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Vol. 15, No. 29

October 31, 2019

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Tuesday, November 5th

RE-ELECT

LOUIS J. MARCOCCIA

 Five consecutive on-time and balanced budgets  Wall Street bond rating agencies recognize

BROOKHAVEN TOWN RECEIVER OF TAXES REPUBLICAN - CONSERVATIVE - INDEPENDENCE -

Brookhaven with their highest rating “AAA”

 Worked to bring in over $3 million in grants for

various infrastructure and parks projects in the 3rd District  Worked to revitalize and clean up our main business corridors

 Demolished over 250 zombie homes throughout

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DEVELOPED AND DEPLOYED A SECURE ONLINE INFORMATION AND TAX PAYMENT PORTAL REDUCED STAFFING 33% THROUGH ATTRITION TRANSITIONED TO BULK RATE PRE-SORT POSTAGE- REDUCING POSTAGE COSTS SIGNIFICANTLY

To Build a Better, Brighter, Brookhaven Elect Anthony Portesy for Brookhaven Highway Superintendent on November 5th

DEPLOYED STATE OF THE ART SOFTWARE - AUTOMATING MANY OFFICE FUNCTIONS AND WAS THE FIRST TOWN DEPARTMENT TO OFFER AN E-CHECK CREDIT CARD PAYMENT OPTION CHAIRED A BI-PARTISAN COMMISSION ON EFFICIENCY AND CONSOLIDATION INITIATIVES - RECOMMENDATIONS ENACTED ARE STILL SAVING BROOKHAVEN RESIDENTS MILLIONS ANNUALLY PARTNERED WITH VILLAGE OF BELLPORT AND VILLAGE OF PORT JEFFERSON TO PROVIDE CONSOLIDATED TAX COLLECTION AND PROCESSING

It’s time to take politics out of the department and my Brookhaven 2030 ten year capital plan will end the election cycle paving practice to ensure we are building our roads right, the first time, as well as maintaining our drainage basins and storm drains.

PROVIDE SECURE ONLINE ACCESS TO TAX OFFICE PUBLIC RECORDS CONDUCTED NUMEROUS SEMINARS ON TAX EXEMPTION & TAX GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES - SAVING INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS

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BY BILL LANDON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Ward Melville Patriots girls volleyball team won the first two sets in the opening round of the class AA playoffs against Centereach at home Oct. 28.

The Cougars rallied from a nine-point deficit in the third set to win it 25-21. Ward Melville, the No. 7 seed, stood on the gas in the fourth set

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Dan Losquadro

DRIVING US TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE Dan has a record we can trust to keep Brookhaven’s Highway Department moving in the right direction.

SAVING TAXPAYER DOLLARS Through smart decision-making, Dan saved us over $500K a year by converting 45,000 Brookhaven streetlights to LED’s.

BRINGING INVESTMENT HOME Dan secured over $100 million in state and federal funds to make community improvements without local tax dollars.

PLANNING FOR OUR FUTURE Dan is working with Supervisor Ed Romaine to invest $150 million in local infrastructure over the next 10 years.

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Police

Man Allegedly Steals from Setauket Kohls Suffolk County Police are looking to identify and locate the man who allegedly stole merchandise from an East Setauket store this month.

A man stole a Kitchen Aid Mixer from Kohl’s, located at 5000 Nesconset Highway, Oct. 16 at around 2:10 p.m. The mixer was valued at approximately $300. The man fled in a waiting Chevrolet.

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Federal authorities have entered permanent injunctions against 15 individuals and ordered them to cease their involvement in multimillion-dollar mail fraud schemes.

Anthony Kafeiti, of Port Jefferson, and Steven Diaz, of Mount Sinai, coordinated the schemes, according to federal officials.

Documents show the individuals targeted elderly by falsely stating that they won large sums of money in exchange for a fee, but never gave the victim’s their winnings.

The schemes grossed $4.8 million in fraudulent proceedings over the past year, according to authorities.

“These permanent injunctions stop unscrupulous individuals and companies from conducting fraudulent solicitation schemes that targeted the elderly in our district and throughout the country and the world,” said U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue of the Eastern District of New York. “This office will continue to use all available resources to protect victims of get-rich-quick schemes.”

Officials said the 15 individuals participated in the schemes in a variety of ways, including facilitating the mailing of fraudulent solicitations that victimized the elderly or vulnerable. The solicitations informed recipients throughout the world that they had won multi-million-dollar cash

prizes but needed urgently to pay a fee to claim their winnings. Although victims sent in the requested fees by cash, check or credit card, they did not receive large cash prizes in return.

Some 10 other individuals and companies were connected to the scheme, some were located in Germany, Las Vegas and Vancouver, British Columbia.

The permanent injunctions were issued after the district court granted the government’s request for a temporary restraining order in November 2018. The injunctions prohibit those individuals from sending fraudulent solicitations, receiving, handling or opening any victim mail responding to solicitations and using or benefiting from lists of victims who previously responded to solicitations.

The injunction also authorizes the U.S. Postal Inspection Service to open mail that was detained by law enforcement and return payments to the victims of the schemes.

“These defendants were making misleading promises of easy money,” said Delany De Leon-Colon, inspector in charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service Criminal Investigations Group. “Anyone who engages in deceptive practices like this should know they will not go undetected and will be held accountable, regardless of where they are.”

Attorneys for the two individuals named in the alleged scam could not be reached for comment.

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SCHOOL LUNCH FUND BALANCE 7/1/18 REVENUES Use of money and property State sources Federal sources Surplus food Sales TOTAL REVENUES

LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE The Annual Financial Report is hereby made by the Middle Country Central School District, Town of Brookhaven, New York for fiscal year ended June 30, 2019. Pursuant to Section 1721 of the Education Law.

GENERAL FUND BALANCE 7/1/18 REVENUES Real property taxes Other tax items Charges for services Use of money and property Sale of property and compensation for loss Premium on TAN obligations Miscellaneous Federal and State sources TOTAL REVENUES

50,290,123 $121,336,086 18,043,954 1,432,621 1,113,726 203,604 363,825 912,904 92,126,594 235,533,314

EXPENDITURES General support Instruction Pupil transportation Employee benefits Debt service - principal Debt service - Interest TOTAL EXPENDITURES

23,343,282 126,497,560 13,560,901 62,168,895 10,933,189 4,814,958 241,318,785

Operating transfers in Operating transfers (out) BALANCE 6/30/19

0 (563,447) $43,941,205

EXPENDITURES Cost of sales TOTAL EXPENDITURES Operating transfers in BALANCE 6/30/19 DEBT SERVICE FUND BALANCE 7/1/18 REVENUES Bond premium revenue Use of money and property TOTAL REVENUES

6,569,604 3,852,271 11,695 10,433,570

EXPENDITURES Instruction Pupil transportation TOTAL EXPENDITURES Operating transfers in BALANCE 6/30/19

10,518,328 367,424 10,885,752 452,730 $16,149

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SCHOOL LUNCH FUND BALANCE 7/1/18 REVENUES Use of money and property State sources Federal sources Surplus food Sales TOTAL REVENUES

$184 65,539 1,801,352 250,806 1,189,434 3,307,315

EXPENDITURES Cost of sales TOTAL EXPENDITURES Operating transfers in

3,427,170 3,427,170 60,717

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$184 65,539 1,801,352 250,806 1,189,434 3,307,315

3,427,170 3,427,170 60,717 $688,353

$1,017,122 661,374 268,688 930,062

EXPENDITURES Debt service - principal Operating transfers out TOTAL EXPENDITURES BALANCE 6/30/19 CAPITAL FUND BALANCE 7/1/18 REVENUES Bond proceeds Federal sources TOTAL REVENUES EXPENDITURES Capital outlay TOTAL EXPENDITURES Operating transfers out Operating transfers in BALANCE 6/30/19

SPECIAL AID FUND BALANCE 7/1/18 REVENUES State sources Federal sources Local sources TOTAL REVENUES

747,491

-0 -0 0 $1,947,184

$14,980,847 28,150,000 -0 28,150,000 27,672,420 27,672,420 0 50,000 50,000 $15,508,427

The full text of the Annual Report as filed with the State Education Department is available for public inspection at the Office of the District Clerk, Administration building, 43rd Street, Centereach, NY 11720, during normal business hours.

By order of the Board of Education Middle Country Central School District Herbert B. Chessler Assistant Superintendent for Business

070 10/31 1x tmc Notice of formation of THE LAW OFFICES OF PASCUAL & PASCUAL LLP. Certificate of Registration filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on JUNE 21, 2019. Office located in SUFFOLK COUNTY. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLP to 500 Horseblock Road, #300, Farmingville, NY

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com the report of examination prepared by the Office of the State Comptroller has been filed in the Administration office of the Middle Country Public Library where it is available as a public record for inspection by all interested persons. Pursuant to section thirty-five of the general municipal law, the governing board of the Middle Country Public Library may in its discretion, prepare a written response to the report of external audit and file any such response in the Administration Office of the Middle Country Public Library as a public record for inspection by all interested persons.

060 10/31 1x tmc LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a workshop meeting with the Board of Fire Commissioners has been scheduled for November 19th at 7:00 P.M, and will take place at Fire Headquarters, 9 South Washington Avenue, Centereach, New York.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS CENTEREACH FIRE DISTRICT TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN DATED: October 23, 2019 Jennifer Gardner District Secretary 066 10/31 1x tmc NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE IV, SEC. 85-55 (B) OF THE BUILDING ZONE ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND AT ONE INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. (AUDITORIUM – 2nd FLOOR), ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 COMMENCING AT 2:00 P.M. AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS LAW, SAID PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE LIVE STREAMED OVER THE INTERNET AT http:// b r o o k h a v e n t o w n n y. i g m 2 . com/Citizens/Default.aspx,

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Christine Nestor, 47 Hunter Lane, Centereach, New York. Location: West side of Hunter Lane 930’ North of Wagon Lane, Centereach. Applicant requests minimum side yard variance for proposed 2-story residence addition and permission for proposed garage conversion to habitable space creating entire 1st floor area exceeding 1200 sq. ft. permitted (1875 sq. ft.) and entire 2nd floor area exceeding 800 sq. ft. permitted (904 sq. ft.); side yard variances for existing above ground swimming pool and pool deck (0200 42100 0400 027000) 22.

Arnold Puzio, c/o Andrew Malguarnera, 713 Main Street, Port Jefferson, New York. Location: West side of Pinehurst Court 200’ South of Plandome Place, Selden. Applicant requests minimum and total side yard variances for existing one story residence addition on a 50 ft. lot. (0200 52100 0100 002000) 30.

Richard Lehuta, 96 Hammond Lane, Centereach, New York. Location: Southwest corner of Sycamore Street and Hammond Lane, Centereach. Applicant requests height variance for existing 6’ high fence located in front yard (Sycamore Street). (0200 46700 0300 020001) CASES WILL BE HEARD AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD. PAUL M. DE CHANCE CHAIRMAN 074 10/31 1x tmc

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County Executive Race Focuses on Finances, Public Safety and Water Quality

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM It is a three-man race for the Suffolk County executive seat this year. Incumbent Steve Bellone (D) is vying to secure a final term after coming into office in 2012. Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy Jr. (R) and Libertarian candidate Greg Fischer, from Calverton, are looking to unseat Bellone in this year’s election.

Some topics discussed were the county finances, the opioid and MS-13 situations and Suffolk’s water quality.

Suffolk County finances

The status of the county’s finances continues to be a pressing issue since Thomas DiNapoli (D), the New York State comptroller, released a report Steve Bellone (D), John Kennedy Jr. (R) and Greg Fischer (L) are facing off for Suffolk County exec. Photos by David Luces saying Suffolk was under the most “significant fiscal stress” of any county — with Nassau — “I am running based on the 15 years of into schools and scaring the crap out of kids,” he sacrificing the future of the county — we cannot in the state in 2018 for the second year in a row. public service — I think I can put us back to said. “I do want more treatment and prevention sustain what this place is without protecting Suffolk had an operating deficit balance,” he said. not just more cops.” water,” he said. of about $26.5 million and a Fischer put it simply that The county executive maintained a Bellone said water quality is not only vital for general fund balance deficit of the county is no different than comprehensive approach is the only way to solve the county’s economy but also to local tourism $285 million. which brings in billions of dollars each year. a big bankrupt company. the opioids crisis.

Bellone touted since he “It is one of the reasons why people live here “We are rated lower than He agreed with Kennedy and Fischer that took office seven years ago, Nassau County, which has local law enforcement plays a big part, but that and for the quality of life,” he said. he has made the county The county execufinancial control boards,” he prevention is just as important. government more streamlined, tive defended his septic said. “We can’t rely on the state Bellone touted partnerships fully eliminated the existing improvement program for anything right now.” with community-based groups operating deficit and has helped which he launched in If elected, Fischer would and schools and opening DASH, achieve an operating surplus 2017, saying it has alfreeze further increases in a substance abuse and mental — Steve Bellone spending immediately as health center in Hauppauge, that for two consecutive years. lowed homeowners to “When I came into office in replace outdated septic well as freeze future hiring is seeing patients 24/7.

2012 the county was on the brink systems and cesspools. He and begin cross-training “The inability to provide of bankruptcy, we had a $500 million accumulated county employees. also mentioned that it has adequate treatment has been a deficit,” he said. “The county government was helped reduce contami“This is something that has to be done now,” failure of our country,” he said. completely dysfunctional. Everyone was saying he said. nants in the groundwater.

“Once you become addicted it we were heading in the same direction as Nassau Kennedy said his is very hard to extricate yourself County, we were going to have a control board. I Opioids/MS-13 main concern is to from it.

We have made progress On opioids, Kennedy said the county has told them that was not going to happen, and we — John Kennedy Jr. continue to identify any had an addiction issue long before oxycodone — the state has helped us.” made the tough decisions.” suspected contaminants He also mentioned that the Since Bellone took office, the county was ever cooked up, mentioning morphine, county has decided to sue the in our groundwater. He government has cut close to 1,300 municipal methadone and crystal meth that have been a people responsible for the opioid epidemic. supports the Suffolk County Water Authority’s concern since the late ’80s. jobs looking to reduce expenditures.

“Though we can’t restore the lives lost, the efforts to identify and remove 1,4-dioxane.

He said treatment for addicts is one of his Kennedy, who has been the county comptroller “We need to raise funding to install 31 wells Sackler family [which controls Purdue Pharma] for the past five years, said his office has been main concerns. [throughout the county],” he said.

“We have fewer treatment beds in Suffolk should be made to pay,” he said. auditing aggressively, has saved the county Another of his concerns is stormwater runoff On MS-13, Bellone said the Suffolk County upward of $56 million and helped refinance its County than five to 10 years ago,” Kennedy Police Department has led the fight against the prevention, which he said, to him, the jury is still pipeline debt. He said the county is currently $883 said. “Availability of treatment beds is the most gang and has helped in getting the lowest crime out on the advanced septic system, adding that million in operating debt and has a $91 million pressing need right now.” four to six systems are not working properly.

Many Republicans have criticized the rate in the history of the county. general fund balance deficit.

Fischer said he would propose a “100 projects Kennedy and Fischer contend that it is The longtime Suffolk politician argued that the Bellone administration for the closure and sale in 100 weeks” plan if elected, adding there are the federal government’s involvement that county would probably have to cut back at least of the Foley Center in Yaphank, which they some things the county could implement right now. has swayed the tide in the fight. Though all contend would have helped in the fight against $50-60 million from the current operating budget.

“I would put a sizable fee or ban on high nitrogen three candidates agree that while strides have “There’s things in life, you have your wants the opioid crisis. fertilizer — this is dangerous stuff,” he said.

The county comptroller said that the governor been made, there needs to be continued law and your needs — that’s where we are at [right The Libertarian candidate criticized Bellone’s has to be more proactive in helping the county. enforcement efforts from both the local and advanced septic system program, calling it now],” he said. “We have departments that are In addition, he said law enforcement needs to be federal levels. not running properly, we have to consolidate.” a complete failure and needs to be put into Suffolk’s water quality Kennedy said he would look to implement more effective. moratorium until it is fixed.

Bellone called water quality “the most Fischer said he lost his brother to heroin and percentage decreases across the board for Fischer also proposed changes to water codes, significant issue of our time in Suffolk County.” contract agencies and in some cases suspend is acutely aware of what is going on in the fight. mentioning gray water — or the water that comes “Climate change will have certain impacts, out of baths, sinks and other appliances — and “This is horribly addictive stuff — I believe services, similarly to what the county Legislature did in 2008 in the midst of a recession. in ‘scared straight’ programs, bringing in junkies but if we don’t address water quality, we are setting certain mandates for new construction.

‘[Water quality] is one of the reasons why people live here and for the quality of life’

‘There’s things in life, you have your wants and your needs — that’s where we’re at [right now]’

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TAXES: Froze the County Tax for 8 straight years and kept all taxes below the tax cap TAXES: Froze the County Tax for 8 straight years and kept all taxes below the tax cap PROTECT OUR WATER: Turned Suffolk County into a statewide leader in efforts to PROTECT OUR WATER: Turned Suffolk reverse decades of nitrogen pollution County into a statewide leader in efforts to reverse decades of nitrogen pollution CRIME: Achieved lowest crime rate in Suffolk history by dismantling dangerous CRIME: Achieved lowest crime rate in gangs like MS-13 Suffolk history by dismantling dangerous gangs like MS-13 Cleaned up corruption CORRUPTION:

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2019 Elections

Brookhaven Supervisor Candidates Debate Recycling, Landfill, Cost of Living

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The race for Town of Brookhaven supervisor sees one candidate with years of electoral experience facing a young newcomer who says he’s representing those in town who have been ignored by government the past several years.

Seven-year town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) is facing Democratic challenger, firsttime candidate and Selden political activist Will Ferraro. While the incumbent cites his efforts over the past seven years, including his work on getting control of Brookhaven’s budget and the push toward clean energy, Ferraro is pushing hard on recycling and trash issues, as well as keeping young people on Long Island.

Romaine said the town has made huge strides toward clean energy in the past several years, including incorporating wind and solar technology at Town Hall in Farmingville.

Recently, a new offshore wind project, Sunrise Wind, has plans to create an offshore wind farm off Montauk, and plans to have a home base in Port Jefferson Harbor. Romaine claimed he had been a big proponent of that project and will have a large impact on it going forward.

“I’m not a proponent of fossil fuel,” Romaine said.

Ferraro criticized the town’s movement on the Caithness II plant, which has since stalled, though Romaine said he had voted against the plant.

More eyes have turned toward Brookhaven’s waste management and recycling since the market crashed in 2018, leading the town’s recycling contractor, —Ed Green Stream Recycling, to void its contract. Brookhaven has switched from single-stream to dual-stream recycling and has asked residents to drop glass off at 21 points in the town instead of picking it up at curbside.

The Democratic challenger criticized the supervisor for not seeing the writing on the wall when it came to the recycling market and single-stream recycling.

“Where I find problem is that [the Town] waited and tried running out 20-plus year contract with Green Stream,” Ferraro said. “You had a year, a year and a half, where that market had been collapsing and the town just waited.”

He advised the town should look into a payas-you-throw program, which would lessen the cost of people’s trash bill for those who turn out less trash. He said he would cap the cost of people’s bills to where it currently sits at $350, enticing people to throw out less. He

Ed Romaine (R) and Will Ferraro (D) are looking for town residents’ votes come Nov. 5. Photos by David Luces

added he would want to return to glass pickup once every two weeks or once a month.

Romaine said such a program might work in the long term, but believed it would lead to illegal dumping, which he added was already a huge problem in Brookhaven.

The town’s landfill has long been a hot spot for controversy.

The landfill currently only accepts ash and construction debris. All garbage is taken to a Romaine plant outside of town, while the ash is returned to the landfill.

Current plans see Brookhaven capping the landfill by 2024.

Romaine said closing the location will be a net loss for the town but suspects they will not take a large hit. Otherwise, Brookhaven, along with other townships that dump their ash at the Brookhaven landfill, still needs to decide where that trash will go once the last landfill on Long Island is closed.

“This is not a Brookhaven problem, this is a regional problem,” Romaine said.

People around the landfill have long complained about the odor from it, and many claim they have experienced negative health effects from living close to it. Ferraro criticized the town for not doing more to research what could be causing such effects or doing air testing during an odor event and called for an air quality task force for the area.

Romaine said a New York State Department

‘I’m not a proponent of fossil fuel.’

of Environmental Conservation does testing than just rent that play into that.” every day, and they have no research that qualRomaine said he and fellow council itates the landfill has resulted in these negative members have done a good job in securing health effects at the nearby large industries to the school district. town, such as Amneal “Health to me is the most Pharmaceuticals, which important thing,” Romaine brought a facility to Yaphank said. “If we knew there was with several hundred jobs something, we would have earlier this year. He added stopped.” the Brookhaven Industrial Recent years have shown Development Agency has people, both young and been key in bringing jobs old, moving off the Island like these to the area. He due to high property taxes. also cited intent to lessen the While both candidates —Will Ferraro cost of gas and electricity by agreed the majority of taxes allowing the town to purchase come from the local school those resources on behalf districts, Ferraro said the of its residents through a most important thing is to attract industries Community Choice Aggregation program. that provide jobs, while working on town Ferraro said many of those jobs created infrastructure to get people to those jobs. He through the IDA were temporary construction suggested that Brookhaven should look into jobs. Though some residents have complained some sort of limited public transportation about some of the tax breaks some of these system, similar to Huntington’s Area Rapid developments have received, such as the Engel Transit system.

Burman-owned senior facility currently going He agreed with Romaine on a lack of up in Mount Sinai for only providing around multifamily housing but said some residents 50 full-time employees after the facilities are being heard more than others. finally open. Romaine agreed that the IDA “A lot of NIMBY [not in my backyard] is should avoid multifamily housing unless its being pandered to,” the challenger said. “A “affordable.” He said he was opposed to the lot of their concerns are valid, some are not IDA giving tax breaks to the Heatherwood … We need a comprehensive approach. It’s apartment complex in Port Jefferson Station one thing to have $1,800 rent, but when you and South Setauket, which were ultimately talk about transportation costs, other factors rejected.

‘A lot of NIMBY [not in my backyard] is being pandered to.’

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2019 Elections

Social Justice Advocate Challenges LaValle in District 3

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM On Oct. 28 Brookhaven Town Councilman Kevin LaValle (R-Selden) sat down with the TBR editorial board to talk about his run for a fourth term in District 3. His opponent Talat Hamdani did not attend the debate and did not respond to voicemails and emails asking for an interview, but we summarized points posted on her campaign website at the end of this article.

Incumbent Kevin LaValle

LaValle said he has spent the last few years in office ensuring that his district, which is the smallest geographically in the county, receives its fair share of funds. He said he is out in the community regularly meeting with constituents and addressing quality of life issues such as zombie homes and illegal apartments.

“Six years ago, people were like, ‘What about us in the community?’” he said. “Now people are asking, ‘What are you going to do next?’”

The councilman said when he first took office, he drove down Middle Country Road and found more than 30 buildings had graffiti on them and over 45 had illegal signs. His staff sent notices to clean up the graffiti and get rid of the signs to owners and tenants, and most complied.

With thousands of cars traveling daily along Middle Country Road, he said, the clean sites

encourage others to open businesses.

LaValle prides himself on his work with the business community, citing bringing brands such as Rite Aid, Five Guys and Guitar Center to Independence Plaza in Selden, and Panera Bread to nearby College Plaza. The councilman said he will sit with owners and developers to hear their needs about zoning and has them work with the town’s Building Division and Law Department to ensure the businesses know what is required of them with codes. He said representatives from larger corporations such as Target travel to Brookhaven to discuss their needs with him.

He said it’s important to build relationships and foster trust.

“A lot of people don’t trust government,” he said. “[They say,] ‘This guy is all right. He’s going to work with us. If he gives us his word that he’s going to do something, he’ll do it.’”

He said building those business relationships has led to many of them participating in events that he organizes such as the annual National Night Out, where residents can interact with police officers and other first responders at the Centereach Pool Complex.

When it comes to water quality issues, while he said his district does not include much shoreline — just a small piece of Lake Ronkonkoma — he supports the initiatives of Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R)

Incumbent Kevin LaValle faces challenger Talat Hamdani for the District 3 seat in the Town of Brookhaven. Photo of LaValle

by Kyle Barr; photo of Hamdani from her campaign website

whom he called “the most fervent advocate of the environment” that he knows. One of the programs LaValle supported was the requirement that new construction within 500 feet of water be required to install a new nitrogen-reducing septic system.

He also supports legislation spearheaded

by Suffolk County Legislator Tom Muratore (R-Ronkonkoma) for a study to create a sewer district along Middle Country Road. He said it may take eight to 10 years for the district to be included in the sewer program, but he believes it

will attract more businesses to the area.

He added a sewer district, in turn, attracts developers who want to buy a few lots together instead of one, which means one entrance for several stores, instead of one for each business, creating a better flow of traffic.

“It’s so crucial that sewer district, on so many different levels, that we get that,” he said.

LaValle also recognizes the opioid problem in the town. He said Brookhaven has two social workers who will talk to teenagers and families LAVALLE/ HAMDANI CONTINUED ON A13

Muratore Runs for 6th Term Against Environmental Engineer Muratore cites Suffolk’s financial crisis as one of the biggest issues.

“We must budget responsibly, hold the line on taxes and eliminate the outrageous fees, such as the red-light camera fee,” he said. “We must also reduce our capital borrowing. In the next term, I support a 5-10 percent reduction in capital borrowing.”

Other issues he said are protecting the environment and open spaces; supporting law enforcement and first responders for tackling the opioid crisis; and growing the economy by investing in our energy and transportation infrastructure and revitalizing downtowns.

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM In Suffolk County’s 4th District, Tom Muratore (R-Ronkonkoma) is seeking his sixth term and is being challenged by Democrat David Bligh, an environmental engineer from Holbrook. We reached out to both candidates via email to allow them the opportunity to fill us in on what is on their minds as they campaign.

Incumbent Tom Muratore

We asked Muratore what he was most proud of during his tenure as a county legislator. One was working with multiple government agencies as well as community groups to purchase land for a 24-acre park.

The future Selden Park Complex will include multipurpose fields, a walking trail and more.

“This allows for more field space and places for our children to play baseball, field hockey, football, lacrosse, soccer and softball right here in our district,” he said. “The state-of-the-art facility is also a great place to host children with specials needs learning new sports through challenges and inclusive sports offerings.”

The county legislator also counted securing

Challenger David Bligh Incumbent Tom Muratore is being challenged for his county legislator seat in the 4th District by Holbrook resident David Bligh. Photo of Muratore from his campaign site; photo of Bligh from candidate

funds for a feasibility study for sewers in his district among his accomplishments.

“The availability of sanitary sewers has the potential to increase business investment, improve water quality and provide greater environmental protection in the Selden/ Centereach communities,” Muratore said.

The legislator also has secured $6.6 million for road improvements on County Road 16, Horseblock Road. He said in addition to the road being repaved, handicapped-accessible sidewalks were installed and there were improvements to several crosswalks.

Among the issues facing the county,

Bligh said he feels the biggest issues facing Suffolk County currently are affordability, government accountability and responsiveness. The county’s deteriorating water quality he views as a crisis.

Bligh, who grew up in Ronkonkoma, said he hopes his three children will be able to afford to live on the Island when they grow up.

“We have to make Long Island affordable, especially here in Suffolk County, so that our MURATORE/BLIGH CONTINUED ON A13

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2019 Elections

LAVALLE/HAMDANI Continued from A12

Dan Losquadro and Anthony Portesy are seeking the town highway superintendent’s office. Photos by Rita J. Egan

Losquadro, Portesy Spar for Highway Superintendent Position

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Two familiar faces are vying for the Town of Brookhaven highway superintendent seat.

Incumbent Dan Losquadro (R), who has been superintendent since 2013, is seeking a fourth term come Election Day. Democratic challenger Anthony Portesy, a private attorney, is once again running for the top highway department position.

He ran against Losquadro in 2017.

The town highway superintendent’s role is responsible for overseeing more than 3,300 lane miles of town roads, making it one of the largest highway departments in New York State. The candidates joined in a debate at the TBR News Media office.

Losquadro has spent 16 years in elected office, previously serving as Suffolk County legislator and New York State assemblyman.

“Compared to other positions I’ve held, this has given me the ability to see tangible results of my efforts,” he said. “Instead of debating, now I can allocate funding and I get to see those projects to their completion, that is very gratifying to me.”

Portesy said he shares some of the ideas Losquadro has. His ideas have come from talking to thousands of voters since he lost in 2017.

The challenger detailed what he called a “worst to first” initiative he’d like to implement if elected.

The priority list would be publicly posted on the town’s website, so residents can see when their road is going to get reconstructed.

“I think if we create a road map of when the work is going to get done with expected time line completion dates it would clear things up,” he said.

“The voter frustrations are based off the in-house metrics. No one knows how they decide which roads are done and which ones are not done.”

Losquadro said there are many factors that go into selecting roads for work, and that it sometimes hinges on weather conditions.

“This winter was different because we had so many freeze-thaw cycles,” he said. “Every day it seemed like during the day it was 45 degrees and then at night it went down to 18 degrees.”

The incumbent said during the winter they

used a combination of cold patch and hot mix to battle potholes.

“We used more cold patch but it never quite fully hardens, so that meant after the winter it breaks up and we had to go back all throughout the spring and summer to fix the potholes that were already fixed,” he said. “It is a battle that you have to keep fighting.”

For next year, Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) has allocated $15 million to the highway department. Both candidates agreed that the funds are needed to fix roads that are past their life expectancy.

Losquadro said that every penny should be going to roads and mentioned his own high priority list. When pressed on why he doesn’t give more details on when residents can expect work done on their roads, Losquadro said there are multiple factors that decide when a road can be done, and much is out of his hands. He stressed that he is working with a finite budget and assured residents that they have a plan in place.

“We are getting there — I will never say work will be definitely done by next year, it could be done in two or three years,” he said. “Winters change things.”

Portesy said that’s the crux of resident’s frustration and he wants to make the process more transparent to them.

“They know there’s only so much money in the pot, they just want to know when their road is going to be fixed,” he said.

Another area the candidates differ is on how the department uses contractors for most of its work.

The highway superintendent said he would love to have more workers, but the department tries to be mindful of its spending.

“The town used to have its own pavement crew, but it is just not feasible to hire multiple employees and buy our own materials,” he said.

The challenger said he believes within the confines of the budget the department could have room to hire between 12 to 20 additional employees over the course of three to five years.

“I think we can lessen the reliance on contractors — I think creating an apprenticeship program could be a good idea,” he said.

for free about drug addiction problems. When the social workers came to him and said it would be beneficial to raise the age they can treat people from 18 to 24, he sponsored a bill to make it happen.

He said many young people who may have overcome addiction can relapse, especially on returning to Long Island from college while having to deal with multiple stresses.

“I can tell you that’s a great key to be able to give that education, to be able to have that outreach,” he said.

LaValle also said he believes that the state needs to push insurance carriers to provide coverage for those battling addiction and has approached both state senators, Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) and John Flanagan (R-East Northport).

He said the Island currently doesn’t have enough beds for treatment in hospitals and clinics, and patients may be not covered unless they have fought addiction multiple times.

“I think it’s a fight that should be fought,” he said.

He also has worked with Muratore to purchase property behind Hawkins Path Elementary School. An agreement between the county and town allowed the county to buy the property if the town would develop. LaValle said the park, called Selden Park Complex, will have two multipurpose fields with a walking trail, playground and ice-skating rink. Flanagan recently secured $1 million to fund phase 3 of the park, which includes the construction of two baseball fields and a playground.

“It’s great because growing up here, we had the worst fields,” LaValle said.

Challenger Talat Hamdani

Hamdani grew up in Pakistan and immigrated to New York in 1979. She is a retired English teacher, who in 2018 was appointed by County

MURATORE/BLIGH Continued from A12

young people and elderly can afford to stay here, and this county doesn’t simply become a place for the wealthy to dwell in their summer homes,” he said.

Bligh said he considers the deteriorating water quality in the county a crisis as it recently had the highest rate of emerging contaminants in New York State, according to the New York Public Interest Research Group May 2019 report entitled “What’s in My Water?: Emerging Contaminants in New York’s Drinking Water Systems.” He said “every elected official’s number one priority must be the safety of the constituents they serve.”

“If people cannot drink water without fearing toxins such as 1,4-dioxane, PFAS [polyfluoroalkyl substances], and other carcinogens, then we have failed as a government,” he said.

When it comes to government accountability and responsiveness, he said

Executive Steve Bellone (D) to the Suffolk County Muslim-American Advisory Board. She is also a regular commentator on CNN, MSNBC, “Democracy Now!”and other media outlets.

The challenger’s family was a victim of Islamophobia when false media accusations linked her son to the 9/11 attacks, according to the challenger’s website. Mohammad Salman Hamdani, her son, worked at Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Manhattan and went down to the World Trade Center to help victims. He, too, died in the aftermath of the attacks.

According to her website, she aims to end corruption “by stopping the endless waste, fraud and abuse in the Town of Brookhaven.” She said she will call out “pay-to-play politics and end the hold of special interests in town government and one-party rule.”

Currently, Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) is the only Democrat on the Brookhaven Town Board.

Hamdani would also like to enhance residential recycling by implementing weekly pickup of plastic, paper, cardboard and aluminum/metals, as well as expand the types of plastics that get collected. She said this would make it easier for residents and not burdensome for taxpayers.

The challenger plans to work to enhance oversight for clean water to increase environmental safety and incentivize small businesses with economic development zones.

Her website says she would look to provide rebates for startups and family businesses. She also wants to curb overdevelopment with plans to put a check on big developers and advance a sustainable affordable housing agenda.

“Today, I am passionately involved in social justice,” Hamdani posted on her website. “I want to serve my local community in addressing their issues and trying to resolve them. Like Salman, we need to transcend the barriers of race, faith and ethnicity and stand united for our democracy and our freedoms guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution, with liberty and justice for all.” his team knocked on more than 14,000 doors while campaigning, and they repeatedly heard about “constituents calling their local officials about concerns in the community and being largely ignored.” He said too many times elected officials will say that an issue cannot be dealt with on their level of government or it’s outside of their jurisdiction.

He said if a legislator cannot handle an issue, they should call those who can and connect the constituent with them.

“We work for the people, not the other way around,” Bligh said.

If elected, Bligh said he would introduce a comprehensive package of ethics and good government reforms, and implement legislation that allows for the development of affordable housing units.

Also, he said as an environmental engineer for the past 15 years, his job entails remediating contaminated sites, and he looks forward to passing further legislation to protect the water quality and to safeguard Long Island from the effects of climate change.

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Election 2019

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Justice of the Supreme Court 10th Judicial District

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Angela G Iannacci

David J Gugerty

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Stephen J Lynch Conservative

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Angela G Iannacci Conservative

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Angela G Iannacci

Christopher David P G Sullivan Quinn

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David T Bligh

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Christopher Annette B Totten Garvey

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Victoria Gumbs Moore

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Gregory John Fischer

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Kevin J La Valle 14D

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Endorsements

Muratore Makes Sense In the race for Suffolk County legislator in the 4th District, we enthusiastically endorse Tom Muratore (R-Ronkonkoma).

He has recently secured funds for a feasibility study for sewers in his district and has worked with multiple government agencies as well as community groups to purchase land in

order to develop Selden Park Complex.

Sewers in the district will bring in more businesses and the park complex will provide much-needed open space to the area. The legislator has also always been a big supporter of the last working farm in Centereach, Bethel Hobbs.

We strongly hope to see his challenger David Bligh remain in the

political arena. An environmental engineer, he seems to be knowledgeable and passionate about water quality in Suffolk County.

As a father of three with the hope that the kids will be able to remain living on Long Island when they grow up, he would also make affordable housing on the Island a priority.

Vote Ed Romaine for Town Supervisor Steve Bellone (D). File photo

Reelect Steve Bellone

The 2019 race for Suffolk County executive could prove to be closer than in previous years. Incumbent Steve Bellone (D) looks to secure a final term and continue his vision of improving Suffolk’s water quality and getting the county’s finances in check.

On the other side, you have County Comptroller John Kennedy (R) who knows finances and has been looking out for taxpayers’ pockets.

Libertarian candidate Greg Fischer also has his mind on the county’s finances and as a former businessman he brought up some interesting ideas.

The race will be a tough one, but we think reelecting Bellone is the right way to go.

While Bellone has been criticized for the county finances, we have to remember he inherited a tough task when he came into office in 2012. While he has made some strides in better budget ingduring his tenure, including streamlining government, cutting over 1,300 jobs among other initiatives, there is still work to be done on that front. Kennedy is right to bring up the county’s finances as it remains to be a chief concern and he probably knows more about finances than Bellone, but we feel he is better fit in the county comptroller role than county executive. As comptroller, we hope he can continue to work with Bellone to keep the county spending in check. On other issues, like water quality and public safety, we feel Bellone is better suited to take on those things. Kennedy has a point in criticizing Bellone’s septic improvement system plan as the technology is still relatively new and hasn’t been proven to work. More research will need to be done to ensure these septic systems are working properly for homeowners.

In the fight against MS-13, Bellone has continue to work with SCPD and community leaders in eliminating the gang from the Island. Kennedy is right that the federal government involvement has been vital in dealing with the gang.

Fischer is passionate about the residents of Long Island and brought up some interesting ideas. Unfortunately when it comes down to it, he just lacks experience compared to the other candidates. We encourage Fischer to continue to be involved in local issues and possibly in the future try to run for more local government positions.

As the Town of Brookhaven is the closest level of government to residents, the supervisor position requires a person who can look at each hamlet as its own entity, while also looking at the whole.

We at TBR News Media believe Ed Romaine (R) has done that well, and for that reason TBR News Media is choosing to endorse Ed Romaine to continue his role as supervisor.

It’s a shame Will Ferraro (D) has chosen such a candidate like Romaine to

run against. We enjoyed his energy and passion and believe his head and heart are in the right place. We sincerely hope he continues to run in local elections. We see him as another one to watch in the future.

We do like some of the Democratic challenger’s plans, especially concerning a capped pay-as-you-throw system toward trash. Romaine, however, has done a good degree of due diligence in banking $12 million for when the landfill finally closes in 2024. Garbage will

become Long Island’s top issue in only a few years’ time, and officials should start getting a concrete plan now, rather than later, for what Brookhaven will do with residents’ trash.

Romaine’s track record on environment and green energy issues has been commendable, and we hope his plans for the CCA program and any other future plans to reduce residents’ tax burdens will go a long way to keeping people in the Town of Brookhaven.

LaValle Understands District

Growing up in Centereach and a graduate of Centereach High School, Kevin LaValle (R-Selden) has deep roots in the community. He has seen the area grow, and at times suffer, and therefore fights for what’s best for his district.

It’s because of his commitment to Town of Brookhaven District 3 that we strongly endorse him in his fourth term as town councilman.

LaValle has developed strong

relationships with business owners in his district and listens to their needs. He also understands the importance of open spaces as he remembers being a child with no proper ball fields to play on.

He has worked with the state, county and town to get the Selden Park Complex developed that will provide multipurpose fields, a walking trail, ice skating rink and playground and is a proponent of the last working farm in Centereach, Bethel Hobbs.

He also strongly supports Suffolk County Legislator Tom Muratore (R-Ronkonkoma) with his study for a sewer district.

We applaud his challenger Talat Hamdani for her work in battling Islamophobia and fighting for social justice. We encourage her to remain in the public eye, and we hope we will see her name on an Election Day ballot in the future.

Losquadro Best Choice for Highway Super The responsibilities of the Brookhaven highway superintendent prove to be a daunting task, as it is the third biggest highway department in the state. The position oversees thousands of miles of roads and we feel that Dan Losquadro (R) is still the right man for the role. He has done an admirable job with the budget given to him in fixing roads throughout the town.

While some residents may not be fond of Losquadro, they do deserve a more transparent process and more communication on when work is being done. Putting a list of expected road work on the Town’s website as his challenger Anthony Portesy (D) proposed is a good idea to qualm residents’ questions and concerns.

It would probably lessen the amount of calls and letters his office receives.

We commend his challenger, Portesy, for deciding to run again for this position, as he brought in fresh ideas and enthusiasm. We believe with enough experience down the line Portesy could make himself an attractive candidate for other offices in the town or other municipalities. We hope he continues to stay involved in the local community and politics.

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October 31, 2019 • THE TIMES OF MIDDLE COUNTRY • PAGE A27

Opinion

Observations from a Blur of College Tours

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e are back to shopping for college. There’s a familiar rhythm to this search that, the second time through, brings a more relaxed pace. Now that my wife and I have taken about a dozen college tours, we’ve noticed patterns. Please find below some observations: • The library gets quieter the higher its location. Every school we’ve toured has suggested that people will throw D. None visual daggers of the above at you on the

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF top floor if you drop your pencil.

Move to a lower floor to cough. In the effort to differentiate one school from another, a clever college ought to invert the quiet pyramid. The logistics would

be challenging, with people stepping onto a floor of silence, but it would make clear how serious students were in the library and would defy the usual expectations about noise on each floor.

• Showcase dorm rooms aren’t real. Yes, the rooms everyone sees are, of course, actual rooms, but they have considerably less stuff, no irrational roommates who scream in their sleep, and are better lit than the freshmen rooms most of our kids will occupy. Somehow, the temperature in these rooms is perfect for almost everyone. Many rooms, however, are way too hot or too cold for one, two or the three people jammed into a space that will feel like the garbage chute in the original “Star Wars” as the year progresses.

• Some tour guides will share their food choices, preferences and idiosyncrasies because it makes them charming. We may not have the same aversion to Vegan Tuesdays, but we will undoubtedly remember the school because some lacrosse player in desperate need of a haircut who sings hates vegan food.

• Tour guides are friendly. Yeah, I know, shocking, right? But, while they are talking to us, many wave to friends as they speak. Are they really waving at someone? Is one person walking back and forth? The whole “everyone loves me and I love everyone” shtick seems rehearsed. Then again, maybe tour guides really do have friends everywhere.

• Some information sessions and tours seem to have left something crucial out of the discussion: Who wouldn’t be a great fit for their extraordinary school? Schools might save themselves — and prospective students — trouble if they helped these eager high school seniors and juniors get a better idea of what might not work for them. None of the schools offer an amalgamated profile of the type of student who typically transfers anywhere else. They should, right? Wouldn’t it help to know that the snow which starts in September and ends in May drives some students away? Or that the competitive atmosphere on campus doesn’t work for some students? What have the schools learned from some of their admissions mistakes?

• People on tours generally look and sound tired. Most of the kids seem to be praying that their parents don’t embarrass them by asking too many questions. When asked what they plan to major in, they respond with something like “blobology” or “Idunnonotsure.” The introductory phase of the tour rarely creates cohesion among a group taking turns to hold doors open for each other.

• Tour guides attempt to share college humor by highlighting their personal deficiencies. In between waving to their extended group of friends, these guides point to a chemistry building or a music hall and suggest that they have absolutely no skills in those fields whatsoever and are in awe of their peers, who seem to be speaking a foreign language when they explain their passion for molecular biology.

• These guides pick majors and minors like they’re at an ice cream store: They have one scoop of biology, two small scoops of elementary education and sociology, and a sprinkling of criminal justice.

I do not have distractions in my bedroom. It’s rather sparsely furnished, mostly with pictures of my family and some knickknacks I have carried home from my wanderings. It is one of the best-ventilated rooms in the house, and I like it quite cool and quiet when I sleep. I have an outrageously comfortable mattress that is turned every three months. I also enjoy colorful sheets and a comforter rather than a blanket. My pillows are neither very fluffy nor flat, and they are down-filled.

I almost never read in bed, nor watch television. I don’t have a desk there, with lots of correspondence to answer, nor a computer.

Sometimes I take a bath before bedtime, sometimes a shower, sometimes neither, and I never drink hot milk. In fact, if I have alcohol, I may fall asleep even more quickly, but I am surely going to wake up around 3 a.m., when the effect has worn off. Best of all, I find, is to drink nothing after dinner so one’s bladder is skinny.

I also sleep pretty soundly, getting up sometimes once in the night. I find it tempting, after I return to bed, to pick up a book or newspaper to see what’s happening in the world — I am a news junkie — but I resist that urge

and as a result usually fall back to sleep. If I don’t, I urge myself to get up and wash the kitchen floor, and that will generally do it.

There are, of course, different internal clocks for different people. Some are perfectly happy going to bed at 11 p.m. and waking up at 7 a.m. in time to get ready for work or school. Others start whipping around at 11 p.m. and are most productive when the rest of the world quiets down.

My mother and father were badly mismatched in that way. My dad was used to living on a farm, where he went to bed at 8:30 p.m. and got up in time for the 4:30 a.m. milking. My mother did her work between midnight and 4 a.m. Somehow they did get together, but it wasn’t easy.

My advice: Find a job that fits your biological clock and you’ll be a happy person.

You might wonder that I find sleep creative. If I have a problem, whether mathematical or any other kind, I will often go to sleep at night with it on my mind and wake up with the solution at hand. Sleep is such a mysterious process. The brain works during sleep, and the body feels so much the better for the respite in the morning.

Rerun for emphasis from Oct. 19, 2006.

In Praise of Sleep

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here are people who think sleeping is a waste of time. These people go to sleep each night with great reluctance and insist they only need three or four hours of sleep to function well. Maybe they do. There are others who walk around chronically sleep deprived, nodding off immediately when the house lights dim at a lecture or performance, because in spite of their best intentions, they just don’t get enough sleep.

I’m here to declare that sleeping Between is one of the more you and me creative pursuits,

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF that in addition it is enjoyable, and that the end result the next day is to enable one to leap tall buildings at

a single bound.

I enjoy sleeping.

Now presumably everyone knows what sleep is. But studies have shown that sleeping is a different experience from one mortal to the next. For example, I readily acknowledge that I am one of the lucky ones (good genes) who lie down in bed and almost immediately drift off to sleep. Indeed, I run out of gas and have to go to sleep, like a child, willingly or not. I understand that some people have a terrible time falling asleep. My husband was one of these. Watching me sleep, he surely had acute sleep envy.

How does that happen? I can tell you how it is for me — a statistical sample of one. As soon as I lie back and close my eyes, something akin to a story or even a movie begins in my head and leads me into sleep. If I am interrupted before I fall entirely asleep, a different story starts up when I go back to bed, even if it’s just a couple of minutes later, and I’m off.

I have read all sorts of suggestions for people who struggle to fall asleep, hoping to help my husband. Maybe what I’ve learned can be of help to you if that is also your problem.

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Promises Made. Promises Kept.

Ed Romaine is Protecting Our Environment.  Protected Brookhaven’s environment by preserving more than 1,100 acres of sensitive land

 Cleaned up more than 3,000 blighted properties  Implemented clean energy with town solar fields, hybrid and electric cars and charging stations

 Installed energy efficient LED lighting throughout town buildings and streetlights

 Hosted the largest Annual Brookhaven Clean Up with over 4,000 community participants

 Cleaned our waters by harvesting more than two

million oysters in Brookhaven’s Shellfish Facility and plantings in our harbors and bays

Protecting Our Environment ED Preserving Our Way of Life ROMAINE MOVING BROOKHAVEN FORWARD 159880

VOTE ELECTION DAY November 5, 2019 ROW B, C or G

PAID FOR BY ROMAINE FOR SUPERVISOR