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Vol. 14, No. 27

October 18, 2018

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Celebrating fall’s arrival At the Village of Lake Grove 2018 Harvest Festival Oct. 13, attendees enjoy a Halloween costume contest, pumpkin decorating, hay ride and pony rides, petting zoo, food and craft vendors.

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The Middle Country Public Library is hosting NASA@ My Library, a Star Party for families of all ages Oct. 18 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at their Centereach location, 101 Eastwood Blvd.

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The Middle Country Public Library is one of 75 public libraries chosen to be a part of NASA@ My Library, led by the National Center for Interactive Learning at the Space Science Institute in partnership with the American Library Association Public Programs Office, the Pacific Science Center, Cornerstones of Science and the Education Development Center.

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BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Town of Brookhaven is bringing healthy living back as it plans to host its 2nd annual Health & Wellness Fair Oct. 20.

The event will bring more than 20 exhibits to Brookhaven Town Hall, featuring free screenings, free giveaways, interactive activities for both kids and adults, local vendors, with free admission for all Brookhaven residents as well.

The event is being sponsored by JVC Broadcasting, which is advising it will be offering interviews with vendors to be broadcast on JVC’s health and wellness show.

The event is being held Saturday, Oct. 20, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Brookhaven Town Hall located at 1 Independence Hill in Farmingville.

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Students above and below enjoy a trayless Tuesday in the Middle Country Central School District.

Students initiate trayless Tuesday program Students in the Middle Country Central School District are helping the environment one lunch at a time.

The district recently launched its Trayless Tuesday program which removes Styrofoam lunch trays from cafeterias and replaces them with ‘paper boat’ trays at Jericho Elementary School, Selden Middle School and Dawnwood Middle School on Tuesdays during the 20182019 school year.

This environmentally-conscious program was initiated following last year’s successful capstone project by Katherine MacDonald’s fifth-grade students at Jericho Elementary School that earned a $50,000 grant from New York State Assemblyman Steven Englebright (D-Setauket) to implement.

“The years spent in elementary school are an extremely formative time during a student’s educational journey,” said Superintendent of Schools Roberta Gerold. “From learning their letters and numbers in kindergarten to becoming engaged and thoughtful community members, it is incredible to witness this progression. The completion of this trajectory is perfectly captured during our fifth grade students’ capstone project — utilizing their years of education, teamwork skills and their observations of the world around them to effect meaningful change.”

Last year, students in MacDonald’s class began to conduct research on the Styrofoam lunch trays that are a staple of cafeterias across the nation. During their research they discovered the harmful effects that Styrofoam has on the environment: 2.3 million tons of the non-biodegradable Styrofoam ends up in landfills each year. It is extremely harmful for animals’ digestion tracks, and it releases chemicals that pollute the air we breathe and the earth’s atmosphere.

“When the students began to discover the damaging effects that these trays — which are used for less than 30 minutes and then disposed

of — have on our environment for decades and even centuries to come, they were immediately invested in this as their project and truly put their hearts into its success,” said Jericho Elementary School Principal Glen Rogers. “This became less of a classroom project for them and more of a mission.”

In June, the now sixth-grade students presented their findings and caught the attention of local leaders including Englebright. Following a secondary presentation by the students, Englebright granted the district $50,000 to conduct a program that would begin to remove Styrofoam trays from district schools. The initial grant has provided funds to provide ‘paper boat’ trays one day a week to Jericho Elementary School, where the program initiated, and the two District middle schools, where the students behind the program now attend.

“The students didn’t stop at researching the impact that Styrofoam has globally but also learned that our cafeteria uses roughly 275 Styrofoam trays a day,” MacDonald said. “Their proactive stance on limiting that amount has produced real change in the Middle Country community that will continue into future years. I am extremely proud of my students’ accomplishments and know they will continue to excel as they begin their new chapter in middle school.”

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Town

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Wading River-Shoreham Chamber of Commerce hosted its first Fall Festival and Zombie Walk Oct. 13, and while cold rain fell throughout the morning, the community still came out in costume to celebrate the arrival of autumn.

While Halloween is still about two weeks

away, kids dressed up in costume as zombies, firefighters, superheroes and many others, to march in a short parade from St. John the Baptist Church to the Wading River duck ponds.

Though not many kids participated in the walk because of the rain, young people still participated in a pumpkin decorating contest and crafts — and shopped with adults at booths featuring local vendors.

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Love is in the air, which can cause troubles on the roads.

It’s deer rutting season — the time of year they breed — which means the animals are prone to run out on local roadways, causing potential dangers for drivers. While it’s advisable to drive carefully and be vigilant at any time of day, especially near wooded areas, peak time for rutting occurs between dusk and dawn requiring extra caution during those hours, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Lori Ketcham, a rehabilitator with Middle Island-based Save the Animals Rescue Foundation, said the rutting season begins approximately in the middle of October and lasts until the end of November, sometimes longer. She said her main advice during the season is for motorists to drive carefully because the deer don’t think.

“The boys only have one thing on their mind,” Ketcham said. “They’re following the scent so they’re just running. They smell a girl down the street. They run, and they don’t care if there are roads in the way.”

She said if two bucks are fighting, something that would most likely happen in wooded areas and not near the road, to steer clear of them. She said it’s important when seeing a deer run across the street to remember there is a chance another one will follow, whether it’s a buck in heat or a fawn following its mother.

“They are a herd animal,” she said. “If one runs across the road, assume there are more coming.”

Ketcham said it’s important for drivers to keep their eyes not only on the road but the sides of the streets. She said sometimes deer are not hit by a car but run into the side of it, breaking their jaws or necks.

The rehabilitator said it’s important for drivers who hit a deer to check to see if they are dead or not, and not to approach or move an injured deer. Whenever a motorist hits an animal, even smaller ones like squirrels and raccoons, Ketcham advised people to call the police department, adding a person won’t get in trouble for hitting an animal with a car.

“Have someone come out and not have the animal out there suffering,” she said.

Drivers are also cautioned to slow down when approaching deer near a roadside, according to the DEC. While they may look inactive, they can quickly bolt in front of a car.

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Thomas Murphy, 59, of Holbrook, was indicted by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office on 16 charges related to the Sept. 30 crash that killed 12-year-old Andrew McMorris of Wading River.

Man accused in crash that killed Wading River boy indicted on 16 charges

BY ALEX PETROSKI ALEX@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Holbrook man arrested in connection with the death of a Wading River Boy Scout is facing 16 criminal charges following an indictment by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office Oct. 12.

On Sept. 30 Thomas Murphy was driving a 2016 Mercedes southbound on David Terry Road at approximately 1:55 p.m. when his vehicle struck a group of Boys Scouts who were walking northbound on the shoulder of the roadway. Five Scouts, from Troop 161, ranging in age from 12 to 16, were struck by the vehicle.

Andrew McMorris, 12, of Wading River, died from his injuries sustained during the incident Oct. 1. Murphy’s blood alcohol content was allegedly measured at 0.13 percent after the DA’s office secured a warrant to conduct a test, which extrapolated to an estimated 0.19 percent at the time of the crash, according to the DA’s office.

The legal limit is 0.08 percent.

Murphy, 59, was originally charged with allegedly driving while intoxicated. The indictment added several alleged charges including three counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, second-degree manslaughter, first-degree manslaughter, second-degree assault, second-degree vehicular manslaughter, aggravated driving while intoxicated and others.

“Nothing will bring Andrew back, but we will obtain justice in this case on behalf of the

families and Troop 161,” District Attorney Tim Sini (D) said. “My office is committed to handling this case most professionally and most efficiently to ensure that this defendant is held accountable for his actions. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their loved ones and the entire Boy Scout community in the wake of this tragedy.”

Murphy was arraigned in Suffolk County Supreme Court Oct. 16 and is due back in court Nov. 27, according to the DA’s office. His attorney did not respond to a request for comment following Murphy’s arrest. He posted $500,000 bond Oct. 1.

According to the DA’s office, shortly before 2 p.m. Sept. 30, Murphy was leaving Swan Lake Golf Club to drive home after allegedly drinking alcohol since approximately 9 a.m.

Murphy was arrested immediately following the crash by Suffolk County Police 7th Precinct officers, who observed that Murphy allegedly had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, had slurred speech, had watery, bloodshot and glassy eyes, and was unsteady on his feet, the DA’s office said. Murphy refused a roadside breath test and was transported to the 7th Precinct, where he refused to submit to a chemical test of his blood.

According to Newsday, in a statement read

by Murphy’s attorney Stephen McCarthy Jr., Murphy apologized for his actions and indicated he would not put McMorris’ family through a lengthy legal battle.

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National

CDC recommends flu shots for all before end of October Along with falling leaves, colder weather and comfy sweaters, autumn also brings the flu, and while the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last year’s season was one of the worst on record, only time will tell how serious this season will be.

Despite the prevalence of the influenza virus and availability of vaccines, the virus still remains deadly on an annual basis. The CDC reported an estimated 80,000 people in the U.S. died from health complications related to influenza during the 2017-18 season, the highest fatality rate compared to any contemporary season on record since first published in 1976.

Of those deaths 183 were children, the most since 171 died in the 2012-13. Approximately 80 percent of those children who died did not receive a flu vaccination, according to the CDC. The 2017-18 flu season yielded 30,453 influenza-related hospitalizations from October 2017 through April 2018. People 65 years or older accounted for the majority of those hospitalizations, according to the CDC. Overall hospitalization rates were also the highest on record.

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Flu shots are available at many pharmacies and from doctors. The CDC recommends everyone 6 months and older gets one before the end of October.

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the overall vaccine effectiveness at 40 percent, meaning it reduced a person’s overall risk of having to seek medical care for flu illness at that rate.

The CDC still strongly recommends vaccines as the best way to prevent contracting the virus, but especially for children at least 6 months old, and people aged 50 and older. Children aged 6 months through 8 years who require two doses should receive the first vaccination as soon as possible, and their next dose four weeks later, according to the CDC. For those looking to travel this season the CDC recommends a vaccination two or more weeks before departure.

The new vaccines being rolled out for the 2018-19 flu season will contain agents to specifically target the A(H1N1) and A(H3N2) viruses along with the usual B viruses.

The CDC recommends everyone 6 months or older gets a shot before the end of October.

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by Rep. Lee Zeldin, would have slashed Medicaid funding, cutting off essential health care services October is National Substance Abuse Preven- from those struggling with addiction. The Repubtion Month, a time when we must confront the lican plan left these patients with unaffordable predark reality that opioids are destroying commu- miums and likely no coverage whatsoever to pay nities across the country, including right here in for treatment. I am fully committed to preserving Suffolk County. As many as 600 lives on Long gains made under the Affordable Care Act, espeIsland were claimed due to overdose last year cially these vital services. alone. Our federal elected leadership can and Addiction does not discriminate by party afshould be decisive agents of change in this epi- filiation. It is ravaging our nation, killing tens of demic, and right now they are not doing enough. thousands, Democrats and Republicans, forcing I was raised in a family of doctors and attended children into foster care and leaving families bro2 1/2 years of medical school before shifting to ken. This should be a bipartisan issue, one that is a career in business. I understand the impact the above the influence of corporate interests. I am engovernment, pharmaceutical incouraged by the bipartisan Opidustry and insurance companies oid Crisis Response Act of 2018, collectively have on all of our which allows for the use of data lives. Congress has to fix this to stop questionable pill orders, crisis to mitigate the destruction. addresses additional support for Big Pharma owns much law enforcement and reauthoof the blame for this crisis and rizes substance abuse programs. needs to take an active hand in We must do more to ban the imfixing what they helped create. port of synthetic opioids from The Ensuring Patient Access China and amend our laws, as and Effective Drug Enforcenecessary, to put targeted subment Act, passed in 2016, drasstances on our banned lists. tically undercuts the U.S. Drug Having said all this, one can Enforcement Administration’s and should always learn more. ability to freeze shipments from As such, our campaign is orgadrug companies to suspicious nizing a community town hallPerry Gershon buyers. We have to repeal this style listening event between legislation, because it gives now and election day. I want to drug companies a free pass and keeps steady the understand the issue better, and a good way is to flow of addictive and potentially harmful drugs hear the views of those most affected in NY-1. into vulnerable communities. We also need to Just as I pledged to never take money from work to lower the cost of Naloxone so our first pharmaceutical or insurance companies, I will responders can carry this life-saving medicine never be bought on this deadly issue. No one with them, whether in urban or rural areas. Long should have to live a life of addiction without help. term, we must reduce the availability of danger- No one should lose their children, sibling or parent ous drugs while also addressing root causes of the to an overdose. And no one should fear that their crisis to stem the rise of opioid abuse in America. elected congressman will side with giant pharmaHowever, we cannot only focus on curtailing ceutical corporations over them. I will hold drug the supply of opioids. We must also support and companies accountable for predatory actions. I care for those who struggle with addiction. Proper will fight to ensure care and rehabilitation for those quality health care coverage is essential. Through struggling with addiction, and I will always side the expansion of Medicaid and removal of lifetime with the families of Long Island. caps, the Affordable Care Act has helped to fund Perry Gershon is an East Hampton resident opioid treatment for millions of Americans. The and the Democratic candidate for New York’s Republicans’ attempted ACA repeal, championed 1st Congressional District.

wrong address due to these shared street names with the same zip code in the Town of RiverSome issues that may seem like small pota- head. These kinds of mistakes can be avoided, toes for out-of-towners are actually the highest and these problems can be alleviated by aspriorities for East End residents. There should signing a new and unique zip code to Flanders, be no left or right, conservative or liberal, when Riverside and Northampton. it comes to joining forces to deliver important The House also passed my bipartisan legiswins that we can all work together on to im- lation to protect affordable mortgages for our prove quality of life on Long Island. nation’s veterans. Our nation’s service memFor example, we just secured three major bers, veterans and their families have made legislative victories for our district in our na- a tremendous sacrifice in service to our great tion’s capital — victories that will have a posi- nation and the freedoms and liberties that make tive impact on the ground in our communities, this country the greatest in the world. They one of them being the enactment into law of have earned nothing less than our unwavermy legislation that requires the ing support when transitionFederal Aviation Administraing back into civilian life, and tion to reconsider the deeply such a critical part of living flawed North Shore helicopout the American Dream they ter route to address the noise fought so hard to protect is impact on affected communithe dream of home ownership. ties, improve altitude enforceOn Long Island, where home ment and consider alternative prices are higher than in many routes, including an all-water other parts of the country, enroute over the Atlantic Ocean. suring certainty in the market Summer after summer, resiand access to affordable mortdents’ quality of life has sufgages for our nation’s veterans fered due to the persistent isis the least we can do as they sue of helicopter noise on the transition into civilian life.

East End, and Congress must Most importantly, these hold their feet to the fire. Now three major victories were in Lee Zeldin their voices will finally be just one week in Washington. heard, including a public hearEach and every week spent ing that will soon be taking place in the coming away from my family and my home on Long weeks and a public comment period about to be Island I want to make count, fighting to imopened as well. prove Long Islanders’ everyday lives. Right Additionally, the House passed my legisla- now, we’re seeing one of these efforts come to tion to create a new, unique zip code for the fruition with the emergency dredge of Moriches hamlets of Flanders, Riverside and Northamp- Inlet underway right now. From working with ton, in the Town of Southampton, which cur- the Army Corps to secure the approval of the rently share a zip code with the neighboring emergency dredge to securing the necessary Town of Riverhead. While the delay of de- funding to complete it, this emergency dredge liveries caused by sharing a zip code is a nui- is a big win for Long Island boaters and fishersance and heavily impacts residents’ quality of men, and the tackle shops and businesses that life, above all else, it is a safety hazard. These support them. packages can hold important goods like mediIt is an honor to represent our home in our cations, which are critical for a person’s health nation’s capital. and well-being. They can also cause major Lee Zeldin is a Shirley resident and the U.S. problems for police, first responders and other representative for New York’s 1st Congressional emergency personnel, who may arrive at the District, seeking a third term in November.

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Town

Brookhaven hosts first joint meeting of government leaders The committee’s title sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, but Town of Brookhaven’s plan to streamline government services is nonfiction and slated for the nearer future than a galaxy far, far away.

Brookhaven Town Hall was the setting for the inaugural Council of Governments Committee meeting, a congregation of representatives from across the town’s villages, ambulance and fire and school and library districts Oct. 10. The leaders came together to begin brainstorming strategies to make government more efficient by sharing services with the goal of reducing costs for their mutual taxpayers. The meeting was hosted by Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) and was attended by representatives from the villages of Belle Terre, Shoreham and Port Jefferson; Setauket Fire District; Port Jefferson EMS; Comsewogue, Port Jefferson, Emma S. Clark, and Middle Country libraries; and Shoreham-Wading River, Comsewogue, Port Jefferson and Rocky Point school districts among many others.

Brookhaven was recently awarded a $20 million Municipal Consolidation and Efficiency Competition grant by New York State, which will go

toward modernizing and reinventing the delivery of services while reducing the burden on taxpayers by reducing redundancy in local governments, pursuing opportunities for increasing shared services, and implementing modernizations and best practices, according to a town press release. The committee will be charged with implementing the changes and identifying additional areas for efficiency and fiscal savings, as well as providing oversight of the 16 MCEC projects.

“We’re interested today in talking about what we can do jointly for our mutual constituents to improve the delivery of services, to reduce costs, to share services whenever possible — to do the things that are going to move this town, your school district, your village, your taxing district forward so that our mutual constituents benefit from this,” Romaine said. “I think this is an opportunity for us to redesign how we do things. This is one opportunity where we can reach across jurisdictional lines and say we’re all in this together.”

Engineering firm Laberge Group has served as a consultant for the town’s municipal consolidation plans, and representatives Ben Syden and Nicole Allen were on hand at the committee meeting to update the attendees on the status of some of the projects already underway.

“A year and a half ago, we asked for your hope,

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Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine and Comsewogue Superintendent Joe Rella along with leaders from dozens of other districts attend the first meeting of Brookhaven’s Council of Governments Committee, a group aiming to reduce taxes through sharing services across taxing districts.

we asked for you to say, ‘Yup, I may be interested in doing this,’” Syden said during the meeting.

“Now, we have pilots, we have examples and now we want to deploy this townwide.”

The projects will be implemented over a span of two to three years, according to Syden, and the full implementation of the projects is expected to save more than $60 million collectively among the taxing districts over five years.

The dissolution of the Village of Mastic Beach and reincorporation into the town, the consolidation of 24 of the town’s 112 special districts

including four water districts into the Suffolk County Water Authority and six erosion control districts consolidated into one are among the already completed projects undertaken as part of the MCEC project. Upcoming projects include the consolidation of property tax collection and processing systems with several villages including Port Jefferson and Shoreham, construction of a regional salt storage facility, purchase of regional specialized fleet equipment, expansion of single-stream recycling waste management services to six special districts throughout the town and more.

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Obituary Former St. Charles radiologist Albert S. Trachtenberg

BY MOIRA-JO TRACHTENBERG-THIELKING AND MYLES TRACHTENBERG Dr. Albert S. Trachtenberg, of Old Field, died Sept. 20.

Trachtenberg grew up in Brooklyn and attended Abraham Lincoln High School, graduating in 1948. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Syracuse University in 1951 and received his medical degree from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, in 1957. Although he hadn’t initially planned to attend school in Europe, Trachtenberg was grateful for the experience. It widened his horizons, and he developed a lifelong passion for languages, wine, skiing and fondue.

He enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a radiologist. Upon completion of his radiology residency at the Bronx V.A. Hospital, he entered private practice with Radiological Health Services of Smithtown and joined the staff of St. Charles Hospital of Port Jefferson in 1963.

The doctor’s expertise and leadership skills resulted in his being named director of radiology for St. Charles Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in 1968, a position he held for 33 years. Trachtenberg was dedicated to bringing cutting-edge imaging technology to the area, including early MRI machines and the first total-body CAT Scan in Suffolk

County in 1977.

Trachtenberg served as president of both the Long Island Radiological Society and the St. Charles Medical Board (1969, 1970, 1988) and was elected fellow at the American College of Radiology in 1983. He was a longtime member of the Executive Committee at Maryhaven Center of Hope, The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and The Radiological Society of North America. St. Charles Hospital honored Trachtenberg with the Theodore Roosevelt Award for service to the hospital and to the community in 2002, noted in a State of New York Proclamation.

More importantly than awards, Trachtenberg cared for his patients as if each and every one was the most valuable. He was highly esteemed among referring physicians and pioneered a mammography technique that allowed for early detection of very small cancers.

Dr. Rocco Caruso worked with Trachtenberg at St. Charles for 15 years and treated him when he became sick. Caruso said he remembers Trachtenberg always being extremely helpful when they worked together.

“The finest radiologist out here that I remember,” Caruso said. “The thing I liked the most about Al was that he was a human being who when you asked him to go over a film he stopped everything

he was doing and took his time to make sure all your questions were answered and that’s not common across the board anymore. I remember Al as a great radiologist but foremost a great human being.

A true doctor. He cared about the patients. I can’t say enough about him.”

He was known among friends and family as a renaissance man who in addition to speaking multiple languages and skiing enjoyed painting portraits of friends and family, computer technology, singing, reading, opera, tennis, fishing and sailing, international travel and, in recent years, taking a full course load at State University of New York’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Trachtenberg was a connoisseur of fine wine and an active member of Les Amis du Vin for many years. Trachtenberg loved skiing and continued to do so until just a few years ago, proudly blazing the slopes with the Stratton Mountain Trailblazers, sometimes for more than 100 ski days per season.

Trachtenberg was an engaged member of Temple Beth Shalom in Smithtown, where he served as president with dedication and love. Over the years he worshiped at the Israel Congregation of Manchester, Vermont, and, most recently, Temple Isaiah of Stony Brook.

Trachtenberg was the loving husband of Pam and the beloved father of Myles and Moira. He

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loved to spend time with his grandchildren, Myles B. and Jeremy M. Trachtenberg and Acadia and Esther Thielking. As a person, Trachtenberg embraced his friends and family with warmth, love and devotion. He was loved and appreciated by the many people whose lives he touched and will be truly missed.

Memorial services were held Sept. 23 at Shalom Memorial Chapels in Smithtown. Burial followed at Setauket’s Agudath Achim Cemetery.

Donations can be made in his memory to Cancer Research Institute, 55 Broadway, Suite 1802, New York, NY 10006; the American Heart Association National Center, 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75231; or Maryhaven Center of Hope, 51 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776.

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Opinion

Editorial

Coming together to save money

On Long Island, the cost of property taxes weighs heavily on many people’s minds. In Brookhaven, the town is working with villages, schools, libraries, and other special districts to consolidate municipal services, which should lead to savings for homeowners. Any initiative to save taxpayers money is a worthwhile endeavor in our book.

After a two-year long process, New York State recently awarded Town of Brookhaven a $20 million grant for its application as part of the Municipal Consolidation and Efficiency Competition. The grant is a byproduct of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) attempts to cut costs, share services and streamline inefficiencies in order to reduce property taxpayers’ burdens statewide.

In a field of finalists that were all upstate counties other than Brookhaven, the town came out on top, and Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) wasted no time in gathering representatives from villages, ambulance and fire districts, school districts and library districts to create a Council of Governments Committee. On Oct. 10 the council met to discuss the best practices of governance, shared services and intermunicipal opportunities expected to come from the $20 million cash influx.

Due to his leadership qualities and ability to work across party lines, we have confidence that Romaine has the ability to implement the money in an effective way. Project proposals have included using town contracts to buy in bulk things like asphalt replacement, which can save money for villages since the town can get a better price due to its size. Villages such as Port Jefferson could benefit not only from highway services but a town purchasing portal, electronic records management and storage.

While we know the council is in good hands, we hope the committee will take a serious look at how to run each agency more efficiently, even if some are not consolidated, and we also have suggestions for the future.

In addition to implementing current plans established during the grant application stage, the council hopes to explore possible other future initiatives. As the town moves forward, one suggestion we have with any potential plans is to call on local village officials and district heads to organize public meetings where residents can attend and discuss their concerns with town officials or brainstorm suggestions.

We also hope that Brookhaven will lead the way for other municipalities outside its scope. While we know not every town has the privilege of a $20 million grant, after implementing changes in Brookhaven, we hope to see town leaders reach out to other towns in Suffolk County for examples and suggestions to save their residents money.

The chance to save taxpayers money has the potential to cross town lines in the next few years.

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Pre-election good news for Americans Over the last couple years the United States has enjoyed some very significant, verifiable successes in several critical areas, including but not limited to fighting MS-13, foreign policy and the economy.

MS-13 has been a devastating, deadly presence, especially in minority communities on Long Island. Hosted by Republican Congressmen Peter King and Lee Zeldin, high-ranking officials, including the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Donald Trump (R), have come here, shining a bright national light on the crisis. Gang arrests have been way up, and discovery of mutilated remains way down, with Zeldin subsequently being endorsed by 11 law enforcement groups.

It wasn’t long ago there was a homicidal ISIS caliphate growing in the Middle East; NATO allies were not meeting their financial commitments; and North Korea was holding American hostages, testing nuclear devices and, while flying missiles over Japan, threatening our mainland.

Changing the rules of engagement greatly shortened the life of the extremist Islamic state, and NATO members now reluctantly throw more money into the common defense kitty. North Korea has returned U.S. hostages, along with our veterans’ remains; suspended nuclear tests and launching rockets over Japan; and stopped making apocalyptic threats against our 50 states.

The economy has made some undeniably positive, easily confirmed gains. The third-quarter gross domestic product was 4.2 percent. Manufacturing is up. Employment numbers — jobless claims at the lowest level in nearly five decades — have been especially good for those Americans who seemed forgotten. Blue-collar jobs grew at the fastest rate in more than three decades.

African-American and Hispanic-American unemployment rates have both reached record lows, while youth unemployment reached its lowest level in more than 50 years.

Poverty rates for African-Americans and

Hispanic-Americans have reached their lowest levels ever recorded. Job openings, for the first time on record, outnumber job seekers.

A weakened MS-13, shrinking ISIS caliphate, and more generous NATO is good for us. North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un tapping the brakes on his own nuclear proliferation lessens one, clear and present, here and now, catastrophic threat to the environment, which is great for everybody. And seeing today’s blue-collar workers, youth and minorities enjoy virtually unprecedented access to a strong economy and job market should be seen as really heartening, especially for those who fancy themselves as champions of those three groups.

Coming up to the November elections, there’s plenty of provably good news for the United States. It would be a shame to wreck, at the polls, policies generating the recent good fortune for so many fellow Americans, including those in our minority communities.

Jim Soviero East Setauket

Time for Zeldin to believe scientific evidence I am writing this letter just after watching television reports of Category 4 Hurricane Michael slamming into the Florida Panhandle. The main thing that I can think of right now is, “What is the matter with Lee Zeldin?” He did not cause this hurricane but he refuses to believe overwhelming scientific evidence naming human activity as the major cause of global warming. His attitude seems to be, “Ho-hum just another storm of the century.” I would like to paraphrase an old Bob Dylan song: “How many times must a major hurricane strike before the climate change deniers are forever banned?”

Maybe the answer is blowing in the wind — pun intended — as the song goes. Instead

Mini-Lee Zeldin (R) is following in lockstep with the Trump administration policy of “deny, deny, deny” any credible science; destroying the EPA; and supporting increased emissions of greenhouse gases in the process.

I occasionally follow the congressman’s Facebook page. Zeldin likes to tout various environmental actions that he participates in and is proud of. I checked the League of Conservation Voters website, and Zeldin has one of the worst scores in New York state. Maybe the congressman will change his mind in 20 or 30 years when his backyard is underwater during high tide. The problem is by then it prob-

ably will be too late.

Since casting my first ballot in 1968, I have generally been registered as an Independent. Only very recently, I have changed to Democrat, largely due to President Donald Trump (R) and the scary idiocy of the GOP. Zeldin may be a nice guy, but he is just a rubber stamp for Trump. Please do not support Mini-Lee Zeldin.

I will vote for Perry Gershon (D) in the congressional election. Zeldin calls him Park Avenue Perry. I don’t care if he is from Patchogue, Poquott or Park Avenue. I just want Zeldin sent back to Mastic-Shirley.

Paul Hart Stony Brook

Character assassination backfiring on Dems The relentless series of attacks on President Donald Trump (R) began on election night 2016 as the polls were closing, and the shock and disbelief were just beginning to set in. The Democrat-controlled press had to dust off their war plans that they thought they’d never need to unwrap, as Hillary Clinton (D) was a shoo-in, at least until midnight Eastern Time. The paid provocateurs soon followed, culminating in anarchy in the streets and late night “comedy” shows eschewing the comedy

for endless anti-Trump diatribes.

None of it is working, and most of it is backfiring, badly. The endless attempts at character assassination, the horrendous treatment of Judge Kavanaugh, etc., remind me of the classic Road Runner-Wile E. Coyote cartoons. Naturally, Trump is “road runner,” thwarting every bomb, anvil and trap set for him by the Soros/DNC “coyotes.”

I was prompted to write this letter after learning of a California judge throwing out a

defamation case started by esteemed actress Stormy Daniels. The “road runner” metaphor may reach new heights of relevance here. Since Daniel’s camp was ordered to pay court costs that may reach upward of $1 million, the brainwashed fools who employed GoFundMe for her legal bills may ultimately discover they’ve “go funded” Trump instead. Now that’s funny. “Meep, meep,” indeed.

Michael Meltzer Stony Brook

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Opinion

After a spectacular start, breaking up is hard to do

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e had such a wonderful relationship. I wondered whether this was it. Could this be the one that I remember years from now, that I think about when I’m feeling down, or that I go back to when I hear the phrase “the good old days”?

It was better than good for a while. You were incredible and so supremely satisfying. There was electricity, energy D. None and a belief that of the above this connection was something exBY DANIEL DUNAIEF traordinary. It gave me so much to look forward to, day in and day

out, because I knew you’d be there for me.

I was dealing with a lot this summer. My family moved to North Carolina. I lost the close proximity to the friends, neighbors and nearby family I’d taken for granted for all these years.

It was harder to see you at first. But that didn’t stop the connection, from allowing me to enjoy the promising magic ride. Maybe modern technology minimized the distance, maybe it was just some perceived link, but I believed in you, in us, from so far away.

My wife has become accustomed to the annual search for this kind of closeness with you.

She’s extraordinarily supportive of my emotional well-being. She knows that I need you, even if you don’t always seem to need me. She appreciates that I don’t need to try to defeat this kind of addiction.

She knows that I had a connection with you long before she came along and she doesn’t try to get in the way of that. She hasn’t tried to change

me or turn my attention to other passions. She also knows that, when all is right between you and me, she and I have a better relationship because I’m a better-adjusted person who believes anything is possible.

It was such a whirlwind this time. Even when you seemed on the precipice of disappointing, you found a way to come through. You put a smile on my face as I went to bed, knowing that you’d done it again and that the sky really was the limit.

Of course, I recognized that it would never be so spectacular for all these months. I knew there’d be some nights when I might feel like pulling away, when I might think about dedicating my time, attention and passion elsewhere. I didn’t disconnect because I wanted it to work out. I pushed the warning signs away, even if I started to feel as if the separation and the potential through the middle of the summer fell short of my hopes.

Ultimately, as you know all too well, people remember the biggest moments. When these monumental days arrived, you seemed ready.

Initially, you didn’t disappoint. But, then, something happened. It was as if the nagging concerns I had through the summer came back to haunt us. You hadn’t changed at all: It’s just that I saw the weaknesses, the deficiencies and the problems that limited you.

You fought bravely to hold on, but it just wasn’t meant to be. The Red Sox and their fans, as it turns out, will continue to move forward, driven by the belief that those 108 wins will propel them all the way to the World Series.

For me, I can only look back and smile, wondering about what could have been after that spectacular start and hope that, maybe next year, the Yankees and their dedicated fans from near and far will bask in the progression from summer success to the fall classic.

A 21st-century Machiavellian morality tale

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t’s as if we are living in a James Bond movie but with one small difference: These events are real. A Saudi journalist walked into his country’s embassy in Turkey, we learn, and never came out. He entered at 1:14 p.m. Oct. 2, around the time he had been instructed to come, to pick up papers that would enable him to wed his Turkish fiancée.

The wedding was scheduled for the next day. She was waiting outside in the car for him to re-emerge. There Between is video of him entering the building you and me but none of him

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF leaving. She waits outside but in vain.

She does not see him again.

The journalist, we continue to learn, is Jamal Khashoggi, a dissident in his country and critic

of the royal family who felt sufficiently at risk to leave and move to the United States. He lived in Virginia and was a Saudi contributor to the Washington Post, for which he said he could write freely. Khashoggi was good friends with the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

In addition to the video at the Saudi Consulate, there are further videos of two Saudi charter planes landing at the Istanbul airport the preceding night and that same day. Those disembarking were 15 men, all apparently known to the Turkish officials as members of Saudi intelligence. One was identified as an autopsy specialist who carried a bone saw. They all came to the embassy.

Late in the afternoon, all reboarded the planes and returned to Saudi Arabia.

Turkish authorities claim to have video and audio showing that Khashoggi was killed in his country’s embassy and his body dismembered. To date, they have not shown the evidence, claiming they do not want to expose intelligence sources. Until now the Saudi government has denied any knowledge or connection with the events in the embassy but has in the last couple of days changed its story. As a

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result, it now suggests that the journalist was accidentally killed while being interrogated.

Aside from the morbid fascination with these events, why should we in the United States care? We are directly involved because Khashoggi, though still a Saudi Arabian citizen, lived here and was a well-known columnist. Further, Saudi Arabia is a fulcrum of President Donald Trump’s Mideast policy, both in the context of any Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, in the Middle East wars and also in our effort to diminish the influence of Iran. In addition, the Saudis buy billions of dollars of military arms from us and play a major role in the supply chain of oil. The president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is known to have cultivated a close relationship with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is effectively controlling the government. In the past, members of the Bush family too, while in office, were closely tied to the Saudi royals.

Now prominent members of Congress are urging Trump to impose economic sanctions on Saudi Arabia. Trump is caught between all of the previously given reasons not to alienate the

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Saudi government, and the outrage and disgust of world leaders at a possible grisly murder that is assumed to have been authorized by “MBS” — how the crown prince is known. Revulsion is plain to see as some corporate leaders have withdrawn from a global economic conference, the Future Investment Initiative — known as “Davos in the Desert” — that is scheduled in Riyadh for next week. The conference is seen as something of a prestigious triumph for MBS. So far, Trump has offered the suggestion that “rogue killers” may be responsible for the possible murder, even as he threatened “severe punishment” if the Saudi royal family were found to be involved. Steve Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, is still slated to participate in the conference. A decision on his going is expected

by Friday.

So what will carry the day here, humanitarian or political concerns? Will the world move on, forgetting a single journalist in the interests of Machiavellian gain? Or will there be an honest, vigorous investigation as this morality tale plays out across the globe?

Stay tuned.

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