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for Your go-to guide ucation private school ed Fax: 516-393-4276 Grades: Early Childhood Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Muccini, offers a host of co-curricular through 12th Parents Club Presidents and extra-curricular opportuniDr. Christopher Foresto, ties for practical application and Alumni Association President personal understanding. Founded Fasano, All Saints Regional Catholic School, the Mr. and Mrs. Thomas in 1930 by the Society of Mary, founded in 1990, serves Nursery CAPA President Marianists, Chaminade is staffed through Eighth Grade students Bro. Timothy Driscoll, S.M., by Marianist brothers and priests from the Long Island, New York Provincial as well as lay men and women. parishes of St. Boniface Martyr, 100% of Chaminade graduates Sea Cliff, St. Hyacinth, Glen Head, COUNTRYSIDE prep Glen Patrick, universities, Kang St. Laura colleges, Roslyn, attend St. Mary, Head of School:: MONTESSORI SCHOOL We schools, and service academies. Cove and St. Rocco, Glen Cove. Countryside Montessori School seek to educate our students within Headmaster: For more information, visit www. Executive Board Juhel, Ph.D. was established by Sharon Adar a family-centered Catholic commu- Jean-Marc chaminade-hs.org or www.faceDana Bratti, Co-President Head of School: Andrea Kelly Fitoussi who was convinced imGosnity. We commit ourselves to book.com/ChaminadeHighSchool. Phi- Kristin Dennehy, Co-President Parents Association President mediately that the Montessori Board of Trustees pel values as we seek to develop www.chaminade-hs.org way Kevin Mercier, Vice President Amy Schamroth Allison Angelilli, M.D. ‘92 and losophy was the most natural our students’ intellectual gifts 340 Jackson Avenue its Doug Arthur ’69, Treasurer Board of Trustees Ahmed Bendary Our for a child to learn. CMS opened foster their spiritual growth. Charlotte Saliou, Secretary Mineola, NY 11501 Debra Del Vecchio, President, Jerry Bright to doors in 1998 in Manhasset, New of School aim is to prepare our students Phone: 516-742-5555 of Laura Kang, Head Friends Academy Parent Dolly Chugh, Ph.D. York with a Primary classroom lead creative and productive lives Fax: 516-742-1989 John Crish Robin Wachtler, Vice President, of 7 students. We moved to our preswhich contribute to the growth Executive Committee Valerie DiFebo, Chair Grades: 9th through 12th Former Friends Academy Parent, ent location in Great Neck in 2001. both God’s kingdom Jennifer Casey Ken Fabricant Class of 1983 have two Primary and our nation. Karli E. F. Hagedorn (’74) (Trustee President - Bro. Thomas J. Cleary, We currently Andy Menzin, Secretary, Toddler classtwo and classrooms Members www.asrcatholic.org Emeritus) President of the Board of of Former Friends Academy Parent, rooms with a total of 75 children Monique Hill Alexander ‘98 Jean-Marc Juhel, Ph.D. (ex officio) 12 Pearsall Avenue Advisors, Director of Admissions Class of 1981 John Amato diverse cultural backgrounds. Christopher Lee Glen Cove, NY 11542 Francis Ingrassia, Treasurer, Kerry Ceriello Tina Lee www.cmsgn.com Phone: 516-676-0762 Friends Academy Parent Beth Godsell Shalini Mimani 354 Lakeville Road Fax: 516-676-0660 Cary Goodwin Debbie Zlotowitz, Head of School, Robert Moore Great Neck, NY 11020 Grades: Nursery through 8th Sandra Graham Mary McDowell Friends School Lasherelle Morgan Academic Dean: Phone: 516-406-3623 Magda Labonte Lilyan Muran (Trustee Emeritus) Members Joanne Fitzgerald Fax: 516-466-8421 Leonard Jonathan Carolyn Oh, M.D. Paul Broder, Grades: 18 months through Alexandra Galston Murray ‘87 Timothy O’Sullivan Friends Academy Parent BUCKLEY COUNTRY 6 years old Gideon Pollach Heather Adler Schoen ‘92 Lawrence Chu, DAY SCHOOL ‘82 Ji Wang Paul Vambutas is Friends Academy Parent Buckley Country Day School EAST WOODS SCHOOL Fitzgerald Ventura Jeff Daniels, Friends Academy an independent, coeducational John Vissicchio FRIENDS ACADEMY East Woods mission is to foster superior Parent, Friends Academy day school providing a Orit Weissman Principal - Bro. Joseph Dominick strength of character and academic Each day, we challenge ourselves Class of 1990 Joanna Woo elementary education to an intelBellizzi, S.M. excellence while developing and to demonstrate our Quaker values Steve Fortuna, Former Friends deeds. lectually capable and diverse intellectual and words creativity, thoughts, encouraging in our Academy Parent Member, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Muccini, CHAMINADE student body. Buckley provides We believe that a Friends Academy curiosity and a lifelong passion Matinecock Monthly Meeting the Parents Club President the foundation that enables our HIGH SCHOOL education transforms lives in for learning. We are a nurturing potenfull their a achieve is to Gregory Hughes, students Chaminade High School realization of our Quaker ideals. community that celebrates the on Friends Academy Parent Board of Advisors tial and excel as educated, ethical, by Our testimonies of simplicity, Catholic school for young men differences among us and leads Our folBro. Thomas Cleary, S.M., and self-confident individuals. community, equal- Elizabeth McCaul Ingrassia, and Long Island. Its 1,700 students integrity, citizenship peace, through example graduates are well prepared for Friends Academy Parent low a rigorous college-preparatory, President ity, service and stewardship are service to others. Chairman entry into, and success in, secondliberal-arts curriculum in an atmo- Mr. Richard Kearns, Gregory Jaske, Member, character guides for our students www.eastwoodshool.org what change to ary schools and beyond. sphere that emphasizes the devel- Mr. Timothy Bowe Matinecock Monthly Meeting, who are equipped 31 Yellow Cote Road in Mr. Thomas Dufek www.buckleycountryday.com opment of Christian community Friends Academy Class of 2004 needs changing for the better Oyster Bay, NY 11771 and education of the heart. Chami- Bro. George Endres, S.M. 2 I.U. Willets Road this world. of 516-922-4400 methods Phone: Mrs. Colleen Hickey nade combines proven Roslyn, NY 11576 Continued on www.fa.org Fax: 516-922-2589 Mr. Daniel Petruccio Page 31 tradition with modern educational Phone: 516-627-1910 270 Duck Pond Road with Grades: Pre-Nursery Mr. Robert Van der Waag advances to provide students Fax: 516-627-8627 Locust Valley, NY 11560 8th through 8th a rich, qualitative academic experi- Mr. and Mrs. Michael Montelli, Phone: 516-676-0393 Grades: Kindergarten through ence. The Chaminade program Chair of the Parents Club Board Parent Association::
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G.N. woman fatally stabs visitor: cops Allegedly sought to ‘rid the house of evil’ BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN
Police escort Faye Doomchin, 66, to a police vehicle.
Using a kitchen knife, a Great Neck woman fatally stabbed a visitor from England without warning on Monday, saying she had to “rid the house of evil,” Nassau County police said. The woman, Faye Doomchin, 66, was arrested at her home on North Road and charged with second-degree murder. Through an attorney, she pleaded not guilty at her arraignment on Tuesday. The victim, a 60-year-old woman whose identity was withheld pending notification of family members, was on
a three-week visit to the United States and had just met Doomchin, police said. Robert Gottlieb of Manhattan, Doomchin’s defense attorney, said in a telephone interview that the case has been “devastating to everybody” involved. “There are no words to adequately express how tragic this case really is,” Gottlieb said. “There has been a long history of mental illness and Ms. Doomchin has been struggling with that and has been under the care of doctors for an extended period of time.” Continued on Page 71
Great Neck Plaza alone in valet parking ban BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
ness owners commented that a lack of valet parking might have contributed to its fall. But, Trustee Gerry SchneiderWhen Element Seafood on South Station Plaza in Great Neck man said, the village has little Plaza shut down last month, busi- choice in the matter.
“If there were a way we could do [valet parking] legally, believe me, we would be doing it,” Schneiderman said, recalling an experiment with it as a “total disaster.” Of the 29 villages in Blank Slate Media’s coverage area, Great Neck Plaza is the only one to ban valet parking, according to an analysis of village codes.
Two villages – Port Washington North and Roslyn – require businesses with valet parking to secure annual conditional use permits, show signs and avoid causing significant disruptions, while Sands Point mandates valet parking in situations involving 30 or more vehicles. The 25 other villages in the Port Washington, Great Neck, Manhasset, Roslyn, Williston
and New Hyde Park areas do not have laws explicitly targeting valet parking, according to village codes available online. Palma Torrisi, the village clerk of Port Washington North, said the village has an “interface between commercial and industrial and residential zones,” which can sometimes lead to trouble. Consequently, she said, the Continued on Page 71
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