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Stony Brook Village Center Uses Vacant Space for Diners BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM It’s not exactly the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, but it’s a combination that makes sense and hopefully for three restaurants in the Stony Brook Village Center, a few dollars as well. As the temperatures have dropped, restaurants in the center continue to have limited seating capacity to accommodate the indoor gathering restrictions of the pandemic. Across from Crazy Beans, Jos. A. Bank had vacated its over-3,000-square-foot men’s clothing store. With help from The Ward Melville Heritage Organization, local officials including Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R), the storefront has been reborn as a 15-table, 15-chair dining area called the Take Out Inn. The site will allow people who are shopping or visiting the village to order food from three nearby restaurants and sit in socially distanced tables from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday to Friday and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. “The objective is for them to be able to survive during the winter months and this is an opportunity to do that,” said Gloria Rocchio, president of SBVC. She said the idea of using empty space to help businesses that need it “just makes sense.” Customers inside the inn can access

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touchless menus by using QR codes for Crazy Beans, Robinson’s Tea Room and Pentimento Restaurant. They can order their food and eat inside the heated facility. After a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Romaine on Tuesday, Rocchio, who is also the president of WMHO, spoke with two women who wandered into the new space. Rocchio said they were from Great Neck and Oyster Bay and planned to eat at the new dining space the next day, which is what the new effort made possible. Romaine said many local businesses have had a tough time surviving during the pandemic. The town is willing to work with civic groups and chambers of commerce to use empty lots in the same way WMHO, which operates the village center, has done with the Take Out Inn. The town has no fee for setting up such an arrangement. “Even if it can’t be exactly replicated, it’s going to get the other business leaders thinking about other creative ways we can address the issue, so they can stay in business, make a living and feed their families,” Romaine said. The town supervisor said any similar ideas or opportunities to keep businesses afloat amid COVID restrictions would be expedited, going to the “top of the pile.” “We’re talking about the economic survival of people who are having a great deal of difficulty

Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine, second from left, talks about the importance of the Take Out Inn in Stony Brook Village Center as Dr. Richard Rugen, Ward Melville Heritage Organization chairman, left, Gloria Rocchio, WMHO president, and Charles Napoli, WMHO trustee, right, look on. Photo by Rita J. Egan

making a living and staying in business,” Romaine said. “If we lose our restaurants, we start losing our downtowns and our sense of community.” The site, which has sanitizing stations, uses ionization generators which are attached to the ductwork for the heating and air conditions. When the climate control system is on, the air

passes through a system that kills mold, bacteria and viruses. “We did the best we could to keep it as clean and sanitized as possible,” Rocchio said. Romaine said he would be happy to go to the Take Out Inn if he’s catching a quick lunch or a TAKE OUT INN CONTINUED ON A5

With Weeks of Counting Left, Some Races Closer than Others BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Despite Election Day being Nov. 3, local races have a week or more to settle on the final count. Suffolk County Republican Board of Elections commissioner, Nick LaLota, said via email they hope counting will be finished before Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, though there is no way to know when everything will be finalized. Republican candidates took leads in every local state and congressional race based on inperson ballots as the BOE started its absentee ballot count Nov. 16. Election experts have repeatedly said on average more Democrats used absentee ballots than Republicans did, though races will largely depend on unaffiliated voters. With that said, it will still be hard going for many Democrats in a few of the most hotly contested races. The U.S. Congressional District 1 race between U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) and his Democratic opponent Nancy Goroff still remains out, though Zeldin currently holds a 65,120-vote lead. There are still over 89,000

absentee ballots left in that race, but Goroff would need to reportedly take all non-GOP registered votes in order to gain the upper hand. A similar challenge is there in the New York State Senate District 1 race for Democrat Laura Ahearn, who has a steep uphill climb against her challenger, current Assemblyman Anthony Palumbo (R-New Suffolk). Ahearn is down by 18,736 from in-person polling, and there are over 42,000 absentee ballots left to count, and she will need many votes outside the two main parties to gain the seat. The race for State Senate District 2 between Republican Mario Mattera and Democrat Mike Siderakis is heavily favoring red, as there is a 35,109 difference in votes favoring Mattera with less than 43,000 votes to count. The State Assembly District 2 race between Democrat Laura Jens-Smith and Republican Jodi Giglio is likely to go in favor of the GOP. With a 14,355 difference and just under 17,000 absentee ballots to count, Giglio has all but cinched her new position. Jens-Smith has previously told TBR News Media she knows she has very little chance of victory.

Some elections are closer than others, such as State Assembly District 4. Many residents reported surprise in messages to TBR News Media at longtime Assemblyman Steve Englebright’s (D-Setauket) deficit of votes compared to his Republican opponent Michael Ross of 1,966. That race currently has 17,909 absentee ballots left to count. However, there are a few confirmed elections. State Assemblyman Mike Fitzpatrick (R-St. James), with his lead of 23,419 with in-person ballots, is so far ahead of his young Democratic opponent Dylan Rice even the over17,000 absentee ballots could not make a dent in the District 8 race. State Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport) declared victory Nov. 18 against his Republican opponent Ed Smyth. This came after absentee votes already counted in both Nassau and Suffolk put him over the edge. To the right is a breakdown of where some of the races stand with in-person votes as at Nov. 18 plus the number of absentee ballots left as last reported on Nov. 16 (from the Suffolk County Board of Elections).

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Lee Zeldin (R): 176,323 Votes Nancy Goroff (D): 111,203 Votes Absentee Ballots: 89,401

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Mario Mattera (R): 79,762 Votes Mike Siderakis (D): 44,653 Votes Absentee Ballots: 42,781

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Michael Ross (R): 22,966 Votes Steve Englebright (D): 21,000 Votes Absentee Ballots: 17,909

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Local Dance Studios Change Shape in the Age of COVID BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM They all decided to think outside the box when it comes to socially distanced dancing. When dance studios across Long Island had to close their doors at the start of the Coronavirus pandemic back in March, owners were concerned about what that meant for their studios. Gwenn Capodieci, executive director at Backstage Studio of Dance in Port Jefferson Station, said in her 35 years at the studio, this year was unlike any other. “This was probably one of the hardest times of my life,” she said. “It was so very stressful trying to get the PPP loans, any other grants, working with our landlords, worrying about not being at the studio — I’m in the risky age group and I want to continue doing what I love.” But within a week after the shutdown, she said, Backstage posted 65 classes to Zoom. “Teaching on Zoom was difficult,” she said. “In the beginning the kids were excited, but then it wore off. Part of dancing is they’re your family, you want to see them in class.” Capodieci said her studio surveyed parents on holding a recital — a rite of passage for many ballerinas where they adorn sparkly tutu’s and dance for their families on the big stage after months of rehearsals. They decided to cancel it this year. But in mid-July they were allowed to reopen in person, changing shape, and adhering to the new state’s guidelines for teaching. Inside her studio taped to the floor are different grids, a socially distanced box for each dancer to twirl and tap in, while wearing their newest accessory — a mask. “We’ve perfected the cleaning routine,” she said. “We clean the floors in between every class, wipe down the barres and have taken every chair, cubby and bench that’s in the studio away.” “I want to be safe,” she added. “I don’t want to get anyone sick, and I don’t want to close my business.” Capodieci said the added costs of Zoom and the cleaning supplies took a toll, especially with enrollment down. “Enrollment was 60-something percent of what we normally have,” she said. “I’m hoping that next year is a good year for us.” Down the road, also in Port Jefferson Station, Port Jefferson Dance Academy was celebrating its 25th year in business when the virus struck. “We did not do Zoom classes, instead I started a private Facebook page and my teachers would upload videos so students can do classes, warmups, barre work and across the floor whenever they chose to so they wouldn’t have to miss out on a Zoom meeting time or class,” Director Tara Lennstrom said.

“Financially it was rough because I wasn’t making a profit off of that. The hope was when we opened up again, we could just resume where we left off.” When they opened back up during Phase 4, they picked up on rehearsals for their recital. Normally the dancers perform at the Staller Center at Stony Brook University but were unable to due to COVID. She decided to hold an outdoor recital, instead. “I rented a giant dance floor with a DJ to play the music and people didn’t feel like they were behind the shopping center,” she said. “It was one of the most difficult recitals I’ve ever had to put together, but it was probably one of the best.” Now in its 26th year, her classes look a little different. “We have 10 students per class, and I have a rather large studio, so that gives us ample space to dance,” she said. “People seem to be happy that there is something for their kids to do that’s fun and creative.” Decked in their leotards and masks, Lennstrom said her students are not even phased by the new guidelines anymore. “The resilience these kids have just shows you how they were able to adapt and how flexible they are,” she said. Gabrielle Cambria, special productions manager at Chorus Line Dance Studio in Smithtown, St. James and Miller Place, said opening back up under the new guidelines was a no-brainer. “We all know that physical health isn’t the only health you need,” she said. “Everyone’s been really lucky and safe at our studio, and we’ve been dancing ever since.” Chorus Line also implemented a large TV screen into their classrooms so students can Zoom in from home. “Our in-class group is cut in half, so they go back and forth each week,” Cambria added. Chance to Dance in Setauket did the same thing and opened up a Google Classroom account back in April. “Anybody can take virtual class if they want to,” Jennifer Kranenberg, studio owner said. “If they're not comfortable yet coming to class, they can still do something.” Kranenberg said the virtual option was one positive that came out of COVID, because it allows students to makeup a class from home, or if they’re feeling slightly under the weather, they can still dance online. At the start of the pandemic, Kranenberg said she knew how important the social aspect was for her students, so she added bonus weekly fun calendar of events including show and tells, Netflix movie nights, tea parties and family game nights online so her kids could still communicate virtually. She also featured her graduating seniors on social media, along with a surprise graduation car parade and a small, socially distanced prom.

Students at Chance to Dance in Setauket, above, wear masks when in class. Photo by Julianne Mosher

“I gave a huge piece of myself to make sure that the kids were having fun, staying engaged and getting to be with each other, having interactions with their dance friends,” she said. “It goes a long way.” And, like the other studios, she faced similar challenges. She had to cut one of her three rooms to maintain a cap on students. “Enrollment is definitely low,” she said. “I wish it was higher than it was, but it’s not awful. I feel hopeful, but I’m scared. I feel like it’s a tight margin financially to, swing it and

to get by.” Despite being in different locations with different students and classes, all four owners can agree that being back with their students was worth the hardship they faced the last nine months. Capodieci said that her first day back in the studio she cried when she saw her students. “I love teaching dance,” she said. “I love my kids. I want to be with them, and if wearing the mask allows us to dance then we have to wear a mask.”

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Continued from A3 sit-down dinner. The inn has a sign that encourages people to relax, enjoy but don’t linger, as WMHO would like to provide a place for people to rest and eat. The facility complies with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rules and follows all New York State guidelines. The town supervisor hopes other facilities consider everything they can to stay in business. One of the challenges in trying to come up with business solutions is the renewed threat from a virus that has returned to the area, causing hundreds of new infections and threatening new restrictions. Romaine will be going over this approach, as well as other ideas with a business recovery task force.

Socially distanced tables and chairs have been set up for diners in the Take Out Inn. Photo by Rita J. Egan

When he presents this approach, he said he will explain, “This is what The Ward Melville Heritage Organization did.” He added, “If you have any ideas, please, let’s discuss it,” either at the task force or by calling the town supervisor.

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Obituary

Rina Cristy, 52, Comsewogue Graduate, Bank Security Director Celerina Maureen Miguel Cristy, age 53, died April 15 this year of respiratory heart failure resulting from infection by COVID-19. She died at Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island. Friends called her Rina. Rina, who grew up in Port Jefferson Station, had a career that intersected with national events in politics and developing the economy, particularly by enhancing global financial security after the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Rina and her husband of 23 years, Sam Cristy, were parenting two teenage children at the time of her death. The Cristys have lived in Staten Island since 2004. Rina had lived or worked in Port Jefferson Station, Boston, metro Washington, D.C., Manhattan and Jersey City. Born in November 1966 in Chicago, Rina was the first of her family born in the U.S. Her parents, Art and Gloria Miguel, immigrated from the Philippines, then met and married in America. Art was an engineer in aviation, and Gloria was a nurse. The Miguels moved to Port Jefferson Station, where they still live. Rina is a Comsewogue High School alumna. She attended Emerson College in Boston, graduating in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science in speech communications, advertising, and

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public relations. In 2000, she received her Master of Business Administration degree in computer information systems from Hofstra University, where she earned the prestigious Hofstra University MBA Fellowship. Rina served the Honorable U.S. Rep. George Hochbrueckner (1-NY), Eastern Long Island, administering finance and fundraising in his congressional campaigns. She joined the congressional staff and quickly advanced to senior legislative aide. Reflecting on Rina’s accomplishments, Hochbrueckner commented, “Rina’s diligent activities aided in the funding of the initial as well as the ongoing dredging of Shinnecock Inlet, thus preventing the loss of lives of the local commercial fishermen. She also assisted in the designation of Peconic Bay as a new member of the National Estuary Program, providing special environmental funding to this day.” Her collaboration also secured federal funds for Lyme disease mitigation and education. Rina also helped facilitate the legislative steps that converted a former federal aviation site, which is now known as the Calverton Enterprise Park, to ownership by the Town of Riverhead. She also worked with the Defenders of Wildlife conservation society.

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History Close at Hand

Harvest Seasons of Days Gone By Captured in Painting, Writings BY BEVERLY C. TYLER DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM From the earliest Colonial period in America, fall was the time for harvest. Corn and other grains were gathered up for milling or stored for later use. Apples were picked from the orchards that were a part of every farm. The animals were fattened for slaughter or for surviving the long cold winter ahead. In the late fall, families and communities joined together to give thanks for the fruits of their labor, which had begun in early spring to provide them with the produce that would sustain them until the following spring. In Suffolk County, farm work kept the family members, farmhands and enslaved Africans busy and quite often extended their workday past dark. There were shocks of wheat to be threshed, and the chaff cleaned up. Flax had to be taken up, and the stubble, where the wheat, rye, oats and flax had been cut, had to be plowed, and the fields harrowed. Winter wheat had to be sowed in some fields and timothy grass seed in others. Barrels for cider had to be made or bought and apples pressed into cider. As the season progressed toward winter and the fieldwork was completed, it was time to slaughter some of the animals, salt or smoke the meat and store it for the winter. These yearly tasks did not vary much from the 17th to the 20th century. In Setauket, Dr. Samuel Thompson wrote in his diary for Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1800, “Robbin and Killis make cider at Benj Hawkins Cider Press. Make ten barrels. Franklin [his son Benjamin Franklin Thompson] draws off two

barrels of old cider ...” The cider mill was an important addition to the farm community of the 19th century. The Hawkins’ cider mill was located in Nassakeag [now South Setauket] off what is now Hub Road. In 1841 the Nassakeag cider mill was featured in a painting by William Sidney Mount called, “Cider Making on Long Island.” Mount made a sketch entitled “A Suffolk Scene,” for that painting. Miss Julia Smith of Setauket, in a letter written in the 1920s, wrote, “The old mill was the one standing by the roadside on the road leading to the Macy homestead, in South Setauket, and the young girl [featured in the painting] was Hannah Howell, the daughter of Youngs Howell. That old mill ... is fast falling into decay, and is, no doubt, the only one of its kind on Long Island.” Samuel Thompson, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 1800, wrote; “We kill 12 large swine and dress them. Franklin rides to Stony Brook and carries the 30 Dunghill Fowls.” The next day Thompson wrote, “My people cart dung Franklin rides to mill, carries two bushels of Rye and a bushel of wheat for Jack. Fetches from Jonathan Hallock also near 20 of my sheeps. A thanksgiving day, Isaac Davis and his daughter came here after meeting and said that Samuel Akerly was Dead and that he Died the week before with the palsey taken in his field a cuting stalks.” Thanksgiving Day 1800 in Setauket was celebrated on the fourth Thursday as it is today, but there was no formal proclamation of that until many years later. Thanksgiving Day in the United States goes back to the festival held in

The former Nassakeag cider mill is featured in a painting, above, by William Sidney Mount called, “Cider Making on Long Island.” It hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Plymouth Colony in December of 1621. That year the Pilgrims celebrated with food supplied almost entirely by the American Indians who shared in the celebration. The observance of Thanksgiving continued through the Colonial period as a day to give thanks for the harvest and the blessings of the past year. In 1789, President George Washington issued the first presidential proclamation for “A National Thanksgiving.” The proclamation ended, “Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next ... Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3d day of October A.D. 1789. G. Washington.” During the first half of the 19th century, many of the states observed Thanksgiving on a date of their own. On Oct. 3, 1863,

President Abraham Lincoln set the last Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day. Each president after Lincoln made similar proclamations until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 made his proclamation for the third Thursday of November. Finally, in December of 1941, a joint resolution of Congress, signed by the president, set the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day and made it a national holiday. Residents in this area did not always celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday, but it was quite often on that date. In 1846, Henry Hudson wrote in his diary for Thursday, Nov. 26, “Cold and blustering north west wind. I go early to milking, then into the woods after a load of firewood. I come near freezing my feet cutting on the snow to keep Thanksgiving ... I let Peter Tooker have a pair of new leather mittens as he works in the woods with me. We have Floyd Smith’s team to cart out a load and to bring one home.” In the late 1800s, as coal became a cheap and more available fuel, and as stoves became more efficient, it was not as necessary to keep a large supply of wood on hand. Wood was still burned as fuel into the 20th century, but coal was rapidly replacing it. The late 1800s brought many laborsaving devices to the local farm families which gave them the opportunity to celebrate holidays in a more leisurely manner. 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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Editorial Letters to the Editor Is Thanksgiving Canceled? Time to Address Brookhaven’s Unrealized Potential There’s no good way to put this. We know in a year of hardship so many of us crave the companionship and familial connection of a traditional Thanksgiving, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s something we simply can’t have this year. Yes, we fought through the worst of the virus in New York, but cases are rising again all over the country. Suffolk stands as a positive test rate of 3.4% as at Nov. 17. Just a few weeks ago we were bragging about how well we were doing at 1%. Experts have repeatedly said we will enter a second wave of the virus as the weather cools and more people spend time indoors, where the virus can spread more easily. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced new limits on several businesses and gatherings. Bars, restaurants and gyms are mandated to close by 10 p.m. for everything barring takeouts. The state also limited in-person gatherings to 10 people, though it excludes households with residents already numbering 10 or more. Some have questioned the point of the latter restriction, especially whether the state even has the ability to restrict the number of people in a family home. Though there are residents who have reported large gatherings in backyards, the order should be taken more as a notice and reminder. It’s easy to guess just how quickly COVID-19 spreads when there are 20 or more people sitting shoulder to shoulder shoveling Thanksgiving delights into maskless mouths. We only have to look at recent superspreader events to know just how dangerous maskless gatherings can be. A Sweet 16 event at the Miller Place Inn in September caused 37 people to come down with the virus, some of whom weren’t even at the event, while a reported 270 were required to quarantine. Local officials have already cited Halloween parties for an increase in positive cases. One can only think holidays like Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year will do even more harm if we don’t take the initiative now. With that said, there are still many local businesses who depend on Thanksgiving sales, whether it’s the local butcher or bakery. We ask people to still patronize your neighboring establishments even if you might not need as much this year as previous. I mean, don’t we all look forward to Thanksgiving leftover sandwiches? But likely more people are concerned about not seeing their family sitting around the table as they do every year. There’s no way around it, no, you shouldn’t. Keeping it to household members only will be hard, but there are ways to talk to friends and family through video and phone. We know some people in our office will offer toasts over Zoom and other facilities. And we know that we will be toasting the many people who work and continue to work, making sure people are safe during an unprecedented time. We also need to thank the many volunteers providing food for the needy during an especially difficult time, and hope all those hungry people find some meal and companionship this holiday. So, combined with people still traveling home for Thanksgiving, with more visitors likely to come from out of state, we are left with few good options. Some people say something to the effect that “we can’t let the virus control our lives.” We would counter that thought with the following: If every single one of us having a smaller Thanksgiving for one year saves even just one life, then it would have been worth it. Is Thanksgiving canceled? Maybe a traditional one is, but the spirit of the holiday certainly won’t be, not if our goal is to keep those around us safe and healthy.

As we conclude the election of 2020, it is time to take stock of where we are as a community, and where we should be headed. While absentee ballots are counted, it is not too early to turn our eyes to where we live, assess the community’s needs and chart a plan forward that addresses Brookhaven’s challenges, including the Village of Port Jefferson. Brookhaven has a solid waste crisis. It is decades in the making and has been borne by the communities of color that live in close proximity to the landfill. North Bellport has the lowest life expectancy on Long Island at 73.2 years according to estimates for census tracts, and lower property values than the surrounding neighborhoods. With the landfill set to close in 2024, it is past time to pursue innovative 21st-century solutions to our waste crisis and go the route of environmentally conscious, zerowaste solutions. Burning garbage is not the future. We must move in the direction of robust, innovative recycling and waste

reduction programs. Affordable housing is almost nonexistent in Brookhaven, leaving our young people without options. We must address and change this. Rather than reward corporate donors and wealthy developers with land-use contracts that do not address the needs of the community, we must keep our young people, our future, here with affordable housing. We must prioritize safety as well, so they are not living in dangerous, overcrowded and illegal rentals. We must create a path to commerce that bridges Stony Brook University to the surrounding community. Creating a “main street” that entices students to come into our town is good business and economic development. In Port Jefferson Station, we need to address the blight and create a mixed-use plan that brings affordable housing and commerce to the area. And, we must address the many empty storefronts in Port Jefferson and work with the village to encourage

There Is Only One Truth There is only one truth. Everything else is falsehood. Many of us will remember when there were real journalists in the nationally broadcast mainstream media. Unfortunately, journalistic malpractice by activists-posing-as-journalists is prevalent in most of the so-called “news” media today. There seems to be little or no journalistic integrity among employees of most mass media outlets; they get paid to tell us what their one-sided, doublestandard employers want them to tell us, even if totally untrue. Real journalists used to investigate and fact check unbiased sources and tell us what they found. And it was up to us to digest that information and think for ourselves. Now, they attempt to tell us what to think by pushing whatever biased narrative they are told to push, no matter how false. As long as they collect a paycheck, it’s OK. For example, these so-called journalists, phony to the core, have been telling us that former Vice President

Joe Biden [D] has been president-elect since Nov. 3 and, because of that false narrative, millions of people believe it to be true. That is simply untrue, because votes are still being counted, scrutinized, removed due to being illegitimate, etc. That is an example of how they can manipulate a gullible populace into believing falsehoods. And that is dangerous to a constitutional republic such as ours. There is nothing in our Constitution which states that the media elects someone to public office. Yet, they are repeatedly insinuating that we have a president-elect while, as of this writing, there are enough electoral votes pending in states which are still in contention that may change the result. In a free republic, we must have an honest media, and their dishonesty is detrimental to our freedom. Is it any wonder why President Donald Trump [R] refers to the mainstream (lamestream) media as “fake news”? Social media is no exception to the

businesses to make their homes on our picturesque waterfront. Our roads are in deep disrepair. Too many of our streets are filled with potholes. We need a comprehensive infrastructure plan that repairs our roads and makes them sustainable for years to come. To accomplish these goals, we need fundamental change to how town government works. We need consistent communication, transparency and our elected officials to connect with us rather than with their wealthy donors. Our interests have been sidelined for far too long, and it’s time for change. With our federal and state elections concluded, it is time to address the mismanagement of our town. We are an area of unrealized potential, and with all stakeholders coming to the table, we can make Brookhaven sustain our families into the future. Shoshana Hershkowitz South Setauket

problem of spouting falsehoods. In fact, by continuing to censor views which they don’t agree with, thereby eliminating our constitutional right to freedom of speech, big tech has become more like Big Brother in George Orwell’s novel, “1984.” See the pattern here? The media in all formats has become more influential and, through modern technology, has ramped up the spreading of half-truths and outright lies. If they can’t or won’t be held accountable, those who control it will be akin to the former Soviet-run Pravda newspaper; informing us of only what they want us to digest. Of course, all that one has to do in order to see how Democratic National Committee/media corruption is so well entrenched in the Washington, D.C., “swamp” is to look at how truths are completely ignored, and falsehoods are unabashedly promoted. Art Billadello East Setauket

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re we coming apart together, coming together apart or just coming apart? The first in that list, coming apart together, gives us a chance to feel connected to others. By coming apart together, we are acknowledging the challenging year we’ve had and continue to have. Without offering specific solutions, it helps to know we’re not alone and that, perhaps, through the together part, D. None we can manage of the above through conditions that are far from BY DANIEL DUNAIEF optimal, including the separation we feel from so many people we need in our lives.

Now, if we’re coming together apart, we are focusing on the fact that we can be, and are, together first, before we also admit that we may be hundreds or even thousands of miles away from people whose hugs, smiles and laughter fill the rooms we share. Zoom, FaceTime and other modern conveniences make it possible for us to see each other’s faces, even though the image of the other person can feel flat compared to the reality of sharing time and space. The third of those possibilities, just plain coming apart, enables us to throw up our arms and acknowledge the reality of our world. Many children are home most, or all, the time. Parents are still working through Zoom, looking at small squares of people on computer screens for way too many hours during the day. The sameness of each day can become tedious and wear on our nerves, especially during this time when we’d typically plan for family visits. And, of course, without passing any specific judgment, the hot button election continues

to drive wedges among families, friends and neighbors, who can’t imagine how the other side fails to see the obvious realities their favorite anchors or faux news and commentary shows echo each day. It’s agonizing to see how the differences between camps have become a defining feature and have stirred a sense of frustration and antipathy for the other camp. Where are the adults in the room? For so long, the country brought together people from different backgrounds, uniting us under the umbrella of an American Dream that was available to anyone who worked hard enough for it. Our sports-crazed culture believed in the winners they cheered for and used their teams as an inspiration to get ahead, to put more into their craft and to try to win the battle for original ideas. Even fans of hated rivals acknowledged the skills and remarkable games they witnessed from their rivals during heated playoff series. I always rooted against Red Sox

great Carl Yastrzemski, but I also recognized his incredible talent. Will a vaccine enable us to come together, together? I hope so. Next year at this time, if we have returned to some level of normalcy that allowed us to visit with our friends, to celebrate weddings, graduations, birthdays, and newborns, we will have the structural opportunities to spend time indoors, even in crowded rooms, and support each other. Between now and then, ideally we’d plant the seeds that enable us to move forward together. We are not an archipelago nation, separated from each other by the ideological, religious or other labels. We do best when we play to the strengths of a workforce dedicated to getting ahead, to providing for our children and to helping the country even as we help ourselves. While many of us are physically apart, we can try to reach out to family, friends, and neighbors, even if their ideas temporarily baffle us. We can come together if we are there for each other and if we listen to views outside our own.

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razy time.” That was the message a friend in California texted me yesterday. And she certainly summed up perfectly these days of our lives. Let us together count the ways we have gone off the rails. For starters, can you imagine a time when you had to decline a visit from your children at Thanksgiving Between in order to ensure you and me your health and theirs? BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF I suspect the same for you; gathering around the table at Thanksgiving and appreciating our lives with our family and close friends has been a tradition for us as long as I can remember. After my children married and joined their wives’ families with ours, we have even traded off

other holidays for Thanksgiving at our home every year. I guess we can include thanks this time for and via Zoom. Could you imagine a political stalemate over the election at the presidential level like the one playing out in the courts in different states across the country? Yes, the 2000 vote was a handwringer, but it pales in drama when compared with this election. Back then, the decision hung on 537 votes. This time, with vital information withheld and with a pandemic raging, more is at stake than the outcome of the election. We are vulnerable to attack as a nation. And as for that pandemic, as direly predicted this past spring, it is rearing its ugly head now that the weather has cooled and we are living more indoors and closer together. We have learned some things since the affliction started. Masks make a difference in protecting others and also ourselves from the spread of the virus. Fresh air, social distancing and hand washing continue to be vital. HEPA filters are powerful allies. And broad scale testing, followed by tracing, matter. Still, people are hospitalized, emergency rooms and ICU beds fill up and even some patients die, as we wait to be rescued by

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science. Incredible progress has been made developing a vaccine, and by more than one laboratory, but distribution to and acceptance by the general public of the vaccines will not happen during this imminent winter. Weather has also been a villain. Violent storms and hurricanes, the ferocity of which has been unleashed, we are told, by climate change, have disrupted life for many in the United States and across the globe, even in the midst of desperate efforts to fight the pandemic. And further complicating rescue are the unprecedented fires burning in California and the far west. Then throw in assorted mudslides and tornados for good measure. Tragic! The economy continues to worsen for many as it excels for the few businesses that benefit from the consequences of the virus. Restaurants, hotels, travel, transportation, formal entertainment, cultural events, retail, health care, child care, education — all have suffered huge financial blows. And the effects are not, curiously, shared equally among men and women. Most of the jobs in those industries are filled by women, who now have no jobs because of shutdowns, or have

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jobs they cannot get to because of child care responsibilities. This one issue is being viewed as a significant setback for women in the workplace, and for society as a whole, for years to come. Meanwhile construction, renovation, manufacturing and high tech, that makes Zoom and countless other products now deemed a necessity possible, are mushrooming. The tenor of watershed events in people’s lives is tarnished. Weddings, graduations, significant and not-so-significant birthday parties, reunions, baptisms, funerals — all are put on hold or otherwise unwillingly altered in timing and attendance. Even an entitlement as innocent as looking forward to a thrilling freshman year in college has now morphed into a two-dimensional, remote experience. And returning college students are considered risks for households and communities. There is no point in complaining. It will not alter this bizarre year and the troubles it has brought. The one thought I could offer my friend on a return text: “we will be able to say, as we someday will tell the tale, that we lived through it.”

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