Sea Cliff
New York
Sea Cliff Circle News - January 1, 2023
Government and Politics
January 2, 2023
From: Village Of Sea CliffMayor Elena Villafane; Village Trustees Dina Epstein,
Tannaz Nasirzadeh-Balooch, Nicholas Pinto, James Versocki
Holiday duck hunt - Monday January 2 from 1 to 2 p.m. - 10 ducks at 10 parks
Applications for Property Tax Exemptions:
The Village of Sea Cliff is now accepting applications for property tax exemptions for the upcoming 2023/2024 tax year. The deadline to submit an application is Monday January 2, 2023.
Senior Citizens
The Village of Sea Cliff offers a Senior Citizens’ Real Property Tax Exemption for persons over the age of 65. This exemption provides reductions of between 5% and 50% on Village taxes only. No exemption is granted to persons with incomes of $37,400 or more. This exemption must be renewed each year.
Persons with Disabilities
Real property located in the Village of Sea Cliff, owned by one or more persons with disabilities and whose income is less than $36,400 by reason of such disability, shall be exempt from a portion of their Village Property taxes. This exemption must be renewed each year.
Veterans
Almost any individual (with few exceptions), that served in active duty with the US Armed Forces, is entitled to a Veterans Real Property Tax Exemption. There is no need to renew this exemption application, if you received it last year then you will automatically receive it this year.
Explanations for these property tax exemptions can be found of the Village website under” TAXES” Applications and instructions are also on the Village website.
Please feel free to call me at Village Hall with any questions or if you require further assistance.
Bruce Kennedy – Village Assessor
Phone: 516.671.0080
Email: [email protected]
Upcoming North Shore Board of Education in-person meetings.
The next school board business meetings will be held on the following dates (unless an announcement is made otherwise), Thursday January 5, 2023, January 26, 2023, February 2, 2023 (Initial Budget Presentation) & February 16, 2023 (Budget Review). More will be announced throughout 2023.
The meetings will be simultaneously Livestreamed in the BOE livestream section (access at the top of the homepage) at www.northshoreschools.org The Board encourages public comment. There will usually be an Executive Session (no public attendance) prior to the public sessions.
If you would like to be included in our district email list, please visit the top of the school website at www.northshoreschools.org under “Update Your Contact Info” & follow directions to subscribe.
Best regards,
Shelly Newman
Signup:
Contact Jack Pierce
[email protected]
Recently
new year at the village green 12:01 a.m. 1/1/23
from Dan Pietro:
Here is a link to a very short YouTube video I completed to commemorate 1,000 stories.
What were the odds - Sea Cliff's Virtual Story Time - necessity is indeed the mother of invention. The COVID lockdown caused Ann DiPietro, Sea Cliff's Children's Librarian, to think out of the box (or at least out of the building).
Posted on YouTube March 18, 2020. Ann says: "We'll be posting a story a day for the next few weeks..." - who knew?!? In retrospect, VST-1 seems primitive: no musical intro & outro, portrait, not landscape, no editing.
Not a day has been missed since that March 18, 2020 posting. Most were recorded in the DiPietro living room but other venues have included SC beach, the front of the Children's Library, Brooklyn & even Martha's Vineyard!
The Long Island Herald newspaper named Barbara Costello, founder of The Guardian Angel Family Store, “Person of the Year”. Thirteen years ago after retiring as an early-intervention therapist Barbara opened the Guardian Angel Family Crisis Center, a nonprofit outreach resource for families in the North Shore conmmunity who are financially struggling & have fallen on hard times. A year later she opened The Guardian Angel Family Store, 239 Glen Cove Avenue in Sea Cliff with donations of women & childrens clothing, toys, car seats & other baby items all donated by North Shore stores & local residents. Her work in our community has touched & changed so many lives.
Barbara modestly says she’s “grateful to be working with the community & for the community”. She’s thankful for all the "Guardian Angels" who donate, shop & volunteer making her mission a success. The Guardian Angel Family Store is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. If you’re in the area, please stop in & congratulate Barbara.
It was quite the celebration at the Senior Lunch. We celebrated the holiday season with an ugly sweater contest. Congratulations to the winner, Marge Dodge! Our little elves, Jody, Terry, Charlotte & Nick did a spectacular job decorating the room & even set up a photo booth!
Scrumptious home-made cupcakes made by Heidi Beck topped off the day.
Recycling
village procedure:
https://www.seacliff-ny.gov/department-public-works/pages/recycling-procedures
additional information:
Ongoing
Sea Cliff Library Young Adults
Tween/Teen Think Tank
The Library would like to start a youth advisement board, where tweens & teens
can come and talk about programming
ideas, books, movies, & perhaps play some games.
Interested in joining or would like to find
out more? Send an email to: [email protected]. - Community service credits will be awarded to those
who participate.
What's in a Name
The library's website is sporting a new look. We've created a special page under the heading: Youth Services: Just for middle & high school students.
Visit the new TEEN PAGE & discover book lists, book reviews, & the opportunity to
write your own reviews.
However, this page needs a NEW NAME and we want you to help us. Send your suggestions to:
[email protected]. We will enter
it into our contest. If your selection is chosen, you win a prize! Community
service credits will be awarded.
Camille Purcell
Sea Cliff Village Library
The Sea Cliff Village Museum has closed for the season & is looking forward to reopening in winter 2023. Upcoming exhibitions at the museum include Sea Cliff’s Fabulous Flappers as well as a look at Sea Cliff in the 1950s. Do you have any items around your house to include in the museum’s exhibits? Please call the museum at 516-801-3401. Don’t forget we are still collecting COVID-19 artifacts - photographs, documents, masks, & other ephemera are all welcomed!
Courtney Chambers
Sea Cliff Village Museum
(516) 801-340
Join us! Check our website for all the details & to become a member. Sign up for our email newsletter to be in on the latest happenings.
Sign up for North Shore (CSD) District emails.
If you're not on the district email list, please sign up to receive important messages at "Update Your Contact Info" at https://northshoreschools.org/subscribe/email_landing.html including:
Key messages from Superintendent, Dr. Chris Zublionis & the Board.
To sign up, go to the "Update Your Contact Info" at; https://northshoreschools.org/subscribe/email_landing.html & click on SUBSCRIBE/MAKE CHANGES (NON-PARENT/DISTRICT RESIDENTS)
Enter “vikings” (without quotes) when prompted for the site access code & follow the directions.
It is important for everyone in the community to receive district emails, stay engaged, ask questions, attend meetings & events, & participate! Visit www.northshoreschools.org
Mutual Concerns Senior Lunch Program
By Peggie Como, President, MCC
The popular senior lunch program is at Saint Luke’s now; Tuesday 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. We know how important this program is to our seniors & we are happy to get back to visiting with our friends & enjoying the delicious lunches & chair yoga.
If you are interested in joining the lunch program, please call Peggie Como at 516-675-7239. Bus transportation is available. We’d love to see you there.
Here is NSSD's COVID current testing data
https://schoolcovidreportcard.health.ny.gov/#/home
Donate
https://coalitiontosavehempsteadharbor.org/You%20Can%20Help/
Sea Cliff Library:
Masks are required for all persons in the library.
Check our website for more information on programs and events.
Sea Cliff Village Library
516-671-4290
www.seaclifflibrary.org
State Funds are Available to Help Replace Septic Systems:
State funding of $2 million will help Nassau County provide up to $10,000 in grants for homeowners & small businesses seeking to replace failing septic systems. New septic systems will help to reduce nitrogen & other pollutants from entering our waterways.
Applications for the county's SEPTIC program are open. The grants are for 50% of the cost of a new state-of-the-art nitrogen-reducing septic system, up to $10,000.
Applications can be filled online at NassauCountyNY.gov/SepticReplace
Qualifying residents can also contact; [email protected] or call 516-364-5861 for more information & instructions on how to apply.
Virtual StoryTime in Sea Cliff continues:
Check out the latest #seacliffstorytime on Facebook or YouTube; search Ann Dipietro for a great story. A new story every day since March 16 of 2020.
Village Website
https://www.seacliff-ny.gov
Food Banks:
Glen Cove EOC – call for an appointment
140 Glen Cove Ave
516-801-2672
Saint Boniface the Martyr – Call for an appointment
145 Glen Avenue
516-676-0676
Both sites have requested that individuals contact them first – not to just show up. Both sites only work with households in the immediate area.
Kristine Kossegi Lehn
Chief Network Officer
Long Island Cares, Inc. – The Harry Chapin Food Bank
10 Davids Drive, Hauppauge
631-582-3663 Ext. 115
www.licares.org
NOSH
North Shore Soup Kitchen
https://www.northshoresoupkitchen.org/donate
First Baptist Church
7 Continental Place, Glen Cove
Free Sit-Down Hot Lunch
Pantry Items
Tuesdays & Thursdays
12:00 p.m. TO 1:00 p.m.
Mutual Concerns Committee:
Many don't realize there are people in our community who go without proper food every day due to a variety of factors including low wages, job loss, injuries, illness, age, or divorce. While all of us are susceptible to hard times, children & the elderly are most at risk & they make up the largest number of people we serve.
In times like this, it's comforting to know that we live in such a giving community. The outpouring of support has been overwhelming. If you have ever donated food, made a financial donation of any kind, or volunteered your time, we thank you. It may seem like a small act to you, but to someone else it can make a huge difference.
If anyone would like to donate food, call Peggie Como at 516-675-7239.
If you would like to make a financial donation, make checks payable to Mutual Concerns Committee & send it to PO Box 164, Sea Cliff, NY 11579