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Vol. 33, No. 18

March 26, 2020

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Homeless in PJ impacted by the ongoing coronavirus crisis A3 The relation between pandemics and climate change A6

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Town Port-Area School Districts Donate Meals to Students During Crisis

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Though schools in the Port Jefferson area may be closed, districts have been working constantly to get food to the children who may need it now more than ever.

Port Jefferson Deputy Superintendent Sean Leister and a few volunteers stood inside the high school’s cafeteria Friday, March 20. For the weekend, the district was handing out three meals, one for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

The program is based on the district’s previous reduced-cost lunch program, but now it’s being donated to anybody 18 or under free.

Nobody has to sign up, and nobody at the door checks if the person lives within the district.

“The program is not restricted,” Leister said.

“It’s for any child 18 and under that feels they have a need.”

When school was normally in session, Leister said the district had 110 students signed up for the program, where around 65 normally picked it up. In the last week or so, the district has been producing around 50 to 60 meals each day. Middle School Principal Robert Neidig has also volunteered to deliver to those resident’s houses who said they were unable to come out to pick up their meals. He said families have been really

appreciative, even one young girl who comes to the door so excited to see the meals he’s brought.

“It’s like if I were delivering them candy,” Neidig said.

Each bag comes with a sandwich, bagel or wrap, along with fruit and milk. Any untaken meals are being given to Infant Jesus R.C. Church for them to distribute.

Leister said the district has also applied to New York State to allow them to make breakfast and dinner meals as well. Local residents can get these meals at the Port Jefferson high school from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. on weekdays.

Meanwhile in the Comsewogue School District, staff and a score of volunteers worked Thursday, March 19, at two separate schools to donate around 1,800 meals to children in need within the district.

Comsewogue School District Superintendent Jennifer Quinn said the staff took everything from the schools’ cafeterias and even raided the faculty food pantry. Originally the district thought they would be able to only give out 1,100, but they went far above what they expected.

“This is one of the toughest things we’ve ever experienced — we will do what we need to do, together,” Quinn said. “We need to make sure our families are fed and our children are educated, and we are as whole as possible by the end of all this.”

Robert Niedig, Robin Hoolahan and Sean Leister deliver bags of food to students who need it. The program is expected to continue as long as the schools remained closed. Photo by Kyle Barr

Food included in bags were cold cuts, bread, apple sauce, juice, milk, cereal, cereal bars and frozen hamburgers and meatballs. Staff and volunteers placed the bags inside the cars of those who drove up to the high school and John F. Kennedy Middle School. Volunteers also drove meals to families who said they were unable to come by the two pickup locations.

There were around 30 volunteers who came by to offer aid. Quinn said they were offered aid by over 100 residents, but she felt she had to turn most away to try and reduce the chance of any

kind of contagion.

The Comsewogue district is expecting nonprofit food bank Island Harvest to donate them another 300 meals come this Monday. Quinn added the district is likely to raid the cafeterias in the other schools and should have another 1,100 meals after they receive aid from a New York State program giving food aid to schools during the mandated shutdown.

The Comsewogue School District is expecting to host its next bagged food drive Thursday, April 2.

PJ Homeless Shelter and Resource Centers Face Challenges During COVID-19 Crisis

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The COVID-19 crisis has affected daily life for every resident, but it has especially created challenges for individuals seeking essential resources, and for the workers and volunteers who provide them. The ongoing health crisis has caused numerous facilities including homeless shelters and other nonprofit organizations to rethink how they operate for the time being.

For Stephen Brazeau, director of Pax Christi Hospitality Center in Port Jefferson, it has been business as usual at the facility, with a few exceptions.

“We’ve had an open-door policy at the center, but now we’ve locked the front door and have begun screening individuals who want to come in,” Brazeau said. “We usually have significant walk-in traffic and we’ve definitely seen a reduction in that.”

The director said they have seen anywhere from a 60-70 percent decrease in walk-ins.

Currently, the hospitality center has a total of four staff members working with a few volunteers, compared to an additional 10 interns and 40-plus volunteers, due to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) executive order limiting operations.

Brazeau said the center’s 24 beds are occupied, and for individuals they can’t accommodate they are trying to set them up with an official from the

Pax Christi Hospitality Center in Port Jeff has seen a significant drop in the number of walk-ins since the start of the coronavirus crisis. The center has also significantly reduced staff. File photo by Kyle Barr

county’s department of social services.

“We are doing our best to make sure these services and basic needs are continuing to be offered,” he said. “At the same time, we want our workers to be safe as well.”

In 2016, 3,960 individuals were deemed homeless on Long Island but more than half of those were children, according to a Long Island Coalition for the Homeless survey count. More than half of the surveyed homeless were children.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended homeless shelters minimize face-to-face staff interactions with clients, and limit visitors to the facility during the outbreak.

The state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance said in a directive to shelter providers, “congregate facilities, such as shelters for individuals experiencing homelessness, are especially at risk for the spread of communicable

diseases due to the number of individuals living in close proximity.”

Brazeau said he is also concerned about undocumented individuals who may need a place to stay as well as food.

“A few of the places that they go to for meals have closed, so we have tried to lead them to churches, schools and other places that are offering them,” the director said.

For Celina Wilson, president of the Bridge of Hope Resource Center, she and her staff have had to adjust on the fly. Moving away from face-to-face interactions and meetings, they now try to do most of their work through phone calls and other technological means.

“Even though we are limited in mobility, we are still able to help and advise our clients on a number of issues,” Wilson said. “We call them, text them, FaceTime them and we walk them through whatever they need help with.”

The Port Jefferson Station-based resource center provides a number of counseling, mentoring and education services. It is working on a graphic informational guide on the coronavirus that will be published on its website. In addition, the center will list other resources available on the Island like sites for mobile food distribution.

“At this point we have to work together to get through this and keep people informed,” Wilson said.

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Locals Craft Homemade Masks for Healthcare Workers During Pandemic

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM As hospitals experience a significant lack of protective masks during the growing coronavirus pandemic, locals are looking for ways to assist, using on-hand materials and their own equipment.

Rebecca Kassay, who co-owns the Fox and Owl Inn in Port Jefferson, started a Facebook group, Suffolk County Creators of COVID19 Medical Supplies, to not only get the word out that there’s a need for homemade supplies but also to make sure locals are crafting these items the right way.

Kassay said there has been a growing demand for aid, and with so many people home from work and school, many are looking for ways they can help out.

“That’s what the group is aiming to do — to focus all of that information into one place,” she said.

Groups like Kassay’s have popped up all across the country as news of this lack of personal protective equipment grows. A national Facebook group called Open Source COVID19 Medical Supplies has put forward a countrywide initiative to crowdsource more of these protective items. This mainly includes gloves, gowns and masks.

The Suffolk group is just getting its legs but have already confirmed donations are accepted in several local places, including the Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, Pax Christi homeless shelter in Port Jeff, Welcome Friends Soup Kitchen in Port Jeff and Stony Brook University Hospital.

Kassay said the point of her group is to make sure people are making masks to a rigorous standard, following instructions provided by multiple sites including www.project-cloth-masks.com as well as documents provided by the OSCMS. Angela Clayton, a historical costume designer from Manorville, said she started making masks because she had both the material and the skillset, and knew she needed to put them to use.

“I’m lucky to be financially stable and healthy, I wanted to help in any way I could,” she said.

The costume designer has been making masks from 100 percent cotton fabric, which can be used as a mask or as a cover for the more sought after N95 medical masks. She got her designs from www.makemasks2020.org, which not only gives designs but partners with groups around the country to get specifically requested designs from the makers to those who need them.

People all over Long Island have caught onto this trend. Old Field residents Bob and MaryLou Whitcomb, along with their neighbor Christine Matthews and her children Nicole and Connor, have been crafting handmade masks since Friday, March 20. MaryLou said the idea came after a phone call with her sister in Boston, with the person on the other end upset of her own close family members working in the health care field while severely lacking supplies of masks.

So far, the neighborhood team has made around 200 masks, which were mailed to Whitcomb’s sister. They have made masks for doctors in the Old Field area and also have plans to ship more to NYU Langone hospital.

“I thought to myself, we’re all sitting around — why don’t we do something?” MaryLou said.

There are some issues, including accessing supplies, particularly in terms of elastic, which has proved hard to come by. The Suffolk County Creators group has been trying to crowdsource materials from people who have it, especially the elastic bands. Though now there are more and more examples of people making ties from fabric instead.

Though area hospitals are loath to admit it, officials have said there is a general lack of PPE material in nearly every medical sector. Some of this is due to people hoarding such devices since the start of the outbreak. As cases ramp up, hospital workers have been dealing with the shortage. There are reported cases of hospital workers using masks meant for just a single encounter for over a week. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) said there are some facilities, including nursing homes, first responders as well as hospitals, that have been reduced to a pittance of the preventative garb and devices.

Though Stony Brook University Hospital officials have said they “have supplies, but need more,” they have started accepting PPE donations.

“It’s amazing how people can come together to support one another in a time of crisis,” said Stony Brook University Hospital CEO Carol Gomes in an email statement. “We are grateful for the community’s willingness to help one another. We’re all in this together.”

A Stony Brook spokesperson said the hospital is “open to accepting all kinds of donations at this time. They will then be sorted and distributed appropriately.”

Despite this, Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. Gregson Pigott said in a phone call with reporters that masks need to be certified if they are to be of any use. Making masks at home is “not advised — we’re looking for masks that can help filter out the virus,” he said. “They need to be certified and tested.”

Kassay said she agrees these masks are not replacements for the professionally made and certified items normally used in the health care sector.

At the same time, while other health care providers may have better access to the high filtering top-of-the-line N95 masks, people who work for food pantries, food banks or even just in retail do not have the same access to the high-grade PPE items. Not to mention, there are several designs for masks that can go over the N95 types, potentially allowing them to last longer without being soiled.

For those looking to get into making masks, Clayton said its best to order materials remotely and not threaten the spread of the virus. Use the resources available and try and contact groups that may need masks but are not in the medical

Bob and MaryLou Whitcomb at their house in Old Field cutting up fabric for the homemade masks. Their neighbor Christine Matthews, along with her children, finishes the job by sewing them. Photo from MaryLou Whitcomb

field, such as shelters, clinics or senior centers to see what they may need as well.

Kassay said these homemade masks, at the very least, help remind people not to touch their nose or mouth, which experts have recommended people restrict themselves from doing.

“Something is better than nothing,” Kassay said. “We’re all living in this unprecedented time, we’re all wondering what we can do. You want to make sure you’re doing something in the best way possible.”

County Solicits PPE Supplies from Local Companies

In calls to reporters, Bellone said they simply do not have enough beds and other supplies for what still could be a ballooning of the number of coronavirus cases. Hospitals, officials warned, could be overwhelmed as we head toward a peak number of cases.

The county announced a donation drive for medical supplies. They are looking for donations of N95 masks, ear loop face masks, gowns and gloves from the construction industry, building trades and others in organized labor, as they are supplies that are often used on work sites. Additionally, the county is soliciting donations of ear loop masks and gloves from the personal service industry.

By the end of Monday, the first day of the drive, Bellone said they have already received “an incredible amount of outpouring and support.” This included 40,000 gloves of various sizes, 3,000 N95 masks, 1,500 gowns and over 3,000 ear loop masks.

Donations can be delivered to the Suffolk County Fire Academy located at 102 East Ave. in

Yaphank between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on weekdays. Residents can email FRESfinance@suffolkcountyny.gov regarding a large donation of supplies or a potential vendor of opportunity.

As of Monday, Long Island is set to receive 33,976 N95 masks, 86,170 surgical masks, 35,350 gloves, 14,512 gowns and 19,709 face shields. Cuomo admitted that even with these supplies, hospitals will need more especially in the long term.

Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) has said New York hospitals would need to increase the number of intensive care unit beds by approximately 18,000 to 37,000 in total to deal with the peak of the pandemic in New York. The governor put out an executive order saying hospitals must increase the number of beds by at least 50 percent.

Companies like 3M, which manufactures the N95 masks, would be shipping half a million masks to New York and Seattle.

But Cuomo said even such beneficial acts by a few companies belies the need for all such companies to step up to the plate. He has urged the Donald Trump (R) administration to invoke the Defense Production Act, which would allow them to order manufacturers to increase production of much-needed PPE items. The president has signed an executive order invoking the act but has yet to make a single order. Cuomo said those companies would be “paid handsomely” for the effort, but that it was needed more than ever.

“You can’t run this operation that way — it can’t just be based on ‘we’re waiting for people to come forward with offers,’” he said at the Monday press conference. “You cannot continue to do these supplies on an ad hoc basis.”

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Comsewogue Makes Switch to Distance Learning During Ongoing Crisis

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM During challenging times like these, the Comsewogue School District reacted to be fully prepared to not only provide and keep its classes and academic standards at a high level but also to keep the students’ social and emotional well-being stable despite no longer being in the school buildings.

The administration, staff, students and community saw fit to have educational packets and more in place while the upper grades were provided with Chromebooks and resources online available before school was closed. The technology department was in close contact and continues to be communicating with everyone on a daily basis with updates and more.

“I was happy to receive additional training available up to the very last day,” said Camie Zale, a special education teacher.

“Teachers and students are comfortable with using technology and communicating with various websites and apps on a normal basis,” said Andrew Harris, a teacher at the middle and high school. “Unfortunately, I’m nowhere as savvy as most of these students who have grown up with this technology. If I ever have any problem, I can ask any of my students who usually solve it in a matter of seconds ... they are amazing.”

Don Heberer, district administrator for instructional technology, said the 1:1 take-home Chromebook program in the high school and classroom carts at John F. Kennedy Middle School had allowed students and teachers to become comfortable with using the technology for education.

Melissa McMullan, a sixth-grade teacher in the middle school, said the school did a great job getting Chromebooks into kids’ hands. The process, she said, has been tricky to find what works and what doesn’t on an online space.

“The kids and I will solve the need for distance learning together like we always do,” she said.

Students in the elementary schools have grade-level packets posted online along with hard copies sent home. The district is also providing support to both teachers and parents remotely on using the technology. ”Comsewogue has always prided itself on being innovative and willing to try something new,” Heberer said. “We know that it will be a challenging change for everyone; however, Comsewogue staff has worked hard to provide the students, teachers and community resources during this period.”

The Comsewogue district has taken to online as well for interteacher-related processes.

Harris said teachers received a message from the Pupil Personnel Services department that they will hold upcoming annual meetings on Google Hangouts as part of their annual review

process. It has taken time and effort but he feels he has become comfortable and “up to speed” with the various programs.

“For me, I am learning as I go,” Harris said.

“The first day I mostly communicated the way I was most familiar with — I picked up the phone and called most parents to let them know what was going on with their child’s education.

From there I switched to text messages, and finally have been using Google Classroom and more as I get better.”

After checking in with several of the students, Harris said many teachers realized they were perhaps giving too much work. One parent communicated that her daughter was working from early morning until about 5 p.m. on her assignments and starting to stress out.

“I think many of the teachers didn’t want the students to feel like they were on vacation and get complacent,” said Joe Caltagirone, a teacher at the high school.

Harris said he wanted his very first assignment to be something light and be beneficial to his students and their families. He posted a YouTube video on how to do Box Breathing, a technique of taking slow, deep breaths to relieve some stress and help concentrate.

“I know people are highly stressed so I asked that the student watch this video first,” Harris said. “I also requested that they teach members of their family how to do it. I know from experience when you teach others you become very proficient at what you’re teaching. I asked them all to comment on how it made them feel.”

Harris, also a yoga instructor, said that breath work is easy to learn and perhaps the best thing people can do in these stressful situations.

Having said all of this, there are many in the Comsewogue community that may not be as comfortable as students are with technology, though there are many people willing to help distribute food and other resources to our senior citizens.

“The problem is that they may not know that there is help out there. Where many of us can easily access social media sites, many of these seniors don’t have the ability to do so,” said Ed Garboski of the Port Jefferson Station/ Terryville Civic Association.

“Currently, I’m trying to find a way to bridge that gap,” said Harris. “We are trying to put together an electronic way to have our students write letters to the senior citizens who are being quarantined at local facilities. If we have to, we will have the letters printed and distributed to those seniors directly or through the facility’s printer, so they are not compromised.”

Superintendent Jennifer Quinn stated that the whole staff is committed to doing whatever is necessary to make sure the students continue to get everything they need to have a great education, and much more.

Information and quotes provided by Andrew Harris

Kingston and Miles Fowler practice distance learning from home. Photo by Kristina Fowler

Comsewogue Won’t Be Stopped by COVID-19

BY DENIZ YILDIRIM DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Like the rest of New York, Comsewogue School District is facing unprecedented challenges with courage and teamwork. Following Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) orders, all six of the district’s schools were closed on Monday, March 16, for a tentative two-week period. Administrators and teachers worked hard to create packets and uploaded countless resources onto the district’s website so students can continue their education at home.

Preparing work for over 5,000 students with numerous and distinct needs such as learning disabilities and language barriers could only be completed with hard work and collaboration. Reading teachers, English as second language teachers, teaching assistants and even special area teachers like music teacher Ellen Rios came together to create comprehensive packets that were sent home with students on Friday, March 13. Parents could come in person to pick them up if their child wasn’t in school to get it themselves.

Superintendent Jennifer Quinn has been regularly calling parents with updates and also informed families that the district is even willing to lend out its Chromebooks to students who couldn’t otherwise access the online learning tools.

“This is a scary time for everyone and our students’ health comes first. We want to share

what we have to make them feel safe and help them continue to learn,” said Quinn. “Families are advised to call the district so they can prepare the appropriate materials and ensure a smooth and sanitary pick up.

In addition to student work, Comsewogue is continuously posting statements on its website (in English and Spanish) in order to keep families informed. One such notice comes from Robert Pearl, the district’s new administrator for Pupil Personnel Services and Micheala Finlay-Essig, the assistant director of PPS; they have been rescheduling important meetings regarding student services that will now be “teleconferencing” meetings through Google Meet. The instructional technology department led by Don Heberer has never been more critical and everyone can testify to the key role they are playing.

“We’re here to help our students, teachers and community,” Heberer said. “We have been supporting our teachers through technology professional development, so the teachers can support our students’ learning. We are updating the district website and mobile app daily to keep our community informed and provide vital resources.”

Comsewogue graduate, parent and now teacher Kristina Fowler said she’s never been prouder of her community. Fowler has a unique perspective because she’s been in everyone’s shoes, so it’s particularly meaningful to hear her say that Comsewogue is going above and beyond her expectations.

She supports her two sons, fourth-grader Kingston and second-grader Miles and lets them “play” with their friends via FaceTime.

Most recently, Kingston and Kristina helped classmate Liam Schneph with a question he had about his new hamster.

“It’s so important to stay connected and let kids be kids,” she said. “Comsewogue won’t be stopped by COVID-19.”

Deniz Yildirim is a librarian at the Terryville Road Elementary School

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Turtle Island: A Your Turn Series

The Connection Between Climate Change and Pandemics I haven’t been to school in 13 days and I had in the past is the Ebola outbreak. In places beneath the ice and with the rising global temdon’t know when I’m going back. Many of the such as Central and West Africa, there have been perature, we may see the reemergence of diseasserious deforestation and habi- es such as smallpox, the bubonic plague and the shelves in the grocery stores tat losses for bats, which are 1918 Spanish flu. are empty, toilet paper is sold Since January, there has been a significant vectors for Ebola. These bats out and everyone is self-quarstarted inhabiting places closer universal decrease in social and economic acantining. This panic and fear to urban populations which, in tivity. The results from this are astounding. are due to the outbreak of the turn, increased the likelihood First of all, since there has been slower ecomost current pandemic — the of Ebola outbreaks. Studies nomic activity, there has been a drop in carcoronavirus, also known as in 12 countries have actually bon dioxide emissions. In Hubei province in COVID-19. This new strain shown that it is twice as com- Central China, there has been a drop in air polof coronavirus originated in mon to have vector mosquitoes lution as the cloud of nitrogen dioxide evapoChina and has spread globalin deforested areas than in in- rated in February. Italy saw similar results in ly. While it seems improbable its environment pertaining to nitrogen dioxide tact forests. that there’s a connection beApart from bringing vectors levels. Additionally, the once-murky canal watween pandemics and climate close to human communities, ter in Venice is now so clear that you can see change, past pandemics prove climate change is introducing the fish below. In countries all over the world, otherwise. This connection Sapphire Perera prehistoric diseases to man- we are seeing changes like this. Unfortunately, shows us that for every action, kind. In 2016, the Russian city it’s taking a pandemic brought about by clithere is a reaction. of Yakutsk saw the outbreak of mate change to reduce climate change.

Climate change has made Sapphire Perera is a junior at Port Jefferson our winters shorter and the weather unseason- anthrax during a heat wave in Siberia. The thawably warm. This global increase in temperature ing permafrost soil there released long-dormant high school. The “Turtle Island,” as the name is just one of the causes of climate change, and bacteria and viruses that had been trapped in the for this ongoing column refers to the Native directly affects vectors i.e., disease-carrying ice for centuries. One 12-year-old boy died and American mythology about North America exorganisms such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and at least 20 people were hospitalized from infec- isting on the back of a great turtle that bears flies. These vectors spread diseases such as ma- tion. Scientists speculate that more diseases lie every living being on its spine. laria, dengue fever, West Nile virus, and yellow fever which are some of the worst pandemics.

The global increase in temperature is driving these vectors further from the equator and into the northern hemisphere. For instance, the United States has seen increased cases of denDr. Lisa M. Chirch is a associate professor of medecine at the Universigue and malaria in Florida, California and Texas. Europe and the U.S. may soon be subjected ty of Connecticut who specializes in infectionous diseases. to the same epidemics that plague people in SP: Sapphire Perera; LC: Lisa Chirch equatorial climates. In contrast, other regions SP: Due to habitat loss, there is evidence Asia and Africa, as they did with the 1918 that usually struggle through the worst of the of vector transference between wild animals Spanish flu? pandemics and epidemics will see a decrease LC: Throughout history, pandemand livestock. Do you think this will eventuin the number of outbreaks. ally involve household pets, which may be ics have originated from sites all over the The increase in temperature, rainfall and more susceptible to loss of native immunity? world. Pandemics originate when humans humidity also creates more breeding grounds LC: Good question, and very important are exposed to “novel” organisms we have for vectors, leading to the easier spread of to those of us with household pets we adore never seen before, exposing populations diseases. This was exemplified by India’s as part of the family. To date, it is unclear without immunity. Over time these have monsoon season from 1994 to 1996. The exwhether viral infections such as COVID-19 frequently been related to the animal/hucessive monsoon rainfall and high humidity can infect dogs and cats, or whether they man interface in some way, with organisms in the Punjab region of India led to an inwould become ill if infected. It really de- “jumping” from one species to another, crease in malaria epidemics in places such as pends on the specific organism and how and in the worst-case scenario, becoming Rajasthan, Manipur, Nagaland and Haryana. they infect, which tissues are targets, which efficient at human-to-human transmission.

Recent studies have shown that El Niño has receptors are used for cell entry, etc. Cer- So, to the extent that climate change drives actually increased the malaria epidemic risk tainly, the potential for domestic animals to animals and humans further together, it in India by about fivefold. El Niño scientists be affected is present, and we should prob- drives the possibility of further epidemics. have discovered increases in incidences of ably be taking similar precautions with our Importantly, climate change has more imcholera, Zika, chikungunya, and hantavirus beloved pets as with our family members mediate and tangible effects on infectious with El Niño occurrences. diseases in humans that have been recently whom we want to protect.

Deforestation is another cause of climate SP: Extreme changes in global weather notable, such as the appearance of certain change that brings vectors closer to urban compatterns are one factor of climate change. mosquito-borne arboviruses in the southmunities. Sonia Shah, the author of the book With increases in climate change and warm- ern U.S. (dengue, chikungunya, Zika), and “Pandemic,” says in her article in The Nation, er weather, do you feel that future pandem- tick-borne illnesses migrating northward as “When deforestation threatens the survival of ics will originate in places such as North well, with the associated northward movewild species, there are more opportunities for America and Western Europe instead of ment of the tick species that carry them. animal microbes to adapt to human bodies.” One example from the many pandemics that we’ve

Interview with Dr. Lisa M. Chirch

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The Mount Sinai Heritage Park playground is closed, but residents can still see attractions like the large tulip smiley face. Photo by Kyle Barr

Local Playgrounds and Dog Parks Closed to Public

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

North Shore parks and beaches may have become even more of a premier destination since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but local governments are also trying to enforce as much public distancing as possible.

In the past week, Suffolk County, the Town of Brookhaven and other local municipalities and nonprofits have all closed their public playgrounds and dog parks.

The Town closed all 75 public playgrounds until further notice as well as its basketball, tennis, pickleball, handball and volleyball courts along with the golf courses. The Town has also suspended the sale of resident stickers, has canceled all events scheduled and will not issue permits for use of park facilities through April 30.

Otherwise all parks are open, but officials ask that people using the parks keep at a distance of 6 feet from others in public spaces.

Suffolk County closed all its public playgrounds and dog parks, with Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) saying there are very little ways to socially distance oneself in such a space. The nonprofit Heritage Trust, which runs Heritage Park in Mount Sinai, has also closed its playground space.

The Village of Port Jefferson closed its Rocketship Park and basketball courts March 16. The programs at the Village Center have also been canceled as of March 16 for the next two weeks, including youth rowing programs, yoga, music and cooking classes.

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION AND BUDGET VOTE OF THE COMSEWOGUE PUBLIC LIBRARY TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, NEW YORK

for the purpose of presenting the proposed budget of the Comsewogue Public Library on March 24, 2020 at the Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station, New York 11776 at 6:00 p.m.; and

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Annual Election and Budget Vote of the qualified voters of the Comsewogue Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, will be held at the Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station, New York, on April 7, 2020, between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. prevailing time, for the purpose of voting, by paper ballot, upon the following items:

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the Office of Trustee of the Comsewogue Public Library shall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Library, 170 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station, New York, between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, Monday through Friday, but not later than 5:00 p.m., Monday, March 9, 2020. Each petition must be directed to the Office of the Clerk of the Library, must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District and must state the residence of each signer and the name and residence of the candidate; and

(1) Proposition to adopt the Annual Budget for the support and maintenance of the Comsewogue Public Library for the 2020-2021 fiscal year and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free School District; and (2) Election of one (1) Trustee to the Board of Trustees of the Comsewogue Public Library to fill a five-year term commencing July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2025, as a result of the expiration of the term of office presently held by Corinne DeStefano; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for the ensuing fiscal year for the Comsewogue Public Library’s purposes, may be obtained by any resident in the School District during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding and on the day of said meeting, except Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, from the Library, located at 170 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station, New York, during the hours in which the Library is regularly open for business and online at www. cplib.org; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Board of Trustees of the Comsewogue Public Library will conduct a Budget Information Hearing

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to section 2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to section 2014 of the Education Law and has voted at any annual or special district meeting within the past four (4) years, such voter is eligible to vote at this election; if the voter is registered and eligible to vote pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law, such voter is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register. Registration may be effected during normal school hours when school is in session at the Office of the District Clerk, Administrative Office, Comsewogue Union Free School District, 290 Norwood Avenue, Port Jefferson Station, NY.; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to the provisions of 2018-a of the Education Law, absentee ballots for the election of Trustee of the Library and for the adoption of the annual budget may be applied for at the Office of the Clerk of the Comsewogue Public Library during regular business hours. Such application must be received by the Office of the Clerk of the

Comsewogue Public Library seven (7) days prior to the vote/election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter or by 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the vote/election if the ballot is to be personally delivered to the voter. No absentee voter’s ballot shall be canvassed, unless it shall have been received in the Office of the Clerk of the Comsewogue Public Library no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the election. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the said Office of the Clerk of the Comsewogue Public Library on each of the five (5) days prior to April 7, 2020 except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a qualified voter whose ability to appear personally at the polling place is substantially impaired by reason of permanent illness or physical disability and whose registration record has been marked “permanently disabled” by the Board of Elections pursuant to the provisions of the Election Law shall be entitled to receive an absentee ballot pursuant to the provisions of the Election Law without making separate application for such absentee ballot.

Dated: Port Jefferson Station, NY February 14, 2020

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE COMSEWOGUE PUBLIC LIBRARY EDWARD C. WENDOL, PRESIDENT 362 2/20 4x ptr AVISO DE ELECCIÓN ANUAL Y VOTO DE PRESUPUESTO DE COMSEWOGUE PUBLIC LIBRARY CIUDAD DE BROOKHAVEN, CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NEW YORK POR LA PRESENTE se AVISA de que se llevará a cabo la reunión anual de elección y voto del presupuesto para los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Sin Sindicato de Comsewogue, ciudad de Brookhaven, condado de Suffolk, New York, en la Comsewoge Public Library, 170 Terryville

Road, Port Jefferson Station, New York, el 7 de abril de 2020 entre las 9:30 am y las 9:00 pm, hora local, con el propósito de votar en papeleta de votación sobre los siguientes puntos: (1) Adoptar el Presupuesto Anual con el propósito de apoyar y mantener a la Comsewogue Public Library para el año fiscal 2020-2021 y autorizar que la porción requerida del mismo se aumente mediante impuestos sobre la propiedad sujeta a impuestos en el Distrito Escolar Sin Sindicato de Brookhaven-Comsewogue; y (2) Elegir un (1) miembro de la junta directiva de Comsewogue Public Library para llenar una plaza de cinco años que comienza el 1 de julio de 2020 y finaliza el 30 de junio de 2025, como resultado de la expiración del término de oficina que actualmente ocupa Corinne DeStefano; y POR LA PRESENTE TAMBIÉN se AVISA, de que cualquier residente del Distrito Escolar puede obtener una copia de una declaración de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año siguiente para los fines de la Comsewogue Public Library durante los catorce (14) días inmediatamente antes de dicha reunión excepto los sábados, domingos y días feriados en la Biblioteca ubicada en 170 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station, New York, durante el horario regular cuando la biblioteca está abierta y en línea en www.cplib.org; y POR LA PRESENTE TAMBIÉN se AVISA la Junta Directiva de Comsewogue Public Library llevará a cabo una Audiencia de Información del Presupuesto con el fin de presentar el presupuesto propuesto de la Comsewogue Public Library el 24 de marzo de 2020 en la Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station, New York 11776 a las 6:00 pm; y POR LA PRESENTE TAMBIÉN se AVISA, de que las solicitudes para postular candidatos para la oficina de Miembro de la Junta de Comsewogue Public Library se deben presentar en la oficina del Secretario de la Biblioteca en 170 Terryville Road,

Port Jefferson Station, New York, entre las 9:30 am and 4:00 pm, hora local de lunes al viernes, pero a más tardar a las 5:00 pm del lunes del lunes 9 de marzo de 2020.

Cada solicitud debe ser dirigida a la Oficina del Secretario de la Biblioteca y debe estar firmada por al menos veinticinco (25) votantes calificados del Distrito, y debe indicar la residencia de cada signatario y el nombre y residencia del candidato; y POR LA PRESENTE TAMBIÉN se AVISA, que la inscripción personal de los votantes es un requisito de acuerdo a § 2014 de la Ley de Educación o según el artículo 5 de la ley Electoral. Si un votante se ha inscrito según § 2014 de la Ley de Educación y ha votado en alguna reunión anual o especial del distrito en los últimos cuatro (4) años, dicho votante es elegible para votar en esta elección; si un votante está inscrito y es elegible para votar de acuerdo con el artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral, dicho votante es también elegible para votar en esta elección. Todas las demás personas que deseen votar deben inscribirse.

La inscripción puede efectuarse durante el horario escolar normal cuando la escuela está en sesión en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, Oficina Administrativa, Distrito Escolar Sin Sindicato de Comsewogue, 290 Norwood Avenue, Port Jefferson Station, NY.; y POR LA PRESENTE TAMBIÉN se AVISA, de conformidad con las disposiciones de 2018-a de la Ley de Educación, las boletas de votación en ausencia para la elección del Miembro Directivo de la Biblioteca y para la adopción del presupuesto anual pueden solicitarse en la Oficina del Secretario de Comsewogue Public Library en el horario regular de oficina. Las solicitudes completadas deben ser recibidas por la Oficina del Secretario de Comsewogue Public Library siete (7) días antes del voto/elección si la boleta se envía por correo al votante o a más tardar las 5:00 pm del día antes del voto/elección si la boleta se entrega personalmente al votante. No se contará ninguna boleta de votación en ausencia a menos que se haya recibido en la Oficina del Secretario de Comsewogue Public Library

a más tardar a las 5:00 pm del día de la elección. El listado de todas las personas a las cuales se han emitido boletas de voto en ausencia estará disponible en la oficina de dicho Secretario de Comsewogue Public Library cada uno de los cinco (5) días previo al 7 de abril de 2020, excepto los domingos y días feriados; y POR LA PRESENTE TAMBIÉN se AVISA de que un votante calificado cuya capacidad de comparecer personalmente en el lugar de votación se ve sustancialmente afectado por una enfermedad permanente o una discapacidad física y cuyo expediente de inscripción ha sido marcado como “permanentemente discapacitado” por la Junta Electoral de conformidad con las disposiciones de la Ley Electoral tendrán derecho a recibir una boleta de voto en ausencia por correo de acuerdo con lo dispuesto en la Ley Electoral sin tener que hacer una solicitud por separado para dicha boleta de voto en ausencia.

Fechado: Port Jefferson Station, NY 14 de febrero de 2020 POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA DE COMSEWOGUE PUBLIC LIBRARY EDWARD C. WENDOL, PRESIDENTE 363 2/20 4x ptr

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Trust 2005-NC2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-NC2, Plaintiff AGAINST The Estate of Thomas Seman, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 7-312018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on April 14, 2020 at 11:30AM, premises known as 57 Superior Street, Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776. All that certain plot piece or parcel LEGALS con’t on pg. 8

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 6 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: 311.00, BLOCK: 07.00, LOT: 024.000, District 0200. Approximate amount of judgment $187,206.35 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #607665/2015. Usha Srivastava, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-065616-F00 68349 388 3/12 4x ptr SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF SUFFOLK DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS TRUSTEE FOR SAXON ASSET SECURITIES TRUST 20033, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-3, Plaintiff against DEBORAH E. HARTMAN A/K/A DEBORAH HARTMAN, STEVEN T. HARTMAN A/K/A STEVEN HARTMAN, BRIAN HARTMAN, DANIEL HARTMAN, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on March 8, 2017.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps of the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, N.Y. on the 3rd day of April, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Holbrook, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York.

Said premises known as 6 Sutton Place, Ronkonkoma, N.Y. 11779.

(District: 0200, Section: 763.00, Block: 02.00, Lot: 043.000).

Approximate amount of lien $ 310,088.17 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 608646-15. Vincent Messina, Esq., Referee.

McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street -

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 390 3/5 4x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Sean Nagel; Michelle Nagel; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated September 4, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, New York, 11738 on April 16, 2020 at 9:00AM, premises known as 20 Garland Road, Rocky Pont, 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, State of NY, District 0200 Section 055.00 Block 10.00 Lot 040.003.

Approximate amount of judgment $458,024.20 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 066059/2014. Paul Feuer, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: February 8, 2020 68204 411 3/19 4x ptr SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF11 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff against EDWARD BERG, BARBARA BERG, DARRIN BERG, ELAINE BERG, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered January 23, 2020.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps of the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, N.Y. on the 15th day of April, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. premises 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.

Said premises known as 21 Carston Street, Selden, N.Y. 11784.

(District: 0200, Section: 446.00, Block: 05.00, Lot: 038.000).

Approximate amount of lien $ 210,974.54 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 0622483-18.

Valerie M. Cartright, Esq., Referee.

Stern & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 B Route 1 South – Suite 330 Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 582-6344 *For sale information, please visit www.auction.com or call 800-280-2832* 414 3/12 4x ptr SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF SUFFOLK DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR SOUNDVIEW HOME LOAN TRUST 2006OPT1, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006OPT1, Plaintiff against KATHLEEN BAKER A/K/A KATHLEEN M. BAKER A/K/A KATHRINE BAKER A/K/A KATHLEEN M. NORDHEIM, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on December 17, 2019.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps of the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, N.Y. on the 13th day of April, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings thereon erected, situate, lying, and being in the Hamlet of Port Jefferson Station in the Township of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York.

Said premises known as 30 Jefferson Avenue, Port Jefferson Station, N.Y. 11776.

(District: 0200, Section: 207.00, Block: 04.00, Lot: 013.000).

Approximate amount of lien $551,743.76 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 609553-16.

Anthony Parlatore, Esq., Referee.

McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 415 3/12 4x ptr STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, vs.

Plaintiff,

LUCILA TORRES, 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 December 20, 2019, I, Kenneth Seidell the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on April 13, 2020 at BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738, County of Suffolk, State of New York, at 3:00 P.M., the premises described as follows: 35 South Swezey Town Road a/k/a 35 S Swezey Town Road Middle Island a/k/a Town of Brookhaven SBL No.: 0200-375.0002.00-049.00 ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situate, lying and being in Middle Island, 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. 602745/2018 in the amount of $492,764.65 plus interest and costs.

Richard C. Turner, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb

Rochester, New York 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072

ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-FF1,

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P., V. PETER L. PARRAS, JR.; ET. AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated July 02, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, wherein MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. is the Plaintiff and PETER L. PARRAS, JR.; ET AL. are the Defendant(s).

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the FRONT STEPS OF THE BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738, on April 14, 2020 at 3:00 pm, premises known as 24 MARLIN ROAD, CENTEREACH, NY 11720: District 0200 Section 444.00, Block 05.00, Lot 014.000: 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 Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 619413/2016. TERRY R WOODARD, Esq. - Referee.

RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

419 3/12 4x ptr SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 1, 2004 FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE LOAN

ANTONIO RUSSO; ET. AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated January 24, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, wherein WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 1, 2004 FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE LOAN ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-FF1 is the Plaintiff and ANTONIO RUSSO; ET AL. are the Defendant(s).

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738, on April 20, 2020 at 10:00 am, premises known as 26 GRIFFEN CT, MILLER PLACE, NY 11764: District 0200, Section 026.00, Block 04.00, Lot 010.005: ALL THAT A CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR 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 Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 05510/2013.

Robert G. Steinberg, Esq. - Referee.

RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

431 3/19 4x ptr SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF SUFFOLK WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JULY 1, 2006 SECURITIZED ASSET BACKED RECEIVABLES LLC TRUST 2006-FR3 MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006 LEGALS con’t on pg. 9

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 8 FR3, Plaintiff against ALBERT GARARD III, PATRICIA GARARD, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on February 25, 2019.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps of the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, N.Y. on the 21st day of April, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being at Middle Island, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, State of New York, being more particularly bounded and described as follows: Being lot five (5) on a certain map entitled Chen Estates filed in the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office on June 3, 1987 as Map No. 8315, Tax Map 0200, 455.00, 01.00, 011.003.

BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of Chen Court a distance of 151.00 feet easterly as measured along the southerly side of Chen Court from the easterly end of a curve connecting the easterly side of Bunker Lane with the southerly side of Chen Court; RUNNING THENCE from said point of beginning, along the southerly side of Chen Court, south 80 degrees, 54 minutes 30 seconds a distance of 181.00 feet to a point; RUNNING THENCE south 09 degrees 05 minutes 30 seconds west a distance of 221.00 feet to a point on the northerly side of the land now or formerly of trace; RUNNING THENCE along the northerly side of the land now or formerly of trace, north 80 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds west a distance of 181.00 feet to a point;

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com RUNNING THENCE north 09 degrees 05 minutes 30 seconds east a distance of 221.00 feet to the southerly side of Chen Court and the point of BEGINNING. Said premises known as 4 Chen Court, Middle Island, N.Y. 11953.

(District: 0200, Section: 455.00, Block: 01.00, Lot: 011.005).

Approximate amount of lien $ 533,472.86 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 604933-15.

Anthony P. Moncayo, Esq., Referee.

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 10 Bank Street, Suite – 700 White Plains, N.Y. 10606 441 3/19 4x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF Suffolk, The Board of Managers of Country Pointe at Coram Condominium III, Plaintiff, vs. Lawrence L. Powell, Jr. a/k/a Lawrence Powell, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Condominium Common Charge Lien duly filed on February 19, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on April 20, 2020 at 4:00 p.m., premises known as 189 Kettles Lane, Unit 189, 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 543.20, Block 01.00 and Lot 189 together with an undivided 0.01 percent interest in the Common Elements.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 614560/2019.

Peter R. Referee

McGreevy,

Esq.,

Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, Peddy & Fenchel, P.C., 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530, Attorneys for Plaintiff 442 3/19 4x ptr PROBATE CITATION File No. 2019-604 SURROGATE’S COURT - SUFFOLK COUNTY SUPPLIMENTAL CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: John Lampel, if living being first cousin once removed of decedent and if dead having predeceased decedent, his issue, if any; or if dead having survived decedent, his distributees, heirs at law, next of kin, executors, administrators, successors and assigns and any other persons who might have an interest in the estate of Mildred Reading, deceased, as distributees or otherwise all of whose names, whereabouts and addresses are unknown and cannot be ascertained with due diligence.

Richard Strahan, dead, having survived decedent, his distributees, heirs at law, next of kin, executors, administrators, successors and assigns and any other persons who might have an interest in the estate of Mil-

dred Reading, deceased, as distributees or otherwise all of whose names, whereabouts and addresses are unknown and cannot be ascertained with due diligence.

A petition having been duly filed by Mary Hendrickson, who is domiciled at 55 Arbutus Road, Greenlawn, NY 11740 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Suffolk County, at 320 Center Drive., Riverhead, NY 11901, on April 28, 2020, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Mildred Reading lately domiciled at 500 Mather Drive, South Setauket, NY 11720 admitting to probate a Will dated April 20, 2016, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Mildred Reading, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to: Mary Hendrickson Dated, Attested and Sealed March 10, 2020 HON. THERESA WHELAN Surrogate MICHAEL CIPOLLINO, Chief Clerk Attorney for Petitioner: Gathman & Bennett LLP Telephone Number: 631-423-7777 Address of Attorney: 191 New York Avenue, Huntington, NY 11743 [NOTE: This citation is served upon you are required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.]

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Notice is hereby given that an order entered by the Supreme Court Suffolk County, on the 11th day of March, 2020, bearing Index No. 2001301, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at The Juliette A. Kinsella Building, Riverhead, N.Y. grants me the right, to assume the name Isabella Auditore My present address is 226 Trumpet Lane, Holbrook, NY 11741. The date of my birth is 4/27/1962 My present name is Isabelle Auditore.

460 3/26 1x ptr PUBLIC NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The assessment roll for the Village of Belle Terre for the year 2020 – 2021 has been completed and verified and is filed in my office as of the 1st day of April, 2020 where the same will remain open to the public for inspection for fifteen days thereafter.

Dated: March 26, 2020 Joanne Raso Village Clerk-Treasurer (631) 928-0020 465 3/26 1x ptr COMSEWOGUE SCHOOL DISTRICT County of Suffolk Town of Brookhaven State of New York REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL The Board of Education of B r o o k h av e n - C o m s e w o g u e Union Free School District, Port Jefferson Station, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, New York, hereby invites the submission of pro-

posals in a sealed envelope for the following: Physical Therapy Services Occupational Therapy Services Special Education Related Services Nursing Services Proposals will be received until Friday, May 15, 2020 at 1:00 P.M. in the District Administration Office at 290 Norwood Avenue, Port Jefferson Station, New York, at which time and place all proposals will be publicly opened, but will not be read aloud. Any interested party may attend. There will be no discussion at the time of the opening of the proposals.

The names of the proposing firms shall be available following the proposal opening.

Proposal packets may be obtained at the same office by calling the Pupil Personnel Office at (631) 474-8127.

The Board of Education reserves the right to waive any informalities in the proposals, or to reject any or all proposals or to accept any proposals, which in the opinion of the Board of Education, will be in the best interest of the school district.

Board of Education Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free School District 290 Norwood Avenue Town of Brookhaven Suffolk County, New York 466 3/26 1x ptr

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BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Local business owners are looking at an uncertain future due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis here on Long Island.

Due to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) executive order that shut down nonessential businesses last Saturday in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus, entrepreneurs and others are worried if they will be able to survive the financial blow. With bills due at the beginning of the month and with no new income coming in, many are calling on the state and the federal government for help.

On Tuesday, Congress and the President Donald Trump (R) administration finally reached a $2 trillion agreement to assist people during the ongoing crisis. The new bill includes one-time direct payments to residents of $1,200 per adult making up to $75,000 a year or $2,400 to a married couple making up to $150,000, with $500 payments per child. It also includes a $367 billion program for small businesses to keep making payroll while workers are forced to stay home. Meanwhile, for larger industries the bill includes $500 billion for guaranteed, subsidized loans to bail them out as revenue has severely dropped.

Still, the question remains of how small local businesses will remain intact or even be able to open their doors again as the crisis ebbs.

Indu Kaur, director of operations of The Meadow Club in Port Jefferson Station, said, “This is a burden my father and I are trying to figure out, just like everyone else,” A family of restaurateurs who recently took over The Harbor Grill had plans to open their third restaurant this month. In addition, The

Meadow Club was set to reopen after being closed due to a fire in 2018. Kaur said the ongoing health crisis has put both openings on hold.

In the meantime, she said, The Curry Club in East Setauket is taking take-out and delivery orders.

“We had to lay off our staff,” she said. “There are still things like rent, insurance and utility bills that we have to worry about.”

When asked about the recent virus rescue bil from the federal government, Kaur said “it was great news and a good first step. “Many of us are suffering financially right now.”

She also said she is hopefully that Suffolk County can eventually do something similar to help business owners.

Currently, the U.S. Small Business Administration is offering economic injury disaster loans to affected businesses.

Funds come directly from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the maximum unsecured loan amount is $25,000.

Kaur said she doesn’t —Indu Kaur think that is a viable option for her and other business owners.

“I’m not sure we can take out one more loan on what we already have,” she said. “For others there might be no other option.”

Last week, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) announced the launch of the Business Recovery Unit, a component of the county’s Business Response Plan, to address concerns and questions that businesses have amid the coronavirus outbreak. Businesses are asked to complete a comprehensive survey on the county’s website (www.suffolkcountyny.gov).

In a conference call March 23, Bellone said that, with several hundred surveys completed, over 4,000 workers were indicated as laid off or furloughed.

‘There are still things like rent, insurance and utility bills that we have to worry about.’

Slurp Ramen in Port Jefferson has set up a unique way for people to order and pickup food, with a giant screen in between employees and customers. Photo by Kyle Barr

“We keep getting calls and the numbers are going up; we are getting calls from workers who are self-employed who are in the same boat,” Bellone said.

In the new federal relief package, furloughed workers will have their salaries replaced for four months, getting whatever amount the state provides in unemployment plus a $600 add-on per week. Gig workers such as Uber drivers are included in that as well.

In an effort to help business owners, New York State Republicans sent Cuomo a COVID-19 action plan that includes extending the payments of monthly sales tax by 90 days, making available no-interest loans immediately to entities that face a dramatic decrease in business and eliminating penalties for late payments of business and property taxes, among other things.

Similarly, over 17,600 people signed a Change.org petition titled Save Small Business Before It’s Too Late. It also called on the city, state and federal governments to take the neces-

sary steps to save local businesses.

“Small businesses are the backbone of our communities, creating jobs, generating tax revenue and providing valuable services,” said New York City Councilman Mark Gjonaj (D), who started the petition.

Lenore Paprocky, president of the Greater Middle Country Chamber of Commerce, said, while a lot of businesses are hurting, she is grateful how everyone is willing to come together and help fellow entrepreneurs.

“It’s difficult right now but we want to keep these businesses afloat,” she said.

The chamber has come up with a list of local businesses that are offering catering/takeout and automotive services.

Paprocky said they are trying to stay optimistic amid the ongoing shutdown, and she hopes elected officials can hash something out to help them.

“The future is uncertain, but we need to stay positive and work together to get through this,” the president of the chamber said.

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Cole Swensen, a Boy Scout in Miller Place Troop 204. created a bench and concrete pads along the Setauket-Port Jefferson Station Greenway Trail. Photo by Kyle Barr

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM As national nonprofits and local hospitals are encouraging residents to donate blood as the coronavirus crisis has not only strained health care facilities but also caused a depletion of the region’s blood supply.

The American Red Cross said they are facing a severe blood shortage due to an unprecedented number of blood drive cancellations in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Nearly 2,700 Red Cross blood drives have been canceled, and in the eastern New York region 23 blood drives have been canceled.

In total, cancellations have resulted in 86,000 fewer blood donations. More than 80 percent of the blood the Red Cross collects comes from blood drives, according to the organization.

The shortage has prompted concerns about how hospitals will treat medical emergencies.

According to the Red Cross, a single blood donation can be used to save multiple lives and about one in seven hospital admissions requires a blood transfusion.

“Unfortunately, when people stop donating blood, it forces doctors to make hard choices about patient care, which is why we need those who are healthy and well to roll up a sleeve and give the gift of life.” said Chris Hrouda, president of Red Cross Biomedical Services, in a statement.

Similarly, The New York Blood Center is urging healthy donors to donate. In addition, they are extending open hours at their donor centers. NYBC operates 19 donor centers across New York and New Jersey. Its Port Jefferson Station Donor Center, located at 1010 Route 112, works closely with St. Charles Hospital.

NYBC officials said these steps have maintained the blood supply for now but stressed

PJ Library Cancels Budget Vote The Port Jefferson Free library announced March 25 that it would not be holding its budget vote scheduled for April 7 due to the coronavirus.

The library board voted unanimously at a special meeting held March 23 to cancel its budget vote and investigate a possible reschedule for June.

PJS/Terryville Civic Association vice president Ed Garboski gives blood to the NYBC donor center at 1010 Route 112. Photo from Garboski

that blood is perishable and the supply must be continually replenished to avoid a shortage.

NYBC said they are taking extra precautions to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and advise people who are experiencing a cold, sore throat, respiratory infection or flu-like symptoms to avoid donor centers.

Stony Brook University Hospital is currently accepting blood donations as well.

Hospital officials said they are constantly monitoring the blood supply situation at its facilities and assured residents that donating blood is safe. Donors are health screened at the hospital entrance, and the donor room is not crowded. The screening process includes completing a form regarding recent travel history and potential acute respiratory symptoms and COVID-19 exposure.

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Library Director Tom Donlon commented “library staff is working tirelessly to develop and implement new library services while our library doors must remain closed to help protect our community from the coronavirus. We look forward to reopening our doors just as soon as it is safe to do so but in the meantime we are here for local residents in need of the kinds of information and support that they have always turned to the library for.”

The library urged all local residents to visit the library’s website at www.portjefflibrary.org to keep up with all of the latest news about the coronavirus and to find out about the growing array of online services available to local residents.

Port Jeff Boy Scout Creates Bench for Greenway Trail

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM With the weather warming, and with more people available to take walks while home from work and school (maintaining social distancing, of course), one local Boy Scout’s Eagle Scout Service Project has made a lasting impact.

Port Jefferson resident Cole Swensen, a member of Miller Place Boy Scout Troop 204, installed a bench, along with concrete pads on the Setauket-Port Jefferson Station Greenway Trail earlier this month.

“I’m happy with the finished product,” Swensen said.

Swensen, a senior at Earl L. Vandermeulen High School in Port Jefferson, said he and his dad use the trail often for running and biking and saw there was a need for a new bench, made from wood composite, at the top of the hill just after the westernmost trail entrance in Setauket. The young man also installed three concrete pads on the trail, one at his new bench and two more at existing benches.

“These pads not only clean up the look of the benches and trail, but they also prevent the area in front of the benches from getting muddy,” Swensen said. “It also is a place for strollers to easily get off the main trail.”

Charlie McAteer, the chair of the Friends of the Greenway, said Troop 204 has been a huge boon to the trail, having done five projects with

the Greenway, with one more still in the planning phase. This new project comes just as the Greenway is getting increased usage thanks to more people looking to spend time outdoors while maintaining a distance from others.

“This is a remarkable commitment to the Setauket to Port Jeff Station Greenway Trail,” McAteer said. “The community will be enjoying these for decades.”

The high school senior said he had been working on the project since before last summer but had to put it on pause after a severe bike accident led to a concussion.

He conducted his fundraising last month, just as things with the coronavirus crisis were starting to close in. Still, he managed to raise about $1,000 toward the project.

The build was over a three-day period with the bulk of the work centered on installing the new bench and making sure the concrete pads were leveled against the slope of the hill.

Swensen said he is still waiting on the finalized paperwork for his Eagle Scout application, since all offices are closed everything now has to be mailed.

After graduating high school, Swensen expects to attend SUNY Maritime to study naval architecture, involved in designing the hulls of boats and ships.

Swensen’s father, Eric, said his son has been interested in boats and sailing since he was young.

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Editorial

Letters to the Editor

In the panic of the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic that killed, by several differing estimates, 50 to 100 million people worldwide, nobody trusted anybody, whether it was their neighbors or even their friends or family. The distrust started early when the government started lying to them, telling them it was just another standard flu, not to be worried about.

Once people saw men and women bleeding from their mouths and noses in the middle of the street, they knew it wasn’t just a mild influenza. The level of trust was so bad there were reports people starved in their homes, with nobody willing to bring them food in the most rural areas of this country.

A crisis requires clear leadership. It cannot be politically motivated. It cannot be muddled in the daily sparring of political actors. It has to be precise, meaningful and factual.

We here at TBR News Media are thankful that some officials are doing just that today in our time of crisis.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has to be commended for his response to the coronavirus crisis. Cuomo laid his cards on the table. He has been upfront about getting people statistics and updates on what the state is doing. He has made more and more drastic decisions in order to curb the number of infected people within the state.

“If you are upset by what we have done, be upset at me,” he said at a March 17 press conference. “County executives did not do this. The village mayor did not do this. The city mayor did not make these decisions. I made these decisions.”

Cuomo added, “The buck stops on my desk … I assume full responsibility.”

By owning the problems these executive decisions have caused, the governor has accepted the responsibility for everything that is happening and will happen.

That doesn’t just take guts, that takes a true sense of civic responsibility and leadership.

We agree with that. We need only look at Italy to see just how destabilizing the disease can be if it’s left unchecked for too long. Doctors and nurses there have been made to triage, making decisions that mean life and death for some patients rather than others.

We should also laud County Executive Steve Bellone (D), who on his daily calls with the press has been forthcoming in all details related to COVID-19. His answers have so far been consistent, and we hope such reliable communication continues.

There is no way to know the true impact of everything going on here long term. As expansive testing makes its way onto Long Island, finally, the number of known cases has spiked.

We have not seen the end of it, nor really the peak, medical experts have warned.

That’s not even mentioning the economic impacts.

Companies, both large and small, being shuttered for weeks on end could mean many thousands of unemployed people in just a few short months regardless of stimulus packages from Congress. Business owners have had to limit hours and foot traffic, or otherwise close completely. Many of those storefronts may never open their doors again.

There’s something strange about how mankind seeks strong leadership in trying times. There have been more than one book and movie about how people have handed power over to tyrants when the stage is set for mass upheaval.

But this is a case of officials doing what they were elected to do. Every measure is instigated with a calm reassurance with a note of trying to make things better. This is New York at its best. We saw it with 9/11, and we’re seeing it here again.

That is the kind of leadership we need now.

My wife and I went to West Meadow Beach last Saturday. She likes to walk, while I jog as I have for decades. The parking lot was closed, so people parked along the road, and we followed suit.

The occupant of the car in front of us, a middle-aged woman, exited her car and, unsolicited, immediately began to share pearls of wisdom.

“Why is the parking lot closed?” she asked. I responded, probably to prevent congregating. Her response, “ridiculous! If you’re gonna get it, you’re gonna get it.”

Leaders in Time of Crisis Show Heart While Health Care Staff on Front Lines My restrained response was to the effect that we can do things to minimize the chances of getting “it.” This was met with “you know what, we’re all gonna die at some point.”

I thanked her for that revelation as she provided more insights, such as, “this is just the beginning; it’ll be back again and again.”

She finally added, with an amazing disconnect, that she really resented being deprived of her exercise as she walked down the road unimpeded. I could see there was no point in more discussion.

I jogged the miles up and down the road a few times feeling fortunate that I’m able after seven decades. I couldn’t stop thinking about people hunkered down struggling to breathe as I jogged and all the medical staff suited up and trying to save lives 24/7. I know these people well. They will work, at their own risk, nonstop until they drop trying to save lives. That’s who they are.

Meanwhile, there are lose cannons like this rolling around.

Jim Damico Old Field

‘Turn! Turn! Turn!’: A Good Lesson for Today’s Crisis “To everything there is a season” are lyrics to a song written by Pete Seeger that became a hit in 1965.

The lyrics, except for the title, which is repeated throughout the song, and the final two lines, consist of the first eight verses of the third chapter of the biblical book Ecclesiastes.

Our country has been thrown into a season of uncertainty and now is the time of urgency to display a spirit of uniting and pulling together, not a time of creating criticism and fear.

Now is the time as individuals to

help curtail the spread of COVID-19 by heeding the guideline of social distancing. The generation (Gen. Z) who has professed social responsibility for the environment, the poor, the illegals, the gender issues need to be responsible for public health during this pandemic. They are not asked to storm the beaches of Normandy to stop the Nazis like twenty somethings were in 1944. They are asked to not go to beaches on spring break and to cooperate with social distancing.

Now is the time to show kindness,

Yes, We Can Defeat Coronavirus

I want to address those on the front lines during these uncertain times.

People around the world are watching to see — can the people of New York handle this crisis successfully? The answer is, “Yes, we can, Yes we will!”

Each day all of you are protecting our community. That is something to be extraordinarily proud of. Look to the people you are working with each day to do special things and say to them, “We are a team and we are together on this!” and “You are the heroes of health care!”

Continue to have confidence and

pride in what you do every day, our community is thankful! On Long Island and in the Greater New York City region we have the best people — You are the best people! We are made for this challenge!

What is our continued focus? To provide the best possible care we can for everybody! We will stay safe using our proper personal preventive equipment (PPE) guidelines and techniques.

Our health care workers are on the front lines of this pandemic, and the American Heart Association (AHA) is working with them to implement training aids and resources they

compassion, cooperation and patience.

We all have boots on the ground but we need to pray for those on the front lines, our leaders and health care professionals.

Now is the time to use FaceTime and Skype to encourage one another, and just maybe, when this pandemic is over, we can have healthy boundaries with our tech use not snuffing out “simple abundance” with our families, friends and communities.

Carol Florio Lisa Pius Old Field

anticipate needing. For example, in response to an anticipated possible future shortage of trained ICU personnel utilizing ventilators, the AHA will soon be launching a new course for the oxygenation and ventilation of the COVID-19 patient (which will be available to health care providers worldwide by March 31).

In conclusion to the initial question posed today, remember: The answer is, “Yes, we can, Yes we will! Thanks to all of the Heroes of Health Care!”

Dr. Russell Schiff President, American Heart Association’s Long Island Board of Directors

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Opinion

Seeing People Through Coronavirus Glasses

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ou know those glasses you wear at the eye doctor when you have to identify images that stand out on the card in your hand?

These days, I feel as if I’m wearing them everywhere I go.

Take, for example, my trip to the supermarket. Before coronavirus, I often nodded to the people who stock shelves and chatted with the cashiers, acknowledging them but perD. None haps not appreciating them sufficiently. of the above Nowadays, the entire

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF food services crew stands out.

The people who worked on the farms that grew the products, the ones who went to the fac-

tory that refined it, the drivers who transported it to the stores and, eventually, the residents of our community who placed it on the shelves are making it possible for us to feed our families.

Each time I shop, I would walk around giving the local supermarket workers a hug, but that would violate social distancing, and would be pretty awkward.

Then, there are the pharmacists, who stand in their white lab coats mixing our medicines. We need them, now more than ever, to ensure we get the right amount of the right drugs.

Of course, even when I’m not seeing the doctors, nurses, police, and other first responders, I’m well aware of the front line in the battle against the pandemic. Each one of these people is putting their lives on the line when they interact with people who may carry an infection for which their bodies have no resistance, no matter how much coffee they drink or how much they hope they are invincible. With coronavirus glasses, I see them perform their heroic jobs

each day, despite the concerns they may have about bringing the disease home to their families or limiting their contact with their relatives.

Fortunately, we are not so isolated that most of us can’t see important people in our lives through FaceTime. Many people contributed to the development of the phones that have become an extension of our bodies. The ones who made the futuristic Jetsons’ notion, in the animated sitcom, of seeing people as we talked to them have made it possible for us to connect from any distance, even if the ones we wish to hug are waiting out the storm in their living room next door.

Scientists throughout the world are working tirelessly to figure out the best ways to treat people lined up in hospitals or to create a vaccine that will protect us in the future. I am privileged to talk to scientists every day, although I haven’t spoken to any of the ones working on a treatment or vaccine. These researchers come from everywhere, are indifferent to national borders, and often are driven to make new discoveries,

help humanity and make a difference in the world. Those of us who receive treatments or a vaccine for which they made a contribution can assure them that what they do matters.

The entire team involved in heating, cooling and lighting my home also stand out, as do the ones who created magnificent and inspiring films, books, and home entertainment.

Each day, people like Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) and County Executive Steve Bellone (D) work tirelessly and visibly on our behalf. On Bellone’s daily media calls, he has remained level-headed, determined, and focused during the difficult balancing act of trying to protect our health while working to revive the economy, once the crisis clears.

I’m sure I’ve left many people off the list who deserve appreciation. In fact, if you, the reader, would like to share a few of the people whose work and dedication you appreciate, please write in and share your thoughts to news@tbrnewsmedia.com.

Some Humor and Some Gravitas Re: COVID-19

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ello. Here we are again, one week later and still in the midst of COVID-19. In fact, we are in a lot deeper. I’m sure, even if we here in New York are used to being the center of everything, that it doesn’t make you a little bit happy to know we are at the epicenter of the United States pandemic.

By the way, have you figured out how novel coronavirus morphed into COVID-19? It was pointed out to me that the CO comes from corona, the VI Between from virus and the D stands for disyou and me ease. The number

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF 19 represents 2019, the year it emerged

and flung itself on the unsuspecting population of the world. In fact, this new coronavirus was named by the World Health Organization.

The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Robert Burns wrote that saying, and well before COVID-19. Only he said it more elegantly in “To a Mouse.” What the Scottish poet wrote was, “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men/ Gang aft awry.” Well, I suspect you too, like me, are feeling awry or off-balance.

This past Sunday was to be our 44thth annual People of the Year celebration at the Three Village Inn in Stony Brook. There we would have handed out certificates and expressed appreciation to those who had worked to make our lives better during 2019. Instead all such gatherings were shut down for fear of contagion. Breakfast and luncheon appointments were cancelled, meetings were postponed indefinitely, children were home from shuttered schools and colleges, and supermarkets were swept clean of all animal protein and, would you believe, toilet paper.

This whole subject has got to be the dark

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comic relief of the times we are living through, as I have mentioned before. Who would have imagined that social status could be determined by how many rolls of toilet paper one possesses?

Never mind Rolls Royces! Open your bathroom cabinet and let’s see how many rolls you’ve got in there. I’m happily receiving all sorts of cartoons on the subject. The latest one shows a typical family of four: — husband, wife, daughter and son, — in a subterranean room, up to their waists in rolls of the stuff, and the father asking, “Did anyone bring any food?”

There are things I have learned since this all began. I’m not talking about the big stuff, like what’s really important in life. No, more basic things. I never thought, when washing my hands, that I should also be including my wrists. I considered washing my hands to be just my hands.

Now I soap up to above my wrist bone for the requisite 20 seconds, then rinse thoroughly. So if you see me and the front of my blouse is a little wet, you’ll know that I was diligent.

But you probably won’t see me, and I won’t

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see you because of self-isolation and social distancing. From six feet away, you won’t be able to judge the condition of my blouse.

And by the way, how is your unsocial life going? Under the heading of learning new things, I have participated in my first Zoom session. And my second. And my third. The meetings were with the sales staff, and although we couldn’t share the cookies or pretzels usually brought by sales people to the meetings, we did get to see each others’ faces and hated the sight of our own necks.

All joking aside, I am as worried about the survival, among others, of small businesses in our villages as I am about the virus. That includes our business. It is short-term survival when revenues only trickle in and expenses continue rushing out.

We know what we do, by delivering the latest news and vital information, is essential for the community. And in fact, so is what the other businesses do, for they make up the hearts of our villages. The government has just offered help for us to survive. We hope it arrives in time.

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