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August 4, 2022
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Vol. 35, No. 37
Tackling redistricting
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Concerns for monkeypox and COVID-19 build for the fall
BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The reported rate of positive tests for COVID-19 is likely well below the actual infection rate, particularly for the highlytransmissible BA.5 strain of Omicron, health care officials said. “I expect that we’re at least double, and we’re probably significantly higher than double,” said Dr. Sharon Nachman, chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. “I, like many others, am quite concerned for the fall and winter.” Indeed, with positive results for PCR tests in the range of 10 to 12% during the summer, the percentage of people who might contract the most infectious variant of the virus yet could surge in the colder months, when students return to school and people spend more time indoors. The good news so far is that the number of people who have been hospitalized with COVID has stayed relatively steady at Stony Brook University Hospital, at around 50. Over the past few weeks, the number hasn’t dipped below 40 or gone above 75, which means that the current infections generally aren’t causing hospitalizations, Nachman said. “While COVID-19 rates may be higher than reported, cases are less severe than they were at
earlier stages of the pandemic and hospitalizations are fewer,” Dr. Gregson Pigott, commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Health Service, explained in an email. “Vaccinations play a large role in the reduction of hospitalizations.” The number of people hospitalized with COVID on Long Island averages about 450 per day, which is down from 4,000 in April of 2020 and 2,200 in January of 2022, according to the county Department of Health. Suffolk County hosted a back to school test kit distribution event on Tuesday at the H. Lee Dennison Building for parents and residents.
Raising awareness of monkeypox
At the same time, government and health care officials are dedicating more resources to combat the threat from monkeypox, a virus with symptoms including fever, headaches, exhaustion and a rash that can last two to four weeks. In Suffolk County, the number of confirmed cases has climbed to 22 as of the beginning of August, according to Department of Health officials. Working with Northwell Health and Stony Brook University, the county has been providing monkeypox vaccinations. The county expects to get more vaccines later this month, although the demand continues to exceed the supply. Governor Kathy Hochul (D) declared a state of emergency on July 29 over the outbreak,
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Dr. Sharon Nachman and Dr. Gregson Pigott discuss updates on COVID-19 and monkeypox. Photo of Nachman from Stony Brook Medicine; photo of Pigott from Suffolk County
which will allow a faster response and enhance the distribution of vaccines in the state. The governors of California and Illinois have also declared states of emergency over a virus that is rarely fatal but is painful and can cause scarring. The more vulnerable populations include pregnant women, young children, people who are immunocompromised and individuals who have a history of eczema. Nachman said the response from the governor was a “way of getting ahead” of the spread of the virus. The state of emergency “raises everyone’s concern,” Nachman said. “When you go to a local physician, more people are thinking, looking and testing [for monkeypox]. Testing is critical” to confirm cases and to reduce the spread. Vaccinations, which involve getting two shots that are four weeks apart, can accelerate the immune response, Nachman said. Stony Brook hopes in the next few weeks to work on a National Institutes of Health-funded clinical trial with children, pregnant and postpartum women on a potential treatment for the virus. Spread during physical contact, the large majority of monkeypox cases have occurred among men who have been intimate with other men. Pigott has been working closely with the community to promote prevention efforts and vaccinations. He spoke on Monday at a forum hosted by the LGBT Network, where he said gay or bisexual men in their 20s and 30s were at the highest risk.
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In addition to COVID concerns for the fall, Nachman explained that other seasonal respiratory viruses have become more prevalent and problematic through the summer. Flu has historically been a winter virus, starting in late November or early December and ebbing in its infectiousness around March. In 2022, the flu season stretched through June. At the same time, respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, typically starts in November and lasts through February. “We had RSV all summer long,” Nachman
said. “We never had a break.” Nachman is concerned that the overlap among the viruses with infection rates may increase at the same time. “I worry about the juxtaposition with other respiratory pathogens” that have exceeded their usual seasonal limitations, Nachman added. Those other viruses are highly contagious, but were limited in their spread when people were wearing masks. Once people stopped taking precautions for COVID, these other viruses also spread. “No one had been exposed, and it was like a match to tinder,” Nachman said. “It spread through the population” after few people had contracted these illnesses. Health care providers urged people to take several steps to protect themselves, their families, and their communities. “If you’re sick, please don’t go to work,” Nachman said. ‘If your child is sick, please don’t send them to school.” People also need to practice safe cough techniques. If they need to cough or sneeze, they should minimize the number of aerosolized particles by covering their nose and mouth or coughing into their clothing.
A plea for proper vaccinations
With a reluctance to return to the widespread use of masks or other restrictions that might limit the spread of COVID, health care officials continue to urge people to benefit from the protection vaccines provide. Indeed, most of the people who have required more extensive medical care at Stony Brook University Hospital have not been fully vaccinated. Some of those who have required medical attention received a single dose of a vaccine over two years ago, which is effectively not vaccinated, she said. Nachman expects that COVID vaccinations may become required as they are for measles mumps and rubella and other diseases for students to attend class in person. “I do see in the future that will happen,” Nachman said. “Not vaccinating hurts the child and the entire community.”
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PJ Village trustees update public on bluff projects, Arlington Avenue and recreations BY RAYMOND JANIS EDITOR1@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Port Jefferson Board of Trustees delivered several important announcements to the public during its monthly general meeting on Monday, Aug. 1. During the business meeting, the board accepted the resignation of village administrator Joe Palumbo, effective Aug. 12. This marks the end of Palumbo’s nearly three years of service in that role. Along with the resignation of the village administrator, Mayor Margot Garant announced multiple appointments, naming Deputy Mayor Kathianne Snaden as trustee liaison to the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals. Trustee Rebecca Kassay will take over as the village’s commissioner of environmental sustainability. In addition, residents Gerard Gang and Jennifer Testa were appointed to the Architectural Review Committee.
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During the general meeting, Garant delivered several updates on projects at East Beach that will affect residents in the coming weeks. Construction of the lower wall at East Beach to stabilize the bluff will begin next week. The mayor predicts the project will take approximately eight months to complete. “You’ll start to see large boulders and the steel being delivered to the parking lot area,” Garant said. “They’re going to start to mobilize with construction. Unfortunately, the beach, folks, will be closed. You can walk down, but you’ve got to stay away from the major construction.” About 450 lineal feet of bluff line will be sloped and revegetated, likely sometime in the spring. “It’s a long project, it’s a lot of stabilization, and that is underway,” Garant said. The mayor also announced that plans to construct an upper wall to protect the clubhouse at the Port Jefferson Country Club will be going out to bid. This next step, according to the mayor, will allow the board to gather more information as it prepares to make a final determination on how to proceed with regards to that facility. “That project will be going out to bid just so we can get the information and see what the numbers look like,” she said. “We need to have the hard numbers before we can make any real decisions. We will be making a presentation to the public, informing you all along the way.” She added, “It’s a pretty complicated process.” Concluding her report, Garant announced that the village will partner with the Long Island Seaport and Eco Center to commission a whaleboat.
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“It’s not a whaleboat to go fishing for whales,” she said, jokingly. “It’s a whaleboat that was famously used during the [Culper] Spy Ring … Our whaleboat will be something we can use for programming and for demonstrations down at the museum.”
Trustee reports
Snaden provided an update on the roadway obstruction at the intersection of Arlington Avenue and Route 25A. She was pleased to see that the New York State Department of Transportation had resumed construction at that site. “You can see that a lot of work has been done,” the deputy mayor said. “Most recently, they have started the layers of paving and they are still on track to be finished with that and [have] that road open hopefully by the end of summer.” Trustee Lauren Sheprow delivered several updates on the status of the Recreation Department. She first highlighted the close relationship the village recreation director has forged with the Port Jefferson School District. The newest member of the board also announced a village-wide golf outing scheduled for Sept. 22. The fee for the event is $50, which will cover 18 holes of golf at the PJCC along with cart fees, green fees, food and prizes. “We are opening up our golf outing to the
entire Port Jefferson community,” Sheprow said. “That will include Port Jefferson Fire Department volunteers, Port Jefferson School District employees, Port Jefferson village employees and all the residents of Port Jefferson village.” She added, “Proof of employment is required, as is proof of residence.” Sheprow also announced the reinstatement of the village recreation committee, which will be made up of “seven to nine village residents who can provide feedback and guidance, leading to recommendations to the board of trustees for improvements to parks, facilities and recreational programming,” the trustee said. She added that the next step is to establish a charter for the committee and explore possible candidates. Sheprow also announced her plans to foster a closer relationship between the Village of Port Jefferson and Stony Brook University. Following conversations with the Office of Community Relations at SBU, the village government hopes to tap into resident experts and specialists in service of the village’s aims. “The village is proposing to establish a think tank of sorts made up of researchers and scientists at Stony Brook [University] who live in Port Jefferson and who can engage and consult on the opportunities and challenges in their hometown village,” Sheprow said. “This can include marine sciences, engineering sciences,
environmental sustainability, education, health and wellness, culture, society … it doesn’t stop. There are so many opportunities to bring in the knowledge of these experts.” Kassay offered her support for this proposal, saying, “I’m looking forward to seeing all of the community members that are engaged in a lot of those initiatives, as well as the university.” Kassay delivered a brief report, highlighting some of the environmental activities she has undertaken. She said the Conservation Advisory Council is researching municipal bamboo codes. “This has been brought up by a few residents over the years and increasingly so more recently,” she said. Trustee Stan Loucks used his report to recognize the Parks Department for its recent efforts to facilitate several events held throughout the village. “The Parks Department is responsible for a lot of things in the village that a lot of us are not aware of,” he said. “They take care of every park in the village. They take care of a lot of grassy areas in the village that are not considered parks … and I think they deserve a lot of credit.” He added, “Many times you’ll see them out there with the white trucks and the blue uniforms. If you see them working, stop and say ‘Hello’ and thank them for what they do.” To access the full meeting, visit the village’s YouTube page.
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Local residents rally to resist Brookhaven redistricting plans
BY RAYMOND JANIS EDITOR1@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM
Dozens of local residents turned out on Tuesday, Aug. 2, at the Rose Caracappa Senior Center in Mount Sinai to voice their concerns over the proposed redistricting plans for the Brookhaven Town Council. The meeting was called by the Brookhaven Redistricting Committee, which has recently drawn public scrutiny over proposed maps that suggest significant changes to Council Districts 1 and 2. In an attempt to clear up any confusion surrounding two existing maps circulating on the town’s website, members of the committee held their own deliberations on this matter. George Hoffman, a Setauket resident and member of the redistricting committee, questioned the legitimacy of the draft maps. Under these proposed boundaries, Council Districts 1 and 2 would see significant changes, as half of Port Jefferson Station/Terryville would be swapped for half of Mount Sinai. During the meeting, the committee announced that it had not yet met with the mapmaker or had any discussion on the maps. To clear up confusion, the board voted unanimously to designate the existing maps as unofficial. “We don’t have any official maps before us,” Hoffman said. “Every map that’s submitted, either by our attorney or by the public, is going to be given equal weight.”
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Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich (D-Stony Brook), who currently represents Council District 1, stated that the intended purpose of redistricting is to rebalance council
Brookhaven residents gathered at the Rose Caracappa Senior Center, above, in opposition to the proposed draft maps. File photo
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districts based on changes in population. Because his district does not need to adjust for population, he said he was “mystified” when he saw the draft proposals. “It’s just very disappointing to me to see a map like this get created because I think that people more and more have a sense of cynicism toward their government,” the councilmember said. “There’s a feeling that government serves its own needs more than the needs of the residents, and these maps, to me, don’t seem sensitive to what communities are and what communities can achieve when they work together.” Leaders representing various community organizations addressed the committee during the public hearing. Joan Nickeson, a Terryville resident and community liaison for the Port Jefferson Station/Terryville Chamber of Commerce, said the proposed maps would divide the community if approved. “The proposals that were put forth that belong to your mapmaker that you have not yet met cleave our advocacy power with the chamber,”
Nickeson said. “They cleave our school district buildings from the other school district buildings, neighbors from neighbors.” She added, “It is unconscionable that these maps got out into the public without the public being able to ascertain where they came from.” Salvatore Pitti, vice president of the Port Jefferson Station/Terryville Civic Association, considered the proposed redistricting scheme for Council Districts 1 and 2 nonsensical. According to him, the plans undermine the years of close coordination between the civic association and its representative on the town council. “It has taken us years to get us to where we are, and now we’re going to start from scratch,” he said. Referring to the draft maps, he added, “It makes no sense. It does not work for our community.” Francis Gibbons, a resident of Terryville and member of the PJS/Terryville Civic Association, discussed how residents of Port Jefferson Station and Terryville have coordinated their efforts in service to the greater community. “We have people that have worked together for years to make our communities whole,” he said. “And you think tearing them apart is a good thing?” Ira Castell, a resident of Port Jefferson Station and member of PJSTCA, referred to Port Jefferson Station/Terryville as a community of interest with longstanding ties to Council District 1. “It is one of the organizing principles of any redistricting effort to avoid cracking and to unite and retain communities of interest,” he said. “A community of interest is a neighborhood, community or group of people who have common policy concerns and who would benefit from being maintained in a single district.” He added, “Segmenting our community, we will no longer have a united voice to advance our story with one councilperson who represents all my neighbors, with whom I share a common purpose.” Nancy Marr, president of the League of Women’s Voters of Suffolk County, reiterated these objections. “People who share a common history and are connected by common institutions such as community libraries or civic associations should be in the same council district,” she said. In his opposition to the proposed maps, Brad Arrington, vice president and corresponding secretary of the Mount Sinai Civic Association, defended the preservation of Mount Sinai as a contiguous community. “Our community does not want to be split,” he said. “Mount Sinai is a community of interest. It is a unified community. And from being on the civic association for 17 years, I can say that we are a very cohesive community.” The redistricting process remains ongoing. The next meeting will be held Friday, Aug. 5 at 6 p.m. at the Setauket Neighborhood House, 95 Main St., East Setauket.
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(Part II) One-on-one with Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine
BY RAYMOND JANIS EDITOR1@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM
Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) has encountered several hurdles throughout his tenure. In Part II of this two-part series, he forecasts the upcoming redistricting process for the town council, highlights the challenges of offering adequate public transportation to Brookhaven residents and shares the lessons learned from his decades in public office.
If we don’t do that, how does that affect the other districts? Because it’s like a Rubik’s Cube: You have to turn all the sides to get it perfect. I want to hear their explanation and I certainly want to listen to why they thought that was the better choice. I want to listen to that, and I’m not about to rush to judgment on anything without hearing a full explanation, and I’m sure those issues will be raised at our public hearing.
What are your thoughts on the state What are your expectations for of public transit in your township? I am a huge supporter of public transportation the upcoming redistricting of the because there are a lot of people that depend on Brookhaven Town Council? it. The bus system in this county is so broken. I don’t expect many changes whatsoever. I don’t expect it to be controversial. There will be some people who are partisan who will want to make it controversial, but it will not be partisan. I expect it will be done fairly. I do not expect many changes at all. I do expect that the minority-majority district stays together, and that’s the district that includes North Bellport and Gordon Heights, which are the two major minority areas in our town, as well as Coram. So I don’t expect many changes at all. The only changes that would have to be made are for the shift in population that the [2020] Census would project. Now I don’t have anything to do with redistricting. We have a Redistricting Committee and we are waiting for the Redistricting Committee to come and offer choices, which will be discussed by everyone on the Town Board.
But the council will be voting on the maps, correct? At some point, but I’m not going to vote for any major changes. I expect there to be only minor changes as reflected by a shift in population. And I do expect to keep the 4th [Council] District together, which includes Gordon Heights and North Bellport, so that those major minority communities continue to have the opportunity for representation.
In draft maps circulated by the Redistricting Committee, there is a proposal to split the Port Jefferson Station/Terryville community, along with Mount Sinai, between two council districts. Would you vote under any scenario to separate those communities of interest?
There might be a scenario in which I would take a look at that. You’re asking a simple question to a complicated answer. There are other factors that you have to take into account, such as keeping a minority district intact. The second district, which is represented by Jane Bonner [R-Rocky Point], has to grow. Where does that grow? How does that affect things?
We don’t get even half of the subsidy that Nassau County gets. It’s just incredible, the lack of coordination between buses and trains, which is so needed because not everyone owns a car or wants to use a car.
Do you believe that the Long Island Rail Road is doing enough to expand services into Brookhaven?
I live in the largest town [by area] and the second most populous town in the State of New York, and yet it is served by 19th-century technology: diesel, which is a polluting, dirty fuel. I have been beating and beating on this issue since the day I came here. We should have had electrification of all of our lines much earlier than this and we’re still arguing over it. Every year we argue that, the price goes up. So we’re stuck with diesel, which is a polluting fuel. Other than a mile on the main line in Ronkonkoma, all of my three lines — the southern, the main line and the northern line — are all diesel. Electric ends at Huntington, and from Huntington to Port Jeff it’s all diesel. Electric ends at Ronkonkoma and everything east is diesel. Electric ends on the Montauk line at Babylon, and everything east is diesel. The investment has been skewed away from this Island. Our voice has not been raised, there hasn’t been an investment in providing modern technology. And I’m talking about 20th-century technology, which is electric; 21st-century technology is maglev [a train technology supported by magnetic repulsion] … Forget it, they’re not even talking about the future. Most 20th-century technology has bypassed my town because the [Metropolitan Transportation Authority] has not made any investment. All the money seems to be funneled into the City of New York. We have a million-and-a-half people out here in Suffolk County, and that’s wrong. It’s so frustrating. I am passionate about these issues and I am in public office to do something, not to sit here and collect a salary but to do something and to make a change for the better for everyone in this town.
to budgeting, taxation and public greatest setback along the way? I would say that the things I’m proudest of expenditures? I believe there’s a role for public expenditures. I also believe, living as I do on Long Island, that our taxes are way too high and that we have too many levels of government. It’s amazing: If you go elsewhere in the United States, you don’t have all the levels of government that we have here. I’m a great believer in — as much as possible — not raising taxes and being fiscally responsible. Someone said, “Can you sum up your political philosophy?” Yeah, I’m a fiscal conservative, a social moderate and an environmental liberal. It’s really simple. When I arrived, it was no fault of Supervisor [Mark] Lesko [D] or Supervisor [Brian] Foley [D], both of whom I had known for many, many years, that they were caught up in the 2008 recession. Things were bad, the town had taken on debt and we were not viewed as financially stable. When I came [into office], I said, “Let me see the last audit.” The audit had numerous exceptions that pointed out the failings of the town. I worked on that audit and those exceptions to improve our financial condition. And I have to say, I am blessed with a very good finance commissioner, Tamara Branson. She is very, very good, along with a number of other people in the finance department. I worked with them and the following year, the rating agencies gave the town a AAA bond rating and we’ve never had less for as long as I have been supervisor. We’ve always stayed at or below the tax cap and have always tried to limit and look at things on how we could be more efficient in delivering services because there’s a tremendous amount of inefficiency built into governmental services.
are saving as much open space and farmland as possible — both as a [county] legislator and a supervisor — and putting a plan together to preserve the Carmans River Watershed. I view that as a tremendous achievement, not of myself, but something that will endure because it will mean that these areas will not be developed. My greatest disappointment is not getting people to do the right thing, like the MTA with electrification, or the [New York Department of Environmental Conservation] on working with us to strengthen recycling. These are all regulatory things, and we need people to be less regulatory and more innovative in terms of approaching issues such as recycling and mass transit. Also, I have been here for a while and I see the structure of government. Brookhaven would be much better off by itself as a county. To have one level of government to be able to go to and get things accomplished would probably be better, but that’s not practicable and that’s not happening. That being said, you set yourself up, you work at it every day, and hopefully you will make a difference. The biggest thing I can do when I’m eventually retired is to look back upon the town and say, “I left it better than when I found it.”
and energy, you can make a difference, if only incrementally. I am about doing all I can to move Brookhaven forward. I owe it to the people that elected me. There are a lot of bad things about public life, but the great thing is that you meet a lot of great people. You get involved with civics and other organizations; you see people donating their time and energy for the public good; and it’s great to work with people like that. We have a lot of nonprofits and civics that we work with to make this town better. That keeps my motivation going, and I’m just going to continue to do that and focus on the job as supervisor every day I come to work, whether it’s on the small problems or the big problems.
First of all, I’m very honored to be a supervisor and I remind myself every day of what an honor it is to serve the people of Brookhaven, who have been extremely kind to me by electing me by large margins each time I’ve run. They have given me the confidence and the faith to do their work every day. I am so lucky to have the trust and support of the majority of the people in this town. I don’t forget it and I am very grateful for it, so I would say thank you for the opportunity to serve. I hope that those who follow me come with the same passion, commitment and dedication. And I am sure that there are many who came before me who did the same. If we can continue that, our society is going to be a good society and my grandchildren are going to grow up in this town. I am just honored to be here.
What do you consider to be your legacy at Town Hall?
I think it would be embodied in the phrase, “Save what’s left.”
What motivates you to continue your Is there anything else you would like work to this day? I’m motivated because I see that with effort to say to our readers?
Looking back, which project or initiative are you proudest of? And Could you summarize your approach conversely, what do you view as your
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Kornreich meets with Scout Troop 229 at Brookhaven Town Hall
Boy Scouts from Troop 229 in Selden visited Brookhaven Town Hall to meet with Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich (D-Stony Brook) and satisfy requirements for the “Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge.” For this badge, each boy scout is required to choose an issue that is important to their community and interview a member of the local government responsible for addressing the issue. The Boy Scouts chose to interview Kornreich and brought up some very important community issues and concerns regarding littering, recycling, redevelopment, dilapidated parks and inflation. The councilmember also gave the scouts a tour of Town Hall. “I always enjoy meeting with scouts and was particularly impressed by the thoughtfulness and sophistication of the questions and observations they shared,” Kornreich said. “I was encouraged by their community spirit and have every confidence that these scouts will be ready to be the civic leaders of tomorrow.”
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Front row, left to right: Aidan Soviero, Kieran deCarolis, Dylan deCarolis, Dean Ricciardi, Collin Tirado, Ryan Wagner, Joseph Reeves, Landon Holbrook, Carl June and Logan Schaefer. Back row: Brookhaven Town Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich (D-Stony Brook). Photo courtesy Kornreich’s office
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Free diabetic screenings and education services offered at Brookhaven Town Hall The Town of Brookhaven co-sponsored free diabetic screenings and education services on Friday, July 29 at Town Hall. The program was conducted in conjunction with Sun River Health and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. Sun River Health’s Mobile Diabetes Screening Clinic is equipped with two airconditioned private exam rooms. Their staff offered a simple blood test, hemoglobin A1C, Left to right: Zahrine Bajwa, regional program director at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk; Katherine O’Donnell, CCE Suffolk registered dietician which measures average blood and diabetes educator; Vanessa Lockel, executive director at CCE Suffolk; sugar levels over the past three Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R); Linda Altenburger, program months and provides results in manager at CCE Suffolk; and Melek Baba, bilingual Turkish nutritionist at CCE approximately five minutes. Suffolk. Photo courtesy Romaine’s office A registered dietician from the CCE Suffolk diabetes recipe while sharing healthy eating tips, recipes program met one-on-one to review test results and resources. and answer diabetes-related questions. A For more information, call Samantha nutritionist from SNAP-Education was also on Gleeson, of Sun River Public Health, at (845) hand to demonstrate a tasty, budget-friendly 745-4751 or email: sagleeson@sunriver.org
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Brookhaven Animal Shelter offers discounted adoptions The Town of Brookhaven Animal Shelter and Adoption Center will offer discounted dog and cat adoptions throughout the month of August. The normal adoption fee of $140 will be discounted to $65 during the “Summer Loving” promotion. The fee includes free neuter or spay, vaccinations, microchip, license, FIV/FELV testing, flea and fecal. Those who are interested in adopting a dog or cat should visit the Brookhaven Animal Shelter and Adoption Center located at 300 Horseblock Road in Brookhaven. It is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more information, call (631) 4516950 or visit the Brookhaven Animal Shelter website at: www.brookhavenny.gov/animalshelter
A bank lends a hand to the community BY JOAN NICKESON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Wednesday Summer Concert Series at Train Car Park is in full swing and Dawn Danielsen, branch manager of Island Federal Credit Union, participates in every one of these events. Island Federal, a member of Port Jefferson Station/Terryville Chamber of Commerce, is this year’s postcard sponsor for the series of live performances. Making the most of the well-attended concerts so far, Dawn happily prepares for the next. With marketing materials, Island Federal staffer by her side, and a smile, she meets members of the local community at the events. Whether it is information on low car loans rates, or home equity lines of credit, Island Federal is at the ready. “This is my community,” Danielsen said. “I grew up here. My children and I all graduated from Comsewogue School District and I love being here, part of the Port Jefferson Station/Terryville Chamber of Commerce,” an organization which she added “is respected for promoting businesses.”
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Island Federal Credit Union is a MemberService Credit Union. Dawn describes the pride she has in her staff, the efficiency of its operations, the training programs and personal touch that they bring to their work. They do banking face to face. Dawn’s Selden branch has even received letters from members praising the services offered. In the communities around us, IFCU also has branches on the Stony Brook University campus, as well as Stony Brook Medicine, easterly, in Riverhead and deep into Nassau County. Their work goes way beyond banking. During the height of the pandemic, Island Federal supported the staff of Stony Brook Medicine with lunches, dinners and snacks. They sponsor National Nurses Week at the hospital by sending baskets of snacks and flowers to the hospital and Veterans Home nurses. Additionally, they are an annual supporter of the Stony Brook Film Festival For information on Island Federal Credit Union, visit www.islandfcu.org, call (631) 851-1100 or visit them at 920 Middle Country Road, Selden.
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LEGALS NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, Plaintiff AGAINST Fred Frey; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated July 1, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on August 12, 2022 at 1:30PM, premises known as 66 Westfield Road, Coram, NY 11727. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and i m p r ov e m e n t s erected, situate, lying and being at Coram, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, State of New York, Section 399.00 Block 04.00 Lot 007.001. Approximate amount of judgment $584,019.72 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 007012/2010. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Proper ty established by the Tenth Judicial District. Susan A. Denatale, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: June 22, 2022 72493 9459 7/14 4x ptr
ACCOUNTING CITATION File No.2021-2015/A CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT, SUFFOLK COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: NYS Office of Attorney General, ARCH Insurance,
To Place A Legal Notice Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com The distributees, heirs at law and next of kin of DONNA ANTUS, deceased, if any be living; and if any be dead, their respective distributees, heirs at law, next of kin, legatees, devisees, executors, administrators, assigns and successors in interest all of whose names, whereabouts and addresses are unknown and cannot be ascertained with due diligence, being any persons interest in the estate of DONNA ANTUS, deceased as distributees of otherwise. A petition and an account having been duly filed by the Suffolk County Public Administrator, whose office is located at 300 Center Drive, Riverhead, New York 11901 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Suffolk County, at 320 Center Drive, Riverhead, New York, on September 13, 2022 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why the account of the Public Administrator of Suffolk County, as Administrator of the Estate of DONNA ANTUS, a summary of which has been served herewith, should not be judicially settled; and that the court approve payment to the Petitioner herein of commissions pursuant to SCPA 2307 in the amount of $2,633.70 and additional expenses pursuant to SCPA 1207(4) in the amount of $915.11; and that the court further approve the payment of legal fees to Bronwyn M. Black, Esq. the petitioner’s attorney in the amount of $5,445.00 and rei m b u r s e m e n t f o r disbursements in the amount of $$1,402.00, and that the remaining assets of the estate plus accrued interest after the payment of administration expenses pertaining thereto, be paid 100% to the New York State Comptroller on behalf of unknown distributees; and that the Public Administrator of Suffolk County, as Administrator, and his bond
be released and discharged; and that the Court grant such other and further relief it deems just and proper. NO IN-PERSON APPEARANCE IS REQUIRED. If you oppose the Court granting the relief requested on this citation, you must file verified objections, with the appropriate filing fee, or inform the Court in writing of your intention to file verified objections using New York State Courts Electronic Filing (NYSCEF) except that unrepresented parties may file verified objections, with the appropriate filing fee, or respond indicating such intent by mail provided that the Court receives the verified objections or response on or before the second day preceding the return date listed above. Failure to do so will result in an assumption that you do not object to the Court granting the relief in this matter and no further notice will be given to you. Dated, Attested, and Sealed, HON. JAMES F. Acting Surrogate
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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Daniel Dray; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered March 7, 2022 and Amended May 27, 2022 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, New York, 11738 on August 25, 2022 at 2:00PM, premises known as 96 Artist Lake Drive, Middle Island, NY 11953. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and i m p r ov e m e n t s erected, situate, lying and being part of a condominium in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, State of New York, District 0200 Section 403.00 Block 04.00 Lot 061.000. A p p r ox i m a t e amount of judgment $82,164.24 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 604255/2018. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Proper ty established by the Tenth Judicial District. Daniel Fox, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard
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Legal Notice The Comsewogue Public Library Board of Trustees meets on the third Tuesday of the month, at 6:00 PM, in the Library. Open to the public. All meetings are subject to phone verification. 9830 8/4 1x ptr
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Notice of formation of Jump Leap Bounce Ent. LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on June 7, 2022. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC: 14 Minuteman Court, Miller Place, NY 11764. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 9837 8/4 6x ptr
TERRYVILLE FIRE DISTRICT Port Jefferson Station, New York NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Fire Commissioners, Terryville Fire District, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, State of New York, being duly convened in the regular meeting on July 28, 2022 after due deliberation thereupon did adopt the following resolution:
“ R E S O LV E D T H AT an expenditure not to exceed the sum of $1,000,000.00 to be made from the Terr yville Fire District Buildings & Grounds Capital Reserve Fund in order to purchase: Station 1 project to include parking lot, memorial, ramps, and an access road. FURTHER RESOLVED that this expenditure of funds from the Terryville Fire District Buildings & Grounds Capital Reserve Fund shall be subject to a permissive referendum and that the Fire District Secretary shall, within ten days from adoption of this resolution, publish the required notice and otherwise take any steps necessary to effectuate the same.” BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE TERRYVILLE FIRE DISTRICT Dated: July 28, 2022 Port Jefferson Station, New York Marilyn Peterson District Secretary 9960 8/4 1x ptr
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Music sets the mood at second annual Port Palooza music festival BY AIDAN JOHNSON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Amid the warm summer weather, music filled the air on Saturday, July 30, at the second annual Port Palooza. Kevin Wood, the creator of this new local tradition, brought multiple bands together into one event at Harborfront Park in Port Jefferson. Wood, a Port Palooza performer himself, was happy to share that there was no cover charge to attend. He dedicated his
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first song to Dom Famularo, a jazz drummer and close friend of his. “Being a part of the village and my role in the village of Port Jefferson inspires me to just give back to it,” Wood said. He added that the event also helped raise money for a good cause. “Port Palooza is about bringing musicians together with one another and, most importantly, raising money for animal rescue and recovery through Jaeger’s Run, our partner in this.” Jaeger’s Run Animal Rescue Inc. is a nonprofit organization coordinated by Lisa Jaeger. It helps in the rehabilitation of
Lisa Jaeger, coordinator of Jaeger’s Run Animal Rescue Inc., above. Photo by Aidan Johnson
Above: Frank Doris, member of Grand Folk Railroad (left) and Kevin Wood, event creator (right). Below: Susan Schwartz-Christian, member of Grand Folk Railroad, autographs an electric guitar Photos by Aidan Johnson
sick, abandoned and injured wildlife and domestic animals. “Port Jefferson was kind enough to showcase us at the Port Palooza this year,” Jaeger said. “All of the funds that are raised are going into our animal rescue and rehabilitation [programs].” Jaeger could hardly express the gratitude she felt after receiving the funds. “When it comes to animals, people are very generous,” she said. “It makes me feel good that people appreciate the volunteer work that we do and the timeless hours we put into it. Events like this help us to continue the work we’re doing.” Each band that performed had its own unique sound. Grand Folk Railroad, one of the bands in attendance, played covers of popular songs such as “Ooh Child” by the Five Stairsteps. The group, which consists of Mike Christian, Susan Schwartz-Christian, Gary Schoenberger, Bill Resvanis and Frank Doris, has been around for about 13 years. “We played at last year’s event, and now we’re back again this year,’’ Doris said. “We got a really good reaction, and it’s always fun to play.”
Cole Fortier, who has performed in both festivals, said he enjoyed being a part of it once again. “I was the opening slot today,” he said. Commenting on the time he had, he added, “I’ve been kind of running around, but I’m living it up. It was really exhilarating.” While Port Palooza was successful, the event had to overcome its own set of obstacles. “We came across a few problems,” said Walter Parbudin, a volunteer at the festival. “The skin at the top [of a drum] ripped, so we couldn’t even play it. We found out at 11:30 a.m., and the show started at noon, but I had to go out to Selden to get a new one before the show started. However, the event went really well.” As much as Wood enjoys putting together these events, he feels that he needs some time off. “I just did the dog festival, and now this one,” he said. “I have to hibernate and rest for six months.” However, when he is ready to hold another event, the people of Port Jefferson will be ready to partake in it.
Building a connection with the public
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Civilians and law enforcement come together at National Night Out
BY AIDAN JOHNSON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office and the Town of Brookhaven once again held their National Night Out event at the Fireman’s Memorial Park in Ridge. National Night Out, an annual tradition that takes place on the first Tuesday in August, is a nationwide event that police officers participate in to raise awareness about police programs in their communities. The Brookhaven National Night Out, the largest of its kind on the East End, opened by playing the national anthem. As hundreds of families arrived, multiple activities were being held, including tug of war, bingo and an ice cream truck that gave away free vanilla and chocolate swirls. “People always know what the police department does, but sometimes people don’t know what the Sheriff’s Office does, so we have our trucks here,” said Sgt. Paul Spinella of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office. “We have our deputies here showing all the different aspects that the Sheriff’s Office is involved in, and hopefully meeting some community members.” Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. was also on hand during the event. He spoke of the progress that his office has made in bolstering community turnout and educating the public about services offered through his office. “The way that our National Night Out has grown from almost 250 people at the first one four years ago to now expecting over 3000 people today shows that not only are we having a positive impact on our community, but our community wants to learn more about us,” Toulon said. The sheriff also highlighted the steps
that he and his office have undertaken to build trust with the broader public. “I think there’s pretty much a symbiotic relationship between the community and the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office,” he said, adding, “I think that members of the community in Suffolk County are extremely supportive of the law enforcement community, which we are very appreciative of. We want to keep our communities safe so that each and every person can live and do the things that they freely want to do.” One of Toulon’s goals is to establish a
closer relationship between children and the police. According to him, law enforcement can offer the necessary guidance to keep children away from bad influences and motivate them to contribute to their community. “Our goal is to really make sure that we can keep young kids on the straight and narrow path so that we can show them the positive thing to do,” he said. “Since I’ve become the sheriff, I’ve been in one to two schools per week talking to students about bullying, vaping, opioids and drugs.”
Toulon added that one of his achievements as sheriff has been bringing programs from the Sandy Hook Promise organization to all Suffolk County schools. The organization, which was started by Mark Barden and Nicole Hockley, who lost their children in the 2012 school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, aims to empower kids and adults to prevent violence in schools and their communities. “We have taught over 30,000 faculty, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT CONTINUED ON A11
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teachers and students with the programs — the Start with Hello and the Say Something programs,” Toulon said. “We also engage with our middle school students with the gang resistance education and training program. We try to deter kids from engaging in any type of gang activity. We really try to really make sure that our kids are making good choices.” While many deputies were present during the night, becoming one is no easy task. One deputy shared some of the requirements, including tests, physicals and orientations. “It’s actually a very long process to become a deputy,” she said. “Honestly, I think it takes about a year.” Among all of the booths set up was one for the organization New Hour, a nonprofit founded to support women who are either currently or formerly incarcerated and their families. “We try to provide donations that include clothing, shoes, cosmetics, toiletries and any donation that we think a woman could benefit from once they’re released or once they have finished their term,” Anitria Blue, the community ambassador liaison for New Hour, said. One of New Hour’s major programs is referred to as Empowering Methods for Effective Reentry, Growth and Engagement,
Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr.
or EMERGE. It is a 15-week program that allows women to meet and learn about resources that may help them. The program helps these women become more involved with the criminal and social justice systems and helps them learn to advocate for others. While Blue felt slightly intimidated by the turnout of her former corrections officers during the event, she enjoyed the event nonetheless. “I had good relationships with my officers during my 17 years of incarceration,” she said. “It took a while, but they got to know me, so when I see them, I actually see humanity.” Toulon felt a strong sense of appreciation for everyone who worked for him. “When I look at the [people] who work for me, whether they are deputy sheriffs, correctional officers or civilians, I think that they are heroes because not too many people can do what they do,” the sheriff said. As the night went on, a feeling of community connectedness grew among everyone in attendance. “I think we want [people] to know that we’re just like them,” Spinella said. “We’re community members, too. We help the community, just like garbage men and post office [workers]. When they come up to us and ask us for help, we are there for them.” — Photos by Aidan Johnson
Sgt. Paul Spinella of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office
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A summer slam
Allied forces march through France, liberate Paris from Nazi occupation BY RICH ACRITELLI “Make peace, you fools!” — Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt These were the words of one of Hitler’s most capable field marshals once he determined the Allies would win World War II. The summer of 1944 was an extremely difficult phase of the war for Nazi Germany, marking the beginning of the end of the Third Reich. On June 6, 1944, D-Day, over 156,000 Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy, beginning their eastward assault through the European continent. Some 78 years ago, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was on the cusp of major victories against the once-vaunted German army. The German generals who in 1940 had conquered France watched their armies retreat from the Allied forces. Their only chance for victory required pushing the massive and growing Allied invasion force back into the English Channel, but overwhelming reinforcements continued to land ashore, and the Wehrmacht armed forces began their eastward retreat. Despite the German army reeling from the establishment of an Allied bridgehead at Normandy, the loss of Carentan and the taking of the port of Cherbourg, the Nazis were still determined to fight. To slow down the Allied advance, the Germans used the brutal hedgerow terrain to limit the Allied movement and this strategy increased Allied casualties. Whereas the Germans halted Allied gains at this stage of the fighting in France, Eisenhower was determined that his forces’ gains should be swifter against the enemy. Eisenhower decided that he must achieve a quick, dramatic conquest over Nazioccupied territories. While toppling German strongholds was essential to the war effort, the Allies required a symbolic victory on French soil. For these military and political reasons, Eisenhower set his sights on the “City of Light.” By July of ‘44, American, British, Canadian and Free French forces were determined to liberate Paris.
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There was immense pressure on Eisenhower to take firm control of the ground war. Because of this, he opted to deploy the powerful but controversial Gen. George S. Patton and his Third Army. Patton was expected to push his army through the opening of the German lines, softening these defenses and exploiting any weaknesses. Beginning July 25, 1944, and over the course of two days, American bombers blew a massive hole within the lines of the German military.
French patriots line Avenue des Champs-Élysées as Free French forces reenter Paris in August 1944. Photo from the Library of Congress
As the resistance weakened, German forces were gradually pushed back toward Paris. Then Patton, who waited several months to gain another command after the “slapping incidents” in Sicily, fought the enemy with an immense fury. Patton never seemed to be concerned about his own flanks, and it appeared that he constantly ordered his officers to stay on the offensive. The Third Army’s unstoppable forward movement helped to rapidly destroy any remaining German presence in Western France. By the first week of August, the Allies had emerged as the dominant force in Western Europe, which would hold true until the end of the war. As Patton pushed onward, the German high command realized that Paris would be the next target of the Allied invasion. Paris had always been the heart of
France — culturally, politically and militarily. Four years earlier, French citizens openly wept at the sight of the German occupation of their beloved capital. Now they wept tears of joy at the sight of its liberation. On Aug. 25, the historic city of Paris was liberated from Nazi occupation. The freeing of the Parisians marked a sense of relief and optimism, pointing to a favorable outcome of the war. For once, the world began to see Nazi tyranny for what it was: temporary. Hitler ordered the commander of his forces, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz, to destroy this city and its historic landmarks. However, the German officer refused the orders and surrendered the city on Aug. 26. In one of the most moving scenes throughout the war, Gen. Charles de Gaulle led his French troops through the streets of
Paris and down Avenue des Champs-Élysées. As American soldiers looked east, they were greeted with kisses from young ladies and grateful handshakes from Parisians who hoped for the day when German forces would be decisively driven from their city. The fall of Paris marked the start of a progression of major military setbacks that expedited the end of Hitler’s rule. In eight months’ time, he would be destroyed for good. This summer, we can reflect upon the sacrifices of American soldiers. During this time period in 1944, they freed the French people from Hitler’s tyrannical rule. Rich Acritelli is a history teacher at Rocky Point High School and adjunct professor at Suffolk County Community College.
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Letters to the Editor One hamlet, one vision, one voice
As a Port Jefferson Station/Terryville hamlet resident for 34 years and the corresponding secretary of the Port Jefferson Station/ Terryville Civic Association, I would like to comment on the record to the Brookhaven Town Redistricting Committee. I have seen the proposed maps in which the PJS/Terryville and Mount Sinai hamlets would be split approximately in half, putting the northern portions of both communities in Council District 1 and the southern portions in CD2. I have strong objections to cutting both these hamlets up, given what we in the PJS/Terryville hamlet have been working on as a unified group for the redevelopment and improvement of our community. We are one unified hamlet with one vision for the community and would like to keep it that way for the next 10-year cycle. Many town funds have been spent along with hundreds of hours of community and legislative meetings to develop this vision. This started with the 2007 Comsewogue Hamlet Comprehensive Plan, followed by the 2014 Port Jefferson Station Commercial Hub Study and its follow-up transitoriented development proposals near the Port Jefferson train station. I might add that we are working on the continued improvement of our Train Car Park in Port Jeff Station as well as the Lawrence Aviation‒Suffolk County land bank proposal involving town zoning, etc. We work as one hamlet to organize and advocate for open space, commercial and housing units remaining in their proper areas, while maintaining our residential areas as well. This is best served by having one council district with one elected representative supporting our vision. I ask the redistricting committee to revise its proposal and keep both the Port Jeff Station/ Terryville and Mount Sinai hamlets intact as whole and undivided communities. Keep them as they exist presently. We state proudly that we live in the Brookhaven Hamlet of Port Jefferson Station and Terryville. We want our representative on the council to continue representing our hamlet as a whole, carrying out our joint vision to its completion. Charlie Mcateer Port Jefferson Station
Council districts should not be changed
I would like to commend TBR’s editorial last week, “Push back or be cracked,” in its criticism of the town’s redistricting maps that would remove some of the Mount Sinai community from Council District 2 and put it in Council District 1 and remove portions of Port Jefferson Station/Terryville from CD1 and put it in CD2. The boundaries of the town’s council districts have been in existence, more or less, since 2002 — now 20 years — when the voters of
George Hoffman, above, a member of the Brookhaven Redistricting Committee. Photo courtesy Hoffman
Brookhaven wisely decided to divide the town into individual council districts to improve responsiveness and representation in Town Hall. The proposed cracking of these hamlets runs counter to the original goals of council districts and is unneeded and unwise. The purported maps that are the subject of discussion in this paper’s editorial are questionable to begin with. They were sent to the Redistricting Committee by outside counsel and without any discussion with the members of the Redistricting Committee. I have questioned the validity of the maps and even put forward an unsuccessful motion to suspend discussion on the maps since they were created without any input from the committee. It is important, as your editorial urged, that citizens make their voices heard to both the committee and the Town Board. Otherwise, there is a strong chance that the committee may adopt them. I believe that the six town council districts should stay more or less the same as they are now and that the two council districts that need to be adjusted due to population changes — Council District 2, which is northeastern Brookhaven, and Council District 6, which is southeastern Brookhaven — should be adjusted solely between the two districts as required by statute. George Hoffman Brookhaven Redistricting Committee Member Setauket
Cracking is crooked
The editorial published July 28 in The Port Times Record, “Push back or be cracked,” nailed it! As a resident of Port Jefferson Station since 1972, I applaud your accurate assessment of the Brookhaven Redistricting Committee. It is
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should be no longer than 400 words and may be exhausting to live here. edited for length, libel, style and good taste. We do Interestingly, the law firm appointed for the hearings — not publish anonymous letters. Please include a phone Messina, Perillo and Hill — is number and address for confirmation. the same counsel appointed for Email letters to: the failed County Redistricting editor1@tbrnewsmedia.com or mail them to Committee hearings. After TBR News Media, P.O. Box 707, months and many hearings, these Setauket, NY 11733 have been suspended and must begin again in August. Cracking is crooked. Which law, supposed to fix imbalances? If there is no reminds me: When I was growing up, the imbalance, why must we redraw the districts? township here was called “Crookhaven.” Are we going down the road of the Albany Joan Nickeson debacle, where its redistricting plan was thrown Terryville out by the courts? The people of Terryville cannot count on the Redistricting: Why change courts to act. We must forget party affiliation, Brookhaven 1? turn out in numbers too large to be ignored and I see visions of the old Crookhaven in the end this insanity. way the redistricting is being done. You see, Francis G. Gibbons Sr. I sat right next to former Brookhaven Town Terryville Supervisor Mark Lesko [D] at a conference table
Brookhaven Town Hall, above. Photo from the town website
as he falsely stated his intentions with regard to Terryville. Lesko even gave the [Port Jefferson Station/Terryville] Civic Association a signed letter confirming his false intentions. What were Lesko’s true intentions? His subsequent actions made it appear he wanted to continue the decades-old Brookhaven practice of making Terryville a dumping ground. When Lesko failed in his attempt, he resigned. What do we have today? The faces are different, but the game appears to be the same. It’s a game that has been played by both major political parties since before I was born. The PJSTCA — along with the Chamber of Commerce — has become too effective, so let’s split them up. We have been told the voting enrollment by party is not out of balance and will not appreciably change. Isn’t redistricting, by
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Not a climate change denier
After reading Daniel Dunaief’s opinion piece “What if climate change deniers are wrong?” in the June 23 edition, I spent the next several days pondering the question: Am I a climate change denier? The answer is no. World climate is constantly in flux and has been since the beginning of time. How much, if any, of global sea and air temperature rise is due to human activities makes for one of the great debates of the day, centering on carbon emissions from oil, gas and coal. (I refuse to call these energy sources “fossil” fuels, as they have zero to do with either fossils or dinosaurs.) I remember the days of the late 1950s to the mid-70s, when automobiles routinely leaked/burned oil and emitted plumes of blueLETTERS CONTINUED ON A22
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University in the community During a meeting of the Port Jefferson Board of Trustees on Monday, Aug. 1, trustee Lauren Sheprow suggested building closer ties between the village government and Stony Brook University experts. Sheprow proposed the creation of a local think tank composed of resident experts whose specialized knowledge could be used in service to the community. We believe that this is a neat idea, worthy of the public’s attention and further exploration. Long Islanders sometimes forget that there are world-renowned scholars living among us. SBU is the largest single-site employer on Long Island. This institution harbors thousands of faculty members who are trained specialists in their chosen fields. Citizens can often feel alienated from their local government. Municipal operations — reports, budgets, meetings, hearings and so on — can appear to be endless drudgery at times. Perhaps, innovative thinkers could be the source of new ideas. With regularity, we read about various scientific and medical breakthroughs made by SBU faculty members. From the sciences to mathematics, the humanities to the arts, SBU students and faculty are changing our world for the better. These are people of immense talent and wisdom, sometimes an untapped resource in solving local problems. The community would tap into local experts who could offer up their insights on matters that most affect us. Specialists could advise our elected officials to make better decisions. This is not without precedent. During the administration of SBU President John Marburger, there was a community advisory council, or CAC, in which such a relationship was forged. It was disbanded some 15 years ago. Perhaps it’s time to bring that back. Anything that brings the government closer to the people, injecting new blood and ideas into the political process, is beneficial to democracy. We should support our local municipalities in strengthening their ties to local universities. This is good for the government, the university and the people.
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black smoke on both startup and acceleration. On most summer days, the Manhattan skyline would be partially or wholly obscured by smog, and 100+ degree temperatures were not uncommon in summer. The main components of smog were unburnt hydrocarbons (soot), nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide, all emissions from cars, trucks, buses and power plants. With the advent of fuel injection, computer controls and the catalytic converter, tailpipe emissions of yore have been reduced drastically, with water vapor and carbon monoxide remaining. Carbon monoxide reverts back to CO2 in the troposphere; yet the levels of CO pre-catalytic converter ranged from 30,000 to 100,000 ppm. Today, those levels are down to less than 1000 ppm from internal combustion engines. Similar levels from power plant emissions are realized through electrostatic scrubbers on the smokestacks, with water vapor and CO as the predominant exhaust products. The United States has the cleanest air and water of any major industrial power, by far.
Annual emissions inspection on motor vehicles employ rigorous parameters when it comes to “pass‒fail.” The dreaded “check engine” light means your vehicle has an emissions fault and will not pass until the problem is rectified. Electric cars in their current iteration are a zero-sum game, if one believes them to be more friendly to the environment. Tesla and similar vehicles run on lithium batteries, requiring about 500,000 gallons of salt water to be injected into the earth for each ton of lithium ore recovered. These batteries have too many flaws to enumerate, and we have too little lithium and not nearly enough generating capacity to charge millions of these cars. Solar and wind power amount to the proverbial “drop in the bucket.” We need to perfect solid-state battery tech and more power plants to make electric vehicles even close to viable on a macro scale. Sorry for digressing here: The point I am trying to make concerns the “green” movement, which I perceive to be dedicated less to the environment and more to the total destruction of the United States economy and industry, exclusively. China with its massive deployment of coal-burning plants, India with
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equally lax emissions standards and Brazil’s wholesale burning of the Amazon rainforest continue unabated yet, without coal, oil, nuke or natural gas to generate power, we will be on the way to third-world status. A country of 3.5 million square miles and 400 million people cannot expect Chinese-made solar panels and wind turbines to supplant 600-megawatt generators. It may work for Monaco or Luxembourg, but for the U.S.A, it is both fantasy and folly. Michael Meltzer Stony Brook
A message from Belle Terre Village
At the organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees held on July 19, 2022, The Port Times Record was designated the official newspaper for the Village of Belle Terre for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. Joanne Raso Village Clerk-Treasurer Belle Terre
LIRR’s systematic neglect of North Shore communities The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is receiving $10 billion for infrastructure improvements from the federal government, and we along the Port Jefferson line need a small part of this money for better services. As a former Port Jeff Village trustee, I spoke with the former Long Island Rail Road president, Phil Eng, and the LIRR executive planning and technical staff about this issue. They presented plans of their own: double tracking, bridge expansion and reconstruction, electrification and the possibility of battery-powered trains. My sense of all of this: The LIRR plans are so grandiose and unrealistic that there were no plans at all, just a convenient excuse to do nothing. Rather than bells and whistles, we need a simple upgrade to some form of electric service. Commuters all along the North
Shore are taking the Ronkonkoma from New York City, paying line. Some residents even drive among the highest fares, with the to Huntington or Hicksville for shabbiest service. For decades, LIRR has decent transit. Due to inadequate services, demonstrated a profound disregard for our local our local communities. commuters sit in Most travelers 10 to 20 miles of islandwide have unnecessary traffic had electrical to get to an electric service for a rail. The pollution generation … or generated along three! The fact that the Port Jeff we haven’t joined line from diesel them should say a requires us to lot about LIRR’s either transfer — priorities and often in inclement its feelings for weather — or By Bruce Miller its North Shore “commute to the travelers. commute.” This is New York State Assemblyman unacceptable and very ungreen. LIRR’s logic is to deprive the Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) North Shore of commuters and and Suffolk County Legislator then argue against electrification Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) have due to insufficient ridership. advocated for moving the Port Because of this, we are among Jefferson train station west to the farthest commuters away the 120-acre Lawrence Aviation
property. The Village of Port Jefferson needs to engage with Englebright and Hahn to negotiate an adequate tract of land with the LIRR west of Routes 25A and 112. The advantage of this is great. It would eliminate the Main Street grade crossing and its resultant traffic. It would free up rail yards east of the existing station for a swap of land and subsequent incorporation into Port Jefferson Village. In addition, the freeing up of the existing station property could be used for parkland and recreation. This is urgent. Decisions on that $10 billion windfall are being made now. The opportunity to electrify the line will not come for another generation. Bruce Miller served as Port Jefferson Village trustee from 2014-2022.
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Opinion Taking a nostalgic detour away from the muck of today
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hen times are tough, we can use nostalgia as a bittersweet salve. Nostalgia serves as both a source of comfort, allowing us to step out of our current situations, while also providing a longing for something that may be impossible to find or rediscover. To that end, I’d like to share a nostalgic and a not nostalgic list. — Being out of touch. I know that may seem odd, particularly for someone whose job involves keeping D. None people in touch with of the above information, but I miss BY DANIEL DUNAIEF the days when people couldn’t find me. I remember getting a beeper for the first time and thinking this was a slippery slope to nonstop accountability. — Snow days. In the most intense heat of
the summer, it’s easy to become nostalgic for the unplanned gift of a day off from school and, way back when, for some time at home with my parents. The night before a snow day, I would go to a particular window in the backyard, turn on the light and assess the size of the snowflakes. If they were too big, the temperature was likely far too warm and the snow would likely turn into rain. Smaller and super numerous snowflakes, like a colony of termites building a home, could work their magic overnight, causing the trees to bend in front of my window. — Cultural excitement. We are so divided on so many issues these days, but I miss the general excitement that comes from blockbuster movies. I remember the experience of seeing the movie “Star Wars” in a packed theater and the excited conversation from people as the John Williams music sent them home happy. — The meaningful sitcom. “M*A*S*H” somehow combined humor and drama, blending comedy with intense situations in an army hospital in the Korean War. The sitcom “Mom,” which deals with addiction, friendship, familial
issues and loss, brought the same impressive acting to difficult situations softened by humor. — Eating less healthy food. I miss the ability to eat a burger, fries and onion rings at one of my favorite restaurants (RIP The Good Steer) without having that food interrupt my sleep, create unfortunate digestive experiences or contribute to an expanding girth. — Letting our dog roam the neighborhood. Our current dog is rarely off his leash. Decades ago, we’d ask our dog if he wanted to go out, he’d run to the door and return to play when he heard us outside or to have his evening meal and play at night. He walked himself. — My dad. My father had the uncanny ability to make me laugh, even and especially when I was frustrated. Seeing my sour face, he’d come toward me in a battle of wills he knew he’d win. He’d make a strange face or do something unpredictable, forcing me to smile despite myself. Okay, so, how about a few things for which I am not nostalgic. — The rear-facing seat of a station wagon. The seat often didn’t have much room, because
we also packed bags and suitcases back there, and was facing the wrong way, which meant that nausea, particularly on tight turns, was a constant companion. — The Yankees around 1990. With a respectful nod to Don Mattingly, those teams were pretty close to unwatchable. — Marching band practice. I loved so many parts of my musical upbringing, but marching band doesn’t make the list. We sweat for hours on hot fields. During performances, our heavy, unflattering uniforms trapped heat and felt stiffer than denim that had dried too quickly. — Going to the airport to change tickets. Awful as today’s airline experiences are, we drove to the airport and waited in line to change tickets. Today, we can go online, where systems are busy and the airlines tells us to try back later. — Waiting for carpools. To borrow from J.D. Salinger and William Golding, waiting for exhausted parents to pick up a collection of teenagers dripping with Holden Caulfield angst was akin to living through a sociological “Lord of the Flies” experiment.
Is hate mongering the beginning of a descent into evil?
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riving along a residential street in what seemed from doorbell videos to be a white Prius, a man tossed a plastic bag on each lawn as he moved along. It might have been a newspaper delivery, but it wasn’t. It was a package of hateful flyers whose words were directed against Jews. The bags contained rice or pebbles to weigh them down and keep them from blowing away in the wind. Police have been investigating the hate messages delivered to homes in Rockville Between Centre, Oceanside and Long Beach in Nassau you and me County and have BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF blamed an anti-Jewish group for the activity, which has also occurred in other cities in the country. Whether these groups are aligned through the internet has
yet to be determined. But we do know that the internet has carried hateful messages throughout the world, a far cry from the original idea that digital connectivity could be only a positive platform for revealing despots’ brutality in far corners of the globe. We now know the internet can be a powerful tool to radicalize otherwise ordinary people who might be susceptible to the hateful messages. But how do ordinary people become radicalized? A book was just published that attempts to deal historically with that subject by focusing on Reinhard Heydrich, who became the head of the SD (the intelligence service) and the Gestapo as well as an architect of the Final Solution for the Third Reich. “The Hangman and His Wife,” by Nancy Dougherty, tells of a man without ideological roots, who was not a fervent believer and only joined the Nazi Party in 1931, two years after his future wife, Lina. Yet he began what the senior New York Times book reviewer, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, who wrote the forward to the book, described this way.
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“One searches in vain for a rational explanation of Heydrich’s descent into evil. No single biological fragment satisfies.” According to the book’s author, Heydrich evolved from a musically gifted, intelligent and lonely little boy into a monstrous, hyperrational technocrat with a photographic memory and unmatched organizational abilities. How he was perceived may have been a starting point. He had “striking Aryan looks,” and for Heinrich Himmler, who first interviewed him, and who “was weak-chinned and squinted from behind thick glasses … a physically unimposing” figure, Heydrich fit the Nazi ideal. “For all their focus on Nordic physical perfection, the Nazi leaders were a bunch of misfits … Goering was fat and jowly; Goebbels was clubfooted.” Hitler himself did not match the paragon. Here was this tall, blond candidate for head of the SS, who would be a poster child of Aryan perfection in his new uniform. He must have loved that. Further, a close relative had a Semiticsounding last name, and “he was shadowed by rumors that there was Jewish blood in his family and mocked during his nine years in
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the navy; one former roommate attested that ‘everyone more or less took Heinrich for a Jew,’” according to author Dougherty. And this from another bunkmate: “there is no doubt that ambition was his characteristic peculiarity … On all occasions, he wanted to be outstanding — in the service, in front of his superiors, with the comrades, in sportsmanship and in bars.” Put that together with “his Luciferian coldness, amorality and insatiable greed for power,” according to Dougherty, and he became head of the Gestapo until he died in his Mercedes convertible from an assassin’s grenade on May 27, 1942. He received a fulldress state funeral from Hitler. So do those personal qualities plus opportunity explain the emergence of a hate monger? Could any of these bag-tossers today become deeply evil and potentially homicidal? Or are they merely practicing freedom of speech? Do they just wish to stand out and be seen? Is capacity for malignant behavior what Freud called the “death instinct?” Or, as the book reviewer, Daphne Merkin, suggests, is there an inherent perverse glamour in evil?
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