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The Town of Brookhaven’s Black History Commission hosted its 29th Annual Black History Month celebration on Feb. 7 at Town Hall.

This year’s program included presentation of academic achievement awards to more than 77 top African-American high school seniors from 14 school districts who achieved a cumulative grade point average of 90 or higher.

The commission also recognized its honoree and keynote speaker, Derrick J. Robinson, acting Suffolk County Court judge presiding over Drug Court and Mental Health Court. He is also president-elect of the Suffolk County Bar Association.

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Joe Rella, who has passed Feb. 21, is joined by school board members last June during his final graduation ceremony.

There, the high school auditorium is named the Dr. Joseph V. Rella Performing Arts Center. File photo by Kyle Barr

cession drove around the circle outside the high school, his final visit to the institution residents say he cared so deeply about. Members of both the Port Jefferson and Terryville fire departments hung a giant flag above the ground for the hearse to drive under. Residents and students held blue and yellow signs, all thanking the superintendent for his life of work and service.

Quinn said they will be working out the details for a larger memorial sometime in the near future.

“He embodied the Comsewogue culture — pushed it and all of us forward,” said 2019 graduate Josh Fiorentino. “To say I know how he wanted to be remembered would be a lie. However, I and many others will remember him as a Warrior. The truest of them all.”

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Dr. Joe Rella, the beloved former Comsewogue superintendent who spent just over 25 years in the district, passed away Feb. 21, with Moloney Funeral Homes and the district confirming his death late Friday night. He was 69.

Community members flocked to social media to share their thoughts and memories about their superintendent affectionately known around the district as just “Rella.”

“So much of what I learned about community was through his unceasing example of what it meant to serve the place you call home,” said Kevin LaCherra, who graduated in 2009. “To bring people in, to find out what they need, to fight like hell to get it and then to pass the torch.”

Rella entered the district as a part-time music teacher, making only $28,000 in salary. He would move on to become a full-time music teacher, then the high school principal and finally, superintendent of schools, which was his final position, held for nine years.

In an interview with TBR News Media before his retirement and final graduation ceremony in 2019, Rella had likened the act of running a school district to music, all based in a learning process for both the students and for him.

“Because one thing you learn, there is no such thing as a mistake, it’s a springboard to your next part of the piece,” he said.

The district planned to decorate school buildings with blue-and-gold ribbons come Monday and make counselors available for students who may need it, current Superintendent Jennifer Quinn said Saturday. The district was closed Wednesday, Feb. 26 to allow teachers and students to attend his funeral.

Quinn had worked with Rella for 13 years.

In a phone interview Saturday, the current superintendent had nothing but great things to say about her predecessor and mentor. If anything, she said Rella “did not want people to remember him sadly. He wanted them to smile and laugh.

He just loved everybody.”

Rella’s wife, Jackie, passed in 2016 following a struggle with breast cancer. The superintendent himself had been diagnosed with stage 4 bile duct cancer in 2017. Despite his sickness, he would stay on in the top position for another two years.

It was that dedication, even in the face of sickness and loss, that built up so much trust between him and the community over the years.

Quinn said he was humble, always the one to take the blame if plans didn’t work out, but he was always ready to heap praise on others.

“He made everyone important,” she said. “He never shied away from a tough problem and tried to make everything better — he always did.”

Others in the district said Rella’s example

pushed them to do more and to do better. Andrew Harris, a special education teacher in the high school, created Joe’s Day of Service in 2018. Named after the then-superintendent, the program asked students to do volunteer work around the school and the greater community.

Students have traveled all the way to the Calverton Cemetery in both 2018 and 2019 to clean graves and plant flags.

Harris said there are hundreds of examples of Rella’s kindness, such as driving over an hour to take care of a teacher’s mother who was suffering from cancer.

“In many ways, just like they call the middle of our country the ‘flyover states,’ Port Jefferson Station used to be like a ‘drive-through town’ — people were on their way to another town as the destination,” Harris said. “That all changed with Dr. Rella’s leadership. No matter where you went, and especially as a teacher, when you say you are from Comsewogue and Port Jefferson Station, people know where you came from and the legacy. It makes us all proud to say it.”

The school board accepted Rella retirement in November 2018. He had said in previous interviews his diagnosis did not factor into his decision to retire, and it had been his and his wife’s intent to make that year his last.

“Joe and Jackie were the face of Comsewogue for many years,” said John Swenning, school board president. “Their dedication and support to our administrators, teacher, staff, parents and most importantly our students is nothing short of legendary. Dr. Rella is the Italian grandfather that every kid deserves to have. He will be missed dearly.”

School board trustee Rob DeStefano had known Rella since his sophomore year in Comsewogue high, when he had joined the district as the new music teacher. DeStefano would be elected to the board coinciding with Rella’s appointment as head of schools. One memory that cemented the famed superintendent in his mind, according to a previous column he wrote for TBR after Rella’s announced retirement, was during a jazz band concert he and his wife got up on stage and started to dance the Charleston.

Despite the loss, the Rella name lives on in the district, particularly in the high school courtyard, full of sunflowers, named Jackie’s Garden after his late wife. As the superintendent participated in his final high school graduation ceremony last year on June 26, students rolled out a new plaque, naming the high school auditorium the Dr. Joseph V. Rella Performing Arts Center.

His funeral, held Wednesday, Feb. 26, at St. Gerard Majella R.C. Church in Port Jefferson Station, drew huge crowds of family as well as school officials and community members.

Those same Community members and school officials gathered outside the high school Wednesday morning before the funeral. At just after 10 a.m., a hearse bearing Rella and a pro-

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Village of Port Jefferson

PJV Awards Barnum Lot Bid, Secures Grant Funds

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Village of Port Jefferson finally has an amount attached to plans for the Barnum Avenue parking lot, coming in lower than had been initially anticipated.

The winning bid for the Barnum parking lot was approved at the Feb. 18 village board meeting, showing Connecticut-based F&F Concrete saying it can do the project at $795,069. The company won out over five separate bids.

At the same meeting, the board approved the $200,000 in jumpstart grant from Suffolk County that was originally announced last year. Unlike other kinds of grants, Mayor Margot Garant said, the jumpstart funds become immediately available after they are approved.

While all the money is now there for the lot, officials said the village is waiting on the grant to finalize, with the

village needing to show before shovels go in the ground.

“Ideally, the village would like the project to start as soon as possible so that the lot would be open for our peak season, but that timing has a few factors to consider including but not limited to the weather, execution of the contract, insurance being satisfactory and all county grant requirements being met,” said Joe Palumbo, the village administrator in an email.

With the grant funds, the village administrator said Port Jefferson will be using approximately $600,000 from parking meter revenue. Garant said the parking capital account currently amounts to $800,000. At the end of every year, unspent revenue from the account that’s not used for salaries and other upkeep ends up in the capital account.

“We have that money in place,” Garant said.

Though village officials had originally anticipated the project would come in at BARNUM LOT Continued on A9

Recognizing

THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF PORT During Women’s History Month in March, the Village of Port Jefferson, in conjunction with Times Beacon Record News Media and the Business Improvement District, is hosting a night of recognition on March 19th to celebrate the “Powerful Women of Port.”

Stony Brook’s SAC bus loop is one of the stops of the SBU to Port Jeff shuttle. Village officials say the cost of the project has put it in jeopardy after the end of the spring semester. Photo from Google maps

PJ-SBU Shuttle Up for Another Semester with BID Support

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The jitney service between Port Jefferson and Stony Brook University is back on the menu for the spring and fall semesters, this time with extra funding from the Port Jeff Business Improvement District and a larger price tag.

The new service extends the service for an additional two weeks, from 10 to 12, and will run until midnight Fridays and Saturdays.

The service also changes one of the pickups at Stony Brook University from the Chemistry Loop to the Hilton Garden Inn. The BID is putting up $10,000 of its funds for the program, leaving Port Jefferson with just under $20,000 of the bill.

“We are proud to partner with the village in bringing the shuttle service back to our Business District,” said Roger Rutherford, BID president, in an online release.

At the Feb. 18 village board meeting, parking administrator Kevin Wood was seeking $24,608 in funds, per semester, to continue the PJ/SBU Shuttle for the next spring and fall semesters. The program is paid through parking meter funds.

However, Michelle Ferrante, senior account clerk, pointed out that any contract over $20,000 the village signs onto must go out to BID. This wouldn’t be a problem if the village were using

its own jitney bus, however, the board voted last year to contract out to Bay Shore-based Suffolk Transportation Service, mainly due to the previous bus lack of Americans with Disabilities Act compliance and the overall failing quality of the previous vehicle.

The village has also lacked other intervillage public transit options since the BID-run program with Qwik Ride ended. Officials said those small cars had not done the job they needed them to do, rarely being there for people who requested them, and drivers were taking requests from people outside the village to make tips.

At the meeting, questions were raised whether the Suffolk Transportation was a sole source provider, and if it provides transportation services for Suffolk County.

According to its website, the company operates with Suffolk County public transit under the name Suffolk Bus Corp. The company also operates the paratransit buses, known as Suffolk County Accessible Transit, which ferry disabled people on select routes across the county.

The village board agreed to approve the funds for this spring semester if Wood could keep the budget for the jitney service under $20,000, which meant cutting the number of weeks and hours it ran for.

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County

Legislature Could Move Forward on ‘Ban the Box’

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A piece of legislation that would restrict employers from asking about criminal histories in job applications could be voted on by Suffolk lawmakers in the near future.

At a county Legislature meeting earlier this month, legislators said that they had reached a bipartisan agreement on “Ban the Box” legislation and plan to present the bill at a later date.

County Legislator Samuel Gonzalez (D-Brentwood) along with Legislators Susan Berland (D-Dix Hills) and Kevin McCaffrey (R-Lindenhurst) plan on making amendments on the bill.

More than 20 people came out in support of the bill at a Feb. 11 meeting. Those who spoke agreed that it would allow former convicts the ability to become better contributing members of a community while helping them rehabilitate and reacclimate into society.

“I would like applaud the Legislature for making progress in supporting fair hiring practices in Suffolk County — it’s about time,” said Serena Liguori, executive director of New Hour, a Long Island nonprofit organization advocacy group that supports women, mothers and children impacted by incarceration. “We

have worked with more than a thousand women across the county who have convictions. Most of them need employment when they come home.”

The executive director of the nonprofit said she hopes a potential passage of the legislation could lead to making strides around other issues.

Besides employment, “many of the women we help talk about housing and the lack of it, [and] transportation,” Liguori said.

Melissa Bennett, Huntington resident, said she believed individuals deserved a second chance.

“People makes mistakes in their lives, I’m sure each of you have made mistakes,” she said. “We’re human, it happens. Without banning the box, you are essentially [putting people] in a box.”

Elizabeth Justesen, community outreach director of the Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County, also stressed the need to eliminate the application question.

“Last year this bill lost by one vote,” she said. “For those who came out here every month [to the Legislature] it was a blow. We sat in disbelief in the Legislature’s inability to vote on human dignity.”

The community outreach director pointed out that one in three people have a criminal record in the U.S. Other advocates of such legislation, such as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Advocates say businesses asking applicants if they’re convicted felons often leaves them jobless. Stock photo

(D) have also made the claim in the past, though according to PolitiFact, a fact-checking website, the FBI considers anyone who has been arrested on a felony to have a criminal record, even without a conviction. Effectively, one in three adults in the U.S. have a criminal record, but less have actually been convicted.

Though Justesen said with Suffolk County’s numbers of people on parole, people with convictions have it harder than it needs to be.

“In Suffolk County … with the largest parole

population in the state, how can we expect them to get up on their feet and reintegrate to our communities if they cannot work,” Justesen said. “The time has come to do what is right and give people the chance to interview.”

Supporters have contended the ban would give applicants a chance to explain their crimes, in turn increasing their chance of getting hired, reducing crime and the number of repeat offenders being sent back to jail. More than 150 municipalities and 33 states in the U.S. have implemented “Ban the Box” laws.

Gonzalez spoke on the future of the legislation.

“We have been fighting the fight on this bill for a very long time, and we have been continuing to come together to iron out our differences,” he said. “We all felt that we needed to get this thing put in. ... I think we are headed in the right direction on this issue.”

Local business owners are concerned about what the legislation could mean for them. The Suffolk County Alliance of Chambers encouraged members to voice their opinions on the issue.

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State’s Plastic Bag Ban to Take Effect Next Week

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Beginning March 1, Long Islander shoppers will have one less option when packing their groceries, as a New York State ban on single-use plastic bags goes into effect.

The ban would prohibit retailers from giving out plastic carryout bags to customers. State lawmakers hope that this will lead to more residents deciding to bring their own reusable bags and a decrease of plastic waste.

The legislation is a step toward reducing the 23 billion plastic bags used by New Yorkers every year, reducing litter and helping the fight against climate change.

According to a Siena College Research Institute poll conducted after the bill was passed, 62 percent of New Yorkers support the ban compared to 33 percent who don’t.

While plastic bags will no longer be handed out at retailers, paper bags will still be available.

In Suffolk County, consumers will be charged 5 cents for each paper carryout bag provided at a checkout. In areas that have the opted into the 5 cent charge, the fee does not apply for SNAP and WIC food benefit recipients.

Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the

Citizens Campaign for the Environment, said the ban will have a positive impact in curbing plastic pollution.

“This is a significant accomplishment — Suffolk County needs to be commended for implementing the 5 cent bag fee,” she said. “The state noticed the success of it and it led to this ban.”

Some environmentalists are concerned about some final tweaks in the legislation by the DEC that would allow usage of bags which are thicker and heavier. Esposito said they aren’t concerned about it as it won’t be widely distributed as regular bags and will only be used for packaging of certain foods.

“If for some reason it needs to be tweaked further, we will be a part of those discussions,” she said.

State lawmakers are hoping the ban will increase usage in reusable bags. Earlier this month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced a campaign, dubbed BYOBagNY, which has been spearheaded by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

The agency has been running ads on the ban on TV, radio and social media. In addition, the DEC provided educational materials to its nine regional offices to use for outreach events

A sign inside Wild by Nature in East Setauket warns customers they will no longer supply plastic bags starting March 1.

The store will also collect 5 cents for paper bags used. Photo by Heidi Sutton

and will be distributing more than 270,000 reusable bags to low- and moderate-income communities.

Stop & Shop branches throughout the county began offering free reusable bags to customers who bring in one or more carryout plastic bags for recycling.

Similarly, in the county, a plastic straw ban took effect this January, which required businesses to switch biodegradable alternatives.

A Styrofoam ban was also implemented, prohibiting businesses from using items such as cups, trays and containers that are made from polystyrene.

“We are expecting a successful implementation — we as a society can learn to bring a reusable bag when we go out shopping,” Esposito said. “Most people have already made the change, some have lagged behind, but this is one thing they can do to reduce plastic waste.”

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Village of Port Jefferson

Mather is one of four separate Northwell hospitals approved for a catheterization lab. The hospitals are looking to compete for services amongst some of the larger health entities in New York state. Photo from Northwell

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Selden Man Involved in Fatal North Patchogue Crash

Suffolk County Police said a man was struck by two vehicles in North Patchogue Sunday night, but the Selden man was the one to stop after the incident.

Police said a yet-to-be identified man was riding a bicycle on North Ocean Avenue, just north of Vehslage Street, when he was struck by a northbound Nissan SUV driven by Ira Dunne, 42, of Selden, at around 9 p.m. The bicyclist was then struck by a second vehicle that fled the scene.

The victim, who has not yet been identified

by police, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. Dunne was not injured.

The Nissan was impounded for a check.

The investigation is continuing. Detectives are asking anyone with information on the crash to call the Major Case Unit 631-8526555 or Crime Stoppers 800-220-8477. All calls will be kept confidential.

Seventh Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a motorcyclist in Center Moriches Sunday.

Police said Jason Frederick, 44, of Selden, was driving a 2017 Kawasaki motorcycle eastbound on Montauk Highway, just east of the intersection of Belleview Avenue, when the motorcycle veered off the roadway and Frederick struck the guardrail at around 3 p.m.

Frederick was transported via Center Moriches Fire Department ambulance to Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue where he was pronounced dead.

The motorcycle was impounded for a safety check and the investigation is continuing. Police have asked anyone with information to call detectives at the 7th Squad at 631-852-8752.

Mather Gets State Approval to Open Cardiac Catheterization Lab Selden Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Mather Hospital in Port Jefferson will soon be joining nearby Stony Brook as one of the few places on Long Island to contain a cardiac catheterization lab to provide less invasive heart-related services.

New York State approved Northwell Health, which includes Mather in its group, to open four cardiac labs at different locations in New York. Alongside Mather, Lenox Health Greenwich Village, Plainview Hospital and Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco have been approved for labs. The lattermost was approved in December.

According to a Northwell release, these labs specialize in using X-ray guided catheters help open blockages in coronary arteries or repair the heart in minimally invasive procedures — ranging from stenting to angioplasty and bypass surgery – that are less traumatic to the body and speed recovery.

The approval means a big leap for the Port Jefferson hospital, which plans a $11.4 million, 3,644-square-foot addition that will include catheterization and

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make it harder to operate a business here in Suffolk County and New York state,” the organization said in an email.

Last year, county legislators voted 9-8 against the measure. Lawmakers were concerned about putting too much onus on the employers. The previous version of the bill

electrophysiology labs. The construction is expected to finish and both labs be open by early 2021.

“With the investment in these four new PCI programs, we are able to advance our mission of improving access, as well as bringing high quality complex cardiovascular services to our patients in their local communities,” William O’Connell, executive director of cardiology services at Northwell Health, said in a release.

Mather president, Kenneth Roberts, has said in a previous interview with the Port Times Record that a big reason the hospital signed on with the health care network is to have the ability and room to innovate at the hospital and keep up with the times. He echoed that sentiment in a statement.

“With Northwell’s guidance and the diligence of our Mather team, Mather received approval from the New York State Department of Health to provide advanced cardiology programs which include cardiac catheterization, PCI and electrophysiology services,” he said. “Approximately 150 patients every year are [currently] transferred from Mather or St. Charles to have these services elsewhere.”

required employers to wait until after an initial interview to inquire about an applicant’s arrest or conviction record, and disclose to applicants the reason why they were not hired.

At the time, Berland did not support some of the requirements. The legislator said she didn’t think people who have a criminal record should get more benefits than others, noting that people with no criminal records do not learn why they were passed over for a job.

— Compiled by Kyle Barr

— Compiled by Kyle Barr

Petit Larceny of Router in Selden Police are asking the public’s help to identify and locate the person who allegedly stole merchandise from a Selden store this month.

A person allegedly stole a Google Wifi router system from Target, located at 307 Independence Plaza, Feb. 15 at around 6 p.m. The suspect fled in a waiting SUV. The merchandise was valued at $269.

— Compiled by Kyle Barr

Security footage of person who allegedly stole a router from the Selden Target. Photo from SCPD

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF Suffolk, Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. DONNA BARNES, David Bond, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Resettle Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on June 25, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on March 26, 2020 at 10:15 a.m., premises known as 21 Birchwood Drive, Shirley, NY. 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, District 0200, Section 978.80, Block 06.00 and Lot 005.000. Approximate amount of judgment is $386,685.13 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 64650/2014.

Dara Martin Orlando, Esq., Referee Pincus Law Group, PLLC, 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, New York 11556, Attorneys for Plaintiff 338 2/20 4x ptr SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

dated December 12, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-AHL1 is the Plaintiff and BERNADETTE PARKS, AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF MARY E. DODSON, A/K/A MARY DODSON, DECEASED, 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 March 09, 2020 at 10:00AM, premises known as 128 NORFLEET LANE, MIDDLE ISLAND, NY 11953: District 0200, Section 479.00, Block 02.00, Lot 015.000: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Pursuant to the provisions of section §85-258 of the Building Ordinance of the Town of Brookhaven, notice is hereby given that the Accessory Apartment Review Board of the Town of Brookhaven will hold a public hearing at Town Hall, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY, at 6:00 p.m. on 03/05/2020

AA019596 CHO SUNG AI 157 SYCAMORE CIR STONY BROOK NY 11790 AA019598 TOWLE RICHARD C & TOWLE STACIE L 100 WASHINGTON AVE MASTIC NY 11950 AA019599 DAS ANNE & GHOSH AJOY 25 NORMA BLVD HOLBROOK NY 11741 AA019605 SELDEN NY 11784 LOCKWOOD ROBERT 15 CARSTON ST AA019617 POLIZZO ROBERT & JENNIFER 61 LOLLY LN CENTEREACH NY 11720

367 2/27 1x ptr NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Brookhaven Town Planning Board on Monday, March 9, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. in the Auditorium at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 to consider the application of Anthony & Mirta Caravana to repeal Restrictive Covenant for property known as Vilna Estates Lot 15. Covenant relief being requested on the above-described premises is as follows: Increase in clearing from 45% to 60% The application and diagram of the subject property are on file in the Planning Division and may be examined during regular business hours. At the time of the public hearing all interested parties will be given the opportunity to speak.

AA019618 CABONE KIRA & TERRUSA DANA 20 TOWER HILL AVE FARMINGVILLE NY 11738

AA019486 STYLIANOU SOPHIE 219 NEWBURGH AVE MEDFORD NY 11763

AA019621 CAMBRIDGE CHERAN 90 HAMPTON AVE MASTIC NY 11950

Dated: February 14, 2020

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AA019521 REDKO PATRICK 106 QUAKER PATH STONY BROOK NY 11790

AA019623 PLECZEN MICHAEL 671 A OLD MEDFORD AVE PATCHOGUE NY 11772

SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF SUFFOLK-BROOKHAVEN

AA019524 ESPOSITO RONALD & COLEEN 71 IMPERIAL DR SELDEN NY 11784

AA019624 SINGH KULWINDER 23 ADAMSON ST SELDEN NY 11784

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT SUFFOLK COUNTY

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Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 24184/2007. Francesco P. Tini, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

BERNADETTE PARKS, AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF MARY E. DODSON, A/K/A MARY DODSON, DECEASED, ET. AL.

Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, NY 11590 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered November 20, 2019, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on March 26, 2020 at 10:00 AM. Premises known as 18

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ACCESSORY APARTMENT REVIEW BOARD TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN

AA019592 BAHMASSEY DEAN & BENDAYAM NOURA 2 SOMERS LN FARMINGVILLE NY 11738

Irene D’Abramo Accessory Apartment Review Board Town of Brookhaven

AA019327 KLINGEL JAMES & DONNA 8 WYANDANCH TRL CORAM NY 11727

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-AHL1,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure

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AA019590 PIERRE JOSEPH 275 WEST END AVE SHIRLEY NY 11967

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 19279/2013. Valerie S. Manzo, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT TERRYVILLE, IN THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK

LEGAL POSTPONEMENT NOTICE OF SALE

Clifton Place, Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776. District 0200 Sec 137.00 Block 01.00 Lot 015.000. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Port Jefferson Station, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $298,456.77 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 602990/2018.

Janet Albertson, Esq., Referee AUFNY001

LIMOSA, against

LLC,

Plaintiff

SCOTT LIEBETRUTH, et al Defendants

AA019550 TEW JEFFREY 310 GAZZOLA DR E PATCHOGUE NY 11772 AA019553 DESOLA MICHAEL & GENEVIEVE 40 LONG MEADOW PL CENTEREACH NY 11720 AA019582 ACCARDI NICHOLAS 10 PARKVIEW DR SHIRLEY NY 11967

AA019625 DANIELLE SEIFERT 11 TYLER AVE SOUND BEACH NY 11789 AA019627 PIERRE PAUL ERNST 35 ESSEX DR CORAM NY 11727 AA17149 PRWIVO RONALD T & CATHERINE M 17 JACKSON AVE SOUND BEACH NY 11789

Vincent E. Pascale, aChairman

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STERLING NATIONAL BANK, successor by merger to Astoria Bank f/k/a Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association, Plaintiff -against- WILLIAM M. BOYLE, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated March 19, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on March 31, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, being further described as follows: BEGINNING at a point the following two courses and distances LEGALS con’t on pg. 8

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 7 from the extreme westerly end of a curve connecting the westerly side of Berkshire Drive and the southerly side of Edinburgh Drive; 1.

South West 18.35 feet; 2.

South East 17.00 feet to the true point or place of beginning; being a plot 68.00 feet by 44.00 feet by 68.00 feet by 44.00 feet.

District: 0200 Section: 241.20 Block: 01.00 Lot: 019.000 Said premises known as 191 EDINBURGH DRIVE, RIDGE, NY Approximate amount of lien $258,076.11 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Index Number 616659/2017.

STEVEN SILIATO, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 99 Powerhouse Road, First Floor, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 File #8888.040 374 2/27 4x ptr SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF SUFFOLK NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff against TATYANA BABAN, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on June 26, 2019.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps of the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, N.Y. on the 2nd day of April, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Port Jefferson Station, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York.

Said premises known as 50 Comerford Street, Port Jefferson, N.Y. 11776.

(District: 0200, Section: 309.00, Block: 04.00, Lot:

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com 054.000).

Approximate amount of lien $ 475,277.29 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 21184-13.

Dara Martin Orlando, Esq., Referee.

McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 375 2/27 4x ptr SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK CIT BANK, N.A. F/K/A ONEWEST BANK, N.A. F/K/A ONEWEST BANK, FSB, V. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF SUFFOLK COUNTY AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF FLORENCE SEIGEL, DECEASED, ET. AL. LEGAL POSTPONEMENT NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated June 13, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, wherein CIT BANK, N.A. F/K/A ONEWEST BANK, N.A. F/K/A ONEWEST BANK, FSB is the Plaintiff and PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF SUFFOLK COUNTY AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF FLORENCE SEIGEL, DECEASED, 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 March 10, 2020 at 10:30 AM, premises known as 138 KNOLLS DR UNIT # 138, STONY BROOK, NY 11790: District 0200, Section 387.10, Block 01.00, Lot 040.000: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK, KNOWN AS

UNIT NO. J-138-BEACH, AS SHOWN ON THE PLANS OF A CONDOMINIUM PREPARED AND CERTIFIED BY HAROLD F. TRANCHON, JR., LICENSED SURVEYOR, AND FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK ON THE 15TH DAY OF APRIL, 1983 AS MAP NO. 85, AND DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM ENTITLED “THE KNOLLS AT STONY BROOK” TOGETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED .5554 PER CENT INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS AS DEFINED IN SAID DECLARATION Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 15539/2013.

Annette Eaderesto, Esq. - Referee.

RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

376 2/27 1x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK Wells Fargo Bank, NA successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Plaintiff -againstMichael O’Carroll a/k/a Michael Ocarroll a/k/a Mike V. Ocarroll a/k/a Michael V. Ocarroll, Board of Managers of Artist Lake Condominium, Clerk of the Suffolk County District Court, Commissioner of Taxation and FinanceCivil Enforcement-CO-ATC, Commissioner of Taxation and Finance-Civil Enforcement-Coll Vendr Suprt Unit, Claudine Bulbin as Administratrix, heir at law, next of kin and distributee of the Estate of Leslie Bernard Tenzer a/k/a Leslie B. Tenzer a/k/a Leslie Tenzer, deceased, New York State Department of Taxation and FinanceTax Compliance DivisionC.O-ATC, Internal Revenue Service-United States of America, Debra Mannkopf, Elizabeth Keezer, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale entered on January 15, 2020 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at

BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738 on March 31, 2020 at 11:00 AM premises known as 131 Artist Lake Drive, Middle Island, NY 11953-2311.

ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of real property, with the improvements therein contained, situate and being a part of a condominium in the Town of Brookhaven, County of SUFFOLK and State of New York.

District: 0200 Section: 403.00 Block: 07.00 Lot: 027.000 Together with a .39218% undivided interest in the common elements Approximate amount of lien $74,647.31 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment Index # 027364/2013 Armand Araujo, Esq., REFEREE STEIN, WIENER AND ROTH, L.L.P., ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF ONE OLD COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 113 CARLE PLACE, NY 11514 DATED: February 19, 2020 FILE #: WELLS 69115

CIM Trust 2017-8 MortgageBacked Notes, Series 20178, Plaintiff AGAINST Ann Brusca, Salvatore Brusca, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 12-232019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on March 31, 2020 at 10:00AM, premises known as 5 Smith Lane, Middle Island, NY 11953. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Yaphank, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, SECTION: 527.00, District 0200, BLOCK: 04.00, LOT: 011.000.

Approximate amount of judgment $251,583.84 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #604392/2019. Valerie M. Cartright, Esq, Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-090642-F00 68219

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NOTICE OF ADOPTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that after a public hearing held by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Belle Terre on February 18, 2020, the Board of Trustees, adopted LOCAL LAW NO. 1 of 2020, A LOCAL LAW authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the limit established in General Municipal Law §3-c.

Copies of the local law, sponsored by Mayor Bob Sandak, are on file in the Village Clerk’s Office, Monday through Friday, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VILLAGE OF BELLE TERRE, NEW YORK JOANNE RASO, VILLAGE CLERK Dated: February 19, 2020 380 2/27 1x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. Bank National Association, not in its Individual Capacity but Solely as Indenture Trustee for the

Town of Brookhaven RFEI 20-02 Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) Town of Brookhaven Purchasing Division on Behalf of Department of Recycling & Sustainable Materials Management (RSMM) Recycling of Post-Consumer Collected Glass Due Date: April 8, 2020 by 4:30 PM (Advertised: February 27, 2020) SCOPE OF WORK: The Town of Brookhaven is requesting expressions of interest from interested parties for the manufactured recycling of Post-Consumer collected Glass: This RFEI is intended to determine whether there is enough market interest to proceed to a competitive Request for Proposal Process (RFP).

In the event there is enough interest in this requirement, the Town may, initiate the

formal RFP process. The request is for a non-landfill end use manufacturing such as: cementitious substitute, polymers, sand substitutes, abrasives, insulation, glass bottles, etc.

The specifications for this RFEI are available beginning February 27, 2020 and may be obtained by: • Preferred Method:

□ Accessing website: brookhavenNY.gov/ Purchasing : Register and Download the documents Timeline • Ad Date: February 27, 2020 • Technical questions due by: March 27, 2020 o Must be in writing: email to: □ K K o p p e n h o e f e r @ Brookhavenny.gov □ cc: gmanzolillo@ brookhavenny.gov □ pmazzei@ brookhavenny.gov □ cschroder@ brookhavenny.gov o Contact number: 631-451-6252 • Q&A Addendum Issued: No later than April 3, 2020 • Proposals due: April 8, 2020 by 4:30 PM o Submitted to Town of Brookhaven Purchasing Division o One Independence Hill, Farmingville, New York 11738 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.

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School News

Community News

Port Jefferson chamber president Mary Joy Pipe awards funds to Eric and Nanci Huner of Huners Fitness Advantage, left, and Amanda Eckart of Keller Williams Realty, right, for new signage in front of their shared space.

Photos by Barbara Ransome

Chamber Awards Funds to Two Businesses for Shared Signage

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce recently awarded funds to two small businesses, neighbors, really, who unknowingly were both working toward the same goal.

The chamber released their small business award Jan. 28 to Amanda Eckart of Keller Williams Realty Homes & Estate, and Eric and Nanci Huner of Huners Fitness Advantage. Both are located in the same building at 111 North Country Road in Port Jeff, and each had moved into their businesses at around the same time.

Barbara Ransome, director of operations for the chamber, said while their small business

awards are typically $1,000, this year it was increased to $1,200 and split evenly between the two businesses. Chamber president Mary Joy Pipe gave the joint award to the winning business owners at the Jan. 28 event. “[It’s] a win-win for them and the chamber to help two members,” she said.

Nanci Huner said as a relatively new business to the area, the funds for new signage are especially important.

“By receiving this award our sign will be available very soon which will dramatically improve our new business traffic,” she said via email. “The Port Jefferson chamber, especially Barbara Ransome, has been a key support system for Huners Fitness Advantage.

We are looking forward to many years in Port Jefferson.”

Kindergarten students in Miegan Rowett’s class at Edna Louise Spear Elementary School celebrate 100 days of school.

Photo from PJSD

Port Jefferson Kindergartners Share 100 Days of Learning Students at Edna Louise Spear Elementary School marked a milestone when they celebrated 100 days of school before the winter break. Kindergarten teacher Miegan Rowett’s students welcomed their family members into the classroom for some engaging activities that involved the number 100.

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around $900,000, officials were pleasantly surprised to see the winning bid came in somewhat under that amount.

The parking lot is expected to contain 44 new spots, located off Barnum Avenue and east of the Joe Erland baseball field. Based on residents feedback, the two-way ingress and egress planned on Caroline Avenue have been made one-

“We all had a lot of fun celebrating the 100th day,” Rowett said of the daily reading, writing, science, art, physical education and math lessons that led up to the 100th day of learning. Sorting, counting and camaraderie topped the list of educational and character development opportunities they shared with parents and grandparents. way. Surrounding plantings have also been bolstered, but the 32,000-squarefoot lot will still include two electric car charging stations and two bioswales bordering the foot entrance onto Barnum Avenue to aid in flood mitigation. Once constructed, the bioswales will look like two dips in the ground with plantings overlaying them. Port Jefferson grant writer Nicole Christian had said those plantings and green initiatives were a large reason the county provided the village the $200,000 grant.

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History

Remembering the Holocaust and 75th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation

BY RICH ACRITELLI DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM This past January marked the 75th anniversary of the Soviet liberation of Auschwitz Extermination Camp in Poland. Like that of the horrific surprise of the American and British military forces that freed the western and central European camps in the spring of 1945, the average Soviet soldier who entered this camp never knew what its main purpose was before they walked into Auschwitz. They unknowingly freed the largest extermination camp that the Germans built some five months before the war ended.

As Auschwitz was not known by most of the Allied combat soldiers, it was understood to be the final stop for many Jews, gypsies, political opposition, homosexuals, Jehovah Witnesses, etc. In 1941, Hitler began to authorize the deportation of the Jews to Poland. While Germany had its own concentration camp system, the later killings of Jews and other “enemies of the state,” took place mostly in the east. As the German military continued to show its dominance against every nation that it fought against, more Jews came under their control. Although the Nazis always needed additional workers, they did not provide any decency to those groups that were deemed to be “inferior” populations against the German Reich.

The SS, under the direction of Heinrich Himmler, was determined to capture and kill every Jew in Europe. Most of these plans were to be carried out at Auschwitz, which was located 50 miles southwest of Krakow. This western area of Poland was originally known as Oswiecim, a sparsely populated town that had 12,000 citizens and included some 5,000 Jews. At first, this camp was created to handle the flow of Polish prisoners of war and partisans who opposed this German occupation.

During the Jan. 20, 1942, Wannsee Conference that was chaired by SS leader Reinhard Heydrich and representatives of 15 departments of the German government, they met to decide the final fate of the “Jewish Question,” which resided within their conquered territories.

Heydrich, who was later killed by Czechoslovakian-British commandos, was the driving force to carry out the orders of Hitler and Himmler to transport and kill the estimated 11 million Jews in Europe. He worked with the bureaucracy of his government to ensure that there would be enough resources and logistics to follow Hitler’s directives to destroy these self-proclaimed enemies of the regime.

Auschwitz was established for this exact purpose. Even through the massive fighting that Germans had to wage on every front, Hitler demanded that his orders of the “Final Solution” were to be followed through the creation of other smaller centers at Belzec, Sobibor and Treblinka. The first victims at Auschwitz were

‘Here heaven and earth are on fire I speak to you as a man, who 50 years and nine days ago had no name, no hope, no future and was known only by his number, A7713 I speak as a Jew who has seen what humanity has done to itself by trying to exterminate an entire people and inflict suffering and humiliation and death on so many others.’

—Auschwitz Survivor and Writer Elie Wiesel

berg met with the Soviet military after they liberated Hungary. The Children at Auschwitz after its liberation by the Soviets in 1945. Photo from Associated Press diplomat, who regularly risked 850 Soviet military political prisoners of war that were killed by Zyklon B gas. This chemical his own life, was believed to be an American was primarily used to deter rodents and it later spy by the Soviet KGB. Wallenberg was taken was utilized by the SS to kill almost one million by the Soviets and never seen again.

A main question that people have pondered people at Auschwitz.

This massive area constructed by Germany since 1945 is why the Allies did not do more to was broken into two separate places for the pris- limit the extent of the Holocaust. Around the oners. Birkenau held most of the gas chambers clock, American and British bombers targeted and crematoriums for those people that were se- every military and industrial location in Gerlected right away for death. The other portions many. Auschwitz was located near the eastern of Auschwitz were built for massive slave labor part of Germany and it was within the range where their prisoners worked within factories of Allied aircraft that operated from English, established inside and outside of this camp. As Italian and later French military bases. Early some were chosen to live, the Germans calcu- in the war, when evidence was sent to Franklin lated the minimum number of calories that were D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, they inineeded to survive. These people were expect- tially refused to believe that the Germans were ed to eventually die from the spring of 1942 to committing wide-scale mass murder. But as the the fall of 1944. People from all over the Ger- war continued, increased stories emerged from man-occupied land, ranging from France on the the people who escaped from the death camps Atlantic Ocean to the Greek islands in the Aege- looked to identify to the world the true intentions of Hitler. an Sea, were deported to Auschwitz.

When it was completely proven to RooBy the end of the war, when Hitler was all but assured that the Allies would defeat his armies, sevelt and Churchill that the Germans would the killing continued at a faster rate against the never halt this policy, the Western Allied leadHungarian Jews. This was one of the few Jew- ers did little to stop this genocidal policy. Since ish populations that were still protected by their 1945, many of the inmates of Auschwitz openown government. But after a regime change that ly stated that they would rather have died from supported the Nazis, many Jews were deported aerial bombs seeking to destroy this factory of right away to Auschwitz. Adolph Eichmann, death than by being personally led to the gas who was later captured by Israeli agents in Ar- chambers. Information was smuggled out of gentina in 1961, was driven to capture as many Auschwitz that described the location of the Hungarian Jews and deport them to their death. railroad lines, gas chambers and crematoriums Swedish diplomat Raul Wallenberg was sent that were later analyzed by Allied leaders. Both to Hungary through the indirect support of the Roosevelt and Churchill believed that the only United States. When it became apparent that the way to end the Holocaust was not to divert any Germans would not stop, this was a last-ditch at- major resources from quickly winning the war. tempt to save these Eastern European Jews who The issue with this policy was that there was not even a limited effort to thwart the carrying were not yet targeted by the Nazis.

Wallenberg bribed Hungarian officials and out of the Holocaust.

Captain Witold Pilecki was a Catholic Polissued Swedish passes that made these Jews citizens of his nation. Even as he was engaged ish cavalry officer who gathered intelligence within this vital humanitarian mission, Wallen- for his government. The Polish were in hid-

ing after their country was taken over by the Germans. When rumors continued to circulate about the true intentions of Auschwitz, he volunteered to purposely get arrested and be sent to the camp. He spent almost two years at Auschwitz, where he smuggled out reports that were read by western leaders. Pilecki organized the under-ground resistance efforts to possibly take over the camp. He believed that if this facility was attacked from the outside by either the Polish resistance or the Allies, that his men were able to control the interior from the Germans. When he realized that help was not coming, Pilecki escaped from Auschwitz.

He later fought against the Nazis and was again taken as a prisoner, but he survived the war. After Poland was liberated, he returned home to oppose the communists, and he was later killed by his own government as being an accused spy that supported the democratic government that was in exile in England.

At the end of the war, as American forces were destroying the German army on the Western Front, additional camps were discovered by the U.S. military. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, along with generals Omar N. Bradley and George S. Patton, were sickened at the sight of Hitler’s “Final Solution” in Western Europe.

Under the orders of Eisenhower, he directed large parts of his army to personally observe camps like Berga, Dachau, Mauthausen and Ohrdruf. It was his belief that current and future people would deny the existence and purpose of this organized terror. Today, as many Holocaust survivors are well into their 90s, they fear that resentment is at heightened levels toward many different religious and ethnic groups. And like the concerns that Eisenhower presented some 75 years ago, many of these survivors believe that the lessons of the Holocaust are being forgotten, and that there are more Holocaust deniers around the world who seek to suppress the knowledge of these crimes against humanity.

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

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Port Jefferson Should Not End Up Like Easter Island I have spent my lifetime fighting to protect our land, water and the air we breathe in every few seconds of our lives. So, it was especially meaningful to meet Sapphire Perera, a young person in our community whose deep caring for and connection with our environment has propelled her to play a role in its protection.

One of Sapphire’s talents is writing, and she uses this skill to spread awareness and inspire others to action. Our local newspaper, TBR News Media, has given Sapphire Perera an opportunity to use the platform of a column in the paper to inform us about environmental issues. This is a good thing because young people can introduce fresh ideas and outlook to environment-related issues and breathe new life into our motivation to protect and improve the environment that sustains us.

— State Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket)

The beauty of the Port Jeff shoreline should the area surrounding Mount Sinai harbor and not blind us to the growing problem of land return sand to the beaches. Currently, the Town erosion. Similar to the fact that the majestic of Brookhaven is in the midst of reconstruction stone figures of Easter Island should not hide of the jetties at the mouth of Mount Sinai Harbor.

The jetties had been worn down the ecological disaster that over time, leaving them not as overcame their island. All over effective as they used to be, the shores of Port Jeff and with holes and submerged rocks Long Island, there are eroding allowing sand to run over and bluffs. While people just see the 100th through. Previous Port Times these eroding bluffs as being g, writing, Record editor Alex Petroski steep cliffs of sand that can be ath lessons wrote about the eroding bluffs climbed on, they pose a much g. Sorting, in Port Jeff [“Eroding Port greater threat to our environist of eduJeff beach causing concern for ment and to the buildings that portunities village,” June 1, 2017], and line the top of the land. ents. his article included pictures Ever since 2012, the of the bluffs of Port Jeff and residents of Port Jeff have Belle Terre. In February, my been trying to solve the issue brother Royce Perera captured of the eroding bluffs. The lack Sapphire Perera the image of these bluffs from of vegetation and increasing a similar angle with his drone. deforestation have only made If you compare the two pictures the erosion worse. To combat this problem, the village has planned on and examine the bluffs near the country club, the constructing seawalls and barriers and are still worsening erosion of the bluffs is clear. Bluff waiting for permits from the New York State erosion has only gotten worse and without any Department of Environmental Conservation. deterrents or solutions, more land continues to They also hope for Suffolk County to dredge end up on our sandy beaches.

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come the start of the fall semester.

Wood said the university would not currently consider helping to pay for the program, but said he has plans for the future, including possibly surveying riders and asking where they shopped or dined.

“The program will gain popularity and ridership and, therefore, success,” he said.

“We may test run a pay by cellphone so that students also have a contribution to this wonderful service. We would expect rates to be well below any alternative mobility.

Although officials have praised the program for bringing in more people sans cars into the village, Garant said she has questioned the cost

of the program, especially since Port Jeff started to contract with an outside company. She said adding extra days and weeks to the program has only exacerbated those costs, and she doubts either the BID or university will either be able or willing to pick up the majority of the tab long term.

“Honestly, the program is in jeopardy in the fall,” she said.” The mayor added she has asked Wood to look into different transit companies or into the village purchasing its own two new jitney buses.

The new schedule is Thursdays from 3 to 10 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from 3 p.m. to 12 a.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The bus stops at Student Activities Center Loop, Hilton Garden Inn, Chapin Apartments, Wild by Nature Market parking lot, Port Jefferson village on Arden Street and Port Jeff train station.

Top, in 2012, satellite images show much more room left between the Port Jefferson Country Club’s tennis courts and the bluff. By 2020, bottom, the courts are nearly at the edge of the bluff. Left, file photo, right photo by Royce Perera

Most recognize the problem but are ignorant of how the erosion of these bluffs has continually gotten worse and how human interaction can increase the rate at which erosion occurs. Many factors contribute to erosion but in recent years, there have been intense storms, strong winds and frequent human interference.

While erosion is a natural process, coastal erosion on Long Island’s North Shore has been designated “critical” by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. As sand is continually sliding down the bluff to the beach, it is taking away land from the Island. Currently, the Port Jefferson Country Club tennis court is facing this problem because erosion of the bluff has come dangerously close to it. As more and more land disappears from the bluff, there is more of a chance for erosion to occur less stability.

Personally, when I have visited the beach, I have witnessed young kids and young adults walking up and down the bluffs. While this is perceived as a harmless act, these people are actually acting as catalysts to the process of erosion. The weight of that person pushes down more sand and destroys plants that hold the sand together. Sometimes there is garbage thrown down onto these bluffs which ends up

destroying vegetation. Vegetation is one thing that helps maintain the structure of the bluff since it is holding particles together through the roots.

In order to protect the land and preserve the tennis courts at the country club, the Town is inching closer to finalizing reconstructing the jetties with hopes that it will be a barrier against erosion from tides, currents and waves. Other ways that would prevent erosion include the diversion of surface runoff away from the bluff, minimized paved areas that increase runoff and a decrease in additional weight on the bluff edge, such as pools, buildings or storage sheds.

Anthropologists now say that the grandeur of the Easter Island statues exists at a huge cost, namely the permanent destruction of the Island.

We in Port Jefferson must learn from others’ mistakes and curb human activity in order to conserve Port Jeff’s beaches, water and land.

Sapphire Perera is a junior at Port Jefferson high school. This is the first of a planned column series by her called “Turtle Island,” which refers to the Native American mythology about North America existing on the back of a great turtle that bears every living being on its spine.

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BY BILL LANDON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Port Jefferson Royals broke out to an early lead and never took their foot off the gas in the Suffolk County Class B championship game Feb. 21, ending Mattituck’s season 42-28 at Centereach High School.

Ahead by six at the half, the Royals pulled ahead by a dozen points after three quarters. They were led by Evelyn Walker, a junior, who swished three triples, a field goal and a pair of free throws to lead her team with 13 points. Sophomore Abigail Rolfe banked nine and senior Samantha Ayotte

netted seven as did freshman teammate Lola Idir.

The Royals took on Pierson High School for the right to contest the overall small school Suffolk title Feb. 25 at St. Joesph’s College. Unfortunately, the team lost 32-47.

Photos clockwise from above: The Royals celebrate a 42-28 win at the Suffolk Class B title championship at Centereach High School; sophomore Rolfe gets a shot off down low for the Royals; freshman Idir drives the lane; senior Ayotte battles under the board; junior Walker drains a trey; junior Brooke Zamek lets a 3-pointer fly; Ayotte goes to the rim.

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Editorial Letters to the Editor An Example to Live By Trump’s Political Pardons Abuse Power of Office There are only so many people who could have done the job that Dr. Joe Rella, the former Comsewogue superintendent, did — teacher, principal and finally head of schools. If the scores of affectionate tributes posted to social media are anything to go on, Rella is one of the few folks you could point to that has made the Port Jefferson Station/Terryville community what it is today.

Rella died last Friday at the too-young age of 69. He had been dealing with a diagnosis of bile duct cancer for the last few years, but still he kept at the job until he finally retired last year. Community members know there wasn’t a day that went by where Rella did not put himself forward for the benefit of the community, whether it was his weekly online story times or his constant attendance as the “piano man” at district concerts.

Many in the community can point to examples of outreach and help he bestowed upon employees and students in the district.

North Shore residents often rightfully complain of their high taxes, the majority of which stem from school districts, but Rella showed that a school district can become the heart of the local hamlet and the epicenter for every goings-on in the area. It can become the source of pride and culture for residents, not only the entity that simply teaches students for 13 to 14 years at a time.

What we found in reporting on Comsewogue is that doors were always open. Most of the time, officials did not hesitate to speak on either positive events or district issues. In an age where there seems to be more and more red tape between district/school administrators and both journalists and the public, Comsewogue, under Rella’s guidance, showed just how effective being open to public comment could be. In a final interview with Rella before he retired, he spoke to one newbie editor of how important it was to listen to community feedback, no matter if it was negative and no matter if you may disagree with it. As a former music teacher, who brought music into everything he did, he said the important thing was to listen.

Rella was named one of TBR News Media’s People of the Year in both 1995 and 2010 for music and education, respectively. Though the papers have changed editors since then, the editorial staff was amazed reading those old articles, seeing just how much of the same man was in stories 25 years old as he was in articles written about him little more than half a year ago.

There is a sense of compassion, of simply wanting to be there, to spread an awareness of purpose amongst students and staff and to act selflessly and to help define a community around a sense of selflessness and compassion.

Other supers have also made the list of People of the Year, including Elwood’s Ken Bossert — formerly Port Jeff superintendent — who has shown a similar sense of community engagement.

Of course, we do not wish to diminish the hard work of the many heads of schools in our coverage areas, and we know many who have shown strides in district leadership. What we instead ask is for more people to look at the example Rella left in not just defining a school district, but defining neighborhoods and neighbors, of being the precedent which every student and even most residents could look toward. He was the one who looked to building trust not by demanding loyalty, but by creating a space everybody feels they’re on the same side and that all are working toward goals that benefit everyone.

Rella will be missed, but his example remains one that all should live by.

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Who’s worried about President Donald Trump [R] politicizing the power of presidential pardon?

I am. All presidents have the power and constitutional right to pardon anyone they want of criminal charges for any reason they deem appropriate. All have done so. President Bill Clinton [D] pardoned Mark Rich on the last day of his presidency. Rich was a major political financial supporter of Clinton. This blatant move of political pardon power overreach was condemned by the media and both political parties. Rightfully so.

But it was constitutionally legal.

Looking at this factually, nobody has abused this power more than Trump. He has weaponized it. From blatantly telling his campaign staff and people who are pro-Trump not to worry about cooperating

with legal authorities regards any criminal investigative matter that involves Trump because he “has their back,” to the recent spate of high profile criminals he let go for a variety of reasons, he has sent a clear message, “At the end of the day, I can be the police, jury, prosecution, defense and judge all in one”. And, obviously, Trump likes this power and is not afraid of the consequences or the precedent it sets.

The problem is this is a far cry from being ethical or just. It is not what our Founding Fathers wanted. I do not believe it is what most Americans want today — including Republicans. No president has been so reckless in wielding this power as Trump. I am reminded of George Washington who had the opportunity to become president for a third term and most historians believe could

have become king. But Washington felt this would not be good for America. It was not what this new experiment in democracy was about. God bless Washington. Instant American hero.

I believe whoever follows Trump as president will need to take an honest look at presidential pardon power and take steps to constitutionally control it. This will be difficult because in so doing, the next president will be decreasing his or her own power. That has to be tough no matter how logical and right, but it will be the right thing to do. I hope our next president will be inspired by Washington. Who knows, maybe Trump will take such actions himself. That would be impressive. On second thought — that will never happen.

Dave Hensen Miller Place

Bail Reform Fixes Injustice in the Justice System Last week’s editorial [“Don’t Eliminate Bail Reform, Fix It,” Feb. 20] was spot on and should be heeded by state lawmakers wrestling with changes to the bail reform measure New York recently put in place.

Bail should exist to ensure that dangerous individuals are sequestered from others they may harm while waiting for trial. It should not exist to keep harmless individuals in jail because they lack the financial means to pay the cost of bail.

Yet, for way too many years New Yorkers have had to live with the injustice of a two-tiered criminal justice system — those that could afford to post bail continued their lives and roamed free waiting for trial, while poor defendants languished behind bars. How could there be a more marked example of injustice than two defendants, charged with identical crimes, having very different outcomes based simply on the fatness of their pocketbook or wallet? One goes on with their life while the other sits in a small cell for days, weeks, months and, in a few cases, years, while waiting for resolution of their case.

This injustice understandably breeds contempt by those too poor to post bail and those around them. For example, they often run the risk of losing their jobs

New York’s bail reform led to controversy and calls for reform to the reform. File photo from Kevin Redding

and their homes, apartments or places in shelters. Studies have shown that down the road they are more likely to commit crimes than those who post bail.

And if you don’t think this injustice affects you, you’d be as wrong as the criminal justice system is unfair. Every New York taxpayer pays the price for those who remain unfairly incarcerated due to income. For example, you pay the costs of their incarceration and the social programs their families desperately turn to when their family breadwinner is behind bars for a prolonged period of time.

And we all pay when the unfairly incarcerated commit additional crimes when they finally get out.

Has there been hiccups in the implementation of the bail reform measure?

Absolutely, as the editorial notes — repeat offenders have gotten out who should have been held, an especially serious concern for those who have repeatedly been arrested for crimes such as driving while intoxicated.

But the answer to these problems isn’t to toss out the newly enacted, badly needed reform measure but to tweak it to make sure it achieves its dual purpose — delivering justice to all defendants while protecting all members of society from harm.

John L. Turner Setauket

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Opinion

Wanted: A Weak President in a Balanced Democracy

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want the weakest possible president in 2020.

As a representative democracy, the United States uses a system of governance that relies on checks and balances. Everything about the history of the country makes it clear that a collection of leaders, each with limited power, should reflect the diverse nature of the country, with states that have small populations getting equal representation in the Senate.

D. None Whenever one of of the above the three branches of government overBY DANIEL DUNAIEF steps its bounds, the other two have the opportunity to keep that one in check. If, for example, the executive branch, through the president

of the United States, takes actions that the legislative or executive branches find objectionable or questionable, Congress or the Supreme Court can hold that president accountable.

So, how do we ensure those checks and balances? Where do we find exactly the right kind of weak president who can do just his or her job without trying to tell the courts what to do or legislate new laws favorable to the officeholder?

Most presidents, including every candidate who seems to be running now, appear to be convinced that he or she will be a strong leader with a vision for the country that takes us to greater heights or that makes us a better nation.

That’s lovely, but no president can do it alone. The government should be a team effort, pulling together people with a drive to contribute to the world through public service and to represent not only personal opinions, but the values, goals and concerns of the entire nation.

That seems almost impossible, given the divided nature of the country as we enter the 2020

election, right? Someone is always winning and someone is always losing.

That doesn’t have to be the case if a president sees and understands the limits of their power.

While this may seem like a direct rebuke of President Donald Trump (R), it is not. If Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I), who seems to be gaining momentum with each passing primary, wins the Democratic nomination and then becomes president, I don’t want him to be powerful, either.

Some of his ideas, like free college and Medicaid for all, seem compelling on the surface, but many Democrats, Republicans and Independents wonder how exactly he’ll pay for all of those ideas. I enjoy reading dystopian fiction, like “1984,” “The Giver,” and “Fahrenheit 451,” to name a few. The conclusions of all of them are that utopia doesn’t work and big government creates even bigger problems, particularly for the individual.

The idea of Medicaid for All may seem appealing because of the frustration so many

people feel with their medical insurance, until they imagine the bureaucratic machine known as the federal government making decisions about their medical coverage. Many of us want to make informed choices.

That brings me back to the choice for president. In the next eight months or so, as we prepare for the onslaught of advertisements telling us how and why the other candidate may ruin our lives, We the People can do something about it. If we truly believe a Democrat will win the White House, we can vote for Republicans in Congress. If we believe Trump will continue to share his inspirational Twitter messages wishing everyone well — just a bit of sarcasm here — we should vote Democratic in all the other races.

I don’t want Sanders expanding government and running up a tab that even higher taxes seem incapable of paying, while I also don’t want Trump getting a free pass to follow his impulses where they take him and the rest of the country. For me, the best 2020 choice is a weak and controlled president.

Winners of Readers’ Choice 2019 Ready for Viewing Now

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s many of you know, because we have been publicizing it and because it created a bit of a buzz in town, we recently had a reception at the Three Village Inn for well over 100 guests. The purpose was to celebrate the winners of the Readers’ Choice contest in which their customers voted these select businesses the best in their business categories. It was a relaxed and fun evening where everyone seemed delighted to be there and party together and, in some cases, even to do business with each Between other. We had our you and me talented videographer filming the

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF proceedings.

What you may not know is that the video, with the winners walking the red carpet to accept their awards and to explain how they got into their respective businesses, is now up on our website for viewing. Just go to our website tbrnewsmedia.com and you will find the window, labeled TBR Readers’ Choice 2019 Reception Videos, on the top right-hand side of the home page. When you click on that, it will open to reveal a choice. You can just watch the film in its entirety, fairly long, or by clicking on the prompts you can bring up the playlist and advance to any one of the recipients or hopscotch throughout the video. You can also pause anywhere to watch the rest later or to share.

I hope you enjoy this second look if you were there — or perhaps first look if you weren’t — at this jolly community event, which we will make an annual. It is an index of some of the best businesses in the local area and, I hope, an encouragement to shop locally.

We are now clearly in the events business.

Readers’ Choice was our third theme, the other

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two being the longstanding reception for People of the Year, our 44th, coming up March 22 at the Three Village Inn, and Cooks, Books & Corks, our other annual event, at which we have delicious tastings from local restaurants combined with books presented for sale by local authors.

“Corks,” of course, refers to the libations that accompany the meals. CB&C will again be held in September at the Bates House in Setauket.

Now you might be surprised that we have wholeheartedly embraced the events business.

It certainly is a wonder to me. We started our professional life here on the North Shore of Long Island as a community newspaper. I liked to write, didn’t like to be edited up the line, as I was when I was working at Times Inc. in New York City, loved the villages and meeting residents, and felt we had something to offer that wasn’t already here. Over the past four-plus decades, we have taken pride in advancing the interests of our hometown, communicating the news, issues and entertainment offerings, and strengthening the sense of community. We have

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Leah S. Dunaief GENERAL MANAGER Johness Kuisel MANAGING EDITOR Kyle Barr EDITOR Kyle Barr

LEISURE EDITOR Heidi Sutton ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Kathryn Mandracchia ART AND PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Beth Heller Mason

also struggled mightily to stay afloat financially so that we could do all those things.

We all know that newspapers — and other news media as well — have been totally disrupted by progress. The publishing industry has changed; retail, the backbone of newspapers, has been disrupted by the digital world, and we have had to grow and change, too. Those who resist change are left behind.

So just as we are now in the moviemaking business (“One Life to Give,” prequel to the Culper Spy story — be sure to see it when it screens next as it’s quite a story and will make you proud of where you live), and the video business, we can assert that we are in the events sector. These activities fit with our mission to inform our residents because they offer something of interest, and they enhance our sense of community. They also help us to do our main job of relaying the news and to pay our bills.

Therefore, we are beginning to plan for our next event, Rising Stars, and you will be hearing and reading more about that soon. Please stay tuned.

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