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The VILLAGE BEACON RECORD M O U N T S I N A I • M I L L E R P L AC E • S O U N D B E AC H • R O C K Y P O I N T • WA D I N G R I V E R • S H O R E H A M

Vol. 35, No. 16

November 7, 2019

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Bakewicz Farm in Wading River Looks at Past and Toward Future A4

RP Fire Department Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Stealing Funds A5 SWR Boys Soccer Loses in Playoffs, But Girls Take Class A Title A12

Huntington resident delivers baskets of love and hope

Also: Local veterans honored, Photo of the Week, Ink Stories exhibit opens in Northport

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PSEG Long Island Upgrading Transmission Infrastructure Between East Shoreham, Riverside Work will take place along existing utility corridor (Uniondale, NY – Nov. 1, 2019) PSEG Long Island will be performing necessary upgrades to the transmission infrastructure that connects substations on the eastern end of Long Island in order to accommodate the growing demand in the area. During the next couple of months, crews will be working along an existing overhead transmission corridor between East Shoreham and Riverside, as a part of a project called the “Wildwood to Riverhead Conversion Project.” Project Specifics PSEG Long Island’s electric grid consists of three primary elements: Electric transmission lines that carry high-voltage power from generation sources; substations that receive the electricity from the transmission lines and step it down to a lower voltage; and distribution lines that carry the lower-voltage electricity into our neighborhoods.

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PSEG Long Island will upgrade the insulators on an existing 69kV overhead transmission line that connects the Wildwood Substation in East Shoreham to the Riverhead Substation in Riverside. The new insulators will allow for the transmission line to carry 138kV of electricity, providing greater capacity to handle increasing demand. In addition to the insulator upgrades, eight existing steel poles will require adjustments to the existing guy wires and two existing poles will require upgrades to the existing arms (which hold the insulators and wires). No new poles or wire replacements are planned as part of this project. Crews will use overhead bucket trucks to complete the work, and use approved access ways that are within the corridor or adjacent to it. These upgrades will ensure that nearby communities receive safe, reliable electric power for years to come.

The Wading River-Shoreham Chamber of Commerce wasted no time after Halloween, hosting its 2nd annual Fall Festival Nov. 2. Though last year saw rain blight most of the morning’s activities, this year sunlight glinted off the famous Duck Pond, while vendors and patron basked in the light huddling under scarves to keep out the chill wind. Instead of a zombie walk, this year the event celebrated the season with a pumpkin decorating contest.

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Project Location The existing transmission line is 10.6 miles long and is constructed on steel poles in an overhead transmission corridor which also contains a 138kV transmission line built on wooden poles. The transmission line runs from the Wildwood substation near Randall Road in East Shoreham east-southeast through Wading River near North Country Road and the Great Rock Golf Club. It then travels southeast into Calverton after crossing Sound Avenue. The transmission line continues through Calverton to Old Country Road, where it turns south, passes Riverhead Raceway, crosses the Peconic River, and then turns east to enter the Riverhead substation. Other Details Work is expected to begin in December 2019 and be completed in March 2020. Crews are scheduled to work Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., with some Saturdays during daylight hours. There will be minimal traffic disruptions along the project route. To ensure traffic moves safely, PSEG Long Island will provide cones, flagmen and signage at the work sites, as needed. There will be no tree trimming associated with this work. However, there will be mowing and brush removal within the corridor to allow for access to the existing structures. There will not be any outages related to this project. PSEG Long Island has received permission under New York State Public Service Commission Article VII law to perform all work associated with the project. The PSC awarded the “Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need” in July 2012 and the “Environmental Management and Construction Plan” in July 2014. For information about these approvals, please visit the project website (www.wildwood2riverhead.com), or the PSC’s website (www.dps.ny.gov) and use the search function, reference case 11-T-0116. Community members who have questions about this project may call or text 631-315-3130, or visit www.wildwood2riverhead.com and use the “email us” function (info@wildwood2riverhead.com). Copies of the Environmental Management and Construction Plan for this project can be found at the following public libraries: Riverhead Free Library: 330 Court St, Riverhead North Shore Public Library: 250 NY-25A, Shoreham ### PSEG Long Island PSEG Long Island operates the Long Island Power Authority’s transmission and distribution system under a long-term contract. PSEG Long Island is a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PSEG) (NYSE:PEG), a publicly traded diversified energy company.

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Wading River/Rocky Point

A Dream of a Farm

25-Year-Old Looks to Continue Legacy of Family Farming on North Shore BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

In Justin Bakewicz’ eyes, the world is sepia toned. Autumn has reddened the leaves and browned the plants on his farm in Wading River. The cornstalks of the corn maze he built have gone dry and stark as gravestones, while the last few pumpkins of his you-pick patch squat among rows of now bare plants. All the farm’s last vegetables are being packed up for the remaining few farmers markets and festivals before winter truly sets in. The farm is closed until spring of next year, and he and his family have started to get ready for what could be a snowy, cold winter. To Bakewicz, his small 11-acre farm along Route 25A in Wading River is a vintage photograph of a barn and ﬁelds, a lingering ideal he has worked for three years to make a reality. He calls that ideal a legacy from his grandfather, Henry Kraszewski Sr. Justin, a Rocky Point resident, remembers working with his uncle on his grandfather’s farm in Southampton as a kid. He too found solace from the drudgery of a desk job working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Riverhead by working on his farm, where they farmed eggs and potatoes. “He hated that job to all hell, but when he came home at night his favorite thing to do was to take off the suit and put on his boots and jeans and farm his own potatoes out there,” the farm owner said. That farm lasted until his grandfather passed away and went out of the family’s hands. While other kids in Danielle Donadoni’s

sixth-grade English class at Joseph A. Edgar Intermediate School wrote about wanting to be sports stars, young Justin wrote about how when he grew up, he wanted to be a farmer. Donadoni said she often visits the Bakewicz farm, saying she loves what the young farmer has brought to the community and how he has even left an imprint on her own children with a love for gardening and raising chickens. “I remember asking him specifically, ‘What do you like about being a farmer?’” the teacher said. “I remember him telling me an uncle had a farm and it was right about this time of year. I may have given him a ‘Get out of here’ comment and ‘No way you’re working on a farm every weekend.’ Sure enough, that next Monday morning Justin exited the school bus with a pumpkin almost the size of him.” Getting to where the farm is now was difficult. Already running a landscaping business and selling flowers out of their landscape yard, the Bakewicz family learned about the small patch of land for rent off Route 25A owned by Joe Manzi, of Rocky Point-based Manzi Homes East. Justin’s mother Marianne has worked with her son on both the landscaping business as well as the farm. She called the whole project a family affair, with brothers, nieces, sons-in-law and others. To say the farm has been a passion project for the young farmer would be an understatement. Justin’s mother said very few farms now can operate because even fewer people have the energy to put the work into them. “He’s worked really, really hard on this,” she said. “There’s not many young people willing to get up at 5, 5:30 in the morning and work 1214 hours a day seven days a week. That’s why there’s not a lot of farms left.” The farm started with barely enough tools to get the job done, even on such a relatively small property. Much of the land was “six-foot-tall weeds,” and borrowing a tractor from a friend, he planted corn for a corn maze and pumpkins. He would drive out to Southampton after working all day to return that equipment.

Left, Marianne and Justin Bakewicz on one of their tractors; above, Justin scratches Boss Hog’s belly while their dog Remington sniffs about. Photos by Kyle Barr

Using a New York State grant they got for young farmers, he bought a new tractor to use on the farm. Other equipment came from as far away as Pennsylvania second hand. The plow is a two-bottom, one-way, meaning when he’s digging troughs, he makes one row before going all the way around the field to plow the next. Other equipment now sits near the playground as part of what the family calls an educational component to the farm, explaining what it is and how it’s used. Compared to the miles and miles of farmland just down the road in Riverhead, Bakewicz Farms is relatively small. The frontage is dedicated to a playground of sorts, all hand-painted cutouts of mythical figures and characters from popular fiction. Some were painted by one of the farmhands, some by Marianne, and others by a friend of Justin’s from Rocky Point, Jen Chiodo. It’s a small wonderland, a mix of down-home sensibility with modern pop culture, like a straw chewing cowboy putting his feet up on the soap box to watch the latest Marvel movie. The farm’s frontage has been a playground not just for kids, but for the farmer himself. Bakewicz built his own barrel train and hay wagon. The family created a life-sized cow out of a milk jug and tank, and a small scaled silo out of an old propane tank. Instead of just a run of the mill corn maze, the Wading River farm makes it a scavenger hunt based around a movie, from “Pirates of the Caribbean” to “Harry Potter” to this year’s theme of “Toy Story.” When kids walk through the corn maze, they are looking to find trivia about that movie and make a rubbing to show it off when they come out. Even the oft-seen farm animals seem to have come out of a storybook version of a farm. Many of them are rescues, such as Woody and Buzz, two calves that were saved from New Jersey by Port Jefferson Station-based animal rescue Strong Island Rescue. When the Bakewicz got the two young animals, they were both sickly. The mother and son raised them in their own house, taking them for walks and feeding them

from a bottle as long as a grown man’s arm. Less than a year later, Woody and Buzz are as big as a small tractor and act more like dogs than cattle. The story is the same for the other animals at the farm, from the chickens originally raised by a local school, the one duck rescued from students at the University of Rhode Island, the goats to the pig they named Boss Hog. All act more like pets than farm animals, and more and more animals keep ending up behind Bakewicz’ fences. “They all act like that because they were human-raised,” the mother said. “That’s why people love them, so they come right up to you.” The farm has increased in popularity over the years, the mother and son said, mostly due to word of mouth and posts online. As they’ve grown, they have made a larger impact in the community, having put up the fall decorations for the Shoreham hamlet signs and having a big presence at the Town of Brookhaven Farmers Market at Town Hall in Farmingville. Their advertising can even be found in such innocuous places like the People’s United bank in Shoreham. Despite the popularity, Justin has lingering fears of losing the small plot of land. In February, Brookhaven and the property owner announced talks with the developer Tradewind Energy about building solar batteries on the property. Those batteries would only take up a small amount of farm space that Bakewicz had not used, mostly from previous owners using the space to dump branches and trees the farm had used for composting. The bigger fear is if that development does not go through. The other idea for the property would be to build homes in that location, pushing the small farm out the door. Bakewicz has not heard anything about the issue since earlier this year, but no matter what, he does not plan to stop farming and hopes to continue it on the North Shore. “It’s the community is what made my farm possible — it’s because of the love and support from them,” he said. “We started family traditions for people.”

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Rocky Point

Former RP Fire Department Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Stealing Funds

BY JULIANNE MOSHER DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A former Rocky Point Fire Department treasurer pleaded guilty to stealing over $23,000 from the local department over the course of two years. David Crosby, 28, of Rocky Point made his plea on Thursday to a petit larceny, an A misdemeanor, and will be required to pay the department back a full restitution equaling $23,324. “This is a just disposition that ensures the brave firefighters who serve the Rocky Point community will receive the full amount of money that was stolen from their department,” District Attorney Tim Sini (D) said. “The theft of public funds will not be tolerated. Our Public Integrity Bureau will continue to investigate and prosecute criminals who steal funds from our first responders and other public entities.” The plea agreement will spare Crobsy prison time, officials said. He is expecting his sentence by Acting Suffolk County Court Judge Richard Dunne Jan. 14 to three

years probation. From 2017 until 2019, Crosby served as the treasurer of Rocky Point Fire Department’s North Shore Beach Company 2, located at 90 King Road. During the two years, he made approximately 80 unauthorized ATM withdrawals from the department’s account totaling $19,744.09, along with $3,580 from a fundraiser the department held. When the department became aware of the missing funds a few months ago, they referred the issue to the District Attorney’s Office “right away,” William Glass, attorney for the Rocky Point Fire District said. Crosby surrendered to the DA Oct. 17. The attorney added that the money was not from taxpayer money but was solely from the fire department’s personal funds. “It’s a shame,” Glass said, “because the money was raised by the fire department.” Crosby’s defense attorney, Paul Barahal, had no comment on behalf of his client. Assistant District Attorney Carey Ng, of the Public Integrity Bureau, will be prosecuting his case.

Former Rocky Point Fire Department Company 2 treasurer pled guilty to stealing funds from the department over the course of two years. Above, the original Company 2 “Black Sheep” firehouse; left, the fire company has moved to warehouses on Prince Road while the district is building a new firehouse. File photos

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Police Workers Uncover Live Grenades at Rocky Point Zombie Home A person on-site during demolition of a derelict property in Rocky Point called police about an explosive discovery Oct. 31 when workers excavating the property uncovered a bag of grenades, some of them still live. On Halloween, Police said a person on-site of the demolition called 911 at 10:07 a.m. to report the grenades found at a zombie house on King Road. The house was already abandoned and had been knocked down. A bag with five grenades were found by workers during excavation. Three

were still live, police said. The house is just one of many derelict properties the Town of Brookhaven is contracting to demolish. Brookhaven spokesperson Jack Krieger said the site is being handled by Bayport-based Panzner Construction. He said the town was unaware who placed the call to police. Police said Emergency Service Section officers removed the grenades, with the three live ones to be detonated off-site.

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Police: Attempted Burglary at Shoreham Home Injures Woman Suffolk County police said three men allegedly tried to rob a Shoreham home Halloween morning while the residents were still inside. Police said three men, one armed with what appeared to be a handgun, entered a residence on Suffolk Down at around 3 a.m. and confronted a man and woman who live in a rear bedroom. The suspects attempted to steal a safe but dropped it as they fled the home. During the burglary, the woman was allegedly struck in the head with a

hammer by one of the suspects. She was treated and released at what police described as a local hospital. Detectives said they believe the burglary was targeted. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the 7th Squad at 631-852-8752 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers, at 800220-TIPS (8477).

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Suffolk Announces Shared Intelligence Partnership on Opioids Suffolk County officials announced a new partnership of shared intelligence that will help in the ongoing opioid crisis. County Executive Steve Bellone (D) and Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart, along with health and public safety agencies, announced Oct. 31 its Suffolk Sharing Opioid Analysis & Research program, known as SOAR. The promise is to have high level department officials meet quarterly to share intelligence regarding both fatal and nonfatal overdoses. Officials called it a first of its kind in Suffolk. Bellone said the objective with the cross-county partnership is to develop a

transdisciplinary approach across various levels of government. The program will include reps from the county executive, police department’s patrol and detectives, district attorney, sheriff, health services, probation, social services and medical examiner. “The county continues to seek innovative ways to address the opioid epidemic and Suffolk SOAR offers a great approach by bringing both public health and safety perspectives to the table,” the county executive said. The SOAR program was modeled after New York City’s RxStat initiative, which was established in 2012 to provide a similar pooling of data among city, state and federal agencies.

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Wading River Resident Looks Back at More Than a Decade Caring for Dogs A small, colorful storefront in Port Jefferson Station, behind two doors at the local Hounds Town USA, goes back 17 yards of space, with over 20 dogs trying to bark louder than the next. Marianne Deszcz has worked at the Hounds Town USA since 2006. In 2012, she came to own the location and has worked there ever since. She has six employees and many others who work seasonally, with a surprising number of teachers coming back in the summers. Deszcz said they can’t seem to stay away from educating whether they have two legs or four. For years, she has seen both small and big changes in the way people interact with pets. There’s a little bit of good but plenty of bad as well. “People always think the pet business is such a money maker, but they also forget about the liabilities involved,” she said. “For a long time, it was in-home pet sitters, but then they realize Fluffy is going to chew your sheet rock, and that animals pee and poop — not always outside.” She has seen other trends in the pet industry come and go. When she originally started, the general concept of interactive doggy daycare had boomed, but the idea quickly sputtered over the next few years. “That was the briefest faze of all, because this is really hard,” she said. “Gauging how a dog will be in a group, being able to walk out of a room to get a mop without the rest of them having a WWE smackdown is really difficult. It’s an expensive business to run, and there’s not a high profit margin here.” Despite it all, she’s kept with it because, as she said, “I know what I’m doing.” Much of her staff have been with her for years from when she bought the location from the previous owner. The veteran dog caretaker said one problem is always with animal rescue groups never having enough funding. As ever, animal shelters constantly publicize their residents to try and get them adopted, and there are always more pets

Above, Marianne Deszcz with black lab Homer; left, hounds bark excitedly as a stranger enters their habitat. Photos by Kyle Barr

that need a home than people looking to adopt. “Shelters are so overcrowded, and there are so many people who do not take responsibility for their animals and dump them in a shelter or dump them in a rescue,” she said. As someone who has taken care of dogs for months at a time, she said it has become apparent that less people are doing the work to train their pets. “Just walking on a leash, sitting if you ask them to, just the basics,” Deszcz said. “I have noticed that trend. It’s refreshing to us for someone to walk in with a trained dog.” A Wading River resident, she and her husband own a house on North Country Road notorious for its continuous Halloween decorations, with them sitting on the porch by the nearby duck pond waving to those passing by during the annual Duck Pond Day and the recently held Fall Festival. She herself has owned many dogs, many of them rescues. From her viewpoint,

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2019 Elections

Steve Bellone (D) celebrates keeping the county executive position with fellow Democrats; right, Ed Romaine during election night. Bellone photo by Rita J. Egan; Romaine photo by Kyle Barr

Incumbents Rule the Night Nov. 5 BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM As the two political parties settled into their respective election night venues Nov. 5, both parties wondered if they could break the status quo and majorities in both town and county. Though, for the most part, the situation in both remains the same after a long and sometimes brutal campaign season. At Stereo Garden in Patchogue, where many Suffolk Republicans gathered Tuesday night, county Republican Committee chairman, Jesse Garcia, got up on stage and spoke like a DJ trying to hype up the packed crowd. “The Democrats in Hauppauge are sweating because of you,” he said, pointing to the crowd. Likewise, Suffolk Democratic Committee chairman, Rich Schaffer, was much in the same way at Hauppauge, coming out and asking, “Are there any Democrats in the house?” to a round of cheers and applause.

Town of Brookhaven

The race for Brookhaven Town supervisor was called before the final votes were tallied, with the night ending with Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) racking up 51,155 votes to Democratic challenger Will Ferraro’s 31,113 votes. Romaine went on stage to thank the town for an “overwhelming mandate,” for the Town Board. “We are going to go back to work tomorrow,” he said. “The reason we ran is so we can govern, to move Brookhaven forward so we can fix its finances, help its AAA bond rating, get rid of the zombie homes and do all the things that are necessary to build a better town.” In a phone interview after the night was called, Ferraro congratulated Romaine on his election, but urged the incumbent to listen to residents criticisms of the town’s recycling policies and road infrastructure. He added he will continue to be a community organizer in the local area and plans to get involved with his local school board. He added he did not plan on running for another office at least until after

next year. “I ran on 100 percent what I believe in, with every fiber of my being,” he said. “I have no regrets.” Councilwoman Jane Bonner (R-Rocky Point) defeated her challenger, Coram Democrat Sarah Deonarine, with around 62 percent of the vote to 38 percent. Through last year’s referendum to give town councilmembers a four-year term, Bonner said it will mean elected officials can focus on long-term projects, especially “environmental-based projects.” Deonarine said campaigning was strenuous and difficult. “If I could pull it off anybody can,” she said. “So, I hope other people follow in the footsteps. I’ve met amazing people. We started something new and we’re really hoping for a better Brookhaven in the future.” She doesn’t plan to run for office again but is interested in the behind-the-scenes work and helping future candidates, saying there’s no existing playbook. “I learned so much that was not given to me when I started.” In the battle of Port Jeff Station neighbors, with Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) against her challenger Tracy Kosciuk, a nurse running on the Republican ticket, the Town Board’s lone Democrat won with 57 percent of the vote. Cartright said she plans to focus on completing land-use plans in the Three Village area and Port Jefferson Station and working on the cottages at West Meadow Beach among other initiatives. “I’m looking forward to completing the process on all of these initiatives that we’ve embarked upon in the community,” she said. Kosciuk said that even with her loss, she “still won in many ways” by “making my opponent more responsive to everyone in the council district, rather than specific pockets.” She added she hopes her opponent works toward revitalization efforts and on the zombie homes issue. In the Middle Country area, incumbent Kevin LaValle (R-Selden) won with 65 percent of the

vote against his Democratic challenger, social justice activist Talat Hamdani. The incumbent thanked his constituents, and said he plans to continue bringing more business into the Middle Country area and finalize work on the Selden Park Complex. Hamdani wasn’t available for comment. In the race for town highway supervisor, Dan Losquadro (R) beat his Democratic challenger Anthony Portesy with 48,624 votes to the Democrat’s 34,514. Losquadro thanked Garcia and said he was “overwhelmed by the mandate” of the voters. “They see the progress we have made in Brookhaven,” he said. “They have seen the efforts and results that are possible when we work together. The results of this election will allow us to plan long term.” Portesy said he ran a good race and thanked all his supporters who came out for him. “Overall, we fought a good race. … If anything, I’ve forced a level of accountability the Highway Department hasn’t seen in decades,” he said. “There was a level of energy in this cycle in 2019 that we didn’t see in 2017 and that’s really going to build going into 2020 as we go into the congressional and presidential races.” Dom Pascual, a Democrat, took on Lou Marcoccia (R) for receiver of taxes, but voters went again for the incumbent with the Republican making nearly 60 percent of the vote. “We cared and we listened,” Marcoccia said. Pascual said he thought they put on a strong campaign. “I’m a [Democratic] district leader so I’m going to continue to recruit people,” he said. “We’re not going away no matter what. I ran in 2017, it was just me, and this time around we recruited over 50 people. Demographics are in our favor, there’s more Democrats moving into Brookhaven than Republicans, so I think eventually things will change.” The Republicans still have a 6-1 majority on the Town Board. David Luces and Rita J. Egan contributed reporting.

Suffolk County

In the most profiled race of the year for Suffolk County Executive, Democrat Steve Bellone won handily over his challenger, county Comptroller John Kennedy Jr. (R) with 55 percent to Kennedy’s 43 percent. Libertarian candidate Greg Fischer gained just 1 percent of the overall vote. Bellone was greeted by enthusiastic cheers at IBEW Local 25 Union Hall in Hauppauge. “It turns out that the voters have decided that there is more work for us to do here,” he said. “This will be my third and final term as county executive, I don’t know what the future holds but it entirely possible that this could be my final race for public office. … If that is the case I must give one final thank you to the person who has been with me for every race that I have won,” referring to his wife Tracey. He also thanked his opponents Kennedy and Fischer. “I look forward to working together to build a better future for Suffolk County,” Bellone added. Kennedy blamed the incumbent’s near $2 million war chest for the loss, along with negative campaign ads he said targeted not only him, but his wife and children. He promised he would continue to be a financial watchdog for the county, saying he thinks the county will enter a financial death spiral it may not be able to pull out of. “The good news is, I get to keep doing the job I love, being comptroller,” he said. “There’s no lack of fraud waste and abuse in Suffolk County, which we demonstrated the past five years.” After a heated campaign season, and while the vote seemed to be close as they were tallied, county Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) defeated her Republican opponent Gary Pollakusky 54 to 41 percent. Libertarian candidate James Kevins, who was not available for comment, gained nearly 5 percent of the vote. When brought up on stage, Schaffer called her “landslide Anker.” 2019 ELECTIONS CONTINUED ON A10

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 6 of candidates for Fire District offices be submitted in petition form subscribed by twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District. In 2019 said petition must be filed with the Secretary of the District on or before November 20, 2019. A copy of the official form of the petition may be obtained from Marianne Waterbury, District Secretary, at 746 Mt. Sinai Coram Road, Mt. Sinai, New York, Monday through Friday during business hours (631473-2644). Every elector of the aforesaid Town who shall have resided in the Fire District for a period of thirty (30) days next preceding any election of Fire District officers and who on the date of said election is otherwise qualified to vote and is registered under the provisions of Article 5 of the Election Law shall be qualified to vote for such officers. Please note that only those persons who have registered with the County Board of Elections on or before the 23rd day before the Fire District election day shall be eligible to vote. In 2019, such registration must have taken place on or before November 17, 2019. The Board of Fire Commissioners of the Mt. Sinai Fire District has previously passed a resolution pursuant to the provisions of Section 175-b of the Town Law authorizing the issuance of absentee ballots in elections for fire district officers. Absentee ballots for this election may be obtained from Marianne Waterbury, District Secretary, at 746 Mt. Sinai Coram Road, Mt. Sinai, New York (telephone number 631-473-2644) between the hours of 9:30 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. Monday through Friday. If the absentee ballot is to be mailed, the ap-

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com plication must be received by the District Secretary on or before December 3, 2019. If the absentee ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter the application must be received by the District Secretary on or before December 09, 2019. Dated: Mt. Sinai, New York October 15, 2019 Marianne Waterbury, District Secretary Mt. Sinai Fire District 746 Mt. Sinai-Coram Road sMt. Sinai, New York 11788 053 11/7 1x vbr MILLER PLACE FIRE DISTRICT NOTICE of ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a meeting of the qualified voters of the Miller Place Fire District in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, will be held at the Main Firehouse, 12 Miller Place Road, Miller Place, New York, on December 10, 2019 between the hours of 4:00 o’clock P.M. and 9:00 o’clock P.M., for the purpose of: Electing one Fire Commissioner for a term of five (5) years, commencing January 1, 2020 upon the expiration of the term of JEFFREY KINKAID, present incumbent. Every candidate for District office must, at the time of this Election, be a resident elector of the Fire District and shall have filed his name with the Secretary of the Fire District at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the Fire District election. In addition thereto, the Board of Fire Commissioners has provided by resolution that nominations of candidates for Fire District offices be submitted in petition form

subscribed by twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District, which petitions are available as of November 1, 2019. In 2019 said petition must be filed with the Secretary of the District on or before November 20, 2019. A copy of the official form of the petition may be obtained from Janet Staufer, District Secretary, at 12 Miller Place Road, Miller Place, New York, Monday through Friday during business hours (631473-7788). Every elector of the aforesaid Town who shall have resided in the Fire District for a period of thirty (30) days next preceding any election of Fire District officers and who on the date of said election is otherwise qualified to vote and is registered under the provisions of Article 5 of the Election Law shall be qualified to vote for such officers. Please note that only those persons who have registered with the County Board of Elections on or before the 23rd day before the Fire District election day shall be eligible to vote. In 2019, such registration must have taken place on or before November 17, 2019. The Board of Fire Commissioners of the Miller Place Fire District has previously passed a resolution pursuant to the provisions of Section 175-b of the Town Law authorizing the issuance of absentee ballots in elections for fire district officers. Absentee ballots for this election may be obtained from Janet Staufer, District Secretary, at 12 Miller Place Road, Miller Place, New York (telephone number 631-4737788) between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. Monday through Friday. If the absentee ballot is to be mailed, the application must be received by the District Secretary on or before December 3, 2019. If the ab-

sentee ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter the application must be received by the District Secretary on or before December 09, 2019. Dated: Miller Place, New York October 9, 2019 Janet Staufer, District Secretary Miller Place Fire District 12 Miller Place Road Miller Place, New York 11764 056 11/7 1x vbr SOUND BEACH FIRE DISTRICT NOTICE of ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a meeting of the qualified voters of the Sound Beach Fire District in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, will be held at the Main Firehouse, 152 Sound Beach Boulevard, Sound Beach, New York, on December 10, 2019, between the hours of 2:00 o’clock P.M. and 9:00 o’clock P.M., for the purpose of: Electing one Fire Commissioner for a term of five (5) years, commencing January 1, 2020, upon the expiration of the term of James McLoughlin, present incumbent. Every candidate for District office must, at the time of this Election, be a resident elector of the Fire District and shall have filed his name with the Secretary of the Fire District at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the Fire District election. In addition thereto, the Board of Fire Commissioners has provided by resolution that nominations of candidates for Fire District offices be submitted in petition form

subscribed by twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District. In 2019 said petition must be filed with the Secretary of the District on or before November 20, 2019. A copy of the official form of the petition may be obtained from Ms. Lynnann Frank, District Secretary, at 152 Sound Beach Boulevard, Sound Beach, New York, Monday through Friday during business hours (631744-4994). Every elector of the aforesaid Town who shall have resided in the Fire District for a period of thirty (30) days next preceding any election of Fire District officers and who on the date of said election is otherwise qualified to vote and is registered under the provisions of Article 5 of the Election Law shall be qualified to vote for such officers. Please note that only those persons who have registered with the County Board of Elections on or before the 23rd day before the Fire District election day shall be eligible to vote. In 2019, such registration must have taken place on or before November 17, 2019. Dated: Sound Beach, New York October 22, 2019 By Order of The Board of Fire Commissioners of the Sound Beach Fire District

the Rocky Point Fire District will take place on December 10th, 2019 between the hours of 3:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. at the fire district building located at the intersection of Rocky Point Landing Road and Hallock Landing Road in Rocky Point, for the purpose of electing one Commissioner for a five (5) year term, commencing January 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2024. The Election Clerks will meet on November 27th at 6 PM at the Fire District Office located at 49 Route 25A, Shoreham, NY to prepare the register. Candidates for the District Office of Commissioner shall file a petition signed by at least twenty five (25) registered voters of the Fire District, which petition must be filed with the Secretary of the Rocky Point Fire District, at the District Office located at 49 Route 25A, Shoreham, NY no later than 3:00 PM on November 20th, 2019. All residents of the Fire District duly registered with the Suffolk County Board of Elections as of November 18, 2019 shall be eligible to vote. Date: October 31, 2019

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County

Strong Winds Create Real Terror on Halloween

BY KYLE BARR AND DAVID LUCES DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Gusts upward of 60 miles per house struck Long Island Halloween night, bringing down trees and power lines across the North Shore and beyond. The National Weather Service reported areas like Stony Brook saw wind speeds as high as 74 mph at around 3 a.m. Nov. 1. Stony Brook University records its weather data from the top of its Health Sciences Tower at a height of 119 meters off the ground. PSEG Long Island reported the day after the storm affected more than 58,000 homes

and businesses. Employees reported clearing 384 trees from wires. As of 11 a.m. the following morning, the utility company reported 77 percent of customers’ power had been restored, with approximately 12,000 of 1.1 million customers from Long Island to the Rockaways were without service. Somewhat strong winds continued throughout the morning after the storm. By the end of the day, PSEGLI said nearly all outages had been restored. The wind and rain spared trick-or-treaters the evening of Oct. 31, but many stayed home to avoid the worst of the storm.

A house on James Street in Shoreham sees trees fall on power lines and a vehicle. Power is restored to the road late in the evening Nov. 1. Photos by Kyle Barr

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The fifth-time legislator said it was her strong base and work of her campaign that helped pull her through. She added there are numerous projects she hopes to work on in the coming years. “We have so many projects in the works. … We have the Rails to Trails, the park in Middle Island, continue working with the opioid advi-

Perspective

Your Turn: Life With the Long Island Rail Road In 1952, I hailed from Egypt as a Fulbright asking about my not showing up when I was scholar in the United States, and in 1972 I on vacation. “A camaraderie on discovered the Long Island wheels” has become for me a Rail Road. It was a discovery cherished value. It developed that was occasioned by on the Port Jefferson Branch an invitation from Stony — one of the LIRR 11 lines Brook University to teach — which shuttles me weekly international politics as between Manhattan and an adjunct professor. That Stony Brook. It was by sheer discovery saved my wife’s chance that I noticed the sign time, four hours daily, driving “LIRR Cares.” Stopping me from our apartment in over at the LIRR waiting Manhattan to the university room, supported by my and back. cane, I asked for assistance There was an added to access my train going value to this commute. home. Suddenly an entire While on the train, I was procedure unfolded. The able to review my notes, Yassin El-Ayouty young lady at the service grade papers, sum up desk held up her phone complex issues, all in the comfort of those well-kept train cars, and whispering something. Raising her head, she asked me, “What’s the availability of accessible and clean bathrooms. Because I had a regular and your name?” “Yassin,” I answered using predictable schedule, LIRR personnel took my first name. In a few minutes, a smiling to greeting me, humoring me and even African-American young woman came

calling for “Yassin.” Wearing a red jacket and the warmest possible smile, she asked me, “Are you taking the 9:05 a.m. to Stony Brook?” “Yes,” I responded. “Follow me, and let me pull your bag for you.” Following her to elevator 18 I expressed my gratitude, then asked for her name. “Stariasia,” came the modulated response. Then she added, “When you change at Jamaica, Brian shall be waiting for you to help.” And indeed, Brian, with his red jacket and a wave, was there for me. And on my way to Stony Brook to celebrate Halloween evening, another red jacket was awaiting me at Jamaica. This time it was Tony. An entire system dedicated to help everyone, especially the elderly and disabled. Once on the train from Jamaica to Stony Brook, the ticket collector materialized asking, “Tell me if you need help.” May God bless our great LIRR. Yassin El-Ayouty is a political science professor emeritus at Stony Brook University and former United Nations official. He splits time between Manhattan and Stony Brook.

sory panel,” she said. “There is so much work to do. I really want to focus on mental health and addiction treatment, tackle the financial issues with the county, be proactive with supporting local business and those mom and pop shops.” Pollakusky remained gracious after his loss, saying, “I hope Sarah serves her constituents well for our legislative district.” He added he will continue to be active in the community by leading the Rocky Point Sound Beach Chamber of Commerce and serving on the board of the Rocky Point Civic Association. In the Port Jefferson-Setauket area county Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) won overwhelmingly against her Republican opponent John McCormack 63 to 37 percent. Hahn said she is looking forward to continuing work on several projects including protection of the environment, public safety and the opioid epidemic. “Those numbers have to come down to zero,” she said. “We cannot accept more opioid deaths. The numbers have fallen a little bit, but we have to continue to work on that. We cannot be losing our children. It’s senseless. It’s preventable. We have to be sure we do what we can on that.” McCormack was not available to comment. The lone upset of the night, Republican challenger Anthony Piccirillo won with barely a 1 percent margin against county Legislator William Lindsay III (D-Bohemia) in the 8th District. The Democrats have asked for a recount, but if Piccirillo succeeds it would mean the Democrats 11-7 hold on the Legislature would become a 108, just as partisan divide between officials seems at a near peak. Last year, Republicans and Democrats butted heads over lump bonding issues, with Republicans using their slim minority to block bonds they called were being pushed through by Democrats. David Luces, Rita J. Egan, Leah Chiappino and Donna Deedy all contributed reporting.

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School News

Community News

Rocky Point Union Free School District

Heading Out on

Halloween

Rocky Point school district hosts the Middle School National Junior Honor Society induction. Photo from RPSD

47 Rocky Point Students Propel to NJHS Status The Rocky Point school district announced 47 new inductees into the Rocky Point Middle School’s National Junior Honor Society. The students were recognized at the school’s annual induction ceremony where they were lauded for their dedication to academics, celebrated for their accomplishments and took the membership oath. The students were selected for the distinguished honor based on their excellence in scholarship, service, character, citizenship and leadership. “We commend all of these students for achieving this exceptional honor,” Principal James Moeller said. “As they continue on their educational journey, they will certainly continue to reﬁne the standards of this special membership.” The district congratulated the newest members of the National Junior Honor Society and offered a thanks to National Junior Honor Society

adviser Dawn Callahan for organizing the event and evening. The newest members are the following: Michael Adkins, Luke Brown, Simone Carmody, Ciara Casper, Hayley Colon, Liam Conlan, Ava Dantuono, Megan DePierro, Evan Donovan, Jacob Donovan, Rhiannon Donovan, Zoe Fyfe, Abigail Glennon, Madeleine Grattan, Allison Gunning, Jake Haradon, Soﬁa Haviland, Selin Kazdal, Deirdre Kirwan, Julia Koprowski, Alexander Longo, Erin Lynch, Emma Maher, Sola Matsumoto, Sarah May, McKenzie Moeller, Cheyenne Morgan, Ethan Normandin, Tanner O’Neill, Ella Reyes, Laurisa Roalef, Isabella Rooney, Samantha Rozza, Alexandra Ryan, Charlotte Ryan, Jennifer Sandusky, Colin Singh, Sienna Soyka, Nicole Spadaﬁna, Makayla Style, Katelyn Tilmont, Riley Trentowski, Avery Ward, Emmanuel Watkis, Mia Williams, Anna Wood and Sydney Woods.

Shoreham-Wading River Central School District

The Tighe family, including 6-year-old Lily, 4-year-old Jack, 2.75-year-old George and their father, 44.5-yearold Chris headed out for some old-fashioned trick or treating in Miller Place. Photo from Catherine Hamilton

Miller Place School District

SWR High Schoolers to Put on “Mamma Mia!”

This week, Shoreham-Wading River High School students will soon be saying, “Here we go again.” SWR high schoolers are displaying their fall performance of “Mamma Mia!” Nov. 7, 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The popular stage show, based on AB-

BA’s music, tells the story of a young woman’s search for her birth father. The tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, the woman’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. According to director Dennis Creighton, students began working on the show in the summer, learning choreography and blocking. More than 100 students are involved onstage, performing in the pit, as part of the stage construction and technical crew and working the front of the house. Tickets, selling fast, are $10 for students and seniors and $12 for adults. To purchase tickets, visit https://www.vancoevents.com/us/book/event?eid=416&.

Miller Place Students Give Back to Calverton Animal Shelter Students at the Miller Place North Country Road Middle School showed a dogged sense of community service by making toys for animals looking for adoption. During lunch periods, the middle schoolers did their part to give back during Adopt a Shelter Dog Month by visiting the library during their periods to make dog chew toys out of recycled T-shirts. Collectively, the students made 33 dog chew toys, which will be donated to Kent Animal Shelter in Calverton.

Photo from MPSD

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Sports

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Wildcats Boys Soccer Falls in Overtime in Quarterfinal BY BILL LANDON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Wildcats of Shoreham-Wading River struck first when Matteo Sweet found the net six minutes into the second half to take a 1-0 lead over visiting Hauppauge in the Suffolk Class A soccer quarterfinal. The anticipation grew as the Wildcats held that lead with less than two minutes left in regulation, but the Eagles evened the game at the 1:17 mark off the foot of Aidan Augeri, forcing the sudden death overtime period. The Wildcats season ended eight minutes in, when Hauppauge’s Tim Hug scored the

game winner for the 2-1 victory. Shoreham-Wading River concluded its season with an impressive 13-3 record, with senior Brady Cummings concluding his varsity soccer career ranked fourth in Suffolk County with 25 goals and five assists. Teammate James Rose made Suffolk’s top 25 scoring leaders, with 13 goals and six assists. Photos clockwise from top left: junior midfielder Daniel Canellys pushes upfield; senior Troy Cathey takes possession; senior co-captain James Dacos takes to the air midfield; and Rose settles the ball.

Photos by Bill Landon

The Shoreham-Wading River High School girls varsity soccer team. Photo from SWRCSD

SWR Girls Soccer Become Class A Champs The Shoreham-Wading River High School girls varsity soccer team took the Suffolk County Class A championship title with a 2-1 victory over Harborfields High School. The team will play against MacArthur High School Nov. 9 for the Long Island Championship.

“We commend our players, coaches and supportive family members for bringing this honor to our school district,” said District Director of Health, Physical Education, and Athletics Mark Passamonte. “It has been a great season and this caps off all the hard work put into their performance on the field.”

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Editorial Letters to the Editor What Endorsements Mean Future SBU Prez Can Improve Relationships As election season draws to a close, finally, we are among the many breathing a sigh of relief. We heard that a few people were unhappy with our endorsements. That, of course, should be expected. Some points, though, need to be made clear about our process for endorsing candidates. Starting in late summer, we start gathering a list of candidates for the upcoming electoral season and arrange candidate debates in TBR News Media offices in Setauket. The process is long and grueling and, despite months of effort, sometimes candidates cannot find a time that works for everyone or, as we saw in several cases this year, some people simply never respond or don’t show up. So, we talk with the candidates that do come to the office and conduct candidate interviews over phone or email with the remainder. The better interview is always done in person as a debate in a roundtable discussion. The last publication date before election day — which for us is a Thursday — becomes the election edition. In that issue, we exclude letters to the editors that focus on local politics, because there is no way for people to respond publicly before the election. Instead, we include our endorsements on the letters-to-editors pages. Our election issue contains multitudes of political advertising, but there’s a common misconception that advertising buys our endorsements. The advertising and editorial departments are two distinct entities, and work on two separate floors of our small office space. Advertising is indeed what keeps TBR afloat, but that department has no input on editorial decisions. Of course, there is communication between departments in the newsroom, but that comes down to the placement of ads, and our papers policy avoids placing political ads for candidates on the same page as the candidate profiles that we write. The endorsements are a product of the interviews, not the other way around. In fact, we are prouder of the debate articles we conduct, which we try to make as balanced as possible between the candidates. We let all sides speak their piece before carefully writing the articles. The debate interviews are conducted throughout October, then written and placed into our annual election issue. These articles range from 500 to more than 1,000 words each for some of the wider-ranging offices. The endorsements, on the other hand, are barely more than 200 words each. They represent the collective opinion of editors, along with our publisher Leah Dunaief who moderates the debates. We consider long and hard all that we heard, along with our experience with the candidates on the campaign trail. Sometimes we cannot come to an agreement, or may be on the fence, and meet again the next day to review pros and cons of our choices. The endorsements represent those who we feel might make a better fit for office, but they are also our chance to compliment the person we didn’t endorse or criticize candidates for past performance. We at TBR News Media congratulate all who stepped up to campaign for public office but, if we were to be honest, endorsements sometimes have little bearing on future performance. In 2016, we endorsed the opponent of Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. (D) for the office. Toulon won that election, and in 2018 we named him one of our People of the Year. What matters is what an elected official does for the constituents when in office.

Letters … We welcome your letters. They should be no longer than 400 words and may be edited for length, libel, style and good taste. We do not publish anonymous letters. Please include a phone number and address for confirmation. Email letters to kyle@tbrnewsmedia.com or mail them to The Village Beacon Record, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733.

This past summer the president of Stony Brook University, Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr., resigned to take a new job as president of Michigan State University. His sudden resignation caught many by surprise and prompted the creation of a search committee by the university council to recruit candidates for this important position. For those of us working to build stronger relationships between the university and the Three Village community, the selection of a new president is an opportunity to continue to improve on the university’s host community relationship, something that was not a priority of the previous president. We immediately reached out to the state chancellor and head of the university’s council and were invited to meet with SBU’s presidential search consultants to make suggestions on how to strengthen the university/host community relationship. This past week the search committee

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released a 17-page profile to be sent to prospective applicants listing the various qualities sought in a new president. We were pleased to see included in the listing of “Key Qualities for the Next President” the following paragraph: “Political acumen, and a willingness to engage with public and civic leadership at all levels; experience fostering successful town-gown relations and partnering with

local and community leaders toward long-term goals and development.” It is our hope that the new president will be someone who embodies those qualities and is committed to building strong partnerships with our local civic and business communities. Jonathan Kornreich, President George Hoffman, 1st Vice President Three Village Civic Association

Artificial Intelligence in Schools Our educational system is deeply rooted in a model that straddled the agricultural and industrial ages. It was a time when only some kids attended school, and fewer went beyond the eighth grade. Jobs were plentiful and most didn’t require academic skills. Teachers were primarily single women who taught morals and trained kids to memorize facts. Schools closed between the sowing and harvesting seasons. It worked just fine. As more families left farms for factories, fathers took on city jobs and could no longer apprentice their sons in manual and agricultural skills. There was a diminishing need to. Compulsory education laws were enacted, and children started attending schools in greater numbers and for longer stints. After World War II, blacks migrated to Northern cities, as whites fled to the suburbs and passed budgets for sprawling schools. The faculties of college-educated women — and increasing numbers of men — unionized. The educators were primarily those who succeeded in and liked school as they experienced it, so, they sought to maintain, not revolutionize it. Parents,

too, had expectations based on the model of their own school experience. Modest adjustments — like new math and whole language — were ridiculed. The school culture was static and resistant to change even as society was undergoing broad upheavals. Mothers started working, and parenting was outsourced to day care centers. Latchkey kids rode yellow buses to empty houses. Race, poverty, immigration, dysfunction, politics and divorce all entered the schoolhouse. Knowledge proceeded to double by the decade, as workers saw the lifelong career platform fade into a new employment world of musical chairs … chairs occupied by an increasing number of efficient robots. The curriculum expanded slightly, but survived largely intact. A classroom would be comfortably familiar to a person who hadn’t entered one in 50 years. Our world was going digital but our thinking clung to analog. The mixed blessing of technology, and the scourges of drugs and terror entered the schoolhouse. Even as we employ computers, smartboards and iPads, we clutch onto

much of the yellowing curriculum and methods as if they were the owner’s manual to success. They’re not. Studies repeatedly encourage a change in the school day and calendar, but entrenchments and stasis won’t hear of it. Our template is more past than future. Global comparisons scare us into action. The committee organized by the Council on Foreign Relations concluded that 30 percent of high school graduates do not do well enough on an aptitude test to serve in the military. We sense that something is wrong, but, rather than considering an educational revolution, we prescribe a program of evaluating teachers — a bureaucratic alchemy contest in search of educational gold. Regretfully, a reasonable definition of schooling has become the study of things that help one get through school — and not life. We have spell-check but we need think-check. As schools vigorously teach to the test, they should be teaching to the future. Bruce Stasiuk Setauket

The opinions of columnists and letter writers are their own. They do not speak for the newspaper.

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Opinion

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wonder how the creators of the show “Seinfeld,” Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, would portray today’s world? The answer resides in their approaches to other ideas and conflicts that became the focal point for shows that continue in reruns almost every day. In one show, Elaine, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, is dating furniture mover Carl (David James Elliott). When Elaine ﬁnds out D. None that Carl is a proof the above lifer, they decide BY DANIEL DUNAIEF to end their relationship. In Washington, D.C., and indeed throughout the country, that seems tame compared with the passions

people feel when they share their views about the president and about the upcoming election of 2020. I could imagine an entire modern “Seinfeld” episode dedicated to the efforts people take to avoid discussing politics. Changing the subject, walking out of the room and pretending they can’t hear each other seems like a way these characters might keep the political genie locked in the bottle, allowing them to enjoy the company of anyone and everyone, even if those people disagree with their views on national politics. We play out that scenario regularly wherever we go, whether we’re looking to date someone or just chat with someone in a line at the deli, on vacation or at the Department of Motor Vehicles. We are so concerned that we might offend the other person or that he or she might offend us. When did we become so incapable of speaking with each other? Are we determined to live in echo chambers, where we only listen and

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to think, who to be and how to live. We have the chance to make those decisions for ourselves. At their best, those leaders are working to give us a shot at pursuing the American Dream which, last time I checked, doesn’t belong exclusively to one political party or another. By not talking with each other, we increase the tension that separates the parties and the people who support them. Rather than waiting for a bipartisan detente in Washington, we can and should gather ideas about each other. If they were still making the show today, the characters from “Seinfeld” might have helped us laugh about how entrenched we have become in dealing with our differences. We, however, aren’t living in a TV show and we owe it to ourselves to gather real information, to listen to other people and to bridge the divide that’s causing the fabric to fray of a country we all call home. We can learn and grow from making decisions for ourselves, instead of following the same script with every conversation.

Come Aboard With Me to the Adriatic Sea

ll vacations are wonderful in their own way. A chance to get a break from the daily routine, to rest, perhaps to view new scenery, meet new people, learn new things, even just to get a break from the news — these are hoped-for results. We’ve just returned from a trip abroad and, as I have done in past columns, I would like to share some of what we saw and did. We boarded one of the largest sailing vessels in the world in Venice, Italy, after an eight-hour plane ride from JFK International Airport. I won’t go into raptures about Venice Between because it would you and me take up the rest of BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF my allotted space and, besides, I’ve done so before. I

will just say that there were probably more visitors in Venice than there are on any given day in Walt Disney World. Large ships are not allowed inside the harbor, so our small group was ferried to the Wind Surf by small motorboats lined up waiting for passengers along the Grand Canal. Let the adventure begin. We departed at 6 p.m. and set sail to cross the Adriatic Sea, an extension of the Mediterranean, to land on the Dalmatian Coast the next morning. The ﬁrst city, in the north of Croatia, was Rovinj, pronounced roveen. Croatia is a country often described as being at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe and one that is exquisitely picturesque with seaside cities and steep limestone mountains. As you might guess, for being in the center of human history, the country has had many invasions, rulers and iterations of government. Now a republic, it has been a duchy, a kingdom, in a union with Hungary, part of the Habsburg Monarchy, part of Austria-Hungary, part of Italy, then remade after World War I into Yugoslavia until that country ﬁnally fell apart into six independent smaller countries after the 1980 death of the autocrat, Josip Tito.

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The countries surrounding Croatia geographically are Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Croatia joined the European Union in 2013. All of that abbreviated history took place over only the past 14 centuries. The area actually has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Rovinj is a fishing port on the Istrian peninsula. Surrounded by blue-green, startling clean Adriatic water, its pastel houses crowded down to the seafront, the small city offers a tangle of pale yellow cobblestone streets, lots of inviting bistros and a beautiful Baroque hilltop church, St. Euphemia, whose tower is the highest in Istria at about 61 meters and can be climbed — not by me — for a magnificent view. The Adriatic is only 120 miles at its widest point, separating what was known as the Balkans from Italy. The coastal towns were often under attack and thus encouraged to build fortified walls along the beachfronts. We walked the pebbled beach of Rovinj, bargained in the marketplace for native olive oil and truffles, and bought a couple of scarves made in Italy at cheaper than Italian prices. In

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fact, Croatia is known as a less expensive tourist destination, where a room in a fine hotel for the night during high season may be had for 50 euros (about $55). So far mainly Germans seem to have discovered this bargain, and they visit Rovinj in large numbers. The eastern shore of the Adriatic is often referred to as the Dalmatian Coast and the name stems from an Illyrian tribe called the Dalmatae, (from their word “delme,” meaning sheep) who lived there during classic antiquity. Dalmatia is even referenced in the New Testament. And, yes, the hardy Dalmatian dogs come from there, whose unique black and white markings make them easily spotted on fire trucks. Dalmatia is one of the four historical regions of Croatia and for a long time was ruled by the Republic of Venice from 1420 until Napoleon of France appeared on the scene in 1797. One of the frustrations of traveling along the coast by ship is that time spent in any port city is of necessity limited by the schedule of the cruise. After a delicious fish lunch in a sidewalk café, we returned to the ship, with its white sails billowing dramatically in the breeze, then went on to the larger city of Split. More next time.

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