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The Whiskey Barrel to bring a new destination spot to Port Jefferson

BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A new experience is heading Down Port, with a focus on whiskey.

Thanks to a group of 10 from all across the North Shore, the entrepreneurs have taken over the former space of Fork & Fiddle, now creating The Whiskey Barrel.

Located at 138 Main St., the group of whiskey enthusiasts signed the lease just a few weeks ago and are anticipating a Memorial Day weekend opening.

John Louis, owner of Maui Chop House in Rocky Point, said The Whiskey Barrel will focus primarily on brown liquors, and also feature a full menu.

“We have 100-plus bottles of whiskey, bourbon, Scotch,” he said.

And the menu will be curated by 18-yearold Maddy Bender, the barrel’s young and enthusiastic sous-chef and partner, who’s been working and gaining notoriety at Maui Chop House over the last year.

“It’s more of like a rustic American kind of thing,” she said. “We’re going to have all different burgers and wings. We’re going do a steak sandwich or pork katsu sandwich, so definitely something that would be really cool with all the different bourbons and whiskeys.”

Bender added the barrel will also have bourbon and whiskey pairings on the menu.

The recent college student said this whole experience has been surreal.

“John told me that he was looking to

possibly open a new place in the village and said, ‘I want you to come in as a partner with me,’” she said. “And I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is crazy.’ And now that it’s like actually happening, John says it to me every day, that I’m not even 21 and I’m going to be owning a bar. He gave me the keys and it’s so real now.”

The group began discussing the idea less than two months ago, Louis said, and from then it was full-speed ahead.

Now that they took over the former Southern-inspired spot, which closed right before the COVID-19 pandemic after a short-lived life on Main Street, Louis said that all they need to do is build a bar and do some cosmetic changes.

“All the fixtures, the kitchen’s in great shape, brand-new fridges I think that only had been on for six months — it’s all ready to go,” said co-owner David Tracy, of Stony Brook.

Thomas Francis, of South Setauket, said he hopes this restaurant becomes a destination.

“It’s really that old-world Kentucky cigarbar feel that we’re going for,” he said. “It’s something that when you walk in, it’s going to be a destination. It’s going to be why you want to come to Port Jeff.”

Francis, a whiskey expert himself, said that the bar will not be a place with intimidation.

“Some of this might intimidate folks,” he said. “So, hand in hand is an education aspect.

We bring people along for the experience, and shepherd them along the way.”

The owners of The Whiskey Barrel hail from all across the North Shore. Photo by Julianne Mosher

He hopes that it will be a place where those who are interested can learn the whiskey ways.

“We’re not just looking to open the doors and that’s it,” Francis added. “We want to be an experience, and have you come along for the ride.”

The group said they also obtained their tobacco license and will sell cigars to pair with the liquors.

But for those who can’t handle a whiskey or a bourbon, don’t worry. Another part owner, Paul Hess of Rocky Point, said there will be craft beer on tap and a wine list.

Bender said that although the group of partners and investors is large, everyone brings something different to the table.

“We have a little bit of everything in here,” she said.

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Stony Brook University Hospital opens cardiac Cath/EP multifunctional lab

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Stony Brook University Hospital has taken a step in offering cardiac diagnosis and treatment that is even more advanced than in the past.

Recently, the hospital announced the opening of its Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Advanced Multifunctional Laboratory in the Stony Brook University Heart Institute at SBUH. The lab consolidates comprehensive cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology services into one location.

The multifunctional laboratory measures 845 square feet to allow room for various medical teams to perform emergency procedures at the same time if needed. The room includes anesthesia equipment, stateof-the-art angiographic suite equipment and the latest electrophysiology technology. In the lab, physicians are able to continue treating a patient even if the scope of a procedure changes from minimally invasive to more invasive.

When it came time to design the multifunctional laboratory, administrative and medical professionals were able to provide input including Cath Lab Director, Dr. Robert Pyo and EP Lab Director Dr. Eric Rashba.

Pyo said it was important to get input not

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only from doctors but nurses and technicians, who play a crucial part in documenting procedures, information that will be used during a patient’s treatment.

Rashba said time was spent with the construction group to ensure everything was laid out correctly and that it would work for both specialties in the multifunctional lab. He added that work began April 12 to renovate five existing labs, three Cath and two EP, adjacent to the new Cath/EP lab on the main level of the Heart Institute. One lab at a time will be worked on, and while the additional renovations will take several months, Rashba said the number of patients that Stony Brook doctors can treat will increase, and patients will be able to get appointments quicker than in the past.

“What we’ve seen over time in electrophysiology is that you see more and more patients with arrhythmias that need treatment,” he said. “There’s been an incredible growth in ablation procedures, in particular atrial fibrillation. This will allow us to meet the community need with less waiting times for procedures. So, we’re looking forward to that.”

Since the lab opened March 30, both doctors said the imaging has been superior to what they had been using before. The lab includes an imageguided diagnostic and therapeutic imaging system

called the Philips Azurion 7.

“We’re replacing systems that have been installed for over 10 years,” Rashba said.

“First of all, we can see a lot better what the definition of the structures are we need to see, plus the radiation definition is a lot lower. So, we’re getting better imaging with less dose to the patient.”

Rashba added that some EP procedures can even be done without radiation.

Pyo said the new multifunctional lab also saves doctors precious time when treating heart patients with both catheterization and electrophysiology in the same room.

“The importance of The Philips Azurion 7 provides imaging capabilities at ultra-low radiation dose timing, reducing the time levels. Photo from Stony Brook Medicine to treatment, whether it’s “Patients who are presenting with a heart minutes or seconds, is relative,” Pyo said. “I attack, minutes, even seconds, count toward think that in any case, even in patients who come in electively, getting early diagnosis is crucial.” early diagnosis and treatment,” Pyo said, Being able to respond quicker is especially adding if patients don’t get treatment early enough they could suffer irreversible damage. crucial with treatment of heart attacks.

Gyrodyne’s Impact on the Three Village Area

BY TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUPERVISOR ED ROMAINE As Brookhaven Town Supervisor, I just wrote to the Town of Smithtown Planning Board regarding the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Gyrodyne LLC. The FEIS is deficient in that it does not adequately address the substantive comments from Brookhaven Town received at the Jan. 8, 2020, public hearing and the subsequent written comment period ending on Jan. 24, 2020.

It is obvious that the groundwater and surface water issues associated with the realization of the FEIS Development Plan is more complicated than analyzed in the EIS. The protection of Stony Brook Harbor requires a “hard look” and honest analysis of impacts from the proposed sewage treatment plant.

The Town of Brookhaven has expressed their significant concerns regarding the proposed project including impacts to traffic, preservation of open space, impacts to aesthetics, historical concerns, lack of suitable alternatives, siting of the sewage treatment plant, water quality, adverse impacts to Stony Brook Harbor, economic

impacts, and climate change. These substantive concerns were dismissed and responded to in a series of non-answers that simply preserved the preferred alternative of the applicant.

A 125-room hotel, 153,110 square feet of office/medical office, and a 250 unit assisted living facility in addition to the existing development on the property as described in the FEIS and the associated traffic and environmental impacts were never envisioned nor belong in the Three Villages area and certainly not within the Long Island North Shore Heritage Area. The proposed project will forever adversely impact the overall scenic, aesthetic, historic, cultural, and physical character of the NYS Route 25A corridor area and the historic communities and landscapes that it connects.

The proposed sewage treatment plant, which as stated in my public hearing comments, is planned to be located on land directly abutting land located in the Town of Brookhaven and does not take into account the impacts to the adjoining neighbors in terms of odor, visual impacts, and use. The placement of the sewage treatment plant immediately adjacent to single family homes is

unacceptable. Furthermore, the proposed sewage treatment plant with a 100% expansion capacity for 200,000 gallons per day of sanitary effluent to be released to the subsurface leaching fields will taint Stony Brook Harbor for generations and perpetuate the current status quo of harmful toxic algal blooms, low dissolved oxygen, fish kills, and waters closed to shell fishing.

A failing of the EIS is the lack of consideration of the 2020 Suffolk County Subwatersheds Wastewater Plan. According to the SWP, Stony Brook Harbor is an impacted embayment with high levels of nitrogen and is identified as a high priority area for nitrogen reduction. The EIS claims that the volume of sanitary flow will increase due to the proposed development and that the resultant nitrogen will only slightly decrease at final development due to the sewage treatment plant. This does not comply with the SWP recommendations to reduce the current amount of nitrogen in Stony Brook Harbor by 37% which would require the sanitary flow from Gyrodyne to decrease by 37%, otherwise nitrogen traveling to Stony Brook Harbor will remain at levels that will continue to endanger

the viability of the harbor.

The EIS does not address how to mitigate the significant amounts of pharmaceuticals that will be contained in the sanitary effluent from patients and residents in the proposed medical offices and nursing home uses. It is generally accepted that current sewage treatment technologies are not effective at removing pharmaceuticals in the wastewater stream. More significantly, the EIS ignores the potential for doubling the projected sanitary flow due to the real possibility of the St. James business district connecting and sending the sanitary effluent to the proposed sewage treatment plant.

Finally, the impacts that this project will have on the adjacent communities in the Town of Brookhaven will be far reaching and affect the quality of life for our residents. I hope the Smithtown Planning Board considers a true alternative that represents the rural and bucolic nature of the community while preserving natural resources for future generations rather than the monstrosity that is the FEIS Development Plan.

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Katie’s owner Brian Karppinen, center, and Edgar Viera, right, Javier’s Cafe owner, received grants for $5,000 each from the county. The two attended a press conference with Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, second from right, and Town of Smithtown Councilmembers Tom Lohmann and Lynne Nowick. Photo by Kimberly Brown

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Small businesses have taken some of the biggest hits since the pandemic began last year. Owners have been struggling to afford rent and pay employees on time.

Businesses such as Javier’s Cafe and Katie’s, both of Smithtown, are among the many restaurants and bars being helped by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D).

In Bellone’s effort to aid small businesses, he has provided a total of nearly $500,000 in grant funding through the county’s COVID-19 Small Business Assistance Grant Program.

“This money definitely helps,” said Brian Karppinen, owner of Katie’s, at an April 9 press conference at Javier’s. “The business had been closed for seven months, and it’s been very difficult for us, but there’s a better look at the future. Now we can pay an electric bill, maybe get a little booze. It’s a breath of fresh air, and I really appreciate everything the town and the county have been doing for us.”

According to a press release from the

county, a pre-application period for a second round of available funding began April 9.

The county’s goal is to provide more than $500,000 in additional grants by the end of May. Businesses that will be eligible to apply for the grant program are gyms, nail salons, hair salons, barbershops, restaurants, bars and taverns. If the business that applies has up to 10 employees, they will be granted a maximum of $5,000, and any business with 10 to 50 employees will be granted a maximum of $10,000.

The owner of Javier’s Cafe, Edgar Viera, expressed his gratitude for Bellone’s efforts to reestablish small businesses. Viera plans to use his grant of $5,000 for payroll and electric bills.

“It means a lot for us to keep up with all the work we’ve been doing,” Viera said. “I can’t believe it’s been a year already but we just wanted to thank everyone, including our customers, who have supported us.”

As the shops in Smithtown begin reopening, Bellone anticipates a surge in the economy as more businesses are helped by the program.

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New Suffolk County soccer team’s goal is to include all

BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM There’s a new place for people of all abilities to play soccer, and it’s right in Centereach.

TOPSoccer is a new program within Middle Country Children’s Soccer devoted solely to children with physical, mental or behavioral disabilities.

Rob Draper, a financial advisor at Draper Asset Management in Smithtown and club president of SB Athletico Soccer Club, said he wanted to provide a place where all different types of people can run, play and score goals together without judgment or fear.

“Soccer helped me experience my kids’ childhoods,” he said. “With soccer, there were times where I would go, ‘Wow. That’s great,’ and our goal is to give those moments to these parents so they can experience it, too.”

Draper teamed up with Dave Phaff, also of SB Athletico, and James Malone, president of Middle Country Children’s Soccer to make this dream a reality.

“We’re all just good-hearted people that just really enjoy working with children and watching them grow into young women and men,” Phaff said.

Officially kicking off last weekend, the program is made up primarily of skills sessions that help teach the participants the game of soccer, while at the same time providing them with an environment that is fun and pressure-free.

Phaff said the whole process took less than three months to get off the ground, and everyone was immediately on board.

Joining the team is Tara Phaff, Dave’s wife, who is also a Doctor of Physical Therapy, who helped create the best plans for

each individual participant’s needs.

According to Middle Country TOPSoccer, the team encourages any child or adult who is differently-abled to get involved — and its 100% free.

With no questions asked, Draper wanted to fund the program for whatever families decide to join in.

“Rob said to me, ‘I really want to start a special needs soccer program and I’ll fully fund it. I don’t care what it costs, I’ll fund it,’” Phaff added. “He has a great heart.”

While other soccer clubs do encourage inclusivity, Phaff said there aren’t too many locations where kids of abilities can play further East. That’s why Centereach was a great, central spot to get the ball rolling.

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On Saturday, April 10, the group held its opening day at Oxhead Road Elementary School with 25 individuals, ranging in ages five to 55, headed to the field to kick, run and enjoy the sunshine.

Some of the participants have Down syndrome, some on the autism spectrum and two children were able to play soccer from their wheelchairs. One thing they all had in common was the giant smiles on their faces.

Each player, Phaff said, gets a buddy that works with them every practice. These buddies are volunteers and soccer players, themselves, who help the individual and stand beside them the whole time — and they are anticipating even more players to come join them this season.

“The whole purpose of this is to give these kids an opportunity to be accepted and feel like they are part of something,” Phaff said. “So, we won’t turn anybody down.”

TOPSoccer has their practices every Saturday at 10 a.m. at Oxhead Elementary School in Centereach. Families who are interested in joining can register online at mccsoccer.org.

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Gyrodyne’s plans are bad for Smithtown and local waterways Last month, as the Town of Smithtown prepared to accept the environmental engineering study completed for Gyrodyne’s 75-acre Flowerfield subdivision on 25A, it received 66 letters opposing the development — and none supporting it.

Opposition came from environmentalists and civic leaders; regional infrastructure specialists and local government officials — and from within Smithtown as well as from outside it.

Despite the cascade of no’s, the planning board is poised to adopt the developers finding statement allowing the project to go forward.

Approving this project would be a disaster.

The planners’ failure to take regional concerns seriously raises real questions about whether the Gyrodyne megadevelopment is really in the best interests of Smithtown and the North Shore.

It continues a pattern of acting on questionable premises, overlooking expert opinions and ignoring inconvenient truths.

New York State law requires planners to reach out and communicate with community leaders and officials across local boundaries.

Simply put: Planners cannot plan effectively in isolation. Yet Smithtown’s planners have shown a blinkered vision, ignoring those not part of the “in group” in pursuit of what seems to have been

to navigate through the increased congestion has a foregone conclusion.

Regional environmentalists have scrutinized not been addressed.

The combination of additional traffic, out-ofthe study, and many contend it fails to adequately scale commercial architecture gauge risk to water and air and anticipated infrastructure quality, preserve enough open expansion foretell a community in space or inadequately uncover unwelcome transformation. For past use of agricultural toxins. many of us, the region’s vibrant State Assemblyman Steve connections to our colonial Englebright (D-Setauket), who history matter enormously. chairs the assembly’s standing George Washington did indeed committee on environmental ride along North Country Road conservation, warns that (aka Route 25A) and we celebrate the sewage plant discharge that. It’s in our DNA. may nurture enough algae Roiling the issue further are to turn the harbor and local the multiple changes Gyrodyne waterways green within three has slipped into the project since to five years. This would mean the environmental study was that swimming, boating and

By Cindy Smith completed. fishing will be banned and About three weeks ago, tourism dollars decreased.

Gyrodyne eliminated a Astonishingly, his warnings proposed restaurant and conference center have been ignored.

The project’s anticipated impact on traffic and announced that an assisted living center has been vastly underestimated. The additional company was pulling out of the deal. Yet, traffic generated will cause major traffic tie- no changes were made in the environmental ups at multiple choke points; redirect traffic statement. How can this be?

Perhaps the most mystifying aspect of all is onto local streets; and increase safety hazards everywhere. The ability of emergency vehicles the Lake Avenue sewage pipeline debacle. Town

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Supervisor Edward R. Wehrheim (R) and town board members have touted the construction of a new sewage plant able to handle businessdistrict waste. They constructed a $4 million sewage connecting line before the project was even approved.

As many residents now know, Gyrodyne never applied for the county permit needed to legally process sewage from off-premises. Lake Avenue businesses would generate about 71,000 gallons per day, exceeding the plant’s permitted 100,000-gallon capacity. In other words, Gyrodyne couldn’t process their sewage even if the plant arose tomorrow.

Even if it could, would it be worth it? If the Gyrodyne mega-development gets constructed, it will batter life along the 25A corridor. We could expect snarled traffic well beyond rush hours; traffic redirection onto local streets; waterways closed to recreational use; loss of the region’s colonial charm; and countless more subdivisions on former farms and nurseries.

Those who hope to preserve their community should contact Supervisor Wehrheim and the Smithtown town board members and urge them to vote “No” to Gyrodyne.

Cindy Smith is founder of United Communities Against Gyrodyne Development.

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What is happening to Long Island’s wetlands?

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In January 2020, former President Donald Trump (R) signed an executive order that replaced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers definition of what is considered a federal body of water under the Waters of the United States rule, known as WOTUS. In his election campaign, President Joe Biden (D) promised to undo these changes, which are currently under review.

But what does all of this mean for Long Island?

Wetlands are areas where water covers the soil, or is present near the surface of the soil all year for varying periods of time. According to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report, as at 2004 6% of Long Island was made up of wetlands — that’s about 51,000 acres.

Wetlands, due to their beneficial services to people and wildlife — including providing habitats to multiple species, improving water quality and assisting with flood protections —are among some of the most productive ecosystems in the world.

Wetland protections can also create problems for business developers and farmers. One of Trump’s main reasons for passing his executive order in 2020 was to redefine the definitions of which bodies of water could be protected under WOTUS in order to remove legal roadblocks to farmers caused by the need to determine whether water on their land fell under control of the federal government.

“After decades of landowners relying on expensive attorneys to determine what water on their land may or may not fall under

federal regulations, our new Navigable Waters Protection Rule strikes the proper balance between Washington and the states in managing land and water resources while protecting our nation’s navigable waters, and it does so within the authority Congress provided,” said EPA administrator, Andrew Wheeler, in a January 2020 news release.

Now, due to the undoing of restrictions by Trump’s administration, local conservationists are worried about the longterm effects on Long Island’s wetlands.

Coby Klein, a conservationist at the Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society and adjunct professor of Natural Sciences at Baruch College, said that Long Island’s wetlands are beneficial to both the community and the organisms that dwell in them, and they need to be preserved.

“Wetlands provide protection from flooding, especially the coastal wetlands, the salt marshes and things like that,” he said.

“They also help work to mitigate climate change. When plants die in these wetland areas, they don’t decompose very quickly.

They serve as what’s called a carbon sink.

Instead of carbon being put back into the atmosphere when a plant dies, it gets stored in the soil and in the muck in the water.”

Victoria O’Neill, Long Island Sound Study habitat restoration coordinator at the state Department of Environmental Conservation, is another local conservationist who confirms that healthy wetlands are important to Long Island.

“Tidal wetlands provide many different ecosystem services to Long Island communities,” she said. “They help provide protection from coastal storm surge, improve water quality, provide recreational enjoyment and serve as nesting, breeding and resting

A view of the West Meadow Wetlands Reserve in Stony Brook, above and below. Photos by James Palumbo

grounds for commercial and recreationally important fish and shellfish.”

With all of the benefits wetlands provide to Long Island communities and ecosystems, why did the federal government want to push back on protecting them? Klein said it is because, “they get in the way.”

“When there’s any type of pollution that gets into a body of water, it ends up in a wetland,” Klein said. “That’s bad news for the things that grow there and live there. Salt marshes are very susceptible to nitrogen pollution, and that’s a big problem on Long Island because almost everybody around here fertilizes their lawns, and they tend to overfertilize.”

He added that because of the high volume of sewage systems on Long Island, the excess fertilizer from people’s lawns and farmers’ fields tends to go from the sewage systems to large bodies of water and then eventually into rivers and wetlands. This causes excess nitrogen that is detrimental to those ecosystems.

Under Trump’s redefinition of protected waters under WOTUS, it has become easier for developers and farmers to make those kinds of damages to wetlands but, according to the DEC, New York is taking great steps forward as a leader in the efforts to protect state wetlands and their invaluable natural habitat.

“It is estimated that the Navigable Waters Protection Rule will remove federal protections for about half the nation’s

wetlands,” the state DEC said in a 2020 statement. “Thankfully, existing strong protections of waters in New York state will reduce the impact of the Navigable Waters Protection Rule compared to many other states. However, not all wetlands are protected under New York law and we rely on federal protection and our water quality certification review to protect smaller wetlands. Recent changes in the definition of Waters of the United States have resulted in fewer of these smaller wetlands receiving any regulatory protection.”

According to O’Neill, active steps are being taken to restore wetland habitats that have been lost.

“The tidal wetland ecosystem target in the LISS’s 2015 Comprehensive Conservation & Management Plan set a goal to restore 515 additional acres of tidal wetlands by 2035 from a 2014 baseline,” she said. “As of 2020, we are 15.5% toward our goal.”

Klein said that restoration projects are time sensitive and need to happen as soon as possible.

“Wetlands provide us with all kinds of important ecosystem services and even more important than that, they’re just pleasant places,” he said. “We should try to preserve them simply because there are so many creatures besides us that depend on them. So even if they didn’t do all this important stuff for us, we should still try to conserve them because they do important things for other species.”

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Governor Andrew Cuomo greeted students at the SCCC campus in Brentwood last week after they received their vaccinations. Photo from SCCC

Young people and the vaccine Every morning when we wake up, we’re reminded that we are still enduring this global pandemic.

Whether you think so or not, everyone’s lives have been impacted by it. Some people have lost loved ones to COVID-19, some have gotten so sick they suffer severe trauma and some haven’t seen their families in over a year.

Beyond the physical, businesses have suffered financially, some even closing their doors for the last time.

But luckily the vaccine has lifted the weight off a lot of shoulders — especially for the young people in our community.

Now that New York State has opened the vaccines to people ages 16 and over, more and more high schoolers and college students are looking to get the jab.

And we think that’s wonderful. They are trusting science and doing so to protect not only themselves, but their elderly or high-risk loved ones.

We want things to go back to normal for everyone, but the high schoolers specifically.

Remember last year when the Class of 2020 missed out on their final high school sports, senior trips, proms and graduations?

Some of them have even been robbed of the college experience of living in a dorm, taking classes in a lecture hall and meeting new people.

If we as a whole do not band together to combat this virus, then the classes of 2022, ’23, and ’24 may miss all those key lifetime moments, too.

The Class of 2021 has already lost their junior year — and most likely will not have the same “normal” experiences this spring as the rest of us had.

We know the unknown is terrifying, and people may not agree with getting a vaccine.

But is it worth not getting vaccinated? To constantly live in fear of the virus, or to not trust the medical professionals who saw death every day for more than 365 days?

We don’t think so.

We are grateful and commend these young people for getting their shots.

The more people who do it, the more we’ll all be able to live as we did before.

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An open letter to Smithtown Supervisor Ed Wehrheim It has been a year since a Toyota employee was struck March 8, 2020, by a driver of a westbound car and succumbed to his injuries. Each pedestrian fatality underscores the need to deal with the traffic problems in Smithtown Township.

Over the years, my husband and I have written many letters to the local papers about the dangerous and crowded traffic situation on Route 25 (Middle Country Road) east of Terry Road, Smithtown to St. James where Route 25 meets Route 347. Both of us attended the initial planning meeting for Smithtown Town Plan at the Senior Citizen Center on Route 25 March 2019. We spoke with and sent a letter underscoring the long time and everincreasing danger on this stretch of Route 25 to H2M, who has been managing Smithtown’s Master Plan. We stressed the negative impact this traffic has on all adjacent residential streets.

We participated in the feedback session for Smithtown Hamlet on Feb. 4. We learned from the Planning Department upon questioning Mr. Peter Hans that this stretch of Route 25 was not being discussed in the Smithtown feedback meeting. It apparently would have fallen within the St. James feedback meeting the end of January. We do realize that the Planning Department has a difficult challenge updating the Master Plan after such a long period of time.

Residents on the streets near Howell Drive seem to live in a “no man’s land” squeezed between Village of the Branch and St. James. It bothers us that our problems and concerns are not being addressed. I watched the entire St. James feedback session. With all due respect to the deep concerns of residents on the part of the Gyrodyne proposal, I did not hear any conversation about our section

of Route 25. Just as there was concern expressed about overflow of Route 25A traffic onto Copper Beech Road, we have concerns about overflow of Route 25 traffic onto our adjacent residential streets.

I urge the Town Board and its departments to consider these traffic problems and work with whatever other levels of government necessary to address them. What modern traffic calming techniques might be brought to bear on the affected residential streets?

Is there a place for cameras such as stop sign cameras to monitor those ignoring Vehicle & Traffic Laws? We pay taxes and are not receiving the services that we deserve to keep our residential streets safer. What are you going to do about our overflow traffic problems on this stretch of Route 25?

Maribeth Siskind Smithtown

Two years ago, Amtrak and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that they would conduct a study to look into extending Amtrak service into Long Island. What were the results? The concept was nothing new.

Never shy around a camera or photo op, Gov. Andrew Cuomo [D] and the accompanying elected officials were more than happy to pose with shovels when announcing the study for an idea that will never reach fruition.

The concept of Long Island Amtrak service was already looked at several years ago under a Federal Railroad Administration comprehensive plan for Amtrak Northeast Corridor service between Washington and Boston. This included a proposal for new highspeed rail between Floral Park and Port Jefferson and on to New Haven via a tunnel under Long Island Sound. This would have involved building two new tracks adjacent to the $2.6 billion ongoing Main Line Third Track project and existing tracks between Hicksville and Port Jefferson. No one could figure out how to find up to $40 billion to pay for this consultants’ dream so it died.

The MTA has both five-year 20202024 and 20-year long-range capital plans 2020-2040 which are periodically updated. Amtrak has similar shortand long-range capital plans. These documents clearly outline what capital funding is needed to maintain both a state of good repair for existing

equipment, facilities and services along with safety, security and any future system expansion projects and programs. There is no indication that this project has been included in the proposed MTA 2020-2040 capital needs assessment plan. Cuomo and the MTA promised to release this document in December 2019. Some 16 months later, riders, transit advocates, taxpayers and elected officials are still waiting for this critical document to see the light of day.

Too many transportation studies championed by numerous elected officials are nothing more than placebos designed to placate demagogues, who are not regular users of the numerous public transportation alternatives that have been available for decades.

The real problem is finding money to make things happen. All too often funding for many studies would have been better spent on real capital and operating service improvements instead of just lining the pockets of consultants. How many studies end up on the shelf of planners just collecting dust? How many times do we end up with a series of press conferences and news releases designed to provide free publicity for elected officials to assist them in greasing the wheels of future elections. These same elected officials promise a bright future but leave riders holding an empty bag.

Funding for this latest study would be better spent as a down payment

toward building a joint Amtrak/LIRR Sunnyside Yard, Queens station. PreCOVID-19 riders could avoid crowded Penn Station and save 10 minutes travel time by making connections at this new station. This station was supposed to be built as part of the $11.2 billion MTA LIRR East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal. No contract for construction of this station has been awarded to date.

Missing from the MTA’s Feb. 23 virtual public hearing for potential Federal Transit Administration funding of their 2021 program of projects was money to help pay for the estimated cost of $400 million for construction of the Sunnyside Yard, Queens station.

The FTA will be providing over $1.5 billion under various formula and competitive discretionary grant programs to the MTA in 2021. This does not include $4 billion in the first round of CARES Act COVID-19 transit relief assistance last year plus this year another $4 billion under a second round and up to $8 billion more under a third round. Here is the link to the MTA public hearing document new.mta.info/ document/28146.

In the meantime, don’t count riding any Amtrak train originating from or traveling through Long Island in your lifetime.

Amtrak service will not be coming to LI any time soon

Larry Penner Great Neck

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Opinion After a year and counting of loss, residents cope with grief

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fter a year filled with various kinds of losses in 2020, many residents are coping with emotional burdens, including a calendar filled with anniversaries of painful memories.

Called the anniversary effect, people who have been grieving losses are approaching and, in some cases have passed, the one year anniversary of the death of a family member, the last time they saw a family member in person, or the day they D. None dropped a friend who of the above couldn’t breathe off at a

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF hospital.

“It’s good to acknowledge an anniversary is coming up,” said Mandi Zucker, a licensed social worker with a certificate in grief recovery and in thanatology, which is the study of death

and dying. Those who feel comfortable offering their support might want to ask someone who is grieving what they are doing, if they have any plans and how they might spend the day.

Zucker, who is the founder of Inner-Harbor, a center that helps young adults who are grieving, cautioned that reaching out to someone only as an anniversary approaches might backfire.

If the anniversary is the only time someone reaches out, “that might feel disingenuous,” Zucker cautioned. People who are grieving might wonder “where you’ve been for the past year, if you are reaching out as if the other 364 days have not been difficult.”

People eager to provide support to the many residents who are dealing with the symptoms and after effects of grief should first make sure they are comfortable enough with their own lives to respond to their family and friends.

“Don’t ask if you’re not ready to hear it,” Zucker suggested. “If you’re going through something yourself and you’re in a hurry and don’t have the time, don’t ask.”

Support often takes the form of listening,

rather than interrupting or talking. Zucker suggests people encourage those who are grieving to speak, without interrupting them, sharing their own anecdotes or judging them.

While it might not sound like long, two minutes is considerably longer than most people can offer their thoughts and feelings, as others typically interrupt well before then.

“There is nothing we can say that’ll fix” grief, Zucker said. “Our goal to be supportive is to let them say more. When you’re talking with them, think about why you are talking.”

Commenting on someone’s experience, by acknowledging that their description sounds sad, scary or painful, gives them an opening to continue to share.

When someone says, “It’s been rough with COVID,” almost everyone can offer their own experiences with the virus, the losses of freedom, and opportunity that they’ve felt, she said. Even though a supporter might want to share their experience to relate, the person who is grieving is likely better off having an opening to continue to share and experience

their feelings, Zucker suggested.

Sometimes, just allowing the person to tell you to go away gives people control over a life that seems out of control.

“You can give them space, [but] you can also send an email or text saying that you are still thinking about them,” Zucker said. “You don’t have to imply that they must respond.”

Zucker is a fan of handwritten notes, which provide a material connection when someone doesn’t feel like talking, but can see a physical reminder of their connection to others.

If people notice that someone who is grieving isn’t getting dressed or showering, they can comment on it, letting them “know you see them.”

Zucker has a contrary view to the comment people often receive about being strong. For her, people show strength by being vulnerable, not by masking their feelings.

People who might be experiencing grief might also need to diversify their sources of support and strength. That could include meditating or going for walks.

class even if the school shuts down due to an emergency or natural disaster. (No more snow days, sorry.)

So here is what the scientists who specialize in the interactions between humans and technology developed, according to National Geographic. They created a tool to measure fatigue, called the Zoom Exhaustion and Fatigue Scale, or ZEF. They then used this in large surveys to measure that fatigue, in addition to how long each person spends on Zoom and demographics. Here are four factors that affect teleworkers.

The “lack of nonverbal cues is stressful because people cannot naturally convey or interpret gestures and body language when just their colleagues’ shoulders and heads are visible.” That presents a constant struggle to the viewer for proper communication.

Here is another, perhaps surprising response.

“During video calls, people report feeling trapped in one spot so they can stay within view of the webcam.” As a result, they feel stressed, according to the researchers. Further, the default window, in which users see themselves

constantly, can cause “mirror anxiety,” a selfconsciousness that can result in distraction and has been linked to depression.

Finally, there is something termed “hypergaze,” in which the viewer feels that the other person or people on the call are staring at them, their faces appearing so near and so intense as to cause discomfort for the brain.

The survey confirmed that women who spend more time in meetings, with shorter breaks between them than men, reported greater mirror anxiety and felt more trapped by their video calls.

How to cope: use a standing desk to feel less trapped; an orange filter on the screen may reduce eye strain; take at least ten minute breaks between video calls; ask conferencing companies to limit the maximum display size of heads on the screen; use some form of hybrid scheduling for home-office work.

I cannot let this subject go, however, without thanking the tech companies for making it possible for me to “see” my family members during this separation of more than a year. It has kept us connected and sane.

Zooming during and after COVID-19

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irtually everyone seems to agree that when the pandemic is finally over, life will not be the same as it was preCOVID-19. Prominent among the changes will be some degree of working remotely.

Before the virus descended, requests to work from home at least part of the week were typically refused by employers.

Enter “Zoom” in lockstep with the pathogen.

Technically, Zoom was among us before the virus but only a Between small segment of the you and me population used the

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF platform. Once we were restrained to our homes, we laypeople discovered how easy and useful it was “to Zoom,” and the name became a verb, much like Xerox or Google. So certainly Zooming will remain with us for a long time to come. But what are its unintended consequences?

For one, there is the phrase that has now entered the English language: Zoom fatigue.

We, who are on Zoom regularly and for long periods, understand this term. According to an article in National Geographic, published this past Tuesday and written by Theresa Machemer, new research offers data on this phenomenon to confirm our perceived discomfort.

Here are some interesting bits of information.

On average, women report 13.8 percent more Zoom fatigue than men. Here is more: besides long days full of calls with few breaks that are the culprits, the self-view video, the crowd of faces on the screen, the expectation to stay in view of the camera, and the lack of nonverbal cues all tax the brain. I would add to that the lag between what is said and its transmission is tiring for the eyes and frustrating to the point of encouraging us to talk louder, which too is tiring.

OK, so we can agree that remote working has its perks: “no commutes, flexibility to handle household tasks, and easy access to conferences for all workers, including those with disabilities.” To an extent, we can now live where we want to live, and we can attend

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A 55+ LUXURY R E N TA L CO M M U N I TY

W E L CO M E H O M E TO YO U R S T Y L E O F L I V I N G Experience a 55+ luxury lifestyle rental community featuring open floor plans, upscale interior design, and resort-style amenities. Indulge in the heated outdoor pool, spend mornings on the walking trail, or visit the on-site dog park. Plus, enjoy a robust social calendar designed by a dedicated event coordinator, join friends at the clubhouse sports bar, and train in our 18860

state-of-the-art fitness center and yoga studio. It’s all here – all we need is you!

SCHEDULE A TOUR TODAY! 300 Sutton Court, Mount Sinai, NY 11766 631.239.7090 | suttonlanding.com

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