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Town PJS/T Civic Lukewarm on Proposed Shopping Center Development

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A potential pad building in the middle of the Nesconset Shopping Center parking lot has some PJS community members agitated, but property owners say such an addition will help keep the shops viable long-term.

The shopping center, located along Route 347 slightly west of Terryville Road, is owned

by Brixmor Property Group, a national retail property corporation. The proposed pad would include a 7,000-square-foot, single-story island that would house two separate storefronts.

Brixmor representatives said the two fronts would house a dentist office and a bank, respectively. Plans say the Bethpage Federal Credit Union, currently located at the far western end of the shopping center, would move to the building that would include a drive-through.

Reps added they are in talks with Aspen Dental, which has offices in upstate New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, for the other space.

Town of Brookhaven zoning for the property would remain the same, retail J-2.

Nicholas Andreadis, the regional vice president of leasing for Brixmor’s north region, said Bethpage Federal Credit Union would likely vacate the shopping center if it isn’t able to secure a drive-through.

At a Port Jefferson Station/Terryville Civic meeting Feb. 25, representatives of Brixmor and its hired architects came to speak on the proposed addition.

Some residents had concerns with the location of the pad, especially in how it effectively bisects the parking lot. The lot has three entrances from Nesonset Highway, and the middlemost one would be directly in front of the proposed storefront. A central lane running through the parking lot currently allows drivers to go back and forth parallel to the highway, but plans show the lane would be cut off just before the middle entrance. Cars would have to stop and either go around the pad or stop at several stop signs. Company representatives said this was at the request of the town to slow down traffic through that area.

The changes would reduce the total number of stalls by 25 from 599 to 574.

The shopping center is currently full of stores including a Dollar Tree, Five Guys burgers and fries and Carnival Restaurant & Pizzeria. There is only one vacant location. On Saturday, a new art studio One River School of Art & Design opened its doors at the shopping center.

Some residents complained they have used the central lane to bypass having to go onto Route 347 and skip the confusing and often dangerous intersection between the highway and Norwood Avenue. Sal Pitti, the civic president, said taking such shortcuts is, in itself, unsafe. “That’s where a lot of the problems start

when people try to come in and out of the parking lot,� Pitti said.

Will Zieman, 6th Precinct COPE officer, also spoke to the problems of using that parking lot as a cut through. “Is it reasonable to predict what people are going to do off 347?� he said. “It’s very hard for you, as a driver, to predict what another vehicle will do coming out of that shopping center.�

Though, as Port Jeff Station resident Jennifer Simoes put it, even being forced to drive in front of the storefronts because of the new pad is itself dangerous for pedestrians. “I don’t want to go in front of the storefronts either, because I don’t want to hit anyone who’s coming out with their pizza,� she said. “I’m not going to want to go in there, and there’s another Dollar Tree and Marshalls in the other direction.�

Pitti agreed the larger issue comes from increased pedestrian traffic in an often busy parking lot.

Charlie McAteer, the civic’s recording secretary, also suggested the company look at how pedestrians were to get from the pad building to the main shopping center. “What I’m seeing where you’re walking right now, you’re going to end at a walkway and you’re into striped parking, and you will have to walk between parked cars,� he said. “There will be people who want to go to the bank and then go eat.�

Reuben Twersky, a project director for Brixmor, said people will often ignore walkways and crosswalks and routes even if they were created. “We would like to do it in as safe a manner as possible,� he said.

The area along Route 347 has been a particular hotbed of issues with both vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Last year, 17-year-old Jenna Perez, an employee at Five Guys, was killed in a hit-and-run while crossing Nesconset Highway outside a crosswalk.

In addition to the changes in parking lot design, Brixmor plans to reduce the height of lights to 20 feet and add 19,000 square feet of landscaping to the front of the property bordering Nesconset Highway.

The company is also looking to redo and move the sign displaying the names stores within.

Designs show the proposed sign going 26 1/2 feet up from the ground on new brick pylons.

Philip Butler, an attorney from Hauppaugebased Farrell Fritz, said the company’s next steps are to submit final comments to the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals by March 11. After the zoning board of appeals gives approval for variances, then the company will be back in front of the Planning Board to look at traffic and parking. The company is also awaiting on New York State Department of Transportation on a traffic study before it can move fully ahead.

Above, design plans for the new proposed pad building at the Nesconset Shopping Center. Below, site plans for the pad building show a 7,000-square-foot addition in the center of the parking lot, mandating a reconfiguration of traffic patterns. Photos by Kyle Barr

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The Village of Port Jefferson is remaking the path around the stairway near Toast Coffeehouse, though plans are much more subdued than what had been proposed last year.

Village workers have already started landscaping the area at the bottom of the black iron steps, which empty out close to Portside Bar & Grill. Joe Palumbo, the village administrator, said they do not have a site plan or a concept drawing, but the general idea is to beautify the walkway and create much more greenspace.

The bottom of the stairs has long been an enclosure of dead grass and tree stumps. “This is conceptually in the mind,� Palumbo said. “There’s going to be grassy areas along with other plantings.�

Mayor Margot Garant said the cost, ignoring labor, could be around $20,000 when all’s said and done, but lighting costs are still unknown. The village plans for goosenecked lanterns on the stairs and along the pathway, which may include additional accent lighting. “Internally the guys have been doing a great job, and I’m happy to see they can handle a project of that scale,� she said.

Last April, the village had received a pro-

posal from Sean Hanley, the husband of Melissa Hanley, who owns Salon Blonde hair stylist just across the street from the top of the staircase. The plans had called for a complete remodeling of the iron staircase into a more modern, concrete staircase and at the bottom create a pocket park, complete with water features and patio.

The problem is, officials said, that plan would have cost around $96,000.

Instead of tearing up the walkway like under that plan, the village is keeping the same walkway, remodeling the columns at the entrance to the stairway and include an approximated 12-by-12-foot patio. On Monday, March 2, Lisa Harris, who owns several Port Jeff businesses, said she would be donating two benches to the project.

Currently, Palumbo said the issue they’re facing is the large tree just to the right of the stairs bottom. The roots are apparently at a high elevation and run deep underground and restrict extending the blocks that run along the back side of the space to the other side of the path. At the March 2 board meeting, Garant said that tree could not be removed.

Palumbo said they would have to look at alternatives.

Trustee Bruce Miller said that the current

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Village workers have already started landscaping near the Toast stairway. Photo by Kyle Barr

project and other village beautification initiatives will be important as Port Jeff moves along the LIPA settlement glide path, which will see the village getting less in property taxes from the Port Jefferson Power Station over the next several years. “I just think we got to make this village more attractive if we are losing revenue, we’re going to be charging more or providing less,� he said.

Palumbo said next week they will begin to install irrigation and then after install the patio.

They hope to have the plantings and sod installed by spring.

On Feb. 25, federal officials announced that Stony Brook University Hospital was awarded five grants totaling just over $2.8 million. The funds will go toward cancer and transplantation research, among others. “Continuing to drive federal funding back toward their critical efforts and our district will help ensure they can continue their important work and pioneer the future of everything from cancer research to mental health treatment,� U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) said in a press release.

The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health is providing the funding, including $1,995,417 for cancer research, $402,786 for youth mental health treatment and $428,729 for allergy, immunology and transplantation research.

The Stony Brook Cancer Center is to receive $1,299,443 for cancer research. “The studies proposed in this program project aim at defining how specific pathways of lipid (fat) metabolism and specific enzymes in these pathways regulate key functions of cancer cells,� said director of the cancer center Dr. Yusuf Hannun in the release.

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Regional Council, Panel Try to Solve Solid Waste Crisis Brookhaven’s Landfill Set to Close in 2024, Romaine Says a Plan is Needed Now

‘It’s not a looming crisis — It’s now.’

New York State DEC Regional Director Carrie Meek-Gallagher speaks about what it will take to impact the looming garbage crisis. Photo by David Luces

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To qualify for transportation the distance from the home to the private or parochial school must be less than 15 miles.

Private or parochial school transportation requests for the 2020-21 school year must be received by the district’s transportation office no later than April 1, 2020. The transportation request form must, by law, be submitted each year. A separate form must be filed for each child.

If, after applying, you wish to change the school for which you had requested transportation, you must cancel your previous request and submit a new request by the April 1 deadline.

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and bridge infrastructure,” he said. “And this approach is bringing us ever-increasing costs.”

In a panel following the presentation, experts and officials discussed potential solutions and ideas to what was called a “looming crisis.”

“The amount of waste generated on Long Island is increasing,” White said. “With the current volume at the Brookhaven landfill, that means 720,000 tons a year of waste has to find a home somewhere, and another 350,000 tons of ash from the energy from waste facilities will have to find a home somewhere.”

Will Flower, the vice president of regional trash carting company Winters Bros., said

BY DAVID LUCES statistics show each person produces about 4 1/2 DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM pounds of waste a day. Each day 2,000 trucks About 100 people crowded into the lower transport waste off the island.

An option mentioned was increasing the level of a Melville office building Feb. 27. All were there to talk about what ends up in the trash use of rail cars to transport solid waste. About bin. Yet, despite the dry subject matter, all knew 6,000 rail cars carry 600,000 tons of waste off that garbage will be the talk of Suffolk County the island.

Other attendees and panelists said and beyond in just a few short years.

The Long Island Regional Planning Council stakeholders need to come up with more hosted a meeting about what Long Island does innovative ways to handle waste. Ideas with its garbage and, in particular, how the region included turning ash into building materials will dispose of millions of solid waste when the and pulverizing recyclable glass to use in road materials.

Town of Brookhaven landfill closes in 2024.

Flower showed a piece of landfill equipment The discussion brought together local elected officials, environmentalists, waste damaged by glass as a result of it being put with management company representatives and other waste, adding that glass can be and should the state Department of Environmental be recycled.

Since China’s 2018 decision to ban the Conservation, among others. import of most plastics and Michael White, vice other materials used by chair of the planning its recycling processors, a council, outlined the number of municipalities issue to attendees in a have altered programs presentation. and in cases have reduced Currently, the or eliminated recycling.

Brookhaven landfill Suffolk County has recently handles over 350,000 created a Regional Recycling tons of ash annually —Ed Romaine Assessment Task Force in an from energy-fromeffort to tackle the issue. waste facilities, in Town of Brookhaven addition to handling Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) called for a regional 720,000 tons of solid waste.

“Solid waste management is achieved through effort.

“It’s not a looming crisis — It’s now,” he a public and private sector partnership,” White said. “Trash is either burned or exported to four said. “Either we get together as a region to resolve this and have a path forward, or this is energy-from-waste facilities on the island.”

The facilities in Hempstead, Huntington- going to be yet another thing that makes Long Smithtown, Babylon and Islip are all operated Island less desirable to live and work.”

The supervisor stressed that the region needs

by Covanta Energy. The Babylon location to act to find ways beyond either burning or handles about 50,000 tons of waste.

“The remainder of the residential trash is storing waste in landfills.

“I can’t believe in 2020 that’s the only two shipped off on trucks to upstate landfills,” the ways to deal with waste; we need to do something vice chair of the planning council said.

White said waste from Oyster Bay, the Town now before we run out of time,” he said.

Officials from the planning council said of North Hempstead, Riverhead, Southampton they plan on forming a subcommittee to look and East Hampton get driven off the island.

“We have thousands of tons of waste shipped at the solid waste management crisis and off Long Island every day, resulting in further asked attendees to help them develop further stress on our aging and congested highway recommendations.

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AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that for the purpose of voting at such meeting on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 the polls will be opened between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. prevailing time, and the voting will be held in the Port Jefferson Free Library Building.

ments 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.

KYLE BARR

To adopt the annual Port Jefferson Free Library budget for the fiscal year 2020-2021 and that the Board of Education of School District No. 6 be authorized and directed to raise by taxation the necessary moneys on the taxable property of the district.

the seven days immediately preceding said meeting, except holidays, at the Library: 100 Thompson Street, Port Jefferson, New York during regular library hours of service, between 9:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday; 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Saturday; 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, prevailing time.

struck the 2005 Toyota, causing Burgess to step into the westbound lane of Suffolk Avenue where she was struck by a 2018 Honda.

Burgess was transported to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore where she was pronounced dead.

The driver of the Honda, Chris Cardinale, 59, of St. James, was not injured.

The Honda was impounded for a safety check. Detectives are asking anyone with information on this crash to call the 3rd Squad at 631-854-8352.

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NOTICE OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE VOTERS OF UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK, ON BEHALF OF THE PORT JEFFERSON FREE LIBRARY: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a special meeting of qualified voters of Union Free School District No. 6, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, will be held in the Port Jefferson Free Library located at 100 Thompson Street, Port Jefferson, New York, on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., prevailing time for the purpose of voting by paper ballot upon the following items:

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Police said an East Setauket woman, who had been trying to assist people involved in a separate crash in Islandia, was struck and killed by a passing vehicle the morning of Monday, March 2.

Suffolk County police said a 2005 Toyota was rear-ended by a 2002 Toyota on eastbound Suffolk Avenue, west of Casement Avenue, at around 5:40 a.m. Jennifer Burgess, 36, of East Setauket, who was not involved in the crash, stopped to render assistance to the involved drivers.

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County

LI Officials Call on MTA to Rescind Planned LIRR Fare Hike

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Local and state officials, along with citizen advocates voiced a collective message to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New York City during a press conference at Ronkonkoma train station on March 2: “Stop shortchanging Long Island.”

The group called on the MTA to abandon its plan for a systemwide 4 percent fare increase in 2021 for Long Island Rail Road customers, including those in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

The decision was a part of the NYC Outer Borough Rail Discount plan which offers an up to 20 percent discount for city riders.

“Long Island is not the cash cow for New York City,” said Ed Romaine (R), Brookhaven Town supervisor. “This is unconscionable, this is a handout to the city at the expense of Long Island.”

Romaine said a typical Ronkonkoma LIRR commuter who purchases a monthly parking pass, monthly train ticket and unlimited ride Metrocard would have to pay $7,224 annually.

“The MTA has not made the capital investments it should on Long island — what about our riders?” Romaine said.

The supervisor added that Long Island has already been shortchanged regarding electrification, as there is no electrification east of Huntington and none past the Ronkonkoma station.

The discounts were mandated by the state

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Legislature as a condition of its approval of congestion pricing legislation, which would create new tolls for drivers in Manhattan to help fund the authority’s $51.5 billion capital program.

The plan will go into effect in May of this year.

Assemblyman Anthony Palumbo (R-New Suffolk) also took issue with the MTA’s decision.

“We had the congestion pricing vote, which I voted against it,” he said. “This is completely counterintuitive to the folks using the trains.

Congestion pricing was meant to get individuals to start using public transportation and not use their vehicles.”

He added that the MTA has billions of dollars of subsidies from the state and federal government.

“This is a New York City problem — we should not bear the brunt of it,” he said. “Mayor [Bill] de Blasio [D] should pay for this — they are overwhelmingly serviced [by the MTA].”

The MTA board is made up of 21 stakeholders appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), including people recommended by unions and municipalities such as the city and surrounding counties. Kevin Law represents Suffolk County, and was nominated by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D). The other Long Island representative, David Mack, represents Nassau.

Despite their differences, officials continued to agree with the planned change at a Feb. 26 board meeting, saying they expect the up to 20

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Brookhaven Town officials, with Supervisor Ed Romaine at the microphone, join local representatives from the state and nearby townships to protest the LIRR’s planned fare hike. Photo from TOB

percent discount to entice Queens and Brooklyn commuters to use the LIRR if they live far from a subway line.

MTA officials say this is a pilot program up to one year’s duration.

However, on Long Island, other local officials voiced their displeasures.

Ed Smyth (R), Huntington Town councilman, said commuters will essentially be paying for their ticket and for somebody in NYC. “Everything is being pushed out to Long Island in terms of expenses and it won’t be long until you’re expected to buy them a coffee and a bagel as well,” he said.

Kevin LaValle (R-Selden), Brookhaven Town councilman, said the MTA plan would negatively affect the progress they’ve made to

bring transit-oriented development to the area.

“On a town level, this is something we’ve been working on for years,” he said. “The Tritec [Ronkonkoma Hub] development is an example of that. It will make it easier for Long islanders to get into the city. With these fee increases it will make it harder for them to afford to live here and ride here.”

Palumbo added he will be writing a letter to Cuomo in the coming days and will ask Long Island representatives from both political parties to sign it. The assemblyman is hopeful the plan can be changed before the NYS budget deadline next month.

“Hopefully he can see it, and this can be fixed on April 1 — I’m just hoping that it doesn’t fall on deaf ears,” he said.

NY State Earmarks Funds, BNL Cancels Conference Due to Coronavirus

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM With six cases of coronavirus Covid-19 in New York state confirmed as at March 4, state, local institutions are preparing for the potential spread of the virus.

New York lawmakers earlier this week passed a $40 million spending bill. The funds will allow the Department of Health to hire staff, purchase equipment and gather additional resources to address a virus for which a travel ban no longer seems sufficient to ensure containment.

A 50-year old Westchester man tested positive for the virus, even though he didn’t travel to areas of contamination, which include China, South Korea and Italy, and didn’t have known contact with anyone who has traveled to those areas. Through the so-called community spread of the virus, which has a mortality rate of more than 3 percent, can infect a wider range of people.

Northwell Health Labs said earlier this week

it expects to begin testing for Covid-19 within a week. The health facility, which announced the future testing at a news conference March 2 with U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), said manual testing could involve 75 to 100 tests each day. After it automates the tests, the facility could process hundreds and even thousands of tests on a daily basis. Mather Hospital in Port Jefferson is part of Northwell Health group.

Meanwhile, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Stony Brook University have made recommendations to staff who might travel to areas of infection.

BNL is following the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and the State Department regarding health notices and travel advisories. The U.S. State Department has a donot-travel restriction on trips to China and Iran, along with specific areas of Italy and South Korea, while it also recommends reconsidering travel to Italy, South Korea and Mongolia.

Also, BNL is asking visiting scientists if

they traveled to China or live with someone who visited China within 14 days. If the answer to either question is “yes,” these individuals have to complete a 14-day period away from China without symptoms before returning to the lab.

BNL canceled the International Forum on Detectors for Photon Science conference, which was scheduled for March 29 through April 1 at Danfords Hotel in Port Jefferson. The conference was expected to have 40 participants.

CSHL has told participants from these same countries that they may not attend any upcoming meetings or courses unless they provide certification that they have left those countries 15 days prior to the event. The lab has provided access to conferences through video streaming.

The Cold Spring Harbor-based lab is also canceling all upcoming events that bring visitors to its campus until April 5.

Also, CSHL is cleaning common areas including bathrooms, counters and dining areas more frequently, is providing more hand

sanitation stations, is enhancing the readiness of its Center for Health & Wellness and is providing secure transfer protocols for at-risk people with potential symptoms of the virus.

SBU discouraged school-related and personal travel to China, Italy, Iran and South Korea. The school also created a mandatory preapproval requirement for all publicly funded university-sponsored travel plans to China, Italy, Iran and South Korea. SBU has not canceled the Florence University of the Arts program, since the university is continuing classes as usual and the Tuscany region doesn’t have any reported cases of the virus.

On a national level, the Federal Reserve, in a move similar to decisions from other central banks, cut interest rates by half a percentage point, the biggest cut since the financial crisis of 2008. The cut was designed to stave off an economic slowdown caused by business disruptions from the coronavirus.

“The coronavirus poses evolving risks to economic activity,” the Federal Reserve said in a statement.

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Elections 2020

East Ender Schiavoni Looks to Win over North Shore for 1st District Seat

BY LEAH CHIAPPINO LCHIAPPINO@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A third-generation Sag Harbor resident and Democrat, Tommy John Schiavoni spent his career as an educator and school board member before being elected to the Southampton town board in 2017. Looking to expand his impact, he is now running to secure the Democratic nomination for New York State Senate District 1, a seat vacated when 44-year Sen. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) announced in January he would not be seeking reelection.

Last month, the candidate officially established a campaign office in Port Jefferson.

Schiavoni applauded LaValle’s long tenure in public service and pledged to continue his legacy if elected.

“His legacy, particularly when it comes to the environment, is going to be felt in the 1st Senate district for years to come,’ he said. “I didn’t agree with him on everything, but he served his community. He was a friend and a supporter of education and I certainly would work with Senator LaValle in the future transition.”

Schiavoni comes from a large family that has owned a plumbing business for three generations. He began working alongside them during summers at age 12, an experience he said taught him strong work ethic, respect for community service and problem-solving skills. Ultimately,

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SD1 Democratic candidate Tommy John Schiavoni has recently made efforts to court voters on the North Shore in Brookhaven end of the district. Photo from campaign

he decided the plumbing business was not for him and was fueled by his passion for history and government to go into teaching.

“I was the kid that would sit and watch the conventions in the summertime and route for particular candidates,” he said.

Schiavoni worked his way through college, earning a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Cortland, before securing a position as a social studies teacher at Center Moriches High School, which he held

until his retirement in 2018. While teaching, Schiavoni went on to earn his master’s degree at Stony Brook University. He served on Sag Harbor school board from 2014 to 2017, and a legislative liaison to the board as Southampton town board member.

These positions sent him to Albany to lobby for funding to East End schools.

“This background for me in school governance is an important part of my commitment to education and why I believe I am now ready to serve as senator,” he said. I went to public schools and I taught in public schools. I believe in public education as the great equalizer of our society.”

The Southampton Town Board member began his political career in 2008, serving on various land-use broads and as a Village of North Haven trustee, an experience that he believes he can take with him in dealing with the politics of Albany.

Aside from local education, Schiavoni said he feels as though environmental issues, specifically regulating tick-borne illnesses, are of great importance.

“New York State really needs to be putting resources into researching why they are happening and the human effects of tick-borne illnesses,” he said. “It affects everyone, it’s affecting our health care, and last year the state still dropped funding to $9 million. That number needs to be a lot bigger.”

When it comes to education at the college

level, Schiavoni believes that the SUNY system is providing an “excellent education” to its students and is for expanding the income qualifications for the Excelsior program, which provides free college tuition to families making less than $125,000 a year, if students agree to work in New York for the same amount of time in which they were receiving the scholarship.

“I like the idea of incentivizing people to stay in New York,” he said. “If you get your education in New York and your education is arguably paid for by the taxpayers of New York, staying here for five years is appropriate” In terms of health care, Schiavoni sees the need to cut costs and supports the recent state Medicare expansion. He is eager to see what the governor has on the table from his recent task force to expand health care further.

The candidate sees affordable housing as a multifaceted problem. In the Town of Southampton, he voted to provide low-cost housing in multiple locations and looks to expand those options. He is in favor of a 5 percent transfer tax to create shared equity programs, where people can split the cost of buying a house with a public fund and can choose to buy full ownership over time. When the house is sold, half of the profit goes to the seller and half will roll over back into the fund.

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Comsewogue Implements Solar Panels at Elementary School

BY JULIANNE MOSHER DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A new initiative has been passed at the elementary schools within the Comsewogue School District, giving the buildings new solar panel technology and plans to save the district thousands of dollars.

“I’m so excited. … It’s a good project for everyone,” said Susan Casali, assistant superintendent for business. “It’s a winwin for the environment, taxpayers and the district.”

The bidding process was a long one, and after much deliberation, Massachusetts-based energy company Noresco was selected in May 2017. The company then worked to complete a two-year energy efficiency upgrade project in the Clinton Avenue Elementary School that was finished this past month.

These upgrades, which included installing 477 kW of photovoltaic solar arrays on the roof of the elementary school, is expected to provide Comsewogue more than $1.9 million in energy savings over the next 18 years and

will reduce carbon emissions equivalent to removing 435 cars from the road.

“It’s really cost saving, as well as being impactful to the environment,” Casali said.

“It will pay itself off in six years.”

The production of the solar panels is estimated at 572,879 kWh during the first year, which is nearly two times the school’s annual consumption. During the 2016–2017 school year, energy use was 307,440 kWh. Noresco’s project management, SUNation Solar Systems, installed the solar photovoltaic arrays on the roof of the 67,000-square-foot elementary school. The new energy source is expected to save the district approximately $90,000 a year in energy costs during the first year alone.

Right now, the excess power at Clinton will generate enough for Boyle Road Elementary School. “Since we’re a school district we can’t sell the power back to the plant, but we can reuse it for other buildings,” Casali said.

She said that the district is planning its next solar panel for Terryville Road Elementary School next summer.

The Clinton Avenue Elementary School was the first building to have solar panels installed on its roof. District officials are planning for a similar setup at the Terryville Road Elementary School.

Photos from Noresco presentation to Comsewogue board

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 6 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 356 2/20 4x ptr SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF SUFFOLK-BROOKHAVEN 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 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.,

To Place A Legal Notice

Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com 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: 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 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 378 2/27 4x 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 CIM Trust 2017-8 MortgageBacked Notes, Series 2017-

8, 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 381 2/27 4x ptr Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1176054 for beer, cider, wine, & liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, cider, wine, & liquor at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 134 Main Street, Port Jefferson NY 11777 in the County of Suffolk for on premises consumption.

J. Luciano Enterprises, Inc. D/B/A PJ Lobster House 389 3/5 2x ptr SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF SUFFOLK DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS TRUSTEE FOR SAXON ASSET SECURITIES TRUST 20033, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-3, Plaintiff against DEBORAH E. HARTMAN A/K/A DEBORAH HARTMAN, STEVEN T. HARTMAN A/K/A STEVEN HARTMAN, BRIAN HARTMAN, DANIEL HARTMAN, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on March 8, 2017.

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 3rd day of April, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Holbrook, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York.

Said premises known as 6 Sutton Place, Ronkonkoma, N.Y. 11779.

(District: 0200, Section: 763.00, Block: 02.00, Lot: 043.000).

Approximate amount of lien $ 310,088.17 plus interest and costs.

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

Index No. 608646-15. Vincent Messina, Esq., Referee.

McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 390 3/5 4x ptr NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE IV, SEC. 85-55 (B) OF THE BUILDING ZONE ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND AT ONE INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. (AUDITORIUM – 2nd FLOOR), ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2020 COMMENCING AT 2:00 P.M. AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS LAW, SAID PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE LIVE STREAMED OVER THE INTERNET AT http:// b r o o k h a v e n t o w n n y. i g m 2 . com/Citizens/Default.aspx, TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: PORT TIMES RECORD 16.

Kathleen Matty, 2 Montclair Street, Port Jefferson Station, NY. Location: Southeast corner of Montclair Street and Jayne Boule-

vard, Port Jefferson Station.

Applicant requests front yard setback variance from Montclair Street for existing 10’ x 19’ front porch; front yard setback variance from Jayne Boulevard for existing exterior basement stairwell exceeding 5 ft permitted encroachment (6.2’); front yard setback variances from Jayne Boulevard for existing inground swimming pool, pool filter and propane tank located in front yard; height variance for existing 6 ft high fence located in front yard (Jayne Boulevard). (0200 22800 0300 039000) 26.

Syed Hussain, c/o Andrew Malguarnera, 713 Main Street, Port Jefferson, New York. Location: Southwest side of Justin Circle 152.51’ North of Cayla Lane, Port Jefferson Station. Applicant requests rear yard and side yard variances for existing inground swimming pool; also, side yard variance for existing shed located in the required side yard.

(0200 28000 0500 059000) 38.

Scott Dugan, 25 Janet Street, Port Jefferson Station, NY. Location: North side Janet Street (Walnut Street), 1107’ East of West Broadway, Port Jefferson Station.

Applicant requests rear yard and side yard variances for existing pool cabana with roof over.

(0200 28000 0100 037013) 49.

Vanessa Andersen, c/o Tracis Permits 80 Terry Street, Patchogue, NY. Location: South side Spruce Street, 140’ East of Abby Road, Port Jefferson Station.

Applicant requests rear yard and total side yard variances for proposed 2 story residence addition including garage under. (0200 18300 0200 035000) CASES WILL BE HEARD AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD. PAUL M. DE CHANCE CHAIRMAN 396 3/5 1x ptr LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LEGALS con’t on pg. 10

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 9 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, April 6, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. at 121 West Broadway, Port Jefferson, New York, by the Village Board of the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson TO AMEND SECTION 85-11 OF CHAPTER 85 OF THE VILLAGE CODE to CLARIFY THE LICENSING FEES FOR STANDARD AND TAKE-OUT RESTAURANTS, 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: March 5, 2020 399 3/5 1x ptr LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, April 6, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. at 121 West Broadway, Port Jefferson, New York, by the Village Board of the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson TO AMEND SECTIONS 250-18(F) and 250-39(C) OF CHAPTER 250 OF THE VILLAGE CODE TO REGULATE THE PROVISION OF PARKING FOR NEWLY CONSTRUCTED APARTMENTS 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: March 5, 2020 400 3/5 1x ptr

To Place A Legal Notice

Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, April 6, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. at 121 West Broadway, Port Jefferson, New York, by the Village Board of the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson TO AMEND SECTION 250-44 OF CHAPTER 250 OF THE VILLAGE CODE to EXEMPT VILLAGE-OWNED PROPERTIES FROM BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS AND CLARIFY WHEN A BUILDING PERMIT WILL NOT ISSUE, 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: March 5, 2020 401 3/5 1x ptr LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, April 6, , 2020, at 7:00 p.m. at 121 West Broadway, Port Jefferson, New York, by the Village Board of the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson TO AMEND ATTACHMENT 1 OF CHAPTER 250 OF THE VILLAGE CODE to INCREASE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FEES, 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: March 5, 2020 402 3/5 1x ptr

Transportation providers and other interested parties are hereby notified that Mather Hospital in Port Jefferson is applying for a federal grant of up to $159,552 under Section 5310 of Chapter 53 of Title 49, United States Code, for operating assistance to transport patients in the Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization programs within a 15 mile radius, to meet the needs of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities. The purpose of this notice is to invite private forprofit bus, taxi, ambulette operators and other interested parties to participate in the development of proposed grant project(s) and in the provision of enhanced transportation services to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities.

Please contact Nicole Jones at 631-476-2738 within 15 calendar days of this public notice to request a copy of the project(s) proposed.

Comments on proposed projects must be submitted to Mather Hospital within 15 calendar days after receipt of the proposed project information.

403 3/5 1x ptr Town of Brookhaven RFP 20-07 (RE-ISSUED) Request for Proposals (RFP) The Division of Purchasing on Behalf of the Parks Department is Issuing a Request for Proposals for the Concession Franchise Agreements at the Corey Beach in Blue Point, NY 11715 Proposal Due Date: March 19, 2020 by 4:30 PM (Advertised: March 5, 2020) SCOPE OF WORK: The Town of Brookhaven is soliciting proposals from qualified Proposers to operate and maintain an eight (8) month (from April 1st to No-

vember 15th) food and beverage (non-alcoholic) service facility at Corey Beach in Blue Point, New York 11715.

The specifications for this RFP are available beginning March 5, 2020 and may be obtained by: •

Preferred Method: □ Accessing website: brookhavenNY.gov/Purchasing : Register and Download the documents Timeline • Ad Date: March 5, 2020 • Technical questions due by: March 11, 2020 by 4:30 PM o Must be in writing: email to: □KKoppenhoefer@ 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 March 16, 2020 • Proposals due: March 19, 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.

LATE PROPOSALS WILL BE REJECTED 406 3/5 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:

Kathleen C. Koppenhoefer Deputy Commissioner TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN

BID #20009 – PURCHASE OF NEW KOMATSU BX50 FORKLIFT (OR APPROVED EQUAL) MARCH 19. 2020

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a sealed bid, in duplicate, is requested and sought for the performance according to specifications, of a contract to be let by the Village of Belle Terre, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, for the collection and removal of garbage and rubbish within the limits of the Village of Belle Terre beginning on July 1, 2020 for a period of two years.

Specifications for the abovereferenced bid will be available beginning March 5, 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 Proposer shall comply with all Town of Brookhaven provisions contained within the Bid, including the Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) goals. The Town of Brookhaven has established an overall MWBE participation goal of 30% with 15% for MinorityOwned Business Enterprises (MBE) and 15% for WomenOwned Business Enterprises (WBE). In addition, there is a 6% participation goal for Service-Disabled VeteranOwned Businesses (SDVOB’s).

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.

407 3/5 1x ptr NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Each bidder must secure a copy of the specifications from the Village Clerk-Treasurer, Belle Terre Village Office, 1 Cliff Road, Belle Terre, New York 11777, Monday through Friday between 10:00 am and 4:30 pm, or phone (631) 928-0020 prior to submitting bid. A certified check to the order of the Inc. Village of Belle Terre or a bid bond in the amount of 10% of the bid must accompany same.

Bids will be received at above office until 4:45 pm (prevailing time), Tuesday, April 7, 2020.

Sealed bids will be opened and read publicly at 6:00 pm, Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at the Village Hall, 55 Cliff Road, Belle Terre, New York.

The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Dated: February 28, 2020 Joanne Raso, Village Clerk-Treasurer 408 3/5 1x ptr

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Town

Volunteers Repair Relics and Heirlooms at Comsewogue Library

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Last Saturday, Feb. 29, at the Comsewogue Public Library, people from all over Long Island clutched broken antiques, busted electronics, ripped clothing and many, many battered lamps in their laps. Surrounding them were tables where fixers, experts and simple tinkerers plugging away at all things broken, trying their best to make them whole again.

Richard Feldman, a retired teacher, was one of the volunteers, called “coaches,” helping people fix their items. He’s a tinkerer, the kind of guy who could make you a homemade hammer from stained and lacquered paint stirrers and a head made from junk he found on the side of the road.

Feldman was helping Centereach woman Blanche Casey open up a small antique safe.

It had been closed after too many young hands of her grandchildren had fiddled with it. Casey had taken such an item to other repair shops, but none knew what to do with it. Instead at the Repair Cafe, Feldman fiddled with the safe until it finally revealed its hoard of pennies that spilled out onto the table. Casey thanked Feldman several times, but the tinkerer said sometimes such repairs require a little divine intervention.

“Sometimes, with things like this, it’s just luck,” he said. “It’s just pure fun, and I enjoy it. It’s why I’m here.”

This is not the first time Repair Cafe Long Island has come to Comsewogue. For the past several years a small group of volunteer enthusiasts have helped save broken items from dumpsters and the landfill.

Laurie Farber, of Wyandanch, has run the LI chapter of Repair Cafe since 2007, originally hosting her first at the Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Church in Wyandanch. Under Starflower Experiences Inc., a nonprofit, she has since hosted more all across Long Island, east and west, the North Shore and South Shore, and everything in between. This year she has more cafes planned than the past several years. She has events coming up in both March and April, including one at the Elwood Public Library April 20.

The first repair cafe was started by a Dutch environmentalist in the Netherlands in 2009.

The nonprofit Repair Cafe International Foundation now has 16,000 chapters across 35 countries. Farber started her branch even before there was one in New York City.

“The items that come in are usually of sentimental value,” she said. “People go home with something that may have been sitting in the closet for 20 years and it may have been a simple thing to fix.”

Though many of the volunteers see such repair as a hobby, several had quite the resume.

Neal Fergenson is a chief electrical engineer for a military contractor. His wife saw an ad

Above, Neal Fergenson, an electrical engineer by trade, helps fix a woman’s stereo system she’s had since the 1980s. Right, Laurie Farber has been at the head of Long Island’s Repair Cafes since 2017. Photos by Kyle Barr

asking for people to volunteer their time, and now he’s been at it for two years.

Just one of his projects that day was helping a woman fix her stereo system. The device had worked fine for over 30 years until this year, when the tuning knob simply stopped working.

That Saturday Fergenson was busy jury-rigging a way to get the knob to connect to a post on the motherboard.

“We’re a throw-away society,” he said. “It gives people a chance to recycle things.”

Paul Orfin is an engineer at Brookhaven National Laboratory who works in the collider accelerator department, but that Saturday he was more known as the “lamp whiz.” The engineer had originally heard of the event through his local library in Patchogue.

At last year’s event, he had even put his engineering skills through their practice when he helped the library fix its 3-D printer it had on display.

“You can fix anything, as long as you know what’s wrong,” Orfin said.

Not everything can be fixed. Sometimes the items are damaged beyond repair, or, as is common these days, the necessary parts are simply unavailable.

A movement has been growing all across the county, called the right to repair. Car manufacturers have largely worked under a memorandum, based on a 2012 Massachusetts law providing all owners with documents and information to allow people to do their own repairs, but such ideas have not made their way into the tech sector. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, passed by Congress in 1998, electronics manufacturers have largely hindered or otherwise completely forbid people from tinkering with their devices. Some states have passed right to repair laws, but the New York Legislature failed to pass one in 2015.

Such anti-consumer practices have even found their way to farm equipment, with farm utilities manufacturer John Deere using a heavy hand to stop farmers from modifying or even fixing their equipment without taking it to a dealer.

Farber said such practices are just another example why these repair cafes have blossomed all across the world. Another, and it is especially

important for Long Island, is to stop much of the products from ending up in the trash.

“I think it’s a shame, we already have a garbage problem, and just buying things is not always the answer,” she said.

Gabriele Guerra, a real estate agent from Dix Hills, traveled all the way to the Comsewogue library for the chance to fix a lamp she found at the side of the road, a marble statue of a Spanish conquistador.

In 2024, the Town of Brookhaven plans to close and cap its landfill. Once that happens, nobody is sure what will happen.

Though Guerra said there is one sure thing, that people will need to think about throwing less things away.

“Everybody’s throwing things out — instead fix them, recycle, reuse, don’t dump it on the street.”

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Obituaries

Panagiotis Koridis

Panagiotis “Pete” Koridis, of St. James, died Jan. 24. He was 93.

He was the beloved husband of the late Anna Dorothy.

In addition, he was the cherished father of Chris (Thomas) Cantone-Stadier and Nicholas (Catherine) Koridis; the loving grandfather of Nichole Cantone, Melissa Simpson, Carissa Siry, Melina Pascual, Nicholas A. Koridis, Gregory John Koridis; great-grandfather of Calvin, Kaia, Kevin, Kayla, Elena, Madison, Roce Astor; dear brother of Irene, Helen, Maritsa, Eleftheria and the late Monia; and he is also survived by many other family members and friends.

Religious services were held at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption in Port Jefferson. Interment followed at Washington Memorial Park 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.

Alan Cerny

Alan R. Cerny, of North Palm Beach, Florida, and formerly of Port Jefferson Station, died Feb. 6.

He was a proud 50-year member of the Terryville Fire Department and was an exchief and ex-commissioner.

He was the beloved husband of Jane; the devoted father of Alan (Lisa), Peggy Gironda (Mike), David (Kathy), Leah Abela (Joe) and John (Connie); the cherished grandfather of nine and great-grandfather of one; the loving brother of Linda Commander, Sharon Ogden and Robin Sico (Louie).

A memorial Mass was celebrated Feb. 22 at St. Gerard Majella R.C. Church in Port Jefferson Station. Interment of cremated remains followed in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Coram.

Constance Reimer

Constance Marie Reimer, a longtime community resident, died Jan. 15. She was 87.

She was born Jan. 21, 1932, in Queens, and was the daughter of Dorothy and John Elderd.

“Connie” was a retired payroll manager for NY Telephone. She was also a member of a senior club, enjoyed painting, drawing, knitting, playing Bingo and spending time with her family.

Left to cherish her memory is her daughter, Karen; son, Donald; grandchildren, Michelle and Erik; great-grandchildren, Christopher and Hailey; brother, George; along with many other family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald.

Services were held at Bryant Funeral Home Jan. 24, and interment followed at the Calverton National Cemetery.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of East Setauket.

People can visit www.bryantfh.com to sign the online guest book.

Contributions made to the North Shore Animal League, Good Shepherd Hospice or Save-A-Pet in her memory would be appreciated.

Eugenie Corolla

Eugenie Corolla, of Port Jefferson Station, died Jan. 11. She was 80.

She was born July 24, 1939, in Brooklyn and was the daughter of Nancy and Gerard Pacella.

“Genie” was a retired high school monitor. People called her a great cook, particularly her chicken cutlets and brownies.

She also enjoyed gardening, spending time with the grandkids and enjoyed family gatherings.

Left to cherish her memory is her husband, Charles; daughter, Nanette; sons, Robert and Andrew; six grandchildren; along with many other family and friends.

Services were held at the Port Jefferson Infant Jesus R.C. Church, Jan. 18, while interment followed at the Pinelawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Farmingdale.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of East Setauket.

People can visit www.bryantfh.com to sign the online guest book.

School News

Port Jefferson School District

From left, Port Jeff student-athletes Frank D’Elia, Liam Rogers, Anthony Evangelista, Jack Niederberger, Tyler Rogers and Anthony D’Elia. Photo from PJSD

Six Port Jefferson Wrestlers Place at Suffolk County Tournament

The Port Jefferson School District wrestling team participated in the Section XI county tournament recently held at Center Moriches High School. Six wrestlers placed fourth or better in their weight classes and earned All-County honors.

The following students placed and/or received honors: Second place: senior Anthony D’Elia (113 pounds), two-time All-County recipient, twotime county finalist in his weight class

SCHIAVONI

Continued from A8 He is also for expanding and electrifying the Long Island Rail Road, while placing affordable housing near the train stations so people can get from place to place without having to drive. He proposes placing additional siding on the tracks, so more trains can run.

Through all these policies, Schiavoni also stressed fiscal responsibility. As a liaison to the comptroller’s office in Southampton town, the candidate boasted about the AAA Bond rating the town recently earned.

“That kind of fiscal responsibility is necessary in government,” he said. “We need to have big ideas, but we also need to pay for them in a manner that can be sustained in perpetuity.”

He is also in favor of reforming cash bail, citing that it is discriminatory to low-income people, but feels Class D and E felonies should have bail set by a judge.

“We can get people back to court in other ways that are not cash bail,” he said. “When those who cannot afford bail are sitting in jail, the recidivism rate actually rises because they are not able to get ahead, spend time with their families, and it costs the states, county and towns, money.”

Schiavoni said that electing a Democrat

Third place: sophomore Anthony Evangelista (138 pounds), two-time All-County recipient Third place: junior Tyler Rogers (130 pounds) Fourth place: eighth-grader Frank D’Elia (99 pounds) Fourth place: senior Jack Niederberger (285 pounds) Fourth place: freshman Liam Rogers (113 pounds) from the East End of Long Island is even more vital since the party took the majority in both state Assembly and Senate.

“As much as political parties are important in Albany, regions are important,” he said. “We need to have a critical mass of Long Island senators in the majority so Long Islanders can have more of a say in state government.”

Schiavoni’s path to the nomination is far from linear. Parents for Megan’s Law founder Laura Ahearn, Suffolk County Community College student Skyler Johnson and Valerie Cartright, a Brookhaven town councilwoman are all vying for the nomination. The Suffolk County Republican Party named state Assemblyman Anthony Palumbo (R-New Suffolk) as its front-runner.

“We have some really great qualified candidates,” Schiavoni said. “I think contested elections are good for democracy.

This is a big district that spans 68 miles from Belle Terre to Montauk Point. I’m going to get out there and bring my message to the people. As an elected official in a number of different areas, I know that I have a lot to offer.”

The state and local primary elections are taking place June 23, and the winner of the Democratic primary will face Palumbo on election day, Nov. 3.

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MARCH 05, 2020 • THE PORT TIMES RECORD • PAGE A15

Town

Cancer Survivor, Local Entrepreneur Gives Back to SBU Hospital

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Dave Wolmetz, second from left, and Keith Handler, second from right, owners of Urban Air, have pledged to raise $100,000 for research at Stony Brook Medicine. Dr. Huda Salman, left, and Dr. Theodore Gabig, right, join the business owners at a press conference Feb. 27. Photo from Stony Brook Medicine

Brook “heroes.” The date of the installment presentation had a special meaning for him.

“My motivation was to recognize that I have a second opportunity around — second birthday today, Feb. 27, it’s the date of my stem cell transplant,” he said. “And this serves my purpose on the Earth at this point, to give back and create lives for cancer survivors.”

Wolmetz underwent total body irradiation and chemotherapy at the hospital after being

diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia in 2018. His treatment at Stony Brook inspired him to start the nonprofit Why Not Us Foundation, with the hopes of raising funds for the chimeric antigen receptor T-cell research program at the cancer center. The program supports Stony Brook scientists who work on developing personalized cell therapy to treat blood cancers.

Wolmetz said patients spend a lot of time alone and planning Urban Air with Handler

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While receiving treatment for leukemia, Dave Wolmetz distracted himself with plans to open an indoor adventure park, and now that business is allowing him to give back to the center that enabled him to carry on with his dream.

Wolmetz, of Commack, and his business partner and childhood friend, Keith Handler, have pledged to raise $100,000 for the Hematologic Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplant team at Stony Brook University Cancer Center over the course of five years. On Feb. 27, they presented doctors and nurses with the first installment of $20,000 at their Urban Air Lake Grove adventure park. The business opened in November 2019 and includes an indoor coaster, ropes course, indoor playground and more.

Dr. Huda Salman, director of both the Hematologic Malignancies Service and the CAR T Cellular Therapy Program, said Urban Air’s pledge will be a big help to the research program, which recently received approval for its first trial by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

At the Feb. 27 press conference, Wolmetz called the members of the medical team at Stony

helped him get through some difficult times.

The business partners, who both graduated from Ward Melville High School in 1988, said they were tired of seeing so many people engaged in a digital world. It inspired them to create a place where children could get out and be physical, which plays into healthy habits.

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Wolmetz said it was excellent medical care, a positive attitude and faith that got him to a place where he could think of other things, including giving back to those going through the same experience that he had.

“We both agreed it was an important initiative that when we serve the community with our business to give a percentage and proceeds back to a meaningful campaign,” he said.

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School News

Port Jefferson School District

Students, coaches and chaperones from Port Jefferson Middle School’s Science Olympiad team Photo from PJSD

Port Jefferson Science Olympiad Team Qualifies for State Competition their events,” Bouchard said. “It truly showed this year with the team’s outstanding performance competing with the top teams of the county.”

Port Jeff student medal winners include: 1st place: Ben Perez-Flesler and Michelle Wu for Dynamic Planet 1st place: Ben Perez-Flesler and Michelle Wu for Water Quality 2nd place: Alana Samara and Iris He for Fossils 2nd place: Eric Chen and Kathleen Zhou for Heredity 2nd place: Ben Perez-Flesler and Riley Perrotta for Meteorology 2nd place: Teppei Fukuto and Ryan Gameng for Ping Pong Parachute 3rd place: Ben Perez-Flesler and Gavin Onghai for Anatomy

3rd place: Alana Samara and Michelle Wu for Crime Busters 3rd place: Gavin Onghai and Teppei Fukuto for Density Lab 3rd place: Nicholas Smirnov and Eric Chen for Ornithology 3rd place: Ben Perez-Flesler, Iris He and Max Paulus for Science Quiz Bowl 4th place: Emily Ambrozy and Katie Chambers for Elastic Launched Glider 4th place: Emily Ambrozy and Katie Chambers for Write It Do It 5th place: Emily Ambrozy and Isabelle Chen for Crime Buster 5th place: Gavin Onghai and Alana Samara for Disease Detectives 5th place: Teppei Fukuto and Riley Perrotta for Mission Possible 5th place: Mari Fukuto and Kevin Hong for

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Students in grades 6-9 competed in events which tested their study skills in earth science, biology, chemistry, physics, engineering and scientific problem solving. Coached

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Editorial Letters to the Editor The Trash Imperative Long Island Must Oppose Planned LIRR Fare Hike It’s now become obvious that Long Island has a garbage problem. It’s an issue that’s not going away.

The Town of Brookhaven is set to close its landfill in 2024, and after many municipalities altered their recycling programs when China’s decision to ban the import of most plastics and other materials used by its recycling processors in 2018, our communities can’t avoid the problem anymore.

The Brookhaven landfill alone handles about 350,000 tons of ash annually from energy-from-waste facilities, in addition to handling 720,000 tons of solid waste.

A representative from a local carting company at a recent Long Island Regional Planning Council meeting said that one person can produce 4 1/2 pounds of garbage a day and that 2,000 trucks daily transport waste off the Island.

While waste is transported off Long Island to upstate New York, opting for more trucking leads to more traffic and exhaust fumes exacerbating already poor air quality, plus damage to the roads. Transporting more garbage by rail can be a better option.

In our easily disposal world, overflowing garbage pails wind up going to landfills that are near capacity. It’s important for residents not only to ask their legislators to think outside of the box to come up with a solution but also to look inside their homes and be mindful when discarding rubbish. We’re not talking about anything radical, like fitting all of your trash from a year in a jar, but many products are thrown out when they can be fixed. While it may not make a huge dent in the number of stuff thrown out yearly, repair cafés, like the one recently hosted at Comsewogue Public Library, are an option instead of just buying something new. If one of these events can’t be found in an area, YouTube is filled with videos on how to repair various items. A simple Google search really can do wonders.

New York State’s ban on plastic bags is a good step, but there needs to be a new way of looking at buying items, possible forgoing one-use items like plastic water bottles for refillable, reusable on-the-go drinkware and being vigilant about separating garbage. Requesting towns to revert to better recycling programs, where glass is part of the process, is also a must.

Long Island is just that, an island, and the problem is that we have no real way to take our garbage and simply take it somewhere else. Shipping our trash off the Island will only mean more traffic and broken roads. Indeed, we on Long Island have to look at other places that are more like us in geography for solutions.

In Japan, residents and visitors to the country are expected to separate their waste into combustible, incombustible, oversized garbage and then glass bottles and cans. The precise separation of waste leads to more post-consumer use recycled items, and the country is an example of how it can be done. In nearby South Korea, which has only half a peninsula for itself, has little room for additional dumps or landfills. In restaurants or even food courts, people are expected to use metal utensils and cups which are cleaned and reused.

State Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) recently introduced legislation to amend the state Environmental Conservation Law to establish a New York State goal where no less than 85 percent of solid waste to be reduced, reused, recycled or composted by 2030. That is an ambitious goal, but even looking to reach those heights could do us a wealth of good. Municipalities, waste management services and our local residents should get on board.

Letters … We welcome your letters. They should be no longer than 400 words and may be edited for length, libel, style and good taste. We do not publish anonymous letters. Please include a phone number and address for confirmation. Email letters to kyle@tbrnewsmedia.com or mail them to The Port Times Record, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733.

We are writing to express our concern with the recently ratified NYC MTA Outer Borough Discount plan. As elected representatives of residents who reside on the eastern end of Long Island, we cannot support a plan that discounts fares for those closer to New York City, while increasing fares for many of our constituents here in Suffolk County who commute daily, as well as those who travel by rail to New York City for pleasure. Both support the economy of the New York City while living on Long Island.

As the entity responsible for mass transportation in New York State and as the largest regional transportation system in

the country, the MTA is aware that transportation pricing and other major MTA decisions have a large-scale regional effect.

Tasked with providing public transportation for all of New York State, the MTA must ensure that major decisions, including those about pricing, are fair and equitable.

Transportation is one of the top expenses for Long Islanders, right after housing costs. While we understand that this plan may benefit certain individuals, it cannot be to the inequitable financial burden of Long Islanders. This is a nonpartisan issue facing all Long Island LIRR commuters who have been saddled with this 4 percent fare increase. Therefore, our state senators,

assembly members, county legislators, town and local elected officials must stand together to demand that the MTA abandon their plan for a systemwide 4 percent fare increase and find a more equitable method of discounting pricing for transport to New York City that does not place an undue economic burden on Long Island. We strongly push the MTA to reconsider this plan today.

Valerie Cartright Brookhaven Councilwoman (D) Kara Hahn Suffolk County Legislator (D) Margot Garant Village of Port Jefferson Mayor

Prediction: President Donald Trump (R) will blame the Democrats for the coronavirus health crisis and its impact on the economy. He will call them “Do nothing Democrats.” He will label the media that doesn’t back him (or just sticks to accurate journalism) “fake news.” He will claim that we are “winning.” He and his cronies will shout that those who oppose him are “politicizing” the story. Have I gotten it right so far? Oh … one more thing, Fox News will be his mouthpiece.

Fact of the matter is, at a time when the federal government needs true science more than ever before, Trump has at the

very least a credibility crisis. This is the president who tried to ban the CDC from using certain words including: vulnerable, diversity, entitlement, transgender, fetus, evidence-based and science-based. This is a man who has called climate change the greatest hoax of all time. And most relevant to the current situation, Trump has supported the notion that childhood vaccines cause autism. He changed his mind on the latter when he saw the political fallout and not because of scientific analysis.

He has consistently scorned the scientific community, but now he needs them.

Trump’s definition of truth is based on

only one thing — how it makes him look, facts and thoughtful analysis be damned.

Having lived this nightmare for more then three years, now that we have a real health crisis that requires real science to resolve, Trump has a credibility problem and so long as Trump remains president, humanity has a problem too. I would like to be able to say Trump will step up to the plate and do what is right for all Americans. We’re all susceptible to coronavirus, but with Trump’s history, how can anyone have confidence?

Dave Hensen Miller Place

The 2018 elections gave Democrats full control over New York State’s three branches of government. Dem candidates, especially those running for Senate as “moderates,” promised to resist the hard left influence of New York City pols.

On April 1, 2019, that caucus ignored dire, bipartisan warnings from Republicans, law enforcement personnel and district attorneys, ramming through legislation radically reducing by roughly 400, the number of offenses requiring bail.

Democratic Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. confirmed some of his colleagues worst fears, by citing 301 inmates released, including 41 connected with brand-name gangs.

“We’re not talking about the first time offender.” Toulon doesn’t want people with a record of assault or robbery returning to their community so easily, saying, “That’s not fear-mongering. That’s just pure common sense.” His concerns have proven to be well founded.

Less than two weeks after Jordan

Randolph, already convicted of two felony DWIs, was charged with tampering with an ignition lock designed to keep him from driving drunk, he killed 27-year-old Jonathan Flores-Maldonado. Randolph, charged with drunk driving, was freed the next day. Under the new law, second-degree vehicular manslaughter doesn’t require posting a bond.

On Jan. 29, six suspected drug dealers, accused of running a $7 million Bronx fentanyl distribution operation, were released without bail. Authorities described hundreds of thousands of envelopes packed with the powder in the apartment. Assistant District Attorney Michael Di Paolo said, “None of the defendants are eligible for bail.” Somehow, this crew flooding New York and New England with $7 million of deadly poison, qualified as nonviolent felony defendants. The new law mandated they be let go.

Perhaps the most clear-headed assessment of no-cash bail reform came from two unrepentant criminals, Gerod

Woodberry and Charles Barry. Released after [allegedly] robbing his fifth bank, Woodberry reportedly opined, “I can’t believe they let me out. What were they thinking?”

Barry, sporting a history of 139 arrests — six this year — was even more candid.

“It’s the Democrats! The Democrats know me and the Republicans fear me. You can’t touch me! I can’t be stopped!”

You’d hope that kind of humiliation, along with the miscarriages of justice cited above, would drive local Democrats to keep their promises and break from radical New York City pols on this increasingly problematic law. As was the case last April 1, and despite efforts to misdirect voters toward some mythical GOP boogeyman, overwhelming Dem legislative majorities give them, if and when they choose, complete power to make statutory changes.

It should be done ASAP. Jim Soviero East Setauket

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Opinion

A Birthday to Remember in the Big Easy

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just celebrated an incredible birthday, thanks to the thoughtfulness of friends and family who took the time to talk with me and shop for greatly appreciated gifts.

Each year, these birthdays have the potential to be challenging, especially given that mine often comes some time around school midterms. Even though I’m no longer watching the calendar to see how many days I have left before I D. None have to take a big of the above test, I still ride that

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF roller coaster vicariously with my children. This year, however, enormous and difficult tests didn’t hang over us, like the academic sword of Damocles.

For starters, before my birthday celebration kicked in, my sister-in-law and brother-in-law sent me AirPods. I knew I was supposed to open the gift on my birthday, but I’m not exactly the most patient person when it comes to opening presents. Gee, I wonder where my kids get that trait?

Anyway, the reaction from my son was almost as enjoyable as the present itself. When he saw me wearing them, he said, “How did you get those?” as if the question were an accusation. “My friends all have them.”

My daughter did a test run with me, chatting with me on FaceTime while she stared at my ears instead of at my uneven sideburns or the hairy bridge connecting my eyebrows.

It’s increasingly rare these days for anything I do, say or wear to be considered “up to date,” so this wonderful gift hit the mark.

I’m enjoying using the AirPods at the gym, where I don’t have to worry about the wire bouncing around when I’m running or after I’ve exercised, when I’m panting as I

lean over the water fountain.

The best part, though, is that they allow me to talk with someone while I’m walking my dog and picking up his droppings. I don’t have to worry about the wire coming lose when he suddenly pulls hard on the leash to chase a rabbit or to run away from the sudden noise a desiccated leaf makes when it blows in the wind behind us. Yes, despite his 90-pound body, he finds the unexpected noise from leaves threatening.

While I insisted to my wife that she didn’t need to buy anything for me, she purchased several items of clothing, like shorts and shirts that fit, look good and are incredibly comfortable. She also got this terrific jacket that repels the white dog hair that has rendered the rest of my outerwear ridiculous when interacting with members of the general public.

This birthday we ventured to the Big Easy, where the ubiquitous music still resonates.

We took a paddleboat ride and heard about

the Mississippi River and the site of the Battle of New Orleans. The oak trees lining the bank are about 250 to 300 years old, which means that the same trees stood in the same spot during the battle.

My teenage son, who isn’t always the picture of patience with his demanding dad, played with me and allowed me to hug him in public during the weekend. That was better than any gift he could have purchased. My daughter, meanwhile, celebrated vicariously from college. A few of her friends wandered into the screen and wished me the best.

Finally, I connected by phone with college roommates, nephews, brothers and my mom, who was a critical part of that day so many years ago. Birthdays have, at times, made me feel older and displaced. This one, with the meaningful conversations, the laughter with my wife and children and the chats with friends and relatives, as well as the “cool” gifts, made me feel so young.

Early Voting Equality for All Women and Men, Regardless of Race

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n this year of celebrating a century since women were granted the right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment, I will tell you a true tale from the dustbin of history.

Women voted for three decades after the American Revolution.

They voted from 1776-1807 alongside men in, of all places, New Jersey. How do I know? Jennifer Between Schuessler tells you and me me so in the Feb. 24 edition of The

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF New York Times.

The women

were only stopped from voting after “rampant fraud and corruption.” For example it seems that some men put on dresses to vote multiple times. New Jersey passed a law then, limiting voting in 1807 to white men.

Was it an early expression of gender equality or a legal loophole that enabled women — and African Americans — to vote at the dawn of our country? Or was that a myth?

The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia located new-found poll lists that show women voted in “significant numbers” before they were denied. In August of this year the museum will open an exhibit called ironically, “When Women Lost the Vote,” featuring those documents. This is a great triumph for the museum and the tale.

While other states limited the vote to “freemen” or male inhabitants, New Jersey gave the right to vote to all “inhabitants” as

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long as “they” could show they had property worth 50 pounds. That ruled out most married women, whose property or income went to their husbands when they married. However, the law enfranchised many women, regardless of race, in New Jersey — or so the early story went. But where was the proof?

Then, an 1801 poll list from Montgomery Township, found in the New Jersey State Archives in Trenton, was the first real modern-day evidence of numerous women voters. The state archives had acquired the lists in 2016 “from the descendants of a long-ago county clerk.”

Now there are 18 poll lists from four New Jersey townships from 1797-1807 that have been found. Nine of them include 163 unique women’s names. The women had cast about 7.7 percent of total votes. On some lists, it was as much as 14 percent.

An interesting corollary is that the wom-

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en’s names almost always appear in bunches, suggesting that women came to the polls in groups. Maybe that had something to do with the polls often being located in taverns “awash with drunkenness and guns,” according to The Times.

Philip Mead, chief historian at the Museum of the American Revolution, explained that there was difficulty in determining who met the property requirements, which contributed to the end of gender and race equality in New Jersey.

Still, Mead sees a positive message in this research for the museum’s exhibit: “In early New Jersey, we have women voting and African Americans voting. This is a story both about what we might have been, and about who we’ve become.”

It is a fitting tale to mark the end of Black History Month and the beginning of Women’s History Month.

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An update for our neighbors in Port Jefferson

We’re modernizing the natural gas system along South Street and High Street.

Beginning this month, National Grid contractor crews will be working along South Street from Main Street to High Street and along High Street from Prospect Street to Myrtle Avenue. When complete, this project will provide a modernized natural gas system that is safer, cleaner and more resilient for our customers and the Port Jefferson community.

• All businesses will remain open during construction • This will be a moving project sequenced in sections • Two lane traffic will be maintained at all times • Final paving will be completed at the end of the project The safety of the public and our crews is our first priority. Please exercise caution when traveling near and through construction zones.

Thank you for your patience.

Work Schedule March - May, 2020 Monday - Friday, 9 am - 4 pm 10 pm - 6 am for night time work (if required) National Grid responds to gas emergencies 24 hours a day.

If you smell gas, act fast and call our gas emergency line, 1-800-490-0045, or dial 911.

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Here’s what to expect:

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