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Reminder: life jackets save lives

BY HERB HERMAN Earlier this month, a 31-foot sailboat sank in Peconic Bay with three people on board, who were luckily plucked from the water by a nearby motorboat, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. The boat had been hit by waves and was fully submerged for 30 seconds. This should remind boaters that on occasion there is insufficient time to put on a life vest in the case of an emergency.

In 2009 Rear Adm. Kevin Cook, the U.S. Coast Guard’s director of prevention policy, stated nearly 75 percent of the 736 people who died in boating accidents in that year drowned, and 84 percent of those victims reportedly were not wearing a life jacket.

“The two most important things boaters can do to prevent the loss of life is to wear a life jacket and take a boater education course,” he said.

Statistics did not improve last year. In the Coast Guard’s 2017 statistical report on boating deaths, it was reported that 76 percent of fatal accident victims drowned. Of those who drowned, 84.5 percent were not wearing life jackets.

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boaters to “Boat Responsibly and Wear It!” “Boat Responsibly” is being alert and careful when taking out your boat, making sure you are prepared and always remember to “Wear It!” — wear your life jacket every time you are on the water. As seen in the accidental sinking of the sailboat in Peconic Bay, a boat can sink very quickly and unexpectedly so you must be geared up in order to help yourself and your passengers on board.

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The Town of Brookhaven’s Division of Women’s Services will hold the 12th annual Conference and Expo Saturday, Oct. 13, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This year’s conference, entitled Women Empowering Women — Inspire, Educate and Motivate, will feature guest speakers, vendor booths and workshops that promote wellness and personal growth in the lives of women in the community.

Advance registration is required at the website www.brookhavenny.gov. Sign in and breakfast starts at 8:30 a.m. Registration deadline is Oct. 10.

The Division of Women’s Services is looking for sponsors and vendors interested in promoting their businesses by participating in this event. The division is seeking a diverse group to showcase local organizations in its efforts to promote wellness and personal growth. Vendors may sell and promote items and services. Sponsors, vendors and attendees can visit www.brookhavenny.gov and search “In the Spotlight” to register and make an online fee payment. The fee includes breakfast and lunch. Conference guests will be able to attend all

the workshops listed below.

The keynote speaker is Regina Calcaterra, author of the No. 1 international bestseller, “Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island,” and co-author with her youngest sister Rosie Maloney of “Girl Unbroken: A Sister’s Harrowing Journey from the Streets of Long Island to the Farms of Idaho.” The first 75 registrants for the Conference and Expo will receive a free copy of Calcaterra’s book, “Etched in Sand,” compliments of the Division of Women’s Services.

The workshops include: Wealthy Woman Within by Katherine Dean, founder of Living Your Worth, on the pay gap and tips to negotiate for success; and You Are What You Wear, presented by Melanie Lippman, style consultant, on professional wardrobe advice for women.

For more information about the Women’s Conference and Expo, please visit the town’s website www.brookhavenny.gov, email womenservices@ brookhavenny.gov or call the Division of Women’s Services at 631-451-6146.

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Turn signal coming to troublesome Rocky Point intersection

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The accident-prone intersection of Route 25A and County Road 21 in Rocky Point could be getting a new traffic light that local officials hope will curb injuries and fatalities.

“In response to community interest, the New York State Department of Transportation will update the traffic signal at Route 25A and County Road 21 with a protected left turn indicated by a green arrow phase for vehicles turning left from eastbound Route 25A onto northbound [Hallock Landing Road],” said Stephen Canzoneri, public information officer for the regional DOT office that covers Suffolk County. “This is being done following an extensive review of the intersection and will reflect the traffic pattern for westbound Route 25A.” Canzoneri said that a new left-turn signal will be installed by the state DOT in September. A protected turning light allows drivers in the turning lane to strictly take a left while other drivers going straight are stopped at a red light. Westbound Route 25A already has a protected turning light.

Town of Brookhaven Councilwoman Jane

Bonner (C-Rocky Point) said the intersection has a long history of vehicular incidents over the years. The best way to avoid problems there, she said, was to avoid making left turns onto Route 25A or Hallock Landing Road.

“That’s a very busy intersection, and there’s a lot going on there,” Bonner said. “People need to drive defensively and plan their routes so they don’t have to make a left.”

Bonner has been in contact with state DOT officials and they have sent surveyors out since 2017 to analyze the dangers of the intersection, she said.

The intersection at the corner of Route 25A and Rocky Point Yaphank Road, as Route 21 is also known, is a notoriously dangerous intersection with new accidents reported every year, some of which have caused fatalities, such as the death of Rocky Point resident Carol Sardegna in September 2016. One recent crash occurred Aug. 15 at the intersection, according to the Rocky Point Watch Facebook page.

The state DOT said it would not install a left-turn arrow northbound and southbound on County Road 21 because it would reduce time for vehicles on both roads, according to a state DOT letter received by Bonner. The letter also

A left-turn arrow will be installed at the intersection of Route 25A and County Road 21 in Rocky Point for safety reasons.

said the state department plans to relocate the east and southbound STOP bar pavement markings and upgrade the County Road 21 crosswalks to be more visible.

Bonner said she believes the turn signal

should help reduce accidents at the intersection.

“People by law will only be able to make a left when you can,” Bonner said. “It doesn’t mean people still won’t try to do it, but I feel confident more people obey turning signals than not.”

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Town Brookhaven unveils electric vehicle charging stations in Mount Sinai

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Brookhaven Town is hoping to inspire residents to ditch the gas pump for a greener alternative.

The town unveiled two new electric vehicle charging stations at Heritage Park in Mount Sinai Aug. 21, paid for through a grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and rebates from Long Island Power Authority. The stations cost about $22,000 each, and Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) pledged that the town will install additional charging stations at various, strategically located town facilities during the next year, either through grants or using town funds. Members of the public with electric or hybrid vehicles are permitted to utilize the stations for a minimal charge, according to Romaine, just to cover the cost of the electricity.

The two stations can combine to give juice to four cars at a time.

“There’s a societal benefit in that these cars don’t produce smog, or pollution or hydrocarbons,” Romaine said. “The air quality on Long Island has consistently been rated as very poor. This is an opportunity for us to try to convince people who are thinking about electric to go electric.”

Brookhaven Councilwoman Jane Bonner, Supervisor Ed Romaine, and Councilwoman Valerie Cartright unveil new electric vehicle charging stations at Heritage Park in Mount Sinai Aug. 21.

Romaine said the town currently owns one fully electric vehicle and about five hybrids in its fleet, and added the plan is to replace “aged out” high mileage cars with more hybrids and full electric vehicles during the coming year.

“I can’t tell you how excited and proud I am that these charging stations are in my council district in Mount Sinai at the Heritage Park,” Councilwoman Jane Bonner (C-Rocky Point) said.

“Very often, in deciding to make that move in that direction you have to think in your mind, ‘Well

where can I charge my car?’ If these are centrally located in convenient places, it’s a win for the consumer and it’s a win for the environment and the residents that live here.”

Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station), who represents the neighboring 1st District, said she was proud to join her colleagues in the unveiling Tuesday.

“This is clearly a step in the right direction for the Town of Brookhaven as we move to reduce our emissions here in the town,” she said.

Similar stations to the ones placed at Heritage Park already exist at Moriches Bay Recreation Center and the town Parks & Recreation administration building in Centereach. The installs are part of a five-year capital plan spearheaded by Romaine called the Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Initiative, aimed to achieve a 50 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the town by 2020.

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Sandy Hook parents share violence prevention strategies with Suffolk schools On Dec. 14, 2012, a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, left more than 20 people dead, mostly first-graders, shocking the world and changing it permanently. Much of that change can be attributed to the efforts of those who were most personally impacted by the tragic events of that day.

Parents from Sandy Hook were invited to St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue Aug. 16 by Suffolk County Sheriff’s office to share details about four programs they’ve created aimed at preventing violence in schools to a room packed with Suffolk County school district superintendents, administrators and lawmakers.

Sandy Hook Promise, a national nonprofit organization, was founded by parents including Mark Barden, a professional musician originally from Yonkers who had moved to Newtown in 2007 with his wife to raise their three kids. His son, Daniel, was 7 years old when he was killed during the tragedy.

“It is very real and a very personal mission that I do this work to honor that kid, who we used to jokingly call ‘the caretaker of all living things,’ because that’s how he lived his life,” Barden said of his son.

He said Daniel was known for trying to connect with other kids he saw eating alone, for holding doors for strangers in public and for picking up earthworms from the hot sidewalk and moving them to safety in the grass, among other instinctual acts of kindness he regularly displayed.

“That’s how I’ve chosen to honor his life is through this work,” Barden said.

Sandy Hook Promise’s approach to carrying out its mission of preventing all gun-related deaths can be viewed as an extension of Daniel’s legacy of caring for those in need. Barden was joined Aug. 16 by two other members of the organization — Myra Leuci, national account manager, and Marykay Wishneski, national program coordinator — who detailed the initiatives the nonprofit pitches to school districts interested in improving their prevention strategies.

The four strategies, which fall under the nonprofit’s Know the Signs program, are taught to youth and adults free of charge in the hopes of fostering an environment that empowers everyone in the community to help identify and intervene when someone is at risk.

Say Something is an anonymous reporting system that teaches kids how to recognize warning signs, especially on social media, and gives them an outlet to get adults involved. Start With Hello is a training program that teaches students how to be more inclusive and connected to peers. Safety Assessment & Intervention

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Mark Barden, a founder of the nonprofit Sandy Hook Promise, presents violence prevention strategies to a room full of Suffolk lawmakers and school officials during an Aug. 16 event at St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue as Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. looks on.

program is geared toward adults and aims to teach them how to identify, assess and respond to threats of violence or at-risk behavior prior to a situation developing. The Signs of Suicide program teaches people how to identify and intervene to get help for those displaying signs of depression or suicidal behavior. The nonprofit offers in-person training for each program, though Say Something and Start With Hello are available to be downloaded and self-led by interested districts.

Since assuming office in January, Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. said he has made improving school safety and developing uniform, countywide approaches a top priority. Just a few weeks into his tenure, the country was rocked by the mass shooting Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed by a lone gunman.

“It’s an obligation that I feel I have as the Suffolk County Sheriff, to work with all of our partners, but I do feel I cannot stand on the sidelines and just watch,” Toulon said. “We really have to be proactive. Everyone from our police departments, our school administrators, everybody’s taking this banner on. Thankfully we’re all working together to really keep our communities and our children safe.”

Toulon has offered free safety assessments on a voluntary basis to interested districts. Suf-

folk Executive Steve Bellone (D) has taken several steps already to improve school safety including starting an initiative that allows interested districts to grant access to in-school security cameras to the police department, and securing funds for a mobile phone application for municipal workers and school district employees that can be activated and used in the event of an active shooter situation to notify law enforcement. Bellone announced new initiatives to increase police patrols in school buildings, assign additional officers to the SCPD’s homeland security section and establish a text tip line to report troubling activities this month.

“We are educators, so partnering with law enforcement and those with the skilled lens of how to best ensure the safety of our students has been paramount,” said Ken Bossert, president of Suffolk County Superintendents Association who leads Elwood school district. “So the focus and attention that law enforcement has paid on our schools is just greatly appreciated.”

Representatives from districts across the North Shore attended the informational forum and expressed interest in implementing some or all of what Sandy Hook Promise has to offer, including Huntington Superintendent James Polansky and Port Jefferson Superintendent Paul Casciano.

“A lot of what we heard today I’m going to roll out just informationally to my administrative

staff,” Polansky said, adding Huntington has taken up Toulon on his offer to assess building safety already. “We’re actually looking to pursue a lot of the initiatives Sandy Hook Promise has to offer.”

Casciano expressed a similar sentiment.

“It’s a great resource, and we’re very interested in pursuing it,” he said. “We’ll be making our contacts.”

Several attendees commended Toulon for embracing a leadership role on school safety, including Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini (D), who was among the wide array of lawmakers at the event along with the school officials.

“It shows that our sheriff has a pulse on the public safety worries of our parents,” said county Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket), who is a licensed social worker. She called Toulon’s approach incredibly important. “It shows that he has the recognition that when you have a shooter at the door of a school, it’s too late, and this really needs to be about prevention. We cannot police this, we need to prevent this. And that’s what this is about.”

Bossert said superintendents in the county have been working to put together a uniform blueprint for school safety and are planning to roll it out later this month. For more information about Sandy Hook Promise, visit www.sandyhookpromise.org.

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A 37-year-old man from Ridge allegedly punched another man in the face and body multiple times while at a home on Sylvan Avenue in Miller Place Aug. 11, according to police. He was arrested and charged with assault.

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On Aug. 16 at about 8:30 a.m., an 18-year-old male from Centereach allegedly walked on school grounds at Centereach High School with a BB gun, according to police. Police said he was spotted by a coach during a sports team practice, and the coach immediately called 911. He was arrested and charged with third-degree criminal trespassing and unlawful possession of a weapon on school grounds.

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The tires on a 2010 Dodge were slashed while it was parked on Furrow Place in Miller Place at about 9 a.m. Aug. 20, according to police.

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A 21-year-old man from Rocky Point allegedly possessed oxycodone without a prescription while at a location on Pipe Stave Hollow Road in Miller Place Aug. 18 at about 2:30 p.m. according to police. He was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. A 20-year-old man from Rocky Point was with the other man at the same location for the alleged purpose of using the drugs obtained from what police called a “known drug location.” He was arrested and charged with loitering for the purpose of using a controlled substance.

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A sliding glass door at a residence on Bleeker Street in Port Jefferson was shot and damaged with a pellet gun at about 9:30 a.m. Aug. 19, according to police.

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A 41-year-old man from Amityville allegedly stole luggage and sporting goods from Target on Pond Path in South Setauket Aug. 18 at about 1:30 p.m., according to police. He was issued a field appearance ticket.

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The front glass door was broken to The Wine Authority on Nesconset Highway in Mount Sinai Aug. 15 at about 4 a.m., and cash was stolen from the register within, according to police.

Trees taken

Four assorted living plants were stolen from 4 Corners Produce on Boyle Road in Terryville Aug. 18 at about 7:30 p.m., according to police.

Vacant home vandalized

The storm door at the rear entrance of a vacant home on Nesconset Highway in Terryville was damaged and 12 glass windows were broken at about noon Aug. 13, according to police.

Gas and go

Someone filled their car with about $20 worth of gas at Speedy Gas on Route 112 in Terryville Aug. 15 at about 11 a.m. and left without paying, according to police.

— Compiled by Alex Petroski

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County

DA announces new addiction recovery program for low-level drug offenses Suffolk County now has a new drug program that judges and prosecutors hope will offer nonviolent offenders a means to get clean before they repeat offenses.

Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini (D) along with several drug court judges announced Aug. 13 the creation of the new Comprehensive Addiction Recovery and Education Program that will allow people charged with low-level drug crimes to instead be sent into a drug treatment program rather than being matriculated through the standard legal system. If the participants finish the program clean, they are promised the charges will be dismissed.

“We consistently heard that in some cases requiring defendants to take a plea prior to accepting treatment is a disincentive [to seek court treatment options],” Sini said at the press conference. “By connecting these individuals to treatment, we will not only be helping to tackle the disease of addiction ... we will also be improving public safety by addressing the underlying motivation to commit crimes fueled by drug abuse.”

Those charged with misdemeanor drug crimes

can participate in the program without having to enter a guilty plea. Those who sign up for the program work with members of court staff to develop a treatment plan and determine what services will be available. The program lasts for 90 days, but the person involved in the program can ask for a longer term.

“It should result in increased numbers who receive the benefit of treatment given the crisis that we’re facing both locally and nationally,” Suffolk County District Administrative Judge Randall Hinrichs said.

What makes the program remarkable, according to Karen Kerr, the supervising judge of Suffolk County District Court, is that without having to plead guilty more people will be more willing to participate.

“For many people, particularly those people with minimal to no record, it was just too much of a risk for them to take [the plea],” Kerr said.

“I felt there was a group of people who really could use the help but who just didn’t want to take the chance.”

The timing for this program comes as the numbers of opioid-related deaths have peaked in the past two years. Suffolk Chief Medical Examiner Michael Caplan said in June the office has data

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on approximately 360 county deaths from opioid overdoses in 2017. The office is expecting a decline in the number of deaths this year by more than 100, but officials won’t know the results until they compile all data at the end of the year.

The program is open to defendants who have minimal or no criminal record and who have no history of violence or gang involvement. Those charged with misdemeanors of petit larceny, crim-

inal possession of marijuana, criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal trespass, criminal possession of hypodermic instrument, criminal use of drug paraphernalia, disorderly conduct or loitering are eligible for the program as long as the drug court determines they are addicted to any kind of hard drug.

Kerr said that the district attorney determines whether a person should be screened for a drug problem and then the person is referred to the CARE court date, always held on Tuesdays, and then the court treatment team will ask a number of questions to determine if there is an issue.

Officials said they expect many people to be eligible for the CARE program. District attorney spokeswoman Sheila Kelly said the office noted from April to June of this year approximately 600 people would have fit the criteria to be allowed to enter into the program.

Violations of the program include being arrested on new charges, not participating in the treatment program as recommended or not reporting to scheduled court appearances. Participants are drug tested prior to finishing the program.

Hinrichs said the court and the DA’s office will be monitoring the program to see results and identify its efficacy and inclusiveness.

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Community News Miller Place

Dr. Matthew John Randall and Dr. Niki Dominique Josephina Ubags were married Aug. 1, 2017, in Simpelveld, Netherlands.

On Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, on the couple’s one-year anniversary, a wedding celebration took place at The Inn at Round Barn Farm in Waitsfield, Vermont.

They had a beautiful celebration with family and friends from around the world attending.

The bride’s parents are Gertie Hodiamont of Bocholtz, Netherlands, and Frank Ubags of Potsdam, Germany, and the groom’s parents are Elizabeth (McDowell) and John F. Randall of Miller Place.

Matthew and Niki met at the University of Vermont several years ago and reside in Switzerland.

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Blythe Catherine Miller and Eric Shawn Vogel were married May 27, 2018, at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rocky Point. Pastor Paul Egensteiner of Pleasantville officiated.

Miller is an assistant district attorney at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. She graduated from Colby College and Fordham University School of Law. The bride is the daughter of Jan and Michael Miller of Miller Place.

Vogel works at ProVest LLC. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island and the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. The groom is the son of Shawn and Bill Vogel of West Hempstead.

The happy couple met in 2003 at Pinecrest Lutheran Leadership School, a summer program for teens and young adults. They currently reside in Coram.

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State Assemblyman Anthony Palumbo (R-New Suffolk) announced the Aug. 14 blood drive held at VFW Post 6249 in Rocky Point with Brookhaven Councilwoman Jane Bonner (C-Rocky Point) was a success, with the team collecting more than 17 pints of blood. Each donation could potentially save up to three lives.

“We had a great turn out,” Palumbo said. “I was very happy to see so many people in the community willing to make a donation and help those in need. We collected over 17 pints of blood that will be donated to the New York Blood Center. I want to thank everyone that donated blood, along with VFW Post 6249 and all our hard-working volunteers.”

Bonner stressed the importance of blood donations.

“The demand for blood donations rises in the summer and no amount collected is too small,” she said. “Every two seconds, someone needs blood, so I thank the VFW and everyone who donated to help make the blood drive a big success.”

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Town

Judge rules in favor of LIPA, ‘no promises’ to school districts Legal challenges over tax assessment of power plants can go forward A New York State Supreme Court judge has ruled Long Island Power Authority “made no promises” to the Town of Huntington, Northport-East Northport school district and Port Jefferson School District not to challenge the taxes levied on its power stations.

In decisions dated Aug. 15 and 16, Judge Elizabeth Emerson dismissed the lawsuits brought forth by the Town of Huntington and the two school districts which alleged LIPA broke a promise by seeking to reduce the power plant’s taxes by 90 percent.

“The court’s decision affirms our customers’ right to pay reasonable taxes on the power plants,” LIPA said in a statement from spokesman Sid Nathan. “We remain committed to reaching a fair settlement for both the local communities and our 1.1 million customers to put an unsustainable situation back on a sustainable path.”

The judge’s ruling is a big victory for LIPA as it allows tax certiorari cases to continue to trial, rather than being dismissed, and could have a widespread impact across Long Island for other municipalities with similar disputes against the utility.

“Obviously, we disagree with this decision and plan to appeal,” Northport Superintendent Robert Banzer wrote in a letter to district residents. “Please understand that Justice Emerson’s decision is not the end of our fight in this case.”

Port Jeff school district also responded to the development.

“While this decision is not the outcome the district was hoping for, we vow to continue to explore our options as we work to protect our school district’s financial future and the needs of our community,” the district said in part in a statement. “The district will work to keep the community apprised of any updates on the matter.”

In her 24-page decision, Emerson denied any notion that chapter 21, section 16 of the 1997 Power Supply Agreement — which has been referred to as “the 1997 promise” — signed by LIPA when it took over Long Island Lighting Company was intended to benefit the school districts by preventing LIPA from challenging the tax-assessed value of its power plants.

Rather, she found it was to ensure other parties, including LILCO and GENCO, which owned the plants at the time, could not start initiating tax claims during the takeover process.

She also dismissed all claims that town governments or school districts were intended third-party beneficiaries of the contract.

“The Power Supply Agreement is clear and unambiguous and that it does not bestow any

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The tax assessment of the property that houses Port Jefferson Power Station in Port Jeff Village has been the subject of a legal battle between LIPA, Brookhaven Town, the school district and the village for the better part of a decade.

enforceable third-party-beneficiary rights on beneficiary “was wrongly decided.”

This recent decision could have large and the plaintiff,” Emerson wrote.

The judge pointed to the PSA saying it profound impact not only on Huntington, “does not expressly name” either the town or Northport-East Northport and Port Jeff schools, but for all other municipal government and school districts as a third-party beneficiaries.

“She applied contract law, not third-party school districts that have LIPA’s power plants.

On page 18 of her decision, Emerson wrote beneficiary law,” said John Gross, the attorney representing Northport-East Northport school not only did the PSA contract not protect the district. “That’s what we think she made the Town of Huntington, Northport or Port Jeff school district taxpayers but mistake on.”

Gross said New York State ‘While this decision is not “other similar situated school law allows entities, like the the outcome the district districts and municipalities.”

“This result was to a very school districts, to be recogwas hoping for, we vow large extent expected by the nized as third-party benefito continue to explore village, and that’s why the ciaries based on third-party our options as we work mayor and the board of trustconversations, letters and to protect our school ees very early, initiated and promises. The school districts have filed thousands of pages district’s financial future drove settlement discussions with LIPA to resolve the isof documents with the courts, and the needs of our sue,” Port Jefferson Village according to Gross, that incommunity.’

Attorney Brian Egan said. clude official correspondence The village board of trustand records of conversations — Port Jeff school district ees and Mayor Margot Garant former LIPA chairman Richin April passed a resolution ard Kessel had with school approving “settlement conadministrators and Huntington Town officials allegedly promising not to chal- cepts,” and the two sides are exchanging details of terms, expected to reach conclusion “at lenge the tax assessment of its power plants.

The judge ruled these “extra-contractual any time,” Egan said.

“When we’re a taxing jurisdiction and promises” made largely by Kessel “were gratuitous promises for which there was no consid- we’re going to subject ourselves to the back eration.” As such, the former chairman’s words taxes on a long shot, that is not what we do with taxpayer dollars,” Garant said. “We have “did not contractually bind LIPA.” Gross said the school’s status as a third-party an obligation to not gamble, so to speak.”

Huntington town attorney Nick Ciappetta said the town plans to file an appeal of the judge’s decision.

“We believe there’s only one logical and legal way to interpret that provision,” he said.

“That provision was there for the benefit of the taxpayers of Huntington.”

The town, Northport and Port Jefferson school districts will have 30 days to file an appeal once the decision is officially entered into court records, according to Ciappetta. He estimated an appeal of the decision could take 18 to 24 months.

“The decision does not affect the pending tax certiorari case between the Town of Huntington and LIPA scheduled for trial in December, nor do we expect it will impact the parties’ willingness to proceed with mediation,” Banzer wrote to the community.

Gross confirmed that Northport school district is still looking forward to sitting down for the first mediation session with the Town of Huntington, LIPA, National Grid and third-party neutral attorney Marty Scheinman slated for Sept. 26.

Officials in the Town of Brookhaven Law Department could not be immediately reached for comment, though the town has also said it is nearing a settlement in its case, though Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said Aug. 21 he was glad the town opted to pursue a settlement. Egan speculated settlements for municipalities attempting to resolve cases out of court might be held up by mediation in Northport and Huntington Town’s case.

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Opinion

Editorial

LIPA fallout coming We get it — if you read our newspapers or just about any other media that cover Long Island, you’ve heard enough over the past decade about the legal battles going on between several school districts and townships versus Long Island Power Authority.

If you feel like you’re on LIPA overload, we have some significant news — a major development occurred in the cases last week.

A New York State Supreme Court judge determined that the 1997 Power Supply Agreement between National Grid, which owns the power plants, and LIPA, which transmits that electricity to customers, did not contain any language, or “promise,” that prevented the utility companies from seeking to have taxes they pay on the power stations reduced.

The good news is this decision may signal there’s a light at the end of the tunnel to this endlessly drawn-out court battle. We fear the positives may end there.

LIPA has said that its intention in filing these lawsuits is to be able to reduce energy bills for its customers, as it hopes to pay out less in property taxes. On its face, the company’s goal appears to a good thing for residents of Huntington and Brookhaven townships, who will likely see a reduction in their monthly electrical bills should LIPA be victorious, except for the residents in Northport and Port Jefferson, who will see a property tax increase. These odds seem an increasingly likely fact in recent weeks as courts have ruled twice in LIPA’s favor.

However, these legal battles have been waged for nearly a decade, racking up what we can only imagine are substantial legal bills from lawyers hired to represent the municipalities and the school districts involved. Then adding in fees paid for a third-party mediator when sit-downs begin in September, we find ourselves asking, “At what cost?”

We hope to find out just how much taxpayers’ money has been spent on legal fees for the duration of the saga, so keep an eye out for that. And for what? The “Hail Mary” play that a court would determine the 1997 PSA had implied a legally binding promise that LIPA wouldn’t seek a reduction in its property taxes.

It was such a risky play for Brookhaven Town and Port Jefferson Village that those two municipalities have agreed to settle the cases out of court to avoid exposure to the risk of years of back pay should the issue actually end up in a trial loss for the two entities. Still, why did it take Brookhaven and Port Jeff until 2018 to finally reach a settlement while legal fees kept accruing?

All of this can also be looked at against the backdrop that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has set a goal for 50 percent of the state’s energy to come from renewable sources by 2030. Who’s going to pay for the solar and wind producing plants necessary, for example, to get on track in reaching that goal? We don’t think we’re going out on a limb in speculating that at least some of that cost will fall on LIPA’s customers.

While we’d like to think we’re inching closer to a day when we no longer have to report on legal issues pertaining to LIPA, a positive resolution for all stakeholders is going to take significantly more work. In reality, it should have been resolved long ago.

Letters … We welcome your letters. They should be no longer than 400 words and may be edited for length, libel, style and good taste. We do not publish anonymous letters. Please include a phone number and address for confirmation. Email letters to alex@tbrnewsmedia.com or mail them to The Village Beacon Record, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733.

Letters to the editor

Response to last week’s editorial Recent polls indicated nearly three-quarters of Americans have little or no faith in mainstream news. This is primarily due not to attacks on the free press, but on the performance of the free press. Fair, unbiased, balanced truth telling is what is necessary to restoring faith in journalism, ratings, readership and fis-

cal health to news media in America.

Most public purveyors of news and views function as the propaganda arm of the Democratic Party and the never-Trump resistance. The real squelching of the free press is done by censors within both the mainstream media and alternative modern forms of communication,

such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.

By the way, in the interest of full disclosure and transparency, I’m curious: How many of your editors and reporters voted Republican last election?

The Rev. Ronald Stelzer Our Savior Church and School Centereach

Pay everyone a living wage A few months ago, I was talking with a friend on his front porch when he leaned against a column. His finger went through the glossy paint into the rotten wood underneath. The paint had done such a great job of hiding the decay. It had gone undetected. It’s how I feel about the economy. I am not an economist, but I observe things and wonder.

Are we on the brink of something unseen?

During a break, at a seminar I attended recently, the people at the table talked about the economy and how the jobs numbers were looking better. One of the women remarked, “Yes, I have four of them”; she drives with Uber, works at a card shop, a

grocery checkout and the board of elections, all just to get by. Others at the table, though not as severe, had similar stories.

In the early spring, while walking my son’s dog, I met a young man living in his car behind a shopping mall. I recognized him from the local market, where he worked as a deli clerk. He did his laundry at the laundromat, had a $35-a-month membership at a gym that afforded him a locker, access to a shower, the pool and some equipment. I inquired about how he handled severe weather?

“There are houses around that rent rooms by the day, week or month ... I stay

in those,” he said. “Can be pricey but it gets you inside.”

Don’t be distracted by the glossy paint.

In 2017, 82 percent of the wealth generated last year went to 1 percent of the population, according to a study released by Oxfam International, a global nonprofit organization dedicated to helping fight against poverty with offices in Washington, D.C. With everything we care about on the line, we have to get involved in this election.

Vote for a livable wage for everyone.

Jerry Reynolds Coram

On hate and immorality Susan Perretti was given the privilege of writing a Your Turn column for TBR News Media, July 12. Sadly, she used that opportunity to blatantly mislead her audience regarding the true nature of her actions at the campaign kickoff of U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), June 28.

Far from Susan’s grandiose portrayal of a victimized citizen, we learned she was part of a group generously celebrated in The Smithtown News as the “Elks Club Four,” whose sole purpose was to infiltrate and disrupt an event held on private property.

We learned this because the quartet apparently had so little regard for both the curiosity and intellect of TBR readers, they merrily boasted of their double-dealing in a weekly, published in the same town, and on the same day Perretti’s propaganda appeared. That this crew refused to even consider the possibility someone might read more than one local paper and recognize the obvious contradictions speaks a whole lot more about them than us.

Yet recently, despite being easily exposed as an untrustworthy source, Sue is back moralizing to the same readers she presumed incapable of discovering her obvious duplicity. She loves lecturing the commoners on hate and morals, especially with regards to Zeldin; retyping the word “immoral” five times in her latest Aug. 16 letter, “Something is wrong, we must speak up.”

Yet she’s had zero to say about the inarguably immoral, hateful death threats being made against our congressman, his wife and their young, twin daughters.

It’s critical to note two things. All three of those targeted ladies were introduced at the Elks Club that evening, and the next week there was a widely publicized July 6 incident at Zeldin’s Smithtown campaign office. The Suffolk County Police press release read: “Martin Astrof was arrested after he threatened to kill supporters of Congressman Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump.

Astrof went to the campaign headquarters of Congressman Zeldin and became irate with a campaign worker at approximately 11:15 a.m. After threatening to kill the campaign worker and other supporters, Astrof backed his car up in an aggressive manner nearly striking the worker.”

Astrof was charged with making a terroristic threat and second-degree reckless endangerment. Those are felonies. After he made the threats at one of the congressman’s offices, he then menaced the worker outside the office by nearly backing into the person.

Then he fled the scene.

Rather than, once again, sermonize TBR readers on what’s right and wrong, perhaps Ms. Perretti could better redirect her homilies toward alleged felon Astrof, and any others who think they have the moral authority to threaten the lives of Congressman Zeldin and his family.

The opinions of columnists and letter writers are their own. They do not speak for the newspaper.

Jim Soviero East Setauket

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Opinion

Suggestions for an untapped baseball entertainer

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aseball is missing out on an entertainment gold mine. In most games, the third base coach is practically invisible, wandering in and out of a rectangular box that’s missing its back line.

Indeed, most of the time, the coach isn’t anywhere near lines that were drawn specifically for him.

If those lines aren’t necessary, why draw them? And, if they are where D. None the coach is supposed to be, then of the above shouldn’t umpires

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF enforce that rule?

What kind of lessons are we teaching our children if the coaches can’t stay between the lines?

Are we telling them it’s OK to leave the

lines? Or, maybe, we cleverly imagine that allowing them to stray from their limitations encourages children to exceed whatever limits others put on them — as happens in this space on occasion, but I digress.

No, you see, the third base coach spends an entire game performing: He appears to be simply scratching an itch on his nose, tapping his cap and motioning for sunscreen as he rubs his hand down his arm. Yet those gestures are a series of complicated signals that indicate what the batter and the runners should do before, during or after the next pitch.

Why does every team need to be so restricted and why does the coach’s facial expression always have to look like he’s trying to memorize a phone number written on a blackboard 90 feet away?

We are a creative culture, the endless Hollywood sequels to movies that shouldn’t have been made in the first place notwithstanding.

Why can’t we encourage the third base coach to add entertainment and perhaps levity to a sport

in which the home audience routinely watches players and managers shove sunflower seeds into their mouth and then expectorate them onto the field of dreams?

I have a few suggestions to bring more eyeballs to the third base coach and, perhaps, away from teams that long ago gave up hopes of a playoff berth. A coach could: • Attempt to bring his hands together behind his back. Sal, as we’ll call him, could turn his back to the hitter, put one hand behind his back from below while reaching down from above with the other.

• Break into a one-person kick line. Who doesn’t love a great Broadway number? Sal could kick out his leg and raise his hat at the same time.

• Combine line dances. Sal could start with a Macarena, add a second of the wobble and then conclude with the hustle.

• Attempt to start a lawn mower. The coach could bend down as if he were fixing something on the ground and then pull straight up several

times, hoping the engine catches.

• Wash his hands. This could serve two purposes: It could signal to the hitter to clean up his swing or mechanics; and it could remind everyone watching about the benefits of good hygiene, all the spitting and rubbing dirt between their fingers notwithstanding.

• Put a leash on an imaginary dog and stroll in place.

• And, finally, Sal could walk around his small box, tapping imaginary heads and then mouth the word “goose” and run back to his original spot.

These are just a few of the ways the forgotten man on the field might spruce up the game a bit. Maybe, if he caused the other team to focus on him enough, he might give his team an edge, allowing a runner on first to break for second as an appreciative pitcher became distracted by a coach’s antics. And, even if it didn’t work, it might bring a few smiles to fans during the dog days of summer.

The census doesn’t count these neighbors of ours

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hey are a surprise to behold, the wildlife in the suburbs. When I was growing up in New York City, the extent of the animal population consisted of pigeons and squirrels in the park. So I marvel at Long Island’s Canadian geese, rabbits, squirrels, ducks, swans, seagulls, ospreys, raccoons and deer going about their business alongside us as we humans go about ours.

Sometimes they are beautiful to watch.

On one road I frequently use, Between the geese will you and me cross to the other side, holding up

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF traffic as they do.

Drivers slow to a stop and watch as the geese unhurriedly walk single file before them. Interestingly one of the geese stands in the mid-

dle of the road in front of the line of march, a sentinel protecting the rest. Only after the last one crosses does the lookout then join on the end. These geese are definitely traffic savvy, patiently waiting on the edge of the grass and avoiding the cars as they speed by, awaiting an opening before they start to cross.

My son likes to watch the ducks swimming along, one behind the other, and wonders aloud if there is a pecking order to the line. We also marvel at the birds in strict formation when they begin to migrate.

We have a wacky rabbit that lives on our property and races the car down the driveway as we arrive home. One of these days, we are going to have rabbit stew if it isn’t careful.

There are gorgeous butterflies occasionally, rising together like an umbrella of color when startled, and the buzzing bees encourage the likelihood of pollination.

The other day, as I was driving along a waterside road, two deer, one in front of the other, rushed out of the wetland grass in front of my car, crossed the road, gracefully jumped the post-and-rail fence on the oppo-

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site side and raced up the hill until they were hidden in some trees. It was a heart-stopping moment because they had come close. They were also so lyrical in their movements, their russet bodies glistening in the sunlight, that they took my breath away.

We have a woodpile that is visible from the windows on one side of the house, and early each day, it seems, there is a squirrel that runs back and forth, bushy tail held high, across the chopped logs. We have named him Jack and conjectured that he is doing his morning exercises. Later, he can be seen leaping from limb to limb among the lush trees, the ultimate gymnast gathering nuts, I suppose, for his meals.

Early in our lives here, we used to see an occasional red fox and sometimes plump pheasants, but I haven’t seen those in a long while. I do know when there is a skunk nearby, and should we just once leave the garbage cans unfastened, we are aware we would be visited by raccoons.

The variety of songbirds is lovely. In addition to the mockingbird, the cardinal and the blue jay, those little brown birds are loud and

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numerous. A pair of ospreys apparently have made a huge nest nearby because we can see them soaring high above. Ditto for the seagulls, crying out to each other as they glide on an air current looking for dinner.

It surprises me that the dogs in the neighborhood coexist so peacefully with the rest of the animal kingdom here. Yes, they will occasionally chase a rabbit, almost as a duty, but not for long. And they will bark at a chipmunk as it scurries along but not in any sort of vicious way. I suppose that means they are well fed by their owners. The cats, however, are a different story. We’ve got one on the block that’s a real hunter, a lion in miniature.

The cliché is that the suburbs are sterile places, but they certainly are more interesting for their variety of natural life than the pigeons I used to be thrilled by as they landed on the fire escapes and city windowsills. To take just a few moments from an otherwise busy day, draw a deep breath, and enjoy the beauty of living beings around us this summer is a pleasure we should allow ourselves.

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Sports

Centereach’s Jamie Ortega plays up to expectations “I feel I can push through adversities and the challenges defenders face me with.”

– Jamie Ortega

Centereach native Jamie Ortega, above right, playing lacrosse for the University of North Carolina, and, below, playing lacrosse for Middle Country in 2017.

broke a North Carolina record set by attacker Molly Hendrick the season prior.

“Jamie Ortega is a special player,” McCool told The Daily Tar Heel. “She’s only a freshman and the confidence that she plays with — you don’t see it often with freshmen.”

Ortega played her best lacrosse the second half of the season. She scored a career-high seven goals and closed out a 10-0 first-half run in a 20-10 win against Duke University April 21. The performance was one goal shy of the UNC single-game record set in 2002.

Ortega grew accustomed to the spotlight in high school, having experienced facing double-teams throughout her six years on her Middle Country high school team, which she led to its first Suffolk County title and state championship game in 2017. Even a switch from midfield to attack couldn’t slow her down this season.

“It just comes so natural to her, playing the game how it is supposed to be played,” Middle Country head coach Lindsay Dolson said. “Jamie’s did an awesome job on defense and offense for us. She definitely led the team in that aspect.”

Her senior year she tallied 98 goals and 45 assists, and finished as New York state’s alltime leader in points with 588 (402 goals and 186 assists). She was also a five-year varsity starter and two-time all-county pick on Centereach High School’s soccer team.

“I’m a pretty confident person,” Ortega said. “I think that’s really important for other players to have. I don’t let things get to me.

I feel I can push through adversities and the challenges defenders face me with.”

Through all her triumphs she also had some unique experiences as a Tar Heel, like when she faced her older sister Nikki, an attack for the University of Notre Dame. The sisters scored unassisted and back-to-back for the first goals for each of their teams in UNC’s comefrom-behind win.

“It was stressful, because you want them both to win,” their mother Susan said, laughing.

“I’m so proud of them, and one thing with Jamie is she’s always trying to get better and her hard work really paid off. Jamie is the most humble kid you’re ever going to meet. She doesn’t talk about herself, she doesn’t watch herself, and I think that makes it even more impressive to me because she’s all about the game and playing, and playing with her team, and having fun doing it.”

Jamie Ortega also had the chance to play minutes from her home when Stony Brook University hosted the NCAA playoffs for North Carolina, which made its 10th appearance in the NCAA tournament semifinals, including seven in the last 10 years. She had four goals and one assist in the team’s final appearance of 2018 against James Madison University, earning AllNCAA Tournament Team honors.

If that all wasn’t enough, Ortega is giving back to a sport that’s given so much to her.

She worked a camp called Top of the Class at Lawrence Academy in Massachusetts with her assistant coach Phil Barnes, who runs it with Harvard University head coach Devon Wills.

Many Ivy League schools and coaches were there, along with six of her UNC teammates.

She said working with the freshman to junior players felt natural.

BILL LANDON

University of North Carolina standout Jamie Ortega wanted to live up to the hype after being named Inside Lacrosse’s No. 1-ranked freshman attacker, and she did just that with a record-breaking first season with a Tar Heels team that reached the NCAA semifinals.

The Centereach native was tabbed National Rookie of the Year as well by the lacrosse-centric publication, and Freshman of the Year by the Atlantic Coast Conference, navigating her way to be the top goal-scorer on a deep North Carolina offense. She shot 57.4 percent for 70 goals and added 16 assists while starting in all 18 games, scoring multiple goals in each of the Tar Heels’ final 14 contests, including 12 in a three-game span in the NCAA tournament.

Her 86 points broke UNC’s single-season record while she led all ACC rookies and ranked fourth overall in the conference. Her 70 goals also broke a 2008 record (50) for most goals scored by a freshman in a season, ranked second overall in the ACC and tied for 11th in Division I. “She’s a tremendous talent,” 23-year North Carolina head coach Jenny Levy said. “[Myself and my coaching staff] have done this for a long time, and when you see ‘It’, you see it.

She really has multiple weapons — she can dodge, feed and play off-ball — and she’s done that for a long time. She’s had the most tremendous freshman year we’ve ever had.”

Levy, who is considered among the best coaches in women’s lacrosse history, ranking third in NCAA Division I history in career wins and is a two-time national champion and a two-time National Coach of the Year, said she challenged Ortega to perform at a high level after UNC graduated a huge class of seniors.

She said she hadn’t put that type of pressure on a freshman in a long time, and said she thought Ortega responded.

“I wasn’t really expecting being ranked the top recruit in the nation, and it did make me nervous because I felt like I had to live up to that expectation, but it also made me want to work harder, because I wanted to prove I was the No. 1 lacrosse recruit in the nation,” said Ortega, who was also named to the Inside Lacrosse ILWomen All-Rookie Team and All-America third team. “Being named the Rookie of the Year means a lot to me because it showed that through college — which is really hard, because it’s not like high school, everyone’s good — I can still stand out.”

She credited her teammates, like Marie McCool, a decorated player in her own right, for pushing her to become better, and giving her opportunities to succeed.

McCool said Ortega proved she was a force all her own, especially after the freshman recorded her 15th goal of the conference tournament, which

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“I didn’t feel like I was coaching — it felt like I was just hanging out with some lacrosse girls,” Ortega said. “This is definitely something I never expected, because I’m not one to brag, but being an idol to others really motivated you more. Lacrosse means everything to me, and to be able to play, and to still play at this level, making memories with my teammates, trying to succeed with them and giving back to others has been a privilege.”