Volume XXVI No. 1 Hometown Newspaper for Glen Cove, Sea Cliff, Glen Head, Glenwood, Locust Valley and Brookville Week of 9/15/16 75C Back to School! On September 6th, the students of the North Shore School District were warmly welcomed back by all of the principals, assistant principals, faculty, and staff. As returning students met up with their friends, new students were greeted by faculty and staff at each school to begin their new educational experiences at the North Shore Schools. It is going to be a fantastic journey! Best of luck to everyone in the new 2016-17 school year! Article by Shelly Newman Photos by Adrienne Daley photo caption: Principal Chris Zublionis joins his at Sea Cliff School! more photos on page 2 Claudio’s Second Anniversary Ribbon Cutting By Tab Hauser Claudio, a favorite restaurant of many area residents recently celebrated its second anniversary. Taking part in this well attended event were the Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Reggie Spinello, Deputy Mayor Barbara Peebles, religious leaders and other wishing them well. Members who attended enjoyed their fresh pastas, lamb and veal chop, scallops and various salads. Page 2 Gold Coast Gazette Week of September 15, 2016 International Coastal Beach Cleanup Set for September 17 at Pryibil and Back to School! Crescent Beaches Volunteers Welcome Join the Glen Cove Beautification locations and participants are asked to Commission as they invite volunteers bring sunblock and insect repellant for of all ages to help preserve Glen Cove their own protection. beaches. The annual International Coastal Cleanup is sponsored by Ocean For more information, please call Glen Conservancy and will be held on Cove Beautification Commission at 516- Saturday, September 17 from 9 a.m. to 676-3766. 11 a.m. at Pryibil and Crescent beaches. Ocean Conservancy works with The Beautification Commission will host communities around the world to volunteer registration tables at each beach protect the ocean from today’s greatest Pictured is Principal Lori Nimmo with her students at Glen Head Elementary and will provide instructions and clean- global challenges. Together, they create up supplies. The items and information science-based solutions for a healthy collected during the cleanup will be ocean and the wildlife and communities used to educate the public, business, that depend on it. More than 18 million and government agencies regarding the pounds of trash was collected by nearly magnitude and consequences of marine 800,000 volunteers during the 2015 debris. Gloves will be provided at both International Coastal Cleanup. Pictured is Glenwood Landing Principal Bridget Finder greeting her students on the first day. Pictured is Principal Albert Cousins welcoming his students at North Shore High School The Gold Coast Gazette 57 Glen Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542 (USPS008886)(ISSN10651748) Postmaster: Send address changes to The Gold Coast Gazette, 57 Glen St. Glen Cove, NY 11542. Entered as second class paid postage at the Post Office at Sea Cliff N.Y. Published weekly on Thursday by KCH Publications Inc. 57 Glen St., Pictured is Principal Dr. Marc Ferris helping with lockers at NS Middle School Glen Cove NY 11542. Phone (516) 671-2360. Price per copy is 75 cents. Week of September 15, 2016 Gold Coast Gazette Page 3 Celebrating 25 Years This Week by Kevin C. Horton got into the drivers seat of my old Subaru Editor/ Publisher wagon. As my mother closed the door of Feeling defeated and completely the car with a bang she said, “You just discouraged, I followed my mother got yourself a newspaper!” out of the “business” meeting- A Was she just at the same meeting I was? gathering of 10 prominent local I looked over at her, my face of shock businessmen who had been put asked the question. “How? Why? together as investors. WHAT?” I had just graduated college “Because they said it can’t be done, that’s with a degree in journalism. why we are going to do it!” My mother, Patricia Horton, And that’s how the presses started rolling, was an established and September 29, 1991. This issue marks 25 recognized journalist years since the press first rolled out the in the area. The month first edition of the Gold Coast Gazette. I before graduation, and was just a kid, although, at the time I felt every waking hour up to as if I owned the world. this meeting we spent It’s been an amazing journey, a journey dreaming of this moment marked in time on a weekly basis. Travel, as a start, to beginning schedules, parties, meetings and even publication of a weekly my daughter’s birth, scheduled around a newspaper for the North printing day of Thursday. Shore of Long Island. Despite all that, plus major storms, Writing a prospectus, black outs and even a fire that brought crunching numbers, our printer to the ground, we’ve never proposals, meetings, missed a single issue. etc. So many stories, so many people to “Pat,” one of them thank, advertisers, subscribers, our said to my mother printer, the mailmen, our contributors… after the hour-long but alas, a column in a newspaper isn’t meeting, “You enough space… I’ll simply start with know we love you my Publisher Emeritus- Thanks Mom… and respect your they said it couldn’t be done but we hit experience and 25 years… It truly has been a Thousand expertise, but, Mile Journey.... it’s a recession. Wish you were here to celebrate it with Local stores are closing, me! restaurants… It’s too risky to start any business in this economy especially a local paper.” My mother got into the passenger seat, I Editor and Publisher Remembering my years at the Gazette Kevin C. Horton Photographers By John O’Connell Peter Budraitis I had three jobs when I worked for Maccarone and others, Judge McCord, favorite part; some politicians think Richard Wilson Jr. Kevin from about 1993 to ’98. The first and the Glen Cove School Board, when they’re more important than the rest of Art Director job, which lasted about two days, was in the late, great Robert Lupinskie was us, and they spoil it for the others. The Milkenia Horton sales. I’d go to stores or other business board president. egotists among them think journalists Circulation Manager owners on Glen Street, Forest Avenue or I loved working with Zefy, then the should be their PR people and they Robert J. Horton a few down by the Sea Cliff train station managing editor, and Mark, the wizard resent it when reporters write from Layout and ask them to buy ads in the Gazette. formatter and genuinely nice person, readers’ perspective, not their’s. Some Jackie Comitino They’d typically say no, and I’d thank under Kevin’s leadership. We were above politicians think you’re only fair if you Staff Writers them and leave. Anyone in sales knows Sordi & Sordi just before Town Path. let them essentially report the story for John C. O’Connell that’s the sign of someone who should It was a joy when Katherine Satriani, you. The good ones get painted with the Brenda Weck not ever be in sales. Brenda Weck, celebrity columnist Gene same brush of obnoxiousness, and that’s Gene Auciello So Kevin moved me where I’d do less Auciello and other visitors came up the a shame, because there are some people Carol Griffin damage: I became a reporter, covering stairs with copy and photos in hand to who really try to serve the public, and by Matthew Ross City Hall and the new mayor, Tom be edited and processed. Kevin’s dad, that I mean all the public, not just their Sports Editor Suozzi. I mostly enjoyed that, though I Bob, was always great to be with when party’s supporters. There were examples Robin Appel know now that I wrote too much of what he came to the office. of fine elected officials in Glen Cove, as Gazette logo designed by the mayor and council members said. I miss Kevin’s mom, Pat, so much. She well as some of the others. artist Janice Leotti Who knew they didn’t want to be quoted was smart, strong and really funny. She I moved on to the Herald Community Patricia Campbell Horton when they spoke in public? Who knew loved telling and hearing stories. She Newspapers on the South Shore, where Publisher Emeritus that readers hardly ever want to know was honest and kind, she took no crap I served as Valley Stream Herald editor what politicians say? Now, with 18 more from anybody. She was unique, a story for five years and executive editor of the 57 Glen Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542 years of experience as a community all by herself. whole 14-paper chain of weeklies for the e-mail: [email protected] journalist, I’ve come to realize what most When Zefy left I became managing last 13 years. So now, after 23 years of Phone: 516-671-2360 folks and all readers have known for editor as well as staying City Hall community journalism, and 43 years of KCH Publications, Inc. eons and what Polonius said in Hamlet: reporter. And I did some travel writing full-time employment since college, I’m All rights reserved that brevity is the soul of wit. and photography on the side. Those were retiring at the end of September. I owe It was fun writing news and feature wonderful days. my start in journalism to Kevin and Pat, stories, covering the city, the mayor, Covering local politics was my least and to the Gazette.