The Port TIMES RECORD S T O R M DA M
Volume 28, No. 38
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S TUM P RE MOVA L A NDSC•AterrYVille Port Jefferson • Belle terre • Port Jefferson station P E /M A S O N L WO R K August 20, 2015
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Port Jeff Heritage Weekend also: Fall opportunities in education, PJ greek Festival
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Photo by Heidi Sutton
Salty response
Officials oppose dredging plan
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SharkS in the park: Gene Casey and the lone sharks perform at Port Jefferson’s harborfront park recently, as the long island Music
Hall of fame presented Casey with the long island sound award for his contributions to the local music scene. read the full story on page B2.
Community books it over to library BY elana Glowatz
A surgeon, parents, a brother, first responders, the Angels of Bataan — these are some people Comsewogue Public Library readers consider heroes. Scores of bookworms shared their own as they participated in the adult summer reading program, which encouraged the library patrons to read about superheroes or try something new through its
“escape the ordinary” theme. Trying something new could be discovering an author or joining a library program. To facilitate that, Library Director Debra Engelhardt and adult services head Susan Guerin said, the library steered people toward its resources for finding books or learning online and hosted different programs like an arm-knitting workshop and a drum circle. “It’s about bringing a lot of ReaDINg continued on page a11 Photo from Susan guerin
The library is decorated with book recommendations and lists of readers’ personal heroes.