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Confirmed as SCPD Commissioner By Matt Meduri Last Wednesday, County Executive Ed Romaine (R-Center Moriches) announced Suffolk County Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina as his nomination for the department’s full-time commissioner. Commissioner Robert Waring served in an acting capacity for the last year under the condition he would return to his post as SCPD Police Chief. Catalina then went before the Suffolk County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee for a de facto “job interview,” before his nomination was submitted to the full eighteen-member horseshoe. At Thursday’s general meeting, Catalina was unanimously confirmed as the SCPD’s next Police Commissioner. Continued on page 4
Catalina (center) joined by family, his father ‘Jack’ (left, ‘thumbs up’) and County Clerk Puleo (right)
SCWA Brings ‘WaterTalk’ to Three Village By Matt Meduri As part of the Suffolk County Water Authority’s (SCWA) initiative to interact with the public and disseminate information about the company, as well as advice and education on water conservation, the “WaterTalk” community forum was brought to Setauket on Monday night, in coordination with the Three Village Civic Association. The well-attended meeting took place in the meeting room of the SetauketEast Setauket Fire Department, where top members of the SCWA informed the public on what the company does and took questions from the audience. “The Suffolk County Water Authority, at the end of the day, does one thing: it delivers affordable, clean and safe drinking water,” said SCWA Chairman Charlie Lefkowitz, clarifying that the SCWA is not a government entity, rather a business that intends to function as a business. “This [the sole-source aquifer] is our natural resource, and as residents of Suffolk, residents of this community, we need to protect it,” said Lefkowitz. Continued on page 15 SCWA Chairman Charlie Lefkowitz (Credit - Matt Meduri)
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Catalina Unanimously