Weekly 2.19.16

Upcoming Meetings and Events: Mon. 2/22 - Old Brookville Board of Trustees Meeting, OB Village Hall, 6:30 Sea Cliff Architectural Review Board, Village Hall, 8 pm Tues 2/23- Sea Cliff Zoning Board Meeting, Village Hall, 7:30 pm

(click for complete calendar, including Gold Coast and Sea Cliff Library Events)

Tues 2/23- North Shore Audubon Society Lecture - Sparrows and Allies in the NYC Area, Manhasset Public Library, 7 pm; Wed 2/24- Sea Cliff Village Environmental Meeting, 7:30 pm ; Thurs 2/25 - North Shore Board of Education Meeting, High School Library, 7:30 pm.

Friday, February 19, 2016

MAYOR APPOINTS ROBIN MAYNARD TO SEA CLIFF VILLAGE BOARD

Robin Maynard takes the oath of office

February 14, 2016 -- At the Monday February 8 Sea Cliff Village Board meeting, Mayor Bruce Kennedy announced that Trustee Elena Villafane, citing health reasons, had informed the Board the previous week that she was stepping down from her post effective immediately. The Mayor then appointed and swore in resident Robin Maynard to fill out the remainder of Ms. Villafane's term which ends in April. READ MORE

**WINE MERCHANT'S SLOW-COOKER SMACK DOWN A SMASH HIT FOR CROCKPOT CONNOISSEURS**

February 17, 2016 -- The Village Wine Mechant in Sea Cliff hosted its first ever "Slow Cooker Smack Down" on Wednesday February 10. Four local amatuer chefs entered the crockpot cuisine contest, and scores of residents turned out to feast on the flavorful fare, each paired with an appropriate wine selected by the Merchant's Sommelier Mike Amendolia. READ MORE

SEA CLIFF DESIGNATES FIRST HERITAGE TREE

At the Monday, February 8 Sea Cliff Village Board meeting, Trustee Dina Epstein presents John Bryant of Laurel Avenue in Sea Cliff with a certificate designating the 64 inch diameter (at chest height) Red Oak on his property a "Heritage Tree." The magnificent specimen is estimated to have sprouted in 1790 - when George Washington was President! Residents can request that the Village Board issue the special designation for trees only on their own property and that, according to new village tree ordinance passed last spring, "are important based on their location, rarity, size, and/or aesthetic, botanical, ecological and/or historical value." Such trees, like class three trees that are more than 20 inches in diameter, require a Village permit to remove. Mr. Bryant's tree is the first in the village to receive the designation.

VILLAGERS FIND VALENTINE'S DAY LOVE IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES

By Ann DiPietro

“Sea Cliff Civic Association Loves You” was the theme of the latest event sponsored by- yes- the Sea Cliff Civic Association. The brain child of Tina Marchese, the event took the form of a scavenger hunt with clever rhyming clues provided by aspiring poet Paul Marchese. READ MORE

BLOGS

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CALLING YOUNG PERFORMERS WITH A GIFT FOR MUSIC

Last year's winners (Photo by Tab Hauser)

By Cindy Rogers

March 17 is the Deadline for Registering for the 2016 Marguerite Suozzi Young Performers Talent Competition. Calling all young people with a gift for music who live or go to school on Nassau County’s North Shore. Do you like to sing or play an instrument? Would you like to perform before a panel of judges for prize money or for a chance to perform this summer at a special concert in Glen Cove’s Morgan Memorial Park? READ MORE

ANNUAL NORTH SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM CHALLENGE - Fun-Filled Events Combining Academic, Athletic, and Artistic Skills

By Shelly Newman

On February 11th, Principal Dr. Marc Ferris kicked off the annual North Shore Middle School Team Challenge to a gymnasium filled with enthusiastic students, faculty and staff. The annual Team Challenge consists of a wide variety of fun-filled events combining academic, athletic and artistic skills. Dr. Ferris introduced the 2016 teams including Crocodile Hunters, Amojis, Beast Mode, 2 Legit 2 Quit, All Stars, Savage3s, and Red Rhinos to a thunderous round of applause! In addition, Assistant Principal Green dressed as a Viking matriarch helped re-enact the story of the NS Middle Challenge with her co-workers! READ MORE

SEA CLIFF FIRST GRADERS CELEBRATE AN ENCHANTING FAIRY TALE BALL!

By Shelly Newman

First graders took to the stage at Sea Cliff School to celebrate the annual Fairy Tale Ball. This enchanting interdisciplinary event culminated over a month of literary studies in folk and fairy tales as part of the English curriculum. It also combined many lessons in art and music. As part of the English curriculum under the Common Core, the first graders focused on story elements including: settings, story lines, characterization, and problems and solutions. Prior to the celebration, they were taught all about the wonders of magic, repeating words, and happy endings. READ MORE

GOLD COAST PUBLIC LIBRARY INTRODUCES NEW DIGITAL EARLY LITERACY PROGRAM TO SUPPORT KINDERGARTEN READINESS

Miss Humblebee’s Academy is fun and interactive;
includes hundreds of lessons across all subject areas

Many research studies have shown the positive effects of quality early childhood education on future academic development, educational attainment, and earnings later in life. Yet, hundreds of thousands of children in the U.S. have no access to the programs that can help them build literacy skills and prepare them for kindergarten and beyond. READ MORE

A MESSAGE FROM THE NORTH SHORE SCHOOLS REGARDING KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

By Shelly Newman

Will your child will be entering Kindergarten this September? . . . During the Kindergarten Registration Week and Orientation Week, you will learn more about our Kindergarten program and about our schools. READ MORE

MULLING A RUN FOR CONGRESS, SUOZZI PRESENTS SELF AS A PRAGMATIC PROBLEM SOLVER AND BRIDGE BUILDER AT GLEN COVE TOWN MEETING

February 17, 2016 -- At a "Town Meeting" last Wednesday February 10 at the Henderson Avenue Polish Hall in Glen Cove, former Nassau County Executive and Glen Cove Mayor Tom Suozzi, who is now mulling a bid to seek the Democratic nomination for the 3rd Congressional District seat being vacated by Representative Steve Israel, presented himself to the nearly 150 people in attendance as a pragmatic politician who can reach across the aisle and get things done. Mr. Suozzi, who has formed a committee to explore running for the office, said he would hold similar meetings around the District, and make a decision by March 7 as to whether he would in fact throw his hat in the ring. Citing the gridlock in Washington and the corruption in Albany, "what's clear to me, " Mr. Suozzi explained, "is that people are sick of politics and sick of politicians." READ MORE

NORTH SHORE'S DIANA VIZZA EARNS THIRD PLACE FINISH IN THE MILLROSE GAMES HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' MILE

Vizza leading in a race earlier this winter

February 20, 2016 -- North Shore High School Senior Diana Vizza finished in third in the high school girls' mile at the Millrose Games on Saturday. The annual Indoor Track and Field meet that has been running strong for more than a century is considered to be one of the most prestigious in the nation. Ms. Vizza's time of 4:52:77 is her fastest ever, and nearly two seconds better than her previous personal best which she achieved during the Millrose qualifying race last month. For a profile of Ms. Vizza that was posted on January 22, CLICK HERE. (Photo Credit - Robert Vizza)

NORTH SHORE BOE TO BEGIN SEARCH FOR NEW SUPERINTENDENT WITH HEAD HUNTER INTERVIEWS AT NEXT PUBLIC MEETING

February 15, 2016 -- At its meeting this past Thursday evening, the North Shore School Board set up a schedule to interview five headhunting firms, one of which will be selected to conduct the search for a replacement for Schools Superintendent Dr. Edward Melnick who will be retiring at the end of the 2016-17 school year. The interviews must take place at a public board meeting. The first will be held on February 25 and two each will be conducted on March 10 and March 30.
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THINKING GLOBALLY ACTING LOCALLY

Five students from the North Shore High School Environmental Club and their advisor addressed the school board on Thursday February 11 urging the district to adopt a recycling program. They said they would get the ball rolling by placing recycling bins in each of the classrooms, and promote their use through a public relations campaign. In the past, they said, such a program did exist, and that in 2010, the school managed to recycle 20 tons worth of material. Dr. Melnick said that the program had been eliminated due to costs charged by carting company, but that he would work with the Environmental club in an effort to re-establish the program.

OTHER HEADLINES FROM 2.11.16 BOE MEETING
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SUPERINTENDENT: NYSED PARENT LETTER CONCERNING TESTING CHANGES INACCURATE

BOE URGES LAWMAKERS TO ASSIGN MONITOR TO DISTRICT THAT HAS SHORTCHANGED DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS

NORTH SHORE HS PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS' WORK ON EXHIBIT AT SEA CLIFF LIBRARY THIS MONTH

North Shore High School is proud to display the work of six AP 2D Design students. Each artist is showing four images from their AP 2 D Design portfolios. In AP 2D Design, students are required to create three distinct portfolios that will be judged by the College Board. All portfolios follow strict and rigorous standards that among other things demand originality, engagement of the viewer, accomplished use of design principles and technical competence.
Please visit the Sea Cliff Library February 1st through the 29th to see the achievements of these six hard working student-artists: Julianna Damiano, Aliesha Giambrone-Hatalovsky, Amelia Herrera-Chappell, Carly McGowan, Francesca Orban, Jacey Vermeersch.

Image by Aliesha Giambrone-Hatalovsky (titled Aliesha)

NORTH SHORE AUDUBON SOCIETY PRESENTATION - SPARROWS AND THEIR ALLIES

Tuesday, February 23, 2016, 7PM
Manhasset Public Library, 30 Onderdonk Ave, Manhasset, NY 11030
Free Admission.

Joe Giunta will present “Sparrows and their Allies”. Learn sparrow identification from a master teacher. Joe Giunta has led bird walks for the Nature Conservancy, NYC Audubon, Brooklyn Bird Club, Road Scholars, and the South Fork Natural History Society, He has been teaching both the spring and fall birding classes at Brooklyn Botanic Garden since 2001. He has birded extensively in the U.S., Panama, Belize and Costa Rica. He is the owner of Happy Warblers, a travel and education company.
For more information, see website www.northshoreaudubon.org.

NORTH SHORE SUMMER THEATER WORKSHOP - APPLY NOW FOR 2016!

North Shore Arts Angels is pleased to announce that NYC-based Director Terry Berliner is returning for a second season at the helm of the Summer Theater Workshop. The six-week workshop, open to students currently in grades 6-12, takes place Mondays through Thursdays in the air-conditioned performing arts facilities at North Shore High School from June 27 to August 7. Hours are 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. with extended sessions in the final two weeks for technical rehearsals. Public performances in the NSHS Theater are the last weekend in July and the first weekend in August. Depending upon enrollment, we may stage one or more productions, including a full-scale musical. READ MORE

NORTH SHORE BOE MEETING ON THURSDAY 2.25

There will be a North Shore Board of Education meeting on Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. at North Shore High School Library. On the agenda will be the internal review of the guidance department and the first of five interviews to be conducted with head hunting firms, one of which the board will select to conduct the search for a candidate to replace Schools Superintendent Dr. Edward Melnick when he retires at the end of th 2016-17 school year. To contact the North Shore Board of Education, please email nsboe@northshoreschools.org.

NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor announces new opportunities for volunteers. The Museum is particularly interested in hearing from applicants who can work on weekends and those who could take assignments in the Museum Store, assisting customers with their purchases. READ MORE

LOCAL MUSIC

STILL PARTNERS
Sea Cliff, 8 PM

Sat 2/20 - Lazy Dogs
Thurs 2/25 - Betty and the Boards
Fri 2/26 - Roger Friedman
Sat 2/27 - Johnny Utah
Mon 2/29 - Music from the Hive / Singer Songwriter Circle

THE OAK ROOM TAVERN Sea Cliff, 8 PM

Wed 2/24 - dNa
Fri 2/26 - Joe Ciampa and Friends
Wed 3/2 - Matt Grabowski

METROPOLITAN BISTRO, Sea Cliff

Thurs 2/25 - TBA
Fri 2/26 - TBA

LOCAL EXHIBITIONS

NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART THIS FEBRUARY

MAXWELL PARRISH EXHIBIT

November 22, 2015 -- The Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor hosted an opening reception on Friday, November 20 for Maxfield Parrish: Paintings and Prints from the National Museum of American Illustration, an exhibition of works by one of the greats of the Golden Age of Illustration. . . . READ MORE

CLICK HERE FOR FULL LISTING OF JANUARY EXHIBITIONS

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The Nassau County Museum of Art Website

SEA CLIFF MUSEUM EXHIBIT PORTRAYS INNOCENCE AND TURMOIL OF THE SIXTIES

Collages and sculpture by Sea Cliff artist Katie Seiden, and photographs by former resident Bertram W. Scholes are the central pieces of the Sea Cliff Museum's latest exhibition Sea Cliff in the 1960s, with various artifacts and memorbilia - some specific to Sea Cliff and others more general to the time period - complementing them perfectly. READ MORE