NOVEMBER 2021 • LONGISLANDPRESS.COM 11
FROM THE PUBLISHER
The return of November brings with it the repeating of Thanksgiving traditions, kicking off
the holidays, the shopping season, and the giving season.
To help get in the spirit, we give you our annual gift guide issue. Read about what’s being done
to remedy the coronavirus pandemic-induced supply chain crunch that is hampering the
ability to acquire some items on wish lists.
In Press Business, beat reporter Claude Solnik takes the pulse of the local retail community
ahead of Black Friday and has an interview with Adam Haber, who founded Long Beach-based
Trellus, an on-demand, same-day delivery service and marketplace that launched in January.
In our gift guide special section, we have a roundup of the top Long Island downtown shopping
districts, must-hit shops for fi nding unique presents, and a guide to goodies Wholly Made on
Long Island. It’s our Wholly MOLI gift guide.
In Press Health, reporter Bernadette Starzee has the latest on the Covid-19 booster shot plan,
and who should get it. In Long Island Family, we explore how a staffi ng crisis is impacting local
special needs group homes. And in Press Home, real estate reporters Tammy Scileppi has tips
for sellers to get the top dollar and Arlene Gross reveals Benjamin Moore’s paint color of 2022.
In Press Buzz, our reporters preview the latest holiday season happenings, serve up the region’s
top food and drink news in Main Dish, and bring you the Scene & Seen photo pages. And Associate
Editor Annie Wilkinson recalls how aft er World War II ended, a young arranger returned to the States and got a job for legendary
performer Frank Sinatra, which enabled him to buy a Levitt home in Roslyn Heights. It was the site of many happy occasions — but
Thanksgiving was always his favorite holiday. He was her dad, Ralph Norman Wilkinson.
And don’t forget to like Long Island Press on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and subscribe to our email newsletters
rounding up everything you may have missed on the updated-daily longislandpress.com
Happy Thanksgiving!
12 THIS MONTH
A roundup of the latest local news
headlines, Long Island-born actor Alec
Baldwin sparks Hollywood gun reforms
following a fatal on-set shooting accident,
and how the pandemic-induced supply
chain crunch is impacting holiday
shopping.
18 GUEST COLUMNISTS
The MTA urges Congress to pass the
federal infrastructure bill and longtime
local reporter Karl Grossman refl ects
on how the Cold War loomed large on LI.
23 BUSINESS
How local retailers are bracing for Black
Friday, Adam Haber shares his new delivery
venture, London Jewelers keeps
the bling local, and the Island is home to
NY’s fi rst agricultural union.
37 PRESS HEALTH
The case for Covid-19 vaccine boosters,
especially for older Americans, how to
stay healthy this holiday season, and the
latest pandemic headlines.
45 LI FAMILY
Why the region’s group homes are
sounding the alarm about a staffing
crisis, subscription boxes to keep the
kiddos busy, an art gallery helps fight
hunger, and a new mobile vet is on the
scene.
59 PRESS HOME
How those selling their homes can get the
most bang for their buck, a look inside
a stately home on the market, and how
to decorate using the 2022 paint color
of the year.
65 PRESS BUZZ
This month’s Do This! events listings, the
Main Dish food and drink section, and
recalling one local GI’s love of big bands
and Thanksgiving.
68 WHOLLY MOLI GIFT GUIDE
Locally made presents to give loved
ones, downtowns to hit this shopping
season, and a roundup of unique specialty
stores.
For more news and features, visit longislandpress.com
EDITORIAL
Publisher and
Executive Editor
Emeritus
John Kominicki
Publisher
Joanna Austin
Editor in Chief
Timothy Bolger
Associate Editor
Annie Wilkinson
Digital Editor
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Contributors
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Claude Solnik
Bernadette Starzee
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Joanna Austin
Publisher, Long Island Press
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