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above, Ward Melville high School students hear from inspirational speaker rohan Murphy. right, Ward Melville high School students create a tree of kindness during the school’s Patriot Pride day.
Ward Melville High School students and staff continued their mission of creating a culture filled with compassion, acceptance and awareness as they celebrated Patriot PRIDE Day — denoting peace, respect, integrity, dependability, encouragement — this month. This year’s program centered on the words and story of Rohan Murphy, an inspirational speaker who promotes the message of living a “no excuses” life. Murphy, who had lost his legs at birth, spoke about how he worked to overcome life’s obstacles and physical challenges
in order to achieve his personal standards for success. He told the students how he pushed himself to achieve both academically and athletically – as he went on to attend and become a Division I college wrestler at Penn State University. To continue the message of the day, several school clubs organized informational booths in the commons area. These included creating a chain of kindness, writing prideful messages on a tree of kindness and seeking inspirational messages from the leaves of a paper tree. — Phil corSo
Highway superintendent makes strides in Setauket By Phil corSo
December is approaching, but things are heating up on the streets of Setauket. Brookhaven became the first municipality across Long Island to use a product known as warm mix asphalt during repaving projects, and with three paving seasons already under his belt, Brookhaven Highway Superintendent Dan Losquadro (R) said its implementation could not be smoother — literally. “As the third largest Highway Department in all of New
York state I felt it was important for Brookhaven to be both an innovator and a leader in introducing new technologies,” he said in a statement. “As we enter the latter part of the paving season, warm mix asphalt allows us to achieve proper compaction, especially during night work in cooler temperatures. I want to show other departments that not only is this product viable, it’s actually preferable in many instances.” Warm mix asphalt production uses temperatures 30 to HIGHWaY continued on page a10
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Brookhaven is implementing a new method of paving streets.