The Times of Middle Country - October 5, 2017

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Times of middle counTry CentereaCh • selden • lake grove north

Vol. 13, No. 25

October 5, 2017

Town is fiscally sound Town Supervisor Ed Romaine presents proposed 2018 budget

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Town

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Middle Country Public Library volunteers, on left, received and painted two Little Free Libraries, above, to be installed in the community.

MCPL volunteers paint, distribute two Little Free Libraries

By Desirée Keegan Middle Country teen volunteers wanted to give the gift of reading.

Middle Country Public Library volunteers participated in a community service program to assemble and paint wooden Little Free Libraries to be installed in the community. The first will be installed, with the help of Brookhaven Town Councilman Kevin J. LaValle (R-Selden), at the Selden

Dog Park on Boyle Road.

A Little Free Library is a “take a book return a book” free book exchange built inside a box shaped like a tiny schoolhouse, and there are many now located throughout the world.

The idea for the book-sharing movement, which has spanned more than 70 countries around the world since the first little library was built by Todd Bol of Wisconsin in tribute to his mother in 2009, is

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that with a quick turn of a wooden latch, it can increase book access for readers of all ages and backgrounds and to inspire a love of reading and community connection.

Through this initiative, millions of books are exchanged each year, helping to promote literacy and a love for reading within the community. Anyone may take a book or bring a book.

The grand opening ceremony at the Selden Dog Park at 110 Boyle Road in Selden

is slated for Oct. 14 at 11 a.m. Middle Country residents are welcome to attend the ceremony to recognize the dedication of the library’s teen volunteers, including the MCPL Mutt Club, Teen Advisory Council and Green Teens, who will also assist with replenishing books and maintaining the Little Free Library at the dog park. The second Little Free Library is slated for installation near the Middle Country Public Library’s Selden building at 575 Middle Country Road.

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Town

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Image from Legislator Sarah Anker’s office

The Fast Lane, an Eagles tribute band, will be playing at the Coram Fire Department Substation #2, located at the corner of Pine Road and Route 112 in Coram.

Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) announced a fall concert scheduled for Oct. 21 at 1 p.m.

The Eagles tribute band The Fast Lane will be performing a free concert at the Coram Fire Department Substation #2, located at the intersection of Pine Road and Route 112 in Coram, and hosted in conjunction with Legislator Rob Calarco (D-Patchogue), the Coram Civic Association and the fire department.

The concert will be in memory of the late Anthony Bocchimuzzo, who passed away this summer. He was a longtime member of the fire department and a Suffolk County employee who served as a police civilian supervisor of 911 dispatchers.

Nonperishable food donations will be collected to aid in the hurricane relief efforts. In the case of a cancellation due to weather, the rain date is scheduled for Oct. 28th.

Photo from Councilman Kevin LaValle’s office

Newfield Student of the Month Brookhaven Town Councilman Kevin LaValle (R-Selden) visited Newfield High School Sept. 29 to honor Student of the Month Daniel Iacobacci.

In addition to being a strong student academically, Iacobacci is the robotics club president, leading the team that won the Southern New York State Tournament Championship, qualifying the team to travel to Kentucky for the World Champi-

onship. Iacobacci is interested in science, technology, engineering and math and was the lead intern for a STEM camp. He looks forward to attending college and studying computer engineering.

“I was happy to meet Daniel and recognize him,” LaValle said. “He is such an outstanding student, in and out of the classroom and I wish him the best of luck in the future.”

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Town

Supervisor presents tentative 2018 budget

If passed, homeowners would see minimal increase in property taxes 2018 townwide 2018 townwide Town of Brookhaven Town of Brookhaven expenditures revenues 2018 Tentative Budget Town Wide Reven

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2018 Tentative Budget Town Wide Expenditures

Employee Town of Brookhaven Compensation 2018 Tentative Budget Town Wide Expenditures 25% Debt File photo by Alex Petroski

Benefit Contractual districts, which will still see minimal6.3% increas& Equipment es. The budget falls within the state-mandated 1.84 percent tax levy34% increase cap, meaning it Employee won’t need to be pierced, which requires apCompensation proval via a public vote.

25% The town benefitted Debt from an additional $7 million in revenue that was budgeted for Service ahead of the 2017 fiscal year thanks primarily 22% to the town’s mortgage tax and other building fees and fines. Romaine said the unexpected revenue allowed the town to anticipate higher revenues in crafting the 2018 budget.

Part of the tentative budget also includes a $40.2 million list of new capital projects to be funded by bonds and reserves over a four-year period beginning in 2018, including $18 million for road repairs, drainage, traffic safety and street lighting projects; $8 million to cap the town landfill; and $6 million for park and recreation facility upgrades and equipment, among others.

The town board will host a public hearing to allow the community to weigh in on the budget Nov. 9 at Town Hall. The full tentative budget is also available to the public on the town’s website www.brookhavenny.gov.

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Brookhaven Town plans to spend $294.1 million in the 2018 fiscal year, about a $12 million increase compared to 2017’s budget, though the town won’t need much help from the public to do so.

Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) presented his tentative operating budget for 2018 to the public during a meeting Sept. 28. Romaine referred to the plan as a “taxpayers’ budget.”

“My job is to bring in the most cost effective budget, and that’s what we think we’ve done here,” Romaine said, thanking the town’s finance department commissioner Tamara Wright and chief of operations Matt Miner for their work in presenting a balanced budget. He also lauded the town’s AAA bond rating as a valuable asset in putting together a spending plan.

“We have a structurally balanced budget for the last few years and we have wound up each of the last few years with a surplus, which kind of distinguishes us in terms of our fiscal soundness,” Romaine said.

The increase, when compared to the 2017 fiscal year, can be attributed in large part to the disbanding of the formerly incorporated Mastic Beach Village, which means some services provided to residents of the village will again become Brookhaven’s responsibility. In addition, health insurance costs for town employees are expected to increase by 10 percent in 2018, and contractually mandated raises will go up by about $1.7 million. The town’s debt requirements will be about 5 percent higher in 2018. Despite the increases, if passed, the spending plan would maintain all services provided to residents during 2017, though no new programs would be funded, according to Romaine. Less than $2 million in reserve funds were needed to balance the budget, compared to about $3.5 million in 2017.

A typical Brookhaven Town resident living outside of an incorporated village should expect to see an increase of about $11 in their town property taxes in 2018 from the town’s general funds, excluding special districts such as sewer and highway

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LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE

WHEREAS, on the 26 day of September, 2017, pursuant to Section 105 of the Town Law and Section 181 of the Town Law, the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Selden Fire District confirmed that the Annual Fire District Budget Hearing will be conducted with reference to the Annual Fire District Budget for the fiscal year 2018 on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 commencing at 7 P.M. at the Selden Fire District’s Headquarters located at 44 Woodmere Place, Selden, New York, and WHEREAS, the Board of Fire Commissioners is required to adopt a proposed budget at least 21 days before October 17, 2017 so that it is available for public inspection prior to the budget hearing.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Selden Fire District has adopted a proposed Annual Fire District Budget for 2018 as of this date for purposes of discussion and review at the Budget Hearing to be held on October 17, 2017 and a copy of the proposed budget is available at the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Brookhaven and at the office of the Selden Fire District Secretary at 44 Woodmere Place, Selden, NY 11784, where it may be inspected by any interested person during office hours. In addition, a copy of the proposed budget is posted on the fire district’s website, and copies of the proposed budget will be available on the night of the said hearing.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Selden Fire District will hold the Annual Fire District Budget Hearing to be conducted with reference to the Annual Fire District Budget for fiscal year 2018 on Tuesday October 17, 2017 commencing at 7:00 P.M. at the Selden Fire District’s Headquarters located at 44 Woodmere Place, Selden, New York.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the aforesaid budget will be presented to the residents and taxpayers of the Selden Fire District and to the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Selden Fire District, for their respective consideration at this public hearing and for the purpose of considering the said budget and hearing all persons interested in the subject concerning same on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 commencing at 7 P.M. at the Fire District’s Headquarters located at 44 Woodmere Place, Selden, New York.

This notice is being publicized and posted in accordance with the provisions of Public Officers Law and the Town Law of the State of New York by order of the Board of

Fire Commissioners of the Selden Fire District.

Dated: 09/26/2017, Selden, New York Board of Fire Commissioners of the Selden Fire District ATTEST: Marion Warren Selden Fire District Secretary 691 10/5 1x tmc Notice of Public Hearing Centereach Fire District Annual Budget Hearing 2017 WHEREAS, on the 26th day of September, 2017, pursuant to Section 105 of the Town Law and Section 181 of the Town Law, the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Centereach Fire District confirmed that the Annual Fire District Budget Hearing will be conducted with reference to the Annual Fire District Budget for the fiscal year 2018 on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Fire Headquarters Building located at 9 South Washington Ave. Centereach, NY and WHEREAS, the Board of Fire Commissioners is required to adopt a proposed budget at least 21 days before October 17, 2017 so that it is available for public inspection prior to the budget hearing.

NOW, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Centereach Fire District has adopted a proposed Annual Fire District Budget for 2018 as of this date for purposes of discussion and review at the Budget hearing to be held on October 17, 2017, and a copy of the proposed budget is available at the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Brookhaven and at the office of the Centereach Fire District Secretary at 9 South Washington Ave. Centereach, NY where it may be inspected by any interested person during office hours. In addition copies of the proposed budget will be available on the night of the said hearing.

NOW, therefore BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Centereach Fire District will hold the Annual Fire District Budget hearing to be conducted with reference to the Annual Fire District Budget for fiscal year 2018 on Tuesday October 17, 2017 commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Fire Headquarters building located at 9 South Washington Ave. Centereach, NY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the aforesaid budget will be presented to the residents and taxpayers of the Centereach Fire District and to the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Centereach Fire District, for their respective

consideration at this public hearing and for the purpose of considering the said resolution and hearing all persons interested in the subject concerning same on Tuesday October 17, 2017 commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Fire Headquarters building located at 9 South Washington Ave. Centereach, NY

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Dated: September 26, 2017 Centereach, New York Board of Fire Commissioners Centereach Fire District Town of Brookhaven ATTEST: Jennifer Gardner Centereach Fire District Secretary 695 10/5 1x tmc CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT NOTICE OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Sections 175 and 175-a of the Town Law, the ANNUAL FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION of the CENTERACH FIRE DISTRICT for the purpose of electing one Fire Commissioner for a five year term commencing January 1, 2018 and ending on December 31, 2022 will be held at the Centereach Fire District Headquarters Firehouse, 9 South Washington Avenue, Centereach, NY, on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. Polls will be open from 2:00pm to 9:00pm.

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that for the purpose of voting at the Annual Election, a person must be registered as a voter in the Centereach Fire District no later than November 20, 2017 under permanent personal registration with the Suffolk county board of Elections, and shall have resided within said Fire District for a period of thirty (30) days prior to the date of the election.

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a candidate wishing to have his/her name placed on the voting ballot shall file with the Fire District Secretary no later than 5 PM, November 22, 2017, his/her name on a petition signed by at least twenty five (25) qualified electors of the Centereach Fire District, requesting that his/her name be placed on said ballot.

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Incidents and arrests Sept. 27–Oct. 1 Battling with police

A 50-year-old man from Port Jefferson was drinking alcohol from an open container while near the intersection of Main Street and Wynn Lane in Port Jefferson at about 4 p.m. Sept. 27 when he was approached by a village constable, according to police.

When approached by the constable, the man grabbed her arm, swung her around and punched her, police said. Two other bystanders attempted to subdue the accused man, who swung his elbows repeatedly, causing a laceration to the lower lip of one of the bystanders and hitting the shoulder and neck of the other, police said. Once he was arrested, police said he was screaming obscenities at the officers. He was arrested and charged with four counts of second-degree harassment, disorderly conduct and obstruction of governmental administration.

Little by little

At a home on North Ridge Road in Old Field between March 15 and Sept. 20, a 38-year-old woman from East Setauket stole jewelry, silverware and other personal items, according to police. She was arrested Sept. 28 in Selden and charged with third-degree grand larceny.

LIRR property stolen

A North Face backpack containing Long Island Rail Road access keys, security keys and train ignition keys was stolen from a Nissan parked outside of a home on Dorothy Street in Port Jefferson Station at about 8:30 p.m.

Oct. 1, according to police.

Pharmacy theft

Medicine was stolen from CVS Pharmacy on Route 25A in Setauket at about 12:30 p.m.

Sept. 30, according to police.

Rite Aid robbery

At about 1 p.m. Sept. 30, a 31-year-old man from Coram entered Rite Aid on Old Town Road in Selden and demanded cash from an employee and displayed a gun, according to police. The man fled the scene without any money, police said. He was arrested Sept.

30 at about 9 p.m. in Selden and charged with first-degree robbery and two counts of second-degree robbery.

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Snail mail

According to Suffolk County Police Department Assistant Commissioner Justin Meyers, Suffolk County Police 6th Squad detectives are investigating a robbery that occurred in Stony Brook Sept. 30 at about 7 p.m., in which a masked male entered Jamba Juice, located at 2460 Nesconset Highway, and demanded cash. He left with an unknown amount of money. The investigation is continuing, police said.

Shattered glass

Pain in the neck

Someone stole a mailbox and post from in front of a home on Dogwood Road in Port Jefferson at about 12:30 p.m. Oct. 1, according to police.

At about 3 a.m. Sept. 28, a 29-year-old woman from Wading River shattered the front and rear windshields of a 2000 Saturn parked outside of a home on Highview Drive in Selden, according to police. She was arrested and charged with criminal mischief.

Return scheme

A 34-year-old woman from Nesconset found a cash register receipt for five boxes of baby formula in the parking lot of Walmart on Nesconset Highway in Setauket at about 11:30 a.m. Sept. 28, entered the store, took five boxes of the same item off the shelf, placed them in a shopping cart and proceeded to customer service to return the items for cash, according to police. She was arrested and charged with petit larceny.

Green beach

At about 1:30 a.m. Sept. 27, a 24-year-old woman from Stony Brook was seated in a parked 2007 Jeep with a “strong odor of marijuana” while at Cedar Town Beach on Harbor Beach Road in Mount Sinai, according to police. She was given a field appearance ticket.

A credit card was stolen from a 2017 Honda parked outside of a chiropractic office on Middle Country Road in Selden at about 6 p.m. Sept. 27, according to police.

In it to win it

Someone stole assorted scratch off lottery tickets from Speedway gas station on Patchogue Road in Port Jefferson Station at about 4 a.m. Sept. 27, according to police.

Paddled off

A kayak was stolen from in front of the Brookhaven Town public safety building on Harbor Beach Road in Mount Sinai at about 8 a.m. Sept. 18, according to police. A report was filed Sept. 29.

Running from Dunkin

At Dunkin Donuts in Mount Sinai on Route 25A Sept. 27 at 12:30 a.m., someone used a block to break the front door and entered the establishment, opened the register, then fled without stealing anything, according to police.

— Compiled by Alex petroski

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SportS

Photos by Bill landon

Clockwise from left, Middle Country’s Shauna Singh sends the ball over the net; Charlotte Prechtl volleys with her Rocky Point opponent; and olivia Zhu serves.

Mad Dogs tennis takes last win of regular season

By Bill landon Middle Country ended the regular season on a high note.

The Mad Dogs girls tennis team invaded Rocky Point Oct. 2 and took home a 6-1 League VI win over the Eagles.

Middle Country is ranked No. 3 in the standings with a 6-4 record behind Mount Sinai and undefeated Port Jefferson.

“We were pretty evenly balanced today in singles — they kept the ball in play and they didn’t make the mental mistakes [to] beat themselves,” Middle Country head coach Mike Steinberg said. “Our doubles [had a good outing]. They worked well together.”

What the coach has liked seeing most from his team this season is consistency, and hopes that carries into tournament play.

“We’ll get some doubles in for the tournament,” he said. “Hopefully we can get one or two singles [players into the mix].”

After dropping her first two games, Middle Country’s No. 1 singles player Olivia Zhu, a five-year varsity starter, swept the next 12 to shut the door on her opponent, winning 6-2, 6-0.

“I had a little bit of a slow start in those first two games, but after that it was smooth sailing,” the senior two-time All-County player said. “I thought I did a really good job at pushing her deep — keeping her towards the baseline — to attack to finish off points.”

Middle Country 6 Rocky Point 1

Rocky Point senior duo Katie Barber and Allison Kasper had their hands full in No. 1 doubles, dropping the match 3-6, 4-6.

“We ended up losing, but it was a really strong match,” Barber said. “We were strong at the net. I’m tall, so it’s hard to get it around me. It’s a powerful shot [if I can hit] down at them and that gets you a lot of points.”

Kasper said her team will now prepare for postseason play, where it’s anybody’s match, especially not knowing who your opponent is until game time.

“It all depends on the draw — hopefully we get an easier team so that we face them first and from there work our way up,” Kasper said. “I was pleased with my backhand today, but I need to be more aggressive on my net play.”

Middle Country’s Haylie Budd said she was satisfied with her play in No. 1 doubles against the pair, adding it wasn’t the first time the two teams had squared off.

“We were good at volleying at the net and hitting it away from them,” Budd said.

“I expected a strong match and they were better than the last time we faced them.”

Rocky Point head coach Jim Buonconsiglio said he’s also been pleased with the progress his team has made.

“The girls have just been a delight to work with,” he said. “All around I’ve seen tremendous growth from the start of the season through today. Record-wise it doesn’t really show that, but as their coach I can see that the growth has been there and all aspects of their game have improved.”

Keeping score Centereach 4, Copiague 1

Chloe Galvez recorded three assists and Nicole Fabris scored two goals to lead Centereach’s girls soccer

team to a 4-1 win over Copiague Oct. 2. Madisen Crawley recorded five saves. The Cougars are now 2-4-1 in League III.

Centereach 3, Half Hollow Hills East 1 Amanda Goldstein had 17 kills and five blocks, Celeste Santiago had nine kills and Gia Glaser

had 26 assists to lead Centereach’s girls volleyball team to a 3-1 win over Half Hollow Hills East Oct. 2.

The Cougars are 3-3 in League III.

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Many local references.

Recommended by area schools. Tony Mann, 631-473-3443 SONNY’S PIANOS Adult group piano lessons starting. Free intro Thursday 10/19, 7:00pm.

Call for information & reservations 631 475-8046.

Fun, easy, quick learn.

SONNY’S PIANO YOGA METHOD.

Finds Under 50 10’ X10’ DECK/PATIO CANOPY fitted for steel frame. Vented roof, side curtains. Very good condition. 1 yr old. $45. 631-848-7136 30 GAL THERMOS PICNIC COOLER, excellent condition, $50. 631-928-9044

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LIFT CHAIR like new, maroon, heat and massage function, lift and recline function $35.

631-331-9288.

X-L Yellow waterproof fisherman’s overalls $20 631-751-3869.

LITTLE TYKES CAR BED blue, twin, excellent condition.

All hardware included. Fits a twin mattress NOT included. $50. Port Jeff. Please call or txt 631-681-8091 RED BRICKS concrete, approximately 200 new and used, $49 or best offer, 631-689-7815 or 631-219-6857.

VICTORIAN WHITE WICKER sewing box, $49.

631-473-1774 VINTAGE FLEXIBLE FLYER Sled, 41J Planet Jr., 41” $45.

631-928-5392 WOOD COMPUTER DESK with slide out keyboard shelf.

Measures approximately 60” high, 44” wide, and 11 1/2” deep. Good condition. $45 OBO. 631-767-6458

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NYSSMA preparation, 20+ years teaching experience, references. David Dreyfus, 631-731-7779

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E M P L OY M E N T / C A R E E R S Well-established Pediatric Office Setauket EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY

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Contact Catherine Caillat at 631-360-7553. Applications available at: Personnel Dept., 65 Maple Avenue, 631-360-7626 or www.smithtownny.gov.

The Town of Smithtown is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN WADING RIVER! Residential Clinical Director Medicaid Service Coordinator RN Supervisor Waiver Service Providers

Budget Analyst Direct Care Workers RNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Child Care Workers

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Times Beacon Record News Media needs part-time proofreaders to work in the Setauket office.

Must be available days and/or evenings. Proofreading and computer experience a plus.

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Looking for a Freelance Reporter to cover local high school sports. Sports writing experience necessary.

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S E R V IC E S Appliance Repairs DRYER VENT CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE SERVICE. A clean vent is a safe vent, avoid a dryer fire, Professional, Honest, Reliable. 631-617-3327

Cleaning COME HOME TO A CLEAN HOUSE! Attention to detail is our priority. Excellent References.

Serving the Three Village Area. Call Jacquie or Joyce 347-840-0890.

Decks DECKS ONLY BUILDERS & DESIGNERS Of Outdoor Living By Northern Construction of LI. Decks, Patios/Hardscapes, Pergolas, Outdoor Kitchens and Lighting. Since 1995.

Lic/Ins. 3rd Party Financing Available.105 Broadway Greenlawn, 631-651-8478. www.DecksOnly.com

Electricians ANTHEM ELECTRIC Quality Light & Power since 2004. Master Electrician.

Commercial, Industrial, Residential. Port Jefferson.

Please call 631-291-8754 Andrew@Anthem-Electric.net

Furniture/Restoration/ Repairs REFINISHING & RESTORATION Antiques restored, repairing recane, reupholstery, touchups kitchen, front doors, 40 yrs exp, SAVE$$$, free estimates. Vincent Alfano 631-286-1407

Gardening/Design/ Architecture DOWN THE GARDEN PATH *Garden Rooms *Focal Point Gardens. Designed and Maintained JUST FOR YOU. Create a â&#x20AC;&#x153;splashâ&#x20AC;? of color w/perennials or Patio Pots.

Marsha, 631-689-8140 or cell# 516-314-1489

Handyman Services JOHNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S A-1 HANDYMAN SERVICE *Crown moldings* Wainscoting/raised panels.

Kitchen/Bathroom Specialist.

Painting, windows, finished basements, ceramic tile. All types repairs. Dependable craftsmanship. Reasonable rates. Lic/Ins. #19136-H. 631-744-0976 c.631 697-3518

Housesitting Services

FARRELL ELECTRIC Serving Suffolk for over 40 years All types electrical work, service changes, landscape lighting, automatic standby generators.

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TRAVELING? Need someone to check on your home?

Contact Tender Loving Pet Care, LLC. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more than just pets. Insured/Bonded.

631-675-1938

GREENLITE ELECTRIC, INC. Repairs, installations, motor controls, PV systems.

Piotr Dziadula, Master Electrician. Lic. #4694-ME/Ins. 631-331-3449

Home Improvement

Fences Autumn Turn over a new leaf with upgraded fence, gate, arbor or pergola.

Do it yourself or let us install Wayside Fence 631-968-6828 See our display ad for more information.

SMITHPOINT FENCE. Vinyl Fence Sale!

Wood, PVC, Chain Link Stockade. Free estimates.

Commercial/Residential 70 Jayne Blvd., PJS Lic.37690-H/Ins. 631-743-9797 www.smithpointfence.com.

Floor Services/Sales FINE SANDING & REFINISHING Wood Floor Installations Craig Aliperti, Wood Floors LLC. All work done by owner.

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Lic.#47595-H/Insured.

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MEIGEL HOME IMPROVEMENT Extensions, dormers, roofing, windows, siding, decks, kitchens, baths, tile, etc.

631-737-8794 Licensed in Suffolk 26547-H and Nassau H18F5030000.

Insured.

ALL PHASES OF HOME IMPROVEMENT From attic to your basement, no job too big or too small, RCJ Construction www.rcjconstruction.com commercial/residential, lic/ins 631-580-4518. *BluStar Construction* The North Shoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Most Trusted Renovation Experts.

631-751-0751 Suffolk Lic. #48714-H, Ins. See Our Display Ad THREE VILLAGE HOME IMPROVEMENT Kitchens & Baths, Ceramic Tile, Hardwood floors, Windows/Doors, Interior Finish trim, Interior/Exterior Painting, Composite Decking, Wood Shingles. Serving the community for 30 years.

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SUPER HANDYMAN DTA CONTRACTING WE CAN FIX OR BUILD ANYTHING. Kitchens/Baths, Tile Flooring, Doors, Windows/Moulding, Painting; Interior/Exterior, All credit cards accepted.

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Carl Bongiorno Landscape/Mason Contractor All phases Masonry Work: Stone Walls, Patios, Poolscapes. All phases of Landscaping Design. Theme Gardens. Residential & Commercial. Lic/Ins. 631-928-2110

WORKING & LIVING IN THE THREE VILLAGES FOR 25 YEARS. Owner does the work & guarantees satisfaction. COUNTY-WIDE Lic. & Ins. 37153-H 631-751-8280

SUNLITE WINDOW WASHING Residential. Interior/Exterior. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Done the old fashioned way.â&#x20AC;?

Also powerwashing/gutters.

Reasonable rates.

30 years in business.

Lic.#27955-H/Ins. 631-281-1910

Painting/Spackling/ Wallpaper

ARBOR-VISTA TREE CARE Complete Tree care service devoted to the care of trees.

Maintenance pruning, waterview work, sun-trimming, elevating, pool areas, storm thinning, large tree removal, stump grinding. Wood chips.

Lic#18902HI. Free estimates.

631-246-5377

Home Repairs/ Construction LONG HILL CARPENTRY 40 years experience All phases of home improvement. Old & Historic Restorations. Lic.#H22336/Ins. 631-751-1764 longhill7511764@aol.com

Lawn & Landscaping GOT POISON IVY We are Poison Ivy & Invasive Vine Control Experts! Free flagging, free estimates.

Lic/Ins. Division of Emerald Magic Lawn Care.

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Commercial/Residential Steven Long Lic.#36715-H/Ins. 631-675-6685, for details PRIVACY HEDGES Green Giants (Thuja) 6-7 ft. tall, Reg $149, Now only $59.

FREE Installation/FREE delivery, Limited Supply!

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Lic/Ins.631-689-8089

ALL PRO PAINTING Interior/Exterior. PowerWashing, Staining, Wallpaper Removal. Free estimates.

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COUNTY-WIDE PAINTING INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Painting/Staining. Quality workmanship. Living/Serving 3 Village Area Over 25 Years.

Lic#37153-H. 631-751-8280 GREG TRINKLE PAINTING & GUTTER CLEANING Powerwashing, window washing, staining. Neat, reliable, 25 years experience. Free Estimates. Lic/Ins.#31398-H 631-331-0976 LaROTONDA PAINTING & DESIGN Interior/exterior, sheetrock repairs, taping/spackling, wallpaper removal, Faux, decorative finishings. Free estimates.

Lic.#53278-H/Ins. Ross LaRotonda 631-689-5998 WORTH PAINTING â&#x20AC;&#x153;PAINTING WITH PRIDEâ&#x20AC;?

Interiors/exteriors. Faux finishes, power-washing, wallpaper removal, sheetrock tape/spackling, carpentry/trimwork. Lead paint certified.

References. Free estimates.

Lic./Ins. SINCE 1989 Ryan Southworth, 631-331-5556

Masonry

Power Washing

ALL SUFFOLK PAVING & MASONRY Asphalt Paving, Cambridge Paving Stone, Belgium Block Supplied & fitted. All types of drainage work. Free written estimates. Lic#47247-H/Ins. 631-764-9098/631-365-6353 www.allsuffolkpaving.com

EXTERIOR CLEANING SPECIALISTS Roof cleaning, pressure washing/softwashing, deck restorations, gutter maintenance.

Squeaky Clean Property Solutions 631-387-2156 www.SqueakyCleanli.com

Tree Work

CLOVIS OUTDOOR SERVICES LTD Expert Tree Removal AND Pruning. Landscape design and maintenance, Edible Gardens, Plant Healthcare, Exterior Lighting.

631-751-4880 clovisoutdoors@gmail.com EASTWOOD TREE & LANDSCAPE, INC. Experts in tree care and landscaping. Serving Suffolk County for 25 years.

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OpiniOn Editorial

Letters to the editor

Don’t vote for a constitutional convention

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Candidate for the Suffolk County Legislature Edward Flood.

We have seen political harmony in dark times This just in: Republicans and Democrats are having a hard time getting along. Having a thorough understanding of that fact, a story that emerged from a Suffolk County Legislature meeting Oct. 3 caught our attention.

According to a spokeswoman from her office, Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket), the 5th district representative who we have covered since she took office in 2011, became ill during the meeting and was taken to the hospital. As of Oct. 4, the spokeswoman said she was feeling much better, and the trip to the hospital was taken “out of an abundance of caution.” Two days before, Hahn ran in the Soles for All Souls 5K Race and completed the run in 26 minutes, 17 seconds.

In any event, we wish her a speedy recovery and hope all is well going forward, and we are not alone in that sentiment.

Each year prior to local elections, TBR News Media hosts political candidates for debates to allow them ample time to lay out their platforms and constructively discuss important local issues. Democrats and Republicans sit down and discuss the most important aspects of everyday life for our neighbors. At the end of the discussion, our editorial board reaches a consensus on which candidate we would like to endorse. The issue comes out the Thursday before Election Day each year. This year will be no different.

Hahn and her opponent, Republican Edward Flood, are currently scheduled to make an appearance this Friday, Oct. 6. On the morning of Oct. 4, Flood called our main office, having also heard of what took place at the Legislature meeting, and offered to reschedule the debate should Hahn need more time to recover.

We have not decided whom we will endorse in this race — Hahn is an exemplary advocate for our community who has served as the majority leader in the Legislature and has headed up several committees — but we would like to take this opportunity to commend Flood for reaching across party lines to put a fellow human’s wellbeing above politics.

To our local politicians, keep up the good, bipartisan work, and continue to remain above the divisive political fray.

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I am writing to encourage every New Yorker to vote “no” this November to stop New York state from wasting millions of tax dollars on a constitutional convention that would, at best, reaffirm the status quo and could, at worst, take away our rights and protections.

The state Constitution guarantees the right to a free public education, to join a union, to protect our health, to care for the needy, to safe jobs, and to protect state lands and forests. These rights — and many more — are at risk if a constitutional convention is convened.

Don’t trust everything you read.

It is not going to be a “People’s Convention,” as some well-financed people would like you to believe.

History has shown that the vast

majority of delegates would come from the same political apparatus we deal with in Albany right now.

Past constitutional conventions have been costly extensions of state legislative sessions, filled with political posturing, with the same politicians and special interest groups running the show. Of the 186 delegates to the 1967 convention, 154 held public office. That means lawmakers elected as delegates could double their salaries and significantly fatten their pensions. And the overall cost is absurd. Estimates are that a convention could cost taxpayers between $50 million and $100 million.

If we believe changes are necessary, there is a less costly and more effective way to accomplish them than a convention. Specifically, the

New York State Constitution can be amended through the state Legislature, as it has been more than 200 times, most recently in 2015 to create an independent commission on redistricting, and to allow the Legislature to save money by going paperless for proposed bills.

With all of the issues we’re facing — the possible loss of health care coverage for millions of New Yorkers, and keeping public education accessible and affordable — there are better ways to spend our hard-earned tax dollars than on an unnecessary convention.

I urge you to vote “no” on the Nov. 7 ballot referendum to hold a constitutional convention.

Charles McAteer Port Jefferson Station

Watch your language President Trump Publicly excoriating certain NFL players who visually expressed strong dissatisfaction with the discriminatory nature of our society, Donald Trump shockingly called them “sons of b…..s.” I do not recall any other president who used such language publicly. What sort of example is Trump making for the younger people of our nation?

What effect can the use of such vulgarity have on them, who are instructed by their parents, other family members, teachers, clergy, neighbors, etc., not to express themselves with vulgar language?

Does Trump not understand that since he is president (alas!), many people — especially schoolchildren — will automatically regard him as a role model and may repeat the words and actions that he rashly employs? If a schoolteacher were to use words like

“sons of b…..s” publicly, demands would surely and understandably be made for his or her removal.

I do not recall hearing any president in my lifetime, from Franklin Delano Roosevelt onward, publicly employing such vulgar terminology.

At another level, Trump’s verbal missiles aimed at Kim Jong-un, again demonstrates Trump’s lack of understanding of the possible consequences of the use of undiplomatic speech. While almost all of us are justifiably angered and deeply concerned by the repellent behavior of Kim Jong-un, surely we recognize that Donald Trump should not antagonize him publicly or privately with crude or mocking remarks.

Doing so can only increase Kim Jong-un’s maniacal belligerence.

People occupying various official positions everywhere in our country and elsewhere must watch

their words, a necessary requirement for those whose positions automatically make them models for imitation, especially the young.

President Obama struck me as an outstanding example of controlled speech, despite his having been frequently and publicly goaded by public figures with vile words.

I would like to emphatically say to Donald Trump, our rather thoughtless and frighteningly impetuous president, that when addressing the leaders of antagonistic nations, he must remind himself to heed the famed and sound advice of President Theodore Roosevelt: “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”

And when he speaks about our fellow American citizens, need do so with respect and with courtesy.

Elio Zappulla Stony Brook

Children’s health care is a basic necessity As a Pediatric Ear Nose and Throat Doctor for nearly 20 years, I have seen children from all walks of life come into my office with challenges and walk out with their health restored. As a doctor, father and legislator in the 18th Legislative District, I firmly believe that every child should have access to quality healthcare.

I am pleased that the GrahamCassidy Bill lacked the votes it required for passage because of the detrimental implications it would have had for millions across this nation who would lose needed healthcare coverage. What contin-

ues to concern me is that no decision has been made on the future of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which impacts our most vulnerable young people who don’t qualify for Medicaid, but who are low income and need the coverage.

CHIP covers several million children in this country and 300,000 of them are New York’s precious young ones. We may be a divided nation on many issues, but I am sure we are united in our belief that health care access for children should not be jeopardized. I call on our congressional delegation to protect CHIP. The health and

safety of our children should be a nonpartisan issue, one that we can all support and defend.

If we are serious about tackling the social challenges we face, then we must begin by recognizing that investing in a child’s basic need is the first and most critical step. I will continue to craft legislation and policy in my role as a Legislator that puts children first. I call on our national elected counterparts to do the same

William “Doc” Spenecer Suffolk County Legislator 16th District

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OpiniOn Offering a moment of thanks for mental health workers

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hank you, mental health workers.

If it weren’t for you, we might be living with even more unimaginable tragedies.

For reasons most of us, fortunately, can only imagine at a distance, people are tormented by destructive urges.

When these moments arise, hopefully, a psychologist, psychiatrist, counselor or someone in a position to recognize the signs can step in and offer support, while redirecting that person toward a

By Daniel Dunaief course of action that’s safer for them and for society.

Much of the time, we don’t see the people who soothe the minds. When they do their job well, the sun rises in the morning, we send our children

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to school, we clap at the end of their concerts and we feed them their meals before sending them to bed for the night.

When I was in junior high school, I read books such as “Lord of the Flies” and “The Crucible,” which my teacher Mrs. Wickle suggested were an important way to look at the “dark side” of the heart.

At the time, I found the subjects depressing and unnecessary. Why, I thought, did I have to read about such violence or mass hysteria.

In the modern world, we are in the crosshairs of everything from overseas terrorists to storms and earthquakes and, yes, to people without an apparent ideology whose final act before they take their own lives is to commit mass murder.

We look at the faces of the victims and feel the loss of those we never met.

They look like our friends and neighbors, and we know their smiles, once filled with potential, will never again light up a room.

At the same time, hundreds of people lined up for hours to do what they could — give blood — to help save those in immediate need.

Clearly, a few people in our midst have headed toward the dark side of their hearts and minds, allowing the demons that plague their lives to release the unthinkable and unimaginable.

Maybe, in addition to the discussion about gun control, we ought to appreciate the legion of mental health professionals who dedicate themselves to helping those battling against destructive urges, whose thoughts wander into the wilderness of despair.

The toll their work often takes on some of these mental health helpers is enormous, as other people’s nightmares leap from the minds of their patients into their own subconscious. The flow of information travels both ways, putting psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers at risk.

These mental health workers often talk to others in their field to help them get through the difficulties of their jobs.

They listen, they encourage, they become involved and, ultimately, they can and so often do set people on better courses in their lives, helping them feel better and live better.

By the time you read this, perhaps we’ll have an idea of what triggered the madness from this latest gunman, and maybe it will have less to do with offthe-rails thinking than with an ideology that encourages mass violence.

If it wasn’t lone-wolf insanity, but, rather, someone following instructions, we ought to find the ones who encouraged these senseless and brutal murders.

Either way, we ought to dedicate more resources to battling with the burden of a broken brain. If, somehow, a mental health professional can redirect someone who might otherwise commit incomprehensible violence, that person not only has saved a life but may have turned a would-be murderer into another conscientious citizen lining up for hours to give blood instead of planning to spill it.

Music can soothe the soul in troubled times

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n the last few weeks we have been subjected to a constant bombardment of tragic news. The horrific mass killings in Las Vegas is just the latest. We have lived through reports of the sequential hurricanes that have killed, maimed and destroyed lives and property in Texas, Florida, the Caribbean and Puerto Rico. We have agonized for the men, women and children caught in the Mexican earthquakes.

And this latest of crowd

By Leah S. Dunaief horror homicide is the worst because it is not a paroxysm of the natural world, something we have to accept, but the act of a crazed human against hundreds of other innocent humans. Imagine the concertgoers’ happy anticipation for an evening of music under the stars with lovers or family only to be

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killed by a sniper’s bullets. And why?

We ran away from news of the carnage the other night and took refuge in art. The glorious embrace of Giacomo Puccini and his soaring arias of “La Bohème,” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, welcomed us.

Puccini, you may well know, is considered one of the two most famous Italian opera composers of the 19th century, the other being Giuseppe Verdi. What I didn’t know is that he was the offspring of a musical dynasty in Lucca that included his father and the fathers preceding them as far back as his great-great-grandfather. All of these ancestors studied music at Bologna, wrote music for the church and, aided by their genes and family connections, were distinguished in their time.

Puccini’s first opera, “Le Villi,” premiering in 1884, when he was 26, was well enough received, and his subsequent “Manon Lescaut” was a triumph.

His personal life, however, was as riveting as his librettos. He eloped with his married, former piano student at the risk of being shunned. They did eventually marry, after another husband killed her womanizing husband. By

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coincidence, Puccini’s opera premiered the same week as Verdi’s last opera, “Falstaff,” and talk began of Puccini being the natural heir to Verdi. At least that was what George Bernard Shaw is reported to have said.

Puccini’s next three operas are among the most popular and most often produced: “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly.”

When “La Bohème” premiered in Turin in 1896, Arturo Toscanini conducted it, and it was immediately popular. The story is of four young artists, all starving and freezing as they work in a garret in Paris and experience the pleasures and pains of young love. The opera is at turns joyful with the energy of youth and tragic with the premature death from tuberculosis of Mimi, the seamstress, and Rodolfo’s love. As a young man in Milan, Puccini lived the life he wrote about, once sharing a single herring with three others, as portrayed in the opera.

Puccini almost died in a car accident before finishing “Madama Butterfly” but then went on to complete what is now one of the most loved operas in the world. “Tosca” followed; then

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“La Fanciulla del West,” a plot set in America; “La Rondine;” and a threeact opera, including “Gianni Schicchi,” which contains my favorite aria, “O mio babbino caro.” “Turandot” was his final opera, finished after his death by his associates from his sketches, and offering the memorable, “Nessun dorma.”

Publicity about his personal life continued when his wife accused their maid of having an affair with Puccini, who was known to wander off the reservation. The maid then committed suicide, and an autopsy revealed that she had died a virgin. Puccini’s wife was accused of slander, found guilty and sentenced to five months in jail; but a payment by Puccini spared her that experience.

Ultimately 11 of Puccini’s operas are among the 200 most performed operas in the world, and the abovementioned three are in the top 10. Only Verdi and Mozart have had more operas performed. By his death in 1924, Puccini had earned $4 million from his works.

I hope this excursion in art has helped you, as it did me, to escape at least briefly from the omnipresent bad news.

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