INWOOD COMMUNITY DAY/HEALTH FAIR

Senator Dean Skelos will be sponsoring Inwood Community Day at the Five Towns Community Center on Saturday, May 5th from 9:00am - 2:00pm. Some of the Service available will be: * Mercy Medical Center, * Nassau County Department of Social Services, *Town of Hempstead, *Nassau County Dental Society, * Hispanic Counseling Center, * The Maurer Foundation, * The Congressional Glaucoma Screening Van, * The NYS Department of Financial Services. All are welcome, spread the word to your family and friends!

The Passing of a Princess - Show Your Support

At the young age of 48 Inwood lost our beloved Donna Biondo. Below is a link the family has set-up for donations to Sloan-Kettering in Donna's memory. Please support this important cause and help the family reach their goal. DONATE NOW

PASSING OF JOHN DELEO

We regret to inform the community of the passing of John DeLeo on April 11th, 2012. John was a distinguished Past President of the Peninsula Kiwanis and a distinguished Lt. Governor of the Long Island South West Division. John was the chair of the Peninsula Kiwanis bi-annual food drive to collect kosher and non kosher food and deliver those items to St Joachim's Church food pantry and the Jewish Community Center of Cedarhurst food pantry. Monsignor Paul F. Rahilly of St Joachim's spoke at the funeral about John breaking the wall that often exists between religions and always making sure he had collected enough kosher food for the JCC food pantry. Every year Msgr. Rahilly and Reva Zomber would meet at the Peninsula Kiwanis Thanksgiving eve meeting to thank John for his effort. The family has asked that all donations be sent to Kamp Kiwanis c/o the Peninsula Kiwanis PO Box 301 Hewlett NY to help send a special child in need to camp for 2 weeks in the summer. The John Deleo food drive will continue on May 19th and 20th from 9am-4pm at King Kullen in Hewlett.

ALL INVITED - 5 TOWNS EARLY LEARNING CENTER

On Wednesday, March 28th at 7pm The Five Towns Early Learning Center will have their Annual Installation of Officers. Councilman Jim Darcy will be the Installing Official. Superintendent of Schools, Gary Schall will be the speaker for the evening at the Annual Meeting addressing community connections. The Center is located at 112 Wahl Ave. Inwood. We invite and encourage all members of the community to attend.

New Program Director for Substance Abuse Treatment at Community Center

Five Towns Community Center, Inc. wants to announce its Substance Abuse Treatment Program, (referred to as CODA). They have a new Program Director. Dennis Demuth; who took over as Program Director at the end of December 2011. He replaces Phyllis Tropp who retired. Roberto Torre, MAC, CASAC is also now part of the CODA staff and is providing treatment in both Spanish and English. The CODA Program can provide their patients substance abuse treatment, DWI, Anger Management, and Parenting Classes. Please call for more information.
El Five Towns Community Center, Inc., tiene el gusto de presenter al Nuevo director de su programa CODA (Comite de abuso contra drogas).
El senor Dennis Demuth tomo posesion como director del programa en Diciembre 2011, reemplazando a la senora Phyllis Troop quien se retiro.
Roberto Torre, especialista en abuso de substancias es ahora tambien parte del personal y esta ofreciendo servicios tanto en Espanol como en Ingles.
El programa CODA ofrece tratamiento para el abuso de substancias, programa para las personas que arrestan manejando en estado de ebriedad (DWI), manejos del enojo y classes para padres de familia.
Llame para mas informacion:
Telefono (516) 239-6244
Extension 240 para Espanol
Extension 264 for English

2012 Attorney Professionalism Award Recipient Chris McGrath

The Attorney Professionalism Award is the Top Honor awarded by the New York State Bar Association. To be nominated for this award, written entries are submitted by judges, clients and other lawyers. This year's recipient Chris McGrath, a Hewlett resident and past president of the Nassau Bar Association is an active member of many Five Towns organizations. We here at Inside Inwood have personally come to know and work with Chris and can attest to his integrity, and outstanding moral character. Congratulations to Chris on this well deserved honor!

LINGERIE STORE RECIEVES SUMMONS

Located at 501-2 Burnside Ave., Playhouse Funk, a lingerie shop selling erotic accessories has been issued a court summons by the Town of Hempstead. Owner, Loreal Watson feels the items she sells are no worse than items sold at Victoria's Secret or in Spencer's Gifts. After first being approached by a Town employee she did remove items from her store's front window. Due to appear in court on February 14th, Ms. Watson will defend her store believing the items she sells are appropriate as she now displays an :over 18 only" sign in her window. The court will decide if she should be fined.