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The dilapidated house at 18 Awixa Place in Selden is torn down by Brookhaven Town.
Town demos Selden house Brookhaven Town Councilman Kevin LaValle (R-Selden) was at 18 Awixa Place in Selden Sept. 19 for the demolition of a dilapidated, abandoned zombie house. The building, which has been vacant for more than eight years, was a source of numerous resident complaints and town building code violations. It was demolished by the town in accordance with chapter 73 of the town code which provides a “fast track” to rid neighborhoods of unsafe structures. The cost of demolition and debris removal
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is the responsibility of the property owner, and the town places a lien on the property that is then placed on the tax bill. Suffolk County reimburses the town and then it collects the money from the property owner. “This house had been a dangerous eyesore in a very nice neighborhood with well-kept homes, and has negatively impacted property values of every house nearby,” LaValle said. “I will continue to do everything I can to rid the community of these zombie houses.” — DeSirée KeegAn
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Village Charter company to offer week-long trips from Port Jeff A new business venture slated to open in Port Jefferson Village in spring 2018 will chart a course all the way to New England. Lime Charters, a New York-based charter company, and Aeroyacht, a yacht dealer specializing in luxury sailing catamarans, have partnered with Danfords Hotel, Marina & Spa to establish a Port Jeff location where charter boats can be rented by interested patrons to be sailed through the Long Island Sound to the New England region for week-long trips. Sailors would have the option of setting off on their own, or the company can recommend a captain to bring on board the small vessels to handle the navigation. According to Lime Charters’ website, most captains charge between $150 and $250 per day. Depending on the season and the size of the boat, prices range from around $4,000 to $5,000 for the seven-day use of a catamaran, which is large enough to take up to 10 people. The company requires proof of sailing experience for those declining to bring along a captain, and pre-charter checks allow the company to assess sailors and ensure they are comfortable with the boat. Though the company advertises the boats can be used to sail to Rhode Island, Connecticut, Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod, among others, charterers are permitted to take the vessel essentially wherever they would like.
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one of lime Charters three vessels available for rent beginning in 2018 for those interested in sailing on week-long trips from Danfords Hotel, Marina & spa in Port Jeff to the New england region. Village Mayor Margot Garant said this is the first such business ever available in Port Jeff. Bill Beasley, the founder of Lime Charters, said in an email at a recent international boat show he received a flood of interest in an offering like this in New York. “Up until now, folks had to go further
north or south to charter a catamaran sailboat,” he said. Beasley shed some light on why Port Jeff is an “ideal location” to set up a launching area for Lime Charters. “It’s half way between New York City and the Hamptons — just an easy car or train ride out to us … Port Jefferson is a perfect sailing harbor town with its shops,
diverse restaurants and, of course Danfords. It is a perfect partner considering their central waterfront location and opportunity for charter guests to stay at either before or after their charter. We hope to attract clients who like to be pampered and Danfords certainly supports that level of service.” Christina Whitehurst, director of sales and marketing at the hotel, said Danfords is equally excited by the natural hospitality experience partnership. “We’ve been doing a lot of upgrades to the marina and the area, and this is proof the word has gotten around,” she said in a phone interview. “It’s just going to expose another audience to Danfords.” Garant expressed excitement over the possibilities the charter trips could present to residents and visitors in Port Jeff for those who want to add a one-night stay before or after their charter experience. “I love it, I think it’s fantastic,” she said of the service and its base in the village she oversees. “I think it’s an excellent way to have more activities on our waterways.” Garant also called Danfords a perfect anchor point. Currently, Lime Charters has a fleet of three boats, though Beasley said their plan is to add more. Each vessel has a cooking area, and they offer the option of having groceries delivered to the boat. Lime Charters is currently taking reservations for the 2018 boating season.
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Town Miller Place artist, Hasbro finalist unveils new board game After grabbing the attention of Hasbro last year, a Miller Place artist is unleashing his very own board game to the masses. With Plank & Rank, a two-player tabletop game that combines the fun of a board game with the strategy of a card game, professional graphic artist Paul Partlow was one of five finalists in Hasbro’s 2016 Next Great Family Game Challenge — a worldwide competition that aims to discover and develop the next Monopoly or Clue. Partlow, 36, didn’t win that challenge but was soon contacted by a multimedia company called Golden Bell Studios, whose Long Islandbased owners saw the board game through an Indiegogo campaign online. The company told him it was interested in helping with distribution on a national level.
“We immediately saw Plank & Rank Rhode Island School of Design, from which he and thought, ‘This could be something re- graduated in 2016. ally awesome,’” the company’s founder Marc The assignment was straightforward: CreGoldner said. ate a board game to tell a story without words. Goldner and his team have since set up While his professor told students they a successful Kickstarter campaign and made could take an existing game and slap a new the game available for purchase online, all in story over it, Partlow preferred a challenge. close collaboration with its creator. The plan “I always tend to go a little above and now is to get the name out there and explore beyond, so I said, ‘I’d rather create my own wider manufacturing options, from Amazon game,’” he said. to big-box retailers to niche That professor informed hobby stores. Partlow of the Hasbro com“We hope the game is petition, encouraging him to going to be even better than blow the dust off his game. when we first started looking “I’m most proud of the at it,” Goldner said. “[Partfact that it’s something of low] is one of the most acmine that’s out there,” Partcommodating and passionate low said. “I love the idea creators. He really takes the that I’ve got something that time to go above and beyond people can look at, and if what’s asked for.” — Paul Partlow just one person sees it and In Plank & Rank — insays, ‘That’s cool,’ then that’s spired by Partlow’s interest good enough for me.” in history, specifically the Roman conquest of Partlow said he first discovered his knack Gaul “with a whimsical slant” — two players, for drawing as a fourth-grader in the Longas Roman Red and Barbarian Blue, must build wood school district, greatly inspired by what a bridge plank-by-plank across the mighty was regarded as the Disney Renaissance in the Rhine River while also moving their armies early 1990s, and his interest in it only grew rank-by-rank to the opposite side. However, as stronger in high school. the game’s warning reads, snags and surprises “I took every art class possible,” he said. await the players along the way. “They had all different levels from sequential The vibrantly designed family game, sprin- art to painting and all the teachers there alkled with Partlow’s cartoon-style illustrations ways pushed me forward.” and humor, was originally developed as a final He and the Golden Bell staff are curproject for a class while he was a student at rently designing an expansion to make Plank
‘If just one person sees it and says, “That’s cool,” then that’s good enough for me.’
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Miller Place resident Paul Partlow, above, created a new board game, Plank & Rank, which he demonstrates on left.
& Rank a four-player game, with the add-on revolving around a concept of Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps. “He’s just so creative and artistic and always has a thousand ideas,” Partlow’s wife Helen said. “He puts everything into what he’s working on. When I first played it, while he was developing it for Hasbro, I actually beat him at his own game.” To see Paul Partlow’s Kickstarter campaign, visit www.kickstarter.com/projects/287606634/ plank-and-rank.
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Trotta says red-light camera stats are being manipulated Newest report omits accidents involving pedestrians and bicyclists By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com Suffolk County Legislator Rob Trotta (RFort Salonga) is calling for an investigation into the county’s annual Red Light Safety Program report, which he said has both purposefully and illegally eliminated data involving car accidentswithpedestrians Page A22 and bicyclists. Trotta stood with fellow legislators and colleagues Sept. 21 at the intersection of Route 25A and Miller Place Road in Miller Place to address his ongoing concerns with a lack of available statistics surrounding accidents, injuries and deaths due to the county’s red-light camera program, highlighting a conversation he had last month with a traffic engineer of Nelson & Pope, the company that prepares the annual reports. According to Trotta, the traffic engineer advised him that the company was instructed not to include the pedestrianand bicycle-involved accidents at red-light camera locations in reports in order to paint a better picture of the program. The reports are submitted to the state and made available to the public. The most recent report was released earlier this year and highlighted statistics for 2016. While pedestrian- and bicycle-involved accidents have been reported in a scattered few reports since the program began in 2010, the data has not been included in the last two years’ reports. Trotta said the data exclusion is a viola-
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tion of the state’s motor vehicle and traffic law, which states the mandatory annual report must include the number, type and severity of all accidents reported at these intersections with traffic control devices. He also said it is not clear who is behind the data exclusion — the county or the company behind the red-light camera program. Trotta urged the state attorney general to get involved and hold the guilty party accountable. “How can anybody adequately look at the positive or negative features of a program when they’re not getting all the data?” Trotta said during the press conference. The legislator has long been opposed to the program, which he said he believes is the cause of an uptick in accidents throughout the area and is merely a ticket and revenue-generating scam by the county. “There are multiple reasons why this program should be shut down immediately and I’m aghast by the fact that we’re doing nothing and we are lying to the public by not including the pedestrians and the bicyclists. When I found out about this, I couldn’t believe it.” Trotta was joined by — Rob Trotta legislators Leslie Kennedy (R-Nesconset) and Tom Muratore (R-Selden), as well as county Legislature candidate Gary Pollakusky (R), at the busy intersection where two teenagers have died after being struck by cars, which features red-light cameras. “We lost a child here on a bicycle and a child here as a pedestrian,” Trotta said, referring to 14-year-old Nico Signore who died earlier this year, and 16-year-old John Luke, who died in 2015. “But I guess that doesn’t mean anything to anybody because
‘I absolutely think there’s coercion with the county and this company to keep the money stream coming in.’
Photo above by Kevin Redding; file photo at top by Phil Corso
Leg. Rob Trotta, above at center, discusses red-light cameras during a Sept. 21 press conference in Miller Place, and an older report at an intersection in Smithtown, above. they’re not even including [those accidents] in the report. I absolutely think there’s coercion with the county and this company to keep the money stream coming in. This entire program is just a calamity of errors.” Pollakusky said he supports the suspension of the red-light camera program due to its negative impact on public safety. “The red-light camera program is a money grab by [County Executive Steve Bellone (D)] and the Democrats in the Legislature and has been sold to the public as a public safety program — it is anything but safe,” Pollakusky said, stressing that accidents have increased after the red-light cameras were installed. He also took issue with his opponent, Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai), who initially voted against the program but has since come to agree with its mission of changing poor traffic.
“[She] is famous for saying, ‘If it saves one child’s life,’ it’s worth it [but] this program that you and your cohorts support, Mrs. Anker, has hurt innocent drivers, pedestrians and children alike,” Pollakusky said. Personal injury lawyer David Raimondo, based in Lake Grove, represents the Luke family and pointed to an omission of data, including fatalities of pedestrians in auto accidents, in a presentation before the county Legislature in 2014 that led to the red-light camera program’s renewal. “It’s up for renewal in 2019 and if we don’t have the proper data before the Legislature, it will continue to be renewed and we cannot let that happen,” Raimondo said. “It’s very important this program come to an end, it be suspended and that the suffering of the taxpayers of Suffolk County — both financially and physically — end.”
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Man wanted for robbing from Selden Smoke Shop Suffolk County Crime Stoppers unit and Suffolk County Police Department’s 6th Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate a man who stole merchandise from a Selden store in August. A man stole a Halo electronic cigarette kit, valued at $55, from Smoke Shop, located at 317 Middle Country Road in Selden, at approximately 3:35 p.m. Aug. 30. The suspect, wearing a black hat and gray T-shirt, ran out of the store and fled the scene on foot. Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for any information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS (8477). All calls will be kept confidential. — Desirée Keegan
A 39-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station living on Wenmore Lane rented out a room in the house, despite not having permission to do so from the owner, according to police. After an investigation, it was discovered he stole money from another inhabitant of the home in November 2016, police said. He also possessed heroin, according to police. He was arrested Sept. 21 and charged with petit larceny, fourth-degree grand larceny and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Photo from sCPD
security camera footage of the man who fled selden’s smoke shop after stealing.
Triple play
During a traffic stop on Terryville Road in Port Jefferson Station at about 1 p.m. Sept. 20, a 55-year-old man from Coram had heroin, crack and Xanax without a prescription in his vehicle. He was arrested and charged with three counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Seven years bad luck
At about 12:30 a.m. Sept. 23, a 22-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station damaged the side-view mirror of a 2003 BMW while it was parked on Main Street in Port Jefferson, according to police. He was arrested and charged with criminal mischief.
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narcan being administered on a dummy. in the Miller Place High School auditorium Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. The high schools are located at 82 Rocky Point Yaphank Road in Rocky Point and 15 Memorial Drive in Miller Place, respectively. — Desirée Keegan
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Narcan training sessions Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) in conjunction with the Suffolk County Department of Health Services and North Shore Youth Council, will host two Narcan training classes in October. The opioid overdose prevention program meets the NYS Department of Health requirements and will train participants to recognize an opioid overdose, administer intranasal Narcan and teach what steps to take until EMS arrives during an emergency situation. “There is a heroin and opiate epidemic that is plaguing Suffolk County,” Anker said. “One of the measures that we can take as citizens is to be prepared in case of an emergency. Through the Narcan training class, participants will be given the tools and the knowledge they need to respond quickly to save a life.” Classes will be held at the Rocky Point High School library Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. and
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A 38-year-old man from Lake Grove driving a 2017 GMC crashed into a brick wall and guardrail at a home on Park Street in Centereach at about 11 p.m. Sept. 10, and left the scene on foot, according to police. He was arrested Sept. 22 in Selden and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.
Take a hint
A 44-year-old man from Deer Park called a woman that he knew personally approximately 100 times during a two-month span, according to police. He was arrested Sept. 21 in Selden and charged with seconddegree stalking.
Justice for all
In August 2015, a 27-year-old man from Riverhead stole money from Frank & Ross Payroll Services Corp. in Centereach, according to police. He was arrested Sept. 21 in Selden and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny.
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Grand theft motorcycle
On Sept. 19 in Rocky Point, a 21-year-old woman from Rocky Point possessed two stolen license plates from vehicles, according to police. She was arrested and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property.
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While driving a 2016 Toyota in the parking lot of Walmart on Middle Country Road in Middle Island, a 58-year-old man from Flushing hit a 2012 Mazda and fled the scene without exchanging contact information at about 10 a.m. Sept. 24, according to police. He was arrested in Selden and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.
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At a home on Technology Drive in Setauket Sept. 21 at about 9 a.m., someone cut the lock on a storage trailer and stole a dolly and canopies, according to police.
A 24-year-old man from Brentwood stood at the front door of a home on Route 25A in Rocky Point at about 8 p.m. Sept. 20 and pulled down his pants, exposing himself to someone within the home, according to police. He was arrested and charged with exposure of a person.
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During a traffic stop on College Road in Selden Sept. 19, a 23-year-old man from Centereach possessed concentrated cannabis while in a 1997 Jeep, according to police. He was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
A 49-year-old man from Setauket broke the side-view mirror of a 2013 GMC while it was parked on Sheldrake Avenue in Port Jefferson at about 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9, according to police. He was arrested Sept. 25 in Setauket and charged with criminal mischief.
A 2014 Honda motorcycle was stolen from a home on Broadway in Terryville at about 7 a.m. Sept. 25, according to police.
Lock up your money
Money was stolen from an unlocked 2011 Toyota while parked on Hawthorne Street in Mount Sinai at about 11 p.m. Sept. 22, according to police.
License plate lifted
A license plate was stolen off of a 1987 Chevrolet while it was parked at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson at about 4 p.m. Sept. 25, according to police.
Packing up
A backpack containing credit cards and video games was stolen from within a 2014 Honda while it was parked outside Amici’s restaurant on Route 25A in Mount Sinai Sept. 23, according to police.
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Lawmakers sign agreement to protect Setauket Harbor By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com Cooperation between members of government, especially from differing political parties, is a scarce natural resource these days, but don’t tell that to leaders from Brookhaven Town, Suffolk County and New York State. Setauket Harbor and the surrounding area is set to be the beneficiary of that cooperation, as leaders from each of the three municipalities formed an agreement Sept. 23 aiming to protect the historic and natural resources of the harbor. “The parties are committed to conserving, improving, protecting and interpreting Setauket Harbor’s historic and natural resources and environment through preservation of historic sties, wildlife areas and viewsheds to enable appropriate uses of harbor resources,” the agreement read in part. It also stated that preventing, abating and controlling water — also land and air pollution — will be a part of enhancing the health and safety of the people who live within or visit the Setauket Harbor watershed. The agreement is a memorandum of understanding, meaning it is not law, but rather a set of guiding principles or a moral commitment to follow in the years ahead. The co-signers of the document, town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) and Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station); county Legislator Kara Hahn (DSetauket); state Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket); and representatives from the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Setauket Harbor Task Force left the agreement open-ended in the hopes that other branches of government and organizations will follow suit. The task force, a three-year-old community organization dedicated to improving water quality and the marine habitat in the harbor, spearheaded the agreement after finding local levels of government share a common interest in protecting and improving the harbor, though they were working concurrently rather than coordinately in some ways. The memorandum was signed on a town dock off Shore Road in Setauket as part of the third Setauket Harbor Day, an annual event established by the task force in 2015.
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Clockwise from above, local government leaders sign a memorandum of understanding to protect the harbor sept. 23; a remote control toy floats in the harbor’s water on setauket Harbor Day; and a boy plays on the shore of setauket Habror. The first mission laid out by the docu- Atmospheric Sciences still shows the body ment is to develop a natural and cultural of water is an area of concern. resource inventory of the harbor, which “Some of the parcels we’re trying to prowill be a springboard toward creating a tect are very vulnerable,” Englebright said. management plan designed to achieve the He added although the agreement is only preservation goals of Setauket Harbor and an understanding and not law, he hopes the roughly three-square miles surround- that will change in the future. “What I’m ing it, known as the watershed, by acquir- hoping we can do within the context of a ing lands within it, preserving historic completed plan is that we can revisit that sites, sharing ideas, engaging in open, on- question at the state legislative level and going discussions and contributing funds. write something that may have broad ap“You need to have a starting point and plicability. I think this whole plan has the a vision for how all these pieces come to- potential to be a model.” gether, and I think that’s Romaine said he was what’s so great about this excited for the possible designation,” said George benefits to the environHoffman, co-founder of ment the agreement could the task force. bring, but also for the Englebright credited potential economic benefit the task force with getof a healthier harbor. ting everyone involved and “The harbor has been focused on the problems closed to shell fishing for associated with Setauket more than 10 years,” he Harbor, which among othsaid. “We’d like to see it ers include nitrogen polluopen up. We’d like to see tion and the presence of of the contaminants — Ed Romaine some coliform bacteria, mostly eliminated from this hardue to stormwater runoff bor so that it can restore into waterways. The haritself. It’s very important bor falls within the larger Port Jefferson to the town. I want to thank Steve because Harbor complex, which lets out into the he’s done tremendous work, and we’ve Long Island Sound. worked together as colleagues for more In September last year, state Sen. John than 35 years.” Flanagan (R-East Northport) announced Hahn suggested homes in the waterhe had secured a $1 million grant from the shed could be prime candidates for Sufstate to be used on enhancing the quality folk County’s Septic Improvement Proof the harbor’s waters, and the town dock gram, an initiative that offers funds to on Shore Road. Englebright thanked homeowners within the county to replace Flanagan for his leadership in bringing outdated cesspools and septic system, issues regarding the harbor to light, but a which are major contributors to nitrogen recent annual study completed by Stony pollution in waterways. Brook University School of Marine and The federal government is not cur-
‘The harbor has been closed to shell fishing for more than 10 years. We’d like to see it open up.’
rently on board as part of the agreement, though DEC Regional Director Carrie Meek Gallagher said she expects that to change once a plan is in motion. The significance of the collaboration across party lines and municipality lines in lockstep with a community group like the task force was not lost on Cartright. “This should be a prime example of how government on all levels should work together with the community,” she said. Kevin McAllister, the founder of the nonprofit Defend H20, said while the agreement is a positive step, it will be largely symbolic if it is not followed up with action, and more importantly, funding. “Providing greater funding for a host of projects, land acquisition, more protective zoning, denying shoreline hardening permits — these type actions, individually and collectively will define the resolve as put forth in the [memorandum of understanding],” he said in an email. Englebright implored members of the public and community groups to not only get on board, but to take the additional step of holding elected officials to the terms of the agreement, including those who come after the incumbent lawmakers.
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Stony Brook University professor Christopher Gobler discusses the quality of local bodies of water at a press conference Sept. 12, on left, showing a map, above, which displays areas affected by issues like blue-green algae, which has been found in roth Pond at Stony Brook University, used for the school’s roth regatta event, seen below right. Port Jefferson Harbor, below left, is being monitored due to the spread of hypoxia across local bodies of water.
Long Island’s coastal waters, bays still suffering By Kyle Barr There’s still something in the water — and it’s not a good kind of something. Scientists from the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences released an annual report highlighting the concern over the prolonged existence of toxic algae blooms, and a deficiency of oxygen in Long Island waters caused by high levels of nitrogen. Stony Brook professor Christopher Gobler and several members of the advocacy collective Long Island Clean Water Partnership, a conglomerate of several Long Island environmental groups, revealed the findings of a study done from May to August. “In order to make Long Island sustainable and livable, clean water needs to be established,” said Adrienne Esposito, the executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment. “The challenge has been very great over the last decade … though the problem, unfortunately, is getting a bit
worse. Algae blooms and the degradation of water quality across Long Island are serious threats to Long Island’s health.” On the North Shore, there are several severe cases of hypoxia, or a depletion of dissolved oxygen in water, which is necessary for sea life to survive. Cases were found in Stony Brook Harbor, Northport Bay, Oyster Bay and Hempstead Bay. Measured on a milligram per liter of water scale, any case of hypoxia below 2 milligrams per liter can be harmful to fish, and almost anything else living on the bottom of the bays. There were also periodic outbreaks of blue-green algae in Lake Ronkonkoma and Stony Brook University’s Roth Pond. This algae releases a poison harmful to humans and animals, but Gobler said students at the university shouldn’t worry, because he and other scientists at Stony Brook are constantly monitoring the water, especially George Hoffman, a trustee of the Setauket before the annual Roth Regatta. Harbor Task Force, which is also a member “[If nothing is done] the areas could ex- of the clean water partnership. pand — it could get more intense,” Gobler Next May the task force hopes to start said. “We use a cutoff of 3 milligrams per monitoring directly inside Setauket Harliter, which is bad, but of course you can go bor. Runoff from lawn fertilizers can also to zero. An area like Hempincrease the nitrogen levels stead Harbor went to zero, in the harbor. [Northport and Oyster “If our problem isn’t Bays] went to zero at some hypoxia, we have a probpoints in time. There’s a lem with pathogens,” Hoffusual day-night cycle, so it’s man said in a phone interat night that the levels get view. “Prevention is really very, very low.” [Gobler’s] goal — to know As a result of the possiwhat is happening and to bility of hypoxia expanding, start taking steps. I think peoGobler said he and other sciple’s information levels [on entists have also been monithe topic] are high in the surtoring Port Jefferson Harbor face waters that they live by.” — Dick Amper and Setauket Harbor. In addition to hypoxia Though Setauket Harand blue-green algae, some bor is not currently expeof the water quality problems found in the riencing any problems with hypoxia or al- assessment were brown tides on the South gae, the harbor has experienced periods of Shore, rust tide in the Peconic bays and parpathogens, like E. coli, some of which were alytic shellfish poisoning on the East End born from runoff into the harbor, but oth- — all of which are also nitrogen level issues ers might have come from leakage of anti- that can be traced back to cesspool sewage quated cesspools in the area, according to and fertilizers.
‘We have the problem growing worse, and it is going to get worse before it gets better.’
“Make no mistake about it, this is so big that even … still, we have the problem growing worse, and it is going to get worse before it gets better,” said Dick Amper, director of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society. “What’s the solution to this problem? We have to do more.” There have been several efforts to help curb water degradation on Long Island. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed legislation in April that put $2.5 billion toward clean water protection, improving water infrastructure and building new sewer systems in Smithtown and Kings Park, and adding a rebate program for those upgrading outdated septic systems. Despite doing more, the repairs will take some time. “This is going to be a long, long marathon,” said Kevin McDonald, the conservation project director at The Nature Conservancy said. There is also worry that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — announcing the dumping of dredged materials into Long Island Sound — could compound the problem. “We have more political funding and will try to implement solutions,” Esposito said. “The problems are getting worse, but the solutions are becoming clearer.”
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Town Bulls run through Smithtown streets for charity By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com Hundreds of residents showed off their athleticism and generosity this past weekend in Smithtown during the 12th annual 5K Running of the Bull, which benefits local children in need. On the grounds of the New York Avenue Smithtown Central School District administrative building, spectators rang mini cowbells and giant speakers played the “Rocky” theme song as more than 200 runners raced down a 3.1-mile course along Forestwood Park to the finish line during this year’s fundraiser. The competitors ranged in age from 11 to 82. Each finisher was met at the end of the race with cheers from family and friends, food from local eateries and raffle drawings. Commack resident Stephen Abruzzo, 47, who came in first with a run time of 18 minutes 28 seconds, has been running in the Greater Smithtown Chamber of Commerce event since it began in 2006. “It’s all about giving back to the local charity,” Abruzzo said. “This is a great cause and this race is a great reflection of the Smithtown community.” Dominick LoGiudice came from Patchogue to take part in the event for the first time. “I heard it’s a well-run event and the charity angle is unbelievable,” he said. “We all have to do our part.” All proceeds from the 5K Running of the Bull go to Angela’s House, a Hauppaugebased nonprofit with locations in East Moriches, Smithtown and Stony Brook that assists families caring for children with special health care needs. The funds primarily cover the costs of what insurance companies won’t, like sending a child to a specialty camp or providing expensive mobility equipment such as adaptive strollers. The race helps the 25-year organization continue to provide special needs families the ‘yes’ after everybody else says ‘no,’ according to founder and executive director, Bob Policastro, who also competed. “When a parent sees an event like this advertised, it’s like, ‘Wow, my town is supporting an agency that’s supporting us,’” Policastro said. “A lot of them feel very alone as their life can be restricted. So when they know a community is rallying around them, it’s like a boost that they need and deserve.” When Mark Mancini of the Greater Smithtown Chamber of Commerce first joined the group in 2005, he said he pitched the idea of a 5K run for a charity, which he said was met with lukewarm responses from his fellow board members. “It was a little shocking to me,” he said. “But that all changed after the first Running of the Bull. The chamber after that wanted to get charities for everything. One event basically kick-started others.” Mancini said after he learned about Angela’s House and Policastro — who started the organization after his own daughter died from medical complications in 1990 — he was determined to make it the focus of the run. The race has also benefited other charities over the years, such as The Courtney Sipes Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit founded in memory of a Smithtown student struck and killed by a car on Main Street in 2009.
“This is so important,” Mancini said. “It’s such a positive event and just the thing that we need.” Barbara Franco, executive director of the chamber, agreed. “It’s a fabulous day for the community, for families, for children, for pets,” Franco said with a laugh and pointed out a bulldog dressed in an event T-shirt. “If mom is running, dad and the kids cheer her on. If dad’s running, the whole family’s behind him.” Chamber president, Robert Cartelli, who led the 1K fun run for young children and their parents before the main race, said this is among his favorite events in Smithtown. “I love it,” Cartelli said. “I look at this community as a pulse of Long Island and I’m very happy to be part of this family event. It’s the best.” A check with funds raised by the event will be presented to Angela’s House during the chamber’s holiday party in December.
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Top, runners prep at the starting line of the annual 5K Running of the Bull Sept. 23. Middle left, a participant sprints down the homestretch. Middle right, kids ring cowbells to encourage runners to finish. Bottom from left, winner Commack resident Stephen Abruzzo stands with Joseph Policastro and Angela’s House founder Bob Policastro.
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Clockwise from left, emily Diaz dribbles the ball toward Copiague’s goal; Maritxell Jimenez uses her body to grab a pass; Karlie Martin battles for the ball at midfield; and sierra rosario sends the ball to her feet.
Wolverines shut out second straight opponent By Desirée Keegan Desiree@tbrnewspapers.com Newfield’s girls soccer team is sharing the wealth. Five Wolverines scored and four added assists in a 6-0 shutout of Copiague Sept. 25 at home. Despite putting the game out of reach early, Newfield’s athletes were quick to point to missed opportunities. “We need to finish the ball in front of the net more, but we had a lot of opportunities,” senior center back Taylor Regensburger said. “Having different opportunities gives us momentum going into the next game.”
Newfield 6 Copiague 0
Senior midfielder Emily Diaz put the Wolverines on the board early, and midfielders freshman Nicole Niculescu and sophomore Karlie Martin also found the corners of the goal for a 3-0 halftime lead. Despite the lead, Newfield fell victim to offside calls that halted multiple breakaway opportunities. “Credit to Copiague because they’re well coached,” Newfield head coach Domenik Veraldi said. “Those offside traps aren’t us being more offside as them knowing exactly what they’re doing. It’s a lot of credit to Copiague and how much work they put into using that strategy to their advantage.” Regensburger, Diaz and junior forward Kaitlyn Drennan tallied the second-half scores, but no one could take their eyes off sophomore center midfielder Sierra Rosario, who bounced up and down the field frequently unmarked despite Copiague screaming for coverage with each throw-in or kick. “I think everyone contributed to the game and did their own thing, but as a team we still worked well,” Rosario said. “We kept possession, which is something we’re working on, and we’re building that possession-based game by not just looking for the long pass.” Veraldi said he is also seeing the possession game develop. “We want to keep the ball on the floor, we want to do a lot of off-the-ball movement, we want to work the ball to everybody,” he said. “We were a little inconsistent, but there’s steps in the right direction.” The coach said he thinks his team has been overlooked after the Wolverines made it to the Class AA quarterfinals last season. “I think we were a little underestimated
heading in,” he said. “Last year we ended in a good spot and graduated several seniors, so I think people thought we had a young team and it won’t be the same team.” With the win the Wolverines are now 4-2 at the halfway point in the season, dropping games to Half Hollow Hills East and Smithtown West, the team that knocked out Newfield in the postseason last year. “Last year boosted our program’s confidence, so this year we’re looking to take that even further,” Rosario said. Regensburger said she sees now what she may not have seen heading into the season.
“I didn’t think we’d be better than last year, but since we’ve come back and started playing, I think we can do even better and go farther in the playoffs,” she said. “We have a lot of strong young players.” Veraldi said the next two weeks will be telling as to where his team will ultimately fall in the standings, but said the objective remains the same: get to the playoffs. “They have acute senses,” he said of his Wolverines. “It looks like they want the ball, and they have a plan once they get the ball. They were able to move it in a fashion where they wanted to generate some offense, and we’re going to keep powering through.”
Middle Country 6, Pat-Med 3
Middle Country’s boys golf team to a 6-3 win over Patchogue-Medford Sept. 20. The Mad Dogs are now even at 1-1 in League I.
Keeping score Centereach 42, Bay Shore 7
Alec Kiernan ran for 146 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries and had a 60-yard interception return for
a touchdown to blow open a 42-7 Centereach football win at home over Bay Shore Sept. 23. Kiernan also had 10 tackles for the Division II 3-0 Cougars.
Chris Iguchi shot a 2-over 37 on the front nine at Mill Pond Golf Course in Medford to lead
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OpiniOn Editorial
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Risk and reward Suffolk County residents deserve full disclosure of the total number of fatal accidents occurring at intersections with red-light cameras. Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) was joined by legislators Leslie Kennedy (R-Nesconset) and Tom Muratore (R-Selden) in calling for an investigation into the county’s most recently released Red Light Safety Program report. Trotta claimed the county’s report fails to include any accidents involving pedestrians or bicyclists in its statistics in order to paint a better picture of the program, a fact that was confirmed by the traffic engineer Nelson & Pope. Since the program’s start in July 2010, the county has installed more than 216 red-light cameras aimed at “enhancing the safety of motorists,” according to the Suffolk County Traffic and Parking Violation Agency on the Suffolk County website. These automated cameras resulted in more than 415,000 traffic citations being issued to drivers in 2016, generating nearly $31 million in revenue for the county. With a current budget deficit, these funds undoubtedly go a long way toward filling the shortfall. The real question is whether the ever-increasing number of red-light cameras and resulting tickets has increased the safety of our local roadways. Trotta pointed to a recent study that shows an increasing number of accidents at 46 of 100 intersections with cameras installed — and at 32 of those locations there has been a more than 100 percent increase. We wonder what these statistics would look like if adjusted to include those omitted accidents involving pedestrians and bicyclists. Under New York State law, a driver is required to contact police and file an accident report for all cases where a person is either killed or injured within 10 days. The data needed to fully evaluate the Red Light Safety Program is available and can be obtained from the state. But elected officials are not making the information public for us to read and make an informed opinion as to whether the red-light cameras are having the intended effect — increasing the safety of our local roads. New York is one of 24 states across the country that allows red-light camera use to enforce speed and traffic laws, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association, a nonprofit that represents states and agencies aiming to address behavioral highway issues to decrease the number of accident-related deaths. As Suffolk County’s red-light program comes up for renewal in 2019, and motions have been made to temporarily suspend it, taxpayers deserve to have all the facts presented. We have the right to know if it’s working before paying another fine or whether lives are being put at unnecessary risk for profit.
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After reading the Sept. 14 editorial “Actions speak louder than panels” regarding the creation of committees and panels, I want to remind you of the productive actions that have come from the committees I have created and chaired, which have brought experts together, included input from residents and analyzed problems and implementing action measures. After hearing that senior citizens in Ridge were struggling to pay their high electric cost, and at times choosing between paying for food, medication or heat, I created a Senior Advisory Board for my legislative district, which led to PSEG’s recent implementation of a $4,000 rebate for all-electric customers. In conjunction with AARP, we continue to advocate to the state for an independent utilities consumer advocate to provide oversight and accountability for Long Island’s ever-increasing electric, cable and water costs. The Jobs Opportunity Board linked school districts and colleges to Suffolk County’s One-Stop Employment Center, it also led to the
planned young adult community concept to build affordable housing for our young adults. Working with the Long Island Builder’s Institute, several projects are moving forward to build developments on or near college campuses. After witnessing residents’ homes lost to coastal erosion and literally sliding off our North Shore cliffs, I created the North Shore Coastal Erosion Task Force. The task force’s efforts led to an educational video with information about erosion. It also led to the recent release of New York state coastal mapping, which shows a substantial rise in coastline tides. The Middle Island Park Committee is currently working to create a community park on the old Kmart property in Middle Island using the public/private partnership model of the Mount Sinai Heritage Park. The Rails to Trails Civic Advisory Panel continues to meet to provide valuable insight as we move the much-needed 10-mile recreational path forward to create a safe place to bike, walk and run. The Heroin and Opiate
Epidemic Advisory Panel will focus on the 48 recommendations created by the former panel to find out what recommendations have been implemented and determine what needs to be done now. It will add law enforcement and the court system process to the discussions as well as prioritize prevention, education, treatment and rehabilitation. While I understand your concerns with unproductive committees, in the six years since taking office as your Suffolk County legislator, I have been very productive in moving ideas forward and implementing action and getting real results. Communication and discussion are vital to removing barriers and moving ideas forward. I’m not here to waste anyone’s time, but we are running out of time. Every day we are losing our loved ones to this drug epidemic. Working together and finding solutions is the only way to fix a broken process.
Sarah Anker Suffolk County Legislator 6th District
Let’s prove that we are a united nation Why isn’t our federal government mobilizing the military and corporate forces that are readily at our disposal to begin to rebuild Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the way we rebuilt Europe after World War II? Step 1: Use our military’s engineering and transport capabilities to open up airfields and ports so they can bring in life-sustaining supplies. Step 2: Insist that all “debt” be temporarily suspended by
the huge corporate financial institutions that have interest in seeing Puerto Rico recover as soon as possible. Step 3: Bring in temporary military hospitals and personnel from the armed services and the National Guard to assist with stabilizing health care and restoring basic infrastructure and shelter reconstruction. The cost of such an intervention would be far less in the long run than allowing things to
continue to deteriorate. It could be quick and decisive and be a model of public/private partnership that we will undoubtedly continue to need into the future. Most of all, it would be a model of American compassion and collaboration that would signal to all the world that we are still a great and united nation.
Tom Lyon Mount Sinai
An open letter to the NFL Dear Commissioner Goodell: As one of many football fans who is extremely upset by political acts disrespecting our flag and national anthem, I seriously ask you to consider putting a stop to this behavior. If players have the right to political demonstrations on the field, then fans have the right to protest against them. Do you really want NFL games to turn into
political events or possible riots? You say you want unity, but how can there be unity on the field when millionaire players attack the symbols of American unity? I realize that you want to placate the NFLPA, but without fans there will be no income, salaries or players. Please stand up for the symbols over which millions of Americans have fought and died.
Just because an act of disrespect is legal does not make it proper or moral. You fine players for disrespectful or improper celebrations — what can be more improper than these ill-thought and divisive acts by so-called professionals? Please, please. We want football not politics.
Michael Zelenak East Setauket
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OpiniOn Remember, it’s freedom we’re protecting
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he next generation is afraid. Can you blame them? They know about 9/11, as they should. When they’re not sending pictures of themselves and the food they’re eating to their group of best friends through social media, they read headlines and see pictures of people, just like them, who are living their lives one day and then becoming statistics the next. This particular generation says it would pick security over freedom. Not all of them do, of course, By Daniel Dunaief but, in a recent discussion among some teenagers, I heard repeated arguments about how freedom is irrelevant if you’re dead. That is a reflection of just how much the world has changed since I grew up. In my youth, I was aware of the Cold War. A nuclear war, although a possibil-
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ity in the bilateral world that pitted the United States against the Soviet Union, seemed unlikely. After all, the biggest deterrent was the likelihood of mutually assured destruction. As Matthew Broderick experienced in the movie “War Games,” no one wins or, to quote the eerie computer from the movie, “the only winning move is not to play.” In times of stress, Americans have historically pulled away from the ideals of freedom and democracy. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus, which ensures that someone can challenge an unlawful detention or imprisonment. During World War II, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established internment camps, where he held more than 100,000 people of Japanese decent, worried that they might be colluding with a government that had just attacked us. At the start of the Cold War, Sen. Joseph McCarthy played into our worst fears, leading the House Un-American Activities Committee to question the
beliefs and loyalties of its citizens. In the meantime, he ruined the lives of thousands of people and turned Americans against each other. Many of these pursuits were designed to ease the minds of citizens about our friends and neighbors, some of whom might be working with an enemy and strike against us. So, today, what are we willing to give up? And, perhaps more importantly, to whom are we surrendering these freedoms? I recently watched a television reporter who was interviewing citizens in North Korea. He was asking them how they felt about their leader, Kim Jung-un, and the way he was rattling the saber against the United States and the rest of the world. Not surprisingly, the North Koreans, or the translator with them, expressed unreserved support for the man who trades threats seemingly on a daily basis with President Donald Trump. Those interviewed were confident they were in good hands. I doubt they felt comfortable expressing any other view. What
consequences would they suffer if they publicly questioned their leader’s judgment? Their leader doesn’t seem receptive to opposing viewpoints. On our shores, we can question our own leaders openly and frequently. We can gather in groups and protest. Trump can bristle at the way the leftleaning press covers him, just as President Barack Obama shared his displeasure over the coverage from Fox News during his presidency, but presidents can’t shut down these organizations. Early in our country’s history, our Founding Fathers, who had just emerged victorious in a costly battle with King George III of Great Britain and Ireland, didn’t want the leaders of the new nation to have unchecked power. The pioneering statesmen wanted to guarantee Americans protections from any government, domestic or international. Every freedom we give up moves us further down a slippery slope. For those of us who grew up before the fight against terrorism, freedom remains at the heart of the country we are protecting.
The horrors of the Vietnam War and a question of trust
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atching the 10-part Ken Burns and Lynn Novick PBS TV series, “The Vietnam War,” brought us back to the terrible ’60s. That decade began calmly enough; my husband had volunteered to be a physician in the service in 1963, through a little known program called the Berry Plan. I was thrilled at the prospect that we would get to travel. Four years later, the United States was immersed in a brutal war in a place called Vietnam, on the other side world. By Leah S. Dunaief of the We were sent to Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, where my husband became the chief of ophthalmology. Those injured, especially pilots, were flown in from ’Nam, refueling in the Philippines, and were in the operating room within the day.
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My husband would put their faces back together and try to save their eyes. The war was only 24 hours away from us, and we lived always on edge. We were further aware of the dangers and horror of the war the pilots in particular faced, because we were housed in the middle of their section on the base. Some served two and three tours, leaving their wives and children behind frantic with worry. We returned home to New York City for a visit and were puzzled by the disconnect between the military and civilians. What was a desperate existence on the one hand was a seemingly unaffected population on the other. Democratic President Lyndon Johnson had promised the nation a life with guns and butter, and indeed that was what we saw. When we tried to tell friends what was going on, they seemed surprised, even annoyed by the fuss we were making. Stunned, we returned to base. Which was the real world? Then the domino effect theory, should Vietnam fall, began to be questioned. The gap between words and actions of government officials started
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to emerge. We were the innocents, believing that our president would never lie to us. We became, thanks to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, caught up in a quantified body count to measure our successes. We wondered why it mattered how many of the enemy was killed if even one American died. Why were we there? The antiwar movement took hold, led by college students across America, labeled as communist-inspired and fiercely resisted by the Johnson administration. Mourning and anti-war protests were tearing the country apart. My husband and I left the military in 1969, years sooner than the fighting men left Vietnam. And some five years ago, I returned to Vietnam on a tour to see the country and try to make sense of what had happened there. I was overwhelmed. The weather was insufferably humid and hot, and I thought of the heavy backpacks the fighters had to carry as they moved through the jungle. The Vietnamese in the south, where our tour started, refer to the war as the American War in their museums and in conversation. Of course they do, I real-
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ized. They were unfailingly kind to us, welcoming us and, I suppose, our hard currency. In the north, near Hanoi, the older citizens were coldly polite. Most of the population was born after the war but, for the most part, those young people never knew their fathers. They were killed. And the country? The country was beautiful, with its mountains, rice paddies and deltas, scenic and peaceful. We had known nothing of the history of Vietnam before the nation entered the war. The Vietnamese people had struggled against Chinese occupation for more than 1,000 years, followed by the French. The Vietnamese weren’t ideological communists; they just wanted their homeland to be free. And the Chinese entered the war not to spread communism but to keep us from their borders. We learned finally but it cost us more than 58,000 American lives, untold wounded and an unimaginable amount of money. Have we learned enough to apply the lessons to Afghanistan and Iraq and to North Korea? We have learned never again to regard our leaders with trust.
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