The Village Times Herald - May 18, 2023

LIMEHOF added to library museum pass collection

It’s music to our ears! The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame Museum, located at 97 Main Street in Stony Brook village, is now a part of Emma Clark library’s beloved Museum Pass Collection.

The Museum opened its doors in November 2022 and features displays of original musical instruments, famous awards, apparel, and other memorabilia from many of Long Island’s favorite artists.

Thanks to the library, residents may now visit this local gem for free with a Museum Pass — the museum lists regular admission

prices on their website as adults at $19.50, seniors/veterans at $17, and students at $15. The library’s pass allows free admission for two adults and three children up to age 18. In addition, this Museum Pass is “Print on Demand,” meaning Emma Clark library cardholders may print the pass from home or any computer (no need to pick up and return a physical pass to the library).

The library has over 30 museums and cultural institutions in the Museum Pass program. See them all and reserve a museum pass at emmaclark.org/museum-passes.

Two independent candidates win seats on 3V school board; incumbent Kerman keeps his Board also addresses issues of racism in the district

BY MALLIE KIM DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

The Board of Education will welcome newcomers Karen Roughley and David McKinnon to the table in Three Village Central School District, alongside returning trustee Jeffrey Kerman. The school board announced and certified the results during a meeting on Tuesday night, May 16.

interest in improving curriculum and instituting forward-looking financial planning. “I hope this paves the way for other independent candidates to run for the board.”

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Roughley and McKinnon are no strangers to the board room, as they often attend meetings to advocate for district issues they are passionate about. During a fraught two-week campaign, the two, who campaigned together, emphasized their status as independent candidates — that is, not endorsed or financially supported by any bargaining unit, something both candidates have said could be a conflict of interest.

“This was a good win for the community. We were community-backed,” said McKinnon, a professor of neurobiology and behavior at Stony Brook University, adding that his win comes after several years of building confidence within the community. McKinnon ran unsuccessfully for the board twice before, and during the campaign conveyed a strong

McKinnon received 2,101 votes, coming in second behind Roughley, who brought in 2,222 votes.

This was the second bid for Roughley, who has been a vocal advocate for the special education community over the years, and during the campaign she highlighted the budget and bullying as top issues she would want to address. She received the most votes, at 2,222.

“I’m very proud,” she said after the meeting. “I’m very honored to be representing all the community of Three Village.”

Rounding out the trio, Kerman, a dentist, received 1,777 votes and said he was very proud to have voter support again. “I have a lot of experience, and I can help the new [members],” said Kerman, referring to the fact that he has served 17 years on the board, including two years as board president. During the campaign, he expressed gratitude for all the district did to help his two children succeed. “This is pay back and pay forward,” he said. “I’m here to help the district and keep it good.”

The community also approved the 2023‒24

district budget with 2,332 yes votes over 1,559 no votes. The vast majority of registered voters in the district skipped the election, despite the fact that the district’s budget makes up a large portion of each resident’s tax bill. A total of 3,891 voters participated, out of 36,396 qualified voters in the district.

Superintendent addresses racism, district OKs book up for review

Also, during the May 16 meeting, Superintendent Kevin Scanlon presented a strongly worded message against incidents of racism in the district and said the administration has brought in consultants to help address it, including one member of the Little Rock Nine, the group of black students who desegregated their school in Arkansas in 1957.

Scanlon said he would soon share with district families more details about a specific incident under investigation, and he compared racism in schools to drugs and alcohol. “If anyone in a school district tells you that they don’t have an alcohol and drug problem, they’re lying,” he said. “Every district in this country has an alcohol and drug program, and we are no exception to that rule.”

The district has curriculum and counseling staff to specifically address alcohol and drugs, and Scanlon said the same needs to happen to quash racism and bigotry. He pointed to the work of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

David McKinnon and Karen Roughley, above, along with incumbent Jeffrey Kerman, won seats on the board of education. Photo by Mallie Kim

Vendors participating in cancer fundraiser ticketed by Health Department

BY DANIEL FEBRIZIO DANIEL@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

On April 16, the Three Village Dads Foundation organized a fundraiser to raise funds for childhood cancer research for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Representatives from the Suffolk County Department of Health Services interrupted the event, saying that the proper permits had not been purchased.

they realized, ‘Maybe we kind of kicked the wrong hornet’s nest here,’ and they were just going to leave it alone. And then all of a sudden here we are getting these letters to appear in court.”

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David Tracy, chairman and CEO of Three Village Dads, refused to shut down the event. He was upset by the disruption and contacted several news outlets to seek some answers and hopefully an apology from the county.

On April 17, a spokesperson from the county told Newsday that the citation given to the Three Village Dads Foundation did not carry a fine, but on May 2 the Department of Health Services did send out summons to two different vendors that had donated their time at the event: Chico’s Tex Mex and The Long Island Airstream Experience.

“We were thinking that, with not hearing anything after the public pushback, they were willing to just kind of forget about it,” Tracy said in a phone interview. “Maybe

Tracy’s biggest frustration is the lack of communication and clarity from the county. “Nobody from the county at any level called to even tell me that I was wrong,” Tracy said referring to the permits that were not secured prior to the event. “It was pure ignorance; it wasn’t negligence. We weren’t trying to avoid paying a $100 permit.”

Tracy said that they raised over $25,000 for childhood cancer research and that paying a small fee for permits would not have been an issue. He wishes that someone from the Health Department had contacted him prior to the event.

“Why not just pick up the phone and rectify it there if it was truly all about educating us?” Tracy queried, referring to the fact that a spokesperson from the county told Newsday that their purpose was to educate the event organizers about regulations for future events.

An email from the Department of Health’s media relations department said that on April 10 it became aware through a Facebook advertisement that Long

Island Airstream Experience would be operating at the Three Village Dads event. “The Facebook post contained no contact information for the sponsor or organizer of the event,” the email stated. “As a result, [Bureau of Public Health Protection]was unable to contact the organizer in advance to discuss SCDHS requirements for food service.”

The Three Village Dad’s website is the first search result when googling “Three Village Dads,” and contact information can be found on that website.

Tracy expressed that Airstream Experience and Chico’s Tex Mex both were donating their time for the event and were doing this as a favor to Tracy and the Three Village Dads.

“My organization will be paying any fines,” Tracy said. “I even have people that are ready to start a fundraiser if need be.”

Tracy believes that the Health Department was primarily targeting The Long Island Airstream Experience after some complaints from food truck vendors on Long Island that airstreams are not scrutinized as heavily as food trucks are. Tracy said the county may have used this event as an opportunity to fine the airstream business and that the Three Village Dads and particularly Chico’s

Tex Mex got caught in the crossfire.

“They’re just going after the airstream business and they used our event to get to him,” Tracy said.

Another email from the Department of Health’s media relations department states that Chico’s Tex Mex will not face a fine since they do not have a history of non-compliance, but that “LI Airstream Experience has a history of non-compliance with the department and faces a possible fine.”

The email also added that Long Island Airstream Experience “has previously been informed that the operation meets the sanitary code definition of food service and requires department permits.”

“I’m ready for this to be over,” Tracy said. “I was hoping that it was already over. It’s unfortunate this has to be dragged out again … I don’t want the county to look bad … but they need to understand that there’s different ways to go about things and this was handled poorly.”

Thomas Francis of The Long Island Airstream Experience and Vinny Galan of Chico’s Tex Mex are scheduled to appear to answer for the alleged permit violations on May 31. The summons state that penalties could be up to $2,000 for a violation.

“Wekeepyourhousecleanandyourlawngreen”

Lucky bet helps Country House through pandemic

BY CAROLYN SACKSTEIN DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

The universe works in mysterious ways. It embraced the Country House, located at the corner of Route 25A and Main Street in Stony Brook, on May 4, 2019, race day for the 145th “Run for the Roses” at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky.

Owner Bob Willemstyn was preparing to open the restaurant when a friend informed him that one of the horses, running in the Kentucky Derby, was named Country House. Never a gambler, Willemstyn went down to the offtrack betting to place a $100 bet to win on the horse bearing the name of the restaurant he had worked in since 1978 and owned since 2005.

Willemstyn was told, “The horse is a long shot with odds 65-1 against it.” Many tried to get him to reduce his wager or not bet the horse at all. “I really don’t care, I didn’t want to be cheap,” Willemstyn said. “I have lost a hundred dollars on other things before. So that was the year that it was a very rainy racetrack, it was mucky. The horses were coming around and something happened that has only happened once in 149 years of the race — the first-place horse got disqualified.”

The winner and 9-2 favorite, Maximum

Security, was found to have violated rules against interference when he strayed into the paths of War of Will, Long Range Toddy and Country House. After race officials viewed the video tape, Country House, who never raced again, was declared the winner. Willemstyn’s bet and faith in Country House was vindicated.

The providential windfall from his bet came just in time to allow for renovations to the restaurant building when the COVID-19 shutdown occurred. Willemstyn was able to address structural issues in one of the smaller dining areas used for private parties. It also happens to be the room in which the spirit of former colonial resident Annette Williamson manifests itself.

The ceiling was removed along with the flor of the room above, and the beams were exposed. This process revealed the upper room and resulted in a more spacious feel to the dining room. The ceiling above was painted to suggest a blue sky. Other tweaks and repairs were done to the building and grounds, while keeping the traditional colonial look so beloved and expected by his patrons.

During the renovations a variety of artifacts and structures from the 18th and 19th centuries were found. Willemstyn is considering ways in which to display some of them. As in years past, he continues to refresh the interior decor throughout the year as seasons and holidays change. Attention to the smallest detail is paramount to Willemstyn’s hospitality.

Just as the building and grounds were refreshed, the menu was also revamped to appeal to family dining and bar patrons. Some 90% or more of all offerings are homemade, and farms from the East End bring their fresh seasonal produce to the Country House. Seasonal foods and bar offerings reflect holidays and special occasions. As an example, mint juleps were featured on the first Saturday in May, Kentucky Derby Day.

The Country House is open Wednesdays though Sundays, from noon to closing. Due to confusion about Country House on the web, Willemstyn requests that people use the following websites: countryhouserestaurant.com or countryhouserestaurant.net.

A windfall from a lucky bet allowed Bob Willemstyn, Country House owner, to renovate the restaurant. Photos by Carolyn Sackstein

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committees, but said the entire community also needs to act.

“Enough is enough,” he said. “We have to address this not only in our schools, but in our homes and throughout our community every single day. That’s the only way to stop it.”

The board also heard the results of a recent instructional materials review triggered by a parent complaint.

According to Assistant Superintendent Brian Biscari, the book “All the Colors We Are: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color,” by Katie Kissinger, is used in second grade

health classes districtwide. A concerned parent emailed a complaint, Biscari said, calling the material in the book “damaging and racist.”

A committee made up of an administrator, a second-grade teacher, a library media specialist and a parent convened and reviewed the book’s subject, themes and appropriateness for the age level. No committee members had objections to the book. “The content of the book was related to the science of skin color, including melanin, ancestors and family and exposure to the sun,” Biscari read from the committee’s recommendation to keep the book in the curriculum. “The themes represented in this book are appropriate topics for students in the second-grade health classes.”

The following incidents have been reported by Suffolk County Police:

The following incidents have been reported by Suffolk County Police:

Coram man arrested for shooting cop

Coram man arrested for shooting cop

Suffolk County Police arrested a Coram man after he shot a Suffolk County police officer on May 11. Sixth Precinct officers were conducting surveillance on a Norfleet Lane home in Coram after receiving information that Janell Funderburke, who was wanted for an armed robbery that occurred two days earlier, was inside. Funderburke exited the home and upon seeing officers, he fled. One officer pursued the suspect on foot and Funderburke fired two shots at the officer, striking him in the right thigh, at approximately 12:50 a.m.

Suffolk County Police arrested a Coram man after he shot a Suffolk County police officer on May 11. Sixth Precinct officers were conducting surveillance on a Norfleet Lane home in Coram after receiving information that Janell Funderburke, who was wanted for an armed robbery that occurred two days earlier, was inside. Funderburke exited the home and upon seeing officers, he fled. One officer pursued the suspect on foot and Funderburke fired two shots at the officer, striking him in the right thigh, at approximately 12:50 a.m.

The officer, a six-year veteran of the department assigned to the Sixth Precinct Anti-Crime Unit, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital via police vehicle and underwent surgery. Funderburke, 20, of Homestead Drive in Coram, was charged with Attempted Aggravated Murder and Robbery 1st Degree.

The officer, a six-year veteran of the department assigned to the Sixth Precinct Anti-Crime Unit, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital via police vehicle and underwent surgery. Funderburke, 20, of Homestead Drive in Coram, was charged with Attempted Aggravated Murder and Robbery 1st Degree.

Coram driver arrested for DWAI after crash at Commack gas station

Coram driver arrested for DWAI after crash at Commack gas station

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Suffolk County Police arrested a Coram man for allegedly driving while ability impaired by drugs and alcohol after he crashed a vehicle into a gas station in Commack on May 10. Hunter Addonizio was driving a 2010 Dodge Challenger westbound on Veterans Memorial Highway, and attempted to merge onto Jericho Turnpike, when the vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a gas pump and another vehicle at Sunoco, located at 2211 Jericho Turnpike, at approximately 11 p.m. A man and a woman, who were inside the vehicle that was struck, were transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore for treatment of minor injuries. Addonizio, 21, of Hayes Lane in Coram, was charged with Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs and Alcohol.

Suffolk County Police arrested a Coram man for allegedly driving while ability impaired by drugs and alcohol after he crashed a vehicle into a gas station in Commack on May 10. Hunter Addonizio was driving a 2010 Dodge Challenger westbound on Veterans Memorial Highway, and attempted to merge onto Jericho Turnpike, when the vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a gas pump and another vehicle at Sunoco, located at 2211 Jericho Turnpike, at approximately 11 p.m. A man and a woman, who were inside the vehicle that was struck, were transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore for treatment of minor injuries. Addonizio, 21, of Hayes Lane in Coram, was charged with Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs and Alcohol.

ShotSpotter program meetings

ShotSpotter program meetings

The Suffolk County Police Department will host three community meetings to provide information and address concerns regarding the upcoming implementation of ShotSpotter in Suffolk County communities. The meetings will be held at the SCPD Second Precinct, located at 1071 Park Ave. in Huntington, on May 15 at 6 p.m.; at the Brentwood Public Library, located at 34 Second Ave. in Brentwood, on May 16 at 6 p.m.; and at the SCPD Sixth Precinct, located at 400 Route 25 in Selden, on May 17 at 6 p.m.

The Suffolk County Police Department will host three community meetings to provide information and address concerns regarding the upcoming implementation of ShotSpotter in Suffolk County communities. The meetings will be held at the SCPD Second Precinct, located at 1071 Park Ave. in Huntington, on May 15 at 6 p.m.; at the Brentwood Public Library, located at 34 Second Ave. in Brentwood, on May 16 at 6 p.m.; and at the SCPD Sixth Precinct, located at 400 Route 25 in Selden, on May 17 at 6 p.m.

Groceries stolen from Stop & Shop

Groceries stolen from Stop & Shop

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the woman who allegedly stole items from Stop & Shop, located at 449 Portion Road in Ronkonkoma on April 1.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the woman who allegedly stole items from Stop & Shop, located at 449 Portion Road in Ronkonkoma on April 1.

Kings Park man arrested for taking photos of children without permission

Kings Park man arrested for taking photos of children without permission

Suffolk County Police arrested a Kings Park man on May 15 for allegedly taking pictures of children without consent at a Smithtown gymnastics school. Robert Colyvas entered Gold Medal Gymnastics Center, located at 253 West Main Street, on April 29 between 12:40 p.m. and 1 p.m. and allegedly took pictures of the staff and children without consent.

Following an investigation by Fourth Precinct Crime Section officers, Colyvas, 29, was arrested at his home on Orchard Drive in Kings Park and charged with allegedly Endangering the Welfare of a Child. Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call Fourth Precinct Crime Section officers at 631854-8426.

Suffolk County Police arrested a Kings Park man on May 15 for allegedly taking pictures of children without consent at a Smithtown gymnastics school. Robert Colyvas entered Gold Medal Gymnastics Center, located at 253 West Main Street, on April 29 between 12:40 p.m. and 1 p.m. and allegedly took pictures of the staff and children without consent. Following an investigation by Fourth Precinct Crime Section officers, Colyvas, 29, was arrested at his home on Orchard Drive in Kings Park and charged with allegedly Endangering the Welfare of a Child. Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call Fourth Precinct Crime Section officers at 631-854-8426.

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Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about these incidents can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-220-TIPS.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about these incidents can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-220-TIPS.

Do you recognize this woman? Photos from SCPD

Robert Colyvas

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Assistant Superintendent Jeff Carlson congratulates incumbent Jeffrey Kerman on his win. Photo Mallie Kim

Richard and Benjamin Floyd — Setauket Loyalists

BY BEVERLY C. TYLER DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

“New York, July 20, 1780. Col. Floyd. Sir, I recd your favor. by Mr. Roe and note the contents. The articles you want cannot be procured, as soon as they can will send them. I am, Your humble Servant, SAMUEL CULPER.”

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Robert Townsend, the Culper Spy Ring’s agent in New York, wrote the above note to a prominent Long Island Loyalist, Benjamin Floyd, who had been robbed and needed to obtain many of the items stolen. Townsend wrote the note, supposedly directed to Floyd, and used the invisible ink on the same paper to provide information for General George Washington on the buildup of British troops and ships. With this message, Austin Roe could now leave New York almost empty handed without being questioned.

This method was suggested by Washington in a letter to Benjamin Tallmadge in 1778. “C-r, Jr. should avoid making use of the stain upon a blank sheet of paper . . . This circumstance alone is sufficient to raise suspicions. A much better way is to write a letter in the Tory style with some mixture of family matters and between the lines and on the remaining part of the sheet communicate with the stain the intended intelligence.”

Benjamin Floyd appears to have been respected by both Patriots and Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. His service as Supervisor of the Town of Brookhaven in 1774-75, when Patriots controlled Brookhaven Town government and again in 1777-78, when Loyalists were in power, indicates that he was a well-respected leader both before and after the British took control of Long Island in August of 1776. Floyd’s generosity as a leader is shown in his memorandum and account book for 1765-1770, which included mostly farm products sold or lent to many of his neighbors in Setauket. Actually both Richard (1731-1792) and Benjamin (1740-1820) Floyd were Brookhaven Town and Caroline Church leaders, as was their father Richard Floyd III (1703-1771).

Much of the Patriot dissatisfaction with the Floyd family was directed at Benjamin’s elder brother, Col. Richard Floyd, who, as a Loyalist colonel worked for New York Royal Governor Tryon, wrote to Floyd on May 19, 1777. “It is my earnest recommendation that the inhabitants of Suffolk County should follow the approved example of the militia of King’s County, by liberally raising a sum of money for the comfort and encouragement of the provincial troops raised in this province.”

By 1779, Floyd was actively recruiting Tory troops on Long Island for Loyalist Militia Col. William Axtell. In the first six months of 1780, Floyd took part in the siege of Charleston, South Carolina. “The inhabitants in the districts of the rivers Enoree and Tyger had been enrolled since the siege of Charlestown, under the orders of Colonel Floyd.”

In 1781, Floyd was ordering captured prisoners to be sent to New York by way of Queens County. In 1782, Col. Richard Floyd is listed as quartermaster of De Lancey’s third [Loyalist] battalion. According to Thompson’s history of Long Island, Richard (IV) “settled upon his father’s estate at Mastic (South Haven) which he fortified by his adhesion to the British cause in the Revolution. He removed to St. Johns New Brunswick in 1783, where he died in 1792.”

A letter to “Major Benjamin Floyd” written in January 1776 from Richard Miller, an avowed Loyalist, indicated the early sympathies of Benjamin Floyd to the Loyalist cause. Miller wrote, “I hope you and all the other good friends to Government will keep up good courage until Spring for I hope then we shall have better times and much better Liberty than Committee Liberty … I am your friend and Humble Servant Richard Miller.” Miller, also asked to be remembered to “Old Mr. Lyons and John Bayles” both Loyalists, and hoped he would see his “good friends” in Setauket soon. Unfortunately for him, Miller was captured and executed by men under the command of Patriot Capt. Daniel Roe of Selden before the British took control following the Battle of Long Island in August 1776.

In March 1778, Lt. Col. Benjamin Floyd, along with his brother Richard, Cyrus Punderson, John Baylis and James Lyon(s), clerk petitioned Sir Henry Clinton to arrange for the release of Loyalist Major Frederick Hudson who was taken prisoner during General Parson’s raid on Setauket in August 1777. James Lyons was also the pastor of Caroline Church from 1747-1767 and on occasion after that. This was the church attended by British and Loyalist officers during the more than sevenyear occupation of Long Island by British forces.

During the war, Benjamin Floyd was captured twice and taken to Connecticut to be eventually

traded for a Patriot captured by the British. This form of prisoner exchange, of well-known or important people, went on during the entire war. Both British General Clinton and General Washington used this method to recover highranking soldiers. In 1780, General Washington asked his intelligence chief Benjamin Tallmadge to suggest to Culper spy leader Abraham Woodhull that he tell Benjamin Floyd his true identity as a spy and ask for his help in gaining intelligence for the Patriot cause. Woodhull refused.

None of Benjamin Floyd’s activities as a Loyalist Lieutenant Colonel and a leader of the Anglican Caroline Church seems to have disturbed Patriots enough after the war to have him

Obituary

Thomas A. Mollo

Thomas Mollo, who will be remembered for his warm smile and joyful demeanor, passed away on March 15 at the age of 84.

Tom was raised in Manhattan and lived for many years in Oceanside while enjoying a long career with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. In 1997 he moved to Poquott when he married Roxanne. Tom was a lifetime member of Kiwanis International serving as a club president, lieutenant governor and, most recently, executive vice president of the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center Foundation which supports pediatric trauma efforts including at Stony Brook Children’s.

Mourning his passing are his wife,

declared an unwanted Loyalist, have his property confiscated and force him to leave Long Island. After the Revolutionary War Benjamin Floyd continued as a leader of both the community and Caroline Church.

Benjamin Floyd inherited his father’s estate in Setauket after his brother Richard left for Canada to resettle his troops after the war. Benjamin, his wife Ann Cornell (1745-1773), and his sons Richard & Gilbert are buried in the Floyd section of the Setauket Presbyterian Churchyard.

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 631-751-3730.

Roxanne Kiefer; daughter Patricia Mollo; grandsons Jordan and Brian Velez; daughter-inlaw Diane Brinke; along with Elena Grossman and Tyler and Hannah Grossman. He was predeceased by his son Peter Mollo.

Arrangements were made through Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket.

Following a funeral Mass at St. James Church, he was laid to rest in the Commack Cemetery.

British Pledge of Allegiance for Setauket resident Benjamin Hawkins. Photo by Beverly C. Tyler. Original in Three Village Historical Society Collection

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Car runs into building in Stony Brook village

BY LEAH CHIAPPINO LCHIAPPINO@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

It was a typical day before Mother’s Day Saturday at the Stony Brook Village Center, with shoppers enjoying the spring weather and gathering last-minute gifts. That is, until at 1:41 p.m. when “an 82-year-old woman was parking a 2009 Honda Accord when she lost control of the vehicle and struck the building” outside of Premiere Pastry Shop, police said. The section that was hit was the hallway patrons can walk through to get to the other side of the village complex, as well as into the shop.

The Ward Melville Heritage Organization president, Gloria Rocchio, said the woman was an “area resident” who was going to pick up mail.

“Instead of hitting the brakes, she hit the gas,” Rocchio said, noting that she saw the woman earlier in the day.

Rocchio said there was “structural damage” to the doorway and the “structure of the building.” Two rails and a fence post

were also damaged.

“People were walking in the corridor because they use that a lot to go from one complex to another, but no one got hurt there either, as well as people in the store,” Rocchio said.

The pastry shop will be open again Wednesday, according to Rocchio. She expects the damage to be covered by the driver’s insurance carrier, but said WMHO is handling the construction.

Unfortunately, the shop lost much of its inventory, which was full for Mother’s Day.

“It was very crowded,” Rocchio said. “And of course, she had all of her goods — she was packed solid for Mother’s Day. And all of that product is lost. It’s devastating, frankly. One of her busiest days of the year.”

Police said minor injuries were reported at the scene but nobody was transported to the hospital. Rocchio said the driver declined to be taken to the hospital and just wanted to go home to her husband.

Ultimately, Rocchio was grateful no one was seriously hurt.

“We take it in stride,” she said.

A car crashed into a building in Stony Brook Village Center Saturday, May. Photo by Leah Chiappino

Powering down? New climate regulations may impact local power plants

BY AIDAN JOHNSON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

The Biden administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced new proposed regulations on May 11 that would require most power plants fired by fossil fuels to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent between 2035 and 2040. Plants that do not meet these requirements may have to close down entirely, according to the new plan.

Starting in 2030, the EPA guidelines would generally require more CO2 emissions controls for power plants that operate more frequently, phasing increasingly stringent CO2 requirements over time, an EPA statement said.

If passed, the new requirements would likely impact the Port Jefferson and Northport power stations, both fired by natural gas.

The EPA projects the carbon reductions under the new guidelines would help avoid over 600 million metric tons of CO2 released into the atmosphere from 2028 to 2042, “along with tens of thousands of tons of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and fine particulate matter,” the statement reads.

This new proposal comes over four years after the Long Island Power Authority, which

buys all of the Port Jefferson Power Station’s power, settled its tax lawsuit with the Town of Brookhaven and the Village of Port Jefferson.

“The terms of settlement shelter us from having to pay back taxes (taxes collected during the 6-year-long court battle) while also providing a glide path moving forward over the next 8 years, during which the 50% reduction of tax revenue can be absorbed,” Village of Port Jefferson Mayor Margot Garant said in a 2019 statement.

The new EPA standards represent a step toward alleviating the climate crisis, according to the Biden administration. Their impact, however, will likely be felt locally given that a sizable portion of PJV’s budget is subsidized by the plant. This applies to other local institutions, such as the Port Jefferson Fire Department and school district.

Bruce Miller, former Port Jefferson Village trustee, said in an interview that it is technologically feasible to remove carbon dioxide and other polluting gasses from the

smoke stacks. He also maintains that the possibility of using hydrogen, a clean fuel source, remains an option.

“The thing that I’m talking to National Grid [the owner of the plant] about is hydrogen,” Miller said. “Will they be thinking in terms of possibly a combined cycle plant in Port Jefferson? That would be our hope.”

These talks are still preliminary as the proposed regulations are still subject to a public comment period.

“Whether National Grid and LIPA would want to make the investment to put some hydrogen-powered combined cycle plants — redo the Port Jefferson plant — is a huge question mark,” Miller indicated. “I don’t have an answer for that or even a projection.”

The former trustee added that the impact to local budgets could be “substantial,” noting, “It’s going to be a major adjustment if that plant goes offline.”

While the long-term plans for the plant remain unknown, Garant maintained that the

village’s finances would not be hit all at once if the plant were to shutter.

“The community wouldn’t be on a cliff,” she said in a phone interview. “The norm is like another 10-year glide path to give you a chance to settle into another loss of revenue.”

While the potential loss of public revenue remains a critical policy concern for local officials, the impact that climate change has had on the village cannot be ignored either. The past few years have brought both droughts and flooding, likely the consequence of intensifying storms and rising tides due to climate change.

“Projections for sea-level rise over the coming decades are nothing short of staggering,” said trustee Rebecca Kassay, Port Jeff’s sustainability commissioner, in a statement. “If the global community does not work together — from individuals to villages to states to nations and every agency in between — and climate change is not slowed from its current projections, [the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] confidently forecasts that Port Jefferson Harbor will engulf Port Jefferson Village’s downtown Main Street within a century’s time.”

The EPA will host virtual trainings on June 6 and 7 to provide information about the proposed regulations.

‘It’s going to be a major adjustment if that plant goes offline.’

—Bruce Miller

Both major parties emboldened after Middle Country special election

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BY RAYMOND JANIS EDITOR1@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Last month’s special election for the Town of Brookhaven’s 3rd Council District has both major political parties finding silver linings.

Former Brookhaven Councilman Kevin LaValle (R-Selden) vacated his seat in February following a January special election for town clerk. To fill the vacancy and complete LaValle’s unexpired term ending in December, Republican Neil Manzella — also of Selden — defeated Democrat Alyson Bass from Centereach on Tuesday, April 25, by a 56.69-43.31% margin, according to the Suffolk County Board of Elections.

Manzella’s win reinforces his party’s stronghold on the town government. Republicans again hold a 6-1 majority on the Town Board and occupy nine of the 10 elected offices townwide. Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich (Stony Brook) is the lone Democrat.

Heads of the ticket

The CD3 race provides an early measure of public moods ahead of the townwide elections later this year. As the focus shifts away from the 3rd District, all eyes are on the top of the ticket, where there is an open contest.

Incumbent Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) will not headline the ticket for the first time in over a decade, instead pursuing the county’s top office in the race to succeed Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D), who is term-limited. Romaine’s opponent will be Democratic nominee, Dave Calone.

Brookhaven Deputy Supervisor Dan Panico (R-Manorville) and Village of Port Jefferson Mayor Margot Garant, a Democrat, have each secured their party’s nod for town supervisor.

In separate interviews, both candidates

reflected upon the outcome in Middle Country and its implications for their respective quests to succeed Romaine.

“I think Ms. Bass should be extremely proud of herself,” Garant said, referring to the 14% margin of victory. “That’s a pretty significant gain, especially in a special election where you only had about 3 percent voter turnout overall in that district.”

Despite her favored candidate coming up short, Garant said she and her party are “encouraged by that result, and we’re going to continue to work on the messaging and the issues as they exist and continue to make sure we’re knocking on doors, making people aware of what the existing conditions are.”

Panico sang a slightly different tune than his opponent, though also optimistic for November. The deputy supervisor referred to the outcome as “a very strong message for our team” as the party pivots to the general election.

Manzella’s win, Panico said, reflected the strength of the Republican committee’s efforts and the resonance of its platform with Brookhaven voters. He further regarded the outcome as a vote of confidence for the current Town Board.

“When you’re doing the right thing by the residents — and the residents are very aware — they take notice,” Panico said. “The members of the Town Board on my team, I expect, will be reelected as well” in November.

Six months out of the general election, Panico said he has already begun campaigning townwide, expressing confidence that his campaign is registering with Brookhaven residents and forecasting a favorable outcome.

“I expect to be victorious in November and plan on running a vigorous campaign on the issues that matter to the residents of Brookhaven Town,” he said.

Based on recent electoral history, Garant’s

campaign faces certain obstacles this election cycle. Her party has not held the supervisor’s chair since 2012 when Mark Lesko resigned mid-term, to be replaced by Romaine.

The Port Jeff mayor nonetheless remained hopeful about her prospects, viewing her platform as appealing to the centrist wing of the town — a faction she believes will determine the victor.

“We think that we have a good platform,” she said. “We’re going to do our best to make sure that it resonates with the people not on the extremes, but with the majority of people who live here, which are the more moderate voters.”

Two-part election

Manzella’s victory celebration will be

short-lived as both CD3 candidates are already back on the campaign trail for the general election.

“While I did win now, I will be the acting councilman but only through [December],” Manzella said. “This doesn’t stop. This campaigning continues straight through November.”

Bass also had this understanding, indicating that when she accepted the nomination for the special election, she committed to running in November regardless of its outcome.

“The four-year term was always the goal,” she said, adding that her campaign will continue through November.

Illustration by Kyle Horne @kylehorneart • kylehorneart.com

Town of Brookhaven Councilman Neil Manzella, left, and his opponent for Council District 3, Alyson Bass. Left courtesy Manzella; right from Bass’ LinkedIn page

Sidewalk Advocacy Group Hosts 5k in Stony Brook

BY MALLIE JANE KIM DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Runners and walkers wound through the hilly roads of Stony Brook for a Mother’s Day 5K race last Sunday, May 14, hosted by local advocacy group Sidewalks For Safety. At the event, a mix of athletes and local sidewalk fans numbering about 300 raised awareness in their bright “safety green” T-shirts as they made their way to the finish line at The Long Island Museum.

teams run on local roads. At Old Town Road in front of Ward Melville High School, that means students are running in the street alongside big construction trucks and heavy traffic.

Detractors fear sidewalks would give the Three Village Area a more “urban” feel.

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Sidewalks For Safety founder Annemarie Waugh was thrilled with the turnout, and said she looks forward to taking what she learned from this inaugural run to make it an annual event.

“There was such great energy, great cheer, and so many people in support of more sidewalks, especially around the schools,” she said. “I’m really hoping we can put children and pedestrian safety first.”

Long Island has fewer sidewalks because the suburban population expanded in an era when car was king. “Long Island’s sidewalks are here, there, everywhere and nowhere,” The New York Times noted back in 2004, adding, “The Island’s network of sidewalks is so haphazard.”

Waugh, a mother herself, makes the case to the public and to the Town of Brookhaven that sidewalks are a key part of keeping children safe as they walk to school and bus stops. She gathers volunteers as she goes — including this reporter, who proofreads the Sidewalks For Safety newsletter and helped check in participants at the race.

Waugh’s advocacy centers around connecting existing sidewalks in the Three Village area, particularly around the schools. She pointed out that secondary school track

At the finish line, Setauket mother Dr. Samone Zarabi said she would like more sidewalks so she and her young son can be safer while walking their dog around town.

Zarabi brought her family to the 5K also to celebrate Mother’s Day. “I just wanted to do something healthy and good for the entire family — no expectations, just being together,” she said.

First-time 5K participants Loam Lapidus and Miko Alfredsson, both 10-year-old Nassakeag Elementary School students, said they found the race “tiring.” But they care about sidewalks, they said, because they don’t want people or animals “to get run over.” Miko also had a particular reason for joining. “My mom wanted me to do it,” he said.

Local politicians also came to support Sidewalks For Safety, including town Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich (D-Stony Brook) and Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket), who said she grew up in the area and supports safe, walkable communities, especially for children. Sidewalks “they connect communities — people to each other, people to places like parks, downtowns,” she said. “All these things are important for a sense of place in a community.”

The top three men and women finishers went home with flowers in lieu of medals, on theme for Mother’s Day. First-place male was Keith Forlenza, of Stony Brook, who ran the 5K in 16 minutes, 55 seconds, and first-place female was Jessica Baisley, of Centereach, who finished at 21:45.

Above, participants start the 5k with Jessica Baisley, winner in female category, right. Left, 10-year old Nassakeag students Loam Lapidus and Miko Alfredsson after finishing their first 5k. Photos by Mallie Jane Kim.

Ward off disaster

Northport blows early lead, comes back to win in OT on Valenti Goal

BY STEVEN ZAITZ DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

from point-blank range for the tying goal with less than 30 seconds remaining in regulation.

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The Northport Tigers boys lacrosse blew a first half four goal lead but came back to beat their most hated rival — the Ward Melville Patriots — in double overtime 7-6 on May 9.

Midfielder Giancarlo Valenti got the sudden death tally with 30 seconds to go in the second overtime session.

Northport led 3-0 after one quarter and 4-1 at halftime, but Ward kept chipping away — and the Patriots finally overtook the Tigers with 2:12 left to go in the third quarter when Patriot midfielder Brody Morgan put Ward Melville ahead 5-4.

Northport was still down by one goal with less than a minute to go when freshman Luke Loiacono swooped around the net of goalkeeper Charles Giachetti and flicked it past Giachetti

Giachetti made several sparking saves for the Patriots in the first four-minute sudden death overtime period — one in particular on a rising rip at close range by Jack Deliberti. Valenti would end it with 34 ticks left in OT number two when he collected the rebound of a Deliberti shot and fired one past Giachettii from about 20 yards away. Valenti’s Tiger teammates mobbed him behind the net in celebration.

Northport (11-3) and Ward Melville (12-2) are set to face off again in the second round of the playoffs if they can both win their opening games. The Tigers will face Half Hollow Hills on Saturday, May 20, and the Patriots will face the winner of Bay Shore and Longwood, who played each other in a qualifying match on Wednesday after press time. That game is also on Saturday.

– Photos by Steven Zaitz

Clockwise from above, Luke Loiacono, above, scores past goalie Charles Giachetti to tie the score with less than a minute remaining in the game; Quinn Reynolds, right, and Brody Morgan fight for loose ball; and Reynolds, right, is kept at bay by Brody Morgan of Ward Melville.

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New EPA regulations are a sobering dose of reality

The Environmental Protection Agency’s new regulations concerning power plants could have dramatic consequences for communities across the North Shore.

The EPA is proposing emissions caps and further guidelines for fossil-fuel-burning power plants.

The proposed guidelines aim to “set limits for new gas-fired combustion turbines, existing coal, oil and gas-fired steam generating units, and certain existing gas-fired combustion turbines,” according to an EPA statement.

While we certainly acknowledge the need for government to intervene in the spread of planetwarming carbon, we expect these regulations to have severe consequences for our local communities.

Generations ago, residents of Port Jefferson and Northport planned their communities around these power plant facilities. Power plants have represented a lucrative tax base for these communities, subsidizing several important community ends.

In exchange for the industrial activities taking place at these plants, residents saw opportunities — opportunities for better schools, better services and a better way of life. Now these opportunities may remain only aspirational.

Local governments and school districts are already struggling as it is. Between inflation and rising costs, further declines in public revenue will only compound the financial troubles of our public institutions. Yet, despite the challenges ahead, plans must start moving now.

At the local level, municipalities and school districts that rely upon LIPA subsidies should begin imagining a future in which those subsidies no longer exist. If plants start shuttering, public officials will be tasked with plugging enormous holes in their budgets. What are their plans to do that?

We are seeing warming temperatures and the changing climate affecting a wide array of local issues. From coastal erosion to prolonged droughts to intensifying flooding and countless other concerns, this global environmental phenomenon is already reshaping our local policies — and soon our bottom line.

Using fossil-fuel-powered plants to subsidize our way of life has become increasingly untenable. Municipal and school district officials may soon face some extremely uncomfortable discretionary choices.

For this reason, it is time for our leaders to adopt a policy of radical acceptance and realism. Relocating waterfront properties inland, conserving our scarce water supply and protecting open spaces are some ways to meet this moment. But the necessary conversations about taxes and budgets need to happen as well.

With a new frame of mind, we can rise to the challenges ahead. We can adapt our communities to the changing environment.

With a clear focus and sober long-term thinking, let us cease denying the transformations happening before our eyes. Instead let us plan to deal with them.

Letters to the Editor

Local crime exposes bail reform dangers

In an effort to champion the successes of cashless bail, letter writer David Friedman cited a study done by the Data Collaborative for Justice [“Eliminating bail reduces recidivism,” TBR News Media, May 4]. Along the way he took the opportunity to make inaccurate personal assumptions about me, while criticizing respected Albany District Attorney David Soares [D]. In a clumsy effort to paint me as insincere, Friedman applies the term “crocodile tears.”

I’ve spent over three decades working with special needs and at-risk children ranging in age from preschool to high school. Responsibilities included teaching, meeting with parents and working with multidisciplinary teams that included probation officers, child protection specialists, social workers and psychologists. We had uplifting successes and heartbreaking disappointments. Tears, whether for joy or sorrow, were genuine.

Soares, shamefully silenced by his own party for condemning cashless bail, had a different take on much of the Collaborative Justice “data.” But an area where he could agree was the study’s very own “Summary and Conclusions.” Here were highlighted the dangers of “increased recidivism for people with substantial recent criminal histories.”

That terrifying scenario became reality in Suffolk County.

On April 24, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney [R] announced the recent seizure of guns and narcotics: “Law enforcement was able to recover … approximately 268 grams of fentanyl, which could kill 134,000 people.’’

Tierney blamed bail reform laws: “Out of the 21 individuals arrested, we only got to seek bail on 11.” Consider that fact, knowing 350 of our neighbors died of fentanyl overdoses last year.

On May 11, Michael Lafauci, a six-year veteran assigned to the 6th Precinct’s Anti-Crime Unit, barely survived a gunshot wound. The alleged shooter was Janell Funderburke. Last August, he and three others were arrested after fleeing police, then crashing a 2018 BMW. Suffolk cops pulled them from that burning vehicle and, in the process, found a handgun and drugs.

Suffolk County Police Benevolent

Association President Noel DiGerolamo linked Lafauci’s horrific wounding to what he considers New York’s failed bail reform law, saying this suspected gang member “should never been out on the street.” He continued, “An individual who one day is rescued by Suffolk County police officers … only … for him to attempt to kill one. This is what our leaders in Albany have created.”

Counting on those 10 enjoying a cashless bail release, as described by Tierney, after their drug bust to “reform”? Ask DiGerolamo, the two DAs and, most importantly, Officer LaFauci.

Jim Soviero East Setauket

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Like a moth to the flame, revelers revere Janet Jackson

Most of us engage in group movements that don’t make our day. We get in a car, sit in traffic as we wait for other cars to pass or for lights to turn green, all the while surrounded by other people doing the same thing.

Group movements start at a young age, which we witness when we stop for school buses that pick up students. A line of buses then brings those students into the parking lot.

performance by Janet Jackson as a part of her Together Again tour.

Unlike 15 years ago when we last saw Janet Jackson at Madison Square Garden, we asked our son to take us to and from the concert. That’s one advantage of the passage of time.

We left the car about four-tenths of a mile from the arena. Walking more rapidly than the cars inching along next to us, we followed the line of people trekking along the shoulder to the entrance.

her graduation from nursing school.

Once Ludacris took the stage, the crowd, which included every age group from young children to gray-haired seniors, shouted, swayed and responded to his songs.

Cooled by a light and intermittent breeze, the crowd roared its appreciation with the left side screaming at full throat to outdo the right.

into some of her iconic moves, with sweat gleaming on her forehead.

She urged the audience to turn on their phone flashlights, which created a wave of swaying bright lights along the lawn and in the seats.

A father, mother and daughter two rows ahead of us had clearly come to see Janet, sitting and eating popcorn despite Ludacris’ exhortations for everyone to stand and shout.

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF

Our entertainment and discretionary decisions follow some of the same patterns as we travel by car, bus, or train to sporting events or, in our case, recently, concerts.

And yet, the experience and the excitement we share in our interactions are markedly different.

My wife and I attended a recent

A woman leaned out of her window and asked us if we knew if the place would sell refreshments. We said we hoped so, but weren’t sure. She gave us an appreciative and friendly wave, despite the fact that we were completely unhelpful.

People wore a wide range of outfits, with some clad in T-shirts showing a younger version of Janet from earlier concerts and others adorned in dresses and high-heeled shoes.

While waiting to get inside the arena, we spoke with a couple behind us, who were celebrating their 5th wedding anniversary and

Before Janet took the stage, the arena displayed a photo montage from 50 years of Janet, showing the many faces of her public life.

I wasn’t tall enough to see over a man two rows in front of me. I looked around him to see the stage and the numerous screens with images of Janet and her dancers.

As I listened and watched a show in which Janet changed her wardrobe several times, I appreciated the energy such a concert must take to put on at the age of 56. She isn’t sprinting around the stage, but she still breaks

While I reveled in familiar songs, I wished the heavy and loud bass and drums didn’t overwhelm Janet’s voice. I also second-hand smoked a high dose of marijuana, as the smokestack attached to the person two seats away from me must have felt as lit up as the stage by the finale.

The experience, which I shared with thousands of thrilled audience members, brought me back to the times and places where I heard these same songs decades ago. As we followed the crowd back to our cars (or, in our case, to meet our son), I could feel the glow the concert created for an appreciative audience. For a few hours, the strangers we might otherwise see as obstacles on the way to something else came together during a joyful concert.

Martha Stewart, 81, loves being oldest model for swimsuit issue

“ When are you going to retire?” is a question that makes me smile. Of course, it is closely related to another word: age. Put the two words together, and I start to become defiant, which is probably why Martha Stewart decided to pose in a swimsuit for the cover of Sports Illustrated’s annual issue. Now I know about Martha Stewart, who was not called by that name when she was a year behind me at Barnard College. That means she is only one year younger than I, and she, too, was feeling defiant. She wanted to show the world that she was not invisible just because she is older. And indeed, she is showing the whole world because she is an

international personality, a businesswoman, writer and television personality, who has written books, publishes a magazine, hosted two syndicated television programs and personifies contemporary graceful living with her Martha Stewart Living ventures.

My guess is that many women in the latter years of their lives are cheering Martha Stewart’s swimsuit photos and her defiance.

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF

Ageism is definitely an unwelcome bigoted “ism” in this century, when people are often living into their 80s, 90s and beyond. One of my personal heroes is Warren Buffett, American business investor and philanthropist. Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, known as the “Oracle of Omaha” and worth over 100 billion dollars, making him the fifth richest person in the world, he will be celebrating his 93rd birthday in August. Even more impressive is his business partner, Charlie Munger, who is 99. Together they still run the fabulously successful company.

Another such story is about Milton Esterow, 94, profiled in The New York Times last Sunday. A publisher at the age of 10 in Brooklyn where he grew up, he made 18 copies of his first publication, each consisting of one handwritten page, and sold them to friends for 2 cents apiece. You can see why he has already stolen my heart. Today he still writes articles for The New York Times about culture and art. In between, he has traveled around the world, met famous artists, owned the country’s oldest art magazine, ARTimes, and won many distinguished prizes. His culture stories had an edge. In 1964 he wrote a front page story for The NYT on treasures stolen by the Nazis during WWII, one of rare culture stories to run on page one.

His investigative approach made his stories and magazine successes. In the early 1980s, as a result of a rumor he had heard, he and his wife flew to Vienna and visited a monastery that might house thousands of works looted by

Nazi soldiers. He met with head of the Federal Monuments Office in Austria and sensed that the man was defensive. He assigned a reporter to dig around and by 1984, the article appeared attesting to the hidden collection. At that point, “All hell broke loose,“ according to Esterow.

“In 1985, the Austrian government announced a plan to return stolen works to their owners or heirs,” according to The NYT. “In 2016, the general consul of Austria presented Mr. Esterow with a Cross of Honor for Science and Art, saying that his work helped to make Austria ‘a better country.’”

Esterow continues to follow the trail of Nazi looting. He does not plan to retire. I particularly like what he had to say about that.

“Work is more fun than fun.”

For all these people and so many more octogenarians and older — Martha Stewart, Warren Buffett, Milton Esterow — retirement is a strange idea. Old age is another.

My sentiments, too.