The Cradle of Aviation was one of seven museums nationwide chosen for this partnership, which allows the participating museums access to National Geographic films, exhibits and speakers.

“It’s an exciting day in Nassau County as we announce a new and unique partnership with National Geographic Society and the Cradle of Aviation Museum,” Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano told reporters at a news conference inside the museum’s IMAX dome theater.

“Sea Monsters” is about marine dinosaurs during the late Cretaceous period, which was 81.9 million years ago.

“How many of you like dinosaurs?” Andrew Parton, the museum’s Executive Director, asked the children from Westbury, Copiague, Elmont and Uniondale, who cheered with approval.

“We launched this program because the future is about partnerships and relationships, and we’re just so excited to be part of a new relationship here on Long Island,” said Mark Katz, president of distribution for National Geographic Cinema Ventures.

Frank Kirby, Nassau County police Chief of Patrol, speaks to reporters in Garden City on  Thursday, June 6, 2013.

Security will be on high alert for the 145th running of the Belmont Stakes in Elmont this weekend, even more so than usual after the Boston Marathon bombings, law enforcement officials warn.

Plainclothes emergency personnel will join forces with uniform officers patrolling the parking lot, backyard and building/apron area. There will also be security personnel watching the vicinity from a sky tower, helicopters and digital cameras. That’s in addition to a list of items fans are banned from bringing to the racetrack.

“If you see something, say something,” Frank Kirby, Nassau County police Chief of Patrol, told reporters Thursday at a news conference at the Garden City Hotel. “Everyone has to be a watchful eye.”

Suffolk County, New York City and MTA police officers will be on hand along with the racetrack’s private security, New York State troopers and the FBI, officials said. They will be strictly enforcing a list of items banned from the racetrack, inspecting bags and patrolling with K-9 units as well as radiation detectors.

The list of newly banned items includes air horns, bags larger than 12-inches wide, coolers and umbrellas. All food must be in a clear plastic container or see-through bags. One container per adult is permitted in the backyard area and two in the building/apron area.

These safety precautions are being implemented in order to maintain a fun, family friendly atmosphere, authorities said. The first race starts at 11:35 a.m. in the run-up to the main event at 6:36 p.m.

For more information and a full list of regulations, visit www.belmontstakes.com.

Catherina Scalia

The woman who became known as the infamous “hot dog hooker” after she pleaded guilty to prostitution out of her hot dog truck last year has been arrested again on Friday evening.

Catherina Scalia arrived at a hotel in East Garden City in her hot dog vending truck, performed massage without a license on an undercover detective shortly after 5 p.m. and “offered to engage in a sexual act for an undetermined amount of money,” Nassau County police said in a news release.

Narcotics/Vice Squad detectives charged the 47-year-old East Rockaway woman with prostitution and unauthorized practice.

She will be arraigned Saturday at First District Court in Hempstead.

Since most sons and daughters are well passed the age when cutesy homemade cards made in grammar school would suffice, everyone else has to find more grown-up ways to get creative.

But fear not, the Long Island Press is in the same boat. To help with this annual dilemma, here’s a list of Mother’s Day events to either shop for a gift or  bring mum herself on her big day.

Don’t forget the flowers!

Weekend-long events:

Mother’s Day Fair. Green Acres Mall, 1 E. Merrick Rd. Valley Stream. 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Mother’s Day Plant Sale. Munns Pond County Park, 228 West Montauk Highway. Hampton Bays. 10 a.m. -4 p.m.

Mother’s Day Craft & Gift Show, Christopher Morley Park 500 Searingtown Rd. Roslyn. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Mother’s Day Crafts. Maritime Explorium, 101 East Broadway Port Jefferson. 1-5 p.m.

Saturday

Mother’s Day Art & Craft Fair. Northport High School, Corner of Laurel Hill & Elwood Rd. Northport. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Mother’s Day Yoga by the Sea! Whaling Museum, 279 Main St. Cold Spring Harbor. 11 a.m.

Mothers’ Day Floral Design, Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd. Old Westbury. 12-1 p.m.

Mother’s Day Crafts. Garvies Point Museum, 50 Barry Drive. Glen Cove. 12-3 p.m.

Spa Science with Mom. Long Island Science Center, 11 West Main St. Riverhead. 3-5 p.m.

Sunday

Mother’s Day Dinner. Rockwell’s Bar & Grill, 60 Terry Rd. #7 Smithtown

Carl Hart Mother’s Day Duathlon. Heckscher State Park, Islip. 9 a.m.

Spring Lake’s Mother’s Day nine. Spring Lake Golf Club, 30 E. Bartlett Rd. Middle Island. 10 a.m.

Mother’s Day at the Hatchery. Fish Hatchery and Aquarium, 1660 Route 25A. Cold Spring Harbor. 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Mother’s Day Brunch. Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center, 431 East Main St. Riverhead. 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Mother’s Day Brunch. Garden City Hotel, 45 Seventh Street, Garden City. 12 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Mother’s Day Dinner. Glen Cove Mansion, 200 Dosoris Lane, Glen Cove. 1-4 p.m.

Celebrate Mother’s Day. Perfecto Mundo Latin Bistro, 1141-1 Jericho Turnpike. Commack. 1-7 p.m.

Yalcin Nergiz, 41, Yunis Ozturk, 33, and his 47-year-old brother, Orhan, will be arraigned Wednesday at Suffolk County court on a grand jury indictment charging them with conspiracy and grand larceny.

Prosecutors said the trio was working at the Valero Gas Station on Peconic Avenue in Riverside when they deceived the winner by paying him $774 of the $74,892 payoff when he redeemed the ticket on March 18.

They allegedly cashed the winning ticket at the Lottery’s Garden City customer service center and the divvied up the proceeds—$48.318.27 after taxes—between them.

The victim is 28-year-old Marvin Choy Nij, a Guatemalan construction worker who told police he cannot speak or write English, authorities said.

The suspects are being held at Suffolk County jail without bail.

They were arrested following a joint investigation with the district attorney’s Economic Crimes Bureau, Southampton Town Police and the New York State Lotto Commission.

James Pope, 35, of the Bronx, was charged with two counts of robbery.

Police said Pope robbed the TD Bank on Franklin Avenue in Garden City on Jan. 30 and the TD Bank on Great Neck Road in Great Neck Plaza on Feb. 4.

Robbery Squad detectives said Pope threatened to shoot a teller in one case, but a gun was not seen.

Pope will be arraigned Friday at Nassau County Court in Mineola.

Edward Orenchuk III pleaded guilty Thursday at Nassau County court to promoting a sexual performance by a child as a sexually motivated felony.

Prosecutors said investigators observed Orenchuk making multiple images of child porn available online for download by other people, then tracked the source of those images to Orenchuk’s Wheeler Avenue home in August and September.

Orenchuk indicated that he had hundreds of images on his personal computer while investigators were executing a search warrant at this home in December. The images contain children as young as 5 years old.

He had worked as a page at the Garden City Public Library and served as an Assistant Scout Master with Boy Scout Troop No. 243 at the time.

Judge Angelo Delligatti is expected to sentence him June 6 to six months in jail and 10 years of probation with sex offender restrictions. Orenchuk must also register as a sex offender.

Craig Williams was indicted last month on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident with injuries, a felony. Judge Stephen Braslow set his bail at $25,000.

Newsday reported that prosecutors appointed Garden City-based attorney Stephen Scaring as a special prosecutor in the case because Williams’ father is an investigator with the Suffolk County district attorney’s office.

Both the suspect and the victim, 23-year-old Thomas Wik, are from Nesconset.

Police have said the deadly crash occurred on Route 347 in the early morning hours of Saturday, Sept. 29.

Williams is due back in court March 22. He faces up to four years in prison, if convicted.

Nassau County police arrested Elizabeth Marrinan and charged her with second-degree attempted murder, assault and possession of a dangerous weapon.

Police said the 47-year-old woman stabbed her 57-year-old husband when the argument became physical shortly after 6 p.m.

The victim was taken to a local hospital and was listed in critical condition. Garden City Police arrested Marrinan at the scene.

She will be arraigned Monday at First District Court in Hempstead.