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Hockey has taken Long Beach native Charlie Mcavoy to the national Hockey League, in Boston, and now it’s taking him to the olympics, in italy. His story began on a small ice rink at an arena many local kids have played in. after pursuing his athletic passion for decades, he made it to the nHL. that would’ve been the ultimate dream come true for many, but for Mcavoy it was only one chapter of the story. Being invited to play hockey for team uSa in the Winter olympics gives him a chance to bring the first olympic medal to Long Beach.
Long Beach artist Hedy Page dies at age 96 paint, and get to know her — and one another. “It was a home for so many people,” he Hedy Page, a Holocaust sur- recalled. “People were so loving vivor and a Long Beach artist, and welcoming. A lot of deep friendships were built in that died on Feb. 4. She was 96. “She was an amazing mom, gallery.” Hedy studied at the Art Stuwife, mother-in-law and grandparent,” Ken Page, Hedy’s son, dents League of New York, in Manhattan, under said. “She was all renowned ar tist about love.” Isaac Soyer. During H e d y Ke l l m a n her free time, she was born in Vienna taught art, volunin 1929. In 1938 she teering at the Nasfled to Panama with sau County Correcher parents, Paula tional Facility, in and Jacob Kellman, East Meadow, and a n d h e r b ro t h e r, the Sing Sing CorRichard, to escape rectional Facility, in the Nazi re gime. Ossining. The family came to HEDY PAgE Follow Your Art the United States in closed in 2003, but 1947, and the following year Hedy met and married Page continued to make an Eric Pagremanski in Chicago. impact in the community. She The two later changed their last painted scenes from New York n a m e t o Pa g e wh e n t h e y City to Long Beach, and collaborated with Johanna Mathiebecame American citizens. The Pages moved to Long son, who now directs Artists in Beach in the 1980s, and opened Partnership in the city. Page and Mathieson first Follow Your Art, on Park Avenue, across from Stop & Shop, crossed path in the late 1990s, where they taught art. Ken when Mathieson was the direcPage said that people would tor of Youth and Family Servicwalk in, watch his mother Continued on page 11
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Charlie McAvoy: skating from L.B. to Winter Olympics By CHRIS ColUCCI ccolucci@liherald.com
Charlie McAvoy has made it from the Long Beach Ice Arena to the 2026 Winter Olympics. The Long Beach native and NHL pro is playing hockey for Team USA at the Milano Cortina Games — the sole Long Islander representing the United States at this year’s Olympics. While McAvoy could have followed in the footsteps of his father, Charlie Sr., working in the family’s plumbing and heating business, which has been in operation since 1926, it was clear from the start that McAvoy
belonged on the ice. Lisa Libowitz, his seventh-grade health teacher at Long Beach Middle School, recalled his determination to play hockey at a high level. “My son was 5 and I had to bring him to work two days in a row,” Libowitz said. “Charlie immediately took to my son, who plays hockey, and they did a project together for Veterans Day while talking hockey. The second day, Charlie comes in with a hockey stick and signs it ‘Charlie McAvoy’ with his jersey number. He gave it to my son and said, ‘This stick’s going to mean something one day.’ We still have it today.” Continued on page 7