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In the heart of Greenlawn’s residential community is a park that will bring local teenagers together for a weekend of bonding over basketball. The 5th annual Coral Park Co-Ed Basketball Tournament is scheduled to take place at Coral Park July 21 at 10 a.m. Teens between the ages of 12 to 18, both newcomers and alumni, are invited to participate in a day of outdoor fun. Suffolk County Legislator William “Doc” Spencer (D-Centerport) said he helped organize the event with community leaders who wanted to utilize Coral Park to build a sense of community by doing something positive for young people. “A lot of young people have more opportunities to get in trouble when they are bored or not engaged,” Spencer said, referencing the summer vacation. The event has attracted more than 70 teens in previous years. This year, alumni players over the age of 18 can play following the tournament at 2 p.m. Participants will be treated to free pizza donated from Spuntino in Dix Hills as well as free refreshments.

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Medals will be awarded to the winning team and one most valuable player will receive a plaque for his or her performance. For more information or to register for the event, call 631-854-4500 or email elizabeth. alexander@suffolkcountyny.gov. Teens can also register the day of the event from 9:15 to 9:45 a.m at Coral Park, which is located at 322 Broadway Road in Greenlawn. Spectators are encouraged to bring their own lawn chair. Rain date is July 28.

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Huntington, Northport school officials agree to sit down with LIPA Mediation meetings could begin in next 30 days in attempt to reach settlement in lawsuit before fall trial date said the town remains open to negotiations. Now, Scheinman faces the daunting task of finding common ground between LIPA, which Town of Huntington and Northport school filed a tax certiorari lawsuit against the town officials have agreed to sit down with Long assessor’s office in 2010 seeking a 90 percent Island Power Authority to see if an agreement reduction in the assessed property tax valuacan be reached, before the lawsuits go to trial. tion of its Northport Power Station, and seekThe town board voted July 17 to hire a ing repayment of all taxes it claims to have neutral third party in an attempt to resolve overpaid since 2010 — currently amounting to its differences over the assessed property more than $550 million and growing — and tax value of the Northport Power Station the Huntington and Northport communities with LIPA and National Grid that have led it would affect. to a lengthy, ongoing battle. “I’m glad to have been selected and hope Councilman Gene Cook (R) put forth I can help the parties resolve their dispute,” a late-starter resolution at Tuesday’s board Scheinman said. meeting to hire Port Washington-based Councilman Mark Cuthbertson (D) voted attorney Marty Scheinman, against taking up Cook’s who he reports came “very suggestion, before ultimately highly recommended.” His abstaining from voting on the motion was approved 4-0. contract to hire an arbitrator. “The judge was very Cuthbertson said while he adamant about making sure commended a move toward we sat down and went through mediating the dispute, but this,” Cook said. “Why don’t questioned Scheinman’s relatwe put all the cards on the able experience. table and see what we find. “This particular litigaI’m all for it.” tion is a specialized litigation Scheinman has been a involving complex tax certiorari full-time arbitrator for more formulas for assessing power — Gene Cook plants,” he said. “As far as I can than 40 years and has helped parties reach an agreeable see this mediator’s experience resolution in more than 20,000 is really with labor and employprivate and public-sector disputes, accord- ment relations, so I have concern with this ing to his website. He has experience dealing mediator’s background and choice.” with high-profile celebrities, elected officials Under the approved contract, the town and helped resolve the largest commercial has agreed to pay Scheinman $1,150 per dispute in the history of the New York state hour in addition to covering all out-of-pocket court system between the co-founders of expenses, such as transportation, plus a AriZona Beverages, according to Supervisor one-time $400 administrative fee. The overChad Lupinacci (R). all bill will be evenly split between the town, “This is just about getting everyone to the LIPA, National Grid and Northport-East table,” Lupinacci said, who has consistently Northport school district, whose trustees

‘Why don’t we put all the cards on the table and see what we find. I’m all for it.’

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Northport school district attorney John Gross explains the LIPA lawsuit to residents as Superintendent Robert Banzer looks on earlier this year. unanimously agreed to move forward with mediation July 11. Huntington’s town board change in approach to its lawsuit with LIPA comes shortly after the court trial was originally slated to begin, June 11, which had been postponed. All parties were scheduled appear July 18 in Suffolk County Supreme Court before Judge Elizabeth Emerson at 10 a.m. to present their arguments on motions already made on the case. The outcome was not available by this publication’s press time. In early June, Cook had asked his fellow board members to hire Manhattan-based law firm Boise Schiller & Flexner LLP as additional legal counsel in the town’s pending tax certiorari case with LIPA and National Grid to aid current outside legal counsel, Lewis &

Greer P.C. The measure was shot down by a 3-2 vote with Lupinacci, Cuthbertson and Councilwoman Joan Cergol (D) standing against it. One of Cuthbertson’s key reasons for standing against it was the cost, as under the contract the town would have paid Boise Schiller & Flexner $1,650 an hour. Cook has also previously publicly spoken out about looking into the possibilities of using eminent domain for the town to take possession of the Northport power plant. He never brought the option before the board. Mediation meetings between all four parties would likely begin within the next 30 days, according to Cook. Both the Town of Brookhaven and Village of Port Jefferson announced they were nearing settlements over the tax-assessed value of the Port Jeff plant with LIPA in early April.

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A new transportation service is ready to hit Huntington Village’s streets this August. Qwik Ride plans to roll out a free shuttle service across downtown Huntington, offering visitors who park further away a ride to or between area restaurants, bars and stores with a simple click of an app or flagging down a ride. “This transportation could be used in suburban areas where you have to find your parking spot, you don’t want to leave it,” said Daniel Cantelmo, co-founder of Qwik Ride. “Where parking is so tough, people have turned around and left.” Cantelmo said he and his fellow co-founder John Yancigay first came up with the business concept while on a trip to Nashville, Tennessee. “We saw this free shuttle service that would take you anywhere in Nashville,” he said. “We thought it was pretty cool.” This May, Cantelmo said they launched the service in his hometown of Patchogue using modified six-passenger golf carts to shuttle customers from the waterfront restaurants and bars to downtown businesses. The electric-powered vehicles are enclosed with a full set of doors, have heat and can continue to run through inclement weather — except for snow, according to Cantelmo. He said Qwik Ride has provided more than 700 free lifts to Patchogue passengers this month as of July 13, and he expects that number to continue to grow. “We’ve had a lot of success in Patchogue,” Cantelmo said. “We know Huntington is going to follow suit. Huntington is a little more condensed.” He sees the free shuttles as a potential solution to what he called a “twofold” parking problem in Huntington. First, area business employees come into work early and take up front-row or prime parking spots in the village throughout their eight-hour shifts, according to Cantelmo. Second, there are plenty of parking lots on the outskirts of town that are underutilized because they require a long walk. “Uber is helping that situation, but we are taking it one step further,” he said. The two co-founders reached out to Huntington Chamber of Commerce and Huntington Business Improvement District to invite business owners down to The Paramount to talk about the new service they would be launching with two vehicles, adding up to three more with time for a total of five shuttles. “It sounds like a great idea to free up some parking in town,” Ellen O’Brien, executive director of Huntington’s chamber said. “It’s innovative, it’s free, it’s cutting edge and it will free up parking spaces.” The Paramount in Huntington is one business that was already on board with asking its employees to park further out to free up spots for customers. Adam Ellis, the theater’s director of marketing, said Paramount staff has been utilizing Huntington Town Hall’s lot for the last year and a half to use a shuttle bus to get back and forth to work. “We hope the Qwik Ride program will help other businesses in town to offer their staff alternative transportation to their job while parking further from town to open up more spaces for guests as a way to improve parking in town,” Ellis said. The free shuttles are paid for by advertising, according to Cantelmo, as local businesses are invited to buy space on the outside of each vehicle. He hopes these same businesses will commit to getting employees involved in parking in distant lots and hailing a Qwik Ride. “Everyone has truly got to be on board,” Cantelmo said. “If The Paramount is on board but Honu [Kitchen & Cocktails] isn’t, then all it will do is open up more parking for Honu. The community has to work together, and everyone has to be on board. Then it will benefit everybody.”

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Huntington opens lottery for $221K Greenlawn home One lucky family will have the chance to move into a new Greenlawn home for $221,600 — if they can beat the odds. The Town of Huntington started accepting applications July 16 from first-time homebuyers interested in moving into a 4-bedroom, 2 1/2-bathroom house in Harborfields Estates on Pulaski Road. The housing complex is a collection of 47 single-family homes on halfacre plots ordinarily costing about $800,000, according to the development’s website. A lottery will be held Sept. 5 to choose at random an individual or family who will be offered the opportunity to purchase the property for about a quarter of the usual cost. “This is a very unique opportunity for a first-time homebuyer,” said Huntington Supervisor Chad Lupinacci (R). “The exterior is beautiful and I cannot wait to see what it looks like when the interior is complete.” Leah Jefferson, director of the Huntington Community Development Agency, which oversees the town’s Affordable Housing Program, said this is the first time the town is holding a lottery for a single-family home. The two-story house, constructed by developer Island Estates Homes of Ronkonkoma, will be a little less than 2,850 square feet and move-in ready by the holiday season. She said she expects there to be high interest in the property. When town officials held

a lottery for affordable senior housing at The Seasons at Elwood in January, the CDA director said nearly 400 applications were received for 10 units. “Even though there is only one unit for sale, I would not let that impede people from applying,” Jefferson said. “One person has as good of a chance as anyone else to obtain the unit.” In order to qualify, those interested must be a first-time homebuyer which the town has defined as a person who has never owned a home, has not owned a home in the last three years or is a displaced homemaker. The purchaser must also demonstrate that their total income — including adult persons age 18 and older combined salary, overtime, bonuses, pensions, social security, tips, etc. — does not exceed 80 percent of the area’s average median income of $61,350 for a single individual increasing to $87,600 for a family of four, in accordance with federal guidelines set by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. “[The purchaser] must give us three years information,” Jefferson said. “If their salary has fluctuated or changed, we will work on the average.” All applicants must be able to secure a mortgage on their own, according to the CDA director, as the town will not offer financial assistance or financing options. In addition to mortgage payments, the town has estimated potential owners should account for paying $6,000 annually in real estate taxes and

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The above-pictured affordable Greenlawn home will sold by town lottery for $221,600. $460 in homeowner association fees, which will be billed twice a year. There are also asset restrictions. Interested purchasers may contact the developer, Island Estates Homes, at 631-5888818 to set up a tour of the property. Those interested must fill out the forms available online at www.huntingtonny.gov/ harborfieldsestates by Aug. 17 at 4 p.m. There is a nonrefundable processing fee of $26.50 and only one application may be submitted per household. Jefferson said a live lottery will be held Sept. 5 in Room 114 of Town Hall at 5 p.m. There will be two drawings,

according to the CDA director. The first will create a priority list for those who are current residents or employed by a business located in the Town of Huntington, and nonresidents who can show they have relatives living in the Town of Huntington. The second drawing will be for all other applicants, if necessary. There is a restrictive covenant on the house that the owner must promise to contact the CDA upon putting the house up for resale, according to Jefferson, so in the future it will remain affordable in perpetuity. Anyone with questions should call the CDA at 631-351-2884.

COUNTY Legislature approves funds for Commack Road repaving, other projects Though some Suffolk County lawmakers are champing at the bit to see certain local renovations and projects get underway, finding funding has been a tall task with partisan gridlock in the Legislature. Several items passed during the July 17 legislative session, including funding for Rails to Trails, a two-lane wooded trail that will run from Port Jefferson to Wading River; and repaving and roadwork on a portion of Commack Road from Julia Circle to Route 25A and along Crooked Hill Road from Henry Street to Commack Road. The road borders the towns of Smithtown and Huntington. The county allocated $1.5 million for the Commack Road repaving, while another $6 million will come from federal aid. Legislator Susan Berland (D-Huntington) said that if the vote did not pass they would have lost access to those matching federal funds. “Some of it wasn’t done correctly in my opinion, it does need to be widened, it needs to be repaved,” Suffolk County Legislator Leslie Kennedy (R-Nesconset) said. “Some parts of that road have had potholes there for years.” Commack Road has been a point of contention between the towns of Smithtown and Huntington and Suffolk County for close to eight years, according to Town of Huntington Councilman Mark Cuthbertson (D). The

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The intersection of Commack Road and Route 25/Jericho Turnpike dispute comes down to which side is responsible for cleaning and repairing the roads. “We are looking to do everything to protect our taxpayers to make sure we get the appropriate county resources and the road gets paved,” Cuthbertson said. Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) has been promoting the Rails to Trails project for years. Funding the project through bonds came up for vote July 17 and it passed nearly unanimously with Kennedy abstaining. “This is a long time coming, and in the seven years I’ve been in office I have not stopped facilitating this project,” Anker said. The plan is to establish the trail from Port Jefferson to Wading River along rightsof-way and old train tracks able to facilitate

both bikers and joggers. During the public speaking portion of the July 17 meeting, the room was filled with supporters for the trail. “Long Island is filled with too many cars on clogged roads,” said Constance Iervolino, a board member of the Rocky Point Civic Association. “This would be a remarkable way to reduce that public safety threat.” However, some residents still have large reservations about the project. “The idea is good, the placement is bad,” Rocky Point resident Mary Anne Gladysz said at the meeting. “I have had many concerns that have not been dealt with. The depth of the asphalt is one of them — only three inches. The only answer I’ve gotten as to why that thin was because they wouldn’t

be able to do the whole path.” Of the $8.82 million for the Rails to Trails project, 94 percent of the project will be funded by federal grants that will be paid back to the county after the project is completed. Half a million dollars of that bond were matching funds from just one of several federal grants, which had a looming August expiration deadline. Other projects that were re-voted on included $150,000 to finance the planning costs for a new police K-9 unit headquarters and kennel, which was voted down. Another vote for $2 million in funding for licensing the Rave Panic Button mobile app, a police and rescue emergency application for school and government employees was passed near unanimously with Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) giving the one dissenting vote. Both the Commack Road repaving and Rails to Trails were voted down at the June 5 legislative meeting as the seven members of the Republican minority in the Legislature voted “no,” citing the projects’ inclusion in a series of lumped bonds. County Executive Steve Bellone (D) brought forward a proposal at the June 5 and 19 legislative meetings that included several bundled together bond requests for a wide array of projects to be voted on as a single package, but the seven Republicans in the Legislature did not want to feel forced to vote on items they might disagree with in the future, they said.

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Suffolk Legislature votes down funding for SCPD K-9 Unit facility AMANDA PERELLI

Police suspect the two above-pictured men of allegedly stealing a wallet in Huntington.

Wallet stolen from Huntington Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and 2nd Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the men who allegedly stole and then used a stolen credit card in May. A wallet containing cash and credit cards was allegedly stolen from a parked vehicle on Harriet Lane in Huntington sometime after 4 p.m. May 20. One of the credit cards was used to charge items at a CVS Pharmacy

located in Amityville at 3 a.m. on May 21. Crime Stoppers offers a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest. Anyone with information about this incident can submit an anonymous tip by calling 800-220-TIPS (8477) or texting SCPD and the message to CRIMES (274637). All text messages and calls will be kept confidential. — SARA-MEGAN WALSH

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, at podium, discusses the importance of upgrading the K-9 unit in Yaphank at a July 10 press conference.

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Town of Huntington officials present a road sign reading “SSGT USAF Michael J. Colamonico Way” to the Colamonico family July 17.

Honoring a WWII Vet BY SARA-MEGAN WALSH SARA@TBRNEWMSDIA.COM Town of Huntington officials moved to honor a late World War II veteran for his service to our country. The town board voted to rename McKay Road in Huntington Station after U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael J. Colamonico, who lived on the roadway prior to his death in 2013. Supervisor Chad Lupinacci (R) said Colamonico was a turret gunner on a Boeing B-17 bomber that was shot down over France in 1943. The veteran was then held

as a prisoner of war by the Nazis in an Austrian camp for 17 months until he was liberated May 3, 1945. “Mr. Colamonico dedicated his life to his family and veterans affairs issues,” Lupinacci said. “He joined the Nassau-Suffolk Long Island chapter of American Ex-Prisoner of War and Huntington Veterans Advisory Board to be an advocate for veterans.” A sign bearing the roadways new name was presented to Colamonico’s wife and daughter at the July 17 town board meeting. Town officials will hold a formal ceremony to rename McKay Road in November, according to Lupinacci.

Republicans and Democrats in Suffolk County are having trouble getting on the same page. Amid a greater fight over the issuance and ultimately failed vote on bond-seeking resolutions lumped together into an all or nothing proposal from the Democratic side in recent weeks, funding for several county initiatives is in a state of limbo, including plans to upgrade Suffolk County Police Department’s K-9 Unit facility in Yaphank. The bond was voted down as a stand-alone proposal at the July 17 Legislature meeting. “This is unfortunately again, where we run into politics,” Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) said at a July 10 press conference at the facility. “The funding for the new K-9 state-of-the-art facility here is being blocked again by members of the minority caucus.” The roof leaks in the current structure, the floor has holes in it, and the air conditioner and heating do not work properly, according to Bellone. “I just wanted to note for the record once again that while I support the construction of this building I do still believe that we should be able to do the planning for this building in-house with [Department of Public Works] staff,” said Minority Leader and Legislator Tom Cilmi (R-Bay Shore) prior to the vote at the July 17 Legislature meeting. “A number of us, both on the Republican side and Democratic side toured the facilities. It’s clear that they need to be replaced, but we just believe that the planning for this can be done in-house. Operating funds rather than spending $150,000 of borrowed money to outside contractors to do this work.” During the press conference, Bellone and other county Democrats called for funding for a renovated, full-indoor kennel for training and to house these dogs when their handlers are away. “The population of this county has grown over the years and as a result the size of our K-9 unit has grown over the years,” said

Legislator and Deputy Presiding Officer Rob Calarco (D-Patchogue). “We are housing far more dogs here now than we ever had, and we have to have appropriate facilities for these animals to be kept so that they can be in the top shape and top health, so they can do their job, which is important.” The SCPD K-9 Unit currently has 22 dogs. Nearly 12 years ago, a more than 20-year-old Sachem school district trailer was transported to Yaphank as a shortterm SCPD K-9 Unit housing facility, and it is still in use today, according to a press release from Bellone’s office. “When it came time to vote for the resolution and fund this new facility, they voted against it,” Bellone said, referring to the Legislature’s Republican members. “So here it is, unbundled, a single, stand-alone bond. Earlier this year, we put that forward and they voted no.” The Republican minority caucus wants the planning done in-house rather than borrowing to pay for the project, which, according to Bellone, would delay the project up to four years. “We made it clear to police officials that we agree with building a new facility — that’s not the problem here, but what the county executive is asking us for is to borrow $150,000 to pay an outside contractor to design a kennel,” Cilmi said last week. “We spend $250 million in public works every year, and we believe that somebody from public works, working with our police department, should be able to engineer that building. They’re in a donated shack basically right now, we don’t need a Taj Mahal here.” Animal rights activist Sue Hansen attended the conference representing the local animal welfare and rescue organization Responsible Solutions for Valued Pets. She said the organization has been working with Suffolk County Legislator Monica Martinez (D-Brentwood), who is chairwoman of the county’s Public Safety Committee, on laws dealing with animals. Hansen said the organization is in favor of bonding to pay for the upgrades to the facility.

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OPINION KYLE BARR

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Before you vote: A letter to conservatives

I grew up in a small town in southern Virginia in the 1940s and ’50s under conservative governance — city, county and state. They were Democrats at the time; didn’t become Republicans until much later. We had long since been divided into two groups: quality folks, who counted for something, on the right side of the tracks, and trashy folks, who didn’t, on the wrong side. Conservatism has certain meanness. Emerson wrote in “The Conservative View” that “the position conservatism is set to defend, is the state of things, good and bad. The position of liberalism is

the best possible state of things” and “that each is a good half, but an impossible whole.” To illustrate this point, I ask the question, in the twentieth century, other than Prohibition, which was clearly a conservative group accomplishment, what have conservatives, as a group, actually done? We know what they have opposed: women’s right to vote, trashy folks exercising theirs; Social Security; Medicare; Medicaid; minimum wage; unemployment insurance; Workers Comp; collective bargaining; public education; civil rights; the end of segregation in the south; affirmative action;

listing of ingredients on food and drugs; installation of ramps and enlarging of doorways, so those of us confined to wheel chairs can get into public places; a bathroom stall large enough to use the facilities when they do; seat belts in the ca; and a woman’s right to choose. In the upcoming election season, through all the flag waving, name calling and distractions, before you sashay into another voting booth you might want to know the answer to the question. In the past 100 years, what have they done?

Donald’s father told his son, “Winning is everything — lying, cheating, cruelty, no problem.” But separating children from their parents? What about that Donald Trump? Stop blaming “Crooked Hillary” and the Democrats, Mr. President. Take responsibility for your policies. No one in a democratic society

is “above the law.” This view goes back to the Magna Carta in 1215 in Runnymede, England when the nobility forced King John, son of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, to accept that he was not above the law, but subject to the law. How long will the Republican Party enablers continue to give

Donald a free ride for his pathetic constant lies and pro-business laws. Tax cuts for the rich? After all his daughter and son-in-law made more than $82 million last year, according to Newsweek. And why are so many Republican politicians retiring this year?

Suffolk lawmakers need to get their priorities in order No one is above the law, Mr. President

Whew, that was close. We feared that a good ole game of Suffolk County partisan tug-of-war almost left us high and dry again. Suffolk County legislators voted down 14 bond-seeking bills for various projects that have impact on the day-to-day life of residents June 5 and 19 on a party-line basis. The reasoning given was the 14 items were lumped together in three resolutions, which Republicans argued didn’t allow them to individually vote against projects that they didn’t agree with or may regret funding later. For nearly a month, both Democrats led by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) and Republicans headed by Minority Leader and Legislator Tom Cilmi (R-Bay Shore) publicly bickered back and forth on how to approach county bonds. Each group held press conferences and made inflammatory statements as time kept ticking in the race against the clock to get federally matching funds for both the Wading River-to-Mount Sinai Rails to Trails project and repaving of Commack Road, among others. It’s said all’s well that ends well, right? Luckily for North Shore residents, both the Rails to Trails and Commack Road bills received the bipartisan support — a supermajority 12 out of 18 votes — necessary to move forward at the July 17 legislative meeting. Most of the 14 bills were voted on individually this time around, the majority of which were approved. Unfortunately, a few projects failed or were not voted on. Cries for funding repairs and upgrades to Suffolk County Police Department’s K-9 Unit facility in Yaphank failed despite the roof leaking, the floor having holes and the air conditioner and heating not working properly, according to Bellone. Republicans argued the planning should be done in-house rather than borrowing to pay for the project. We couldn’t help but notice that a bill to fund $4.68 million for upgrades for the Suffolk County Police Department and county Medical Examiner’s office also failed. Another bill, one that would have given the Republican Suffolk County Board of Elections Commissioner Nick LaLota another term, as his time in office ends Dec. 31, also failed. The outcome of these votes seems to indicate that political partisanship is still afoot, alive and well, as all Long Islanders are aware that politics, too, affects our law enforcement offices. A word of warning to our Suffolk County elected officials: While President Donald Trump (R) and our U.S. Congress play on sharp political divides to gain power and momentum, that’s not an acceptable way to act here. We beg, don’t take your political cues from Washington, D.C. We — your residents, constituents and voters — expect you to rise above party politics and do what’s best for Suffolk. You must reach out across the aisle, discuss charged issues calmly and reach a compromise that best benefits all. It’s in the job description.

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President has no sense of patriotism When President Trump departed for Europe last week, it was the unanimous consensus of all 17 American intelligence agencies, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the House and Senate Intelligence committees and the U.S. Department of Justice — supported by an indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officers — that Russia had blatantly interfered in the 2016 presidential election. Moreover, there was no doubt that Russia had annexed Crimea, occupied eastern Ukraine, shot down a Malaysian airliner, assassinated opponents in England and Moscow, and backed the Assad regime in the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Syrian civilians. In Europe, rather than building support among America’s European allies, Trump viciously attacked U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, listed America’s primary foe as the European Union, and undercut the ability of NATO to contain Russian aggression. Having spawned discord in

Brussels and London, Trump arrived in Helsinki, Finland, with an opportunity to confront the Russian tyrant. Instead, in what Sen. John McCain called “one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory,” Trump credited Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denial of waging cyber warfare over his own intelligence agencies assessment, stating he “cannot see any reason to believe Russia interfered in the election.” Moreover, Trump conceded he did not directly criticize or challenge Putin over any other Russian transgression. But Trump did more than absolve Putin — who acknowledged he wanted Trump to be elected president — blaming American “foolishness and stupidity” for tensions in the U.S.–Russia relationship. Trump’s sickening attempt at moral equivalence (“I hold both countries responsible”) between Russia and the United States was condemned by, among others, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney

(“claiming a moral equivalence … undermines our national integrity and impairs our global credibility”), former Speaker Newt Gingrich (“most serious mistake” of Trump presidency), the Wall Street Journal (“national embarrassment”) and Sen. Jeff Flake (“I never thought I would see the day when our American president would stand on the stage with the Russian president and place blame on the United States for Russian aggression”). Former CIA director, John Brennan, after condemning Trump’s performance as “nothing short of treasonous,” asked “Republican patriots: Where are you?” Indeed, will Trump supporters who have ignored and excused his endless litany of lies, policy missteps and moral outrages, finally, in the face of Trump’s betrayal of America and siding with a Russian tyrant over his own country, ask the president, “Have you no sense of patriotism, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of patriotism?”

William Schaefer Old Field

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OPINION

Finding turtles, tattoos and tailgaters in the Tar Heel State

hey aren’t unicorns, tooth fairies or fantastic creatures from the C.S. Lewis “Narnia” series. And yet, for a Long Islander who spent considerable time standing knee deep in the waters around West Meadow Beach, listening to the aggressive screech of territorial red-winged blackbirds, the sight of a green ruby-throated hummingbird moving forward and backward in North Carolina brought its own kind of magic. By the time I got out my cellphone and clicked open the camera app, the bird had By Daniel Dunaief disappeared. While there are hummingbirds that periodically appear on Long Island, the sight of one in Charlotte so soon after our move here seemed like a charming

D. None of the above

welcome from the nonhuman quarters of Southeastern life. Behind a Chili’s and Qdoba — yes, they are side by side in a strip mall here — we discovered a spectacular lake with a small walking path over the water near the shore. Looking down, we saw numerous fish hovering below and, to our delight, a collection of turtles, who all clearly have an appetite for the leftovers from the nearby restaurant. We have also seen, and felt, considerably more bugs and mosquitoes, while we’ve heard cicadas, which, unlike the 17-year kind on Long Island, emerge here every year. So, what about the two-legged creatures? After the initial shock from the level of consideration other drivers displayed, it’s become clear that: (a) The Northeast hasn’t cornered the market on aggressive and anxious drivers. (b) You can take the New Yorker out of New York, but you can’t take New York out of the New Yorker.

Until I get North Carolina license plates, I have been driving the speed limit on smaller, local roads. Other cars have tailgated me so closely that I can practically read their lips as they talk on the phone or sing songs. I watched a woman in a Mustang convertible, with rap music shouting profanities, weave in and out of traffic as her long hair waved in the breeze behind her. From a distance, the music and expletives were one and the same. We have also seen an extensive collection of tattoos. A young FedEx driver climbed out of her truck and rang the bell to deliver a package. Her arms were so covered in colors and designs that it was difficult to discern a theme or pattern. I walked into a supermarket behind a young couple pushing a baby stroller. The father had tattoos along the back of his muscular calves, while body ink adorned the well-defined shoulders and arms of his wife. I wondered if and when their young child might get her first tattoo.

When they find out we’re from the Northeast, people in North Carolina frequently become self-deprecating about their inability to handle cold weather. They laugh that flurries, or even a forecast for snow, shuts down the entire city of Charlotte. They assure us that no matter how much we shoveled elsewhere, we won’t have to lift and dump snow by the side of the road. They ask how we’re handling the heat, which is often in the mid-90s, and the humidity, which is fairly high as well. While the three H’s — hazy, hot and humid — are my least favorite combination, I have certainly experienced many warm summers on Long Island, where shade or a trip into the ocean or a pool provide small comfort in the face of oppressive warmth. With birds and insects of all sizes flying around, and drivers weaving in and out of traffic, North Carolina has displayed an abundance of high-energy activity.

‘Matters of business to his friend at Satuket’ (Washington’s spelling)

any residents know about the Culper spies that operated along the North Shore of Long Island and gave invaluable intelligence about British troop movements and plans to Gen. George Washington during the Revolutionary War. But perhaps not so many know that two of Washington’s letters to his chief spymaster Major Benjamin Tallmadge, of Setauket, are on display locally and are available for viewing by the public. They are part of the Special Collections & University Archives of Stony Brook University Libraries, and how we got them is itself a By Leah S. Dunaief story, as was told by Kristen Nyitray, SBU’s Special Collections director, at the Three Village Historical Society meeting Monday night. The letters, written by Washington in 1779 and 1780, were part of the

Between you and me

estate of Malcolm Forbes, the publishing magnate, and were put up for auction by Christie’s at two separate times. Forbes was proud of the fact that he had collected artifacts from each American president. Where those letters were for some 200 years before he got them is a deep mystery, but they are here now, thanks to the alacrity of local historyminded leaders, like state Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket), members of the historical society and philanthropist Henry Laufer. On May 24, 2006, Frank Turano, then president of the historical society, Nyitray and Englebright took the train to New York City for the auction. Armed with a modest amount of money, given how much historical memorabilia sold for, they hoped to purchase the first letter and return it to the place where history happened. Nyitray was the paddle wielder, indicating a willing purchaser at the auctioneer’s bidding, and the three nervously awaited the sale of Lot 31, the first coveted letter. As parts of the estate sold ahead of the desired letter for much more than the resources of the triumvirate, they became increasingly nervous. Paddles were waving

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and telephones ringing with high bids all around them. Finally the letter, in Washington’s elegant hand, written from West Point on Sept. 24, 1779, and arriving in Setauket Sept. 26, was offered and miraculously the phones fell silent and the paddles went down. Only Nyitray’s was visible and, unchallenged, she won the bid. The winning price was $80,000. Add in the commission for the auction house and other incidentals, and the final cost for the precious letter was almost $100,000. They had enough money. The three were ecstatic. They were going to bring that letter back to Setauket where “The Father of our Country” had originally sent it. Within the month, after paperwork was completed, they were able to carry their treasure back to SBU in a brown shopping bag. Once safely ensconced, the letter had to be cleaned and preserved by experts, and framed and mounted for suitable viewing. That proved to be an arduous and lengthy series of tasks. The group returned to Christie’s for the second letter written Sept. 16, 1780, on Feb. 12, 2009, which coincidentally

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is the same day as Lincoln’s birthdate. The quality of paper on which the letters were written was good rag paper, but the ink was made from oak gall, which was high in tannic acid, and was corrosive. The ink had to be treated to preserve the letters. The initial viewing for the first letter was in October 2006, and the letters have done some traveling since, having been seen in Southampton and by people in Florida, California and Minnesota. They are accessible to all. The 1779 letter deals with advice on how “Culper Junr.” — who was Robert Townsend — could go about his business as a freelance writer and merchant and also function as a spy. Washington gives specific instructions on how Townsend should write secret information among the leaves of a pamphlet or even between the lines of a newsy letter to a friend with special invisible ink. We know that ink was fabricated by Founding Father John Jay’s elder brother, James, who was a physician, and was referred to by the spies as “medicine.” The letter is signed, “I am Sir Your most obedient and humble servt. Go. Washington.” What a thrill.

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SPORTS

Smithtown baseball star making presence felt in NCAA at SBU BY DESIRÉE KEEGAN

STONY BROOK ATHLETICS

Nick Grande was home for a few weeks during winter break, and while his mother joked he could get a job during his extended stay, the shortstop had a different idea. “No, mom,” he said in response. “As soon as the new year starts that’s it, you won’t see me again. I’ll be at Stony Brook every day.” The Stony Brook University sophomore was a standout for Smithtown West’s baseball team, helping the Bulls claim two league titles during the three years he was team captain. He was named second team All-State as a senior after posting a .529 batting average, which also earned him the Suffolk County Silver Slugger Award. He also captained the league title-winning basketball team in his senior season. But while there are always adjustments to be made making the jump from high school to Division I college ball, his freshman season didn’t go as smoothly as he’d hoped. As a freshman at SBU, he played in 35 games, collecting multiple hits in seven of those contests. He notched his first collegiate hit and home run in the same game at Presbyterian College, and went 3-for-3 as the designated hitter in a win against Sacred Heart University. But he wanted to become more consistent, so he got up every morning during winter break at 8 a.m. to work on improving his game, and he did. Grande batted .377 for the 32-25 Seawolves this past season. His 78 hits were the sixth most in a single season in Stony Brook history; his 32 stolen bases are the second most in a season only behind MLB-draftee Travis Jankowski’s 36 in 2012; he had 22 multi-hit games, including eight in a row; and reached base safely a team-best 22 straight games. Grande batted .418 in America East conference play and had five of his six home runs in conference. “There’s a reason why people are talented,” said Nick Grande Sr., who was the head baseball coach and now principal at Island Trees High School. He recalled bringing his son to the field every day after school since he was 3 years old. “It’s all about the time they put into perfecting their craft ... his desire, his determination. He hates to lose more than he loves to win, and that’s been since he was 3 years old.” Although the elder Grande said his son has a fear of failure, he doesn’t show it. Grande Jr. said he’s picked up a philosophy of positivity along the way, from his time spent on the diamond at the age of 7 with his dad at the end of the day from his father’s Island Trees coaching job, to his new head coach Matt Senk, and everyone else he met along the way. “You have to go into a game expecting to be successful — that’s the only way it’s going to work out of you, I think,” he said. “Even if you’re cold or having a tough day you have to step into the box knowing that you’re going to get a hit. I tried to have a positive mindset out there.” The starting shortstop earned back-toback America East Player of the Week honors March 27 and April 3. He went 6-for-11 with a homer and three RBIs in a home series against the University of Massachusetts Lowell and went 6-for-6 with three doubles and a pair of RBIs in a win against Binghamton University. One of the nation’s top base stealers in 2018, he swiped three in a game twice. He went on to be named second-team ABCA/Rawlings

Former Smithtown West baseball standout Nick Grande plays for Stony Brook University’s Division I NCAA baseball team. The sophomore made a name for himself this past season, hitting. 377 and getting the sixth most hits by a Seawolf in a single season along the way. Northeast All-Region, an America East spring scholar-athlete, a first-team Google Cloud Academic All-American and a first-team AllAmerican by Collegiate Baseball. “It was nice to be able to produce and contribute to help the team win games,” Grande said, adding it helped having role models like recent MLB draftees pitcher Aaron Pinto and infielder Bobby Honeyman and Coram outfielder Andruw Gazzola. “Being in a great lineup where top to bottom guys are having great at-bats didn’t hurt either.” Despite his strong showing on the offensive side of the ball, Grande said he has a defense-first mentality. “He’d rather catch a ground ball than get a base hit, and when he makes an error I hear about it for days,” Grande’s father said, laughing. “That’s because we’ve hit thousands of ground balls. He doesn’t stop, he doesn’t quit, and that’s because he wants to be as close to perfect as you can be.” Senk said though that Grande wanted to be more of a consistent hitter to balance his game. He said he pointed out to his shortstop he had an inside-out swing that didn’t allow him to hit the ball as hard as he could, so he started pulling the ball more. Grande also practiced using his backhand to get to more ground balls. “He has such a tremendous work ethic — that was never an issue,” the SBU coach said. “He worked hardest in the toughest part of the game. He takes well to coaching, and working

at it and working it ended up really clicking in a big way. I knew it when we were playing the defending national champs, University of Florida, and he hit a home run off first-round draft pick Brady Singer. From there his season took off. I think that was because of his dedication, athleticism and intelligence.” But there’s more to the ballplayer than his devotion and talent. Smithtown West head coach Al Nucci said what he does in the classroom, and the kind of teammate he is makes him exemplary in every which way. “He stood out from the day he started,” Nucci said of seeing Grande during a Booster Club practice as a youngster. “As crazy as it sounds as a young boy he had an incredible work ethic, he loved the game, he was always looking to improve, he smiled, he was super polite — as a 6-year-old on 60foot diamond completely and totally standing out from his peers.” He was pulled up to varsity as an eighthgrader to get more of a challenge, and ended up starting the second half of the season and into the playoffs after an injury sidelined one of his teammates. His coach joked that he might be the only Bulls player in history to hit a home run in his first atbat and sacrifice bunt his next, showing his team-first mentality. “He’s probably a better person and a better student than he is an athlete,” Nucci said. “He’s the first on the field and the last one off it, and he backs up his leadership skills and

his work ethic with results on the field. And Nick didn’t need to speak — he spoke with his mitt, with his arm, with his bat, with his baseball intellect and with his attitude. Nick is the type of kid that takes a little something from everyone and uses it to his advantage. I hope my son ends up like Nick one day, I’ll tell you that.” Grande’s father said although it can be nerve-racking, it’s been nice to take off the coaching uniform and sit back and watch his son play. “Your stomach is turning, you’re a nervous wreck, your hands are sweating, but there’s not a better place in the world to be than watching your kids play sports,” he said. “The sport to me always had such a positive effect on my life, and from an early age he seemed to be following in the same footsteps, that the game was going to be meaningful for him, too.” Baseball is a game of highs and lows, and it’s those who turn the lows into highs that tend to become successful. Nick Grande is the epitome of that according to those who know him best. “When you get a text from your son that says, ‘Dad, I was just chosen as first-team AllAmerican,’ after you pick yourself up off the floor, you take a deep breath and say, ‘Wow, all of his hard work, all of his dedication really paid off for him,’” Grande Sr. said. “People that work hard deserve to be rewarded in life, and in his case he has.”