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Hundreds celebrate German heritage at St. Andrew’s church
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The last two years the event could not be held due to COVID-19 restrictions. This year’s return marked the fifth German festival the church has held. Longtime church member Barbara English heads up
The German Festival returned to St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Smithtown on Sept. 17.
theThroughoutevent. the afternoon, hundreds filled the church’s parking lot to enjoy German food, hair braiding, live music, children’s games and more. Attendees also had the chance to enter raffles and check out merchandise from local vendors.
Local residents gathered at the 9/11 Responders Remembered Park in Nesconset Sept. 17 for an annual memorial service and namingEachceremony.yearcommunity members and elected officials gather to remember and honor the sacrifices made by law enforcement, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, as well as nonEMS personnel who risked everything on 9/11 and in the months after the tragic day. The
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names of those who have recently passed are added each year to a memorial wall, which was first unveiled in 2011.
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In a social media post, John Feal, founder of the FealGood Foundation, which is dedicated to assisting 9/11 responders, said this year more than 380 additional names of those who passed were to be added to the second side of the park’s memorial wall. Marzena
Kerri Golini, Three Village school district’s director of World Language and English as a New Language, said the ENL population in the district has increased by 21% in the past year.
Golini said in the Three Village distinct a social event is held for all ELL families in the spring “to provide them with an opportunity to connect with each other and feel a part of the community.”
Whenpopulation.shestarted with the district, she said there was one ENL teacher, who would travel to the different school buildings as the students are spread out throughout the grades and schools. Now there are three instructors, plus additional hours for them to work. When the hours are combined, they are the equivalent of a part-time position for the district.
While 13 different languages are spoken in the Three Village program, the majority of students speak Spanish and Chinese dialects.
“We had more ELLs involved in the 3V community this past year than ever before,” sheOthersaid. activities in the district included elementary students visiting the library and high school students touring the Suffolk County Community College campus.
Toward the end of the 2021-22 school year, Harborfields High School’s English language learners visited Stony Brook University where they toured the buildings, lecture halls, student center and library, according to a district press release. The trip allowed students to explore post-secondary education options. While on campus, the high school students also interviewed an SBU student.
While some districts have seen an increase in ELL students, some have seen a decrease or have remained steady. According to a district spokesperson for the Northport-East Northport school district, the number of ELL students has remained stable. Currently, out of the 4,533 students enrolled in the district, 167 are ELL students, which is approximately 3.7% of the student population.
In the Smithtown school district, in the fall of 2021, Accompsett Middle School students created welcome signs in their native languages. In addition to English, the signs were written in Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian.
New York State guidelines require ELL students to have integrated and stand-alone classes depending on comprehension level. In addition to instruction, there are also opportunities for parents to partake in activities.
Waldbauer said with grant money, the Shoreham-Wading River district was able to have an after-school tutoring program for ENL students from K to 8. Last year there was also a Saturday enrichment program that included field trips for the students and their families who along with the teachers and Waldbauer, visited places such as Quogue Wildlife Refuge and the Long Island Aquarium.
Golini said it’s the district’s “goal to increase parent engagement.”
With COVID-19 restrictions lifted, Golini said the hope is to plan more evening events for the families. She has also worked with teachers to help increase ELL students’ participation in extracurricular activities and sports.
Teachers
In the fall of 2021, ENL students attending Accompsett Middle School in Smithtown, above, created welcome signs in their native languages. Photo from Smithtown Central School District
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Currently, these students represent 2% of the district’s overall population.
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Educators have found various ways to help children learn the English language, acclimate to life on Long Island and sometimes include the parents in leisure activities.
Depending on their levels, determined by an assessment, the students are either in a cotaught class or general education class where the ENL teacher will be available for support. Children who are less proficient in English will have a stand-alone period for one-on-one with a teacher.“Theway that the state regulations work, their level dictates how many minutes of one-to-one or small group instruction they get strictly in ENL versus how many minutes they get of integrated co-teaching,” Waldbauer said. “They’re not separated from the general population. That was a change over time that the state ed department had made to make sure that there was more inclusivity.”
Fun ways to learn
While the increase of English language learners hasn’t been drastic, districts at times compete with neighboring communities to secure ENL teachers as the number of teachers certified in the field hasn’t kept up with the increase of Waldbauerstudents.saidENL teachers are special and unique people who ensure students are receiving a proper education and any services they need, plus are in touch with parents regularly answering any questions they may have: “They go above and beyond with just instructing the kids.”
Students tackling English
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Vicenza Graham, director of World Languages, ENL and Library Media Services in the Smithtown school district, said, families in the district also receive an orientation with translation services “in order to help acclimate our newcomers to their new school environment.”
According to administrators from local districts, while the majority of students enrolled as English language learners are Spanish speaking, other languages spoken are Chinese dialects, Portuguese, Korean, Turkish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Ukrainian and Urdu, the official language of Pakistan. A smaller percentage speak Russian, Haitian Creole, Arabic, languages from India such as Tamil and Telugu and the Iranian Pashto, according to NYSED.
“The goal of that was to get the families all together and to have them make connections, but then also giving them a safe space and place to integrate into the community with people there,” she said.
A spokesperson for Harborfields and Elwood school districts said Harborfields has experienced a modest decrease from 3.8% of the student population being ELL students last year to 3.6% this year. In Elwood, the percentage has increased slightly from 6.1% at the end of June to approximately 6.3% at the beginning of this academic year.
“All families go through an orientation when their students are screened,” Golini said. “In the fall we host a parent academy to help families navigate the website, use email to communicate, complete forms requested by the district, [submit] applications for free and reduced lunch, and access the parent portal.”
As for studies, Graham said, “Students receive modified work based on their proficiency levels and lesson plans include scaffolded materials with both content and languageNicoleobjectives.”Waldbauer, director of humanities at Shoreham-Wading River school district, said during her five-year tenure as director, the number of students has grown steadily by a few each year. Last year, she said there were 27 students throughout the district, and this year 29. The students represent less than 1.5% of the student
In the same district, at the end of last school year, Oldfield Middle School students went on a field trip to the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City to learn about aviation and aerospace history on Long Island.
The number of English language learners varies from district to district along the North Shore of Western Suffolk County. For example, the New York State Education Department reports on its website more than 1,000 students were English language learners in the Huntington school district in the 2020-21 academic year. The district is listed as having 4,236 students enrolled overall in that same year. In the Middle Country school district, a spokesperson said 639 were enrolled in the ENL program this year out of the 8,534 students attending. Smaller districts such as Cold Spring Harbor had 15 students learning English, with 1,585 students overall in 202021. Port Jefferson had 38 ELL students with an overall enrollment of 962, according to the NYSED website, during the same school year.
“Student success increases when there is someone at home who is involved in the child’s education,” she said.
School districts across the North Shore have experienced an increase in English language learners over the last severalEnglishyears. language learner refers to a student who is age 5 or older and who is learning English as a New Language — formerly known as English as a Second Language. This is an approach in which students who are not native English speakers are mainly taught in English. The respective abbreviated current terms are ELL and ENL.
North Shore school districts embrace English language learners
and if you’re over 55 or 60, you should be looking at it,” Clouston said. “Don’t wait until November.”
“Neither of those things has happened,” Nizza
Nizza said he planned to get the flu shot in late October.
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“There’s a ton of COVID around and not a ton of flu,” he said.
While Clouston said people can get the flu and COVID vaccines at the same time, he understood that some residents would prefer to get them separately.
If people are concerned about their vulnerability or the vulnerability of people with whom they interact, they should also consider getting better masks, such as N95s and KN95s, Clouston added.
Alzheimer’s and COVID study
Even though Dr. Stacy Eagle, director of psychiatry at Port Jefferson-based St. Charles Hospital, hasn’t seen more severe cases of COVID among patients who have anxiety or depression, she said any type of respiratory illness can be “exacerbated by anxiety.”
In other COVID news last week, a study in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease by Pamela Davis, distinguished university professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, found that older people infected with COVID had a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease within a year than people of the same age who didn’t contract the virus.
In broader terms, having more diseases or conditions exacerbates the effect of COVID, doctors said.
Still, Nizza added that he wasn’t “ready to call anything over.” For that to be the case, the population would need herd immunity or people would have had to stop contracting the virus.
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“We’re experiencing a lull in severe hospitalizations and illnesses,” said Dr. Philip Nizza, chief of Infectious Disease at Mather Hospital and attending infectious disease physician at St. Charles Hospital
To be sure, the types of symptoms from those who contract COVID are more manageable than they were during the worst of the pandemic, some doctors said.
If that’s the case, he recommended that people receive their updated COVID shot first, and then get the flu vaccine.
Clouston urged those who have underlying medical conditions such as diabetes, obesity or asthma to take steps to protect their health.
On the whole, Clouston believes people should continue to protect themselves in the fall and winter from the flu and COVID.
“If you haven’t had [a booster] for a while
While President Joe Biden (D) recently said the pandemic was “over,” and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, said the “end is in sight,” local health officials suggested the virus remains a threat to area “SARS-CoV-2residents.continues to circulate throughout the world and in Suffolk County, where we are seeing hundreds of new cases each day,” Dr. Gregson Pigott, Suffolk County Commissioner of Health, wrote in an email. “We all need to continue to take this virus seriously and continue to protect our most vulnerable residents, through vaccines, boosters and non-pharmaceutical measures.”
As a rule of thumb, Clouston said people lose about 15% of their antibodies every month, which means that if they are far enough away from their most recent shot, they should give serious consideration to receiving the latest vaccination.
The list of underlying medical conditions that might make COVID worse includes physical inactivity and mood disorders such as depression and schizophrenia spectrum disorders, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.
Not so fast.
The county had 29 deaths in September through the 19th, which is more than one death per day attributable to COVID-19. At the same time, the number of people hospitalized with COVID in the county was at 178.
“Theco-authored.riskisnotenormous,” said Clouston. The study does add to the information that COVID does “damage to the body and may cause outcomes later on.”
In terms of timing, the flu typically picks up around October, as more students in school contract the virus.
With 29 county deaths so far in the month, local doctors urge COVID caution
Based on what’s happening in the county in terms of hospitalizations and deaths, “I don’t think we’re near the end,” said Sean Clouston, associate professor in the Program in Public Health and the Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University.
“Let us not become hardened to the deaths and suffering this virus has caused,” Pigott added.
Doctorsadded.recommend that people stay up to date on their boosters, including new shots from Pfizer and Moderna. These new boosters offer protection against the latest omicron strains, such as ba.5 and ba.275.
The risk of showing Alzheimer’s symptoms climbed to 0.68% from 0.35% in the year after infection, according to a study Davis
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“We see the arts community as a family, we want everyone to work together,” he said. “As the title of this painting sort of suggests, we’re hoping that it opens the gate to more collaboration within the arts community moving forward.”
Englebright added Joseph Reboli had a strong sense of place and credited the artist for being one of the reasons the area is considered an arts
“Assemblingdestination.his collection is really heartening, and the symbolism, for all practical purposes, means that this community is enhanced, still,” the assemblyman said. “Even though Joe Reboli is no longer with us, he continues to be a gift to the community.”
Lois Reboli thanked Englebright for his help in facilitating the original purchase and transfer of the painting, as well as Reboli 100 for raising funds. She also thanked Gallery North for being willing to give the painting to the Reboli EnglebrightCenter.said the collaboration was heartening.“It’swonderful that these two major art centers for our community are cooperating and collaborating and coming together,” he said. “Ned has called this the beginning of
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“One of the things that is a characteristic of Joe Reboli’s paintings is the attention to light and finding interesting light,” Goroff said. “You see that very well here in this painting.”
At a small gathering at Gallery North in Setauket, an announcement was made that the oil painting would be permanently gifted to the Reboli Center for Art & History. The event included Reboli’s widow, Lois; state Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket); Gallery North’s Executive Director Ned Puchner, board of trustees President Nancy Goroff and curator Kate Schwarting; also B.J. Intini, vice president of the Reboli Center’s board of trustees.
an arts summit for the community. I think that’s quite accurate, and it’s something that really is going to reinforce the identity of the community.”Puchnersaid it was a pleasure working with everyone at the Reboli Center.
The painting is scheduled to be moved to the Reboli Center at the end of the month.
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The Reboli Center didn’t open until 2016, and since Joseph Reboli once sat on the board of Gallery North and his first art shows were there, many felt that this spot was an appropriate home for “Bellport Gate.”
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Gallery North in Setauket has owned the painting since 2007. When “Bellport Gate” became available for sale in Chicago, the gallery became the steward of the artwork due to a state grant secured by Englebright for $10,000. Additional donations to secure the purchase were raised with $5,000 from Lois Reboli, who is the founder and president of the Reboli Center, and $100 each from friends and neighbors of the Rebolis as well as other community members. The fundraiser became known as the Reboli 100 Fund.
“It was hanging right there on that wall in the other room, and when I saw it, I almost felt like I could see Joe in front of it,” she said. “It’s something that we really needed to keep in the community, and we’re very grateful that Gallery North had it — and that we’re going to be able to have it.”
Reboli added that the plan is to keep it on display most of the time. Her husband was inspired by a white gate featuring wrought iron hardware in Bellport when creating the painting. The gate was crafted in the 1800s by blacksmith Joseph Merritt Shaw.
“I think Joe just found a lot of different things interesting, but I think he liked the fact that there was a lot of depth to it,” Reboli said, adding that she believed he loved the coloring andGorofflight. agreed.
The Reboli Center is celebrating a homecoming.JosephReboli’s 1985 “Bellport Gate” painting will soon join the artist’s collection at the Stony Brook center that bears his name.
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Gallery North’s Kate Schwarting, Ned Puchner and Nancy Goroff joined state Assemblyman Steve Englebright and the Reboli Center’s B.J. Intini and Lois Reboli for a special announcement regarding the oil painting ‘Bellport Gate’ by Joseph Reboli. Photo by Rita J. Egan
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The Bulls of Smithtown West (2-3) traveled to Eastport-South Manor (3-2) in a volleyball matchup and smelled blood after winning the first two sets, 25-22 and 25-21.
But the Sharks thwarted the sweep winning game three, 25-22, to force a game four. Neither team had more than a threepoint advantage until the Bulls dominated at
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The aquarium’s observations, he noted, are consistent with the findings of other researchers. A Staten Island-based research organization Gotham Whale, for instance, documented in 2011 three whales and five sightings. Recently, the number was up to more than 260. The whale population has become so bountiful around the mouth of New York Harbor, Gotham Whale now coordinates research expeditions with the public in conjunction with five commercial whale watching vessels.
Whale sightings on the rise in local waters
While boating alone just outside of Port Jefferson Harbor over the Labor Day holiday, South Setauket resident Bill Doherty had what he called a once-in-a-lifetime thrill. First, a big splash caught his eye. Then, another.
“It’s taken fish populations more than 30 and up to 50 years to rebound,” Christie said. “We’re seeing not only more whales, but also more Atlantic white-sided dolphin, more seals, more sharks and further down the food chain
But, with humpbacks near extinction in 1972, another bold act of Congress that year also deserves credit for reviving the whale population.
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In fact, researchers from the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, when conducting aerial surveys, track whales by following menhaden movement.Some15 years ago, they saw few clusters or bait balls of menhaden along Long Island’s southern coastline. Today, Rob DiGiovanni, the society’s chief scientist, said a continuous stream of bunker stretches from Montauk to the New York Bight. Consequently, whales are more abundant there and traveling closer to shore and staying in the area longer.
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Barrett Christie is director of animal husbandry at The Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Conn. His team has been tracking whale activity in the Sound since the museum opened in 1988.
After a long history of decline, Christie explained that forage fish such as menhaden or bunker and alewife, both in the herring family, have returned to spawn in the many freshwater tributaries that flow into the Sound.
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A flourishing menhaden population in the food chain, researchers are noticing, attracts whales.
Today, people are armed with cameras and spreadsheets instead of harpoons, and more interested in spearheading marine restoration projects that aim to protect rather than slaughter these giant marine mammals.
Almost every year since 2009, Christie said, more and more yachters and fishermen are seeing
To report whale sightings, contact: Atlantic Marine Conservation Society at www.amseas. org/reportsighting; Gotham Whale at www. gothamwhale.org/citizen-science; The Maritime Aquarium, Norwalk at 203-852-0700.
Maxine Montello is a wildlife ecologist and the rescue program director at the New York Marine Rescue Center. She teaches a marine mammal and sea turtle course at Stony Brook University.
more sand eels and herring.”
Since 2015 whale counts, predominantly humpbacks but also minke whales, have been ramping up. The aquarium’s annual whale counts range from no sightings at all, to one per year, up to as many as a half dozen or more.
“It would be interesting to find out if whales — our New York City whales — are the same ones traveling through the Sound,” he said.
Scientists praise the Clean Water Act for improving water quality to protect marine habitats. The landmark environmental law, passed in 1972, regulates pollutants from agriculture, industry and wastewater to prevent or limit discharges into waterways.
For 15 to 20 minutes, Doherty watched in amazement as the whale put on a show spouting and breaching in the water about a mile off Old Field Point. He recorded it on a cellphone video just so he could prove to his friends this was no joke.
“I kept my eye on the water thinking it could be a boat accident or something,” he said. “I undid the anchor to get a little closer — but not too close — and realized it was a whale.”
This law prohibits hunting, capturing, collecting, harassing or killing marine mammals such as whales, dolphins, seals and manatees.
If you are lucky enough to spot a whale, scientists want to hear from you with photos. Like human fingerprints, whales bear distinct characteristics on their tails. Gotham Whale has an extensive and growing archive of these tail shots. Through such photos, researchers there have been able to identify and track the activities of 269 individual whales, according to Paul Sieswerda, Gotham Whale’s executive director.
“The turnaround is miraculous,” Christie said.
Whaling once was one of Long Island’s most important commercial industries, according to the Cold Spring Harbor-based Whaling Museum with Cold Spring Harbor, Greenport and Sag Harbor serving as the Island’s three whaling ports.
A big yacht and another passing boat, he said, cut their engines nearby so the passengers could enjoy the Whalespectacle.sightings, as unlikely as it might seem, are becoming more regular events in the New York area, including the Long Island Sound.
Humpbacks, above, devour sea life during a recent whale watching expedition. Researchers attribute more whale sightings to a thriving menhaden or bunker fish population. Bill Doherty’s video footage is available on tbrnewsmedia.com. Search for ‘Whale sightings on the rise in local waters.’ Photo by Artie Raslich/Gotham Whale
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration advises boaters to stay 300 feet away from any large whales. That’s so you don’t hit them, but also so they don’t breach onto your boat. Best thing to do if you see a whale is to cut your engine, get out your camera and enjoy.
“I would say that the Marine Mammal Protection Act has really changed the game for marine mammals,” Montello said. “This act has provided great protection and awareness of these charismatic species.”
Humpbacks, she said, are baleen whales — they have no teeth. To capture its prey, it swallows and strains seawater through the long and narrow strips of fingernail-like material called baleen that grows out of its jaw. Through this feeding process, it consumes krill, plankton and small fish, such as menhaden.
After viewing Doherty’s cellphone video, she quickly identified that whale as a humpback. It’s huge pectoral fins, visible as the creature leaped out of the sea, made it easy to distinguish.
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What labor trends on Long Island do you find most troubling? Also, which trends are most encouraging?
No, I don’t think there’s a labor shortage. I think that if there’s any kind of a shortage, it’s people not wanting to come back to work. How does the cost of labor factor into
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First, we still haven’t recovered all of the jobs lost during the [COVID-19] pandemic. We’re about 30,000 jobs shy. However, we have a strong labor force — I think we have about 1.5 million people in it. Still, our labor participation rate is not as it once was prior to the pandemic. There are still people on the sidelines.
The most troubling is that a lot of our workforce has not come back. The economy cannot expand unless our workforce participation rate increases, and that gives me concern. The other thing that gives me concern is that the Federal Reserve is going to aggressively go after inflation by increasing interest rates. With employee productivity at record lows, that could mean layoffs in the future.
Well, the cost of labor is very important, and that’s part of what caused the inflation. Not only did we have all of that extra money that the federal government put in, but we arbitrarily increased the minimum wage. That led to higher prices in the marketplace.
Do you think that the gradual development of remote work will have a positive long-term effect on the labor force?
Well, it depends where you are. The quick answer is yes. Two things have happened during the pandemic. Number one: Employers learned to have a different business model that didn’t require everybody to come into the office. They were able to reduce the amount of space that they needed to rent.
Do you think a schism is emerging between those who work from home and those who go to the office?
I wouldn’t call it a schism, but I will tell you that how people work and how businesses operate have changed. I think that congestion pricing in the City is a big influencer on all of that.
So I think you have several things that will impact where people work and how people work. How has the relationship between workers and public transit evolved here on Long Island?
I’m not denigrating the minimum wage [$15 an hour on the Island] — it’s only $31,000 a year. It’s very difficult for one person to pay for rent, food and electricity living on the minimum wage, but it did have an economic impact.
these growing economic concerns?
The other thing was that employees found they could have a better quality of life by working remotely. They didn’t have to commute two hours a day to get into the City. On the other side of the coin, Goldman Sachs just announced that there’s no more remote work and everybody has to come into the office in New York City.
I will tell you this: The Long Island Rail Road is [operating] at about 50% less than its prepandemic ridership. I took the train about three weeks ago, and the train was empty. Even when I jumped on the train at Penn Station at about 4:30 — which is normally packed — the train was empty.
People have felt this was a very difficult time during the pandemic. Some people have taken a look at life’s choices and are saying, “Hey, I’m not getting paid enough to do this stuff.” They want better benefits, a proper workplace environment and a salary commensurate with their skills. That’s why unionization is at one of its highest points in years.
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What is your long-term forecast for the regional economy on Long Island?
A conversation with Martin Cantor on the state of the Long Island labor force
Early this month, Americans took off from work in honor of the contributions made by laborers throughout their national history. During an exclusive interview, Martin Cantor, director of the Long Island Center for SocioEconomic Policy, discussed some of the labor trends on Long Island, the success of remote work and the role of unions today.
Our regional economy is doing well. Historically and even currently, Long Island has always been able to fend off bad economic times. I think we are doing fine and we will be doing fine.
Martin Cantor, director of the Long Island Center for Socio-Economic Policy, says declining labor participation on Long Island gives him cause for concern. Photo of labor demonstration from Pixabay
If people don’t want to ride the trains, they usually drive in and have to pay more money. They might insist on working remotely. They
How would you describe the current state of the labor force on Long Island?
also might insist on getting higher wages from employers. Some businesses might relocate out of the City because it is too expensive and too onerous for their employees.
Speaking of layoffs, do you believe there is already a labor shortage on Long Island?
What accounts for the popularity of labor unions today?
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This year’s redistricting controversy has brought this community together. It has demonstrated the power of civic and business groups in coordinating their efforts. It has taught us there is strength in unity. It has also illustrated the dynamic interplay between a community and a community newspaper.
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The people of Port Jefferson Station/Terryville and beyond presented an overwhelming, unified front — a force too large to be ignored. Confronted by such stark opposition, the redistricting committee had little choice but to acquiesce to the community’s demands, restoring the boundaries of Council District 1 to their previous form.
The process has been an example for residents of all towns to take note of and to follow Brookhaven residents if faced with similar issues.
apartments where the drug gets chopped up and packaged into small glassine envelopes. The drugs are then sold on the streets of the city, and perhaps in a neighborhood much like yours.
Redistricting: a lesson in community solidarity
Borne out by overwhelming collective evidence regarding lifestyles, environmental sustainability rarely requires sacrifice. What is required? Awareness of the environmental impact of each and every lifestyle decision we make and a desire to reduce or eliminate that impact.
When we speak with one voice, there is nothing we cannot accomplish. The Town Board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 5 p.m. On that day, residents must tell their elected representatives to bring our neighbors back into CD1. For the betterment of our community, let’s finish our work to the bitter end. No Comsewogue family can be leftBuildingbehind.
A few months ago, two suspected cartel drug smugglers from California were busted in New York City with 165 pounds of crystal meth worth $1.2 million. They walked because clueless state lawmakers failed “to include methamphetamine crimes among baileligible offenses.”
garbage needing to be burned or buried (creating methane, a potent greenhouse gas); less water and fertilizer needed for the lawn as the clippings quickly decompose (saving money); and less time devoted to mowing the lawn. Again, no sacrifice.
Given this terrifying information, where are our politicians? If the causes of those aforementioned ill-fated jets were as clear as the causes of our deadly drug epidemic, and almost half our pols did virtually nothing, they’d be outcasts.
The Town Board’s new map looks promising for most Comsewogue residents, but not all. Under this plan, the dividing line between CD1 and CD2 is Pine Street, meaning Comsewogue families in the school district east of Pine will belong to Council District 2.
If all this wasn’t bad enough, the cartels have added a new, unholy, sinister wrinkle by marketing candy-colored fentanyl to preteens.
While some Democratic officials living in border towns and cities being overrun do complain, their party leaders stay mum.
Adams joining Republicans on tightening the state’s bail laws is a welcome sign. Sadly, pols like Hochul, President Joe Biden [D], and Vice President Kamala Harris [D], seeing no personal political advantage, remain mute. That’s even as those metaphorical passenger jets continue to crash in communities all around us — every 24 hours.
Politicians must unite to fight our deadly drug epidemic
At the outset, powerful and unknown forces sought to crack Council District 1, targeting Port Jefferson Station and Terryville which share a school district, zip code, library, civic association and chamber of commerce. The original draft maps proposed cutting this hamlet in two, dividing our residents across different council districts. If adopted, these plans could have caused a diversion of public resources away from the area and disrupted years of progress — and future plans — made by the residents.
For months, NYS Republicans, have urged Gov. Kathy Hochul [D] to call a special legislative session aimed at fixing this kind of madness. At the end of July, NYC Mayor Eric Adams [D] joined the GOP chorus saying, “We’re talking about someone that has repeatedly used violence in our city.”
Kudos to TBR News Media for its recent editorial, “Sustainability starts in our own backyard” [Sept. 1]. As the condition of the planet continues to deteriorate, sustainability has to become an overarching priority for our and other societies of the world if we are going to successfully stem and ultimately reverse the global decline of our shared global environment. The editorial rightly recognizes that each of us can play a part by embracing sustainable lifestyle choices and activities, and not just relying on government, institutions and businesses to lead the way toward a sustainableUnfortunately,future. by including, “Conservation practices require us to make individual sacrifices,” the editorial perpetuates the widely held and strongly negative misperception that conservation means sacrifice. While a few actions to promote conservation might require some personal sacrifice, the great majority of sustainable actions have the opposite impact: They promote the emotional, physical and financial well-being of the individual and require no sacrifice at all.
opinions of columnists and letter writers are their own.
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Personal sacrifice or promoting well-being
For example, is it really a sacrifice to install LED lightbulbs in place of much higher energy-consuming incandescent bulbs? Not from a financial perspective since they last much longer than oldfashioned incandescents and save significant energy resulting in reduced energy bills and they benefit the planet by requiring much less electricity, power generated by the burning of fossil fuels. Or how about regularly using reusable grocery bags instead of one-use plastic bags? Nope. Or how about shutting off the water while you’re brushing your teeth? Sacrifice here? Na. Or keeping the air pressure in your car tires at the proper level, thereby helping your car’s mpg? Another no. Rejecting the bag into which the store clerk wants to put the one item you just bought? No way.
The New York Post recently reported that fentanyl was being shipped into Hunts Point produce market in the Bronx. “It comes in with the produce,” said Bridget Brennan, who heads the city’s Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor.
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Last year, the number of people dying from drug overdoses in the United States reached a staggering estimated 107,622, according to provisional data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. It was a nearly 15% jump from the prior 12 months. That’s almost 300 fatalities every day. If that many lives were being lost daily because jets were falling from the sky, there would be a national uproar, followed by quick action.
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While we’ve suffered with supply chain issues, dealers pedaling this poison have not. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, precursor chemicals go from China to Mexico, where two notorious cartels produce the bulk of fentanyl consumed in the U.S. From Mexico, the drugs are smuggled over our wide-open southern border, eventually, reaching every state in the union.
In New York, where gang violence is systemic, we have laws that free suspected smugglers and pushers without bail. José “Cataño” Jorge, charged with supplying a killer dose of fentanyl to a young man was sprung. Facing 96 years in jail if convicted on that and other charges, he failed to return to court.
After months of controversy, the Town of Brookhaven’s redistricting process is nearing completion. Earlier this week, the town released its latest proposal to reapportion its six council districts.
While the new map signals progress for the residents of Council District 1, the work is unfinished. This map still splits Comsewogue School District unnecessarily. As this redistricting process enters the home stretch, let’s remember how we got here.
One of the biggest reasons for much of this deadly mayhem is fentanyl. Its lethal potency is unmatched by anything on the illegal drug market and our nation has been flooded with it.
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Seeing that their interests were at stake, the people took action. Civic organizations and business groups mobilized the troops, sending members to public hearings to resist these plans. Many spread the word by writing letters to the editor. And our hometown paper regularly covered the issue and vigorously editorialized on behalf of our districts.
Next, traffickers move it to nearby
upon these successes, we should remember we are not alone in this cause. The Mount Sinai activists were equally triumphant in preventing the splitting of their hamlet. And in CD4, our neighbors in Coram and Gordon Heights continue to fight apparent attempts to gerrymander thatThearea.Brookhaven
Town Board has a 6-1 Republican majority, and must adopt a new map by Dec. 15. How residents proceed over the coming weeks could impact Brookhaven elections over the next 10 years.
How about another popular example? Cutting your lawn. Most homeowners shun the idea of letting grass clippings lay on the grass thinking they’re sacrificing a beautiful and healthy lawn. Yet, many studies document the benefits of taking the mower bag off and letting the clippings recycle back into the lawn to provide moisture and nutrients — it’s a stubborn myth that clippings add to the formation of thatch as they don’t. Leaving clippings on your lawn is sustainable: Less
That takes us to Episode Two. Imagine, if you will, a group of older adults, representing the 50ish and the 80ish generation, chatting in person together.“Have you been to the doctor recently?” one of the people “Whichasked.one?For what?” a second one replied.
course, some differences between catching COVID early on and now. The health care professionals know so much more now about treating the disease. Hospitalizations
“Do you have an ENT doctor? I have one,” someone else said.
“Not to get too personal,” I said, “but your shoes don’t match.”
“I’ve had kidney stones, so I have a urologist,” I offered, as if I were recounting trophies on a shelf or comparing the number of friends I have with someone else in fourth grade rather than recalling a specialist who helped me deal with excruciating agony.
The good-natured man smiled and said he thought he had shin splints from running, but discovered he had a hairline fracture that required several weeks of rest in a boot.
I nodded and wished him a speedy recovery.
I pictured a younger version of me, sitting with the group, staring, open-mouthed at the enthusiasm with which all of us, me included, counted our doctors and the reason we needed them.
“At this point, I’d just take not feeling worse,” he said.Okay, so that wasn’t too terrifying, right? Two 50-ish guys chatted and shared personal details
“Well, maybe it hurts just because I’m older,” he offered.
You have no idea, I thought, as I could feel the urge to hold back a clock that pushes each of us forward through time.
Cue the music.
Decades ago, when I spoke with my friends, we discussed our activities, ambitions and plans. We might have complained about our bosses, described a business trip, shared an encounter with a stranger on a plane or train, or described our frustrations with our favorite sports teams.
about the aging vessels that carry us through life.
“I hope you feel better soon,” I offered as we got off the phone.
Twilight Zones in which a clock pushes us into doctor’s offices
Yes, it causes a metallic taste after it’s ingested. But it seems to have worked.
“How many doctors do you have?” a third oneAndasked.that is where the conversation became a competition. Each person, slowly and deliberately, shared the number of doctors he or she visits.
In Episode Three, a man in his 30s walked his dog, limping along with a supportive black boot on his leg. Another man (me) appeared, pulled along by his oversized dog.
Well, as much as we would like to declare the pandemic over, as President Joe Biden (D) recently did, the virus is still with us. I stopped social distancing, then recently became casual about wearing my mask. I started getting together, first with family, then with close friends, then with business colleagues. Recently, I have been eating inside a couple of restaurants. I stopped asking every repairman to please wear a mask in my house. I pushed COVID phobia way down in myThereThenconsciousness.Igotit.are,of
“We’ve had two million cases reported over the last 28 days, and we know underreporting is substantial,” Dr. Michael T. Osterholm, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Minnesota, was quoted in the Tuesday edition of The New York Times. He continued that COVID-19 was the No. 4 cause of death in theManycountry.ofus were feeling what Biden was expressing. Yes, we have vaccines and medicines now that successfully hold the pathogen at bay, and most people have every expectation of recovering. Nonetheless, it has been a dreaded disease, especially for those of a certain age or with underlying conditions. With me, it started as a little dry cough throughout the afternoon, hardly noticeable. By nightfall, the cough had deepened and a headache began. The next day, the miserable irritation at the back of the throat started. By the end of the day, my temperature
And so it went, for about 10 minutes, until we broke the description of all that ails us and transitioned to a discussion of all that inspires, and worries, us about our college-age children.
BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF
began to climb, eventually four degrees, and my bodyOfached.course, my doctor was on vacation that week, but the backup staff responded valiantly. They called me in for THE test, and when it was positive, they gave me three options. I could go to the Emergency Room and get an infusion of monoclonal antibodies, which would take an hour (not including the inevitable wait.) They could phone in a prescription for paxlovid, and I could take three pills in the morning, then three at night, for five days. They spelled out the side effects of both treatments, which didn’t sound too cheerful. Or I could just monitor the situation, drinking plenty of liquids, taking some Tylenol and see how it goes.
“I went to my parents’ house in New Hampshire and ran over five miles on an uneven road. The next day, I could barely move. I have to rest it for six weeks,” he said.
“I can’t stand the hair that’s coming out of my ears,” I offered. “It makes it harder to hear and to be taken seriously by anyone looking at me.”
“I have the best GI guy, who gave me a great colonoscopy. I had such a nice rest while I was under anesthesia,” I said.
BY DANIEL DUNAIEF
“My hip has been a problem,” I reply.
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Sure, we still do that, but, as the years pass, the discussions drift. This is where I’d cue the music.
In Episode One, we have two college friends who shared a room for several years, who sweated through a spectacularly hot summer in Boston with no air conditioning, and who, over the decades, visited each other’s homes with and without our wives
Will I be as cavalier about relaxing precautions? No, I don’t think so. It is possible to get it again, and I REALLY don’t want it again. I will get the next booster when I am eligible, I will continue to wear a mask regardless of what those around me are doing, and I will limit my dining, to the extent possible, to the great outdoors.
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with friends, relatives and neighbors have taken a turn into “The Twilight Zone” episodes recently.
My competitive spirit again got the best of me.
D. None of the above
“Yeah, that’s pretty unwelcome,” my friend laughed. “My back is killing me. I wake up every morning and it takes me a while to feel comfortable enough to stand and shuffle to the bathroom.”
“I also don’t see particularly well. I don’t like driving when it’s dark,” he added.
caught me. After two and a half years of bobbing and weaving, trying to elude the virus, I finally have been felled. It’s like being shot on the last day of the war. I did all the right things. I avoided crowds, driving back from my South Carolina vacation at the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020 instead of using my return plane ticket. I stopped going to the opera and to Broadway shows in New York City. I didn’t eat in restaurants, even after they reopened, for fear of who might be harboring pathogens at the next table. We closed the office to all but those with appointments. We ordered masks for the staff by the dozens and hand sanitizer by the gallon. We practiced social distancing at the bank, that is, before the bank closed its doors and moved away.
“My knee is sore,” I added, “but I think that’s from compensating for my hip.”
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We stopped holding events, such as “People of the Year” and “Cooks, Books and Corks” and “Reader’s Choice” that might turn into superspreaders. My family and I zoomed rather than visited. Our family holiday celebrations and vacations were suspended. And we took to our computers, to the extent we were able, for everything from classroom learning to shopping for toilet Rememberpaper.all that?
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are fewer but still some 32,000 daily, intubations are less common. But people are still dying, some 400-500 a day, to put numbers on it. Through Sept. 19, Suffolk County reported more than one death per day for the month, according to the Suffolk County Department of Health.
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