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Scams targeting senior citizens on the rise

Officials train residents on how to avoid being taken

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

them to purchase gift cards to help a relative in trouble.

“We are finding that [scammers] are asking for those prepaid gift cards and then they will ask you to scratch off the back and read them the numbers,” he said. “That’s the most common one we are finding right now.”

Home improvement scams are also common and often offer “free inspections.” The inspections will almost always find a problem that requires an expensive solution.

“Someone will knock on your door and say they are a repair person and ask if something is wrong with your home,” Hatter said. “They will say they can fix it and even offer you a discounted rate. Do not pay this person.”

Hatter said ultimately you hold the power so if you are not sure that you recognize the caller, you are not forced to answer the phone.

The Office of the Attorney General urges people to use strong passwords and avoid using birth dates, Social Security numbers and mother’s maiden names in them.

If you shop online, be sure the sites you use are secure. A secure site will start with https:// and most use a padlock icon, which will tell you the name of the owner. Also, use only credit card rather than debit or check cards.

“Debit cards, even those with a credit card name and logo, do not carry the same protections,” the Smart Seniors program states.

If credit card information is stolen, you are only liable for $50 in fraudulent charges. If your debit card information is stolen and the thief wipes out your bank account, the money is gone.

It’s also important to remember that email scammers often masquerade as a familiar and trustworthy company, such as your bank, online store or credit card company. Sometimes they pretend to be a government agency. These scammers are “phishing” for personal data and

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Phone scams are on the rise, and officials say these and other scams are targeting the senior population.

Local government representatives emphasize that the elderly need to be better informed about what to look out for and how to avoid them.

On Aug. 20, at the Huntington Senior Center, state Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport),Town of Huntington Receiver of Taxes Jillian Guthman and state attorney general representative T.J. Hatter held a Smart Seniors event. Together they cautioned seniors against handing over large sums of money through phone, email, letter and internet scams.

“These scammers will use fear if they think that will work, they will use kindness and they will use intimidation,” Hatter said. “The important thing is to please do not send these people your money. It is very hard to get it back once it is gone.”

One of the most common scams targeting the senior population includes the sweepstakes scam, which requests the “winner” to send a check or wire money to cover taxes for their prize. Another one is where the scammer will act as a relative, such as a grandchild, and claim to be in danger. Sometimes, the scammer acts as a lawyer or police officer. In each case, they ask for money immediately.

“There are two approaches to dealing with these types of scams,” Hatter said. “Ask for the person’s name and a call-back number.” He also recommends answering the phone only if you recognize the number as a friend or a loved one.

“Let everyone else leave you a message,” he said.

Hatter said the scammers are often out-of-the country and can’t be traced.

“These scammers are using something called routing technology,” he said. “The idea is to make the number they are calling from have a ‘631’ or ‘516’ area code to make it look more local and make it more likely someone will answer.”

According to Suffolk County officials, in 2018, there were 68 phone scam incidents reported, targeting the elderly and non-English speakers. Of the 68 victims, 40 were elderly, as reported in a January 2019 TBR News Media article. Between 2017 and 2018, the largest amount of money taken in once incident was $800,000, according to Suffolk County police.

In 2019, nearly half of all calls to mobile phones will be scammers looking to fraudulently gain access to financial information, according to a report from telecommunications firm First Orion.

One of the latest scams to target seniors urges

often claim that there’s a problem with your account.

Do not click on a link no matter who they claim to be. You may be directed to a bogus, look-alike website that spoofs a real company.

“The key to the phishing scams is that they ask you to provide personal information, such as your Social Security number or password, so they can “confirm your identity,” the program warns.

“If you get a call, text or email from a company claiming there’s a problem do not respond,” the Attorney General’s Office states. Instead delete the message or hang up, and contact the company yourself. It’s important to protect your personal information. Papers should be shredded before you throw them away.

New Yorkers donate more than $10 billion

to charitable organizations each year, with older New Yorkers being the most generous, the Attorney General’s Office states. It is suggested that you confirm that a charity is registered with the Attorney General’s Office, as required by law and find out if the funds will be used for programs, administrative costs and fundraising. Avoid charities that will not answer questions about its programs and finances.

Residents can greatly reduce the number of unsolicited calls, mailings and internet offerings they receive. The National Do Not Call Registry can be reached at 800-382-1222. You can place your landline and your mobile number on the Do Not Call List. Registration never expires.

Political organizations, charities and telephone surveyors are still permitted.

Patricia Wagner, a Huntington resident who attended the session, said she was grateful.

“This was really informative and I’m going to share this information with my friends [who are not here],” she said. “We are getting older ... we need an event like this every year.”

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Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) and Interim SBU President Michael Bernstein meet with Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul to discuss energy effeciency improvements. Photo by David Luces

From left, Director of Audit & Control/Comptroller Peggy Karayianakis, Supervisor Chad A. Lupinacci and Deputy Director of Audit & Control Peter Leodis. Photo from the Town of Huntington

Town earns prestigious award for budget

Highest form of recognition extended to town seven years in a row The Town of Huntington has received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the current budget year — the first budget crafted under the administration of Supervisor Chad Lupinacci (R) from the Government Finance Officers Association.

“I’m thrilled to continue the town’s tradition of receiving this prestigious award,” said Lupinacci. “We have a great team that has worked diligently to create a balanced budget and we are very appreciative of the recognition.”

Huntington has received this award for the last seven years for budgets created under prior administrations.

The Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting, and it represents a significant achievement for the Town of Huntington and its Department of Audit and Control in meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. Receiving the

award required meeting nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation.

These guidelines assess how well an entity’s budget serves as a policy document, financial plan, operations guide and communications device. Budget documents must be rated “proficient” in all four categories and in the 14 mandatory criteria within those categories to receive the award.

There are over 1,600 participants in the budget awards program. Award recipients have pioneered efforts to improve the quality of budgeting and provide an excellent example for other governments throughout North America.

Government Finance Officers Association is a major professional association servicing the needs of more than 19,000 appointed and elected local, state and provincial-level government officials and other finance practitioners, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with offices in Washington, D.C.

Stony Brook to receive over $70 million in energy efficient upgrades

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM In an effort to fight climate change, Stony Brook University will receive $79 million in energy efficiency improvements and upgrades throughout the campus.

New York State Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul was on hand at the school Aug. 19 to announce the planned upgrades in front of the university’s Center of Molecular Medicine.

The improvements build upon the State University of New York’s Clean Energy Roadmap, a partnership between SUNY and state energy agencies that aims to accelerate progress toward the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent by 2030.

The energy efficient upgrades will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 28,000 tons a year, which is the equivalent of taking over 5,000 cars off the road. It will also save the university nearly $6 million in energy and maintenance costs annually.

“As the largest single site employer on Long Island, Stony Brook University must remain committed to reducing our carbon footprint,” Interim President Michael Bernstein said.

The improvements, which will be financed and implemented by the New York Power Authority, will include a number of energy-saving upgrades such as lighting, ventilation and building management upgrades at university buildings, including residence halls, science build-

ings and the hospital.

The planned upgrades continue the university’s effort to reduce its carbon footprint. NYPA and SUNY have already partnered to complete more than $50 million in energy efficiency improvements at Stony Brook. If all goes according to plan, expectations are for the removal of nearly 16,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere.

Some of those projects included interior and exterior LED lighting upgrades, replacement of older HVAC equipment, pipe insulation and lab HVAC modernization.

PSEG Long Island provided more than $500,000 in rebates to Stony Brook University for projects underway.

“We have a moral responsibility to protect this Earth while it is in our hands,” said Hochul. “Forty percent of buildings owned by the state of New York are on SUNY campuses ... If we are going to make an impact this is where we start.”

SUNY and NYPA, together, have completed energy-saving projects at more than 600 SUNY facilities, reducing energy consumption by more than 6.2 megawatts, removing more than 48,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere, and saving $12.1 million annually, according to SUNY. The public college institution and power authority are currently partnering to implement energy-saving measures at more than 30 additional SUNY buildings. Once completed, they expect it will reduce SUNY’s energy consumption by an additional 1.6 megawatts.

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Whitman legacy honored Conference attracts international crowd The Walt Whitman Birthplace Association hosted its first three-day international conference in honor of Whitman’s legacy. The event was held at Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site at 246 Old Walt Whitman Road in Huntington Station.

“All the presentations opened new roads into interpreting Whitman, whose words are still relevant today in his Bicentennial 200th birthday year,” Executive Director Cynthia Shor said.

“Plans are being made for a follow-up conference in 2021.”

About 50 guests each day from both the local community and other parts of New York, such as Queens, attended to see 25 international presenters share their research about Whitman’s impact on cultural, social, historical, literary and gender issues from his lifetime to our lifetime.

Presenters traveled from six countries and 10 states to discuss topics such as translating Whitman’s poems into other languages, the use of his poems in contemporary advertising and the influence of mesmerism and Darwinism in his writing. Creative expressions were also included through poetry readings and open mic, films and music celebrating Whitman. There were nine panels in total, moderated by the association’s board members. Local Walt Whitman “personator” Darrel Blaine Ford dressed as Whitman and posed for pictures with attendees.

The keynote speaker was Professor Ed Folsom, the Roy J. Carver Professor of English at The University of Iowa. His panel discussion was titled “Whitman Growing Old” and he spoke about how Whitman confronted death in his poetry and how he still speaks to poets today, long after his death.

“There has been a gradual, almost imperceptible, shift in our view of Whitman and his work recently, as if we have been searching for the Whitman who can address and respond to a growing cultural despair instead of (or maybe in addition to) the Whitman who spurs on an endless optimism,” Folsom said. “Americans are, after all, at a far different period of the nation’s history than that which he experienced, a point where some of the democratic payoff that Whitman promised should be far more apparent than it is, a point where many of us begin to feel a need for a different Whitman, one more tempered in his outlook, older, pointing not the way to a fully achieved democratic future but rather one who can guide us about how to live in a diminished present on an earth of diminishing resources, in a society where the same

‘O Captain, My Captain’

by Walt Whitman

Whitman’s poem “O Captain, My Captain” is an elegy written to honor Abraham Lincoln in his work for the country in keeping it unified, said Cynthia Shor, executive director of Walt Whitman Birthplace Association.

Like all poems, the tribute contains a turning point that reveals an overarching meaning. See if you can find Whitman’s message in this poem, written in 1865, the year of Lincoln’s death.

A crowd gathers at the birthplace of Walt Whitman, where Whitman’s legacy was discussed from Aug. 9 to 11. Photos from Cynthia Shor

old problems — of racial injustice, of grotesquely unfair wealth distribution, of continuing gender discrimination — just keep resurfacing, as virulent as ever.”

Folsom is the editor of the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review, co-director of the Whitman Archive and editor of the Whitman Series at The University of Iowa Press. He is the author or editor of numerous books and essays on Whitman and other American writers.

The association wishes hearty congratulations to all who took part and is delighted to have hosted an event shedding light on Whitman’s tremendous body of work and his charismatic personality.

This program was made possible with funds from Robert D.L. Gardiner Foundation, New York State Parks, Suffolk County, Town of Huntington, New York State Council on the Arts and Huntington Arts Council. The association offers special thanks and appreciation to these organizations for their continued support.

Whitman’s birthplace museum is open to the public seven days a week, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday. After Labor Day, the site is open Wednesday to Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends. The site is located at 246 Old Walt Whitman Road in Huntington Station. For more information call 631-427-5240 or visit www.waltwhitman.org.

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O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring: But O heart! heart! heart!

O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! My Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills; For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding; For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here captain! dear father!

This arm beneath your head; It is some dream that on the deck, You’ve fallen cold and dead.

Walt Whitman was born in West Hills on May 31, 1819, and died in Camden, New Jersey, on March 26, 1892.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will; The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done; From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; Exult, O shores, and ring O bells!

But I with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.

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State

Suozzi recognized by Italian heritage organization U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D, NY-3), who represents Queens and Long Island along the North Shore to Kings Park, received the Guglielmo Marconi Award, the Order Sons & Daughters of Italy in America’s highest honor.

The award is named for Guglielmo Marconi, the Nobel prize-winning Italian physicist who invented wireless telegraphy. It is presented biennially to an Italian American who has made significant contributions to the United States.

Suozzi was recognized Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Marconi Gala during the Sons & Daughters of Italy’s 56th Biennial National Convention in San Antonio, Texas.

Past awardees include Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, archbishop of Philadelphia; Ella Grasso, governor of Connecticut; Tom Marino, U.S. congressman; and astronaut Michael Massimino.

Suozzi spoke of the special obligation Italian Americans have to “fight against discrimination, not only of Italians but all people.” “We have been given a great gift in these United States of America and with that gift comes a great obligation to lift others up,” said Suozzi. “Despite all of our accomplishments, we are still labeled as Guineas, WOPs, Guidos, Goombas, and now Fredo,” said Suozzi referring to the discrimination faced by his father after World War II and, more recently of CNN host Chris Cuomo.

Suozzi is one of two first-generation Italian Americans currently serving in

The Sons & Daughters of Italy gather in San Antonio to honor Suozzi for contributions to the United States. Photo from Suozzi’s office

Congress. He has been a member of OSDIA’s Loggia Glen Cove 1016 for 28 years. Suozzi’s father, Joseph Suozzi, was born in Ruvo del Monte, a small, medieval village in southern Italy. After arriving in the United States as a child in the 1920s, and despite facing intense prejudice as an Italian, Joseph Suozzi went on to serve the United States in World War II, graduated from Harvard Law School and, at the age of 28, became the youngest elected judge in the history of New York State.

OSDIA lodges and the Sons of Italy Foundation (SIF) award hundreds of

thousands of dollars every year to Italian American college-bound students. The SIF also funds cultural programs, medical research and disaster relief — including a donation in the past year of $200,000 in

earthquake relief to the Andrea Bocelli Foundation for the rebuilding of an elementary school in Muccia, Italy (Marche region). Proceeds from the Marconi Gala support these OSDIA and SIF programs.

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LEGALS Notice of formation of A Latte Fun LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/24/2019. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC: 3 Val Court Commack, NY 11725.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

772 7/18 6x thn Arugma LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on July/03/2019. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC: 4 Chablis Drive, Dix Hills NY 11746 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

777 7/18 6x thn Notice of formation of RentA-Tender LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 05/31/2019. Office located in Suffolk County.

SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 49 Stony Hollow Road, Centerport, New York 11721.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

787 7/18 6x thn Notice of formation of Flowlines MTB Skill Training LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May,24 2019. Office location: Suffolk County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC: 25 Doris Ave,

To Place A Legal Notice

Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com Northport,NY 11768. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

789 7/25 6x thn Notice of formation of HoooP D LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 7/22/2019. Office located in Suffolk County.

SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 5 Susan Drive, Fort Salonga NY 11768. Purpose: Advertising Consulting 815 8/1 6x thn SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff, vs.

LOUISE FALKENMEYER INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF DONNA PAGE; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF DONNA PAGE, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their

respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.

To the above-named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

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FOLK as the place of trial situs of the real property INDEX NO. 621917/2018 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 7 COLORADO PLACE HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11746 District: 0400 Section: 150.00 Block: 04.00 Lot: 032.000 NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $652,500.00 and interest, recorded on December 2, 2010, at Liber M00022015 Page 684, of the Public Records of SUFFOLK County, New York, covering premises known as 7 COLORADO PLACE HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11746.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

SUFFOLK County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff

September 10, 2019 at 2:30 PM. Premises known as 25 Conifer Court, Northport, NY 11768. Sec 051.00 Block 01.00 Lot 021.024, 021.023, 021.014. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Northport, Town of Huntington, County of Suffolk and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $232,947.12 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 600804/2016.

BY: MARSHA CATO, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675

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Notice of formation of Envision Beyond Counseling L.L.C.. Arts of Org filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on July 25, 2019. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC: 49 Quebec Drive, Huntington Station, NY, 11746. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT SUFFOLK COUNTY THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, AS TRUSTEE FOR BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 20033, ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-3, Plaintiff against

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME

FRANCO ROTONDO, JR. A/K/A FRANCO ROTONDO A/K/A FRANCO J. RONTONDO A/K/A FRANK ROTONDO, JR., et al Defendants

If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your

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

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered June 13, 2019, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at Huntington Town Hall, 100 Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743 on

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829 8/8 6x thn Notice of formation of KCHA Props LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/6/19.

Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC: 17 Pineridge St, Melville, NY 11747. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Civics need your help Newspapers are not in decline from ‘bias’ As local journalists, we spend many hours attending meetings. Many, many meetings. Our goal is to know what’s happening in our communities at every level of government, from county to town to village.

A good way for people to become better engaged in community affairs is through civic groups. These groups, which are often overlooked, serve as the bridge between local government and residents.

They are the closest to the ground, with their ears toward local developments, both public and private. They are meant to represent the community. They ask businesses looking to develop the tough questions, mainly how the new Starbucks or Popeyes or hotel, just to name a few, will impact people in their daily lives.

Sadly, though, these civic groups often struggle with lack of participation. Groups like the Shoreham Civic Association publicly asked in a local Facebook group for people to show up, saying without participation their capacity for change goes out the window.

“Without Shoreham citizen participation we can do nothing,” the group wrote on Facebook.

If one were to get very Disney with their analogies, civics and civic participation are like … well, fairies. If one says out loud, “I don’t believe in fairies,” then the fairy dies.

Still, it’s clear why civics lack participation. Despite reports of a strengthening economy, people continue to work long hours and, in several cases, multiple jobs. Civic meetings often take place on weekdays and, understandably, the last thing one wants to do after getting home at 5, 6 or even 7 p.m. is rush out again to sit in another hour-long-plus meeting to discuss, for example, road issues.

When we attend these meetings, we see the demographics.

Most people who attend are older and likely have the time to sit and discuss the issues.

That’s not to say the younger generations don’t attend solely because of time constraints. In all likelihood, many community members don’t even know who their local civic leaders are, and when or where they meet.

If you are asking yourself: How can I have a hand in designing my community? Or, how can I keep taxes down? Well, it starts with the civics, so reach out to your local civic group.

It may also be time for civics to reach out more to their community residents, as well.

As reporters, we have noticed times when local elected officials, like in the Village of Port Jefferson, have actually become active in local Facebook pages. Some of these pages are full of comments, and often facts get misrepresented. If civics would take videos of their meetings, then upload them directly to these Facebook groups. It may be a means of bridging the knowledge gap. Civic leaders need to reach out by every means possible, including social media.

The issues aren’t going away. The only way to have your voice be heard is to get involved.

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In response to what I thought was a noncontroversial column by Leah Dunaief [Aug. 8] on the sad decline of local newspapers, a letter from Robert J. Parmegiani [“Newspapers have become too biased,” Aug. 15] claims that the cause of this decline is left-leaning bias. He couldn’t be further from the mark.

The primary reason for the decline is reduced advertising revenue. Advertising is how newspapers make their money. According to the nonpartisan Pew Research Center, revenue from advertising is down sharply since 2005 while revenue from circulation is slightly up. Print newspapers are declining for the same reason brick and mortar outlets of every description are: technological change.

Online outlets have not only taken billions of dollars from newspapers in ad revenue, they’re also giving away for free what newspapers report. Think of aggregators like Google News, Yahoo or HuffPost. Trained journalists who dig deep and check facts and sources are expensive, but it’s easy and cheap for anyone with a computer to “report” unsubstantiated allegations, rumors and conspiracy

theories as “news.”

The letter writer gives two examples of purported left-leaning bias in newspapers. He claims that the Ohio shooter supported Elizabeth Warren, that the Florida school shooter supported Bernie Sanders and that not one newspaper reported this.

Regarding the first, actually newspapers including The Washington Post and USA Today, as well as the AP wire service did report this. Even so, unlike the El Paso shooting, no connection has been established between the Ohio shooter’s motives and his politics, which makes his politics less newsworthy than those of the El Paso shooter, who drove more than 600 miles for the express purpose of killing “Mexicans.”

As for the Florida school shooter’s supposed support for Bernie Sanders, the reason we haven’t read about it in the papers is because it’s not true. I challenge the letter writer to cite his source. What is true is that the shooter had significant psychological problems, that he was rabidly racist and anti-Semitic on social media, writing “I hate Jews, n----rs and immigrants” on Instagram, and that he used a legally purchased AR-15

to commit his crime.

As far as painting President Donald Trump (R) a racist, newspapers are not necessary. His own words and actions are sufficient.

So instead of newspapers, what news source would the letter writer have us rely on? Trending stories on Facebook and Twitter? “The abusive and often factually incorrect tweets of the president?” Websites that are little more than propaganda and simply echo partisan talking points?

The shouting heads, spinmeisters and self-appointed gurus on cable news?

The biggest “fake news” of all is the purported left-leaning bias of the press. Maybe the letter writer hasn’t heard of Rupert Murdoch, The Wall Street Journal or The Washington Times. For some, starting with Trump, “fake news” is anything that doesn’t reaffirm his greatness. No matter how firmly based in fact news reporting is, the letter writer apparently stands ready to accuse it of being “left leaning” if it doesn’t reconfirm his own political beliefs. There’s a name for this in sports. It’s called working the ref.

David Friedman St. James

Citizen environmental stewardship needed Amid the many individual human tragedies that we find ourselves inundated with, there are even broader issues of working to keep our bays and oceans healthy that are being marginalized.

Quietly, much federal legislation is being pushed that maximizes profits at the expense of the health of the public’s environment.

One such piece is an H.R. bill that is moving forward in the House and

threatens the scientists and marine fisheries they protect.

This is despite the fact it has been 40plus years since the Magnuson-Stevens Act was enacted, where the U.S. fishery management system has played a critical role in maintaining the viability of numerous important fish species stocks.

H.R.3697’s shortsighted approach would undermine that progress and risk the return to days when overfishing and depleted fish

populations were chronic problems. Please call your congressperson and help ensure that fishermen, coastal communities, oceans and future generations benefit from stable, abundant fish populations. Unless we take the time to let our representatives know we oppose this legislation, we can expect an even greater loss of our fisheries and the fishermen who depend on it.

Charles A. Perretti Setauket

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m I going to cry? That’s the question I get so often when I talk to other parents who, like me, are about to send their first child off to college.

I’m sure I’ll be more reflective than tearyeyed. I’ll probably think about expected and unanticipated milestones. Like a montage or a video, pictures and memories of my daughter at various ages will pass through my head.

D. None I keep thinking of the above about her fourth

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF birthday.

The night before her party, she could barely sleep. She came into our room several

times to ask if it was time to get up yet. I told her to look out the window, past the streetlights of Manhattan, into the sky, where it was pitch dark. When it was lighter, she could get up and start preparing for the party.

As soon as we got to Jodi’s Gym, which was a wonderful padded room filled with age-appropriate apparatuses, my daughter raced around the room. The party planner asked us to wait in the entrance so we could greet her guests. While we were waiting, I chased her around the table, listening to the wonderful, happy screeches that came each time I either caught up to her or got close to her.

“You know,” the party planner said, “you might want to save some energy for the party.”

My daughter smiled at me, shook her head and ran away, expecting me to follow her. I continued to play the pre-party game, even as the party planner shrugged. After everyone arrived, my daughter led the way on every piece of equipment, delighted that she had the chance to run, jump and scream

without waking Maryann and Frank, who lived beneath us in our apartment. Even though she can’t picture Maryann and Frank today, she knows that those were the names we used whenever she got too loud early in the morning or late at night.

I also think about how enchanted my daughter was by her first grade teacher. Mrs. Finkel delighted her students and their parents with her soft voice, her ability to focus on each student individually and the class as a whole at the same time, and her control of the classroom. While Mrs. Finkel died incredibly young after a short battle with cancer, I know her legacy lives on with the students who are preparing for college and with her husband and daughter.

I am also recalling the many moments when a book captivated my daughter’s attention, causing her to read late into the night; when she caught blue claw crabs at a dock; or when she played board games with her brother and cousins at my mother’s house

during Thanksgiving.

Perhaps the most recurring memory, however, goes back to when she was learning to ride a bicycle. I pushed the bike for several seconds, let go, and watched her wobble unsteadily until she either fell or put her feet to the sides. Eventually, my back hurt so much that I couldn’t bend and run anymore.

“Let’s stop for now,” I gasped. “You don’t need to do it now. When you’re ready, you’ll do it.”

She paused and asked me to push her one more time. When I did, she slowly circled the parking lot and stopped, a triumphant smile plastered across her face. On the walk back home, I asked her how she was able to conquer the bike.

She told me she thought about how she wanted to be ready, so she did it.

While I probably won’t cry when I turn around and leave her at college, I will hope that she feels as ready as she did when she conquered her bike.

The art of creating a personal profile for a dating app

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f you want to see what your kids really think of you and have some fun in the process, ask them to come up with a profile for you to use on an internet dating app. My children and a couple of grandchildren were here for a visit this past weekend, and that was one bit of interaction we enjoyed.

I have never filled out such a profile before, and I turned to them — the generation that started using apps to find partners — for help. Here are some Between words they threw you and me out.

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF Beautiful: Well listen, if your sons don’t think you are good looking, what was the point of all that maternal sacrifice? This one is just a given.

Energetic: Of course. You have to have some measurable degree of energy in order to put yourself out there. It’s certainly easier to lay back and watch endless television or read a novel every night. And I am leaving off the comments they threw out about double chins and still having my original teeth.

Good conversation: Yes, OK, but it takes two to tango. Willing to offer opinions on just about everything. And listening is at least as important.

Loves to travel: That probably narrows the field to about 90 percent of the female population.

Enjoys theater: Ditto.

Sense of humor: If you have to brag, not much hope. I would hate to be asked to say something funny. Probably more of a way of looking at life.

Likes sailing: Although I no longer ski or play tennis, because of knees that are given to protest.

That’s probably in a league with long walks on the beach. Not much personalization there. Come now, let’s find something unique.

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imagine thousands of people gathering to hear some fat women screech. Little do they know that the women are no longer fat, and the human voice can be one of the most exquisite instruments delivering some of the most beautiful melodies ever written. Plus operas often have profound themes dealing with universal questions. What we have here is theater, concert and choir all in one offering. They are young yet, they may come upon the bargain that is opera one fine day.

Well read: That’s correct if measured by the amount of newspaper articles I feel it necessary to ingest every day. Books mostly have to wait for vacations.

Loves learning: Now we are getting somewhere. They say that journalists know things a mile wide but only an inch deep. That is true.

From one day to the next, we have to leap from subject to subject, spending only enough time on each one to be able to write about its newsworthiness correctly before moving on to the next.

And that suits me fine. Where I become more interested, I can always go back and dig deeper.

Meanwhile there are endless facts to absorb as I move along.

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Still working: Yes, that’s how one continues to learn.

Independent: You bet. That is definitely a truth about yours truly, and those children of mine are probably glad that I am. Being independent, not having to live up to anyone else’s expectations, including one’s own from long ago, is hard won and to be cherished. Not having to lean on anyone for support, unless by choice, is the ultimate liberation.

Loves raspberries and blueberries: Now we are getting to the heart of the matter. Yummy!

Adores flowers and nature in all its magnificence: Yes, yes, yes.

Good friends: You have to be one to have one. I certainly try.

Love my family: And I am close to them. A most important part of my life.

Optimistic and positive to a fault: I have always told my children that all things are possible.

They just have to work hard to succeed. They are the CEOs of their lives.

Romance: Ah, yes. What is life without an adoring someone? Worth searching for, I think.

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Monica Rubin’s Unique School of Rock Story Continues with Concerts, Tours and a Scheduled Third Location Opening Soon Young Musicians from the Rockville Centre and Huntington Locations Regularly are Booked to Perform shows in Brooklyn, New York City and Long Island and Many Recently Embarked on a Tour of venues in Ohio, Washington DC, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey as well. against school policy . An original artist in a touring band as young as 13, his hair was part of his image. The principal, the monsignor and the staff throughout elementary school and high school always targeted him because of his hair. The simple solution of having him tie it neatly would not satisfy administration. Aren’t we, the adults, supposed to encourage our kids to be themselves and let their individuality shine? They made those years very difficult for him over the length of his hair!”.

Rockville Centre, NY and Huntington, NY-- When you visit Monica Rubin’s School of Rock locations, the experience is different. Her unique approach is helping to truly foster the next generation of great artists and is redefining music education.

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For instance, on July 1st thru July 7th 2019, several young artists from the Rockville Centre and Huntington schools got their first taste of what the rock star touring life is all about. The forward thinking and creative owner of these two School of Rock locations set up a string of shows in Ohio, DC, Berwyn, Wildwood and Easton. The tour is offered for their audition scholarship team - the house band who are carefully selected after an extensive audition process.

Monica has been the brainchild and the workhorse behind setting up these tours, as well as the thought leader for the many other unique and interesting initiatives that are in place year round - including previous performance dates for students at The Bitter End in New York City where they expertly performed everything from AC/DC, Aerosmith VS Guns N Roses, Brit Rock, 90’s Rock, Maiden vs Priest, NY State of Mind and Deep Purple.

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that those songs introduce. The goal of this curriculum is to prepare kids and teens for live performances. Every few months, Performance Program students take the stage and play at music venues in Manhattan, Long Island and/or Brooklyn.

The instructors at both locations hold impressive music degrees and are active touring musicians. Many are from well known New York bands The Inoculated Canaries, Craving Strange, In Loving Memory, Ellis-Ashbrook, the list goes on.

It is her passion for the program but more importantly for the students that sets her schools apart. Monica tells her story in her own words.

“I cannot tell you that from a young age I knew that this was where I wanted to be, but in truth, my life has always led me to this. I grew up in a talented home, that is everyone had musical talent except me.

My dad, a self taught musician, could play anything you put in front of him. I, on the other hand,was musically challenged.

I would sing (and still do) at the top of my lungs not really caring that I was pitchy and off beat. My parents sent me for piano lessons even though I wanted to play the drums. After the second month, the instructor told me he would pay me to stop going if I promised not to tell anyone I had been his student. True story!! Our son

Michael became interested in playing the guitar at a young age. When I say young I mean he literally played the guitar on my rib cage while I was pregnant with him!

My husband, Gene and I encouraged him to play but quickly realized that taking lessons just wasn’t enough. Coming home and practicing on his own wasn’t fun. We live in a society that encourages sports and supports athletes but musicians are usually forgotten”.

Monica continued, “Like most of you, I turned to my dear trusty friend Google to help us solve the problem. I asked Google what we could do to “help our child find other kids to play music with.” Google replied “School of Rock.” I was in disbelief.

Google had made a mistake! We all know that School of Rock was a movie, how would that help my child? What I didn’t know was that the movie resulted from an actual school. THE SCHOOL OF ROCK! We quickly scheduled an appointment thinking this was all just too good to be true. I had no idea that Google had not only changed my son’s life, but the life of my entire family!”

On her son, Ms. Rubin remarked, “Michael was the “different” one in the Catholic schools he attended. A straight A student never in trouble always on the verge of suspension because, unlike the others, he had long curly hair that somehow was

She added, “As a parent, as his mom, I wanted a place where Michael could be himself. I watch him today as a brilliant musician and his confidence both on the stage and in life. In my heart I know that his School of Rock experience was part of it.”

In closing Monica said, “Throughout Michael’s years at School of Rock I turned my photography toward the concert world.

I was not only fortunate to have met some incredible artists, but I am lucky to now call them my friends. They introduced me to the music business teaching me about recording, managing, touring, the list goes on. It was around this time that Michael’s band, The Inoculated Canaries started to develop into more than a garage band.

It was at this time that Gene told me he knew what my calling was, he was right!

We started our School of Rock knowing that it would change the lives of those who walked through our doors. Our school is a clubhouse for our students. They have a place to express themselves musically and are challenged by the incredible teachers that are here. Together, we are the School of Rock Rockville Centre, Huntington and soon to be Syosset/Oyster Bay family.”

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