The Times of Middle Country - July 23, 2015

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also: Kittens galore at Save-a-Pet; ‘Reasons to Be Pretty’ in Northport; amber Ferrari at Theatre Three

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SIGNS OF SUPPORT: the town of Brookhaven celebrates the 25th anniversary of the americans with disabilities act with a performance on thursday, July 16, by the Flashing Fingers sign language club from the Middle Country Public library.

Taking flight

Bobwhite quail released at annual event in Smithtown

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LI’s fight against drug abuse gets help from Washington By viCtoria eSPinoza

Rep. Lee Zeldin took to Kings Park on Sunday to join the fight against drug abuse, an issue that is plaguing communities on Long Island and across the nation.

Zeldin (R-Shirley) announced his backing of two bills in Congress — the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015, H.R. 953, and the Stop Overdose Stat Act, H.R. 2850 — which seek to help those struggling with drug abuse and prevent future abuse. Zeldin is co-sponsoring both bills.

“It’s clear we must come together as a community and a

nation to combat this growing issue,” Zeldin said.

According to the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, the percentage of state high school students who reported use of heroin more than doubled between 2005 and 2011, from 1.8 percent to 4 percent.

“We can’t treat them and street them, which is what is currently happening in our emergency rooms,” said Linda Ventura, treasurer of Families in Support of Treatment, known as F.I.S.T., a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and educating families which are struggling with a loved one’s addiction. “There should be

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lee zeldin, center, announces his support of two house bills that seek to help those struggling with addiction and prevent others from starting to take drugs.

no more shame with someone struggling with this disease, no, stigma — that has to go.”

Ventura, who is also involved with the Suffolk County Prevention Resource Center, is more than just a member of activist groups. She lost her son, Thomas, in March 2012 to drugs.

Bill 953 would help people

grappling with drug abuse obtain the services needed to put them on the road to recovery.

It would provide up to $80 million in the form of grant funding to help treat and prevent addiction through community-based education and prevention programs, and treatment ZeLDIN continued on page a9

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Town board asks DEC for horseshoe crab ban Assemblyman Steve Englebright gives his blessing

By Erika karp

The Brookhaven Town Board has officially backed Supervisor Ed Romaine’s push for a horseshoe crab harvesting ban at town parks and properties.

At a meeting on July 16, councilmembers unanimously supported a resolution that requests the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation close North and South Shore parks and underwater lands to horseshoe crab harvesting and recommends strategies to reduce the harvesting. State Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) also spoke at the meeting and threw in his support for the effort, as it would help protect the crab population — which, according to some reports, has decreased.

“I support this resolution and encourage its passage and compliment the very fact that it has been initiated,” said Englebright, who chairs the Assembly’s Committee on Environmental Conservation.

In May, Romaine (R) announced he would seek a horseshoe crab harvesting ban for areas within 500 feet of town-

owned waterfront properties. Fishermen often use horseshoe crabs for bait, but the crabs are also used for medicinal purposes, as their blue blood, which is worth an estimated $15,000 a quart, is used in the biomedical and pharmaceutical industries to detect bacterial contamination in drugs and supplies.

Advocates for the ban have said the crabs, whose species is about 450 million years old, play a vital role in the ecosystem, as birds like the red knot eat the crabs’ eggs.

Local parks covered within the town’s request include Port Jefferson Harbor; the western boundary of the Mount Sinai inlet; underwater lands and townowned shoreline of Setauket Harbor; and Shoreham Beach. The DEC already has bans in place at Mount Sinai Harbor and West Meadow Beach. In May, Romaine also asked all of the town’s waterfront villages to support the ban.

In addition, the town is asking the DEC to consider mandating fishers to use bait bags and/or artificial bait; banning the harvesting of horseshoe crab females;

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above, state assemblyman Steve Englebright, right, and a local fisherman, left, speak at a Brookhaven Town Board meeting on Thursday.

and establishing full harvest bans several days before and after full moons in May and June — the crabs’ nesting season.

Those latter recommendations were not included in the original resolution, but were added after weeks of discussion on the issue.

Local baymen have said their liveli-

hoods would be jeopardized by any further restrictions, and the seamen remained opposed to the resolution last Thursday.

Many also disagreed with officials that the crab population was decreasing.

“If you were with us you would know the quantities are there,” Florence Sharkey, CRABS continued on page A9

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Quail fly the coop at Caleb Smith park

By Talia amorosano

A record number of bobwhite quails were released this year, and many of the students, teachers and parents who raised the birds helped welcome them to Caleb Smith State Park Preserve in Smithtown on Saturday.

For 12 years, Eric Powers, a biologist and wildlife educator, has been at the forefront of organizing the annual quail release at Caleb Smith and other parks in the area. He described this year’s event as the largest one yet, as a record number of schools raised the quail chicks and 1,400 quails were released.

“The idea of bringing back the quail is to bring balance back to our ecosystem,” Powers said at the rainy morning release.

Unlike nonnative guinea fowl, which “eat good wildlife” like salamanders and dragonflies, northern bobwhite quail are native to Long Island and play a vital role in controlling tick populations without harming other native species, according to Powers.

Those in attendance included volunteers, students, teachers and Long Island release, and suggested people make use comedian Joey Kola, who said that he of what he referred to as “catios” — en“saw this program and jumped on right closed patios where cats can get outside away” after personally experiencing without hunting native animals.

However, because this is the first year Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a tickborne illness transmitted to humans the Caleb Smith quail cage has reached overcapacity — forcing a few hundred through a tick bite. quail to be released earlier Attendees initially — Powers is optimistic the gathered inside the park’s ‘We get this quail population may benature museum, where they learned about the immediate clearing gin to take hold on its own if school and community quail, viewed preserved of ticks.’ participation continues to eggs and touched feather — ERIC POWERS increase. samples before listening Kids and adults alike to Powers’ talk.

“What we see is we get this immedi- were certainly enthusiastic about the ate clearing of ticks [after the quail are release, as they gathered in the pouring released],” Powers said, but “cats are rain to watch 500 birds abandon their cage and taste freedom for the first time. outright hammering these birds.”

Powers described indoor-outdoor cats The quail were tentative at first, but as as the biggest threat to quail upon their soon as one group took flight others ran through the crowd and into the woods.

The remaining quail were released later on in the day.

A few observers got a truly interactive experience when frantic quail landed on their umbrellas and even perched on their arms. And after the initial release, teachers and students took boxes of quail to various locations around the park and carried out their own private releases.

Only time will tell how many of the birds will survive in the wild, but with increased community awareness that quail have the potential to lower the population of disease-ridden ticks, and a better understanding of the dangers posed to quail by cats, it seems likely that the birds most recently released will have a better chance of survival than those released in the past.

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Clockwise from left, a girl holds a quail that landed on her; a recently released quail sits on a log at Caleb smith state Park Preserve in smithtown; and children and parents watch the birds at their release on saturday.

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Town’s backup energy grid moves forward

By Elana Glowatz

Brookhaven Town has won a $100,000 grant to assist in putting key buildings on an emergency backup energy grid.

The governor recently announced that several dozen communities across New York, including Brookhaven, were awarded grants through a New York State Energy Research and Development Authority competition to perform feasibility studies on building the backup grids, known as microgrids.

Microgrids are independent of the regional grid and rely on their own powergenerating resources — and thus can keep communities going during power outages. According to the governor’s office, the grids “would integrate renewable power with other advanced energy technologies to create a cleaner, more affordable and more resilient localized energy grid for a limited number of users.”

The town’s goal is to put in a microgrid to support Town Hall and two nearby Sachem schools in the event of a regional outage — Town Hall would need the power to serve as an emergency operations center, and the schools would function as emergency shelters.

According to NYSERDA, the town and the school district “have suffered significant power outages from both warmweather storms and winter nor’easters.”

The proposed project would incorporate alternative power sources such as solar panels and two existing wind turbines.

Hurricanes have caused power outages in recent years.

The proposed project would incorporate alternative power sources such as solar panels and two existing wind turbines, and the town would partner with Brookhaven National Laboratory to “incorporate sophisticated monitoring software … that will maximize the cost-benefit” of the microgrid’s energy production.

The $100,000 the town won was in the first stage of grants through NYSERDA’s microgrid funding competition. After the town works with consultants and local

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stakeholders over the coming months to research its project proposal from technical, operational and financial standpoints, it may apply for more funding to advance microgrid construction efforts.

In choosing which projects to award grants to, NYSERDA is using criteria such as the area’s level of vulnerability to outages, how a microgrid would improve community function and the possible effect on ratepayers.

Brookhaven Town is not the only local

government working toward microgrid grant money. The Village of Port Jefferson and the Town of Huntington were also awarded $100,000 grants to perform studies on their own proposed projects — Huntington Town wants to build a backup grid for its own Town Hall, Huntington Hospital, the local wastewater treatment plant and community centers; and Port Jefferson officials want to have backup power because the area has several critical community and emergency services packed into a small area.

“We have two major hospitals, a ferry, a railroad station, our own school district, a village hall, a wastewater treatment facility, a groundwater treatment facility, an ambulance company,” Port Jefferson Mayor Margot Garant said at a recent village board meeting. “We have a lot of emergency services-related components within a very small radius.”

And those services cannot stop when an event like a hurricane or a snowstorm knocks out power.

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Klch puts up her dukes for charity boxing match One of 20 Long Island business professionals gearing up for annual Long Island Fight for Charity in Nov.

By Rachel SifoRd

Mount Sinai’s Rhonda “Master of Financial Disaster” Klch is heading back into the ring on Nov. 23, 2015, for her second Long Island Fight for Charity match.

Klch is the founder and CEO of Equity First, LLC, a financial advising firm based in Coram. She started the company in 2004.

The charity boxing match raises money for the Long Island Community Chest, a nonprofit organization that provides shortterm financial support to needy families and individuals who have suffered a crisis.

Last year, Klch left her match victorious.

Klch was inspired to participate in the fight when she heard the money was going to the Community Chest. More than $850,000 has been donated to Long Island charities since its inception 12 years ago.

“Due to the fact that my firm works heavily in budget planning and helping clients that are in financial distress, I felt it was very close to what we do,” Klch said.

Preparing for the match takes time.

Fight for Charity requires all participants get a physical exam. Fighters also have to check in at certified gyms to track how much they are training. Boxers typically need to complete three to

four days of cardio a week, with two or more days of sparring.

Klch will have to wait until September to find out who she will be fighting on the night of the event.

“Right now, I have to train like I’m going to get my butt kicked,” Klch said smiling. “I have no idea who it is going to be yet.”

Klch and her company try to get involved with many organizations.

Equity First is also involved with The Starkey Hearing Foundation, which supplies hearing aides to those who can’t afford them, and Pink Tie, a cancer research fundraiser. Last year, the company sponsored 160 children from the Longwood community who were either homeless or in transient housing and provided them with their holiday gifts. Klch is also on the Friends of Karen, which supports critically ill children and their families, Long Island advisory board.

“We have a pretty good corporate culture here,” Klch said. “Everyone wants to chip in and help out; it’s almost a prerequisite for their employment.”

Prior to founding Equity First, Klch was a branch manager for First West Mortgage Bankers. She actually started Equity First as a side business while still

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Rhonda Klch gloves up for last year’s long island fight for charity. This year, Klch will head back into the ring for the charity match, which raises money for the long island community chest.

working at the bank.

“I’m just very entrepreneurial by nature,” Klch said. “I feel like I am a good leader and I like having my own concepts and being able to see them through from start to finish.”

Klch said staying involved with charities helps people learn about their communities and issues they may not have real-

ized existed.

“You just never know enough about yourself until you put yourself into an uncomfortable position,” Klch said. “You’ll never grow if you never go out of your comfort zone.”

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POLICE BLOTTER Incidents and arrests from July 13 - 19 In threes A group of young men were arrested in the early morning of July 16 and charged with second-degree robbery. According to police, a homeless 24-year-old, a 19-year-old from Stony Brook and an 18-year-old from Port Jefferson Station forcibly stole money from a person on Route 25A in Port Jefferson Station.

Quick cash An unknown man pushed a woman to the ground and stole property from her by a bar in Port Jefferson Station on July 15 at around 4:15 a.m.

Changing gears An unknown person stole a bike right off the rack from the The Port Jeff Bike Dr. on Main Street in Port Jefferson on July 19, at around 2:10 p.m.

Old-fashioned fisticuffs A 25-year-old Rocky Point man was arrested in Port Jefferson and charged with disorderly conduct on July 18 after he engaged in a fistfight with security personnel at Billie’s 1890 Saloon on Main Street.

Failed getaway Police arrested a 35-year-old Port Jefferson Station man in Port Jefferson on July 13 and charged him with second-degree criminal possession of a loaded firearm, third-degree possession of a narcotic with

intent to sell, first-degree leaving the scene of a crash and second-degree obstructing government administration.

According to police, at around 4:58 p.m. the man was instructed to shut down his vehicle when stopped at Old Town Road but instead drove north on Jayne Boulevard at a high speed. When he attempted to make a right onto Maple Avenue, he failed to stay to the right and collided with a 2013 Nissan, whose driver required medical attention. The man then fled on foot until apprehended by police. Police said the man possessed a loaded semiautomatic weapon and heroin.

Can’t even A woman assaulted another woman in the female bathroom at Portside Bar and Grill in Port Jefferson on July 18, at around 2:30 a.m. According to police, the suspect thought the victim said something negative about her, so she punched her. The victim was transported to John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson to receive medical treatment. No arrests have been made.

Friendly fire Two co-workers at Heritage Diner in Mount Sinai were involved in a tiff on July 18. Police said one worker swung a utensil at the other, causing a laceration to the person’s face. No arrests have been made.

ATM on-the-go An unknown person broke the front door of a CVS Pharmacy on Route 25A in Miller Place on July 16, at around 2:17 a.m., and fled with the cash register.

Lawn games An unknown person drove across a lawn on Harrison Avenue in Miller Place on July 15 at some point between 10:45 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.

Homerun A Hawkins Road home in Centereach reported a broken window above a front door on July 16 at 11 p.m. The damage was thought to be caused by a softball.

I’mrich A 2013 Honda parked at a Ulrich Road home in Centereach was robbed of a wallet and credit cards at some point between July 14 and July 15.

Caught A woman was given a field appearance ticket after attempting to take property from a Bob’s Store in Selden on July 19 at around 2 p.m. Police said the culprit tried to conceal a bathing suit and blender bottle in her bag.

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Vineyard visit ends in tragedy Crash claims graduates of Commack, Smithtown

By Phil Corso

A risky U-turn in Cutchogue has left the greater North Shore community directionless.

A limousine filled with friends doing the right thing fell victim to a driver who was doing the wrong thing when Steven Romeo, 55, was driving his red pickup truck in Cutchogue allegedly under the influence of alcohol and collided with the limousine as it attempted to make a U-turn near the intersection of Depot Lane and County Route 48, killing four and injuring six, including Romeo, Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota said.

Emergency responders reported four victims dead on arrival, including Smithtown’s Brittney Schulman, 23, and Lauren Baruch, 24, as well as Stephanie Belli, 23, of Kings Park, and Amy Grabina, 23, of Commack.

The crash also injured limo driver Carlos Pino, 58, of Bethpage, Joelle Dimonte, 25, of Elwood, Melissa Angela Crai, 23, of Scarsdale, Alicia Arundel, 24, of Setauket, and Olga Lipets, 24, of Brooklyn, all of whom were still hospitalized on Wednesday, Spota said.

Romeo was arraigned on Sunday at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport due to injuries sustained in the crash and pleaded not guilty to one count of driving while intoxicated. He was ordered held in lieu of $500,000 cash bail or $1 million bond, Spota said.

Spota provided more details on the accident at a press conference in Southold on Monday afternoon alongside Southold Town Police Chief Martin Flatley, who was on the scene soon after the collision.

“This was a gathering of young women who were behaving responsibly by hiring a limo for the day, enjoying the North Fork vineyards together,” Spota said.

“They knew they would be consuming some alcohol, and because they wanted to act responsibly, they did not choose to drive.”

Spota said the limousine kicked off its Saturday afternoon trip at Baruch’s home in Smithtown, embarking on a vineyard tour on the eastern part of Long Island, stopping at the Long Island Vodka Distillery in Baiting Hollow and then Vineyard 48 in Cutchogue.

They were on their way back to Smithtown when the driver of the limousine, who Spota said was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, made the turn and the fatal accident occurred.

The news sent shock waves through Smithtown and the entire North Shore, moving Smithtown Supervisor Pat Vecchio (R) to order all flags at town buildings to fly at half-mast.

“The entire Smithtown community is affected by such a tragic loss and mourns deeply,” Vecchio said in a statement. “The shock of the loss of four young and beautiful women in the prime of life is difficult to comprehend. We pray for the families and friends who are suffering so.”

Belli, Baruch and Schulman were all decorated members of the national and language honor societies by the time they graduated from Smithtown High School West and were remembered Monday as shining lights in their graduating classes. Schools Superintendent James Grossane said Belli, a 2010 graduate, had an infectious smile and was an enthusiastic student and member of the district’s championship kickline team. Baruch, a 2009 graduate, was best known for her booming laugh and CRASH continued on page A10 Photos from Facebook

From left, Amy Grabina, Brittney schulman, lauren Baruch and stephanie Belli.

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MC hosts camp for budding engineers, designers and inventors The Middle Country Central School District recently hosted a science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, focused camp to inspire students to exercise their creativity and become future engineers and inventors.

Approximately 60 students in first through sixth grade participated in multiple hands-on STEM activities, created their own inventions and developed a prototype for a new video game.

Each day during Camp Invention week, students participated in three modules. During the first, students created freestyle race karts that can withstand

Helen Reilly

Photos from the Middle Country Central School District

Students worked collaboratively, created inventions, developed a video game prototype and learned about electrical circuits at the camp, as seen above.

water and navigate a wet terrain obstacle course. The activity called Kartwheel culminated in a race of all designs. The students then participated in the Design Studio, where students could create their own inventions, investigate electrical circuits or take on a nature-inspired design challenge. Finally, students learned about famous inventors and tackled an invention-based challenge.

All campers were inducted into the camp’s Science Hall of Fame and participated in an Inventor’s Showcase and presented their inventions to friends and family.

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Blood drive participants, including Councilman Kevin LaValle, left, and Legislator Leslie Kennedy, center.

Lake Grove blood drive a success

On July 9, Councilman Kevin LaValle (R-Selden) co-sponsored a blood drive with Legislator Leslie Kennedy (R-Nesconset), Lake Grove Mayor Robert Scottaline and the New York Blood Center.

The drive, which was held at the Village of Lake Grove Recreation Center, collected 36 units of blood.

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ZELDIN Continued from page A1

and recovery programs.

The grants would further help expand prescription drug monitoring programs and provide police forces and emergency medical responders with higher supplies of Narcan, a prescription drug that slows down an opioid overdose so a person can live.

The legislation has 20 co-sponsors — Democrats and Republicans — and was introduced by Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI).

“It’s a good bill on its merits alone, and it doesn’t matter what names or letters are

attached to it,” Zeldin said.

Bill 2850 would provide an additional $25 million over a five-year period for Narcan production and distribution and provide more medical professionals and families with the lifesaving drug.

The act, introduced by Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), would also establish a preventative research task force that would look into ways to prevent future overdose deaths, while taking a preventative approach against drug abuse.

Zeldin was joined by members of the community including Suffolk County Legislators Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) and Leslie Kennedy (R-Nesconset); Kim Revere, president of Kings Park in the kNOw, a task force promoting a drug free

community; and Dr. Andrew Kolodny, chief medical officer of Phoenix House, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. The congressman wanted to show the only way to win the battle was to remain united.

Like Ventura, the fight was personal for some of those in attendance at Sunday’s press conference.

Teri Kroll, secretary for F.I.S.T.’s board of directors and a member of the resource center, tragically lost her son to prescription pills.

“I lost my son, Timothy, in August of 2009 after a 14-month struggle with prescription drugs, which eventually led to heroin,” she said. “He passed away after eight and a half months of sobriety.”

Saji Francis, the doctor who pre-

scribed Timothy the drug he eventually became addicted to, was arrested shortly after Timothy passed away. In 2010, Francis was convicted of illegally selling prescription pills and sentenced to six months in jail.

Kolodny, who also serves as the director of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing, explained how many people start abusing drugs after taking prescription medications.

“To control this epidemic we need to prevent new people from getting this disease, and treat those who are suffering,” he said. “We also need to get doctors and dentists to prescribe more cautiously. If not, these overdose levels with continue to rise.”

File photo by Erika Karp

A young horseshoe crab.

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president of the Brookhaven Baymen’s Association, said at the meeting.

Sharkey added that alternative baits have been tried, but don’t work.

Despite the testimony, the Town Board moved forward with resolution, which had been tabled for nearly two months. Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) called the decision a difficult one.

During public comment on Thursday, Englebright invited the fishers to speak before his committee, as the state is wrestling with the issue as well.

The assemblyman introduced legislation in March that would impose a moratorium on harvesting horseshoe crabs and their eggs until 2021.

While the bill wasn’t voted on in the last legislative session, a different bill, which outlines similar recommendations to the DEC regarding crab conservation and management, was approved.

Englebright said the law would be revisited in two years. He said he hoped the DEC would get better data on the crabs in the future as well.

While the state continues to grapple with the issue, Englebright noted the town’s requested ban is different, as it pertains to parkland.

“This is a park, and public expectation is different than [at] the general shoreline,” he said.

“A park is usually a place that animals have the opportunity to have refuge.”

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unforgettable smile, Grossane said.

Schulman, he said, was another 2010 graduate and had a profound love for her family.

“The Smithtown school district administration, board of education, staff and school community are truly saddened over the horrific tragedy involving the deaths of three former High School West graduates,” Grossane said.

“Although these girls graduated from the district several years ago, their personalities and memories they left behind are still remembered by those who had the honor and pleasure of knowing them while in school.”

Grabina graduated in 2010 from Commack High School and went on to pursue accounting at Florida State University, ultimately landing a job at Ernst & Young in Tallahassee, Fla. Brenda Lentsch, a spokeswoman for Commack High School, said in a statement the loss was difficult to put into words.

“This terrible tragedy affects our entire community, and all who knew them,” she said. “We send our heartfelt sympathies to their parents, family and friends. The Commack community always rallies around those in need.”

Grabina and her former classmate Arundel were in the limo on Saturday, but only the latter made it out alive.

Both the speed of Romeo’s vehicle and his blood alcohol content were still not known, pending results as per the investigation, the DA said. Spota did say, however, that the man had admitted to drinking beer that afternoon before the crash.

Flatley, who responded to the crash soon after being dispatched around 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, said Romeo remained at the scene for about 15 minutes following the collision, but then took off on foot and jumped a fence before police were able to retrieve him for questioning. The police chief said a witness was able to help provide details regarding the limousine accident, which has become all too common for that area.

“Over the last two or three years,

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Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota, right, briefs the media on Monday afternoon in Southold alongside the town’s police chief, Martin Flatley. The fatal crash is still pending investigation.

we’ve had issues with limousines making very difficult turns at that intersection and we have been writing summonses for failing to yield the right-of-way to vehicles that are in the westbound direction at that intersection,” he said. “I’m sure we write at least, especially during the busier months, at least 10 or 12 summonses a month.”

Spota said Romeo, who will be processed at the Southold Town Police Department upon his release from the hospital, had not acquired any DWI-related charges before Saturday’s crash. No information on the possibility of additional charges was provided.

The horrific tragedy occurred just six days after another accident allegedly linked to driving while intoxicated, Spota said. Last week, another fatal crash on the Southern State Parkway killed 37-year-old Ancio Ostane, his 8-year-old son, Andy, and his 4-yearold daughter, Sephora, in what police charged as another alcohol-related hitand-run accident.

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Clockwise from above, ashley Miller races away from the cage to send the ball into play; Miller stands poised and ready to make a save in a previous contest against northport; and Miller watches the play downfield.

Miller makes the move from Mad Dog to Golden Lion say Dolson noted the advances she saw.

“She definitely has come a long way Ashley Miller has been a part of two and has improved her skills so much and undefeated girls’ lacrosse seasons in worked really hard to get there,” she said.

Middle Country school district’s history, “We felt confident in her. She’s worked and as she moves on to play at Dowling really hard and done all the extra work College, she will have the opportunity to to get to where she is today. She came up add another to her resume. with big saves for us.”

“It feels great to look back at what I’ve Dolson also pointed out that Miller accomplished,” the now former Middle was part of the reason the team was so Country goalkeeper said. “I remember successful the last two years and made it in eighth grade my middle school la- as far as they had. crosse team went un“If you don’t have defeated and to have ‘If you don’t have a good a good goalie in the both my high school cage there’s not a lot goalie in the cage there’s and middle school cathat you can do to reers end undefeated not a lot that you can do to stop people from scoris a good feeling.” ing, especially in girls stop people from scoring, This past season, lacrosse, so she helped the Mad Dogs went especially in girls lacrosse, us become the team 14-0 in Division I be- so she helped us become that we are today,” she fore falling to West said. “Ashley was a Islip, 11-10, in double the team that we are today.’ great player and very — Lindsay doLson coachable. Anything overtime in the Suffolk County finals. It we wanted to try, she was the first time the varsity team went was always willing to do it.” undefeated and was the furthest the Miller started out playing lacrosse team had made it in the postseason. In with her cousins when she was young, but 2014, Middle Country fell in the semifi- wasn’t interested in the sport at first. Not nals to the same West Islip team, 12-11, on an official team until seventh grade, with one second left on the clock. she used the sport as a way to stay athBeing in goal, Miller has been the last letic and make new friends. According to line of defense for both undefeated sea- her father, Butch, she played field hockey sons and as she has gotten older, her skills and lacrosse in junior high but switched have only improved. As a starter in goal to lacrosse in high school because she had for the last two seasons, head coach Lind- more of a passion for the sport.

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“She picked it up in middle school and was always a determined individual,” he said. “Whatever she starts, she follows through. She doesn’t give up, she’s not a quitter and she gives it her all.”

Miller learned a lot of the basics in seventh and eighth grade and as she moved up to the high school level, she played year-round with off-season practices and winter and summer leagues. She was pulled up to the varsity team during the playoffs when she was a freshman and remained on the team, starting between the pipes her junior and senior year.

“The team was really close, we all got along really well and it was interesting how I was able to build up so quickly and pick up the game so fast and to be able to get pulled up to varsity early,” she said. “We became really close and it felt great to be a part of that and experience that, because it was the best team I’d ever been on. It meant a lot to be able to play such a major role.”

Miller’s father said his daughter was always interested in playing locally and was thrilled with her decision to play at Dowling.

“It’s hard to put into words how amazing it is that her hard work is paying off for her,” he said. “She’s done a lot for herself and it’s made her a better person.

I’m very proud to be her father. All of her dedication earned her a scholarship and there are a lot of doors that have now been opened for her. I want her to strive to be the best and never settle; always

reach for the stars.”

The Dowling freshman will be competing against three other goalkeepers for the starting position and hopes to be able to make an immediate impact on the team.

“One of my goals is to never stop improving, but I also want to try to get a starting position,” she said, laughing. “I love the sport, it helps you get out there and meet new people and it also helps you take your stress out and just have fun. I learned how to push myself through the sport, be a good team member and to be the best that I can be.”

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Email resume to: stonybrookmd@gmail.com PROOF READER WANTED for 362 page fiction book bound gally. 631-751-7840

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Help Wanted HARBOR COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL PT Middle School French Teacher. Please send cover letter & resume, atten: Head of School, John Cissel, to jheslin@hcdsny.org RECEPTIONIST P/T Busy Islandia doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office.

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Benefits including Medical, Dental, Optical, 401K Profit Sharing Plan, Paid Vacations/Sick days.

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MEDICAL BILLER P/T Busy OB/GYN office in Brentwood. Experienced preferred, salary commensurates with experience. Fax resume to: Sabina, 631-273-3745.

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TEACHERS & TEACHERS ASSISTANTS F/T. Dix Hills & Setauket. Must have experience with infants and toddlers. HS diploma required.

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PT RETAIL SALES. Willing to learn about nutrition. Basic Computer sales needed. Apply in person: Innovative Nutrition, 206 Main Street, East Setauket.

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IMMEDIATE HIRE SURGICAL TECHNICIAN East Setauket Surgical Practice.

BLS Certified, 3 yrs minimum experience.

LPN/MEDICAL ASSISTANT, 30+ hrs a week w/possibility of F/T, 3 years experience in a surgical practice required.

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Para Jr. Accountant F/T for our Wading River admin office; Req: HS diploma Para Accountant P/T for our Wading River admin office; Req: Associates degree

Immediate Setauket Area Part-Time Half to 1 Day Per Week Wednesday or Thursday Afternoons Must Be Familiar With Medicare Claims Processing

Data Control Clerk P/T for our Wading River admin office; Req: HS diploma; attention to detail Maintenance Mechanic III: F/T at our Wading River Campus; Req: all phases of maintenance, equipment safety and security Direct Care Workers for our Wading River Location- P/T and Per Diem to work with our OPWDD Adult population in a residential setting. High School Diploma and NYS Driver’s License Applied Behavior Specialist F/T for our Day Hab and ICF in Wading River- Req: Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work or related Human Service field with experience providing behavioral services with the OPWDD population Mental Health Administrator: for our Wading River Campus; Req: LCSW or LMSW, must have excellent communication skills verbally and in writing, crisis intervention, supervisory skills and have quality management knowledge Health Care Integrator: F/T for our Bridges to Health program in Hauppauge; Req: Master’s Level ©78091

Child Care Worker -F/T, P/T and Per Diem; High School Diploma and NYS Driver’s License RN’S–Per diem for our Infirmary working with our youth 9-21 years.

Lifeguard-P/T for our youth swimming pool; must be licensed and 18+ yrs old Valid NYS Driver’s License required for most positions.

Send resume to wadingriver-jobs@lfchild.org or fax to 631.929.6203 EOE

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CONVERT YOUR FILMS AND VIDEO TAPES TO DVD’S. longislandfilmtransfers.com or call 631-591-3457

*OPTUL` CERTIFIED CHIMNEY SERVICE, INC. Chimneys cleaned, repaired, relined, blockages cleared,. Family owned/operated. 516-745-5625 www.certifiedchimneyNY.com

Cleaning

ENJOY THE PLEASURE OF COMING HOME TO A CLEAN HOUSE! Attention to detail is our priority.

We promise you peace of mind.

Excellent References.

Serving the Three Village Area.

Jacquie 347-840-0890 (cell) Joyce 631-871-9457 631-886-1665

Clean-Ups

LET STEVE DO IT Clean-ups, yards, basements, whole house, painting, tree work, local moving and anything else.

Totally overwhelmed?

Call Steve @ 631-745-2598, leave message.

Computer Services/ Products

THE PC DOCTOR...Providing Solutions To All Your Home Or Office Computing Needs Reasonable rates, dependable service, plenty of references.

Call 631-821-2558.

Email: jim@pc-d-o-c.com

Decks

DECKS ONLY BUILDERS & DESIGNERS of Outdoor Living by Northern Construction of LI, Inc. Decks, Patios/Hardscapes, Pergolas, Outdoor Kitchens & Lighting.

Since 1995. Lic/Ins. Financing Available.

105 Broadway, Greenlawn.

631-651-8478 www.DecksOnly.com See our ad in the Home Service Directory for complete details.

Electricians COMPLETE WIRING FOR YOUR HOME AND BUSINESS Everything electric since 1979.

YOUR ELECTRIC 631-474-2026 FARRELL ELECTRIC Serving Suffolk for over 40 years All types electrical work, service changes, landscape lighting, automatic standby generators.

631-928-0684 SOUNDVIEW ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING Prompt * Reliable * Professional Residential/Commercial Free Estimates Ins/Lic#41579-ME Owner Operator 631-828-4675 See our Display Ad in the Home Services Directory

Financial Services YOUR†HOMEOWNERSHIP† PARTNER The State of NY Mortgage Agency offers funds available for renovation. www.sonyma.org.

1-800-382-HOME (4663)

Furniture/Restoration Repairs CHAIR CANING SINCE 1975; ALL TYPES. ALSO Repairs & custom furniture.

VILLAGE CHAIRS 311 West Broadway Port Jefferson.

By appointment only 631-331-5791 www.villagechairs.com REFINISHING & RESTORATION Antiques restored, repairing recane, reupholstery, touch-ups kitchen, front doors, 40yrs exp, SAVE$$$, free estimates.

Vincent Alfano 631-286-1407 REFINISHING & REUPHOLSTERING Dunwell Furniture Repair & Upholstering Workshop.

Repairs, Caning, Rebuild, Stripping, Refinishing.

427 Rt. 25A, Rocky Point 631-744-7442

T I M E S

Gardening/Design Architecture DOWN THE GARDEN PATH *Garden Rooms *Focal Point Gardens designed/maintained just for you. Create a “splash” of color w/perennials. Patio pots.

Marsha, 631-689-8140 or Fax 631-689-2835

Handyman Services JOHN’S A-1 HANDYMAN SERVICE Crown moldings, Wainscoting, raised panels. Kitchen/bathroom specialist, painting windows, finished basements, ceramic tile.

All types repairs. Dependable craftsmanship. Reasonable/rates.

Lic/Ins. 631-744-0976 or cell 631 697-3518 RONAN HANDYMAN SERVICE “If it’s broken, I’ll fix it.”

General home repair. Fences installed, porch pillers/railings, decks refinished/repaired, bathroom repairs/remodel.

Power Washing Available Mike Ronan 631-236-6000 Insured.

Home Improvement *BluStar Construction The North Shore’s Most Trusted Renovation Experts.

631-751-0751 Suffolk Lic. #48714-H, Ins. See Our Display Ad DREAM FLOORS Dustless sanding & refinishing of wood floors. *Hardwood, laminate and vinyl installations and repairs. *Base & crown moulding installation.

Owner operated. 631-793-7128 www.nydreamfloors.com NCP CARPENTRY, INC. Kitchen/Bathroom Alterations Additions/Extensions Fine Interior Millwork Nick Chepinskas www.npccarpentry.com nick@npccarpentry.com 516-658-8523 Lic#39386 /Ins. BBB

B E A C O N

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Home Improvement

Lawn & Landscaping

Lawn & Landscaping

PRS CARPENTRY No job too small. Hanging a door, building a house, everything in-between. Formica kitchens/baths, roofing/siding/decks.

POWER WASHING. Serving North Shore 40 years. Lic/Ins. 631-744-9741

EASTSIDE SERVICES NY, INC. LANDSCAPE SERVICE Grading/topsoil/mulch, rockwalls, plantings/brush removal.

New lawns/lawn maintenance, fences, masonry repairs, dry wells/drainage problems solved.

Dane D’Zurilla 631-474-3321, 631-387-3189 www.eastsideservicesny.com

SETAUKET LANDSCAPE & DESIGN Stone Driveways/Walkways, Walls/Stairs/Patios/Masonry, Brickwork/Repairs & Land Clearing/Drainage, Grading/Excavating.

Plantings/Mulch Steve Antos, 631-689-6082 www.setauketlandscape.com Serving Three Villages

THREE VILLAGE HOME IMPROVEMENT Serving the community for over 30 years. See ad in Home Service Directory.

Rich Beresford, 631-689-3169

Home Repairs/ Construction

GOT BAMBOO??

Bamboo removal with guaranteed results! Landscape Architecture/Arborist services. Property restoration/landscape installation.

Call for a free estimate, 631-316-4023 Groundbreakers Development Group Inc., Commack NY

KLINGER MANAGEMENT & CONSTRUCTION CORP. Renovations, kitchens, baths, decks, patios, trim, moulding, windows, doors.

Maintenance Services. www.KMCbuilders.com 631-509-5468 Lic. 49649-H/Ins

Lawn & Landscaping BLUEGRASS LANDSCAPING INC. Landscape garden design & construction. Grading, irrigation, ponds, maintenance & clean ups.

Lic./Ins. 631-732-3760, 631-774-3169 Carl Bongiorno Landscape/Mason Contractor All phases masonry work: stone walls, patios, poolscapes. All phases of Landscaping Design.

Theme Gardens.

Residential & Commercial.

Lic/Ins. 631-928-2110

CLOVIS AXIOM, INC. Expert tree removal, pruning, planting & transplanting. *Insect & disease management. *Personalized healthy edible gardens and chicken coops.

631-751-4880 clovisaxiom@gmail.com See ad in Home Service Directory for complete details.

EASTWOOD TREE & LANDSCAPE INC. Experts in tree care and landscaping. Serving Suffolk County for 25 years. Lic.#35866H/Ins 631-928-4070 eastwoodtree.com

R E C O R D

GIULIANO TREE SERVICE AND LANDSCAPING BOBCAT SERVICE. Tree removal, pruning, cleanups, stump grinding, landscape design, mowing, etc.

Charles, 631-371-9913

HOSTA LOVERS Over 200 beautiful varieties, very reasonable prices. Open Saturday 10AM-4PM only.

MAEDER NURSERIES INC. 225 Old Town Rd. E. Setauket 631-751-8446 J & J LANDSCAPING LAWN MAINTENANCE Clean-ups, weekly maintenance, thatching, mulching, seeding, lime, fertilizer, crabgrass control, pruning, more. Since 1972.

Lic #37841-H/Ins. 631-928-0752 LANDSCAPES UNLIMITED SPRING CLEAN-UPS Property Clean-ups, Tree Removal, Pruning, Landscape Construction, Maintenance, Thatching & Aeration.

Commercial/Residential Steven Long, Lic.36715-H/Ins. 631-675-6685 MIKE FAGAN LANDSCAPE CONTRACTING, INC. Serving the Three Village Area.

Spring clean-ups, perennial gardens, thatching, fertilizing, planting, top soil, transplanting, tree and stump removal.

Complete lawn maintenance.

Reasonable rates.

Established 30 years.

631-744-9452, Lic. 0300-H/Ins.

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SWAN COVE LANDSCAPING Lawn Maintenance, Clean-ups, Shrub/Tree Pruning, Removals.

Landscape Design/Installation, Ponds/Waterfalls, Stone Walls.

Firewood.

Free estimates. Lic/Ins. 631-689-8089

Landscape Materials SCREENED TOP SOIL Mulch, wood chips, fill, decorative and driveway stone, sand/brick/cement. Fertilizer and seed.

JOSEPH M.TROFFA Landscape/Mason Supply 631-928-4665 www.troffa.com

Masonry ALL SUFFOLK PAVING & MASONRY Asphalt Paving, Cambridge Paving Stone, Belgium Block Supplied & fitted. All types of drainage work. Driveways, parking lots, patios, Basketball Courts, Tennis Courts & Play Areas.

Free written estimates. Call 631-764-9098/631-365-6353. www.allsuffolkpaving.com Lic#47247-H/Ins. LIBERTY PAVING & MASONRY Driveways, landscaping, stucco, Cambridge pavers, bluestone, stoop repair, patios, asphalt, Belgian stone, retaining wall.

Free estimates. With over 25 years experience, Liberty Paving & Masonry can get the job done on time and on budget. Lic.#53600/Ins. 631-542-3278, 631-415-7748

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GREG TRINKLE PAINTING & GUTTER CLEANING Powerwashing, window washing, staining. Neat, reliable, 25 years experience.

Free Estimates.

Lic/Ins.#31398-H 631-331-0976

WORTH PAINTING â&#x20AC;&#x153;PAINTING WITH PRIDEâ&#x20AC;?

Interiors/exteriors. Faux finishes, power-washing, wallpaper removal, sheetrock tape/spackling, carpentry/trimwork. Lead paint certified. References. Free estimates. Lic./Ins. SINCE 1989 Ryan Southworth, 631-331-5556

ALL PRO PAINTING Interior/exterior. Free estimates.

Powerwashing, staining, wallpaper removal. Lic/Ins#19604HI. NICK 631-696-8150 BOBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PAINTING SERVICE 25 Years Experience Interior/Exterior Painting. *Spackling *Staining * Wallpaper Removal *Powerwashing.

Free estimates Lic/Ins. #17981 631-744-8859

Power Washing

Building Permits

Plumbing/ Heating

Jay A. Spillmann Painting Co. Over 30 years in business.

Spackling/Taping, Wallpaper removal. Quality prep work.

Interior/Exterior.

Lic. #17856-H/Ins. 631-331-3712, 631-525-2206 SACCOCCIO PAINTING & HOME IMPROVEMENTS Owner operated for over 25 years. Painting, spackle, sheetrock, power washing, water damage and mold removal.

NO JOB TOO SMALL! Lic/Ins. 631-831-3089

ANDERSON ENERGY Heating, Air Conditioning and Hot Water. Oil, gas services, installations and solutions. Financing Available. Lic/Ins. Lic. #49018-H, 631-209-1100, Bill DOUGLAS FERRI PLUMBING & HEATING Lic/Ins. All types of work, small repairs receive special attention.

Free estimates, reasonable rates.

631-265-8517

Tree Work

KLB LAND SERVICES Specializing in all phases of Tree Work, Landscape Installation & Masonry.

Insured/ Lic# 52839-H Michael Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Leary 631-901-2781

ABOVE ALL TREE SERVICE Will Beat ALL Competitors Rates Quality Work at Lowest Prices!

Removal, Land Clearing & Large Tree Specialists. Pruning, Topping, Stump Grinding $10 & Up. Bucket Truck & Emergency Service. Accepting All Major Credit Cards. Free Estimates.

Lic. 33122-H./Ins. Located Exit 62 LIE 631-928-4544

WORKING & LIVING IN THE THREE VILLAGES FOR 25 YEARS Owner does the work & guarantees satisfaction.

COUNTY-WIDE Lic. & Ins. 37153-H 631-751-8280

Pool Services

BUILDING PERMITS, VARIANCES, C.O.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;S OBTAINED Fast, friendly, professional service. Reasonable fees.

Drew Dunleavy, NYS Licensed Real Estate Broker.

Call for a complimentary consultation.

516-316-8864

COUNTY-WIDE PAINTING INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Painting/Staining.

Quality workmanship.

Living/Serving 3 Village Area Over 25 Years. Lic#37153-H. 631-751-8280

Tree Work

SUNLITE PRESSURE WASHING Roofs, Cedar Shakes, Vinyl Siding, Cedar Planks, Patios, Decks.

Reasonable rates.

29 years in business Lic.27955-H/Ins. 631-281-1910

CSI POOL SERVICE Pool openings from $149.99.

Power Vacs from $75/hr. Weekly service from $45/week.

CSTpoos@yahoo.com 631-681-3358 Lic/ins.

ARBOR-VISTA TREE CARE Complete Tree care service devoted to the care of trees. Maintenance pruning, waterview work, sun-trimming, elevating, pool areas, storm thinning, large tree removal, stump grinding.

Wood chips.

Lic#18902HI. Free estimates.

631-246-5377

Roofing/Siding GOT LEAKS? igotleaks.com New roofs, roof repairs, gutters.

Over 25 years experience, 24 hr emergency service Lic#37348-H/Ins. 1-844-446-8532

EXCELLENCE IN TREE CARE Cornell Tree Experts, Inc. 631-474-8084 Cornelltree.com

JOSEPH BONVENTRE CONSTRUCTION Roofing, siding, windows, decks, repairs. Quality work, low prices.

Living/Serving 3 Village Area.

Owner operated. Over 25 years experience. Lic/Ins. #55301-H. 631-428-6791/631-689-7627

KOCH TREE SERVICES Certified Arborists. National Accredited Tree Care Company.

Fertilization, Firewood, Pruning, Removals, Organic Spray Programs, Tick Control.

CALL NOW! 631-473-4242 www.kochtreeservice.com Lic#25598-H Insured

Tree Work

RANDALL BROTHERS TREE SERVICE. Planting, pruning, removals, stump grinding. Free Estimates.

631-862-9291 Fully insured.

LIC# 50701-H

XTERRA TREE SERVICE 631-821-8888 Certified Arborist on Staff www.XterraTreeService.com Insured & Licensed (#54411H)

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NORTHEAST TREE EXPERTS, INC. Expert pruning, careful removals, stump grinding, tree/shrub fertilization. Disease/insect management. Certified arborists.

Insured/Lic#24,512-HI. All work guaranteed. 631-751-7800 www.northeasttree.com

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SUNBURST TREE EXPERTS Since 1974 our history of customer satisfaction is second to none. Pruning/removals/planting, plant health care.

Certified Arborist on every job guaranteed.

Unsplit firewood For Sale by the truckload.

Bonded employees.

Lic/Ins. #8864HI 631-744-1577

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Window Cleaning SUNLITE WINDOW WASHING Residential. Interior/Exterior. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Done the old fashioned way.â&#x20AC;?

Also powerwashing/gutters.

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TIMES BEACON RECORD NEWS MEDIA Presents

BRIDGES

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September 3, 2015

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OFFICE FOR RENT JUST REDUCED! FRONTAGE 25A, 3 rooms off center hall, private bathroom, built in shelves, closet space, Village Times Building., E. Setauket. Signage on front lawn available. $895 + utilities.

Please call Ann 631-751-5454 weekdays or 631-751-2030 evenings.

PUBLISHERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; NOTICE All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise â&#x20AC;&#x153;any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.â&#x20AC;?

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ROCKY POINT $2500. Large house available immediately, 4 BR, 2 bath, L/R, D/R, Kit., fenced yard. Ample parking & basement storage.

Heat/water/yard maint/snow removal all included.

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OFFICE FOR RENT. EAST SETAUKET Just reduced! Frontage 25A, 2 rooms off center hall, plus additional space. Private bathroom, built in shelves, closet space, Village Times Building. Signage on front lawn available. $895 +utilities.

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No smoking/pets $1850/all negotiable.

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Out Of County MANHATTAN APARTMENT FOR RENT Nicely furnished (or unfurnished.) Quiet, 4 bedroom, 2 bath, living room, dining room, exceptionally clean, upper East Side pre-war residential building with high ceilings and elevator, washer/dryer, A/C. 4 blocks to Metropolitian Museum of Art and Central Park, 3 blocks to East River and Carl Schurz Park. 4 blocks to express subway stop, P/T doorman. No smoking. Wired for internet and cable. $5900/mo.

Call Ann: (days) 631-751-5454 (eves) 631-751-2030.

MOUNT SINAI Bright 1 bedroom apartment. Private entrance, own yard, ground level. $995/all. No smoking/pets.

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9 acres, Lakefront, $69,900 30 acres - 3 Lakefront Cabins, $299,900 144 acres - Lake Access, $289,900 Less than 3 hrs NY City, 1/2 West of Albany!

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Call 631-678-1262.

Real Estate Services CENTURY 21, COR-ACE REALTY, Richard Romano, Lic. RE Salesperson ASK ABOUT MY SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS. Cell. 516-807-0570, Office. 631-878-3400 ext 287.

Fax 631-878-3480 rromano@century21.com

WEEKEND NYC APT Upper West Side. Available Friday noon to Tuesday noon.

Other occupant is there Tuesday afternoon to Friday morning.

Gracious studio, furnished, $1265/mth, one year commiment. e-mail: lyownnen6@gmail.com

Rentals-Rooms PORT JEFFERSON Large room for rent, perfect for summer rental. Will consider short term. Includes refrigerator, microwave. No smoking, off street parking. Available Immediately. 631-816-0122 STONY BROOK Furnished room for rent $700/ALL. One Block SUNY. Share kitchen and bath. Avail August 15th. 631-689-9560

OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Best selection of affordable rentals. Full/partial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily.

Holiday Resort Services 1-800-638-2102. Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com

OPEN HOUSES 55+ ACTIVE SECLUDED Retirement Community, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Calverton Meadowsâ&#x20AC;? Open concept Ranch, move in, like new. 3 B/Rs, 2 full baths, Florida Room, enormous covered deck, $185,500. Saturday/Sunday 7/25, 7/26, 1:00pm-3:00pm. 638 Fresh Pond Avenue. Unit #347. Calverton. 631-591-3255.

SATURDAY/SUNDAY 12:00PM-3:00PM Monday thru Friday Open House by appointment PORT JEFFERSON VILLAGE 415 Liberty Ave, starting at $799,000. New Village Vistas 55+ Condo. Models Water View SATURDAY/SUNDAY Open House by Appointment MOUNT SINAI 110 Hamlet Dr. The Hamlet, Gated, Golf, Full Unfin Bsmt, $649,000 Price Adjustment SETAUKET 9 Stadium Blvd, Gated Three Village Club, Oxford Colonial, IGP, FFin Bsmt, $849,000 MOUNT SINAI 63 Hamlet Dr. Private Pool, Finished Bsmnt, Main floor master $719,000 Price Adjustment JAMESPORT Maidstone Condo Community 3 Tall Tree Cir, Water View of Sound, Fin Lower, $999,990 Dennis P. Consalvo, Lic. RE Sales Associate.

Aliano Real Estate www.longisland-realestate.net 631-724-1000

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DANIEL GALE SOTHEBYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S INTERNATIONAL REALTY AFTER HOURS OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT, THURSDAY, 7/23, 5:30-7:30PM Come view these available properties and enjoy light refreshments.

STONY BROOK 15 Harborview Rd., MLS# 2768977 $1,295,000.

20 North Rd., MLS# 2771394 $699,000.

4 Oakway Drive, Old Stony Brook MLS# 2757026 $1,098,000.

19 Old Wood Road, MLS# 2726201 $479,000.

OLD FIELD 22 Evans Lane, MLS# 2781936 $1,250,000.

155 Old Field Road, MLS# 2696281 $995,000.

165 Old Field Road, MLS# 2685466 $1,999,900.

SETAUKET 10 Mill River Rd., MLS# 2773112 $898,000.

PORT JEFFERSON 123 Arlington Ave., MLS# 2775960 $835,000.

76 Pine Hill Road, MLS# 2777065 $424,900.

SUNDAY 7/26 1:00PM-3:00PM SHOREHAM $264,999 1 Fordham Rd. Off (Valentine).

CAPE 4B/R, 2bath, 1/2 acre.

Updated Kitchen/Utilities. FPL NEW Roof/Driveway, garage.

DIANE DIOS, Assoc. Broker 631-741-9033 Douglas Elliman Real Estate SUNDAY 7/26 12:00PM-3:00PM Nassau County, East Rockaway.

25 Yarmouth Rd. 3BR, 2 bath, Exp. Cape. Mint condition. $469k. Broker. 516-721-8885.

Not in Flood Zone.

SUNDAY 12:00PM-2:00PM MT. SINAI 36 Sunnydale. Spectacular waterviews, tri-level overlooking Mt Sinai Harbor, $749,000 JOSEPH FLANAGAN HICKEY & SMITH REALTORS 631-751-4488

SAT., 7/25 SUN 7/26 10AM-4PM PORT JEFFERSON VILLAGE Owner/seller. Must sell custom 10 rm, 4 bedroom, 3.5 baths, CAC, CV, IGP, FPL, hwd floors, EIK, MBR on first floor, governess area, fin. bsmnt, 2+ garage.

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OPINION EDITORIAL

It could have been us

Tragedy hit close to home over the weekend — countless lives were shattered when an alleged drunk driver slammed into a limousine carrying a group of eight young women, killing four who hailed from our own North Shore communities.

Saturday’s Cutchogue crash captivated communities near and far.

Those who knew the women, and even those who didn’t, mourned, as the crash sent shock waves across the Island.

Brittney Schulman, Lauren Baruch, Stephanie Belli and Amy Grabina were friends, daughters, girlfriends, sisters and young women just starting their adult lives. Tragic doesn’t even begin to explain what happened on that Cutchogue road.

But the women weren’t alone, and the surviving four women, who remain hospitalized as of Monday, need our support.

At a press conference on Monday,

Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota told a crowd of reporters, many of whom came from affiliate stations and out-of-town papers, to be reasonable, in light of a recent incident in which a member of the press entered the hospital in an attempt to see one of the survivors.

“We have four who survived, who certainly have suffered horrible, horrible trauma,” Spota said. “Not only bodily trauma, but certainly mentally. And we have people — reporters — who are trying to sneak in to talk to these young women. I just think that we really should — let’s all think about it and let’s be reasonable here.”

We find these actions disrespectful to the victims and survivors and their families and do not stand behind them. As journalists, we understand the responsibility news organizations have to inform the public about events such as this, but sneaking into a hospital room is

A makeshift memorial is erected at the scene of the fatal Cutchogue crash.

excessive, and it is not right to serve a readership at a victim’s expense.

As a community newspaper, we are protective of the neighborhoods we cover because we live here. When we get word of car crashes, many of us have to wonder if a loved one was involved. What happened on Satur-

day could have happened to any one of us.

To the women recovering, the families affected and the communities trying to come to terms with these losses, we will still be here to listen if and whenever you are ready to speak. Our thoughts are with you.

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TO ThE EDITOR: Legislation backed by New York’s trial lawyers (A.285 and S.911-A) would lengthen New York State’s medical malpractice statute of limitations.

While patients who are the victims of malpractice deserve justice and fair compensation, these proposed laws do nothing to further those goals. In fact, they would have negative consequences for our entire health care system.

New York’s world-class doctors and hospitals already spend billions annually on medical malpractice coverage — the highest in the nation. The legislation would increase these already enormous costs by hundreds of millions of dollars and further divert vital patient care resources.

New York’s medical malpractice stat-

ute of limitations is among the longest in the nation, with important exceptions for children and patients undergoing continued treatment.

Unlike New York State, many states with provisions similar to those in these bills also have reasonable caps on the amount that can be recovered for pain and suffering, and some even cap total damages.

The proposed legislation is the wrong approach to fix New York’s medical malpractice system.

We urge the New York State Legislature to consider a comprehensive package of medical malpractice reforms that will strengthen New York’s entire health care system and to reject piecemeal legislation.

Kevin Murray Senior VP for Administration John T. Mather Memorial hospital

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Sharing the space between the parallel lines

D. None of the above

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ack when my kids were much younger, they didn’t always play with their best friends at school or even on playdates. Sometimes, their friends would push trains around a room while they would bounce a ball, connect the dots or create an original drawing. The first time I heard the term “parallel play,” I remember nodding in agreement.

Fast forward to the teenage years, and on most days parents and their children live parallel lives. We occupy the same house, we walk in and out of the same bathroom, we sometimes sit at the same table, but we don’t always connect or even interact with each other on a substantive basis.

Just to keep my kids on their toes, I sometimes ask them on a weekend how school was. The conversation goes something like this.

Me: “Hey guys, how was school?”

Kids: “Good.”

Me: Smiling.

Kids: Replaying the short tape of the conversation to see why dad is still looking at them.

Kids: “Wait, we didn’t have school today.”

Me: “Right, so tell me, how was your Saturday morning.”

Kids: “Good.”

Me: Sigh.

Recently, though, the stars all aligned for my family, giving us a chance for more than the usual

brief interactions on our way to something else. My daughter started reading the John Green young-adult novel, “Paper Towns.”

She finished it in little more than a day and left it on a counter. My wife and I took turns reading the same book.

When we suggested our son try reading something during the summer, he initially resisted.

Given the consistent message from my wife and me, he relented and grabbed the nearest book which, as it turned out, happened to be “Paper Towns.”

What’s followed has been a bending of those parallel lines.

Remarkably, our daughter who considers herself something of a morning person in the late afternoon woke up one day and entered into a discussion with me about the book. Yes, that’s right, a discussion. I consider any exchange of dialogue that involves more than two sentences, eye contact and a continuation of a conversation beyond a single

room a discussion.

It’s not that she or I loved the book, or even particularly related to it. The interaction allowed us to share what we thought of the overall plot points, of the characters in the book and the story arc. We had also both read another of Green’s books, “Looking for Alaska,” and compared some themes that overlapped in both books.

In the meantime, conversations with our son about what he’s read have included a detailed recall of the most recent chapter he completed.

No, this isn’t a ringing endorsement of the book or of the author.

In fact, none of the four of us is eagerly encouraging friends and family to get a copy as soon as possible so they can read it before they see the movie.

I am, however, suggesting that a family book club is a way to create a delightful and meaningful intersection of those parallel lines, enabling us to converse and connect.

We have had our moments when

A family book club is a way to enable us to converse and connect. two of us have wanted to read the book at the same time. Given our different schedules, however, that has happened considerably less often than I would have imagined.

The benefit of a book over, say, a trip to a lake or an amusement park is that the words on the page give us common ground. That becomes the starting point from which we can share our respective perspectives.

Without a specific assignment, our kids can share a relaxed view of a book. The conversations can, and have, brought us together.

Daniel Dunaief’s recent book, “The Other Parent,” may be purchased online from www.tbrnewsmedia.com/ebooks.

Wit and fun in the summer sun These stories have been taken from the Internet: 1. WILL THE REAL DUMMY PLEASE STAND UP? AT&T fired its president, John Walter, after nine months, saying he lacked intellectual leadership. He received a $26 million severance package.

Perhaps it’s not Walter who’s lacking intelligence.

2. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS Police in Oakland, Calif., spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside his home. After firing 10 tear-gas canisters, officers discovered that the man was standing beside them in the police line, shouting, “Please come out and give yourself up.”

3. WHAT WAS PLAN B? An Illinois man, pretending to have a gun, kidnapped a motorist and forced him to drive to two different automated teller machines, wherein the

kidnapper proceeded to withdraw money from his own bank accounts.

4. THE GETAWAY A man walked into a Kwik Stop in Topeka, Kan., and asked for all the money in the cash drawer. Apparently the take was small, so he tied up the store clerk and worked the counter himself for three hours until police showed up and grabbed him.

5. DID I SAY THAT? Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect who just couldn’t control himself during a lineup. When detectives asked each man in the lineup to repeat the words “Give me all your money or I’ll shoot,” a man shouted, “That’s not what I said.”

6. ARE WE COMMUNICATING? A man spoke frantically into the phone, “My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart.”

“Is this her first child?” the doctor asked. “No,” the man shouted. “This is her husband.”

7. NOT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED In Modesto, Calif., a man was arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon. He used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun. Unfortunately, he failed to keep his hand in his pocket.

8. THE GRAND FINALE Last summer, down on Lake Isabella, located in the high desert an hour east of Bakersfield, Calif., some folks, new to boating, were having a problem. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t get their brand new 22-foot boat to work properly. It was very sluggish in almost every maneuver, no matter how much power was applied. After about an hour of trying to make it go, they crept into a nearby marina, thinking someone there may be able

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to tell them what was wrong.

A thorough topside check revealed everything in perfect working condition. The engine ran fine, the outdrive went up and down, and the propeller was the correct size and pitch. So, one of the marina guys jumped in the water to check underneath. He came up choking on water, he was laughing so hard. Under the boat, still strapped securely in place, was the trailer.

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