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In response to the 50 mass shootings that have occurred throughout the country in the last month, the Suffolk County Police Department is enabling supermarkets and big box retailers to connect to a camera system set up to provide the police with video access to schools.

Using a resource called SHARE, which stands for Sharing to Help Access Remote Entry, businesses can plug their closed-circuit systems to the police department’s Real-Time Crime Center. The connection, which will have no cost for businesses, is designed to provide critical, up-to-the-minute information to police in the event of an active shooter.

“We know from previous active shooter events that seconds matter,” said SCPD Commissioner Geraldine Hart at a press conference on Tuesday announcing the initiative at the Suffolk County Police Department Headquarters in Yaphank.

“Seconds can save lives.”

The ability to see inside a building would give the police intelligence that they could pass along to first responding officers, providing a description and updated location of a person or people who had weapons.

“One of the things that keeps me up as county executive is the idea that we could have one of these shootings here in our county in Long Island,” said County Executive Steve Bellone (D) at the press conference. The SCPD, which has been “at the forefront of efforts to address the possibility of mass shootings is, once again, announcing a continuation of these efforts.”

The collaboration between these stores and the police could go a step further, giving the police access to electronic controls that would allow them to open electronic doors remotely for emergency responders, helping them get

to victims sooner and giving them a chance to maneuver around a perpetrator.

“We value partnerships with the community,” Hart said. “The goal is to keep people safe.”

Since 2016, the Suffolk County Police Department has done 420 active shooter presentations. On May 2, the SCPD will hold an active shooter drill at a King Kullen in Middle Island, which is the first time the police will conduct such an exercise in a supermarket.

The SCPD has also held 67 stop the bleed training classes for residents, which teaches people to treat wounds and practice applying tourniquets.

The SCPD will have the “ability to see inside those stores if, God forbid, an active shooter situation arises,” Bellone said.

In 2019, Bellone, Hart and Police Chief Stuart Cameron announced the SHARE program at West Babylon high school, which gave police the ability to tap into closed circuit TVs at area schools.

“This is one of the best things we can do to help save lives in an active shooter situation,” Bellone said. “We’re going to do everything we can on a local level to deal with the possibility of mass shootings.”

Bellone called the number of mass shootings in the country, which exceeds one per day, “insane,” and urged Congress to adopt “commonsense gun safety measures.” Rather than wait for a provision that might solve or prevent all the problems, Bellone urged Congress to take action immediately to reduce the risk of events that rob families and the community of loved ones amid senseless violence.

The police would only access cameras in the event of an emergency or a potentially dangerous situation.

Businesses and Suffolk County residents can gather more information at: SCPDShield.org.

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Car enthusiasts welcome back fundraiser

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The pandemic may have caused it to be canceled last year, but the annual Cars and Guitars Classic Car Show and Fundraiser came back stronger than ever Sunday, April 18, in the Miller’s Ale House parking lot in Commack.

Throughout the late morning and early afternoon, hundreds viewed the classic cars on display. Hosted by East to West Classic Cars, the event raises money for the national nonprofit Hope For The Warriors, which provides assistance to combat wounded service members, their families, and families of those killed in action. East to West Classic Cars

president Dean Nichol said the club has had a relationship with the nonprofit for 10 years, and 91 cents on every dollar donated goes to the cause.

According to a press release from the car organization, Robin Kelleher, president and founder of Hope for the Warriors, was in attendance April 18.

“I left with tears in my eyes as I drove away, after such a tough year in 2020 finally some normalcy,” Kelleher said.

Nichol said the event ran out of space for vechicles after 700 cars entered, and 30% more than 2019 was raised for the cause.

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At the Northport-East Northport school district board of education meeting April 13, it was revealed that the board has selected Educational Impact Statement: Adapted Scenario A for a schools closure plan. The board intends to hold a vote for the implementation of the closures April 29.

The plan originally involved the closure of Dickinson Avenue and Bellerose Avenue elementary schools, with students attending East Northport Middle School for grades 5-6 and Northport Middle School for grades 7-8.

It is now planned the two schools would both house grades 5-8, a change that a socioeconomic status study claims would save an estimated annual minimum of $5,200,000 to $6,600,000.

According to the EIS, the rationale behind closing the two elementary schools is as follows: • Dickinson Avenue is being closed due to about $6.2 million in required renovation costs over the next five years, weak building structure according to the district architect, and its unique building layout — the school is made up of stand-alone building pods that require students to walk outside to access them. This leads to a cost of $500,000 annually in maintaining pupil safety through the need for additional teacher aide staff.

• Bellerose Avenue Elementary School is being closed due to having the smallest pupil capacity among the elementary schools, high upkeep costs and the ability to relocate district offices to the school based on its central location.

All of these elements make these two elementary schools prime targets for closure, according to planners.

The EIS is a result of the school district reevaluating its budget due to dwindling enrollment and the buildings being underutilized. Another factor, according to the EIS, was the “recent settlement of certain tax certiorari proceedings brought by the Long Island Power Authority and others against the Town of Huntington concerning the assessed

value of the Northport Power Plant,” also “tax levy affordability by local property taxpayers.”

For a while now, enrollment in the district has declined significantly, falling from 5,748 pupils in the 2014-15 school year to 5,138 in the 2019-20 school year.

The K-12 Pupil Capacity Analysis Report dated January 2020 found that the unused pupil capacity in the six elementary schools in the 2019-20 school year ranged from 17.3% to 44.5% as guided by the district’s class-size guidelines.

Using data from the report, planners opted to move elementary school students to the nearby East Northport and Northport middle schools based on 70.8% and 65.2% of pupil capacity respectively. The high school was at 86.5% pupil capacity.

These issues were further exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, putting the focus on the improper utilization of the buildings.

In the meeting, the board announced upcoming dates: • On April 27, there will be a public hearing on the proposed two elementary school closures regarding Adapted Scenario A. The board members emphasized that this is not the vote.

• On April 29, the board will vote on the proposed school closures.

A virtual town hall Q&A meeting with Superintendent Robert Banzer on the reorganization plan was held April 20.

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Long Island brides fight for different wedding regulations

BY KIMBERLY BROWN DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Brides of Long Island organization, state Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio (R-Riverhead) and other Republican lawmakers gathered at the H. Lee Dennison building in Hauppauge last Friday, April 16, to call for action by Gov. Andrew D. Cuomo (D) to lessen the overly restrictive COVID-19 regulations on weddings.

Some of the state’s pandemic regulations include up to 150 guests or 50% of a venue’s capacity whichever is smaller with mandatory COVID-19 testing, distanced dancing in designated areas, congregating only at guests’ assigned tables, and wearing face coverings unless while eating or drinking.

Heather Cunningham, founder of The Brides of Long Island — a website and Facebook group that consists of thousands of brides across the Island — expressed her concern for the overmanagement of regulations the state has put in place, causing brides to postpone their weddings to unknown future dates.

“We take for granted that the world will wait for us, but time can take away a father who is supposed to dance with his daughter and it can send a fiancé halfway across the world in early deployment,” Cunningham said, “It may be easy for elected officials like Governor Cuomo to say that weddings are nothing but parties, but weddings are so much more than a party, they are the days that connect us to our roots, beliefs, values

and to each other.”

Questioning the science behind the regulations around weddings, Giglio said the state government has gone too far when it comes to preventing COVID-19 in large gatherings.

“Honestly, does the virus pack up and leave after midnight or 1 a.m.?” Giglio said, “Because that’s what the governor wants you to do at your wedding — pack up and leave.”

Since the shutdown began last year, wedding businesses have been one of the many industries that have taken a hard hit financially.

The wedding industry on Long Island generates an estimated $6 million a year in sales tax, as well as being one of the state’s largest employers.

John Salkowsky, owner of Silverfox Studios located in Lindenhurst, said the wedding industry has been brought to its knees, and lessening restrictions will help bring the businesses back to life.

“People make their decisions at the ballot box, and hopefully the governor will hear that and realize that by doing the right thing and lifting these restrictions will do great justice to this industry,” he said.

Ronkonkoma business owner of Absolute Entertainment, Kevin McClafferty, said planning a wedding is supposed to be one of the most joyous experiences for couples.

However, he has found that his clients are overly stressed when trying to plan their wedding around the state’s restrictions.

“A successful day at work for us is seeing

exciting, smiling, happy faces — no masks,” he said.

Pointing out the flaws in the state’s regulations and restrictions on weddings, McClafferty mentioned a few of the over-managed rules he observed while on the job.

One of his observations included the state’s enforcement of “dance boxes,” where guests are allowed to use the dance floor in restricted zones with only the immediate members of their party.

He said this is one of the most over-managed of all the reopening strategies.

“It’s a good idea in theory, but a terrible idea in application and needs to be eliminated now,” McClafferty said.

Paramedicine Vaccination Program. But despite requesting doses once a week, they have yet to receive any doses.

As they already set up the equipment, vehicles and staffing necessary for the at-home program, Presta said PJEMS reached out to the county to see if it could help. He said he was initially told the county was willing to allocate doses but has since been informed the department will need to get their doses from the state.

In an email to Presta obtained by TBR dated April 12, Dr. Jason Winslow, director of EMS and Public Health Emergency Preparedness of Suffolk County, wrote that the county was not permitted to redistribute the doses it received from New York State.

“The office of Suffolk County EMS has no involvement in the vaccination events other than to provide any EMS support the county requires,” the email read. Winslow suggested EMS providers join the county Medical Reserve Corps, and volunteer to give the vaccine at Suffolk vaccination pods.

The Town of Huntington was coordinating with several partners, such as the Visiting Nurse Service, to offer vaccines to residents, according to Lauren Lembo, the town’s public information officer.

When New York State ceased using the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the 24 appointments the town had scheduled were canceled. The town was also in talks with the Health Equity Task Force of Suffolk County to coordinate with Northwell Health to have homebound appointments, which also did not come to fruition due to the Johnson & Johnson temporary pause.

County spokeswoman, Marykate Guilfoyle, said the county vaccinated 198 homebound people before the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was put on hold. The county is waiting to see if this vaccine will be resumed before making a determination as to the next steps of the program. Appointments were made by residents who called the 311 hotline number, Guilfoyle said.

The Town of Smithtown has had similar

Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio joined Brides of Long Island founder Heather Cunningham asking the state to lessen wedding restrictions. Photo by Kimberly Brown

Brides who joined Cunningham last Friday also expressed their disappointment in not being able to plan their weddings properly, with some brides being forced to cancel or relocate their weddings to other states in order to celebrate appropriately.

“We just want fair treatment.” Brittany Burton, an upcoming bride, said, “The people who are making the rules don’t see behind the scenes or worry about financials. They see money on their end before us.”

With over 6,500 signatures as of April 20 on Cunningham’s BOLI petition, titled Lessen the Overly Restrictive COVID-19 Regulations on Long Island Weddings, the brides of Long Island are waiting to see if their voices will be heard.

Suffolk County towns struggle to deliver homebound vaccinations

BY LEAH CHIAPPINO DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM With vaccination eligibility opening up, and supply increasing week by week, it has become easier to get a vaccine appointment. Still, some of the most vulnerable New Yorkers — the homebound residents — have been struggling to gain access to vaccines.

Port Jefferson EMS, which serves Port Jefferson, Belle Terre and Mount Sinai, announced April 8 it would offer homebound residents the opportunity to book at-home appointments in the coming weeks.

However, PJEMS had to cancel all of the appointments when supplies were not received.

The department’s deputy chief, Michael Presta, said PJEMS was approved by the New York State Department of Health a little over a month ago to be a vaccine distribution center, meaning they could set up pods and give vaccinations on-site.

They were also approved to distribute inhome vaccines through the state Community

struggles. They are looking into collaborating with St. Catherine of Siena Hospital to vaccinate the homebound, though they would likely only be able to vaccinate 10-to-20 people per week, and would only offer the program monthly due to the logistical challenges it poses.

Smithtown public information officer, Nicole Garguilo, said that refrigeration requirements for certain vaccines, as well as the 15-minute time constraints for having to observe residents after they are vaccinated, make the feasibility of the program challenging.

According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, vaccines should not be unrefrigerated for more than eight hours.

In Nassau County, a vaccination program was launched in order to provide vaccinations to homebound seniors. That, too, was put on hold after the temporary pause of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

In New York City, a program was launched at the beginning of March using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and was suspended. The city is now continuing with the Moderna vaccine.

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2. To discuss all the items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by voting machines at the Budget Vote to be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.

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3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to Education Law of the State of New York and acts amendatory thereto.

A copy of the proposed budget shall be made available, upon request, to residents of the School District beginning the 3rd day of May 2021, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 3:00 PM, prevailing time, except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at each schoolhouse in the School District and at the Office of District Clerk, 50 Tower Street, Huntington Station, NY 11746.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS

HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law the School District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report.

Said exemption repor t, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how much of the total assessed value of the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption g r an t e d , identified by statutory authority, and show (a) the cumulative impact of each type of exemption expressed either as a dollar amount of assessed value or as a percentage of the total assessed value on the roll; (b) the cumulative amount expected to be received from recipients of each type of exemption as payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) or other payments for municipal services; and (c) the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. In addition, said exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on any website maintained by the District.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Annual Election and Budget Vote will be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, between the hours of 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM prevailing time, at Huntington High School, Oakwood and McKay Roads, Huntington, New York, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting machine upon the following items: 1. To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2021-2022 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District.

2. To vote upon the following proposition: PROPOSITION: Shall the Board of Education be authorized to expend an amount not to exceed Three Million Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($3,525,000) from the Capital Reserve (Building Improvement) Funds five hundred thirty-six dollars

($536) the Capital Reserve Fund established on May 20, 2008; seven thousand three hundred fifty-seven dollars($7,357) from the Capital Reserve Fund established on May 21, 2013; and three million five hundred seventeen thousand one hundred seven dollars ($3,517,107) established on May 16, 2017 to fund a Capital Project consisting of: (1) the partial replacement of roofing at Huntington High School; (2) parking lot renovations (Phase I) and replacement of gymnasium bleachers and hallway flooring at J. Taylor Finley Middle School; and (3) replacement of boilers (2) at Jefferson Primary School including such preliminary, ancillary, and incidental costs?

3. To elect three (3) members of the Board of Education of the Huntington Union Free School District, each for a three (3) year term commencing July 1, 2021, and expiring on June 30, 2024.

4. To elect one (1) member of the Library Board of Trustees for a five year term commencing July 1, 2021 and expiring on June 30, 2026.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the D i s t r i c t ’s budget for 2021-2022, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District between the hours of 8:00 AM and 3:00 PM beginning the 3rd day of May, 2021, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at each schoolhouse in the School District and at the Office of the District Clerk, 50 Tower Street, Huntington Station, New York 11746.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of said School District, not later than April 19, 2021, between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM, prevailing time. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run

at l a r g e.

Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Clerk of the District, must be signed by at least 26 qualified voters of the School District (representing the greater of 25 qualified voters or 2% of the number of voters who voted in the 2019 annual election); must state the name and residence of each signer, and, must state the name and residence of the candidate. A drawing of lots to determine the order in which the candidates’ names shall appear on the ballot will be conducted at 9:00 AM on April 20, 2021 by the District Clerk at the District’s Administrative Offices, at 50 Tower Street, Huntington Station, in accordance with Section 2032 of the Education Law. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Registration and the District Clerk will meet in the Administrative Offices, on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 from 9:30 AM until 1:30 PM for the purposes of preparing a register of the qualified voters of said district for the Annual School District Election and Budget Vote of said district to be held May 18, 2021. Qualified voters who wish to be registered must present themselves personally for registration at the place and times herein stated or may contact the Office of the District Clerk to schedule an appointment to register prior to May 12, 2021. Any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such register providing that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he/ she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such school district elections. Persons who shall have been previously registered in the District for any annual or special meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special meeting or any election held or conducted during the four calendar years (2017-2020) prior to the year in which such register is being prepared, and/or persons who are

registered and remain qualified to vote at general elections within this School District pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, Section 352 of the Election Law as amended, need not register again to be eligible to vote at said School District Election and Budget Vote.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 2019-a of the Education Law, only qualified voters who have been duly registered as such shall be permitted to vote at such Annual District Election.

The register so prepared will, immediately upon the completion and not less than five days prior to the time set for said Annual School District Election and Budget Vote, be filed in the Office of the District Clerk, and thereafter shall be open to inspection by any qualified voter of the district on and after Thursday, May 13, 2021 by appointment only between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election except Sunday, and on Saturday, May 15, 2021 by advance appointment, and at the polling place on the day of the vote.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York, the Board of Registration will meet on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at Huntington High School, between the hours of 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM prevailing time, to prepare the Register of the School District to be used at the Annual School District Election and Budget Vote to be held in 2022, and any special district meetings that may be held after the preparation of said Register, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register provided that at such meeting of said Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school election for which said Register is prepared, or any special district meeting

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AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the District Clerk beginning April 19, 2021. In accordance with Education Law Section 2018-a, completed applications for absentee ballots may not be received by the District Clerk earlier than the thirtieth (30th) day before the election, i.e. April 19, 2021, and completed applications must be received by the District Clerk from where they were obtained at least seven (7) days before the election (i.e. May 11, 2021) if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election (i.e. May 17, 2021), if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter, or to the agent named in the absentee ballot application. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 PM, prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.

A list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the School District in the Office of the District Clerk on and after Thursday, May 13, 2021 by appointment only between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM on weekdays prior to the day set for the Annual School District Election and Budget Vote and on May 18, 2021, the day set for the election.

Any qualified voter may, upon examination of such list, file a written challenge of the qualifications as a voter of any person whose name appears on such list, stating the reasons for such challenge. Any such written challenge shall be transmitted by the District Clerk or a designee of the Board of Education to the inspectors of election on Election Day. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that military voters who are qualified voters of the Huntington Union Free School District, may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk in person at

To Place A Legal Notice Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com 50 Tower Street, Huntington Station, NY 11746, by mail to: District Clerk, P.O. Box 1500, Huntington, NY 11743, by email to jomiranda@hufsd.edu or by fax to 631-423-3447. A military voter must return the original military ballot application by mail or in person to the office of the District Clerk at 50 Tower Street, Huntington Station, NY 11746 or mail to P.O. Box 1500, Huntington, NY 11743. In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 PM., on April 23, 2021. Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a non-military ballot application under Section 2018-a of the Education Law. The application for military ballot may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax, or email. Qualified military voters who are not currently registered to vote who wish to register may contact the District Clerk at 631-673-2126 or by email to jomiranda@hufsd.edu for instructions.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, a military voter’s original military ballot must be returned by mail or in person to the office of the District Clerk at 50 Tower Street, Huntington Station, NY 11746 or mailed to P.O. Box 1500, Huntington, NY 11743. Military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk before the close of polls on May 18, 2021 showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or received not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 18, 2021 and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Policy 1260 adopted

by the Board of Education in accordance with §2035 of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said election, must be filed with the District Clerk by March 19, 2021 by 5:00 PM, prevailing time, to permit notice of the proposition to be included with the Notice of the Public Hearing, Budget Vote and Election required by Section 2004 of the Education Law; must be typed or printed in the English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least 252 qualified voters of the District (representing the greater of 25 qualified voters or 5% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election); and must legibly state the name of each signer. However, the Board of Education will not entertain any petition to place before the voters any proposition for the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, which is unlawful, or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition, or where other valid reasons exist for excluding the proposition from the ballot.

Dated: Huntington, New York April 1, 2021

By Order of the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT Huntington, New York Joanne Miranda, District Clerk 1578 4/1 4x thn

AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA Y ELECCIÓN ANUAL Y VOTO PRESUPUESTO DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR LIBRE DE HUNTINGTON UNION CIUDAD DE HUNTINGTON CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NUEVA YORK A PRESENTE SE DA AVISO, que una Audiencia Pública de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Libre de Huntington Union, Condado de Suffolk, Nueva York se llevará a cabo en la Escuela Jack Abrams STEM,

Lowndes Avenue, Huntington Station, Nueva York, el lunes 10 de mayo de 2021, a las 7:30 PM hora vigente, para la transacción de negocios según lo autorizado por la Ley de Educación, incluyendo los siguientes elementos: 1. Presentar a los votantes una declaración detallada (propuesta de presupuesto) de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año fiscal 2021-2022.

2. Discutir todos los puntos que se establecen a continuación para ser votados por las máquinas de votación en la Votación del Presupuesto que se realizará el martes 18 de mayo de 2021.

3. Tramitar cualquier otro asunto que venga debidamente antes de la reunión de conformidad con la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York y las leyes que la modifiquen.

Se pondrá a disposición de los residentes del Distrito Escolar una copia del presupuesto propuesto, previa solicitud, a partir del 3 de mayo de 2021, entre las 8:00 a.m. y las 3:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, excepto los sábados, domingos y días festivos, en cada escuela del Distrito Escolar y en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, 50 Tower Street, Huntington Station, NY 11746.

Y POR LO PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con la Sección 495 de la Ley del Impuesto sobre la Propiedad Inmobiliaria, el Distrito Escolar debe adjuntar a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención. Dicho informe de exención, que también pasará a formar parte del presupuesto final, mostrará cuánto del valor total tasado de la lista de evaluación final utilizada en el proceso presupuestario está exento de impuestos, enumerará cada tipo de exención otorgada, identificado por autoridad estatutaria, y mostrar (a) el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención expresado ya sea como una cantidad en dólares del valor tasado o como un porcentaje del valor tasado

total en la lista; (b) la cantidad acumulada que se espera recibir de los beneficiarios de cada tipo de exención como pagos en lugar de impuestos (PILOT) u otros pagos por servicios municipales; y (c) el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones concedidas.

Además, dicho informe de exención se publicará en cualquier tablero de anuncios mantenido por el Distrito para avisos públicos y en cualquier sitio web mantenido por el Distrito.

Y POR LO PRESENTE SE DA UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que dicha Elección Anual y Votación del Presupuesto se llevará a cabo el martes 18 de mayo de 2021, entre las 6:00 a.m. y las 9:00 p.m., hora predominante, en Escuela secundaria Huntington, Oakwood y McKay Roads, Huntington, Nueva York, momento en el que se abrirán las urnas para votar mediante máquinas de votación sobre los siguientes puntos: 1. Adoptar el presupuesto anual del Distrito Escolar para el año fiscal 2021-2022 y autorizar que la porción requerida del mismo se recaude mediante impuestos sobre la propiedad gravable del Distrito.

2. Votar sobre la siguiente propuesta: P R O P U E S TA : Deberá autorizarse la Junta de Educación a gastar una cantidad que no exceda los tres millones quinientos veinticinco mil dólares ($ 3,525,000) de la Reserva Capital (Mejoras de edificios) Fondos, incluidos quinientos treinta y seis dólares ($ 536) del Fondo de Reserva de Capital constituido el 20 de mayo de 2008; siete mil trescientos cincuenta y siete dólares ($ 7,357) del Fondo de Reserva de Capital establecido el 21 de mayo de 2013; y tres millones quinientos diecisiete mil ciento siete dólares ($ 3,517,107) del Fondo de Reserva de Capital establecido el 16 de mayo de 2017 para financiar un Proyecto de Capital consistente en: (1) el reemplazo parcial de techos en Escuela

secundaria Huntington; (2) renovaciones del estacionamiento (Fase I) y reemplazo de las gradas del gimnasio y el piso de los pasillos en la Escuela Intermedia J. Taylor Finley; y (3) reemplazo de calderas (2) en la Escuela Primaria Jefferson, incluidos los costos preliminares, auxiliares e incidentales.

3. Elegir tres (3) miembros de la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Huntington Union, cada uno por un período de tres (3) años que comienza el 1 de julio de 2021 y vence el 30 de junio de 2024.

4. Elegir un (1) miembro de la Junta de Síndicos de la Biblioteca por un período de cinco años que comienza el 1 de julio de 2021 y termina el 30 de junio de 2026.

Y POR LO PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que cualquier residente del Distrito puede obtener una copia del estado de cuenta de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para financiar el presupuesto del Distrito para 2021-2022, exclusivo de dinero público, entre las horas de 8:00 A.M. Y 3:00 P.M. a partir del 3 de mayo de 2021, excepto sábados, domingos o días festivos, en cada escuela del distrito escolar y en la oficina del secretario del distrito, 50 Tower Street, Huntington Station, Nueva York 11746.

Y POR LO PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que las peticiones que nominan candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación deberán presentarse ante el Secretario de dicho Distrito Escolar, no mas tarde que el 19 de abril de 2021, entre las 9:00 A.M. y las 5:00 P.M. , tiempo predominante. Las vacantes en la Junta de Educación no se consideran separadas, oficinas específicas; los candidatos corren en grande.

Las peticiones de nominación no describirán ninguna vacante específica en la Junta para la cual se nomina al candidato; debe dirigirse al secretario del distrito, debe estar firmado por al menos 26 votantes calificados del

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Un sorteo para determinar el orden en el que los nombres de los candidatos aparecerán en la boleta se llevará a cabo a las 9:00 a.m. del 20 de abril de 2021 por el secretario de distrito en las oficinas administrativas del distrito, en 50 Tower Street, Huntington Station, de acuerdo con la Sección 2032 de la Ley de Educación.

POR FAVOR, TENGA MÁS AVISO que la Junta de Registro y el Secretario de Distrito se reunirán en las Oficinas Administrativas, el miércoles 12 de mayo de 2021 de 9:30 A.M. a 1:30 P.M. con el propósito de preparar un registro de los votantes calificados de dicho distrito para la Elección Anual del Distrito Escolar y el Voto del Presupuesto de dicho distrito a realizarse el 18 de mayo de 2021. Los votantes calificados que deseen registrarse deben presentarse personalmente para el registro en el lugar y los horarios aquí establecidos o pueden comunicarse con la Oficina del Secretario de Distrito para programar una cita para registrarse antes del 12 de mayo de 2021.

Cualquier persona tendrá derecho a tener su / su nombre colocado en dicho registro proporcionar que en dicha reunión de la Junta de Registro él / ella es conocido o probado, a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro, que tiene derecho a votar en esas elecciones del distrito escolar en ese momento o en el futuro. Personas que hayan sido previamente registradas en el Distrito para cualquier elección anual o reunion especial y que hayan votado en cualquier anual o reunion especial o cualquier elección celebrada o conducida durante los cuatro a ñ o s c a l e n d a r i o (2017-2020) antes del año

To Place A Legal Notice Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com en el que se está elaborando dicho registro, y/o personas que están registradas y siguen calificadas para votar en las elecciones generales dentro de este distrito escolar de conformidad con las disposiciones del Artículo 5, Sección 352 de la Ley de Elecciones según enmendada, no es necesario que se registre nuevamente para ser elegible para votar en dicha Elección del Distrito Escolar y Vo t o del Presupuesto.

Salvo que se disponga lo contrario en la Sección 2019-a de la Ley de Educación, solo votantes calificados que hayan sido debidamente registrados como tal, se le permitirá votar en dicha Elección Anual de Distrito.

El registro así preparado, inmediatamente después de la finalización y no menos de cinco días antes de la hora establecida para dicha Elección Anual del Distrito Escolar y Vo t o del Presupuesto, ser archivado en la Oficina del Secretario de Distrito, y a partir de entonces estará abierto a la inspección de cualquier votante calificado del distrito a partir del jueves 13 de mayo de 2021 con cita previa solo entre las 9:00 A.M. y las 3:00 P.M. entre semana antes del día establecido para la elección anual, excepto el domingo, y el sábado 15 de mayo de 2021 previa cita, y en el lugar de votación el día de la votación.

Y POR LO PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York, la Junta de Registro se reunirá el martes 18 de mayo de 2021 en Escuela secundaria Huntington, entre las 6:00 a. m. y las 9:00 p. m., hora predominante, para preparar el Registro del Distrito Escolar que se utilizará en la Elección Anual del Distrito Escolar y la Votación del Presupuesto que se llevará a cabo en 2022, y cualquier reunión especial de distrito que se pueda llevar a cabo después de la preparación de dicho Registro, en cuyo momento cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se

incluya en dicho Registro siempre que en dicha reunión de dicha Junta de Registro él o ella sea conocido o probado a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro que tiene derecho a votar en ese momento o en el futuro en la elección de la escuela para la cual se prepara dicho Registro, o cualquier reunión especial de distrito celebrada después del 18 de mayo de 2021.

Y POR LO PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que las solicitudes para boletas de voto ausente se podrán obtener durante el horario escolar en el secretario del distrito a partir del 19 de abril de 2021. De acuerdo con la Sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación, el Secretario de Distrito no puede recibir las solicitudes completadas para boletas de voto ausente antes del trigésimo (30) día antes de la elección, i.e. El 19 de abril de 2021 y las solicitudes completas deben ser recibidas por el secretario de distrito de donde se obtuvieron al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección (i.e. 11 de mayo de 2021) si la boleta se enviará por correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección (i.e. 17 de mayo de 2021), si la boleta se entregará personalmente al votante, o al agente nombrado en la solicitud de boleta de voto ausente. El secretario de distrito debe recibir las boletas de voto ausente no mas tarde que a las 5:00 P.M., tiempo prevaleciente, el martes 18 de mayo de 2021.

Una lista de las personas a las que se les emiten las boletas de voto ausente estará disponible para su inspección para los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito a partir del jueves 13 de mayo de 2021 con cita previa solo entre las 9:00 A.M. y 3:00 P.M. los días de semana antes del día establecido para la Elección Anual del Distrito Escolar y la Votación del Presupuesto y el 18 de mayo de 2021, el día establecido para la elección. Cualquier votante calificado puede, al examinar dicha lista, presentar una impugnación

por escrito de las calificaciones como votante de cualquier persona cuyo nombre aparezca en dicha lista, exponiendo las razones de tal desafío.

Cualquier impugnación por escrito será transmitida por el secretario del distrito o una persona designada por la Junta de Educación a los inspectores de la elección el día de la elección.

Y POR LO PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL que los votantes militares que son votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Libre de Huntington Union, puede solicitar una solicitud para una boleta militar al secretario del distrito en persona en 50 Tower Street, Huntington Station, NY 11746, por correo a: District Clerk, P.O. Box 1500, Huntington, NY 11743, por correo electrónico a jomiranda@hufsd.edu o por fax a 631-423-3447. Un votante militar debe devolver la solicitud de boleta militar original por correo o en persona a la oficina del secretario de distrito al 50 Tower Street, Huntington Station, NY 11746 o envíelo por correo a P.O. Box 1500, Huntington, NY 11743. Para que un votante militar reciba una boleta militar, se debe recibir una solicitud de boleta militar válida en la oficina del secretario de distrito no mas tarde que las 5:00 PM., el 23 de abril de 2021. Las solicitudes de boleta militar recibidas de acuerdo con lo anterior se procesarán de la misma manera que una solicitud de boleta no militar bajo la Sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación. La solicitud de boleta militar puede incluir la preferencia por el recibo de la boleta militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico.

Los votantes militares calificados que no estén actualmente registrados para votar y que deseen registrarse pueden comunicarse con el secretario de distrito al 631-673-2126 o por correo electrónico a jomiranda@ hufsd.edu para instrucciones.

Y POR LO PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, la boleta militar original de un votante militar debe devolverse por correo o en persona a la oficina del

secretario de distrito en 50 Tower Street, Huntington Station, NY 11746 o enviado por correo a P.O. Box 1500, Huntington, NY 11743. Las boletas militares serán escrutadas si son recibidas por el secretario de distrito antes del cierre de las urnas el 18 de mayo de 2021 mostrando una marca de cancelación del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o mostrando un endoso fechado de recibo por otra agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o recibido a más tardar 5:00 p.m. el 18 de mayo de 2021 y firmado y fechado por el votante militar y un testigo del mismo, con una fecha que se determina no más tarde del día anterior a la elección.

Y POR LO PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con la Política 1260 adoptada por la Junta de Educación de acuerdo con la §2035 de la Ley de Educación, cualquier referéndum o propuesta para modificar el presupuesto, o de otra manera para ser sometido a votación en dicha elección, debe presentarse ante el secretario de distrito antes del 19 de marzo de 2021 por 5:00 PM, tiempo prevaleciente, para permitir que el aviso de la propuesta se incluya con el Aviso de audiencia pública, Voto del Presupuesto y Elección requeridos por la Sección 2004 de la L ey de Educación; debe estar mecanografiado o impreso en el idioma inglés; debe ser dirigido al Secretario del Distrito Escolar; debe estar firmado por al menos 252 votantes calificados del Distrito (representando al mayor de los 25 votantes calificados o el 5% del número de votantes que votaron en la elección anual anterior); y debe indicar de manera legible el nombre de cada firmante. Sin embargo, la Junta de Educación no aceptará ninguna petición para presentar a los votantes ninguna propuesta cuyo propósito no esté dentro de los poderes de los votantes para determinar, que es ilegal, o cualquier proposición que no incluya una apropiación específica donde el gasto de dinero es

requerido por la proposición, o cuando ex i s t a n otras razones válidas para excluir la propuesta de la boleta.

Con fecha de: Huntington, New York 1 de abril de 2021 Por orden del JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DE LA UNIÓN DE HUNTINGTON LIBRE DISTRITO ESCOLAR Huntington, New York Joanne Miranda, Secretaria de distrito 1580 4/1 4x thn

Notice of formation of Mindful Creative LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/25/21. Office location: Suffolk Cty. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 55 Gerard St Unit 4077, Huntington NY 11743. Purpose: Any lawful purpose 1685 4/8 6x thn

LEGAL NOTICE Board of Education Huntington Union Free School District Town of Huntington Suffolk County, New York Sealed Bids for: Maintenance of Kitchen Equipment Preventative Maintenance & Service for Refrigeration Equipment Will be received by the Purchasing Depar tment, Huntington Union Free School District, Huntington, New York, at the Purchasing Office, Jack Abrams School, 50 Tower Street, Huntington Station, New York 11746 by 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, and then at said time and place publicly opened and read aloud.

Information to bidders and bid forms may be obtained at the Purchasing Department Office, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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William Segar in 2006 and in 2021. Photos from Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office

Sheriff’s office warrant bureau makes felony arrest in Northport

Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Bureau Investigators tracked down and apprehended a fugitive from Monroe County, Florida, who was allegedly on the run for 14 years, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office. The arrest took place in Northport.

While reviewing outstanding warrants from other sheriff’s offices around the country, deputy investigators came across a warrant regarding the alleged assault of a police officer in which the wanted person’s last known address was in Suffolk County.

The investigators contacted the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and confirmed that the warrant was still active and that Monroe County would extradite this person.

William Segar, 56, currently of Asharoken, was wanted by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office for seven charges.

Investigators tracked the subject down to an old address in Suffolk County. Upon review of public records, they discovered

that he had sold that house and had moved.

Investigators were able to find a current phone number and track the subject down to an address in Northport, where he was arrested Friday, April 16, and taken into custody without incident. He will be extradited to Florida.

Also on April 16, Warrant Bureau Investigators arrested another person wanted for allegedly assaulting a police officer. Salvador Rivera, 23, of Yaphank, according to the press release.

Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr., congratulated his Deputy Investigators for these arrests.

“Both of these suspects were wanted for assaulting police officers,” Toulon said. “In one case, the suspect thought he could avoid authorities in Florida by living his life ‘under the radar’ in Suffolk County. Our investigators tracked him down, and he will be extradited to Florida to face justice after 14 years on the run.”

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Sports

Northport football team dealt first loss, knocked out for conference title

BY STEVEN ZAITZ DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Often times, a football game is just a football game.

But there are instances when it is a lot like chess, with the guys on the headsets matching wits and probing for weakness. Other times, the game is just an all-out street brawl, with both sides trading haymakers until one is left standing.

On rare and glorious occasions, it is all three.

Saturday’s Suffolk Conference II semifinal game between the Northport Tigers and the West Islip Lions was just such an occasion, as West Islip survived a late Northport rally and emerged with a 21-14 victory. The game featured wild swings of momentum and emotion, bloodied uniforms, in-game adjustments, and impossible escapes.

The outcome having enormous consequences for both sides — a trip to the Conference Championship and a chance to own a piece of the Suffolk County Crown — only added to the drama. The pressure was palpable on the field, on the sidelines and in the bleachers.

West Islip senior Joe Constantino, who is listed as a quarterback, but does most of his damage with his legs and with his brain, rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns to lead West Islip.

“Joe is a special athlete,” said Northport Head Football Coach Pat Campbell. “He’s probably the best running back in Suffolk County and he’s playing quarterback. He’s got a really nice lean and as good a tackling team as we are, we could never get a full shot on him. That’s what

they always said about [NFL greats] Walter Payton and Barry Sanders. You could never hit them square. That’s how Joe runs.”

But Constantino would have to wait to take center stage, as West Islip Head Coach Steve Mileti elected to kick to Northport to open the game — a big early gamble by Mileti because Northport had scored on 75% of its first possessions in the regular season. Mileti’s risk was rewarded.

After a three and out and a poor punt gave West Islip the ball at the Tiger 30-yard line, in came Constantino.

“Joe is probably the best kid I have ever coached,” Mileti said. He’s just a magician with the way he handles everything and he’s amazing to watch.”

That is quite a statement, as Mileti has been around the Lions program for 30 years, first as a star linebacker and then an assistant coach starting in 1997. He took the reigns as head coach in 2009 and he has built a program that is a perennial winner, developing many fine players over the years.

On third down and six, Constantino faked a jet-sweep handoff to running back Ryan Behrens. He then burst through the middle just past the fingertips of Northport linebacker Owen Johansen and scampered to the Tiger two-yard line. Three plays later, he outflanked the Tiger defense and walked into the end zone to give West Islip a 7-0 lead. It was the first time the Tigers had ever trailed in a game this year.

“A lot of bad things happened in the first five minutes of that game,” Campbell said.

“We had a missed assignment, a bad snap and

Above, Northport cornerback Tom Tini wraps up West Islip quarterback Joe Constantino; below, linebacker Anthony Canales brings down Constantino Photos by Steven Zaitz

a bad punt on our first drive and that set them up. When you’re playing a good team like that, you can’t do those types of things.”

Against Constantino who now drew first blood, this is especially true.

“A lot of people call our team small and it’s true that we are smaller in size than most teams, so any little thing we can take advantage of, we have to go try and get,” said the humble superstar senior Constantino. “Watching film, seeing what the other team does is very important because so often that stuff shows up in games.”

After another Northport three and out, the Lions took over at midfield. On a fourth and two play from the Tiger 35, Constantino used a hard count to get right end Cole Ronan to jump offsides and give the Lions a free first down — a costly mistake.

Eight plays later, Konrad Maciejny scored from the one-yard line. The Tigers were in a two-touchdown hole, the game was well into the second quarter and they had yet to gain a first down. Constantino had landed another punch and the Tigers were reeling.

Northport and West Islip would go into halftime separated by 14 points. The Tigers were wounded for the first time since 2019, but would they lay down and die?

“During halftime, we definitely talked about being more disciplined,” Campbell

said. “It was about a matter of re-focusing and cleaning up the little mistakes that were costing us. Sometimes I can tell by the look in their eyes that the kids become a little shell-shocked in a situation like that. It’s my job to remind them what they’re capable of.”

Campbell is referring to the Tigers greatest strengths — stopping the opposing offense and running the ball. They stopped the Lions on three plays to start the third quarter. Anthony Canales had one of his 22 (yes, 22) tackles on this drive and almost caught Constantino in the West Islip end zone. This was a game of so many ‘almosts’ for the Tigers and their hardy supporters.

After an 11-yard punt return by Rafe Carner, Northport was set up deep in Lion territory.

On the Tigers second play from scrimmage in the second half, running back Rocco Stola ran a sweep left. He saw enemy shirts in the hole he was supposed to hit, bounced it outside and in a flash, was gone. A lightning strike 27yard touchdown, and the Tigers were suddenly back in business, down by seven with a whole half of football remaining.

“That play was supposed to go inside the tackle, but the blocking developed where I thought I could get to the outside and I did,” Stola said. “It got us back in the game and swung the momentum to us.”

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FOOTBALL

Continued from A11 It was now Constantino’s turn to make a counter move.

On the next drive, he ran the ball four times for 40 yards and completed a pass for 20 more, moving to the Northport 10-yard line. On one of those runs, he was swung down hard by the Tigers’ massive sophomore Johansen for a loss of five but bounced up off the artificial turf and called the next play as if he was playing in his backyard. Constantino was pounded hard by all 11 Tiger defenders all afternoon, who are all big, fast, and mean.

“He’s what? 165, 170 pounds?” Campbell asked rhetorically. “But he is tough, and he gets right up every single time.”

After Carner made a splendid, touchdownsaving, open field tackle on Behrens at the Tiger 10-yard line, Constantino again showed his moxie, instincts and escapability.

On a play designed to go left, Ronan sealed it off so the slippery quarterback cut right. Ronan chased but Constantino ran away from him and fellow lineman Dan Lugo. He angled to the goal line and pierced through nose tackle Ryan Farrington and Stola like they were twin turnstiles, and then bounced off linebacker Andrew Miller and Carner. He kissed the end zone pylon with the nose of the football after a headlong dive. It was a feat of ballet dancer and bulldozer all wrapped up in a 10-yard touchdown jaunt.

Rocco Stola on his gutty four yard to gain a first down late in the game. Photo by Steven Zaitz

And just as Northport had thought they wrested momentum to start the half, Constantino had wrested it back, restoring West Islip’s two touchdown lead with a huge chunk of clock now gone.

“I immediately saw that defensive end

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[Ronan] coming at me, so I knew I had to cut back to the right,” Constantino said. “I saw a little opening and as soon as I did, I caught a glimpse of the pylon out of the corner of my eye and went for it. It worked out well.”

For West Islip, yes. Not so much for Northport.

“We should have stopped him on that play,” said Canales, who is a candidate for both the Collatta and Burnett awards presented to most outstanding linebacker and defensive player in Suffolk County. “We had four or five chances to get him, but he’s a shifty runner.

Hats off to him.”

“We came out in the second half and flipped the script, but then they flipped it right back and we were running out of time,” Campbell said. “They stacked the box against us, and at some point, we had to adjust our game plan.”

The Tigers, whose vaunted running attack averaged 300 yards rushing per game in the regular season, had a grand total of 81 against West Islip. Gaining the first move advantage by scoring two early touchdowns freed the Lions to deploy more defenders closer to the line of scrimmage, taking away the strong suit of Northport’s offense.

But with a little over a quarter to go, would the Northport Tigers fight back or simply throw in the towel or start mixing in some throws and make a charge? Anyone familiar with Northport athletics knows the answer, and no greater example of this fighting spirit came in the form of a fourth down desperation run by Rocco Stola.

With the Tigers facing a fourth down and two from their own 41 and the clock whittling away any realistic chance for a Tiger comeback, it was do or die for Northport.

Lined up as a slot receiver, Stola came in motion to the right on a play called Wing Left

46 Truck. Immediately pursued by four Lions at the snap of the ball, Rocco simply outran them but was ceding ground way behind the line of scrimmage in doing so. He cut upfield sharply, rolled out of the tackle of a fifth defender before diving headlong out of bounds for a tremendously hard-fought gain of four. The Tigers still had a pulse.

“There was no way they were stopping me,” Stola said. “I knew the situation and they chewed up a ton of clock and it got late early for us, but I was getting that first down no matter what.”

“What a great run by Rocco,” Campbell said. “We didn’t block the edge as well as we should have, but he got outside and gave himself enough room to belly back and beat three or four of their guys and then spun past another. Incredible.”

But with less than five minutes to go and down by two scores, the Tigers would now need to put the ball in the air on almost every play. Quarterback Conner Gallagher, who did not complete a pass in the first half, now held the fate of the game in his hands. He accepted the challenge.

Gallagher hit wide receiver Tristan Triolo with a 10-yard pass and then led Stola perfectly on an eight-yard slant pattern that the speedy running back turned into a 40-yard gain. With a pep now in his step, he scrambled for a first down and then hit Carner in the back of the end zone for a 15-yard score. That cut the lead to 21-14 with a minute and a half to go.

With only one timeout remaining, the Tigers were forced to try an onside kick.

West Islip recovered, took a knee, and the clock cruelly ticked down to triple zeros.

Constantino and Mileti executed their magic act of a game plan perfectly and made the game, and Northport’s dream of a county title, disappear.

“They had a great game plan, ran time off the clock and took advantage of our mistakes,” Campbell said. “The total yardage was almost exactly even [188 to 174 for the Lions] and it was just a great, defensive, hard-fought football game.”

Coach Mileti echoed that last sentiment.

“Football is just a special game and we saw it out there today,” Mileti said. “It was two great programs giving everything they had, and we were lucky enough to come out on top.”

For the first time this year, it was the Tigers whose luck had run out.

Tigers are still playing!

Despite the lost to West Islip, the Northport Tigers football team will host Half Hollow Hills East this Saturday at 1 p.m.

This game will determine a Section XI, League III champion and will be the final game of the Tigers’ season. The original match that was scheduled between the two team back in March was canceled due to COVID-19.

The Thunderbirds lost to Bellport in their semifinal game, setting up the opportunity for this game. Bellport will play West Islip for the second time in three weeks in West Islip, the winner capturing the Conference II championship.

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Editorial

Letters to the Editor

Volunteers clean up the Greenway Trail in Port Jefferson Station on April 17. Photo

by Herb Mones

Sit back with a cup of Joe and watch President Joe Biden’s [D] antiAmerican show. The trailer which we saw preelection pictured him as a moderate … not so much.

Marxist “executive orders” (how many is he up to now?), antiAmerican policies, COVID plans of which he had “none” but is riding on the coattails of President Donald Trump [R] are just a few acts of the theme of his show.

As gas prices are rising at the pump, many American children are not back in their classrooms, restaurants locally are being fined that are on life support, voices are not being heard because of suppression of our First Amendment rights, cancel culture, a humanitarian crisis at the border (created in the midst of a pandemic?), enacting policies that

are moving America away from energy independence show us ... evil is allowed to run amok and we need courage to confront it to preserve our nation.

Today we are lost in the present, rejecting the past and blind to the future. People must take their scales of “hatred” off of their eyes to acknowledge that this present administration is destroying the pillars of our nation.

Outmost importance is the need for an “inoculation” against lying that many politicians, academia and the media have been doing for years … they have no shame.

It is our responsibility to keep them accountable and their focus should be to protect and work for the American citizen. We have seen too much of power hungry, narcissistic,

The only good thing about U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin [R] running for governor of New York is that he will no longer be a congressman in CD 1, my congressional district.

Zeldin would be a total disaster as governor. All you need to know is that he is a strong supporter of former President Donald Trump [R] and his dangerous lie that the election was stolen. Zeldin even tried to prevent the certification of the election after the insurrection at the capital. As a sycophant of Trump, he would work to limit voting rights in New York, would support big business over the

working class of New York state, work to prevent all New Yorkers from having good and affordable health insurance, try to roll back regulations which protect the health and wellbeing of New Yorkers, work against efforts to curtail climate change, and try to affect all the other measures Trump used to favor the rich and hurt ordinary Americans.

Zeldin’s hypocrisy is stunning.

After his strong support for Trump who bragged about demeaning women and has been alleged to have had a number of affairs, Zeldin has the gall to accuse Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Volunteers clean up

Volunteerism — to some degree — still exists. When it comes to Earth Day and protecting our environment, this is a wonderful thing.

Two weeks ago, on our editorial page, we mentioned the increase in roadside litter along our towns’ roads and the importance of keeping garbage off the streets. In that editorial, we made a small mention of the groups that volunteer to clean up in our areas, but they deserve more than a sentence or two.

With Earth Day celebrated April 22, residents may have seen people out this past weekend with bags, gloves and trash pickers along roads, in parks and on beaches collecting the garbage of others.

On Saturday, the Lake Ronkonkoma Improvement Group hosted a cleanup in conjunction with Suffolk County at Larry’s Landing, and Three Village Community Trust members along with the Friends of the Greenway could be found along the Setauket-Port Jefferson Station Greenway Trail.

Hometown Hope, a Port Jefferson nonprofit, gathered volunteers Sunday to clean up the beaches in the village. Dozens of people helped pick up trash along the four-and-a-half-mile shoreline. These are just a few of the cleanups that occur on our roads, trails and beaches throughout the year.

These volunteers deserve a standing ovation for helping to improve our environment and restoring a sense of pride to our communities.

We would love to see cleanups like this happen more often throughout the year. While it’s the responsibility of individuals to treat the outdoors as they would their own living room or car, unfortunately many don’t follow this common-sense rule.

Groups like the ones mentioned above have the ability to organize people and get things done and pick up where towns leave off — even though we would like to see highway departments out cleaning more, too.

Sadly, many organizations are in desperate need of volunteers.

As more residents commute to the city or work two jobs, many civic associations, advocacy groups, nonprofits and even fire departments have seen a decrease in the number of people volunteering.

Yet so many groups just ask for a bit of time to help make our neighborhoods better places to live. One individual giving up an hour here and there to help others causes a ripple effect. It could influence many to do the same and create a wave of community engagement.

That wave is evident in these cleanups as not only a spot of land becomes cleaner but, in the long run, it helps our foliage and wildlife thrive and keeps our waterways clean.

So, thank you to all of you who took the time out of your busy weekends to make our little space on Earth a bit cleaner.

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There’s no business like Joe business

egotistical maniacs wasting taxpayers’ money on lunacy.

We go from “God bless America” to “God help America.” God needs to be in the equation for our Constitution to be respected and to keep our republic.

“We hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (U.S. Declaration of Independence, 1776). As a nation, we need to step up to restore biblical moral culture that has “built” this great nation. Judeo-Christian escapism is the stuff that fallen cultures are made of … we have work to do … now.

Lisa Pius Old Field

Do you really want Zeldin as governor?

[D] of mistreatment of women.

After Trump delayed several months before admitting that COVID-19 was serious, causing thousands of deaths, Zeldin criticized Cuomo for his alleged cover-up of nursing home deaths.

Do you really want Zeldin, who supported a man who brought us dangerously close to an autocracy and a personality cult, to be our governor? Do you really want a man who flirted with white supremacists to be our governor?

Adam Fisher Port Jefferson Station

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Opinion Pondering the end of our family’s Little League era

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bout 16 years ago, I stood on the warning track and held my then oneyear old son high in my arms above the blue, outfield fence in right center field of the old Yankee Stadium.

We asked him to extend his glove as if he had leapt in the air to catch a home run.

Now, as he prepares to graduate from high school, my wife and I are pondering the end of an era filled with the numerous triumphs and challenges of youth D. None sports.

In the last few weeks, of the above while we have awaited

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF the time outs, batting glove adjustments, pauses to look for signs from the catcher, and warm up tosses by each pitcher,

we have been replaying our own montage from his years on a baseball field.

A few years after his Yankee Stadium debut, our son donned a baggy uniform that hung from his slight four-year old frame, standing with his left arm out, hoping to catch a ball I tossed with a slight arc toward him.

As the years advanced, his skill set and intensity for the game grew more rapidly than the developmental rules of the sport.

Station-to-station baseball was an abomination for him. When he was six, he caught a ball at shortstop, tagged the runner jogging from second and stepped on third for, what he considered, an unassisted triple play.

He tossed the ball to the mound and jogged off the field, only to hear that everyone hadn’t batted so he had to stay on the field. I can still see the disappointed look on his face as all the runners moved to the next base.

Every moment wasn’t athletic heaven.

He struggled to find the strike zone when he

was pitching, swung and missed at pitches he knew he could hit and suffered through the inconsistent coaching and advice of everyone from his father to the parents of his teammates to semi-professionals eager to give back to the community.

Despite playing a game of failure, he continued to venture to fields close and far for another opportunity to compete, get some exercise and join teammates who have become long-time friends.

He learned how to pick up his friends after their moment in the spotlight didn’t end the way they wanted.

He took us to places way off a tour guide’s map of the eastern United States, as we drove from single traffic-light towns, with their one gas station and one diner, all the way up to Cooperstown.

We paced along frigid sidelines, hoping darkness or snow would grant us a reprieve from frozen bleachers and numb toes. We

drove on roads in which the car thermometer read 113 degrees.

When he was old enough, he stood on a 90foot diamond, looking from third to first as if he needed binoculars to see his teammate and a strong wind to help his throw reach the target.

As he got taller and stronger, the distance became more manageable.

As parents, we made our share of errors on the sidelines and in the stands. While we told him it was the effort that mattered, not the result, he could see the joy in our faces after a win and the slumped shoulders after a tough loss.

While he’ll undoubtedly play other games down the road, that road won’t be as close as the ones we’ve traveled together.

In a recent game, our son raced back and caught a ball against the wall, in a place on the field similar to the one where he extended his tiny glove at Yankee Stadium. We have shared such a long and inspired journey between those two mirrored moments.

Labor shortages and high unemployment: what gives?

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hy, if there are 9,700,000 Americans looking for work now, some six percent of our population, are there so many signs outside businesses seeking helpers?

Granted, many of those signs are in front of restaurants looking for waiters and shops needing salespeople, service industries in the main, but why the disconnect? And this is not just a regional problem but one in large cities like New York, villages like Between ours, as discussed at a you and me recent local chamber

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF of commerce meeting, and even rural communities.

The situation could have some unwelcome consequences as the economy tries to recover. “It could act as a brake on growth and cause unnecessary business failures, long lines at remaining

businesses and rising prices,” according to an article in last Saturday’s The New York Times, entitled “Businesses Challenged to Fill Jobs.”

The story, written by Neil Irwin, goes on to offer some possible answers. First is the suggestion that benefits are too generous.

“The government is making it easy for people to stay home and get paid. You can’t really blame them much. But it means we have hours to fill and no one who wants to work.”

That’s a quote from a pub owner in upstate Baldwinsville, New York, that appeared in the Syracuse Post-Standard and was reprinted in the NYT. Some people can make as much or more, thanks to the expanded weekly unemployment payments and the various stimulus cash that has been delivered by the government, at least for awhile. With the reawakening of restaurants and services now, there are more jobs than applicants, which doesn’t drive workers to seek work, compared to the opposite, when the pandemic first hit and jobs were disappearing. The recipients of the cash are doing what economists hoped they would

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do: spending it. That encourages businesses to reopen, but without enough help. Hence the problem. But it may cure itself when expanded benefits run out in September.

There are other reasons workers may not be inclined to rush back into the workforce.

Some, especially those with public-facing jobs, may be afraid of getting sick themselves or perhaps bringing the virus home to vulnerable family members. There does seem to be a relationship between vaccinations of people and a rise in their employment rate, according to the NYT. Researchers have found that a “10-percentage-point increase in those fully vaccinated results in a 1.1 percentagepoint increase in their employment.” It would make sense that vaccinated people are more comfortable serving the public.

Here is another possible explanation for the labor shortage. Some of the workers are still needed at home, especially women who might be caring for children, some taking classes remotely, or elderly members of their family. The Times goes on to quote a survey indicating that 6,300,000 million people

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“were not working because of a need to care for a child not in a school or day care center; and a further 2,100,000 were caring for an older person.” Many of those people, especially women, have disappeared from the rolls of the unemployed and are not even counted any longer. The answer here, as in everywhere else, is in conquering the virus and establishing herd immunity so schools and day care centers can open.

For those businesses that have thrived during the pandemic and have been able to raise the wages they pay workers, like Amazon or construction companies, there is less of a supply problem. But those businesses take away potential workers from industries like restaurants, with thin profit margins. And those workers may not return if they have found better berths for themselves elsewhere.

These issues will sort themselves out eventually, as public health improves and supply-and-demand comes to equilibrium.

But one thing is certain. The return to any sort of “normal” will not happen without bumps in the road.

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