The Port TIMES RECORD PORT JEFFERSON • BELLE TERRE • PORT JEFFERSON STATION • TERRYVILLE
Volume 28, No. 23
May 7, 2015
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Remembering the Lusitania
Local resident honors ancestors lost in the historic event, 100 years ago this week
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Photo by Heidi Sutton
TULIPS ARE BETTER THAN ONE: Port Jefferson was blooming over the warm weekend, as the area finally reached
spring-like temperatures. Above, tulips reach for the sun at 414 Main St.
May LIFESTYLE Magazine INSIDE
The write to vote Without enough school board candidates, trustee will run for re-election after all BY ELANA GLOWATZ
School board Trustee Mark Doyle has launched a writein campaign for re-election in Port Jefferson, two weeks after a deadline passed without enough residents filing to run for the board. There are three seats up for election on May 19: Doyle’s and those of Trustee Vincent Ruggiero and Vice President Jim Laffey. Those who were interested in seats on the board of education had to turn in paperwork to run by April 20, but that day came and went with only Ruggiero handing in a petition. District Clerk Janice Baisley said the district would rely on write-in candidates to fill the
open seats for three-year terms. Doyle, who works for the American Physical Society, a nonprofit organization working to better the understanding of physics, previously said he was not running for re-election because of a new job that required more responsibility and traveling, making him unsure if he could fully commit to being a school board trustee. But the six-year incumbent said Monday that he reflected further on the matter and has had time to adjust to his new professional role. “I now believe that I will be able to serve effectively on the board despite my other commitments,” he said in an email. He said his change of heart DOYLE continued on page A12
File photo by Bill Landon
School board Trustee Mark Doyle rides atop a convertible during the Port Jefferson homecoming parade this past October.