The Port Times Record - November 19, 2015

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Firefighters battle a blaze at Malkmes Florists in Port Jefferson Station.

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Absentee ballot count underway for race of legislator leading by one vote

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History repeats itself as blaze consumes biz By Elana Glowatz

A fire tore through Malkmes Florists in Port Jefferson Station on Friday the 13th, destroying the building but not the family business that has been passed down for generations. Family heirlooms, flower arrangements, antique furniture — all burned to ashes that morning. “There’s nothing left,” Lisa Malkmes, one of the owners, said about the property damage on Tuesday. “We lost the entire building and all of our computers. Everything’s gone.” Dennis Whittam, a spokesman for the Terryville Fire Department, said firefighters received notification that morning of a “fully involved structure fire” across Route 112 from the firehouse, at the longtime neighborhood business at the end of Oakland Avenue. A Port Jefferson Fire Department engine was the first truck on the

scene and started to attack the flames on the exterior, Whittam said, as Terryville’s ladder truck and other engines set up under command of Chief Richard McCarren and Assistant Chief Tom Young. The Selden, Mount Sinai and Coram fire departments also offered assistance. The fire was out by about noon, Malkmes said, and then the florists quickly had to put together flowers for a wedding happening that afternoon, after the bride’s original flowers burned in the blaze. Everything was finished on time, she said, “because of my employees — they opened their home and we were able to get flowers in quick enough.” She added that the business put flowers together for two weddings and two funerals over the weekend as well. Malkmes Florists & Greenhouses has been in operation for decades, and was previously run by longtime community member Harold Malkmes, who died in 2011. Malkmes was a 17term Brookhaven Town highway superintendent who grew up in FLORIST FIRe continued on page A14

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Photo by Andrew Wakefield

There’s a new heir to the throne now that the Port Jefferson girls’ soccer team has won the state championship for the first time in program history. The Royals’ victory on Sunday capped off a stellar season in which they gave up only 11 goals from start to finish — compared to the 78 they blasted past keepers. Above, the champions admire their celebratory plaque. Read the full story on pages A12 and A13.


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