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August 6, 2020

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Local Residents Show Their Support for BLM Movement

BY ODEYA ROSENBAND AND RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Community members gathered on the corner of Main Street and Route 25A in East Setauket Aug. 1. They were there to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Standing in front of the Pen & Pencil Building, about a dozen ralliers held signs reading, “Racial equality now,” “Equality & justice for All, Black Lives Matter,” “Stop the hate” and “A change is gonna come.”

One of the organizers, Kathy Schiavone of Port Jefferson, said they picked the corner because it’s a well-trafficked intersection with a red light, which would give drivers an opportunity to read their signs. The participants received displays of support from some drivers honking or giving the thumbs up, while others in vehicles passing by yelled out, “Communists,” “Trump 2020,” “All lives matter,” “Blue lives matter” and “Get over it.”

“We are only on this planet for a short period of time, and it really behooves us to be kind to one another,” Schiavone said. “And as Rodney King [a 1992 police victim] said, ‘Can we all just get along?’”

She said she was touched by the work of former Georgia U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D), a civil rights activist who would frequently say get into “good trouble.” The congressman died July 17.

“It brings tears to my eyes when I listen to the tributes for him and all he went through his entire life for the good of the community, and I just want to support the Black Lives Movement and everyone who feels that they need support at this time,” she said.

Protester Sue Hoff, also of Port Jefferson, said she participated to make it known that she believes in the movement. She said of the upcoming 2020 election, “I’m voting Black Lives Matter.” She has protested since the late 1950s for civil rights, for peace during the Vietnam War and for the reduction of nuclear weapons.

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A dozen people stood on the corner of Main Street and Route 25A Aug. 1 in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Photos by Odeya Rosenband

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Another protester, Kevin Mulligan of Setauket, said it was a responsibility to speak out.

“It’s an obligation in these times of political divisiveness to choose a side and not stay complacent and set a model for the children that change only comes through action,” he said.

Attendee Jeff Goldschmidt said as a longtime resident in the Stony Brook area the last few years have been revealing to him.

“I never knew Suffolk County was so undemocratic,” he said. “It’s so red and so bigoted. I was very surprised.”

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Town Donations Help SB Health Care Workers During Worst of Pandemic

BY DANIEL DUNAEIF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM While Stony Brook University Hospital staff were taking care of the sickest residents in the midst of the pandemic in Suffolk County, residents did what they could to return the favor.

In addition to cheering for health care workers, first responders and essential employees each night at 7 p.m., numerous residents and businesses made donations of everything from lifesaving N95 masks to food to comfort care.

After 10 weeks of accepting donations from March through early June, Stony Brook had collected nearly one million pieces of personal protective equipment, including masks, gloves and head and food coverings, 33,500 comfort care items such as snacks, hand lotion, puzzles and coloring books, 18,000 meal donations, 575 video messages of support and 435 iPads for telemedicine.

These donations bolstered the spirits of the staff and provided vital comfort during everything from the process of conducting COVID-19 tests in the South P Lot to the recharging breaks doctors, nurses and hospital staff took after caring for patients.

“The comfort piece was a bit more striking for the patients and the staff,” said Roseanna Ryan, director of Patient Advocacy & Language Assistance Services at SBU Hospital. “The need for the staff to have a respite area to recharge during this extremely challenging time was something that we might not have initially anticipated. The donations we were able to use went such a long way.”

Indeed, even some of the smaller items helped the masked men and women health care heroes throughout the hospital system.

During testing, some of the medical professionals worked 12-hour shifts, administering test after test for reeling residents.

Items such as breath mints, ChapStick and even eye coverings that would help health care workers take a nap in their car before returning for the next shift proved incredibly helpful, said Colby Rowe, Trauma Center Education & Prehospital outreach coordinator. Rowe worked with the emergency management team at the university, primarily coordinating the donation center.

“I received lots of text messages from people on the receiving end saying, ‘Thank you so much.’ They felt appreciated by the community, Rowe said.

Rowe added that the hospital performed ably in ensuring that the staff had sufficient PPE equipment to help them with their dangerous but important work.

The university took a wide range of assistance.

Some donations, like snack food, found a home in the break room. Others, however, wound up helping people in different locations.

Above, Colby Rowe and Roseanna Ryan make a delivery of over 100 iPads to Stony Brook University Hospital for patient-family communication. Below, Rowe’s truck is filled with 3M N95 masks. Above photo by Scott Lamarsh; other photos by Rowe

Stony Brook received more than 400 Easter baskets. Rowe was on the phone with a civilian friend from the U.S. Department of Defense, who told him that Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn had to postpone an Easter event.

Rowe loaded up his truck and drove the Easter baskets to Brooklyn. That’s not where the community spirit stopped. On the way, several baskets blew out of his truck on Route 347.

“I had about four cars pull over to help me” retrieve the boxes, Rowe said. “That’s a sign of the times.”

None of the boxes, which were donated to the children of soldiers, sustained any damage.

Rowe also said the university worked to make sure support staff, including housekeeping and the people moving the carts to usher patients around the hospital, benefited from these gifts.

The most consistent donated items were the three-dimensional printed face shields and hand sanitizer, which faculty who stayed to help frontline workers made on campus. In total, the university received more than 14,000 face shields and 509 gallons of hand sanitizer.

Ryan and Rowe said the hospital was grateful and humbled by each donation they received.

Several groups offered consistent gifts. The Three Village Coronavirus Forum Facebook group, which Three Village resident Michael Ehrlich led, raised hundreds each week through membership donations. They shopped at Target and Walmart to buy comfort care items.

Frito-Lay donated a couple of truckloads of

chips to stock the respite room, while the Three Village Dads Foundation raised money to feed frontline workers.

The donations helped fill in some gaps during the year as well. National Nurses Week and National EMS week both occurred in May. While the hospital typically honors these professionals with gifts to show their appreciation, the response to COVID-19 was the priority during those times. The donations, however, provided material for care packages.

The pandemic triggered needs the hospital never had before, Ryan said.

“We had to identify different ways to allow our patients to communicate with their loved ones, while there was no visitation or limited visitation,” Ryan said. The hospital redeployed nursing staff into family liaison roles to provide friends and family with updates.

For the patients, the hospital put together comfort bags, which included activities like word searches, crossword puzzles, stress balls, aroma therapy, eye masks, and dry erase boards to allow patients who were able to write to communicate with nurses outside a door, which helped preserve PPE. At this point, the university has some supplies left over, which it will likely use during the current, planned reopening of the university side of Stony Brook.

In addition to receiving donations from the community, Stony Brook also benefited from donations from people in other countries,

including China, Korea and Germany.

“People sent really moving and emotional notes,” Rowe said. “We saw a lot of good in people” during a difficult time.

Ryan was also grateful for all the support from the university.

“The planning and preparation from senior leadership put us in a position where we were able to be successful in getting to the other side of this,” Ryan said. “Leadership at the state level also helped tremendously with that.”

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Viral Video Shows Teens Terrorize PJS Gym Members

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Crossfit DHP in Port Jefferson Station was the site of a tense confrontation between the owners of the local gym and a crowd of children and teens on bikes. Though police said nobody was hurt, two young men were arrested for alleged intent to harm gym members.

Suffolk County Police said around 20 young people on bikes were roving around the Port Jeff Station area July 23, and that officers responded to two disturbances outside the gym at 5:30 and then around 6:15 p.m. Police said once they arrived, the groups dispersed with no injuries on either side.

Police said the young people then traveled to Wendy’s on Nesconset Highway and allegedly threw drinks and cursed at patrons.

Two tickets were issued to two of the juvenile’s parents.

In a statement, gym owners said a group of young men and women on their bikes were seen smoking weed behind the building when they started harassing gym members who were going on their run.

“We asked them to be aware of our presence but then they started hitting our members with their bikes,” the statement reads. “At that point we asked them to leave and that we would call the cops to which they said they were proud that the cops were chasing them around all day. With a lot of vulgar language and verbal harassment, they did start to leave as the cops escorted them out.”

On the way out, gym owners said one kid tried to throw a barbell at one of the gym members. The bikers left after police were initially called, but about 10 minutes later came back to harass the gym again. That is when the video was recorded, and owners said the bikers took pipes from their bikes and swung them at member’s heads.

“To go even further, several of them spit on us, which during a pandemic is unquestionably wrong,” the statement read.

On July 31, police announced they have made two arrests, namely two males, both 15 years old, of Centereach, whom police said were involved in the incident.

One of the teens was charged with 2nd degree reckless endangerment for throwing a barbell at Brook Fire District, Station 1 firehouse, located at 147 Main Street, Stony Brook, New York 11790.

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a gym member, and the other was charged with second degree menacing for swinging a bicycle seat at another gym member.

The teens were issued desk appearance tickets and scheduled for arraignment at Suffolk County Family Court in Central Islip Aug. 14.

A viral video posted to the Comsewogue Community Facebook page has since been taken down, but in that video the crowd of young people, most not wearing masks, surrounded the front of the gym’s parking lot where owners and a few gym members confronted them.

One unidentified young person in the video in a light blue shirt became physical with one unidentified person from the gym, seemingly throwing a punch that doesn’t connect. Young people could be heard swearing and threatening the adults. Another man stepped forward holding a rod of some kind, but in the video he does not appear to use it on the bikers.

At one point in the video, somebody tried to grab something from a woman at the gym, and a brief struggle ensued but was quickly broken up.

Owner of the gym Ryder Champouillon and his wife and fellow gym coach Jen posted a video to their gym Facebook page the day after the original video was released, thanking community members for their well wishes.

In the statement, the gym owners thanked Suffolk County Police along with Suffolk Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) for their genuine response to the incident.

In the gym’s statement, they said this is not the first episode of harassment in the local community, and many more have posted about such incidents to community Facebook pages.

Though thanks to the community, owners said they have already been able to identify many of the people in that video.

“Our sole purpose within our facility is to offer the community a single outlet to find healthcare, nutrition and exercise that improves our lives, which improves our community as a whole,” the statement read. “We spoke earlier with members of the local government about moving forward with programs for the community and youth to have an outlet surrounded by positive role models.”

Owners asked anybody who could identify the bikers to send a confidential email to coaches@crossfitdhp.com.

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Above, Sheriff Errol Toulon (D) cuts the ribbon on the new resource center; below, Joel Anderson, a former Suffolk inmate, of Mastic Beach, speaks about his experiences at the Suffolk County jail’s resource center. Photos by David Luces

Sheriff Opens Resource Center Aimed at Helping Discharged Inmates

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Providing former Suffolk County inmates with the tools they need to be productive members of society was the inspiration for the creation of a new facility in Yaphank. At a July 30 press event, sheriff officials said the facility will assist with jobs search, housing and other needs as they head back into the community.

The Sheriff’s Transition and Reentry Team Resource Center is poised to offer a range of “practical transitional services” for inmates leaving the county jail including employment assistance, connections to housing, treatment and mental health care, among other things. It is staffed by correction officers and human service volunteers from the nonprofit community.

The START Center had a soft launch in February, stayed open during the height of the pandemic and currently serves more than 100 clients. A ribbon-cutting ceremony, previously planned for early April had to be postponed.

Suffolk Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. (D), District Attorney Tim Sini (D) and other county officials were on hand for the event.

Toulon said creating the facility had been a dream of his. At the event he spoke about his experiences working in law enforcement for more than 30 years and a moment he shared with his father.

“When I was a young child, I asked my father, a warden on Rikers Island, what he did for a living. He said, ‘We rehabilitate people,’” Toulon said.

When inmates are discharged and come into the center, they will be interviewed by one of the resource workers where they identify his or her needs. For example, if an inmate has an addiction problem, the center will connect them with the appropriate nonprofits.

“Whether it be housing, employment, education, SNAP benefits or transportation, we try to

start the process as soon as possible,” Deputy Vincenzo Barone said.

He added that all inmates at the Yaphank Correctional Facility know about the program, with the center being a short walk from the jail there. Those being discharged from Riverhead will be picked up and brought to the START Center, where they will begin the intake process.

Joel Anderson, of Mastic Beach, who was released from jail in April, spoke at the press event about how the resource center has helped him get his life back on track.

“I’ve been in and out of prison all my life,” he said. “If I wasn’t a part of this process, being benefited by the program and services I wouldn’t be here to speak today. I’m standing here today because of the men and women who run this program. … I’m glad I made that call.”

Anderson said he continues to better himself every day.

“Rehabilitation is a process and it happens on a daily basis,” he said. “Now I have people I can reach out to — it’s not always peaches and cream. That wisdom, even if it is a little drop, makes all the difference in the world.”

The Three Village Central School District is considering additional feedback from parents on how the new school year will look.

In a letter dated Aug. 2, Superintendent Cheryl Pedisich said while recommended plans submitted to the state July 31 called for Three Village schools to open in-person Monday through Friday, after feedback from parents it was decided that a new parent survey would be offered “to gain a benchmark understanding of how many families would be interested in a potential remote learning option for students.”

The option would be in addition to the proposed plan and would be subject to the approval of the New York State Education Department and Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).

The first reopening survey sent to parents and guardians was fielded between July 10 and 17. The district received 2,328 responses, which is a 66 percent response rate. Out of the 2,328 anonymous respondents who represent 3,734 students, 22 percent said they would be extremely comfortable with students returning to schools, 30 percent comfortable, 19 percent neither, 17 percent uncomfortable and 12 percent extremely uncomfortable. The survey also asked parents other questions including how they felt their children handled remote learning the last few months of the 2019-20 academic year, how they were doing emotionally and if parents worked in or out of the home. Out of the families who responded, 49 percent said all caregivers work outside of the home, 34 percent responded at least one person worked from home and at least 17 percent indicated that one will be home and not working.

“As has been said throughout this process, there is no one-sized-fits-all plan to resume instruction this fall and many uncertainties still remain, as the ultimate decision on how, when, and, if schools reopen in September will be rendered by Governor Cuomo this week,” Pedisich wrote in the Aug. 2 letter.

She added in the letter the goal of the proposed reopening plan was to develop one “that is both educationally sound and safe for our families and staff — and that process continues to be a fluid one, as there are many external factors that will contribute to our ability to resume full in-person instruction as planned.”

Pedisich recognized that families face different circumstances as far as their comfort level with students returning to school, especially for those with immunocompromised family members When the recommended reopening plan, that would require students, teachers and staff

Three Village school district has recommended a five-day in-person plan for the new school year. File photo

to report to school Monday through Friday was unveiled July 31, the district, which has almost 6,000 students, received criticism from a large number of parents.

Those opposed to a five-day, in-person plan created the Facebook page 3V in Support of Remote Learning. At press time, the group had nearly 300 members. Some have suggested asynchronous learning where teachers record lessons for students to watch when they can.

Others have pointed toward neighboring school district, Smithtown Central, where a hybrid model is being proposed where 50 percent of students will attend school Monday and Tuesday or Thursday and Friday and alternate Wednesdays. There is also a remote option being offered at Smithtown.

Parents have also expressed concern that while facial coverings will be recommended at Three Village schools, they will not be mandatory in the classrooms whenever there is six-foot distancing.

To come up with the proposed plan, the Three Village Board of Education commissioned a Governance School Reopening Task Force and affiliates subcommittees, which included 107 individuals, and in addition to parent/guardian surveys also sent one out to staff members.

Among the changes to be made for the new school year are classroom layouts that allow a minimum of 6 feet distancing; classrooms and other spaces being cleared of any additional items to allow for greater distancing; markers and signage being used for visual distancing cues; and plastic separators for use in cafeterias, speech pathology, occupational therapy and physical therapy.

Steps are also being taken to instruct staff members on how to recognize the signs and symptoms of the virus and what to do to isolate a person if it’s believed they are sick.

“The district will proceed with the understanding that planning for schools to reopen is not a one-time event,” the reopening plan read.

“We will continuously monitor the situation and provide updated guidance, policies and regulatory changes as the situation requires.”

The school district’s reopening plan can be viewed at www.threevillagecsd.org.

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The food market in Pentimento restaurant in Stony Brook Village Center. Photo from Ward Melville Heritage Organization

Restaurant in Stony Brook Shows How Businesses Can Adapt to COVID Pentimento, a family owned Italian restaurant in Stony Brook Village Center, has shown its creative side in maintaining financial stability during these troubling times by incorporating a food market into its restaurant.

Many local eateries, such as Pentimento, have put in touchless pay systems, phone ordering and QR code pay/order systems to adapt to the pandemic. The restaurant has also decided to put up large trees and plants throughout its outdoor seating area in lieu of plexiglass to have more of what Lisa Cusumano calls “an upscale environment.”

Cusumano is co-owner and general manager along with chef/owner Dennis Young.

In a time when many businesses have struggled heavily during the pandemic, the restaurant owner said this was a means to adapt to a rapidly changing world. As Payment Protection Program funds dry up for many businesses, finding ways to keep customers coming through the door will take innovation.

“We’re trying to be proactive, not reactive, in case of another shutdown,” Cusumano said.

Pentimento made the unique decision to implement a food market into its existing restaurant. While the restaurant will continue to have a dining area with prepared food, the food market will be an extension of the kitchen.

The business will soon be selling ingredients that customers can take home to prepare food for their families. All the ingredients

in the market are ingredients that are used in the kitchen to prepare meals in-house such as flour, fresh produce, pork chops, salad dressings and a homemade mozzarella cheese.

Along with the ingredients, the restaurant will also provide recipe cards, so that families can make and enjoy Pentimento’s meals exactly how they are served in the restaurant. It’s what Cusumano calls “educational cooking.”

The market will also sell some prepared take-home foods, such as Pentimento’s favorite eggplant parmesan. Cusumano said this may give some benefit to families, whether they are comfortable to eat in sitdown restaurants again or if they are hesitant to be in public due to the pandemic.

The restaurant owner said she is aware of how skeptical some families are to be out in communal areas right now and has also started selling items such paper towels, hand sanitizer and bleach at the market.

Cusumano said the business is following COVID-19 guidelines, cleaning regularly and asking all customers and employees to wear masks.

“We want our customers to know that Pentimento has been very COVID compliant,” she said. “We’ve been sanitizing and bleaching everything, stuff like that. We want our customers to feel safe.”

If another shutdown were to occur, Cusumano said Pentimento would be considered essential because it would be recognized as a food store/provider. This tactic would allow the restaurant to keep its doors open, while still following COVID restrictions.

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Sunday, August 9th through Sunday, August 16th, 2020 The Setauket Fire department responded to last Saturday’s fire. Photo from Nancy Fogg

Setauket Thrift Shop Suffers Fire Damage

An electrical fire at II Acts Thrift Shop, located at 152 Main Street, Setauket, was extinguished

by Setauket Fire Department on Aug. 1 at about 10:20 a.m. No one was injured and there was minimal damage to the building, according to Nancy Fogg, who manages the thrift shop.

The fire started in an electrical conduit above the window in the bathroom on the main level. Power was turned off in the building and the fire marshal ordered that it may not be turned back on without inspection and repairs by a licensed electrician. Thanks to the presence and quick actions of thrift store volunteers

identified by Fogg as Faye, Marie and Ruth, SFD was called right away, and the building was saved. The building, owned by Setauket United Methodist Church, was the first synagogue on Long Island.

Fogg said she and the volunteers thank the Setauket Fire Department for their rapid response, their professionalism and their courtesy in handling the matter. She said a firefighter remarked that the building would have been lost if the fire had continued for just a few more minutes.

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Perspective

The Gyrodyne Project Threatens Stony Brook Harbor During this peak of summer, Stony Brook Harbor and its interconnected waterways are at their delightful aquatic best. Sadly, in future summer seasons the harbor’s pristine marine waters may also be at their most vulnerable due to a threat not from nature, but from intensive commercial development.

As part of a light-industrial subdivision proposal filed with the Town of Smithtown in August 2017, the Gyrodyne company wants to build a regional sewage treatment plant on its property. Some suggest grafting the entire St. James’ business district onto Gyrodyne’s proposed new sewage treatment plant While this may spur a building boom that could remake bucolic St. James into yet another commercial strip, there is no doubt that sewage effluent from the combined overdevelopment projects now being considered for St. James will devastate nearby Stony Brook Harbor.

A former commercial nursery turned helicopter manufacturing plant turned real estate investment trust, the property’s antiquated zoning contrasts with the historic state highway called Route 25A and the beautiful communities adjoining it, reflecting 300 years of history. Built to service the needs of the development’s planned occupants, including medical practices and assistedliving facilities, the plant would discharge upward of 180,000 gallons of lightly-treated medical and commercial effluent daily into

the permeable glacial soils that drain directly to remove anything other than nitrate nitrogen. into the harbor. The contaminants would Most of the other chemicals will reach and travel about 8,000 feet to reach Stony Brook contaminate the harbor.

The list of possible contaminants is Harbor’s shoreline.

This groundwater-transported effluent will long and worrisome. A short list includes radioactive imaging contain unhealthy amounts compounds; substances used of nitrogen in liquid that is in routine nuclear-medicine treated sewage waste. Once functions; pharmaceuticallythis reaches the harbor it laden human waste; and will change its ecology and such legacy toxins as methyl recreational appeal forever. bromide, lead arsenate and Professor Lawrence trichloroethylene (TCE).

Swanson, of the School of Some of these chemicals Marine and Atmospheric were commonly used by Sciences at Stony Brook agricultural businesses such University, who has studied as the Flowerfield Bulb Farm Stony Brook Harbor’s in the last century. TCE, a ecology for decades recently known carcinogen, has long stated that the Gyrodyne been used by the aerospace sewer project is “one of the industry as a solvent. Because biggest menaces right now blades were to preserving clean water

By Steve Englebright helicopter assembled and tested for in Suffolk County. Stony the military on an industrial Brook Harbor is probably the cleanest and least disturbed harbor we have scale at Gyrodyne, TCE almost certainly was used and allowed to escape into the ground. left on Long Island.”

In addition to processing human waste, Unfortunately the Gyrodyne site has not been the proposed plant will act as a pass-through adequately sampled to definitively determine for a significant volume of contaminants whether or not this is so. I am concerned the flushed out of the medical offices and assisted engineering firm which Gyrodyne hired to living facilities Gyrodyne is proposing. do a mandatory environmental report, only Unfortunately, this sewer plant is not designed glosses over this threat.

All Souls Church hosts poetry reading

The Second Saturdays poetry series at All Souls Church in Stony Brook continues on Saturday, Aug. 8 from 11 a.m. to noon.

To maintain social distancing the program will be delivered virtually in an interactive forum via Zoom. The readings will be hosted by current Suffolk County Poet Laureate Barbara Southard and the featured poets will be Terri Muuss and Matt Pasca.

Terri Muuss is a social worker, director, performer, speaker and author whose poetry has received three Pushcart and two Best of the Net nominations. Her first book, Over Exposed, was released in 2013 and, in 2016, Terri co-edited an anthology of NY women poets entitled Grabbing the Apple. Her second book, godspine, was released earlier this year.

Matt Pasca is a poet, teacher and traveler who believes in art’s ability to foster discovery, empathy and justice. He has authored two poetry collections — A Thousand Doors and Raven Wire. Pasca has taught literature at Bay Shore High School for 23 years.

Obituary Archimandrite John

Terri Muuss and Matt Pasca Photo from All Souls

An open reading will follow the featured poets. All are welcome to read one of their own poems during this free event. Participants can access the program through the All Souls website https://www.allsouls-stonybrook.org/. For more information, please call 631-655-7798.

Unsurprisingly, when those engineers dug wells in Flowerfield and sampled soil patches they found no evidence of contaminants. Yet local environmental advocates like Cindy Smith and her team conducted archival research and found potential evidence of legacy toxins such as methyl bromide and lead arsenate. The evidence is indisputable, in the form of price quotes printed on Dow Chemical letterhead in 1941. Lacking evidence of environmental cleanup, we can only assume these toxins may remain in the soil today and may be mobilized by the proposed construction.

Although the Gyrodyne report is hundreds of pages in length, it only superficially analyzes the environmental risk to the harbor and the historic corridor. Underestimated is the anticipated impact that vastly expanded traffic will have on ground and surface water quality.

What is needed is a truly objective report.

Within this context I have called upon the town to commission a new independent study.

Such a step is necessary to preserve the water chemistry of the harbor and the quality of life and character of the nearby villages and communities. As Swanson observes, “Stony Brook Harbor is a jewel and ought to be preserved, not destroyed.”

Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) chairs the New York State Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation. He represents the 4th Assembly District.

Archimandrite John (Erickson) of the Monastery of St. Dionysios the Areopagite in St. James died July 31 after a battle with cancer. He was 68 years old.

The future Father John was born Carl Theodor Erickson Jan. 5, 1952, in Brooklyn to the family of Carl Theodor and Carol Mildred Bates Erickson.

At the age of 24, he was received into the Orthodox Church and, rather than pursuing a secular education in a physics program to which he had been accepted, chose rather to embrace the spiritual life.

He entered St. John of Rila Monastery and was tonsured a monk at the age of 28, receiving the name John, in honor of the Holy Hierarch John Chrysostom.

Father John studied Ancient Greek, Byzantine Greek and Byzantine chant, and also had 20 years of secular employment as a high school Advanced Placement physics teacher.

On May 10, 1982, the Monk John was ordained a deacon in East Setauket. On the following day, he was ordained a priest. Many have known him as a much-beloved liturgist and confessor and an integral part of his monastic brotherhood.

In 2010, Holy Cross Brotherhood was received into the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, known as ROCOR, and then in 2018 moved from East Setauket to St. James where the brethren established St. Dionysios Monastery.

Services were held Tuesday, Aug. 4, at St. Dionysios Monastery in St. James and interment followed at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Port Jefferson.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of East Setauket. Visit www. bryantfh.com to sign the online guest book.

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County

Officials Criticize PSEG Storm Response as 440K Lose Power

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Sustained winds of over 40 miles per hour, with gusts of over 65 miles per hour from Tropical Storm Isaias, knocked out power to over 440,000 customers, according to PSEG. As of 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, fewer than 140,000 customers were still without power, as PSEG said it had restored power to about 300,000 customers.

The utility expects to restore power to 85% of its customers by the end of the day on Friday, while the remaining percentage should have power by the end of the day on Saturday.

PSEG tree crews and contracts have cleared 500 locations.

Customers of PSEG were so frustrated with their inability to get through to the power company duringt the storm that they flooded the 911 phone lines, causing an increase of 400% in the volume of calls.

“That is related to communication issues that were experienced by PSEG, where customers had a difficult time getting through or were unable to get through to report outages,” County Executive Steve Bellone (D) said during a press conference on Wednesday to provide an update after the storm.

Bellone suggested it was “too early to diagnose what the problem was” at PSEG, but that is it “critical that we determine that for storms moving forward.”

Other New York officials, such as State Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport) have called for an investigation of the public utility. Just a day after the storm, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced he was directing the state Department of Public Service to launch an investigation in PSEG Long Island, along with other utility companies in New York on what went wrong with service restoration.

While Bellone stopped short of urging an investigation into the communication problems for customers, he urged an “analysis and understanding of what happened. This was a major problem. Communications in a storm is critical. We need to understand why it happened.”

PSEG insisted that the challenges with its communication systems didn’t impact the company’s efforts to restore power. Crews have been able to assess the damage and send teams to affected neighborhoods.

“We have overcome many of the issues with Verizon that affected our call center operations yesterday,” Daniel Eichhorn, president and chief operating officer of PSEG said in a statement. “We understand how critical it is to share accurate and timely information with our customers and we continue working diligently to fully resolve these issues.”

PSEG indicated it understood the importance of sharing accurate and timely information and

is seeing improvements in call center operations.

The company is “working diligently to improve all of our systems to fully resolve these issues,” and urges customers to use the automated voice response system, if possible, at (800) 490-0075.

PSEG is opening four customer outreach centers, starting at 10 am on Wednesday, which is providing free water and ice in a drive-through service. The locations are at 175 East Old Country Road in Hicksville, 250 Willis Avenue in Roslyn, 288 Pulaski Road in Greenlawn and 1650 Islip Avenue in Brentwood.

The company has sent out 2,000 crews, including workers from New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Florida, Alabama, Kansas and Missouri. The crews will work 16-hour shifts around the clock until they have restored power. The teams will restore critical facilities first, then outages that affect the most people and then outages that affect smaller numbers or individual customers.

PSEG reminded customers that downed wires should always be considered live. A safe distance is at least 30 feet away. Customers who see downed wires should call 911. The company also reminded residents not to drive over or stand near downed power lines. Large pools of standing water could be dangerous because wires could be hidden in them. PSEG urged people to stop, back up and take another path if they see downed wires.

The county received 250 calls for downed trees and limbs on county roadways. Most of those were cleared by the early morning. As of mid-morning on Wednesday, five roads, including four in Huntington and one in Islip, remained partially closed. These are routes 17, 67, 86, 35 and 9.

Bellone said PSEG is aware of the outages and is working to restore power throughout the county.

Despite the calm after the storm, the county facilities, including golf courses, remained closed around midday Wednesday.

“We’re hoping to have those back online [Wednesday] afternoon,” Bellone said.

Smith Point County Park is also closed for swimming, as the outage has cut power to bathroom facilities.

Brookhaven Town’s Holtsville Pool is closed. Brookhaven’s town beaches are open, but Davis Park, Great Gun and Ho Hum beaches all have red flag conditions, which prevents swimming and limits water access to knee-deep wading.

Access to West Meadow Beach is also limited because of fallen trees in the area.

Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) urged residents to report fallen trees, damage from town roadside trees, flooding or other storm damage to call 631-451- TOWN or go to BrookhavenNy.gov/StormDamage.

Fallen trees were found all over the Three Village Area after Tropical Storm Isaias. Above, the Village Green across from Setauket Presbyterian Church; center, Friends Road; and a tree being removed from a mail carrier truck on Old Post Road.

Above photo by Pam Botway; center by Tiffany Intardonato; below by John Broven

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Three Village Kids Lemonade Stand founders Maddie and Joseph Mastriano, left and center, receive a Certificate of Appreciation from Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine, right. Above photo from Town of Brookhaven; all others by Rita J. Egan

Lemonade Stand Raises Nearly $30,000 Despite Pandemic

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The organizers and volunteers of one annual summer treat in the Three Village school district were determined to make sure its eighth annual event would still go on as planned Aug. 3, despite the coronavirus.

For seven years the Three Village Kids Lemonade Stand has raised funds for Stony Brook Children’s Hospital’s Child Life Program and this year was no different. Despite state guidelines mandating that events be kept to a reduced capacity, the event’s founders, Maddie and Joseph Mastriano, knew they could figure out how to still hold the fundraiser on the grounds of R.C. Murphy Junior High School.

While they knew it wouldn’t be the same, the Mastrianos planned two options for residents to contribute. Earlier in the day Aug. 3, they set up a drive-through lemonade stand at the junior school with a reduced number of volunteers wearing masks and gloves. Attendees were required to stay in their cars, and tents were staggered throughout the school’s bus circle.

The drive-through event included prepackaged lemonade to go, do-it-yourself lemonade kits, raffles, sandwiches for sale by Chick-fil-A and a merchandise tent.

In the evening, the young people hosted a virtual fundraiser on the streaming platform Twitch. During the virtual event, they announced raffle winners as well as the District Lemonheads, Minnesauke Elementary, which is the Three Village school that raised the most money for the cause.

Maddie Mastriano said they had to come up with creative ideas this year and support from their sponsors was a big help as well as the students who competed in the District Lemonheads competition. The students grand total was $8,982.69, and Minnesauke students raised $3,258 of that total.

There was also a chance to play along on a Minecraft server built by Joseph Mastriano and his friends. The Minecraft world included a virtual lemonade stand that featured the junior high school and game for participants to play.

Last year the Three Village Kids Lemonade Stand exceeded their goal of $40,000. This year, so far, the fundraiser brought in nearly $30,000, and donations are still being accepted at www. threevillagekidslemonadestand.com.

Mastriano said they are thankful to everyone.

“We know that the pandemic has changed many things in our lives, but we are so glad that the lemonade stand was able to continue on this year with our annual tradition,” she said.

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Richard Anderson, a retired art teacher who now enjoys a second career as a wood sculptor, created “The Sages” from a tree stump on Old Town Road. Photo by Christine Petrone

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I was delightfully surprised as I drove along we continue to break up the bland and transform Old Town Road in Setauket last week to discover the same into the memorable? Art that reflects and the tree sages that later graced this paper’s reveals our collective heart?

For the past several years, July 30th cover. The intricate community leaders have carvings left me in awe of the discussed potential new artist’s talent and skill. It left locations for place-making, me wondering who had the transformational works of art. vision for this wooden sculpture.

Let’s come together to find What were his motives? It left ways to enhance our existing me wondering why anyone beauty, inject our unique identity would ever want to grind a tree and add meaning where aging stump again? Public displays infrastructure is an eyesore. of art — whether officially Adding to our public collection sponsored or created by private will undoubtedly have a citizens — enhance and refine a tangible impact on how we community’s culture, character define ourselves. Let’s revisit and charm. conversations about the train We are a community defined trestle over Nicolls Road, the by our history, renowned for medians along Stony Brook our cultural arts institutions and

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Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in this necessity There are none who can withstand your power.

Oh show me herein you are my mother. Oh Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.

(3 times). Oh Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands.

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The person must say this prayer 3 consecutive days. The request will be granted. This prayer must be published after the favor has been granted. S.L.T.

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COMSEWOGUE SCHOOL DISTRICT POSITIONS AVAILABLE: PT School Monitors PT Special Education Aides PT Custodial Aides (days) Substitute Custodians (nights) Substitute Nurses, RN Preferred Substitute Teachers Monday-Friday

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SERV ICES MR SEWERMAN CESSPOOL SERVICE All types of cesspool servicing, all work guaranteed, family owned and operated since 1985, 631-924-7502.

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Cleaning COME HOME TO A CLEAN HOUSE! Attention to detail is MY PRIORITY. Serving the Three Village Area. Call Jacquie 347-840-0890 DAVE’S HOME/APT CLEANING SERVICE WE HELP MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER! Cleaning, Bed Changing, Ovens, Carpets/Wood Floors, Packing/Unpacking, Window Washing, Basements, Laundry, Airport Pick-Up/Drop-Off. 347-344-9660 davescleaningservice@gmail.com

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Fences SMITHPOINT FENCE. DEER PROBLEM? WE CAN HELP! Wood, PVC, Chain Link, Stockade. Free estimates.

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631-744-8859 COUNTY-WIDE PAINTING INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Painting/Staining. Quality workmanship. Living and Serving Three Village Area for over 30 years. Lic#37153-H. 631-751-8280 ED’S PAINTING INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Wallpaper removal, spackling, sheetrock repair. Over 25 years experience.

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WORTH PAINTING “PAINTING WITH PRIDE” Interiors/exteriors. Staining & deck restoration, power-washing, wallpaper removal, sheetrocktape/spackling, carpentry/trimwork. Lead paint certified. References. Free estimates. Lic./Ins. SINCE 1989 Ryan Southworth. See Display Ad. 631-331-5556

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WORKING & LIVING IN THE THREE VILLAGES FOR 30 YEARS. Owner does the work, guarantees satisfaction. COUNTY-WIDE, Lic/Ins. 37153-H, 631-751-8280

Restorations LEONARDO’S MASONRY RESTORATION Why buy new when you can restore it? We do stoops, walkways, belgian blocks, polymetric sand etc. 631-875-7947. See Display Ad for more info.

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No Plan Is Perfect

Schools have been releasing their reopening plans — ranging from students attending full time to hybrid models — and many parents and teachers are buzzing with concerns.

We’re disappointed that some of our local districts did not reveal their reopening plans until the state deadline of July 31. We understand the massive undertaking it was to craft these plans and the number of people on committees involved to see it through, but many districts’ reopening data is long and convoluted. More effort can be made to present this reopening data in a digestible way.

It’s no surprise that Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has not yet created a blanket school reopening plan across the state. There is no one-size-fits-all solution for our school districts during a pandemic. Each one varies in size and number of students, teachers and space available. All this, of course, with an ax hanging over schools heads with state aid potentially being cut later this year.

The same is true for within a school district. Each student’s family is different. There are those who legitimately fear catching the coronavirus to the degree that it has kept them in lockdown even after some restrictions have been lifted. And while some have the luxury of having at least one parent being able to stay home if the local district offers a hybrid model, other families will be unable to provide the supervision their child needs.

Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended that schools across the country reopen as long as they put safety first. Cuomo, after reviewing the districts’ reopening plans, will be making a final decision later this week. The governor has said that as long as infection rate averages over a two-week period stay below 5 percent, schools will be able to reopen to some capacity. Suffolk County currently hovers at around 1 percent. There is no guarantee that figure won’t increase in the future, especially considering the current case with states like California, which was heading in the same promising direction as New York until cases spiked to a current total of more than 525,000.

Here is the thing we have to understand, none of us will be happy. Nobody will get everything they want from current plans.

In a normal year, every kid would be learning in school, desks spaced only inches from each other and halls crowded with kids.

A parent who relies on schools to watch their children while a parent or guardian is at work may not be able to afford a different kind of day care. Families that rely on school reduced cost or free lunches won’t have that option without a kid in school. Hybrid models only help with a portion of those issues, but it’s better than nothing.

Some parents ask why the district can’t provide learning options for students who stay home 24/7 while the rest go into their full-time or hybrid schedules. Districts are already hurting financially due to the pandemic. Many are taking from their fund balances just to afford the additional staff and resources needed to have some students in the classroom. Asking them to put further resources into the extra time it takes to help students at home may not be feasible for so many districts.

We are now in a situation where each family needs to look at their school’s plan and then adjust it to their reality. Districts should do all they can to keep residents in the loop on a consistent basis. Parents, for their part, must acknowledge no plan will be perfect. It will take both parties and compromise to get the best outcome for students while keeping the virus under control.

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longer than 400 words and may be edited for length, libel, style and good taste. We do not publish anonymous letters. Please include a phone number and address for confirmation. Email letters to rita@tbrnewsmedia.com or mail them to The Village Times Herald, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733.

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An Open Letter to 3V’s Superintendent and BOE To Cheryl Pedisich and the members of the Three Village CSD Board of Education: As the mother of a child in the Three Village Central School District and a teacher/social worker, I feel the need to share my thoughts and feelings regarding the schools reopening “plan.” Although this plan is merely a proposal being submitted to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) office, and has yet to be finalized, I must express my concern and disappointment for what has been publicized to the community at large.

I am a lifelong member of the Three Village community. My sister and I are both alumni. My mother was a highly respected teacher at Ward Melville High School. When I became a parent, I didn’t think twice about raising my daughter here in the district where the opportunities had been boundless for me. I put my trust in the teachers and administrators to provide not only the best education for her, but to also maintain her safety and well-being. Unfortunately, with the plan that you have proposed, you have

failed at this undertaking. Not only have you put the safety of the students in peril, but have also endangered siblings, parents, teachers and the community at large. I realize that we are navigating unprecedented waters, but this plan personifies a poor attempt to capitulate to the misinformed community members who refuse to recognize the veracity of the global pandemic. Your proposal assumes a modicum of reality pertaining to viral spread and the profound effects that may have a lifelong impact.

I have had the opportunity to read the plans that many other Long Island districts are proposing. Although none are perfect, Three Village has presented the most improbable, hazardous plan I have read. It clearly lacks the safeguards necessary to ensure that every student and staff member in your care is protected. There are far too many members of this community who choose to deny the existence of COVID-19, claim that it has been “cured” and refuse to adhere to social distancing and mask mandates. These are the same people

who demanded that schools fully reopen and will surely ignore any guidelines, however lax they may be, required in school buildings. The health and safety of our children is taking a backseat to pandering to an unbridled majority and this is clearly unacceptable. The learning model for the 2020-21 school year must be re-evaluated.

I am quite certain that my words will have little bearing on district decisions, but it is imperative that they be heard. It is with sincere optimism that I anticipate the rejection of this full day/five-day plan

by Governor Cuomo’s office. A hybrid model would be far more conducive to quelling the spread of any surge that may arise, with distance learning most optimum. I expect that the community will be kept abreast of any determinations handed down by the governor’s office to ensure transparency and cohesive notification.

I wish you continued health and safety.

Stefanie Werner East Setauket

Change Needed to SUNY Reopening Plans for Safety

I am Charlie McAteer a retired member of Stony Brook University and United University Professions, the union that represents the faculty and staff at the State University of New York. As a UUP member, I am writing to alert the public to the concerns that our members have about the reopening plans for SUNY campuses.

The reopening plans for the fall semester, which SUNY campuses are individually devising and are now releasing, vary in detail but do have one thing in common: They do not go far enough to make our campuses safe for students, parents, faculty, staff and visitors when classes resume in the fall. Generally, they do not meet the guidelines recommended by Dr. Howard Zucker, the New York State commissioner of health, for dealing

safely with the coronavirus pandemic.

We believe that unless SUNY adopts a uniform standard for reopening, students, faculty, staff and our communities that host SUNY campuses would be at increased risk of coronavirus infection, and that campuses may once again have to shut down because of outbreaks of COVID-19. My union believes that this scenario can be avoided by following a few basic safety practices: testing, tracing, physical distancing, mandatory mask wearing in class and in public areas and telecommuting whenever possible. Campuses must have baseline and surveillance testing. They must have a way to trace the contacts of infected individuals.

Private colleges in New York are preparing these plans. Why aren’t

SUNY campuses doing the same? The same goes for physical distancing and mandatory mask wearing. Campus libraries must restrict their access and utilize online access to members of the campus community, and masks must be mandatory in classrooms. It amazes us that this one simple step, which is the most effective way to help stop the spread of the coronavirus in public settings, has not been adopted by SUNY. United University Professions supports the reopening of the SUNY campuses. But we also know that this must be done in the safest way possible, to protect students and those who work with them. We have yet to see a reopening plan for a SUNY campus that will be done in the safest way possible.

Charlie McAteer Port Jefferson Station

Editor’s note: To view the Three Village Central School District’s reopening plan, visit www.threevillagecsd.org. The Stony Brook University plan can be viewed at www.stonybrook.edu/comingback. Visit www.suny.edu/campus-reopening for the State University of New York plan.

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A Suggested Teen to Tot Education Plan

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e will undoubtedly run into times in the next few weeks and months when our kids can’t stay in school.

Yes, sure, I understand how and why people want their children in school. Most of the time, they can and will learn more in a conventional classroom setting than they will sitting in their beds in a collared shirt with pajama bottoms, texting friends all over the country D. None with their phones of the above while they pretend

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF to be taking notes.

I also understand the need for schools to provide a structured schedule for each day, offering parents a chance to finish assignments for their jobs, pay bills without a well-intentioned child turning the checks into a coloring pad, or have

a few moments when they don’t need to clean up the mess on another floor.

And yet, we aren’t that much further along than we were in March, when schools closed for the first time, in protecting the health of teachers, students, and everyone else who enters or lives with someone in an academic setting.

Sure, the hospitals may have better treatments than they did when they didn’t know about the likely progression of the disease, but there is no cure and most of us don’t have any immunity.

So, given that we’re not likely to do much traveling and our kids are likely to spend some time at home, we can and should develop Plans B, C and D. Plan B could be a fallback into the kinds of learning our children did in March, when school administrators and teachers tried to educate our children with modified, distancebased lesson plans. Certainly, schools have spent considerable time preparing for either a blended version of in-class and remote learning or an all-remote experience.

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Those lessons and the material covered will hopefully be thorough enough to match what they would have learned in the customary inperson setting.

Plan C, however, may involve some supplemental educating and, perhaps, education-driven day care, depending on the age of our children. Where can we find that?

In every community, children of all ages may be home. For older teenagers, this may be an opportunity to provide guidance to younger counterparts whom they might drive by on their way to school, soccer practice or a group gathering.

Parents of younger children may want to connect with parents of high school children, either directly or through their schools. After all, these high school students are much closer to learning modern math than parents who may be decades from the same material that was taught in a different way in an earlier era.

Through a voluntary and distance-based teens-to-tots tutoring, younger students can find mentors, tutors and friends in

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teenagers who can, perhaps earlier than they anticipated, give back to the communities that supported them.

With more time on their hands because so many extracurriculars might be canceled, these teenagers can become an important resource in an educational system, supplementing what the younger students learn in class.

A neighbor recently told me about a family exchange he and his brother managed.

His 20-something son became frustrated living and working at home, while his brother’s 20-something daughter shared the same sentiment. He sent his son to live with his brother, while he hosted his niece. The change of scenery has proven healthy for everyone, giving them all a chance to exhale amid the uncertainty.

Disruptions over the next several months to a year seem inevitable. If we come up with creative ways to plan for them, we might contribute to our communities and enjoy the time while we wait for the viral all-clear signal.

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