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Supervisor Ed Smyth (R) is inviting all students, grades 4-12, in the Town of Huntington, to enter the Huntington Youth Bureau Project Excel-sponsored “Huntington Youth Writes” contest. “We have some incredibly creative students across the Town of Huntington,” Smyth said. “This is a unique opportunity for these talented young writers to get published for the first time.” The Town of Huntington Youth Bureau’s Youth Development Research Institute, through Project Excel, is sponsoring “Huntington Youth Writes” for its 23rd annual writing contest for students in grades 4-12 who attend school and/or reside in the Town of Huntington.

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Obituary

Clark Gillies, Greenlawn resident, former New York Islander, dies at 67

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Clark Gillies, a former member of the New York Islanders, died Jan. 21 at the age of 67. The Greenlawn resident played left wing for the Islanders when they won four consecutive Stanley Cup championships from 1980-83. Members of Huntington’s Town Board, Supervisor Ed Smyth and councilmembers Eugene Cook, Joan Cergol, Dave Bennardo and Sal Ferro remembered the hockey player in a joint statement where they called him “a pillar of our community” and said he had a “larger-than-life personality.” “His ice hockey career is legendary, eclipsed only by the great work he did after he hung up his skates,” the board wrote. “Clark always ensured that the spotlight reflected off of him onto a variety of worthy causes, including a new pediatric wing at Huntington Hospital.”

The hockey player founded the Hauppaugebased Clark Gillies Foundation. The nonprofit helps children who are physically, developmentally or financially challenged through medical services, family financial aid, events to enhance a child’s quality of life and more, according to the foundation’s website. In addition to Huntington Hospital’s pediatric and pediatric emergency units named for Gillies, the foundation has also partnered with former Islander Pat LaFontaine’s organization to create the Brianna’s Cub Room at the hospital. Huntington Hospital executive director, Dr. Nick Fitterman, commented on Gillies passing. “On the ice, Clark Gillies was known as an enforcer, but to us at Huntington Hospital he was known for his friendship, generosity and work with children,” Fitterman said. “Mr. Gillies was an extremely kind and tender person, really a big teddy bear. He would deliver gifts to children during the holidays, and he treated everyone he met with respect. His legacy will live on through the Clark Gillies Pediatric Emergency Unit at Huntington Hospital. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time.” Kathleen Lanese, of Kings Park, and Elyse Henn, of Ronkonkoma, both worked on fundraisers with Gillies when he participated in the annual golf outings organized by the nonprofit Michael W. McCarthy Foundation. They also volunteered for the Clark Gillies Foundation in the past. Lanese said it was a privilege meeting Gillies after watching him play for the Islanders when she would attend games with her father and described the hockey player as warm, generous and funny. “In addition to his incredible work with his

In June 2020, Clark Gillies, below and above in back row, thanked the Long Island Royal hockey team players for their donation to Huntington Hospital’s Clark Gillies pediatric emergency department team and pediatric unit team. Above photo from Huntington Hospital; below photo from 2016 by Alex Petroski

own foundation, he never hesitated to extend his generosity to other organizations,” Lanese said. “He supported all my charity events with sponsorships, signed jerseys and his presence — he never said no, and I usually didn’t even have to ask. He took a genuine interest in my boys, both on the autism spectrum, and how autism affected families like ours.” Henn echoed the sentiments. “He had enough smiles, love and stories for everyone,” Henn said. “He had a true love of life and his community. If you met him once, he treated you like a friend. He was truly one of a kind. Not just a hockey legend, but a true gentleman and friend. He will be truly missed. He had a zest for life that is inspiring.” Before playing hockey, Gillies played three seasons of minor-league baseball with the Houston

Astros farm team, according to the foundation’s website. When the Canadian native switched sports, he played junior hockey with the Regina Pats for three seasons in the Western Hockey League. He was drafted to the Islanders in 1974. He went on to be a 1st team All-Star in 1978 and 1979. He was MVP in the 1979 Challenge Cup series versus the Soviets, where he played for the Canadian team. In 1986, Gillies was drafted to the Buffalo Sabres and in 1988 he retired from hockey. He was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame in 1998, and in 2002 he was elected into the NHL Hall of Fame. According to Gillies’ obituary in The New York Times, he is survived by his wife, Pam; daughters Brianna Bourne, Jocelyn Schwarz and Brooke Kapetanakos; and eight grandchildren.

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LEGALS Notice of formation of Humble Healer LLC. Arts of Org. Filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 26, 2021. 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 Rasmussen Place, Melville, NY 11747. Purpose. Any lawful purpose. 6306 1/13 6x thn

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK INDEX NO. 610697/2017 COUNTY OF SUFFOLK _______________________________________________ CIT BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. MARGARET WITTIG A/K/A MARGARET MCCULLOUGH AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MARY A. M C C U L LO U G H ; PA M E L A HUGHES AS HEIR AND D I S T R I BU T E E OF THE ESTATE OF MARY A. MCCULLO U G H ; HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF MARY A. MCCULLOUGH; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED S TAT E S OF AMERICA; SYNCHRONY BANK F/K/A GE CAPITAL RETAIL BANK F/K/A GE MONEY BANK; HILAIRE FARM SKILLED LIVING & REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC A/K/A HILLAIRE FARM SKILLED LIVING REHAB D/B/A HILLAIRE REHAB & NURSING, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. Plaintiff designates SUFFOLK as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS

To Place A Legal Notice Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com Mortgaged Premises: 14 ASHLAND DRIVE, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743 District: 0400, Section: 103.00, Block: 02.00, Lot: 020.000 ___________________________ To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $347,704.00 and interest, recorded on March 15, 2006, in Liber M00021255 at Page 380, of the Public Records of SUFFOLK County, New York., covering premises known as 14 ASHLAND DRIVE, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. SUFFOLK County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME

If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: June 7th , 2021 Westbury, NY ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff William Knox, Esq. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 6316 1/6 4x thn

Notice of formation of D Four Solutions LLC filed with the Secretary State of New York (SSNY) on 12/22/2021. 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: PO Box 14, Commack, NY, 11725 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose. 6402 1/13 6x thn

NOTICE OF FORMATION: EMJAYCO, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 1/3/2022. Office loc.: SUFFOLK COUNTY. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to LLC c/o LAW OFFICES OF JAMES P. CLARK, 256 MAIN ST., #202, NORTHPORT, NY

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Madisen Belle LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 1/04/22. Office: Suffolk County. Registered Agent Inc. designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to Registered Agents Inc. at 4 Dryden Way, Commack, NY 11725. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6480 1/27 6x thn

judgment is $423,277.63 plus interest and costs. FRIEDMAN VARTOLO LLP 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. 6497 1/27 4x thn

Notice of formation of Matt Savoca LLC, Articles of Organization filed with SSNY 01/19/2022. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to agent for service of process, Matt Savoca, 5 Ocean Ave Northport, NY. 6619 1/27 6x thn

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC AUCTION Supreme Court of New York, SUFFOLK County. THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED P A S S - T H R O U G H C E R T I F I C AT E S SERIES 2005-RS9,Plaintiff, -againstDIANE MAROTTI; THEODORE MAROTTI A/K/A THEODORE P. MAROTTI; NEW YORK STATE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; CLERK OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY TRAFFIC & PARKING VIOLATIONS A G E N C Y, Index No. 611890/2018. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated February 20, 2020 and entered with the Suffolk County Clerk on February 26, 2020, Donna Bogursky-Loturco, Esq. the Appointed Referee, will sell the premises known as 35 Ormond Street, Dix Hills, New York 11746 at public auction at Huntington Town Hall, 100 Main Street, Huntington, New Yo r k 11743, on February 28, 2022 at 4:00 P.M. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Huntington, County of Suffolk and State of New York known as District: 0400 Section: 278.00; Block: 02.00; Lot: 125.000 & 126.000 will be sold subject to the provisions of filed Judgment, Index No. 611890/2018. The approximate amount of

At an IAS, Part 33 Supreme Court, held in and for the County of Queens, at the Courthouse located at One Court Street, Riverhead, New York 11901, on the 19th day of January, 2022. PRESENT: HON. KATHY G. BERGMANN ------------------------------------------------------------------X Index No. 600904/2022 MARJORIE ILLUM, Petitioner, -againstCENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE, representing any unknown successors in interest to CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., Respondents. ------------------------------------------------------------------X ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Upon reading and filing the annexed Petition of MARJORIE ILLUM verified the 13th day of January, 2022, and Petitioner having duly moved for an ex parte order pursuant to CPLR Sections 315 and 316 for leave to serve the Petition in this action on Respondents, CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE representing any unknown successors in interest to CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., upon the grounds that, after diligent search, they cannot be located, the affirmation of MICHAEL G. LEAVY, ESQ.,

attorney for Petitioner, together with Exhibits, and it appearing that Respondents CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE representing any unknown successors in interest to CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., cannot be located after diligent search; AND IT APPEARING to the satisfaction of the Court that Respondents CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE representing any unknown successors in interest to CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., cannot be located after diligent search; LET Respondents, CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE representing any unknown successors in interest to CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., and the Clerk of Suffolk County, SHOW CAUSE before this Court at the IAS Part 6, to be held at the Courthouse, One Court Street, Riverhead, New York on the 29th day of March, 2022 at 11:30 am in the forenoon of that day or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard why an order should not be made by this Court canceling and discharging the mortgage made by MARJORIE ILLUM in the sum of $54,300.00 dated June 30, 1987 and recorded in the office of the Suffolk County Clerk on the 30th day of July, 1987 in Liber13153, Page 267 of Mortgages; and directing the Suffolk County Clerk, in whose office the said mortgage has been recorded, to mark the same upon his records as canceled and discharged, and further ordering and directing that the debts or obligations secured by said Mortgage be canceled; NOW, on motion of Michael G. Leavy, Esq, attorney for Petitioner, it is hereby ORDERED that, pursuant to CPLR 316(a), the Petition in this action shall be served on Respondents CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE representing any unknown successors in interest to CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC.,, by publishing the same together with a

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Health

After intense wave, omicron infections decline in Suffolk County

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Phew! The dramatic and steep rise in positive infections caused by the ubiquitous omicron mutant of the original COVID-19 strain is declining almost as rapidly as it climbed. As of Tuesday, Jan. 25, the seven-day average for the percentage of people who tested positive for COVID in Suffolk County stood at 12%, which is well below the 25.9% for the same seven-day average who tested positive just two weeks earlier, according to figures from the New York State Department of Health. Those numbers, which have been declining on a daily basis, are likely to fall even further, experts said. “The omicron wave appears to have crested in Suffolk County and New York State, but not in other parts of the country,” Dr. Gregson Pigott, commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, wrote in an email. Public health officials attribute the welcome decline to several factors, including the increasing use of boosters, the adherence to mask guidelines and the reduction in travel and group gatherings. “The numbers will decline slowly and steadily from the teens to single digits,” said Dr. Sunil Dhuper, chief medical officer at Port Jefferson’s St. Charles Hospital. Sean Clouston, associate professor in the Program in Public Health and the Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, added in an email that the “decline appears real and the timing suggest that the holiday period was, again, the main driving factor in the higher rates. We are likely on the other side of this wave.” The omicron variant, which has involved milder symptoms for many of those infected, has also resulted in fewer hospitalizations. The increase in hospitalizations is “not proportionate to the rise in cases” Pigott explained. “Our hospitals were overwhelmed when SARS-CoV-2 first hit our area [in 2020]. That has not been the case for the delta wave or the omicron wave.” Indeed, the increase in the percentage of people who are vaccinated and boosted has helped reduce the need for emergency medical services at hospitals. Among fully vaccinated people in the state of New York, 0.23% of the population 12 and over has been hospitalized, according to the New York State Department of Health. That trend also holds true in Suffolk County area hospitals, public health officials said.

Chart shows COVID-19 hospitalizations during the three waves. Image from the New York State Department of Health website

“We are seeing significantly reduced number of adults admitted with COVID who have had vaccines and especially those who had vaccines plus boosters,” Dr. Sharon Nachman, chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, explained in an email. “We suspect that the booster augments your initial immune response, lasting at least six months.” While vaccines and boosters help prevent hospitalizations, they do not ward off all potential upper respiratory infections, Nachman added. Getting a primary series and a booster is “critical” to reducing the risk of more significant health effects from any potential infection. The age range of people who are hospitalized has decreased, particularly during the third wave. In the first exposure to the Wuhan strain, a majority of those who needed critical medical care were over 65, particularly before the vaccine was available. During the omicron wave, however, there is a “noticeable shift between the ages of 18 to 49,” Dhuper said. While the proportion of

people as a whole in this group may be lower, in part because people in this age range may not have as many underlying medical conditions, the total number hospitalized is still higher because of the broader spread of the virus. People in that younger age bracket are “the major shift,” Dhuper said. The infectiousness of omicron also created a strain on hospitals, as health care workers, even those who were asymptomatic or had minor symptoms, were testing positive. “We had never seen the number of staff members that were out during the first or second wave,” Dhuper said. Even though the number of people hospitalized wasn’t as high, the overall health care workers available to help care for the population “really stressed our system.” In the prior waves of the pandemic, the Catholic hospitals were able to do load balancing, in which they shifted patients to hospitals that had the bed space and health care workers. Toward the latter half of the omicron

wave, such maneuvers weren’t as easy to manage in part because of the staff shortages caused by positive tests. Discharging people earlier and using effective but limited supply monoclonal antibody treatments for eligible patients that reduce the severity of symptoms helped reduce the strain on the system, Dhuper added. In terms of protecting the population, Dhuper urged residents to consider the benefit of vaccines and boosters. “The majority of patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit are unvaccinated,” Dhuper said. The rate of people who were unvaccinated and hospitalized with COVID-19 in the week ending on Dec. 11, which was the highest figure for 2021, was 91.1 per 100,000 people in the population, compared with 4.1 per 100,000 among the vaccinated, according to the New York State Department of Health. “Those are amazing numbers in terms of the role of vaccines and how it’s protecting people from getting hospitalized and dying,” Dhuper said.

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The following incidents have been reported by the Suffolk County Police. Commack

■ A store manager at Ulta Beauty on Veterans Highway in Commack reported that three men allegedly stole 21 assorted perfumes including Gucci, Dior and Chanel on Jan. 21. The value of the merchandise was valued at $2000.

Farmingdale

■ Suffolk County Police Major Case Unit detectives are investigating a robbery that occurred at an East Farmingdale bank on Jan. 23. A man allegedly entered TD Bank, located at 90 Broadhollow Road, at approximately 12:35 p.m., jumped over the counter and demanded cash from a teller. The teller complied and the man fled the bank on foot. The man was described as Black, approximately 5 feet 11 inches to 6 feet tall, wearing dark clothing and a mask.

Greenlawn

■ First Presbyterian Church on Pulaski Road in Greenlawn reported that someone allegedly stole communion plates and cupholders valued at $75 on Jan. 21.

Huntington

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■ A catalytic converter was stolen from a 2007 Honda Accord parked in front of an apartment building on Dewey Street in Huntington on Jan. 18. ■ A man called the police on Jan. 17 to report that a catalytic converter was stolen from his 2007 Honda CRV on Fairmount Street in Huntington. The vehicle had been parked across the street from his apartment. ■ A resident on Highview Drive in Huntington Bay called police on Jan. 17 to report a 2019 White BMW valued at approximately $20,000 had been stolen.

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■ Ulta Beauty in the Huntington Shopping Center on Walt Whitman Road in Huntington Station reported that two people allegedly stole $2000 worth of fragrances on Jan. 22. ■ Sam Ash Music Stores on Old Whitman Road in Huntington Station reported a man allegedly stole a Taylor 214ce DLX guitar electric guitar valued at approximately $1600 on Dec. 30, 2021.

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Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate a man who allegedly stole a Daytona Rolex watch from Tourneau, located within the Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington Station, on Dec. 22 at 5:30 p.m. The watch is valued at approximately $39,000. ■ Macy’s at the Walt Whitman mall in Walt Whitman Road in Huntington Station reported a petit larceny on Jan. 21. A woman allegedly stole six men’s coats valued at approximately $700. ■ Sno-Haus Ski and Snowboard Shop on West Jericho Turnpike in Huntington Station reported that a man allegedly stole Fire +Ice ID ski jacket on Jan. 20. The jacket was valued at approximately $500.

Melville

A woman parked her vehicle in a lot on the North Service Road of the LIE in Melville on Jan. 21. When she returned the front passenger side window was found broken and her handbag had been stolen containing a wallet, license and credit cards. — COMPILED BY HEIDI SUTTON

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about these incidents can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-220-TIPS.

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 41 notice by a brief statement of the relief sought by this action and a legal description of the subject property in the THE LONG ISLANDER and THE TIMES OF NORTHPORT, such newspapers being in the County in which such property is located and being most likely to give notice to said Respondents, once in each of four successive weeks, the first such publication to be made within thirty (30) days after the granting of this Order, and on or before the day of the first publication that the Order To Show Cause, Petition; and it is further ORDERED that proof of service shall be filed with the Clerk within sixty (60) days from the date of this Order, and it is further ORDERED, that service of a copy of this Order, together with the Petition upon which the same is based, be made upon the Suffolk County Clerk on or before the 1st day of March, 2022 by personal service, and said service upon all the foregoing shall be deemed good and sufficient service thereof. E N T E R __________________________ HON. KATHY G. BERMANN J.S.C. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK ------------------------------------------------------------------X Index No. 600904/2022 MARJORIE ILLUM, Petitioner, -againstCENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE, representing

To Place A Legal Notice Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com any unknown successors in interest to CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., Respondents. VERIFIED PETITION ------------------------------------------------------------------X To the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Suffolk: The Petition of MARJORIE ILLUM respectfully shows to this Court: 1. Petitioner MARJORIE ILLUM was at all times hereafter mentioned a resident of the State of New York County of Suffolk, but now resides in Southbury, Connecticut. 2. Respondent, CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. was, at all relevant times herein, upon information and belief, a banking corporation authorized to do business in the State of New York. 3. Respondent, CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. was, upon information and belief, dissolved in 1998. 4. Respondents, JOHN DOE and JANE DOE are named herein as co-respondents to represent any unknown successors in interest to Re s p o n d e n t , C E N T U RY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. 5. This action is brought pursuant to Article 19 of the RPAPL, to discharge an open mortgage of record affecting the real property described in the Petition. 6. MARJORIE ILLUM was, at all times relevant hereto, the owner of premises 235 Bellerose Avenue, East Northport, NY 11731, which property is designated on the Suffolk County Tax Map as Section 85, Block 2, Lot 40.001. Referred to herein as “the Subject Premises”. 7. Petitioner entered into a contract to sell the Subject Premises to Elizabeth A. LaPosta and James Aguirri on November 24, 2020. 8. The title report, run by

Intracoastal Abstract, Title number ORT-023090MWS, in connection with said sale revealed an open mortgage with defendant, CENTURY MORTGAGE CO., INC., in the amount of $54,300.00, which mortgage was dated June 30, 1987 and recorded in the office of the Suffolk County Clerk on July 30, 1987 in Liber 13153, Page 267 of Mortgages. A copy of the relevant mortgage page of the title report is annexed hereto as Exhibit “A”. 9. At the closing of title on the sale of the subject premises held on February 4, 2021, Intracoastal Abstract held the sum of $5,000 in order to clear the open mortgage referred to hereinabove. 10. Petitioner re-financed her mortgage with CHAMPION MORTGAGE CO., INC. on June 27, 1996 and with the proceeds from that re-finance, she paid in full the outstanding principal to CENTURY MORTGAGE CO., INC. at that time. See copy of Truth In Lending Disclosure dated June 27, 1996 from said re-finance closing annexed hereto as Exhibit “B”. However, no Satisfaction of Mortgage was ever recorded. Petitioner has been unable to obtain any paperwork from CHAMPION MORTGAGE CO., INC. as they, too, upon information and belief, are out of business. 11. It was only recently, after she entered into a Contract of Sale to sell the subject premises that Petitioner learned, by virtue of the title search, that the subject mortgage remains open of record. 12. Due to the extensive lapse of time, Petitioner has no records of the final payment of the mortgage. 13. Petitioner retained the services of FasTrax Title Clearing, which firm specializes in locating mortgage

companies or their successors in order to have mortgage satisfactions executed and recorded. After nearly 4 months of searching, FasTrax informed Petitioner’s counsel that they were unable to obtain a release of the mortgage due to the fact that “The original note holder, Century Mortgage Co., Inc. dissolved in 1998.” A copy of the letter from FasTrax dated May 21, 2021 is annexed hereto as Exhibit “C”. 14. Petitioner is unable to secure a satisfaction of mortgage due to the fact CENTURY MORTGAGE CO., INC. or its successor in interest, cannot be located. 15. No previous application for the relief prayed for herein has been made. An Order to Show Cause is requested for the reason that such an order is authorized and required under Section 1921 of the Real Proper ty Actions and Proceedings Law under which these proceedings are instituted. WHEREFORE, Pe t i t i on er prays for an Order to Show Cause why an Order should not be made by this Court: (a) Directing that service of the Petition and Order To Show Cause be made pursuant to CPLR 316(a) shall be made upon Respondents, CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE representing unknown successors in interest to CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC.; (b) cancelling and discharging the mortgage in favor of defendant CENTURY MORTGAGE CO., INC., its successors and assigns, in the amount of $54,300.00, which mortgage was dated June 30, 1987 and recorded in the office of the Suffolk County Clerk on July 30, 1987 in Liber 13153, Page 267 of Mortgages and directing the said Clerk of Suffolk County in whose

office the said mortgage has been recorded, to mark the same upon his records as cancelled ad discharged; and (c) for such other and further relief as to this Court is deemed proper and just. Dated: January 14, 2022 ___________________________ MICHAEL G. LEAVY, ESQ. Attorney for Petitioner LEAVY & COOGAN-LEAVY, PLLC 70 Main Street, Suite 301 Huntington, NY 11743 (631) 673-7555 mgl@leavylaw.com

VERIFICATION STATE OF NEW YORK) ss.: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK) MICHAEL G. LEAVY, ESQ., an attorney duly admitted to practice law in the Courts of the State of New York, affirms the following to be true under the penalties of perjury: 1. I am the attorney for the Pe t i t i o n e r, MARJORIE ILLUM.

Dated: Huntington, New York January 14, 2022 __________________________ MICHAEL G. LEAVY, ESQ. Description of Premises: 235 Bellerose Avenue, East Northport, NY 11731 All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the City and State of New York, listed on the County of Suffolk on the Suffolk County Tax Map as District 400; Section 085; Block 2.00; Lot 40.001. Brief Statement of the Relief Sought By this Action Petitioner seeks to discharge a mortgage in the amount of $54,300.00 given to Century Mortgage Company, Inc., dated June 30, 1987, which mortgage was recorded against premises 235 Bellerose Avenue, East Northport, NY in the office of the Suffolk County Clerk on July 30, 1987 in Liber 13153, Page 267 of Mortgages. 6620 1/27 4x thn

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Stay vigilant

The power to prevent cancer

When reading a police blotter — such as the one on page A6 — some people may be surprised at some of the incidents that occur in our towns and villages. Take, for example, cars being broken into and the purses and laptops that were on one of the seats being stolen. Or people going around checking to see if a car door is open and, if it is, going inside the vehicle to see if there is anything valuable. Sometimes these incidents even involve teenagers seeing if they can find some loose change in the cupholder. Police officers can’t be everywhere so the odds of one being nearby while someone is breaking a car window are next to impossible. And if someone is checking to see if a door is open, how are officers supposed to know if the vehicle belongs to the person or not? When they are called to the scene, think of all the more serious incidents they are being taken away from to fill out a report for one that could have been prevented. People who have grown up in a city know the golden rule, which is to lock doors, whether to a house or a car. It doesn’t matter if people are outside or inside their homes or vehicles. It can be as simple as that to reduce minor incidents in our communities. Also, valuables should never be left in plain sight in the car. If there is no choice, they should be put in the trunk, out of view. Of course, we live in an imperfect world and crimes are going to happen even when people are careful. TBR News Media has always encouraged neighborhood watches. In the early days of our media organization, The Village Times started the Neighborhood Watch in Suffolk County. Our editor at the time, Ann Fossan, was familiar with the Neighborhood Watch program from her home state of California. The program is easy enough to institute. Neighbors looking out their windows or walking down their driveways might spy an unfamiliar car or unknown person engaged in some inexplicable activity. They would then be encouraged by the police to call the nonemergency number of the local precinct and report it. The police do not feel they would be unnecessarily bothered; they welcome the cooperation of the public in order to do their jobs. To work together as a neighborhood, the residents need to know how to alert each other. That means inviting neighbors over to a block leader’s home for coffee and exchanging phone numbers. In this way, people get to know their neighbors and, if there is a problem, everyone is alerted. Each block needs a block captain. The result of our project was the alliance of 70 neighborhood groups which included 700 local families. At the time, teenage boys were going around checking to see if sliding patio doors on homes were open and, when they were, they would enter and commit theft. After establishing the Neighborhood Watch, the incidents decreased significantly. Retirees can be especially effective with their oversight of local houses and streets from their homes. Just the simple act of people being aware and mindful can make a difference. Frequently, discussions surround the fact that we need to show more support for law enforcement. This is one way to do that. Don’t aid and abet would-be criminals with careless behavior. Lock your doors and watch over your neighbors.

Some cancers can be prevented by staying up to date on cancer screenings and getting the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. February is National Cancer Prevention Month but being aware is not enough. We need to take action against cancer! Here are tips from the Stony Brook Cancer Center on how you can take action to prevent cancer: Schedule your screening: Screenings for cervical and skin cancer can find the cells that lead to cancer so that they can be removed before cancer grows. HPV causes nearly all cases of cervical cancer as well as five other cancers. The HPV vaccine prevents most of these cancers, including cervical cancer. Practice prevention: You can lower your risk for certain cancers through making healthy choices. These include not smoking, protecting your skin from ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun or tanning beds, keeping a healthy weight, and limiting alcohol. The Cancer Prevention in Action Program (CPiA) at Stony Brook Cancer Center works to lower cancer incidence rates in our community. CPiA educates health care providers, community organizations, parents, and young adults about the importance of the HPV vaccine. CPiA also works with businesses, schools, and other community partners to adopt sun safety policies to reduce exposure to cancercausing UV rays. If you would like more information about how to prevent cancer for yourself or your organization, call the CPiA Program at Stony Brook Cancer Center. We can provide education, strategies, and resources to help you put cancer prevention into action. To learn more about how the CPiA Program can help you take action against cancer, visit takeactionagainstcancer.com or contact us at 631-444-4263 COE@ stonybrookmedicine.edu. Annalea Trask Program Coordinator, Cancer Prevention in Action Program Stony Brook Cancer Center

A giant step backward

In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson [D] signed the Voting Rights Act, calling it “a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield.” Thirty Republican senators and 47 Democratic senators voted for it. I was a freshman at Suffolk County Community College and, like most Americans, we were proud that day that we were moving forward toward the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of an America with liberty

and justice for all. Last week, 52 senators “filibustered” the latest proposed voting law and, in effect, spit in the face of King’s dream. Their actions may ensure that millions of low wage, poor and homeless Americans will not be able to vote this year. If that happens, it will be a disgrace to the reputation of America as a democracy, or worse. In the same week, Oxfam America announced that the 10 richest men in the world have doubled their combined wealth to $1.5 trillion (yes, trillion) during the course of the pandemic. They also paid virtually no taxes on the vast majority of that amount while tens of thousands died, and the $7.25 national minimum wage has remained the same since 2009. And today, both the Republican Party and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce continue to oppose both voting rights laws and living wages for all. In my college days, long before video games, we sometimes played Monopoly for hours. Invariably, every game ended with only one person owning everything and everyone else bankrupt. It was funny then. But that was actually a demonstration of the unregulated, predatory capitalism that has metastasized in the U.S. and across the globe, and that some people want us to believe “made America great.” When the Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that “corporations are persons,” and “money is speech,” they gave license, and even encouragement for a morally corrupt version of capitalism to flourish. A few years ago, Pope John Paul II said that in a normal family the strong take care of the weak, and in a dysfunctional family the weak (the essential workers?) are expected to take care of the strong — until they break. If the love of money is the root of all evil, then that love is becoming an addiction for far too many of the wealthy and powerful in America. Our American family, all of us, deserve better. Tom Lyon Mount Sinai

Democracy’s threat

In the Jan. 13 issue of The New York Times an opinion piece by David Brooks details a number of ugly manifestations of the increasing divisiveness in our country. He lists the various indicators of this rush to anger and intolerance, but this frequent writer in the Opinion pages of the Times holds no opinion as to the whys and

wherefores of what he had so aptly detailed. I and many others do hold and express an opinion. Fox News and former President Donald Trump [R] did not create this anger, hatred and intolerance, but they have effectively nourished and fortified it. Trump has effectively utilized the playbook of using fear of “replacement“ to build support for authoritarian measures. The scapegoats used to drive fear into the hearts of much of the citizenry and encourage them to accept a fascist state were for Hitler in Germany the Jews, for Pinochet in Chile the communists and for Milošević in Serbia the Muslims. For Trump, it is the immigrants and brown-andBlack population of the country. How else to explain the dangerous state of affairs? The terrorists who attacked the U.S. Capitol were not defined by economic class and household status, urban or rural place of residence, or affiliation with extremist groups — although there certainly were many of those. This was basically a white, middle-class uprising, the first since the rapid growth of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. That conclusion is inescapably suggested by research reported by University of Chicago’s Robert A. Pape who examined the makeup of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists. He quotes The Atlantic’s Barton Gellman as follows: “Only one meaningful correlation emerged. All things being equal, insurgents were very much more likely to come from a county where the white share of the population was in decline. For every one-point drop in a county’s percentage of non-Hispanic whites from 2015 to 2019, the likelihood of an insurgent hailing from that county increased by 25%. This was a strong link and has held up in every state.” It is critical to understand that the surge in the violent divisions in this country is not a spontaneous evolutionary event. Rather it is a movement calculatingly and systematically spurred and encouraged by Trump and his acolytes. We must help each other to be informed and to respond to the ongoing threat to our democracy. We must demand truthful information from the press and online. As Thomas Jefferson wrote, “A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite for democracy.” And we must speak out. Let’s give peace and love some breathing room. John C. Robinson, M.D. Setauket

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Opinion As useful as a sprinkler in a thunderstorm and other new phrases

ven when I’m squinting through a deluge that floods my front windshield, I can see sprinklers on timers, throwing water on lawns drenched with rain. That image captures the sometimes feckless nature of the routine and periodic token efforts we engage in and that reflect our modern reality. To that end, I thought I’d share similar similes and phrases to capture the moment. Like a pencil on an airplane. Sure, D. None pencils are helpful of the above when doing crossword BY DANIEL DUNAIEF puzzles. On a plane on the way to another country, though, pencils serve no purpose in filling out the necessary paperwork to enter

customs. When my family travels, I pack black and blue pens in my carry-on bag. Like a mask worn around the chin. Exhausted from wearing masks, people have dropped these potentially protective pieces of equipment to their chins, even after they are done eating or drinking. These masks, while visible, are only effective at hiding double chins. Like a concerned automated voice on a customer service line. I have been on far too many calls where it’s clear the company has no interest in allowing me to speak to an actual person. After pushing 18 buttons and waiting through music that makes Kenny G sound like a symphony, a sickly sweet voice tells me how important my call is to “us,” which sounds suspiciously like a corporate version of a dystopian leadership. If my call were truly important, I wouldn’t have to wait over an hour for someone to pick up the phone, tell me she can’t hear me, and suggest I call back later. Like an expired coupon. Sometimes, I

think the coupons I get in the mail have either expired before they arrive or, like a message to Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible movie franchise, will self destruct in five seconds. That way, I’ll get the offer for something that piques my interest, like half off a turkey sandwich, and then I’ll have to pay full price as sympathetic store clerks tell me they’d be happy to throw the expired discount in the garbage, which is really the most they can do. Like another set of incomprehensible instructions. Do you ever struggle with the directions to assemble something, staring at pictures of objects that often look nothing like the assortment of pieces assembled in front of you? These instructions use vocabulary that doesn’t make sense for objects that aren’t in the packaging. Like someone else’s garbage when I’m carrying dog poop. My big dog makes huge poops that rival the stink of a train or airport bathroom amid extensive weather delays. While holding my nose, I pass my neighbors’

garbage cans on the street. Tempted as I might be to drop the double-knotted bag into their can, I carry the prized stink bomb back to my own garbage can. Like a phone going off in a forest. Unlike the question of whether a proverbial tree makes a sound if no one in a forest hears it fall, I’m convinced I would hear a phone going off in a forest, especially if I were in the middle of a nap or about to write the best phrase of my life that the electroshock sound would delete from my rattled brain. Like another chat with “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings. Is it me or does Jennings seem anxious Amy Schneider may threaten to eclipse his record win streak on the show? His conversations with the contestants seem especially stilted and awkward. In an answer that borrows from the game’s format: the adjective Jennings most often uses when he doesn’t know what else to say and he’s run out of forced laughter. The answer: What is “fantastic?”

Tired of today’s news? Here is what was happening 100 years ago

eeling overwhelmed by all the news of the past few days? The latest numbers for COVID victims, the mask debates, the possibility of another COVID variant emerging, the Russians military massed around the Ukraine, NATO and its cohesion and response, the Islamic State re-emerging in Afghanistan, North Korean test missiles, escalating inflation, climate change’s latest effects, how the USA is severely divided, the inactions of Congress on voting regulations, death in the NYC subways, and even whether Brady will finally retire, those items and more could do that to you. “A newspaper is Between a mirror. Each day it you and me reflects some segment of BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF the world’s activities.” I am quoting Arthur

Ochs Sulzberger, former publisher of The New York Times, but the metaphor has been offered by many others. We in the news business capture the events of the moment and provide contemporaneous information, largely without interpretation, for historians to analyze and history voyeurs like me to look back and see who was making news then. So, in an effort to escape the daily barrage, I checked to see what was happening 100 years ago, at the beginning of 1922. I used as my source front pages from The NYT, compiled by them in a book called, “Page One.” Here is what I found. “Pope Benedict XV Passes Away Early This Morning; Lingers Hours After World Gets Report of Death; Tributes Paid to the Pontiff by Men of All Religions,” reads the threetiered, all capitalized headline of the Sunday, Jan. 22, 1922, issue. Other articles on the front page cover different aspects of the main story, including “Men of All Faiths Eulogize the Pope, Protestants Unite with Catholics in Praise of his Great Service to Humanity, and World is Misled by Premature Report of Death; Berlin Started Rumor, Cardinal’s Aide Spread It.”

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Immediately notable about the headlines from today’s perspective is, of course, the mention only of men. Women had gotten the right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution less than two years earlier. I guess they had not registered on the country’s radar yet as part of the general population. Also on the page is a report that Lloyd George, Britain’s prime minister, looked to the coming Genoa Conference as setting the stage for the world’s path to peace and recuperation, but only if the United States attends and actively participates. He was clearly and correctly concerned about our move toward isolation after WWI. Also mentioned in another article was the storm of protest that ensued in France when General Pétain, a military hero of WWI, was appointed to the cabinet of Premier Poincare as inspector general of the Army. The fear was that his influence on the government’s future direction would be too militaristic. Petain, we know from our vantage point, went on to become the chief of state of infamous Vichy, France, during WWII. Ireland too made the front page in a story of mutual consent by Michael Collins,

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head of the Irish Provisional Government and Sir James Craig, premier of Ulster, abut boundaries between North and South that predicted ultimate agreement. In the issue of Feb. 22, 1922, the three-tiered headline featured the fate of the Army dirigible. “Giant Army Dirigible Wrecked; 34 Dead. 11 are Saved; Victims Perish When Roma Bursts into Flames After Fall; Collapse of Rudder Causes Tragedy On Short Trial Flight.” Roma, 410 feet long, was built by Italy for the United States. The subheads go on to explain, “Hits High Tension Wires, Hydrogen Ignites in Norfolk Flight and Flames Sweep Huge Structure. Few Saved by Leaping, One Lieutenant Breaks Neck in Jump— Other Victims Buried in Wreckage, Rescuers Baffled by Intense Heat — Commander Mabry Stuck to Wheel Till Death Came.” This was the greatest disaster that ever befell American military aeronautics, according to the newspaper. In going back and reading these news articles, we can see how the stage was set for so many future events. Especially interesting to me is to learn of the roles of individual players in what would become world history.

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