33rd Year, Volume 34 • Issue 27
The People’s Newspaper - Covering All of Brookhaven
July 5, 2017
Moriches Bay Project Save The Bay Oyster Fling
Colonial Youth and Family Services Host Annual Golf Outing Page 3
Pascale Swears-In Correction Office Executive Board Member Suffolk County Clerk Judy Pascale recently swore-in newly elected Suffolk County Correction Officers Association Sergeant at Arms Jeffrey Moreno. Pictured left to right: Sergeant at Arms Jeffrey Moreno, County Clerk Judy Pascale, President Louis Viscusi.
Over 200 people attended the 3rd Annual Save the Bay “Oyster Fling” which was held on Saturday, June 24th in Westhampton Beach. This is the Moriches Bay Project’s biggest fundraising effort of the entire year and by becoming an official event sponsor, you played an essential role in helping us to achieve our mission to clean Moriches Bay, one oyster at a time. Continued on page 11
Race For Brookhaven Town Clerk Heats Up By Barbara LaMonica When residents in the Town of Brookhaven go to the polls on November 7th, they will be asked to choose between two individuals running for Town Clerk. Incumbent Town Clerk Donna Lent is seeking her second four-year term and is being challenged by Cindy Morris. Lent, age 64, is a member of the Independence Party and is cross-endorsed by the Republican and Conservative parties. She reported being notified that she received the endorsement of the Women’s Equality Party. Prior to election four years ago as Town Clerk, Lent served as Chief Deputy Town Clerk which she began in 2010 under former Town Clerk Patricia Eddington. Cindy Morris, age 39, will appear on the Democratic and Working Family Party lines of the ballot. Morris owns a consulting business working with non-profits and is a mother of two children, ages 11 and 8. Since taking office, Lent has spearheaded numerous initiatives including, but not limited to implementation of an Electronic Management System for the digitalization of nearly 18,000,000 in paper records; worked on the town’s Information Technology Department bringing the offices
of the Clerk, Building, Finance, Highway Engineering, Assessor and Personnel into the Laser fiche production environment so the finalized records are digitalized in real time; established a Central Scanning Repository; implemented use of Laser fiche Forms Module to expand the town’s Electronic Town Clerk Donna Lent Content Management System; worked closely with the Information Technology Department to create the online death order form for funeral directors; restructured the Archived Records Center streamlined procedures of the Town Clerk’s office to increase efficiency and decrease waste; reduced personnel and overtime expenses; conducted seven Continued on page 8