The Port Times Record - March 9, 2017

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March 9, 2017

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U.s. Rep. lee Zeldin meets with constituents in east Patchogue.

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Congressman meets with constituents face-to-face

By Kevin Redding and alex PetRosKi

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Hundreds of concerned constituents on both sides of the aisle gathered inside the Hagerman Fire Department in East Patchogue March 3, seated at scattered round tables, waiting to hear their names called to meet with U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley).

In another room, the congressman was holding mobile office hours and meeting with five to six people at a time, grouped according to the topics they wanted to discuss, to hear the issues of the people he represents, which ranged from health care and what’s to come of the Affordable Care Act, abortion and the congressman’s stance to defund Planned Parenthood, immigration, the environment, and tax reform.

Despite demands from various local groups to host an in-person town hall in recent weeks, Zeldin has committed to these individualized and small-group meetings to avoid what he’s called the “liberal obstruction” of town halls that has taken place around the United States.

Tehmina Tirmizi, a student at Stony Brook University, said she hoped to talk to Zeldin about the rhetoric of President Donald Trump (R) and his administration, which, she feels, supports bigotry and fear of minorities. “[They] incite hatred, anger, stress, depression and a lot of people have been hurt and are hurting inside and they should be keeping the peace,” she said.

“They can’t just say something, have people react to it and then go and hide somewhere. I’d love to see Zeldin make a statement and come out against [the rhetoric] and he has yet to do that.”

Wading River resident Jim Lupis was there on behalf of a pro-life group to encourage Zeldin to defund Planned Parenthood.

“Taxpayer’s money shouldn’t be used to perform abortions, and murdering innocent children should be totally illegal,” Lupis said. “Zeldin has a strong voting record against Planned Parenthood and I want to

speak to him about staying the course and defunding such an evil thing.”

Eastport resident Penny Mintz said, on top of being concerned about Citizens United and “the takeover of the wholesale purchase of government by big corporations,” she wanted to talk about the elimination of consumer protections, environment and health care.

“I have no hope of actually speaking to him...I’m only here so that he knows there are all these people who care enough are watching him, and he can’t abandon us for corporate interests,” Mintz said. “I wish he would back down from Trump and the policies the president is imposing.”

Just a few tables away, Hampton Bays resident Mark Raschke said he wanted to meet Zeldin, give him support, tell him he voted for him, and let him know he liked the way he supported Trump. Port Jefferson Station resident and military veteran Ed Bednarek wants to know where his congressman feels the country is going to go under the Trump administration, and when “the liberals are going to stop fighting and start getting on board and work with us as a team,” also calling for veterans to take priority over immigrants.

Ira Silverberg, of Bellport, said he wanted to challenge the congressman on a voting record that is “not protecting the environment of Long Island as well as he says it is.”

When asked how he felt about the mobile office hours in comparison to an in-person town hall meeting, Silverberg said “this format has disenfranchised 85 percent of the people who have shown up and is too controlling and inadequate to deal with the needs of the diverse, concerned community.”

For Cindy Morris, from Stony Brook, who wished to speak with Zeldin about the civil liberties she felt had been under attack as of late, she said the mobile office hours format “does not work.”

“We are all just talking amongst ourselves…[Zeldin’s] staff isn’t even circulat-

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ing and coming out to talk to us,” Morris said. “I look at this room and I see diversity, so this is an opportunity for him to really meet with his constituency and not just meet with the people who pay for him to win elections. We aren’t protesters, we’re passionate citizens.”

Anna Hayward, a Stony Brook University professor, echoed Morris’s feelings.

“In a town hall format, he could hear our issues but we can also hear other people’s issues...we’re a very respectful, educated, and well-mannered community and I don’t think he needs to worry about people screaming at him and attacking him,” she said.

Conversely, Nancy Beltran of Holtsville stands by Zeldin’s decision to not hold such a public forum.

“There’s no risk of chanting and screaming and bullying in a group setting so it avoids all of that, he’s doing the right thing by trying to hear the people without all that noise,” Beltran said.

Outside the fire department, dozens of people — supporters of Zeldin on one side holding up signs that read “Thank You Lee Zeldin for doing what we elected you to do” and opponents of Zeldin on the other with signs that read “Lee Let’s Talk” — stood to voice their concerns.

“I’m very passionate about supporting Lee Zeldin...he’s a stand up guy, he listens to people, educates himself and is not just a go-with-the-political-winds [leader],” Patchogue resident Heather Martello said.

Mary Casey, who stood in opposition of Zeldin, questioned his moral courage in not wanting to hold a town hall meeting.

“His reported reason is that it just descends into screaming and yelling and it’s useless but I think it’s because he wants to maintain that aura of being right and if you have people screaming at you, you can’t be in control,” she said.

Zeldin’s aversion to holding a traditional in-person town hall has left many in his district angered, despite mobile office hours and an hour-long telephone town hall in February.

A group called Project Free Knowledge hosted an event called The People’s Town Hall March 4 at the Performing Arts Studio in Port Jefferson, which featured a Zeldin impersonator, repeated potshots at the congressman and a foil called “the people’s candidate.” The show was meant to serve as political satire, though one of the organizers behind the production said the group intended to deliver a serious message through the performance.

Anna Sitzmann, a member of the Project Free Knowledge team and a participant in the performance, said the group’s mission was to be both informative to those in attendance while also being critical of Zeldin.

Sitzmann said this was the first time the group has branched out into “political theater,” a phrase she said she’s often heard Zeldin use to describe activist demonstrations. She added the group met with Zeldin about three weeks ago and asked him to host a community-moderated, live town hall, which he declined. Sitzmann said that’s when the group decided to put on their own town hall.

“Zeldin has certainly met with constitu-

Photo by Kevin Redding

Protestors and supporters wait outside of the Hagerman Fire Department in East Patchogue for the opportunity to speak with U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin.

ents personally, but as we made reference to, he won’t do it for more than half an hour, he needs to prescreen people’s questions, he’s incredibly controlling about the conditions in which it happens, and it’s clear he doesn’t want a general town hall with community moderators because he’s not actually prepared to stand accountable for the things that he’s doing,” Sitzmann said in an interview after the performance.

She added Zeldin was invited to attend the event but she received an “unbelievably disrespectful response.”

A spokeswoman for the congressman, Jennifer DiSiena, responded to Sitzmann’s claim in an email, saying she’s not sure what Sitzmann was referring to and called the performance “unbelievably disrespectful.” DiSiena took issue with much of the content of the show.

“Congressman Zeldin will meet with any constituent interested in a productive, substantive exchange of ideas,” she said.

“He has even met with the protesters involved in setting up that mock town hall.

He is not interested in the type of political theater that this group of liberal obstructionists is interested in promoting. The country faces real challenges and Zeldin will remain focused on working across the aisle to constructively find solutions. Requesting a town hall for the purpose of disrupting the town hall without any sense of decorum or decency is wrong and will not be taken seriously.”

Sitzmann said she’s not concerned about the possibility of the performance adding to an already heated political discourse, which seems to be swallowing whole the district and country alike.

“If I’m stoking the flames of Zeldin’s fire, fine,” she said. “I admit that a lot of people that voted for Lee Zeldin or voted for Donald Trump were upset about things that they ought to have been upset about, but I think the Republican party and especially President Trump have harnessed that anger and misdirected it towards things that don’t deserve the blame, such as minorities and global cooperation, while as a way of hiding the real cause of the problem, which is the kind of economic advantage seeking that both of them partake in.”

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Comsewogue School District prepares budget for 2017-18

All academic programs maintained despite less state aid than anticipated

By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com The Comsewogue School District is in strong financial shape, but as has been the case in recent years, their outlook could be stronger. Superintendent Joe Rella presented a 2017-18 budget draft during a February board of education meeting that would be an increase of 2.9 percent more than the current year’s budget and would maintain all existing academic programs.

The $89,796,337 budget first draft was constructed based on the district receiving nearly $500,000 less in foundation aid than they expected after New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) proposed an adjustment to the formula, used to calculate how much districts receive from the state, which was established in 2007.

According to the activist coalition Alliance for Quality Education, the formula was put in place in response to the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit resolution, which ensured $5.5 billion would be committed to mostly high-need school districts in 2007, and was supposed to take effect over the course of four years. The decision was reached 14 years after the initial lawsuit in 1993. It eventually reached the New York State Court of Appeals, which ruled high-need districts were being neglected. The money still has not been fully phased in.

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Comsewogue school board president John swenning and superintendent Joe rella along with the rest of the board and administration have begun 2017-18 budget preparations.

A summary in Rella’s budget presentation said the district is disappointed in the decision to change the formula.

“The district lost out on $462,000 that would have helped lead to stronger educational programs for our students,” the summary said. “The foundation aid formula change is unacceptable…we are going to be forced to reduce services if we do not see additional state aid.”

Rella was vocal in his opposition of the Gap Elimination Adjustment, which was enacted seven years ago in an effort to close a state budget deficit by deducting funds from

each school district’s state aid allotment. The aid deducted by the adjustment was fully restored to districts last year.

In total, Comsewogue will receive nearly $31 million in funding from the state for the upcoming school year. About $55 million in revenue will come from property taxes, which is 2.7 percent more than the 2016-17 school year. The increase won’t require a cap-piercing vote because the district did a fund transfer for several capital improvement projects, which are exempt from impacting the tax levy increase cap because the money was taxed previously.

Some of the capital improvement projects slated for the upcoming school year include asphalt replacement at the high school, a new roof at Terryville Road Elementary School and upgrades to the turf on the high school field.

Assistant superintendent for business Susan Casali said the district is also budgeting to increase their reserves.

“I think financially we’re very sound,” Casali said in a phone interview. She added enrollment is increasing by about two percent for 2017-18, which is a positive sign for financial considerations going forward.

Casali attributed a large chunk of the $2,559,120 increase compared to the current year’s budget to the expiration of the district’s transportation contract. A new agreement will be reached after the contract is put out for bid.

According to Rella, the district also plans to expand on a pilot consortium program, which began in 2016-17, where two ninthgrade classes were exposed to a project- and inquiry-based curriculum, alternative to typical Regents classes, to create a deeper understanding for several subjects. Casali predicted the expansion will require the hiring of at least one more full-time teacher.

The final budget discussion is scheduled to take place March 30 before the board can adopt it April 3. A budget hearing will be held for the public May 2 and the vote is May 16.

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Notice of formation of Every Paw Counts LLC. Articles of organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 10/24/16.Office located in Suffolk. SSNY is designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against LLC. 117 Briana Dr. East Setauket, N.Y. 11733.Purpose any lawful purpose.

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SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. DAVID WURMAN, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on December 16, 2016, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on March 17, 2017 at 9:15 a.m., premises known as 9 Ascot Place, Coram, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0200, Section 370.00, Block 06.00 and Lot 044.011. Approximate amount of judgment is $433,841.02 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 66411/14.

Karen Caggiano, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Ste. 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff 847 2/16 4x ptr PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE VOTERS OF UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK, ON BEHALF OF THE PORT JEFFERSON FREE LIBRARY: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a special meeting of qualified voters of Union Free School District No. 6, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, will be held in the Port Jefferson Free Library located at 100 Thompson Street, Port Jefferson, New York, on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., prevailing time for the purpose of voting by paper ballot upon the following items: To adopt the annual Port Jefferson Free Library budget for the fiscal year 2017-2018 and that the Board of Education of School District No. 6 be authorized and directed to raise by taxation the necessary moneys on the taxable property of the district.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that for the purpose of voting at such meeting on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 the polls will be opened between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. prevailing time, and the voting will be held in the Port Jefferson Free Library Building.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of

money which will be required for the ensuing year for the Port Jefferson Free Library’s purposes, exclusive of public moneys, may be seen by any taxpayer in the School District during the seven days immediately preceding said meeting, except holidays, at the Library: 100 Thompson Street, Port Jefferson, New York during regular library hours of service, between 9:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday; 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Saturday; 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, prevailing time.

A Budget Information Meeting will be held on Monday, March 27, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. in the Library Meeting Room.

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Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered in the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office on 11/25/2016, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on 3/17/2017 at 9:30 am, premises known as 41 Wading River Road, Center Moriches, NY 11934, and described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, and designated on the tax maps of the Suffolk County Treasurer as Section 791.00, Block 04.00 and Lot 013.000 The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $290,489.81 plus interest and costs. The premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 33204/2013.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Christopher M. Hahn, Esq., Referee.

Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, Armonk, NY 10504 Dated: 1/13/2017 GNS 879 2/16 4x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, doing business as Christiana Trust, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee for BCAT 2014-11TT, Plaintiff AGAINST Christopher Gogarty a/k/a Christopher J Gogarty; Nicole Gogarty; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated August 2, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hall, Farmingville NY 11738 on March 20, 2017 at 9:45AM, premises known as 2904 Newport Avenue, Medford, NY 11763. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of NY, District 0200 Section 659.00 Block 03.00 Lot 049.000. Approximate amount of judgment $298,900.09 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 34597/12.

Karyn E. Bell, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: February 8, 2017 885 2/16 4x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2012-1T, Plaintiff AGAINST Lourdes Lima Collazo AKA Lourdees E. Lima, AKA Lourdes E. Collazo, AKA Lourdes Lima, AKA Lourdes Elizabeth Lima, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated July 25, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hall, Farmingville, NY 11738, on March 22, 2017 at 11:00AM, premises known as 15 EDGEWOOD AVENUE, PORT JEFFERSON, NY 11776. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Port Jefferson Station, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, DISTRICT 0200, SECTION 160.00, BLOCK 07.00, LOT 026.000. Approximate amount of judgment $459,911.16 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 29796-13.

Mark A. Cuthbertson Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 887 2/16 4x ptr

Police Blotter Incidents and arrests, Feb. 28–March 6 Cracking down

You don’t have to go home

You can run but you can’t hide

Fight night

A 51-year-old man from Selden possessed crack cocaine upon exiting his 2012 Chevrolet on Berkeley Avenue in Selden March 6, according to police. He was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

At about 10:30 p.m. Feb. 28, a 21-yearold man from Mount Sinai was driving north on Patchogue-Mount Sinai Road in Mount Sinai near the intersection of Canal Road when he was directed to stop by a marked police car with its lights flashing.

The driver drove recklessly in an attempt to evade the officer, turned down Mount Sinai-Coram Road, pulled into a driveway and attempted to hide the vehicle in the backyard of a home, according to police.

He was arrested and charged with fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle.

Job search imminent

On March 2 at about 3 p.m., a 25-year-old woman from Sound Beach grabbed a coworker by the hair at a place of business on Route 25A in Miller Place and threw the woman into a cabinet, according to police. The woman was arrested and charged with third-degree menacing.

Artists arrested

A 23-year-old man from Coram, a 23-yearold man from Port Jefferson Station and a 29-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station spray painted on the rear of Fantasia Bridal Center on Route 25A in Rocky Point at about 2 a.m. March 3, according to police. The three were arrested and charged with making graffiti.

Driving on drugs

At about 8 a.m. March 3, a 26-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station was driving a 2008 Chevrolet on Patchogue Drive in Rocky Point when he crashed into a parked 2015 Nissan, according to police. It was discovered he was driving under the influence of drugs and also did not have permission from the owner of the car to be driving it, police said. He was arrested and charged with first-degree driving a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs and operation of a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent.

Hand in the cookie jar

A 43-year-old man from Selden attempted to break into Rite Aid in Independence Plaza in Selden at about 5 a.m. March 6 by breaking a window with a baseball bat, according to police. With the glass broken, police said he reached inside and stole cigarettes and electronic cigarettes.

He was arrested and charged with thirddegree burglary.

At a warehouse on Middle Country Road in Selden, a 26-year-old man from Selden entered unlawfully at about 11:30 a.m.

March 6 and remained inside, according to police. He was arrested and charged with third-degree criminal trespassing.

At The Park Bench Bar & Grill on North Country Road in Stony Brook at about 12:30 a.m. March 3, a 22-year-old man from the Bronx created a disturbance inside the bar, was asked to leave, began an argument outside of the bar and refused to leave and then lunged at security in a threatening manner, according to police. He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

Bumper cars

A 34-year-old woman from East Patchogue was driving a 2009 Honda on Route 25 in Selden near the intersection of South Evergreen Drive March 3 when she rearended another vehicle, according to police.

Police discovered she was driving under the influence of drugs. She was arrested and charged with first-degree operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs.

Fenced in

A fence around a home on Sarah Anne Court in Miller Place was damaged at about 2 p.m. March 6, according to police.

Quitting smoking is hard

Someone stole Nicorette gum from Walmart on Nesconset Highway in Setauket at about 4 p.m. March 5, according to police.

Shots fired

Someone fired multiple gun shots into a parked, unoccupied 2016 Dodge and a 2006 Infiniti parked in a driveway on Parkside Avenue in Miller Place at about 10 p.m. March 4, according to police.

Get a coloring book

Someone wrote using markers on a 2009 Lexus parked at a home on Bleeker Street in Port Jefferson at about 8 p.m. March 2, causing damage to the hood and windowpanes, according to police.

Channel surfing

Someone stole a television from Walmart on Nesconset Highway in Setauket at about 8 a.m. March 2, according to police.

Pulp fiction

A briefcase was stolen from inside a 2012 Jeep parked in a driveway of a home on 1st Avenue in Port Jefferson at about 8:30 p.m. March 2, according to police.

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LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS Comsewogue School District 290 Norwood Avenue Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776 The Board of Education of the Comsewogue School District hereby invites sealed proposals for providing transportation for 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 years commencing in the school year 2017-2018 for contracts for: (1) home-to-school transportation for in-District and out-of-District transportation for public, private, parochial, and special education students; and (2) field trips. Proposals should include pricing for supplying the necessary buses, vans and related vehicles, drivers, bus/van attendants, equipment

and services to perform transportation for approximately 28 buses and 21 vans for District students to public or private schools and for field/athletic trips. In the best interests of the District, the Board of Education

reserves the right to award the transportation contracts for 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 year period. Future oneyear or multiple-year contract extensions may be awarded at the discretion of the Board of Education. The award of multi-year contracts is subject to and is conditioned upon the approval of the Comsewogue School District voters.

The Request for Proposal, including forms for proposal, certification, conditions, and specifications may be obtained from the District’s Business Office, located at 290 Norwood Avenue, Port Jefferson Station, New York 11776 between 9:00AM and 3:00PM, Monday through Friday, prior to the time and date specified below.

In all cases, it must be understood that the conditions set forth in the Request for Proposals issued by the District will apply. Sealed proposals must be mailed or delivered to the Assistant Superintendent for Business, Comsewogue School District, 290 Norwood Avenue, Port Jefferson Station, New York 11776 and must be clearly marked “Competitive Proposal: Student Transportation.” Proposals will be received until 10:00AM on March 29, 2017 in the office of the Assistant Superintendent for Business.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject all proposals, waive any informalities in proposals, and to negotiate any portion of proposals. Any aspects of the service not addressed by the Specifications are left to the proposer to address. Alternatives to the Specifications or additions to the Specifications are to be clearly identified by the proposer.

Proposals for each transportation contract will be evaluated according to the following weighted criteria established by the District in accordance with Education Law § 305(14) and Section 156.12 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education: Category I(A) I(B) II(A) II(B) II(C)

Weight

Previous experience of proposer in transporting students.

Name of each additional transportation company in which proposer has been an owner or manager and the proposer’s experience with same Safety programs implemented by proposer. (Include supporting documents in proposal) Record of accidents in motor vehicles under the control of the proposer for the past five calendar years. (List insurance runs and ratio of injury vs. physical damage).

Driving history of employees of the proposer. (Include abstracts and driving records)

15 5 10 5 10

Inspection records and model year of each of the motor vehicles under the control of II(D) proposer. (NYS DOT BUSNET score. Include BUSNET for ALL Nassau and 10 Suffolk locations.)

Page 1 of 3 Maintenance schedules of the motor vehicles under the control ofProposers the proposer.

(List Comsewogue School District RFP Initials ______10 II(E) programs and preventive maintenance programs implemented and followed.)

III(A) Financial analysis of proposer (include financial statements) 5 Documentation of compliance with the state and local insurance and bonding III(B) 5 requirement. (Include insurance certificate.)

Overall cost of proposal over the period of time requested. (Points will be awarded IV(A) 25 as a percentage of all proposers).

Total = 100 A minimum score of 85 is required to be eligible for an award.

The Commissioner of Education, in addition to her existing statutory authority to approve or disapprove transportation contracts, may reject any award of a transportation contract that is based on an evaluation of proposals submitted in response to a Request for Proposal if she finds that (1) the contractor is not responsive to the Request for Proposal; or (2) the proposal is not in the best interests of the District.

All proposals must remain open and binding upon the proposer for a period of 90 days following the time and date designated for the receipt of proposals and will thereafter remain firm unless the proposer provides

written notice to the Comsewogue School District Business Office that the Proposal has been withdrawn. At the discretion of the District, security in the form of a bond or irrevocable letter of credit of not less than 10% of the total amount of the annual proposed cost, pledging that the proposer will enter into a contract with the District on the terms stated in his/her proposal, may be required to be submitted with a proposal.

Board of Education Comsewogue School District Scoring Information: 1A

1B

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE The evaluator will rate the proposers' previous experience in providing service to the District, and other districts (with focus on Districts of comparable size, if applicable). Priority should be given to the level of service provided to the District. Safety, on time performance, problem solving, accessibility of management, and driver appearance are to be considered in evaluation of the proposer. Scores may range from a high of 15 points to a low of 0 points.

OWNER & MANAGER The evaluator will rate the interaction with managers & owners during the course of performance in the District and, if applicable, other districts. If the proposer has not had previous experience with the District, the evaluator may contact other districts where comparable service has been provided by the proposer. Scores may range from a high of 5 points to a low of 0 points.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE MARCH 09, 2017 • THE PORT TIMES RECORD • PAGE A7 The evaluator will rate the proposers' previous experience in providing service to the District, and other districts (with focus on Districts of comparable size, if applicable). Priority should be given to the level of service provided to the District. Safety, on time performance, problem solving, accessibility of management, and driver appearance are to be considered in evaluation of the proposer. Scores may range from a high of 15 points to a low of 0 points.

1B OWNER & MANAGER The evaluator will rate the interaction with managers & owners during the course of performance in the District and, if applicable, other districts. If the proposer has not had previous experience with the District, the evaluator may contact other districts where comparable service has been provided by the proposer. Scores may range from a high of 5 points to a low of 0 points.

2A SAFETY PROGRAMS The evaluator will rate the safety programs implemented by the proposer and compliance with all appropriate State Agencies. Evaluation of training programs, manuals, drug and alcohol testing, as well as mandated courses will be Page considered.

2 of 3 Scores may range from a high of 10 points toSchool a low ofDistrict zero points.

Comsewogue RFP Proposers Initials ______ 2B ACCIDENTS The evaluator will consider the number of accidents relative to the number of vehicles operated and total miles driven. The number of accidents involving injury will be weighed more heavily than minor damage accidents. Scores may range from a high of 5 points to a low of 0 points.

2C DRIVING HISTORY OF EMPLOYEES The evaluator will review the driving records of the employees of the proposer including their 19A records, accident records and length of service. Scores may range from a high of 10 points to a low of 0 points.

2D INSPECTION RECORDS The New York State DOT BUSNET ratings for the proposer for ALL terminals will be considered. Scores for this section will be determined by the BUSNET ratings as follows: 100-95% for ALL terminals 10 points 94-90% for ALL terminals 7 points 89-85% for ALL terminals 3 points 84% or lower 0 points 2E VEHICLE MAINTENANCE The evaluator will review the preventive maintenance of the proposer. Frequency of major repairs will be noted as it relates to the age of the equipment and the down time of vehicles for repairs. Location and condition of maintenance facilities will also be considered. Scores may range from a high of 10 points to a low of 0 points.

3A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS The evaluator will review the financial documents submitted to determine the financial strength of the proposer. Added value may be given to proposers submitting certified financial statements or in the case of publicly traded companies, their annual report. Prior bankruptcies will be considered. Scores may range from a high of 5 points to a low of 0 points.

3B INSURANCE The evaluator will review all information submitted to ascertain that the District's requirements will be fully met. Score may be 5 points for full compliance or 0 points for non-compliance.

4A OVERALL COST The scores for total cost of the proposal will be scored as follows: 25 points for the lowest cost proposal Points for overall cost will be awarded based on a formula awarding 25 points to the lowest proposer and deducting the percentage difference between the lowest proposer and the other proposers (i.e., if the total cost between the lowest proposer and the next lowest proposer (proposer 2) is 10%, then proposer two will have 2.5 points deducted from the maximum score of 25).

TOTAL SCORE

944 3/9 1x pt NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of CWALT, Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2005-7CB, Mortgage Pass-Through CertifiComsewogue School District RFP cates, Series 2005-7CB, Plaintiff AGAINST Ronald Holmes, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 2-22-2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738, County of Suffolk on 3-24-2017 at 10:00AM, premises known as 52 Paula Boulevard, Selden, NY 11784. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, SECTION: 489.00, BLOCK: 04.00, LOT: 018.000 DISTRICT: 0200. Approximate amount of judgment $299,564.64 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index#: 27114/2012. Andrea DeNicola, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-055077-F00 872 2/23 4x ptr STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUC-

TURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-BNC3, Plaintiff, Page 3 of 3 v.

RUTH TAVARES, DANIEL TAVARES, et al., Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Suffolk County on November 9, 2015, I, the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on March 17, 2017 at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, County of Suffolk, State of New York, at 2:00 P.M., the premises described as follows: 21 Stacy Drive Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776 SBL No.: 0200-257.00-09.00006.000 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No.11-28698 , any state of facts an accurate survey and inspection of the premises

may disclose, to covenants, restrictions and easements, if any, to assessments or water charges not a lien upon the property, to violations, zoning regulations, prior liens of record, if any, and ordinances of the city, town or village in which premises Proposers Initialssaid ______ lie, to leases, tenancies and occupancies, and to other charges and liens with priority over plaintiff’s mortgage.

George Dazzo, Esq., Referee Judgment Amount: $596,985.72 Stephen J. Lapp, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St. Rochester, New York 14614 Tel: 585.987.2800 874 2/16 4x ptr

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LEGALS

NOTICE OF TAX SALE INC. VILLAGE OF BELLE TERRE NEW YORK

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to the provisions of the Real Property Tax Law of the State of New York and a motion of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Belle Terre, New York, adopted on the 21st day of February 2017, a public auction will be held in the Village Clerk’s office located at 1 Cliff Road, Belle Terre, New York on the 13th day of March, 2017 at 11 o’clock in the forenoon (prevailing time) to sell so much of each of the following parcels of real property upon which taxes are unpaid in order to discharge the taxes, interest and charges which may be due on the Real Estate hereinafter described and situated in the Village of Belle Terre at the time of said sale, and said sale shall be continued from day to day, if necessary, until it shall be completed.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT each purchaser at such sale shall pay the amount of his bid within ten days after the sale, to the Village ClerkTreasurer who shall give to such purchaser a certificate in writing describing the real estate purchased and the sum paid thereof.

NOTICE is here further given that any tax liens on property affected by the Federal and or New York Soldier’s and Sailor’s Civil Relief Acts as amended or which may be affected by such acts are sold subject to the provisions of such acts.

When there are prior years tax liens, it is indicated by one (*) asterisk.

To be sold together with the statement of the amount of taxes, fees and interest thereon.

Owner Name: Teignmouth Hall, LLC Land & Building $2,889.06 Location: 21 Bridge Lane 0201-008.00-02.00-008.000 Dated: February 23, 2017 Joanne Raso, Village Clerk-Treasurer 892 2/23 3x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF SUFFOLK DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY 4828 Loop Central Drive Houston, TX 77081, Plaintiff, Against Index No.: 24994/07 JAMES JABLONSKI, LORRAINE JABLONSKI, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered in the Suffolk County Clerk’s office on 1/20/2009, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on 3/28/2017 at 10:00 am, premises known as 61 Fireside Lane, East Setauket, NY 11733 and described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in thein the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State

of New York and designated on the tax maps of Suffolk County Treasurer as Section 278, Block 3 and Lot 6.

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $425,565.56 plus interest and costs. The premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 24994/07.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Robert W. Kohlus, Esq., Referee.

Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, Armonk, NY 10504 Dated: 1/19/2017 MNB 904 2/23 4x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY Continental Home Loans, Inc.; Plaintiff(s) vs. KERRI-ANN MOYER AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JOSEPH L SQUATRIGLIA; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about December 21, 2015, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738.

On March 23, 2017 at 10:00 am.

Premises known as 2 PARNELL LANE, PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY 11776 Section: 336.00 Block: 02.00 Lot: 002.000 ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate, lying and being at Terryville, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, known and designated as and

by Lot 155 as shown on a certain map entitled “Map of Ole Towne Estates, Section No. 3”, and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk on November 8, 1961 as File No. 3454.

As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale.

Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale.

Approximate amount of judgment $409,230.22 plus interest and costs.

INDEX NO. 02656-14 Dan J. Murphy, Esq., Referee 906 2/23 4x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff(s) vs. MICHAEL PADALINO AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF PAUL PADALINO; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about October 24, 2016, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738.

On March 29, 2017 at 10:00 am.

Premises known as 33 HILL-

CREST AVE, PORT JEFFERSON, NY 11777 District: 0206 Section: 018.00 Block: 04.00 Lot: 097.000 ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate, lying and being at Port Jefferson, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, known and designated as part of Lot. No. 17 as shown on a certain map entitled, “Map of Brook Hollow Section 2, Port Jefferson, L.I. N.Y. March 1967, surveyed by Hawkins & Webb, Surveyors”, and filed in the Suffolk County Clerk`s Office on October 25, 1967 as Map No. 4976.

As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale.

Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale.

Approximate amount of judgment $460,385.91 plus interest and costs.

INDEX NO. 063325/2014 Joan M. Genchi, Esq., Referee 907 2/23 4x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST BRYAN METZLER, CHERYL M. MOORE, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 22, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY, on March 24, 2017 at 1:00PM, premises known as 16 HURON STREET, PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY 11776. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, DISTRICT 0200, SECTION 281.00, BLOCK 06.00, LOT 030.000 AN and LOT 031.000. Approximate amount of judgment $324,133.86 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 062253/2014.

Michael T. Clancy Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 912 2/23 4x ptr LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Town Law, a public hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven, at Brookhaven Town Hall, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on the 23rd day of March, 2017 at 6:00 pm on the findings of Cashin, Spinelli, & Ferretti, LLC that the structures located at 36 Maple Avenue, Port Jefferson Station, New York, SCTM# 0200-137.00-03.00030.000, represents a health and safety hazard and should be removed.

DONNA LENT TOWN CLERK TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN DATED: March 2, 2017 Farmingville, New York 924 3/9 1x ptr

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC; Plaintiff(s) vs. NANCY MELLOR; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about September 20, 2016, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738.

On April 5, 2017 at 1:00 pm.

Premises known as 149 NEW YORK AVENUE, SOUND BEACH, NY 11789 District: 0200 Section: 050.00 Block: 05.00 Lot: 029.000 ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, known and designated as and by Lots Numbers 10509 to 10513 both inclusive, on a certain map entitled, “Fourth Map of Sound Beach, Section C”, which map has filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk on August 14, 1929 as Map Number 638.

As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale.

Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale.

Approximate amount of judgment $311,525.35 plus interest and costs.

INDEX NO. 00828-14 Howard M. Bergson, Esq., Referee 927 3/2 4x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS TRUSTEE FOR CIT MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 20071; Plaintiff(s) vs. KAREN TORTORELLA A/K/A KAREN L. TORTORELLA A/K/A KAREN ROST; MICHAEL TORTORELLA A/K/A MICHAEL J. TORTORELLA; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about October 27, 2016, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738.

On March 31, 2017 at 9:15 am.

Premises known as 4 MIDDAY DRIVE, CENTEREACH, NY 11720 District: 0200 Section: 442.00 Block: 06.00 Lot: 018.000 ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, known and designated as Lot 375 on a certain map entitled, “Map of Dawn Estates, Section 10” filed in the Office of the Clerk of Suffolk County on 6/14/56 as Map No. 2571.

As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale.

Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale.

Approximate amount of judg-

ment $245,985.43 plus interest and costs.

INDEX NO. 601922/2015 Brian T. Egan, Esq., Referee 928 3/2 4x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY EVERBANK; Plaintiff(s) vs. KEVIN KEELEY A/K/A KEVIN G. KEELEY; JONATHAN MICHEL; KELLY MICHEL-RUED A/K/A KELLY MICHEL; MAUREEN RUED; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about September 29, 2016, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738.

On March 30, 2017 at 2:00 pm.

Premises known as 10 OAKMONT AVENUE, SELDEN, NY 11784 District: 0200 Section: 473.00 Block: 06.00 Lot: 077.000 ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Selden, Township of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, known and designated as Lots Numbers 85, and part of 86 on a certain map entitled, “Map of Natures Gardens, Section Three, situated at Selden, Suffolk County, New York, property of O.L. Schwencke Land and Investment Company,” surveyed by Herman P. Hawkins, Civil Engineer and filed in the Office of the Clerk at Riverhead, September 10, 1931, as Map Number 630.

As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale.

Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale.

Approximate amount of judgment $144,929.18 plus interest and costs.

INDEX NO. 600235/2015 James E. McElhone, P.C., Esq., Referee 929 3/2 4x ptr NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that a public hearing shall be held on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. in the Village Meeting Room at the Belle Terre Community Center, located at 55 Cliff Road, Belle Terre, to hear any and all persons either for or against a proposed local law entitled “A LOCAL LAW amending chapter 170 of the Village Code of Belle Terre to authorize additional but alternate members of the Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Board.

Copies of the proposed law, sponsored by Mayor Robert Sandak, are on file in the Village Clerk’s Office, Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VILLAGE OF BELLE TERRE JOANNE RASO, VILLAGE CLERK 937 3/9 1x ptr LEGAL NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF

SUFFOLK FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff AGAINST FRANK T. PIRANEO, III and JENNIFER I. PIRANEO, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated October 26, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY, on March 29, 2017 at 10:30AM, premises known as 20 FAIRWAY DRIVE, MIDDLE ISLAND, NY 11953. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being Middle Island, Town of Brookhaven, and County of Suffolk and State of New York, DISTRICT 0200, SECTION 433.00, BLOCK 01.00, LOT 007.000. Approximate amount of judgment $485,773.82 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 604450/2015.

The above mentioned sale was originally scheduled for March 9, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. The new sale Date is March 29, 2017 at 10:30 a.m.

Joan M. Genchi, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 941 3/9 1x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT SUFFOLK COUNTY ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff against RONALD C. HAMMOND, JR. A/K/A RONALD HAMMOND, et al Defendants Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such & Crane, LLP 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, NY 11590 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered NOVEMBER 29, 2016 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on APRIL 12, 2017 at 9:30 A.M.. Premises known as 462 LOCKWOOD DRIVE, SHIRLEY, NY 11967. District 0200 Sec 616.00 Block 04.00 Lot 024.000. All that certain Plot, Piece or Parcel of Land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying, and being in the Township of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, and State of New York Approximate Amount of Judgment is 245,130.38 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 22779/13.

MARGARET PEZZINO, ESQ,, Referee 945 3/9 4x ptr

MARCH 09, 2017 • THE PORT TIMES RECORD • PAGE A9

Clearing of deadfall in Port Jeff Village park causes community uproar

By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com What was intended to be a first step in cleaning up a Port Jefferson Village park for future repurposing, instead, served as fodder for community outrage at a March 6 board of trustees meeting. Roosevelt Park, which lies hidden in a wooded area near the southern end of Roosevelt Avenue between Dark Hollow Road and the train tracks in the village’s southwest corner, was cleared of fallen leaves and dead branches recently, though several unintended consequences were brought to the board’s attention by people who live near the park.

A corporation that built houses in the village in the 1970s, as a condition of project approval, was supposed to give three parcels on the western side of Roosevelt Avenue, opposite the ball field, to the village for recreational use. It was also supposed to contribute $5,000 to the village so it could acquire a fourth piece of land, which is pinned between the existing park, the three adjacent parcels and the Long Island Rail Road track that borders the park’s southern side. Due to a clerical mistake, the transaction wasn’t officially completed until May 2016.

The village has discussed possible projects for the site, but at the present time nothing is remotely close to being implemented.

Several community members voiced issues with what was done in the wooded area without notifying the residents.

“I was away for a week,” said Steven Metzler, who lives on Roosevelt Avenue and came to the meeting out of interest. “They came in and supposedly took down dead branches and whatnot, but if anyone took a look at it, it looked like they took a small bulldozer through and created paths and tracks for something, down to the sand.”

His concern, living in the area for 20 years, is that he’s had pheasants, turkey, grouse, red-tailed hawks, deer and res fox around his property for years, and he and his neighbors are afraid now that the lot is cleared, they’ll come to their property for

LEGALS

TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Bids will be received and publicly opened and read aloud in the Town of Brookhaven Purchasing Division located at the Brookhaven Town Office Complex, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, New York, 11738, 3rd Floor, for the following project on the date as indicated at 11:00 am: DATE: March 23, 2017 BID #17012 TOWN HALL LIGHTING SYSTEM UPGRADE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, NEW YORK A non-refundable fee of $25.60 will be charged for plans and specifications. Payment can be made by either money order, or business check (payable to the Town of Brookhaven). NO CASH, CREDIT CARDS OR PERSONAL CHECKS ACCEPTED. Definite specifications may be obtained at the Purchasing Division, beginning March 9, 2017.

File photo by elana Glowatz

roosevelt Avenue’s park is tucked away in the woods. A path leads from the road to the field, which is next to the railroad track. shelter or have nowhere to go at all.

“Someone else suggested a community garden — that’ll last about a month,” Metzler said. “It’s like living in the Rocky Mountains almost here. And it’s beautiful, it’s a lovely thing.”

Other neighbors of the park said the dense brush used to insulate their homes from noise and light from the train tracks and questioned why the cleanup had to be done so deep in the woods.

Several village officials defended the cleanup project.

“I went with my parks supervisor and we went through all of our parks — we went to the country club, we went to Caro-

The Town of Brookhaven reserves the right to reject and declare invalid any or all bids and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the proposals received, all in the best interests of the Town.

The Town of Brookhaven welcomes and encourages minority and women-owned businesses and HUD Section 3 businesses to participate in the bidding process.

Town of Brookhaven Purchasing Division Kathleen C. Koppenhoefer, Deputy Commissioner (631) 451-6252 943 3/9 1x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT SUFFOLK COUNTY FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff against CHRISTOPHER MARTIN, et al Defendants Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such & Crane, LLP 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, West-

bury, NY 11590 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered APRIL 29, 2016 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738 on APRIL 13, 2017 at 11:00 A.M. Premises known as 176 BROOKFIELD AVENUE, CENTER MORICHES, NY 11934. Sec 754.00 Block 01.00 Lot 005.004 District 0200. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Center Moriches, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $464,615.82 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 070270/2014.

NATALE J. TARTAMELLA, ESQ., Referee 946 3/9 4x ptr NOTICE TO BIDDERS Bids will be received, publicly opened and read aloud at 11:00

line [Avenue Park], we went to Rocketship [Park],” said Renee Lemmerman, superintendent of recreation and parks. “All of the dead branches, all of the leaves that have accumulated — we cleaned those up. We didn’t cut any trees down. They did some pruning of trees that were on the fence and came down. We cleaned up. That’s all we did in all of our parks.”

Lemmerman also denied the use of heavy machinery to do the job.

Trustee Stan Loucks and Deputy Mayor Larry Lapointe, who stood in for the absent Mayor Margot Garant during the meeting, both stressed the fact that ideas for the site are only in the brainstorming phase, and com-

munity forums will be held before any plan is approved to ensure all voices are heard.

“We brainstorm all of the time about every village program, about every village resource,” Lapointe said. “Ninety percent of what we brainstorm we don’t do. We asked the director of recreation to do some brainstorming about that property and about the acquisition of a parcel there that adjoins the two parcels that we already own, which by the way, were given to the village by the developer when these neighborhoods were built, to build parks. We have no present plan to do anything there.”

Some ideas discussed have included a vegetable garden, a “fit park” or a bike trail.

a.m. in the Division of Purchasing of the Town of Brookhaven, One Independence Hill, Third Floor, Farmingville, NY 11738, for the following item(s) on the dates indicated:

en-owned businesses and HUD Section 3 businesses to participate in the bidding process.

BID #17013 – UNIFORMS FOR RECREATION (2017) MARCH 22, 2017

Kathleen C. Koppenhoefer Deputy Commissioner TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN

BID #17014 – COATS HEAVY DUTY TIRE CHANGER MODEL CHD-9551 (OR APPROVED EQUAL) MARCH 28, 2017

949 3/9 1x ptr

Specifications for the abovereferenced bids will be available beginning March 9, 2017.

Preferred Method • Access website: www.Brookhavenny.gov: click on link for Bids.

• Follow directions to register and download document.

The Town of Brookhaven reserves the right to reject and declare invalid any or all bids and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the proposals received, all in the best interests of the Town. The Town of Brookhaven welcomes and encourages minorities and wom-

Further information can be obtained by calling (631) 451-6252.

PUBLIC NOTICE Zoning Board of Appeals Inc. Village of Port Jefferson Zoning Board of Appeals PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS of Article XI, Section 250-50 of the Code of Village of Port Jefferson, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on March 23, 2017 at 7:30PM at Village Hall, 121 West Broadway, Port Jefferson, NY 11777. (A pre-hearing work session will begin at 7:00PM) PUBLIC HEARING 228 East Main St. Appeal No.: 513-17AT Location: 228 East Main Street

Port Jefferson, NY 11777 SCTM: Section 12, Block 3, Lot 12 Zoning: C-1 Property Owner: Broadway Tenth Port Jefferson LLC Applicant: People’s United Bank Contact: Rachel A. Scelfo, Esq. Applicant seeking Confirmation of a non-conforming use (CEU) for an existing two-story commercial building.

Respectfully submitted, Cindy Suarez, Secretary to the Planning & Zoning Boards March 2, 2017 953 3/9 1x ptr

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PeoPle Young authors publish books File photo by Elana Glowatz

The Port Jefferson Free Library

PJ Free Library wants to hear from you Whether you served in the armed forces or some other branch of government and public service, or whether you spent those years in Port Jefferson, we would like to learn about your wartime experience and memories. The goal of this questionnaire is to gather memories of the critical and

As part of a nonfiction writing unit, Edna Louise Spear Elementary School second-graders penned their own nonfiction books that included information researched by students. To celebrate the publication of their works, the students held an expert fair for first-grade classes. During the fair, the young authors shared their books and research.

Photo from Port Jefferson School District

dramatic days from 1941 to 1945, during which the United States was engaged in a world war. We hope you will contribute your memories and observations to help preserve this vital time in our nation’s history. Please contact the Adult Reference Desk of the Port Jefferson Free Library for more information.

obituaries Andrew Seelin

Andrew (Andy) Seelin of Stony Brook died Feb. 13 at the age of 58 from myelofibrosis.

Andy is survived by his wife Barbara (Bobbie) of 33 years; daughters Jennifer (Brian) Tyrseck and Sara Seelin; son Eric; his siblings, Jane and Jack Seelin, along with many other family members and friends.

Andy was born in Wantagh, on Nov. 3, 1958. He was a chief in the Stony Brook Fire Department, and a longtime member for 19 years including as an emergency medical technician. During those years, he was often commended for his volunteerism, dedication to the force and commitment. Andy was most recently recognized as Stony Brook Fire Department Firefighter of the Year 2016. He was also an employee of Brookhaven National Laboratory for 13 years. Andy was well-loved through the years and in the community for his kindness, devotion and goodwill.

A great family man, he will be sorely missed by all.

Andy’s family would like to extend special thanks to the Stony Brook University Hospital staff, nurses and doctors, especially Doctors Schuster, Janson, Strachan and Boyd. Their kindness toward and fondness of Andy was a source of comfort for his family. Words also cannot express thanks for members of the Stony Brook Fire Department for their friendship and support in this difficult time.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Be the Match or Stony Brook Volunteer Fire Department.

Margaret L. Evans

Margaret L. Evans, 90, a longtime community resident, died Feb. 8.

She was born June 4, 1926 in Wilmington, Delaware — daughter of David and Marguerite Elwood.

Louise was a homemaker who loved to play Bingo and spend time with family.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughters Margaret and Nancy; sons Matthew and Thomas; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; sister Mary Ann; along with many other family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband George.

Services were held at St. Gerard Majella R.C. Church, Feb. 17. Interment followed in the Calverton National Cemetery.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Please visit www.bryantfh.com to sign the online guestbook.

Paul A. Grieger

Paul A. Grieger, 81, a longtime community resident, died Jan. 16.

He was born May 31, 1935 in Germany, the son of Paul and Lillian Grieger.

Paul was a retired pipefitter. He enjoyed the news and reading, along with spending time with family.

He was an Army veteran of WWII. Left to cherish his memory are his sons, Paul and Steven (Jean); three grandchildren; sisters Carla, Eva and Vera; brothers Peter and Fred; along with many other family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his wife Arlene and sister Virginia.

Services were held in private. Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Please visit www.bryantfh.com to sign the online guestbook.

Contributions made to the Wounded Warrior, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675-8517 in his memory would be appreciated.

Walter De Hart

Walter De Hart, 93, a longtime community resident, died Feb. 9.

He was born April 17, 1923 in Elmira, the son of Harold and Ethel De Hart.

Walter was a retired construction worker for De Hart Brothers Construction Company, and member of the Wilson Rich American Legion, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and Terryville Historical Society. He also enjoyed woodworking and photography.

He was an Army veteran of WWII. Left to cherish his memory are his daughters Patricia and Joann; son Walter; nine grandchildren; seven greatgrandchildren; brothers Richard and Lawrence; along with many other family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his wife June (1979), son Edward and second wife Ethel.

Services were held at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on Feb. 14. Mr. De Hart was afforded full military honors at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Please visit www.bryantfh.com to sign the on-

line guestbook.

Frank Gaeta

Frank Gaeta died peacefully in his sleep Feb. 4 after a very long and courageous battle from a work-related injury. He was born in Brooklyn but raised in Shirley and resided in South Setauket. Frank was a hardworking man with a strong work ethic. He was a licensed plumber who also worked in maintenance, as a mechanic and a sole proprietor. He managed and coached Little League for many years, which he greatly enjoyed. A gentle and loving husband of Theresa, the couple was married for 41 years. He was the adoring, dedicated and loving father of Joseph and Nicholas; very proud grandpa to precious baby Coraline Theresa; son of Isabelle and Frank Gaeta, both now in heaven; cherished brother of Mary, Angie and John; devoted uncle of numerous nieces and nephews. He was a great friend for those who had the pleasure to know him. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to New Beginnings Community Center for Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Medford, New York 11763 (www.nbli.org) in Frank’s memory and are very much appreciated.

Services were held at St. Gerard Majella R.C. Church on Feb. 8. Interment followed at Washington Memorial Park in Mount Sinai.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Please visit www.bryantfh.com to sign the online guestbook.

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North Shore Trump voters participate in nationwide rally to support president

By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com Not to be outdone by the uprising of left-leaning activists who have made their displeasure known across the United States since President Donald Trump’s (R) inauguration, supporters of the president congregated March 4 to present a united front in backing Trump.

A group called Main Street Patriots organized the rallies, titled the Spirit of America Rallies, which took place in 32 states and Washington D.C. The only rally held in New York took place outside of the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge and was organized and promoted in part by the Conservative Society for Action, a Patchogue-based group founded in 2008 whose website says has about 900 members.

“We need to stand united with our president who wants to do something to fix America,” a website set up to promote the Suffolk County event stated as part of its mission.

Judy Pepenella, a Patchogue resident and the national coordinator for the CSA, said she tried her best to spread the news of the rally on social media. She estimated about 350 to 400 people attended the Hauppauge rally.

“Spirit of America is the spirit of the Constitution, the spirit of the rule of law, the spirit of the goals and the directives and the original intent of the founding fathers,” Pepenella said, explaining how her group got involved. “We do stand behind our president — some people, more, some people less. But he won, we want to give him a chance.”

The rally came as the heat was being turned up on Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who multiple news outlets reported last week had meetings with a Russian ambassador despite Session’s testimony during his confirmation hearing he had no contact with Russian officials during the campaign. Rallies, protests and contentious town hall meetings featuring activists opposing Trump’s agenda and policies have taken place across the U.S. in recent weeks.

Pepenella said the group’s mission is not to blindly defend all of Trump’s policies

Photos by Alex Petroski

supporters of President Donald trump take to the grounds of the H. lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge March 4 to make their voices heard. or words, or her congressman — U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) — for that matter, but she said it’s refreshing to hear a politician “call a spade a spade.” Zeldin has publicly supported Trump for months.

“Just because [Trump] said so doesn’t mean it’s right,” she said. “If it doesn’t work with the Constitution; if it infringes on a person’s rights; if it’s going to hurt somebody socially, economically and a person in need … he’s going to hear from us.

It’s not a just ‘we blindly support the president’ — we support the president’s goals and his platform and mission statement to make America great again.”

Pepenella, who said she has yet to hear anything from Trump that would cause her to raise an eyebrow so far in his presidency, attributed outrage toward Trump’s words and actions to people not being used to a New Yorker telling it like it is.

“We are all New Yorkers, and there’s a problem with New Yorkers, and I say that as a native New Yorker,” she said.

“We have a bit of a tenacity and a bit of a brazen, ballsy-ass attitude — forgive my French — but that’s what we have.

Donald Trump was born in Queens. He’s born and raised here. He’s a New Yorker and we can sometimes say things that

are not perfectly correct, but that’s who we are. It doesn’t bother me. I have no problem with his rhetoric.”

Port Jefferson resident Keith Debaun shared his motivation behind attending the event.

“Clearly I’m here not to support Hillary Clinton,” he said. “I’m here to support Donald Trump because he’s facing a lot of resistance, and I’m here to oppose that resistance.”

Dix Hills resident and attorney Mike Dyckman also explained his reason for attending.

“I’m a Republican, I’m a conservative, and I’m an American,” he said. “I don’t like what’s happening whether it’s Republican or Democrat — we have to be together as a nation and I don’t like what’s going on right now on the left. They’re not listening to anybody. They’ve got all of these shoutdown sessions when the representatives are going back to talk to their constituents.

It looks like a lot of it is staged, whether they’re paid for it or not. If that doesn’t stop, what’s going to happen is we’re going to not get anything done in the country.”

Pepenella addressed some constituent’s complaints that Zeldin has not been available enough and hasn’t met with many local residents who have invited him to events, saying the congressman who came

before him wasn’t any better.

“I know for a fact people have gotten in to see him [Zeldin],” she said. “When it was Tim Bishop’s (D-Southampton) office, you’d go in, they had a sign-in sheet, you put your name… and why you’re there. If you were lucky you got a response. I didn’t get a response when I went in the office because I was asking for specific things. I [did] get one meeting with Tim Bishop.

When he found out it was me, he never met with me again.”

Flyers with information about the CSA were passed out during the rally with a clear statement of the group’s mission going forward.

“The Conservative Society for Action believes it’s time for a return to fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, free markets and honest government,” it said. “We cannot afford to sit this one out. We will be silent no more. Please join us in our fight for the future of this country. Freedom isn’t free. Get involved while there’s still time.”

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Ward Melville gown changes spark debate; PJ, Comsewogue maintaining policies

By Rita Egan Rita@tbRnewspapeRs.com Changes are coming to Ward Melville’s graduation gowns after 50 years of tradition, but the Port Jefferson and Comsewogue school districts have no plans to follow suit, at least in the near future.

Gone now are the separate green and gold gowns for males and females. Replacing them, are gender-neutral green ones with gold stoles that feature the high school emblem, breaking the school’s half-century commencement tradition.

“This year, as we mark the 50th anniversary of the Three Village Central School District, we are focusing on honoring the traditions of the past, while building new traditions for our future,” Ward Melville High School Principal Alan Baum wrote in a letter posted on the school district’s website March 2.

The letter came after nearly 100 students participated in a walkout March 1, protesting the news of even the possibility of a color change.

One of the factors considered in making the decision was to meet the concerns of transgender and gender-fluid students.

“In addition to creating a unified senior class, it is our hope that creating a unifying color scheme will eliminate the anxiety that is caused by forcing a young adult to wear a gown that labels them differently than how they identify,” Baum wrote in the letter. “This decision also reflects the progressive nature of our district, our high school and our community. Through the use of the unified gowns, we are no longer separating our students by gender; rather, we will be promoting a more inclusive practice at graduation.”

News of the gown change circulated on social media Feb. 28, prompting a number of students to start petitions and participate in the walkout.

Seniors Brianna LaSita, Charlotte Schmidt and Isabelle Antos were motivated to start a petition on Change.org to support same-colored gowns. The trio sent a joint statement to The Village Times Herald to explain their motive.

“We created our petition in response to the

petition that was made in support of keeping the traditional colored gowns,” the three wrote. “As it gained supporters and hateful comments, we decided we needed to support our class and protect our LGBTQA+ peers from the hateful rhetoric featured on signs during the walkout.”

Some of the signs held by students had slogans like “Straight Lives Matter” and “Don’t Tread On Me.” David Kilmnick, CEO of the LGBT Network, a Long Island-based nonprofit, said the organization heard about the debate after the walkout. He said a few students from the school emailed his group seeking help, claiming they heard anti-transgender rhetoric spewed from students and teachers.

The CEO said the decision to have one gown color solves the issue of transgender children feeling a sense of anxiety when it comes to choosing a color. He said when making such a decision, most feel that if they choose the color that represents their true identity, they’ll risk harassment from their peers. If they don’t choose the color, they’re “not feeling whole in who they are.”

“This is not as simple as black and white, or even about green and gold anymore — this fair debate over tradition has devolved into an excuse to promote transphobic hate speech,” the petitioner organizers wrote. “That is not what our community is about.”

As of March 8, their petition to support the same colored gowns had almost 700 signatures. One petitioner wrote on the site: “I would be so grateful if we can all leave Ward Melville more loving and empathetic individuals, we should always be working to ensure that all of our class feels comfortable every day but especially a day as special as graduation.”

A senior at the high school, who asked to remain anonymous, said many students were disappointed by the color change, especially after having already had their senior portraits taken adhering to the now-former color tradition. The school rectified the problem by notifying parents March 7 that students could retake their graduation photos at no additional cost.

According to the student, it was felt the gown change was made by the administration

File photos above; photo below from the three Village Central School District

above, Port Jefferson and Comsewogue will stick with their two-color policies for 2017 graduation gowns. Below, Ward Melville’s new neutral green cap and gown with yellow stole. after consulting with only a few students.

The senior wrote that even though a portion of the student body felt the change was only based on the needs of transgender students, those upset were not discriminating against anyone, but were just hoping to continue tradition.

“My issue, and the issue that my peers that participated in a walkout protest during class today share, is that a choice is being made that benefits a minute minority of people, not the majority,” the student said. “This is an underlying theme that is playing out across the country. Lawmakers, educators and school administrators are making changes based on what a small population wants, not what the majority of the school or state or the entire nation feels is right.”

Jennifer Segui, who is the mother of two children at W.S. Mount Elementary School, said she was disappointed when she read a number of negative reactions on social media after the decision.

“It would have been so beautiful if the idea of the new graduation gowns had been embraced by all students and parents from the beginning,” Segui said. “Sadly, that didn’t happen. Hopefully, people can learn and move forward.”

But the anonymous student said those who participated in the protest felt as though the administration did not listen to opinions from most of the students when making the decision.

“Instead of listening to our voices, our principal brought our protest in the auditorium, and basically stifled our statements in what was a clear attempt to silence us,” the student said. “It is clear, to me at least, that the school has no intention of doing what is right.

They would rather follow in popular culture than face the fact that what they are doing is blatantly unfair. Again, I carry no prejudice.

I speak with the basic ideal of a democratic republic that what is done should be decided by the majority.”

Port Jefferson Superintendent Paul Casciano shared his thoughts on the dilemma at Ward Melville, though he admitted by email it’s too late to change Port Jeff’s policy for 2017 graduation.

“We should constantly be reviewing our practices with the possibility that some may need to evolve to reflect more enlightened thinking,” he said. “The debate being played out about graduation gown colors begs the question, ‘Is it necessary for us to identify our graduating students by gender at a commencement ceremony?’ At college and university commencement ceremonies, male and female graduates wear the same colors without any negative impact on the significance of the day. At commencement, the focus is on what you have accomplished, not your gender.”

Comsewogue’s assistant superintendent Susan Casali said the board and administration discussed the issue during a March 2 work session. She said no changes were imminent, but if student concerns were raised the district would certainly revisit the issue.

Ward Melville isn’t the first Long Island school to break tradition, following in the footsteps of Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington and Island Trees High School in Levittown. Kilmnick said he feels the administration made a bold move in the right direction.

“I think we’re seeing a movement,” Kilmnick said. “Even though Ward Melville is the third school on Long Island to do this, I think we’ll see a lot more on Long Island. And we’re certainly seeing schools across the country getting rid of the separate colored gowns because they’re not inclusive for all students.

What the change does, in fact, is let everyone in Ward Melville wear green and gold, from looking at the new gown, and it allows the entire school to move forward as one community, and to celebrate graduation in a safe, inclusive manner — and make graduation celebratory for all.”

Reporting contributed by Alex Petroski.

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Photos by Bill landon

Clockwise from left, Courtney lewis scores between two East Rockaway opponents; Corinne Scannell drives the baseline; Jillian Colucci tries to hold onto the ball; and Jackie Brown shoots from beyond the arc.

History made as Royals raise up first Long Island title

By Bill landon In his book “The Precious Present,” Spencer Johnson wrote: “I can chose to be happy now, or I can try to be happy when, or if.”

The Port Jefferson girls’ basketball team chose to live in the moment during their March 6 Long Island championship title game, stepping onto a court no Royal had walked on before. Senior Jillian Colucci was no stranger to the limelight, though. The soccer standout, used to throwing the ball inbounds during the fall season, swished a long-distance shot that was just three feet inside half court to close out the first half. The buzzer-beater before halftime that capped a 9-0 run sent the crowd into frenzy, and the Royals dancing into the locker room. That happiness carried through the second half, as Port Jefferson outscored East Rockaway 67-49 for the school’s first Class C crown.

Port Jefferson 67 East Rockaway 49

“We’re just soaking it in,” senior Corinne Scannell said of the win. “Precious Present … it’s all about living in the moment, so I guess we’ll enjoy the moment and take it from here.”

East Rockaway’s defense focused on shutting down senior Courtney Lewis all across the SUNY Old Westbury court, but it didn’t matter. Lewis fought through double-teams most of the way to score a game-high 30 points. She drove the lane over and over, and even if she didn’t score, she drew fouls to find points from the free-throw line instead. The senior went 9-for-10 from the charity stripe.

“We knew they were going to key on Courtney, and we needed our other shooters to be willing to step up and take their shots,” Port Jefferson head coach Jessie Rosen said.

“They gained confidence throughout the course of the week, and today when the opportunity was there for them. They did what they needed to do.”

Jackie Brown was first to step up, hitting long-distance shots seemingly at will. The senior banked four of them in the first half. Then, it was Colucci’s shining moment. With Lewis cornered, sophomore Jocelyn Lebron passed Colucci the ball. As Colucci sprinted just beyond half court, she let the ball go as the buzzer sounded, and hit nothing but net to give her team a 36-22 lead heading into the break.

“There was time for one more, and I heaved it up and it just went in,” Colucci said.

“I’m just absolutely speechless. To make it this far with these girls is absolutely amazing.”

Defensively, the Royals hands were everywhere. And they made their steals count.

Scannell intercepted a pass and dished it off to Colucci, who went coast to coast for the score that helped the Royals break out to 43-27 lead with 4:41 left in the third.

“It feels really good knowing that we did it as a team,” Scannell said. “The things we worked on in practice were tailored to this game. It’s nice to see it all come together.”

For Brown, who chipped in 14 points, the magnitude of her team’s accomplishment hasn’t set in yet.

“I hoped we would be here at the beginning of the season — it’s awesome that we won it,” she said. “It’s really cool that we’ll have that 2017 LIC banner to hang in the gym.”

Senior Gillian Kenah echoed Brown’s sentiment.

“At the beginning of the season it was definitely a dream — I imagined us at the counties, but I wasn’t sure about this,” she said.

“Honestly, it’s a dream come true.”

Lewis credited the success to her team’s daily preparation.

“I knew we’d come out with intensity,” she said. “I didn’t think we’d win by this margin.”

Rosen said he could see the team’s determination early on when he took over midseason as the team’s head coach.

“This is an exciting group of girls — they work their absolute hardest every day,” he said. “I know that sounds like a cliché, but when you practice like you play and play like you practice, it’s nothing short of awesome.”

When the buzzer sounded, the Royals

erupted in celebration as they experienced the taste of a Long Island championship for the first time. Thinking back to the short story they read prior to the game, they realized they attained that precious present.

“It is wise for me to think about the past, and to learn from my past, but it is not wise for me to be in the past for that is how I lose myself,” Johnson wrote. “It is also wise to think about the future and to prepare for my future, but it is not wise for me to be in the future for that too is how I lose myself, and when I lose myself, I lose what is most precious to me.”

Kenah said her team will savor the moment and get back to work preparing for the next game. The Royals will face the winner of the Section I Haldane vs. Section VIIII Pine Plains in the regional finals March 9 at SUNY Old Westbury at 7:30 p.m.

“We’re going to condition tomorrow,” she said. “We have another game on Thursday, so we’ll enjoy tonight, but we’re right back at it tomorrow.”

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OpiniOn Editorial

Letters to the editor

The Shipyard apartment building is too large The facade of The Shipyard apartments is appalling. Couldn’t they come up with something better looking and in keeping with this old village? There doesn’t appear to be any setback either. It’ll look like a shipyard all right. Coming down West Broadway into the village will be very disappointing.

I do believe in progress when it’s tastefully accomplished. I wonder what Overbay [next door] will be like? These old eyes will be afraid to look.

Shirley A. Leonard Port Jefferson

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One of three new apartment buildings in Port Jefferson, the Shipyard building on West Broadway is concerning to some residents.

Does new apartment building comply with code?

Ward Melville High School graduates

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Instituting change — the right way Many students at Ward Melville High School are upset that after 50 years, they will no longer wear separate green and gold gowns at graduation. Last week a walkout was organized in protest of the change implemented by Principal Alan Baum, who defended the act as an opportunity to make new traditions while also creating a more inclusive environment — mainly for transgender students.

The editorial staff applauds any effort to make the lives of some of the most emotionally vulnerable young people in our society a little bit easier. Breaking tradition in cases like these is not only acceptable, but commendable.

However, that doesn’t mean this idea didn’t come without its flaws, and we understand why students may have been frustrated.

As an editorial staff we have all gone to our fair share of board of education meetings and sat through countless readings and rereadings of minor policy changes. We have listened to long debates on issues that may not even affect a third of the student body. But these discussions need to be had — they show the process and transparency of the administration.

So it’s surprising to us that this decision was made and implemented by the principal alone. No public forum for the idea, no vote from the board. Surely an idea, no matter how positive the outcome of it will be, should be debated and scrutinized to ensure success.

This gives everyone a chance to be heard and to understand, and perhaps support a change.

We hope more districts consider doing the same with their graduation gown policy, but not before they solicit responses from the student body to find out if a change in policy would alleviate concerns for even just one student. Make no mistake, the core idea here should be celebrated.

However, changing the gowns without letting the student body know was not the right move. After all, it’s their bodies that will be wearing them.

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Has the Village of Port Jefferson complied with its building code?

The imposing appearance of The Shipyard apartment complex is likely the result of an exception made to the building code by the village Planning Board. Village code requires that a building’s height be no more than 35 feet above ground level. Barring creative mathematics, the height of this building increased to approximately 45 feet above ground level when the board approved a third floor of apartments. Trustee

Bruce Miller referred to its “hodgepodge lodge” appearance and Planning Board member Barbara Sabatino expressed regrets for having approved the application.

The land on which this complex is being built was created by reclamation of the former Drowned Meadow wetlands. Because of the high underground water table, underground parking was not feasible. Instead, a 10-foot-high parking garage was built above ground and this

cement structure includes 4 feet of needed flood protection. The building would have remained within 35 feet of the flood protection level had a third floor not been approved.

Did this coding exception require a variance? Would such a variance request have been approved? Will a similar exception occur with other permit applications, including the Overbay apartments?

Al Cossari Port Jefferson

In defense of Congressman Lee Zeldin I cannot believe the things people are saying about Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) in these papers and online. Calling him names like a coward, stating he’s afraid to meet with his constituents and saying he only represents the right wing, are we talking about the same man here?

The Lee Zeldin I know has always been willing to reach out across the aisle and work with Democrats, Independents, Republicans and anyone else in between to get things done. Remember last term when he worked with Congressman Steve Israel (D-Huntington) on environmental issues? Or when he supported that bipartisan bill to drive funding home for local roads and bridges? Time and time again, Lee Zeldin has proven he is no ideologue. He’s also always accessible to constituents through meetings, events across the district and more, and his staff is great.

Just because you have the right to be upset and protest, doesn’t make you right. Let’s be honest with ourselves for a moment here: These people are upset with the results of the election and have decided to take that frustration out on Congressman Zeldin. They’ve also been ranting and raving about how he canceled “a town hall.” News flash: People, this event wasn’t a town hall. A simple investigation online showed that the event that was canceled was a simple meeting at a library in Southampton he was invited to speak at. After hearing that liberal obstructionists were planning on crashing the library to ruin the event, he canceled. Honestly, I don’t blame him. After hearing what he went through in East Patchogue, I would have done the same thing. In case you’re not aware, when a local Rotary

club held a meeting to honor Zeldin as its Man of the Year, protesters decided to obstruct the event by banging on cars, shining lights in the eyes of drivers and jumping in front of traffic. This is dangerous and immature. It’s also counterproductive. I think it’s time these people grew up a little bit.

I supported Lee Zeldin because he’s a fighter who genuinely cares about the people he represents. If you’re going to criticize the congressman, at least tell the truth and have substance to back up your claims. From what I can see, Congressman Zeldin is a fair representative who has always kept the needs of Long Island as his top priority and has always been happy to work with people all over the political spectrum.

Tom Lassandro Calverton

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OpiniOn Electronic punching bag for e-frustrations

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emember those punching dummies from years ago? They were like Weebles wobbles, where you could smack them as hard as you wanted and they would come popping up for more.

I think we need some kind of equivalent device for modern technology. Sure, cellphones allow us to talk to each other from anywhere in the world, see each other’s faces and share pictures on our way to school, to restaurants or to the most mundane places, but they and their cousins, the computers, can

By Daniel Dunaief also be like sand in the bottom of our socks.

My daughter sends pictures of herself from the car to her friends.

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Why? What do they see in these pictures? In many of them, she doesn’t even seem to be centered and her eyes are closed — maybe that’s a generational complaint.

Anyway, if these friends were in the car with her, they wouldn’t be looking at each other. Rather, they would be sending pictures of themselves to other people in other cars.

Modern technology has encouraged parallel play to such an extent that phone users prefer to interact from afar. When I see my daughter smiling at these ridiculous pictures while mumbling something incoherent to me, I’d like to remove the phone from her hand and toss it out the window.

It would cost way too much money to do that every time she annoyed me and, worse, I might hit someone with her phone.

That’s where the new device comes in. I’d like to have some version of her phone that I could pretend-smash into a thousand pieces.

That frustration doesn’t just involve technology with my children. I have

had numerous problems with my computer when I’m on deadline and I can’t afford to stare at a colorful circle that’s freezing my system or a cursor that refuses to respond to my movements across the page.

Sometimes, I feel as if technology is experimenting with me.

There’s someone sitting behind a monitor, using my phone or computer’s camera and is waiting for just the moment when I have no extra time and is sending a “kill” signal to my computer.

“Wait, no, no, no!” I shout at the disobedient machine. “Please, please, please, I have to send this now.”

“Heh, heh, heh,” a mischievous elf who decidedly does not work for Santa Claus is thinking as he watches my panicked face.

Instead of pushing the same unresponsive button a thousand times, I’d like an inflatable computer that I can throw across a room, kick as hard as I can or punch without injury. I’d also like to hear the sound of breaking glass as I’m doing it, as if the destructive force

I’m applying is somehow damaging the computer as much as it’s upsetting my psyche.

I know breaking real glass and destroying real technology would not only be bad for me and my bank account, but it would also create waste and pollute the environment.

I need something that can give me the faux satisfaction of my caveman instinct to strike back at something that’s bothering me.

I can type pretty quickly on my computer, but my thick fingers and the small keyboard on a smartphone, coupled with a spellchecker that hates the last names of my contacts, are a combustible mix. Maybe the next time the computer autocorrects something and then adds an error, I can hit a button that can give me a virtual sledgehammer so that I can virtually shatter my screen into a million pieces. Of course, I’d need the phone to work almost immediately after that because someone, somewhere needs me to send a “LOL” to their mistyped text message.

Itzhak Perlman, a pearl of a man and musician

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hank you, Itzhak Perlman. It was a fabulous concert by the superstar violinist last Saturday night at Gala 2017 held at Stony Brook University’s Staller Center for the Arts. And besides the music, of Vivaldi, Beethoven, Schumann and Stravinsky, there was pleasure in just being in Perlman’s company.

He produces extraordinary music in a most relaxed, unaffected and joyful fashion.

His face, known for its elasticity, changes expression as he

By Leah S. Dunaief plays the notes, encouraging the listener not just to hear but also to feel the elegant sounds.

Perlman was 3 years old and living in the newly created state of Israel when he heard classical

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music on the radio. He asked for a violin but was turned away from the Shulamit Conservatory, which his father had brought him to, because he was pronounced too small to hold a violin. Instead he was given a toy fiddle and taught himself to play until he was finally accepted.

When he was 4, he contracted polio and in time was able to walk with crutches, but he plays seated on an electric scooter that he uses to get around the stage. He gave his first recital at 10 and not too long afterward came to the United States and to Juilliard. By 1958, when he was just 13, he appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and then went on tour with “The Ed Sullivan Caravan of Stars” across the country. In 1963 he debuted at Carnegie Hall and a year later won the prestigious Leventritt Competition before embarking on an extensive performing and recording career.

Perlman is known as a violinist, conductor, teacher and speaker, the last sometimes on behalf on those with disabilities. He usually performs as a soloist, accompanied by

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the gifted pianist, Rohan De Silva from Sri Lanka. But Perlman has shared the stage with many of the world’s greatest musicians, including Yo-Yo Ma, Jessye Norman, Isaac Stern and his friend and fellow violinist, Pinchas Zukerman. He has collaborated often with screen composer John Williams and plays the score for “Schindler’s List” in the movie, as well as that of “Memoirs of a Geisha” and other films. He even did a stint with the Muppets on “Sesame Street.”

Perlman has played with or conducted some of the great orchestras performing classical music. He also loves klezmer, a Jewish folk music, and jazz. What is not so well known is that he can sing. He actually sang the role of the jailer in the opera “Tosca,” alongside Placido Domingo and conducted by James Levine. At another time, he sang the same part, joining Luciano Pavarotti with Zubin Mehta conducting. That’s keeping pretty good company.

Known for his charisma and humanity, Perlman and his wife Toby — also a violinist, who he met

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in high school — started the Perlman Music Program that is housed in Shelter Island. There gifted young string players attend summer camp and mentoring programs. The Perlmans have five children and live in New York City.

Over the years, Itzhak Perlman has won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest honor for a civilian, and the National Medal of Arts with numerous Grammy and Emmy awards. He has performed several times at the White House and all over the world, perhaps most notably in the Eastern European bloc countries with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in 1987 before the Berlin Wall came down, the Soviet Union in 1990, also China and India in 1994. He won over those audiences with his elegant yet seemingly effortless technique, his affability and humor, as he so totally did with us in Stony Brook this past weekend.

Thank you Staller director, Alan Inkles, and the rest of your staff of hardworking magicians, for a memorable night.

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