Mayor Eileen Krieb began the Feb. 11 Sea Cliff Village Hall meeting by informing the residents of an upcoming community meeting on how to protect their homes against break-ins. The meeting is in response to a series of break-ins that have been occurring throughout the town. "Last week I sent a notice to all village households alerting everyone about a rash of house break-ins and urging residents to be observant and call the police if they see something that doesn't look right," the mayor stated. "There have been six burglaries and two attempted break-ins over the last 10 weeks. The police have the identity of a prime suspect and there is a warrant out for his arrest." The community meeting will take place on Thursday, Feb. 28 at

village hall.

Mayor Krieb continued her report by thanking state Assemblyman Charles Lavine for hosting a community meeting at Sea Cliff Village Hall last Thursday. She added, "There was a great turnout and Mr. Lavine reported on legislation of interest to the village and answered questions from many residents."

The mayor switched gears to a more solemn announcement regarding one of Sea Cliff's residents. "I'd also like to ask everyone to keep in their prayers Chris Pierce. He's been a member of our Fire Department since he was 18; I believe he's 25 now...He was in a terrible car accident on Saturday night and has undergone surgery at Stony Brook Hospital and is presently in ICU. I ask you to please keep him in your prayers."

After the police report from Trustee Haim and the fire department report from Trustee Villafane, it was Trustee Hayes' turn to speak. "I get to report on the trash," he joked. He reminded residents that as Monday is President's Day, trash shifts will change and there will be no recycling. Regular Monday pickups will be made on Tuesday and Tuesday moves to Wednesday. Thursday and Friday schedules will not change. The recycling center will be open on Thursday and Saturday during next week.

Trustee Waechter spoke next about the Sea Cliff Museum. The current museum exhibit is a photographic exhibit of works by Henry Otto Korten. "They have a terrific collection of his from the early 1900s," said Trustee Waechter. "[Korten] documented virtually every corner of the village. I just wanted to remind people that it's a great weekend activity and of course, in addition to that, there's the permanent exhibit upstairs."