TIMES HERALD The Village
Stony Brook • old Field • Strong’S neck • Setauket • eaSt Setauket • South Setauket • Poquot t July 30, 2015
Volume 40, No. 22
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Happy trails
Historic Amusement Parks of Long Island also: ‘The Cottage’ in Northport; beautiful babies; Stony Brook Film Festival winners announced
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Photo by giselle Barkley
kara hahn, center, officially open Forsythe Meadow county Park: nora Bredes Preserve’s new walking trail during Monday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony in the company of environmental leaders who helped make it possible. By Giselle Barkley
North Shore star inducted Kings Park’s own Craig Biggio joins Baseball Hall of Fame
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The sun appeared just in time for Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn’s (D-Setauket) ribboncutting ceremony that marked the official opening of Forsythe Meadow County Park: Nora Bredes Preserve’s walking trail. The ceremony took place Monday afternoon at 52 Hollow Road in Stony Brook. More than 50 people were in attendance including
Hahn; former Legislator Vivian Viloria-Fisher; Cynthia Barnes, president of Three Village Community Trust; and Louise Harrison. Barnes and Harrison were co-chairs of the Coalition for the Future of Stony Brook Village. Once Hahn cut the ribbon, those who attended the ceremony were invited to hike the trail. Coalition members wore pink ribbons, which the group selected upon their outrage that developers
wanted to turn the property into a 40-house subdivision. For these members, the trail is a symbol of success in an effort to preserve this approximate 36acre property. But according to Jeffrey Weissman, scoutmaster of Troop 377 for the Three Village Boy Scouts, the trail will not be the last improvement made to the property. Weissman wants to have more benches in the area among other improvements.
Hahn, as well as Viloria-Fisher, Barnes, Harrison and Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) thanked the individuals who helped create the trail. They also thanked those who attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for their support and effort to save “Stony Brook’s last forest.” “It is this group standing here today that saved this forest,” Harrison said. “Someday we’ll have access from the village center.”
North Shore seeks solace in wake of crash By Phil corSo
One week has passed, but no amount of time can ever truly heal the wounds endured by the greater North Shore community since four of its own were killed in a horrific limousine crash. Anyone driving through the streets of Smithtown and its surrounding communities this week could notice the red ribbons wrapped around trees in memory of Smithtown’s Brittney Schulman, 23, and Lauren Baruch, 24, as well as Stephanie Belli, 23, of Kings Park, and Amy Grabina, 23, of Commack. CRaSH continued on page a9
Photos Smithtown Historical Society
red ribbons show just one of the ways North shore residents are remembering the fatal crash victims.