January 27, 2012

By David J. [email protected]

The Oyster Bay High School Varsity Wrestling Team saw all their hard work pay off when they captured their 8th Nassau County League 4B Champion-ship on Friday, January 20th after defeating Mineola 52-19 completing their undefeated season. Earlier in the week they also defeated their rival Locust Valley 36-33.

“This a grueling sport and it takes a tremendous amount of effort, commitment and dis-cipline from everybody on the team,” said Coach Jay Davis who trains the Baymen along with Assistant Coach Doug Axman. “This sport requires more of an athlete than any sport there is. You get out of it what you put into it. You have to be in tremendous con-dition. We start our practices off with a 30-minute run be-fore we even hit the wresting room. Then we work on drill-ing technique, live wrestling — it’s hard work. We preach commitment. Nobody misses practice. It’s not something we have to harp on, it’s just un-derstood.”

This year’s team features eight seasoned seniors, Ryan Arnel, Jon Escobar, Cody Exum, Elton Gonzalez, Jack Leguelaff, Blake Meyer, Rob Morgan and Dylan Rankin, who drove the team to suc-

cess. “Most of these guys have been with me for four years,” said Coach Davis. “Their focus and experience has resulted in the best season we’ve had so far.”

With a record of 12 wins and 2 non-league losses, the team won the Hank Paris In-vitational Tournament at Carle

Place High School, which was a major highlight along with the victory over Locust Valley.

According to Coach Da-vis the attributes of a quality wrestler is a combination of “being in shape, strength plays a major role and technique. Plus in this sport you have to


If there’s an unmet need in East Norwich the Messina family will probably fi gure out a way to fi ll the void before you know it.

They have just added another enterprise - Red Tomato artisa-na pizza - to an already thriving group of stores in the shopping strip on Northern Blvd.

The mouth-watering aroma of artisanal wood-fi red ovens will mingle with the sweet smell of their La Bonne Boulangerie bak-ery and their Messina Market gourmet shop.

The family also operates the

nearby Girlfriends clothing storeplus Dortoni Bakery in Levit-town, Messina Market Express in Manhasset and La Bonne Bou-langerie in Port Jefferson.

Two years in the making, Red Tomato was put together by a fam-ily partnership including Corey Messina of Dix Hills and his broth-er Daniele Messina of Oyster Bay Cove along with their father Raf-faele Messina and family friendChuck Berg.

“All four partners happen to be pizza fanatics. We’ve gone every-where from Brooklyn to Queensto Italy to Manhattan trying to fi g-ure out which pizza we like best,”


Outside, snow was falling and the streets were icy on Saturday, January 21st, but inside the MainGreenhouse at Planting Fields Ar-boretum in Oyster Bay it felt asthough the season had changed at the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center’s 6th annual “A Taste of Spring” winter cocktail party. The successful event drewmore than 70 attendees.

Supporters of the Sanctuary gathered to share good cheer and discuss the future of the organi-zation. New Board president Ed-ward F. von Briesen was on hand as well as TRS Executive Director Ted Scherff.

“My biggest hope is to get ouraviaries updated. I want to move that project forward,” said von Briesen. “We are applying for a

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Photos by David J. Criblez

Bayman Blake Meyer is close to pinning his opponent during Oyster Bay’s victory over Mineola.

CHAMPIONS!Baymen wrestle with success

Photos by Pat Strassberg

Photo above, Sue & Peter MacK-innon. At right, TRS President Ed-ward F. von Briesen, left, Teacher/Naturalist Carol Anne Pugliese and Executive Director Ted Scherff with an American Kestrel.

Sanctuary supporters taste Spring in January

Photo by David J. Criblez

(From left) Daniele and Corey Messina toast the opening of the RedTomato, their new artisanal pizzeria in East Norwich.

Messinas add pizza to their growing empire

Coach Jay Davis works with Assistant Coach Doug Axman.


Photo from Bayville Fire Company #1

Off-road vehicleThe driver of a Mercury Mountaineer heading south on West ShoreRoad in Mill Neck gave his two passengers an unexpected detour after losing control while going around a bend at approximately 3:30 PM onMonday, January 23rd. The car whipped one way, then whipped theother way and hit an oncoming car’s side mirror, ripping it off, before spinning out before smashing through a clump of bushes and gettingstuck in the muck near a pond on the side of the road. Old Brookville Police and Bayville Fire Company #1 arrived on the scene. No one wasseriously hurt, but two people from the Mercury Mountaineer weretaken to Glen Cove Hospital to be examined.


Despite the snowstorm on Saturday morning, Janu-ary 21st fi fteen contestants came to St. Gertrude’s Par-ish Center Gym to test out their basketball skills at the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship host-ed by the Fr. Thomas Con-nelly Council #5314.

The fi rst round is the council round where boys & girls ages 10-14 each get 15 foul shots. Those who make the most baskets in each age group, for both boys & girls, then move on to the district round where the get 25 shots. Those winners then head to the regional round, which is Nassau County-wide. Winners of the regional round go to the All-Long Island round and the winners of that level go to the New York State cham-pionships typically held at West Point.

Michael Fischer, 13, of Bayville was the winner of the 13 year-old boys divi-sion sinking 10 out of 15 shots. He plays point guard for the St. Gertrude’s Blue Wave and avidly roots for the New York Knicks.

The most successful Bay-

ville kid in recent years was Lauren Sabatino who made it to the County regional round two years ago. Cur-rently, she plays shooter guard for the Locust Valley High School Junior Varsity team. This year Sabatino banked 7 out of 15 baskets capturing fi rst place for the 14 year-old girls division.

The Maleady family of Glen Cove was riding high last Saturday as Sean Ma-leady shot 11 baskets out of 15 to win the 12 year-old boys division while his 10 year-old sister Kaitlyn one upped him scoring 12

baskets out of 15 winning the 10 year-old girls division. Sean plays shooting guard and small forward for St. Ger-trude’s Blue Wave and Kaitlyn plays guard or point guard for Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club and St. Hyacinth’s.

Other winners included: Seamus Sullivan (11 year-old boys division), Emma Ruhl (12 year-old girls di-vision) and Dayna Morfi s (13 year-old girls division). There were no contestants for 10 year-old boys divi-sion, 11 year-old girls divi-sion and 14 year-old boys division.

K of C Free Throw Championship held at St. Gertrude’s Gym


The Locust Valley Rotary sponsored a German ex-change student to spend an entire school year in the Lo-cust Valley Central School District while staying in the homes of three different host families. Sixteen year-old David Jacobi of Ger-many joined Locust Valley High School’s junior class this past fall.

David began his journey with the Sedlak family of Bayville and then moved on to the Guerras of Bayville on December 1st and where he currently resides. Things have gone so well the Guer-ras asked the Rotary if they could extend his stay with them in order to take him on their family ski trip to Mount Snow in Vermont in February.

Larry Guerra & Ev Mason have three children: Chris-tina - 16, Pamela - 13 and Matthew - 10 and David instantly clicked with the group and fi t right in.

“I think he has improved our family dynamic. When David is around everybody behaves better,” said Ev, a Locust Valley Middle School teacher. “He brings us so much happiness. I’m going to have a hard time letting him go.”

The youngest child, Mat-thew was excited by David’s arrival as it allowed him to experience was it was like to have an older brother. At home in Germany, it is David who is the youngest in his family. His older sib-lings, a 22 year-old brother and 25 year-old sister, are grown and out of the house.

The bonding between the boys began over video games and nok hockey. “He tries to wrestle me,” said David who is signifi cantly bigger than Matthew who

admitted, “Sometimes he hangs me upside down!”

The holiday season was fun as David took part in the Guerras’ family tradi-tions. “It was like a baptism by fi re,” said Ev. “Because David came December 1st he was thrown into our fam-ily holiday celebrations. He got to see everybody at their best and worst.” David said, “I missed my family but I had many distractions from being homesick.” Matt said it was his favorite Christmas because David was with him.

When asked to describe the social differences be-tween Long Island and Ger-many, David stated, “People here are more open. They are rather friendly. When you are nice, it comes back to you.”

Another difference is that he noticed everybody uses their cars to go every-where. “Here people take the car everywhere at home we bike or walk. We also use subways and buses,” said David, who has spoken fl uent English since the 6th

grade. “But the family life is very similar.”

David speaks to parents every other week via Skype. “They miss me but they are having fun traveling,” he said.

Back home David likesfencing & crewing but here he plays soccer at school andbasketball at the Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club. He also works at the Spectrum newspaper at LVHS.

As far as American cui-sine, David enjoys ham, ribsand bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches. However, he misses German chocolate.He even got to celebrate hisbirthday at Benihana.

While David listens to techno and hip-hop Christina prefers alternative rock but they fi nd common ground. “We both like the Red Hot Chili Peppers. That’s the compromise,” said Christina.

David will be staying with the Ryan family of Locust Valley in March until the end of June. Ev promised, “We will make sure to steal him back for a few days.”

Guerras of Bayville take onGerman exchange student


(Front row from left) Larry and Christina Guerra with DavidJacobi & Ev Mason. (Back row from left) Pamela and Mat-thew Guerra.

Lauren Sabatino, 14, of Bayville captured fi rst place for the 14 year-old girls division.

Photos by David J. Criblez

Sean (left) and Kaitlyn (right) Maleady of Glen Cove, pic-tured with their dad (center), captured the top spots for the 12 year-old boys and 10 year-old girls divisions.

Michael Fischer, 13, of Bayville was the winner of the 13 year-old boys division.

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The Bayville Cub Scout Pack 176 continued a long time tradition of holding their annual Pinewood Der-by at St. Gertrude’s Parish Center on Friday, January 20th. Here Tigers, Wolfs and Webelo 1’s raced their homemade cars in heated battles.

“The kids get a blank block of wood and they carve it, design it, paint it and attach the wheels. There are certain regula-tions with height, width and weight,” said Charles Corso, Den Leader of Cub Scout Pack 176, who organized the event with the help of

Debbie Dooley and Pam Martocci.

The races ran in heats of three on a 29-foot alumi-num three-lane track with an electronic timer that tracks speed down to the millisecond. The boys have to adhere to a list of rules including the strict mea-sure that each car must not weigh over 5 ounces.

“These races are all about gravity. Once you release the car the incline gives the vehicle the speed it needs to come fl ying down to the fi nish line,” said Corso. “There’s no motors on the cars at all. It’s just pure wind, weight and wheels.”

The racing is all about converting kinetic energy

into momentum. “You want to have aerodynamics so it cuts the wind and as little friction on the wheels as possible so it doesn’t hold the car back,” said Corso. “There can be real tight races within hundredths of a second.”

Stephen Martocci, 9, of Bayville built his car with a 50-caliber bullet down the center so it will shoot down fast. “I wanted to do something to honor our vet-erans,” said Stephen, who placed third last year. “I don’t care if I win or lose, I just like having fun.”

Frank Marone, 9, of Bay-ville is a fan of “The Dukes of Hazzard” therefore he built his car into a General

Lee golf cart to evoke the real one he has in real life.

Rocco Giordano, 10, of Bayville turned his car into a troop transporter com-plete with his father’s army men from the 1960s. He took fi rst place in race & design two years ago. His 7 year-old brother Nicholas made a crayon shaped car to make it “aerodynamic.”

Members of the Ameri-can Legion – Robert H. Spittel Post 1285 judged the cars for best design and most creative. Winners of the Bayville Pinewood Der-by move on to the District Pinewood Derby featuring Cub Scouts from all over Nassau County to be held at the Source Mall in March.

LIU Post’s Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in Brookville presents the musical, “The Color Purple,” on Sunday, January 29th at 7 PM for one performance only. Tickets are $77, $62 and $47. The radio partner for this performance is 90.7 WFUV.

This production of “The Color Purple,” produced by Phoenix En-tertainment - Joyful Noisemakers LLC, helmed by Stephen Kane and Michael McFadden, is the next phase in the life of the ground-breaking Broadway hit musical produced by Scott Sanders. The original Broadway musical opened on December 1st, 2005 and was nominated for 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. “The Col-or Purple” ran for over two years on Broadway followed by a three-year First National Tour.

“The Color Purple” is based on the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the fi lm by Steven Spielberg. It is the un-forgettable and inspiring story of a woman named Celie, who fi nds

the strength to triumph over ad-versity, and discover her unique voice in the world. With a joyous, Grammy nominated score featur-ing gospel, jazz, pop and the blues, “The Color Purple” is about hope and the healing power of love.

Michael Kuchwara of the Asso-ciated Press described “The Color Purple” as “a roof-raising story of triumph” and Richard Corliss of Time Magazine said, “[it is] a soaring, epic tale. It made a joyful noise in my heart.” Elysa Gard-

ner from USA Today raved, “Pure heart! It celebrates the inspiring relationships of faith and love, A Broadway hit!”

“The Color Purple” is directed by Gary Griffi n and features a li-bretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner

Marsha Norman, music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winning com-posers/lyricists Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray, and choreography by Donald Byrd. Rounding out the creative team are Tony Award®-winner John Lee Beatty (sets), Paul Tazewell (costumes), Tony Award-winnerBrian MacDevitt (lighting), Craig Cassidy (sound design), Steven M. Bishop (Orchestrations/Arrange-ments) and Jasper Grant (Music Director).

Tickets to see “The Color Pur-ple,” Sunday, January 29th at 7 PM at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts are $77, $62 and $47. All ticket prices include a $2 per ticket facil-ity fee. Tickets are available online at tillescenter.org or Ticketmas-ter.com, in person at Tilles Cen-ter’s box offi ce or by telephone at 516.299.3100 or 1.800.745.3000. The box offi ce is open Monday-Saturday from 1-6 PM. There is a service fee for all tickets purchased For more info., call 516.299.3100 or visit www.tillescenter.org.


The Bayville Cub Scouts Pack #176 raced their homemadecars at the annual Pinewood Derby on Friday, January 20th at St. Gertrude’s Parish Center.

‘The Color Purple’ comes to Tilles Center January 29th

The musical, “The Color Purple,” based on the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, comes to LIU Post’s Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in Brookville on Sunday, January 29th at 7 PM.

Cub Scouts hold Pinewood Derby at St. Gertrude’s Parish Center

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Saturday, Jan. 28th■ Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center, located at 134 Cove Road in Oyster Bay Cove, will host an Owl Prowl from 6:30-8:30 PM. Registration Required. $7 member and $10 non-mem-bers. Call (516) 922-3200 to register.■ New York Theatre Ballet (NYTB) will present Keith Michael’s “The Alice-in-Won-derland Follies” at LIU Post’s Tilles Center for the Per-forming Arts in Brookville at 2 PM. Tickets for this one-hour family performance are $22 and $14. Tickets are available online at tillescen-ter.org, or Ticketmaster.com, in person at Tilles Center’s box offi ce or by telephone at 516.299.3100 or 1-800-745-

3000. The box offi ce is open Monday-Saturday from 1-6 PM.

Sunday, Jan. 29th■ St. Dominic Elementary School (Pre-K through 8th grade), located at 35 Anstice Street in Oyster Bay, will hold an Open House – Opening Family Mass at 10 AM and tours from 11 AM - 1 PM. Also Interactive Classroom Tours 9 AM - 11:30 AM on Monday, January 30th. For more information, call (516) 922-4233 or visit: wwwstdomsob.org.■ All Saints Regional Catholic School, founded in 1990 serving students from nursery through eighth grade, will be host-ing an open house from

11:30 AM to 1:30 PM welcoming prospective stu-dents. All Saints Regional Catholic School, located at 12 Pearsall Avenue in Glen Cove on the campus of St. Patrick’s Church, seeks to educate students within a family centered enriching Catholic Community. For more information, visit: www.asrcahtolic.org or call (516) 676-0762.

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Admission (Members $4 Child). RSVP. For more information, call (631) 367-3418 or visit: www.cshwhalingmuseum.org.

Tuesday, Feb. 7th■ The Oyster Bay Histori-cal Society, located at 20 Summit Street, presents “The Constant Struggle Within: The Story of the Carll Family of Oyster Bay” at the Koenig Center 7 PM. Author Denice Evans-Sheppard discusses her new family memoir as part of Black History Month. The event is free. For more information, call (516) 922-5032 or visit: www.oysterbayhistorical.org.

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OPINIONEDITORIAL

Leading Long Island into the future

T he 2012 Long Island Innovation Index is chock full of useful infor-mation. The index, created by the

Rauch Foundation, is an annual report that takes stock of how things are on the Island and makes recommendations for the future. And this year’s data confi rm what we already know: 83 percent of people who responded to an LIII poll say they are happy with their lives.

But 48 percent of the respondents said they think things on Long Island are going in the wrong direction. In other words, life here is good, but it’s not great.

The main point the new index makes is that the Island is brimming with potential. We’re on the path to becoming a power-house in innovation and design. Federal research-and-development funding here far exceeds the national average. Biomedical and health-services jobs have grown more than almost every other fi eld.

Despite all that potential, however, Long Island has its share of serious problems. There are things that need to change in order for the region to continue to grow and pros-per. We hope these changes can be made, because if they’re not, Long Island may not remain the place we love for very long.

EducationFor most children on the Island, educa-

tion is excellent, but for some it leaves much to be desired. About 90 percent of the stu-dents in schools in lower-income areas are black or Hispanic, and these schools don’t prepare their students for college nearly as well as schools in higher-income areas. This de facto segregation helps no one. Long Is-land needs a diverse base of well-educated people to fi ll the technical — and high-pay-ing — jobs we want to bring to the area.

One way to ameliorate the problem, the index suggests, is with magnet schools, which are open to anyone, regardless of what school district they live in, and focus on specialized curriculums such as science, math or the arts. A magnet school that fo-cused on science and engineering would give Nassau County students more oppor-tunities to expand their education in the direction they want. It would also help pre-pare them for high-tech jobs.

Infrastructure redevelopmentLong Island experienced a housing boom

in the late 1940s and ’50s, spurred mainly by GIs returning from overseas and buy-ing homes. People left the densely popu-lated boroughs of the city for the quieter and more spacious neighborhoods of Val-ley Stream, Lynbrook and Rockville Centre, among others. And suburban Long Island has been growing ever since, though its original infrastructure hasn’t kept pace.

Many of our major roads were built de-cades ago, when far fewer cars used them. The parkways can no longer handle the ev-er-increasing traffi c in which we all spend more time idling. As the index points out, our highways need to be expanded.

The Long Island Rail Road is the largest commuter railway in the nation, crowded by more than 340,000 riders on an aver-age weekday. But the network of tracks has changed little since they were fi rst laid down. Metro-North and New Jersey Transit have invested in new tracks over the years, which has increased capacity and decreased commuters’ travel times — and their rider-ship has increased dramatically over the past decade, while the LIRR’s has dropped by 4 percent.

The completion of the East Side Access Project, which will ease the commuting lives of Long Islanders who work on Man-hattan’s East Side, clearly can’t come soon enough.

HousingOne way to reduce traffi c on roads and

crowding on LIRR cars is to redevelop our village and hamlet downtowns into hubs where people live, work and play. Last year, the Index surveyed and documented 8,300 acres of un-derutilized space in downtowns and around LIRR stations — an area equiv-alent to everything south of 50th Street in Manhattan.

If just half of that space were redeveloped with rental housing, the survey concluded, it could be home to more than 200,000 residents. That housing could include not just more-affordable apartments for young working people, whom we are desperate to keep on Long Island, but aging baby boom-ers who want to move out of their empty nests but don’t want to leave the communi-ties that have become their homes.

In the decades since the housing boom, homes have grown larger, but households have gotten smaller. All that space is being wasted. If young people who can’t fi nd af-fordable housing keep leaving, who will be around to take the place of all those leaving the work force over the coming decades? We agree with the index’s conclusion that we need to redevelop our downtowns — and rethink our ideas about housing — to keep people here.

Long Island has incredible potential. It can attract talented people who have in-novative ideas, and, in turn, businesses and venture capital that can market those ideas throughout our communities and around the world. The Island a great place to live, work and raise a family, and we have the opportunity, the ability — and the necessity — to make it even better. We simply can’t let this opportunity pass us by.

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THOMAS J. HEMPTON

Thomas J. Hempton of Oyster Bay, formerly of Glen Cove, died on January 14th at the age of 61. He was a lifelong sailor and a Past Commodore of the Glen Cove Yacht Club, where he served as a board member for over 30 years.

Predeceased by his fa-ther John T. Hempton, he was the son of Jeanne, brother of Susan Hempton of Glen Cove and Lynn Cas-savoy (Alan) of St. Albans, Vermont, uncle of Erin and Amy and cousin to many.

A Funeral Service, un-der the direction of Dodge-Thomas Funeral Home in Glen Cove, was held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church followed by a private in-terment. Donations can be sent to: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 28 Highland Road, Glen Cove, NY 11542.

For more information, visit: www.dodgethomas.com.

ALBERTINA DANIELAlbertina Daniel of Lo-

cust Valley died on January 10th.

Daniel was the sister of Anna (Hein), Gert-Peter, Adrianus (Marion), Frans-Albert (Katja), Marijkae, Lilly (Walter) and Saskia (Mek). She was also sur-vived by several nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

A Funeral Service was held at the Locust Valley Re-formed Church, under the direction of Dodge-Thomas Funeral Home in Glen Cove, followed by interment at Lo-cust Valley Cemetery.


AMEY M. HARRISONAmey M. Harrison of Mill

Neck died on January 15th at her home after a brief ill-ness.

Born in Providence, RI to the late Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Mackinney, she is survived by her husband of 56 years, Randolph; children: Ran-dolph Jr., Alec, Lisa Lem-mon and a brother, Harold Jr. She is also survived by six grandchildren, two niec-es and a nephew.

A Memorial Service was held at St. John’s of Latting-town in Locust Valley, un-der the direction of Dodge-Thomas Funeral Home in Glen Cove.

In lieu of fl owers, dona-tions can be sent to: North Shore Wildlife Sanctuary, Inc, P.O. Box 214, Mill Neck, NY 11765.


MATTHEW E. ROGERS

Matthew E. Rogers of Old Brookville died on January 21st at age 73. He was a beloved member of Brookville Country Club for many years

Husband of Carol, he

was the father of Krista and Robert, brother of Dolo-res, uncle of Doreen Ginley (Jack) and Donna Durando (John).

A Funeral Mass was held at St. Rocco RC Church in Glen Cove, under the direc-tion of Oyster Bay Funeral Home, on January 25th followed by a private inter-ment.

In lieu of fl owers, dona-tions can be made in his name to the charity of your choice. For more informa-tion, visit: www.oysterbay-funeralhome.com.

DENNIS SHEADennis Shea of Oyster

Bay Cove died suddenly on January 23rd at age 73.

Husband of Mary Joan, he was the father of Mau-reen, Michael and Kevin (Tracy), grandfather of Elis-sa, Aedan, Meryl and Ellery, brother of Mary Greer (Wil-liam), James (Christine) and Thomas (Frankie), un-cle of Robyn, Mark, Debbie (Tim), Kelly (Don) and Kar-en. He was also survived by many relatives and friends.

Visiting will be held at Oyster Bay Funeral Home, located at 261 South Street in Oyster Bay, on today, Fri-day, January 27th from 3-5 & 7-9 PM.

A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Dominic R.C. Chapel in Oyster Bay on Sat-urday, January 28th at 10 AM followed by interment Locust Valley Cemetery.

In lieu of fl owers, dona-tions can be sent to: The Dennis Shea Memorial Fund for the Children of Fu-kushima, 2 Laurel Cove Road, Oyster Bay Cove, NY 11771 would be appreci-ated. For more information,

visit: www.oysterbayfuner-alhome.com.

HELEN MAE COSTONHelen Mae Coston of

Oyster Bay died on Sunday,January 22nd at age 86.

Wife of the late Julius A.Coston, she was the mother of Margo Coston, grand-mother of Collota, Darnell,Kristi and Helen and aunt tomany nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Croton, born in NewOrleans, Lousiana, was thedaughter of the late Josephand Maggie Williams. Sheattended school in New Or-leans and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School. In 1944, she cameto New York City to visit hersister Zenobia Williams anddecided to stay.

Mrs. Croton worked in adefense plant manufactur-ing parts for aircraft andlater worked in a factorymaking ladies handbags. In1946, she met Julius A. Cos-ton and they were marriedon March 16, 1944. Theyhad two children Margo and Vaughan. In 1973 shecame to live in Oyster Bay and worked as a domestic.Helen joined the Mount Ol-ive Baptist Church underthe leadership of the Rev.Gilbert Pickett.

Visiting will be held at theMount Olive Baptist Church,located at 163 South Streetin Oyster Bay, on Saturday,January 28th, from 10 AM– Noon, under the directionof Francis P. DeVine FuneralHome in Oyster Bay. A Fu-neral Service will followwith an interment at Pine Hollow Cemetery.

For more information,visit: www.fpdevinefuneral-home.com.

OBITUARIES

The Oyster Bay-East Nor-wich Inaugural Chocolate Fair will be held on Febru-ary 11th, the Saturday be-fore Valentine’s Day. The day will feature chocolate tastings, chocolate events, chocolate instructions, chocolate art, chocolate books and overall chocolate fun.

Working alongside the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Chamber of Commerce, the event is appropriately chaired by Lee Perrotta, the Chocolate Lady. Heralded as a Chocolate Champion, Perrotta appears regularly on television and has been featured in Newsday, The New York Times and a host of other media outlets.

“The Chocolate Fair will be nothing short of fabu-lous!” said Perrotta. “We are already working with

several businesses and res-taurants and the schedule keeps growing.”

For a current list of events and for all those in-terested in chocolate, visit: www.chocolateladybou-tique.com and the Chamber of Commerce www.visitoys-terbay.com for updates on the Chocolate Fair.

The Chocolate Fair is also part of a weekend of activi-ties called: “A Valentine’s Fair in Oyster Bay – Cele-brating America’s First Val-entine and all things love.” The celebration includes contests, dancing, special promotions and Family Val-entine’s Day. Oyster Bay’s Raynham Hall, home of America’s First documented Valentine, has their annual fundraiser on Friday, Febru-ary 10th at the Creek Club.

Established October

2008 in Oyster Bay by Lee Perrotta, the Chocolate Lady makes fi ne hand-made, artisanal European-style chocolates for gifts and everyday enjoyment and special events from birthdays and weddings to corporate events and fund-raisers. Recognized as New York State Chocolatier of the Year, the Chocolate La-dy’s culinary pedigree goes back over a hundred years.

The Oyster Bay-East Norwich Chamber of Com-merce, advocates for the success and advancement of local businesses by es-tablishing business connec-tions, generating exposure through networking and ad-vertising opportunities, and developing new resources by sharing the knowledge base of more than 150 local companies.

Oyster Bay to hold inaugural Chocolate Fair

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Holy Eucharist (Said Service) 8 amCommunity Breakfast (Donations) 9 am

Holy Eucharist (Sung Service) 10 amThe Right Reverend Lawrence Provenzano, Bishop of the Diocese of Long Island, will visit Christ Church on Sunday, January 29th. At the 10:00 am service, the bishop will confi rm and receive 21 teens and adults into the Episcopal Church as part of this exciting occasion. This is the fi rst time in 18 years a bishop will be administering the sacrament of confi rmation in Oyster Bay. It will also be an oppurtunity for anyone who wishes to formally reaffi rm their baptismal vows. If you desire, you are invited to make this formal re-declaration during the Bishop’s visit.

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Nassau County Executive Ed-ward P. Mangano this week joined offi cials of the Nassau Industrial Development Agency (IDA) and Robert Penn, owner of Penn Toy-ota, for a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction of an upgraded and expanded facility for the 40-year-old family-owned dealership in Greenvale. Ap-proximately 30 percent of Penn Toyota’s sales are derived from outside Nassau, primarily Suffolk and Queens.

“My administration is working tirelessly to assist local businesses in creating and retaining private sector jobs for our residents,” said County Executive Mangano. “I am thrilled that Penn Toyota will ex-pand their operations in Nassau, and hope they continue to serve the County for another 40 years to come.”

Penn Toyota received an eco-nomic development compact from the Nassau County IDA that will permit the dealer to comply with national Toyota standards by renovating its 20,000-square-foot building in East Hills and constructing a 15,000-square-foot addition. The renovation allows Penn Toyota to retain 59 current jobs, create 20 new full-time pri-vate sector jobs and create 50 new

construction jobs. Together, these investments in job creation will provide $19 million in benefi ts to Nassau County’s economy.

Joseph J. Kearney, the IDA’s Executive Director, added, “This project will allow Penn to meet current Toyota design and ap-pearance standards and remain in business. We found a way to help

them renovate and grow their payroll, too.”

The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency consists of a team of professionals whose mis-sion is to promote the economic welfare and prosperity of Nassau County. It is a resource for busi-nesses in Nassau County and those considering relocation. The IDA

provides assistance to business in-terested in relocating, expanding and fi nancing new investments. It has provided assistance to a wide range of companies, from Arizona Iced Tea and Sleepy’s Mattress to Cold Spring Harbor Labs and Grumman Studios. For more in-formation, visit: nassauida.org or call (516) 571-1945.

In keeping with its commitment to fostering intermunicipal coop-eration, the Town of Oyster Bayhas renewed contracts with 12 vil-lages, according to Town Council-woman Beth Faughnan.

The villages with which theTown renewed contracts are Bay-ville, Brookville, Centre Island, Farmingdale, Lattingtown, Lau-rel Hollow, Massapequa Park,Mill Neck, Muttontown, Old Brookville, Oyster Bay Cove andRoslyn Harbor.

“Under these agreements, theTown’s animal wardens will re-spond to calls involving unleasheddogs, injured dogs and incidentswhere a dog has threatened orbitten a person,” CouncilwomanFaughnan said. “The Town willalso, upon appropriate notice, dis-patch a Town animal warden to re-trieve an injured cat. All contractsare effective January 1, 2012,through December 31, 2013.”

The villages will pay the Townfor services at a rate of $75 foreach dog or cat seized and $50 perhour for any emergency servicebeyond regular business hours.

Oyster Bay to provide dog warden services to 12 villages

County Executive helps create & retain 129 jobs in Greenvale

(From left) Robert Penn, President, Penn Toyota; County Executive Mangano; Toni Penn, Secretary-Treasur-er, Penn Toyota and Christopher Penn, General Manager, Penn Toyota.

At a School assembly on January 13th, Green Vale School’s chess club players in grades 3 through 7 were honored for their efforts, and results, at the fi rst in-stallment of the Annual In-ter-School Exchange Chess ‘Grand-Prix’ circuit held on December 2, 2011.

Congratulations were in order for Josiah Pettway (grade 7) for winning the top honors in the individ-ual section of the tourna-

ment; the team of Liam Pharr (grade 5), Alexandra Purdy (grade 6), John East-man (grade 7), and Josiah Pettway for taking top hon-ors in the problem-solving competition; and the duet team of Blaise Della Ferra (grade 5) and Hayes Hu-wiler (grade 5) for earning a third place prize.

In addition, an excellent performance and a perfect score, was shown by Galen Deane (grade 3). Playing

on the GVS A-Team, Galenfi nished in fi rst place on his respective, 4th Board. Green Vale Chess Teams competing in the ISE Team Cup included, on the A-Team, Alexandra Purdy, Liam Pharr, John Eastmanand Galen Deane - fi nishing in second place and, on theB-Team, Blaise Della Ferra, Hayes Huwiler, Ralph Fran-co (grade 5) and Tyler Hu (grade 5) - took third place.

At a Lower School Assembly on January 13th, Liam Pharr, John Eastman, Ralph Franco, Hayes Huwiler, Blaise Della Ferra, Tyler Hu and Galen Deane listen as Mrs. Linda Gar-diner, Assistant Head of School, acknowledges the chess club’s accomplishments.

Chess honors presented at Green Vale

Most of us would agree that noise levels are on the rise. Ear-piercing sounds em-anate from movies screens, concert stages and cranked-up volumes on iPods. And how often, when waiting for a live operator, are you sub-jected to high-decibel record-ings while on hold? There is no denying the prevalence of loud noise these days, resulting in an unfortunate side effect being seen more frequently; namely a pro-gression in hearing loss. This is not only occurring, as typically thought, in older populations, but in younger people as well.

“People need to be aware that hearing loss from pro-longed loud noise exposure is irreversible. Many don’t think to protect their ears be-cause the loss is not sudden,” said Tanya Linzalone, Direc-tor of the Mildred and Frank Feinberg Community Center for Hearing Health at Mill Neck Audiology.

Over time, constant noise exposure leads to damage of the hair cells of the inner ear, which are vital to our ability to hear. “This dam-age,” Linzalone stressed, “is permanent.” This is why it is so important to raise aware-ness, particularly among younger generations and those in inherently noisy work environments of the consequences of repeated ex-

posure to loud sounds. While degrees of hearing loss even-tually develop, being around high-noise levels over time can lead to another distress-ing ear disorder too, with or without a loss.

Though not everyone with a hearing loss experi-ences a condition known as tinnitus, it too, often results from constant exposure to blaring sounds. For Michael Graziose, a 38-year-old plumber from Locust Valley, this was the case. When he began to notice decreased hearing in his left ear, Graziose was also subjected to a continual ringing in the ear.

“It got to the point where I couldn’t sleep, the sound was so much more noticeable at night,” Graziose said. Linza-lone concurs that while there is no quantitative way to de-termine just how loud the tinnitus is (as opposed to the ability to measure a hearing loss), people usually do say the sound is louder at night. “The sound is probably not any worse at night, but is perceived to be, just because it’s quieter all around. With all the competing sounds heard during the day, you’re not as aware of the tinnitus,” she said.

Tinnitus is defi ned as the perception of sound when there is no external sound present, and is characterized

by a constant ringing, hissing or other bothersome noise that someone experiences in their ears or head. While repeated noise exposure is the most common cause of tinnitus, other contributors may include head injury, underactive thyroid, neck or jaw disorders, drug sensitiv-ity, cardiovascular disease, the aging process, stress, or a tumor, which is rare. Ac-cording to the American Tinnitus Association, an esti-mated 50 million Americans experience some level of the condition. For some people, it’s a mild or temporary oc-currence. For others, like Graziose, the unending noise is life-altering.

During the many years working at his family’s busi-ness, L. Graziose Plumbing and Heating, Graziose was in frequent contact with roaring boilers and heavy construc-tion equipment. As an avid outdoorsman and long-time musician in a rock band, his ears were further exposed to damage. “No one wore any ear protection while playing music. It’s not that it wasn’t cool, it just wasn’t thought of,” he said.

Graziose began to notice diffi culty in hearing about a year ago. He remembers fi nding it hard to follow conversations, especially in the presence of background sounds, such as a radio

playing. It was the tinnitus though, that proved more challenging and led him to seek medical assistance. A number of visits and tests failed to secure much relief. “Right before coming to the Audiology clinic here at Mill Neck, I was seriously consid-ering starting anxiety medi-cation as a last resort. The constant ringing in my ears was more of a problem than the neck pains I was get-ting from always turning my head to hear with my “good” (right) ear.”

A few months ago, while doing some plumbing work at the Mill Neck campus, the tinnitus was especial-ly disturbing. A Mill Neck staff member encouraged Graziose to stop in to Au-diology that day. After an initial audiological assess-ment, Graziose subsequently had an MRI to rule out any contributing medical condi-tions, such as a tumor. Once medically cleared, he had further testing done at Mill Neck, where Linzalone even-tually fi tted him with a spe-cifi c hearing device that not only addresses his hearing loss, but also has a program called Zen that manages the tinnitus. (Those experienc-ing tinnitus without a loss of hearing may fi nd relief with a device known as a “tinnitus masker.”) In addition to ran-dom, harmonic tones (called

Zen Styles), this unique pro-gram can be customized to play a Noise tone that can be useful in controlling the effects of tinnitus. Graziose’s hearing device allows him to once again experience sounds, even “small” ones, especially on his left side, and while he acknowledges that the tinnitus is not gone, it’s now controlled enough where he simply said, “It changed my life.”

Graziose has also taken further steps to protect his remaining hearing. He wears custom-molded earplugs when playing his music and never uses heavy equipment without putting on earmuffs. Linzalone emphasizes the need for everyone to protect their ears from the harm-ful effects of continual loud noise, especially for people who work in high noise level environments. She said,

“Earmuffs are read-ily available and should be used by those in “loud” jobs,

like construction workers or landscapers. She urges young people to become more conscious in using ear protection too, stressing that hearing loss is not just a consequence for older folks anymore. Aside from specifi c ear protection, simply get-ting into the habit of turning the volume down can make a difference down the road.

Graziose wholeheartedly agrees. He’s encouraged his brother, who works along with him, to get his hearing tested and always carries protective ear gear to job sites. Graziose has become a dedicated advocate for hear-ing health and proof that help is available in a number of hearing-related disorders.

If you are experiencing hearing diffi culties, call Mill Neck Audiology at (516) 922-4100, ext. 258 to sched-ule an appointment.

For more info. on any of these programs, call (516) 922-4100 or visit: millneck.org.

(From left) Michael Graziose with Audiologist Tanya Linza-lone, Director of the Mildred and Frank Feinberg Commu-nity Center for Hearing Health at Mill Neck Audiology.

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SPORTS

OUT IN RIGHT FIELDBy Jeff Davis

Giants – Team of destinyThe New York Giants made my predic-

tions come true. The team’s overtime vic-tory over the San Francisco 49ers, 20-17, kept everybody up late. Losing sleep when your team wins a championship and is on their way to the Super Bowl, well that’s not really losing sleep, it’s gaining dreams.

In most football games the team that makes the fewer mistakes, has the few-est turnovers, generally wins. The Giants recovered two San Francisco fumbles and turned them into Giant scores. Both fum-bles were made by Kyle Williams and oc-curred on punts. In the fourth quarter he failed to get out of the way of a bouncing punt and it grazed his knee and the sec-ond fumble occurred in overtime when he tried to return a punt and was stripped of the ball.

The heroes for the Giants were their usual suspects, Eli Manning, Victor Cruz, the tough defense that really stymied the 49ers, fi eld goal kicker Lawrence Tynes and punter and kick holder Steve Weath-erford. The stories will be written about quarterbacks, fi eld goal kickers, defen-sive specialists, but the real hero is Steve Weatherford. In a game played in the rain, where fi eld position would be a key to victory, the punter kept the Giants alive all evening. Weatherford’s punts always made sure that the 49ers would have a long fi eld to cross if they were going to score. As the holder for fi eld goals, his sure hands picked up the low snap from the center and made the fi nal fi eld goal by Lawrence Tynes possible. You can bet that when game balls are given out after the game, every Giant, ecstatic about going to the Super Bowl, will be clapping for Steve Weatherford.

Sports often makes unlikely players heroes. It’s one of the things that make watching so exciting. So on February 5th much of the world will be watching the New York Giants take on the New England Patriots in Indianapolis in Super Bowl XLVI. Send me an email ([email protected]) and tell me who you think will be

the hero of that game.

Locust Valley HS Women’s Track news

Taylor Bleistein placed 4th in the triple jump with a great leap of 28’ 02” at the Conference meet. Kassandra Brexel placed 5th in the 55-meter high hurdles and Em-ily Schlicht placed sixth in the shot put.

Grace Murphy was named all confer-ence and won in the 1,000 meters while teammates Maggie Reid and Siobhan O’Neill fi nish 6th and 7th. Grainne O’Neill broke her old school record for the 600 meter race with a time of 1:42.4.

Stephaine Myschlowsky won All Con-ference honors in both the Shot Put and the Triple Jump. The Locust Valley team is coached by Katharine Murawski and Wil-liam Wilson.

Time to think Little League/Soccer/Lacrosse

If winter’s here, can spring be far be-hind? Throughout our communities the call for registration is being made. There is signage all over reminding parents to register their children for various sports. It also means there will be a need for coaches. Our communities are fortunate because generally there are always par-ents, dads and moms, who want to coach and give their time to help make sure that teams can successfully compete.

When you coach a sport you are giving to your community and more importantly to the children who will learn from your experience. It can be frustrating and re-warding, often at the same time. If you are interested contact the sports organiza-tion and let them know that you are able to help. It is an experience that you will long remember, even after your children are grown.

Have comments or ideas? Email: [email protected].

Captain of Locust Valley HighSchool’s basketball and soccer teams, student Natasha Jachan was recently named a News 12 Long Island Schol-ar Athlete. She is the basketball team’s leading scorer and rebounder and was named an All-Class guard.Jachan is an outstanding athlete on the soccer fi eld as well, having been a two-year starter and a Conference All-Star. She excels academically with a 97 unweighted average and a 2270 SAT score.

The Friends Academy Girls Winter Track team decisively won its fi rst Con-ference Championship af-ter beating 2nd place Cold Spring Harbor HS by 20 points and 3rd place Mine-ola HS by 53 points. The Lady Quakers dominated the 55-meter race, fi nishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

“We are so excited as a team about this achieve-ment,” said Coach Lauren Carballo. “But what is really great is that we have such an extremely young team. This is a team with a lot of heart and spirit.”

In the 3,000 meter race Kelsey Margey of Huntington took 1st place while Katrina Garry of Locust Valley came in 2nd place and Harmony Grodsky of Upper Brookville captured 5th place. Margey also placed fi rst in the 1,500 meter race as Karina Garry took 4th place.

In the 55 meter race Friends Academy took 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the event: Shekinah Pettway of Baldwin (1st place), Lydia Graham of East Meadow (2nd place) and Candace Taylor of Westbury (3rd

place). Taylor captured 1st place in the 300-meter race while Graham took 2nd place and Pettway came in 5th place.

Molly Sullivan of Mat-inecock placed fi rst in the 1,000-meter race and sec-ond in the 1,500 meter race. Meanwhile Sunny Lostritto of Old Brookville took 5th place in the 600-meter race.

First place in the 4 x 800 meter relay went to Katrina Garry, Kelsey Margey, Molly Sullivan and Sunny Los-tritto. Third place in the 4

x 400 meter relay was cap-tured by Charlotte Gelfand of Old Brookville, Catherine Bechand of Huntington,Carolina Mocorrea of Locust Valley and Harmony Grod-sky. Candace Taylor, Lydia Graham, Katherine Hom and Shekinah Pettway took fi rst place in the 4 x 200 me-ter relay.

In total Friends Academy scored 124 points beating out 2nd place team Cold Spring Harbor HS (104 points) and 3rd place team Mineola High School (71 points).

Locust Valley HS student Natasha Jachan named News 12 LI Scholar Athlete

FA Girls’ Winter Track team wins Conference Championship

(From top left) Carolina Mocorrea, Candace Taylor, Harmony Grodsky, Molly Sullivan, Sunny Lostritto and Katrina Garry. (From bottom left) Lydia Graham, Shekinah Pettway and Katherine Hom. (Not in photo: Kelsey Margey, Charlotte Gel-fand, Catherine Bechand, Simran Ghooi and Casey Rosen).


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Oyster Bay High School Teacher Assistant and Year-book Adviser Charlie Rizzu-to took the initiative to host a fundraising event based on the NBC television game show, “Minute to Win It,” where contestants compete in a series of challenges us-ing common items usually found in a house. On the show, the contestants have one minute to complete the game or challenge.

Here at Oyster Bay High School, the teams were given three minutes to com-plete their tasks. Bonus points were awarded to any team that completed it in a minute.

On the show one or two contestants usually compete at a time. At OBHS, most games had 3, 4 or 5 people playing from each team at a time. The goal being that with 10 teams and 10 peo-ple on a team, and only 10 events, everyone was kept involved by playing in most of the games.

All games were taken right from the show for the fundraiser. They were modifi ed for the gymna-sium. The money raised is going to the Yearbook fund

and the College Aware-ness Program. Over $900 was raised in the two-hour event. Every cent is going back to the students in some way.

This fundraiser was an idea Rizzuto brought up at a yearbook meeting in No-vember. The Yearbook Club members embraced the huge amount of work neces-sary to put the event togeth-er. Rizzuto has done about six or seven “Minute To Win It” nights at different places before. He believes that this one was by far the best one yet.

A week before the event here at Oyster Bay, Riz-zuto ran a similar event at

his church. Co-Yearbook Advisor Alex Sordi came to watch and take notes so she would know exactly what needed to be done behind the scenes with the year-book staff in terms of setting up and cleaning up between games. Rizzuto noted, “The kids ran this event smoother than any event I have ever done of this kind. I was very impressed with both Ms. Sordi and the kids. They did a great job.”

The Oyster Bay High School Girls’ Varsity Bas-ketball Team had a team. The Varsity Track Team had a team. There were two teacher teams. The rest of the teams where made up

of students from grades 7 through 12.

There was a friendly rivalry between the two teacher teams because Mr. Nicholas Ramirez was originally supposed to be on John Cipriano’s team. However, at the last minute Ramirez jumped to Andrea Larusso’s team.

Events ranged from, long snapping toilet paper through a Hula-Hoop, pick-ing up cotton balls with a Vaseline coated nose, bouncing ping-pong balls into a bucket on a team members head, scooting around the gym sitting on a towel, placing a cookie on your forehead and eat-ing it without touching it with your hands, shooting rubber bands at targets and bouncing a ping-pong ball off of the fl oor and getting it to stick to a piece of bread coated with Vaseline.

In the end there was a legitimate tie for fi rst place between one student team - The Nincompoops and one teacher/student team - Sta-tus Quo.

Raising close to a thou-sand dollars in two hours is a remarkable feat and will go a long way, literally, to send students out on the road to visiting colleges.

Rizzuto summed up the evening by saying, “I have done many ‘Minute To Win It’ nights before. This one was by far the best one I have ever done. The year-book staff along with Ms. Sordi ran all of the behind the scenes activities bet-ter than I could have ever

hoped. The kids donated alot more than just the two hours in the gym to make this night work. Even with midterms right around thecorner, they took ownership of the fundraiser and made sure it was a success. Theyare amazing.”

The day after the event,teachers and students where buzzing about it aside from just raising money. It was great to hold an event that brings the school closer to-gether in a positive fun way.

The music of Sri Lanka, an afternoon of rock and roll, excerpts from the ballet Swan Lake and a virtuoso vi-olin recital will be programs Oyster Bay Town residents can enjoy in February as the “Distinguished Artists” con-cert series continues.

“The performances sched-uled for this month’s ‘Distin-guished Artists’ program tru-ly represent an opportunity for residents to experience a wide variety of completely different musical styles, as well as a beloved ballet,” said Town Councilwoman Beth Faughnan. “In the fi rst per-formance of the month on Sunday, February 5th, at the Bethpage Public Library, 47 Powell Avenue, singing duo Eranga and Prianga will pres-ent the songs and culture of their native Sri Lanka. The following Sunday, Febru-ary 12th, the Vic Vincent Group will take the audience on rock and roll music trip through the 50’s and 60’s at the Massapequa Library, 40 Harbor Road. Both perfor-mances will begin at 2 PM.”

On Saturday, February

18th, residents will be able to enjoy excerpts from Swan Lake, performed by Ballet Long Island, a professional dance troupe dedicated to making ballet available and affordable to everyone. The performance will take place at Syosset Public Library, 225 South Oyster Bay Road, at 8 PM.

Rounding out the month will be award-winning vio-linist Anton Polezhayev with a program of classical and romantic violin favorites by composers Saint-Saens, Sarasate, Paganini, Kreisler and others, accompanied by Yelena Polezhayev on piano. Plainview-Old Bethpage Pub-lic Library, located at 999 Old Country Road in Plainview, will be the location for the performance on Saturday, February 25th at 8 PM.

The “Distinguished Art-ists” concert series is spon-sored by the Cultural and Performing Arts (CAPA) Di-vision of the Town of Oyster Bay’s Department of Commu-nity & Youth Services. Call (516) 797-7900 to obtain a schedule of free concerts.

The North Shore Land Alliance (NSLA) is mov-ing ahead with restoring a meadow in the 42-acre Hope Goddard Iselin Pre-serve in Upper Brookville. When Davey Trees offered to donate a three-person crew for a day of clearing fallen and invasive trees, stumps, and dense vines from the site this winter, the Land Al-liance gratefully accepted, advancing meadow restora-tion at the site and further-ing efforts to enhance valu-able wildlife habitat.

Nearly two years ago the Land Alliance organized two visits to Iselin Preserve by an expert crew of bird-ers, natural resource man-agers, and Upper Brookville offi cials. Resulting recom-mendations led to a pro-posal of initial steps for restoring a fi eld at this much-loved local preserve. Since then, the site has un-dergone annual mowing, in or near winter, when plant and wildlife activity (while never at a complete stand-still) is relatively quiet.

During spring and sum-mer growing seasons, Land Alliance and Nature Con-servancy (TNC) staff and volunteers have worked to remove invasive vegetation that wasted no time in blan-keting sections of the fi eld and its periphery, and Ran-dall Brothers donated tree

removal and chipping servic-es just before snow covered the fi eld (for months!) in December 2010. Additional volunteers from Huntington-Oyster Bay and North Shore Audubon Societies carried out breeding bird surveys and Christmas Bird Counts there, and a number of Land Alliance Walks in the Woods have been held at the Pre-serve. The Land Alliance and TNC have also been partnering in meadow resto-ration at James Preserve in Old Brookville.

“We’re happy to be able to make a direct contribu-tion so that Iselin’s fi eld can provide great wildlife habitat as well as a place for people to explore a part of Long Island natural his-tory,” said Davey Trees’ District Manager Bill Ait-ken. These actions, along with ongoing monitoring of

plants and animals that oc-cupy the sites, will continue to inform future actions, such as regular mowing, that will result in healthier habitat and a more beauti-ful community.

Lisa Ott, NSLA President, explained, “Restoring these fi elds with involvement from local residents, busi-nesses, and volunteers is a wonderful example of how our entire community, com-ing together to steward our open spaces, can conserve a rural landscape – one that benefi ts native plants and wildlife while protecting our

water supply and treasured access to beautiful natural areas for our children and grandchildren.”

TNC and the Alliance have been partners in land conservation since NSLA was founded in 2003. NSLA has been managing four of TNC’s Nassau County pre-serves for several years and expects to take ownership of them this winter. May this be the beginning of many such efforts where non-profi ts and community members work together to protect and preserve our vi-tal natural areas.

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Teamwork is the key.

Students and teachers work together as a team.

Mr. Nicholas Ramirez, Oliver Gonzalez and Ms. Carla Cameron take aim.

Payless steps up for Grenville BakerGrenville Baker Boys & Girls Club of Locust Valley was selected as an offi cial partner of “Payless Gives Shoes 4 Kids,” an annual giving program from Payless ShoeSource in Glen Cove, providing free shoes for children in need.

Fundraising is fun at Oyster Bay High School

‘Distinguished Artists’ concerts announcedNSLA continues meadow restoration in Upper BrookvilleThe 42-acre Hope Goddard Iselin Preserve in Upper Brookville is currently being restored by the North Shore Land Alliance.


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Messinas add pizza to growing empiresaid Corey. “We all liked the true Neapolitan style pizza, which is made in a 900-de-gree oven. It’s a bit charred on the bottom making it part of the fl avor and it’s a little chewier than regular pizza.”

The pies honor the Nea-politan tradition in the way they’re crafted, too. Every one is made to order in a state-of-the-art wood-burn-ing oven.

“We adjusted the recipe of the dough to create a pizza that might be more appreciated by the main-stream,” said Corey. “Each pizza is like a work of art made with all fresh natural ingredients.”

The Messinas tested their pies for a month, making 12 to 15 pies a night.

“The most important thing is the fl our. We use a

fl our called Caputo Double Zero that cost three times the amount of regular fl our.” said Corey.

Red Tomato prides itself on using only the best in-gredients like extra virgin olive oil, buffalo mozza-rella cheese and tomatoes straight from Naples.

“The concept of artisanal pizza is different from the traditional American style pizza,” said Corey. “It’s not served by the slice it’s all personal pies. It’s a lighter pizza that doesn’t make you feel bloated.”

The menu features 14 types of pizza plus three or four daily specials.

Other items offered in-clude six kinds of salads, rustic calzones, and appetiz-ers plus boutique beers and specialty wines.

A children’s menu in-cludes Macaroni & Cheese

Pizza as well as a Ballpark Pizza featuring sliced He-brew National hot dogs.

For dessert try That’s S’more Sweet Pizza with Nutella and marshmallows in addition to homemade Italian cheesecake, lemon ice sorbet and tartuffo.

Red Tomato not only has a unique fl avor to its food but it also sports a different look than your average pizzeria.

“We tried to create a look of a pizzeria 20 years ahead of our time. It’s very modern and progressive,” said Corey. “We use all green products and we even have our own water fi ltration system.”

With a metallic black and gray theme, the restaurant seats 32 people at tables and a counter and in the warm weather months it will offer outdoor seating.

“Red Tomato is the type of place where if you want

to go out to dinner some place nice but you don’t want to get dressed up you can have a nice pizza and a beer quick,” said Corey.

The pizza is made by two pizzaiolos that the Messinas hired from Naples.

“They are passionate about what they do. They are not average pizza men,” said Corey. “It’s an intense process to be a pizzaiolo. This type of pizza cooks in a minute and a half so they can’t take their eyes off the pizza for a second.”

Take-out service is avail-able but not delivery and customers will soon be able to place their order online.

“This is the kind of pizza you want to eat when it is made. Once you place the order you have to pick it up in 10-15 minutes and we provide the heating instruc-tions on the box,” said Corey.

“If you heat it up the right way it comes out beautiful.”

The Messinas’ long-term goal is to turn Red Tomatointo a franchise throughoutLong Island.

“We want to perfect this location fi rst and have it up and running for a year be-fore we branch out,” said Co-rey. “I’m hoping that when people fi nd out about this kind of pizza they will drive here from anywhere on the island. Everybody loves piz-za. There are very few peo-ple who don’t eat it.”

Red Tomato, located at 6245 Northern Blvd in East Norwich, is open for lunch and dinner 7 days a week, Monday-Thursday from 11:30 AM - 10 PM, Friday & Saturday from 11:30 AM-11 PM and Sunday from 11:30 AM-9 PM. For more informa-tion, call (516) 802-2840 orvisit: redtomatopizza.com.

The pizza is made by two pizzaiolos who learned their craft in Naples. ‘They are passionate about what they do. It’s an intense process to be a pizzaiolo.’ says Corey Messina.

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grant and rethinking the plans based on the state of the economy.”

Scherff added, “Our plan will involve a redesign of the desired structures. There will be a fundraising program around it along with donor opportunities involving the construction. It will take some time but my hopes are that a year from now we might have some new aviaries on the grounds.”

The Sanctuary had a lot to celebrate with the suc-cess of their “For the Birds” program where they were in over 30 classes in three school districts, Hempstead, Roosevelt and Westbury, in just one year. They are also in the process of redesign-ing their Summer Audubon Adventures, which runs nine weeks through July and August.

“We are including ser-vice learning opportunities for youth with production

of conservation projects on the grounds. This way we can expose young people to the idea of working in the conservation fi eld,” said Scherff.

Among all the supporters at the “Taste of Spring” Ed Mohlenhoff stood out due to his continuous dedication. “We are grateful to have people like Ed Mohlenhoff associated with our Sanctu-ary and our mission,” said Scherff.

The Sanctuary will hold its main fundraiser the Leg-acy of Conservation Gala at the Piping Rock Club in Locust Valley on Saturday, March 10th. This year’s hon-orees will be Besty Gulotta, Nancy Pirtle and Barbara Conolly. All three women have spent a lifetime devot-ed to the quality of the envi-ronment on Long Island.

For more information, call (516) 922-3200 or visit: www.audubon.org/loca-tions/theodore-roosevelt-sanctuary-audubon-center.


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(From left) Margret Stacy, Ariane Wellin, Jane Henning and Alice von Briesen.

Spring in January

be aggressive or you are not going to win.”

When it comes to wres-tling, you can’t be too care-ful about keeping the play-ers safe from any bacterial diseases. “We speak to the guys every day about good hygiene — they shower, don’t share towels and tak-ing all the proper precau-tions,” said Coach Davis. “They sanitize their shoes every time they come in or leave the room. Our custo-dians thoroughly clean each mat. We take every precau-tion there is.”

The captains of the team are Ryan Arnel, Jack Leg-uelaff and Rob Morgan. This trio serves as the team’s elite wrestlers. Leguelaff, 17, of East Norwich is known as an offensive wrestler weigh-ing in at 113 lbs and will be going to Quinnipiac Univer-sity this fall.

“I like to go at them and go for the pin,” he said. “My signature move is the Dump — it’s when you take the arm and the leg, rotate your hips and fl ip the opponent over.”

Rob Morgan, 17, of Oys-ter Bay weighs 160 lbs. has won over 100 matches — a

landmark in OBHS sports history. “I just go out there and do my job. We simply work hard and push our-selves,” he said. “I also play football and baseball too but this is the hardest sport that I’ve ever done.”

As for next year, he is currently weighing his op-tions between Sacred Heart, Drexel and LaSalle.

Ryan Arnel, 17, of Oyster Bay likes to wrestle on his feet and, like Leguelaff, he uses the Dump move. “When I’m out there I don’t think about anything but the match,” he said. “I tend to stay relaxed and focus on my own maneu-vers.” Next fall he will be at-tending Ohio State.

After winning the champi-onship, Coach Davis stated, “We won most of our close match-ups. The kids stepped it up. They wrestled hard and aggressive. They knew what was at stake. We had a very competitive match on Wednesday and to come back and do it again on Fri-day is not easy. Winning isn’t the end all...but it’s nice.”

Next the team will move on to the dual meet tourna-ment this week then the Nas-sau County tournament, Feb-ruary 11th-12th.

Wrestlers cap perfect season with championship

Photo by David J. Criblez, except top photo

Clockwise from top: Senior wrestlers, from left, Jack Le-guelaff, Elton Gonzalez, Rob Morgan, Jon Escobar, Blake Meyer, Ryan Arnel, Dylan Rankin and Cody Exum.

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Cody Exum works to get the pin.

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LEGAL NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICE

OF COUNTY TREASURER’S

SALE OF TAX LIENSON REAL ESTATE

Notice is hereby given that I shall on the 21st day of February, 2012 through the 24th day of February, 2012, beginning at 10:00 o’clock in the morning each day, in the Leg-islative Chambers, First Floor, Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Build-ing, 1550 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, New York, sell at public auction the tax liens on certain real estate, unless the owner, mort-gagee, occupant of or any other party in interest in such real estate shall have paid to the County Treasurer by February 17th, 2012 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges against the property. Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 percent per six month period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in Section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code.As required by Section 5-44.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code, the County Treasurer shall charge a registration fee of $100.00 per day to each person who shall seek to bid at the public auction as defined above.A list of all real estate in Nassau County on which tax liens are to be sold is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agen-cies/Treasurer/Annual _Tax_Lien_Sale/tax_sale_listing.html. A list of local properties upon which tax liens are to be sold will be advertised in this publication on or about February 6th, 2012.Nassau County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its servic-es, programs, or activities. Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, pro-grams, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office.Upon request, information can be made available in Braille, large print, audio-tape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-3723 (voice) or (516) 571-3108 (TTY).Dated: January 13, 2012 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURERMineola, New YorkTERMS OF SALESuch tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts. However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the inter-est and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased. The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy pro-ceedings and/or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a tax lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) and the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclo-sure may be affected by the Financial Insti-tutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act(FIRREA),12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et.seq., with regard to real property under Federal Depos-it Insurance Corporation(FDIC) receivership. The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed. The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the right to inter-vene in any bankruptcy case/litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankrupt-cy estate. However, it is the sole responsibil-ity of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affect-ing their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim

on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal rep-resentation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk. The rate of interest and penalty at which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount for which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent with-in thirty days after such sale. If the purchas-er at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all amounts deposit-ed with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the pur-chaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase shall be of no further effect. Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of the sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale.Dated: January 13, 2012 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURERMineola, New York#23260E

LEGAL NOTICENOTICE OF SALESUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTYBETHPAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff(s)vs. PETER WHITELAW; CAROL S. WHITELAW; et al; Defendant(s)Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROS-ICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill New York 12524 (845) 897-1600 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about August 9, 2007, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501.On February 14, 2012 at 11:30 AMPremises known as 105 Simcoe Street, Oys-ter Bay, NY 11771Section: 27 Block: 17 Lot: 5 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements there-on erected, situate, lying and being in the Village and Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York known and distinguished as Lot #5 in Block 14, on a certain map enti-tled, “Plan of Blocks 13 and 14, property in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, belonging to Estate of Townsend Underhill, Inc., according to Plan of Simcoe Street, Wil-liam H. Bowne, C.E., May, 1923, as per reso-lution adopted by Town Board of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, November 28th, 1922, L.E. Bushnell, C.E., Oyster Bay, L.I., and filed in the Nassau County Clerk`s Office May 31st 1923, as Map #244”.As more particularly described in the judg-ment of foreclosure and sale.Sold subject to all of the terms and condi-tions contained in said judgment and terms of sale.Approx imate amount o f judgment $290,425.68 plus interest and costs.INDEX NO. 06-012278MARY GOLD GIORDANO, Esq., REFEREE#23180E

LEGAL NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICEVILLAGE OF CENTRE ISLANDHEARING ON COMPLAINTS ON ASSESS-MENTNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2012/2013 Tentative Tax Assessment Roll for the Village of Centre Island has been com-pleted, and that the Board of Trustees shall meet to hear complaints in relation to the assessment at a meeting on February 21, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. for a least four (4) consec-utive hours or until the last grievance has been heard. The hearing will be held at the Village Hall, 303 Centre Island Road, Centre Island, Nassau County, New York. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to continue or adjourn such hearing as provided by law.The Assessment Roll is now filed at the

office of the Village Clerk where it may be seen and examined by any person at all times Monday - Friday from 10:00 AM - 1:00PM until the above date.Ann VessalicoVillage Clerk Treasurer January 25, 2012January 27, 2012 #23243E

LEGAL NOTICEINCORPORATED VILLAGE OF LAUREL HOL-LOWLEGAL NOTICENOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGPLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Laurel Hollow shall, on Thursday, February 9, 2012,at 7:30 p.m. or as soon as possible thereaf-ter, conduct a public hearing relative to Introductory Local Law A-2012, which wouldauthorize the Board of Trustees to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing June 1, 2012 that requires a real property tax levy in excess of the amount otherwise pre-scribed in General Municipal Law º 3-c.Said public hearing shall be held at the Vil-lage Hall, 1492 Laurel Hollow Road, Laurel Hollow, New York.Copies of said local laws will be available for review at the Village Hall during normalbusiness hours.By Order of the Board of TrusteesKaren A. NavinClerk-TreasurerDated: January 18, 2012Issue Date: January 27, 2012#23246E

LEGAL NOTICEINC. VILLAGE OF BAYVILLEPUBLIC NOTICEGENERAL VILLAGE ELECTIONA General Election of the Incorporated Vil-lage of Bayville, Nassau County, New York, will be held on June 19, 2012 for the pur-pose of electing:Three (3) Trustees - each for a term of four (4) yearsOne (1) Village Justice - for a term of four (4)yearsBY ORDER OFTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEESMaria Alfano-HardyVillage Clerk-TreasurerDated: January 23, 2012#23259E

LEGAL NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICEVILLAGE OF COVE NECKHEARING ON COMPLAINTS ON ASSESS-MENTNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Cove Neck, as the assessor of the Village, has completed the 2012/13 tentative tax assess-ment roll. A copy of 2012/13 assessment roll has been filed with the Village Clerk andis available for inspection at the office of theVillage Attorneys, Humes & Wagner, LLP, 147Forest Avenue, Locust Valley, New York, Nas-sau County, where it may be seen and examined by any person during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Fri-day until February 21, 2012.On February 21, 2012, between the hours of9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. a representative of the Board of Trustees, will be at 147 ForestAvenue, Locust Valley, New York, Nassau County, to receive complaints in relation to any assessment in the 2012/13 Village tax roll. Thereafter the Board of Trustees will convene as the Board of Assessment Review to hear said complaints. The Board of Assessment Review reserves the right to continue or adjourn such hearings as provid-ed by law.Kathryn K. ZollerVillage Clerk/TreasurerDated: January 27, 2012#23268E

LEGAL NOTICEInterested persons are invited to comment on the installation of telecommunication antennas at a height of 71.1-feet on the roof of the existing 78.9-foot tall Site build-ing at 1 Bungtown Road in the Village of Laurel Hollow (AT&T Mobility Site Number: NYNYNY0D67), and specifically on potential effects to historic properties located at or near this facility, if any. Comments regardingpotential effects to historic properties should be submitted to ATC Associates Inc. by mail to 3 Terri Lane, Burlington, New Jer-sey 08016, or phone, 609-479-8533.#23269E

LEGAL & PUBLIC NOTICES

TOB honors NHL legend Willie O’ReeOyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto (3rd from left) recently took special oc-casion to present Hockey Pioneer Willie O’Ree (5th from left), the fi rst black player to ever play in the National Hockey League, with a proclamation on behalf of the Town of Oyster Bay. Supervisor Venditto proclaimed January 18th, 2012 to be “Wil-lie O’Ree Day” in the Town of Oyster Bay, to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of O’Ree breaking the color barrier in the NHL. On January 18, 1958, playing for the Boston Bruins against the Montreal Canadiens, O’Ree became the fi rst black person to play in the NHL - an extraordinary event that paved the way for future players of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds. Pictured here along with Mr. O’Ree and Town Supervisor Venditto are some of the players and coaches who participated in the night’s events, which included instructional clinics for participants in the Town’s Youth Ice Hockey Leagues, with a chance to learn the importance of playing the game the right way, directly from a positive role model, such as Willie O’Ree.

Portledge School in Locust Valley is of-fering Driver’s Education classes beginning February 2nd through June. This course is approved by the State Education Depart-ment and consists of lecture and driving time.

All students must be 16 years-old and have their learner’s permit. Students who successfully complete the course will obtain a MV285, which enables them to be eligible for a license at age seventeen and to receive a discount on car insurance.

Registration is on a fi rst-come-fi rst-serve basis and classes fi ll up quickly. Portledge offers a wide range of choices in class and driving times in addition to fl exibility in scheduling. The completed registration form and payment for $695 should be sent as soon as possible.

For a complete list of classes and time options, visit: www.portledge.org/sum-meradventures and click Driver’s Education section, call Melissa Worth at 516-750-3104or email: [email protected].

OB Civic Association offi cers installedOyster Bay Town Councilman Anthony Macagnone (far right) attended the Oyster Bay Civic Association’s annual Installation of Offi cers Ceremony on Thursday, January 19th at the Italian-American Citizens Club of Oyster Bay. Councilman Macagnone swore in the offi cers for the year 2012: (pictured above from left) Director George DeMartino, Sec-retary Grace Searby, Director Gary Drury, President William Von Novak, Vice President Judith Barnett and Treasurer Louise Rea. Not pictured: Director at Large - Cat Colvin and Counsel - Rob Brusca.

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‘A Taste of Locust Valley’ cancelled

The Locust Valley Rotary’s “A Taste of Locust Valley” event has been cancelled for this year. For updates on fu-ture LV Rotary events, visit:

www.lvrotary.org.

OBSC to hold Chinese Auction

The Oyster Bay Student Council presents the 2nd annual Chinese Auction on Thursday, March 22nd at the Oyster Bay High School

Gymnasium from 7-9 PM. Tickets are $10 each in-cludes coffee, tea and des-sert plus three free raffl e tickets. All proceeds will benefi t OBHS Scholarship Fund.

For tickets, contact a Stu-dent Council Representative or Danielle Urtheil at (516) 624-6528.

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luxurious retreat in Oyster Bay Cove. This outstanding home features a slate roof set on over 6 lush acres with specimen plantings, gar-dens, and terraces.

The residence is ideal for entertaining with 11-foot ceilings, fi replaces and ex-quisite details throughout.

Step inside the welcom-ing entrance and be greeted by many luxurious ameni-ties on the fi rst fl oor, includ-ing a living room with fi re-place, formal dining room with fi replace, the gourmet eat-in kitchen with another fi replace, a laundry room, the master bedroom suite and bathroom, and two more bedrooms and two bathrooms.

Three more bedrooms are upstairs on the second fl oor, with two bathrooms.

Outside, the impeccably maintained property fea-tures a heated pool with a cabana, bordering an 84-acre preserve.

The listing price for this exquisite residence is $2,995,000. Taxes are $37,123.

For more information, contact Anne Kerr of Pip-ing Rock Associates at (516) 676-2230, ext. 27.

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Anne E Kerr. GRL SRES. CBR, CLHMS, RSSPLICENSED ASSOCIATE RE BROKER

516.676.2230 ext 27Cell [email protected]

41 The PlazaLocust Valley, NY 11560

www.pipingrockrealestate.com

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