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Stony Brook • old Field • Strong’S neck • Setauket • eaSt Setauket • South Setauket • Poquot t February 18, 2016
Volume 40, No. 51
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631-360-0004
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Real Estate • M ortgages • Ins urance
Iceman replica comes to Suffolk
Also: ‘Flat Stanley’ at the CMPAC, Triad concert series returns, Maple Sugaring Day at Benner’s Farm
Scenes of Stony Brook
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Photo from Richard Rocchio
Love is in the air during the February meeting of the Stony Brook Camera Club at Panera Bread in Port Jefferson Station. Members showed a variety of photos portraying the subject of “Love.” Children, cats and dogs,and even a father and little daughter sharing afternoon tea at Robinson’s Tea Room in Stony Brook depicted the themes at the club’s latest meeting. Richard Weiderman showcased one particular photo of his children and a watercolor painting copy that members also fell in love with. The meeting generated several discussions about photographic techniques and ended with Valentine’s Day cupcakes baked by Camera Club President Nicole Mullen.
North Shore vet of valor Community hero shares his story of giving back after serving U.S.
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Three Village church keeps building bridges BY Phil Corso
“It changed, so how can we?” That is the question the Rev. Greg Leonard of Setauket’s Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church has asked the Three Village community, and that is the question residents will have the chance to answer at a special service planned for next week. Leonard and more than 100 members of his church hosted a moving ceremony in the aftermath of June’s horrific shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina, and he said Black History Month was an appropriate time to reflect. “At the previous meeting, we started to build bridges to one
another and we want to continue doing this,” he said. “And with this being Black History Month, Bethel wanted to take leadership and hold an event at which all people — because black history isn’t just for black people — can come together.” Bethel AME scheduled the gathering for Saturday, Feb. 27 at 3 p.m. at the church, located at 33 Christian Ave. in Setauket. The event flyer that Bethel AME Church has been distributing promoted the hash tag #PrayForCharleston, which went viral following the June 17, 2015 shooting that killed nine African Americans at the church in South Carolina. The flyer also challenged the Three Village comCHURCH continued on page A7
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rev. Gregory leonard leads a service at Bethel AME Church in setauket.