

But that inference is false.

As a percentage of one’s total tax bill, the county portion has declined for two reasons: School taxes have gone up every year and Mangano has not increased county taxes because he has burdened taxpayers with ever increasing long-term debt to fund his annual GAAP budget deficit.

In other words, the school districts, towns (with the exception of debt addicted Oyster Bay, perhaps) and villages all balanced their budgets, while Mangano and his team kick the can down the road — a road that is, given his repetition of this action, now practically a highway.

Mangano’s tax bill flier is fatally flawed.

It compares apples to oranges with both varieties of fruit being, in this case, rotten.

Either Mangano is trying to con his constituents or he has not yet mastered simple arithmetic or the accounting understanding expected of college freshmen.

Do enjoy your summer.

Be assured I will keep you informed of any additional “Silly Season” political follies.

A loo k on the li g hter si d e

All stressed up and nowhere to go

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ears ago, my husband and I took a class together in stress management.

We thought it would help us learn to relax.

But that’s not how it worked out.

I kept a diary — here’s how it went: It’s the final night of Stress Management class. Where on earth is the baby sitter?

She was due here half an hour ago, so I can give my fiveminute presentation on “Identifying a Major Stress In My Life, and Which Technique I Will Use to Get Rid of It.” I am dressed up for going out in public, and the boys are all set in pajamas, teeth brushed and bed-time stories read — but since my husband is going to class straight from work, I am trapped in my house until the babysitter shows up. There’s nothing I can do, except hyperventilate.

Perhaps one of the techniques from class could help: “Relax your body, one muscle group at a time. Breathe in and out very slowly.”

For a while there, all my sit-

ters were calling in sick.

Or rather, one time the sitter was sick; another time, the sitter’s child was sick; another time, the sitter was fine, and her child was fine, but the little boy she watched during the week was sick with something contagious, and she was still in the incubation period.

“Make plans in advance; allow extra time for contingencies.”

That would be the time I booked a sitter three months in advance. My best friend was being honored at a dinner dance, and I was giving the speech; but before committing to the major investment of dress, shoes, and purse, I had to know I could go.

So I called my sitter— a whole quarter of a year ahead! — to reserve the date.

It’s true, that did reduce my stress considerably — until the week before, when I called again as a reminder, only to discover that she had forgotten all about me and booked herself on a cruise.

“Don’t be afraid to ask others for help.”

Some friends suggested I join

Judy epstein

A Look on the Lighter Side their Babysitting Co-op, and swap babysitting time with other parents.

It was a fine idea — except they held their meetings at 8 p.m. on school nights, and since my husband always worked late, I would have needed to hire a sitter just to get to the meetings.

“Visualize a successful outcome.”

Many people start with younger kids as mother’s helpers, and train them up into being that Holy Grail of sitters, the Reliable Saturday Night.

I thought I’d found just such a prospect, a young girl who came to me every Wednesday afternoon.

Until the Wednesday when she arrived at my door and proudly displayed her newest acquisition: a tongue stud! “What’s that you’re saying?” I asked her.

“I thaid, ih thtill hurth!”

“Whatever you do, do not open your mouth in front of my children till I can get you home!”

Thith wathn’t, I mean this wasn’t quite the outcome I had envisioned.

Are teenagers really the segment of our population best suited for watching young children?

Besides, how do you find one who isn’t busier than you?

Because the real problem is that as soon as one of these paragons gets a social life, yours is over.

I learned this the hard way with another girl, a college student.

She was the answer to my prayers — until the summer all her girlfriends got married.

Then I had to arrange my own nights out around a minefield of rehearsal dinners and bachelorette parties.

It all ended the night I dared to get theater tickets, only to have her cancel us for a “tan lines emergency.”

Apparently, her newest bridesmaid dress had straps in a different location than her bathing suit’s, and she had gone on an emergency beach weekend to rectify the situation.

“Picture yourself in a peaceful place… you have nowhere to go and nothing to do.”

The phone is ringing. It’s my sitter — she’s stuck in a 20-mile backup on the Expressway; a fuel truck has overturned and nothing is moving either way.

There’s no telling how long she’ll be.

There is only one thing to do.

“Prioritize; do you really need this in your life?”

“Hello, Professor Dharma?

I’m sorry, but I won’t be making it to class tonight.”

Trying to get out of the house is creating too much stress in my life.

Maybe in another 10 years, I can try again; for now, I’ll just have to live without it.

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READERS WRITE

Criticism of Muslims, Mexicans warranted

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am writing this article in response to a column in the Friday, July 29, 2016 issue of the Roslyn Times.

It was composed by Mr. Jerry Kremer. It was highly critical of Donald Trump.

Mr. Kremer’s first criticism regards an accusation that Donald Trump is an isolationist, just because his campaign theme is “America First.”

At this point in history, I applaud “America First.”

I want resistance to the globalist types who want to erase all national borders. This has been explicitly said to be the goal by the Open Society Foundation funded by George Soros.

One of the reasons World War I was fought was so various people could have a feeling of nationhood and belonging.

They did not want to be some small segment of a larger empire; at that time the Romanov, Austrian, Hohenzollern, and Ottoman empires.

Well, I have no interest in being part of some new “globalist new world order” empire either.

I think most Americans agree with me. To call this isolationist is mendacious.

Mr. Kremer takes umbrage at the fact that Mr. Trump made disparaging remarks about Muslims and Mexicans.

To begin with, Mr. Trump is not a politician. He only entered the political arena one year ago.

He does not have handlers and advisers who groomed him for decades in the art of the political double speak to hide their true agendas. Mr. Trump may not be that articulate. But not being articulate does not make one wrong or stupid.

Whether Mr. Kremer wants to admit it or not, Islam is not just a religion.

Like Communism, it is a totalitarian ideology. It seeks to control every aspect of your life i.e. your sex life, the music you listen too, the books you read, etc.

Like Communism, it believes the personal is the political.

As someone who has done some serious genealogy, I have come across immigration papers from 100 years ago.

One of the questions they asked new immigrants at that time was whether or not they were “anarchists.”

If you said “no,” and it was later found out that you were an anarchist, then you would be deported.

I want Muslims to be vetted. I want to know if they will violate the civil rights of other groups in the U.S. (like they violated the civil rights of peaceful Christians marching in Flint, Mich.).

I want them to answer as to whether or not they believe in Sharia law.

Sharia law is incompatible with individual rights and the formation of a Republic.

Anyone believing in it should be refused entry to this country.

If Mr. Kremer disagrees, then let him explicitly tell us what he would like to do with Sharia Law proponents.

As for Mexicans, Mr. Trump is correct as well.

Rape is endemic in Mexico.

Remember last year, there was this outrageous gang rape in India, where the perpetrators not only raped the girl, but then proceeded to mutilate her.

Indian women, as passive as they are, took to the streets in justifiable anger and protest.

Well guess what! The rate of rape in Mexico is higher than that of India.

Child rape is especially pronounced (see www. anncoulter.com/columns/2015-07-22.html).

Latin American girls, trekking through Mexico to reach the U.S. border, take birth control pills as a precaution since they expect to be raped.

Rape is not the only crime. Illegal immigrants commit disproportionate levels of homicide, kidnaping and drug dealing.

In addition, not allowing border security is a direct attack on the sovereignty of the United States.

Does Mr. Kremer believe the U.S. has no right to build

a wall?

I should add that I am married to an immigrant.

She went through all the proper legal channels. Her fellow immigrant friends were law abiding.

When their visas expired, they left the country. This sometimes meant giving up job opportunities or the breaking of romances.

Those people that would allow illegal immigration are contemptible. They make saps and suckers out of law abiding people for following the rules.

Those who promote sanctuary cities and in state tuition for illegals might have a warped, grandiose, selfimage that they represent some kind of “underground railroad” akin to that during the Civil War. In fact, they are, accessories to criminal acts and cruelly insensitive to the feelings of law abiding people.

Mr. Kremer complains that Donald Trump never disavowed the appeal of the Ku Klux Klan.

I did not notice any Klan flags at the RNC. In contrast, Hiillary Clinton never disavowed the appeal of Bernie Sanders communists.

They paraded at the DNC with the hammer and sickly proudly waving. The communists killed exponentially more people than the Klan ever did.

Mr Kremer then proceeds to make the outright lie that coal use is declining throughout the world.

This was to mock Trump’s appeal to bring back coal jobs to West Virginia.

China has built 155 new coal plants and Japan is in the process of building 43 ( to replace the loss of energy at the Fukushima nuclear plant during the tsunami).

The U.S. has built none. If that lie wasn’t big enough, he then proceeds to say that most of the new steel production plants are in the United States.

Bullfeathers!

Japan produces more steel than we do and China produces about five times as much as what we do.

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Trump repeatedly proves Town park he is unfit to be president mismanaged

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n this past weeks issue a letter writer wrote that Donald Trump speaks for the people.

Lets be clear Trump only speaks for a certain type and segment of the people. They are not and far from the majority of the American population.

In the same issue of the paper another letter writer wrote that Trump never lied as an elected or appointed official.

Let’s be clear again.

Trump has done nothing but lie from the day he first declared his candidacy.

He has stated his distorted version of facts and figures geared purely to appeal to the limited number of the people I referred to earlier.

It never ceases to amaze me how any thinking supposedly intelligent individual could believe and support this narcissistic self serving person.

His mocking the disabled, his barrage of personal name calling and insults, his record of bankruptcies, his treatment of contractors who worked on his projects, his complete lack of knowledge about the economy, our government and international affairs, and a long litany of other irrational actions which should preclude any person from the presidency.

Yes our choice of candidates in this election may not be the ideal for most of us but can you really seriously think about putting the country in the hands of Donald Trump?

I for one will be voting for Hillary Clinton because at least I know she is mentally competent.

I cannot say the same for Mr. Trump.

John F. Nahas Great Neck

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he North Hempstead Beach Park consists of three main parts: the deserted beach to the north which was taken over from Nassau County; the southern portion formerly known as Bar Beach; and the new Nature Trail running south along the shore of Hempstead Harbor.

The north end of the beach is essentially deserted with the beach eroded away. It has a huge parking lot which is empty except for parked school busses and an occasional festival or fair.

I recently read that the town had received an enormous grant of Sandy money to replace this empty and useless parking lot.

This is not a windfall, that Sandy money is our taxpayer dollars.

This section of the park also is tainted with an apparent racist

agenda.

Formerly, it housed a soccer field which, on the weekend, was heavily used by Hispanic players and their families.

This field was replaced by an expensive baseball diamond which draws few users.

The Old Bar Beach is unexceptional when compared to the great parks and beaches provided by the Towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay. The Nature Trail is a delight it was well planned and built.

Unfortunately, few people know about and use it. Its use, as well as the entire park, is further hampered by the obscene seasonal daily parking fees charged by the town.

Donald S.Hecht Port Washington

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Transit riders expect free lunch

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ny MTA LIRR, NYCT bus, subway or MTA bus riders, elected official or transit advocate who opposes potential proposed fare hikes in 2017 missed the reason why fare hikes occur.

Prior to 1965, the Long Island Rail Road derived almost 100 percent 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. The MCTA changed its name to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 1968 when it took over operations of the New York City Transit Authority.

Over the past 52 years, billions of dollars in combined county city, state and federal taxpayers generated dollars have subsidized both the capital and operating costs for the LIRR. For decades, under numerous past MTA Five Year Capital Plans starting in 1981, both the city and state collectively cut billions of their own respective financial contributions.

They repeatedly had the MTA refinance or borrow funds to acquire scarce capital funding formerly made up by hard cash from both City Hall and Albany.

On a bipartisan basis, this included past governors Mario Cuomo, George Pataki, Elliot Spitzer and David Patterson.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has only made available $1 billion of the $8.3 billion leaving a balance of $7.3 billion he promised toward funding the $27 billion MTA 2015 - 2019 Capital Program Plan.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio still owes his pledge of $2.5 billion toward the same program.

Billions more are still needed from both the state and city to make up for past cuts over previous decades.

Everyone insisted that the MTA continue financing more and more of the capital program by borrowing.

As a result, 17 percent of the annual MTA budget goes for covering the costs of debt service payments.

By the next MTA 2020-2024 Capital Program Plan, it would not surprise anyone if this continues growing closer to 20 percent.

This means less money is available for operations to provide more frequent service to riders. It also means there is less money just to maintain the state of good repair and safety.

At the end of the day, the cupboard may be bare for any system expansion.

Contrast City Hall and Albany with Washington.

Federal support for transportation has remained consistent and growing over past decades.

When a crises occurred be it 9-11 in 2001 or Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Washington was there for us.

Additional billions in assistance above and beyond yearly formula allocations from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration was provided.

In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided billions more.

Most federal transportation grants require a 20 percent hard-cash local share. In many cases, U.S. DOT FTA accepted toll credits instead of hard cash local share.

This saved the MTA $1 billion in the previous 20102014 Five Year Capital Program. The same will be true with the 2015-2019 Five Year Capital Program.

Fare hikes are periodically required if the MTA and operating agencies such as the LIRR are to provide the services millions of New Yorkers on a daily basis count on.

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.

For those public officials and others who oppose any fare increases and will be quick to demagogue on this issue (for political purposes to win upcoming elections), just how would you assist the MTA in balancing financial shortfalls? Which capital improvement projects would you propose the MTA cancel to help balance the budget and avoid fare increases? Which route(s) would you support service reductions to save operating dollars? Would you volunteer to reduce service, cancel or delay any capital projects benefiting constituents in your district?

MTA services continue to be one of the best bargains in town.

Since the 1950s, the average cost of riding either the bus, subway or commuter rail has gone up at a lower rate than either the consumer price index or inflation.

The Metro Card introduced in 1996 affords a free transfer between bus and subway. Prior to this, riders had to pay two full fares.

A majority of residents purchase either a weekly or monthly LIRR pass and or NYC Transit bus/subway Metro Card to further reduces the cost per ride. Many employers offer transit checks, which pay even more of your costs.

In the end, quality and frequency of service is dependent upon secure revenue streams. We all will 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 31 years for the US Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.).

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hope to shed some light on some of the phooey that “journalists” and other oped writers seem to be spewing in editions of this paper about the third track for the main line.

It is one thing to have an informed opinion and another to make outlandish, extravagant claims to instill fear where there should be none, which only leads me to believe that the writer has an agenda.

It is as if no actual research was done whatsoever since no citations are ever made.

I’m writing in to debunk some of those myths that have been circulating, beginning with the ridiculous claim that freight would increase.

If you go to your local library, pick up a book on the railroads of Long Island, you will quickly learn that freight railroad used to be a major industry on Long Island.

However, once industrial and commercial businesses moved overseas and elsewhere, plus after the strain on resources put on railroads after WW II, freight has nearly come to an irrecoverable, grinding halt in comparison to what it once was.

All you have to do is look out the window of an LIRR train today and you will see countless spurs of tracks leading into weeds, long disconnected, never to be re-

installed.

Today, most of the freight through Long Island carries away our trash because we filled our own landfills.

Long Island has, instead, become a land of service industries, carrying thousands of residents into the city every day.

Freight railroad, even if it were to pick up in business a little, would never even begin to catch up to the commuter rail industry we have today.

Plus, the LIRR owns the tracks on Long Island and had sold its freight department to New York & Atlantic Railways years ago, meaning LIRR gives its own trains priority over any freight.

The LIRR would never allow NYAR to use its tracks when it has its own traffic to deal with.

Yes, train traffic exists, too. It’s not just on the LIE. Why? Because the population of Long Island has been exploding, if you haven’t noticed, and LIRR ridership is at an alltime high.

To remedy this logistics problem, the LIRR will be opening a new western terminal in Grand Central Terminal in approximately 2023.

This will undoubtedly go hand-inhand with a demand for increased service.

How can the LIRR which is already operating at capacity during rush hour possibly run more trains?

They may as well hitch them up from Suffolk to Manhattan and pin the doors open so passengers can walk their way through.

The trains need a place to go, to change direction and to pass each other.

This is only done by adding track.

The LIRR is working to add a rail yard in Ronkonkoma and a second track to Ronkonkoma to accommodate increased service.

This is all for naught if the busiest section of that main line only has two tracks, servicing four different branches eastbound.

Rush hour trains could run on a local track, an express track, and have a 3rd track for the opposite direction.

A need for more track was recognized many, many years ago and continuing to stand in the way of this progress is damning to all the businesses LIRR commuters contribute to.

As a resident of central, western Nassau County I know that rail expansion in New York is for the greater good.

I also know my community likes to shoo away any idea that it could be over-

taken and turned into eastern Queens, but stopping rail expansion will actually back up traffic on the roads and on the rails and will cause a worse reaction in time than if we put in a third track now to alleviate the logistics problem we obviously have. We have put this off for too long. We need not create another Oyster Bay-Rye Bridge cessation, where now, years later, we are looking at spending millions more on a tunnel, instead.

Furthermore, the track in Floral Park is already elevated, and has minimal interference with villagers’ lives on the ground.

To make claims that quality of life would suffer dramatically with these conditions in place prompts me to draw my bow on the world’s smallest violin. I don’t buy it.

For once, the LIRR is actually trying to be a proactive railroad, rather than a reactive one. For once, let it.

The endeavor to increase rail service on Long Island is not just a necessary one, it is an inevitable one.

This is not a “build it and they will come” scenario. They’re here, and the railroad is already backlogged.

Lorena Rea New Hyde Park.

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write in support of the letter from John O’Kelly in the July 29 issue regarding the right to own firearms.

Mr. O’Kelly is quite correct in his comments regarding the efforts of some Americans to deprive us of our Second Amendment freedom.

The Founding Fathers recognized the need for honest citizens to own arms for self defense and national defense.

This civil right has stood well for over 200 years and must be supported vigorously!

I urge all readers to ponder Mr. O’Kelly’s cogent comments and support his conclusions!

James G. Collins Long Island Director New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Floral Park

o, I’m not going to take a side or endorse a candidate.

It’s not my expertise nor is it my role.

Rather, I hope to utilize the current political fever to draw your attention to the timeless wisdom in the Torah (Bible).

The Bible is G-d’s wisdom.

Meaning, it is absolute and perfect truth.

Every other wisdom is less than perfect.

However, since all wisdoms (as all things) ultimately flow forth from the creator, they all must contain some aspects of truth.

The “Torah of Truth” will therefore tend to come down on both sides of every issue.

(Sounds very Jewish, I know... but on the other hand…).

Let me illustrate this with a few examples: - The Bible celebrates success and personal responsibility, while it holds compassion and charity as the highest ideals.

- The Bible expects the employee to work tirelessly and honestly for the employer, while it demands the boss treat his workers with dignity and respect, to the furthest degree.

- The Bible is a tough, demanding Book, with strict law and order and the highest standards of morality and spirituality.

At the same time, it is loving and forgiving, constantly

emphasizing it’s never too late to fix mistakes.

“For it (the Bible) is your wisdom and knowledge in the eyes of all the nations” (Deut 4:6). (It’s no wonder South Korea made Talmud study mandatory in schools). (Mush please link article to this story) If we’re going to spend time studying the election, it behooves us to spend at least as much time studying Torah.

We’ll be much wiser for it because we’ll be going to the source, the original Think Tank from whence all wisdom flows forth!

Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel Chabad of Port Washington

Trump’s criticism is warranted Town ignores noise issues Continued from Page 16 That is where most of the steel making plants are.

Besides, steel and coal jobs are not the only losses to our economy.

Thousands of other manufacturing facilities in the rust belt states have been lost , i.e. TVs, computers, shoes, garments, etc.

I noticed Mr. Kremer avoided addressing these facts.

Lastly, Mr.Trump never praised Saddam Hussein.

He just acknowledged that he did the world a favor by executing terrorists.

I remember a world-wide protest against the war in Iraq that drew about 5 million participants.

The marchers thought them-

selves to be “good:” people for opposing the war.

But they were trying to preserve the Hussein regime. I wonder if any of the 5 million were Democrats.

He also never praised Putin.

ISIS was financing its operations by selling the oil it had seized by running oil convoys into Turkey.

Trump did acknowledge Putin’s role in stemming the flow with Russian air raids; and that we should be grateful for the help.

Our pathetic president refused to bomb the oil convoys at all.

I will have more to say about Mr. Trump and Hillary Clinton in future letters.

Dr. Wayne Roth Roslyn Heights

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his is in response to the article in the Herald Courier dated July 29, 2016 “Bosworth to FAA: reroute planes” In the article Ms. Bosworth states that the low flying airplanes are “hazardous to our health” and that the constant exposure to this noise can contribute to cardiovascular conditions to people who are exposed to it.

I guess these planes are flying too dose to Ms. Bosworth’s neighborhood in Great Neck, which is why she has written these letters to the FAA, because it personally affects her quality of life.

Last year, l addressed the Town Board on June 23, 2015 regarding the obnoxious noise being created at Tully Park while the volunteer firemen using taxpayer money to race their (actually our) cars down drag strips creating much louder noise than most of the aircraft above.

This is an excerpt of the narrative I gave at that meeting.

“My specific reference is with regard to tile noise created by the New Hyde Park, Garden City Park. Manhasset-Lakeville , Port Washing.ton and Westbury Fire Departments drag racing at Tully Park.

The race cars and trucks rev their engines as they speed up to the arch at Michael Tully Park to perform tactical maneuvers creating deafening noise.

Noise is defined under Chapter 38-2 of the Town of North Hempstead Code as “any sound which annoys or disturbs humans or which causes or tends to cause an adverse psychological or physiological effect of humans.”

I feel the sound of these cars each night definitely affects the quality of life in our neighborhood.

I live approximately seven blocks from Tully Park and it sounds like they are racing in my front yard.

I honestly do not understand the reasoning behind these maneuvers, but I do know that the noise is unbearable with decibel levels exceeding the range acceptable for a residential area.”

Ms.Bosworth supposedly sent someone out to read the decibel levels outside my home, but I do not believe this was ever done as I was home all night the readings were allegedly taken.

This is just another example of the politicians doing what’s right for them, when it affects them.

Ms. Bosworth doesn’t care about those people who are affected on the smaller scale, just those on a larger scale and especially when they themselves are affected.

When it is on a larger scale, they appealing to a larger constituency who will support their next run for office.

This is how the political machine works.

The politicians cover their eyes and ears when it doesn’t affect them,except during an election year.

Then they will yes you to death and do nothing.

This is one reason,I am happy to be leaving this town for a more peaceful way of life.

I truly hope that those of you who live close to Tully Park continue the fight and get that track moved to Bar Beach as I suggested two years ago.

Vincent A. LaPorta New Hyde Park

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he latest theory the democrats have is that the She would be a disaster as a President on that baRussians hacked the DNC computer and ex- sis alone.

Morton Perlman posed the “rigging” against Bernie Sanders.

Great Neck If, in fact, that is true, it’s almost a sure bet that they hacked Mrs. Clinton’s private server.

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“We want to find a way to bring a therapy we know works — pulmonary rehabilitation — to COPD patients who are most in need.”

COPD, which includes diseases like chronic bronchitis and emphysema, causes blocked airflow and makes it difficult to breathe.

Hajizadeh and Dr. Renee Pekmezaris, who is the co-principal investigator in the study, are looking to register 276 Hispanic COPD patients for the study, Northwell officials said.

Half of the patients will receive standard pulmonary rehabilitation treatment at a hospital, while the other half will receive pulmonary rehabilitation by “telehealth” at their home.

Officials said that the telehealth portion of the study will include an exercise bike and computer tablet for patients’ online rehab sessions with a Spanish-speaking respiratory therapist.

The mission of the study, officials said, is to determine if telehealth rehabilitation can lead to better outcomes than traditional rehab programs, which patients have limited access to because of a lack of insurance or money to make copayments.

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Dr. Renee Pekmezaris, vice president of community health and health services research at Northwell Health, an associate professor of medicine and population health at the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine and the co-principal investigator of the study. sor of medicine and population health at the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.

“It is difficult for Hispanic patients to gain access to pulmonary rehabilitation, which has shown to be critical for strengthening breathing muscles, learning how to manage the disease and enhancing quality of life.”

“A growing number of studies have suggested that rehab reduces hospitalizations for pulmonary problems,” she said.

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he Long Island Puppet Theatre in Hicksville held its grand reopening on Friday, July 29 at 11 a.m., as new owner Anthony A. Labriola preparesd to carry on the legacy of his favorite childhood puppet theatre.

The event included a ceremonial ribbon-cutting with Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, and was followed by a day of entertainment with magician Brandon K. Williams of Suit & Tie Magic, aerialist Veronica Spettmann, Princesses from A Dream Is A Wish Parties party clown Rich Ferber, raffles, a Chinese auction, and more.

The grand reopening was held at 10 Heitz Place in Hicksville, and although it’s been in existence since 1998, Labriola said he hopes to continue the art of storytelling by modernizing and updating the venue.

The event featured music from children’s musician Keri Wirth as well as from local singer/songwriter Kalene Speranza, and Gabrielle Plaia, Sara Cataldo, Amora Laucella, and Annemarie Levakis.

The Long Island Children’s Museum made a special appearance with a performance of “Mysterious Lake,” and the Long Island Puppet Theatre celebrated the grand reopening with an exciting preview performance of “Alice in Wonderland!”

After working on and off at the theater for almost 11 years, Labriola attended The School of Visual Arts with the hopes of combining his passion for film, puppetry, and ultimately, storytelling!

Labriola’s hard work paid off when he graduated from SVA in the top 10 percent of his class with a BFA in film and television writing.

“As much as the theater has shaped me, my education has played a major role in preparing me for this undertaking,” Labriola said of his time at SVA. Labriola then went on to pitch his own original content to major networks with some promising leads.

Now, at 24 years old, Labriola is excited to say that he has become the owner of the very same theater that shaped so much of who he is today.

The theatre now offers many different features, and is proud to announce that they will be holding numerous shows, such as “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” “Punch & Judy: Birthday Surprise!,” and “Peter Pan.” In addition to these shows, the theatre also offers parties for special occasions, including a Princess and Pirate party, a Rock Star Party, a Super Hero Party, and more!

Parents can even create a unique celebration experience for their kids, and with party favors such as inflatable guitars, hula hoops,

candy, and face paint at the ready.

The theatre additionally provides a summer camp for schools, scouts, and other kid-friendly organizations- as an upcoming special, all schools, camps, and organizations booked from now until September 1st will receive a discounted ticket rate of $8.50 per ticket, as opposed to the original $10 price! Here, kids can enjoy a dance & sing along, snacks, puppet shows, and more.

Although The Long Island Puppet Theatre provides many features and events, the theatre has faced some difficult obstacles over the years that have prevented it from reaching its full potential.

The Long Island Puppet Theatre’s museum of puppets from around the world have been damaged, and the established building is in need of an update.

In Labriola’s efforts to maintain the theatre, he has created a “Go Fund Me” in the hopes of restoring the theatre further. Through the help of others, Labriola plans to modernize the venue.

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Hip-hop icons Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa join r&b artist Jhene Aiko, along with talent Kevin Gates, DJ Drama, Casey Veggies for their 2016 hip hop summer tour presented by Merry Jane.

Where: Nikon At Jones Beach Theatre 1000 Ocean Parkway Wantagh Info: 516-221-1000 www.jonesbeach.com

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The Rising – A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen

Friday, August 12, 8 p.m.

The talent is real. There are no prerecorded tracks, or pretend playing. The Rising using its collective power to hold true to the artistic vision of Bruce Springsteen.

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

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North Shore Pops Orchestra: Irish American Night

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Come and hear the beautiful music of George Gershwin, the snappy tunes of Cole Porter, and the elegant jazz of Duke Ellington. Tap your toes to exciting Sousa marches and sing along proudly with our American patriotic selections, with a special twist of Irish.

Where: The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, Eisenhower Park Info: (516) 574-3059 • www.northshorepops.org

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Cafe Music at The Dolphin: Spencer and the Elders

Friday, Aug. 5, 7 p.m.

Come by for a free, weekly, music series located in The Dolphin Bookshop Cafe.

Performances take place every Friday night, and admission is free! Bring the family to listen to Spencer and the Elders, a local Port band playing folk, country, blues and rock Where: 299 Main St., Port Washington Info: (516) 767-2650 • www.thedolphinbookshop.com

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Enjoy a final promenade on middle neck road between grace avenue and maple drive from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The event is open to all residents from Great Neck as well as neighboring communities. Come and listen to the country sounds of Savannah Sky while enjoying the town’s fine dining options in a unique outdoor cafe environment under the stars.

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Authentic Cuban Cuisine The top events for kids G oldfish From Pluto

Saturday, August 6 and Sunday, August 7, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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The message of "Goldfish From Pluto" focuses on environmental education, anti-bullying through positive relationships, and healthy living to combat and prevent childhood obesity. The cast of lively characters, along with an engaging storyline, focuses on its mission to save the earth and their home planet.

Key elements include: environmental education, teamwork, inclusiveness and active lifestyles. The goal of the festival is to bring our characters and their ideals to life through live performances with original songs, dynamic group activities, and hands-on educational opportunities and community building. There will be live performances from the Goldfish From Pluto Band, along with lots of fun activities like puppet shows, magic shows, slides, bouncers, face painting and much more! Check website for ticket pricing.

Where: Eisenhower Park, 1899 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow Info: 516-572-0348 | www. Goldfishfrompluto.com

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ational S’mores Day with the Girl Scouts

Wednesday, August 10, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Celebrate National S’mores day with the Girl Scouts in the park! Everyone knows how good those great tasting marshmallow-chocolate treats are! Come to the park and make a s’more as well as an arts and crafts project. Plus it is a great opportunity to learn more about the Girl Scouts!

Where: Cantiague Park, Picnic Areas A1 and A2 480 W John Street, Hicksville | www.gsnc.org

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arvies Point Day Saturday, August 6, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

There will be programs, films and crafts! Stay the day for nature walks, insect studies, butterfly and bird garden tours, a wildlife presentation from the Tackapausha Museum, bird watching with the North Shore Audubon, Native American exhibits and nature trails, face painting in the Woodland Village, and an Open House with the Nassau Mineral Club.

Only $5 per person!

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

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ou’re a Good Man Charlie Brown Summer Concert in Memorial Park

Thursday, August 11, 7:00 p.m.

The perfect “Girls Night Out” or “Date Night” for anyone who IS a Mom, HAS a Mom or is MARRIED to a Mom!

OneFunnyMother.com Telecharge.com 212-239-6200 New World Stages, 340 W 50th St.

Bring a blanket and snacks and sit back and enjoy the show! This is a Plaza Theatrical Production that will sure to entertain all ages. In the event of inclement weather, the show will moved to the William Gill Theatre, 2nd Floor of Village Hall (1420 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park).

Admission is free.

Where: Memorial Park Info: 516-354-0022 | www.vnhp.org

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agical History Tours of Port Washington

Saturdays and Sundays through October The Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society invites you to join us on The Magical History Tour - 90-minute, docent-led, narrated walking tours along Port Washington’s Historic Bay Walk. Tours are happening now through the end of October on the first Saturday and first Sunday of the month. Tours will start at the Town Dock and end at the Port North dock, across the street from Stop & Shop. Local history of the Port Washington peninsula will include the shell fishing industry, sand mining, local aviation (and the first commercial flights to Europe) as well as the development of the local waterfront. See Port Washington as you never have before! Reservations are required, and may be made online at Cow Neck’s website or Facebook page. Group size limited to 15 and the fee is $8 for adults, $5 for seniors (65+) and kids are just $1 (12 and under).

Children in strollers or backpacks are free. Please wear comfortable shoes for the 1-mile tour. Walk-ins will be accommodated if the group size has not been met (please bring cash or check only on the day of the tour).

Where: Cow Neck Historical Society 336 Port Washington Boulevard, Port Washington Info: 516-365-9074 | www. cowneck.org

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ctivities at Sands Point Preserve Outdoor Fun, It’s a Science!

Sunday, August 7, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

A lot of science goes into outdoor fun. Learn by doing during this workshop where families will make a magnetic compass; learn the aerodynamics of flying a Frisbee; formulate the correct surface tension for blowing the best bubbles; and investigate the features needed for the kite you create.

Members $10, Non-Members $20.

Summer Family Yoga Sunday, August 14, 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Experience the wonderful benefits of yoga with family and friends. Yoga practice aligns naturally with children’s imaginations as they create the shapes of animals and plants using their bodies. They stretch, bend, reach, and balance to become trees, turtles, and more. Bring a mat for each person, and wear comfortable clothing. Members: $5 per car Non-Members: $15 per car.

Where: Sands Point Preserve, 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point Info: 516-571-7901 | www.thesandspointpreserve.com

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A summer afternoon hors d’oeuvres party Summer is a wonderful time to celebrate warm weather and longer days.

This time of year is perfect for an afternoon hors d’oeuvres party!

The bulk of the following menu may be prepared ahead of time, leaving last minute preparation to a minimum and time to enjoy your guests to a maximum.

Make the bar “help yourself” service, by making the drinks ahead of time and putting them on an attractive tray.

Place all of the foods listed here on a buffet table or a cocktail table with napkins and cocktail size plates,(feel free to add a few store bought nibbles too!)

Then sit back and relax! Be a guest at your own party.

Menu Serves 12 The great thing about this drink is you can get it set up a few hours ahead of time and leave it in the refrigerator until serving Mint Julep

Sundried Tomato & Roasted Pepper Dip

Pita Crisps Your Favorite Dip and other Nibbles* Sun dried Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper Dip Cheese Straws *recipe not given Mint Julep 1 quart bourbon 1 cup sugar 1 cup water or club soda 24 sprigs of fresh mint crushed or shaved ice In a Cuisinart, fitted with a steel blade, puree sugar, water and 12 mint sprigs.

Divide mint mixture into 12 thoroughly frosted collins glass or mugs and pack with ice. Add club soda or water, add bourbon and stir. Garnish with remaining mint and serve.

Pita Crisps 1 package of Pita bread 1 can spray olive oil Seasoning: Seasoned Salt or preferred seasoning

1 jar roasted red peppers 3 cloves garlic, peeled 1/4 cup oil-packed sundried tomatoes, chopped (or use tomatoes marinated in grape seed oil) 1 tsp. balsamic vinegar Dash cayenne pepper Salt & Pepper to taste

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In a food processor, combine peppers, garlic, tomatoes, vinegar, cayenne, Process until smooth.

Taste. Add salt and pepper if needed. This can be made up to 3 days in advance and stored tightly closed in the refrigerator. (I use a canning jar)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Split 6 pita breads and cut each into 8 wedges. Place on a baking sheet in a single layer.

Spray lightly with olive oil Cheese Straws and sprinkle with your favorite (NOTE: Each whole sheet seasoning. Bake for 20 minutes makes approximately 45-50 pieces) until crisp. These can be made up 1/2 cup grated Parmesan to two days in advance and stored Cheese in a tightly sealed container. (I use a 1 sheet Homemade Puff Tupperware® container) pastry Dough (Available a Serve in a basket with your favorite dip, ie hummus and Sundried Culinary Architect Tomato and Roasted Pepper Dip 516-484-7431) or in the

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To bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place straws on a parchment-lined baking sheet, or Silpat lined baking sheet. Bake until done. Lightly golden in approximately 10-15 minutes.

Serve warm or room temperature.

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • http://goldcoastarts.org Furman Film Series: “Little Men” Friday, Aug. 12, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Gold Coast Arts Center Paint Night Wednesday, Aug. 17, 7:30 p.m The People Vs. Fritz Bauer Wednesday, Aug. 31 7:30 p.m.

The 50+ Comedy Tour Saturday, Sept. 17, 8:30 p.m.

The Front Page on Broadway Tuesday, Sept. 27, 8:00 p.m.

Natasha, Pieree & the Great Comet of 1812 on Broadway Wednesday, Oct. 26, 8:00 p.m.

Gold Coast International Film Festival Opening Night Gala Thursday, Nov. 10

NIKON AT JONES BEACH THEATRE 1000 Ocean Parkway, Wantagh 516-221-1000 • www.jonesbeach.com Tuesday, August 9, 7 p.m.

Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa Friday, August 12, 7 p.m.

Goo Goo Dolls Saturday, August 13, 7 p.m.

Blink 182 with A Day To Remember and All Time Low Wednesday, August 17, 7:30 p.m.

Black Sabbath Saturday, August 20, 3:59 p.m. through Sunday, August 21, 11:59 p.m.

2016 Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival Thursday, August 25, 8 p.m.

Jimmy Buffet Thursday, September 1, 7 p.m.

Rascal Flatts

NYCB Theatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury (516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Alice in Wonderland Friday, August 5, 8 p.m.

Legends of Rock: Jefferson Starship, Mark Farner, Rick Derringer, Mitch LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET Ryder & The Detroit Wheels 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Saturday, August 6, 8 p.m.

Port Washington YES: The Album Series (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 Tuesday, August 9, 11 a.m. www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Peter Pan August 10, 2 p.m.

Afternoon T.E.A. Cary Grant mini-series Thursday, August 11, 8 p.m.

MY2K Tour: 98 Degrees, O-Town, – Film: His Girl Friday Dream, and Ryan Cabrera Wednesday, August 10 – September 4 My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish Saturday, August 13, 8 p.m.

Neil Sedaka & I’m in Therapy!

Monday, August 15, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, August 31, 2:00 p.m.

Bonnie Raitt Film: To Catch a Thief Tuesday, August 16, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, September 10, 8:00 p.m.

The Wizard of Oz Donovan -- The Sunshine Superman Friday August 19, 8 p.m.

Fiftieth Anniversary North American Elvis Tribute Artist Spectacular with Tour Shawn Klush, Cody Ray Slaughter, DJ Fontana, and The Sweet Inspirations LONG ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m.

11 Davis Avenue, Garden City Air Supply 516-224-5800 • www.licm.org Friday, Sept. 16, 8 p.m.

Monday, August 8-11, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

So You Wanna Be a Puppeteer: Learning Charlie Daniels Band Saturday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m. the Skills of Hand Puppets Monday, August 8 through Friday, August 12 Joe Bonamassa from 11a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Space at Westbury Energy Week 250 Post Ave., Westbury Tuesday, August 9 from 1-1:30 p.m.

(516) 283.5566 stART (Story + Art) Wednesday, August 10 from 11:30 a.m. – noon www.thespaceatwestbury.com Friday, Aug. 12, 8 p.m. and Friday, August 12 from 1-1:30 p.m.

The Wailers Music and Movement Wednesday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, August 10 from 2 to 4 p.m.

Henry Rollins Art & Soul Friday, August 12 from 11:30 a.m. to noon NORTH SHORE POPS ORCHESTRA Kids in the Kitchen (Family Series) PO Box 920, Huntington Saturday, August 13 and Sunday, August 14 (516) 574-3059 • www.northshoreat 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. pops.org Plaza Theatrical presents “Disney’s THE HARRY CHAPIN Aladdin JR” LAKESIDE THEATRE Through Sunday, September 4 Eisenhower Park Traveling Exhibit - The Art of Andy Saturday, Aug. 6, 8 p.m.

Warhol Irish American Night GARVIES POINT MUSEUM 50 Barry Dr. in Glen Cove (516) 571-8010/11 • www.garviespointmuseum.com Garvies Point Day Saturday, Aug. 6, 10 a.m. - 4 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.

Parents of Millennials Group Join us for our first meeting as we explore ways to help our 18-30 year olds move on to independence and pursue the life they want.

7pm - 8pm at the New Hyde Park Diner 160 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040. For more information please visit: meetup.com

Trivia Challenge Come see how much you know. Match wits with other great minds. You may win a prize! Last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. Havana Central Restaurant Roosevelt Field, Garden City. For more info, call (516) 676- 1976.

Singles Association Of L.I. For information on events, please call (516) 825-0633 or (516) 333-2851 or email singlesassociationofli@yahoo.com.

Your Widowed Social Group The group meets on the third Wednesday of the each month (except July and August) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church on Franklin Ave. and Fifth Street, Garden City. There is a $5 fee for members and a $8 fee for non-members. For additional information, please call (516) 481-9280.

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.

Contact David (Speedy) Emanuel at speedyemanuel@optonline.net or 516840-9370 or 516-487-8065 before 9:45 p.m. for schedule and to confirm your participation.

additional information, should call: (516) 227-7071. WHEN: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 17, 2016.

WHERE: Shelter Rock Public Library, 165 Searingtown Road, Albertson, Senior Citizen Activities FRANKLIN SQUARE SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER Enjoy a wide variety of senior activities at the Franklin Square Senior Community Center, located at 1182 Martha Place, Franklin Square, NY. Those interested in more information can call

516-328-3010.

Tai Chi On Wednesdays, August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 at 10:30 a.m. Presented by Pat Goia. Funded by the Nassau County Office for the Aging.

Live Band On Wednesdays, August 4, 11, 18, 25 at 10:30 a.m., presented by Wayne Weiner.

Funded by the Nassau County Office for the Aging.

Chair Yoga On Fridays, August 5, 12, 19, 26 at presented by Isabel Tiffin. Funded by the Nassau County Office for the Aging.

Oktoberfest Join us for Oktoberfest on Saturday September 24, 2016 from 7 PM to 11 PM at the Knights of Columbus Hall located at 186 Jericho Turnpike in Mineola. $50/person includes live band, German food, German beer, open bar, coffee, dessert. Reservations only. Please Contact Tom Kelly 516 414 2229 kellyofmineola@earthlink.net Caregiver Support Group Meetings are held every month and are open to residents of Nassau County. This support group will provide an opportunity for participants to share experiences and help one another. The group is led by Marguerite Dilimetin, LCSW, CASAC, Support Group Facilitator. Persons interested in attending for the first time, or in need of

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Exhibit promotes ‘curiosity, surprise’ Huntington Arts Council presents show shared by small group of local artists

By N e g l a h S h a r m a New projects at the Main Street Gallery’s “Curiosity & Surprise” exhibition series this summer will include works by Michael Braceland, Rondi Casey, Deborah Katz, and Lisa J. Petker-Mintz.

The collaborative exhibit, curated by Invitational Shows Chairperson Linda Lewis, will be on display through Aug. 13 as a part of the Invitation Gallery Shows, an opportunity for small groups of artists to participate in a shared exhibit, presented by the Huntington Arts Council.

Hungtington resident and sculpture artist Rondi Casey’s three-dimensional sculptures are inspired by ethical, spiritual, and literary themes, and she creates them using clay and “found objects,” some of which eerily hang from strings, according to the gallery.

“We have within us the freedom and passion to inspire and create and yet all of us are in some way bound by the subtle

threads/strings of our gender, culture, religion, relationships to one another and our vision, said educator, Rondi Casey.

“We move our bodies, our minds, our art ….our hope,” Casey said.

As one of the featured artists, Patchogue resident Michael Braceland’s rustic and refined mixed media of wall canvas, kinetic design and sculpture are a byproduct of his background in carpentry, wood, and a “yogacentric” background, the gallery said.

“I forage in the woods for materials in Patchoge, I beg for materials on social media,” Braceland said, adding that he is also inspired by the different colors of “chakras,” also known as centers of spiritual power in the human body of vedic origins.

“Chakras have different colors, I make stuff relative to the yoga-world,” Braceland said.

Mobiles entranced Braceland, he said after once taking a trip to the Guggenheim back in the ‘70s.

Recently, the Long Island resident has

been focused on creating optical illusions or ‘confusions’ using nature’s repurposed materials and scraps.

Native Long Islander Deborah Katz’s visual and cultural arts background lead her to create abstract works, interplaying color and shape along with movement and harmony. “[The works are] representational, referencing nature, the process becomes more of a state of mind,” Katz said, whose work consists of oil pastels, and water color, on canvas.

Katz studied under Eleanore Dragonette, Betty Holliday, and Stan Brodsky, after completing her studies at SUNY Stony Brook University.

Autobiographical artist Lisa J. PetkerMintz, a graduate of Parsons School of Design, exhibited extensively in the Metropolitan Long Island Area.

Petker-Mintz’s work focuses on places, people and experiences in her life while reflecting personal yet universally recognized themes of death, love and children.

“I need to make beautiful, cohesive and entertaining paintings. I am always challenging myself with the work, seeking new ways to express my ideas…,” said PetkerMintz, who’s primary medium is acrylic and mixed media, incorporating acetate and printed paper.

The group of artists were selected through other exhibitions, said Florence Dallari, Assistant Director at the gallery.

“Our curator, Linda Lewis goes out in to the community and discovers artists,” Dallari said, “sometimes they will request the opportunity to be featured” Dallari said that although artists aren’t required to be from Long Island, most of them are, “as a result of proximity.”

“Petker-Mintz’s artwork, the chadelier, the staircase, they all speak to the title,” Dallari said, “they all compliment each other.”

The gallery held the artist opening was held on Friday, July 29, 6-8 p.m. at the Main Street Gallery at 213 Main St. in Huntington.

Clockwise from top left: Artwork by Lisa Petker-Mintz, Rondi Casey, Michael Braceland, Rondi Casey, Deborah Katz, Deborah Katz and Lisa Petker-Mintz

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Summer fest features diverse music

By N e g l a h Sharma The sixth week of the Annual Huntington Summer Arts Festival, spanning from Tuesday Aug. 2 through Sunday, Aug. 7, spotlights upcoming acts, urban folk soul artist Jen Chapin, jazz funk and pop band, Ladies Drink Free, and The BroadHollow Theatre Company, to stage “Sondheim by Sondheim.”

The shows, which are held at the Chapin Rainbow Stage, Heckscher Park, offer free admission for all, and is held each night at 8:30 p.m., except Tuesday Night Family Series, which begins at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 5, Jen Chapin, daughter of music icon, Harry

Chapin, returns with her urban folk soul tunes.

Her songs, like stories, search for community and shared meaning, powered by the funk and improvisation of the city.

No stranger to Huntington audiences, Jen was raised locally, and has performed numerous times on the Chapin Rainbow Stage with her Trio and with The Chapin Family.

The evening will also celebrate WHY Hunger, and fans are asked to bring canned & non-perishable food items for Long Island Cares, Inc./The Harry Chapin Food Bank.

Both organizations were founded by Harry Chapin and continue the fight against hunger.

Tunes of Doo Wop, shows, pa-

triotic themes, jazz, spirituals and old-fashioned love songs radiated through the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 3, by The Island Hills Chorus, Twin Shore Chorus, and the Sweet Adelines, acts which are dedicated to preserving the art of American acapella harmony.

The BroadHollow Theatre Company stages the musical comedy “Sondheim On Sondheim” on Saturday, Aug. 6. Hailed as a “revelatory revue full of wonderful moments” and a “funny, affectionate and revealing tribute to musical theater’s greatest living composer and lyricist ‘Sondheim On Sondheim’ is an intimate portrait of the famed songwriter in his own words... and music.

Long Island’s, “Ladies Drink Free” will perform on Sunday,

Aug. 7. Ladies Drink Free is a collective ensemble that blends a gumbo of gritty funk, jazz, modern pop, sultry R&B, arena rock and world rhythms into a melting pot of “danceable” feel-good grooves.

Formed in Huntington in the summer of 2011, the band is composed of friends that have been playing together since their middle school days.

The deep history among the band’s lineup is the key to their tightness as a group, and their rich, layered sound.

Ladies Drink Free combines hard grooves, lush keys, and crisp horn licks to create a sonic elixir that combines the essence of old school rare grooves with the sensibilities of modern rock and

dance music.

The initial performances for week six included a nostalgic appearances ventriloquist Mallory Lewis and her sock puppet “Lamb Chop,” who has been actively performing since 1957, and former star of the ‘90s children’s show, “Lamb Chop’s Play Along,” an Emmy-Award winner of five consecutive years.

The Summer Arts Festival is produced by the Town of Huntington and presented by the Huntington Arts Council.

For more information and to download a full calendar of the Festival performances go to www. huntingtonarts.org or call 631271-8423.

The festival runs through Aug. 14.

Island Hills Chorus

Ladies Drink Free

Mallory Lewis and Lamb Chop

Town to present free concerts in parks The Town of North Hempstead announced Monday a weekend of free concerts from Friday, Aug. 5 to Sunday, Aug. 7 at Clinton G. Martin Park in New Hyde Park and North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington.

On Friday, Aug. 5 at 7:30

p.m. the Rod Rock Experience will be performing at Clinton G. Martin Park in New Hyde Park.

The Rod Rock Experience is a world-class Rod Stewart tribute band starring Rick St. James.

The concert is sponsored by Dime Bank.

On Saturday, Aug. 6, Babs Winn and the Kickin’ Boogie band will be performing at North Hempstead Beach Park at 1 p.m.

The concert will feature country favorites with country line dancing.

On Sunday, Aug. 7, the 1910

Fruitgum Company will be performing at 1 p.m. at North Hempstead Beach Park.

The 1910 Fruitgum Company will be playing their hits “Simon Says,” “Yummy, Yummy,” “1, 2, 3 Red Light” and covering hits of ‘60s and ‘70s.

Bring a chair, a snack and enjoy the shows!

Parking fees apply for concerts at North Hempstead Beach Park.

The parking fee is $10 for cash and $7 for credit/debit.

For more information, please call 311 or (516) 869-6311.

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Great Neck Library Great Neck Library Election October 31, 2016 Slate of Candidates and Independent Candidate Petitions Deadline The Great Neck Library Nominating Committee has endorsed the candidates below to fill two seats on the Library Board of Trustees and one seat on the Nominating Committee that will be expiring in January 2017.

Board of Trustees: Four-year term January 2017-2021 for the seat currently held by Varda Solomon – Nominating Committee Endorsed Candidate: Varda Solomon. Board of Trustees: Four-year term January 2017-2021 for the seat currently held by Josie Pizer – Nominating Committee Endorsed Candidate: Rebecca Miller. Nominating Committee: Three-year term January 2017-2020 for the seat currently held by Michael Katz – Nominating Committee Endorsed Candidate: Patrick McDonnell.

Please note: In accordance with the Bylaws of the Great Neck Library, the deadline for

filing of petitions for independent nominations for these same positions is August 15, 2016. Petition forms are available in the Director’s Office during regular business hours. Biographical information for all candidates will be in the October/November/ December issue of the Library Newsletter and online at greatnecklibrary.org.

Socrates Salon at Station: Conversation Host Ron Gross Monday, August 12 3:00pm Join the conversation at the next Socrates Salon when Ron Gross facilitates a discussion about “What Makes a Good Leader?” on Friday, August 12 at 3:00 p.m. at the Station Branch, Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), above Best Market.

Some questions to ponder for this session are: When you have led, what was your greatest strength?

Who do you respect greatly as a leader – historically or

today? Do we really need leaders? The Salon sessions are informed by Gross’ work at Columbia University as co-chair of the University Seminar on Innovation, and inspired by his book, Socrates’ Way, about the patron saint of conversation, which has been published in 26 countries. Enjoy light refreshments and thoughtful conversation. Topics are announced one month before the Salon. Please arrive by 2:45 p.m. to assure a place, as seating and occupancy is limited.

Films at Station Branch All film matinees are now held at the Station Branch while the Main Library building is being renovated. Refer to the Library Newsletter, film brochure or website for further information on the films scheduled.

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.

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.

Project Independence at Parkville Thursday, August 11 11:30am - 12:30pm Join us for Project Independence Social Discussion Group on Thursday, August 11 at 11:30 a.m. and a Project Independence Men’s

Group on Friday, August 12 at 10:30 a.m. at the Parkville Branch, 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road), in New Hyde Park. Each weekly meeting is 60 minutes.

Project Independence of the Town of North Hempstead provides services and opportunities for seniors that enable them to live independently while maintaining socially active and healthy lives. This includes being a resource for social and recreational interests.

Project Independence Men’s Group Friday, August 5 10:30am at the Parkville Branch, 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road), in New Hyde Park. Each weekly meeting is 60 minutes.

Project Independence of the Town of North Hempstead provides services and opportunities for seniors that enable them to live independently while maintaining socially active and healthy lives. This includes being a resource for social and

recreational interests.

Free Hearing Screenings: Station Branch Friday, August 5 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Adelphi University’s Hy Weinberg Center for Communication Disorders brings its annual free hearing screenings community outreach program to the Library on at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, above Best Market. Adults who would like a baseline screening are invited to come to the Station Branch and take advantage of this program. Students and faculty from Adelphi University’s Hy Weinberg Center for Communication. will perform the hearing screenings for those who suspect they have a hearing loss. Call (516) 466-8055, x. 277 further information

Great Neck Community Calendar WEDNESDAY MONTHLY LUNCHEON 1:00 P.M. August 10th, 2016, sponsored by the St. Aloysius Sociables of Great Neck, at Jonathan’s Restaurant, 2499 Jericho Turnpike, Garden City Park. Cost: Price of your meal. Please call John Hyland ( 516) 482-3795 for reservations.

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 516-4879392 or email them at rotaryclubofgreatneck@aol.com.

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.

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.

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

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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Great Neck Park District New Bus Stop by Steppingstone Park A seasonal bus stop has been added to the Nassau Inter-County Express N-58 bus route at the corner of Steppingstone Lane and Sunset Road (west of Sunset Rd.) This makes it convenient for Park District residents who would like to visit Steppingstone Park this summer. The bus will run through Labor Day, Monday, September 5.

Pool Memberships Available now through Labor Day Join the pool for the remainder of the summer!

Get a great rate for family, single or senior memberships through Labor Day or ask about our Five-Day Pool Pass. Call (516) 4872975; Ext. 129 for more information.

Carnival: 100 Year Celebration Sunday, August 14, celebrate with us, in honor of the Park District’s 100-year Anniversary. An all-day Carnival will take place in Steppingstone Park beginning at 1 p.m. It will include activities, performances, music, food and more, continuing throughout the evening when TUSK- Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band takes the Steppingstone stage. Enjoy musical

children’s performer Brady Rymer, the GN Chinese Association presentation, Fusion Marching Band plus rides, games, give-aways, face painting, tattoo artist, ethnic food for purchase and so much more. You won’t want to miss it! It is FREE for residents with a valid park card. Two guests permitted per park card.

Outdoor Movie in the Village Green Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 8:30 p.m., Inside Out (2015), will be shown outdoors in the Village Green. This animated film features the voices Amy Poehler, Bill Hader and Lewis Black. After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions, joy, fear, anger, disgust and sadness, conflict on how best to navigate her life in a new city. It is rated PG and runs 95 minutes. Free popcorn!

Bring chair or blanket to sit on. Rain location Parkwood Sports Complex. Call 4820355 for more information.

Nature Program: Seasonal Stroll Saturday, August 13 at 10 a.m. take a Late Summer Seasonal Stroll with us through Kings Point Park.

Meet at the Redbrook Road entrance. No registration required. Children under 16

years old are not permitted to attend.

City Island Cruise On Monday, August 8, take a cruise from Steppingstone Marina to City Island.

Travel to Lobster House for dinner or just explore City Island. Choose either the 4-7 p.m. or 6-9 p.m. cruises. The fee of $25 does not include dinner. It is recommended that you make your restaurant reservations in advance. Cruise may be cancelled without prior notice. Non-resident rates apply. Register in advance at Great Neck House or call (516) 482-0355 for more information.

Camp Parkwood Register your child for Camp Parkwood on a weekly basis or for the entire summer. The Great Neck Park District offers campers the ultimate camp experience, as they play, gain independence, learn life skills and make friends.

Call Great Neck House at 482-0355 or visit www. greatneckparks.com for further information.

Parkwood Family Aquatic Center Feel like you are on a family vacation all summer long at the Park wood Family Aquatic Center; open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Bring your current park

card with you to Great Neck House when registering.

Also available is a Five-Day pool pass. Call 482-0355 for more information.

Rec Center at Parkwood Park District residents can enjoy the Rec Center without being a pool member; just bring your park card.

The Rec Center is open weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and weekends from 11 a.m. through 8 p.m. For more information call (516) 482-0355.

Concerts at Steppingstone Park Starship featuring Mickey Thomas, one of the lead vocalists of Jefferson Starship and Starship, performs Saturday, August 6 at Steppingstone Park.

Mickey joined the Jefferson Starship, after the departure of Grace Slick and Marty Balin. Backed by the power of Mickey’s vocals, Jefferson Starship immediately scored a #1 hit with “Jane”. Hear other old favorites such as “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” We Built This City” and “Sara”.

Prior to joining Starship as lead singer, Mickey was lead vocalist on the mega-hit “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” with The Elvin Bishop Band.

Sunday, August 7, Songwriters By the Sea

with host Dave Sear, returns with Joe D’Urso, Nicole Atkins and Mike Peters (lead singer of ‘80’s band, The Alarm). What began as coffeehouse jam sessions in Asbury Park has evolved into a national show attracting many of the most revered singers and songwriters on the scene today. Dave Sear will open and close the set.

All performances at Steppingstone Park begin at 8 p.m. Admission is free to Park District residents with valid park card. Park cards will be checked at the gate.

Each park card holder is allowed to bring 2 guests.

In case of rain, performances are held at Great Neck North High School.

Call (516) 482-0355 for location of performance.

Sunday & Monday Fabulous Family Events Join us for our Sunday and Monday events that are great for the whole family to enjoy! Sunday, August 7, catch a fish or two at the Fishing Derby! Fish off the dock at the Steppingstone Marina at 9 a.m. (Rain date is August 21). Join us for Plaza Productions presentation of “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown,” Monday, August 8, 7 p.m., Steppingstone Park. Rain location is the Rec Center at the Parkwood Sports

Complex, 65 Arrandale Avenue. Questions? Call (516) 482-0355.

Budget Review and Park Budget Hearing Meetings Budget review meetings for 2017 will be held at Great Neck House during the work session on Tuesday, August 9 at 10 a.m. and at the business meeting on Thursday, August 11 at 8 p.m. On Thursday, September 8, the Park Budget Hearing will take place at Great Neck House at 8 p.m. (The date is currently mandated by state law for the budget hearing and is subject to change).

Skin-Telligence at the Parkwood Family Aquatic Center August 10 from 2 to 4:30 Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel’s office, together with the Colette Coyne Melanoma Awareness Campaign, presents valuable prevention tips to protect yourself and your family from the sun at the Parkwood Family Aquatic Center on Wednesday, August 10 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. A special skin screening machine will be on site to show facial skin damage.

Sunscreen samples will be offered while supplies last.

Learn some beneficial ways to protect your skin so you may enjoy the outdoors year round.

Great Neck Social Center Book Lovers Plan Ahead!

Save the date: August 9th Book Lovers Celebration Luncheon. You’ll need a reservation to share the ideas and notions proposed by the presenters. We’ll keep you posted in this column about what books top the list of the recent and perennial “greats” but you can sign up in the office right now to save your place and make sure it will be given!!!

Great Canadian Cities The Social Center is featuring a nine-day

trip on Sept. 21. Featured will be Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto and Niagara Falls. This is an amazing first class trip that you will never forget, because it has been planned especially for active seniors. Call the Office (516) 487-0025 for more information.

The World in Depth As the world gets more and more complicated, the Thursday afternoon sessions have become more exciting and stimulating!

The savvy men and women who come at 2 p.m. agree to disagree, opt to keep the

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Wednesday Monthly Luncheon 1:00 P.M. August 10th, 2016, sponsored by the St. Aloysius Sociables of Great Neck, at Jonathan’s Restaurant, 2499 Jericho Turnpike, Garden City Park. Cost: Price of your meal. Please call John Hyland (516) 482-3795 for reservations.

The Social Center: A Community Treasure!

Did you know the Great Neck Social Center is considered a model program for men and women over 60? Why? Because it is comfortable and accessible; made for active seniors; action oriented via exercise, brain stimulation, trips like the Canadian nine-day experience and other skillfully planned events. It has easy access to healthy foods; onsite nursing services and important consultative services; and offers free or low-cost adult experiences in dance, music, writing, art, bridge, mah jongg, other cultures and languages!

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Martins honors G.N. G.N. teacher to perform girl for science project at Plaza concert series State Sen. Jack Martins recently congratulated Great Neck resident Emily Bae on being chosen as a nationalsemi-finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search.

Bae, who graduated from Great Neck South High School and was the Class of 2016’s valedictorian, will be attending Yale University in the fall.

“Emily is an extraordinarily bright young woman who has achieved something very special. She didn’t do it through luck; she did it through countless hours of hard work, study and research,” Martins said. “With her talents and work ethic, there is no doubt in my mind that this will be the first of many great things we see from one of the country’s top young scientists. Congratulations to Emily, her family and the Great Neck School District on this wonderful accomplishment.”

Participants from all across the country, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands compete in the talent search, considered the nation’s most prestigious pre-college science competition.

Bae was one of only 300 semifinalists chosen from entries nationwide.

Martins presented Emily with a legislative resolution he sponsored, which was passed by the Senate, in recognition of her accomplishment.

With passage of the resolution, Bae’s name and achievement will forever be part of the New York State Senate’s official record.

Promenade series to conclude August 10 The Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District (BID) and the Village of Great Neck Plaza conclude the Summer 2016 Promenade Series on Wednesday, August 10 (rain date August 11) with a final promenade on Middle Neck Road between Grace Avenue and Maple Drive from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

All residents from Great Neck and neighboring communities are invited to listen to the country sounds of Savannah Sky while enjoying a variety of Great Neck’s fine dining options in a unique outdoor café environment under the stars.

Each participating restaurant including Ginos, Burger Village, Muzi and Chez Kama will be offering prix fixe menus or discounted dishes.

Additionally, Akbar the Caricaturist will be returning to offer promenade guests free caricatures on a first-come,

first-served basis.

Savannah Sky, focusing on traditional country, western swing and rockabilly music, will be performing live.

Band members include Nina Gordon on vocals and acoustic guitar; Skip Krevens on vocals, electric guitar and pedal steel; Pete Falbo on vocals and bass; and Billy Lang on vocals and percussion.

Savannah Sky has been delighting audiences throughout the tri-state area for more than 20 years.

The band plays a variety of music from genres including rock, blues, jazz, folk and bluegrass, with a generous helping of rockabilly and western swing in the mix.

Their vivacious stage presence over the years has resulted in a unique and exciting show, combining talent and highly professional entertainment.

The Village of Great Neck Plaza announces that Dr. Pamela Levy and friends will be performing this Aug. 9, at 8 p.m., at the gazebo in Firefighters’ Park, as part of the Plaza’s 2016 Summer Concert Series.

A regular participant in the village’s Summer Concert Series, Levy will be putting on her trademark summer opera classic concert that will be sure to have concertgoers filling up Firefighters’ Park early to get their seats.

“Our annual opera night is always one of our most popular shows of the summer,” Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender said. “Dr. Levy, in her role at Great Neck South High School, has educated and trained many talented singers, many of which have gone on to perform all over the world. We’re delighted Dr. Levy will once again feature her current and former students in what stands to be a riveting performance in Firefighters’ Park.”

The village thanks the concert’s sponsors,

Pamela Levy Mindy Greenberg, Realtor, and Astoria Bank, for their assistance and support of the 2016 Summer Concert Series.

Located at 11 Bond Street, Mindy Greenberg is a familiar name to many in the country thanks to her regular appearances on HGTV as an on-air designer, as well as on Long Island for her extensive knowledge of the housing market from Manhattan to Montauk.

Levy, a long-time Great Neck resident, is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where she received a B.M. and M.M. as a piano major, and her

D.M.A from the Manhattan School of Music.

Currently Levy teaches at William A. Shine Great Neck South High School in the Performing Arts Department, where she directs the choir, teaches opera, piano, chamber music and at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege, where she is the conductor of the Manhattan Chorale.

She is also the Coordinator of NYSSMA for Great Neck Public Schools.

In the case of inclement weather, the concert performance will be moved to the Great Neck Social Center at 80 Grace Avenue.

Check with village staff at Village Hall on the day of the concert, or call our voicemail after 5 p.m. at 516-482-4500.

The village will have a recorded message if the day’s scheduled concert has been moved from Firefighters’ Park to the Social Center.

It will also post an announcement on our Village website, www. greatneckplaza.net, if the concert is moved indoors.

REAP to present talk Reap, institute for studies, is part of the adult education center at 20 Cumberland Ave. in Great Neck.

At 9 a.m. significant issues will be aired by members.

“My Opinion” will be offered by Rose Simon, who will introduce a topic for discussion.

The speaker for the day is Leba Lashansky, with topic to be announced.

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Lunch break occurs at about 11:30.

Feel free to bring your lunch and join them.

Current Events starts 12:30 and Alyce Drabkin will lead the discussion. Short Story Club meets at 1.

Book club and Fitness meet the last Tuesday of the month.

Coffee, tea and refreshments are served.

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State review raises costs of projects

Continued from Page 1 Washington buildings, electrical work throughout the Great Neck district and $5 million worth of work at Mineola’s Hampton Street School.

The Education Department reviews all projects for safety and compliance with codes and regulations, Beattie has said. Once it’s submitted to the state, each project must get approvals for project management, architecture and engineering, she has said.

The first two can take between a day and a week to complete depending on the complexity of the project, Beattie said. Engineering reviews — the source of the backlog — closely examine electrical systems, ventilation, plumbing, lighting and other details, a more complex process that generally takes a week or more, Beattie said.

Herricks administrators must consider the delay as they plan $25 million worth of work across the district’s seven buildings, Celano said. They want to hold a bond referendum in December but don’t expect any projects to be done un-

til at least 2018, he said.

Costs for materials, wages and pensions rise regularly, so project budgets can be right one year and off base the next as districts wait for approval, said Mitchell Pally, chief executive officer of the Long Island Builders Institute.

“There is no question that in many cases in a construction environment, the longer you wait to build, the more expensive it will be,” Pally said.

One architect told Celano construction costs are rising as much as 10 percent annually, so administrators have accounted for cost increases in their plan, he said.

The Mineola School District is waiting for the start of the engineering review for the Hampton Street School projects, which include an overhaul of the athletic field where Mineola High School’s football team plays. The district also submitted plans in May for air conditioning in classrooms at Jackson Avenue School and the expansion of classrooms at Meadow Drive School.

Construction costs have in-

creased since the district submitted plans for Hampton Street, Nagler said. It may have to trim the project to fit its budget when it seeks bids in the fall, he said.

Asking contractors to bid on a base package of necessary work and separate optional pieces can help districts keep to their budgets, said Ralph Ferrie, superintendent of the Sewanhaka Central High School District. Sewanhaka did that for the third phase of an $86.6 million capital initiative, which includes three auditorium renovations and an addition to Sewanhaka High School.

“You have to make some decisions in order to build what you said you were going to build,” Ferrie said. “It’s almost like when you go in and buy a car — if you want to have every single upgrade on the car or you want to start paring back. The car will still get you where you need to get.”

While school construction projects are smaller in scale and require fewer workers than they used to, Pally said, the backlog could impact construction jobs.

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Tax workshops in G.N. Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D-Great Neck) in conjunction with the Nassau County Department of Assessment will hold tax exemption workshops on Thursday, Aug. 25 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Great Neck House located at 14 Arrandale Avenue in Great Neck and on Friday, Oct. 7 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Village of Lake Success Village Hall located at 318 Lakeville Road in Lake Success.

If you are a homeowner, you could be eligible for a tax exemption.

Come find out if you are eligible for savings on your property taxes through Basic STAR, Enhanced STAR, a Veterans Exemption, a Low Income Seniors Exemption, a Volunteer Fire-

fighter and Ambulance Workers Exemption, or a Limited Income and Disability Exemption.

Equipped with specially configured computers linked to the County’s database, the County Assessor’s staff will process property tax exemption applications on-site.

Please bring a copy of your 2015 State Tax return.

For a list of additional documentation needed for exemptions, please call the Nassau County Department of Assessment at 516-5711500.

“I am proud to once again sponsor tax exemption workshops and bring government closer to the public by offering convenient locations in my District,” Birnbaum said.

The industry accounts for about 10 percent of Long Island’s gross domestic product, Pally said. State labor statistics show it added about 3,200 jobs on Long Island between June 2015 and June 2016, but it has seen “up and down” employment patterns in recent years, Pally said.

“When these jobs don’t start, that would keep some people off the unemployment rolls,” said Richard O’Kane, president of the Nassau-Suffolk Building Trades Council. “If you have a couple of hundred [people] working on a school project, think about maybe 50 or 60 or 100 have to stay out of work longer because they couldn’t get on that job.”

Long Island superintendents’ groups have suggested the state let districts pay a fee to get projects into a special expedited queue, Nagler said. It could also let districts hire their own engineers to do reviews, Ferrie said.

The Education Department’s project review staff is about half what it was a decade ago, Carl Thurnau, the state’s director of fa-

cilities planning, told the New York State School Boards Association in an April 2015 article.

The department has hired nine outside engineering firms to help with project reviews and is in the process of hiring more permanent staff using a combined $1.6 million boost in the past two state budgets, said Beattie, the department spokeswoman.

The state also speeds up reviews for certain emergency projects and has streamlined reviews for simple work, such as replacing equipment, so it can get approved within a few weeks.

School districts should make sure they submit complete plans so the process runs as smoothly as possible, Thurnau wrote in a January newsletter.

“We are aware of the practice of submitting incomplete work as placeholders due to the backlog, and we understand the backlog has made this situation worse,” he wrote. “However, it is unproductive for everyone involved.”

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“In addition to any other applicable application fees, payment of a reasonable escrow deposit, as set by the Building Department, to cover costs and expenses incurred by the village for legal and professional fees in connection with review of the application,” the legislation reads. “The unused portion of the escrow, if any, shall be refunded to the applicant following final determination of the application.”

The board set a public hearing for the proposed changes on Sept. 6 at 7:45 p.m.

Also at the meeting, Village Clerk-Treasurer Joe Gill announced that the village will hold a paper-shredding day for residents on Aug. 24 at Village Hall between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Gill has said the village had about 60 boxes of documents it needed shredded and was looking to pay for a shredding truck to come to Village Hall.

He said the village also wanted to offer the service to its residents.

Gill said residents interested in bringing personal documents for shredding needed to bring a

driver’s license or proof of residency in the village.

Residents are also limited to bringing three bankers’ boxes of documents for shredding, he said.

“If we have any reason to believe we are being handed commercial stuff or something from somebody not in our village, we reserve the right to not take it,” Trustee Barton Sobel said.

Also at the meeting, residents who live on Carriage Road complained to the board about poor road conditions on their street.

They said that Carriage Road has been neglected by the village after many attempts to have the road redone.

One resident said that village workers completed temporary fixes to potholes and cracks, but the road was in disrepair soon after.

Gill said he would have the Department of Public Works superintendent, Louis Massaro, look into the issue and that the board would have the item on the agenda for its next meeting.

The next meeting is on Aug. 16.

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Mill River Club distinguished by diversity Third in a series The Mill River Club has been noted in the Congressional Record and recognized by the National Conference of Christians and Jews for its unique stance on diversity and its endeavor to establish brotherhood.

This club’s position should be the norm for every club on Long Island.

It was conceived and founded in 1964 by attorney William Roach, who wanted a “truly balanced and nonsectarian club.”

They purchased the Henry Davison II Appledore mansion and estate in Upper Brookville which is located on a hill overlooking gentle rolling hills and adjacent to the Planting Fields Arboretum.

The landscape designer of the Appledore estate was Frederick Law Olmsted who also designed Central Park.

Since its inception the club has had Jim Turnesa and Mark Mielke as golf professionals and now employs Jason Caron and his wife Liz who happens to be an LPGA tour player as well.

You get to Mill River Club by going north on Mill River Road and when you make that left through the entrance you go up a long hill that leads to their 47 room ivy covered Tudor mansion.

The clubhouse takes you back to England of the 1500s with arched doorways, half-timbering, brick work, sloping roof, huge fireplaces and casement windows with small panes.

The golf course was designed

by Gerald Roby and I’ve been lucky enough to have played Mill River in the past with Mark Mielke but today was not a day for golf.

I was here to celebrate the opening of its new pool house and café.

I was greeted at the door of the clubhouse by Alan Morris one of the board of directors.

Alan is an affable and likeable gentleman who gave me a tour of the main house then escorted me onto the terrace where members were lunching in the shade of the giant oak trees and enjoying the view of the course’s 18th hole.

We then walked past the tennis courts to the pool.

Everyone loves pools.

To hang out on the deck of a light blue pool with a nice shaded veranda attached to a café is one of life’s greatest pleasures.

I have seen two of the world’s greatest pools.

The prettiest was the pool at the Ville D’Este Hotel in Lake Como where George Clooney and Madonna like to hang out.

Two months ago I swam in the Beverly Hills Hotel pool, the

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most romantic pool on earth and the place where Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Lauren Bacall and the Beatles used to swim.

The Mill River Club had just built a new Tudor style pool house and added a snack bar café in the shade as well.

The feeling of their pool setting is English and reflects the architecture of their clubhouse.

I had a snack there with Alan Morris and their club manager, Az-Dine Boucetta.

We had a wide ranging conversation and they both emphasized that the issue of diversity was not really an issue at all.

It’s true they have balanced membership with a host of nationalities including Asians and Indians and Egyptians.

However they added that Mill River is extremely familycentric which includes a children’s high end playground which is fully shaded and immediately adjacent to the pool area.

They both remarked that Mill River was nothing more than a mirror of Long Island society which was a true melting pot which a mix of every nationality on earth.

Alan also mentioned that a recent study by the MGA stated that the No. 1 asset of a country club was that it must offer a family life style which includes pool, tennis and gym.

Country clubs are now eight years beyond the 2008 financial

Mill River, a perfect example of the new family-centric country club.

collapse which impacted many Long Island clubs.

To survive and to grow a club must now be a full service facility which provides quality golf but also offer tennis, a pleasant pool life and is family friendly.

It looks to me that the Mill River Club has a knack of being ahead of its time.

They were the first to establish a policy of diversity way back in 1964 and now are smart enough to adapt to a changing and demanding economic environment.

On the drive back home after my meeting with Alan I thought to myself how lucky I have been that I was introduced to the world of golf by my Italian American father.

To grow up Italian on Long Island means I have been called dago, wop, guido, ginzo, fonzie and guinea.

I remember even wanting to change my last name out of shame and embarrassment.

It’s no wonder that I gravitated to my country club to avoid all those slurs.

Who hasn’t been subjected to racial epithets?

All that is so very painful and racial hatreds die hard.

So it’s worth some precious space in this column to commend Mill River Club for having the humanity and heart and good will and courage to actually do something about all that.

Country club life is filled with great privilege, wealth, beauty, safety, good manners, good service and wonderful sports like golf and tennis and swimming.

And now we can say country club life is also filled with an elevated sense of ethics and morality thanks to places like the Mill River Club.

Don’t punish schools for opt-outs: Phillips Continued from Page 8 About 44 percent of Nassau County students opted out of the English language arts Common Core exam, while about 46 percent of students in the county opted out of the math test.

Phillips said that school districts could suffer from a loss of state aid due to poor performance ratings.

“Every parent should be concerned by unspecified additional state penalties, which could include the loss of education fund-

ing, could compound the problems facing our schools which already struggle to provide sufficient local funding without breaking the backs of taxpayers,” she said.

Phillips also said that the penalties could impact property values in the affected school districts.

“Labeling schools as underperforming simply because parents have taken actions that they feel are in the best interests of their children’s educations could

also have the perverse effect of lowering property values, since they are so often tied to measures of school quality,” she said.

A Haber campaign spokesman, Jonathan Heppner, said that the Democratic candidate opposes penalties on school districts for opting out.

“Adam Haber, an elected member of the Roslyn School Board, believes school districts should not be punished for having students opt out when the implementation of Common

Core has been so disastrous,” Heppner said.

He also slammed Phillips and the Republican Party for her comments.

“The idea that the handpicked candidate of the Albany Republican majority who brought us Common Core is standing against it now is ridiculous,” Heppner said. “Further, the Albany Republicans running her campaign are financially backed by pro-Common Core New York City private charter

school super PACs who have recently spent millions in negative ads on Long Island.”

“As state senator, Adam will only be obligated to continue his strong advocacy for our schools, children and parents here on Long Island,” he added.

Reach reporter Joe Nikic by e-mail at jnikic@theislandnow. com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x203. Also follow us on Twitter @joenikic and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

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Government facing staffing problems The greying of the federal-government workforce could soon create a hiring crisis as a large swath of older workers retires in the coming years and a new generation declines to fill the breach.

Simply put, most young people who are in jobsearch mode tend to look elsewhere, finding no motivation to vie for federal government positions that may strike them as more dreary than dazzling.

“Millennials want to work some place that seems cool, like Google, or at least for a company with a recognizable name,” says Ann Vanderslice (www.annvanderslice.com), president and CEO of Retirement Planning Strategies, which specializes in advising federal workers about their benefits.

“Not that the federal government isn’t a recognizable name. But it just seems bureaucratic to them, with lots of rules and structures.”

The nonprofit group Partnership for Public Service reports that just 7 percent of federal government jobs are held by Millennials, even though they account for 23 percent of the overall U.S. workforce.

In addition to preferring less-bureaucratic employers, Millennials also are dissuaded by the online system for applying for federal employment, a website called USAJobs. Vanderslice describes USAJobs as a “hornets nest” of an application system.

“It’s very cumbersome,” she says. “They get lost in it. And then, if you do finish the application, it can take six to nine months for the hiring process to play out.

Most of them find other jobs in the meantime.”

But if they’re willing to persist, Millennials could find that employment with the federal government is more desirable than they realize, Vanderslice said.

Some reasons include: • Advancement opportunities. Federal jobs come with an enormous potential to move up quickly because about 30 percent of federal employees are eligible to retire right now, and likely will be retiring in the next three to five years. They are holding higher positions that will suddenly open up, Vanderslice said.

That means some young people who start at one of the entry-level positions could be making more than

$80,000 in just three to five years.

• Benefits. Federal employees enjoy exceptional benefits compared to many other workers. Not only do they have health benefits and paid holidays, they also have both the Thrift Savings Plan, a 401(K)-style plan, and a pension, something few private companies offer anymore. “Millennials, unfortunately, often don’t understand the value of that,” Vanderslice says.

• Having an impact. Studies have shown that Millennials prefer jobs with a purpose beyond making money.

Employment with the federal government can provide just the opportunity they are looking for to make a positive difference in people’s lives.

“Not only would Millennials benefit from joining the federal government labor pool, but the government would benefit, too,” Vanderslice said. “Millennials could bring with them some of that youthful enthusiasm. They also tend to be technologically savvy. This is a potential match that would work well for both the employee and the employer.”

Dayne, Money to play at county concert CBS’s “Saturday in the Park” Featuring Taylor Dayne and Eddie Money Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced Thursday that Nassau County will host CBS Presents “Saturday in the Park” featuring Taylor Dayne and Eddie Money on Saturday, August 13th at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre in Eisenhower Park. The show will begin at 8:00 p.m.; admission is free.

Taylor Dayne stands out as one of music’s most dynamic artists of all time.

Her unique vocal style has earned her numerous best-selling gold and platinum albums, which produced seventeen Top 20 singles, among them number one hits such as “Tell It To My Heart,” “Love Will Lead You Back” and “Prove Your Love To Me.” During the course of her career, Taylor has sold more than 75 million albums and singles worldwide, garnered three Grammy nominations and appeared in many film, television, and Broadway stage roles such as Elton John’s, Aida.

After signing a recording contract with Columbia Records, Eddie Money burst onto the scene with his eponymous debut album in 1977. Fans immediately fell in love with Money’s sound, and the album, which went double platinum, featured hits like “Baby Hold On” and “Two Tickets to Paradise.” Money followed the success of his debut album with a stream of Top 40 hits, as well as some of the era’s most creative videos for songs like “Think I’m in Love” and “Shakin.” In 1986, Money released Can’t Hold Back, which featured the classic, Grammy-Nominated duet with Ronnie Spector, “Take Me Home Tonight.”

The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album went platinum and also featured the hit “I Wanna Go Back.”

Much of the Nassau County Parks Department programming for July, August and September is funded through the Nassau County Hotel/Motel Proceeds Grant. These funds are made available to us through proceeds from taxes on hotel and motel rooms in Nassau County. Since 2006, Nassau County has received over ten million dollars from this grant, and it has assisted in historic building restoration and other cultural enhancements.

The concert is free of charge and will take place at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, near Parking Fields 6 and 6A. Special accommodations are available for persons with disabilities, including reserved parking, accessible restrooms, and a convenient reserved location on the hill.

Assistive hearing devices will be available free of charge for the hearing impaired.

There is no formal seating at Lakeside, so concertgoers are urged to bring folding chairs or blankets. If weather conditions are doubtful, call (516) 572-0200 after 6:30 p.m. for updated performance information.

Eisenhower Park is located in East Meadow, with entrances on Hempstead Turnpike at East Meadow Avenue and at the intersection of Stewart and Merrick Avenues. For further information, please call the Nassau County Parks, Recreation and Museums Department at: (516) 5720200, or visit the website at: www.nassaucountyny.gov/parks.

Jill Weber, Parks and Recreation Commissioner, Vicky Shorodinsky, Intern at Cornell Cooperative Extension and Megan Fastuca, Intern at Cornell Cooperative Extension Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Bonnie Klein, Horticulturalist at Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson.

Bosworth meets with students at Clark North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth attended Clark Botanic Garden on July 20 to meet with instructors and interns from Nassau County Cornell Cooperative Extension who are working with BOCES Regent High School Students on a summer project hosted at Clark Botanic Garden.

The BOCES students are learning garden design and will be working on a reconstruction of Clark’s butterfly garden.

Once complete, the butterfly garden will include flowers and plants that attract but-

terflies and other pollinators.

Some of the plants to be included will be prairie blazing Star, purple cone flowers, butterfly milkweed, bee balm and black-eyed susans.

The Fanny Dwight Clark Memorial Garden Inc., will be helping to fund this program with a $500 grant from the Scott’s Foundation.

Not pictured is Jennifer Cappello-Ruggiero, Cornell Cooperative Extension 4-H Educator Nassau County.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in Great Neck Great Neck Real estate market conditions median sales price $887,500 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

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14 linden Boulevard, Great Neck Sold Price: $900,000 Date: 07/07/2016 4 beds, 3 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 73x146 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $16,464 MLS# 2848356

254 steamboat Road, Great Neck Sold Price: $751,000 Date: 06/30/2016 4 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 113x100 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $13,052 MLS# 2843748

2 cove lane, Great Neck 6 soundview lane, Great Neck Sold Price: $3,200,000 Date: 06/07/2016 6 beds, 5 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 191x173 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $62,315 MLS# 2757451

Sold Price: $3,126,000 Date: 06/10/2016 5 beds, 5 Full/2 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $54,386 MLS# 2803457

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Where will prices go with inventory low?

The market is zooming along and sellers are receiving excellent prices and interest rates are still below 4 percent!

Will the market continue its upswing?

This author believes it will as long as interest rates stay within a reasonable range 4-6 percent, which I believe they will and no major catastrophic events occur that would affect our economy.

Jobs are being created on average of 269,000 per month over the last 12 months (Bureau of Labor Statistics April 2015).

Unemployment in 2009 was around 10 percent and now it is steady at 5.5 percent, so things have greatly improved (Bureau of Labor Statistics May 2015.

This will only continue to enhance our real estate market.

The Millenials and Genera-

tion Xer’s will be growing the demand by leaps and bounds over the 1-5 years (42 percent of Millennials want to buy compared with 31% of Generation Xer’s). There are 87 million Millenials (ages 23-34, born 19811992) will over take the Generation Xer’s (ages 35-50, born 1965-1980) and are the largest group ever to enter the market second to the 76 Million baby boomers, after WW II. (U.S. News & World Report Dec 2014 & Stan Humphries, chief economist at Zillow) The individuals and families that are able to stay local within the New York region will do so, because their earnings warrant it.

Many builders throughout the country are building lower cost homes that are more afford-

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able to attract the large groups of potential purchasers.

Long Island tends to have a higher cost factor for housing, which is driving many to leave New York (we have lost over 3 million residents to other states

from 2000-2010, Forbes Magazine Jan. 2015) for other lower cost regions in the southern, central and western regions.

The brain drain has been occurring for many, many years, due to the high cost of housing and the only way to slow it down is to have that lower cost housing in downtowns and areas where smaller and lower cost homes can be constructed, with government assistance, which in some situations is happening.

Will the no taxes for 10 years plan by Cuomo help reduce this exodus and bring more businesses and residents here?

Time will tell.

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Clinton nomination makes history I confess, as I was describing to my niece the scene of Hillary Rodham Clinton making history in Philadelphia by being the first woman nominated by a major party to be president of the United States, I welled up with tears.

I hadn’t realized the emotion I carried with me from the night before.

My niece, born the year I graduated college, is too young to remember the way it was when women of my age were graduating high school, conditioned to tamp down their aspirations, discouraged from pursuing the best college education or profession (secretary, nurse, teacher were the acceptable paths), legally allowed to be discriminated against in hiring (ads were segregated “male” and “female”), being told in a job interview, ”You can’t handle the equipment,” or by my publisher the day I started at the magazine, “Now you’re not going to leave me to have a baby, are you?”

I was still there 12 years later when he let me work from home after I had my first baby,

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but I left when new owners laid down the law that I was required back in the office (“What do you mean we have an editor working from home? Do you know how many we have refused who would sue?”).

It was during my tenure at that magazine that I recall having sat across a table from Donald Trump at a lunch attended by New York’s movers and shakers.

At that time (though not at the table that day, when he sat bored until the conversation shifted to his new, short-lived football team, the New Jersey

Generals), he was quoted as saying that “pregnancy is an inconvenience” for employers, and women did not deserve to make the same salary as men because they don’t do the same quality of work, and that he wanted his wives to stay home because he gets angry if he comes home and dinner isn’t on the table.

If Hillary Clinton is criticized for being cold, clinical, intellectual, efficient and strategic, it is partly because that’s what it took for a woman to succeed in what was systemically a Man’s World, a Good Ol’ Boys Club.

A woman had to be demonstrably better, harder working than a male counterpart, and then, would be criticized as “shrill,” “bossy” and lots of other more horrible characterizations.

As she said in her acceptance speech, she sweats the details, “whether we’re talking about the exact level of lead in the drinking water in Flint, Mich., the number of mental health facilities in Iowa, or the cost of your prescription drugs.

Because it’s not just a detail if it’s your kid — if it’s your fam-

ily. It’s a big deal. And it should be a big deal to your president.”

My niece can’t possibly appreciate the change in culture that it is a “ho-hum” event to see women doctors, surgeons, university presidents, Fortune 500 CEOs — to have women at the table with Movers and Shakers at all.

My niece can’t possibly appreciate the concept of a “glass ceiling” and what Hillary means when she said in her acceptance speech, “Tonight, we’ve reached a milestone in our nation’s march toward a more perfect union…because when any barrier falls in America, for anyone, it clears the way for everyone. When there are no ceilings, the sky’s the limit.”

It’s not just that a foundational barrier has come down, but that finally, the issues and policies I care about so deeply, that have been marginalized and trivialized will become a priority at the highest seat of power: climate action, gun violence prevention, universal health care, public education, a living wage, paid parental leave and access to affordable child care, a secure

retirement (the list goes on).

Hillary Clinton isn’t just a woman, but a woman who has been fighting — and winning — for these causes her entire life.

“In America, if you can dream it, you should be able to build it,” Hillary declared. “We’re going to help you balance family and work. And you know what, if fighting for affordable child care and paid family leave is playing the ‘woman card,’ then Deal Me In!” As Hillary has said, these have been dismissed as “woman’s issues” or “family issues” but they are economic issues, national security issues. ”When women succeed, America succeeds,” she said.

“It’s not just her gender, but her a-genda,” a speaker at the Democratic Women’s Caucus declared.

The mechanism that Hillary has found to be successful over the years is forging consensus, finding compromise — that’s a trait that women excel at, which is evidenced from the 20 women who currently serve in the SenContinued on Page 44

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The Authority does not expect the newer, more advanced equipment to be available free of charge until the next meter change-out program is initiated in approximately 10 to 15 years. Until then, the Authority will only cover expenses to install the state-of-the-art meters to replace malfunctioning meters that are deemed to be unrepairable, as a result of the current meter failing.

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Continued from Page 43 ate — while male culture formed in sports like football (the jargon which unfortunately too often makes its way into politics), where the objective is to crush an opponent.

“Look at my record,” I’ve worked across the aisle to pass laws and treaties and to launch new programs that help millions of people. And if you give me the chance, that’s what I’ll do as President.”

Indeed, I’ve sat across the table from Hillary Clinton, too — when she was running for Senate and she invited local newspaper editors for an intimate conversation.

She was just as interested as listening as she was in making her pitch.

Hillary Rodham Clinton has broken this crucial barrier at a time when women’s rights are under siege — the right wing trying to reverse course and send women back barefoot and pregnant to the confines of their kitchens.

The assault on women’s reproductive rights — the right to choose when to become a parent, the right to control their own body and destiny has gone into high gear.

Donald Trump has said that women who have an abortion should be punished and his VP, Mike Pence, has said he wants to see Roe v. Wade relegated to the “ash heap” of history.

“It’s personal to me,” thundered Wendy Davis, former Texas state senator famous for her 11-hour filibuster against Texas’ anti-abortion law, at the Women’s Caucus the morning of Hillary’s historic acceptance speech. “[Hillary] knows what it is to be a woman in the United States of America. We’ve had friends in the White House before … but we have never, ever had anyone who has walked in our shoes, someone who knows and understands to be a woman in America and we have never had the kind of champion we are going to have in Hillary Clinton and It is personal to me, and it should b e personal to every one of you.”

Trump is about building walls. Hillary is about breaking down barriers.

“Hillary Clinton may be our first woman president. But she won’t be the last. Once that barrier falls, it will never, ever, ever be put back up,” declared Emily’s List president Stephanie Schriock. “The women we’ve elected haven’t just brought new voices to the debate. They’ve brought new momentum to the progressive movement. You see, women don’t just fight for women. They fight for families. They fight for fairness. Inclusion. Justice.

“No wonder Republican leaders oppose equal pay for women, and refuse to stand up for working mothers trying to balance career and family. That’s why

they’d let your boss fire you for using birth control, and force us to undergo invasive trans-vaginal ultrasounds. They don’t respect women. They don’t trust women. They want to control women.

“They’re afraid of the change we bring, the progress we make, when we get a chance to lead. And they’re terrified of Hillary Clinton. Because no matter what they throw at her, they’ve never been able to stop her. From the Children’s Defense Fund to the Senate, from Little Rock to Beijing, she’s fought for fairness, for inclusion, for justice, and she’s won.

“Now, they’re making their last stand. Not just against her, but against all of us who have worked so hard for so long to make progress in America.

They’re panicking. They’re desperate. And that means they’re dangerous. They’ve nominated a man who said women should be punished for having an abortion. Said, ‘Putting a wife to work is a dangerous thing.’

Called us ‘fat pigs’ and ‘animals.’

“He picked a running mate who led the fight to destroy Planned Parenthood, tried to redefine rape, suggested that mothers who work ‘stunt the emotional growth’ of their kids by putting them in daycare. If they win, they’ll erase every ounce of progress we’ve dared to make. But we have fought too hard and come too far to let that happen.”

Clinton’s accomplishments are undeniable.

G.N. above average on state tests Continued from Page 4 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 coursework.

This year, the state Board of Regents implemented changes to standardized testing aimed at improving student performance.

“Since my first day on the job a little over a year ago, I’ve been listening to parents, teachers, school administrators and the public – seeking their expertise on how we can improve,” state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said. “We’ve taken their advice and made important changes to the exams. It’s an ongoing process, but better standards, better curriculum and better tests will

result in better student outcomes.”

Changes to the exams include a reduced number of test questions, elimination of the time limit to complete a test, increased teacher support and the early release of test questions to “support teacher instruction,” according to the Department of Education.

“The regents, commissioner and I have worked hard to make New York’s assessments the best they can be for our students,” Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa said. “I’ve always said that tests must be diagnostic, valid and reliable while providing timely and practical information to parents and teachers.”

While test scores have increased statewide from the previous year, officials have said that test scores between this year and last year are not an “apples-toapples” comparison because of the changes made and increased number of students opting out from the tests.

“We made important changes to the assessments this year and we’re going to continue to look at ways to make them even better moving forward,” Rosa said.

“While it’s not possible to make direct comparisons of this year’s results to past years, I’m cautiously optimistic the changes we’re making will drive improvements in teaching and learning.”

North Shore schools saw an increase in opt-outs this year.

But officials have said that the 21 percent statewide opt-out number remained “flat” compared with last year’s 20 percent.

The Great Neck, Manhasset, Roslyn, Herricks, Port Washington, Sewanhaka, Mineola and East Williston school districts saw about 24.4 percent of students eligible to take the test opt out of the ELA exam, while about 27.2 percent of students eligible to take the math test opted out.

Is she a perfect candidate or a perfect person? There is no such thing.

But frankly, I admire her agenda as exactly what I would have proposed.

She can get it done.

She is being belittled for being a “practical progressive” as if “incrementalism” is somehow synonymous with “sell out.”

“She’ll fight for your day-today needs and the long range needs of the country. She’ll fight for the macro issues and the macaroni and cheese issues,” declared U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski, the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right and first woman to chair the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. “So you’ll have national security and economic security. So you will have equal pay for equal work, living wages, and health care that’s there when you need it.”

“Hillary Clinton knows that this moment is not just about one woman’s achievement. It’s about what electing a woman President will mean for achieving the dreams and hopes and aspirations of every woman, every daughter, every son, and every family, all across our land, for generations to come,” Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi declared.

“This moment is about the landmark progress President Hillary Clinton will achieve for families everywhere yearning for a better life, a better chance, in a better America. Hillary Clinton has a

vision rooted in deeply held values. She has a genuine strength that differs profoundly from her opponent’s bluster. She has a gift for strategic thinking, seasoned by knowledge and experience.

And she has a connection to hard-working American families forged in her lifetime of leadership and service to others…

“We know what is on the line in what truly is the most important election of our lifetime: for the future of the Supreme Court, for the fate of a planet imperiled by climate change, for the sake of immigration reform, for the promise of an America that rewards hard work instead of those who exploit America’s workers, for women’s reproductive rights, equal rights, civil rights, and to do what is right for our service members, veterans and military families who have given so much for our country,” Pelosi asserted.

Clinton isn’t just any woman, but being a woman very much a part of the skill-set and life-experience she brings. She is a uniquely talented and experienced person.

“I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman -- not me, not Bill, nobody -- more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as President of the United States of America,” President Obama said in his speech.

And I haven’t even gotten into the horrors of the alternative: a Donald Trump presidency.

Plaza resident to head Jewish heritage museum Continued from Page 2 Glickman said the museum aims to educate the public about 20th and 21st century Jewish history and provide understanding of the periods before and after the Holocaust.

“Having such a spectacular institution that really sort of takes this notion of ‘remember and never forget’ and puts it onto a public platform and gives people the opportunity to experience that dialogue and experience exhibitions that tell the stories, it’s something you don’t find at many places,” he said.

Having been a Gold Coast Arts Center board member for the past nine years and serving as its president for the past two and a half years, Glickman said he

would remain as the board’s president.

“From the standpoint of the community, Great Neck is my home,” he said. “It’s something that I think is truly important for the Great Neck community and the North Shore of Long Island to continue rallying around. I’m happy to continue my role there.”

Glickman said he wanted the museum to continue attracting Long Island residents, as it has done in the past.

“The museum is a place that sees good traffic coming from North Shore and we want to continue to be an entity that welcomes that and looks forward to welcoming those through the doors of this museum,” he said.

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G.N. villages should unite Kings Point Park

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am writing to aggravate the natives. They do not walk, and do not talk ,and certainly do not listen.

I suggested that the various villages unite.

They meet but do not greet, and certainly are not great.

Only the mayor of Saddle Rock is alert, but alone. Dan Levy probably lives furthest from the center of activity. These mayors have regular meetings. Do they have more than coffee?

Then there are the buses. Who really needs them?

The residents drive and never use their front door. The housekeepers arrive and use the back door.

The employees of the various businesses, which our neighbors do not patronize, arrive by bus.

Who cares. If the buses collide serves them

right. Poor planning!

Who listens to Muriel Pfeifer? She only lives close by.

Paul Glader thinks that the adults of the community will bike to the station.

The last time I biked (30 years ago) I fell off of it and required a few days in the hospital.

I did not even leave our community.

Larry Penner, whom I respect, wants new buses, and we have some.

Dump the buses and see how our neighbors, who do not ride them, will scream because help usually arrives on those buses.

Who cares about their condition or safety or cleanliness.

Norman Roland Great Neck

Pope’s trip to death camp

P

ope Francis is on five-day trip to Poland for events including Catholics’ World Youth Day. Regarding World Youth Day there are about 2.5 million young people expected to be there who are there to profess their faith and hopefully to have lasting effects on their lives.

At Our Lady of the Snows Parish in North Floral Park, Father Jeremy Cana traveled with a group of pilgrims for this important event.

As reported two of these young people are Rony Moozhayil age 18 and Tashila Pere age 19, who are part of this pilgrimage.

I hope their experiences lead them to dedicate themselves to volunteer to help in the church,community and those in need as I hope the

many at this event are inspired to do the same as well.

As a Catholic and Grand Knight of St. Anastasia’s Knights of Columbus, I would also like to applaud Pope Francis for his visit to the AuschwitzBirkenau Nazi death camp.

As such I think his visit is sending a message to the world that the killing of over 6 million Jews must never occur again and to any other people.

In the guest book he signed he wrote begging God forgiveness for so much cruelty. In closing let me say that Pope Francis be blessed for all the good he is trying to do for humanity.

Newspaper needs more good news

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y name is Ray- scouting groups, athletic mond Gresalfi teams, and social action and I am a resi- movements. dent of Lake SucToo much news these cess. days are gloomy and are I am a scout in Boy not the type of news that Scout Troop 544 based makes people feel good. out of Notre Dame in New I feel like there should Hyde Park. I often read be less stress about the reyour newspapers and I ports on detriments to our find that there is a large community, while having amount of articles and a brighter outlook on the passages about negative events that take place. events and news that hapThank you for your pen in New Hyde Park. consideration and openIn my opinion, there ness to opinion. should be a larger amount of uplifting articles about Raymond Gresalfi local community orgaGreat Neck nizations such as local

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

Address empty stores

W

hy on earth has it taken so long for the Great Neck authorities to show concern to the alarming increase in store closures in Great Neck?

Hardly a day passes without another store closing.

Even many of the stores still in business are advertising huge sale discounts in a desperate attempt to survive.

Among the reasons being touted for this alarming trend are frequent unaffordable rent increases, tax hikes and tightening parking restrictions.

The Great Neck villages have to address this alarming trend without further delay before Great Neck turns into a ghost town.

Michael Ellis Great Neck

law cheats locals

N

ow that Gov. Cuomo has signed S7999, the Kings Point Park “alienation” law, our local environment is in danger.

Kings Point is about to about to despoil that park with a giant and unnecessary municipal garage, which could easily have been built on the site of the old village hall on Sunset Road.

Moreover, thanks to its sneaky legal maneuver to score an end run around the Court of Appeals, it’s now set a dangerous precedent.

What happens next year when that village decides to build a swimming pool in the park?

Another new law, steal away another 10 acres? Tennis courts in five years? Another 10 acres.

Then how about a municipal golf course? Time to cut down all the trees for 150 acres.

Shame on local Great Neck officials, starting with the entire Kings Point Village Board, as well as for its associates: state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel, who never once responded to resident concerns, and especially state Sen. Jack Martins, who betrayed a year-old promise to prevent any park alienation bill from passing in the Senate!

Shame on the three Great Neck park commissioners who did nothing for years when the Kings Point Park garage plan first surfaced, leaving it to four courageous residents to sue Kings Point in New York Supreme Court and win all the way to the Court of Appeals.

Did the commissioners join the case, mobilize citizens to bom-

bard Kings Point village officials or Schimel and Martins with messages to preserve the park?

Did they consider firing their general counsel, who is law partner of the Kings Point village attorney?

Clearly, they are more interested in bronze plaques containing their names on unneeded new buildings, like the $1.3 million “Park District Plaza” at 5 Beach Road, than in old-growth trees in Kings Point Park.

No thanks to the Great Neck News, either.

Here was a great story of community concern, development in a park protected by a 50-year-old state law, citizens suing the village and winning, and then doubletalking politicians sneaking a law through the Legislature in the last minute of the 2016 session, an example of Albany at its most corrupt.

You could have run news stories and editorials for weeks that would have shined light on this sneaky tactic and forthcoming disaster and might even have won some recognition.

Too difficult, I guess.

At least let’s give credit to the four Great Neck citizens who mounted the battle by themselves and won — only to lose when they were cheated by the political Establishment.

They are Elizabeth Allen, Alan Berkower, Dan Capruso and the late Julian Kane.

Kudos to them. Shame on the rest of us.

David Zielenziger Great Neck

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Community Meetings Village of East Hills Architectural Review Board Meeting

Village of Manorhaven Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting

Village of Old Westbury Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting

Village of Roslyn Estates Board of Trustees Meeting

Monday, August 8 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 209 Harbor Hill Road East Hills (516) 621-0368

Tuesday, August 9 @ 7:00 p.m.

Village Hall 33 Manorhaven Blvd.

Port Washington (516) 883-7000

Monday, August 8 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 1 Stone Hill Road Old Westbury (516) 626-0800

Village of East Williston Board of Trustees Meeting

Village of Mineola Board of Trustees Meeting

Village of Plandome Heights Architectural Review Board Meeting

Monday, August 8 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 2 Prospect Street East Williston (516) 746-0782

Wednesday, August 10 @ 6:30 p.m.

Village Hall 155 Washington Avenue Mineola (516) 746-0750

East Williston School District Board of Education Meeting

Mineola School District Board of Education Meeting

Thursday, August 11 @ 7:30 p.m.

Wheatley School 11 Bacon Road Old Westbury (516) 333-7804 Village of Great Neck A rchitectural Review Board Meeting

Tuesday, August 9 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 61 Baker Hill Road Great Neck (516) 482-0019

Thursday, August 11 @ 7:00 p.m.

Willis Avenue School 121 Jackson Avenue Mineola (516) 237-2000

Village of Munsey Park Building Advisory Committee Meeting

New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District Board of Education Meeting

Village of Great Neck Plaza Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting

Village of New Hyde Park Board of Zoning and Appeals

Wednesday, August 10 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 1420 Jericho Turnpike New Hyde Park (516) 354-0022

Great Neck Water Pollution Control District Board of Commissioners Meeting

Village of North Hills Planning Meeting

Village of Lake Success Board of Trustees Meeting

Monday, August 8 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 318 Lakeville Road Lake Success (516) 482-4411 Village of Lake Success Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting

Monday, August 8 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 318 Lakeville Road Lake Success (516) 482-4411

Monday, August 8 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 25 The Tulips Roslyn Estates (516) 621-3541

Monday, August 8 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 100 East Shore Road Great Neck (516) 482-3110

Roslyn School District Board of Education Meeting

Village of Williston Park Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting

Thursday, August 11 @ 7:00 p.m.

Roslyn High School 475 Round Hill Road Roslyn Heights (516) 801-5100 Shelter Rock Library Board of Trustees Meeting

Wednesday, August 10 @ 7:30 p.m.

165 Searingtown Road Albertson (516) 248-7363

Monday, August 8 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 494 Willis Avenue Williston Park (516) 746-2193 Meetings are held at the respective Village Halls except where noted.

All meetings, dates and times are subject to change.

Wednesday, August 10 @ 7:30 p.m.

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Port Washington Please e-mail them9:33 to news@theislandnow.com Condo 4.313x5.6875 Hiram Cohen_Layout 1 7/3/13 AM Page 1 (516) 883-4400

Monday, August 8 @ 8:00 p.m.

Manor Oaks School 1950 Hillside Avenue New Hyde Park (516) 434-2350

Wednesday, August 10 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 2 Gussack Plaza Great Neck (516) 482-4500

Thursday, August 11 @ 8:30 a.m.

District Office 236 E Shore Rd Great Neck (516) 482-0238

Port Washington Public Library Board of Trustees Work Session/Regular Meeting

Village of Thomaston Board of Trustees Meeting

Wednesday, August 10 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 1777 Northern Blvd.

Manhasset (516) 365-7790

Village of Great Neck Estates Board of Trustees Meeting

Monday, August 8 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall, Atwater Plaza/4 Gateway Drive Great Neck (516) 482-8283

Tuesday, August 9 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 37 Orchard Street Manhasset (516) 627-1136

Wednesday, August 10 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 1 Shelter Rock Road North Hills (516) 627-3451 Village of North Hills Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting

Tuesday, August 9 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 1 Shelter Rock Road North Hills (516) 627-3451

North Hempstead Town Board/ Solid Waste Management Authority Capital Plan Working Session

Tuesday, August 9 @ 7:30 p.m.

North Hempstead Town Hall 220 Plandome Road Manhasset (516) 869-6311

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Legal Notice 264 WEST PINE LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/6/16. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 2306 Tower Dr., Austin, TX 78703.

General purpose.

GNN 143886 6x 7/15, 22, 29, 8/05, 12, 19, 2016 #143886

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Commissioners of the Great Neck Park District will conduct a Public Hearing on Thursday, September 8, 2016, at 8:00 PM at Great Neck House, 14 Arrandale Avenue, Great Neck NY 11023, under Town Law Section 215.9-a, to consider the proposed annual budget for the District’s fiscal year starting January 1, 2017.

Persons with a disability affecting their participation in the hearing should notify Dorina Bradley, Secretary to the Board, by mail to 5 Beach Road, Great Neck, NY, 11023 or by telephone (516) 482-0181, in time to permit arrangements to enable their participation. Copies of the Park District draft Budget will be available after, September 1, 2016 at the Park District Office, 5 Beach Road, Great Neck, NY, 11023 Board of Commissioners Great Neck Park District Robert A. Lincoln, Jr., Chairperson Daniel M. Nachmanoff, Treasurer Frank S. Cilluffo, Secretary GNN 143989 1x 8/05/ 2016 #143989

Notice of formation of IHAB GIRGIS, PHD, LCSW, PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with SSNY on 5/12/16. Office located in Nassau County.

SSNY has been designated for service of process and shall mail copy of any process served against the PLLC to: 107 Northern Blvd, Suite 202, Great Neck, NY 11021. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

GNN 143812 6x 7/01, 8, 15, 22, 29, 8/05, 2016 #143812

Notice of formation of New Xin Yuan LLC. Articles of organization filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on July 15, 2016. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC,505 Northern Blvd, Ste 203,Great Neck,NY11021.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

GNN 143913 6x 7/22, 29, 8/05, 12, 19, 26, 2016 #143913

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Town of North Hempstead— Board of Zoning Appeals Pursuant to the provisions of the Code of the Town of North Hempstead, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Zoning Appeals of said Town will meet at Town Hall, 220 Plandome Road, Manhasset, New York, on Wednesday, August 17, 2016, to consider any matters that may properly be heard by said Board, and will hold a public hearing on said date to consider applications and appeals.

The following cases will be called at said public hearing starting at 10:00 a.m.

APPEAL #20234 Mario Ciampa, variance 70-30.C to construct a new dwelling on

a partially existing foundation within a required front yard setback; S/side 76 Sherry Hill Ln., 300’ E/of Payne Whitney Ln., Manhasset, Sec. 3, Blk. 161, Lot 168, R-A District.

APPEAL #20224—Cindy and Thomas Mok, variances 70-52.5, 70-100.1.A, 70-100.1.B, 70-102.C.2(a)[5], and 70-102.C(5)(a) to maintain a driveway expansion exceeding the permitted front yard coverage, a pool cabana within required side and rear yards, a raised patio within a required side yard, pool fencing forward of the rear building line, and pool equipment within a required side yard; S/side 200 Forest St., 200’ E/of Jefferson Ave., Roslyn Heights, Sec. 7, Blk. H, Lot 115 & 402, R-C District.

APPEAL #20225—Shahram and Judith Eshaghoff, variances 70-22.3, and 70-22.6 to maintain a dwelling encroaching into the required sky exposure plane and exceeding the permitted front yard coverage; E/side 68 Hayloft Ln., 242.09’ S/of Carriage Ln., Roslyn Heights, Sec. 7, Blk. 193, Lot 20, R-AA District.

APPEAL #20226—Tarun Patel, variances 70-29.C, and 70-101.2.A(2) to maintain additions exceeding the permitted floor area, and wall/fencing beyond the front building line; SW/cor./of 86 Lords Way and Shelter Rock Rd., New Hyde Park, Sec. 8, Blk. 260, Lot 24, R-A District.

APPEAL #20227 Wong Tong, variances 70-40.A & 70-41.A to construct additions to a dwelling with insufficient front and side yard setbacks; W/side #42 Heather Ln., 95.42’ S/of Laurel Dr., New Hyde Park, Sec. 8, Blk. 311, Lot 12, R-B District.

APPEAL #20228—Raymond Darr, variance 70-100.2.A(2) to erect fencing forward of the front building line; NE/cor./of 23 Park Circle West and Rhodes Dr., New Hyde Park, Sec. 9, Blk. 533, Lot 12, R-C District.

APPEAL #20229—Mohamed Arif, variances 70-51.A, 70-52, and 70-100.2.A(2) to maintain an addition in a required rear yard and with insufficient aggregate side yards and to maintain fencing forward of the front building line; E/side 161 Wentworth Ave., 100’ S/of Schley Ave., Albertson, Sec. 9, Blk. 657, Lot 49, R-C District.

APPEAL #20197 Julie Fisher, variance 70-39.C to construct additions to a dwelling exceeding permitted floor area; N/side #17 Overlook Rd., 112.37’ W/of Soundview Drive., Great Neck, Sec. 2, Blk. 183, Lot 169, R-B District.

APPEAL #19985—Nissan & Esther Mizrachi, appeal for determination, or in the alternative, variances 70-38, 70-42, and 70-208.F to maintain rear addition to a nonconforming dwelling exceeding permitted lot coverage and with insufficient rear yard setback; W/side 20 Cornell Dr., 234.08’ N/of Soundview Ave., Great Neck, Sec. 2, Blk. 283-03, Lot 14, R-B District.

APPEAL #20230 C2 Educational Systems, Inc./Manhasset Venture LLC, variances 70-196.J(1)(a), 70-196.J(1)(b), & 70-196.J(1)(f), to construct signs exceeding permitted height above grade, number and area; SE/cor./of #1350 Northern Blvd. & Brinkerhoff Ln., Manhasset, Sec. 3, Blk. E, Lot 1121, B-A District.

APPEAL #20231 R. Best Produce, Inc./C&P Real Estate Holdings LLC, variances 70-184.17(B)(2) and 70-184.17(B)(3) to erect signage within a required buffer and exceeding the permitted area; W/side #99 Seaview Blvd., 597.69’ W/of Osprey Ct., Port Washington, Sec. 6, Blk. 89, Lot 54, MPIP District.

APPEAL #20232—Andrew Mesuraca, conditional use 70-126.F and variances 70-196.J(1)(a) and 70-225.B(7) (a) to convert a retail space to a food use, to modify kitchen equipment, a conditional use, and to install more than one sign on a wall; SE/cor./of 960 Willis Ave. and I.U. Willets Rd., Albertson, Sec. 9, Blk. 95, Lots 11, 12 & 72, B-A/R-C Districts.

APPEAL #20233—Halpern Associates, conditional use 70-139.(I) and variances 70-103.A(1), 70-103.F, 70-229.A, and 70-212 to convert a warehouse to a print shop with insufficient rear buffer zone, off-street parking, and loading zones, and to maintain an outdoor storage container, a conditional use, with an insufficient front yard setback; NW/ cor./of 245 Westbury Ave. and Silver Lake Blvd., Carle Place, Sec. 10, Blk. 6, lot 35, B-B District.

All interested persons should appear and will be given an opportunity to be heard at such meeting and/or hearing.

DAVID MAMMINA, R.A., Chairman; Board of Zoning Appeals GNN 143977 1x 8/05/ 2016 #143977

NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Water Authority of Great Neck North invites bids on the 2017 Annual Contract for Paving and Restoration Work for a one-year, two-year, or three-year period, commencing January 1, 2017, as may be determined, each year, by the Board of Directors.

All bids must be in sealed envelopes, addressed to the Secretary of the Water Authority of Great Neck North (the “and marked on the outside, “Annual Contract for Paving and Restoration Work”and delivered to the offices of the Authority at 50 Watermill Lane, Great Neck, New York 11021, on or before Thursday, September 8, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read.

Information to bidders, proposal and specifications may be picked up between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the offices of the Authority at 50 Watermill Lane, Great Neck, New York 11021. Attention of the bidders is directed to the requirements as to the conditions of equal opportunity employment and the minimum wage rates to be paid under the contract.

Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check made payable to the order of the Water Authority of Great Neck North in a sum equivalent to five percent (5%) of the total bid, as its bid security to assure the Bidder’s commitment that, if its bid is accepted, it will enter into a contract and provide the required documents as set forth in the Instructions to Bidders.

NOTE: NO BID BONDS WILL BE ACCEPTED. The Board of Directors reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informalities therein, and to accept the bid, which, in its opinion, is the lowest bid of a responsible bidder.

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Four N. Shore hospitals named best in region

By Noah Manskar Four North Shore hospitals are among the best for adults in the New York metropolitan area, according to a U.S. News & World Report analysis.

Ranked fifth in the region, St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn is the best-ranked Long Island hospital in its 10th straight year on the publication’s 27th annual “Best Hospitals” list.

Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola ranked eighth, Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park ranked ninth and North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset tied for 16th on the list of the top hospitals in New York City, northern New Jersey, Westchester County and Long Island.

St. Francis also ranked 16th for cardiology and heart surgery, 19th for gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, and 34th for geriatrics among nearly 5,000 hospitals nationwide that U.S. News & World Report reviews.

“We take great pride in receiving this nationwide recognition for the past decade,” said Ruth E. Hennessey, St. Francis’ executive vice president and chief administrative officer, in a statement.

“Being consistently ranked in cardiology and heart surgery as well as noncardiac specialties is a true testament to our ongoing mission of providing the very best in patient care.”

Winthrop-University Hospital is ranked 49th in the nation for geriatrics and got eight “high-performing” designations for other specialties.

NYU Langone Medical Center, with which Winthrop is planning to merge,

ranked second in the New York region and 10th overall in the nation. Winthrop’s Children’s Medical Center also ranked nationally in 10 specialties last month on U.S. News & World Report’s similar list of top children’s hospitals.

“These impressive rankings, both regional and national, are a testament to the high quality care that is delivered each day across a range of specialties by our superior clinical team,” said John F. Collins, Winthrop’s president and chief executive.

Long Island Jewish Medical Center ranked 47th nationally for gynecology and was marked “high-performing” in eight other specialties. North Shore University Hospital got two “high-performing” designations but no national rankings for specialties.

The hospitals are run by Northwell Health, which had nine other hospitals get “high-performing” marks. Its Cohen Children’s Medical Center ranked nationally for seven specialties on last month’s list of children’s hospitals.

U.S. News & World Report uses data on patient safety, survival, nurse staffing and other elements to develop its hospital rankings. The list ranks hospitals nationally for certain specialties and specific procedures and also creates a national “honor roll” of 20 outstanding hospitals in addition to its regional and statewide rankings.

In addition to NYU Langone’s No. 10 honor roll rank, New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell ranked sixth and Mt. Sinai Hospital ranked 15th in the nation.

Northwell gets $1.5M for rehabilitation study Continued from Page 22 sions to develop the study.

“Working with patients and community leaders who have personal experience with managing COPD in the Hispanic community will ensure that the design is practical and acceptable to the people whose lives we are aiming to improve” Hajizadeh said. “We are excited to continue working with these partners as we now implement our study design.”

The $1.5 million grant was awarded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, or PCORI, which is a Congress-authorized nonprofit organization that funds research to help provide

patients, caregivers and clinicians with evidence-based information to make better healthcare decisions.

“This project was selected for PCORI funding not only for its scientific merit and commitment to engaging patients and other stakeholders, but also for its potential to fill an important gap in our health knowledge and give people information to help them weigh the effectiveness of their care options,” said Dr. Joe Selby, executive director of the institute.

“We look forward to following the study’s progress and working with the Feinstein Institute of Medicine at Northwell Health to share the results.”

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District weighs drone limitation Coin leads chase Continued from Page 1 erally ban drones, he said, certain uses would be permitted.

Someone looking to use a drone would have to submit an application to the park district, which would detail the purpose of its use, time and location of use, certification of proper insurance, an assurance that no people or property will be injured or damaged and an assurance that the user will follow the requirements set by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Lincoln said one example of a permitted use would be for a photographer to take wedding photos with a drone at Steppingstone Park.

The park district has jurisdiction up to 400 feet above ground level, so the rules would apply to drones flying below that level.

Also, a person operating a drone that is not flying over park district land cannot be on park district property while controlling it.

“I want to say that this pretty much parallels what has been done in many areas,” Lincoln said. “There are places where they are banned completely, but there are other areas where if you get the permit and play by the rules and it’s a legitimate activity, it’s permitted.”

The new regulation will be discussed at the next board meeting.

The board is not required to hold a public hearing, Lincoln said, but the three commissioners welcome any public input from residents.

Also at the meeting, the board approved the purchase of 40 LED light bulbs for the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink.

The park district superintendent, Jason Marra, said the new lights would cost the district $19,920, or $498 per light fixture.

But, Marra said, PSEG provides a $200 rebate for each

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— ou bring this to our community and you are exposing the public, children and adults to these issues,” she said. “That is a concerning thing because we can’t run away from here. This is where we live, this is our home. light, which means the district would get back $8,000.

Lincoln said the LED lights would provide the same lighting, a “bright white color,” that the current bulbs emit.

He said that the new lighting decreases the currently used 400-watt bulbs to 150-watt LED bulbs.

Lincoln also said the bulbs’ color temperature would remain at 4,000 Kelvin.

A Great Neck resident, Amy Glass, said that she was concerned about the use of LED lights.

“All the latest research shows that we really shouldn’t be going above 3,000 K,” Glass said. “Just because everybody is doing or everyone has done it in the past doesn’t mean it’s the best thing to make it better or more healthy for the public.”

She said research conducted by doctors and optometrists shows that children were “more susceptible” to the effects of LED blue-lights, which could cause retina damage and disrupt sleep schedules.

Judy Rosenthal, a Great Neck resident, said the American Medical Association recently stated that LED lights could have a negative effect on public health.

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“You bring this to our com—A. J. Cross As well as starring and dimunity and you are exposing the recting the film, he also wrote film festivals and hold private public, children and adults to it and is the producer. screenings, including one in these issues,” she said. “That is Cross said that the film was Great Neck. a concerning thing because we his “own vision,” and he drew He said his distribution from experiences in his life. can’t run away from here. This is plan was to have the film availWhile he was attending where we live, this is our home” St. John’s University, he stud- able on popular streaming serLincoln said that the LED ied abroad in Rome, where he vices like Netflix and Amazon. lights would save the district “The Internet gives us this saw the Trevi Fountain, which $14,000 per year. served as one of the influences chance to really reach out to He said that there are filters a wider audience,” Cross said. for the film. underneath the bulbs so the light “The fountain is this place “And give people this chance to where you throw a coin behind watch a movie they might not is not bare, and that the lights your back and it says if you have a chance to watch otherare frequently used at athletic throw a coin into the fountain wise and live out this escapfacilities such as ice skating rinks you will always go back to ism.” and baseball fields.

Rome,” Cross said. “That expeHe said the film was about Lincoln said that the ice skatrience in Rome that I had and 75 percent complete, with ing rink has had sample lights up the legend of the fountain subfor the past two months and that consciously caused me to write most of it taking place in New York City. this movie.” they have not led to any comCross said he wanted to After graduating, he said plaints. take an “ancient theme” and he worked at a museum in “I think we have done our Morristown, N.J., which also base it in a “modern city.” due diligence for this applicainfluenced his writing of the “The Hit” is expected to tion,” he said. “We need to move film. be released this December, he forward so that we have them “When you work at a mu- said. delivered and installed for the seum, it is a magical place “I want this movie to live where history comes alive,” on and have its own place but ice season.”

Cross said.

The Great Neck Park District also have a place within the paHe also said that critically includes all Great Neck villages acclaimed films like “National vilion of movies that are these and unincorporated areas with Treasure” and “The Mummy” light comedies,” Cross said. the exception of Great Neck Es“The vision was to create this influenced the film. tates, Harbor Hills, Lake Success, Cross, a Queens resident, movie that would lead, metaSaddle Rock and University Garsaid that once the film is com- phorically, a passage through CHERRY 1-8 Pagepleted, - 07-11-16_Layout 1 send 7/12/16 PM Page 1 he wanted to it to2:25the hidden tomb.” dens.

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