The Village Beacon Record - February 8, 2018

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Vol. 33, No. 29

February 8, 2018

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What’s inside

A tale of two groundhogs: Will spring come early? A2 Tuscany market supplies vets with football feast A3 Miller Place Duck Pond may get cleanup funding A4 Rocky Point firehouse set for rebuild this June A5

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Also: ‘Shakespeare in Love’ opens in Smithtown, Valentine’s Day scavenger hunt, Art exhibits on the North Shore

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ATTENTION

Groundhogs tell conflicting stories

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Miller Place, Rocky Point & Shoreham-Wading River School District Residents

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A new request must be submitted each year for each child. It is strongly recommended that anyone even considering sending their child to a non-public school in September 2018 file an application for transportation with their home school district by April 1st.

Failure to do so will result in the denial of your late request.

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The snowflakes stopped falling moments before Brookhaven’s famous groundhog offered this year’s prediction — it was a good omen of what is to come.

More than 100 residents cheered as the famed Town of Brookhaven groundhog, Holtsville Hal, did not see his shadow, an indicator that spring would come early this year. Conversely, Malverne Mel saw his shadow, calling for six more weeks of winter.

Their more famous relative, Punxsutawney Phil, agreed with Mel while perched on a stump in his home state of Pennsylvania.

Staten Island Chuck went the way of Hal. Town Highway Superintendent Dan Losquadro (R) was keeping his fingers crossed for an early spring.

“I’m happy,” he said. “We love winter here on Long Island. We love the kids to be able to play in the snow, but we don’t want winter to last any longer than it has to.”

Hal made his 22nd annual Groundhog Day prediction at the Wildlife and Ecology Center Animal Preserve in Holtsville at 7:25 a.m., as per tradition, according to the master of ceremonies Wayne Carrington.

Tradition says that if Hal — or, as he’s known in the town as a throwback to the classic Bill Murray movie “Groundhog Day,” the Great Prognosticator of Prognosticators — sees his shadow when he wakes from hibernation, the community is in for six more weeks of winter.

“So he exited the ground, not a creature was stirring and not a shadow was found,”

read Losquadro from a large scroll to the cheers of onlookers. “I cannot tell a lie, my prediction so accurate does not come from the sky. I saw what I saw in a blink of an eye.”

Those who attended were treated to free hot cocoa to warm up and celebrate the good news. Both Losquadro and Carrington asked residents to make donations to the ecology center to help support care for its animals and programs.

“I don’t know what to wear anymore,” said Carrington. “Mr. Weatherman, and weathermen across the universe, please listen to the groundhog today. Listen to the groundhog, please make it so I know what to wear.”

For more information about Holtsville Hal, visit his website www.holtsvillehal.org.

See page B26 for more photos from the Holtsville ecology site event.

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‘I have a gifted life, I’m doing well right now. To see people [in need] who put their lives on the line and did their time, it’s not right.’

— Tommy O’Grady right on it in two seconds,” the chairman said.

“I was so embarrassed to call him back and tell him there’d been a change of plans, but when Robert went in to sit with him after the vet relocations he still said, ‘I’ve got everything.’ They were stunned — they literally had tears in their eyes. They couldn’t believe how generous he was going to be. That’s a hell of a donation.”

Cornicelli, who served in the United States Army from 1986 to 1994 and r turned as a captain until his retirement from the reserves in November 2017, has provided meals

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On the day of the big game, Tommy O’Grady was the real patriot.

The owner of Miller Place’s Tuscany Gourmet Market donated food for 107 local veterans to make sure the servicemen and women could enjoy Super Bowl LII. Original plans were to prepare a feast for 40 veterans at the VA Northport Beacon House Homeless Shelter through Veterans For A More Responsive Government, a nonprofit working to increase the public’s awareness of harassment and mistreatment of disabled U.S. veterans.

Pipes burst at the Beacon House Jan. 12, according to Todd Goodman, spokesman for Northport VAMC, and the veterans were split up and moved to nine different homes after making plans to watch the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots duke it out. When O’Grady was approached with the change of plans, he didn’t hesitate to alter his.

“I have a gifted life, I’m doing well right now. To see people [in need] who put their lives on the line and did their time, it’s not right,” O’Grady said. “For me, to give this to them, it’s the only way to say ‘Thank you.’”

O’Grady had been connected with Robert Cornicelli, founder of the veterans nonprofit group, through his childhood friend and Suffolk County Republican Committee Chairman John Jay LaValle. The two grew up in Centereach together, and when LaValle was approached by Cornicelli asking first for help stretching his $540 into food for 40, he knew who to call.

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A local ecosystem needs saving.

The Miller Place Duck Pond — located at the intersection of North Country Road and Rocky Point Landing Road — is too low, looks dirty in the summertime and appears to be invaded by destructive species.

Those are some of the complaints residents have made to Tom Carrano, Brookhaven Town’s assistant waterways management supervisor, who has been monitoring the pond with his team in recent years, determining that the concerns are valid.

The small but vibrant pool of water, which sits across from Laddie A. Decker Sound Beach School and has long served as an educational tool for its teachers, has been found to be overrun with a multitude of plant species not native to Long Island, some identified and some not, which Carrano said have the potential to “wreak real havoc.”

The pond currently contains water lilies, plants that thrive in areas of high nitrogen loading and sedimentation, and, possibly, Caboma and watermilfoils — plants whose root systems are known to threaten the quality of fresh waters, greatly affecting swimming and fishing.

Because of these findings, the town board recently submitted a grant application to the Suffolk County Water Quality Protection and Restoration Program as well as the Stewardship Initiative in hopes of acquiring funds to eradicate the invasive species and restore and maintain the health of the water.

“We’re just hoping to make this little ecosystem — which is very special to the community — better than it is today,” Carrano said. “There aren’t that many areas left where local amphibians and reptiles can go on the North Shore, so these small systems are extremely important.”

The restoration, of which the projected cost is $240,000 with a $120,000 town match, will include dredging the pond to remove excess sediments and all invasive plant matter and using the highway department’s Vortechs unit — a hydrodynamic separator that “combines swirl concentration and flow controls into a shallow treatment unit and retains trash, debris, sediment and hydrocarbons” — to reduce stormwater runoff and filter clean water from natural wetlands. If the grant is received, Carrano said he expects work would begin in the summer of 2019.

A grant would help pay for dredging of Miller Place Duck Pond, above, which has been contaminated by nonnative fish and plants being dumped into it, warned against on a sign by the pond, below left.

“We have a very comprehensive plan that we’ve worked on and we’d like to go after some grant funding to go and take care of it,” Councilwoman Jane Bonner (C-Rocky Point) said. “We’re taking it piece by piece.

We know we can do the dredging in-house, because we’ve done so in the past.”

Bonner said the pond was dredged and invasive species were taken out in the 1980s, but said the problem is, over time, people dump their own fish into the water. “[Dumping] what’s in their own fish tanks, such as plants, and they’re not native to the Island,” she said. “Birds drop seeds, animals drop seeds and then you have invasives. The grant funds will go toward bringing the pond back to where it was.”

Carrano said by installing the Vortechs unit and creating a cleaner water filter, he is confident it would stop all sediments from entering the water again, eliminating the need to have to worry about dredging the pond for a “very long time after this.”

Although the wetland is outside of his district, state Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) spoke highly of the plan to save it, calling the pond “a crown jewel” in the Miller Place community.

“This is a very important water body simply because it anchors one end of the historic district in Miller Place and is, visually, critically important to the sense of place for that whole area,” the assemblyman said, noting insects reproduce in the water, and it attracts birds, reptiles and local wildlife. “We don’t have many ponds on Long Island on an overall landscape basis and open freshwater bodies are extremely rare, so I would strongly support the idea of restoring it.”

He did, however, warn dredging too deep with a perched pond like this runs the risk of taking away the clay base that holds the water.

“That would not be good,” Englebright said. “So, while dredging makes sense, it also makes sense to try to restore the pond to a shallow depth rather than gauging down deeper, which could be dangerous.”

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FIRE Rocky Point closer to constructing new firehouse

BY KEVIN REDDING KEVIN@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM With an extra push from the town, Rocky Point Fire District is setting its sights on early June to begin construction of a more durable and up-to-date firehouse in the footprint of its existing one at 90 King Road. The $8.5 million project, approved by the public in a vote in August 2017, also includes the acquisition of a new aerial ladder truck.

During the Jan. 25 Town of Brookhaven board meeting, council members voted to waive the project’s site plan requirements and building fees, turning an administrative review over to its Department of Planning, Environment and Land Management instead of outside engineers. This reduces the overall cost to taxpayers and speeds up the “shovel in the ground” process, according to fire district officials.

“Every little bit helps,” said Rocky Point Fire District Vice Chairman Kirk Johnson, who was unable to provide the exact costs the fire district would be saving at this time. “It’s not astronomical, but there are significant costs, and those things add up.”

Fire district officials have been working alongside architect group Hawkins Webb Jaeger since last year to fine-tune the design

of the new firehouse — which the project’s architect said will be made of natural stone as opposed to brick; consist of pitched roofs and a hidden flat roof for storage of mechanical equipment; and include a spacious meeting room as well as a “ready room” for responders, who currently have to put on their gear in the way of incoming and outgoing fire trucks.

The building will also be up to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards, the most widely used green building rating system in the world; include energyefficient LED lights; and be equipped with better, more cost-efficient heating and cooling systems.

It was designed to have a “more residential feel” than the existing, decades-old building, according to Michael Russo, an associate architect — Jane Bonner at Hawkins Webb Jaeger.

“We felt this would be the bookend to the north end of the Rocky Point business district and something that works well for the edge of a residential community and the end of a North Shore downtown center,” Russo said.

Councilwoman Jane Bonner (C-Rocky Point) spoke of the benefits of the new design.

“It’s a very modest firehouse, very traditional looking, and it will blend in nicely in the community and downtown,” she

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‘The fire district is very fiscally conservative, but the first responders don’t have room, they respond to an enormous amount of calls and the building isn’t very energy-efficient. This needs to be done.’

Plans for the new Rocky Point firehouse on King Road. Ground is scheduled to be broken in June. said. “The fire district is very fiscally conservative, but the first responders don’t have room, they respond to an enormous amount of calls and the building isn’t very energy-efficient. This needs to be done.”

Russo and Johnson said upon breaking ground in June, they hope to complete construction of the new building’s apparatus bay by winter, so the fire vehicles can

or other structures due to the HVAC system, it will be repaired.”

Continued from page A3 O’Grady said he wanted to donate the not-so-standard London broil and balsamic for veterans around the holidays for some chicken heroes, wings, salads and cookie time, but officially founded his nonprofit trays so that the money Cornicelli had raised, this year. A disabled veteran himself, he’s matched with a donation from LaValle’s Reundergone four back surgeries, knee surgery publican National Committee funds, could go and foot surgery, and said toward repairs. while his mission this time “Robert is passionate around was to make the about this, and I’m just party happen despite the backing him,” the Tuscany setback, he said he hopes a Market owner said. “We’re mindfulness for the needs making it all happen for of veterans emerges. him. We want to raise “The conditions at the awareness, so people can Beacon House are horrible,” come together to get this he said. “I took photos of home fixed.” moldy walls, ceilings. It’s Cornicelli teamed up disgusting.” with fellow St. James resiConversely, Goodman dents William Mountzousaid the pipe that burst in ros, a volunteer, and Allan Building II was in the bathFajardo, a veteran, to drop off the food at the various room of a structure originalveterans homes. Fajardo ly used as an administrative said he has been directly building, not residential, — John Jay LaValle affected by Cornicelli. The and was repaired quickly.

Honduras native served He said heating upgrades in the Army from 1994 to were being made, which is 2016, and enlisted Cornicelli. He returned to why the vets were displaced.

“The $1.1 million project to replace the the states a homeless veteran, and his friend HVAC system will be under construction opened his home to him, providing food and soon and completed in summer 2018,” he shelter. With the help of LaValle and former said. “[The pipe burst] played no factor and Smithtown Supervisor Pat Vecchio, Fajardo had no impact on the relocation of the vet- earned part-time jobs within Smithtown and erans. If there is any damage to the ceiling Brookhaven towns, eventually becoming an

‘If everyone did what Tommy did, there’d be a lot fewer problems in this world, that’s for sure — certainly there wouldn’t be any world hunger.’

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be stored and protected against freezing temperatures. During construction, fire district personnel will work out of portable trailers and possibly garages being offered up by community members.

Johnson said he estimates the project will take up to a year to complete. The fire district will be going out to bid for contractors in the coming months.

Forty veterans were displaced after pipes burst at the VA Northport Beacon House Homeless Shelter. investigator for the Town of Islip.

“It’s thanks to those guys that I’m here,” Fajardo said. “When I saw the work [Cornicelli] was doing I immediately hopped on board.

It’s a great feeling helping out brothers and sisters in need.”

LaValle said seeing the groups of “good guys” come together has been mental therapy for him.

“It’s a tough world right now,” he said. “It’s a very hostile world at times. This is something that’s been really rewarding because you learn you may think you have it bad, and you may be whining about something, but it’s very true that there’s always someone out there who has it worse. Now I want to do more to help out.”

He pointed to Cornicelli and O’Grady as prime examples of model citizens.

“If everyone did what Tommy did, there’d be a lot fewer problems in this world, that’s for sure — certainly there wouldn’t be any world hunger,” he said, laughing. “And what Robert is doing is absolutely wonderful, he deserves a lot of credit.”

But on the day of the Super Bowl, Cornicelli called O’Grady the real hero, who donated much more than just heroes.

“I never met the guy in my life, and he tells me he’s taking care of the whole thing — it’s unbelievable,” Cornicelli said. “He broke everything down to the exact amount needed to feed the veterans at each location, and it’s an amazing feeling when these guys’ eyes are wide open, saying, ‘This is what we’re getting?’ rather than bagged lunches. It’s refreshing to see guys helping out. Tommy, he’s one of the greatest patriots I’ve ever met.”

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LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS Miller Place Union Free School District 7 Memorial Drive, Miller Place, NY 11764 The Board of Education of the Miller Place Union Free School District hereby invites sealed proposals for providing transportation for 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 years commencing in the school year 2018-2019 for contracts for home-to-school transportation. Proposals should include pricing for supplying the necessary buses, drivers, equipment and services to perform transportation for approximately 21 full size buses to public or private schools. In the best interests of the District, the Board of Education reserves the right to award the transportation contracts for 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 year period. Future one-year or multiple-year contract extensions may be awarded at the discretion of the Board of Education. The award of multi-year contracts is subject to and is conditioned upon the approval of the Miller Place Union Free School District voters.

The Request for Proposal, including forms for proposal, certification, conditions, and specifications may be obtained from the District’s Business Office, located at 7 Memorial Drive, New York 11764 between 9:00AM and 3:00PM, Monday through Friday, prior to the time and date specified below.

In all cases, it must be understood that the conditions set forth in the Request for Proposals issued by the District will apply. Sealed proposals must be mailed or delivered to the Purchasing Agent, Miller Place Union Free School District, 7 Memorial Drive, New York 11764 and must be clearly marked “Request for Proposal: Student Transportation.”

Proposals will be received until 2:00 PM on Tuesday, February 27, 2018. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject all proposals, waive any informalities in proposals, and to negotiate any portion of proposals. Any aspects of the service not addressed by the Specifications are left to the proposer to address. Alternatives to the Specifications or Additions to the Specifications are to be clearly identified by the proposer.

Proposals for each transportation contract will be evaluated according to the following weighted criteria established by the District in accordance with Education Law § 305(14) and Section 156.12 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education: Category Description 1-A. Previous experience of Proposer in school bus transportation

Weight 10.0

1-B.

Name of each additional transportation company in which Proposer is or has been a owner, principal or manager and the Proposer’s experience with same.

5.0

2-A.

Descriptions of any Safety Programs implemented by Proposer.

Include supporting documents in proposal Record of accidents in motor vehicles under the control of the Proposer for the past five (5) years, if applicable.

List of Insurance runs and ratio of injury vs. physical damage.

2-B.

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Driving history of employees of the company and driving practices.

Include abstracts and driving records.

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Inspection records and model year of the motor vehicles under the control of Proposer (NYS DOT BUSNET score). Include BUSNET for ALL Nassau and Suffolk locations.

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Maintenance schedule of the motor vehicles under the control of the Proposer. List programs and preventive maintenance programs implemented and followed.

7.5

3-A. 3-B. 4-A.

Financial analysis of Proposer. (Include financial statements) 5.0 Documentation of compliance with the state and local motor vehicle insurance and bonding requirements. Include insurance certificate. 5.0 Overall total cost of proposal over the period of time requested.

25.0 (Points will be awarded as a percentage of all Proposers.)

Total = 100.00

A minimum score of 85 is required to be eligible for an award.

The Commissioner of Education, in addition to her existing statutory authority to approve or disapprove transportation contracts, may reject any award of a transportation contract that is based on an evaluation of proposals submitted in response to a Request for Proposal if she finds that (1) the contractor is not responsive to the Request for Proposal; or (2) the Proposal is not in the best interests of the District.

All proposals must remain open and binding upon the proposer for a period of 120 days following the time and date designated for the receipt of proposals and will thereafter remain firm. At the discretion of the District, security in the form of a bond or irrevocable letter of credit of not less than 10% of the total amount of the annual proposed cost, pledging that the Proposer will enter into a contract with the District on the terms stated in his/ her proposal, may be required to be submitted with a proposal.

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POLICE BLOTTER Incidents and arrests Feb. 1–5 Motorcycle stolen

A 42-year-old man from Coram allegedly stole a 1993 Suzuki motorcycle from a location on Montauk Highway in Moriches Jan. 14, according to police. He was arrested Feb. 2 in Port Jefferson Station and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny.

Fight with injury

While at a location on Patchogue Road in Port Jefferson Station March 17, 2017, at about 5 p.m., a 44-year-old man from Port Jefferson allegedly punched another man in the face, breaking his nose, according to police. He was arrested Feb. 2 in Port Jefferson and charged with third-degree assault.

Hit and run

On Feb. 1 at about 8 p.m., a 30-year-old man from Miller Place driving a 1999 Dodge allegedly backed into a 2015 Ford while on Honey Lane in Miller Place and fled the scene without exchanging insurance or contact information, according to police. He was arrested Feb. 4 and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.

Unlicensed driver

A 28-year-old woman from Sound Beach was allegedly driving a 2004 Jeep on Miller Place Road in Miller Place at about 4 p.m. Feb. 4 with a suspended license, according to police. She was arrested and charged with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Shoplifting/store credit ruse

At about 2:30 p.m. Feb. 5, a 23-year-old man from Centereach allegedly stole an internet router from Lowe’s Home Improvement on Route 112 in Medford, returned it for store credit, and then used the store credit to purchase a Porter-Cable air compressor, which he allegedly later sold for cash, according to police. He was arrested and charged with petit larceny.

Phone scam

A resident of a home on Piedmont Drive in Port Jefferson Station received a phone call at about 1 p.m. Feb. 2 from a man stating she was owed a refund from computer repair work previously done at her home, according to police. She gave the man her account information under the guise of him depositing the refund into her account, and instead money was withdrawn, police said.

Attacked walking to car

At a home on Avolet Court in Mount Sinai Feb. 4 at about 11 p.m., someone exited the house to retrieve an item from a vehicle parked outside and was allegedly approached by an unknown man who caused minor lacerations to the face and stomach of the victim with an unknown object, according to police.

Hit and run 2

While on Perigee Drive in Stony Brook Feb. 2 at about 9 a.m., a 21-year-old woman from Stony Brook driving a 2009 Audi allegedly crashed into a parked 2017 Chevrolet and left the scene without exchanging insurance or contact information, according to police. She was arrested Feb. 5 in Selden and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.

Mall shoplifting

A 53-year-old woman from Selden allegedly stole a total of five pairs of Beats by Dre headphones from stores in the Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington on two separate occasions — Nov. 9 and Dec. 10 — according to police. She was arrested Feb. 1 in Selden and charged with fourthdegree grand larceny and petit larceny.

Prescription drugs

At about 2:30 p.m. Feb. 3 while in a 2004 Saturn on Route 347 in Setauket, a 27-yearold man from Coram allegedly possessed the drug Xanax without a valid prescription, according to police. He was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Pizza place fight

At Port Jeff Pizza on Main Street at about 3 a.m. Feb. 4, a man was allegedly punched in the face by another man, who fled immediately after, according to police.

Stolen vehicle

A 2006 Nissan was stolen from a home on Judith Drive in Coram Feb. 4 at about 4:30 a.m., according to police.

Train station assault

At about 1 p.m. Feb. 3, a man was walking in the parking lot of the Port Jefferson Long Island Rail Road station when an unknown suspect beat him with his bare hands, according to police.

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SPORTS

Clockwise from left, Mount Sinai’s Gabby Sartori maintains possession; Casey Campo carries the ball into Miller Place’s zone; Gabby Sartori finds her lane; and Mount Sinia’s Margaret Kopceinski, on right, knocks the ball away from Miller Place’s Alexa Corbin.

Sartori scores 28 points for Mustangs’ 19th win 

Mount Sinai 56, Miller Place 25

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Mustangs one win from perfect

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Team faces Hampton Bays today

BY DESIRÉE KEEGAN DESIREE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Gabby Sartori turned in her strongest showing of the season at the right time.

Mount Sinai’s junior guard tallied 15 of her game-high 28 points in the third quarter to put the contest out of reach in her girls basketball team’s 56-25 win at Miller Place Feb. 2. She also finished with seven rebounds and five assists.

“I thought Gabby had an unbelievable game,” head coach Jeff Koutsantanou said of the starter who eclipsed 1,500 career points earlier this season. “Best of the year.”

After Mount Sinai raced to a 10-0 start, Miller Place’s Ally Tarantino amped up the intensity, scoring all 11 of her points in the first half to get her team back within striking distance. The Panthers closed within one point twice, the second time, coming on a Tarantino buzzer-beater to bring the halftime score to 19-18. Sartori, who was guarding senior Jess Iavaroni in the first half, holding her scoreless, switched her focus to Tarantino, keeping her off the stat sheet in the second.

The Mustangs used five forced turnovers to swing the momentum back in its favor to open the third. Sartoti said her team never counted itself out.

“You can’t lose hope,” she said. “You have to keep your head up, especially when people are looking up to you. Our coaches did a good job of keeping us composed, we didn’t read into things. When the game gets close, we embrace it. I have so much fun in a game like this.”

The Mustangs finished with seven total turnovers and outscored the Panthers 37-7 in the second half. Junior guard Brooke Cergol, who added seven points and four assists, said the team used halftime to get a better game plan in place.

“At halftime, we all listen to each other talk about what we should keep doing, and what we need to change, and coming out in the third quarter we went after it,” she said. “What I love about this team is we all give our maximum effort. We have been in close games before, and we know how to handle it.”

Even when Mount Sinai wasn’t forcing turnovers, heavy defensive pressure was enough to disrupt Miller Place’s offensive flow.

“We like creating transition opportunity off turnovers — we like getting steals —

and if we don’t get a steal or we don’t force a turnover, they’re 15 seconds into the shot clock, at which point, they don’t have a lot of time to execute,” assistant coach John Mees said. “It manifested into some good results today.”

With one game left this season, Mount Sinai is one step closer to making history.

Last year, the Mustangs were one win away from a perfect season, dropping the last match of the regular season to ShorehamWading River. Mount Sinai improved to 19-0 overall and 15-0 in League VI with its latest win, and will host Hampton Bays today, Feb. 8, at 5:45 p.m., with the hope of becoming the first Mustangs team to complete a perfect season.

Mees said the younger athletes in the district are already motivated to emulate what they see upperclassmen doing out on the court. Sartori said she already sees it in the girls who come to clinics and to watch games.

“These girls are so confident in their abilities that they have loftier goals than

just 20 wins and being undefeated, and they’d rather take a loss and hold up that state championship trophy,” Mees said.

“Where it’s most impactful is how it affects the younger girls in the community. They look up to these girls as heroines. When it’s written up in the paper ‘Mustangs go undefeated,’ it inspires the younger girls to want to play, and that makes our program stronger going forward.”

Even though the victory would be a cherry on top of an already great season for the upperclassmen on senior night, the girls said they already have a playoff mindset, looking to defend their Suffolk County title.

“We were talking about it happening, but have no idea how it’s going to feel, but we’re excited,” Sartori said. “To see where we are now and how far we’ve come, it shows the amount of hard work we put into this season. It’s all coming to fruition now.”

Check www.tbrnewsmedia.com for results from Mount Sinai’s Feb. 8 game against Hampton Bays.

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R E A L E S TAT E Commercial Property/ Yard Space PUBLISHERS’ NOTICE All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.”

We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

Houses For Sale 55 OR OLDER AT 47 FREEMONT LANE CORAM. Neat 2 BR Ranch, 3 skylights, 5 appliances, CAC, Florida room, very affordable, $199,900.

STRATHMORE EAST 631-698-3400

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SATURDAY 2/10 1:00-3:00pm STONY BROOK 188 Christian Ave. 3 BR, 2.5 bath Colonial. Close to harbor, shops & station.

SD#1. MLS#*1300143. $539,000.

SUNDAY 2/11 2:00-4:00pm PORT JEFFERSON 706 Brewster Dr. 5BR, 3bath Farm Ranch. CAC, IGP, 2 car gar, wood flrs. SD# MLS#2983996. $595,000.

1:00-3:00pm OLD FIELD 141 Old Field Rd. 4BR, 3 bth Modern Ranch. Open flr plan.

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MLS#2987797. $1,200,000.

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Rentals PORT JEFF VILLAGE Beautiful, Spacious 1 BR Apartment. Private patio, Quiet. No Smoking. Wifi/Direct TV, includes utilities.

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istoric residential buildings and neighborhoods have a certain “je ne sais quoi” that appeals to our real estate dreams.

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However, our imaginations have a way of glossing over th less glamorous aspects of historic living. If you are considering life in a historically registered abode, reflect on the following lifestyle features bfore signing on the dotted line.

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Both can be automatically high and are above and beyond the sticker price of the home.

It is important to carefully go over your finances to ensure you cannot only afford to purchase the home but to keep it.

History costs.

REPAIRS Having to make repairs to any home is unpleasant, but if your building or home has been designated a landmark or holds a place on a historic register, it can be a logistical nightmare.

Many city landmark commissions require tenants to preserve the historic look of a home or building by using as many historically accurate materials as possible, which can get expensive very quickly.

LACK OF MODERN CONVENIENCES Think central air conditioning. Think small closets. Think pre-war co-op with no elevator.

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OPINION Editorial

Letters to the editor

Support for early voting in NYS TBR News Media

Suffolk schools need good partners There’s a lot of talk about public-private partnerships at all levels of government. If our state officials can strike a deal to benefit New York’s inmates, we think it’s time to negotiate for the benefit of our collective future — Suffolk County students.

New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision announced a deal with a private company, JPay, to provide free tablets to approximately 51,000 state prisoners. JPay is a Miamibased company that provides technology and services to help the incarcerated stay connected with people outside prison. The state prisoners will be able to read e-books, listen to music and even have family send money back to them.

“The decision by New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to allow inmates to be provided free tablets is a slap in the face and an insult to every hardworking, law-abiding, taxpaying family across New York State that struggles to provide these same tablets and other school supplies for their children,” said state Assemblyman Dean Murray (R-East Patchogue).

We have to agree. To be clear, helping incarcerated citizens develop tools for success upon their release is a worthwhile endeavor for both the individuals and the society they hope to assimilate back into at the conclusion of their sentence. However, if such a deal can be struck for those in jail, we’d like to see the New York State Department of Education at least attempt to negotiate a private-public partnership with technology manufacturers or educational software providers to see if a similar arrangement can be made.

It’s no secret that many Suffolk County teachers wind up purchasing basic supplies — crayons, construction paper, glue, markers, calculators and other supplies — for their classrooms out of their own pockets. If a penny of funding for basic staples is coming from teachers’ pockets, more expensive, big-ticket items must also be a problem, despite the passage of the Smart Schools Bond Act in 2014, which was enacted for the purpose of updating technology in schools.

Kings Park High School announced it received approval for its state technology initiative in November 2017, one of the first districts on Long Island to do so. It is the first time the district can afford major technological upgrades in 10 years. Let that sink in — the computers, networks and internet capabilities our students rely on are more than a decade old.

Suffolk County’s public schools educate more than 235,000 students from kindergarten through 12th grade, according to the New York State Department of Education’s figures for the 2016-17 school year. While this is five times more than our state prisoners, it should not be perceived as impossible.

We’d like to see the state education department and our school districts get creative in finding solutions to budgetary problems. School budget season is getting underway and finding and negotiating publicprivate partnerships with some of the large businesses in their backyard could be the solution taxpayers are looking for.

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In the news conference unveiling his 2018-19 executive state budget, Gov. Andrew Cuomo again calls for a plan to initiate early voting in New York State along with same-day voter registration.

It isn’t the first time he has called upon counties in New York to implement this plan. Unfortunately, his proposal has gone nowhere time and time again.

It is time for that to change.

Cuomo’s plan would require counties to offer at least one early voting polling location for every 50,000 residents during a 12-day period before Election Day. The polling sites would be open at least eight hours on weekdays and five hours on weekends, thereby providing multiple opportunities for those unable to accommodate a visit to the polls during their working hours.

New York is one of only 13 states to lack some form of early voting. In 2016’s presidential race, some 30 million Americans took advantage of early voting — none of them were from New York. In fact, statistics show that with 60.2 percent of the 231 million eligible voters casting ballots in the 2016 election, an increase compared to the 58.6 percent in 2012, national

turnout was still reduced by approximately 1.5 percent due to low turnout in three of the four most populous states: California, New York and Texas.

The six highest-ranking states in terms of voter turnout, according to a report by Nonprofit VOTE, which partners with nonprofits to assist people with participating in voting, all offered same-day voting registration.

In addition, unlike voters across the country, residents of New York can only vote ahead of time by absentee ballot if they can offer proof that their profession, business, travel, school work, illness or disability prevents them from getting to the polls.

The result of all these obstacles is that voter participation in New York is anemic. The antiquated system that exists due to an unwillingness on the part of the state Legislature to adopt new procedures is hampering the rights of individuals from all walks of life who want to participate in the election process.

In addition, counties want assurances that implementing new voting laws — which could cost an estimated $7 million — will not result in another unfunded state mandate. Gov. Cuomo needs to

provide that commitment.

The early voting measure, which has been embraced by the state Assembly has unfortunately fallen victim to partisan politics in the state Senate. But modernization of the voting system in New York must be a bipartisan priority to ensure that voters are not disenfranchised.

Voting is one of our most cherished rights as Americans, yet voter turnout is rarely what we hope it will be. Not everyone can get to the polls on Election Day or take time off from work to vote.

The governor’s early voting proposal will make it easier for New Yorkers to participate in the democratic process.

Times have changed, and although some traditions and laws forged in the past rightfully remain in place, others must adapt to changes in societal values, priorities and circumstances.

I support the governor in this endeavor and encourage our state lawmakers to do the same. You should do the same.

DuWayne Gregory Presiding Officer Suffolk County Legislature

Trump promises versus actions Dear Mr. President, Thank you for continuing to take the fight to ISIS. You deserve much credit for virtually eliminating ISIS as a threat.

Obama underestimated this threat and did not begin to make inroads until 2016 and you followed and modified that plan to completion.

But why are you escalating tensions with North Korea? Please do not replace the threat from ISIS with a threat of nuclear war.

Thank you for continuing to grow the U.S. economy and increasing jobs. In Obama’s last year, 2016, 2.34 million jobs were added. In 2017, 2.17 million jobs were added. Thank you for continuing this.

But where are the wage gains and the good working-class jobs that you promised? I hope they are coming, and without inflation.

Thank you for continuing to deport violent undocumented immigrants. Obama deported 5 million violent undocumented

immigrants. Your administration deported 100,000 last year.

Thank you for continuing to make this a priority.

But why are you ripping families apart by demonizing and deporting nonviolent undocumented immigrants? That’s more than 100,000 families ripped apart.

Thank you for cutting taxes on the working class.

But why are you also cutting taxes on the wealthy? What programs will you cut to ensure we don’t go into a deficit and burden future generations?

Thank you for highlighting investment in infrastructure, workforce development and job training, and paid family leave in your State of the Union address.

These are sorely needed and will benefit our country.

But how will you pay for these programs now that you cut taxes so dramatically on the wealthy? Hopefully not through more deficit spending.

Thank you for bringing the

“best and brightest” into your administration.

But, oh wait, you didn’t do that. You’ve just brought public embarrassment and rotating positions: Flynn, Scaramucci, Spicer, Priebus, Price, Dubke, Shaub, Fitzgerald. Your brightest addition, Tillerson, won’t deny having called you a moron.

Thank you for giving America great health care insurance, as promised.

Thank you for ensuring high ethical standards for politicians and mitigating corruption.

Thank you for applying sanctions to Russia for meddling in U.S. elections.

Thank you for coming clean about the debt you owe to Russia so that we know the Kremlin does not have its hands in your pockets.

But, oh wait, none of those things have happened yet.

Jaymie Meliker Port Jefferson

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OPINION

Superheroes are transformed into lightning rods

P

eople spend millions of dollars each year to find compatible friends and dates.

The dating sites, the self-help books and magazines and the life coaches ask copious questions about our likes and dislikes and what we need around us.

Maybe they are missing a key question that can reveal important yet hard-todescribe details about how we feel about ourselves and the world. That question relates to our feelings for lightning rod figures.

Let’s start

By Daniel Dunaief with Tom Brady, who just lost his third Super Bowl last Sunday, despite a heroic effort. The quarterback, who has won five other Super Bowls, is a

D. None of the above

legend, is extraordinarily successful and has one of the most impressive résumés of anyone in the game. Indeed, even people who know nothing about football — and I have a foot in that camp — know who he is and have an awareness of his remarkable success.

In a country that celebrates victories, however, he doesn’t seem to be high on the national likability scale.

I’m sure there are plenty of Patriots fans who disagree and think the world loves their superhero. Sorry, but I’m sure you can find the Brady haters on the internet.

Anyway, maybe what causes them to dislike the superstar is the spectacular and well-earned selfconfidence. Maybe it’s the fairy tale life. Then again, isn’t that what we all buy into when we watch Disney movies? Doesn’t his name, Tom Brady, suggests some kind of Disney superhero, who saves the day with perfectly placed passes despite defenses bearing down on him?

Then again, maybe, for some his

friendship with Donald Trump is problematic.

The president has become an important compatibility filter as well. It’s hard to imagine two people agreeing to disagree calmly about a president who some believe has either saved us from the likes of Hillary Clinton or has created new and deep fault lines in the country.

Then there are those people who seem to fall into and out of favor.

Watching the movie “Darkest Hour,” it’s clear that other politicians didn’t see Winston Churchill as a superhero whose destiny was to lead the British nation through one of its most challenging crises. He was the right man at the right time for an impossible job, facing what seemed like insurmountable odds.

And yet, despite his cigar-chomping, nation-inspiring heroics, it was bye, bye Winston almost immediately after World War II ended.

The same could be said of America’s mayor, Rudy Giuliani. He wasn’t

exactly a legend in New York before Sept. 11, 2001, as he seemed to pick fights with everyone and anyone. And then, after 9/11, he somehow struck just the right balance for a nation in mourning, offering sympathy and support while remaining proud of the country and defiant in the face of the attack. After he left office, the bloom came off that rose quickly as well.

Then there’s George W. Bush — or “43,” if you prefer. Many people couldn’t stand him when he was in office, with his nuke-u-lar (for nuclear), his snickering and his parodyable speech patterns. And yet, these days, his image and his reputation have made a comeback, particularly today as common ground seems to be disappearing under the feet of the two major political parties.

Maybe these dating sites shouldn’t ask your hobbies, religious preferences or favorite foods. Instead, they should ask what you think of Tom Brady, the current U.S. president and the wartime prime minister of England.

Love is in the air: Happy Valentine’s Day!

H

ere are some sentiments about that undefinable emotion: Love.

Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointlife has

By Leah S. Dunaief ments thrown at you.

When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement.

They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or

Between you and me

laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever.

Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colors seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there is no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby.

Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you.

You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do.

Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon.

You open your heart knowing there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.

Bob Marley Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Lao Tzu

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There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life.

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John Lennon I heard what you said. I’m not the silly romantic that you think.

I don’t want the heavens or the shooting stars. I don’t want gemstones or gold. I have those things already. I want … a steady hand. A kind soul. I want to fall asleep, and wake, knowing my heart is safe. I want to love and be loved.

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