The Port Times Record - May 4, 2023

Above, the historic Maryhaven Center of Hope building on Myrtle Avenue in Port Jefferson. File photo by Kyle Barr

Letters to the Editor

Continued from A26

More Maryhaven discussions needed

We may be missing the forest for the trees in the process by which the Village of Port Jefferson is approaching this initiative to make an amendment to a long-standing village code for the Professional Office (PO)-zoned Maryhaven property. Residents had their first opportunity to hear and provide feedback as to what was being proposed at the standing-room-only public hearing during Monday’s Board of Trustees meeting, May 1.

Comments and concerns ranged from: Do what it takes to preserve the Maryhaven building; and, we need to know exactly what the plan is prior to a zoning change; to, have the Architectural Review Committee and Conservation Advisory Council been involved? Because we’ve known about the sale and vacancy for a very long time as a village; and, questions and concerns over the potential density as permitted via the draft code amendment (192+ units/~19 units per acre), coupled with the lack of a full environmental review (SEQRA) and sewage treatment related to the project. Other questions? Why didn’t we work with the owner of the property to secure an historic landmark designation and has water runoff into the neighborhoods below been considered?

The bottom line is that these questions are just the tip of the iceberg. Engagement with the developer by a select group of village officials had been ongoing, but the announcement of the pending sale (March 6, Deputy Mayor Snaden) followed by the public hearing request (April 3, Mayor Garant) ostensibly came from out of the blue for the rest of us and now we are playing catch up and the residents are as well.

There should have been more discussion about this building in the public sphere — years if not months ago; i.e., the ARC, CAC, Port Jefferson Historical Society, all could have been engaged.

Is it too late? We will see. But because the developer is working within a “timeline” as described by the mayor, this has suddenly become an urgent, time-sensitive matter. The public hearing remains open for three weeks.

I’d like to hear the public’s response to this and encourage feedback. What I heard May 1 was important, if not concerning. Please contact

me at trustee-sheprow@portjeff.com if you have additional feedback.

Lauren

Sheprow,

Trustee Village of Port Jefferson

Maryhaven: a potential spot zoning case

I was surprised to learn at the May 1 standingroom-only public hearing that the mayor, deputy mayor and village attorney have been in discussions with the developer for the proposed Maryhaven project for well over a year. Yet the first time the residents were made aware of this proposal was at a March 6 Port Jefferson Village Board of Trustees meeting.

While I applaud the Board of Trustees for their interest in preserving the historic Maryhaven building, their solution — changing the village code to achieve this goal — seems like the classic definition of spot zoning. This is the practice of singling out a specific property for a special zoning designation that differs from surrounding properties — an approach that is controversial and subject to challenge. During the hearing, the village attorney and mayor repeatedly said the purpose of the zone change was to preserve this historic building.

Significant concerns were raised about the scope and scale of the Maryhaven redevelopment that would be facilitated by the “relaxing” of existing limits in our code. Many good alternatives to the proposed code change were offered both by residents and trustees Lauren Sheprow and Rebecca Kassay. But there was near universal opposition to changing the village code to accommodate this project because of its potential for adverse impacts to this property and for other parts of the village.

If the village is serious about historic preservation, we need to explore code changes that would apply to more than just a single property. Also, funding opportunities for historic preservation should be vigorously researched and a report issued so that the village can make fully informed land use decisions.

Virginia Capon Port Jefferson

Editor’s note: The writer formerly served as Port Jefferson Village trustee and chair of the Comprehensive Plan Committee.

Residents fill Port Jeff Village Hall during overcapacity public hearing on Maryhaven

BY RAYMOND JANIS EDITOR1@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Ten minutes before 6 p.m., every chair in the house was already taken. Behind the gallery, some sat on tables, others on desks. A standing crowd began to form. Younger attendees yielded their seats to their elder counterparts. All were in for a long night.

The board room at Village Hall could not contain the audience gathered on Monday night, May 1, for the Village of Port Jefferson Board of Trustees public hearing on the Maryhaven Center of Hope property on Myrtle Avenue.

“It’s great to see a full room,” said Mayor Margot Garant. “That means this community is engaged.”

The village board is considering modifying the zoning code and proposing an incentives package to encourage the historic preservation and adaptive reuse of historic buildings and structures.

The Maryhaven property is currently zoned as a Professional Office P-O District. Under the existing zoning code, an applicant within the P-O District can request a specialuse permit for Moderate-Density Residence R-M District development.

Village attorney Brian Egan explained the motivations guiding these potential code changes.

The Maryhaven “building is certainly worth keeping,” he told the sea of residents in attendance.

Convincing the owners of that building to preserve it, however, represents a quandary for village officials. The existing zoning code lacks a mechanism to sway developers toward historic preservation.

“There is no obligation to save that building,” Egan said.

The proposed code amendment would create such a mechanism — a special permit application. Egan referred to this application process as “another layer of control” for the village board, enabling it to designate specific parcels that contribute to the village’s architectural or aesthetic character.

If a parcel meets these criteria, determined by the Board of Trustees, then the applicant would qualify for “slightly relaxed standards” under the R-M code, Egan stated.

In the previous week’s work session, they agreed those relaxed standards would be allowances for additional height and stories but no additional clearing — a tradeoff of density for historical preservation and conservation.

Developers from the Jericho-based Beechwood Organization, the firm negotiating with Catholic Health to acquire the Maryhaven property, attended the public hearing. Michael Dubb, principal at Beechwood, stated his intention to preserve the historic building on-site.

“It would be easier for me as the developer to knock that building down … but that wouldn’t be the right thing to do,” he said.

Richard Rosenberg, an attorney for Beechwood,

expanded upon the firm’s vision for the site.

“The intention is to keep the original part of the structure, which is around 40-45,000 square feet, demolish the rest,” he said. “There is asbestos, there is leadbased paint. We have to clean it up according to regulations.” He added, “It’s a big ticket item.”

Public input

Following the presentations by Egan and Beechwood, the board took comments from the public. During that period, community members expressed a recurring message:

“I think the big problem that many of us have is density,” resident Eric Sackstein told board members. This general sentiment echoed throughout the evening.

Former village trustee Virginia Capon, who had chaired the Comprehensive Plan Committee, expressed her appreciation for the board in its willingness to preserve the historic structure.

But she objected to the board’s proposed remedy to the problem, suggesting that the board consider the village in its entirety before changing the zoning code.

“That building is beautiful, but I don’t think this is the way to preserve it,” she said.

The former trustee added that numerous other factors weigh into the Maryhaven calculation, such

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as its nearby steep slopes, which can cause issues with flooding. Capon advised the board to explore options that do not incentivize greater density.

“If you can come up with a way of preserving this building that maybe doesn’t overdevelop the parcel, that would be my recommendation,” she said.

Several other differing proposals were offered for the adaptive reuse of the site. Michael Mart, citing the flooding concerns over the Port Jefferson Fire Department building on Maple Place, proposed relocating the fire station to the higher elevation at the Maryhaven property.

Another resident, Steve Velazquez, proposed selling Village Hall and headquartering the village’s municipal operations at Maryhaven.

Discussions over Maryhaven remain ongoing as the board left the public comment period open for 21 days following Monday’s meeting.

Richard Rosenberg, left, and Michael Dubb, attorney and principal at the Jericho-based Beechwood Organization, respectively, during a May 1 public hearing at Port Jefferson Village Hall. Photo by Raymond Janis

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Port Jefferson School District congratulates top two students

Earl L. Vandermeulen High School is proud to congratulate Olivia Schlegel as its Class of 2023 valedictorian and Kathleen Zhou as its salutatorian.

Olivia Schlegel is excited and happy to be valedictorian, seeing it as her greatest high school accomplishment. In her high school career, she has taken 12 Advanced Placement courses, five honors courses, is a National Merit Finalist, an AP Scholar with Distinction and received summa cum laude on the National Latin Exam. She is the class treasurer of the school’s Student Organization, editor on the school newspaper, The Current, and a member of the Latin Club, National Honor Society and Varsity Club. She

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Olivia looks forward to attending Colgate University in the fall. Olivia’s words of wisdom for her classmates are to “always work hard and stay dedicated.”

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Placement courses and six honors classes. She is also a member of the school’s Interact Club, National Honor Society, Science Olympiad team and varsity tennis team. Outside of her school day, Kathleen is a cellist with the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra and has donated 120 hours of her time in volunteer service to the Port Jefferson Library. She also created a prototype of a visual aid app targeting people with visual impairment in the global high school entrepreneurial competition Diamond Challenge. She has been named an AP Scholar with Distinction. Kathleen will join the freshman class at Emory University, where she will double major in biology and chemistry.

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Earl L. Vandermeulen High School’s Olivia Schlegel, Class of 2023 valedictorian, and Kathleen Zhou, Class of 2023 salutatorian. Photo courtesy PJSD

The following incidents have been reported by Suffolk County Police:

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$5,000 intercepted in elder scam

Suffolk County Police Financial Crimes Unit detectives are investigating a scam in which a Pennsylvania woman sent cash to an address in Suffolk County. Detectives intercepted a package, wrapped as a present, at 11:40 a.m. on April 26 that contained $5,000 in cash. The package was sent by a 79-year-old Olyphant, Pennsylvania woman, who said she sent the money after receiving a call directing her to send the cash to a Coram address. The victim did not disclose the nature of the conversation or why the caller said she needed to send the money. The money will be returned to the victim. Detectives are asking anyone who believes they may be a victim of a scam to call the Financial Crimes Unit at 631-852-6821.

Holtsville man pleads guilty to stealing car with child inside

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced on April 27 that Paul Ludeman, 56, of Holtsville, pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, Driving While Ability Impaired, and Endangering the Welfare of a Child, after he stole a vehicle while there was a 14-month-old sleeping baby inside.

According to the investigation and the defendant’s admissions during his plea allocution, on Feb. 14 Ludeman stole a vehicle with an infant inside and drove away while his ability to drive was impaired by his consumption of alcohol. Despite Ludeman’s attempt to flee from the owner of the vehicle and the police, the infant’s grandmother, along with a good Samaritan, were able to follow Ludeman and get the 14-monthold child out of the vehicle without injury, before Ludeman continued to flee and eventually crash the vehicle into a guardrail in Greenport. He faces two to four years in prison.

Wanted for Lake Grove petit larceny

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Fourth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who allegedly stole assorted items from L.L. Bean, located at the Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove, on April 18.

Setauket woman victim of elder scam

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced on April 28 that his office’s Financial Crimes Bureau, in partnership with the Suffolk County Police Department’s Financial Crimes Unit, were able to recover $140,000 and return it back to an 87-year-old Setauket victim of a phone scam.

According to the investigation, the scam began in July 2022, when the elderly victim was told by someone purporting to be from her bank that her account had been flagged, and she was instructed to call a number for “FBI Special Agent Johnson.” When the victim called the number provided by the scammer, the phony agent directed the victim that to protect her savings from thieves who had stolen her social security number and identity, she needed to send her money to others for safekeeping and to pay for a new social security number. In total, the victim sent the scammer cashier’s checks totaling over $650,000.

The District Attorney’s Financial Crimes Bureau were able to seize $115,000 from a bank account which represented some of the monies sent by the victim and intercepted a cashier’s check for $25,000 which the victim had mailed to an address in Queens.

— COMPILED BY HEIDI SUTTON

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about these incidents can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-220-TIPS.

Do you recognize this man? Photo from SCPD

Paul Ludeman

Photo from SCPD

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BROOKHAVENCOMSEWOGUE

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SUPREMECOURTNOTICEOFSALE

COUNTYOFSUFFOLK

U.S.BANKNATIONALASSOCIATION,ASTRUSTEEFOR

LEHMANXSTRUSTMORTGAGEPASS-THROUGH

2005-5N, CERTIFICATES,SERIES

Plaintiff,

DeutscheBankTrustCompanyAmericas,asTrustee

forResidentialAccredit

Loans,Inc.,MortgageAssetBackedPass-Through

Certificates,Series2006QA1,Plaintiff

AGAINST

MichaelLimoggioasAdministratoroftheEstateof

DorothyLimoggioandMichaelLimiggioIndividually;

etal.,Defendant(s)

sellatpublicauctionatthe theundersignedRefereewill enteredMarch17,2022I, ForeclosureandSaleduly PursuanttoaJudgmentof

Against

JAMESMCCANNA/K/A

JAMESK.MCCANN,etal.

Defendant(s)

PursuanttoaJudgmentof

BrookhavenTownHall,1 sellatpublicauction,atthe undersignedReferee,will entered05/29/2019,I,the ForeclosureandSale,duly

IndependenceHill,Farmingville,NY11738on

5/22/2023at9:00AM,

premisesknownas6LandingLane,PortJefferson,NY

Follows: 11777,AndDescribedAs

lyingandbeingatPort thereonerected,situate, buildingsandimprovements orparcelofland,withthe ALLthatcertainplotpiece

Jefferson,TownOfBrookhaven,CountyOfSuffolk

AndStateOfNewYork.

District0206Section

Theapproximateamountof 031.000 005.00Block01.00Lot

thecurrentJudgmentlienis

ForeclosureandSale;Index oftheaforesaidJudgmentof besoldsubjecttoprovisions andcosts.ThePremiseswill $997,737.81plusinterest

#603323/2015

Referee. AnthonyM.Parlatore,Esq.,

McCabe,Weisberg&Conway,LLC,10MidlandAvenue,Suite205,PortChester,NY10573

Dated:3/16/2023

FileNumber:272-9983LD

1404404/204xptr

NOTICEOFSALE

COUNTYOFSUFFOLK

FrontstepsoftheBrookhavenTownHall,1IndependenceHill,Farmingville,NY

11738onMay19,2023at

as17DaleAvenue, 12:00PM,premisesknown

beingintheTownshipof erected,situate,lyingand buildingsandimprovements parcelofland,withthe thatcertainplotpieceor Patchogue,NY11772.All

Brookhaven,CountyofSuffolk,StateofNewYork,

JudicialDistrict. establishedbytheTenth ofForeclosedProperty ConcerningPublicAuctions totheCOVID-19Policies willbeconductedpursuant 611323/2015.Theauction filedJudgmentIndex# soldsubjecttoprovisionsof andcosts.Premiseswillbe $218,547.51plusinterest amountofjudgment 032.000.Approximate 952.00Block04.00Lot District0200Section

DanielFox,Esq.,Referee

Shapiro,DiCaro&Barak, LOGSLegalGroupLLPf/k/a

Attorney(s)forthePlaintiff LLC

175MileCrossing

Rochester,NewYork14624 Boulevard

(877)430-4792

Dated:March28,2023

1407304/204xptr

NEWYORK COUNTYOFSUFFOLK, TOWNOFBROOKHAVEN, FREESCHOOLDISTRICT PORTJEFFERSONUNION VOTEANDELECTION BUDGETHEARING,BUDGET NOTICEOF

budgethearingforthe Noticeisherebygiventhata

LEGALS con’t on pg. 6

LEGALS

LEGALS con’t from pg. 5

May9,2023at7:00p.m., SchoolinsaidDistricton EarlL.VandermeulenHigh NewYork,willbeheldatthe ofSuffolk,PortJefferson, TownofBrookhaven,County JeffersonSchoolDistrict, qualifiedvotersofthePort

presentationofthebudget; prevailingtime,forthe

copiesoftheadoptedbudgetwillbeavailableseven

hearing. dayspriortothebudget

thequalifiedvotersofthe theannualvote/electionof Noticeisherebygiven,that

PortJeffersonSchoolDistrict,TownofBrookhaven,

SuffolkCounty,NewYork,

May16,2023betweenthe insaidDistrictonTuesday, VandermeulenHighSchool willbeheldattheEarlL.

uponthefollowingitems: opentovotebymachine whichtimethepollswillbe p.m.,prevailingtime,at hoursof6:00a.m.and9:00

1.Proposition1:Shallthe

annualbudgetofthePort

2023-2024inthesumof Districtfortheschoolyear JeffersonUnionFreeSchool

$47,066,909;asproposed

adopted? requiredbylaw,be propertyoftheDistrict,as taxationonthetaxable thereoftoberaisedby withtherequisiteportion bytheBoardofEducation

2.Toelecttwo(2)members

30,2026.Thecandidatesto 2023andexpiringonJune termcommencingJuly1, oftheBoardfora3-year

beasfollows:

ShannonHandley

DavidKeegan

3.BondReferendum:RESOLVED(a)ThattheBoard

Suffolk,NewYork(the District,intheCountyof JeffersonUnionFreeSchool ofEducationofthePort

“District”),isherebyauthorizedtoundertakea

whichPlanisonfileand Architect,P.C.(the“Plan”), preparedbyJohnA.Grillo, anddescribedinaplan substantiallyasreferredto District(the“Project”) instructionalneedsofthe infrastructureand projecttoaddressthe facilitiesimprovement

availableforpublicinspectionintheofficeofthe

including,butnotlimitedto:

interiorspacereconfigurationandalteration,

heating,ventilationandair lockerroomrenovationsand

conditionsystemimprovements;alloftheforegoingtoincludetheoriginal

therewith;andtoexpend requiredinconnection demolitionandotherwork ancillaryorrelatedsite, machinery,apparatusand furnishings,equipment,

therefor,includingpreliminarycostsandcostsincidentaltheretoandtothe

andpayable. thesameshallbecomedue interestonsaidbondsas herebyvotedtopaythe $15,905,000,andataxis amountofnottoexceed issuedintheprincipal areherebyauthorizedtobe tax,bondsoftheDistrict thatinanticipationofsuch BoardofEducation;and(c) shallbedeterminedbysaid andinsuchamountsas installmentsinsuchyears leviedandcollectedin suchcost,suchtaxtobe $15,905,000tofinance ofnottoexceed herebyvotedintheamount District;(b)thatataxis thebestinterestsofthe thatsuchreallocationisin Educationshalldetermine componentsiftheBoardof reallocatedamongsuch detailinthePlanmaybe oftheProjectassetforthin thecostsofthecomponents $15,905,000;providedthat estimatedtotalcostof amountnottoexceedthe financingthereof,an

§2035and§2008ofthe thatinaccordancewith Andnoticeisherebygiven,

EducationLaw,anyreferendaorpropositionto

amendthebudget,otherwisetobesubmittedfor

2023at5:00p.m.prevailing OfficeonorbeforeApril17, EducationattheDistrict befiledwiththeBoardof votingatsaidelection,must

time,exceptforpropositionswhichmustbeincludedinthenoticeofthe

signer.However,theschool nameandresidenceofeach election;andmuststatethe votedinthepreviousannual votersoftheDistrictwho thequalifiednumberof andsignedbyatleast5%of Clerkoftheschooldistrict mustbedirectedtothe typedorprintedinEnglish, annualmeeting;mustbe

includeaspecificappropriationwheretheexpenditure

proposition. ofmoniesisrequiredbythe

annualvote/election,atthe immediatelyprecedingthe duringthefourteendays taxpayerintheDistrict maybeobtainedbyany exclusiveofpublicmonies, yearforschoolpurposes, berequiredbytheensuing amountofmoneywhichwill copyofthestatementofthe Noticeisalsogiventhata

SchoolDistrictAdministrationOffice,550ScraggyHill

York,MondaythroughFriday Road,PortJefferson,New

time,andonSaturdayand a.m.to4:00p.m.prevailing duringthehoursof8:00

Sundaybyappointment.

a.m.and4:00p.m.,Monday betweenthehoursof8:00 fromtheDistrictClerk, ballotswillbeobtainable applicationsforabsentee Noticeisalsogiventhat

throughFriday,exceptholidays.Iftheballotistobe

thevoter,thecompleted bedeliveredpersonallyto election.Iftheballotisto daysbeforethedayofthe theDistrictatleastseven bereceivedbytheClerkof completedapplicationmust mailedtothevoter,the

applicationmustbereceivedbytheDistrictClerk

5:00p.m.(prevailingtime) DistrictClerknolaterthan Ballotsmustreachthe dayofthevote/election. atleastonedaybeforethe

onthedateofthevote/ election.Alistofallpersons

DistrictClerk,saidProject suchballotapplicationor mailintheirrequestfor transmissionorelectronic bymail,facsimile applicationormilitaryballot receiveamilitaryballot designateapreferenceto ballot.Militaryvotersmay anapplicationforamilitary SchoolDistrictmaysubmit qualifiedvotersofthe Militaryvoterswhoare

ballot.Militaryvoterapplicationformsmustbe

p.m.onApril20,2023.No Districtnolaterthan5:00 DistrictClerkoftheSchool receivedintheOfficeofthe

militaryballotwillbecanvassedunlessitis(1)

closeofthepollsonelection DistrictClerkbeforethe receivedintheOfficeofthe

dayandshowingacancellationmarkoftheUnited

Statespostalserviceora

foreigncountry’spostalservice,orshowingadated

election. thanthedaybeforethe associatedtobenotlater withadatewhichis andonewitnessthereto, datedbythemilitaryvoter electiondayandsignedand laterthan5:00p.m.on oftheDistrictClerkbyno or(2)receivedbytheOffice UnitedStatesgovernment; anotheragencyofthe endorsementofreceiptby

shallbeentitledtovoteat votersoftheSchoolDistrict given,thatthequalified Andfurther,noticeishereby

saidannualvoteandelection.Aqualifiedvoterisone

foraperiodofthirtydays residentwithintheDistrict yearsofageorolder,(3)a UnitedStates,(2)eighteen whois(1)acitizenofthe

nextprecedingsaidvote/ election.TheBoardof

newpersonsofferingtovote §2018-cwhichrequiresall provisionsofEducationLaw Educationhasadoptedthe

atanyschooldistrictmeetingorelectiontoprovide

ofresidencyshallbea residency.Acceptableproof oneformofproofof

driver’slicense,anondriver’slicense,anon-driver

card. bill,oravoterregistration identificationcard,autility

cumulativeimpactofall oftaxes(PILOT)andthe receivedaspaymentsinlieu amountexpectedtobe exemption,thecumulative

exemptionsgranted.Inaddition,saidexemptionreport

maintainedbytheDistrict. noticesandonanywebsite bytheDistrictforpublic bulletinboardmaintained shallbepostedonany

BYORDEROFTHE

BOARDOFEDUCATION

PortJeffersonUnionFree

SchoolDistrict

KathleenHanley

DistrictClerk

4/27/23,5/4/23

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AVISODEAUDIENCIADE

PRESUPUESTO,VOTACIÓN

YELECCIÓN DEPRESUPUESTO

DISTRITOESCOLAR

DEPORTJEFFERSON

CONDADODESUFFOLK, PUEBLODEBROOKHAVEN,

NUEVAYORK

Porlapresentesenotifica

quesehabráunaaudiencia

DistritoEscolardePort votantescalificadosdel depresupuestoparalos

Jefferson,CiudaddeBrookhaven,CondadodeSuffolk,

PortJefferson,NuevaYork,

enlaEscuelaSecundaria

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estarándisponiblessiete presupuestoadoptado presupuesto;Lascopiasdel paralapresentacióndel 19:00,horaprevaleciente, demayode2023alas

díasantesdelaaudiencia

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Distrito,segúnloexigela propiedadimponibledel impuestossobrela mismaqueserecaudarápor porciónrequeridadela JuntadeEducaciónconla segúnlopropuestoporla

ley,¿seadoptará?

2.Elegirados(2)miembrosdelaJuntaporun

2023yterminael30de comienzael1dejuliode períodode3añosque

juniode2026.Loscandidatossonlossiguientes:

ShannonHandley

DavidKeegan

3.Referéndumsobrebonos:

sustancialmentelas instalacionesparaabordar proyectodemejorarlas estáautorizadaaasumirun NuevaYork(el“Distrito”), enelCondadodeSuffolk, EscolardePortJefferson, deEducacióndelDistrito RESUELTO(a)QuelaJunta

necesidadesdeinfraestructuraeinstruccióndel

Distrito(el“Proyecto”)

comosemencionaydescribeenunplanpreparado

dichoProyectoincluye,pero SecretariodelDistrito, públicaenlaoficinadel disponibleparainspección cuyoPlanestáarchivadoy Arquitecto,P.C.(el“Plan”), porJohnA.Grillo,

noselimitaa:reconfiguraciónyalteracióndel

dayoftheelection. regularofficehoursuntilthe theDistrictClerkduring inspectionintheofficeof beavailableforpublic shallhavebeenissuedwill towhomabsenteeballots

495wasaddedtotheReal theLawsof2008,Section PursuanttoChapter258of

PropertyTaxLawandrequirestheSchoolDistrictto

attachtoitsproposed

showhowthetotalassessed ofthefinalbudget,will whichwillalsobecomepart Saidexemptionreport, budgetanexemptionreport.

valueofthefinalassessmentrollusedinthe

everytypeofexemption exemptfromtaxation,list budgetaryprocessis

grantedbystatutoryauthority,andshowthecumulative

propositionwhichfailsto voterstodetermine,orany withinthepowersofthe purposeofwhichisnot votersanypropositionthe petitiontoplacebeforethe boardwillnotentertainany impactofeachtypeof

EscolardePortJefferson, calificadosdelDistrito anualdelosvotantes quelavotación/elección

CiudaddeBrookhaven,CondadodeSuffolk,Nueva

York,tendrálugarenla

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horasdelas6:00porla demayode2023entrelas Vandermeulenmartesel16

latarde,horaprevaleciente, mañanahastalas21:00de

momentoenelcuallas

votacionesestaránabiertas

sobrelossiguientespuntos: paravotarpormáquina

1.Propuesta1:Deberáel

DistritoEscolarLibredela presupuestoanualdel

UnióndePortJeffersonpara

enlasumade$47,066,909; elañoescolar2023-2024

trabajosrequeridosen original,demoliciónyotros auxiliarorelacionado maquinaria,aparatoysitio mobiliario,equipo, anteriorparaincluirel aireacondicionado;todolo calefacción,ventilacióny mejorasenelsistemade renovacionesdelvestuarioy espaciointerior,

relación;incluidoslosgastospreliminaresylosgastosconexosyparasu

detalleenelPlanpuedan delProyectoestablecidosen costosdeloscomponentes dólares;siemprequelos estimadode15,905,000 noexcedadelcostototal financiación,unasumaque

reasignarseentrecomponentessilaJuntade

LEGALS con’t on pg. 4 dichoimpuestose parafinanciardichocosto, noexcedade$15,905,000 impuestoporunmontoque porlapresentesevoteun interésdelDistrito;(b)que reasignaciónesenelmejor Educacióndeterminaquela

LEGALS con’t from pg. 1

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Both major parties emboldened after Middle Country special election

GARANT PANICO

BY RAYMOND JANIS EDITOR1@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Last week’s special election for the Town of Brookhaven’s 3rd Council District has both major political parties finding silver linings.

Former Brookhaven Councilman Kevin LaValle (R-Selden) vacated his seat in February following a January special election for town clerk. To fill the vacancy and complete LaValle’s unexpired term ending in December, Republican Neil Manzella — also of Selden — defeated Democrat Alyson Bass from Centereach on Tuesday, April 25, by a 57-43% margin, according to an unofficial tally by the Suffolk County Board of Elections.

Manzella’s win reinforces his party’s stronghold on the town government. Republicans again hold a 6-1 majority on the Town Board and occupy nine of the 10 elected offices townwide. Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich (Stony Brook) is the lone Democrat.

Heads of the ticket

The CD3 race provides an early measure of public moods ahead of the townwide elections later this year. As the focus shifts away from the 3rd District, all eyes are on the top of the ticket, where there is an open contest.

Incumbent Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) will not headline the ticket for the first time in over a decade, instead pursuing the county’s top office in the race to succeed Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D), who is term-limited. Romaine’s opponent will be Democratic nominee, Dave Calone.

Brookhaven Deputy Supervisor Dan Panico (R-Manorville) and Village of Port Jefferson Mayor Margot Garant, a Democrat, have each secured their party’s nod for town supervisor.

In separate interviews, both candidates

reflected upon the outcome in Middle Country and its implications for their respective quests to succeed Romaine.

“I think Ms. Bass should be extremely proud of herself,” Garant said, referring to the 14% margin of victory. “That’s a pretty significant gain, especially in a special election where you only had about 3 percent voter turnout overall in that district.”

Despite her favored candidate coming up short, Garant said she and her party are “encouraged by that result, and we’re going to continue to work on the messaging and the issues as they exist and continue to make sure we’re knocking on doors, making people aware of what the existing conditions are.”

Panico sang a slightly different tune than his opponent, though also optimistic for November. The deputy supervisor referred to the outcome as “a very strong message for our team” as the party pivots to the general election.

Manzella’s win, Panico said, reflected the strength of the Republican committee’s efforts and the resonance of its platform with Brookhaven voters. He further regarded the outcome as a vote of confidence for the current Town Board.

“When you’re doing the right thing by the residents — and the residents are very aware — they take notice,” Panico said. “The members of the Town Board on my team, I expect, will be reelected as well” in November.

Six months out of the general election, Panico said he has already begun campaigning townwide, expressing confidence that his campaign is registering with Brookhaven residents and forecasting a favorable outcome.

“I expect to be victorious in November and plan on running a vigorous campaign on the issues that matter to the residents of Brookhaven Town,” he said.

Based on recent electoral history, Garant’s

campaign faces certain obstacles this election cycle. Her party has not held the supervisor’s chair since 2012 when Mark Lesko resigned mid-term, to be replaced by Romaine.

The Port Jeff mayor nonetheless remained hopeful about her prospects, viewing her platform as appealing to the centrist wing of the town — a faction she believes will determine the victor.

“We think that we have a good platform,” she said. “We’re going to do our best to make sure that it resonates with the people not on the extremes, but with the majority of people who live here, which are the more moderate voters.”

Two-part election

Manzella’s victory celebration will be

short-lived as both CD3 candidates are already back on the campaign trail for the general election.

“While I did win now, I will be the acting councilman but only through [December],” Manzella said. “This doesn’t stop. This campaigning continues straight through November.”

Bass also had this understanding, indicating that when she accepted the nomination for the special election, she committed to running in November regardless of its outcome.

“The four-year term was always the goal,” she said, adding that her campaign will continue through November.

Illustration by Kyle Horne @kylehorneart • kylehorneart.com

Town of Brookhaven Councilman-elect Neil Manzella, left, and his opponent for Council District 3, Alyson Bass. Left courtesy Manzella; right from Bass’ LinkedIn page

Comsewogue School District rebuilds its community garden

Students in the Comsewogue School District showed their green thumbs this Earth Day by coming together with members of the community to recreate the Comsewogue Community Garden.

Students and their families planted flowers, fruits and vegetables and beautified the garden by creating birdhouses and decorative signs.

“Creating and rebuilding our community garden each spring teaches our students lessons about the importance of community service, taking care of the environment and how to be self-sufficient,” said Superintendent of Schools Jennifer Quinn.

“This was a great way to celebrate Earth Day and show our appreciation for our planet and the environment.”

Clinton Avenue Elementary School nurse Kelly Klug spearheaded the garden and organized the Earth Day event for community members to come together and rejuvenate the important resource. All produce grown in the garden is harvested and donated to families in the community facing food insecurity.

For more information about the Comsewogue School District, please visit the District’s website at www.comsewogue. k12.ny.us.

BY CAMILA PEREZ SOLIS DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Comsewogue High School’s work-based learning program is generating momentum, with students taking classes that lead them toward their desired professions.

The U.S. Department of Education defines work-based learning, or WBL, as “the alignment of classroom and workplace learning; application of academic, technical, and employability skills in a work setting; and support from classroom or workplace mentors.”

This innovative approach for preparing students for the real world is gaining traction at Comsewogue schools.

Kalliope Gonias is a social studies teacher at CHS who started the Intro to Teaching class. Through this curriculum, students get an up-close look at what it takes to become an educator.

Gonias offers students a practical approach to teaching, providing hands-on experience at Clinton Avenue Elementary School. Through this unique learning style, the theories and techniques students acquire in the classroom are put into practice.

Due to an overwhelming success and positive student response, plans are already underway to extend the program for a second year.

Mike Mosca, principal at CHS, commented

on the value the WBL program provides for Comsewogue students. “Our goal is to give our students real-world experiences in various careers and fields,” he said. “High school students working with Clinton Avenue Elementary School teachers is just the beginning. We plan to add more opportunities for all our students through our growing community partnerships.”

Through work-based learning, Comsewogue students discover what it takes to teach SCHOOL

Nick Trubia is one of Gonias’ Intro to Teaching students. He commented on the unique opportunities the WBL program affords him and his peers.

“I am going to school for education, and I really enjoy going to the elementary school,” he said. “We are also learning about what education entails, the theory and different kinds of policies,” adding, “It is fun and a great experience if you want to be a teacher.”

Comsewogue Superintendent of Schools

Jennifer Quinn noted how WBL lends itself to a different style of classroom engagement. “You can see an immediate change in every student when they are doing hands-on learning,” the district superintendent said. “The teaching experiences are valued by students and staff.”

She added that she believes these new additions take academics at Comsewogue to a whole new level.

Camila Perez Solis is a foreign-exchange student from Ecuador and a junior at Comsewogue High School.

Two students paint birdhouses at the Comsewogue Community Garden. Photo courtesy CSD

Comsewogue girls lax wins in quintuple overtime

BY BILL LANDON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

West Babylon came knocking on Comsewogue’s door Thursday night, April 27, in a Div. II contest in which both teams held matching records at 3-6. The Warriors relentlessly pursued victory, though it would take five overtime periods to determine them the victor.

West Babylon scored back-to-back goals in the opening minutes of the second half, edging ahead 7-4. But the Warriors’ offense came thundering back, rattling off three unanswered goals of their own and tying the game at 7-7 with two minutes left in regulation.

Neither team could find the cage as the time on the clock expired, forcing overtime. Scoreless through the first four three-minute overtime periods, Comsewogue freshman Vienna Guzman’s stick would be the difference maker, breaking the stalemate and winning the game 8-7.

Comsewogue’s Gianna McNulty scored and had two assists. Teammates Gabby Constant and Kamryn McCrary scored two goals apiece. Freshman goalie Isabella Borruso had seven saves on the night.

The win lifted the Warriors to 4-6 in their division with four games remaining before postseason play begins.

❶ Warriors score; ❷ Comsewogue freshman attack Gianna McNulty drives toward the cage; ❸ University of Floridabound Alyssa Deacy looks for a cutter.

Photos by Bill Landon

❹ The elation of victory; ❺ Bryant University-bound Gabby Constant scores for the Warriors; ❻ Comsewogue freshman attack Gianna McNulty looks for a cutter in a home game against West Babylon.

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The landfill election: Brookhaven voters to decide Long Island’s waste future

Long Island has an impending garbage crisis, and the Town of Brookhaven is at the center of it. As Brookhaven voters prepare to elect their next town supervisor and town council representatives, they must keep this garbage issue at the top of their minds.

Given the complexity of municipal government and the scope of its influence, a local election can never be reduced to a single issue. Still, the Brookhaven Town landfill will have an outsized role in townwide elections this year, affecting every resident in the town and citizens across Long Island.

Opened in 1974, the Brookhaven landfill is the largest on Long Island and the centerpiece of waste collection for the region. In a 2019 thesis paper, Katlin Stath wrote, “the landfill isn’t isolated from the rest of Long Island since it is an integral part of the functioning of the Island’s waste management system.”

However, the landfill is near capacity, with plans in place to close the facility to construction and demolition debris by next year, and expectations to close the site completely two years later. The impending landfill closure, therefore, represents one of the great environmental, governmental and social dilemmas of our time.

Brookhaven Deputy Supervisor Dan Panico (R-Manorville) and Village of Port Jefferson Mayor Margot Garant, a Democrat, have won their respective party’s nominations for this year’s contest for town supervisor. Six months from Election Day, it is time for both candidates to begin preparing comprehensive proposals for this facility.

Though the exact figure is difficult to pinpoint, the landfill is estimated to represent two-fifths of the town’s public revenue. How do the candidates for supervisor plan to make up for the loss of income? Will the town increase taxes on residents? Are there other ways to boost revenue without raising taxes amid this inflationary period?

While the plans are imprecise, officials across levels of government seem poised to begin shipping our trash off the Island by rail. Though garbage-by-rail occurs in other places around the country, is it the optimal

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solution to our problem? We remind leaders that any plan for shipping trash on train lines must be environmentally and ecologically sustainable.

Our mass transit network on Long Island is dilapidated to begin with. Many residents along the North Shore commute to Manhattan via Jamaica in railcars powered by diesel, a 19thcentury-era technology. Will our garbage crisis compel the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to electrify the Port Jefferson Branch once and for all?

How will moving garbage by rail affect other facets of our transportation network, such as our roadways, waterways and airways? It seems plausible that adding greater volume to our rails will incentivize riders to drive, potentially compounding our traffic congestion troubles.

Finally, we suspect the landfill may have harmed generations of residents of North Bellport and Yaphank, who have endured the possible detrimental health and environmental impacts of living in close proximity to this site.

We regret that the Brookhaven Town Board voted unanimously last year to gerrymander Council District 4 — which includes North Bellport and Yaphank — disempowering the most important voices in this landfill closure dialogue, potentially denying them a true champion on the Town Board to expedite the facility’s closure.

We nonetheless encourage both candidates for town supervisor to coordinate closely with the residents of that hamlet and members of the Brookhaven Landfill Action and Remediation Group, an advocacy organization that has fought for years to close this facility.

While decisions over the landfill closure are ongoing, Brookhaven citizens will have a stake in this effort. The November election for supervisor and Town Council represents a unique opportunity for the public to guide this process.

We encourage residents to start preparing their questions and for candidates to start preparing their answers. With six months until Election Day, let the landfill conversation get rolling. Permanent closure is just around the corner.

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I came home from the May 1 Village of Port Jefferson public hearing elated. Village Hall was packed with residents who were there to weigh in on a code change that would affect the development of the Maryhaven building, encompassing people from all political stripes. Yet, here we were engaging in civil discourse and united in the goal of trying to find the best solutions for our community.

So I was stunned when I received a letter, the very next day, which can only be described as a character assassination on one of our mayoral candidates. The unsigned letter, which had no return address, purported to be from a “concerned villager,” and proceeded to attack trustee Lauren Sheprow in a vile manner.

I have the pleasure of knowing both candidates and refuse to believe either of them would ever condone such ugly politicking.

Last year, when we had an unusually competitive trustee campaign, the candidates remained civil. I trust Deputy Mayor Kathianne Snaden to maintain an even higher level of courtesy and respect, and am confident she will publicly condemn this offensive attack on her colleague.

Going forward, I hope all candidates will urge over-ardent supporters to refrain from personal assaults and focus on issues villagers care about.

Kathleen McLane Port Jefferson Snaden: a seasoned leader

It has recently come to my attention that we have an open mayor’s seat in the Village of Port Jefferson’s election taking place this June. Deputy Mayor Kathianne Snaden is running for the open seat, as well as newly elected trustee Lauren Sheprow.

We need to be mindful that the mayor’s office is no longer a place where a neophyte can just step in. The village is a small city, with two major hospitals, a train

station, deep water harbor, school district, two business districts, large federal FEMA grants and major redevelopment projects underway uptown. It takes a seasoned, experienced person to be able to run this village and the $11.37 million budget in place.

Having been a trustee for less than one year, Sheprow does not bring experience to the table. She is rather in the middle of a very large learning curve, seeing to the day-today “ins and outs” of village policies, New York State law and municipal government — never mind the obligations of the mayor’s office. She has in fact, confessed herself on many occasions in public meetings that she hasn’t done a budget before and hasn’t run a public hearing.

On the other hand, you have Deputy Mayor Snaden, who has been working for years under the tutelage of Mayor Margot Garant. Snaden is a seasoned, experienced proven leader, with her own perspective and innovative ideas who is ready to take control.

In this election cycle, Sheprow would keep her seat if she loses her bid for mayor and would remain a trustee. If, on the other hand, Sheprow is elected we will have in office a neophyte mayor, and we will lose Snaden as she gives up her trustee position to run for mayor.

So, I ask you: Why would we vote for a rookie and lose the lead pitcher, when we can have them both on our team? Don’t forget, the last time a Garant [Jeanne] left office to an inexperienced mayor, our taxes went up. Let’s not let history repeat itself.

Lauren Auerbach Port Jefferson

Vote ‘no’ on the May 16 school bond vote

My name is Teri Powers. I’m 63 years old, widowed, a resident and homeowner for 37 years.

Currently, we are on the LIPA tax burden (glide path), in which we have experienced increases in our tax bill, but the lion’s share of this burden is a result of that settlement, which will increase our current taxes by over 35% by the year 2027.

The Port Jefferson School District Board of Education is proposing a $15.9 million capital bond vote on Tuesday, May 16, at the high school between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. A similar bond vote was defeated in December 2022. Please renew your enthusiasm and defeat this bond again.

Teri Powers Port Jefferson

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Students in the pivot-empty-stadium-online generation prepare to graduate

The clock didn’t care about COVID-19. Time marched forward at the same pace that it always has, and yet, the pandemic, which altered so much about our experiences, seemed to alter the fourth dimension.

Initially stuck in homes, we developed new routines, worked at kitchen tables or desks and spent considerably more time with family members and our pets throughout the day than anticipated.

graduation speakers and glance at their supportive families who are thrilled to mark the milestone, celebrate their achievement and come together, what will be going through the minds of these new graduates?

Some may reflect on the typical academic stresses and achievements that helped them earn their diploma. They will consider the hours spent on lab experiments, the latenight workouts at the gym before a big game, and the endless rehearsals for shows and performances. They may bask in the attention of friends they made from around the country or around the corner.

As the weeks and months of uncertainty caused by a pandemic that gripped the country for more than two years progressed, some students recognized that they would not have some opportunities, like studying abroad. They might have filled out forms, learned important words in a different language, and chosen classes carefully that they couldn’t take.

Student-athletes, actors and artists, many of whom worked hard for months or longer together, were on their own as fields and stands stood empty.

about lowered expectations and abridged syllabi, with American History classes designed to go to 2016 that stopped in 1945, at the end of World War II.

It will be up to students to fill those holes and to recognize the opportunities to become lifelong learners.

Indeed, as people search for a label for these graduates, perhaps the list will include the pivot generation, the empty stadium generation, and the virtual learning generation.

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF

For students, the pandemic altered opportunities and created challenges unseen for a century.

And yet, each year, as in this one for our daughter, the annual rite of passage of a graduation following an amalgam of typical and unique experiences awaits.

As these students march to “Pomp and Circumstance,” listen, or half-listen, to

They also might consider the parts they missed or the sudden change from their expected pathways.

Students, who were studying abroad, suddenly needed to return home as quickly as possible. They had to make sure they had their passports and visas, booked flights, and cleared out of rooms that might have just started to feel like home.

Others, like our daughter, raced back to their dorms from spring break, packed everything up and drove home.

These students may recognize, more than others, that plans may need to change in response to uncertainty caused by health concerns, storms or other issues.

Amid these disruptions and changes in routine, students and their families needed to pivot. They connected with friends online, entertained themselves at home, often on electronic devices, and tried to learn online.

Undoubtedly, they missed learning opportunities inside and outside the classroom. I heard from numerous students

Historically, commencement speakers have exhorted graduates to embrace the opportunity to learn, to question the world around them and to seek out whatever they need.

After the pandemic adversely affected some of the students, perhaps some of them will learn and develop a stronger and more determined resilience, enabling them to keep their goals in sight even amid future uncertainties.

In the meantime, they and we can embrace the normalcy of a routine that allows them to watch the familiar clock as it slowly moves through the minutes of a commencement address.

Alimited series, “A Small Light,” now streaming on Hulu and on Disney+, tells of Miep Gies and her husband, Jan, the Dutch couple who risked their lives hiding the family of Otto Frank from the murderous Nazis during WWII. We know of them from his younger daughter, Anne Frank’s diary that she kept while in their “annex” above the Frank’s business in Amsterdam. This film marks what would have been Miep’s 114 birthday and relates the familiar story from a different perspective, that of Otto Frank’s courageous secretary and would-be savior.

While I have read “The Diary of Anne Frank,” and seen the play, I was riveted by an email I received from a friend, Steve North, who is both a broadcast journalist with CBS and a member by marriage of my extended family. He contacted me to urge that I watch the film, which I will as soon as I can figure out how to get onto Hulu. Meanwhile, I would like to reproduce an abridged version of what he wrote.

way to New York.

The dark-haired girl was Anne Frank, whose extraordinary diary, written in the years before her death at age 15 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, has made her the single most recognizable victim of the Holocaust.

someday.”

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF

In the first half of 1929, two baby girls were born to Jewish families living in and near Frankfurt, Germany. One, sweet and dark-haired, had an older sister; the other, a smiling redhead, was an only child. As they turned 4 years old, the safe worlds their parents had created for them began to crumble. Hitler had come to power, and life for every German Jew was rife with danger. The dark-haired girl’s father decided to flee the country with his wife and children to Amsterdam. Some time later, the red-haired child’s parents made the same decision, eventually making their

The red-haired girl is my mother, Brunhilde Bachenheimer, and when I climbed the narrow stairs to Anne Frank’s hiding place 35 years ago, I was overcome with the realization that my own family had so narrowly escaped a similar fate.

On a return trip to Amsterdam in 1998, I felt an intense need to connect with Anne’s life and story on a deeper level. I wrote a note to Miep Gies, who had become an employee and friend of Anne’s father, Otto, in 1933. Back then, Miep took an immediate liking to the vivacious and intelligent Anne, thinking, “This is the kind of child I’d like to have

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In 1942, the brutal oppression of Dutch Jews by the Nazi occupiers of Holland escalated, with an increase in deportations. After Anne’s sister was ordered sent to Germany, Otto Frank approached his loyal bookkeeper and asked if she and her husband, Jan, would be willing to risk their lives by hiding the Franks and four other Jews. Miep’s immediate reply: “Of course.”

The rest of the overall story is well-known. Miep found and hid the diary until she could give it to Anne’s grieving father, the only survivor of the eight hidden Jews. Steve connected with Miep some 50 years after the war and, delighted to have met her, wrote his interview shortly before she died.

While I have yet to see the drama, which has received excellent reviews, it surely poses the question to the viewers: What would you have done?

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