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Groups butt heads over public records info

By Elana Glowatz Two North Shore public agencies did not comply with records requests during a large-scale look into government transparency, Reclaim New York has reported.

The nonprofit, which focuses on govern-

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the clerk’s office is located at Village Hall.

ment transparency and finances, employment and the economy, sent Freedom of Information requests to school districts and municipalities throughout Suffolk County, as well as Nassau County and locations in the lower Hudson Valley, as part of its transparency project. In its report, Reclaim New York said that while many entities along Suffolk’s North Shore complied with state guidelines on processing such public records requests, both Port Jefferson Village and the Commack school district did not.

New York State’s Freedom of Information Law requires governments and school districts to respond to records requests within five business days, whether with the information requested, a denial or an acknowledgement of the request that includes an estimated date when one of the former two will occur. Denials can be appealed, and agencies are not allowed to deny a request “on the basis that the request is voluminous or that locating or reviewing the requested records or providing the requested copies is burdensome because the agency lacks sufficient staffing.”

Reclaim New York spokesperson Doug Kellogg claimed that Commack denied part of the FOIL request, “making big chunks essentially useless,” and that Port Jefferson Village at first “said they could not send an Excel document, which would show they are underprepared.”

“Port Jeff never worked with us from there, they just ignored the appeals and

our phone calls,” Kellogg wrote in an email this week.

Although an official from the Commack school district did not return a request for comment, Port Jefferson Village Clerk Bob Juliano challenged the accusation against his department.

In an interview on Tuesday, Juliano said Reclaim New York sent his office an email on March 8, asking for 2014 information on vendors, including what the village made purchase orders for and who it made checks out to. He said he responded the same day and the village treasurer’s office is still working on compiling the information, estimating it would be done by the end of May. “We weren’t ignoring them,” Juliano said, asserting that the two groups had not communicated since March 7 because Reclaim New York hadn’t followed up with his office.

The village clerk noted that because Port Jefferson is currently closing out its fiscal year, that process is delaying things.

Reclaim New York started the New York Transparency Project as a response to recent public corruption cases and the state’s “affordability crisis,” according to a press release. The project’s goal is to make records requests to thousands of local governments statewide and teach taxpayers about the FOIL process.

“That’s when we will see more conflicts of interest, more political favors, more waste,

‘It’s clear we can’t blindly trust our politicians to do their jobs with integrity and protect public dollars, so it’s up to us to watch them.’

— Brandon Muir more fraud and more abuse exposed,” Reclaim New York Executive Director Brandon Muir said in a statement. “Overspending and public corruption happen when politicians don’t think anyone is paying attention. … It’s time people saw how their money is really being spent.”

According to the nonprofit, it sent Freedom of Information requests about spending information to 253 entities on Long Island, 57 of which were ignored, denied or not properly completed. Although a couple of North Shore entities were included in that list, many did comply, including Suffolk County; Brookhaven, Smithtown and Huntington towns; Belle Terre and Lake Grove villages; and the Port Jefferson, Kings Park, Huntington, Smithtown, Mount Sinai, Miller Place and Rocky Point school districts, among others.

“There are people who really need to know that Commack and Port Jefferson have work to do, and they aren’t being open with their tax dollars,” Kellogg said in an email.

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North Shore school districts pass budgets, elect trustees Tuesday night was a good one for school boards across New York State, as residents cast their ballots overwhelmingly in favor of district budgets.

According to the New York State School Boards Association, almost all of the school districts that had adopted budgets within their state-mandated caps on how much they could increase their tax levy had their voters stand behind those budgets. For those who pierced the cap, almost 78 percent of those budgets were approved — still a much larger approval rate than in previous years for such budgets.

The approval rate for cap-busting budgets last year was about 61 percent.

“School districts managed to put together spending plans that in some cases restored educational programs and services, thanks to a large infusion of state aid,” NYSSBA Executive Director Timothy G. Kremer said in a statement, referring to an increase in aid included in the state’s own budget that legislators recently approved.

“The question is, will the state be able to sustain that commitment going forward?”

Here’s how school districts on the North Shore of Suffolk County fared:

Middle Country

Voters approved the budget with 1,924 votes in favor and 337 against. The elected school board trustees were Robert Feeney, Dawn Sharrock and Kristopher Oliva.

Cold Spring Harbor

Residents approved the budget, 527 to 132, and a Proposition 2 regarding a capital reserve fund, 520 to 132. Vice President Amelia Walsh Brogan and Lizabeth Squicciarni, a member of the Citizen Faculty Association, a parent-teacher association at the CSH Junior/Senior High School, were elected to the school board with 469 and 455 votes, respectively. Lloyd Harbor resident George Schwertl fell short with 313 votes.

Comsewogue

The Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association reports that the two incumbents who were running unopposed for re-election, Rob DeStefano and Francisca Alabau-Blatter, were returned to the school board with 895 and 785 votes, respectively. The district’s cap-compliant $87.2 million budget passed with more than 80 percent voter approval, with 828 votes in favor to 194 against.

Harborfields

Harborfields voters approved a cappiercing $82.8 million budget at the polls tonight, the only one on the North Shore, 2,099 to 1,017. Incumbent Hansen Lee and Colleen Wolcott were elected to the board of education with 1,569 and 1,301 votes, respectively. Challengers Chris Kelly (1,001 votes), Marge Acosta (992 votes) and Joseph Savaglio (571 votes) fell short in their own bids.

Huntington

According to results posted on the school district’s website, the community approved both a $123.1 million budget and a proposition to use almost $2.5 million of the district’s building improvement

fund, or capital reserve, to update eight Huntington schools and make them compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Incumbents Bari Fehrs and Bill Dwyer were re-elected to the school board, while challenger Carmen Kasper fell short in her bid for one of the two seats.

Kasper said, “I am sorry to say I lost, but my desire to be involved with the schools and students has not been lost. There is always next time. I congratulate the two incumbents; I wish them the best. We all work for the same cause: to improve education for our students.”

Dwyer said he looked forward to “continuing to work with the board and administration to expand our educational programs in a fiscally responsible manner.”

For her part, Fehrs noted the margin of approval: “I believe it shows a trust from the community that they are very supportive of our district and are confident in the way administration and the board of education are managing the education for the students in the district.”

Kings Park

Voters passed the budget, 1,544 to 615, and Prop 2, regarding vehicles, 1,603 to 544. Pam DeFord was re-elected with 1,629 votes, Dan Tew elected with 1,522 votes. Francis Braun and Juan Pablo Andrade fell short of their bids, with 554 and 293 votes, respectively.

Miller Place

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Kristopher Oliva was among those elected to the Middle Country board Tuesday. elected to the school board while Julia Binger and Shawne Albero fell short of seats with 1,543 and 1,410 votes, respectively.

Port Jefferson

The community passed the budget, 1,064 to 236, and a Proposition 2 regarding the library, 1,153 to 141. Two school board trustees were elected, Johanna Testa (876 votes) and Noelle Dunlop (737 votes). Candidates Michael Unger and Michael Manspeizer fell short of board seats with 533 and 198 votes, respectively.

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Mount Sinai

Residents approved the budget, 1,150 to 275. On proposition 2, it passed with 1,266 votes in favor and 159 against. Lynn Jordan was re-elected to the school board with 726 votes, while Kerri Anderson won a seat with 733 votes.

“It shows that people have been satisfied with what I’ve been doing,” Jordan said. “It’s a true honor to serve and I love the work.”

Anderson said: “With my personal background in education and as a teacher, I’m hoping to bring some of my experience to help with Mount Sinai schools and things that we can maybe do differently to make it better.”

But Superintendent Gordon Brosdal was not as enthused: “I’m not so pleased with the turnout since we have 9,500 registered voters and annually we bring around 1,500 and we’re even a little below that.

That’s a little disappointing when you have five good people running for the board.”

Northport-East Northport

Voters approved a $161 million budget (2,568 to 687 votes), a proposition on $2 million in capital improvements (2,848 to 390 votes), and a proposition reducing the amount of board members from nine to seven (1,881 to 1,294 votes). Allison Noonan (2,039 votes), Andrew Rapiejko (1,984 votes) and Lori McCue (1,560 votes) were

Incumbents Kathleen Brennan and Ellen Boehm ran unopposed for their third terms and were re-elected with 348 and 347 votes, respectively. Residents also approved a cap-compliant $41.4 million budget with 353 votes in favor and just 55 vote against.

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Stony Brook University offers all-gender restrooms to students

By Phil Corso Stony Brook University is steps ahead of the nation on its public restroom policies.

Last week, President Barack Obama (D) required all public schools to provide restroom facilities for all students, including those who identify as transgender. But at Stony Brook, plans are already in place to accommodate students of any identification, making it the first school in the SUNY system to offer up all-gender restrooms and changing rooms.

Timothy Ecklund, dean of students at SBU, said the university introduced a draft diversity plan in December in an attempt to attack persistent issues of inequality affecting society as a whole. In an interview, he said the university’s plan to address gender and inequality, specifically pertaining to the transgender community, included requiring all new and renovated buildings on campus to have allgender restrooms included in construction plans and installing at least one all-gender restroom in each existing campus building.

“As long as we have transgender people at our university, our perspective is they’re a member of our community and we need to support them,” he said.

Ecklund said Stony Brook University has a total of 24 all-gender restrooms, including three recently reassigned restrooms in its Student Activities Center building, which have multi-stall facilities.

“When we changed our restrooms to all-gender in the Student Activities Center, the feedback from our students was over-

whelmingly supportive and positive,” he said. “I spend a lot of time on campus and I see students in and out of the restrooms there without any hesitation. It’s not an issue, for our students, at least.”

As for the students’ perspective, sophomore Sydney Gaglio, president of the campus’ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alliance, said the all-gender restroom discussion was long overdue, as it has always been a primary concern of her group.

“We are of course super excited about the all-gender restrooms on campus and it is definitely a point of pride on our campus,” she said in an interview. “As students, there has been some concern mentioned in that when it comes to social media sites like Yik Yak, where things are anonymous, commentary on the allgender restroom policy on campus can get extremely transphobic, hurtful and invalidating. So there is concern for student health because of social stigma but, all in all, the conversation from members of LGBTA centers on excitement and validation.”

The issue has become a hot topic across the North Shore and greater United States.

Last month, Port Jefferson school board members approved a policy for how district officials should interact with and accommodate transgender students, including on the way those students are referenced in school records and what bathroom and locker room facilities they can use. Other school districts on the North Shore have also tried to make rules for transgender students in recent years,

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stony Brook University is making it a priority to place all-gender restrooms in new building projects across campus. but faced backlash from the community.

“Gender-specific restrooms still exist and if you feel more comfortable in those spaces, then that is OK,” Gaglio said. “But things like going to the restroom are personal things; let people do their business in peace and you do yours in peace and everyone will be happy.

Allow people to occupy the space in which they feel comfortable in.”

But the university’s support for all of its students does not stop at the label on a bathroom door, the dean said.

Ecklund said the university is home to a number of transgender students, and the school is taking strides to accommodate them and be sensitive to their preferences.

“We are working now as a university at providing the opportunity for our transgender students to change their names,” he said. “We’re trying to make sure the places at which their names are present — especially on a daily basis — they’re able to use the name they prefer or the name that they have taken.”

Assemblyman Englebright law lowers cases of whooping cough in infants

By Phil Corso A young state law is already breathing new life into the number of newborns burdened with whooping cough.

It has been three years since state Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) saw his Neonatal Infant Pertussis Act signed into law, and this week, members of the Pediatric Academic Societies said it’s already paying off, by reducing infections by 50 percent. Both Englebright and Dr. Shetal Shah, who worked alongside the lawmaker in 2012 as a member of the neonatal intensive care unit at Stony Brook University, heralded the legislation as an effective measure to keep newborns healthy across New York State.

Englebright wrote the NPPA with Shah’s help, requiring Tdap, a vaccine against whooping cough, be offered to parents and caregivers in contact with a newborn during birth hospitalization as a way to promote “cocoon” immunity for the infant, according to Shah. Five months later the legislation was signed into law by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), codifying Shah’s common sense idea into law.

“That year, the New York Department of Health had already reported a threefold increase in whooping cough since the previous year,” Englebright said. “It is gratifying to learn that this law is working and that children are being protected from whooping cough.”

The fight started in 2012 when Shah reached out to Englebright’s office with an idea that he said could prevent the whoop-

ing cough disease, also known as pertussis, in newborns. In a statement, Shah said newborns are typically the most at risk of serious illness or death if infected. But with help from Englebright’s legislation, vaccinations have been effective in combatting the infection for newborns.

Using the New York Communicable Disease Electronic Surveillance System, Heather L. Brumberg from Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital and her colleagues obtained data from 2010 to 2015 on pertussis cases and hospitalizations for 57 New York counties outside of the city. In addition, they used state population rates in 2011 and 2013 to determine the incidence per 100,000.

During the study period, 6,086 cases of pertussis were detected, 68.8 percent of which occurred before the law passed and 31.2 percent of which occurred after. Overall, the pertussis incidence rate decreased from 37.3 per 100,000 children before the law to 16.9 per 100,000 after.

For children aged younger than 1 year old, pertussis incidence decreased from 304 per 100,000 children to 165 per 100,000 and pertussis hospitalization decreased from 104 per 100,000 children to 63 per 100,000 children. The NPPA was associated with these reductions, especially for those at high-risk, the researchers wrote.

“The data shows that passage of the Neonatal Infant Pertussis Act [NPPA] was associated with a reduced incidence of disease in children in each age group studied,” said Shah, who now works at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network. “This is associative,

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Dr. shetal shah, right, and Assemblyman steve Englebright at the press conference announcing that the Neonatal infant Pertussis Act was signed into law in 2012. as we were unable to track actual parental and caregiver Tdap immunization rates.”

Whooping cough starts with “cold-like” symptoms such as fever, sneezing or a runny nose. It may then morph into a mild cough, which becomes more severe in the first or second week. Whooping cough vaccine is a five-shot series that is recommended for children at 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 15 to 18 months, and again at 4 to 6 years of age.

Parents and caregivers of newborns

need to be aware the pertussis vaccine is short-lived and can wear off within a decade, so some people who were immunized as children are no longer protected in adolescence or adulthood and should make sure they get a booster shot.

“This should provide some degree of scientific impetus to other states and counties to consider this measure as part of a comprehensive strategy to reduce whooping cough,” Shah said.

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A 32-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station stole money from Eager Beaver Carwash on Nesconset Highway on April 6, according to police. He was arrested on May 12 on Halsey Street in Port Jefferson Station, where police said they discovered he had heroin and a glass crack pipe with residue. He was charged with petit larceny and two counts of seventh-degree possession of a controlled substance.

Police chase

On May 11 at about 12:30 a.m., a 52-yearold woman from Bayport driving a 2007 Mitsubishi was speeding on Route 25A near the intersection of Mount Sinai Avenue in Mount Sinai when a police officer turned on his lights, signaling for the driver to pull over, police said. The driver accelerated and swerved in a dangerous manner. She eventually pulled over in Port Jefferson Station. She was arrested and charged with third-degree fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle.

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On Dec. 13, 2015, a 26-year-old man from Centereach and a 23-year-old woman from Bayport stole assorted jewelry from Kohl’s on Nesconset Highway in Shirley, police said. The man was arrested in Centereach and the woman was arrested in Selden, both on May 15. They were each charged with petit larceny.

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At a home on Granny Road in Farmingville on March 20, a 34-year-old woman from Farmingville gave a 14-yearold girl a heart tattoo on the front of her neck, according to police. She was arrested on May 13 in Selden and charged with tattooing a minor.

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An 18-year-old woman from Farmingville punched and kicked a police officer near a home on Wood Road in Centereach at about 10 a.m. on May 11, police said. She was arrested and charged with seconddegree assault and resisting arrest. The officer was treated for injuries at Stony Brook University Hospital.

Arsonist arrested

At McDonald’s on Route 25A in Miller Place on May 14, a 17-year-old man was seated in the driver’s seat of a 2007 Hyundai with marijuana in his possession, police said. He was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of the drug.

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A 30-year-old woman from Farmingville was driving a 1999 Lexus on Teepee Road in Rocky Point near the intersection of King Road at about 2 p.m. on May 11, according to police. She was pulled over and police said they discovered she was driving without a license and had a hypodermic needle. She was arrested and charged with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and possession of a hypodermic instrument.

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in the driver’s seat of a 2008 Subaru on Joan Avenue in Centereach with heroin in his possession, according to police. He was arrested and charged with seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

At about 7:30 p.m. on May 12, a 27-yearold man from Farmingville was seated

On May 12 at about 3:45 p.m., a 27-yearold man from Central Islip intentionally lit a house on fire on Nicoll Avenue in Central Islip, police said. He was arrested in Stony Brook and charged with seconddegree arson.

An unknown person entered a Subaru parked in the driveway of a residence on Harrison Avenue in Miller Place at about 10 p.m. on May 14, according to police. The suspect stole an FDNY shield, a Magellan GPS and a dashboard camera, police said.

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A vacuum was stolen from Walmart on Nesconset Highway in East Setauket at about 3:30 p.m. on May 15, according to police.

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The glass door to a boat at The Boat Place in Port Jefferson was damaged at about 3:30 p.m. on May 14, police said.

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At about 12:45 a.m. on May 13, a 2008 Mitsubishi parked outside of a home on Broadway Avenue in Port Jefferson Station was scratched and egged, according to police.

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PeoPle West Point cadets from North Shore community connect past, present On West Point Day in the State Legislature, Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) welcomed two Setauketgrown cadets Jessica Fabrizio and Christopher Aliperti and introduced them on the floor of the Assembly Chamber.

In his introduction, Englebright took a moment to draw a historical connection between Setauket and West Point.

“Setauket was the home of Major Benjamin Tallmadge, General George Washington’s chief of intelligence, and the man who organized the Setauket spy ring which exposed the traitor Benedict Arnold.

That led to the capture of British spy John Andre and thereby saved both General Washington’s life and prevented the loss of the fortress at West Point.

Ultimately their efforts helped establish our nationhood,” Engelbright said.

“Following in this tradition, these cadets from Setauket are individuals who desire

to serve in the echo of those who came before them.”

Englebright went on to introduce Jessica Fabrizio, who is now a senior at West Point. “Her family lives in East Setauket,” said Englebright, “she is a graduate of the Ward Melville High School, and we are very proud of her and know that her work in business management will serve our nation well.”

Also from Setauket is Christopher Aliperti, a first-year cadet at West Point.

“Christopher’s family lives in Setauket, one block from where the Battle of Setauket occurred in August of 1777,” Englebright said. “One-half block from his home stands a statue of Major Benjamin Tallmadge, at the Setauket School.”

“You continue that tradition of other sons and daughters of Setauket, “ Englebright said, “and you make us proud.

Thank you for your service to our nation.”

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Assemblyman Steve Englebright, center, celebrates with the cadets.

Leading the way

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Ward Melville High School seniors Jeffrey Michel, right, and Ariel Leong, left, have been named the Class of 2016 valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively.

Masters in math W.S. Mount Elementary School’s math club defended their award-winning reputation this May by shining brightly at the ninth annual Suffolk County Elementary Math Tournament held at Stony Brook University.

During the event, 66 teams comprised of 330 students in fourththrough sixth-grades competed. Awards were given to the top three teams and individual awards were given to the top

10 competitors.

As a result of their determination, Mount Math Masters’ two teams were awarded first and second place in the competition. Mount students were also awarded seven of the 10 available trophies for individual excellence.

The district congratulates the following students and their coach Linda Earls on this remarkable achievement: Neal Carpino, Matthew Chen, Ivan Ge, Alexander Lin, Carolyn Lin, Ashwinaa Vaithianathan, Jacqueline Wu, Claire Yang, William Zhang and Ari Zucker.

Ward Melville High School seniors Jeffrey Michel and Ariel Leong have been named the Class of 2016 valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively.

At Ward Melville, both students regularly shine in the classroom as dedicated scholars and are active members of the school community.

Michel is the swim captain for Ward Melville’s swimming and diving team and is a member of the National Honor Society and National German Honor Society, as well as president of the Model U.N. team. He also plays trumpet in the school’s wind ensemble.

Leong is a member of the school’s award-winning Science Olympiad team, math team and environmental club.

She plays on the school’s tennis team and plays violin in the school’s chamber orchestra.

Michel will be studying engineering and German at Rice University, and Leong will be attending Stanford University.

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W.S. Mount Elementary School’s math club’s teams placed first and second during the ninth annual Suffolk County Elementary Math Tournament.

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eight suffolk County natives who were or are players, coaches and sports writers, were inducted into the 2016 sports Hall of Fame class.

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Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame gains eight members

By Alex Petroski Greatness in the world of athletics was on display to be celebrated Friday night. Members of the 27th class of the Suffolk County Sports Hall of Fame were inducted at a ceremony held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Hauppauge. They will join past inductees like Boomer Esiason and Craig Biggio in the pantheon of impactful Suffolk sports figures.

“Each year we induct the very best of Suffolk County,” Master of Ceremonies and 1999 Hall of Fame inductee David Weiss said to kick off the evening. “These are men and women on and off the playing field who had a positive and lasting impact, and have left a legacy for all of Suffolk County.”

Among the inductees were Northport star lacrosse player Jill Byers; Setauket resident and 27-year New York Jets beat reporter, Rich Cimini; legendary Harborfields football coach and Smithtown football star, Tom Combs; the first varsity boys’ basketball coach at Comsewogue, Frank Romeo; and Deer Park threesport standout and football All-American at Stony Brook University, Chuck Downey. Richie LoNigro, owner of Port Jefferson Sporting Goods, which has been open since 1973, was also honored with a special recognition award.

Byers graduated from Northport in 2005.

She is the only athlete to be named All-Long Island team in three sports during her high school career, playing basketball, soccer and lacrosse. She was a two-time All-American in lacrosse during high school, and also received the distinction four times during her career at the University of Notre Dame. She also competed on the United States women’s lacrosse national team.

“African proverb states that it takes a vil- over a 13-year run. lage to raise a child,” Byers said during the “I am humbled by the talent and accomceremony Friday. She credited, among others, plishments of this class,” Combs said. “I’m just her three older brothers for her success, stat- very honored and blessed to be up here.” ing that they never let her win at anything.

Combs has two daughters who followed in “Thank you to my village for giving me the his footsteps and became teachers and coachopportunity to represent you here tonight.” es.. He thanked his family, friends and players Cimini is the longest tenured Jets beat re- for helping him to achieve the successes that porter in team history, working for the Daily led to his induction.

News, Newsday and for the past six years, “Being a football coach is always someESPN. He has received awards from the As- thing I wanted to do,” he said, adding that sociated Press and the Pro Football Writers of his players earning scholarships to attend colAmerica for his work over the years. lege and play football was always important He joked that he didn’t feel like he be- to him. “That’s what I’m always proud of as longed in a class with people a coach.” who accomplished so much on In 1968, Frank Romeo bethe field, being that his accomcame the first varsity basketball plishments took place entirely coach at Comsewogue. During in the press box. a 24-year span, Romeo led “I feel like the nerd who got Comsewogue to eight league invited to the cool kids party,” titles, one large school Section Cimini said.

XI title and 15 straight playoff He mentioned his supportappearances. From 1987 to ive parents and his understand- — Rich Cimini 1990, Romeo’s record was 62ing wife of 25 years, who is 5. He left Comsewogue to become the head okay with planning their lives yearly around basketball coach at Suffolk County Commuthe NFL schedule. nity College in 1992, where he made the play“She’s the real hall of famer in our fam- offs in all of his seven seasons there. ily,” Cimini said of his wife Michelle, who is Romeo used the word “we” repeatedly actually a lifelong New York Giants season about his spot in the Hall of Fame. ticket holder.

“For all of my former players at ComseTom Combs has been the athletic direc- wogue and at Suffolk Community College tor in the Patchogue-Medford school district — they were the main ingredient in the term since 2003. Before that, he played Division II ‘we,’” he said. “They did the playing and they football at Ashland University in Ohio follow- made the sacrifices. Some years we were ing his four years at Smithtown. He became good enough to win championships and other the head football coach at Harborfields in years we played just as hard and we didn’t win 1990, where he won five county champion- championships. They can now be assured that ships and two Long Island Championships they made their mark in Suffolk County. They

“I feel like the nerd who got invited to the cool kids party.”

got us to the Hall of Fame.”

Chuck Downey was a standout wrestler, football player and lacrosse player during his years at Deer Park. He was a part of Stony Brook University’s first football team in 1984, where he still holds nearly 30 school records and 12 NCAA records. He was a three-time All-American while at Stony Brook, which earned him a professional contract with the National Football League’s Philadelphia Eagles. That marked the first time a Stony Brook athlete signed a professional sports contract. Downey has since followed in the footsteps of his father Raymond, an FDNY Battalion Chief. His father died in the line of duty on Sept. 11, 2001.

Weiss gave Downey a most memorable introduction.

“What a great way to end a wonderful evening with an inductee who epitomizes the word hero from a family of heroes,” Weiss said of the last member to be announced.

Downey joked that he’d rather be in a burning building then standing in front of a room full of people to speak.

“I’m truly honored and deeply grateful to be up here tonight along with these other amazing athletes,” he said.

Many of Richie LoNigro’s 12 children, 25 grandchildren and five great grandchildren were present to honor the man who has become a fixture in Port Jefferson.

“I own a business that makes trophies and trophies are things that we’re all very proud of. I brought my trophies with me tonight and they’re all sitting out there in the audience,” he said, talking about his family. “These are my trophies and awards, and I take them with me wherever I go.”

Keeping score Bay Shore 10, Centereach 3 The No. 14 Centereach softball team traveled to No. 11 Bay Shore in the Class AA losers’ bracket Tuesday and dropped the game to the host team, eliminating them from the postseason.

Middle Country Girls’ Lacrosse The No. 2 Middle Country girls’ lacrosse team will host the winner of the No. 7 Sachem North vs. No. 10 North Babylon matchup at home on May 20 at 3 p.m. in the Mad Dogs’ first Class A playoff matchup.

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Jane Bonner gives the gift of life by donating kidney Old friend gets third transplant with councilwoman’s help

By Alex Petroski

up. She wasn’t an option in 1988 because she had just given birth.

Everything was fine until October 2012 A Brookhaven Town Councilwoman was elected in 2007 to serve the community. On when the blockage caused his heart to stop April 26, she took the idea of public service for about 14 minutes while he was riding the Long Island Rail Road one day. An EMT to a whole new level.

Jane Bonner, councilwoman for riding the train performed CPR to resusBrookhaven’s second district, and Tom citate D’Antonio. Luckily, the incident ocD’Antonio have known each other for al- curred near the Mineola train station, which most 40 years. Bonner said she became is about five minutes walking distance from friends with D’Antonio’s younger brother Winthrop University Hospital. Doctors told Steven in her seventh grade Spanish class him they thought he’d have brain damage at Middleville Junior High School in the if he survived the ordeal, emphasis on “if.”

D’Antonio’s brain was okay, but the heart Northport-East Northport school district, which has since closed, and the families stoppage caused damage to his sister’s kidhave stayed in touch ever since. D’Antonio ney. He was back in a familiar position. For was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes when a third time he needed a family member or he was 10 years old. He said the disease close friend to step up and offer an organ has “wreaked havoc” on his kidneys over that would save his life.

According to the National Kidney Founthe years. The 57-year-old EMT has a dation, more than 3,000 new medical history that most patients are added to the kidwould consider unlucky. He ney waiting list every month, wouldn’t agree. and 13 people die every day “I’m living proof that what waiting for a kidney transdoesn’t kill you makes you plant. According to the Livstronger,” D’Antonio said. ing Kidney Donors Network, He has had three successmore than 80,000 people are ful kidney transplants and currently on the waiting list, a pancreas transplant, and survived an acute coronary — Tom D’Antonio where most people remain for more than five years waiting thrombosis, which was a 100 percent blood clot-blockage in a vessel of for a life-saving donation while on dialysis.

D’Antonio found himself in need of a kidhis heart in 2012.

The flip side to the hard luck of requir- ney with his options exhausted. In October ing three kidney transplant surgeries is the 2015, Bonner invited D’Antonio and his wife fact that three times, D’Antonio had a will- to meet her and her husband, also named ing and able donor who was also a match. Tom, to join them and some friends at the The first time was in June 1988 when his Huntington Lighthouse Festival in Huntingthen girlfriend Cheryl, who he has been ton Harbor. The Bonners sailed their boat married to for 27 years now, stepped up from Mount Sinai, while the D’Antonio’s and donated D’Antonio a healthy kidney. took the short trip by boat from their home He said at the time, doctors told him the in Eaton’s Neck.

“We almost didn’t stop — we didn’t want chances of his girlfriend being a match to intrude,” D’Antonio said about that Ocwere one in a million.

In 1999, he underwent a pancreas tober day. He revealed to Bonner he was in transplant, which he said at the time was need of a kidney once again, and told her somewhat experimental. The result was the that a family member who might have been formerly insulin-dependent diabetic was an option was not going to work out.

“I said, ‘I’ll do it,’” Bonner said. Taken essentially cured. But by 2002, the diabetes had done damage to his wife’s former aback, D’Antonio suggested Bonner should kidney. This time, D’Antonio’s sister stepped think it over and maybe discuss it with her

‘I’m living proof that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.’

Photos from Jane Bonner

Above, tom D’Antonio and Jane Bonner after a successful kidney transplant surgery at New york Presbyterian Hospital. Below, tom D’Antonio, his wife Cheryl and Bonner sail on the open seas, which is where Bonner first told D’Antonio she’d like to donate her kidney. husband and family.

“Tom!” D’Antonio said Bonner called out to her husband across the boat. “I’m going to give Tommy a kidney!”

That was all the discussion the Bonners needed, which D’Antonio said was apropos of their relationship.

“Once I make up my mind, I’m pretty steadfast and determined,” Bonner said.

“I’m a big believer in God having a plan.”

On April 26, Bonner donated her left kidney to D’Antonio in what she called a “minor surgery” at New York Presbyterian Hospital.

As that master plan has played out since, Bonner said doctors discovered two precancerous polyps that were about two years away from manifesting into colon cancer during the litany of tests she had to undergo in preparation for the donation.

‘Once I make up my mind, I’m pretty steadfast and determined. I’m a big believer in God having a plan.’

— Jane Bonner D’Antonio said he’s not sure what his outlook would have been if Bonner hadn’t offered to help.

“I know that right now I wouldn’t be feeling as good as I’m feeling,” he said. “I was to the point, the week of and the week before the surgery, if I walked a block I’d have to stop and rest. It’s like a slow, miserable, downward spiral.”

Bonner has since shared news about the transplant on social media using the hashtag #ShareTheSpare, and plans to advocate for programs like the Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program, which is managed by the United Network for Organ Sharing and is an option for patients with a living donor who is not a match.

“It’s more dangerous to drive to work every day than it is to live with one kidney,” Bonner said. “There’s no greater gift to give than the gift of life.”

Bonner, who missed just eight days of work, has been hesitant and uncomfortable with the baskets, flowers and cards she’s received since the surgery.

“There’s like this common element that runs through people who do that,” D’Antonio said. “They’re all like ‘it’s a no brainer.’ Clearly it’s more than that. That’s the thing that’s hard to express in words — how that makes you feel.”

D’Antonio shared what he said to Bonner in response to that hesitancy to accept thanks or praise.

“Get used to it.”

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Top Suffolk County officials have been left to answer for the promotion of former Chief of Police James Burke, who in February pleaded guilty to charges of a civil rights violation and conspiracy to obstruct justice, which occurred following the arrest of Smithtown man Christopher Loeb in 2012.

Last Tuesday, Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) held a press conference at the Suffolk County Legislature in Riverhead where he and fellow legislators, including Tom Cilmi (R-Bay Shore) and Kevin McCaffrey (R-Lindenhurst), called for both County Executive Steve Bellone (D) and District Attorney Tom Spota (D) to resign from their positions.

On Thursday, Bellone joined the list of people including the legislators and Suffolk County Sheriff Vincent DeMarco calling for Spota to resign.

“For refusing to cooperate and work with federal law enforcement to prosecute crime in this county, for refusing and blocking federal law enforcement who were working on the Gilgo Beach serial murder case, for allowing violent criminals to go free to protect political friends, for lying about Jim Burke and conspiring to conceal his past …” Bellone said Thursday afternoon on the steps of Spota’s Hauppauge office. “Tom Spota, you must resign from this office so that we can begin the process of reforming this place governmentally and politically in a way that we can ensure this doesn’t happen again. If you fail to do so, I will call on the governor to exercise his authority under the constitution to remove you from this office.”

Trotta arrived while Bellone addressed the media, and interjected that reporters were speaking with a “co-conspirator.” Trotta reiterated his stance on Thursday that Bellone is as much a part of the political corruption problem in the county as Spota for his role in promoting Burke, and standing by him despite evidence of Burke’s troubled past.

“I have never said that I have never made mistakes in my public career,” Bellone said. “I’ve made many mistakes. But they have never, ever been with ill intent and I’ve learned from my mistakes and I don’t repeat them. When I promoted Jim Burke, I consulted District Attorney Tom Spota.

When I fired Jim Burke, I did not consult Tom Spota.”

Bellone said he promoted Burke not because of recommendations from Spota or others, but because he was a “charismatic” and “impressive” person who made a memorable presentation.

Bellone handed a letter calling for Spota’s resignation to one of his employees inside the office, and Spota met the media later Thursday to respond.

“It’s a very, very difficult day for me,” Spota said in a video of that press conference. “He has delivered to me a letter asking for my resignation. I have absolutely no reason why I should resign, or should I be removed from office.”

Spota fired back at Bellone, suggesting his motivation was a “personal vendetta” against Spota for investigating and prosecuting people Bellone was close to.

On Tuesday, Bellone responded to Trotta, Cilmi and McCaffrey’s calls for his resignation through an email from a spokeswoman.

“Rob Trotta and Tom Cilmi are partisan politicians who just don’t get it,” the statement said. “This is not a partisan issue; this is about sweeping out a culture of abuse and corruption in the district attorney’s office. I regret that I trusted the word of the district attorney regarding Jim Burke, and I have learned from that error in judgment.”

Trotta made it clear following Bellone’s comments that the county executive should not be let off the hook.

“It was an Academy Award-winning performance,” Trotta said of Bellone’s press conference. “Forty-eight hours ago we were partisan, and we were political hacks.

Now all of the sudden he responds to a Newsday article, he sees what’s going on and he tries to jump in front of it.

It’s ridiculously absurd … He’s a total, unadulterated liar.”

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ALL NEW PHIL’S WATERFRONT BAR & GRILL. Hiring all positions, F/T, P/T, year round kitchen staff/wait staff. Aquebogue.

631-929-0508 BABYSITTER AVAILABLE. Experience with all age groups. Available full-time, part-time, afternoons, evenings, weekends. References provided on request. Email dusaheller@gmail.com.

Help Wanted C. TECH COLLECTIONS, INC. Seeking F/T Day positions in Collections, Administrative Support and Accounting.

Fax resume to: 631-331-9566, Att: Chris J. or Email to: lmuhlhausen@ ctech-collects.com SEE AD IN EMPLOYMENT DISPLAY FOR DETAILS FOOD SERVICE PJ FERRY seeks SNACK BAR ASSOCIATES to work on-board. FT/PT, early morning & afternoon shifts available. Excellent pay/benefits pkg. Light cooking, people skills a must.

Call 631-331-2167 between 10am-1pm or fax 631-331-2547.

GOOD COMMUNICATOR WANTED at Times Beacon Record News Media.

If you are a good communicator with a spring in your step, and want to earn a good living, please call Kathryn at 631-751-7744 HWY DEPT ASSISTANT F/T for Head of the Harbor Village. Clean drivers license/CDL a plus. 3+ yrs exp. Email qualifications to: VHOHHR@gmail.com or call, 631-584-2239.

See Employment Display for Complete Details.

The following are some of our available categories listed in the order in which they appear.

• Garage Sales • Tag Sales • Announcements • Antiques & Collectibles • Automobiles/Trucks /Rec. Vehicles • Finds under $50 • Health/Fitness/Beauty • Merchandise • Personals • Novenas • Pets/Pet Services • Professional Services • Schools/Instruction/Tutoring • Wanted to Buy • Employment • Appliance Repairs • Cleaning • Computer Services • Electricians • Financial Services • Furniture Repair • Handyman Services • Home Decorating • Home Improvement • Lawn & Landscaping • Painting/Wallpaper • Plumbing/Heating • Power Washing • Roofing/Siding • Tree Work • Window Cleaning • Real Estate • Rentals • Sales • Shares • Co-ops • Land • Commercial Property • Out of State Property • Business Opportunities

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IMMEDIATE OPENING Full time camp office administrator. Quick Books and Excell necessary. Send cover letter and resume to hgiffuni@hcdsny.org

LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OF NY SEEKS: DIRECT CARE WORKER: P/T and Per Diem.

COTTAGE SUPERVISOR: F/T for our Youth Residential Program CHILD CARE WORKER: F/T, P/T and Per Diem.

RN’s: Per diem for our Infirmary RN: P/T for our infirmary MEDICAID SERVICE COORDINATOR: P/T CASEWORKER: F/T CASEWORKER MGR: F/T HOUSE MANAGER: F/T CASE MANAGER: Per Diem MAINTENANCE MECHANIC: F/T. Wading River WAIVER SERVICE PROVIDERS: Per Diem Valid NYS Driver’s License required for most positions.† Send resume to: wadingriverjobs@lfchild.org or fax to: 631-929-6203 EOE PLEASE SEE DETAILS IN EMPLOYMENT DISPLAY ADS.

MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST P/T. Busy phones, heavy filing, scheduling appointments, assisting doctors. M-F, 1PM-close. Please fax resume to 631-474-4011, Attn: Trish.

SEE DISPLAY ADS FOR COMPLETE DETAILS

SUMMER, POSSIBLE YEAR ROUND POSITION for secretary/assistant for busy driving school/ must be organized, personable and have knowledge of computers and scheduling. Please email resume to turning pointds@msn.com. or fax to 631-744-4612

INSTALLER/TECHNICIAN for invisible fence underground wire pet containment, will train, clean drivers license, f/t, p/t Call Canine Control 631-726-6019.

LANDSCAPE LABORER P/T. Needed for Head of the Harbor Village Hwy Dept.

Clean driver’s license, 2+ yrs exp. Flexible hrs. Email qualifications to: VHOHHR@gmail.com Or call, 631-584-2239.

See Employment Display for Complete Details OFFICE ASSISTANT, P/T M-F days. Multi-tasker needed for small, busy Landscaping Design Office in Setauket. Computer skills a must: Word, Excel, Outlook.

Strong communicator, good writing/phone skills. Email resume with desired pay to: lssetauket@gmail.com P/T SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE WORKERS NEEDED Daytime hours, No evenings, No weekends. Please contact: TVCSD Child Nutrition Office at 631-730-4505

MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST Tues. & Thurs. 10am-6pm 2 Sat./mo., 10am-3pm Answer phones, schedule appointments, insurance duties.

Computer savy, quick learner. No experience necessary.

Fax resume to 631-743-9091

OFFICE ASSISTANT Rocky Point Law office, 2 days/week. Office experience, computer literate, strong communication. Cover letter, resume, salary requirements to margie@ christenamward.com RN’S $10,000 BONUS FOR EXP’D ICU. Also seeking wxp’d ED, Amb-Surg/PACU & Behavioral Health, FT/PT. For complete info, see our Employment Display ads.

SEEKING EXPERIENCED Seasonal Landscape Maintenance Personnel. St. James area. Call 631-584-3432 SUMMER P/T STUDENTS WELCOME Looking for individual to weed/water E. Setauket property once a week. $12/hour. Call 631 751-0867, Leave message.

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Send cover letter and resume to: hgiffuni@hcdsny.org

F/T HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT

Medical Receptionist SEEKING AN

FOR ROCKY POINT LAW OFFICE 2 DAYS PER WEEK

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Please fax resume to 631-474-4011 Attention: Trish

ANSWER PHONES SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS INSURANCE DUTIES

Please fax resume: 631-331-9566 (Attn: Chris J.) or Email: lmuhlhausen@ ctech-collects.com

Quick Learner No experience necessary Fax resume to:

631-743-9091

Now hiring all positions.

FT/PT/Year Round Kitchen Staff Waitstaff Please contact: 631.929.0508

Rocky Point Schools AVAILABLE POSITIONS

Full-Time Groundsman Full-Time Custodian Part-Time Weekend Security Part-Time Weekend Custodian Part-Time Weekend Maintenance Mechanic Substitute Security, Substitute Custodial, Substitute Groundsman, Substitute Food Service Workers Fingerprinting Clearance Required â&#x20AC;˘ EOE

Please submit a letter of intent and completed RPUFSD non-instructional employment application (available at www.rockypointschools.org) to the attention of: Susan Wilson, Executive Director for Educational Services, Rocky Point UFSD, 90 Rocky Point-Yaphank Road, Rocky Point NY 11778

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to work on-board The Port Jefferson Ferry.

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Light cooking, good attitude & people skills a must.

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E M P L OY M E N T / C A R E E R S RNs – $10,000 Bonus for exp’d ICU. Also seeking exp’d ED, Amb-Surg/PACU & Behavioral Health - F/T, P/T

Place your ad today Call 631.751.7663 or 631.331.1154

Little Flower Children and Family Services in Wading River, NY seeks Direct Care Workers for our Wading River Location – P/T and Per Diem to work with our OPWDD Adult population in a residential setting.

House Manager – F/T to work with our OPWDD adult population in Wading River Medicaid Service Coordinator – P/T-New Life Program-BA and exp req.

Cottage Supervisor –F/T for our Youth Residential Program in Wading River.

BA and Supervisory Exp. Caseworker – F/T working with our Special Needs youth ages 9-21-Req. MSW

Eastern Long Island Hospital is a 90-bed, full-service, community hospital committed to delivering excellence in patient care.

Casework Supervisor-F/T MSW Req. Child Care Workers -F/T, P/T and Per Diem; High School Diploma and NYS Driver’s License

We rank amongst Top 5% of Hospitals Nationally # 1 for Patient Safety & Outstanding Patient Experience. ELIH is locatedon the North Fork in the sunny, picturesque, waterfront town of Greenport. We are just minutes away from the mostspectacular beaches in the country, over 60 award-winning vineyards, quaint rural farms, museums and a waterpark,making the quality of living here extraordinary.

Waiver Service Providers – Per Diem for our Bridges to Health Program-BA; MA preferred

We currently have exceptional opportunities for experienced F/T & P/T ICU, ED, Amb-Surg/PACU and Behavioral Health RNs.

Case Manager – Per Diem Temp through Dec ‘16 for our B2F Program in Hauppauge

We offer a highly competitive compensation package & a fully paid benefit program that includes no copay prescription plan for you & your family.

Our plan also includes a Defined Benefit Pension Plan.

Maintenance Mechanic – F/T-Exp Required-Wading River

RN- Part time- for our Infirmary working with our youth 9-21 years.

RN’S –Per diem for our Infirmary working with our youth 9–21 years.

Send resume to Little Flower Children and Family Services in Wading River NY • Send resume to wadingriver-jobs@lfchild.org or fax to 631.929.6203 EOE

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Place your ad today Call 631.751.7663 or 631.331.1154

Clean Ups

Electricians

CONVERT YOUR FILMS AND VIDEO TAPES TO DVD’S. longislandfilmtransfers.com or call 631-591-3457

DUMPSTER RENTALS 10/20 yard dumpsters available, same day delivery, great prices, all dumpsters clean. Call 631-283-2266 Lux Development Group, Inc.

SOUNDVIEW ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING Prompt * Reliable * Professional. Residential/Commercial, Free Estimates.

Ins/Lic#41579-ME. Owner Operator 631-828-4675 See our Display Ad in the Home Services Directory

ENJOY THE PLEASURE OF COMING HOME TO A CLEAN HOUSE! Attention to detail is our priority. We promise you peace of mind. Excellent References. Serving the Three Village Area.

Call Jacquie or Joyce 631-871-9457, 631-886-1665 Honest, Responsible Polish Woman WILL CLEAN YOUR HOUSE/OFFICE. 10 years Experience.

References. Free Estimates.

Please call Marzena 631-327-9046. marzena1ny@gmail.com

LET STEVE DO IT Clean-ups, yards, basements, whole house, painting, tree work, local moving and anything else.

Totally overwhelmed?

Call Steve @ 631-745-2598, leave message.

Decks DECKS ONLY BUILDERS & DESIGNERS Of Outdoor Living by Northern Construction of LI, Inc. Decks, Patios/Hardscapes, Pergolas, Outdoor Kitchens & Lighting.

Since 1995. Lic/Ins. 3rd Party Financing Available.

105 Broadway, Greenlawn 631-651-8478 www.DecksOnly.com

Call 631.751.7663 or 631.331.1154

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Gardening/Design/ Architecture DOWN THE GARDEN PATH *Garden Rooms *Focal Point Gardens. Designed and Maintained JUST FOR YOU. Create a “splash” of color w/perennials or Patio Pots.

Marsha, 631-689-8140 or cell# 516-314-1489

Gutters/Leaders

Handyman Services

Home Improvement

JOHN’S A-1 HANDYMAN SERVICE *Crown moldings* Wainscoting/raised panels.

Kitchen/Bathroom Specialist.

Painting, windows, finished basements, ceramic tile. All types repairs. Dependable craftsmanship. Reasonable rates. Lic/Ins.#19136-H. 631-744-0976 c.631 697-3518

BUDGET BLINDS Thousands of window coverings Hunter-Douglas Showcase Dealer

Home Improvement

CONSTRUCTION Renovations, Kitchens, Windows/Doors, Bathrooms.

Construction Management Services. Since 1980.

631-928-0483. Lic#8477-H. jmakariusconstruction.com

SMITHPOINT FENCE. Storm Damage Repairs.

Wood, Chainlink, PVC, Stockade.

Free Estimates.

70 Jayne Blvd., PJS Lic./Ins. 631-743-9797 www.smithpointfence.com.

GREG TRINKLE PAINTING & GUTTER CLEANING Powerwashing, window washing, staining. Neat, reliable, 25 years experience. Free Estimates. Lic/Ins.#31398-H 631-331-0976

Furniture/Restoration/ Repairs

Handyman Services

MEIGEL HOME IMPROVEMENT Extensions, dormers, roofing, windows, siding, decks, kitchens, baths, tile, etc. 631-737-8794 Licensed in Suffolk 26547-H and Nassau H18F5030000. Insured.

THE TOOLMAN HANDYMAN SERVICES Fix it! Build it! Change it! Repair it! Paint it! The big name in small jobs, lic#-454612-H & insured Call 928-1811.

*BluStar Construction* The North Shore’s Most Trusted Renovation Experts.

631-751-0751 Suffolk Lic. #48714-H, Ins. See Our Display Ad

REFINISHING & RESTORATION Antiques restored, repairing recane, reupholstery, touchups kitchen, front doors, 40 yrs exp, SAVE$$$, free estimates. Vincent Alfano 631-286-1407

www.BudgetBlinds.com /huntington

631-766-5758 Huntington 631-766-1276 Port Jefferson 631-329-8663 Hamptons Celebrating Our 10 Year Anniversary

CUSTOM CLOSET DESIGNS Maximize your storage space needs creatively. Specialized in closets, laundry rooms and garages. Free Estimates.

J. MAKARIUS CONSTRUCTION Lic# 8479H, 631-928-0483.

TO SUBSCRIBE CALL 631.751.7744

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Valid NYS Driver’s License required for most positions.

Email a resume to HR@elih.org

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May 19, 2016 • CLASSIFIEDS • PAGE C5

S E R V IC E S

Place your ad today Call 631.751.7663 or 631.331.1154

Home Improvement

Lawn & Landscaping

Lawn & Landscaping

DREAM FLOORS *Dustless sanding and refinishing of wood floors. *Hardwood, Laminate and Vinyl Installations and repairs. *Base and Crown Molding Installation. Owner Operated.

Call, 631-793-7128 www.nydreamfloors.com

GO GO GREEN LANDSCAPING & LAWN CARE SERVICES Spring Cleanups, Decorative Mulch, all colors. Fertilization Programs. Flea/Tick, Poison Ivy/Weed. Control.

Free Estimates.

James, 631-624-0567.

See display ad for details.

SWAN COVE LANDSCAPING Lawn Maintenance, Cleanups, Shrub/Tree Pruning, Removals. Landscape Design/Installation, Ponds/Waterfalls, Stone Walls. Firewood. Free estimates.

Lic/Ins.631-689-8089

GREEN ISLAND TREE & LAWN CARE Insect, caterpillar, poison ivy control. Deer repellents. 15% off signed/prepaid 5 treatment program.

Licensed #13750-H 631-549-5100. greenislandtlc.com

Landscape Materials

NPC CARPENTRY, INC. Kitchen/Bathroom Alterations Additions/Extensions Fine Interior Millwork.

Nick Chepinskas www.npccarpentry.com nick@npccarpentry.com 516-658-8523 Lic#39386 /Ins. BBB PRS CARPENTRY No job too small. Hanging a door, building a house, everything in-between. Formica kitchens/baths, roofing/siding/decks.

POWER WASHING. Serving North Shore 40 years. Lic/Ins. 631-744-9741 THREE VILLAGE HOME IMPROVEMENT Serving the community for over 30 years. See ad in Home Service Directory.

Rich Beresford, 631-689-3169

Home Repairs/ Construction AMAZING BATHROOM REMODELING 30 year’s experience. Expert Workmanship. Free estimates.

No subcontracting. Partial repairs or full upgrades. Lic.# 52720-H/Ins. 631-579-2740

Lawn & Landscaping VREELAND LANDSCAPING Lawn maintenance $30/up.

Fertilizing/thatching/complete lawn re-seeding and renovation. Tree work. 30 years experience. Three Village/ Mt. Sinai, Port Jefferson Bill, 631-331-0002 DISCOUNT DIRT WORX OF LONG ISLAND Finish grades, new lawns, sod/seed, land clearing, retaining walls, RR ties, regrades, bluestone driveways, equestrain rings. Lic/Ins. 631-432-3876

Groundbreakers Group Why Pay More?

Wholesale Grower & Landscape Design, Build & Installation.

Serving all of Long Island Free Estimate and Site Analysis Report. www.GroundbreakersGroup.com 631-316-4023 LANDSCAPES UNLIMITED SPRING CLEAN-UPS Property Clean-ups, Tree Removal, Pruning, Landscape Construction, Maintenance, Thatching & Aeration.

Commercial/Residential Steven Long Lic.#36715-H/Ins. 631-675-6685 LUX SPRING CLEAN-UP Specials. Suffolk County, full service Landscaping, family owned/operated, on-site manager. Call or email 631-283-2266, luxorganization@gmail.com SETAUKET LANDSCAPE & DESIGN Stone Driveways/Walkways, Walls/Stairs/Patios/Masonry, Brickwork/Repairs Land Clearing/Drainage,Grading/Excavating. Plantings/Mulch, Rain Gardens Steve Antos, 631-689-6082 www.setauketlandscape.com.Serving Three Villages

LOCAL ORGANIC COMPOST Available to be picked up by the yard or in one cubic foot bags in St. James. www.sosforyoursoil.com 516-581-7882

Masonry ALL SUFFOLK PAVING & MASONRY Asphalt Paving, Cambridge Paving Stone, Belgium Block Supplied & fitted. All types of drainage work. Free written estimates. Lic#47247-H/Ins. 631-764-9098/631-365-6353 www.allsuffolkpaving.com Carl Bongiorno Landscape/Mason Contractor All phases masonry work: stone walls, patios, poolscapes. All phases of Landscaping Design. Theme Gardens. Residential & Commercial. Lic/Ins. 631-928-2110 ISLAND PAVING AND MASONRY Specializing in Driveways, Patios, Interlocking pavers and stones, steps, walkways and walls. Free estimates and design. 25% Off Any Job for Spring.

Suffolk Lic #55740-H. 631-822-8247

Miscellaneous KILL BED BUGS AND THEIR EGGS Buy Harris Bed Bug Killers/Kit. Complete Treatment System. Available: Hardware Stores. The Home Depot, www.homedepot.com

Painting/Spackling/ Wallpaper ALL PRO PAINTING Interior/Exterior. Free estimates. Powerwashing, Staining, Wallpaper Removal.

Lic/Ins #19604HI. NICK, 631-696-8150 BOB’S PAINTING SERVICE 25 Years Experience Interior/Exterior Painting, Spackling, Staining, Wallpaper Removal, Powerwashing. Free estimates. Lic/Ins. #17981, 631-744-8859 COUNTY-WIDE PAINTING INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Painting/Staining. Quality workmanship. Living/Serving 3 Village Area Over 25 Years.

Lic#37153-H. 631-751-8280 LaROTONDA PAINTING & DESIGN Interior/exterior, sheetrock repairs, taping/spackling, wallpaper removal, Faux, decorative finishings. Free estimates.

Lic.#53278-H/Ins. Ross LaRotonda 631-689-5998 WORTH PAINTING “PAINTING WITH PRIDE” Interiors/exteriors. Faux finishes, power-washing, wallpaper removal, sheetrock tape/spackling, carpentry/trimwork. Lead paint certified. References. Free estimates. Lic./Ins. SINCE 1989 Ryan Southworth, 631-331-5556

Plumbing/Heating BIG CITY PLUMBING Repairs & installation, LAA Filings, violations removed, emergency service, licensed/insured. Credit cards accepted.

Call 631-361-9500.

DOUGLAS FERRI PLUMBING & HEATING Lic/Ins. All types of work, small repairs receive special attention.

Free estimates, reasonable rates. 631-265-8517

Power Washing

Tree Work

WORKING & LIVING IN THE THREE VILLAGES FOR 25 YEARS. Owner does the work & guarantees satisfaction. COUNTY-WIDE Lic. & Ins. 37153-H 631-751-8280

Senior Services NURSE-COMPANION/ PERSONAL ASSISTANT Mature women available, experience in business, health care. Formerly executive secretary, now LPNurse, cooking healthy. Live-in/out.

631-379-9477.

PRIVATE NURSE Compassionate care for your loved one at home, hospital or nursing home. Live-in or out, Excellent references.

631-730-5421

Tree Work ABOVE ALL TREE SERVICE Will Beat ALL Competitors Rates. Quality Work at Lowest Prices! *Removal, *Land Clearing. *Large Tree Specialists. Pruning, Topping, Stump Grinding $10 & Up. Bucket Truck, Emergency Service. Lic. #33122-H. & Insured. Located Exit 62 LIE 631-928-4544 www.abovealltree.com ARBOR-VISTA TREE CARE Complete Tree care service devoted to the care of trees.

Maintenance pruning, waterview work, sun-trimming, elevating, pool areas, storm thinning, large tree removal, stump grinding. Wood chips.

Lic#18902HI. Free estimates.

631-246-5377

Power Washing

CLOVIS AXIOM, INC. Expert Tree Removal,Pruning, Planting & Transplanting.

Insect/Disease Management.

Bamboo containment and removal. 631-751-4880 clovisaxiom@gmail.com

SUNLITE PRESSURE WASHING Roofs, Cedar Shakes, Vinyl Siding, Cedar Planks, Patios, Decks. Reasonable rates.

30 years in business Lic.27955-H/Ins. 631-281-1910

EASTWOOD TREE & LANDSCAPE, INC. Experts in tree care and landscaping. Serving Suffolk County for 25 years.

Lic.#35866H/Ins. 631-928-4070 eastwoodtree.com

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GOT BAMBOO? Bamboo Containment & Removal Services with Guaranteed Results!

Free Estimate and Site Analysis Report.

Serving All of Long Island. www.GotBamboo.com 631-316-4023 NORTHEAST TREE EXPERTS, INC. Expert Pruning, Stump Grinding, Careful Removals.

Tree/Shrub Fertilization.

Disease/Insect Management.

Certified Arborists.

Insured/Lic#24,512-HI. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. 631-751-7800 www.northeasttree.com RANDALL BROTHERS TREE SERVICE Planting, pruning, removals, stump grinding. Free Estimates. Fully insured. LIC# 50701-H. 631-862-9291 SUNBURST TREE EXPERTS Since 1974, our history of customer satisfaction is second to none. Pruning/removals/planting, plant health care. Certified Arborist on every job guaranteed.

Unsplit firewood For Sale by the truckload.

Bonded employees. Lic/Ins. #8864HI 631-744-1577

Window Cleaning SUNLITE WINDOW WASHING Residential. Interior/Exterior.

“Done the old fashioned way.”

Also powerwashing/gutters.

Reasonable rates.

30 years in business Lic.27955-H/Ins. 631-281-1910 BEST VIEW WINDOW CLEANING & POWER WASHING Because YOU have better things to do. Professional, Honest, Reliable. Call 631-474-4154 or 631-617-3327.

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OpiniOn Letters to the editor

Editorial

Give it a rest on restrooms

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The historic bank building, left, and the former town tax receiver’s office, right, are connected and located at the corner of Main and East Main streets in downtown Port Jefferson.

Parking spots are a bad deal for Port Jefferson In their determination to have Brookhaven Town’s former tax building in Port Jefferson sold to a developer, Brookhaven Town and Port Jefferson officials enacted extraordinary means to satisfy the parking requirements of the developer’s plans, guaranteeing no expense to the developer.

The sale was made to appear to be complicated when in fact it was quite simply a gift to the developer. His plans called for a change of use from office to retail (30 new spaces) and the creation of five apartments (eight new spaces). Those eight spaces for the new tenants had to be in close proximity to the site, the 30 retail spaces could be provided elsewhere. The village gave the developer eight existing spaces, with the proviso that the village would continue to meter them. No new spaces were created.

The town is allowing the

village to create 30 spaces in a portion of the town’s boat trailer parking lot along Beach Street, a half-mile from the tax building.

This gift, to last up to 100 years, authorizes the village to meter those 30 spaces, keeping all the revenue.

Those 30 auto-only spaces will deprive boaters of as many as 25 existing spaces which they have relied on for generations.

Adding insult to injury, there is no other area in the village or town marina where boat trailer parking is permitted.

The expense of this deal falls on those downtown businesses who rely on those eight spaces where soon tenants’ vehicles are likely to remain in place at no charge for long periods of time, not turning over as they normally do by shoppers. According to the village parking committee’s consultant, each space, if permitted to turn over, can generate up to $100,000 per

year to local businesses. This deal amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year not going to local businesses relying on those spaces.

Beach Street residential neighborhoods adjacent to the village’s new parking spaces will be facing the noise, litter and unsightly view of parked cars, every day and night.

This deal establishes a bad precedent for the future of all Brookhaven Town parklands. It is unwise to have publicly owned town parkland facilities closed off from access and control of town residents.

The village’s stated response as to why these extraordinary measures were taken is that without this the tax building would likely remain vacant today, belying the fact that more equitable measures were available but ignored.

Long before communities started talking about transgender people using bathrooms of the genders they identify with, our society has operated on a policy of privates being private. When someone walks into a male or female bathroom, no one already inside asks to inspect appendages or for legal proof of sex. And if urinators use separate, closed stalls, why does it matter what organs they have?

This apparently does matter for some, given the debates taking place on our local, state and national levels regarding transgender people and which bathrooms are safe or appropriate for them to use.

Those debates, however, often lose sight of common sense.

There are those who want to prohibit anyone from using a restroom built for the sex other than the one they are legally labeled with, usually citing fear of predators posing as transgender to gain access to a different bathroom for nefarious purposes.

We would like to ask those people two things: When has a legal limitation stopped a pervert from doing perverted things, and why would someone pretend to be transgender for a long period of time, enduring common things like public humiliation and bullying, just to one day enter a bathroom of the opposite sex and attack someone?

If the latter were ever to occur, it would certainly be a rare instance — too rare to make the legislation, which is impossible to enforce, worth the cost of further alienating a group that is already marginalized and just wants to be accepted for who they are.

It’s not like transgender people are using a toilet in front of others. In women’s public bathrooms, there are only private stalls, and a female transitioning to male would still use a stall in a men’s public bathroom.

The least controversial solution is, of course, to have only unisex, single-person bathrooms. To that end, we would encourage developers on new projects, wherever possible, to construct those kinds of bathrooms as opposed to shared bathrooms. They are simply more comfortable for everyone anyway — who doesn’t like to be alone in a bathroom?

But that isn’t necessarily a feasible fix for existing public spaces, not that we think they need to be fixed in the first place. In fact, the argument of transgender people using specific bathrooms opening a door for perverts reminds us of people who once feared homosexuals, contending that they were more likely to be pedophiles than heterosexuals.

The details are different but the message is the same — they seem to think accommodating or accepting LGBT people will put their society at risk.

We need to move forward in our thinking and understand that transgender people want the same thing in a public bathroom that the rest of us want: to pee in peace. Let’s not start a war over public toilets.

Michael Mart Port Jefferson

League to discuss electoral process for presidential election This year’s primary season has involved voters as never before. Many questions have been asked about how the process works, and the League of Women Voters of Brookhaven has announced a free event to learn more about them.

On Wednesday, May 25, at 7 p.m. at the Patchogue-Medford Library, Neil Buffett, assistant professor of history, and Nicholas

Giordano, assistant professor of political science, both of Suffolk County Community College, will speak about the electoral process by which presidential candidates are selected: What is the difference between an open and closed primary and a caucus; how are delegates selected; what are super delegates; what is a contested or brokered convention; and what is the role

of the independent voter in the process?

The League is and has always been nonpartisan and nonprofit and is sponsoring this free event, in conjunction with the Patchogue-Medford Library, as a service to the general public. All are welcome.

Nancy Marr, president Joan Nickeson, member League of Women Voters

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opinion Let’s get serious about smartphones

I

can’t see anything up close with my glasses on and I can’t see anything at a distance with my glasses off. I know, I know, welcome to getting old.

Well, I’d like to give that aging process a big fat Bronx cheer.

But, wait, technology can come to the rescue. No, I’m not talking about laser surgery and I’m not looking for a special blended form of bifocal,

By Daniel Dunaief trifocal or whatever. No, you see, technology makes it possible for me to use my state-of-the-art smartphone without needing to see it.

“Siri, send a text message to my wife,” I can say.

D. None of the above

To which the automatic voice activation feature will reply, “What is your wife’s name?” And then, when I don’t reply in time, the voice will say, “I’m not sure what you said there.”

But assuming Siri and I can get on the same page about the desired recipient of my intended message, I can start talking into the phone and she will take dictation. No need for an administrative assistant like Mrs. Wiggins, courtesy of Carol Burnett, to take a memo.

Except that, like Mrs. Wiggins, there are some potential comedic kinks in the system. For one thing, whenever I start a text or email with the word Hi, Siri only seems to hear the letter “I.” My texts start out with “I Dr. Smith.” It’s a poor start to have a missing letter at the beginning of a text or email that I can’t check because I can’t see well with my glasses on and I can’t take my glasses off in that moment.

While Siri gets most of the words

right, sometimes she struggles with grammar and words that are pronounced alike — such as to, too and two. Or what I mumble. I admit that I don’t always speak clearly. In fact, when I say, “This is Dan,” people sometimes hear, “This is Stan,” because I don’t pause long enough before saying my name.

I was discussing this problem with a friend of mine, who spends a considerable number of hours in the car each week, traveling from one job to another. He said he dictates emails and text messages on his phone constantly to make use of his travel time.

“Hey, be careful when you’re dictating, particularly when you’re driving,” he cautioned.

“Why?” I asked.

“Well, you know that thing picks up everything you say, right?”

“Yeah?” I asked, tilting my head to the side and waiting for a punch line.

“The other day I was driving and

I sent an email that went something like this: “Dear Mr. Jones, I got your response to my invoice and … oh, so you thought cutting me off in my lane was a good idea? And you didn’t even use your blinker.

Where’d you get your license? … I was wondering if we might discuss the additional cost of gas which, as you know, is … that’s how I would drive if I had a death wish, too … climbing. Anyway, I’m happy to discuss by phone or at a … thanks for sharing your music with us. That’s what we all want to hear when we’re at a traffic light, your music.

Isn’t that how we got some dictators to surrender, by playing that kind of music outside their presidential estates? … meeting. OK, so give me a call when you have a chance.”

While he said that was a slight exaggeration, he realized something was amiss when someone wrote back, “OK, next time I’ll use my blinker.”

an unwelcome but nonetheless real technique in business. These creditors of American debt would include other nations, as well as widows and orphans who buy U.S. government bonds because they believe in our creditworthiness — our honor to repay. People who cannot repay, while they no longer are imprisoned in a jail, are imprisoned by their actions. They are never trusted to the same extent again, and if they have to borrow in the future they pay a significantly higher rate of interest on the borrowed money, if they can get a loan at all.

The same holds for nations. Those countries whose economies crashed have had to pay exorbitant interest on their bonds to entice new capital, and their people have been impoverished in the long run, leading to disastrous social unrest. History is rife with such examples.

So what is a person, whose intentions at the time of borrowing were honorable but whose circumstances have dramatically changed through no fault of his or her own, to do with that debt? Borrowers may lose their jobs; they or a family member may get

sick and require ruinous financial support; insurance on property or health may be insufficient or nonexistent — and so forth. As the expression goes, “life happens.”

Most commonly, the terms of repayment can be changed. A longer time in which to repay the borrowed money can be arranged, allowing the borrower a chance to recover from whatever the disaster. This lowers the monthly rate of repayment although it does increase the total cost of the debt. But it does preserve creditworthiness — and reputation. That solution only works, however, if there are good prospects down the line and a willingness on the part of the debtors to assume responsibility for their actions. In circumstances where there is no hope for recovery, then bankruptcy is the only choice.

But the idea of those who know how to play the system bouncing from one loan to the next with little consequence is unacceptable and makes fools of us all. And those who make a business out of helping such individuals run off with other people’s money are worse yet.

Repaying debts with honor

D

oes it annoy you too when the pitchman in the commercial urges negotiating with your credit card company, with the advertiser’s help of course, to pay less than you owe? It’s the same message when it comes to “settling” with the IRS. “You don’t have to pay all that you owe,”

By Leah S. Dunaief encourages the adman’s voice. “Call us and we’ll reduce your amount to a third without bankruptcy.”

What about us poor schnooks who paid every last penny of what we owed? Were we incredibly stupid when we could have gotten off with far less cost? Maybe it’s only the rich who pay everything they owe, but I know that’s not true. Men and women will work two and three jobs to be able to meet their expenses, especially

Between you and me

those incurred for their children. They must not know that all they had to do was run up the bills — the higher, the better — then declare that they couldn’t afford them, and they would get a reduction of their debt.

What has happened to honor?

Maybe it is just those of us of a certain age who still carry these old-fashioned ideas in our heads. “Pay as you go” was my parents’ adage. The idea of a credit card puzzled them. If you couldn’t afford to buy a car when you wanted one, then wait until you had the money and you could buy it. Delayed gratification was admired. They were even dubious about a mortgage, although that became the American way after World War II. But the thought of not honoring one’s debts was anathema. In essence you gave your word when you accepted credit, and “your word was your bond.” People who walked away from their debts expected to go to prison, certainly not to call a “negotiator” who would beat down your creditor into accepting less — or nothing at all.

Donald Trump raised the possibility of our nation reducing its national debt by bargaining with our creditors,

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