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________________ _______________ GLEN COVE Did you know that 500,000 pets are affected by house fires every year? Wouldn't it be great if HERALDI could dial 911? Gazette The power of Honoring vets 18/21 itc FG theater to heal on Memorial Day Demi Condensed Page 15 Page 9 www.SmokeAlarmMonitoring.comPage xx Vol. 27 No. 22 MAY 31 - JUNE 5, 2018 $1.00 See our ad inside Uh-oh, gov. comes to town Cuomo swings by parade, rankling local GOP By ZACH GoTTEHRER-CoHEN governor arrived 20 to 30 min- zgottehrer@liherald.com utes late. The Herald reached out to the Republican city council mem- governor’s office several times, bers accused Gov. Andrew but did not receive a call back. Cuomo of playing politics after According to several people he attended Glen Cove’s Memori- involved, once Cuomo’s atten- al Day parade on dance was con- Monday, letting firmed, the whirl- city officials know wind of activity with certainty that If it was a caused by his secu- he would be there rity personnel and an hour before- I different staff overtook the hand. The gover- planning of Glen nor’s short notice parade, I could Cove’s Memorial led to logistical Day Parade Com- i s s u e s a n d a see it, but not a mittee. change in the tone “I had no say in of the parade that Memorial Day how they ran their Zachary Gottehrer-Cohen/Herald Gazette left local GOP offi- ship,” Tenke said, CHIlDREN PlAYED IN front of the stage at Morgan Memorial Park as the Glen Cove High School cials feeling slight- parade. “because [Cuomo] Select Chorale prepared for its performance in honor of the city’s 350th anniversary. ed. has his own securi- According to MICHAEl ZANGARI ty detail.” He added city officials, the Councilman, t h a t h e w a s governor’s staff “extremely proud” warned the city on City of Glen Cove to have the gover- Glen Cove marks 350 years the Friday before nor come to the Memorial Day that Cuomo city, and noted that most of the might come. Early Monday people he spoke with thought the Residents crowd Morgan Memorial Park to morning, Glen Cove police same. reported to Mayor Tim Tenke Councilmen Joseph Capobi- celebrate Glen Cove’s history, and future that the governor would not be anco and Michael Zangari said there. At 10 a.m. that same day, the governor’s visit highlighted By SAMANTHA BARRY and quin word for “place of rush- Avenue. however, Tenke had to abruptly Democrats and jilted Republi- ZACH GoTTEHRER-CoHEN es. ” “The garden will serve as a leave a ceremony to honor GCPD cans on a day that they said was officers when he learned that supposed to be above partisan- zgottehrer@liherald.com Three-hundred fifty years reminder of the pride the Cuomo would show for the 11 later, after two years of plan- Glen Cove residents have in a.m. ceremony. Tenke said the CONTINUED ON PAGE 20 On May 24, 1668, three fam- ning and fundraising, a cele- their community,” Mayor Tim ilies — early settlers of Long bration of all that has since Tenke said at the ceremonial Island’s North Shore — pur- transpired on that land ribbon cutting, “and it will chased a parcel of land from kicked off on May 23, with the endure for generations to the Matinecock Chieftaincy. opening of the Heritage Gar- come.” They called the land Musqui- den at Mill Pond, next to the At the center of the garden to Cove, based on the Algon- city firehouse on Glen Cove CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 2 Your Pet May Not Be Able To Call 911 But SAM Can! May 31, 2018 — GLEN COVE HERALD GAZETTE 2018 — GLEN COVE 31, May Get Your Homeowner’s Up To 15% OFF Insurance Premium www.SmokeAlarmMonitoring.com Use Promo Code “LIH” at Checkout and Get 50% OFF or call Toll Free 888-766-5399 975151 3 GLEN COVE HERALD GAZETTE — May 31, 2018 31, HERALD GAZETTE — May GLEN COVE Photos by Zach Gottehrer-Cohen/Herald Gazette Keeping Glen Cove’s boxing legacy alive Local volunteer-run club helps troubled kids, produces world class athletes By ZACH GOTTEHRER-COHEN The club moved into the old EMS garage zgottehrer@liherald.com several years. Volunteers painted and refur- bished the building. They hung heavy Nestled down a long dirt driveway off of punching bags from the high ceiling, which Route 107 in Glen Cove adjacent to the Glen bob back and forth gently from the force of Cove Child Day Care Center is the Howard quick punches. Upbeat music plays from Davis Jr. Glen Cove Boxing Club. In what unseen speakers, which emit a periodic used to be the city’s EMS garage before it “beep” to let the trainees know when to moved to the firehouse, this volunteer-oper- rotate exercises. ated, donation supplied club has been quiet- Luis Garcia, who had been sparring ly offering troubled teens from the Glen with Viviana Melgar, ducked under the Cove School District a productive outlet for ropes of the makeshift boxing ring. Then their aggression, and, in some cases, turn- he took a swig of water, and started his next ing them into state, national and interna- workout, lifting a sledgehammer over his tional champions. head and swinging it straight down onto a Emily Colon, 31, for example, moved to large truck tire, which dutifully bore the Glen Cove from Puerto Rico when she was repeated blows. 11, and got into frequent fights with other The club is run entirely by volunteers, children, who she said bullied her for not including trainers Francisco Pena and speaking English. Colon’s stepfather was a Mike Graziose, who said that in some ways, fan of the sport, which he frequently their work with the club is like a full time watched on the family’s home television. job. When this reporter arrived at the club Tito, a member of the Boxing Club, to speak to them, Graziose was on the approached her, and suggested she drop by phone with a gloves supplier, navigating the the club. “I just kept saying, ‘No, that’s not logistics of a delivery. He said that even VIVIANA MELGAR, TOP, me,’” Colon said. But after several of Tito’s when he’s at home he gets pestered with practiced shots to the persistent suggestions, she decided to give questions about when the studio will be it a try. “I came in the first day, and I fell in open next. “I’ll be with my family,” torso with Mike Graziose, love,” she said. “I fell in love with the Graziose said, “and I’ll get 15 texts [from top, while coach Francisco gloves. I fell in love with hitting the bags, kids]. Are you opening? Are you opening?” Pena, left watched and you know, the feelings in your hands. The, The club is free for participants, and offered advice. the bell ringing, you know, just, it was just runs entirely on donations. Pena said that like love at first sight.” frequently, the volunteers have to pay out of MELGAR SPARRED WITH Since then, Colon has worked her way their own pockets for necessities like bot- Luis Garcia, above. up through the competitive boxing circuit, tled water and paper towels. Sometimes, eventually landing a spot on Puerto Rico’s they pay for a young athlete’s transporta- EMILY COLON, 31, an national boxing team. tion and food when they compete in the city, alum of the Glen Cove Other notable members of the club or at other Long Island venues. Boxing Club, showed off include Olympic gold-medalist Howard Why do Pena and Graziose do it? “Watch Davis Jr., for whom the club was renamed the kids’ faces,” Graziose said, “when you some of the medals she’s in 2016 after his death in December 2015, teach them something and all of a sudden it won, and the titles, in the and Allen “Junebug” Hudson Jr., a U.S. clicks, and you see a light bulb go off. They form of belts, that she’s Army boxer — and the father of Glen Cove feel proud, and feel that they accomplished currently defending. Colon High School’s assistant principal Allen something. And if they can accomplish is currently a member of Hudson III — who went up against some of something in here,” he gestured around to the Puerto Rican Olympic the biggest names in boxing, including the empty studio, and then pointed out the team. Muhammad Ali. open door, “they can accomplish out there.” 4 May 31, 2018 — GLEN COVE HERALD GAZETTE 2018 — GLEN COVE 31, May Christina Daly/Herald Gazette FORMER SUPERVISOR JOHN Venditto, second from left, with his son, former State Sen. Michael Venditto, left, his wife, Chris, and his daughter, Joanna, outside the courtroom. John Venditto cleared of all charges of corruption By LAURA LANE and ERIK HAWKINS the former officials in exchange for help Freier added that he was certain that Venditto’s acquittal does not free him llane@liherald.com, ehawkins@liherald.com for his struggling businesses, was the gov- Venditto was used by Mangano “based on completely from legal trouble, however. He ernment’s key witness. Lenny Genova’s testimony. John was there still faces charges stemming from two Former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Venditto was charged with unlawfully for everything and knew everything. The Nassau County cases, including corrupt John Venditto was found not guilty of all securing town guarantees verdict, I think, is an unfor- use of his position, official misconduct corruption-related charges against him on for millions of dollars in tunate miscarriage of jus- and defrauding the government.

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