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Vol. 12, No. 47
March 9, 2017
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Selden’s Crazy Crepes owners morph Mount Sinai spot to grilled cheese joint
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Zeldin meets with constituents
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High school students will be preparing for prom, and the Brookhaven Town Youth Bureau will be ready with its free Prom Boutique. Located on the second floor at Brookhaven Town Hall, the Prom Boutique offers qualifying students a selection of gently used gowns, handbags and costume jewelry, as well as makeup and fragrances, all of which are theirs to keep. Students who qualify for assistance will be dressed from head to toe, helping to make their prom dreams come true. This service is free of charge and kept strictly confidential. The Prom Boutique will be open from March 20 through June 16, Mondays through
Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Special evening hours of 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. will be April 6 and 27, May 11 and 25, and June 15. Appointments are necessary and can be made by calling 631-451-8011. The boutique accepts donations from both individuals and businesses and currently needs dress sizes 14 and above. Gowns and accessories can be dropped off at the Prom Boutique at Town Hall. All clothing donations must be dry cleaned and pressed before they can be accepted. For additional information, please contact the Youth Bureau at 631-451-8011 or visit www.brookhaven.org.
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Present the above “coupon” to Buffalo Wild Wings in Miller Place March 10 to donate 10 percent of your total bill to On Kevin’s Wings.
Eat and help hope take flight On March 10, beginning at 11 a.m., Buffalo Wild Wings in Miller Place will be donating 10 percent of each patron’s bill to On Kevin’s Wings, a nonprofit organization that funds airfare or transportation for those seeking drug or alcohol rehabilitation away from home. After losing her son Kevin to an accidental overdose in 2012, Tracey Farrell began North Shore Drug Awareness, a Facebook page that provides information and assistance to those asking questions wanting to learn more about how to help a loved one battling addiction or looking for rehabilitation centers. Farrell began to try to help other families who were also dealing with addicted
children, while still dealing with one of her own: her daughter. She sent Brianna out of state and claimed it saved her life. This prompted her to begin her new venture. In addition to the funds raised March 10, the location is then, for the following 30 days, donating the same 10 percent of each customer’s bill who presents the Home Team Advantage Teammate Card. It’s good for dining in and take out and can be presented straight from a cellphone. On March 10, On Kevin’s Wings will also be doing raffles and 50/50 from 6 to 9 p.m. Buffalo Wild Wings in Miller Place is located at 385 Route 25A.
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Centereach assistance dog goes to good home By Desirée Keegan desiree@tbrnewspapers.com
Canine Companions Northeast Training Center in Medford, where he worked for six months with the organization’s nationally renowned Puppy raisers in Centereach are sad to see instructors, learning the over 40 commands. Jiminy II go, but glad to see he’ll be going to a Michael and Jiminy were matched after good home upstate. completing Canine Companion’s recent Team Heidi and Andrew Cavagnaro are four-time Training Class, an intense, two-week course Canine Companions for Independence volun- held at the organization’s training center — teers, currently raising puppies Hardisty and one of six such centers nationwide. The NorthPaolo II. Canine Companions for Independence east Training Center serves a 13-state area from — a national nonprofit organization providing Maine to Virginia. trained assistance dogs for children, adults and Each student who attends Team Trainveterans with disabilities — matched Jiminy ing – held at each center four with Niskayuna resident Mitimes a year – is paired with chael St. Jeanos, who is receiva fully-trained, working assising his second assistance dog tance dog, like Jiminy, and is from Canine Companions. taught to work with his/her Michael was matched with canine companion. The trainJiminy, a two-year-old black ing course consists of daily labrador retriever who has lectures, exams, practice and been trained to respond to public outings. over 40 advanced commands. Michael and Jiminy are Jiminy can turn light switches now settling into a routine on and off, open and close — Laurie St. Jeanos back home. doors and retrieve dropped “Jiminy is a very special dog and we hope objects. However, one of his most important jobs will be to provide constant companion- to have many wonderful years with him,” Miship for Michael, after his first assistance dog, chael’s mother Laurie said. “We can’t thank Anton, passed away last year after 10 years of Heidi and Andrew Cavagnaro enough.” Canine Companions for Independence is loving service. The Cavagnaro family raised Jiminy from the largest nonprofit provider of trained assisan eight-week-old puppy, and said goodbye to tance dogs, with training centers in New York, him after a year and a half of training. Heidi Florida, Ohio, Texas and California. The group and Andrew worked to teach the dog basic has placed over 5,000 assistance dogs. There is commands, and all-important socialization no charge for the dog, its training and on-going skills. When he was old enough to begin ad- follow-up services. For more information, visit vanced training, Jiminy was returned to the www.cci.org or call 1-800-572-BARK (2275).
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Michael st. Jeanos is all smiles with his new Canine Companions for independence assistance dog Jiminy ii and his mother Laurie.
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Photo above by Kevin Redding; photos below from MeLTology
Above, MeLTology owners nick Mauceri and Kevin Muller. Below, menu items at the new restuarant in Mount Sinai include the buffalo chicken grilled cheese melt, on right, and bananaberry chip crepe, on left.
Mount Sinai’s Crazy Crepes transforms into MELTology By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com
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With the newly opened MELTology in Mount Sinai, two young business partners and former Friendly’s employees bring their fresh, experimental take on a classic comfort food to the North Shore. The cafe-style sandwich spot, serving variations of grilled cheese, among other standard items like burgers and chicken sandwiches, marks co-owner Kevin Muller’s fourth — and most ambitious — venture in the restaurant business. After his first restaurant in Selden, Sim- had to go back to his old job at Friendly’s just to pay rent month afple Smoothie Cafe, buckter month while his first led under the pressures of business went under. “I surrounding competition was just thinking ‘what can in 2012 — with nearby I do differently?’” Tropical Smoothies and Just a few months Red Mangos making his later, after crafting his “no-name brand” obsoown spin on his grandlete — the 30-year-old Pamother’s Italian crepes tchogue resident drove up recipe, Muller found great and down North Country success with Crazy Crepe Road. He wanted to get a Cafe, bringing all variagrasp of what foods were tions of the traditional most popular among lotreat to four different locals, while brainstorming cations: Selden, Mount Siwhat new flavors he could nai, Smithtown and Lake bring to the area. Ronkonkoma. In the midst “I was losing big time, — Kevin Muller of that, he also opened up and I had to figure something else out,” Muller recalled, saying he an East End food truck business in 2016. Alongside Crazy Crepe manager and former Friendly’s co-worker Nick Mauceri, 25, Muller recently decided to convert his Crazy Crepe in Mount Sinai into MELTology, to try and reach a different market and more of the general public. “We paired up the grilled cheeses with the dessert crepes and it works really well together, and [in a few weeks] we’re going to bring our burgers from our food truck and combine that to make grilled cheese burgers ... we love seeing the place packed and everyone enjoying the food,” Muller said. Mauceri, who said the MELTology idea started back when they worked at Friendly’s and were experimenting with the food
‘We paired up the grilled cheeses with the dessert crepes and it works really well together, and [in a few weeks] we’re going to bring our burgers from our food truck and combine that to make grilled cheese burgers.’
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File photo left by Bob O’Rourk; photo right from the Three Village school district
Left, the previous Ward Melville High School graduation cap and gowns featured green gowns for boys and gold for girls. Right, the new neutral green cap and gown with yellow stole.
Ward Melville gown change sparks controversy By RiTa Egan Rita@tbRnewspapeRs.com Things will look a little different at Ward Melville High School’s graduation ceremony this year. Gone now are the separate green and gold gowns for males and females. Replacing them, are gender-neutral green ones with gold stoles that feature the high school emblem, breaking the school’s half-century commencement tradition. “This year, as we mark the 50th anniversary of the Three Village Central School District, we are focusing on honoring the traditions of the past, while building new traditions for our future,” Ward Melville High School Principal Alan Baum wrote in a letter posted on the school district’s website March 2. The letter came after nearly 100 students participated in a walkout March 1, protesting the news of even the possibility of a color change. One of the factors considered in making the decision was to meet the concerns of transgender and gender-fluid students. “In addition to creating a unified senior class, it is our hope that creating a unifying color scheme will eliminate the anxiety that is caused by forcing a young adult to wear a gown that labels them differently than how they identify,” Baum wrote in the letter. “This decision also reflects the progressive nature of our district, our high school and our community. Through the use of the unified gowns, we are no longer separating our students by gender; rather, we will be promoting a more inclusive practice at graduation.” News of the gown change circulated on social media Feb. 28, prompting a number of students to start petitions and participate in the walkout. Seniors Brianna LaSita, Charlotte Schmidt and Isabelle Antos were motivated to start a petition on Change.org to support same-colored gowns. The trio sent a joint statement to The
Village Times Herald to explain their motive. “We created our petition in response to the petition that was made in support of keeping the traditional colored gowns,” the three wrote. “As it gained supporters and hateful comments, we decided we needed to support our class and protect our LGBTQA+ peers from the hateful rhetoric featured on signs during the walkout.” Some of the signs held by students had slogans like “Straight Lives Matter” and “Don’t Tread On Me.” David Kilmnick, CEO of the LGBT Network, a Long Island-based nonprofit, said the organization heard about the debate after the walkout. He said a few students from the school emailed his group seeking help, claiming they heard anti-transgender rhetoric spewed from students and teachers. The CEO said the decision to have one gown color solves the issue of transgender children feeling a sense of anxiety when it comes to choosing a color. He said when making such a decision, most feel that if they choose the color that represents their true identity, they’ll risk harassment from their peers. If they don’t choose the color, they’re “not feeling whole in who they are.” “This is not as simple as black and white, or even about green and gold anymore — this fair debate over tradition has devolved into an excuse to promote transphobic hate speech,” the petitioner organizers wrote. “That is not what our community is about.” As of March 8, their petition to support the same colored gowns had almost 700 signatures. One petitioner wrote on the site: “I
would be so grateful if we can all leave Ward Melville more loving and empathetic individuals, we should always be working to ensure that all of our class feels comfortable every day but especially a day as special as graduation.” A senior at the high school, who asked to remain anonymous, said many students were disappointed by the color change, especially after having already had their senior portraits taken adhering to the now-former color tradition. The school rectified the problem by notifying parents March 7 that students could retake their graduation photos at no additional cost. According to the student, it was felt the gown change was made by the administration after consulting with only a few students. The senior wrote that even though a portion of the student body felt the change was only based on the needs of transgender students, those upset were not discriminating against anyone, but were just hoping to continue tradition. “My issue, and the —Alan Baum issue that my peers that participated in a walkout protest during class today share, is that a choice is being made that benefits a minute minority of people, not the majority,” the student said. “This is an underlying theme that is playing out across the country. Lawmakers, educators and school administrators are making changes based on what a small population wants, not what the majority of the school or state or the entire nation feels is right.” Jennifer Segui, who is the mother of two children at W.S. Mount Elementary School, said she was disappointed when she read a number of negative reactions on social media after the decision.
‘Through the use of the unified gowns, we are no longer separating our students by gender; rather, we will be promoting a more inclusive practice at graduation.’
“It would have been so beautiful if the idea of the new graduation gowns had been embraced by all students and parents from the beginning,” Segui said. “Sadly, that didn’t happen. Hopefully, people can learn and move forward.” But the anonymous student said those who participated in the protest felt as though the administration did not listen to opinions from most of the students when making the decision. “Instead of listening to our voices, our principal brought our protest in the auditorium, and basically stifled our statements in what was a clear attempt to silence us,” the student said. “It is clear, to me at least, that the school has no intention of doing what is right. They would rather follow in popular culture than face the fact that what they are doing is blatantly unfair. Again, I carry no prejudice. I speak with the basic ideal of a democratic republic that what is done should be decided by the majority.” Ward Melville isn’t the first Long Island school to break tradition, following in the footsteps of Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington and Island Trees High School in Levittown. Kilmnick said he feels the administration made a bold move in the right direction. “I think we’re seeing a movement,” Kilmnick said. “Even though Ward Melville is the third school on Long Island to do this, I think we’ll see a lot more on Long Island. And we’re certainly seeing schools across the country getting rid of the separate colored gowns because they’re not inclusive for all students. What the change does, in fact, is let everyone in Ward Melville wear green and gold, from looking at the new gown, and it allows the entire school to move forward as one community, and to celebrate graduation in a safe, inclusive manner — and make graduation celebratory for all.”
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On March 2 at about 3 p.m., a 25-year-old woman from Sound Beach grabbed a coworker by the hair at a place of business on Route 25A in Miller Place and threw the woman into a cabinet, according to police. The woman was arrested and charged with third-degree menacing.
Artists arrested
A 23-year-old man from Coram, a 23-yearold man from Port Jefferson Station and a 29-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station spray painted on the rear of Fantasia Bridal Center on Route 25A in Rocky Point at about 2 a.m. March 3, according to police. The three were arrested and charged with making graffiti.
Driving on drugs
At about 8 a.m. March 3, a 26-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station was driving a 2008 Chevrolet on Patchogue Drive in Rocky Point when he crashed into a parked 2015 Nissan, according to police. It was discovered he was driving under the influence of drugs and also did not have permission from the owner of the car to be driving it, police said. He was arrested and charged with first-degree driving a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs and operation of a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent.
Hand in the cookie jar
A 43-year-old man from Selden attempted to break into Rite Aid in Independence Plaza in Selden at about 5 a.m. March 6 by breaking a window with a baseball bat, according to police. With the glass broken, police said he reached inside and stole cigarettes and electronic cigarettes. He was arrested and charged with thirddegree burglary.
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At a warehouse on Middle Country Road in Selden, a 26-year-old man from Selden entered unlawfully at about 11:30 a.m. March 6 and remained inside, according to police. He was arrested and charged with third-degree criminal trespassing.
At The Park Bench Bar & Grill on North Country Road in Stony Brook at about 12:30 a.m. March 3, a 22-year-old man from the Bronx created a disturbance inside the bar, was asked to leave, began an argument outside of the bar and refused to leave and then lunged at security in a threatening manner, according to police. He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
Bumper cars
A 34-year-old woman from East Patchogue was driving a 2009 Honda on Route 25 in Selden near the intersection of South Evergreen Drive March 3 when she rearended another vehicle, according to police. Police discovered she was driving under the influence of drugs. She was arrested and charged with first-degree operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs.
Fenced in
A fence around a home on Sarah Anne Court in Miller Place was damaged at about 2 p.m. March 6, according to police.
Quitting smoking is hard
Someone stole Nicorette gum from Walmart on Nesconset Highway in Setauket at about 4 p.m. March 5, according to police.
Shots fired
Someone fired multiple gun shots into a parked, unoccupied 2016 Dodge and a 2006 Infiniti parked in a driveway on Parkside Avenue in Miller Place at about 10 p.m. March 4, according to police.
Get a coloring book
Someone wrote using markers on a 2009 Lexus parked at a home on Bleeker Street in Port Jefferson at about 8 p.m. March 2, causing damage to the hood and windowpanes, according to police.
Channel surfing
Someone stole a television from Walmart on Nesconset Highway in Setauket at about 8 a.m. March 2, according to police.
Pulp fiction
A briefcase was stolen from inside a 2012 Jeep parked in a driveway of a home on 1st Avenue in Port Jefferson at about 8:30 p.m. March 2, according to police. —Compiled by Alex petroski
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Congressman meets with constituents face-to-face By Kevin Redding and alex PetRosKi
him...I’m only here so that he knows there are all these people who care enough are watchHundreds of concerned constituents on ing him, and he can’t abandon us for corpoboth sides of the aisle gathered inside the rate interests,” Mintz said. “I wish he would Hagerman Fire Department in East Patchogue back down from Trump and the policies the March 3, seated at scattered round tables, president is imposing.” Just a few tables away, Hampton Bays resiwaiting to hear their names called to meet dent Mark Raschke said he wanted to meet with U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley). In another room, the congressman was Zeldin, give him support and let him know he holding mobile office hours and meeting liked the way he supported Trump. Port Jefwith five to six people at a time, grouped ferson Station resident and military veteran according to the topics they wanted to dis- Ed Bednarek wants to know where his concuss, to hear the issues of the people he rep- gressman feels the country is going to go unresents, which ranged from health care and der the Trump administration, and when “the what’s to come of the Affordable Care Act, liberals are going to stop fighting and start abortion and the congressman’s stance to de- getting on board and work with us as a team.” Ira Silverberg, of Bellport, said he wanted fund Planned Parenthood, immigration, the to challenge the congressman on a voting reenvironment, and tax reform. Despite demands from various local groups cord that is “not protecting the environment to host an in-person town hall in recent weeks, of Long Island as well as he says it is.” When asked how he felt about the mobile Zeldin has committed to these individualized office hours in comparison to an in-person and small-group meetings to avoid what he’s town hall meeting, Silverberg said “this format called the “liberal obstruction” of town halls has disenfranchised 85 percent of the people that has taken place around the United States. who have shown up and is too Tehmina Tirmizi, a stucontrolling and inadequate to dent at Stony Brook Univerdeal with the needs of the disity, said she hoped to talk verse, concerned community.” to Zeldin about the rhetoric For Cindy Morris, from of President Donald Trump Stony Brook, who wished to (R) and his administration, speak with Zeldin about the which, she feels, supports civil liberties she felt had been bigotry and fear of minorities. under attack as of late, she “[They] incite hatred, ansaid the mobile office hours ger, stress, depression and a format “does not work.” lot of people have been hurt “We are all just talking and are hurting inside and amongst ourselves…[Zeldthey should be keeping the —Anna Hayward in’s] staff isn’t even circulatpeace,” she said. “They can’t ing and coming out to talk to us,” Morris said. just say something, have people react to it and “I look at this room and I see diversity, so this then go and hide somewhere. I’d love to see is an opportunity for him to really meet with Zeldin make a statement and come out against his constituency and not just meet with the [the rhetoric] and he has yet to do that.” people who pay for him to win elections. We Wading River resident Jim Lupis was there aren’t protesters, we’re passionate citizens.” on behalf of a pro-life group to encourage Anna Hayward, a Stony Brook University Zeldin to defund Planned Parenthood. professor, echoed Morris’s feelings. “Taxpayer’s money shouldn’t be used to “In a town hall format, he could hear our perform abortions, and murdering innocent issues but we can also hear other people’s ischildren should be totally illegal,” Lupis said. sues...we’re a very respectful, educated, and “Zeldin has a strong voting record against well-mannered community and I don’t think Planned Parenthood and I want to speak to he needs to worry about people screaming at him about staying the course and defunding him and attacking him,” she said. such an evil thing.” Conversely, Nancy Beltran of Holtsville Eastport resident Penny Mintz said, on top stands by Zeldin’s decision to not hold such a of being concerned about Citizens United and public forum. “the takeover of the wholesale purchase of “There’s no risk of chanting and screamgovernment by big corporations,” she wanted ing and bullying in a group setting so it to talk about the elimination of consumer pro- avoids all of that, he’s doing the right thing by trying to hear the people without all that tections, environment and health care. “I have no hope of actually speaking to noise,” Beltran said.
‘In a town hall format, he could hear our issues but we can also hear other people’s issues...’
Photos by Kevin Redding
Clockwise from above, U.s. Rep. lee Zeldin meets with constituents at Hagerman Fire department in east Patchogue; and some protestors and supporters waited outside for the opportunity to speak with Zeldin, while others waited inside. Outside the fire department, dozens of people — supporters on one side holding up signs that read “Thank You Lee Zeldin for doing what we elected you to do” and opponents of Zeldin on the other saying “Lee Let’s Talk” — stood to voice their concerns. “I’m very passionate about supporting Lee Zeldin...he’s a stand up guy, he listens to people, educates himself and is not just a gowith-the-political-winds [leader],” Patchogue resident Heather Martello said. Mary Casey, who stood in opposition of Zeldin, questioned his moral courage in not wanting to hold a town hall meeting. “His reported reason is that it just descends into screaming and yelling and it’s useless but I think it’s because he wants to maintain that aura of being right and if you have people screaming at you, you can’t be in control,” she said. Zeldin’s aversion to holding a traditional in-person town hall has left many in his district angered, despite mobile office hours and an hour-long telephone town hall in February. A group called Project Free Knowledge hosted an event called The People’s Town Hall March 4 at the Performing Arts Studio in Port Jefferson, which featured a Zeldin impersonator, repeated potshots at the congressman and a foil called “the people’s candidate.” The show was meant to serve as political satire, though one of the organizers behind the production said the group intended to deliver a serious message through the performance. Anna Sitzmann, a member of the Project Free Knowledge team and participant in the performance, said the group’s mission was to be both informative to those in attendance while also being critical of Zeldin. Sitzmann said this was the first time the group has branched out into “political theater,” a phrase she said she’s often heard Zeldin use to describe activist demonstrations. She added the group met with Zeldin about three weeks ago and asked him to host a community-moderated, live town hall, which he declined. Sitzmann said that’s when the group decided to put on their own town hall. “Zeldin has certainly met with constituents personally, but as we made reference to, he won’t do it for more than half an hour, he needs to prescreen people’s questions, he’s incredibly controlling about the condi-
tions in which it happens, and it’s clear he doesn’t want a general town hall with community moderators because he’s not actually prepared to stand accountable for the things that he’s doing,” Sitzmann said after the performance, which Zeldin was invited to attend. A spokeswoman for the congressman, Jennifer DiSiena, responded to Sitzmann’s claim in an email, saying she’s not sure what Sitzmann was referring to, and called the performance “unbelievably disrespectful.” DiSiena took issue with much of the content of the show. “Congressman Zeldin will meet with any constituent interested in a productive, substantive exchange of ideas,” she said. “He has even met with the protesters involved in setting up that mock town hall. He is not interested in the type of political theater that this group of liberal obstructionists is interested in promoting. The country faces real challenges and Zeldin will remain focused on working across the aisle to constructively find solutions.” Sitzmann said she’s not concerned about the possibility of the performance adding to an already heated political discourse. “If I’m stoking the flames of Zeldin’s fire, fine,” she said. “I admit that a lot of people that voted for Lee Zeldin or voted for Donald Trump were upset about things that they ought to have been upset about, but I think the Republican party and especially President Trump have harnessed that anger and misdirected it towards things that don’t deserve the blame.”
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North Shore Trump voters show support for president By Alex Petroski alex@tbrnewspapers.com
Not to be outdone by the uprising of left-leaning activists who have made their displeasure known across the United States since President Donald Trump’s (R) inauguration, supporters of the president congregated March 4 to present a united front in backing Trump. A group called Main Street Patriots organized the rallies, titled the Spirit of America Rallies, which took place in 32 states and Washington D.C. The only rally held in New York took place outside of the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge and was organized and promoted in part by the Conservative Society for Action, a Patchogue-based group founded in 2008 whose website says has about 900 members. “We need to stand united with our president who wants to do something to fix America,” a website set up to promote the Suffolk County event stated as part of its mission. Judy Pepenella, a Patchogue resident and the national coordinator for the CSA, said she tried her best to spread the news of the rally on social media. She estimated about 350 to 400 people attended the Hauppauge rally. “Spirit of America is the spirit of the Constitution, the spirit of the rule of law, the spirit of the goals and the directives and the original intent of the founding fathers,” Pepenella said, explaining how her group got involved. “We do stand behind our president — some people, more, some people less. But he won, we want to give him a chance.” The rally came as the heat was being turned up on Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who multiple news outlets reported last week had meetings with a Russian ambassador despite Session’s testimony during his confirmation hearing he had no contact with Russian officials during the campaign. Rallies, protests and contentious town hall meetings featuring activists opposing Trump’s agenda and policies have taken place across the U.S. in recent weeks. Pepenella said the group’s mission is not to blindly defend all of Trump’s policies
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supporters of President Donald trump take to the grounds of the H. lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge March 4.
or words, or her congressman — U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) — for that matter, but she said it’s refreshing to hear a politician “call a spade a spade.” Zeldin has publicly supported Trump for months. “Just because [Trump] said so doesn’t mean it’s right,” she said. “If it doesn’t work with the Constitution; if it infringes on a person’s rights; if it’s going to hurt somebody socially, economically and a person in need … he’s going to hear from us. It’s not a just ‘we blindly support the president’ — we support the president’s goals and his platform and mission statement to make America great again.” Pepenella, who said she has yet to hear anything from Trump that would cause her to raise an eyebrow so far in his presidency, attributed outrage toward Trump’s words and actions to people not being used to a New Yorker telling it like it is. “We are all New Yorkers, and there’s a problem with New Yorkers, and I say that as a native New Yorker,” she said. “We have a bit of a tenacity and a bit of a brazen, ballsy-ass attitude — forgive my French — but that’s what we have. Donald Trump was born in Queens. He’s born and raised here. He’s a New Yorker and we can sometimes say things that
are not perfectly correct, but that’s who we are. It doesn’t bother me. I have no problem with his rhetoric.” Port Jefferson resident Keith Debaun shared his motivation behind attending the event. “Clearly I’m here not to support Hillary Clinton,” he said. “I’m here to support Donald Trump because he’s facing a lot of resistance, and I’m here to oppose that resistance.” Dix Hills resident and attorney Mike Dyckman also explained his reason for attending. “I’m a Republican, I’m a conservative, and I’m an American,” he said. “I don’t like what’s happening whether it’s Republican or Democrat — we have to be together as a nation and I don’t like what’s going on right now on the left. They’re not listening to anybody. They’ve got all of these shoutdown sessions when the representatives are going back to talk to their constituents. It looks like a lot of it is staged, whether they’re paid for it or not. If that doesn’t stop, what’s going to happen is we’re going to not get anything done in the country.” Pepenella addressed some constituent’s complaints that Zeldin has not been available enough and hasn’t met with many local residents who have invited him to events, saying the congressman who came
before him wasn’t any better. “I know for a fact people have gotten in to see him [Zeldin],” she said. “When it was Tim Bishop’s (D-Southampton) office, you’d go in, they had a sign-in sheet, you put your name… and why you’re there. If you were lucky you got a response. I didn’t get a response when I went in the office because I was asking for specific things. I [did] get one meeting with Tim Bishop. When he found out it was me, he never met with me again.” Flyers with information about the CSA were passed out during the rally with a clear statement of the group’s mission going forward. “The Conservative Society for Action believes it’s time for a return to fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, free markets and honest government,” it said. “We cannot afford to sit this one out. We will be silent no more. Please join us in our fight for the future of this country. Freedom isn’t free. Get involved while there’s still time.”
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Economist presents analysis to village board on impact of new apartments By ALEx PETRoSKi alex@tbrnewspapers.com Construction projects in Port Jefferson village and upper Port have raised concerns from some residents and merchants, but according to a study conducted by a Stony Brook University professor of economics and population, the juice will be worth the squeeze once the apartments are occupied. Port Jefferson resident John Rizzo, who earned a Ph.D. in economics from Brown University and now teaches at Stony Brook University, presented at a meeting Feb. 22 the findings of a study done to analyze the economic impact of the partially opened The Hills at Port Jefferson and the underconstruction The Shipyard, two new apartment complexes in Port Jeff. “The economic impacts of these projects are substantial,” the summary of Rizzo’s report reads in part. “Apartment space is scarce on Long Island. The average vacancy rate was just 3.4 percent as of October 2016. Increasing apartment space is important, not only for stimulating economic growth, but for attracting and retaining younger workers on Long Island.” The study concluded the additional living spaces in Port Jefferson will spur an additional $4 million approximately in increased discretionary spending for the area on an annual basis. The two projects also are expected to create 757 jobs, though not all are expected to exist in perpetuity. They are also projected to increase economic output, or the total value of all goods and services produced in an economy, by more than $122
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The Shipyard apartments on West Broadway in Port Jeff is one of three new complexes in town, joining The Hills at Port Jefferson uptown and a third planned for West Broadway. million, according to Rizzo’s analysis. The estimates are based on multipliers produced by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, which are used to quantify effects of a project on any U.S. county. The cost of construction projects, boosts in sales for suppliers involved in the projects, jobs created, and even spending in the area by workers on the project are all factored into an input-output model to assess a construction project’s potential economic impact, according to the study. The results are drawn largely from expenditure data provided by Rail Realty, the developer of the two-phase, 38-unit and 36-unit complex located on Texaco Avenue in upper Port, and TRITEC Real
Estate Company, the developer responsible for the 112-unit The Shipyard project near Port Jefferson Harbor. Because of this, the results of the study should be considered estimates, according to Rizzo. Village Mayor Margot Garant, who has taken on elimination of blighted properties and overall beautification of Port Jefferson village and upper Port as a major aspect of her tenure in office, called the projects in an email exactly the kind of economic injection the village needs to bolster property values, on top of the positives of cleaning up properties in need of attention. “The introduction of more people living in the village within walking distance to shops and restaurants combined with the redeveloped properties that will have significant in-
crease to our tax roll over the next decade, will support the businesses not only in the off-season when things are quiet, but yearround as well,” she said. “We need to stop the crawling blight and revitalize the west end of the village in addition to uptown.” Village trustee Bruce D’Abramo echoed Garant’s vision. “That was our goal. Some of those stores up there are not doing real well, but feet on the street will always improve that,” he said at the Feb. 22 meeting. Rob Gitto, Port Jeff native and owner of the development company The Gitto Group, which owns Rail Realty, said in an interview in December building The Hills in upper Port was about more than profit for the company. “We’re a business and we’re looking to make a profit, but at the same time we’re hoping it jump-starts revitalization up there,” he said. Though it was not factored into the study, construction of a third set of apartments is slated to begin in the spring, after demolition of the vacant Islander Boat Center building on West Broadway adjacent to The Shipyard was completed in February. Hauppauge-based building company the Northwind Group owns the site of the new project, which will be called Overbay apartments and will feature 52 more units. Village trustee Bruce Miller has expressed frustration in the past, over the look and size of The Shipyard project and the overall look of Port Jefferson village as a result of the various, unaffiliated construction projects. Garant has said all of the new buildings comply with village code.
Photo left by Kevin Redding; photo above from MELTology
MELTology, left, located at 5507 Suite 16 Nesconset Highway in Mount Sinai, is a new restaurant that took the place of, but is still run by the owners of, Crazy Crepes, and features grilled cheese mash-up menu items, above.
Meltology Continued from page A4 chain’s SuperMelt sandwiches, can’t believe how quickly the community has taken to the new restaurant — even despite its Friday the 13th opening in January. “Luckily, everything went off without a hitch [opening day],” he said. “It’s something that’s catching on really quickly, but we couldn’t have known that it was going to be this fast. We get a great sense of pride from it, especially when you get to talk to people who say they’re really enjoying what they just ate.” According to the owners, such menu picks like the “Chicken Parm Melt” sandwich, made up of melted mozzarella,
chicken strips and marinara sauce on even did all the marketing. Parmesan-crusted sourdough bread, and John Muller, Kevin’s father, called his the “Sweetness Melt,” son a “workaholic.” which features applewood “I’m very proud of him, smoked bacon and maple obviously, and for somesyrup, sets MELTology one who started with only apart from similar sanda couple thousand dollars wich spots in the area. and is now running and Muller put himself owning four restaurants, through college at SUNY he’s doing really well,” Polytechnic Institute while John Muller said. “He’s enworking, climbing the ladtrepreneurial — owning a der from employee to genbusiness is something he’s eral manager, and saving always wanted to do.” money to start his own MELTology, located at business, he said, and has 5507 Nesconset Highway — Nick Mauceri Suite 16, is open 11:30 a.m. utilized his business degree well. With Crazy Crepes, Muller did all his to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and own training, made his own menus and 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
‘It’s something that’s catching on really quickly, but we couldn’t have known that it was going to be this fast.’
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OpiniOn Editorial
Letters to the editor
Tips to stay alert, smart and healthy during flu season
Ward Melville High School graduates
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Instituting change — the right way Many students at Ward Melville High School are upset that after 50 years, they will no longer wear separate green and gold gowns at graduation. Last week a walkout was organized in protest of the change implemented by Principal Alan Baum, who defended the act as an opportunity to make new traditions while also creating a more inclusive environment — mainly for transgender students. The editorial staff applauds any effort to make the lives of some of the most emotionally vulnerable young people in our society a little bit easier. Breaking tradition in cases like these is not only acceptable, but commendable. However, that doesn’t mean this idea didn’t come without its flaws, and we understand why students may have been frustrated. As an editorial staff we have all gone to our fair share of board of education meetings and sat through countless readings and rereadings of minor policy changes. We have listened to long debates on issues that may not even affect a third of the student body. But these discussions need to be had — they show the process and transparency of the administration. So it’s surprising to us that this decision was made and implemented by the principal alone. No public forum for the idea, no vote from the board. Surely an idea, no matter how positive the outcome of it will be, should be debated and scrutinized to ensure success. This gives everyone a chance to be heard and to understand, and perhaps support a change. We hope more districts consider doing the same with their graduation gown policy, but not before they solicit responses from the student body to find out if a change in policy would alleviate concerns for even just one student. Make no mistake, the core idea here should be celebrated. However, changing the gowns without letting the student body know was not the right move. After all, it’s their bodies that will be wearing them.
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We are currently at the peak of a severe flu season in Suffolk County. In the last few weeks, there has been a sharp uptick in the number of flu diagnoses, hospitalizations and unfortunately even deaths as a result of exposure. It’s during this critical time that we should all make sure we are continuing to be vigilant about taking precautions to keep ourselves and family members protected. The flu isn’t just a really bad cold; it is a serious contagious virus. It spreads from person to person through droplets released when someone infected coughs, sneezes or simply talks. Flu-like symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue, and some people also experience vomiting and diarrhea. The virus can be passed on to others one day before developing symptoms and up to one full week afterward. That is why it is important that we all listen to our bodies and seek medical treatment and proper care when symptoms come on. The severity of your symptoms is a key indicator of whether you have a cold or the flu. If you are experiencing high fever, extreme fatigue, body aches or severe headaches, chances are you are fighting something more than a cold and you should call your health care provider. Most offices may advise patients what steps to take over the phone so that they do not place others at risk by going out in public. Despite its infectiousness, the flu can be prevented with age-old techniques that start with you: • If you have not received a flu shot at this point, but are able to, please consider getting vaccinated; it is the number one proven way to prevent the flu and it’s never too
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late to protect yourself. Vaccination is also the best way to protect children younger than 6 months or others who cannot receive the flu vaccine due to medical conditions. • The easiest method to prevent passing on the flu is to wash your hands frequently with soap and warm water for 20 seconds. A helpful tip to measure amount of time needed for hand washing is to sing the song “Happy Birthday” two times through. It is also important to avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands. If soap and water aren’t available, alcohol-based sanitizers are effective in guarding against the flu but should be followed up with proper hand washing when available. • Be sure to disinfect frequently touched surfaces like doorknobs, computer keyboards, telephones, elevator buttons, faucet handles, countertops, railings and cellphones. Prevention also
includes avoiding kissing, hugging and sharing cups or utensils with those who are sick. If possible, limit your exposure to those who are ill. Always practice good respiratory etiquette by covering your coughs and sneezes. • Staying home from school or work when sick will go a long way in keeping us all healthy. In a recent survey conducted by South Nassau Communities Hospital, more than one-third of people admitted to going to work when they knew they had the flu. “Toughing it out” only makes your recovery more lengthy and leaves others susceptible to infection. If you are sick with flu-like illness, stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone (without the use of a fever-reducing medicine).
William “Doc” Spencer Suffolk County Legislator Centerport
Taking a nurturing environment over tradition Earlier this week, when the administration of Ward Melville High School announced the decision to move away from genderspecific graduation gowns to a gown that unified all students, there was an uproar in the community. While I can appreciate the feelings of those who were upset that a long-standing tradition was being changed, the reaction of many parents and students was deeply upsetting and concerning. That so many adults chose to respond with vitriolic behavior, rather than giving the admin-
istration the time and space to handle this delicate situation, was shortsighted and escalated the situation, to put it mildly. It made a teachable moment for our young adults an unpleasant and, at times, frightening situation. I believe that this is a compassionate and progressive decision that allows graduating students to display unity, while still honoring the traditional school colors. I find it disturbing that so many adults, who claim to be accepting of all others, chose to forego modeling empathy and handling disappointment with
grace for their children, instead fomenting a situation that bordered on outright bigotry at times. I sincerely hope that our community can learn from the mistakes that were made in this situation, and can move forward in a manner that creates a safe and nurturing environment for all students. As a parent and educator, I value that setting for my children over a longstanding tradition any day.
Shoshanna Hershkowitz South Setauket
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OpiniOn Electronic punching bag for e-frustrations
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emember those punching dummies from years ago? They were like Weebles wobbles, where you could smack them as hard as you wanted and they would come popping up for more. I think we need some kind of equivalent device for modern technology. Sure, cellphones allow us to talk to each other from anywhere in the world, see each other’s faces and share pictures on our way to school, to restaurants or to the most mundane places, but they and their cousins, the computers, can be like sand By Daniel Dunaief also in the bottom of our socks. My daughter sends pictures of herself from the car to her friends.
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Why? What do they see in these pictures? In many of them, she doesn’t even seem to be centered and her eyes are closed — maybe that’s a generational complaint. Anyway, if these friends were in the car with her, they wouldn’t be looking at each other. Rather, they would be sending pictures of themselves to other people in other cars. Modern technology has encouraged parallel play to such an extent that phone users prefer to interact from afar. When I see my daughter smiling at these ridiculous pictures while mumbling something incoherent to me, I’d like to remove the phone from her hand and toss it out the window. It would cost way too much money to do that every time she annoyed me and, worse, I might hit someone with her phone. That’s where the new device comes in. I’d like to have some version of her phone that I could pretend-smash into a thousand pieces. That frustration doesn’t just involve technology with my children.
I have had numerous problems with my computer when I’m on deadline and I can’t afford to stare at a colorful circle that’s freezing my system or a cursor that refuses to respond to my movements across the page. Sometimes, I feel as if technology is experimenting with me. There’s someone sitting behind a monitor, using my phone or computer’s camera and is waiting for just the moment when I have no extra time and is sending a “kill” signal to my computer. “Wait, no, no, no!” I shout at the disobedient machine. “Please, please, please, I have to send this now.” “Heh, heh, heh,” a mischievous elf who decidedly does not work for Santa Claus is thinking as he watches my panicked face. Instead of pushing the same unresponsive button a thousand times, I’d like an inflatable computer that I can throw across a room, kick as hard as I can or punch without injury. I’d also like to hear the sound of breaking glass as I’m doing it, as if
the destructive force I’m applying is somehow damaging the computer as much as it’s upsetting my psyche. I know breaking real glass and destroying real technology would not only be bad for me and my bank account, but it would also create waste and pollute the environment. I need something that can give me the faux satisfaction of my caveman instinct to strike back at something that’s bothering me. I can type pretty quickly on my computer, but my thick fingers and the small keyboard on a smartphone, coupled with a spell-checker that hates the last names of my contacts, are a combustible mix. Maybe the next time the computer autocorrects something and then adds an error, I can hit a button that can give me a virtual sledgehammer so that I can virtually shatter my screen into a million pieces. Of course, I’d need the phone to work almost immediately after that because someone, somewhere needs me to send a “LOL” to their mistyped text message.
Itzhak Perlman, a pearl of a man and musician
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hank you, Itzhak Perlman. It was a fabulous concert by the superstar violinist last Saturday night at Gala 2017 held at Stony Brook University’s Staller Center for the Arts. And besides the music, of Vivaldi, Beethoven, Schumann and Stravinsky, there was pleasure in just being in Perlman’s company. He produces extraordinary music in a most relaxed, unaffected and joyful fashion. His face, known for its elasticity, changes expression as he By Leah S. Dunaief plays the notes, encouraging the listener not just to hear but also to feel the elegant sounds. Perlman was 3 years old and living in the newly created state of Israel when he heard classical
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music on the radio. He asked for a violin but was turned away from the Shulamit Conservatory, which his father had brought him to, because he was pronounced too small to hold a violin. Instead he was given a toy fiddle and taught himself to play until he was finally accepted. When he was 4, he contracted polio and in time was able to walk with crutches, but he plays seated on an electric scooter that he uses to get around the stage. He gave his first recital at 10 and not too long afterward came to the United States and to Juilliard. By 1958, when he was just 13, he appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and then went on tour with “The Ed Sullivan Caravan of Stars” across the country. In 1963 he debuted at Carnegie Hall and a year later won the prestigious Leventritt Competition before embarking on an extensive performing and recording career. Perlman is known as a violinist, conductor, teacher and speaker, the last sometimes on behalf on those with disabilities. He usually performs as a soloist, accompanied by
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the gifted pianist, Rohan De Silva from Sri Lanka. But Perlman has shared the stage with many of the world’s greatest musicians, including Yo-Yo Ma, Jessye Norman, Isaac Stern and his friend and fellow violinist, Pinchas Zukerman. He has collaborated often with screen composer John Williams and plays the score for “Schindler’s List” in the movie, as well as that of “Memoirs of a Geisha” and other films. He even did a stint with the Muppets on “Sesame Street.” Perlman has played with or conducted some of the great orchestras performing classical music. He also loves klezmer, a Jewish folk music, and jazz. What is not so well known is that he can sing. He actually sang the role of the jailer in the opera “Tosca,” alongside Placido Domingo and conducted by James Levine. At another time, he sang the same part, joining Luciano Pavarotti with Zubin Mehta conducting. That’s keeping pretty good company. Known for his charisma and humanity, Perlman and his wife Toby — also a violinist, who he met
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in high school — started the Perlman Music Program that is housed in Shelter Island. There gifted young string players attend summer camp and mentoring programs. The Perlmans have five children and live in New York City. Over the years, Itzhak Perlman has won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest honor for a civilian, and the National Medal of Arts with numerous Grammy and Emmy awards. He has performed several times at the White House and all over the world, perhaps most notably in the Eastern European bloc countries with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in 1987 before the Berlin Wall came down, the Soviet Union in 1990, also China and India in 1994. He won over those audiences with his elegant yet seemingly effortless technique, his affability and humor, as he so totally did with us in Stony Brook this past weekend. Thank you Staller director, Alan Inkles, and the rest of your staff of hardworking magicians, for a memorable night.
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