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PORT TIMES RECORD P O R T J E F F E R S O N • B E L L E T E R R E • P O R T J E F F E R S O N S TAT I O N • T E R R Y V I L L E

Vol. 33, No. 27

May 28, 2020

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Hundreds of Parishioners Find Their Blessings Despite Pandemic

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Though those of many different faiths and houses of worship readily await the time when congregations can meet again after the pandemic finally slows down, one Port Jefferson church has found a way to give its hundreds of parishioners the sort of connectivity they’ve lacked since the start of the crisis.

Volunteers and staff from the Infant Jesus R.C. Church in Port Jefferson directed traffic along Main Street in front of the driveway to the parish. It’s a Sunday morning, May 24, and hundreds of vehicles pull up the ramp into the church’s parking lot. Some Sundays, the line stretches all the way up the road to the PJ Lobster House at the corner of Main Street and North Country Road. It’s a mix of old and young, big SUVs and compacts, but nearly all smile as they say “hello” to their pastors and receive a drive-through version of the Blessed Sacrament from the Rev. Rolando Ticllasuca.

The scene has largely remained the same every Sunday for the six weeks since Easter.

It offers that small bit of community connection for the parishioners living in the area,

so many of whom have been cooped up at home, working through the anxieties of the ongoing pandemic.

The Rev. Patrick Riegger, pastor at Infant Jesus, knows nearly every person in each vehicle on sight, even through their face coverings and masks. He said church members, of whom the total families number close to 5,000, find that the event helps them reconnect with their community.

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Left, new Infant Jesus seminarian Jonathan Pham helps direct traffic into Infant Jesus R.C. Church’s drive-through Sunday service; above, Rev. Rolando Ticllasuca gives drivers the blessed sacrement. Photos by Kyle Barr

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Despite Distancing, Locals Still Find Ways to Honor Departed Service Members

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM It was a muggy Saturday morning at Washington Memorial Park Cemetery in Mount Sinai, May 23. Across lawns dotted with inset grave markers, small flags were listless in the stagnant air. There, while COVID-19 has meant many could not participate in the large, standout flag planting ceremonies normally seen the weekend before Memorial Day, families, friends, Boy Scouts and active service members still found ways to honor those who are buried there.

Riverhead residents Bill Merker and his son Zach visited the grave of Glen “Doc” Moody Jr., an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who had passed away April 8. His grave was still packed with fresh dirt and had not yet even received the stone marking his name on his grave.

“He was a very big inspiration for us,” said the younger Merker, a member of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets program who said Moody would teach them about medical procedures.

Moody, of Miller Place, had been featured in a previous article in TBR News Media papers.

The marine veteran had been active helping his fellow veterans adjust to life outside the military and had been active with the Patriotic Service Dog Foundation, which helps provide service and therapy dogs to veterans. Moody, who passed at the age of 39, had his own service dog, a red fox Labrador named Independence, who

never left his side.

Scattered around the park were others helping to plant flags. Ray Langert, one of the groundskeepers at the cemetery, helped one group of folks looking to plant flags at veterans’ graves.

Adam and Melora Morris, of Mount Sinai, joined with their children and friends to come out to Washington Memorial to plant flags. They said while they regularly attend the flag planting ceremonies at Calverton National Cemetery, federal orders to ban large gatherings at the cemeteries put a squash to those plans.

It was a sentiment shared all across the North Shore with people trying to offer memorials to those passed.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D), who had petitioned the federal government to allow the large-scale flag planting events at places like Calverton, still offered condolences and remarks.

Bellone also thanked the health care and essential employees continuing to work through the Memorial Day weekend.

“This day is unlike any other we have seen in modern times,” Bellone said. “We could not gather the way we normally do … But we did come together today to recognize, make sure we are honoring those really precious individuals in our community who have served and sacrificed.”

Some still managed to go to the Calverton cemetery to offer what services they could. Members of the Rocky Point VFW Post 6249 went down that Saturday morning to place flags and host small services.

On Memorial Day, May 25, the VFW hosted a small ceremony in the park behind Tilda’s Bakery in Rocky Point. In Sound Beach, community leaders placed a wreath at their own vets memorial on New York Avenue.

Despite restrictions and the need for distancing, it’s still hard to estimate how positive the impact is in memorializing those who’ve passed. Langert’s own father and mother, Robert and Elsie, are buried in the mausoleum on the grounds of the Washington Memorial Cemetery.

Robert was a U.S. Army veteran who passed in 2005. The Morris family and friends offered to place a flag by his father’s stone in the mausoleum.

“He would have loved to see that,” Langert said, sitting in his lawnmower’s seat with a smile. “He would have been ecstatic.”

Above, Ray Langert, who works at Washington Memorial Cemetery, looks over his parent’s grave; left, Adam Morris, bottom right, helps his family and friends, clockwise from bottom, Bailee Morris, Skye Sherrard and Jocelynn Morris plant flags; bottom left, Tom Totten, the Port Jeff Fire Department Chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners, plays Taps outside the PJ firehouse. Top photos by Kyle Barr; bottom photo from PJ Fire Department Facebook

Post Offices Struggle in the Age of the Pandemic

BY LEAH CHIAPPINO LCHIAPPINO@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM With the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Postal Service has faced a new set of challenges. It is struggling to try to keep both its customer base and employees safe, all while dealing with threats of cuts to the budget from President Donald Trump (R) and other Republicans on the federal level.

The postal service’s second fiscal quarter from Jan. 1 to March 31 showed an increase of $348 million in profits when compared to 2019 numbers. However, the decline in packages began to affect the postal service significantly in late March. The true net loss will be seen in later quarters, which will increase their net operating loss significantly and put operations at risk.

Trump has threatened to withhold a bailout to the post office unless the service increases its rates by 400 percent.

Local postmasters were not permitted to speak to the press, as part of their policy, however Xavier Hernandez, a spokesperson for the Long Island region of the postal service was able to speak about how its operations have been affected.

“We have a dedicated COVID-19 command response leadership team that is focusing on employee and customer safety in conjunction with operational and business continuity during this unprecedented epidemic,” Hernandez said.

The postal service has been deemed essential since the beginning of stay-at-home orders and have been the “leading delivery service for online purchases,” the spokesperson said.

Hernandez says the postal service has taken several measures to ensure safety of carriers, customers and employees.

Still, postal workers are not receiving hazard pay from working during the pancemic.

The postal service is distributing “millions of masks, gloves and cleaning and sanitizing products,” to “more than 30,000 locations every day through our Postal Service supply chain.” They have opened “local purchasing authorities and sourcing options,” for employees to “access additional supplies.”

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Man Allegedly Steals Tractor in PJS, Injures Gas Station Employee

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Suffolk County Police said a man who allegedly stole a tractor from the Vistas of Port Jefferson, then used it to seemingly deliberately hit a man at a gas station in Coram.

Police said the unknown man allegedly stole a small two-door compact John Deere tractor with a red front plow April 20 from the retirement community located at 588 North Bicycle Path in Port Jefferson Station.

Video released by police on their Youtube channel show that on April 21 the alleged criminal pulled up in the tractor to the US1 gas station, located at 1575 Route 112 in Coram.

A gas station employee came out to talk to

Security footage of the man police said allegedly stole a tractor from Port Jeff Station. Photo from SCPD

the man in the tractor. Police said the employee believed the tractor had been stolen, and was attempting to call police when the alleged criminal started positioning the tractor as if to hit him. The man then gunned the tractor, hitting the employee who fell back and sprawled on the ground. The tractor then sped off down the road.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about these incidents can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-220-TIPS, utilizing a mobile app which can be downloaded through the App Store or Google Play by searching P3 Tips, or online at P3Tips.com.

PORT JEFFERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT School Budget Vote & Election Notice June 9, 2020 Pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order 202.26, the 2020-2021 Budget Vote and Board Election will be conducted by an absentee ballot process. There will be no voting at polls. An absentee ballot with a postage paid return envelope will be mailed to all qualified voters in the school district whose names can be ascertained from the Suffolk County Board of Elections registration rolls. Absentee ballots shall be received by the Office of the District Clerk, Port Jefferson School District, 550 Scraggy Hill Rd, Port Jefferson NY 11777 no later than 5:00 p.m. on June 9, 2020.

The annual budget Public Hearing for the fiscal year 2020-2021 will be held on June 2, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. virtually. The link for the meeting will be found on the District’s website at www.portjeffschools.org.

A qualified voter must be a United States Citizen, be at least 18 years of age, be a resident of the school district for thirty (30) days immediately preceding the election and not otherwise prohibited from voting under the provisions of Section 5-106 of the Election Law.

For additional budget information, please see the district website at www.portjeffschools.org.

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If you are not a registered voter with the Suffolk County Board of Elections and are a qualified voter as defined above, please contact Kathleen Hanley, District Clerk at khanley@portjeffschools.org or (631) 791-4221 to receive an absentee ballot.

Owners of Huner’s Fitness Advantage in Port Jefferson said they believe they should be considered essential for the work they do helping people remain active and healthy. Photo from Huner’s Fitness Advantage website

Gym Owners Anxious to Reopen, Expect to Adapt Post-COVID

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The effects of COVID-19 will no doubt change how businesses and customers interact. For gyms and fitness centers that could be challenging. Drastic measures may have to be taken in these facilities normally filled with people, sweat and germs.

And with Long Island finally having started Phase 1 of the reopening process, gyms will have to wait longer than most to get back to some semblance of normality.

Anthony Amen, owner of Redefine Fitness in Mount Sinai, didn’t have much time to react to the news of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) shutdown order in March. He was busy training with a few clients.

“We found out that morning and we were forced to close on the spot at 8 p.m.,” he said.

Initially, Amen and other gym owners thought they would only be closed for a couple weeks, but that hope quickly faded as the magnitude of the coronavirus pandemic became evident.

“It was tough, I was like, ‘What the hell am I going to do?’” Amen said.

The gym lost 80 percent of its clients due to the shutdown. In an effort to keep some of them on his books, the Mount Sinai gym owner had to get creative and began offering virtual fitness classes.

“We had to adapt to the times,” Amen said. “We try to keep them on track with their goals and work with them as much as we can virtually.”

Amen said the industry had been evolving toward incorporating more online training even before the pandemic.

“The shift toward online personal training has been coming, COVID-19 just sped it up,” he said. “The next phase will be an online/in-person training hybrid model.”

That shift and subsequent social distancing

guidelines could cause several issues for larger gyms that thrive on constant foot traffic and by offering a plethora of gym equipment and machines. These facilities are used to cramming equipment side by side and will most likely have to spread out equipment, which in turn could lead to reduced capacity.

In Hong Kong, some gyms have installed plexiglass barriers to give exercisers space and to keep any potential virus from spreading.

In the U.S., larger gyms are poised to offer touchless entry, and increased cleaning, among other things. Retro Fitness, which has close to 10 locations on Long Island, has said it will scrub down equipment using hospital-grade cleaner throughout the entire gym, according to a press release.

Amen said for smaller gyms/studios like his, that process will be much easier.

“We can definitely make more space by moving equipment — we can easily have one or two people come in and be able to be 6 feet apart,” he said.

The Mount Sinai gym owner is hoping he can acquire some new clients, saying he could see some people not being comfortable going to their old crowded gym and wanting to be around less people in general.

The question of when will gyms reopen still looms large. If you look at the state’s four-phase reopening process, gyms are in Phase 3. Given how Suffolk County finally reached Phase 1 reopening this week, it’s not a stretch that it could take several more weeks or even longer until gyms get the OK to open its door again.

Nanci Huner, who runs Huners Fitness Advantage in Port Jefferson along with her husband Eric, said she believes they are an essential business and should be allowed to be open.

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University Stony Brook University Celebrates Virtual Graduation Ceremony

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given me and if our response to this pandemic has been proof enough, I think we should all be hopeful for what the future holds.”

The decision to hold a virtual ceremony was made in April with Bernstein calling the decision a difficult one that was made “in a deliberate and careful way.” Input from medical experts and the current guidelines from Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and the New York State governor’s office were taken into consideration. During the April announcement, Bernstein added that the decision was made to ensure “the well-being of our community and loved ones.”

Back in April, student Muhammad Fithra Yoga started a petition on www.change.org asking SBU to not cancel but postpone the spring commencement ceremony to the summer after the pandemic has passed. More than 1,600 signed the online petition.

U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1), along with U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer from New Jersey, wrote a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D) and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy dated May 8 asking them to include economic relief to the postal service in some of the big money relief bills addressing the pandemic.

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The usual sea of red caps and gowns were missing from Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium at Stony Brook University on graduation day, but the milestone did not go by without a celebration of sorts.

On May 22, the university presented its 2020 Virtual Degree Conferral Celebration in a live stream event that students and families could view. The event included 7,100 graduates, who were awarded a total of 7,190 degrees and certificate completions. The students ranged in age from 18 to 71 and represented 65 countries and 40 states, according to a press release from Stony Brook University.

Michael Bernstein, interim university president, addressed the students during the virtual ceremony.

“You are about to become graduates of one of the most prestigious public universities in the world,” he said. “Graduation is a bittersweet milestone in the best of circumstances, with a pivotal life-chapter ending and an uncertain journey beginning. The strong emotions that inevitably come with this rite of passage are of course uniquely amplified in the midst of the historic upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Julianna Casella, who graduated with a bachelor of science in biology and psychology with a minor in writing and rhetoric, was selected as the Class of 2020 student speaker and was able to address the students during the live stream event.

“I am confident that any other class of Seawolves would have responded the same way [to the pandemic] because that is what we do here at Stony Brook,” Casella said. “Even though much has been lost during this crisis, at the end of the day, two feelings prevail — hope and gratitude. I will always be thankful for the memories and opportunities Stony Brook has

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Who Is Running for School Board 2020-21

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM It very well could be a challenging next few years for school districts all across Long Island, let alone the North Shore. Districts await with bated breath any announcement from New York State regarding any new mandates, let alone the announcement for when schools could potentially let students back into buildings. Not to mention, the potential drastic cuts in state aid due to major state budget shortfalls. Meanwhile, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has set up committees headed by billionaire Bill Gates and others to look at “reimagining” education, though what that will mean down the line could have major impacts on school district operations.

With that, only two of four local school districts have contested elections, but all still face similar issues. Given these challenges, The Port Times Record has given all board candidates the chance to say what challenges they see ahead for their districts.

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Comsewogue

With two seats up on the Comsewogue School District board of education, two incumbents were the only ones to throw their names in the race.

Alexandra Gordon Alexandra Gordon was first elected in 2011 and has served three terms on the board. A caseworker for the Suffolk County Office for the Aging, she said her knowledge of issues facing the elderly helps frame board decisions in a wider community lens. She currently serves as the boards vice president.

“The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will be felt for a long time,” she said.

“I anticipate significant challenges in state funding, which will result in the need for creative planning and perhaps difficult decisions.”

With three children having already graduated from the district, and one rising senior at Comsewogue High School, she said despite having to create distance learning programs on the fly, the district has seen a 90 percent participation rate, “which I believe speaks volumes,” she added.

“Nothing can ever replace the connection between teachers and students in person — but our teachers are trying very hard to stay connected,” Gordon said.

The board VP said she anticipates significant challenges with state funding, with which the district will need to plan creatively and perhaps make difficult decisions. With New York potentially slashing funding by 20 percent across the board, she said it would be “devastating” to Comsewogue. The governor also has the ability to modify funding at different points throughout the school year.

“This poses its own challenge — we plan a budget based on funding the state tells us we will receive,” Gordon said. “Changes to that number mid-year could present problems.”

She said she is working as the chair of the Legislative Advocacy Committee to contact federal legislators about giving aid to the state in its time of need. She added the district will need to vociferously advocate for funding at the state level from state legislators.

“We cannot be passive when faced with these challenges,” Gordon said.

James Sanchez A 27-year resident of the district, James Sanchez is running again for his seat on the board. He was first elected in 2011 and works as a dockmaster for the Port Jefferson ferry.

Sanchez did not respond to requests to answer a set of emailed questions by press time.

Port Jefferson

Port Jefferson has two seats open, with one incumbent and one newcomer running for the open spots. Current trustee Ryan Biedenkapp will not be running again to retain his seat.

David Keegan Two-term trustee David Keegan is again running for school board, having originally been elected to the position in 2017.

Keegan’s day job is as a vice president of sales for Presidio Networked Solutions, a technology services and consulting firm. He said he decided to run again because, “I believe public education is critical and fundamental to enabling the success of our people and our nation.” “Port Jefferson has a rich history of success and it is gratifying to help continue and enhance that, particularly in these times, with both the unprecedented virus and the implications of the LIPA settlement.”

Both those issues are weighing heavily on

board members and administrators’ minds. The current budget has had to account with the loss of property tax revenue from the LIPA-owned Port Jefferson Power Station, as well as potential significant reductions in state aid.

Keegan said the pandemic has forced the district to reconsider everything about how Port Jefferson delivers services.

“We will continue to be creative, leverage the myriad resources and examples that exist from our peers, and we remain focused on delivering the high-quality education that we expect and deserve for our children,” he said. “I am confident we can do that, but there remains much to do as things evolve.”

Depsite the consistent and expected drops in LIPA revenue, he said the district “could not likely be better positioned to weather this process at this time.” With the question of state aid losses hanging over every New York school, Port Jefferson is in a better position than most, Keegan said. Still, it could mean having to evaluate potential scenarios and seek community engagement if and when alterations to our programs become necessary.

In terms of distance learning, the trustee said there is always room for improvement.

“Children are clearly being robbed of some special milestone experiences, and a less than optimal educational experience today,” he said.

“But we have no choice but to adapt, and I am proud to be able to help this community do so in a way that best serves our students.”

Ravi Singh Ravi Singh, a 10-year resident of the district from the Belle Terre area, is coming onto the board at a very interesting and anxiety-filled time, yet he said he feels it’s his time to give back “to the place that’s helped raise my children.”

Singh, a gastroenterologist who works in the Patchogue area, has two children in the dis-

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to stay active and remain healthy.

“A lot of these people that come to us have diabetes, high blood pressure and other problems,” Nanci Huner said. “Exercising makes a big difference.”

Huner said it is essential for those clients to get structured exercise, as in some cases it increases their mobility and it makes it less likely that they could lose their balance and fall.

“For a few of them it’s about keeping them from getting hurt and with us being closed, they are negatively affected by the lack of exercise,” she said.

Residents will be receiving ballots mailed to their homes before the vote deadline with prepaid return postage.

All ballots must be received by district clerks before 5 p.m., June 9. trict, both at the high school level. Though he’s new to much of the financial happenings within the district, he said he’s ready to get in there and start processing it. He understands the potential loss in state aid revenue could have a major impact on programming.

“We have to look at some innovative ways to deal with it, and what are our options on the revenue side,” he said. “That will be one of the first I look at when I get in.”

In terms of distance learning, he has watched his two sons make the transition, and said he thought the district has done “a decent job, considering how it fell into their laps,” though there is easily room for improvement. He appreciates the fact the program has some structure beyond having students simply complete coursework on their own time, but he said the district should look to making the program more interactive with both their work and with teachers.

“I’m looking forward to getting started,” he said.

While they wait to reopen, Huner is optimistic that they can adapt to the potential new business climate. At most, there are four clients at their group sessions and even less personal one-on-one classes.

Equipment spacing shouldn’t be a problem either, according to Huner. Before COVID-19 struck, the duo had moved in its fitness center to a warehouse space on North Country Road. Prior to that, for 15 years, they ran their business from their own home.

The move happened so close to the shutdown that Huner said they didn’t even have time to put up their new sign in front of the building.

“We’re hoping we can reopen as soon as possible,” she said.

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New Politically Charged Sign Above Frigate Defaced The Day After Installed

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A new banner was installed above Roger’s Frigate candy and ice cream shop in Port Jeff Tuesday, May 26. While previous politically minded banners above the candy shop expressed support for President Donald Trump (R), the latest one now reads “Impeach Cuomo.”

Roger Rutherford, the general manager of Roger’s Frigate, reiterated he has no control over signs being put up because longtime Port Jefferson shop owner George Wallis owns the building. Rutherford did however support Wallis’ right to free speech.

“He has a strong belief in protesting Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and his reopening plan,” the general manager said. “George is frustrated that he can’t reopen and believes that he can run business safely.”

Sometime around midday Wednesday, May 27, a person reportedly trespassed upstairs on the frigate’s property and defaced the banner with spray paint. Rutherford said the banner was temporarily removed, but was back up by the end of the day Wednesday.

“The police were called and they are currently looking for this woman who vandalized our property,” Rutherford said.

Back in February, Wallis installed a pro-

The sign hung above the Roger’s Friage ice cream and candy shop May 26 was spray painted by an unknown person the day after it was hung. Photos by Roger Rutherford

Trump banner above of the frigate. Village officials said that it violated village code and fined the business owner $2,000 a day for the time it had not been taken down.

Mayor Margot Garant said the banner is an illegal sign.

“The sign was just put up yesterday late afternoon and our legal department is handling the situation,” she said.

Steam Room Receives Distancing Complaints Memorial Day Weekend

The East Broadway seafood restaurant was on the receiving end of a social distancing complaint earlier this week, with Suffolk County police responded to the 311 call. George Wallis is

also the owner of the restaurant space.

Rutherford didn’t know the nature of the call but said the complaint was the result of the outside dining on the restaurant’s premises.

“They thought they were being safe by having tables six to 10 feet apart,” he said.

Multiple posts to social media included pic-

tures of the Steam Room’s dining area, which is enclosed but exposed to the outside, packed with sit down diners Memorial Day weekend, despite current mandates that all restaurants be restricted to takeout or pickup operations.

SCPD warned the restaurant owners that they couldn’t operate outside dining and said it could face further fines and penalties if it continued, according to Rutherford.

Suffolk County Police confirmed the restaurant was visited a total of three times Sunday and Monday for noncompliance complaints. The restaurant removed seating after the first complaint to comply with the New York on PAUSE order, police said.

They found the restaurant to be in compliance the second and third time they were called.

Garant was adamant restaurants needed to comply with the PAUSE order.

“Restaurants cannot have outside dining,” the mayor said. “We are not in Phase 3 yet, they can only do take-out [at this time] … I think what happened was unfortunate.”

The Mayor also added that the village and the Business Improvement District have given owners specific guidelines on what they’re able to do during this time.

“We want them to operate responsibly, but we have to continue to follow these mandates if we want to get to the other side and stay open,” she said.

Construction Resumes in Port Jeff as LI Begins Reopening Process

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM With construction sites in Port Jeff put on pause due to the pandemic, Main Street has seen and heard a significant lack of hammers and power tools. But as Long Island begins the reopening process, with Phase 1 allowing for construction to start again, local projects are planning their restarts, though this time with additional precautions.

With its skeleton left exposed for the past two months, the Overbay Apartment Complex is now once again set for continued construction.

Located along West Broadway next to the Shipyard complex, Overbay started its construction again Wednesday morning.

Overbay LLC, a subsidiary of Hauppauge-based The Northwind Group, has been in front of the project since the land was first purchased in 2013 for $1.8 million.

Jim Tsunis, managing member of Northwind, said there are no site plan changes from what was finalized several months ago, though it will be some time before he can relate the new timeline for when construction will finish and for people to start moving in.

Long Island started its reopening process Wednesday, May 27, with construction projects like Overbay getting back to work immediately. Photo by Kyle Barr

“It feels great to be back up and running — I’m hoping all other businesses will reopen soon,” Tsunis said. “It’s been an extremely tough time for all residents over the last couple of months.”

Otherwise, in terms of safety, he said his office has received reopening affirmation from the state and workers would adhere to the New York COVID-19 construction safety guidelines,

where construction workers try to maintain some distance during operations.

The 54,000-square-foot “nautical style” apartment building will be on the now-vacant site of the former Islander Boat Center building, which was demolished in 2017.

The complex is set to consist of 52 rentals with each expected to be 1,000 square feet each.

Amenities include an 800-square-foot common

room and a fitness facility. The complex will also contain an office area.

Parking will consist of 83 parking stalls for residents of Overbay and their guests. Parking is expected to be located on the exterior of the facility to the side and rear. The property borders a small creek on its southern end.

Another site, the Brockport apartments, is going where once sat Cappy’s Carpets. The area has remained cleared for weeks despite the original building being demolished and pilings already installed.

Brooks Partners LLC, the company name attached to the project, is a subsidiary of Port Jefferson-based The Gitto Group. Rob Gitto, vice president of the group, did not respond to email and phone requests for comment by press time.

The apartment complex will include 46 units and a set of retail shops underneath. Designs intend it to fit in amongst surrounding stores including the neighboring CVS, whose property is also owned by The Gitto Group. The project is set to have 78 spaces of parking for its residents and for those working in the retail stores.

Both apartment complexes have received a payment in lieu of tax agreement from the Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency.

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week, 300, 400 or even 500 vehicles show up from all over the local area in the three-hour period the service is hosted. It may not be the same people every single week, but many have returned once or twice over the span of the service. With the fact that cars often contain families, members estimated they likely receive over 1,000 people a week.

Michael Dyroff, a commissioner with the Terryville Fire Department and lifelong church member, came to the drive-through service with his wife Debbie and said they are “blessed” to have the religious staff willing to perform the service.

“It’s a way of connecting with folks,” Dyroff said. “It’s a wonderful idea.”

The church relies on staff and volunteers, including from the local Knights of Columbus, to help direct traffic up from Main Street and around through the parking lot. Members in their cars keep a distance from the clergy and receive the Blessed Sacrament from afar.

Corrine Addiss, the head of religious education for the church, stood outside helping to direct traffic. She said the number of cars coming through really starts to pick up after 9:30 a.m. She thanked the volunteers who “could be in bed, sleeping,” but are instead helping their parish.

Of course, it will not make up for a real service hosted inside a church, but it may be

several more weeks or even months before that can begin. Perhaps most important for Riegger is the act of communion, which hasn’t been hosted since the church was closed to anything but private prayer back in March.

Even when churches open, it may be very different than what churchgoers are used to.

The Archdiocese of New York released a fivephase reopening plan May 21 that included first opening for private prayer and confessions, before moving on to attendee-limited baptisms and marriages, distributing Holy Communion outside of Mass, then hosting limited daily or funeral services before finally allowing Sunday services at a maximum of 25 percent the usual occupancy.

Riegger said they would be following New York State’s and the Archdiocese of New York’s guidelines.

Still, Infant Jesus plans to keep the drivethrough church service alive as long as the pandemic and shutdown order mandates people keep apart. That might include pews marked with tape to keep people from sitting too close, or communion being done wearing gloves and a mask.

“When you have a crisis like this, where everything’s closed down, how do you give them that sense of community, that sense of assurance that God is with them?” said Dominik Wegiel, a seminarian at Infant Jesus. “This is our sort of our way of connecting them to the parish, connecting them to the community, but more importantly connecting them in that God is with us even in these times.”

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BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM With the decision of Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to lift the elective surgeries ban in Suffolk on May 16, area hospitals will be able to resume an important aspect of their day-to-day operations.

Hospital officials have praised the news because elective and emergency procedures are seen as a vital source of revenue for these facilities.

James O’Connor, president of St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson and chief administrative officer of St. Catherine of Siena Hospital in Smithtown, said it’s good news that both facilities can resume these important procedures.

“It’s a public health issue, you have these patients that were holding off on these urgent and vital surgeries,” he said. “Those needs didn’t go away because of COVID-19.”

O’Connor said between them the two hospitals perform around 750-800 surgeries a month.

Orthopedic, bariatric, spine and general surgeries are the most common. The hospitals have already started to bring back staff and furloughed workers have been contacted and will report back to work.

Elective/urgent surgeries have been put on hold for nearly two months, in an effort to ensure there were sufficient hospital beds and medical staff available to handle the surge in COVID-19 cases.

The St. Charles president said that he expects the hospitals to be back “at full volume” in performing surgeries by sometime next month.

“After week one, we will be ramping up the percentage of surgeries that will be done,” he said. “The first week will be at 25 percent and then we’ll keep going forward.”

Stony Brook University Hospital has begun bringing back personnel to the Ambulatory Surgery Center, main operating room and other areas.

“The hospital is looking forward to rescheduling cases to provide the care necessary for its patients and addressing their surgical needs as soon as possible,” said Carol Gomes, chief executive officer at Stony Brook University Hospital.

On average, approximately 100-120 cases daily are performed at the hospital. Those include general surgery, orthopedics, neurosurgery, surgical oncology, cardiac surgery, trauma,

St. Charles and many other hospitals rely on elective surgeries for a big portion of their revenue. Photo by Kyle Barr

kidney transplants, urologic procedures and gynecologic surgery.

The return of these services will help hospitals who are in the midst of financial hardship from the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

According to a report from the American Hospital Association, U.S. hospitals and health systems have lost around $50 billion per month on average during the COVID-19 crisis. From March 1 to June 30, the association estimates a total of $202.6 billion in losses.

“Hospitals and health systems face catastrophic financial challenges in light of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the AHA said in the report.

The association also predicted more financial hardship as millions of people could be left unemployed and lose health insurance.

It could lead to increased uncompensated care at hospitals.

O’Connor said without those services health care systems would cease to function.

At Huntington Hospital, a member of Northwell Health, officials have started to implement a daily symptom screening policy for all staff and developed a non-COVID care pathway for all elective/urgent procedures — from parking and presurgical testing to discharge. For the last eight weeks the hospital has been performing surgery on emergency cases.

“I am confident we are prepared to safely take the next step with elective surgeries,” said Dr. David Buchin, director of Bariatric Surgery at Huntington Hospital.

Stony Brook University Hospital will also implement a number of safeguards in preparation for elective surgery patients. In addition to expanding on the use of telehealth, it will test all patients prior to surgery and have them self-isolate prior to operations.

For St. Charles and St. Catherine hospitals, O’Connor said all patients will be required to undergo a COVID-19 test 72 hours before a planned procedure.

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Setauket Photographer Captures Stay at Home Moments dressed and now have a tangible memory of their time at home during quarantine.”

The photographer said in addition to subjects paying via Venmo and maintaining a 6-foot distance, she would spend just 10 minutes at each property and then email three or four edited images within 24 hours to the families.

Malangone said the most important part of the project was raising money for a good cause, and she found everyone’s response heartwarming.

“My slogan was: Team Work, Dream Work!” the photographer said.

Malangone said after her weeklong dedication to the fundraiser, she still receives inquiries for PORCHraits. She said she has added the photo session as a permanent option for her clients, and about once or twice a week, she still heads out for quick, social distancing photo shoots for residents who want a keepsake of this period of time.

“I’m loving it and feel really grateful for the smiles this project has brought to me and so many others,” she said.

To book a PORCHrait photo session with Malangone, email hello@ashleighsphoto.com.

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Port Jefferson School District Names Two PJ Students Varsity Boys Basketball Coach Awarded Music

At the Port Jefferson School District virtual Board of Education meeting May 19, Peter Meehan was appointed the new coach for the varsity boys basketball team. A Port Jefferson School District alumnus who coached the Hampton Bays varsity boys basketball team from 1991-96 and then again from 2002-20 after coaching at St. Joseph’s College and Suffolk County Community College, Meehan recently retired from Hampton Bays High School as a special education teacher and special education department coordinator.

“We are extremely excited to have Coach Meehan lead our basketball program,” Port Jefferson Athletic Director Adam Sherrard said.

“His dedication to an off-season program, attention to detail, and familiarity coaching within League 7, are some of the many reasons coach Meehan was the elected candidate.”

Dave Kamen will return as the junior varsity basketball coach after a successful first year coaching the JV squad last season. According to Sherrard, “the school district is confident that coach Meehan and coach Kamen have the characteristics to help our team be competitive on a regular basis while building a positive culture for our student-athletes.”

Scholarships

Two students in the Port Jefferson School District have been named Long Island String Festival Association scholarship award recipients. Joshua Kwon, a fifth grader at Edna Louise Spear Elementary School, and Sadie Salzman, a sixth grader at Port Jefferson Middle School, were each rewarded $400 private study grants.

Joshua, who plays viola, will take part in summer study with Dr. Stephen Gorgone, a professional violist, violinist, piano accompanist and music teacher, who has performed in

the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra, at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, as well as numerous orchestras throughout the state.

Sadie, who plays violin, will study with Thalia Greenhalgh, founder of the Long Island-based violin group MetroGnomes. Sadie’s current lessons have been virtual and will likely continue to be online during the summer.

PJ’S new basketball coach Peter Meehan. Photo from PJSD

Upon his appointment coach Pete Meehan said, “I would like to thank Mr. Sherrard and the entire Port Jefferson administration for this outstanding opportunity. I am extremely grateful and very excited to return ‘home’ to begin this new chapter in Royal basketball.”

Obituary

Barbara E. Nelson

Fifth grader Joshua Kwon won a $400 private study grant to continue with viola. Photo from PJSD

Barbara Nelson (nee Bull), of West Caldwell, formerly of Port Jefferson, passed away at home surrounded by her family Dec. 13, 2019. She was 83.

Barbara was born in Port Jefferson. She grew up on Grant Street, and would later meet her husband, Thomas L. Nelson, at Port Jefferson High School. She was the first patient of the St. Old newspaper clipping of Barbara Nelson, right, holding her daughter Margaret, Charles Hospital maternity the first baby born at the St. Charles Hospital nursery. Photo from Margaret Nelson nursery, and her daughter, ryn Clarke (James), Patricia Decker, Margaret Margaret Nelson, was the first child born at the hospital’s new ward. After Seidel (Spencer), James Nelson (Linda) and raising her family in Maplewood, New Jersey Mary Beth Petruzziello (Anthony); as well as for 27 years, she lived in Madison for 16 years her sister Patricia St. Denis; eleven grandchilbefore moving to West Caldwell two years ago. dren; and four great grandsons.

Relatives and friends held a funeral mass She was a preschool teacher at South Mountain YMCA in Maplewood for many years and was a Dec. 18, and internment was held at Fairview Cemetery, Westfield New Jersey. In lieu of flowmember of the Maplewood Garden Club.

Barbara passed from pancreatic cancer, and ers, donations to The Valerie Fund or Mary’s was preceded in death by her beloved husband Meals would be appreciated.

For more information or to send condolences of 40 years, Thomas, and her sister Mildred Hansen. She is survived by her children, Kath- please visit jacobhollefuneralhome.com

High School students Mattea Rabeno, second from left, and Michela Rabeno, right, with family members at their National Honor Society induction. Photo from PJSD

Port Jefferson Inducts 58 Into National Honor Society As a result of their academic success, 58 Earl L. Vandermeulen High School students learned they have been accepted into the National Honor Society. These new members met the scholarship requirements, demonstrated their leadership and character, and served their community in a variety of ways throughout their time at the high school.

The district has traditionally conducted a “tapping ceremony” where each student is tapped on the shoulder by a current National Honor Society member, and surprised by peers, their parents and other family members at the formal candle lighting ceremony.

In a nod to that tradition and festivities, each new member was surprised at home by National Honor Society advisers high school librarian Mary LaSita and guidance counselor Kathi Galvin, Principal Eric Haruthunian, Assistant Principal Kevin Bernier and Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Christine Austen. Each student recited the Pledge of Allegiance and was presented with their National Honor Society membership card and certificate

along with a thoughtful gift of candy.

The Port Jefferson School District congratulated the following students: Charlotte Ambrozy, Gani Ates, Lexi Becker, Heidi Biedenkapp, Jessica Boswell, Philip Buonomo, Asher Calayag, Massimo Cipriano, Liam Cooper, Kailey D’Accordo, Nick DeDonato, Madison Feinstein, Liam Gameng, Hailey Hearney, Aaron Held, Faye Held, Gage Jampol, Grace Keegan, Marina Kelley-Renda, Ameen Khan, Daniel Koban, Claudia Koutsantanou, Aidan McKenna, Elena McKillop, Emmett Maier, Colin Malinowski, Ariel Martin, Sarah Moshe, Owen Okst, Meghan Penske, Royce Perera, Sapphire Perera, Jacqueline Poten, Ben Procaccini, Muhammad Qureshi, Mattea Rabeno, Michela Rabeno, Jack Reilly, Emelyn Romo-Guzman, Lily Russell, Cooper Schoch, Nicole Schully, Rohan Singh, Hannah Skulha, Alex Smalyuk, Noah Teaney, Lily Tener, Kayla Timpanaro, Karishma Trejo, Selena Ueno, Brian Veit, Valentina Velazquez, Evelyn Walker, Alex Weldon, Lucas Welinder, Peggy Yin, Brooke Zamek and Otto Zimmerman.

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Editorial

What’s Old Is New Again

There were once things called cassettes. Those were discarded in favor of CDs, but now there’s nothing of music but bits of stored data on a computer. Actually, maybe not. Maybe your music is stored in a cloud, a server bank thousands of miles away from where you even live.

But still, people are buying vinyl records again. There’s a certain quality to them you won’t get with digitized music, people say. Not only that, it simply feels different, like one is feeling the rough memories of the music artist.

It goes to say that there is a certain quality to things gone past that goes beyond nostalgia. In today’s crisis, it may be best to look for the things we once thought defunct to perhaps help us and our local businesses combat the economic impacts of COVID-19 in unique ways. While Suffolk County begins the reopening process this week, businesses must think about the greater good, and look for unique ways to service customers without potentially causing an uptick in cases.

We’re not the only folks to recognize the possibilities presented by drive-in movies. We have heard leaders in multiple North Shore communities mention the possibility of setting up some kind of incar theater experience. What it takes is space, and that’s the main issue. Places like Stony Brook University may be tricky because of all the coronavirus-related activity going on there. Landlords with strip malls or other large parking lots should start considering the possibility to help out their tenants. Imagine people being able to order food that then gets delivered to cars while they’re watching a movie right there in the parking lot.

There’s one noticeable location right on the North Shore that is almost too perfect a spot. The former Rocky Point Drive-In on Route 25A may be too apt a name for what’s now an overgrown property. It’s owned by Heidenberg Properties Group, a national company that wanted to put a big box store there before local communities and governments came out against it. Maybe it’s time for the property owner to think of something else for that location, and we feel the community would embrace the return of a local landmark.

Summer on Long Island might be drier than any in living memory. Beaches might very well be restricted. Parks and sports fields and courts may be similarly closed. The annual summer concert series, hosted by Suffolk County legislators along with civic leaders in various locations across the North Shore, may very well not happen this year.

It’s going to take ingenuity to fill the summer with something other than backyard escapades and hours spent couch surfing.

Some places, such as Port Jefferson Village and the Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove, are opening up some space for farmers markets, though the one at the mall has found unique success by having people stay in their cars and roll up to each individual stall along a line.

We encourage more of our shopping centers to embrace outdoor dining experiences. Even as Long Island inches closer to starting the reopening process, many will find people may still be anxious of eating inside enclosed dining areas.

But with that there has to be restriction and conscientiousness.

On Memorial Day, downtown Port Jefferson was packed with a slew of people, many not wearing face coverings or practicing much social distancing.

While we begin the reopening process this week, we should remember the worst-case scenario is a second wave of the virus that could force businesses to shut down all over again. Our local business owners are smart, and we’re sure they will think of unique ways to facilitate customers while keeping the virus from spreading once again.

Letters to the Editor

Memorial Day to be Celebrated No Matter What 90-year-old Rocky Point resident Eileen Conway and her dog Bentley honor those who served the country Memorial Day, May 25. At her home, family held a socially distant flag celebration to honor Conway’s husband Bernard, who served in the Navy, and her borther Gilbert Simpkins who served in the army. Photo by Patricia Conway

Community Needs to Wear Masks In driving and walking around the area, I have noticed that many, perhaps most, people don’t wear masks when outside. According to the Mayo Clinic, wearing a simple mask along with hand washing and social distancing drastically cuts the transmission rate of COVID-19. It protects others from

the disease being transmitted by you, even if you have no symptoms but have the disease.

Wearing a mask protects others.

Most of us would be horrified at the thought that we unwittingly transmitted the disease to others causing them serious illness or even death. We are all in

this together and every one of us has to do our part in controlling this pandemic.

By wearing a mask you may save a life.

When others wear a mask they may save your life. Please put them on whenever you leave your house.

Adam D. Fisher Port Jefferson Station

Before we get all teary-eyed about what a swell job Rep. Lee Zeldin (RNY1) is doing as a congressman, it’s important to get a few facts straight.

First, maybe the shortage of medical supplies needed to deal with COVID-19 here in Suffolk County wouldn’t have been so dire if the Trump administration hadn’t announced it was shipping almost 18 tons of PPE and other medical supplies to China on Feb. 7, the same day the World Health Organization warned about the limited stock of PPE worldwide.

Now Trump’s changed his political strategy, and he’s on the warpath against both China and the WHO. But then, on the same date as the WHO warning, Trump extravagantly praised President Xi Jinping of China, claiming Xi was handling the coronavirus outbreak “really well,” leading “what will be a very successful operation,” cheerfully adding “we’re helping wherever we can.” In other words, as the coronavirus was already silently spreading in the U.S., Trump’s focus was on appeasing Xi, in order to complete the

trade deal he was counting on as a pillar of his re-election strategy.

Second, a recent study by disease modelers at Columbia University found that if social-distancing measures had been imposed even one week earlier in March than they were, there would have been over 35,000 fewer deaths.

Now this is “only” a scientific model; nobody knows precisely how many lives could have been saved had the Trump administration acted earlier instead of just dreaming it “will go away in April.”

One thing is sure though: Had the Trump administration acted more quickly instead of being fixated on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, gambling that “one day like a miracle it will just disappear,” the numbers of cases and fatalities would have been significantly lower, and shortages of PPE far more manageable.

Third, in spite of what a recent letter writer claimed, Zeldin was not “instrumental” in getting over $250 million in federal funding for Suffolk County. This money was appropriated

by the CARES Act, a bipartisan bill that was signed into law on March 26.

Its provisions were largely the result of negotiations between U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The truth is there’s still a lot we don’t know about the coronavirus. Nobody knows exactly what the right balance is between concern for economic damage and for human life and health. But instead of gushing about his recent visit to Camp David, Zeldin would be a lot more useful to the people of his district if he could persuade his good buddy, Trump, to stick to science and not recklessly gamble with our lives that we’ve got this thing beat.

To start with he could urge Trump to wear a mask where he’s supposed to. It’s for the protection of those around you, not for yourself! As my mom used to say, “Set a good example.” Which applies especially to the president of the United States.

Important to Get a Few Facts Straight

David Friedman St. James

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Opinion

New Terms For the New Realities of 2020

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ur world is filled with all kinds of new terms, like social distancing, face coverings and viral peaks. We could use a few new terms to describe the modern reality, which might give us greater control over the unsettling world around us.

How about: Zoom Staging: The process of setting up our best artwork and most intelligent books behind us. We might have read “War and Peace” or “Crime and Punishment” or “An American D. None Tragedy” in college. of the above It’s time to find those

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF and put them on the shelves behind us, leading to a deep discussion about our favorite books as we wait for other people to join the calls. We could also add a few adorable pieces of

incomprehensible artwork from our children that none of our coworkers would dare criticize.

Curbworld: Even though we’re opening up parts of the economy starting this week, we still can only do some retail shopping through curbside pickup. We have become a world that exists at the curb, where retail space goes untouched and where curbs have become the intersection of our outings and the stuff we bring home.

Googleversity: To some extent, we were living in this world before the virus, but search platforms have become a critical part of our children’s home learning environment.

In addition to listening to a professor with a headset or air pods on, our children are also frantically searching the web in real time to answer questions about the War of 1812 or about theorems that sound vaguely familiar.

Coviracy Theories: The world was filled with conspiracy theories before President Donald Trump (R) came along and will have plenty of conspiracy theories after he leaves. Still, the preponderance

Wearing A Mask is Now Cool

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erhaps the worst is over. With this first phase of recovery for Long Island, suddenly there is hope that the strange pandemic life we are leading will pass into history. Of course, we are far from home free.

The virus is still just as contagious and the threat is still real. We continue to ache for those whose lives have been cut short by this virulent disease, and our hearts go out to the families who lost loved ones without even a farewell or Between proper service.

But we have, you and me to a great extent,

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF adapted to a coexistence with the virus as we wear face masks, habitually practice social distancing, wash our hands frequently for at least 20 seconds each time and otherwise limit

our interactions with family, friends and colleagues to regular Zoom sessions.

Working remotely, for those who can, has proven not to be so bad and will probably carry over well beyond sheltering-in-place. And for those on the front lines of response, the intensity, if not the fear, may have somewhat diminished.

We are thrilled to see the stores open up, if only for curbside or doorway pick up of items.

Some of the establishments have constructed barriers to keep customers safely apart or added ultraviolet lighting to kill the microbes.

And perhaps those on unemployment can now be called back to work.

Some may not return even though they are required to respond to their employer’s call. Ironically, they may be doing better financially by being on unemployment, at least for the short term. The federal government has put itself in competition with small businesses, who can’t pay workers as much, and sometimes the Feds win. Those small businesses that have received the Payroll Protection Plan money are able to call back workers and to pay them until their eightweek period runs out.

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of conspiracy theories related to the virus should have its own lexicon, as people have blamed everyone from foreign governments to incredibly rich and successful technology geniuses for the virus.

Insertcollege.edu: Up until now, people have graduated from colleges where they had unique, on site experiences. This year, that’s not the case, as distance learning seems to have become something of a commodity, with professors of all talent levels struggling to engage a group of people remotely. None of the books we have that are supposed to help with the college hunt — and we have plenty of them now with a high school junior and a college freshman in our midst — help us differentiate among the online platforms of the institutions of higher learning. It’s unclear how, if at all, any of these institutions stands out.

SWSD: Second Wave Stress Disorder.

Over the last several weeks, we have heard plenty about a coming second wave. In fact, some colleges that are reopening their doors this fall, such as North Carolina State

University, plan to start their semester early, go through fall break and then send students home for an extended break that they hope allows them to avoid a second wave at school.

91 Divoc Dreams: Given the dream world, it seems fitting that we reverse the order of COVID-19 to suggest the upside down world that haunts our dreams, which is a mixture of the realities of our daily fears, anxieties and discomforts blended with the imaginative world of science fiction drama that we beam into our bedrooms that distract and unnerve us.

Masksession: Some of us have become obsessed with the right not to wear a mask, even as others feel an urgency to ensure everyone wears masks. The mask discussion has become an obsession.

2020 No More: To finish the vernacular, we should no longer consider perfect vision to be 20-20 because, after all, 2020 sucks.

We could change it to 21-21 or anything else, where we don’t need to link the perfect vision of hindsight to this imperfect year.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), who has built up quite a following for his daily briefings and won positive ratings for his down home manner, offered this as he rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday: “Wearing a mask has got to be something you do every day. When you get up, when you walk out of the house, you put the mask on.

This is cool.”

He also admonished people not to be rude to those who might not be wearing masks, that we should encourage them to do so nicely and politely. He did go on to add, recognizing that he was, after all, governor of New York State, “But it’s New York. We have to be careful that nice and polite stays nice and polite.”

Cuomo met with President Donald Trump (R), a longtime fellow New Yorker, Wednesday, and urged spending for infrastructure as a way to provide many jobs.

That goal was mentioned by Trump shortly after he took office in 2017 and is considered one of the few subjects on which there could be bipartisan support. In particular, Cuomo advocated for an AirTrain to La Guardia Airport, a rail tunnel under the Hudson

River and a northern extension of the Second Avenue subway.

It is most unfortunate that, along with the deadly consequences of the novel coronavirus, there is an underpinning of highly partisan sentiment in the country. Traditionally, when there is a crisis, Americans pull together.

Certainly that was true during Pearl Harbor, 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy, for example. But the nature of this pandemic is asymmetrical in that areas of greater density tend to be more stricken, while those more rural or away from the big cities and the coasts are more lightly touched.

It is hard for those not in the throes of the ghastly metrics of death and affliction to feel the extreme stress of those who are. It just so happens that the divide between red and blue states overlays our map, not perfectly, but remarkably. Suffolk County, considered a red county, yet in a dense area, is an exception with its high casualties.

So we have those demanding an “opening” of the economy vs. those who are concerned about contagion. We must unfailingly continue to practice what has worked to win us entry thus far into Phase One.

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