Upcoming Meetings and Events:  Fri, 11/4 - Chill Out in Sea Cliff, Village Green, 6-8 pm; Sat. 11/6 - St. Lukes Fall Festival, Glen Ave., Sea Cliff, 11 am - 4 pm; Sun. 11/6 - Harvest Festival at the Sea Cliff Methodist Church, 10am-2pm;  Heidi Hunt Photography Exhibit Opening at Sea Cliff Library, 
Sun. 11/6 - 3-5 pm; River of Doubt at Cedarmere, Roslyn Harbor, 3 pm.;  Mon. 11/7 - Sea Cliff Village Board Conference, Village Hall, 7 pm; Tues. 11/8 -  Election Day, polls open, 6 am to 9 pm,   Fri. 11/11 - Sea Cliff Veterans Day Observance, Clifton Park, 11am
 (click for complete calendar, including Gold ​Coast and Sea Cliff Library Events)
November 4, 2016

IN ADDITION TO FEDERAL OFFICES, VOTERS TO CHOOSE STATE LEGISLATORS ON NOV. 8

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In addition to casting ballots for President, United States Senator and New York's 3rd Congressional District House seat, voters will also be electing representatives to the New York State Legislature this November 8.  There are five area races - two for the New York State Senate and three for the gerrymandered Assembly districts that snake their way through the North Shore School District (see maps).  The candidates' responses to the questions below were provided to the Nassau County League of Women Voters.  READ MORE
​BLOGS​

THE GARDEN'S EDGE​​​

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​DONNA KIANKA
Winter’s Edge ​Micro Farm, Sea Cliff, N.Y.

HERE A CHICK, THERE A CHICK... EVERYWHERE A CHICK CHICK...

​Yes, we need chickens. We need them in our communities.  It betters us as humans to take care of another animal. Sometimes it is dogs, other time cats, occasionally rabbits or birds and then the other rare more exotic animals that quite frankly belong in the wild. We as humans gain a richer experience by having other life forms that we care for and nurture.  Sometimes chickens serve this purpose. Chickens make excellent companions and actually have a surprising intellect. In addition, they can supply us with food. READ MORE
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THE GREAT BOOK​ GURU

​ANN DIPIETRO


THE SPOILS OF WAR
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​Dear Great Book Guru,  This Saturday is the Sea Cliff Civic Association’s iconic event – the Progressive Dinner. Chaired by Tina Marchese, the Dinner is very popular and always sold out.  I am looking forward to delicious food and a great chance to meet friends old and new.   With the election in a few days, I know dinner  conversation will turn to politics.  Do you have a good book I can read and discuss with the other guests?   
Excited Progressive  Dinner Diner
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NORTH SHORE SCHOOLS ATHLETICS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS CLICK HERE 
LETTERS

SEA CLIFF LOSES A WONDERFUL NEIGHBOR: CITIBANK IS CLOSING ITS SEA CLIFF BRANCH

Received from Carol Poll Basse October 25, 2016

Like many of the residents of Sea Cliff, my husband and I are heartbroken that Citibank is closing its Sea Cliff branch.  The Sea Cliff Citibank branch is a very special place.   In this day and age, when so many of us feel overlooked and dismissed by banks, the Sea Cliff Citibank Branch is different. It is a bank where you can get kindly assistance with financial issues and even get a free Saturday bagel, coffee and dog biscuits.  READ MORE

RE-ELECT ASSEMBLYMAN CHARLES LAVINE ON NOVEMBER 8

Received from Carol Poll, Sea Cliff
October 22, 2016

Dear Editor;
 
I have rave reviews for the work of New York State Assemblyman Charles Lavine.  In all my dealings with him I have found him to be an honest, forthright and perceptive strategist and advocate for his constituency.   A few examples of his outstanding work are his efforts to help military families deal with their frequent relocations by passing legislation to assist them with school transfers, college costs for veterans, and the transfer of professional licenses for military family members.  READ MORE

THE GLEN HEAD GLENWOOD BUSINESS ASSOCIATION WELCOMES THE REGENCY ASSISTED LIVING

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On Wednesday, October 19th, The Regency’s Award Winning Executive Chef, Pat Marone, served up something sweet and delicious for members of The Glen Head Glenwood Business Association at their monthly meeting, which was hosted by Jimmy Lieu, owner of Forest Kitchen and Bath at their showroom on Morris Avenue in Glen Cove.  READ MORE

CIVIC ASSOCIATION'S CIDER SOCIAL DRAWS MANY TO CENTRAL PARK

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October 30, 2016 -- The Sea Cliff Civic Association hosted a "Cider Social" under a canopy of fall foliage at beautiful Central Park last Sunday Afternoon. Well over 75 guests enjoyed cookies, snacks, crafts, and of course cider, at the autumn celebration that now has been held annually for about a dozen years.  Look for other upcoming Civic Association events including the Progressive Dinner on November 5, the Headless Turkey Hunt on November 27, and the Scrooge Stroll on December 4.  

SCFD HOSTS ANNUAL FIRE PREVENTION OPEN HOUSE

The Sea Cliff Fire Department hosted its annual Fire Prevention open house this past Sunday afternoon.  Scores of residents visited the firehouse on Sea Cliff Avenue to learn how to better make their homes and families safe from fire.  In addition to climbing on trucks and receiving lessons in fire safety from department members, visitors were given some hands on training on what to do during a fire in the "smokehouse." 
ANNOUNCEMENTS

ST. LUKES FALL BAZAAR ON NOVEMBER 5​

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St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Sea Cliff will have their annual Fall Bazaar, Saturday, November 5, 2016 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall on Glenlawn Avenue. 
The Bazaar’s renowned Country Kitchen will be selling their delicious homemade array of jams, jellies, sauces, herb infused oils, BBQ sauce, fudge, peanut brittle, pies, cake and cookies.  Also featured is a wheel of Vermont Made Aged Cheddar Cheese custom cut to your order. There will be a crafts table featuring handmade items, advent calendars and French milled soaps. READ MORE

HUGE TAG SALE AT CTI SYNAGOGUE IN GLEN COVE NOVEMBER 12 7-9 PM

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HUGE TAG SALE
Sunday, November 13
 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
CTI Synagogue in Glen Cove
Free!
Early Bird Preview
Saturday, November 12, 7-9 pm
$8 admission  READ MORE

JAMES F BRENGEL AMERICAN LEGION SETS VETERAN'S DAY OBSERVANCE

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The Sea Cliff American Legion Post 456 will hold its annual Veterans' Day ceremony at the World War I Memorial in Clifton Park at 11am on Friday, November 11. As is tradition here in Sea Cliff,veterans, will pose for a group picture in front of "The Rock." This will be followed by a brief program, including remarks by Mayor Kennedy and special guest,outgoing Congressman Steve Israel.  Lunch for veterans and guests will follow at the Sea Cliff firehouse.

INVITING INPUT FROM PARENTS, COMMITTEE RE-THINKS NORTH SHORE ATHLETICS ATTENDANCE POLICY

October 30, 2016 -- At a public meeting held last Wednesday evening at the high school library, members of the North Shore High School Athletics Policy Committee took comments from community members regarding the J.V. and Varsity interscholastic sports attendance policy.  About a dozen residents attended with virtually all expressing support for changing the policy so as to make it more flexible with regards to what constitutes an unexcused absence and to provide for a penalty less severe than expulsion from the team for incurring three unexcused absences. READ MORE

SEA CLIFF CELEBRATES HALLOWEEN

This past Monday, Sea Cliff celebrated All Hallow's Eve as it has in past years  with the Sea Cliff School Parade and a separate parade for younger children sponsored by the Sea Cliff Children's Library.  On Friday Night, the Sea Cliff Makeshop and the Sea Cliff Arts Council hosted the "Spooky Pumpkin Walk" at Spooky Park.  

NORTH SHORE WOMEN'S CLUB HOLDS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISER 

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Founded in 1940, the North Shore Women's Club has been helping our local families through hard times for 76 years. Their original purpose, in 1940, was to raise enough money to hire nurses to visit our schools. Back then, children weren't educated on hygiene and cleanliness. Most people worked on farms all day, and children typically helped out after school; bad hygiene and hard, outdoor labor made for a deadly combination and disease spread like a wildfire, through schools and through homes. The club managed to raise enough money to afford traveling nurses that would stop in schools and educate families, as well as tend to the sick. READ MORE
ART OPENINGS AND LECTURES

NATURAL SELECTION BY HEIDI HUNT AT THE SEA CLIFF VILLAGE LIBRARY NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 

The Sea Cliff Arts Council presents the work of local artist Heidi Hunt in a series of photographs titled 'Natural Selection' on display at the Sea Cliff Village Library now through December 2016.    The work focuses on the organization and placement of organic structures and their interplay with positive and negative space. Heidi primarily works photographing architecture and man-made structures but found herself inspired by the natural world around her. In this series she chose to focus on the structural elements of natural objects and to reveal a closer look at all of the orderly details that compose those objects. The presence of saturated color adds another dimension to the organized patterns created by nature.  Please join us for an artist's reception this Sunday Nov. 6th from 3-5pm at the Sea Cliff Village Library, 300 Sea Cliff Avenue.  READ MORE

CULPER SPY RING THE SUBJECT OF SEA CLIFF LANDMARKS ASSOCIATION'S SEASON OPENING LECTURE 

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​The Sea Cliff Landmarks Association’ Annual Lecture Series
Begins with Talk on Culper Spy Ring
On Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 7:30
At the Sea Cliff Yacht Club
 
Robert Townsend and the Culper Spy Ring.
Secret codes, invisible ink, & shady ladies, oh my…
 
The coast of Long Island was a hotbed of intrigue during the Revolutionary War. The story has been popularized in the AMC series "Turn" with Oyster Bay born Quaker Robert Towsend (1753 –1838), a member of the Culper Spy ring, and credited as inventing modern espionage.  READ MORE

THREE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS OPEN NOVEMBER 19 AT NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART

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Exhibitions Celebrate More than a Century of Photography; With Works by Masters of the Art - Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans,
Richard Avedon, Walker Evans, Alfred Stieglitz, Diane Arbus, Cindy Sherman, Matthew Barney, John Baldessari and many others
 
​From November 19, 2016 to March 5, 2017, all of Nassau County Museum of Art’s galleries are devoted to the art of photography. On view in the Main Galleries on the first floor are two exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts (KIA), Kalamazoo, Michigan: Ansel Adams: Sight and Feeling and Light Works: 100 Years of Photos. On view in the Second Floor Galleries is New Photos: Long Island Collects, important photographic works of the last half century from private Long Island art collections.  READ MORE

THE NORTH SHORE AUDUBON SOCIETY PRESENTS CHIMNEY SWIFTS AND PEOPLE BY JOHN CONNORS ON NOVEMBER 22

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The North Shore Audubon Society presents 
“Chimney Swifts and People”
by John Connors
Tuesday, November 22, 2016 7 PM
Manhasset Public Library
30 Onderdonk Avenue,
Manhasset NY 11030
www.northshoreaudubon.org
Open to the general public. 
Admission is Free. READ MORE

UNCOMMON COLLECTIONS AT THE SEA CLIFF VILLAGE MUSEUM

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by Sara Reres, Museum Director
 
The Sea Cliff Village Museum presents a new exhibit that honors collectors and their collections. Every corner of the museum is packed with treasures in Uncommon Collections . The new exhibit is overflowing with beautiful, odd, offbeat and thought provoking artifacts.  READ MORE

BEN SCHONZEIT: ABSTRACT FIGURATION ON VIEW AT THE NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART THROUGH NOV. 6

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On View through November 6 in
Nassau County Museum of Art’s Contemporary Gallery
 
​Ben Schonzeit: Abstract Figuration, on view in Nassau County Museum of Art’s Contemporary Gallery through November 6, 2016 (the exhibition opened on July 30), reveals an entirely different aspect of the work of an artist who is best known as a key figure in the Photorealist movement’s first generation of artists. Ben Schonzeit: Abstract Figurationshowcases Schonzeit’s collage and sculptural work -- abstract figurations of human forms or portraits that give new life to his materials. READ MORE

FEAST FOR THE EYES AT THE NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART 

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July 30-November 6, 2016
 Feast for the Eyes, guest curated by Franklin Hill Perrell, explores how cuisine has always inspired artists. The exhibition  remains on view through November 6, 2016. Feast for the Eyes, a sweeping two-floor exhibition focused on food and dining in art, features works by a sweeping array of artists, including Audrey Flack, Red Grooms, George Grosz, Henri Matisse, Claes Oldenberg, Cindy Sherman and Andy Warhol, among many others.
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NORTH SHORE SCHOOLS NEWS

19 NORTH SHORE STUDENTS INDUCTED IN THE TRI-M MUSIC HONOR SOCIETY

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Nineteen North Shore students were recently inducted into the Tri-M Music Honor Society, an organization that helps reinforce services through music. The services include but are not limited to mentoring, tutoring, and/or supporting fellow students which further allows music to inspire and touch the hearts of its members in North Shore High School and the community.  READ MORE

STANDING TOGETHER AT NORTH SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR UNITY DAY

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Students Unite Together by Wearing Orange
During the month of October, communities nationwide have joined together to actively participate in National Bullying Prevention Month. Under the direction of guidance counselors Ms. Canzoniero, Mr. Jackson, Ms. Finning, and Middle School Social Worker, Toni Papetti, students united together by wearing orange and participated in Unity Day activities on October 19th. READ MORE

NORTH SHORE SCHOOLS CELEBRATES HOMECOMING 2016

Vikings Are Victorious vs. Cold Spring Harbor, 35-21!
North Shore Schools, Glen Head, NY, November 2, 2016 - It was a gorgeous autumn day for the North Shore Schools 2016 Homecoming Celebration on Saturday, October 29th. From toddlers to senior residents, the Homecoming Celebration offered something fun for everyone! Thank you to the entire North Shore community for making this day a huge success! In addition, congratulations to the NS Vikings Football team for triumphing over Cold Spring Harbor, 35-21!  READ MORE

NORTH SHORE MIX IT UP DAY

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On October 19, 2016, North Shore Middle School participated in Mix It Up Day, coinciding with national Unity Day this school year. Unity Day is the signature event of National Bullying Prevention Month (October) which has been recognized in the United States since 2011. It reminds students to stand together against bullying and encourages students to wear orange as they show their unity for kindness, inclusion, acceptance and tolerance.  READ MORE

LOCAL MUSIC

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STILL PARTNERS 
Sea Cliff, 8 PM
Fri 11/4 - King Fisher
Sat 11/5 - Reggae Jazz Ensemble
Thurs 11/10 - Up Yonder Exclusive Band
Fri 11/11 - Conjunto Gringos w/ Nini Camps
Sun 11/13 - Katie Glassman & Greg Schochet
Thurs 11/17 -Chris Harford and The Band Of Changes
Sat 11/19 - Small Island
Wed 11/23 - RiDe
Fri 11/23 - Half Step
Mon 11/28 - Music From The Hive
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THE OAK ROOM TAVERN  Sea Cliff, 8 PM
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​Fri 11/4 - LiveStock
Fri 11/11 -Lucky Tones
Wed 11/16 - Grateful Girls
Fri 11/18 -  Joe Ciampa and JJ Mack
Wed 11/23 - Live Reggae, Ska and More
Wed 11/30 - Matt Grabowski
Thurs 12/1 - Welcome Back Willie Steele 
​Fri 12/2 - Joe Ciampa and Kingfisher
Wed 11/7 - Welcome Back Ian Pettilo Jazz 

​METROPOLITAN BISTRO, Sea Cliff

Thur. 11/3 - Chris shamkin - from NYC & James Pipa
Fri 11/4 - Meridian Jazz 
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NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART THIS NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER

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The Nassau County Museum of Art Website 

NORTH SHORE HISTORICAL MUSEUM

Exhibit will run through February 18 with regular museum hours:  Wednesday 2:00-6:00 and Saturdays 11:00-3:00.
The North Shore Votes!
The exhibit showcases a variety of political memorabilia and historic photographs that illustrate the many ways North Shore residents have participated in local, state and national politics. Political brochures, election guides and a garden of lawn signs complement the historical passages in this exhibit that extends beyond the political campaign to the citizen groups that work behind the scenes, and it also highlights the accomplishments of the many people who have answered the call to serve the community.

ASSEMBLYMAN LAVINE: DROP OFF LOCATION FOR 3RD ANNUAL THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE

Assemblymember Charles D. Lavine (D- North Shore LI) is pleased to announce that his assembly office is now a drop off location for the 3rd Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive sponsored by the Glen Cove Child Day Care Center.
 
Non-perishable foods or $15.00 gift cards toward the purchase of a turkey can be dropped off at Assemblyman Lavine’s office located at 1 School Street, Suite 303, Monday through Friday between the hours of 9am-5pm. 
 
The food drive will continue through Wednesday, November 16, 2016.
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