________________ GLEN COVE _______________
HERALD Gazette Music at Morgan Park canceled
Big donation of hand sanitizer
This dog walker is available
Page 7
Page 8
Page 14
VOL. 29 NO. 30
JULY 23 - 29, 2020
$1.00
A maskless customer costs L.V. man a job Bell said DeSarle did not come in for his next shift the following Monday because he Thomas DeSarle, of Locust thought he was fired, but he got Valley, is without a job after he a call at 1 p.m. from the owner of refused service to a Glen Cove the franchise, Annie Chen, askCarvel customer who was not ing him to come in. “So he hurwearing a mask as he coughed ried up, because this was his and paid with cash only source of dampened with perincome,” Bell said. spiration. “She was getting “He offered the ready to leave when customer a mask, he arrived, and she and the customer said, in substance, refused,” said Jona‘Promise me you than Bell, of Bell won’t do that again. Law Group, who is That if someone representing DeSarcomes in without a le in the alleged July mask, that you will 11 incident. “Tom serve them.’” went back to the DeSarle said no to owner of the store this request, Bell and asked if he had said. “If he feels like to serve the customhis safety is in jeoparer, and she said ‘yes.’ dy, he’s not going to He then served the be serving the cuscustomer who paid tomer, and she said, with cash, using the JONATHAN BELL ‘Well, if you are not same hand that the Attorney going to promise me, customer was you have to leave. coughing on, and the cash was You’re fired.’ So that’s how it went wet from perspiration.” down and how it was described by DeSarle, as seen on CCTV Tom to me.” footage aired by NBC, refused to Bell said that over DeSarle’s take the money. And instead, two years as a manager at the according to Bell, DeSarle’s high- Glen Cove Carvel franchise, he er-up completed the transaction, and he was sent home that day. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
By JENNIFER CORR jcorr@liherald.com
T
Crourtesy Pam Giorgi
GLEN COVE RESIDENT Pam Giorgi, left, and her brother, James Pascucci, go on wine dusting adventures together — while (mostly) maintaining social distance and wearing masks.
‘Wine fairies’ bring fun to community during pandemic By JENNIFER CORR jcorr@liherald.com
A complete stranger dropping off a gift basket of wine, snacks and other treats on one’s doorstep might have seemed peculiar only a few months ago, but in the days of the pandemic, it’s the new normal for some women. The concept of “wine fairies” has swept communities across the country. It often
starts in Facebook groups, where women share their addresses and stories, and comes to fruition with a “dusting” of goodies and plenty of photos to follow. And, of course, a fairy’s mission is to give the recipient a smile, but not get caught. “It’s the best part, running up to the door, deciding whether you want to knock or not — you don’t want to get caught — and then you run to
the car,” said Breanna Cruz, 24, of Glen Cove. “I’ve run to the car so many times trying not to get caught.” Cruz, a teaching assistant at a local day care center, and her mother, Laura Cruz, also of Glen Cove, a medical biller and receptionist for a doctor’s office, noticed that in a Long Island-wide wine fairy Facebook group, there were few N o r t h S h o re re s i d e n t s, CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
om [DeSarle] went back to the owner of the store and asked if he had to serve the customer, and she said ‘yes.’