It’s a question I get all the time from friends and family who permanently left the Empire State for warmer, greener pastures with lower taxes and a higher quality of living.
New York City Mayoral candidate and former Governor Andrew Cuomo famously blamed bad weather for the mass exodus of people who decided they had enough of living in the People’s Republic of New York.
Back in September 2018 Cuomo claimed the main reason why people fled for Florida and warmer climates: sunshine and fishing.
“They want to fish. They want warm weather,” Cuomo said to reporters after addressing the Business Council of New York State.
To his credit, Cuomo is only partially correct.
Who wouldn’t want to live amongst palm trees, sandy beaches, and warm temperatures? Right now the average temperature in Fort Meyers, Florida, for the month of March is 78 degrees.
Here in Brookhaven? Fortynine-degrees for the same time period.
Failed politicians miss the mark by blaming bad weather as the main reason why people leave New York State. That’s just one small factor that almost serves as an added bonus for people who have the means and heart to leave for good. Great for them.
One-party rule in New York has led to record-high taxes, outof-control government spending,
SANTOS UNCENSORED
BY GEORGE SANTOS
The diplomatic relationship between the United States and Ukraine took a stunning and abrupt turn last week when President Trump and Vice President Vance had strong words for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. What was meant to be a ceremonial meeting in the Oval Office followed by a lunch, a general’s deal agreement signing ceremony, and a joint press conference quickly devolved into an international spectacle. The meeting, intended to solidify and further U.S.-Ukraine relations, was overshadowed by Zelenskyy’s decision to air his grievances publicly in front of the American media.
In a move that seemed almost calculated, Zelenskyy attempted to assert a moral high ground, suggesting that the United States was obligated to fund Ukraine's
war effort to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars. His outburst was not only inappropriate but deeply disrespectful of the nature of diplomacy, especially within such a high-stakes, delicate meeting. In response, President Trump made it clear that his administration would no longer tolerate this behavior and asked Zelenskyy to leave the White House. For Trump, the priority was peace–not the continuation of a deadly, increasingly unpopular war.
Media outlets, unsurprisingly, quickly seized on this moment, accusing Trump of parroting "Kremlin talking points" and undermining the necessity of supporting Ukraine’s fight in Eastern Europe. However, this interpretation is shortsighted and misses a crucial point: President Trump has been consistent in his stance since the beginning of his
Why Do You Live In New York?
less money in our pockets, and legislation pushed by radical Progressives that make our communities and streets less safe.
Think about your income for a moment. The moment you move to Texas or Florida, two of
eight states in the union that do not levy state income taxes, your family’s income automatically increases by roughly 10%.
That means more money in your pocket and less in the hands of politicians who didn’t meet a
dollar they don’t want to spend.
I’ll bet my South Shore Press paycheck that Albany politicians are going to propose a budget way bigger than the 2025 one that totals $257 billion that is supposed to serve the 19.8 million people across New York.
Compare that bloated bureaucracy to the State of Florida budget of $115.6 billion for the Sunshine State’s 23.4 million people.
Let that sink in: There are far more people in Florida and their state budget is far less than New York State, where fewer people live.
The weather is worse here, taxes are higher here, the quality of life is worse here, and crime is worse here. So then why do we stay?
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The Diplomatic Collapse of USUkraine Relations: A Turning Point
campaign to return to the White House. He has promised the American people that he would work toward ending the war, not merely funding it indefinitely. This recent exchange in the Oval
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Office represents his steadfast commitment to that promise.
The American public is growing increasingly weary of continued involvement in the Ukraine
conflict. In polling and public discourse, many Americans are now calling for peace negotiations rather than more military aid and funding. The idea of throwing more money into an ongoing war, without a clear end in sight, is something that has lost appeal for many in the U.S., and Trump’s position resonates with a significant portion of the electorate.
In my years of following and engaging in foreign policy, I have never witnessed such a rapid and catastrophic breakdown between two nations that were once allies. It is important to note the visible reaction of the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States during this meeting. As she watched her president squander years of diplomatic efforts and set fire to the trust built between the two nations, her disbelief was palpable.
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ByRobertChartuk
New Voting Machines on Tap for Suffolk
An upcoming special election in Southampton will give residents a chance to try out new touch-screen voting machines being considered by the county to replace its fleet of 2,700 tabulators. The Suffolk Board of Elections (BOE) is looking to choose between two companies certified by the state in time for the general election in November.
The reaction was positive from those trying out a machine supplied by ES&S at the VFW in Westhampton, among a handful of sites set up for voters to familiarize themselves with the new technology. “It's easy; you just touch the screen to make your choices,” remarked Quogue resident Melvin Heller, who appreciated the privacy
afforded by the “old fashioned” black curtains surrounding the booth. “It was very clear; I wish we had these years ago, “ said another practice voter, Robert Dudley of Eastport.
After inserting a sheet with their election district number, the voters were presented with their choices. Like making an order at a restaurant kiosk, they chose their candidates by tapping the screen. There were ample opportunities to go back and change their minds, and overvoting—the ability to pick more than one candidate in the same race as with paper ballots—was eliminated. They were also given the ability to write in a candidate’s name. Once satisfied, the voters hit a flashing “Cast your ballot” button to finalize their choices, which were then printed on the election district
sheet.
After the polls close in the upcoming election, a contest for an open town board seat, the BOE will follow its usual procedure. Computer thumb drives from each machine will be sealed in a special silver bag and brought to BOE headquarters in Yaphank for the final tabulation. Unlike other areas of the country, Suffolk’s system provides unofficial results a few hours after the polls close. In tight, contested races, the paper records can be hand counted, noted Betty Manzella, one of the county’s two election commissioners.
For additional voter security, the ES&S machines are not connected to the Internet and have no Bluetooth capability, according
to Ingrid Giordano, an ES&S rep who was putting the VFW voters through their paces. The voting kiosks are handicapped accessible and can walk those who are visually impaired through the ballot using headphones and a handheld device.
The Omaha-based company is in competition with the only other vendor, Dominion Voting Systems of Toronto, approved by the state Board of Elections. The county has also performed a dry run with the Dominion system.
Suffolk’s $27 million investment in new machines will replace the ballot tabulators the BOE has been using for nearly 15 years.
Aside from jamming and other malfunctions, the system required the printing of a massive amount of blank ballots, enough to cover every
registered voter regardless if they show up, a drawback that the touchscreen process would eliminate. “The current machines are aging out,” Manzella noted. “They need to be replaced.” Both systems under consideration by the county produce paper records, a state requirement.
The Board of Elections is looking to make its final decision on the new machines in June and expects to have them in place countywide for the November election, Manzella said. They will also be made available at Suffolk’s new voting and education center at its headquarters in Yaphank, though it hasn’t been decided yet if they will be available to school and fire districts for their elections. Next on the BOE’s agenda is a new system to manage its voter rolls.
Brookhaven Bulldozers Battle Blight - Another Zombie Home Bites the Dust
ByStefanMychajliw
Why Do You Live In...
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Those of us with young kids feel trapped here. We can’t leave. My wife and I still have three young kids at home: ages two, five, and seven. Our two oldest boys are in school. Most of our family live within a few miles of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
We stay in a state that coddles criminals, rewards illegal immigrants, and punishes hardworking taxpayers, solely because we don’t want to rip our young kids away from their remaining family here.
It’s no way to live.
That leaves us with three options. 1) Stay and suffer. 2) Leave for states like Ohio, North Carolina, Texas, or Florida. 3) Start a statewide revolution by
returning checks and balances to Albany by electing a Republican governor and state Senate in 2026.
That’s it. Those are the only choices.
If we don’t accomplish the goal set forth in Option #3, then we are down to two options for the rest of our natural lives. Stay and suffer or leave.
As Morgan Freeman’s character “Red ” in Shawshank Redemption famously said, “Get busy living or get busy dying.”
Those of us stuck here are institutionalized to grin and bear it, no different than his prison character who fears leaving the comfortable lifestyle he built within the walls of a horrific prison.
Welcome to New York.
The house was covered with graffiti and the source of many resident complaints leading to numerous Town of Brookhaven housing code violations.
It was demolished in accordance with Chapter 73 of the Town Code which provides a “fast track” to rid neighborhoods of unsafe structures. The cost of demolition and debris removal is the responsibility of the property owner, and the Town
places a lien on the property that is then placed on the tax bill. Suffolk County reimburses the Town and then they collect the money from the property owner.
Supervisor Panico said, “Councilwoman Bonner works very hard for the residents of Council District 2, and I support her efforts to clean up dilapidated properties.
The Town will continue this program until all neighborhoods are cleared of these dangerous eyesores.”
Councilwoman Bonner said, “Thank you to the DEC for the purchase of the property and incorporating it into open space never to be developed. This blight has been removed and Brookhaven Town residents can rest assured that I will continue to preserve and protect the quality of life in my Council District and throughout the Town.”
Wind Cables Coming Through
ByRobertChartuk
Work on the cables to connect the mainland to the Sunrise Wind turbines planned for 30 miles off Montauk Point is underway at Smith Point Park in Shirley. Crews are laying conduits under the park to connect to pipes already installed along William Floyd Parkway on their way to a substation in Holtsville.
Once completed, an array of 86 turbines, each three times higher than the Statue of Liberty, is expected to supply electricity to nearly 600,000 homes. The green energy system is being built by the Danish company Ørsted, with the eventual cost to be borne by the ratepayers.
Workers cordoned off the eastern end of the Smith Point parking lot and are drilling a path under the dunes for three conduits that will eventually accommodate the power lines. The cables will
be pulled through the tubes and connect to the windmills 123 miles to the east. The contractors had to build a pier on the north end of the lot to ferry over equipment from Shirley Beach too heavy to traverse the Smith Point Bridge.
The four-wheel-drive path to the Outer Beach was rerouted through the park’s camping area to make way for the equipment. Rows of orange fencing were installed to direct traffic and keep people away from the construction zone. Workers used a mud slurry to drive the conduit hundreds of feet under the parking lot as a large offshore platform loomed on the horizon. Many onlookers were drawn to view the once-in-a-lifetime sight.
Work zone at the Smith Point parking lot.
Sunrise Wind conduits lined up along the beach before their installation at Smith Point.
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Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Dan Panico and Councilwoman Jane Bonner were on hand when the Town of Brookhaven demolished a vacant and abandoned “zombie
house” at 118 Route 25A in Rocky Point.
The property will be restored to open space, part of the environmentally sensitive Rocky Point Pine Barrens State Forest.
Brookhaven Supervisor Dan Panico (right) and Councilwoman Jane Bonner (left)
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ByRobertChartuk
Unkechaug of Centuries Past Lent His Name to Squassux
It was the Unkechaug Wessquassucks who lent his name to the Brookhaven waterside haven now known as Squassux, one of the many place names that reflect Long Island’s rich Native American history.
The guiding lights of the Indian pot maker’s kiln may have also contributed to the name of the historic district, Fire Place, an area aglow during colonial times by the blazes set to guide ships through the inlet that connected Bellport Bay with the Atlantic. The shorefront of Squassux Point remains pretty much how he left it, an unspoiled expanse of wilderness nestled within the 2,550-acre Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge.
Modern ownership of the ancient lands began in 1780 when Samuel Carman, Sr., bought the mills along the river that bears his name and later opened a store, tavern, and inn. Over the next century, the Carman family grew wealthy and influential
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and, by the mid-1800s, owned much of the land on the west side of the river, according to local historian Marty Van Lith.
Carman’s son, Samuel Jr., had 12 children, and in the 1840s, one of them, Joseph Henry, was given about 30 acres, including Squassux Landing. Throughout most of the first 250 years of the settlement, the people who lived in Fire Place were farmers and fishermen, and Squassux Landing was one of the few places available to launch and moor a boat. Since there weren’t many residents, Joseph Carman didn’t mind his neighbors using his property along the river. When he died in 1894, Carman left the land to his two sons, who also let local residents use the property to launch their vessels.
The arrival of the Long Island Rail Road in 1880 brought significant changes to the Brookhaven hamlet, and at Squassux Landing. Residents began building out their homes to accommodate visitors drawn by the ferries that ran from the
end of Beaver Dam Road to Fire Island. Ownership changed in 1907 when the Carman estate, including the landing, was sold to Carman Lush, who had retired there from Hempstead. He was not as accommodating as the Carman family and closed the property to his neighbors.
James Post, whose family lived in the area since before the American Revolution and who was vice president of the Brookhaven Village Association, bought the 13-acre
Squassux Landing site and let the community again use it freely. Post and his wife Elizabeth had three children: Jessie Wells Post, Helen Post Hubert, and Elisabeth Post Morrow. After their father’s death in 1945, they officially donated Squassux Landing to the village association.
The BVA board created a committee composed of several directors, chief among them was Bob Lyons, Jr., who developed and ran the landing until 1954 when
they hired William Engelhardt Sr. as their first dockmaster, Van Lith noted. From around 1900 to World War II, ferries and boaters leaving from Squassux Landing enjoyed the Smith Point House located next to the Coast Guard Station on Fire Island. There was a hotel, restaurant, and bar with a dock and boardwalk to the ocean. It was washed away by the Long Island Express hurricane of 1938 and was rebuilt, only to burn down shortly thereafter.
Following the war, a beach house and hotel opened just up the beach from the former Smith Point House called Paradise Beach, lasting until 1958. The following year, BVA president Bob Starke resigned to form a separate corporation that sold stocks and bonds to buy land on Fire Island for Brookhaven hamlet residents. He created the Fire Place Beach Club on a 5-acre parcel just west of Bellport’s Old Inlet Club. Most of the Squassux boaters were members, according to records left by Van Lith.
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a Load Off, Softee: Beloved Ice Cream Truck Franchise Docks at East Islip Storefront
ByMichaelJ.Reistetter
Ever languish over missing out on your seasonal Mister Softee fix or simply being unable to chase down the elusive truck?
You're in luck.
As demonstrated by its popular insignia already on display, Mister Softee has taken over the 195 Carleton Avenue in East Islip storefront previously in operation as Pam’s Ice Cream Shoppe, which closed on Jan. 14th.
Mister Softee's deputies have been rocking and rolling within communities since 1956. When renovations on the uniquely vehicularly uninvolved Mister Softee are through, it will be Long Island’s first of its kind.
In lockstep with a recent tristatewide trend, the brick-and-mortar building of a classic Americana staple most known as an "onwheels" business prior is expected to change the game on the local front.
Townsfolk raised as champions of summertime Mister Softee are positively pumped to finally order their favorite dessert in the first week of March.
Lauren DiNapoli, 32, of East Islip, recalls visiting Pam’s once with her husband, and being disappointed by the “old and run-down" innards they witnessed. “I was literally like, ‘Why hasn’t this place shut down?”’
She is beyond excited for the Mister Softee store, which has opened just a short hop, skip and jump away from her home. "I think that it's a great addition and a muchneeded replacement."
Some are not as sold on the yearround enterprise just yet.
“No one contends with Coyle’s,” Anna Palumbo, 30, of Islip, declared with certitude. "Coldstone isn't bad either."
"Loyal Coyle's” — allegiant regulars of the ice cream parlor
situated directly next door to Bubba's Burrito Bar on Main Street in Bay Shore — are ready for war, their appetites for "Long Island Shakes" ever in tow.
Palumbo amended, “...unless you bring Kilwins” and their s’mores flavors she adores into the mix.
“Only Babylon baby boys know about Kilwins.”
From small towns and big cities
across the country and beyond, and within the hearts and minds of over half a century’s worth of customers, Mister Softee has never ceased to transcend. Just ask Martin Scorsese ("After Hours"), Larry David ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") or the late Bernie Mac ("Mr. 3000").
Rainbow-sprinkled cone: coming right up. Double-dips out the wazoo? Don’t mind if I do.
SpongeBob popsicles that actually resemble the Krusty Krab fry cook wonder himself, I’m ready I'm ready I'm ready. And the always delicious, "I stay the same, but the price keeps levitating" strawberry milkshake? …check, please.
God bless their reign, and may they continue to dominate for years on end before they know we're heading to Coyle's tonight instead.
South Shore Statesman to Wed
ByRobertChartuk
Michael and Lynn Rothang of Mastic are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Timothy Rothang of Shirley, to Blythe Miller of Greenlawn, daughter of Michael and Jan Miller of Miller Place.
Timothy serves as chief of staff to Suffolk County Legislator Jim Mazzarella of the Third Legislative District. He earned his bachelor’s degree in history from St. Bonaventure University and a master’s degree in public policy from Stony Brook University. A popular figure on the South Shore, Rothang also serves on the Brookhaven Open Space Committee. He was previously an executive assistant to County Executive Ed Romaine when he was town supervisor.
Blythe is a senior assistant district attorney in the Financial Crimes Bureau of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. She holds a bachelor’s degree in government
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While renovations were still in motion at the first motion-less Mister Softee to plant a foothold on Long Island.
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from Colby College and a Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law.
The couple was engaged on February 22nd in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. A wedding date has not yet been set.
Blythe Miller and Timothy Rothang
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ByRobertChartuk
Consumers concerned about the cost of eggs had another shock last week as dozens of birds suspected of dying from the avian flu have turned up on the South Shore. The deaths come as a nationwide outbreak has driven the price to around $9 per dozen on Long Island. The virus first hit home in January when 100,000 ducks had to be destroyed at the Crescent farm in Aquebogue.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation warns people to avoid contact with bird carcasses as the avian disorder could spread to humans. The department fielded reports of about two dozen dead ducks, geese, and shorebirds in East Patchogue and a few more along the ocean beaches. The viruses are considered highly pathogenic and can spread quickly in affected flocks. Containing the influenza in the wild population is difficult, given a bird’s ability to fly to different locations.
The bird flu has caught the attention of the White House, which pledged $1 billion to combat the outbreak and make
Bird Flu Worries Continue on Long Island
eggs more affordable. “We are working with the Department of Government Efficiency to cut hundreds of millions of dollars of wasteful spending and will repurpose some of those dollars by investing in long-term solutions to avian flu,” said Brooke Rollins, the secretary of Agriculture. The virus has resulted in about 166 million laying hens being culled since 2022, Rollins reported.
According to Sherman Miller, CEO of Cal Maine Foods, the nation’s largest
producer and distributor of fresh eggs in the U.S., the avian flu has hit the industry hard. "It takes one chicken for every person in the U.S. to have ample supply and we're at about a 50 million bird deficit," Miller said.
While the virus can be lethal to the avian population, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention deems it a low risk to the public.
Shortly after the Crescent farm culling, Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered live bird
markets closed in New York City and Long Island. They have slowly reopened under the watchful eye of the Department of Agriculture.
Locally, diners and restaurants have been holding tight on raising prices for their egg dishes, hoping that the problem will get under control before they pass the higher costs on to their customers. Once selling for about $2 per dozen, egg pieces on Long Island have soared to nearly $9 per dozen, depending on the size.
Water Welcomed Back to Local Beaches
ByRobertChartuk
Long Islanders welcomed back the water blown away by heavy winds last week, which caused extremely low tides. With calmer winds, the tides came back to normal, and residents enjoyed a break from the polar vortex that plunged temperatures into the teens.
The waterline at Webby's Beach in Center Moriches receded a few hundred feet from the shore, exposing sandbars, shells, and marine life usually hidden beneath the waves. A brush of snow over the frozen bottom of Moriches Bay gave the landscape an alien appearance.
It was the same scenario at Maple Avenue Dock in East
Moriches and other beaches on both Suffolk’s south and north shores. Sustained tropical force winds reaching 58 miles per hour pushed the water out of the creeks and bays and prevented it from coming back through several tide cycles.
“We were in a pattern with a big high-pressure system to our north and a low-pressure system to the east, and it was just driving the Canadian air toward us,” explained Scott Mandia, professor of physical sciences at Suffolk Community College.
The new moon on February 27 was expected to ramp up the tides slightly more than normal, although nothing like those caused by the Canadian winds.
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In 1964, Long Islanders, recognizing the unique attributes of the oceanfront land, won passage of legislation creating the Fire Island National Seashore. The Old Inlet and Fire Place Beach Club properties were condemned and purchased by the government, which allowed a leaseback agreement for the Fire Place Beach Club to remain open until 1974, when it was demolished. Left behind were the Old Inlet Club dock, boardwalk, and buildings accessible to the public. They were washed out during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The stunning stretch of beach is now part of the Otis Pike Wilderness Area, named for the former congressman. Back on the mainland, a 13-acre portion of Fire Place along Carmen’s River has been maintained by the Brookhaven Village Association since 1946. It retains the name Squassux in honor of its former indigenous inhabitant.
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ByRobertChartuk
Stellar Show for South Shore Skywatchers
Mother Nature put on a show for sky-watchers gathered at Smith Point last week to witness a rare planetary parade.
As the sun dipped below the
horizon, the sky blazed with an intense red sunset fringed with the atmosphere’s rich blue tones. The orange-red slowly deepened and covered the sky as if it were splashed with paint.
Venus was the first planet to
appear out of the stellar palette, twinkling high in the sky with the reflected light of the sun. The red planet Mars was next, followed by Earth’s other solar companions, Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn. The amateur astronomers perched with binoculars on the Fire Island National Seashore tower could also behold Uranus and Neptune. They gazed at the vibrant rings of Saturn and four of Jupiter’s largest moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. They are referred to as Galilean moons, having been first observed by Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei in 1610, and are still fascinating people more than 400 years later.
The modern sky-watchers used phone apps such as Star Tracker to show the positions of the planets and every other object in the sky, including Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites and the International Space Station. The names of the stars
were displayed on the app, along with depictions of the constellations they are part of. In the Smith Point parking lot, ham radio operators listened to communications from the space station astronauts.
Pluto, which was not part of
the celestial parade, is no longer considered a planet, as per the Astronomical Union in 2006. Earthlings will not experience a lineup of the seven planets again until 2028.
Sheriff Toulon Speaks with SSP After Hosting Student Ambassador Program Graduation at Pat-Med HS
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ByMichaelJ.Reistetter
The South Shore Press was on the scene at Patchogue-Medford High School on Wednesday, Feb. 26th, just in time to see Suffolk County Sheriff Dr. Errol Toulon, Jr., ceremoniously honor the several Raiders who graduated from his student ambassador program.
Forty students participated in the inaugural coalition—fittingly entitled the Patchogue-Medford/ Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office Ambassador Program—including freshman Michael Demasi, who reflected on the accomplishment.
“I feel good, I’m obviously upset the program’s coming to an end, but it’s a great experience,” he told The South Shore Press. “The program is beneficial to students who are interested in going into law enforcement. And even if you’re not, you get a real understanding of what’s going on in the community.”
Discussion points within the educational joint effort mostly surround the topic of public safety, as it pertains to entrusting local
law enforcement when they warn one of the pitfalls of being an impressionable adolescent to steer clear of as they grow. This includes schooling teens face-to-face, rather than talking down to them, on relevant subject matter such as cyberbullying, social media safety, vaping and recreational drug use.
“We’re basically exposed to all the different units within their Sheriff’s Office, and it just really gives a hands-on experience to the students,” said Damian Walsh, a dean at Patchogue-Medford High School. “By getting an understanding of the operations within all of that, you illustrate— and allow the children to see—the different career paths people can take.”
Patchogue-Medford is not the only local school district that partakes in the program. Central Islip High School also maintains a collaborative student ambassadorship program with the Sheriff’s Office.
Two students received $500
scholarships from Suffolk Credit Union at the graduation ceremony, which was held in the second-floor library.
Just after the event’s conclusion, Sheriff Toulon spoke with The South Shore Press about what he believes to be the most important takeaway of the occasion from his vantage point.
“I think it’s most gratifying when you hear students say what they got from the program—and what they can do move forward in the community,” Sheriff Toulon said. He added that their mission is “not only to connect with our youth from a law enforcement perspective, but hopefully enlighten them so they can become better people” as well.
William Floyd Students Hospitalized After Eating Pot Gummies
ByDeborahWilliams
The William Floyd School District made an announcement to the public on social media about an incident involving marijuana gummies being distributed at the middle school.
The message from the district read, “Important Message regarding WFMS.”
“This morning, a student at William Floyd Middle School handed out edible THC gummies to approximately 12 students, who have since fallen ill. The Suffolk County Police Department and local EMTs responded en masse to provide care and assistance, along with our school nurse, to students,” said the notification from James Montalto, Public Relations Director of William Floyd School District.
“Eleven of the students are being transported to local hospitals for assistance and one has been released into the custody of a parent. We are
grateful to our first responders for their quick response, thankful that the students will be treated, and hopeful that they will recover quickly,” Montalto said.
Community members flooded the Facebook comment page offering praise to first responders and also asking what’s next. Was this a mistake where the student thought this was regular candy or were pot gummies
intentionally brought into the school? Also, if the gummies were real pot gummies, where did the middle school student get them?
When asked what would happen next with regard to the student that brought the gummies to school Montalto said, "I cannot discuss student discipline, other than to say that we take this very seriously and there will be appropriate consequences."
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Stunning view of the sun setting over Bellport Bay.
The sky shows off a palette of colors at Smith Point.
Sheriff Toulon poses with Patchogue-Medford HS student ambassadorship graduates (T) and faculty (B).
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ByRobertChartuk
Meet Hamilton, the New Therapy Dog for the Suffolk Police Department
Working in law enforcement can be stressful, especially for police officers and 911 dispatchers who are on the job 24/7. The members of the Suffolk County Police Foundation know this all too well and have found a way to help support the mental health and well-being of department members.
Meet their new therapy dog, Hamilton, a specially trained canine that will be there for both sworn staffers—police officers, detectives, supervisors—and non-sworn members, including dispatchers, who play a crucial role in assisting law enforcement.
The loving black Labrador was trained by an inmate at the Fishkill Correctional Facility through the Puppies Behind Bars program, which prepares service and therapy dogs to assist first responders, veterans, and others in need. His police officer handler recently completed training and returned home with his new partner. Over the next 2-3 weeks, the pair will undergo additional training before Hamilton officially begins engaging with Suffolk police personnel.
To ensure Hamilton’s safety and comfort, the police foundation
will outfit the vehicle used for his transportation, according to the its chairman, Louis Tutone. “The initiative reflects the strong commitment of the Suffolk County Police Foundation, County Executive Ed Romaine, and Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina to prioritize mental health support for first responders and their support staff,” Tutone noted.
Programs incorporating therapy dogs have been proven to be valuable strategies to enhance officer resilience, provide emotional support and contribute to overall mental wellness. They have found a home in law enforcement, such as in the Queens County district attorney’s office where Kiki, a two-year-old Labrador retriever mix, has been offering comfort and reducing anxiety for victims and witnesses of traumatic events. Her presence has assisted in various cases, particularly helping children open up.
The Police Foundation played a key role in bringing Hamilton to Suffolk at a cost of nearly $20,000.
Another project provided five TruNarc detectors to the police at $25,000 each. The hands-free devices enable officers to swiftly identify fentanyl and other drugs, a
crucial tool given the lethal potency of these substances.
Those interested in becoming a donor or a foundation board member should contact Foundation Chairman Tutone at ltutone@ suffolkcountypolicefoundation.org or visit:
suffolkcountypolicefoundation. org.
Supporters of the foundation include:
Michael VanDenburg, President - Renu Contracting and Restoration
Scott Colletti, PrincipalMilburn Flooring
Dr. Marianne Cartisano
Lisa Tuozzolo
Dr. Jeffrey Vacirca, CEO - New York Cancer & Blood Specialists
Todd O'Connell, President - New York Cancer & Blood Specialists
Sean Riordan, PartnerMcIntyre, Donohue, Accardi, Salmonson & Riordan, LLP
Louis Tutone, Chairman of the Suffolk County Police Foundation, left, Rich Bastidas, Director of Program Evaluations and Community Engagement SCPD, and Police Officer George Politis with Hamilton
Michael N. Brown, CEOFellow Health Partners
Rory Bulovas, PresidentBulovas Restorations Inc.
Richard Steinberg, ChairmanNationwide Mortgage Bankers
Karlyn Grasso, Secretary & Communications Officer - John C. Dunphy Private Foundation, Inc.
Michael Dowling, CEONorthwell Health
Cops Save Man from Choking on Food in Bay Shore
ByMichaelJ.Reistetter
Formerly known as “the Heimlich maneuver,” the technique since rebranded as the abdominal thrust saved a life in Bay Shore on Sunday, Feb. 23rd.
A man choking on a piece of food called 911, and two Suffolk County cops out of the Third Precinct responded in swift order. Officers Frank Gigante and Guiseppe Mariano deployed the abdominal thrust, allowing the struggling man to regain the ability to breathe— thereby preventing a most untimely demise.
The Suffolk County Police Department exclaimed in a post on Facebook, “Great job to all who helped!” They also mentioned the Bay Shore Fire Department and Bay Shore Brightwaters Rescue
Ambulance teams for their quick responses to the scene.
On the same social media post, various locals weighed in with their thoughts on the feel-good news story of the day.
“Thank you for the rapid response to this and for saving a life,” wrote Toni Pentzel Zambuto. “The fact he got up and went outside and tried to help himself could have had dire consequences had you not gotten there in time! God bless your help!”
Nancy Cronin Dowd seconded this notion. “Outstanding work!! God bless and protect each of you and your families always,” she said before adding two baby blue hearts, two American flags, three hands high-fiving emojis (serving as prayers in this context), and three “eureka” gestures.
Sivan Jen noted that he hopes more regular citizens will take a moment to review the procedure of dislodging an object. “Officers may not be able to get there in time.”
After his death in 2016, the American Red Cross removed
Dr. Heimlich’s name from the procedure he developed due to the increasingly controversial nature of his scientifically unsupported reduction of delivering slaps to the black in lieu of his popular alternative.
Scott M. Frayler, PresidentBlue Line Wealth Management
James Giorgio, PresidentLPC, Inc
F. Daniel Moloney Jr., President - Moloney Family Funeral Homes
James Wojcik, Principal - Park East Construction Corp.
Craig Litt Vice, President/ Owner - Pico Manufacturing Eric Altmann
Nevertheless, we thank all those who joined to bring a man back from the brink of death last week, and all those involved in honing the common upper-airway obstruction remedy utilized that day.
Roadside Tributes for Accident Victims
ByRobertChartuk
They are a chilling reminder of the devastating toll that automobile accidents take on families across New York: roadside memorials marking the sites of fatal crashes. Now, a new bill in the state legislature seeks to formally recognize these tragic losses while promoting safer driving habits statewide.
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is advocating for the passage of the “Alexander John Smullen Traffic Safety Memorial Law,” named for the son of Assemblyman Robert Smullen, the bill’s sponsor.
“This legislation is named in honor of my late son who tragically passed away on March 6, 2024, in Albany at the age of 14 following a fierce fight in the Pediatric ICU after being hit by a car on February 22, 2024,” said Assemblyman Smullen, who represents the Mohawk Valley area. “This legislation would create a traffic safety memorial
sign program to honor the victims of fatal vehicle collisions and serve as a stark reminder of the dangers of reckless, impaired, or distracted driving.”
Appearing with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle at an Albany news conference was Suffolk Assemblyman Joseph DeStefano, who noted that Long Island roads are among the most congested and hazardous in the state. “We see far too many tragedies caused by speeding, distracted driving, and impaired motorists. This bill is a step toward changing that reality,” he said.
According to state data, Suffolk County consistently ranks among the highest in the state for traffic-related deaths, with reckless driving, drunk driving, and pedestrianinvolved crashes being the most persistent problems. High-speed corridors such as the Long Island Expressway, Sunrise Highway, and Route 25 are
frequently cited as among the worst. A section of the Southern State Parkway is so hazardous it’s called “Blood Alley.”
Under the bill, the public can request a sign with the name of the victim(s) and the date of the accident. The signs, placed by the Department of Transportation, will include phrases such as “Please don’t drink and drive,” “Please don’t drive impaired,” “Please don’t text and drive,” “Please don’t speed,” etc. They will also promote using seat belts and slowing down for work crews and pedestrians.
“As lawmakers, we have a duty to not only honor those who have been tragically lost but also to take action that prevents future heartbreak for other families,” Assemblyman DeStefano stated. “This legislation is about more than just remembrance—it’s about saving lives and reinforcing the need for responsible driving on our roads.”
Credit: Suffolk Police Foundation
All in a day's work for the boys in (dark) blue.
Credit: SCPD
LOCAL
ByMichaelJ.Reistetter
South Shore Rotten Apple of the Week: Crack Cocaine, Battered Dogs Recovered in Brentwood Home
New week, same old story.
Stacy Zimmer, 48, of Brentwood was arrested on Feb. 19th and charged with animal cruelty, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the Suffolk County SCPA.
Two dogs—named Princess and Koda—were found living amid the deplorable conditions present within the dilapidated home.
Officials say they slept near buckets of urine and crack cocaine for quite some time.
“Upon execution of the warrant, we found the conditions to be the same as described," Detective Sgt. Joseph Galante told reporters.
"There was urine, feces, trash, cobwebs, hundreds of flies strewn about the residence, foul smells."
The neglected pups were brought to Islip Animal Shelter and given a clean bill of health before being put up for adoption.
Smithtown's Town Code Enforcement later deemed Zimmer's home “unfit for human occupancy.”
Suffolk County Police, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office BEAST Unit, and the Town of Islip's Fire Marshal’s Office jointly conducted the successful recovery mission.
This case bears a striking resemblance to multiple troubling crime trends that have recently
plagued the community. DA Ray Tierney cracked down upon animal abuse occurring at a Manorville "sanctuary" just last month, and at a Ronkonkoma residence on New Year's Day.
Countywide crack cocaine use has been rampant as well, particularly within the indictment of various nefarious individuals connected to the high-profile case involving the sex trafficking of a Patchogue teen.
Zimmer was processed at the Suffolk County Police Department’s Third Precinct, and released on bail shortly thereafter. She is due in Central Islip's First District Court on March 7.
For more information on how to adopt either Princess or Koda, or
situations, visit islipny.gov or call
Another Blaze in Bay Shore: Three Hospitalized in Weekend Fire a Month after One Woman Killed, Three Homes Torched
ByMichaelJ.Reistetter
“It was movie-like.” No kidding.
Firefighters out of Bay Shore, East Islip, Central Islip, Islip Terrace, West Islip, and North Babylon Fire Co. reported to a fire at 1096 Spur Drive South just before sundown on Saturday, Feb. 22nd.
Exchange Ambulance of the Islips and Bay ShoreBrightwaters Rescue Inc. also assisted.
Bay Shore Fire Department confirmed that 2nd Assistant Chief Joseph Ferrari detected two stories worth of flames in the ranch-style home, and First Assistant Chief Charles Macchio next established a command post.
All occupants self-evacuated ahead of their arrival. Three
people were ultimately taken to South Shore University Hospital with injuries not considered lifethreatening.
In this case, Suffolk County Police Arson detectives are currently hard at work.
This fire comes after the tightknit South Shore community was recently rocked by one wherein a woman was killed by a fire that tore through the house of origin, and each of its adjacent neighboring homes.
According to law enforcement officials from the Suffolk County Police Department, three people were inside the home at 1417 North Windsor Avenue when the blaze first broke out at approximately 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30th.
Weeks later, the victim’s identity has still not been released However, the anonymity-
electing Good Samaritan who first responded to the scene— and subsequently screamed and shouted the inhabitants of the impacted homes to safety—later confirmed the victim to be a sweet woman who was staying at the home to aid a friend in need.
One man was taken to South Shore University Hospital with minor injuries and later discharged, while the other party present escaped physically unscathed—emotional wounds notwithstanding.
Meanwhile, 1417 North
Windsor is—as video circulation confirms—completely done for; a streamy protrusion of gust winds carried the fire’s spread to the surrounding homes, which included the fortunately abandoned house at 1415. The family inside 1419 managed to evacuate without a scratch.
"That amount of fire you know, you really can't get inside the structure so we have to hit it with our deck guns and then the wind is just pushing the water away from the fire, so it just adds an extra level of difficulty to it,” Bay Shore Fire Chief John
Ippolito, Jr., told the media.
Fourteen total fire departments responded to contain the fury of flames.
An investigation into the cause of the tragic fire is still underway.
Bone-chilling photographs from the blaze still hit with evergreen fervor weeks later.
Recalled Bay Shore resident Rochelle Brown with News 12, the New Windsor flames were “movie-like”—a film this neighborhood would most certainly like to forget.
Free Mulch/Woodchips at Many Town Locations
ByRobertChartuk
With spring around the corner, many are thinking about gardening and making their yards look good. Brookhaven Town has them covered.
Starting March 15, residents can pick up free double-grind mulch/wood chips at locations throughout the town, according to an announcement from Brookhaven Clerk Kevin LaValle.
“On Long Island, we have a sandy soil structure that allows water and fertilizers to drain down into the water table and run off into our surrounding waterways,” LaValle said. “Using compost and mulch in your garden or landscape is a great way to improve soil structure and continuously provide nutrients to growing plants. Compost and mulch also retain moisture, allowing plants to better endure hot and dry weather.”
Residents can pick up the material at:
Brookhaven Landfill, Yaphank
· Brookhaven Town Hall (South Lot), Farmingville
Centereach Pool Complex
Holtsville Ecology Center
Manorville Compost Facility
Mastic Athletic Complex (Keith Romaine Park)
Percy Raynor Park, Centereach
· Robert E. Reid Sr. Recreation Center (Shoreham BMX Bike Track)
Rose Caracappa Center, Mt. Sinai
Credit: Bay Shore Fire Department
The fiery scene outside the North Windsor home on Jan. 30th. The department has not yet published photos from this weekend's housefire.
dogs similarly rescued from horrid
Islip Animal Shelter directly at (631) 224-5660.
Princess and Koda, Safe and Sound.
Credit: SCPA
Brookhaven Clerk Kevin LaValle announces free mulch/ wood chips for town residents.
Credit: Brookhaven Clerk’s Office
Connetquot Honors “Digital Heroes”
BySouthShorePressStaff
In celebration of Digital Learning Day the Connetquot Central School District honored and recognized teachers around
the district who are leading the way in utilizing and integrating digital tools, dubbing them “Digital Heroes.”
According to the District, these
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ByMichaelJ.Reistetter
educators have gone above and beyond to support their students and colleagues in navigating the digital learning landscape.
Each building principal nominated one Digital Hero from their building who exemplified leadership, innovation and dedication to the integration of technology into the classroom.
These educators not only use digital tools effectively but are also sources of inspiration and support for their colleagues.
Those honored were: Julia DeMaio (Idle Hour Elementary), Nicolette D’Ambrosio (Cherokee Street Elementary), Douglas Dos Santos (Oakdale-Bohemia Middle School), Alan Fertmann (Connetquot High School), Patricia Firenze (John Pearl Elementary), Ross Grandin (Connetquot High School), Jessica Grieve (Helen B. Duffield Elementary), Elizabeth Jonas (Edith L. Slocum Elementary), Christina Ladick (Sycamore Avenue Elementary), Lisa Manzo (Edward J. Bosti Elementary)
(Ronkonkoma
Sequel Nobody Asked For: More Yoo-Humor for Your Troubles
Are we living in "The Matrix?"
"The Matrix Reloaded??" "The Matrix Revolutions???" "The Matrix Resurrections????" The Matrix Redacted????
You tell me.
I’ll be honest, the past week was wrought with a creative spark I had not encountered in quite some time. Strawberry Yoo-hoo will do this to a man.
So, I returned to the scene a week later to indulge in yet another. I deployed Part Deux to wash down half a leftover burger—courtesy of Lake Grove Diner and now four-time Oscar winner Sean Baker.
The auteur champion of independent cinema and his “Anora” team of course had subliminally decided my girlfriend and I’s post-AMCStony Brook screening meal for us by writing a scene wherein the titular Anora—though she prefers to go by Annie—and her bumbling kidnappers late-night feast the old-fashioned way. God bless the theatrical experience, alive and well contrary to mass reports, at least this past Saturday night.
I chased down this first half of the medium-rare delight and fries combo with a strawberry milkshake, because if you
know your narrator at all, and I believe you’re starting to, it was inevitable.
What transpired next was a bit of a regular date night experience of late; when our food was delivered, I was thoroughly impressed to the point where our waitress suspected otherwise.
Soon enough, my girlfriend and I reflected upon how often we’re subjected to waiters constantly checking in; we’re textbook chatterboxes—a nighttime staff’s nightly nightmare.
When waiters appear at our tableside, they discover everything to be great, as it always is; and that we’re still working on it, because we will be for the foreseeable future.
Moreover: Have you ever noticed the second you’re ready for the check, the otherwise everpresent waiters are suddenly nowhere to be found? While you dined, they were transparent with wonder—what's taking you so long?
They hope it’s because you’re simply immersed in an endless stream of scintillating conversation; but, they’ve been burned before, and in these very quarters. Thus, the mild fear that there may be something up with your meal, or that something is not quite to their liking, is always
there.
After all, they’ve encountered many grade-A deplorables while on the clock in their day, and therefore pride themselves on smoothly operating with courteous conviction— engaging, but not too intrusive à la Artie Bucco, of “The Sopranos" and Vesuvio fame.
However, this brand of thoroughness ironically creates an undesirable circumstance. Customers extend their stay when they have more check-ins to chuckle about upon each bite.
All of this to say: We had a most pleasant experience. It's no Oconee Diner in Islip, but what is? Not every diner sports endearingly accented servers rolling out a strawberry milkshake with a lit candle resting atop it as they sing their in-house rendition of “Happy Birthday, to de Customer!”
As it says in the book, all strawberry milkshakes are created differently (rainbow sprinkles nestled in a sea of whipped cream was a bold choice, Lake Grove, and I respect it).
On the flip side of that coin, all Strawberry Yoo-hoo’s—I’ve come to find in my two weeks of enjoying them—sure are created equal. In a world full of
unpredictables, sometimes all you’re really in search of is that sure thing.
Here’s to the pair of Strawberry Yoo-hoos I’ve had, and the countless more I’m bound to should my girlfriend keep buying them, and so long as she keeps having me.
As far as newspaper-slated
follow-up stories are concerned, we admit this was no “Godfather II” or “T2 Trainspotting” of humor column advancements. We also know it’s not “Caddyshack II” or “Breakin’ II: Electric Boogaloo,” so maybe somewhere in between?
Let us know where this sequentially stacked in the comments below.
and Debra Smith
Middle School).
Each winner received a certificate of recognition and
a free school subscription to Gemini for the remainder of the year, further supporting their efforts in digital learning.
Credit: CCSD
Credit: CCSD
Credit: Michael J. Reistetter
Digital Hero and teacher Douglas Dos Santos with OakdaleBohemia Middle School Principal Joseph Piombo and Director of Instructional Technology Elizabeth Weis.
Cherokee Street Elementary teacher Nicolette D’Ambrosio and winner of the Digital Hero award with Principal Jill Lahey.
Back, by no demand. Life imitating art, and vice versa.
ByDeborahWilliams
Doge Report: Sen. Kennedy Calls Out Democrats for 'Spending Porn' Addiction
In a recent fiery speech on the floor of the United States Senate, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) spoke about the addiction to “Spending Porn” of his colleagues on the Left.
“Taxpayers don't want to continue with the Washington way. They want to save some money. Americans are tired of spending more to live worse,” Kennedy said.
Defending Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) mission, Kennedy said, “They don't like Elon because of the way he dresses. But they never criticize what he's finding because they can't. It's ‘Spending Porn.’” Kennedy remarked that the Democrats don’t like DOGE’s findings because they can’t defend the spending.
Kennedy said, “One of the issues Trump ran on, he said it almost every day, was going through the entire budget and review all the spending line by line. He’s doing that.”
As the hysterics on the Left increase as DOGE reveals waste, fraud, and abuse, Kennedy said, “We need all the help we can get. The world is not going to spin off its axis
because we look at the books.”
He was not shy in calling out Dems for screaming about the process but ignoring the massive waste DOGE uncovered. “They never questioned their spending. But, that's what Mr. Musk is doing and they don’t like it one bit.”
Kennedy’s speech on the Senate floor focused on revelations of USAID for funding of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, electric vehicles, contraception, LGBTQ+ activism, and terrorist groups.
Kennedy rolled off a list of things funded by USAID that have been found by DOGE and should be eliminated from the budget because they do not align with American taxpayer interests. USAID has 10,000 employees and every year they give away $40 billion.
$122 million to groups aligned with foreign terrorist organizations.
USAID gave millions of dollars to organizations in Gaza. Recipients of the money called for their lands to be cleansed from the impurity of Jews.
USAID gave 1.5 million dollars to a Serbian LGBTQ group.
$2 million for sex changes in
Guatemala.
Subsidies for electric vehicles in Vietnam.
$7.9 million of taxpayer money to teach Sri Lankan journalists to avoid binary gendered language.
USAID gave money to a transgender clinic in India.
$1.5 million to promote LGBT advocacy in Jamaica.
$1.5 million to rebuild the Cuban media ecosystem.
$3.9 million for LGBT causes in Macedonia.
$8.3 million for equity and inclusion education in Nepal.
· $57 million to promote “community resilience” and violence prevention in Tunisia.
Kennedy said, “Why aren’t my colleagues talking about that? The American people are sick and tired of Washington denying reality. They ought to be asking Musk to go through every agency and look at every budget. That's what the American people want. They don't want to talk about the process."
Americans get up every day and go to work, obey the law, pay their taxes, try to do the right thing for their kids, and save a little money
for retirement. “They had to live through 20% inflation under President Biden. They understand what Musk is doing. They understand spending porn and wasting taxpayer money and they want it to stop,” said Kennedy.
“The last administration tried to
convince us that we were living in a crime-free world where inflation was temporary and the border was secure. And the American people didn't buy it. You know why? Because it wasn't true,” Kennedy concluded.
Black Conservatives Speak Out: 'I left the Democrat Plantation'
ByDeborahWilliams
This week’s issue of The South Shore Press (SSP) is on the cusp of both Black and Women’s History Month.
Civil and Constitutional Rights Attorney, Tricia Lindsey, spoke with SSP about her thoughts on being black, a woman, and a Republican. Lindsey pushes back on the idea that being black or a woman dictates how she should think and vote.
Lindsay ran for NYS Senate in the 37th District (Westchester County) in November 2024, gaining nearly 40% of the vote as an endorsed Republican and Conservative against three-term incumbent Shelley Mayer, who ran on the Democrat and Working Families Party.
In addition to being an accomplished attorney, Lindsey taught in the New York City and Yonkers school systems for 24 years and served as an administrator.
During her run for senate Lindsay called herself “a constitutionalist and a populist working for ‘We the People’.”
Lindsey was a registered Democrat for a long time saying, “I've always been conservative, I just was in the wrong party. I grew up in a Democrat family.
“My upbringing was God, family, education, and hard work, those were our values. The Golden Rule - treat people the way you want to be treated.”
Lindsay is a first-generation American. Her grandmother emigrated from Jamaica when President Kennedy opened things up “allowing people to come to go after the American dream.”
Following party politics wasn’t Lindsay’s way of doing things. When she decided to run for office, she wanted to run as an Independent but was ultimately convinced that aligning with the Republican Party made more sense as far as endorsements and other support.
“I watch what a person does. I analyze the situation. I don't put everybody in the box,” Lindsey said. “And I get a little suspect when everyone is so happy and following
one person chanting the same thing.”
Lindsey did get some reactions when she “came out” as a Republican. Some were openly hostile.
“I did get attacked by one woman, but it wasn't a black woman. It was an older white woman who told me that I should be ashamed of myself being a black woman running as a Republican,” Lindsey said. “She said to me Republicans are racist. She's telling me as a black person, you should not be voting for any other party except for the Democrats.
“Do you even understand how racist that comment is? You're telling me that as a black woman, I'm not allowed to leave the Democrat plantation?” Lindsey said to the woman.
Asked about why black and brown voters turned toward Trump this election, Lindsey said, “I think they started to see through the BS. He was speaking to the people and not over the people.”
“Also, people were looking and listening to Biden and Harris saying one thing, but life was getting harder. And during COVID, the Democrat party wreaked havoc on the lives of Americans,” Lindsey said.
“I think people started to see Trump wanted to help people. The more Democrats attacked him, the more people asked, What is going on?” said Lindsey. “I think their attack on him using the justice system only helped him. They
should have just left him alone because the more they attacked him; the more people saw his resilience.”
Lindsey spoke about how the more Democrats attacked Trump “the more they highlighted their wickedness, their deception, their evil, and their lack of concern for the people. They showed that they had just one agenda and that was to
The
destroy Donald Trump.”
“And, everything that he said when he talked about crooked Hillary, when he talked about Hunter Biden’s laptop and other things. It was all true,” said Lindsey.
Lindsey said, “People asked, “What else are they lying to us about?” And then, they went and voted for Trump.
Diplomatic Collapse...
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Continued on page 11 The ambassador had worked tirelessly to secure a major deal, worth $500 billion, between the two countries. Zelenskyy’s actions, however, rendered that deal nearly impossible to recover, as his ability to negotiate in good faith with the U.S. is now in serious question.
Beyond this diplomatic collapse, there is another fundamental issue that cannot be ignored: Zelenskyy’s presidency itself. He is operating beyond his term limit, as Ukraine has not held elections since he took office. This raises serious questions about the legitimacy of his leadership and the democratic integrity of his government. Canceling elections in his country under the pretext of war, as he has done, undermines the principles of democracy that the West values so highly. Ukraine, like any other nation,
deserves a legitimate leader chosen through free and fair elections. If these elections were to be held again, they must be overseen by the international community to ensure transparency and integrity–unlike the questionable elections in Venezuela last year.
In conclusion, it seems clear that Ukraine needs new leadership. Zelenskyy’s time on the global stage has come to an end, and his actions over the past week have irrevocably damaged the trust between his country and the United States. The people of Ukraine deserve a new face to represent them, someone who can work toward peace and rebuild relationships in a way that restores credibility to their government. Zelenskyy’s welcome has worn thin, and it’s time for Ukraine to chart a new course, both domestically and internationally.
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Sen. Kennedy calls for end to Democrat's "spending porn" addiction.
Tricia Lindsey speaks about her career as a black Republican.
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STATE
ByRobertChartuk
Radical Price Transparency to Lower Medical Costs
The ability of patients to see the prices of medical care upfront so they can shop around will reduce costs. That’s the theory behind President Trump’s “Radical Price Transparency” plan, which is also expected to lower costs through competition.
“When healthcare prices are hidden, large corporate entities such as hospitals and insurance companies benefit at the expense of American patients,” Trump said in an executive order directing various federal departments to enforce the measure. “Price transparency will lower healthcare costs and help patients and employers get the best deal on healthcare.”
The departments will ensure hospitals and insurers disclose actual prices, not estimates, and take action to make costs comparable across hospitals and insurers, including prescription drug prices, the president noted in his order. He also directed them to update enforcement policies to ensure hospitals and insurers comply with the new requirements.
Under the order, hospitals must
maintain a consumer-friendly display of pricing information for up to 300 shoppable services and a machine-readable file with negotiated rates for every service the hospital provides. In addition, health plans must post their negotiated rates with providers, their out-of-network payments, and the actual prices they or their pharmacy benefit manager pay for prescription drugs. Finally, health plans must maintain a consumerfacing Internet tool through which individuals can access price information.
According to the White House, healthcare costs vary widely from hospital to hospital in the same region. A patient in Wisconsin, for example, saved $1,095 by shopping for two tests between two hospitals located within 30 minutes of one another.
An economic analysis found that when fully implemented, the new rules could deliver savings of $80 billion for consumers, employers, and insurers. It predicts that employers could lower their healthcare costs by an average of 27% on 500 common services by
better shopping for care.
Trump noted that the Biden administration was sued in 2023 for not enforcing prescription drug transparency requirements and promised to hold health plans accountable for making drug prices transparent. During his first term, Trump mandated that hospitals and insurers make prices public, but Biden failed to prioritize further implementation and enforcement of the requirements. Recent data shows the top 25% of the most expensive healthcare service prices have dropped by 6.3% per year following the initial implementation of price transparency under Trump’s previous administration.
“American patients are fed up with the status quo—95% deem healthcare price transparency an important priority, with six in ten saying it should be a top priority of the government,” according to the president.
“Our goal was to give patients the knowledge they need about the real price of healthcare services. They’ll be able to check them, compare them, go to different locations, so they can shop for the highest-
quality care at the lowest cost. And this is about high-quality care. You’re also looking at that. You’re looking at comparisons between talents, which is very important.
And then, you’re also looking at cost. And, in some cases, you get the best doctor for the lowest cost. That’s a good thing.”
Man on the Street: Residents Sound Off on Radical Price Transparency
ByRobertChartuk
“Radical
thought about the plan.
This is just one of many decisive actions by President Trump to do what’s right for the people. He’s not beholden to the hospitals or the insurance companies. The special interests fight him all the way, but we have his back.”
Cathy Schwarting, Shirley
Letting us know the prices for medical services ahead of time is something long overdue. These things can’t be secret. We should all know what the services cost upfront so we can shop around.”
William Graham, Bay
Why haven’t we been able to go online and see the prices? What are they trying to keep from us? As usual, President Trump is getting to the bottom of it because he has our best interests at heart.”
We finally have a president who’s not afraid to change things up. For too long, the system’s been rigged against the average American. His price transparency order will help us all save money on medical costs.”
It’s a great idea. Forcing hospitals and other providers to show their prices will allow us to shop around save some money.”
Competition works for everything else we buy, so why not medical services? Let the patients decide who they want to go to for tests and procedures.”
Frank DeNatale, Shirley
Mike Heaney, Manorville
Shore
George Pritchard, North Shirley
Rosalie Hanson, Middle Island
Price Transparency” is a new strategy by President Trump to lower medical costs. The South Shore Press Man on the Street asked residents what they
HISTORY LESSONS
BY RICHARD ACRITELLI
At 95 years old, Gene Hackman and his wife, a classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, were recently found dead at their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home. An iconic actor who personified the grit, flaws, and brilliance of his characters is being grieved today by fans across this nation. Armed with a big on-screen personality, Hackman starred in over 80 films from the 1960s to 2004. Born on January 30th, 1930, Hackman endured the Great Depression and loss of his brother who died at one year old before he was born. His father was a newspaper printer, who physically abused Hackman, abandoned his family, and his mother turned to drinking. These troubles led Hackman to have problems with authority during his younger years.
At 16 years old, Hackman lied about his age and enlisted into the United States Marine Corps in 1947. Traveling through the Pacific, this young marine endured a typhoon to reach China. Hackman handled communications and made announcements on the American Armed Forces Radio. He also helped destroy abandoned Japanese military equipment before it was used by rival Communist forces. Still a kid, Hackman observed the earliest aspects of the Cold War and through “Operation Beleaguer,” that had 53,000 marines repatriating Korean and Japanese people back to their countries. The American Army Air Force transported Chinese Nationalist Army forces into Manchuria to prevent the Communists from taking over this key region. In China, Hackman witnessed Chiang Kai-shek and Mao’s war against each other.
Before his discharge in 1951, Hackman spent the rest of his military time in Japan and Hawaii. He had a motorcycle accident and dealt with the remainder of this injury for the rest of his life. Hackman later played several Hollywood military roles and was demoted three times to corporal for fist fights and leaving his duty station. Years later, Hackman recalled, “I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine.” Living briefly in New York City, Hackman went back to Illinois and utilized the G.I. Bill to take courses in journalism and television production. Not satisfied with this degree, Hackman moved to California to study acting.
Hackman moved back to New York City, where he lived with Robert Duvall and Dustin Hoffman. This talented group of early actors lived together, and they worked as truck drivers, waiters, at Macy’s and as a doorman. They had an apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where these “starving actors” tried their luck at off-Broadway productions.
These three respected actors had a combination of seventeen Academy Award nominations and five Academy Awards between these creative geniuses. In 1993, Hackman played Brigadier General George Crook and Duvall was Chief of Scouts Al Sieber in the film “Geronimo: An American Legend.” Both veteran actors were seasoned military and fighting figures who tried to contain the spirit of this major Native American leader within the beauty of the southwest.
Closer to home, as an early actor, Hackman participated in productions and helped construct props that were created at Gateway Playhouse in Bellport. In an interview, Duvall mentioned his time with Hackman and Hoffman, and other actors like James Caan, and he always believed that Hackman’s skills showed a sense of “greatness.” But it would not be until his late 30s where Hackman’s creativity began to receive acclaim from the entertainment industry.
About 45 years after living together, in 2003, Hackman and Hoffman were on opposite sides of the law through John Grisham’s “Runaway Jury.” After a deadly shooting, Hackman was Rankin Fitch, the head of the defense team that fought for the interests of several firearms businesses. Fitch was determined to pick a sympathetic jury to attain a favorable verdict toward this industry and Wendell Rohr was a liberal lawyer seeking justice for a family who lost their husband and father. Fitch, the aggressor, opposed Rohr, the voice of reason. In one scene, Fitch and Rohr argued in the bathroom of the courthouse. After being branded as an unscrupulous tyrant, Rohr laughed at these accusations. For the length of his career, Hackman had the unique ability to present a “bastard” in his characters.
Hackman flourished within the crime, sports, ethical, military, and government Hollywood productions. In 1967, Hackman starred with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in “Bonnie and Clyde.” Playing Buck Barrow, the brother of Beatty’s character Clyde, Hackman helped personify the crimes that were committed in Texas and parts of the West during the Great Depression. This film earned $70 million and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards.
The “French Connection” saw Hackman beat out Steve McQueen, Peter Boyle, and Jackie Gleason for the main part of Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle. Acting as one of the fiercest cops ever in New York City. This role portrayed a conflicted police officer within his intense drive to arrest an international heroin operator who eluded the authorities. Filmed in New York
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City, it presented the dire social conditions that police officers faced at this time. Hackman rode with police officers and while he understood that the real-life Doyle was a tough person, he tried to personify a human side to him.
Acting with Roy Scheider, it was a powerful look at the investigation into a major drug dealer who seemed to be one step ahead of the police. In a action-packed scene, Doyle was determined to follow under the Bensonhurst Elevated train, as he crashed into other cars, he kept an eye on this runaway train. Consumed with arresting a narcotics criminal that took control of the train and its conductor, Hackman sped through the streets of Brooklyn, dodging pedestrians, where he finally made his way to this station. Beaten up and physically exhausted, Doyle shot this dangerous criminal at the top of the railroad stairs. This film looked realistic, as there were over 100 off duty police officers who were hired as extras to play various roles. In 1971, Hackman won his first Academy Award for the “French Connection.”
In 1977, Hackman played a supporting role in Cornellius Ryan’s written account of “Operation Market Garden” through “A Bridge Too Far.” This film chronicled the massive Allied air drop operation of 35,000 soldiers into the Netherlands to achieve a quicker victory by September of 1944. The German military widely used the V1 and V2 “Buzz Bombs” that targeted and terrorized the citizens of London. It was an elite cast that showcased James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Elliot Gould, Anthony Hopkins, and Robert Redford. Hackman was the devoted Major General Stanislaw Sosabowski, a commanding officer of Polish Free Armed Forces airborne.
Before taking part in “Operation Market Garden,” Sosabowski, argued with the British High Command over a lack of intelligence that endangered the lives of his paratroopers. Always with a firm personality, Hackman presented defiance, perhaps from his own personal defiance
within the marines toward the higher military leadership that was portrayed in this film. You could see the anxiety on his face to protect his own men against a truly faulty British plan that failed to gain its lofty objectives against 100,000 members of the Germany military. A decade later in 1988, starring in a different military tale, “Bat 21,” presented the horrors of combat on the ground near the enemy combatants. Hackman was Lieutenant Colonel Iceal E. “Gene” Hambleton, a bombing and weapons expert, who was shot down over unfriendly Vietnamese territory. Evading capture, Hackman presented a different side of viewing the war through the eyes of an individual, who never saw it that close before. Teamed up with Danny Glover, who was a pilot of a small aircraft, both men observed the hardships of war that was seen through the real-life portrayal of Hambleton by Hackman.
In 1986, Hackman portrayed an early 1950s basketball coach in Norman Dale in “Hoosiers.” After serving several years in the navy, Dale was once a successful, but highly volatile coach, who struck one of his players. He was given a last chance to coach within this closed-knit rural Indiana farming town. Growing up in Illinois, Hackman made this film near his childhood home by presenting Dale as a loner, firing the “townie” coach, teaching defense, dismissing players who refused to listen, and infuriating the parents by only using four players during a game. Hackman firmly stuck to his principles and was an outsider who was almost removed as the coach by the vindictiveness of this small town.
“Hoosiers” was loosely based on an Indiana State Championship team that is one of the finest sports and coaching movies ever produced. Hackman clashed with the first-time director and in the film, Dale gave Dennis Hopper’s character “Shooter,” a visible alcoholic, and at the behest of the parents, an assistant coaching position. Years later, Hackman recalled that both men were laughing during a basketball scene, where he told Hopper that he believed that this film would ruin them. Through the standards of this coach to push his players to buy into his systems, “Hoosiers” was a “David vs. Goliath” movie that saw this small Indiana town defeat a larger opposing squad from Indianapolis. Before the finals, Dale reassured his players that the Butler Field House had the same height and dimensions as their gym back at Hickory, to the delight of his smaller team.
“Mississippi Burning” was released in 1988 with Hackman and William Dafoe in the lead roles. Depicted in 1964, both men were
two FBI agents who were ordered into a small Mississippi town to investigate the death of three civil rights activists. This film presented the dangers of this movement who were widely targeted by the Ku Klux Klan. Playing Rupert Anderson, Hackman was a former sheriff of a small Mississippi town who fully understood the rationale of this isolated southern community. Dafoe was Allen Ward, the lead investigator, and both men were “Good Cop-Bad Cop.” While they disagreed with each other, both men were determined to find the dead bodies, and discover the responsibility for these murders.
There were several scenes where Hackman utilized a southern accent to annoy the police department and the local citizens who were members of the Klan. Always with a clever smile and a quick intellect, Anderson spoke to the sheriff and the mayor in a local barber shop. He realized they would never willingly divulge information, but he spoke at their level. Listening to a baseball game that was on the radio, the mayor asked Anderson if “he liked baseball?” Anderson responded, “Yes, it is the only time that a black man can wave a stick at a white man, without starting a riot!” As he walked away, Anderson laughed and winked at the sheriff and mayor. Later in the film, after Anderson discovers that a local woman that he befriended was beaten by her husband, the sheriff’s deputy. As he was being shaved in the same barbershop. Ward begrudgingly allowed Anderson the private chance to interrogate this sheriff. Anderson brutally shaved this deputy and left him near death. Anderson violently questioned him about his role in these murders and the speeches that he made supporting the racial policies of the Klan.
Rich Eisen interviewed Kevin Costner and asked him who was the best actor that he ever worked with in films. To name a few, Costner had scenes with Sean Connery, Burt Lancaster, Clint Eastwood, Robert De Niro, and Anthony Quinn, but he spoke about his time with Hackman. Both men were major characters in the 1987 film “No Way Out,” where they opposed each other in this military and government psychological thriller. Costner battled with the director over a part that he refused to shoot, as there were already several shot scenes at this same spot. Hackman later saw Costner near his car and thanked him for the resolve that he demonstrated as a younger actor. This iconic figure that later won his second Oscar Award opposite Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman and Richard Harris for “Unforgiven” in 1992, was a giant amongst the most talented actors in Hollywood to play almost every type of role.
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BY NANCY BURNER, ESQ.
Yes, if you receive service through CDPAP then you should pay attention! CDPAP is the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program. While financial eligibility is determined in the same manner as any other application for Community Medicaid, enrollment in CDPAP allows for family, friends, or other non-licensed individuals to be paid as a caregiver through the Medicaid program. This program has traditionally been important for disabled individuals in New York, especially those with certain medical needs that go beyond the license of a home health aide.
The change that is taking place has to do with the CDPAP administrative systems by which someone accesses their care and through which the caregiver is paid. Under this program, a
caregiver is paid and receives benefits through a Fiscal Intermediary (“FI”) that has a contract with the state to do so.
Starting in March 2025, New York State will be condensing down to one FI from the over 600 FIs that currently operate in this arena. According to lawmakers, this drastic change will save the state $500 million in the Medicaid budget, critics are skeptical of this projection.
For those who are already enrolled in CDPAP with an FI, a letter should have been sent by their current FI telling them that they need to reenroll themselves and their caregivers. The single FI is Public Partnerships LLC (“PPL”).
Changes in New York Medicaid CDPAP
To take on this enormous job, PPL has 31 approved facilitators. These facilitators are existing organizations, including FIs, that will be deputized by PPL to serve program participants and assist with the transition.
Current enrollees have until March 28, 2025, to transition over. Advocates encourage early enrollment because hotline wait times and delays have been significant as the program currently serves over 240,000 New York State residents receiving care and has over 400,000 caregivers, all of whom must make the switch. PPL has provided online and telephone options for users to initiate
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BY TARA D’AMATO
Assistant Library Director
The Community Library has two great video streaming services you can access with your library card. Watch free movies at home, on the go on your tablet or laptop, or stream to your smart TV. Instead of paying cable TV fees or Amazon Prime, make the most of your library membership and save some money by streaming. Visit www.communitylibrary.org and select Books, Movies, Music from the top menu to get started. Don’t have home Internet? Borrow a MiFi device from the library to access free Internet service from home. Please note, there may be a waitlist for this device.
HOOPLA
Hoopla lets you borrow digital music, movies, including children’s movies, documentaries, comics and graphic novels for children, teens, and adults to stream in your web browser or to enjoy offline on your device. With hundreds of thousands of titles
the transition. For Medicaid recipients that are new to enrollment in CDPAP, PPL will be the only FI option starting March 1, 2025.
If you are a Community Medicaid recipient that is currently enrolled in the CDPAP program, you should be contacted by your existing FI to guide you in the transition process. If you have not received this communication, please be proactive and make an inquiry to ensure your care continues without interruption.
By Britt Burner, Esq.
Britt Burner, Esq, is an attorney at Burner Prudenti Law, P.C., focusing her practice on Elder Law and Estate Planning. Burner Prudenti Law serves clients from Manhattan to the east end of Long Island with offices located in East Setauket, Westhampton Beach, New York City and East Hampton.
to choose from, and more being added daily, Hoopla is like having your public library at your fingertips. Instead of having holds and wait periods, you can borrow titles anytime you want. Any title you borrow can be viewed across any device you’re signed into.
Hoopla supports Amazon Alexa devices, too. Play borrowed audiobooks and music albums directly on your Amazon Echo, Dot, Spot, and Show devices. Just search for “hoopla digital” in the Amazon Skills marketplace.
To use Hoopla on your device, you must download the app first. Find the Hoopla app in the Apple Google Play store and use your library barcode to sign in.
KANOPY
Kanopy is a videostreaming platform dedicated to thoughtful and thoughtprovoking films. With an ideal platform for showcasing independent films that fuel lifelong learning, Kanopy
is on a mission “to ensure that everyone has access to enriching films that bridge cultural boundaries, spark discussion, and expand worldviews.” You can choose from thousands of Hollywood classics, mainstream hits, arthouse releases and foreign films to watch with the service. Watch up to 10 critically acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, and awardwinning foreign films each month. While it’s not the spot to go for the most current Hollywood blockbusters, it fills in our video library with content like award winners, classic and indie films, and foreign content. Kanopy also recently teamed up with HBO Documentaries, the hot indie studio A24 and the prestigious Criterion Collection to offer content.
Simply add your MasticsMoriches-Shirley Community Library card number and PIN or password after selecting Kanopy from the library’s webpage.
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Take Care of Yourself
Rooted in Growth
MUSIC
Monday, March 24, 6:00 – 7:15 p.m.
Held at our Moriches Branch.
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Friday Evening Jazz & Chat
Friday, March 14, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
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Plant your own succulent in a custom decorated planter while exploring themes of personal growth! Presented by Christine Szaraz from Stony Brook University’s Healing Arts program.
Relax with Yoga
Tuesday, March 4, 11, 18, 25
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Held at our Main Building.
Registration begins Tuesday, February 25.
Join us after the library closes for a relaxing night of live jazz piano, light conversation, and delicious mocktails. Whether you’re looking to unwind after a busy week or meet new friends, this is the perfect opportunity to enjoy soothing music in a cozy, welcoming atmosphere. Come for the music, stay for the conversation and the warmth of good company by the fire! Live music by Flamingo Sketches.
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Thursday, March 27
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What’s on your Nightstand?
Thursday, March 13, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Held at Sunsets at Senix Restaurant 50 Senix Ave, Center Moriches, NY
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The mic is all yours! Sing some songs, read some poems, tell some jokes, or come to just listen. Performers will have a 15-minute performance slot. Microphones and a keyboard will be provided. Registration for performers will begin at 5:45. Open to all.
Saturday, March 29, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Held at our Main Building.
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Power of Reset and How to Change What’s Not Working with Dan Heath
Women on the Hill
But Bernadette’s
allergy to Seattle— and people in general – has basic errands. A trip to the end of the earth is problematic. To find her mother, Bee compiles email messages,
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Take Care of Yourself
Rooted in Growth
LECTURE
Monday, March 24, 6:00 – 7:15 p.m.
Held at our Moriches Branch.
LISK Town Hall
Everyone Loves a Story
What’s on your Nightstand?
Thursday, March 13, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Held at Sunsets at Senix Restaurant 50 Senix Ave, Center Moriches, NY
Thursday, March 20, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Held at our Main Building.
Registration begins Monday, March 3.
Registration begins Monday, March 3. Plant your own succulent in a custom decorated planter while exploring themes of personal growth! Presented by Christine Szaraz from Stony Brook University’s Healing Arts program.
Relax with Yoga
Tuesday, March 4, 11, 18, 25 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Attorney John Ray has been involved in the L.I. Serial Killer Case from almost the beginning. Ask John questions about the victims, the evidence, the SCPD, Rex Heuermann and everything related to this ongoing case.
Held at our Main Building.
Registration begins Tuesday, February 25.
This in-person yoga practice is guided from a chair and a mat to provide options and variations for accessibility. You will be encouraged to move at your
begins Thursday, March
about books at Sunsets at Senix! There is no assigned reading; chat about what you are currently reading, what you want to read, or your most favorite book of all time. Snacks will be provided. Wine and beer will be available for purchase.
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Power of Reset and How to Change What’s Not Working with Dan Heath
Women on the Hill
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LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES
SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF SUFFOLKBROOKHAVEN.
NASSAU FINANCIAL
FEDERAL CREDIT
UNION, Plaintiff -againstWALEED SHAHBAZ, et al
Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on September 23, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, located at 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on March 14, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.
Approximate amount of lien $80,723.51 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 617257/2018.
Donna England, Esq., Referee.
McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840
New York, NY 10170
Tel. 347/286-7409
Dated: January 13, 2025
All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, known and designated as Section 959.00 Lot 1.00 Lot 039.000. Said premises known as 803 PROVOST AVENUE, BELLPORT, NY 11713
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. Index Number 602790/2024.
CANCELED
LISA SINGER, ESQ., Referee
Terenzi & Confusione P.C. Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 401 Franklin Avenue, Suite 304, Garden City, NY 11530
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff - against - STANLEY DABROWSKI, et al Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on January 12, 2023. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on the 12th day of March, 2025 at 9:30 AM. All that certain plot, piece, or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Lake Grove, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York.
Premises known as 3 Bower Court, Lake Grove, NY 11755.
During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale. Auction Locations are subject to change.
FAREVERSE LLC I/L/T/N FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE LLC
Plaintiff, vs.
JENNIFER L. STEADMAN, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE
OF THE ESTATE OF MARIE ANTOINETTE STEADMAN; ROBIN M. STEADMAN AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MARIE ANTOINETTE STEADMAN, if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF MARIE ANTOINETTE
STEADMAN, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except
as stated, are unknown to plaintiff, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
"JOHN DOE #1" through "JOHN DOE #12," the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint,
Defendants.
To the above named Defendants
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you.
NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT
THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $535,500.00 and interest, recorded on July 14, 2020, in Liber M00023153 at Page 091, of the Public Records of SUFFOLK County, New York., covering premises known as 108 AVENUE B, HOLBROOK, NY 11741. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy
the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.
SUFFOLK County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.
NOTICE
YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME
If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.
YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT SUFFOLK COUNTY U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff against VERONICA BRADY, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Knuckles & Manfro, LLP, 120 White Plains Road, Suite
215, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered December 23, 2024, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on March 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM. Premises known as 225 Lyman Road, East Patchogue, NY 11772. District 0200 Sec 984.10 Block 06.00 Lot 009.000. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Bellport, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $174,293.19 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 623458/2023. Cash will not be accepted at the sale. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District's Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing.
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF THE BANC OF AMERICA FUNDING 2007-3 TRUST, -against-
LEE FULFORD, ET AL.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk on March 7, 2024, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF THE BANC OF AMERICA FUNDING 2007-3 TRUST is the Plaintiff and LEE FULFORD, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the SOUTHAMPTON
TOWN HALL, 116 HAMPTON ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, NY 11968, on March 13, 2025 at 10:30AM, premises known as 458 BRIDGEHAMPTONSAG H A/K/A 458 BRIDGEHAMPTON –SAG HARBOR TPKE, BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY 11932; and the following tax map identification: 0900052.00-02.00-030.007.
ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, AND STATE OF NEW YORK
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No.: 036856/2008. Andrew Gilbride, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC, 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING OF THE SOUTH COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK ON BEHALF OF THE BROOKHAVEN FREE LIBRARY
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of the South Country Central School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York will be held at the Brookhaven Free Library, 273 Beaver Dam Road, Brookhaven, New York on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., prevailing time, for the purpose of voting
by paper ballot upon the following items:
(1) To adopt the Annual Budget of the Brookhaven Free Library for the fiscal year 2025/2026 and to authorize that the requisite portion thereof be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the South Country Central School District.
(2) To elect (1) one Trustee of the Library to fill a five-year term commencing July 1, 2025.
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that for the purpose of voting at such meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, the polls will be open between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., prevailing time, and voting will be held at the Brookhaven Free Library, 273 Beaver Dam Road, Brookhaven, New York; and
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of a statement of the amount of money which will be required for the ensuing year for the Brookhaven Free Library’s purposes exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding said meeting except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from the Library located on Beaver Dam Road, Brookhaven, New York during regular business hours and from the School District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (MondayFriday) at the District’s Administration building located at 189 Dunton Ave., East Patchogue, New York.
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of Trustee of the Brookhaven Free Library must be filed at the Brookhaven Free Library, 273 Beaver Dam Road, Brookhaven, New York, no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 24, 2025; such petitions shall be filed between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday) prevailing time; each petition must be directed to the Director of the Library, must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the School District, and must state the residence address of each signer and the name and
residence of the candidate. Vacancies on the Library Board are not considered separate, specific offices, and the nominating petitions, therefore, shall not describe any specific vacancies upon the Library Board for which the candidate is nominated.
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has theretofore registered pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law and has voted at any Annual or Special District Meeting of the South Country Central School District within the past four (4) years, such voter is eligible to vote at this election; if a voter is registered and eligible to vote pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law, such voter is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register. Registration shall be conducted for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law through Wednesday, April 2, 2025, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time and on all regular days during which the Office of the District Clerk is in operation at the Office of the Clerk located in the South Country Central School District Administration Building, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, New York, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such register, provided that at such time he or she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of said Clerk to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such Special District Meeting for which the register is prepared. The register so prepared pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the School District in the Administration Building, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on each of the five (5) days prior to the date set for the meeting and shall be available between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, weekdays and on Saturday, April
5, 2025, by pre-arranged appointment by contacting the District Clerk at (631) 730-1542 or by email to cflynn@southcountry.org. In addition, the registration list shall be available in the Brookhaven Free Library on the day of the vote.
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee and early mail ballots will be obtainable from the office of the Clerk of the School District (Administrative Offices, 189 Dunton Ave., East Patchogue, New York) between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, during all days on which the School District is in session. Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than March 10, 2025, and by April 1, 2025, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter. If the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter at the office of the District Clerk the completed application must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 7, 2025. No absentee or early mail voter’s ballot shall be canvassed unless it shall have been received in the office of the Clerk of the District not later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the vote/ election. A list of all persons to whom absentee and early mail ballots shall have been issued will be available in the School District Clerk’s office between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on each of the five days prior to April 8, 2025, and on Saturday, April 5, 2025, by pre-arranged appointment by contacting the District Clerk at (631) 730-1542 or by email to cflynn@southcountry.org. A challenge to an absentee ballot may not be made on the basis that the voter should have applied for an early mail ballot.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the South Country Central School District by requesting and returning a registration application to the District Clerk in person, or by email to cflynn@southcountry. org or fax sent to 631-2862457. The request for the registration application may
include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the registration application by either mail, fax, or email.
Military voter registration application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 13, 2025.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are qualified voters of the South Country Central School District, may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk in person, or by email to cflynn@southcountry. org or fax sent to 631-2862457. In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m., on March 13, 2025.
Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a non-military ballot application under Section 2018-a of the Education Law. The application for military ballot may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax, or email.
A military voter’s original military ballot application and military ballot must be returned by mail or in person to the office of the District Clerk at South Country Central School District, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, NY 11772.
AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk (1) before the close of polls on April 8, 2025 showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or (2) not later than 5:00 p.m. on April 8, 2025 and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.
Dated: January 22, 2025 East Patchogue, New York
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SOUTH COUNTRY
CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK Christine Flynn District Clerk
AVISO DE REUNIÓN ESPECIAL DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR CENTRAL DE SOUTH COUNTRY CIUDAD DE BROOKHAVEN, CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NUEVA YORK EN NOMBRE DE LA BIBLIOTECA GRATUITA DE BROOKHAVEN
POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que se llevará a cabo una Reunión Distrital Especial de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Central de South Country, Ciudad de Brookhaven, Condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, en la Biblioteca Gratuita de Brookhaven, 273 Beaver Dam Road, Brookhaven, Nueva York, el martes 8 de abril de 2025, a las 10:00 a. m., hora vigente, con el propósito de votar mediante boleta de papel sobre los siguientes temas:
(1) Adoptar el Presupuesto Anual de la Biblioteca Gratuita de Brookhaven para el año fiscal 2025/2026 y autorizar que la parte requerida del mismo se recaude mediante impuestos sobre la propiedad imponible del Distrito Escolar Central de South Country.
(2) Elegir (1) un Síndico de la Biblioteca para cubrir un período de cinco años a partir del 1 de julio de 2025.
SE NOTIFICA ADICIONALMENTE que, a los efectos de votar en dicha reunión el martes 8 de abril de 2025, las urnas estarán abiertas entre las 10:00 a. m. y las 8:00 p. m., hora vigente, y la votación se llevará a cabo en la Biblioteca Gratuita de Brookhaven, 273 Beaver Dam Road, Brookhaven, Nueva York; y
SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS POR LA PRESENTE que cualquier residente del Distrito podrá obtener una copia de una declaración
LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES
de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año siguiente para los fines de la Biblioteca Gratuita de Brookhaven, excluyendo los fondos públicos, durante los catorce (14) días inmediatamente anteriores a dicha reunión, excepto los sábados, domingos y feriados, en la Biblioteca ubicada en Beaver Dam Road, Brookhaven, Nueva York, durante el horario comercial habitual, y en el Distrito Escolar entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. (de lunes a viernes) en el edificio de Administración del Distrito ubicado en 189 Dunton Ave., East Patchogue, Nueva York.
SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS POR LA PRESENTE que las peticiones de nominación de candidatos para el cargo de Síndico de la Biblioteca Gratuita de Brookhaven deben presentarse en la Biblioteca Gratuita de Brookhaven, 273 Beaver Dam Road, Brookhaven, Nueva York, a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del lunes 24 de febrero de 2025; dichas peticiones se presentarán entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m. (de lunes a viernes), hora vigente; cada petición debe dirigirse al Director de la Biblioteca, debe estar firmada por al menos veinticinco (25) votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar y debe indicar la dirección de residencia de cada firmante y el nombre y la residencia del candidato. Las vacantes en la Junta de la Biblioteca no se consideran cargos separados y específicos y, por lo tanto, las peticiones de nominación no deben describir ninguna vacante específica en la Junta de la Biblioteca para la cual se nomina al candidato.
SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS POR LA PRESENTE que se requiere el registro personal de los votantes de conformidad con el § 2014 de la Ley de Educación o de conformidad con el Artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral. Si un votante se ha registrado hasta ese momento de conformidad con el § 2014 de la Ley de Educación y ha votado en cualquier Reunión
Anual o Especial del Distrito Escolar Central del Sur del País en los últimos cuatro (4) años, dicho votante es elegible para votar en esta elección; si un votante está registrado y si un votante es elegible para votar de conformidad con el Artículo
5 de la Ley Electoral, también es elegible para votar en esta elección. Todas las demás personas que deseen votar deben registrarse. El registro se llevará a cabo con el propósito de registrar a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito de conformidad con el §2014 de la Ley de Educación hasta el miércoles
2 de abril de 2025, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., hora vigente y todos los días regulares durante los cuales la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito esté en funcionamiento en la Oficina del Secretario ubicada en el Edificio de Administración del Distrito Escolar Central de South Country, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, Nueva York, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se incluya en dicho registro, siempre que en ese momento se sepa o se demuestre a satisfacción de dicho Secretario que tiene derecho a votar en esa Reunión Especial del Distrito para la que se prepara el registro. El registro preparado de conformidad con el §2014 de la Ley de Educación se archivará en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito Escolar en el Edificio Administrativo y estará abierto para inspección por cualquier votante calificado del Distrito a partir de cada uno de los cinco (5) días anteriores a la fecha establecida para la reunión y estará disponible entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., hora vigente, los días de semana y el sábado 5 de abril de 2025, mediante cita previa comunicándose con el Secretario del Distrito al (631) 730-1542 o por correo electrónico a cflynn@ southcountry.org. Además, la lista de registro estará disponible en la Biblioteca Gratuita de Brookhaven el día de la votación.
SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS
POR LA PRESENTE que las solicitudes de boletas de voto en ausencia y de voto anticipado por correo se podrán obtener en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito Escolar (Oficinas Administrativas, 189 Dunton Ave., East Patchogue, Nueva York) entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., hora vigente, durante todos los días en que el Distrito Escolar esté en sesión. Las solicitudes completas deben ser
recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito no antes del 10 de marzo de 2025, y antes del 1 de abril de 2025, si la boleta se enviará por correo al votante. Si la boleta se entregará personalmente al votante en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito, la solicitud completa debe ser recibida por el Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. el lunes 7 de abril de 2025. No se examinará ninguna papeleta de voto en ausencia o por correo anticipado a menos que haya sido recibida en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del día de la votación/elección. Una lista de todas las personas a quienes se les han emitido papeletas de voto en ausencia o por correo anticipado estará disponible en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito Escolar entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. cada uno de los cinco días anteriores al 8 de abril de 2025 y el sábado 5 de abril de 2025, mediante cita previa comunicándose con el Secretario del Distrito al (631) 730-1542 o por correo electrónico a cflynn@ southcountry.org. No se puede impugnar una papeleta de voto en ausencia sobre la base de que el votante debería haber solicitado una papeleta de voto por correo anticipado.
Y ADEMÁS, SE NOTIFICA
POR LA PRESENTE que los votantes militares que no estén registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Central de South Country solicitando y devolviendo una solicitud de registro al Secretario del Distrito en persona, o por correo electrónico a cflynn@ southcountry.org o por fax al 631-286-2457. La solicitud de la solicitud de registro puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar de recibir la solicitud de registro por correo postal, fax o correo electrónico. Los formularios de solicitud de registro de votantes militares deben recibirse en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. el 13 de marzo de 2025.
Y ADEMÁS, SE NOTIFICA
POR LA PRESENTE que los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Central de South Country pueden solicitar una solicitud de boleta militar al Secretario
del Distrito en persona, por correo electrónico a cflynn@ southcountry.org o por fax al 631-286-2457. Para que se le emita una boleta militar a un votante militar, se debe recibir una solicitud de boleta militar válida en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del 13 de marzo de 2025. Las solicitudes de boleta militar recibidas de acuerdo con lo anterior se procesarán de la misma manera que una solicitud de boleta no militar según la Sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación. La solicitud de boleta militar puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar de recibir la boleta militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico. La solicitud de boleta militar original y la boleta militar de un votante militar deben devolverse por correo o en persona a la oficina del Secretario de Distrito en el Distrito Escolar Central de South Country, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, NY 11772.
Y ADEMÁS, SE NOTIFICA
POR LA PRESENTE que las boletas militares se escrutarán si son recibidas por el Secretario de Distrito (1) antes del cierre de las urnas el 8 de abril de 2025 y muestran una marca de cancelación del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o muestran un respaldo fechado de recepción por otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o (2) no más tarde de las 5:00 p.m. el 8 de abril de 2025 y firmado y fechado por el votante militar y un testigo, con una fecha que se determine que no es posterior al día anterior a la elección.
Fecha: 22 de enero de 2025 East Patchogue, Nueva York
POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR CENTRAL DE SOUTH COUNTRY, CIUDAD DE BROOKHAVEN, CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NUEVA YORK
DISTRICT MEETING OF THE SOUTH COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTH COUNTRY LIBRARY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of the South Country Central School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York will be held at the South Country Library, 22 Station Rd., Bellport, New York on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 9:30 a.m., prevailing time, for the purpose of voting by paper ballot upon the following items:
(1) To adopt the Annual Budget of the South Country Library for the fiscal year 2025-2026 and to authorize that the requisite portion thereof be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the South Country Central School District, pursuant to section 259 of the Education Law; and
(2) To elect two (2) Trustees of the Library to fill three-year terms commencing May 15, 2025, and ending May 18, 2028.
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that for the purpose of voting at such meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, the polls will be open between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, and voting will be held at the South Country Library, 22 Station Rd., Bellport, New York; and
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of a statement of the amount of money which will be required for the ensuing year for the South Country Library’s purposes exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding said meeting except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from the Library located at 22 Station Rd., Bellport, New York during regular business hours and from the School
District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday) at the District’s Administration building located at 189 Dunton Avenue., East Patchogue, New York.
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of Trustee of the South Country Library must be filed at the South Country Library, 22 Station Rd., Bellport, New York, no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 24, 2025; such petitions shall be filed between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday) prevailing time; each petition must be directed to the Director of the Library, must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the School District, and must state the residence address of each signer and the name and residence of the candidate. Vacancies on the Library Board are not considered separate, specific offices, and the nominating petitions, therefore, shall not describe any specific vacancies upon the Library Board for which the candidate is nominated; and
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law and has voted at any
Annual or Special District Meeting within the past four (4) years, such voter is eligible to vote at this election; if a voter is registered and eligible to vote pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law, such voter is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register. Registration shall be conducted for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law through Wednesday, April 2, 2025, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time on all regular days during which the Office of the District Clerk is in operation at the Office of the Clerk located in the South
Country Central School District Administration Building, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, New York, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such register, provided that at such time he or she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of said Clerk to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such Special District Meeting for which the register is prepared. The register so prepared pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the School District in the Administration Building, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, New York and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on each of the five (5) days prior to the date set for the meeting and shall be available between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, weekdays and on Saturday, April 5, 2025, by prearranged appointment by contacting the District Clerk at (631) 730-1542 or by email to cflynn@southcountry.org.
In addition, the registration list shall be available in the South Country Library on the day of the vote; and
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee and early mail ballots will be obtainable from the office of the Clerk of the School District (Administrative Offices, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, New York) between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, during all days on which the School District is in session.
Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than March 10, 2025, and by April 1, 2025, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter. If the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter at the office of the District Clerk the completed application must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 7, 2025. No absentee or early mail voter’s ballot shall be canvassed unless it shall have been received in the office of the Clerk of the District not later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the vote/ election. A list of all persons to whom absentee and
early mail ballots have been issued will be available in the School District Clerk’s office between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on each of the five days prior to April 8, 2025, and on Saturday, April 5, 2025, by pre-arranged appointment by contacting the District Clerk at (631) 730-1542 or by email to cflynn@southcountry.org.
A challenge to an absentee ballot may not be made on the basis that the voter should have applied for an early mail ballot.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the South Country Central School District by requesting and returning a registration application to the District Clerk in person, or by email to cflynn@southcountry. org or fax sent to 631-2862457. The request for the registration application may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the registration application by either mail, fax, or email. Military voter registration application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 13, 2025.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are qualified voters of the South Country Central School District, may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk in person, or by email to cflynn@southcountry. org or fax sent to 631-2862457. In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m., on March 13, 2025. Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a nonmilitary ballot application under Section 2018-a of the Education Law. The application for military ballot may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax, or email. A military voter’s original military ballot application and military ballot must be returned by mail or in person
to the office of the District Clerk at South Country Central School District, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, NY 11772.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk (1) before the close of polls on April 8, 2025 showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or (2) not later than 5:00 p.m. on April 8, 2025 and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.
Dated: January 22, 2025 East Patchogue, New York BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
SOUTH COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK
ESPECIAL DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR CENTRAL DE SOUTH COUNTRY CIUDAD DE BROOKHAVEN, CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NUEVA YORK EN NOMBRE DE LA BIBLIOTECA DE SOUTH COUNTRY
POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que se llevará a cabo una Reunión Distrital Especial de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Central de South Country, Ciudad de Brookhaven, Condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, en la Biblioteca de South Country, 22 Station Rd., Bellport, Nueva York, el martes 8 de abril de 2025, a las 9:30 a.m., hora vigente, con el propósito de votar mediante boleta de papel sobre los siguientes temas:
(1) Adoptar el Presupuesto Anual de la
Biblioteca South Country para el año fiscal 2025-2026 y autorizar que la parte requerida del mismo se recaude mediante impuestos sobre la propiedad imponible del Distrito Escolar Central de South Country, de conformidad con la sección 259 de la Ley de Educación; y
(2) Elegir dos (2) Síndicos de la Biblioteca para cubrir períodos de tres años que comienzan el 15 de mayo de 2025 y terminan el 18 de mayo de 2028.
SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS
POR LA PRESENTE que, para votar en dicha reunión el martes 8 de abril de 2025, las urnas estarán abiertas entre las 9:30 a. m. y las 9:00 p. m., hora vigente, y la votación se llevará a cabo en la Biblioteca South Country, 22 Station Rd., Bellport, Nueva York; y
SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS POR LA PRESENTE que cualquier residente del Distrito podrá obtener una copia de una declaración de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año siguiente para los fines de la Biblioteca South Country, excluyendo los dineros públicos, durante los catorce (14) días inmediatamente anteriores a dicha reunión, excepto los sábados, domingos y feriados, en la Biblioteca ubicada en 22 Station Rd., Bellport, Nueva York, durante el horario comercial habitual, y en el Distrito Escolar entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. (de lunes a viernes) en el edificio de la Administración del Distrito ubicado en 189 Dunton Avenue., East Patchogue, Nueva York.
SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que las peticiones de nominación de candidatos para el cargo de Síndico de la Biblioteca South Country deben presentarse en la Biblioteca South Country, 22 Station Rd., Bellport, Nueva York, a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del lunes 24 de febrero de 2025.; dichas peticiones se presentarán entre las 9:30 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m. (de lunes a viernes), hora vigente; cada petición debe estar dirigida al Director de la Biblioteca, debe estar firmada por al menos veinticinco (25) votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar y debe indicar la dirección de
residencia de cada firmante y el nombre y la residencia del candidato. Las vacantes en la Junta de la Biblioteca no se consideran cargos separados y específicos y, por lo tanto, las peticiones de nominación no deben describir ninguna vacante específica en la Junta de la Biblioteca para la cual se nomina al candidato; y
SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que el registro personal de los votantes es obligatorio de conformidad con el § 2014 de la Ley de Educación o de conformidad con el Artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral. Si un votante se ha registrado previamente de conformidad con el § 2014 de la Ley de Educación y ha votado en cualquier Asamblea Anual o Distrital Especial dentro de los últimos cuatro (4) años, dicho votante es elegible para votar en esta elección; si un votante está registrado y es elegible para votar de conformidad con el Artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral, dicho votante también es elegible para votar en esta elección. Todas las demás personas que deseen votar deben registrarse. El registro se llevará a cabo con el propósito de registrar a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito de conformidad con el §2014 de la Ley de Educación hasta el miércoles 2 de abril de 2025, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., hora vigente en todos los días regulares durante los cuales la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito está en funcionamiento en la Oficina del Secretario ubicada en el Edificio de Administración del Distrito Escolar Central de South Country, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, Nueva York, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se coloque en dicho registro, siempre que en ese momento se sepa o se demuestre a satisfacción de dicho Secretario que tiene derecho en ese momento o en lo sucesivo a votar en dicha Reunión Especial del Distrito para la cual se prepara el registro. El registro preparado de conformidad con el §2014 de la Ley de Educación se archivará en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito Escolar en el Edificio Administrativo, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, Nueva York y estará abierto para inspección por cualquier
votante calificado del Distrito a partir de cada uno de los cinco (5) días anteriores a la fecha establecida para la reunión y estará disponible entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., hora vigente, los días de semana y el sábado 5 de abril de 2025, mediante cita previa comunicándose con el Secretario del Distrito al (631) 730-1542 o por correo electrónico a cflynn@ southcountry.org. Además, la lista de registro estará disponible en la Biblioteca South Country el día de la votación; y
SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS POR LA PRESENTE que las solicitudes de boletas de voto en ausencia y de voto anticipado por correo se podrán obtener en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito Escolar (Oficinas Administrativas, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, Nueva York) entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., hora vigente, durante todos los días en que el Distrito Escolar esté en sesión. Las solicitudes completas deben ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito no antes del 10 de marzo de 2025, y antes del 1 de abril de 2025, si la boleta se enviará por correo al votante. Si la boleta se entregará personalmente al votante en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito, la solicitud completa debe ser recibida por el Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. el lunes 7 de abril de 2025. No se examinará ninguna papeleta de voto en ausencia o por correo anticipado a menos que haya sido recibida en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del día de la votación/elección. Una lista de todas las personas a quienes se han emitido papeletas de voto en ausencia o por correo anticipado estará disponible en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito Escolar entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. cada uno de los cinco días anteriores al 8 de abril de 2025 y el sábado 5 de abril de 2025, mediante cita previa comunicándose con el Secretario del Distrito al (631) 730-1542 o por correo electrónico a cflynn@ southcountry.org. No se puede impugnar una papeleta de voto en ausencia sobre la base de que el votante debería haber solicitado una papeleta de voto por correo
anticipado.
Y ADEMÁS, SE NOTIFICA
POR LA PRESENTE que los votantes militares que no estén registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Central de South Country solicitando y devolviendo una solicitud de registro al Secretario del Distrito en persona, o por correo electrónico a cflynn@ southcountry.org o por fax al 631-286-2457. La solicitud de la solicitud de registro puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar de recibir la solicitud de registro por correo postal, fax o correo electrónico. Los formularios de solicitud de registro de votantes militares deben recibirse en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del 13 de marzo de 2025.
Y ADEMÁS SE NOTIFICA
POR LA PRESENTE que los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Central de South Country pueden solicitar una solicitud de boleta militar al Secretario del Distrito en persona, o por correo electrónico a cflynn@ southcountry.org o por fax al 631-286-2457. Para que se le emita una boleta de votación militar a un votante militar, se debe recibir una solicitud de boleta de votación militar válida en la oficina del secretario del distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del 13 de marzo de 2025. Las solicitudes de boleta de votación militar recibidas de acuerdo con lo anterior se procesarán de la misma manera que una solicitud de boleta de votación no militar según la Sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación. La solicitud de boleta de votación militar puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar de recibir la boleta de votación militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico. La solicitud de boleta de votación militar original y la boleta de votación militar deben devolverse por correo o en persona a la oficina del secretario del distrito en el Distrito Escolar Central de South Country, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, NY 11772.
Y ADEMÁS SE NOTIFICA
POR LA PRESENTE que las papeletas militares serán
escrutadas si son recibidas por el Secretario de Distrito (1) antes del cierre de las urnas el 8 de abril de 2025 mostrando una marca de cancelación del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o mostrando un endoso fechado de recibo por otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o (2) no más tarde de las 5:00 p.m. del 8 de abril de 2025 y firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo de ello, con una fecha que se determine que no es posterior al día anterior a la elección.
Fecha: 22 de enero de 2025 East Patchogue, Nueva York
POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DISTRITO ESCOLAR CENTRAL DE SOUTH COUNTRY, CIUDAD DE BROOKHAVEN, CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NUEVA YORK
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK Brighthouse Life Insurance Company, Plaintiff, -againstJennifer Robinson as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Paccione, Peter Paccione as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Paccione, Patrick Paccione as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Paccione, John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, Clerk of the Suffolk County District Court, Clerk of the Suffolk County Traffic & Parking Violations Agency, People of the State of New York, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, United States of America - Internal Revenue Service, Kathleen Paccione's unknown heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or
interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, James Krauss, Defendants.
Index #: 610021/2024
Filed: 04/18/2024
SUMMONS
Plaintiff designates Suffolk County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the subject premises is situated.
TO THE ABOVE NAMED
DEFENDANT(S):
YOU ARE HEREBY
SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME
If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.
Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.
Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.
YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.
Dated: Bay Shore, New York April 17, 2024 FRENKEL, LAMBERT, WEISS, WEISMAN & GORDON, LLP BY: Deana Cheli
Attorneys for Plaintiff
53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100
Our File No.: 01-099455F00
NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT
THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $215,034.48 and interest, recorded in the office of the clerk of the County of Suffolk on January 30, 2007 in Liber M00021466, Page 485 covering premises known as 438 Auborn Avenue, Shirley, NY 11967.
The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff AGAINST JOSE A. LOPEZ, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered December 17, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on March 24, 2025 at 10:30AM, premises known as 3 Park Avenue, Medford, NY 11763. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0200 Section 867-00 Block 01.00 Lot 040.000. Approximate amount of judgment $648,132.28 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #613544/2023. Andrew J. Levitt, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 22-004335 84419
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC
Plaintiff, -against- ROBERT W. JOHNSON JR. AS HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT W. JOHNSON; JOSHUA JOHNSON AS HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT W. JOHNSON; JEREMY JOHNSON AS HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT W. JOHNSON; if living, and if he/she be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; PHYLLIS ZANICHKOWSKY AS TRUSTEE OF THE ROBERT W. JOHNSON REVOCABLE TRUST, DATED JULY 12, 2020; MIDLAND FUNDING LLC APO GE MONEY BANK; DAVID NEY; COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; CLERK OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY DISTRICT COURT; STATE OF NEW YORK; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; and JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE #1 through #7, the last seven (7) names being
fictitious and unknown to the Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint, Defendants. INDEX # 607016/2024 Original filed with Clerk April 29, 2024. Plaintiff Designates Suffolk County as the Place of Trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject action is situated Suffolk County. Premises: 142 New York Ave Sound Beach, NY 11789. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); the United States of America may appear or answer within 60 day of service hereof; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Said Supplemental Summons and Amended Complaint are being filed pursuant to Amended Court Order dated January 16, 2025. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC AND FILING THE
LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES
ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Uniondale, New York, January 28, 2025. Pincus Law Group, PLLC. By: /s/ Linda P. Manfredi, Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 425 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556, 516-699-8902
D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING, Plaintiff, vs. GILBERT SANTIAGO, ET AL., Defendant(s).
Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee’s Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on December 5, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on March 27, 2025 at 12:00 p.m., premises known as 416 Kane Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0200, Section 975.70, Block 03.00 and Lot 013.000. Approximate amount of judgment is $185,508.03 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #607149/2023. Cash will not be accepted.
Erin M. McTiernan, Esq., Referee Knuckles & Manfro, LLP, 120 White Plains Road, Suite 215, Tarrytown, New York 10591, Attorneys for Plaintiff
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, d/b/a Christina Trust, not in its Individual Capacity but Solely in its Capacity as Certificate Trustee for NNPL Trust
Series 2012-1, Plaintiff AGAINST
Corrine C. Ozcan a/k/a Corrine Ozcan, Ozer Ozcan, et al, Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated December 24, 2024 and entered on January 7, 2025, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on March 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM premises known as 106 E Alcolade Drive, Shirley, NY 11967. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Suffolk, State of New York, SECTION: 978.90, BLOCK: 02.00, LOT: 002.00 District 0200. Approximate amount of judgment is $319,048.21 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 604316/2015.
Notice is hereby given that an On-Premise Restaurant Liquor License, NYS Application ID: NA 034025-103419 has been applied for by Holstein Grill Steak House Corp serving beer, wine, cider and liquor to be sold at retail for on premises consumption in a restaurant, for the premises located at 189 Portion Rd, Suite B Ronkonkoma NY 11779.
L16186 - 02/26/2025 & 03/05/2025
Notice of formation of DCG2 PROPERTIES UNIT 2 LLC
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 25, 2024. Office located in Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: 275 GILLETTE AVE, BAYPORT, NY, 11705,
STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE, FOR NEW CENTURY HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2005-2, Plaintiff, v.
CHARLES BROWN A/K/A CHARLES BROWN JR. A/K/A CHARLIE BROWN, ET AL, Defendants.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT
In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Suffolk County on December 17, 2024, I, Annette Eaderesto, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on March 28, 2025 at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738, at 10:30 AM the premises described as follows:
71 Matsunaye Drive Medford, NY 11763
SBL.: 0200-774.00-05.00017.000
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, State of New York.
The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 613506/2019 in the amount of $590,729.67 plus interest and costs. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System's COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale.
ARC Home LLC f/k/a WEI Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST
Adam F. Tuzza a/k/a Adam Tuzza a/k/a Adam Francis Tuzza, Olga Tuzza a/k/a Olga A. Tuzza, et al, Defendant
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated December 26, 2023 and entered on January 18, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on April 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM premises known as 80 Woodacres Road, East Patchogue, NY 11772. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Suffolk, State of New York, SECTION: 983.00, BLOCK: 01.00, LOT: 025.000, District 0200. Approximate amount of judgment is $552,973.37 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 203102/2022. For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www. Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832.
Erin McTiernan, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of the
William Floyd Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, will be held at the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, Shirley Branch, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, Suffolk County, New York on the 22nd day of April, 2025, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. prevailing time, for the purpose of voting upon a proposition adopting the annual budget for the support and maintenance of the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library for the fiscal year 20252026 and authorizing the appropriation of the amount necessary to be raised by a levy of a tax upon the taxable property within the William Floyd Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York; and NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN of the election of two (2) Trustees of the Board of Trustees of the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library at such Special District Meeting; the term of such office to run as follows: one candidate to be elected to a full term for the period of July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2030; the incumbent being Joseph Maiorana; and one candidate to be elected to the remaining term of April 22, 2025 to June 30, 2026, the incumbent being Nancy Kimmerling; voting is at large; the candidate receiving the highest number of votes to assume the full term; the candidate receiving the second highest vote total will serve the term of April 22, 2025 to June 30, 2026; and NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that candidates for the office of Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library shall be nominated by petition, which petition shall be directed to the Clerk of the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library and shall be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District; shall state the name and residence of the candidate and shall state the residence of each signer. Said petition shall be filed with the Clerk of the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, Business Office, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, Suffolk County, New York
Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9 A.M. and 4 P.M., prevailing time, but not later than 5 P.M., Monday, March 24, 2025; and
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Registration will meet at the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, New York on the 15th day of April, 2025, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. prevailing time, at which time the Board of Registration shall prepare the register of the School District, and any person shall be entitled to have his/ her name placed upon such register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration she/he is known or proved to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the Meeting for which such register is prepared; that the register prepared pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law, shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the District at the District Administration Office, 240 Mastic Road, Mastic Beach in said William Floyd Union Free School District; and that the said register shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District on each of the five (5) days prior to and the day set for the Meeting (except Saturday and Sunday) from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., prevailing time; and NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for the year 20252026 for Library purposes, may be obtained by any resident in the District during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding such Special District Meeting and on the day of such Special Meeting, except Sundays or holidays, at the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, New York, in said District, during the hours in which the Library is regularly open for business; and NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to the provisions of Section 2018 of the Education Law, voting will be permitted by way of early voting and absentee balloting. Except for those persons whose registration
LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES
record has been marked permanently disabled by the Board of Elections, pursuant to the provisions of the Election Law, applications for early voter and absentee ballots must be received by the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, in person at the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, New York or by mail c/o Business Office, Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, New York at least seven (7) days prior to the vote by end of business closing 5:00 p.m. (prevailing time) if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election by end of business closing 5:00 p.m. (prevailing time), if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available in the office of the Library Director of the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library on each of the five days prior to April 22, 2025, except Saturdays and Sundays. In order to be canvassed, early mail and absentee ballots must be received by the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, not later than 5:00 p.m. (prevailing time) on April 22, 2025; and
NOTICE IS FURTHER
GIVEN that military voters who are qualified voters of the William Floyd School District may request an application for a military ballot from the Library Clerk by mail c/o Business Office, Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, New York; or by email to kbertos@ communitylibrary.org. In such request, the military voter shall indicate his/her preference for receiving the application via mail, or email. A military voter must return the original military ballot application to the Library Clerk by mail c/o Business Office, Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, New York. For a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the Library Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday
March 21, 2025. Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a nonmilitary ballot application under section 2018-b of the Education Law. The application for a military ballot should include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by email or mail; and NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a military voter’s original military ballot must be returned by MAIL to the Office of the Library Clerk c/o Business Office, Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley NY 11967. Military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the library election clerk (1) before the close of polls on election day and showing a cancellation mark of the US Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement by receipt of another agency of the U.S. government, or (2) not later than 5:00 p.m. on election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election; and NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY GIVEN that a qualified voter whose ability to appear personally at the polling place is substantially impaired by reason of permanent illness or physical disability and whose registration record has been marked “permanently disabled” by the Board of Elections pursuant to the provisions of the Election Law shall be entitled to receive an absentee ballot pursuant to the provisions of the Election Law without making separate application for such absentee ballot; and NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN to all persons who shall have been previously registered for annual or special school district meetings and who have voted at any such annual or special meeting held or conducted any time within the four (4) calendar years prior to April 22, 2025, shall be entitled to vote at this Special District Meeting. In addition, all those who have registered to vote with the Board of Elections of Suffolk County pursuant to Article
5 of the Election Law shall be entitled to vote at this Special District Meeting notwithstanding their failure to have previously registered with the School District.
Dated: February 10, 2025
Shirley, New York
By order of the Board of Trustees of the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, Shirley, New York
CIUDAD DE BROOKHAVEN, CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NUEVA YORK
SE INFORMA que se hará una asamblea extraordinaria del distrito de los votantes calificados del distrito escolar William Floyd Union Free, ciudad de Brookhaven, condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, en la Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, sucursal de Shirley, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, condado de Suffolk, Nueva York el 22 de abril de 2025, entre 9:00 a. m. y 9:00 p. m. hora en vigor, para el propósito de votar sobre una propuesta de adoptar el presupuesto anual para el apoyo y el mantenimiento de la Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library para el año fiscal 2025-2026 y autorizando la apropiación de la cantidad que se necesita recaudar por un gravamen de un impuesto sobre la propiedad gravable en el distrito escolar William Floyd Union Free, ciudad de Brookhaven, condado de Suffolk, Nueva York; y ADEMÁS SE INFORMA de la elección de dos (2) fiduciarios de la junta de fiduciarios de la Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library en dicha asamblea extraordinaria del distrito; el período de dichos puestos durará como sigue: se elegirá a un candidato para el período completo del 1 de julio de 2025 al 30 de junio de 2030; el titular es Joseph Maiorana; y se elegirá un candidato para el término restante del 22 de abril de 2025 al 30 de junio de 2026, el titular es Nancy Kimmerling; la votación es
plurinominal; el candidato que recibe el número más alto de votos asumirá el término completo; el candidato que recibe la segunda cantidad más grande de votos totales servirá el término del 22 de abril de 2025 al 30 de junio de 2026; y ADEMÁS SE INFORMA que los candidatos para el cargo de fiduciario de la junta directiva de la Mastics Moriches
Shirley Community Library se nominarán mediante petición, y esta se dirigirá al secretario de la Mastics Moriches
Shirley Community Library y la firmarán al menos veinticinco (25) votantes calificados del distrito; deberá mostrar el nombre y residencia del candidato, y la residencia de cada firmante. Dicha petición se presentará al secretario de la Mastics Moriches
Shirley Community Library, Business Office, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, Suffolk County, New York, de lunes a viernes, entre 9:00 a. m. y 4:00 p. m., hora en vigor, pero no más tarde de las 5:00 p. m., el lunes, 24 de marzo de 2025; y ADEMÁS SE INFORMA que la junta de registro se reunirá en la Mastics Moriches
Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, New York el 15 de abril de 2025, entre 9:00 a. m. y 9:00 p. m., hora en vigor, cuando la junta de registro preparará el registro del distrito escolar y cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se incluya en dicho registro, siempre que en dicha asamblea se conozca o se muestre a satisfacción de la junta de registro que la persona tiene derecho a votar en la Asamblea para la que se prepara dicho registro; que el registro preparado según la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación, se presentará a la oficina del secretario del distrito en District Administrator Office, 240 Mastic Road, Mastic Beach en el distrito escolar William Floyd Union Free; y que este registro estará abierto para inspección por cualquier votante calificado del distrito en cada uno de los cinco (5) días anteriores y el día fijado para la asamblea (excepto sábado y domingo) de 9:00 a. m. a 4:00 p. m., hora en vigor; y ADEMÁS SE INFORMA que cualquier residente del
distrito puede obtener una copia de la declaración de la cantidad de dinero que será necesaria para el año 2025-2026 para la Biblioteca durante los catorce (14) días inmediatamente anteriores a la asamblea extraordinaria de distrito y el día de dicha asamblea extraordinaria, excepto domingos o días festivos, en la Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, New York, en dicho distrito, durante el horario de atención al público habitual de la Biblioteca; y ADEMÁS SE DA AVISO de que, según las disposiciones de la Sección 2018 de la Ley de Educación, se permitirá la votación mediante votación anticipada y por boleta de voto en ausencia. Excepto para aquellas personas a las que la junta de elecciones marcó su expediente de registro como permanente deshabilitado, según las disposiciones de la Ley de Elecciones, la Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library debe recibir las solicitudes de papeletas por correo anticipado y boletas de voto en ausencia, en persona en Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, New York o por correo con atención a Business Office, Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, New York, por lo menos siete (7) días antes del voto para para el final del día laborable a las 5:00 p. m. (hora en vigor), si la papeleta se enviará por correo al votante o el día anterior a la elección para el final del día laborable a las 5:00 p. m. (hora en vigor), si la papeleta se entregará personalmente al votante. Una lista de todas las personas a las que se les expidieron boletas de voto en ausencia estará disponible en la oficina del director de la Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library en cada uno de los cinco días anteriores al 22 de abril de 2025, excepto los sábados y domingos. Para poder ser escrutados, las papeletas por correo anticipado y las boletas de voto en ausencia se deben recibir en la Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. (hora en vigor) del 22 de abril de 2025; y ADEMÁS SE DA AVISO que los votantes que sean militares y que estén calificados para votar en el distrito escolar William Floyd pueden solicitar una papeleta para militares al secretario de la Biblioteca con atención a Business Office, Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, New York, o por correo electrónico a kbertos@communitylibrary. org. En dicha solicitud, el votante militar deberá mostrar su preferencia para recibir la solicitud por correo postal o electrónico. Un votante militar debe devolver la solicitud de papeleta para militares original al secretario de la Biblioteca por correo con atención a Business Office, Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, New York. Para que a un votante militar se le expida una papeleta para militares, se debe recibir una solicitud de papeleta para militares válida en la oficina del secretario de la Biblioteca a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del viernes, 21 de marzo de 2025. Las solicitudes de papeleta para militares recibidas según lo mencionado arriba se procesarán de la misma manera que una solicitud de papeletas para no militares según la Sección 2018-b de la Ley de Educación. La solicitud de una papeleta para militares debe incluir la preferencia del votante militar para recibir la papeleta para militares por correo electrónico o por correo postal; y ADEMÁS SE INFORMA que la papeleta original de un votante de las Fuerzas Armadas se debe devolver por CORREO a la oficina del secretario de la Biblioteca con atención Business Office, Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley NY 11967. Las papeletas para militares se escrutarán si las recibe el secretario electoral de la Biblioteca (1) antes del cierre de los centros de votación el día de las elecciones y si tienen una marca de cancelación del Servicio Postal de los EE. UU. o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o si tienen un acuse de recibo con fecha
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incluida de otra agencia del gobierno de los EE. UU., o (2) a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del día de las elecciones y firmado y fechado por el votante militar y un testigo del mismo, con una fecha que se determine que no será posterior al día anterior a la elección; y
ADEMÁS SE INFORMA
POR LA PRESENTE que un votante calificado cuya capacidad para presentarse personalmente en el lugar de votación está sustancialmente impedida por motivo de enfermedad permanente o discapacidad física y que la junta electoral marcó su expediente de registro como "permanentemente discapacitado" según las disposiciones de la Ley Electoral, tendrá derecho a recibir una boleta de voto en ausencia según las disposiciones de la Ley Electoral sin presentar una solicitud por separado para dicha papeleta; y
ADEMÁS, SE AVISA a todas las personas que hayan estado previamente registradas para las asambleas anuales o extraordinarias del distrito escolar y que hayan votado en cualquiera de dichas asambleas anuales o extraordinarias celebradas u organizadas en cualquier momento en los cuatro (4) años calendario anteriores al 22 de abril de 2025, que tendrán derecho a votar en esta asamblea extraordinaria del distrito. Además, todos aquellos que se hayan registrado para votar en la junta electoral del condado de Suffolk según el Artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral tendrán derecho a votar en esta asamblea extraordinaria del distrito sin importar que no se registraran antes en el distrito escolar.
Con fecha: 10 de febrero de 2025
Shirley, Nueva York
Por orden de la Junta de Fiduciarios de Mastics
Moriches Shirley Community Library, Shirley, Nueva York
MORTGAGE, LLC, Plaintiff - against - JUDY FRANCHAK, et al
Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on July 17, 2024. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on the 8th day of April, 2025 at 10:30 AM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Township of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, State of New York.
Premises known as 36 Musket Dr., Shirley, NY 11967.
(Section: 936.00, Block: 06.00, Lot: 052.002)
Approximate amount of lien $394,148.02 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 202286/2022. Annette Eaderesto, Esq., Referee.
Stein, Wiener & Roth LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 315 Westbury, NY Tel. 516/742-1212
Dated: January 31, 2025
During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale. Auction Locations are subject to change.
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK HSBC BANK USA N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF NOMURA HOME EQUITY LOAN INC. ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-3,
-againstANTHONY MONTENEGRO, ET AL.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk on October 28, 2024, wherein HSBC BANK USA N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF NOMURA HOME EQUITY LOAN INC. ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2007-3 is the Plaintiff and ANTHONY MONTENEGRO, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738, on April 8, 2025 at 3:30PM, premises known as 3 LEE PLACE, MASTIC, NY 11950; and the following tax map identification: 0200824.00-02.00-007.000.
ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, STATE OF NEW YORK
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No.: 609376/2015. Elizabeth M. Harrington, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC, 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.
SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF SUFFOLK CITIZENS BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, Against LORI SOARES AS CO-
ADMINISTRATRIX TO THE ESTATE OF AND AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN TO JASON SOARES A/K/A JASON J. SOARES; TAMMY L. HARBOURN AS COADMINISTRATRIX TO THE ESTATE OF JASON SOARES A/K/A JASON J. SOARES; PAIGE A. SOARES AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN TO JASON SOARES A/K/A JASON J. SOARES; JUSTIN J. SOARES AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN TO JASON SOARES A/K/A JASON J. SOARES; ET AL Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 11/25/2024, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738, on 4/9/2025 at 1:00PM, premises known as 3 Ocean Avenue, Mastic, New York 11950, And Described As Follows: ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate in the Township of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York
District 0200 Section 883.00 Block 03.00 Lot 048.000
The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $291,833.81 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 600784/2023
John Doyle, Esq., Referee. MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC, 10 Midland Avenue, Suite 205, Port Chester, NY 10573
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR PRL TITLE TRUST 1, Plaintiff AGAINST DOUGLAS A. ZEMAN, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered January 10, 2025, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction
at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on April 8, 2025 at 10:00AM, premises known as 85 Buckley Road, Patchogue, NY 11772. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0200 Section 951.00 Block 03.00 and Lot 017.004. Approximate amount of judgment $326,951.77 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #603569/2024. Daniel Murphy, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 23-003160 84588
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSRMF MH MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST II, Plaintiff AGAINST CLAY ADAM WADE AS TRUSTEE OF IRENE N. WADE ASSETS MANAGEMENT IRREVOCABLE TRUST, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered January 7, 2025, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on April 8, 2025 at 9:30AM, premises known as 36 Pace Avenue, Bellport, NY 11713. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0200 Section 959.00 Block 07.00 Lot 056.000. Approximate amount of judgment $83,406.96 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #631199/2023. Daniel J. Panico, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 23-003091 84680
L16197 - 03/05/2025,
03/12/2025, 03/19/2025 & 03/26/2025
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS MANORVILLE FIRE DISTRICT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the MANORVILLE FIRE DISTRICT, Suffolk County, New York, will be accepting sealed bids at Fire District Headquarters, 14 Silas Carter Road, Manorville, New York, at a Regular Meeting to be held on April 7th, 2025 at 7:00 PM (prevailing time) at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following:
- Landscaping Contract
Detailed Specifications and bidding forms are available on or after February 25, 2025, at Fire District Headquarters, 14 Silas Carter Road, Manorville, New York, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9:00a.m. and 3:00p.m. or by calling 631-878-6614. Appointments for the inspection of the properties can be made by calling 631878-6614.
Bids will be submitted in sealed envelopes to District Headquarters at 14 Silas Carter Road, Manorville, New York by 3:00p.m. (prevailing time) April 7th, 2025, and shall bear on the face thereof the name and address of the bidder.
The contract for the above items shall be awarded by the Board of Fire Commissioners to the lowest responsible bidder. In cases where two or more responsible bidders submit identical bids as to price, the Board of Fire Commissioners may award the contract to either of such bidders. The Board of Fire Commissioners reserves the right to reject all bids and readvertise for new bids in its discretion.
No bid may be withdrawn by any bidder for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of the bid opening.
Dated: February 25, 2025 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF MANORVILLE FIRE DISTRICT, Towns of Brookhaven and Riverhead, County of Suffolk, New York.
Melanie Austin District Secretary L16198-03/05/2025
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BY TOM BARTON
Last season the Chicago White Sox finished the regular season with just 41 wins. That number went way under the Vegas posted total for wins on the future market and also with 121 losses set the record for the most losses of all time, beating the 1962 Mets long standing mark.
The question for sports bettors now becomes how much better, or worse, can the Sox be this season? On the surface it seems like the lines makers don't have much confidence in the Sox, setting their season win total at 53 1/2. That number is the lowest preseason win total for any team since at least 1990. It's also five wins fewer than the Rockies, who have the secondlowest total at 58.5 wins.
While that is an absurdly low total, it still would have the Sox having a 13-game improvement to cash the over for season wins.
It's hard to be as bad as the Sox were last season, and unimaginable to be worse, but for any team a 13+ game improvement is very unlikely.
Chicago did not do much to help their squad in the offseason. The Sox lost their ace Garrett Crochet, along with Mike Soroka and Yoan Moncada. They brought in aging Martin Perez, 4th OF's Mike Tauchman and Austin Slater, Bryce Wilson, Josh Rojas, and Matt Thais. Not exactly a who's who of additions to this fledgling team.
Those who are banking on
The White Sox Can't Be That Bad...Can They?
the over not only need to see a 13-game improvement, but on paper are betting on a worse team. They also haven't shown any reason to be enthusiastic this spring ranking 30th in team batting average, 30th in team on-base percentage, 30th in team slugging percentage and 30th in OPS.
The numbers from the early lines are showing fans are taking the over for wins at a nearly 65% clip. Betting on a team like this takes some real guts and I would venture to say many of them are in the camp of "they can't be any worse". While this may be true, they don't have to be worse, in fact you're hoping they are actually much better. The over seems like a fool's errand to smart sports investors.
ByTomBarton
William Floyd Moves on to Face a Familiar Foe
The William Floyd Colonials boys varsity basketball team won their quarterfinal playoff game and have advanced to the next round of the Suffolk County playoffs.
The #3 seeded Colonials took down #6 seed Ward Melville in blowout fashion 68-47. Floyd's defense was in lockdown mode from the opening tip allowing 11 points in the first half and just 4 points in the second quarter. Their offense had a solid first half with 25 points but then
exploded after halftime with 25 points in the third quarter alone and the game seemed over before the fourth even began.
Sharod Sutton finished as the Colonials leading scorer with 15 points and 4 rebounds.
Dahmarion Moses had a big game with 14 points and 8 rebounds, while Jermaine King dropped in 13 points. JJ Smith filled up the stats sheet with a team leading 10 rebounds, to go along with his 12 points, and almost got a triple double with 7 assists to boot. Jawuan Smith
Longwood's Unified Team Looks Impressive in the Finals
ByTomBarton
The Longwood Lions Unified Golf Team recently shined when they competed in the annual Long Island Region Unified Topgolf Finals.
This competition showcases not just their incredible skills but also prioritizes a sense of sportsmanship.
Taking home First Place in the Singles Division was Vanessa Velasquez, Katie Keisner, and Nicholas Demeo. The first place winners in the Doubles Division went to Aiden Zavala and Nick Multari; Dom LaGala and Logan Katina; Marcus Frohlich and
and
Jack Galgano, Hailey Amato, Ella Parkinson, and Tatiana Terry took home second place honors in the Singles Division and Elijah Walthour and Kaitlyn Krieb were awarded second place honors in their Doubles Division.
Third place awards went to Justin Hawthorne, Casey Muchirarondo and Dennis Rindone, and Michael Klein.
Longwood put out a statement that says, "Thank you to Coaches Stark, Gordon, Knudsen, Kluber, Brown, Baker, and Muro for making the event possible."
The Jets Flunk the Test
added 9 points and 7 boards, Adam Gulsen hit a deep shot from beyond the arc and Jesse Durham added to the scoring with a bucket of his own.
The Colonials now advance to the semifinals where they’ll be taking on second seeded Bay Shore on Tuesday, March 4 at 4 p.m. at Longwood High School. These two faced off last season in the Suffolk County Championship game where William Floyd lost the title in a nail-biting game to end their perfect season.
The Mets Are Already Feeling Pain
ByTomBarton
Mets fans everywhere rejoiced when the Amazin's were able to sign the biggest free agent on the market this offseason in landing Juan Soto. The electric outfielder will be the face of the Mets franchise for decades to come. They also resigned Pete Alonso and all seemed right with the world.
Sure, all things seemed to be going in the Mets favor but anyone who was paying attention would quickly point to their weak starting pitching as the one thing that could derail this team. The Mets were relying on a staff without a true ace and with a ton of questions in the rotation. Those questions have now been exasperated with their recent spring injuries.
New York will likely be without Sean Manaea to start the season as he's dealing with a right oblique strain, and this could be an extended absence with some reports saying he could miss all of April.
The Mets have said that they will be "shutting down" Manaea for a couple of weeks with no clear timeline for when he's expected to make his season debut.
This follows the news earlier in the week that Frankie Montas
ByTomBarton
When you think of dysfunctional sports franchises, year after year, at the top of the list is the New York Jets.
Sure, you can blame the quarterback that year, this season it was Aaron Rodgers, who is now headed out of town, or the head coach like Robert Saleh who was fired during the season, but inevitably you have to come to the conclusion that a lot of the blame is on the man in charge.
That is exactly what the
will miss significant time due to a high-grade lat strain. The team has said he will be shut down for the next six-to-eight weeks and then will take another six weeks to get back into pitching shape. Montas will almost certainly miss all of April and possibly chunks of May.
That means that not only did the team with big hopes, lose $109 million dollars' worth of starting pitchers, but also dropped two vital parts of the rotation. When you include the fact that Clay Holmes is a pure experiment and now will be pushed up things look bleak for the Amazin's.
Holmes has been a reliever for the past few years and the Mets were hoping to convert him into
a starter this season. Being at the back end of a rotation and hoping for something out of Holmes is one thing, but counting on him as your #3 starter is a bad look. Add to that the fact their #1 starter Senga pitched all of 5 innings last season, Paul Blackburn threw for just 75 and fill in starter David Peterson tossed just 121 which leaves newly signed Griffin Canning as the staff leader in innings last season, and his innings came with a 5.19 ERA.
These injuries are not shocking to anyone who was paying attention, but it has sent shock waves for the Mets outlook on the new season ahead.
players believe in a recent poll.
Jets owner Woody Johnson was not near the top of the list, but he stood alone as he was rated the absolute worst owner in the NFL. This was based on the grades that were issued on a report card the NFLPA released asking the players their opinion on various topics.
The NFLPA asked its members to create a “Free Agency Guide” in the form of a report card that ranks every NFL franchise in a number of categories. Some of these categories were food-
related, travel, training facilities and so on. They also asked about the teams owners.
The report card wasn't just bad, it was the worst you can grade. Of the 1,695 players who graded their respective teams, New York Jets players graded Johnson as an F, and are the only team in the league to do so.
The Jets cut the food program, fired their dietician, but overall, they were upset with the direction on the field.
Jawuan Smith
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Lucas Parkinson,
Marcus Frohlich and Lucas Parkinson.
Longwood Unified Team
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Mr. Met is injured.
Jets owner gets an F.
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SPORTS Panthers Claw Back for the Playoff Win
ByTomBarton
The Miller Place basketball team might have had a slightly higher seed and home court advantage, but they had to come back and prove their mettle to advance in the playoffs on Tuesday night.
Miller Place won a thriller of a game against Sayville 56-55 in a game that was as close as the score indicates. The Panthers had nothing going right for them in the early going as they quickly fell behind 11-0. Sayville was proving to be big under the basket and the intensity of the game could be felt right away.
In the first quarter alone, there were a number of physical plays and with the crowd chanting defense the entire time and
diving across the floor the feel of a high stakes playoff game was certainly in the building.
Miller Place couldn't seem to make a dent from that early hole that grew to 16-5, but back-toback three-point plays, the latter coming on the traditional basket and a foul, watched them close the gap to just five points.
The Panthers came out of the locker room with the same intensity but this time their shots were falling, defensively they were now in lockdown mode. They won the 3rd quarter 22-15 and then held Sayville to just 12 fourth quarter points. The game was a one basket game with just seconds to go when Miller Place's Matt Cirrito nailed a late
free throw to seal the victory and send Miller Place to the next round.
Nick Frusco led the scoring with 22 points and three from beyond the arc. Mike Biondi had
an important 13, while Cirrito added eight including that key free throw. Ryan Khezri had seven points and Dylan Riegel chipped in 6, including a huge three-pointer with under two minutes to play.
The Panthers have not made the playoffs since 2020 but will not move on to play top seeded Southampton this Wednesday night at Longwood High School.
The Phantoms Dynamic Duo Lifts Them Past Glenn
ByTomBarton
The Bayport-Bluepoint Phantoms are moving onto the next round of the playoffs after defeating John Glenn 65-54.
The Phantoms entered the game as the #3 seed against Glenn who drew the #6 seed. BayportBlue Point won the first half, but it was the closing quarter which really defined this victory.
The Phantoms jumped out to an early 17-14 lead after the first and had built a nice 32-26 halftime lead but with Glenn within striking distance it was anyone's game as the teams came out of the locker room.
That is when you could see Glenn having their backs against the wall came out fired up and with a game plan. Their defensive intensity held the Phantoms to just 11 points in the third quarter but the fourth quarter the momentum shifted back, and that playoff grit shined through for the home team.
Bayport-Blue Point went on to score 22 fourth quarter points,
more than either team scored in any quarter, and with that offensive outburst Glenn could not keep pace.
Dylan Craig filled up the stat sheet, as he usually does, with 24 points, nine assists and five rebounds. He went to the foul line and made 11 shots and was a real difference maker in this one. He was not alone in the scoring as Suffolk's three-point leader Cormac Love scored 20 points and was deadly from deep with
four three-pointers.
Outside of the dynamic duo, Evan Waldbauer had eight points and had seven rebounds, Colin Most led the team with eight rebounds, and had six points himself. Tied with Most was Sean Deutscher's eight boards, and four points and Tyler McKillop chipped in with four rebounds and three points.
Bayport-Blue Point will now face Mount Sinai next round.
Suffolk Wrestlers Win Multiple State Championships
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needed a little over a minute to be become just the second state champion ever to come out of Bellport.
In the 116-pound division Tommy Aiello had a big comeback to win in overtime. He picked up his opponent for a final take down to become John Glenn’s first two-time state champion.
After an injury scare early in the match where it looked like his ankle could be seriously hurt Gavin Mangano gutted it out to win his second straight state championship in the 138-pound division. The ShorehamWading River wrestler defeated Ashten Haley of CobleskillRichmondville. Mangano was named the tournament’s Most
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The NFLPA said the players (about Johnson) "cite perceived top leadership issues, with some describing issues as 'topdown problems.'" Culture, and lack thereof was also a main concern, "They talked about the culture -- it's a problem, top down," NFLPA chief strategy officer J.C. Tretter.
Outstanding Wrestler.
In the first ever girls wrestling championships, freshman Julianna Hernandez became a state champion. Hernandez, in essence represents two schools because she attends Newfield but was competing for Rocky Point. The favorite to win it all won the title with a technical fall.
The Jets are turning to a new quarterback, a new head coach, and they have said it will be a new direction. The only problem is the man who just got an F grade is still calling the shots.
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This Saturday at MVP Arena in Albany the New York State wrestling championships were held and Suffolk County once again showed up in full force and came home with multiple state titles.
Camryn Howard of Bellport pinned Samson McKissick Staley of Pittsford in the 138-pound Division 1 state finals. Howard
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SPORTS It's All Mount Sinai in the Win
ByTomBarton
Tuesday night the Mount Sinai Mustangs didn't just win and move on in the playoffs, they made a statement to everyone in this division, and to all of Suffolk about how dominant this team can be.
The Mustangs overwhelmed Islip 71-51 in a game where the score wasn't even as close as the game itself. The Mustangs were ready from the opening tip and just exploded. They put up 40 points in the first 12 minutes of action with an offensive onslaught. It seemed like they couldn't miss in the first half and their fast breaks and quick passes were only outdone by their pinpoint accuracy.
Things slowed down a bit just before the half, but they still led at the half 42-22. Islip was visibly looking for answers and trying to find a formula that could
work. The only negative in the first half was that it was littered by a slew of whistles from the zebras. So much so that you could hear the coach saying, “it’s like a free throw contest” after back-to-back fouls in both teams had both coaches upset.
Heading to the locker room to Islip's credit they were telling each other the game wasn't over and to keep their heads up saying, " we have 16 minutes left." Unfortunately, nothing changed for them as they came out of the locker room.
Defense was the name of the game for the second half. The Mustangs came out of the break looking just as dominant as they ended the first half, only this time it was the suffocating defense that was the story. The Stangs got off to a quick 8-0 run and wound up holding Islip scoreless through more than the
first five minutes of the second half. Islip didn't score their first points until a foul led to a free throw opportunity ending the drought after 5 1/2 minutes into the second.
After a few missed shots, a travel, and a pass out of bounds, and just overall sloppy play brought on by that impressive
Mount Sinai defense, the scoreboard started to show the game slipping away. Islip scores just 11 points in the third quarter and this one was pretty much over before the fourth as the score sat at 57-33 at the end of three.
The Mustangs kept pouring it on in the fourth as they jumped
out to another quick start with a 4-0 run and the game was officially out of hand with the final score 71-51.
Mount Sinai look distinctively quicker and were playing a break neckpace. Dominic Pennzello had a magnificent game scoring 27 points, with two threepointers to go along with nine rebounds. Brock Kolsch and Brian Vales both scored 11 points with Vales grabbing seven boards. Alex Campanelli and Marcus Magloire had identical stat lines of four points and four rebounds, while Max Dabrusky and Andrew McNeely added two points apiece.
The Mustangs now will await the winner of the Bayport vs. John Glenn matchup and will play their next game at Longwood High School on March 5th at 4 p.m.
Fantasy Baseball - Batting Average, The Forgotten Category
ByTomBarton
When fantasy baseball managers gather together to draft and construct their teams there is always an emphasis on most of the major categories. There are some that like the power bats and load up on power to obtain home runs and RBIs. Others lean to the elusive speed categories to secure steals. On the pitching side saves are always chased but starting pitching becomes a category driven mindset trying to get high K's and low ERA and WHIP. What is often forgotten, even amongst some of the best fantasy managers in the business, is batting average.
Batting average for today's fan isn't as important and it once was. For 100+ years batting average told the story of how good a player was, now that mindset sits with OPS and WAR. The number of qualified hitters per season who have had an average of .300 or better over the past decade has gone down considerably. In 2016 there were
25 hitters, the same with 2017. By the time we reached 2022 that number fell to 11 and last year, after three straight seasons dropping, it settled at just seven players. Overall batting average has not been .250 in any of the past five seasons. But, in fantasy baseball it still is a category to itself and can give you a distinct edge because of such a low number of players making a difference.
I would argue that batting average is the hardest category to master, and mathematically the toughest to come back from a hole in. There is a way you can secure this category, much like grabbing a team of steals or saves players, and still have an overall successful team.
There are a few players who jump right out as batting average help. The problem is most won't do much in the way of other areas on your squad. Luis Arraez is the first name to jump out for those looking to really establish the category. Arraez is the best contact hitter in the game. He
has hit over .300 every season in his career with one exception when he still hit .294. Arraez hit a remarkable .354 two seasons ago and that alone can win you a category. The problem is he doesn't do much anywhere else. Arraez has never hit more than 10 homers, never hit even 70 RBIs and has never stolen 10 bases. You an hope for 80+ runs, which gives him at least two categories, but he does dominate batting average like no other.
Xavier Edwards is just like Arraez, but maybe more valuable.
Edwards batted over .300 for his career in the minors and then got called up for 200 plate appearances in the majors and went on to hit .328 last season. He will do even less in the way of HRs and RBIs than Arraez but he should pile up some runs and he does run. Edwards swiped 31 bags in 70 games last year and said he wants to run more this time around.
One young bat to look at that can help boost your BA is Jacob Wilson. Wilson batted over .400, yes .400 in 53 games in
the Minors last season. He has always hit and hit well but lacks any sort of speed and power. Much like Arraez he is batting average and a hope for a touch of runs scored.
Don't just look at batting average this season as a category to supplement one of your low average, high-power bats. It can be a category you can walk away with much in the same vein as saves or steals, you just have to make the commitment to oldschool average.
Scully Keeps Setting New Records
ByTomBarton
Miller Place High School Senior Jillian Scully competed in the Section XI NYS Qualifier this week and has now become a new record holder.
Scully competed in the Track and Field qualifiers in the shot put competition. She placed first with a personal best distance of 48'-4.25".
That personal best also now has set the new record for the Indoor record for both Suffolk County and all of Long Island. Scully won this event for both NYSPHSAA and Federations and will defend these records at the upcoming championships on March 8th at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island.
Scully also won the New York State Outdoor State Championship in the shot put by over 5 feet back in June. She also set the school record in the shot put by over 12 feet.
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