The Times of Smithtown - October 19, 2017

The Times of

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Fort salonga east • kings park • smithtown • nesconset • st james • head oF the harbor • nissequogue • hauppauge • commack Vol. 30, No. 34

October 19, 2017

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What’s inside Commack gymnast seeks right to compete A3

Developer proposes condos for Smithtown hospital A4 Transportation key to Smithtown development A7 Kingsmen soccer celebrates senior night shutout A10

Planning for a change New civic association drafts downtown revitalization plan — A5

Winners of Halloween contest announced

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Turkey Trot opens registration Get ready to lace up your sneakers and work up an appetite before sitting down to this year’s Thanksgiving dinner.

Registration is open for The Nissequogue River State Park Foundation’s annual 1K Turkey Trot for Kids and 5K Run/Walk for the Park to be held Nov. 23.

The event, sponsored by the Reichert family of Fort Salonga, Bethpage Federal Credit Union and IGA supermarket, aims to raise funds to enhance and beautify the park. The Nissequogue River State Park covers more than 522 acres of the former Kings Park Psychiatric Center.

The proposed 5K course, or 3.1 miles, has runners starting at the park’s administrative building, traveling on a long loop past the soccer fields down toward the southern end

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Commack gymnast fights for equal right to compete

By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com As young as 7, Christian Berbert knew what he wanted to do with his life. After his parents set up a trampoline in the backyard, Christian wasted no time in putting it to good use. The natural-born athlete approached the trampoline less as a fun accessory and more as a mini training facility.

“He was like a dolphin to water,” Wayne Berbert said of his son’s first foray into gymnastics. “He just started jumping and flipping within days of having it. This has always been his sport — nothing compares to this.”

But Christian, a Commack High School sophomore and member of Artistic Gymnastics in Hauppauge, is now being forced to defend his dream in front of a panel of county officials.

Christian, 15, has been repeatedly denied the opportunity to join the high school’s girls varsity gymnastics team this season despite three appeals before Section XI, the governing body of athletics in Suffolk County, since the start of the 2017 school year. Because there aren’t any varsity boys gymnastics team in New York State, competing with the girls is Christian’s only shot to pursue his passion in a school setting.

The sophomore has the overwhelming support from members of the girls gymnastics team, his school’s adminstrator and

Christian’s mother, Karen Berbert, said while she agrees with the notion that girls should have equal opportunities, “you can’t diminish the boys and take away from them.”

“The same thing that the board is arguing, that the girls should have every opportunity, and they should, but so should the boys,” said his mother, who fears her son’s inability to compete in high school could affect his chances at receiving scholarships for college.

“He wants to be part of the school. He wants to be involved. Gymnastics is his right arm.”

In September, the girls on the team wrote personal letters to Section XI members in support of Christian’s appeal to compete.

Alexandra Lewis, a sophomore gymnast, said the team “will develop more teamwork, school spirit, and positivity by having [him].”

Sophomore Stella Rentzeperis wrote it was Photo from Berbert family Commack sophomore Christian Berbert has appealed to Section Xi to be allowed to unfair to deny Christian a chance to compete because “our gymnastics program does not compete on the girls varsity gymnastics team this season. say girls or boys … both genders are allowed.”

Lilli Ferro, a sophomore on the team, said athletic director. too much of a competitive advantage over the Christian comes to every practice and meet.

“We will continue to advocate to provide girls because he actively trains as a gymnast.

“We all really like him and he really wants an opportunity for this young man to compete There is also a concern among the board that to be on the team,” Lilli said. “I don’t believe alongside the girls as we feel it would be in the his placement on the team will take a spot it would hurt us if he was on the team. He would help us.” best interests of our student to participate on away from a girl.

But their arguments don’t hold water, acChristian’s situation coincides with the Commack team,” read a statement on the school district’s home page Oct. 10, the day of cording to Christian’s parents, who have ap- that of Liam Summers, a 15-year-old peared in his defense during the appeals pro- sophomore and gymnast at Connetquot the most recent appeal.

High School, who is curHowever, the Section XI panel, headed cess. Berbert said it’s rently being denied to join

by Executive Director Thomas Combs, has unfair to claim his son his school’s girls team by blocked each request, saying Christian carries has a competitive advantage since he’s never acSection XI. He was able to tually competed against be on the team last season the girls “so there’s no because he had never comway to determine that.” peted in school or in a priHe also added that vate club. Now, with more just because Christian’s experience, he’s looked at a boy, it’s wrong to asas having a competitive adWayne Berbert vantage. sume he is physically stronger than the girls.

Christian, who trains four “In gymnastics, days a week and three hours strength is not really a determining factor,” each day, said the Section XI board is not Berbert said. “And the girls team doesn’t cut doing the right thing. anybody from the team so everyone would “What they’re doing to me and all the be able to participate.” other kids trying to do what I’m trying to do “It’s deplorable how people in public edu- is all wrong and completely unfair,” Christian cation can do this to a child,” Christian’s fa- said. “I think I can do real well on the team ther said. “They should be doing everything and give them support and help and just in their power to include kids, not exclude make the team stronger and better. But they them. He’s being told ‘you can’t do the thing don’t see that and, instead, think I’m going you love to do’ and for a 15-year-old kid, to ruin the girls’ chances. They’re completely that’s tough.” wrong about that.”

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Developer seeks condos on former Smithtown hospital site

By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com The remains of a demolished hospital on the northwest corner of Routes 347 and 111 could soon become the site of Smithtown’s newest residential community for all ages.

A Jericho-based residential developer, the Beechwood Organization, has proposed plans to build Country Pointe Woods, a 69-unit condominium community on the property of the former Smithtown General Hospital. The hospital was shut down in 1999 and the land has been vacant since then. For more than a decade, various developers have eyed the abandoned lot — seen by some residents as an eyesore — as the potential site of their projects, but all plans up until Beechwood’s have fallen through.

The award-winning home builder’s proposal was approved by Smithtown Town Board at its July 12 meeting and is currently under review by the New York State Attorney General’s Office. If approved, the developer would construct villas and townhomes with a starting price tag of $600,000. The units within the community range in living space sizes from 1,395 square feet to more than 2,400 square feet. The site plan also includes a 1,500-square-foot clubhouse with a fitness center, lounge, outdoor pool, sun deck and gated entrance, as well as lawn maintenance and snow removal.

Of the 69 homes proposed, the plans call for 56 units, or approximately 80 percent, to be age-restricted to buyers 55 and older. The remaining 13 units, or 20 percent, will be open to all ages, according to the developer.

If approved by the state, pre-construction sales will begin offsite at Country Pointe Huntington sales center in November with first occupancy slated for summer 2018.

“Country Pointe Woods in Smithtown gives those who are just starting, downsizing or working nearby the benefits of condominium living in a central North Shore location,” said Michael Dubb, CEO and founder of the Beechwood Organization, in a press release.

“They will have brand new energy-efficient homes built to our signature quality construction with the amenities our buyers tell us they value the most.”

Smithtown Councilman Ed Wehrheim (R), who voted to approve Country Pointe

Woods’ site plan application in July, said condominiums are needed in the town.

“Frankly, we have a fair number of homeowners that are emptynesters, whose children have all grown up or gone to college [or are ] in the workforce,” Wehrheim said.

“I get at least a couple calls a month asking me where they’re developing nice condos because they all want to sell their singlefamily home and move into them.”

During the town board’s meeting over the summer, it was discussed that the abandoned sewage treatment plant on the grounds of the former hospital had been removed and most of the site was cleared for development.

The application was approved under several standard conditions and requirements, such as building permits from the town and the installation of a fence along tree-clearing limits.

Residents on a closed Smithtown-oriented Facebook group were mixed on the proposal.

While some applauded the development’s proposed location, others voiced concerns over it.

“Traffic was always an issue with either entrance to the hospital and I don’t see how it could be any better with condos,” said Lee Buxton Brooks, a former Smithtown General employee. “The intersection doesn’t need any more traffic because it can’t handle what it has now.”

But James Brako-McComb spoke in favor of the proposal.

“Higher density developments like these are the types of developments we need to keep millennials on the island,” BrakoMcComb wrote.

Steve Gardella, too, spoke up for young adults who might occupy some of the condominiums.

“If you don’t want traffic — people who stimulate the economy and help make the town what it is — then continue to allow Smithtown to die and lose its citizens to towns that aren’t stuck in the 1950s,” Gardella said.

Susan Mahoney said the development’s demographic is crucial to the town’s survival.

“The older generation are people that you want to keep here since most of them will spend their money in restaurants, theaters, etc.” Mahoney said. “And it is better than that ugly lot.”

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Civic group drafts master plan to revive Smithtown

By SArA-MegAn WAlSh sara@tbrnewspapers.com

A small group of Smithtown citizens have come together to draft and present a plan they hope may lead to big changes for Main Street.

The Smithtown United Civic Association unveiled a detailed conceptual plan for downtown revitalization Oct. 6 on its Facebook page. The group is asking residents to review the proposal and provide feedback via social media before they present it to town officials.

Timothy Small, president of Smithtown United, said the organization’s goal is to give local residents a voice in the future of their town. It was formed when Smithtown residents came together earlier this year after two events: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) allocated $20 million for sewers in Smithtown and the proposed sale of Smithtown school district administration headquarters on New York Avenue to the town for a sewer treatment plant to support a condominium development. Small said the two events set in motion real opportunity for revitalization of the town.

“If you look at the downtown areas of Smithtown, Kings Park and St. James, they are tired looking,” he said. “There’s a lot of vacant shops and properties. We live in a wonderful town. The schools are wonderful, we love our homes, but it’s our downtown business districts that are deeply suffering.”

Small, a retired engineer who held an executive position at a utility company, said for approximately six months the group assessed the community needs and drew inspiration from surrounding towns including Huntington, Patchogue, Sayville, Bay Shore, Farmingdale and Babylon for changes they’d like to see in Smithtown.

Smithtown United’s plan for the western downtown area focuses on several key points including consolidation of the town offices into the New York Avenue school building and retaining the sports field behind it for public use.

“It’s the last green space that remains in all of downtown,” Small said. “I would consider that an anchor for the western edge of redevelopment. It would be tragic to see that property lost to dense development.”

The civic supports the town’s acquisition of the property in exchange for selling off its other buildings scattered across the business district, but discussions of the deal have been tabled by the Smithtown school officials. The plan also proposes several existing downtown storefronts be made into two-story, mixed-use buildings with retail on the first floor and apartments above.

These housing options, according to Small, would be attractive to young adults and senior citizens. Behind the existing New York Avenue school district property, the plan calls for construction of a new sports and community center.

“We need a place for our kids to go in the evening,” Small said. “There needs to be a community space for our residents and young adults.”

The conceptual design also calls for several changes to Smithtown’s existing roadways,

Photo from Smithtown United Civic Association

Smithtown United Civic Association published the above master plan aimed at revitalizing Main Street and the downtown area on its Facebook page Oct. 6. including a rotary at the intersection of Main Street and New York Avenue and rerouting Edgewater Avenue to run parallel to Main Street. This would cause Edgewater Avenue to empty onto Maple Avenue, and there would be a new set of village townhouses built on the southwest corner of the new intersection.

To further increase available housing, the proposed plan suggests the construction of three-story, transit-oriented housing near the Long Island Rail Road train station and municipal parking lots.

Initial feedback on the plan from residents on the civic’s Facebook page has been a mix of positive and negative, along with offers to help refine it. Supporters have praised the organization for taking action, while critics expressed traffic concerns.

“Main Street is already undersized for what

it is used for,” said John McCormick, 29, of Smithtown. “[The] parking does not look to be sufficient for customers of the first-floor shops and people renting out upstairs apartments.”

McCormick, a young homeowner, feared adding townhouses and apartments would change the character of the local community and the plan’s possible impact on the school district.

Smithtown resident Michael Tarquinio, 20, said the plan was a step in the right direction but needed to be more innovative.

“They need to stop thinking with a Robert Moses mind-set,” Tarquinio said, who is studying environmental science at the University of Maine. “I’m all for it, but you can’t wipe out your heritage and start fresh. You need to know where you came from to know where you are going.”

He said he believes successful downtown revitalization will require the civic to work with town, county and state officials to improve roadways and mass transportation options to reduce traffic.

Small said he agreed the proposed overhaul of both the business and residential space in downtown Smithtown required cooperation at several levels of government.

It would only be possible if sewers can be brought to the downtown area.

“Anyone who is going to invest money into redevelopment won’t unless there is adequate sanitary sewer conditions,” Small said. “It’s essential.”

The civic group has tentative plans to present its proposal to Smithtown officials at the Oct. 26 town board meeting at 7 p.m. at town hall.

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Police Cops: Find Commack GPS thief

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Suffolk police seek the public’s help finding the couple who stole goods from a Smithtown store.

Smithtown shoplifters sought Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police 4th Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s assistance to identify and locate the couple who stole items from a Smithtown store last month.

A man entered CVS, located on West Main Street Sept. 23 and distracted the cashier while the woman he was with placed unpaid items into a bag that contained paid items.

The pair left the store without paying for approximately $200 in merchandise.

Photo from SCPD

Police suspect the man, pictured above, of stealing a gPS in Commack.

The man, who appears to be in his 30s, had a beard and is balding. He was wearing an aqua blue shirt. The woman, also in her 30s, was heavyset, had dirty blond hair and was wearing a pink blouse.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this crime can call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-8477 (TIPS).

All calls will be kept confidential.

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Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police 4th Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who stole merchandise from a Commack store last month.

A man stole a Garmin GPS from Target, located on Veterans Memorial Highway, Sept. 30 at approximately 6:30 p.m. The GPS was valued at $179.99.

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Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police 4th Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking help to identify the man who stole merchandise from a Commack store in August.

A man stole a Dewalt wrench and battery pack from Lowe’s, located on the Long Island Expressway, Aug. 22 at approximately 2:20 p.m.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-8477 (TIPS). All calls will be kept confidential.

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Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police 4th Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who stole merchandise from a store in Islandia last month.

A man entered Walmart, located on Veterans Memorial Highway, Sept. 28, at 2:20 p.m. and stole assorted clothing by placing them inside a backpack. When approached by an employee, the man shoved him in the chest and fled the store. The man is described as black with a thin build.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-8477 (TIPS). All calls will be kept confidential.

— Sara-Megan WalSh

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a surveillance photo of man suspected of stealing clothing from an Islandia store

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Smithtown hiStory

Photos from the Smithtown Historical Society

At left, a historic look at Smithtown’s first LIRR trestle. Above, Old Hauppauge Road in 1910.

Transportation key to Smithtown development

By MARIAnne HOwARd

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It wasn’t until the arrival of the Long Island Rail Road and a few transportation innovations that Smithtown began to flourish as a place to live.

Prior to the LIRR arriving in 1872, Smithtown was solely connected to New York City through the Long Island Sound transport and dirt roadways. With the railroad, travelers from New York City were free to access areas like St. James and Kings Park as day trips, which previously would have never been considered.

As more and more people began coming into town, economic and business development around town boomed.

Local farmers could now load wagons full of produce onto flatbed railroad cars headed for New York City. Travelers who initially came east for fresh air eventually concluded that there were residential possibilities in Smithtown and settled into the area. However, the horse and buggy was the most accessible way to travel on the area’s dirt roads.

Country sleighing was a favored pastime by early residents, according to “Images of America: Smithtown” written by Bradley Harris, Kiernan Lannon and Joshua Ruff.

The book cites Alma Blydenbyrgh’s 1833 diary entry for Jan. 17 , in which she wrote, “Mr. Floyd been to the river and took Em and myself for a sleigh ride. Good sleighing!”

Getting to and from Smithtown remained difficult for years to come. The main obstacle to Smithtown’s connection to the northern spur of the LIRR was the Nissequogue River. To accomplish fully connecting the LIRR, engineers crafted a trestle to span the river valley, the largest iron structure of its kind on Long Island. When completed, it stood over 50 feet high and spanned a distance of 490 feet.

In the 1890s, bicycles first became a popular fad in the area. Bicyclists were urging the town and the county to construct dedicated bicycle paths to improve riders’ safety.

Millionare Richard Handley personally funded a bike path from his estate in Hauppauge out to Smithtown. Eventually, Suffolk County constructed a path along Jericho Turnpike.

Bicycling quickly became a nuisance to town officials.

In 1911, Smithtown’s town board issued a motion banning bicyclists from riding on town sidewalks. Any rider caught violating the order could be fined up to $5.

Thirty years after the railroad came to town, automobiles began appearing. By the 1920s, the automobile was replacing the horse and buggy. Town officials were eventually forced to pave the roadways, and by the 1930s, the town was primed for a boom in both population and land development.

Marianne Howard is the executive director of the Smithtown Historical Society. For more information on the society, its events or programs or on becoming a member, visit www. smithtownhistorical.org or call 631-265-6768.

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School NewS Kings Park Central School District

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Students takeover at board of education meeting The Kings Park Central School District’s adopted goals for the 2017-2018 school year, included the mission to, “increase opportunities for student leadership, ‘voice,’ input, and involvement in decision-making.”

The school district directly into its Oct. 10 board of education meeting into the hands of

students, pictured above. Nine members of the high school’s student council took over the dais, meeting agenda, and the microphones.

“This was a great way for our students to experience school district governance first hand,” Superintendent Timothy Eagen said.

Pam DeFord, president of board of educa-

Kings Park High School

tion, was delighted that the district provided this type of opportunity to their students.

“The students conducted the meeting in a professional manner and exceeded our expectations,” DeFord said. “Our district is truly educating our leaders of tomorrow. The board will continue to look for ways that have

more opportunities for student involvement.”

The district has also included students on their board of education legislative committee which meets regularly throughout the year.

“I am fortunate to work for a board of education that is truly focused on the needs of our students,” Eagen said.

Great Hollow Middle School

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Commended scholars

Five students from Kings Park HIgh School have been recognized as Commended Students in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program for their achievement on their PSAT exams.

Two-thirds of the approximately 50,000 high scorers on the exam receive Letters of

Smithtown Elementary School

Fire safety fun

In recognition of National Fire Prevention Month, Smithtown Elementary School’s kindergarten students took a field trip to their local firehouse Oct. 10.

Wearing their honorary fire helmets, the kindergartners learned about fire safety practices, what to do in the event of an emergency and how to stay safe and prevent fires. The students toured the station, met firefighters dressed in their gear and climbed aboard a fire truck and ambulance.

Photo from Smithtown Central School District

Commendation. Commended students are named on the basis of a nationally applied selection index score that may vary from year to year.

The five Kings Park students, pictured above, are Keiffer Acoba, James Brannigan, Joanne Fung, Lina Rohrer and Zachary Wolf.

Photos from Smithtown Central School District

It comes naturally

More than 300 seventh-grade students from Great Hollow Middle School in the Smithtown Central School District went on a walking field trip Oct. 3.

Organized by science teachers Denise Cicione and Kristen Dicpinigaitis, the students trekked from their school to Charles P. Toner Park in Nesconset.

Throughout the day, students learned interdisciplinary concepts while integrating nature in their own community. Great Hollow Middle School teachers and librarian Sheila Cavooris created six different interactive stations. The stations included concepts such as mindfulness, social emotional learning, a nature hike throughout the nature trail, geocaching, poetry and senses in nature, calculating the outdoors, and an escape room using reference books and skills needed to research in the library.

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SPORTS

Kings Park celebrates senior night shutout

BY BILL LANDON Kings Park was spreading the wealth on senior night — something that especially pleased senior Jessica Hoyt.

“I’ve been playing with these girls since the seventh grade and not all the seniors play that much,” she said.

“So it was great to see them get playing time and a bunch of them scored, who usually don’t, so it was just a really nice day.”

Four girls, including two seniors, found the back of the net in the Kingsmens’ 5-0 shutout of East Hampton Oct. 16. The win was especially sweet for those upperclassmen playing in their last home game of the regular season.

“To win on senior night was amazing — I don’t get a lot of playing time, but to win tonight, our season just got even better,” senior defender Zoe Dougherty said.

The game against Hampton Bays though

Kings Park 3 East Hampton 0

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was not what she or any of her teammates expected. Even though the Bonackers are 0-13 on the season, they brought their A game.

“They were not what I expected,” Dougherty said. “Being in last place without a win they pressed us in the first half, holding us to just one goal.”

Kings Park scored in the 28th minute, when Hoyt drilled a Sam Hogan cross pass into the netting to break the ice.

Hogan, a junior, beat out a defender for an open look at the goal two minutes into the second half, and sent her shot into the upper left corner. She scored a solo shot later in the half for a 3-0 advantage.

“We played them once before, so we knew they’d be tough — they don’t ever give up; they swarm to the ball and they play really hard,” Kings Park head coach Bryan LoPalo said. “They played better than their record indicates. [This is] an extremely tough league.”

With senior bench players swapped in for starters, junior Amelia Galdorisi and senior Mary Tuorto also found their way to the

scoreboard. Kings Park ends the regular season at 11-3-2 overall with an 11-2-1 mark in League V. The girls soccer playoffs begin with outbracket games Saturday Oct. 21. The first round starts Tuesday Oct. 23.

“That was unexpected, [it was] a little different game they played, but absolutely they challenged us,” Tuorto said comparing the two matchups between the teams. “I was shocked at how our seniors came together. We don’t normally all play together on the field.

Tonight it was so important to win this game.”

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R E A L E S TAT E Commercial Property/ Yard Space

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SO SETAUKET 24 Hancock Ct, Post Modern, IGP/Hot Tub, FFin. Bsmt w/walkout, 5 BR, $899,990.

MILLER PLACE 8 Sweetgum Ln, Post Modern, IGP/Hot Tub, Solar Panels, 5 BRs, $679,000 Price Change.

PT JEFFERSON STATION 3 Ranger Ln. Post Modern, cul de sac, Porch, 4 BR, ffin bsmt, 4 bth, 2.5 gar. $559,000 Dennis Consalvo, ALIANO REAL ESTATE, 631-724-1000. www. longisland-realestate.net

HOLBROOK 1 BR apartment w/walk-in closet, full bath, EIK w/dishwasher, LR, private entrance, no pets/smoking. $1100/all, 1 months security.

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STONY BROOK Newly renovated Colonial house in historic Stony Brook Village. 3 bedrooms, full LR, full DR, 1.5 new baths, new appliances, new kitchen, cabinets/countertops, wood floors, fireplace, enclosed deck.

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SATURDAY 10/21 12:00-2:00PM KINGS PARK 493 Meadow Rd. 2-3 BR Cape, Smithtown Schools!

SD# 1. MLS# 2960619. $395,999 SUNDAY 10/22 12:00-2:00PM STRONG’S NECK 28 Cemetery Ln. Ranch, 1.25 Acres. Private Beach Rights!

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OpiniOn Editorial

Letters to the editor

Perhaps the most dangerous president

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Girls will soon be able to join the Cub Scouts and, in the future, have the chance to earn Eagle Scout status.

Scouting opportunities The Boy Scouts of America board of directors announced the organization will allow girls to join its Cub Scouts program beginning in 2018 and will create a Scouting program that will begin in 2019 for older girls, which will allow them to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout.

While the Cub Scouts will have gender-specific dens, we feel the move is a step in the right direction to providing more diverse opportunities for young women to learn about the world and develop life skills. The goal should be to give everyone choices, and for those options to be equal for boys and girls. Some girls may like hiking, camping or woodworking — more physically challenging than activities offered by the Girl Scouts. We would also implore Boy Scouts to want to educate themselves and strive for badges available to their female counterparts.

Becoming an Eagle Scout, which only one in 20 Boy Scouts attains, according to the Boy Scouts of America, is something every Scout should strive for. While we know a Gold Award was symbolically added to give girls something higher to attain, it’s nice to see the balance being done on this front to give the same weight to both achievements. In order to become an Eagle Scout, a child must earn 21 badges — 16 being in specific categories, so there’s a lot more that girls can learn when the badges are made available to them.

While we’re not pushing for girls to join the Boy Scouts, we think that there’s something that can be learned from making the choices and badges on both sides made available to all. There’s a benefit to learning how to tend to a garden and help animals, and there’s also good that comes from learning about architecture and astronomy.

Financial resources also play a part in leveling the playing field for both sexes. According to a 2013 Nonprofit Quarterly report, the net assets per member in the Girl Scouts are $54.54 compared to $333.61 per member in the Boy Scouts. More resources provide more opportunities for young people, and if both boys and girls can enjoy more activities due to this, our vote goes toward equaling this out.

We’re for gender-inclusive options. A couple of years ago, our Men and Women of the Year edition was changed to People of the Year. Currently, our editorial staff is keeping our eye on a situation in Commack where a male student at the high school is hoping to join the girls varsity gymnastic team. In New York State, there have been no boys gymnastics teams in schools since the early 2000s. The currently all-girl team would be his only option to compete in his chosen sport. While he has tried three times to become part of the team, Section XI has denied his request, claiming he holds a competitive edge over the girls.

We hope more can follow the Boy Scouts of America’s lead so that the power to choose remains in the hands of those interested in bettering themselves.

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Donald Trump is perhaps the most dangerous president America has ever had. Tragically, far too many fellow Americans appear not to recognize the maniacal selfcenteredness of this appalling man.

As an example of his horrible egotism and his uncaring attitude toward humanity, let us be fully aware of how he wishes to dissolve or greatly diminish the power of regulations aimed at industry.

The purpose of those regulations is to control and lessen the clearly proven, daily pollution of the atmosphere, water and earth of America and the simultaneous gradual pollution of the whole planet. He prefers to let life on Earth to be threatened so that business profits will increase.

The vast majority of scientists everywhere are well aware of the immense threat of the destruction of the planet. Are we nonscientists going to argue with the thousands of researchers and theorists who have uncovered the causes of the moribund condition of our Earth?

Are we going to deny what science has shown to be true? Don’t we want to prevent life from moving toward extinction and work hard to ensure that our children and grandchildren will survive?

Are we going to allow the constant stream of ignorant antagonism that Trump bellows forth almost daily against the undeniable truth of the theory of climate change? He is a completely self-centered, money-mad maniac who cares nothing about what is

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happening to Earth as a result of industrial polluters. His primary interest is aimed almost solely at increasing profits.

Those who blindly and ignorantly defend him have failed to analyze his words and deeds carefully. He has contradicted himself repeatedly since he began to run for office. Besides ignoring the fact of climate change, he has also insulted a wide variety of Americans because of their race, disabilities, gender, religion, class, political beliefs, etc. He is a disgrace, an enormous embarrassment. Most Americans dislike him and millions of people in other nations regard him as crazed and foolish. Some dangerous nations — Russia, for example — are assisted (intentionally?) by his speech and behavior in moving closer to their goal of destroying America.

Thus, impeachment time for Trump has arrived. Let Congress finally go forward with it now before America collapses. Let him be impeached. Let him be tried. Let us hope that he is found guilty and is removed from the White House.

If I could get close to the face of the Statue of Liberty — which rises majestically just 50 miles west of us here in the Three Villages — I believe I would see tears welling in her eyes. Near her is engraved the moving poem of Emma Lazarus; its final line is, “I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” Alas, that “golden door” may become a door of black lead because of Donald Trump’s corrosive deeds and acid speech. God bless America? God SAVE America!

Elio Zappulla Stony Brook

Long Island is the place for Amazon A letter to Amazon: There is a thirsty and smart young population that is settling down on Long Island. I see them every day at work. They’re the ones who live in their parents’ basements, have full-time jobs, side hustle and chase degrees. Your company represents an opportunity for these eager and employable folks. An opportunity that this demographic isn’t afraid to seize.

Across the United States there are similar populations and they make up a crucial part of the workforce. What differentiates this spot is the location. Besides the obvious geographical one, Brookhaven is home to a scientific marvel. I do not know exactly what a Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider is, but there are only two in the world. One of them is housed at Brookhaven National Laboratory. What I can

only assume is that Marvel-esque science is being practiced here. Talent sharing between the Amazon brains and the lab engineers at Brookhaven would surely produce breakthroughs in many areas.

Not five minutes down the road from the lab is the now defunct and vacant Dowling College.

This offers abundant land peppered with ornate preconstructed buildings and ample parking. The campus-style business center is perfect to promote the Amazon culture and perhaps encourage some civic pride.

To the south are the crisp waters of the Atlantic coast and further out east the glitz of the Hamptons. On the North Shore are vineyards and farms with a European vibe. Your distribution network could actually help these local businesses. Big picture, I see

Amazon drones and self-driving cars bringing local Long Island produce farm to table.

You guys deliver. You deliver on prices, on service, on goods and you unfathomably pack and ship within 48 hours. I know New York can deliver, too. The proximity to the economic capital of the world, by osmosis, has trained us from a young age that competition is good and that hard work pays off.

Amazon would thrive in this environment and the company would elevate the surrounding communities by introducing a new industry to the area.

Amazon, please consider the Town of Brookhaven for the location of your second North American headquarters.

Emmet Hawkins Wading River

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OpiniOn From Machiavelli to half marathons, relationships are limitless

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’m going to start with a headline relationship that would make Niccolò Machiavelli proud and work my way toward life on Main Street.

You remember Machiavelli? That’s the author who wrote “The Prince,” which was first published way back in 1532, about how to manipulate people to survive and use any means available.

Wait, please don’t go. There won’t be a test and that’s the last date I’ll put in this column.

Promise.

So, I’m thinking about relaBy Daniel Dunaief tionships because of the new and improved dynamic between President Donald Trump and his Best Friend for Now — BFN, anyone? — Sen. Mitch McConnell. After a few tough losses, the Republican leaders seemed testy in

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their exchanges.

No, no, they said earlier this week, that wasn’t so. They are buddies and they agree on everything. Well, almost everything. According to sources, the senior senator also wants two scoops of ice cream when he visits the White House, but the commander in chief has no intention of changing his ice cream policies, even for his BFN. Anyway, what brought these two older white men together? Did they talk about what it’s like to be misunderstood? Were they eager to find a friend in Washington, D.C., and did neither of them want to get a dog, as the expression goes?

No, they came together because they need to. It’s so much easier, they decided, to agree and to work together than to disagree. That sounds reasonable, but what would Machiavelli think? I suspect he’d be thrilled. After all, it’s about surviving, learning to fight another day and moving the chess pieces of life around on the board.

Fortunately, and I won’t put the date in here because I don’t want to break

my promise, chess was invented before “The Prince” was published. If you want to find it, you can look it up on the internet, which is the source of all information and misinformation in the universe. So, Machiavelli would have known about chess and the need to sacrifice the short-term humiliation of needing anyone and the mutually assured long-term gain of having allies in Washington.

OK, so let’s step away from the seat of our democracy and go out into the real world. Why do the rest of us need relationships and what can they do for us?

Are we like ants and bees, who need each other for specialized jobs?

Yes and no. Certainly, I would have a hard time building my own house.

I feel as if I have an incompetence allergy to the words “some assembly required.” I am also visual-arts deficient.

People offer all kinds of false modesty, saying things like, “I used to ski a little” or “I used to do a bit of singing,” when they almost made the Olympic team and were a few auditions short

of starring next to Julie Andrews on Broadway. I, however, am not being modest. If I were responsible for building walls and decorating them, we’d be living in caves and would be staring at uninspiring chalk drawings of woolly mammoths.

So, yes, our individual deficiencies suggest we do need each other. But, maybe, we benefit not just what we get from others.

One of my good friends is in a new relationship. He has always been in decent physical shape. He’s not much of a reader and has shied away from even the shortest of reading assignments.

Anyway, he’s dating a woman who is a regular runner and an avid reader. Lo and behold, he recently beamed after completing a half marathon and is happily building his own personal library.

Maybe the best and longest lasting relationships are those that push us to find the best in ourselves. It’s not exactly Machiavelli 101 and it doesn’t require a press conference, but maybe the right relationships are those that help us develop in unexpected ways.

The unknown prince and the world of imperfect children

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he recently aired story of Queen Elizabeth II’s uncle forcefully reminded me of my mother. I was probably thinking of my mother, since it would have been her birthday this past Monday. She was born in 1906, one year after Prince John.

The sixth and last child of the then-Prince of Wales and Mary — by 1910, King George V and Queen Mary — young John was a handsome but unusually rambunctious member of the House

By Leah S. Dunaief of Windsor. That may have had something to due with his diagnosis of epilepsy at age 4.

From that time, Prince John lived increasingly out of public view, looked after by a governess, and there are no official portraits of him after age 8. He died from a severe seizure when he was just 13 years old. Only then was

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his illness disclosed to the general public along with his learning disability, and on some official family trees of the royals his name was erased altogether.

It was not at all unusual at that time and through much of the ensuing 20th century for families to hide their imperfect children. Often those were separated from their families and sent to institutions, where they died, perhaps from inattention or wanton neglect. Another such prominent family with a less-than-perfect child was that of Arthur Miller, the acclaimed writer of morality plays. He and his third wife had a mentally retarded son who was separated from his parents and sister, given over to the care of an older, childless couple and barely acknowledged, an apparent embarrassment to his cerebral father.

Into this world my younger sister, Maxine, was born in 1942. She was diagnosed with Down syndrome almost immediately, and my mother’s highly regarded New York City obstetrician advised my parents to “do yourselves a favor and throw her into the nearest garbage can.” We live in an entirely different world today, made so by much of

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the investigative reporting of journalists like Geraldo Rivera and his expose of terrible and unconscionable conditions at the Willowbrook State School on Staten Island in the 1970s. The courageous outing of their disabled sister by the Kennedys in the 1960s was also a transformative moment in this change from hiding away children with handicaps to helping them develop as humans entitled to their lives.

Fully supported in her decision by my father, my mother fiercely insisted that my sister had every right to be loved and brought up alongside her other two children. She then devoted the rest of her life to caring for and teaching Maxine to the extent possible.

There were no public schools to help the mentally challenged at the time any more than there were facilities to aid those with physical disabilities.

But my mother, with infinite patience, taught my “profoundly retarded” (that was her diagnosis) sister to read and do simple arithmetic on perhaps a secondgrade level. In addition, Maxine was accepted into a private school for those with disabilities run by the Catholic

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Church in Brooklyn, which further helped her development.

My sister was a delightful member of our family with a wickedly good sense of humor and a heart full of kindness and love. She enriched all our lives and lived until 2008, something of a record for those with Down syndrome.

Maxine was unlucky to be born with a severe disability and in the first half of the 20th century. But she was incredibly lucky to have my father and mother as her parents. My mother completely ignored the stares of passersby on the streets and on the buses of New York who had never before seen a person with Down syndrome.

She valiantly withstood the ire of her sisters, who emotionally urged her to “put Maxine away,” the euphemistic phrase for institutionalizing, because she would ruin the good marriage prospects of the next generation if she were seen. And she integrated Maxine into her daily life to the edification of the neighborhood, whose residents came to greatly respect my parents and enjoy Maxine.

Happy Birthday, Mom.

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