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From left, Jeffrey Hendel and Michael Ferrara, Three Village Dads Foundation
From left, Jeffrey Hendel and Michael Ferrara, Three Village Dads Foundation

Hendel Wealth Management Group, 95 Smithtown Blvd. , Smithtown recently delivered nearly $1,000 worth of food donations to the both the Three Village School District and Our Daily Bread food pantry at St. James RC Church in Setauket to support families in the local community suffering from food insecurity.

“Not only as a Long Island business-owner, but also as a member of the Three Village Dads Foundation, I understand importance of doing as much as possible to help the families in our neighborhoods,” said Jeffrey Hendel, President & CEO, Hendel Wealth Management Group and Sr. Financial Advisor, Raymond James Financial Services. “Our team is so proud to have the good fortune to be able to make a difference.”

To learn more about Hendel Wealth Management Group and its commitment to community outreach, please visit www.hendelwmg.com.

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Are you seeking help and encouragement after the death of a spouse, child, family member or close friend? St. James Lutheran Church, 230 2nd. Ave., St. James will provide GriefShare, a 13-session support group program, at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays from Jan. 12 through April 6, 2022. 

The program will be hosted by Bonnie Spiegel and Deacon James Lundgren, long-time Care Givers at St. James Lutheran Church and is offered free of charge to all members of the community seeking bereavement support — a warm and caring group “oasis” during their long journeys through grief.  It is offered without cost, completely underwritten by a generous grant from St. James Funeral Home, owned and operated by the Maher family. Call 631-584-5212 for reservations and find more information at www.griefshare.org.

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'Along Great River' by Catherine Rezin
'Avalon Pond' by Catherine Rezin
'Horse on the Move' by Catherine Rezin
'Red Rose' by Catherine Rezin

Smithtown Township Arts Council has announced that the works of Nesconset artist Catherine Rezin will be on view at Apple Bank of Smithtown, 91 Route 111, Smithtown from December 20 to February 17, 2022. The  exhibition, part of STAC’s Outreach Gallery Program, can be viewed during regular banking hours, Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Nesconset artist Catherine Rezin is a retired textile artist who has renewed her love of painting and drawing during the past four years. “In the early months of the Covid restrictions, I found myself doing pastel portraits of our grandchildren and then other family members. The next progression was to painting watercolor landscapes,” she said.

Inspired by the beauty of nature, Rezin never seems to run out of sources of inspiration living on Long Island. “I am in awe of the spectacular surroundings that are around me at all times and am passionate in my desire to convey these images to art.” The artist can be commissioned to do portraits of loved ones or capture and convert a favorite vacation photo to a custom artwork.

“STAC is grateful to Apple Bank for its continued support of culture in our communities. We are so happy to feature the talents of Long Island artists in this space!,” said the Council.

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Former patient 9 yr old Sydney O’Sullivan, raised $600 selling chocolate reindeer lollipos, and then purchased toys to donate to Stony Brook Children’s Hospital for this holiday season. (12/017/21)
Sydney O'Sullivan with the purchased toys.
Over 200 chocolate lollipops were sold.
Former patient 9 yr old Sydney O’Sullivan, raised $600 selling chocolate reindeer lollipos, and then purchased toys to donate to Stony Brook Children’s Hospital for this holiday season. (12/017/21)
Former patient 9 yr old Sydney O’Sullivan, raised $600 selling chocolate reindeer lollipos, and then purchased toys to donate to Stony Brook Children’s Hospital for this holiday season. (12/017/21)
Former patient 9 yr old Sydney O’Sullivan, raised $600 selling chocolate reindeer lollipos, and then purchased toys to donate to Stony Brook Children’s Hospital for this holiday season. (12/017/21)
Former patient 9 yr old Sydney O’Sullivan, raised $600 selling chocolate reindeer lollipos, and then purchased toys to donate to Stony Brook Children’s Hospital for this holiday season. (12/017/21)
Former patient 9 yr old Sydney O’Sullivan, raised $600 selling chocolate reindeer lollipos, and then purchased toys to donate to Stony Brook Children’s Hospital for this holiday season. (12/017/21)
Former patient 9 yr old Sydney O’Sullivan, raised $600 selling chocolate reindeer lollipos, and then purchased toys to donate to Stony Brook Children’s Hospital for this holiday season. (12/017/21)
Former patient 9 yr old Sydney O’Sullivan, raised $600 selling chocolate reindeer lollipos, and then purchased toys to donate to Stony Brook Children’s Hospital for this holiday season. (12/017/21)
Former patient 9 yr old Sydney O’Sullivan, raised $600 selling chocolate reindeer lollipos, and then purchased toys to donate to Stony Brook Children’s Hospital for this holiday season. (12/017/21)
Former patient 9 yr old Sydney O’Sullivan, raised $600 selling chocolate reindeer lollipos, and then purchased toys to donate to Stony Brook Children’s Hospital for this holiday season. (12/017/21)

One Long Island kid is helping put smiles on the faces of patients at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital this holiday season. It all started when 9-year-old Sydney O’Sullivan of Holbrook was treated for kidney stones over three emergency room stays beginning in the Summer of 2021. While at the hospital, one of Stony Brook’s child life specialists paid her a visit with a toy in hand. Getting the toy helped take her mind off being in the hospital and that inspired Sydney to want to help others in the children’s hospital feel the same way.

“Some kids have to be in the hospital for Christmas, so I thought of a way I could spread some holiday cheer,” says Sydney.

Together with her mom Karen, Sydney made some chocolate reindeer lollipops to sell to raise money towards a toy donation. After posting on social media, Sydney was able to sell over 200 lollipops and raise $600 to purchase nearly 50 toys to bring to kids at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital.

“I am so proud of her,” says Karen O’Sullivan, Sydney’s mother. “She came up with this idea all on her own and is helping a lot of children.”

Sydney donated a stretcher filled with toys to the children’s hospital on December 17.

Photos courtesy of Stony Brook Medicine

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The Huntington Town Board held its December 14, 2021 meeting, where they allocated $22 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding for the Huntington Station Hub Sewer Infrastructure Project, opted out of the State Cannabis Law, and approved proposed amendments to the Matinecock Court Housing Development.

Supervisor Chad A. Lupinacci and the Town Board approved an intermunicipal agreement with the County of Suffolk to transfer the Town’s $22,209,010 in American Rescue Plan Act Funds to the County of Suffolk for the construction of the Huntington Station Hub Sewer Infrastructure Project, spanning the New York Avenue/Route 110 Corridor from the Huntington LIRR Train Station to 14th Street with additional adjacent parcels to the east and west.

The Town opted out of allowing cannabis retail dispensaries and on-site consumption sites within the Town of Huntington, outside of the Incorporated Villages, as authorized under New York State Cannabis Law Article 4. The board also voted to prohibit the consumption of cannabis on Town property, including parks and beaches, and on streets and sidewalks outside of the Incorporated Villages.

The board approved the developer’s proposed amendments the court-ordered settlement agreement with Matinecock Court Housing Development Fund Corporation and Matinecock Court LLC for the proposed development for low-income housing at the corner of Pulaski Road and Elwood Road in East Northport. The amendments, subject to approval by United States District Court in the Eastern District of New York, decreases the total number of units from 155 to 146, changes the 50/50 rental/equity split to 100% limited equity cooperative, and requires payments in lieu of taxes.

In other action, the Town Board:

  • Scheduled two regular Town Board meetings for Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 2:00 PM and Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 2:00 PM.
  • Approved up to $125,000 in Environmental Open Space and Park Improvement funds for recommended neighborhood enhancements to install sidewalks, curbs, an ADA-compliant pedestrian ramp and trees along the south side of Madison Street to create safe community access to Heckscher Park.
  • The board amended the Town’s Affordable Housing Code (Chapter 74) to establish alternative formulas, created with the support of the Huntington Housing Coalition, for the calculation of affordable rents on smaller projects in commercial zones due to higher construction costs.

 

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The Art League of Long Island’s biennial exhibition opened in the Art League’s Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery on December 4, 2021 and is on view through January 21, 2022.

In this juried exhibition open to artists from Nassau, Suffolk, Brooklyn, and Queens, 164 artists submitted 489 works, out of which Exhibition Juror Joshua Ruff selected 60 works to be accepted in this exhibit. Of the 60 artists, Mr. Ruff singled out six artists for awards in the following categories:

Awards of Excellence: Lorina Capitulo, “Out of Sight, Out of Mind”, watercolor, pen & ink; Lori Horowitz, “Amongst the Lilies”, mixed-media relief; David Peikon, “Trout Stream”, oil painting.

Honorable Mentions: Susan Rostan, “Hiking Middlefield’, oil painting; Alisa Shea, “I’m Fine. It’s Fine. Everything is Fine.”, watercolor; Despina Zografos, “Strolleroptera”, hand cut paper, punctured text on boards.

The full list of participating artists is posted on the Art League’s website.The Juror’s Gallery Talk with Joshua Ruff is on Saturday, January 8 at 1pm and is limited to 30 attendees with prior RSPV’s.  To reserve your seat visit www.artleagueli.org. The gallery is open to the public, free of charge, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

About the Juror: Joshua Ruff is the Deputy Director and Director of Collections & Interpretation at the Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages, in Stony Brook, NY. Mr. Ruff is a graduate of Syracuse University (BAs in Broadcast Journalism and also in History) and Stony Brook University (MA in History). He has worked at the Long Island Museum for 24 years in a variety of positions, including as Curator of its History and Carriage Collections. He was also Senior Lecturer in History at St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue, NY for 20 years. He has served as an editor of the Long Island History Journal since 2009. Mr. Ruff has curated more than 60 exhibitions, including, most recently, Fire & Form: New Directions in Glass (2021) and Perfect Harmony: The Musical Life and Art of William Sidney Mount (2019), which traveled to the Fenimore Art Museum, in Cooperstown, NY. In addition to co-authoring several books and exhibition catalogs, he has articles in publications that include Magazine Antiques; American Art Review; American History magazine; and the Long Island History Journal.

The Art League of Long Island is a not-for-profit visual arts organization serving Long Islanders since 1955.  The Art League is located at 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills. For more information call (631) 462-5400 or visit www.artleagueli.org.

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Photo (left to right): Kacie Mulligan and Brittany Ferrante. The American Cancer Society offered two awards at the start of the season for Most Holes Played and Most Funds Raised. Brittany Ferrante of the Village Club of Sands Point played 280 holes on September 7th, 2021, securing the title of Most Holes Played. Kacie Mulligan of Southward Ho Country Club raised over $70,000 in her highly successful endeavor, securing title of Most Funds Raised.
$347,000 raised through golf marathons held in 2021

The American Cancer Society celebrates 16 golf professionals from 11 country clubs who participated in golf marathons this year, while raising $347,000 to support the mission of the American Cancer Society.

Meaning Behind Each Swing

The objective of  golf marathon participants is to play as many holes as possible from sunup to sundown while raising funds for the American Cancer Society. The pros chose dates from June through November.  The long stretch of hours and commitment are symbolic reminders of the challenges and difficulties faced by cancer patients and their families.  Several of this year’s golfers hosted marathons to honor loved ones affected by cancer, according to Megan Stewart of the American Cancer Society.

Cody Homer from Fresh Meadows Country Club dedicated the day to the memory of his mother, whom he lost to breast cancer.  Homer’s dedication and the generosity of the club membership led to a $30,000 donation to the American Cancer Society.  With sentiment for her dad who is bravely fighting cancer, Kacie Mulligan hit the Southward Ho course just weeks before her wedding in mid-November.  With her fiancé as caddy and parents in the gallery, she braved incredible fall winds and an early sunset to triumphantly finish her marathon.

Players and Awards

Brittany Ferrante

The American Cancer Society offered two awards at the start of the season for Most Holes Played and Most Funds Raised. Brittany Ferrante of the Village Club of Sands Point played 280 holes on September 7th, 2021, securing the title of Most Holes Played. Kacie Mulligan of Southward Ho Country Club raised over $70,000 in her highly successful endeavor, securing title of Most Funds Raised.

Participants this year include Wayne Leal and Sean Sanders of Muttontown Country Club;  Pat Gunning and John Stoklosa of Noyac Golf Club; Cody Homer of Fresh Meadows Country Club; Jimmy Farrell of Hamlet Golf and Country Club;  Alex Willey of Meadowbrook Club; Melissa Rath and Rich Burns of Brookville Country Club; Matt Livolsi and Zack Yashnyk of Cherry Valley Club; Brittany Ferrante of Village Club at Sands Point; Kacie Mulligan of Southward Ho Country Club; Tim Shifflett & Scott Ford of Glen Oaks Club.  Additionally, Jarett Leonard joined the Babes Against Cancer marathon up north in New England at Norton Country Club in MA.

Golf Marathons

Kacie Mulligan

The first golf marathon to support the Society’s cancer fighting mission on Long Island originated in 2019.  Matt Demeo, an assistant golf professional from the Indian Hills Country Club honored his mother’s battle with breast cancer and tested his ability to play as many holes and raise as many funds as he could. His efforts resulted in a $14,000 donation to the American Cancer Society.  In 2020, three individuals held golf marathons which helped to raise funds at a time when traditional fundraisers were on pause due to the restrictions in public gatherings due to COVID 19.  These golf marathons provided a safe, socially distant, and fun way to support the American Cancer Society. In 2021, the program greatly expanded, and 16 golf professionals joined the ranks.

To learn more or to participate in an upcoming American Cancer Society golf marathon, contact [email protected] or visit acsmove.org/GolfMarathon.

About The American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society is on a mission to free the world from cancer. For more than 100 years, we have helped lead an evolution in the way the world prevents, detects, treats, and thinks about cancer. As the nation’s preeminent cancer-fighting organization, we fund and conduct research, share expert information, support people with cancer, spread the word about prevention, and through our advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), advocate for public policy change. We are committed to ensuring that ALL people have a fair and just opportunity to prevent, find, treat, and survive cancer – regardless of income, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or where they live. Thanks in large part to our decades of work, a cancer diagnosis does not come without hope, and the cancer journey is not one that is traveled alone.

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'Blossoming Trees' by Joseph Rotella
'Forsyentia' by Joseph Rotella
'Lilies' by Joseph Rotella
'Vertical II' by Joseph Rotella

The Port Jefferson Free Library, 100 Thompson St., Port Jefferson invites the community to view its latest art exhibit in the Meeting Room titled Celebration of Art/Coming Out of the Pandemic by artist Joseph Rotella through the month of December. The exhibit will feature landscape and floral narratives which were all created during the pandemic. For more information, call 631-473-0022.

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Join Sweetbriar Nature Center, 62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown for a new program, Winter Solstice Forest Bathing and Full Moon Ceremony, on Friday, Dec. 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Join the staff for a mindful forest walk under the Full Moon. Then, participate in song to raise the vibrations of the group. This period of deep winter reflection will allow you to release negativity and welcome in new opportunities and joy! This is an outdoor event. Please dress warmly. Meet in field behind the house. For ages 14 and up. Raindate is Dec. 19. $25 per person. To register, visit www.sweetbriarnc.org or call 631-979-6344.

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NV Beauty Boutique grand opening. Photo from Councilwoman Jane Bonner's office

On December 4, Councilwoman Jane Bonner joined Rocky Point Sound Beach Chamber of Commerce president Gary Pollakusky to celebrate the grand opening of the new NV Beauty Boutique in Rocky Point. 

Located at 14 Broadway Avenue in Rocky Point, the boutique offers a variety services, specializes in skincare, facials, microdermabrasion, peels, waxing, brows and lashes. 

Pictured from left are Councilwoman Jane Bonner; staff members Jamie Longman, Kyra Brandstadter, owner Nicole Villorente; staff members Susan McCartney and Alicia Reilly; and Rocky Point Sound Beach Chamber of Commerce President, Gary Pollakusky.

“I’m very happy to welcome the NV Beauty Boutique and I wish the owners the best of luck. I encourage everyone to stop in and say hello to Nicole and the staff. They are a great addition to the Rocky Point Business District and our community,” said Councilwoman Bonner.

Hours are by appointment. For more information, call 631-403-6562 or visit www.nvbeautyboutiqueli.com.

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