TIMES HERALD The Village
Stony Brook • old Field • Strong’S neck • Setauket • eaSt Setauket • South Setauket • Poquot t April 30, 2015
Volume 40, No. 9
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Construction boots Stony Brook ball field By andrea Moore Paldy
An evening with Chef Paolo Fontana
also: ‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’ in Northport; Helen Stein Shack Picture Book winners
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A new, $1.6 million, 4,000-square-foot facility for maintenance and operations is rising on the North Country Administration property on Suffolk Avenue in Stony Brook. Money from the recent bond is being used to fund the building, which will provide relief for the administration building, which now houses ground crew supplies, carpentry facilities and a paint shop in one of its wings. The district’s auto shop is a separate building also located on the premises. The new building will mean that there will be more space inside the administration center for career and technical classrooms for the Three Village Academy, said Jeff Carlson, assistant superintendent for business services. Being able to provide vocational courses will save the district the fees it pays
Bond brings new building three Village central School district is constructing a new building on its administration property.
to BOCES, he said. “We want to make it nicer for the neighborhood,” Carlson said of the construction. “We
want to be a good neighbor.” Though some neighbors might be disappointed to see the baseball fields on the south
Photo by Phil Corso
side of the building sacrificed, Carlson said the administration plans to spruce up the fields on the other side of the building.
North Shore shares sustainability at Earthstock By Phil corSo
Breaking ground
Longtime dream becomes reality in Stony Brook Jewish community
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For one day, Seawolves stepped aside to give floatable red rubber ducks the spotlight. Hundreds of organizations across the North Shore converged onto Stony Brook University’s campus on Friday to celebrate the 14th annual Earthstock — the cornerstone of a weeklong Earth Day extravaganza at the school. By that afternoon, a throng of students and residents celebrated by floating hundreds of red rubber ducks down an on-campus brook — an activity that had become a known visual for Earthstock. The college hosted events all week long in observance of Earth Day, including public lectures, a farmers market, drumming circles, art showcases and even beatboxing. The annual Earth party came just days after Stony Brook University was ranked fourth overall on The Princeton Review’s environmentally re-
sponsible university list, which awarded the school a perfect green rating score. “Environmental stewardship is a commitment the university makes to students, faculty and staff; and together we are committed to the community at large,” said Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. “Implementation of green technologies, resources, and sustainability initiatives is an investment that not only impacts the future of Stony Brook, but our collective future. We share this outstanding distinction with the entire campus community.” The school recycled the most e-waste nationally in the annual RecycleMania 2013 and 2014 competitions, and operates 10 electric vehicle charging stations. Since 2006, Stony Brook has planted more than 4,900 trees, saplings, bushes and perennials using an on-campus greenhouse and nursery. More photos on page a13
Photo by Phil Corso
the rubber duck race is an ongoing tradition at earthstock.