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Vol. 17, No. 64

July 7, 2022

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One-on-one with Jane Bonner

Also: Sarah Anker recognizes volunteerism, Monkeypox, summer interns and more

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Legislator Anker honors Matteo Gravinese as Suffolk County Youth Week Award recipient

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On June 15, Suffolk County Legislator Anker visited the Heritage Center at the North Shore Heritage Park in Mount Sinai to congratulate Matteo Gravinese for being the 2022 Legislative District 6 recipient of the Suffolk County Youth Week Award during the Suffolk County Legislature’s “Youth Week.”

Each year, the Suffolk County Legislature coordinates “Youth Week” during the third week in May. As a part of this celebration, each Legislator selects a young resident who has gone above and beyond in helping their community with extraordinary acts of community service.

“It is my honor to recognize Matteo Gravinese as the recipient of this year’s Suffolk County Youth Week Award in District 6,” said Legislator Anker. “I would like to thank Matteo for the impact he has had on the children and teens in our community through his work volunteering with North Shore Youth Council.

Continue to shine your light on others, Matteo.”

“North Shore Youth Council (NSYC) was happy to nominate Matteo Gravinese to receive the Suffolk County Youth Week Award,” said North Shore Youth Council Executive Director Robert Woods. “Matteo has been

volunteering with NSYC for the last two years and currently serves as the Vice President of our Youth Advisory Committee. Matteo emanates charisma and demonstrates passion and enthusiasm in all the projects he’s involved in. We thank him for his dedication to NSYC, his community and to all those he loves.”

As an active community member and volunteer, Matteo currently serves at the Vice President of North Shore Youth Council’s Youth Advisory Committee. Through his role, he has been instrumental in planning and facilitating community events such as Safe Halloween, the Heritage Park Carnival, youth recreation nights, North Shore Youth Council’s garden restoration projects and Habitat for Humanity. Matteo is described as always willing to take on more responsibility at North Shore Youth Council and is well known as a positive role model for the youth that utilize the services at the organization.

He has successfully managed school work, sports, extracurricular activities and his vast volunteer efforts within the community.

To learn more about North Shore Youth Council, visit www.nsyc.com. For more information, contact Legislator Anker’s office at (631) 854-1600.

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One-on-one with Jane Bonner

Brookhaven Town councilwoman rolls up her sleeves in District 2

BY RAYMOND JANIS EDITOR1@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Town of Brookhaven Councilwoman Jane Bonner (R-Rocky Point) has served her community for decades. In an exclusive interview, she discussed her journey into local politics, her approach to commercial redevelopment, efforts to protect the environment and the upcoming redistricting process.

What is your professional background and how did you end up at Town Hall?

I moved to Rocky Point 34 years ago. I became very active locally in the Rocky Point Civic Association, the Rocky Point school board, St. Anthony’s [Catholic Youth Organization]. I was very involved in the community, volunteering and generally trying to make things better. I was sort of a person who didn’t ask others to do things for me — if I wanted it done, I rolled my sleeves up.

When [town] Highway Superintendent Dan Losquadro [R] was running for the Suffolk County Legislature, he reached out and asked if I would volunteer for his campaign. I knew him, I liked him, and I believed in what he stood for and I got involved in his campaign. He liked my work on his campaign and he hired me to be a legislative aide. I was quite shocked by the offer. Then I worked in his office for four years, always staying actively involved.

Former Councilman Kevin McCarrick [R-Rocky Point], who was the first representative for Council District 2, ran for two terms but was very busy in his private business — the family owned McCarrick’s Dairy. He was busy at the dairy and he decided he needed to devote his time to the family business and didn’t want to run for office anymore. I was asked by the Republican Party, the Conservative Party and the Independence Party to run for this position, with others also screened as well.

And they picked me.

What initially drew you to the Rocky Point community?

My first husband and I were looking to buy a house that we could afford. I grew up in Northport; he grew up in Forest Hills but was living in Centerport when I met him.

We got married, had children … and had my daughter. We were renting a house in Centerport. This was when the market had really, really peaked. I had friends who had

a house out here. My first husband summered out in Wading River. And 34 years later, I’m in the same house.

What is it about this area that makes it unique?

There’s a very strong sense of community, of friendliness and neighborliness, of helping each other out. I’m always in awe of the strong number of volunteers that are in every hamlet that I represent.

I have a very healthy respect for people that volunteer. We live in a chaotic time now where people are being pulled in many different directions — and people are having to work harder because their dollar is worth less. I enjoy the job that I have because I meet wonderful people and the Brookhaven Councilwoman Jane Bonner (R-Rocky Point) discussed her ongoing work at Town Hall. File photo volunteers that I meet at civic meetings, at Great them succeed, whether that’s with permits or and our department of environmental Brookhaven Cleanups, at meeting with them to help them get through protection worked hand in hand with FEMA scouting.

Where I live in Rocky Point, specifically, the process with the town, county or state. to capture many millions of dollars so that it still has a touch of how it used to be. I live We kind of view the office as a clearing we could bring back a greater standard to our in the old section, the North Shore beach house. Even if it’s not under my purview, we stormwater infrastructure. section, so most of the bungalows have been help. We sort of roll our sleeves up and guide Can you summarize the upcoming renovated, but they’re not cookie-cutter, not them through the process and stay in touch redistricting process for the Town a development. Every house is a little bit throughout the process. different. It’s a charming community.

What is your office doing to protect Council?

What is your approach, your guiding philosophy, toward commercial development and downtown beautification?

Various levels of government have worked very hard to bring redevelopment to Sound Beach — the playgrounds and the veterans monument. We’ve brought money to downtown Rocky Point, 25A and Broadway specifically – sidewalks, streetlights, street trees, the veterans square that we developed, working with business owners to come into whatever hamlet that I represent.

Commercial development — not largescale commercial development, not a bigbox store, nothing like that — is about working hard with our local stores to help

the environment?

We rebuilt two new jetties last year — east and west jetties down at Cedar Beach. The inlet had filled in and it was a navigational hazard. At the back of the harbor, the water was not flushing well and there were water quality issues down there. Former [state] Sen. [Ken] LaValle [R-Port Jefferson] jumpstarted us with a $3 million grant from the state and then we paid $5 million. Now the back of the harbor is so clear and clean.

The fish are coming back like crazy.

We’ve done a significant amount of stormwater drainage and infrastructure investment along the North Shore. During Hurricane Sandy, much of our stormwater infrastructure was destroyed. So the highway superintendent and our finance department

We undertake this every 10 years. Residents should definitely partake in the meetings. Years ago, when I first ran for office, I represented more of Port Jeff Station and more of Coram.

When we redistricted 10 years ago, I lost portions of Port Jefferson Station to try to keep it contiguous to the Comsewogue school district.

I lost portions of Coram to keep it contiguous with other electoral districts that it touched.

I invite residents to participate in the process.

We have a board that we’ve selected — there is a requirement for specific political parties, so there are equal seats at the table for each party.

And they make the decisions on how the maps are going to roll out and how the boundaries will change. We [the Town Council] vote on the redistricting plans that the appointed board makes.

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Suffolk County Health Department announces first case of Monkeypox

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The Suffolk County Department of Health Services announced July 1 the first individual confirmed orthopoxvirus, or monkeypox, case in Suffolk County. The person, who was seen by a local health care provider, is following isolation protocols from home. Testing for orthopoxvirus was conducted at the New York State Department of Health’s Wadsworth Center Laboratory.

Suffolk County health officials are communicating with the individual and will contact persons who may have been exposed. The case is one of 96 currently confirmed orthopoxvirus cases in New York State and approximately 400 in the United States to date.

“While the current risk to the general public is low, we urge the public as well as health care providers in Suffolk County to be aware that this rare virus has been found in the region and to know the signs and symptoms and manner of transmission of the monkeypox virus,” said Suffolk County Health Commissioner Gregson Pigott.

Monkeypox can spread from personto-person most often through direct and prolonged contact with the infectious rash, scabs, body fluids, or respiratory secretions during prolonged, face-to-face contact, or during intimate physical contact, such as

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kissing, cuddling or sex. It may also spread by touching items, such as clothing or linens with infectious body fluids. Pregnant people can spread the virus to their fetus through the placenta.

Anyone with a rash that looks like monkeypox should talk to their healthcare provider, even if they don’t think they had contact with someone who has monkeypox.

The New York State Department of Health has alerted New York health care providers so they have information regarding reporting and case testing.

Recent monkeypox cases in the region have involved a rash in the genital region and may include other symptoms such as fever, swollen lymph nodes, and pain when swallowing, before or after the rash appearance. Most infections last two to four weeks.

Suffolk County residents can learn about monkeypox at the New York State Department of Health website: www.health. ny.gov/monkeypox

Symptoms include rashes, bumps, or blisters on or around genitals or hands, feet, chest, or face; and fever, headache, muscle aches, chills and fatigue.

Symptoms may occur before or after the rash appears, or not at all.

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SBU hospital looks for cultural and language connections with Hispanic population

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM As medicine becomes increasingly personalized, Stony Brook University Hospital is planning to provide the kind of personal services and connections that they hope will benefit the Hispanic population.

With people identifying as Hispanic in Suffolk County representing 19.6% of the total population, SBUH is building a Hispanic Heart Institute, which the hospital anticipates will open in the fall.

At the same time, undergraduates at SBU have had an opportunity to take two new courses in Spanish Medicine that focus on the language and culture of health care for a population whose background, experience and expectations often differs from that of a New York system.

“A patient who is addressed in their own language, even though a speaker is not necessarily fluent or proficient, enhances the experience greatly,” said Elena Davidiak, lecturer at the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature at Stony Brook University. Davidiak teaches two Spanish Medicine classes at Stony Brook that she created for the university.

At the same time, Dr. Jorge Balaguer, associate professor of Surgery at the Renaissance School of Medicine, plans to create a Hispanic Heart Program that fills an unmet need to help cardiac patients of Hispanic descent learn about insurance, understand their medical options, and increase their connection with their health care providers.

The incidence of some forms of cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death among the overall population, is even higher among Hispanics, according to a website created by Stony Brook that describes heart disease among Hispanics and Latinos.

For many people whose first language is Spanish or who come from a family with a strong Hispanic cultural identity, the connection to the health care system may be tenuous, making it difficult to navigate through the system, find the best care or advocate for their needs.

“There is a lack of follow up,” Balaguer said. “The whole health care maintenance is compromised. When you combine a [different] education, with a vulnerable situation, the Hispanic population doesn’t have the same medical safety net.”

Balaguer would like to add a full-time employee in the cardiology department who could answer questions in Spanish, help with insurance and various forms and field questions throughout the process of receiving heart-related care.

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Courtney Trzcinski, above, is an EMT in Port Jefferson and St. James and is a rising senior at Stony Brook University who recently took Medical Spanish. Photo by Stephanie Merrill

Cultural differences

Beyond the language barrier that could impede communication with Spanishspeaking patients, Balaguer and Davidiak suggested cultural differences could also affect the outcome of a medical interaction.

As an example, Balaguer suggested a general cultural phenomenon in Argentina where people don’t speak directly about the patient.

Rather, he said, the process of communicating is similar to the Billy Crystal, Robert DeNiro movie “Analyze This,” in which DeNiro’s character talks about a “friend” when he’s describing himself.

“You talk about someone else rather than the patient with the problem,” Balagauer said.

Hispanic patients sometimes have their own views on health care and their destiny, Davidiak said. Using the Spanish word “fatalismo” for fatalism, Davidiak described how some patients may believe their destiny is “somewhat predetermined.”

Health care providers need to take into account a patient’s beliefs, which affect the partnership between patient and doctor in developing an effective treatment plan.

In most American medical interactions, the culture is “businesslike and to the point,” Davidiak said. Many Hispanic cultures, however, expect a “warmup period,” which involves a more personal interaction.

In developing an interview project called “Understanding the Hispanic Patient” funded by the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at SBU, Davidiak heard numerous anecdotes in which people of Hispanic origin felt that their doctors didn’t see or hear them.

In one such interview, a pediatrician said a son’s eye color, which was blue, would change because “all Latino people have dark eyes.”

The mother, who was sitting in the room, has blue eyes.

“She felt she was not being seen at all,” Davidiak recalled. She wondered if the doctor was “going to do the same thing when taking care” of her son.

Class lessons

Courtney Trzcinski, a junior majoring in health science, was a student in Davidiak’s Medical Spanish class.

Trzcinski, who is an emergency medical technician in Port Jefferson and St. James and plans to be a physician assistant, has had patients as an EMT with whom she struggled to communicate.

Trzcinski, who studied Spanish from 8th to 11th grade at Mattituck High School, recounted an incident in which she was responding to a woman who was having medical complications after she had her tonsils removed.

“I was trying to tell her to breathe in through her nose and out through her mouth,” Trzcinski said. Her Spanish didn’t match the need.

“Now that I’ve taken Medical Spanish, I know how to say ‘inhale,’ ‘exhale,’ ‘medications’” and other relevant terms, Trzcinski said.

A direct translation, Trzcinski discovered, also doesn’t work, as the people she interacts with translated what she said literally.

Trzcinski, who has been an EMT for two years, said she feels more confident in interacting on the job in Spanish.

Volunteers welcome

As for the heart program, Balaguer is thrilled to have the support of Leshya Bokka, a rising second-year medical school student who is also earning her master’s in public health.

Bokka sees the Hispanic Heart Program as a “great way to bridge my interest in working with minority populations and trying to get involved in doing some things for the community.”

Coming from a family that immigrated from India, Bokka understands the language and cultural barriers that might prevent people from getting quality health care.

“We are also trying to set up health screenings to connect patients to our program,” she said. She urged residents to reach out by email to receive directional guidance at hispanicheartprogram@ stonybrookmedicine.edu.

The program is trying to recruit medical students and anyone “willing to come help,” she said.

Balaguer said he is working with recruiting bilingual volunteers and Hispanic Language and Literature students with advanced command of the language for internships in the program. These volunteers could serve as Hispanic patient concierges, among other roles.

Bokka recognized that this kind of service could be valuable to other underserved populations as well.

“The health care system is incredibly complex and cryptic and confusing,” Bokka said. “Everyone could benefit from having a service like this to guide them.”

She said she hopes this becomes a framework for other departments and that other communities can also forge a language and cultural connection.

The goal is to “make patients more comfortable when they’re in a hospital,” Bokka said, which can be scary, expensive and confusing. The program wants to make sure people can “voice their concerns and walk away with care that works.”

Measuring success

The Hispanic Heart Program will measure its success in a host of ways. The hospital can compare the number of Hispanic patient visits to the hospital and in outpatient clinical settings during the first trimester after launching the program compared with earlier periods, Balaguer said.

It will also compare the number of procedures done on patients.

Through surveys, the hospital can determine patient satisfaction with the Hispanic Patient Concierge program.

The hospital can also determine the number of patients who obtain insurance.

On a financial level, the hospital can determine if the patients in the program provide profits and losses, while also factoring in donations and grants.

As for students, the program can consider the academic production of students who contribute to this effort as a part of their education.

Balaguer believes that these efforts will “help mitigate disparities” in health care.

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Capt. Brian A. McAllister, chairman emeritus of McAllister Towing, dies at 89 SUBMITTED BY MCALLISTER TOWING Capt. Brian A. McAllister, a distinguished and visionary leader of the maritime industry, died in New York on June 29 at the age of 89. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Rosemary; his sons, Buckley and Eric; and four grandchildren.

A 1956 engineering graduate of the State University of New York Maritime College, Capt. McAllister went on to obtain a chief engineer’s license before changing careers to work as a deck officer. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War as Lt. Junior Grade and was executive officer on the USS Lake County (LST 80). In 2017, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science by his alma mater.

He was proud to be a member of the fourth generation of the family maritime company which had been founded in 1864, McAllister Towing. The company owns Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Ferry.

A repeated pattern of disaster, opportunity, and personal strength of character enabled Capt. McAllister to expand the company.

During the 1970s and 1980s, he established operations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Bonaire, Panama, and Peru.

Later in his career, he expanded the business to Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. This growth was driven by a mixture of navigational know-how, technological innovation, a cadre of excellent mariners, and a passion for investing in the transportation industry. He rarely boarded a vessel he didn’t love.

The 1970s and 1980s were also characterized by long years of labor strife.

The sharp downturn in the price of oil in the 1980s dramatically changed the competitive landscape throughout the industry. Hundreds of incidents of violence between union and non-union seamen were reported during this period. Capt. McAllister kept the company running by personally commanding vessels and piloting ship operations in New York, Philadelphia, and Norfolk.

In the 1990s, he was involved in acrimonious litigation over control of the company. In 1998, he became the first sole owner of McAllister Towing since its founding in a transaction that spun off its foreign subsidiaries. He used this reorganization as an impetus to completely rebuild the fleet. Under his leadership, the company designed and constructed numerous tugboats and ferries equipped with technologies such as flanking rudders, Z-drives, low emission engines, advanced fire-fighting, and emergency response, some

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Late in life, the boy who went to college to play basketball discovered the beauty and importance of maritime history. In 2005, he supported the publication of an awardwinning title, “Tugboats of New York,” by George Matteson. In 2015, he participated in writing the book “McAllister Towing, 150 Years of Family Business.” In 2016, he was featured in “Heroes of the Harbor” by Marian Betancourt. In 2018, he was thanked

by Jennifer Egan for providing background for her book, “Manhattan Beach.”

Capt. McAllister served on numerous boards including the South Street Seaport Museum, the Maritime Association of New York/New Jersey, the National Maritime Historical Society, the American Bureau of Shipping, and the American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association. He was the recipient of many awards and honors including the 2012 National Maritime Historical Society Distinguished Service Medal, the 2013 Seamen’s Church Institute Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2015 Massachusetts Maritime Academy Maritime Person of the Year, a 2015 induction into the International Maritime Hall of Fame, and a 2017 Honorary Doctorate of Science from the State University of New York.

In his commencement speech to the 2017 graduates of SUNY Maritime, McAllister told the graduates that the secret to his success had been a good education, the willingness to take on new challenges, and the luck of having many friends to help him to seize opportunities.

He encouraged the Class of 2017 that some of the greatest assets to help advance their careers would be their classmates. He further counseled them with his enduring motto: “And keep the flag flying.”

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LEGALS ACCOUNTING CITATION File No. 2019-4636/A SURROGATE’S COURT - SUFFOLK COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: Jasper Surety Agency, as Agent for Arch Insurance Company New York State Attorney General Laurie Jean Vincent Christine Jo Vincent The distributees, heirs at law and next of kin of ARTHUR SOMMARS VINCENT, deceased, if any be living; and if any be dead, their respective distributees, heirs at law, next of kin, legatees, devisees, executors, administrators, assigns and successors in interest, all of whose names, whereabouts and addresses are unknown and cannot be ascertained with due diligence, being any persons interested in the estate of ARTHUR SOMMARS VINC E N T, deceased, as distributees or otherwise. A petition and an account having been duly filed by the Public Administrator of Suffolk County, whose office is located at 300 Center Drive, Riverhead, New York 11901 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Suffolk County, at 320 Center Drive, Riverhead, New York on August 23, 2022, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why the account of the Public Administrator of Suffolk County, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator of the estate of ARTHUR SOMMARS VINCENT, should not be judicially settled; and that the court approve payment to the Petitioner herein of commissions pursuant to SCPA 2307 in the amount of $15,750.36 and additional commissions

To Place A Legal Notice Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com pursuant to SCPA 1207(4) in the amount of $4,333.39 and that the court further approve the payment of legal fees to ERNEST R. WRUCK, the Petitioner’s attorney, in the amount of $11,281.50 and rei m b u r s e m e n t f o r disbursements in the amount of $426.80; and that the amount of $1,000.00, be retained by the Administrator for potential claims and the preparation and filing of 2023 income tax returns; and that the remaining assets of the estate, plus accrued interest, after the payment of administration expenses pertaining thereto, be paid as follows: 1. 100% to THE NEW YORK S TAT E COMPTROLLER, on behalf of unknown distributees of the Estate of Arthur Sommars Vincent.

NO IN-PERSON APPEARANCE IS REQUIRED. If you oppose the Court granting the relief requested on this citation, you must file verified objections, with the appropriate filing fee, or inform the Court in writing of your intention to file verified objections using New York State Courts Electronic Filing (NYSCEF), except that unrepresented parties may file verified objections, with the appropriate filing fee, or respond indicating such intent by mail provided that the Court receives the verified objections or response on or before the second day preceding the return date listed above. Failure to do so will result in an assumption that you do not object to the Court granting the relief in this matter and no further notice will be given to you.

Dated, Attested and Sealed, June 16, 2022 HON. THERESA WHELAN, Surrogate DOREEN A. QUINN, Chief Clerk Name of Attorney:

ERNEST R. WRUCK Telep h o n e N u m b e r : 631-475-3100 Address of Attorney: 1 Station Court, Bellport, New York 11713 [Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear; however, if you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you, and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney. You may request one adjournment provided that the Court receives such request in writing on or before the second day preceding the date listed above.

No further adjournments shall be granted absent good cause shown.]

SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC: 11 Josephine Lane, East Islip NY 11730. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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An extract of the resolution is as follows:

Notice of formation of Jumping Dog Properties, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on January 25, 2022. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC: 1069 Main Street Unit 156, Holbrook NY 11741. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

The CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT maintains a Capital Reserve Fund designated as the Capital Reserve Fund for Equipment under Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law in which account there is sufficient funds to accomplish the purpose hereinafter set for th; namely, the Fire Equipment, Radios and accessories, and it is proposed to contract for such equipment in order to maintain the high standards of performance of the CENTEREACH FIRE DEPARTMENT in the discharge of its duties in preserving the lives and property of the residents of the community, and said purchase is deemed in the best interests of the residents of the CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT. The resolution further provides that there be transferred from the present

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Notice of formation of East End DEL, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on June 21, 2022. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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LEGAL NOTICE TO THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, State of New York, on the 21st day of June 2022, subject to a permissive referendum as provided for by Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law.

Section 6(g) Capital Reserve Fund for Equipment of the CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT a sum not to exceed One Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand ($185,000.00) Dollars for the purchase, and the District Treasurer is authorized to effect such transfer from time to time to effect such purchase.

This resolution shall not take effect until thirty (30) days unless in the meanwhile a mandatory referendum as provided for in Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law is required to be held.

DATED: June 21, 2022 BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN ATTEST: Jennifer Gardner District Secretary RESOLUTION PURCHASE OF FIRE EQUIPMENT, RADIOS, AND ACCESSORIES WHEREAS, the CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT has, by appropriate resolution established a certain Capital Reserve Fund designated as the Capital Reserve Fund For Equipment established pursuant to Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law, in an account for deposit of said Capital Reserve Fund in local banks; and WHEREAS, it is deemed in the best interests of the residents of the CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT to purchase Fire Equipment, Radios and Accessories; and

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IT IS RESOLVED, that pursuant to the laws and regulations applicable and in particular, Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law, that said purchase be completed, and that the cost and expense for the purchase shall be expended from the Capital Reserve Fund for Equipment upon authorization of the Board of Fire Commissioners, at the maximum estimated amount of One Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand ($185,000.00) Dollars, and THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution is subject to a permissive referendum as provided for in Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law. The adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to a vote and upon roll call the vote was as follows: Chairman Stephen P. Corvaia, Jr.) Commissioner Scott Jordan ) Commissioner Thomas Doyle ) AYES Commissioner Willian Gardner ) Commissioner Benjamin Vecchio ) The resolution thereupon declared adopted.

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Port Jefferson Fire Department hosts Fourth of July parade

BY RAYMOND JANIS EDITOR1@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Amid picturesque weather, a convoy of fire trucks, tractors, music and dance groups and assorted vehicles marched through the streets of Port Jefferson for this year’s annual Fourth of July parade.

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Setauket, Mount Sinai and Centereach, among many others.

Also in attendance were dance groups that twirled and danced between fire units. In a strong display of patriotism, various community groups, volunteer organizations and hospital employees made appearances as well.

Hundreds of spectators lined the village blocks to watch the spectacle as it unfolded during the late morning. The parade lasted nearly two hours in its entirety.

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Rocky Point VFW celebrates Independence Day The Rocky Point veterans community celebrated the Fourth of July with a public gathering in celebration of local hometown heroes.

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Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney (R) welcomed three new interns into his office this summer.

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Editorial

In post-Roe America, locality is the mentality

“All politics is local.” This expression rings truer today than ever before.

The Framers of the U.S. Constitution envisioned a system of federalism for the United States — one in which the national government was assigned a select number of well-defined powers, with all other powers not delegated by the Constitution reserved to the states. Over the course of American history, however, more and more powers have been delegated to the federal government.

Right now, we are witnessing a turning point in a century-long power struggle between the federal government and the states.

Democratic presidents such as Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson incrementally augmented the size of the federal government and expanded the scope of its powers. After a century of concentrating power in Washington, the U.S. Supreme Court is now undoing that legacy, returning decisionmaking authority to lower levels of government.

Two recent SCOTUS opinions have dramatically altered the balance of power in this country. The court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, the court overruled New York State’s proper-cause licensing requirement for concealed carry of a handgun, making it harder for New York and other states to regulate concealed carry.

The one interconnecting theme of both of these decisions is that the federal government is yielding much of its power to the states, putting greater pressure on state and local governments to make decisions on behalf of the people.

No longer are the days of FDR, who saw the federal government as the vehicle to drive the national economy with his New Deal.

No longer are the days of LBJ, whose Great Society program sought to eliminate poverty and racial disparities using the federal government as its engine. In this post-Roe America, the power of the federal government is waning, taken out of its hands and placed in the hands of the states.

There are some possible benefits to the decentralization of federal power. For starters, this may reduce voter polarization and division in the United States. With fewer decision-making powers, the stakes will be reduced for congressional and presidential elections.

While national security and interstate commerce will always be the domain of the federal government, a host of domestic issues may soon return to the states, meaning state and local elections may soon carry much greater weight.

As power shifts away from the federal government and into our backyards, local residents must maintain an active interest in their state and local legislatures as these bodies will be deciding upon the issues that matter the most. Citizens can — and should — stay informed by reading their local newspapers, where information on these matters is most accessible. And they should remember to write letters to the editor because this remains a tried-and-true method to reach and persuade one’s fellow citizens.

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Letters to the Editor

Biden is not to blame for all

A couple of letters recently appearing in this paper blame President Joe Biden [D] for every problem under the sun, from a shortage of tampons to the cost of insurance. Maybe in the simplistic world the writers of these letters inhabit, the president of the United States is always to blame for everything that goes wrong.

First a couple of facts. Inflation is not confined to the U.S. The inflation rate of the EU and of Great Britain as of May 2022 was higher than that of the U.S., and Canada’s was only slightly lower. It’s a worldwide problem. Contrary to what one of these writers claims, most economists don’t consider the COVID relief package a major factor in inflation. Instead economists point to supply shortages caused by the pandemic, as well as Putin’s war in Ukraine, which takes a significant portion of petroleum and foodstuffs off the world market. If anything’s to blame it’s actually global capitalism, which, with its tight just-in-time supply chains, is structured for efficiency but not for resiliency. This may not be politically popular, but it’s true.

Those who blame Biden about everything seem strangely oblivious to a huge problem which has nothing to do with him: the threat to democracy. If we lose our democracy that’s the whole game. And we’re already well on the road to becoming a democracy in name only, like prime minister Viktor Orbán’s Hungary.

At the forefront of this is a Supreme Court packed with so-called justices placed there through political chicanery and selected by minority presidents. A court that just stripped women of a constitutional

right to make their own private reproductive decisions, instead subjecting them to be treated as mere incubators in the eyes of the law. What a giant step backward! A court that just hobbled our government’s ability to do anything about global warming, instead putting the bottom line of coal companies first. Another gigantic step backward!

What’s next? Laws against contraception or gay marriage? Crippling the government’s ability to ensure that our air is clean, our water unpolluted, our food safe to eat, our banks and financial institutions uncorrupted?

If you think none of this is possible, think again. It’s on the docket.

Most of all there’s the direct threat to democracy led by the former president and his big lie that he didn’t lose the election. Maybe these writers missed the Jan. 6 hearings.

They’re not being aired in full by Fox News, unlike other networks.

The hearings have made crystal clear that what happened wasn’t just a “protest” that got out of hand. Instead it was a calculated scheme to end our democracy by fraud and force, put in motion and led by the former president. It just missed being successful.

Those who think the hearings are all about “getting” Trump have it backward. What happens to Mr. Trump matters much less than what happens to our democracy.

The threat hasn’t ended. Even now there’s an effort underway to replace honest local and state officials who run elections with corrupt partisans willing to overturn election results they don’t like. And next term the Supreme Court will take up a case designed to give gerrymandered state legislatures the power to ignore state constitutions and courts altogether and impose their own

results in disputed elections. Think it can’t happen here?

David Friedman St. James

A matter of freedom of religion, among other issues

Bravo!/brava! Your June 30 editorial [“A giant step backward for womankind”] is terrific. I’d just like to expand on a few of your points. You question whether the Supreme Court allowed religion to motivate them and say that people from various religious backgrounds debate when life begins. This is a crucial point. Judaism says that life begins with birth — not conception, abortion is not murder, the life of the mother is saved when the fetus threatens her physical or emotional well-being and a fetus resulting from rape or incest may be aborted. Other religions have other views and should be respected. This matter is one of freedom of religion among other issues. In a free and pluralistic society, each woman should make her own decision.

Politicians and courts should stay out of it.

Your editorial urges people to vote for candidates that will support freedom of abortion. I would point out that our Congressman Lee Zeldin [R-NY1], now running for state governor, has supported anti-abortion legislation which takes away a woman’s right to choose. He also would endanger us by applauding the Supreme Court striking down the 100-year-old New York law limiting guns. Finally, as an acolyte of former President Donald Trump [R], Zeldin voted against certifying the election. For all these reasons, he must not be our governor.

Rabbi Adam D. Fisher Port Jefferson Station

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Opinion

Modern messages for a modern reality

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read bumper stickers, buttons, fortune cookies and messages on T-shirts. They are a form of poetry that captures a moment, an approach, an attitude, and a message in fewer words than some of the soupier birthday cards.

Like birthday cards, sometimes these messages work, are amusing, evoke a reaction, or make me laugh for intentional and unintentional reasons.

In the modern world, in which so many interactions seem less than optimal or contrary to the intentions, I D. None have some suggested messages that reflect of the above the current state of

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF customer service and civility, or lack thereof.

— Please don’t interrupt. I’m in the middle of looking busy. When I started working many

years ago, someone told me to balance between looking busy and being under control. She suggested I walk quickly and purposefully, even if just to the bathroom, to suggest that I’m too busy to tackle something new that might involve lots of administrative work.

— Yes, I am talking to you. Those of you old enough to have seen the Robert De Niro film “Raging Bull” will understand this one instantly. This message captures the prevalence of confrontations.

— I have no idea what’s good. I don’t eat here.

Diners often ask waiters and waitresses, “what’s good.” More often than not, they tell people what’s popular dishes or their specials. The subtext here is that some of them don’t, can’t or wouldn’t eat where you’re eating, especially after spending considerable time in the kitchen.

— Everything and nothing is special today.

Keeping with the dining theme, while blending in some grade inflation, waiters could provide something philosophical for their diners to consume.

— I believe in building suspense. The

assignment, the job, or even the entree may be later than someone wanted. This message could suggest the tardiness was deliberate and was designed to enhance appreciation and add drama. So, you’re welcome.

— Sure, you can ask. I like the buttons people wear at Yankees games that encourage fans to ask a question. On a day when these customer service professionals are feeling tired or hung over, they could don messages that encourage people to move along or to figure out how to drive home to Pennsylvania from the Bronx on their own.

— How can I appear to help you? Life is all about optics. Yes, we should be helping and yes, people are paid to help each other, in person, on phone and on the Internet. Sometimes, the person (or artificial intelligence programs) that is offering assistance isn’t delivering much.

— I brought my own questions, thanks. I would love it if a politician wore this button to a debate.

On one level, it could suggest the candidate has questions that are hopefully substantive for his or her opponent. On the other, it could be an honest

way of acknowledging the disconnect between a question about the environment and an answer about the person’s commitment to family.

— What can you do for me? This is a way of turning the tables, literally, on a hostile or inappropriate customer. It also discourages people from asking too much of someone who is not eager to deliver.

— Is there anything else I can’t do for you? I’ve been on numerous calls with people who haven’t done anything, particularly when dealing with traveling details, who then ask if there’s anything else they can help me with. When they haven’t helped me with the first question, it’s hard to imagine they can help with a second. A more honest message might suggest that they also anticipate not being able to provide any help with a second problem or question.

— What did you get me for my birthday? People often want, or expect, something, even from strangers, on their birthday. They don’t often consider that the person from whom they expect service, help or extra treatment had a birthday they likely missed.

Remember that bit about pledging our sacred Honor?

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Are you worried about what’s going to happen to our country?”

This question was posed to me by a younger person I know. He was clearly worried by current events, and with good reason. Our nation is facing a number of serious problems, and, in fact, so is most of the rest of the world.

His question made me think back to some of the chaotic times I remember. Polarization is a painful word being used to describe the United States today, but there were other times Between in my short lifetime when our country was you and me seriously divided.

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF I have an early memory of signs hanging in our apartment house elevator. “Impeach Truman,” they urged. I don’t think I knew what they meant, but people on the streets were heatedly saying the same thing. I

knew Truman was president, but I certainly did not know anything about impeachment, and I had never before heard of Douglas McArthur, who had been relieved of his command in the Far East for disagreeing with Truman over Korean War tactics. That was a time of polarization, and tensions were high, even in my neighborhood of New York City. The Chicago Tribune editorialized, “The American nation has never been in greater danger.”

Our country moved on.

Everyone who was alive in the 60s well remembers the torments of that decade.

Both Kennedy and Martin Luther King were assassinated, civil rights legislation drove friends apart, the Vietnam War caused endless demonstrations and riots, and the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968 was a frightful militarized spectacle epitomizing the nation’s divisions and chaos. It seemed our nation was being torn apart. People wondered if the country would survive.

Our country moved on.

There was Watergate in the 70s and a president of the United States was forced to

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resign. There were long lines at the gas pumps and wild inflation with stagnation and American hostages in Iran.

Our country moved on.

You get the point. Severe problems have always periodically challenged America, our stability and our way of life. There have been those with evil intent and there have been true heroes. We have been challenged regularly, we have come together and we have moved on.

July 4th, we celebrated our independence, and the flag that belongs to all of us. In our small town America, up and down the Island, we paraded together, fire departments and police departments, conservatives and liberals, Blacks and whites and Latinos and Asians, gay and straight, lifers and choicers. We did so as Americans, proud of our nation despite its many faults, recognizing that we can make our country better even as we cheer the exceptionalism that makes immigrants risk and sometimes lose their lives to get here.

If you read through the Declaration of Independence, as I did this past weekend, you will see the values that bind us together. We must

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not lose, in the struggles to find our way forward today, the respect in the ending sentence: “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”

Let us then start our healing not by putting power over country but by pledging to each other our sacred Honor. That will help unite us, to truly hear each other, and together we can move on. We always have, and together, we always will.

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Eye on the street: Get the scoop on favorite ice cream memories from locals and visitors

BY CAROLYN SACKSTEIN DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM It is the season of ice cream.

This week, people visiting downtown Port Jefferson were asked to give their thoughts on the best and worst ice cream flavors and to share their fondest memories associated with this cold, delicious treat.

Joseph Papalia, Florida

Brianna Goncalves, Shirley

He had just finished a cherry ice from Ralph’s when he was approached about his favorite ice cream flavors.

The former Nesconset resident said his favorite ice cream “without a doubt is Häagen-Dazs’ Dulce de Leche.” He went on to state that his least favorite was “chocolate — I don’t like strawberry either.” He said his favorite memory is “right here, Port Jefferson.”

Caroline Santonocito, Ridge

Santonocito was asked what her favorite flavor was, she said, “This one, vanilla, from this particular ice cream place [Port Jefferson Ice Cream Café].” She added, “There really is no least favorite ice cream for me.”

She likes chocolate peanut butter cup and dislikes mint chocolate chip. When asked about a favorite memory she said, “I get ice cream so much, I really don’t know.”

Sydny Starling, Tupelo, Mississippi

Sydny was with her Shetland sheepdog when she was approached for an interview. The visitor favors cookies and cream and dislikes mint chocolate chip. She has no particular memories associated with ice cream.

Michael Carneiro, Mount Sinai

Toni Ross, Middle Island

Ross currently likes tiramisu best, but doesn’t like ice cream containing nuts. Her fondest memory associated with ice cream is of “sitting with my husband and licking my ice cream in Port Jeff waiting for the ferry.”

Chris Devault, Rocky Point

He fondly remembers having ice cream while fishing on Lake Michigan. He said he most enjoys coffee-flavored ice cream as well as cookies and cream. When asked what was his least favorite flavor, Devault responded, “One that’s not served.”

His favorite flavor is chocolate chip cookie dough and his least favorite flavor is mint chocolate chip. He has memories of vacationing and being “a preteen and me, my dad and my brother were getting ice cream. And, you know, sometimes it’s messy. And all of a sudden, I look to the left and my brother goes, ‘Michael you’ve got ice cream on the back of your head.’ So, we were all cracking up, dying laughing, because I, of course, am the person who would somehow get ice cream on the back of his head.”