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March 7, 2019

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Stepping into March The Ward Melville Heritage Organization hosted a St. Patrick’s Day celebration at the Educational & Cultural Center in Stony Brook village March 3. The day featured Irish step dancing, music and an Irish soda bread contest. For more photos, visit www.tbrnewsmedia.com.

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Kindergarten Registration for the 2019-2020 School Year The Three Village Central School District offers a full-day kindergarten program for district residents. In order to be admitted to Kindergarten in September, a child must be five years of age, on or before December 1st, during the school year in which they enter kindergarten. A proof of residency (a lease, deed, tax bill or signed contract) must be provided, along with the child’s original birth certificate, and a copy of their immunization records at the time of registration. Registration occurs Monday -Thursday at the Central Registration Office at the North Country Administration Center (100 Suffolk Avenue, Stony Brook) from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Children must be registered with the Registrar’s Office at the North Country Administration Center prior to Kindergarten screening. For more information about the registration process and the immunizations required, please visit the district website at www.threevillagecsd.org. Additional information can be obtained by calling the Registrar’s office at 631–730–4555.

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Community News

Library announces Helen Stein Shack Picture Book Award winners Emma S. Clark Memorial Library has announced the winners for the fifth annual Helen Stein Shack Picture Book Award, a contest that showcases the young writing and artistic talent in the Three Village community: First Prize (Grades 7–9 category): “Gerald’s Share” by Nicole Xiao, eighth-grader at P.J. Gelinas Junior High School First Prize (Grades 10–12 category): “You Saved the Earth: A Plastic Bottle’s Journey” by Juliet Weschke, 10th-grader at Ward Melville High School Second Prize (Grades 7–9 category): “Lily and Liam’s Summer at the Library” by Riley Meckley, ninth-grader at P.J. Gelinas Junior High School Second Prize (Grades 10–12 category): “Simon’s Day at the Beach” by Nicole Freeley, 11th-grader at Ward Melville High School “Gerald’s Share” by Nicole Xiao tells the tale of a brown bear who has a hard time learning to share his beloved berries with his friends. “You Saved the Earth: A Plastic Bottle’s Journey” by Juliet Weschke takes the young reader on the journey of a plastic bottle that starts as a piece of litter. Winning authors will be recognized at a private awards ceremony at Emma Clark library April 8 at 7 p.m. At the reception, each

The 2018 Helen Stein Shack Picture Book Award winners with the Shack family and library staff. Above, from left, Regan Kelly, Karen Shack Reid, Sherry Cleary, Samuel Kim, Ted Gutmann, Rebecca Blumenthal, Eliana Sasson, Nicole Freeley, Barbara Shack Kelly, Ed Taylor, Tamir Taylor and Lisa DeVerna. Photo from Emma S. Clark Memorial Library

first-prize award recipient will receive a $400 scholarship; each second-prize award recipient will receive a $100 scholarship. Bound books for all winning entries will be presented and added to the library’s Local Focus Collection. Light refreshments will be served at the reception and

desserts will be donated by The Bite Size Bake Shop, a local Three Village business. The Helen Stein Shack Picture Book Contest called for teens in grades seven through 12, who live in the Three Village Central School District, to create a children’s picture

book. Each entry could be the work of a single author/illustrator or a collaborative effort of an author and an illustrator. The contest was divided into two grade categories, grades seven through nine and grades 10 through 12, with one first-prize winner and one second-prize winner selected from each group. The award is given in memory of Helen Stein Shack by her family. As a teacher, Shack was committed to the education of children, and she especially loved literature written for them. She was a frequent visitor to the library where, even in retirement, she kept current with the latest children’s books. The library is grateful to the children of the late Shack who have established a substantial endowment with the library to cover the cost of the winning scholarships. At last year’s ceremony, the winners also received certificates from New York State, Suffolk County and the Town of Brookhaven. “What a great way to encourage teenagers to think about … what’s important to them and how to express that in a way that will resonate with children,” said county Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) at last year’s event. Emma S. Clark Memorial Library is located at 120 Main St. in Setauket.

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History Close at Hand

3V historian shares letters to his grandchildren BY BEVERLY C. TYLER DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Part one of two. I have always been interested in discovering the history of our ancestors, the stories of the people in our families who came before us. I wanted to learn about where they came from and why they left the places they lived and came to America. The more I learned, the more curious I became. I also wanted to find out more about the people, places and events that surrounded their lives. In the cartoon “Peanuts,” Sally, Charlie Brown’s sister, once said, “I don’t know much about the past, I wasn’t there.” I enjoy learning about the past by searching through the records left by the people who were there. I enjoy putting together the pieces of our families’ history and telling their stories. I hope you will enjoy their stories, too, as shared with my grandchildren. Two of Setauket’s early settlers, the Rev. Nathaniel Brewster, your ninth greatgrandfather on your grandmother’s side, and William Jayne, your eighth great-grandfather on your grandfather’s side — my sixth greatgrandfather — were both born in the port city of Bristol, in South West England. Their family lines have crisscrossed through British and Setauket history for more than 300 years. Their stories show how the actions of kings and rulers in England helped to shape the early history of Setauket and the Town of Brookhaven. Brewster accepted a call to be the first minister of the new settlement at Setauket in 1665. The settlement was only 10 years old and had about 30 families — the minimum they felt was necessary to support calling a minister. I know he came here then because the Town of Brookhaven records for that year indicate that a Setauket resident named Mathew Prior sold his home and property, including his young apple and other fruit trees, to the officers of the town for the minister’s accommodation.

Some 10 years later, William Jayne together with 11 other families, came to Setauket from New Haven, Connecticut. Land was being opened up here for settlement, and they all received home lots and were welcomed into the growing community. Brewster’s grandfather, Francis the elder, was the resident steward of Bristol Castle for Sir John Stafford, a knight and leader of the city of Bristol. His son, the young Francis, served as an apprentice to a barber surgeon and was admitted to the guild of surgeons around the same time he was married. The first child of young Francis with wife Lucy was Nathaniel. When Stafford died, King Charles I leased Bristol Castle directly to Brewster the elder. The son, Dr. Francis Brewster, wife Lucy and their family were also living inside the castle grounds. After the elder Brewster died, the castle was sold to the city of Bristol. Three years later, in 1637, Dr. Brewster and his family left London with the Davenport party on the ship Hector bound for Boston and eventual settlement in the colony of New Haven. After the family arrived, Nathaniel Brewster was admitted to Harvard College. On the 1641 list of New Haven families, Francis Brewster is listed as having a family of nine and an estate worth 1,000 pounds. The only wealthier settler was the governor, Theophilus Eaton. In 1642, Nathaniel Brewster graduated from Harvard together with eight other “young gentlemen,” the first graduating class from the first American college. In 1647, Francis Brewster was lost at sea when a ship in which he had a financial interest went down while on a voyage to England. In England in 1649, King Charles I was executed and Oliver Cromwell came to power. Cromwell was a fanatical Puritan, and his influence was spread well beyond the borders of Britain — England, Ireland and Scotland. These events may have had a great influence on the young Rev. Nathaniel Brewster, a minister in the Puritan colony of Massachusetts. About 1650, Brewster returned to England and served as minister of

A typical home and farm of settlers in Setauket about 1665. From the book, ‘Discover Setauket, Brookhaven’s Original Settlement,’ by Beverly C. Tyler

various churches in Norfolk, East Anglia, on England’s east coast. He was married after 1650 to a daughter of John Reymes of Edgefield, Norfolk, and they had two children, Abigail, born about 1655, and Sarah, born in 1656. Cromwell took the oath as lord protector of the Commonwealth of England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland in December 1653. He made Presbyterianism the national religion, and he purged the Anglican bishops while at the same time promoting a new freedom of worship. If you think it is strange to have freedom of religion and at the same time have a nationalsponsored religion, you are right. It happened here, too, when the pilgrims in Plymouth Colony and the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony kicked Roger Williams out for practicing his own form of religion. In 1655, the Rev. Nathaniel Brewster made a trip to Ireland in the company of Henry Cromwell, fourth son of Oliver Cromwell. Brewster also served for a time as minister of Christ Church, Dublin, Ireland. When Oliver Cromwell died of malaria and typhoid fever in London in September 1658, his son Richard tried to carry on as lord protector, but was forced

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to resign in May 1659. In 1660, Charles II, who had fled England after his father’s execution, was proclaimed king. Suddenly Presbyterianism was no longer the national religion of England, the Anglican Church was restored to power, and the harassment of the nonconformists — anyone not belonging to the Anglican Church — started again. Brewster fled back to America. He came to Boston where he preached for several months at the First Church in Boston. I’ll bet he was glad to get safely out of England. About the same time that Brewster left England, another nonconformist, William de Jeanne, came to America to escape persecution. When he arrived in New England, he changed his name to Jayne to hide his identity. The lives of these two Englishmen from Bristol were about to cross again. Jayne had been born Jan. 25, 1618. He was the son of Henry de Jeanne, a lecturer of theology and divinity at Oxford University. Jayne was admitted to Oxford but was expelled as a dissenter. He became a Presbyterian preacher, eventually joined Oliver Cromwell’s army and was appointed as one of Cromwell’s chaplains. After the restoration of King Charles II, Jayne fled from England. Leaving England must not have been easy for Jayne. He left behind a wife and three sons. We don’t know his family’s situation or why he emigrated alone, but his three sons could have easily been in their 20s. He shows up in American records when he is married to Anna Beggs in 1674 in New Haven, Connecticut. The next year the couple moved to the Setauket settlement. It is most likely that Brewster encouraged Jayne to move from New Haven to Setauket. What do you think? These two men meet in Setauket. Is it the first time or had they known each other before? Beverly C. Tyler is Three Village Historical Society historian and author of books available from the society at 93 North Country Road, Setauket. For more information, call 631-7513730 or visit www.tvhs.org.

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Bellone aims to secure Suffolk’s finances with new reform plan BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Suffolk County financial reform has leaped to the tops of the minds of members of both parties in county government. County Executive Steve Bellone (D) announced proposals aimed at strengthening Suffolk’s financial future at a press conference in Hauppauge Feb. 27. As part of the Securing Suffolk’s Financial Future Act, Bellone proposed amending the county Tax Act to allow the county to collect tax revenue that is owed in January, instead of waiting until June. Officials said the plan is the latest in the county’s efforts to streamline operations and be more efficient. Bellone said the goal of the plan is to help strengthen the county’s financial condition going forward. “When we look at planning ahead, looking beyond where we are today and thinking about where we’ll be five, 10, 15 years down the road — it’s important that we do that,” the county executive said. The plan would build upon previous undertakings by the county, which include bipartisan efforts to bring the county in line with the best finance practices set forth by financial

LEGALS Notice of formation of Fish Outta Water LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 1/22/19. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC: 29 Manchester Lane, Stony Brook NY 11790. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 234 1/31 6x vth SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, V. VASHA A. SINANAN, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated September 28, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nas-

County Executive Steve Bellone (D) and other Democrats speak about the county’s finances. Photo by David Luces

experts from the Office of the New York State Comptroller and the Government Finance Officers Association, according to Bellone. In doing so, the county would press to amend the Tax Act, which would require state legislation. The county executive said the 100-year-old law is seriously outdated. “It would ensure the county would get tax revenue that it is owed at the beginning of the year instead of waiting until June and [being] forced to borrow funds,” he said. “This is an issue that crosses party lines, this is not an issue

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visit www.auction.com or call (800) 280-2832. 249 2/14 4x vth SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR ARGENT SECURITIES INC., ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-W3, V. MARGARET GRECH, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated June 30, 2016, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE LEGALS con’t on pg. 6

that is partisan or [one] that should be partisan.” The county executive called for the authorization of a four-year budget plan, which would allow the county to focus on long-term projects as well as updated debt management and fund balance policies. New computer software will be purchased to enhance transparency and accountability. Suffolk Comptroller John Kennedy Jr. (R), a known critic of Bellone, announced plans in February to run for county executive in November. His campaign has attacked Bellone on the current state of the county’s finances, placing a lot of the blame on his Democratic contender for a downgrade in Suffolk’s bond rating and for raising county fees. Kennedy said Bellone is just attempting to look fiscally responsible. “Steve Bellone doesn’t know how to spend less,” Kennedy said. In a Jan. 31 TBR News Media article, Eric Naughton, Suffolk’s budget director, said while the county’s bond rating has dropped, Kennedy were “overstating” the impact. He said Moody’s, which gives the bond grades to municipalities, was only looking at the past and not the future. Kennedy has said he plans to consolidate county offices in order to reduce taxes.

Legislator Rob Calarco (D-Patchogue), deputy presiding officer, said fiscal responsibility is the top priority when talking about taxpayer dollars. “These policies that we are laying out are common-sense ways to ensure that we are transparent with the public,” he said. The county executive also called for re-establishing an insurance reserve fund, originally created in 1980, which would assist in paying unexpected legal expenses. There was a call as well to reorganize the county’s audit joint committee and add more members. Bellone said the changes would allow for a more robust and diversified review of the fiscal condition of the county. Deputy County Executive Jon Kaiman (D), who helped piece the plan together along with a team from the county executive’s office, said its goal was to figure out how Suffolk County can be best managed and reach its fullest potential. “What we can do is to present reform in a manner to get the best out of what this county can offer,” Kaiman said. County officials indicated legislation has been filed and expect a hearing to be set at the end of March and the proposals could be up for consideration into law sometime in April.

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LEGALS con’t from pg. 5 FOR ARGENT SECURITIES INC., ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-W3 is the Plaintiff and MARGARET GRECH, ET AL. are the Defendants. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, CALENDAR CONTROL PART COURTROOM, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on April 9, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 18 ROBERT AVE, ELMONT, NY 11003: Section 32, Block D-3, Lot 9:

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The Board of Trustees of the Village of Poquott will hold Public hearings at 7 P.M. on Thursday March 14,2019 for the purpose of obtaining input from residents on two proposed amendments to Village of Poquott local law.

VILLAGE TIMES HERALD 17. Chris Walsh, 5 Silverspruce Ln., Stony Brook, NY. Location: East side Silverspruce Ln. opposite and East of Stratton Ln. terminus, Stony Brook. Applicant requests side yard & rear yard variances for existing hot tub; also, rear yard variance for existing trellis. (0200 36300 0200 002000)

LOCAL LAW CHAPTER 15ENTITLED CODE OF ETHICS LOCAL LAW CHAPTER 183ENTITLED ZONING/BUILDING

35. William Gildersleeve, c/o Andrew Malguarnera 713 Main St., Port Jefferson, NY. Location: South side Chestnut St. 107’+/- East of Christian Ave., Stony Brook. Applicant requests front yard setback variance for existing roof over porch exceeding 4’ x 8’ permitted (6’ x 23’); side yard variance for existing 2nd story deck with steps; also, side yard variance for existing shed located in the required side yard; also, side yard variance for existing pool equipment. (0200 17300 0400 022001)

Any person wishing to provide input to these two proposed laws may do so at this hearing. Copies of the proposed local laws will be available at the office of the Village Clerk.

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, AT ELMONT, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

By order of the Board of Trustees Joseph Newfield, Village Clerk February 28, 2019

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 16512-2007. Peter Bee, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

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5. Liang Cai, c/o Sharon O’Brien 54 Miller Place Middle Island Rd., Mt. Sinai, NY. Location: West side Hopewell Dr. 564’ North of Hastings Dr., Stony Brook. Applicant requests rear yard variance for existing roof over patio. (0200 00100 001000)

An East Setauket man faces a multicount indictment for allegedly receiving more than $400,000 through insurance fraud. On Feb. 28, Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini’s (D) office announced the unsealing of a 70-count indictment against former health care worker Joseph Basile, 50. It is alleged he fraudulently received more than $400,000 through a health insurance fraud scheme where he would file claims for unperformed procedures and list a former employer, a colorectal surgeon, on the forms. “This was an act of pure greed,” Sini said. “He used his knowledge of the health care insurance system to illegally pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars, money that would have otherwise been used to care for people who were sick and in need.” Basile was charged with insurance fraud in the first degree, three counts of health care fraud in the second degree, two counts of grand larceny in the second degree, health care fraud in the third degree, grand larceny in the third degree, scheme to defraud in the first degree and 60 counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree. Basile was employed as an office manager for a private health care practice by a colorectal surgeon in Port Jefferson before the practice closed in 2013, according to the DA’s office. From January 2014 through July 2016, Basile allegedly fraudulently filed insurance claims for medical procedures, including colorectal surgeries, to Empire BlueCross BlueShield in excess of $3.8 million on behalf of himself and others, listing his former employer as the provider. The medical procedures had not been performed. Basile then allegedly forged the signature of his former employer and deposited the checks

John Basile, of East Setauket, will face charges of alleged insurance fraud March 12. Photo from Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office

into his own account. The more than $400,000 received was paid by both the insurance company and John T. Mather Hospital. The former health care worker also allegedly filed fraudulent insurance claims on behalf of another individual whose health care is provided through Teamsters Local 1205’s welfare fund, according to Sini’s office. Basile allegedly stole more than $3,000 from the fund by filing false health care insurance claims. Basile was released on $5,000 bond and is due back in court March 12. If convicted of the top count, he faces a maximum sentence of eight and one-third to 25 years in prison. He is being represented by Legal Aid of Suffolk County attorney Kathleen Evers who could not be reached for comment.

— Compiled by Rita J. Egan SCPD

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE IV, SEC. 85-55 (B) OF THE BUILDING ZONE ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND AT ONE INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. (AUDITORIUM – 2nd FLOOR), ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2019 COMMENCING AT 2:00 P.M. AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS LAW, SAID PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE LIVE STREAMED OVER THE INTERNET AT http:// b r o o k h a v e n t o w n n y. i g m 2 .

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PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF POQUOTT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

East Setauket man allegedly scammed more than $400K in insurance fraud

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Man and woman sought for alleged credit card theft in Lake Grove

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County police 4th Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate two people who allegedly used a stolen credit card at stores in Lake Grove last month. A man and a woman allegedly attempted to use a stolen credit card to make more than $6,000 worth of purchases at the Apple Store and Game Stop, both located inside of Smithaven Mall, Jan.

28. The credit card was stolen earlier that day. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this incident can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 800-220TIPS (8477) or texting “SCPD” and your message to “CRIMES” (274637). All calls and text messages will be kept confidential.

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John Damianos of Damianos Realty Group, Old Field resident BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Attorney, real estate developer and longtime Three Village resident John Damianos was laid to rest March 4. Damianos died unexpectedly in his Old Field home Feb. 25. The 67-year-old was the principal and legal counsel of Smithtownbased Damianos Realty Group LLC and a familiar face in the town. State Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick (R-St. James), who has known Damianos and his family for several years, described him as a cheerful, upbeat and sharp man. The assemblyman said he would always pick Damianos’ brain about local real estate when he saw him at events. “He was just an all-around good guy,” Fitzpatrick said. Christine Mazelis, owner of Niche Boutique in St. James and Mazelis Landscape Contracting Corp., met Damianos due to both of their families’ work with the Smithtown Historical Society and said he seemed to have a passion for everything, especially his cars. “I always saw him as someone who lived his life with purpose,” Mazelis said. “Always giving back to our community.” Priya Kapoor, executive director of the Smithtown Historical Society, said the Damianos family members are big supporters of the society’s annual Heritage Ball and Heritage Country Fair. John Damianos recently met with Kapoor to help with the landscaping of the historical society’s property, a project that he was not able to see transpire due to his passing. “He wanted to do good for the community and wanted to beautify the property,” Kapoor said. Rev. Demetrios Calogredes (Father Jim), pastor of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption in Port Jefferson, said Damianos was a devout Greek Orthodox Christian who served on the church’s parish council for many years. “He would read with great care the Holy

John Edward Damianos died unexpectedly Feb. 25 in his home. Photo from Damianos Realty Group LLC

Bible every day and derive inspiration from the Holy Scriptures,” Calogredes said. “John also was a great philanthropist, helping people in need and supporting the local soup kitchens with food and contributions.” Calogredes said Damianos was an active member of Port Jefferson American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association. The organization was formed in 1922 to help Greek immigrants assimilate into the American way of life and be successful while fighting discrimination. “John will truly be missed by all our parishioners and friends who loved and admired him,” Calogredes said. “May his soul rest in peace and may others follow his sterling example.”

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In addition to his work with the church, Damianos was involved with Middle Country Coalition for Smart Growth, Building Owners’ and Managers’ Association Long Island and the Real Estate Institute. Damianos was a recipient of the Association for a Better Long Island Developer of the Year Award in 2019 along with the Long Island Business News

Redevelopment of the Year Award. According to his family, Damianos quietly supported worthy causes and delivered food parcels to those in need on behalf of City on a Hill Community Church in Middle Island. He also loved working in his yard and on his vintage Porsche. Damianos was born Dec. 19, 1951, in Plattsburgh to Dr. Xenophon and Virginia Damianos and was raised in Stony Brook with his five brothers and sisters. A member of the Suffolk County Bar Association since 1982, he was a graduate of The Stony Brook School and Long Island University. He earned a juris doctor from the California Western School of Law. Damianos is survived by his two children, Elexis Zoe Damianos, Esq. and John James Damianos; his former wife and good friend Evonne Damianos; beloved brothers X. Cristofer Damianos (Helayne), Pelops Damianos (Marilyn); and sisters Bonnie Lee Rampone (Chuck), Elektra Gaebelein (Thad) and Beth Ann Damianos. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Bryant Funeral Home of East Setauket. A funeral service was held March 4 at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption and interment followed at St. James Episcopal Church Churchyard in St. James. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Monastery of St. Dionysios at 481 N. Country Road, St. James, NY 11780; City on a Hill Community Church at 629 Middle Country Road, Middle Island, NY, 11953; or Bideawee Animal Rescue at 118 Old Country Road, Westhampton, NY 11977.

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Port Jefferson and Stony Brook partner for transport into village BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Port Jeff Jitney will soon bear the Stony Brook University logo and bring SBU Seawolves directly into the heart of the village. A new program, which offers a free mobility loop for riders between the university and the Village of Port Jefferson, will start its first pilot season March 7. The village will be repurposing the 20-seat jitney bus for this program. “We consider Stony Brook University a true partner with the village and an economic engine,” said Port Jeff Mayor Margot Garant. “This program will bring students and faculty to the village in an efficient way with no cost to the rider, offsetting the average Uber fee of well over $13 one way. This program also greatly helps with our goals to free up our parking lots — something we constantly look at in our managed parking program.” The loop was first presented to village trustees at their Feb. 4 meeting by Kevin Wood, the village parking administrator, who said the program will be administered by the Port Jefferson Parking & Mobility Resource Center. The program will cost the village approximately $13,000, though the village is

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run of the bus. The event will also showcase tracking of the bus with a phone app, which Wood said should help cut down on frustration in knowing when it will arrive. The free app, Passio Go!, is currently available on both the Android Play store and the iTunes marketplace. The existing Port Jefferson Jitney has seen its share of riders in the past, such as the Friday and Saturday of the Sept. 15 weekend during the Dragon Boat Day Festival and the weekend of the annual Charles Dickens Festival, when the jitney had a ridership of 164 and 125, respectively, last year. On off weeks, the jitney has seen a low of 27 riders such as in the weekend of Sept. 8 and an average of approximately 70 riders in 2018. Wood said while the idea has been around for about four years, he has been working diligently on it for the past four months. He said he expects the program might help rejuvenate the jitney’s ridership and mitigate some of the village’s parking issues. “It’s a pilot, so we will see,” Wood said in an email. “It will certainly help students and faculty — there is no cost to ride. It will help free up our parking lots too.” More information and a link to the bus locater app can be found on http://www.pjshuttle.com/.

The Town of Brookhaven Highway Department and Setauket Fire District are working together to save taxpayers money. The highway department and fire district recently entered into an intermunicipal agreement to consolidate services, according to a press release from the town. The agreement encompasses several public works services including the purchase of salt and sand, the maintenance and repair of drainage structures, road striping, signage manufacturing and installation, sweeping and pothole repair. David Sterne, fire district manager, said while the district has in the past received its sand and snow from the town at a significantly cheaper rate than if it had purchased the items directly, sharing the other services with the town will be something new for the fire district. He said due to the services rarely being needed, it’s difficult to give an estimate on how much was spent in the past or what savings would be in the future, though he mentioned one of those services came in handy recently. “One way we already realized savings was in the striping of Old Town Road in front of our

new truck bay,” he said. “The contract as part of the construction called for it to be much more expensive, but by using the town’s approved vendor at the town’s approved rate of striping per linear foot, we saved several thousand dollars on that part of the project.” The intermunicipal agreement between the town and fire district is a result of New York State awarding a $20 million Municipal Consolidation and Efficiency Competition grant to Brookhaven in June 2018. The grant is designed to reduce redundancy in local governments by pursuing opportunities to increase shared services between the town and other municipalities along with other modernization and implementation of best practices, all in the effort of saving taxpayers money. “Working together, the goal of this program is to identify opportunities where a Town-Special District partnership makes sense and delivers real financial savings to our mutual constituency,” said Brookhaven Highway Superintendent Dan Losquadro (R). “I look forward to identifying additional shared services and consolidation opportunities, including parking lot sweeping, as well as the purchase of salt/sand, use of our new Truck Wash facility and drainage maintenance with the Setauket Fire District.”

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Amelia Calderone’s mother founded Hope for Histiocytosis after her daughter’s battle with Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Clockwise from above, Amelia, right, meets actress Sofia Carson through Make-A-Wish of Suffolk County. Amelia receives her last chemo treatment in September of 2018, and the Setauket Elementary School student relaxes in between treatments. Photos from Alexandra Calderone

Foundation aims to raise histiocytosis awareness with upcoming fundraiser While the parents brought her to a group practice of pediatricians continuously, doctors couldn’t come up with a diagnosis, and while A Three Village family is helping to raise Lyme disease was first suspected, it was initially awareness about a rare disorder. ruled out. It wasn’t until the parents asked to see Hope for Histiocytosis is hosting a fundraiser the head doctor of the practice who reviewed April 7 in Port Jefferson. The foundation was her tests that Lyme disease was considered as inspired by the frustrations felt by Setauket a possibility. residents Alexandra and Christopher Calderone The diagnosis led to Amelia, who at the after the couple struggled time was 6, to visit a to find a diagnosis for rheumatologist where their daughter Amelia a doctors found a mass on few years ago. Doctors her spine. eventually diagnosed “The red flag was up, Amelia with Langerhans ‘OK, there’s something cell histiocytosis, a wrong here,’” Alexandra disorder where the body Calderone said. produces too many of a The parents then type of white blood cell — Jennifer Scarlatos brought her to Cohen’s that helps the body fight Children Medical Center off infection. where Dr. Carolyn Fein Now 8 years old and in third grade in Setauket Levy treated Amelia and the LCH diagnosis was Elementary School, Amelia was only 5 years old finally given. While the journey to an answer and in kindergarten, her mother said, when she was a difficult one, Calderone said her daughter started to complain that her back was sore in the was a trooper during everything, and her last morning. At first the Calderone family thought it chemo treatment was in September 2018. “She’s really so mature, and handled the was due to a new mattress being too firm for her or from wearing a backpack to school. Periodic doctors, the scans, the blood work, the pain,” fevers soon followed, and she would come she said. Last year friend and neighbor Jennifer home from school feeling nauseous. She would also complain of seeing black spots in her vision Scarlatos, co-owner of Toast Coffeehouse and said she had a wood taste in her mouth. As in Port Jefferson, decided she wanted to do the school year progressed, her teacher told her something to help Amelia who is friends with mother that Amelia was having trouble reciting her son Everett. She said she wasn’t sure what she was going to do but wanted to do something. what she learned that day. BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

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Medical Center, which is led by Fein Levy. The April 7 fundraiser will be a Sunday brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Waterview at Port Jefferson Country Club located at 44 Fairway Drive. Admission is $65 for adults and $40 for children 5 through 12 years old. The event includes a Sunday brunch with Bloody Marys and mimosas. There will also be raffle prizes, face painting and entertainment by the Sugaree Band. For more information about the foundation, visit www.hopeforhistiocytosis.org.

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Opinion

Letters to the editor

Celebrating women

On Feb. 27, the House of Representatives passed H.R.8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, 240-190, which would require a background check for every gun sale in America. Though many lives are lost in America every day to gun violence, Congress has done little to address this public health crisis. The bill passed with all but two House Democrats voting for it, and all but eight House Republicans voting against it. A bill that has the potential to save American lives should not be a partisan issue but, sadly, it seems that too many Republican lawmakers value their National Rifle Association rating and donations more than they value the safety of their constituents. Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley)

Editorial

March is Women’s History Month, a time to honor the feminine icons who have left their mark on the world. However, when it comes to learning about accomplished women, in many ways, people need to educate themselves. A recent article from the Smithsonian Magazine cited a report from the virtual National Women’s History Museum released in 2017 titled “Where Are the Women?” The study examined the status of women’s history in state-level social studies standards seen in the K-12 curriculum and found only 178 women. This find was compared to 559 men found in the same scholastic standards. Fortunately, while school systems catch up with including the countless impressive women in history missing in their curricula, many libraries and museums offer programs dedicated to Women’s History Month offering information about the lives of so many amazing and impactful women who may not be included in a high school textbook. Of course, there are options to increase your knowledge, such as digging a little deeper on the library shelves or the internet to find out information beyond the frequently told stories of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, civil rights activist Rosa Parks or 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Those women are out there and are not as hidden as one may think. We’ve come up with just a few powerful women who may not be referenced enough, or not at all, in the history books. Elizabeth Jennings Graham was an African-American teacher who in 1854, when Manhattan streetcars were mostly segregated, fought for the right to ride in any car. She won her case in New York courts in 1855, and by 1865 all New York City transit systems were desegregated. Margaret Hamilton was the lead software engineer for NASA’s Apollo program. Along with her team, she wrote the code algorithms for the spacecraft’s in-flight software. Apollo 11 went on to become the first mission to successfully land humans on the moon. Sonia Maria Sotomayor, born in the Bronx, become the first Latina and Hispanic justice in the Supreme Court of the U.S. when President Barack Obama (D) appointed her to associate justice in 2009. Digging even further into history and across the sea, there is Ching Shih, a female pirate leader, who lived in the late 1700s to early 1800s. History has remembered Shih as a fierce warrior who commanded more than 300 Chinese sailing ships, defeating Qing dynasty Chinese officials and Portuguese and British bounty hunters. She was so successful she managed to force the Chinese government to grant her a pardon. Unlike the careers of other famous pirates in the Caribbean, she died peacefully in her bed. Stories like these and others of women’s impact on the world and our everyday lives are out there waiting to be discovered. We encourage our readers to go out and find those stories or perhaps even make history themselves.

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Zeldin ignoring the voices he represents falls into that vast majority of House Republicans who voted against this lifesaving bill. He has consistently opposed gun safety legislation, even in his days in the New York State Senate, where he said of the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act in a 2014 Facebook post, “I do not support the NY SAFE Act and sponsor the bill to repeal it.” Zeldin is one of the highest recipients of NRA donations in the country with one other New York representative in the congressional delegation, receiving $9,900 in the 2018 election cycle. This is concerning not only because almost 40,000 lives were lost to gun violence in the U.S. in 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, far more than other nations. It is concerning because 90 percent

of Americans supported universal background checks in 2017, as did nearly 74 percent of NRA members in 2015. The stranglehold that the NRA itself, which at one point did support universal background checks, has on lawmakers is preventing the legislation that an overwhelming majority of Americans would like to see enacted. It is important that our legislators vote not just on their ideology, or their base, but on the will of the people. In his vote against universal background checks, an idea that has broad support, Congressman Zeldin has ignored the voices of those he represents.This is not what democracy looks like. Shoshana Hershkowitz South Setauket

NY needs an independent utility advocate I congratulate state Sen. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) and state Assemblyman Steven Englebright (D-Setauket) on their re-elections in 2018. Now that the legislative session has resumed in Albany, it’s time for them and their colleagues to take care of the people’s business. As an AARP member in their districts, I applaud LaValle’s and Englebright’s commitment to public service and look forward to working with both to improve the lives of New

York’s 50 years-and-older population. I urge LaValle and Englebright to work together for the creation and funding of an independent utility consumer advocate in the next state budget. Currently 40 other states have such an advocate with the power to challenge rate hikes in court. We New Yorkers, who pay some of the highest utility rates in the nation, surely need that — now. I, for one, am tired of utility companies spending part of the money I pay them

on lawyers and experts to try to raise my utility rates. Once again, congratulations to LaValle and Englebright and we all look forward to working with you both on this and other important initiatives for the 50-plus New York population. Charlie McAteer Port Jefferson Station AARP Volunteer Advocate for Suffolk County

We need to consult the owner’s manual When one acquires any complex product, car, computer, cellphone, etc., it is well to study and follow the owner’s manual provided by the designer/ manufacturer. To ignore the design, purpose and instructions of the maker is to invite malfunction, breakdown and loss of warranty. God is the Creator of heaven and earth, including human beings. His

instruction manual is the Bible. When we ignore the owner’s manual and God’s design, purpose and rules for use, we invite confusion and chaos, personal and societal breakdowns, present and eternal consequences. When political refugee from Communist Russia Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was asked what happened to his country, he replied simply, “Men have forgotten God.”

This is what is happening to America today. We have ignored the owner’s manual and defied the Creator in personal morality and public policy and education. The results are predictable, obvious and intensifying. The Rev. Ronald Stelzer Our Savior Church and School Centereach

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Opinion

The ongoing search for ‘just right’

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hen my daughter drives to a crosswalk and a pedestrian is crossing, she feels terrible if the person on foot starts to jog or sprint, pushing him or herself to move more quickly so my daughter can continue on her way. My daughter also gets annoyed if the person suddenly slows down. Life is full of those “just right” moments. If our hot chocolate is D. None too hot, we risk of the above burning the roofs of our mouths. If BY DANIEL DUNAIEF it’s too cold, it doesn’t have the desired effect of warming us up.

It’s what makes the Goldilocks story so relatable. The father’s bed is too hard, the mother’s is too soft, but the baby’s bed is just right. When my family searched for new beds, we collapsed into one mattress after another, imagining a good night’s sleep, just the right book or a good movie with perfectly balanced sound. Most salespeople spend their careers trying to find the right fit for someone, whether it’s a shoe, bed, car, house or any of the myriad items that fill my email box overnight while I sleep. Life involves the constant search for just right. If we won every game we played, the competition wouldn’t be strong enough and we wouldn’t push ourselves to get better. A movie with absolutely no adversity can be charming, but it can also wear thin quickly, as the lack of suspense can lead us to wonder whether a dystopian conflict is pending.

Even in the world of friendships, we search for just-right friends. We generally don’t seek friends who want to talk to us all the time, or who can barely make time for us. We also don’t want friends who agree with everything we say. A few people, public figures and otherwise, seem eager to find people who reinforce their brilliance regularly. I would prefer to find people with viewpoints that differ from my own, which force me to defend my ideas and allow me incorporate new perspectives into my thinking or behavioral patterns. Just right for any one person can and often is different from just right for someone else, which enhances the notion that we can find someone who is a great match or complement for us. Ideally, the non-just-right shoes, weather, girlfriends, boyfriends or jobs teach us more about ourselves. Why, we wonder, didn’t that work? Once we figure that out, we have a better chance at understanding what does. Sometimes, like the bed that doesn’t feel

comfortable at first but eventually becomes the only one that affords us a quality sleep, we grow into a role and find that the previous tasks or conversations, which had seemed so odious initially, are a much better fit than we originally thought, as a result of the changes in ourselves. And, as Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet, “There’s the rub.” The pursuit of just right in any context can change as we age. Our high school tastes in music, clothing, cars, houses, jobs or any other choices can and do change with each landmark reunion, making it more difficult to know what we want or what we’re searching for. While I share my daughter’s guilt when a pedestrian rushes across the crosswalk to let me go or prevents me from running down that person, I’m not as frustrated by someone who slows down. I try to determine, watching that person pause in the middle of the street, how this might be a “just right” moment for the pedestrian.

Hold on, winter is not all doom and gloom

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his is the time of mixed seasonal emotions. On the one hand, the deep cabin fever that sets in with February is still with us. Winter is upon the land, the trees are skeletons, the bushes just sticks and the lawns an anemic greenish brown. Even the evergreens, instead of being a lusty hunter green, are more like a drab olive, branches hangBetween ing dutifully but you and me limply, to remind us that all color BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF has not entirely disappeared from view. That’s probably also an apt description of our souls, suffering from winter’s darkness and yearning for color and warmth. Patches of

snow, remnants of the recent storm, have also lost their luster and serve only to nudge us that winter still has us in its grip. So do the ever widening potholes. But — and this is only a tiny “but” — March is here. That means we have made it through the coldest, darkest months. This weekend, we will switch to daylight savings time, so those who work past 6 o’clock in the evening will not be stumbling out from their stores and offices into the darkness. There will still be evidence of some day left. Remember, though, to drive with extra care during the week following the change, for statistics tell us there are more car incidents after losing even one hour on one’s biological clock. With the advent of March, if we hold on three weeks, comes the official start of spring. Now we know that Mother Nature doesn’t check the calendar, and we can get wicked snowstorms after spring officially begins. But that likelihood is less and would be a grand finale rather than the beginning of a long siege. So there is the smallest whiff of hope

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for the return of better weather. Also if you look closely at the bushes, you can see buds. Buds! That means flowers will be coming, and leaves, the bright green leaves of early spring. If we really want to get delirious about color, we can trek to Philadelphia to drink in the world’s oldest and largest indoor flower show, now happening at the Pennsylvania Convention Center until Sunday, March 10. This year’s theme is Flower Power, celebrating the contribution of flowers to our lives. Sometimes on a winter day when the sun is shining, the sky is cloudless and intensely blue and the air, with its low humidity, crisp and invigorating. For those who ski downhill or through the woods, snowshoe or ice skate or even take a walk on a country road, the scene is poetic, an artist’s dream. To come inside after such activity and be greeted with the scent of hearty soup or freshly baked chocolate chip cookies is a treat most keenly appreciated when the temperature is low. As the season turns, and we think about putting away the shovels and salt — not yet

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though! — we can also cheer ourselves on a bit by conjuring up the benefits of winter. What are they, you ask? Well, no mosquitoes for one. And the ticks have disappeared. No lawn to mow, although we do sometimes have to shovel snow, so that’s probably only a trade-off at best. We can gain a few pounds and hide beneath our tunics and sweaters until the change in wardrobe forces us to acknowledge the slothful truth. There are no emergency calls to fix the air conditioner in winter. But the boiler is no angel either. It always seems to give way on the coldest nights. A dark and cold winter night can be cheered with a crackling fire, as we sit before the fireplace sipping a favorite beverage and exchanging deep thoughts with a loved one. Even the dog seems to enjoy the warmth and glow, curling up at our feet. But we are willing to cast all that away for the excitement of spring, with its birdsong, flowers and warmth. The return of light, longer with each day, is a magical salve for our moods. Just for a little while longer, dear friends, hang in there.

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Tara Martinez, DO, FACOS, FACS Medical Director, Colon and Rectal Program St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center “I was drawn to medicine because I love the idea of being able to help people with my hands through surgery. It’s an honor to help others who are going through a difficult situation— to be able to cure them, give them more time or take away their pain. There’s nothing better in the world.”

What sets St. Catherine of Siena apart from other institutions? A. I think it is a combination of highly trained staff, a team approach, and specialized procedures we offer. We have vibrant, enthusiastic, surgeons and fellowship-trained specialists who have the expertise to allow patients to stay close to home and receive treatment on par with larger academic centers. What procedures does the Colon and Rectal Program offer and what issues do they address? A. We offer minimally invasive procedures using laparoscopic and robotic surgical techniques, which allow for less pain, improved outcomes and favorable aesthetic results for patients. These procedures can be used to treat anything from colon and rectal cancers to diverticular disease, but our most common cases involve anorectal diseases, such as hemorrhoids and fissures, which are associated with rectal bleeding. We’ve also implemented an enhanced recovery program that helps patients get back to their everyday routines more quickly and spend less time in the hospital after surgery. If you would like more information and are interested in making an appointment, please call (631) 870-3444.

What other conditions are associated with rectal bleeding? A. Although rectal bleeding is associated with many benign findings, such as hemorrhoids, fissures, polyps, warts, and fistula’s, rectal bleeding is also associated with colon, rectal and anal cancers and should therefore be evaluated by a physician. Many people ignore these symptoms and assume it is due to “hemorrhoids”. Does St. Catherine offer evaluations and screenings? A. At St. Catherine of Siena, we perform colonoscopies as well as screening exams and imaging. These evaluations are used to detect abnormalities such as polyps, tumors, and cancer. Who would be a good candidate for colorectal cancer screening? A. While colorectal cancer screenings for the average person without a family or personal history of cancer or polyps, are typically recommended for men and women starting at age 45, we are starting to see an increased rate of colon cancer in patients. We have started screening patients at younger age and encourage patients, as well as physicians to send patients for screening earlier if they are experiencing any symptoms or have a family history. We are open and accommodating to everyone, from young adults to the elderly in need of our services.

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