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Blizzard batters Three Village A weekend blizzard covers the Three Village community in snow. See more snow photos on page A10. By PHil Corso
The good fight
Ward Melville grad takes lessons from front lines into the ring
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A wintery nor’easter barreled through the northeast over the weekend, and the Three Village community was hardly spared. Snow accumulation totals were in the double-digits with the Setauket and Stony Brook area received more than 20
inches of snow by the time the storm subsided. But the horrific weather conditions did little to deter the North Shore community, officials who worked on the front lines said. Dr. James A. Vosswinkel, Stony Brook University Hospital’s chief of trauma surgery, said the community has gotten better
at facing dangerous weather over recent years, and it showed over the weekend. “We set up for it, but fortunately, I think after all the bad weather we’ve had . . . people have really started to listen to news advisories,” he said. “We haven’t had as much bad stuff.” Stony Brook University Hospi-
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tal set up an emergency operating center at the university’s campus over the weekend as it anticipated students from across the country to move into its resident halls. The center worked as a three-dimensional model that allows for management of Stony Brook systems across the campus in real-time, a spokeswoman said.
North Shore Jewish Center hosts debate By Alex PeTroski
Modern Jewish heroes were recognized at an event at the North Shore Jewish Center in Port Jefferson Station last Wednesday. A group of eight sixth- and seventh-graders held a debate to decide who is the most influential modern Jewish hero, in front of their families and other Hebrew school classes. The event was called “Hagiborim Shelanu” which is Hebrew for “Our Heroes.” Heather Welkes, who is in her first year working as the coordinator for experiential learning Photo by Alex Petroski DEBATE continued on page A10 North shore Jewish Center presented a debate about Jewish Heroes with Heather Welkes as moderator.