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April 1, 2021

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Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon Jr. (D) announced March 30 in a press release that inmate visitation at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility will remain closed until further notice.

Visiting was previously scheduled to resume on April 6 with safety precautions and procedures in place. However, due to the recent uptick in positive cases among staff members and the Suffolk County population at large, visitation will remain closed to keep the virus out of the jails, according to the release.

“The health and safety of inmates, visitors, and staff remain paramount during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Toulon said. “We have been very successful in keeping the virus out of our jail population so far, and these measures will remain in place until this most recent wave is stemmed.”

Inmate visitation at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility will remain closed until further notice. Photo from the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office

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County

Hundreds come together to show unity with the Asian community

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM On a spring-like Saturday afternoon, local residents from all walks of life took time out of their day to rally in support of the Asian community.

The south side of the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge on Saturday, March 27, was filled with hundreds decrying recent hate crimes against Asians in the country. Many held signs featuring messages such as “Stop Hate Spread Love,” “End Racist Violence,” “Make Racism Wrong Again,” “Hate Is A Virus, Love Is The Vaccine” and more.

The rally was organized by Suffolk County Human Services. The event featured speeches from representatives of civil rights organizations and elected officials, including Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D), U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) and Suffolk District Attorney Tim Sini (D).

Bellone said he was glad it was a sunny and warm day, but it would be a beautiful one even if it was raining.

“It’s a beautiful day because we are all gathered together as one, as Americans from all backgrounds, to stand up and speak together in one voice to say that hatred and intolerance is unacceptable,” the county executive said. “We will not accept it here in Suffolk County. We will not accept it anywhere in this country.”

Bellone said anyone who attempts a hate crime in the county would be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Residents from all over Suffolk County were on hand for the Stop Asian Hate rally on March 27 in Hauppauge. Photos by Rita J. Egan

“We are gathered here today, one another in solidarity, to fight against these vicious brutal acts of violence that we have seen many of our brothers and sisters — our fellow Americans in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community — have been subjected to, verbal assault and physical violence,” he said. “And we are here to say today that this is unacceptable.

We will never tolerate acts of hate like this here in Suffolk County.”

Zeldin, who has been criticized for not supporting in the House a resolution condemning anti-Asian hate related to the COVID-19 pandemic, received criticism at the rally, including from state Sen. John Liu (D-Flushing). The state senator said he was happy to see U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY3) there who voted in favor of the legislation.

“Not every Congress member you will hear from today, voted for it,” he said. “People want to be held accountable. I’m in office, I expect you to hold me accountable. I may not be his constituent, but I’m going to hold Congressman Zeldin accountable for voting ‘no.’”

“We need everybody who says they support us to actually support us,” Liu said.

When Zeldin spoke at the podium his wife, Diana, who is Asian American, stood by his side. Some of the people in attendance at first jeered when he began to talk.

Zeldin said the rally wasn’t a partisan political one.

“We all have to stand together in these moments to come together and rally against the violence when you are targeting someone because of their religion or their color of their skin, or where they come from,” he said. “Every American, and especially as we are reminded in this crowd of people who love our community and our country, who come here for the American Dream to pursue hope and opportunity. All of you are here not just for this flag but for community, and for each other to make a difference.”

Also, speaking at the event was Shaorui Li, president of the Asian American Association of Greater Stony Brook. The East Setauket resident was born in China and immigrated here more than 20 years ago.

During her speech, she said since last year there has been a 150% increase of crimes against Asian Americans.

“Why are Asians being treated this way?” Li asked the crowd.

In a phone interview the day after she said, “I wanted them to think, because we’ve been too quiet.”

Li said she was touched to see people from all ethnic backgrounds at the event as well as various elected officials from the area.

“I said to everyone, not only Asians, but African Americans and Latino Americans, I wanted to ask them to be with us together because in the past there have been different opinions. But this definitely shows how being minorities being together, we can get the support we need,” she said.

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Village

Local park ready to install cutting edge wastewater system

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Frank Melville Memorial Park is about to add a cutting-edge process to help protect local waters.

In a recent press release, trustees of the Frank Melville Memorial Park Foundation announced that the Long Island Sound Futures Fund awarded the park a grant to install a wastewater biofilter at the Setauket park. The award administered through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation totals nearly $30,000.

The biofilter will replace a cesspool at a residence on the park’s property.

“We are extremely grateful to the Long Island Sound Futures Fund and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation,” park trustee Robert Reuter said in the press release. “Not only will the project reduce wastewater pollution to the Setauket Mill Pond but it will offer a tremendous educational example for the Setauket community and beyond about residential wastewater problems on Long Island and what can be done about it.”

In the press release, park trustees also thanked Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) and state Assemblyman Steve

Frank Melville Memorial Park will soon be installing a wastewater biofilter system like the one above. Photo from Tom O’Dwyer

Englebright (D-Setauket) for their support “in helping the project obtain the grant award.”

The wastewater treatment technology used at the park will be a nitrogen-removing biofilter that was recommended by researchers at the New York State Center for Clean Water Technology at Stony Brook University, according to the press release.

Members of the center unveiled their nitrogen-reducing biofilter at a Shirley home in 2018. The wastewater biofilters remove nitrogen

and other harmful contaminants from residential waste which is first pumped into a septic tank.

The effluent is then moved into a separate system that trickles down by gravity, first going through a sand layer where bacteria turns the nitrogen into nitrite and nitrate. The waste then goes through another layer of sand and wood chips designed to turn the nitrite/nitrate into nitrogen gas that will go into the atmosphere, instead of the ground or surrounding water.

In 2015 Suffolk County Executive Steve

Bellone (D) called nitrogen pollution the county’s “environmental public enemy number one.” Since then, the county has worked with local scientists and engineers to craft technology that could replace Long Island’s old cesspool and septic tanks.

The plans for the park system were designed by Tom O’Dwyer, from HomePort Engineering, and the installation will be awarded to an installer by a competitive bid.

O’Dwyer and his wife, Carolyn, installed a low-nitrogen septic system on their Strong’s Neck property in the spring of 2019 after learning about the treatment process. Unlike a cesspool where bacteria and nitrogen can seep out, O’Dwyer said in a 2019 interview that the advanced process removes more nitrogen than a cesspool. Excessive nitrogen can affect the oxygen level in water where it is below the necessary levels to support marine life.

O’Dwyer recently said in an email he has been pleased with the results of his system, and in the last two years, he has designed a handful of the wastewater systems in environmentallysensitive areas in the Three Village community.

“It’s an exciting project, and I am proud to be part of it,” he said.

Your Turn: Spring sailing on Port Jefferson Harbor

BY CAPTAIN ROB TAYLOR & CAPTAIN JOHN EVERITT DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A sailing regatta was recently held on beautiful Port Jefferson Harbor that reflected the richness of the Three Village community.

The regatta, hosted by The Stony Brook School, included the Port Jefferson Yacht Club and the Sayville Yacht Club. Twelve sailors enjoyed an invigorating day on the water after a year of COVID-19 challenges and a long winter indoors. Anyone watching the sailors navigate the glistening harbor would be able to see that each team has made considerable gains through hours of practice.

Stony Brook School coach John Everitt commented, “It’s been a tough year for our sport. The regatta gave our local young sailors a chance to reunite on the water and enjoy sailing away from their textbooks and cell phones.”

Sailing is a lifetime sport. It teaches the necessity of teamwork, the appreciation of nature and the importance of caring for our environment. The Port Jefferson waterfront is a beautiful harbor and valuable asset to our community. Access to water on Long Island is at a premium, and the clubs and sailing programs are so grateful to be able to use the harbor, and to have had the support of Town of Brookhaven and the Port Jefferson Village over the years.

Professional sailor and America’s Cup

champion Wally Henry, a 1982 graduate of The Stony Brook School, grew up in Port Jefferson and is on the coaching staff at SBS as well. Wally enjoys sharing his love of sailing and wealth of wisdom with his sailors.

When talking about dealing with the pandemic, Henry said, “We were so grateful to continue sailing during the pandemic, since it was a little piece of normalcy we got to hold onto. I told the kids that we needed to look at COVID as an opportunity and determine what to do with that opportunity.”

Since then, students have taken advantage of the opportunity to spend more time practicing and improving their skills without the pressure of having to compete every week.

Every coach loves to see his former players continue with their sport. Ella Simmons, the Port Jefferson Yacht Club coach, graduated from The Stony Brook School in 2019. She sailed throughout her high school career under both Henry and Everitt.

“PJYC has a long history in Port Jefferson Harbor and has been home for countless sailors since 1960,” said Simmons. “We have created a new sailing program that gives kids opportunities to learn, grow and compete through sailing.”

The Stony Brook School sailing program has called Port Jefferson home for 30 years. Both the Port Jefferson Yacht Club and The Stony

A sailing regatta on Port Jefferson Harbor was recently hosted by The Stony Brook School. Photo from John Everitt

Brook School will continue their commitment to this sport by offering sailing programs for young people during the summer. For more information on sailing programs, visit

portjeffersonyachtclub.com and www.sbs.org.

Captain Rob Taylor is the Keelboat Coach and Captain John Everitt is the Director of Marine Programs at The Stony Brook School.

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Port Jeff artist’s legacy lives on through NPR podcast decades ago not to renew the copyright for Micro-Face, leaving the character to fall into the public domain.

Malone and Smith knew they didn’t necessarily have to ask Loucks for her permission to use the character, but they felt it was right to talk to her, find out more about his creator and keep that legacy alive.

“My father would have loved this,” Loucks said. “You know, who would have thought that after all these years? Here comes this character back into the public eye again.”

BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A character who ended up in the public domain is now being resurrected, given a new life.

Peggy Loucks, of Port Jefferson, received a call last month from a co-host with NPR’s “Planet Money” podcast — a show that tries to find creative and entertaining ways to make sense of big, complicated economical processes — asking for her blessing regarding her late father, a comic book artist.

One time, the podcast made a T-shirt, tracing the supply chain from the cotton source to the factory. It purchased and followed the travel of 100 barrels of crude oil from ground to gas, and even launched a satellite.

In February, the podcast decided it wanted to purchase a superhero.

Kenny Malone, a co-host with the show, said that “Planet Money” wanted to investigate the superhero entertainment economy. He was joined by fellow host Robert Smith.

“Superhero movies had become the highest grossing movies — the merchandising around superheroes was also incredibly large,” Malone said. “So, we wanted to understand this.”

Malone noticed that characters who were making tons of money were not new — they were all characters that were between 40 to even 70 years old — and they are part of the two major superhero conglomerates, Marvel Comics and DC Comics.

“We had this idea,” he said. “What if we tried to buy a superhero off one of those companies?

What if we tried to buy one of their older characters that is just not very well known? And then we could try to figure out how to build a mini-superhero empire.”

In need of a hero

The three-part series, which aired on Feb. 12, 19 and 26, dove into the team’s attempt to buy a superhero off Marvel — originally asking to bid for Doorman, whose superpower is to turn into a door. He never had his own movie for obvious reasons.

After several attempts to contact Marvel for interviews and to purchase the unhinged superhero, they declined and eventually stopped responding.

“We think they declined for an interesting economic reason,” Malone said. “Even the silliest unknown character has the potential to become a $10 million, $100 million piece of intellectual property.”

In its first episode of the series, “We Buy a Superhero: Origins,” the duo mentioned “Guardians of the Galaxy” character Groot who was once deemed undesirable, but who is now a pop-culture icon.

The guys behind “Planet Money” had to find a new tactic. They were on a mission.

They began looking into copyright law and what happens to a creative entity when it gets moved to the public domain.

The future of Micro-Face

Peggy Loucks holds up photos of her late father, Allen Ulmer, and his creation, Micro-Face. Photo by Julianne Mosher

“Every piece of copyright eventually falls out of copyright and gets put into the public domain where it is fair game for anybody to do something with,” Malone said.

Part of it is to incentivize creativity, he added, where the creator can get exclusive rights to it, and make a profit. But the other part of it, is as a country when copyright law was established, was that if people hold onto that copyright forever, it could stifle creativity.

“A second phase of creativity can be spawned, and people can do things with those characters, songs, books,” Malone said. “And much to our delight, we learned characters fall into the public domain. Superheroes will eventually fall into the public domain.”

Malone and Smith began delving into the world of public domain superheroes, going through hundreds upon hundreds of characters who once graced the pages of books.

“We stumbled across this character that we could not believe was real,” he said. “We couldn’t believe it was not custom made for us.”

That character was from the golden age of superheroes, created in the 1940s featuring a mask and giant microphone upon his face as his power. His name was Micro-Face, who appeared in Clue Comics from Hillman publishing.

A podcaster of the past

“This is basically like a 1940s podcaster, even though they didn’t know what a podcast was yet,” Malone said. “We loved it.”

Micro-Face was in the public domain — so he was fair game to do anything with — but the guys at “Planet Money” wanted to find out more about this lost superhero. That’s when they found out that the artist who created him, Allen Ulmer,

had a daughter who was still alive and living right here in Port Jefferson.

According to Loucks, Ulmer, who passed away in 1984 at age 64, was an artist back in the golden age of comic books. Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he studied at the Pennsylvania School of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, but always loved creating his own comic characters.

“So, he moved to New York City and joined the art league there,” Loucks said.

Ulmer began working for several different comic book companies, including Marvel, DC and Hillman. He took a break from drawing when he served in World War II, but then came back from the war and continued his artistry until the 1950s.

But during that time, there was an attack on the superhero industry that no one could help save.

Between the McCarthy era, plus the backlash among parents who blamed comic books for their children’s delinquency, comic books became censored and hundreds of artists and publishers lost their jobs.

“My father was on that blacklist,” she said.

Now 83, and a retired librarian from the Middle Country Public Library, Loucks was just 5 when her father initially created the superhero now getting a facelift.

“Micro-Face was one of his favorite characters [who] never had the chance to take off,” Loucks said.

When Ulmer lost his job, he moved his family to Long Island where he was a founder of the Port Jefferson Arts Festival and a member of the Art League of Long Island of Dix Hills. He began focusing on fine art and educational film, never doing comics again.

For whatever reason, the publisher decided

Malone said that now that the three-part series is completed — and available for streaming online now — they will continue working toward actually creating a comic book based on Micro-Face.

Working alongside comic book industry leaders, the team plans on writing a book based on the grandson Tom Wood — the alter ego of MicroFace originally drawn by Ulmer in the ’40s.

“This person is our new character and he works in radio like us,” Malone said. “So, this is going to allow us to write in some plot points about business and economics and have a little bit of learning … but this is fundamentally still a comic book and is inspired by the direct heritage to the character Peggy’s father created.”

Malone said he does not know the exact release date of the comic book, but it is currently being worked on by the new MicroFace team at “Planet Money.” Joining the podcasters are Alex Segura, co-president of Archie Comics and friend of Malone, Jerry Ordway, Peter Krause, Taylor Esposito and Ellie Wright — “all of who know what they’re doing when it comes to building a comic empire,” Malone said.

He added that to continue with the “Planet Money” way of immersing themselves into the actual process, they will be updating listeners every step of the way.

“We’re very excited about it,” Malone said. “You start these things, and you don’t know where they’re going to take you, but Peggy is just amazing and her father really was prolific. It makes me very sad to think that he clearly was very good and very creative, and the industry just was rocked in a way that knocked a lot of people out of it.”

While listeners and comic book lovers wait for the revival of Micro-Face, T-shirts are currently available on NPR’s website featuring Ulmer’s original design. Proceeds from the sales go back to the nonprofit National Public Radio to support radio shows and reporting.

“Peggy told us that she was very excited about this,” Malone said. “Her father would have liked this project, so that made us very happy and made it make us feel good going forward with this.”

Stay tuned.

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County

Hospitals allow family, friends to visit patients

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

In response to an easing of state regulations and their approach to patient care, area hospitals are relaxing restrictions about patient visitors.

Starting this past Monday, Huntington Hospital will allow patients who do not have COVID-19 to have one visitor per day, between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.

St. Charles and St. Catherine of Siena hospitals also allow one COVID-19 negative visitor per day during those same hours.

Huntington Hospital is responding to the medical, emotional and personal need its patients have for the support of family and friends during whatever health challenges they face.

“There is nothing like having your loved one at your bedside, holding your hand,” said Cheryl Miranda, director of Patient Experience at Huntington Hospital, which is a part of Northwell Health.

Family also provides helpful information, helping medical professionals know whether a patient’s behavior is different from normal “As a nurse, I’ve always felt that family is part of the caregiving circle,” Miranda said. “The family knows their loved one better than anyone.

They will help us provide better care.”

St. Charles Hospital and St. Catherine of Siena started allowing one hospital visitor per COVID-negative patient per day starting about four weeks ago.

Stony Brook is making several changes to its

National

visitation policy.

As of April 1, the hospital is allowing two visitors for patients in labor and delivery, for pediatric patients and for patients in end-of-life situations. This will increase from one to two.

Patients receiving same day surgical procedures will also be allowed a patient visitor until a procedure begins. The visitor is required to wait outside during the procedure and then can return during the patient’s release from the hospital.

Inpatient child psychiatry will also allow a visitor, as will cancer center and outpatient offices.

Approved visitors to Stony Brook must wear a mask that covers their nose and mouth the entire time, will have symptom checks, including thermal scanning, will not be allowed outside the patient’s room, must maintain six feet of distance and must wash their hands on entering and leaving the room.

Hospitals had generally restricted most or all patient visitors over various periods in the last year amid the pandemic to limit the spread of COVID-19. Nurses throughout Long Island and the world have used tablets, phones and other technology to help their patients connect with family members, enabling them to see spouses, siblings, children, grandchildren and friends from hospital beds that often had them feeling isolated during their health battles.

Allowing visitors, who are still required to wear masks, will help hospitalized patients feel more normal and receive the kind of support that can brighten their day while shortening their hospital visit.

Cheryl Miranda, director of Patient Experience at Huntington Hospital, has been planning the new visitation policy since the beginning of the month. Photo from Huntington Hospital

A hospital employee will screen patients on their way into the hospital, asking them questions about any possible symptoms and taking their temperature.

Visitors who are COVID-19 positive can’t enter. Additionally, visitors who come in from out of the state or whom they believe necessitates a screening will have a rapid swab.

“We are not asking everyone to be tested,” Miranda said.

The hospital is spreading the word about its new patient visitor policy by changing its on-hold messages, is sharing information on TV sets and is telling families directly during virtual visits that one person at a time can come to the hospital.

Patients can determine who visits, which includes family members and friends.

Miranda said the medical staff is well-prepared for an increase in visitors through the hospital.

“I don’t have to tell anybody in this building to follow precautions,” Miranda said. “We’ve all been through this for 13 months now and there isn’t anyone” who needs reminding about personal protective equipment, hand washing or social distancing.

Initially, Huntington Hospital workers will escort visitors to patient rooms, reminding them about safety policies.

During visits, patients and visitors are expected to wear masks. If a family member comes during mealtime or brings food, the patient can eat, but should do so at a safe distance.

Miranda, who has been at Huntington Hospital for 20 years, realizes the suffering patients and their families have endured during the pandemic.

“To tell someone they can’t be here is an awful, awful thing,” Miranda said. “My heart goes out to the families that haven’t been allowed to be here” and to the patients who “haven’t been able to have their loved ones at their side.”

Miranda has been planning this new visitation policy since the beginning of the month.

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With Suez Canal ship freed, global economic risks lessen

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM It became the stuck ship seen around the world.

The Ever Given, a 1,312-foot-long cargo container ship making the journey between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, got stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking a major sea route for hundreds of other ships bearing oil, livestock and other goods representing about 12% of the world’s global trade.

While a ship stuck in a canal initially attracted considerable comedic attention and numerous memes, the economic and global implications of an impassable Suez Canal morphed into something more serious. Syria rationed fuel amid the stopped supply, markets and stocks moved, consumer advocates warned of potential toilet paper shortages, yet again, and central bank observers started to wonder whether policy makers would be looking for signs of inflation.

The Ever Given was freed this past Monday,

March 29, six days after clogging a canal through which 30% of the world’s daily shipping container freight passes.

The first issue after the Ever Given blocked the canal was the “uncertainty,” said Hugo Benitez-Silva, interim chair of the Department of Economics at Stony Brook University.

With the canal now freed, Egypt has indicated that it could increase the daily capacity for ships, which had been at about 106.

The uncertainty about the duration of the blockage left shipping companies in a quandary, as they considered whether to send their ships around the southern tip of Africa rather than having them anchor and join the more-than 350 idle ships outside the canal.

Maersk, the world’s largest cargo and overseas freight carrier, had redirected 15 ships around South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope and was considering turning those ships around to send them back to the now unclogged canal.

The company said in an advisory that the

“ripple effects” of the delays could take weeks or months to unravel.

Transporting goods by sea has become “more important in the last few years,” BenitezSilva said. That suggests that the effect of the blockage will be more noticeable than it would have been had either the Suez Canal or Panama Canal been blocked 10 years ago.

Had the Ever Given remained stuck for even longer, the central banks likely would have had to consider the possibility of an increase in inflation.

In an inflationary environment, companies raise the costs of their goods and services, often in response to an increase in their own costs or, sometimes, because the consumer is willing to pay more for a product.

Central banks around the world, like the Federal Reserve, can raise interest rates to combat inflation. When these banks raise rates, they tilt the balance between borrowing and saving money toward the latter, increasing the value of saving money.

While this helps tame inflation, it also can reduce the pace of economic growth. In the current environment, as the world continues to recover from the shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a slowing of economic growth could not only hurt that recovery, but it could also slow the pace of job creation, as companies save their money and delay expanding or hiring new workers.

Some prices rose during the blockage, including for oil.

Other costs also rose, which is something the Federal Reserve “worries about,” Benitez-Silva said. “Inflation sometimes happens because of a future movement in costs. Even if they haven’t materialized [because the higher cost of a longer trip around Africa isn’t necessary], they are real.”

Benitez-Silva, who is also an associate professor, said the Federal Reserve is likely watching to see whether this event leads to a shortterm or longer-term consequence for inflation.

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Patriots shut out Whitman, 7-0

BY BILL LANDON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Ward Melville Patriots kept their winning ways when they rolled over Walt Whitman in a home game with a 7-0 shutout March 27.

Senior co-captain Katie Cosenza and sophomore Emma Ward set the pace for the Patriots with two goals each with teammates Summer Agostino, Sally Gliganic and Peyton Costello finding the back of the net. Sophomore Elyse Munoz had five saves on the day.

Ward Melville has allowed only four goals

this season through six games putting them atop the League II leaderboard.

The win extends the Patriots unbeaten season to 6-0 with four games remaining before post season play begins.

Pictured clockwise from above, Ward settles the ball midfield; Cosenza dribbles midfield; Costello races down the left sideline; Cosenza with a shot on goal; Agostino takes to the air; Ward Melville junior Samantha Lips with a clearing kick; and Cosenza eludes two Whitman defenders.

— Photos by Bill Landon

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In addition to bereavement support groups, which have been particularly busy as families mark the one-year anniversary of the loss of a loved one, the hospital is adding a long-haul support group.

Starting on Thursday, April 8 at 2 p.m., Huntington Hospital will offer support to people who have a lingering cough, ongoing debilitating fatigue, body aches, joint pain, shortness of breath, loss of taste and smell, difficulty sleeping, headaches and brain fog.

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Companies that have extra technology and labor on hand or even available on standby can handle the short-term increase in demand for services like unloading and distributing products.

Spare capacity, however, often adds to cost, which creates inefficiencies.

“If we are in certain sectors that don’t have spare capacity, this can last longer,” Benitez-Silva said.

Amid the pandemic, companies may have

People interested in joining that group can email Kacey Farber at KFarber@Northwell.edu.

Dr. Jean Cacciabaudo, associate medical director at Huntington Hospital and a cardiologist, will sit on the long haulers support meeting.

Cacciabaudo, who had COVID-19 and has some long haulers symptoms, will attend not just for herself, but to provide the physician’s perspective.

Miranda said the bereavement support groups have helped family members amid a loss.

“It’s the beauty of humanity, when we reach out and help each other,” Miranda said. “There’s no magic solution for grief and loss. For some people, it’s just about remembering all the wonderful things they had when they had that person and sharing that with other people. It’s about not being isolated. That’s a big key.” reduced their workforces without cutting back on technology. In that case, the economy may be able to absorb a small disruption well.

“That’s the kind of thing a central bank will be paying attention to, asking ports like New York or Rotterdam if they can handle an increase in vessels” now that the ship is clear and others will resume their journeys, Benitez-Silva said.

On a personal level, he said the things that crossed his mind for his own household included oil and gas and consumer products. He hasn’t been driving as much as he was prior to the pandemic, so he thought an increase in gas prices wouldn’t likely have much of an effect.

As for consumer products, he said his wife asked about paper towels and that he had plenty to spare because he “went overboard” during the pandemic and is “more prepared.”

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County Obituary Strong Island Animal Rescue continues to grow Nancy Altman Guzzetta

Nancy Altman Guzzetta died at Stony Brook University Hospital on Palm Sunday, March 28.

She was the beloved wife of Charles; adored mother of Charles, Thomas, David and Loretta; and cherished grandmother of Theodore, Chas and Emilia.

Nancy was a registered nurse, but her heart was in her Antique Costume and Prop business which she operated in Port Jefferson for more than 40 years.

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“He wants to do something good,” Rosini said. “These guys don’t even take a salary.”

The couple said they could have sold the massive property to developers but knew that the cottage and woods surrounding it are special. If they cleared the area, birds, deer and other wildlife could have lost their home.

When Rosini sold the spot to the volunteers, it became a new partnership and friendship of neighbors helping neighbors.

“Alan’s been coming down, Val’s been helping out the rescue … so it’s not only getting them motivated to be part of the rescue, as well,” Floridia said. “We’re all helping each other and we’re saving animals.”

Kutzing said the property will give them the ability to turn the space into an actual meeting space, instead of utilizing their homes.

“Eventually we’ll be able to turn this into our dream,” she said.

And the extra room will be helpful as the team gears toward their busy season — baby season.

To keep doing what they’re doing, Strong Island is always looking for the public’s help in raising funds and donations.

Floridia said people who want to contribute can follow Strong Island Animal Rescue on Facebook or Instagram, and visit strongislandanimalrescueleague.org “We’ve always been the type of group that gives to the community,” he said. “And hopefully, it’ll come back.”

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Established in 2010, Strong Island Animal Rescue is a 501c3 that focuses on answering local calls regarding injured, abused and neglected animals.

“We started out with cats and dogs, and then we saw a need for wildlife rescue,” said vice president of the rescue Erica Kutzing.

Just last week, president of Strong Island Animal Rescue Frankie Floridia, of Port Jefferson Station, helped save a raccoon in Bohemia that was trapped in a car grill, after the driver hit it and got stuck.

Within minutes, Floridia and other volunteers safely removed the animal, who is expected to make a full recovery.

“We’re available 24, seven days a week for abandoned and abused animals,” he said.

“We’re a local rescue that likes to give back to the community and we’re always here for everybody. That’s the way it’s been, and we’d like to keep it that way.”

Whether it’s a trapped raccoon, a deer with a paint can stuck on its head, a mother cat and her kittens found in a shed or an abused puppy left on the side of a road, Strong Island has dedicated their lives to helping animals.

Kutzing, of Sound Beach, has more than two decades of animal rescue and animal medicine experience.

“I think back to when I was 12-year-old little girl who started out more than 22 years ago,” she said. “And I don’t think I ever expected this to actually happen. It was always a dream, but seeing it come to fruition has been like an out of body experience — even though we’re doing it during a pandemic.”

Floridia said that the pandemic has made it hard for fundraising efforts, since before the lock downs they were able to hold events.

“It’s been a tough year for us, not having those events that we have usually every other month,” he said. “Fundraising is all based online now, and thank goodness for that, but we can’t wait to get back to having an event in the place and being able to do stuff like we did before.”

And just this month, they were gifted one generous donation — a new property.

Neighbors of Floridia, Valerie Rosini and Alan Haas, had owned a home in the area that they knew would help the group out.

Right now, the location is under wraps while they clean up the space, but Floridia said he plans on using the three-acre property as a clubhouse and meeting space for their dozens of volunteers.

Surrounded by woods, wildlife roams the backyard, making it the perfect spot for animals to feel safe, while animal lovers plan

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Editorial Letters to the Editor Assassination on Main Street, Stop anti-Asian American racism and the tragedy that followed Last week, a Shirley man was killed on the streets of Port Jefferson in broad daylight.

He was gunned down at 3:35 p.m., outside the Dunkin’ Donuts that many of us frequent on our way to work.

It’s a tragedy. No one deserves to die.

But here’s where another problem lies: The impact of social media when it comes to an incident such as the one on that Wednesday.

People began spreading rumors across Facebook, in private — and not so private — groups. They claimed there was an active shooter, a robbery gone wrong, a drive-by gunman attacking the innocent women and children enjoying the sunshine.

None of that was true.

It was mind-boggling, seeing what people were posting online while an active investigation was going on. They blamed the local government, the Suffolk County Police Department, the school district, the media — one resident even posted that this event in our village was all the fault of President Joe Biden (D).

Some residents began playing detective or journalist — they wanted to track down the guy who “soiled” our perfect little town. Some used it as a jumping pad for their own agendas.

Everyone made it about them.

Even a comment such as, “That could have been me dead,” is false. This was a targeted attack between two men.

We understand this was scary — we were frightened, too. But this was someone’s son, a brother, a friend. No matter what he got caught up in, someone lost their life the other day.

Stop meddling in what the police and local government are trained to do in these situations.

On Facebook, people shared photos of David Bliss Jr. dying in the street. In one of the photos, you see him lying there, covered in blood while people hold up their phone cameras around him.

How would you feel? Your last visions of the world are of people leaning above you, filming your last breath.

We are disappointed in the community. Instead of coming together, they are taking the event personal and spreading fear among others.

Let the mayor do her job. Let the police do their job and let the media do their job.

Things are kept private for a reason. Names and residencies are not released because an investigation is ongoing. Any leaked information can completely ruin a case.

And that’s the worst part. People began believing false rumor-filled Facebook threads and posts. The rumors caused anxiety and instead of coming together, it pulled people even further apart.

We found out the shooter was from Port Jefferson Station — not far from where he killed the 25-year-old man — and he was found within 72 hours thanks to the village cameras and hard work of law enforcement.

Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time something like this has happened on social media as we have seen it happen with other incidents across the Island, state, country and around the globe.

And in those events, social media took over, too.

Only newspapers and their digital media check all facts.

Social media does not.

It’s sad, it’s terrible, but it happened, and we need to grow from it.

We can all do better.

Go to TBR News Media for accurate breaking news.

We condemn the murders of eight individuals — including six Asian Americans — in Atlanta on March 16. Such crime destroys human dignity. Increased anti-Asian hate crimes and violence directed at vulnerable populations threaten Asian American’s well-being in the USA. We mourn for the lives taken by the vicious and violent sin of racism and misogyny.

Anti-Asian racism is not new. The stigma of “alien” or “yellow peril” on Asian Americans has been perpetuated in the political space. Specifically, for most of U.S. history, Asian immigrants have been defined as racially ineligible for citizenship. Moreover, anti-Asian racism has its deep root in both the racial and religious space, portraying those of Asian descent as “other” and simultaneously as the “perpetual foreigner” and “heathen.”

To make matters worse, recent rhetoric around COVID-19 has led to an increase in hate crimes against the Asian-American communities. Since the beginning of the

pandemic, nearly 3,800 incidents against Asian Americans have been recorded, over 503 of which have taken place in 2021 alone. Attacks against women and elderly citizens make up a disproportionate share of these hate crimes. All of this is yet another deadly consequence of the sin and the evil acts of bigotry and racism.

Racism is antithetical to the human dignity. Once again, we call ourselves to interrogate our personal and collective biases, lamenting the language we use and the stereotypes we perpetuate in light of current racial hate crimes and acts of violence targeting people of color — and particularly those who are vulnerable. Our commitment as a community of faith to making our world a better place to live will never end while defending the least, the lost and the last among us.

Members of the Three Village Interfaith Clergy Association Rev. Steven Kim, Setauket United Methodist Church

Rev. Margaret Allen, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook Fr. James Mannion, St. James Roman Catholic Church Rev. Dr. Linda Anderson, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook Rabbi Aaron Benson, North Shore Jewish Center Rev. Kate Jones Calone, Setauket Presbyterian Church Rev. Frank Kotowski, Summerland Church of Light Ms. Elaine Learnard, Conscience Bay Friends Rev. Ashley McFaul-Erwin, Setauket Presbyterian Church Sister Edith Menegus, OSU, St. Charles, St. Catherine of Siena hospitals Rabbi Paul Sidlofsky, Temple Isaiah Ismail Zahed, Islamic Association of Long Island

A fawning media has enabled Cuomo People are quickly coming to see the dark underside of Gov. Andrew Cuomo [D]. Recent revelations of his misbehaviors have stunned his leftist, progressive army. Especially reeling from his alleged transgressions would include much of the media and that celebrity-led regiment of swooning, self-proclaimed “Cuomosexuals.”

There are however a number of people not at all shocked by many of these disclosures. These folks have been following some of the allegations for almost a year. How can it be one group of news consumers could be so much better informed than the other?

It depends on where you get your news. If, last year, you were looking for stories critical of Cuomo you’d be hard pressed to find one coming from The New York Times, The Washington Post, ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC or CNN (aka

A word of thanks

I wanted to take the occasion for thanking Daniel Dunaief about the article that he wrote on my recent work results, “BNL’s Valentina Bisogni makes spin discovery during preparatory work.”

The article definitely attracted the

“Cuomo News Network”). While some intrepid reporters were digging deep into problematic Cuomo decisions, the above-mentioned media clique were breathlessly boosting their “woke hero.”

The first concrete signs of the nursing home scandal reared its deadly head on Mark Levin’s March 26, 2020, radio broadcast. A woman claiming to be a medical director from one of those facilities told Levin about Cuomo’s March 25 directive. Soon the New York Post, with lots of help from columnist Michael Goodwin, and Fox News, with courageous Janice Dean helping lead the way, began doing some heavy lifting on this and other Cuomo missteps.

Meanwhile, virtually all of the socalled mainstream media remained remarkably disinterested in what would prove to be the kind of “blockbuster” stories they’d pursue to the ends of

the earth if the leads pointed at a conservative.

Nope. Not with one of their own.

Even as bodies were piling up, they were too busy chuckling at Cuomo and brother Chris’ tasteless comedy schtick on CNN. And who could forget the honoring of New York’s progressive golden boy with slobbering book reviews and even an Emmy.

It all adds up to a fawning, biased, ideologically driven, politically motivated news media enabling a seriously flawed pol to pursue policies that have proved damaging, dangerous and even deadly to many innocents and their families, who were kept in the dark.

You’d hope it would be a lesson learned, but right now the signs are rather ominous.

Jim Soviero East Setauket

attention of people. After it was published on the TBR News Media website Feb. 4, I received a seminar invitation from Stony Brook University as well as a congratulation card from the New York State Sen. Anthony Palumbo [R-New Suffolk]. The latter one

was really surprising for me.

Thanks a lot.

Hope to have the privilege of working with Daniel again in the near future.

Valentina Bisogni Bellport Village

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Opinion Doing the right thing requires being prepared to act

W

hen I was in college, I learned an important lesson in class that had nothing to do with the subject I was studying. Many years ago, I attended an early morning anthropology lecture.

Pacing at the front and bottom of a semicircular stage, the professor shared details about the hungry ghost festival.

In various parts of Asia and India, people practice a ritual in which they relieve the suffering of their deceased relatives by D. None providing food. During of the above this time, the professor

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF said, people prepare meals and leave empty seats for ghosts, who ritualistically consume the food.

Seated next to a friend from our dorm, I was busily taking notes, not only because I wanted to do well on a future test, but because I also found the description fascinating.

That’s when the professor became distracted.

Someone from the audio visual department was quietly packing up equipment at the back of the room.

“Excuse me,” the professor yelled to the man. “What are you doing?”

“I’m sorry,” the man said.

“Well, you should be,” the professor barked back.

The man continued to try to pack up the materials quietly. The noise, which I barely heard from a seat that was much closer to the back of the room, was still too much for my professor.

“You’re sorry, but you’re still disrupting my class!” he shouted.

“I’m packing up the material. I work for the university. One of the other classes needs it

now,” the man replied. “I’ll keep it down.”

“No, this is ridiculous,” the professor said through gritted teeth. “I won’t tolerate this. You will leave.”

The man stood still, unsure of what to do. In that moment, I felt like I had a choice: I could either say something to support the man in the back of the room or walk out of the class.

By doing and saying nothing, which is what I did, I felt like I was accepting the professor’s behavior.

When the man spent one more minute doing his work, the professor demanded to know where he worked so he could show up and bother him while he was trying to concentrate.

All these years later, I still think of that small moment. These types of incidents require a readiness to think, speak or act, especially to something that disturbs or distresses us. It’s akin to what coaches say all the time in sports: know what you’re going to do with the ball before it comes to you. If you have to think too much

about your next move, it’s going to be too late.

A recent anti-Asian incident in New York City, in which security guards watched as a man knocked down and kicked a 65-year-old woman on her way to church, reminded me of the need to be prepared to do the right thing, even when someone wrongs someone else.

We are more likely to act when we are prepared to help, even if the moment creates discomfort for us.

Nowadays, we all have an opportunity to support each other, particularly amid antiAmerican attacks on members of the Asian American community. These cowardly verbal and physical assaults will become less prevalent if perpetrators know we’re all prepared to stand up for our friends and neighbors who have become the target for random anger during the pandemic. Asian Americans are not an enemy of the rest of us any more than our heart is the enemy of our body. We should stand with, and for, each other.

History may be sending us a solution to our border and underpopulation crises

H

ere is an idea that you may find goofy.

It has to do with the unaccompanied young people hoping to enter the United States at our southern border and our sperm count crisis.

I don’t know how many of you remember when President John F. Kennedy called to our young and proposed the Peace Corps initiative exactly 60 years ago. How we responded stands as one of our finer Between moments as a nation. you and me In that program,

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF those wanting to make a difference in the world could volunteer to work in other countries on health campaigns, encourage entrepreneurship or teach English to name a few possible jobs.

Today, the opportunity still exists to serve in over 141 countries (as of 2018), and what was required then still is: resiliency

and heart. Those who entered the two-year program had appropriate skills and found the experience gratifying, even life changing.

Now I propose turning the idea on its head. The unaccompanied minors gathered at the border, mostly 16-to-17-year-old males, probably have little in the way of skills except for two assets: youthful energy and desperation. These are both of powerful value.

The government could offer them the following path into the country: They would agree to be assigned to families in different cities and towns and to help those families as directed. This proposition might be of particular aid in agricultural settings but certainly not limited to those. They would not be paid but would enter into a workstudy program in which they might gain education, room and board. They would provide much needed work to those who have lost immigrant helpers on farms, in hospitality jobs and childcare, for example, over the past few years due to limitations on foreign workers imposed by the government.

In return for their efforts, these young people would earn, in due time, a path to

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citizenship, just as there once was an offer to foreign-born males during WWII to enter the army in return for naturalization. There is still such a pathway today which they could eventually opt for.

A reverse Peace Corps program would require a complex administration in which the families offering such a position would be carefully vetted, as would the young people entering the country. And monitoring within the country would of necessity be indepth and ongoing. The young people would have to be protected from gangs seeking to force them into their ranks, as well as from exploitive families. Duties would have to be carefully laid out, with hours and goals met.

It occurs to me that there have been such immigration programs in history, most recently the Kindertransport that brought some 10,000 children up to the age of 17, whose lives were in mortal danger from Nazi atrocities, to England between 1938-1939.

After the war, several thousand remained in Britain, and as adults “made considerable contributions to Britain’s services, industries, commerce, education, science and the arts

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for the defense, welfare and development of their country of adoption.” [Wikipedia.]

Now back to our own situation. Not unrelated, there has been a serious drop in births in the United States over the past half century, in part due to economic circumstances and even to declining sperm count as a result of ongoing pollution. We have learned from previous recessions that for every one percent increase in unemployment, there is a reduction of one percent in the birthrate.

The current pandemic is anticipated to bring a baby bust, not a baby boom. Even before COVID-19, underpopulation was expected by some researchers, as our falling birthrate was most recently below the 2.1 babies per woman (2019) required to sustain our population through birth alone.

We are, after all, a nation of immigrants, and those seeking to enter our country, by and large, bring the aforementioned energy and grit, determined to realize the “American Dream.”

They are an easy way to solve the need for more people. The ultimate goal here is for any such policy to be done according to the law.

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