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NYPA AWARDS The 10 owners of The Whiskey Barrel hail from all across the North Shore. Photo by Julianne Mosher

The Whiskey Barrel to bring a new destination spot to Port Jeff BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

FEATURE STORY FIRST PLACE The Port Times Record Kyle Barr This piece was extremely well done and not only covered the history of the event, but brought the emotions of it to the forefront. SPOT NEWS PHOTO FIRST PLACE The Village Times Herald Steven Zaitz The moment that tells the whole story. Great shot to sum up all sides and be fair to all points. INNOVATIVE AD PROJECT SECOND PLACE TBR ARTIST COLORING BOOK The Village Times, Setauket Great idea to get the readers to interact with newspapers and doing a contest. FEATURE STORY SECOND PLACE The Port Times Record Daniel Dunaief This story brought us the stories of healthcare heroes that have been so important in all of our communities this past year. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SECOND PLACE The Village Times Herald, Setauket This newspaper has created a classified section that does does not feel overbearing or overcrowded. With judicial use of space and bolded type, the section is easy to read.

NEWS STORY THIRD PLACE The Village Times Herald Julianne Mosher Well done, with good interviews that give the reader the complete picture. FEATURE STORY THIRD PLACE The Village Times Herald Julianne Mosher This story shows the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic. It may not be about healthcare workers, but it told a story of resilience on the part of businesses and young people looking to have some sense of normalcy. SPORTS FEATURE PHOTO THIRD PLACE The Times of Smithtown Steven Zaitz In our state, it’s no longer allowed to tank the catcher. If the same is true in New York, at least this little guy got as much as he could out of his illegal action. The determined catcher’s expression completes the scene. I’d have liked to see it in color. NEWS STORY HONORABLE MENTION The Port Times Record Kyle Barr Well done. Bar owners and restaurants need help, not harassment. Kept it short and kept to the point (thank you). NG BOOK T COLORI TBR ARTIS

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A new experience is heading Down Port, with a focus on whiskey. Thanks to a group of 10 from all across the North Shore, the entrepreneurs have taken over the former space of Fork & Fiddle, now creating The Whiskey Barrel. Located at 138 Main St., the group of whiskey enthusiasts signed the lease just a few weeks ago and are anticipating a Memorial Day weekend opening. John Louis, owner of Maui Chop House in Rocky Point, said The Whiskey Barrel will focus primarily on brown liquors, and also feature a full menu. “We have 100-plus bottles of whiskey, bourbon, Scotch,” he said. And the menu will be curated by 18-yearold Maddy Bender, the barrel’s young and enthusiastic sous-chef and partner, who’s been working and gaining notoriety at Maui Chop House over the last year. “It’s more of like a rustic American kind of thing,” she said. “We’re going to have all different burgers and wings. We’re going do a steak sandwich or pork katsu sandwich, so definitely something that would be really cool with all the different bourbons and whiskeys.” Bender added the barrel will also have bourbon and whiskey pairings on the menu. The recent college student said this whole experience has been surreal. “John told me that he was looking to possibly open a new place in the village and said, ‘I want you to come in as a partner with me,’” she said. “And I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is crazy.’ And now that it’s like actually happening, John says it to me every day, that I’m not even 21 and I’m going to be owning a bar. He gave me the keys and

it’s so real now.” The group began discussing the idea less than two months ago, Louis said, and from then it was full-speed ahead. Now that they took over the former Southerninspired spot, which closed right before the COVID-19 pandemic after a short-lived life on Main Street, Louis said that all they need to do is build a bar and do some cosmetic changes. “All the fixtures, the kitchen’s in great shape, brand-new fridges I think that only had been on for six months — it’s all ready to go,” said co-owner David Tracy, of Stony Brook. Thomas Francis, of South Setauket, said he hopes this restaurant becomes a destination. “It’s really that old-world Kentucky cigar-bar feel that we’re going for,” he said. “It’s something that when you walk in, it’s going to be a destination. It’s going to be why you want to come to Port Jeff.” Francis, a whiskey expert himself, said that the bar will not be a place with intimidation. “Some of this might intimidate folks,” he said. “So, hand in hand is an education aspect. We bring people along for the experience, and shepherd them along the way.” He hopes that it will be a place where those who are interested can learn the whiskey ways. “We’re not just looking to open the doors and that’s it,” Francis added. “We want to be an experience, and have you come along for the ride.” The group said they also obtained their tobacco license and will sell cigars to pair with the liquors. But for those who can’t handle a whiskey or a bourbon, don’t worry. Another part owner, Paul Hess of Rocky Point, said there will be craft beer on tap and a wine list. Bender said that although the group of partners and investors is large, everyone brings something different to the table. “We have a little bit of everything in here,” she said.

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The Suffolk County Legislature is building a Memorial that will be located in Hauppauge to honor all of those who are no longer with us due to this terrible disease.

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Small businesses have taken some of the biggest hits since the pandemic began last year. Owners have been struggling to afford rent and pay employees on time. Businesses such as Javier’s Cafe and Katie’s, both of Smithtown, are among the many restaurants and bars being helped by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D). In Bellone’s effort to aid small businesses, he has provided a total of nearly $500,000 in grant funding through the county’s COVID-19 Small Business Assistance Grant Program. “This money definitely helps,” said Brian Karppinen, owner of Katie’s, at an April 9 press conference at Javier’s. “The business had been closed for seven months, and it’s been very difficult for us, but there’s a better look at the future. Now we can pay an electric bill, maybe get a little booze. It’s a breath of fresh air, and I really appreciate everything the town and the county have been doing for us.” According to a press release from the

county, a pre-application period for a second round of available funding began April 9. The county’s goal is to provide more than $500,000 in additional grants by the end of May. Businesses that will be eligible to apply for the grant program are gyms, nail salons, hair salons, barbershops, restaurants, bars and taverns. If the business that applies has up to 10 employees, they will be granted a maximum of $5,000, and any business with 10 to 50 employees will be granted a maximum of $10,000. The owner of Javier’s Cafe, Edgar Viera, expressed his gratitude for Bellone’s efforts to reestablish small businesses. Viera plans to use his grant of $5,000 for payroll and electric bills. “It means a lot for us to keep up with all the work we’ve been doing,” Viera said. “I can’t believe it’s been a year already but we just wanted to thank everyone, including our customers, who have supported us.” As the shops in Smithtown begin reopening, Bellone anticipates a surge in the economy as more businesses are helped by the program.

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Cuomo directs state task force to offer assistance in Setauket hate crime BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

The governor has asked the New York State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to offer assistance in a Setauket vandalism incident that involved anti-Semitic graffiti. In an April 10 press release from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) office, it was announced that he directed the task force to offer assistance to the Suffolk County Police Department Hate Crimes Unit in the investigation of anti-Semitic graffiti that was found on playground slides on the grounds of Setauket Elementary School April 4. “I am appalled at media reports on the discovery of anti-semitic graffiti on Setauket Elementary School’s playground equipment on Long Island,” Cuomo said in the press release. “This hateful graffiti is diametrically opposed to the values of tolerance and understanding that are pillars of the society we’ve built in New York State, and the fact that it was found in a place of learning for young children makes it even more disturbing. I am directing the New York State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to immediately offer assistance in the investigation being conducted by the Suffolk

County Police Department Hate Crimes Unit, and I look forward to seeing the people responsible for this crime brought to justice.” In an April 5 letter to school district families, Superintendent Cheryl Pedisich said a community member alerted the district that the school’s playground slides had been vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti and inappropriate language. The graffiti was cleaned before students returned to school April 6. “The district takes these matters very seriously and does not condone the use or promotion of hateful messages or references on our campus or elsewhere,” Pedisich said in the letter. “This type of reprehensible and criminal behavior, and the destruction of district property will not be tolerated.” The school superintendent asked that anyone who had information on the incident to reach out to the district or SCPD. She also encouraged families to discuss the negative consequences of such an act with children. According to SCPD, there has been an investigation since police responded to the school on April 4 at approximately 12:05 p.m. The Hate Crimes Unit does not believe the incident was aimed at one specific individual.

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Progress needed for a diversified community BY DLISAH LAPIDUS DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Long Island has been called one of the most segregated regions in the country. Living in Suffolk County, however, we are close enough to the city to claim the progressive association with “New York,” when it benefits us. In reality, this segregation is undeniably evident when you look at our local student body and staff — its effects are detrimental. Students are so sheltered that experiences with racial and religious differences are severely limited. At Ward Melville High School, in particular, we seem to value our school pride and social partitioning. While the student bodies of other Suffolk high schools intermingle, we do not. Obviously, this does not apply to all students, and it’s not a direct indication of racism, but the isolationist tendencies that this reflects are bound to impact other aspects of our lives if we continue this way. Despite the tremendous work being done this past year to address the systemic racism in our

country, local students are still left in the dark, read in school, prior to this year, which was excluded from conversations held by the Three written by an author of color. In middle Village school district administration. The recent school, I read “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton and “To Kill a Mockingbird” vandalism including anti-Semitic by Harper Lee, and spent images and crude language in months reading and analyzing the Setauket Elementary School Shakespeare and Edgar Allan playground [see article above] Poe. I won’t deny the cultural brings urgency to the work all significance of these books Three Village residents must and authors, but to withhold do to better our community. a diverse learning experience This hate clearly cannot be is disadvantageous to all stopped by passive public Three Village students. service announcements sent to Where are the works of community families. The main Ralph Ellison, James takeaway from a letter regarding Baldwin, Maya Angelou and a hate crime should not simply Zora Neale Hurston in the be an encouragement for parents Dlisah Lapidus lesson plans? Reading a book to speak with their children. probably will not change Although the district’s Antia student’s perspective Racism and Social Justice Task Force has been working to increase inclusivity, entirely but continuing to normalize a whitewe should be having these discussions in the dominated curriculum indirectly nurtures schools, providing students with a more diversified the development of dangerous racist and education and hiring specialized coordinators to segregationist beliefs. A culturally inclusive agenda must be make our community a more accepting place. I can’t recall a single book that I have applied to all schools in the district. We act

as if younger children do not understand racism, so we often avoid having critical conversations with them. This is a dangerous mistake. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Rochelle Walensky’s recent announcement regarding disproportionate mortality rates in communities of color, racism is a “serious threat” to public health. Discussions with students of all ages are a necessity. Anti-racism should not be regarded as a controversial topic that you shield your children from. Instead, it should be seen as the resource it truly is and utilized fully to produce more educated, adaptable and experienced members of society. A school administration must do more than just not condone hate speech and acts. We must all work to actively dismantle the tolerated racist behaviors at large in our community. Dlisah Lapidus lives in Old Field. She is a Ward Melville High School junior graduating a year early this June and is a copywriter for the Invictus Yearbook. She is also a co-founder and editor of Junk Dump, a collaborative print arts magazine.

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Former Setauket Fire District commissioner looks to the future BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

When Jay Gardiner decided last year not to run for reelection for fire commissioner in the Setauket Fire District, the former chairman of the board put the cap on decades of fire rescue experience. The longtime member of the Setauket Fire Department, who completed 30 years of volunteer service at the end of 2019, said he and his wife, Diane, are planning to move to Florida at the end of the year. While the soon-to-be 70-year-old is looking forward to spending more time with his wife and playing golf, he said he will still run his business Gardiner Plastics from a home office. The former commissioner said if he didn’t do some kind of work, he would be bored. “I’ve been a workaholic most of my life,” he said. When Gardiner joined the fire department in 1989, he already had 20 years of community service under his belt. Originally from Fresh Meadows, he served as an EMT in Queens with several volunteer ambulance crews. “I’m a city boy, but I moved here in ’86,” he said. “It still makes me an old-timer, but that’s late compared to a lot of people that I know.” Through the decades, in addition to volunteering with the department, he was an EMS lieutenant for the last 12 years. He was also an associate professor of Emergency Medical Care at Suffolk County Community College for 20 years, and he taught instructor-level courses

for Suffolk EMS. At St. Francis Hospital, he was on the training faculty where he taught advance life support courses to its medical staff. The South Setauket resident was appointed as commissioner in May of 2015 to fill the remainder of the term previously held by Thomas Gallagher. Later that year, Gardiner was elected to a five-year term as commissioner, and during his last three years on the board, he served as chairman. When Gardiner first ran for fire commissioner in 2015, he said he felt his business background would come in handy. The former commissioner holds an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business and has served on several organizational boards in the plastic industry. When it comes to the board of fire commissioners and the departments in the district, Gardiner sees it as a team effort, and he’s proud of what the district has accomplished over the last few years. “You can’t get the fire truck or the ambulance to the scene with one person,” he said. “It takes a group of people. It takes an officer. It takes a crew. It takes a driver. And if you don’t have all those working together, you don’t have an efficient department or an efficient board. The board has to work together, we have to be a team, and we’ve been very fortunate.” Some of the accomplishments Gardiner listed include the renovation of the main firehouse on Route 25A, the purchase of four new fire engines and updated equipment such as radios and air packs to modernize the emergency system. He also counts the addition

Above, Jay Gardiner, second from left, celebrates the grand opening of the district’s main firehouse in 2019 with former Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Valerie Cartright, Fire Chief Paul Rodier and Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine. Below, Gardiner recently received a proclamation for his servce from Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn. Photo above by Bob ORourk; photo below from Kara Hahn’s office

Gardiner said when it comes to being a of a few career firefighters during the day to the department as an accomplishment of the board. volunteer firefighter he misses responding “We were the first one on Long Island to to scenes. actually call them career firefighters,” Gardiner “My wife always looks at me and she goes, said. “Nobody wanted to take that jump. It’s not ‘You miss it, don’t you?’” he said. “I say, ‘Yup,’ an indictment on the volunteers.” but everything has its time.” While it was a tough decision, he said When he moves to Florida, he said he will the commissioners have also miss the Three Village a responsibility to the area, where his children grew community. up and went through the “Your job is a fiduciary Three Village school district. responsibility to take care of He said he will especially that community, and 30 years miss the sense of local history ago, there were loads of people and the area near Emma Clark who lived in the community library and the Frank Melville during the day, they could Memorial Park. respond to the alarms,” he “We’ve always loved said. “The demographic has living in this area,” he said. totally changed.” “It has good restaurants and With his departure from —Jay Gardiner good people. The civics and the board of commissioners, the chamber of commerce do one of his teammates for a lot of work to try to build up decades, John Wastiewiz, the area.” took over as chairman of the However, while Gardiner board. Wastiewiz said he has known Gardiner and his wife may be moving, he said they will since before the latter joined the fire department, be back to visit as their four children, three when his wife worked for Gardiner Plastics. daughters-in-law and three grandchildren live Wastiewiz described the former commissioner on Long Island. as the ultimate professional, and said he When asked if he had some advice to share considered Gardiner the go-to guy, especially with his fellow Setauket firefighters, Gardiner when it came to questions about EMS. said it’s important to remember the constant “Everything he’s done, whether it’s commitment to the community. paramedic or fire commissioner, he’s always “Never get complacent,” he said. “There’s strived to be the best and constantly improving always room for improvement. It gives you the his skills and education, and he’s just a very motivation to push forward. You don’t want to good guy in general.” Wastiewiz said. say, ‘I’m done.’”

‘The board has to work together, we have to be a team, and we’ve been very fortunate.’

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Stony Brook University Hospital opens cardiac Cath/EP multifunctional lab BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Stony Brook University Hospital has taken a step in offering cardiac diagnosis and treatment that is even more advanced than in the past. Recently, the hospital announced the opening of its Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Advanced Multifunctional Laboratory in the Stony Brook University Heart Institute at SBUH. The lab consolidates comprehensive cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology services into one location. The multifunctional laboratory measures 845 square feet to allow room for various medical teams to perform emergency procedures at the same time if needed. The room includes anesthesia equipment, stateof-the-art angiographic suite equipment and the latest electrophysiology technology. In the lab, physicians are able to continue treating a patient even if the scope of a procedure changes from minimally invasive to more invasive. When it came time to design the multifunctional laboratory, administrative and medical professionals were able to provide input including Cath Lab Director, Dr. Robert Pyo and EP Lab Director Dr. Eric Rashba. Pyo said it was important to get input not

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only from doctors but nurses and technicians, who play a crucial part in documenting procedures, information that will be used during a patient’s treatment. Rashba said time was spent with the construction group to ensure everything was laid out correctly and that it would work for both specialties in the multifunctional lab. He added that work began April 12 to renovate five existing labs, three Cath and two EP, adjacent to the new Cath/EP lab on the main level of the Heart Institute. One lab at a time will be worked on, and while the additional renovations will take several months, Rashba said the number of patients that Stony Brook doctors can treat will increase, and patients will be able to get appointments quicker than in the past. “What we’ve seen over time in electrophysiology is that you see more and more patients with arrhythmias that need treatment,” he said. “There’s been an incredible growth in ablation procedures, in particular atrial fibrillation. This will allow us to meet the community need with less waiting times for procedures. So, we’re looking forward to that.” Since the lab opened March 30, both doctors said the imaging has been superior to what they had been using before. The lab includes an imageguided diagnostic and therapeutic imaging system

called the Philips Azurion 7. “We’re replacing systems that have been installed for over 10 years,” Rashba said. “First of all, we can see a lot better what the definition of the structures are we need to see, plus the radiation definition is a lot lower. So, we’re getting better imaging with less dose to the patient.” Rashba added that some EP procedures can even be done without radiation. Pyo said the new multifunctional lab also saves doctors precious time when treating heart patients with both catheterization and electrophysiology in the same room. “The importance of The Philips Azurion 7 provides imaging capabilities at ultra-low radiation dose timing, reducing the time levels. Photo from Stony Brook Medicine to treatment, whether it’s “Patients who are presenting with a heart minutes or seconds, is relative,” Pyo said. “I attack, minutes, even seconds, count toward think that in any case, even in patients who come in electively, getting early diagnosis is crucial.” early diagnosis and treatment,” Pyo said, Being able to respond quicker is especially adding if patients don’t get treatment early enough they could suffer irreversible damage. crucial with treatment of heart attacks.

Gyrodyne’s Impact on the Three Village Area BY TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUPERVISOR ED ROMAINE As Brookhaven Town Supervisor, I just wrote to the Town of Smithtown Planning Board regarding the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Gyrodyne LLC. The FEIS is deficient in that it does not adequately address the substantive comments from Brookhaven Town received at the Jan. 8, 2020, public hearing and the subsequent written comment period ending on Jan. 24, 2020. It is obvious that the groundwater and surface water issues associated with the realization of the FEIS Development Plan is more complicated than analyzed in the EIS. The protection of Stony Brook Harbor requires a “hard look” and honest analysis of impacts from the proposed sewage treatment plant. The Town of Brookhaven has expressed their significant concerns regarding the proposed project including impacts to traffic, preservation of open space, impacts to aesthetics, historical concerns, lack of suitable alternatives, siting of the sewage treatment plant, water quality, adverse impacts to Stony Brook Harbor, economic

impacts, and climate change. These substantive concerns were dismissed and responded to in a series of non-answers that simply preserved the preferred alternative of the applicant. A 125-room hotel, 153,110 square feet of office/medical office, and a 250 unit assisted living facility in addition to the existing development on the property as described in the FEIS and the associated traffic and environmental impacts were never envisioned nor belong in the Three Villages area and certainly not within the Long Island North Shore Heritage Area. The proposed project will forever adversely impact the overall scenic, aesthetic, historic, cultural, and physical character of the NYS Route 25A corridor area and the historic communities and landscapes that it connects. The proposed sewage treatment plant, which as stated in my public hearing comments, is planned to be located on land directly abutting land located in the Town of Brookhaven and does not take into account the impacts to the adjoining neighbors in terms of odor, visual impacts, and use. The placement of the sewage treatment plant immediately adjacent to single family homes is

unacceptable. Furthermore, the proposed sewage treatment plant with a 100% expansion capacity for 200,000 gallons per day of sanitary effluent to be released to the subsurface leaching fields will taint Stony Brook Harbor for generations and perpetuate the current status quo of harmful toxic algal blooms, low dissolved oxygen, fish kills, and waters closed to shell fishing. A failing of the EIS is the lack of consideration of the 2020 Suffolk County Subwatersheds Wastewater Plan. According to the SWP, Stony Brook Harbor is an impacted embayment with high levels of nitrogen and is identified as a high priority area for nitrogen reduction. The EIS claims that the volume of sanitary flow will increase due to the proposed development and that the resultant nitrogen will only slightly decrease at final development due to the sewage treatment plant. This does not comply with the SWP recommendations to reduce the current amount of nitrogen in Stony Brook Harbor by 37% which would require the sanitary flow from Gyrodyne to decrease by 37%, otherwise nitrogen traveling to Stony Brook Harbor will remain at levels that will continue to endanger

the viability of the harbor. The EIS does not address how to mitigate the significant amounts of pharmaceuticals that will be contained in the sanitary effluent from patients and residents in the proposed medical offices and nursing home uses. It is generally accepted that current sewage treatment technologies are not effective at removing pharmaceuticals in the wastewater stream. More significantly, the EIS ignores the potential for doubling the projected sanitary flow due to the real possibility of the St. James business district connecting and sending the sanitary effluent to the proposed sewage treatment plant. Finally, the impacts that this project will have on the adjacent communities in the Town of Brookhaven will be far reaching and affect the quality of life for our residents. I hope the Smithtown Planning Board considers a true alternative that represents the rural and bucolic nature of the community while preserving natural resources for future generations rather than the monstrosity that is the FEIS Development Plan. Editor’s note: For more on Gyrodyne, visit tbrnewsmedia.com.

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In January 2020, former President Donald Trump (R) signed an executive order that replaced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers definition of what is considered a federal body of water under the Waters of the United States rule, known as WOTUS. In his election campaign, President Joe Biden (D) promised to undo these changes, which are currently under review. But what does all of this mean for Long Island? Wetlands are areas where water covers the soil, or is present near the surface of the soil all year for varying periods of time. According to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report, as at 2004 6% of Long Island was made up of wetlands — that’s about 51,000 acres. Wetlands, due to their beneficial services to people and wildlife — including providing habitats to multiple species, improving water quality and assisting with flood protections —are among some of the most productive ecosystems in the world. Wetland protections can also create problems for business developers and farmers. One of Trump’s main reasons for passing his executive order in 2020 was to redefine the definitions of which bodies of water could be protected under WOTUS in order to remove legal roadblocks to farmers caused by the need to determine whether water on their land fell under control of the federal government. “After decades of landowners relying on expensive attorneys to determine what water on their land may or may not fall under

federal regulations, our new Navigable Waters Protection Rule strikes the proper balance between Washington and the states in managing land and water resources while protecting our nation’s navigable waters, and it does so within the authority Congress provided,” said EPA administrator, Andrew Wheeler, in a January 2020 news release. Now, due to the undoing of restrictions by Trump’s administration, local conservationists are worried about the longterm effects on Long Island’s wetlands. Coby Klein, a conservationist at the Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society and adjunct professor of Natural Sciences at Baruch College, said that Long Island’s wetlands are beneficial to both the community and the organisms that dwell in them, and they need to be preserved. “Wetlands provide protection from flooding, especially the coastal wetlands, the salt marshes and things like that,” he said. “They also help work to mitigate climate change. When plants die in these wetland areas, they don’t decompose very quickly. They serve as what’s called a carbon sink. Instead of carbon being put back into the atmosphere when a plant dies, it gets stored in the soil and in the muck in the water.” Victoria O’Neill, Long Island Sound Study habitat restoration coordinator at the state Department of Environmental Conservation, is another local conservationist who confirms that healthy wetlands are important to Long Island. “Tidal wetlands provide many different ecosystem services to Long Island communities,” she said. “They help provide protection from coastal storm surge, improve water quality, provide recreational enjoyment and serve as nesting, breeding and resting

A view of the West Meadow Wetlands Reserve in Stony Brook, above and below. Photos by James Palumbo

grounds for commercial and recreationally important fish and shellfish.” With all of the benefits wetlands provide to Long Island communities and ecosystems, why did the federal government want to push back on protecting them? Klein said it is because, “they get in the way.” “When there’s any type of pollution that gets into a body of water, it ends up in a wetland,” Klein said. “That’s bad news for the things that grow there and live there. Salt marshes are very susceptible to nitrogen pollution, and that’s a big problem on Long Island because almost everybody around here fertilizes their lawns, and they tend to overfertilize.” He added that because of the high volume of sewage systems on Long Island, the excess fertilizer from people’s lawns and farmers’ fields tends to go from the sewage systems to large bodies of water and then eventually into rivers and wetlands. This causes excess nitrogen that is detrimental to those ecosystems. Under Trump’s redefinition of protected waters under WOTUS, it has become easier for developers and farmers to make those kinds of damages to wetlands but, according to the DEC, New York is taking great steps forward as a leader in the efforts to protect state wetlands and their invaluable natural habitat. “It is estimated that the Navigable Waters Protection Rule will remove federal protections for about half the nation’s

wetlands,” the state DEC said in a 2020 statement. “Thankfully, existing strong protections of waters in New York state will reduce the impact of the Navigable Waters Protection Rule compared to many other states. However, not all wetlands are protected under New York law and we rely on federal protection and our water quality certification review to protect smaller wetlands. Recent changes in the definition of Waters of the United States have resulted in fewer of these smaller wetlands receiving any regulatory protection.” According to O’Neill, active steps are being taken to restore wetland habitats that have been lost. “The tidal wetland ecosystem target in the LISS’s 2015 Comprehensive Conservation & Management Plan set a goal to restore 515 additional acres of tidal wetlands by 2035 from a 2014 baseline,” she said. “As of 2020, we are 15.5% toward our goal.” Klein said that restoration projects are time sensitive and need to happen as soon as possible. “Wetlands provide us with all kinds of important ecosystem services and even more important than that, they’re just pleasant places,” he said. “We should try to preserve them simply because there are so many creatures besides us that depend on them. So even if they didn’t do all this important stuff for us, we should still try to conserve them because they do important things for other species.”

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Judge Selah Strong to receive graveside honor centuries after his death BY BEVERLY C. TYLER DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Wednesday, April 14, marked the 366th anniversary of Brookhaven Town Founder’s Day. It is also the day Anna Smith Strong, known to her friends and family as Nancy, was born 281 years ago. The story of Nancy’s participation in the Revolutionary War Culper Spy Ring, using her clothesline as a coded message to Setauket spy leader Abraham Woodhull, whether folklore, family history or fact, is known to generations

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Alexander Sasvary passed away at 76 March 24 in Nokomis, Florida. Mr. Sasvary was a resident of Old Stony Brook for over 40 years. He was a big man with big ideas. In 1973 he joined the finance department of Stony Brook University Hospital. While working as assistant finance director, Alexander, an Olympic level athlete — once a shot putter on the Hungarian National team — coached the University Track and Field Team, and the Varsity Tennis Teams. An avid tennis player with a legendary top spin, he was a member of the Three

of Long Island school children. Every year, in classrooms throughout Long Island and beyond, Nancy Strong and her clothesline inspire students to embrace our local history, as well as the celebration of Women’s History Month in March. In a rare example of reverse gender bias, the person overlooked in the story of the Strong family in the Revolutionary War is Nancy’s husband Selah Strong. How many children or adults know that Nancy’s husband was a trustee (a member of the governing board) of the Town of Brookhaven in 1764 at the age of 26 or that he was elected again the following year and then every year from 1767 through 1776? After defeating General Washington at the Battle of Long Island in Brooklyn, the victorious British Army maintained control of Long Island for the entire Revolutionary War. That didn’t stop Selah Strong from assisting the Continental Army troops when they crossed Long Island Sound on July 22, 1777, and attacked Loyalist troops, under Lt. Col. Richard Hewlett, guarding the fort erected around the Setauket Presbyterian Church. Selah Strong was observed by Hewlett who informed Gov. General Tryon in New York City. This was one of the factors that led to Strong’s arrest and imprisonment in New York City on Jan. 3, 1778. Nancy Strong came to her husband’s aid, according to family stories. He was subsequently released and spent the next two years in Connecticut, probably assisting his Setauket friend and neighbor Caleb Brewster in providing intelligence on British and Loyalist activities on Long Island to Benjamin Tallmadge and General Washington. In May of 1780, while British forces were still in control of Long Island, Selah Strong was elected president of the trustees of the Town

Village Tennis Club for 35 years. Throughout a long successful career in health care finance, he was active in Democratic politics. Having escaped Communist Hungary in 1968, Mr. Sasvary was passionate about American democracy. He campaigned tirelessly for local and national Democratic candidates, often holding leadership positions in the Three Village Democratic Club. When Brian Foley was elected Brookhaven Town Supervisor, Alex became a keystone member of his transition team. Later he served as Brookhaven’s Commissioner of Transportation, Aviation & Waterways, and Deputy Commissioner of Waste Management. Mr. Sasvary’s Hungarian heritage remained important to him — active in the Hungarian Liberty Hall in Ronkonkoma, the Kossuth Club of Sarasota, and the Hungarian Christian Society of Venice, Florida. As vice president of the Humanist Society of Sarasota, he gave a talk, “Is there Hope

A marker to be placed by Tri-Spy Tours will be added to Judge Selah Strong’s gravestone April 24, above, and the gravestones, left, of Judge Selah Strong on left side and his wife Anna Smith Strong. Photos by Margo Arceri

of Brookhaven, a position equal to today’s Brookhaven town supervisor. He continued to be elected president through 1797. He also served as first judge of Suffolk County. In 1790, President George Washington made a brief tour of Long Island. Selah Strong, as Town of Brookhaven leader, led President Washington’s entourage from Coram to the Roe Tavern in Setauket where he spent the third night of his tour. At 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 24, a brief

ceremony will be held in the St. George’s Manor Cemetery on Strong’s Neck to honor the memory of Judge Selah Strong. A plaque placed by Tri-Spy Tours on his gravestone honoring his achievements will be unveiled. Beverly C. Tyler is the Three Village Historical Society historian and author of books available from the Three Village Historical Society, 93 North Country Rd., Setauket. For more information, call 631-751-3730 or visit tvhs.org.

for American Health Care,” arguing for universal health care. Mr. Sasvary is survived by his wife, Dawn; his children Mark (Tanya Sasvary) and Monika (Marlon Suarez); his grandchildren Lazlo and Eva Sasvary; and his brother Robert Sasvary.

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Town Clerk Donna Lent, right, swears in newly elect Town of Brookhaven Councilman Jonathan Kornreich. Photo from Town of Brookhaven

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Editorial

Governor Andrew Cuomo greeted students at the SCCC campus in Brentwood last week after they received their vaccinations. Photo from SCCC

Young people and the vaccine Every morning when we wake up, we’re reminded that we are still enduring this global pandemic. Whether you think so or not, everyone’s lives have been impacted by it. Some people have lost loved ones to COVID-19, some have gotten so sick they suffer severe trauma and some haven’t seen their families in over a year. Beyond the physical, businesses have suffered financially, some even closing their doors for the last time. But luckily the vaccine has lifted the weight off a lot of shoulders — especially for the young people in our community. Now that New York State has opened the vaccines to people ages 16 and over, more and more high schoolers and college students are looking to get the jab. And we think that’s wonderful. They are trusting science and doing so to protect not only themselves, but their elderly or high-risk loved ones. We want things to go back to normal for everyone, but the high schoolers specifically. Remember last year when the Class of 2020 missed out on their final high school sports, senior trips, proms and graduations? Some of them have even been robbed of the college experience of living in a dorm, taking classes in a lecture hall and meeting new people. If we as a whole do not band together to combat this virus, then the classes of 2022, ’23, and ’24 may miss all those key lifetime moments, too. The Class of 2021 has already lost their junior year — and most likely will not have the same “normal” experiences this spring as the rest of us had. We know the unknown is terrifying, and people may not agree with getting a vaccine. But is it worth not getting vaccinated? To constantly live in fear of the virus, or to not trust the medical professionals who saw death every day for more than 365 days? We don’t think so. We are grateful and commend these young people for getting their shots. The more people who do it, the more we’ll all be able to live as we did before.

Perspective

Amtrak service will not be coming to LI any time soon

Two years ago, Amtrak and the are nothing more than placebos designed competitive discretionary grant programs Metropolitan Transportation Authority to placate demagogues, who are not regular to the MTA in 2021. This does not include announced that they would conduct a study users of the numerous public transportation $4 billion in the first round of CARES Act alternatives that have been COVID-19 transit relief assistance last to look into extending available for decades. Amtrak service into year plus this year another $4 billion under The real problem is a second round and up to $8 billion more Long Island. What were finding money to make under a third round. Here is the link to the the results? The concept things happen. All too often MTA public hearing document new.mta. was nothing new. Never funding for many studies info/document/28146. shy around a camera or would have been better spent photo op, Gov. Andrew In the meantime, don’t count riding any on real capital and operating Amtrak train originating from or traveling Cuomo [D] and the service improvements instead through Long Island in your lifetime. accompanying elected of just lining the pockets officials were more Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, of consultants. How many historian and writer who previously worked than happy to pose with studies end up on the shelf for the Federal Transit Administration shovels when announcing of planners just collecting Region 2 New York Office. This included the the study for an idea that dust? How many times do development, review, approval and oversight will never reach fruition. we end up with a series of for billions in capital projects and programs The concept of Long press conferences and news for the MTA, NYC Transit, Long Island Rail Island Amtrak service was By Larry Penner releases designed to provide Road, Metro North Rail Road, MTA Bus, already looked at several free publicity for elected Suffolk County Transit, Town of Huntington years ago under a Federal Railroad Administration comprehensive officials to assist them in greasing the wheels HART Bus, New Jersey Transit along with 30 plan for Amtrak Northeast Corridor service of future elections. These same elected other transit agencies in NY & NJ. between Washington and Boston. This officials promise a bright included a proposal for new high-speed future but leave riders holding rail between Floral Park and Port Jefferson an empty bag. Funding for this latest and on to New Haven via a tunnel under Long Island Sound. This would have study would be better spent involved building two new tracks adjacent as a down payment toward to the $2.6 billion ongoing Main Line Third building a joint Amtrak/LIRR Track project and existing tracks between Sunnyside Yard, Queens Pre-COVID-19 Hicksville and Port Jefferson. No one could station. figure out how to find up to $40 billion to riders could avoid crowded Penn Station and save 10 pay for this consultants’ dream so it died. The MTA has both five-year 2020- minutes travel time by 2024 and 20-year long-range capital plans making connections at this 2020-2040 which are periodically updated. new station. This station was Amtrak has similar short- and long-range supposed to be built as part of capital plans. These documents clearly the $11.2 billion MTA LIRR outline what capital funding is needed to East Side Access to Grand maintain both a state of good repair for Central Terminal. No contract existing equipment, facilities and services for construction of this station along with safety, security and any future has been awarded to date. Missing from the MTA’s system expansion projects and programs. There is no indication that this project Feb. 23 virtual public hearing has been included in the proposed MTA for potential Federal Transit funding 2020-2040 capital needs assessment plan. Administration Cuomo and the MTA promised to release of their 2021 program of this document in December 2019. Some projects was money to help 16 months later, riders, transit advocates, pay for the estimated cost of taxpayers and elected officials are still $400 million for construction waiting for this critical document to see the of the Sunnyside Yard, Queens station. The FTA will light of day. GIVING THE EARTH SOME LOVE Too many transportation studies be providing over $1.5 billion The Three Village Civic Association recently kicked championed by numerous elected officials under various formula and off Earth Day activities early by cleaning litter along New York State Route 25A in Setauket . George Hoffman, president of the civic association, is WRITE TO US … We welcome your letters. They should be no longer than pictured above with some of the roadside debris that was 400 words and may be edited for length, libel, style and good taste. We do not collected by the group. publish anonymous letters. Please include a phone number and address for — Photo by Herb Mones confirmation. Email letters to rita@tbrnewsmedia.com or mail them to The Village Times Herald, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733. The opinions of columnists and letter writers are their own. They do not speak for the newspaper.

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Opinion After a year and counting of loss, residents cope with grief

fter a year filled with various kinds of losses in 2020, many residents are coping with emotional burdens, including a calendar filled with anniversaries of painful memories. Called the anniversary effect, people who have been grieving losses are approaching and, in some cases have passed, the one year anniversary of the death of a family member, the last time they saw a family member in person, or the day they D. None dropped a friend who of the above couldn’t breathe off at a BY DANIEL DUNAIEF hospital. “It’s good to acknowledge an anniversary is coming up,” said Mandi Zucker, a licensed social worker with a certificate in grief recovery and in thanatology, which is the study of death

and dying. Those who feel comfortable offering their support might want to ask someone who is grieving what they are doing, if they have any plans and how they might spend the day. Zucker, who is the founder of Inner-Harbor, a center that helps young adults who are grieving, cautioned that reaching out to someone only as an anniversary approaches might backfire. If the anniversary is the only time someone reaches out, “that might feel disingenuous,” Zucker cautioned. People who are grieving might wonder “where you’ve been for the past year, if you are reaching out as if the other 364 days have not been difficult.” People eager to provide support to the many residents who are dealing with the symptoms and after effects of grief should first make sure they are comfortable enough with their own lives to respond to their family and friends. “Don’t ask if you’re not ready to hear it,” Zucker suggested. “If you’re going through something yourself and you’re in a hurry and don’t have the time, don’t ask.” Support often takes the form of listening,

rather than interrupting or talking. Zucker suggests people encourage those who are grieving to speak, without interrupting them, sharing their own anecdotes or judging them. While it might not sound like long, two minutes is considerably longer than most people can offer their thoughts and feelings, as others typically interrupt well before then. “There is nothing we can say that’ll fix” grief, Zucker said. “Our goal to be supportive is to let them say more. When you’re talking with them, think about why you are talking.” Commenting on someone’s experience, by acknowledging that their description sounds sad, scary or painful, gives them an opening to continue to share. When someone says, “It’s been rough with COVID,” almost everyone can offer their own experiences with the virus, the losses of freedom, and opportunity that they’ve felt, she said. Even though a supporter might want to share their experience to relate, the person who is grieving is likely better off having an opening to continue to share and experience

their feelings, Zucker suggested. Sometimes, just allowing the person to tell you to go away gives people control over a life that seems out of control. “You can give them space, [but] you can also send an email or text saying that you are still thinking about them,” Zucker said. “You don’t have to imply that they must respond.” Zucker is a fan of handwritten notes, which provide a material connection when someone doesn’t feel like talking, but can see a physical reminder of their connection to others. If people notice that someone who is grieving isn’t getting dressed or showering, they can comment on it, letting them “know you see them.” Zucker has a contrary view to the comment people often receive about being strong. For her, people show strength by being vulnerable, not by masking their feelings. People who might be experiencing grief might also need to diversify their sources of support and strength. That could include meditating or going for walks.

class even if the school shuts down due to an emergency or natural disaster. (No more snow days, sorry.) So here is what the scientists who specialize in the interactions between humans and technology developed, according to National Geographic. They created a tool to measure fatigue, called the Zoom Exhaustion and Fatigue Scale, or ZEF. They then used this in large surveys to measure that fatigue, in addition to how long each person spends on Zoom and demographics. Here are four factors that affect teleworkers. The “lack of nonverbal cues is stressful because people cannot naturally convey or interpret gestures and body language when just their colleagues’ shoulders and heads are visible.” That presents a constant struggle to the viewer for proper communication. Here is another, perhaps surprising response. “During video calls, people report feeling trapped in one spot so they can stay within view of the webcam.” As a result, they feel stressed, according to the researchers. Further, the default window, in which users see themselves

constantly, can cause “mirror anxiety,” a selfconsciousness that can result in distraction and has been linked to depression. Finally, there is something termed “hypergaze,” in which the viewer feels that the other person or people on the call are staring at them, their faces appearing so near and so intense as to cause discomfort for the brain. The survey confirmed that women who spend more time in meetings, with shorter breaks between them than men, reported greater mirror anxiety and felt more trapped by their video calls. How to cope: use a standing desk to feel less trapped; an orange filter on the screen may reduce eye strain; take at least ten minute breaks between video calls; ask conferencing companies to limit the maximum display size of heads on the screen; use some form of hybrid scheduling for home-office work. I cannot let this subject go, however, without thanking the tech companies for making it possible for me to “see” my family members during this separation of more than a year. It has kept us connected and sane.

Zooming during and after COVID-19

irtually everyone seems to agree that when the pandemic is finally over, life will not be the same as it was preCOVID-19. Prominent among the changes will be some degree of working remotely. Before the virus descended, requests to work from home at least part of the week were typically refused by employers. Enter “Zoom” in lockstep with the pathogen. Technically, Zoom was among us before the virus but only a Between small segment of the you and me population used the BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF platform. Once we were restrained to our homes, we laypeople discovered how easy and useful it was “to Zoom,” and the name became a verb, much like Xerox or Google. So certainly Zooming will remain with us for a long time to come. But what are its unintended consequences?

For one, there is the phrase that has now entered the English language: Zoom fatigue. We, who are on Zoom regularly and for long periods, understand this term. According to an article in National Geographic, published this past Tuesday and written by Theresa Machemer, new research offers data on this phenomenon to confirm our perceived discomfort. Here are some interesting bits of information. On average, women report 13.8 percent more Zoom fatigue than men. Here is more: besides long days full of calls with few breaks that are the culprits, the self-view video, the crowd of faces on the screen, the expectation to stay in view of the camera, and the lack of nonverbal cues all tax the brain. I would add to that the lag between what is said and its transmission is tiring for the eyes and frustrating to the point of encouraging us to talk louder, which too is tiring. OK, so we can agree that remote working has its perks: “no commutes, flexibility to handle household tasks, and easy access to conferences for all workers, including those with disabilities.” To an extent, we can now live where we want to live, and we can attend

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