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By Phil corSo

The North Shore region is cashing in on its green pastures thanks to $6,000 in grant fund-ing, the Three Village Commu-nity Trust said this week.

Three Village was one of three Long Island trusts to be awarded the money through the state’s Conservation Part-nership Program, administered under the Land Trust Alliance, and will utilize the money to bulk up its conservation man-agement of the roughly 10-acre Stephen D. Matthews Nature Preserve, Trust President Cyn-thia Barnes said.

“The grant will help tight-en up the way we look after

the preserve and will provide for more targeted control of the invasive species that threaten its native f lora and fauna,” she said. “This grant represents an investment of $8,000 in the Stephen D. Matthews Nature Preserve.”

Barnes said the money would help enhance monitor-ing and management protocols at the preserve while also estab-lishing a volunteer training and stewardship program. The end result, she said, should make for a more volunteer-friendly atmosphere to attract residents in the nearby communities of Poquott and beyond.

Louise Harrison, a conser-vation biologist and principal

of the consulting firm known as Conservation and Natural Areas Planning, said interest in the area has been at an all-time high among Poquott natives.

“Poquott’s citizens turned out in large numbers for the

local civic association meeting last month, primarily to hear about the preserve,” she said. “They had plenty of questions for me. We’re looking to recruit volunteer stewards who want to

Three Village nature preserve gets state funding boost

By Phil corSo

A North Shore grocery chain is shuttering one of its loca-tions next month just as sum-mer breaks into full bloom.

Joseph Brown, senior vice president and chief merchan-dising officer for King Kul-len Grocery Co., Inc., said the East Setauket location on Route 25A will close its doors for good on June 11, answer-ing to rumors that have been swirling through the Three Village area over the last sev-eral weeks. The chain’s work-force, however, will be taken care of, Brown said.

“We do not anticipate a lay-off of employees, as they will be offered relocation to other stores, including our nearby supermarkets in St. James and Selden,” Brown said.

The East Setauket King Kul-len opened back in 2005 in the same shopping vicinity as two other grocery chains — Wild by

Kullen’s Closin’

Photo by Phil Corsothe king kullen supermarket on route 25a will close its doors next month.

FUNDING continued on page A12

Ramp revamp on 25A

County considers traffic proposal with pedestrian safety in mind

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east Setauket supermarket prepares to close its doors

Photo from Three Village Community TrustState funds should help bolster the Stephen d. Matthews nature Preserve.

A day of reflection on Memorial Day Also, Memorial Day parades

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Nature and Super Stop & Shop. The former grocery chain also operates under the King Kullen brand, which Brown said was not going anywhere.

“It has been a privilege to serve the Three Village com-munity and we remain com-mitted to the area through our East Setauket Wild by Na-ture,” he said.

Andrew Polan, president of the Three Village Chamber

of Commerce, said his group was sad to see the supermarket chain go after several years of service to the community. He said it was likely that oversatu-ration in the area could have made it difficult for King Kul-len to prosper as it stood along-side two other major chains.

“Anytime something closes down, it’s a cause of concern for us. King Kullen is a long-time Long Island company

and we’re sorry to see this hap-pening,” he said. “I’m sure the increase in competition in the area has made it difficult for businesses to survive.”

King Kullen operates sev-eral other locations in com-munities near the North Shore area including Mt. Sinai, Lake Ronkonkoma, Middle Island, Commack, Northport, Hun-tington and Huntington Sta-tion among others.

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Three Village school budget approved, members re-electedBy AndreA Moore PAldy

Voters approved the Three Village school district budget Tuesday. The $189.5 million budget received 2,401 votes in fa-vor and 723 against.

Residents also re-elected trustees Wil-liam Connors and Deanna Bavlnka. Board president Connors received 2,200 votes and Bavlnka, 2,052. A third candidate, Jef-frey Mischler, who had hoped to unseat either Bavlnka or Connors, got 1,095 votes.

Connors, a board member since 2012, plans to continue the work the board had started and to “maintain the academic programs and quality that the district has been known for within the fiscal reality.”

Connors was previously on the board from 1994 to 2006.

Mischler, who congratulated the trustees, said early in the evening that it had been a “clean campaign” and that he was pleased that he’d been able to “stick to being green.” He had run his cam-paign primarily on social media.

Before the results were in, Bavlnka, a trustee since 2011, said she was very op-timistic about the budget, which was her priority, because it directly affected the students in the district.

At the 2.79 percent cap on the tax levy increase, next year’s budget restores pro-grams and staff cut in recent years. They include the return of fourth- through

sixth-grade elementary health classes, high school American Sign Language, full-time elementary school social work-ers and increased guidance and counsel-ing at the three secondary schools.

District officials have also said that declining elementary enrollment and re-tirements will make it possible to balance elementary class sizes and add a STEM teacher to each elementary school to help with science and math enrichment and re-mediation. At the secondary level, the ad-ministration will add 1.2 full-time equiva-lent English as a second language (ESL) positions to fill a state mandate. Positions will be added to reduce math and English class sizes and to restore electives in tech-nology, social studies, science and math.

Three Village plans to restructure its administration for the 2015-16 school year without additional costs. New positions include a coordinating chair for junior high foreign language and districtwide ESL, a coordinating music chair as well as assistant directors for pupil personnel services, health and physical education and instructional technology. The 2015-16 budget includes money to restore security, clerical, maintenance and operations staff.

While a $1.65 million increase in state aid played a role in meeting the district’s bud-get, a $3.6 million decrease in retirement system costs and 5 percent drop in health insurance also helped. Assistant Superin-

tendent for Business Services Jeff Carlson said that Three Village also has benefited from increased revenues from tuition paid by nonresidents attending its special educa-tion and Three Village Academy programs. That has netted an additional $1.2 million for the current school year.

The favorable financial situation means that the district will be using less money from its fund balance and reserve accounts to balance the upcoming school year’s bud-get. It’s the reason the tax levy increase will be higher than the 0.81 percent budget-to-budget increase, Carlson said.

The district will continue to under-take capital improvements covered by

the bond residents approved in February 2014. An anticipated $3.39 million from the state’s Smart Schools Bond will go toward facilities for the prekindergarten program, as well as classroom, school safety and security technology, Carlson said. With a state-approved government efficiency plan that shows at least a 1 per-cent saving to the tax levy and with the budget within the cap, residents will be eligible for a tax freeze credit, he added.

Superintendent Cheryl Pedisich said the 77 percent approval of the budget sends an important message about sup-port from the community and confi-dence in the school board and district.

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Memorial Day parade to hit Setauket streets

The Veterans of Foreign wars at East Setauket’s Post 3054 will be sponsoring its annual Memorial Day parade on May 25 in the heart of town.

The units will step off at 11 a.m. fol-lowing the route along Main Street and Route 25A. opening ceremonies honor-ing the nation’s fallen war heroes will be held at the old Village Green opposite the Emma S. clark Library and also at the Memorial Park alone 25A at the con-clusion of the parade.

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dignitaries are expected to join over 2,000 marchers for the event. Organiza-tions wishing to participate in the pa-rade should contact parade chairman, Brian Denzler, at the VFW Post 3054 at (631) 751-5541 or at (831) 277-8336.

The post is always seeking new mem-bers. Veterans are encouraged to contact Denzler at either of the mentioned phone numbers for more information.

— PHil CorSo

File photo Three Village is preparing to celebrate Memorial Day with its annual parade this month.


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County considering Nicolls Road revampBy Phil Corso

Suffolk County is turning a corner.A problematic intersection where

Nicolls Road meets Route 25A is in the county’s crosshairs as officials seek ways to make it more pedestrian friendly and safer for drivers. Three Village residents heard a presentation on the proposal last Monday evening, when elected offi-cials and administrators outlined plans to install a new sidewalk on the north-ern side of the intersection.

“The county has been responsive to our concerns about pedestrian safety here,” said Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-East Setauket). “Right now, the 25A-Nicolls Road intersection is sort of scary for pedestrians trying to make their way across. The aim here is to improve safety and I wanted to make sure the public was included.”

Gilbert Anderson, commissioner of the county’s Department of Public Works, pointed to a blueprint of the proposal, which would remove an ac-cess ramp for drivers making a right onto Nicolls Road from 25A, and in-stead make the access point to the ma-jor roadway in the same spot as motor-ists making a left onto it from 25A. The intent, he said, was to ease the f low onto Nicolls without impacting east-bound traffic along 25A.

“Our intent is to improve safety at this intersection,” he said. “The county will be putting in sidewalks to connect the existing sidewalks put in by the state.”

As it stands, there are two ways to access Nicolls Road from 25A. Drivers going east on the route make a right onto the road via the access ramp in question under the county proposal, while drivers going west on the route make a left off 25A at a traffic light where the two roadways meet.

William Hillman, chief engineer with the county Department of Pub-lic Works, called the intersection the “genesis of pedestrian safety issues and vehicular issues” for the Three Village area and said this proposal could solve a lot of those problems. He said elimi-nating the current access ramp for cars going east on 25A making a right onto Nicolls Road was the safest way to handle the situation, and the county would be exploring the possibility with the state’s permission, because state-owned 25A is the crux of the county’s traffic issues at this site.

Some residents asked about the possi-bility of bike lanes being included in the proposal, and Anderson said civic mem-bers and elected officials should reach out to the state, which maintains Route 25A, with hopes of breaking through.

“If the civic reached out to the state,

now would be an opportune time,” he said. “Route 25A is a state jurisdiction when it comes to bike lanes. They’ll take your requests a lot more seriously than ours.”

Hahn said she is also requesting planning money on the county level for a bike path down Nicolls Road

and near Route 25A and hopes it gets considered for the betterment of Stony Brook University students who fre-quent the area either by bike or on foot.

“I’m hoping that money stays in and gets implemented one day,” she said. “Many students utilize the sidewalk and this will improve safety, no doubt.”

Photo by Phil Corsosuffolk County Department of Public Works Commissioner Gilbert Anderson outlines the proposal that would change the way drivers enter Nicolls road off route 25A.


Setauket charity event goes to Semper Fi FundBy BarBara Donlon

Suffolk County Police Officer Lance Prager, who also serves in the Army National Guard, will be hosting a charity event Saturday, where 93 per-cent of the proceeds go towards help-ing veterans.

Prager, 49, a father of three, is a re-tired chief warrant officer for the Unit-ed States Marine Corps and has served three tours in Iraq. The current Suffolk County SWAT officer has a love for his country and the people who serve it, and is holding the event to help those in need.

The event will take place May 23 at the Checkmate Inn in East Setauket from noon to 5 p.m. There is a $20 do-nation at the door that includes two free beers, a free barbecue and a live band. There will also be 50/50 raff les and other prizes.

The money raised will go to the Semper Fi Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit set up to provide immediate financial support to post-Sept. 11 injured and critically ill members of the United States armed forces and their families.

The group provides relief for financial needs that arise during hospitalization and recovery as well as assistance for those with perpetual needs.

“I’m so proud and honored to be as-sociated with them,” Prager said.

The fund provides support for ser-vice members and their families, specialized and adaptive equipment, adaptive housing, transportation, edu-cation assistance, posttraumatic stress support and more. Since the fund be-gan in 2003, it has raised millions of dollars to help thousands of wounded service members.

Veterans hold a special place in Prager’s heart. He took numerous leaves of absences from the police de-partment to serve his country during the Iraq war.

In addition to the event he hosts an-nually, the service member also runs marathons to help raise money for the cause. This year he will run his sixth Marine Corps Marathon along with his 16-year-old son Joshua, who is run-ning his first.

To learn more or to donate to the fund, visit www.Semperfifund.org.

Photo from Lance PragerPolice officer lance Prager with his son Joshua.

Brookhaven Councilwoman Val-erie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Sta-tion) is hosting a meeting to discuss the recently adopted Land Acquisi-tion and Management Policy, also known as the Open Space policy, on Thursday, May 28 at 4 p.m. in the Work Session Room, 3rd floor of Town Hall, at 1 Independence Hill in Farmingville.

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ning and Environment Department will facilitate this meeting and be available to answer any questions. Ideas and comments for future re-visions or additions to the current policy will be reviewed.

Please RSVP to [email protected].

— Phil Corso

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POLICE BLOTTERIncidents and arrests from May 12–May 18

Buzzed drivingA 44-year-old man from East Pa-

tchogue was arrested in Stony Brook and charged with driving while in-toxicated and first-degree aggravat-ed unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. Police said on May 17, the man was driving a 1990 Mercedes Benz in Stony Brook with a suspend-ed license while intoxicated, and he was involved a motor vehicle crash at about 3:39 a.m.

Shopping spreePolice arrested a 20-year-old

woman from Central Islip on May 15 and charged her with petit lar-ceny. Police said she stole wom-en’s accessories from a store at the Smithhaven Mall that day. She was arrested at 2:45 p.m.

Bottoms upA 55-year-old woman from Cen-

tereach was arrested May 15 in East Setauket and charged with operat-ing a motor vehicle with a blood al-cohol concentration of .08 of 1 per-cent, and driving while intoxicated. Police said the woman was driving a 1994 Honda westbound on Route 347, east of Arrowhead Lane in Se-tauket at about 4:50 p.m. when she rear-ended a van.

Get out of the wayPolice arrested a 29-year-old

Holtsville man on May 18 and charged him with second-degree reckless endangerment in a case of road rage. Police said he was driving a 1999 Jeep and followed a woman driving a 2014 Hyundai after she got off the Long Island Expressway and headed north on Nicolls Road. She changed lanes and he started tailgat-ing her and honking his horn at her. When she changed her lane, police said the victim told them the man drove up next to her and threw a beer can at her window. Police also said the man pulled in front of her car, stopped abruptly and forced the woman to brake suddenly and drive onto the shoulder of the road. He was arrested at 6:55 p.m. at Nicolls Road and Portion Road in Farmingville.

Window smashedAn unknown person broke the

driver-side front window of a 1995 Toyota parked on Stuyvesant Drive in East Setauket on May 17, some-time between 1:15 and 7 a.m.

A bat tipSomeone stole the tip jar next to

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Town seeks to curb horseshoe crab harvestingBy Erika karp

With its horseshoe crab population dwindling, Town of Brookhaven offi-cials are calling on the New York State Department of Environmental Conser-vation to ban harvesting within 500 feet of town property.

At the Mount Sinai Harbor Marine Stewardship Center at Cedar Beach on Tuesday, Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) announced the Brookhaven Town Board is poised to approve a message in support of the ban at Thursday night’s board meeting.

Horseshoe crabs are harvested for bait and medicinal purposes, as their blue blood, which is worth an esti-mated $15,000 a quart, is used in the biomedical and pharmaceutical indus-tries to detect bacterial contamination in drugs and medical supplies, due to its special properties.

While there is already a harvesting ban in place for Mount Sinai Harbor, Ro-maine is seeking to expand the restric-tion across the North and South shores so the crabs have a safe place to mate.

The crabs take about nine years to reach sexual maturity.

“We think it is time not to stop or pro-hibit the harvesting of horseshoe crabs … but instead to say, ‘Not within town properties,’” Romaine stated.

Brookhaven’s Chief Environmental Analyst Anthony Graves and clean-water advocacy group Defend H20’s founder and president, Kevin McAl-lister, joined Romaine at the Tuesday morning press conference.

Graves said the ban would help pre-serve the 450-million-year-old species’ population.

Preserving the species affects more than just the crabs: If the population continues to shrink, other species — like the red knot bird, which eats the crab eggs — will suffer.

“They are in some ways an ecologi-cal keystone species,” Graves said. “That means that they serve a function beyond their individual existence.”

East Coast waterways are the epicen-ter for the crabs and, according to McAl-lister, states like New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia have already enacted har-vesting limits. The crabs’ nesting season starts in mid-May and lasts until the end of June. Officials said the crabs are often-times harvested at night and illegally.

Romaine said he has asked all of the town’s waterfront villages to support the measure. If the DEC moves forward with the ban, Romaine said the town could help the department with enforcement by es-tablishing an intermunicipal agreement.

A DEC representative did not imme-diately return a request for comment.

Photo by Erika Karpkevin Mcallister, founder and president of Defend H20, speaks in favor of the ban.


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Suffolk County GOP seeks to attract Latino voters

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County Republicans are vy-ing for the votes of Suffolk La-tinos.

A county GOP press release last week announced that for the first time in its history, it would be creating a Hispanic alliance tasked with register-ing Latino voters and recruiting potential candidates to run for office.

“For far too long, the politi-cal left has taken the Hispanic com-munity for granted and recent polls indicate a growing frustration with the Democrat par-ty’s lack of family values and under-standing of small business,” GOP chairman John Jay LaValle said in the state-ment. “It is clearly time for Suf-folk County’s Hispanic families to seek an alternative and the Republican Party is that alter-

native.”Republicans are seeking to

tap into a growing Latino elec-torate in Suffolk County, the statement said. According to Nick LaLota, the Republican commissioner of the Suffolk County Board of Elections, La-tinos comprise about 7.8 per-cent of Suffolk County’s 907,000 total registered voters this year. That’s up from 5.82 percent in 2006, he said.

When drawing up the fig-ures, BOE offi-cials analyzed the last names of voters to de-termine which i n d i v i d u a l s have “Hispan-ic- or ient e d ” names, LaLo-ta said. And

while it’s not an “exact science,” it gives officials an idea of the growth of the population.

Two Hispanic Republicans — Brookhaven’s Jose Nunez and Victoria Serpa of Islip — will

co-chair the Suffolk County Republican Hispanic Alliance, LaValle said. When reached this week, Nunez said he felt there was a great opportunity for the Republicans to attract Hispanic voters, who traditionally lean Democratic.

“We believe that they have the same core values— family, business,” he said. “They’re very conservative. There’s a lot of re-

ligion. I think there’s a pool of people right here that haven’t been reached.”

But as far as Suffolk County Democratic Chairman Rich Schaffer is concerned, the Re-publicans were late to the party. He noted the Democrats have backed several Hispanic indi-viduals who were elected

“It’s about time,” Schaffer said. “We don’t need press re-

leases. We’ve been doing it for years. We welcome them to fi-nally recognizing that the His-panic population is an impor-tant part of our county.”

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File photo by Rohma Abbas Latinos congregate at Xavier Palacios’ law office in huntington station last year to watch President Barack obama announcing executive orders on immigration.

‘We believe that they have the same core values — family, business. They’re very conservative.’

— jose nunez

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It’s “smart” for Republicans to be reaching out to Hispanic voters, ac-cording to Xavier Palacios, a Hunting-ton resident, school board member and co-founder of the Friends of Hunting-ton Station Latin Quarter — a group established to revitalize Huntington Station through business development, mentorship, vocational training and other programs. The number-one is-sue on the minds of Hispanics, Pala-cios said, is immigration reform, and it’s something Republicans need to address head-on if they’re going to at-tract Latino voters.

“I think it can no longer be the hot potato,” he said. “A solution to real

immigration reform needs to be had, needs to be discussed as a real issue.”

Not everyone thinks that Latinos care most about the immigration is-sue. Nunez said there are many Latinos out there who feel people should arrive and settle in the country through legal channels. He also said immigration was a federal issue, not a local one.

Other issues on the local level are of importance to Latinos too, Palacios said — namely economic opportunity. He said Republicans and Democrats would be smart “in focusing on pock-etbook issues,” as many first-and-sec-ond-generation Latino residents are staggered in professions or can’t afford college. Immigrants come here to fulfill the American Dream for their children, something that appears to be becoming more challenging.

“Folks nowadays, in my view, are los-ing that dream,” he said.

File photo by Erika Karp Suffolk County GOP Chairman John Jay LaValle.

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Local boating safety advocates push for reforms

By Rohma aBBas

Huntington boating safety advo-cates are calling for new wind in the sails of languishing state and federal measures aimed at making recreation-al boating safer.

Jackie Martin, commodore of the Greater Huntington Council of Yacht & Boating Clubs, said she wants to see some action on two proposed laws, one state and one federal, that would attack the issue of boating safety from multiple fronts, including increas-ing boating safety education state and nationwide; and mandating that boat manufacturers create and affix plates publicizing the maximum passenger capacities for vessels shorter than 45 feet and greater than 20 feet.

“Nothing’s been done on this,” Mar-tin said in a phone interview last Fri-day. “I can also say I’m disappointed.”

The commodore voiced her frustra-tions just a few days before the launch of the third annual Huntington Safe Boating Week, an event filled with pro-grams highlighting the significance of taking safety precautions and behav-ing sensibly on the water. The week

is a partnership between GHCYBC, town, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Neptune Sail and Power Squad-ron, which provides boating education classes and seminars.

It’s been a year since either of the bills made any waves. The bills have been referred to committees, accord-

ing to their latest status updates in the State Assembly and the Library of Congress online databases.

The laws were prompted in part by the deaths of three children in Oyster Bay almost three years ago: Victoria Gaines, 7, Harlie Treanor, 11, and Da-vid Aureliano, 12, died when the boat they were on capsized on its way back to shore after a July 4 fireworks show. The 34-foot cabin cruiser was carrying 27 people at the time.

If approved, the New York State leg-islation would require all boaters in the state’s tidewaters to obtain boating certification issued by either the com-missioner, the U.S. Power Squadrons or the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, phasing in the requirements for vari-ous age groups by 2020. It would pro-hibit individuals under the age of 14 to operate a boating vessel, and would eliminate the use of online classes to obtain boating certification, “due to the ineffective educational require-ments of said classes,” according to the legislation.

Stephanie Quarles, vice commodore of GHCYBC, said a swift requirement for older boaters to conform to the pro-posed boating certification standards is key, because many accidents involve older boaters.

“Once you’re a boater, there’s so much to it and it can be dangerous if you’re not careful,” she said. “And it can be an awful lot of fun if you’re in a safe environment.”

Asked why there’s been no move-ment on the state bill, Assemblyman Andy Raia (R-East Northport), a co-sponsor, called the situation “frustrat-ing,” and said that Albany can be “a slow process.” Raia added that there’s been some talk within the state’s parks department about the difficulty of en-forcing the proposed law, as it would create two separate boating certifica-tion requirements — one for tidewater

and another for freshwater. He also said the bill doesn’t have a

New York State Senate sponsor.“Things don’t necessarily move un-

til there is a Senate sponsor,” he said.However, the bill has not been for-

gotten, Raia reassured.“It’s not dead,” he said. “It’s some-

thing that we are talking about – par-ticularly now that the boating season is upon us. The basic problem is nothing in Albany is moving as fast as things should be, even though it makes per-fectly clear sense.”

Over on the federal level, U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) unveiled legislation last year called the Boating Occupancy and Teaching Safety Act. As of May 20, 2014, the law was in a subcommittee.

Under the bill, states would be re-quired to spend a share of federal funding it already receives under the recreational boating safety program.

Israel’s bill would also require boat manufacturers — as of January 2016 — install a “capacity plate” on boats between 20 and 45 feet in length that list the maximum number of passen-gers and maximum gross weight it can carry. Federal law already requires this information for boats shorter than 20 feet long, so the bill would expand the regulation.

Caitlin Girouard, communications director for Israel, said the House of Representatives speaker never brought the legislation to the f loor for a vote in the last Congress, “but the congress-man will be reintroducing the legis-lation and once again pushing for its passage.” According to the Library of Congress’s database, the bill has no co-sponsors.

Huntington Safe Boating Week started on Saturday and runs to Fri-day, May 22. For more information on events go to www.huntingtonsafeboat-ingweek.com.

A call for legislative action on eve of boating safety week

File photo Local safe boating advocates don’t want proposed state and federal laws improving safety on the water to lose steam.

File photo a press conference last year during with U.s. Rep. steve Israel (D-huntington) announces the BoaTs bill. Jackie martin, commodore of the Greater huntington Council of yacht & Boating Clubs, is on his right.


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Writers earn regional praiseWard Melville High School 10th-grader Isabelle Scott and R.C. Murphy

Junior High School seventh-grader Jordan Klein captured top honors during the Long Island Language Arts Council 2015 Kenneth F. Gambone Writing Contest.

Isabelle earned first place and Jordan second place in their respective grade level categories. For the contest, the students were required to enter two pieces of writing. The first was a timed piece following the theme “The thing I know for sure…” and the second was a self-selected piece from their portfolio that reflected their best work.

As a first place winner, Isabelle will have her piece “Dirty Business,” read at the organization’s luncheon in May. Both students received monetary awards and a set of books for their winning pieces.

setauket scout project scores bigSeventeen-year-old Garrison Doanghy lives in Stony Brook and has been in Scouting

for 11 years. He is a member of troop 427 in Setauket and he volunteers his time for several activities: marathons, beach clean-ups and Special Olympics.

For his Eagle Scout project, Doanghy wanted to address erosion concerns at the entrance to Stony Brook Child Care Center. He installed a drainage system and planted ground cov-er plants as well as a flower garden. The project was completed on Saturday May 2.

Photo from Debra scarfoglieroGarrison Doanghy.

Photos from the three Village Central school District Top, Isabelle Scott. Above, Jordan Klein.

Lillian Veronica Calabro, age 88, of Stony Brook, died on April 26, 2015.

She was a retired Allstate Insur-ance Company clerk. Lillian was the beloved wife of Dominick Calabro, 87; loving mother of An-thony (Cynthia)Calabro, and John (Francesca)Calabro; cherished grandmother of Anna Calabro; and dear youngest sister of Phillip

and Joseph Szymkiewicz, Edith Mellow, Genevieve Holtgrave and Edward and Stanley Szymkiewicz. “Lady”, her cherished dog, was her very best friend for 17 years.

Lillian land Dominick met at a dance in 1947 at the Knights of Columbus in Brooklyn. She and Dominick loved to dance and they would go to dances together sever-al times a week. She was frequently elected Senior Prom Queen at events at local high schools.

On April 27, 2015, Deacon Wayne Padula officiated the intimate and personal graveside committal service at St. James R.C. Church Cemetery in Setauket.

Arrangements were entrusted to O.B. Davis Funeral Home in Port Jefferson Station.

To sign the online guestbook, please visit www.obdavisportjef-ferson.com.

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Barnes said the wooded strip that is the Stephen D. Matthews Nature Preserve traverses land that is bordering commu-nities in Port Jefferson and Poquott and includes several coastal forest types. It acts as a buffer between Poquott and Port Jefferson’s power generation station and is particularly vulnerable to invasive species because of its narrow configuration with long boundaries.

State Sen. John Flanagan (R-East Northport) heralded the grant funding as a necessary step in the North Shore’s environmental health.

“It is crucial that our state continue to fund and assist local organizations like the Three Village Community Trust to safeguard our environment. This fund-ing, along with community involvement, will help protect this valuable property, ensure its preservation for years to come and that will benefit our entire regions,” Flanagan said.

The major portion of the preserve, bounced by two sides on Washington Street and Chestnut Avenue, consists of many native plant species. Yet, an es-pecially narrow portion that runs just along Washington Avenue and meets Route 25A has been thickly invaded by exotic species of vines and damaged by tree-fall from storms, Barnes said.

“This nature preserve is an impor-tant buffer between the Port Jefferson Power Plant and the residential village of Poquott,” said Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket), chair of the Assembly’s Environmental Conserva-tion Committee. “With this new grant in hand, the Three Village Community Trust will be able to work with village res-idents to restore and improve the ecologi-cal resiliency of this lovely woodland.”

The funding stemmed from a total $1.8 million that Gov. Andrew Cuo-mo allocated in 2015 Conservation Partnership Program grants for 55 nonprofit land trusts throughout the state. Three Village was announced as one of the recipients at a ceremony kicking off Earth Day at the end of April, along with two others on Long Island — the Peconic Land Trust in Southampton and the North Shore Land Alliance in Westbury.

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File photo Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley)

Zeldin speech factsto the editor:

When someone writing a letter about “a speech before the house” (“We must avoid war,” May 7) can’t even link it to the proper date, it’s unsurprising that author’s subsequent comments are tainted with hyperbole and mischaracter-izations. to set the record straight, it was April 13, 2015, when Con-gressman Lee Zeldin delivered remarks highlighting his concerns over President Barack obama’s negotiations with iran.

Those misgivings included obama staying mum while Ayatollah Khamenei called for “death to America”; presenting a “fact sheet” that, within 24 hours, was debunked as “just spin” by the iranian foreign minister; and calling something an “agreement” while both sides were disputing its terms.

in addition, Zeldin was troubled by what was completely

left out of the negotiations. he questioned why there were no dis-cussions about iran’s state spon-sorship of terrorism; its blowing up a mock U.S. warship; its vow to destroy israel; its overthrowing foreign governments; its refusal to release American hostages; and its development of intercontinental ballistic missiles.

The congressman also asked the president to explore other options before accepting a “bad deal,” likely leading to a nuclear arms race in the volatile Middle east, with an adversary/enemy who’s never really bargained in good faith. Zeldin mentioned strength-ening, not weakening, sanctions and being firm while keeping a military option on the table.

if the latter alternative troubles some, it should be noted that obama has never officially taken that option off the table.

What many find more trou-bling is, in spite of his occasional bold, “red line” rhetoric, our

commander-in-chief has demon-strated little leadership or genuine resolve in the face of global bad guys such as Assad, Putin and an iSiS “JV” team.

Zeldin rightfully pointed out, that iranians do not respect weakness.

So while some may fear even a threat of conflict with the “formi-dable foe” iran, we’d ask if they’d consider that terrorist-sponsoring nation any less formidable once it has nuclear weapons and iCBMs with which to deliver them. Zeldin sits on the house Committee on Foreign Affairs, is an iraq war vet and currently a major in the Army reserve. Given those credentials, it’s notable but not surprising many of his doubts regarding the current path of U.S.-iran negotia-tions are shared by both his con-stituents at home and a bipartisan majority of his colleagues in the house and Senate.

Jim Sovieroeast Setauket

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editoriALTake a chill pill

With warmer weather comes an urge to leave the house, and we expect, as usual, there will be a lot more cars on the road, so now is a good time to remind our readers not to lose their cool be-hind the wheel.

Whether a driver made a mistake — as we all do from time to time — or not, it can be terrify-ing for that person when another motorist be-comes enraged and takes it out on them. We’ve all experienced tailgating or obnoxious horn-honking, and some of us have been victims of more dire cases of road rage, like prolonged fol-lowing and actual physical violence or threats. in the less confrontational incidents, frustrated and angry drivers often lash out because it’s easy to hide in the anonymous bubble of a car, when they would not have been so bold to display such anger in person. in the more extreme cases, the mad drivers may have had a screw or two loose to begin with and might have acted out no mat-ter the location or circumstance.

We understand that daily stresses factor into this problem, and Long island’s immense traffic congestion doesn’t help the frustration we might already be feeling while in the car. But consider this: The AAA Foundation for traffic Safety re-ports that aggressive driving is a factor in more than half of all traffic fatalities, according to 2009 data. in those cases, “motorists are con-cerned with the others’ aggressive driving while many are guilty themselves.”

terrible accidents involving mangled cars happen all the time, but they don’t have to hap-pen over things as petty as payback for being cut off or revenge on a slow-moving vehicle. We urge our readers to slow down when they’re seeing red behind the wheel and take some time to think about what the other person’s situation might be before lashing out. Give each other the benefit of the doubt because we are all humans who make mistakes. Let small road infractions go with a deep exhale. rising tempers don’t give us license to rage on the road. And the consequences can be deadly.

File photo We would benefit by keeping our cool on the road.


‘Getting it’ in today’s crazy, mixed-up world

Where do we get the “Oh, right, I get it,” moments? We’re so

close to ourselves and our lives that those moments are often hard to see. It’s like in the mov-ies, where someone has a close friend: Lo and behold, that friend turns into something much more, once personal in-trospection is abandoned and it

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is realized how important such a friendship is deep down.

Beyond the romantic com-edies, however, we can turn to dramas, action films or other forms of entertainment for a broader awareness of ourselves and our lives.

Let’s say we’re driving on the Long Island Expressway and somebody cuts us off. What do we do? Well, if we’ve got kids in the car, we might grind our teeth, hold on tight to the steer-ing wheel and fight the urge to say things that would look something like “$#$#@%$!!!” in a cartoon.

But what did that person make us do? Did we have to hit the brake a bit when we’re on the way to a soccer game? Did she interrupt our train of thought when we were about to cure cancer, come up with a so-lution for tension in the Middle East, or figure out a way to re-duce fossil fuel emissions from the thousands of planes that

soar overhead?Is it possible that she was

racing home from work to take care of a kid with a stuffy nose, to hear someone’s first violin concert or congratulate her son for earning his first A in social studies?

Yes, most of the time we’re, thankfully, stuck in the world of the small stuff. If we’re fortunate enough, we’re not worried every moment about taking care of basic needs. I know people have told us many times not to sweat the small stuff and they’ve even urged us to understand that it’s all small stuff. The problem is that we’ve become accustomed to a world in which everything is available to us right now and in which we don’t want to wait for anything or anyone.

How’s all that extra time working out for us? Are we all enjoying the chance to spend more quality time with each other? We seem to have freed up our time so that we can

disconnect with the people around us, staying plugged in to a virtual world devoid of awkward silences, driven by words that pour out of our fin-gers instead of our mouths. We don’t have to comb our hair or check our teeth to send some-one a funny text with a little premade goofy face.

This isn’t a diatribe against electronics. I enjoy the instant gratification of knowing some-thing that comes from ubiquitous Internet access.

In movies like “American Beauty,” we see Kevin Spacey “get it” a bit too late. He doesn’t see the wonder of his life, his wife and his daughter until he can’t appreciate or show it.

In real life, even people with jobs they dreamt about often get so caught up in what they’re do-ing that they seem to miss “it.” Of course, when these small, unflattering moments occur for our fame-generated celebrities, eager members of the paparazzi

capture them “losing it.”It’d be difficult to smell the

flowers, become energized and inspired by a child’s question, or pause to appreciate a shifting wind all the time. We wouldn’t get much done and, I suspect, might miss a bill, deadline, meeting or two.

But, wouldn’t it be nice if those “Oh, right, I get it,” mo-ments came more often, giving us the ability to appreciate the unseen air we breathe and the world of infinite possibilities that awaits around the corner?

Are we all enjoying the chance to spend

more quality time with each other?

If you could wave a wand and make all the summer week-end traffic on Long Island’s

highways disappear, it would be a miracle, right? Well, we should prepare ourselves for a miracle, because one is about to touch down at Port Jefferson. Specifically, it will arrive, start-ing tomorrow, May 22, and will last through Sunday and every summer weekend thereafter.

This miracle to which I refer is a high-speed ferry that will

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carry walk-on passengers back and forth from New York City to Port Jefferson three times every Friday, once on Satur-day and again three times on Sundays. In so doing, it will, of course, provide an alternate route not only to Port Jefferson but also, thanks to its alliance with the Port Jeff ferry and the Hampton Jitney, to points east and north. Do you hear the announcement, “North Shore, North Fork, Hamptons and the wineries”? What a stimu-lus this can be for business even as it is a long overdue benefit for passengers.

A partnership between Sea-streak, the Bridgeport-Port Jef-ferson Ferry and Hampton Jit-ney is making this new mode of transportation possible. These companies will link the tristate area, even tying into the New Jersey coast.

The seasonal weekend service is called Sea Jitney, and it will use the Port Jefferson dock as its hub. Hampton Jitney service will carry passengers to their

preferred destinations else-where in Suffolk, and the Port Jeff ferry can take them to Con-necticut and Amtrak.

“Seastreak has been an inno-vator in introducing new ferry services from New York City to destinations such as Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket,” said Jim Barker, president of Seast-reak, in a press release.

I know something about that service because I used it myself as a way to spend a weekend with friends who lived on Mar-tha’s Vineyard. But in order to do that, I had to travel out east at an early hour to catch the boat. Still, I was willing to do that to avoid the legendary traffic jams that come with driving there, and as I bet people will do to visit Long Island. According to Baker, the vessels are equipped with high-backed seating, a full bar and Wi-Fi service.

Geoffrey Lynch, president of Hampton Jitney, com-mented for the press release that this innovative idea from these “three established and

respected area transportation companies ... will give people a relaxing way to enjoy the East End and Port Jefferson.”

The ferry will leave Man-hattan’s East 35th Street dock and Highlands, N.J., traveling round trip.

Margot Garant, Port Jeffer-son’s mayor, said in the release, “We are extremely pleased to partner with the Sea Jitney to help bring people to Port Jef-ferson by our harbor. This powerful partnership has an extremely low impact on our infrastructure while introduc-ing visitors to our beautiful, historic village.”

Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Ferry general manager, Fred Hall, pronounced the Sea Jitney “a game changer for people who travel between Connecticut and the Hamptons. At two-and-one-half hours from Bridgeport to Southampton, it’s shorter than going through NYC and much less stressful.”

Here are some of the nitty-gritty details. One-way fares

will be from $33 to $50, de-pending on the length of the ride; reservations and advance payment are required. The trip takes about two hours from the city to Port Jefferson and an hour, traffic permitting, from Port Jefferson to the Hamptons. For a complete schedule, go to www.seajitney.com.

Aside from my patriotic en-thusiasm for the new alliance, I have a totally selfish reason to be so pleased with this new turn of events.

My children and grandchil-dren live to the west. Their summer visits may change for them from endurance on the highways to a pre-weekend pleasure as they stand at the rail and watch the bluffs of Long Island’s North Shore slip by. I’d better start stocking the refrigerator now.

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With 13 goals in the first half, the No. 4-seeded Ward Melville boys’ lacrosse team made quick work of No. 5 Half Hol-low Hills East in a 17-1 routing Tuesday in the Suffolk County Class A quarterfinals.

Ward Melville head coach Jay Negus stressed to his team the need for a full 48 minutes of quality play to best their opponent.

“I’m very, very happy with the team’s effort today,” he said. “All year long I’ve

been on them to play four quarters of Ward Melville lacrosse together, and to-day was it. … We put it all together today and at the perfect time. This is a very dan-gerous team when we can do that.”

Hills East head coach Gordie Hodg-son said the Patriots were in control of the game the whole way through.

“I thought Ward Melville dominated in every aspect of the game,” he said. “They dominated on the faceoff and counter possession, and we weren’t able to generate offense because of it.”

In retrospect, all the Patriots needed was a 10-minute stretch to put the game out of reach for the Thunderbirds.

Ward Melville senior attack Dan Bucaro notched the first goal of the after-noon with just over five minutes remain-

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‘We put it all together today and at the perfect time. This is a very dangerous team when we can do that.’

— Jay Negus

ing in the first quarter, muscling past a pair of Hills East defenders to sneak one past Thunderbirds goaltender Jordan Eichholz on the left side of the net. The goal was Bucaro’s first of four on the day.

“I came out fast and ready to go — the team really got me going,” he said. “Everyone came together today.”

The Georgetown Uni-versity-bound senior said his work isn’t done with Ward Melville, and his goal opened the flood-gates for the Patriots, as they tacked on an addi-tional eight goals over the next 10 min-utes of play.

Sophomore midfielder Eddie Munoz, who was responsible for two of those eight goals, said Negus told the team at halftime that the kind of offensive out-put the Patriots had has always been pos-sible for the team.

“He said this was one of our first games this year that we played a full half,” Munoz said of Negus’ message to the team, while up 13-1. “We started off slow this season, so he said it was the first time that we started a first half well, and

told us to just keep going.”Senior attack Billy McGinley had a trio

of goals, while classmates and midfielders Jake McCulloch, James Kickel and John Burgdoerfer each scored twice as well.

The lone Thunderbirds goal came on a deflection from Ward Melville junior

goaltender D.J. Keller-man.

“He had a goal,” Buca-ro said, with a laugh. “He played great, really. He’s just got to keep it up.”

Kellerman made eight saves on the day.

The Patriots will head to Northport Friday for the semifinals, taking on the No. 1-seeded Tigers at 4:15 p.m. at Veterans Park. Ward Melville will enter the game with a chip on their collective shoulder. The last time the two teams matched up, Northport scored four goals in the final quarter to edge out the Patriots, 7-6. Bucaro said his team is hungry to get the win the second time around.

“I’m expecting a really tough game,” he said. “They’re a very good team. We’ve got to get payback; we’ve got to get angry and be ready to play.”

The No. 5 Ward Melville girls’ lacrosse team traveled to No. 3

Northport Tuesday and fell in the second round of the playoffs.

Northport . . . . . . . . . 10Ward Melville . . . . . . . 6

the village times herald - may 21, 2015

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