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Vol. 33, No. 7

January 9, 2020

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Village of Port Jefferson

Mather Hospital Celebrates 90 Years Hospital Prez Looks Back at His 34 Years, End of Community Hospitals Across LI

Kenneth Roberts, Mather Hospital president, signs a banner that will be hung shortly outside the hospital to celebrate its 90th year. Photo by Kyle Barr

BY JULIANNE MOSHER DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM It all started with a dream from a local businessman and third-generation shipbuilder who lived in Port Jefferson.

John Titus Mather passed away in 1928, but he was a huge part of the shipbuilding community during the later 19th century and early part of the 20th century. Before he died, he knew that he wanted to leave a legacy that would help the Port Jeff community for years to come. If only he could see it nine decades later.

This year celebrates the 90th anniversary of

Mather Hospital, formally known as the John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, named after the man who envisioned the institution. His will clearly outlined that his family and loved ones were to be taken care of, and instructed his executor to “incorporate under the laws of the State of New York a nonsectarian charitable hospital, to be located in said village of Port Jefferson … so designed and constructed as to permit future

enlargement, assuming that future needs may justify such action. It is my sincere hope that the citizens of Port Jefferson and vicinity will give their liberal and devoted support to said institution and endeavor to make it a success and a credit to the community,” the Mather website stated. Today, the hospital is decorated with a nautical theme to honor its founder.

Opening Dec. 29, 1929, the hospital became

a staple on Long Island, featuring 54 beds and state-of-the-art technology of its time.

“Mather Hospital was the first community hospital in the Town of Brookhaven,” said Kenneth Roberts, president of the hospital. “So, for a long time, it was the gem of the community and it remains so to this day.”

And every 10 years or so, it seems like the hospital is adding a new service or wing, constantly evolving to become better than before. In 1962, a new surgical suite, emergency facility and an intensive care unit joined in. The expansion resulted in additional beds, totaling 110. A new psychiatric unit was added in 1973, upgrading the hospital to 203 beds and by 1997, the hospital reached its current bed count of 248 spots.

The reason for the constant upgrades was to continue better serving the community, the hospital president said.

“Technology has changed dramatically,” Roberts said, “And has changed the delivery of health care here.”

Roberts became president of Mather in 1986 and has pioneered dozens of changes throughout the campus. For starters, people don’t smoke on the campus, anymore, which if one weren’t around at that time, came as a shock to the multitudes of hospital staff who weren’t shy of smoking.

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State’s Bail Reform Bill Causes Controversy in Suffolk County Sheriff, Corrections Officers Say Judges Need Discretion

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Depending on who you ask, New York State’s new bail reform is either halting an institution that punished the poor, or it is allowing alleged criminals to return to and terrorize local neighborhoods.

Back in 2018, after Democrats gained control of both state legislative houses, bail reform became a priority issue for multiple Dems in the State Legislature, with the bail reform coming in as an addendum to the state budget bill. The reform forces judges to release alleged perps without bail for multiple misdemeanors and what are considered nonviolent felony charges.

Over the last few months, on judges’ orders, jails across the state have been releasing inmates who fall under the list of bail-less crimes. In an interview Monday, Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. (D), whose office oversees the jails in Suffolk County, said approximately 301 inmates have already been released from Suffolk custody over the past month leading up to the law’s enactment. This comes after court orders from judges across the state. He added there is another expected 10 to 15 inmates that will be released this month.

Proponents of bail reform have long argued the previous system effectively taxed poor defendants for accused crimes. They argued that people and their families who could not afford bail would languish in jail until their court date, such as the case of Bronx teenager Kalief Browder, who was stuck in Rikers Island prison for three years, unable to pay the $3,000 bail price until 2013 when he was released due to lack of evidence. He later committed suicide.

Bail costs can range from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars and are determined by individual judges. People can also make use of a bail bondsman, but fees for those can still be several thousand, plus the money upfront to ensure a person meets their requisite court dates.

A report by John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the originally proposed bail reforms said that if enacted reforms were around in 2018, there would have been 20,349 more individuals

in New York City released without bail, a cumulative amount worth nearly $200 million to the state. In 2018, 105,161 cases resulted in pretrial release without bail.

In Suffolk County, the number of people who were released from jail in 2019 after bail was paid was 1,350, according to the sheriff’s office. This is compared to the total of 7,510 discharged from jail that year.

Leading state Democrats have said the reforms are long overdue, and specifically target nonviolent offenses. Advocates pointed out that poor people unable to make bail can easily lose jobs if they’re not available or stuck in jail, and that those who have to pay for bail on a limited income, even for minor offenses, might be forced to use funds they would have used for rent or even food.

Criminal justice reform advocates say the critics are unnecessarily stoking fears.

In a statement, Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York American Civil Liberties Union, said the new reforms are just a step on the path toward overall prison reforms.

“Thousands of New Yorkers who are presumed innocent of the misdemeanor and nonviolent felony charges they face will no longer be forced to sit in jail awaiting trial,” her statement read.

However, the law enforces no cash bail for several offenses that critics have called overtly aggressive. James Quinn, Queens assistant district attorney, released a list of laws judges cannot set bail to, including aggravated vehicular manslaughter, several types of drug sale crimes and even lesser counts of arson.

Toulon said he has disagreed with the new bail reforms, especially over the list of crimes people are made to be released. He mentioned one inmate who was just recently released on a partially secured bond of $40,000 out of a $400,000 bail order, without a bail bondsman.

The individual, he said, had been accused of rape in the first degree of a child, and had a past history of sex crimes.

He said any sort of new bail legislation should give judges more jurisdiction over determining bail.

“The biggest thing with this legislation is to give judges back discretion — they can look at criminal history, if they are mentally ill or have a serious substance abuse issue,” he said.

State legislators are divided on party lines over the new bail reform. A delegation of Republican state reps from Long Island gathered Dec. 31 to voice their opposition.

State Sen. John Flanagan (R-East Northport), the senate minority leader, called the new law “unconscionable,” adding the opposing party has “abandoned crime victims, law enforcement and the public in favor of criminals.”

The delegation noted two criminal cases including one where a woman allegedly assault-

Inside the Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Yaphank. File photo by Kevin Redding

ed three Jewish women, just one of several during a citywide spree of anti-Semitic attacks during the eight days of Hanukkah. She was arrested again the following day for another assault charge. The law allows for no cash bail on offenders who commit assault without serious injury, and the new bail laws have been enforced since late 2019.

State Sen. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) said the new law goes against common sense.

“Judges should have discretion in weighing the potential danger of releasing someone who could have violent tendencies or constitutes a real threat to our community,” LaValle said.

Law enforcement groups have also vocalized their frustrations with the bill.

Louis Viscusi, union president of the Suffolk County Correction Officers Association, said the law doesn’t just force cashless bail for nonviolent offenders, but for drug dealers, sex offenders and gang members.

He added he saw Suffolk County actually using the system in the way it was meant to, with the county corrections facility including 24-hour medical care and a space for drug and alcohol addiction. Within the facilities in both Yaphank and Riverhead, he said, inmates could come down from their high and make more informed decisions once or if they are released on bail. Without it, those same people might be out on the street making the same decisions that got them arrested in the first place.

“A lot of people commit crimes to help fuel that habit,” he said. “At [a corrections facility] they could detox and could make better decisions. This new bail reform removes those options.”

For decades, New York judges were supposed to consider only risk of flight when determining bail, not public safety or safety of the individual.

The new law encourages a supervised release program, where municipalities are meant to keep in touch with those accused.

Toulon echoed Viscusi’s comments, adding his term has focused on giving inmates transferable skills such as plumbing or work with HVAC for when they return to society. He added the new law presents issues for people who may need added protection, such as women who were arrested for crimes, but were subdued in human and sex trafficking schemes. Women who are trafficked are often forcefully addicted to drugs to keep them under control.

Proponents of the new law point to New Jersey, which has had a similar bail reform bill since 2017, and which a court report showed that while jail populations waned, people still were showing up for their assigned court dates. Unlike Jersey, New York did not have a three-year window between when the law was passed and enacted.

Though Republican officials have looked to paint the issue as a party split, some Democrats have proposed changes to the existing bail reform law. State Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport), along with Sen. Monica Martinez (D-Brentwood) introduced legislation back in June 2019 that would expand the list of qualifying offenses that judges can determine pretrial requirements, to include assault, manslaughter, sex crimes including against children, terrorism-related charges, all class-A felony drug-related crimes and bribery offenses involving public officials. The bill was introduced but could not be taken up until the State Legislature reconvened on Jan. 8.

“When an individual poses a clear danger to public safety, an unbiased judicial expert must have the discretion to choose whether or not to release them without bail,” Gaughran said in a statement back in June.

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SADIE A. KONOPSKI A/K/A SADIE KONOPSKI A/K/A SADIE ANN KENT; ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated August 30, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2016-CTT is the Plaintiff and SADIE A. KONOPSKI A/K/A SADIE KONOPSKI A/K/A SADIE ANN KENT; ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738, on January 29, 2020 at 10:00 am, premises known as 10 MAJESTIC ROAD, SELDEN, NY 11784: District 0200, Section 367.00, Block 09.00, Lot 029.000: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR NRZ PASS-THROUGH TRUST VIII, Plaintiff AGAINST BERNADETTE RAMNARINE KELLAM, DEXTER S. KELLAM, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated September 07, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Front Steps of the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY, on January 27, 2020 at 11:00AM, premises known as 10 TAHOE COURT, CORAM, NY 11727. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, DISTRICT 0200, SECTION 340.00, BLOCK 04.00, LOT 030.000.

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Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 182 12/26 4x ptr Notice of formation of Wildcat Property Holdings, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on December 2, 2019, Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY gas been designated as agent of the LLC upon who process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 640 Belle Terre Rd, Building G, Port Jefferson, NY 11777. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

193 12/19 6x ptr SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK BETHPAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, V. JONATHAN DEFABRITIS; ET. AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated November 30, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, wherein BETHPAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION is the Plaintiff and JONATHAN DEFABRITIS, ET AL. LEGALS con’t on pg. 8

Suffolk police are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate a man who allegedly stole from a Setauket store in December.

Police said a man entered Walmart, located at 3990 Nesconset Highway, at around 4:10 p.m. Dec. 19 and stole kitchen products and a jacket.

The merchandise was valued at around $500.

Police are looking to identify and locate a woman who allegedly stole merchandise from a South Setauket store last month.

Suffolk County police said a woman stole three baby monitors from Target, located at 265 Pond Path, Dec. 20 at around 6:45 p.m.

The merchandise was valued at around $900.

Suffolk police 6th Precinct officers are asking the public’s help to identify a man who allegedly stole from a Miller Place store last month.

Police said a man stole two Stihl Chainsaws from Brinkmann’s, located at 900 Route 25A , Dec. 18 at around 7:35 p.m.

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Crash, Two Days Before Christmas Police said a Patchogue man died in a single-car crash Dec. 23 after his car left the road and struck a tree.

Suffolk County police 7th Squad detectives said Robert Permenter, 18, was driving a 1995 BMW sedan eastbound on North Country Road, approaching the intersection of Route 25A, when the vehicle veered off the roadway and struck a tree at approximately 10 p.m.

Permenter was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

A 17-year-old female passenger in the BMW was transported to the same hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

— Compiled by Kyle Barr

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest.

Anyone with information about these incidents can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 800-220-TIPS (8477) or texting “SCPD” and your message to “CRIMES” (274637). All calls and text messages will be kept confidential.

Police: Man Robs Port Jeff Station Bank Suffolk County police are investigating an alleged robbery at a Port Jefferson Station bank that happened Friday evening, Jan. 3.

Police said a man entered TD Bank, located at 86 W. Nesconset Highway at around 6:55 p.m. and demanded cash from an employee. The teller complied with his demands and gave him cash from the drawer. The suspect fled the bank on foot.

The suspect was described as white. He was wearing a mask and dark clothes.

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Police said a man robbed the TD Bank in Port Jefferson Station Jan. 3. Image from Google Maps

631-852-6555 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS (8477).

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PJ Village Gains Grant Funds for Coastal Resiliency Study

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A state agency has granted Port Jeff over $80K in funds to help plan for future storms and floods.

The New York State Regional Economic Development Council awarded Port Jefferson village $82,500 Dec. 19 to create a Climate Resilience Plan. This comes in response to hurricanes over the past decade, including Irene and Sandy, as well as other storm surge events. The promised plan will integrate sea-level rise predictions to propose solutions to mitigate flooding and storm surges, along with the impacts of rising tides due to climate change.

Nicole Christian, Port Jefferson’s grant writer, said the village would have to put conducting the plan out to bid sometime early in the new year, which could cost around $165,000. The $82,500 from New York State was the fully awarded amount requested.

With the funds, she said, Port Jefferson will be one of the few North Shore communities whose waterfront revitalization reports will be “on the leading edge” of current technologies and data from storms.

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The request for funds goes back to June of 2019, when the village presented its Waterfront Revitalization Plan to the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council, describing its intention to perform immediately needed maintenance of the storm drainage system and provide emergency equipment to deploy in a rain event to protect properties in the village in catastrophic flooding.

At its July 15, 2019, meeting, the village voted unanimously to apply for grant funds from the state Division of Planning’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program, Empire State Development and any other applicable state agencies.

In September of 2018, Port Jefferson was bowled over with water, with nearly 4 inches of rain collected in a short span of time. Buildings like the Port Jefferson firehouse and the venerable Theatre Three were drowned in 3 to 4 feet of water, causing thousands of dollars in damages in the case of the theater. In July 2019, the village was hit with yet another flooding event, and while that event was not nearly as severe as 2018, it still left many villagers wondering what could be in the future.

Christian said when submitting the grant, the village included images of that 2018 flood,

Port Jefferson Village floods during winter storm Riley back in 2018. File photo from Craig Smith

giving an example of what could happen in the future if issues are not addressed.

Back in August, architects from the Port Jefferson-based firm Campani and Schwarting displayed a draft report about trouble spots for Port Jeff flooding. Michael Schwarting, one of the architects, pointed out Port Jeff has a lack of permeable surfaces, a significant amount of hardscape, and a water table that lies as close as 11 feet to the surface.

The Long Island Explorium is planning to create rain gardens at several points in the vil-

lage, which may have the added benefit of creating permeable land for water to seep into during heavy rains. The gardens originally had a deadline of the end of 2019, but the Explorium’s Executive Director Angeline Judex said their grant was given an extension to June 1, 2020.

In a release, the village thanked Cara Longworth, chair and director of the LI Regional Economic Development Council, and Denise Zani, deputy of the LIREDC, along with other state, county and town officials for continued support.

Suffolk Sees Decrease in Fatal Opioid Overdoses, According to Annual Report

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The opioid epidemic has hit Long Island hard over the past few years, but according to an annual county report, fatal opioid-related deaths have decreased significantly over the past year.

The Suffolk County Heroin and Opiate Epidemic Advisory Panel’s 2019 Report released Jan. 2 found that opioid deaths in 2019 were projected at 283, which was an approximate 25.5 percent decrease from the 2018 total of 380.

“We are moving in the right direction,” said Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai), the chair of the panel, at the Jan. 2 press conference in Hauppauge. “The opioid crisis is costing Long Island upward of $8 billion a year in medical costs … that’s $22 million a day. Not only do we have to address the addiction issue, we have to also address mental health.”

The 127-page report compiled by the 29-member panel highlights that the decreased numbers can be attributed to the increased use of Narcan, a drug that reverses the effects of overdoses.

Other highlights from the previous year includes the panel collaborating to help open a DASH Center, a 24/7 resource center for individuals in search of treatment and resources located at 90 Adams Ave., Hauppauge. The offi-

Suffolk legislators and members of the opioid task force present their annual report. Photo by David Luces

cials also purchased a mass spectrometer, a device that detects and breaks down the chemical compounds of drugs. The device is used to help track where drugs are coming from, making it easier to identify dealers.

Geraldine Hart, Suffolk police commissioner, said the force is focusing on addressing the drug dealer situation.

“We have seen a decrease in opiate usage but that is not enough,” she said. “We have a strategy that is taking hold, it involves enforcement, prevention, education and treatment.”

The panel’s report also lists resources for

residents, including a number of counseling programs, agencies, drug treatment courts and law enforcement initiatives like Sharing Opioid Analysis & Research (SOAR).

The panel was created in 2017 in response to the growing opioid and substance abuse epidemic in Suffolk County and across the nation.

While deaths have decreased, the number of overdoses increased 140 percent from 71 to 170.

While members of the panel said the decrease in number of fatal overdoses is a great sign, the increasing number of overdoses not resulting in death is something that requires more investigation.

Jeffery Reynolds, president of the Family and Children’s Association, said the new data is encouraging but stressed that more needs to be done.

“These gains can sometimes be precarious — it took a long time for opioids to brew in this region, we were slow to respond in the region and nation, and we paid the price for it,” he said. “We gave heroin a 10-year head start. The last thing we want to do is declare victory prematurely.”

Reynolds said there is still a need for a DASH/recovery center on the east end of Long Island and that panel wouldn’t stop working until “the overdose number is at zero.”

William “Doc” Spencer (D-Centerport), Suf-

folk County legislator and chair of the health committee, said it is also important to make sure the medical community is part of the solution.

He mentioned there needs to be more research on genetic predisposition and environmental triggers relating to drug use.

“There’s a lot of work to be done but this is a major step [in the right direction],” Spencer said.

Going into 2020, the panel will focus on addressing the following areas: the growing vaping epidemic, early education initiatives, childhood trauma intervention, possible marijuana legislation, the effects of recent bail reform laws, establishing a recovery high school, continuing overdose prevention discussions with the Metropolitan Transit Authority and Long Island Rail Road, increasing prescriber education, reducing the stigma of addiction and mental illness and collaborating with the Native American Advisory Board and establishing a youth committee.

Anker said collectively the panel is trying to be as productive as possible.

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 6 are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738, on February 10, 2020 at 12:00PM, premises known as 125 5TH AVENUE, HOLTSVILLE, NY 11742: District 0200, Section 865.00, Block 03.00, Lot 033.003: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 605086/2015. Vincent J. Messina, Jr, Esq. - Referee.

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221 1/9 4x ptr REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Inc. Village of Port Jefferson Pickle Ball Complex # 109-2019 Addendum #1 INTENTION: The Village of Port Jefferson requests proposals for the construction of a Pickle Ball Complex at the Port Jefferson Country Club. ➢ Scope of Work and Specifications, not dated, is replaced with Addendum #1, dated December 20, 2019; and ➢ Proposed Pickle Ball Complex Plan, dated November 2019, is replaced with Proposed Pickle Ball Complex Plan, dated December 20, 2019 All bids must be received promptly by 3:00 p.m. February 6, 2020 at Village Hall and placed in a sealed enve-

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com lope clearly labeled “Pickle Ball Complex” – Bid #1092019 There will be a mandatory walk through on January 16, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at the Port Jefferson Country Club at 44 Fairway Drive, Port Jefferson. There will be an alternate walk thru date on January 17, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in the event of inclement weather on January 16, 2020.

Questions and inquiries due by January 23, 2020.

The Addendum #1 documents can be obtained at Port Jefferson Village Hall, 121 West Broadway, Port Jefferson, NY on normal weekdays, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. & 4:00 p.m., or via email, upon request.

There is a $25.00 BID fee, paid by company check made out to the Inc. Village of Port Jefferson to pick up a BID package, for all new bidders on this project.

All other terms and conditions remain in full force and effect. The Inc. Village of Port Jefferson reserves the right to reject any/all submittal proposals or any part of the submitted Bid received.

Barbara Sakovich Village Clerk Inc. Village of Port Jefferson 631-473-4724 x 219 227 1/9 1x ptr Notice to Bidders Bid No: B20-009 Bid Description: Repair of Appliances Advertisement Date: January 9, 2020 Bid Due Date and Time: January 17, 2020 at 2:30 PM All bids must be submitted to the Suffolk County Community College Procurement Office located in the Norman F. Lechtrecker (NFL) Building, Room L16, on the Ammerman Campus, 533 College Road, Selden NY 11784 by the date and time indicated on the bid. Bids must be

submitted in a sealed envelope which must be labeled with the Bid Number as well as the Bidder’s Name and Contact information. Late bids will not be accepted.

Bids will be publicly opened at Suffolk County Community College, NFL Building, Room 11, located at 533 College Road, Selden, NY 11784 immediately after the due date and time.

Bid information can be found at the college website: ht tps://w w w3.sunysuf folk. edu/About/809.asp Or by contacting Seema Menon menons@sunysuffolk.edu Bids must be made upon and in accordance with the forms and documents provided by the college, which will contain accompanying instructions to bidders.

To assist us in communicating quickly to all bidders, please complete and return the “Bid Vendor Registration Form” via email to menons@ sunysuf folk.edu as soon as possible prior to the Bid opening date. This will assist in providing us contact information so that if Bid amendments are issued, the college is able to notify you in a timely manner. The College will not be responsible for amendment notification if the referenced form is not submitted prior to the bid due date.

241 1/9 1x ptr Notice to Bidders Bid No: B20-010 Bid Description: Hazardous Waste Removal Advertisement Date: January 9, 2020 Bid Due Date and Time: January 23, 2020 at 2:30 PM All bids must be submitted to the Suffolk County Community College Procurement Office located in the Norman F. Lechtrecker (NFL) Building, Room L16, on the Am-

merman Campus, 533 College Road, Selden NY 11784 by the date and time indicated on the bid. Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope which must be labeled with the Bid Number as well as the Bidder’s Name and Contact information. Late bids will not be accepted.

Bids will be publicly opened at Suffolk County Community College, NFL Building, Room 11, located at 533 College Road, Selden, NY 11784 immediately after the due date and time.

Bid information can be found at the college website: ht tps://w w w3.sunysuf folk. edu/About/809.asp Or by contacting Seema Menon menons@sunysuffolk.edu Bids must be made upon and in accordance with the forms and documents provided by the college, which will contain accompanying instructions to bidders.

To assist us in communicating quickly to all bidders, please complete and return the “Bid Vendor Registration Form” via email to menons@ sunysuf folk.edu as soon as possible prior to the Bid opening date. This will assist in providing us contact information so that if Bid amendments are issued, the college is able to notify you in a timely manner. The College will not be responsible for amendment notification if the referenced form is not submitted prior to the bid due date.

242 1/9 1x ptr NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed Bids will be received, publicly opened and read aloud at 11:00 a.m. in the Division of Purchasing of the Town of Brookhaven, One Independence Hill, Third Floor, Farmingville, NY 11738, for the following item(s) on the dates indicated: BID #19089 – MOBILE CON-

CESSIONS JANUARY 23, 2020 BID #19090 – JANITORIAL SUPPLIES JANUARY 24, 2020 BID #20001 – STATIONERY JANUARY 24, 2020 Specifications for the abovereferenced bids will be available beginning January 9, 2020.

Preferred Method • Access website: brookhavenNY.gov/ Purchasing: click on link for Bids.

• Follow directions to register and download document.

• Questions must be submitted in writing to the following e-mail: PurchasingGroup@ brookhavenny.gov The Town of Brookhaven reserves the right to reject and declare invalid any or all bids and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the proposals received, all in the best interests of the Town.

The Town of Brookhaven welcomes and encourages minorities and women-owned businesses and HUD Section 3 businesses to participate in the bidding process.

Further information can be obtained by calling (631) 451-6252 Kathleen C. Koppenhoefer Deputy Commissioner TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN 245 1/9 1x ptr LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ON PERMITTED NOISE, by proposed local law, a copy of which is on file at the Office of the Village Clerk.

At said Public Hearing any person interested will be given the opportunity to be heard.

Barbara Sakovich Village Clerk Dated: 2020

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244 1/9 1x ptr LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at 3:30 p.m. at 121 West Broadway, Port Jefferson, New York, by the Village Board of the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson TO AMEND SECTION 250-58 OF THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF PORT JEFFERSON ENTITLED SEASONAL OUTDOOR DINING TO REMOVE CONFLICTS WITH OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CODE, TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE AND TO ALTER THE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO NOISE AND OCCUPANCY, by proposed local law, a copy of which is on file at the Office of the Village Clerk.

At said Public Hearing any person interested will be given the opportunity to be heard.

Barbara Sakovich Village Clerk Dated: 2020

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at 3:30 p.m. at 121 West Broadway, Port Jefferson, New York, by the Village Board of the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson TO AMEND CHAPTER 173 OF THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF PORT JEFFERSON ENTITLED NOISE TO ALTER THE LIMITATIONS

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Nation

‘1917’ From the American Point of View How the U.S. Made the Fateful Decision to Enter WWI

BY RICH ACRITELLI DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM With the movie “1917” soon to be widely released in theaters, it’s interesting to look back on how Long Island was a key strategic reason the U.S. entered what was known as “the war to end all wars.”

Over 100 years ago, then President Woodrow Wilson agonized over the rationale for the United States to break with its historic policy of neutrality before America entered World War I against Germany. There were many dangerous periods within our history that surely tested our national leadership. This was no different in 1916-1917. At the end of his first term in office, Wilson sought economic and social reform in the U.S., but he had to contend with the terrible conflict over in Europe. Although the Atlantic Ocean separated the U.S. from the brutal fighting on both the eastern and western fronts, Long Islanders did not have to look far to identify the German military presence of U-boats that operated near their shores. During World War I and II, it was common for the U.S. government to order “light discipline” on the coast. German “Wolf Packs” operated near major cities like New York, surfaced, and were able to determine how close they were to the city by utilizing welllit homes in waterfront locations like Fire Island.

For three years, American ships operated within these hazardous waters to conduct trade with the Allies, where these vessels took heavy losses.

It was an extremely complicated time for Wilson, who tried to keep the country out of this war. The horrific losses seen by the British, French and Germans were well publicized in American papers, and many citizens did not want their sons, friends and neighbors to be killed in what was thought of as a European dispute. Before he was reelected by an extremely close margin in November of 1916, Wilson campaigned on the promise that he kept “Our boys out of this war.” But behind closed doors, it was a different situation. Since the days of George Washington the U.S. economy was built on trade that always saw American ships traveling to Europe. Germany had most of its own ports blockaded by the strength of the British navy, and this warring government did not believe America was neutral through our business dealings with the Allies.

The Germans believed they were forced to attack any civilian, commerce or military shipping that sailed toward British and French harbors. Wilson, like the presidents before the War of 1812, was unable to completely halt American maritime toward these hostile waters. Right away, cruise liners like the Lusitania was attacked off the coast of Ireland, and of the 1,198 people

Above, President Woodrow Wilson addresses Congress in 1917, speaking on entering the war. Photo from Library of Congress

that were killed on the ship, 128 Americans were lost. The German government stated it gathered known intelligence that many of these civilian ships were carrying weapons to the Allies. As Wilson was expected to protect the American people, his own secretary of state, William Jennings Bryan, opposed any offensive actions to arm U.S. ships or any threats toward the German leadership. In 1916, the Sussex was sunk, more American lives were lost, and Wilson was conflicted on how to respond against this German adversary who seemed unwilling to halt its policy of targeting American freedom of the seas.

Closer to home, in 1916, Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa raided Columbus, New Mexico, where 19 American lives were lost.

With the tense relations between the U.S. and Mexico, Wilson ordered General John J. Pershing to lead 16,000 soldiers to capture or kill Villa and his men. This U.S. expedition into Mexico demonstrated how unprepared the government was to conduct modern military operations.

Pershing was unable to locate Villa within the Mexican terrain and the expedition was considered unsuccessful. This intervention also enhanced resentment by the Mexicans who gravitated closer to the Germans. The “Zimmerman telegram” by the German foreign minister openly stated that if Mexico went to war against the U.S., it would receive German assistance. These words were intercepted by the British and delivered to Wilson who was startled at the extent of German beliefs that Mexico had the ability to regain some of its lost territories that were now American states. Wilson’s fears were abundant, as he bolstered the U.S. defense of Cuba with an additional division of soldiers to guard against a possible German invasion.

Wilson was in a precarious situation, as there were known antiwar feelings against helping the British and French on the western front. During the election year, Wilson fully understood that the two largest immigrant groups in the coun-

try were the Irish and the Germans. He knew that some of these citizens had strong ethnic ties to their home countries and were not overly pleased to support the British Empire. While today we see Spanish as a common secondary language, during the early part of the 20th century, German was widely spoken in the Midwest and West. There was a huge German influence

among American cities and towns that had ties back to this European power, and Wilson had to analyze the economic relation to this war of the many industrialists and financiers who looked to push the United States to support the Allies.

They knew they could surely profit from the massive amount of weapons sold to these warring countries.

On the eastern front, there was the delicate situation with the ability of Czar Nicholas II to fight the Germans. His government’s conduct of the war was disastrous, and the Russians had abundant shortages of weapons, leadership and food at home. Before declaring war on Germany on April 6, 1917, Wilson watched Russia fall into chaos, as communist groups campaigned on the slogan that they were determined to quickly pull out of this destructive conflict. Although Wilson sided with the Allies and declared war against Germany, it was not without many internal strains. He was surely tested over the eventual American decision to abandon our foreign policy of neutrality that was established in 1789 to side with one European nation over another.

Rich Acritelli is a social studies teacher at Rocky Point High School and an adjunct professor of American history at Suffolk County Community College.

Village of Port Jefferson

PJ Village Prepares for New Pickleball Courts

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Port Jefferson village has put out bid requests to add several pickleball courts to a portion of the tennis space at the Port Jefferson Country Club.

Deputy Mayor Stan Loucks said the game has picked up in popularity, and has been reported as one of the fastest growing sports in the U.S. The Sport and Fitness Industry Association reported that participation in the sport has increased by close to 10 percent over the past three years, with a total of 3.3 million participants in the country, compared to 2.815 million in 2014.

The game of pickleball is often compared to an enlarged game of ping pong, or a shortened game of tennis. Instead of rackets, players use large paddles to get a plastic perforated ball across a net. Unlike tennis, serves are underhand. It can be played one-on-one or two-on-two.

Many people attribute the sport’s popularity to it being relatively simple. It doesn’t

Site plans for the pickleball courts Photo by Kyle Barr

require a lot of rapid body movement but requires good hand-eye coordination.

Loucks, the liaison to the country club, said original plans were to include the pickleball courts to the west of the current tennis courts, but that would have required extra revetments and erosion mitigation along that end of the bluff. The new designs show the three new pickleball courts to the north of the existing tennis courts, about 32 feet from the existing parking lot. Original estimates for PICKLEBALL Continued on A12

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Nation Long Island Responds to Escalating Conflict Between U.S. and Iran

BY DAVID LUCES AND KYLE BARR DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM, KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

The assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq three days into the new year sent shock waves nationally and globally. In response, Iran has threatened to retaliate.

For people on the North Shore, it has meant a period of uncertainty and anxiety. As the fallout from the attack continues to make headlines, locals are left wondering what will be the outcome to the posturing and threats from both the U.S. and Iran.

Bernard Firestone, a professor of Political Science at Hofstra University, said there has already been conflict between the two nations, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordering attacks on American military targets directly, rather than through allied militias, as it has done so in the past.

On Tuesday, Jan. 7, Iran launched missiles at two separate U.S. military bases in Iraq, though officials said there were no American or Iraqi casualties. National newspapers reported the Iranian foreign minister said they had “concluded” attacks on American forces, adding they would Above, mourners march in Iran after Qassim Suleimani was killed in a U.S. airstrike Jan. 3; right, the U.S. military step back from escalating into a war. recruitment office in Selden. Above photo from Iranian That does not mean that tensions between leader’s website; right image from Google maps the two nations have stabilized, nor that there is the possibility for further contention down the Germany attacked ships, killing American ciroad. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump vilians, though of course there are differences (R) called on other western countries, who have today.

“When the rhetoric is sometimes over the largely condemned the Iranian rocket attacks, to defy Iran, and announced his intent to install top, what that can do to the other side is the Iranian regime has to respond in kind,” Fritz said. new sanctions on the country.

At home, planning also begun, but for poten“Over the past two weeks the U.S. has responded more forcefully to attacks by Iraqi tial attacks to the U.S., New York City Mayor militia allied with Iran, including the killing of Bill de Blasio and city police announced they Soleimani,” Firestone said. “So, we are already would be going on high alert Jan. 3 fearing any kind of retaliation from Iran. in armed conflict with Iran.”

The Suffolk County Police Department said Paul Fritz, an associate professor of Poin a statement that it has a robust litical Science from Hofstra, and long-standing homeland said the missile strikes were a security program, which now “somewhat surprising” escalaincludes our SCPD Shield protion of hostilities, and appear to gram in partnership with NYPD be a direct challenge to the U.S. Shield. They also said there is military, and a further escalacurrently no credible threat to tion of strong rhetoric.

Suffolk County.

“The Iranian regime can’t With the U.S. military at a be seen as folding to an outside state of readiness, local recruitpower with an attack like last ing centers on the North Shore week and decided it had to do said they couldn’t comment to something big to maintain legitthe media about whether they imacy, given strong nationalistic feelings following the killing of — Bernard Firestone are seeing any change in recruitment numbers.

Soleimani,” he said.

Lisa Ferguson, chief of media relations Fritz said there is always a chance, however small, that armed conflict can spark between the for the U.S. Army Recruiting Command, said two countries, most likely through an unsanc- they have not seen much of a difference.

“At this point we have not seen an impact on tioned expression of military force that escalates into a full-scale war. America’s past wars against our ability to recruit, and too many variables exSpain and its entrance into World War I started ist to draw a comparison to previous situations,” much in that way, specifically when Spain and she said.

‘We are already in armed conflict with Iran’

The days after the Iranian general’s death have been a roller coaster. Residents opinions are split over whether Suleimani’s killing was a necessary act, or a way of painting a target on America’s back.

“I think it was a necessary evil,” said Lake Grove resident Patrick Finnerty. “The man [Suleimani ] was threatening people, threatening us.”

During a 2019 Veterans Day ceremony in Greenlawn, Lenny Salvo, a Vietnam War veteran had one message he wanted the public to know: “Stop war.”

“For me it’s not about politics,” he said. “All I see is the harm that it is going to do to people.”

In the days that have now passed, with tensions escalating and Iran potentially returning to build nuclear bombs, Salvo said his position has changed. He said he’s supporting the president.

“If there’s going to be a conflict, it’s better now [than when they have a nuclear weapon],” he said.

Groups nationwide are already planning

protests. On Jan. 9 at 3:30 p.m., the North Country Peace Group is planning a protest at the corner of Route 112 and Route 347 in Port Jefferson Station against any further war in the Middle East.

If anything, the threat of attack to New York has stirred harrowing memories of 9/11. Almost 20 years later, the memory of that day’s events has filtered down into the blood of those who witnessed it.

Port Jefferson Village mayor, Margot Garant, shared memories of that fateful day at the village meeting Jan. 6. On Sept. 11, 2001, the trains were down, cars jammed the highways and the Bridgeport to Port Jefferson ferry was one of the very few means for people to get off the Island.

Garant said she remembered cars backed up all the way up East Broadway and beyond for days. At the meeting, she said she will speak with code enforcement and the fire department in case any such crisis should happen again.

“It could be a chemical weapon, it could be a bomb, so many things could happen,” the mayor said. “If I’m not thinking about that, I would be negligent … you have a number of people saying they want to take revenge — that’s not normal — you’ve got to be prepared.”

The fear of home terrorism isn’t unfounded, though the experts said any kind of terrorism linked directly to Iran could provoke a full-scale war, something they don’t want. Firestone said that if there were to be terrorist-type attacks, it will more likely be launched at allied or American targets in the home region.

Though statistics say one is more likely to get struck by lightning than be involved in a terrorist attack, people from New York City and Long Islanders have a unique view and anxiety about any such attack.

After the birth of ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the western world saw a slew of what was considered “lone wolf” terrorists, or people who conduct violence without the direct support and resources of any one group.

These, Fritz said, are less likely in this case, since there is no one specific ideology such as seen with ISIS calling for such attacks.

Much depends on what Iran’s next step will be, experts said, and though a full-scale conflict is unlikely, Fritz said it begets people to be informed and to ask questions of one’s local elected representatives.

“Stay informed, but don’t turn this into something all-consuming,” he said.

Leah Chiappino, Rita J. Egan and Donna Deedy all contributed reporting.

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Town

PJS Jewish Center Condemns Acts Garbage Carter Cancels of Anti-Semitism During Hanukkah Contract with Brookhaven on New Year’s Eve

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Numerous acts of anti-Semitism in the past weeks have left Jewish community leaders concerned for the welfare of their congregants during one of the most joyous celebrations of the Jewish calendar.

On Saturday, Dec. 28, a man broke into a rabbi’s home in the town of Monsey in Rockland County. Police said the assailant, 37-year-old Grafton Thomas, allegedly stabbed five people gathered in the rabbi’s home, including the religious leader’s son. Thomas has plead not guilty.

The North Shore Jewish Center in Port Jefferson Station gathered together Dec. 30 with members of the faith and local officials from the surrounding area to show strength in the face of the violence, lighting candles on a menorah in light of the attacks. Rabbi Aaron Benson, of the Jewish center, spoke of the need for unity and forward thinking as they looked to “come to grips” with recent anti-Semitic attacks.

The rabbi said such ceremonies are both necessary and helpful for the Jewish community, finding a way to respond to such unnecessary and unprovoked violence. While he said he has seen consistent acts of anti-Semitism over the past several years, seeing several acts of hate over the course of Hanukkah was something new and distressing.

“It was a way to express hope — that we will prevail over violence and hate,” he said. “People of the Jewish faith [have] faced such attacks and harassment for centuries, but we have always been able to survive, to stay strong.”

Other recent events during the days of Hanukkah have made Jewish leaders concerned.

On Dec. 23 a man allegedly shouted anti-Semitic slurs while assaulting a woman in Manhattan.

On Dec. 26, a Brooklyn woman was harassed by a woman shouting slurs at her and her son. The next day, a woman slapped three Orthodox Jewish women in the face in Crown Heights, which is known for its Orthodox Jewish population.

Benson said around 75 people came to the ceremony Sunday night, and while many of them were from his congregation, more came from surrounding communities. Fellow clergy from neighboring churches such as the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook also came to show support.

The Rev. Linda Anderson of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship said such shows of support from non-Jews are important so that all know that no one faith is standing alone in the face of violence. Earlier this year, after an attack on mosques in New Zealand, she and other members of the local Three Village Interfaith Clergy Association and Building Bridges in Brookhaven

BY MONICA GLEBERMAN DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Benson helps lead a ceremony condemning recent anti-Semitic violence. Photo by Les Goldschmidt

gathered at a mosque in Selden, forming a ring around the building to show support. Anderson is the president of the interfaith group.

“The idea that we have to keep doing this is discouraging,” she said, lamenting about the seemingly constant violent attacks on minority faiths around the world. “But we will keep it up, we will stand for fellow faiths in our community.”

Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) attended the ceremony and called it a “beautiful display of community unity.”

She said that, after numerous incidents of anti-Semitism across the country, local centers have looked to review their own policies in protecting their congregation.

In terms of Suffolk County police, she called them “proactive” in looking to stop such incidents happening locally.

The Suffolk County Police Department said it has stepped up patrols at and around synagogues and Jewish community centers.

Benson said he has found that both the SCPD and sheriff’s department have been very proactive in their efforts to confront anti-Semitism.

He said the local precinct often reaches out to his synagogue and offered added protection for the location after the violent attack Saturday.

U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY-1) also condemned the attacks.

“Hanukkah 2019 in New York will be remembered for a sick amount of violent anti-Semitic attacks in and around New York City.

From colleges to Congress to Hanukkah parties and synagogues, anti-Semitism is on the rise and on full display in many ugly forms,” he said in a statement. “The violent anti-Semitic attacks in and around NYC are being caused by raw hate, feckless leadership, a culture of acceptance, education and promotion of anti-Semitism, and lowering quality of life. All elected and community leaders need to step up to confront and crush this threat.”

Town of Brookhaven residents were in for a shock the day before New Year’s, after the town posted on its website that the sanitation company Quick-Way abruptly broke its contract Dec. 31, saying it would no longer be doing pickups in multiple areas throughout Brookhaven.

Brookhaven officials said they were given notice at noon Dec. 31 that Ronkonkoma-based Quick-Way Sanitation would no longer honor its contract to collect residents’ trash from areas it serviced in Brookhaven, including portions of Shoreham, Rocky Point, Port Jefferson Station, Farmingville, East Patchogue and Manorville.

“Quick-Way carting was one year into a multiyear contract where they were the successful bidder for residential refuse and recycling services,” town officials said in a statement. “Town of Brookhaven intends to pursue every available legal option as a result of this carter’s unacceptable actions.”

Officials added the town is working with other local carting companies to put contingency plans in place.

The Town of Smithtown also had contracts with Quick-Way, which concurrently voided its garbage carting with them New Year’s Eve. Within 24 hours of its original message, Brookhaven had a new post on its website that it had entered into emergency award

PICKLEBALL

Continued from A9 the project range from $85,000 to $128,000, a total that combines both the landscaping and the building of the asphalt courts. Excavation started for the courts Jan. 7.

The village has struggled in recent years to get permits from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to build new revetments and structures to halt erosion on the bluff near the country club. Loucks said they are losing a few feet of bluff every year, making it precariously close to taking out the tennis courts. Mayor Margot Garant said the DEC is finalizing everything, and they are hoping to get those permits back “soon.”

“I think it’s a great move — we’re not losing any parking area,” Loucks said.

agreements with several local companies to immediately “provide coverage for garbage pick-up in the seven garbage collection districts affected by the carter who broke their contract with the town.”

Kevin Molloy, spokesperson for Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine (R), said the new contract is only for the time being.

“The contracts were emergency contracts so they are for the short term,” he said. “For the long term, we will be looking at the second highest bidders and making sure any changes we make keep us in compliance with New York State laws. We will keep residents informed as the information comes in.”

Quick-Way did not respond to phone calls for comment.

Molloy said that the town has received “normal to low calls” to its waste management office as of today.

Multiple community Facebook groups spread the message that the company had voided its contract. Some residents complained of Quick-Way’s past policies. The press release said all companies it reached out to have worked with Brookhaven in the past and normal service would continue with regular pickups on Thursday, but it did ask residents to be patient with this transitional process.

“Because they will be new to these service areas, we ask residents in these areas to be patient as they learn these routes. Please call 451-TOWN [8696] if your garbage has not been collected by late afternoon.”

The pro shop for tennis will also cater to pickleball players. The village set the membership rates for pickleball at $400 for a resident, $500 for nonresidents, and each will pay a $50 annual assessment plus a $135 minimums fee. Country club members interested in playing pickleball will be charged an additional rate of $300.

Loucks said he hopes the sport will be popular. The only other two local pickleball courts are a private space in the Village of Belle Terre and a public court in Centereach.

“I’m hoping to 50 to 100 members the first season,” he said.

Final deadline for new bids is Feb. 6. After that the village will choose a contractor and then more work can begin. Loucks said that while asphalt companies don’t open their doors until April, he expects the project to be done by the beginning of May.

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2020 Elections

PJ Resident/Advocate Ahearn Says She’s Ready for 1st District Race

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Laura Ahearn, longtime crime victims advocate, is ready to take on a new challenge, running for state senate. For 43 years the state District 1 seat has been held by Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson), but she said it’s time for change.

“Many members of the community are grateful for his [LaValle’s] service as I am, but it is time now for a new voice and an advocate like me to fight furiously for our community,” Ahearn said.

For 25 years, the attorney said she has worked to keep the community safe from sexual predators. Ahearn also founded the Crime Victims Center “from a room in her home” and over the years established it into a nonprofit organization that has worked with local, state and federal law enforcement.

The center’s educational programs have been shown in numerous school districts, along with local colleges and universities throughout Suffolk County.

“I want to take my advocacy experiences, my legal skills and use it to help our community, children and families up in Albany,” the executive director said. “I know my experience over the past 20 plus years positions me to take on other issues as well.”

Some issues Ahearn hopes to tackle is the recent bail reform issues and MS-13’s infiltration into Long Island schools.

“There are some serious flaws in the criminal justice reform that took place Jan. 1 that makes our communities very vulnerable,” she said. “Bail reform was absolutely needed, because people who couldn’t afford cash bail were incarcerated, that’s not fair. But we haven’t looked at what the implications are for the community and for victims.”

Ahearn said the recent reform needs to be amended to add some discretion for judges who may need to hold certain offenders who may be eligible for automatic release. In addition, she said law enforcement and probation officers need to be given more resources to further monitor offenders of violent crimes.

On the MS-13 front, Ahearn stressed we need to make sure we are giving schools the resources and funding they need to ramp up their security to protect students.

Cost of living and keeping young professionals in Suffolk County have been vexing issues for elected officials. Ahearn knows this firsthand.

“I have two grown children and they can’t afford to live on Long Island — high taxes are driving our kids out off the island,” she said.

“We have to ensure that they have fair wages, educational opportunities, safe work environments and affordable housing.”

Laura Aheran. Photo from campaign

The Port Jefferson resident said in terms of job opportunities she thought Amazon would’ve been a great opportunity for the county and if elected will strive to continue to bring businesses into the district.

Other issues on the challenger’s radar are the ongoing opioid epidemic, curbing nitrogen pollution in local waterways, marine/wildlife conservation, phone scams targeting the elderly, tick-borne illness, among others.

Ahearn, who graduated from Dowling College, Stony Brook University and Touro Law School, recently had a campaign kick-off event Dec. 10 and said she is looking forward to meeting and learning from movers and shakers in the area. The senate district stretches from eastern end of Suffolk County to the eastern end of Town of Brookhaven.

“As time moves forward, I’m going to learn a lot from the advocates in the community — I’m not an expert on some issues and I want to learn from those advocates who are those experts. They have to educate me, so I can represent them,” she said.

The attorney said the position requires one to work with everyone, something she has done for two decades, helping develop, implement and manage crime prevention programs and assist in drafting a number of state, local and federal laws.

“I really love what I’ve been doing,” she said. “Voters have a decision to make and I have a demonstrated history of fighting for our community and if that’s what they want — someone who will fight furiously for them — then they should vote for me.”

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program, it eventually became available elsewhere, so in 2008, the program closed to make room for others.

“We just change with what the community needs,” Roberts said.

Alongside the hospital, Roberts has also seen the community expand.

“I think it’s grown a lot,” he said. “Obviously the traffic, the expansion, the adding of lights on 347, the construction of the third lanes… there’s been a lot of growth in housing and in population out in this area. So basically, we made an attempt to change with the needs of the population.”

As the area grew, so did the competition from St. Charles Hospital down the road, and Stony Brook University Hospital just 15 minutes away.

“We were the first community hospital and then St. Charles converted itself from a polio institution to a community hospital and we work closely with them to not compete in major services,” Roberts said. “But at the same time, to provide all the services that the community needed.”

When St. Charles redesigned itself to a hospital in the 1940s, it actually ended up helping Mather which was at 120 percent patient occupancy.

In 2013, it was recognized as a Magnet-des- Top: Mather held its cornerstone dedication ceremony May 4, 1929; middle, ignated hospital by the Mather Hospital’s original facade; bottom, a group of nurses at Mather.

Historical photos from Stu Vincent American Nurses Credentialing Center, which recsingle standalone hospital would have a very ognizes health care organizations for quality difficult time doing on its own. Roberts said patient care, nursing excellence and innova- he sees a future where all hospitals and simtions in professional nursing practice. ilar institutions are consolidated under just Mather employs over 2,600 people, and has four or five health care companies. more than 600 staff and affiliated physicians. In “There’s a whole host of reasons why hos2016, the hospital cared for more than 12,500 pitals are going the same route, like all the other inpatients and over 40,000 emergency patients. industries,” he said. “We see in the whole econIn December 2017, Mather formally omy everybody’s changing: Airlines are basijoined the Northwell Health system as its cally consolidating, the big accounting firms ...

23rd hospital, something the hospital pres- newspapers are consolidating.” ident constantly lauded.

And although things have changed at “It was a once-in-a-century decision go- Mather, Roberts is happy with what the ing from an independent hospital to joining a future holds. larger system,” Roberts said. “Once you join “I think that the future of Mather Hospia larger system, you’re in that larger system tal looks very good because of our affiliation forever and it’s a big decision to make. We with Northwell,” he said. “The services we were extremely happy and pleased with the will provide on a very high-quality basis, and amount of resources that Northwell brings to we will continue to innovate and provide the the table.” services that the community needs.”

Roberts added that there are no indeHe added that he is waiting on an approval pendently owned community hospitals on to start a cardiac catheterization and electroLong Island anymore. It’s a trend that’s predi- physiology service at Mather, and plans to cated on costs and need, something, he said, a grow its outpatient care over the next decade.

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Earl L. Vandermeulen High School senior Holly D’Accordo was nominated and recognized with the Thomas Cutinella Foundation Service Award for her work in helping to make a positive impact in her local community.

D’Accordo was honored during a varsity girls basketball game halftime ceremony by the Long Island Radio Broadcasting’s Tour for 54, which honors local high school students with the award to help raise awareness for the Thomas Cutinella Foundation, named in memory of the Shoreham-Wading River High School athlete. D’Accordo was honored for working to inspire and share the fundamental beliefs and values that defined Cutinella’s life.

Noted by both Port Jefferson School District Athletic Director Adam Sherrard and soccer coach Taylor Forstell, who nominated her for the honor, the district said D’Accordo has all the characteristics of an outstanding student-athlete, maintaining a high GPA while serving as a captain for the soccer team and a leader on the lacrosse team, as vice president of the Varsity Club, a member of the Interact Club and the National Honor Society as well as her involvement

Robert T. Desmond III, of Miller Place passed Dec. 5. He was 37.

He was the beloved son of Robert and Patricia Desmond Jr., the cherished brother of Allison (Alan) Gandt and Kyle (Jennifer) Desmond and the loving uncle of Drew Gandt and Molly Gandt.

He is additionally survived by many other family members and friends.

A religious service was celebrated at First United Methodist Church in Port Jefferson, and interment followed at Sea View Cemetery in Mount Sinai.

Arrangements were entrusted to the care of Branch Funeral Home of Miller Place. An online guest book is available at www.branchfh.com

A Gift Givers Goodbye PJHS senior Holly D’Accordo. Photo from PJSD

in local theater and volunteering for school and community events.

“Holly is a young lady who is willing to help when asked,” Forstell said. “She drops everything she is doing to help others, especially teammates and coaches. She volunteers in the community while also staying busy with many extracurricular activities.”

Above, the district’s armed forces tribute is adorned with a wreath from Wreaths Across America; inset, high school Assistant Principal Kevin Bernier stands beside junior Liam Cooper. Photos from PJSD

Wreaths Across America Benefits from PJ Student’s Efforts Earl L. Vandermeulen High School junior Liam Cooper went above and beyond what’s normally asked of a student by spearheading a fundraiser that resulted in more than $1,500 on National Wreaths Across America Day Dec. 14.

Growing up in a military family brought Cooper to Port Jefferson in 2018 to continue his studies at Earl L. Vandermeulen High School.

In a conversation with Assistant Principal Kevin Bernier, Cooper suggested an idea that he wanted to share in his new school community. Bernier put him in touch with Deirdre Filippi, who is the co-adviser of the high school’s Varsity Club, who together collaborated on the initiative.

To recognize National Wreaths Across America Day Dec. 14, the school’s Varsity Club and

Cooper collaborated on a project to sell wreaths at $15 each, to be a part of wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery and more than 1,600 additional locations across the country.

“It was something that was important to me, and I am excited by the enthusiasm of those I’ve shared it with,” Cooper had said at the beginning of December of the support of his classmates, teachers and people in the community.

Wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery and more than 2,100 additional locations across the country remembered and honored our military. Cooper and the other club’s efforts allowed for 101 holiday wreaths to be placed on the graves of the nation’s veterans.

BY GEORGE LINDNER DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM When, last autumn in Rhinebeck, New York, Lorraine Barbra Lindner exited this earth, little did she know what a stir she would cause locally in her beloved home of some 40 years.

She was 92. She was my mother, and all her life she served the poor.

She taught me that and she taught me how.

She also instructed me about the niceties of giving gifts, her favorite activity. For this, she always kept a calendar, besmirched with the daily jottings of people for whom she cared — always sending them presents for their every occasion. She did this faithfully and methodically. In fact, never did a day pass that she did not give someone something.

And, guess what she left behind for me?

Her only silver crucifix ring! Now I display it handsomely upon that left-hand pinky finger where she also used to wear it. In truth, it is my only connection to her, this little silver memento, and I shall always cherish it.

Moreover, I still mourn her and her cause, which was to give gifts to what seemed to be all the living world.

Despite her practice of generosity, she lived in a world of her own — always thinking about the little guy, while indulging her fantasy of Christian hope and charity to all.

She did this one blessed person at a time, as I also want to say and do. For mom was a great neighbor to have; everyone who visited her home in Port Jefferson village was treated

with utmost courtesy and welcome.

But all of this is ended now that she has greeted eternity. Therefore, as her son, I now praise this 5 foot 2, blue-eyed Irishwoman and solemnly swear it has been a distinct privilege to have shared your friendship and expert care.

For caring would be the best thing you would do. So, I reached out at your Infant Jesus funeral Mass of Christian burial, touching your casket with both my hands. Now I bid you a fond goodbye — even as you, gift giver, say so long to friends and family, knowing as we all do how very true it is that — just as you taught us all during your long life. And we shall all meet you again upon our own lives’ end.

But for now, it will have to be goodbye, gift giver, my friend. See you in heaven, Mom. George Lindner is a Port Jefferson Station resident.

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People are scared.

You hear it walking down the aisle in the supermarket. You hear it in chatting with co-workers. You hear it with your relatives at the dinner table or over the phone. With the threat of war looming, everybody everywhere wants to know: Will we be safe? What’s going to happen next?

After President Donald Trump (R) ordered the assassination of the Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani last Friday, Jan. 3, the world has been reeling in a vortex of panic and debilitating fear. Iran has said there will be retaliation, and the president has said he will respond to the response.

That rhetoric has escalated, with Iran canceling all hopes of a nuclear deal and Iraq moving to remove all U.S. troops from its country. Meanwhile, Trump has said he would even consider bombing cultural sites in Iran as a response — something the International Criminal Court has called a war crime in the past.

As Iran held a funeral for the slain general, with many thousands of mourners in the streets shouting “death to America,” the Pentagon has asked amphibious forces to be ready to support ground-based operations in that country.

War, huh, what is it good for?

The nation’s armed forces stand ready and, for what seems like only an eye blink from the last war, young men and women may yet again be asked to serve overseas.

One of our reporters encountered a young recent high school graduate at the checkout register in a local grocery store who recently signed up to serve in the military. What was his opinion of the situation? He shrugged his shoulders and said, “I don’t know.” After a pause, he added, “We do what we have to do.”

In June of last year, CBS TV’s “60 Minutes” ran an interview by Lesley Stahl with 99-year-old Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials. He was also at the head of establishing the International Criminal Court at The Hague in the Netherlands.

Ferencz fought in World War II and had seen some of the bloodiest battles of the Western Front, including the Normandy Invasion and the Battle of the Bulge. During the interview with “60 Minutes,” he gave a very specific opinion on war.

“War makes murderers out of otherwise decent people,” he said. “All wars, and all decent people.”

Whatever your opinion, whether Suleimani had to die to protect American lives, or whether the U.S. has committed itself pointlessly to another potential war in the Middle East, the common feeling is anxiety.

We at TBR News Media feel the best way to live in such times is to ultimately stay informed. We ask people not to jump to conclusions. Take the time read the news and watch TV with a critical eye. Avoid posting rumors, propaganda or unverified info to Facebook and other social media sites.

Perhaps something worse than being uninformed is misinformed, or to be purposefully led astray. Rely on facts that are verifiable to its original source. Consider the opinions of people with first-hand accounts, or named reliable sources with expertise. Some people like using fact-checking sites such as Snopes.com. We also suggest reading Glenn Kessler’s fact-checking blog in the Washington Post, both of whom are largely known for being nonpartisan.

Please, to all our readers, stay informed, stay aware and stay safe.

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I just wanted to take a moment and say thank you to managing editor, Kyle Barr, and TBR News Media for the wonderful nomination for Person of the Year. I was very surprised and humbled to see the article. Thank you for your nomination, as it is such an incredible honor. I appreciate you thinking of me and I look forward to working more with you in the coming years.

The past year, since my election, has been one of incredible growth for me, immersing myself in village issues, developing relationships with staff and department heads, and learning as much as I can about the complexities of our wonderful village. I look forward to always learning and growing in my capacity as trustee in the coming year.

Moving forward into 2020, I am super excited to be a part of all the great things

coming to Port Jefferson. Most recently, I’ve been working with the Business Improvement District on the upcoming 1st annual Ice Festival on Feb. 8 and 9 that we feel will help boost the business community during one of the quietest months in Port Jefferson. Also, the new parking lot at Barnum Avenue which should break ground in the spring, will help to alleviate some of the parking issues we face in the busy season and I am looking forward to seeing that lot come to fruition after so many meetings to help make it happen.

In addition, Upper Port will soon be seeing some fantastic changes including development of the first quadrant at the corner of Main Street and what will be the new “Station Street” along with new safety features being put in place at Pax Christi to help with the ongoing quality of life and

public safety issues relating to that area.

I will continue to work closely with Pax Christi, the LIRR, our Code Department as well as Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Valerie Cartright [D-Port Jefferson Station] and the Port Jefferson Station/Terryville Civic Association to keep our village safe. Lastly, I’m thrilled to continue a great partnership with our school district and new Superintendent of Schools, Jessica Schmettan. We are working together on safety initiatives as well as discussing the best ways to deal with the vaping issues we’ve all heard so much about lately.

I look forward to continued service and as always, welcome all feedback and concerns from the public. Thank you again for your confidence in me to be your trustee.

Kathianne Snaden Port Jefferson Village Trustee

Condemn Anti-Semitism Hanukkah 2019 will be remembered for a sick amount of violent anti-Semitic attacks in and around New York City, attacks that were fueled by raw hate, feckless leadership, a culture of acceptance, lack of proper education and the promotion of anti-Semitism.

From colleges to Congress to Hanukkah parties and synagogues, anti-Semitism is on full display in many ugly forms. Simply because of their faith, we witnessed three innocent civilians slaughtered in a Kosher supermarket in Jersey City; five brutally stabbed celebrating Hanukkah at the home of a rabbi; and everyday Americans terrorized in the streets.

Unfortunately, while these attacks have shocked the nation and the world with their sheer brutality, last month’s anti-Semitic crimes are nothing new for today’s Jewish-American community. In fact, the New York Police Department has reported 229 anti-Semitic incidents in New York City in 2019 alone, making anti-Semitic attacks the most commonly reported hate crime comprising 54 percent of all those reported.

There are a variety of initiatives that all should support. Just a few of the many available options include education for those who desperately need it, greater security at places of worship and ensuring our communities’ law enforcement officers have the resources and support they need to safely and effectively confront the threat. Every elected official

and community leader must embrace all available options rather than just trying to identify one or two ways to help. Unfortunately, some elected officials and community leaders have failed to step up and speak out at all.

It is important that each and every one of the perpetrators of last month’s attacks be brought to justice. Albany should also reverse course on its new cashless bail law, which included cashless bail for hate crime assaults. I was taken aback by reporting that a woman who was charged with assaulting and cursing at three Orthodox women in Brooklyn was set free under this new law. A day later, she was charged again with punching a woman in front of the victim’s children and shockingly, once again, was released back onto our streets. We must crack down on those perpetrating these horrific attacks, but our community cannot be protected if those in our justice system who swore to protect it are handcuffed by these new cashless bail laws.

As a nation that opposes and condemns hatred in any form, America must root out anti-Semitism wherever it rears its ugly head. We must not embolden it or elevate it, or even tolerate this hatred, which is attempting to normalize itself in our society. Whether this bigotry is brazen or it is toxic anti-Semitism deceptively masked in subtle tropes, we must

eliminate it wherever it exists.

This is a reality that has plagued Jewish-Americans in every aspect of their lives. I have heard too many stories of college students, from coast-to-coast, on campuses all across America being targeted with blatant anti-Semitism in the name of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, also known as BDS. This movement, co-founded by someone who is an anti-Semite, has turned countless innocent students into targets of attacks due to their Jewish faith.

In July, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.Res.246, a powerful statement opposing the BDS movement. However, we must do more than make a statement. We must enact legislation with teeth that combats this movement and the hatred it perpetuates against Israel and the Jewish community at home and around the world.

From Congress to the state house to the school board, all elected and community leaders need to step up to confront and crush anti-Semitism and end this persistent threat against Jewish-Americans. While Hanukkah 2019 will forever be stained by brutal anti-Semitic attacks, we must ensure that Hanukkah 2020 and every year to come looks nothing like it.

Lee Zeldin (R) U.S. Rep. District 1 Shirley

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Amusing Personal Messages Emblazoned on T-shirts

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mid the delightful sensory experiences of a recent warm-weather vacation, my wife and I enjoyed an unexpected gift: The words other people chose to share on their T-shirts.

The messages weren’t limited to any one age group, as the young and old took time to find phrases they shared with strangers who were enjoying time in warmer weather.

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BY DANIEL DUNAIEF a line with a white T-shirt with a message in all-capital letters: “Help I’m on a family vacay.” To round

out the picture, he had a dour and distracted look as he was clearly waiting for other members of his family to catch up to him in line.

Another boy about the same age strutted around with a colorful shirt that suggested: “You need me on your team.” In a culture where sports plays such a prominent role in the identity of children and parents who drive children they imagine might one day be making six, seven, eight or nine figure salaries on fields all over the country, that shirt was consistent with the belief in the American Sports Dream.

Numerous adults and young adults offered a connection to their favorite sports teams. For one football fan, though, merely sharing the Philadelphia Eagles emblem was insufficient. Near his beloved Eagles logo, he urged his team to “Beat Dallas.” This year, that was especially fitting as the Eagles overtook the Cowboys in the last few weeks of the year to win the NFC East title.

I’m not sure if this coupling was deliberate, but a woman’s T-shirt suggested that readers

“Follow your soul,” while her companion wore a Nashville Predators shirt, indicating, at least in the moment, that her friend’s soul may track the hockey team from Tennessee.

A young girl, walking next to her father, wore a shirt that suggested that she’d “Rather Be a Mermaid.” Given how desperately Ariel, the Little Mermaid of Disney fame, sang about wanting to escape the ocean, I couldn’t help thinking about the line from the song “Under the Sea,” where the crab Sebastian admonishes her — King Triton’s youngest daughter — that “the seaweed is always greener in somebody else’s lake.”

An older African-American couple borrowed from the movies as the man wore a shirt that suggested he was “Straight Outta Money.” The message probably resonated for others who may have blown through some of their travel and entertainment budget for time in a warm climate.

Advertising a New England town coupled with a local accent, a woman sported a message that read, “Baa Ha Ba, Maine,” offering a

connection to the Bar Harbor tourist destination along the coast of Maine that is a short drive to Acadia National Park.

A young boy urged people on his T- shirt to “Be the Change,” an expression that an actor or actress might borrow to spread a specific message after winning a coveted award for performing their craft.

Offering a take on the fine art of putting off responsibilities and chores, a young man wore a shirt that said, “I don’t procrastinate. I delegate to my future self.” After reading so many variations of the theme that the procrastinators club would be meeting some time next week, I enjoyed a refreshing take on the process of setting something aside for a later time.

An older man with white hair and a thick white mustache and beard brought along two noteworthy T-shirts: The first celebrated his 80 years, as part of a beach tour, and the second promised that “Beneath this beard is a handsome man.”

Philadelphia: City of Brotherly Love, Culture and History

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uring the recent holiday break, we took advantage of the free time to visit two delightful museums in Philadelphia: The Barnes Foundation and the Museum of the American Revolution. The Barnes is home of a huge collection of Impressionist paintings, among many other treasures, and the Museum of the American Revolution, not quite 2 years old, is dedicated to telling the story of our evolution from the historic center of America’s founding.

The Barnes started as the remarkable personal collection of Dr. Albert C. Barnes.

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BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF working class family, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania medical school and went off to Germany to study chemistry. From his work

there, he made his fortune by co-inventing a silver nitrate antiseptic, called Argyrol, with a German colleague Hermann Hille.

Buying out Hille, he ran the A.C. Barnes Company from 1908-29 and in the process started to collect art. Ironically he didn’t much care for the Impressionists until his high school friend and artist, William Glackens, persuaded him otherwise. He sent Glackens off to Paris to buy some paintings, and when the artist returned with 33, Barnes became serious about collecting art and took over the purchasing himself, housing the works at his estate.

Barnes started the Barnes Foundation in 1922, a nonprofit cultural and educational institution to “promote the advancement of education and appreciation of fine arts and horticulture.” The foundation oversees the art, and since 2012 the collection has been located on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in a splendid compound that honors both the founder and the masters whose works lie within its walls and in its gardens. There is even a parking lot on the premises that makes a visit so much easier.

The Barnes boasts the world’s single largest collection of paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, with 181, and ditto for those by Paul Cézanne with 69.

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There are also 59 by Matisse, 46 by Pablo Picasso, as well as art by Modigliani, van Gogh, Seurat and Barnes’ friend, Glackens. Also in the dazzling museum are paintings by Old Masters El Greco, Peter Paul Rubens, Titian and Veronese. There are sculptures, masks, tools, jewelry, textiles, ceramics, manuscripts and one of the most outstanding collections of wrought iron, some 887 pieces, among so many other multicultural offerings.

A major exhibition, which sadly will end there this Sunday, Jan. 12, is 30 Americans. Featuring works of many of the most important African American artists of the past four decades, according to the museum’s curator, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw — herself a famous African American professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a top administrator at the Smithsonian — this collection “explores issues of personal and cultural identity against a backdrop of pervasive stereotyping — of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and class.”

The artists include Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mark Bradford, Nick Cave, Mickalene Thomas, Kehinde Wiley and Barkley Hendricks along with 24 others, and some of the paintings are riveting. This is the 10th anniversary of 30 Americans and the first in the Northeast since 2011 when it was in Washington, D.C. Chatting

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with other visitors, we learned that many came from some distance to catch up with this exhibit of modern artists and their distinct perspectives.

Did I mention that there is also a wonderful restaurant inside the Barnes?

This doesn’t leave me much space to tell you about the Museum of the American Revolution, more the pity, which is also handsomely housed in central Philadelphia.

Of particular interest is their first international loan exhibition, Cost of Revolution: The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier, which will remain in place until March 17. By focusing on Richard St. George, born in County Galway to Protestant landed gentry and who became a soldier, artist, writer and extensive landowner, the exhibit tells us much about the American Revolution of 1776, the Irish Rebellion of 1798 — and life in the British army, which St. George joined. There are paintings, many sketches that St. George made himself, artifacts and weaponry in a comprehensive display of history from that era.

By the way, it is really easy to get to Philadelphia from here on Long Island with only a stopover in Penn Station if one takes the trains.

If only for these two gracious institutions, it is well worth the trip.

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Annual Culper Spy Day held in Three Village area — photos B29

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