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DIX HILLS

Grad Helps Hunt Down Mugger Wrestling star’s freshman orientation was more exciting than most

By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com

Stone Temple Pilot returns to The Paramount on Sept. 10 with new frontman, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, on lead vocals.

Retooled STP Returns

By Peter Sloggatt psloggatt@longislandernews.com

The audience at the upcoming Stone Temple Pilots show at The Paramount in Huntington will be among the first to see how the new marriage between two of the biggest bands of the 1990s is working out.

The Paramount is the fifth stop on a 15-city tour by Stone Temple Pilot with Chester Bennington set to coincide with the release of its five-song EP, “High Rise.”

Over 20-plus years since they made it to the big-time in the early 1990s, Stone Temple Pilots has performed before hundreds of thousands – perhaps millions – of fans.

From the early days performing in bars in the San Diego area, the venues they played increased as their (Continued on page A12)

Paramount Spotlight

Helping Cambridge police stop a mugger, who left his victim bloodied and beaten, was not the freshman orientation Tyler Grimaldi, of Dix Hills, counted on having.

On his second day at Harvard University, the 2013 Half Hollow Hills West graduate helped guide police in a wild goose chase around Cambridge, Mass., that resulted in the suspected mugger’s eventual arrest – all thanks to Grimaldi.

The 18-year-old All-American wrestler said he was walking toward the Harvard campus with a friend last Tuesday when a man, whose face was caked with blood, ran toward them screaming for help.

“Out of nowhere, the guy came up to me screaming with… more blood than I’ve ever seen,” Grimaldi said. “I think [the mugger] hit him with a broken bat.”

The victim told the freshmen pair that he had just been mugged, and Grimaldi was quick to act. While sprinting after the mugger and victim,

Harvard freshman and Good Samaritan Tyler Grimaldi, of Dix Hills, helped Cambridge Police catch a suspected mugger on his second day at Harvard University. who was trying to catch the criminal himself, Grimaldi called Cambridge Police to try and guide them to the crime scene.

The former Hills West Colts wrestler stayed on the

phone with officers during the five-minute, on-foot race for justice.

Although the Harvard wrester didn’t need to use his years of training to pin down the mugger – but he admits he

wishes he could have – Grimaldi’s grappling experience definitely came in handy.

“I thought it was kind of cool; I wasn’t nervous. I felt like I was in my element,” he said.

MELVILLE

Busted With Half-Kilo Of Coke DA: Melville arrests broke up drug ring

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

Police seized a half-kilo of cocaine in Melville during one of the four arrests that broke up a “major source of cocaine and marijuana” in Suffolk County, according to District Attorney Thomas Spota.

Spota’s office said that Joselito Colon, of Mastic Beach, had the drugs in his possession when he was arrested in Melville on Aug. 20.

Michael Meurer, the alleged ringleader of the operation who was said to have operated the ring out of his Miller

Place home, had more than 8 oz. of cocaine in his possession when he was arrested shortly after 8 p.m. Aug. 20 on the Long Island Expressway in the MelvilleHuntington area, officials said.

Meurer is accused of operating as a major drug trafficker who allegedly brought four kilos of cocaine, with a street value of nearly $200,000, into Suffolk County during a two-month span, officials said.

The same night, alleged co- The arrests of Michael Meurer and Johnny Gonazalez conspirators Johnny Gonzalez, of cut off a major source of marijuana and cocaine in Suf(Continued on page A12)

folk County, District Attorney Thomas Spota said.

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Santana Steps Up For Coltrane Home Guitar icon will be guest of honor at upcoming fundraiser in Manhattan Half Hollow Hills photo/Danny Schrafel

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

Supporters of efforts to restore legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane’s Dix Hills home are raising money in Manhattan next month with a hand from another musical legend.

Iconic guitarist Carlos Santana will be a guest of honor at an Oct. 6 brunch at En Brasserie in Manhattan.

“Carlos Santana did record an album with Alice Coltrane, and Carlos Santana is a very large John Coltrane fan,” said Steve Fulgoni, the founder of Friends of the Coltrane Home and the board’s vice president. Coltrane’s son, Ravi, and other members of the Coltrane family head the organization.

The Town of Huntington owns the property at 247 Candlewood Path in Dix Hills, where Coltrane lived from 1963 until his sudden death in 1967. Friends of the Coltrane Home owns the home; the group is currently spearheading an exterior overhaul of the home.

“It’ll be a major leap of progress right before the event, and we’re having the fundraising event to hopefully raise enough money to continue on the inside,” Fulgoni said.

With some work, the home, which was as recently as 2011 listed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of America’s 11 most endangered historic

Above, Steve Fulgoni of the Friends of the Coltrane Home describes exterior renovations being made at the legendary jazz musician’s former Dix Hills home. Carlos Santana, left, will help draw a crowd to a fundraiser for the restoration efforts next month. places, could be fully functioning, with utilities and air conditioning restored, by 2014. Coltrane composed one of his most famous acclaimed records, 1965’s “A Love Supreme,” in the Dix Hills home.

“We hope that the home from the outside is restored to exactly how it was in the 1960s, so there will be no change as far as its view from the street. It will fit nicely in-

to the neighborhood,” Fulgoni said.

The finished home will also serve as a reflection of why Coltrane chose to move to Dix Hills, which offered quiet ruralsuburban surroundings while allowing fairly easy access for the performer to New York City, Fulgoni said.

“When he came to the part of his life where he wanted to raise his family and

enter that part of his creative life, he chose Huntington and he chose Dix Hills – that’s a testament to the Town of Huntington as well, that one of the most famous artists in the world chose our town,” Fulgoni said.

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MELVILLE

School’s (Found) Out In Attorney General’s Probe Melville-based Sanford Brown Institute probed over grad’s job placement

By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com

A Melville-based school was one of several academic institutions found to have inflated job placement rates for its graduates, the State Attorney General’s office announced Aug. 19.

The Sanford-Brown Institute, operated by the Illinois-based Career Education Corporation (CEC), manages a Melville

campus after assuming ownership of the Katharine Gibbs School in 2008.

In a settlement agreement, the CEC was forced to pay $10.25 million in restitution to students who were misled by the organization.

According to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office, the for-profit institution exaggerated post-graduation job rates from 2008-2011 as a way to “lure students” to their schools.

The CEC was found to have grossly inflated job rates, from an actual placement range of 24.1 percent to 64.1 percent to an embellished range of 54.9 percent to 80.2 percent, the attorney’s office said.

The CEC also failed to tell students that some programs lacked the programmatic accreditation necessary to sit for qualifying exams, and according to the attorney’s office, were thus “highly unlikely to obtain employment.”

HUNTINGTON STATION

Threat Mailed To Puppy Shop A Huntington Station dog store received a barking mad threat in the form of a letter and unknown powder, police said.

A woman who was working at Canine Corral in Huntington Station on Aug. 23 opened an envelope that was addressed to the business and found what police are calling an “unknown dirty brown or black powder-like substance” inside.

Also inside the letter was a threatening message, which police said was directed at the

business and its employees.

When Suffolk County Police Emergency Service Section tested the substance, it was determined to be nonthreatening.

The 1845 New York Ave. business was closed off for several hours the afternoon of Aug. 23 after an employee contacted police just after 3 p.m. that day.

Police said no one at scene became ill. The investigation is continuing.

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Canine Corral was taped off after an employee opened a threatening letter.

Additionally, the institution did not disclose to students that credits earned at the Sanford Brown Institute were likely nontransferable to most other degree-granting colleges.

“Students pay thousands of dollars to for-profit colleges because they rightly believe education is the ticket to success in their careers. That’s why it’s so unfortunate that this company exploited students’ aspirations and published misleading information,” Schneiderman said in a press release.

The $10.25-million settlement will go toward restitution to students, $1 million of which is a penalty. The company is required enforce “substantial changes” in how it determines and authenticates graduate placement rates, the attorney’s office said.

The CEC also operates a Sanford Brown campus in Garden City and runs Briarcliff campuses in Bethpage and Patchogue, as well as others throughout the state.

Worldwide, including online enrollment, the company serves 75,000 students.

Many high-ranking employees and managers who played a part in the scam were terminated, the attorney’s office said.

CEC’s Senior Director of Corporate Communications Mark Spencer said the settlement allows the corporation to move forward with a “heightened focus” on student outcomes and job placement services.

“We remain committed to continually advancing our culture of adherence to legal, regulatory and accreditor requirements, and we’re a stronger organization for having addressed these concerns,” company officials said.

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POLICE REPORT Compiled by Danny Schrafel

A Holy Ripoff Suffolk County police are investigating a theft that was reported at 11:15 a.m. Aug. 28 at a Dix Hills church. A woman’s credit card, debit card and a license were stolen from her purse, which she left at the church.

Thief Smashes And Grabs Suffolk police received a report of theft from a car parked in a Dix Hills house of worship’s parking lot 12:36 p.m.

Aug. 24. An unknown person smashed the complainant’s window of her 2010 Honda CR-V and stole a pocketbook, clothing, cash, a wallet, luggage, a license, credit card and checkbook.

Burglar Paws Jewels Suffolk police reported to a Commack home 5:25 p.m.

Aug. 28 after receiving reports of a burglary. The complainant said an unknown person entered his home through the rear basement window and stole assorted jewelry from the home.

A Wasted Effort Police are investigating an Aug. 27 break-in at an East Northport home. Police were called to the Grover Lane home at 12:35 p.m. after an unknown person entered through the rear window and went through the cabinet in the front bedroom. Nothing was stolen.

Ain’t Life A Kick?

A Mechanic Street resident in Elwood called Suffolk police at 12:10 p.m. Aug. 27 with complaints of criminal mischief. A person kicked his 2009 Nissan Maxima, causing unspecified damage.

The Password Is: ‘Bar Fight’ Police received an assault complaint at 12:15 on Aug. 27.

The report is tied to an incident that occurred at 2:40 a.m.

Aug. 25. An unknown white man punched a man in the face on Wall Street in Huntington village. No reason was given. The complainant was treated at Huntington Hospital.

Cut And Run Suffolk police received a complaint of damage to an Abby Drive home in Elwood at 5:21 p.m. Aug. 26. An unknown person cut and damaged two window screens at the rear of the home.

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Look Out Below Police received a complaint about graffiti on a park slide at Timber Ridge Park in Greenlawn at 12:50 p.m. Aug. 26.

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Councilwoman Susan Berland wishes the town’s newest “fishermen” well before their trip on the James Joseph II. The kids, ages 7-13, won an essay contest describing why they wanted to spend a day on the water.

“My father always told me ‘Don’t compromise on the quality,’ and that’s the key to success and service.”

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State: Hills Schools In Good Standing

By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com

All nine Half Hollow Hills elementary and middle schools are in “good standing,” according to a district accountability report released by the state at the end of last month.

Candlewood Middle School and Signal Hill Elementary each received “reward school” designations, the highest possible ranking determined by the State Department of Education.

Just 105 Long Island schools received reward designations, including 10 schools in the Town of Huntington. Seventy districts in the state were identified as “focus districts,” including the Huntington School District.

The district overall was classified as a “good standing” district, requiring less state-level intervention in monitoring the implementation of the new Common Core standards. Half Hollow Hills earned the designation because students scored higher than the state performance average, which indicated 31.1 percent of students are “proficient” in English Language Arts and 31 percent are “proficient” in math.

Thirty-five percent of students grades 38 were proficient in English while 35.6 percent scored proficient in math, four points

above the state average.

Each year, the state conducts a statewide assessment of district performance in an annual Adequate Yearly Progress report by comparing the percentage of students tested and the performance of students tested against defined standards.

This year, however, the state established new guidelines and tweaked formulas used in the past to judge a school district’s accountability performance, effective the 2012-2013 school year.

The system established new classifications for district performance. The lowest ranking are priority districts; followed by focus districts; local assistance plan; good standing and reward schools.

According to the NYSED website, reward schools have either made the most progress or have the highest achievement in the state and lack significant gaps in student achievement that are not being closed.

Five reward schools are eligible for a state grant that awards a maximum of $150,000 each year for two years and up to $300,000 for the entire grant period.

Focus districts however, were identified as a result of “low performance” and “lack of progress” in English and math combined, and also considered graduation rates based on racial and socioeconomic sub-categories.

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

No Go On Bond Committee?

Democrats seem unlikely to back proposed

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

The idea to form a bonding review committee, pitched by two Huntington town board members, appears unlikely to get off the ground in the face of opposition from the pair’s Democratic colleagues.

The plan was announced by Councilmen Mark Mayoka and Gene Cook on Aug. 28. The committee’s aim is to review existing bonding policies and improve the town’s budget process.

“It may be the case that we’re taking too aggressive an accounting policy, and that’s what negatively impacted our outlook with Moody’s,” Mayoka said.

The councilmen said the committee was formed in response to what they described as critical comments in bond reports issued last week by Moody’s, Fitch and Standard & Poor’s. Moody’s downgraded the town’s outlook to “negative,” citing decisions to defer one-third of this year’s pension obligations. However, all three agencies maintained the town’s triple-A bond ratings.

“It is incumbent upon us to be proactive and respond to the numerous areas of concern indicated by all three of the ratings agencies,” Cook and Mayoka said in a release announcing their plan.

They also argued a bonding review committee could save the town money by providing extra scrutiny of the bond market, which could help the town borrow at the most favorable rates.

But like a previous budget review committee that Cook and Mayoka pitched last year, the plan has failed to gain support from Democratic colleagues on the town board, who said Cook and Mayoka cherrypicked comments from the town’s triple-A bond reports to bolster a flimsy argument.

Supervisor Frank Petrone argued the committee is “nothing but a political ploy

“That’s why the people elected us… They didn’t elect us to have a committee of other people so we can pass the buck to them,” — SUSAN BERLAND, Huntington Councilwoman and the height of sour grapes.”

“I find it very strange that they don’t want to take credit for something that happened while they were part of town government – unless they are admitting that they had no role, including casting a supporting vote, in the constructive actions that cut spending, reduced debt and held the line on taxes in the past three budgets,” Petrone said. “Those were the measures that led the three bonding agencies, after careful, independent analysis, to uphold the town’s AAA rating.”

Councilman Mark Cuthbertson said that until Cook and Mayoka pass a resolution to form the committee, he won’t participate.

“Otherwise, it’s mayhem – individual town board members could establish committees for anything they want,” he said.

Councilwoman Susan Berland added that a bonding review committee already exists: the Huntington Town Board.

“That’s why the people elected us…

They didn’t elect us to have a committee of other people so we can pass the buck to them,” she said.

Mayoka said he would introduce legislation to create the committee at an upcoming town board meeting.

As to his colleagues’ reticence?

“I can’t control their decision-making process,” he said.

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Making It Rain To Keep College Students Safe Commack family who lost daughter in off-campus fire fights for safer housing laws

By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com

When a devastating blaze took the life of his daughter, Kerry, Bobby Fitzsimons decided the fire in his heart, dedicated to continuing his daughter’s legacy, would never die.

Fitzsimons, of Commack, took a huge leap toward ensuring that commitment when a New York State fire prevention law was put into effect late last month.

Kerry Rose Fitzsimons was 21 years old when she died after a fire swept through the off-campus home she leased in upstate Poughkeepsie with six other students of Marist College. A senior at the time, Kerry was one of three fatalities in the January 2012 tragedy.

Bobby Fitzsimons said the Kerry Rose Fire Sprinkler Notification Act is the first of many steps toward ensuring that no other family endures the pain and heartache that comes with losing a child, especially in the circumstances of Kerry’s death.

Since 2000, according to Fitzsimons, there have been 162 fire-related fatalities of college students across the country due to poor or a complete lack of proper fire safety measures.

The new, state-wide legislation will require both public and private colleges to provide a written fire safety notification to each student living in a college-owned or operated housing facility, both on and off campus. The notification will include a description of the fire safety system for the

student’s housing facility, including “whether or not the housing facility is equipped with a fire sprinkler system.”

“Our kids are unprotected and people don’t realize it. Our goal is to bring awareness; it’s a big problem with our schools,” Fitzsimons said.

To enhance the Fitzsimonses’ efforts further, the Kerry Rose Foundation, established in the aspiring marine biologist’s memory, has launched the second year of a nationwide billboard campaign to bring awareness toparents and students about the importance of fire safety.

According to Pat Dolan, president of Steamfitters Local 638, fire safety is often overlooked when parents and students pack up and move into college dormitories or off-campus college housing.

Dolan and Fitzsimons, a member of the Local 638 union, lobbied in Albany this past March during the New York State Pipe Trades Lobby day. The steamfitters, along with 600 other members, lobbied for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to put the bill into effect.

“The problem, unfortunately, is that nothing gets done unless a tragedy unfortunately happens. There was a common sense component to it [the bill]… This is a great starting point and I know we’re looking to expand on that,” Dolan said. “We wanted to get the message out there to help other families to make sure other families don’t go through the pain and suffering they [the Fitzsimonses] did when they lost Kerry. We want [parents] to make this fight when you go to a university and look at on- and off-

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Billboards like this are part of a campaign by Commack-based Kerry Rose Foundation to encourage college students to make sure their housing has a proper sprinkler installed. Kerry Rose Fitzsimons was killed in an off-campus housing fire last year. campus housing that all things are done according to code. But the normal person isn’t looking out for that.”

Fire safety and sprinkler codes are set on both the state and county levels, Dolan said.

Fitzsimons added that landlords often take advantage of young college students and their families by agreeing to let them live in a home that is improperly or unequipped to put out fires in a safe and effective manner, especially when residency is over capacity.

Fitzsimons said there was no sprinkler installed in the Poughkeepsie home Kerry was living in.

“It’s a double-edged sword for us. It’s very painful – we know something needs to

be done – but at the same time, it just hurts so much to be doing this,” Fitzsimons said.

“Kerry was a very special girl. She was dynamite… I just want people to realize there’s a problem and ask questions, and be aware the there is a problem.”

Fitzsimons said the new Kerry Rose legislation is a huge step in the right direction and the family will surely continue to effect change on the local, state and federal level.

“We’re not taking a break now by any means. We’re just trying to take a deep breath… It’s a tragedy that affects us every single day and no family should ever have to go through this again,” Fitzsimons said.

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Election 2013 TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Primary Races In Home Stretch Candidates in closely watched GOP and Independence races make their case Harry Acker

Robert Lifson

Gene Cook

and finances are recurring themes.

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

With the Sept. 10 primaries looming, candidates seeking the right to run as their party’s standard-bearers are looking to seal the deal with voters in the next five days.

But the hottest primary in town – with perhaps the biggest implications for this November’s general election – affects Huntington’s GOP-backed slate.

Incumbent Republican Councilman Mark Mayoka and his running mate, Commack resident Josh Price, are seeking to reclaim the town board majority alongside another incumbent, Independence Councilman Gene Cook, who is running for supervisor with Huntington Republican Committee backing.

Cook faces two primary challenges – one, from Senior Harbormaster Harry Acker on the Independence line, and another from former State Supreme Court Justice Robert Lifson on the GOP line.

Former Huntington Town Councilman Mark Capodanno is challenging Mayoka and Price on the Republican line; the top two vote-getters win.

Amongst the field of five, term limits, transparency at Huntington Town Hall

The Supervisor Races Cook said he would push to do more construction projects in-house in an effort to reduce expenses.

“We have great employees in the Town of Huntington who want to work, want to do the right thing. We can give them a little bit of training and save the taxpayers a ton of money,” the councilman said.

Cook said he favors placing the director of maritime services in charge of coordinating town efforts to secure dredging from Suffolk County. He also likes Renaissance Downtowns’ vision for Huntington Station and is hoping to collaborate with them to secure state and federal grants for sewer upgrades ahead of the project.

Cook, Mayoka and Price support term limits, as does Lifson. Cook also said he supports including language in the termlimit law that would require voter approval for any future changes to that law.

He dismissed his opponents Lifson and Acker, calling them Trojan-horse candidates for Democratic incumbent Supervisor Frank Petrone.

“They’re there to divide so that Frank

Get Out And Vote!

If you’re registered with a political party, you probably have a primary on Sept. 10.

Here’s a quick look at who’s on the ballot.

REPUBLICAN PARTY Town Council Mark Capodanno Mark Mayoka Josh Price

DEMOCRATIC PARTY Highway Superintendent Don McKay Kevin Orelli William Naughton

Supervisor Gene Cook Robert Lifson

INDEPENDENCE PARTY Supervisor Harry Acker Gene Cook

County Legislature – 13th District Paul Hennings Mario Mattera Rob Trotta District Attorney Raymond Perini Thomas Spota

County Sheriff Vincent DeMarco Samuel Barreto WORKING FAMILIES Town Council Mark Cuthbertson Tracey Edwards Richard Hall Supervisor Frank Petrone Valerie Stringfellow

Mark Capodanno

Mark Mayoka

Petrone can conquer. I don’t think Republicans and [Independence Party members] are going to allow that,” Cook said.

Both Acker and Lifson have repeatedly denied the charge. Lifson criticized Cook for declining to participate in a scheduled debate between supervisor candidates being organized by the Huntington Chamber of Commerce, which was later canceled.

“It is an interchange of ideas, not a contest of who can put up the most road signs or make the most robocalls,” Lifson said.

The former State Supreme Court judge said that LIPA’s current tax certiorari lawsuit against the town to reassess the value of the Northport power plant is a pressing issue he is best qualified to address. He added that he has long been a critic of “irresponsible land use policies” approved by the town during the last 10 years.

Those policies create an undue burden on school districts and commercial districts alike and sets bad precedents for future decisions, Lifson said.

“Everything is reactive – it’s not prospective,” he said.

Lifson said he would increase the number of town board meetings, require legislation to be “laid on the table” for a period of time for public review, and support installing an ombudsman with a planning background to vet land-use proposals. In addition to supporting term limits, Lifson said he favors campaign finance reforms that would set finite periods for fundraising during a term.

Acker said he would use the candidacy to give voters a choice and keep boating safety issues in the public eye. Acker, who cochairs the town’s Boating Safety committee, has advocated in recent months for tougher boating safety laws.

In addition to LIPA’s tax certiorari lawsuit, Acker said Northport could also face additional budget crunches.

“If they don’t get that money from the county for the sewage treatment plant, that’s going to be another stranglehold on that area. They’re dealing with some serious challenges,” Acker said.

His candidacy is also an opportunity to give voters displeased with the prospect of voting for Cook a choice in on Primary Day, Acker said.

Vying For Town Council Meanwhile, a three-way race for two spots on the GOP’s ticket for Huntington Town Council is also looming. Incumbent Councilman Mayoka said he plans to run on his record to win the Republican nomination.

Josh Price

“I’ve been proud of being able to build up the [small business] business center and working toward eliminating wasteful spending and making a lot of progress in improving the budget process – which we’ve been told we have to do by the rating agencies,” Mayoka said.

Price, who also earned the GOP committee’s nod, said he would work toward paying down the town’s outstanding debt, which he said would reduce the town’s interest payments and allow Huntington to pay for projects out of the town budget.

“We shouldn’t be borrowing money to replace a roof on a town building – we shouldn’t be borrowing money for anything, as far as I can see,” Price said.

He added that he would direct traffic experts to analyze trouble intersections where he believes small changes could make a big difference.

“There are places in the town where it appears nobody’s taken a good, hard look at how things can be better,” he said.

Neither Mayoka nor Price would say much about primary challenger Capodanno, whom they described as a phantom candidate.

“I have not seen him at any event, have not seen him campaigning – I haven’t seen him everywhere,” Mayoka said.

Asked to distinguish himself from Capodanno, Price said, “I’m a Republican and I’m actually campaigning… He doesn’t have issues – he’s trying to keep the Democrats in power. That’s all he’s doing,” Price said.

But Capodanno said he has been walking and meeting Republican voters. He argued that much of his Republican opposition has been more interested in politics rather than policy.

“I’m not an obstructionist – I’m not there to throw bombs,” Capodanno said.

“I don’t look at people or elected officials as Republicans or Democrats – I look at them as people who were entrusted by the electorate to do the very best they could.”

He also rapped Cook and Mayoka’s recent comments criticizing town financial policies as being overblown.

“How can you look at the AAA ratings and say there’s problems with our financial system?” he said.

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Nice Ratings At a time when many municipalities are fer one-third of the pension payments due seeing their bond ratings lowered, the Town during 2012. of Huntington got some good news when reGive the town board credit for having a ports from the three leading ratings agencies fund balance to turn to. That’s exactly why upheld the town’s stellar rating. the ratings agencies like to a see a rainy day Standard and Poor’s, Fitch and fund in the budget.

Moody’s base their assessments on EDITORIAL The bottom line is that difficult a number of factors, including the economic times continue, and area’s demographics, the town’s fiscal man- while many municipalities are seeing their ratagement, and existing debt burden. All three ings slip, Huntington has remained on top. Ulagencies maintained Triple-A ratings, though timately that will translate to lower borrowing one, Moody’s tempered it with a warning re- costs when the town issues bonds to finance garding reliance on one-shot revenues (the capital projects. And that ultimately means town board tapped a fund balance to offset a lower taxes for residents. We don’t see much tax increase last year), and a decision to de- to complain about there.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

STEMming Out DEAR EDITOR: An exciting opportunity for many young people in the Huntington School District has presented itself with the anticipated re-opening in September of the Jack Abrams School as a STEM school!

In STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) schools, learning is collaborative and project-based. Students work closely together in a hands-on way to solve real-world problems. Learning problem-solving skills and helping students develop into critical thinkers is at the core of any STEM school, with the hope of preparing students for the high-demand tech jobs of the future.

According to the Department of Commerce, jobs in STEM fields have grown three times as fast as jobs in non-STEM fields and STEM fields are expected to grow 17 percent by 2018 compared to just a 9.8 percent growth for non-STEM fields. Without an influx of graduates in these areas, the U.S. will not have enough workers to fill these jobs.

This is also a wonderful chance for the young females in the district to venture into an area which historically has been dominated by young men. As the parent of two daughters, I would be thrilled for them to have this opportunity!

I would like to commend Superintendent James Polansky and

the Huntington School Board of Education for taking this innovative and bold step. I wish you great success in this venture and look forward to hearing the results of your endeavor sometime next year.

WILLIAM R. SPENCER Suffolk County Legislator 18th Legislative District

Thank You, Huntington Hospital DEAR EDITOR: Recently my son was admitted to the emergency room at Huntington Hospital and then moved to the first floor.

My family and I would like to thank the doctors, nurses, aides and volunteers who took such excellent care of him – also for their compassion and thoughtfulness to our family and friends who stayed by his side during this time.

It was a great comfort to us in a sad situation.

PAMELA ROBBINS Huntington

A Commitment To Huntington DEAR EDITOR: I have enjoyed a close friendship with Robert Lifson for more than 25 years. I know him to be a man of character and honesty whose dedication and commitment to his family and

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his community is exceptional. It is this commitment to Huntington that has led him to be an advocate on a number of community issues. On each one of these issues, Bob has stood for the people and the future generations of the town’s children and in so doing challenged the traditional political power brokers and money interests. I admire him greatly for this.

When I first met Bob, he was in a political contest to become the Chairman of the Huntington Republican Committee - an endeavor I am proud to say I lent a timely assist. I observed how Bob skillfully worked to turn Huntington from a Democrat bastion to a town represented by more elected Republicans at all levels of government than in any other period in the last 50 years. As a former Suffolk Assistant District Attorney, Suffolk County Legislator and Member of the United States House of Representatives, representing a good part of Huntington, I witnessed first-hand how Bob worked with all levels of government to bring much needed services and infrastructure improvements to this community.

He was and is hard working, imaginative and smart.

In 1994 he decided to leave politics to pursue a judicial career. As a Supreme Court Justice, he excelled and was named

by Republican and Democrat Governors alike to the Appellate Division of the New York State

Supreme Court - our State’s second highest Appellate court.

As a judge, Robert Lifson listened intently to all parties to a controversy becoming a catalyst to draw diverse interests together to resolve difficult issues, and when not possible, he rendered well-reasoned opinions resolving the matter.

Together with his wife Joan and their children, Bob has made the decision to make a personal sacrifice to seek the Republican nomination for Huntington Supervisor. Before he made that decision he sought my counsel. I know what is in his heart. It’s not about personal ambition or personal gain. He sees his candidacy as the best way to promote his civic-oriented “people first” positions forcing the opponents to defend the indefensible. In so doing he hopes to elevate the level of the public discourse in order to create a broad consensus on potential solutions to the critical issues facing Huntington.

We all know that the local communities in which we live are facing challenges at a historic nature: over-development, insufficient job opportunities, mandated costs and skyrocketing government expense, to name a few. Now is not the time to continue down a road of denial and avoidance. Now is not the time for politics as usual or playing the usual game of multiple lines. Now is the time for a sharp vision, truth telling and bringing our neighborhoods together to face and overcome these challenges. I’ve talked to Bob and he hears this call. He has the commitment to say the things that need to be said and

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the ability to unify the people and groups that need to be unified to responsibly solve many of those problems. Wouldn’t it be nice to know that the person we pick to lead us is only motivated by that principle?

So on primary day I am urging you to vote to nominate Robert Lifson as your Republican candidate not because he is my friend, or because he is the only registered Republican running in the Republican primary for Supervisor of the Town of Huntington. I urge you to vote for Bob Lifson because I truly believe that this is an extraordinary moment in the history of Huntington and that enrolled Republicans have the opportunity to support a superior leader in the Republican primary for Supervisor. That man is my good friend Robert Lifson. Please vote for him. He has earned your support through his successful efforts to elect other Republicans to office who have advanced our Republican principles and philosophy.

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Life&Style LEISURE

Parade, Fair To Celebrate Huntington

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

The town’s fourth annual celebration of Huntington Station’s history and heritage is just around the corner.

Stepping off on Sept. 7 at 11 a.m., the Huntington Awareness Day parade and festival, featuring vintage cars, service groups and local merchants will parade through Huntington Station from West Hills Road to Church Street, ending at the fair in the municipal parking lot between Railroad Street and Church Street. The fair will include performances by local artists and booths offering crafts and services.

It will also include a parade for Huntington Station’s four-legged friends. Corky Nightingale’s Woof, Wag and Walk Fashion Show will march down New York Avenue, with the canine guests encouraged to dress up in styles celebrating their heritage and breed history.

“Every year, something gets added to make Huntington Awareness Day even more special,” Supervisor Frank Petrone said, “but what hasn’t changed is the incredible showing of pride Huntingtonians have in their community, making this truly an event not to be missed.”

Two longtime residents are being spotlighted as part of the procession.

Alfred A. Sforza, now 99 years old and best known to residents as “Freddie the Shoemaker” for much of the last 75 years, will be honored at the parade, as will Charlie Gumbs, a champion middleweight boxer in the early 1950s.

Special recognition will also be offered for two Huntington Station champions who have died since last year’s

Longtime residents Alfred A. Sforza, best known as “Freddie the Shoemaker,” and Charlie Gumbs, a champion middleweight boxer in the early 1950s, will be honored at the fourth annual Huntington Awareness Day parade on Sept. 7. parade. Former Assemblyman Jim Conte, who represented the community in Albany for nearly a quartercentury, will be honored, as will former Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce Chairman Larry Kushnick, who was a key organizer of the fair portion of the event.

Huntington Station Enrichment Center Executive Director Dee Thompson, who co-chairs the event with Petrone, said additional sponsorship and donation opportunities, which help keep rides and events free of charge, are still available.

“That way, everyone in the community can enjoy this special day. But we are particularly looking for vendors: people who want to sell arts and crafts, artwork, jewelry, fashion merchandise and other items that might be of interest to fairgoers,” she said.

Anyone interested in entering the dog parade should call Alyssa Nightingale at 631-367-2565. Anyone interested in sponsoring the parade, entering a float in the parade or reserving vendor space can contact Thompson at 631-425-2640 or huntsec@aol.com. For additional information, visit www.huntingtonawareness.org.

HISTORY

The Tale Of Walt Whitman's Stuffed Canary

By George Wallace info@longislandernews.com

A few weeks before the great Blizzard of 1888, Walt Whitman published a little poem in the New York Herald celebrating a “Canary Bird.”

“Did we count great, O soul, to penetrate the themes of mighty books?” Whitman, founder of Huntington’s The Long-Islander newspaper, wrote, “from thee to me, caged bird, to feel thy joyous warble,/Filling the air, the lonesome room, the long forenoon,/Is it not just as great, O soul?”

In typical transcendental fashion, Whitman in his old age continued to celebrate the unifying wisdom to be attained not just through the deep pursuit of human intellectual culture, but through the beauty which is to be found in the most commonplace world of workers, machinery and singing birds.

It’s going on 130 years that a small group of Whitman devotees have been gathering in the northern English city of Bolton to hear the voice of Whitman’s “canary bird” as America’s good gray poet did.

And hear it, they do.

At this 30th year “re-anniversary” of this contemporary cadre of Whitman devotees (the group reconstituted itself in 1983 after a several decade hiatus), the Bolton Whitmanites are back in action, with a website of their own, regular meetings and heirs to an archive of materials that includes correspondence, photographs and even a stuffed canary presented to them in 1891 which is reputedly Whitman’s own bird.

This canary, immortalized in the poem “My Canary Bird,” was a favorite pet of Walt Whitman. It was preserved and donated to the Bolton Archives in 1891.

The story goes back to a transplanted Scottish doctor by the name of John Johnston, and J.W. Wallace – a 31-year-old, unmarried assistant architect living with his dad – who began corresponding with Whitman.

Wallace is considered the leader of Bolton’s Whitman Fellowship, and the group had Monday night meetings in his father’s little house on Eagle Street beginning

in 1885.

“Three or four of us had been long term admirers and students of Whitman,” wrote Wallace, “whom we regarded as the greatest epochal figure in all literature.”

But it was Johnston who visited Whitman first, in 1890.

The diary of their experiences, “Visits To Walt Whitman” (first published 1917), can be found online at openlibrary.org and details visits to a Canadian devotee named Dr. Bucke, to Long Island, and to the good gray poet in Timber Creek, N.J., where he was recuperating from his latest problems with prostration.

“The first thing about him that struck me was the physical immensity and magnificent proportions of the man, and next, the picturesque majesty and presence as a whole,” wrote Dr. Johnston, without any apparent sense of hyperbole, upon his arrival at Whitman‘s Mickle Street home.

A few weeks later, he was in West Hills, having stopped by family in Wheatley. He found Henry Jarvis living in Whitman’s old birthplace on July 21, and insinuated himself into a night’s lodging.

“After supper with the family, I spent three delightful hours strolling quietly about the neighborhood,” wrote the Scotsman. He described the area as rural, deeply wooded, with winding roads that “seemed to cut their way through the dense undergrowth.”

“The peaceful beauty of the scene was most impressive, with the all-pervading music of crickets filling the air, until the young katydids began their evensong, and the fireflies flashed their phosphorescent

lights across the grass the roadways, the trees and the fences,” he continued.

On to Centerport, where he met an old student of Whitman named Sandford Brown, who proclaimed Whitman as someone he thought a “powerful deal” of, though as a teacher he opined that Walt wasn’t exactly a failure as a teacher, “but he was certainly not a success. He wasn’t in his element… He was always musing and writing, instead of tending to his proper duties…”

Johnston had another visit to a local Whitman devotee named Herbert Gilchrist, and moved on.

Johnston and Wallace’s visits to America formed an important foundation for the rapt affection the Boltonites had for Walt Whitman for over a century. Over the years they corresponded with Whitman friends like John Burroughs and Horace Traubel.

For many years they held a birthday celebration for Walt, including an open air tea party, toasts from a “Loving Cup,” and the wearing of a sprig of lilac on the lapel.

The group met continuously until the 1950s. It was revived in the 1980s and is about to celebrate its 30th anniversary since reconstituting itself.

Today the Bolton Archive History Centre continues to hold significant materials concerning Walt Whitman. That includes letters, journals, photographs, memorabilia and critical commentary.

And one small item under glass, a reminder of nature’s music as old Walt alluded to it, as did Dr. Johnston, walking through old West Hills: Whitman’s stuffed canary.

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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Hitting The Sweet Spot Since 1929 Half Hollow Hills photos/Jacqueline Birzon

It’s candy time at the colorful counter of the Northport Sweet Shop.

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Huntington Businesses

By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com

The Northport Sweet Shop on Main Street is one of the few places where you can really feel like a kid in a candy store.

Since 1929 the small, family-owned shop has served homemade ice cream, chocolates and hard candy classics to their loyal customer base in Northport.

Owner Pete Panarites, who graduated from Northport High School in 1959, took over the business his father George started when Panarites was just a teenager. Panarites, who later become the village’s mayor, said he has seen generations of families enter the 55 Main St. shop’s doors, including children who have grown

to become grandparents over the almost six decades he’s been in the confectionary business.

Panarites, who was also a math teacher, said his loyal customer base spans from residents of Northport to visitors from Connecticut, who stop by the shop via boat during day trips across the Long Island Sound.

The sweet spot to the shop’s success has been not only the charming and authentic 1930s atmosphere, but also the consistency of ingredients and product quality.

All ice cream served out of the shop is homemade, the owner said, adding that years of experimenting with different ingredients and vendors have led him to the perfect, wholesome ice cream formula.

The Sweet Shop offers their 16 flavors in simple cups, sugar or waffle cones, or in the form of outrageously delicious, decked-out sundaes. Hot (or should we say cool) favorites include the Buster Brown Fudge Nut Sundae, the Hot Fudge Sundae and of course, the traditional Banana Split.

Different times of the year dictate the Sweet Shop’s market, Panarites said. Over

Northport Sweet Shop owner Pete Panarites hands over a homemade scoop of his family’s famous ice cream to his grand-nephew, Ben. the summer, ice cream is king, while chocolate and candy sales soar over the winter and springtime. Around Easter, candy sales make up about 90 percent of the store’s profit, while in the summer at least 70 percent of income comes from ice cream sales, the owner said.

Just last week, Panarites said he made 80 gallons of ice cream inside his Main Street shop. In the springtime, Panarites and his sister, Georgia Pappias, make their famous homemade Easter bunnies and eggs, typically made of Nestle chocolate products.

Every year, the owner said, he gets requests from all over the country from customers who at one point in time fell in love with the Sweet Shop’s chocolate bunnies.

The shop goes beyond catering to the nearly-universal sweet spot. They also offer a small luncheonette menu, most famous for its hamburgers, BLT sandwiches and other triple-deck style edibles.

“The product really sells itself. My father always told me, ‘Don’t compromise on the quality,’ and that’s the key to success and service,” Panarites said.

The owner hopes to run the business for another 16 years, hoping to make it to a round 100. His niece, Marlene Niehaus, said she plans to help her uncle make that dream a reality.

“I’m very proud of my grandparents for starting the business and I want to keep that mom-and-pop shop feeling,” Niehaus said.

HUNTINGTON VILLAGE

Last Call For Canterbury Ales English-style pub shuts its doors after 36 years in Huntington village jbirzon@longislandernews.com

Ending the Canterbury Ales legacy in Huntington was not the 55th birthday present owner Billy Hoest wanted when he made the decision to close the restaurant on Aug. 10.

Tough economic times paired with an unforgiving tax audit forced Hoest to close the doors to his 314 NewYork Ave. restaurant indefinitely, the owner announced Aug. 26.

Hoest, who owned the restaurant for 28 years, said he threw in the towel after a fouryear battle with state auditors, who he said “randomly” selected his small business be at the center of the aggressive audit.

The owner admitted to owing “clearly more than” $100,000 in back taxes to the state, and said he was the target of an unfair and unconstructive review process.

“I’m overwhelmed but numb,” Hoest said Aug. 28. “I guess it was the straw that broke the camel’s back… It was a very difficult fight to save. It kept on snowballing and it was a difficult decision; I did not want to do it.”

Over the last month, Hoest said that he exhausted every possible resource to try and save Canterbury Ales, by reaching out to potential investors and working with his landlord and friend, Frank Pavone.

However, Hoest admitted that a more formal search for an investor may have helped

prolong or prevent the restaurant’s closure.

A Walt Whitman High School graduate and Greenlawn resident, Hoest said the support he’s received since sending a mass email to customers Aug. 26 has been tremendous.

He has been a part of the restaurant for nearly the entire 36 years it’s been open, starting out as a doorman, then as a bartender and a manger before assuming ownership in 1985.

Hoest said Canterbury Ales was the first restaurant on Long Island to carry Samuel Adams beer when it was considered a micro brew, and added that customers who have become like family to Hoest say Canterbury Ales was the only authentic British-style pub in town.

Longtime customer Will McCaffrey, 44, lives in Lindenhurst and grew up in the Bay Shore area, but still made it a tradition to celebrate his birthday in December at Canterbury Ales in Huntington.

As a recent college graduate and Shakespeare buff – who said he doesn’t even drink alcohol – McCaffey said Canterbury Ales’ appeal was hard to resist. Even British friends who visited from overseas referred to Canterbury Ales as the “perfect recreation” of a European pub, he recalled.

“It was always just a great [place] to relax. You were never stressed there,” McCaffey said.

As a pivotal member of the Canterbury Ales legacy, Hoest said he’s seen multiple

Half Hollow Hills photo/Jacqueline Birzon

By Jacqueline Birzon

Owner Billy Hoest, left, closed Canterbury Ales Aug. 26 after more than three decades in Huntington village. generations of families grow over the years; customers who started coming in as adolescents have grown to have families of their own. The owner added that nearly half of his customer base are like family to him, as are the 25 employees who lost their jobs because of the closure.

“Everyone is hurt and upset, but we can

find some solace in the fact that we left a mark in town…We’ve identified ourselves always as a local pub and didn’t try and be more than that. We enjoyed so much sitting down with customers…socializing, and sharing my family with their family,” Hoest said.

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Raise Your Glass To Finnegan’s

By Danny & Jackie foodies@longislandernews.com

If you’re going to sit at the bar, it helps to be fast on your feet.

Finnegan’s general manager Tom Forte, the affable presence behind the bar for the last 24 years, is quick with a joke and loves a good story – ask him about the time a guy tried to pay his tab with a fish, for starters.

But most of all, Tom and the Lessing’s Corporation are stewards of a 101-yearold tradition brimming with history unparalleled in the village, classic hospitality, an undeniable hometown charm – and one heck of a Reuben.

Tom’s worked with all five owners, including the first, Bill Finnegan, who, in

his early 80s, was still tending bar for the second owner, Rusty Petit, when Tom came on board. Of the pictures on the walls, Tom estimates about half are still alive, and families love to come by and reminisce; he’s also fond of digging into a collection of yearbooks to remind people of what they looked like way back when.

Fitting for a place that has become a cornerstone of countless gatherings, high school reunions and college get-togethers, the menu has a little something for everyone, and it’s meant for sharing.

Wings are a standout ($8.95 small, $10.95 large) and are crispy, yet juicy and full of flavor. Braised Short Rib Sliders ($8.95) pair tender beef, savory gravy and classic potato pancakes between a minipotato bun, while chicken fingers ($8.50)

Classic Finnegan’s plates – counter clockwise from left, the vintage Reuben and onion rings; fish & chips and sweet French Onion soup – pair very well with Lessing’s Local and Blonde brews.

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DINEHUNTINGTON.COM RESTAURANT WEEK TIME: Save your appetite. Dates have been announced for everyone’s favorite time of year: Dine Huntington Restaurant Week! This year’s will be October 13-20, showcasing restaurants from throughout the Town of Huntington, from Cold Spring Harbor to the Smithtown border. For eight days, Sun-

day through Sunday, participating restaurants will treat customers to a three-course prix-fixe dining experience.

Talk about a foodie’s delight!

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add zesty seasoning to classic finger food.

Hot spinach and artichoke dip ($8.95) is always a crowd-pleaser, while Southwestern Chicken spring Rolls ($9.25) bring a little zest and spice to the table. And you can’t go wrong with warm and crispydoughy Bavarian Pretzel bites ($8.95.)

Certified Angus beef burgers ($8.95) are a classic staple of the Finnegan’s experience and are dressed to your specifications (add 95 cents per topping); and a list of classic favorites fill the dinner menu.

Tops on our list is the Corned Beef Reuben ($9.25), the classic pairing of corned beef, dark rye, Swiss cheese and sauerkraut and paired with zesty Thousand Island dressing.

Cod Fish & Chips ($15.95) is tender and mild, served with traditional tartar sauce and a malt-vinegar dip that really brings out the classic beer-battered treatment. And Killer Mac & Cheese ($11.95), a medley of Monterey Jack, Parmesan, Pepper Jack and Mozzarella, pepper jack and a little mozzarella, is comfort food done right. Dress it up with pulled pork or chicken for $3.95; also do keep an eye out for the daily $14.95 dinner specials, which rotate every day.

You’ll certainly be able to enjoy Tom and his hospitality for a number of years to come. While he’s looking to retire, he’s aiming at a round number – either age 70, or 50 years in the business. Until then, he’ll be making hustling at the bar look like poetry in motion.

Medium chicken wings are tasty, tender and full of flavor.

And how is he so spot-on with what his regulars drink, you ask? It’s just part of the trade.

“I’m better with drinks than names,” he explained. “I’ll remember a drink from 20 years ago before I remember your name – That’s just how bartenders are.”

Finnegan’s Restaurant & Tap Room 5 Wall St., Huntington village (631) 423-9696 http://www.lessings.com Atmosphere – The ‘Cheers’ Of Huntington Cuisine – Top-Notch Pub Favorites Price – Moderate Hours – Noon-10 P.M. Daily Late-Night Menu 10 P.M.-1 A.M. Thurs.Sun.

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Side Dish

Finnegan’s general manager Tommy Forte shows off Finnegan’s first liquor license, issued all the way back in 1912. More than 100 years later, the pub is still going strong.

ADULT CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE: If there’s never a bad time for a chocolate milkshake, there’s never a bad time for a malted martini. At least, that’s what we’re going to keep telling ourselves. Our fried Scott, the bartender at Café Buenos Aires (23 Wall St., Huntington, 631-603-3600, www.cafebuenosaires.net) created the signature drink, which tastes like a milkshake, frothy but smooth, and with some added pizzazz (as well as chocolate drizzle and whipped cream). It’s perfect for those of us who’d rather drink dessert that eat it. Tell Scott you read about it here!

BLONDEES BOOMS: Catch some love music

every Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at Blondees Bistro & Bar (26 Clinton Ave., Huntington, 631-673-1300, blondeesbistro.com). The best part is it’s right in the middle of happy hour, when from 5-8 p.m., drinks are buy one, get one. Take advantage of the

The malted martini at Café Buenos Aires is a chocolate milkshake for adults. open-air setup at the Tuscan-inspired eatery while it’s still summer, and don’t forget to try the duck puffy tacos.

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Franklin Square, and Richard Murillo, of Mastic, were also arrested in Nassau County and Mastic, respectively.

Spota’s office said they received the go-ahead in June to conduct surveillance on the four suspects’ telephones, which the DA said revealed the extent of the operation.

“In two months, the organization distributed large quantities of cocaine and marijuana, covering towns from the South Shore to the North Shore,” Spota said. “The evidence is strong, including more than 1,000 intercepted Michael Meurer telephone calls, most of those calls featuring Mr. Meurer speaking in detail and with intent of distributing these

dangerous narcotics.”

Gonzalez, Meurer, Colon and Murillo were indicted last week on multiple drug and conspiracy charges; they were scheduled to have been arraigned after press time on Wednesday before Judge Stephen Braslow.

Murillo has a previous criminal record involving drugs, including a 2005 felony

conviction for criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and a 2002 conviction of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree.

Meurer faces 15 years to life in prison if convicted of the top count against him, which is operating as a major trafficker, an A felony.

Stone Temple Pilots ready for Huntington show (Continued from page A1)

fan base grew. As one of the biggest bands of the ’90s, STP was making headlines and selling out stadiums and playing festivals internationally.

Stone Temple Pilots – a reverse acronym made up by founding band members to match the well-branded automotive additive, STP – is making headlines these days for the lawsuits flying over its firing of lead singer and founding band member Scott Wieland. The band said Wieland, whose struggles with alcohol and drug abuse are well documented, was unreliable and could no longer perform the material. In May of this year, Stone Temple Pilots announced that Chester Bennington, lead singer for Chicago-based Linkin Park, would be taking over lead vocals.

Bennington, who remains with LinkinPark, is doing double duty jumping between studio work with his regular band and rehearsals with his new one. A seasoned pro, he’s taking it in stride, according to STP drummer Eric Kretz, who spoke with Long Islander News late last week.

“Chester’s schedule with Linkin Park is pretty heavy. There’d be days when he’d go from working with Linkin Park and

straight to us,” Kretz said. “He never complained, just got right to work. Even though both bands are pretty different, he just slipped right into it.”

Fans at The Paramount shouldn’t expect Bennington to deliver “a cover” of Wieland’s vocals. “Chester’s vocals fit right in. He’s been a fan of STP for so long he knows the material. But being such a pro, he’s able to put his own spin on things.”

Bennington made his debut with the band in grassroots fashion with an unannounced appearance at a K-Rock concert in Chicago in May. Kretz liked the fact that they just got up and played. There were no interviews, press pieces or radio plugs.

“Instead of hyping it up, it was just a surprise,” he said. “The audience loved it.”

As the lawsuits between STP and Wieland continue, Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington preleased “Out of Time” from its new EP due out Oct. 5, and was set to launch the concert tour Sept. 4.

The Paramount show is Sept. 10, with the platinum-selling industrial rock band Filter opening the show. Kretz is excited to be returning to The Paramount, where

Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, second from left, joins STP as its new vocalist.

Billy Joel and daughter Alexa were in the audience for a sold-out show last August.

“It’s a great venue, way up there,” said Kretz, adding that The Paramount’s was a sophisticated audience. “It’s one thing to have a crowd that screams loud, but when

you have musicians in the crowd, they pick up on things, little nuances, and they appreciate it.”

Tickets to the Sept. 10 concert with Filter are on sale now. Go to paramountny.com

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BACK TO SCHOOL Welcome From Your Superintendent

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Half Hollow Hills School District Superintendent Kelly Fallon Welcome to the 2013-14 school year.

The board of education, administrators, faculty and staff of Half Hollow Hills are looking forward to another successful and exciting school year as the first day of school quickly approaches.

As we begin the 2013-14 school year during a time of rapid change in the landscape of public education, our commitment to providing a quality instructional program to all students remains at the forefront of our work. This commitment translates into an ongoing process of evaluation, revision, and refinement.

At the elementary level, a significant focus this summer has been on developing and realigning curriculum in English language arts and mathematics across all grade levels

to continue to support the rigor and expectations required of the Common Core Standards. More challenging work and a different kind of learning for students is taking place within our classrooms since New York State adopted the Common Core State Standards and fully implemented them during the 2012-2013 school year. In elementary classrooms, materials and resources have been realigned to ensure that students and teachers have what they need to succeed.

Throughout the middle schools and high schools, teachers in every department will be working towards the complete implementation of the Common Core State Standards. Teachers will be focusing on several key aspects of these new standards including an emphasis on the use of rich infor-

mational text and the application of math concepts across the content areas. These shifts will serve as the foundation of our educational program in the coming years.

Starting in September, a group of high school seniors will be participating in the new Half Hollow Hills Senior Experience Program. This unique program will enable students to meet their English and social studies requirements in a combined setting that will closely resemble a college humanities course. As part of this program, students will also be participating in an internship that will enable them to gain real-world experiences and allow them to transfer the skills they have acquired through their educational experience in Half Hollow Hills.

The District is very proud to have 13

teachers who are recipients of National Board Teacher Certification (NBTC).

It is extremely Kelly Fallon rare to have such a number of Nationally Board Certified Teachers in one district. We are also extremely excited to have 22 additional teachers who have expressed an interest in pursuing the NBTC in a new cohort beginning this year.

We look forward to an exciting and productive year as we continue to refine and present an outstanding instructional program for all students of the Half Hollow Hills School District.

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Meet Hills East’s New Asst. Principals

By Lauren Lopez info@longislandernews.com

With calendars now on September, the Half Hollow Hills School District is ready for a new year.

Changes in leadership await incoming

students at Half Hollow Hills High School East, where three new assistant principals are on board for the 2013-2014 school year.

Dr. Michael Catapano, Dr. Darlene Lilla and Mr. Roberto Trigosso have all departed from their posts. They will be re-

placed by Naimah Trotter, Brett Kindelmann and Ben Wiley.

Trotter oversaw seniors at Half Hollow Hills High School West last year, working as an assistant principal for five years. She said she wants “to promote the district’s goals of success” and “help seniors stay

HALF HOLLOW HILLS

Moving Up In The World Of Arts

Samuel Seleznow of Half Hollow Hills graduated from the Long Island High School for the Arts on June 5. This fall, Seleznow, who was a theatre major, will attend The Hartt School of the University of Hartford, from which he received a $10,000 scholarship.

on track while they search for colleges.”

Kindelmann is in charge of the Hills East juniors this year. Prior to his new assignment, he worked as a classroom teacher for four years at Forest Park Elementary and later as an assistant principal for two years at Hills West. Kindelmann said his goal for the upcoming year is, “to create relationships with students and staff, learn the culture of the Brett building and support Kindelmann [Principal] Dr. Woodberry in carrying out the vision of the district and the building.”

As for his new students, he said he wants “to help and guide and provide support for the 11th grade students during a very imporNaimah Trotter tant academic year.”

Wiley will serve as the freshmen administrator in 2013-2014. He spent seven years as an art teacher at Glen Cove high School and also worked for six years at Hills East. In addition to his duties Ben Wiley as assistant principal, he will also be overseeing the art and music departments.

Wiley’s goals for the upcoming school year are to “create a well balanced school building where everyone can work together to create an amazing learning environment for everyone,” he said. He also wants the freshmen to feel welcome and involved as they transition into a new school.

“My goal is to work with everyone and provide an adequate learning environment,” he said.

Lilla takes over as the district’s director of fine arts.

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Acclaimed pianist Andrew Tyson plays at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, One Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, Sept. 12, 6 p.m. $20. Call 516-367-8455 to reserve seats.

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Calendar O M M U N I T Y

Touching Up On The Torah

Looking to brush up on your Torah knowledge?

The Chai Center, 501 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills will hold weekly discussions concerning Torah views through a contemporary lens. The discussions take place Thursday evenings from 7-8 p.m. 631-351-8672. www.thechaicenter.com.

Family Fun Day The South Huntington Educational Foundation invites children of all ages and their families to the 10th Annual Family Fun Day on Sept. 8, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at West Hills Day Camp, on Paumanok Drive off Jericho Turnpike. $10 per person, includes a barbecue, live entertainment, mini golf, soccer, tether ball, basketball, playgrounds, dodge ball, swimming, tennis, kickball and dunk tank featuring South Huntington principals.

Bring In The Festival

The East Northport Festival brings in the fun Sept. 6-8 at John Walsh Park and Larkfield Road, featuring magic shows, sidewalk sales, exhibits, craft vendors, food, petting zoo, bicycle stunt shows, amusement rides and games, live entertainment and street performers. The festival is free and open to the public. www.eastnorthport.com.

Opera Night

Opera Night in Northport is Sept. 6, 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 270 Main St., Huntington. $10 suggested donation. www.operanight.org. 631-261-8808.

Huntington Awareness Day

Support one of Huntington’s most historic hamlets by getting involved in the fourth annual Huntington Awareness Day parade and fair on 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 with food, fun, music and vendors. For more information, call Dee Thompson at 631-425-2640.

Bounce!

Bounce! Trampoline Sports will celebrate the opening of its newest location in Syosset on Saturday, Sept. 7 and Sunday, Sept. 8, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. with two fundraisers: Saturday’s proceeds benefit the Nassau County Firefighter Burn Center Fund, and Sunday’s will be donated to the Nassau County Detectives’ Charitable Foundation. $15 for one hour of bounce time.

Reserve time in advance, 516-762-1300. 310 Michael Drive, Syosset. www.bounceonit.com.

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

Italy Lodge on Sept. 8 in a trip to Ferragosto on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. Meet at St. Philip Neri Parish Center at 9 a.m. to board the bus. Members $30/Non-members $35. Call Rosemarie and Ralph at 631-368-7782.

Campari Ristorante in Northport. www.erichpreis.com.

It Doesn’t Get Any Fresher

Cold Spring Harbor Library

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.

MONDAY 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 Seminar On Your Accountant

The South Huntington Educational Foundation invites children of all ages and their families to the 10th Annual Family Fun Day on Sept. 8, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at West Hills Day Camp, on Paumanok Drive off Jericho Turnpike. $10 per person, includes a barbecue, live entertainment, mini golf, soccer, tether ball, basketball, playgrounds, dodge ball, swimming, tennis, kickball and dunk tank featuring South Huntington principals.

The Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce’s Education Committee presents “Your Accountant is Your Quarterback……Get Your Team Together,” the first in a three-part series on helping your business run the extra yard, on Sept. 11, 8-10 a.m. at Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington. Panel includes Peter J. Betuglia, CPA PC, and Donald Musgnug, CPA. Free chamber members/$10 non-members. www.huntingtingtonchamber.com. 631-423-6100.

9/11 Survivor Speaks

Power Breakfast

Family Fun Day

Stanley Praimnath, one of only four people to survive on 9/11 above the impact zone of the South Tower, will be telling his powerful story at both the 9 and 11 a.m. services at Island Christian Church, 400 Elwood Road, East Northport, on Sept. 8. www.ichristainc.org.

Ferragosto Trip

Join the Northport-based Perry Como Sons of

Northport: 151 Laurel Ave. 631-261-6930. East Northport: 185 Larkfield Road. 631-261-2313. www.nenpl.org.

• The next Book-A-Trip is to The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia on Thursday, Sept. 26. $75.

South Huntington Public Library

145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station.

631-549-4411. www.shpl.info.

• Tickets are now on sale for a brunch with Huntington author Alyson Richman on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 11 a.m. The event is the culmination of this summer's South Huntington Reads project featuring Richman's critically-acclaimed novel, “The Lost Wife,” and is sponsored by the Friends of the Library in honor of their 50th anniversary. Tickets are $15.

THEATER and FILM

Red Is For Passion

SATURDAY

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.

• The Heckscher Museum SummerArts and ArtSense Student Exhibition finds a home at the main branch Sept. 5-30, with a reception Saturday, Sept. 21, 2-4 p.m.

Northport-East Northport Public Library

FRIDAY

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.

Huntington Public Library

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. 631-462-7446.

Cabaret Art Show/Art Exhibition

Huntington artist Erich J. Preis presents a solo exhibition, “Cabaret”, through Sept. 30 at

AT THE LIBRARIES 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-6926820. cshlibrary.org.

• The library will host a seminar on putting together an art portfolio for high school students looking to apply to art schools in the future. Registration is now open for the Wednesday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m. event.

Commack Public Library

18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-4990888. commack.suffolk.lib.ny.us.

• Enjoy a Sunday afternoon concert, “In Words and Music: The Story of the Yiddish Theatre,” on Sept. 8, 2 p.m.

Deer Park Public Library

44 Lake Ave., Deer Park. 631-586-3000. deerparklibrary.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.

• The library is offering SAT classes on Tuesdays, Sept. 10, 17, 24 and Oct. 1, 68:30 p.m. $85. Call 631-586-3000.

Elwood Public Library

3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood. 631-499-3722. www.elwoodlibrary.org.

• Catch the action with film “Oblivion” on Friday, Sept. 6, 1 p.m.

Half Hollow Hills Community Library

Dix Hills: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631-4214530; Melville: 510 Sweet Hollow Road. 631421-4535. hhhlibrary.org.

• Give your brain a workout while having fun.

Work on simple, easy-to-handle puzzles designed for seniors with memory loss on Thursdays, 1-3 p.m. Call 631-498-1238 to register.

• A Memory Care Program for Those with Memory Loss meets Mondays, Sept. 9, 16, 30, 2-4 p.m. in Dix Hills. Enjoy piecing puzzles together in a relaxed atmosphere and check out a new collection of books written for those with Alzheimer’s. Call Ginny Pisciotta at 631-498-1238 for details and to register.

Harborfields Public Library

31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200. harborfieldslibrary.org.

• The 2013 Senior Art Show will be on display Sept. 3-27, with a reception on Saturday, Sept. 7, 3:30 p.m.

Cinema Arts Centre

423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611.

• It’s late night at the cinema Friday-Saturday, Sept. 6-7, 11 p.m. with “Only God Forgives,” in which Ryan Gosling is reunited with “Drive” director Nicolas Winding Refn, in a moody tale of vengeance set in Bangkok’s underworld. $11 general/$6 members/$7 students, seniors.

• Part of the Let’s Eat: Food on Film series, “Spinning Plates,” showing Wednesday, Sept.

11, 7:30 p.m., is the stories of three restaurants talking about how meaningful food can be. $10 members/$15 general.

Dix Hills Performing Arts Center

Five Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. Box Office: 631-656-2148. www.dhpac.org.

• The fall season starts Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. when The Bandits pay tribute to Bob Dylan. $25-$35.

John W. Engeman Theater At Northport

350 Main St., Northport. www.johnwengemantheater.com. 631-261-2900.

• Laugh the night away with “Nunsense.” $55 • Children’s Theater presents “Jack and the Beanstalk” on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. and Saturdays at 11 a.m. through Sept. 8. Tickets are $15.

AUDITIONS Northport Symphony Orchestra

The Northport Symphony Orchestra seeks new members in all sections. Repertoire ranges from Baroque through classical and romantic to early 20th century. Music Director Richard Hyman is an award-winning music educator and composer. Rehearsals are on Wednesdays from 7:30-9 p.m. usually at East Northport Middle School. Email info@northportorchestra.org to arrange an audition. Website: northportorchestra.org.

Cast Call

All voices needed for the Northport Chorale.

Auditions are Sept. 11 and 18 at 7 p.m. in the choir room of Northport High School, Laurel Hill Road in Northport. Contact Pearl at 631-2396736 or Sue at 631-754-3144 for more info, or visit www.northportchorale.org.

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.

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• The league’s Instructors’ Exhibition is on display through Sept. 22.

• SparkBoom and the Art League host a Digital Art Experience on Sept. 20, 7-9 p.m. The evening will include an interactive digital art workshop by David Miller and a demonstration of Digital Sculpting by Brian Richardson.

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WWII Vet’s Solo Exhibit Award-winning artist and World War II veteran Dan Brown of Dix Hills opens his solo exhibit “Around the World in 90 Years” on Friday, Sept. 6, with a reception from 6-8 p.m., at the Huntington Arts Council’s Main Street Petite Gallery, 213 Main St., Huntington. On display through Sept. 30. 631-271-8423. www.huntingtonarts.org.

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.

• The exhibit “Art in Three Dimensions” is on display through Aug. 29.

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

Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum

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.

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.

• A solo exhibition of photographs entitled “Duplicity” by Patricia Colombraro will run through Sept. 29, with a reception on Saturday, Sept. 7, 5-7 p.m.

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 $6-8/adults, $46/seniors, and $4-5/children; members and children under 10 free. 631-351-3250.

• “Stan Brodsky: Retrospective” is on display until Dec. 1. It celebrates the career of one of Huntington’s most prominent contemporary artists.

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.

• Award-winning artist and World War II veteran Dan Brown of Dix Hills opens his solo exhibit “Around the World in 90 Years” on Friday, Sept. 6, with a reception from 6-8 p.m., at the Main Street Petite Gallery. On display through Sept. 30.

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. 631427-7045, ext. 401. www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

• Exhibit “The Times They Were A-Changing – 1960s & Huntington’s Response” on display at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building.

• The society’s annual wine-tasting event, “An Evening of Wine Under the Stars,” is Friday, Sept. 6, 7-10 p.m. at the Kissam House.

LaMantia Gallery

127 Main St., Northport Village. 631-754-8414. www.lamantiagallery.com.

• Now on display, an exclusive Dr. Seuss exhibit featuring never-before-seen artwork.

9 East Contemporary Art

9 East Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours:

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

Wed.-Sat., 3-8 p.m. or by appointment. 631662-9459.

• The gallery will feature a father-son exhibit titled “Redo Reinax2” beginning on Friday, Aug. 23.

with Chester Bennington and special guest Filter on Tuesday, Sept. 10.

• Tickets are now on sale for an intimate solo/acoustic performance by Citizen Cope on Thursday, Oct. 17.

Northport Historical Society Museum

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215 Main St., Northport. Museum hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 1-4:30 p.m. 631-757-9859. www.northporthistorical.org.

• 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.

• “Sunday at the Society” will continue on Sept. 1 at 3 p.m. Musician John Corr will perform a series of sea chanties. Admission for non-members is $5.

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 20thcentury 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. 631-854-5555. www.vanderbiltmuseum.org.

• The newly renovated planetarium is now open. Check the website for show times.

• The Long Island Arts Fest series continues Sunday, Sept. 8 with “Grateful Fest 2”, featuring Grateful Dead tribute bands with 50 artists painting live.

• An antique car show spins into the mansion on Sept. 15 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

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.

MUSIC & DANCE The Paramount

370 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-673-7300. www.paramountny.com. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

• Stone Temple Pilots returns to Huntington

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.

AID & ASSISTANCE 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.

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 required – an interest in local history is a plus. Training is provided. Call 631-427-7045 ext 403.

Seeking Volunteer Advocates

The Family Service League’s Ombudservice Program of Suffolk County is seeking volunteers 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.

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

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

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

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.

Time For Meals On Wheels

Meals On Wheels of Huntington is in need of men and women to be volunteers, who work in teams, delivering midday meals to shut-ins.

Two hours required, one day a week.

Substitutes also needed to fill in when regular drivers are unavailable. There is also a pressing need for nurses who can volunteer to screen potential clients. Times are flexible.

631-271-5150.

Nursing/Rehab Center Needs Help

Our Lady of Consolation, a 450-bed nursing and rehabilitative care center located at 111 Beach Drive in West Islip, is seeking compassionate individuals willing to volunteer their time as transporters, Eucharistic Ministers, office assistants, recreational therapy assistants and spiritual care companions.

Volunteers needed seven days a week, days and evenings. Age 14 and older only. 631-5871600, ext. 8223 or 8228.

Send us your listings Submissions must be in by 5 p.m.

10 days prior to publication date.

Send to Community Calendar at 149 Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743, or e-mail to info@longislandernews.com

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Long Island’s Carnival King Dies Lewis Newton, 92, founded Newton Shows supply company after World War II

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

Lewis Newton, a longtime Northport fixture whose carnival business supplied rides, games and prizes to nonprofit fundraisers across Long Island, has died.

Newton was 92. He built a reputation of friendship and a willingness to help his friends.

“Everyone he ever met liked him, and he helped everyone he ever met. He had a good network of people who would support him,” his son Michael Newton, president of Newton Shows, said.

Born in Brooklyn, Lewis Newton was a boatswain’s mate in the U.S. Navy during World War II. There, the lifelong swimmer trained with Olympic gold medallist Johnny Weissmuller, who was the first actor to play Tarzan in the movies.

“The running joke was: ‘Why didn’t they pick you for Tarzan, Dad?’” Michael recalled. “He would just chuckle.”

He also played baseball with TV’s “Rifleman” Chuck Connors.

“They all grew up in the same to a narrative provided neighborhood,” Michael said. by his family. “He Newton’s journey into the saved my life.” carnival business began upon Considering he his return from World War II. spent just $7,500 on “He got involved at a local the family’s Northport parish bazaar near where he home in February lived in Brooklyn, and I guess 1954, the Ferris wheel he was helping out there as a investment was a gamvolunteer… There was a need ble – especially with a to do something and I guess he fourth child on the started buying merchandise,” way. his son explained.

“It was a huge risk. It After getting his start in supwas very courageous,” plying the carnivals with prizes, Michael said. in 1949 he took the big leap toThat Ferris wheel ward supplying the attractions. Lewis Newton, pictured made the rounds of the That year, he bought a Ferris around 1960.

Catholic parishes in wheel for $9,300 after a parish Queens and Brooklyn priest suggested he “get some rides.” His before Newton expanded in 1953, setting future arrived in pieces, and Newton the foundation of Newton Shows. The quickly had to figure out how to put the company has since become the preeminent thing together. supplier of rides and games for nonprofit “So I drove over to Palisades Amuse- fundraisers. ment Park in New Jersey and asked the For Newton, his livelihood was a family guy who ran the wheel there if he could affair, and all of his children got involved help me,” Lewis Newton said, according in one way or another. Now, the fourth

generation of the Newton family – his great-grandson Timmy – just joined the family business a few weeks ago.

“He was our mentor,” Michael said. He leads the company along with his brother Jon and his brother’s son, Jon Jr. Lewis Newton is survived by his wife, Viola Joyce “Joy” Newton; daughters, Maryann Graziano and her husband Larry, and Carol Newton-Rumph; sons John and his wife Debra, Michael and his wife Kumhui, James and his wife Susan, and Robert and his wife Karin Stucchio; daughter-in law Karin Steyer; sister, Marjorie Ann Goeller; 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. His son Thomas predeceased him.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Tuesday at St. Philip Neri R.C. Church, followed by private burial, with arrangements by Nolan & Taylor-Howe Funeral Home.

Memorial donations can be made in Lewis Newton’s name for Volunteer Services to: New York State Veterans Home, 100 Patriots Road, Stony Brook NY, 11790.

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Influential Democrat Dies In Florida Irene Feeney, 85, was active in town, county and state politics

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

Irene Feeney, a longtime force in Democratic politics in Suffolk County, died Aug. 25 in Gulf Stream, Fla. surrounded by her family.

Feeney, who previously lived in East Northport and Northport, was 85.

Born in Alabama, she moved to Long Island in the early 1970s after she married her husband, Marty Feeney. The couple first lived in East Northport before moving to Northport, said her nephew, Dominck Feeney, Jr., of Huntington Station.

Marty Feeney worked for OTB for 15 years and briefly served the organiza-

tion’s president. His said, adding that his mother wife was an influential attended the Democratic NaSuffolk County Democtional Convention at Madirat with a prowess for son Square Garden in 1992. fundraising.

That convention was the She served for many last time former Huntington years as a town commitCouncilman and Legislator teewoman, on the state Jim Gaughran saw Irene Democratic Committee Feeney, who was serving as and the Suffolk Demoa Clinton delegate from cratic executive comFlorida. Gaughran recalled mittee, and as a member meeting her in the late of Huntington’s Zoning 1970s as a teenager just getBoard of Appeals. ting into politics.

“I know they were inHe said she was helpful in volved in Bill Clinton’s his first campaigns for ofIrene Feeney campaign and she befice and knew how to get the came very friendly with most out of people.

Hillary Rodham Clinton,” Dominck Jr. “She was a tough taskmaster who liked

Obituaries fee. Once finished, the house Owen N. Carr was their home until they Owen N. Carr, a longtime moved to Virginia’s scenic Huntington resident and reNorthern Neck, purchasing a tired Grumman manager, home on a creek. died Aug. 25 at his home in An avid sailor, he loved Kilmarnock, Va. He was 83. spending hours on the creek Born in Cayuga Falls, in his boat or on his porch, Ohio, he joined the Grumman bird watching with a pair of Corporation in 1964. During binoculars. A voracious readhis 25-year career he was part er and political junkie, he of the team that helped calcunever stopped building things late the cost of the Apollo Luwith his own hands. His masnar Module.

Owen N. Carr sive collection of tools was While at Grumman, he also was a Baskin-Robbins franchisee operat- the envy of local professional carpenters.

To the end, his family said he was a coling ice cream parlors with his wife, Jennie, in Huntington and Syosset. After his re- orful storyteller, spinning interesting tales tirement, he took on the enormous project of his hard-scrabble childhood and his exof building a timber frame, energy-effi- citing days at Grumman. After one such cient house in Greenlawn virtually single- story that involved him and a pal in Washhandedly. Each day while the house was ington’s Georgetown, Owen told his lisunder construction, Jennie would send teners, “We were very lucky. That is the him off with lunch and a thermos of cof- story of my life.”

Compiled by Danny Schrafel He is survived by his children, Diane M. Carr, Anya Blakeley, Cathy Carr, Owen Carr, Jr., Carolyn Gumbrecht and Alison Carr, and five grandchildren. His wife predeceased him in 2006.

Burial was Aug. 27 at the historic Christ Church in Irvington, Va.

Arlene Condon Arlene C. Condon, of Huntington, died Aug. 12.

She is survived by her husband, Raymond; daughters, Patricia Chaimowitz and her husband David, and Susan Condon; sons, Michael Condon and his wife Tracy, and Kevin Condon and his wife Judy; sister, Patricia Merola; and five grandchildren.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Aug. 16 at St. Patrick’s Church, followed by burial at St. Charles Cemetery, with arrangements by Brueggemann Funeral Home.

to encourage everybody to get involved.

Then, she kind of pushed you every campaign to do a little more,” Gaughran said.

Friends and political colleagues remembered her as a forceful presence in the committee, which she joined in the late 1970s, current Huntington Democratic Committee Chairwoman Mary Collins said.

“She’s a very strong woman – beautiful red hair,” Collins said. “Also, very accommodating and sweet; very personable.”

While living in Northport, the Feeneys became known for their annual Kentucky Derby party.

“I actually bartended there a couple of times,” Dominick Jr. said. “They’d make Mint Juleps and hand out little rose lapel appliqués and buy cases of the Kentucky Derby glasses. That’s what they made the Mint Juleps in.”

After moving to Florida in 1990, Irene Feeney remained active in the community and in local Democratic politics. She served as president of the Boynton Women’s Club, was a member of the Boynton Book Club, and resumed her role as a precinct leader for the Democratic Party of Palm Beach County. She was also vice president of the Democratic Women of the State of Florida and president of the Palm Beach County Democratic Women’s Club.

In addition to her husband and her nephew, she is survived by her children Walter Burg, Cynthia Lawson, Susan Smith and John Burg; stepchildren, John Feeney and Kathy Vella; sisters, Margaret Rende and Iris McLeod; and six grandchildren. Her children Max Burg and Karen Foix Pak predeceased her.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Aug. 29 at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church in Delray Beach, with entombment to follow at Our Lady Queen of Peace Cemetery in Royal Palm Beach.

Arrangements were by Boynton Memorial Chapel Boynton Beach.

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