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April 28, 2022

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SBU celebrates Earth Day all week long BY RITA J. EGAN Stony Brook University community had Planet Earth on their minds all last week. Earthstock 2022 took place on campus and virtually from April 18 to 22. The student-focused event included lectures, panels, demonstrations, educational events and more. The mission was to focus on the need to understand issues such as climate change and rising seas as well as the need to develop clean, renewable and energy and to comprehend how humans affect Earth from damaging practices to ways to nurture the environment. On April 18 Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) delivered a lecture, “Suffolk County Environmental Concerns.” There was an earlier symposium, April 12, titled “Global & Local Dimensions of the Plastic Crisis” with keynote speaker Erica Cirino, author of “Thicker than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis.” “Earthstock is a weeklong, campuswide tradition that celebrates Earth Day and raises awareness about climate change and sustainability,”

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said Richard Gatteau, vice president for student affairs and dean of students. “On Friday, April 22, the Stony Brook campus was full of excitement as environmental organizations and clubs, student groups and members of the community participated in the Earthstock Festival. It was great to see students, faculty and staff together once again celebrating this annual campus tradition with an Earth-friendly inspirational message.” In addition to educational displays and exhibits, Friday’s activities included live music, rubber duck races and the Green Pledge, where students promise to make a commitment to improve and sustain the natural world and resources around me. To end the weeklong celebration, the University Police Department partnered with Student Engagement and Activities to host the 6th annual Spring Fest. The afternoon activities provided an opportunity for students and campus police to enjoy field games, snacks and music together. “It was a great day for our police department,” officer Joseph Bica said. “Our officers conversed, played games and got to know our students while everyone enjoyed themselves.” —Photos by John Griffin/Stony Brook University

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Autism Awareness Month championed by small businesses month shows strength in community, with proceeds from the sale of food items going directly toward benefiting Catholic Health Spring is upon us and in times like these the and St. Charles Hospital. “The movement right now is shifting from importance of community is paramount. April is National Autism Awareness Month and autism awareness month to autism acceptance with it Long Island’s small month,” Virtual Therapy for Kids founder businesses are partnering Joe Conlon said. “I wanted to be part of that to benefit Catholic Health change, I wanted to help shift the movement and St. Charles Hospital in to acceptance. So, I thought the best way to do Port Jefferson in helping to brighten the lives it was to get the community involved — and people love these businesses.” of children and adults living with autism. Conlon has been credited with An estimated 5,437,988 or 2.21% of adults and 1 in 44 children in the United States have spearheading the month-long fundraiser and those businesses involved are autism and are somewhere thrilled to help in making this on the spectrum, according money-raising and moraleto the Centers for Disease boosting movement a reality. Control and Prevention. Located in Northport, The condition can be Robke’s Italian eatery is among debilitating, though this the seven participating eateries. is rare and otherwise Owner Louis Selvaggio manageable. Autism occurs Jr.’s sister, Mia, was in children when they are approached by Conlon with between 12-to-18 months the idea for the fundraising of age and in adolescents. effort. She said that because Despite its commonality, she works with “a lot of experts say that individuals local brands and businesses,” with autism and their she was able to help Conlon families can sometimes deal realize his goal of spreading with stigma. It’s important autism awareness and building to recognize this and move —Joe Conlon a campaign to ultimately forward with a sense of raise funds for the pediatric solidarity within our local rehabilitation program at St. communities. Charles Hospital. United under one cause, “So basically, him and I had a couple seven Long Island businesses are helping to combat the stigma associated with autism. of conversations, like how we can bring The observance of Autism Awareness this awareness and acceptance to this topic,” Selvaggio said. To do their part, Robke’s has created a unique rainbow mojito to sell to its patrons — 10% from each drink sold will be going toward benefiting the fundraiser. “A lot of people think of it as autism awareness month but it’s actually autism awareness and acceptance,” she said. “Instead of the color just being blue, it’s blue and rainbow, which a lot of people aren’t aware of until Joe explained this to me.” Selvaggio has a jewelry business that she said will also be helping the pediatric rehabilitation program. Bean’s Bagels owner, Michael Budani, who started working in the bagel business since he was an enterprising 15-year-old shop employee, was glad to help Conlon in realizing the fundraising mission — and it all came to fruition with just one Instagram direct message. “We’re very involved on social media with our crazy bagels and rainbow bagels,” Budani said. “I told [Conlon] I think it would be a great idea because what we’re all about is helping the kids.” Bean’s Bagels has only been in operation for four months in St. James, according to the owner, but has already made a significant impact in the community by supporting BY CHRIS MELLIDES DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

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‘The movement right now is shifting from autism awareness month to autism acceptance month.’

Spearheaded by Joe Conlon, below, businesses across Suffolk County are donating proceeds from the sale of food items to raise money for Autism Awareness. Businesses include Bean Bagels in St. James with its rainbow bagels and Robkes in Northport with specially-made mojitos. Photos from Joe Conlon

children’s baseball and softball games. “When we caught wind of [the fundraiser] we thought it was awesome, it’s a great opportunity to get our name out there and, most importantly, do a good deed for people,” Budani said. Dr. Ben Birney, a resident physician at St Charles Rehabilitation Center in Port Jefferson, said that he and Conlon were inseparable after becoming best friends in high school. Birney works in the rehabilitation unit doing clinical rotations with patients, among them children with neurological diseases. Birney’s nephew has autism and so this fundraiser means a lot to him and his family. He acknowledges that there is indeed a stigma associated with autism and that Conlon’s idea to benefit the community and St. Charles Hospital was a good decision. Speaking of the fundraiser, Birney said, “I think that is huge. It gives people even a couple of seconds out of their day to think about autism awareness.” The local businesses involved in the community fundraiser, with Robke’s Northport and Bean’s Bagels, are My Olive

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East Setauket ■ Kohl’s on Nesconset Highway in East

Setauket called the police on April 19 to report that a man and a woman allegedly stole assorted clothing items worth $853.

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called the police on April 20 to report that someone stole their dirt bike from their property on April 20. The vehicle, a yellow 2014 Suzuki DR-Z, was valued at $3,000.

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Grove reported that two women allegedly stole numerous items of clothing from the store on April 23. The merchandise was valued at $224.

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site at Brightview Port Jefferson on Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station between April 15 and April 18 and stole $4,700 worth of copper wire.

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Selden reported a shoplifter on April 21. A man allegedly stole 10 cases of Modelo beer worth $160.

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Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who allegedly stole multiple spools of wire from Lowe’s Home Improvement, located at 215 Nesconset Highway in Stony Brook, on April 18. The items were valued at $1364. his 2017 Nissan Ultima with multiple tools inside was stolen on April 19. The vehicle, which was unlocked and had the keys inside, was valued at $20,000.The tools were valued at $2,000.

South Setauket ■ Target on Pond Path in South Setauket reported a shoplifter on April 19. A man

■ Home Depot on Middle Country Road allegedly stole a Roomba vacuum worth $580.

in Selden called the police on April 18 to report that a man allegedly took two DeWalt pressure washers out the store without paying. The items were valued at $999.

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Setauket Elementary School hosts Founders Day for fourth grade students BY BEVERLY C. TYLER DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM “It is so cool that [Setauket] school has so much history around it and that it looks like it’s just a regular school.” (Mount Elementary School fourth grade student during this year’s Founders Day Original Settlement guided tours) On April 11 and 12, Three Village fourth grade students in 19 classes came to the Setauket Elementary School auditorium in celebration of Brookhaven Town Founders Day to learn about the history of Setauket/Brookhaven through the murals of artist Vance Locke. Most of the students from the other four Three Village elementary schools raised their hands when asked, “Is this the first time you have seen these murals in the auditorium?” Town of Brookhaven historian Barbara Russell and local historian Bev Tyler discussed each of the murals and the students heard from local artist Katherine Downs-Reuter. She described how the murals, the polychrome statues and the New York State Coat of Arms, which they now see in their original brilliant colors, were restored. Students were also treated to stories of Long Island’s indigenous people by Helen Sells, a Setalcott Native American descendant who, like both Russell and Tyler, attended Setauket school and viewed the murals as a student. Brookhaven Town Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich, who also served this year as a guide, showed students a map of Brookhaven and how the town grew from 1655 in Setauket to encompass 323 square miles and stretch from Long Island Sound to the Great South Bay. For the next two hours, each class, led by guides from the Three Village Historical Society, explored the Original Settlement area that surrounds the Setauket Village Green. The tour began with the polychrome statues of Setauket’s early leaders Richard Woodhull and General Washington’s intelligence chief Benjamin Tallmadge on the gables of the auditorium and gymnasium. On the front pediment of the school is the New York State Coat of Arms. Students learned about each restored artifact and about the U.S. Postal Service’s mile marker, encased in brick, that has stood along the road in front of the school since the first half of the 19th century. Walking into the Setauket Presbyterian Church cemetery, students identified the gravestones of three ship captains who moved commerce around the Atlantic coast and voyaged as far as China and Japan. They were also introduced to genre artist William Sidney Mount, one of the first artists to portray African Americans, both enslaved and free, as everyday people doing everyday activities. The last stop in the cemetery was at the grave and memorial to Setauket’s farmer and Culper spy ring leader Abraham Woodhull. At the Caroline Church cemetery, students learned about the 1751 gravestone of Elizabeth

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Moore, an inscription-carved rock, which was found during the 1937 restoration of the church. “Was she an indentured servant? Was she an enslaved person? We may never know.” The fourth graders were also introduced to philanthropist Thomas Hodgkins, his niece Emma Clark and the Melville family — Frank, Jennie, Ward and Dorothy — philanthropists all. At the Setauket Village Green, students learned about the long history of Long Island’s indigenous people and the Setalcott Native Americans who signed land deed agreements with Brookhaven’s original English settlers on April 14, 1655. At the veterans memorial, they saw and discussed the diversity of immigrants who lived and worked here, as well as the world-wide ancestry of the Three Village soldiers whose war-time deaths are memorialized here. In the Frank Melville Memorial Park, our fourth grade boys and girls learned about the importance of gristmills, millers, blacksmiths, post offices and the story of one of the Original Settlement’s 17th century homes. The next stop was at the location of the Tyler Bros. General Store, which offered people the opportunity to purchase needed supplies, pick up mail, visit to hear about the news of the day, or buy penny candy. Lucy Hart, when she was six or seven, used to stop at the general store on her way home from school. There was a glass case in the store which contained a number of selections of sweets. Lucy remembered, “You would get four of five round things for a penny. Jaw Breakers, three or four for a penny; and stick candy was a penny a stick.” At the Amos Smith House, students saw how the house changed and grew over more than 200 years. They discussed the seven generations

that lived in the house with as many as nine children in two of the families. They heard that the house and property were donated to the Three Village Community Trust in 2017 and will be environmentally and historically preserved forever. At the Setauket Neighborhood House, students learned about travel and transportation from the era of the indigenous people on Long Island to colonial travel with overnight stops at inns and ordinaries, which provided essential services. They saw how railroad lines were established on Long Island in the 19th century, significantly increasing travel and tourism from New York City to Long Island. The railroads also helped bring the industrial revolution to the area with Setauket factories hiring European immigrants who flooded into New York City; the new workers producing pianos and rubber goods. The fourth graders saw, heard and discussed how the Elderkin Hotel progressed from a hotel, with stage coach service from the Lakeland Railroad Station, to a tourist home, called the Lake House, with station wagon service from the Long Island Railroad’s Stony Brook station, and finally to its present name and its use as a meeting place for the entire community. Patriot’s Rock, a remnant of the last glacier and a Native American meeting place, provided an opportunity for students to learn about the Revolutionary War Battle of Setauket and Caleb Brewster, an artillery officer who directed the cannon fire. Also, how Brewster was an important member of the Setauket-based Culper Spy Ring. “I thought that it was so cool that we got to stand on the battlefield of the American Revolutionary War.” (Mount fourth grade student) “Founders Day is more than learning about our local history,” said Brookhaven Town Historian and Founder’s Day Committee Member Barbara

Russell, “It is an historical experience for our Three Village fourth grade students ... Learning that the Emma S. Clark library is not just the place to find books or attend a program, but is an architecturally interesting structure that was built by a local resident [Thomas Hodgkins] as a gift to the community; and there really was a person named Emma S. Clark is enlightening to fourth graders. Then they walk toward the Caroline Church and see the Hodgkins and Clark headstones — it all comes together in this fascinating look on a student’s face that they have just put it all together.” At the end of the tour, each student receives a copy of the Founders Day Companion (walking tour) Book prepared by the Three Village Historical Society, courtesy of the Three Village Central School District. Students, who can now be considered knowledgeable guides to the area’s local history, are encouraged to take their family members on the walking tour. Setauket school fourth grade students were so inspired by the 2018 Founders Day tour that they decided to produce a video story of each of the Vance Locke murals in the Setauket School auditorium. The students were led by Three Village Schools District Lead Teacher for Instructional Technology, Andy Weik, and fourth grade teacher Eric Gustafson. The students recorded the videos and they were produced with a QR code added at the base of each mural. All but two were completed in time for Culper Day, a community-wide celebration of the Setauket-based Culper Spy Ring with a wide range of community organizations and businesses taking part. For the first time, due to the student videos, the Setauket School auditorium was opened on a Saturday to take part in the celebration. A number of the students who worked on the video stories were present in the auditorium, in colonial costumes, to answer questions and talk to some of the 800 people who bought tickets for the Culper Day celebration as well as a few who wandered in to see what was happening. Setauket School principal Karen Mizell noted that this year the Setauket school auditorium will once again be open to the public on Culper Day, Saturday, Sept. 10. This year marked the 17th year that Three Village fourth grade students have come to the Setauket school auditorium to learn about the murals of the history of Setauket/Brookhaven and the eighth year the Founders Day Program has included the Original Settlement Walking Tour. The Founders Day program is updated every year, bringing new concepts and ideas needed within a changing curriculum. We hope that every fourth grade student will continue to experience the wonder of our local history and be excited to learn more of the stories of the people who lived here and what they contributed to our history. Beverly C. Tyler is a 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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Patriots host Brentwood in Childhood Cancer Awareness game BY BILL LANDON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Seven-year-old Jase Rossi from Lake Ronkonkoma has been battling cancer for the last 813 days, according to Ward Melville head coach Joseph Burger, whose team hosted Brentwood in a Childhood Cancer Awareness softball game Saturday morning, April 23. Jase along with his parents made their way to the field through an arch of balloons and a canopy of raised bats to take the field. Over the last two plus years, Jase has had to endure countless blood platelet transfusions, weekly chemo and steroid treatments, multiple trips to the emergency room and extended

hospital stays yet stood strong and threw out the first pitch to Ward Melville’s Maddie Kiely. All the girls wore yellow jerseys, commemorating the event that help raise over $3,795 in online donations. The money will go to the Friends of Karen an organization that helps families with children stricken with life threatening illnesses. Nintendo switch video game console was presented to Jase as a gift right before both teams took the field where the Patriots put on a perfect 12-0 shutout performance. Ward Melville sophomore Victoria Killigrew threw her first career no-hitter in the victory. — Photos by Bill Landon

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Community-led lawsuit delays Flowerfield subdivision approval BY CHRIS MELLIDES DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Concerned local property owners were joined by members of Saint James-Head of the Harbor Neighborhood Preservation Coalition and other representatives to block the planned subdivision by Gyrodyne to repurpose the 63-acre Flowerfield site. A legal challenge was filed April 26 to overturn the March 30 preliminary subdivision approval by the Town of Smithtown Planning Board. The application proposal from Gyrodyne included a multistory 125-room hotel along with 250 assisted living housing units, 175,000 square feet of office space, parking to accommodate over 2,000 cars and a 7-acre sewage plant. Among those who spoke at Tuesday’s press conference on the corner of Mills Pond Road and Route 25A outside of Flowerfield were local attorney Joseph Bollhofer; Town of Brookhaven Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich (D-Stony Brook); legal counselor E. Christopher Murray; and Judy Ogden, Head of the Harbor village trustee and neighborhood preservation coalition spokesperson. “Our lawsuit has been filed and the decision to file this litigation against the Smithtown government was not made lightly,” Bollhofer said. “Like many of you, I love this town. I grew up here, my wife was born in St. James. In the 1970s, I did my Eagle Scout project for the benefit of the people in this town.” Bollhofer went on to say that the “Smithtown government is doing a very good job” yet its handling of the Gyrodyne application has been bungled. “It’s been our hope that we are able to preserve this property,” he added. “We’ve been doing our best to get the people involved with this to come together to try and find a way to get the money to pay Gyrodyne fair compensation for this open space.” Representing Three Village Civic Association was Herb Mones. “Smithtown has to go back and review its determinations on this property,” he said, while also saying that

Clockwise from top, Attorney Joseph Bollhofer; Three Village Civic Association member Herb Mones and Jessica Jones; Head of the Harbor village trustee and neighborhood preservation coalition spokesperson, Judy Ogden. Photos by Chris Mellides

in the opinion of many in the civic association, the Town of Smithtown did not pay close enough attention to the law that required them to “carefully review what the buildout would mean to the surrounding community.” Living just 600 feet up the road from Flowerfield, Ogden spoke on behalf of residents in the communities of both St. James and Head of the Harbor. Together, Ogden said community members have been speaking publicly against the Gyrodyne subdivision application for the past two years. “We’ve been speaking at public forums, at Zoom meetings, writing letters and sending emails at every opportunity that has been provided to express our concerns with the proposed Gyrodyne megadevelopment,” she said. “But no matter what we say or how many people show up, our voices have been ignored.” For more than a year, opponents to the subdivision application have said that the

environmental impacts of changes Gyrodyne made to its original plan after the initial environmental review was completed have not been evaluated and “did not comply with state law,” according to a press release issued on the day of the event. “The role of government is to show leadership, which represents all people of the community and follows a comprehensive plan steering development in the right direction, while preserving and enhancing the nature of our community and natural resources,” said Ogden.

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“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.” — William Faulkner The founding of this nation would have been impossible without letters to the press. In 1776, Thomas Paine had captured the spirit of his times and wrote the most influential pamphlet of the American Revolution, “Common Sense.” Paine was not writing to the powers that be. Rather, he addressed his essay “to the inhabitants of America.” The Revolution was fought and won because ordinary Americans — people like Paine — had ideas they believed were worth reading. They wrote down their grievances of British rule and shared them with their countrymen. Through these revolutionary writings, a common folk resurrected an ancient principle: unearthing democracy from the ashes of antiquity. So what happened? Why have we lost touch with this uniquely American tradition? In this Information Age, we find that access to information has become, paradoxically, severely limited. With the introduction of the internet, we were sold the hope that new technologies would educate the masses, that instant messaging and social media would create a wider forum for democratic participation. While this has happened, our era also is marked by censorship and misinformation. Americans no longer trust their institutions. Everywhere we look, we find politicians who disregard our interests and tech executives who monitor and monetize our activity online. Globally, powerful interests invest billions every year to restrict access to information and keep the people in the dark. Our technologies have become the instruments of autocrats, used to subvert democracy rather than promote it. To the readers of TBR News Media and the people throughout this community, do not put your faith in tech moguls to represent you fairly. Regular people are left not knowing what to believe and what are the facts. This is why letters to the editor in newspapers are so crucial. Democracy depends on ordinary Americans speaking truth to power. We must remember the example of Paine and be unafraid to let our opinions be heard. We must present our own unique ideas to our fellow Americans, reopening the robust political exchanges of the past. The staff of TBR News Media welcomes letters. Write to us because our democracy requires it.

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Happy 188th anniversary Long Island Rail Road The Line of Dashing Dan was officially Let us all wish a whappy 188th anniversary to the Long Island Rail Road. chartered on April 24, 1965, by the State of New York. Prior to 1965, the On April 24, 1834, the LIRR derived almost 100% Long Island Rail Road of its funding for both capital was officially chartered and operating expenses from by the State of New York. fares. Chartered by the state In 1900, the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1965 as the Railroad bought a Metropolitan Commuter controlling interest as Transportation Authority, it part of its plan for direct was created to purchase and access to Manhattan operate the bankrupt LIRR. which began on Sept. 8, In 1966, New York 1910. The Pennsylvania State bought the railroad’s Railroad subsidized the controlling stock from the LIRR into the late 1940s. Pennsylvania Railroad and This provided the financial put it under the newly formed basis for support of Larry Penner MCTA, which changed its expansion and upgrades to name to the Metropolitan service and infrastructure. Transportation Authority in At the end of World War II, there began a decline of our LIRR with 1968 when it took over operations of the a corresponding loss of fare-box revenues. New York City Transit Authority. With MTA subsidies, the LIRR The Pennsylvania Railroad began to reduce financial support as well. This played a part modernized further and grew into the in the LIRR going into receivership in busiest commuter railroad in the United 1949. In recognition of the role the LIRR States. Over the past 50 years, several played in the economy of both Long Island billion dollars in combined county, city, and New York City, New York State began state and federal taxpayer-generated providing financial assistance to the LIRR dollars have subsidized both the capital and operating costs for the LIRR. in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Support for Englebright’s bill

Brookhaven Town strongly supports efforts to reduce the amount of solid waste that has to be incinerated or landﬁlled. The Town supports efforts to reduce the amount of waste entering our waste stream through the adoption of an effective Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) plan. Assemblyman Steve Englebright’s (D-Setauket) EPR bill would mandate waste reduction. This bill would require manufacturer’s to redesign packaging products to be reused or recycled. Manufacturers should also be required to utilize recycled materials in their product designs and be prohibited from using toxic materials in the manufacture of their product packaging. Finally, New York State, not the packaging companies, should be in charge of regulating and enforcing the provision of any EPR law. That’s why we support Assemblyman Englebright’s bill. Ed Romaine Brookhaven Town Supervisor

No ‘curriculum transparency’ in 3V

My wife and I have always been very engaged in our children’s education. Whether it’s working on homework together, being a class parent or having detailed discussions with a teacher about progress. We have found that when a dialogue is created with our children’s teachers, they are very receptive. It’s always been very clear what is being taught in school, what the children are working on and the context in which it’s presented. The concept of so-called curriculum transparency might sound ﬁne on the surface. But when one considers that there never has been a lack of transparency regarding the curriculum, one must ask what is this all about. Throughout many school districts on Long Island and across the nation, this movement has been proven to be nothing more than an attempt at banning books and historical lessons that conﬂict with the preexisting bias that some people have failed to evolve beyond. We have seen books like “The Diary of Anne Frank,” “Maus,” “Persepolis” and

This included paying for many capital improvements on the Port Jefferson Branch. In 1970, electrification was extended from Mineola to Huntington which benefited riders through to Port Jefferson. Riders must remember that fare hikes are periodically required if the MTA is to provide the services millions of New Yorkers use daily. These ticket increases are inevitable due to inflation, along with increasing costs of labor, power, fuel, supplies, materials, routine safety, state of good repair, replacement of worn-out rolling stock, upgrades to stations, yards and shops along with system expansion projects necessary to run any transit system. In the end, quality and frequency of service is dependent upon secure revenue streams. We all have to contribute, be it at the fare box or tax revenues generated by different levels of government redistributed back to the MTA. TANSTAAFL (“there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch”) — or in this case, a free ride. Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York office.

many others attacked if not outright banned in some districts. Books like these cover some challenging and uncomfortable topics. Except reading and learning is not about being comfortable. It’s about pushing the boundaries, expanding our understanding and evolving. That process is sometimes uncomfortable. If you want to be physically stronger you need to experience discomfort in your muscles — no pain, no gain. If you want to expand your knowledge and have a more complete view of the world the mind goes through a similar process. Any candidate that chooses to run under the moniker of so-called curriculum transparency has no business being on the 3V board of education. Three Village has long been known as a beacon of knowledge and education. The key to maintaining and expanding on that is with people that embrace public education. Not someone who has a clear chip on their shoulder against the district. Ian Farber East Setauket

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Opinion The ‘Piano Man’ brings unity and welcome normalcy

inally, two years later, we were going to see Billy Joel. We had bought tickets to a concert in April of 2020, which was canceled because of the pandemic. The rescheduled event last year was also delayed. An anticipation had been building that reminded me of the seemingly endless three years between the end of the Star Wars film “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi.” Within a few blocks D. None of the stadium, we ran into the heaviest traffic of the above we’d experienced BY DANIEL DUNAIEF in Charlotte, North Carolina since we arrived four years ago. My wife asked if I wanted her to park the car so I could make sure I was in our seats on time. I

declined, knowing I didn’t want to experience any part of the evening without her. While we sat in our car, waiting for the slow line to move, we watched as many of the people heading to the stadium were our age or older. We were either being nostalgic or hoping Billy Joel’s music could be our musical time machine. We arrived at the stadium well before the 8 pm start time, where every seat gradually filled. When Joel started the concert at 8:30 with “My Life,” the packed crowd roared its heartfelt approval. The weight of time — the two years anticipating this concert and the decades that passed since I first enjoyed the song’s lyrics and melody — quickly slipped off my shoulders. Flashing lights from the stage and enlarged images of Billy Joel’s 72-year old fingers dancing across the piano keys created a visual spectacle. Accompanied by saxophone and trumpet players who would have blown the roof off the building if there were one, Joel thanked the crowd for coming after a long delay.

With songs from several albums through the 70s and 80s, Joel shared some of his biggest hits. People in the crowd played their own version of the show “Name that tune,” shouting out the song’s title as quickly as possible. Thanks to Linda Ronstadt, who Joel said encouraged him to play “Just the Way You Are,” he included that love song. Joel said he and his wife, for whom he wrote that song, got divorced, so people shouldn’t listen to him. But listen to him and his music we did. When the lights were off, the packed crowd swayed back and forth, holding up cell phones with lit camera lights, the way previous generations of concertgoers held up their lighters. As he’s done at other concerts I attended, Joel stopped singing and the band stopped playing during “Piano Man” while the audience sang the chorus, “Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Well, we’re all in the mood for a melody and you’ve got us feeling alright.” I’m sure I wasn’t the only one with a smirk and goosebumps.

Swaying and singing in our seats, we were active participants in this long-awaited evening out, allowing ourselves to enjoy moments of unity. Not as spry as he’d been decades ago, Joel moved more gingerly. He still shared his storytelling and lyrical voice, captivating an appreciative crowd. In between tunes, he noodled at the piano, as if he weren’t in an enormous football stadium in North Carolina below the image of a ferocious panther but was, rather, in a piano bar somewhere in New York City. He said the “key” to his longevity was “not dying.” When the nighttime air got too hot for us, a light wind, which is uncharacteristic for Charlotte, washed over our skin. Leaning in, my wife smiled and whispered, “cue the breeze.” The music itself reached much deeper than the wind, refreshing our souls and allowing us to revisit people like Sergeant O’Leary, the old man making love to his tonic and gin, and the “Big Shot.”

I imagine this is exactly what Olmsted envisioned for his park

man I never met had a profound effect on my early life. Indeed, I could not have met him since his 200th birthday was this past Tuesday. There are millions of others whose lives he has touched and continue to touch all over the country. His name is Frederick Law Olmsted, and along with a colleague, Calvert Vaux, he designed Central Park in the late 1850s. He went on to design many Between other parks and public you and me spaces, but Central BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF Park was his first. Olmsted was more than a landscape architect, and his philosophy and appreciation of community and human nature were built into his designs. Proving that I am not the only one who feels his importance, I was pleased to notice a special section about Olmsted

published in Tuesday’s New York Times. All subsequent quotes are from that section, written by Audra D.S. Burch, with sayings from essays of Frederick Law Olmsted. “In plots of earth and green, Olmsted saw something more: freedom, human connection, public health…Olmsted’s vision is as essential today as it was more than a century ago. His parks helped sustain Americans’ mental and physical health and social connections during the darkest days of the pandemic. As COVID-19 lockdowns unlaced nearly every familiar aspect of life, parks were reaffirmed as respite, an escape from quarantine.” And this from Olmsted: “The park should, as far as possible, complement the town. Openness is the one thing you cannot get in buildings… The enjoyment of scenery employs the mind without fatigue and yet exercises it, tranquilizes it and yet enlivens it; and thus through the influence of the mind over the body, gives the effect of refreshing rest and reinvigoration to the whole system… We want a ground to which people may easily go after their day’s work is done, and where they may stroll for an hour, seeing, hearing,

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and feeling nothing of the bustle and jar of the streets, where they shall, in effect, find the city put far away from them.” When people ask me where I grew up, I answer, “New York City,” but I should answer “Central Park.” Almost every Sunday without inclement weather, my dad would take us to the park for the day, giving my mom time for herself. It worked out splendidly for him because he grew up on a farm and never liked the urban surroundings in which we lived. It also gave him some uninterrupted time with us since we didn’t see much of him during the work week. And of course it was welcomed by my mother, who then had a chance to sleep in and tend to her own needs. Dad would awaken early, make us a creative breakfast that always involved eggs and braised onions plus whatever other ingredients happened to be in the fridge. Never were two Sunday breakfasts the same. Then we would go off, my younger sister and I with him, to “The Park.” There were many different destinations once we left the street and stepped into the

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Doug Elliot is the type of educator that leaves a lasting impression on his students long after they have left his classroom. His lessons resound in their thoughts and apply to everyday life. Year after year, a former student takes the time to let him know the impact he has made. There is no better testament. Laura Leidahl, Colleague Doug Elliot is a teacher extraordinaire. A twenty first century scholar, educator, mentor and cultivator of student knowledge. His life work has been devoted to students both inside and beyond the classroom. His innovation and dedication within the classroom have inspired student inquiry and achievement. Transcending his commitment as a teacher, are his superlative efforts as a long-standing coach of the awarding winning Mock Trials Team. His endeavors in this arena have earned him the prestigious, Federal Bar Association in Excellence in Civics Education Award. Despite these amazing accomplishments and accolades, what always remains most important to Doug Elliot is his students; their feelings, their experiences, their value and appreciation for learning.

Cheryl Pedisich, Superintendent of Schools Mr. Elliot is the epitome of a passionate teacher and a dedicated mentor. His tireless efforts change the lives of his students by helping them master the written word and empower them to find their voice. Mr. Elliot’s work and leadership is unmatched, and I am lucky to have had the opportunity to learn from him over the many years.

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