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Vol. 33, No. 52
November 19, 2020
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Port Jefferson village sets parkland fee on uptown Conifer project A3
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Above, tukeys waddle around the Raleigh’s Poultry Farm in Kings Park; inset, Lisa Harris, the owner of Torte Jeff in Port Jefferson, said although they are down in sales, people are still buying Thanksgiving day pies. Above photo by Julianne Mosher; inset photo by Margot Garant
BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Despite new state restrictions on gatherings, some local small businesses are thankful this year for all the support they’ve received at the start of the holiday season. In pre-COVID times, a typical Thanksgiving dinner could host a dozen or even more people. But as of last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced new guidelines for the upcoming holidays, asking people to host small gatherings of 10 people or less.
But small groups aren’t stopping people from spending time with their loved ones — just less of them this year. And with the tradition of family get-togethers comes the big Thanksgiving meal, full of sides, pies and of course, turkey. Cathy Raleigh-Boylan, co-owner of Raleigh’s Poultry Farm in Kings Park, said sales have actually increased this year, much to her surprise. “There are a lot of people asking for small or medium sized turkeys, but people are still having Thanksgiving,” she said. “Even if they’re not having a large gathering, they still
want a big bird and just have a lot of leftovers.” The farm has been a staple to the Smithtown community for more than 61 years, she said, and usually people come from all over to pick up their Thanksgiving meats. This year is a little different, but not necessarily in a bad way. “With COVID, we’re realizing a lot more people are eating at home with families and teaching the young kids how to cook,” she said. “Generations are going back a bit. As bad as COVID was, a lot more family time came out of it.” THANKSGIVING Continued on A10
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Port Jeff Sets Parkland Fee on Conifer Project BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM
The Village of Port Jefferson has set a number to what an upcoming apartment complex project is worth for recreational land. Officials voted to set the recreational parkland fee for Port Jefferson Crossing at $1,500 per unit at 45 units for a total of $67,500. Village officials said they are setting aside the funds specifically for developing Upper Port even further. Mayor Margot Garant said they would be putting those funds in a special account to be used for revitalizing the up-the-hill portions of the village, which has been a largely blighted area for several years. All trustees agreed those funds should be used to develop uptown. Vice Mayor Stan Loucks suggested it could be for new recreational space in the Highland area of the village. The project currently has plans for three floors, with the first floor being 3,200 square feet of retail and the next two containing 37 one-bedroom apartments and eight twobedroom apartments. The front part of the project will take up 112 lineal feet of frontage on Main Street. Village Attorney Brian Egan said Conifer,
the company behind Port Jefferson Crossing, has sent a letter to the effect of making some kind of donation to the village equivalent to the fee, but as of right now, the money is already in the village’s hands. Alison LaPointe, special village attorney to the Building and Planning Department, previously told TBR News Media the payment in lieu of parking fee for the C-2 district, where Crossing resides, has been set at $4,000 per space via a 2018 resolution. Parkland fees are set by the board of trustees on a case-by-case basis. The planning board has to approve the fee. Conifer representatives have previously told the village planning board they were requesting officials consider renovated sidewalks and other amenities in place of the parkland fee. Officials have previously granted another The Shipyard, an apartment complex in downtown Port Jeff, a reduced parkland fee because of patio space and other open amenities included in the complex, though it was later confirmed the space was inaccessible to the public. The village changed its code in September of last year to excise rooftop decks, patios and other common areas not accessible to the general public from being considered for reduced or eliminated parkland fee.
Village Trustee Bruce Miller, who opposed The Shipyard’s reduced fee in 2018, said he hoped the village wasn’t going down the same road again. Garant agreed, saying “that’s why we’re here.” Port Jefferson Crossing has already received an agreement with the Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency for an estimated $5.2 million mortgage tax exemption for help in demolishing the current building and a $66,236 Payment in Lieu of Taxes agreement starting in 2023-24. They join many of the other new apartment developments that have received PILOT agreements, including The Brookport and the Overbay Apartments developments. IDA documents also show they anticipate 1.5 employees will be needed at the new site, though that doesn’t include what businesses may take up space on the first floor facing the street. Garant also said at the Nov. 16 meeting she was meeting with representatives of the Long Island Rail Road about, among other things, potentially making the parking lot metered. This would allow a revitalized upper port to be used during times in the evening much less trafficked by commuters for people to visit any businesses. In addition, the village has to work with the
The Port Jefferson Crossing project has received tax exemptions as well as a 20-year PILOT agreement from the Brookhaven IDA. Image from planning board meeting
LIRR on designing Station Street, which will be located just south of Conifer’s project. Another apartment development by the Gitto Group is looking to start up at the corner of Main Street and North Country Road, where the PJ Lobster House currently stands.
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With Weeks of Counting Left, Some Races Closer than Others
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Mario Mattera (R): 79,762 Votes Mike Siderakis (D): 44,653 Votes Absentee Ballots: 42,781
Despite Election Day being Nov. 3, local races have a week or more to settle on the final count. Suffolk County Republican Board of Elections commissioner, Nick LaLota, said via email they hope counting will be finished before Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, though there is no way to know when everything will be finalized. Republican candidates took leads in every local state and congressional race based on inperson ballots as the BOE started its absentee ballot count Nov. 16. Election experts have repeatedly said on average more Democrats used absentee ballots than Republicans did, though races will largely depend on unaffiliated voters. With that said, it will still be hard going for many Democrats in a few of the most hotly contested races. The U.S. Congressional District 1 race between U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) and his Democratic opponent Nancy Goroff still remains out, though Zeldin currently holds a 65,120-vote lead. There are still over 89,000 absentee ballots left in that race, but Goroff would need to reportedly take all non-GOP registered votes in order to gain the upper hand. A similar challenge is there in the New York State Senate District 1 race for Democrat Laura Ahearn, who has a steep uphill climb against her challenger, current Assemblyman Anthony Palumbo (R-New Suffolk). Ahearn is down by 18,736 from in-person polling, and there are over 42,000 absentee ballots left to count, and she will need many votes outside the two main parties to gain the seat. The race for State Senate District 2 between Republican Mario Mattera and Democrat Mike Siderakis is heavily favoring red, as there is a 35,109 difference in votes favoring Mattera with less than 43,000 votes to count. The State Assembly District 2 race between Democrat Laura Jens-Smith and Republican Jodi Giglio is likely to go in favor of the GOP. With a 14,355 difference and just under 17,000 absentee ballots to count, Giglio has all but cinched her new position. Jens-Smith has previously told TBR News Media she knows
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Lee Zeldin (R): 176,323 Votes Nancy Goroff (D): 111,203 Votes Absentee Ballots: 89,401
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she has very little chance of victory. Some elections are closer than others, such as State Assembly District 4. Many residents reported surprise in messages to TBR News Media at longtime Assemblyman Steve Englebright’s (D-Setauket) deficit of votes compared to his Republican opponent Michael Ross of 1,966. That race currently has 17,909 absentee ballots left to count. However, there are a few confirmed elections. State Assemblyman Mike Fitzpatrick (R-St. James), with his lead of 23,419 with in-person ballots, is so far ahead of his young Democratic opponent Dylan Rice even the over17,000 absentee ballots could not make a dent in the District 8 race. State Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport) declared victory Nov. 18 against his Republican opponent Ed Smyth. This came after votes absentee votes already counted in both Nassau and Suffolk put him over the edge. Above, is a breakdown of where each race stands with in-person votes as at Nov. 18 plus the number of absentee ballots left as last reported on Nov. 16 (from the Suffolk County Board of Elections).
The Port Jefferson school board voted Tuesday to start its 4-person in person learning schedule Jan. 11 next year. Photo from meeting video
PJSD Board Votes to Return to Four Days of In-Person Learning Jan. 11
BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM In its Nov. 10 meeting, the Port Jefferson School District Board of Education decided to open up the middle and high schools for more in-person learning starting in January, though plans may be complicated by rising infection rates. The board voted 4-3 against a plan to start rolling in students on a staggered, weekly basis Dec. 8. The board then voted 5-2 to have all students in grades six through 12 start back Jan. 11. Trustees Rene Tidwell and Ryan Walker both voted “no” on the plan. Superintendent Jessica Schmettan said this would also mandate the installation of desk shields. The district already authorized the purchase of desk shields at $135,000. Those shields are expected sometime around the third week of November. In addition, ICT students will begin four-day instruction immediately. In this plan, Mondays would remain a remote-learning day with office hours and asynchronous instruction. Tuesday through Friday would then become in-person for all students. Desks and desk shields would be sanitized at the end of each school day, and then on Mondays any lingering haze left from the sanitizer would be removed. “We got a lot of parent feedback as to why 11th-graders should be in as it helps their college careers, why middle school students should be in — we recognize that all students benefit from in-person learning,” the superintendent said. “The how and the when is something we’re having a lot of discussion on.” She said it would take from five to 10 days to install all desk shields in the two schools. A survey of 513 parents in the district revealed that just over 88% said they would like to send their child to four days of instruction. Another 7%, or about 36 families, said they were using the full remote option and would continue that way. In that same survey, 65% of parents said they would like to see students go to four days as soon as possible. While other families wished the district
to start this plan in January or February, a little over 10 percent, or about 56 families, said they wished the school to continue with the hybrid model. Almost 60% of parents surveyed want children to return all at once, while another 24% want kids phased in with smaller groups. Students were similarly polled, and most, just over 67%, also wanted to be back in school four days a week, though only 42% said it should be as soon as possible. While most school staff would like to see children back in school for more days, just a little over 50% of the 94 surveyed want to see students brought in with staggered groups. A representative from the Port Jefferson Teachers’ Association also spoke at the meeting, asking the district to bring in experts from local hospitals when considering reopening, and mentioned the district would gain little if it brought back students after Thanksgiving, as it would only be a limited number of days before Christmas. “Overwhelmingly, our staff want our kids back in the building — they want them back four days a week,” the superintendent said. “The biggest question becomes how and when.” Tidwell expressed some concerns over how well students will be protected by the desk shields, noting that they do not necessarily stop all of the aerosolized virus. She said it’s likely to also see upticks in cases after the holidays, and the district should hold off until after December or after the holidays. “We can’t ignore what’s happening in Suffolk County,” she said. Currently, the infection rate in New York has breached 3%, higher than any other time it’s been in the past few months. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) has said the jump in infections may be because of Halloween, but state officials also blame restaurants that sell alcohol, gyms and home gatherings. New restrictions are already in place. Walker said he trusts the administration to do what needs to be done, but the board would have to be conscientious before the decided PJSD FOUR DAYS Continued on A12
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Transgender Awareness Month, Giving a Voice to the Voiceless BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Erica Forman, of Hauppauge, began to transition her gender from male to female in her late 20s. In 2012, she officially changed her name to Erica, one of two names her mother loved before she knew the sex of her baby 51 years ago. “This would have been my name,” Forman said. “Back then, you had to choose two names, so Erica was the name that was planned.” Forman chose to share her story to commemorate Transgender Awareness Month. November has been dedicated to the transgender community across the country in hopes of bringing awareness to a community that rarely has a voice. Nov. 20 is dedicated to solemnly remember the lives lost to anti-trans violence Transgender Day of Remembrance. According to GLAAD, an LGBTQ+ media force, TDOR was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was brutally killed in 1998 as a hate crime. The annual vigil, to take place Nov. 20, commemorates all the transgender people lost to violence since Hester’s death. This year, more than 30 transgender people were killed in acts of violence as of Oct. 6, ac-
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Annual Election of the Port Jefferson Fire District will take place on December 8, 2020, between the hours of 3:00 PM and 9:00 PM at the Port Jefferson Firehouse located at 115 Maple Place, Port Jefferson, New York for the purpose of electing one Commissioner for a five (5) year term commencing on January 1, 2021 and ending on December 31, 2025. Candidates for the District Office of Commissioner shall file a petition signed by at least twenty-five (25) registered voters of the Fire District, which petition must be filed with the Secretary of the Fire District at the Fire District Office, 115 Maple Place, Port Jefferson, New York, on regular business days between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM but no later than 5:00 PM on November 18, 2020. Such petition must contain the name and address of the candidate (the candidate’s legal residence, not a P.O. Box) and must also be signed by the candidate. Petition forms may be obtained from the Fire District Secretary. All residents of the Fire District duly registered with the Suffolk County Board of Elections as of November 16, 2020 shall be eligible to vote. Please be advised that the Board of Elections of the Fire District shall meet on November 23, 2020 at 1:00 PM at the Fire District Office for the purpose of preparing the rolls of the registered voters of the Fire District. Dated: November 7, 2020 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE PORT JEFFERSON FIRE DISTRICT By: BARBARA CASSIDY Fire District Secretary 954 11/19 1x ptr
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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com Town of Brookhaven RFP 20-17 Request for Proposals (RFP) The Division of Purchasing on Behalf of the Department of Recycling and Sustainable Materials is seeking proposals for the design, construction and operation of an Ash Processing Facility as a component of the Regional Recovery and Recycling Residue Facility (RRRF) Proposal Due Date: January 7, 2021 by 4:30 PM (Advertised: November 19, 2020) SCOPE OF WORK: Town of Brookhaven is soliciting proposals from qualified vendors for the design, construction and operation of an ash processing facility as a component of the Regional Recovery and Recycling Residue Facility (RRRF) on a site provided by the Town at its Landfill Complex at 350 Horseblock Road, Yaphank, N.Y. The specifications for this RFP are available beginning November 19, 2020 and may be obtained by: • Preferred Method: □ Accessing website: brookhavenNY.gov/Purchasing : Register and Download the documents Timeline • Ad Date: November 19, 2020 • Technical questions due by: December 10, 2020 by 4:30 PM o Must be in writing: email to: □ KKoppenhoefer@ Brookhavenny.gov □ cc: gmanzolillo@ brookhavenny.gov □ pmazzei@ brookhavenny.gov □ cschroder@ brookhavenny.gov o Contact number: 631-451-6252 • Q&A Addendum Issued: No later than December 17, 2020 • Proposals due: January 7, 2021 by 4:30 PM o Submitted to Town of Brookhaven Purchasing Division o One Independence Hill, Farmingville, New York 11738
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Town Above, Back to Basics in Rocky Point has been around for over four decades before its owner, Drew Henry Tyler, right, died earlier this year. Above photo by Kyle Barr; right photo by Robert Gutowski
Local Business Owner of Nearly Four Decades Drew Tyler Remembered BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Though he may have passed on, a local shop owner, one who helped pioneer the health foods market on Long Island, is still appearing to thank people passing by his small corner store. Back to Basics, a natural food store in Rocky Point, has been vacant for months. In its window a sign is posted: “Thanks for 43 Years.” The longtime owner of the shop, Drew Henry Tyler, 67, passed away June 8 after a battle with adrenal cancer. His wife of little under 28 years, Lee Frei, is a longtime resident of Shoreham village. She and her future husband originally met at the store. She got to know him as an honest and quiet man, but the kind of quiet that hides a unique intelligence. She said if he hadn’t passed, he would have likely still been there, manning the counter and talking to customers about anything from politics to music to yoga. “There was so much to Drew,” she said. “He was calm and wise. I often thanked him for that.” Tyler grew up with his brother Rick on a chicken farm in Lake Ronkonkoma, back when the area was still mostly rural, and some of the main roads still remained dirt paths. Rick Tyler called that just your average life of “barefoot boys growing up in the woods.” The two were introduced to Provisions, a health food shop in Port Jefferson back in the 1970s, the brother said. Working there, the two formed a side business called Journey Foods, where the two would go into New York City, bringing back “tubs” of tofu, sprouts and other such items to sell to the still-small market of health food stores on the eastern side of Long Island, back when many wholesale distributors didn’t come out past Route 110. The brothers even got into the business of growing sprouts, which Rick said were “temperamental.” The two made connections with many of the health food retailers on the Island, but the brothers had a unique opportunity when the original owners of Back to Basics in Rocky Point were looking to sell. Jane Alcorn, who now helps lead the effort
to transform the Shoreham Tesla property into a museum and science incubator, started the store in 1976 with her husband and two friends. When a few years after opening, her business partners moved away, she and her husband decided to sell to the Tyler brothers, who had expressed interest in the place for a while. She thought of Drew as a “kind man — he was quiet and hardworking.” “It was always a pleasure to go there and see how they had made some changes, but still kept the essence of the store — natural foods, and healthy and specialty products for the people of the surrounding area,” Alcorn said. “He obviously did a good job to have been in business so long. Back to Basics was one of the oldest stores in Rocky Point and, even now, I’m sure many people, like me, miss running in to pick up some special items that aren’t available anywhere nearby.” The store was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Frei said and, after Drew passed, family came to help sell the remaining merchandise at cost. Rick Tyler, who now lives in Pennsylvania, worked at the store for a little over a decade before moving on. As the health food market boomed, he said it got harder to compete, and they were “always fighting against the mass market and Trader Joe’s.” Still, despite any difficulty. Rick said his brother was the kind of man who would leave the counter to help a woman bring her purchases to the car. He was the kind of man who engendered trust, and when Rick came back to Long Island to help with closing down the shop, he and those manning the shop were greeted with a bevy of longtime customers who fondly remembered the store owner, some young enough to say they had been coming there for practically their entire lives. “He was a very gentle, kind, smart, funny guy — he was very well liked,” Rick Tyler said of his brother. Jan Tyler, the brothers’ mother, said the people who came to the store in those final days were coming in with both sympathy and expressions of sorrow. “I think you couldn’t help but love Drew,” DREW TYLER Continued on A12
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’Tis the Season, and the Year, to Check on the Elderly gested that people listen for key words or phrases, such as “feel lonely,” “don’t like myself,” “poor sleep and appetite,” or “can’t stop worrying.” Additionally, members of a support network should pay close attention if others feel helpless, can’t concentrate, have lost interest in doing things or are tired all day.
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Before, during and after major storms, state and local officials typically urge residents to check on elderly friends and neighbors to make sure they have what they need. While the pandemic hasn’t torn up trees or left a physical mess strewn across impassable roadways, it has triggered the kind of problems residents might have during an ongoing storm. Indeed, after a brutal spring that included school and business lockdowns followed by a summer respite when the number of infected people declined, the fall has proceeded the way many infectious disease experts had anticipated, with a resurgence in positive tests, steadily rising hospital bed occupancy and the possibility of renewed lockdowns. All of this is happening against the backdrop of a time when elderly residents typically welcome friends and extended family during Thanksgiving and through the December holidays. Many people have canceled or postponed seasonal rituals indefinitely, things that normally offer an opportunity to reconnect. Holidays are a “needed process that are embedded in our culture and society and, for most, bring significant joy and purpose,” said Dr. Youssef Hassoun, Medical Director of South Oaks Hospital. “For the elderly, that is exaggerated, simply because that is their time to connect back with their loved ones.” Elderly residents are managing, though they are feeling numerous stressors. The mental health toll on elderly residents has increased since the pandemic began. In the first few months after the virus upended life on Long Island, the number of elderly residents seeking mental health support declined at Stony Brook, according to Nikhil Palekar, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Geriatric Psychiatry at Stony Brook University’s Renaissance School of Medicine. In the last few months, “we have seen a significant increase in referrals our center has received for mental health services,” Palekar explained in an email. Stony Brook has not had to increase their staffing yet, but if the demand for mental health services continues to be as high as it has been for the past couple of months, the university “will be hiring more clinical staff to provide care,” Palekar explained. Elderly residents are trapped in a battle between the fear of contracting the virus and the impact of loneliness, which can increase the rate of depression, anxiety and cognitive impairment, Palekar added. Indeed, the number of nursing home residents contracting the virus has increased in
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Dr. Youssef Hassoun is the medical director at South Oaks Hospital. Photo from Northwell Health
the country and in Suffolk County, according County Executive Steve Bellone (D) during a Tuesday call with reporters. For people who are battling against the loneliness triggered by isolation, “our recommendation to our elderly patients is to use televideo conferencing to connect with their loved ones, peers and support groups,” Palekar wrote.
Ongoing Stress
For Baby Boomers, concerns about loneliness predated the pandemic, said Adam Gonzalez, Founding Director of the Mind-Body Clinical Research Center and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. “COVID adds a whole ‘nother layer of barriers that might get in the way of people connecting,” Gonzalez said. “It’s definitely a high-stress and overwhelming time for many.” Indeed, ongoing stress, including from concerns about COVID, can trigger cognitive stress. “Stress can make it harder for people to think,” said Chris Christodoulou, Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health and Neurology at Stony Brook University’s Renaissance School of Medicine. When people are thrown out of their habits, that can be “disorienting and stressful.” A stressful situation can also reveal cognitive vulnerability for people who are suddenly unsure of themselves and their environment. “Chronic stress changes our brains in ways that are not healthy and may contribute to lots of diseases, including those affecting the brain,” Christodoulou said. As for what to pay close attention to when checking in on elderly residents, Palekar sug-
Christodoulou said activities like yoga and aerobic exercise can prevent and slow the decline in cognition. Hassoun also urged residents to have an open conversation with elderly family members. “We are very good at assuming that someone appreciates” the risks of larger or even mediumsized family gatherings, Hassoun said. People may understand those risks differently. The South Oaks Hospital medical director suggested conversations begin not with the unknowns related to potential sicknesses or even new tests, treatments and vaccines, but rather with the knowns of what’s work-
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Raleigh’s also sells pies, making it a one-stop shop for local Thanksgiving needs. “We’ve sold more pies than ever,” she said. “I think people just want to make Thanksgiving special this year. We can’t do a lot of things right now, so people are looking for some normalcy.” Some people are opting not for the bird this year, and are switching it up. At Cow Palace in Rocky Point, owner Debbie Teitjen said there are other options they offer. “A lot of people are doing turkey breast or turkey London broil,” she said. “We’re doing tons of catering for smaller events and a lot of curbside catering.” But Arthur Worthington, of Miloski’s Poultry Farm on Middle Country Road in Calverton, said many of his customers are choosing to size down. “There definitely are still a lot of people going along with the tradition,” he said. “There are a lot of inquiries similar from years before.” He said customers who still want the bird are preferring smaller ones for this year’s dinner. “They’re looking for the 12 to 16 pound range, which is tough because everything we do with raising turkeys, we have to plan years in advance,” he said. But over in Huntington, Nick Voulgaris III, owner of Kerbers Farm on West Pulaski Road, said it’s been busier than typically this time of the year.
ing. While residents may be tired of hearing it, the reality is that masks, social distancing and hand hygiene have reduced the spread of COVID-19, along with other pathogens and microbes that might spread through family contact during the holidays. Doctors and mental health professionals urged people to be creative in their efforts to connect with others this year. “How can we get dad, who has never enjoyed looking at an iPad, let alone using it, to find it more fun to have a zoom Thanksgiving together?” Hassoun asked. He added that these unconventional Thanksgiving interactions could be a way to connect relatives and even children who may not participate as actively in group discussions during these holiday meals. Residents can improve the holiday during this challenging year by making the most of each interaction, even if it’s not in the familiar personal setting.
“This is normally the busiest time of the year for us,” he said. “We’re slightly above normal, which is a good thing especially during the current economic climate.” Voulgaris said people are gravitating towards smaller birds for smaller groups, but as of right now, they have completely sold out of turkeys for the holiday. “We’ve seen a 20% increase in sales over the last six months, or so,” he said. While they’re out of birds for the upcoming holiday, they still have plenty of pies to preorder before Sunday Nov. 20, he said. Lisa Harris, owner of Torte Jeff Pie Co. on East Main Street in Port Jefferson, said her shop has been down about 25% in sales from last year because gatherings are smaller, but people are still looking to celebrate with their favorite pies for the holiday. “We’re selling less pies, but to the same amount of people,” she said. “We have definitely had a request for smaller pies.” Although it’s a small hit to her business, she’s still happy people want to shop small. Some, she said, are starting new traditions ordering and bringing home her savory Thanksgiving Day pie. “It’s everything you would have on Thanksgiving in a traditional pie,” she said. “That’s becoming really popular.” To deal with COVID-19, Harris implemented online ordering through Nov. 20 on a new portal on the shop’s website.
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Stony Brook University Makes Mental Health a Priority BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Stony Brook University knew that students might have a hard time this year as they returned to school in the midst of a global pandemic. But for those who went home to participate in hybrid and virtual learning, they too could use someone to talk to. That’s when the school stepped up and implemented new programs to help kids on campus and at home, near and far, to give them resources and let them know everything will be OK. The Center for Prevention and Outreach is collaborating across different university departments to support students’ mental health, and is in the process of hiring more mental health staff. According to Danielle Merolla, a clinical psychologist and assistant director of mental health outreach and community-based interventions at CPO, her group offers ongoing support through various virtual and hybrid programming. With programs like Let’s Talk, a brief nonclinical conversation with a counselor, also workshops for coping and connection, balancing levels of care for self and others, and mindfulness, CPO provides suicide prevention bystander intervention training called Question, Persuade, Refer for students, faculty and staff. “We have trained over 800 students since the onset of COVID via virtual platforms,” Merolla said. CPO has also implemented three mental health peer education programs called Chill, Global Minds Alliance and Minds Matter that have been developed and created spaces for students to connect and receive information about how to care for themselves and each other, according to the assistant director. “The resources on campus are intended to support students’ overall health and well-being,” she said. “We want to make sure students know that they are not alone, and there are supports literally at their fingertips as many of our resources are accessible virtually.” According to a recent study with the Journal of Medical Internet Research, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the vulnerable population of student’s mental health into focus. The study interviewed 195 students at a large public U.S. university to understand the effects of the pandemic on their mental health. Of the students questioned, 71% indicated increased stress and anxiety due to the coronavirus crisis. Multiple stressors were identified that contributed to the increased levels of
‘Now more than ever, we need to connect and feel a sense of belonging — and these spaces are intended to do just that’
looks a little different. “We adapted the Healing Arts model to create Healing Arts at Home in March,” said Christine Szaraz, coordinator of sexual violence prevention and outreach programs with CPO. “These programs offered livestreamed, interactive events through CPO’s social media, where students could participate in a virtual Healing Arts event using materials commonly found at home and engage with CPO staff and peer educators through the chat feature.” Szaraz added that CPO provided a variety of synchronous and asynchronous virtual Healing Arts events throughout the summer and over Stony Brook’s opening weekend. “Using Facebook and YouTube live forums, we engaged students with professional staff and
peer educators in conversations regarding coping and self-care in response to COVID, and in relation to their transition to the fall semester at SBU,” she said. And since school started, students are feeling the weight of the world on their shoulders. “Often, we hear and feel that everything feels out of control which can lead to feeling unmotivated and/or stuck,” Merolla said. “It is important to acknowledge we have many choices throughout our day and there is power in each and every choice.” “We must recognize we are stressed or struggling in order to choose to attend to what we may need,” she added. “The sooner you reach out the better. There is tremendous strength and resilience that comes from reaching out.”
— Danielle Merolla
stress, anxiety and depressive thoughts among students. These included fears and worry about their own health and of their loved ones, with 91% reporting negative impacts due to the pandemic, and 89% reporting a difficulty in concentrating. “Now more than ever, we need to connect and feel a sense of belonging — and these peer spaces are intended to do just that,” Merolla said. With an unusual mix of students either staying on campus or learning from home, CPO decided that it needed to make all its resources available to students within Stony Brook and abroad. “We adapted all our programs to meet the virtual needs of our students,” said Smita Majumdar Das, a clinical psychologist at CPO. “We also adjusted programming time — offering training at 6 a.m., or later in the day such as after 9 p.m. — to accommodate our students who are dispersed all over the U.S and also in international locations.” Das said that at CPO, she has seen a five-fold increase in the utilization of virtual Let’s Talk since the onset of COVID-19 — not only domestically, but with their international students in France, India, Korea and Japan, as well. “CPO has worked with various employees to provide the needed training so they can be effectively present for our students and provide them the best support and care possible,” Das said. “It is impossible to pour from an empty jar, so as an organization we are extremely mindful to make sure staff feels cared for so that they can pay it forward to our students.” Another program called Healing Arts provides students with engagement and learning opportunities around the themes of creative expression, self-care, coping skills, social support and campus health and wellness resources. During the age of COVID, the program
The Meadow Club has seen a dramatic change from where it was a few years ago, left, to where it is after recent renovations, right. Left photo from Kiran Wadhwa; right photo by Julianne Mosher
A First Look at the New Meadow Club
BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM
After a fire devasted The Meadow Club more than two years ago, the family behind Setauket’s The Curry Club and Port Jefferson’s SāGhar felt like their world was falling apart. Known for its weddings in Port Jefferson Station, and being a structure on Route 112 for more than five decades, the building has been fixed and revamped. It’s a whole new sight. “Our logo has always been a closed lotus, but the closed lotus represented the fire,” said Kiran Wadhwa, owner, creative director and event planner at the Meadow Club. “The lotus needs to open up and blossom — it
represents rebirth, freshness and a peaceful, new environment.” Wadhwa and her sister, Indu Kaur, took over the club in 2014. “We’re looking towards the light at the end of the tunnel,” Kaur said. “Two years ago, we thought we were done, but now we’re excited to bring our gem back to Suffolk County.” The rebirth of The Meadow Club began after Kaur got the call her venue was a blaze in the early morning of July of 2018. Since then, she and her team had been working hard to get the property back in shape. “This is our legacy,’ Wadhwa said. “We want to leave this behind to our kids.” But because the venue was so old MEADOW CLUB CONTINUED ON A12
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date. He said he would like to see the school district go ahead with these plans. “My position really hasn’t changed,” he said. “When we come up with a date, we look at the data immediately preceding that date to see if it’s safe. If we don’t think it’s safe, we’re not going to go ahead with it. What I worry about though, if we do decide on a date, if nothing changes from where it is currently … are we then going to push the pause button again and again and again? If you’re not secure in sending your kids in now, I don’t think possibly you’re ever going to be secure in bringing in your kids.”
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Continued from A8 the mother said. “He tried to help everybody he could, he would drop everything and help a woman with bundles in the rain. On the whole everybody cared a great deal for him.” Linda Stever, who worked for Drew at Back to Basics for several years, said the owner was inherently trusting of his customers and community. She wrote in a post to Tyler’s obituary that from the first day she worked for him, the man simply trusted people. “I lived in Rocky Point for years, but I never felt such a sense of community until I worked with Drew at Back to Basics,” Stever wrote.
Board vice president, Tracy Zamek, said the toll of keeping kids in this current model is doing harm. “Our kids are not doing well, in my opinion,” she said. “If the school is ready and the numbers are OK, then we need to get the kids back in.” Assistant superintendent, Christine Austen, said the schools’ social workers are working on reports for how students are currently doing. Schmettan said other districts in the area have set dates and then pushed back those dates, and they could do the same thing. “The really difficult part, we can set that date for whatever the date may be but infection rates, closures — things are going to change,” she said. “Regardless of whatever benchmark or milestone we shoot for, there is a possibility it is diverted.” “He was my boss, but I considered him and his wife Lee to be my friends as well. I’m thankful for knowing him.” Tyler was well known in Shoreham village, especially as a man who was competitive on the tennis courts. Frei said he loved the “mechanics of moving,” of having motions done with expert grace. Family friend Laura Baisch wrote in a tribute to Drew that he was known for his “quiet laugh and look of complete satisfaction when he hit the perfect shot.” Frei said he was in the village doubles finals one year, and residents would come to watch because he was so much fun on the courts. “His perspiration would make a heart-like mark on his shirt, and the crowd would chant, ‘I heart Drew,’” she said.
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and outdated, the process took longer than they initially thought. Kaur and Wadhwa had to redo the roof as well as add new air conditioners, sprinkler systems, floors and bathrooms. The permits prior to renovation were also outdated. “We thought of everything,” Wadhwa said. “Everything we had issues with inside the old building, we fixed.” Which worked in their favor. Although they didn’t disclose when the grand opening date is, construction is almost done and they’re starting to book weddings for 2021 and 2022. “Everything is literally brand new,” Wadhwa said. “We build the new COVID guidelines into our construction.” When one walks through the front door of the new Meadow Club, they are greeted with white walls and marble floors. Several crystal chandeliers hang from the ceilings in each room and the staircase, which was formerly to the right-hand side, now expands on the left. A waterfall is located at the bottom of the stairs, and a live-moss wall sits above it. They added handicap accessible restrooms to the space, redoing everything. There are other changes, as well, including COVID-friendly additions the family made to their venue. Each of the three ballrooms now has their own exits and there is a new outdoor
patio full of flowers and evergreens. Owners also installed sanitation stations throughout the property and have planned for sanitizing after each and every event. “We don’t want anyone to get sick,” Kaur said. “And we don’t want them to feel unsafe.” As for the food, they are changing up the menu. They are adding a new chef who specializes in fine Italian cuisine, but also offer Pakistani and Indian food. They also made their kitchen completely Kosher. “We’re the only catering hall that offers Halal, Pakistani, Italian and Indian,” Wadhwa said. Although for now weddings must be at the 50-person limit, with no mingling, dancing or cocktail hour, the family said they are excited to bring this whole new space to couples walking down the aisle next year and beyond. A family-owned business, they want their brides to feel special. “We’re accommodating and flexible,” Kaur said. “We personalize to each brides’ different needs.” “I wait for the gasp,” Wadhwa added about the current tours they’re offering. “And I love seeing the look on their faces. The venue is brand new, clean and safe. It’ll be every brides’ dream come true.” Completely redone by Ronkonkomabased BELFOR Property Restoration, Project Manager Scott Sommerville said redoing the venue has been a journey. “It’s been the most wonderful transition from old to new,” he said. “We resurrected it.”
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Obituaries Celerina “Rina” Cristy
Celerina Maureen Miguel Cristy, age 53, died April 15 this year of respiratory heart failure resulting from infection by COVID-19. She died at Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island. Friends called her Rina. Rina, who grew up in Port Jefferson Station, had a career that intersected with national events in politics and developing the economy, particularly by enhancing global financial security after the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Rina and her husband of 23 years, Sam Cristy, were parenting two teenage children at the time of her death. The Cristys have lived in Staten Island since 2004. Rina had lived or worked in Port Jefferson Station, Boston, metro Washington, D.C., Manhattan and Jersey City. Born in November 1966 in Chicago, Rina was the first of her family born in the U.S. Her parents, Art and Gloria Miguel, immigrated from the Philippines, then met and married in America. Art was an engineer in aviation, and Gloria was a nurse. The Miguels moved to Port Jefferson Station, where they still live. Rina is a Comsewogue High School alumna. She attended Emerson College in Boston, graduating in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science in speech communications, advertising, and public relations. In 2000, she received her Master of Business Administration degree in computer information systems from Hofstra University, where she earned the prestigious
Hofstra University MBA Fellowship. Rina served the Honorable U.S. Rep. George Hochbrueckner (1-NY), Eastern Long Island, administering finance and fundraising in his congressional campaigns. She joined the congressional staff and quickly advanced to senior legislative aide. Reflecting on Rina’s accomplishments, Hochbrueckner commented, “Rina’s diligent activities aided in the funding of the initial as well as the ongoing dredging of Shinnecock Inlet, thus preventing the loss of lives of the local commercial fishermen. She also assisted in the designation of Peconic Bay as a new member of the National Estuary Program, providing special environmental funding to this day.” Her collaboration also secured federal funds for Lyme disease mitigation and education. Rina also helped facilitate the legislative steps that converted the federal aviation site to ownership by the Town of Riverhead. She also worked with the Defenders of Wildlife conservation society. Starting in 2004, Rina developed her specialty as an executive in retail and wholesale banks developing data, personnel, and operations systems for transaction security and compliance with regulations and best practices. She would work for several banking corporations in Manhattan. Rina was a devoted member of Brighton Heights Reformed Church in St. George. She joined the denomination as a longtime member of the Reformed Church of America at Stony Brook, previously known as Christ Community Church. When Rina contracted COVID, the disease was daily killing 2,000 in the U.S., 8,000 people worldwide. To her family, she endures in death as a true a love and steadfast guide. Quarantined, short of breath, and resolute, she typed her gratitude to the world: “Be kind to each other.” Rina is survived by her husband, Sam; their
children, Alex and Amelia, of Staten Island; parents, Art and Gloria Miguel; brother Arturo Miguel, his wife Kim, and nephew Gabriel; and brother Fernando Miguel, his wife Kim, and nephews Colin, Elias, and Reece. A family memorial service will be recorded and broadcast on YouTube at 3p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21. Matthew Funeral Home, Staten Island, arranged the cremation. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to ameliorate effects of the pandemic. The funeral home and Rina’s Facebook page will post updates about observances, including congregational observances in future months at Brighton Heights Reformed Church, Staten Island. To view the memorial and for more on Rina’s life, visit tbrnewsmedia.com/category/obituaries/
Frederick Hoffmann III
Frederick Conrad Hoffmann III, of Port Jefferson Station, passed away Nov. 6 peacefully surrounded by his loving family. He was 84. Fred was born in Jamaica, NY on Feb. 1, 1936 to Frederick Conrad Jr. and Clara (Borden) Hoffmann. He graduated from Andrew Jackson High School in 1953, from Adelphi University in 1962, and earned a Master’s in Administration at Stony Brook University In 1977. Fred was the captain of his high school and college track teams. Fred was a veteran of the Army National Guard from 1959 to 1964. He married the former Diane Kuhn in 1960 and was married for 60 wonderful years. Fred had a rewarding 26-year
career as a physical education teacher and coach at Comsewogue High School, where he retired in 1991. Fred thoroughly enjoyed teaching and coaching many sports over the years, including track, winter track, cross country, soccer, golf and bowling. Throughout his life, Fred enjoyed traveling the country with his wife. His hobbies included fishing, golfing, bowling, cooking, watching sports, Jeopardy, politics, singing, giving nicknames and spending time with his children and grandchildren. Fred was known for his vast knowledge of many subjects, especially sports and sports statistics, much like a sports encyclopedia. Fred touched many lives with his wise advice, was known for his quick wit and sense of humor, and brought joy to all who met him. Fred is survived by his loving wife, Diane, of 60 years. They were a wonderful example of what love is, often saying the secret to their long marriage was making each other laugh. Fred is survived by his siblings, Maland Hoffmann and his wife Barbara Ellen Weinkauf and her husband Steven and Garry Hoffmann and his wife Lynn; and numerous nieces and nephews. Fred and Diane had four children which he is survived by, including Frederick Conrad Hoffmann IV and his wife Lynda, and their children, Frederick Conrad V and his wife Kristie, Douglas and his wife Samantha, Logan, Trystan, and Brandon, of Port Jefferson, Matthew Hoffmann, of Royalton, VT and son Quinn, of Jacksonville, Fla; Peter Hoffmann, of Port Jefferson Station and Christine (Hoffmann) Joy and her husband David, and their children, Ellen, Amy, and Nicholas, of Buckeystown, MD. Fred adored his grandchildren, and all nine will miss their loving grandpa. Fred was recently blessed with a great grandson, Steele Thomas, and was able to meet him earlier this month.
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Editorial Letters to the Editor Is Thanksgiving Canceled? Finding Solutions for Making Voting Better There’s no good way to put this. We know in a year of hardship so many of us crave the companionship and familial connection of a traditional Thanksgiving, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s something we simply can’t have this year. Yes, we fought through the worst of the virus in New York, but cases are rising again all over the country. Suffolk stands as a positive test rate of 3.4% as at Nov. 17. Just a few weeks ago we were bragging about how well we were doing at 1%. Experts have repeatedly said we will enter a second wave of the virus as the weather cools and more people spend time indoors, where the virus can spread more easily. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced new limits on several businesses and gatherings. Bars, restaurants and gyms are mandated to close by 10 p.m. for everything barring takeouts. The state also limited in-person gatherings to 10 people, though it excludes households with residents already numbering 10 or more. Some have questioned the point of the latter restriction, especially whether the state even has the ability to restrict the number of people in a family home. Though there are residents who have reported large gatherings in backyards, the order should be taken more as a notice and reminder. It’s easy to guess just how quickly COVID-19 spreads when there are 20 or more people sitting shoulder to shoulder shoveling Thanksgiving delights into maskless mouths. We only have to look at recent superspreader events to know just how dangerous maskless gatherings can be. A Sweet 16 event at the Miller Place Inn in September caused 37 people to come down with the virus, some of whom weren’t even at the event, while a reported 270 were required to quarantine. Local officials have already cited Halloween parties for an increase in positive cases. One can only think holidays like Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year will do even more harm if we don’t take the initiative now. With that said, there are still many local businesses who depend on Thanksgiving sales, whether it’s the local butcher or bakery. We ask people to still patronize your neighboring establishments even if you might not need as much this year as previous. I mean, don’t we all look forward to Thanksgiving leftover sandwiches? But likely more people are concerned about not seeing their family sitting around the table as they do every year. There’s no way around it, no, you shouldn’t. Keeping it to household members only will be hard, but there are ways to talk to friends and family through video and phone. We know some people in our office will offer toasts over Zoom and other facilities. And we know that we will be toasting the many people who work and continue to work, making sure people are safe during an unprecedented time. We also need to thank the many volunteers providing food for the needy during an especially difficult time, and hope all those hungry people find some meal and companionship this holiday. So, combined with people still traveling home for Thanksgiving, with more visitors likely to come from out of state, we are left with few good options. Some people say something to the effect that “we can’t let the virus control our lives.” We would counter that thought with the following: If every single one of us having a smaller Thanksgiving for one year saves even just one life, then it would have been worth it. Is Thanksgiving canceled? Maybe a traditional one is, but the spirit of the holiday certainly won’t be, not if our goal is to keep those around us safe and healthy.
I am an 88-year-old citizen of Suffolk County who thinks we can make things better. Your editorial of Nov. 12 [“Voting for Better”] advocated for making voting more accessible and easier, especially given the large number of engaged voters and current challenges of outdated voting practices. Solutions will require all of us, including government officials, to bring our thinking into the 21st century. But solutions are possible. I would like to share one practical change that could be implemented prior to the next election cycle. Ballots can safely and securely be mailed to all registered voters prior to the election. Other states successfully mail ballots and official government documents such as from social security are safely mailed all the time. Ballots can then be returned in three ways — by mail, at a polling location, or via a
protected drop-box. As seen this year, the slowing of postal delivery and the dearth of polling places made the first two options difficult for many. To address this, I am suggesting that the Suffolk County Board of Elections install drop boxes at a secure building located in every Suffolk community — the local fire department. Fire district buildings are secure and often monitored by video. They are conveniently located. A community fire station drop-box would mean that each ballot would be handled only by the voter, the vetted board of elections representative picking up and delivering the ballot, and the person responsible for receiving and entering the ballot data. If this proposal were to be implemented the following would have to happen: • All Suffolk fire districts (which are taxpayer funded) would agree to provide
a secure area for the drop-box in their station, accessible during determined voting days and hours. • The Suffolk County Board of Elections would supply and install the secure drop-boxes. • The Suffolk County Board of Elections would provide vetted personnel to pick up the ballots from the drop-boxes and deliver them securely to election headquarters. This proposed revision should improve the voting system by providing safe mailed ballots and easy return of ballots, relieving the burdens on the post office and most importantly, avoiding long lines at polling places. I have served as a firefighter in my local fire district for over 50 years, and I know that with forward thinking we can make this happen. Al Kopcienski Mount Sinai
Time to Address Brookhaven’s Unrealized Potential As we conclude the election of 2020, it is time to take stock of where we are as a community, and where we should be headed. While absentee ballots are counted, it is not too early to turn our eyes to where we live, assess the community’s needs and chart a plan forward that addresses Brookhaven’s challenges, including the Village of Port Jefferson. Brookhaven has a solid waste crisis. It is decades in the making and has been borne by the communities of color that live in close proximity to the landfill. North Bellport has the lowest life expectancy on Long Island at 73.2 years according to estimates for census tracts, and lower property values than the surrounding neighborhoods. With the landfill set to close in 2024, it is past time to pursue innovative 21st-century solutions to our waste crisis and go the route of environmentally conscious, zerowaste solutions. Burning garbage is not the future. We must move in the direction of robust, innovative recycling and waste
reduction programs. Affordable housing is almost nonexistent in Brookhaven, leaving our young people without options. We must address and change this. Rather than reward corporate donors and wealthy developers with land-use contracts that do not address the needs of the community, we must keep our young people, our future, here with affordable housing. We must prioritize safety as well, so they are not living in dangerous, overcrowded and illegal rentals. We must create a path to commerce that bridges Stony Brook University to the surrounding community. Creating a “main street” that entices students to come into our town is good business and economic development. In Port Jefferson Station, we need to address the blight and create a mixed-use plan that brings affordable housing and commerce to the area. And, we must address the many empty storefronts in Port Jefferson and work with the village to encourage
businesses to make their homes on our picturesque waterfront. Our roads are in deep disrepair. Too many of our streets are filled with potholes. We need a comprehensive infrastructure plan that repairs our roads and makes them sustainable for years to come. To accomplish these goals, we need fundamental change to how town government works. We need consistent communication, transparency and our elected officials to connect with us rather than with their wealthy donors. Our interests have been sidelined for far too long, and it’s time for change. With our federal and state elections concluded, it is time to address the mismanagement of our town. We are an area of unrealized potential, and with all stakeholders coming to the table, we can make Brookhaven sustain our families into the future. Shoshana Hershkowitz South Setauket
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Opinion
Hoping Next Year We Can Go from Coming Apart to Coming Together
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re we coming apart together, coming together apart or just coming apart? The first in that list, coming apart together, gives us a chance to feel connected to others. By coming apart together, we are acknowledging the challenging year we’ve had and continue to have. Without offering specific solutions, it helps to know we’re not alone and that, perhaps, through the together part, D. None we can manage of the above through conditions that are far from BY DANIEL DUNAIEF optimal, including the separation we feel from so many people we need in our lives.
Now, if we’re coming together apart, we are focusing on the fact that we can be, and are, together first, before we also admit that we may be hundreds or even thousands of miles away from people whose hugs, smiles and laughter fill the rooms we share. Zoom, FaceTime and other modern conveniences make it possible for us to see each other’s faces, even though the image of the other person can feel flat compared to the reality of sharing time and space. The third of those possibilities, just plain coming apart, enables us to throw up our arms and acknowledge the reality of our world. Many children are home most, or all, the time. Parents are still working through Zoom, looking at small squares of people on computer screens for way too many hours during the day. The sameness of each day can become tedious and wear on our nerves, especially during this time when we’d typically plan for family visits. And, of course, without passing any specific judgment, the hot button election continues
to drive wedges among families, friends and neighbors, who can’t imagine how the other side fails to see the obvious realities their favorite anchors or faux news and commentary shows echo each day. It’s agonizing to see how the differences between camps have become a defining feature and have stirred a sense of frustration and antipathy for the other camp. Where are the adults in the room? For so long, the country brought together people from different backgrounds, uniting us under the umbrella of an American Dream that was available to anyone who worked hard enough for it. Our sports-crazed culture believed in the winners they cheered for and used their teams as an inspiration to get ahead, to put more into their craft and to try to win the battle for original ideas. Even fans of hated rivals acknowledged the skills and remarkable games they witnessed from their rivals during heated playoff series. I always rooted against Red Sox
great Carl Yastrzemski, but I also recognized his incredible talent. Will a vaccine enable us to come together, together? I hope so. Next year at this time, if we have returned to some level of normalcy that allowed us to visit with our friends, to celebrate weddings, graduations, birthdays, and newborns, we will have the structural opportunities to spend time indoors, even in crowded rooms, and support each other. Between now and then, ideally we’d plant the seeds that enable us to move forward together. We are not an archipelago nation, separated from each other by the ideological, religious or other labels. We do best when we play to the strengths of a workforce dedicated to getting ahead, to providing for our children and to helping the country even as we help ourselves. While many of us are physically apart, we can try to reach out to family, friends, and neighbors, even if their ideas temporarily baffle us. We can come together if we are there for each other and if we listen to views outside our own.
Will We Be Able to Brag That We Lived Through These Bizarre Times?
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razy time.” That was the message a friend in California texted me yesterday. And she certainly summed up perfectly these days of our lives. Let us together count the ways we have gone off the rails. For starters, can you imagine a time when you had to decline a visit from your children at Thanksgiving Between in order to ensure you and me your health and theirs? BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF I suspect the same for you; gathering around the table at Thanksgiving and appreciating our lives with our family and close friends has been a tradition for us as long as I can remember. After my children married and joined their wives’ families with ours, we have even traded off
other holidays for Thanksgiving at our home every year. I guess we can include thanks this time for and via Zoom. Could you imagine a political stalemate over the election at the presidential level like the one playing out in the courts in different states across the country? Yes, the 2000 vote was a handwringer, but it pales in drama when compared with this election. Back then, the decision hung on 537 votes. This time, with vital information withheld and with a pandemic raging, more is at stake than the outcome of the election. We are vulnerable to attack as a nation. And as for that pandemic, as direly predicted this past spring, it is rearing its ugly head now that the weather has cooled and we are living more indoors and closer together. We have learned some things since the affliction started. Masks make a difference in protecting others and also ourselves from the spread of the virus. Fresh air, social distancing and hand washing continue to be vital. HEPA filters are powerful allies. And broad scale testing, followed by tracing, matter. Still, people are hospitalized, emergency rooms and ICU beds fill up and even some patients die, as we wait to be rescued by
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science. Incredible progress has been made developing a vaccine, and by more than one laboratory, but distribution to and acceptance by the general public of the vaccines will not happen during this imminent winter. Weather has also been a villain. Violent storms and hurricanes, the ferocity of which has been unleashed, we are told, by climate change, have disrupted life for many in the United States and across the globe, even in the midst of desperate efforts to fight the pandemic. And further complicating rescue are the unprecedented fires burning in California and the far west. Then throw in assorted mudslides and tornados for good measure. Tragic! The economy continues to worsen for many as it excels for the few businesses that benefit from the consequences of the virus. Restaurants, hotels, travel, transportation, formal entertainment, cultural events, retail, health care, child care, education — all have suffered huge financial blows. And the effects are not, curiously, shared equally among men and women. Most of the jobs in those industries are filled by women, who now have no jobs because of shutdowns, or have
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jobs they cannot get to because of child care responsibilities. This one issue is being viewed as a significant setback for women in the workplace, and for society as a whole, for years to come. Meanwhile construction, renovation, manufacturing and high tech, that makes Zoom and countless other products now deemed a necessity possible, are mushrooming. The tenor of watershed events in people’s lives is tarnished. Weddings, graduations, significant and not-so-significant birthday parties, reunions, baptisms, funerals — all are put on hold or otherwise unwillingly altered in timing and attendance. Even an entitlement as innocent as looking forward to a thrilling freshman year in college has now morphed into a two-dimensional, remote experience. And returning college students are considered risks for households and communities. There is no point in complaining. It will not alter this bizarre year and the troubles it has brought. The one thought I could offer my friend on a return text: “we will be able to say, as we someday will tell the tale, that we lived through it.”
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