HERALD________________ GLEN COVE ______________ Gazette Thinking green during Bring a bag, lady Knights, a Earth Month make some cash team to watch Page 19 Page 2 Page 11 Vol. 26 No. 15 April 13-19, 2017 $1.00 Suozzi celebrates 100 days in office By DANiEllE AGoGliA and on two of its subcommit- [email protected] tees, the Tactical Air and Land Committee and the Oversight Sharing a Washington, D.C., and Investigations Committee. apartment with two other “It’s been a very interesting freshman congressmen and experience,” he said, “and I feel waking up early for bipartisan that I’ve learned a tremendous workouts in the amount and that g ym might not I’ve already start- have been how ed to contribute.” Democratic U.S. While on these Rep. Tom Suozzi c o m m i t t e e s , imagined how pol- Suozzi has ques- itics at the Capitol tioned the chiefs would be, but he of staff of the says he is loving armed forces and every second of it. met with Secre- Suozzi, a Glen tary of Defense Cove native, held a Jim Mattis, of conference call whom he spoke with several news very highly. organizations on He also devotes Danielle Agoglia/Herald Tom Suozzi April 7 to discuss a large chunk of Friends committed to Glen Cove Hospital Auxiliary his progress as a his time to the new member of Problem Solvers Friends Elsie Stepnoski, left, and Phyllis Sczesnak, who originally met at Glen Cove Hospital when the House of Representatives. Caucus. He is the vice chairman. each was pregnant with her first child over 60 years ago, are active in the hospital’s ladies’ auxilia- He marked his 100th day in This group of 22 Republicans ry together. They recently sold plenty of raffles during one of the auxiliary fundraisers. See story on office on April 13. and 22 Democrats work to try to page 9. “It’s a very sobering and find common ground across humbling experience,” he said. party lines. “The reason I went “Over 30,000 people have con- to D.C. is because people are sick tacted my office since I took of politics; they’re sick and tired office, and at any given time I of politicians,” he said. “They have over 1,000 different meet- want people to get things done ing requests.” and solve problems.” Renovations ‘to keep that 1932 Due to his extremely busy The caucus has already schedule, it is important, requested a meeting with Presi- Suozzi said, that he prioritizes dent Trump to try to find areas Morgan Park look, inside and out’ his time. He is a member of the in which the parties can agree House Foreign Affairs Commit- on the issues of infrastructure By DANiEllE AGoGliA park. Thus, Morgan Park was construction company, which tee, where he has focused on and tax reform. [email protected] born. Then Morgan established submitted the lower of two bids, the Middle East, Africa and When it comes to health a park trustee board to protect estimated the renovation’s cost North Africa. He also sits on care, however, that task may be After J.P. Morgan Jr.’s wife the park’s legacy. at $259,000. The other bid, for the Armed Services Committee CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 died, he spent most of his life Now, many years later, Mor- $644,000, came from Woodstock trying to figure out how to com- gan Park is in need of renova- Construction Group. memorate her life. He wrote a tions. The City Council was set At first, Parks and Recre- letter in 1926 to Glen Cove to vote on Wednesday on wheth- ation Director Darcy Belyea Mayor William Seaman request- er to award East Coast USA thought East Coast USA’s esti- ing that a portion of his proper- Construction a contract to com- mate was too low, but then she ty at the end of Landing Road be plete the Morgan Park lower made some calls. “I called five converted into a free public bathhouse renovations. The CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 2 Rising Tide Market launches ‘Bring Your Own Bag’ campaign By DANIELLE AGOGLIA recently renovated store in Glen Cove. [email protected] To go along with his environmentally conscious efforts, Farrell and his staff are It was the lyrics from a Grateful Dead implementing a “Bring Your Own Bag” song — “Got some things to talk about, campaign starting on Earth Day, April 22. here beside the rising tide” — that Like many stores, Rising Tide eliminated inspired Jerry Farrell to name his organic the use of plastic bags in 2012 by switching market in Glen Cove, Rising Tide. Since its to strictly paper and began rewarding cus- opening in 1976, Farrell has combined his tomers 10 cents for every reusable bag respect for the environment and his inter- used at checkout. While many customers Photos Danielle Agoglia/Herald est in health food to create a well-loved, bring their own canvas bags, the store still GLEN COVE RESIDENT Robin Wagner, a long-time customer of Rising Tide Market, said local market that has grown from its small used 101,000 paper grocery bags in 2016. location in Locust Valley to the larger, That got Farrell thinking. What could April 13, 2017 — GLEN COVE HERALD GAZETTE 2017 — GLEN COVE April 13, the store always has “terrific, fresh food.” he do to decrease the paper bags in his store. Earth Day seemed like the perfect event to kick-start an idea to change his consumer’s habits. “It’s not any kind of drastic thing, but we realized if we can start with this one action of creating a different habit for people, that it will make a difference and then we can take on another initiative,” said Farrell. The BYOB Campaign will charge 10 cents per paper bag. The money will then be donated to a local charity, which will change each month. 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