The Village Beacon Record - March 14, 2019

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Vol. 34, No. 34

March 14, 2019

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The state of Brookhaven town

Town supervisor touts Brookhaven’s finances, calls for new environmental and infrastructure projects

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BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A lucky group of third-graders at the North Coleman Road Elementary School in Centereach received a visit March 8 from Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. (D) as part of the New York State Pick a Reading Partner program. The program encourages reading together for at least 20 minutes daily, stressing that reading can be fun and informative, and also that it is the most important activity in a child’s education.

Students picked Dr. Seuss books for Toulon to read to them including, “Fox in Socks,” a book full of tongue twisters.

“Being a former educator — I hold a doctorate in education — it is extremely

important that we emphasize reading and reading books, not necessarily from a computer, tablet or phone,” Toulon said. “Because this is the basis that will help them get through life.”

Third-grade teacher Christina Anderson had similar sentiments saying that reading is vital to a child’s development and that it can open many doors for them.

“I was happy he was able to come today — I think the class really enjoyed the experience,” she said.

PARP was first developed in 1978 by state Sen. James Donovan, who was the chairman of the State Senate Education Committee.

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“Hopefully I can do something like this in a few more schools in the future,” Toulon said.

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Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai resident to open shop showcasing local artists “This way if it sells you pay, if it doesn’t you don’t pay,” she said. “This is a talented group of people that is here locally.”

Items in the store are expected to be changed out every 90 days, and the owner expects to host several community events after hours, including giving artist the opportunity to showcase their entire line, doing crocheting classes, book signings, storytelling and podcasts. Her website will be a digital version of the store, showcasing the artists work so those unable to come into the store can still see the artist’s work.

“What motivates me is the energy that these people have,” Walker said. “It’s said you lift yourself by lifting others, and that’s what this is going to do.”

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A shelf can be a curious thing. When walking into a stranger’s house, what you may find on the shelves, whether it be pictures, books, art, can tell you much about that person.

In a small shop located at 218 E. Main St., one local woman is trying to get others to discover something about local artists through the shelves she’s built to showcase their work.

Diana Walker, a 25-year resident of Mount Sinai, is planning to open a consignment shop called The Shelf at East Main, a new spot that will showcase artists and entrepreneurs talents in a way many artists rarely have the opportunity to do so.

“To classify it, it is an artisan market,” Walker said. “The aim of this is to lift others through community connection, and also educate the community on the talent that is here locally.”

The idea has been sitting in Walker’s head for several years, since she helped her son Kyle arrange an art show in the Port Jefferson Village Center for him and a group of fellow artists.

During the show she overheard several conversations about the artists who were desperately

Above, The Shelf at East Main; right, shelves Diana Walker will use for artists. Photos by Kyle Barr

looking for ways to break into the art scene.

“Talking to the artists I heard, ‘It’s so hard to find places to exhibit,’ and ‘It’s so hard to sell,” she said. “I thought, wouldn’t it be nice where there was a place where they could sell their work, we could have events more regularly, to get their work out there not only to buy but just to experience?”

As of March 1, Walker had 32 artists signed onto the store, though not all will be present

when it comes time for the grand opening April 19. She’s proud that many of the artists she expects to showcase come from all walks of life. She said a veteran has signed on to showcase his work, several older retired folks and even children as young as 9 years old.

The new shop owner said since artists already have a tough time showcasing their work, often not having the funds to do so, she will take a percentage of each sale.

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County

County announces shared services with municipalities to combat tick-borne illness North Shore communities have found a partner in the battle against ticks and the diseases they carry.

On March 6, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) announced the SuffolkSHARE Public Health Partnership. A part of the county’s shared services initiative, the new partnership will leverage the efforts of 10 local governments and the Suffolk County Department of Health Services to research and combat ticks and tick-borne illness, according to a press release from the county.

“This new partnership is another example of local governments

working together to save taxpayer dollars and protect the public health of our residents,” Bellone said in the statement. “By taking collective action, we are expanding education, collection, and analysis to ensure that we have the information and resources at our disposal to deal with these illnesses head on.”

With the new partnership, towns and villages will be able to strengthen their efforts to combat ticks in ways that were previously prohibitive due to high cost and limited resources, according to the release.

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Eight villages and two towns will work in conjunction with the county, including Asharoken, Northport, Head of the Harbor, Old Field and Belle Terre, according to the press release.

“Protecting public health is a priority for the Village of Belle Terre, and mitigating the risk of ticks and tick-borne illness is an important mission,” Bob Sandak, the Village of Belle Terre mayor, said in a statement. “Having the ability to work with other local governments and Suffolk County on this issue will give us the opportunity to address it effectively and affordably.”

Recently, Belle Terre moved to allow deer hunting within the village, citing that New York State is the only governing body that can restrict hunting. Sandak said at a Jan. 15 village meeting, where the possibility of deer culling in part with Port Jefferson Village was discussed, that in the near-mile radius of the village boundaries, there could be as many as 300 deer. It was expected that culling could bring the number of deer down to approximately 50.

The Department of Health Services will provide resources and guidance when it comes to ticks, while the county will facilitate testing of samples, collection of data and additional analysis. The cooperative procurement of corn, tickicide and other materials, as well as municipalities working together to collect samples to have them analyzed will happen at a cheaper rate due to consolidation, according to county officials.

The county health department and Suffolk County Department of Public Works Vector Control Unit will consult with villages launching their initial efforts at tick mitigation, tick-borne illness mitigation and deer mitigation, which may include municipalities sustaining a four-poster (also known as a deer feeder); using environmental controls, such as landscaping; and utilizing birth control. The participating local governments will assist the Department of Health Services with community education regarding the risk of ticks and how to avoid bites, tick collection for testing and health monitoring of residents.

According to the press release, North Haven, Saltaire and Shelter Island already operate four-posters. The deer feeders brush tickicide onto the animals to keep them free of ticks.

“While tick-borne illnesses remain a major concern amongst our community, we continue to look for new and innovative ways to protect the public’s health,” said Michael Levine, Village of Old Field mayor, in a statement. “Thanks to the work of County Executive Bellone and the creation of this new partnership, we will now be able to asses tick conditions, develop a comprehensive plan to combat this public health issues, and educate our residents on ways to stay safe.”

— Rita J. Egan

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Perspectives

Brexit: To leave or not to leave, that is the big question From the view of a Brit, drawing parallels to elections in the U.S.

BY JOHN BROVEN DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Part 1 of 2 After 46 years, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is due to leave the European Union March 29 in an exercise that has been labeled Brexit. You may have heard the term on BBC World News, C-SPAN2’s “Prime Minister’s Questions” and John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” (HBO), or read about the ongoing saga in The New York Times or The Washington Post. Still, in general the United States media coverage has been relatively muted in what has been a complex, often hard-to-understand process.

Yet there are enough parallel circumstances across the pond to warrant making it a big news event over here in the U.S. It certainly matters a lot if, like me, you were born in England and are not happy with the Brexit decision. Before I proceed with my personal observations, let me give a brief backdrop to the Brexit scenario.

Brexit is a crude abbreviation of “British exit” from the European political and economic union of 28 countries that allows seamless movement of goods and citizens between each member state. Britain’s withdrawal was determined by a referendum held June 23, 2016, in which the “leave” voters outpointed the “remain” side by 17.4 to 16.1 million. In percentage terms it was 51.89 to 48.11. The turnout was some 33.5 million voters out of a possible 46.5 million, 72.1 percent of the registered electorate. As I’ve been living over here for more than 15 years, I was not allowed to vote along with an estimated 700,000 expats and some 3 million EU citizens living in the UK. Gerrymandering, anyone?

The UK referendum

I well remember the day when Prime Minister David Cameron (Conservative) announced there would be a referendum for Britain to leave the EU after he was re-elected in the general election of May 7, 2015. He had been the country’s leader since 2010 in a coalition government with the pro-European Liberal Democrats, but against all expectation the Conservatives won the election outright.

At the time I asked myself, “Why call a referendum?” What I didn’t know was that Cameron wanted to quell once and for all the rebellious EU leavers in his own party and thwart the rise of the populist United Kingdom Independence Party, led by Nigel Farage.

To my mind, Cameron compounded his disastrous decision of placing party politics

on a national stage by agreeing to put the referendum to the people in the simplest of terms: • Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union. Yes or No. The openness of the referendum wording gave voters, fed up with years of austerity, a chance to kick the government without understanding the full consequences of their actions. The many dire economic warnings of a precipitous EU exit, ranging from the Bank of England governor to President Barack Obama (D), were riposted as fearmongering.

England and Wales voted to leave, Scotland and Northern Ireland did not.

London voted overwhelmingly to remain, but the industrial North — the equivalent of our rust belt — predictably went to the leavers. Not surprisingly, the majority of the 50-and-overs, with their rose-tinted memories, voted to leave. On the other hand, the younger generation was largely in favor of remaining, feeling more European and with less attachment to the days of the British Empire. Interestingly, the peak share of any sector came from women between the ages of 18 and 24, with 80 percent voting to remain.

Yet too many millennials, as over here in the last presidential election, did not bother to go to the voting booths.

As we have seen from the HBO film, “Brexit: The Uncivil War,” the Vote Leave campaign — led by notorious Cameronbackstabber Boris Johnson, U.S. President Donald Trump (R)-acolyte Farage, prominent Tory politicians such as the overbearing Jacob Rees-Mogg and double-dealer Michael Gove — were always a step ahead of Vote Remain, led by Cameron himself, future prime minister Theresa May and reticent Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. The leave effort was brilliantly masterminded by Dominic Cummings who outflanked his traditionally minded opponents by using computer algorithms devised by Cambridge Analytica, partly owned — whisper it low — by Robert Mercer from our own Head of the Harbor village on Long Island.

With new data available, Cummings understood there was a raft of disaffected voters that had been ignored by politicians of all parties for years. He proceeded to woo them with an appealing slogan, “Let’s take back control,” aided by a red bus carrying the false message that leaving the EU would save the British people £350,000 a week (about $450,000), adding, “Let’s fund our NHS [National Health Service] instead — Vote Leave.” Without justification, it was

John Broven Photo by Diane Wattecamps

said the country would be overrun by Islamic immigrants should Turkey be admitted to the EU. (It hasn’t.) It was a campaign of distorted facts, appealing to those who remembered the good old days when Britannia ruled the waves and the world map was colored mostly British Empire pink.

Earlier, I mentioned “parallel circumstances” in relation to the U.S. How about disaffected and ignored voters, a fear campaign based on immigration and Islamophobia, protest votes, absent millennials, discarded trade agreements, gerrymandering, a populist insurrection — and, I hate to say it, fake news. Does that sound familiar?

Events of June 2016

I was in England the week before the referendum and was astonished at how the youthful, vibrant atmosphere I felt on my last visit had evaporated into a sour mood.

As a confirmed Europhile, I was even more amazed to see how finely balanced the polls were. The omens were not good, especially when state broadcaster, British Broadcasting Corporation, adopted a neutral stance giving equal time to both campaigns. Why did the leave campaign, with no governmental responsibility or track record, deserve the same coverage as the in-power remainers?

I was still in England when staunch remain

campaigner and promising Labour member of parliament, Jo Cox, was murdered June 16, 2016, in her native West Yorkshire at age 41 by a right-wing extremist. Had politics become so divisive that a life had to be taken?

Surely, I thought, the British people, with their long-held sense of justice and fair play, would rebel against such a dastardly act and vote for the “good guys” out of respect to Cox. The referendum campaign was halted temporarily, but a news blackout contrived to neutralize any widespread outrage at her death.

Referendum night June 23 was covered in full over here by BBC World News.

Ironically, with the five-hour time difference, U.S. viewers were more up to date than the sleeping British public. I knew the writing was on the wall when early voting in Sunderland and Swindon went to the leavers. And yet Sunderland, in the relatively impoverished North East, was home to a major Nissan factory (jobs, jobs, jobs), with Swindon in the affluent South West housing a big Honda factory. Both Japanese car companies used their English bases for easy access to the European markets. What were the voters in those towns thinking by voting leave?

The leave campaign was victorious. A distraught Cameron resigned July 11, 2016, to be succeeded by May. It was up to her to negotiate a withdrawal agreement with the EU, with a leaving date eventually set for March 29, 2019 — the end of this month.

The protracted negotiations have been rocky, to say the least, and the outcome has still not been resolved at this late hour thanks mainly to a problem that should have been foreseen at the time of the referendum but wasn’t: the Irish backstop. Stay tuned.

Part 2 will bring matters up to date, with crucial parliamentary votes due to be held this week. John Broven, a member of the TBR News Media editorial team, is an English-born resident of East Setauket, and has written three award-winning (American) music history books.

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247 2/7 6x vbr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. ROF III LEGAL TITLE TRUST 2015-1, BY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE, Plaintiff AGAINST JOSEPH MCKEOWN, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated December 12, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738, on March 27, 2019 at 9:15AM, premises known as 56 HAWTHRONE ROAD, ROCKY POINT, NY 11778. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, DISTRICT 0200, SECTION 054.00, BLOCK 06.00, LOT 010.000. Approximate amount of judgment $171,876.32 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 060244/2014.

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Bids will be received until 9:00 A.M.., prevailing time on March 21, 2019 at the District Administrative Offices, at 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York, 11766, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bid received after 9:00 A.M. on March 21, 2019, will be returned unopened.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in any bid, and shall, further make awards in anyway it deems advisable to the best interest of the School District.

Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education.

Any vendor wishing to receive a copy of the above bid MUST CALL the Business Office, 631-870-2563.

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Any bid received after 11:30 A.M. on March 21, 2019, will be returned unopened.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in any bid, and shall, further make awards in anyway it deems advisable to the best interest of the School District.

Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education.

Security footage of men who allegedly stole from Terryville Staples. Images from SCPD

Police seek men for allegedly stealing from Terryville Staples Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police 6th Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the men who allegedly stole merchandise from a Terryville store in January.

Two men allegedly stole cellphone accessories from Staples, located at 5141 Nesconset Highway, Jan. 10 at around 7 p.m. The merchandise was valued at approximately $350.

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 incident can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 800-220-TIPS (8477) or texting “SCPD” and your message to “CRIMES” (274637). All calls and text messages will be kept confidential.

— Compiled by Kyle Barr

Any vendor desiring to receive a copy of the subject bid materials/documents MUST CALL the Business Office, 631-870-2563.

By Order Of The: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK 387 3/14 1x vbr NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, hereby invites sealed bids for: Electrical Contracting Bid #2019/2020-6 as specified in the contract documents.

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Security footage of man who allegedly stole from Selden Target. Image from SCPD

Man sought for allegedly robbing Selden Target Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police 6th Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who allegedly stole merchandise from a Selden store in February A man stole two Nest surveillance cameras from Target, located at 307 Independence Plaza, Feb.17 at around 9:30 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 incident can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 800-220-TIPS (8477) or texting “SCPD” and your message to “CRIMES” (274637). All calls and text messages will be kept confidential.

— Compiled by Kyle Barr

Obituaries Frank Timmons

Frank T. Timmons of Miller Place, and formerly of Farmingdale, passed March 5. He was 63.

He was the beloved husband of Mary; loving father of Matthew and Kevin (Mina); cherished grandfather of Nico; treasured brother of Thomas (Margie), Patrick (Carol), Michael, John Cindy (Linda), Anne (Richie) Tortoso, Jeanne (Dennis Nowak) Timmons and Vincent (Chrissy); and of loved son-in-law Anthony and Mary Olivari.

In addition, Frank is survived by his brothersIn-law Tony, Bill (Nora) & David (Lori) Olivari; siblings Thomas (Margie), Patrick (Carol), Michael, John and Cindy (Linda), Anne (Richie) Tortoso, Jeanne (Dennis Nowak) Timmons and Vincent (Chrissy); and his many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Eugene and Grace Timmons A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Louis de Montfort R.C. Church in Sound Beach while interment followed at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Coram. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Hope House Ministries, Hope House Ministries, located at 675 High St., Port Jefferson. Arrangements were entrusted to the care of Branch Funeral Home of Miller Place. An online guest book is available at www. branchfh.com.

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Frances Cannata

Frances Cannata of Port Jefferson Station died Feb. 19. She was 92.

She was the beloved wife of the late Salvatore; cherished mother of Rosalie Rodriguez, Richard Cannata, and the late Salvatore Cannata; the loving grandmother of Thomas, Anthony and Francesca Yanotti; and great grandmother of Charlotte, Stella, and Elijah.

Frances is also survived by her siblings Carlo Piacentino, Dolores DiMuro along with her many nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

A funeral Mass was celebrated at Infant Jesus R.C. Church and interment followed at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Coram.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Branch Funeral Home of Miller Place. An online guest book at is available at www.branchfh.com.

Joan Cunningham

Joan A. Cunningham of Mastic Beach, died Feb. 27. She was 86.

Joan was born Nov. 25, 1932, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of the late John and the late Natalie (Loftus) Abbott.

She is survived by her loving daughter Cyndee Conforti of Mastic; loving son William Cunningham of Mastic Beach; six cherished grand children; two precious great-grandchildren with one more on the way.

Joan was preceded in death by her beloved husband Robert William Cunningham. Visitation was held Feb. 28, while a Mass of Christian burial was celebrated March 1 at St. Anthony of Padua R.C. Church in Rocky Point followed by a private cremation.

All arrangements were entrusted to the Rocky Point Funeral Home.

Thomas Breen

Thomas F. Breen of Ridge died Feb. 21. He was 81.

Thomas was born April 2, 1937, in the Bronx. He was the son of the late Maurice and the late Agnes (Moran) Breen. He was employed as an air traffic controller assistant in Westbury.

He is survived by his two sisters, Kathleen Breen of Garden City Park and Regina Von Hof of New Hyde Park; and dear friend Janice DeAmbrosio.

He was preceded in death by his sisters Maureen Morrissey and Patricia Breen.

Visitation was held Feb. 24, and a Mass of Christian burial was celebrated Feb. 25 at St. Anthony of Padua R.C. Church in Rocky Point with a private cremation following. Arrangements were entrusted to Rocky Point Funeral Home.

Phillip (Skip) Wesselman of Rocky Point died Feb. 6. He was 73.

Phillip was born Dec. 19, 1945, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

He was the son of the late Louis and the late Grace (Manning) Wesselman.

He was employed by Arrow Trucking in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as a truck driver.

Arrangements were entrusted to Rocky Point Funeral Home. As per Skip’s request there were no visiting hours or funeral services. An online guest book is available at www.rockypointfuneralhome.com.

Boating safety course offered in Port Jefferson

The Port Jefferson Flotilla of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is offering a Safe Boating Course at the Village Center, 101A East Broadway, Port Jefferson on Saturday, March 30 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with several breaks and a break for lunch of 30 minutes. A brown bag lunch is suggested.

A test will be given at the end of the day, which, when passed, the attendee will receive a certificate and Boating Safety Card. Fee is $25 per person. To register, call Robert at 516-250-1621 or email robertborneman@gmail.com.

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Robert Caverno Kehl of Shoreham died Feb. 20. He was 87.

Robert was born Sept. 30, 1931, in Hempstead. He is the son of the late Nicholas C. and the late Margaret (Barlow) Kehl. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and through 1954. He was employed at Brookhaven National Lab in Upton as a tech supervisor.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Wilma (Knabbe) Kehl; loving daughter Jennifer Waters (Thomas) of Annapolis, Maryland; loving son, John H. Kehl of Key Largo, Florida; and three cherished granddaughters, Kaitlin Kehl, Allison Waters and Linda Waters.

A religious service was held Feb. 25 at the Rocky Point Funeral Home with a burial with military honors held at Calverton National Cemetery Feb. 26.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Rocky Point Funeral Home.

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Town

Aim for the head: How a zombie home goes down

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

There was once a house on Shinnecock Drive in Sound Beach. Now there is a vacant patch of land and rubble. From the front, it was close to idyllic, featuring a small single-floor cottage, a mason stone exterior, a picket fence and a worn birdbath sitting just behind a fence.

The house is gone, torn down by the Town of Brookhaven for being a derelict property. Brookhaven Councilwoman Jane Bonner (R-Rocky Point) said the frontage of the home was beautiful, but everything behind the front, what one couldn’t see from the street, was torn up and run down.

“It was like on a theater stage, the front looked good, but there was nothing behind it,” Bonner said.

The work to take down derelict homes is constant. At the tail end of February, the town had demolished another home on Audrey Street in Miller Place. These vacant and derelict houses have had a menacing moniker affixed to them, zombie homes, and since the 2008 mortgage crisis and subsequent recession, they have become endemic on Long Island. At a Sound Beach Civic Association meeting March 11, Bonner explained the process the town takes to removing these blighted structures and explained the reasons why it’s difficult to repurpose the land after the home is torn down.

Town officials are informed about zombie homes in multiple ways. Residents can call up town hall or contact the council district office directly. Otherwise, Bonner said her office learns about these derelict buildings through interacting with the community at civic meetings or by just driving around the district.

The town sends out a third-party inspector, namely Hauppauge-based engineering firm Cashin, Spinelli & Ferretti LLC, to check on the home and make sure the property is vacant. If not, the house is then put on the vacant home registry, a long list of houses in the town that no longer have legal occupants.

At its annual March 11 state of the town

A construction crew from the Town of Brookhaven demolishes house at 55 Shinnecock Drive. Photo by Bea Ruberto

address, Brookhaven town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said more than 250 zombie homes had been demolished since 2014. Bonner said the town currently has approximately 2,000 zombie homes in the process of being demolished by the town.

“When I started, I never thought the town would be in this kind of business,” Bonner said.

Bonner said her office often gathers information on a derelict property from the Suffolk County Clerk’s office, especially looking at whether the property’s taxes are current, whether there is a mortgage on the property, or whether the land is owned by an LLC. Town employees try to contact the homeowner, who is required to contact the town clerk, pay a fee of $250 and provide a point of contact for the maintenance company. However, this step is especially challenging, as often there are little means of contacting the homeowner, especially if they no longer live in the state and their contact information is not current. It could mean months of work talking to the banks or going through other channels to contact these people.

If there is a significant number of problems with the property, and if there is no property management company the town can get a hold of, Brookhaven will go in and cut overgrown grass or board and secure the property, though they will only board and secure the first floor and the town does not repair roofs. After the inspec-

tion is done the inspector determines whether it meets the threshold for demolition. The inspection will also detail if there is asbestos on the property, which will mandate additional work to contain during demolition.

After the home is recommended for demolition, the town hosts a public hearing on the property. A typical town board meeting could have several of these public hearings for properties all across the town. Occasionally, the homeowner or bank that owns the property will come to the hearings and based on the arguments of the property owner, an extension could be made to allow the owner to fix up the property. Otherwise, the town allows 30 days after the public hearing before a final decision to raze a property is made.

“Occasionally, I think they don’t think we’re serious at the public hearing,” Bonner said.

“Sometimes we give them time, other times we tell them they already had their 30 days.”

Brookhaven spokesperson Jack Krieger said the town expects to spend $1.8 million in 2019 on derelict properties, of which $1.2 million is directly related to demolition. The rest of that money is spent on support staff dealing with matters on contacting property owners or taking care of the property. The property owner is responsible for the demolition costs.

The town has two full-time employees who work directly on these derelict properties. Beyond that, each council member is supposed to

be involved in the houses within their own district. Bonner said her office will spend a cumulative time of a full eight-hour day each week just dealing with these zombie homes.

Krieger said there have been 35 zombie homes demolished in district 2 since the zombie program began in 2013. That is peanuts compared to the likes of Mastic Beach, a village that had disincorporated in 2016. In that area, the town is dealing with more than 100 known derelict and run-down properties.

“Talk about impacting the quality of life,” Bonner said. “Talk about squatters, talk about drug dealing, talk about impacting your property values — there are a lot of components to it.”

These derelict properties often have issues with animal infestation, break-ins and squatters, which can intensify and lengthen the process of removing the run-down properties. But the biggest roadblock to bringing a house back up to standards might be the lien put on the property.

After the town cleans up the property, Brookhaven will often put a lien on that property for the property taxes, either expecting the property owner or the county to pay back the town. In order to buy that property, a prospective buyer must satisfy that lien first, which on the steep end could be as high as $500,000, such as the case with the house on Audrey Street, according to Bonner.

These liens could make buying the now vacant property much harder, often leaving the property vacant for years with minimal means of getting a developer to build on the property with the extra fee coming from the lien.

“It’s kind of like a cog in the wheel, it gums up the work, it really does,” she said.

Mimi Hodges, a Sound Beach resident, asked why these houses couldn’t be rejuvenated using state loans to rehabilitate them. That, or start community projects in order to buy the property and turn it into housing for homeless veterans or other needy groups, an example of which was a land trust that was recently created in Uniondale by community members.

“To support the character of the community,” Hodges said. “Make it an affordable house.”

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Right, Grand Marshal John McNamara, along with his wife Kathleen and daughter Kathleen; below center, parade Queen Jazmine Lang; bottom right, Lady-in-Waiting Emily Hampson; all other photos, atendees play a number of casino games. Photos by Kyle Barr

Locals hunt for green at fundraiser for St. Patrick’s Day Parade

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The walls of East Wind in Wading River were bathed in green as the Friends of St. Patrick hosted their annual Luck of the Irish Casino Night March 8 at the East Wind hotel in Wading River.

Attendees paid a $75 ticket and were given $200 in fake money, which they then used to play an assortment of games including black jack, Texas Hold’em, craps and slot machines.

Money won could be used to buy raffle tickets for an assortment of prizes.

Attending was the recently named grand marshal, John McNamara; along with the recently named queen, Jazmine Lang, a Rocky Point High School junior; and her lady-in-waiting, Emily Hampson, a sophomore at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

The Miller Place-Rocky Point St. Patrick’s Day Parade is set for March 17 starting at 1 p.m. beginning at Harrison Avenue in Miller Place.

Roads will start to close at 12 p.m.

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Town

Brookhaven cites strong finances, vows to improve infrastructure

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Town of Brookhaven is boasting of its finances while promising to improve town infrastructure, both in its railways and along its streets.

The town will be offering up $150 million to fix and aid town-owned roadways in 2019. Town spokesmen declined to offer more details but said more information will be coming later in the week.

“We need to ensure solid infrastructure is in place,” town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said.

“We cannot wait any longer … we have to bite the bullet, we can’t wait any longer for federal or state assistance.”

During a 45-minute speech March 11, Romaine boasted of the town’s finances, citing its 2019 $304.2 million budget which stayed within the tax cap while not using any of the town’s fund balance. The supervisor added that fund balance was another point of pride, saying the fund balance grew by 9.4 percent across the six major funds while the town’s bond rating remained at Triple A, according to Standard and Poor’s. He said this fund balance should the town suffer any unexpected financial issues, such as the 2008 recession.

Further, he promised explicitly to keep tax-

es as low as possible, despite the town making up approximately 8 percent of residents’ overall tax bill.

“Our residents cannot pay more in taxes,” Romaine said. “I don’t have to tell you, but too many people, young and old, are leaving Long Island.”

The town also boasted of its Brookhaven United Consolidation and Efficiency Plan, which has started to look at creating shared services between other local municipalities and the town. The plan is due to a $20 million state grant the town received in June 2018 for the purpose of consolidation. In February, the town went into an agreement with Port Jefferson Village to consolidate its tax receiving methods with the town, using $478,000 of the grant funds.

Brookhaven Town Receiver of Taxes Louis Marcoccia has said he expects the program will be extended to other villages.

In addition to tax receiving, the supervisor said the town has also consolidated services with local municipalities in purchasing road salt and sand, paving, as well as doing road clearing during snows such as with the Village of Shoreham. In April, the town has advised it will launch a municipal market portal, which will enable villages and special districts to have full access to all town contracts.

Romaine said the plan, once fully imple-

Supervisor Ed Romaine (R). Photo by Kyle Barr

mented over the next few years, will generate an estimated $61 million in savings for the town.

Romaine had complaints about the speed of development by New York State, not only on its roads but also the rail network in the town.

Brookhaven has three Long Island Rail Road

lines, one going through Port Jefferson, the Montauk line and the Ronkonkoma line, the most trafficked, which goes through the center of the town. He continued calls for electrification of these rail lines which has also been supported by state Sen. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson), who appropriated funds for an electrification study on the Port Jeff line.

“We cannot compete in the 21st-century economy with a 19th-century rail system,” Romaine said. “We collect a ton of money for the MTA, but we don’t see it here.”

The LIRR has also agreed to relocate the Yaphank train station so it is adjacent to William Floyd Parkway, just south of the Long Island Expressway. He said this will could take much of the burden off the Ronkonkoma train station, whose parking lot is often way past its max capacity.

While touting town savings, Romaine said officials were still concerned about the loss of $1.8 million in state aid through the NYS Aid and Incentives for Municipalities program.

“We need to start working as a region, or we will watch the rest of the country pass us by,” the supervisor said.

He also discussed environmental measures, including the town’s solar projects, the water table underground and fears of rising tides.

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Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education.

The Board of Education, Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Mount Sinai, New York (in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law) hereby invites the submission of sealed bids on the following equipment:

Any vendor desiring to receive a copy of the subject bid materials/documents

MOUNT SINAI ATHLETIC (Field Maintenance) PAINT

BID #2019/20-2 (ALL BIDS MUST CONFORM TO EXISTING ORDERS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL REQUIRED DESIGN AND COLORS TO EXACTLY MATCH OUR EXISTING INVENTORY. NO SUBSTITUTIONS) Bids will be received until 9:15 AM on March 21st, 2019, at the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Business Office, North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened. Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained at the Business Office until 3:00 PM, March 20th, 2019.

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Board of Education Mount Sinai Union Free School District North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education, Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Mount Sinai, New York (in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law) hereby invites the submission of sealed bids on the following equipment: MOUNT SINAI ATHLETIC GROUNDS (TOP SOIL, BALLFIELD CLAY, FINE SAND, ROCK SALT, PLAYGROUND MULCH) MAINTENANCE BID #2019/20-3 (ALL BIDS MUST CONFORM TO EXISTING ORDERS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ( NO SUBSTITUTIONS) Bids will be received until 9:30 AM on March 21, 2019, at the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Busi-

ness Office, North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened. Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained at the Business Office until 3:00 PM, March 20, 2019.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all or to accept any part of any bid.

Gordon Brosdal Superintendent of Schools 390 3/14 1x vbr NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, hereby invites sealed bids for: Painting Services Bid #2019/2020-8

10:45 A.M., prevailing time on March 21, 2019 at the District Administrative Offices, at 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York, 11766, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Any bid received after 10:45 A.M. on March 21, 2019, will be returned unopened.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in any bid, and shall, further make awards in anyway it deems advisable to the best interest of the School District.

Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education.

As specified in the contract documents.

Any vendor desiring to receive a copy of the subject bid materials/documents MUST CALL the Business Office, 631-870-2563.

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Mount Sinai falls in Class A LI championship

BY BILL LANDON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Mount Sinai lady Mustangs had it all on the line March 9, and they walked away from the 2019 post season with their heads held high.

Nassau county champions, Sewanhaka Central High School of Floral Park, took on Suffolk title holders Mount Sinai in the Class A regional Long Island championship finals at Farmingdale State University March 9. It was a five-point game at the half, at 25-20, but Sewanhaka stretched their legs outscoring the Mustangs 41-28 over the final 16 minutes of play to clinch the title game 66-48.

Atop the leaderboard for Mount Sinai was senior guard Brooke Cergol who concluded her varsity career with a team high 21 points, followed by fellow senior Gabby Sartori who netted 10 despite coming back from an injury in the fourth quarter.

During the regular season Sartori averaged

21.7 points per game with 163 field goals, 38 triples with 124 points from the free throw line, ranking her fourth in Suffolk County.

The Mustangs entered the postseason as the No. 5 seed where they picked off West Babylon in the opening round, upset Hauppauge the Class A No. 1 seed, went on to defeat Westhampton then followed with a victory over Pierson/Bridgehampton/Shelter Island. Mount Sinai finished their 2018-19 campaign with a solid 21-5 overall record.

Photos clockwise from top left: Mount Sinai’s Sartori with the up and under; Cergol inbounds the ball; Cergol scores from long distance; sophomore guard Molly Laforge lays up for two; sophomore forward Amanda Dowler shoots from the charity stripe; senior forward Holly McNair battles from the free throw line; freshman guard Casey Campo drives the baseline; and Sartori lays up for two.

Photos by Bill Landon

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By Order Of The: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK 391 3/14 1x vbr NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, hereby invites sealed bids for: Masonry Labor Bid #2019/20-7 as specified in the contract documents.

Bids will be received until 10:30 A.M., prevailing time on March 21, 2019 at the District Administrative Offices, at 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York, 11766, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Any bid received after 10:30 A.M. on March 21, 2019, will be returned unopened.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in any bid, and shall, further make awards in any way it deems advisable to the best interest of the School District.

Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education.

Any vendor desiring to receive a copy of the subject bid materials/documents MUST CALL the Business Office, 631-870-2563.

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Board of Education Mount Sinai Union Free School District North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education, Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Mount Sinai, New York (in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law) hereby invites the submission of sealed bids on the following equipment: IN-CAR DRIVERS EDUCATION Bids will be received until 10:00 AM on March 21, 2019, at the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Business Office, North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened. Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained at the Business Office until 10:00 AM, March 21, 2019.

Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all or to accept any part of any bid.

393 3/14 1x vbr Board of Education Mount Sinai Union Free School District North Country Road Mount Sinai, New York 11766 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education, Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Mount Sinai, New York (in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law) hereby invites the submission of sealed bids on the following equipment: MOUNT SINAI ATHLETIC UNIFORMS, EQUIPMENT AND PLAQUE BID #2019/20-4 (ALL BIDS MUST CONFORM TO EXISTING ORDERS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL REQUIRED DESIGN AND COLORS TO EXACTLY MATCH OUR EXISTING INVENTORY. NO SUBSTITUTIONS)

Bids will be received until 9:45 AM on March 21, 2019, at the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Business Office, North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York 11766, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened. Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained at the Business Office until 3:00 PM, March 20, 2019.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all or to accept any part of any bid.

Gordon Brosdal Superintendent of Schools 394 3/14 1x vbr NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, hereby invites sealed bids for : Commercial Irrigation Bid #2019/20-12 as specified in the contract documents.

Bids will be received until 11:45 A.M. prevailing time on March 21, 2019, at the District Administrative Offices, at 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York, 11766, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Any bid received after 11:45 A.M., on March 21, 2019 will be returned unopened.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in any bid, and shall, further make awards in anyway it deems advisable to the best interest of the School District.

Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education.

Any vendor desiring to receive a copy of the subject bid materials/documents MUST CALL the Business Office, 631-870-2563.

By Order Of The: BOARD OF EDUCATION MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOUNT SINAI, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK 395 3/14 1x vbr NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, hereby invites sealed bids for: Roofing Bid #2019/20-10 as specified in the contract documents.

Bids will be received until 11:15 A.M., prevailing time on March 21, 2019 at the District Administrative Offices, at 118 North Country Road, Mount Sinai, New York, 11766, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Any bid received after 11:15 A.M. on March 21, 2019, will be returned unopened.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in any bid, and shall, further make awards in anyway it deems advisable to the best interest of the School District.

Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education.

Any vendor desiring to receive a copy of the subject bid materials/documents MUST CALL the Business Office, 631-870-2563.

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Gordon Brosdal Superintendent of Schools 397 3/14 1x vbr Notice to Bidders of Commercial and Industrial Companies for Professional Services for the Mt. Sinai School District NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of the Mount Sinai Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, hereby invites sealed bids for : PRINTING SERVICES BID #2019/20-9 Bids will be received until 11:00 A.M., prevailing time on March 21, 2019 at the

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Any bid submitted will be binding for Ninety (90) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education.

Any vendor desiring to receive a copy of the subject bid materials/documents MUST CALL the Business Office, 631-870-2563.

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Unaffordable housing The phrase has become oxymoronic. It’s like a bad riddle: What is something everyone needs, but fewer people on Long Island can have?

They call it affordable housing. The real question is, affordable to whom?

Smithtown just recently hosted its second housing lotto in a year for affordable housing developments March 11. Another lotto is coming up to bat March 26 for three one-bedroom units with a total monthly gross rent of $2,300; and one two-bedroom unit with a total monthly gross rent of $3,200.

The Suffolk County Legislature’s Welfare to Work Commission, which advises the Legislature on issues related to poverty in the county, released a report in 2018 that detailed the holes in affordable housing and government programs.

The report describes that if a family wants to rent, only 18 percent of available housing is rental, compared to the national average of 37 percent. Market rate for monthly apartment rentals in Suffolk was $1,589 in 2017, according to census data, meaning families in that market would have to earn $57,204 — 52 percent of the area median income — a year if they spent 30 percent of their income on the apartment costs. In Smithtown, average rental costs are upward of $2,500 for a one-bedroom apartment, according to online rent tracker RENTCafé.

It’s hard to call such options such as the lottos in Smithtown truly “cheap,” mostly because each is only cheap by comparison.

The Town of Huntington hosted a lotto for Harborfields Estates March 5 with 608 first-time home-buyer applicants entered in that drawing. It’s a staggering number of people all bidding on the hope of owning a four-bedroom home valued $350,125. Real estate taxes on the unit are estimated to be $9,700 annually and estimated HOA fees will be approximately $460 annually.

The county report noted the 2017 Suffolk yearly median income was $110,800, while the median price of a home in 2017 was $376,000, according to census data. If an individual or family spent 30 percent of income on housing costs, the national and suggested average, they would have to earn $125,000 a year to afford the median home price.

These lotteries are an opportunity for the average person looking for a home on Long Island to have the chance to start a life here, but there’s also something dystopian about the entire idea of gambling a chance to be able to afford something as basic as a residence, whether that means renting or owning. Not to mention, anybody who is making less than the area median income knows just how tough it is to find truly affordable living anywhere along the North Shore.

It’s not to say these lotteries aren’t helping those whose names are drawn, but one wonders at the state of some of the hundreds of people who apply for these lottos who then walk away empty handed. While certainly a few of those applying may already own homes or rent apartments and are just looking for a cheaper option, the very nature of a lottery draws upon the desperate.

Municipalities at every end of the Island are complaining about brain drain, of Long Islanders fleeing to seek cheaper housing options elsewhere. Their governments need to look at the issue holistically and take an approach that affects communities as a whole, rather than for select individuals.

Letters to the editor

Remembering a different President Johnson In response to the Between You and Me column: “President Johnson: a Civil Rights Hero,” published on Feb. 28.

Can a leopard change its spots? I was politically active at the time and remember then Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson [D-Texas] as a power in the “Solid South” which comprised 11 to 15 racially segregated states that voted staunchly and safely Democratic.

Last week or so, PBS did a special

on Sammy Davis Jr. In 1960, Davis married May Britt, a white actress of some note. Davis joined Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin campaigning for John F. Kennedy. The Solid South continued in the Democratic column and Kennedy was elected president. Martin and Sinatra were invited to Kennedy’s inaugural ball, but Davis was not. The reason: Davis would probably dance with his wife, and the Solid South could not tolerate a black

man dancing with a white woman, even if it was his wife. Davis was shattered.

The Kennedys detested Johnson but JFK took him as a vice president to keep the Solid South in the Democratic block of votes. Can a leopard change its spots?

It seems so.

The Solid South changed its spots in 1968 and has done so ever since.

Donard Pranzo Port Jefferson

A wall splits people and their land apart Truth Imposed.

Some of our leadership want to build a wall across our southern border, some do not. Each seems to be fixated on disparate versions of the truth. Each seems to believe that imposing a truth is the same as arriving at one.

It is politically dangerous to arrive at a truth about a major public question on which the nation’s establishment is dead wrong, so leaders stay dug in.

On a bluntly personal level, what do the farmers, ranchers and people in the

communities who own the land, work and live there think of the wall? Real people who grow up, go to school, fall in love, have families, worship and die there. They see it as a “scar, a cut that has been sutured.” Most of us from a distance imagine the border as being this uninhabited, desolate place that belongs to the government. So why not build a wall along the border?

Another imposed truth.

That wall runs through private property, in some cases up to a mile from

the actual border, separating folks from all they own on the southern side of an 18foot wall. The government condemned only a thin strip of land, suitable for building a wall, from landowners while splitting their properties in two. They can see their barns, reservoirs and grazing land through steel slats but have no access to them.

A truth you imposed is not equivalent to a truth arrived at.

Jerry Reynolds Coram

Insurance should cover overdose treatment Suffolk County led with 337 overdose deaths for New York state between 20092013 without a close call. The Bronx came in second with 121 less fatalities, while many of us here in Suffolk still are in denial of what is going on around us. Personally, I know the struggles of addiction firsthand and have seen its destructive nature drag bright spirits to unrecognizable places.

These are our children, parents and friends fighting an internal battle that I can only describe as crippling.

For many, medication-assisted treatment provides a beacon of hope for recovery and a chance at restoring normality to life. Meanwhile, insurance companies are making it increasingly difficult for individuals seeking treatment to receive essential MATs like buprenorphine — including one medication with the brand name Suboxone — at an affordable price due to insurance coverage changes and prior authorizations placed on the medication. In 2007, nearly 90 percent of Medicare plans

covered buprenorphine without restriction and this number has decreased drastically to 35 percent by 2018.

Buprenorphine should be covered by insurance companies without restrictions or prior authorizations to provide accessible treatment for opioid-use disorder. This is one of the three medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat opioid-use disorder and is recommended by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Research suggests that MATs such as buprenorphine in combination with counseling result in better health outcomes. While many medical professionals are being trained on providing in-office buprenorphine, physicians report delay due to prior authorizations and barriers to patient care.

Buprenorphine is safe and effective.

It has been linked to decreases in opioid use and overdoses. It lowers the potential

for misuse due to the ability of drugs to level off at a certain dosage. If these medications are not readily available, we are creating a barrier to treatment. Only two out of every 10 individuals looking for substance abuse treatment can receive it at the time they want. If people cannot access treatment when they want it, they may not get another opportunity. Health care is a basic human right.

Some may argue that medication treatment is not sobriety. However, research supports MATs like buprenorphine over abstinence-based approaches due to higher success rates and safer outcomes for patients. Some may need this additional support to serve as a springboard in their recovery. Easy access to MATs like buprenorphine is critical to provide accessible treatment for those searching to climb their way out of a grave being dug by addiction.

Jennifer Minett Coram

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Opinion

Pi Day reminds us of the numbers in our lives

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hat better day than today, March 14, to celebrate numbers? In case you haven’t heard, math teachers around the country have been getting in on the calendar action for 31 years, designating the day before Caesar’s dreaded Ides of March as pi day, because the first three numbers of this month and day — 3, 1, 4 — are the same as pi, the Greek letter D. None that is a mathematical constant and of the above makes calculations

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF like the area and circumference of a circle possible.

We can become numb to numbers, but they are everywhere and help define and shape even

the non-perfectly circular parts of our lives.

We have a social security number, a birth date, a birth order, height and weight, and a street address, with a latitude and longitude, if we’re especially numerically inclined.

Numbers save us, as computer codes using numbers keep planes from flying at the same altitude. Numbers tell us what to wear, as the temperature, especially around this time of year, dictates whether we take a sweatshirt, jacket or heavy coat.

We use them when we’re ordering food, paying for a meal in a restaurant and counting calories. They are a part of music as they dictate rhythms and tempos, and of history, allowing us to keep the order of events straight.

We use numbers to keep track of landmarks, like the year of our graduation from high school or college, the year we met or married our partners, or the years our children were born.

Numbers help us track the time of year. Even a warm day in February doesn’t make it July, just as a cold day in June doesn’t turn the calendar to November.

People complain regularly that they aren’t good at math or science, and yet they can calculate the time it takes to get to school to pick up their kids, get them home to do their homework, cook dinner and manage a budget, all of which requires an awareness of the numbers that populate our lives.

We know when to get up because of the numbers flashing on the phone or alarm clock near the side of our bed, which are unfortunately an hour, 60 minutes or 3,600 seconds ahead thanks to daylight savings time. Many of our numbers are in base 10, but not all, as our 24-hour clocks, 24-hour days, 12-month years and seven-day weeks celebrate other calculations.

Numbers start early in our lives, as parents share their children’s height and weight and, if they’re preparing themselves for a lifetime of monitoring their children’s achievements, their Apgar scores.

Children read Dr. Seuss’ “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.” We use numbers to connect the dots in a game, drawing lines that

form an image of Dumbo or a giraffe.

Numbers progress through our elementary education — “I’m 10 and I’m in fifth grade” — and they follow us in all of our activities: “I got a 94 on my social studies test.”

Imagine life without numbers, just for 60 seconds or so. Would everything be relative? How would we track winners and losers in anything, from the biggest house to the best basketball team? Would we understand how warm or cold the day had become by developing a sliding scale system? Would we have enough ways to capture the difference between 58 degrees Fahrenheit and 71 degrees?

Objects that appear uncountable cause confusion or awe. Look in the sky and try to count the stars, or study a jar of M&Ms and try to calculate the number of candies.

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a number tells its own tale — it was a six-alarm fire, I had 37 friends at my birthday party or I walked a mile in a circle, which means the diameter of that circle was about 1,680 feet — thanks to pi.

Winning the game of New Year’s resolutions

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o, how are those New Year’s resolutions going? Do you even remember what they were? If you are sticking to them, heartfelt congratulations. You are one of few with the discipline and tenacity to hang on. But if you are in the majority for having slipped or temporarily abandoned your resolves, here is some help. It’s called habits.

Habits can be a valuable tool to change your life, Between both for the better you and me and not. By that I

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF mean, we can slip into some unwelcome behaviors and they become habits almost before we realize it. Or we can consciously take control and set out to break or redefine or make new ones, and as they become part of a routine,

they become easier to follow.

This is all far simpler than it sounds, of course. There is a whole branch of science dealing with habits, the unconscious behavioral patterns formed to deal with actions. “We do not so much direct our own actions as become shaped by them,” wrote Jeffrey Kluger in his introductory chapter for a special edition from Time Inc. called “The Power of Habits.”

He points out, by quoting Léon Dumont — the 19th century French psychologist and philosopher — that “a garment, after having been worn a certain amount of time, clings to the shape of the body better than when it was new. There has been a change in the tissue, and this change is a new habit of cohesion.” That is certainly true of the old, comfy pair of slippers that, despite their age, you hate to replace them, and the old pair of pants that have come to fit you like a glove.

Accordingly, the manner of our actions “fashion for themselves in the nervous system more and more appropriate paths.” Kluger here is again quoting Dumont, who studied the science of laughter, of gratitude, of empathy and, for our purposes here, the science of habits.

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William James, the American philosopher greatly influenced by Dumont, suggested that people were little more than “bundles of habits.”

The point of all this is to build on the idea that if we can shape our brains and the rest of our nervous systems the way we shape a pair of pants, we can control and redirect our lives to follow the actions we wish to take, namely our resolutions to be better.

Think about how many of our daily moves are just programmed in. We get up in the morning and automatically brush our teeth, take a shower, dress, put up the coffee, get our keys, slide behind the wheel of the car, place the coffee cup in the holder, drive to work, all probably while thinking of something else. Occasionally we are surprised to find we have arrived at our destination without consciously paying attention to the route. Almost all of that execution was the result of habit.

Well, suppose you built another step in there, like running 20 minutes on that treadmill or stationary bike collecting dust in your basement before you got into the shower. You like to watch the morning TV shows? Jog along

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with them as you watch. If you repeat that action for awhile, it could become a habit and presto! You are doing the recommended minutes of exercise a week without the ironclad discipline seemingly required each day.

It just becomes as much a habit as brushing your teeth. If you are forever locked into dipping into the candy jar in the evenings, and you find you are gaining weight, substitute chilled blueberries or red grapes from a cut-glass bowl within reach of your fingers. Of course you have to remember to buy the blueberries or grapes beforehand, wash them and keep them in the refrigerator at the ready.

Complex habits, like procrastination or chronic lateness or smoking are harder to unlearn — but not impossible. We can rewire ourselves, using substitutions or rewards, splinting a bad habit onto a good one for support or hanging out with those whose actions we would like to emulate.

Here’s the bottom line: We can do it. It will just take time for a new behavior to feel part of our routine, an average of two weeks or so. To become a habit will average 66 days.

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