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March 12, 2015

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Fire and ice Historic firehouses exhibit at the PJVC Also: Festival of One Act Plays at Theatre Three, ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ at the SCPA

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Port Jefferson Fire Department recently conducted drills with the goal of refining members’ skills in rescuing people trapped in ice, according to department Chief Dave Williams. The PJFD took advantage of the fact that the bitter winter weather had iced up local waterways, placing personnel on that ice — under controlled conditions — to practice. Fortunately, Williams said, the firefighters have not had to use their ice rescue knowledge this year.

Officials go after illegal STAR exemptions BY erika karP

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Town supervisor goes from fiscal focus to greenhouse gas goals

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Brookhaven’s tax assessor Jim ryan speaks about fraudulent star exemptions at a press conference on March 10, as Deputy town attorney Dave Moran looks on.

Town of Brookhaven officials announced on Tuesday that they are taking down property owners who are receiving illegal tax exemptions. At the forefront of the issue are School Tax Relief, or STAR, exemptions. The popular state program’s standard level, known as Basic STAR, is available to residents who have a household income of $500,000 or less. The home must be owner-occupied in order to qualify. However, according to Brookhaven officials, there are dozens of — if not more than 100 — homes in the town that receive the exemption even though the owners rent them out. “We are going to send a very strong message because everyone else who is entitled is paying their fair share,” Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said at the press conference on Tuesday.

In May 2014, the town enacted a law that requires all entities, including banks, to notify the Brookhaven tax assessor after it takes over ownership of a property and is therefore no longer eligible for a tax exemption the previous owner received. If the entities don’t comply within 30 days of taking ownership, they could be fined up to $5,000. Shortly after Brookhaven passed the law, New York State Sen. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) introduced legislation that would require banks and financial institutions to notify local tax assessors about acquired properties if the previous owners qualified for a STAR exemption. The state administers funding to offset the exemptions. LaValle’s legislation, which is supported by Assemblyman Fred Thiele (D-Sag Harbor) in the state Assembly and has yet to go to a vote, does not address STAR continued on page A8

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Romaine shifts focus to the environment Supervisor advocates for a sustainable Brookhaven Town By Erika karp

In his third State of the Town address, Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine went green, focusing on making Brookhaven a more environmentallyfriendly place to live. The emphasis on creating a more sustainable town deviated from past addresses in which Romaine (R) focused on the town’s fiscal stability. Romaine said that while the town’s efforts to boost its financial standing are far from finished, there have still been improvements — like ending 2014 with a surplus — and now the town must do its part to address climate change. “In fact, protecting the environment and being fiscally prudent are not mutually exclusive,” he said Monday at Town Hall in Farmingville. In the coming weeks, Romaine said he would be putting forward an Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Initiative, as part of a five-year capital plan, with the goal of reducing the town government’s greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent over the next five years. In order to reach the goal, the town is looking at three areas: its buildings and facilities, traffic controls and streetlights as well as town vehicles. The Highway Department has already installed energy-efficient LED traffic

lights throughout much of the town and the Department of General Services purchased hybrid vehicles. The town has also created wind, solar and geothermal codes in an effort to promote alternative energy, and has worked to expand its singlestream recycling initiative. Later this year, the town will extend the single-stream pickup to multifamily complexes, allowing those residents to dispose of plastic and paper together. “It has been estimated that, as a nation, as much as 60 percent of the efforts to achieve environmental sustainability will needed to be addressed here on the local level, reinforcing that message: We should think not only globally, we need to act here locally,” Romaine said. Town Board minority party member Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) said she was pleased to hear the supervisor focus on the environment, and as the environmental protection liaison, is looking forward to working with him on the initiative he put forward. “I think he did a great job as far as reflecting on the hard work that the town board and the supervisor together have done over the past year,” she said. Romaine also touched on making Brookhaven a little brighter in the figurative sense. Since taking office in 2012, the

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Brookhaven Supervisor Ed romaine speaks about his stronger focus on protecting the local environment during his March 9 State of the Town address.

70th town supervisor has made it his mission to clean up Brookhaven’s vacant and foreclosed properties that developed out of the recession. So far, nearly 1,000 vacant buildings have been registered with the town’s vacant building registry, while the town’s newly-adopted blight restoration code is also being put to work. Under the code, home and commercial property owners must maintain and repair

properties or face the town completing the work and billing the owner. In addition, the code allows the town to condemn and demolish unsafe structures. “From Port Jefferson Station to Mastic to countless other communities, we are putting the owners of these abandoned houses on notice,” Romaine said. “If they don’t take care of these properties, we will take matters into our hands.”

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High school principal to depart in June By Elana Glowatz

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Principal Matthew Murphy will leave at the end of the school year.

Port Jefferson high school Principal Matthew Murphy will resign at the end of the school year, three years after joining the district. School board members accepted his resignation, effective June 30, at a meeting on Tuesday night. “I’ve had a wonderful three years at Port Jefferson, and collaboratively with the staff we’ve made many improvements to the high school,” Murphy said in a phone interview Wednesday. He is leaving the district because he has “decided to pursue other educational opportunities.” Murphy, who was previously the Hauppauge school district’s mathematics director, took the helm of the Earl L. Vandermeulen High School in the 2012-13 school year — he and Port Jefferson Middle School Principal Antonio Santana jointly replaced longtime high

‘I’ve had a wonderful three years at Port Jefferson.’ — MATTHEW MURPHY

school and middle school principal Roseann Cirnigliaro, who retired after decades as an educator, with 10 of those years in Port Jefferson. Although one person held the positions of Murphy and Santana in the past, Superintendent Ken Bossert said in an interview after the meeting on Tuesday night that the district would not be going back to its old ways. “We do not have any current plans to change the administration,” he said. The school district was previously able to operate with a single principal for the two schools, which are in the same building off Old Post Road, because it had a waiver from the New York State Department of Education — which expired in

2012 and was not renewed. At that time, Bossert had said that the middle school and high school are different learning environments that warranted “separate and distinct” principals. “I don’t see the middle school and the high school to be the same,” he said then. On Tuesday night, when asked about the timeline for replacing Murphy, Bossert replied that the position “will be posted as a vacancy very soon.” Murphy said he feels fortunate that he had support from the rest of the staff. For his successor, he said, “The advice I would have would be that you have a very supportive community and staff that are really there to help all the children succeed,” and that the new principal must understand that. And Bossert had some kind words for Murphy upon his departure: “We appreciate his service to the district over the last three years and we wish him the best of luck in all of his future endeavors.”

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Drive will help girls dance prom night away in style “I knew of some girls who didn’t go and it may have been because they Between two daughters who have at- couldn’t afford it,” she said. “These girls tended either a junior prom, a senior were heartbroken.” prom or both, Melinda Muzio of Rocky To help alleviate the costs associPoint knows that the price tag attached to ated with the prom, Muzio is collecting prepping for the event can be pretty steep. dresses for two separate events, which There is hair to do, makeup to apply, and will either donate dresses to needy girls maybe new jewelry and or sell them at a deep shoes to match a dress ‘I’m hoping someone discount. She created that can easily run a few gets to try them on and Long Island PromEZ, an hundred dollars. organization that finds “I think the bare mini- get their dream dress.’ and accepts new or gently mum you will spend on — KRISTINA STRONG used gowns. prom is $600,” she said. “So many of us have “It could run as high as $1,500 and I’m not a gown sitting in the closet from someover-exaggerating. It’s very expensive.” thing we went to that never gets used Being surrounded by girls at her job again,” she said. “Why not reuse those as secretary at the Long Island Academy gowns to put some smiles on girls’ faces?” of Dance studio in Miller Place, Muzio So far, Muzio has collected 75 dresses learned that the cost for prom might through word of mouth and through have been a bigger burden than some the Long Island PromEZ Facebook page could handle. she created for the two dress boutiques By Erin DuEñaS

scheduled later this month. On Friday, March 27, shoppers can browse the selection and pick up a dress at no cost. On Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29, there will be a sale event where dresses can be purchased at a discount. “There may be a gown that went for $500 selling for $250,” Muzio said. “The seller may be able to get some of that back and the buyer may be saving money they can use toward hair or nails. It’s a win-win situation.” Muzio said that she is collecting dresses until March 15. Donations can be dropped off at Busy B’s Cleaners in Rocky Point. She can also be contacted through the Facebook page in order to arrange a dress drop-off or to arrange the sale of a gown. Both events will be held at the Long Island Academy of Dance studio. Muzio said they’ll feature music, prom dress shopping guides and hopefully raffles for prom-related services such as limos and flowers, and certificates from salons for hair and makeup. She is reaching out to local businesses to help. Kristina Strong from Rocky Point gave eight gowns to LI PromEZ to sell at the discount sale. The dresses — all from past proms and fire department installation dinners — have been stored in her basement without any plans to wear them again. Strong said she hopes to sell her old dresses to help herself and the buyer. “I’m hoping to make some money back from the dresses to use toward my college textbooks,” she said. “It’s also to hopefully help out some who might not be able to afford the original cost of these dresses.” Strong said she was fortunate that her parents were able to purchase her a new

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dress for all of her events. “I’m hoping someone gets to try them on and get their dream dress,” she said. Muzio said collecting the dresses has been time-consuming but she hopes to do it again next year. Her ultimate goal is to make girls happy. “Every girl should have the opportunity to celebrate the milestone of her high school years by attending the prom with pride and in style,” she said. “PromEZ is here to help all these girls feel like this is a magical day.”

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county executive’s signature before it becomes law. The new rule will bring the exchange in line with the procedure for when dollars flow in the other direction — when Suffolk County buys parkland, it uses money from a fund that is fed with sales tax revenues and is specifically set aside for land acquisition. “I just want to make sure any money we are reimbursed gets put back toward its original intended purpose of saving open space and protecting drinking water,” Hahn said in a press release. The legislator introduced the bill in December, and the Legislature’s Parks and Recreation Committee discussed the issue in late February. The Legislature unanimously approved the measure last week. Suffolk County manages more than 46,000 acres of parkland, making it the largest county-owned park system in the nation, Hahn’s office said.

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State Senate strengthens sex offender laws By BarBara Donlon

Nine bills that aim to close loopholes in state laws protecting children and communities from sex offenders currently await action from the State Assembly, as the State Senate approved the bills last month. State Sen. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) sponsored seven of the nine bills that address critical issues regarding the safety of children. One of the bills would require the schools to notify parents about sex offenders living within the district. Another bill co-sponsored by Senator Michael Venditto (RMassapequa) addresses a New York State Court of Appeals ruling relating to Nassau County. In that case, the court sided with a sex offender who completed his parole and moved within 500 feet of a Nassau County school. His actions complied with state law but violated a local residency restriction. The new bill enables local municipalities to respond to the needs of their community and create laws relating to sex offenders. Communities would be allowed to put additional restrictions in place, as long as they are not less restrictive than state laws. “I think the timing on this is important; we don’t want gaps,” Flanagan said in an interview. Another bill reduces the

amount of time it takes to determine a convicted sex offender’s risk level, in an effort to make sure they are not released into the community without being designated, among other requirements. An offender can be labeled a level one, two or three. It is important for a risk determination to be made, as it determines if the offender has a low, moderate or high risk of repeating the offense again, and it dictates how many years an offender must register with the state. Also, some laws apply to certain levels of offenders but not others. According to the New York Sate Sex Offender Registry, as of March 9, Suffolk County is home to 535 level-one, 305 level-two and 170 level-three offenders. There are currently 12 offenders without any risk designation. In Suffolk County, the sex offender recidivism rate dropped 100 percent from six cases in 2011 and 2012 to zero cases to date. Another bill would fix a loophole that allowed sex offenders to spend significant periods of time at a residence other than the primary one registered with the state. The bill amends the definition of a residence and requires the offender to register any location at which he or she spends two or more days a week. Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci

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(R-Melville) also signed on to sponsor the State Assembly version of the bill that prohibits levels one, two and three sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of any school in the state. The Senate has already approved the bill. Lupinacci said he is pushing for not only this bill but all of them to be approved, as the safety of children is what matters most. “I will continue to fight to

keep our communities safe and our children out of harm’s way,” Lupinacci said in a press release. “I will urge my colleagues in the Assembly to pass this legislation so parents can rest with ease knowing their children are safer while at school.” Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) said if the Assembly endorses the bills, he would also support them.

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Brookhaven Councilwoman Jane Bonner (C-rocky Point) discusses some of the issues with illegal rental homes in communities such as rocky Point and Sound Beach.

other exemptions, like those for veterans. A 2012 state comptroller audit, which examined 731 mailing addresses with a STAR exemption, estimated that almost 19,000 improper exemptions could have been granted in 2010-11 statewide. According to Jim Ryan, Brookhaven’s tax assessor, property owners found to have an illegal exemption are subject to penalties such as a $500 processing fee to remove exemption, and the town can recapture any tax savings that the property owner benefited from. The monies would be returned to the school districts. In addition, interest charges can be applied to the money owed at a minimum of 12 percent per year, and there is a protocol to forward complaints to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office for criminal prosecution. About 30 to 35 cases have been referred to the district attorney’s office over the years.

He continued to say he has been a long-time supporter of any bills that stem from Megan’s law, an informal name for national laws that require enforcement authorities to notify the community regarding the whereabouts of convicted sex offenders. “There’s no reason to wait,” Flanagan said. “We passed legislation in our house. Let’s just get this done.”

“At the direction of the supervisor and in cooperation of all departments in the town, the assessor’s office will investigate and vigorously pursue all of these penalties to the maximum extent provided by law,” Ryan said. While officials said the crackdown is townwide, leaders from the Stony Brook Concerned Homeowners group, which advocates against illegal rental homes, were present at the meeting. The 2-yearold group has been fighting overcrowded boarding homes, which are often occupied by Stony Brook University students, in the Three Village community. According to Romaine, the town has identified at least a dozen homes in the Stony Brook area that are receiving fraudulent STAR exemptions. Even though town officials are focusing on STAR exemptions, Ryan said the town wouldn’t ignore other improperly granted tax cuts if they are discovered. “As we find those, we will aggressively investigate and take whatever action is appropriate.”

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OPINION

Team up to starve New York’s testing machine Your turn BY ALI GORDON

This is my fourth year serving as a trustee of the Comsewogue Board of Education. I love every minute of it, because I love my community and I take very seriously the responsibility entrusted to me. The thoughts expressed here are my own. I do not speak for the Comsewogue School District or the Board of Education. We have been warned that a trustee who speaks out could be removed by the state education commissioner. But our schools and our children depend on those of us who were elected to represent the best interests of our community. I cannot stay quiet for fear of retribution from the New York State Education Department anymore. There has been tremendous criticism of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent decision to withhold state aid and extort legislators into passing his education reforms. Our state legislators are stuck between agreeing to terrible reforms or refusing, leading to a late state budget and a potential loss of millions of dollars for schools. Cuomo’s proposals include measures

such as increasing the time to earn tenure from three to five years and evaluating teachers based upon half of their students’ state test scores. The reforms Cuomo is pushing are disingenuous and dangerous; he works out of the privatization handbook and uses inflammatory statistics. He cannot think of another way to move forward in education except through obsessive testing. Cuomo and the Board of Regents use a one-size-fits-all answer that will never work for every community, while an entire generation of students is being sacrificed for testing data. Each of Cuomo’s education policies reflect a desire to remove local control. He insists that NYSED investigate the teacher evaluations procedures of Long Island school districts, thinking the system is skewed. Those local evaluation plans were approved by the very same entity, NYSED. Here is what Cuomo cannot fathom: Teachers on Long Island were rated highly effective or effective because they are. If Long Island was a state, we would rank near the top in high school graduation rates, Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists and Siemens Competition semifinalists. Cuomo prefers to ignore these statistics because they do not fit his narrative.

‘It is time to work together to elevate public education without destroying things that are already working.’

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Long Island has high graduation rates and many Intel finalists each year.

There are several ways to stop the destruction of public schools: Cuomo must separate his education reforms from his executive budget proposal. If he believes in these reforms, he should let them stand alone as legislation, allow a healthy debate and not circumvent the separation of powers established by our Constitution.

The Legislature should ensure that new Board of Regents appointees have public education experience — they establish state education policies, and interviews are now being held for four appointees. Parents must educate themselves and make a decision regarding testing in grades three through eight. This will be the third year my children have refused to take the state exams. This is the strongest weapon we have in the fight to save public education. As the number of test refusals grows, the reforms dependent upon those numbers will falter. We will starve the testing machine. It is time to work together to elevate public education without destroying things that are already working. I cannot sit by quietly anymore and wait for someone else to stand up. I have a sworn duty to represent the interests of my community, including speaking out against policies that endanger the well-being of our students and faculty.

Legals Notice of formation, KoKo BioSciences, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/31/2014. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: P. O. Box 305, Port Jefferson NY 11777-0305. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 623 2/5 6x 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 14, 2015, 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 2015-2016 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 14, 2015 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.

whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Justin LaTorre , at 10 Leeward Lane. Port Jefferson NY 11777. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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.

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A Budget Information Meeting will be held on Monday, March 23 at 6:30 p.m. in the Library Conference Room. By order of the Board of Education Union Free School District No. 6 Janice Baisley District Clerk 2/12/15, 3/26/15

2/26/15,

3/12/15,

641 2/12 4x ptr Notice of Information of 10 HONEY TOWER LLC, Arts. of Org. DOS ID# 4646606 Film#141006000228 filed with the SSNY on 10/06/2014 Office loc: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, 2006-3, Plaintiff AGAINST Clifford Serafine; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated October 24, 2007, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on March 19, 2015 at 11:00AM, premises known as 9 Cherry Road, Rocky Point, NY 11778. 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, Section 033.00 Block 02.00 Lots 015.000 and 016.000. Approximate amount of judgment $290,173.88 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 06/29128. Annette Eaderesto, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard

Rochester, NY 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: January 23, 2015

notice and otherwise take any steps necessary to effectuate the same.”

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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE TERRYVILLE FIRE DISTRICT

LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a license (serial # 1284461) for liquor, wine and beer has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor, wine and beer at retail on-premises at a tavern under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 140 Main St., Port Jefferson, NY. Culper Jr. Ltd. dba Junior’s Spycoast. 711 3/12 2x ptr TERRYVILLE FIRE DISTRICT Port Jefferson Station, New York NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Fire Commissioners, Terryville Fire District, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, State of New York, being duly convened in the regular meeting on February 26, 2015 after due deliberation thereupon did adopt the following resolution: “RESOLVED THAT an expenditure not to exceed the sum of $8.000 to be made from the Terryville Fire District Buildings & Grounds Capital Reserve Fund in order to purchase: Replace Station 3 Boiler Powerflame burner FURTHER RESOLVED that this expenditure of funds from the Terryville Fire District Buildings & Grounds Capital Reserve Fund shall be subject to a permissive referendum and that the Fire District Secretary shall, within ten days from adoption of this resolution, publish the required

Dated: February 26, 2015 Port Jefferson Station, New York Frank Triolo District Secretary 712 3/12 1x ptr Notice to Bidders Bid No: B0000187 Bid Description: College Auto-Lift Inspection and Repair Advertisement Date: March 12, 2015 Bid Due Date and Time: March 26, 2015 at 3:00 PM All sealed bids must be returned to the Suffolk County Community College Procurement Office located on the Ammerman Campus, 533 College Road, Selden NY 11784 by the date and time indicated on the bid. Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope which must be labeled with the Bid Number as well as the Bidder’s Name and Contact information. Late bids will not be accepted. Bids will be publicly opened at Suffolk County Community College, NFL Building, Room 11, located at 533 College Road, Selden, NY 11784 immediately after the due date and time. Bid information can be found at

the college website: http://www.sunysuffolk.edu/ administration/businessaffairs/ requestforproposals/index.asp Or by contacting Ivona Zelman zelmani@sunysuffolk.edu phone: 631-451-4230 (preferred) Or Beatriz Castaño castanb@sunysuffolk.edu phone: 631-451-4435 Bids must be made upon and in accordance with the forms and documents provided by the college, which will contain accompanying instructions to bidders. To assist us in communicating quickly to all bidders, please complete and return the “Bid-RFP Vendor Registration Form” via fax to 631-4514404 (or email to zelmani@ sunysuffolk.edu) as soon as possible prior to the Bid/RFP opening date. This will assist in providing us contact information so that if Bid/RFP amendments are issued, the college is able to notify you in a timely manner. The College will not be responsible for amendment notification if the referenced form is not submitted prior to the bid/ RFP due date. 718 3/12 1x ptr

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Rescuers save duck duo

Local volunteers stitch together female after grave injury By Phil CorSo

The worst is over for a pair of Pekin ducks spotted waddling on the street in Setauket earlier this week. Frank Floridia of the Smithtown-based Guardians of Rescue said his volunteer animal advocacy group received calls of two free-roaming ducks in the North Shore neighborhood — a region he said is not suitable to support such a species. Upon investigation, he found and rescued the duck duo, whom he dubbed Donald and Daisy — but not without a painful three-hour surgery to save one of them. Pekin ducks are domestic animals most commonly found in the commercial pet industry, Floridia said, famously known for their white bodies and orange bills. Floridia, who has been rescuing animals of all sorts his whole life, said he and his team found the male duck earlier this week but could not locate his companion until the next day. That was when he said a trail of blood led him to the wounded female Daisy duck, who had a gaping wound on her hind end that appeared to be somehow inflicted by a human and was splitting her pelvis in half. “We found blood everywhere and were preparing for the worst,” he said. “She had

a really bad cut on her back, and we knew we needed to get her help and fast.” Floridia rushed the duck to Save-A-Pet Animal Rescue in Port Jefferson Station before she was transported to Jefferson Animal Hospital, where she endured a nearly three-hour surgery to repair her pelvis and stitch her wounds closed, he said. But in the end, Daisy pulled through. Floridia said his group suspects someone had purchased the ducks when they were babies and then ditched them when they grew older and more difficult to manage. “We remain shocked that someone would intentionally beat this duck so brutally,” Guardians of Rescue wrote on its Facebook page. “Not only did their owner fail them when they dumped them in the wild, but to then have someone try to split this poor animal open is absolutely deplorable.” The group said it was investigating the incident as Daisy duck recovers, and Floridia said he plans on entering them both into a foster home where they can be reunited and live happily ever after. Guardians of Rescue said that anyone interested in helping the cause of saving animals in danger can visit its website and donate at www.guardiansofrescue.org.

Donald duck hangs out in Frank Floridia’s car after being rescued.

Photo from Guardians of Rescue

Village ‘bites’ into parking lot ahead of Baker’s Alley By Elana Glowatz

Photo top by Elana Glowatz; image above left by Campani and Schwarting Architects; screen capture above right

at top and above right, the village hopes to reconfigure the parking lot behind the Fifth Season. above left, preliminary drawings call for more green space and a pedestrian walkway.

It’s the time of the season for another municipal parking lot to get a makeover. Port Jefferson Village recently hired East Coast-based engineering firm VHB to put together construction drawings and plans for redesigning the metered parking lot behind the Fifth Season restaurant, as officials also work toward beautifying an adjacent pathway with historic value dubbed Baker’s Alley. The parking area near East Broadway includes spots east of Mariners Way as well as a baker’s dozen of spaces, and one handicapped spot, in a strip on the road’s western side. VHB’s work, including putting together documents to open the project for bids from contractors, will cost $14,750 — all of which will be paid using revenue from the village’s parking meters. According to a preliminary drawing from Port Jefferson-based Campani and Schwarting Architects, the parking lot redesign will eliminate a dead-end parking section and add more landscaping and a pedestrian walkway on the east side, while also adding parking spots. Eliminating the dead end will make it easier for the public works department to clear the parking lot of snow, according to village Trustee Larry LaPointe. He said at a recent board of trustees meeting that the village is trying to redesign the downtown municipal parking

lots on the east side of Main Street “in bites” — the Traders Cove parking lot, across Arden Place to the south, was recently completed, and the large parking lot behind the Gap clothing store would remain on the to-do list. The Fifth Season parking lot redo would complement possible work at the historic Baker’s Alley, an often overlooked dirt path that starts at East Main Street, between Pattern Finders and NSI Design, and leads past an old brick building owned by Danfords Hotel & Marina and down into the lot. Campani and Schwarting Architects has proposed turning the overgrown alley into a brick walkway, surrounded by native plants and illuminated with classic lighting. The design area includes, after the sloped stretch between East Main Street and the parking lot, a strip that runs north between the parking area and businesses, all the way to the small Founders Park at East Broadway. The village could receive bids on the alley work this month, and the project will be funded through a grant from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and village parking meter revenue. Baker’s Alley was named for the battle between William West’s New England Bakery and another local establishment. The two competed fiercely and in 1916, at the height of the conflict, both changed their names to Port Jefferson Bakery.

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Legals SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No.: 063957/2014 Date of Filing: February 6, 2015 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK CONTINENTAL HOME LOANS, INC, Plaintiff, -againstEDWARD E. KIERNAN, JR., if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-atlaw, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said EDWARD E. KIERNAN, JR., by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff; DR. DAVID ANSCHEL; DIAMOND MOTORS INC.; STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable John H. Rouse of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on January 23, 2015, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, State of New York. The object of this action is to

foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by EDWARD E. KIERNAN, JR. to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR CONTINENTAL HOME LOANS, INC., its successors and assigns in the principal amount of $140,895.00, which mortgage was recorded in Suffolk County, State of New York, on December 13, 2011, in Liber M00022147 at page 622. Thereafter said mortgage was assigned to CONTINENTAL HOME LOANS, INC. by Assignment of Mortgage dated May 8, 2014 and recorded on May 30, 2014 in Liber M00022494 at page 240. Said premises being known as and by 137 DOGWOOD ROAD, MASTIC BEACH, NY 11951. Date: November 24, 2014 Batavia, New York Virginia C Grapensteter, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www. banking.state.ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies. 664 2/19 4x ptr Notice to Bidders Bid No: B0000186 Bid Description: Fire Sprinkler, Fire Department Connection, Fire Pump and Standpipe Testing; Repairs and Minor Renovation Alterations Advertisement Date: March 12, 2015 Bid Due Date and Time: March 26, 2015 at 2:00 PM All sealed bids must be returned to the Suffolk County Community College Procurement Office located on the Ammerman Campus, 533 College Road, Selden NY 11784 by the date and time indicated on the bid. Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope which must be labeled with the Bid Number as well as the Bidder’s Name and Contact information. Late bids will not be accepted. Bids will be publicly opened at Suffolk County Community College, NFL Building, Room 11, located at 533 College Road, Selden, NY 11784 immediately after the due date and time. Bid information can be found at the college website: http://www.sunysuffolk.edu/ administration/businessaffairs/ requestforproposals/index.asp

Or by contacting Ivona Zelman zelmani@sunysuffolk.edu phone: 631-451-4230 (preferred) Or Beatriz Castaño castanb@sunysuffolk.edu phone: 631-451-4435 Bids must be made upon and in accordance with the forms and documents provided by the college, which will contain accompanying instructions to bidders. To assist us in communicating quickly to all bidders,

please complete and return the “Bid-RFP Vendor Registration Form” via fax to 631-451-4404 (or email to zelmani@sunysuffolk.edu) as soon as possible prior to the Bid/RFP opening date. This will assist in providing us contact information so that if Bid/RFP amendments are issued, the college is able to notify you in a timely manner. The College will not be responsible for amendment notification if the referenced form is not submitted prior to the bid/RFP due date. 719 3/12 1x ptr PUBLIC NOTICE Incorporated Village

of Port Jefferson 88 North Country Road, Port Jefferson, NY 11777 (631) 473-4744 Fax (631) 473-2049 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 26, 2015 at 7:30PM at Village Hall, 121 West Broadway, Port Jefferson, NY 11777. (A prehearing work session will begin at 7:00PM. PUBLIC HEARING Appeal No. #483-14 TS

Tax Map No. Section 12, Block 9, Lot 3 Applicant: Peter Capobianco c/o Cappy’s Carpet Contact: Peter J. Capobianco, property owner Property: 450 Main Street District: C-1 Applicant seeks confirmation of a non-conforming use (Certificate of Existing Use) for an existing second floor three bedroom apartment. Cindy Suarez Secretary, Zoning Board of Appeals March 6, 2015 727 3/12 1x ptr

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Legals INDEX NO.: 062391/2014 Date Filed: 02/24/15 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE MORTGAGED PREMISES: 27 Harbor Hills Dr., Port Jefferson, NY 11777 DSBL #: 0206 – 005.00 – 0400 – 012.000 Plaintiff designates Suffolk County as the place of trial; venue is based upon the county in which the mortgaged premises is situate. STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, Plaintiff, -againstUNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF HABIBA KHAN, if living and if dead, the respective heirsat-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendants who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the Complaint, ET AL, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief de-

manded in the Complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $521.995.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Suffolk on May 3, 2007, at Liber 21529, PG. Number 202, covering premises known as 27 Harbor Hills Drive, Port Jefferson, NY 11777 –DISTRICT 0206 SEC 005.00; BLOCK 04.00; LOT 012.000. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied

by the proceeds of the sale of said premises. TO the Defendant(s) UNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF HABIBA KHAN, the foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Denise F. Molia of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated January 30, 2015. Dated: New Rochelle, NY February 24, 2015 MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY P.C. /s/_________________ Leroy J. Pelicci, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot St., Ste. 210 New Rochelle, NY 10801 p. 914-636-8900 f. 914-636-8901 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONSAND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit or-

ganizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or visit the Department’s website at www.dfs.ny.gov. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. 697 3/5 4x ptr Notice to Bidders Bid No: B0000188 Bid Description: Locksmith Services Advertisement Date: March 12, 2015 Bid Due Date and Time: March 27, 2015 at 3:00 PM All sealed bids must be returned to the Suffolk County Community College Procurement Office located on the Ammerman Campus, 533 College Road, Selden NY 11784 by the date

and time indicated on the bid. Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope which must be labeled with the Bid Number as well as the Bidder’s Name and Contact information. Late bids will not be accepted. Bids will be publicly opened at Suffolk County Community College, NFL Building, Room 11, located at 533 College Road, Selden, NY 11784 immediately after the due date and time. Bid information can be found at the college website: http://www.sunysuffolk.edu/ administration/businessaffairs/ requestforproposals/index.asp Or by contacting Gary Drewes drewesg@sunysuffolk.edu phone: 631-851-6734 (preferred) Or Beatriz Castaño castanb@sunysuffolk.edu phone: 631-451-4435 Bids must be made upon and in accordance with the forms and documents provided by the college, which will contain accompanying instructions to bidders. To assist us in communicating quickly to all bidders, please complete and return the “Bid-RFP Vendor Registration Form” via fax to 631-8516281 (or email to drewesg@ sunysuffolk.edu) as soon as possible prior to the Bid/RFP opening date. This will assist in providing us contact information so that if Bid/RFP amendments are issued, the college is able to notify you in a timely manner. The College will not be responsible

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to do this,” he said. “I wanted to be a part of this program, and that’s the kind of program Frank created at Comsewogue.” It was the fact that Romeo taught his players more than just Xs and Os that had that sort of impact on his athletes. “He taught us how to handle winning and losing with grace [and] dignity, and although he was a fierce competitor — maybe among the fiercest competitors that I’ve been around — he handled himself in such a way that he developed a style that put a priority on sportsmanship,” Hayn said. “How he treated people and his respect for the game, respect for our opponents, those are some of the things that I carry with me.” Hayn played basketball at Stony Brook University and, influenced by Romeo’s ability to motivate and educate, went on to coach, most recently at Dowling College for eight years before becoming the current head coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. And Hayn isn’t the only player to be affected and influenced by his former mentor. Alex Gayer, who also played for Romeo in the 1980s and still holds the all-time scoring record at Comsewogue, called his former coach a fiery competitor. Gayer played at Dartmouth College for four years, was captain of that team and went on to coach youth sports and an Amateur Athletic Union basketball team. In college, Gayer said, he was told multiple times how well coached he was. “The defensive schemes and my understanding of the game merited me more playing time, which I always attribute to my coaching from Comsewogue, no doubt

Photos from Nancy Romeo

Above, Frank Romeo poses with the seniors on Comsewogue’s 1988-89 Suffolk County Section XI large school championship team. Below, Romeo watches and cheers on his team from the sideline.

about that,” he said. “Frank was just a guy we all looked up to, definitely like a father figure to us at that time, and we would run through a brick wall for him.” Besides his former players, he had a lasting effect on his staff. Joe Jones, now the head coach at Boston University, played against Romeo’s team when he was on the Half Hollow Hills West squad, and later had the opportunity to be his assistant coach from 1989-93. “I thought his teams were well prepared — they were consistently very good,” he said. “The older I’ve gotten, the more I appreciate what he was as a coach and a mentor and a friend. He was absolutely a terrific person to work under — you learn so much from him.” What Jones admired most was Romeo’s ability to help his players grow both on and off the court, saying that he always made the right decision, even when it was a tough one, which was why players and coaches had the utmost respect for him. “Outside of being a terrific coach, he was a better person, and I think that’s what makes him great,” Jones said. “He was a complete package. He had it all.” Pete Meehan, who also coached with Romeo from 1983-90 and recently finished his 30th year coaching, after taking over the Hampton Bays program since leaving Comsewogue, said he feels fortunate to have been able to spend his first seven years in his profession coaching with and under Romeo. “I still use so many of his same expressions, probably more than I even realize,” he said with a laugh. “I picked up in my

time with him a lot of the same strat- and coaches will come from all over the egy from those days, and more than once country, according to Nancy Romeo, to when a situation comes up I’ll ask myself, honor their role model and friend. ‘What would Romes do?’” “He was just the best coach I’ve ever What Meehan respected most was that played for,” Gayer said. “I have a tremenRomeo cared about the kids first, and it dous amount of respect for him and it’s a was a higher priority than basketball. much-deserved honor.” “You couldn’t play for him or coach Meehan, who also coached with Rowith him without being impacted for meo at Suffolk in 1997, agreed. life, and I feel it was a tremendous ad“It’s a well-deserved honor and an vantage for me, personally, overdue honor,” he said. to learn as much as I did in ‘Frank was a guy we “I’m just real happy for the time that I was there,” all looked up to, like him. No one deserves the Meehan said. honor more than he does. After Comsewogue, a father figure to us He is a special, special perRomeo coached at Suffolk at that time, and we son and I think anyone will County Community Colwould run through a attest to that.” lege, where his teams had a For Romeo, he just feels 129-72 record in seven sea- brick wall for him.’ privileged to have been sons. He was named Region — Alex GAyer able to be a part of his forXV coach of the year in mer programs, and to have 1993, received numerous sportsmanship the effect that he has had on so many in awards, founded a Town of Brookhaven the basketball community. summer program — among other basket“It’s very humbling, first and foreball camps and clinics — and coached in most,” he said. “It’s really overwhelming both the Empire State Games and Junior to me. As a kid, I just absolutely loved Olympics. In his 31 total seasons, he won playing basketball and it was a big part of more than 400 games. my life. The sport owes me nothing — I On March 22, when he is inducted into owe it everything — and I just keep getthe hall of fame at a ceremony in Glens ting back from the sport more than what Falls, more than 50 of his former players I could have ever given to it.”

Correction

A March 5 article, entitled “Royal wrestles back to take third in state,” contained incorrect information in the subheadline. Matteo DeVincenzo lost in the semifinals round, not the first round. We regret the error.

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PUBLISHER’S EMPLOYMENT NOTICE: All employment advertising in this newspaper is subject to section 296 of the human rights law which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, creed, national origin, disability, marital status, sex, age or arrest conviction record or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. Title 29, U.S. Code Chap 630, excludes the Federal Gov’t. from the age discrimination provisions. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for employment which is in violation of the law. Our readers are informed that employment offerings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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OPINION

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Protecting against sex offenders

Why electrify? To The ediTor: While electrifying the Long island rail road’s Port Jefferson line will eliminate changing at the huntington station — a bit of an inconvenience, to be sure — the travel time will not see an appreciable change. This will only add increases to the commuter for costs associated with the conversion and purchase of new equipment. The real reason people prefer to drive to the ronkonkoma line is that it takes less time to get to Penn Station. Shorten the travel time and you’ll see a significant increase in ridership on Port Jefferson line. henry doll Port Jefferson

Where’s the proof? To The ediTor: in recent weeks we have seen numerous local politicians raving about the benefits that would be gained by electrifying the Port Jefferson Long island rail road line between huntington and Port Jefferson. They have stated, among other claims, that it will take thousands of cars off the Long island expressway, that it will “revitalize” downtowns from Port Jefferson to Greenlawn and that it will make Port Jefferson attractive to Stony Brook employees as a residential location. The ravings make it sound as though there is no existing train service at all, rather than just no electric service. Where are any studies to support these claims? i have yet to read one

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Eliminating the exchange at Huntington may not significantly change travel time on the Long Island Rail Road between Port Jefferson and Penn Station.

comment about how much time would be shaved off the ride between huntington and Port Jefferson, how much additional service, if any, would be provided, or how many additional trains would be added that eliminate the need to change at huntington or hicksville or make reverse commuting practical. one salient fact that has been left out of the discussion is that there is only one track for most of the way between Port Jefferson and huntington. how much additional or speedier service would electrifying just this one track really create? Much of the time now, the actual train speed is far slower than the diesels are capable of operating at

(i suspect because of having one track), and i don’t see how electrification alone would solve that. Finally, from a cost benefit analysis, at a time when we have crumbling roads, bridges and tunnels due to lack of funding and the MTA is struggling to fund its current capital plan, is spending close to half a billion dollars for this electrification project the best use of our limited resources? Perhaps it would be if all the politicians’ supposed benefits were realistic, but let’s make sure through meaningful independent studies before the money goes out the door. robert J. Nicols Port Jefferson

With plan, the devil is in the details

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Architect Michael Schwarting reviews part of the village’s comprehensive plan.

To The ediTor: i was delighted to read the Feb. 26 letter of Port Jefferson Village Planning Board members ray diBiase and Barbara Sabatino in the Port Times record (“Just the beginning”). diBiase and Sabatino wrote that the Suffolk County Planning Commission’s “recommendations are well taken and, in fact, are areas that certainly will be scrutinized by the planning and zoning boards as well as the village parking committee.” These same recommendations were also noted by the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee. ray and

it’s easy to unite behind protecting our communities against sex offenders. That’s why we support recent measures in the New York State Senate to close loopholes in current laws to do just that, and we urge the Assembly to sign on to them. The package of nine bills would enact a range of measures that would allow public authorities to more closely monitor the whereabouts of registered sex offenders. one measure would, as part of their residency requirements, mandate they report not only their addresses but also any location at which they spend more than two days a week. Another law would allow local municipalities to enact their own restrictions on sex offenders, as long as they are not less restrictive than state laws already on the books. The push is a direct response to a recent New York State Court of Appeals ruling that sided with a registered sex offender who had completed his parole and moved within 500 feet of a Nassau County school — an action that complied with state law but violated a local residency restriction. The package of laws would do other things, too, like require level two and level three sex offenders to disclose their employment and residency on the state registry and mandate that schools distribute information to parents about offenders living in the district. it would also prohibit level two and level three offenders from living within 1,500 feet of their victim’s residence. State Sen. John Flanagan (r-east Northport) put it well this week: “There’s no reason to wait.” While we realize these types of restrictions may just push out sex offenders to other communities — maybe not making us the best neighbors — we’re okay with a “not-in-my-backyard” stance on this issue. When you consider the types of crimes sex offenders commit, it’s hard to rationalize wanting to give high-risk sex offenders some breathing room. Given the number of sexual assaults that go unreported year after year, this could at least help us defend against the offenders about whom we do know.

Barbara also cautioned the village and developers, “if the sewer district does not have the capacity, [future development] is not going to be built.” They also cited, “most importantly, in accordance with state environmental law and prior to village approval, each future development project must demonstrate that it will not adversely affect traffic, noise, community character or a number of other components of the environment.” All of these concerns were expressed by the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee, however, the mayor and trustees ignored our requests for details in their plan. Unfortunately, diBiase and Sabatino didn’t include examination of

The opinions of columnists and letter writers are their own. They do not speak for the newspaper.

an economic study to demonstrate that taxes collected from developers will offset services provided by village taxpayers. They neglect to expose the impact of tax reductions and abatements for developers and loss of the power plant. They also omit parking garage costs to taxpayers and the continued pattern of a small, lump sum payment in lieu of sufficient on-site parking. Pedestrian safety was also neglected, as was the impact of rentals reaching 40 percent of village housing. There were other concerns expressed by the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee, but space limits additional comment here. Philip Griffith Port Jefferson

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People, can we all get along?

D. None of the above by DaNiel DuNaief

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odney King once asked, “People ... can we all get along?” That was in the days after police who had beaten him after a high-speed chase were acquitted for brutality, leading to the murderous 1992 Los Angeles riots. The answer to his question, almost 24 years later, is still “no.” Sure, we get along in some places. And yet, at the University

of Oklahoma, a group of white students on their way to a dance were chanting about how African-Americans — using a reprehensible word — would never join their fraternity. After a video surfaced, the fraternity quickly cut ties, kicking out that chapter. People marched in protest, while the university president said he couldn’t sleep. Our country is filled with contradictions. We have our first African-American president. We recently remembered the 50th anniversary of the Selma march at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where police brutally beat marchers determined to express their frustration with an unfair voting system. Someone forgot to tell those giddy college kids who we really are. Their chants and attitudes strike at something humans have battled throughout our history. It’s a question of who is “in” and who is “out.” What they were saying, and the racist way they said it, was that they would

never admit someone that was different from them. Why is it so important to have an “out” group — people to hate, to reject and to ridicule? On some level, I understand why the disenfranchised might hate the empowered. The people who have no say in government, who feel cut off from power, who have nothing to lose are sometimes the ones who lead a revolution. They see the unequal distribution of wealth and power and demand changes. But kids dressed in tuxedoes and gowns attending college? Maybe this speaks to our education system, not only at the University of Oklahoma but across the country. Maybe we spend too much time preparing for standardized tests and not enough time understanding who we are, where we come from and what we represent. Yes, democracy is difficult and complicated. At the same time that we are guaranteed free speech through the First

Amendment, we can’t shout “fire” in a crowded theater and we can’t urge discrimination and violence against a particular group just because it sounds funny to a group of kids on a bus on the way to a dance. Maybe technology is making these ugly moments more visible. If someone didn’t have a cellphone on that bus, those kids would have gone to the dance, had their fun, said and chanted whatever was on their minds, and gone about their lives. There’s plenty of lessons in this ugly moment. Some of the kids on that bus might not have thought it was amusing and might not have chanted. Sitting on the bus, however, and saying nothing becomes guilt by association. The short video I saw shows one particular fellow who seemed to be leading the charge, smiling, gesticulating and enjoying each use of this totally abhorrent word. Should someone have confronted him? Was there someone sitting on that bus who thought,

On some level, I understand why the disenfranchised might hate the empowered. “Wait, this is just so wrong?” Not to blame the media, but every outlet these days, including movies, pushes limits. I’m still stunned by some of the unexpected turns in the awful spy comedy movie “Kingsman: The Secret Service.” That’s not an excuse. We are what we think, how we act and what we say. Maybe it’s time children asked themselves the question our parents’ generation asked whenever we got out of line: “Who do we think we are?”

Daniel Dunaief’s recent book, “The Other Parent,” may be purchased online from northshoreoflongisland.com/ebooks.

A technological magic carpet ride to the past

between you and me by leah S. DuNaief

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Apple has been much in the news of late, introducing its “Dick Tracy” watch along with other sophisticated new products, and we have gotten used to the idea that the tech company has revolutionized our world. But then one little incident drove home for me the miracle wrought by Apple and its Silicon Valley colleagues. We marvel anew. Here is an example.

I was chatting with a friend, who confessed that she had lots of jobs to do and was not doing any of them because she was just being lazy. Since I have known her for a long time and am secure in the belief that she will forgive my little idiosyncrasies, I began to sing the lyrics of a song her lament brought to mind. The words go like this: Lazy bones, sleepin’ in the sun, How you ’spect to get your day’s work done? You’ll never get your day’s work done, Sleepin’ in the noonday sun. She immediately perked up and asked where that song came from, a movie or a show? I thought a moment, then told her the song came from my mother, who also had a habit of just bursting into song whenever the circumstances triggered a melody. (You see where I got it — must be a special gene.) I’d heard her sing that song many times as she worked. So where did she get it, this lazy, contagious

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melody suited to a crooner like Bing Crosby or Perry Como? My friend was persistent, encouraging me to think of the song’s origin. Unable to reply, I did what I have done thousands of times when I have been stumped for a fact or reference. I turned on my cellphone and searched the Web. Not sure how to ask for information, I simply typed in “song lazy bones” in Google and to my surprise, up came fully a dozen references to the song. I learned that it was part of the Tin Pan Alley genre, written in 1933 with lyrics by Johnny Mercer and music by Hoagy Carmichael. It was a major hit by Ted Lewis and Mildred Bailey when it was released, selling over a million copies around the world at a time when a million was really a million. No wonder my mother knew it. The song, it seems, was written in 20 minutes. Carmichael related that Mercer had come over to his apartment and caught him

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“snoozin’” on the couch. Inspired by the sight, Mercer told Carmichael he was going to write a song called “Lazy Bones.” Carmichael perked right up, the two men went over to the piano, Mercer threw out the first line, Carmichael started playing a melody — and 20 minutes later the famous song had emerged. How do I know all that? It was written in Wikipedia, one of the selections offered by Google. Better yet, as I considered the other listings, I saw one from YouTube, touched the screen to pull it in, and in five seconds was listening to and watching Dorothy Dandridge and Carmichael sitting alongside each other at the piano and singing “Lazy Bones” in 1941. The song is irresistible. Mercer was a Southerner from Savannah, Ga., who resented what he called the phony southern vernacular lyrics written by those who had never been to the South. The popularity of the song has been attributed by some to the authenticity

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One little incident drove home for me the miracle wrought by Silicon Valley.

of those regional lyrics. That too came from Wikipedia. So in a matter of seconds, I was transported back by YouTube to my mother’s kitchen, a young child enjoying the rich smell of the roasting chicken, watching her peeling the carrots and listening to her singing “Lazy Bones” all the while. She was probably then in her 30s, her hair was still brown and a starched apron was stretched around her trim figure. Talk about “back to the future,” this was a magic carpet ride back to the past until the song ended. Looking at the iPhone in the palm of my hand, I was stunned by the power of the experience. I can hardly wait to see the technological miracles still to come.

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Basketball’s beloved Romeo gets top honor Legendary Comsewogue coach is one of eight to be inducted into hall of fame have been — it was a struggle — but that’s what made it sweeter in the end when When Frank Romeo first started coach- we did become successful,” Romeo said. ing the Warriors boys’ basketball team, he “While I was there I had a great group of purchased 20 or 30 T-shirts with “Comse- people to work with, from the adminiswogue Basketball” written on them, but tration on down to the players, so I was couldn’t get anyone to wear them. very fortunate.” By the time he left the position almost These successes have led Romeo to gar25 years later, there weren’t ner a myriad of accolades enough shirts to go around. ‘The sport owes me that will culminate in him Romeo, now 72, built up nothing — I owe it being inducted into the Basthe Warriors program so ketball Coaches Association much that the school named everything.’ of New York Hall of Fame the gymnasium after him. — Frank romeo on March 22. His teams won eight He was also inducted league titles and the school’s only Section into the halls of fame at Comsewogue XI large school championship. The War- and Massena Central High School, his riors won 62 of 67 games from 1989-91 alma mater, and was named the League and made the postseason 15 straight sea- V coach of the year eight times and Secsons from 1978-92. tion XI coach of the year four times. The “It wasn’t as easy as it may appear to Section XI large school tournament MVP BY DesiRée KeegAN

trophy was named after him. “There are quite a few young men that have followed in his footsteps,” said Nancy Romeo, who has been married to Frank for 48 years. “I admire him greatly, and my children do. He was a good example of sportsmanship, of dedication, of effort, of doing the right thing.” The impact Frank Romeo — nicknamed “Romes” — had on the program, his players, his staff and everyone he’s come into contact with speaks volumes about his character. Stephen Hayn, who played under Romeo in the 1980s, remembers the first time he watched the Warriors play when he was in sixth grade. “My father took me to a game and I watched one of his teams play and I remember thinking to myself that I wanted FRANK ROMEO continued on page A13

Photo from Nancy Romeo

At top, Frank Romeo gets in a huddle with a former Comsewogue squad. Above, Romeo will be inducted into BCANY hall March 22.