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February 16, 2017

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Black History Month, locally

Setauket resident Geral Lee remembers family

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What’s one of the best parts of coming to the library? Meeting friends from the community and sharing in your love of books. Emma Clark Library once again joins the international initiative “Take Your Child to the Library Day,” Thursday, Feb. 23, from 1 to 3 p.m. The library will offer face painting, temporary tattoos, balloon sculpting and crafts — in addition to all the daily services and resources you can find there, such as books, audio books, computers, tablets, movies, music, toys and puzzles — all for free. Each person who signs up for a new library card on February 23 will be entered in a raffle. You’re never too young for a library card. Patrons may obtain one from birth and immediately start enjoying the library’s resources, such as the “Time for Baby” program. There is no need to register and all families are welcome. Last year, nearly 400 people participated in the event, and the library set a record for the number of new library card sign-ups in one day. The library hopes to break that record this year. Questions? Call 631-941-4080, ext. 123, or email kids@emmaclark.org.

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Free pre-K will replace fee pre-K at nassakeag in September. Application deadline March 31.

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3 Village to offer free pre-K; tax cap set at 3.40 percent

By AndreA PAldy The Three Village school district announced last week that it will launch a free prekindergarten program in the fall to replace the current fee-based program housed at Nassakeag Elementary School. The school board meeting also brought up-to-date news about the tax cap and the district’s STEM program. Speaking about the new, free prekindergarten program, Jeff Carlson, the district’s assistant superintendent for business services, explained that it will remain at Nassakeag. He also said the program will be taught by Three Village teachers and only be open to district residents. For the past two years, Three Village has been partnering with SCOPE Education Services to run a preschool for 4-year-olds at Nassakeag. Under the new district-only program, there will be 200 spots for 4-year-olds in 10 classes — five in the morning and five in the afternoon. Carlson said both the morning and afternoon sessions will meet for twoand-a-half hours, five days a week. Children must be potty-trained to attend and must turn 4 by Dec. 1, 2017. If there are more applicants than spaces, students will be selected by lottery, Carlson said. The current kindergarten enrollment stands at 339. While the preschool playground and classrooms are in place, the district would still have to cover the cost of staffing the program. Carlson estimated it would cost about $450,000 in teaching salaries and benefits. However, because of declining enrollment in the elementary schools, Three Village would have had to lay off three elementary school teachers next fall. Now, though, the district will shift three teachers with early childhood education certifications over to the preschool. Two additional teachers will be hired. The deadline for application is March 31, and the lottery drawing will be held April 21.

The budget

With new numbers in from the state, Three Village has a clearer picture of its finances for the coming school year. With those figures in place, Carlson said the new

projected limit on the tax levy increase is 3.40 percent. That is up from an initial projection of 1.46 percent in January. The baseline for what is commonly referred to as the tax cap is set at 2 percent, or the consumer price index — whichever is lower. In addition, each district’s maximum allowable levy increase is calculated using a formula that includes criteria such as a district’s tax base growth factor, capital projects and bond payments, Carlson said. Three Village can expect an increase in state aid of about $247,000, based on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) executive budget for 2018. The amount does not include building aid. Last year, the district received a $3.5 million bump because of the end of the Gap Elimination Adjustment — funds taken from school aid packages to assist the state in balancing its budget. The district will not need to cut any programs for budget reasons.

Computer science

With STEM careers growing at a rate of 17 percent — compared to 9.8 percent for other fields — according to a report from the district’s computer science faculty, Three Village students have the opportunity to stay abreast of a rapidly changing field. Stan Hanscom, a math and computer science teacher at P.J. Gelinas Junior High, said because district students are exposed to coding through the elementary STEM program, the district’s junior high computer classes offer a bridge between early exposure and offerings at the high school. Hanscom’s students learn Scratch and TI Basic for calculators, which introduce code sequencing, trouble-shooting and problem solving. In grades eight and nine, students focus on logical thinking and learn programming using Python. Ward Melville High School offers AP computer science A, an introductory, college-level course in Java programming. Next year, students will also be able to take AP computer science principles, which focuses less on programming and more on the foundations of programming, with an interdisciplinary approach, said Katelyn Kmiotek, who teaches eighth- and ninth-graders at Gelinas Junior High. She will teach the new course in the fall.

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Video: Piping Plovers at West Meadow Beach

Environmental ed legally mandated at West Meadow nature preserve

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Snow and sleet notwithstanding, spring will soon be here, and it’s time to ask the question: Will environmental education programming return to West Meadow Beach in Stony Brook and Cedar Beach in MountSinai? When queried last year, Brookhaven Town spokesman Jack Krieger responded in an email, “At this time the position [environmental educator] is occupied and budgeted in the 2017 town budget.” When he wrote that, the person holding the title, Molly Hastings, had been suspended since September pending the outcome of a hearing process that has yet to be concluded nearly five months later.

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The 1996 New York State legislation that decreed the removal of the cottages being used by private individuals, and returned the beach to its natural state, also contained a provision that there be an environmental educator hired to provide programming to add an informational component to the newly reclaimed preserve. The cottages were razed in 2004 and, following a multi-year civil service process to establish the position, Eileen Gerle became the first environmental educator in March 2009. Upon her retirement in October 2014, Hastings became the second to hold the position the following December. Stony Brook civic leader Herb Mones said he dedicated a decade and a half to seeing that the town complied with the legislation. “I spent 15 years of my life on this issue, to move the town to fulfill its obligation to make the public park public, fulfilling the vision of local industrialists Ward Melville and Eversley Childs,” he said. Mones said the town has done some very good things at West Meadow, remodeling the main building, adding a lifeguard station and providing new playground equipment. “If the town never did another thing, it would still be a remarkable resource,” he said. “It’s a little slice of heaven. I think there are a lot of things that are very positive. West Meadow really defines the Three Villages.” Still, he said he’d like to see refurbishment of the remaining cottages, addition of a nature trail and installation of security lighting near the Gamecock Cottage. And, of course, restoration of educational programming. When Nick Sicurelli, a 17-year-old Hauppauge High School senior, learned all the fall environmental education programs at West Meadow Beach — as well as at Cedar Beach — had been cancelled this year, he said he felt bad for all the students and scouts who had missed out. “It’s important to reach out, to inform people [about the environment], to let them know the scale of what’s going on — and the small things they can do [to improve the planet],” he said, adding he believed the cancellations were unfortunate. Sicurelli first came to West Meadow Beach to complete an environmental science merit badge with his Boy Scout Troop 343. He returned happily and often to take advantage of the opportunities to learn and do more including search for turtles and turtle eggs, help with beach cleanup, remove invasive plants and replant a beach garden for which he raised funds to purchase trees and plants. In all, 19 programs open to the public and 22 public school programs were canceled in September and October at the two sites, according to a Sept. 27 email sent from Tom Carrano, supervisor of the environmental educator, to Molly Hastings. In addition, a variety of tours, field trips, school assemblies, citizen scientist projects and volunteer opportunities were unavailable this fall. Elyas Masrour of Setauket, a student at P. J. Gelinas Junior High School, saw a film years ago that engendered in him a passion for birds. “I watched ‘The Big Year,’ a funny movie about birders who go on a trip and try to outdo each other sighting birds,” he said. “It lit a spark for me and I signed up for bird walks at West Meadow Beach.” He said he met other birders and they did a ‘Big Year’ together — right in the Three Village area — identifying more than 100 bird species. Taking the next step, Masrour started photographing birds he spotted, until he realized taking videos made it easier to capture a good shot in an individual frame. That led to wildlife filmmaking. He asked permission of Hastings to film the piping plovers at West Meadow last summer. She worked with him so he could create a five-minute documentary. Catherine Masrour, Elyas’ mother, would like to see the educational programming resume. “It’s such an important thing,” she said. “Kids don’t get outside enough as it is. There are all these opportunities at West Meadow that make it so special and wonderful. If we are going to combat climate change, we need to start locally — and with the young. We need an informed future generation.”

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BLACK history MoNth

A healthy reminder for a healthy society Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is unques- in the name of justice. I am certain their actionably synonymous with Black History tions helped define his political strategies. Month. He courageously confronted social These people — and God bless them — inequities and racism in the were not just slaves, demmidst of an adverse antionstrators or rioters. black administration largely I must include Glenn due to J. Edgar Hoover who Beck in this article. I am had been appointed director not suggesting he is an of the Bureau of Investigaauthority on black history. tion, renamed the Federal As the colorful conservaBureau of Investigation in tive that he is, his question 1935. Few could compete as to why the many conwith Hoover’s power and he tributions of black people went virtually unchallenged continue to remain hidden for half a century. from the mainstream is a Hoover opposed maklegitimate one — and yet ing Dr. King’s birthday a another reason to celebrate national holiday. His smear Black History Month. campaign attempted to laIn one of his tapings, bel Dr. King as a communist “Glenn Beck Founders’ BY GEraL LEE and a homosexual. He orFridays Black American dered illegal wire taps of Dr. Founders” (Fox News), that King’s hotel room to try to I listened to on YouTube, he justify his stance and used mentioned Peter Salem, a the power of government to satisfy his own hero in the Battle of Bunker Hill who saved bigotry toward blacks. Dr. King persevered. scores of American lives. During the Battle of There were many other individuals way Lexington, white and black parishioners who before Dr. King who challenged the system worshiped together were commanded to fight.

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James Armistead served as a double spy. And is that Prince Whipple, the black crewman, in the painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware? I am not so sure because many blacks fought in the American Revolution. Freedom was not an automatic option. There have been unsung black heroes making all kinds of contributions throughout American history. The members of the 333rd Battalion, for example. The Chesapeake Marine Railway and Dry Dock Company of Baltimore, Maryland, which was one of the largest and most successful black businesses in America in the 1870s. “Dirty Little Secrets About Black History: Its Heroes & Other Troublemakers” by Claud Anderson reveals that in the late 1800s, blacks invented and filed for patents on a number of transportation-related devices. Andrew J. Beared invented an automatic train car coupler. Albert B. Blackburn invented a railway signal. R.A. Butler invented a train alarm. Although many inventors were fresh out of slavery and the literacy rate among slaves was 50 percent, black inventors filed hundreds of patents for transportation devices. The Safe Bus Company was a black-owned city-chartered bus line in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, from 1930 to the 1960s. Black history celebrates regular people engaged in positive activities. Here are some examples: My father Herman Lee resided at 34 Christian Ave., Setauket, between 1956 and 2011. He was employed at the Setauket yard of the Brookhaven Highway Department in the 1960s and promoted to foreman in the 1970s. He did carpentry/home improvement projects for Three Village homeowners; among his regular clients, the Windrows and the Strongs. In World War II he served on the USS Hornet CV-12. After he became a chaplain for the VFW along with his wife Barbara Lewis Lee who was a practical nurse and historian in her own right. They sent all of their four children to college: Barbara, Herman, Geral and Peter. Uncle Sherwood Lewis was an employee of Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO). He came up with an idea that saved the company more than $100,000 a year according to a Newsday article dated April 23, 1977. He, too, was raised on Christian Avenue and now resides in Massachusetts. Grandmother Ethel Lewis, valedictorian of her high school graduating class, resided at 32 Christian Ave. with her husband Howard Lewis. They subdivided their property so my parents could build their house on Christian Avenue. Aunt Hazel Lewis, salutatorian of her graduating class, was employed at Peck & Peck in New York City back in the day — a high-end boutique clothing store for women. Aunt Pearl Lewis Hart received an associates degree in accounting in her 40s, was promoted to supervisor of the payroll department at SUNY Stony Brook and, until

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Photos clockwise from above, Herman Lee in his Navy days (~1941); the Lee children, left to right, Barbara, Herman, Geral and Peter; from left, Barbara and Herman Lee with Barbara’s mother Ethel Lewis.

her death last month at age 92, was living in her own home on Christian Avenue. Uncle Harry Hart, Pearl’s husband, owned his own excavation and contracting business from the 1940s to the 1980s. He acquired land on Christian Avenue and rented to many local folks. Remembering a few of Dr. King’s principles of nonviolence can help provide the foundation for a healthy society: “Nonviolence is a way of life for brave people; attack problems, not people; know and do what is right even when it is difficult.” I know there are many individuals who believe in these principles. Black History Month means different things to different people, but if it can fill in the gaps, identify injustice, encourage positive dialogue and provide a platform for people to work toward understanding one another, it is a valuable ongoing process. Geral Lee returned to her Setauket home in 2013 to be with her father after living in Rhode Island for 12 years. She taught physical education and health in Hempstead early in her career and received a personal invitation from her primary school coach Jack Foley, who later became athletic director for Three Village schools, to teach at Ward Melville. She served in the Peace Corps in Senegal, loves dogs and cats and currently relieves stress as a reflexologist.

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LEGALS NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT- COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC., MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-AR6, Plaintiff, AGAINST KEVIN SCANLON, CHRISTY PYLYPCZUK, et al. Defendant(s) Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered October 11, 2016 I the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the East Hampton Town Hall, 159 Pantigo Road, East Hampton, NY 11937 on March 15, 2017 at 9:30 AM premises known as 179 GARDINERS AVE, EAST HAMPTON, NY 11937 All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of East Hampton, County of Suffolk and State of New York. District 0300, Section 082.00, Block 01.00 and Lot 001.000 Approximate amount of judgment $672,584.82 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #31064/10 KEITH O`HALLORAN, ESQ., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff – 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747

SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF NASSAU Provident Funding, LP, V. Hilda Salinas, et al. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated May 19, 2016, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of NASSAU, wherein PROVIDENT FUNDING, LP, is the Plaintiff and HILDA SALINAS, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, First Floor, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on March 7, 2017 at 11:30am, premises known as 117 KINGS CT, ELMONT, NY 11003: Section 32 Block 687 Lot 20: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE VILLAGE OF ELMONT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 13741/11. Keith A. Lavallee, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff 818 2/2 4x vth

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY CITIMORTGAGE, INC.; Plaintiff(s) vs. JAMES R. GRAHAM; NAOMI GRAHAM; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about March 15, 2016, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738. On March 20, 2017 at 9:00 am. Premises known as 24 ERIE STREET, PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY 11776 District: 0200 Section: 255.00 Block: 04.00 Lot: 024.000 ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, known and designated as Lot 2 on a certain map entitled, “Map of Terryville Estates Section Four”, and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk on August 16, 1962 as Map No. 3632. As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale. Approximate amount of judgment $382,477.97 plus interest and costs. INDEX NO. 00592-14 Louis C. England, Esq., Referee 876 2/16 4x vth

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Police Blotter Incidents and arrests Feb. 7 – Feb. 13 Breakfast behind bars

A 33-year-old woman from Port Jefferson Station stole a wallet from a purse hanging off the back of a chair at Bagel Deli Gourmet on Patchogue Road in Port Jefferson Station at about 1 p.m. Jan. 1, according to police. She was arrested Feb. 7 in Selden, where she also possessed a hypodermic needle, and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny and possession of a hypodermic instrument.

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During a traffic stop on Bates Road in Setauket Feb. 13, a 22-year-old man from East Setauket possessed marijuana, according to police. He was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana.

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The tire of a vehicle was damaged while it was parked outside of a home on Mayflower Lane in Setauket at about 10:30 p.m. Feb. 9, according to police.

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Someone put a solvent on a 2015 Hyundai, which melted away the paint, while it was parked outside of a home on Hewes Street in Terryville at about 9 p.m. Feb. 8, according to police.

Should have gone for the 60-inch A 48-inch television was stolen from Walmart on Nesconset Highway in Setauket at about 5 p.m. Feb. 10, according to police.

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STANLEY ROUSSEAU; MARIE M. ROUSSEAU ,et al Defendants Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such & Crane LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorney(s) for Plaintiff(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered JANUARY 6, 2016 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the CCP (CALENDAR CONTROL PART COURTROOM) IN THE NASSAU SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501 on MARCH 14, 2017 at 11:30 A.M.. Prem-

ises known as 186 WELLINGTON ROAD, ELMONT, NY 11003. Sec 32 Block 398 Lot 213. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Elmont, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $597,851.42 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 009446/13 . JANINE TARA LYNAM, ESQ. , Referee 858 2/9 4x vth NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY. PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Pltf. vs. JOSEPH

CIAVARELLI AKA JOSEPH S. CIAVARELLI, et al, Defts. Index #060495/2014. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Oct. 3, 2016, I will sell at public auction at Brookhaven Town Hall, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on Mar. 8, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. prem. k/a 2 Campus Lane, Stony Brook, NY a/k/a Section 328.00, Block 05.00, Lot 029.000, District 0200. Approx. amt. of judgment is $713,493.47 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. DONNA ENGLAND, Referee. FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON, LLP, Attys. For Ptlf., 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore, NY. File No. 55750 - #90646 806 2/2 4x vth

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Among the Forty Under 40

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Long Island Business News’ select Forty Under 40 honorees were celebrated last month. From the 180 nominations received this year, local residents Kaylin Peterson, left, and Jack Harrington, right, were among the honorees.

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Valentines for veterans:

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, first- and sixth-graders at Minnesauke Elementary School created goodie bags filled with love and toiletries for residents at the Long Island Veterans Home in Stony Brook. Before the 120 bags were sealed, the students penned and decorated handwritten Valentine cards and notes for the recipients, thanking them for their service and wishing them a happy holiday.

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Obituaries Ernest Palmieri

Ernest Palmieri of Port Jefferson, passed away Feb. 9. Ernest, was born Oct. 20, 1934, the eldest child of Mildred and Patsy Palmieri. He grew up in Elmhurst, Queens, was a choir boy and graduated from Grover Cleveland High School. He was recruited to pitch for the AAA Minor League of the St. Louis Cardinals. While he favored the knuckleball, he had a diverse pitching arsenal. He played from 1953 to 1959 when an injury cut short his career. He worked for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and bought an agency in E. Setauket: Payne and Palmieri. He acquired

other agencies under the name Palmieri Co. Movies, music and stamp collecting were lifelong passions. Upon retirement, he enjoyed time with friends and family, travel and golf. His father was a PGA member. Visitation will be held Feb. 16 at Bryant Funeral Home in East Setauket from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. There will be a funeral Mass Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. at Infant Jesus R.C. Church in Port Jefferson. Interment will follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Coram. Arrangements are entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Please visitwww. bryantfh.com to sign the online guest book.

John Vincent Biggers

John Biggers of Setauket died Jan. 5, in his 90th year. John was born in Glen Cove to Sophie and John Biggers. He was an aeronautical engineer and worked at Grumman Corporation in Bethpage. He was the beloved husband of the late

Port Jefferson Station resident Kaylin Peterson was one of the recent Forty Under 40 honorees. “Kaylin’s leadership qualities and skills are evident in her growth with Jefferson’s Ferry.” said Robert Caulfield, president and CEO. “Her enthusiasm and drive have advanced the success and mission of the Jefferson’s Ferry Foundation. She is truly an asset and extremely worthy of this award.” Peterson serves as the foundation’s director of philanthropy. She manages fundraising and develops marketing materials. Monies raised from the annual Monte Carlo Night bankroll a resident assistance fund that plays a critical role covering monthly fees of residents who have outlived their assets or have experienced an unanticipated financial need through no fault of their own. Peterson is a member and sergeant-atarms of the Stony Brook Rotary Club and volunteers at Habitat for Humanity and Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck, which serves people with disabilities. With colleagues, she also volunteers at Welcome INN Soup Kitchen. Prior to joining Jefferson’s Ferry, Peterson worked in the development office at the Leslie Munzer Neurological Institute. She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from St. Joseph’s College and a certificate in not-forprofit management from Hofstra University.

Stony Brook resident Jonathan “Jack” Harrington was honored recently as well. When asked about being chosen, Harrington responded, “I am honored to be among those selected. After meeting many of my fellow awardees and learning about their extraordinary contributions, it is clear that Long Island’s best days lie ahead.” An attorney with Campolo, Middleton & McCormick, LLP, Harrington is chairman of the International Regulation, Enforcement and Compliance Group at the firm. A graduate of Yale Law School, he received a master’s degree from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and a bachelor’s degree from Saint Andrews University in Scotland. Born and raised in Brookhaven, prior to joining the law firm Harrington served in the White House Counsel’s Office and was a senior associate at Wilmer-Hale, LLP. He co-chairs the Suffolk County Bar Association Federal Courts Committee. Prior to practicing law, he was a counterterrorism and intelligence analyst. Harrington continues his commitment to national security as a fellow at the Truman National Security Project and an Intelligence Officer in the United States Navy Reserve. Harrington is a vice-chair of the Brookhaven Town Democratic Committee.

Agnes; devoted father of Barbara Ann Snyder (James), Michael (Theresa), Carol Teasley (John), Donald (Joanne) and the late John Jr.; cherished grandfather of eight: Jarett, Colleen, Meagan, Ryan, Jason, James, David and Lacey. Arrangements were made by Moloney’s Port Jefferson Station Funeral Home. Cremation was private at Nassau Suffolk Crematory in Lake Ronkonkoma.

Arrangements were made by Moloney’s Port Jefferson Station Funeral Home. Cremation was private at Nassau Suffolk Crematory, Lake Ronkonkoma.

Michael V. Serratore

Michael Serratore of Port Jefferson Station died Jan. 13, in his 89th year. He was born in Brooklyn, the son of Giovanni and Louise Serratore. Michael was a pharmacist who worked at the Pathmark Supermarket in Port Jefferson Station. He was the beloved husband of the late Julie; devoted father of Michael, Danielle and Robert; cherished grandfather of five: Giancarlo, Giovanni, Gabriella, Guilianna and Anthony.

Joseph Scaduto

Joseph Scaduto, of East Setauket, died Jan. 18, in his 93rd year. He was born in Brookhaven, the son of Anthony and Frances Scaduto. He was a truck driver with the New York City Department of Sanitation. Joseph was the beloved husband of Anna; devoted father of Anthony, Vincent and Joseph; dear brother of the late Rose Toronto; cherished grandfather of seven and greatgrandfather of three. A funeral was held at St. James R.C. Church in Setauket. Interment followed at Calverton National Cemetery. Arrangements were made by Moloney’s Lake Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Lake Ronkonkoma.

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Town tree advisory committees: additional information Created by Town of Brookhaven, but not yet sitting By Donna newman Donna@tBrnewspapers.com A disagreement last year between residents of the M-section of the Strathmore housing development in Stony Brook and Town of Brookhaven Highway Department Superintendent Dan Losquadro (R) regarding the necessity of removing area street trees to provide proper road resurfacing, resulted in an extended discussion of trees — and whether they should be removed or not. That discussion brought into focus a need for checks and balances, said Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station). The councilwoman said prior to this public discussion the highway department acted independently, without town board or environmental input. Cartright worked with Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) and Town Attorney Annette Eaderesto to find a solution that would prevent a recurrence of the M-section situation. Listening to input from community members, representatives of the highway department, environmental activists and civic groups, the town board passed a resolution at its Dec. 15 meeting authorizing a tree advisory committee to establish guidelines for the Town of Brookhaven. Two different committees would be

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formed depending on if the land was owned by the town or was located in the town’s rights-of-way. The resolution stipulated that, when a project is within the town’s rights-of-way, the makeup of the committee shall be: (1) a representative from the town’s division of land management, appointed by the town attorney; (2) a representative of the town highway department, appointed by its superintendent; (3) a licensed professional engineer from the highway department’s engineering division; and (4) a Suffolk County Civil Service titled horticultural worker from the town’s ecology center. When a project is on town park lands, or any other town-owned lands, the committee shall consist of: (1) a representative from the town’s division of land management, appointed by the town attorney; (2) a representative of the supervisor’s office, appointed by the supervisor; (3) a representative of the parks department, appointed by its commissioner; and (4) a representative of the department of planning and environment, appointed by its commissioner. The resolution passed unanimously. An interview with Cartright recently clarified additional information about the committees. There will be standing committees, she said, as opposed to being as-

N o t i ce o f f o r m a t i o n o f JJSBMLLC.Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 20,2016. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 2460 Nesconset Hwy, Stony Brook, NY 11790. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

and sale. Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale. Approximate amount of judgment $362,779.40 plus interest and costs. INDEX NO. 064879/2013 Andrea Denicola, Esq., Referee

sell at public auction at the BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE NY, on March 7, 2017, at 2:00 pm, premises known as 52 BIRCH HILLS ROAD, MOUNT SINAI, NY 11766: District 0200 Section 069.00 Block 03.00 Lot 007.000:

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Notice of formation of VES SQUARE LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 08/18/2016. Office located in SUFFOLK. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 69 WILLOW WOOD DR., E.SETAUKET, NY -11733. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT PIPE STAVE HOLLOW, MT. SINAI, IN THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC; Plaintiff(s) vs. DIANA ILOWITE; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about September 29, 2016, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738. On February 28, 2017 at 10:30 am. Premises known as 224 LOWER SHEEP PASTURE ROAD, SETAUKET, NY 11733 District: 0200 Section: 202.00 Block: 02.00 Lot: 011.000 ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Setauket, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York. As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure

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Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 14-068110. Peter L. Kramer, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff

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FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”),,

Notice of formation of Diane Bowers Advisory Services, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 1/24/17. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 3 Upper Devon Rd, Port Jefferson, NY 11777. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

V. ERIC KIRSCHBAUM; et al. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated December 19, 2016, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of SUFFOLK, wherein FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), is the Plaintiff and ERIC KIRSCHBAUM; et al. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will

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a canopy of trees remains on m-section streets in stony Brook. sembled on an ad hoc basis. Since they were established as internal advisory committees, she said it was necessary that its members be town employees. “Committee members have not yet been appointed,” she said. “I’m hoping [that will happen] in the next few months.” There is no plan to notify the public of the names of committee members, Cartright said, nor to let residents know when — or why — the committees meet. Public information will

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC, Plaintiff against DELIA RAMRATTAN ,et al Defendants

be provided at a town board meeting. “After the committee meets,” Cartright said, “it will come to the town board to make its report. Reports are scheduled at the beginning of board meetings.” Residents may sign up for Community Connection Campaign (CCC) emails that include board agenda items of interest to District 1 — including Tree Advisory Committee reports — by going to the town website, clicking Elected Officials, District 1 and completing the Web Contact Form.

ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-16, Plaintiff – against – ANNE PAPAZISSIMOS, et al Defendant(s).

JUDITH POWELL, ESQ. , Referee

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on December 19, 2016. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction, at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hall, Farmingville, Suffolk County, New York, 11738 on the 14th Day of March, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Old Field, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York. Premises known as 20 Midwood Road, Stony Brook, (Town of Brookhaven) New York 11790. (District: 0200, Section: 107.00, Block: 03.00, Lot: 010.000) Approximate amount of lien $895,537.74 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 13-17612. Anthony Moncayo, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, NY 14614-1990 Tel. 585/760-8218 Dated: February 1, 2017

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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OPT1,,

Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such & Crane LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorney(s) for Plaintiff(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered DECEMBER 30, 2013 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the CCP (CALENDAR CONTROL PART COURTROOM) IN THE NASSAU SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501 on MARCH 14, 2017 at 11:30 A.M.. Premises known as 238-27 117th AVENUE, ELMONT, NY 11003. Sec 32 Block 637 Lot 150. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Elmont, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $451,000.81 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 014218/11 .

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V. PETER C. BRUMBAUGH, et al. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated October 21, 2016, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of SUFFOLK, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OPT1, is the Plaintiff and PETER C. BRUMBAUGH, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE NY, on March 16, 2017 at 10:00am, premises known as 117 BRIARCLIFF ROAD, SHOREHAM, NY 11786: District 0207 Section 004.00 Block 01.00 Lot 011.000 and 011.001: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE VILLAGE OF SHOREHAM, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 065781/2014. Lane M. Bubka, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff 864 2/16 4x vth

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history close at hand

Recounting the blizzard of 1888, a surprise to LIers ers toward the city but stopped before reaching their destination. Trains would not be seen again on much of Long Island for more than a week. Kate Strong, daughter of Selah, wrote in the Long Island Forum that Julia Smith had told her about seeing the local physician Dr. Bates coming along Main Street in Setauket past her house on Monday afternoon, returning home from an emergency with his “man” Charlie:

next door, it was days before they were able to get any fresh milk. Selah Strong recorded that the temperaThe coming of spring in 1888 was anticiture dropped to 12 degrees Monday the 12th pated by Walt Whitman and by U. S. War Deand then to nine degrees the 13th. The wind partment weather observers in Washington, blew all day Tuesday and the snow never D.C. The first days of March were mild, the stopped falling, although it was impossible to first buds had emerged and local farmers tell the difference between falling and blowlooked forward to an early planting season. ing snow. Strong recorded on Tuesday that In Setauket, Selah B. Strong of St. George’s a total of 3.75 inches of melted precipitation Manor on Strong’s Neck kept a daily weather fell. At a standard conversion, one inch of water equals 10 inches of snow; it totaled 37.5 inches of snow. He recorded the snowfall as 24 inches, though the drifts were often as high as 20 feet or more. Strong was also a roadmaster for the Town of Brookhaven, and kept a record of the roads that were opened after the storm ended — and the work of clearing the published in the New York Herald — March 12, 1888 roads began. Because the drifts were so high in places “Dr. Bates’ horse could hardly face the it was often necessary to take apart the postrecord for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau. The first 10 days of March storm and every few lengths the sleigh would and-rail fences and shovel a new road across he observed high temperatures from 26 to upset and dump them out in the snow. The fields, farms and home lots. In this way a 44 degrees. March 6-9 were clear, scattered horse was glad to stand still while they right- road was opened from Setauket to Port Jefclouds on the 10th. March was indeed coming ed the sleigh and got back in. The whole ferson by Wednesday evening the 14th. performance was repeated again a few feet in like a lamb. There was still no contact with the outOn the 11th, Strong recorded rain began farther on.” side world. Local residents did their best to Julia Smith’s brother Will got the exhaust- start digging out and to take care of animals, at 7:30 p.m. By 4 a.m. Monday morning— the 12th—rain changed to snow. Snow con- ed doctor into the house and took the tired small children and the elderly. Teams of men tinued to fall through the morning, becoming horse to Dr. Bates’ home, walking behind and and boys worked all day every day to clear stopping every few feet to right the sleigh, roads and paths to barns. Strong found it heavier as the day progressed. The storm came as a surprise. Weather which kept overturning. He completed the easier to walk to Setauket village on a pair observers had expected only rain and brisk task and returned home but travel was slow. of snowshoes. They had been made upstate, Snow continued to fall heavier and the according to Kate Strong, and were the first winds from the east on Sunday, followed by fair weather on Monday with colder tempera- wind blew harder from the northwest. By late to have been seen in this area. They are now tures and brisk winds from the west. A storm Monday travel was impossible. People stayed a part of the Three Village Historical Society system was observed moving northeast from where they were. The few who ventured into collection. the Gulf of Mexico but was expected to move the storm were found frozen to death. The The snowfall on March 12 and 13 was not out into the Atlantic Ocean off the Carolinas. entire northeast came to a halt. By Monday the most that had fallen at any time up to By late Sunday, the storm had taken a evening New York City and Long Island were that year, nor was it the most that was to fall turn northward. It was loaded with mois- without power or communication, cut off on the Three Village area after that year. The ture and as it moved toward the eastern end completely from the rest of the world. combination, however, of snow, gale force Charlie Bickford lived on Old Post Road in winds and low temperature was enough to of Long Island it picked up speed, overrode a cold Canadian storm from the west and East Setauket and remembered his father tell- make it the most devastating winter storm in passed across eastern Canada. When the ing him Tuesday morning, when they opened the history of the northeast. It was also the storm reached the eastern end of Long Island, the front door, they found a solid wall of snow most widespread, covering an area south of it stalled and remained there for the next two right up to the eaves. The wind had piled up Washington, D.C. to southern New Hampdays, sending its counterclockwise flow over the snow against the house and they had to dig shire and Vermont. On March 20 a snowplow tunnels to get out. All along the roads the snow work train finally cleared the railroad line New England and eastern New York. Residents struggled all Monday to get had drifted. Charlie’s father also told him that to Port Jefferson. That evening a train came where they were going. Trains took commut- even though Sylvester Hulse’s dairy farm was through with passengers and mail. by beverly C. Tyler

‘Simple and fresh and fair from winter’s close emerging, As if no artifice of fashion, business, politics, had ever been, Forth from its sunny nook of shelter’d grass — innocent, golden, calm as the dawn, The spring’s first dandelion shows its trustful face.’ Walt Whitman

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PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF POQUOTT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK NOTICE OF VILLAGE ELECTION

February 6, 2017

The Incorporated Village of Poquott will hold general elections on Tuesday June 20, 2017 for the following offices;

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY JAMES B NUTTER & COMPANY; Plaintiff(s) vs. GLADYS RODRIGUEZ AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF MARCELINO RODRIGUEZ; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about October 3, 2016, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738.

2 Village Board Trustees for a term of two years Anyone interested in running for these offices may obtain Independent nominating Petitions at the office of the Village Clerk, 45 Birchwood Avenue, Village of Poquott during normal office hours Mon- Thurs 9 A.M To 3 P.M. By order of the Board of Trustees Joseph Newfield Village Clerk

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On March 21, 2017 at 8:30 am. Premises known as 8 VINE STREET, CENTEREACH, NY 11720 District: 0200 Section: 467.00 Block: 03.00 Lot: 030.000 ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, known and designated as Lot Numbers 21, 23, 25, 27 and 29 in Block 17 on a certain map entitled, “Map of Ronkonkoma Park” and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk on November 14, 1908 as Map Number 357. As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale.

Approximate amount of judgment $258,298.03 plus interest and costs. INDEX NO. 29367-13 Kevin R. Johnston, Esq., Referee 875 2/16 4x vth PUBLIC NOTICE STONY BROOK FIRE DISTRICT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the STONY BROOK FIRE DISTRICT will change the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners from Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. to Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 7:30 pm. Dated: Stony Brook, New York February 8, 2017

The Port Jefferson Times was able to publish a small edition the week of the blizzard of ‘88 and the only local columnist outside of Port Jefferson to get his column to the Times for publication was John B. Mount of Setauket. He is said to have walked to the newspaper office and back on Monday the 12th to deliver his column. Unfortunately there are no copies of that issue of the newspaper known to exist. Beverly Tyler is Three Village Historical Society historian and author of books available from the society, 93 N. Country Road, Setauket. 631-751-3730, www.tvhs.org.

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Kate Strong at her family‘s weather station on Strong’s Neck, in operation since the early days of U.S. weather reporting.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE STONY BROOK FIRE DISTRICT Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, New York Carol Lee Simco District Secretary 883 2/16 1x vth REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS SETAUKET FIRE DISTRICT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Setauket Fire District, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, State of New York, sealed Request for Proposals for the provision and administration of

medical physicals for employees and members will be received at the office of the Board of Fire Commissioners, 26 Hulse Road, Setauket, New York 11733 until 3:00 p.m. (prevailing time) on the 3rd day of March, 2017. Detailed specifications regarding the Request for Proposal will be available at the District Office between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on regular business days. Dated: February 9, 2017 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SETAUKET FIRE DISTRICT Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York 891 2/16 1x vth

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Clockwise from left, Kiera ramaliu hangs on to the ball as she drives to the basket; Taylor Tripptree pushes her way to the basket amid a swarm of Brentwood players; Hannah Lorenzen maintains possession as she tries to make a pass; and shannon Brazier leaps up to the rim for the score.

Patriots drop chance to share league title By Desirée Keegan Desiree@tbrnewspapers.com A commonly used cliché in sports is that teams always have to “take one game at a time.” The Patriots head coach Bruce Haller said he thought his team was too focused on senior day ceremonies and the postseason, causing the girls to lose sight of their Feb. 11 League I matchup against Brentwood. If Ward Melville had won, the Patriots would be sharing a piece of the League I title, would have a higher seed and earn a second-round home playoff game. The 38-33 loss changed everything. “It shows you that we are certainly not so good that we can just show up and win a game,” he said. “They have to come and be ready to play. We dug ourselves a deep hole, we came back, and the kids deserve a lot of credit for that, but I think it took so much energy to come back that we just didn’t have a lot left at the end of the game.” Ward Melville fell behind 15-3 by the

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end of the first quarter, with all the Patriots points coming off of free throws. By halftime, senior Taylor Tripptree, junior Shannon Brazier and sophomore Lauren Hansen helped close the deficit just slightly, to 2313. Hansen led in scoring with five points. “We started off very slow,” Tripptree said. “We’re so used to playing after school and we have a different routine, so it brought us down. We had a kind of off practice last night and we tried not to let that show today, but they also came out hard, and we weren’t expecting it.” The team turned it around in the third, with senior Hannah Lorenzen scoring the opening points on a 3-pointer, and after Brentwood countered with a 3-point shot of its own, Ward Melville went on a 10-0 tear to tie the game. Hansen added a field goal before swishing back-to-back treys, and Brazier scored off a feed from Tripptree to make it 26-26. “[Coming back] shows that they have the potential and they’re capable of doing it, but they can’t turn it on and off,” Haller said. “They can’t decide to just struggle a little bit or miss a couple of shots and get down on themselves for missing their shots and all of the sudden turn it on later in the game.” Triptree scored the opening point of the fourth quarter with a free throw at the 6:57 mark that gave the Patriots their first lead of the game, but a Brentwood bucket tied the game again, 29-29. “We know not to give up,” Tripptree said. “We have to give 100 percent effort all the time. We are hard workers.” The two teams were knotted at 31 with less than five minutes left. Ward Melville fell behind 36-31, but two Lorenzen free throws put the Patriots within a single possession. Known for her 3-point skills, Hansen attempted a shot with less than 30 seconds left, but just missed. The Patriots fouled on several straight Brentwood inbounds passes in an attempt to intercept each pass, but Brentwood was able to put the game away. “I give Brentwood a lot of credit, they’re

a playoff team,” Haller said. “They’re a very, very good team and we took them lightly. This was all on us.” Despite the loss, the head coach said he thinks his team can go far. “They’re great kids, they’re very good basketball players and I have confidence that they have the ability to make a deep run in the playoffs,” he said. “But if they come the way they came to play today, they’ll be one and done in the playoffs.” Tripptree said she also has confidence in her team’s ability to turn it around. “We know we can’t let this bring us down,” she said. “Even if we have a bad practice, we know now we can’t let this bring us down or have it affect our game. We have to bring it — come hard every game — and we know we can pick it back up and put ourselves back in the game no matter how deep the hole is. We have to keep our heads up and expect anything in the playoffs.”

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OpiniOn Editorial

Letters to the editor Thank you Three Village retirees who keep on giving I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Three Village Retirees Organization for their yearly, generous contribution to our needy families during the holiday season. Three Village Retirees raised more than $3,000 this year that was evenly distributed among the seven schools in the form of gift cards. The school social workers in each building add those cards to the contributions they receive from staff members and provide

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The Israel G. Hawkins House on 25A in Stony Brook will be refurbished and expanded as part of the Stony Brook Square center.

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families with holiday gifts. Most people in the community don’t realize that the Three Village area has a growing population of families in need. This year we assisted more than 100 families at the holidays and continue to support them throughout the year via district food pantries and donations coordinated by school social workers. The help we received from the Three Village Retirees was

such a blessing! It would have been extremely difficult to care for our families without them! Although these men and women have retired from their professional service to the district, they continue to provide support to our community at large! Thank you Three Village Retirees. We so appreciate your time, thoughtfulness and commitment.

Debbi Rakowsky, LCSW R. C. Murphy JHS

‘Unrestrained advocates of unfettered free speech’ How laughable to be lectured by those on the left with regard to tolerance and free speech, when it is demonstrably true those on their side of the aisle are the worst offenders of all. In a recent letter to the editor [The Village Times Hearld, Letters, Feb. 2], as part of her attack on President Trump, Shoshana Hershkowitz lamented “our principles are violated when the means for our citizens to speak out, such as the White House Comments Line, are cut off.” I suggest that Ms. Hershkowitz discuss this catastrophe with former President Barack Obama, under whose administration this termination occurred, several weeks before the recent inauguration. Then we have a companion letter from Bob Arrigon [The Village Times Herald, Letters, Feb. 2], who read George Orwell’s novel “1984,” and believes President Trump is a modern-day incarnation of Big Brother, and is creating a “society where freedom

of speech and thought are suppressed under a totalitarian regime.” Mr. Arrigon proceeds to decry Kellyanne Conway’s use of the term “alternative facts,” and then, in his next paragraph, describes Dan Rather as a “distinguished journalist.” Those of us who prefer history books to novels may recall the end of this distinguished journalist’s career: he was canned by CBS for using forged documents to maliciously smear the career of President Bush. I think the record shows President Trump and his administration are unrestrained advocates of unfettered free speech, and have taken no steps whatever to prevent the dissemination of opinions with which they may not agree, of which there is no shortage. On the contrary, if one would like to see a virtually complete lack of tolerance for opinions of others, and an almost unmitigated disdain for principles of free speech, one need look no further than our institu-

tions of higher learning, largely dominated by administrations, faculties and student bodies of leftist persuasions. Conservative guest speakers are routinely shut down by vicious student riots. Two of the most flagrant took place recently on the campuses of UC Berkeley and NYU. Many universities employ thought police, who dictate the most minute details of spoken and written discourse, for the purpose of curtailing “microaggressions” or other perceived transgressions. Anyone who dares to question sacred dogma, such as global warming, or climate change, or whatever term happens to be in vogue at the moment, is severely chastised and likely to suffer severe consequences for his or her failure to toe the party line. Fortunately, President Trump appears to be undeterred by criticism. He has a lot of work to do.

George Altemose Setauket

Open letter to Supt.: Molding young minds in 3V schools Although the recent presidential election was a contentious one, the peaceful transition of power from one president to another is history in the making and one of the many things that makes America exceptional. Anyone who watched President Trump being sworn in on Jan. 20 would have seen past Presidents Carter, Clinton, Bush and Obama; former Vice Presidents Quayle, Cheney and Biden; and the leaders of both political parties there on the platform to witness and show respect for our cherished tradition of peaceful transition of power, reminding us all this was a historic event, not a partisan political event. Following my recent letter [The Village Times Herald, Letters, Jan. 19] about the history of presidential inaugurations, I was contacted by several parents in

the district concerned about how the election and inauguration were treated in our schools. They said they were afraid of retribution toward their children if they raised what they perceived as political bias within the district. Not having children in our schools, I agreed to give voice to their concerns. The parents told me there were mock elections one week before the presidential election at Murphy and Gelinas Junior High schools. Although students eagerly participated and were anxious to know the results of the vote, the results were not announced until several weeks after the inauguration. Many students speculated this was because Trump won. The parents also told me students were required to watch the inauguration of President

Obama eight years ago, and that a mandatory assembly was planned for the inauguration of President Trump as well. One week later, the assembly was changed to “optional.” Several students who wanted to attend the optional Trump inauguration viewing were told by teachers they were expected to be in class and should not attend the “optional” assembly. It is often said “sunlight is the best disinfectant.” On behalf of the parents and taxpaying citizens of the Three Village district, I’d appreciate your shedding light on the concerns expressed by these parents, especially their fear of retribution toward their children if they raise concerns about what they perceive to be political bias in our district’s schools.

Dan Kerr Stony Brook

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OpiniOn The funny side of getting older

was watching television late at night, after my wife drifted off to sleep, when I first saw him. I don’t tend to stop channel surfing when a comedian appears. He looked like a friend of mine, he had a devilish smile and he wasn’t shouting or barking obscenities at me. He was balding and overweight and was the definition of unglamorous. He was talking as if I was in the room with him and he was sharing observations with me. I’m going to paraphrase one By Daniel Dunaief of the first jokes I heard. “Getting old sucks,” he began. “You know, when you’re in your 20s and you come in and tell the

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doctor your shoulder is bothering you, you have, like a hundred options. The doctor can take a piece of your hip and put it in your shoulder, he can make you a new shoulder, and he can fix you right up so you’re good as new.” The audience nodded appreciatively. “But, then, you get older and you go to the same doctor with the same complaint and you wait. The doctor smiles at you and listens to your symptoms but, then, he doesn’t offer any heroic solutions. He gives you that understanding look.” “So, what can we do about this?” you say. “Well, you can take some Advil if you want,” he says with a shrug. “But what about all those other options?” you ask. “What about moving around body parts, building a new shoulder and fixing me up so I’m better than I was?” “Those are no longer possible,” he says, as he shakes his head slowly. Getting old is difficult. I know doctors and lifestyle coaches and

entire industries are dedicated to reversing the effects of aging. Lines on your face? Hey, no problem, there’s a cure for that. Putting on weight as you age? Sure, we can fix you right up, send you food, cook food for you, or convince you through hypnosis that you, in fact, don’t need food. If a character Tom Hanks played in “Cast Away” could survive for several years on an island by himself with just a volleyball for his friend and a few fish and coconuts here and there, you can most certainly get through a day without coffee, doughnuts or any of the other bare necessities that call to you from the addicted parts of your bodies. When our kids were small, we used to pack the back of the car with everything we might need. Pack ‘N Play? Check. Stroller? Check. Diaper bag? Got it. As they got older, we didn’t have much to bring and just told them to get in the car and buckle themselves in.

Somewhere along the lines, though, as our kids needed less to go from point A to point B, we wanted more. Our conversations before we leave the house go something like this. “I can’t find my vitamins,” my wife says. “Did I take one this morning?” “I don’t know, but do you know where my reading glasses are?” I ask. “No, but when you start looking for your distance glasses, they’re on your forehead,” she smiles, pointing at me. “Oh, good, thanks. Have you seen my Invisalign braces?” I ask. “I’m not sure if the ones in the kitchen are your new ones or your old ones, but there’s a set on the counter,” she offers. As I scoop up my plastic braces, I see something familiar next to them. “Hey, honey?” I shout. “Your vitamins are on the kitchen table.” Getting old may be challenging but it can also be comical. Just ask comedian Louis C.K.

Women putting retirement on hold for jollies and more

he headline spoke to me: “More Women in Their 60s and 70s Are Having ‘Way Too Much Fun’ to Retire.” After reading the article, which didn’t disappoint, by Claire Cain Miller in last Sunday’s New York Times, even though I’ve been at odds lately with The Times, I think there is more to the story than fun. Two recent analyses indicate that “women have become By Leah S. Dunaief significantly more likely to work into their 60s and even 70s, often full time” and “many of these women report that they do it because they enjoy it,” according to the article. For those 65-69 years of age,-the

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numbers have almost doubled since the late 1980s from 15 percent to nearly 30 percent. Perhaps more surprising is the leap in percentage terms for those 70-74 years of age, more than doubling from 8 to 18 percent. Who are these women? Those working are more likely to be higher educated and to have savings, studies have shown, while those not working more commonly are in poor health and have low savings, depending on Social Security and perhaps disability. But for their health problems, they too might be among those working. Why, if they don’t strictly need the money, are the women of “a certain age” still working? I can offer some of the answers from my own life. Working, full or part time, is more than just “fun,” although there is nothing wrong with enjoying one’s work. A job can offer a purpose to those who are now empty nesters or perhaps without spouses. There is satisfaction in having one’s

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daily accomplishments measured in some way, whether with salary or by problems solved. Presumably holding a job offers something of value to community and society. There is also the social aspect of interacting with others and working as a team. Social ties are linked to longer life spans. In addition, working, unless at a job that is exactly the same each day and could be done by a robot, requires thinking and planning, which in turn helps exercise the brain. And the structure that reporting for work imposes in the course of a week might be welcomed by many. Sometimes working might be a way to preserve a marriage. In a household where the husband might have been the sole breadwinner but is now retired, the spouses might not be completely comfortable with that new arrangement. Work is a respected reason to be apart some of each day. There might also be a sort of prestige in still working. When people are retired, they may be

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asked, “What did you do?” as if life has now passed them by. That’s opposed to “What kind of work do you do?” Having a job might convey greater importance. If the work one does is inherently engaging and one learns from it and meets interesting people, there might be the motivation to keep one’s hand in and stay abreast of new developments and changes in the field. And no matter how much savings one might reasonably have, drawing down dollars in retirement can be scary. The urge is to stay in place financially and not to drop down. Bringing a stream of income into one’s life can offset that fear. Finally, for many there is the absolute necessity to earn money in order to survive. They may wish to retire but feel they are unable to afford that luxury. Whatever the reasons, society benefits from the continuing efforts of experienced workers. It goes without saying that our newspapers treasure older workers alongside our young.

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