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December 17, 2020

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Residents Spot Dead Fish on Local Beaches

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Residents have noticed large numbers of fish found dead on local beaches, though environmentalists said people should not be alarmed.

Co-founder of the Setauket Harbor Task Force, George Hoffman, said a few weeks ago, residents started reporting that as they were walking along West Meadow Beach they noticed a large amount of dead menhaden, a type of forage fish that is also known as a bunker fish.

Others have also spotted the menhaden around Setauket and Port Jefferson harbors.

Hoffman said the task force reached out to local scientists, and a few residents contacted the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation as well. The DEC told residents that the die-off events were not unusual. The type of fish swim in large schools and are vulnerable to low dissolved oxygen. The DEC is collecting fish samples for analysis by Stony Brook University’s Marine Animal Disease Laboratory for further evaluation.

It’s the first time the task force has heard of a large die-off locally, Hoffman said. The task force tests the oxygen levels in local harbors regularly during the summer, and he said this year the levels have been good.

He said while the menhaden are not that large, measuring 8 or 9 inches, together they create an unwelcoming sight.

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menhaden and notified the task force was South Setauket resident Paul Feinberg, who visits West Meadow Beach regularly.

“My initial reaction to this sight back in early December was quite disturbing,” he said.

Bill Lucey, the soundkeeper from Connecticutbased Save the Sound, said the dead menhaden have been spotted along the Connecticut shoreline of the Long Island Sound, too. He has also heard reports of them washing up in the New York City and Hudson River areas.

Lucey said menhaden usually migrate earlier and they may have missed a migration cue due to warmer waters and a larger amount of plankton, which they eat, this year. However, once the temperatures dropped and the plankton died off, they may have faced problems, especially older fish that are less resilient. Normally around this time of year, the bunker fish can be found spawning along the shore of the Carolinas.

Another reason, Lucey said, that residents may be spotting an excess of dead menhaden is that there are more of them in general due to state-imposed fishing regulations. He said a friend of his was on the water fishing earlier this year when he felt a small earthquake in the Sound. His friend saw the menhaden jumping out of the water.

Others have mentioned the increased number of bunkers to Lucey, too.

“One sailor said he hadn’t seen that many fish in 57 years,” he said.

Lucey said the increase in the amount of fish is a good thing. Hopefully the harvesting will be sustainable and the population will continue to

Residents have been spotting a large amount of dead menhaden at West Meadow and other beaches. Photo by Jay Gao

increase as the bunker fish will attract predators such as humpback whales and bald eagles.

Residents “see a problem, but really it’s potentially a good sign that we have a huge robust population of the forage fish,” he said.

Local environmentalist John Turner agreed. He said with an increase again of menhaden they have been fueling a resurgence of the coastal ecosystem.

“It’s called a forage fish because it feeds and actually filters through the water, so it pulls algae and plankton out of the water, and it converts

the microscopic plants that are in the oceans into animal protein,” Turner said. “Then that goes up the food chain again to the whales.”

He added that the menhaden can even be credited with an increase of bald eagles and ospreys in the area.

Lucey said when residents see dead menhaden on the beach to leave the carcasses as the fish will provide food for shoreline birds, which is especially important now that the temperatures are dipping, and there are less fish to be found in the water.

LIPA Sues PSEG for $70 Million for Failed Isaias Response

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

LIPA filed a $70 million lawsuit against PSEG-Long Island in State Supreme Court in Mineola against the New Jersey-based power company for breach of contract in response to Tropical Storm Isaias, which hit Aug. 4 and knocked out power for some Long Islanders for over eight days.

The Department of Public Service recommended a lawsuit to the LIPA Board of Trustees.

“Utility companies are beholden to ratepayers, and when that service is inadequate — or as in this case, a complete failure — those utilities need to be held accountable,” Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) said in a statement. PSEG “failed to hold up their end. It’s inexcusable, and we’re going to make sure that it doesn’t happen again.”

The complaint, filed by attorneys at the law firm Rivkin Radler, alleges breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing, based on PSEG’s “failure to prepare for and manage restoration effort during and following Tropical Storm Isaias. LIPA also brings this action for specific performance to compel PSEG LI to comply with its obligations” under the operations service agreement.

The suit also alleges “corporate mismanagement, misfeasance, incompetence, and indifference, rising well beyond the level of simple negligence.”

Immediate Fix Demanded State Sen. James Gaughran (D-Northport), an outspoken critic of LIPA and PSEG LI’s response to the storm, welcomed the legal action.

“It’s about time LIPA start acting to protect the best interests of Long Island ratepayers,” Gaughran said in a statement. Gaughran urged LIPA to make sure the $70 million is paid by

PSEG shareholders and not ratepayers.

“An independent receiver should be appointed to refund this $70 million to hardworking Long Islanders and not dumped into the blackhole of LIPA’s budget,” Gaughran added.

In a statement, LIPA CEO Tom Falcone said PSEG LI must “immediately fix these failed information technology systems and abide by its contract” as LIPA continues to review its legal, contractual and termination options.

“PSEG Long Island has collected nearly half a billion dollars from Long Island customers over the past seven years while failing to meet its basic obligations,” Falcone added.

John Rhodes, Special Counsel for statewide ratepayer protection for the New York State Department of Public Service, asked if LIPA should “find a new service provider?”

In a statement, PSEG Long Island said it was “hard at work addressing recommendations in

LIPA’s 30- and 90-day reports. We believe that the current public-private partnership is the best option for Long Island customers and we have remained committed to being the service provider of choice for LIPA.” PSEG LI is “aware that this lawsuit has been filed and we are reviewing it.”

Lawsuit Claims In the lawsuit, LIPA describes PSEG LI as demonstrating willful, bad faith and grossly negligent failures.

One of a litany of complaints during and after the storm was the inability for customers to connect with PSEG and to receive a reliable estimate of the time to restore power.

Ratepayers were “left without critical information as adequate telephone lines were overwhelmed with calls and an Outage Management System, selected by PSEG LI as able to withstand a major storm and paid for by LIPA, failed.”

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Visitors to Stony Brook Children’s Hospital will find live feeds from the Long Island Aquarium along one wall in the lobby. Photo from Stony Brook Medicine

Stony Brook Children’s Hospital Celebrates 10 Years with Long Island Setauket Family Enters the Brewery Business Aquarium Show Owner Brian Baker cuts the ribbon at Bellport Brewing’s grand opening Dec. 3, while the Turners — John, Travis and Georgia — on the left look on. The event was attended by Brookhaven Town Councilmen Michael A. Loguercio Jr. and Dan Panico, County Legislator Rudy Sunderman, members of the Bellport Chamber of Commerce, family and friends. Photo from Leg. Sunderman’s office

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People may be surprised when they hear that Setauket resident and environmentalist John Turner and his wife, Georgia, have entered the brewery business, but the new venture is all about family.

Turner said his son, Travis, 29, a few years ago began working with Brian Baker, who opened Bellport Brewing on Station Road in the South Shore village Dec. 3. The father said his son developed quite an interest in brewing beer while working with Baker and became an assistant brewer. When Baker thought about opening a brewery in Bellport, the Turners decided to become investors in the new business and support their son’s career dreams.

“Kind of the stars aligned right, and we decided for that reason and a few others, to take the plunge,” Turner said.

Baker, a former IT network administrator turned brewer, agreed that everything fell into place regarding going into business with the Turners, and the location that he spotted seven years ago finally became available. He credits his wife, Danielle, for being “absolutely amazing” during the process and is grateful for the Turners who he described “like a fairy godmother.” He said he couldn’t have done it by himself.

“I’m grateful for everything that everybody has ever put into this brewery to make me a success and to make this brewery a success,” he said.

Turner said the brewery is in an ideal spot as those walking around the village may pass by and drop in to check it out.

“We hope to get a lot of people just walking

Georgia and John Turner, investors in the brewing company, and owner Brian Baker. Photo from Leg. Sunderman’s office

on the street during the summertime,” he said, adding he hopes walk-ins combined with social media will provide a good following.

Turner, who is the Town of Brookhaven’s open space program coordinator on a consulting basis, said he and Georgia hope in the future to become more than investors in the brewery, maybe even part owners.

Leading up to the grand opening, he said his family enjoyed working with the Bakers in helping to get the building, the former Rooster’s Cafe, ready.

In the future, Baker said he would like to have an outdoor space and a food truck, maybe even cornhole and bocce ball games.

For now, Turner said he and his wife are

learning a lot about beer making. From first boiling the water to opening the tap to pour it out, there are certain steps one must go through carefully that he compared to chemistry.

“If any one of those steps isn’t followed completely, you’re not going to turn out with the beer with the alcohol content, and the flavor and the character and body that you hope to have,” he said.

Baker agreed that creating a beer recipe is similar to a chef’s job.

“You need to know what the malts will do by themselves and how they work with others,” he said.

The brewer added Long Island was once one of the best locations to get hops from.

“The soil is everything for the hops environment,” he said. “When you have great soil and great farmers you get great hops and malt.”

Turner said the family has enjoyed helping Baker to shape the flavor and character of the business as well as speaking with potential customers to see what they like.

“It’s exciting but there’s also some trepidation because obviously the brewery opened up in the middle of a pandemic,” Turner said.

Despite the challenges the pandemic has created for businesses, Baker said both families are grateful for what they have today, even though they don’t know what tomorrow may bring. At the same time, they are aware of the current business climate and public health crisis.

“Today we have a brewery,” he said.

“Today we have our health. Today we have our family. You know, let’s focus on that and not so much of what’s going to happen tomorrow.”

BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM For 40 years, Stony Brook University Hospital has been caring for kids, but 2020 holds an even more notable moment for Suffolk County’s sole children’s hospital.

The children’s hospital is celebrating its 10-year anniversary as a standalone hospital, after opening its new building last year.

Dr. Carolyn Milana, chair of the Department of Pediatrics and physician-inchief at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, said this year is a very special one.

“Our brand-new facility allows us to continue to provide the same expert care to the children and adolescents of Suffolk County in a state-of-theart environment designed to promote healing,” she said. “All of the space within the children’s hospital, and the programs we offer, are designed to support both the child and their family throughout their hospital stay.”

At the new building, live feeds from the Long Island Aquarium are shown in the lobby and throughout the pediatric floors.

To celebrate its decade-long care, the children’s hospital teamed up with the Riverhead-based aquarium for a sea lion show virtually shown to supporters, patients and their families. On Dec. 9, viewers tuned in as the sea lion balanced balls, did tricks and posed in a delightful routine that kids and adults enjoyed.

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The Suffolk Plaza shopping center that once housed a Waldbaum’s in South Setauket sits half empty, a far cry from where it was just a decade ago. Photo by Kyle Barr

Members of Brookhaven’s Fire Marshals Hazardous Material Response Team clean up a mercury spill at a Stony Brook home. Photo from Town of Brookhaven

Town’s Fire Marshals Hazardous Material Response Team Cleans Up Residential Mercury Spill in Stony Brook At 7:07 a.m. Dec. 14, the Stony Brook Fire Department was alerted about a hazardous material spill at a home on Whitford Road in Stony Brook.

Upon arrival of the SBFD, it was reported by the homeowner that he accidentally spilled approximately one quart of mercury on his driveway. A request for the Town of Brookhaven Fire Marshals Hazardous Material Response team was then made.

Upon arrival, Chief Fire Marshal Christopher Mehrman assessed the scene and determined in addition to the clean-up of the mercury, precautionary testing within the home was necessary to ensure that mercury was not brought into the house on the resident’s shoes or clothing after the spill occurred.

While dressed in protective clothing and respiratory protection, the fire marshals meticulously removed the hundreds of globules of mercury from the driveway employing a specialized multi-filtered mercury vacuum. Utilizing specific testing

equipment for mercury vapor, the interior of the home was found to be void of any contamination. At 12:15 p.m., mitigation was complete. The mercury was removed from the site and brought to an appropriate facility for disposal.

Mercury is a toxic substance that people can be exposed to by swallowing or touching.

However, inhalation of mercury vapor is far more dangerous and can cause ill effects, especially to young children. Mercury is a heavy metal that is in a liquid state at room temperature but will slowly transition to a gaseous state when open to the atmosphere.

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Brookhaven Plans Floating Zone for Revitalizing Vacant Structures

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Town of Brookhaven has proposed a new zoning that officials said could revitalize vacant or underutilized shopping centers or other structures throughout the town.

At their Dec. 3 meeting, the town voted unanimously to adopt a new floating zoning code called Commercial Redevelopment District, which would allow developers to apply for permission to redevelop aging property into a combination of retail and apartment space.

“What we’re looking to do is to stimulate the revitalization of abandoned vacant and underutilized commercial shopping centers, bowling alleys and health clubs,” said town Planning Commissioner Beth Reilly.

She added that this new zoning will “encourage flexibility in sight and architectural design, encourage redevelopment that blends residential, commercial, cultural and institutional uses, and encourage redevelopment that’s walkable, affordable, accessible and distinctive in the town.”

Site requirements would be a 5-acre minimum for such commercial centers and sites that have been previously used but then demolished. It permits uses for all zonings except such things as heavy industrial and auto uses. There would be no setbacks for nonresidential uses, but a 25-foot minimum setback for residential use and 50-foot maximum height.

The special zoning is meant to be kept free of big-box stores and is restricted to anything less than 40,000 square feet of space

for commercial properties. Also, the zoning incentivizes certain kinds of development through allowing for increases in density, such as being near the Long Island Rail Road or if a business owner uses green technology.

Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) restated that Long Island does not need new development “as much as we need to develop what we have that has fallen into disrepair.”

The proposal did receive a letter of support from the Port Jefferson Station hub study committee. President of the PJS/Terryville Chamber of Commerce, Jennifer Dzvonar, said she was in support, and that she thinks it will create downtown-type areas in places that might not have that sort of downtown already.

“It will encourage commercial property owners to update and revitalize their establishments, which will entice additional local businesses … instead of leaving their locations vacant to become blighted,” she said.

Mitch Pally, a Stony Brook resident and CEO of the Long Island Builders Institute, said the new zoning should benefit developers.

“Long Islanders no longer have large tracts of land,” he said. “We must now redevelop — reuse what we already used, whether it’s been a good way or a bad way. The ability to know from the code what you can do, and what you’re going to be able to get, allows for better financing opportunities.”

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Setauket Man Spreads Christmas Cheer on the Road

BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Driving along Route 25A, you might have seen a boxy vehicle decked out in lights. Candy canes stick out from its top alongside green garland.

The Long Island Holiday Jeep has been seen throughout Port Jefferson, near Stony Brook University, and even out into Huntington. Every holiday season, Michael Johnston joins dozens of other people on the road, decorating their vehicles as part of a group called The Christmas Convoy.

The 19-year-old Setauket resident said he began decorating cars before he was even able to drive, at age 16 with his father.

“This year I went all out because it was such a depressing year,” he said.

Usually his Jeep Renegade has about 2,000 lights on it, he said. This year he added 3,000 more.

“It’s just fun to do,” he said. “It’s fun

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to get reactions from people and everyone loves it … other than some cops.”

Unlike some his Convoy-counterparts, Johnston decorates for most holidays. He’s been at the Huntington St. Patrick’s Day Parade adorning green, dazzled with hearts for Valentine’s Day and with Easter Bunny ears placed at his car’s top in the spring. He’s decorated for Thanksgiving and Halloween, but nothing compares to Christmas.

Johnston is a delivery driver for DoorDash, so he’s always out and about.

“Everyone has a way different reaction,” he said. “Some people scream, they wave, and they ask me questions about it.”

He said he hopes that the bright lights on the road spread some holiday cheer during a rather bleak time.

For now, he and his holiday Jeep can be spotted all across the North Shore, and eventually, the young man hopes, it might be another vehicle.

“I actually want to get a new car,” he said. “A Cadillac Escalade.”

Michael Johnston in front of the Port Jefferson Village Center with his decked out Jeep Renegade.

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LEGALS INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF OLD FIELD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Old Field on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 at 7:00 P.M. at the Keeper’s Cottage, 207 Old Field Road, Setauket, New York, to consider the adoption of the following local law: LL 03-2021 A PROPOSED LOCAL LAW OVERRIDING THE TAX LEVY LIMIT ESTABLISHED IN GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW § 3-C A copy of the proposed local law will be on file in the office of the Village Clerk at Village Hall, 207 Old Field Road, Old Field, New York, where the same may be inspected during regular office hours on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. All persons having interest shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the time and place aforesaid.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the Inc. Village of Old Field, NY. Adrienne Kessel Village Clerk Dated: Dec. 8, 2020 991 12/17 1x vth INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF OLD FIELD BOARD OF TRUSTEES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Old Field shall hold a public hearing on January 12, 2021 at 7:00 P.M., at the Keeper’s Cottage, 207 Old Field Road, Setauket, New York 11733, to consider the adoption of Local Law No. 02 of 2021 to amend Chapter 121 of the Village Code (Zoning) with respect to authority for the issuance of certain permits.

You are entitled to attend the hearing and offer comment. A copy of the local law is on file in the Office of the Village Clerk and may be reviewed between the hours of 9AM and 3PM on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com 992 12/17 1x vth INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF OLD FIELD BOARD OF TRUSTEES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Old Field shall hold a public hearing on January 12, 2021, at 7:00 P.M., at the Keeper’s Cottage, 207 Old Field Road, Setauket, New York 11733, to consider the adoption of Local Law No. 01 of 2021 to repeal Chapter 89 of the Village Code (Refuse Collectors).

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By Order of the Board of Trustees of the Inc. Village of Old Field, NY. Adrienne Kessel Village Clerk Dec. 8, 2020 993 12/17 1x vth ELECCIÓN DE VILLAGE OF OLD FIELD 2021 La Junta de Fideicomisarios de Incorporated Village of Old Field, condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, en una reunión de dicha junta debidamente convocada y realizada el martes 8 de diciembre de 2020, adoptó de forma unánime las siguientes resoluciones con respecto al registro de todas las personas elegibles para votar y los cargos a ocupar en la elección de la localidad a realizarse el marte 16 de marzo de 2021: SE RESUELVE que no habrá día de registro en la localidad para las elecciones del Village de conformidad con la Subdivisión 3 de la Sección 15-118 de la Ley de Elecciones; y TAMBIÉN SE RESUELVE que solo las personas registradas para votar en la Junta Electoral del condado de Suffolk serán elegibles para votar; y TAMBIÉN SE RESUELVE que

la próxima elección general de Incorporated Village of Old Field, condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, se llevará a cabo en Keeper’s Cottage, ubicado en 207 Old Field Place en dicha localidad el martes 16 de marzo de 2021; que los horarios de apertura y cierre de las urnas de dicha elección serán entre las 12:00 p. m. y las 9:00 p. m. respectivamente; y que, durante dicho período de nueve horas consecutivas, las urnas permanecerán abiertas para votar y elegir candidatos para los siguientes cargos: Dos fideicomisarios, cada uno para un mandato de dos años Juez de la localidad, para el resto del mandato abierto hasta el 1 de abril de 2022 SE RESUELVE que las siguientes personas quedan por la presente designadas para actuar como inspectoras de la elección, por una tarifa de $160.00 por persona, con Carol Schraut como presidenta de la misma: Carol Schraut, presidenta, y Marianne Feller.

TAMBIÉN SE RESUELVE que la Secretaría de la localidad por la presente está autorizada a preparar un aviso adecuado de dicha elección anual según la Sección 15104 de la Ley de Elecciones y hacer que dicho aviso se publique en Village Times e indique la fecha de la elección y el lugar de votación, el horario durante el cual las urnas estarán habilitadas, los nombres y las direcciones de todos aquellos que han sido debidamente nominados y cuyos certificados de solicitud de nominación han sido presentados debidamente ante dicha Secretaría de la localidad, el mandato de dichos cargos para los que han sido nominados y un resumen de las propuestas a votar, si las hubiera, e imprimir una copia del mismo y publicarla visiblemente en al menos seis (6) lugares públicos en la localidad al menos un (1) día antes de dicha elección.

994 12/17 1x vth VILLAGE OF OLD FIELD ELECTION 2021 The Board of Trustees of the

Incorporated Village of Old Field, Suffolk County, New York at a meeting of said Board duly called and held on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, unanimously adopted the following resolutions pertaining to the registration of all persons eligible to vote and the offices to be filled at the annual Village Election to be held on Tuesday, March 16, 2021: RESOLVED, that there shall be no Village registration day for Village elections pursuant to Subdivision 3 of Section 15-118 of the Election Law, and FURTHER RESOLVED, that only those persons registered to vote with the Board of Elections of Suffolk County shall be eligible to vote, and FURTHER RESOLVED, that the next general election for the Incorporated Village of Old Field, Suffolk County, New York, shall be held at the Keeper’s Cottage located at 207 Old Field Place in said Village on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, that the hours of opening and closing the polls thereof shall be 12:00 noon and 9:00 P.M. respectively and that during such period of nine consecutive hours the polls shall be kept open for the purpose of choosing and electing the following officers: Two Trustee positions, each for a term of two years Village Justice, for the remainder of the open term to April 1, 2022 RESOLVED, that the following be, and they are hereby, designated and appointed to act as Inspectors of Election, for a fee of $160.00 per person, with Carol Schraut presiding as Chairperson thereof: Carol Schraut, Chairperson and Marianne Feller.

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Village be, and hereby is directed to prepare a proper notice of said annual election pursuant to Section 15-104 of the Election Law and to cause said notice to be published in said Village Times containing the date of the election and the polling place; the hours during which the polls

shall be open; the names and addresses of all those who have been duly nominated whose certificate of petition of nomination has been duly filed with said Village Clerk and the term of such office for which they have been so nominated, an abstract of any proposition to be voted upon, if any, and to cause a printed copy thereof to be posted conspicuously in at least six (6) public places in the Village at least one (1) day before said election.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Organizational Meeting for the calendar year 2021 of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Stony Brook Fire District, in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, will be held at the Station 1 firehouse located at 147 Main Street, Stony Brook, New York 11790, at 6:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 7, 2021.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, that the First Regular Meeting for the calendar year 2021 of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Stony Brook Fire District, in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, will be held on Thursday, January 7, 2021 immediately following the organizational meeting at the Station 1 firehouse located at 147 Main Street, Stony Brook, New York.

PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF OLD FIELD A Public Hearing will be held before the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Old Field, Suffolk County, New York at the Keeper’s Cottage, 207 Old Field Road, Old Field, NY on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 7:00 PM. The hearing will be on the 2021-2022 budget of estimated expenses and revenues for the Village’s fiscal year commencing March 1, 2021 and ending February 28, 2022, which has been prepared by the Board of Trustees. The budget is on file and open to the public for inspection Monday, Tuesday and Thursdays from 9:30am-3:00pm at Village Hall, 207 Old Field Road in said Village from the time of this notice until the time of the hearing.

All persons interested will be given an opportunity to be heard at said time and place.

All citizens have a right to attend the public hearing, to provide written and oral comments, and to ask questions concerning the proposed Village budget.

By Order of the Board of Trustees of the Inc. Village of Old Field.

Adrienne Kessel Village Clerk Dec. 10, 2020 996 12/17 1x vth Notice of formation of Deepspace Technologies LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/9/2020.

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Frontline Workers Receive First COVID-19 Vaccines at SBUH

BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Stony Brook University Hospital received its first batch of the coronavirus vaccine, helping dozens of frontline workers at the highest risk of exposure.

Kisa King, resident in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the SBU hospital, received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, administered by pharmacist Ian Pak. King said she was “honored” to be the first one injected.

“I am so excited and thankful to be a part of the solution,” she added. “Not only does this mean that I can continue delivering care to my patients, but it also means I am providing protection to my family, friends and community.”

On Dec. 15, more than 250 personnel at the hospital working in emergency rooms, critical care units and other high-risk hospital units received the vaccine.

“We’ve been through so much altogether as a community, as a nation, as a world and this is really the first step toward normalcy,” Pak said.

“I think it’s really important for everyone to have hope and be able to look toward the future so that everything we’ve done has paid off — not to mention the countless lives that will hopefully be

Kisa King, resident in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the hospital, received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, administered by pharmacist Ian Pak. Photo by Julianne Mosher

saved by this.”

This major milestone comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the first emergency use authorization for a vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 in individuals 16 years of age and older. The authorization allows the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be distributed in the U.S. The vaccine has been found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 after two doses.

Pak said he wasn’t expecting to be the first SBUH pharmacist to help out. “It’s just one tiny part of a humongous machine that everyone has contributed to throughout these months,” he said.

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Continued from A6 law, saying the language of what was considered vacant or underutilized was unclear, and that the CRD will incentivize some property owners to neglect their structures to get access to the new “generous terms afforded by the new zoning.”

The letter also criticized the height allowance under the code, calling it “too high for most hamlets” in the town. The letter also shared the civic’s anxieties of increased density.

“Considering that there were only two speakers at the public hearing on Dec 3, both representing commercial interests, and no community leaders or members of the civic community participating on such an important proposal, we believe that this new zoning legislation to create a new zoning code for commercial property in the Town of Brookhaven would benefit from more input of Brookhaven’s civic community,” Mones wrote in his letter.

The change also repeals the town’s previous Blight to Light code. That code was passed in 2010 under previous Supervisor Mark Lesko (D), which in a similar vein to the current code was designed to remediate blighted properties by incentivizing development through a scoring system. Based on how a developer scored, they could receive incentives such

as building permit refunds and an expedited review process.

Officials said that system had issues, and that the code had only been used twice, once in a Coram redevelopment project, and again with Jefferson Meadows, a project designed for Port Jefferson Station that was never built. That planned 96-apartment building met opposition from residents almost a decade ago. The Port Times Record reported at the time that residents disapproved of Blight to Light’s self-scoring system and that such projects did not conform to the Port Jefferson Station hamlet study.

“This has been a long time coming,” said Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station). “Port Jeff Station has a number of abandoned vacant and underutilized properties, and the Blight to Light code was not necessarily addressing that, so we’re hoping that this code can now create a different mechanism to address these types of properties.”

Unlike Blight to Light, there is not a special permit, but applicants would have to come to the Town Board to seek approval. There is also a time limit on these approvals, and they are taken away if the developer does not make good on trying to build.

“This puts the power in the Town Board level,” Reilly said.

The town held its next meeting Dec. 17 where a follow-up public hearing was scheduled, though not in time before going to press.

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Three Village Church Hosts Drive-Thru Nativity

BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Stony Brook Christian Assembly at 400 Nicolls Road, East Setauket, hosted its 12th annual free live nativity event, a tradition that brings well over a thousand people to the church.

Compared to other events that have had to change to being COVID-friendly in the pandemic age, the Drive Through Live Nativity has always been a first. Since its inception more than a decade ago, it allows families to go back in time to witness the scenes of Bethlehem and experience the true meaning of Christmas firsthand.

“Christmas kind of gets lost during the holiday season,” the Rev. Troy Reid said. “It’s nice to be reminded, take a breath, a pause and really remember its true meaning.”

The event starts off with cars waiting in line down Route 347 to head into the event’s seven scenes. Four at a time, the cars drive up the south driveway where people meet a crazy professor who tells them they’re going to teleport into the

Town

A scene from the drive-thru live nativity at Stony Brook Christian Assembly. Photo by Julianne Mosher

past and witness something great.

Families drive through the first station, watch a short film about the birth of Jesus and

then are “shot back in time” to B.C. Bethlehem to follow Joseph and Mary’s journey, and the birth of her son.

Reid said that in each scene, the actors talk and interact with visitors in the cars who watch the mini play.

“More than 50 people help make this happen,” he said.

Heidi Reid, the pastor’s wife, said those 50 people are church volunteers.

“Our church is relatively small, so it’s cool that such a small church can pull this off,” she said, adding that the volunteers begin setting up the scenes in October.

The Rev. Reid said that they host four live nativities the first two weekends of December to kick off the holiday season. This year, heavy rain and wind forced the church to cancel the first showing on Saturday, Dec. 5, but the following day more than 600 cars showed up.

“On average we have between 1,800 and 2,000 people visit,” he said.

The last two nights, Dec. 11 and 12, had hundreds of people smiling in their cars as they stopped at the last scene, the Holy Land, to say “Happy Birthday” to baby Jesus.

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A Story of Neighborly Compassion: Lost Dog Found in Port Jeff Returned to Owner

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A small act of compassion can make anyone’s day, and in days such as these, they almost become a necessity. One act by a local Port Jeff resident meant a family dog was returned to a loving home.

Barbara Ransome, director of operations of The Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce, said she was driving along Old Post Road near the intersection of California Avenue Wednesday, Dec. 2, when she spotted a puppy standing in the middle of the road.

She approached it, seeing it had no tag and no collar, and waited to see if it would run.

Instead it stayed there, and even allowed her to pick it up. It was a female, something like a miniature schnauzer, and she was extremely friendly, so much so that Ransome thought it was unlikely the dog was a runaway. It was so well behaved and comfortable, even around strangers. Ransome went to nearby doors but either nobody answered, or the people didn’t know who the owner was.

Joining up with her husband, Dan Tarantino, Ransome took the dog to Countryside Animal Hospital where the vet said she did not have a chip either.

“And now, I’m like, now what do we do?” she said. “And if we left it there, they would

The little escape artists Penny and Sadie at their home in Setauket. Owner Alexa Quinn said the two are practically inseperable, and it would have been horrible if the former went missing. Photo from Alexa Quinn

not have held onto the dog for more than maybe one, possibly maximum three days and then they would turn it over to a shelter.”

That same day, Alexa Quinn, a Setauket resident, said the escape happened when her 2-year-old daughter opened the front door, and both of her dogs, littermates, ran outside.

Within a half hour, she found one on the front lawn, while the other was nowhere to be found.

“I started to freak out, [the dog] loves

anybody and she’s that kind of dog, after threeand-a-half hours I was really starting to be beside myself,” Quinn said.

She went door-to-door to ask if anyone had seen her dog. She eventually enlisted the help of a neighbor, a fellow animal lover, to help find her missing pup. A short time later, the neighbor pulled up next to her, showing her a picture on a telephone pole of her missing dog.

That was because after leaving the animal hospital, Ransome took the puppy home to spend some time with her two dogs. The young puppy was demure, calm even, as Ransome’s dogs grew excited. The Port Jeff resident even saw how the puppy climbed up the stairs after her, which proved even more that the animal was used to a normal home.

Ransome was not ready to surrender it to a shelter, even though it was missing any identification. She had a nagging feeling that some poor person was still looking for their lost dog. So, she dropped off a missing-dog poster at Save-a-Pet Animal Shelter in Port Jefferson Station, while her husband took the dog in his car and started putting posters all around.

Practically right after that, Quinn called the number to ask about her dog.

The Setauket resident went to pick up her dog from Ransome’s home. The dog’s name, it happened to be, was Penny.

“I just started crying,” Quinn said. “I know

it’s something I would have done, but it’s so good to see that thought reciprocated. It was just nice to see how they were willing to help.”

Somehow during Penny’s escape, she managed to slip out of her collar. One of the first things on retrieval of her dog, Quinn said, was to go to Petco to buy her a new one.

Penny and her sister Sadie are rescue dogs.

Quinn said she was working upstate when she stopped along a road after seeing a young girl with a box of puppies, a rural tableau seemingly rare in this day and age. The schnauzer mixes were all part of a litter, and seeing their malnourished and mangy status, she purchased one and took it home.

A short time later, with Quinn back in her Setauket home, the young girl called and told her there was still one dog left if she wanted it.

The way the young girl spoke about it, Quinn feared what might happen next.

Once Penny and Sadie were home together, they became inseparable. They rarely go anywhere without the other, and they are often found sleeping next to each other, their heads close together.

“I was so sad for Sadie, too, thinking she would have lost her best friend,” Quinn said. “I’m just super grateful to Barbara for finding her.”

Such a small act of kindness, but Ransome agreed that such stories are important during a year of untold hardship and heartbreak.

“We just want to have to be kind to someone else, you know,” she said.

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Holiday Parade Transforms Into Light Show at High School

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM This year the organizers of the Three Village Electric Holiday Parade had to go about things differently due to COVID-19 restrictions and socialdistancing guidelines.

Instead of vehicles and floats decorated with lights traveling down Route 25A in Setauket with hundreds bundled up and standing along the road, the parade turned into a drive-thru light show presented by the Rotary Club of Stony Brook Dec. 13 and held on the Ward Melville High School grounds. The show took

place from 5 to 6:30 p.m., and spectators lined up in their cars up and down Old Town Road to get a peek of the holiday fun long before the gates opened.

Various businesses were on hand as well as students from Three Village school district. To comply with social-distancing guidelines, only a few representatives from each group stood with their entries. Many used photo cutouts and videos to represent those who could not be there.

To celebrate the high school seniors, Three Village parents set up more than 500 lighted bags on the school’s front lawn, each with a student’s name on it.

— Bottom left photo from Denise Williams; all others by Rita J. Egan

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East Setauket’s John Broven, from TBR News Media’s editorial department, has seen his revised, updated edition of “South to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous” win a 2020 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in the “Best Historical Research in Recorded Country, Folk, or Roots Music” category, beating out Ken Burns’ “Country Music” book along the way.

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Smith of White Field, New Hampshire.

Matthew found fulfillment as a public elementary school teacher for 30 years in the Three Village school district. As an active member of his community, he volunteered through his church affiliations and as a Scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts.

Retiring to Florida was a dream come true for Matt and Diane. They enjoyed the communities of Punta Gorda and then Sarasota. Matt was an avid reader and also enjoyed sailing, hiking, bird watching and stamp collecting.

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Numbers of Rage

We want you to compare a few numbers. Look at these figures: 27 to 34; then 106 to 2,923.

The news is consistently stacked with such figures, but it’s all our job to prioritize them to make sure we’re doing the right thing.

On a call with reporters last week, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) said people are dying at higher rates because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In just the first week of December, the county counted at least 34 dead. This means we can expect a horrific month, as just 35 people died from COVID-19-related issues in the entire month of November.

When we look at national figures, on Thursday, Dec. 10, at least 2,923 Americans died from COVID-19. That is more deaths than all those who perished when the towers fell on 9/11, and it is happening on a daily basis. This is what our focus should be on.

If we can get through the winter months, then hopefully we can see more broad use of the vaccine and then, if we stay focused, a return to where we were before March 2020.

Instead, another figure drags our attention to political irrationality.

Only 27 of 249 Republican members of Congress were willing to say as at Dec. 5 that President-elect Joe Biden won the election in a Washington Post poll, despite the fact that all states’ voter rolls were already certified.

A total of 106 U.S. representatives signed onto the State of Texas’ attorney general’s plea to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the ballots of four swing states that went to Biden. Of those pledging onto this strange and ill-conceived attempt to usurp the national election includes U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1). Last week, the Supreme Court threw out the plainly ridiculous Texas AG’s suit, but that original act by the GOP underlays a deepening resentment to the very foundations of our democracy.

In an article published last week in TBR papers, Suffolk Republican Committee Chairman Jesse Garcia spoke about how Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) used the pandemic to “scare voters away from the polling places,” and used the crisis to hurt GOP primaries. It’s important to note that Suffolk Republicans only had one primary this year, while the rest of their candidates were appointed by party leadership. Democrats had four of their primaries delayed by these new rules in Suffolk alone. While more Dems voted by mail than Republicans, there was a significant number of absentee ballots sent by conservatives, as evidenced by the end total of votes compared to those shown on Nov. 3.

Giving little evidence of any real fraud, Garcia cited a case in which a Water Mill man, a Democrat, was indicted for allegedly requesting two mail-in ballots for his deceased mother back in October. He was indicted by Suffolk District Attorney Tim Sini, a Democrat. If anything, this example shows that current efforts to account for fraud have worked, rather than the opposite.

Erroneously saying such fraud was widespread in Suffolk also discounts the work of the Suffolk County Board of Elections, of which there are two commissioners, one appointed by the Republicans and one by the Democrats.

If there turns out to be real evidence of fraud, and not just partisan hyperbole, we expect it to be looked into through the proper channels, but anticipating illicit activity with no proof does little but reinforce a deepening partisan divide, something we clearly do not need right now.

Is this a distraction? Do we need to forget the more than 2,000 who have died in Suffolk County alone throughout this awful year?

Which ones are numbers to be plotted in a spreadsheet and which ones should we apply real effort toward? Because keeping COVID numbers low means that hospitals can deal with the incoming patients. When hospitals become overloaded, more people die. It’s that simple. That is why we wear the masks and keep socially distanced. That is why we care for our neighbors and support those people on the front lines.

Those elected officials focusing on rewriting the outcome of the election need to look back to their folks at home and perhaps remind themselves which numbers are the ones that matter.

Letters to the Editor

Comsewogue students showed support to the Woodhaven care facility during lockdown on June 2. File photo by Kyle Barr

A Letter of Thanks to Woodhaven Nursing Home This is an open letter to recognize the staff at the Woodhaven Nursing Home in Port Jefferson Station. My brother, Ralph Pastorelli, passed away Friday, Dec. 11 after 28 years as a patient. The caring,

compassionate and accommodating personnel are a tribute to the entire facility. Three people that we came to know: Ariel, Kristan and Michelle, made the final days as consoling as possible.

Our hearts and hats go off to Woodhaven Nursing Home and the entire staff.

Victor and Janice Pastorelli Medford

Party Heads Have Misconceptions of 2020 Elections The Dec. 10 editions of TBR News Media papers featured the takes on the 2020 election by Suffolk GOP and Democratic leaders, Jesse Garcia and Rich Schaffer respectively.

Garcia’s perception that Suffolk repudiated “one-party rule” in Albany is quite the spin. Suffolk senators will be in a superminority, where their opinions will be irrelevant, and will struggle to bring the funding and resources needed for their constituents. The same is true for Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) and Congressman-elect Andrew Garbarino (R-NY2), who will be in the House minority with a Democratic president.

In a time where people are struggling to survive, many of the GOP candidates or incumbents deflected from much-needed police reform and did not address issues of economic, health or employment struggles of

Suffolk residents. They have sown doubt in the electoral and voting system in their postelection rhetoric.

They offer no meaningful solutions for struggling Americans.

Schaffer chalking up defeat to Suffolk being “a purple district” and to progressives “going to just take our ball and go home” is the wrong take.

As a progressive who worked tirelessly for candidates I didn’t fully align with, and brought many other progressives into political action, I resent the loss of centrist candidates being pinned on folks like me. The truth is that the Democratic Party has passed excellent legislation that has served many New Yorkers in times of need, including bail reform and police accountability. But Democrats often run away from these fights, and not only play poor defense, they fail to play offense. And in that

vacuum, the bigotry of the GOP’s message gains a foothold. Democrats can and should succeed in Suffolk, but it will require a better strategy to make that so.

At the end of the day, when we look at the needs of residents, political operatives fail to see what really matters. We need public servants who will put people first, who will hear the voices of struggling constituents over those of big donors and overpriced political consultants. We need to choose candidates based on their values, rather than some abstract concept of “electability” or how much money they can raise. We need a political system that truly speaks for all of us. And going forward, people like me will continue to fight the good fight to make that happen.

Shoshana Hershkowitz South Setauket

Elected Officials Must Pass the For the People Act

I live here in South Setauket.

I’ve seen rampant corruption and a disregard for accountability and rule of law plaguing my government.

My vote and those of other citizens are overridden by the funding of elections by megacorporations and megabillionaires. Voter suppression, gerrymandering and disinformation reduce the trust of our citizens in the

democratic system to dangerous lows.

This election made clear that we want to have our voices and powers restored.

We want our democracy rekindled.

The Democratic Biden-Harris administration and our next Congress including my Sens. Schumer and Gillibrand (both D-NY) and my Representative Zeldin (R-NY1) must support the passage of H.R.1 — the

For the People Act of 2019, a reform package to clean up our political system, get big money out of politics, hold elected officials accountable for corruption, expand and protect voting rights, and create a democracy that is representative of all American voices, including mine.

Rita Edwards South Setauket

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It could be all black to match his dapper tuxedo. If he ever wore a bow tie that was a different color, he could coordinate the two items to keep the visual integrity of the ensemble.

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Maybe the mask would have a bright light built into it. He could use the light to interrogate someone, to shine it in someone’s eyes who was about to shoot him or to distract a vicious dog or lion that was about to eat him, but who followed the light around the room instead. He could also use the light in dark tunnels or underneath pyramids.

A problem with masks, even the ones we change each day, is that they don’t change what our faces do beneath them. It’s hard to sense the difference between a hidden smile and a smirk.

Remember those mood rings, which changed color depending on how we were feeling? A modern Bond could have a mood mask.

A James Bond mask wouldn’t simply be colorful. It would also be a communicator, akin to Maxwell Smart’s shoe in “Get

Smart.” By tilting his head once to the right, Bond could speak with M or Q or any other one-letter person or, perhaps, another 00 like him, who would be able to speak with him through their mask. Tilting his head twice to the right would hang up the phone. He could dial by touching his tongue to a keypad in his mask.

By tilting his head to the left once, Bond could order a vodka martini, shaken not stirred, from the nearest bar.

In fact, keeping up with modern times, maybe Bond wouldn’t need to speak at all, but the mask could pick the ideas in his head, like, “hey, that woman over there looks intelligent. I can’t wait to speak with her about her hopes and aspirations. After we get to know each other well, we can establish a trusting relationship and then blow stuff up, kill some bad people, save the world and then spend some time undercover, if you know what I mean.”

A James Bond mask would also be the modern version of his all-purpose watch.

Contoured to his face, he could whistle, causing the mask to break glass by releasing a supersonic sound. It could also shoot out a lifesaving dart or even provide oxygen for him if he were trapped underwater by a bad guy who didn’t realize that you can’t drown Bond while he’s wearing his mask.

Given the physical demands of the job, the mask would also come with a built-in coolant. Instead of sweating into the mask, the mask would be made of a dry-fit material while, on cue, it would release a comfortable and sweet-smelling coolant that would also cover up his bad breath.

Maybe he’d have a mask that played the theme song from his movies. Each time he bit down, he could sway and swagger to the familiar and engaging theme, annoying the evildoers with a song that almost always signals a Bond victory.

A Remarkable Day, Plus Info on Getting Tested for COVID-19

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Many people you and me will continue to

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF be angry with the election result and keep protesting. And many will still become ill and some will even die before universal vaccination, victims of the worst pandemic since the flu of 1918.

We watched both memorable occurrences happening in real time on television this week, and we know they are turning points for us in the new year. Probably like you, I have had enough of the political scene, but I would like to dwell on getting tested for the virus until we are able to be vaccinated, perhaps a matter of some months. There is a lot of fresh and interesting information to share. The following comes from The New York Times: There are four reasons to get tested.

The most obvious one is if you feel sick.

Symptoms of the virus include fever, dry cough, fatigue, headache or loss of smell and taste. Many tests are most reliable during the first week of symptoms.

Another reason is if you think you may have been exposed to an infected person or if you were in a risky situation like an indoor gathering or on an airplane. If so, quarantine and get tested five or six days after the possible exposure to give the virus a chance to be detectable. Quarantining should be for at least seven days.

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Colleges and boarding schools test students before they leave campus and again when they return. They have largely had good outcomes following this procedure. And finally, some people will choose to be tested if there is a high level of infection in the community.

There are different types of tests, but they all use a sample from the nose, throat or mouth.

Most widely used is the PCR test that looks for pieces of the virus’ genetic material. This is the most accurate but takes the longest — three to ten days — for the results to come back from the lab.

The antigen test detects coronavirus proteins and is among the cheapest and speediest with results in about 15-30 minutes. This is recommended as often as several times a week, since the results, both negative and positive, are less accurate. In one study, this rapid test missed 20 percent of the infections.

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Xpress use portable devices that process the sample right in front of you. This test is highly sensitive and can detect the virus a day sooner than the antigen, but it is not quite as reliable as the lab test, and while rapid, may take a little longer. Again a negative result is not foolproof, and you should continue to wear a mask and practice social distancing.

If you test positive, you should stay home and isolate. Tell others you have been with so that they may get tested. You should wait 10 days after symptoms started and 24 hours after a fever ends before going out. If results are negative, you might still be infected. Test again. False negatives happen.

Home testing kits are starting to be available, and Dr. Anthony Fauci likes the idea.

New Jersey is one state that is offering them.

Results are delivered in a day or two after being sent in, and one company that has received the FDA green light for at-home testing is Lucira.

There are walk-in testing sites in the area, although they usually have long lines.

Appointments can be made on Stony Brook University campus by calling 888-364-3065.

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