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Musa, near right, Richard and Emily Rubin, far right, celebrated the 103rd birthday of their mother, Carol Rubin, in November.

projects done.” The funds, which were allocated less than two weeks after The City of Glen Cove has the city applied for the grant received a $553,000 grant from last month, will allow Glen the Nassau County Boost Tour- C o v e t o m a k e s i g n i f i c a n t ism Program, which will help improvements to its facilities the city enhance parks and rec- without accruing additional debt. According to reational facilities Panzenbeck, the to attract visitors grant is one of the and bolster local largest single fundtourism. The grant ing sources the city will fund several has received in long-overdue uprecent years. grades, improving “We get grants spaces that are for all different essential to the things, but this community and came all at once,” that will attract she said. “It’s going regional sports to allow us to contournaments. tinue refurbishing Mayor Pamela things in the city P a n z e n b e c k a n d PAMELA that have been so Spiro Tsirkas, exec- PANZENBECK long neglected.” utive director of Mayor One of the most Glen Cove’s Youth significant projects Services and Recreation department, who collabo- that will be funded by the grant rated on securing the grant, is the renovation of the tennis said they were excited about courts at Stanco Park. The the funding’s potential to revi- facility, which is used extensively for tennis and pickleball, talize the city’s public areas. “This is a true grant,” Pan- is suffering from years of wear zenbeck said. “We have the and tear. “The tennis courts are money, and we’re using it to do more refurbishments. It’s won- cracked and in terrible condiderful because we don’t have to t i o n , ” P a n z e n b e c k s a i d . borrow the money to get these CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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Carol Rubin, teacher and lifelong learner, dies at 103 By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com

Carol Rubin, a Glen Cove resident renowned for her wisdom, boundless curiosity and remarkable vitality, died on Jan. 2, at age 103. Rubin was a teacher, a community leader and an advocate of lifelong learning, and her life was a testament to resilience, intellect and the joy of connecting with others. Born in the Bronx to Rose and Solomon Begun, Rubin grew up in a home brimming with books and a love of the arts. Her mother was a talented writer, and her father

encouraged intellectual pursuits. “She inherited a love of learning and curiosity from her parents,” her daughter, Emily, said. “It shaped her entire life.” As a child during the Great Depression, Rubin witnessed breadlines and government assistance programs, though her family avoided economic hardship. Those experiences left a lasting impression on her. Despite the challenges of the era, she enjoyed a happy childhood — especially swimming with her father at New Jersey beaches. Rubin trained for six months for the 1936 CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

e’re excited to see the positive impact these improvements will have on our city.