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Spooky and silly creations have been popping up all over Stony Brook Village Center as The Ward Melville Heritage Organization hosts its 30th annual Scarecrow Competition. The community can vote on entries by casting ballots that are available in Stony Brook Village Center shops and eateries until Oct. 26. Winners will be announced virtually on Zoom Oct. 30. For more info, visit wmho.org.

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East Setauket House Burns to Ground, Large Volume of Combustibles Found

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWMEDIA.COM An East Setauket home was destroyed by fire Sept. 23. The Setauket Fire Department responded to a fire on Franklin Avenue in East Setauket Sept. 23 after receiving an emergency call approximately 11:30 a.m. District manager Dave Sterne said the first pumper was on the scene within five minutes where the firefighters found a fully involved fire of a large structure. Chief Paul Rodier advised the crews to attack the fire from the outside, according to the chief’s office. The fire department received mutual aid from Stony Brook, Port Jefferson, Terryville, St. James and Centereach fire departments as well as Port Jefferson and Stony Brook volunteer ambulance corps. Sterne said the size of the fire was a rare one. “The combination of the homeowner waiting a long time to call it in, along with all the combustibles he had stored in his house, led to an extreme amount of fire even before we got there,” Sterne said. “Given our

rapid response time, we should have found a situation where a fire was just starting to spread and could have been confined to a smaller area where it had started, but upon arrival all areas of the house and contents were already on fire.” Sterne said in case of fire or an EMS emergency, residents can call the district’s direct hotline number, 631-941-4441. “Whether it be a medical emergency or fire emergency, seconds count and the sooner we are notified, the better,” he said. The fire district manager shared some fire prevention tips. In addition to having working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, people should not use extension cords for permanent use and combustibles should be kept away from heating equipment. Homeowners also shouldn’t keep resetting a circuit breaker if it continuously trips and instead call an electrician. Circuit breakers trip when a faulty condition is recognized including the overheating of wires. — Lower right photo by Carl Bongiorno; all others by Bob O’ Rourk

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New SUNY Chancellor Applauds SBU for Low COVID Cases, Response State University of New York’s new chancellor, Jim Malatras, visited Long Island Sept. 24 to check in with the presidents of Stony Brook University and Farmingdale State College, and see how they were containing the COVID-19 virus. During a SBU press conference, Malatras said he wanted to especially visit the school and praised how well university President Maurie McInnis and the campus community have handled both the pandemic and the school’s reopening. He added that the university continues to remain open while other schools in the state just a few weeks into the semester have had to send home students and switch to fully remote schedules, such as SUNY Oneonta. “I want to highlight shining examples of campuses that are doing it well,” he said. The chancellor credited SBU’s success to requiring students to submit a negative COVID test before moving on campus, its regular testing of all students and the school’s transparency with a COVID-19 tracker dashboard on its website since the beginning of the semester. The SUNY website now offers a COVID-19 dashboard

tracking all of its 64 colleges and universities. He praised faculty, staff and students for their compliance with public health guidelines such as wearing masks and social distancing. He said the administration hasn’t found problems with students throwing parties like other schools seem to have. McInnis also complimented the campus community’s commitment to following health and safety guidelines. “Our students really want to be here, and they understand what they do has a direct, positive impact on their peers and all of us at Stony Brook,” she said. “We know especially right now personal responsibility is a social act.” Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) was also in attendance. Malatras credited Bellone for working with SBU and other SUNY campuses in the county to ensure a robust reopening plan where the community could feel confident in moving forward. Malatras said while declining enrollment during the pandemic has exacerbated financial difficulties, it was important to quickly set up protocols to contain the virus and ensure the campus community’s confidence. The chancellor complimented what the SBU community has been doing during

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History Close at Hand

Three Village Historian Shares History of Controversial President BY BEVERLY C. TYLER DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM As we approach the election of 2020, it is interesting to look back at previous elections and the controversies that resulted. The history of our election process and the reactions of politicians and parties has occasionally been one of conflict and acrimony. The American Review, a Whig Journal for April 1845 noted, “The conduct of Mr. Tyler ... evinced such incredible weakness as well as want of integrity, that future generations will with difficulty be brought to credit the most sober record of his whiffling, faltering, self-seeking knavery … As John Tyler was born in the Democratic ranks, so has he naturally returned to die there: it is hard to say whether his political birth or death will do them the more honor.” John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, was nominated in 1839, to run for the office of vice president on the Whig Party ticket with William Henry Harrison. Harrison died in office a month after he was sworn-in as president and Tyler became the first vice president to succeed to the presidency. Tyler, having served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and governor

of Virginia and as both a member of the U.S. Congress and a U.S. Senator, had a great deal of experience and was popular, at least in his own state. Following Harrison’s death, Vice President Tyler firmly resolved that he was, in name and fact, the president of the United States and not simply an acting president, and he took the oath of office as president and moved into the White House. This action may be one of his greatest contributions, an action formalized by the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. President Tyler, originally a Democrat, joined the Whig Party because of his opposition to Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. After he vetoed a number of bills proposed by the Whig party President Tyler found himself alienated from both political parties. The vitriol came especially from his own Whig Party. During Tyler’s term in office, he was referred to as “his accidency” and the Whigs in Congress said, “he had fallen upon a position for which he was hopelessly unfit.” Tyler was definitely a family man, producing eight children with his first wife Letitia Christian, who died of a stroke in the White House in 1842. Tyler and his second wife, Long Island’s own Julia Gardiner, had seven children. In spite of his busy work life, he kept in touch

Lithograph portrait of President John Tyler, left. Right, painting of Julia Gardiner Tyler who married Tyler in 1944 when she was 21, and he was 54. From the Library of Congress

with his family, writing letters to his children when he couldn’t be with them. Today, Tyler is the earliest former president with living grandchildren, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, born in 1924 and Harrison Ruffin Tyler, born in 1928. One of Tyler’s children, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, was born in 1853 when President Tyler was 63. Lyon and his second wife Sue had three children. Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. was born when his father was 71, and Harrison Ruffin Tyler when he was 75, in 1924 and 1928 respectively.

John Tyler was born in Virginia in March 1790. He married his first wife Letitia in 1813, who died during his 1841-45 term in office. In 1844, he married his second wife Julia Gardiner. President Tyler died in 1862, 66 years before his grandson Harrison was born. 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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Brookhaven Says Heatherwood Golf Course Needs to Clean Up Property BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A picture of a sign reading “What Should We Build” standing next to the now-closed golf course on Nesconset Highway in Terryville gained a few chuckles, before heads turned down in thought. Just what should be there? And who, if not the property owners, will do it? The Heatherwood Golf Course, owned by Commack-based Heatherwood Golf and Villa, has been under strenuous controversy for the last few years as it tried in vain to build an apartment complex on the site. The site was closed this year, and the property facing the road has started to become overgrown. The apartment complex would have halved the number of holes at the golf course from 18 to nine on property that covers both Port Jefferson Station and Centereach. Back in 2014, the owners were granted a zoning change to the Heatherwood property to allow them to build the new condominiums for people 55 and older. Both Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) and Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) dissented. In 2018 the town

The Heatherwood golf course in Terryville has sat vacant since it was closed earlier this year and the green has become overgrown. The site is still slated for around 200 new 55-and-older condiminiums. Photo by Kyle Barr

planning board conditionally approved plans for the property. In a phone interview, Cartright said owners have three years since the planning board approved its plans, specifically Aug. 20, 2021, to finish the last four of 16 conditions of the approval, otherwise they would not be able to start construction. In 2019, the property owner had sent two

separate proposals to the Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency for a payment in lieu of taxes agreement. The IDA shot down the owner’s first $7 million proposal, with some on the board citing the minimal number of jobs such a project would create. Just a few months later in November, the owner came back to the IDA with a newer, less intense $2.2 million tax break proposal. In a four to three split vote, that

new PILOT proposal was rejected yet again in December. And local civics haven’t budged from their antipathy toward any of those same PILOT agreements. Civic members from both Port Jefferson Station and Three Village have previously shared concerns about lost tax revenue for school districts as well as traffic concerns. Sal Pitti, the president of the Port Jefferson Station/Terryville Chamber of Commerce, said he felt the property owner was being “vindictive” in letting it become overgrown because the IDA did not acquiesce to any new tax breaks. He called owners “greedy” for trying to relinquish the one true benefit to the community the project would have, that being school taxes. “If they did the project normally, think about all the money they would have saved back then,” Pitti said. “The guy’s pushing for what he wants and how he wants it, and that’s why he’s letting the property get so overgrown.” Representatives of Heatherwood did not return a request for comment by press time. Since its second IDA rejection, the owners HEATHERWOOD CONTINUED ON A7

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Village

New Stony Brook Coffeehouse Takes on COVID Challenges BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWMEDIA.COM Just when shops were ready to open in Stony Brook Square, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed an executive order requiring businesses deemed nonessential to shut down March 22 due to COVID-19. In a March 12 Village Times Herald article, Parviz Farahzad, owner of East Setauket-based Little Rock Construction, said Stony Brook Square was ready for tenants to move in. The shopping center is located on Route 25A across the street from the Long Island Rail Road train station. Among those who were patiently waiting were the owners of Druthers Coffee, Kathryne Piazzola and her husband Kevin Phieffer, of St. James, and her son Zachary Russell and his husband Michael Buchholz from Port Jefferson. The owners said they officially opened Aug. 14, some three months after their plan to launch a new coffeehouse in early May was dashed due to COVID. The coffee spot also had another delay after Tropical Storm Isaias knocked out power. Piazzola and Russell said waiting to open was somewhat of a challenge. “It was disappointing,” Piazzola said. “I had left my position at the university, and Zachary and Michael left their barista jobs, and so we were in limbo for a little bit.” Piazzola said while the pandemic delayed the completion of Druthers’ construction, her husband, a contractor, worked on it until others were able to do so again. Piazzola, Russell and Buchholz have been the only ones working in the coffee place since it opened, sometimes for 14 hours a day. The owners said they feel fortunate that

customers have been complying with public health guidelines by wearing their masks and social distancing when eating and drinking. “We know so many cafe owners who are spending most of their time arguing with their guests about putting their masks on,” Buchholz said, adding they have facial coverings on hand for those who forget. The cafe is currently able to seat eight outside and eight inside. Buchholz said the present design wasn’t what they originally planned but it works well with current guidelines. At first, the owners said they were concerned because Stony Brook University isn’t operating at full capacity, and they know many residents are hesitant to go out. However, there has been a good turnout so far. The owners are also pleased The Stony Brook School has given students gift cards to Druthers as prizes, and that SBU faculty and students are using it as a place to meet and work. “The community has turned out in the most incredible way.” Buchholz said. Russell said they originally wanted to offer breakfast, beer and wine on weekends, as well as pop-up dinners but scaled back at first. Customers have told them what the shop has now and is planning to offer in the future is what they have been looking for in the neighborhood. “We started slow and we’re glad that we did, but we’re growing into the space,” Buchholz said. “And we’re living up to the expectations with everyone coming in. Operating it hasn’t been much of a challenge, it’s just been jumping over hurdles on the layout side.” Hurdles are nothing new to store owners in the center. Development of Stony Brook Square was stalled back in the summer of

Obituary Richard Spence

Richard C. Spence, of Selden, passed away Sept. 27. He was 64. He was born Oct. 24, 1955, in Queens, and was the son of Robert and Frances Spence. Richard was a retired Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. He will be deeply missed by his mother, Frances; brother, Gary (Denise); sisters, Jean (Kenny), Carole (Chuck), Mary (Fred); all of his many nieces and nephews; his cat, Hobo; along

Druthers Coffee owners Kathryne Piazzola, Zachary Russell and Michael Buchholz said they and customers are handling COVID-19 guidelines successfully. Photo by Rita J. Egan

2018 when the Town of Brookhaven Planning Board issued a stop-work order after inspectors discovered field changes at the site. While the Planning Board approved some of the modifications, it requested one building be moved to its initially approved spot. Currently, Druthers Coffee shares the center with Arnor Crepes & Bubble Tea, which opened in the summer. Farahzad said he has already seen some foot traffic with students

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with many other friends and family. Richie enjoyed taking care of his mom as much as she enjoyed taking care of him. He was an avid animal lover and was always helping his neighbors but loved mostly spending time with his family. He was preceded in death by his father Robert Spence and his brother William Spence. The family will receive friends at Bryant Funeral Home, 411 Old Town Road, Setauket on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Donations may be made in Richard’s memory to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675. Visit www.bryantfh.com to sign the online guest book.

have been largely silent about plans for the property. The Heatherwood Golf Course was officially closed this year. Weeds and grass have grown long in the absence of much or any care, and Cartright said the owners have been put on notice and are on a 14-day clock, starting from last week, before town workers move in to cut the grass. The question of who erected that cheeky sign belies the question: what is the future for the property? Suggestions on Facebook ranged from a park to a vineyard to a shooting range. Cartright said that as far as she knows the developer is still moving forward with their plans. As much as community members would like to see another public park, the

and residents visiting the establishments and feels the center will add a “downtown feeling.” All but two storefronts and the historic home on the property have been leased, according to Farahzad. Jersey Mike’s Subs and Teachers Federal Credit Union are slated to open soon and will be followed by businesses such as Dental365, Organic Krush, a hair salon, pizzeria, noodle house and Vietnamese and Mediterranean restaurants. councilwoman made it clear the town cannot simply buy up private land. “It’s not our land — you have to have a willing seller to purchase anything as open space,” she said. “Though they still have an obligation for cleaning up their property.” But Heatherwood has long had everything it needs to start up a new apartment complex, though it has before cited the need for those tax breaks before they can start any real development. Pitti said that while the owners still need to keep the property facing the street somewhat nice, it wouldn’t be so bad to see the rest of it reclaimed by nature. Better yet, he asked, why not let it return to being a golf course. “I think the community loved it when it was a golf course,” he said. “It wasn’t like it wasn’t profitable — people went and used that golf course, even during the winter months — it was a sport people enjoyed, it was a clean well-kept property.”

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Mover and Shaker

New CEED Board Member Aims to Bring Nature to Underserved Communities Architecture at the New-York Historical Society, while doing some graphic camera work for Estée Lauder. The Center for Environmental Education “I used to do a lot of black-and-white and Discovery in Brookhaven has been photography back in the ’80s and ’90s,” connecting Long Islanders with nature she said. “I did work in the darkroom, so I since its inception in think my background 2015. Setauket resident as an educator kind of Patricia Paladines, who stems from that: Finding recently joined the board images, and finding of directors, pledges to things that interest me to continue fostering that share with others.” connection and hopes to Her work has been expand the organization’s featured at the Islip Art outreach to traditionally Museum, The Art Guild of underserved populations. Port Washington, Tabler art gallery at Stony Brook “Patricia is a naturalist, University and the Newenvironmentalist, phoYork Historical Society. tographer and educator In 1995, Paladines took a who has taught science job as executive assistant to and nature to students of the vice president of ocean every age from elemenat the Nationtary school to college,” —Patricia Paladines conservation al Audubon Society in Islip, said Tom Pelletier, CEED where she said she discovboard chair, in a stateered the true beauty of Long ment. “Paladines’ photographs of people, wildlife and landscapes have Island’s outdoors, as well as a general appreciation been exhibited all over Long Island, she has a for nature. “When I started working for the Audubon master’s degree in educational psychology, and she brings a wealth of skills and experience to Society, I realized that Long Island was much more than shopping malls and expressways, CEED’s mission.” Born in Ecuador, Paladines moved to which is what a lot of people think when they Chicago with her parents when she was 3 years live in the city,” she said. “[My work] showed old. She relocated to New York in 1985 where me the wild side of Long Island, and the birds she began a career in photography and design. and the ocean. Having grown up in Chicago, Paladines worked as a research assistant in this was very different for me.” Her enthusiasm led her to work at the the Department of Prints, Photographs, and BY LEAH CHIAPPINO DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

‘When I started working for the Audubon Society, I realized that Long Island was much more than shopping malls and expressways.’

Setauket resident Patricia Paladines, above, has recently joined the CEED board of directors. Below, Paladines doing what she loves out in nature with her camera. Above photo from Paladines; below photo by Carl Safina

Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead, first through the Cornell Cooperative Extension, where she developed a program called Aspiring Latin American Scientists in 2000. She was responsible for leading naturalist tours, coordinating with college interns and giving public presentations. Having worked in environmental careers for some time, Paladines noticed Hispanic/Latinx communities were largely underrepresented in the field, even within the large environmental community in activities such as birding or hiking. She also coordinated presentations on various types of marine life to be done in Spanish. She went on to initiate a partnership between the aquarium and Blue Ocean Institute after the aquarium decided not to renew an education contract with CCE a few years later. While managing the BOI program she received a grant from National Grid for an ocean literacy project. Paladines said with the grant she was able to develop workshops for teachers and schools, and one of the collaborations was with an English Language Learner class at Longwood High School filled with students from various countries who spoke different languages. She said it gave students the opportunity to “strengthen their English while learning about wildlife and the ocean.” It is this kind of outreach Paladines wants

to bring to CEED, encouraging the Hispanic community along the South Shore to utilize the facility and working on deploying “teams” from Bellport High School to build environmental leadership and to teach students how to bring it into their own communities. In addition to her chosen fields, Paladines is married to ecologist and author Carl Safina. She also has a daughter, Alexandra Srp. Pelletier said Paladines is an asset to the board. “I mean, to put it bluntly, the environmental movement and nature center movement and all that tends to be pretty white,” Pelletier said. “We’re trying to do our part to change that. One of the reasons that we thought Patricia would be a really good fit for our board is that she’s done that kind of thing before. I’m kind of excited about having her on our board because that is one of our goals to do that: Make that kind of outreach and bring more people of color to our programs.” Paladines’ appointment to the board comes as CEED attempts to get off the ground with expanding programming. A little more than three years ago, the nonprofit signed agreements with the Town of Brookhaven and with Suffolk County to use over 60 acres of nature preserve and green-space land, which includes the Washington Lodge estate where CEED is located.

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We don’t appreciate what we have until According to The Trust for Public Land, somebody else wants it or takes it. Such is Nassau and Suffolk Counties had 15,300 and 120,000 acres (5 percent and 8 percent of total the case with Long Island’s open space. By some accounts, several hundred land area) respectively of parks and open space thousand people have left New York City in 2010. However, not all the open space is permanently protected. to seek less populated Suffolk County benefits from areas since the outbreak of its remaining but disappearing the COVID virus this past agricultural lands. spring. People are relocating Long Island, and particualong the east coast, Maine to larly the residents of Suffolk Florida. Most, however, seem County, have vigorously supto be populating the suburban ported a number of programs and more rural parts of Long developed over the years to Island, Connecticut and New assure that we do have that Jersey, at least temporarily, space for our wellbeing. but perhaps permanently. These programs and laws Evidence of this migration include farmland preservacan be seen in a number of tion, Save Open Space, Comforms. Housing prices are munity Greenways and the up considerably as is school Drinking Water Protection enrollment. Long Island Program (1/4 percent sales government officials hope tax; twice approved by the that businesses will be able to electorate). Several of these extend the summer season as are national models for precity residents opt to prolong R. Lawrence Swanson serving openness. The Suftheir summer relocations folk County Legislature dewell into the fall and perhaps permanently. East End towns have seen their serves a “Well Done” for recently preventing garbage generation increase, in one case a temporary borrowing from the 1/4 percent perhaps 50 percent, all due to the influx of sales tax fund. How prescient of the East End towns to city people. Suddenly, the importance of social pass the Peconic Bay Region Community distancing makes Long Island attractive. Preservation Fund, a tax on property sales, Our remaining but diminishing open space creating a revenue stream to preserve is valued as people realize large population historic properties and open space. Public/ density still has significant downsides — private partnerships are useful mechanisms particularly during a pandemic. Steven to assure protection of green space. And, Johnson, in his 2006 book, “The Ghost we are fortunate to have non-governmental Map,” about the 1854 cholera epidemic in organizations like the Peconic Land Trust, London, points out that intense population The Nature Conservancy and the North Shore density, contributing to drinking water Land Alliance preserving lands as well. But, while a great deal has been done pollution, led to the scourge. With COVID, we are experiencing yet another example over the last few decades to acquire and of what happens when many people live protect Long Island from complete build too close together. Even though there are out, we are now falling short of what needs many advantages to city dwelling such as to be done. The COVID pandemic clearly energy, transportation and health treatment amplifies the desirability of and requirement efficiencies, public health can be jeopardized for open space. More than ever, Nassau and when people are packed together — Suffolk Counties and their respective towns, exponential growth of an infectious disease, even in tough financial situations, need to aggressively pursue protecting space — more for one. Perhaps now we can understand the parkland, greenspace and agricultural land, benefits of open space and that there are real for the health and wellbeing of their citizens. disadvantages to complete grow out — there Let’s encourage our elected officials to are “limits to growth.” Long Island’s premier support the various groundbreaking, spaceplanner, Dr. Lee Koppelman, postulated preservation programs and strategies that in 1964 that Long Island must preserve a are available. We need to implement them minimum of 10 acres per 1,000 people and aggressively for the long-term sustainability that 50 percent of inhabited lands needs to be of Long Island. R. Lawrence Swanson is associate dean open space if people are to experience a high quality of life. The pandemic has shown that at the School of Marine and Atmospheric this is indeed correct and now open space is Sciences and director of its Waste Reduction desired by many who don’t have access to it. and Management Institute.”

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Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have offered a $150 billion package for state and local governments. “You can’t stick to a state and local government funding number as high as $900 billion,” Zeldin said. “That’s far more than state and local governments are asking for. If you insist on $900 billion or bust, there’s not going to be any additional state and local funding.” The additional dynamic that comes into play is that some Democrats who were elected for the first time in Republican districts have been putting pressure on Pelosi in the last few weeks, Zeldin said. “They want there to actually be negotiations and compromise to get it over the finish line,” he said. With talks restarted between congressional Democratic leadership and the Trump administration, Zeldin said he was “hopeful” that the discussions would result in a new bill. He said the amount of money the states and local governments are asking for has also declined since the original request. Indeed, New York State has cut its request to $30 billion from $60 billion. Any bill that passed wouldn’t likely indicate how county and local governments should spend the money, the congressman said. “I’m not looking for Congress to break up every dollar being appropriated for Suffolk County,” Zeldin said. “The best thing to do would be to provide flexibility, so that county level elected officials can determine the best use of additional funding.”

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U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) has been in the thick of federal discussions about another program to support state and local governments. He said the federal government is having “active talks with respect to there being a next coronavirus response bill … I have been advocating directly to the president and his chief of staff [Mark Meadows] and leaders in Congress about Suffolk County and our local towns and villages.” The local congressman, whose district covers the North Fork and South Fork all the way west to most of Smithtown, said President Donald Trump (R) called his house last Sunday night and that he used the opportunity to talk about getting funding for local government. Zeldin brought up the MTA with the president. “I’m trying to get top line numbers for our county, towns, villages, the MTA and Port Authority,” he said. Zeldin suggested three factors affected a national funding bill. The first is that the Nov. 3 election is rapidly approaching. “You have to have a willingness to allow your political opposition to also have a win when you have a government that’s divided between parties,” he said. “The only way for a next coronavirus response bill to become law is similarly to the way the past coronavirus response bill became law,” by Republicans and Democrats working together. Passing another bill would give everyone, including U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Trump a win, the congressman said. “That’s a problem for some, because there are people who really don’t want the president to get reelected,” Zeldin said. “If anyone wants to suggest that that’s not a factor, a political calculation and electioneering, they are incredibly naive to that absolute factor to these talks.” Additionally, the Republicans and Democrats have been far apart in the amount of funding. The Democrats initially had passed a bill in the House for approximately $900 billion for state and local governments out of a $3.4 trillion total aid bill, but the congressman claimed Democrats are sticking to their highball number. According to Axios, Pelosi is now aiming for a new total aid package hovering around $2.2 trillion with local assistance reduced to $436 billion.

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With Suffolk on Edge of Fiscal Crisis, Bus Routes Could Be Nixed BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM County Executive Steve Bellone (D) has continued his calls for additional federal funds, now saying bus routes and bus driver positions could be eliminated in the planned county budget to be released within the next week. Bellone said Friday, Sept. 25, also celebrated as Car Free Day, that cutting 19 bus routes and 25% of paratransit bus availability would result in about $18 million in savings for the county’s 2021 budget. The nonparatransit routes, officials said, are equivalent to 2,500 riders a day, according to the pre-pandemic ridership levels. Cuts would impact another 200 daily riders who use Suffolk County Accessible Transportation Services, and could also potentially eliminate hundreds of worker positions. The routes themselves are spread out throughout the county, and though officials said they would be buses with overall less ridership, they represent some of the only buses that move through certain areas. The S62, which runs across the North Shore from Riverhead to Hauppauge and is the only bus for places like Shoreham, Rocky Point and Miller Place, will be axed. The S54, which connects Patchogue railroad station to the Walt Whitman Mall is also in the crosshairs. Together, those routes represent 887 daily riders, according to the county. The S76, which connects Stony Brook and Port Jefferson villages and has an estimated 36 daily riders, may also get cut. The S56, which runs in Smithtown from Commack to Lake Grove with around 89 daily riders, could be eliminated. This is all part of an anticipated 2021 county budget that Bellone said will include cuts across the board. “Washington has failed to act,” he said. “We need Washington to do its job, to do what it’s always done in times of crisis when local communities are hit by unprecedented natural disasters that are beyond the scope and capability of local government can handle.” The cuts to personnel could be especially devastating, he said, considering many were the “essential workers” who did their jobs even during the worst of the pandemic on Long Island. Many hospital and other frontline workers take the bus to work as well. These planned cuts are despite receiving close to $26.6 million earlier this year in federal aid specifically for transportation services. Bellone said the money has already been spent or allocated for the current year. The total operating cost of Suffolk County Transit is over $85 million, with more than $43 million being funded by the county, around $29 million from New York State, more than $4.4 million from the federal government, and

$8.2 million in fares. The county estimates it will lose $6.1 million in farebox revenue in 2020, alongside a 20% or $6 million cut in state funding. Bellone’s office reported that the $26 million in federal funds allowed the county to operate the buses as normal during the height of the pandemic. John Corrado, president of Suffolk Transportation Service, a private company which operates all the buses used by Suffolk County, said it lost about 40% of ridership during the pandemic, and though numbers are coming back there is no way it can stave off the massive loss in farebox revenue. In a repeat of last week’s press conference where Bellone announced major cuts to Suffolk County police, Republicans in the county Legislature held a retaliatory press conference of their own. Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga), a member of the legislature’s Public Works, Transportation and Energy Committee, claimed the county is only down $4 million in bus fees. The GOP members of the Legislature have constantly attacked Bellone on its financial situation, with officials often citing a 2019 report from the state comptroller, Tom DiNapoli (D), calling Suffolk the most fiscally stressed municipality in the state, with Nassau County. “To blame the federal government is a cop out,” Trotta said. Though that aid that Suffolk received this year must be put toward current budget impacts due to the pandemic, Trotta said the numbers Bellone cited were off, and that the $26 million federal funds could be used now, and all the savings could be rolled over into next year. While it’s nearly impossible to tell until the final 2021 budget is released, Republicans have claimed both these and other cuts to major services are unnecessary considering the CARES Act funding the county has already received to the tune of $257 million, not counting the additional public transit funds, which should be enough to cover COVID-related expenses. Republicans said that new money is being used to pay for past financial mismanagement by the county executive. When asked what else could be cut instead of these services, Republican legislators said they would need to see the full budget before making that determination. Though some legislators admitted there is need for further federal aid, Legislator Anthony Piccirillo (R-Holtsville) suggested the federal

Above, Suffolk County director of Office for People with Disabilities speaks about the importance of the county’s paratransit system, which if cut could impact 200 riders; left, Legislator Rob Trotta, center, blames past financial woes for why Suffolk is planning cuts. Photos by Kyle Barr

government put a watchdog on the county executive to make sure the funds are spent correctly. In response, Bellone said since the county pays more than $40 million for the bus system, that while the federal funds help, it does not cover what will be a massive $800 million deficit for this year going into next year. The planned cuts to public transportation would also impact the Suffolk County Accessible Transportation Services buses, which residents with disabilities rely upon for service in doing things as simple as going to physical therapy or shopping for food. The service allows residents to schedule being picked up and dropped off. Frank Krotschinsky, the director of the Office for People with Disabilities under the county executive, said “the county has gone above and beyond” for the offerings it has for disabled transport. Krotschinsky himself uses a wheelchair and has been since he was a young man growing up in New York City. He added the questions his office most commonly receives are from people asking about transportation. “The day these cuts are made, people with disabilities will be disproportionately affected,” he said. “We need the federal government to step up to its role.” The same day as the press conference, Bellone hosted a call with the county executives of Onondaga and Orange upstate counties, both of whom are Republican, in emphasizing the bipartisan need for additional relief from

All Planned Route Cuts

S54 - 548 riders per day 10B - 45 riders per day S59 - 90 riders per day S57 - 139 riders per day S31 - 12 riders per day S76 - 36 riders per day S56 - 89 riders per day 2A - 106 riders per day 7A - 60 riders per day 10C - 85 riders per day 6B - 108 riders per day S47 - 73 riders per day 8A - 131 riders per day S62 - 339 riders per day 1A - 63 riders per day 6A - 78 riders per day S69 - 3 riders per day 2B - 161 riders per day S23 - 149 riders per day

Suffolk County could also be forced to reduce the Suffolk County Accessible Transportation (SCAT) Service. the federal government. “As we put forward this budget, there is not going to be a part of this budget that involves discretionary spending that will not be impacted by Washington’s failure to act here,” Bellone said.

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Three Village Chamber of Commerce Names Ardolino Member of the Year BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

At its recent awards dinner, the Three Village Chamber of Commerce honored a familiar face in the community and the real estate world. The chamber’s Member of the Year award was given to Michael Ardolino, founder and owner of Team Ardolino/Realty Connect USA. The award is given to members who “go above and beyond to support the chamber and its mission,” according to a press release from the TVCC. “The Three Village Chamber of Commerce and the community are truly appreciative for everything that Michael continues to do to make Stony Brook, Setauket and Old Field a great place to live and work,” the chamber said in the release. Ardolino, who lives in Setauket with his wife, said he was surprised and honored to receive the award. Above, State Assemblyman Steve Englebright, Gloria Rocchio, Kara Hahn, Michael Ardolino, Charlie Lefkowitz and Town of Brookhaven Councilwoman Valerie Cartright at the Three “Being in the chamber as long as I have, Village Chamber of Commerce awards dinner. Below, Lefkowitz, chamber president, and Ardolino with his Member of the Year award. Photos from Three Village Chamber of Commerce enjoying everything I’ve been doing with the chamber for many years, to get that award has been serving on the Town of Brookhaven Small Business Recovery Task Force. was really special,” he said. During the pandemic, Ardolino organized Ardolino said he remembers when he decided to join the chamber more than 20 years a sign campaign with other local chamber ago and was interviewed by Harold Pryor. businesses which raised funds to feed workers on the frontlines. The organization’s The real estate agent first president asked said he appreciates him why he should his time with the be accepted. chamber. “I remember sit“The chamber is ting down and sayone of the strongest ing, ‘Well, because foundations of the I’m going to help Three Village area,” you make it better he said. “It’s a very than you have alspecial place we live, ready started it to and the Three Village be,’” he said. chamber here all Through the years, these years helped it Ardolino has served grow and be what it as the chamber’s president, president emer—Michael Ardolino is today.” On the same night itus and is currently that Ardolino won the assisting secretary. Member of the Year He is the chair of the chamber Special Events Committee, a member award, Gloria Rocchio, president of The Ward of its Program and Membership Committee and Melville Heritage Organization, was presented the cofounder and current chair of the 3V Cham- with The Roy Dragotta Award, named after a ber Family BBQ. The event has been held for past president. “Rocchio exemplified the characteristics 20 years but this year was canceled due to the that Roy embodied,” the chamber press members who she said are passionate when it the Three Village Chamber of Commerce,” pandemic. He is also the founder of the Three Village release read. “These include an outstanding comes to helping the business community. Hahn said in an email. “Growing up in this Electric Holiday Parade and sits on the commitment to and participation in the Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn community, and now raising my own family boards of Gallery North and The Jazz Loft. chamber, working tirelessly to recruit business (D-Setauket) won The Harold Pryor Award here, it is a true privilege to be able to support For the last couple of years, he has been the and doing whatever she could support or for her “commitment to the Three Village and serve its residents.” co-chair of Three Village Industry Advisory advocate for local businesses.” community through faithful service,” Hahn also congratulated Ardolino and Rocchio said, like Ardolino, she was according to the press release. Board, which works with the school district Rocchio for their awards and thanked the to provide job opportunities for Ward surprised to hear she was an award winner. “I was incredibly humbled and honored to chamber “for all of the work that they have Melville High School students. Recently, he She was proud to work with the chamber board be presented with The Harold Pryor Award by been doing to support our local businesses.”

‘Being in the chamber as long as I have, enjoying everything I’ve been doing with the chamber for many years, to get that award was really special.’

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Recovering Our Routes Trump Is Sowing Seeds of Chaos, Civil Strife

We get it. The only time most of us think about Suffolk County buses is when we’re stuck behind them on the oftcongested Long Island roads. But despite how many Long Islanders complain about the traffic, those who use Suffolk County buses every week have it that much worse, as the county has announced the potential loss of 19 bus routes all across the Island affecting about 2,500 riders. A loss of routes impacts the most vulnerable people, namely the poor, elderly or handicapped folks. This is a real crisis, and it does not seem like everyone is on the same page about just what that means. The S62 bus is the only thing that can take somebody east and west in the Rocky Point area without having to call for an expensive cab. The north/south line of the S54, which many retail and service industry workers use to get to their jobs, is on the chopping block as well. Some lines have very few daily riders, but even if one of those people won’t be able to get to their job, to the supermarket or even to visit friends and family, it will be a loss for the greater community. This comes a week after county officials said they will need to cut two whole Suffolk County police classes, which means 200 new recruits not being put out on the streets. County Executive Steve Bellone’s (D) now weekly press conferences portending doom if the federal government doesn’t come through with funds for state and local municipalities are a kind of theater, yes, but they are also perhaps the only way for the county executive to make his point beyond sitting in the president’s lap and telling “Santa Trump” all the things he wants for Christmas, before the county hits the point where a budget goes through, and so do the cuts. And that makes some local elective’s response to Bellone’s talk that much more exasperating. Republicans in the county Legislature contend the current financial woes are all the executive’s doing, and that since he already received over $280 million in federal aid, we should not be hitting up the federal government for more. That would be fine, if Suffolk wasn’t going to see at least an $800 million deficit going into next year Beyond judging just how badly the current executive has handled Suffolk’s finances, the argument falls flat when every municipality from Montauk to Orange County, every village, town and county have all said they need federal funds as well. The congressional delegation, including both Democrats and Republicans, has at least been outspoken about the need for federal funds, but the fact is the top dogs for both parties have failed to drop the animosity and create an aid package for the municipalities nationwide who need it. It seems like the executive and minority party in the Legislature are not on the same page — as if they ever really are — but there needs to be one, and only one, message on this issue, not a cacophony of back chatter. As important as the past state of Suffolk County finances was before the pandemic, and still is after the fact, the only way that any of these local municipalities can get to the position where those arguments are valid is if we’re all on a stable financial footing. Because we believe Bellone when he says there won’t be a single line in the budget that hasn’t been impacted by the pandemic. The loss of police classes and bus routes might be the most physical and politically stimulating examples, but one should shudder to think what other municipal services, not even county but town as well, might be getting axed in their 2021 budgets. We are thankful that Legislature Republicans have been keeping on top of Suffolk’s financial well-being, beyond partisan politics we know it’s necessary, but now is not the time for disunity, not when the water is slowly rising and is at our necks. Our voices need to be one, at least in this strange moment of time. We are beating back COVID-19, at least for now. Congress should not be as hard as that was if we stick together.

What’s more important: “winning” or democracy? That’s the question facing every voter this election. And that’s why President Donald Trump [R] must be overwhelmingly defeated. “We’re not going to lose this except if they cheat.” That’s what Donald Trump said. Think about that for a minute. What kind of country deems elections valid only if one particular side wins? I think the answer is obvious. Obviously not a democracy. Throughout his career, Trump’s motto has been “I’m always right, and I always win.” This is a man who won’t acknowledge even the possibility that he could be wrong, could make a mistake, could lose. Who claims for himself a flawlessness usually reserved for God. If the game of baseball was played so that one particular team always won, what kind of game would that be? Even that team’s fans would see the problem with this. That’s bad enough, but when all is said and done baseball is just a game. The future of our country isn’t. We can have the best Constitution in the world, but sadly, if there’s no spirit of fair play, it’s

powerless to guarantee democracy. Trump refuses to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses because he won’t allow the possibility that he could lose fair and square. He’s busy sowing seeds of chaos and civil strife by claiming that mail-in ballots are “a whole big scam.” That’s a lie. He’s encouraging armed goons to show up at polling stations to intimidate voters opposed to him. He’s organizing teams of lawyers to challenge mail-in ballots on technical grounds, not because there’s anything really wrong with them, but because he doesn’t think they’ll favor him. For him, the purpose of this election is not the persuasion of voters, but the coronation of Donald Trump. The George Washington of popular legend said “I cannot tell a lie.” Can anyone imagine that for Trump? The real George Washington refused to serve beyond two terms even though he was practically begged to do so. He was worried about the president becoming like a king. Can anyone imagine that for Trump? George Washington warned

about political parties enabling “cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men ... to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government.” Ring a bell? The Declaration of Independence states that “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” An election which counts only if Trump wins bears no resemblance to honoring the “consent of the governed”. I hope my fears about this election are wrong. I hope this election provides an honest and fair-minded effort to have every vote counted, whether mail-in, early, or cast on election day. I hope that after election day we see no bullying attempt to prevent all voters’ ballots from being counted. I hope that this election is decided by the voters, not by state legislatures or judges, and particularly not by justices of the Supreme Court. How important is democracy? That’s for you to decide. David Friedman St. James

Seeing Things from a Child’s Perspective And the wheels keep turning. The other day, I had the beautiful opportunity of observing a small child of 2 years old playing in the sand in a playground. The child appeared to be in a beautiful state of contentment and peacefulness that I was mesmerized by the moments. Several minutes later two other children arrived, and I got the sense they did not know one another. They immediately began playing with each other together, so relaxed,

happy, comfortable, with each other, just a beautiful sight to observe. Such a beautiful portrayal of kindness, caring, ease, cooperation among these three children. Then I started to think about the decline of this beautiful, natural, instinctual behavior of young individuals in general, as we age. We just seem to allow ourselves to become hardened, unkind, uncaring, uncompassionate, untrusting, in general. What a sad deterioration in humanistic,

Republicans Won’t Be Rioting It is amazing to me how all the Democrats and left-leaning pundits, and even some in the middle, are saying that if President Donald Trump [R] loses in November there will be riots. Most of the burning of stores and attacking people are coming from the left. They even try to intimidate

people in restaurants. It took three to four months for the Democrats to even acknowledge this. Even Joe Biden refused to say anything about the riots until about two weeks ago in September. The only people I feel will riot if the election does not go their way are the Democrats. It is also amazing

beautiful behaviors, from my perspective. I would like to suggest that we take a look at this, and make a conscious effort to increase our awareness that perhaps each one of us has allowed this to occur to some degree, and make attempts to revert back to kindness, caring, respect, compassion, to times gone by, within ourselves. Just a suggestion. Paul Feinberg South Setauket

that most of the looting and burning of buildings are happening in Democrat cities and towns. The leaders of these towns and city refuse to do or condemn this because they would be condemning Biden and Democrat supporters. David Jacobson South Setauket

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My Dog Needs to Know What’s on the Other Side of Everything

y dog is delightfully imperfect. In fact, as I type this at my home computer, he is staring at me, hoping that I have succumbed to the snack urge and I will either intentionally toss a few morsels his way or that gravity will help him out, causing a carrot to slip off my desk. Yes, he eats carrots, which isn’t terribly surprising because he also eats cat poop whenever he can get to it. I’m not sure he has taste buds or that he pays attention to them. D. None I love my imperfect of the above dog and would like to share some of his BY DANIEL DUNAIEF quirks.

For starters, walking in a straight line is clearly against his religion. As soon as he’s on one part of a sidewalk, he needs to cross in front of me to the other side. He is a canine windshield wiper, swishing back and forth in case there is a scent, a scurrying insect, or a frog hopping nearby that he needs to see or smell. When he’s not sitting during our walks, because he seems to have the words “walk” and “sit” confused, he turns around every few seconds to see what’s behind us. If he is a reincarnated person, he must have been in the rear guard of a military unit, making sure no one was following him. When we turn around to go back in the direction he was staring, he then stops to look over his shoulder in the direction we had been walking. It’s not about what’s out there, but what’s back there that concerns him.

His breath is an absolute mystery. He consumes a bowl of chicken and rice formula twice a day. And yet, somehow, his breath smells like ﬁsh. You know how they say you can hear the ocean in a conch shell? Well, you can smell the ocean, and not the good, salty crisp air parts, but the rotting-seaweed-anddead-crabs-on-an-airless, overheated-beach parts, on my dog’s breath. Then, there are the neighbors. They are so appealing to my dog that he pulls to go see them whenever they are outside. I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact that they drop a treat in front of him each time he appears. Yes, I know I could train him, but I could also go running more often, go to bed earlier, read better books and make better choices for myself, so I haven’t trained either of us particularly well. You know that delightful foot thing dogs do when you pet them behind the ear, on their

stomach or on their chests? It’s the one where they shake their leg as you scratch them. Well, he does that once a month, as if he wants to confirm that he actually is a dog, but that he’s a conscientious objector to flailing his feet in the air regularly. He treats the doorbell as if it were the starting gun at a race. He jumps up from the floor, ready to greet refrigerator repair people or HVAC workers as if they had come to see him, refusing to let them pass without an ear rub. Food is the ultimate motivator. He may not particularly want to lie down at my feet and have me pet him while shaking his paws, but he does go back and forth with me to the grill. He always seems to be on the wrong side of our patio door. If he’s outside, he barks to come in. As soon as he’s inside, he barks to go out. Maybe he’s not actually a dog, but a metaphor.

Did You Pivot? Please Write and Tell Us How

ocal businesses continue to struggle and local employees continue to worry about job security. None of this is new, but perhaps we should stop simply waiting for matters to improve with a rebound in the economy or more stimulus help from Washington and take a more proactive role. The word is: pivot. Some already have. Here are two examples to share with you. One is a restaurant in Stony Brook village, the other is action taken by two people in their 20s. Many restauBetween rants already have you and me moved in collatBY LEAH S. DUNAIEF eral directions. They have developed take-out orders for curbside pickup, and while that represents only a small fraction of the volume they would normally do, we have

given up on the word “normal.” With diners unable to come inside, restaurateurs have sent meals outside. Then many took the further step, and made the additional investment to create outside dining areas as the world came to learn that eating outside was a lot safer. They built tents, leaving one side open to qualify as “outside,” so as to serve meals in the open air, and local governments cooperated by allowing tents to mushroom in parking lots. Residents discovered the pleasure of eating “en plein air,” much as artists have when painting. Now some restaurant owners are hurrying to add heating devices to the tents so that patrons will continue to come and be able to eat in comfort despite cooler weather. European cafes have long ago mastered this arrangement.

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While these are examples of rearrangements around cooking and serving food in order to survive, Pentimento Restaurant has made a true pivot. In addition to patio dining, which they are fortunate to offer behind their intimate restaurant, they have taken out the tables and chairs in one now unused room and turned it into a marketplace instead. Featured by the owners are fresh produce, attractively displayed, and all manner of unusual high end foods in jars and cans, many from other countries. There are also prepared foods in the freezer to take out and even some delicious ice cream. Those who dine on the patio are a “captive” audience of potential shoppers as they pass the new offerings on their way out, and they seemed delighted by the selections. The other example involves my oldest grandson. He is known to

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some of you as the ﬁlmmaker of the historic “One Life to Give,” telling the story of Nathan Hale, Benjamin Tallmadge and the beginnings of the Revolutionary War Culper Spy Ring that was shown at the Staller Center and is being viewed in school districts. He had moved to the West Coast to continue his chosen career. After some initial success, but with Hollywood now locked down, he and a friend cast around for something else to occupy their creative energies and to pay the rent. Fanciful stickers caught their attention, and they started out by applying them to work calendars and back packs, taking orders to customize such utilitarian products. They really hit their stride when they customized 32-ounce clear plastic drinking cups, the kind with covers and straws featuring stickers displaying different themes. These they then mailed to initial customers. Putting together their skills, they made a video of themselves creating the stickers and decorating the cups, then showed the video on the internet. A few orders trickled in, then their business took off. He still intends to return to his dream career, but until then … bottoms up!

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