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July 15, 2021

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New senator on the block

Mario Mattera sits down with TBR News Media to talk about life as an elected official

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Also: Green Day’s American Idiot heads to Smithtown, Huntington Folk Festival returns

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The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office held a graduation ceremony for 19 new correction officers July 9 at the Van Nostrand Theater on the campus of Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood. The event was streamed live on Facebook and can still be viewed by visiting the Sheriff’s Office Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SuffolkSheriff.

These new correction officers spent the last ten weeks in a rigorous training program that included instruction in security and supervision, defensive tactics, legal issues, implicit bias training, essential services, chemical weapons and firearms, role play and more. These officers join a force consisting of 812 Suffolk County Correction Officers working in the Riverhead and Yaphank Correctional Facilities.

Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr. congratulated and welcomed these new correction officers to the sheriff’s office, reminding them that “as employees of the sheriff’s office, you are now part of our extended family, and we have your back. And I can assure you that as your

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Toulon spoke about his recollection of his own graduation from the New York City Correction Academy on Oct. 8, 1982, and reminded them that the job of a correction officer has changed over the years.

“No longer are you just men and women working behind the four walls of the jail supervising inmates,” he said. “You are now trained professionals who will be gathering intelligence to help solve and prevent crimes.

You will be helping those addicted to drugs and alcohol overcome their issues, and you will be working with these same men and women so they never return to jail.”

The ceremony included bagpipes from the Suffolk County Police Officer’s Emerald Society Pipe Band, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard, and large collection of distinguished guests including Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy (R), county clerk Judith A. Pascale, acting Suffolk County Police Commissioner Stuart Cameron and many Suffolk County legislators.

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A July 8 article, titled “New administration and visitors center opened at Nissequogue River State Park,” contained incorrect information. Charlie Reichert paid for the flag pole at the main entrance to the park grounds, landscaping around the pole and three new benches.

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Town

Smithtown attorney runs for town supervisor on Dem ticket

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A Smithtown lawyer is hoping to achieve something new in the town by becoming the first female supervisor.

Maria Scheuring recently won the approval of Democrats during the June primaries and will be running on Election Day to unseat town Supervisor Ed Wehrheim (R) who is seeking his second term.

If she wins, Scheuring will be the first female supervisor in the Town of Smithtown, and the first Democrat to win since Patrick Vecchio ran in 1977. He switched to the Republican Party in 1990, his run in 1977 making him the first Democrat on the Town Council in 16 years.

Scheuring said “it’s about time for some female representation” and whether a candidate is Democrat or Republican shouldn’t matter.

“In a town that is majority female, we deserve to have our voices heard,” the candidate said. “Since this is a town race, it should not be partisan. To me, it doesn’t matter, Democrat or Republican, because national issues simply do not correspond to our town’s issues. What does matter is values, commitment and transparency.

That’s what I want to bring to Town Hall.”

Despite the Republicans’ stronghold on Smithtown, Rich Schaffer, chairman of the Suffolk County Democratic Committee, believes Scheuring has a lot to offer the town.

“Maria’s experience as an attorney and small business owner, and her involvement in the Smithtown school district supporting and advocating for music education makes her an

exemplary candidate to bring new leadership to the Town of Smithtown,” Schaffer said in an email. “Maria’s strong roots in the community and incredible work ethic is going to not only motivate Dems to come out and vote, but also give her the cross-party support she needs to win the race.”

Background

Scheuring moved to Smithtown from the Bronx in 2006. While she spent most of her formative years in the borough, moving there when she was 12, she was born in Poughkeepsie, and in her earlier years, she moved around to a lot to places such as New Jersey, Texas and Mexico City.

Her parents were Catholic missionaries who both held doctorates in theology and eventually taught at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, where Scheuring earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. She said with her sister and brother being close in age to her, that was the only option, since her parents couldn’t afford college for all three at the same time, and they could go to the university for free since their parents taught there.

After achieving her master’s degree, she went on to Fordham University School of Law and obtained her doctorate. She was an assistant district attorney for the Bronx District Attorney’s Office for a few years, before working as an associate attorney for private practices and eventually opening up her own law office.

The divorced mom of three teenagers said her legal career covers everything from guardianship to visiting clients in nursing homes to looking over music contracts. She said her love of music started when she was 11 years old and picked up a guitar. She was in school bands throughout high school and college. While her career plans took

Maria Scheuring another direction, she’s involved in Patchogue’s Alive After Five music series and has enjoyed teaching at Musicology in Smithtown.

Run for supervisor

The candidate said her son Maddox, who interned for Nancy Goroff who ran for U.S. Congress last year on the Democratic ticket, turned her onto politics. Scheuring said he was participating in a Zoom meeting when she heard they needed people to run for Smithtown Town Board.

“I feel like I’m at the point where my kids are getting older and one just graduated high school,” she said. “Should I move or should I do something to try to make it a little better?”

She decided to try to do something to make it a better place to live. She said she feels Smithtown residents have so much at stake.

“You invest so much in this town and in your property and community, but what are you

getting back?” she said.

Among her goals, if elected, are downtown revitalization, protection of the environment, affordable housing and transparency. She said like many she feels there are too many abandoned storefronts in the town.

“There are a lot of abandoned storefronts,” she said. “I don’t think that there’s any incentive to get restaurants here.”

She added she went to Bay Shore one night and thought of restaurants in Smithtown that left the town and reopened elsewhere. She said other areas have more restaurants and a livelier evening environment and in turn bring in more revenue and have a stronger community.

She said she believes that most people want to live in a more vibrant town, and while they may not want it as developed as Patchogue, they would be open to something like Sayville or Bay Shore.

“Those are nice towns, those are not overdeveloped,” she said.

She also added that many of the proposed housing in the area is not as affordable as developers have promised. She said revitalization should include discussions with community members including civic groups.

Scheuring also added that she feels the proposed Flowerfield development in St. James isn’t good for the town. Plans include the building of an assisted living facility as well as a hotel and sewage treatment plant.

“Whatever they want to do there, I don’t know how anyone could agree with that,” she said.

“There’s just no feasible way that could keep this town the way it is. I think a lot of people are against that no matter what party affiliation.”

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Obituary Delia J. Arthur

Delia J. Arthur, of Northport and formerly of Kings Park, died July 5 at age 95, on home hospice. We will miss her greatly.

How to describe Delia? Resolute, independent, fun, generous and outgoing, with a sense of adventure and a keen sense of humor.

She described her last days as a “Monty Python” routine.

In the 1960s she bought her first new car — a VW Beetle — and would travel anywhere. On one exciting journey with her mother and young daughter in tow, she was unfazed by the car breaking down in traffic, and the next day, driving headlong into a tornado right out of “The Wizard of Oz.” The car was nearly blown off a bridge, then pelted with rain and hail as she drove through forked lightning.

The World War II slogan “Keep Calm and Carry On” was made for Mum. We say Mum because she was British, born on July 27, 1925, in Leamington Spa, England, the only child of William and Bessie Alcock.

She survived the London Blitz, sheltering in the Underground (subway), or at home behind backout curtains, or in an underground bomb shelter built by her dad. One morning they emerged to find an unexploded incendiary bomb in their garden.

During the war she was a well-known entertainer, “Delia Dolores,” part of a tap-dancing duo performing in variety shows throughout the

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U.K. Later, as part of Entertainments National Service Association, they entertained British troops. That’s how she met Robert Guy Arthur, an American in the Army Signal Corps. A year later, in 1945, they were married and as a British war bride she emigrated to the U.S. They were married for 52 years. Delia and Bob enjoyed worldwide travel and were lifelong theatre devotees.

Delia gave up her career to raise two daughters and was a devoted friend to many. For eight years, she acted as caregiver for her bedridden mother who had suffered a stroke.

With a lead foot, she would drive solo to Naples, Forida, into her mid80s and kept driving until she was 93.

She delighted in her four grandchildren Tobias (Amy), Heidi (Shawn), Gordon (Courtney) and Julia Stone, and her seven great-grandchildren Caleb, Chloe, Vivienne, Oliver, Hazel, Violet and Ivy. She was a loving mother to Cheryl Johnson (Kent) and Victoria Stone (Marty). And she was as devoted to her kitties Sasha and Belle as they were to her.

Visitation was held July 11 at Clayton Funeral Home in Kings Park. Internment was on July 12 at Genola Rural Cemetery, East Northport.

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Theresa Donohue formally began work at Accompsett Middle School on July 7 after gaining unanimous Smithtown Board of Education approval on July 6. Photo from Smithtown Central School District

Theresa Donohue named Accompsett Middle School assistant principal SUBMITTED BY SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Theresa Donohue’s childhood home sits in St. James, five miles from Accompsett Middle School. Her first role in education came in that school building as well, initially as an in-house substitute teacher, then as an academic intervention services tutor, when the facility served as a ninth grade center.

Now, Donohue is thrilled to be returning home, to the community where she has been a lifelong resident. Donohue unanimously was approved by the Smithtown Board of Education on July 6 to serve as assistant principal at Accompsett Middle School.

She arrives from Cold Spring Harbor, where she spent the past four years as humanities director, overseeing English and social studies. Donohue takes the role previously held by Timothy Hellmuth, who recently was appointed Accompsett Elementary School principal.

“I always wanted to be able to come back to Smithtown,” Donohue said. “To be here now as an assistant principal, it’s a dream.

Being this close to home, and in a community in which I was born and raised, really is very special to me.”

Donohue particularly relishes working with middle schoolers.

“It’s a very special time in their lives.

They’re going through so many changes,” said Donohue, who earned her bachelor’s degree from St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue, and

a master’s degree and a leadership certificate at Stony Brook University. “They want to be seen as independent and mature, but they’re not quite there yet. So I feel we have such a great opportunity here to mold them and shape them into young adults. They change so much in these three years. And it goes so fast.

They just hold a special place in my heart.”

After her initial experience in Smithtown, Donohue began teaching English to seventh and eighth graders at Commack Middle School for a decade. She then ascended to an English coordinator position and served with the Commack School District for an additional four years.

The tug of middle school prevailed, though, and Donohue accepted a position with the Massapequa School District as assistant principal at Berner Middle School, which had roughly 1,200 students. She eventually moved to the Cold Spring Harbor School District, serving for four years on the curriculum side.

“I learned so much about curriculum and social studies and early literacy,” Donohue said. “But I knew that being in one building — especially a middle-school building — was where I wanted to be. When this opportunity arose, I had to go for it.”

“I’m excited to work with the people of Smithtown,” Donohue said. “I know there are wonderful administrators. I know the teachers are great. I feel connected to the community. I have a lot of pride. I’m glad to be a part of that.”

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Government

Freshman state senator discusses new role

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

State Sen. Mario Mattera’s (R-St. James) life looks a whole lot different than it did last year.

The decision to run for senator in November 2020 was one that he had to make quickly. During a recent visit to the TBR News Media offices, he said he remembers when Jesse Garcia, chairman of the Suffolk County Republican Committee, gave him a call March 26 last year asking if he wanted to run for New York State Senate. He had to make his decision in 24 hours.

Mattera said he was surprised to be asked to run for the Senate because he thought there was a possibility he would be asked to run for a more local office. Garcia told him, “You get along with everybody, so you will work on both sides of the fence.”

Mattera, who describes himself as “an elected official and not a politician,” agreed as he has friends on both sides of the political aisle. He said he wasn’t going to stop working with those he has met along the way who care about labor and people.

“I have friends on the other side and I’m not going to ruin that relationship, because politics gets ugly,” he said. “I’m not that way.

I’m the bare bones, let’s get the job done, roll your sleeves up and let’s work together and get it done.”

Mattera represents the 2nd District, which includes Smithtown and parts of Brookhaven and Huntington. He is a former Suffolk County Water Authority board member and has been a business agent with the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters with Plumbers Local #200 for more than four decades.

A Smithtown resident for more than 50 years, he moved from Nesconset to St. James in 1996 where he lives with his wife, Terry, and his two daughters Jessica and Jayme.

The state senator serves as the chief Republican on the Consumer Protection Committee, as well as the Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee. He is also a member of the Labor and Transportation standing committees.

The last few months the new senator has been researching and working on a few crucial local matters.

COVID-19

Like most elected officials, Mattera has been dealing with COVID-19 issues. The senator said he is proud of the work his staff has done in making sure residents found vaccination appointments.

“Our office was amazing at finding out who had [the vaccines],” he said. “They were going on social media to find out where the vaccines were being held and working with

the veterans hospitals.”

Regarding schools, Mattera said he believes all children need to return to school five days a week in person in the fall. He pointed to districts such as Three Village and Hauppauge for successfully providing the option this past academic year. He added he feels it will be important to have staff on hand to provide emotional support for students, as returning after a long period of virtual or hybrid learning may be difficult for some children.

“Mental health is very serious,” he said.

“You have no idea what happened during this time with certain children with what they went through being home. That’s what I’m concerned about, and we need to make sure we’re staffed properly for this and be prepared.”

Infrastructure

Mattera said he is looking for his district to have the best sewage treatment plant. He has been working with state Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) to find a good solution for Smithtown and the surrounding area. While there has been talk about Gyrodyne LLC., which owns the Flowerfield property in St. James, having a proposed sewage treatment plant and the potential for sewer lines from Lake Avenue in St. James to be hooked up to it, nothing has been promised by Gyrodyne and Mattera said he doesn’t believe this is the best solution.

The pipes that were put down at Lake Avenue can be hooked up to the north or south, and he said there are other potential locations for a sewage treatment plant that could be beneficial not only to St. James but other parts of Smithtown, especially the Route 25 corridor.

He said it’s important to avoid problems such as brown tide and negatively affecting the shellfish and wildlife. One of the concerns of residents and environmentalists in both Smithtown and Brookhaven is the effect a sewage plant on the Gyrodyne property would have on Stony Brook Harbor “Let’s compromise,” he said. “Let’s find the right location that we’re going to replenish the aquifer, not that we’re going to keep on dumping any kind of discharge from a sewage treatment plant that’s going to be going out to the ocean 3 miles, and it’s going to be going up and dumping out into the Sound anymore.”

He pointed to Nassau County that has big sewage problems, he said, because they didn’t plan properly and discharge dumps both into the ocean and Sound and the need to avoid such problems in the area.

As for Lake Avenue, he said a revitalization project first started when former state Sen. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) was able to secure $3.9 million of state funds to put down dry sewer lines. However, the town has not received the funds yet due to procedures stalling during the pandemic.

State Sen. Mario Mattera talks with constituents at an outdoor concert in Nesconset, above. Below, Mattera in his office.

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He said he’s been working on getting Smithtown the $3.9 million as soon as possible.

Mattera said despite being a freshman senator he’s not afraid to keep asking.

“I will not stop until the town receives that money,” he said, adding just a signature is needed.

He also pointed to the roadwork done on Route 25A from Nicolls to Port Jefferson being severely needed and called some local roads “a disaster.” He and his chief of staff recently checked out the road near St. Catherine of Siena Hospital in Smithtown and recorded cars avoiding the potholes. He said many constituents have called in complaining about the flat tires that they have gotten. On the day of the TBR interview, roadwork was scheduled for that area but had to be delayed due to rain.

“That shouldn’t be an emergency situation that we call DOT up,” he said. “It should be something that, in other words, guess what guys, you should be looking at all of our roads and saying this is a necessity for all of us.”

Landfill

The Brookhaven landfill will be closed in 2024, and Mattera said he is concerned as many in the district are affected by this. He said one option that’s been brought up for dealing with the garbage is incinerator plants and sending the ash out, but it’s not feasible due to environmental reasons.

“We need to fix this problem now,” he said.

He’s conduct research and sat down with a waste disposal business to talk about the possibility of packaging garbage in boxed railroad cars out east. They would then go directly to a site in Pennsylvania or Ohio.

“The only solution right now, and I’ve done my research, is to have a facility like this,” he said.

He is currently looking at how it would affect the community, the jobs such a facility would create and how it would affect the area it is potentially going to in another state.

“In the meantime, we are protecting our environment in a way here,” he said. “Are we protecting it somewhere else? That’s the only thing that I’m lost about.”

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Health

Local doctors discuss the Olympics and the delta variant

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Starting on July 23, Tokyo will host the Summer Olympic Games with athletes from around the world without any spectators.

Already postponed a year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the games will look much more like the National Basketball Association bubble games and Major League Baseball’s empty stadiums than the current version of professional American sports.

“There is tremendous vaccination disparity throughout the globe,” said Susan Donelan, medical director of Healthcare Epidemiology at Stony Brook University Hospital, in an email. “Despite what many Americans believe, the global pandemic is very much alive and problematic.

Superimpose this on the fact that another state of emergency has just been declared in Tokyo due to rising COVID-19 cases, and it is not difficult to understand how this decision was arrived at.”

Indeed, the Olympics draw athletes Sunil Dhuper, chief medical officer at St. Charles Hospital, Susan Donelan, medical director of Healthcare Epidemiology at Stony Brook University Hospital, and Adrian Popp, chair of from close to 200 countries and territories, Infection Control at Huntington Hospital/Northwell Health, weigh in on the delta variant. Photos from hospitals with thousands of competitors representing themselves, their families and their countries. different qualities. after vaccination, citing data from the Israel and immunity.

In Japan, just over 15% of the population Indeed, Popp said several vaccinated The delta variant, which started in India Ministry of Health, according to Dhuper. is fully vaccinated, which is still “low in December of 2020, has become the The World Health Organization, however, people who have come to Huntington Hospital compared with 47.4% in the United States dominant strain in the United States and, indicates that “more data are needed before recently have tested positive for the virus. and almost 50% in Britain, The hospital discovered the cases, all but likely in Suffolk County, reaching the same conclusion,” Dhuper according to Sunil Dhuper, in part because an infected explained in an email. A recent study in two of which were asymptomatic, because chief medical officer at St. person can transmit it much the journal Nature found evidence that the they tested for the virus for people who were Charles Hospital. “That coming to the hospital for immune response to more easily. greatly increases the other reasons, such as a The delta variant vaccines is “strong and probability of an explosion broken hip. Two of the “concentrates in the upper potentially long lasting,” in the number of Covid cases had mild symptoms, respiratory cells, which is which is based on the data infection cases especially while the others were one of the reasons why it that the germinal centers if the Olympic stadiums asymptomatic. transmits so much easier in the lymph nodes are are packed or even at 50% “The effectiveness of the among people and why it’s producing immune cells capacity.” current COVID vaccines is a concern,” said Adrian directed at COVID-19.

While people in quite high,” Dhuper wrote.

At this point, officials Popp, chair of Infection the United States are Control at Huntington from the Food and Drug —Sunil Dhuper “In fact, it is much higher increasingly relaxing than some other vaccines Hospital/Northwell Health Administration and the restrictions after the we commonly receive.” for Disease and associate professor of Centers —Susan Donelan medicine at Hofstra School Control and Prevention increasing availability of He contrasted this with the vaccines, health officials are unwilling to provide an emergency use annual flu vaccine, which has an effectiveness of Medicine. throughout the world have of around 40 to 60% from year to year.

Indeed, the delta variant authorization for a booster. not only had to contend Dhuper also explained that antibodies are These government agencies believe people is 50% more transmissible with the uneven availability of the vaccine in than the alpha, or UK variant, which was about who have been vaccinated are protected from only part of the immune response that makes different countries, but also with the spread 50% more transmissible than the original, severe disease and death, including variants vaccines effective. T-cells and memory B of the more infectious delta variant. cells are also involved. Some researchers like delta, Dhuper wrote.

Donelan wrote.

The original virus, or so-called wild type, Popp expressed confidence in the CDC have found that T cells in the blood of people came from Wuhan, China. Over time, viruses Boosters to determine when a booster might be who recovered from the original version Amid the spread of the delta variant, necessary, as the national health organization of COVID-19 recognized the three mutant mutate, typically during replication, when they incorrectly copy one or more of the base companies like Pfizer have been meeting reviews data for the entire country. strains of the virus, which could reduce the with federal health officials to discuss the pairs in their genes.

Someone who is vaccinated in the United severity of any subsequent infection.

While most mutations are harmless, some potential need for a booster shot.

Based on the available data and current States should have “decent immunity” Pfizer’s rationale for a booster is that the against this altered virus, according to Popp. information in Japan, Popp said he would can make a virus more problematic. Termed variants, viruses that differ from the original vaccine’s ability to prevent infection and The immunity will vary from person to likely participate in the Olympics in Tokyo if can produce different symptoms or have symptomatic disease seems to wane six months person depending on the underlying health he were a member of an Olympic team.

‘Despite what many Americans believe, the global pandemic is very much alive and problematic. ’

‘The effectiveness of the current COVID vaccines is quite high.’

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Schools reopened Cherry-picking does a disservice and reimagined

Post-pandemic thoughts for parents, teachers and administrators

BY ELIZABETH KAHN KAPLAN

Huge sighs of relief can be anticipated when local public schools reopen their doors this September — exclamations of relief not only from children and teenagers eager to resume inperson learning full time alongside their friends, not only from teachers exhausted from long hours shaping lessons onto distancelearning platforms, not only from parents, weary from assisting struggling students glued to laptops, iPads or iPhones at home while juggling or, worse yet, resigning from paid jobs, and also from business owners glad to have their employees back.

But will pre-pandemic and post-pandemic classroom learning be the same, and should it be? Should “distance learning,” supported by expanded technological resources, be granted a larger role within the classroom, with less teacher-led instruction?

Which medium of delivery ensures a greater payoff of maximum learning for the resources invested?

Two Three Village residents, educators at the top of their profession — Jacqueline Grennon Brooks, professor emerita of Teaching, Learning and Technology, Hofstra University, and her spouse Martin Brooks, executive director of Tri-State Consortium, an association of over 40 school districts in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut — agree that the key to whether or not learning takes place is not how information is delivered but if knowledge is constructed. Whether it is a teacher or a book or a computer that provides a formal lesson, the students must connect the lesson to what they already know or have experienced for true learning to occur.

“Content alone is insufficient as a motivator for student learning: It must be combined with purpose ... seen as meaningful by learners.

Students learn best when engaged in learning experiences rather than passively receiving information,” according to Martin Brooks.

That theory of learning, called “constructivism,” suggests that you cannot directly impart knowledge, but you can facilitate experiences in which students construct knowledge. Jacqueline and Martin Brooks agree that the job of the teacher is to create meaningful experiences that enable the learner to do just that.

“There are kids who struggle to learn if what is being taught is not offered in a way that is particularly relevant to them. In order to figure out ways for them to have ownership of their learning, skilled teachers, interacting in person with these students, focus not only on content but concentrate on approaches that lead to critical and creative thinking.”

What many parents and children learned during the pandemic is that at-home distance learning in front of a laptop, iPad, or iPhone cannot replace in-person classroom experiences created by skillful teachers. Virtual classrooms also denied children the opportunity to develop social skills through interaction with their peers. When schools reopen in September, students, parents and teachers will welcome the opportunity for true learning to begin again.

Further reading: “Schools Reimagined: Unifying the Science of Learning with the Art of Teaching,” by Jacqueline Grennon Brooks and Martin G. Brooks (Teachers College Press, 2021).

Elizabeth Kahn Kaplan is the former director of education at the Three Village Historical Society and an educator, writer and lecturer on art, artists and American history.

As an 86-year-old, I was saddened to read the letters to the editor submitted

by Shoshana Hershkowitz and Adam Fisher in your June 24 edition knocking U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin [R-NY1].

While everyone is entitled to his or her opinion, it must and should be based on all the facts and not just those that fit one’s personal narrative.

Their letters conveniently ignore the fact that much of the medical opinion in support of vaccinations, masks and school closures is disputed by extremely competent medical professionals.

Also ignored is the tremendous increase in mental illness and suicide suffered by children as a result of the closures, while those attending Catholic and private schools experience relatively normal school years.

I was astonished by Fisher’s support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo [D] despite his transfer of thousands of seriously ill COVID-19 patients to nursing homes and then, when faced with thousands of deaths as a result of these transfers, he lied about the numbers.

I also submit Hershkowitz’s advocacy for critical race theory because it is taught in law schools is baseless. As a former state and federal prosecutor and the recipient of three law degrees, I believe support for CRT must be based on facts and experience and not just because the proposition is taught by a law professor.

Finally, while I agree that the media should never publish falsehoods and lies, it should also be careful to be fair and balanced. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

Thank you for the reminder Thank you for the editorial which was published in The Village Times Herald on July 8 (“Fourth of July: Exciting or daunting”), which reminds readers that the sound of fireworks can be very difficult for individuals such as combat veterans and first responders.

Our family experienced this firsthand this year while spending Independence Day with my father, age 85. The boom of loud fireworks echoed throughout

the day — not pretty fireworks which decorate a night sky, but the type which make loud, jarring noises for no purpose except to be loud. Finally, in frustration, my father summed it up perfectly in one sentence: “Whoever is making this noise never spent one night in Vietnam.”

My father worked in Vietnam for three years during the war, laboring in the construction of infrastructure such as roads and airstrips which aided the

By way of example, the media continues to pursue “the failed insurrection in D.C.” while at the same time ignoring gross looting, burning and homicides in Oakland, Portland and especially in Chicago where 100 shootings occurred last week alone.

Likewise, the media has consistently shown no interest in reporting the tremendous increase in homicides and other crimes in all the major cities run

by Democrats.

In summary, if you are going to criticize a candidate like Zeldin, at least be fair in the facts you use.

Cherry-picking whatever fits one’s narratives without including all sides of the argument does all of us a great disservice.

Desmond O’Sullivan Port Jefferson

U.S. military effort. Other relatives, neighbors and friends were drafted to serve in combat.

Thank you for reminding us all to show kindness, consideration and appreciation to those individuals who, past and present, put themselves in harm’s way so that the U.S. can celebrate Independence Day. Frances Hanlon East Setauket

Schumer and Buttigieg forgot one visit U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer [D-NY] and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg [D] forgot to visit the East River tunnels during their recent press conference and Hudson River tunnels tour on behalf of the proposed $11 billion Gateway tunnel project. There is the $11 billion basic — two new tunnels plus rehab of existing tunnels — or full build $33 billion — including new track and

platform capacity — versions of Gateway.

Ongoing cancellation and combining of trains due to signal and other problems in the East River tunnels along with other locations on all branches of the Long Island Rail Road system will continue for years to come. Amtrak will not initiate decades-overdue major repairs of the 110-plus-year-old East River tunnels until 2025 — two years

after East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal begins. This work on all four tunnels, including two that suffered significant damages from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, may not be completed until 2029. Until this work is over, it will be impossible to guarantee reliable Penn Station service for LIRR commuters.

Larry Penner Great Neck

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Opinion An alien lands, part 2: a chat with the dog

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few weeks ago, I wrote about a conversation I imagined having with an alien who I envisioned landing in my backyard. Here’s how I figure a conversation between an alien who speaks the language of my dog and our beloved pet would go: Alien: Tell me about those humans?

Dog: They talk to each other constantly.

Alien: Does the noise bother you?

Dog: It’s not particularly problematic, but it is D. None hypocritical.

Alien: What do you of the above mean?

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF Dog: When we’re in the backyard or out for a walk, they tell us

to be quiet or something much meaner when we speak to other dogs. They don’t want us to bark with other dogs, and yet they talk nonstop like they have so much to say.

Alien: What else is different about humans?

Dog: They never smell each other’s butts. By the way, do you mind if I hump your tentacle?

Alien: That’s fine. So, why is smelling each other’s butts important?

Dog: We get all kinds of information, about where the dog has been, what grass it’s eaten.

Speaking of which, are you planning to feed me sometime soon? I’ve been making those cute eyes at you during our entire ride and you haven’t felt the need to toss me food.

Alien: So, what do humans do all day?

Dog: They seem to be slaves to some small object they hold. Every time it buzzes or beeps, they immediately look at it, as if they will get in trouble if they don’t. Sometimes, they say something, like “Oh my gosh, I forgot,” or “Oh no, you don’t,” and then they

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run somewhere. I think that object gives them directions.

Alien: Are they pleasant?

Dog: Sometimes. They seem incredibly happy when they scratch our bodies and we move our legs. Once in a while, I do it if I think one of them is having a tough day.

Alien: Do they seem intelligent?

Dog: Hard to say. They don’t understand the value of sleep. They spend hours each day with the things in their hands or staring at a flickering screen. At night, they look at another screen on the wall in their bedroom.

Alien: What’s your favorite game to play with them?

Dog: There’s a big difference between my favorite and their favorite game. They love to play something they call “fetch.” They can be pretty simple and easy to please. When they like something, they keep doing it.

Alien: And your favorite game?

Dog: I call it the “mud game.” When everyone

is wearing something fancy, nice or white, I go into the backyard and find the darkest mud.

I come in and jump on them or spread mud on the floor.

Alien: Any other observations?

Dog: Just as they start to bring compelling smells into a room, they spray or roll on the scent of flowers over their bodies. I tried to copy them by rolling in the flowers outside, but they didn’t like that.

Alien: What do they say to you?

Dog: They seem especially fond of the word “sit.” Whenever someone comes into the house and they don’t know what to say to the other person, they tell me to “sit” and the other person laughs and nods.

Alien: Do you like humans?

Dog: Humans, in general, are fine. I am not all that fond of those people who make unhappy faces and say they are not a “dog person” but a “cat person.” Who could possibly find those hissing creatures more appealing than dogs?

We stopped for dinner one night on the way up the seashore in Portland, where we met with an editor who had worked at The Village Times 30 years ago. She took the ferry over from one of the offshore islands and had a lobster roll with us in DiMillo’s restaurant. That eatery used to be the Martha Jefferson, a Mississippi River paddle cruiser for sightseeing and parties on Port Jefferson harbor more than 50 years ago. The present owners bought the old boat, tidied it up, anchored it permanently at the Portland docks and have over the years turned it into a seafood palace.

We spent three days in Camden, a charming fishing village with loads of tourist stores to wander in and out of, which we didn’t do but did enjoy a sailboat ride in a 36-foot schooner that we shared with a family from Alabama.

There were a number of people visiting from the Deep South whom we met and chatted with, several owning summer homes in Maine.

They drove the considerable distance, like us, enjoying the liberating journey. I want to salute an especially fine restaurant there, in Rockland, called Primo, started by a woman originally from Long Island, that serves farm-to-table

food in delicious fashion. Diners can also tour her lush gardens in the rear. Ask for the Russian kale salad for an unusual treat. And if it’s your thing, enjoy the Farnsworth Art Museum, with its impressive collection of three generations of Wyeths.

We loved our time in Bar Harbor (or as they say, Bah Hahbba), and especially Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. If you go, know that you will need a ticket in advance if you wish to see a famed sunrise or a sunset from the summit of Cadillac Mountain.

I have always enjoyed chatting with strangers while waiting in lines or riding in elevators, among other conducive situations. I learn all sorts of information, usually useless but not always, this way. Friends I have been with will bear witness to this voluble habit.

I hadn’t realized how much I had missed those casual conversations until this trip. I certainly agree with the theory of collective effervescence put forth by Durkheim a century ago. And we awarded the title of best lobster roll, after many samplings, to McLoons Lobster Shack of South Thomaston, in the friendly state of Maine.

More than just another vacation

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acations are wonderful. That’s stating the obvious. But vacationing now, in largely post-pandemic times, brings a special kind of joy. I felt it because I have just come back from vacation with a sense of happiness and peace that I wish I could bottle. And I just happened to read an article that speaks to this very subject, the “rush of a real vacation.”

Now you might think it’s the result of breaking out after almost a year and a half of pandemic distancing, of masking and zooming and otherwise limiting and isolating ourselves. We did that, these last 10 Between days, driving up the you and me New England coast

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF slowly and spending quality time in Maine.

We certainly enjoyed the freedom of the open road, stopping where we had a notion, taking

back country routes on impulse, drinking in those picturesque harbor towns, eating lobster rolls, taking pictures of lighthouses. After relative confinement, that was exhilarating.

But there was more to the experience than that. The article I read, “There’s a Specific Kind of Joy We’ve Been Missing,” by organizational psychologist Adam Grant in the July 10 issue of The New York Times, talks of collective effervescence. This is a concept introduced in the early 20th century by the sociologist Emile Durkheim describing “the sense of energy and harmony people feel when they come together in a group around a shared purpose.”

So if you are participating in a brainstorming session with colleagues, enjoying a baseball game or a movie with new seatmates or even chatting with a stranger on a train, there is the joy of connection. That didn’t happen during the dark days of COVID-19, although there was some of that early in NYC when people were clapping and banging pots and pans with spoons at 7 p.m. every night to honor hospital workers. And it didn’t happen on Zoom, where the common response after several meetings was fatigue.

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