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Vol. 43, No. 5
March 29, 2018
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Old Field village justice race becomes contentious A3 SBU performs successful surgery on Haitian girl who never walked A5
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Child sex abuse survivors rally at Flanagan’s home A11
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Old Field justice race to be rerun after hostile tie BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A race 20 years in the making has created bad blood. The Old Field village justice election between incumbent Ron LaVita, who has run unopposed for two decades, and attorney Ted Rosenberg, ended in a 114-114 tie March 20 after all the votes, including absentee ballots, were counted. A recount confirmed the vote totals and a runoff election is scheduled for Tuesday, April 3. Rosenberg, the village’s current associate justice and a partner with Rosenberg & Gluck LLP, said he was surprised when he learned the news. LaVita, a general practice attorney, said he was disappointed when he heard the results. “I thought I would have a commanding lead,” he said, adding he should have notified residents who were unable to vote March 20 to submit absentee ballots while he was campaigning, feeling that would have helped him take the election. Things became heated between the two candidates before the March 20 election for the unpaid position when Rosenberg alleged during his campaign that LaVita did not have a certificate of occupancy for his home since making renovations 15 years ago. After submitting a Freedom of Information Act request with the village, it was confirmed by The Village Times Herald
The Old Field village justice race between challenger Ted Rosenberg, an attorney, and incumbent Ron LaVita ended in a 114-all tie March 20. there is no current CO on record. In a letter he handed out to residents, LaVita addressed the allegations saying he was ignorant in dealing with a rogue contractor who he said did not complete the renovation and failed to file the proper paperwork. In spring 2017, LaVita said he paid the requested permit fees in anticipation of obtaining a CO. In July of that year, he was granted an extension, which expires in July of this year. In the letter to residents and an ad in The Village Times Herald, LaVita said despite
doing his best to follow the canons of judicial ethics, he felt he needed to address allegations and provide further information about his opponent. He alleged Rosenberg represented an accident client who sued the Village of Old Field and a constable, and hosted a campaign fundraiser, which violates judicial ethics; and that the village treasurer works for Rosenberg’s law office. Rosenberg confirmed he represented a client against Old Field and said he checked with the mayor first, who said there was no conflict of interest created
for taking on the case. As for the alleged fundraiser, the attorney said it was a meet and greet his wife arranged, and there was no admission charged. Rosenberg said he looks forward to a runoff election, and added he had hoped this time around there would be a meet the candidates night or debate so Old Field residents could learn more about the candidates. At press time, there was no debate scheduled, but Old Field residents can meet Rosenberg at The Setauket Neighborhood House at 95 Main St., April 2, at 7 p.m. to learn more about him. LaVita has not scheduled any sort of debate or meetings. “I think it’s an opportunity for the voters of the village to gain more knowledge about the candidates and our qualifications,” Rosenberg said in regard to a debate. “Particularly for me, because I’m not the incumbent.” During the March 20 election, Michael Levine, who has been mayor of Old Field since 2008, ran unopposed and maintains his seat. Bruce Feller and Tom Pirro are the village’s new trustees. Feller and Pirro ran for two seats on the village board after Timothy Hopkins and Robert Whitcomb decided not to run for re-election. The village justice runoff election will be held April 3 at the Keeper’s Cottage at 207 Old Field Road. The polls will be open from noon to 9 p.m. Absentee ballots will be reaccepted and must be at Village Hall no later than 9 p.m. April 3.
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PJ chamber, restaurants host first breakfast crawl BY ALEX PETROSKI ALEX@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM
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Port Jefferson turned breakfast into a special occasion over the weekend. Sponsored by the Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce and Pro-Port Jefferson Association, an organization that works on behalf of the food service industry in the village, the first-ever Walkabout Spring Breakfast Crawl was a success on a number of levels. Fifteen establishments participated in the crawl March 24, offering special breakfast items and standing-room access during the three-hour event. Initially 200 tickets were made available for the event, but they sold out so quickly it was opened up to 100 more guests, according to chamber director of operations Barbara Ransome. She called the event super and very well attended and added if the restaurants are interested, they would bring it back again next year and would likely offer more tickets. “There was this camaraderie and fellowship among the different groups waving to each other and using their maps,” Ransome said. “I don’t think there was anybody disappointed.” Tickets were sold for three different tiers, a $20 ticket that allowed access
to six of the participating stops, $30 for nine stops or $40 for access to all 15. The funds raised will go to Pro-Port Jefferson Association likely to be used for marketing, according to Ransome, except for a $500 donation being given to Port Jeff-based Welcome Friends Soup Kitchen. “The event went very well,” doughnut shop East Main & Main owners Lisa Harris and Robert Strehle said in an email. “We would definitely be interested in participating again.” Some of the offerings included chorizo hash at Barito Tacos & Cocktails, French toast skillets and Bloody Marys at Brewology 295, triple crème-filled croissants and mimosas at C’est Cheese and many more. Ransome said she heard feedback from some attendees who enjoyed being able to participate on what is essentially “offhours” for the various restaurants, thus not having to compete with typical restaurant business crowds or battle for parking. Initially planned as a standing-room event, Ransome said many of the restaurants had space to allow sit-down meals, and that aspect might be revisited in future years.She also said she’s working on an analysis of which attendees patronized which restaurants based on their ticket choice to help improve future incarnations.
Offerings from the Walkabout Spring Breakfast Crawl food and drink sampling event in Port Jeff Village March 24, hosted by the chamber of commerce and restaurant association.
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UNIVERSITY STEVE KRAMER
Clockwise from left, Berlinda in temporary casts; the teen with Steve Kramer, behind wheelchair, Lucia Anglade, left, and Dr. Wesley Carrion, right; and Berlinda crawling before the operation.
Haitian girl on the road to recovery following surgery at SBU BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM
braces with help, she has a long way to go before she can stand on her own. Kramer said she has to build up strength, and she feels a A teen born with two clubbed feet is closer lot of pain when she moves her left knee as it to her dream of walking on her own thanks to is locking up after not being used for months. the efforts of Long Islanders and Stony Brook However, he said she was pleased to be out of University Hospital. the fixators, which caused her pain at times. When Steve Kramer, a retired Brookhaven “She’s very happy now, and she’s regained National Laboratory accelerator physicist, her smile,” he said. traveled to Haiti last year through Life & Carrion said fixators can be painful, and Hope Haiti, a nonprofit founded by Haitian- when Berlinda’s wheelchair would hit bumps, American Lucia Anglade, he never knew the pain would increase. what a profound impact his trip would have “It’s tough when you got these fixator on one student’s life. It was while working frames on that look like giant tinker toys at the Eben-Ezer School, built by Anglade that you attach to the limbs,” Carrion said. in Milot, Haiti, he met 16-year-old Berlinda, “They’re things that hurt. They’re things that who would crawl to get from are uncomfortable.” one spot to another. Carrion said it’s difficult to Moved by her struggles, determine if Berlinda will stand Kramer reached out to Dr. without braces. She had polio Wesley Carrion at Stony Brook and did not receive proper University School of Medicine’s treatment, and also has spina Department of Orthopaedics bifida. Carrion said despite a about performing surgery to hole in her spinal column, it fix Berlinda’s feet. Kramer sent hasn’t presented any problems. the doctor copies of her X-rays, “If we can get her walking and Carrion told him he felt — Dr. Wesley Carrion with braces, that’s a huge win,” he could treat her and rotate Carrion said. “She was basically the feet. He agreed to do it free of charge, crawling around her village. She was unable donating his time and equipment. to stand, so when we got her up with physical “We looked at her and felt she had a fairly therapy, those were literally her first steps.” good chance of standing,” Carrion said. Kramer said the hope is for Berlinda to stay After Carrion performed surgery on until she completes physical therapy, which Berlinda in November, fixators — external will take a few months, since she will receive frames that are attached by pins drilled into better treatment in Stony Brook than in Haiti. leg bones — were used to rotate her feet to To help with Berlinda’s airfare and outpatient stretch the tendons. After the fixators were in expenses, Kramer set up a GoFundMe page. place, Berlinda received outpatient services He said with money from that account, he can from the hospital, and she stayed at Anglade’s buy physical therapy equipment, like parallel home on Long Island, according to Kramer. bars so she can practice standing and walking The fixators were removed March 9 and outside of physical therapy treatments. Berlinda was put in leg casts until March 19. Kramer said during Berlinda’s stay in She has been working with physical therapists New York, it was the first time she saw snow, at the hospital, and while she can stand with and he showed her how to make a snowball.
‘If we can get her up walking with her braces, that’s a huge win.’
“She knew what to do with it,” Kramer said. “She wanted to throw it at me, and she did.” Kramer said Berlinda, who will turn 17 April 13, loves learning, and despite attending school for only one year, easily solved basic arithmetic problems when he first met her. “She never lost that bright smile and willingness to work with whatever she had,” Kramer said, adding that sometimes those with handicaps in her village are shunned and even her siblings have bullied her. When Kramer first approached Carrion, the doctor informed him that he would also need to get the hospital to donate some of the costs for the November surgery. It was then Kramer reached out to Department of Medicine’s Dr. L. Reuven Pasternak, who serves as vice president for health systems and chief executive officer of Stony Brook University Hospital. Pasternak said requests like Kramer’s to waive charges are not unusual
from doctors and members of the community. “We do this from time to time, and the way it usually occurs is that a physician encounters somebody, oftentimes overseas, and in the course of doing a medical mission or in their travels,” Pasternak said. “And it’s somebody who has a correctable medical condition that will make a huge impact on their lives.” While Pasternak was out of town during the surgery and hasn’t met Berlinda yet, he said Kramer and Carrion have kept him informed about her recovery and follow-up treatment. “It’s a testimony to cooperation and collaboration because it required a lot of people to step up and say that this is important to do and basically volunteer to do it,” he said. For more information about fundraising efforts to help Berilnda, visit www.gofundme. com/berlindasmiracle. To find out more about Life & Hope Haiti or to get involved, visit www.lifeandhopehaiti.org.
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LEGALS NOTICE OF SALE
134 3/8 4x vth NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY. WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR BANC OF AMERICA ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2005-8 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-8, Pltf. vs. TERI RUSZKOWSKI, et al, Defts. Index #601862/2015. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Oct. 4, 2017, I will sell at public auction at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on April 6, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. prem. k/a 5 Milburn Rd., South Setauket, NY 11720 a/k/a Section 364.00, Block 06.00, Lot 006.000, District 0200. Approx. amt. of judgment is $570,287.81 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. DONNA ENGLAND, Referee. FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore, NY 11706. File No. 72965. #94351 195 3/8 4x vth Notice of formation of Cerulean Pond LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 3- 1-18. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY is designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of the process served against the LLC: Cerulean Pond LLC, 21 Lynx Lane, East Setauket, NY 11733 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 206 3/15 6x vth
209 3/15 4x vth Notice of formation 140 Fries Lane, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/6/2018 Office location: Orange County. Princ. office of LLC: 291 Comfort Trail, Montgomery,NY 12549. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 291 Comfort Trail, Montgomery, NY 12549. Reg. Agent: Adam Peterson 291 Comfort Trail, Montgomery, NY 12549. The purpose: real-estate holdings. 217 3/15 6x vth SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK Plaintiff designates SUFFOLK as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 5 SANDPIPER LANE CORAM, NY 11727 Section: 370 Block: 3 Lot: 32 INDEX NO. 611453/2017 CIT BANK N.A., Plaintiff, vs. JOHN HARPER, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SHEILA HARPER A/K/A SHELIA HARPER A/K/A SHEILAH MARILYN HARPER; if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such
unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; THOMAS HARPER, JR., AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SHEILA HARPER A/K/A SHELIA HARPER A/K/A SHEILAH MARILYN HARPER; BARRY HARPER, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SHEILA HARPER A/K/A SHELIA HARPER A/K/A SHEILAH MARILYN HARPER; SUSAN ACUNA, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SHEILA HARPER A/K/A SHELIA HARPER A/K/A SHEILAH MARILYN HARPER; THOMAS HARLOW, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SHEILA HARPER A/K/A SHELIA HARPER A/K/A SHEILAH MARILYN HARPER; RENE HENRICKSEN, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SHEILA HARPER A/K/A SHELIA HARPER A/K/A SHEILAH MARILYN HARPER; RONALD HARLOW, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SHEILA HARPER A/K/A SHELIA HARPER A/K/A SHEILAH MARILYN HARPER; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; NEW YORK LEGALS con’t on pg. 7
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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 200514, Pltf. vs. MICHAELANGELO ACCARDO, et al, Defts. Index #12361/2012. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Apr. 19, 2016, I will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on Apr. 12, 2018 at 8:45 a.m. prem. k/a 43 Mercury Ave., East Patchogue, NY 11772 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 11706. File No. 34674. #94213
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST David A. Kaufman, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 2-282017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738, County of Suffolk on 4-18-2018 at 10:00AM, premises known as 79 Willow Wood Drive, Unit No. 27, East Setauket, NY 11733. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, SECTION: 278.10, BLOCK: 01.00, LOT: 027.000, District: 0200. Approximate amount of judgment $417,108.20 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #1046/2009. Dara Martin Orlando, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-030362-F00 52012
Michael Castellano of Brooklyn is accused of allegedly offering Suffolk businesses fake fire extinguisher inspections in charges brought by the district attorney.
DA: Suffolk businesses scammed with fake inspections BY ALEX PETROSKI ALEX@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini (D) announced the arrest of a Brooklyn man March 27 who allegedly scammed approximately 30 businesses in Suffolk County into paying for fake fire extinguisher inspections. “This individual was preying on small business owners who were trying to do the right thing and protect the safety of their employees,” Sini said. “This is not just a matter of bringing a scam artist to justice; it is a matter of ensuring that our small businesses are safe and in compliance with fire safety laws.” Michael Castellano, 51, of Brooklyn, was arraigned in Suffolk County Court on charges of a first-degree scheme to defraud, a class-E felony; first-degree falsifying business records, a class-E felony; and petit larceny, a class-A misdemeanor. Bail was set at $5,000 cash or $20,000 bond. Castellano allegedly fraudulently collected money from business owners for fire extinguisher inspections and falsified certificates of inspection under the business name Liberty Fire Extinguisher Sales Co. from as early as August 2017. He allegedly
charged businesses $20 per fire extinguisher and replaced the inspection tags without servicing the equipment. He allegedly collected approximately $1,050 from businesses located across Suffolk County. Castellano targeted small businesses owned by immigrants, according to the DA’s office, many of whom speak English as a second language. Sini urged business owners to check their fire extinguishers for inspection tags issued by Liberty Fire Extinguisher Sales Co. “If you are a business owner in Suffolk County and you were a victim of Mr. Castellano’s scam, please contact the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office at 631-853-5602 or via email at InfoDA@suffolkcountyny.gov,” Sini said. Castellano was arrested by Suffolk County police detectives assigned to the district attorney’s squad March 26. He is being represented by the Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County and is due back in court on March 30. The case is being investigated by the district attorney’s office with assistance from the Suffolk County Fire Marshal’s Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Kevin Ward of the Enhanced Prosecution Bureau.
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Incidents and arrests March 20–25 7-Eleven robberies
Suffolk County police arrested a Farmingville man for allegedly robbing a Farmingville convenience store twice during the past three months. Deshawn Martin allegedly entered 7-Eleven, located at 358 Mooney Pond Road, and robbed an employee at gunpoint at 12:08 a.m. March 20, according to police. Sixth Precinct officers located Martin a short time later on Route 25, near South Coleman Road, in Centereach. Further investigation by Major Case Unit detectives determined Martin also allegedly robbed the location Jan. 1 at approximately 6:45 a.m. Martin, 21, was charged with two counts of firstdegree robbery and resisting arrest. He was arraigned March 20 at 1st District Court in Central Islip.
Stony Brook murder-suicide
Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating a murder-suicide that occurred at a Stony Brook home March 25. Sixth Precinct officers were called to Pembrook Drive after a family member of the residents called 911 to report the discovery of two deceased adults at the location. Following an investigation, it was determined Raymond Foster, 79, shot his wife, Sandra, 78, and then shot himself, according to Suffolk County police. The two were pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. — COMPILED BY ALEX PETROSKI
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OBITUARIES Barry Joseph McManus
Barry Joseph McManus, a former Three Village Central School District assistant superintendent, died March 19. Barry was born Sept. 3, 1930, in Astoria, Queens, to Margaret and William A. McManus Jr. He attended Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Brooklyn, Fordham University for his undergraduate degree and Columbia University for his master’s degree in education. He was in the Coast Guard during the Korean War and was stationed in the South Pacific on Ichi Binari Island. He was discharged Nov. 9, 1953. He and Heather were married April 2, 1966, and remained happily married until the day he died. Soon after they married they moved to Brazil where he was a principal of the American School in São Paulo, and she was a kindergarten teacher. In addition to becoming new parents to Meegan while in Brazil, they enjoyed exploring South America and brought back several exotic animals as “souvenirs.” They returned to the States and lived on Sunset Drive in Endwell, which could have been a theme song for their lives. They lived in Endwell for five years and added to their family with their second daughter, Marni, and although they were only there a short
LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 6 STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,’’JOHN DOE #1’’ through ‘’JOHN DOE #12,’’ the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above-named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to
period they made some lifelong friends. They moved to Setauket in 1974 and have remained in the area ever since. Their son, Barry, was born the following year and their family was complete. Barry’s priorities were always his family, his faith and his friends. With a keen sense of humor and an inclination for dramatic humor he kept everyone laughing around him. The McManus’ hosted many parties at their house on Strong’s Neck over the years — pig roasts, birthday parties, family reunions, post wedding and funeral parties — and a good time was always had by all. He had a strong faith and lived a Christian life every day. Going to church on Sunday was a ritual Barry enjoyed, and no matter if the family was away skiing, driving cross country or traveling abroad, a church would be found and Mass would be a part of every weekend. Barry was assistant superintendent of the Three Village school district for instructional services until his retirement in 1992. He was passionate about education and worked with the highest level of integrity and energy on behalf of the students for over 20 years with the district earning a Blue Ribbon School status during his tenure. His children learned from his example of how to be a loving spouse, an engaged parent and an active positive member of the community. Volunteering was part of his DNA and he continued to be an active volunteer until his death. He leaves behind his best friend and wife of 52 years, Heather Huested McManus; his adoring children Marni McManus (Brian
appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $517,500.00 and interest, recorded on March 12, 2007 in Liber M00021493 at Page 179, of the Public Records of SUFFOLK County, New York, covering premises known as 5 SANDPIPER LANE, CORAM, NY 11727. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. SUFFOLK County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the
summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: September 13, 2017 Westbury, New York RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY:DANIEL GREENBAUM, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 235 3/15 4x vth SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2004-NC1, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004- NC1, V. ANGELA THURSTON, ET. AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Fi-
Tironi), Barry J. McManus (Christi); grandchildren Erin and Kyle Shevlin, Morgan and Mia McManus and Max and Jameson Tironi; and his brother William A. McManus III. His daughter Meegan Shevlin predeceased him. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Bryant Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Barry’s memory to Three Village Meals on Wheels, 216 Christian Ave., P.O. Box 853, Stony Brook, NY 11790; Welcome Friends Soup Kitchen, P.O. Box 88, Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776; or Hope House Ministries, The Ministry for Hope Inc., 1 High St., P.O. Box 358, Port Jefferson, NY 11777.
Leslie Anne Dinkel
Leslie Anne Dinkel, of Stony Brook, beloved sister, mother, g r a n d m o t h e r, friend and teacher died March 22. She is survived by her sister, Louise Bell; her children Jeff and his wife Tori, Jen and her husband Keith, Allison and her husband, Andy; and eight wonderful grandchildren. Anne was always a ball of fun, ready to tell a story and make you laugh. A memorial service will be held at Setauket Presbyterian Church Saturday, April 7, at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations
can be made to the Open Door Exchange, www.opendoorexchange.org.
Nicole Meek
Nicole G. Meek, age 92, of Sevierville, Tennessee, and formerly of Wilton, Connecticut, died March 3. She was a frequent visitor to the Three Village area. Nicole was born in St. Quentin, France, in 1925. She met Robert Meek, of Silvermine, Connecticut, in 1945 in Paris, France, while Robert was in the U.S. Army. Robert and Nicole married in 1947 in Paris and came to live in Silvermine. She was an active volunteer at Norwalk Hospital and Family & Children’s Agency, where she served on the board of the Minks to Sinks Charity Sale for 50 years. She moved along with her son, Dr. Allen Meek, to Sevierville in 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert and parents Georges and Madeleine Gibert. She is survived by her son Allen; daughters Kathleen LaCour and Anne Hicks; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and sister Janine Gerard. Online condolences can be made at www.atchleyfuneralhome.com.
nal Judgment of Foreclosure dated November 09, 2017, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2004-NC1, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004- NC1, is the Plaintiff and ANGELA THURSTON, 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 11738, on May 2, 2018 at 9:30AM, premises known as 11 MANOR LANE, STONY BROOK, NY 11790: District 0200 Section 386.00, Block 01.00, Lot 16.000:
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ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUIDLNGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK
1. To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money, which will be required for the 2018-2019 fiscal year.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 70322/2014. Glenn Warmuth, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106, Westbury, New York
To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to the Education Law of the State of New York and acts amendatory thereto.
237 3/29 4x vth NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWNS OF BROOKHAVEN AND SMITHTOWN, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing of the qualified voters of the Three Village Central School District of Brookhaven and Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York will be held in the, Board Room of the North Country Administration Center, 100 Suffolk Avenue, Stony Brook, New York, in said District on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 7:30 p.m., for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items:
2. To discuss all the items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by voting machines at the Budget Vote and Election to be held on Tuesday, May 15, 2018.
A copy of the proposed budget shall be made available, upon request, to residents of the
school district beginning April 25, 2018, during regular business hours at the Office of the District Clerk, North Country Administration Center, 100 Suffolk Avenue, Stony Brook, New York. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law, requires the School District to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value of the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. In addition, said exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on any website maintained by the District. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Budget Vote and Election will be held at said Election Districts indicated below on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting machine and all persons who are qualified to vote and shall have registered as provided in this Notice, may vote on the following items: 1. To adopt the annual budLEGALS con’t on pg. 8
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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 7 get of the School District for the fiscal year 2018-2019 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District. 2. To elect (2) members of the Board of Education for a three year term commencing July 1, 2018 and expiring on June 30, 2021. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Election Districts have been established in the Three Village Central School District. The boundaries of the Election Districts are coterminous with the attendance zones of the elementary schools in the District, as adopted by resolution of the Board of Education, are as follows: Election District 1: Arrowhead Elementary School, 62 Arrowhead Lane, East Setauket, NY Election District 2: Minnesauke Elementary School, 21 Highgate Drive, East Setauket, NY Election District 3: William Sidney Mount Elementary School, 50 Dean Lane, Stony Brook, NY Election District 4: Nassakeag Elementary School, 490 Pond Path, Setauket, NY Election District 5: Setauket Elementary School, 134 Main Street, Setauket, NY and the place in each election district for voting shall be as follows: Election District 1: Ward Melville High School, 380 Old Town Road, East Setauket, NY Election District 2: Ward Melville High School, 380 Old Town Road, East Setauket, NY Election District 3: R. C. Murphy Junior High School, 351 Oxhead Road, Stony Brook NY Election District 4: Ward Melville High School, 380 Old Town Road, East Setauket, NY Election District 5: P. J. Gelinas Junior High School, 25 Mud Road, Setauket NY AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the School District’s budget for 2018-2019, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained on the District’s website and by any resident of the District during business hours beginning April 25, 2018 except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the North Country Administration Center, 100 Suffolk Avenue, Stony Brook, New York, and at each of the following locations: Arrowhead Elementary School, East Setauket Minnesauke Elementary School, East Setauket William Sidney Mount Elementary School, Stony Brook Nassakeag Elementary School, Setauket Setauket Elementary School, Setauket Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School, Setauket Robert J. Cushman Murphy Junior High School, Stony Brook Ward Melville High School, East Setauket AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with
the Clerk of said School District at her office at the North Country Administration Center, 100 Suffolk Avenue, Stony Brook, New York, not later than April 16, 2018 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Clerk of the District; must be signed by at least 48 qualified voters of the District (48 representing 2% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election); must state the name and residence of each signer, and; must state the name and residence of the candidate. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the District Clerk beginning April 2, 2018; completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. A list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the office of the District Clerk on Thursday, May 10, 2018 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., on weekdays, and each day prior to the day set for the annual election, except Sunday, on Saturday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and during polling hours on May 15, 2018, the day set for the election. Any qualified voter may, upon examination of such list, file a written challenge of the qualifications as a voter of any person whose name appears on such list, stating the reasons for such challenge. Any such written challenge shall be transmitted by the District Clerk or a designee of the Board of Education to the inspectors of election on election day. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this election; if a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register. The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of conducting a continuous registration of all qualified voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law at the Office of the District Clerk at the North Country Administration Center, 100 Suffolk Avenue, Stony Brook, New York between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. prevailing time, on weekdays, to
add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which times any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared. The last day to register shall be May 4, 2018. The register so prepared pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk at the North Country Administration Center, 100 Suffolk Avenue, Stony Brook, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on Thursday, May 10, 2018, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., prevailing time, on weekdays, and each day prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, and on Saturday, May 12, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and at the polling place on the day of the vote. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York, the Board of Registration will meet on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., at the designated election sites to prepare the Register of the School District to be used at the election to be held in 2019, and any special district meetings that may be held after the preparation of said Register, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register provided that at such meeting of said Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school election for which said Register is prepared, or any special district meeting held after May 15, 2018. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with §2035 of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said election, must be filed with the District Clerk of the Board of Education at the North Country Administration Center, 100 Suffolk Avenue, Stony Brook, New York, 60 days prior to the vote, must be typed or printed in the English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least 122 qualified voters (122 representing 5% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election) of the District; and must state the name of each signer. However, the School Board will not entertain any petition to place before the voters any proposition the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, which is unlawful, or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition, or where other valid reason exists for excluding the proposition from the ballot. Dated: Setauket, New York March 14, 2018
Kathleen Sampogna District Clerk Three Village Central School District Towns of Brookhaven and Smithtown Suffolk County, New York 257 3/29 4x vth REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF SUFFOLK THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWABS, INC. ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-16, Plaintiff – against – ANNE PAPAZISSIMOS, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on December 19, 2016. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction, at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hall, Farmingville, Suffolk County, New York, 11738 on the 27th Day of April, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Old Field, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York. Premises known as 20 Midwood Road, Stony Brook, (Town of Brookhaven) New York 11790. (District: 0200, Section: 107.00, Block: 03.00, Lot: 010.000) Approximate amount of lien $895,537.74 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 13-17612. Annette Eaderesto, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, NY 14614-1990 Tel. 585/760-8218 Dated: March 6, 2018 261 3/29 4x vth NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY. GORDIAN ASSETS, INC., et al., Pltfs., v. JOHN M. RYAN, JR., et al., Defts. Index #613478/2016. Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale dated February 7,
2018 and entered February 16, 2018, I will sell at public auction on Friday, April 27, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. on the steps of Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738, in one parcel the premises known as 301 Old Town Rd., East Setauket, NY 11733, District 0200, Section 179.00, Block 01.00, Lot 007.000. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements therein erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, State of New York, as shown on a certain map entitled, “Map of Heatherwood Village North at East Setauket, Section 3” filed in the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office on March 10, 1964 as Map No. 3978. As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Approximate judgment amount is $337,486.60 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Mark Goldsmith, Esq., Referee. Markotsis & Lieberman, P.C., Attys. for Pltfs., 115B Broadway, Ste. 2, Hicksville, NY 11801 (516)9352330 265 3/29 4x vth NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE IV, SEC. 85-29 OF THE BUILDING ZONE ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND AT ONE INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. (AUDITORIUM – 2nd FLOOR), ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2018 COMMENCING AT 2:00 P.M. TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: VILLAGE TIMES HERALD 21. John Wheeler, 12 Setalcott Place, Setauket, NY. Location: West side Setalcott Pl. 487’+/- North of Village Lane, Setauket. Applicant requests minimum and total side yard variances for existing covered porch with steps exceeding 4’ x 8’ permitted (6.3’ x 39.4’). (0200 15400 0400 019000) 27. Jaclyn & William Zambito, c/o Sharon O’Brien, 54 Miller Place Middle Island Rd., Mt. Sinai, NY. Location: North side Villett Dr. opposite and
North of Franko Ln., E. Setauket. Applicant requests rear yard variance for existing sunroom; side yard variance for existing detached shed located in the required side yard; also, height variance for existing 6’ high fence located in the front yard. (0200 15700 0300 021000) 39. Nancy Rifkind, 8 Franko Ln., E. Setauket, NY. Location: South side Franko Ln. 362’+/- East of Villett Dr., E. Setauket. Applicant requests minimum & total side yard variances for proposed one story residence addition. (0200 15700 0300 038000) CASES WILL BE HEARD AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD. PAUL M. DE CHANCE CHAIRMAN 271 3/29 1x vth INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF OLD FIELD RUN-OFF ELECTION NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, due to a tie in the number of votes cast for two candidates for the office of Village Justice of the Incorporated Village of Old Field at the general Village election, a run-off election will be held for the purpose of choosing and electing a candidate for the office of Village Justice, on Tuesday, the 3rd day of April 2018, at the Keeper’s Cottage, 207 Old Field Road, Old Field, New York; that the poll hours shall be 12:00 noon to 9:00 PM. The names and addresses of those candidates for the office of Village Justice who received an equal number of votes at the general Village election are as follows: Village Justice for a term of four years. Party: Justice Party Name and address of candidate: Ronald J. LaVita 4 Blueberry Ridge Road Old Field, NY 11733 Village Justice for a term of four years. Party: Lighthouse Name and address of candidate: Ted M. Rosenberg 147 Old Field Road Old Field, NY 11733 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the Incorporated Village of Old Field, New York. Adrienne Kessel Village Clerk Dated March 22, 2018 275 3/29 1x vth
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Three Village Community Trust unveils new projects New ventures by some Setauket residents will make the area look a little different in the coming years. The Three Village Community Trust announced plans to clean up Patriots Hollow State Forest and acquire the historic Timothy Smith House.
Patriots Hollow State Forest
The woods that run along Route 25A, across from Setauket’s Stop & Shop, have been the site of many downed trees over the years. The trust announced at its annual meeting March 14 that plans are in the works to clean up the woods and add a trail so people can walk through the forest, something that cannot easily be done in the property’s current state. Setauket resident and former teacher Leonard Carolan said he walked into the woods one day and was disappointed to see how messy it was, not just because of the trees but the infestation of invasive plants. He approached the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Three
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The home known locally as the “house on the hill” was purchased by Robert de Zafra in 2012. Up until his death last October, de Zafra, the trust’s co-founder, was restoring the home that sits on 2.6 acres. Trustee Robert Reuter reported that de Zafra’s widow, Julie, offered the house to the trust for a nominal price and will donate funds to help with continued restoration. The trust will also create the Robert de Zafra Conservation and Preservation Fund to preserve
the house and other community landmarks. Englebright said the house represents an important part of history in Setauket. The Smiths were among a group from Southold who settled Setauket in 1655 and created Brookhaven town. A clerk once worked out of the home, and it was considered Brookhaven’s town hall for decades. Englebright said de Zafra went to great lengths to ensure the house was protected and preserved, even using his own resources. “It’s appropriate, I think, for the community trust — which he is a founding trustee of — to carry forward his legacy as well as the legacies of all the others who lived in the house preceding his acquisition of it,” Englebright said.
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Child Victims Act advocates rally at Flanagan’s home BY SARA-MEGAN WALSH SARA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Roughly a dozen protesters marched up and down Cayuga Avenue in East Northport Friday morning greeting residents as they headed to work with chants of “hey hey, ho ho, predators have got to go.” The New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators, a coalition of child sex abuse survivors, advocates, and advocacy organizations, stood outside state Sen. John Flanagan’s (R) home to protest his opposition to the Child Victims Act March 23. They carried signs reading “Stop protecting predators & start protecting kids” as well as blown up copies of the New York Daily News front cover “Protectors of the Predators” with Flanagan’s photo. The rally’s aim was to push the senate majority leader to use his position among Republicans to negotiate approval of the legislation that would open up the state’s statute of limitations of child-sex abuse crimes. “I think that the power and energy of the ‘Me Too’ movement has really opened people’s eyes,” said Kathryn Robb, a Manhasset resident and child sexual abuse survivor. “We’re saying enough is enough, time is up. The laws in New York need to change. They are archaic and protect the predators, not victims.” The Child Victims Act, if passed, would extend the time that child-sex abuse victims have to file a lawsuit from age 23 to age 28 in criminal cases, and up to age 50 in civil cases. In addition, the passage of the bill would open up a oneyear period where survivors could file claims previously not permitted under the current law. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) included the Child Victims Act in his 2018 executive budget for the first time, after the bill was passed by the state Assembly in 2017. The March 23 rally coincides with the last weekend of negotiations before the April 1 deadline to approve the state budget. The act has been blocked by the Senate Republicans numerous times during the past 14 years, according to Marci Hamilton, a founding member of the New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators and CEO of CHILD USA, a nonprofit think tank that seeks to end child abuse and neglect through evidence-based research. “We are out here to tell Senator Flanagan it’s time to finally put this bill to rest and pass it,” Hamilton said. “He has personally refused to meet with us.” Flanagan and his press office did not respond to requests for comments on the March 23 protests. In a pre-Election Day 2016 sit down with TBR News Media and his then-Democratic challenger Peter Magistrale, Flanagan addressed the Child Victims Act and statutes of limitation. “We have statutes of limitations for very cogent reasons and no matter how emotional a subject may be, witness availability, evidence, all those things have a salutary effect in terms of what happens,” he said. Hamilton said the protest group has plans this afternoon to meet with state Sen. Elaine Phillips (R-Flower Hill) in her office to discuss her position on the Child Victims Act and attempt to negotiate her support of the bill’s passage.
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‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’: North Shore’s Taking the lead of demonstrations started by people barely old enough to drive during the days of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement, North Shore students marched Saturday. Their messages were clear in their rhetoric delivered over a sound system from the bed of a pickup truck and on homemade signs: lives lost to gun violence are no longer acceptable, especially in schools, and politicians who do not agree are going to have organized and audible opposition. A local incarnation of the March for Our Lives, a movement started by survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that left 17 people dead in Parkland, Florida, Feb. 14, took place at the intersection of Routes 347 and 112 in Port Jefferson Station March 24. While thousands stomped through Washington, D.C., and countless other areas across the globe, several hundred gathered locally, thanks to the organizing efforts of students from Miller Place, Port Jefferson, Ward Melville and other area high schools, to call on politicians to take action to prevent gun violence in schools and communities. Activist organizations such as the North Country Peace Group, Long Island Rising, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Building Bridges in Brookhaven assisted the high schoolers in setting up the demonstration. Calls for legislative action in speeches and on signs ranged from all-encompassing bans of “assault style” weapons seen abroad, like in Australia; to the more incremental policy changes being discussed in state houses and on the federal level, such as raising the minimum age to purchase firearms from 18 to 21; to bans on modifiers that make semiautomatic weapons function like automatic weapons; stronger background checks; and longer waiting periods for purchases. “We are infused with a passion for change — change that we hope will drain the stagnant pool of corruption in our nation,” Miller Place High School student Jake Angelo said to the crowd. “We are the hope for our country’s future — the generation of awareness, the generation of calling ‘B.S.’ and the generation of change.” Nearly all of the student speakers directed their remarks at 1st Congressional District U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) and the National Rifle Association, the powerful lobbying arm whose political contributions are often criticized as the deterrent to advancing gun legislation by those who lean to the political left. Zeldin received nearly $10,000 in campaign contributions from the NRA during his reelection campaign in 2016, according to campaign finance watchdog OpenSecrets.org. “Change does not happen when the leaders deem it so,” Ward Melville High School student Scott Egnor said. “Change happens when every day folks say that enough is enough. Change happens when every day folks draw the line. Change happens when we vote Lee Zeldin out. We will take this movement, by Americans, for Americans, and we will bring it to the doors of the capital. We will not stop until Congress is more afraid of our voice than the NRA checkbooks.”
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Longwood sophomore Ariana addresses march attendees at the Port Jefferson Station sister March for Our Lives March 24. A spokeswoman for Zeldin, Katie Vincentz, said in an email the congressman has and will continue to meet with those on both sides of the gun control debate, when asked if he planned to meet with any of the NY-1 students behind the Port Jeff Station march. She said Zeldin supports banning bump stocks, fixing the National Criminal Instant Background Check System and “ensuring lunatics manifesting violent criminal intentions to murder with firearms have access to none,” among other changes widely regarded as incremental gun control steps. She did not say whether or not he would support a ban on assault-style weapons when asked. “The more people of all ages participating the better,” Vincentz said when asked how Zeldin viewed the activism of students in his district and beyond. A speaker who identified herself as Ariana, a sophomore at Longwood High School, also invoked Zeldin during her remarks.
“Why should 15 year olds have to discuss the possibility of dying at the hands of a mass shooter?” she said. “Why should we be discussing dying in school, a place where we’re supposed to be safe and protected? And what can we expect from politicians like Lee Zeldin? Apparently only prayers and condolences. Congress is not taking the necessary steps to keep students like me and my friends safe — or the 5 year olds in kindergarten, or the 11 year olds in middle school. That’s why we are here. We cannot wait for the adults in Congress to continue to let the call the shots — Jake Angelo NRA when it comes to our safety. These politicians are not listening to us because we are supposedly too young to know what’s good for us, but apparently their silence is what’s best. Or perhaps the issue here is special interests and the money they receive is more important to them than our lives.” Many of the parents of student speakers and participants in attendance expressed
“We are the hope for our country’s future — the generation of awareness, the generation of calling ‘B.S.’ andthe generation of change.
how proud they were of their children. “It’s honestly the most proud that I’ve ever been of them,” said Kathy Podair, whose daughter Emma and friend Alyssa Anderson, Smithtown High School West students, were among the marchers. “I’ve raised them to be strong women and to speak out against things that are wrong and that need to change. To see them take that initiative and stand up, I feel like I did a good job. I’m very proud of them today.” She called sending a student off to high school in today’s world “terrifying.” “They had a lockdown drill last week,” she said. “We got an email from the superintendent in the morning letting us know that there will be an unannounced lockdown drill today, and they came home from school and told me they were in the choir room when it happened, in a room that doesn’t have a lock on the [glass] door, and they said, ‘We were sitting ducks if this was real.’ There were 150 kids in this room and they said, ‘There’s nowhere safe for us to hide.’” Port Jefferson High School students Ben Zaltsman and Matt Pifko, who helped organize an indoor assembly that took place March 14 on the day a national walkout was scheduled, along with classmate Gavin Barrett, also spoke during the event.
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BY RITA J.EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM While March for Our Lives rallies were scheduled in various towns on Long Island, members of the Stony Brook University community felt it was important that the campus get involved in the movement, too. Amanda DeJesus, an undergraduate student at the Stony Brook School of Social Welfare, was one of the organizers of a March for Our Lives rally at SBU. The event started at 11 a.m. March 24 and many of the approximately 300 people who attended the university rally went to Port Jefferson Station afterward to take part in that protest. “As a social welfare student, promoting social justice is the cornerstone of our profession,” DeJesus said. “I believe that demanding common-sense gun laws is a first step in creating a safer society for everyone, so that is why I wanted Stony Brook University to become a part in this very important conversation.” Alli Ross, from Port Jefferson Station, attended the SBU rally with her fiancé. She said it was the first march she ever attended, and she was amazed every time she looked back and saw more people joining in. While she doesn’t have children yet, she said she has younger sisters and cousins, and ensuring children’s safety is important to her. “This is just something that really hits hard for me ... as it does with a lot of others,” Ross said. “Just being a part of something like that, and everyone coming together and showing that this is
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The trio said they were inspired by the solidarity they felt from seeing so many of their peers in attendance. The students helped establish a station in the high school that will remain open at which their peers can get assistance in writing letters to elected representatives. Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) and state Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) were also among the attendees. “It is amazing to see the passion, the dedication, the commitment of these students — no fear,” Hahn said. “It is wonderful. They are focused, they are determined, they are smart and they’re getting things done already. And we need to follow their lead.”
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A smaller group of counter-protesters stood across the street on Route 347 holding signs in support of the Second Amendment, with several Suffolk County Police Department officers and their cars positioned on the median to separate the two groups, though no violence and minimal interaction occurred. A package of gun control bills passed the New York State Assembly in March and will require passage by the Republicanmajority state Senate before becoming law. All of the students asked said they intend to vote in the next election, or the first one after their 18th birthday. Organizers from the various activist groups had a table set up during the march to help register attendees to vote.
something that needs to be done, something that needs to be changed, it makes me feel a little bit better. It makes me feel like there is hope because there are so many like-minded people who care so strongly about it.” Courtney Kidd, an adjunct professor at the university, spoke at the event and said she was honored when the studentorganizers invited her. She said she first thought of declining and suggesting a speaker who would be an expert on gun violence, but then she remembered when she was a student hearing the saying: “One voice can make a difference; I am one voice.” “I realized that this march is about more than rehearing the statistics that you already know, and instead about making change,” Kidd said at the rally. “It’s not about their voice — it’s about yours. So, if I can help you realize that you don’t always need the years and the title, that we need your voice, then I may be able to say I made a difference.” DeJesus said she hopes the young people will continue voicing their concerns. “I believe that we will be able to see change if we continue speaking about it,” DeJesus said. “We must keep the conversation going, never forget all the lives lost due to gun violence, continue walking out and don’t let anyone silence us.” She said it’s vital to get out and vote. “The midterm elections are so important and not enough people, especially young people, are registered,” DeJesus said. “The best way to make your voices heard is to vote. You never know if your vote will be the one that makes a difference.”
Clockwise from top left, Ward Melville senior Scott Egnor and sophomore Ariana call on politicians to take the lead on gun control during the sister March for Our Lives in Port Jefferson Station March 24; and a young marcher proudly displays his sign.
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OBITUARY Colleagues remember mathematician Ronald Douglas BY MICHAEL DOUGLAS
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Mathematician Ronald Douglas, a former vice provost of Stony Brook University, and former executive vice president and provost of Texas A&M University, died Feb. 27, at the age of 79. Douglas was an esteemed researcher and scholar in the areas of operator algebras and operator theory. Born in 1938 in Osgood, Indiana, Douglas earned his doctorate in mathematics at Louisiana State University in 1962. He was a professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan until 1969, when he moved to Stony Brook University. There he carried out groundbreaking research, and served in administrative positions, rising to vice provost for undergraduate studies from 1990 through 1995. Robert Lazarsfeld, chairman of the Department of Mathematics at SBU, said Douglas was a mathematician of the first rank. “[He] was recruited to Stony Brook in 1969 just as the mathematics department was beginning its rise to prominence,” Lazarsfeld said. “In addition to his many scientific contributions, he served as chair of the department from 1971 to 1973 and 1981 to 1984. Ron’s leadership was instrumental in advancing the stature of the department.” Douglas became dean of physical sciences in 1986, and vice provost in 1990 before moving to Texas A&M in 1996, where he served as executive vice president and provost until 2002. He was appointed as a distinguished professor of mathematics at Texas A&M in 1999 and remained active in research and graduate student mentorship until the time of his death. He also held visiting professor positions in Sweden, Israel, England and Australia. Texas A&M President Emeritus Ray Bowen, a professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, hired Douglas during his eightyear tenure as president. He said Douglas came to the university as an internationally known mathematician with a history of major accomplishments in the areas of operator theory and operator algebras.
“Within a short time, Ron established himself as an academic leader for Texas A&M who always displayed integrity, respect for teaching and scholarship, and kindness toward everyone,” Bowen said. “He was fearless in his passion for the students and faculty of Texas A&M.” Bowen said Douglas’ accomplishments at Texas A&M included the university’s admission into the Association of American Universities being aided by having an academic leader of Douglas’ eminence as provost. He also credited the university’s authorization to have a Phi Beta Kappa chapter to Douglas’ ability to manage the rigorous evaluation process used by that organization, and his leadership that created the Blinn Team Program, which is an innovative and unique way to encourage transfer students. Bowen said Douglas made decisions that led to the subsequent creation of Texas A&M Qatar. “I think it should be evident to all that Texas A&M University is stronger today because of the efforts of Ron Douglas during his years as our provost,” Bowen said. Beyond his considerable academic and administration acumen, Douglas also was active on the national education policy and reform scene. He is considered the father of what came to be known as the calculus reform movement during the late 1980s. As chairman of the Department of Mathematics at SBU, he had begun researching methods to change the way calculus was taught, given that as many as 40 percent of undergraduates taking introductory calculus at the time were failing it. In addition to organizing the Calculus for a New Century meeting held in Washington D.C., in 1987, Douglas served on a number of committees whose aim was to make calculus more relevant — particularly for nonmathematics majors — by creating introductory calculus courses more in line with the students’ needs. He also published a series of articles on mathematical education and its relationship to science education as a whole. “One of my favorite recollections of Ron concerns his generosity, service, and
Ronald Douglas curiosity,” said Irwin Kra, distinguished service professor emeritus and former chairman of the Department of Mathematics at SBU. “During the 1980s, calculus reform was a hot topic. I was asked by the American Mathematical Society to organize and moderate a panel discussion on the subject. Just before the date of the panel discussion, I had a personal emergency that prevented me from attending the meeting during which the special session would take place. On very short notice, I asked Ron whether he could replace me as moderator. He not only accepted, but very shortly became an expert and leading authority on calculus reform.” Douglas was honored in 2012 as an inaugural fellow of the American Mathematical Society. His son Michael, a noted string theorist now at SBU, was also named an inaugural fellow; the two were the only father-son pair at the time. Douglas was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1989) as well as a Guggenheim Fellow (1980-1981), a Sloan Fellow (19681974) and a National Research Council Fellow at Princeton University’s Institute for Advanced Study (1965-1966). He also was an invited speaker at the International wCongress of Mathematicians 1978 in Hel-
sinki, a coveted honor at the most prestigious venue in mathematics that is reserved for the top 5 percent of mathematicians worldwide. Douglas’ research, which focused primarily on operator theory and both Banach and C* algebras, was revolutionary, as evidenced by the fact that it was consistently funded by the National Science Foundation and other entities for more than five decades. One of his major contributions to mathematics is the BDF theory of C* algebra extensions, named in tribute to Lawrence Brown, Douglas and Peter Fillmore, the researchers who developed it. In addition to solving the long-standing problem of classifying essentially normal operators, the BDF theory also spawned one of its own — a new K-homology theory that solved an open problem of Michael Atiyah and became a cornerstone of a new mathematical area called noncommutative geometry. Beyond BDF theory, two other influential theories bear Douglas’ name: Douglas algebra and Cowen-Douglas operators. Douglas’ books — including “Banach Algebra Techniques in Operator Theory” in the series Graduate Texts in Mathematics, which is considered one of the classics in operator theory — also helped to define new paradigms in the field. In December 2014, the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M honored Douglas by establishing the R.G. Douglas Lectures, which each year bring distinguished mathematicians to campus who work in areas similar to those pioneered by Douglas. Douglas is survived by his beloved wife of 34 years, Bunny; their children Michael, Kevin, Kristin, Kim and Tana; his sister Marilyn; his first wife, Nancy; his nephews, Steve and Tim; and his grandchildren, Adrian, Alec, Laura, Saba and Nicolas. Memorial contributions may be sent to American Parkinson Disease Association at www.apdaparkinson.org. Funeral services were held March 3 at the First Presbyterian Church of Bryan, Texas, and March 12 at the Setauket Presbyterian Church.
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ning to give Ward Melville a 3-0 lead over William Floyd. Senior shortstop Logan Doran had an RBI-single in the seventh inning of that game. He and his brother Brady hit doubles in the Patchogue-Medford win. “We’re ready,” said Logan Doran, who noted it was a bit challenging getting ready for the season indoors. “Our pitching is still dominant across the Island, but our hitting has stepped up. [We’re starting] the season with the mindset that anybody can beat us, taking nothing for granted.” Senior center fielder Trevor Cronin said his team will continue to capitalize on two of its strengths. “We have a size advantage,” the captain said. “But our pitching [is great], especially with guys that work this hard.” Buehler said the Patriots have a target on their back, but said his team feeds off of that. “We just have to limit the mistakes — limit the errors — limit [our] strikeouts and we have to score runs,” Buehler said. “Our biggest challenge this year is putting some runs together, but if we play small ball, I think we can win some games.” He said he sees Sachem East being one of Ward Melville’s biggest threats. After hosting Longwood April 2 at 10 a.m. and Brentwood April 3 at 2 p.m., the Patriots will be put to the test. They’ll face the Flaming Arrows on the road April 5 at 10 a.m. “I think they’ve done a great job in their offseason workouts, especially this winter,” Petrucci said. “When the kids look up to Steven Matz, Anthony Kay and [most recently, Ben Brown] — they’ve all been an inspiration to all of us — the pitching staff has taken on a whole new dimension here at Ward Melville.”
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Keep the wheels in motion The 1980s rock band White Lion said it best when they sang: “When the children cry let them know we tried, ’cause when the children sing then the new world begins.” Children across the country ensured their cries were heard March 24 when millions of them took to the streets to call for implementation of stricter gun control laws as part of hundreds of March for Our Lives rallies. Now we have a challenge for them and the parents and grandparents who joined them — keep the momentum. The rallies were inspired by the battle cries of students who survived the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. For centuries, protesting has been a popular way to get politicians to pay attention, but those rallying calls need to be followed by action in order to get things done. We surmise many if not most of the student marchers understand this is just beginning, like Avalon Fenster, one of the organizers of the March 24 rally in Huntington. “In the long term, we want to get youth more civically involved, collaborating with elected officials to create legislation that makes our lives a priority,” Fenster said. It’s something Port Jefferson High School students Ben Zaltsman, Matt Pifko and Gavin Barrett also get. These students helped establish a station in their high school where their peers can get assistance in writing letters to their representatives. Letter writing, emailing and calling the offices of elected officials is a vital process to let legislators know what their constituents want and need. However, writing to a congressman is not the end of the line either if true change is the students’ goal. All the letters and phone calls in the world mean nothing if a person isn’t registered to vote. The March for Our Lives website, www.marchforourlives.com, has set up a form to make it easier for voters to register. It’s a rite of passage and a civic responsibility when a teen turns 18. High school students who are heading off to college in the fall need to also familiarize themselves and their peers with the process of obtaining and submitting an absentee ballot. If you are registered to vote in Setauket but go to school at SUNY Cortland, unless you’re driving home on the morning of Nov. 6, an absentee ballot is your only option. Simply showing up to fill out a ballot is not enough either. People of all ages need to ask themselves what matters most to them, and then see how their representatives in the U. S. Senate, House of Representatives and state positions vote on issues. There’s one more step 18-year-old marchers need to keep on the table as well. If you feel you and your community are not being represented effectively by those in power, consider running for office, or at least help those who represent your interests get elected. That’s what 24-year-old Josh Lafazan did last November, and he became Nassau County’s youngest legislator. For a few political offices — including New York State senator and assemblyperson — the minimum age requirement is 18 years old. To serve in the federal government, you must be at least 25 years old. Leslie Gibson, a Republican candidate for the Maine House of Representatives, is a living embodiment of what is possible. He recently dropped out of his race after receiving criticism for remarks he made on Twitter about Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students, including calling Emma Gonzalez, who has been in the forefront of the movement, a “skinhead lesbian.” He had been running unopposed, but after he made the comment, challengers sprung up from both parties, including a 28-year-old Democrat who had never considered seeking political office before. We’ve heard the children’s cries. Now the real work begins.
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Group doesn’t represent everyone in 3V Everyone is aware of the ongoing mass murders in our country. Everyone is aware that we are a semi-divided nation on how to deal with gun control, laws and safety. Each state, county, community and city, sadly, have their own ways of handling these issues. We do not have conformity on the gun issue in this country. I would like to make our community aware that there is a local group that has formed in the wake of the latest mass shooting. They call themselves 3V Concerned Parents and Neighbors, and you can find them on Facebook. I had the experience of hearing one of the founders speak at the last board of education meeting. This group is vehement about having armed guards and teachers — if that’s what it takes they say. I am just as vehement about not arming anyone in our schools. What I am for is open, honest, fact-based civil discussions to hear each other’s side on how to keep our schools and nation
safe. Speakers at the BOE who presented their opposition on arming guards stated facts and, yes, their heartfelt beliefs and concerns. The speakers who want guns in our schools stated the issue “you need a good guy with a gun” theory, and they, too, had heartfelt statements, and here are a few of those statements. One of the founding members of 3V Concerned Parents said she has instructed her children, during an active shooting to “pull a bleeding dying body on top of you and play dead.” A father said he would have brought his gun to the meeting, but he knows guns are not allowed in schools. You can go to the district website for the audio of their exact words. You can also go to the 3VCP Facebook page and see what these parents are posting. When I spent an hour or so perusing it, I did not find any other offered solutions, no fact-based entries, lots of Fox News postings and pure vitriol and extremely poor grammar. This Facebook page
posted a Newsday article of a mother in Rocky Point who wants to sue the district for suspending her child for walking out during the day of protest. They called her a moron and an idiot. The other founding member of this group went on to say horrendous things about Rocky Point and Mastic, which I cannot and will not print. But I will apologize to these communities for this embarrassing behavior by a small group in our community. I wish I could say that I’m making this up. My concern is this: With them labeling themselves “Three Village parents,” other new families and the surrounding communities that they have been so slanderous about, will think they speak for our community. I feel, they absolutely do not. I encourage everyone to make their concerns about arming our schools known to the administration. As mentioned, an open civil dialogue is needed.
Susan Blake Setauket
Deadly multilevel mistakes in Florida In 2013, Nikolas Cruz’s home county of Broward, Florida, concluding there were too many arrests of minority high schoolers, basically decriminalized behaviors that previously would have gone on the public record and allowed minor infractions to be handled by the school system. Arrests were soon down an utterly miraculous 66 percent. That same year, Cruz had 26 disciplinary incidents at Westglades Middle School. In January 2013, a Broward County sheriff came to his home after Lynda Cruz reported she was assaulted for taking away Nikolas’ Xbox. Mental health clinicians advised against him being held under the Baker Act (involuntary institutionalization and examination). Early in 2014, Nikolas transferred to Cross Creek School for students with emotional or behavioral problems. Psychiatric and other clinical services were offered on campus. On Feb. 5, 2016, less than one month after enrolling at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the Broward County sheriff received a report
saying Cruz posted an Instagram photo of himself with guns and planned to shoot up the school. The sheriff’s office forwarded the information to the school’s resource officer. In September of 2016, a school resource officer reported a peer counselor told him Cruz tried to commit suicide by cutting himself and ingesting gasoline, while saying he wanted to buy a gun. Once again, a mental health clinician saw no need to hold Nikolas under the Baker Act. Eight hours later, a sheriff’s deputy responded to Cruz’s home on reports Cruz was hurting himself and talking about buying a gun. Soon after, the Florida Department of Children and Families opened a case on Nikolas, calling him “a vulnerable adult due to mental illness.” They reported Cruz said he plans to buy a gun, but “it is unknown what he is buying the gun for.” On Nov. 12, 2016, the Florida Department of Children and Families says his “final level of risk is low.” On Jan. 19, 2017, Cruz got reported for an assault, carrying bullets in his backpack and was
expelled from school. On Feb. 8, 2017, Cruz enrolled in an alternative, off-campus learning program, buying an AR-15 three days later. In September of 2017 he boasts: “I’m going to be a professional school shooter.” and is interviewed by two FBI agents. Two months later a caller tells the sheriff’s office Cruz could become a school shooter. A deputy refers the call to the Palm Beach sheriff’s office. They claim they’d never received that threat. On Jan. 5, the FBI received a tip from “a person close to Nikolas Cruz.” According to an FBI statement, the caller reported concerns about Cruz’s “gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior, and disturbing social media posts, as well as the potential of him conducting a school shooting.” The agency ignores the warning. Feb. 14, Cruz tucked an AR-15 his duffle bag, walked right into the school from which he’d been expelled and murdered 17 defenseless innocents — while a sheriff’s deputy remained outside.
Jim Soviero East Setauket
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MARCH 29, 2018 • THE VILLAGE TIMES HERALD • PAGE A27
OPINION
Voting with our wallets against toxic messages
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e’ve reached a period of outrageous outrageousness. Or maybe extremes of extremism. I read recently about an advertisement by a beer company that seems overtly racist. Now, I’m not going to name the company because that might accomplish what it could have been attempting in the first place, which is to get its brand name in front of people. This company has caused quite a stir by linking the color of beer By Daniel Dunaief to its quality, which in turn is linked to race in the ad. What’s happening in the country? Have we reached the stage where all news is good news? We live in a world of such polarization, so many shrill messages and
D. None of the above
such a rapid news cycle that you almost have to be outrageous and ridiculous to get attention and to remain in the public’s eye for more than just a moment. It’s not an unprecedented phenomenon. Borrowing from the fictional world, poor Roxie Hart from the show “Chicago” is “the name on everyone’s lips,” as the song goes. But then, once the gripping trial ends, the newest crime of passion captivates the city’s attention, relegating Roxie to a less prominent place in the dramas of the Windy City. In our real world, which sometimes seems to require a reality check, people doubt everything. Why, just the other year, the current president questioned the national origin of the previous one. Doubt and cynicism are all by-products of a shrill time where people shout alternative facts from the rooftops. And to bring matters up to speed, current politicians are questioning the motives of the Parkland shooting survivors. Some suggest
that left-leaning people who want to take away everyone’s guns are manipulating America’s youth. These students are not too young to die, but are somehow considered too young to have formed such an energized national movement. Are people becoming more extreme with their time, with their emotions and with their donations? Yes, without a doubt. As the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates suggested, “desperate times call for desperate measures.” He was describing the response to life-threatening diseases and not to people who feel their lives are threatened leaving their homes. As Long Island native Billy Joel sang in 1989, “we didn’t start the fire.” While that’s true, and people have lived through periods of considerable instability and uncertainty, we are living in a time defined by extremes. At some point, We the People have to decide what we can accept and what we can’t. That beer advertisement seems to be a cheap ploy put together by a cynical advertising
executive, who has now pulled the ad after it may have served its purpose. Maybe this executive got his or her wish and more. Not only are people talking about it, but the company may also not have to pay as much for the ad, because now they’re not running it anymore. How do we combat such unacceptable messages and decide when a company has crossed the red line? One possible solution is to follow the example of the United States government. When other countries create intolerable situations for their citizens or our citizens or the world, we start by hitting these nations in their wallets and refuse to buy their products. Maybe a decline in sales at a company would send the kind of message that defeats the notion that all press is good press. Other cynical executives might get the message if the stock price or sales fell after such an advertisement polluted the company’s image. With our consumer decisions, we can send messages that it’s not OK to be offensive and outrageous just to sell another product or a toxic idea.
Save the dates: June 12, 24 for good times from TBR News Media
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his year the real March Madness wasn’t basketball. It was the number of nor’easters we in the Northeast endured. This will forever be the year of the nor’easters, one right after the other with snowfalls, flooding and especially the high winds. Many old trees are no longer with us. As the first quarter of the new year ends, we are hopeful that the old adage, “March in like a By Leah S. Dunaief comes lion and goes out like a lamb,” will prove to be true. The forecasts are promising. We have some exciting plans for the community that we believe will further enliven the next quarter of the
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year. On June 12, TBR News Media — that’s us — will offer a new event. It is called Cooks, Books & Corks, and it will be held at the Bates House in Setauket. For those who might not know the location, it is that lovely house inside Frank Melville Park, near the Mill Pond, usually used for wedding receptions, and it can be reached via a driveway opposite the Emma Clark Library and just past the two entrance roads to Strong’s Neck. We will have balloons and signage marking the way. So what is Cooks, Books & Corks? It is to be a grand marriage of mind and body on a joyful June Tuesday evening, from 6 to 9 p.m., that will combine good food from local restaurants with good books by local authors, all of which will go down easily with some good wine. We are encouraging the restauranteurs to bring tastings of their favorite dishes and the authors to offer their books for sale throughout the event. The views from the bluestone patio and the picture window are beautiful and serene in the middle
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of the woods, and we will hope for a soft, summer breeze to erase all memories of past nor’easters. Besides being just plain fun and a forum for our local restaurants, local wineries and celebrated authors, Cooks, Books & Corks is a fundraiser intended to pay for an intern from the Stony Brook University School of Journalism this summer. We have held such fundraisers for that purpose in the past, and the internships have helped launch several young journalists into their careers. Tickets will be $50 per person for the food and wine, and although not tax deductible, all funds will go toward paying the intern. The cost of any books you might choose to buy will be up to you. We hope there will be irresistible books for children offered for sale as well as for us adults. Further, a ticket to Cooks, Books & Corks will enable the purchaser to have a reserved seat at the Stony Brook premiere of our film, “One Life to Give,” to be held on June 24, a
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Leah S. Dunaief GENERAL MANAGER Johness Kuisel MANAGING EDITOR Desirée Keegan EDITOR Rita J. Egan
LEISURE EDITOR Heidi Sutton SPORTS EDITOR Desirée Keegan ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Kathryn Mandracchia DIR. OF MEDIA PRODUCTIONS Michael Tessler
Sunday evening. The film is a prequel of sorts to the story of the Culper Spy Ring that played a vital role in the Revolutionary War. Headquartered in Setauket, Washington’s spies fed critical intelligence to the Patriots of such high value that, in one instance, information enabled French soldiers to disembark safely from their ships and join the fight in the colonies. The cable channel, AMC, ran popular stories of the spies, “Turn: Washington’s Spies,” for four seasons, which ended last year. Our full-length film, by contrast, endeavors to be historically authentic. More details about the premiere will be forthcoming. I do want to give you this heads-up for the coming enjoyable events we have planned for the community. We think they will make you proud of where you live. And why do we do this? That’s easy. We’re committed to strengthening the sense of community because we are the community paper. And website. And social media. And now producers of historical films. Happy Spring!
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