The Village Times Herald - March 9, 2017

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Vol. 42, No. 2

March 9, 2017

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Zeldin hosts mobile office hours Residents voice concerns

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PJ Documentary Series returns

Also: Patricia Bosworth comes to CAC, ‘Raggedy Ann & Andy’ reviewed

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A farewell to tradition

Ward Melville seniors will wear unified gowns at graduation — A3 File photo

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First Annual Kiwanis Cares Tribute Concert, March 18, 7:30 pm, Ward Melville HS The Music of Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan and Chicago. Tickets $50, $37.50 and $30 Scott Sanders, 631-360-0004, scott@sheaandsanders.com - www.kiwanisconcert.eventbrite.com

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High school students will be preparing for prom, and the Brookhaven Town Youth Bureau will be ready with its free Prom Boutique.

Located on the second floor at Brookhaven Town Hall, the Prom Boutique offers qualifying students a selection of gently used gowns, handbags and costume jewelry, as well as makeup and fragrances, all of which are theirs to keep.

Students who qualify for assistance will be dressed from head to toe, helping to make their prom dreams come true. This service is free of charge and kept strictly confidential.

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Appointments are necessary and can be made by calling 631-451-8011.

The boutique accepts donations from both individuals and businesses and currently needs dress sizes 14 and above. Gowns and accessories can be dropped off at the Prom Boutique at Town Hall. All clothing donations must be dry cleaned and pressed before they can be accepted.

For additional information, please contact the Youth Bureau at 631-451-8011 or visit www.brookhaven.org.

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Kindergarten Registration for the 2017-2018 School Year The Three Village Central School District offers a full-day kindergarten program for district residents. In order to be admitted to Kindergarten in September, a child must be five years of age, on or before December 1st, during the school year in which they enter kindergarten. A proof of residency (a lease, deed, tax bill or signed contract) must be provided, along with the child’s original birth certificate, and a copy of their immunization records at the time of registration. Registration occurs daily at the Central Registration Office at the North Country Administration Center (100 Suffolk Avenue, Stony Brook) from 8:15 - 11:15 a.m. and 1:00 - 2:45 p.m.

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For more information about the registration process and the immunizations required, please visit the district website at www.threevillagecsd.org. Additional information can be obtained by calling the Registrar’s office at 631–730–4555.

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File photo left by Bob O’Rourk; photo right from the Three Village Central School District

Left, the previous Ward Melville High School graduation cap and gowns featured green gowns for boys and gold for girls. Right, the new neutral green cap and gown with yellow stole.

Ward Melville gown changes spark controversy

By RiTa Egan Rita@tbRnewspapeRs.com Things will look a little different at Ward Melville High School’s graduation ceremony this year.

Gone now are the separate green and gold gowns for males and females. Replacing them, are gender-neutral green ones with gold stoles that feature the high school emblem, breaking the school’s half-century commencement tradition.

“This year, as we mark the 50th anniversary of the Three Village Central School District, we are focusing on honoring the traditions of the past, while building new traditions for our future,” Ward Melville High School Principal Alan Baum wrote in a letter posted on the school district’s website March 2.

The letter came after nearly 100 students participated in a walkout March 1, protesting the news of even the possibility of a color change.

One of the factors considered in making the decision was to meet the concerns of transgender and gender-fluid students.

“In addition to creating a unified senior class, it is our hope that creating a unifying color scheme will eliminate the anxiety that is caused by forcing a young adult to wear a gown that labels them differently than how they identify,” Baum wrote in the letter. “This decision also reflects the progressive nature of our district, our high school and our community. Through the use of the unified gowns, we are no longer separating our students by gender; rather, we will be promoting a more inclusive practice at graduation.”

News of the gown change circulated on social media Feb. 28, prompting a number of students to start petitions and participate in the walkout.

Seniors Brianna LaSita, Charlotte Schmidt and Isabelle Antos were motivated to start a petition on Change.org to support same-colored gowns. The trio sent a joint statement to The

Village Times Herald to explain their motive. would be so grateful if we can all leave Ward “We created our petition in response to the Melville more loving and empathetic individupetition that was made in support of keep- als, we should always be working to ensure ing the traditional colored gowns,” the three that all of our class feels comfortable every day wrote. “As it gained supporters and hateful but especially a day as special as graduation.” comments, we decided we needed to support A senior at the high school, who asked to our class and protect our LGBTQA+ peers remain anonymous, said many students were from the hateful rhetoric featured on signs disappointed by the color change, especially during the walkout.” after having already had their senior portraits Some of the signs held by students had taken adhering to the now-former color tradislogans like “Straight Lives Matter” and “Don’t tion. The school rectified the problem by notifyTread On Me.” ing parents March 7 that students could retake David Kilmnick, CEO of the LGBT Net- their graduation photos at no additional cost. work, a Long Island-based nonprofit, said According to the student, it was felt the the organization heard gown change was made about the debate after by the administration the walkout. He said after consulting with a few students from only a few students. the school emailed his The senior wrote group seeking help, that even though a claiming they heard anportion of the student ti-transgender rhetoric body felt the change spewed from students was only based on the and teachers. needs of transgender The CEO said the students, those upset decision to have one were not discriminatgown color solves the ising against anyone, sue of transgender chilbut were just hoping to dren feeling a sense of continue tradition. anxiety when it comes “My issue, and the to choosing a color. He — Principal Alan Baum issue that my peers that said when making such participated in a walka decision, most feel that if they choose the out protest during class today share, is that a color that represents their true identity, they’ll choice is being made that benefits a minute risk harassment from their peers. If they don’t minority of people, not the majority,” the stuchoose the color, they’re “not feeling whole in dent said. “This is an underlying theme that who they are.” is playing out across the country. Lawmakers, “This is not as simple as black and white, educators and school administrators are makor even about green and gold anymore — this ing changes based on what a small population fair debate over tradition has devolved into an wants, not what the majority of the school or excuse to promote transphobic hate speech,” state or the entire nation feels is right.” the petitioner organizers wrote. “That is not Jennifer Segui, who is the mother of two what our community is about.” children at W.S. Mount Elementary School, As of March 8, their petition to support said she was disappointed when she read a the same colored gowns had almost 700 sig- number of negative reactions on social media natures. One petitioner wrote on the site: “I after the decision.

‘Through the use of the unified gowns, we are no longer separating our students by gender; rather, we will be promoting a more inclusive practice at graduation.’

“It would have been so beautiful if the idea of the new graduation gowns had been embraced by all students and parents from the beginning,” Segui said. “Sadly, that didn’t happen. Hopefully, people can learn and move forward.”

But the anonymous student said those who participated in the protest felt as though the administration did not listen to opinions from most of the students when making the decision.

“Instead of listening to our voices, our principal brought our protest in the auditorium, and basically stifled our statements in what was a clear attempt to silence us,” the student said. “It is clear, to me at least, that the school has no intention of doing what is right.

They would rather follow in popular culture than face the fact that what they are doing is blatantly unfair. Again, I carry no prejudice.

I speak with the basic ideal of a democratic republic that what is done should be decided by the majority.”

Ward Melville isn’t the first Long Island school to break tradition, following in the footsteps of Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington and Island Trees High School in Levittown. Kilmnick said he feels the administration made a bold move in the right direction.

“I think we’re seeing a movement,” Kilmnick said. “Even though Ward Melville is the third school on Long Island to do this, I think we’ll see a lot more on Long Island. And we’re certainly seeing schools across the country getting rid of the separate colored gowns because they’re not inclusive for all students.

What the change does, in fact, is let everyone in Ward Melville wear green and gold, from looking at the new gown, and it allows the entire school to move forward as one community, and to celebrate graduation in a safe, inclusive manner — and make graduation celebratory for all.”

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New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet speaks at SBU

By Donna newman The executive editor of the “failing” New York Times was at Stony Brook University Feb. 23 to speak to journalism students and others about his life and work, but the discussion amounted to a defense of the newspaper against it’s harshest critic: the commander in chief.

Dean Baquet addressed the crowd of students and members of the public as part of the series, “My Life As Speaker,” in which prominent people in the field of journalism talk about their work, life and the future of news. Howard Schneider, dean of SBU’s School of Journalism, called Baquet “arguably the most influential newspaper editor in the country, if not the world.”

He grew up in New Orleans, one of five sons of a postal worker who sold the family home to bankroll a Creole restaurant called Eddie’s.

At 18 years old, he took his first plane ride to New York to attend Columbia University, unsure what to do with his life. He dropped out to become a newspaper reporter at his hometown paper, The Times-Picayune. Ten years later, working for the Chicago Tribune, he earned a Pulitzer Prize with a team that helped expose corruption on the city council.

He said his initial experience in the newsroom ignited a passion that continues to this day.

“I just wanted a job, but I found a calling,” Baquet said. He fell in love with the newsroom, and “soon came to understand that literally everyone has a story, if you just shut up and listen.”

Baquet began by telling the audience what he was asked to speak about, and then promptly turned the conversation to President Donald Trump (R). He described nasty emails that started the Friday night after Election Day from those on the left blaming him for the Trump victory and those on the right chastising him for partisanship.

“The president tweeted out an attack on us, calling us ‘failing’ and saying that we were losing readers by the droves,” Baquet said of the tweet sent on the Sunday following the election. “He was wrong and we pushed back hard. Then the sup— Dean Baquet portive emails began — readers from around the world said we should now stand up, be tough.

But mainly that we should keep doing journalism that mattered — and that they were behind us.”

He went on to describe an awakening of the silent majority of newspaper readers, the people who understand and believe in the First Amendment, he said. He called it the beginning of a groundswell that resulted in a dramatic rise in subscriptions and an epiphany. “[It was] the most clarifying moment I’ve

‘What our readers want now is muscular and fair coverage of the transformation of Washington and the changes it will cause.’

had in my life as a journalist,” Baquet said.

“Suddenly we were reminded that our role is crystal clear: Journalism, the chasing of the big story, the holding powerful people accountable, the risk-taking — all the things that add up to our core mission — all of that was unchanged. We know exactly who we are … what our readers want now is muscular and fair coverage of the transformation of Washington and the changes it will cause.”

He said the events of the last few weeks, and the election of Trump, have triggered a seismic response.

In the Q&A Schneider asked Baquet on what he would question Trump if he had the chance. He said he’d ask to see the president’s tax returns.

“Very few private documents are more important than Donald Trump’s tax returns,” he said. “If we get them, we will publish them.”

Baquet expressed concerns about the struggles of local newspapers.

“The New York Times will survive — it will be fine,” he said. “But those news organizations are in for a wild ride.”

In introducing Baquet, Schneider provided some perspective on the state of journalism during the new administration in the White House.

“Journalists are being described as members of the opposition party … or enemies of the people, but in living rooms across America there’s this battle that’s raging about what we can trust and what we can believe,” he said. “A Gallup Poll last fall found a record number of Americans don’t believe they are getting full, accurate and fair news accounts

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Howard Schneider, dean of SBU’s School of Journalism, left, leads a Q&a with new york Times executive editor Dean Baquet.

— 63 percent don’t believe it. The country is totally divided whether they believe the Trump administration or the news media.

That’s really an amazing challenge we’re facing and it’s really portentous in terms of what it might mean for the country.”

This week’s “My Life As Speaker” guest will be Glenn Kessler, former White House correspondent in charge of fact-checking for The Washington Post. The talk will be held in the Sidney Gelber Auditorium of the Student Activity Center at 7:30 p.m. today, March 9.

Three Village CSD Pre-Kindergarten Program Open House and Registration The Three Village Central School District will be offering a district-operated, tuition-free, half day pre-kindergarten program for the 2017-2018 school year. Families interested in learning more about the pre-kindergarten program are invited to attend an Open House on Wednesday, March 15th at 6:30. Parents will have the opportunity to learn more about the program and complete an application. Lottery applications are also now available on the district website. If you cannot attend and would like to learn more, all forms and further information can be found at: http://www.threevillagecsd.org/department_and_programs/pre-k_program All applications are due by March 31, 2017.

We look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday, March 15th.

Questions? Contact Nancy Pickford at npickfor@3villagecsd.org

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LEGALS

At Commercial Part 48, Supreme Court, State of New York, County of Suffolk, One Court Street, Riverhead, New York 11901, on February 21, 2017.

PRESENT: HON. JERRY GARGUILO, J.S.C. In the Matter of the Application of JOSEPH M. TROFFA, as Sole Director and Holder of Shares Representing One-Half of the Votes of All Outstanding Shares of Jos. M. Troffa Landscape and Mason Supply, Inc., Petitioner Index No. 00902/2017 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE For the Dissolution of JOS. M. TROFFA LANDSCAPE AND MASON SUPPLY INC., a Domestic Corporation, Pursuant to Sections 1102 and 1104 (a)(3) of the Business Corporation Law, -againstJONATHAN TROFFA, Respondent UPON the Verified Petition (the “Petition”) of Joseph M. Troffa (“Petitioner”), the holder of shares representing one-half of the votes of all outstanding shares of Jos. M. Troffa Landscape and Mason Supply, Inc. (the “Corporation”) entitled to vote in an election of directors, sworn to February 17, 2017, utilized herein as an affidavit pursuant to CPLR § 105 (u), the Affirmation of Peter A. Mahler, dated February 17, 2017, the exhibits thereto, the accompanying Memorandum of Law, and upon all of the pleadings and prior proceedings herein, and pursuant to this Court’s Order filed January 12, 2017, in the matter captioned Jonathan Troffa v Joseph M. Troffa, Index No. 609510/2016 (Garguilo, J.), LET THE RESPONDENT, Jonathan Troffa (“Respondent”), the State Tax Commission, and all other interested persons show cause before the Hon. Jerry Garguilo at Commercial Part 48, Supreme Court, State of New York, County of Suffolk, One Court Street, Riverhead, New York 11901, on March 29, 2017, at 9:30 a.m., said date being not less than four weeks after the granting of this Order as required by Business Corporation Law (“BCL”) § 1106 (a), or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, why an order should not be made and entered: (i) dissolving the Corporation pursuant to BCL §§ 1102 and 1104 (a)(3); (ii) appointing a receiver to liquidate and wind up the Corporation’s affairs pursuant to BCL § 1113; and (iii) granting such other and further relief as the Court deems just, equitable and proper; and it is hereby further ORDERED, that Petitioner shall publish a copy of this Order to Show Cause in the Three Vil-

lage Times Herald, once a week in each of the three weeks before the time appointed for the hearing thereon, and that the Corporation shall pay the costs thereof; and it is hereby further ORDERED, that pursuant to BCL § 1106, service upon the Corporation, Respondent, and the State Tax Commission of a copy of this Order to Show Cause, together with the papers upon which it is based, on or before March 21, 2017, shall be deemed good and sufficient service thereof; and it is further ORDERED, pursuant to Civil Practice Law and Rules (“CPLR”) § 403 (b), that any answering or other papers in opposition to the petition shall be served so as to be received by Petitioner’s attorney, Farrell Fritz, P.C., 622 Third Avenue, Suite 37200, New York, New York 10017, to the attention of Peter A. Mahler, Esq., at least seven days before the date and time set forth above for the hearing of the Petition; and it is further ORDERED, pursuant to CPLR § 403 (b), that Petitioner’s reply papers, if any, shall be served so as to be received by Respondent’s attorney at least one day before the date and time set forth above for the hearing of the Petition.

E N T E R: Hon. Jerry Garguilo J.S.C. 934 3/9 3x vth 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.

825 2/2 6x vth 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.

842 2/2 6x vth NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT- COUNTY OF SUFFOLK CITIBANK, N.A., Plaintiff, AGAINST SILVESTRE BAEZ JR, AKA SILVESTRE BAEZ, et al. Defendant(s) Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered October 28, 2016 I the undersigned Referee

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will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on March 28, 2017 at 12:30 PM premises known as 51 MEADOWMERE AVE, MASTIC, NY 11950 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. District 0200, Section 938.00, Block 03.00 and Lot 016.000 Approximate amount of judgment $400,859.33 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #33932/08 Louis J. Ohlig, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff – 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 845 2/23 4x vth NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK), AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR ENCORE CREDIT RECEIVABLES TRUST 2005-1; Plaintiff(s) vs. MICHAEL R. SCHONFELD; SUZANNE SCHONFELD; STEVEN SCHONFELD; 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 22, 2016, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Brookhaven Town Hall 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738.

On April 4, 2017 at 9:00 am.

Premises known as 21 PHEASANT LANE, EAST SETAUKET, NY 11733 District: 0200 Section: 178.00 Block: 04.00 Lot: 020.000 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, being known and designated as Lot No. 75 as shown on a certain map entitled, “Map of Heatherwood Village North at East Setauket, Section 1” and filed in the Office of the Suffolk County Clerk`s Office, Division of Land Records on January 15, 1964, as Map No. 3939.

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 $401,177.95 plus interest and costs.

INDEX NO. 18690-13 Louis C. England, Esq., Referee 932 3/2 4x vth

Cracking down

You don’t have to go home

You can run but you can’t hide

Fight night

A 51-year-old man from Selden possessed crack cocaine upon exiting his 2012 Chevrolet on Berkeley Avenue in Selden March 6, according to police. He was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

At about 10:30 p.m. Feb. 28, a 21-yearold man from Mount Sinai was driving north on Patchogue-Mount Sinai Road in Mount Sinai near the intersection of Canal Road when he was directed to stop by a marked police car with its lights flashing.

The driver drove recklessly in an attempt to evade the officer, turned down Mount Sinai-Coram Road, pulled into a driveway and attempted to hide the vehicle in the backyard of a home, according to police.

He was arrested and charged with fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle.

Job search imminent

On March 2 at about 3 p.m., a 25-year-old woman from Sound Beach grabbed a coworker by the hair at a place of business on Route 25A in Miller Place and threw the woman into a cabinet, according to police. The woman was arrested and charged with third-degree menacing.

Artists arrested

A 23-year-old man from Coram, a 23-yearold man from Port Jefferson Station and a 29-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station spray painted on the rear of Fantasia Bridal Center on Route 25A in Rocky Point at about 2 a.m. March 3, according to police. The three were arrested and charged with making graffiti.

Driving on drugs

At about 8 a.m. March 3, a 26-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station was driving a 2008 Chevrolet on Patchogue Drive in Rocky Point when he crashed into a parked 2015 Nissan, according to police. It was discovered he was driving under the influence of drugs and also did not have permission from the owner of the car to be driving it, police said. He was arrested and charged with first-degree driving a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs and operation of a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent.

Hand in the cookie jar

A 43-year-old man from Selden attempted to break into Rite Aid in Independence Plaza in Selden at about 5 a.m. March 6 by breaking a window with a baseball bat, according to police. With the glass broken, police said he reached inside and stole cigarettes and electronic cigarettes.

He was arrested and charged with thirddegree burglary.

At a warehouse on Middle Country Road in Selden, a 26-year-old man from Selden entered unlawfully at about 11:30 a.m.

March 6 and remained inside, according to police. He was arrested and charged with third-degree criminal trespassing.

At The Park Bench Bar & Grill on North Country Road in Stony Brook at about 12:30 a.m. March 3, a 22-year-old man from the Bronx created a disturbance inside the bar, was asked to leave, began an argument outside of the bar and refused to leave and then lunged at security in a threatening manner, according to police. He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

Bumper cars

A 34-year-old woman from East Patchogue was driving a 2009 Honda on Route 25 in Selden near the intersection of South Evergreen Drive March 3 when she rearended another vehicle, according to police.

Police discovered she was driving under the influence of drugs. She was arrested and charged with first-degree operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs.

Fenced in

A fence around a home on Sarah Anne Court in Miller Place was damaged at about 2 p.m. March 6, according to police.

Quitting smoking is hard

Someone stole Nicorette gum from Walmart on Nesconset Highway in Setauket at about 4 p.m. March 5, according to police.

Shots fired

Someone fired multiple gun shots into a parked, unoccupied 2016 Dodge and a 2006 Infiniti parked in a driveway on Parkside Avenue in Miller Place at about 10 p.m. March 4, according to police.

Get a coloring book

Someone wrote using markers on a 2009 Lexus parked at a home on Bleeker Street in Port Jefferson at about 8 p.m. March 2, causing damage to the hood and windowpanes, according to police.

Channel surfing

Someone stole a television from Walmart on Nesconset Highway in Setauket at about 8 a.m. March 2, according to police.

Pulp fiction

A briefcase was stolen from inside a 2012 Jeep parked in a driveway of a home on 1st Avenue in Port Jefferson at about 8:30 p.m. March 2, according to police.

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SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OPT1,, 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. Bub-

ka, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff 864 2/16 4x vth NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY. THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-14, Pltf. vs.

MICHAELANGELO ACCARDO, et al, Defts. Index #12361/2012. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated April 19, 2016, I will sell at public auction at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on Mar. 30, 2017 at 8:45 a.m. prem. k/a 43 Mercury Avenue, East Patchogue, NY a/k/a Section 898.00, Block 02.00, Lot 098.000, District 0200. Approx. amt. of judgment is $597,830.91 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

DAVID HOWARD BESSO, Referee.

FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore, NY. File No. 34674 - #90854 865 2/23 4x vth 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

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

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.

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 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

SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF SUFFOLK BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff against RICHARD EBBRECHT, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, line or otherwise of any right title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, if any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff; ELAINE EBBRECHT A/K/A ELAINE E. EBBRECHT, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on December 5, 2016.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps of the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, N.Y. on the 27th day of March, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Miller Place Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and state of New York.

Said premises known as 45 Sylvan Avenue, Miller Place, N.Y. 11764.

(Section: 070.00, Block: 07.00, Lot: 004.000).

Approximate amount of lien $ 541,134.56 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 12043-13.

Steven M. Burton, Esq., Referee.

McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street - Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900

SECURITIES, INC. ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-WHQ2, Plaintiff, Against Index No.: 26561/2012 STUART B. YALOWITZ, KAREN YALOWITZ, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered in the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office on 9/12/2016, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on 4/3/2017 at 1:30 pm, premises known as 4 Clare Court, Manorville, NY 11949, and described as follows: 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, and designated on the tax maps of the Suffolk County Treasurer as Section 462.00, Block 04.00 and Lot 003.002.

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $317,337.42 plus interest and costs. The premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 26561/2012.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Theresa A. Mari, Esq., Referee.

Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, Armonk, NY 10504 Dated: 2/10/2017 GNS 925 3/2 4x vth PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGEOF POQUOTT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK The Zoning Board of Appeals will hear the following variance request at a Public Hearing at 8:00 P.M. on March 15, 2017 at Village Hall, 45 Birchwood Avenue, Village of Poquott.

Variances requested by Ashley Homes of PO Box 507 Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776 as follows; 1) Variance for minimum lot width at building line of 126.38 feet, whereas zoning code requires a minimum of 150 feet. Site location is #2 Morton Manor Road.

2) Variance for minimum square foot compliance with Village code whereas parcel has square footage of 20,713 square feet and minimum code requires 30,000 square feet. Site location #2 Morton manor Road.

The hearing will be open to any resident wishing to be heard on this request. Plans for this request may be reviewed at the office of the Village Clerk, 45 Birchwood Avenue, Village of Poquott during normal office hours.

By order of the Zoning Board sof Appeals Joseph Newfield, recording clerk

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT SUFFOLK COUNTY

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF APRIL 1, 2005, PARK PLACE

CITIMORTGAGE, against

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Plaintiff

MARIA MEJIA ZAVALA A/K/A MARIA MEJIA-ZAVALA, et al Defen-

dants Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such & Crane, LLP 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, NY 11590 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered NOVEMBER 30, 2016 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on APRIL 12, 2017 at 2:00 P.M.. Premises known as 55 RAIMOND STREET, YAPHANK, NY 11980. District 0200 Sec 580.00 Block 02.00 Lot 005.000. All that certain Plot, Piece or Parcel of Land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying, and being in Yaphank, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, and State of New York Approximate Amount of Judgment is $475,173.46 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 061193/2014.

GARRETT W. SWENSON JR., ESQ,, Referee 947 3/9 4x vth VILLAGE OF POQUOTT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK PUBLIC BID The Incorporated Village of Poquott is soliciting bids for the construction of a Village Dock. Bidders may obtain building plans and specifications from the office of the Village Clerk, 45 Birchwood Avenue, East Setauket, N,.Y. during normal business hours Monday thru Thursday 9AM- Noon-/ 1 PM to 3 PM. Sealed bids must be returned to the office of the Village Clerk at the above address before 3 PM on Wednesday April 12, 2017. The sealed bids will be opened at the Work session of the Village Board at 6PM Thursday April 13, 2017.

The Village of Poquott reserves the right to accept the lowest responsible bid after all bids have been reviewed.

March 1, 2017 By order of The Village Board Joseph Newfield Village Clerk 950 3/9 2x vth NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM AUTHORIZING ACCESS AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE CAPITAL PROJECT RESERVE FUND TO FINANCE TWO NEW DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND SPORTS AND CULTURAL RESOURCES IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of March, 2017, duly adopted a resolution subject to permissive referendum, the purpose and effect of which is to authorize the access and transfer of funds from the Capital Project Reserve Fund in order to create two new park improvement projects in 2017, to wit: one for bathrooms at Stony Brook Beach and one for a spray park at Children’s Park.

The subject resolution is available for public inspection between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the Brookhaven Town Clerk’s Office located at One Independence Hill, Farmingville, New York.

Dated: March 2, 2017 Farmingville, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN DONNA LENT, TOWN CLERK 954 3/9 1x vth

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obituaries James G. Buckley

James G. Buckley, 83, of East Setauket, died peacefully in his home Jan. 25 after a 10-year journey with prostate cancer that eventually metastasized to his bones. Though bedridden for a year, Jim never complained and was a pleasure to care for while in the hands of his wife, family and those at Good Shepherd Hospice. In addition to being a wonderful husband and father, he was a faithful man whose belief in God was evident in his final years.

Jim, along with his wife Carole, moved to Setauket in 2006 from Massapequa where they had lived for the previous 45 years. Born on Feb. 15, 1933, in Queens Village, Jim was the eldest son of James and Catherine (Bates). For most of his life, he worked as a route salesman for Drake’s Bakeries and was based in Farmingdale.

He is survived by his devoted wife of 54 years, Carole (Grabenstatter); sons Patrick, Michael and James (Cyna); daughter Maureen Vetter (Shawn); and eight loving grandchildren: Carole Ann, Sean and Patrick Vetter; and Brenna, Colleen, Seamus, Jack and Gwyneth Buckley.

A mass was held at St. James R.C. Church on Saturday, Jan. 28, and he was buried in its adjoining churchyard. He will be sorely missed by his loving family and the many good friends he made while living his final years at Setauket Meadows.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Please visit www. bryantfh.com to sign the online guestbook.

Walter Joseph Munsch

It is with great sorrow we announce Walter J. Munsch died surrounded by loved ones, Feb. 1. He is survived by his “gorgeous bride” Maria, son Peter, daughters Catherine and Dina Maria and grandchildren. A selfproclaimed “Wall Street dinosaur,” Walter pioneered the telecommunications industry at the beginning of the digital age. Walter ran seven New York City marathons; served in the First Cavalry, 13th Signal Group; and served on several local Port Jefferson committees. The library trustee was a favorite, as his love for reading manifested in a home library with more than 3,000 books. He dreamed the impossible dream. A memorial service will be held at Infant Jesus RC Church in Port Jefferson on his 82nd birthday Saturday, April 15 at 9 a.m. Interment of ashes will take place later that day.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home in East Setauket. Please visit www.bryantfh.com to sign the online guestbook.

David Poulos

David Poulos, 51, of Beallsville, Maryland, died Feb. 20. He was the loving husband of Kimberley Poulos.

Born March 27, 1965, in Port Jefferson, he was the youngest of six children born to the late Steven and Ena Marie Poulos.

Poulos was a volunteer firefighter with the Setauket Fire Department Engine Company 1 for 20 years. He continued his life of public service, joining the Montgomery County Department of Police in 1999 until his untimely death.

Left to cherish his memory beside his wife are sisters Betty Poulos and Carol Ann Lyon, brother Steven, as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

David was predeceased by his sisters Karen Poulos and Nancy Poulos-Drevitson.

A celebration of David’s life was held at Montgomery County Police Headquarters March 4.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Poulos’ name to Friends of Homeless Animals, P.O. Box 415, Aldie, VA 20105 or Setauket Fire Department Benevolent Association, P.O. Box 271, East Setauket, NY 11733.

Andrew Seelin

Andrew (Andy) Seelin of Stony Brook died Feb. 13 at the age of 58 from myelofibrosis.

Andy is survived by his wife Barbara (Bobbie) of 33 years; daughters Jennifer (Brian) Tyrseck and Sara Seelin; son Eric; his siblings, Jane and Jack Seelin, along with many other family members and friends.

Andy was born in Wantagh, on Nov. 3, 1958. He was a chief in the Stony Brook Fire Department, and a longtime member for 19 years including as an emergency medical technician. During those years, he was often commended for his volunteerism, dedication to the force and commitment. Andy was most recently recognized as Stony Brook Fire Department Firefighter of the Year 2016. He was also an employee of Brookhaven National Laboratory for 13 years. Andy was well-loved through the years and in the community for his kindness, devotion and goodwill. A great family man, he will be sorely missed by all.

Andy’s family would like to extend special thanks to the Stony Brook University Hospital staff, nurses and doctors, especially Doctors Schuster, Janson, Strachan and Boyd. Their kindness toward and fondness of Andy was a source of comfort for his family. Words also cannot express thanks for members of the Stony Brook Fire Department for their friendship and support in this difficult time.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Be the Match or Stony Brook Volunteer Fire Department.

the Calverton National Cemetery.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Please visit www. bryantfh.com to sign the online guestbook.

Walter De Hart

Walter De Hart, 93, a longtime community resident, died Feb. 9.

He was born April 17, 1923 in Elmira, the son of Harold and Ethel De Hart.

Walter was a retired construction worker for De Hart Brothers Construction Company, and member of the Wilson Rich American Legion, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and Terryville Historical Society. He also enjoyed woodworking and photography.

He was an Army veteran of WWII. Left to cherish his memory are his daughters Patricia and Joann; son Walter; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; brothers Richard and Lawrence; along with many other family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his wife June (1979), son Edward and second wife Ethel.

Services were held at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on Feb. 14. Mr. De Hart was afforded full military honors at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Please visit www. bryantfh.com to sign the online guestbook.

Frank Gaeta

Frank Gaeta died peacefully in his sleep Feb. 4 after a very long and courageous battle from a work-related injury. He was born in Brooklyn but raised in Shirley and resided in South Setauket. Frank was a hardworking man with a strong work ethic. He was a licensed plumber who also worked in maintenance, as a mechanic and a sole proprietor. He managed and

coached Little League for many years, which he greatly enjoyed. A gentle and loving husband of Theresa, the couple was married for 41 years. He was the adoring, dedicated and loving father of Joseph and Nicholas; very proud grandpa to precious baby Coraline Theresa; son of Isabelle and Frank Gaeta, both now in heaven; cherished brother of Mary, Angie and John; devoted uncle of numerous nieces and nephews. He was a great friend for those who had the pleasure to know him. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to New Beginnings Community Center for Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Medford, New York 11763 (www.nbli.org) in Frank’s memory and are very much appreciated.

Services were held at St. Gerard Majella R.C. Church Feb. 8. Interment followed at Washington Memorial Park in Mount Sinai.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Please visit www. bryantfh.com to sign the online guestbook.

Paul A. Grieger

Paul A. Grieger, 81, a longtime community resident, died Jan. 16.

He was born May 31, 1935 in Germany, the son of Paul and Lillian Grieger.

Paul was a retired pipefitter. He enjoyed the news and reading, along with spending time with family.

He was an Army veteran of WWII. Left to cherish his memory are his sons, Paul and Steven (Jean); three grandchildren; sisters Carla, Eva and Vera; brothers Peter and Fred; along with many other family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his wife Arlene and sister Virginia.

Services were held in private. Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Please visit www.bryantfh.com to sign the online guestbook.

Contributions can be made to the Wounded Warrior, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675-8517 in his memory.

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Margaret L. Evans

Margaret L. Evans, 90, a longtime community resident, died Feb. 8.

She was born June 4, 1926 in Wilmington, Delaware — daughter of David and Marguerite Elwood.

Louise was a homemaker who loved to play Bingo and spend time with family.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughters Margaret and Nancy; sons Matthew and Thomas; eight grandchildren; five greatgrandchildren; sister Mary Ann; along with many other family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband George.

Services were held at St. GerardMajella R.C. Church, Feb. 17. Interment followed in

Photo from Three Village Central School District

Chorus, band and orchestra members at the Broadway Stage Combat Workshop.

Students go behind the scenes on Broadway With the help of trained Broadway professionals, 150 members of the chorus, band and orchestra at P.J. Gelinas Junior High School learned the behind the scenes tricks of a staged Broadway fight scene.

During the Broadway Stage Combat Workshop, the students learned from Broadway fight choreographers how stage combat works during a live perfor-

mance. Then, they participated in a Q&A session with two ensemble members of the musical “School of Rock.” One of the aspects discussed was auditioning.

Following the workshop, the students attended a performance of “School of Rock” and, afterwards, had the chance to meet with a Three Village alumnus David Ruttura, who is currently working as the associate director of the musical.

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Congressman meets with constituents face-to-face

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him...I’m only here so that he knows there are all these people who care enough are watchHundreds of concerned constituents on ing him, and he can’t abandon us for corpoboth sides of the aisle gathered inside the rate interests,” Mintz said. “I wish he would Hagerman Fire Department in East Patchogue back down from Trump and the policies the March 3, seated at scattered round tables, president is imposing.”

Just a few tables away, Hampton Bays resiwaiting to hear their names called to meet dent Mark Raschke said he wanted to meet with U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley).

In another room, the congressman was Zeldin, give him support and let him know he holding mobile office hours and meeting liked the way he supported Trump. Port Jefwith five to six people at a time, grouped ferson Station resident and military veteran according to the topics they wanted to dis- Ed Bednarek wants to know where his concuss, to hear the issues of the people he rep- gressman feels the country is going to go unresents, which ranged from health care and der the Trump administration, and when “the what’s to come of the Affordable Care Act, liberals are going to stop fighting and start abortion and the congressman’s stance to de- getting on board and work with us as a team.”

Ira Silverberg, of Bellport, said he wanted fund Planned Parenthood, immigration, the to challenge the congressman on a voting reenvironment, and tax reform.

Despite demands from various local groups cord that is “not protecting the environment to host an in-person town hall in recent weeks, of Long Island as well as he says it is.”

When asked how he felt about the mobile Zeldin has committed to these individualized office hours in comparison to an in-person and small-group meetings to avoid what he’s town hall meeting, Silverberg said “this format called the “liberal obstruction” of town halls has disenfranchised 85 percent of the people that has taken place around the United States. who have shown up and is too Tehmina Tirmizi, a stucontrolling and inadequate to dent at Stony Brook Univerdeal with the needs of the disity, said she hoped to talk verse, concerned community.” to Zeldin about the rhetoric For Cindy Morris, from of President Donald Trump Stony Brook, who wished to (R) and his administration, speak with Zeldin about the which, she feels, supports civil liberties she felt had been bigotry and fear of minorities. under attack as of late, she “[They] incite hatred, ansaid the mobile office hours ger, stress, depression and a format “does not work.” lot of people have been hurt “We are all just talking and are hurting inside and amongst ourselves…[Zeldthey should be keeping the —Anna Hayward in’s] staff isn’t even circulatpeace,” she said. “They can’t ing and coming out to talk to us,” Morris said. just say something, have people react to it and “I look at this room and I see diversity, so this then go and hide somewhere. I’d love to see is an opportunity for him to really meet with Zeldin make a statement and come out against his constituency and not just meet with the [the rhetoric] and he has yet to do that.” people who pay for him to win elections. We Wading River resident Jim Lupis was there aren’t protesters, we’re passionate citizens.” on behalf of a pro-life group to encourage Anna Hayward, a Stony Brook University Zeldin to defund Planned Parenthood. professor, echoed Morris’s feelings.

“Taxpayer’s money shouldn’t be used to “In a town hall format, he could hear our perform abortions, and murdering innocent issues but we can also hear other people’s ischildren should be totally illegal,” Lupis said. sues...we’re a very respectful, educated, and “Zeldin has a strong voting record against well-mannered community and I don’t think Planned Parenthood and I want to speak to he needs to worry about people screaming at him about staying the course and defunding him and attacking him,” she said. such an evil thing.”

Conversely, Nancy Beltran of Holtsville Eastport resident Penny Mintz said, on top stands by Zeldin’s decision to not hold such a of being concerned about Citizens United and public forum. “the takeover of the wholesale purchase of “There’s no risk of chanting and screamgovernment by big corporations,” she wanted ing and bullying in a group setting so it to talk about the elimination of consumer pro- avoids all of that, he’s doing the right thing by trying to hear the people without all that tections, environment and health care.

“I have no hope of actually speaking to noise,” Beltran said.

‘In a town hall format, he could hear our issues but we can also hear other people’s issues...’

Photos by Kevin Redding

Clockwise from above, U.s. Rep. lee Zeldin meets with constituents at Hagerman Fire department in east Patchogue; and some protestors and supporters waited outside for the opportunity to speak with Zeldin, while others waited inside.

Outside the fire department, dozens of people — supporters on one side holding up signs that read “Thank You Lee Zeldin for doing what we elected you to do” and opponents of Zeldin on the other saying “Lee Let’s Talk” — stood to voice their concerns.

“I’m very passionate about supporting Lee Zeldin...he’s a stand up guy, he listens to people, educates himself and is not just a gowith-the-political-winds [leader],” Patchogue resident Heather Martello said.

Mary Casey, who stood in opposition of Zeldin, questioned his moral courage in not wanting to hold a town hall meeting.

“His reported reason is that it just descends into screaming and yelling and it’s useless but I think it’s because he wants to maintain that aura of being right and if you have people screaming at you, you can’t be in control,” she said.

Zeldin’s aversion to holding a traditional in-person town hall has left many in his district angered, despite mobile office hours and an hour-long telephone town hall in February.

A group called Project Free Knowledge hosted an event called The People’s Town Hall March 4 at the Performing Arts Studio in Port Jefferson, which featured a Zeldin impersonator, repeated potshots at the congressman and a foil called “the people’s candidate.” The show was meant to serve as political satire, though one of the organizers behind the production said the group intended to deliver a serious message through the performance.

Anna Sitzmann, a member of the Project Free Knowledge team and participant in the performance, said the group’s mission was to be both informative to those in attendance while also being critical of Zeldin.

Sitzmann said this was the first time the group has branched out into “political theater,” a phrase she said she’s often heard Zeldin use to describe activist demonstrations. She added the group met with Zeldin about three weeks ago and asked him to host a community-moderated, live town hall, which he declined. Sitzmann said that’s when the group decided to put on their own town hall.

“Zeldin has certainly met with constituents personally, but as we made reference to, he won’t do it for more than half an hour, he needs to prescreen people’s questions, he’s incredibly controlling about the condi-

tions in which it happens, and it’s clear he doesn’t want a general town hall with community moderators because he’s not actually prepared to stand accountable for the things that he’s doing,” Sitzmann said after the performance, which Zeldin was invited to attend.

A spokeswoman for the congressman, Jennifer DiSiena, responded to Sitzmann’s claim in an email, saying she’s not sure what Sitzmann was referring to, and called the performance “unbelievably disrespectful.” DiSiena took issue with much of the content of the show.

“Congressman Zeldin will meet with any constituent interested in a productive, substantive exchange of ideas,” she said. “He has even met with the protesters involved in setting up that mock town hall. He is not interested in the type of political theater that this group of liberal obstructionists is interested in promoting.

The country faces real challenges and Zeldin will remain focused on working across the aisle to constructively find solutions.”

Sitzmann said she’s not concerned about the possibility of the performance adding to an already heated political discourse.

“If I’m stoking the flames of Zeldin’s fire, fine,” she said. “I admit that a lot of people that voted for Lee Zeldin or voted for Donald Trump were upset about things that they ought to have been upset about, but I think the Republican party and especially President Trump have harnessed that anger and misdirected it towards things that don’t deserve the blame.”

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North Shore Trump voters show support for president

By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com

Not to be outdone by the uprising of left-leaning activists who have made their displeasure known across the United States since President Donald Trump’s (R) inauguration, supporters of the president congregated March 4 to present a united front in backing Trump.

A group called Main Street Patriots organized the rallies, titled the Spirit of America Rallies, which took place in 32 states and Washington D.C. The only rally held in New York took place outside of the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge and was organized and promoted in part by the Conservative Society for Action, a Patchogue-based group founded in 2008 whose website says has about 900 members.

“We need to stand united with our president who wants to do something to fix America,” a website set up to promote the Suffolk County event stated as part of its mission.

Judy Pepenella, a Patchogue resident and the national coordinator for the CSA, said she tried her best to spread the news of the rally on social media. She estimated about 350 to 400 people attended the Hauppauge rally.

“Spirit of America is the spirit of the Constitution, the spirit of the rule of law, the spirit of the goals and the directives and the original intent of the founding fathers,” Pepenella said, explaining how her group got involved. “We do stand behind our president — some people, more, some people less. But he won, we want to give him a chance.”

The rally came as the heat was being turned up on Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who multiple news outlets reported last week had meetings with a Russian ambassador despite Session’s testimony during his confirmation hearing he had no contact with Russian officials during the campaign. Rallies, protests and contentious town hall meetings featuring activists opposing Trump’s agenda and policies have taken place across the U.S. in recent weeks.

Pepenella said the group’s mission is not to blindly defend all of Trump’s policies

Photos by Alex Petroski

supporters of President Donald trump take to the grounds of the H. lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge March 4.

or words, or her congressman — U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) — for that matter, but she said it’s refreshing to hear a politician “call a spade a spade.” Zeldin has publicly supported Trump for months.

“Just because [Trump] said so doesn’t mean it’s right,” she said. “If it doesn’t work with the Constitution; if it infringes on a person’s rights; if it’s going to hurt somebody socially, economically and a person in need … he’s going to hear from us.

It’s not a just ‘we blindly support the president’ — we support the president’s goals and his platform and mission statement to make America great again.”

Pepenella, who said she has yet to hear anything from Trump that would cause her to raise an eyebrow so far in his presidency, attributed outrage toward Trump’s words and actions to people not being used to a New Yorker telling it like it is.

“We are all New Yorkers, and there’s a problem with New Yorkers, and I say that as a native New Yorker,” she said.

“We have a bit of a tenacity and a bit of a brazen, ballsy-ass attitude — forgive my French — but that’s what we have.

Donald Trump was born in Queens. He’s born and raised here. He’s a New Yorker and we can sometimes say things that

are not perfectly correct, but that’s who we are. It doesn’t bother me. I have no problem with his rhetoric.”

Port Jefferson resident Keith Debaun shared his motivation behind attending the event.

“Clearly I’m here not to support Hillary Clinton,” he said. “I’m here to support Donald Trump because he’s facing a lot of resistance, and I’m here to oppose that resistance.”

Dix Hills resident and attorney Mike Dyckman also explained his reason for attending.

“I’m a Republican, I’m a conservative, and I’m an American,” he said. “I don’t like what’s happening whether it’s Republican or Democrat — we have to be together as a nation and I don’t like what’s going on right now on the left. They’re not listening to anybody. They’ve got all of these shoutdown sessions when the representatives are going back to talk to their constituents.

It looks like a lot of it is staged, whether they’re paid for it or not. If that doesn’t stop, what’s going to happen is we’re going to not get anything done in the country.”

Pepenella addressed some constituent’s complaints that Zeldin has not been available enough and hasn’t met with many local residents who have invited him to events, saying the congressman who came

before him wasn’t any better.

“I know for a fact people have gotten in to see him [Zeldin],” she said. “When it was Tim Bishop’s (D-Southampton) office, you’d go in, they had a sign-in sheet, you put your name… and why you’re there. If you were lucky you got a response. I didn’t get a response when I went in the office because I was asking for specific things. I [did] get one meeting with Tim Bishop.

When he found out it was me, he never met with me again.”

Flyers with information about the CSA were passed out during the rally with a clear statement of the group’s mission going forward.

“The Conservative Society for Action believes it’s time for a return to fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, free markets and honest government,” it said. “We cannot afford to sit this one out. We will be silent no more. Please join us in our fight for the future of this country. Freedom isn’t free. Get involved while there’s still time.”

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Photo left from Councilwoman Bonner; photos above and below left from Kelli Cutinella; and file photo below

Clockwise from left, kidney recipient Tom d’Antonio and Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Jane Bonner; Karen Hill, the recipient of Tom Cutinella’s heart, and his mother Kelli Cutinella; Tom Cutinella; and donate Life supporters during a rally.

State lowers organ donor registration age

By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com As of Feb. 14, National Organ Donor Day, a new state law rolled out by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) permits 16- and 17-year-olds to enroll in the New York State Donate Life Registry when they apply for a driver’s license, learner’s permit or nondriver ID, potentially growing enrollments in New York by thousands.

Sponsored by State Sens. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) and Kemp Hannon (RGarden City), the legislation’s altered minimum age to sign up as an organ donor, which had previously been 18, serves as a big step for New York, which currently ranks 50th out of all 50 states when it comes to the percentage of residents enrolled to be organ donors.

At just 28 percent, New York State is “way at the bottom of the pack” when it comes to enrollment, according to Flanagan, a strong advocate for organ donations because of his late friend, Assemblyman James Conte (RHuntington Station), who was the recipient of two kidney transplants before losing a battle with cancer in 2012. “[New York] has been a leader in many ways on a wide variety of issues and we should be the premiere state in terms of organ donation,” Flanagan said. “I just want to promote organ donation, and promote aware-

ness. There are thousands and thousands of her kidney to her childhood friend Tom people who are waiting for transplants here in D’Antonio, who had been diagnosed with dithe state, kidney being the primary one. We abetes at a young age, had suffered multiple don’t have enough people signing up, and it’s health issues over the years and desperately taken too long to [get here] but I think we’re needed a transplant. moving in the right direction.”

“I said ‘I’ll do it, we’re the same blood type,’ The senator said Conte is the reason he’s and I donated blood to him when he got his a donor, and after his death, he realized he first kidney transplant,” Bonner recalled. could use his own political platform to advoD’Antonio was more than grateful for the cate for this cause and encourage others to donation his longtime friend made. get involved.

“I bounced back like a rockstar and I feel Like Flanagan, Brookhaven Town Council- great, I have more energy and determinawoman Jane Bonner (C-Rocky Point) is pas- tion,” D’Antonio said, reflecting on the exsionate about organ donation and takes every perience. “It’s my belief that there is someopportunity to raise awareness about the im- thing within a human being that takes that portance of becoming a donor when speaking step and makes that heroic move to save a publicly, regardless of the event. life; it moves me beyond a place I can eas“I could be at a civic ily describe. Not only did event talking about town im[Jane] save my life but she provement projects or town enriched the lives of those issues, and I always use it as close to me, [like my wife].” a soapbox to talk about orBut D’Antonio is not a gan donation,” Bonner said. big fan of the new law, call“Roughly 125,000 people in ing it “hugely irresponsible” the United States are waitand a “grossly inadequate ing for a kidney and there response” to appease a need are 350 million people in for more donors. the United States, seemingly “Sixteen- and seventeenwith healthy kidneys. If evyear-olds have enough erybody who could donate, making a decision — Megan Fackler trouble donated one, we wouldn’t about what classes to take as have people waiting for a kidney anymore and seniors, their minds are still developing, and lives can be saved.”

I’m appalled that this is the state’s answer,” Bonner said that under the new law, 16- he said. “What the state should do instead is and 17-year-olds can make donations upon put some money and effort into organ donor their death, and it includes safeguards where awareness and make it part of the teaching their parents or legal guardians have the op- curriculum in high school.” tion to rescind the decision if the minor dies Alternatively, Kelli Cutinella, whose son before 18.

Tom died October 2014 following a head-on “Teenagers are very passionate about so collision during a high school football game, many issues and I think this legislation was spoke in Albany to help get the law passed, made because they’re employing every toy and said she’s glad to see it in effect. in the toolbox, knowing the state is dead Tom, who wanted to register when he was last,” she said.

16 at the DMV but was ultimately not allowed The councilwoman knows a thing or two at the time, donated all vital organs, such as his about saving lives this way. heart, kidneys, liver, pancreas, bones and skin.

It was last April when Bonner donated “He was a giver in life and would do any-

‘It not only ups the amount of eligible organ donors there are to sign up and save lives, but also starts a conversation at an earlier age about its importance.’

thing for anybody, and it didn’t surprise me that he wanted to register at 16, it was just in his nature,” Cutinella said.

The mother, who has an ongoing relationship with Tom’s heart recipient and pancreas and kidney recipient, was recently notified by a New York Burn Center that a 30-year-old man from Brooklyn had received Tom’s skin after suffering severe burns in a house fire.

“Tom lives on now,” Cutinella said. “He’s not here in the physical sense, but he is with the recipients as they go on to live wonderful, fulfilling lives.”

According to Megan Fackler of LiveOnNY, a federally designated organ procurement organization, the new law is exciting.

“It not only ups the amount of eligible organ donors there are to sign up and save lives, but also starts a conversation at an earlier age about its importance,” Fackler said. “Donor family and recipient meetings have been the most touching. There are lots of things 16- and 17-year-olds can’t do, like rent a car, get a tattoo, vote, join the army, but they can save lives.”

Residents can visit the New York State Health Department’s website at www.health. ny.gov/donatelife to get more information about organ donation in New York State, including how to register as a donor.

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Committee formed to create drag strip in Suffolk

By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com Suffolk County is putting the pedal to the metal in an effort to build a drag strip for its need-for-speed residents.

A large crowd of more than 100 drag racing enthusiasts filled the auditorium at the Suffolk County Legislature Feb. 7 and cheered on as Presiding Officer DuWayne Gregory (DAmityville) announced the formation of an ad hoc committee, consisting of a bipartisan group of legislators, representatives from the county’s Department of Planning and the County Supervisors’ Association, also members from the racing community, to start the process of bringing a family oriented motorsports park to the county.

“Long Island has thousands of families who are passionate about racing as a sport, and providing a legal outlet for drag racing could bring tremendous benefits to Suffolk County,” Gregory said at the press conference.

The ad hoc committee was suggested by Legislator Tom Cilmi (R-Bay Shore) after representatives from the “Long Island Needs a Dragstrip” advocacy group charged into the Legislature’s auditorium in December to protest a resolution on the agenda.

The legislators had been considering a bill for a master plan in Yaphank, but the racing community argued against accepting the master plan, claiming that the property would be better used as a drag strip. The group had been looking at some areas included in the master plan for a potential site to build on.

Even though the Yaphank property wound up not being anywhere near large enough for what they were proposing, the passionate group had the legislators’ interest.

“I was really inspired by the passion of all those that came to the Legislature and we’re going to do all we can to try and make it a reality,” Cilmi said in a phone interview.

In terms of the crowd at both gatherings, Cilmi said, “it’s worth pointing out that in the room were young children, lots of women and lots of guys ... it was a large group of very enthusiastic people and it’s not every day that you fill an auditorium with people all interested in one issue.”

The legislators on the committee — Gregory, Cilmi, Al Krupski (D-Cutchogue), and Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) — will explore potential locations in Suffolk for the drag strip, which is projected to occupy between

Photo above from Legislator gregory’s offce; image below right from Facebook; file photo below left by Rachel Shapiro

Above and below right, Suffolk County Legislature Presiding Officer duWayne gregory discusses Long islanders’ desire for a drag strip in the county after the Long island needs a drag Strip advocacy group attended a meeting. Below left, Suffolk County Legislator Rob Trotta said the proposed drag strip has the potential to bring in needed revenue to the county.

100 and 200 acres, as well as the economic boom a full-fledged drag strip could bring to the struggling county.

Gregory said the committee hopes the drag strip will deter the illegal and dangerous street racing that’s been known to take place in areas like Wyandanch. Another task is to make sure the local community and neighboring towns are behind the project and understand their quality of life will not be disrupted by it.

In building the drag strip, the committee anticipates growth in the local racing-related industry, such as shops that paint the racing cars and work on engines, and job creation in those fields. There will also be food concessions within the arena, and spectators who could potentially come out and spend money at surrounding restaurants and hotels.

Gregory said any large venue has the potential to attract thousands of people and effectively increase the county’s sales tax, which has been flat for the last few years:

“Long Island is losing money in sales tax as residents and tourists flock to nearby states, including New Jersey, to use their drag racing strips.” He said estimates show that a drag strip could generate more than $100 million in revenue.

He proposed that this would be “a safe and enjoyable attraction that people [will] want to come to.”

Krupski, who grew up in Cutchogue and remembers his grandfather taking him to the Riverhead Raceway when he was young, said the racing culture is still very much alive.

“A lot of people are really interested in this and enjoy racing and working on cars and so to most people it’s more than a hobby, it’s more of a lifestyle,” he said in a phone interview. “I give DuWayne Gregory credit for putting this together. It’s a nice bipartisan group and everyone sees the value in it.”

While still too early to confirm any serious location ideas, the committee and members of the advocacy group have areas like Enterprise Park in Riverhead on a list of potential development sites. One of the motorsport’s advocates has expressed interest in contributing a piece of their own property.

“It’s going to be tough to find a spot to put this because a lot of people won’t want

to hear it,” Trotta said in a phone interview.

“It’s going to have to be somewhere far away from most people, but we’re going to try our utmost [best] to find a place.”

Trotta, who has been consistently vocal about the county’s current economic state, said while he doesn’t necessarily believe the drag strip will be “a savior of Suffolk County,” there’s potential to bring in extra revenue.

“There’s not a resort in Nassau or Suffolk, and Long Island is bigger than most cities,” Trotta said. “There’s an opportunity for us to make something and mix it with the drag strip. We need people from the city to come out here and spend money.”

During the press conference, John Cozzali, a Mastic resident and founder of “Long Island Needs a Drag Strip,” said he was happy to see the Legislature taking a serious look at his group’s long-dreamt of project.

“We look forward to working on this initiative, which we believe will have a positive economic impact for Long Island and will create a safe place for the new generation to come and race,” Cozzali said.

According to Gregory, the full economic analysis, conceptual planning of the racetrack and securing a location should take roughly nine months.

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Clockwise from left, Dominic Pryor, John Corpac and eddie Munoz will play football together one last time, during the annual empire Challenge game June 21.

Patriots trio will represent school in Empire Challenge

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Ward Melville head coach Chris Boltrek 27 receptions, and rushed for 131 more and said his three athletes, who were named All- one touchdown. In total, he had 1,110 yards State by the New York State Sportswriters thanks to 532 added kickoff return yards. On In 21 years, not one Ward Melville foot- Association, don’t need redemption, because the defensive side of the ball, Corpac had 58 ball player has been invited to compete in the they’ve shown they belong among the best tackles, 38 solo, and two interceptions.

Empire Challenge. This year three Patriots of the best.

While Munoz and Pryor will be playing lawill get the chance to put on the pads one “They are just excellent crosse next year, at Stony more time. athletes who love football, Brook and Hofstra UniverJohn Corpac, Eddie Munoz and Dominic and combined those attrisity, respectively, the two Pryor were chosen by the coaches of the Long butes with a willingness have also battled for big Island team, all of which led their squads to to go the extra mile — numbers at Ward Melville. county titles this year, to play in the game whether it was sacrificing Munoz gained 454 that pits Long Island all-stars against the best their bodies and taking a yards on 37 receptions of New York City. big hit, or tackling a largas a wide receiver, and “It feels amazing knowing I’ll be able to suit er athlete, it didn’t matter rushed for 90, ending the up once more in a sport that I’ve loved since — they laid it all on the year with eight touchI was young,” Pryor said. “I couldn’t be more line to help our team be downs. He intercepted proud to represent Ward Melville, especially successful,” he said. “And the ball twice as a strong after what we accomplished this season.” they’re a huge part of why and made 57 total — Chris Boltrek safety, The three standouts were part of a Patri- we made it to the county tackles, 37 solo. ots team that upset No. 1 Lindenhurst in the championship this season.”

“We put in a lot of hard work, but our Division I semifinals to make it to the county Corpac, a wide receiver and free safety teammates also helped us stand out, because championship for the first time in 30 years. who signed to play for Stony Brook University without a good team we wouldn’t have been “After losing in counties,” Corpac said, this fall, finished last season with a team-high selected,” Munoz said. “Football to me is all “this game is a redemption game for me and 13 touchdowns through 11 games, four of about being tough and giving it your all on my teammates that made it, to show that we which were on kickoff returns. The All-County every play.” belonged where we were.” and All-State honoree racked up 378 yards on Pryor ended his senior season with a team-high 604 receiving yards, averaging a team-high 16.3 yards per catch on his 37 receptions, rushed for 88 yards, returned kickoffs for 111 and even passed for 167. The wide receiver and defensive back also had two interceptions and made 28 tackles.

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New York City opponents will have to make big plans to take down the trio, who said they have been best friends since elementary school. They’ll battle on the gridiron at Hofstra University June 21 at 7 p.m.

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OpiniOn Editorial

Letters to the editor

Fostering acceptance and equality for all Our high school, Ward Melville, decided to alter the traditional graduation attire from different colors separated by gender to one single color in order to foster a more inclusive school community.

Many students were upset by this breach of tradition and created a petition to revert to different colored gowns. As this petition gained supporters and encouraged hateful and heinous comments, we decided to make our own petition for those who support the change in order to become united as a class, with our LGBTQA+ peers in mind.

It is not as simple as black and white, or green and gold for that

matter, but a far more complex situation. The blatant discrimination that has infested their petition demonstrates the intolerance toward LGBTQA+ individuals in our community.

It has gone miles beyond the colors of our gowns or upholding a harmless school tradition — it has become a way of bullying a minority.

These hateful comments should not be taken lightly as they damage the progress our school and community are trying to make.

We support the school’s decision to introduce uniform gowns because we believe that everyone should feel comfortable on gradu-

ation day and should be celebrated for their accomplishments without being divided by gender.

We must continue to adapt and ensure that every member of our society is well respected and allowed to express themselves in whatever way they choose.

We hoped to introduce a more peaceful platform to those who advocate this change with us, and to encourage acceptance and equality for all, so that no student is left feeling uncomfortable on their commencement day.

Brianna LaSita, Charlotte Schmidt and Isabelle Antos Setauket

Taking a nurturing environment over tradition Ward Melville High School graduates

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Instituting change — the right way Many students at Ward Melville High School are upset that after 50 years, they will no longer wear separate green and gold gowns at graduation. Last week a walkout was organized in protest of the change implemented by Principal Alan Baum, who defended the act as an opportunity to make new traditions while also creating a more inclusive environment — mainly for transgender students.

The editorial staff applauds any effort to make the lives of some of the most emotionally vulnerable young people in our society a little bit easier. Breaking tradition in cases like these is not only acceptable, but commendable.

However, that doesn’t mean this idea didn’t come without its flaws, and we understand why students may have been frustrated.

As an editorial staff we have all gone to our fair share of board of education meetings and sat through countless readings and rereadings of minor policy changes. We have listened to long debates on issues that may not even affect a third of the student body. But these discussions need to be had — they show the process and transparency of the administration.

So it’s surprising to us that this decision was made and implemented by the principal alone. No public forum for the idea, no vote from the board. Surely an idea, no matter how positive the outcome of it will be, should be debated and scrutinized to ensure success.

This gives everyone a chance to be heard and to understand, and perhaps support a change.

We hope more districts consider doing the same with their graduation gown policy, but not before they solicit responses from the student body to find out if a change in policy would alleviate concerns for even just one student. Make no mistake, the core idea here should be celebrated.

However, changing the gowns without letting the student body know was not the right move. After all, it’s their bodies that will be wearing them.

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Earlier this week, when the administration of Ward Melville High School announced the decision to move away from genderspecific graduation gowns to a gown that unified all students, there was an uproar in the community. While I can appreciate the feelings of those who were upset that a long-standing tradition was being changed, the reaction of many parents and students was deeply upsetting and concerning.

That so many adults chose to respond with vitriolic behavior, rather than giving the admin-

istration the time and space to handle this delicate situation, was shortsighted and escalated the situation, to put it mildly. It made a teachable moment for our young adults an unpleasant and, at times, frightening situation.

I believe that this is a compassionate and progressive decision that allows graduating students to display unity, while still honoring the traditional school colors. I find it disturbing that so many adults, who claim to be accepting of all others, chose to forego modeling empathy and handling disappoint-

ment with grace for their children, instead fomenting a situation that bordered on outright bigotry at times. I sincerely hope that our community can learn from the mistakes that were made in this situation, and can move forward in a manner that creates a safe and nurturing environment for all students. As a parent and educator, I value that setting for my children over a long-standing tradition any day.

Shoshanna Hershkowitz South Setauket

Close gap between policy and reality An open letter to Superintendent Cheryl Pedisich of Three Village Central School District: Thank you for responding to the questions I raised on behalf of parents regarding decisions made in the Three Village schools relating to the recent presidential election and the inauguration of our 45th president (Times Village Herald, Feb. 23). Unfortunately, your response reinforces the prevailing stereotype that teachers and their unions are viewed by many as an extension of the Democratic Party. The decision to change the previously scheduled mandatory assembly for the Trump inauguration to voluntary at the high school coincided with the announced boycott of 50+ Democratic congressman of Trump’s inauguration and an orchestrated attempt by Democrats to delegitimize our new president. Our readers might want to ask themselves how likely the

high school would have reversed long-standing precedent regarding a mandatory assembly to watch the inauguration of Clinton if she had won the election.

Although the policy of the district posted on your website (Improper Advocacy section) states “school district funds and resources may not be used to exhort voters to support a particular position,” parents told me a recent scroll across the header of the district website opposed the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education.

With every Democratic senator voting against the nomination, perhaps the district felt a need to publicly declare its opposition as well. Regardless of my view on DeVos’ nomination, I am not happy to see school tax dollars applied in this manner. Such a posting is not consistent with your statement that the district’s teachings “are not guided by politics.”

It is reassuring to hear you say

that the district “encourages all members of our learning community to embrace their individual passions without fear of retribution.” In any organization, there is often a variance between stated policy and reality, and it is the duty of leadership to be aware of those gaps and, when necessary, take steps to close them. I encourage you and the Three Village Board of Education to perform a thoughtful review of the decisions made in the district about the presidential election, the inauguration, the opposition to the confirmation of Betsy DeVos; and why concerned parents reached out to me instead of you regarding these matters. Every parent that contacted me stated they feared retribution toward their child, strongly suggesting that your “without fear of retribution policy” is not working.

Dan Kerr Stony Brook

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OpiniOn Electronic punching bag for e-frustrations

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emember those punching dummies from years ago? They were like Weebles wobbles, where you could smack them as hard as you wanted and they would come popping up for more.

I think we need some kind of equivalent device for modern technology.

Sure, cellphones allow us to talk to each other from anywhere in the world, see each other’s faces and share pictures on our way to school, to restaurants or to the most mundane places, but they and their cousins, the computers, can be like sand

By Daniel Dunaief also in the bottom of our socks.

My daughter sends pictures of herself from the car to her friends.

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Why? What do they see in these pictures? In many of them, she doesn’t even seem to be centered and her eyes are closed — maybe that’s a generational complaint. Anyway, if these friends were in the car with her, they wouldn’t be looking at each other. Rather, they would be sending pictures of themselves to other people in other cars. Modern technology has encouraged parallel play to such an extent that phone users prefer to interact from afar. When I see my daughter smiling at these ridiculous pictures while mumbling something incoherent to me, I’d like to remove the phone from her hand and toss it out the window.

It would cost way too much money to do that every time she annoyed me and, worse, I might hit someone with her phone.

That’s where the new device comes in. I’d like to have some version of her phone that I could pretend-smash into a thousand pieces.

That frustration doesn’t just involve technology with my children.

I have had numerous problems with my computer when I’m on deadline and I can’t afford to stare at a colorful circle that’s freezing my system or a cursor that refuses to respond to my movements across the page.

Sometimes, I feel as if technology is experimenting with me. There’s someone sitting behind a monitor, using my phone or computer’s camera and is waiting for just the moment when I have no extra time and is sending a “kill” signal to my computer.

“Wait, no, no, no!” I shout at the disobedient machine. “Please, please, please, I have to send this now.”

“Heh, heh, heh,” a mischievous elf who decidedly does not work for Santa Claus is thinking as he watches my panicked face.

Instead of pushing the same unresponsive button a thousand times, I’d like an inflatable computer that I can throw across a room, kick as hard as I can or punch without injury. I’d also like to hear the sound of breaking glass as I’m doing it, as if

the destructive force I’m applying is somehow damaging the computer as much as it’s upsetting my psyche.

I know breaking real glass and destroying real technology would not only be bad for me and my bank account, but it would also create waste and pollute the environment.

I need something that can give me the faux satisfaction of my caveman instinct to strike back at something that’s bothering me.

I can type pretty quickly on my computer, but my thick fingers and the small keyboard on a smartphone, coupled with a spell-checker that hates the last names of my contacts, are a combustible mix. Maybe the next time the computer autocorrects something and then adds an error, I can hit a button that can give me a virtual sledgehammer so that I can virtually shatter my screen into a million pieces. Of course, I’d need the phone to work almost immediately after that because someone, somewhere needs me to send a “LOL” to their mistyped text message.

Itzhak Perlman, a pearl of a man and musician

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hank you, Itzhak Perlman. It was a fabulous concert by the superstar violinist last Saturday night at Gala 2017 held at Stony Brook University’s Staller Center for the Arts. And besides the music, of Vivaldi, Beethoven, Schumann and Stravinsky, there was pleasure in just being in Perlman’s company.

He produces extraordinary music in a most relaxed, unaffected and joyful fashion.

His face, known for its elasticity, changes expression as he

By Leah S. Dunaief plays the notes, encouraging the listener not just to hear but also to feel the elegant sounds.

Perlman was 3 years old and living in the newly created state of Israel when he heard classical

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music on the radio. He asked for a violin but was turned away from the Shulamit Conservatory, which his father had brought him to, because he was pronounced too small to hold a violin. Instead he was given a toy fiddle and taught himself to play until he was finally accepted.

When he was 4, he contracted polio and in time was able to walk with crutches, but he plays seated on an electric scooter that he uses to get around the stage. He gave his first recital at 10 and not too long afterward came to the United States and to Juilliard. By 1958, when he was just 13, he appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and then went on tour with “The Ed Sullivan Caravan of Stars” across the country. In 1963 he debuted at Carnegie Hall and a year later won the prestigious Leventritt Competition before embarking on an extensive performing and recording career.

Perlman is known as a violinist, conductor, teacher and speaker, the last sometimes on behalf on those with disabilities. He usually performs as a soloist, accompanied by

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the gifted pianist, Rohan De Silva from Sri Lanka. But Perlman has shared the stage with many of the world’s greatest musicians, including Yo-Yo Ma, Jessye Norman, Isaac Stern and his friend and fellow violinist, Pinchas Zukerman. He has collaborated often with screen composer John Williams and plays the score for “Schindler’s List” in the movie, as well as that of “Memoirs of a Geisha” and other films. He even did a stint with the Muppets on “Sesame Street.”

Perlman has played with or conducted some of the great orchestras performing classical music. He also loves klezmer, a Jewish folk music, and jazz. What is not so well known is that he can sing. He actually sang the role of the jailer in the opera “Tosca,” alongside Placido Domingo and conducted by James Levine. At another time, he sang the same part, joining Luciano Pavarotti with Zubin Mehta conducting. That’s keeping pretty good company.

Known for his charisma and humanity, Perlman and his wife Toby — also a violinist, who he met

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in high school — started the Perlman Music Program that is housed in Shelter Island. There gifted young string players attend summer camp and mentoring programs. The Perlmans have five children and live in New York City.

Over the years, Itzhak Perlman has won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest honor for a civilian, and the National Medal of Arts with numerous Grammy and Emmy awards. He has performed several times at the White House and all over the world, perhaps most notably in the Eastern European bloc countries with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in 1987 before the Berlin Wall came down, the Soviet Union in 1990, also China and India in 1994. He won over those audiences with his elegant yet seemingly effortless technique, his affability and humor, as he so totally did with us in Stony Brook this past weekend.

Thank you Staller director, Alan Inkles, and the rest of your staff of hardworking magicians, for a memorable night.

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