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Homeowners learn to avoid potential scams ty to spread awareness and allow people to have a space to ask questions. Ella Stevens, the homeownTo prevent becoming a victim of scams on Long Island, ers’ association president, police and local leaders in organized the event as a way to Wantagh and Seaford are work- provide residents with tips on ing to keep residents informed how to stay safe during the summer. and protected. “Summer kicks off in less The Wantagh/Seaford Homeowners Association hosted a than a month,” Stevens said, “and homeowners meeting at the need to be aware of Wantagh American not only their surLegion on June 4 to inform community roundings, but the members of ongomany scams that ing scams targeting are out there and re s i d e n t s i n t h e how they can proarea and how to t e c t t h e m s e l ve s avoid them. from being victimEugene Messized.” mer, an officer with In one example the Nassau County EllA STEVENS of a popular scam, P o l i c e D e p a r t - LWantagh/Seaford Messmer said, ment’s Community Homeowners fraudsters pose as Affairs Office, led Association president N e w Yo rk S t a t e the crime prevenPolice of ficers tion meeting. He demanding money spoke about common scams over the phone. targeting residents of Nassau “No state police officer is County, and the importance of going to make a demand like being aware of con games and t h i s, e s p e c i a l l y ove r t h e how to keep their private infor- phone,” he said. “Do not take mation safe and secure. any immediate action if you T h e g o a l o f M e s s m e r ’s get a call like this. Instead, you office, he said, is to keep resi- should call the police.” dents informed and safe. MemThe presentation included a bers of the department hold slideshow outlining how to recmeetings throughout the coun-
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A taste of the South Shore Celia D’Alessandro served drinks during the fifth annual Taste of the South Shore at Jones Beach on June 5. The event highlighted food, drinks and music, and also served as a fundraiser to support local communities. Story, more photos, Page 10.
Restoring a legacy of high achievers High school dedicates plaque to top graduates from 1958 to 1970 By CHARlES SHAW cshaw@liherald.com
Nine years after a flood at Seaford High School caused a plaque honoring the school’s earliest valedictorians and salutatorians to go missing, their names have finally been restored — thanks to school officials and a former top graduate. A new plaque was unveiled at a dedication ceremony in the high school auditorium earlier this month. It lists the names of the valedictorians and salutatorian beginning with the class of 1958 — the high school’s first graduating class — and continuing through 1970, and will be mount-
ed alongside plaques honoring the district’s top graduates since then. For district Superintendent Adele Pecora, restoring the names was a way to honor the legacy of students who have walked the halls of Seaford High. “It is always important that we remember we are built upon the foundation of those that have come before us,” Pecora said at the June 5 ceremony. She was joined by members of the Board of Education, school administrators and Susan Ranaudo, valedictorian of the class of 1970. Also in attendance were Ranaudo’s family members, including her husband, John, a 1969 Seaford Continued on page 4
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