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Landlord Dies In House FireTenant, police pull owner from building; blaze under investigation
A Dix Hills man remembered as a goodneighbor died in a house fire a week be-fore Thanksgiving.
Kenneth Horadnitsky, 62, was in hisLauren Avenue home just before 5 p.m.on Nov. 15. Horadnitsky’s tenant camehome, Suffolk County police said, andnoticed smoke.
Neighbor Kim Spadoni said Dave Mc-Phie opened the front door, exposingflames inside through a glass door. Heyelled across the street to her to call forhelp while he went to find his landlord.
Dix Hills firefighters responded to re-ports of a house fire, Second Assistant
Chief Robert Fling said, but they heardabout a victim over the scanner en route.When they arrived at the single-familyhome, Fling said they found fire primari-ly in the living room by the front door.
His crew of 55 firefighters had littletrouble extinguishing the blaze whileMcPhie and police pulled Horadnitskyout. He was pronounced dead at thescene.
Fling said the Commack Fire Depart-ment had a team present.
Both Arson and Homicide detectivesare investigating the fire. They did notsuspect foul play.
“He was a really dynamite guy. There’snothing he wouldn’t do for me as a neigh-bor,” Spadoni said.
William Pelinsky lives behind Horad-nitsky’s house on Commack Road. Theneighbor said he only noticed flashinglights from the emergency vehicles thatevening. He found broken windows andyellow tape around the house when hedrove over on Friday morning.
His neighbor for 15 years, Spadoni saidHoradnitsky was a recovering alcoholicand received support from many in theneighborhood. Sober for three years afterhis father’s death, she said Horadnitskybegan struggling after his sister died afew years ago.
He worked at House of Bagels in Com-mack, she added, which is owned by Mc-Phie. The tenant could not be reached forcomment.
Huntington’s Town Board votedNov. 15 to adopt the 2013 town budget,which includes amendments that al-lowed the board to cut back on steephikes on parking garage permit fees.
In a special morning session, theboard adopted the $181.2-million op-erating budget for 2013 by a 3-2 vote.Councilmen Mark Mayoka and GeneCook voted no.
With their first week back in school devoted to school spirit, stu-dents at Chestnut Hill Elementary collect donations for SuperstormSandy victims. They gathered paper towels, toiletries, hand sanitiz-ers, cleansers, warm gloves, scarves, coats and non-perishable fooditems in big cartons in the school lobby.
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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Supervisor‘Pleased’With LaborTalksSupervisor Frank Petrone said
negotiations between the townand their white-collar labor unionare “going very well” as they seekto cut labor costs by $1.5 millionwithout laying off workers.Throughout the 2013 budget
process, the town has sought $1.5million in givebacks from the 198-member CSEA Huntington Unitof Local 852, the town’s white-col-lar unit, which has been workingwithout a contract since the end of2011.The CSEA contract came up
during last Thursday morning’sspecial budget meeting whenCouncilman Mark Mayoka askedwhy the $1.5 million in savingswere being included in the 2013budget before an agreement hadbeen reached.Mayoka, who asked Persich if it
was “reasonable to include a hopeitem” in the budget, asked for anupdate from Persich, and TownAttorney John Leo quicklyjumped in.“Those negotiations are ongoing
right now, and they are very sensi-tive negotiations,” he said. “Theunion has been very cooperativewith us, and we are working andhope to come to a settlement thatwill show a significant savings.”Supervisor Frank Petrone main-
tained that the $1.5-million linewas far from a “hope item.” Thesavings, he stressed, would hap-pen – it was just a matter of how.“It could be through layoffs, it
could be through contract negoti-ations. It could be a combinationof both,” Petrone said. “The dollaramount is there, and that dollaramount in this budget will have tobe realized.”“And I think the supervisor has
made that clear publicly,” Council-man Mark Cuthberston added.“We don’t want to go down thatroad. We would prefer to negoti-ate, but all options are on thetable.”Petrone said he was happy with
the progress and that just “one ortwo points” had to be resolved.“I’m hopeful we will have a reso-
lution to this very shortly,” he said.Rich Popkin, president of the
CSEA Huntington Unit of Local852, said his union would contin-ue to work toward striking a deli-cate balance in reaching a newagreement.“We are looking to help the town
in their time of need as best we canwhile still protecting our membersfrom layoffs and their cost of liv-ing,” he said.
Battle Over TownBoard SalariesA budget amendment that would have
rolled back Huntington Town Boardmembers’ salaries by 10 percent was an-grily denounced by Supervisor FrankPetrone as new evidence that CouncilmenMarkMayoka and Gene Cook played pol-itics with the 2013 budget. But Cook firedback Friday that it was Petrone whoshould be ashamed.The proposal came after the four coun-
cil members – all part-time employees bydefinition – agreed to freeze their salariesat $76,966, foregoing a $1,989 raise.Mayoka then moved to roll salaries backanother 10 percent – along with Supervi-sor Petrone, who was budgeted to receivea raise. The supervisor’s salary increasedby $4,360, from $158,543 to $162,903.After the amendment was defeated by a
3-2 decision, Petrone said Mayoka’s pro-posal, seconded by Cook, was just anoth-er example how the two injected politicsinto the budget process.“It’s inexcusable and it’s dirty. They
should be booted out of office becausethey’re not representing the taxpayers,”Petrone said.Mayoka defended his efforts and, in a
way, embraced the supervisor’s condem-nation.“If you consider advocating on behalf
of the residents political or grandstand-ing, then I accept that definition,” he said.Cook denounced the supervisor for vot-
ing to keep a raise during the worst eco-nomic crisis since the Great Depression.“You’ve got to be kidding me. It’s not
the time for doing that at all, and he hassome nerve in doing it,” Cook said. “Heaccused us of playing politics. What poli-tics, when our job is to look out for thepeople? We’re here to look out for thepeople – nothing more.”Cutting the yearly pay of policy-making
officials is a way to set the tone for the en-tire town, Mayoka said.“In the leadership role, we should be
setting the example,” he argued.But CouncilmanMark Cuthbertson ar-
gued that it was unfair to make Supervi-sor Petrone be the only full-time elected
official to take a pay cut.“It singles out the supervisor as an
elected official, but it does not decreasethe salary of the town clerk, the tax re-ceiver of the highway superintendent,”Cuthbertson said.“It’s not just the supervisor – it’s us,
too,” Cook added. “We make the policies,we have to make this budget for the townresidents… We should be looking out forthe town residents.”The supervisor said that between three
years of no raises and a new 10-percenthealth insurance buy-in now required ofall blue-collar, elected and appointed offi-cials, it’s akin to having taken a 10-per-cent cut already.Besides, the supervisor argued, he is
leading by example by reducing the size ofhis staff, and said the town had increasedthe size of the council office staff by twopositions at the request of Mayoka andCook.“Every year, I’ve taken a position out of
my budget only to set some example. Ihad hoped the council office would haveoffered a position,” he said.
a realistic plan that balances responsiblespending withmaintaining necessary serv-ices,” Petrone said.The finalized spending plan rolls back
for this year a proposal to increase com-muter permit fees at the town’s municipalparking garages from $50 to $600, in ex-change for guaranteed spots for permitholders.Instead, the town voted to take the resi-
dent commuter parking lot permit fee in-crease they had proposed – from $50 to$75 – and apply it to themunicipal garages,as well, while maintaining first-come, first-serve parking for permit holders. The costof a non-resident permit will increase from$50 a year to $150, also across the board.“To be fair to everyone,wewanted to find
a way so that we could offset that,” Petronesaid.“The reason you have public hearings is
to see what the public thinks,” Council-woman Susan Berland added. “[What weheard was that] it’s not the time to do this.At the same time, we had to raise the feesomewhat to be more realistic and defraycosts.”Petrone and Interim Comptroller An-
drew Persich said that under the new feemodel, the town will still subsidize parkingoperations to the tune of a half-million dol-lars.The town will also add approximately
100 daily commuter spaces at each trainstation. Existing spaces will be marked offas daily pay spaces, town spokesman A.J.Carter said, and the cost for a daily spotwillincrease by $5 to $10. The new spaces andincreased rate will generate about$400,000 in new revenue.The townwill make up the net reduction
in new parking revenue – $581,000, to$1.419 million – by: eliminating a $54,574IT staff position; each town boardmembergiving back a nearly $2,000 raise; cutting$117,207 of professional staff funding inthe supervisor’s office; and by incorporat-ing late-breaking health insurance savingsand debt service savings. The general fundtax levy will increase by $110,369, and$100,000 in new franchise fees will be fac-tored in. Overall taxes will increase by 0.83percent, or about $19 for the average
homeowner, the town said.The amendments sparked new argu-
ments between Mayoka, Petrone andCuthbertson in the minutes before thebudget was adopted.Mayoka asked Persich if the amend-
ments were made to correct errors in thepreliminary budget. Persich said that wasnot the case.“There are no errors. This is a very tough
year for budgeting. We’ve had some short-falls in revenue andwe had tomake certainchanges,” Persich said. “We’ve come upwith solutions to balance the budget.”But after the meeting, Mayoka, con-
cerned by the number of changes from thepreliminary budget to the final draft, saidhe was not convinced.“There’s truly a lack of confidence in the
budget document in its entirety – as far asthe estimates produced and the assump-tions built into it,” he said.“I have a problem with the interim
comptroller – I’ve never gotten a decentnumber out of the guy yet,” Cook said. “Iasked, there’s $117,000 [cut from the]town’s supervisor’ office. From what? Weshould know what’s going on so we can dothe business of the people.”Mayoka was also prepared to present a
resolution to roll back all of the parking feeincreases, but CouncilmanMark Cuthbert-son argued his shelved plan would haveblown a hole in the budget.One dangling participle remains – the
capital budget.While the town board voted3-2 to adopt the $8.675-million capitalbudget, a four-vote supermajority is re-quired to bond the money. The 2013 capi-tal budget includes upgrades for the DixHillsWater District, the Gerard Street mu-nicipal lot in Huntington village, a central-ized parking meter system for the village,numerous technology upgrades and im-provements to the South Parking Garageand general Highway funding.
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The town budget, approved on Nov. 15, raises permit fees for the town parking garage by$25 per year – a far cry from the $550 a year increase proposed at the start of the budgetprocess in September.
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Members of the Huntington Detachment 792 of the Marine Corps Leaguecelebrated the 237th birthday of the United States Marine Corps on Nov. 10at Finnegan's in Huntington village with manager Tom Forte.
QUOTE OF THE WEEKGENE COOK
“He accusedus of play-ing politics.What poli-tics, when
our job is to look out forthe people? We’re hereto look out for the peo-ple – nothing more.”Battle Over Town Board Salaries,
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More Like Assault
Two Melville men were arrested on burglary chargeson Nov. 14 after allegedly attacking their victim. Thecomplainant said two burglars entered the bedroom ofhis Melville home, where they struck him with awrench, and kicked and punched him beforemaking offwith a cell phone. The complainant was treated at a lo-cal hospital. Both 18-year-old defendants were chargedwith burglary.
Teen Fingered For Five-Finger Discount
A Huntington Station resident was charged with pe-tit larceny on Nov. 14. A store at Walt Whitman Shopsreported clothing was stolen, accusing the 16-year-oldin custody.
Despicable
Suffolk police responded to a South Huntingtonschool on Nov. 13 about damage to a Sept. 11 memorial.Police said an unknown person broke off the arms of thecrucifix. No arrests have been made.
Getting Rowdy In Here
Suffolk police were dispatched to a Dix Hills gentle-men’s club about two incidents on Nov. 13. The first wasa harassment call. A security guard accused the subjectof punching him in the face, causing a bloody nose. Noarrests were made. A manager at the club also reportedan assault. He told police a female patron struck him onthe left side of the head with an empty beer bottle.
Yes, Rocks Do Break Glass
Suffolk police were dispatched to a Huntington delion Nov. 12 about criminal mischief. The complainantsaid someone threw a rock through a glass window,causing it to break.
That’s Some Party
A Huntington resident called Suffolk County policeon Nov. 12 to report a major theft. The complainantsaid they held a party in their home, only to later findtwo laptops missing.
Neighbor Intervenes In Burglary
A 22-year-old Huntington man was arrested andcharged with burglary on Nov. 12. The defendant al-legedly removed a screen from a Huntington Stationhome and entered the home to steal jewelry and cash.A neighbor confronted the defendant, prompting himto run.
Quite A Haul
A Dix Hills resident called Suffolk County police toreport a burglary on Nov. 11. The complainant saidsomeone pried open a rear kitchen window. They stolea laptop, flat screen TV, game console and pocketbook.
So much for the end of the world… Twinkies,the snack cake invented in 1930 and known fortheir reputation to survive nuclear holocaust – nottrue by the way – appear tohave gone the way of the Dodobird. Hostess Brands filed pa-perwork in U.S. BankruptcyCourt last week to shut down and lay off 18,500employees in the wake of a bakers’ strike. The com-pany is looking to sell of its assets, which I hope in-clude the recipe for Twinkies, but customers are go-ing crazy in the meantime. Stories are flooding thenet with supermarkets running out of the last Host-ess’ last shipment of snacks, one referencing aneBay seller looking for $59.99 for each box. At leastthey’re offering free shipping!
Probably not hiring them… To the fellow thatposted a hand-made sign for “Tree Removel” on Pu-laski Road and Park Avenue, might I suggest proof-reading in the future? I can only imagine more peo-ple are going to mock the sign than actually call. Thenagain, it caught my eye, but not for good reasons.
If you haven’t bought a bird yet… consider afresh turkey. Frozen birds need days to thaw – But-terball recommends at least one day for every 4pounds. However, the Department of Agriculturesays fresh turkeys are best cooked within 1-2 days ofpurchase. But while prestuffed frozen turkeys aregenerally safe, the government says to avoidprestuffed fresh turkeys. The Makinajian PoultryFarm doesn’t carry turkeys, but you may be able tofind fresh whole chickens right here in town if thestores run out. Oh, and be careful with deep-fryingthose suckers! I hear horror stories every year aboutpeople and homes set ablaze by flaming oil.
Be thankful… not forgetful this holiday. Just be-cause 99 percent of us have power and are largelyback to our regular routines, there are still manyLong Islanders, and some folks in New York City andNew Jersey, that have had their lives turned upsidedown. Whether they are dealing with extended pow-er outages, sewage leaks, major house damage orcomplete house destruction, these people don’t havea warm house for family to feast together. These are
the people in our own backyard that need clothing,cleaning supplies and food. When you give thanksthis year, in whatever culture and/or religion you
practice, please keep thesepeople in mind. And if youaren’t too tired from gorgingon dinner, consider lending ahand for a few hours.
By the same token… please pick up a few extragoods if you’re making another pre-Thanksgivingtrip to the supermarket. This is an excellent time tonot only buy non-perishable food for both Sandyvictims and the needy in your community, but somestores and community agencies are collecting holi-day food items for their patrons. If you can findsomeone collecting, help share the holidays witheveryone and make a donation.
It’s back… A nincompoop is at it again, targetingpeople for money by pulling at their heartstrings.This really aggravates me, especially in light of allthat is happening in New York right now. These tele-phone scams have gotten so bad that the police de-partment was prompted to send out a release aboutit! The police said the pattern looks like this: a po-tential victim will receive a phone call from someoneclaiming that they know a family member who issomehow in trouble and needs money wired imme-diately. Or other times, the caller claims that theyhave just been in a motor vehicle crash with a rela-tive of the victim who refuses to pay for the damage,and goes so far as to claim to be holding the relativeat gunpoint! The victim is then asked to withdrawmoney from an ATM and the caller will guide themto an institution where they can wire money. Pleaseplease please, dear readers, find a way to verify yourrelatives’ whereabouts before doing anything. I knowit must be scary, but it breaks my heard that peoplewill fall for these terrible scams.
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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Holiday Cheer Returns
Huntington’s holiday spirit will be onfull display Nov. 24, and the town is prom-ising their third annual celebration will bethe biggest and best ever – for visitors andbusiness owners alike.The Holiday Parade and Street Festival
inHuntington villagewill kick off at 7 p.m.on Saturday, capping off Small BusinessSaturday with Long Island’s biggest elec-tric light holiday parade and float contest.“This is only the parade’s third year, but
already it has become an institution and anintegral part of the holiday season inHunt-ington,” Supervisor Frank Petrone said.“This is another example of what makesHuntington such a special place during theholiday season and year-round.”Fire departments, scouts, and veterans
and civic groups are scheduled to partici-pate in the parade, which will begin at theBigHShopping Center and proceed northon New York Avenue to Main Street,where it will proceed west along MainStreet past the reviewing stand at WallStreet to West Neck Road. Last year’sevent attracted 10,000 revelers, accordingto estimates.There will be competitions for the best
floats in two categories – fire departmentand commercial – and the best-decoratedbusiness. The ceremonial holiday treelighting has also been moved to the inter-section of Wall and Gerard Streets, wherethe tree will stay for the holiday season.Wall Street will be closed to traffic from
Main Street to Gerard Street until 9 p.m.for a street festival, which will include per-formances from local groups and promo-tions from local merchants. Parents canbring their children to meet Santa andMrs. Claus, popular characters includingSnoopy, The Grinch, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Elmo and Woody. TheHalesite Fire Department will have Buddythe Elf on board the actual sled used in
filming the movie “Elf.” Free hot chocolateand cookies will be served, play games inthe Gamin Ride truck or take a horse andbuggy ride.Several steps have been taken for this
year’s extravaganza to leverage it as a busi-ness opportunity for local merchants.Ellen O’Brien, executive director of theHuntington Township Chamber of Com-merce, said the chamber has been pro-moting Small Business Saturday in theiradvertising, and noted that the later starttimewill give visitorsmore time to shop instores offering specials for the day.“We’re encouraging them to come for
the day and stay for the parade. We’re try-ing to create a synergy with Small Busi-ness Saturday,” she said.Councilman Mark Mayoka’s office said
50 to 60 businesses in Huntington andCold SpringHarbor have agreed to partic-ipate in Small Business Saturday. Thosebusinesses will have special fliers in theirwindows, and will be showcased on thetown’s Small Business Resource and Re-covery Center website.“We intend to pick up many more busi-
nesses between now and next week,”Mayoka said.The parade and festival’s sponsors in-
clude the Town, the Huntington Villageand Huntington Station Business Im-provement Districts, the HuntingtonTownship Chamber of Commerce, theHuntington and Huntington Manor FireDepartments and the Huntington Chiefs’Council.
Organizers of the town’s third annual Holiday Parade and Street Festival are hoping a laterstart time will help the event become the crowning moment of Small Business Saturday.
As You Celebrate, Give BackAnyone coming to the holiday parade
is encouraged to bring non-perishablefood to help replenish the HuntingtonFood Council food pantry, depleted as aresult of Hurricane Sandy. Bins will beplaced at locations along the paraderoute and at the festival.
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Solar EnergyNo HelpAfter Sandy
David Jackson spent close to$20,000 in 2011 for a $63,000 solarenergy system capable of generatingnearly 10,000 watts of electricity andheating 80 gallons of hot water.When Superstorm Sandy hit, the
Huntington Station resident still hadno power and no hot water.In theory, solar energy systems
should be capable of keeping thelights on. But Sail Van Nostrand,owner of Northport-based Energy byChoice, said current technical limita-tions are to blame.“Because you have the ability to ex-
port energy, the underwriters labora-tories require that in the event there isno power on the grid, your systemturns off instantaneously so you avoidsending power into the injured grid,”he said.Or as Jackson said, it’s designed to
avoid sending electricity throughwires while linemen are working.Most solar energy systems used on
Long Island are grid-tied, Van Nos-trand said, and cut off when the pow-er does. Jackson’s system was uselessfor two weeks until his home was re-powered. And since the solar watersystem relies on an electrical pump,that failed as well.“I’m not upset that the solar panels
weren’t working. It’d be nice if theydid, but I understand the danger tothe linemen,” he said.But with his phones ringing off the
hook andmost callers unaware of thiskey drawback, Van Nostrand said aworkaround does exist.Grid-tied systems are themost eco-
nomical, hence their popularity. A sig-nificantly more expensive option, is abattery backup. Capable of connect-ing to old and new systems, Van Nos-trand says the battery can kick in dur-ing a power outage and trick the solarpower system into working. Batteriesrange in storage capacity, althoughthe business owner said they’re typi-cally designed to run critical loads likean oil burner and refridgerator. Theycould also power the solar waterpump as well.One of his customers in Asharoken
had a battery system installed. Andwhile folks like Jackson and VanNos-trand sat in the dark, he was one offew with power immediately afterSandy.“It got him through the crisis,” Van
Nostrand said.Jackson said the battery backupop-
tionwould cost him about $10,000 topower nearly everything in the house.The battery would last for about 10years, he said while propane genera-tors last longer and cost about thesame. Now he’s debating between agasoline generator, a propane genera-tor and the battery backup.“My guess is I’ll go with propane,”
THE AFTERMATH OF SSAANNDDYYOne Million Could Join LawsuitA Melville attorney who filed the begin-
nings of a class action lawsuit against LIPAand National Grid this week claims his pri-mary motive is a need for change in utilitymanagement.Kenneth Mollins filed the suit in State
Supreme Court in Mineola on Tuesday,charging the utilities with gross negligence,fraud and breach of contract.“We feel by way of this lawsuit, we’ll be
able to look into what happened and shinelight on the areas that really need resolu-tion,” the attorney said.Mollins filed the lawsuit on behalf of his
brother, Jeff Mollins, a Plainview resident,and Jason Abelove, an attorney who lives inOceanside.After hearing complaints from his broth-
er about a lack of power and from the at-torney about getting the runaround, Ken-neth Mollins said he heard a caller on aNew York sports radio station say out-of-state crews were stuck waiting for hours forLIPA to arrive. He personally spoke withcrews, who verified the statement.Mollins also referenced a Public Service
Commission report after Tropical StormIrene, which indicated major problems inLIPA’s infrastructure and preventativemaintenance. Utility officials have sincepublicly said they have not had a chance toimplement any changes yet.Meanwhile, the attorney said calls kept
coming in. Some were from people who lostpower, others from people who lost familymembers. Disgusted by what he was seeingand hearing, Mollins filed the suit. “They weren’t prepared and they
were telling people things that weren’t
true,” he said.With the action filed on Tuesday, the next
step is for LIPA and National Grid to re-spond. After that, the court can decide tocertify the lawsuit as a class action suit andset the criteria for complainants to join.Mollins expects the court will not take thatstep for several months.But once it does, he said as many as 1 mil-
lion claimants may join.“I expect this class action may be the
biggest ever filed,” Mollins said.If the case does move forward and the
claimants win, the Melville attorney did notdeny he would financially profit. However,he said his focus is more on making surethis situation never happens again.
“[Making money is] not the reason I’mdoing this one. I volunteer in churches, I’vebeen to Staten Island helping people. I feelthere’s a significant need for accountability,”he said, adding that they are consideringdonating some of their possible financialgains to charities and local communities.LIPA officials did not return requests for
comment.Related but unconnected to the lawsuit,
Mollins also contacted acting New YorkState Inspector General Catherine LeahyScott to investigate where ratepayers’ pay-ments were going, especially if it was beingused to pay executives’ salaries.“If [she] finds criminality, we’re asking
Sen. Marcellino: LIPA ‘Failed Miserably’Blasting their “snail-like” response,
“glaring lack of communication” and “epicfailure to plan ahead for post-stormrestorations,” Senator Carl Marcellino,chairman of the Senate Standing Commit-tee on Investigations and Government Op-erations, will hold a public hearing to lookat the Long Island Power Authority’s (LI-PA) storm preparation and restoration po-lices, and to examine the industry stan-dards, best practices and post-event analy-sis of the utility.“LIPA’s preparedness systems are fatally
flawed. They failed during Tropical StormIrene in 2011 and things only got worseduring Superstorm Sandy,” Marcellinosaid. “While I commend our emergency re-sponders and law enforcement officials forworking hard to meet the needs of Long Is-landers, it is clear that we must again takea look at LIPA’s response and determine ifthey are truly prepared and competent togo forward and provide services for the res-idents and ratepayers on Long Island.These ‘experts’ have had plenty of time toprepare for a storm such as this; they havefailed miserably.”Marcellino said he is “furious” that the
agency failed to implement any recom-mendations, touching on outreach, im-proving their outage map, training for callcenter staffers, outage reporting, staffinglevels and electrical system maintenance,
from a post-Tropical Storm Irene hearingheld in 2011.“I want and demand answers to why LI-
PA cannot get it right. My committee did athorough review of LIPA and their over-sight during Tropical Storm Irene and putforth many strong recommendations,” hesaid. “The ratepayers have been left out inthe cold, literally, during this last storm forover two weeks and no one at LIPA can telltheir customers why?”Under withering criticism from levels of
government all the way up to GovernorAndrew Cuomo’s office in Albany, LIPACEO Michael Hervey has said little aboutattacks from politicians, consistently stat-ing he’s focused on restoring power to hiscustomers than engaging in a back-and-forth with politicians.A date for the hearing has not been set.
A Marcellino aide said the hearing wouldbe scheduled once power is restored to allLIPA customers and service is steady onceagain.Marcellino is not the only one probing
the utility. Cuomo formed a commissionTuesday to investigate not just LIPA, butall of the state’s power utility companies.The 10-person commission will investi-
gate the response, preparation, and man-agement of LIPA, the New York Power Au-thority (NYPA) and the New York StateEnergy and Research Development Au-thority (NYSERDA). That includes re-viewing actions taken before and after re-cent weather disasters, and making recom-
mendations to reform and modernizethese utilities.NYPA maintains 17 plants and transmis-
sion lines to provide electricity to govern-ment agencies, neighboring states and pri-vate utilities for resale. NYSERDA coordi-nates the state’s activities on nuclear ener-gy matters, conducts energy research, pro-motes energy efficiency and creating greenjobs.“From Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm
Lee, to Hurricane Sandy, over the past twoyears New York has experienced some ofthe worst natural disasters in our state'shistory,” Cuomo said. “As we adjust to thereality of more frequent major weather in-cidents, we must study and learn fromthese past experiences to prepare for thefuture.”According to the governor’s executive or-
der, the commission is authorized to sub-poena and enforce witnesses’ attendance,administer oaths and require productionof materials necessary for an investigation.At the same time, all state agencies,boards, divisions and offices are requiredto cooperate with the commission.The 10 members of the commission
stretch from all corners of New York State.Nassau County District Attorney KathleenRice is Long Island’s sole voice.In response to the commission’s forma-
tion, LIPA Communications DirectorMark Gross said that “with the extremeweather patterns we have seen, a statewidestudy is appropriate.”
Marilyn Lavi, holding an electric candle she’s used to get around during a two-week poweroutage at her Lloyd Harbor home, can see the utility trucks at Quentin Sammis West NeckBeach from her deck. But as of Nov. 14, she still didn’t have full power at her home. She isone of several Long Islanders with a story to tell in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy,some of whom are looking to sue.
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Students found themselves with anunexpected vacation from school in thewake of Superstorm Sandy, and nowthey are learning it will cost them somescheduled days off.As of Friday, three of the eight school
districts in the Town of Huntington havealready approved canceling their winterbreak in February, and at least threemore were considering the option.State law requires New York districts
offer 180 days of instruction for state aidpurposes. Education Commissioner
John King is permitted to excuse up tofive days for extraordinary circum-stances, but only if they cannot be madeup through vacation days before Regentsexams in June.The State Legislature can make tem-
porary changes to the requirements. Forthe 2011-2012 school year, they extend-ed the number of days King can excuseto 10 in the wake of a disaster or de-clared emergency. Another such bill wasrecently filed for the 2012-2013 schoolyear.The boards of education at Harbor-
fields, Cold Spring Harbor and SouthHuntington were the first to eliminate
some of their vacation days.Cold Spring Harbor Superintendent
Judith Wilansky said the district rein-stated classes for Feb. 18-22, as well asApril 1 – the day after Easter. They losteight days of instruction to the stormwith just two snow days built into thecalendar. The board elected not to tapinto the week off connected to April 1.“They looked at the spacing of the va-
cations and if they maintained that weekas a vacation, there would have been 17weeks of instruction following. They feltthat was a long haul for the students totheir AP and regents,” Wilansky said.The changes leave them with one
emergency day in the calendar. Shouldthe district be forced to call a snow dayor otherwise close, they can use that day,cancel the spring recess or add two su-perintendent’s conference days.In South Huntington, Superintendent
Dave Bennardo revealed that not onlywill Feb. 19-22 and April 1 be reinstatedas school days, but May 24 will revertfrom a conference day to a school day.“These changes will allow us to meet
the current New York State minimum,regain important instruction, and pre-serve a few days for winter snow emer-gencies,” Bennardo said in a letter tostaff.Harborfields administrators an-
nounced that school would be in sessionon Feb. 18-22 and May 24, and a super-intendent’s conference day will be addedfor June 24 – after graduation. Superin-tendent Diana Todaro said thesechanges allow for 181 school days as perstate law. But if two snow days are need-ed this winter, they will restoreMarch 25to a school day. Additional snow dayswould be pulled from the March recess.As of Friday afternoon, officials at the
Half Hollow Hills, Northport-EastNorthport and Huntington school dis-tricts were considering holding classduring the February break. The topicwas expected to be discussed at board ofeducation meetings for all three onMonday.Commack and Elwood School District
administrators did not return requestsfor comment.
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Store Owner Cuffed In $60K ScamA Wyandanch man was arraigned
Nov. 14 after attempting to bilk his in-surance company out of $60,000 byfalsely claiming his store was burglarizedat the height of SuperstormSandy, policesaid.Wilguens Mentor, 28, owner of Fly
Forever Sneakers on Colonial SpringsRoad in Wheatley Heights, called policeOct. 31, reporting that during the worstof Sandy, his business was broken intoand more than $60,000 in merchandisehad been stolen.
But when First Squaddetectives investigated,they determined the reportwas false and nothing wastaken. Police determinedMentor had filed the re-port with the intention ofsubmitting a false claimwith his insurance compa-ny.Police arrested Mentor
on Nov. 13 and chargedhim second-degree felony
attempted insurance fraud, afelony, and third-degree falselyreporting an incident, a misde-meanor.Mentor has retained private
counsel, but information abouthis attorney was not available.Mentor’s next court date isscheduled for Jan. 8, 2013, inSuffolk County First DistrictCourt.
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Opinion‘Not the types set up by the printer return their impression, the meaning, the main concern.’
Letters to the editor are welcomed by Long Islander Newspapers. We reservethe right to edit in the interest of space and clarity. All letters must be hand-signed and they must include an address and daytime telephone number forverification. Personal attacks and letters considered in poor taste will not beprinted. We cannot publish every letter we receive due to space limitations.
This week, family, friends, and in somecases, complete strangers, gather in remem-brance of the first Thanksgiving, when thefirst immigrants to the American coloniesgathered to celebrate their very survival. Pil-grims in search of freedom from religious op-pression, their journey to theNewWorldwasno cake walk. After a long ocean voyage theyfaced a harshwinter, disease, hunger and nu-merous other trials that surely had manyquestioning the wisdom of their decisions.As you gather family and friends
together this Thanksgiving, keep inmind the trials being faced by manyfellowLong Islanders this year.While Super-storm Sandy did substantial damage here,the Town of Huntington was largely sparedfrom the destruction the storm brought tocommunities on the South Shore. Yes, thestorm wreaked havoc here, leaving a path ofdown trees and utility wires and record num-bers without heat and power in their homes.However, in light of the damage done in oth-er communities, you’ll hear people sayingthings like, “I had no power for 10 days but Ican’t complain.”
That’s because in many communities, peo-ple lost their homes and everything in them.Nearly 100 people in the New York areaalone died as a result of Sandy. It will be yearsbefore we are fully recovered from the phys-ical effects of the storm.Every cloud has its silver lining, and in the
case of Superstorm Sandy, it is in the count-less number of amazing stories about peoplehelping others. Whether it’s by helping aneighbor, volunteering in the hardest hit ar-
eas, organizing fundraisers ordonating to relief organiza-tions, people are reaching out
and selflessly giving to ease others’ pain.This Thanksgiving, keep in your hearts and
prayers, those who were worst hit by the hur-ricane. Better yet, turn those thoughts intoaction. Volunteer organizations like Long Is-land Cares, Island Harvest, Red Cross, Salva-tion Army and so many more have been go-ing non-stop since the storm. Find out howyou can best lend them a hand, and do it.In the spirit of the season, we wish you a
happy Thanksgiving. We have much to begrateful for.
Much To Be Thankful For
EDITORIAL
Continue Sandy RecoveryBy Shopping ‘Small’
DEAR EDITOR:I would like to thank every-
one who has been working tire-lessly and continuously to helpthose in need since HurricaneSandy hit our shores. I amgrateful for the outstandingservice provided by local firedepartments, first aid squads,veterans, volunteers and Townof Huntington employees dur-ing this crisis.Oct. 29 for most of Long Is-
land heralded an unprecedent-ed change of life, marked by thelack of electricity and all of ourmodern conveniences. Many ofus feel like we have lost the lasttwo weeks of our lives and aresurprised to find Thanksgivingand the holiday season are fastapproaching. We are all tryingto rebuild and get back to astate of normalcy. I would liketo remind everyone that SmallBusiness Saturday is next week,Nov. 24. We have all sufferedlosses but we can’t let Hurri-cane Sandy and Nor’easter
Athena dampen our spirits.Small Business Saturday fol-
lows the busiest shopping day ofthe year, known as “Black Fri-day.” Many of the small busi-nesses in our area are offeringspecial discounts and promo-tions. Let’s help these smallbusinesses survive and focus ourbuying power on a local level.Small Business Survival
Strategies have never beenmore important after the crush-ing blow of Hurricane Sandy. Ihosted a workshop with repre-sentatives from FEMA, theNew York State Small BusinessAdministration, LIDC, DisasterContinuity Experts, local banksand others reaching out to as-sist Long Island in this time ofcrisis. Helping Huntington’sSmall Businesses Recover fromHurricane Sandy is vital to ourcommunity.The workshop program will
be featured on the GovernmentAccess channel (Cablevision 18& FIOS 38) and linked to thelocal chambers of commerce.The Small Business Resourceand Recovery Center is located
on the third floor of Town Hallin room 305 and has been es-tablished to serve your needs.We have literature from localbanks, recovery programs, dis-aster preparedness guidelines,phone numbers for variousagencies that are open to lendassistance, and tips for apply-ing to FEMA and the SBA.Remember to shop local.
MARKMAYOKAHuntingtonCouncilman
What It Means To Live InHuntington
DEAR EDITOR:Now that life is slowly get-
ting back to normal for manyresidents of Huntington, Iwanted to make sure to takethe time to thank several peo-ple in the Town of Huntingtonwho really were standoutsduring what was a very scaryand unfathomable event.I would first like to thank
the owners and employees ofPark Avenue Deli. The day af-
ter the storm they were serv-ing up breakfast and that im-portant commodity, ice, withsmiles on their faces evenwhen they were under an in-credible amount of stressabout their own homes andfamilies. To their customersthat day, being able to get ahot breakfast of coffee and anegg sandwich, in the middleof all the chaos, meant thatmaybe everything was goingto be OK after all.Next I would like to thank
Dr. Gary Alex. My 98-year-oldfather, who was staying withus for the storm, had a dentalemergency. I had seen Dr.Alex's office near my homeand I thought that I might beable to navigate there throughthe storm debris. Neither myfather nor I are patients of Dr.Alex, but he did not hesitateto have us meet him at his of-fice, which was also withoutpower. He and his very kindstaff proceeded to take greatcare of my dad, doing it allwithout electricity. The stormand its aftermath were stress-
ful enough without knowingthat my Dad was in pain aswell. I can't thank Dr. Alexenough for taking such goodcare of him.I would also like to thank
Legislator William R. Spencerand his staff for opening uptheir office to those in need ofwarmth and access to powerfor re-charging. The staff wasso friendly, helpful and wel-coming, it made one feelmuch less disoriented in thestorm's aftermath.Lastly, I would like to thank
Huntington Superintendent ofSchools James Polansky forusing every means possible tokeep students and parents inthe loop regarding the schoolsand for his concern for stu-dent safety as well.These people all made a big
difference, some just to myselfand my family and others tomany. I am proud to live inHuntington.
BEV ALLEN-WEITZNERAND FAMILYHuntington
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Life&StyleTELEVISION
Huntington-BasedReality ShowToDebut‘Growing Up Gold Coast’ gives glimpse into the lives of aspiring young professionals
Growing up on the Gold Coast isn’t always easy. WithSuffolk County’s 7.5-percent unemployment rate as ofSeptember 2012, the job market is increasingly less for-giving for ambitious young adults who hit the groundrunning in their search for jobs, a task which often be-comes a job in itself, minus the benefits.The Huntington-centric reality series “Growing Up
Gold Coast,” which debuts Sunday, Nov. 25 on the Life-time network at 9:30 a.m., follows a group of 20-some-things during a transitional period of their lives wherethey struggle to find their identity in an environment thatfosters competition.Many of the show’s cast member’s residents of the
Huntington area. Show director Jim Kelly, a Commacknative, said the village was the ideal location to build theshow around.“I grew up around here, and I always thought that this
was an area where you find a concentration of young, am-bitious people,” Kelly said.The series, which screened a sneak peak at the Cinema
Arts Centre in Huntington on Nov. 13, highlights the in-teraction of work and play in the lives of these aspiringyoung adults.Kristine Wynne, 22, graduated from Walt Whitman
High School in 2008 and currently works in real estate,with the ultimate goal of becoming a teacher. A recentalum of Stony Brook University, Wynne has always beeninterested in the entertainment industry, but before pur-suing her career goals she wants to show the world whatshe’s really about.“We have a really good cast and group of kids. We’re
driven and working hard for what we have,” Wynne said.Northport’s Chris “Gucci” Gucciardo, 28, said that with
a life of luxury comes big shoes to fill, and the pressure tosucceed often impacts the career, and recreational deci-sions, made by young adults. AHarborfieldsHigh Schoolgraduate, Gucciardo carries the weight of one day lead-ing his family’s real estate development business on hisshoulders. With a self-proclaimed ambition to be an“ambassador of Long Island,” Gucciardo said he wearshis Long Island badge with pride.“I’ve always been driven and I have a good grip on re-
ality. I work hard and play just a little harder. Everything
has to be earned, and we want to show people that wework hard for what we have here. As the oldest son Iwant to continue my family’s legacy, and know that I canI wake up smiling every day,” Gucciardo said.While critics have compared the show to the likes of
the “Jersey Shore” series, Kelly said the series under-scores the dynamic interaction of factors that go hand inhand with growing up, and not just the “fun side.”“There’s an inherent pressure put on kids growing up…
The bar is set high, and pressure is high, and with accessto money you see a combination of work pressure andpartying, and in the morning it’s back to the rat race. It’sinteresting to watch,” he said. “A big part [of the show] isgoing out at night and blowing off steam, and it’s Hunt-ington village for these kids.”AJ Scordio, 25, is originally from Sands Point but fre-
quents Huntington village because of his day job. ABucknell University graduate, Scordio took a job onWall
Street for one month before quitting to pursue a careerthat would foster his creative side. His stepfather lives inHuntington Bay, and Scordio decided to take a job as awaiter at Buenos Aires Café while he figures out what heis meant to do.Danielle Suydam, 22, lives in East Northport and
graduated from St. Dominic’s High School in Oyster Bayin 2008. The soon-to-be reality star enjoys hitting upChristopher’s and Honu on the weekends, and said thatjoining the show was a dream come true.“It was completely unexpected and too good to be
true,” Suydam said. “It’s been a great experience, and Ihope people see that we’re good people, loving people,and that we care about each other and stick togetherthrough it all.”Suydam joins her co-stars, including Jill DeVito of Dix
Hills, Sal Triolo of Huntington, and Sean McCann ofNorthport for the series television debut.
The cast of Growing Up Gold Coast, which premiers on Nov. 25 on the Lifetime network.
Singing Songs For Sandy ReliefHuntington musicians playing together on Saturday for donations
Long Island musicians will perform to-gether in Centerport this weekend withaspirations of raising awareness and col-lecting donations for the victims of Super-storm Sandy.The fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 24 will
provide entertainment for both familiesand adults. From 5-6 p.m. there will bechild-friendly and interactive performancefrom Patricia Shih, a family-themed edu-cational songstress from Huntington;Bash the Trash, an environmentally friend-ly and educative group of musicians; andTom Chapin, the Grammy award-winningacoustic guitar player and singer hailing
fromHuntington.Starting at 8 p.m. there will be a show
planned for adults. Chapin will make an-other appearance, aswill Long Island-bornblues singer Toby Walker.The concert’s proceeds will be donated
to the American Red Cross. Items will alsobe collected for the Long IslandCares/Harry Chapin Food Bank.The suggested donation is $25 and a do-
nation of one of the following: diapers, ba-by formula, water, nonperishable food,personal care items, cleaning supplies; bot-tled drinks, new blankets, socks, gloves,hats and scarves.Sandy devastated the entire eastern
shore only days beforeHalloweenwith rag-ing 90 mph winds. Massive waves devas-
tated the beaches of the eastern shore anddestroyed homes with flooding and dam-age due to wind. Thousands of people,weeks after the storm, are still left power-less with no heat in their homes. ManyLong Islanders lost their entire livelihoods.The concert will be held at the Congre-
gational Church on 20 Washington Drivein Centerport.To reserve tickets in advance, which is
strongly recommended, [email protected] and send a checkpayable to The American Red Cross withthe memo line "Hurricane Sandy Relief".Mail to Patricia Shih, PO Box 1554, Hunt-ington, NY 11743. Tickets can also be pur-chased at the door. For further informationcall 631- 549-2332.
Tom Chapin headlines a benefit concert forSandy relief on Saturday.
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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Support Still Wavering On Bamboo LawCome rain or wind-blown snow, Hunt-
ington residents are concerned aboutbamboo.While a Nov. 7 public hearing on a pro-
posal to regulate the plant was consider-ably shorter than a previous hearingmostly due to blizzard-like conditionscaused by a nor’easter, about a half-dozen residents registered their supportvia email.With the modified law being consid-
ered, public opinion, and the argumentsboth pro and con, changed little. Sup-porters urged the town to regulate bam-boo to curb what they described as a per-ilous blight that destroys property andendangers public health, while othersquestioned the wisdom of imposing newrestrictions on a matter that should behandled between neighbors, or in court.The law would allow the District Court
to impose monthly fines for any residentwho allows their bamboo to encroach ona neighbor’s property, and would ban theplanting of “running bamboo” on theirproperty, which is defined as any bamboothat “encroached, spread, invaded or in-truded upon any other property or rightof way.” Those who presently have run-ning bamboo can keep it – but they haveto keep it on their own property.With Supervisor Frank Petrone pledg-
ing his support for the law, Council-woman Susan Berland has a path to callit to another vote again. The question is– can she get the third vote for it to pass?Berland said regulating bamboo is too
important to be stymied.“Bamboo takes over properties and it
needs to be regulated before it’s too late,”Berland said. “I hope more than one ofmy three colleagues wakes up to that factand comes on board.”Councilman Mark Mayoka, who ab-
stained last time the issue came to a vote,said the fine structure caught his atten-tion. Anyone whose bamboo encroacheson private property will be issued a no-tice of violation and be subject to finesstarting at $250-$500 and capping outat $2,500 a month. Anyone who plantsor replants running bamboo will be sub-ject to a $250-$500 fine for every monthit is allowed to exist.“I’m very concerned about the fines
and how they will impact the residents,”he said.Councilman Gene Cook, who told a
constituent suffering from intrusivebamboo that he had shoots grow througha hot tub on his property when he lived inPort Washington, argued Berland’s legis-lation “still does not help that guy.”“I have not made up my mind yet,” he
said. “There’s some issues with Susan’slegislation that don’t work for me, and Ihaven’t had a chance to talk to her.”And Councilman Mark Cuthbertson,
who said last month he had “a generalconcern about whether you can reallyregulate in this area effectively” andneeds to study the issue more, said thatreview is still underway.“We’ve been so caught up with every-
thing else that I haven’t had time to studythe issue,” he said, alluding to Super-storm Sandy and its aftermath. A handful of residents are vocal about their support of legislation to regulate bamboo.
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ART
Ongoing Art Auction To Aid CouncilArtists across town are using their tal-ents to help an organization that sup-ports them through thick and thin.Over 50 pieces of artwork are on dis-play at the Huntington Arts Council’sMain Street Petite Gallery for the 2012Auction on Main exhibit. Patrons canbid on the works, donated by arts coun-cil artists, through Nov. 30, when a clos-
ing reception will be held from 6-8 p.m.The auction serves as one of the mainfundraisers for the nonprofit arts council.The gallery is located at 213 Main St.in Huntington. For more information,visit www.huntingtonarts.org or contactFlorence Dallari 631-271-8423 ext. 12.Pictured is some of the art up for auc-tion.
ART
ATeaching Opportunity
The Huntington Arts Council had some special visitors on Saturday as teacher Mar-garita Stakhovich brought her exchange students to see the Auction on Main exhibit.The students are on a study tour program from Korea, provided by Mahanaim, a post-secondary school in Huntington. As part of the program, teachers create engaging ac-tivities where the students go out to meet new people and use the English they learnin the classroom. At the arts council, the students were able to appreciate the diverseforms of artwork and also express themselves in English, asking many questions tothe staff.
New Concourse by William Lowe.
NYC4 by Don Thiergard.
WinterBirch Forest by Shain Bard.
Whisper in the Night 2010 by Sang Hyun Chung.Still Life by Stokely Webster.
Modernity in Acient Rome by David Jaycox.
Italy by M. Ellen Winter. Cotton Snow by Andrea M Gordon.
Golden Orchid by Jack Pierce.
Peconic Pond by Angela Stratton
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TheFoodieS E C T I O N
INVITE THE FOODIES:The Foodie crew is out and abouttownwide. Restaurant owners, chefsand food fans are invited to submit newsand notices to The Foodies, c/o Long Is-lander newspapers, 149 Main Street,Huntington NY 11743, or e-mail [email protected] suggest reviews, e-mail or call PeterSloggatt at 631-427-7000.
Fighting Hunger With The FoodiesCoindre Hall was the destination for
foodies Nov. 13 as restaurateurs, wine,beer and chocolate purveyors set up shopin the stately, historic waterfront man-sion to raise money for the Island Har-vest food bank. And as one might expectat any gathering of culinary practition-ers, Huntington was well-represented inthe 20 or so restaurants dishing out smallplates of their favorites.The event, an annual magazine cover
party hosted by Long Island Pulse, hasbecome a November tradition to supportIsland Harvest, Long Island’s largesthunger relief organization dedicated toending hunger and reducing food waste.Volunteers distribute food to nearly 570pantries, soup kitchens and other localfeeding centers.“We raise a lot of money, we get tomeet
a lot of new people who don’t know abouthunger on Long Island and it’s just agreat opportunity for us,” said RandiShubin Dresner, the organization’s Presi-
dent and CEO.In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, Is-
land Harvest and all of Long Island’sfood pantries have been pressed into ex-traordinary action. As of Nov. 13, theymoved 1 million pounds of food in thelast week and a half, and she expected tomove many millions more by the end ofthe year. Sandy was a catastrophe that hit
Jackson’s Restaurant owner Shelby Poole and manager Ryan Ullah serve jambalaya, saladand egg creams at Coindre Hall.
Legal Sea Foods, which has a location atthe Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington Sta-tion, was a hit for rich clam chowder andBlackened Ahi Tuna Wontons.
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POWER DINNER: Where do power brokerstake a meal around here? Newt Gingrich,the former Speaker of the House andone-time presidential candidate, fol-lowed up a book-signing appearance atHuntington’s Book Revue with a meal atJonathan’s Ristorante (15 Wall St., Hunt-ington Village 631-549-0055jonathansristorante.com) last Monday,Nov. 12. In town to promote their book“Victory at Yorktown,” Gingrinch, hiswife and co-author Callista, and a fewfriends talked politics while dining at around table in the center of Jonathan’sdining room.
WHAT CAN TWO BLONDES TEACH YOU?Plen-ty if it’s about cooking. The owners ofTwo Blondes and a Stove (26 ClintonAve., Huntington village 631-673-1300twoblondesandastove.com) have createdmore than Huntington village’s newestbreakfast hotspot. Their after-hourscooking classes are also proving to bepretty popular. This week’s is sold out but
there are still spots available for the nextDec. 3 class on creating the UltimateCocktail Party, and Dec. 10 class on cre-ating the Ultimate Holiday Dinner PartyII. Classes are hands-on, in the kitchen,and what makes them even better is thatyou get to eat all three courses that youprepare in class.
LIKE OIL AND VINEGAR… Any foodie whowalks into The Crushed Olive (278 MainSt., Huntington Village 631-423-1500thecrushedolive.com) is like a kid in acandy store. But the array of flavor-in-fused olive oils and balsamic vinegars canalmost be mind-boggling, if not over-whelming. To help customers best usetheir products, The Crushed Olive haspublished “The Infused Palate,” a cook-book filled with 93 recipes from appetiz-ers through desserts that shows you howto incorporate their olive oils and bal-samics into easy-to-understand recipes.The book is the work of Eileen SangerProfit of Miller Place, who works at TheCrushed Olive’s Stony Brook location; itis available at all of The Crushed Olive’slocations.
A new cookbook from The Crushed Olive has recipes using the store’s infused olive oils andbalsamics.
LI restaurants dish out aid at tasting partyhome for the organization, she said.“I have 35 people on staff, and each one
of them has left their families at home inthe dark. Many of them have left 5 feet ofwater to come to work so that we can helpto feed other people that are really inneed,” Shubin Dresner said. “The dedica-tion of our staff has truly been tremen-dous.”Shelby Poole, owner of Jackson’s (6005
Jericho Turnpike, Commack 631-462-0822) joined her manager, Ryan Ullah, indishing out hearty Jambalaya, smoky andsatisfyingly spicy, bursting with chicken,Andouille sausage, shrimp, peppers,onions and Creole rice. They also hadlight and refreshing Mama Loo Salad,combining napa, crispy noodles, carrots,cucumber, red dressing and Tahini dress-ing in a light, refreshing dish. And for tra-ditionalists, there were classic, fizzyChocolate Egg Creams.Legal Sea Foods (160 Walt Whitman
Road, No. 1108, Huntington Station 631-271-9777) was on hand with hearty clamchowder and delicately seared BlackenedAhi Tuna, paired with seaweed salad,pickled ginger, wasabi sour cream andsesame, all served in a crunchy wonton.The combination marries complex fla-vors and textures into a harmonious,complementary package.Moving on, we decided to check out a
new old friend, visiting Dena Fenza’stable for Two Blondes and a Stove (26Clinton Ave, Huntington village, 631-673-1300) where she was ladling outshot-glass-sized samplers of RoastedButternut Squash soup. Autumn gourdswere a popular theme at several restau-rants’ tables, and Dena stood out with asavory, textured soup that warms you upwith salted fall flavors and an ever-so-faintly-sweet finish from the crushedamaretto cookie crumble garnish. Keepan eye for this one in their rotatingsoups of the day, especially as the tem-peratures drop.For our main course of sorts, where
better to go than Coindre Hall’s in-houserestaurant? That brought us to the setupfor the Chateau at Coindre Hall, wherehead chef Matt Kozak was presiding over
a winter vegetable medley and fork-ten-der braised beef short rib in a red winereduction, a traditional fall-winter offer-ing that really hit the spot.With four courses down, that leaves us
with dessert, and we decided there’s nobetter way to close out the night than tovisit Mary Alice Meinserman and herdaughter Susannah to see what BonBons Chocolatier (319 Main St., Hunt-ington, 631-549-1059) had on hand tosatisfy the ol’ sweet tooth. With a selec-tion of chocolate-covered goodies, truf-fles galore and hazelnut chocolates, therewas something for any chocoholic - orearthling, for that matter - to delight in.Ninety-six percent of all cash dona-
tions go to support Island Harvest’s pro-gramming, collecting and distributingfood, Shubin Dresner said. Couldn’tmake it, but want to give? It’s as simpleas texting “hunger relief ” to 266266 andselecting a donation from $10 to $500.
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Dena Fenza readies hand-held helpings ofRoasted Butternut Squash Soup at TwoBlondes And A Stove’s table.
Matt Kozak, the head chef for Coindre Hall, serves tender short ribs.
For a sweet finish, we stopped by Bon Bons’ table and were greeted by Mary Alice Meines-man and her daughter Susannah.
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Making A Living On FunHeli Sport sells skis, clothing and other gear for outdoor enthusiasts
Whether it comes in the form of skis,wakeboards or fat tire bikes, Glenn Pash-ley is in the business of fun.Pashley is the owner of Heli Sport, aHuntington village business that caters tooutdoor enthusiasts.“We deal with people’s fun,” he said.Most of the store’s products fall into oneof two categories: winter sports or sum-mer sports. They carry a variety of skis andsnowboards for the colder months, andwakeboards, paddleboards, kayaks andwater skis for the warmer months.When Pashley opened the store in 1987,it was after eight years of experiencework-ing at Soldier Mountain in Idaho. Travel-ing west for the ski season and returningto New York in the summer, he opened hisshop after a friend mentioned how manyLong Islanders travel west in the winter.“He was right; there’s a huge skiingcommunity that travel and have secondhomes,” Pashley said.And in the very beginning, the plan wasfor Heli Sport to open only during thewinter to tune skis. Quickly they discov-ered that skiers were coming to their shop
and paying them for work that otherstores do for free.“They liked the way their skis were han-dling,” he said.They began selling skis and boots astime wore on, later adding clothing andother soft goods.But the summers off never panned out,since the store started selling BMX bicy-cles before they were popular. As businessimproved every year, they addedmore andmore inventory for summer sports. Now,Pashley said, their summers are almost asgood as their winters.For the time in between and throughoutthe year, he also stocks skateboards, long-boards and the gear to go with it. Thelonger variation has becomemore popularin the past few years, Pashley said, as theirsofter wheels create less vibration onrougher terrain.“You get out on the local roads, they’vebeen getting beaten up, making themrougher and rougher,” the owner said.Heli Sport sells their longboards foranywhere between $99 and $600.The Huntington store also carriessomething called an Elliptigo – a devicedesigned to combine cycling, running andelliptical machines. Shaped like a bicyclemissing a seat, the rider uses two ellipti-cal-style pedals to propel the contraptionat speeds similar to a bike.“It’s designed for peoplewhowant to geta workout and travel. When I first lookedat it, I thought it was stupid. By the fourthtime I rode on it, I thought it was brilliant,”Pashley said.Using it himself about 20minutes a day
for errands and transportation, the mer-chant said he’s lost weight and gainedmuscle.Now one of their hottest products, HeliSport sells three different models. Theprice ranges from $1,799 to $3,499 basedon the number of gears.But it’s not just the Elliptigo that getspersonal use at the Huntington store.Pashley said he looks for the best productsand tries to use everything.“We thoroughly torture-test everythingwe sell. That’s probably why we’re stillhere. We buy the good goods,” he said.The staff at Heli Sport also knows theirstuff, whether it’s from experience or edu-cation at the store. Pashley employs atleast one full-time person to help him inthe store, but can bring on multiple part-time staff as needed.Customers, he added, can also expectstrong service from him and his staff. Inaddition to answering questions, storeemployees focus on solving any problemsthat arise.“I deliver paddleboards all the way fromTarrytown to Montauk,” Pashley said.Heli Sport did run into a rough patch afew years back when recession hit, al-though Pashley said his loyal customerskept him alive.His business, he added, is more de-pendent on weather than the economy.They thrive in cold, snowy winters whenshoppers need jackets, skis and other gear,just like they benefit from sunny summerswhen people are more motivated to gooutside.“Even though the economy is good or
bad, it doesn’t do us any good if we don’thave the cooperation of the weather,”Pashley said.Moving forward, the merchant hopes tofrequently change the products in hisstore, but not their venue. Pashley said hewants to stimulate people into doing greatthings outdoors.“When it’s not fun anymore, I’ll close thedoors,” he added.
Owner Glenn Pashley poses next to an El-liptigo, goggles and other gear at HeliSport.
Going To ‘Boot Camp’ For Sandy ReliefFitness enthusiasts can get the work-out of a lifetime while supporting a fam-ily who lost everything in HurricaneSandy.Huntington Fit Body Boot Camp willhost a fundraiser from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.Dec. 1 to support a family of four in Mas-
sapequa whose home was destroyed fora second time in two years. The family,trainer and owner Ahmed Tafti said, justfinished rebuilding after Tropical StormIrene when Sandy destroyed it again.“Sandy came in and brought 5 feet ofwater,” he said. “[The home is] basicallyruined. They can’t use their house any-more.”Following the hurricane, Fit Body
Boot Camp posted on Facebook, seekingideas for how to give back. As a result,they learned of the family’s plight andstepped up.“We decided, let’s do it for them,” hesaid.For $20 a person, participants in theDec. 1 fundraiser can partake in threehours of boot camp workouts, spreadacross six 30-minute sessions. Raffle
prizes, featuring gifts from local ven-dors, will also be included.“It’s a 30-minute session with two anda half minutes of warm-ups and two anda half of stretching at the end,” he said.“It’s very similar to a military-style basictraining – a lot of core strength training,a lot of cardio. We do a little of every-thing.”Huntington Fit Body Boot Camp rou-tines incorporate basic exercises likejumping jacks and pushups, as well asmore advanced tools like battling ropes,monkey bars and a 2,500 square-footpadded floor.Monetary donations and items can al-so be sent or dropped off at their bootcamp location. Ahead of the event,they’ve taken to some novel ways toboth promote physical fitness in theirmembers and raise money.“We have raised money using funways – like encouraging people to walkor bicycle in,” Tafti said. “Each time theydid, we would contribute $5 to the fam-ily.”Tafti said clothing is especially im-
portant at the moment, as well ashousehold items and gift cards to makethose purchases.Fit Body Bootcamp Huntington is lo-cated at 586 New York Ave., Hunting-ton, approximately a quarter-mile northof the Big H Shopping Center. For moreinformation, to sign up or to get cloth-ing sizes for the family members, call888-600-4817 or visit www.FitBody-BootcampLI.com.
Musical Night For Displaced FamilyA night out on the town with anaward-winning New York City musicaldirector is being turned into a fundrais-er to support a family displaced byHur-ricane Sandy.Darius Frowner, a Bistro Award-win-ning New York City cabaret musical di-rector and pianist who has played inmajor New York City venues such asThe Duplex, The Metropolitan Room,The New York Hilton, Sardi’s and TheRainbow Room, is the featured per-former at an open mic fundraiser atHuntington village’s Fado restaurant onNov. 25, starting at 7:30 p.m.“Darius is phenomenal,” organizer
Linda Ray, director of the HuntingtonCabaret, said. “He directs a lot of myshows. He’s really great. I think peopleneed the relief of a really fun evening al-so as they’re doing good.”The fundraiser’s benefactors will be afamily in Freeport that lost their entirehome as a result of the historic super-storm, which especially ravaged LongIsland’s south shore and the Jerseyshore. Ray said the event will offer anopportunity to give back, restore spiritsand for musicians to put their talents togood use.“Let’s have fun, because people needfun right now, and let’s raise money fora family that needs it. We should be outthere with our talents to help the com-munity,” she said.
Frowner has been a featured pianistat The Duplex, NYC's renowned pianobar, for 20 years, and a frequent collab-orator with prominent Broadway per-formers. He was musical director andpianist for Norm Lewis, currently star-ring on Broadway in “Porgy and Bess,”at The Kennedy Center.“Best of New York City” and “Best ofLong Island” raffle baskets, includingrestaurant and theatre tickets, promi-nent hair-salon certificate and jewelry,will be up for grabs as well.Seating is limited. Tickets are $20,and there is a one-drink minimum. Asnack menu will be available. Checksshould be sent to: Linda Ray, 163 Nas-sau Road, Huntington, NY 11743. Forinformation, call her at 631-673-5577.
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Red Is For PassionLove the color red and enjoy living it up? TheRed Hat women are looking for new memberswho enjoy going places and making newfriends. Their motto: Fun, Frolic andFriendship. 631-271-6470 [email protected].
Nominate A NonprofitThe inaugural Long Island Imagine Awards willbe held Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at the CrestHollow Country Club in Woodbury, and nomi-nations are open to acknowledge some ofLong Island’s most effective and innovativenonprofit organizations. Nonprofits recognizedby the IRS as a 501(c)3 organization and locat-ed and serve in either Nassau or Suffolk canapply to win $5,000. Visit www.ceriniandassoci-ates.com. Deadline is Nov. 30.
Tony Bennett To Sign MemoirLegendary singer, artist, and performer TonyBennett appears at Book Revue on Nov. 24, 7p.m. to sign his memoir, “Life is a Gift,” a col-lection of soulful reflections and philosophiesfrom his life and career. Bennett has won 17Grammys, sung for 10 presidents, and per-formed for royalty. 313 New York Ave.,Huntington. 631-271-1442.
Jamming For Sandy ReliefGrammy Award-winner Tom Chapin, TobyWalker, Patricia Shih and Bash the Trash willbe featured performers in a Nov. 24 concert atthe Congregational Church of Huntington, 30Washington Drive, Centerport, New York, toaid victims of Hurricane Sandy. Family show isat 5 p.m.; adult show at 8 p.m. Suggesteddonation of $25. Supply donations alsoaccepted. Email Patricia Shih [email protected] to buy tickets.
Get Fit, Help A FamilyFit Body Bootcamp, 586 New York Ave,Huntington, will host a Boot Camp Marathonfundraiser on Dec. 1, in support of a local fami-ly that lost their home for a second time sinceHurricane Irene last year. $20 per person, fea-tures raffles and a three-hour marathon bootcamp workout starting at 11 a.m. Call KathleenTafti at 516-909-8347.
Breakfast With Santa At The MallFor the first time, Walt Whitman Shops will hostBreakfast with Santa from 8-10 a.m. on Dec. 1,sponsored locally by California Pizza Kitchen,Audi of Huntington, Acura of Huntington andLexus of Smithtown. $10 per person/free forchildren under 2. Seating is limited.Reservations accepted at Simon GuestServices through Wednesday, Nov. 28.Proceeds to benefit Simon Youth Foundation.
Live MusicLive local bands take over Finley's of GreeneStreet, 43 Greene St., Huntington, everySaturday night at 11 p.m. Join in the fun andfood!
Open Mic For Sandy ReliefHuntington’s Fado restaurant (10 New St.,Huntington 631-351-1010) will host an openmicrophone night with award-winning musicaldirector Darius Frowner on Nov. 25 at 7:30p.m.
Santa Meets With Everyone This YearHoliday magic has returned to Walt WhitmanShops. From now through Dec. 24, childrencan be photographed with Santa in CenterCourt. Returning again this season is the“Cutest Santa Photo Contest,” hosted on WaltWhitman Shops’s Facebook page. In addition,Pet Photo Nights will be held from 7:30-9:30p.m. on Dec. 2 and Dec. 9. The Caring Santaevent, dedicated to children with special needs,provides a subdued environment to visit Santafrom 9-11 a.m. on Dec. 2.
Seniors, Get Your Questions AnsweredSenior Advocates – who provide assistancewith food stamps, Medicare savings programs,Medicaid applications and Heating EmergencyAssistance Program (HEAP) applications – will
make stops throughout town over the next twomonths: • Huntington Nutrition Center:Wednesdays, Nov. 28 and Dec. 20, 9 a.m.-noon; • Paumanack Village I & II (Greenlawn):Tuesdays, Nov. 29 and Dec. 18, 10 a.m.-1p.m.; • Paumanack Village III & IV(Greenlawn): Thursday, Dec. 13, 10 a.m.-noon;• Paumanack Village V & VI (Melville):Tuesday, Dec. 11, 9 a.m.-noon. 631-853-8200.Appointments encouraged, drop-ins welcome.
See The LightTown Clerk Jo-Ann Raia has organized anexhibit of Huntington Lighthouse artifacts andmemorabilia to celebrate its centennial anniver-sary of The Huntington Lighthouse. The displayincludes correspondence between theLighthouse Establishment and LighthouseKeeper Robert McGlone, and an original paint-ing of the lighthouse, which will be auctioned.On display in the Town Hall lobby, 100 Main St,Huntington, Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30p.m. and Friday, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. www.hunt-ingtonlighthouse.org. 631-421-1985.
Free Help For VetsEvery Tuesday from 12-4 p.m. is “MilitaryAppreciation Tuesdays,” when Long IslandCares specifically assists veterans, military per-sonnel and their families at the Hauppauge andFreeport emergency pantries. Appointmentscan be made by contacting [email protected].
Business After HoursJoin the Melville Chamber of Commerce for anafter-hours networking session on Tuesday,Nov. 27, 6-8 p.m. at Mac’s Steakhouse, 12Gerard St., Huntington. RSVP to [email protected] or 631-777-6260.
Calling All NeedleworkersThe Suffolk County Chapter of TheEmbroiderers' Guild of America holds itsmonthly meeting Nov. 27, 7 p.m. at Half HollowHills Library, 55 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills.All level stitchers welcome. Call Pat at 631-423-3738.
Rejoice and Give ThanksCenter yourself in the joy of the Thanksgivingseason by joining the Commack UnitedMethodist Church in worship at 486 TownlineRoad, Commack, just north of Route 25 atCommack Road, on Wednesday, Nov. 21 atNoon. In the evening there will be a worshipservice with special choral music at 7:30 pm in
the main sanctuary. Call 631-499-7310 or visitwww.commack-umc.org.
Classic Car ShowThe Huntington Station Business ImprovementDistrict hosts a car show at Station Sports, 25Depot Road, Huntington Station, from 6:30-8p.m. every Wednesday.
Power BreakfastJoin business professionals at BNI ExecutiveReferral Exchange’s breakfast networkingmeeting every Wednesday, 7-8:30 a.m. at theDix Hills Diner, 1800 Jericho Turnpike, DixHills. 631-462-7446.
Cold Spring Harbor Library95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-692-6820. cshlibrary.org.• Meet new friends and use your imaginationto build awesome creations with LEGOS onFriday, Nov. 23 from 2-3 p.m. For ages 7-12.
• Do you give many small gifts to a large num-ber of people? Do you need quick giftexchange ideas? Join Chef Richard andlearn how to prepare great economical andfun holiday gifts using food and a little imagi-nation on Monday, Dec. 3 from 7-8:45 p.m.Registration deadline Nov. 26.
Commack Public Library18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-499-0888. commack.suffolk.lib.ny.us.• “Get Fit Where You Sit” with a therapeuticchair exercise class designed for seniors orthose with disabilities who are unable to par-ticipate in our regular yoga or exercise class-es. Tuesday, Nov. 27 from 12-1 p.m.
• Redesign, restyle, recycle and learn the basictechniques to revamp any T-shirt or sweat-shirt. Please bring your own shirt with you onTuesday, Nov. 27 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Deer Park Public Library44 Lake Ave., Deer Park. 631-586-3000. deer-parklibrary.org.• Watch Princess Merida as she makes herown path during a showing of movie “Brave”on Friday, Nov. 23 from 4-5:30 p.m.
• Create and keep your surprise creation withLEGOS on Wednesday, Nov. 28 from 4:30-5:15 p.m. For grades 1-6.
Elwood Public Library3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood. 631-499-3722.www.elwoodlibrary.org.• With a big friendly bear as your guide, chil-dren can find shapes in a book on Monday,
Nov. 26 from 10:30-11 a.m.• Come listen to the story “Mouse Paint” byEllen Walsh and create a craft to take homeon Wednesday, Nov. 28 from 10:30-11 a.m.
Half Hollow Hills Community LibraryDix Hills: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631-421-4530; Melville: 510 Sweet Hollow Road. 631-421-4535. hhhlibrary.org.• Enjoy the opera “Carmen,” a smoldering taleof passion, adventure and tragic obsessionby French dramatist Prosper Merimme andmade immortal by French composer GeorgesBizet in 1875 on Sunday, Nov. 25 from 2-4p.m. at the Dix Hills branch.
• Get ready for wintry weather with a snowystory craft on Monday, Nov. 26 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Melville branch.
Harborfields Public Library31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200. har-borfieldslibrary.org.• Celebrate Barbie with a story, craft, snackand Barbie bingo on Tuesday, Nov. 27 from4:30-5:30 p.m. For K-2.
• Create a greenery kissing ball that will last formonths on Tuesday, Nov. 27 from 7-9 p.m.Supply fee $10.
Huntington Public LibraryMain Branch: 338 Main St., Huntington. 631-427-5165. Station Branch: 1335 New York Ave.,Huntington Station. 631-421-5053. www.the-huntingtonlibrary.org.• Put your creativity and dreams to work andmake a LEGO masterpiece on Friday, Nov. 23from 6-6:45 p.m. at the main branch. Forgrades 1-3.
• Let people admire the beautiful and usefulscarf you’ll wear around your neck this winter.One skein of super bulky yarn will be provid-ed as well as practice yarn. Please bring USsize 15 20” circular needles. In-person regis-tration with a $25 non-refundable check madeout to Huntington Public Library. Monday,Nov. 26 from 7-9 p.m. at the main branch.
• Find out about “Greening Your Home: How tomake your home more comfortable and ener-gy-efficient and save money at the sametime,” on Thursday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m. at themain branch. Presented by the Long IslandProgressive Coalition. Call 516-541-1006.
Northport-East Northport Public LibraryNorthport: 151 Laurel Ave. 631-261-6930. EastNorthport: 185 Larkfield Road. 631-261-2313.www.nenpl.org.• On display in the East Northport gallery,“Masks in the Sea of Faces” by former Long-Islander graphic artist Sheauwei Pidd showsoff her love of colors and mood, as well asmovement.
• Play rhythm instruments while librariansadapt stories, songs and movement activitiesto match the attention span of your toddler onMonday, Nov. 26 from 10-10:30 a.m. at theEast Northport branch.
• Join the library’s new poetry reading and dis-cussion group led by Bob Little and explorethe ideas of various poets and the forms theyuse on Wednesday, Nov. 28 from 2:30-4 p.m.at the East Northport branch.
South Huntington Public Library145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station.631-549-4411. www.shpl.info.• “Casablanca” premiered in NYC on this dayin 1942; enjoy the classic on Monday, Nov.26 at 2:30 p.m.
• Media maven Rich Knox returns with a lookback at the great musicals of the past centu-ry. Come and relive the amazing performanc-es that enthralled theatergoers onWednesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m.
Cinema Arts Centre423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaarts-centre.org. 631-423-7611.• A lost classic of Australian cinema reemergesnearly 40 years later. Filmmaker Ted Kotcheffwill appear live via Skype following the “Wakein Fright” screening on Tuesday, Nov. 27,7:30 p.m. $10 members/$15 public.
• The Barr Sinister Jazz Group and theNorthport Jazz Band will play live jazz in theSky Room Cafe to benefit the Vic SkolnickLife of the Cinema Campaign on Friday, Nov.30 at 9:45 p.m. $10 donation. Wine byBottles & Cases, food by Whole Foods.
Dix Hills Performing Arts CenterFive Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, DixHills. Box Office: 631-656-2148.
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Concerts With A Touch Of TheaterRidotto, Concerts “with a Touch of Theatre,” presents “Musical Splendor of
Versailles,” featuring French chamber music of the 17th century with narration andprojection by The Repast Baroque Ensemble of New York: Amelia Roosevelt andClaire Jolivet, violins; Mark Rozendaal, lute; and Avi Stein harpsichord, with narrationby Margaretha Maimone. Performance is Sunday Dec. 2, 4 p.m. in the HuntingtonJewish Center, 510 Park Ave., Huntington. Tickets are $10 students/$18 seniors/$20adults. Reservations: 631-385-0373, or [email protected]. www.ridotto.org.
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www.dhpac.org.• The Winter Festival of Performances beginsDec. 1 with children’s theater performancesof “The Jungle Book,” based on RudyardKipling’s famous fable that is said to haveinspired the founding of the Cub Scouts.Performances will be on Dec. 1 at 11 a.m.and 2 p.m., and Dec. 2 at 3 p.m. $10.
John W. Engeman Theater At Northport350 Main St., Northport. www.johnwenge-mantheater.com. 631-261-2900.• Celebrate the holiday season with a thrillingnew twist on the holiday classic “A ChristmasCarol.” Michael Wilson’s adaptation is a cre-ative re-telling of Dickens’ classic tale ofEbenezer Scrooge. Sponsored by North ShoreLIJ and running from Nov. 20-Jan. 6. $65.
• Christmas has been cancelled! Or at least, itwill be if Santa can't find a way to guide hissleigh through a fierce blizzard. Fortunatelyfor him, there's “Rudolph the Red-NosedReindeer,” showing as part of the YouthTheater Series, Nov. 24-Jan. 6 on weekendsand special dates. $15.
The Minstrel Players of NorthportAt Houghton Hall - Trinity Episcopal Church,130 Main St., Northport Village. 631-732-2926.www.minstrelplayers.org.• Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” takesthe stage Friday, Dec. 7 and Saturday, Dec. 8at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. $15adults/$12 seniors, children.
• Submission are now being accepted for “ItHappened One Act” play festival. Deadline isJan. 15, 2013. Visit the website for moreinformation.
TV Talent SearchMSG Varsity’s Talent Show is back for its thirdseason, and casting is now open for talentedhigh school singers from across the region.Ultimately, 16 vocalists will be chosen to per-form. Open to all high school students through-out the tri-state region. Audition either by goingonline to www.msgvarsity.com/talentshow anduploading a video of themselves performing, orby attending an in-person audition from 3-8p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at Lindenhurst HighSchool; sign up online.
Performing Arts TrainingOpen auditions are being held at theHuntington Center for Performing Arts: MusicalTheater: Les Petits Danseurs - a dance schoolfor children; Huntington Ballet Academy -exclusively offering the American BalletTheatre National Training Curriculum; SuzukiMusic School - string and piano training usingthe Japanese method and traditional lessons;Long Island Ballet Theatre - providing profes-sional performing opportunities for students.310 New York Ave., Huntington. www.hunting-tonperformingarts.com. 631-271-4626
Art League of Long Island107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills. Galleryhours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.weekends. 631-462-5400. www.ArtLeagueLI.net.• The first of a two-part exhibit featuring about200 works of art created by their many talentedmembers will be on display Nov. 4-25.
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor. Open sevendays a week, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday andSundays until 6 p.m.: $6 adults; $4 children 3-12and seniors over 65; members and children under3 are free. 516-692-6768. www.cshfha.org• Features New York State's largest collection offreshwater fish, reptiles and amphibians housedin two aquarium buildings and eight outdoorponds.
Cold Spring HarborWhalingMuseumMain Street, Cold Spring Harbor. Museum hours:Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $4 adults, $3seniors, $3 students 5 -18, family $12; militaryand children under 5 are free. 631-367-3418.www.cshwhalingmuseum.org.
fotofoto Gallery14 W. Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours:Friday 5-8 p.m., Saturday 12-8 p.m., Sunday 12-4 p.m. 631-549-0448.• A solo exhibition by Ralph Masullo is on dis-play until Nov. 25.
Heckscher Museum Of Art2 Prime Ave., Huntington. Museum hours:
Wednesday - Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., firstFridays from 4-8:30 p.m., Saturday andSunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $6-8/adults, $4-6/seniors, and $4-5/children;members and children under 10 free. 631-351-3250.• Robert S. Neuman’s “Ship to Paradise”focuses on the colorful, large-scale, mixed-media drawings in which Neumanaddressed the timeless question of humanfolly. On display through Nov. 25.
Holocaust Memorial And Tolerance CenterWelwyn Preserve. 100 Crescent Beach Road,Glen Cove. Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 10 a.m.-4:30p.m. Sat.-Sun.: noon-4 p.m. 516-571-8040ext. 100. www.holocaust-nassau.org.• The new permanent exhibit explains the1920s increase of intolerance, the reductionof human rights, and the lack of interventionthat enabled the persecution and mass mur-der of millions of Jews and others: peoplewith disabilities, Roma and Sinti (Gypsies),Jehovah’s Witnesses, gays and Polish intel-ligentsia.
Huntington Arts CouncilMain Street Petite Gallery: 213 Main St.,Huntington. Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 9a.m.-5 p.m.; Art in the Art-trium: 25 MelvillePark Road, Melville. Gallery Hours: Monday -Friday 7 a.m.-7 p.m. 631-271-8423.www.huntingtonarts.org.• “Bold,” featuring artists that grab the viewerwith their unique and striking artwork,opens Friday, Nov. 16 with an openingreception from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Art-Trium including a music performance byShenole Latimer. Running through Feb. 25.
• View and bid on over 50 pieces of artworkin the 2012 “Auction on Main,” throughNov. 30.
Huntington Historical SocietyMain office/library: 209 Main St., Huntington.Museums: Conklin Barn, 2 High St.; KissamHouse/Museum Shop, 434 Park Ave.; Soldiers& Sailors Memorial Building, 228 Main St.631-427-7045, ext. 401. www.huntingtonhis-toricalsociety.org.• The next “Lunch & Learn” is Thursday, Nov.29, 12:30 p.m. at Black & Blue restaurant.$40 members/$45 non-members.
• The annual Historic Holiday House Tour isDec. 2, featuring five private historic homesin the Town of Huntington that the public willsee for the first time. Noon-4 p.m. Ticketsare limited.
LaMantia Gallery127 Main St., Northport Village. 631-754-8414.www.lamantiagallery.com.• Robert Finale presents captivating land-scapes and Richard Johnson displays exqui-site paintings of the human face and form.
9 East Contemporary Art9 East Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours:Wed.-Sat., 3-8 p.m. or by appointment. 631-662-9459.• “Serendipity: A Solo Exhibition,” is a compre-hensive show of 2D and 3D works of art byPuneeta Mittal, on view through Dec. 2.
Northport Historical Society Museum215 Main St., Northport. Museum hours:Tuesday - Sunday, 1-4:30 p.m. 631-757-9859. www.northporthistorical.org.• “50 Years Of Preserving and CelebratingNorthport's History” honors the society'sfounders and their concerns and activities.
• The Antiques Show will be held on Sunday,Dec. 2, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the William J.Brosnan Building (formerly Laurel AvenueSchool), 158 Laurel Avenue, Northport.Originally scheduled for Nov. 4, the show waspostponed due to Hurricane Sandy.
Suffolk Y JCC74 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-462-9800, ext. 140. Tuesday 1-4 p.m. Admission:$5 per person, $18 per family. Special groupprograms available. www.suffolkyjcc.org.• The Alan & Helene Rosenberg JewishDiscovery Museum provides hands-onexhibits and programs for children 3-13 yearsold and their families, classes and camps.Now on exhibit: The Alef Bet of Being aMensch. “Zye a mensch” is a Yiddish sayingthat means “be a decent, responsible, caringperson,” infusing both the best blessing andthe best that an educator can wish for hisstudents.
Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium180 Little Neck Road, Centerport. Museumhours: Tuesday-Friday, 12-4 p.m., Saturdays,Sundays and holidays, 12-5 p.m.; closedMondays except for holiday weeks. Groundsadmission: $7 adults, $6 seniors, students, and$3 children under 12. Museum tour, add $5 perperson. 631-854-5555. www.vanderbiltmuse-um.org.• The Arena Players Repertory Theatre pres-ents Anthony Horowitz's comic-thriller “MindGame” on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.and Sunday at 3 p.m. through Nov. 25. $20-$25. Call 516-293-0674 or visitwww.ArenaPlayers.org.
Walt Whitman Birthplace246 Old Walt Whitman Road, HuntingtonStation. Hours: Wednesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m.;Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors/students, andchildren under 5 are free. 631-427-5240.www.waltwhitman.org.• Get in the holiday spirit at “A Yuletide FamilyDay” on Sunday, Dec. 2, 1 p.m., featuring aholiday sing-along, visits with Santa, a read-ing of “The Night Before Christmas,” craftsand face-painting. $7/child, chaperones free.Call 631-427-5240, ext. 113 to register.
The Paramount370 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-673-7300.www.paramountny.com. All shows begin at 8p.m. unless otherwise noted.• Tickets now on sale for the Saturday, Jan. 19concert “A Diva, A Comedian & Broadway forthe Children of Huntington Station.”
• Enjoy “An Evening with The Monkees” onSaturday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m.
• WALK 97.5 FM presents Daughtry and 3Doors Down on Monday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m.
RidottoConcerts with a Touch of Theater.at The Huntington Jewish Center, 510 ParkAve., Huntington. www.ridotto.org. 631-385-0373• Enjoy the “Musical Splendor of Versailles”with Repast Baroque Ensemble and narratorMargaretha Maimone on Sunday, Dec. 2, 4p.m. $20 general/$18 serniors/$15 mem-bers/$10 students.
Help After SandyTouro Law Center has opened a legal hotlineat 631-761-7198 that is staffed Monday-Friday9-6 by law students and attorneys from the barassociations. Bilingual and Spanish-speakinglawyers are available thanks to the HispanicBar Assn.
Emergency Home Repair ProgramAre you “underwater” on your mortgage butmaking payments on time? Do you need anemergency repair on your home, but can’t get
a home equity loan because you are underwa-ter? You could eligible for up to $5,000 foremergency home repairs if your income doesnot exceed 120 percent of the HUD medianincome for Long Island ($129,000 for a familyof four). Apply to the Emergency Home RepairProgram. Call Susan at Housing Help Inc.,631-754-0373.
Be A Friend Of The BayFriends of the Bay is in need of volunteers whocan help convert water quality data, which iscurrently kept in an excel sheet, into aMicrosoft Access database. Assistance is alsoneeded with ArcView GIS, to configure maps ofthe watershed. Call 516-922-6666 or [email protected].
Be A Host FamilyHuntington Sanctuary is seeking families orindividual adults to become Host Homes, whichprovide temporary shelter to youth betweenages 12-17 who are experiencing a family cri-sis. Contact Jennifer Petti at 631-271-2183 formore information.
Helping Furry FriendsLittle Shelter Animal Rescue and AdoptionCenter is looking for volunteers who want tomake a difference in the lives of animals. Freetraining provided. Visit www.littleshelter.com orcall 631-368-8770 ext. 204.
Walt Whitman BirthplaceIf you are interested in literature or history, theWalt Whitman Birthplace has fascinating andrewarding part-time volunteer positions avail-able. Free training provided. 631-427-5420ext.114.
Friends At HomeLooking to earn some community service hourswhile changing a life? As part of theFriends@Home program, a project of TheAriella's Friendship Circle at the Chai Center inDix Hills, visit a child with special needs in anenvironment they are most comfortable: theirown homes. Together, bake cookies, playgames, create arts and crafts, read books andmore. Contact Nati or Sara at 631-351-8672 [email protected].
Helping Runaway KidsShare your ideas and opinions on howHuntington Sanctuary, a program of theHuntington Youth Bureau, can help youth ages12-21 who run away or who are at risk of run-ning away. The group’s advisory board meetsone Thursday a month at 6 p.m. Call 631-271-2183.
Eyes For The BlindSuffolk County’s Helen Keller Services is look-ing for volunteers to visit blind who are home-bound to socialize and aid in reading mail, pos-sibly provide transportation. 631-424-0022.
Help American Red CrossThe American Red Cross is a humanitarianorganization that provides relief to victims ofdisaster and helps people prevent, prepare for,and respond to emergencies. The SuffolkCounty Chapter is looking for volunteers toassist in emergency shelters, at fires and natu-ral disasters, with veterans, at communityevents or at the office. Free trainings provided.631-924-6700 ext 212.
Seeking Volunteer AdvocatesThe Family Service League’s OmbudserviceProgram of Suffolk County is seeking volun-teers to train as advocates for nursing home,adult home and assisted living facility residentsto help insure they receive quality care andtheir rights are protected. 631-427-3700 ext.240.
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Tony Bennett ToSign MemoirLegendary singer, artist, and per-
former Tony Bennett appears at BookRevue on Nov. 24, 7 p.m. to sign hismemoir, “Life is a Gift,” a collection ofsoulful reflections and philosophiesfrom his life and career. Bennett haswon 17 Grammys, sung for 10 presi-dents, and performed for royalty. 313New York Ave., Huntington. 631-271-1442.
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An Irish band became official membersof the “Strong Island” nation last weekwhen the musicians donated their ticketsales to Hurricane Sandy relief.Performing on the stage of The Para-mount in Huntington, The Script elatedcurrent fans and made a few new ones onNov. 8 at the “Strong Island HurricaneSandy Relief Concert.” The trio fromDublin energized the crow while also ac-knowledging the hard times Long Is-landers are facing in thewake ofHurricaneSandy.The atmosphere at The Paramount waslively as usual, but with a palpable philan-thropic spirit in the air. The Huntingtonvillage theater has been collecting food andtoiletry donations since the storm, andcommemorative “Strong Island” T-shirts –like the one band frontman DannyO'Donoghue sported at the end of theband’s set – were on sale in the lobby.
Funds brought in from both ticket and T-shirt sales will benefit the Red Cross.The Script was originally scheduled toplay The Paramount on Dec. 5, butrescheduled to help fundraise. The bandreceived a special introduction from re-porter Arnold Diaz, reporter for WNYW’s“Shame Shame Shame” segments. With amicrophone in hand and a captive audi-ence, Diaz didn’t miss the chance to take ashot at the Long Island Power Authority(LIPA), saying what was on the minds ofmany.“We are not broken, although LIPA isdoing its best to put the last nail in the cof-fin. Should we put LIPA in the hall ofshame forever?” he said to cheers.Anger with LIPA aside, the concertseemed successful in its goal to lift the spir-its of Long Islanders, heart-warmed by theband’s support.
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Townwide Fund Readies For Thanksgiving RunDespite Hurricane Sandy and thenor’easter, the Townwide Fund of Hunt-ington’s 27th annual Four-Mile Thanks-giving Day Run and 1K Fun Run is stillon.The race starts at the American LegionPost 360 in Halesite on Thanksgiving,Thursday, Nov. 22, with the fun run be-ginning at 8:30 a.m. and the 4-mile runat 9 a.m.Due to the continuing construction atNew York Avenue and Mill Dam Road,runners are advised to take WallStreet/West Shore Road north fromMain Street (25A) and park at the ballfields of Mill Dam Park.“The race course has been checked andwe are all ready,” said Bea Hartigan, whohas organized the Townwide Fund fallruns since at least 1982 and is knownthroughout Huntington for her leader-ship role in the race.To register online, visit https://se-cure.marathonguide.com/register/town-wide/thanksgivingdayrun or go to
www.townwidefund.org to downloadforms that can be printed and mailed tothe Townwide Fund office at 148 EastMain Street, Huntington, NY 11743.To register in person, go to SuperRunners Shop in Huntington, located at355 New York Ave (www.superrun-nersshop.com). Super Runners Shophas been a dedicated sponsor and re-source for the Thanksgiving Run forover 25 years.The Townwide Fund extended itsthanks Long Island Land Rover Centres,which has supported the TownwideFund’s Thanksgiving Day Run for morethan eight years. Long Island LandRover Centres provides the fund with theofficial pace car and driver, volunteersand runners in addition to their financialsupport as the “name” sponsor.For more information, visit www.town-widefund.org or contact Executive Direc-tor Mary Timmons at 631-629-4950.The Townwide Fund of Huntingtonwas founded in 1961 by a group of pri-
vate citizens who wanted to help localcharities raise funds. The organization'sessential mission was to keep moneyraised in Huntington within the com-munity. Now over 50 years and $10 mil-
lion later, The Townwide Fund contin-ues to infuse local organizations with thesupport they need to provide vital healthand human services to the people ofHuntington.
The kids are off and running at last year’s Townwide Fund of Huntington Thanksgiving FunRun.
GIRLS TENNIS
Hills East Tennis Clinches Suffolk TitleA superstorm and a nor’easter wasn’tenough to hinder the spirits of the HalfHollow Hills East girls tennis team, whobrought home the Suffolk County cham-pionship title for a second year in a row.While the team didn’t fare as well atthe Long Island Championship gameagainst Syosset on Nov. 15, Coach TomDepelteau said the county title was theLady Thunderbirds’ real goal.“Our goal was to win the county.Anything we accomplished beyond thatwould just be gravy as long as they triedtheir best,” the coach said.Leading up to their winning game onNov. 14, the Lady T-Birds defeated threeother teams in the playoff series that ledto their triumph.The team took on the No. 16 seed,Sayville, at home onOct. 24, where fourthsingles player Gabrielle Raziel had two6-1 sets against her opponent, and theteam walked away with a 7-0 victory.On Oct. 26 the girls went head-to-head withMercy, also sweeping a 7-0 vic-tory. Senior captains and first doublesteam Amanda Luper and EmilySpevack showed up their opponents 6-2,6-4 during the quarterfinal round.Luper, along with second singles playerAllison Huber, joined forces to win theindividual Suffolk County doubles titleover their Hills West rivals. While theduo advanced to the state champi-onships, they lost during the secondround in Albany on Nov. 5; however HalfHollow Hills West senior ZenatRashidzada won the Suffolk CountySingles title on Oct. 22 (2-1) againstShoreham-Wading River’s third-seedsingles player.
Before the storm disrupted the seasonschedule, the teamplayedEast Islip onOct.27 and walked away with yet another 7-0triumph, despite East Islip’s crown ofLeague III champions. First singles seedVanessa Scott, a sophomore, defeated heropponent in both sets and helped bring theteam to a 16-0 record overall for the season.“The earlier games were a lot less com-petitive, and went by quicker than mostgames we played. We walked off with alot of 6-0 sets, and we didn’t lose a singleset during the first two games of the play-
offs,” Depelteau said.The final round of the playoffs was setfor Saturday, Oct. 27, however it waspushed back two weeks due to inclementweather and, subsequently, HurricaneSandy, causing the team to be “idle” fornearly two weeks.When they finally stepped on the courtto play Hills West, the undefeated T-birds were ready for takeoff. Hills Eastbeat Hills West during both games theyplayed earlier this season, and struttedonto the courts with the same expecta-
tion for playoffs. Doubles team RebeccaStern andNatalieHabeichwalked awaywith a close win against their Hills Westopponents Mina Sarcevic and HaileyOzswath 6-3 and 7-6 in their doublessets. Third singles player Brynn April, afreshman, fulfilled an undefeated per-sonal record this season, securing the lastmatch of the game and giving East theedge over West’s NikaylahWilliams 6-3and 6-2, bringing the team to a 4-3 over-all victory against the sister school. HillsWest finished second in the Division Ileague, with an 15-3-0 overall record forthe fall season.Depelteau said the final score of theLong Island Championship game (0-7)against Syosset on Nov. 15, was mislead-ing, as many matches within the set wereclose calls. According to the coach,Huber performed particularly wellagainst Syosset, and her game camedown to a series of spilt sets rather thana third set. Huber played a “supertiebreak” against her opponent and lost7-10. Scott lost that day to the countychampion all-state player.Depelteau said the team was not sur-prised by the loss, as Nassau has consis-tently won over the Suffolk team in cham-pionship games over the past seven years.“We came up short,” he said. “But ourteam had a lot of good chemistry thisseason and our girls cared, worked hardand weren’t just playing for themselves,so it was a real team effort. There wereplenty of times when top players carriedthe season, but when they were facedwithy tough opposition someone else onthe team always found a way to step up.”With the season over, the LadyThunderbirds will say goodbye to Luperand Spevack, who will graduate in thespring.
The Half Hollow Hills East girls tennis team has won the Suffolk County Championship titletwo years in a row.
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