The TIMES of Middle Country
Serving CentereaCh
Volume 10, No. 47
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northern lake grove
March 12, 2015
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Historic firehouses exhibit at the PJVC Also: Festival of One Act Plays at Theatre Three, ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ at the SCPA
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Going bald for St. Baldrick’s
Photo by Erika Karp
the Centereach Civic association kicked off the St. Patrick’s day holiday season on March 6 by raising nearly $30,000 for children’s cancer research. above, damien dickson, 7, of Centereach, breaks out into laugh as his head is shaved.
Funding open space
Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn’s parkland legislation approved
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Romaine shifts focus to the environment Supervisor advocates for a sustainable town By erika karP
In his third State of the Town address, Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine went green, focusing on making Brookhaven a more environmentallyfriendly place to live. The emphasis on creating a more sustainable town deviated from past addresses in which Romaine (R) focused on the town’s fiscal stability. Romaine said that while the town’s efforts to boost its financial standing are far from finished,
there have still been improvements — like ending 2014 with a surplus — and now the town must do its part to address climate change. “In fact, protecting the environment and being fiscally prudent are not mutually exclusive,” he said Monday at Town Hall in Farmingville. In the coming weeks, Romaine said he would be putting forward an Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Initiative, as part of a five-year capital plan, with ROMAINE continued on page A9
Photo by Erika Karp
Brookhaven Supervisor ed romaine speaks about his stronger focus on protecting the local environment during his March 9 State of the Town address.