The Port TIMES RECORD Port Jefferson • Belle terre • Port Jefferson station • terrYVille
Volume 28, No. 37
August 13, 2015
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Honoring Civil War veterans in Northport
Also, ‘Rights of Summer’ exhibit in Huntington, ‘The Pied Piper’ in Port Jefferson, SBU Sports
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Meet your new best friend Photos by Talia Amorosano
above, maddie is a 7-year-old lab/collie mix who loves kids and is a laid-back couch potato. Below, isabelle, a pit bull, was picked up as a stray and has been at the Brookhaven animal shelter for more than a year, after being adopted and returned when her owner fell ill.
Brookhaven waiving shelter fees on Aug. 15 Truman’s truth
Local history expert dives into unlikely president’s past
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BY talia amorosano
He’s gentle and kind and loving, Valerie Sanks, of Rocky Point, explains. He’s got a Frank Sinatra debonair-style class, he’s well mannered, good in the car and loves people, especially children. His name is Bravo and, sorry, ladies, he’s not human. But, he’s still a great catch — or should we say fetch — with the capacity to love unconditionally. He also isn’t taken, and he could be yours. Brookhaven Town will be waiving its animal shelter fees on Saturday, Aug. 15, in honor of a Clear the Shelter event that seeks to encourage adoptions of the shelter’s many dogs and cats. Sanks, a Brookhaven animal shelter volunteer and dog owner, said dogs like Bravo who have lived in the shelter for extended periods of time often have trouble getting adopted because of factors beyond their
control, like age, injury and appearance. Bravo, a terrier mix, is estimated to be between 7 and 9 years old and has cropped ears. He was originally adopted from the shelter in 2011, but when his owners fell on hard times in 2014, he was brought back and is now in need of a new home. “He has every odd against him for getting a home,” Sanks said, but despite this, “he’s very sweet and very mellow.” Sanks also volunteers at the Riverhead and Southold towns’ animal shelters and described herself as “a firm believer in town shelters.” She referred to the staff at the Brookhaven shelter as “an incredible group of workers.” “When a dog needs something, people use their own money to buy it for them,” she said. “Town workers, on their day off, come down to the shelter ADOPTION continued on page A10