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$2.9 million biggest sum in school history

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PJ job fair for North Shore residents Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) and the Suffolk County Department of Labor, Licensing & Consumer Affairs jointly announced the Suffolk County One-Stop Employment Center will present a job fair that will feature more than 30 employers who are looking to fill various positions on Tuesday, Aug. 23. The event will be held at the Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Road, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“The Suffolk County Department of Labor, Licensing & Consumer Affairs continues to offer a variety of services and programs, such as the One-Stop Employment Center, that provide valuable guidance to those who are looking for employment,” said Bellone.

“We hope that our residents in the Port Jefferson area and along the north shore will take advantage of this opportunity to explore potential career paths or job opportunities.”

The following employers are scheduled to attend: ACLD, Access Home Care, American Pool, Association for Mental Health and Wellness, Attentive Care, Comfort Keepers, DDI, East End Disability, East West Industries, EPIC LI, FREE, HEAP, Home Depot, LI Cares, Maxim Homecare, NBTY, New York Life Insurance, Teachers Federal Credit Union, The Odyssey Group, UCP of Suffolk, United Healthcare, Urban League Mature

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The Career Couture was created to fit job seekers, like the men above, with business attire ahead of job interviews.

Workers Program, US Postal Service, Utopia, Verizon Wireless and more.

All residents are encouraged to attend and no registration is required. Job candidates in need of proper attire for an interview should contact Career Couture at 631-853-6769.

Career Couture is a boutique at the Suffolk County One-Stop Employment Center, located at 725 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Hauppauge, that offers individuals proper business attire for upcoming interviews without a charge.

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Town needs school supplies donations The Town of Brookhaven Youth Bureau’s INTERFACE Back to School Supply Drive began Monday, July 25, and runs through Friday, August 26. Collection centers are located in the lobby of Town Hall at One Independence Hill in Farmingville and the Highway Department facility located at 1140 Old Town Road in Coram.

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SCPD raises funds for drug hotline tip rewards

By ReBecca anzel

— Nick Santori

Photos by Rebecca anzel

above, zofolk, a led zeppelin tribute band, performed during the Suffolk county Police Department’s benefit concert to raise funds for crime Stoppers’ tip rewards.

Right, Teri Kroll, who lost her son Timothy to an overdose, spoke at the event.

night, all of which funds rewards. Donations are the sole way rewards are funded.

Michael DelGuidice, a Miller Place resident and front man of Billy Joel tribute band Big Shot, said that the night’s concert was the right way to start fighting the county’s heroin epidemic, but stressed that it needs to be just the beginning of more action.

“As parents and fellow Long Islanders, we need to do something,” he said. “It’s going to be a fight, and it’s going to take a lot of collaboration, but we need to think of future fundraising efforts too.”

Teri Kroll’s son Timothy died at age 23 from a heroin overdose on Aug. 29, 2009. He became addicted to oxycodone after a doctor

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‘We love to partake in such a great cause.

Crime Stoppers is doing such a great job and we wanted to help in any way we could.’

The first thing Suffolk County Police Chief Stuart Cameron does when he gets to work each morning is check the communications section log, which tracks all significant events from the night before. More often than he would like, he reads that at least one young adult died from drug-related causes. And almost every time he is in a police car, he hears a call about an overdose on the radio.

“It is unprecedented — the opioid crisis affects everybody,” Cameron said over the sound of “Walking in Memphis” playing in the background. “We absolutely have to do something about it.”

The Emporium in Patchogue was filled with almost 600 people Thursday night, all there to listen to Billy Joel and Led Zeppelin cover bands, who were there to raise money for SCPD’s Crime Stoppers’ four-month-old narcotics tip phone line, 631-852-NARC, which has already received nearly 900 tips — so much that the SCPD added detectives to investigate leads.

The original Suffolk County Crime Stoppers tip line generated a lot of helpful leads, Cameron said, but residents did not realize they could use the number to call in narcoticsrelated ones. Now, narcotic search warrants are up 100 percent this year, he said, and the amount of reward money given to those who called in tips leading to an arrest was higher than it had been in the past 20 years.

The benefit concert raised $55,000 in one

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SCCC awarded largest grant in school history Photo from sCCC

suffolk County Community College’s $2.9 million will be used to train individuals with the skills and credentials required to meet the growth in cybersecurity, manufacturing and health information technology.

A $2.9 million cybersecurity, manufacturing and health information technologies U.S. Department of Labor job training grant — the largest single grant in Suffolk County Community College history — has been awarded to the college.

The college will collaborate with Suffolk County Workforce Development Board, New York State Department of Labor, Suffolk County Department of Labor and independent business, including Alken Industries Inc., GKN Aerospace Monitor Inc., Precipart Inc. and Custom Computer Specialists Inc., as well as business-related nonprofit organizations the Manufacturing Consortium of Long Island, Long Island Science Technology Engineering and Math Hub and New York State Workforce Development Institute in executing the grant.

The $2,949,237 Resources and Education that Support Training Opportunities within the Regional Economy (RESTORE) Grant, according to college president Shaun L. McKay, will be used to train individuals by providing them with the skills and credentials required to meet the growth in cybersecurity, manufacturing and health information technology.

RESTORE is part of the federal government’s national TechHire initiative that is funded by H1B visa fees, nonimmigrant visa that allows U.S. companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialized fields such as in architecture, engineering, mathematics, science and medicine; and intended to train local workforces with the skills required by regional industry.

“The RESTORE Grant will allow our college to focus new and additional resources on recognizing and —Shaun McKay empowering residents in our region with the education and training they need to develop new skills and earn higher wages,” McKay said.

The president explained that some workers may be just starting their careers, while others may be older workers who don’t have the basic skills to allow them to assume more responsibility and reach higher paying roles. Others could also be workers who may have the competencies but not formal credentials to excel at a more senior-level job in their field.

The RESTORE Grant will provide the resources for retraining individuals and upskilling to earn an associate’s degree and transfer to a baccalaureate program for expanded career options. Boot camp training programs will be developed and students will prepare for online coursework while learning valuable industry and job readiness skills to help them excel.

McKay said the college envisions the RESTORE Grant providing training for 350 students.

“Ultimately,” McKay said, “our goal is to ensure that local, highly trained and motivated individuals remain on Long Island.”

— Desirée Keegan

‘The RESTORE Grant will allow our college to focus new and additional resources on recognizing and empowering residents in our region with the education and training they need to develop new skills and earn higher wages.’

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Legislator committed to making field of dreams a reality At the general meeting of the Suffolk County Legislature, Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) introduced two resolutions that could forever change Middle Island.

The two introductory resolutions, if approved by the Legislature, will begin the appraisal steps for the blighted Kmart property on Middle Country Road in Middle Island. One of the resolutions will appraise the southern portion of the property, approximately 21 acres, to be used as active parkland, and the second resolution will appraise the northern portion of the property, approximately 28 acres, to be designated as open space.

Since entering public office, Anker has been interested in having Suffolk County acquire the property to create a community park with athletic fields. The old Kmart, which was recently demolished by the owner, remained vacant for over a decade.

This year, Anker has been working with the county, the Town of Brookhaven, community organizations, including the Longwood Youth Sports Association and Middle Island Civic Association, and the current owner of the property to bring the idea to full fruition.

A community park, according to Anker, would help decrease crime and improve the quality of life for residents in Middle Island, as well as provide a safe space for youth sports leagues from across the area to come play at.

“This blighted parcel is in great need of revitalization,” Anker said. “Having been part of the creation of Mount Sinai’s Heri-

‘This blighted parcel is in great need of revitalization.

Having been part of the creation of Mount Sinai’s Heritage Park, I know with strong advocacy and public support we will be successful in Middle Island.’

— Sarah Anker Photo from Sarah Anker

Legislator Sarah Anker is hoping to turn the empty lot, which used to house a Kmart on Middle Country Road, into a local park, tage Park, I know with strong advocacy and public support we will be successful in Middle Island. After meeting with a number of stakeholders interested in creating Middle

Island’s community park, I feel very confident that working together we can make this field of dreams a reality.”

To voice support for this project, contact

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Police Blotter Incidents and arrests July 27-July 31 Borrowed booze

A 36-year-old man from Coram stole an alcoholic beverage valued at about $7 from a BP gas station on Route 25A in Rocky Point at about 6:30 p.m. on July 29, police said. He was arrested and charged with petit larceny.

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a man catches a pokémon on his desk while playing pokémon Go.

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Police: catch ‘em all, but be aware of the dangers

By Victoria Espinoza Pokémon GO is currently the hottest game around town, but some police officials and North Shore legislators have safety concerns for the players involved.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) held a press conference on July 12 warning North Shore residents of the dangers of the game.

“The safety and well-being of our residents, especially children, is our highest priority,” Bellone said in a statement. “As with most social networking platforms, safety measures must be followed to prevent predators from preying on unsuspecting victims. We are calling to the developers of this app to join a group of social networking companies who have agreed to use New York State’s e-STOP registry to ensure the safety of all users.”

Bellone said he submitted letters to the game’s developers asking them to work with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services to ensure that Pokémon GO complies with the provisions of The Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act. That bill, also known as e-STOP, passed in 2012, helped increase criminal penalties for using a computer to commit a sex crime against a child by restricting certain sex offenders’ use of the internet.

E-STOP requires sex offenders to register all their internet accounts and internet identifiers, including e-mail addresses and designations used for chat, instant messaging and social networking, with the DCJS. It also authorizes the DCJS to release state sex offender internet identifiers to social networking sites, that may be used to prescreen or remove sex offenders from using the site’s services, and notify law enforcement authorities and other government officials of potential violations of law and threats to public safety.

The bill helped to update Megan’s Law for the internet age, a federal law requiring law enforcement authorities to make information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders.

Paul Alonzo, program manager for Parents

for Megan’s Law, said the geolocation feature in Pokémon GO, which requires gamers to give out their location in order to find new Pokémon, can lead to dangerous situations.

“What is intended to be a fun game can also be dangerous,” Alonzo said in a statement. “Using the geolocation feature of the Pokémon GO App [allows] persons seeking to do harm to children to anticipate and identify locations to target potential victims. Using the Lure Module, a person seeking to attract players can select a secluded location to target distracted players to victimize them. We strongly recommend parents to accompany children playing Pokémon GO and players should never go to unfamiliar locations alone.”

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Tim Sini echoed these concerns.

“The Suffolk County Police Department is fully aware of this new gaming trend and we are encouraging all users to think safety first,” he said. “There have been various reports across the country of people getting lured to remote locations and trespassing on restricted and private properties at odd hours. There have also been accounts of people using the application while driving. We are encouraging not just parents, but all users, to practice caution to avoid injury to self and others.”

Bellone, Sini and Parents For Megan’s Law all stressed they are not discouraging gamers from using the application, just to remember the importance of exercising safety precautions.

Bellone encouraged parents and legal guardians to regularly talk to their children about possible dangers of playing the game.

He suggested parents warn about stranger danger, create guidelines of where kids can and cannot go and for drivers to be alert at all times and keep their eyes on the road. He added that Pokémon GO players should also pay attention to where they are walking while accessing the application and not enter unauthorized and restricted areas, such as streets with heavy traffic, hospitals, construction zones and private properties.

Rebecca Anzel contributed reporting.

On July 26 at about 1:30 p.m., a woman returned to her home on Shore Road in Mount Sinai and found an unknown man in the basement, police said. The man fled through a basement door without taking anything.

Pokémon went

While playing Pokémon GO on a cell phone on July 27 at about 10:30 p.m. on Arden Place in Port Jefferson, a complainant bumped into a man and dropped his phone, police said. An argument ensued between the two and approximately three other men. One of the men picked up the complainants phone and fled.

Not very classy

A 46-year-old man from Port Jefferson stole assorted power tools and a GPS device that he later pawned for cash from Class Act Auto Collision Inc. in Selden at about 2 p.m. on July 28, police said. He was arrested and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property.

Heroin arrest

A 27-year-old woman from Port Jefferson Station and a 39-year-old man from Rocky Point possessed a bottle containing envelopes of heroin on Randall Road in Shoreham at about 1 p.m. on July 27, police said. The pair was arrested and each charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Male mail collector

On July 27 at about 6:30 a.m., a 24-year-old man from Coram was found in possession of mail from several homes in Port Jefferson Station, according to police. He also possessed marijuana. He was arrested and charged with 10 counts of fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and unlawful possession of marijuana.

License to damage property

At a home on Mount Vernon Avenue in Medford on July 29 at about 2 a.m., a 54-year-old man from Medford damaged the front and rear license plate covers on a 2007 Jeep, police said.

He was arrested in Port Jefferson and charged with criminal mischief.

Tire slashed

A rear tire on a 2013 Jeep was slashed at about 4 p.m. on July 26 while parked outside of a home on Meadow Pond Circle in Miller Place, according to police.

Port Jeff pot possession

On July 28 at about 10:30 p.m., a 19-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station possessed a marijuana cigarette while seated in a vehicle on Middle Country Road in Centereach, police said. He was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana.

Any yachts missing?

A kayak was stolen from the Stony Brook Yacht Club at about 3 p.m. on June 8, according to police.

Game on

A PlayStation 4 video game console and a controller were stolen after an unknown person entered a home on Ridgeview Place in Mount Sinai at about 4:30 p.m. on July 26 through a bathroom window, according to police.

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Man robs Coram bank

photo from scpD

police are searching for a man, seen in the surveillence footage above, who robbed a bank in coram.

Suffolk County Police Major Case Unit detectives are investigating a bank robbery that occurred at Astoria Federal Savings bank in Coram on July 29.

A man entered the bank, located at 269 Middle Country Road, at approximately 2:15 p.m. and handed a teller a note demanding cash. The teller complied and the man fled westbound on foot.

The suspect was described as white, unshaven, in his mid-30s, approximately 5-feet, 8-inches tall with broad shoulders.

He was wearing a tan fedora with a brown band on it, a green bandana, sunglasses, a tan T-shirt and blue jeans.

The investigation is ongoing.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on the robbery to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS (8477).

You may be eligible for a reward of up to $5,000 if your tip results in an arrest.

August 04, 2016 • THE TIMES OF MIDDLE COUNTRY • PAGE A7

Your College Future

Location matters for college and internships Your turn

By ryan DEVito The adage “location, location, location” should be applied beyond the real estate market. Where you choose to learn and intern can have a significant effect on your success. Like it or not, urban environments trump sleepy suburbia every time.

I’m not a sociologist, but it’s hard not to notice certain trends in my peer groups. Those who attended college in urban areas seem to have found post-graduate employment more easily. Their networks tend to be large and diverse, too. On the other hand, those who ventured out into the hinterlands for college seem to have had decidedly less luck when it came to immediate post-graduate employment.

What’s the difference-maker for urban students? It boils down to a few key elements.

First, urban environments multiply the

network effect. Students attending urban colleges have more opportunity to network with diverse audiences who, in turn, refer those students to their own networks. This is a big deal when it comes to landing an internship or job.

Having someone recognize your name — or, better yet, offer a personal recommendation — goes a long way in the hiring process.

Second, so-called hybrid professors are more likely to reside and teach in urban areas. These are the professors who have vast experience outside of academia. They are the movers and shakers who, for one reason or another, choose to impart their wisdom on a new generation of students.

Third, colleges and companies are connected to their cities. Urban colleges often encourage their students to engage with their city community, whether it be through service or some other outlet. Companies that are invested in the socioeconomic development of their community tend to prefer to hire those who are already a part of that community.

Therefore, someone studying at New York University is likely going to have a much easier time landing a position in New York than would someone studying at Indiana University, a cultural world away.

There’s a reason why New York University spent enormous amounts of money to build housing for students in the village. Prior to the late 1980s, NYU had a reputation as a commuter school in the shadow of Columbia University and Fordham University. Giving stu-

photo from ryan DeVito

Where you choose to learn and intern can have a significant effect on your success. dents the opportunity to live in the city and become a part of its social fabric quickly changed the university’s reputation in the region.

Now, there are always those rising stars who are able to transcend geographic factors.

Going to college in the middle of nowhere isn’t a success-killer. Far from it. Some of the most renowned colleges in the world, including Cornell University and Dartmouth College, feature isolated locations.

Location matters. As you plot your future, consider how an urban environment could help you take your education and career to the next level. Urban environments are professional accelerators. Still, it’s up to you to make the most of that grand opportunity.

Ryan DeVito is a Miller Place native who started a college advising company to help Long Island students reach their potential. Learn more at www.TheModernGraduate.com.

President signs law aimed at drug abuse treatment and prevention

By Victoria Espinoza Help is on the way, as President Barack Obama (D) signed a multibillion dollar bill into law this week that takes aim at the growing drug abuse problem facing many North Shore residents and families.

The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 is an $8.3 billion plan to fight drug addiction in the United States, with a significant amount of funding for prevention and treatment.

Obama said in a statement last Friday though, that he feels the bill could have gone further with funding for prevention.

“This legislation includes some modest steps to address the opioid epidemic,” he said. “Given the scope of this crisis, some action is better than none.” However, Obama was critical of the amount of money allotted for treatment options.

CARA funding includes $160 million for the expansion of medication-assisted treatment options, including grants that will be awarded to state, local and tribal governments to provide opioid abuse services.

These grants will help fund programs that could expand treatment alternatives to incarcerations — with consent of attorneys and participants — for individuals who meet the program’s criteria.

Funding will also help develop, implement and expand prevention programs and training for first responders to administer opioid overdose reversal drugs, like Narcan. It will also fund investigations of unlawful opioid distribution activities.

Obama said he is committed to ensuring that support continues for individuals and families who are struggling with drug addiction.

“I have heard from too many families across the country whose lives have been shattered by this epidemic … I’m going to continue fighting to secure the funding families desperately need,” he said. “In recent days, the law enforcement community, advocates, physicians and elected officials from both sides of the aisle have also joined in this call.”

U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), who is a co-sponsor of the bill, has been vocal about asking the Senate and the president to pass the bill, after it went through the House of Representatives with a bipartisan vote of 407 to 5 in mid-July. It was passed

President Obama signed an $8.3 billion law that looks to help those struggling with addiction find help

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above, president Barack obama said he wanted even more funding for treatment; left, cara will help bring many more narcan kits to communities. by the Senate with a bipartisan vote of 92 to 2 the following week.

“Our communities and families on Long Island have been severely impacted by the rise of prescription drug abuse and

the growing epidemic of heroin, and I will continue working with local elected officials, law enforcement, health professionals, community groups, parents, concerned residents and those in recovery to discuss and develop a more localized solution to address this crisis by increasing treatment and recovery services, education, and stopping the influx of illegal substances,” he said in a statement on Monday.

Steve Chassman, executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, said the law is “arguably the most comprehensive bill” out there concerning the combat against drug abuse.

“It is heavy in education, prevention and treatment,” he said. “We are not just going to incarcerate our way out of this. [CARA] deals with this crisis as the crisis is.”

Chassman has attended multiple drug forums, prevention talks and community meetings on this growing problem, and said the new law is “the culmination of so many families that had to lose loved ones over the last several years.”

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An ‘effective end’ to homeless veterans on LI

Federal gov’t deems Suffolk one of 29 places in nation to successfully address issue

By Victoria Espinoza Long Island has joined the ranks of only a select few regions of the United States in bringing an “effective end” to veteran homelessness.

The community has a “systematic response in place that ensures homelessness is prevented whenever possible, or if it can’t be prevented, it is a rare, brief and nonrecurring experience,” according to the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.

North Shore legislators and organizations have worked together for the past several years to get an estimate on the number of homeless veterans living on Long Island and to make sure they are aware of all resources available to them.

In June 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama (D) signed the Opening Doors bill, which approved a comprehensive federal 10-year plan to end and prevent homelessness. The bill was the first of its kind in the United States.

The strategy focuses on many different subgroups of the homeless population, and the first to be tackled was homeless veterans.

The goal was to see an end to veteran homelessness by 2015 in accordance with the federal plan, and that is what Suffolk and Nassau counties have achieved.

In 2014, the Mayors Challenge to End Veterans Homelessness was announced, which helped unite local leaders with organizations within their communities to help tackle the problem together. It also helped give specific parameters of what a community must do to achieve an “effective end” rating from the Interagency Council on Homelessness.

Politicians worked with North Shore organizations including the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless, the United Veterans Beacon House and more.

Mike Giuffrida, associate director of the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless said the coalition has been working with other groups to whittle down a master list with names of 748 homeless Long Island veterans in the hopes of reaching zero by the 2015 deadline set by Opening Doors.

Once they had the list, the coalition and other nonprofits started informing homeless

File photos above, below from Leg. stern’s office

Legislator steve stern announces Long island’s achievement in supporting and working with homeless veterans. veterans of the resources at their disposal.

Giuffrida said members of the nonprofit and veterans themselves help with letting other vets know their options.

“We always have veterans doing veteran outreach, some of whom were also formerly homeless,” Giuffrida said in a phone interview.

Todd Shaw is one of those volunteers. He served in the Army for 13 years, from 1975 through 1988, and found himself without a residence for about five months in 2014. At the time he was being treated as an inpatient at the Northport VA Medical Center, where he learned about Liberty Village, a 60unit apartment complex in Amityville that provides housing exclusively for veterans.

“Timing is everything,” Shaw said in a phone interview of the circumstances that led to him applying and later being accepted into Liberty House. “It’s a very liberating thing to have a safe haven, a place to come home to at the end of the day.”

The 61-year-old veteran said he enjoys volunteering with the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless because he is able to give back.

“I come from a strong patriotic family,” he

said. Both of his parents served in the armed forces. “I feel good by doing good. I thank God everyday there are people that have the compassion to fight for us.”

Frank Amalfitano, president and CEO of United Veterans Beacon House, another organization that specializes in homeless veteran outreach, said members of the nonprofit go into communities, visiting abandoned buildings, train stations, woods and fast-food restaurants to find veterans and offer them shelter and continuing care options.

Amalfitano said offering homeless veterans different options is crucial, because — Todd Shaw “you don’t want to set people up to fail. Some veterans come in and they have an income but emotional problems, or they don’t manage their money well.”

Because each case is different there are permanent, temporary and emergency housing options, according to Amalfitano. He also said some homeless veterans are not interested in any of the services, however they are continually revisited in case they change their minds.

“In some cases there may be a lack of trust, they feel safer out in the woods than they do in

‘I thank God everyday there are people that have the compassion to fight for us.’

a shelter,” he said. “But at least now they know in case they get sick or change their minds.”

The president said United Veterans Beacon House can now accommodate any veteran within 24 hours — in some cases even quicker than that.

Giuffrida said by December 2015, the goal was to have housed 748 veterans. By the deadline 799 homeless veterans were given shelter and services. “Just last month we housed our 1,000th veteran,” he said.

He clarified that declaring an “effective end” does not mean there are zero homeless veterans on Long Island.

“This means there is a system in place [where] we can move any veteran that becomes homeless into a house in 90 days or less,” he said.

But he is excited with the progress that has been made. “We want the veterans in our communities to know we have a relentless dedication to them,” he said.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D), a veteran himself, was one of many North Shore leaders that stepped up to the plate to help support local agencies.

“Our veterans served with dignity abroad, when they come home they should, in turn, be provided the dignity of adequate shelter for themselves and their families,” Bellone said.

Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern (DDix Hills) has worked on legislation to help end veteran homelessness, including the Housing Our Homeless Heroes Act, which allows for zombie homes, or tax-defaulted properties in Suffolk County to be redistributed to veterans.

He said he’s proud of this achievement: “It sends the important message that we will always make sure our veterans have the support they need.”

Stern also commended the efforts of the various local organizations.

“This is an extraordinary accomplishment, one that reflects the dedication and tireless work of agencies … that have increased availability of housing for those who have sacrificed so much to serve our great nation and their families,” he said.

Only two states and 27 other communities in the country have reached this status.

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AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES TO THE ZONING ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN CHAPTER 85, ARTICLE VII CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING: QUICK STAR MART, INC. FOR A CHANGE OF ZONE AND SPECIAL PERMITS ON PROPERTY LOCATED IN SELDEN, NY ADOPTED BY THE BROOKHAVEN TOWN BOARD DECISION NO. 1A MEETING: MAY 18, 2010 RESOLUTION OF ADOPTION GRANTING THE APPLICATION OF QUICK STAR MART, INC. FOR A CHANGE OF ZONE FROM J BUSINESS 2 TO J BUSINESS 5 AND FOR SPECIAL PERMITS FOR A GASOLINE SERVICE STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE ON PROPERTY LOCATED IN SELDEN WHEREAS, on March 2, 2010, a duly advertised public hearing was held to consider the application of Quick Star Mart, Inc. for a change of zone from J Business 2 to J Business 5 and for special permits for a gasoline service station and convenience store on property located in Selden, further identified as SCTM No.

200-489-05-01, which hearing was held open to April 20, 2010; and WHEREAS, said public hearing was concluded on April 20, 2010, and thereafter a decision was rendered; and WHEREAS, approval of this application will allow for the redevelopment of an existing gasoline filling station; and WHEREAS, a scrivener’s error appeared in the covenants and restrictions, to wit: listing the wrong street name in the covenant and restriction numbered “1”; and WHEREAS, the SEQRA determination required amendment from a Type II action to a negative declaration, which has been corrected by an immediately prior resolution; and WHEREAS, after due consideration and deliberation; BE IT RESOLVED, that the above application for a change of zone and special permits for a gasoline service station and convenience store is hereby granted; and be it further RESOLVED, that the special permit for the convenience store is hereby granted for a 1500 square foot building with 750 square feet of building

area devoted to retail sale however, said building area may be increased to a maximum of 1558 square feet and the building area devoted to retail sale may be increased to 809 square feet subject to the Board of Zoning Appeals granting variance relief from Town Code Section 85262(A)(4); and be it further RESOLVED, that the above change of zone and special permits are also hereby subject to the following conditions: CONDITIONS 1. The applicant must submit proof that the covenants and restrictions, approved as to form and substance, referenced below have been filed with the Suffolk County Clerk’s office. 2. The applicant/owner shall submit and agree to a perpetual future cross access easement agreement to the property to the east, which agreement shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Board. Upon execution by all parties, said agreement shall be filed as a covenant in the Office of the Suffolk County Clerk and be it further RESOLVED, that

the property owner shall impose covenants and restrictions which run with the land and in such form as shall be approved as to substance and form by the Town Attorney’s office, recorded in the Suffolk County Clerk’s office and thereafter filed with the Town Clerk requiring the following: COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS 1. The property owner shall provide and maintain front yard landscaping along Route 25 & Park Hill Drive, including but not limited to street trees, subject to review and approval by the Planning Board. 2. The property owner shall enter into an agreement with the New York State DOT for the maintenance of landscaping located within the state right-of-way.

3. There shall be not more than one curb cut per street frontage.

4. The property owner shall be subject to maintenance of no left turn signs at the Route 25 curb cut. 5. The property owner shall provide and maintain a landscaped hedgerow along the southerly property line. 6. The convenience store building shall

not exceed 750 square feet of retail sales and a total gross floor area of 1,500 square feet without a Board of Zoning Appeals variance.

DATED: JULY 28, 2016 AT: FARMINGVILLE, NEW YORK STATE OF NEW YORK) COUNTY OF SUFFOLK) I, DONNA LENT, Town Clerk of Brookhaven, State of New York, do hereby certify that the annexed foregoing is a true copy of the amendments and changes to the Code of the Town of Brookhaven Chapter 85 Article VII which amendment and change was duly adopted by a motion of the Town Board on the 18th day of May, 2010 as herein above set forth as the same appears in the minutes of said meeting on file in my Office.

IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF, I have hereunto set my hand and annexed the seal of the said Town the 28th day of July, 2016.

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Stony Brook hoops player is larger than life Jameel Warney signs partially guaranteed deal with Mavericks

By Desirée Keegan Jameel Warney’s coaches used to say the player held a basketball like a bowling ball, cupping it with his hand and wrist when driving to the basket. He holds the ball a little differently now. He’s gripping it like an NBA pro.

After competing for the Dallas Mavericks’ 2016 Summer League team from July 2 through July 8, Warney, a 6-foot, 8-inch, 260-pound forward, agreed to a partially guaranteed deal with the team, which amounts to a training camp invite.

“I always have the utmost confidence in myself and know that if I play hard, I can do whatever I think I’m capable of doing,” Warney said. “When I play well and with a chip on my shoulder, I won’t be denied. It was great to know that I can play with this level of competition.”

During five Summer League appearances, he averaged 6.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.2 steals and one block per game. Dallas never ran offensive plays designed to get him open, yet Warney still shot 60 percent from the field.

“A lot of hard work went into this and it’s great to get some recognition, but I still have a lot of work to do,” he said. “I was happy that [Dallas] offered to bring me along to training camp, because it’s just another step toward ultimately making my dream come true.”

Although his form may not have been there from the start, the now former Stony Brook University star’s previous head coach, Steve Pikiell, said he’s proud of the player Warney has become. He noted the vast improvement he saw in Warney’s game over the 22-yearold’s four-year tenure with the Seawolves.

“Everyone says great hands, great this, great that, but he’s just a great kid,” Pikiell said.

“How he handled himself on and off the court was just awesome. He’s one of the best I’ve worked with in all of my 23 years of coaching.”

Warney began his basketball career as many young players across the country now do; in the Amateur Athletic Union.

“They didn’t think he was going to make it,” his mother Denise Warney said of her son’s coaches. “They said he was very lazy, and he was struggling with the drills and it seemed like something he wasn’t interested in. That all changed in two or three months.”

Warney learned from the experience and established a newfound passion for the sport. Within months, multiple AAU teams were interested in the abnormally tall middle school standout.

From there, Warney joined the varsity basketball team at Roselle Catholic High School in New Jersey. He graduated as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,968 points, and averaged 17 points, 13.5 rebounds, four assists and 3.5 blocks per game as a senior.

“For Jameel, whether he’s well, sick or tired, he plays really well,” his mother said.

“He just loves the sport.”

At Stony Brook, he enjoyed much of the same success.

Warney graduated with more victories than any player in school history, and is the school’s all-time leader in points, rebounds, blocks and games played. The Associated Press All-American Honorable Mention also broke Stony Brook records for points in a season and in a single game when he scored 43 against the University of Vermont March 12.

Among all the records, Warney was also named American East Player and Defensive Player of the Year after leading the Seawolves to the American East Championship title and the first NCAA postseason berth in school history. He recorded 23 points and 15 rebounds in the first round of the tournament against the University of Kentucky on March 17, though the team fell 85-57.

“I saw something in him early on and I was able to help him bring that talent and ability out of him,” Pikiell said. “Mix that in with his hard work, and that’s how he’s gotten to the point he’s at. I know he can play at the NBA level. He has a skill set that everyone could use. He has a great motor, he’s a terrific rebounder, he has great hands, he’s a great passer, he has a tremendous physical ability and he’s an unselfish player. He has a great mind for the game of basketball, and those are attributes that bode well for him to be able to

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Clockwise from left, Jameel Warney with the netting around his neck after winning the america east championship game; Warney dunks the ball; and Warney blocks. ically, being mature and proving my stuff on continue to play at the next level.”

For Denise Warney though, it’s more than the court with Stony Brook after high school just her son’s accolades and titles. It’s about — I’ve learned so much,” he said. “I feel like how proud she is of how far her son has come a lot of the people I’ve come across over my not just in the sport, but as a person. When years of playing basketball have influenced my life. My coaches in high school, my mom, she watches him, she can’t help but smile.

“The game for the NCAA berth, I just college coaches, the rest of my family and my watch that game over and over again be- close friends, I’m doing this all for them because they’ve been with me cause it amazes me that he’s through the struggles and turned out to be such a great through the highs. I’m happy basketball player,” she said. to have such a nice support She is especially amazing system with me.” watching him dunk the ball, He’s influenced the lives because for her, it brings of others as well, as young back a decade-old memory. children run around Stony “When he was little, Brook donning his name I remember him saying, and number on their jerseys, ‘Mommy, I want a trampolooking up to the professionline.’ I asked him why, and al athlete who is continuhe said, ‘I want to put it next ing to put in the work as he to the basketball hoop so I — Steve Pikiell climbs his ladder toward his can dunk,’” she said. “We laughed about it because now when I see him ultimate goal of making a roster.

“He’s humble for a player as talented as he dunk a ball, I go all the way back to when he was 10 years old. I get this rush watching him, is,” Pikiell said. “He’s humble and he’s hardI’m overcome with this emotion, and I just working. I think that’s an unbelievable comkeep becoming prouder and prouder of him.” bination for a kid nowadays. That enabled Warney and his mother both appreci- him to get better and help us do things that ate those who have helped him reach such no Stony Brook team has ever done, I think he can make a team and stay for a long time. I heights thus far in his career.

“The years of improving mentally and phys- think his best basketball is ahead of him.”

‘He’s humble and he’s hardworking.

I think that’s an unbelievable combination for a kid nowadays.’

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BENEfit CoNCErt Continued from page A3 prescribed it to help alleviate the pain from his migraines. When his parents found out, they took the drugs from him and began the process of helping him recover, but they did not know he had turned to heroin.

The doctor, Seji Francis, was sentenced to six months in prison and deported after Timothy reported him to police. But during the process of helping her son and the detectives, his mother said there were no resources for her to turn to for help; no other mothers to call.

There was a stigma around heroin addiction that there does not seem to be now.

“The whole thing was hard on my family, but my son suffered the worst. Speaking out about this is my mom job for Timothy,” said Kroll, who is now the PUSH Coordinator for the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. “This event allows us to

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Photos above, left and below right by Rebecca Anzel; photo below left from Teri Kroll

Above, Big Shot, a Billy Joel tribute band, performs to raise money for the Suffolk County Police Department’s tip rewards fund;. Below, Zofolk, a Led Zeppelin tribute band, performs during the benefit concert. let our guard down, relax and know we’re doing a good thing at the same time.”

She added that if Timothy were at the event, he would be smiling and dancing with whoever was around him.

“The room was packed – and Michael DelGuidice gets it, and is willing to speak out on behalf of the disease of addiction and put his time an energy in the fight against what drives this epidemic — the drug dealers,” Kroll said.

“The Suffolk County Police Department and Suffolk County Crime Stoppers have made it easy to report the dealers — proving zero tolerance in Suffolk County.

We are attacking this epidemic from all sides, just what Timothy would have liked to see.”

Louis Iacona, president of Long Island Helps Recovery Initiation, said this event was a fun way to raise money and awareness about Suffolk County’s heroin problem. He struggled

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with the drug and found there were not a lot of resources available to help him recover.

“We need to smash this heroin epidemic to smithereens,” Iacona said.

Smithtown resident Nick Santori, guitarist for Led Zeppelin cover band Zofolk, said the band was grateful to be invited to play at such an important event.

“We love to partake in such a great cause,” he said. “Crime Stoppers is doing such a great job and we wanted to help in any way we could.”

Residents can report — teri Kroll tips or information regarding past crimes and drug dealing anonymously by calling 1-800-220-TIPS. Rewards of up to $5,000 will be issued.

‘the Suffolk County Police Department and Suffolk County Crime Stoppers have made it easy to report the dealers — proving zero tolerance in Suffolk County.

We are attacking this epidemic from all sides.’

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Residential Styles Learn about the home styles in your market and beyond. Our Residential Styles guide includes illustrations, photographs, and detailed descriptions about popular styles. Plus, use our Home Features guide to learn about architectural elements such as dormers, roofs, and arches that make a property distinct.

Art Deco A vertically oriented design includes flat roofs and metal window casements.

Neoclassical Neoclassical homes exist in incarnations from onestory cottages to multilevel manses.

Bungalow A forerunner of the craftsman style, you'll find rustic exteriors and sheltered-feeling interiors.

Prairie Originated by Frank Lloyd Wright, this style can be house boxy or lowslung.

Cape Cod A true classic, Cape Cod homes have gabled roofs and unornamented fronts.

Pueblo Flat roofs, straightedge window frames, and earth-colored walls typify Pueblos.

Colonial An offshoot of the Cape Cod style, it features a rectangular design and secondfloor bedrooms.

Queen Anne Emerging in the Victorian era, the style features inventive floor plans and decorative chimneys.

Contemporary Unmistakably modern, this style has odd-sized windows and little ornamentation.

Ranch Ranch homes are set apart by pitched-roof construction, built-in garages, and picture windows.

Craftsman Full- or partial-width porches are framed by tapered columns and overhanging eaves.

Regency The style borrows the Georgian's classic lines, yet eschews ornamentation.

Creole A front wall recedes to form a first-story porch and a second-story balcony.

Saltbox Its sharply sloping gable roof resembles old-time boxes used for storing salt.

Dutch Colonial German settlers originated this style, which features a broad, barn-like roof.

Second Empire This Victorian style features mansard roofs with dormer windows.

Federal This style arose amid a renewed interest in Greek and

Roman culture.

Shed A subset of the Modern style, Shed houses are asymmetric with sloping roofs.

French Provincial Balance and symmetry define the French Provincial style, which has a steep hip roof.

Shingle An American style that echoes Queen Anne, it has unadorned doors and large porches.

Georgian With paired chimneys and a decorative crown, this style was named after English royalty.

Shotgun Tradition says that a shotgun blast can trace a straight path from the front to back door.

Gothic Revival English romanticism influenced this style, marked by Gothic windows and vaulted roofs.

Spanish Eclectic This style has details from Moorish, Byzantine, Gothic, and Renaissance styles.

Greek Revival Entryway columns and a front door surrounded by rectangular windows are characteristic.

Split Level A Modern style, Split levels sequester living activities, such as sleeping and socializing.

International The International style exposes functional building elements, including elevator shafts.

Stick Decorative horizontal, vertical, or diagonal boards are typical of this Victorian style.

Italianate This style has symmetrical bay windows in front, small chimneys, and tall windows.

Tudor Tudors have half-timbering on bay windows and upper floors, and steep cross gables.

Monterey The Monterey style updates the New England Colonial style with an Adobe brick exterior.

Victorian Built during the rise of the machine age, Victorian architecture incorporated decorative details such as patterned shingles.

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OpiniOn Editorial

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Fighting an unconventional enemy

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High profile drug busts are increasing in frequency in Suffolk County, but the problem might require more creative solutions.

Complex problems call for creative solutions It is no secret that Suffolk County, New York State and the United States as a whole have a rapidly growing opioid, and especially, heroin problem on their hands. Suffolk County is frequently sited as one of the places in New York most susceptible to drug busts and overdoses. It is a complex problem that sometimes feels like plugging holes in a sinking ship with bubble gum to lawmakers and uniformed police officers charged with lessening the impact of drugs on the community.

To the Suffolk County Police Department’s credit, they haven’t shied away from trying some outside the box methods to combat heroin and opioid addiction. In April, Suffolk County Crime Stoppers launched an anonymous narcotics tip phone line to help enlist the community in rooting out drug users and sellers in their vicinity.

The tip line helped lead to the arrest, in June, of two brothers living in Mount Sinai who had a treasure trove of weaponry, bombmaking instructions, cash and drugs in their home. In July, 24 people were arrested in connection with a drug ring in Hauppauge that yielded four kilograms of heroin and fentanyl.

The success of the hotline, which has received more than 900 calls since its inception, proves that the onus is on all of us to do our part in alleviating our community’s drug problem.

The department hosted a benefit concert at The Emporium in Patchogue July 28 to raise money for rewards given to those who provide tips to the hotline that result in arrests, and it’s imperative that we continue to support this resource as it has already proven its worth. That’s not to say that without the reward money, you shouldn’t say something if you see something. Community members hold most of the power in their hands to help our officers in cleaning up our streets.

Until we as a community recognize that this is a problem for everyone, even if the overdosing teen down the street isn’t a family member, the bubble gum approach will not stop the ship from sinking.

An enemy whose mission is to seek out and slaughter unarmed innocents by any means necessary has declared war on us. Denying this obvious truth is a form of self-deception, that by blurring the single-minded resolve needed to defeat a barbaric foe, will lead to increasingly deadly results.

While many understand and prepare to fight a metastasizing, savage, global terrorism, others retreat to some idealistic, imaginary safe space, where “seeking resolutions,” demonstrating and demanding new laws will magically reduce this existential threat.

Hoping that holding signs claiming “War is not the answer” or expecting gun-control legislation to be respected by murderous, pledged jihadists is beyond fantasy. It ranks right next to the discredited notion that “gun-free zones” will stop committed, weaponized murderers.

Witness the recent carnage in basically “gun-free nations”: Bangladesh, at least 28 killed, in a diplomatic zone, no less; Turkey, 42 slaughtered, 239 hospitalized; Belgium, 32 murdered, more than 300 injured; France, 234 killed, some 600 wounded. Most of that butchery resulted from detonated bombs or, recently, a huge truck.

Minus armed rescuers, the casualties would have been much worse.

In America, along with guns, we’ve seen pressure cookers, knives, machetes and hatchets used in Islamic-extremist inspired attacks. But the weapons that proved to be, by far, responsible for the most catastrophic losses of both lives and property were box cutters.

An item easily purchased at any hardware store was used by hijackers to take control of three large

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Keeping America safe will be a major theme of the 2016 election. passenger jets loaded with fuel.

When those on the third plane realized their craft was destined to become a deadly missile, they were left ramming the cockpit door with a beverage cart. It was the only offensive option those courageous Americans had available to them.

Considering the real world options these jihadists give us, think about whether a utopian or reality-based approach might offer both targeted civilians, and our nation as a whole, the best chance to survive. For example, should we pursue the kind of fanciful and recently decreed unconstitutional call for our congressmen to support legislation to ban “firearms with a capacity of more than five bullets?”

Apparently caught up with all their surveys and polls, a peace group couldn’t be bothered to learn that a federal judge and appeals court right here in New

York have already ruled that setting even a limit of seven bullets violated the Second Amendment.

Or should we see the obvious facts as they exist, declare we’re in a war and fight it as such.

More and more historians are beginning to equate today’s Islamic extremists to Nazis of the 1930s and ’40s. Given that comparison, it’s critical to remember that platitudes on placards didn’t stop Hitler and certainly won’t deter ISIS jihadists.

Referring to Germany, FDR prophetically stated in 1940, “No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness.

There can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb.” That approach worked awfully well during our last World War.

Jim Soviero Setauket

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OpiniOn The blaring battle of the presidential brands

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he media coverage of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump misses the point. While the race for president is about each person, the process, the scandals, the outrage and the stories that have a life of their own are not about the people — they are about the “brand.”

The most passionate advocates for each candidate have defended and supported them, recognizing their shortcomings but urging us to believe each will be

By Daniel Dunaief candidate better because they just are better — the way any brand with a loyal following just is.

Newspapers and advocates of each side shout at the top of their lungs

D. None of the above

about this historic election, offering evidence of Clinton’s inappropriate handling of emails and Trump’s personal attacks.

In the latest battle, Trump has taken to the airways to respond to Khizr Khan, the parents of a MuslimAmerican war hero.

The question isn’t whether this reveals something new about Trump, the person. It doesn’t. Surely anyone who has watched Trump over the last year or so realizes that his personal style, and the brand under which he is running for the highest office in the land, emanate from a scripted character. He doesn’t let anyone question him or his brand without counterattacking. He has become a talking head in touch with his irascible side.

That may be what attracts people to him. There is no political correctness, a term he utters with such disdain that he says it as if he is standing at a podium filled with soiled diapers. The Trump brand and playbook mandate that a best defense

is a good offense.

If he’s offensive in the process, who cares? He doesn’t — and on the whole it appears many of his supporters don’t, either. He may have been right that he could shoot somebody in Times Square and not lose votes because outrageous words and actions are a part of his brand.

While I don’t agree with the slash-and-burn approach to the personal and political battles he fights, I recognize he’s probably not fighting for the little guy, the medium-sized guy or the big guy so much as he’s fighting for his brand. In a country where products and marketing are so inextricably intertwined, he is the best advocate for Brand Trump. Does being Trump prohibit him from saying “I’m sorry” or “I’m wrong”?

Those who hated him before have more ammunition in their battle with him. But what does he care? If they weren’t loyal to the brand and they weren’t his customers, he hasn’t lost anything.

What will cause voters loyal to Brand Trump — or, put another way, those who are angry, fearful or resentful of the Clinton brand — to change their minds? How far can he go before some of those who identify with him decide he shouldn’t become president?

Does this pitched battle with the Khans — parents of a slain and decorated war hero — do for the Trump brand what the attack on the U.S. Army did for Sen. Joseph McCarthy?

His pursuit of communists damaged and destroyed lives and careers in the early 1950s until Joseph Welch, the chief counsel for the Army, asked McCarthy in 1954 if he had “no sense of decency.”

For Brand Trump, decency doesn’t seem to have been a priority up until now. The question, however, is whether those buying the product will care enough about what he says or thinks to force a change in the brand before they, themselves, choose the other brand.

Bullied at a splendid Tanglewood concert

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ullies come in all shapes and sizes.

And ages. I was reminded of that fact this past weekend, when a good friend and I went on our annual Tanglewood trip. Situated in the lush green Berkshire Hills in western Massachusetts, Tanglewood is a beautiful estate donated to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and since 1937 the BSO summers there and offers outdoor concerts to the public. As a result of their

By Leah S. Dunaief presence and the huge crowds that they draw, the greater area of Lenox, including Pittsfield, to Stockbridge and even to Williamstown has developed as a mecca of culture. There are many museums, theater, dance and of course good restaurants throughout the neighborhood, making for a fun-filled runaway weekend destination.

Between you and me

Thanks to the Port Jefferson ferry, Tanglewood is an easy two-and-a-halfhour drive from Bridgeport to one of the many motels that accommodate the thousands of visitors. We unloaded our suitcases on Friday night just in time to drive to our seats in the Shed to hear a Mozart piano concerto, followed

by Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 9. Content, we navigated the exiting traffic, which is admirably directed by the local police, returned to our motel room and slept.

After a leisurely breakfast, we made the scenic drive to Williamstown and enjoyed a couple of hours in the Clark museum. Their current exhibit, Splendor, Myth, and Vision: Nudes from the Prado, includes works by Titian, Rubens, Tintoretto, Brueghel the Elder, Poussin and many of the other greats of the 16th- and 17th-centuries.

These paintings would only have been seen at the time in what were called, “salas reservadas.” These were special, hidden rooms for select audiences, because to display nude bodies was considered sinful and contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church, also to the Spanish Inquisition. On the one

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hand, the monarchs were charged with upholding the decreed doctrines and moral values, and on the other, they were the primary collectors of these treasured works of art — especially Philip II and his grandson Philip IV. We left the museum hurriedly to scoot down the road for the Williamstown Theater Festival premiere of “Romance Novels for Dummies” by Boo Killebrew. This delightful play, about two sisters, their relationship and their experiences dating in the big city, was worth the rush to get there.

Well acted and staged in a beautiful theater, the play ended just in time for another rush down Route 7 to our seats at Tanglewood.

And this is when the bullying began.

We were seated near the front, and I began chatting with the man to my right. He told us he was from Maryland and even tried to help me open a container. But his arm completely covered the narrow armrest between us. I laughingly asked him if he had siblings and therefore had learned to share. I suggested we each take half the armrest for our elbows and demonstrated.

He had an empty seat next to him,

which I assumed he had paid for since there were no other empty seats anywhere around us. He responded that I should have bought two seats. Then, when the music began, a violin concerto by Sibelius featuring spectacular soloist Augustin Hadelich, he actually pushed my arm off the armrest and jabbed me in the ribs with his elbow.

It’s hard to know what to do in such a situation. People around us were entranced by the magnificent music and I wanted to be, too. But I alternated between being absorbed and being discomforted by the man splayed out beside me. I strained to lose myself in the music, and when it ended I considered explaining my plight to the nearest usher. I didn’t want to cause a scene in one of my “happy places,” yet I clearly couldn’t handle the problem.

How frustrating. Almost unwillingly, I approached a volunteer usher, who couldn’t help me directly, but he did bring me to a person in authority. That gentleman promptly changed our seats to what turned out to be an even better location, from which we thoroughly enjoyed Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.

Beauty washes away ugly every time.

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Leah S. Dunaief

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