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League Of Women Voters sponsors Republican 1st CD primary debate on Zoom In advance of the early voting dates of Aug. 13 through 21 and the New York State primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 23, the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island and North Fork will be holding a Republican Congressional candidates primary debate on Zoom on Monday, Aug. 8, from 7 to 8 p.m., hosted by Southampton Town’s SEA-TV. Invited to participate are the three Republican Congressional candidates in the newly-drawn 1st CD — Michelle Bond of Port Jefferson, CEO of the cryptocurrency Association for Digital Asset Markets; Anthony Figliola of East Setauket, a lobbyist with Empire Government Strategies and former Deputy Supervisor of Brookhaven Town; and Nicholas LaLota of Amityville, chief of staff to the Suffolk County Legislature’s Presiding Officer and former Republican Commissioner of the Suffolk County Board of Elections.

The winner of the Republican primary will face Democratic Congressional candidate Bridget Fleming of Sag Harbor, an attorney and

Suffolk County Legislator, in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

The Aug. 8 debate can be viewed live at 7 p.m. at www.YouTube.com/c/SeaTVSouthampton and can also be seen anytime afterward on the same YouTube channel, starting the following day, Aug. 9.

The public is invited to submit questions for the candidates. Email them by Aug. 5 to LWV Voter Services Committee chair Barbara McClancy at bmcc343@aol.com.

For those not able to vote in person on the early voting days of Aug. 13 through 21 or on primary election day, Aug. 23, absentee ballot applications in English and other languages are available on the NYS Board of Elections website at www.elections.ny.gov. After mailing in the absentee ballot application and receiving the actual absentee ballot back, postmark deadline is Aug. 23.

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Music sets the mood at second annual Port Palooza music festival

BY AIDAN JOHNSON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Amid the warm summer weather, music filled the air on Saturday, July 30, at the second annual Port Palooza.

Kevin Wood, the creator of this new local tradition, brought multiple bands together into one event at Harborfront Park in Port Jefferson. Wood, a Port Palooza performer himself, was happy to share that there was no cover charge to attend.

He dedicated his first song to Dom Famularo, a jazz drummer and close friend of his.

“Being a part of the village and my role in the village of Port Jefferson inspires me to just give back to it,” Wood said.

He added that the event also helped raise money for a good cause. “Port Palooza is about bringing musicians together with one another and, most importantly, raising money for animal rescue and recovery through Jaeger’s Run, our partner in this.”

Jaeger’s Run Animal Rescue Inc. is a nonprofit organization coordinated by Lisa Jaeger. It helps in the rehabilitation of sick, abandoned and injured wildlife and domestic animals.

“Port Jefferson was kind enough to showcase us at the Port Palooza this year,” Jaeger said. “All of the funds that are raised are going into our animal rescue and rehabilitation [programs].”

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Jaeger could hardly express the gratitude she felt after receiving the funds.

“When it comes to animals, people are very generous,” she said. “It makes me feel good that people appreciate the volunteer work that we do and the timeless hours we put into it. Events like this help us to continue the work we’re doing.”

Each band that performed had its own unique sound. Grand Folk Railroad, one of the bands in attendance, played covers of popular songs such as “Ooh Child” by the Five Stairsteps.

The group, which consists of Mike Christian, Susan Schwartz-Christian, Gary Schoenberger, Bill Resvanis and Frank Doris, has been around for about 13 years.

“We played at last year’s event, and now we’re back again this year,’’ Doris said. “We got a really good reaction, and it’s always fun to play.”

Cole Fortier, who has performed in both festivals, said he enjoyed being a part of it once again.

“I was the opening slot today,” he said.

Commenting on the time he had, he added, “I’ve been kind of running around, but I’m living it up. It was really exhilarating.”

While Port Palooza was successful, the event had to overcome its own set of obstacles.

“We came across a few problems,” said Walter Parbudin, a volunteer at the festival. “The skin at the top [of a drum] ripped, so we couldn’t

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However, the event went really well.”

As much as Wood enjoys putting together these events, he feels that he needs some time

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However, when he is ready to hold another event, the people of Port Jefferson will be ready to partake in it.

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The Badge of Military Merit, America’s oldest military award

BY BEVERLY C. TYLER DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Sunday, Aug. 7, is the 240th anniversary of General George Washington’s order creating the Badge of Military Merit, predecessor of the modern Purple Heart. The award’s history traces back to Long Island during the American Revolution.

“General Orders — Head Quarters Newburgh Wednesday August 7th 1782.”

“The General ever desirous to cherish virtuous ambition in his soldiers, as well as to foster and encourage every species of Military merit, directs that whenever any singularly meritorious action is performed, the author of it shall be permitted to wear on his facings over the left breast, the figure of a heart in purple cloth, or silk, edged with narrow lace or binding. Not only instances of unusual gallantry, but also of extraordinary fidelity and essential service in any way shall meet with a due reward. Before this favour can be conferred on any man, the particular fact, or facts, on which it is to be grounded must be set forth to the Commander in chief accompanied with certificates from the Commanding officers of the regiment and brigade to which the Candidate for reward belonged, or other incontestable proofs, and upon granting it, the name and regiment of the person with the action so certified are to be enrolled in the book of merit which will be kept at the orderly office. Men who have merited this last distinction to be suffered to pass all guards and sentinels which officers are permitted to do.”

“The road to glory in a patriot army and a free country is thus open to all. This order is also to have retrospect to the earliest stages of the war, and to be considered as a permanent one.”

(Founders Online) This was the first award for enlisted troops.

Only three soldiers are known to have received the Badge of Military Merit, as the book of merit has been lost. The first recipient was Elijah Churchill, a member of Elisha Sheldon’s 2nd Regiment

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Light Dragoons. He served with Major Benjamin Tallmadge on two successful excursions across Long Island Sound: the 1780 attack on Fort St. George and the 1781 attack on Fort Slongo.

Churchill was apparently wounded during both skirmishes; his actions during the assaults, rather than just his wounds, leading to General Washington awarding him the Badge of Military Merit. We do not know what conversations took place between Tallmadge and Washington that led to Churchill’s award, however we can be sure by reading the many letters and correspondence between Tallmadge and Washington that he never missed an opportunity to extol his men for their laudable actions.

Sergeant Elijah Churchill, noted in his pension affidavits that he enlisted in February 1777 as a private under Capt. Buell in Colonel Sheldon’s 2nd Regiment of Dragoons. He writes, “and I do further testify that I recvd while [ ] favour a sergeant wounded [ ] in oct 1780 – and at the end of the war a badge of military merit under the hand of genrl washington which warrant and [ ] are hereto annexed. (Signed) Elijah Churchill” (Three words unreadable) The 35 pages of Churchill’s pension record also lists two additional recipients of the Badge of Military Merit: Sergeant William Brown, 5th Connecticut Continental Line Infantry and Sergeant Daniel Bissel, 2nd Connecticut Continental Line Infantry.

“Washington’s order was allowed to lapse after the war ended and the [Badge of Military Merit] wasn’t revived until Feb. 22, 1932, on Washington’s 200th birthday [when it was designated as the Purple Heart]. Designed by Elizabeth Will, an Army heraldic specialist, the modern medal features a profile image of Washington. Once again, the medal was awarded for meritorious service.” (United States Department of Defense) The story of Major Tallmadge’s attack on Fort St. George in Mastic, Long Island, began with planning, as he outlined in his autobiography, written many years after the Revolutionary War. “As soon as I had settled again in the course

Elijah Churchill was the first recipient of the Badge of Military Merit, above. A 2005 reenactment of the attack on Fort St. George by members of Tallmadge’s Troops during the 350th Anniversary of the founding of the Town of Brookhaven.

Image above from Department of Defense’s website; photo below by Beverly C. Tyler

of our duties, my former scheme of annoying the enemy on Long Island came fresh upon my mind. I therefore directed my agents there to obtain for me the most accurate returns of the fortification in Suffolk County, Long Island, at a point which projects into South Bay, on Smith’s Manor, being their most easterly point of defense.”

At first General Washington did not believe that attacking the fort was worth the risk. Major Tallmadge, about November first 1780, secretly traveled to Long Island, not to contact the Culper Spy ring, but to determine if an attack on Fort St. George (Smith’s Manor) was of practical value. He wrote, “...I learned that the fortress at Smith’s Manor was completed – that it was the depository of stores, dry goods, groceries, and arms, from whence Suffolk County could be supplied; and the works presented, on the whole, a most formidable appearance.”

General Washington finally approved the expedition, based on Tallmadge also destroying the 300 or so tons of hay the British stored in Coram: hay that was vital for feeding British horses which may have numbered 1,000 or more. On the 11th of November, Sergeant Elijah Churchill was one member of the two companies of dismounted dragoons Tallmadge took across Long Island Sound to Mt. Sinai.

They started overland for the Long Island south shore, but a storm caused them to wait under their whaleboats a full day. They arrived at the fort before dawn on the following day, made a successful three pronged attack on the fort, captured the entire garrison, burned the fort and supply ships in the Bay and were on the way back across the Island by 8 a.m. As Tallmadge writes, “This service was executed without the loss of a man from my detachment, and one only

was badly wounded, and him we brought off.

The enemy loss was seven killed and wounded, the most of them mortally. We took one LieutColonel, the commandant, one Lieutenant, one surgeon, and fifty rank and file, with a host of others in the garrison.”

On the way back, with some now mounted dragoons, Tallmadge made for Coram and the British supply depot of winter hay for their horses. He wrote, “I reached the place in about an hour and a half, made a vigorous charge upon the guard placed to guard the magazine, set it all on fire...” Tallmadge returned to Connecticut with his troops and prisoners and for his effort was congratulated by General Washington and rewarded by Congress.

Elijah Churchill was born Sept. 4, 1755. He died April 11, 1841, at the age of 85. He and his wife Eleanor are buried in the Bell Cemetery, Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

In front of his gravestone is a brass marker which reads in part, “ELIJAH CHURCHILL ... FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE BADGE OF MILITARY MERIT Join the Purple Heart Hall of Honor on Sunday, Aug. 7, at 2 p.m. to commemorate the 240th anniversary of General Washington’s order creating the Badge of Military Merit, predecessor of the modern Purple Heart. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located at 374 Temple Hill Road (Route 300) New Windsor, New York,. Seating is limited and reservations are strongly suggested. Call 845561-1765 for reservations.

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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Town to move Roe Tavern back to North Country Road

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

An important structure in local history will be visible to the public once again.

The Roe Tavern, built circa 1703, will be moved near its original location on town-owned property on Route 25A in East Setauket. General George Washington slept at the public house on April 22, 1790. During his trip, many people believe he came to thank the Culper Spy Ring members based in Setauket.

Brookhaven’s Town Board voted unanimously to approve the purchase of the tavern from current owner Art Billadello at its July 21 meeting. The cost will be $800,000, and the town will fund the purchase with a state Dormitory Authority grant.

In a phone interview, state Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) said he has been working on acquiring the funds for the move for two decades. The hope is that the former tavern will be open to the public for tours once it’s moved and renovated.

Billadello, who has owned the house since 2000 and is a Revolutionary War reenactor and history lecturer, will return to live in the house when it’s completed and will serve as a curator. According to Billadello, while the Roe Tavern is being renovated, he will live in another town-owned house.

At the July 21 town board meeting, Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said of the tavern, “I think it will be a tremendous part of the historic district and somewhat of an attraction.”

Englebright agreed and added that the spies helped save the revolution and exposed Benedict Arnold.

“After the revolution was over, Washington didn’t forget. He came back,” the assemblyman said. “The most poignant moment in Long Island’s history.”

He said the trip was a long one for the general.

“He spent four days to get here and go back to what was then the capital of our nation, which was in New York City, on muddy roads and difficult to travel,” Englebright said.

The Culper Spy Ring gained recognition nationwide in 2014 with the AMC series “Turn; Washington Spies.” Major Benjamin Tallmadge organized the ring led by Setauket residents Abraham Woodhull and Robert Townsend.

A historic marker currently marks the spot where the public house once stood on North Country Road west of Bayville Avenue. Selah Strong built the house, and after his death, it was sold to the Woodhull family, who turned around and sold it to Capt. Austin Roe. It was Roe who converted the structure into a tavern.

The Culper spy became known as the Long Island Paul Revere.

According to a September 2021 article in The Village Times Herald by historian Beverly

The Roe Tavern, above, as it looked circa 1960. Below and on front page, state Assemblyman Steve Englebright, Town of Brookhaven Councilperson Jonathan Kornreich, Roe Tavern owner Art Billadello and town Supervisor Ed Romaine met recently to discuss plans for the former public house. Photo above from Art Billadello; photo below from Englebright’s office

C. Tyler, “Five gentlemen and a lady — The Culper Spy Ring,” Roe would go undetected as a spy during his 110-mile round trips to Manhattan due to being a tavern owner.

While in the city, he would purchase supplies, providing him cover while he delivered spy messages written in code or invisible ink. He would receive the information from Robert Townsend and return it to Abraham Woodhull.

The Roe Tavern was moved half a mile from its original location in 1936 by the owner at the time, Wallace Irwin. Billadello said Irwin thought the state would turn Route 25A into a thruway when it acquired the roadway.

The house needed to be moved in sections.

While Billadello always appreciated the tavern and its history, he never imagined he would buy the house one day when one of the previous owners, Tom Cooper, was selling it. He called Billadello, but with the home sitting on more than 7 acres of property, there was no way he could afford it due to the taxes. When the owner after Cooper put the house up for sale, now on 1.17 acres, Billadello went to look at the home that was starting to deteriorate. He decided to buy it, despite him and his family living in a newlybuilt house, and it took a few years before he, his wife and children could move in.

As for the people who didn’t understand why he would buy the house, he would say to them, “You see it now. I see what it’s going to look like in the future. It’s a diamond in the rough to me.”

While Billadello and his family stayed in their previous home a few more years before moving into the Roe Tavern, asbestos was

removed from the pipes in the basement.

A new kitchen was constructed, and an electrician and plumber updated the wiring and plumbing.

Soon after Billadello bought the tavern, Englebright asked him what he was going to do with it. He told the assemblyman that he may not fully be able to restore it, but he promised he would never sell it to a private buyer. Billadello said he always wanted it to be accessible to the public one day.

Englebright said while the contract will soon be finalized, it will take a significant

amount of time to move and renovate the tavern. Therefore a completion date is currently undetermined.

“A strategy will have to be worked out to choreograph all of the experts and the moving parts of this project,” Englebright said.

Renovating the structure will involve carpenters who have experience with historic buildings and moving the home will require considering what power lines are along the travel route, according to Englebright. How to avoid or navigate those lines will also need to be determined.

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Concerns for monkeypox and COVID-19 build for the fall

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The reported rate of positive tests for COVID-19 is likely well below the actual infection rate, particularly for the highlytransmissible BA.5 strain of Omicron, health care officials said.

“I expect that we’re at least double, and we’re probably significantly higher than double,” said Dr. Sharon Nachman, chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. “I, like many others, am quite concerned for the fall and winter.”

Indeed, with positive results for PCR tests in the range of 10 to 12% during the summer, the percentage of people who might contract the most infectious variant of the virus yet could surge in the colder months, when students return to school and people spend more time indoors.

The good news so far is that the number of people who have been hospitalized with COVID has stayed relatively steady at Stony Brook University Hospital, at around 50.

Over the past few weeks, the number hasn’t dipped below 40 or gone above 75, which means that the current infections generally aren’t causing hospitalizations, Nachman said.

“While COVID-19 rates may be higher than reported, cases are less severe than they were at earlier stages of the pandemic and hospitalizations are fewer,” Dr. Gregson Pigott, commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Health Service, explained in an email. “Vaccinations play a large role in the reduction of hospitalizations.”

The number of people hospitalized with COVID on Long Island averages about 450 per day, which is down from 4,000 in April of 2020 and 2,200 in January of 2022, according to the county Department of Health.

Suffolk County hosted a back to school test kit distribution event on Tuesday at the H. Lee Dennison Building for parents and residents.

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Other viruses

In addition to COVID concerns for the fall, Nachman explained that other seasonal respiratory viruses have become more prevalent and problematic through the summer.

Flu has historically been a winter virus, starting in late November or early December and ebbing in its infectiousness around March.

In 2022, the flu season stretched through June.

At the same time, respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, typically starts in November and lasts through February.

“We had RSV all summer long,” Nachman said. “We never had a break.”

Nachman is concerned that the overlap among the viruses with infection rates may increase at the same time.

“I worry about the juxtaposition with other respiratory pathogens” that have exceeded their usual seasonal limitations, Nachman added.

Those other viruses are highly contagious, but were limited in their spread when people were wearing masks. Once people stopped taking precautions for COVID, these other viruses also spread.

“No one had been exposed, and it was like a match to tinder,” Nachman said. “It spread through the population” after few people had contracted these illnesses.

Health care providers urged people to take several steps to protect themselves, their families, and their communities.

“If you’re sick, please don’t go to work,” Nachman said. ‘If your child is sick, please don’t send them to school.”

People also need to practice safe cough

Dr. Sharon Nachman and Dr. Gregson Pigott discuss updates on COVID-19 and monkeypox. Photo of Nachman from Stony Brook Medicine; photo of Pigott from Suffolk County

techniques. If they need to cough or sneeze, they should minimize the number of aerosolized particles by covering their nose and mouth or coughing into their clothing.

A plea for proper vaccinations

With a reluctance to return to the widespread use of masks or other restrictions that might limit the spread of COVID, health care officials continue to urge people to benefit from the protection vaccines provide.

Indeed, most of the people who have required more extensive medical care at Stony Brook

University Hospital have not been fully vaccinated.

Some of those who have required medical attention received a single dose of a vaccine over two years ago, which is effectively not vaccinated, she said.

Nachman expects that COVID vaccinations may become required as they are for measles mumps and rubella and other diseases for students to attend class in person.

“I do see in the future that will happen,” Nachman said. “Not vaccinating hurts the child and the entire community.”

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At the same time, government and health care officials are dedicating more resources to combat the threat from monkeypox, a virus with symptoms including fever, headaches, exhaustion and a rash that can last two to four weeks.

In Suffolk County, the number of confirmed cases has climbed to 22 as of the beginning of August, according to Department of Health officials.

Working with Northwell Health and Stony Brook University, the county has been providing monkeypox vaccinations. The county expects to get more vaccines later this month, although the demand continues to exceed the supply.

Governor Kathy Hochul (D) declared a state of emergency on July 29 over the outbreak, which will allow a faster response and enhance the distribution of vaccines in the state. The governors of California and Illinois have also declared states of emergency over a virus that is rarely fatal but is painful and can cause scarring.

The more vulnerable populations include pregnant women, young children, people who are immunocompromised and individuals who have a history of eczema.

Nachman said the response from the governor was a “way of getting ahead” of the spread of the virus.

The state of emergency “raises everyone’s concern,” Nachman said. “When you go to a local physician, more people are thinking, looking and testing [for monkeypox]. Testing is critical” to confirm cases and to reduce the spread.

Vaccinations, which involve getting two shots that are four weeks apart, can accelerate the immune response, Nachman said.

Stony Brook hopes in the next few weeks to work on a National Institutes of Health-funded clinical trial with children, pregnant and postpartum women on a potential treatment for the virus.

Spread during physical contact, the large majority of monkeypox cases have occurred among men who have been intimate with other men.

Pigott has been working closely with the community to promote prevention efforts and vaccinations. He spoke on Monday at a forum hosted by the LGBT Network, where he said gay or bisexual men in their 20s and 30s were at the highest risk.

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(Part I) One-on-one with Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine

BY RAYMOND JANIS EDITOR1@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine [R] has served in elected office for decades. In Part I of this two-part series, Romaine discusses the problem of coastal erosion, innovative ideas for recycling and why you won’t see his name on a sign at a town park.

What sparked your interest in environmental protection and which issues concern you the most?

Long ago, I made a choice between my eyes and my ears, and I chose my eyes. People can argue whatever they want, but I’ve seen what this Island was. I grew up on Long Island. I’ve watched it change and I know what it needs.

The things that concern me about this Island are the threat of climate change and rising sea levels, which is why we’ve bought hundreds of acres at Mastic Beach — to convert them back to wetlands, to act as a sponge.

The week before I was elected in 2012, Hurricane Sandy hit. I went down to Mastic Beach, which was part of my original [county legislative] district in the ’80s. I knew the mayor and I went down with Dan Panico [R-Manorville], who was the councilman, and we took a tour.

Neighborhood Road is the road that runs east and west through Mastic Beach. Everything south of Neighborhood Road was flooded. And the other thing I remember about that disaster was the smell. With all the trees and the downed wires sparking, it smelled of sewage because all their cesspools were inundated, and it smelled of oil because they all had above-ground tanks that spilled over.

It was so devastating when I went down there.

Mastic Beach has recovered since, but I will never forget the disaster that hurricane caused and the flooding that it unleashed. Marshlands act as sponges that are capable of handling a flood like that. That is why I am deeply invested in trying to buy up as much of the marshland that was built upon years ago and get rid of some of the small homes there.

The other concern is the carbon footprint we leave. I’m a big supporter of renewable energy.

When I was a [county] legislator for the 1st District, I bought more land and preserved more farmland than the other 17 districts combined.

The pattern of development has been so intense that we’ve screwed up this Island by sprawl. We should have thought more carefully about the pattern of development here and what we could do in terms of public transport, in terms of public services — and we didn’t.

What is your preferred approach to the issue of eroding bluffs, a growing problem along the North Shore?

Sometimes people live along those bluffs, so you want to see what type of engineering solutions there are to secure or stabilize bluffs.

I know the Village of Port Jefferson is debating

what to do about the Port Jefferson Country Club because their tennis courts are going to fall in [the Long Island Sound] and then right after that, probably the clubhouse.

My view would be the same as it would be for Mastic Beach — to retreat from the bluffs.

But again, sometimes you can’t do that because people live atop them, so you have to look at engineering solutions that would help stabilize the bluffs. It’s Mother Nature at work. Can man-made solutions resolve it? Sure they can … temporarily. Clearly, what should have been done is something that would have prevented building near or on the bluffs.

Can you discuss the recycling initiative that your office has undertaken?

Back in 2017, China announced its [Operation] National Sword policy. It said, “Hey, we’re not buying any more recycled goods from the United States.” Well, that created all types of problems.

Unfortunately with recycling, a lot of what needs to be recycled rests with the State of New York, and they have not been innovative. The [Department of Environmental Conservation] has chosen to be a regulator and not an innovator.

Let me give you an example: glass.

Glass is one of the largest contaminants in the recycling process. To recycle, what do you need? You need a marketplace. Recycling doesn’t work if you don’t have a marketplace to reuse the goods that you’re recycling, which is why recycling has collapsed in large parts of this country.

What we’re looking for from the State of New York is called a BUD — a beneficial-use determination. We believe glass should be an aggregate used in concrete. Concrete is the most carbon-intensive production of any substance that we know. And the way you can end that is by substituting glass in that process as an aggregate, and we’ve allocated for that.

What this requires is the state DEC to give us a beneficial-use determination. Now we’ve proved that because we’ve built these huge drainage rings for our recycling center and we got state permission to use glass as the aggregate in the concrete. They are not even looking at that.

At Stony Brook University, there’s a boathouse. It’s painted blue and was built in 1989. Do you know what it was built out of? Ash. The strength of that building is stronger today than the day it was built in 1989. Guess what we do with our ash? We put it in our landfill. Yet we don’t get a beneficial-use determination to use ash in concrete, in asphalt or in other products.

This would create a market for glass and ash.

Also, I’m waiting on the state legislation. I have an ally in the state Legislature — an old friend of mine, someone I served with in the [county] Legislature in the ’80s, and we still work together to this day: [Assemblyman] Steve Englebright [D-Setauket]. I’m trying to say, “Steve, what are we doing here? There’s so

much we can be doing.”

We need a “Bigger, Better Bottle Bill.” We need to create markets for products because if we don’t, recycling will not work and will not be effective.

If you give enough time and you watch a leaky faucet, that water one drop at a time over a long period of time will make a difference.

I always remind myself of the one drop of water.

Because if you keep on hammering away at it, change will come. If only incrementally, it will come for the better, for Romaine discussed ways in which local government and New York State must adapt to things that should come, meet the needs of a changing environment. File photo for things that are so got 49.6% of the vote against an incumbent, Mr. common sense that even the opposition can’t argue against it. And usually, [George] Hochbrueckner [D-NY1].

I ran for county clerk, won all 10 towns and the opposition tends to be monied interests that have some kind of economic benefit to them, not went on to win five elections as county clerk. In that time, I had moved, the lines had changed to the society as a whole.

I got elected to the 1st Legislative District How did you end up in the supervisor’s and as their county legislator, which included all of office? eastern Brookhaven from Shoreham to where I I started out as a teacher. I taught for 12 live in Center Moriches, as well as Riverhead, years, almost all of it at Hauppauge. I was very Southold and Shelter Island. I loved that district active in the teachers union there. I was the and didn’t lose an election district for the four treasurer of the teachers union on their executive times I ran. And I was getting ready to run committee. In fact, one of my students was Jay again when Mr. [Mark] Lesko [D], who was the Schneiderman, the supervisor of Southampton [Brookhaven] supervisor, resigned midterm.

[D] — I taught him seventh-grade social studies.

I was asked to run for supervisor and I I was always active, kind of on the sidelines as thought long and hard about that. The major a volunteer. In 1979, in the Town of Brookhaven reason I did that was because I had a son [Keith] — which had been under Democratic control for who was a town councilman and died in office. four years — the Republicans won everything He always told me that at some point in life he and they needed people to go into town wanted to be a supervisor. That motivated me government. I had done a lot of work for the to say “yes.” I wound up winning five terms as school district on federal and state aid, so they supervisor. So that’s the very short synopsis of asked me to become a part-time federal and state a long story. aid coordinator.

Brookhaven is an old township that I started there, and the first thing I got was a massive grant for community development. We has endured for three-and-a-half got a huge, multimillion-dollar grant, but there centuries. What does it mean to you were conditions on hiring staff. So they asked me to become the first commissioner on housing to be a part of that tradition, and what and community development for the town. I do you see as your place in it? asked the school district to give me a leave of The one thing I know about history is that absence — they were very kind and gave me people are quickly forgotten. That’s why I made three in a row. And finally I told them, “Look, sure that when I became supervisor, I said, “Other I’m not going to come back,” because I was into than in Town Hall, I don’t want my name on any that job. I did that for five years and loved it. town signs or anything.” And you will not see my All the sudden, the [county] legislative seat in name on a town park or anything because I made which I lived had opened up and they asked me it clear that I’m just passing through. to run. Even though it was a little bit less money, I believe one of the greatest things I did was I thought about it for a while and I said “yes.” save 1,100 acres and put them in the Central I ran and was elected to the Legislature in ‘85 Pine Barrens — 800 of which was National Grid and then again in ‘87. I was getting ready to run property. The legacy that I leave will be a legacy again when our county clerk died. In between, that benefits people, but they will not know it I had run for Congress and did very well — I was me.

AUGUST 4, 2022 • THE VILLAGE TIMES HERALD • PAGE A9

Turning the corner in the battle to preserve Flowerfield Fairgrounds Perseverance and unity are the key to success in reaching the community’s goal

BY AMY BIONDI When hundreds of people come together in support of a shared goal like protecting the character of their community and leaving it a better place for future generations, great things can be achieved no matter how challenging a situation may seem, so long as community residents stay focused on the end goal and refuse to give up. That is exactly what has happened with the broadly supported movement to preserve Flowerfield Fairgrounds (Gyrodyne property on Route 25A) and protect the surrounding historic district and agricultural lands that are the last remaining rural corridor in St. James.

Recent events show that we may have finally turned the corner in the ongoing effort supported by the St. James‒Head of the Harbor Neighborhood Preservation Coalition, the Village of Head of the Harbor and many local and state elected officials to preserve the fairgrounds as open space.

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development is tied up in court — Efforts to advance a massive hotel, medical offices and an assisted living housing complex with parking for over 2500 cars as well as a sewage treatment plant are tied up in court, as the Village of Head of the Harbor and 23 local property owners filed suit earlier this year to challenge the insufficient environmental review of the proposed mega development.

Support is strong for a compromise plan to preserve the fairgrounds — hundreds of local residents and many elected officials have expressed support for a compromise plan that would preserve the fairgrounds and allow limited development on parts of the Gyrodyne property that are already occupied by buildings and parking lots in the event that Head of the Harbor Mayor Douglas Dahlgard’s plan to see the entire property preserved as a park cannot be realized.

Gyrodyne will accept offers to preserve the fairgrounds — In a significant breakthrough, Gyrodyne announced in April that it would be open to accepting offers to purchase all or part of its property, clearing the way for the first time for a concerted

effort by the Village of Head of the Harbor, elected officials who support preservation of the fairgrounds and the St. James–Head of the Harbor Neighborhood Preservation Coalition to mount a concerted effort to acquire the fairgrounds for preservation.

A $4 billion state bond act can provide funding for preservation — In November, voters are being asked to approve a historic environmental initiative that, if approved, could provide funding for important initiatives like the preservation of Flowerfield Fairgrounds.

First step to see the property preserved is now underway — Long Island’s premier land preservation organization, the Peconic Land Trust, has commissioned an appraisal of the property to establish the value of the land to engage in negotiations with Gyrodyne to acquire the fairgrounds for preservation as open space.

A community coming together to achieve a common goal — Donations from local residents have supported an environmental consultant, a traffic study, an appraisal of the property, and the first round

of legal action, but more money is needed.

During July and now in August, we had and will have a series of fundraising events to help in this effort. Please join me and supporters of the preservation and go online to make a donation and view the inspirational film “Forever Wild,” which chronicles the commitment and successful efforts of the community of Telluride, Colorado, to protect the character of their community from a massive development project. For information, go to: stjameshohnpc.org.

Each of these recent achievements is significant. Taken together, they mark a clear shift in momentum in favor of preservation of Flowerfield Fairgrounds.

We must continue to support the coalition and help them to work together with elected officials and responsible preservation groups to achieve the community’s goal of seeing the fairgrounds preserved and Gyrodyne fairly compensated for the value of the property.

Amy Biondi is a St. James resident and a St. James–Head of the Harbor Neighborhood Preservation Coalition volunteer.

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Editorial

Letters to the Editor Biden administration has encouraged current economy

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University in the community

During a meeting of the Port Jefferson Board of Trustees on Monday, Aug. 1, trustee Lauren Sheprow suggested building closer ties between the village government and Stony Brook University experts.

Sheprow proposed the creation of a local think tank composed of resident experts whose specialized knowledge could be used in service to the community. We believe that this is a neat idea, worthy of the public’s attention and further exploration.

Long Islanders sometimes forget that there are worldrenowned scholars living among us. SBU is the largest single-site employer on Long Island. This institution harbors thousands of faculty members who are trained specialists in their chosen fields.

Citizens can often feel alienated from their local government. Municipal operations — reports, budgets, meetings, hearings and so on — can appear to be endless drudgery at times. Perhaps, innovative thinkers could be the source of new ideas.

With regularity, we read about various scientific and medical breakthroughs made by SBU faculty members.

From the sciences to mathematics, the humanities to the arts, SBU students and faculty are changing our world for the better. These are people of immense talent and wisdom, sometimes an untapped resource in solving local problems.

The community would tap into local experts who could offer up their insights on matters that most affect us. Specialists could advise our elected officials to make better decisions.

This is not without precedent. During the administration of SBU President John Marburger, there was a community advisory council, or CAC, in which such a relationship was forged. It was disbanded some 15 years ago. Perhaps it’s time to bring that back.

Anything that brings the government closer to the people, injecting new blood and ideas into the political process, is beneficial to democracy. We should support our local municipalities in strengthening their ties to local universities. This is good for the government, the university and the people.

I would like to thank Forrest McMullen for his interesting and informative letter in the July 21 edition, “Response to ‘Evaluating the Biden presidency,’’ in which he clearly explains the liberal Democrat position with regard to the responsibility of the Biden [D] administration for the current twin pestilences of inflation and outrageously high gas prices.

Mr. McMullen goes to great lengths to explain the concept of a “coincidence,” and presents a number of outstanding illustrative examples.

One of his best was Hurricane Katrina, which caused tremendous devastation during the presidency of George W. Bush [R] in 2005. No reasonable person, including Mr. McMullen, could hold President Bush responsible for the damage caused by a hurricane.

We will, of course, agree to ignore any comments to the contrary that may have been offered by the likes of Al Gore [D], John Kerry [D] or other green zealots, who may have blamed Katrina on global warming, or climate change, or whatever term was in favor at that time. Amazingly, to the chagrin of Gore and Kerry, Manhattan Island is not yet under water, and the polar bears have not run out of ice.

And so, thanks to Mr. McMullen, it seems clear that many great problems have befallen the country during the administrations of other presidents, for which those presidents have not been held responsible. How, then, dare we now claim that President Biden should be held accountable for our current inflation and high gas prices? The answer is that these problems are not coincidences, nor have they been caused

by Russian President Vladimir Putin, or former president Donald Trump [R], or systemic racism, or global warming, or anything other than President Joe Biden and his administration. He and his people have encouraged $5 gas, because they believe this will promote electric vehicles and do away with fossil fuels. This is clearly intentional on their part. They have canceled drilling leases, implemented stifling regulations and discouraged investment, all of which have had their desired effect. With regard to inflation, it has undoubtedly been a result of their profligate giveaways of trillions of dollars, with complete disregard for the basic rules of supply and demand. Now that they have created inflation, they have no idea how to deal with it, and

we can only hope that we will manage to survive until the elections of 2022 and 2024.

When our hapless politicians learn to keep their hands away from technology and stick to things they understand, such as naming buildings and roads after other politicians, we will all be infinitely better off. Why they love solar power and windmills but are hysterically opposed to nuclear power, which is safe, reliable and virtually uninterruptable, is beyond comprehension. And if we combine nuclear energy with tidal energy, as suggested by Mr. McMullen, we will have the next best thing to a perpetualmotion machine.

George Altemose Setauket

Not a climate change denier

After reading Daniel Dunaief’s opinion piece “What if climate change deniers are wrong?” in the June 23 edition, I spent the next several days pondering the question: Am I a climate change denier? The answer is no.

World climate is constantly in flux and has been since the beginning of time.

How much, if any, of global sea and air temperature rise is due to human activities makes for one of the great debates of the day, centering on carbon emissions from oil, gas and coal. (I refuse to call these energy sources “fossil” fuels, as they have zero to do with either fossils or dinosaurs.)

I remember the days of the late 1950s to the mid-70s, when automobiles routinely leaked/burned oil and emitted plumes of blue-black smoke on both startup and acceleration. On most summer days, the Manhattan skyline would be partially or wholly obscured by smog, and 100+ degree temperatures were not uncommon in summer. The main components of smog were unburnt hydrocarbons (soot), nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide, all emissions from cars, trucks, buses and power plants. With the advent of fuel injection, computer controls and the catalytic converter, tailpipe emissions of yore have been reduced drastically, with water vapor and carbon monoxide remaining. Carbon monoxide reverts back

to CO2 in the troposphere; yet the levels of CO pre-catalytic converter ranged from 30,000 to 100,000 ppm. Today, those levels are down to less than 1000 ppm from internal combustion engines. Similar levels from power plant emissions are realized through electrostatic scrubbers on the smokestacks, with water vapor and CO as the predominant exhaust products.

The United States has the cleanest air and water of any major industrial power, by far. Annual emissions inspection on motor vehicles employ rigorous parameters when it comes to “pass‒fail.”

The dreaded “check engine” light means your vehicle has an emissions fault and will not pass until the problem is rectified.

Electric cars in their current iteration are a zero-sum game, if one believes them to be more friendly to the environment.

Tesla and similar vehicles run on lithium batteries, requiring about 500,000 gallons of salt water to be injected into the earth for each ton of lithium ore recovered.

These batteries have too many flaws to enumerate, and we have too little lithium and not nearly enough generating capacity to charge millions of these cars. Solar and wind power amount to the proverbial “drop in the bucket.” We need to perfect solid-state battery tech and more power plants to make electric vehicles even close to viable on a macro scale.

Sorry for digressing here: The point I am trying to make concerns the “green” movement, which I perceive to be dedicated less to the environment and more to the total destruction of the United States economy and industry, exclusively. China with its massive deployment of coal-burning plants, India with equally lax emissions standards and Brazil’s wholesale burning of the Amazon rainforest continue unabated yet, without coal, oil, nuke or natural gas to generate power, we will be on the way to third-world status. A country of 3.5 million square miles and 400 million people cannot expect Chinese-made solar panels and wind turbines to supplant 600-megawatt generators. It may work for Monaco or Luxembourg, but for the U.S.A, it is both fantasy and folly.

Michael Meltzer Stony Brook

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Opinion Taking a nostalgic detour away from the muck of today

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hen times are tough, we can use nostalgia as a bittersweet salve.

Nostalgia serves as both a source of comfort, allowing us to step out of our current situations, while also providing a longing for something that may be impossible to find or rediscover.

To that end, I’d like to share a nostalgic and a not nostalgic list.

— Being out of touch. I know that may seem odd, particularly for someone whose job involves keeping D. None people in touch with of the above information, but I miss

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF the days when people couldn’t find me. I remember getting a beeper for the first time and thinking this was a slippery slope to nonstop accountability.

— Snow days. In the most intense heat of

the summer, it’s easy to become nostalgic for the unplanned gift of a day off from school and, way back when, for some time at home with my parents. The night before a snow day, I would go to a particular window in the backyard, turn on the light and assess the size of the snowflakes.

If they were too big, the temperature was likely far too warm and the snow would likely turn into rain. Smaller and super numerous snowflakes, like a colony of termites building a home, could work their magic overnight, causing the trees to bend in front of my window.

— Cultural excitement. We are so divided on so many issues these days, but I miss the general excitement that comes from blockbuster movies.

I remember the experience of seeing the movie “Star Wars” in a packed theater and the excited conversation from people as the John Williams music sent them home happy.

— The meaningful sitcom. “M*A*S*H” somehow combined humor and drama, blending comedy with intense situations in an army hospital in the Korean War. The sitcom “Mom,” which deals with addiction, friendship, familial

issues and loss, brought the same impressive acting to difficult situations softened by humor.

— Eating less healthy food. I miss the ability to eat a burger, fries and onion rings at one of my favorite restaurants (RIP The Good Steer) without having that food interrupt my sleep, create unfortunate digestive experiences or contribute to an expanding girth.

— Letting our dog roam the neighborhood.

Our current dog is rarely off his leash. Decades ago, we’d ask our dog if he wanted to go out, he’d run to the door and return to play when he heard us outside or to have his evening meal and play at night. He walked himself.

— My dad. My father had the uncanny ability to make me laugh, even and especially when I was frustrated. Seeing my sour face, he’d come toward me in a battle of wills he knew he’d win. He’d make a strange face or do something unpredictable, forcing me to smile despite myself.

Okay, so, how about a few things for which I am not nostalgic.

— The rear-facing seat of a station wagon.

The seat often didn’t have much room, because

we also packed bags and suitcases back there, and was facing the wrong way, which meant that nausea, particularly on tight turns, was a constant companion.

— The Yankees around 1990. With a respectful nod to Don Mattingly, those teams were pretty close to unwatchable.

— Marching band practice. I loved so many parts of my musical upbringing, but marching band doesn’t make the list. We sweat for hours on hot fields. During performances, our heavy, unflattering uniforms trapped heat and felt stiffer than denim that had dried too quickly.

— Going to the airport to change tickets.

Awful as today’s airline experiences are, we drove to the airport and waited in line to change tickets. Today, we can go online, where systems are busy and the airlines tells us to try back later.

— Waiting for carpools. To borrow from J.D. Salinger and William Golding, waiting for exhausted parents to pick up a collection of teenagers dripping with Holden Caulfield angst was akin to living through a sociological “Lord of the Flies” experiment.

Is hate mongering the beginning of a descent into evil?

D

riving along a residential street in what seemed from doorbell videos to be a white Prius, a man tossed a plastic bag on each lawn as he moved along. It might have been a newspaper delivery, but it wasn’t.

It was a package of hateful flyers whose words were directed against Jews. The bags contained rice or pebbles to weigh them down and keep them from blowing away in the wind.

Police have been investigating the hate messages delivered to homes in Rockville Between Centre, Oceanside and Long Beach in Nassau you and me County and have

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF blamed an anti-Jewish group for the activity, which has also occurred in other cities in the country. Whether these groups are aligned through the internet has

yet to be determined. But we do know that the internet has carried hateful messages throughout the world, a far cry from the original idea that digital connectivity could be only a positive platform for revealing despots’ brutality in far corners of the globe.

We now know the internet can be a powerful tool to radicalize otherwise ordinary people who might be susceptible to the hateful messages. But how do ordinary people become radicalized?

A book was just published that attempts to deal historically with that subject by focusing on Reinhard Heydrich, who became the head of the SD (the intelligence service) and the Gestapo as well as an architect of the Final Solution for the Third Reich. “The Hangman and His Wife,” by Nancy Dougherty, tells of a man without ideological roots, who was not a fervent believer and only joined the Nazi Party in 1931, two years after his future wife, Lina.

Yet he began what the senior New York Times book reviewer, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, who wrote the forward to the book, described this way.

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“One searches in vain for a rational explanation of Heydrich’s descent into evil. No single biological fragment satisfies.”

According to the book’s author, Heydrich evolved from a musically gifted, intelligent and lonely little boy into a monstrous, hyperrational technocrat with a photographic memory and unmatched organizational abilities. How he was perceived may have been a starting point.

He had “striking Aryan looks,” and for Heinrich Himmler, who first interviewed him, and who “was weak-chinned and squinted from behind thick glasses … a physically unimposing” figure, Heydrich fit the Nazi ideal. “For all their focus on Nordic physical perfection, the Nazi leaders were a bunch of misfits … Goering was fat and jowly; Goebbels was clubfooted.” Hitler himself did not match the paragon. Here was this tall, blond candidate for head of the SS, who would be a poster child of Aryan perfection in his new uniform. He must have loved that.

Further, a close relative had a Semiticsounding last name, and “he was shadowed by rumors that there was Jewish blood in his family and mocked during his nine years in

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the navy; one former roommate attested that ‘everyone more or less took Heinrich for a Jew,’” according to author Dougherty.

And this from another bunkmate: “there is no doubt that ambition was his characteristic peculiarity … On all occasions, he wanted to be outstanding — in the service, in front of his superiors, with the comrades, in sportsmanship and in bars.” Put that together with “his Luciferian coldness, amorality and insatiable greed for power,” according to Dougherty, and he became head of the Gestapo until he died in his Mercedes convertible from an assassin’s grenade on May 27, 1942. He received a fulldress state funeral from Hitler.

So do those personal qualities plus opportunity explain the emergence of a hate monger? Could any of these bag-tossers today become deeply evil and potentially homicidal?

Or are they merely practicing freedom of speech? Do they just wish to stand out and be seen? Is capacity for malignant behavior what Freud called the “death instinct?” Or, as the book reviewer, Daphne Merkin, suggests, is there an inherent perverse glamour in evil?

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