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Peace Group Vigils at Post Office To Support USPS The North Country Peace Group, a local grassroots organization, held a vigil in front of the Setauket post office on Route 25A Aug. 12 to show support for postal workers and to express concerns that the Trump administration’s cutbacks in USPS services will undermine mailin voting, according to a press release from the group. About two dozen people took part in the hour-long demonstration, titled, Sound the Alarm: Attacks on the USPS Threaten Our Democracy. Several protesters went inside the post office to thank the postal workers and to deliver a message directly to the postmaster.

“Since President Donald Trump’s (R) new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy instituted cuts designed to slow down the mail, deliveries are languishing at postal hubs,” the press release read. “This year, with so many people choosing the safety of mail-in ballots due to the COVID pandemic, a delay in mail delivery could deny voters’ constitutional rights and egregiously impact the November election.” Many drivers honked in support of the ralliers who held signs that read “Protect Mail-In Voting,” “Save the USPS — Save democracy,” and “Thank You, Postal Workers.”

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Obituaries Beatrice Meyers

Beatrice Meyers, of East Setauket, died peacefully at home July 21 at age 87, from progressive pulmonary fibrosis, surrounded by loved ones. Bea was born July 3, 1933, in the Bronx to Abraham and Jennie Garber Applebaum, Polish immigrants. She received her master’s degree in social work in 1973 from Hunter College of the City University of New York and worked for social service agencies while maintaining private practices in New York City and East Setauket. Bea had grace and charm, an illuminating smile, a delightful sense of humor and a talent for making lifelong friendships. In her mid-20s, after graduating from CUNY with a major in art history, she spent months in Italy studying the art and architecture of the Renaissance. Second only to devotion to her family was a passion for travel, shared with her husband, Morton, visiting over 30 countries on four continents and reveling in adventure and cultural immersion. A lover of cinema, she developed a scholarly exposition on German Expressionism and Italian Neorealism. Politically active in the 1960s, an advocate for social justice and equality, she remained politically astute throughout her life. Most of all, Bea was a New Yorker through and through: Active, curious, involved; mesmerized by the architecture and at home at The Metropolitan Museum of Art — and she certainly knew where to find the world’s best Nova salmon. Bea was a deep thinker, interested in interpersonal relations and driven by connections to others. Bea will always be cherished by her husband of 57 years, Morton, her children Richard and Amy, and grandchildren Sarah and Sam.

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William T. “Bill” Niciu, 79, of East Setauket, died July 28 in his home of natural causes. He was born March 4, 1941, in Brooklyn, the son of William and Cecelia Niciu. He married MaryEllen Maraia July 5, 1964. Bill graduated from SUNY Stony Brook in 1963 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and later received a teaching master’s degree from Clarkson University, Potsdam. He proceeded to teach high school chemistry for several years at Brentwood High School and then spent the remainder of his career at Ward Melville High School. He was an avid golfer and spent his weekends working as a starter at Spring Lake

and Swan Lake golf clubs. He was a lifelong diehard New York sports fan and could be counted on to be watching the Yankees, Giants, Islanders and Knicks when on TV. Bill also volunteered with the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, raising several guide dog puppies. His three grandchildren, Chris, Nicole and Jessica, were the pride of his life, and he enjoyed all of their successes. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, MaryEllen, currently residing at Sunrise Senior Living of East Setauket, and two daughters, Christine (Don) Mackowiak of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth Niciu (Robert King) of Columbia, South Carolina, and his three grandchildren. In keeping with Bill’s wishes, there will be no services. Those wishing to celebrate his life can donate to the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, 371 E. Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown, NY 11787-2976 (www.guidedog.org) in his name.

Dominic James Vallarella

Dominic James Vallarella died July 20 at 93 years of age. He was born in Corona, Queens, in 1927 and was a U.S. Navy veteran at the end of World War II. During his time in the Navy, he was a cook and throughout his life, he honed his cooking skills serving friends and family many delicious meals. Dominic began his career as a carpenter and worked on U.S. Postal Service mail trains at night. He moved up in the U.S. Postal Service eventually becoming the assistant postmaster of Centerport Post Office. He later applied for and was subsequently hired as the postmaster of the Setauket and East Setauket post offices. He held that position prior to, during and after the construction of the “new” East Setauket Post Office. After years there, he moved to the postmaster’s position in Smithtown. After retiring from the Post Office, he and his wife, Victoria, former Northport residents, moved to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Eventually they moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he became very involved with the U.S. National Park Service. He researched the Civil War for them and subsequently wrote a reference book identifying soldiers who died during the war, when they died, where they were killed and where they are buried. During retirement, Dominic and Victoria traveled extensively throughout the U.S. in their mobile home, and throughout Europe. They also enjoyed boating on Long Island in the Northport area, Hilton Head and Florida. Dominic leaves behind his wife, Victoria; daughter Paula Bienia and son-in-law David Bienia; granddaughters, Lisa Augugliaro and Kimberly Bienia; and great-grandchildren, Kaleb, Madison, Luciano and Ellamae.

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BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM People are using too much hand sanitizer. That’s one of several observations from Sharon Nachman, chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. Nachman suggests that sanitizer requires only a small amount on people’s hands. If, after applying it, someone has wet and sticky hands, they have overdone it. “When I see people using hand sanitizer, they glop it on,� Nachman said in an interview. She recommends not using more than the standard volume, even amidst a return to school during the ongoing fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. In a wide-ranging conversation about the health of students who are returning to campus, Nachman urged students to pay closer attention to their health, to keep themselves and their classmates safe. Students can tell if they’re too close to each other if they both reach out and can touch each other’s fingers. The signs of COVID-19 in older teenagers and young 20-somethings are similar to the ones that occur in adults. They include fever, fatigue, feeling ill, loss of taste, and dry coughs. College students also have a high rate of being asymptomatic, which makes it difficult to find and isolate sick students. While multi-symptom inflammatory disease in children, or MSI-C, cropped up during the worst of the pandemic in Suffolk County, the overall numbers of cases and infection rate on Long Island have fallen enough to reduce the likelihood of this COVID-related illness among children. “Its all about how big the hit is in the community,� she said. “If you go to Texas or Florida, they are clearly seeing it. On Long Island, we aren’t seeing it� because of the way residents have helped flatten the infection curve among the population. Nachman urged college students to be responsible when a contact tracer reaches out to them. In college campuses throughout the country, contact tracing will help mitigate the spread of the infection by quarantining people who might have been exposed to an active form of the virus. Isolating people will keep the spread of the virus in check. Students, faculty and university administrators are well aware of the possibility that schools will need to return to an all-remote education model if infections reach a high enough level. Indeed, Nachman

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urged students to develop a plan for what they would pack and take home and where they would go if campuses closed. By being prepared for change, students can react to altered circumstances. High school students also need such preparation, in case any school that open need to close to protect students, faculty and staff. As for the potential overlap of the flu and COVID, Nachman suggested students should get the flu shot by October, before the flu season begins. Nachman is an advocate for masks. “The smartest thing people can do is really wearing their masks,� she said. “Come to college prepared with enough masks that you can wash and wear them.� The ideal number of masks is nothing fewer than two per day. She likes the washable ones, which are easy to put in the laundry and wash with the rest of a student’s clothing. The two-ply cloth masks work well and can be “personalized to reflect someone’s mood, to match clothing or to make a statement.� Masks are important not only to protect other members of the student body, but also to protect the wearer. “This idea that I’m wearing it to protect you is half right,� she said. “It’s protection for both of us.�

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PSEG Faces Backlash While Trying to Restore Power BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM While crews from several states continued to restore power this week after the outages caused by Tropical Storm Isaias, frustrated residents and politicians expressed their dismay at PSEG Long Island for the pace at which it was restoring power and for the communications problems from a storm that passed more than a week earlier. Indeed, Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) characterized PSEG’s response to the storm as “underwhelming” and “disappointing.” He expressed further frustration at the moving target PSEG had for restoring power. Romaine called on PSEG to give families and businesses that lost power for more than 48 hours $500 to cover the cost of lost food. He also said he plans to send Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) a letter calling for the appointment of an independent arbitrator who could hear the claims of businesses in a “swift” and proper manner. Dan Eichhorn, the president and chief operating officer of PSEG Long Island said the company is still discussing any possible reimbursement to customers and hasn’t made a final assessment. Meanwhile, New York State Attorney General Letitia James (D) launched an investigation of PSEG in connection with their response to a storm that knocked out

power to about 420,000 customers. As of this Wednesday, more than a week after the Aug. 4 storm, nearly 12,000 customers didn’t have electricity. Eichhorn acknowledged the call for accountability from local and state leaders. “We know there’s been a couple of agencies that want to come in and do an investigation and audits,” he said in a press conference Sunday night. “The way I would characterize this storm [is that we] did a very good job of preparing for it. Our communications were not up to our expectations. We know that created a lot of angst.” PSEG, which has operated under a 12-year contract approved by LIPA with Cuomo’s blessing in 2013, planned to conduct its own internal analysis. “We do recognize that our communications channels did not meet our customers’ expectations. We’re going to look at that immediately, make fixes” and will improve those processes, Eichhorn said. PSEG has maintained during the aftermath of Isaias that the communications problems did not impede the company’s ability to restore power, and that it brought in numerous additional crews and continued to request additional staff even on Tuesday. Over the weekend and into the beginning of the week, PSEG brought in close to 2,000 more line workers, tree trimmers and other personnel, bringing the total to over 6,000, That compares with the Long Island crews

PSEG trucks remove a downed tree in Mount Sinai Aug. 7, above. For several days, cars had to swerve around the tree that split the intersection of North Country Road and Crystal Brook Hollow Road. Below, a tree takes down a power line in the Three Village area. Above photo by Kyle Barr; below photo by Pam Botway

and contractors the company operates on a daily basis of about 600 people, bringing the response teams to about 10 times the usual operating staff levels. Eichhorn said the crews were practicing safe social distancing protocols and were also polled prior to the start of work about how they were feeling. The PSEG executive recognized the frustration residents have felt during the outage. “We know customers have waited a long time,” Eichhorn said. Several politicians have threatened consequences for PSEG’s storm response, including Cuomo who floated the idea of revoking the franchise. Eichhorn suggested the company’s legal team would consider Cuomo’s comments. Romaine said PSEG sent in four crews to Brookhaven, the largest town by area in the state, the first day and 10 the second. Given the number of downed trees, Romaine said he believes that should have been closer to 30. Councilman Kevin LaValle (R-Selden) said the area was fortunate this wasn’t a bigger storm because a larger hurricane, with more rain and more intense winds, could have caused more of the population to lose power for a longer period of time. Residents were upset that they couldn’t talk to somebody at PSEG to get answers. Starting in 2015, PSEG received $729 million secured by Cuomo over a three-year period to strengthen the resiliency of the electric grid. Eichhorn said that investment protected many of the customers who would otherwise have lost their power during this storm. Local leaders, however, didn’t feel so fortunate.

“This is something that was not supposed to happen again,” State Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) said. He further said his office has heard of numerous problematic situations in restoring power, including in the S section of Stony Brook, where one side of a street had power and the other didn’t. When residents saw a repair truck and expressed their appreciation and excitement about power returning, the crew told them they were “here for the other side of the street” and drove off, Englebright said. The assemblyman recognized the context for solutions to the ongoing problem of restoring power after major storms, including hurricanes that could come during this active season later this year. He urged a short-term plan, in which the area could return to the way things stood the week before last, and a long-term plan, which could include more than cutting overhanging branches before storms wreak havoc. Englebright and Romaine urged the area to consider burying some vulnerable lines. Romaine suggested burying 1 to 2% of the lines for the next several decades, increasing the resilience of the grid. This storm serves as a wake-up call for the area, said Englebright, who lost power for four days and whose mother in Stony Brook lost power for five days. To prepare for the storms that may come later this year, Long Island should have fuel depots with generators that are fitted for gas stations to prevent a shortage of gas, which occurred in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Englebright said. He also urged greater preparation for people who are homebound and who need special medicines.

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History Close at Hand

Remembering Kate Wheeler Strong, Storytelling Historian BY BEVERLY C. TYLER DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Setauket’s barrier-breaking and storytelling 20th Century Long Island historian Kate Wheeler Strong was born in Setauket March 21, 1879. She was the daughter of Judge Selah Strong and a descendant of Revolutionary War spy Anna Smith Strong, as well as of Setauket settler William “Tangier” Smith. As Dr. Percy Bailey wrote in Oct. 1977, “As a historian, ‘Miss Kate’ has probably done more than any other in popularizing and humanizing the history of this beautiful Long Island which she loved.” At a time when women were not regarded as serious historians or as community leaders, Kate Strong was able to bring an understanding of local history and storytelling to generations of young people and adults on Long Island. Her influence as a respected writer and local historian for almost four decades cannot be overemphasized, especially this year in light of the 100th anniversary of the ratification and adoption of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote. Strong broke the barriers that got in her way. Strong wrote local history articles for the Long Island Forum from 1939 through 1976. Most of these articles she published in

Kate Strong and her dog Fan, left, on her front porch on Strong’s Neck, December 1899. Right, Strong poses for a photo in 1897, and below, at her family’s weather station, circa 1950. The family had been maintaining a weather station on Strong’s Neck for more than two centuries. Photos from Three Village Historical Society archives

small booklets which she sold or gave away to friends over the years. These booklets, called “True Tales” have provided a special look into the past for many generations of Three Village residents. Strong died at her home “The Cedars” on Strong’s Neck July 22, 1977. In 1992, William B. Minuse (19082002) wrote about Strong in the 1992 Three Village Historian. “Miss Kate Wheeler Strong was one of the most remarkable persons I have ever known ... Miss Kate loved young people. For many years she told stories to groups of children at the Emma S. Clark Memorial Library. When the Stony Brook School opened, she organized a stamp club there. “Her chief interest over the years was local and family history ... She wrote extensively; most of her articles being based on family papers and information gathered from older residents ... Even after she lost her sight she persisted. We will always be in her debt for the wonderful anecdotes and the invaluable accounts she left us of our Long Island communities and people. From time to time she gave me artifacts for the Three Village Historical Society. Among them were a pair of snowshoes her father had used during the blizzard of ‘88. Toward the end of her life her neighbors celebrated each of her birthdays, and I was always invited. I shall always remember her most fondly. She was kind and generous.” After Strong’s death, her personal papers and her family papers going back to her

second great-grandfather were donated to the Three Village Historical Society. The Strong collection contains over 3,000 papers of the Strong family of Setauket, dating from 1703 to 1977. Included in the collection are deeds, diaries, 224 handwritten pages of court cases by State Supreme Court Justice Selah Strong, letters about their daily lives, politics, travels, farm matters, business records, school records, payments, receipts, Setauket Presbyterian Church records and weather bureau records. There are approximately 2,250 photographs of families, friends, relatives, places and scenes. A virtual bench talk with Margo Arceri on Kate Strong is presently featured on the Three Village Historical Society web site www.tvhs.org. Click on the tab Virtual Programming and then on Bench Talks The conversation takes place in the St. George’s Manor Cemetery on Strong’s Neck. The Three Village area is not only fortunate to have such a long and varied history but to have so many stories that bring the past to life. In this current climate of protest over the treatment of African Americans, both as slaves and as second-class citizens for almost 400 years, it is important to realize that women have also been treated as secondclass citizens in America for virtually the same time period. Women received the right to vote in America following the passage of the 19th amendment to the United States Constitution which was passed by Congress June 4, 1919; ratified August 18, 1920; and

its adoption certified on August 26, 1920. We are now only two weeks away from the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th amendment. The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania reopened to visitors Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, with free admission through Sept. 5, 2020. Timed tickets for entry are required. They will be welcoming visitors Wednesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Opening Aug. 26, the center’s newest exhibit, “The 19th Amendment: How Women Won The Vote,” will be included with entry. “The Three Village Historian: Journal of the Three Village Historical Society,” issue of 1992 includes nine of Kate Wheeler Strong’s “True Tales,” and a complete listing of the 38 years of “True Tales” booklets she produced between 1940 and 1976. This 24page publication is available at the Three Village Historical Society History Center and Gift Shop, 93 North Country Road, Setauket. However, the gift shop is currently closed. A copy of the 1992 “The Three Village Historian” is in the Long Island Collection of the Emma S. Clark Memorial Library in Setauket, along with a complete set of Kate Strong’s “True Tales.” 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 or visit www.tvhs.org.

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Action, Not Finger Pointing There Can Be Perfect Planning We imagine that if you’re looking into your fridge and not finding any cold air coming out, that you’re smelling the milk starting to curdle and watching the meat in the freezer becoming wet and discolored, that you likely don’t want to hear anything else but the sound of heads rolling. One has every right to be angry when the response to a storm like Isaias has been so clumsy. Reportedly, PSEG Long Island was ready for the storm but communications were not, and they continue to be confusing and out of touch. While the utility company puts out daily or even bi-daily releases about numbers of people who have gotten their power back online, the web and mobile app for reporting outages still show too many people lacking power. Either the reporting app is broken, or the lines of communication have broken down. For a utility that promises so much of its reporting technology, residents would expect some timely communication, at the very least. Residents had a constant refrain over the past week that the timetables for when their street’s repairs would be done kept getting moved. A week after the storm, by Monday, 17,000 on Long Island still lacked power, according to the utility company, even though their own map showed at least 30,000 more potentially lacked any power out of the original 420,000. PSEG has a lot to answer for, especially with the $40 million annual contract (plus incentives) that the Long Island Power Authority pays the utility company to handle Long Island’s electrical infrastructure. Electeds at every level have come down on the utility company. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has requested an inquiry into PSEG’s handling of the storm. New York State Attorney General Letitia James (D) has obliged and will conduct an investigation, according to a Newsday report that was confirmed by PSEG. Cuomo has also threatened to pull PSEG’s contract. Should PSEG be responsible for people’s spoiled food and other financial hits due to loss of power? The many people who lost hundreds of dollars worth of food and medicine would certainly agree, especially those who can ill afford to lose an ounce of that during a pandemic, when many have lost jobs and unemployment benefits. The company should absolutely buckle up and support the people who need it most, especially since we still do not know just how much the 18 heads of PSEG make in salary of their multimillion dollar contract with LIPA. But the speed and readiness that officials were ready to pounce on the utility company displays a different sort of callousness, especially in an election year. To say PSEG has become a punching bag is too quaint of a depiction for how much politicians want to make easy villains out of complicated issues. Some politicians have made going after PSEG and LIPA the cornerstone of their campaigns. Some have called for the heads of each organization to resign. But tackling the challenges of supplying power to Long Island takes more than a readiness to plant a boot on the back of whatever company was taped with a “kick me” sign. Isaias will not be the last major storm this season. If we’re unlucky, there could be even worse storms that hit our little sandbar called Long Island. That is where our heads should be, shoring up the infrastructure to ensure PSEG’s response does not repeat itself and getting behind initiatives that can prevent widespread damage, instead of having more people ready to clean up the aftermath. New York is right to move toward a future where the majority of energy comes from renewable technologies. For the sake of the future of our planet, we have no choice. More than that, we need to think about our planet with the ferociousness we do when our lights stop working. Hurricanes are unrelenting. We must be as well.

On Aug. 6, you published the editorial, “No Plan Is Perfect,” in regards to the monumental task of reopening our schools in the wake of — possibly in the midst of — a global pandemic. It is correct that no plan is perfect, but there can be perfect planning. In this very arena the Three Village Board of Education has failed, dismally. They have provided no leadership in forming either a perfect plan or in fact any plan at all. They did not provide leadership to our community, when five out of seven members did not sit on committees of the Three Village district’s School Reopening Task Force, according to the district website. They failed to lead when the community that so desperately needed to know that its

children would be educated, the parents who so desperately needed to know that they had a plan for safe education of their children, and the staff who so desperately needed to know that their health and safety was cared for were all left fumbling in the dark by a plan that offered no specifics on the reopening of our district. They shirk their responsibilities when, after months of streaming board meetings, the only board meeting they opt to open to the public is one where the union president can scold and dress down community members who spoke out in concern over the current state of the district, rather than allow us to gather and ask questions about how our children would safely return to school.

A Threat to Stony Brook Harbor The Village of Head of the Harbor and its residents, as well as Avalon Nature Preserve, BB & GG Farm & Nursery, and Harmony Vineyards constitute the watershed of the planned Gyrodyne Sewage Treatment Plant as discussed by state Assemblyman Steve Englebright [D-Setauket] in your Aug. 6 edition. We wish to echo his comments as well as the quoted comments of Professor Lawrence Swanson, a village resident and expert on Stony Brook Harbor. Englebright discussed the possible contamination by a sewage treatment plant located a mile and a half from the harbor in the Gyrodyne property. Because of the topography of our community, the Gyrodyne property is at the same height as the top of Niagara Falls.

It’s obvious that if you tossed a bucket of sludge from the top of the falls it would quickly wind up at the bottom. The same holds for dropping that same bucket of sludge on the Gyrodyne property, the sludge will eventually find its way in the ground to travel under the Village of Head of the Harbor down to Stony Brook Harbor. Years ago, all the wells in the village used for drinking water were closed at the insistence of the Environmental Protection Agency, and town water was piped in at the cost of our residents. Why? Because a plume of toxic dry-cleaning fluid from a business south of us in St. James followed the path down the hill to contaminate wells in Head of the Harbor. Contamination released from the planned Gyrodyne sewage plant will follow the same path.

And where has their lack of leadership left the community? It has left the community still floundering for answers on how they will ensure that their children are educated and cared for come Sept. 8. Yes, no plan is perfect, but no plan at all is not only imperfect but a failure. I call for a vote of no confidence in the Three Village Board of Education. They have failed their faculty, they have failed their students and they have failed the community. I hope only that this letter serves as a wake-up call and that they begin to think outside their narrow box, ask for help, look to experts and be the leaders that they are expected to be for the children and the community. Stephanie Buffa East Setauket

We have all read what happened in Bethpage from toxic aircraft cleaning fluids dumped by Grumman. Millions have been spent and millions more will have to be spent to litigate and clean up that mess. Grumman is still around to help pay for this. Gyrodyne will not be. Gyrodyne is being liquidated and will disappear after the property is sold off. So down the road who will be around to provide the money to clean up any contamination of the watershed properties and Stony Brook Harbor? Englebright said what is needed is an objective report, an independent study, that analyzes the environmental risk of building a sewage treatment plant on top of the 25A hill. We second that opinion. Doug Dahlgard, Village Mayor Head of the Harbor

Post Office Should Consider Other Options There are other solutions to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer [D-NY] calling for a $25 billion bailout to save the post office system. There are other initiatives which could assist the U.S. Postal Service in avoiding frequent postage stamp increases. The Postal Service should continue with more joint business ventures like Amazon in expanding Sunday delivery. This could be the start of something big. Using underutilized assets and facilities on Sunday could generate badly needed revenues. This would assist in developing alternatives to the periodic increasing frequency of raising the price of first-class stamps. Consider going after other available untapped potential revenue streams? These sources

could reduce operating deficits and perhaps even turn a small profit. Sell advertising space on mailboxes, at post offices along with the small jeeps, regular trucks and heavy-duty long haul trucks. Sell off some of the valuable real estate and move to less expensive locations. Join banks and fast food restaurants that sublet space at Walmart and other big box stores to open smaller post offices. Generate both revenue and customers by subletting excess capacity at underutilized post offices to other government agencies along with private sector businesses. License corporations to sponsor stamps for a fee. Have members of Congress such as

Schumer and colleagues, state Legislatures and other elected officials pay the full costs for their annoying bulk rate mailings to constituents. They are nothing more than free reelection campaign brochures subsidized by taxpayers. Charge the full price for all junk mail. Future increases in the price of stamps should be tied to inflation. Apply free-enterprise solutions including working with Amazon and other private sector businesses to provide a more costeffective product, reduce deficits and prevent more branches from closing, thus keeping its commitment to serve the public well. Larry Penner Great Neck

AUGUST 13, 2020 • THE VILLAGE TIMES HERALD • PAGE A19

Opinion

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residents to know whether their efforts to report outages, downed trees, and dangling power lines were effective. The storm caused about 420,000 people to lose power. That is particularly problematic at a time when some residents are still working from home. It also disrupts the angst-ridden end-of-summer period as parents and students prepare for a school year filled with questions about an uncertain future. Hardened by all the difficulties of an impossible year, some residents chalked it up to the mess that is 2020, hoping that the change in the calendar will allow everyone to return to a normal in which we can hug friends, shake hands, visit extended family and lean in at a crowded restaurant to hear what someone said. If the vaccine Russia rushed to the market for the virus proves effective without serious side effects, maybe that hope will become a reality. Just before Isaias hit, however, PSEG must have frustrated the entity in control of the disruptions during this haywire year. You see, the company sent out a postcard.

Now, postcards are nice, particularly when you get one from someone vacationing in an exotic location. You might appreciate the magnificent scenery, even if the card makes you wonder why your friend didn’t take you along instead of spending 42 cents to make you jealous of her wonderful life. But, no, this wasn’t that kind of postcard. This was the kind of message that helps build a brand, that makes you feel as if you’ve landed somewhere between the familiar rhythm of a safe Brady Bunch household and the high-tech, happy future of the Jetsons. The card, which arrived hours before Isaias in mail trucks that would have had trouble delivering them the next day, had a picture of a man in sunglasses on a power truck, wearing a yellow hard hat with blue skies and intact branches behind him. The message offered GOOD NEWS! Of course they used all caps and an exclamation point. Then, the card continued, UPGRADES COMPLETED! How nice and promising, right? The postcard went on to suggest, “PSEG Long Island recently finished work to ensure

that you and your neighbors will continue to receive safe and reliable electric service for years to come.” The words safe, reliable and years to come were in orange, as if they were highlighting the parts you needed to read closely, emphasizing their comforting professionalism and reassuring skill set. The last paragraph read, “After careful inspection, we replaced and upgraded equipment that strengthens the infrastructure to better withstand storms and extreme temperatures.” The highlighted words were replaced, upgraded, and strengthens the infrastructure. The tag line, after thanking customers for their patience, was, “Just one more way PSEG Long Island is working for you.” Hmm, now, that postcard might have slipped, unnoticed, into the trash bin. But, that’s not what happened here. The postcard and storm arrived the same day and, despite the reassurance that the company had the infrastructure to better withstand storms, it seems that the storm, and maybe 2020, had other plans.

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t’s no secret that we are living in chaotic times. The pandemic has changed all our routines and we certainly didn’t need a tropical storm with its accompanying power loss to further churn our existence. But Mother Nature gave us no choice. There we were, in the summer heat and in the dark with no phones, no TV and no internet. On top of that, it was Tuesday afternoon, the height of our production week at the office, and we had newspapers to get to the printer Between and the latest news for our website and you and me our social media to BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF publish. But how? We went home Tuesday night, hoping when we returned there would be electricity. The main

event that lasted less than two hours gave us little rain, but high winds, and many days of downed trees intertwined with lots of electric lines to remember Isaias by. It seemed like every other local road was blocked. While Wednesday morning was clear and beautiful, we were in a frenzy at the office. Normally our six papers leave us in turn via email to meet our press time at the printer, but that surely wasn’t happening. We needed power, and we needed the internet. We also needed at least eight more hours of in-house work by our pandemic-shrunken skeletal crew before we could even get to the printer. I kept reminding myself, at least we we’re all healthy. And the extreme heat had somewhat abated so that we could keep our windows and doors open. Staff poured in and we threw out various suggestions for how to deal with this crisis that had snuck up on us. Well, it almost snuck up except for one staffer who had asked us on Monday how we were going to deal with the coming hurricane. “What hurricane?” I had responded cheerfully. “It’s only going to be a tropical

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storm!” Dubious, she returned to her desk, knowing how Cassandra must have felt during the Trojan War. Next time I will listen to her. After we had parsed all the ideas for how to proceed, the one that made the most sense was to get a generator. There then began a furious round of phone calls on our juice-deprived cellphones to try and find one. Good luck! We tried from Hauppauge to Sag Harbor. There was none to be had. Just when all seemed lost, our sales director remembered an advertiser called appropriately, Generators R Us by North Country Electric, Corp. Desperately we called. Trish Restucci answered the phone and, in the midst of their frenzied day, sensed our great need and remembered they had a small, old one in a closet that just might work. Later her husband, Frank, arrived with it and a can of gasoline and worked tirelessly to get us going. Now the frantic search for extension cords began until we found one long enough to stretch from the generator outside to our server inside, with stops along the way for the various computers.

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LEISURE EDITOR Heidi Sutton ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Kathleen Gobos ART AND PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Beth Heller Mason

By the end of the day, we were hooked up and ready to go. And then the power came on. We at least had the satisfaction of knowing that we had rescued ourselves and had not waited hoping to be rescued in time. Yes, we were able to reach the printer, who rearranged his tightly scheduled press time to fit us in on Thursday afternoon, and we were in readers’ mailboxes and on the newsstands by Friday. It was a true miracle. It was also the result of extraordinary help. Our heartfelt thank you to our neighbor, Denis Lynch of Setauket Kitchen and Bath, Dolores Stafford and Mike Vincenti of Stafford Associates, the computer wizards, Astrid at Ace Hardware, the post offices, and our saintly printer, among others. It took a village. It also took the extraordinary energy and creativity of our most loyal and professional news media staff at TBR: our production and art director and her assistant, the editors, the ad director, the circulation manager and her husband, our drivers, the classified director, the webmaster and our general manager. It is an honor to work with you. You are the best!

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