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VOLUME SIXTEEN, ISSUE 12
2 SECTIONS, 28 PAGES
THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013
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Five Towns College graduates David Boskello, Erin Giacinto, Kristina Gomez and FiTeresa Ualialoro celebrate after commencement.
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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
INSIDE
Petrone Pleased With State Audit Comptroller recommends reviewing overtime, vacation accrual By Mike Koehler mkoehler@longislandernews.com
More than half a million dollars in Town of Huntington spending was called into question by state officials Friday, but the remaining $199.5 million was thoroughly examined without any concerns. The state comptroller’s office released an audit Friday of the Town of Huntington from Jan. 1, 2011-May 31, 2012. Home to 191,000 residents and employer to nearly 700 full-time staff and several hundred part-time and seasonal staff, the town spent $200 million in 2011. Auditors from the state comptroller’s office scrutinized every cent, poring over ledgers, canceled checks, bank statements and payroll records requested of the town, and in inperson visits. “I am especially pleased that, having looked at the broad range of financial poli-
cies and procedures, the comptroller’s office focused on two very limited issues in a $190-million budget,” Supervisor Frank Petrone said. “While serving as an affirmation of the policies that have helped Huntington maintain its AAA bond rating, we also appreciate the audit’s insight on how to make Huntington’s government operate even more efficiently. We will consider changes to implement the recommendations we have not already put into place.” According to the audit, the Town of Huntington does not require employees to record specific information about their hours, which could allow employees to not actually work all of their hours. One department uses a timesheet with actual times in and out, the comptroller’s office said, but 17 other departments rely on supervisors recording the number of hours worked. In his response, Petrone said all employee hours worked are verified by
timesheet or supervisor. The town would continue exploring biometric time clocks, he added, once talks with unions have taken place. The audit also raises concerns about blue collar supervisors earning overtime without having it pre-approved, much of it by arriving 30-60 minutes early to work. During the audit period, the Town of Huntington paid 15 supervisors $20,575 for 330 hours of overtime in one month, with morning overtime accounting for $14,920 of that. The town could save $179,000 annually by adjusting supervisors’ schedules to control overtime, state officials said. However, Petrone said it’s more efficient to have blue collar supervisors arrive early so employees can get right to work, a practice in place for 30 years. The overtime is contractually obligated, he said, although the supervisor offered to raise the matter (Continued on page A9)
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$20K ‘Millionaire’ Prize For Hills West Grad Jonathan Reinstein says he’ll put the money toward his law school bills Photo/Disney-ABC
2003 Hills West grad Jonathan Reinstein, pictured on stage with host Meredith Vieria, won $20,000 on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” which aired May 20-21.
By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com
Dix Hills native Jonathan Reinstein had to sit on a very lucrative bit of good news for seven months after recording his visit to the “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” studios Oct. 1-2 of last year. “They said it could air any time in the next months to over six months… You just have to be quiet until it airs,” he said. Now that it has, the recent law school graduate, law librarian and trivia enthusiast is sharing his recent appearance on the venerable quiz show, which aired May 20-21. Reinstein picked up $20,000 on the show, and the broadcast capped off a weekend of great news – a day before the episodes began to air, he earned his law degree from New York Law School’s evening program. He expects his windfall will go toward paying off student loans and may fund a trip before he takes the Bar exam. The whole experience happened practically in the blink of an eye. He estimates taping took about 20 minutes once he was on stage. And during it all, Reinstein said he was surprisingly calm. He thinks the show’s move away from its classic “hot seat” setup may have been a factor. “I wasn’t thinking so much about the audience around me, but it was neat… The screen is so big that you were really focusing on that,” he said.
“Millionaire” is Reinstein’s second appearance on a quiz show – as a student at Half Hollow Hills High School West, he made it to the semifinals in the 2001 “Jeopardy! Teen Tournament.” Reinstein was also on Hills West’s Brain Stormers Quiz Bowl/trivia team, which made an appearance on News12’s “Long Island Challenge.” At Hills West, and later Stony Brook University, he was active in sharing his love of knowledge with his classmates. Reinstein quickly racked up $12,000 on Monday’s “Millionaire” show, and he hit lucrative paydirt again early on Tuesday’s show. His third question – What would Facebook’s “like” button translate to in Spanish? – was worth $25,000, bringing his Millionaire bank up to $37,000 in just three questions. “I didn’t expect that at all; it was really exciting to get that,” he said. But faced with a tough seventh question on world currency and $40,000 in the bank, Reinstein decided to bow out of the game with half of his pot, stumped by what country used the “tetri” as its monetary unit. A wrong answer would have cost Reinstein all of his bank but $1,000. “I came in with the attitude [that] I wanted to have a good time, no matter what,” he said. “I was going to be sensible – I know it’s hard to make this determination – unless I’m 80 percent or higher, I’m just going to walk away with what I had.”
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Top Students, Professors Offer Parting Advice 171 graduate during Five Towns College’s 39th annual commencement at Hills East info@longislandernews.com
One-hunded seventy-one smiling graduates sat in the front seats of the Eugene Orloff Auditorium at Half Hollow Hills High School East on Saturday morning, enjoying the moments they earned through years of college. Hundreds of proud family members and friends joining them filled the auditorium seats for Five Towns College’s 39th annual commencement. “Five Towns College has become a home to all of us, but it is now time for us to spread our wings and leave the nest,” salutatorian Jordan A. King said. King was born in Washington, D.C. and enrolled in Five Towns College because of her passion for music and her vocal talents. During her time at the college, she performed with the Women’s Barbershop and Gospel Choir, singing at many school concerts, student fundraisers and other events. Even though extracurriculars consumed much of her time, she was still able to uphold a grade point average that allowed her to be a part of the Phi Sigma Honor Society and graduate Magna Cum Laude. Now that she has earned her bachelor’s degree in Jazz/Commercial Music with a concentration in Music Business, King’s next step is to “build her brand” as the owner and president of PHYRE
Music. Saturday’s ceremony continued as Provost Rogert Sherman presented awards to the faculty. John Machado, beloved audio professor to many, took the stage to accept the Excellence in Teaching Award. Machado cued the music and began to belt out an auto-tuned version of “I Will Always Love You,” sending the crowd went wild with laugher and applause. “Professor Machado knocked it out of the park,” Jeff Rathgeber said. “It was a tough act to follow.” Jennifer Albert, the director of Academic Support Services, was awarded the Presidential Award for Distinguished Service. Anthony Sacreon received the Distinguished Alumnus Award, advising the graduates use the college to network. Bonnie Comley was awarded with the Presidential Award for Artistic Achievement and Support for the Theatre Museum for her dedication to the theater and film industries. Graduate and vocalist Kristina Lodestro took the microphone and, joined by pianist Hosun Moon, performed a musical interlude. Lodestro’s fellow grads cheered her on as she sang “Everybody Says Don’t” from the Broadway show “Anyone Can Whistle.” The next figure to step onto the stage was the top student in the class of 2013, valedictorian Alex J. Dengler. Dengler captivated the audience with his battle
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Five Towns students recieve their degrees after many years of research and studying. with lymphatic cancer. “It was an experience like no other that completely changed my life,” he said. Dengler was diagnosed with a second cancer in the fall of 2010, this time in his lower jaw. He recieved the necessary treatment, but doctors estimated the recovery time would vary from 3-5 years to possibly the rest of his life. Even the shortest times would still put his college education at risk. “Some people may consider any one of these situations that I have discussed as, a sad or awful experience for anyone to undergo,” Dengler said. “I, on the other hand, see each as an invaluable life experience which has made me a
stronger, more focused and determined individual.” Finally, with the speeches completed, the moment the graduates anxiously waited for finally arrived as each was called onto the stage to receive their degrees. Proud family members crowded the aisles and flashes went off as they snapped photos. 17 associate, 131 bachelor's, 20 master's, and three doctorate degrees were given out. The sense of excitement and pride the graduates felt was immeasurable. “We’re done, we’re completed, this is an amazing moment,” Terrance Stradford said. “I’m very proud and this is just the beginning.”
Resident Sculpts Career Out Of Talent Lori Horowitz celebrates gallery opening By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com
Dix Hills resident Lori Horowitz will fulfill her dream of opening her own art gallery with the June 1 grand opening celebration of her Massapequa venue.
Lori Horowitz is one of few people fortunate enough to realize her calling from a young age. What started as a childhood appreciation for art and an encounter with a paint brush evolved into a life-long career of artistic expression, a collection of which will be displayed this Saturday at the grand opening of Horowitz’s gallery. Creating works for various commercial
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School Budget Passes By 2-to-1 Margin By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com
After months of contention surrounding district budget cuts, almost 66 percent of residents who voted on May 21 supported the Half Hollow Hills School District’s $228,254,916 budget for 2013-2014. The budget, adopted by the Board of Education on April 18, overwhelmingly passed, 1,522-714. The fiscal plan, which slashed $8.4 million in academic and extracurricular programs, increased spending by 2.86 percent from the current budget. The
tax levy will rise by the maximum 2.97 percent allowed by the cap. School board members anticipated needing almost $10 million in cuts due to declining enrollment; however increased state aid helped avoid imminent building closures. The only facility slated for closure next year is the district’s Discovery Center at the Fran Greenspan building, saving the district $83,975. Despite some parental outcry, the budget consolidated middle school from nine periods down to eight, cutting almost 20 staff members for a combined savings of almost $3.7 million.
On the Board of Education, incumbents David Kaston and Eric Geringswald, ad no problem defending their uncontested seats. Kaston, 49, was appointted to the board last August. He received 1,603 to begin his first full, three-year term. Geringswald, 50, is in his fifth year of service as a trustee. He won another term with 1,593 votes. On May 20, the district stopped accepting applications for a 26-member facilities steering committee. The comittee will provide input on building closures, which has become a likely reality due to declining enrollment.
centers and media outlets, Horowitz hopes her Massapequa gallery will give South Shore residents an outlet for artistic appreciation. “Most pieces are based on either emotional or social happenings, and raising consciousness to issues… I like to sort of view the world and digest it, and put it out there for people to understand,” she said. The Dix Hills resident, who raised two children in the Half Hollow Hills School District, began exploring her passion for the arts as an adolescent and continued to pursue that passion in college. While her children were in school, Horowitz was involved with the Hills On Stage productions, helping students with set and design construction. She also taught as a professor of scenic art and design at Five Towns College. After founding her company, Environ Vision Designs, in 1988, Horowitz has crafted countless sculptures and other artwork for commercial plazas and for promotional purposes, including designs for the Smithsonian Institute, Comedy Central and Marvel Comics. An active member of the Huntington Arts Council, Horowitz hopes to bring a “cutting edge” artistic element to the South Shore, merging interests of various kinds of artists. “A lot of the work in Huntington is very traditional, some is not; but I’d like to expand that,” she said. “It will be a venue for artist space…I want to make this a profes(Continued on page A9)
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And Her Bathing Suit Never Got Wet It’s almost summertime… and we’re still show-
their lives to the storm. Even those with power found navigating debris-laden roads difficult and ered in rain! As I write this the Friday before the gasoline hard to come by. We begged for help from long weekend, Memorial Day weekend was supthe rest of the country. We posed to be mostly overcast said New York had given to and wet, with the exception of IN THE KNOW them, it’s time for them to Monday. So what is usually a WITH AUNT ROSIE return the favor. We did get big beach weekend might some help, and now it’s time mean a change of plans for a lot of people and a lot again to prove why we deof disappointed beach bums. It reminds me of that served theirs. Vicious tornadoes scarred central song “Her Bathing Suit Never Got Wet,” an AnOklahoma last week, leaving at least 24 dead and drews Sister favorite. In that song the woman’s many psychologically, if not physically, damaged. bathing suit never got wet, despite thunderous rain Houses are leveled, schools crumbled and commuand a host of other things. I hope that warm weathnities gone. Now is the time to make a donation to er is to come soon so your bathing suits can get wet! the Red Cross (contributions to their local chapter will only go towards tornado cleanup), give money The Fun Guide is here… Speaking of summerto the Salvation Army or even donate blood. time, this issue contains our annual Summer Fun Guide, chock full of events and activities going on When I was growing up… rich people weren’t this year, from firemen’s fairs and concerts to musereality television stars, professional athletes, profesum specials. The entertainment section in particusional politicians or unscrupulous investors. They lar is stellar this year – it includes two Paramount were real folks with difficult jobs, like doctors. events that have everybody talking: BB King and When we saw something fancy, like a nice car, the the Blues Brothers! Be sure to check out the guide question was, “Is he a doctor?” Maybe it was a reand keep it handy until September. minder of those simpler times, but I definitely felt a smile cross my face as a Corvette with an MD liHow was your… Memorial Day? Any special cense plate drove by just the other day. trips with the kids? Share some great tales over a glass of wine with out-of-state family? Maybe sneak Happy graduation… to all of our college seniors out on the boat for another crack at those striped (or super seniors!) out there. We have a few interns bass and fluke? These moments are precious and who have been with us for years, so we offer a very we need to treasure them. One day all too soon, special congratulations in particular to Ali and we’ll look back at that Memorial Day when Uncle Nicole. It’s an important step in your life, to hold Jim ate sand while trying to boogie board or mom that degree in your hands knowing you worked waved back from the parade and wish we could hard for it. Education is something no one can ever have it back. These are the moments that the men take away from you, so believe in yourself and go and women of the U.S. military, the ones who died out into the world and make a difference! giving rise to this holiday, will never have again. It’s not too late to pay respects to their families, say (Aunt Rosie wants to hear from you! If you have thanks to a veteran or make a difference in somecomments, ideas, or tips about what’s happening in one else’s life.
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POLICE REPORT Compiled by Mike Koehler
Don’t Leave It In Plain Sight Suffolk police responded to a Dix Hills educational facility on May 20 about a theft. The complainant said a vehicle’s window was broken and a pocketbook containing credit cards and a check was missing from the SUV.
Wakeboard Catches Thief’s Eye A Greenlawn resident called Suffolk County police on May 20 to report a burglary. The garage was apparently left unlocked and a wakeboard had been stolen.
Don’t Wallets Belong In Pockets? Suffolk police responded to Railroad Avenue in Huntington Station about a theft on May 20. The complainant said a wallet containing a debit card and driver’s license was stolen.
So Who Broke The Glass? A Huntington Station resident called Suffolk County police after hearing an odd noise on May 19. The complainant said they heard glass breaking and found the glass pane of their front door was broken. A silver metal marble was in between the door’s two glass panes.
Disheveled-Looking Man Walking Away From Burglary Suffolk police responded to a Cold Spring Harbor home on May 19 after an alarm was tripped. The resident said several items were out of place on the kitchen windowsill. The resident also reported seeing a disheveledlooking man with long hair wearing black and white pajamas walking in the street away from the home.
No Wheel Drive A Greenlawn resident called Suffolk County police on May 19 to report a theft. The complainant said someone stole four tires and rims from his vehicle while it was parked in the driveway.
Stitches To The Eye!? A motorist called Suffolk County police after allegedly being assaulted in Huntington on May 19. While waiting for a taxi outside a gentleman’s lounge, the complainant said he was punched and kicked, which required stitches to his left eye. One of the subjects was a male in his early 20s with a shaved head and orange shirt.
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Perp Damaging Steering Column Suffolk police were dispatched to Huntington Station on May 19 about criminal mischief. The complainant reported seeing an unknown person damage the steering column of his vehicle.
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Time for a special visit! Marines from Detachment 792 in Huntington address sixth-graders at Lloyd Harbor Elementary School.
“It’s totally illegal to have this much fun and get paid to do it. That’s how I feel after every show.”
Northport police were called to Constitution Square on May 21 about damage to a vehicle. A village employee said he was using a weed whacker in Village Park when a rock kicked up and broke the front passenger-side window of a 2003 Chevrolet.
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Democrats who attended Thursday night’s Huntington Democratic Nominating Convention at the American Legion Post in Halesite voted in favor of postponing town board nominations until May 28 following a four-hour highway nomination deadlock. By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com
An evening that started with promises of “getting things done” instead resulted in a deadlock vote for the highway superintendent nomination at the May 23 Democratic Nominating Convention. The four-hour, double roll call process failed not only to nominate a highway candidate for the party, but also to address the town board nomination, which was postponed until May 21. Democratic incumbents Supervisor Frank Petrone and Councilman Mark Cuthbertson both received the committee’s unanimous support for re-election. Robert Fonti, a real estate consultant to the town, nominated Petrone, while the supervisor put Cuthbertson’s name into consideration. The smooth sailing ended there was attention turned toward the highway superintendent’s race. Following two roll call votes of Huntington’s 177 election district representatives, not one of the highway candidates, Kevin Orelli, Don McKay and incumbent William Naughton, amassed the twothirds supermajority needed to secure the party nomination.
Orelli was nominated by former State Assembly candidate Joe Dujmic. McKay, the town’s director of Parks & Recreation, was backed by Petrone and Cuthbertson. Naughton – who had all four party lines when he ran four years ago, but who also sparked tension in his own party when he and the town board, a Democratic majority at the time, were engaged in lawsuits over highway hiring – was nominated by Dominick Feeney Sr. and Steve Rosetti. During committee roll call, Councilwoman Susan Berland voted for Naughton. Both votes yielded the same results for all three candidates. Orelli came out as the unofficial frontrunner, earning 47 percent of the support, while McKay earned 37 percent and Naughton 15 percent. Orelli and McKay said they will petition to run a primary election this September; Naughton could not be reached for comment. Orelli said he was disappointed he did not receive 50 percent of the vote, but was happy to be the frontrunner. “I’m very proud and excited to have gotten most of the votes. The next steps are to organize fundraising, and build a (Continued on page A14)
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Huntington’s Own ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes’ By Luann Dallojacono ldallojacono@longislandernews.com
JB Baretsky has more in common with Frank Sinatra than just a pair of piercing blue eyes. The 25-year-old singer from Commack is making a name for himself by introducing old jazz standards to new audiences. Baretsky has gone from performing at local bars to selling out shows in Manhattan with an act that is far from ordinary. Watching a clip of an old Rat Pack performance might give you a better idea of what to expect. Taking the stage in his unofficial uniform of a vest, dress shirt, and custom-made Converse sneakers, Baretsky delivers constant entertainment from start to finish, whether he is singing standards made famous by the likes of Sinatra, Dean Martin and the rest of the Rat Pack, making people laugh with his comedy routine, or playing the harmonica or piano. “It’s totally illegal to have this much fun and get paid to do it. That’s how I feel after every show,” Baretsky said. “The biggest compliment I get when I get off the stage is when someone says, ‘That’s a great show.’ I want them to love every aspect of it.” When it comes to the stage, the singer said he draws inspiration from Bobby Darin and Sammy Davis, Jr. “I love Sammy Davis Jr. If I could tap dance I would literally do everything he did,” Baretsky said. His favorite song to perform at the moment is one Davis used to sing, “Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)?” Vocally, Baretsky said he is probably more like Darin than other singers of the era, but that gives him something to aspire to. “I feel like Sinatra blows you away vocally, and I might one day get to that level but I’m not there yet,” he said. “I do get compared to Michael Bublé a lot… but I don’t like being compared because I feel like I’m different from anybody that anyone’s ever seen.” The beginning of Baretsky’s quick rise came about three years ago when his friend and fellow 2005 Commack High School graduate Raj Tawney came home after being on tour with an electronic, hip-hop rock band. They had been talking about collaborating for a while, and Tawney finally gave his friend a dose of tough love when he ran into Baretsky, who was working at Target. “He yelled at me in the middle of Target and said, ‘Man up and send me a demo.’ So I went to my friend’s studio, recorded a demo, and sent it to him that night,” said Baretsky, a graduate of St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue, where he spent much of his time studying acting. The timing was perfect for Tawney, who was looking to manage someone special. “I always wanted to manage something different, like a jazz singer, because I thought it was really cool,” Tawney, 26, said. Tawney pushed Baretsky to record and write music, and started booking him in lounges. Huntington Social gave them Baretsky’s first big opportunity, letting him sing and test the waters with his diverse stage act. Things moved quickly from there. “We were pushing towards Manhattan and now that’s where he performs mostly, and he’s selling out shows
Commack’s JB Baretsky, 25, is making the songs of the Rat Pack and other artists his own as he draws audiences in with his diverse act. there,” Tawney said. “He went from playing small little bars to big venues in the city.” Baretsky’s love for performing, old Hollywood (he has read Marilyn Monroe’s biography three times), and a musical age when the Rat Pack ruled supreme was instilled in him at a young age. “My dad always had an oldies station on, and I’d be the kid in class singing all these songs and no one knew what they were,” he said. It was Baretsky’s grandfather who helped him become a true performer. A magician and mandolin player, he taught his grandson to play the harmonica when he was just 5 years old. Adding to Baretsky’s newfound bag of tricks, the man also taught him how to make balloon animals. “I could do these random things that no one could do,” the singer said. “In elementary school, on half days, the teachers, they said if the class is good, we’d stop a few minutes early and JB can go up, and I’d do pantomime and I’d make the kids laugh. I was always putting on shows.” That included his family’s annual Christmas show. For nearly 20 years, Baretsky would direct his cousins in the Christmas eve tradition, even performing a Johnny Carson monologue. One year he said it would be his last as emcee, and the family did not take the news well. “My uncle came and yelled at me and said, ‘You can’t just stop!’ And I was like, ‘I don’t want to be the guy anymore.’ And he said, ‘What do you mean you don’t want to be the guy anymore? We can’t just get a new guy. We can’t just go to Kmart and get a guy to run the show,’” Baretsky recalled with a laugh. That uncle ended up changing Baretsky’s life. Through his struggle with Lou Gehrig’s disease, he inspired his nephew to start taking performing seriously. “He didn’t have any regrets. He was giving us pep talks
as he was dying. I kind of took that as, would I regret anything if this ever happened to me? And I would,” Baretsky said. “I always wanted to do this [performing] when I was little, and I lost track of it… So I said, ‘I’m going to go after it. He really woke me up.” His uncle died in 2009, and Baretsky dedicates every performance to him. The singer remembers his first show on Jan. 22, 2010 in Kings Park “at the most disgusting dive bar you will ever see in your life.” But with Tawney behind him, stints at bars became soldout shows in Manhattan. The year 2012 was big one for the singer, who attracted the attention of AOL Music and the Huffington Post. Still, his goals are set even higher. “My vision for every year is that I want to be on Letterman. He’s got some work cut out for himself over here to book that,” Baretsky said, pointing to Tawney, “but that’s the ultimate goal.” The singer came close to “The Late Show with David Letterman” – geographically, at least – when he was asked to close a concert in honor of the 97th birthday of Frank Sinatra in December 2012 at the Iguana Club, around the corner from where Letterman tapes. At the Sinatra tribute show, Baretsky’s old soul was revealed when he was left star struck not by a famous athlete or pop star, but by a woman who was on the “Dean Martin Variety Show” in the 1970s. Looking forward, Baretsky may have a challenge ahead of him, facing a new generation of music lovers who hear the words Rat Pack and think of those creatures in the subways, but Baretsky hopes to change that by helping younger listeners appreciate the old standards. “Here’s the thing: You ask young people, people in their teens, if they like Frank Sinatra, and they go, ‘Who’s that?’ But you say, ‘Do you like Michael Bublé?’ and they say, ‘Yes,’” Baretsky said. “The goal is to not only get an audience who already love that music, but to also attract a new audience and expose them to the music, because it’s not in mainstream society, and it really should be.” Now it’s time to head to the studio to make that happen. The singer is working on an album of covers as well as original tunes, and has a new trio he said has elevated his game. His original music has a “jazz ballad element” to it with a Latin feel, Baretsky said. “One song, ‘Last Call,’ I describe it as if Sinatra went down to Tijuana, got loaded on tequila, and is singing about Ava Gardner,” Baretsky said. Baretsky will perform next week at “Boom in the Barn,” a jazz event hosted by SparkBoom, an initiative from several local organizations to support young artists. The May 31 event, featuring music, craft beer, food and artwork, will be held from 7-10 p.m. in the Conklin Barn at 2 High St., Huntington. Admission is free, although a $5 donation is suggested. Visit www.sparkboomLI.com for more information. You can also find Baretsky on Facebook (www.facebook.com/jbbaretsky) or YouTube (www.youtube.com/user/jbbaretsky). Tawney has high hopes for his friend. “In this genre, you can last a while. We don’t have an American jazz singer that everyone loves right now,” he said.
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Local Radio Boss Expands Reach John Caracciolo’s JVC Broadcasting buys five stations in Florida market By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com
Dix Hills’ John Caracciolo and his JVC Broadcasting radio group are making their move into the Sunshine State. He announced May 15 they had reached an agreement to buy Asterisk Communcations’ five FM readition stations in the Gainesville-Ocala area to go with their four on Long Island. “We are honored and privileged to welcome these top performing radio stations into the JVC family,” Caracciolo said. “The prior owner of these stations was committed to community service, high-quality broadcasting and creating an excellent work environment for its staff, and we are proud to be able to continue the tradition that Asterisk started in this great market.” The Floridia formats include a country network which
will be simulcast on a second signal, smooth jazz and adult contemporary. They’ll also be bringing a “party” format, aimed at college students. And some of those college students, Caracciolo said, will be doing double duty for JVC Broadcasting. “There’s 55,000 students in University of Florida and there’s a large, large portion from Long Island,” he said. “We have a couple of interns who work for us here on Long Island who will work with us [in Florida] during the winter.” Caracciolo said his company, which was launched in 2009, aims to fill niche markets. Paired with its events division, which holds a management deal at the Pennysaver Amphiteater in Brookhaven, the new acquisition gives them additional marketing oppertunities. “The whole point is to pick up a few more stations either in Florida or New York and and really sell everything
together… to build a company that’s a little bit larger but operating lean and going back to what radio used to be – very local, and you’re serving the community,” he said. As a result of the new properties, Caracciolo said John Caracciolo he expects to hire 15 new staff on Long Island and another 20 in Florida to complement an existing staff of 52. The FCC must approve the purchase, which typically takes about 90 days from the purchase date, Caracciolo said. JVC Media will take over Asterisk’s holdings on June 1 under a time brokerage agreement which whill conclude when the FCC signs off and JVC takes full ownership.
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Statuary at the new pedestrian plaza has a musical theme and encourages play. By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com
Town officials officially unveiled a long-awaited pedestrian plaza in the heart of Huntington Station Wednesday afternoon. Including a walkable paved area and public art that doubles as a seating area, the tree-lined plaza completes a threestage streetscaping program, which led to the installation of red brick sidewalks along New York Avenue from the border Academy Street to Pulaski Road, along with decorative street lighting and other small infrastructure improvements. The entire multi-million dollar streetscaping project drew funding from the town’s Environmental Open Space and
Parks Act (EOSPA) fund, along with county, state and federal grants. Supervisor Frank Petrone called the plaza, which is anchored by a series of sculptures by Denver, Colo. stone artist Madeline Wiener, as a “community inspired revitalization project.” The musically-themed pieces include a drum, a guitar case, a guitar-playing man, and a grandmother holding her grandchild. The sculptures also act as benches. Included in the planting is a Norway spruce, which was suggested by the Huntington Station BID, Petrone said. The tree will serve as Huntington Station’s official holiday tree and be the site of future tree lightings. “We’ll watch that grow as we watch the Station grow,” Petrone said.
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Thank You, Voters DEAR EDITOR: The Board of Education and administration offers special thanks to the members of the South Huntington community for their support of the 2013-2014 school budget. We realize the sacrifices you make for our schools and appreciate your overwhelming endorsement of our district programs. Please know that we value your trust and promise to make prudent use of the precious resources you have provided. We are blessed to have wonderful students, teachers, parents, and staff in South Huntington and look forward to continuing our good work in the year to come. Once again, thank you for supporting our students and believing in our schools. The cooperative relationships that we enjoy with our community members, staff, parents, Board of Education, PTAs, booster clubs, and education foundations are sure to fuel continued success. The best days are ahead for our communi-
ty, and we welcome you to stay involved with the district activities. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions, concerns, or ideas about our district policies and programs. Rest assured that we will continue our efforts to make you proud. DAVE BENNARDO Superintendent South Huntington Schools
Better Ways To Safety Editor’s note: The following was adapted from a press release. DEAR EDITOR: The New York School Bus Contractors Association, represented by school bus safety expert and Association Board Member Paul Mori, provided testimony [May 2] at the Senate public hearing held at Farmingdale State College regarding a proposed bill to mandate ignition interlock devices on every school bus in NY. "The New York School Bus
Contractors Association believe there are better solutions to help prevent DWI and further protect our children," said Mori. "When considering the excellent safety record of the industry, the technical challenges of ignition interlocks, and cost, the Association believes that mandating ignition interlock devices on every single school bus in New York is simply not a rational response to a few isolated, yet widely-publicized, incidences." Mori, who is also a senior manager at Huntington Coach on Long Island has 32 years of experience in school bus safety, rejected the logic behind the push for mandatory interlocks on all school buses, and instead offered proven solutions used by the industry leaders in pupil transportation safety. While he said any case of an intoxicated bus driver is unacceptable, Mori noted that school buses continue to be the safest mode of transportation for school children. Interlock Ignition Flaws: Mori went on to lay out the numerous
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driving school buses with 14 or fewer passengers, are excluded from the testing pool. Another solution is for New York to follow the Federal minimum of 50-percent random drug testing, and increase random alcohol testing to at least 25-percent of the school bus driver pool, up from the 10-percent which is currently required. Other expanded safety measures supported by the NYSBCA include additional employee and management education programs, increasing the training for supervisors in drug and alcohol use recognition, and better enforcement of laws requiring the "direct observation" of a school bus driver before their shift. NYSBCA also stated their strong support for increased penalties for drivers convicted of operating a school bus under the influence. The state could also help prevent problem drivers from getting behind the wheel of a school bus by having the DMV keep a registry of drivers who have been disqualified from work due to failed drug or alcohol tests. Visit: http://www.nysbca.com. NEW YORK SCHOOL BUS CONTRACTORS ASSN.
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flaws with the proposal for mandatory ignition interlocks on all school buses, from using a "guilty until proven innocent" approach with all school bus drivers -- statistically the safest and most conscientious drivers on the roads today -- to the many technical problems with interlocks. Mori also testified on the astronomical cost of installation, maintenance, calibration, training, and additional staffing. "The estimated increase in costs to cashstrapped school districts and taxpayers could be over $ 100 million," said Mori. "Recurring costs to school districts and taxpayers of more than 60-milliondollars a year when you factor in device cost, training, testing, maintenance, and replacement." Smarter Solutions: Safety is the number one priority of the New York School Bus Contractors Association, and its members believe there are better solutions to help prevent DWI. These solutions include increasing and expanding random drug and alcohol testing of all drivers of all school vehicles. While many contractors already subject drivers to random testing, under the current law, drug and alcohol testing only applies to certain license holders. Some drivers, including those
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Sand, Surf, Sun And Fun This Year
The annual Lighthouse Music Fest on the water will draw hundreds of boats on Aug. 31.
Catch some rays at one of the town’s eight beaches.
Toes In The Sand If the warm winter and spring is any indication of what’s on tap for this summer, going to the beach will be a very popular past time in the next few months. The Town of Huntington has eight beaches opened to the residents of Huntington with a purchase of the Seasonal Resident Beach Permit ($35) or a Resident Daily Pass ($20), sold at all beaches. The main beach office is located at Crab Meadow Beach, 631-261-7574. The eight beaches are: Crab Meadow Beach, Waterside Avenue, Northport Asharoken Beach, Asharoken Avenue, Northport Hobart Beach, Eaton’s Neck Road, Eaton’s Neck Centerport Beach, Little Neck Road, Centerport Fleets Cove Beach, Fleets Cove Road, Centerport Crescent Beach, Crescent Beach Drive, Huntington Bay Gold Star Battalion Beach, West Shore Road, Huntington Quentin Sammis West Neck Beach, West Neck Road, Lloyd Harbor
Hit The Pool The Dix Hills Park contains a 50-meter swimming pool with 1/2-meter and a pair of 1-meter diving boards, as well as a deck area with limited lounge chairs and chaises. Locker rooms, playground area, kiddie pool and food concession available. Open June-September. 631-499-8000.
Grinds, Jumps and Ollies, Oh My! The Town of Huntington’s state-of-the-art skate park at Veterans Memorial Park on Bellerose Avenue in East Northport is Long Island’s first concrete bowl skate park. The skate park has a large plaza plus features for beginners, intermediate and advanced skateboarders. Open year-round, weather permitting, from noon to dusk weekdays, 10 a.m. to dusk on Saturdays, and noon to dusk on Sundays. Two-year town recreation identification card is $10 for residents under 17, $20 for those 18 or older. Non-residents may purchase
course at 631-271-4788. Not quite ready to play a full 18 holes? Try Heartland Golf Park in Deer Park! Located just south of Dix Hills on Long Island Avenue, Heartland features a ninehole, par-3 course, 18-hole mini-golf course and 92-stall driving range. Open 6:30 a.m.-11 p.m., everything is open day and night. For more information, call them at 631-667-7400.
327-2626 or visit www.soundchartersfishingteamllc.com. In Huntington, Captain James Schneider operates party boat James Joseph II and charter boat James Joseph III from New York Avenue just south of Halesite. The James Joseph III is a 38-foot vessel designed to catch any species in the northeast. They opened the season in April going for flounder, but will eventually switch to blackfish, fluke, bass and bluefish as the season progresses. For recorded information, call 631-680-8159.
Lighthouse A Beacon Of History (And Music!) Golf is always a popular past time at the public courses. a one-year recreation identification card for $50. Without card, daily rate is $5 for residents and $10 for non-residents. Children under 6 not permitted in the park. BMX/Bicycles not permitted at anytime. 631-351-3089. Located in Greenlawn Park on the corner of Broadway and Cuba Hill Road, the 9,200 square foot park has grind boxes, wedges, rails, spines, ramps, sub-boxes, quarter pipes, and half pipes ranging up to 8 feet in height. Designed for beginners and advanced rollerbladers, skateboarders and BMX bikers. Open from April to November, 10 a.m. to dusk weekdays and weekends. Admission is free. 631-351-3089.
Fore! Although many golf courses in the area are privately owned, there are several courses open to the public in the Town of Huntington for both casual and more competitive golfers. The Dix Hills Country Club on Half Hollow Hill Road and the Northport Golf Course at the VA along Middleville Road each offer nine holes, while the Crab Meadow Golf Course on Waterside Avenue features a full 18 holes. Anyone looking for tee times or more information should call the Crab Meadow course at 631-757-8800, the Northport VA course at 631-261-8000 or the Dix Hills
Former Islanders Defenseman Bruno Gervais reels in a striped bass during a 2010 charity fishing trip aboard the James Joseph II.
Go Fishing! Fishing is serious business across Long Island, and it’s no different in the Town of Huntington. With a number of marinas, boat dealers and fishing supply stores in the area, there’s no shortage of angling. Get your fishing permits from the Town of Huntington, or jump on a charter boat. In Northport, Captain Stuart Paterson operates a charter boat out of the Britannia Yachting Center. Dreamcatcher is a 27foot Grady White powered by twin Yamaha 225 horsepower engines. Up to six anglers can ride on her, although other vessels can be arranged for larger crowds. Paterson, a third-generation fisherman from the Huntington-Northport area, can be reached 631-707-3266 or www.northportcharters.com. Sound Charters also operates out of Northport Village, at Britannia Yachting Center. Captain John Stephens pilots Relax – a 28-foot vessel with a deep-V hull and two turbo diesel engines. Going out twice a day, Sound Charters can take up to six people fishing for striped bass, bluefish, fluke, porgies, flounders and blacks. For more information, call 631-
The Huntington Lighthouse is a symbol of the Town of Huntington. Originally erected near Lloyd Harbor in 1857, the current lighthouse was built in 1912. The preservation society offers tours of the historic Huntington Lighthouse on June 23, July 7, July 21, Aug. 4, Aug. 18, Sept. 15 and Sept. 22. These tours run from 11 a.m.3 p.m., with approximately 20 people able to take the 1-hour tour at a time. Suggested donations of $15 for adults, $10 for seniors, $8 for children and $30 for a family of four go towards preservation work. For more information, call the Lighthouse information line at 631-421-1985. Also held at Huntington Lighthouse, the preservation society hosts the Lighthouse Music Fest. The seventh annual fest, scheduled for Aug. 31, is expected again to attract thousands of boaters anxious to catch live bands playing on the lighthouse. It is the only musical festival with bands playing atop a working lighthouse.
Enjoy The Great Outdoors Edgewood-Oak Brush Plains Preserve is a fantastic site to enjoy the wonders that Mother Nature provides. Straddling the Towns of Huntington, Babylon and Islip, the preserve consists of 843 acres of stateowned land. The property was formerly the home of Edgewood Hospital. Edgewood Preserve is currently home to trails and paths that are perfect for hiking, jogging, (Continued on page LI 3)
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Refresh yourself with yoga at Caumsett Park.
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walking, biking, bird-watching and snowshoeing. Old Commack Road, a paved 1.6mile road, runs north-south and is part of the preserve’s trail network. Commack Road is the best way to access Edgewood. Caumsett State Park is hardly a secret to Huntington residents. Located in Lloyd Neck, 1,500 acres along the Long Island Sound is available to the public to bike, run or hike. With beautiful buildings created during the “Roaring ’20s,” the park is a great place for a picnic, stroll to the beach or cast some fishing lines. Located on the park grounds is also the Lloyd Harbor equestrian center (call 631-427-6105). Visit www.caumsettfoundation.org for free programs in the Walled Garden, including a Summer Solstice Yoga workshop on Thursday, June 20, 6:45 p.m. in the Walled Garden; free magic show on Saturday, July 6, 11 a.m.; a clown show on Saturday, July 11, 10 a.m.; and farm animal visit on Tuesday, July 16, 10 a.m. (near the dairy complex). West Hills County Park, on Sweet Hollow Road, includes hiking, youth group camping, picnicking, playground, bridle paths and a horseback riding facility. Nature trails, include the historic Walt Whitman Trail to Jayne’s Hill, Long
Island’s highest peak at an elevation of 400 feet. Camping at West Hills offered to organized youth groups only. Reservations required. Park Office: 631-854-4423. Cold Spring Harbor State Park, on Route 25A, provides 40 acres of hilly hiking terrain that offer scenic vistas. No fees are collected, and the park and parking field is open sunrise to sunset. Call 631423-1770. Visit the Huntington Parks & Recreation Department at http://huntingtonny.gov for a complete trails guide.
water, check out a few businesses that offer lessons, tours and rentals, like JK Kayak, Waterfront Center, Glacier Bay Sports, and the Long Island Kayak Academy. Or, take a kayak tour and experience the beautiful shorelines of Long Island Sound. Tours are run by Long Island Kayaking Experience and leave from two beaches: Gold Star and West Neck (includes a guide, use of kayak and personal flotation device). Gold Star Beach tours are: June 15, July 14 and Aug. 17. West Neck Beach tours are: June 2, July 6 and Aug. 4. All tours are at 10 a.m. and cost $75 per person. Register online at tohparks.com, at the Town Hall Parks & Recreation Office, or at the Dix Hills Park Ice Rink Office.
Hit The Hay, In A Way Always wanted to try horseback riding? Learn to ride or improve your riding skills at Sweet Hills Equestrian Center, on Sweet Hollow Road in Melville. Beginner classes will be held June 24Aug. 8, either Tuesday or Thursday evenings, (no classes July 4th) for ages 16 and older. Intermediate classes will be held Wednesday evenings June 26-July 31, also ages 16 and older. The fee is $150 with a Huntington Parks & Recreation ID card, or $175 without. Register online at tohparks.com, at the Town Hall Parks & Recreation Office or at the Dix Hills Park Ice Rink Office.
Ice Skating OK, so it’s not in the sun, but sometimes you need a break from the heat. Located on Vanderbilt Parkway, 1/4 mile east of Deer Park Avenue in Dix Hills, the two slabs of ice at the Dix Hills Ice Rink provide ice skating year-round through public skating, ice skating instruction, a hockey clinic, hockey league, hockey camp charter time and special events. 631-462-5883.
Hop In A Kayak If you’re looking to rent a kayak for an hour or two and spend some time on the
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Let Us Entertain You This Summer Engeman Theater Shines
What’s Hot At The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington 631-673-7300
The John W. Engeman Theater in Northport brings Broadway to Main Street all summer long. Visit www.johnwengemantheater.com or contact the Box Office at 631-2612900.
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Eddie Money Friday, June 7
LeAnn Rimes Friday, Aug. 2 Big Country Saturday, June 8
South Pacific May 23-July 14. $60
Heckscher Stage Heats Up The Huntington Arts Council is prepping for the 48th Huntington Summer Arts Festival at Heckscher Park. This tradition has grown and each season bringing names from the Broadway stage and local musicians for its weekly concerts. The festival this year is June 27-Aug. 11, featuring local and national acts. Including two-time Grammy Award winner, vocalist/pianist Diane Schuur on Sunday, June 30; and “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” singer Paula Cole (pictured) on Saturday, July 13. Performances are scheduled for every day, except Mondays, at the Chapin Rainbow Stage. Shows begin at 8:30 p.m., except for Tuesday’s Family Series at 7:30 p.m. Call the Summer Arts Festival Hotline at 631-271-8423 ext. 5., or visit www.huntingtonarts.org.
Dropkick Murphys with Special Guests – The Mahones & Old Man Markley Wednesday, June 12 Courtney Love: In Concert with special guest, Starred Saturday, June 29 Rick Springfield: The End of the World Tour
The Blues Brothers starring Dan Aykroyd & Jim Belushi Friday, Aug. 9 Hanson: Anthem World Tour Sunday, Sept. 1
Under The Sun Tour: Sugar Ray (below), Smash Mouth, Gin Blossoms, Vertical Horizon & Fastball Tuesday, July 30
B.B. King
Saturday, July 13
Saturday, Oct. 19
Bennie and The Jets: A Tribute to Elton John Friday, July 5, 7:30 p.m. $60, 50, 45, 40, 35 Deana Martin Sings Dino “Memories Are Made Of This” Saturday, July 6, 7:30 p.m. $60, 50, 45, 40, 35 Disco Unlimited Saturday, July 27, 7:30 p.m. $35, 30, 25
Staged In Dix Hills
Julie Budd Those Great Musical Moments!
Look no further than your own backyard for first-class entertainment at the Dix Hills Performing Arts Center this summer. Visit www.dhpac.org, or contact the Box Office at 631-656-2148.
Saturday, Aug. 3 7:30 p.m. $60, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30
Lights, Camera, Action! Join the Town of Huntington this summer for their Movies On The Lawn program. Four PG-rated Hollywood films will be played free of charge once the sun goes down (8:30-9 p.m.), either on the lawn or at a drive-in. In the event of inclement weather, all movies will be held at James H. Boyd Intermediate School in Elwood, starting at 7:30 p.m.
Movies On The Lawn Schedule
Cabaret Singer-Pianist Phyllis Tagg Sunday, June 9, 2 p.m. $20 “Tomorrow, The Sun Will Come Out”, the music of Charles Strouse and other greats from Broadway to Hollywood Fri., June 28 & Sat., June 29, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 30, 2 p.m. $15, 12 Seniors & Students
All Stars Tour 2013: Every Time I Die with Chelsea Grin, Veil Of Maya, Terror, Stray From The Path, Capture The Crown, IWRESTLEDABEARONCE, For All Those Sleeping, Structures, Ice Nine Kills & Dayshell Friday, July 19
Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo Tuesday, Aug. 27
The Hilarious Comedy of Uncle Floyd Saturday, Aug. 10, 7:30 p.m. $20
Monday, June 24: “Wreck-It Ralph” at Heckscher Park (pictured) Thursday, July 25: “Free Willy” at Crab Meadow Beach (drive-in) Monday, Aug. 5: “D2-The Mighty Ducks” at Dix Hills Park Thursday, Aug. 22: “Superman” the 1978 original at Crab Meadow Beach (drive-in)
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Blues Brothers Add Soul To Huntington Paramount to host musical comedy duo Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com
Comin’ to ya on Aug. 9, the Blues Brothers, featuring Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi, will take the stage of The Paramount theater in Huntington village with a one-of-a-kind musical performance. The band originally starred Jim’s older brother, John Belushi, and gained recognition for their unique musical style, a cross section of soul, blues and R&B coupled with rock and jazz influence. After Aykroyd and John Belushi’s “Killers Bees” sketch aired on “Saturday Night Live” in 1976, the pair developed a mutual affinity for the blues music scene. Prior to the band’s official formation, Aykroyd was working as the host of a children’s TV program, while John Belushi was working on the set of “National Lampoon.” The two became close friends, and Aykroyd shared his love of the blues with Belushi, who was open to the idea of forming a band. Two years later in 1978, the pair
returned to SNL, this time under the official Blues Brothers name. Using a dynamic back story featuring alter-ego characters Jake and Elwood Blues, the band became a national sensation. Jake, played by Belushi, was a wellknown troublemaker, while Aykroyd’s character, Elwood, assumed the role of a soft-spoken younger brother. The brothers grew up in an Illinois orphanage, where they met a janitor named Curtis who taught them about the blues. With their back story set, the pair decided on a signature Beatnik-era look from the ’50s and ’60s, characterized by a dark suit and tie, worn by many jazz musicians at the time. The group re-cut Sam & Dave’s track “Soul Man,” which became a no. 1 single and best-selling hit. Their first full album, “Briefcase Full of Blues,” sold 3.5 million copies and went double platinum upon its 1978 release. The 1980 “Blues Brothers” movie, soundtrack and later album titled “Made In America” were relatively less successful, and the band went on a hiatus.
Original Blues Brother Dan Aykroyd and actor Jim Belushi, brother of original member John Belushi, will perform at the Paramount Theater in Huntington on August 9.
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Eating well with a killer ocean view shouldn’t cost a small fortune. And at La Casa Café on Northport’s famous Crab Meadow Beach, restaurateur Joe Celano meets both tasks quite well. Since taking the helm of the restaurant on the town beach pavilion in 1993, Celano has built a strong following with neighbors and sun-loving visitors alike. Good news for all – he isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, and the generous portions will continue to reign supreme on the beach. Last year he inked an extended 10year deal to manage the Waterside Road address. After Huntington’s Town Board re-upped his contract, extensive renovations began, starting with the kitchen last winter. The overhaul was completed with an attractive re-do of the dining room
and bar. That’s important, because the extensive investment will allow Celano to keep La Casa open all year round. “It’s just as beautiful in the wintertime,” he said. During a sunset visit last week, Celano got us started with a classic artichoke and spinach dip ($11.95) and fried clam strips ($11.95). The dip, creamy and flavorful, pairs nicely with assorted tortilla chips. The clam strips, a seaside staple, are crisp and juicy with a rich tartar sauce accompaniment. For entrees, the Tortellini Cremosa ($19.95) was a hands-down smash at our table, pairing al dente pasta with a rich sauce punched up in part by cloves of roasted garlic. If you’re looking for something that is light and summery in both flavor and appearance, keep your eye out for the cod special, a marriage of flaky, mild fish (Continued on page LI 7)
La Casa Café proprietor Joe Celano and fans of his family style Italian restaurant are going to see many more sunsets at Crab Meadow Beach.
A cod special is flaky and summery both in appearance and flavor.
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topped in a panko crumb blend and sweet-and-slightly-sour mango salsa. The flavors bring out the best in each other atop a bed of vegetables and ginger. Chicken Cardinale ($20.95), a La Casa favorite for many years, will throw the uninitiated a little curveball – it looks heavy, but is surprisingly light with flavors of roasted pepper and tomato shining through the cheese and cream. Dessert offerings are bountiful. The large chocolate lava cake is lighter and fluffier than it looks at first blush. It’s paired with tons of whipped cream and premium vanilla ice cream. Another dessert classic, tartufo is served sliced in sizable, sharable portions. With a full year of dining ahead and renovations under his belt, Celano is planning to bring an array of entertain-
ment to the matinee location. Expect a rotation of acoustic performances throughout the summer, wrapping up on Labor Day, and during the winter, a series of Happy Hours and football viewing events. It’s all more of a reason to be grateful Celano isn’t riding into the sunset for a long time.
La Casa Café 445 Waterside Road, Northport on the Crab Meadow Beach Pavilion 631-757-7720 Atmosphere: Family-style dining by the beach Cuisine: Classic Italian Hours: 11 a.m.-11 p.m., seven days
Theresa Caputo is all smiles with Besito General Manager Jose Reyes at the Mexican hotspot.
might make people gravitate to Huntington Harbor a bit more. Prime – An American Kitchen & Bar (117 New York Ave., Huntington 631-385-1515 restaurantprime.com) is ready for you. As part of their summer calendar from Memorial Day to Labor Day, enjoy half-price sushi in the bar, 4:30-6:30 p.m. and live music, 4:30-7:30 p.m. in Huntington’s only Happy Hour on the Harbor. Acoustifunk is playing this Friday. RISE AND SHINE: Cookies for breakfast?
THE STARS ARE OUT TONIGHT: John Tunney’s
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Watch Your Friends Rock The Rainbow By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com
High school musicians will go headto-head next month at a “Battle of the Bands” at Heckscher Park. Sponsored by the Huntington Youth Council, the battle will take place on the Chapin Rainbow Stage on June 15. The winner will earn the right to open for an act at The Paramount. Featuring 10 bands and singers from the Town of Huntington, the top performers will win $75, $50 and $25 gift cards to Murphy’s Music, respectively. Special guest judges will include the Nick Tangorra Band (Nick, Rafe Tangorra and Will Ahrens) and a representative
from The Paramount. The Nick Tangorra Band will also perform. Admission is free. The Youth Council will be accepting donations and raffling off prizes donated by local Huntington village merchants. The Huntington Youth Council was founded in 2003 by Councilwoman Susan Berland and is comprised of students from every public high school in the Town of Huntington. They meet twice a month to discuss issues that affect the youth in our community and plan events that engage their peers in local issues. For more information, call Allison Jones in the town council office at 631-351-3018.
The Nick Tangorra Band will judge and perform at the Huntington Youth Council’s Battle of the Bands next month.
Step Into A Dystopian Future With Film Fest Brett Sherris’ Summer Camp Cinema Film Festival Schedule May 25 at 10:30 p.m. Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Total Recall (1990) June 1 at 10:30 p.m. Waterworld – Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome June 8 at 11:30 p.m. Rocky Horror Picture Show featuring Long Island’s Unconventional Conventionalists June 15 at 10:30 p.m. Demolition Man – Logan’s Run (1976) June 22 at 10:30 p.m. Videodrome – eXistenZ June 29 at 10:30 p.m. Children of Men – Gattaca July 6 at 10:30 p.m. A Clockwork Orange – Brazil July 13 at 11:30 p.m. Rocky Horror Picture Show featuring Long Island’s Unconventional Conventionalists July 20 at 10:30 p.m. Dawn of the Dead (2004) -- Zombieland By Mike Koehler mkoehler@longislandernews.com
While most of the world worried about life coming to an end in 2012, Brett Sherris sat down in November to look at films. Brainstorming a theme for his eighth annual Summer Camp Cinema Film Festival at the Cinema Arts Centre, he settled on dystopian views of the future with a touch of pop culture. “It wasn’t that much of a jump. My attitude was, as a human being you live with the concept of ‘tomorrow is going to be better than today, worse than today or tomorrow simply won’t happen at all,’” Sherris said.
The festival runs for 13 weeks, showing a movie every Saturday during the late evening. Films with disturbing depictions of the future became popular in the early 1980s, beginning with “Blade Runner” in 1982. In the decades since, Sherris said there’s been no shortage. The problem is, he admitted, it’s tough to make a list of films without creating a sense of hopelessness. “A lot of the films we watched and simply threw out because I said to myself, ‘It’s a little much, people will be wanting to slit their wrists,’” Sherris said. Included in the final 13-week
schedule are blockbuster hits like “Terminator 2,” cult classics like “Rocky Horror Picture Show” and requested films like “Gattaca.” Before starting the movies, Sherris said he tries to put them into context and answer questions from the audience. During the films, he wants to see and hear people react to what’s happening on screen. “We do not treat the program like it’s reverential. We treat movies as an entertainment to be enjoyed.” The season begins May 25 and ends Aug. 24 with the Pay-To-GetOut Horror Marathon. Tickets are sold at the theater, $9 for Cinema Arts members and $13 for the public.
July 27 at 10:30 p.m. Planet of the Apes – Soylent Green August 3 at 10:30 p.m. Book of Eli – I Am Legend August 10 at 11:30 p.m. Rocky Horror Picture Show featuring Long Island’s Unconventional Conventionalists August 17 at 10:30 p.m. Looper – Serenity August 24 2013 Pay-To-Get-Out Horror Marathon Four feature titles to be announced in July and The Mystery Fifth Feature
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Life&Style Crafts Galore At Art In The Park By Nicole Brems info@longislandernews.com
As summer approaches, are you looking forward to having more time to complete crafts? Or maybe you are looking for a one-of-a-kind piece to complete a room in your home. Either way, look no further. The Dix Hills-based Art League of Long Island will be returning to Heckscher Park in Huntington village this summer to host the 46th annual Art in the Park Fine Art and Craft Fair. The fair, which will be held Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2 will feature more than 70 artists and craftspeople who will show and sell original works of art and handmade crafts. Crafts available will include paintings, photographs, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, woodwork, glasswork and art. The juried fair will award prizes to artists and craftspeople for superior artistry and craftsmanship. The event will be also feature live art demonstrations by Art League instructors and live music throughout both days. Food vendors will provide a variety of treats to round out the experience. Attendees can participate in a 50-50 raffle, which will run both days, to benefit visual arts education programs at the Art League of Long Island.
More than 70 artists will take over Heckscher Park this weekend for the Art League of Long Island’s annual Art in the Park Fine Art and Craft Fair. The event will run, rain or shine from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. For more information, call the Art League at 631-4625400 or visit www.artleagueli.org.
Time To Explore Huntington’s Museums By Nicole Brems info@longislandernews.com
Interested in museums? Has there always been a museum in Huntington you wanted to visit, but couldn’t find the time? June is the perfect time to visit the museums around Huntington, when many around the town will celebrate the second annual NYS Museum Week. From June 10-16, the state-wide event aims to encourage museum attendance by offering discounts and special events at multiple museums across the state. Huntington-area museums participating this year include Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, Huntington Historical Society, Huntington Lighthouse, Northport His-
torical Society, Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport, The Whaling Museum in Cold Spring Harbor and the Walt Whitman Birthplace in Huntington Station. Among those offering specials are Heckscher Museum of Art (www.heckscher.org) and Walt Whitman Birthplace (www.waltwhitman.org). On Wednesday, June 12 the Heckscher will host a docent-led tour of its “Car Culture” exhibit. An educational program will run from 1:30- 3 p.m., including the tour at 1:45 p.m. That same day, the museum will also be offering a musical performance, sketching in the gallery, docent tours and art activities. On Friday, June 14 at 7 p.m., the museum will host a Friday Gallery Talk with
photographer Neil Scholl. Museum patrons are invited to join Scholl as he travels back in time, discussing digitization and restoration of Hal B. Fullerton’s historic and artistic photographic documentation for the Long Island Rail Road. Across town, the Walt Whitman Birthplace will host a poetry event, “Long Island Voices: The Next Generation” on Saturday, June 15 at 7 p.m. It will be in collaboration with SparkBoom, a local arts initiative aimed at helping young artists
shine. In addition, patrons can receive a free ticket for a tour to use anytime and a 10-percent discount in the gift store. In addition, several museums in Huntington will be offering free admission for the week: Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington Historical Society (for the Conklin House museum) and Northport Historical Society. For more information on each museum, visit http://iloveny.com/summer/themes/museum-week.
Find discounts and specials at, from left, the Heckscher Museum and Walt Whitman Birthplace during NYS Museum Week 2013 June 10-16.
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Fun For The Whole Family Photo by Steve Silverman
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Catch the fireworks, play carnival games and hop on the rides at the Huntington Manor Fireman’s Fair July 16-20 and the Greenlawn Fireman’s Fair Labor Day weekend.
Mini Golf, Batting Cages And More For old-fashioned family fun, Station Sports at 25 Depot Road in Huntington Station is ready for its second summer. Head indoors with arcade games such as ski ball, Pac-Man and bowling. Want to enjoy the outdoors? Across the street is an
18-hole mini golf course and batting cages. Munchies are also available at the Snack Shack. For more information call 631-673-1830. Put your fear of ghouls and gargoyles aside and enjoy 18 holes of glow in the dark fun at Monster Mini Golf. The monster-themed mini golf at 410-C Commack Road in Deer Park is the way to go for some indoor family entertainment. To switch it up a bit, there’s also an arcade
Station Sports is ready for a summer of mini golf and more.
with ski-ball machines, video games and air hockey. Check their website monsterminigolf.com/fran-ny-deerpark for their monthly deals. For more information call 631-940-8900.
Fairs And Fireworks First up this year is the St. Anthony’s Family Feast & Festival at 20 Cheshire Place in East Northport is June 26-30. Free admission lets you enjoy fireworks on Wednesday and Saturday, exciting rides, games of skills, an international food court, an entertainment stage, petting zoo and Las Vegas table games. Get your fill at a zeppole eating contest on Friday. Visit saintanthonyofpadua.org. Get ready for the annual Huntington Manor Fireman’s Fair July 16-20 at Stimson Middle School on Oakwood Road in Huntington Station. The fair is open from 7-11 p.m. on weekdays and 5 p.m.-midnight on Saturday. Get your thrills on the rides and listen to live music every night, and watch the sky light up
with fireworks at 9:30 p.m. on July 17, 18, 19 and 20. Be sure to catch the parade, celebrating the fire department’s 110th anniversary, on July 17 at 7:30 p.m. Then gear up again Labor Day weekend to close the summer with the annual Greenlawn Fire Department’s Fireman’s Fair - Long Island’s oldest fireman’s fair - at the fire department’s headquarters on Broadway.
Family Fun Nights Over in Northport, what started as a failed winter pedestrian mall has turned into the wildly successful Family Fun Nights. Slated for their fifth consecutive year, Main Street will be closed to vehicle traffic between Gunther’s Tap Room and Skipper’s Pub every Tuesday night in August between 6-9 p.m. The street fair has traditionally included live music, antique cars, sidewalk sales, scavenger hunts, children’s entertainment (Continued on page LI 11)
Families fill the streets for Family Fun Night, Thursday in August in Northport Village.
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Head to the Lewis-Oliver Farm to meet the many animals who call it home. (Continued from page LI 10)
and other activities. Businesses not outside typically keep their stores open longer on these nights.
Huntington Station Awareness Day Support one of Huntington’s most historic hamlets by getting involved in the fourth annual Huntington Station Awareness Day parade and fair on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. The parade starts on E. 15th Street and concludes in the Church Street municipal lot with a fair filled wit food, fun, music and vendors. For more information, call Dee Thompson at 631-425-2640.
Museum Fun For All Ages Throughout the summer, the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum (www.cshwhalingmuseum.org) at 301 Main St. will be the place to learn and have fun. Take the dads to the museum on Father’s Day and treat your father or grandfather to free admission. Members can treat their dad to something special in the gift shop for 20-percent off from June 1-16. For the kiddies, enjoy playtime, story time, and crafts about nature and the ocean on June 4 and 17. Seniors can bring out their creative side during Senior Days, which will be held the first Tuesday of each month throughout the summer startPhoto/Huntington Historical Society
ing June 4. For more information or to RSVP call 631-637-3418. Stop in at the Heckscher Museum of Art (www.hechscher.org) in Heckscher Park and visit its exhibits. Automobile enthusiasts will love the exhibit “Car Culture: Art and the Automobile,” which will be on display through Aug. 11. Celebrate First Fridays with extended hours and free 7 p.m. performances on June 7 (with Broadway tribute group “Two Guys and a Gal”) and July 12 (with an outdoor concert by Druumatics). Seniors get in free after 1:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, June 12 and July 10, with special programs at 1:45 p.m. Visit the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium (www.vanderbiltmuseum.org) this summer to learn about Vanderbilt’s yachts. Ten of his privately owned yachts will be on display. Through photographs, documents and trophies he received, museum patrons can learn about Vanderbilt’s wealth and explorations. Give your young explorer a hands-on outdoor adventure with nature crafts, live animals at the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery’s (www.cshfha.org) summer camp program. Contact the Hatchery to reserve a space at 516-692-6768 or fisheducator@cshfha.org. The hatchery will also be offering free admission to dads this year on Father’s Day. Celebrating Father’s Day later? There will be ice cream socials throughout the summer, the first one on June 22 at 4 p.m.
Take A Trip Back In Time
The Huntington Historical Society will take you out by boat to visit the famous Van WyckLefferts Tide Mill this summer.
Take the family to visit one of the nation’s most celebrated poets at the Walt Whitman Birthplace (www.waltwhitman.org) at 246 Old Walt Whitman Road in Huntington Station. The birthplace will be having a weekend of photography history on Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14. The seminars will discuss photography of historic buildings, landscapes and artifacts. The Huntington Historical Society
(www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org) at 209 Main St. in Huntington has a few events on their agenda this summer. On June 9 the society will host the Spring Festival of Gardens, a day of visits to six local gardens. Several tours of the historic Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill will be offered, as well as three historic pub crawls through Huntington village, on June 27, July 25 and Aug. 22. Don’t miss the Heritage Crafts Fair Aug. 17 and 19. The Northport Historical Society (northporthistorical.org) at 215 Main St. in Northport will be hosting many events throughout the summer including selfguided historic walking tours for $5. On Sunday, June 30 the society will be hosting the annual garden tour.
Summer At The Farms At White Post Animal Farm (www.whitepostfarms.com) at 250 Old Country Road in Melville, kids can see and feed many animals that live there year round. Visit their mining village playground where each child will receive a bag of mining rough that consists of raw dirt and rock particles. They can put their rough in a sluice water tower and the dirt will wash away to reveal precious wonders. What was once a working dairy in the 1800s, the Lewis-Oliver Dairy Farm (lewisoliverfarm.org), located on Burt Avenue in Northport, the farm is now home to many furry friends. The farm is open all year from dawn to dusk and their store is open from early spring to late fall on weekends from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Start planting flowers now with plants from Schmitt’s Family Farm (www.schmittfarms.com) at 26 Pinelawn Road in Melville. The farm carries a variety and sizes of hanging baskets including impatiens and petunias. If residents are looking to eat healthy this season, they also carry a varied selection of vegetable plants including tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and lettuces for creating a garden. The farm also has a selection of herbs great to spice up any dish.
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during negotiations for next collective bargaining agreement. Accrued vacation time was also a concern to the comptroller’s staff. Huntington employees receive 10-30 vacation days every year. Blue collar and blue collar supervisor unit members must “use it or lose it,” unless they receive written permission. They are not permitted to bank more than two years of time. The white collar contract allows for up to 100 vacation days to be paid out upon retirement. But according to the audit, that’s not always the case. Two blue collar employees and two blue collar supervisors had more
than the 60 days permitted, including one individual who had amassed a leave balance of 453 days, 393 days over the limit with a potential value of $88,028. Petrone admitted that some carryover occurs when an employee cannot use time due to staffing concerns or emergencies like snowstorms and hurricanes. However, he said no employee has ever been paid more than two years of vacation time upon retirement, even if that means granting lengthy paid time off. Again, the supervisor offered to discuss the matter during negotiations for next collective bargaining agreement. The audit also examined the town’s use of outside legal counsel and how they’re
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art…I’m opening an honest to goodness, real fine art gallery.” Using a construction studio in Dix Hills with 22-foot ceilings and double 10-foot doors to hone her craft, Horowitz said her work is influenced by current events in society, on both a local and national level. Drawing on current events on the local level, Horowitz has sculpted work based on the demolition of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center, which has been abandoned since the late 1990s. Her two intriguing, life-sized sculptures depict double views through window panes of various buildings throughout the defunct facility. “It gives a feeling of the abandonment, and the past of the facility and documents what went on there. The windows are a view into the past, and work as frames…it also shows the beauty in it,” she said.
Sculpture, she finds, can evoke an emotional response from the viewer, even if the piece does not have an overarching “message.” “I love structure and the use of space and lighting,” she said. “I think the reason I chose sculpture is because when you walk through [the gallery] it’s a very spatial sight…very architectural, and these pieces are architectural in nature.” Horowitz also plans to launch an artistic series inspired by experiences of devastation and loss in Superstorm Sandy. “Art doesn’t have to be beautiful, it just has to tell a story,” she said. Admission to Horowitz’s June 1 grand opening of the 5404 Merrick Road gallery in Massapequa will be free and open to the public from 4-8 p.m.
billed. In addition to 13 employees in the town attorney’s office, 23 contracted attorneys were paid $1.9 million during the audit period. State law does not require an RFP for professional services like attorneys, but the comptroller’s staff recommended putting in place written policies to ensure the town receives competitive rates. In addition, a percentage of the attorneys’ invoices paid during the audit period were not specific enough to ensure no duplication in services or that appropriate services were provided. Nine attorneys with generic descriptions of their duties were paid $487,951 during the period. Three were paid $98,766, including $20,433 in nonitemized charges on eight invoices. One of the three was paid $10,016 that year, Petrone said, and is no longer working with the town. He agreed that no attorney
invoices should be paid unless they are itemized. The supervisor added that the town attorney’s office chooses outside counsel that is best suited to represent the town. Huntington Councilman Gene Cook requested New York State audit the town last year after questioning inventory control practices in the town’s General Services department. The comptroller’s office revealed intentions to examine the town’s spending last May. “When we voted to ask for the audit, we did so with confidence that the suggestions emanating from the audit would be along the lines of refinements to existing policies rather than a need to establish new ones. That is exactly what happened,” Councilman Mark Cuthbertson said.
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A10 • THE HALF HOLLOW HILLS NEWSPAPER • MAY 30, 2013 THURSDAY A Day For ‘Older Americans’ An “Older Americans Month” event on May 30 will be held at 380 Park Ave., Huntington, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Day includes: Shed the Meds pharmaceutical disposal, sign-ups for the county’s Joint Emergency Evacuation Program (JEEP) and Special Needs Registry, applications for senior ID cards, legal advice, health care proxy forms, and SeniorNet computer courses. Presented by Legislator Steve Stern and Hand in Hand for Seniors.
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The Northport Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Richard Hyman, presents a free concert at Northport High School on Friday, May 31 at 8 p.m., featuring cellist Alec Maire, who will play the first movement of the Cello Concerto in D Major by Franz Joseph Haydn. The Orchestra will also perform works by Mozart and Dvorak, as well as Symphony No. 99 by Haydn. Maire is a Cold Spring Harbor High School senior who has studied cello since he was four years old. Admission is free; donations graciously accepted. http://northportorchestra.org.
Harborfields Public Library 31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200. harborfieldslibrary.org. • Young adults can watch “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” on Friday, May 31, 6:30 p.m.
Huntington Public Library Main Branch: 338 Main St., Huntington. 631427-5165. Station Branch: 1335 New York Ave., Huntington Station. 631-421-5053. www.thehuntingtonlibrary.org. • New Horizons String Orchestra invites the public to sit in on their rehearsals on Friday mornings at 9:30 a.m. • Jahn Guarino’s “Watercolors” will be on display at the Station branch through June 29.
Boom In The Barn Join arts collaboration SparkBoom for “Boom in the Barn,” a local night filled with jazz, music, craft beer, food and artwork at the Conklin Barn (2 High St., Huntington) May 31, 7-10 p.m. Admission is free. A donation of $5 is suggested. www.sparkboom.org.
Northport-East Northport Public Library Northport: 151 Laurel Ave. 631-261-6930. East Northport: 185 Larkfield Road. 631-261-2313. www.nenpl.org. • Brooklyn-born author Martin Levinson discusses his book, “Brooklyn Boomer, Growing Up in the Fifties,” at 7 p.m. on May 30, at the Northport branch. • The next Book-A-Trip is to The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia on Thursday, Sept. 26. $75.
Red Is For Passion Love the color red and enjoy living it up? The Red Hat women are looking for new members who enjoy going places and making new friends. Their motto: Fun, Frolic and Friendship. 631-271-6470 or flarpp@yahoo.com.
SATURDAY
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Camp Alvernia hosts its fifth annual Family Fun Extravaganza for kids and their families June 1-2, 1-6 p.m. with games, boat rides and barbecue in a true carnival setting to celebrate the camp’s 125th year. 105 Prospect Road, Centerport. www.campalvernia.org.
Join arts collaboration SparkBoom for “Boom in the Barn,” a local night filled with jazz, music, craft beer, food and artwork at the Conklin Barn (2 High St., Huntington) May 31, 7-10 p.m. Admission is free. A donation of $5 is suggested. www.sparkboom.org. Jazz singer JB Baretsky, pictured, is one of the performers.
Get Your Folk On annual Art in the Park Fine Art and Crafts Festival on June 1 and 2 from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. at Heckscher Park in Huntington village. The event raises money for the Art League and promoting the diverse talents of their many artists. For more information, visit http://artleagueli.org.
MONDAY
Huntington Station Awareness Day
Live Music Live local bands take over Finley's of Greene Street, 43 Greene St., Huntington, every Saturday night at 11 p.m. Join in the fun and food!
SUNDAY Champagne And Chamber Music Chamber Players International’s Musical Cuisine series will present pianist Philip Edward Fisher and a string ensemble performing music of Bach and Vivaldi in the sixth concert and brunch of its 2012-2013 season, on June 2 at noon at The Chateau at Coindre Hall, 101 Browns Road in Huntington. Includes champagne brunch. $60. http://chamberplayersinternational.info.
It Doesn’t Get Any Fresher Huntington village’s Farmers Market is open in the Elm Street lot. The Long Island Growers Market continues its seasonal tradition in downtown Huntington, which runs through Nov. 24. The market will be open from 7 a.m.-noon each Sunday.
Art In The Park The Art League of Long Island presents its
3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood. 631-499-3722. www.elwoodlibrary.org. • Kids in grades K-2 can make a desk organizer for dad on Tuesday, June 4, 5-5:45 p.m. Dix Hills: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631-4214530; Melville: 510 Sweet Hollow Road. 631421-4535. hhhlibrary.org. • An array of Regents review sessions is available at the library. Visit the website to see dates and times for specific courses.
CSH Cellist Performs
Support one of Huntington’s most historic hamlets by getting involved in the fourth annual Huntington Station Awareness Day parade and fair on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. The parade starts on E. 15th Street and concludes in the Church Street municipal lot with a fair filled wit food, fun, music and vendors. For more information, call Dee Thompson at 631-425-2640.
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FRIDAY
The Stray Birds are the featured performers for the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s First Saturday Concerts series, June 1 at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, Centerport. The 8:30 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 ($20 for FMSH members). www.fmsh.org. 631-425-2925.
parklibrary.org. • Have you been interested in using an iPad to read a book or play a game? The library now has iPads available that are preloaded with preschool apps for use in the children’s room.
Chamber Golf Outing The Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce host its 29th Annual Golf Outing on June 3 at the Huntington Crescent Club, 15 Washington Drive, Huntington, honoring William Bonesso, partner with Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo Terrana LLP, and H2M architects + engineers. www.huntingtonchamber.com.
Crochet, Crochet The Long Island Crochet Guild meets at the Halesite Fire Station, 1 North New York Ave., Huntington the first Monday of the month (except September) from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Beginners welcome. Bring assorted hooks. Contact for questions: katie1111m@yahoo.com/631-427-5373. Next meeting: June 3.
Aging And Saging Members of an “Aging and Saging” group shares their experiences at The Women’s Center of Huntington, 125 Main St., Huntington, on Mondays (except holidays) from 10 a.m.-noon. $15 members/$10 non-members. 631-549-0485.
TUESDAY Free Help For Vets Every Tuesday from 12-4 p.m. is “Military Appreciation Tuesdays,” when Long Island Cares specifically assists veterans, military personnel and their families at the Hauppauge and Freeport emergency pantries. Appointments can be made by contacting jrosati@licares.org.
WEDNESDAY
145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station. 631-549-4411. www.shpl.info. • The Greenlawn American Legion will be collecting worn American flags through July 1. • The North Shore Civil War Roundtable presents a lecture by Walter E. Wilson, a retired U.S. Navy Captain and author of “James D. Bulloch: Secret Agent And Mastermind of the Confederate Navy” at 7 p.m. on June 6.
THEATER and FILM
Party In The Garden At Oheka Oheka Castle owner Gary Melius celebrates his 30th anniversary of discovering the Gold Coast mansion with a Garden Party on June 12 from 5-8 p.m. in the castle’s Formal Gardens or Terrace Room. Wine, hors d’oeuvres, light dinner and dessert. $60 RSVP; $50 for Friends of Oheka members; $75 at the door. RSVP includes an Oheka Garden journal. Visit www.oheka.com for more details.
Power Breakfast Join business professionals at BNI Executive Referral Exchange’s breakfast networking meeting every Wednesday, 7-8:30 a.m. at the Dix Hills Diner, 1800 Jericho Turnpike, Dix Hills. 631-4627446.
AT THE LIBRARIES Cold Spring Harbor Library 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-6926820. cshlibrary.org. • Enjoy a film and discussion of “I Could Write a Book: the Beverly Fite Story,” on Thursday, June 6, 6:30 p.m. Q&A with “B”, a longtime resident of Huntington and Cold Spring Harbor, to follow.
Commack Public Library 18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-4990888. commack.suffolk.lib.ny.us. • Are you game? Adults are welcome to play Bridge and Mahjong on Fridays at 1 p.m. through May. • Join historian and best-selling author Monica Randall from 7-8:30 p.m. June 10 for “Gatsby’s Long Island,” a colorful slide presentation based on her popular book, “Mansions of the Gold Coast.”
Cinema Arts Centre 423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611. • Barbara Sukowa stars in Margarethe von Trotta’s drama about the legendary intellectual whose controversial writings on the Holocaust forever changed the way we think about evil. von Trotta appears with a sneak preview of her movie “Hannah Arendt” on Thursday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m. $10 members/$15 public. • Huntington High School’s fourth annual film festival screens Thursday, May 30, 7 p.m. Free admission.
Dix Hills Performing Arts Center Five Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. Box Office: 631-656-2148. www.dhpac.org. • Tom Manuel’s Black Tie Affair Orchestra with Strings featuring alto saxophonist Chris Donohue takes the stage for a once-in-a lifetime stage recreation of the classic Jazz-era album “Charlie Parker with Strings,” Sunday, June 2, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20.
John W. Engeman Theater At Northport 350 Main St., Northport. www.johnwengemantheater.com. 631-261-2900. • “South Pacific” now showing on the Engeman stage.
Township Theatre Group 631-213-9832. www.townshiptheatregroup.com. • The group presents the bawdy 18th century comedy, “A Servant of Two Masters,” featuring cabaret-style seating plus a wine/beer bar. June 1, 7 and 8 at 8 p.m. and June 2 and 9 at 2 p.m. at the Helen Butler Hall Theatre @ Dominican Village, 565 Albany Ave., Amityville. $20, $18 students/seniors.
Deer Park Public Library 44 Lake Ave., Deer Park. 631-586-3000. deer-
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AUDITIONS
She Could Write A Book! Enjoy a film and discussion of “I Could Write a Book: the Beverly Fite Story,” on Thursday, June 6, 6:30 p.m. Q&A with “B”, a Broadway actress and longtime resident of Huntington and Cold Spring Harbor, to follow. At the Cold Spring Harbor Library, 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. Registration required. 631-692-6820. cshlibrary.org.
Gemini Youth Orchestra’s 45th Season Gemini Youth is seeking talented young musicians for the 2013-2014 season. The Gemini Youth Orchestras is composed of 280 musicians from across Long Island, who perform in venues across the metropolitan region. Gemini offers motivated and talented young musicians the opportunity to train with outstanding conductors who are highly recognized in their field and provides a nurturing environment in which students can develop their skills and make friends. For more information, visit www.gyo.org and email webmaestro@gyo.org to schedule an audition.
MUSEUMS & EXHIBITS Art League of Long Island 107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills. Gallery hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. weekends. 631-462-5400. www.ArtLeagueLI.net. • Acura of Huntington and the Art League of Long Island present “Driven by Art”, an exhibit celebrating the automobile and its highways and byways. The exhibit is on display at the dealership through May 31. • Photography exhibit “Structure: Within and Beyond,” runs June 2-July 7, with an artist’s reception Friday, June 7, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
b.j. spoke gallery 299 Main St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Monday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., until 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. 631-549-5106. www.bjspokegallery.com.
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery 1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor. Open seven days a week, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sundays until 6 p.m.: $6 adults; $4 children 3-12 and seniors over 65; members and children under 3 are free. 516-692-6768. www.cshfha.org • Calling all turtle and tortoise owners! The Turtle & Tortoise Pageant is Saturday, June 1. For information pertaining to registration and pageant rules, call the hatchery. Will your pet win an award?
fotofoto Gallery 14 W. Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Friday 5-8 p.m., Saturday 12-8 p.m., Sunday 12-4 p.m. 631-549-0448.
Heckscher Museum Of Art 2 Prime Ave., Huntington. Museum hours: Wednesday - Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., first Fridays from 4-8:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $68/adults, $4-6/seniors, and $4-5/children; members and children under 10 free. 631-3513250. • “Car Culture: Art and the Automobile” on display through Aug. 11.
Holocaust Memorial And Tolerance Center Welwyn Preserve. 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove. Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sat.-Sun.: noon-4 p.m. 516-571-8040 ext. 100. www.holocaust-nassau.org. • The permanent exhibit explains the 1920s increase of intolerance, the reduction of human rights, and the lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others: people with disabilities, Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), Jehovah’s Witnesses, gays and Polish intelligentsia.
Huntington Arts Council Main Street Petite Gallery: 213 Main St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Art in the Art-trium: 25 Melville Park Road, Melville. Gallery Hours: Monday Friday 7 a.m.-7 p.m. 631-271-8423. www.huntingtonarts.org. • “Living Color” shows in the Art-trium through June 17. • "Photography" is on display in the Main Street gallery through June 3.
Huntington Historical Society Main office/library: 209 Main St., Huntington. Museums: Conklin Barn, 2 High St.; Kissam House/Museum Shop, 434 Park Ave.; Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building, 228 Main St. 631-
Artistically Gifted Needed The Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Commack is seeking artistically gifted volunteers to partner with residents in a new program, “heART to heART” aimed at helping people with varying levels of cognitive ability express themselves through art. Contact Judie at 516-931-5036 or jatlas1@optonline.net.
Don’t Hibernate. Help 427-7045, ext. 401. www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org. • Huntington Historical Society’s Spring Festival of Gardens is June 9. • Stroll through Huntington’s Old Burying Ground at 2 p.m. on June 25. Learn a bit of history, folk art and intriguing stories connected with this historic site. $5 for members, $10 non-members. Call ext. 403.
LaMantia Gallery 127 Main St., Northport Village. 631-754-8414. www.lamantiagallery.com. • Robert Finale presents captivating landscapes and Richard Johnson displays exquisite paintings of the human face and form.
9 East Contemporary Art 9 East Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Wed.-Sat., 3-8 p.m. or by appointment. 631-6629459. • Sylvia Harnick’s solo exhibition “Under the Sea/& Elsewhere” is on display through June 9.
Northport Historical Society Museum 215 Main St., Northport. Museum hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 1-4:30 p.m. 631-757-9859. www.northporthistorical.org. • The latest exhibition, “Northport Collects II,” celebrates the passion for collecting by highlighting the unique and varied collections of members. On display through June. • The new permanent exhibit, “Our Stories: the History of a Community,” transforms half of the Society’s gallery space into a timeline, tracing the history of the Northport-East Northport community and rarely seen photos and artifacts from the Society’s collection.
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum 279 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor. Museum hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $4 adults, $3 seniors, $3 students 5 -18, family $12; military and children under 5 are free. 631-367-3418. www.cshwhalingmuseum.org.
teers to train as advocates for nursing home, adult home and assisted living facility residents to help ensure they receive quality care and their rights are protected. 631-427-3700 ext. 240.
Ripe Art Gallery 67 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-807-5296. Gallery hours: Tuesday - Thursday 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday 2-9 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. www.ripeartgal.com. • “I HAD” by Jeremy Zierau is currently on display.
SPLIA Headquarters: 161 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor. Joseph Lloyd Manor House: Lloyd Lane and Lloyd Harbor Road, Lloyd Neck. 631-692-4664. www.splia.org. • “Long Island at Work and at Play,” early 20th-century photographs from SPLIA’s collections, is now on display Thursdays through Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Suffolk Y JCC 74 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-4629800, ext. 140. Tuesday 1-4 p.m. Admission: $5 per person, $18 per family. Special group programs available. www.suffolkyjcc.org. • The Alan & Helene Rosenberg Jewish Discovery Museum provides hands-on exhibits and programs for children 3-13 years old and their families, classes and camps. Now on exhibit: The Alef Bet of Being a Mensch. “Zye a mensch” is a Yiddish saying that means “be a decent, responsible, caring person,” infusing both the best blessing and the best that an educator can wish for his students.
Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport. Museum hours through April 15: Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Grounds admission: $7 adults, $6 students with ID and seniors 62 and older, and $3 children 12 and under. Mansion tour, add $5 per person. 631-8545555. www.vanderbiltmuseum.org. • The newly renovated planetarium is now open. Check the website for show times.
Walt Whitman Birthplace 246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station. Hours: Wednesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Admission: $6 adults, $5 seniors, $4 students, and children under 5 are free. 631-427-5240, ext. 114. www.waltwhitman.org.
• Schedule at a time convenient for your group for high tea and transport yourself back in time as your group experiences High Tea in a private gathering house at the Birthplace. $25/person. 631-427-5240, ext. 113. educator@waltwhitman.org. • If you would like to read at the Tenth Annual Marathon Reading of “Song of Myself” on Sunday, June 2, 3-5:30 p.m. at the Granite Prospect in Brooklyn Bridge Park, email songofmyselfmarathon@gmail.com with your favorite three sections of “Song of Myself”. • A Poetry Master Class featuring Naomi Shihab Nye will be held Saturday, June 1, 12:30-3:30 p.m., with a reading at 5:30 p.m. $100 ($90). $50 auditors. $15 for reading alone. Call to register.
MUSIC & DANCE The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-6737300. www.paramountny.com. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. • Courtney Love performs on June 29. $34.50/$36.50/$47.50/$67.50. • The All-Stars Tour 2013 comes to town July 19 at 3 p.m. Featuring: Every Time I Die with Chelsea Grin; Veil of Maya; Terror; Stray from the Path; Capture the Crown; IWRESTLEDABEARONCE; For All Those Sleeping, Structures, Ice Nine Kills & Dayshell. $22/$25/$40. • LeAnn Rimes performs Aug. 2. $35/$49.50/$54.50/$64.50/$85.
Ridotto Concerts with a Touch of Theater. At Huntington Jewish Center, 510 Park Ave., Huntington. www.ridotto.org. 631-385-0373
DONATIONS WELCOME Help The Troops Call Home Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci’s Huntington Station district office is an official drop-off site for Cell Phones for Soldiers. To help the troops call home by donating your old cell phone, stop by or mail your phone to 1783 New York Ave., Huntington Station, 11746. 631-271-8025.
Supply Drive For The Homeless During the month of May, the Life Center Counseling & Health Services, 17 East Carver St., Huntington will be collecting items for The INN in support of the hungry and homeless on Long Island. Bring travel-size toiletries, new or gently-used clean towels, new socks, new underwear, plastic and shopping bags and drop off your donation any time before the end of May.
AID & ASSISTANCE
The Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP SUFFOLK) needs adults 55+ to help in organizations throughout Suffolk County. Dozens of opportunities available in this federally funded program for just about any interest or skill. Visit www.rsvpsuffolk.org or call 631-979-9490 ext.12 for more information.
Friends At Home Looking to earn some community service hours while changing a life? As part of the Friends@Home program, a project of The Ariella's Friendship Circle at the Chai Center in Dix Hills, visit a child with special needs in an environment they are most comfortable: their own homes. Together, bake cookies, play games, create arts and crafts, read books and more. Contact Nati or Sara at 631-351-8672 or fcchaicenter@gmail.com
Be A Friend Of The Bay Friends of the Bay is in need of volunteers who can help convert water quality data, which is currently kept in an excel sheet, into a Microsoft Access database. Assistance is also needed with ArcView GIS, to configure maps of the watershed. Call 516-922-6666 or email info@friendsofthebay.org.
Be A Host Family Huntington Sanctuary is seeking families or individual adults to become Host Homes, which provide temporary shelter to youth between ages 12-17 who are experiencing a family crisis. Contact Jennifer Petti at 631-2712183 for more information.
Helping Furry Friends Little Shelter Animal Rescue and Adoption Center is looking for volunteers who want to make a difference in the lives of animals. Free training provided. Visit www.littleshelter.com or call 631-368-8770 ext. 204.
Walt Whitman Birthplace If you are interested in literature or history, the Walt Whitman Birthplace has fascinating and rewarding part-time volunteer positions available. Free training provided. 631-427-5420 ext.114.
Helping Runaway Kids Share your ideas and opinions on how Huntington Sanctuary, a program of the Huntington Youth Bureau, can help youth ages 12-21 who run away or who are at risk of running away. The group’s advisory board meets one Thursday a month at 6 p.m. Call 631-2712183.
Eyes For The Blind Suffolk County’s Helen Keller Services is looking for volunteers to visit blind who are homebound to socialize and aid in reading mail, possibly provide transportation. 631-424-0022.
Help American Red Cross Help After Sandy Touro Law Center has opened a legal hotline at 631-761-7198 that is staffed Monday-Friday 9-6 by law students and attorneys from the bar associations. Bilingual and Spanish-speaking lawyers are available thanks to the Hispanic Bar Association.
The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization that provides relief to victims of disaster and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. The Suffolk County Chapter is looking for volunteers to assist in emergency shelters, at fires and natural disasters, with veterans, at community events or at the office. Free trainings provided. 631-924-6700 ext 212.
VOLUNTEERING Be A Museum Docent The Huntington Historical Society is currently seeking volunteers to train to become Museum Docents at the historic David Conklin Farmhouse Museum. The museum is located at 2 High St. in Huntington village and is a fascinating interpretation of the Colonial, Federal and Victorian time periods. No experience is required – an interest in local history is a plus. Training is provided. Call 631-427-7045 ext 403.
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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Changing Of The Guard At Chamber New chair Larry Kushnick lays out his goals before packed house at annual meeting Half Hollow Hills photo/Danny Schrafel
By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com
The Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce welcomed Chairman Larry Kushnick to the helm of their 90-year-old organization during the annual meeting at the Huntington Yacht Club May 21. After Town Clerk Jo-Ann Raia swore in the 2013-2014 Chamber board, outgoing Chairman Bob Bontempi passed the baton and Kushnick laid out his plans for the coming years. Central to the new chairman’s vision is a renewed focus on attracting new members – 250 in the next year, Kushnick said. “We want to get our numbers back up to where they historically were, so we can continue to reach thousands and thousands of business people and residents,” he said. The new chairman said chamber membership is a valuable asset for local businesses, providing opportunities to give back, build new connections, build their credibility on Main Street and foster business partnerships in Huntington. “We are the premier business lobby – we lobby other businesses and we lobby government. People don’t realize we have a lobbying voice… we try to be the collective voice of the chamber,” Kushnick said. In that role, the Chamber has launched a Buy Local campaign, Dine Huntington Restaurant Week and became one of the stakeholders that backed a parking study for Huntington village.
New Chamber Chairman Larry Kushnick takes the baton from outgoing Chair Bob Bontempi at their annual meeting on May 21.
In the coming years, Kushnick said the Chamber would add more focus on Melville and Huntington Station through new committees dedicated to those hamlets, as well as additional focus on Huntington village through a stronger Village Merchants committee. The recently launched Multicultural Committee is off to a fast start, he added. “It was jammed. What we’re trying to do is get different cultures to learn how to do business with each other, and we’ve learned it’s all about trust,” Kushnick said. Huntington Chamber leaders are also looking to get a Chamber School-Business Partnership Committee off the ground to provide mentoring, scholarships and career days for area school districts. An annual gala will return, possibly with a feature celebrating the area’s top businesses. “What they try to do is fill a need or a void that is caused by school budget cuts,” the chairman said. As he assumed his new role, Kushnick said his goals would not be possible to pursue without the work of previous chairmen like Bontempi and Jim Kelly. “Jim Kelly really helped rebuild the chamber. Through his leadership and guidance, we really came back together and began to grow,” he said. “Then we had Bob Bontempi, who is the most gregarious person I know, and he’s able to cut through barriers… and he is the reason we are all here today. My goal is to try to take us to the next level.”
TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Mother, Daughter Love Vintage Beauty Recently opened Barton@Home to sell pieces collected at country fairs and estate sales Huntington Businesses By Mike Koehler mkoehler@longislandernews.com
Terry Barton has a background in revenue and finance. A Kings Park resident, she spent 14 years working for the First District Court in Central Islip until layoffs came about two years ago. She spent a year hitting the pavement, looking to get back into the industry. But after that year ended and Barton was still without a job, she turned to her passion. On March 3, Barton@Home was born in the Village of Northport. “Northport was always the place to go. They always had nice, cool shops. It was always more artsy,” she said. Barton@Home is a mother-daughter run store that sells home accents, vintage pieces and curiosities. The products, which range from pillows to a piece of mercury glass, are designed to add beauty to customers’ homes. Some of their more interesting pieces, Barton said, include Moroccan-style lights.
Ironically, a business about beauty and positivity replaced a business with a reputation of bikers, trouble and even the infamous Ricky Kasso. 489 Main Street was the home of Midway and Mr. B’s Accessories – owned by the Baldwin family and renamed in 2006 in honor of founder George Baldwin – since 1967. The store sold tobacco products, leather goods and motorcycle patches along with newspapers and stationary. It was popular with bikers, but word spread in 1984 that Kasso either was a regular customer or bought drugs at Midway. “The Acid King” was high on drugs when he stabbed a friend 36 times in nearby woods. Fast forward 46 years ahead to a time where Kasso’s name is slowly fading from memories, Barton said plenty of locals still avoid the location due to its legacy. “They’re really having a hard time believing it’s not here anymore. I have motorcycle enthusiasts pulling up on their bikes, taking off their helmets and scratching their heads,” she said. Getting the community involved is also part of the business plan. Barton hopes to hold trunk shows every few months, serving cheese and crackers while local artists sell their work. Book clubs are also a possibility at Barton@Home. “It’s got a good vibe here and we want it to be a place for the community,” the owner said.
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“They’re rusty lights hanging from a chain you can hang inside or outside your house [with candles],” she said. The new store also stocks marquis signs with the ampersand and peace signs. Priced at under $100, these metal signs have little light bulbs that flash around the edge. Hard-pressed to identify her top seller less than two months in business, Barton said her collection of wooden signs with inspirational slogans are very popular. “I think there’s a trend that people like to be uplifted. We’re having that now more than ever,” she said. Barton@Home also stocks a selection of jewelry, scarves and other small gift items. But no matter what the product is, if it’s sold in the Northport store, it has history, culture or both. Barton’s daughter, Elaine, graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan. Elaine is the company’s main buyer. “She’s picking out items that are tasteful and attractive,” her mother said. Actually, both mother and daughter have spent years collecting items for the store. They enjoy traveling to country fairs upstate and estates sales looking for beautiful, unique pieces. About half of their selection comes from these trips. “We share the love of hunting for things for the home, creating a beautiful atmosphere,” Barton said.
Barton@Home owner Terry Barton with some of the unique pieces purchased by her daughter or at upstate fairs.
Barton@Home 489 Main Street, Northport 631-757-4663 www.bartonathome.com
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war chest to compete on a grand scale,” he said. McKay said he surprised by his 10 percent disparity with Orelli. Several committee members he was counting on, he said, voted for Orelli while others didn’t show up. “I was hoping to come out with a majority, but that didn’t happen,” he said. “Bottom line is there was no clear winner; I’m ready to go to a primary.” Candidates running a primary will need to file a petition with the Suffolk County Board of Election containing at least 1,000 signatures. The primary vote occurs in September, while the election itself is in November. Two town board nomination seekers, Assistant Town Attorney Patricia Flynn and Northport investment banker Michael Kiesel, withdrew their candidacies, citing concerns over time constraints.
Concerns Rise Over Process Town board nomination hopeful Tracey Edwards, a Dix Hills resident and New York regional president at Verizon Communications, alleged that Mary Collins, chairwoman of the Huntington Town Democratic Committee, distributed “inaccurate” district committee lists, hurting her campaign. In addition, at Thursday’s convention, several committee members were confused about which districts they represent. The Democratic Committee is responsible for keeping track of elected committee
Democratic town board nominee hopeful Tracey Edwards, of Dix Hills, address the room during Thursday’s nominating convention. Edwards said the committee failed to provide her with an accurate list of district representatives. members and the voting districts they represent in local elections. Collins said that every two years, committee members must collect signatures from Democrats in their district to submit to the board of elections. When a committee member fails to do so, they are no longer “technically” a committee member. The chair then has the authority to appoint people to the committee, Collins said. “Some people were changed because other people had carried petitions in the districts they had formerly represented,” Collins said. “People don’t carry petitions for [reasons such as] illness, family emergencies, so they run the risk of not being on the committee, or not being where they were originally, and that’s what happened.”
Members of the Huntington Democratic Nominating Committee tally votes for highway superintendent Thursday night. Edwards said on April 23 she was provided with an inaccurate list of district representatives, resulting in misguided outreach of mailings and voting information to at least 80 committee members. The difference between her list and the accurate list, which she said was given to other candidates on April 30, differed by 52 percent. When Edwards received a list from the supervisor on May 22, dated May 20, she realized there was a marked difference between the April and May lists. “To me this is an abuse of power…How can they continue to run the election like they had last night, when all the candidates did not receive the same informa-
tion?” Edwards said. Huntington resident and 32-year committee member Ann Berger said this year’s nominating convention was more contentious than she’s ever seen. “I’ve never seen anything like this, quite so raucous, at these races,” she said. Democratic nominations for town board were to be held Tuesday, but results were not available by press time. Candidates Ed Nitckewicz, Keith Barrett, Ed Perez, Jim Kelly and Edwards were voted on. The continuation of the meeting was to be held after this newspaper went to press; results were unavailable at press time.
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HillSPORTS BOYS TENNIS>> HILLS EAST 5, HILLS WEST 2
East Nets County Championship Over West Thunderbirds earn fourth consecutive title, third victory over Colts in 2013 Half Hollow Hills photos/Jacqueline Birzon
The Half Hollow Hills West boys tennis team, whose only losses this season were to Hills East, are the runners up in the Section XI boys tennis championship. By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com
Half Hollow Hills had a right to brag after last week’s Suffolk County Section XI Tennis Championships. Hills East secured their fourth consecutive county championship and Hills West came in close second. When the dust settled in the May 21 title game, the Thunderbirds emerged with a 5-2 win and the crown. Undefeated in League I play, No.1 Hills East (16-0) has won eight county titles in the last nine years, Head Coach Tom Depelteau said, racking up 79 straight wins over Suffolk County opponents. Athletic Director Joseph Pennacchio praised both teams, crediting their success to a hard work that translates both inside the classroom and on the tennis court. “In Suffolk County, tennis starts and ends in Half Hollow Hills. You should hold your heads up high because a lot of other teams are not here today,” he said. “The kids work very hard and I’m very proud of both teams. We have two great programs run by two great coaches.”
Suffolk County singles champion and All-State selection Zain Ali from Hills East defeated Hills West opponent, Aziz Rashidzada, 7-5, 6-2 in the deciding first singles match. A member of the varsity team since the seventh grade, Ali was proud to bring home the win for his team. “I was really pumped, I saw the entire frame though. Everyone was pumped because the match was close, it could have gone either way. I was really excited,” he said. “It feels great just to have made the significant deciding point for the team; you gotta do whatever it takes.” East defeated West in both regular season matches, 6-1 on April 16 and 5-2 on April 29. But to earn the right to battle their district counterpart, East defeated three other teams in the Section XI championship bracket. Prior to the final East-West faceoff, the Thunderbirds defeated No. 4 Ward Melville on May 20, besting the Patriots 6-1. First doubles pair Jeff Cherkin and Travis Leaf defeated their opponents 62, 3-6, (10-3). On May 17, East hosted No. 8 Islip, and won 6-1. Cherkin, a senior co-captain,
The Half Hollow Hills East Thunderbirds were awarded their fourth Section XI Championship plaque, and title, in a row on May 21. defeated Islip’s second singles player 6-4, 7-5. On May 16, Hills hosted PatchogueMedford to open the 2013 playoffs. Sophomore doubles player Kyle Alper defeated his singles opponent 6-3, 6-1. Depelteau said the “friendly but fierce” Hills East/West rivalry has been around for at least two decades. “Both teams are usually among the top teams in the county, so the outcomes of the matches are usually quite significant,” he said. The Hills East Team will play Cold Spring Harbor on May 29 for the Long Island Championship title. Meanwhile, No. 2 Half Hollow Hills West team ended the season 16-3 overall, with just two regular season losses in League I, both to Hills East. The Colts 2013 season boasts two 7-0 sweeps against Bay Shore and Harborfields. West also defeated Huntington, Smithtown East, Sayville and East Islip 6-1 in League I. Prior to the championship game, West knocked out No. 15 East Islip, No. 7 West Hampton and No. 3 Commack. The Colts trampled the Cougars 5-2
Junior first singles player Zain Ali delivers the ball to West first singles player Aziz Rashidzada during the deciding singles match on May 21. overall on May 20, when first singles Rashidzada beat his opponent 6-2, 7-5 in the semifinals. On May 18, the Colts hosted the Hurricanes and won 4-3. Hills West dominated the Redmen 6-1 in the first round of playoffs. Rashidzada defeated his opponent 6-0, 6-0 in a clean sweep.
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Lady Colts Eliminated In Pitching Duel No. 5 Half Hollow Hills West can’t overcome RBI single against No. 4 Hauppauge By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com
Coming off a five-game winning streak, the No. 5 Half Hollow Hills West softball team was knocked out of the Suffolk Class AA Championships last week after a 1-0 loss to No. 4 Hauppauge. An RBI-single – Hauppauge’s only hit of the game – cost the Lady Colts a chance at the crown on May 22. Francesca Casalino pitched a complete game, allow-
ing 4 walks with the 1 hit, while striking out 9. Unfortunately, Hauppauge’s pitcher proved equally as tough a match for, yielding just 2 hits and no walks to go along with her 2 strike outs. In the first round of the playoffs, the Lady Colts defeated No. 12 Lindenhurst 5-4 on May 20, in a game that extended 10 innings. Renee Pino scored senior left fielder Kristina Spinelli with an RBIdouble in the bottom of the 10th to push Hills in front of the Lady Bulldogs.
Casalino struck out 10, walked 4 and scattered 5 hits in a complete game win. Hills West actually defeated Hauppauge just one week prior to stake their claim in League IV title. The Lady Colts and Eagles finished with a 15-4 league record. On May 15, Hills West bested Hauppauge 3-0. First baseman Jessica Kleet’s (2-for-3) RBI-triple scored Casalino to give Hills a 1-0 advantage. Casalino ensured her run stood up, tossing a three-hit shutout. She struck out 8
Hauppauge batters. The Lady Colts defeated East Islip, 4-3, on May 14. Right fielder Gabrielle Casalino’s two-out single in the bottom of the third drove in Kleet, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Francesca Casalino pitched a complete game with 10 strikeouts, 1 walk and 6 hits. In the game prior, Hills West trampled West Babylon 11-0 on May 11. Casalino tossed a three-hit shutout, striking out 14 and walking 2.
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