The Times of Smithtown - May 4, 2017 by TBR News Media

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Fort salonga east • kings park • smithtown • nesconset • st james • head oF the harbor • nissequogue • hauppauge • commack Vol. 30, No. 10

May 4, 2017

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What’s inside: 2015 report on red light cameras A3 Police respond to Commack car crash, bank robbery in Kings Park A6 Suffolk Republican leader on his influence with Trump A8

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movements and the development of the atomic bomb. Join Raymond Batvinis, retired senior FBI counterintelligence agent, historian, professor and author of “Hoover’s Secret War Against Axis Spies”, as he recounts the fascinating, though not well-known, history of the Benson House and its contributions to the Allied victory in the Second World War. This program is scheduled for Thursday, May 25 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Smithtown Library main building. This program is free and open to all, but registration is required. For more information, please call 631-360-2480, ext. 197.

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county New red light camera report stirs controversial reaction By Victoria Espinoza victoria@tbrnewspapers.com The results are in for the 2015 Red Light Safety Program Annual Report — the most recent report to date — but there are still questions to be asked. The report, released in April, showed in 2015 a total of $31 million in gross revenue was collected from the program for citations issued from the start of the program in 2010 but paid in 2015 — a drop of some $1.9 million from the previous year. However, an entire section is missing on accident data, which in years past indicated how many accidents occurred from right angles, rear ends, accidents that involved injury, what intersections they occurred at and more. “It’s a disgrace,” Suffolk County Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) said in a phone interview. “They say it’s coming — but they won’t even tell us who prepares the report.” Trotta is not the only person to raise this concern. Personal injury lawyer David Raimondo, based in Lake Grove, agreed not knowing what company prepares the report is a red flag. He has worked on several injury lawsuits having to do with red light camera

intersections and has filed a Freedom of Information Law request to discover what company creates the current annual reports on the program. Just last month he called for a federal investigation into the program. “We don’t know who makes the report, they [Suffolk County government] claim the data used is correct, but I’m challenging that right now because I don’t think their data is accurate,” he said. The county executive’s office did not respond to — Rob Trotta requests for comment. Every annual report has the Suffolk County seal on the cover as well as the seal of the county’s office of Traffic and Parking Violations Agency. All services in maintaining, operating and managing the red light cameras are done by Xerox, a corporation that entered into a contract with Suffolk County. Xerox provides a monthly invoice to the county for contractual requirements, and according to the study was paid $9.4 million that year. But it’s still unclear which entity condenses the raw data and creates the annual reports. Raimondo also took issue with an article from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety referenced in the 2015 report.

‘It’s an insult to the residents.’

Front cover of the suffolk county 2015 red Light camera report, right file photo

Legislator rob trotta is critical of the information missing from the newly released red light camera report. “Red light cameras installed at intersections reduced the number of fatalities due to crashes at these intersections … there was a steep increase in fatalities at intersections that removed red light cameras,” the report stated.

The article also included data from 57 cities throughout the country between 1992 and 2014, comparing trends in fatal crash rates in those cities with trends in 33

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Suffolk County Police Major Case Unit detectives are investigating a robbery that occurred at a Kings Park bank Friday, April 28. A man entered Bank of America, located at 1209 Saint Johnland Road, at approximately 11:45 a.m., displayed a note and verbally demanded cash. The teller complied and gave the suspect cash from

the drawer. The robber fled on foot. The suspect was described as white, in his late 20s, approximately 5 feet, 6 inches tall with a thin build. He was wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, a black baseball cap, jeans and sneakers. The investigation is ongoing. Detectives are asking anyone with information on the robbery to call the Major Case Unit at 631852-6555 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS (8477).

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school news Forest Brook Elementary School

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In celebration of Earth Day, fourthgrade students at Dogwood Elementary School in the Smithtown Central School

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Autism awareness

As part of April’s National Autism Awareness Month, Forest Brook Elementary School participated in “Kids and Coins for Autism” – an initiative where students help those affected by autism spectrum disorder. The school collected a total of 31 pounds of coins or $314 that it donated to the Nassau/Suffolk chapter of the Autism Society to support their research into the causes, prevention and treatments for autism. Autism is a complex disorder and the

fastest growing developmental issue in our country. In 2014, the Centers for Disease Control reported that one in every 68 children in the United States is diagnosed on the autism spectrum. Boys are four times more likely than girls to have autism. Even though there are many people with autism, each person is different in terms of his or her challenges, abilities and personality. “Forest Brook students learned that they can help make a difference in the lives of others by participating in the ‘Kids and Coins for Autism’ initiative,” said Principal Kristen Reingold.

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In March, teams from a record 55 high schools battled in the regional For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology robotics competition at Hofstra University. In only their third year in existence, the Kings Park Team 5736 performed remarkably well and was one of three teams to earn a trip to the world championships, which took place in St. Louis. Under the direction of their coaches Kevin Hutchins and Sam Kruse, as well as three volunteer mentors (Ken Tiu, Mathnasium; Scott Schuler, Soteria Technologies; and Joe Citro, Brookhaven National Laboratory), the team made quantum strides forward this year. Coach Sam Kruse said, “It is truly amazing how much progress our students and robotics program has made in such a short period of time. I couldn’t be more proud of how well our team takes initiative and works together to solve the engineering

challenge of FIRST robotics.” Coach Kevin Hutchins added, “This year we had a great group of students who took ownership of the club and pride in the team. With more experience in the program, student leaders stepped up to bigger roles contributing to the success of the club.” Each year FIRST presents teams with a new theme and a different set of challenges to overcome. The robots compete in groups of three called alliances. Each match consists of three red and three blue alliance robots. This year they tasked teams to teach their robots to throw “fuel.” The “fuel” in this competition was represented by whiffle-ball-like spheres, which were thrown by the robots into boilers to generate water pressure. The more pressure that was created, the more points each team would earn. Teams also earned points by attaching gears onto an “airship” suspended from the center of the arena. Lastly, robots could earn big points by climbing a rope and hanging, prior to time being called.

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One on one with the man who helped Donald Trump win Suffolk County BY ALEX PETROSKI ALEX@TBRNEWSPAPERS.COM

Port Jefferson. The chairman bought what Trump was selling, and encouraged Suffolk voters to do A Republican hadn’t won Suffolk County the same. He said Trump’s position that the in 24 years. The 2016 presidential election government was “broken” and needed an was out of the ordinary on dozens of levels, outsider to fi x it resonated for him, and bea fact that propelled Donald Trump to the lieves it’s what voters liked about him locally. “When I became a councilman in presidency and helped him to become the first Republican candidate to win Suffolk County Brookhaven Town in 1996, the dominant since George H.W. Bush in 1992. Trump re- issue was illegal immigration, and its efceived just 36.5 percent of the vote in New fect on the housing,” he said. LaValle would York state, though 52.5 percent of Suffolk vot- later go on to be the youngest supervisor in ers selected the first-time political candidate. Brookhaven’s history. In 2001 he took control John Jay LaValle — arguably the most influ- at just 33 years old. “So here I was now in ential Republican in Suffolk politics — played 2016, 20 years later and the dominant issue is still illegal immigration.” a massive role in securing that victory. LaValle said both Republicans and DemoDuring an exclusive interview at his Holtsville office April 18, the Suffolk County crats had squandered opportunities to make Republican Committee Chairman shed light meaningful changes to immigration legison Trump’s surprising victory locally and lation, which is evidence of an inability in nationally, his life in politics, serving as a traditional politicians to get things done for Trump surrogate and the future of the party. their constituents in other areas, like creating jobs and jump-starting the economy. The state of the party Trump’s win has put a strain on the ReLaValle, 49, who has been in his current publican Party and clouded its future, espeposition since 2009, endorsed Trump about cially in light of record low approval ratings a year ago during a campaign event in Beth- so early in his tenure. “Transformation” and page, calling him the most important presi- “splintering” were two words LaValle didn’t dential candidate in modern history. deny were appropriate descriptors of the “I wasn’t happy over the last several years status of the party at the moment, though on how the Republican Party — let’s say over he said a polarization of politics is wreaking the past decade — how the party dealt with havoc on both parties. the Obama Administration,” LaValle, an atHe likened what’s going on now in the torney by trade, said, sitting at his desk, his party to his days as Brookhaven Supervisor. eyes glancing up intermittently at a muted He said he accomplished things that were television fixed on Fox News throughout atypical of Republican beliefs at the time, the conversation. He said the GOP’s singular like enacting a $100 million Environmental purpose, to its detriment, had become op- Bond Act. He also said he was proud of acposing former President Barack Obama (D). tions he took like appointing women and “We’d become a party without a compass. African-Americans to leadership roles in the We didn’t have a purpose.” town — he named Cecile Forte, an AfricanHe added he thought it was a mistake for American woman, the chair of the zoning the party to be so focused on social issues, es- board; and Marvin Colson, an African-Amerpecially because public sentiment was head- ican man the chair of the planning board ing in the opposite direction from the tradi- — and consolidating town operations to a tional Republican ideologies on most. centralized location in Farmingville, where By the time of his Brookhaven headquarformal endorsement ters still stands. April 9 at that Beth“There’s…four difpage rally, only Trump, ferent parties in this U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (Rcountry right now inTexas) and Ohio Gov. stead of two, and while John Kasich (R) were the liberals are trying still alive in the Repubto move the Democratlican primary process, ic Party left, the conthough LaValle said he servatives are trying made his decision to to pull the Republican endorse Trump when Party right — it’s a very he was still in a field of messy situation in the 17 candidates. country,” he said. “You “I’m from…what may look back 20 years someone would considfrom now and look at er to be the establish— John Jay LaValle this particular time ment of the Republican period in American hisParty,” LaValle said. tory as a time period “So when I came out and endorsed Donald that actually created four major political parTrump everyone was like, ‘what?’ And even ties in America. You can’t be a moderate on people, my own cousin, was like ‘what are either side and be with the wings. It’s been you doing?’ Everyone thought I was crazy. too polarized.” But one of the things that very much atAlthough he said his job doesn’t entail intracted me to Donald Trump was that I re- fluencing legislators about policy, the possially thought that he would be someone that bility of a splintering of the Republican Party would perform a radical change to the Re- could raise difficult questions for “establishpublican Party.” ment” Republican lawmakers who don’t join LaValle’s cousin is New York State Sen. Ken LaValle in subscribing to the book of Trump. LaValle (R-Port Jefferson), a mainstay in the LaValle suggested Trump’s Supreme state senate since 1976. Both are residents of Court nomination, efforts to repeal and re-

‘Everyone thought I was crazy...I really thought that he would be someone that would perform a radical change to the Republican Party.”

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Suffolk County Republican Committee Chairman John Jay LaValle at his Holtsville office.

place the Affordable Care Act and some other early signs bear this out — Trump campaigned to the right but is governing from a more moderate platform. “He doesn’t give a [expletive] about Republicans and Democrats and all that,” LaValle said of the president. “In fact, he was a Democrat. Then he became a Republican, but he was a moderate Republican. Then when he was running he became a very conservative Republican. From day one, I recollect him saying to me, ‘there’s only two things I want to do — I want to fix the economy and I want to get rid of this terrorism.’ He goes, ‘the rest of it, I could care less about.’”

The Trump presidency

Despite the missteps and uneasiness that have been hallmarks of Trump’s first 100 days in office, LaValle seemingly has no inclination to reverse course and distance himself from the president. “I don’t criticize the boss in public,” he said. After he endorsed Trump he went on to do about 160 television appearances as a surrogate for his candidate during 2016. The chairman said he first met Trump several years ago when the businessman was considering a run for governor of New York, though little came of that meeting. The two met for the second time during the rally in Bethpage in 2016. Since, the two have spoken regularly by phone, and LaValle said he’d

sat in on meetings at Trump Tower in the past, and even weighed in on policy when called upon by the man who currently occupies the highest office in the land. “He runs his meetings like a game show — it’s phenomenal,” LaValle said. He told a story of the first time Trump called him on his cellphone and asked him to come to Manhattan for a meeting. LaValle said his friends instructed him to keep quiet, prepare to listen and limit his contribution to the meeting to “hello, Mr. Trump” and “goodbye, Mr. Trump.” Instead, LaValle said Trump repeatedly pressed him and others in the room for input on policy and issues, and he felt Trump genuinely listened to others’ opinions. LaValle said he once asked Trump why he valued his opinion so much. “I trust you, and until you fail me that’s it, I’m going to rely on you,’” the chairman said Trump told him. That trust can be traced to a promise LaValle made to Trump in April 2016 after a campaign event at The Emporium in Patchogue, when he pledged to deliver Suffolk County for Trump during the Republican primary. “When he was leaving he was telling me ‘oh you know what it cost me to come here? You know what I had to give up?’ I said ‘no, I appreciate that Mr. Trump, and I’m going to

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lavalle Continued from page A8 tell you right now — Suffolk County will be the number one county for you in the state of New York next Tuesday,’” LaValle said. “He said ‘well I’m going to hold you to that.’ I said ‘good, and I’m going to deliver.’ And we did. And he appreciated that.” More than 72,000 Suffolk County residents chose Trump on primary day, to just 18,000 and 9,000 respectively for Kasich and Cruz. On another occasion, LaValle was forced to justify comments he made on CNN when he was asked to defend two “diametrically opposed” statements Trump had previously made. “So my phone rings and he says, ‘what’s this about me evolving?’ And this is classic Donald Trump, by the way,” LaValle said. “So I said, ‘uh, excuse me?’ He goes ‘evolving, John — what’s this about me evolving? I’m watching TV and I hear you say that I’m evolving.’” LaValle, laughing, said he thought he’d handled the situation beautifully. “‘John, John, John — I’m not evolving. I’m running for president of the United States of America. I’m not evolving,’” he said Trump told him. “I said ‘well I understand sir, but what would you like me to say?’ He says ‘what would I like you to say? You say Donald Trump is the greatest candidate ever to run for president in the history of the United States.’” LaValle said he later heard Kellyanne Conway, a key player in Trump’s campaign, use the word “evolving” on television, so he knew Trump was just blowing off steam at the time. According to LaValle, another byproduct of the Trump presidency has been a headon confrontation with debilitating political correctness, an aspect of Trump’s persona and platform that the chairman has found invaluable. The chairman blamed political correctness, brought about by the Democrats, for the gang violence and heroin abuse on Long Island. “He’s made it okay to kind of tell it like it is — or at least like you see it,” LaValle said. “That was a big problem. In our country, we

report Continued from page A3 cities that never had cameras. The lawyer called the article “propaganda,” and said he has worked with many scientists and engineer experts who confirm red light camera programs do not reduce fatalities. Another problem with the Suffolk County study, Raimondo said, is it does not include data on accidents involving bicyclists or pedestrians. “Every single intersection with a camera and a crosswalk needs a report,” he said. Red light cameras are placed in two types of intersections: New York State intersections, where a state road meets a state, county or town road; and non-state intersections, where a county road meets a county or town road. According to the report, intersections are chosen based on where the cameras would yield the highest safety result, but Raimondo doesn’t buy that. “They’re putting them in areas with the

had gotten so bad at being politically correct that we weren’t allowed to like, even say certain things that were true.” Attributing the rise of heroin abuse on Long Island to political correctness because of a lack of adequate border security addresses illegal drugs entering the country, but not a growing demand at home, which can be traced back to overprescribing of powerful pain medications, which then leads to heroin when prescriptions dry up. The chairman offered strong defenses for Trump on issues that few have felt inclined to rush to justify — like supposed ties between the Russian government and Trump’s campaign, transition team and administration. He said the president hasn’t deviated from anything he’s said publicly about Russia. His desire has always been to improve relations, and contacts between his team and Russia make sense in striving to achieve that goal. When asked why the knee-jerk reaction from several associates is to deny said communications, LaValle said the media is granted no prior assumption that sources will respond to questions truthfully, though he said anyone who didn’t given honest answers is “destroying their credibility.” Although LaValle insisted he didn’t criticize the boss in public, it’s not hard to take that concept and juxtapose it with the fact Trump has had issues as a result of publicly making false statements. The president said he won the most Electoral College votes (306) since President Ronald Reagan — in fact Obama won 332 four years ago and 365 in 2008, and going back to a Republican president Bush senior received more than Trump as well. He walked the line on the comments Trump was caught on tape making to Billy Bush for Access Hollywood during a candid conversation neither party knew was being recorded. “I mean I do feel bad that he got, kind of like set up, caught on tape with that whole grabbing thing,” he said. “I mean, I know so many guys that have said stupid things in their lifetime. We always just have the benefit of no one’s paying attention. And I’m not saying it’s right to do, don’t get me wrong,

highest volume of people who don’t want to go to court and can afford to pay the ticket,” he said. “They’re targeting middle class people. It’s a real racketeering operation, it’s enterprise corruption.” Trotta echoed the sentiment. “It’s a sham,” he said. “It’s the equivalent of a 63 percent tax increase on resident’s general fund tax, except this way the Suffolk County executive can say he didn’t raise it — but in actuality he did and it’s absurd. He [Steve Bellone (D)] thinks the people of Suffolk County are idiots. It’s an insult to the residents.” According to the report released last month analyzing the 2015 data, 352,472 red light camera fines were paid in 2015, including payments immediately after first notice of a ticket and court-related fines. This has led to more than $17.6 million in gross fine revenues for the year ($19 million in 2014 on 380,809 fines paid). These fines and fees are deposited directly into a Suffolk County comptroller’s account, according to the report.

but that sucked for him to be caught on tape saying that.” Even though he sympathized with Trump, he said earlier he understands why Trump’s own words could create a negative perception. “Saying Rosie O’Donnell is a fat slob, the stuff with Megyn Kelly, no, I could understand why there’s a perception that he’s a sexist, because he said things that are not appropriate,” he said. In the beginning of the interview, LaValle described Trump as a brilliant businessman who understood he could say “something stupid just for the hell of it…he knew that’s the price he had to pay to get all of that free media,” and lauded him for “telling it like it is.”

Suffolk County

U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) has taken small steps to distance himself from the president of late, though unless something drastically changes, the race for his seat in the House as representative for New York’s 1st Congressional District in 2018 will serve as a referendum on the party of Trump in Suffolk County. After upsetting U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop (DSouthampton), who held the seat from 2003 to 2014, Zeldin defeated Anna Throne-Holst (D-Southampton) by 18 points to retain his seat in 2016. Zeldin’s big win was seen as an indicator of Trump’s success in the county because he was a strong supporter of Trump in 2016. Zeldin even proclaimed from the podium after the race was called on election night that he was excited to have the chance to “make America great again.” Zeldin’s proximity to Trump has caused an uprising of some 1st District constituents since the election, with protests occurring throughout the past few months and demands for more access to the congressman. Still, LaValle isn’t concerned about Zeldin’s chances for reelection in 2018. “Lee Zeldin is going to win big time in 2018,” he said. “I think the Democrat Party has shown itself to be frauds, crybabies, snowflakes and sore losers… It’s all a fraud. It’s not about — this isn’t a grassroots effort. These people are professionals. They’re being paid to be there and to organize individu-

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als to disrupt town hall meetings of our duly elected representatives.” Politico, an American political-journalism company has maintained there is zero evidence of protestors being paid. This rhetoric may seem familiar to some, as powerful Democratic leaders once made the same claim a few years back. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in 2009 Tea Party protestors disrupting town halls were funded by “the high end,” calling it “Astroturf,” meaning not an authentic grassroots movement, but something supported by benefactors. “These people are a disgrace,” LaValle continued about the protestors. “It’s America, I guess they can do it. But it doesn’t make them any less sleazy and sleaze balls that they are. That’s what they’re doing. To me it’s a disgrace.” In a phone interview, Zeldin said LaValle has been a strong ally during his political career. He also praised the job LaValle has done since taking over, noting a large shift in town and county seats in elected positions from blue to red during LaValle’s tenure, which he said the chairman played a role in. “John is someone who can easily motivate a packed room of volunteers to want to campaign just a little harder and dig down a little bit deeper to help get across the finish line,” he said. LaValle has been rumored to be a candidate to oppose Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) when he seeks reelection. He criticized the job Bellone has done in the position, saying the county’s finances have been “horribly mismanaged,” and said he doesn’t think Bellone is right for the job, though he didn’t offer any insight on his future aspirations. “I don’t know what the future holds, but I’ll know it when it happens,” LaValle said. “The one thing I learned is I would have never expected to have done what I did last year in a million years. It was just something that I probably never would even have fathomed. So one thing that I learned is don’t ever try to make your plans too specific. Keep it loose, keep it fluid and be ready for something exciting. I know one thing, it’s going to be something exciting and it’s going to be something big.”

Some areas across Suffolk County saw more red light camera incidents recorded and tickets issued in 2015, but others stayed at a steady rate or saw a decrease. The study details how many incidents a red light camera intersection tracks in a certain year, as well as how many tickets are issued from those incidents. In 2015 in Huntington Station on Oakwood Road, a huge 73,217 red light camera incidents were noted, with 3,741 tickets issued, compared to 9,773 incidents noted and 602 tickets issued in 2014. Lake Grove had 86,343 incidents with 4,636 tickets issued in 2014, and the next year that number jumped to 106,145 incidents yet saw a drop in tickets to 4,435. In East Setauket on Route 347, more than 1,000 incidents were recorded than the prior year at 37,594, however 45 fewer tickets were issued at 1,838. On Miller Place Road, 117,016 incidents were recorded in 2014, with 7,055 tickets issued, and in 2015 there was a drop in incidents tracked at 113,915, with 6,088 tickets issued.

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North Shore rally opposing Trump climate policies draws crowd By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com Under sunny skies on a warm spring day, hundreds gathered at the corner of Nesconset Highway and Patchogue Road in Port Jefferson Station April 29 to make their voices heard in opposition of policies and promises from President Donald Trump (R) that reversed environmental protections. On March 28, Trump signed an executive order to rescind actions taken by the Democratic Obama administration that sought to establish a climate action plan and reduce methane emissions. It also established a review to determine if the Clean Power Plan, another Obama administration policy designed to reduced carbon pollution from power plants, should remain in place. Trump’s budget blueprint for the 2017-18 fiscal year released in March included significant cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, and he has also publicly stated his intention to consider withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, a United Nations convention on climate change. He has said the goal in rolling back measures designed to protect the environment is to relieve the financial burden the measures create for American businesses. The North Country Peace Group and Long Island Rising, two activist groups which have been quick to break out the poster board and markers to congregate and send a message to Trump and politicians who support his policies, organized a sister march of the People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C. The Port Jefferson Station march saw several hundred protesters, armed with signs and singing chants, line the streets to voice their opinions. “I knew that the people’s climate march was happening and I wanted us to have a local event for Long Island, for Suffolk County,” Rosemary Maffei, a member of both activist groups and an organizer of the Port Jeff Sta-

tion march said in an interview during the event. “The reasons being, of course, I believe in climate change. I believe it’s happening and unfortunately we have someone in the White House right now who doesn’t believe in it. I think it’s important for us to come out in numbers and to show our representatives that this is an important topic for us, and that we want them to represent us and how we want them to vote.” A press release advertising the event also stated the two groups’ intentions. “The rally will be an event for our community to come together and voice our concerns about the policies this administration is enacting which will have devastating effects on our planet,” the statement said. “We rally for our planet because if we don’t stop the insanity who will?” Other residents from the North Shore shed light on their reasons for attending. “We protect ourselves in all sorts of ways for the future, and here we are allowing the future of our children and grandchildren to be so jeopardized,” John Robinson from Setauket said. A Port Jefferson resident shared Robinson’s concerns. “He’s undoing incredibly important legislation that was designed to save the environment,” Merle Neidell said of the president. The New York State Assembly passed a package of bills April 24 ahead of Earth Day including a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) to establish a constitutional right to clean air, clean water and a healthful environment. Another bill requires crude oil storage facilities to demonstrate financial security to meet responsibilities associated with a possible spill or disaster. “This is the kind of environmental leadership New Yorkers want to see more of,” Peter Iwanowicz, executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York said in a statement.

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Marchers show off signs at the People’s Climate March in Port Jefferson station April 29.

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Knox School equestrians place at nationals By Desirée Keegan Desiree@tbrnewspapers.com The Knox School in St. James Middle School Equestrian Team finished Nationals ranked 22nd out of 657 national teams and competed for the first time as a team at Nationals in Lexington, Virginia, April 21 to 23. Middle School rider Jessica Guginsky competed as an Individual Rider, placing fourth overall. She was joined by Middle

School teammates Emily Lonegro and Grace Hayden for the team competitions, where Emily received eighth place in her team class. On the way to qualifying for Nationals, the Middle School team also placed second out of 13 teams at Regionals March 5 and 6, and third place out of 17 teams at Zones in Buffalo March 24 to 26. Upper school riders Nicole Cahill, Mackenzie Jorgensen, Annabel Shewan, Victoria Voelker, Julia Russo and Riley Hovsepian placed in their classes at Regionals as well. In addition, two Knox School teams were sent to the Junior Olympics in Melville April 14, winning seven first-place awards, a handful of second-place and fourth-place awards and a sixth-place award and five perpetual trophies The first team was comprised of Maya Tintweiss, Isabella Benrubi and Elizaveta Vostokova, riding under the team name Hogwarts, and the second team was comprised of students Voelker, Russo and Jorgensen, riding under the team name Hundred Acre Wood. The Hundred Acre Wood team was the top team in their division. “It is extremely rewarding to see these rising athletes achieve such noteworthy feats,” IEA Coach and Equestrian Director at The Knox School Debbie Moore said. “As a coach, I am beaming with pride for our team.”

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above, Maya Tintweiss, elizaveta Vostokova and isabella Benrubi competed in the Junior Olympics. Left, Coach Katelyn Trzcinski with eighth-place winner emily Lonegro at nationals. The complete Knox IEA Equestrian Team consisted of Cahill, Shewan, Jorgensen, Voelker, Russo, Hannah Egitto, Jaime Rishi, Hovsepian, Charlese Profeta, Nicolette Lombardi, Heather Feigenbaum, Frances Clever and Vostokova on the Upper School side. Hayden, Jessica Guginsky,

Abigail Reavis, Andrea Infranco, Meg Major, Rachel Ricci, Sofia Deleon and Emily Lonegr made up the Middle School team. Additional Knox riders included Kariana Schman, Morgan DeBono, Hannah Bogart, Sydney Maslin, Kyle Persaud, Caroline Rothemich and Christina Ziccard.

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Clockwise from left, Michael Ruggiero hurls a pitch; Matt laurelli races back to the base; Mike McKee makes a catch in the outfield; and Marc Barbiglia makes his way to home plate.

Ruggiero leads Bulls to shutout of Newfield By Bill landon Smithtown East’s baseball bats were cracking May 2 during a 15-0 shutout of Newfield to maintain the No. 2 spot in League III. With the win, the Bulls are three games behind Half Hollow Hills East. Smithtown East senior starting pitcher Michael Ruggiero was as big a threat at the plate as he was from the mound. He belted the ball through the gap to drive home sophomore Nick Harvey for the early lead in the top of the third,

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and senior Andrew Canino followed with a runners on the corner in the top of the shot to right field, plating Ruggiero and ju- sixth, a walk loaded the bases, and Canino nior Matt Laurelli for a 3-0 lead. drew another walk to bring home Harvey Newfield head coach Eric Joyner met for a nine-run lead. with starting pitcher Ryan Wappaus on the “We had base runners on in the first mound, but the talk didn’t help, as New- three innings, but we just didn’t get the field loaded the bases with two outs. Ju- big hit to get some runs on the board to nior Marc Barbiglia was up to bat next and keep us close,” Joyner said. “They took the smashed a base-clearing double to double advantage moving base runners over and the advantage to 6-0. had timely hitting, and we just didn’t do “They’re a great team — they came out that today.” here and they fought hard, but we put the Justin Harvey, Nick’s twin brother, bat on the ball,” Barbiglia found the gap scoring said. “We threw strikes, let Laurelli, and the runs them hit the ball, put the piled on from there. Sophball in play [and] we had omore Will Kennedy drove good fielding. But our bats in two with a stand-up were on fire today.” double, Barbiglia smacked In the top of the fourth another RBI-single and inning, Newfield found itsophomore Matt Tempone self in another tough spot drilled a two-run double with a runner on base and for the final runs. Ruggiero up to bat. He “They have very good blasted the ball over the pitching, very good playright fielder’s head and ers,” Smithtown East head speedily made his way coach Ken Klee said of around the bases for an — Marc Barbiglia Newfield. “Michael Rugin-the-park home run. giero, he’s our leader — “He put it on the outside half [of the we’ve been waiting all year to start him and plate], it was a 3-1 count, so I knew a fast- he did exactly what we expected of him. It ball was coming,” Ruggiero said. “I jumped was probably our best offensive game all right on it and hit it the other way. They year, but they were on the wrong side of it did get me earlier in the game, but I fell today. We know they’re good, so we’ve got back and adjusted. [Newfield is] scrappy to be ready to play [them again] tomorrow.” — a good baseball team — but we were Newfield traveled to Smithtown East able to shut them down today.” May 3, but results were not available by Newfield made its second change at the press time. Newfield will host Smithtown mound, but the Bulls didn’t miss a beat. East May 4 at 4:30 p.m. to complete the Ruggiero singled to shallow right to put three-game series.

‘We threw strikes, let them hit the ball, put the ball in play [and] we had good fielding. But our bats were on fire today.’

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Floor Services/Sales FINE SANDING & REFINISHING Wood Floor Installations Craig Aliperti, Wood Floors LLC. All work done by owner. 25 years experience. Lic.#47595-H/Insured. 631-875-5856

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County Executive Steve Bellone speaks during a town hall meeting in Port Jefferson.

County and town taking steps to monitor water quality Last week Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) was in Port Jefferson, for the first of three scheduled town hall meetings to inform residents about a proposed septic improvement program. If passed, the program would allow 400 Suffolk County homeowners the opportunity to receive grants and low-cost loans for the replacement of wastewater treatment systems in their homes. The systems cost between $14,500 and $17,500 in total, and monies made available by the program would cover up to $11,000. Nitrogen from outdated septic systems and cesspools has been wreaking havoc on Long Island’s waters for years. It has done damage to both the quality of our waters and the inhabitants. We commend the county executive for bringing forward this plan, which would help improve our environment. In addition, Brookhaven’s Town Board passed an amendment last week to their 2016 nitrogen protection zone law, which allows the board to adjust the former limit of 19 milligrams of nitrogen per liter of water from septic systems or cesspools immediately upon the release of new technology that makes lower standards possible. Our editorial staff is thrilled to see two municipalities taking the initiative to proactively monitor the quality of our waters in the hopes of reversing some disturbing recent trends. We hope the legislature will approve Bellone’s program, and when the time comes, we encourage homeowners to apply for the grants. The second informational town hall will be held May 8 at the Huntington Public Library’s main branch at 7 p.m., and the third will be at the Middle Country Library’s Centereach branch May 12 at 7:30 p.m. For more information, email septicdemo@suffolkcountyny.gov.

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A letter appears in The Times of Smithtown, praising U.S. Rep. Zeldin for going against party lines in one recent vote. In the same edition, an editorial praises the town halls Zeldin finally held on April 23 as a “great step.” Before we hire the brass band and break out the champagne, a few facts are in order. I have been tracking Zeldin’s votes in Congress and the vote on SJ Res 34 was his one and only vote in this session of Congress against the party line. As another article in the same edition points out, FiveThirtyEight gives Zeldin a 96 percent score on how often he votes in line with Trump. Zeldin voted along party lines for HR 5, a bill hamstringing federal rulemaking, called by Consumers Union a “dangerous proposal” which “would do severe damage to protections consumers depend on for health, safety, and honest treatment.” He voted along party lines in favor

of HR 78 handcuffing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a gift to Wall Street. He voted the party line for HJ Res 69, which allows the killing in Alaska national wildlife refuges of hibernating bear cubs and wolf pups in their dens. He voted the party line for HJ Res 83, which repeals the OSHA rule requiring employers to maintain accurate records of serious work-related injuries and illnesses. He voted the party line in favor of HR 985, another gift to Wall Street, making it virtually impossible to bring class action lawsuits, overturning centuries of settled American law. This bill was opposed by the AFL-CIO and Consumers Union. I could give many more examples of Zeldin voting the party line on measures that do nothing to improve life for Long Islanders. As for the town hall meetings, certainly showing up to face his constituents after months of resistance is better

than continued stonewalling. However, the main event at Riverhead was not a true giveand-take. Constituents were not allowed to ask questions directly. Instead they had to submit questions in advance, which were then chosen and paraphrased (not read) to Zeldin by a local GOP official. No follow-ups were allowed, permitting Zeldin to wander off-topic and give rehearsed, generalized responses. One swallow does not a summer make, nor does a single vote in Congress make Zeldin an independent. He remains very much a straight party man. If he was so independent, why would he vote the party line in favor of measures allowing cruelty to animals in Alaska or dumping toxic waste into streams in West Virginia? How can these measures possibly help Long Islanders?

Dave Friedman St. James

School district warns parents about Netflix show The support staff at Port Jefferson School District would like to make you aware of the recent release of the Netflix series, “13 Reasons Why” based on a 2007 young adult novel. The content of this series raises serious concerns, portrays traumatic matters and romanticizes suicide. While this is a TV drama and not real life, the subject matters are in fact relevant and real to our youth. The series graphically depicts a suicide death and numerous difficult topics such as bullying, rape, drunk driving, drug use, alcoholism, sexual assault and the consequences of being a bystander. The scenes throughout each episode may be extremely difficult for the teenage mind to watch and process in an appropriate manner without the support of a trusted adult. We do not recommend that vulnerable youth, especially those who have experienced a degree of suicidal ideation, view this series. The content can be triggering and may lead impressionable viewers to idealize the choices made by characters in the story. The main character places blame on others for her suicide. Suicide is never the fault of survivors and there are resources and support groups for suicide loss survivors. It is

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recommended that if your child has viewed or is planning to view this series, engaging them in thoughtful discussions would assist in helping them to process the intense issues. This also allows the message to be reinforced that suicide is not a solution to problems and that there are resources available. Please find out if your child has read the book, or watched or heard of the series. If they have, see some suggestions below for engaging them in thoughtful conversations. Remind your child that there is no problem too great to be handled. Have an open and honest conversation about emotional issues and suicide. Talking about these issues with your child does not put them at an increased risk; rather it assures them of your love and support. It is important to express to your child that there is no single cause

of suicide. Suicide is not a common response to life’s challenges. Most individuals struggling with some of the matters addressed in the book/ series do seek support by reaching out and talking to a friend, family member, counselor, etc. Suicide affects everyone and everyone can do something to help. The character in the series was experiencing untreated mental health concerns. It is important to note that there are many treatment options available. Remind your child that there is always someone who will listen. If your child hears, sees or feels anything in this regard, ask them to reach out to someone. If you yourself are concerned about someone, don’t hesitate to ask them about it or tell someone who can help.

Kristen Wendel and Kristin Britt Port Jefferson school district

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OpiniOn Cursing our self-inflicted wounds

here’s a part of us that wants to shed the limitations of civilization. What difference do all those arbitrary lines in society make anyway? Say, for example, we’re standing in a grocery store and the line isn’t moving quickly enough. Then again, what line could possibly move at a speed we’d find acceptable? We look at our phones to distract us. We can watch By Daniel Dunaief movies we’ve seen a hundred times, check our voicemail, email, messaging service and telepathic connections, if we’ve got the right app. The phone doesn’t offer much relief, as our boss has sent us an instant message that reads, “If

D. None of the above

you don’t bring those cupcakes back within three minutes, you will be on cupcake duty for the next six months.” It’s our fault. We saw that lane six was probably longer than lane seven, but we picked six because we saw a headline in a magazine about Julia Roberts and we wanted to read the other headlines in a magazine that was out of stock in lane seven. Lane six is at a complete stop as the cashier waits for the override. “Come on!” we want to scream. “We gotta deliver these cupcakes before we lose our job!” But we don’t scream any curse words, despite an impulse that is working its way up our spinal column. Another urge hits us. We want to jump on the conveyor belt and dance to “Cotton Eye Joe,” while kicking away the other groceries. But we don’t do that, either. We hold back because everyone has a camera, and we don’t want to be the supermarket dancer on YouTube forever.

We consider convincing ourselves that our venting might become a way to contribute to society. Maybe other people waiting in line somewhere can laugh at us, as we act out their frustration fantasies. But, no, we’d have a hard time going to PTA meetings or running for office if our opponent could show we didn’t have the temperament to be a leader. We keep our composure. It’s just cupcakes, right? Then again, we still have to do our work and this means we’ll be home later than we wanted and we won’t get a parking spot near the gym tonight, which means we might have to walk an extra quarter of a mile before we run 6 miles. It’s so unfair! Curses are echoing around our brain. We grind our teeth, tap our feet, shake our head slowly and blow our bangs off our overheated and thickly lined forehead. We hear the words, “Come on, come on, come on,” in our head, but no one else seems to care about our agony. Oh, great, now we have to

go to the bathroom, which will be difficult because as soon as we get back to the office we are serving the cupcakes at the party. Don’t think about the need for the toilet. Oh, right, sure, that’s worked so well in the past. Why hadn’t we thought about that around, say, tax season? Sure, if you don’t think about it, taxes will just go away. Then the curse words slipped out. We shouted them. We look around, wondering if we’ve damaged our reputation. This can be the smallest town on the planet. No one is holding a cellphone in our direction. No one seems to be waiting for us to do it again. Everyone does, however, take a step back from us. We breathe a sigh of relief until it hits us: Two rows away is an overheated mother with three children holding onto her shopping cart. One of them — he looks like he’s about 6 years old — is staring at us without blinking. Maybe crossing that line was a mistake, as shame has replaced anger.

advertising from the retail shops along Main Street, USA. No longer is that the secure source of our revenue. And why? Because the nature of shopping has changed. Catalogs presaged the change many years ago. Busy residents could scan catalogs from different stores, pick out the items they needed or thought they needed, call a store’s 800 number and receive delivery a few days later. It wasn’t necessary to bestir oneself from the living room sofa and go out to see the product. If, when it arrived, it didn’t fit or wasn’t the right color, we could send it back, often postage paid. I used to joke that they should put a try-on room in the post office. Then came the internet, and more specifically, Amazon. No longer do we have the inconvenience of searching through multiple catalogues. We can now indicate what we want and select from among many manufacturers the precise item we seek. Further, that item may appear at our door within 24 hours, or even the same afternoon for a slightly higher fee. Amazon has become the entire world’s bazaar. Sometimes people venture out to a

store to get a three-dimensional look at the desired goods. Yet often they then retreat to their cellphones and order the same item for less money over the internet. E-commerce is king. This sea change in shopping has been happening gradually but now is moving at an accelerating pace. At least that is what a recent article, “Is American Retail at a Historic Tipping Point?” by Michael Corkery, in The New York Times tells us: “Between 2010 and 2014, e-commerce grew by an average of $30 billion annually. Over the past three years, average annual growth has increased to $40 billion.” The Times article continues, “This transformation is hollowing out suburban shopping malls, bankrupting longtime brands and leading to staggering job losses.” It has also shaken the money tree of daily and weekly newspapers, as evidenced by the fewer number of pages and hence news stories that newspapers can afford to publish. But we papers are only collateral damage. “More workers in general merchandise stores have been laid off since October, about 89,000 Americans. That is more than all of the people employed in the United States coal

industry, which President Trump championed during the campaign as a prime example of the workers who have been left behind in the economic recovery,” according to The Times. One out of 10 people works in retail, and the consequences of their being unemployed are as upending for society as the loss of jobs for manufacturing workers has been. We are talking about the disappearing middle class here, folks. The small-store owners and their workers are losing their livelihoods. Shopping malls, with the exception of a luxurious few, are emptying out, and their sales staffs are being laid off. The great irony of Amazon now experimenting with brick-and-mortar stores will hardly replace the thousands of workers cut loose, and robots largely operate their fulfillment centers in huge warehouses. There is a brilliant little business book by Spencer Johnson called, “Who Moved My Cheese?” which summarizes the current condition in first-grader detail. Retail life as we knew it, in this case the old cheese, is elsewhere. To survive in business now requires innovation, retraining and finding the location of new cheese.

Choppy waters in retail sea change

here was confirmation for what I have been saying over the past couple of years. Shopping has changed. Now I have never been a particularly astute shopper. When I need something, I go into the closest appropriate store and buy the item. The only time I enjoy shopping, for the most part, is when I am on vacation and feel I have the leisure to browse. Especially if I am in counBy Leah S. Dunaief atry,foreign shops are a place where the clerk probably speaks English and will be inclined to chat, hoping for a sale. That way I learn about the place I am visiting and also perhaps see unusual products that may tempt me. That said, I know something about shopping because of the newspaper business. The traditional backbone of the community newspaper has been

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