The Village Beacon Record - April 29, 2021

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Vol. 36, No. 41

April 29, 2021

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Town of Brookhaven launches beach cleanup stations

BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

To celebrate Earth Day April 22, Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) and Councilwoman Jane Bonner (R-Rocky Point) announced a new initiative that will keep local beaches clean.

The elected officials gathered at Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai that morning to unveil its new beach cleanup baskets, in which the town has partnered with Long Island-based nonprofit Relic Sustainability.

The group, from Remsenburg on the South Shore, collaborated with the town due to Relic’s Coastal Collaborative project, which encompasses seven preexisting stations across Long Island.

“Our goal is to collaborate the town, businesses and community members to collaborate in combating beach pollution that is a growing issue on the coast line of Long Island,” said Alex Kravitz, COO of Relic.

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The stations give beachgoers the opportunity to take a basket on the beach, pick up trash and deposit it into a trash receptacle.

“What better way to celebrate Earth Day?” Romaine said. “The baskets are 100% recycled plastics. You pick one up, walk along the beach, pick up some garbage and put the baskets back. … We want this in all of our town beaches and we want to keep them clean.”

While Relic Sustainability has seven stations, Cedar Beach is the first in the Town of Brookhaven to utilize its concept.

Aiden Kravitz, CEO of the nonprofit, said the goal is to reach even more beaches.

“By the end of the summer, we’re hoping to have a bigger partnership with the county with 40 to 50 stations,” he said. “The goal of the program is to help relieve the pressure of trash on the beaches by stimulating voluntary trash pickup from the community. We view the heart of the program as a collaborative between the town, ourselves, local businesses and the community members — everybody plays a role.”

Supervisor Ed Romaine and Councilwoman Jane Bonner joined members of the Relic team at Cedar Beach on Earth Day. Photo by Julianne Mosher

Bonner said she was excited for the new initiative because of the “tremendous garbage problem, not only on Long Island, but in the United States.”

“I cannot think of a better way to celebrate Earth Day than to launch a program that addresses the litter that plagues all of our beaches,” she said.

“I encourage people who come to Cedar Beach

to use one of the baskets and pick up litter before they leave for home. It’s something we can all do to advocate for a better environment.”

Relic also sells organic apparel that gives back to local waters. For every T-shirt sold, they plant five oysters back into Moriches Bay. The clothing items are available at relicdesign.com.

Bellone signs new legislation for bike riders

BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A new law will now keep bicyclists safe on the roadways with its 3-foot rule.

On Tuesday, April 27, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) joined Deputy Presiding Officer Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) and members of the biking community at Stony Brook’s Stony Brookside Bed & Bike Inn to sign it in officially.

Bellone said the legislation will help ensure the safety of bicyclists while out on the roadways requiring drivers to pass on the left and provide the riders with at least 3 feet of space. Violations of this law are punishable by a fine of $225 for the first offense, $325 for the second offense and $425 for any subsequent offenses.

It is the first of its kind in New York state.

“For us in Suffolk County, where we love the outdoors, many of the reasons why people choose to live here is because of our incredible natural resources: our parks, our open space and the beauty that we have here,” he said. “Bicycles are such a big part of that.

We are committed to, and we have to be committed to, making sure that cycling can be done safely, and people are protected as much as possible.”

He added that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, bike sales have “skyrocketed.”

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone signs a new law that will make sure bike riders have enough room on the road.

Photo by Julianne Mosher

People want to be outside more.

“We’ve obviously been working on these issues for some time,” he said. “But the pandemic has only made it even clearer how important this is to people’s lives — and quite frankly, to all of us, even if you never get on a bike.”

Hahn added that Stony Brookside Bed & Bike Inn attracts bicyclists from around the world who come and enjoy the area’s paths, roads and trails.

“Our roads are going to be safer now,” she said. “But there is tremendous synergy between our environment and our economy,

between what we have here to enjoy where we live. And who we attract to come here as visitors, who we attract to come here as businesses, and people — especially after the pandemic — are looking for places to live, places to visit where they can recreation safely.”

Bellone noted, though, that Long Island roads can often be dangerous, and he is committed to keeping the streets safe.

“We know that bicycling on certain roads in the county can be dangerous, but we’ve been working on that issue,” he said. “We’ve taken a number of significant steps to educate drivers and improve infrastructure to create a safer environment for bicycles on the road.

So, today, our efforts go one step further.”

Attorney and board member of the New York Bicycling Coalition Daniel Flanzig said that currently only 33 states have this law. “[NY] Vehicle & Traffic Law 1122-A currently exists, but only requires a motorist to pass a cyclist at a safe distance,” he said.

“What a safe distance is to me is different to you.”

Flanzig said that the new law of a 3-foot distance is a tangible, recognizable number.

“I think 3-foot distance actually makes it easier to enforce,” Hahn said. “Now there’s a set difference. Previously, the law said drivers must pass cyclists at a safe distance and that wasn’t defined.”

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BY IRYNA SHKURHAN DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Advocates, lawmakers, developers and tenants gathered at ELIJA Farm in South Huntington on Monday morning to announce new inclusive housing opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) reported that an additional $10 million in funding will go to the development of 10 new housing units in Riverhead through the county’s inclusive housing pilot program.

“We’ve now funded more inclusive housing units in Suffolk County than we have seen in the state,” Bellone said.

He first announced a pilot program in 2019 to fund projects designed to meet the regional need to develop new housing opportunities. After a successful trial run that saw a necessary demand, the program will now be permanent. A sum of $2.5 million dollars will be allocated every year for the next four years to fund inclusive housing projects for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The announcement came during Autism Acceptance Month, which Debora Thivierge, executive director and founder of The ELIJA Foundation, called “Autism Action Month.” It also falls under Fair Housing Month, celebrated every April.

Thivierge founded ELIJA Farm as a nonprofit project in 2016. The farm’s Community Supported Agriculture program offers methodical opportunities for diverse populations and

integrates members into the life and community of the farm.

“For us its original purpose was to empower Long Island’s journey through autism and today couldn’t be a more significant day to kind of mark that mission,” Thivierge said at a press conference in Huntington last week.

According to the New York Housing Resource Center, there are more than 25,000 adults in Suffolk County with intellectual or developmental disabilities and 63% of them live with family caregivers. Of those caregivers, 25% are over the age of 60.

Ten units in Riverhead were completed earlier this year and are now fully occupied by individuals eligible to receive services through the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Gateway Plaza, developed by G2D Group, was bought as a 64-unit apartment building in Huntington Station. Part of those units will be devoted to people on the autism spectrum.

It is the only apartment building in Huntington with a doorman and its ground floor has about 14,000 feet of commercial space.

“We’re doing everything we can so that all the individuals in our community and across our country have the opportunity to live their best lives, to reach their full potential and that they have equal opportunity to do so,” Bellone said.

Developers believe that the quality of life will be much better for these individuals if they live in an accessible and walkable area of town. With opportunities even on the first floor, residents will be exposed to integration efforts as opposed to

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Michael Kessler embrace at a press conference on April 19.

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living in a remote place and being isolated from their community.

Jason Harris, 22-year-old son of Thivierge and self-advocate moved to one of the Huntington units in February.

“It’s been the greatest experience I’ve had so far, and it feels like I have my independence,” he said. “But I’m not feeling alone.”

The ground floor will have a cafe and office space where residents will have an opportunity to work and be integrated in the community as well as the commercial side of Gateway Plaza.

“This is a game changer for people with autism, and intellectual and developmental disabilities,” said Patricia Calandra, master housing navigator at the New York Housing Resource Center. “We are so grateful to be able to start this bigger, better model of acceptance and inclusion for our loved

ones in the local community.”

Calandra is the mother of Joey and Jenna, who are both on the autism spectrum, and have lived independently in a community apartment complex in Coram for the last four years.

She mentioned all the ways her adult children have gained independence and a sense of community from living alone, despite their disabilities. They’ve built relationships with neighbors, taken on work opportunities in the community, and gained the confidence to get out of their comfort zone and venture out on their own, she said.

“Autism Awareness Month is now Autism Acceptance Month,” Thivierge added. “And ELIJA really feels that it’s ‘Autism Action Month’ because we have to start doing things that are really going to make change.”

pollinate our plants Hahn said in a and our flowers phone interview that and our farms,” she she watched a webinar said.

“Pollinators, about pollinators especially insects, and started thinking can’t fly very far.” about county lands, The county which she estimates at legislator said the approximately 50,000 pollinators need a acres surrounding place to take a break. county buildings, “They need to in parks and along have places where highways, and how they can stop, rest, they could be used to eat and whatever else help. She said while in they might do along the past preservation the way,” Hahn said. of land was considered for large parcels, which A honeybee feeds on a flower. Flowering and pollinating plants “They need to have a pathway of places is important for water are integral for bees to survive. File photo by Maria Hoffman that have the kind of quality, not much native plants that they need to survive. They need attention was paid to smaller plots of land.

“This webinar I saw talked about pollinators, to be close together so that they can fly from one from a perspective of the pollinators, from the to the other.”

She said anything can help from small pieces perspective of the natural environment, the habitat for animals, the habitat for insects that of land to backyards and other spots. She said she

hopes the task force will also inspire residents to start their own pollinating gardens and is planning to start one along her driveway.

John Turner, conservation policy advocate for the Seatuck Environmental Association, said in a statement that it’s important to respond to the issue and thanked the county Legislature for doing so.

“A quiet crisis is occurring throughout the world as the number and diversity of insects that provide vital pollinating services decline,” Turner said. “This legislation is one way Suffolk County is appropriately responding to the crisis by developing a blueprint for making the county suitable for butterflies, bees and other critically important but often overlooked species.”

The bill is expected to be signed by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) in the coming weeks. The task force’s recommendations will then be referred back to county officials within one year of its creation. Some of the recommendations will include information such as economic and environmental impacts. After the recommendations are presented, legislators will decide if the plan should be implemented.

Formation of county pollinator task force passed by legislature

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

A new task force will create a web of pollinating fields across the county for species such as birds, bees, butterflies and more.

On April 20, the Suffolk County Legislature unanimously passed legislation sponsored by Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) to form an advisory task force composed of local agencies such as Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County and the National Audubon Society as well as horticulturists, environmentalists and garden clubs. The goal is to develop a plan to plant productive, indigenous plants on county lands to support local pollinators.

According to Hahn, who is chair of the county’s Environment, Parks & Agriculture Committee, pollinating species have been in steady decline, sometimes because they don’t have food to feed on. The loss of them can threaten food supplies and ecosystems, both locally and globally. Bees, butterflies, bats and more play a part in flowering plants’ fertilization process.

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Legislature approves ‘Pet Therapy Day,’ Comsewogue brings in a new staffer

BY MELISSA LEVINE DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Suffolk County lawmakers last week unanimously approved a proposal by Presiding Officer Rob Calarco (D-Patchogue) to designate April 30 as “Pet Therapy Day” in Suffolk County.

Nationally recognized as a day to celebrate therapy animals through the efforts of Pet Partners — the nation’s leading organization registering therapy animals for animal-assisted interventions — Calarco felt it was important to mark the day on the county level to recognize the local groups working to improve the health and well-being of Suffolk residents through animal-assisted therapy and activities.

Legislators approved his resolution to designate Pet Therapy Day in Suffolk County at their April 20 general meeting.

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“Therapy animals and their human companions bring joy and healing to people of all ages in many different settings, including hospitals, nursing homes, schools and funeral parlors,” he said. “Designating April 30 as Pet Therapy Day is our way of saying thank you and recognizing all the good these animals and their handlers do to bring moments of joy to people in need in our community, especially given the difficulties of the last year.”

A furry friend joins a middle school class Since the onset of the pandemic, Comsewogue School District’s staff and students have endured the same challenge that thousands of schools across the globe are facing recreating normalcy in a time of chaos.

Comsewogue special education teacher and student character liaison Andrew Harris is no stranger to the many benefits that come with therapy dogs.

“Normally we visit Stony Brook Hospital’s adolescent psychiatric unit on a weekly basis,” he said. “The kids get a great deal from our visits.”

Harris has been training dogs for over 20 years, so he has grown incredibly familiar with the contagious charm and health benefits that dogs like his dog, Ramsey — a licensed therapy pooch — can bring to people of all ages.

“It’s funny because the nurses and doctors are always the ones who rush in and cuddle the dog before the kids. After all, they too might be having an especially stressful day,” said Harris.

Once invited into a particular institution, the

dog is able to comfort people in hospitals, nursing homes and schools.

After a few months of careful planning, Harris devised a therapy-dog-based proposition for the visits at the district’s schools. It didn’t take long to convince the administration to let Ramsey in.

Ramsey proudly wears his Comsewogue picture ID and therapy dog bandana upon entering John F. Kennedy Middle School.

Harris said he has taken much time to develop this program for school visits.

“We have several progressive and successive lessons each time we come into a class,” Harris sad. “On the first visit, it is more of a meet and greet and demonstration of what the dog is capable of.”

When Harris was tasked with getting his therapy dog certification, he had no idea how elaborate it would be. He went on to describe how certain tasks tested the dog’s ability to remain calm in stressful situations — something Ramsey is great at when demonstrating for students of different abilities.

Harris takes ample time to show the students the difference between a therapy dog (they are for you) and a service dog (they are for the owner).

He also demonstrates some typical things a service dog might do by performing tasks like dropping crutches and asking the dog to pick them up and bring them to him.

The dogs are capable of accomplishing many other feats too, like assisting people up staircases when requested, or alerting someone to wake up

Sixth grader Katelyn Murray with Ramsey.

Photos by Julianne Mosher

who has sleep apnea.

“When we visit a class for the second time, I have the students do more of the work, instead of the dog and I doing it all,” Harris said. “The students can start by introducing themselves or reading aloud to the dog. Then on our final visit, we sit the dog in the back of the room and have the students do full speeches or presentations.”

The most important thing for Harris is that the students enjoy and learn during the time they spend with Ramsey.

Melissa Levine is a senior at Comsewogue High School. Additional reporting by Julianne Mosher

SBU’s Saldivar encourages informed vaccine decisions

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Stony Brook Medicine, Dr. Miguel Saldivar, wants residents to make vaccine decisions based on scientific information, rather than Internet speculation. Saldivar, who joined Stony Brook just months before the pandemic hit Long Island, sees improvement in the overall infection numbers, which have declined in recent weeks to about two to three percent from closer to five to six percent. In a wideranging interview (which can be seen online at tbrnewsmedia.com), Saldivar answered a host of questions.

TBR: Do you have any concerns about the number or percentage of people who are not lining up for vaccination?

Saldivar: In general, what we are more concerned about is the amount of misinformation that is out there. If you go on social media — if you go just on the internet, period — there’s a lot of people who are spreading lot of information that is really frankly inaccurate.

TBR: What are Stony Brook and others trying to do to counter misinformation?

Saldivar: There are a number of things we hear fairly frequently, probably the more common one I personally have heard, because Pfizer and Moderna are based on mRNA technology, everybody hears the term RNA and is worried that it’s going to change my genetic code and turn me into a mutant or cause a disease down the line. The first thing to understand about that, the way both of those vaccines work, it’s a set of instructions being given to the body cells, the moment it’s been delivered, the mRNA dissolves. It has no way of getting into the deeper part of the cells to change your genetic code.

TBR: Black and brown communities have a distrust of the federal government after some well known problems regarding Tuskegee Experiment and other issues. Is there broader acceptance now compared with a month or two ago?

Saldivar: Statistically, if you compare how this disease has affected minority communities, the risk of a severe outcome, hospitalization intubation and death is almost universally

Dr. Miguel Saldivar of Stony Brook Medicine said it’s concerning how much misinformation is out there about the COVID-19 vaccine. Stock photo

higher among minority communities. That has a number of factors, not just the disease itself.

It’s also the fact that within those communities, it is more frequent to find some of the risk factors, meaning diabetes, obesity, preexisting pulmonary disease so on and so forth ... What I have been personally involved with is reaching

out to the community, we have found a lot of community centers have been very ready and willing to engage in a conversation. We have found places of worship to be wonderful places to have that conversation TBR: What does the data tell you about the pandemic?

Salvidar: The last numbers I heard from the meeting this morning were between two to three percent positivity. We’ve been there for a week. Before that, we were staying pretty stable at like five to six percent or thereabouts.

It looks like finally, this may be the effect of the vaccine, the numbers are finally starting to little by little trend their way down. We’ve been cautiously optimistic. There seems to be a little bit of a light at the end of the tunnel.

TBR: You have a bachelor’s degree in classical guitar performance. How did you wind up in infectious disease?

Saldivar: Through the nonprofit circle, I landed a job with the medical center at UCLA. That’s where I met a very, very good friend and mentor. She was key to helping me shape the path. I feel incredibly lucky to be part of this profession.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE MILLER PLACE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MILLER PLACE, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Hearing of the qualified voters of the Miller Place Union Free School District, Miller Place, Suffolk County, New York, will be held in the Miller Place High School of the Miller Place Union Free School District, 15 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, in said District on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at 7:00 p.m., prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items: 1. To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money, which will be required for the 2021-22 fiscal year.

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

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

A copy of the proposed budget shall be made available, upon request, to residents of the school district beginning Tuesday, April 27, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the Office of District Clerk, Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York.

To Place A Legal Notice Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Chapter 258 of the Laws of 2008, Section 495 was added to the Real Property Tax Law, and requires the School District to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report.

Said exemption repor t, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how much of the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption g r a nt ed , i d ent i fi ed by statutory authority, and show: (a) the cumulative impact of each type of exemption expressed either as a dollar amount of assessed value or as a percentage of the total assessed value on the roll; (b) the cumulative amount expected to be received from recipients of each type of exemption as payments in lieu of taxes or other payments for municipal services; and (c) the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted.

The exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on any website maintained by the District.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Budget Vote and Election will be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, in the gymnasium of the North Country Ro a d Middle School, 191 North Country Road, Miller Place, New York, during which time the polls will be open to vote by voting machine upon the following items: 1. To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2021-22 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District.

2. To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2021 and expiring on June 30, 2024.

3. That for the purpose of

enabling the residents of this District to have the benefit of full library services, the Board of Education of Miller Place Union Free School District is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the Comsewogue Public Library and the Port Jefferson Free Library for such library services for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 and to expend therefore during the District’s fiscal year 2021-22 a sum of money not exceeding $2,352,999.83 (Two Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Two Thousand, Nine Hundred Ninety Nine Dollars and Eighty Three Cents) and that the Board of Education be authorized to levy the necessary tax therefore.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the School District’s budget for 2021-2022, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. beginning Tuesday, April 27, 2021, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, and at each schoolhouse in the District.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of said School District at the Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, not later than Monday, April 19, 2021, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Clerk of the District; must be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District (representing the greater of 25 qualified voters or 2% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election);

must state the name and residence of each signer, and, must state the name and residence of the candidate.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this election. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register.

The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law in the Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, on Thursday, May 13, 2021, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., prevailing time, to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared. Registration is also conducted daily at the Office of the District Clerk, Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Prevailing Time, Monday through Friday. The last day to register shall be May 13, 2021. The register so prepared pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk, Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified

voter of the District beginning on May 13, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time, on weekdays, and each day prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, and on Saturday, May 15, 2021, by appointment, and at the polling place(s) on the day of the vote.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the Miller Place Union Free School District by requesting and returning a registration application to the District Clerk in person, by mail to Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, by email to pmorbill@millerplace.k12. ny.us or fax sent to 631-331-8832. The request for the registration application may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the registration application by either mail, fax or email. Military voter reg ist rat io n ap p licat io n forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 22, 2021.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are qualified voters of the Miller Place Union Free School District, may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk in person, by mail to Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, by email to pmorbill@ millerplace.k12.ny.us or fax sent to 631-331-8832. In such request, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application by mail, fax or email. A military voter must return the original military ballot application by mail or in person to the office of the District Clerk at Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York. In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m., on April 22, 2021. Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will

be processed in the same manner as a non-military ballot application under Section 2018-a of the Education Law. The application for military ballot may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax, or email.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, a military voter’s original military ballot must be returned by mail or in person to the office of the District Clerk at Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York. Military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk before the close of polls on May 18, 2021 showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or received not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 18, 2021 and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York, the Board of Registration will meet on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, in the gymnasium of the North Country Ro a d Middle School, 191 North Country Road, Miller Place, New York to prepare the Register of the School District to be used at the Budget Vote and Election to be held in 2022, and any special district meetings that may be held after the preparation of said Register, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register provided that at such meeting of said Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school election for which said Register is prepared, or any special district meeting held after

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AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the District Clerk beginning Monday, April 19, 2021; completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter.

Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.

A list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the Office of the District Clerk, Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, on and after Thursday, May 13, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election and on May 18, 2021, the day set for the election. Any qualified voter then present in the polling place may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds by making his/her challenge and the reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with §2035 of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said election, must be filed with the District Clerk, Board of Education at the Administration Building, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, New York, in sufficient time to permit notice of the proposition to be included with the Notice of the Public Hearing, Budget Vote and Election required

by Section 2004 of the Education Law or on or before March 19, 2021, at 3:00 p.m., prevailing time; must be typed or printed in

To Place A Legal Notice Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com the English language; must be directed to the District Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least 151 qualified voters of the District (representing 5% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election); and must legibly state the name and residence of each signer. However, the School Board will not entertain any petition to place before the voters any proposition the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, which is unlawful or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition, or where other valid reason exists for excluding the proposition from the ballot.

Dated: Miller Place, New February 24, 2021

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By Order of the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE MILLER PLACE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT Miller Place, New York Patricia Morbillo, District Clerk

AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBL I C A , V O T O D E P R E S U P U E S T O Y ELECCIÓN DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR MILLER PLACE UNIÓN LIBRE MILLER PLACE, CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NUEVA YORK A continuación se da el aviso de que una audiencia pública de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Miller Place Unión Libre, Miller Place, Condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, se llevará a cabo en la Escuela Secundaria Miller Place del Distrito Escolar Miller Place Unión Libre, 15 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, en dicho distrito el martes, 4 de mayo de 2021, a las 7:00 pm, hora prevaleciente, para la transacción de negocio a lo autorizado por la Ley de Educación, que incluye los siguientes elementos: 1. Para presentar a los electores una declaración detallada (presupuesto) de la cantidad de dinero, que se requiere para el 2021-22 año fiscal.

2. Para analizar todos los elementos que se enumeran a continuación para ser votados por las máquinas de votación en la Votación de Presupuesto y Elección que se celebrará el martes, 18 de mayo de 2021.

3. Para tramitar cualquier otro asunto que pueda presentarse adecuadamente antes de la reunión, de conformidad con la Ley de educación del estado de Nueva York y los actos de enmienda a la misma.

Una copia del presupuesto propuesto estará disponible, a solicitud, para los residentes del distrito escolar a partir del martes, abril 27, 2021, entre las horas de 9:00 am y 3:00 pm, hora predominante, en la Oficina del Secretario de Distrito, Edificio de Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York.

Y SE HA DADO UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con el Capítulo 258 de las Leyes de 2008, la Sección 495 se agregó a la Ley del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles, y requiere que el Distrito Escolar adjunte a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención. Dicho informe de exención, que también formará parte del presupuesto final, mostrará la cantidad de el valor evaluado total en la tirada de evaluación final utilizada en el proceso presupuestario está exento de impuestos, enumera cada tipo de exención otorgada, identificada por la autoridad estatutaria, y muestra: (a) el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención expresado como un dólar cantidad del valor evaluado o como porcentaje del valor evaluado total en la tirada; (b) el monto acumulado que se espera recibir de los destinatarios de cada tipo de exención como pagos en lugar de impuestos u otros pagos por servicios municipales; y (c) el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas. El informe de exención se publicará en cualquier tablón de anuncios mantenido por el Distrito para avisos públicos y en cualquier sitio web mantenido por el Distrito.

Y ADEMÁS LA PRESENTE SE

NOTIFICA, que dijo que el presupuesto y votación de la elección se llevará a cabo el martes, 18 de mayo de 2021, entre las 6:00 am y las 9:00 pm, hora que prevalece, en el gimnasio de la Carretera del Norte Escuela secundaria, 191 Norte Country Road, Miller Place, Nueva York, durante la cual las urnas estarán abiertas para votar por la máquina de votación en los siguientes elementos: 1. Aprobar el presupuesto anual del distrito escolar para el año fiscal 2021-22 y para autorizar la porción necesaria de los mismos para ser criados por los impuestos sobre la propiedad gravable del Distrito.

2. Para elegir un (1) miembro de la Junta de Educación para una que comienza el plazo de tres años 1 de julio de 2021 y el 30 de junio de 2024.

3. Con el propósito de permitir que los residentes de este Distrito tengan el beneficio de ser vicios completos de biblioteca, se autoriza a la Junta de Educación de Miller Place Unión Free School District a firmar un contrato con la Biblioteca Pública de Comsewogue y la Biblioteca Gratis de Port Jefferson. para este tipo de servicios bibliotecarios para el período del 1 de julio de 2021 a 30 de junio, 2022 y para gastar, por lo tanto, durante el año fiscal del Distrito 2020-21 de una suma de dinero que no exceda de $2,352,999.83 (dos millones, trescientos cincuenta y dos mil novecientos noventa nueve dólares con ochenta y tres centavos) y que la Junta de Educación esté autorizada para recaudar el impuesto necesario.

Y ADEMÁS LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA, que una copia de la declaración de la cantidad de dinero que se requiere para financiar el presupuesto del distrito escolar por 2021-22, exclusiva de los fondos públicos, se puede obtener por cualquier residente del Distrito entre las horas de 9:00 am y 3:00 pm a partir del martes, 27 de abril de

2021, excepto sábado, domingo o días festivos, en el Edificio Administrativo, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, y en cada escuela en el distrito.

Y SE HA PRESENTADO UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que las solicitudes de nominación de candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación se presentarán ante el Secretario de dicho Distrito Escolar en el Edificio de Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, a más tardar el lunes 19 de abril, 2021, 9:00 am-5:00 pm, hora prevaleciente.

Las vacantes en la Junta de Educación no se consideran oficinas separadas, específicas; los candidatos se ejecutan en general Las peticiones de nominación no deben describir ninguna vacante específica en la Junta para la cual se nominó al candidato; debe ser dirigido al Secretario del Distrito; debe estar firmado por al menos 25 votantes calificados del Distrito (representando el mayor de 25 votantes calificados o el 2% del número de votantes que votaron en la elección anual anterior); debe indicar el nombre y la residencia de cada firmante, y debe indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato.

Y SE HA DADO UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que se requiere el registro personal de los votantes, ya sea de conformidad con la §2014 de la Ley de Educación o el Artículo 5 de la Ley de Elecciones. Si un votante se ha registrado hasta ahora de conformidad con la §2014 de la Ley de educación y ha votado en una reunión anual o especial del distrito dentro de los últimos cuatro (4) años calendario, es elegible para votar en esta elección. Si un votante está registrado y es elegible para votar conforme al Artículo 5 de la Ley de Elecciones, él o ella también es elegible para votar en esta elección. Todas las demás personas que deseen votar deben registrarse.

La Junta de Registro se reunirá con el propósito de registrar a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito de conformidad con la §2014 de la Ley de

Educación en el Edificio de Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, el jueves 13 de mayo de 2021, entre las horas de 10:00 a.m. y 2:00 p.m., hora de vencimiento, para agregar cualquier nombre adicional al Registro que se usará en la elección mencionada anteriormente, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que se coloque su nombre en dicho Registro, siempre que, en dicha reunión de la Junta de Registro, se conozca o se demuestre, a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro, el derecho a votar en la elección para la cual se prepara el registro.

El registro también se realiza diariamente en el Oficina de le Secretaria de Distrito, Edificio de Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 3:00 p. m . hora predominante, de lunes a viernes. El último día para inscribirse será el 13 de mayo de 2021. El registro así preparado de conformidad con la §2014 de la Ley de Educación se archivará en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, Edificio de Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, y estará abierto para inspección por cualquier votante calificado del Distrito que comienza el 13 de mayo de 2021, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 3:00 p.m., hora de la semana, los días hábiles y cada día anterior al día establecido para la elección, excepto el domingo y el sábado 15 de mayo de 2021, con cita previa, y en los lugares de votación el día de la votación.

Y ADEMÁS LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA, que los votantes militares que no están registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados de del Distrito Escolar Miller Place Unión Libre solicitando y devolviendo una solicitud de registro al Secretario del Distrito en persona, por correo electrónico a Edificio de Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, por correo electrónico a pmorbill@millerplace.k12. ny.us o fax enviado a

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 82 631-331-8832. La solicitud de la solicitud de registro puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar para recibir el registro solicitud por correo, fax o correo electrónico. Los formularios de solicitud de registro de votante militar deben recibirse en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a mas tardar a las 5:00 p.m. en 22 de abril de 2021.

Y ADEMÁS LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA, que los votantes militares que son votantes calificados de del Distrito Escolar Miller Place Unión Libre, puede solicitar una solicitud de boleta militar as Secretario del Distrito en persona, por correo a Edificio de Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, por correo electrónico a pmorbill@millerplace.k12. ny.us, o fax enviado a 631-331-8832. En dicha solicitud, el votante militar puede indicar su preferencia por recibir la solicitud por correo, fax o correo electrónico. Un votante militar debe devolver la solicitud de boleta militar original por correo o en persona a la oficina del Secretario de Distrito en Edificio de Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York. Para que un votante militar reciba una bolete militar, se debe recibir una solicitud de bolete militar valida en el Oficina de le Secretaria de Distrito a mas tardar a las 5:00 p.m., el 22 de abril de 2021. Las solicitudes de bolete militar recibidas de acuerdo con lo anterior se procesaran de la misma manera que una solicitud de bolete no militar bajo Sección 2018-a dela Ley de Educación. La solicitud de bolete militar puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar para recibir la boleta militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico.

Y ADEMÁS LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA, la bolete militar original de un votante militar debe devolverse por correo o en persona a Oficina de le Secretaria de Distrito a Edificio de Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York. Las boletas militares serán escrutadas si son

To Place A Legal Notice Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito antes del cierre de las urnas el 18 de mayo de 2021 mostrando una marca de cancelación del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o mostrando un endoso de recepción fechado por otra agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o recibido a mas tardar a las 5:00 p.m. en 18 de mayo de 2021 y firmado y fechado por el votante militar y un testigo del mismo, con una fecha que se determina que no debe ser posterior al día anterior a la elección.

Y ADEMÁS LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA, que de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York, la Junta de Registro se reunirá el martes, 18 de mayo de 2021, entre las 6:00 am y las 9:00 pm, hora predominante, en el gimnasio de la Escuela Intermedia North Country Road, 191 North Country Road, Miller Place, Nueva York para preparar el Registro del Distrito Escolar que se utilizará en la Votación del Presupuesto y la Elección que se realizará en 2022, y cualquier reunión especial del distrito que pueda celebrarse después de la preparación de dicho Registro, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que se coloque su nombre en dicho Registro, siempre que en dicha reunión de dicha Junta de Registro sea conocido o demostrado a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro tener entonces o posteriormente derecho a votar en la elección escolar para la cual se preparó dicho Registro, o cualquier reunión especial del distrito celebrada después del 18 de mayo de 2021 .

Y SE HA DADO UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que las solicitudes de boletas de voto en ausencia se podrán obtener durante las horas de oficina del Secretario del Distrito a partir del lunes 19 de abril de 2021; las solicitudes completadas deben ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta se envía por correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección,

si la boleta se entrega personalmente al votante.

Las boletas de votación en ausencia deben ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m., Hora de vencimiento, el martes 18 de mayo de 2021.

Una lista de las personas a quienes se emiten las papeletas de voto en ausencia estará disponible para la inspección de los votantes calificados del Distrito en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, Edificio de Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, a partir del jueves 13 de mayo 2021, entre las horas de 9:00 am y 3:00 pm los días hábiles antes del día establecido para la elección anual y el 18 de mayo de 2021, el día establecido para la elección.

Cualquier votante calificado que esté presente en el lugar de votación puede objetar la votación de la boleta en los terrenos apropiados presentando su desafío y las razones, por lo tanto, conocidas por el Inspector de Elecciones antes del cierre de las urnas.

Y ADEMÁS, SE OTORGA EL AVISO de que, de conformidad con una norma adoptada por la Junta de Educación de conformidad con la §2035 de la Ley de Educación, cualquier referéndum o propuesta para enmendar el presupuesto, o de lo contrario se presentará para votar en dicha elección, debe ser presentado ante el Secretario del Distrito, la Junta de Educación en el Edificio de la Administración, 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, Nueva York, con tiempo suficiente para permitir que la notificación de la propuesta se incluya en la Notificación de la Audiencia Pública, la Votación del Presupuesto y la Elección requerida por sección 2004 de la Ley de Educación o en o antes del 19 de marzo de 2021, a las 3:00 pm, hora prevaleciente; debe ser escrito o impreso en el idioma inglés; debe ser dirigido al Secretario del Distrito del Distrito Escolar; debe estar firmado al menos por 151 votantes calificados del Distrito (que representan el 5% del número de votantes

que votaron en la elección anual anterior); y debe indicar legiblemente el nombre y la residencia de cada firmante. Sin embargo, la Junta Escolar no aceptará ninguna petición para presentar a los votantes ninguna propuesta cuyo propósito no esté dentro de los poderes de los votantes para determinar, lo cual es ilegal o cualquier propuesta que no incluya una asignación específica cuando el gasto de dinero es requerido por la proposición, o cuando exista otra razón válida para excluir la proposición de la boleta electoral.

Fechado: Miller Place, Nueva York 24 de febrero de 2021 Por orden de la JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DE LA UNIÓN MILLER PLACE GRATIS DISTRITO ESCOLAR Miller Place, Nueva York Patricia Morbillo, Secretaria del Distrito.”

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE ROCKY POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public (Budget) Hearing of the qualified voters of the Rocky Point UFSD, Rocky Point, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, will be held at the Rocky Point High School, 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, New York, in said District on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at 7:00 p.m., prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items: 1. To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money which will be required for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.

2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting

pursuant to the Education Law of the State of New York and acts amendatory thereto.

A copy of the proposed budget shall be made available, upon request, to residents of the School District beginning April 26, 2021 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time, every day except Saturday, Sunday, and holidays at the Office of the District Clerk, Rocky Point High School Guidance Office, 82 Rocky PointYaphank Road, Rocky Point, New York; and FURTHER N OT I C E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Budget Vote and Election (Annual Meeting) will be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the Rocky Point High School, 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, New York, at which time the polls will be open to vote by voting machine upon the following items: 1. To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2021-2022 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the School District.

2. Authorization to transfer monies from approved Capital Reserve Fund to the Capital Fund in order to fund district-wide capital improvements. Such to be reviewed at the Budget Hearing and placed as a proposition on the ballot.

3. To elect two members of the Board of Education for three-year terms commencing July 1, 2021 and expiring on June 30, 2024 and FURTHER N OT I C E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the School District’s budget for 2021-2022, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time, beginning April 26, 2021, every day except Saturday, Sunday, and holidays, at the

District Administrative Office, 90 Rocky PointYaphank Road, Rocky Point, New York, and at each schoolhouse within the District; and FURTHER N OT I C E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of said School District at the Clerk’s Office in the Rocky Point High School Guidance Office, 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, New York, not later than April 19, 2021, between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time. Such petitions must be directed to the Clerk of the District and must be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District; must state the name and residence of each signer, and must state the name and residence of the candidate; and FURTHER N OT I C E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law and has voted at any Annual or Special District Meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this election. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register.

The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law at the Rocky Point High School, 82 Rocky PointYaphank Road, Rocky Point, New York on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid vote/election, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register, provided that at

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 93 such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared. The register so prepared pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk, Rocky Point High School Guidance Office, 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on Thursday, May 13, 2021, and each day thereafter prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, as follows and at the polling place on the day of the vote; Thursday, May 13, 2021, and Friday, May 14, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 15, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon.

FURTHER N OT I C E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York, the Board of Registration will meet on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the polling site to be used at the Budget Vote and Election (Annual Meeting) to register voters for the Annual Meeting be held in 2021, and at any special district meetings that may be held after the preparation of said Register, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register provided that at such meeting of said Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school election for which said Register is prepared, or any special district meeting held after May 18, 2021; and FURTHER N OT I C E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the District Clerk, beginning April 19, 2021; completed applications

To Place A Legal Notice Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter.

Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 in order to be canvassed.

A list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the Office of the District Clerk beginning on Thursday, May 13, 2021, and each day thereafter prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, as follows: Thursday, May 13, 2021 and Friday, May 14, 2021 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 15, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon.

Dated: Rocky Point, New York March 24, 2021

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION KELLY WHITE, DISTRICT CLERK ROCKY POINT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT Suffolk County, New York 1609 4/1 4x vbr

AVISO DE VISTA PÚBLICA, V O T A C I Ó N D E L PRESUPUESTO DEL DISTRITO UNIDO DE ROCKY POINT EL PUEBLO DE BROOKHAVEN, DEL CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NUEVA YORK POR El PRESENTE ANUNCIO SE NOTIFICA, que la vista pública (presupuesto) de los votantes del Distrito de Rocky Point, Pueblo de Brookhaven, Condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, tendrá lugar en el Instituto de Rocky Point (Rocky Point High School), 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, Nueva York, el martes 4 de mayo a las siete (7:00) de la tarde., hora local, para la transacción de asuntos autorizados por la Ley de Educación que incluye los siguientes puntos: 1. Presentar a los votantes una declaración detallada

(presupuesto propuesto) de la cantidad de dinero que será requerido para el año fiscal 2021-2022.

empezando el primero (1) de julio, 2021 y finalizando el treinta (30) de junio, 2024.

2. Coordinar otros asuntos que puedan presentarse antes de la reunión de conformidad con la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York y acto enmendadura al respecto.

POR EL PRESENTE ANUNCIO ADICIONAL SE NOTIFICA, que una copia de la declaración de la cantidad de dinero que se utilizará para financiar el presupuesto del Distrito Escolar para 2021-2022, exclusivo de los fondos públicos, podrá estar disponible para cualquier residente del distrito entre las nueve (9:00) de la mañana hasta las tres (3:00) de la tarde., la hora local, desde el 26 de abril, 2021, cada día excepto sábados, domingos y días festivos, en la Oficina de Administración del Distrito, 90 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, Nueva York, y en cada escuela dentro de los límites del distrito; y

Una copia del presupuesto propuesto estará disponible a petición de los residentes del distrito escolar empezando el 26 de abril, 2021 desde las nueve (9:00) de la mañana hasta las tres (3:00) de la tarde, hora local, cada día excepto sábados, domingos y días festivos en la Oficina del Secretario de Distrito, Oficina del Consejero del Instituto de Rocky Point (Rocky Point High School), 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, Nueva York; y POR EL PRESENTE ANUNCIO ADICIONAL SE NOTIFICA, que dicho voto del presupuesto y elección (reunión anual) tendrá lugar el martes, 18 de mayo, 2021 desde las siete (7:00) de la mañana hasta las nueve (9:00) de la tarde., hora local, en el instituto de Rocky Point (Rocky Point High School), 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, Nueva York. En ese momento las urnas estarán abiertas para votar por la máquina de votación a cerca de los siguientes puntos: 1. Adoptar el presupuesto anual del Distrito Escolar para el año fiscal de 2021-2022 y autorizar la porción requerida del mismo para aumentar por los impuestos de las propiedades sujetas a tributación del Distrito Escolar.

2. Autorización para transferir dinero del Fondo de Reserva de Capital aprobado al Fondo de Capital para financiar mejoras de capital en todo el distrito. Esto se revisará en la Audiencia de Presupuesto y se colocará como una propuesta en la boleta.

3. Elegir dos miembros de la Junta Educativa para ocupar un puesto durante un plazo de tres años

POR EL PRESENTE ANUNCIO ADICIONAL SE NOTIFICA, que las solicitudes de los candidatos para miembro de la Junta de Educación se entregarán al secretario del distrito escolar en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, Oficina del Consejero del Instituto de Rocky Point (Rocky Point High School), 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, Nueva York, a más tardar el 19 de abril, 2021, entre las dos (2:00) de la tarde hasta las cinco (5:00) de la tarde., hora local.

Dichas solicitudes deberán ir dirigidas al Secretario del Distrito y deberán estar firmadas por veinticinco (25) votantes cualificados del distrito; deben indicar el nombre y residencia de cada firmante y el nombre y la residencia del candidato; y POR EL PRESENTE ANUNCIO ADICIONAL SE NOTIFICA, que se requiere el registro personal de los votantes de conformidad a los dispuesto en § 2014 Ley de Educación y de conformidad con el artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral. Si un votante está ya registrado de conformidad a § 2014 la Ley de Educación y ha votado en cualquier reunión anual o reunión especial del distrito dentro de los últimos cuatro (4) años

civiles, dicho votante es elegible para votar en esta elección. Si un votante está registrado y es elegible para votar bajo el artículo 5 de la Ley de Educación también es elegible para votar en esta elección. El resto de personas que quieran ejercer su voto, deberán registrarse.

La Junta de Registro se reunirá con el propósito de registrar a todos los votantes cualificados del Distrito de conformidad a lo dispuesto en § 2014 Ley de Educación en el Instituto de Rocky Point (Rocky Point High School), 82 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point, Nueva York el martes, 11 de mayo 2021, entre las nueve (9:00) de la mañana hasta las nueve (9:00) de la noche., hora local, y para añadir cualquier nombre adicional al registro para poder utilizarse en las elecciones. En ese momento, cualquier persona tendrá derecho a registrar su nombre, considerando que en dicha reunión el votante será reconocido por la Junta como participante en las votaciones y se demostrará la satisfacción de la Junta con que el votante se registre y tenga derecho de votar en ese momento o en las elecciones para las que se prepara el registro.

El registro se prepara de conformidad a § 2014 Ley de Educación y se archivará en la Oficina del Secretario Escolar, Oficina del Consejero del Instituto de Rocky Point (Rocky Point High School), 82 Rocky PointYaphank Road, Rocky Point, Nueva York, y estará disponible para ser consultado por cualquier votante cualificado del distrito los días: desde el jueves 13 de mayo, 2021, y en los días que le siguen previos al día de la elección, excepto el domingo, en los siguientes horarios: el jueves 13 de mayo y el viernes 14 de mayo 2021, entre las nueve (9:00) de la mañana hasta las tres (3:00) de la tarde y el sábado 15 de mayo, 2021, entre las nueve (9:00) de la mañana hasta las doce (12:00) de la tarde; y en el centro de votación el día del voto.

POR EL PRESENTE ANUNCIO ADICIONAL SE

NOTIFICA, que de de conformidad a § 2014 la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York, La Junta de Registro se reunirá el martes, 18 de mayo, 2021, entre las siete (7:00) de la mañana hasta las nueve (9:00) de la noche., hora local, en el centro de votación para utilizarlo en el voto del presupuesto y elecciones (reunión anual) para registrar a los votantes para la reunión anual que tendrá lugar en 2021, y lo utilizará asimismo en cualquier reunión especial del distrito que pueda realizarse después de la preparación de dicho registro, y en ese momento cualquier persona tendrá el derecho a que su nombre sea puesto en dicho registro a condición de que el votante reconocido y aprobado por dicha junta de registro para tener el derecho a votar en la elección para la que se prepara dicho registro, o en cualquier otra reunión especial del distrito después del 18 de mayo 2021; y POR EL PRESENTE ANUNCIO ADICIONAL SE NOTIFICA, que las solicitudes de los votantes ausentes estarán disponibles durante las horas comerciales de la escuela a través del secretario del distrito, empezando el 19 de abril, 2021; El Secretario del Distrito debe recibir las solicitudes completadas por lo menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si el voto se va a enviar por correo, o el día antes de la elección, si el voto se va a entregar en persona. Los votos ausentes deber ser recibidos por el secretario del distro a más tardar el martes 18 de mayo 2021 a las cinco (5:00) de la tarde, para ser sondeado.

Una lista de personas que solicitan ser votantes ausentes será emitida para que los votantes cualificados del distrito puedan inspeccionarla en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito desde el jueves, el 13 de mayo, 2021, y en los días que le siguen previos al día de la elección, excepto el domingo, en los siguientes horarios: el jueves 13 de mayo, 2021 y el viernes 14

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History

A look at America’s favorite pastime throughout the years

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During this month, the sounds of “play ball” have been heard from every baseball stadium in the United States and Canada.

The smell of hot dogs, popcorn, peanuts and the sound of the ball hitting the bat has been a welcome sight for many American baseball fans. Although COVID-19 has been a complete disruption to the American way of life, there have been many troubling military, economic, social and political experiences throughout history.

The one constant for the source of morale and goodwill has always been the playing of our National Pastime to help Americans cope.

This occurred after the election of President Abraham Lincoln in 1860, as the United States embarked on the ferocity of the Civil War. As the northern and southern states fought against each other in a conflict that lost almost one million men from both sides, baseball was a pivotal role in establishing morale.

In some military camps, the baseball rules varied, as it was common for large groups of soldiers and local citizens to watch different military units play against each other, before they went into battle. There was the unique situation of Union prisoners of war that were permitted by the Confederate authorities to play baseball during their confinement.

Within Union bases, the doctors felt that this sport kept the men in good shape, spirits and out of trouble when they were not fighting. While both regions were engaged in one vicious battle after another, baseball was played by the two sides in the winter and spring months. It allowed the men to handle the issues of boredom, as it took their minds off battles like Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg and Cold Harbor.

It was believed that baseball evolved into

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one of the most popular sports of this time, surpassing, boxing, wrestling, football, running races and cricket.

Before some of these men were in the military, they enjoyed watching the earliest aspects of this game in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Philadelphia and Boston. Military officers from this war did not have to look too far to see who helped create this game. It was believed that Major General Abner Doubleday, a graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1842, was one of the earliest pioneers of this game.

He fought at Fort Sumter, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. This resident from Cooperstown, NY is buried in Arlington, and he still is tied to baseball at West Point as their field is named after Double Day. Another national event that tested the will of Americans was the Great Depression. With our citizens barely holding onto their homes and not having enough food to feed their families, baseball almost faltered during this economic crisis.

It was a miracle that baseball was not a financial casualty, as it was estimated that from 1930 to 1931, this sport lost 70% of ticket sales, where prices were not quickly reduced by owners.

As President Franklin D. Roosevelt stated, “the only thing that we have to fear, is fear itself.”

Many Americans openly wondered if baseball teams would have enough money to operate at a moment when a quarter of the population was unemployed. Between the depression and World War II, it took almost two decades for admission into baseball games to recover. Only the Detroit Tigers reached more than a million fans in a single season during this era.

As the Dow Jones Industrial Average bottomed out and the depression became felt around the world, baseball barely survived this economic catastrophe. And through these desperate times, Jimmy Foxx, Dizzy Dean, Lefty Grove and Lou Gehrig, all performed at high levels, in front of

fans that needed an emotional boost.

But players like a younger Yogi Berra, had to tell his manager to buy him lunch or dinner before the games. Most of the players money was spent on rent and there were times that his minor league manager bought Berra hamburgers, so he did not play on an empty stomach. Ever the favorite, local fans made Berra Italian Hero’s, that kept him strong enough to stay in the line-up.

On Sept. 1, 1939, World War II began, the depression came to an end and General George C. Marshall — the “Great Architect of Victory” — was promoted to be the Army Chief of Staff.

And on this busy day, the Detroit Tigers defeated the Red Sox’s 14-10 within a high scoring game.

This was the start of a volatile six years that saw Americans oppose the totalitarian powers of Nazi Germany and the Japanese Empire.

Directly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was asked if the baseball season would be ended. Roosevelt stated that baseball should be played, as it would boost the spirit of our people to deal with the hardships of a major two front war in the Pacific and Europe.

Baseball icons like Detroit Tiger Hank Greenberg who struck fear into the eyes of opposing pitchers, was a pilot that flew over Himalaya Mountains that led from India into China. Ted Williams with his .406 batting average, had the finest hand-eye coordination in baseball, that also helped him become a fighter pilot that served during World War II and the Korean War. New York Yankees Manager Ralph Houk was a two-time World Series champion that was almost killed by a German bullet when he reached Normandy three weeks after the June 6 D-Day landings. This manager that worked with Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Whitey Ford and Elston Howard survived the Battle of the Bulge and was awarded a Purple Heart for being wounded in combat.

It was possible that 1968 was one of the most

difficult social and political time periods. This decade began under the younger generation of leadership under President John F. Kennedy and ended within several chaotic events. There were the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the refusal of President Lyndon B. Johnson to run for a second full-term, and the emergence of Richard M. Nixon.

Thousands of miles away, the American military was fighting a tenacious enemy in the North Vietnamese Army and the Vietcong. The Tet Offensive demonstrated that while the North Vietnamese could be defeated in battle, they took heavy losses, and there was no clear victory in sight against this Southeast Asian country.

For baseball, this was the year of the pitcher, as Denny McClain won 30 games, Don Drysdale tossed 58.2 scoreless innings, Luis Tiant held batters to a .168 batting average and Bob Gibson had a 1.12 Earned Run Average. And through these successful moments on the mound, there were serious anti-war and civil rights protests.

With mayhem engulfing the United States at every turn, near and far baseball fans had a treat during the 1968 World Series. This was a sevengame series, where fans watched the domination of St. Louis Cardinal Bob Gibson struck out thirteen Detroit Tigers within the first game.

Through the efforts of Detroit players Al Kaline and Mickey Lolich, the Tigers won a World Series, at a serious crossroads for this nation. The “Boys of Summer” helped navigate the chaotic waters that our people were forced to navigate as it approached the end of the 1960s.

The Sept. 11, 2001 attacks were perpetrated on a beautiful day, that forever changed the security apparatus of the country. As our people were reeling from this horrific assault on our way of life, it essentially became some of the longest days ever in our history.

Members of the New York Yankees and Mets visited rescue workers and military personnel that searched through debris for survivors. When baseball came back to America, fans watched as rivals like the Braves and Mets and the Yankees and Red Sox’s hugged before the games. Football teams across America waved the flag to show comradery for the rescue workers that spent numerous days in lower Manhattan, and fans during the 2001 World Series were elated at the sight of President George W. Bush throwing a strike to home plate at Yankee Stadium.

Bush flashed a thumbs up to the crowd that had tears in their eyes, as they eerily recalled the almost three thousand Americans that were killed by these attacks.

Through all types of modern issues like that of COVID, war, social, economic and political upheaval, baseball has always been an important source of comfort for Americans.

Rocky Point students Chloe Fish, Sean Hamilton, Carolyn Settepani and Madelyn Zarzycki contributed to this article.

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BY BILL LANDON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM It was Shoreham-Wading River’s Jake Wilson who put the exclamation point on the Wildcats undefeated season, when the running-back powered his way into the endzone four times to lead his team to a 34-20 victory in the D-IV Suffolk Championship against Mount Sinai April 24.

Wilson a senior went out on top compiling 106 yards rushing on 13 carries to conclude his high school varsity football career. Senior quarterback Chris Visintin shined putting the crown on his varsity football career with a 30-yard touchdown run while amassing 114 yards on 9 carries.

Mount Sinai seniors Matthew Graffeo and Derek Takacs both found the endzone as did teammate Gavin Takacs for the Mustangs. The team concludes their 2021 campaign at 3-2 as the Wildcats finished at 6-0.

With this COVID-shortened season, Saturday completed the “fall” season for all Suffolk County varsity sports where competition for spring sports begins May 3.

Photos by Bill Landon Pictured clockwise from above right, Wildcat free safety Chris Visintin attempts to break up a pass play to Mount Sinai’s Derek Takacs; Mount Sinai senior Matthew Graffeo lunges into the endzone for the score; Mounts Sinai senior Ryan Jones charges up-field dragging a would-be tackler with him; ShorehamWading River senior Johnny Schwarz bolts out of the back field.

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SWR girls soccer seniors celebrated Spark and skill have long been the driving forces for the Shoreham-Wading River High School girls soccer team.

Along with coach Adrian Gilmore and assistant coach Brian Ferguson, the eight senior players were applauded and celebrated at their final regular season home game on

April 6.

The school district congratulates senior players Ashley Borriello, Ava Condon, Olivia DeRoches, Avery Hillis, Jillian Hobbes, Sarah Kruzynski, Brooke Langella and Lydia Radonavitch.

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Office located in Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 4 Field Lane, Miller Place, NY 11764. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM

PAPER & PLASTIC PRODUCTS SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM BREAD PRODUCTS SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR Additional information and/ or specifications may be obtained at the District Office in the ShorehamWading River Central School District, 250B Route 25A, Shoreham, New York, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM. All bids should be sent to:

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The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all or to accept any part of any bid.

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MARIANNE WATERBURY, DISTRICT SECRETARY MT. SINAI FIRE DISTRICT NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Mt. Sinai Fire District, in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, at a meeting thereof, held on the 20th day of April, 2021 duly adopted, subject to permissive referendum, a Resolution, an abstract of which is as follows: The Resolution authorizes the expenditure to purchase high band radios with necessary software, hardware, and related equipment not to exceed $130,000 from the Apparatus and Equipment Fund and not to exceed $130,000 from the Apparatus and Equipment

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The State Comptroller’s office has issued an Audit Report for the Village of Shoreham. It is available at OSC.STATE.NY.GOV or in the Clerk’s office by appointment.

The report was accepted and approved at the April 20, 2021 Board of Trustees meeting.

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directed to post on the Village Bulletin Board and to publish in the Times Beacon Record a public notice for a public hearing on the 15th day of June, 2021 at 6:30 PM at the Village Hall to consider enactment of a local law entitled A Local Law Authorizing a Property Tax Levy in Excess of the Limits Established in General Municipal Law Section 3-c PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law § 20(5) that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Shoreham will hold a public hearing either at Village Hall, 80 Woodville Road, Shoreham, NY, or via Zoom on the 15th day of June 2020 to consider enacting a Local Law as follows: A LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZING A PROPERTY TAX LEVY THAT MAY BE IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITS ESTABLISHED IN GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 3-C

the coming fiscal year and to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing August 1, 2021 that requires a real property tax levy that may be in excess of the amount otherwise prescribed in General Municipal Law Section 3-c.

This is a summary of the Local Law, a full copy of which is on file in the Village Clerk’s office and available for inspection during the Village’s office hours and on the Village website: www. shorehamvillage.org.

At said hearing all persons with an interest will be heard.

Depending on the NYS law on June 15, 2021 and the Order of the Board of Trustees of the Village, either the in-person or the Zoom hearing will be held, please check the Village website on the day of the hearing.

Village Hall is accessible to the handicapped.

Dated: April 20, 2021

SUMMARY RESOLUTION 1 of April 2021 RESOLVED that the Village Clerk is authorized and

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A response to ‘No Business Like Joe Business’ The author of a recent letter complained that President Joe Biden [D] issued “Marxist executive orders,” but didn’t say what they were.

The president issued many executive orders to reverse the harmful actions of his predecessor but none of them were remotely Marxist.

In fact, there are no Marxists on the American political scene today. Those who claim the term “Socialist” are not Marxists, but are arguing for a kind of European Social Democracy which provides a strong safety net for the needy among other things.

Those European countries are also vigorously Capitalistic. Biden is clearly a Capitalist who wants proper government involvement in developing

infrastructure, prudent regulation and joining with business in research and development.

The author also complains about lying, narcissistic, egotistical maniacs.

I don’t know the writer’s intent but she clearly described the narcissism of Donald Trump [R] who lied thousands of times during his tenure, the most dangerous of which was that he won the election which was stolen by President Biden.

It is true that Trump did fuel the rapid development of vaccines but it is also true that he denied the seriousness of COVID-19 for several months leading to many deaths.

The writer claims, against all evidence, that Biden did not have a

plan to deal with COVID-19. In fact, Biden has made it his top priority. He led the effort to inoculate millions of Americans and ameliorate the economic distress caused by the pandemic.

Finally, the crisis at our border was in large part created by Trump and the failure of both parties to legislate a rational immigration policy. Biden has only been president since January and already has done an amazing amount.

Immigration will, I am sure, be addressed very soon. Unfortunately both parties have failed to deal with the root causes of immigration: dysfunctional countries in Central America, some of which was caused by us.

Adam Fisher Port Jefferson Station

Suffolk County has been suffering from the poor disposal methods of wastewater from treatment plants into Long Island’s waterways for too long.

The decision made by some of the county’s largest sewage treatment plants to discharge wastewater into nearby rivers, inlets and bays is costing local residents the quality of the water they receive. Not only are residents facing this issue, but coastal ecosystems are also declining in health due to the highly toxic chemicals introduced from the water from these sewage plants.

This is impacting the many coastal industries Long Island’s residents rely on, particularly commercial and

recreational fishing.

Along with the health risks residents face, many marine ecosystems are at risk from this pollution. I believe that it is imperative that more direct action is taken for addressing this issue and to hold these treatment plants more accountable.

I have always had a special love and connection to the Long Island Sound and the rivers found in our community. In order to protect an integral part of our home, larger treatment plants must take action and consider utilizing the techniques Suffolk’s smaller treatment plants use for their wastewater. These plants discharge wastewater into the ground, which is a

more favorable technique for retaining the quantity of usable water in the Island’s supply of groundwater.

I ask you to join me in voicing this growing concern. Many other Long Island residents share the same sentiment regarding this issue, as it poses a health risk to our communities and to our local ecosystems. I ask you to join me in reaching out to our local elected officials and representatives in order to increase the awareness of how our water is treated, and how we can act to improve both the quantity and quality of the water we use.

Matthew Lane East Setauket

Staying the distance, but keeping your eyes open Keen on keeping our water clean This week, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) officially signed a new law stating that drivers must give bicyclists a 3-foot distance on the road.

We think it’s great, and know how important it is to share the road. No one wants to hurt someone who’s riding for leisure or exercise.

But what concerns us the most are the riders who might feel entitled, who don’t follow their own rules of the road.

Yes, vehicle drivers — especially on Long Island — can be awfully aggressive and distracted at times. But to play devil’s advocate, it isn’t just the car drivers. We have seen some aggressive bike riders, too.

There are times that sharing the road on a busy street like Route 25A or Nesconset Highway is near to impossible. The driver of the vehicle slows down traffic to abstain from the biker, who is weaving in and out of their bike lane.

Not all bike riders are bad, and again we think it’s great they are staying fit and not thrusting carbon dioxide fumes into the air. But, just as there are bad apples to everything, we are begging those riders to not take this new law in vain.

While car drivers are now more responsible for keeping a safe distance from a bicyclist, we are asking the rider to do the same.

Please don’t ride your bike in traffic, and please pay attention, yourself. Please don’t be a nuisance to the people trying to get to work during rush hour, and please, please, please stop at stop signs, too.

If we all abide by the rules of the road, all of us will be safe and laws like this won’t even have to be considered down the road.

Use common sense. Be kind. Stay safe.

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A thanks to the Unity Party I would like to take this moment to thank Trustee Kathianne Snaden and the Unity Team for following through on their promises.

At the beginning of the school year, I had reached out to Trustee Snaden and the Commissioner of Public Safety to request that the code enforcement bureau meet the train at the Long Island Rail Road Station in the afternoons when our children and well over

25 other students come home from parochial school.

Not only did she immediately respond to my request, but the code officers have exceeded our expectations by walking the train station platform to meet the train, talking to us as parents and creating a presence that is both welcoming and safe.

In fact, we now have personal relationships with the officers and

know them by first names!

We are grateful that we live in this village and for the dedicated service of Trustee Snaden and the mayor’s office who have been so responsive to our requests and who remain steadfast in their commitment to this community and the safety of our children. Thank you.

Melissa Giannola Port Jefferson

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Opinion Two men face big decisions amid the pandemic cloud

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have two friends whose sons are contemplating important choices. The first son, Matt, is trying to decide where to attend college.

He has gained admission to two elite schools.

He can’t go wrong, as his parents have told him repeatedly, with either choice. Making this decision in a normal year would be hard. In a pandemic year, it’s almost impossible.

Matt can’t stay over D. None at each school for a weekend or even attend of the above a few classes. He can’t

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF get much of a feeling for the “vibe” of the school because he can’t go into most of the buildings, even with a mask

and with his letter of admission.

He can compare the national rankings from U.S. News and World Report, check college guides, talk with his guidance counselor, chat with graduates from his high school who attend each school and stroll around each campus.

He can’t, however, fully try on the school, the way he might a tailored suit. Masks cover the faces of most of the people at each school, which makes it impossible to search for smiles on the faces of his potential future classmates.

He recently found himself leaning toward school A. The same day, his father spoke with a friend of his whose daughter was attending school B. His father showed a picture of his friend’s daughter to Matt. The friend’s attractive daughter caused Matt to rethink his tentative decision.

That brings me to my other friend’s son, Eric. In his mid-20s, Eric has been caught in the same social world that has limited the

options for everyone else.

Eric has been dating a woman for over two years and is considering the future of the relationship. He is not sure whether it’s the appropriate time to consider living together or getting married.

Eric is incredibly attached to his girlfriend, who has been one of the few people he sees regularly in real life during the pandemic.

Eric is not sure how long this altered reality, in which he works from home, speaks with family and friends virtually most of the time, and sees his girlfriend during his limited social hours, will last. In the meantime, he’d like something in his life to move forward.

Matt and Eric are weighing their options.

For Matt, the choice of college may well come down to the last picture of another student he sees before he pushes a button.

Choosing a college can, and likely should, involve more significant factors. Then again, both of the colleges line up so well that he is

likely to have a similar experience, albeit with different people around him, at each school.

Eric’s decision, however, isn’t so interchangeable. It involves a leap of faith that those of us who are married have made that relies on our own criteria. We can consult family, friends, and counselors as we weigh the pros and cons, but, ultimately, the responsibility and opportunity rest with us.

Coming up with his own questions and his own scale to evaluate the relationship is challenging, particularly when everything seems somewhere between good and great right now. He can’t possibly know what life will look like in two, five, 10 or 20 years from now.

I don’t envy either Matt or Eric as they contemplate these decisions. I do, however, agree with Matt’s parents: he can’t go wrong.

For Eric, the decision has more significant longer-term ramifications and likely reflects variables that are difficult to imagine, particularly amid the uncertainty of the present.

Be who you want to be after the pandemic

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ould you like to be different? Would you like to change your personality?

Perhaps you would like to be more extroverted. Or more open to new experiences.

Or even just more organized. Well, thanks to the pandemic, here is your chance.

People can and do successfully change their personalities even as adults. Now we are about to emerge from the isolation of lockdown and quarantine and rejoin the larger world.

Between The stage is set for you and me a new you. But this

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF transformation will take work. To start, one could embrace the “As If Principle,” proposed by Richard Wiseman, a psychology professor at the University of Hertfordshire in England. This would require one to behave as if one were already that

different person, and after a time, the new behavior and the person would sync. Famously, that is the story the debonair Cary Grant told of his early life, which started on the Bristol docks as Archie Leach and wound up at the pinnacle in Hollywood. “I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person.

Or he became me,” Grant said, according to the British newspaper, The Guardian.

An article in the April 11 issue of The New York Times took up this subject. Headlined, “You Can Be a New You After the Pandemic,” written by Olga Khazan, the story states the following. “Researchers have found that adults can change the five traits that make up personality — extroversion, openness to experience, emotional stability, agreeableness and conscientiousness — within just a few months.”

Another psychology professor, this one at Columbia University, asserts a similar theme.

Geraldine Downey, who studies social rejection, has found that “socially excluded people who want to become part of a group are better off if they assume that other people will like them.

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They should behave as if they are the popular kid. Getting into social interactions expecting the worst, as many socially anxious people do, tends to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.” In another example of change, “people were able to become more extroverted or conscientious in four months just by listing the ways they’d like to change and what steps they would take to get there,” according to the NYT article. If one wants to be more outgoing, one can make a list of upcoming events in which to interact or persons to call for lunches, and after enough such efforts, the act becomes natural.

It can help in this transformation to see a therapist, research recommends. One such example described a person with neuroticism, “a trait responsible for anxiety and rumination.”

After a short burst of therapy, in which the “warm, comforting presence” of a therapist encouraged the idea that the client is a valued person, neuroticism receded, and the studies showed the effect lasted for at least a year.

But not everyone can afford a therapist.

Mirjam Stieger, a postdoctoral researcher at Brandeis University, and her colleagues

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developed an app that “reminded people to perform small tasks to help tweak their personalities, like “talk to a stranger when you go grocery shopping,” to prompt extroversion.

The app then asks them if they had done that.

According to the study, after three months, the change had stuck.

Agreeableness, by the way, involves “greater empathy and concern for others.” And so, being agreeable after this pandemic could mean being gentler toward one another. We now know, for example, how much essential workers sacrificed during the pandemic, many even their lives. That would suggest greater kindness and patience toward someone who, during the pre-pandemic, might just have been dismissed as annoying. We don’t know what exactly has been that person’s recent experience. At least that can be a conscious thought to modify behavior in what otherwise might have been a contentious situation.

For those who wish to change or live differently, as the NYT article says, “your personality is more like a sand dune than a stone.”

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